The next day, things seemed to cool down as school resumed.

"It is a bummer we can't tell the truth, but you handled everything like a real pro Izumi!" Kaminari said.

"Yeah, who knows what would've happened if you didn't save Aizawa." Sero said.

"Why did you have to say that?!" Mineta yelled in fear from the incident.

"But, still that bird guy was strong and Midoriya swatted him like a fly!" Sato smiled.

"Indeed. Her powers really are a thing of wonder." Tokoyami adds.

Then the Class rep come in the room.

"Everyone! Homeroom Class is about to begin! To your seats!” Iida shouts standing at where Aizawa-Sensei usually sits.

“But your the only one standing,” Jirou had a deadpanned face on as Idia went to his chair with a frustrated face.

Though Izumi wondered who would take Aizawa-Sensei's place today...

Suddenly, the door opens revealing Aizawa-Sensei coming in wrapped up like a mummy.

"Aizawa-Sensei!"

"Sensei, should you even be up?"

"Nows not the time to be concerned about my wellbeing. You should know your fight isn’t over,”

Everyone stills at that. Was it another villian attack?!

“U.A.’s Sports Festival is coming up.”

"Hey! Don't give us a scare like that!" The students yelled.

Kirishima looked excited but the other students looked unsure.

“Sir are you sure that it's ok to do the Sports Festival? I mean we were just attacked the other day." Jirou pointed out.

"It’s necessary to demonstrate that U.A’s crisis management protocols are sound. That’s what the Hero Commission told us. Which is not a total lie. Compared to past years, there will be five times the police and hero Presence. Our Sports Festival is one of Japan’s biggest events! Long ago before Quirks, the Olympics was the world’s Sports Festival and every country would be whipped into a frenzy over them. But as some of you know, that tradition has shrunk in scale to a shell of its former self..and as far as Japan is concerned. What’s taken the place of the Olympics is the U.A. Sports Festival. Its not something to cancel because of a few villains."

"Thats right. It's not only a chance to show off potential as a hero, you get a chance to get scouted." Momo said.

"They’ll be looking to hire us as Sidekicks after we graduate,” Kamnari said with a grin. “And a lot of those Sidekicks never manage to go solo. They’re Sidekicks forever.”

“That’ll be you Kamnari,” Jirou laughs making Kamnari growl at her.

"Naturally you’ll gain valuable experience and popularity if you are picked by a Big-Named Hero. That's why the Festival matters. If you want to go Pro one day, this is your opportunity. One chance a year, three in a lifetime. No aspiring hero can afford to miss this Festival. So you better not slack off on your training." Aizawa said.

"Yes sir." The students said.

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Over the next two weeks, Class 1A had been preparing, strengthening their quirks for the competition.

Although, Izumi had little interest in the festival, she had to make an impact.

Even though Bakugou made some enemies when other students scoped out competition.

But she had to focus.

Before she knew it, the Sports Festival was here!
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In the waiting room where Class 1A was, Izumi discussing on strategy with Momo and Shoji when Todoroki stood before her

"Can I help you with something?" Izumi questioned politely.

"You're undeniably strong and skilled; as it stands, we are the strongest in our class. But no matter what, I will beat you and win," Shoto vowed.

"Did Todoroki just challenge Midoriya?" Kirishima dapped.

"Hey man, we shouldn't fight amongst our friends," Kaminari placed his hand on Shoto's shoulder, and the icy-hot Quirk user slapped it off.

"I'm not here for friends; I'm here to win," Shoto stated coldly.

"We all are actually, but we all have different reasons to win. But as long as we can make a lasting impression on the Pros, it won't matter." Izumi said as the others nodded, agreeing with her.

"Hey Deku! I declare war on you too. Half-n-half is the wrong one to take on!" Bakugo butted in.

Well, not everyone...

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"Hey! Attention, audience! Swarm, mass media! This year’s high school rodeo of adolescence that you all love; the UA Sports Festival is about to begin! Everybody, are you ready!?”
Present Mic’s voice played loudly over the speakers, echoing around the dark room.

It’s time for us to open up the First-Year stage!”

The cheering of the audience increased ten-fold at the announcement, going wild for the chance to see the new hero students of UA.

The camera zoomed in on one of the various tunnels that lined the stadium’s bottom wall, letting everyone watching see the first faces of the UA hero course.

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Izumi walked among her class as all the 1st years made their way to the field.

After Midnight explained the Obsticle Course, it was time.
"It's a race between all 11 classes!" explained Midnight, "It'll be a 4 km course that'll take you around this stadium! Our school's selling point is freedom!"

Midnight gave a rather malicious lick to her lips before continuing, "As long as you stay on the course, it doesn't matter what you do! Anything is possible!"

Red…..

Yellow…..

GREEN!

“AND GOOOOOOOO!!!!!”

Well they tried to…

“The gates too narrow!!!” they heard some students say.

But Izumi already had an idea.

Touching her Leaf Stone, she went into Grassy Form and jumped over everyone with an Aerial Ace, getting out.

"So this is the first filter,” Todoroki says before using his ice to slide through the gate as well as freezing the many feet of others.

Although he got through with his ice powers, those of 1A and 1B followed quickly.

Todoroki suddenly found himself having to catch up with Izumi as they zoom without hesitation. But he had to pause when seeing the first obstacle.

"Targets found... lock on!"

The two looked up to see several of the zero-pointer faux villains from the entrance exam glaring down at them.

"Looks like our contestants have met their first obstacle! May I introduce to you the first barrier... Robo Inferno!" announced Present Mic as more of the giant zero-point faux villains appeared, along with the other faux villains.

"Holy crap, aren't those the zero-pointers from the Entrance Exam!?" exclaimed Kaminari, a bit shocked at the amount there was.

"Seriously?! The Hero Course had to fight these?!" exclaimed a student.

"This is what they meant by obstacles?!" wailed another.

"There's way too many for any one of us to slip through!" complained another.

"So this is what the rest of my peers had to fight," noted Shoto, getting ready to deal with the robot.

"How do they get the funding to build all this?" questioned Momo.

Before Shoto could make a move, Izumi had already shot herself forward towards one of them with Aerial Ace before going into her Electric Form.

"Zap Cannon!" Izumi fired a ball of lightning toward the bots, the resulting impact made two zero-pointers short-out, flying backward into a few others, causing a domino effect as the first one blew up, causing others to blow up too.

"OMG... and just like that, Izumi Midoriya of 1-A has sent several of the zero pointers down with just one attack!" shouted Present Mic.

Spectators were very impressed at the girl's strength, and were shocked of her transformation.

"Like hell I'll I'm going to let you two surpass me!" shouted Bakugo as he blasted his way forward.

Somewhere, Power Loader wept at the loss of more robots.

When at the near end Katsuki was neck to neck with Todoroki, but Izuku decided to resort to speed.

She focused her Agility and Quick Attack so much, it looked like she went past a whole football field.

"Unbelievable folks! Midoriya Izumi of Class 1A has won the first Round!" Midnight announced as the crowd went wild, proud of her student.

Those that followed in order were Kirishima, Todoroki, Bakugou, and so on.
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"Izumi Midoriya, huh?" Kamui Woods said looking at the screen. "Now I have a student to root for."

"But It's going to be a race to see who gets her," shrugged Death Arms, "Even if she loses the finals, no doubt with her potential, she'll get a lot of offers."

Mt. Lady was busy posing for her fans when she should be doing security. But she'll learn who won later.

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Other heroes took note of this as Toshinori was watching, at least happy Kirishima got a high placement in the Obsticle Course too, he got to Second Place.

"Wow, Midoriya's stock will climb really fast at this rate."

"That's certainly true. Her quirk seems really powerful! Transformation, electricity, speed, and earlier she used properties of plants. She'll be a shoo in for at least among the Top 5 for this Sports Festival. If you took on management of his agency, how would you market him? Any opinions?"

"Appearance is fair in terms of looks. Mostly cute, and she's shown to be limber..
give a few years, she'll be a knockout."

"She's smart too, after seeing how she took out the robots in one move. Remember the second obstacle? Instead of jumping to the next platform with just power, she chose to run on the wires instead. Either she knows he doesn't have the control or she suspected the platforms could crumble upon impact. That shows she has a tactical mind."

Toshinori was a little tense. He still wondered how Izumi was that strong, but nothing of her past revealed anything related to....HIM.

Above average grades, a widowed mother who has a job as a nurse, under Midnight's mentorship...

He even looked into the father's records, and he had a simple fire breathing quirk that was useful for his welding job.

'Nothing connects at all...even so...' Toshinori thought as he saw Kirishima congratulate Midoriya.

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Izumi had time to wait as she ate a snack bar as the others came flooding in. At least those who got through the Obsticle Course. They mainly composed of the two Hero Classes.

"And the first game of the First-Year stage is over!" announced Midnight as the last of the students trickled in, "Now, let's take a look at the results!"

1st: Izumi Midoriya

2nd: Kirishima Eijirou

3rd: Shoto Todoroki

4th: Katsuki Bakugou

5th: Momo Yaoyorozu

6th: Tenya Iida

7th: Ochako Uraraka

And so forth, going all the way to Yuga Aoyama who was at placed 42nd and currently clutching his stomach in pain. Izumi felt sorry for the guy...

She also noticed that Shinso, who was a student from General Studies, made it too. The only other student that made it into the top 42 was someone named Mei Hatsume from the Support Department.

'Hm. They must be skilled to make it.' She thought.

"The top 42 will proceed on to the next round!" announced Midnight, ignoring the complaints of mostly the General Ed. Students who hadn't made the cut, "It is unfortunate if you didn't make the cut, but don't worry! We have a special event later on where anybody can showcase their skills to the audience that'll take place after the main event! But now, it is time for Round Two!"
Midnight swiped her whip back to the projection with the slot speeding through once more.

"Now then, onto today's heart pounding event! And here... it... is!"

With the final statement, the slot landed onto the words Calvary Battle.

"Urg, Cavalry Battle? I'm not so good at that," voiced Denki.

"It's not an individual event, how will that work?" wondered Tsuyu.

"Let me explain!" continued Midnight, turning to the projection, where it changed to reveal Thirteen and Present Mic carrying All Might. Snipe was also in the projection, but his whole body was hidden thanks to All Might's body, and nobody would have noticed him if it wasn't for the fact there was a small speck of brown that looked like his hat.

"Participants can form teams of two to four people as they wish. It's basically the same as a regular cavalry battle, but the one thing that's different is... based on the results of the last game, each person has been assigned a point value."

"A point-based system like the Entrance Exam? That's simple to understand," mused Sato.

"However, before you all get carried away, the points are assigned based on your placement in the obstacle course, in increments of 5. So 42nd place will be 5 points, 41st 10 points, and so on. You can looked up the board to see your own value. But we added a twist to make it interesting...

First Place is marked with Ten Million Points!" Midnight announced.

Izumi was surprised but she could tell she would be the big target of the event.

But she grinned as she looked at Midnight with her 'Bring it on,' smile.
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A question:
Who do you think will want Izumi to Intern under them?