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"Well," Izuku thought as he went around looking for people to join his team. Whenever he approached they would turn away and leave. He pouted. "This is going to be harder than I thought.."

He went up to Ojiro who apologized and walked away. Izuku slumped where he stood.

"Midoriya," a gruff voice from behind him said.

Izuku spun around to meet cold dark eyes. Shinsou stared down at him, his face neutral. Izuku cocked his head to the side to show his confusion, gripping at the small notepad in his hand. He had it on him in his pocket to speak to others who couldn't read sign or finger spelling.

"Team up with me," Shinsou said bluntly.

Izuku's eyes widened and he shoved his notepad in the pocket of his pants to free up his hands.

'Why?'

Shinsou shrugged. "I suppose I trust you more than the others. Now come on. We need some more teammates." He walked away and Izuku ran after him.

'You don't even know my quirk though. How can you trust me despite that?' Izuku asked.

Shinsou glanced at him but kept walking. "You made it into the Hero Course while being mute. I think you have a good enough quirk to at least do something like this."

"But I can't even control my quirk..."

'What about my points? People are bound to come after us and we'll be a huge target,' Izuku signed.

"Then we'll just need to come up with a good plan. Now, you know anyone good for the team?" Shinsou asked. They had stopped moving.

Izuku looked down contemplatively and held his chin in his hand. He looked around at the people not in groups and noticed Iida off to the side. His face brightened and he surged forward.

Iida turned at the sound of his steps and Izuku grinned as he wrote in his notepad and showed it to the taller boy.

'Could you join our group?'

Iida looked at both Izuku and Shinsou before shaking his head apologetically. "I'm sorry, Midoriya, but I can't team up with you both. Compared to you, I feel like I've been loosing ever since the Entrance Exam. You're such an amazing friend to me and that's precisely why I can't keep falling behind."

Izuku was speechless. He didn't know Iida felt that way at all. Slowly, he nodded and wrote in his notepad. 'I understand.'

Iida nodded as well before walking towards the group Todoroki was forming.

(Uraraka, who was about to ask to join Izuku's team because she wanted to team up with a friend, stopped in her tracks as she overheard Iida's confrontation. She watched as Izuku nodded and Iida walked away. "Iida..." She thought, surprised. Her eyebrows furrowed. "What am I doing?" She thought. Shaking her head, a determined look crossed her face as she turned in the other direction and walked away. "Me too. I can't keep falling behind.")

Izuku turned back to Shinsou, tucking away the notepad and sighing soundlessly.

Shinsou closed his eyes in a contemplative manner. "Well, it's fine," He said, opening his eyes and staring straight into Izuku's. "Let's just find someone else."

He started walking further into the crowd, Izuku following close behind.

———

"Alright everyone!" Midnight shouted. "Time's up! I hope you all have your teams sorted out because we're starting right now!"

The crowd started roaring, eager to see the students battle it out.

"Let's hear that battle cry! Go!" As soon as she said that, there was a loud sound and everyone rushed forward.

Izuku nodded towards his teammates.

"Shinsou." He turned around to see the purple haired boy. He was put in the back so Izuku could easily turn and show him his hand signs so Shinsou could relay instructions to the others.

Shinsou stared up at Izuku, tired eyes determined.

"Tokoyami." He was at the front with Dark Shadow hovering in front of him. Tokoyami was their offense and defense. With Dark Shadow, he could defend and cover their blind spots while attacking and fighting off other teams.

Tokoyami nodded at Izuku.

"Shiozaki." Her quirk was good for offense and defense as well, and it could help snag other teams' headbands. She could also help move them around the field easier and keep them from getting cornered or surrounded.

Shiozaki smiled in his direction.

Izuku looked back at Shinsou, signed a few words, and the boy nodded.

"Let's go."

———

Katsuki watched as all the teams around him immediately sprang for Deku and his dumb team. He growled. There was no way someone was going to get those ten million points other than him.

"Alright let's go!" Katsuki shouted. "We're gonna get that ten million!"

Shitty Hair, Pinky, and Weird Elbows whooped and started running.

Deku was surrounded by extras who he barely managed to get away from. A girl on his team used her green thorn-like hair to push them off the ground and away from other teams as Bird Boy from their class was using his quirk to defend and attack. Deku was signing to a purple haired guy who shouted off what he was saying to his teammates.

"Hey, Weird Elbows! Tape me!" Katsuki shouted. Tape wrapped around his waist as Katsuki smirked and used his quirk to fly over to Deku.

At the sound of explosions, Deku visibly froze, his body stiffening. Somewhere in the back of his mind, Katsuki wondering when he started doing that.

"Deku!" Katsuki shouted, one hand outstretched as he neared the ten million points.

Deku didn't move even as Katsuki's hand was about to close around his headband of points. A flurry of dark purple and green stopped Katsuki from getting any closer, batting him away and leaving him to be reeled back by his team. Katsuki scowled up at the bird headed boy and the green haired girl. They had gotten in his way.

"Dammit!" Katsuki shouted. "I was so close!"

"Don't worry Bakubro!" Shitty hair grinned, turning and sporting a thumbs up. "There'll be more opportunities!"

"Yeah, we'll still win!" Pinky shouted, her pink fist pumped in the air.

"Yeah! We got this!" Weird Elbows laughed.

Katsuki shook his head. What a bunch of weirdos. But they were useful at least. He looked ahead and at the crowd still following Deku around.

Katsuki would win. He'd be first place. He'd be the best. He would show Deku up.

And he'd do it by nabbing those ten million points.