"And the first place gets!!!!...10 million points!!!"

A huge ton slapped Hinata's head. She spaced out, face red, eyes rolling dizzy. A fog of her spirit nearly slipped away from her. "They're all against me...!!!!" She cried aloud in her mind, doomed. Her knees and head collapsed, her fingers disheveled her hair. "I should've given first place to Midoriya...!!!" She deeply regrets, taking a short glimpse of how relaxed Midoriya is as he got 2nd place.

The more Hinata pondered on her situation the more she got stressed. Time is ticking. "I need a team!" She thought desperately.

She immediately ran to the person she wants.

"Uraraka, help me!" she grabbed her wrist, whispered, teary-eyed.

But at the other side, Midoriya's hand locked to Uraraka's arm.

The two called Uraraka's name in sync.

Uraraka jolted, flustered. "O-Okay, maybe we can talk this through... right???" she stuttered as both tightened their grip.

"Uraraka's mine!" Midoriya exclaimed.

The phrase made Uraraka's face explode, boiled pinkish steamy cheeks. Her reaction made Midoriya realize what he actually said. He turned red too.

"S-Sorry!" "Wh-what was I thinking!!???!" Midoriya panicked and let go of Uraraka, wrapping himself with his arms, hiding his shy face.

"So, Uraraka, you with me?" Hinata instantly took the chance, asked with sparkling eyes, pulling her friend closer. "Pleaaassee???" she begged.

Uraraka flinched confused, her palms on her cheeks, trying to keep herself composed. She was too touched by what Midoriya said to her. "Why don't we just... say, be one team?" she proposed, feeling bad too to also leave Hinata alone.

Midoriya didn't seem to like Uraraka's suggestion.

"Ahem, ahem," someone caught their attention from behind.

It's Hatsume. She introduced herself and her intention.

"But then, shouldn't you choose to be in Hinata's team than Deku's?" Uraraka asked strongly when she heard Hatsume's motive and her plea to join Midoriya's group.

Hinata waited earnestly for Hatsume's answer. Even if she doesn't know the person, she can't be picky.

"Well, it's simply because Hinata Hyuuga's too good," Hatsume replied, pointing up her index. "Her skills would outshine my babies." she swayed her finger to a 'no-no' gesture. "I need someone... a bit lacking." she bluntly said.

Uraraka gasped at her audacity.

Midoriya sulked at the corner, crying.

"But of course, I'm still in the team, right? I just answered you guys honestly!" Hatsume smiled, shameless.

Hinata sheepishly chuckled at the side.

Time running!

...

Hinata's back to square one.

"What now??????" She's sat, her chin close to her knees, and her hands grasping on her hair still. A gloomy radius separated her from the rest. More she felt pressured as the timer didn't stop.

Suddenly she felt a gentle kick on her side.

Hinata looked up, her eyes squeezed a bit of the sunlight but later opened wide, surprised.

"H-Hey, Red Face," Bakugo grunted, didn't make eye contact, looking mean as usual, lips tilted angrily to the side, and his arms crossed on his chest, his foot tapping. Not such a lovely face to save her day.

Hinata's knees shot up straight and faced Bakugo. Still startled of what exactly is happening, "Are you..."

An angry symbol popped out of Bakugo's temple. "YOU WANT MY HELP OR NOT?!!? I COULD JUST DAMN LEAVE YOU HERE IF THE HELL YOU DON'T CARE!" He lost his nerve, shouted.

Hinata flinched, "S-Sorry."

"AND STOP IT WITH THOSE CRAPPY PUPPY EYES RED FACE!! I'M DAMN HERE CUZ I NEED POINTS!!!" Bakugo spat right to the point, his tone a bit embarrassed, "The hell with 4th place!!" He cursed under his breath.

"Who's helping who?" Hinata smiled awkwardly in thought. "B-But, why me...? You could team up with others. It would be hard on you, I have 10 million points." Hinata shyly asks.

"YOU EXPECT ME TO BE HERE IF I HADN'T DONE THAT!?!?!!" Bakugo yelled.

Hinata cowered, but then later thought to herself, "With that attitude and low points, I suppose that's why he has nobody."

"So, what?" Bakugo's voice calmed low, serious. His hands inserted in his pockets, his eyes fixated at his feet, his lips pouted and unintentionally his cheeks reddened. "Want me or not?"

Hinata snapped out of her thoughts. "Of course!" she softly exclaimed, answered instantly.

That earned a cute poof of hot smoke from Bakugo's face. "Great-, Wh-whatever!" he grunted.

"Now we only need two more!" Hinata brightened up. Her eyes gleamed. She pumps up two fists enthusiastically. "We can win the game with the 10 million points alone. We should build a defensive team to hold out-"

"You think like that crappy nerd Deku!" Bakugo scowled, he shoves off his flushed expression.

Hinata stopped, "What... do you mean?"

"Tch!" Bakugo frowned, suddenly walked away without a word.

"B-Bakugo?... Where are you going?" Hinata reaches out to him. "We don't have much time-"

"Just shut up and stay where you are!"

***
[Mini Time Skip]

"Time's up!" Midnight announced.

~o~o~o~

"I wonder what'll happen now..." Present Mic sat back on his seat after the short break. He takes a sip from a can of soda he just bought but suddenly spat some out of his nostrils. He sorely coughed.

"Disgusting." Aizawa evaded the splash from his seat.

"Now this game's gonna be fun!!" Present Mic exclaimed when he saw the teams ready.

~o~o~o~

"Uwaaahh~ Why am I dragged into this!?!~" Mina sobbed.

"This is insane Bakugo!" Sero whined too.

"SHUT UP YOU TWO IDIOTS OR I'll BLAST YOUR HEADS OFF, GOT THAT?!!?!!" Bakugo faced over his shoulder, addressing the two behind him. Mina Ashido at the left and Sero Hanta at the right. Bakugo, the front horse, and Hinata, on top as the rider.

"I'm sorry you two...let's win this and I'll make it up to you guys... I'm really sorry." Hinata apologized. Although she had a slight smile on her, she can't stop herself to titter after witnessing how Bakugo just pulled the two poor little guys in the team.

"This is nuts...I could've been with Hagakure~" Mina cried, her eyes turning wobbly.

"Shoji was about to invite me in their group." Sero also mourned along.

"CRAP-!! DAMN YOU TWO-!!"

"I-It'll all be alright, cheer up!" Hinata cut off Bakugo. Locked her gentle lavender eyes at them, polished with a softly smile "We'll stick to plan and get through this!.. think on the bright side, you two have amazing quirks that are the key to win this..."

The way she talked made Sero and Mina see a halo floating above her and imaginary heavenly light.

"Be confident," Hinata lifted a winsome fist. "You're both strong... after all, isn't that why even someone like Bakugo picked you?"

Mina and Sero's hearts clenched, their faces squeezed and fountain tears burst. "Yeah right! Let's win this!!!" they yelled up high.

"Mhm!" Hinata happily nodded.

"Tsk!" Bakugo smirked. "Someone like me?" he whispered to himself

...

"Get to your places!" Midnight raised her whacky baton. Everyone positioned and buckled their guts.

"This is it!" Hinata breathed in and out heavily. She stared at her left foot as it shook. She couldn't fully treat her wound from the obstacle course to save chakra. "I'll be fine." She sighed, her hand rested on Bakugo's spiky hair.

Bakugo frowned but can't do anything about it anyway since he's the front horse.

The countdown began.

"You think like that crappy nerd Deku!" Hinata remembered Bakugo's words. "Everbody here is damn planning to take that 10 million! They'll go aggressive and so the heck should we! They'll be weak on defense but we're agile and capable! We charge first! Like I'm gonna accept a crappy victory from running! WE WON'T RUN! THOSE JERKS WILL RUN FROM US!!"

"Ready!" Midnight shouted.

Hinata inhaled deeply once more.

Bakugo sparked up his palms hot.

Sero and Mina toughened up themselves for battle.

"Start!!!"

"Byakugan!" Hinata's eyes widened. "The ground!"

The floor collapsed. Trapped, surrounded, and all those within their radius who charged towards them had their feet sucked in like quicksand.

"DAMN ITT!!! WHO'S QUIRK IS THIS!?! RED FACE, WHERE!?!"

"There!-"

"Dark Shadow!" Midoriya's team advanced from a distance.

Hinata dodged Dark Shadow's claw. "Shadow clo-" but their headband loosened. Hinata canceled her hand sign and instantly grabbed on to their points.

"BRACE YOURSELVES!!" Bakugo blasted his palms.

"Sero tape!" Hinata warned.

On time, Sero's tape wrapped themselves stuck tight together, preventing them from recoiling against Bakugo's explosion. They dashed off the mud-like ground.

"RED FACE, TAKE IT!" Bakugo pressed.

Hinata briskly stretched out her arm and the second they passed over class b's team, Hinata's fingers swiped their head-band, but Bakugo's hurtle force dragged the rider along and utterly kicked the team out of the game.

#"ZERO POINTS!! INSTANTLY ONE TEAM IS OUT OF THE MATCH!!"# Present Mic screamed.

Bakugo smugged and shot a glare with a tilted neck. "Tch! Try that annoying quirk of yours, you're dead!"

That team of class b grudgingly walked out.

"Mina, your side! Ice!" Hinata kept up guard. The team evaded as Mina released her acid, melted the ice quickly before it immobilized them.

"Phew, that was close-" Mina's relief halted. "Mineta's quirk!" She yelped, struggling to move.

"Lose the shoe, Raccoon eyes!" Bakugo barked.

Mina hurriedly removed her shoe but when she landed back she stepped on another one of Mineta's grapes, on her bare skin.

"CRAP WHY DON'T YOU HAVE SOCKS ON!?!" Bakugo's nerve pricked.

"Expect my socks not to melt of my acid!?!?!!" Mina bawled, hopeless.

"Grape RUSHHH!!!!" a chain of sticky balls flew towards them.

Their eyes widened, one thought struck their minds.

"Dodge guys!!" Sero shouted.

Cornered, they detached from Mina and avoided, but Asui's tongue backed up Mineta's trap and caught Sero's leg.

"Shadow clone jutsu!" Hinata replaced Mina and Sero's place with her clones, Bakugo, escaped, still stands as the front horse. They drifted distant from Sero and Mina.

#"INSANE REFLEX!!!!" Present Mic remarked while the audience's loud applaud and cries swarmed the whole stadium. "IS THIS TEAM SET UP STILL ALLOWED!?!?! HERO MIDNIGHT, YOUR THOUGHTS!?!"

"As long as the rider hasn't fallen, it's acceptable!" Midnight exclaimed on the mic, also got excited about the happenings.

...

Shoji's arm multiplied and morphed into more hands, headed towards the 10 million points.

Hinata held on to their headband and deflected Shoji's attack with her gentle fist, Bakugo blasted some of Shoji's quirk. Then Mineta's team suddenly retreated, someone took their points as they got fixated on the 10 million points.

A gust of dust brushed off from Hinata's clones and Bakugo's feet, bare feet. Mineta too caught him, but he successfully escaped with Hinata.

"CRAP THAT SHORTY JACKASS I'LL KILL HIM!!" He lighted his explosions to get his revenge.

"Change of plans..."

"WHAT THE HECK, RED FACE-!!"

"Waste time, let the timer run out, please..."

Bakugo's tongue abruptly held back. Hinata's hand suddenly leaned on his shoulder, her fingers tightened in grip, her flesh quivered. She huffed for air, her sweat kept dripping on him. Her Byakugan is no longer in use.

Silence, but it broke immediately as they behold ice cuffed their legs.

The two alerted back, they looked up and see Todoroki's team hustling through other competing teams. Iida's speed, they approach fast towards them. Yaomomo created a sheet and covered themselves, Kaminari emitting electricity.

Hinata's eyes widened. "B-Bakugo-!"

*BOOM!!!*

They exploded to the sky. However, they meet Midoriya's team in the middle of the air.

"Red Face, your guard!" Bakugo shouted, looked over his shoulder, and- "Oi! Red Face!!"

"Bakugo, the points!!" Hinata lost hold of Bakugo, they separated, and her two clones poofed into smoke. She's falling fast ahead, eyeing on their 10 million points that slipped off her grasp, it's getting farther from her, she's out of balance, reaching for it.

"Dark shadow!" Tokoyami takes the opportunity.

Bakugo's teeth gritted. He covered for Hinata, stretched out his arms, and flashed another huge explosion. Dark Shadow cowered. The force rebounded Bakugo, he reached to Hinata and secured her tight. They crash-landed back on the battlefield.

Dust splashed as they landed. The crowd eagerly watched if they made it. The teachers waited worriedly.

The dust faded. Hinata managed to make clones on time. They're back on their feet, a whole horse with a rider, and their points back intact around Hinata's temple.

The audience yelled.

However, the cleared dust not only revealed good news. The moment Bakugo and Hinata landed, Todoroki had his ice surround them, leaving them cornered.

Bakugo frowned, pissed, His toes clenched a bit, bearing the stings from the cuts caused by the ice a while ago he forcedly escaped from, added with the risky landing he did. The floor smudged a bit of his blood.

Hinata's eyes narrowed fiercely, she needs to be strong. She can't drag her team down.

The two teams circled against each other. As Todoroki's group tried to forward, Bakugo would go the opposite to stall time.

"This isn't helping..." Todoroki said to his team, his brows furrowed.

"Hold on tight everyone..." Iida spoke up, he adjusted his stance and fuelled up his quirk. "Todoroki, prepare to take it..." He whispered.

Todoroki and the other's eye's widened.

*ZOOM!!* "RECIPROBURST!!!!"

Like time froze, Hinata and Bakugo fazed, a sharp blaze of wind gushed by them... and so did their points slipped away.

"The 10 million!!!" Sero and Mina shouted from the side as they witness it all after a blink.

"YOU ICY-HOT BASTARD!!" Bakugo instantly charged, Hinata reached out her hand to retrieve it.

But suddenly Midoriya's team blocked their way, Tokoyami's Dark Shadow pushed them aside.

Iida ran out of fuse to run, Midoriya coming closer.

"One for all..." Midoriya's arm glowed, his hand an inch far from Todoroki. Todoroki's flames lit.

Midoriya swung his arm, "The 10 million's ours!!"

"IT'S OURS, DAMN IT!!!" Bakugo and Hinata grabbed the opening Midoriya made. Hinata's fingers touched it first and-

"Time's up!!"

#"AND THAT'S IT!!!! TODOROKI'S TEAM SECURED THE 10 MILLION POINTS!!!" Present Mic declared.

Midoriya's team sighed, still in a good state though; they won 2nd place.

Bakugo's eyes froze widened as he witnessed on the screen their names in last place, "Zero points!?"

The clones behind Bakugo dispersed and faded into the air. Hinata dropped, fell on her knees, and hands on the floor, panting.

Bakugo turned to her. He bit his bottom lip, his eyes narrowed, forehead wrinkled, frustrated. The knuckles on his fist turned white. "Red Face, I-" suddenly the Hinata in front of him popped into smoke. "What!?" he gawked.

Todoroki and everyone close stood shocked.

#"Wait, what-?" Present Mic's reaction echoed like the rest with the audience.

"Ho! look!" Hatsume's eyes zoomed in on the 10 million number on the headband around Todoroki's neck. "I-It's gone!" the number faded.

Everyone looked up to the screen board of their rankings. Todoroki's team dropped to 2nd place, followed by Midoriya's group 3rd. Hinata's team was revealed to be the top-frog.

Midnight stepped up from behind the confusion with an ear-to-ear smirk, "We have our winner here!" she shouted, holding up high Hinata's hand. The true 10 million points on her head. Hinata standing beside Midnight with a big smile, her eyes telling her team proudly...

"We won!"

(A/n): Hi guys, sorry, I planned to publish last Tuesday but ahh my head kept changin ideas and perspective, and writing action was hard for me... hehe sorry if it's lacking. But anywaysss, bye! Thanks and love y'all! 😜😘