The cavalry battle continues and somehow Mineta's team lost their headband despite their strategy on being hidden.

"Normally I wouldn't have teamed up with you, but this was a good plan. I'm not sure how you lost your headband," said Asui.

"Where the heck did it go?!" cried out Minoru, "This just means there's nothing left to lose," he then ordered Mezo, "Shoji, full on attack mode!"

Mezo opens his arms, "We'll use all our powers to steal the point from those two teams!" said Minoru.

Meanwhile back in the air, Tori saw the confrontation that Izuku is facing.

"I wonder if anyone has noticed that we're still up here," she said.

"They probably do but they don't kno-" Mei got interrupted as a projectile was aimed right at them. They dodged it but they didn't notice Mei's clip has unclipped.

They continued flying as they still remained in the top five team

Now with Katsuki's team, he still being taunted by the blonde boy.

Then the boy's teammate tells him, "Monoma, don't provoke him man. That's the kind of thing he would do."

Neito says, "Yeah, I guess you're right. It's not very heroic of me. Besides you know how these things work, heroes are always hounded by moronic villains desperate for some kind of revenge."

"Calm down Bakugo, you've got to keep a level head or we'll never get our points back," said Ejiro.

Katsuki punches his fist together, letting off a small explosion, "Shut up! I've never been calmer. Can't you tell? Now, get after them Kirishima!"

"Please don't make us regret this," pleaded Ejiro and their team run after the opposing team.

"You think you're tough!" yelled Katsuki.

He confronts Neito and was about to let off an Explosion in his face, "DIE!"

However, not only did the 1-B student evaded his attack, but he somehow used his explosion against the 1-A rival.

"Wow, I see why you like this quirk," said Neito as he touched Ejiro's hair.

"My power..." muttered Katsuki in confusion as he shook his head.

"Woah, weird, that guy has your quirk," said Ejiro.

Katsuki growls and yells, "Damn it!" and goes to attack again.

But Neito somehow uses Ejiro's Hardening to defend himself.

"You both have impressive powers, but I think you'll agree mine's better," taunted Neito.

"Huh? Mine too?!" said Ejiro, who is also confused.

Then Katsuki came to a realization, "His quirk, you can copy other powers."

"Very good," said Neito.

"NEITO MONOMA, HIS QUIRK: COPY! HE CAN USE THE QUIRKS OF WHOMEVER HE TOUCHES BUT ONLY FOR FIVE MINUTES. HE CAN'T USE TWO AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH!"

"Well, even an idiot can figure it out, huh?" taunted Neito.

Then another team from class 1-B backs up Neito. One of the students from the other team uses their quirk to trap the 1-A's team, sticking Ejiro's feet to the ground.

Then Monoma's teammate says, "Monoma, if we keep those headbands, we're good. As long as no one gets near us, we'll make our class proud."

"Stop them!" said Katsuki.

"It's too sticky," pointed out Ejiro, "I can't move."

"No problem! I'll melt through this with my quirk!" said Mina.

"Well, hurry, we're sitting at zero points now," said Hanta.

As Monoma's team are running away, the leader looked back, "Oh, no hard feelings, right? After all, you provoked us. What was it you said in your little speech before the games uh... Oh right! Yeah, being the best."

Katsuki thinks back, but he swears that he will become the undeniable champion.

Back with Tori's team, Mei tells her, "Fly up!"

"Ok!" and they both went up.

"You know I think we can actually stay at the tooo-!" Mei screamed as she was slipping off of the saddle.

She loses her grip, and she falls, "Crap!" exclaimed Tori and she pivoted and dove down to catch her.

As they got closer and closer to the ground, Tori managed to reach her hand to Mei and grab her arm. She caught her, but the sudden weight did not help at all. So, she tossed her up and Mei landed on her Tori's back.

"A nice catch from Tsubasa!" commentated Present Mic, as he got a little worried about Mei's fall.

Tori then flapped open her wings to try and slow themselves down from their descent. Mei reclipped and repositioned herself, she then shouts, "Dive!"

"Got it!" said Tori and dove down.

Then Present Mic announces, "With time almost done, Team Tsubasa and now Team Todoroki are at the top. Despite their best-efforts Team Midoriya has fallen to the bottom! Will these be top five teams to move on to the next round?"

Back with Monoma's team, "Second place, we've done pretty well for ourselves. Now we can let the clock run out," said Neito.

Then he hears Katsuki shout, "Losers! Get back here!"

Neito sighs and says, "Does he ever give up? Knowing you've been bested is an important part of being a hero."

He turns to see the blonde barreling at his team, Ejiro goes, "Hey! Don't just fly off like that!"

However, Neito's his teammate stopped him with his quirk by trapping him some sort of bubble before he can reach them.

KOSEI TSUBURABA, HIS QUIRK: SOLID AIR! HE CAN HARDEN THE AIR FOR WALLS OR STEPS! THE BIGGER THE BREATH, THE STRONGER THE SHIELD!

Kosei taunts, "Haha, you look pretty stupid fighting with air."

But the explosive boy broke through the barrier and grabs two of Team Monoma's headbands.

"Crap! He snatched some of them!" said Kosei.

Present Mic commentates, "Team Bakugo nabs two headbands and moves into third place! The final moments of the game have been full of shakeups! Oh, to be young again!"

Other teams try to go after the team, but Neito manages to block them off using Kosei's quirk.

"Damn it!" said Neito, frustrated.

"We're still in fourth, it's fine," said Kosei, "Kendo's been frozen and hasn't been a real player."

Then Neito agrees, "Yeah, if we defend this one to the death, we'll move forward."

Meanwhile, Hanta reels back Katsuki back to their team, "I told you to warn us before you jumped!"

"Whatever, this means we're advancing" said Ejiro.

"We're not done!" shouted Katsuki.

"Huh?" Hanta voiced.

The explosive boy bangs Ejiro's head repeatedly, "We're gonna be the indisputable champions of the game!"

Aizawa then commentates, "Now look at this. Clas 1-B's strategy was a reasonable one, but there's one thing they forgot to consider..."

Katsuki says to his team, "I couldn't brace myself earlier when I jumped. Get closer! We'll get our points back from this idiot, then go for the big one!" His words strangely encouraged his team.

Hanta smiles and says, "Do it!"

Katsuki orders, "Elbow guy! Tape 'im!"

"My name's Sero!" said Hanta as he launches out a tape.

Neito calls back, "You missed!"

Then Katsuki orders Mina, "Racoon eyes! Lay down some acid in the direction we're going."

"It's Mina Ashido!" said Mina as she shoots out some acid.

All Might thinks, "Young Bakugo, you understand something crucial, a truth no one had to teach you. That there's a difference between those who aim for the top and those who will settle. And that difference matters."

Aizawa commentates, "Class 1-B didn't take into account Bakugo's overwhelming tenacity."

Mina creates a path with her acid as Hanta pulls their team to Monoma's team with his tape. Then Katsuki blasts forward, giving his team a massive boost. Kosei attempts to block them, but it was futile as the other team leader blasts through it and takes back the headband from Neito.

"Bakugo is a merciless force! What a point hog! That was a shield break heard 'round the arena, and I can't wait to watch the replay!" commentated Present Mic.

"Now, we're going after Deku and Todoroki!" said Katsuki.

Meanwhile, with Tori and Mei, they hear, "The game is almost over!" after a brief comment of how Izuku failed to get the other five million back.

"Sounds like Midoriya is struggling down there," said Tori.

"Perhaps," said Mei, then Tori winced out, "Ngh."

"What's wrong?" asked Mei, concerned.

"I can't stay much longer in the air, the strain on my wings is becoming too much for me," answered Tori.

Present Mic announces, "Time for a countdown!"

"Hold on a little bit longer!" encouraged Mei as she could feel Tori lowering themselves as she tries to stay up, desperately flapping her wings.

Tori and Mei look down to see three teams, Midoriya, Todoroki, and Bakugo, about to clash at each other.

Until Present Mic announces, "TIMES UP!" and Katsuki falls face first onto the ground with a clang, "And with that, the second round is officially over!" and the audience cheer.

The rest of Katsuki's team go to him in concern, "Bakugo!" said Ejiro.

"Are you okay, man?" asked Hanta.

Katsuki only responded with frustrated growls as he bangs the ground.

"Damn it," muttered Shoto.

Meanwhile, Tori is flapping back down to the ground, exhausted, while Mei is fanning her partner's face.

Then Present Mic announces, "Now let's take a look at who our top five teams are!"

"In first place, Team Todoroki!" he announced.

"Hm, we ended in first place, but it was too close for comfort," said Momo.

Tenya clenches his fist, "I'm sorry. I let everyone down, did I?"

"That's not true. You're the reason we won. Thank goodness for that special move of yours," said Momo.

"In second place, Team Tsubasa!" announced Present Mic.

Once Tori landed on her feet, Mei quickly got off of her and the winged girl was now laying on her back as she pants.

"I don't think I'll be able to fly for a while," joked Tori.

"Was I too heavy?" asked Mei.

"What, er, no, you were fine, it's just I was not used on having extra weight on my back," answered Tori.

"EXTRA WEIGHT?!" shouted Mei.

"What!? N-no, that's not what I mean..." stuttered Tori as she gets up, she tries to save herself from digging a deeper whole for herself as she noticed Mei glaring at her.

"In third place, Team Bakugo!" announced Present Mic.

"Ugh, we were so close to first place," whined Mina.

"Meh, sure, but we're moving on, so it's all good," said Hanta.

"I don't think our leader would agree with you," sweat dropped Ejiro, "Like at all," he said as he looked at Katsuki who is screaming at the ground in frustration.

Then Present Mic announces the next placer, "In fourth place, it's Testute... Wait, what?" he became confused as he corrects himself, "It's Team Shinso? When did they come back from the dead?"

The members of the team, minus the leader, looked around in confusion wondering on what just happened.

"Thanks for all your help," said Hitoshi as he walked away from the other members, mostly making Ojiro glare at him.

Then Present Mic announced, "And in fifth place, Team Midoriya!"

Tori hears a certain someone wailing, so she turns to see Izuku with two geysers coming out of his eyes, she sweat drops, "He needs to work on those tears of his," she muttered, as she obsereved his team, which consisted of Ochaco, Tokoyami, and one more girl with green hair, who Tori is unfamiliar with. Meanwhile, All Might breathes out a sigh of relief since Izuku and Tori have reached the final round.

"These five valiant teams will advance on to the final round!" announced Present Mic.

With Shoto, he is looking down at his left hand, "I said I'd never use this to attack. But as soon as I was overwhelmed, I broke my own promise," he clenches his fist, "At this rate, he'll win, and I'll end up exactly who he wants me to be."

Then Present Mic announces, "Now, let's take an hour lunch break before we start the afternoon festivities! See ya soon! Hey Eraser Head. Let's grab some food."

However, Aizawa responds with, "I'm taking a nap."

***

Meanwhile, with Team Tetsutetsu, they're depressed as they wonder on how they lost their points.

Tetsutetsu asks, "What the hell just happened? Suddenly, we had zero points, and it was all over."

A girl with vine-like hair says, "Maybe it was some sort of karmic punishment for taking the tiny one's headband. It was so underhanded."

Then the metal-head cried out, "No fair! I want a do-over!"

***

The students now walk out of the stadium to take their break.

Asui is seen walking away from Minoru, "How disappointing," she mutters as she fumed over the loss, she then approaches Mina, "Mina. Congrats."

Mina says, "Thanks, but Bakugo only asked me to join because I could melt Todoroki's ice. It's not, like, you know, I really helped that much."

A bit away from the two Ochaco, Tenya, and Momo are conversing with each other, especially about the earlier events that happened.

Running in place, Ochaco fumes a little bit, "Iida, you were holding out on us. I had no idea you could do that!"

Tenya says to her, "It wasn't my intention to deceive you, I was just being strategic. I merely wanted to show that I could compete with Midoriya."

Ochaco says, "You're always trying to one-up each other," then she looks around, "Oh, speaking of which, where'd he go? Has anyone seen Deku?"

Momo, "Now that you mention it, Tsubasa is not here either, when she said that she would meet up with us."

The only reason why the two are missing, is that Shoto confronted them near a different student entrance, away from prying eyes and ears.

"You brought us here. Now what?" asked Izuku.

"Yes, why are we here, start talking, or I'm leaving," said Tori, a bit annoyed that she was pulled away from the others.

***

As that this confrontation transpires, Endeavor is seen heading downstairs, until someone greets him, "Yo!" he turns to see All Might standing behind him, "Long time no see. Let's catch up, Endeavor."

However, the fiery hero only glares at him, "All Might..."

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(A/N: Heyo! What's up everybody! Sorry, for the delay. But, I'll try to get to a better pace of publishing chapters!)