"The first 42 that have beaten the course will be allowed to participate in the second round! For anybody who didn't make it, you will get your chance in the mini-games! Everyone, please leave the field for now unless you're the first 42!" Midnight asks. A vast majority leaves the field. This leaves mostly the hero course with some others, "Alright, time for the next round!" Nemuri spins the wheel, it landing on another picture that I don't understand," The cavalry battle! In teams up to two to four, you will have one member, the rider, on the back of the rest of the members with the headbands with points. The goal is to keep those points while stealing other teams points! Points are based on the place each player came in. The 42nd place gets 5 points, 41st place gets 10 points, you should get the idea! But here is the plot twist!" Somehow the whole room darkens, the spotlights on me, " The first place is worth 10 million points!"

. . .

This is karma, huh?

For being an asshole to the other contestants, you get the most points.

Damn.

I grin psychotically at the camera. I got this.

"You have ten minutes to set up your teams and go!" Nemuri finishes. Immediately, I feel a tug on my right shoulder. I look to find Hatsume.

"You know how to catch their attention with your inventions! Let me join your team!" She exclaims.

"Depends, what the hell did you bring?"

"Let's see! I've got hover boots, the suit we built, the jet pack, and that gun we built!"

"Perfect, darling! We can work with that!" We got this. Uraraka runs over to us.

"Izuku, can I join ya'll?"

"Yep, you actually could work well here. We're flying out of this bitch. Think you could make us along with another member light?"

"Yeah!"

"Then, you apply! No interview or nothing. Too bad you're only going to get paid with a pass-through, but oh well! Right now, we are fucking nailing the mobility. We need someone to attack. Wait, I have an idea." I run over to Iida, " Iida, my man, want to work together?"

"I'm sorry, but no. You have already proven to be strong. I can't rely on your for strength." Welp, I tried.

"Alright then! Next idea!" I walk off. I wanted to go all-in on mobility, but that went out of the window. If we had Iida, we could have just run off like pussies and not deal with anyone.

BUT NO, IIDA HAD TO BE FUCKING PETTY! HE DOESN'T EVEN RELY ON ME THAT MUCH! HOT DAMN!

Alright, deep breathes Izuku. I look around, noticing somebody perfect for my team — an antisocial emo bird by the name of Tokoyami. I run over.

"Heya darling, I would like another person to fill my heart, and you seem to be the perfect fit. Would you like to join us?" It takes a moment for Tokoyami to respond.

"Your light blinds me, but I am willing to join you."

"I don't know if that is an insult or a compliment, but alright!" I believe it's an insult. Oh well, he is on my team anyway!

---

The time is up, and the teams are set up! My unit features four of us called Team Badass! Too bad it was not approved, so it's boring Team Midoriya. Anyway, you have the front horse of Tokoyami and Dark Shadow! Dark Shadow is the perfect attacker for my team because that shadow is well-rounded as hell! The only problem is it's weak to fire. That leads to a significant problem of Bakugo with his explosions, but I'm hoping someone will piss him off early and distract him. Anywho, the people beside me are two lovely ladies having to deal with my fat ass! On the left is Uraraka to lighten things up literally while Hatsume on the right is going to make us ditch this joint. Then, you have the main ring leader; that is me! Next to us is CAT, but they're rather useless here. I will be using my nunchucks this time around.

Holy shit, I already see the glares.

"ARE WE READY TO GO!?" Nemuri screams. The whole stadium rumbles in excitement, " THEN START!" The teams start approaching.

"CAT, hook up my microphone and play the karaoke version of Khalid's Talk!" I grin. My strategy is simple.

Waste as much time as possible.

The music starts pumping as I readjust the microphone on my headset, making the teams slow down to a stop, looking at us with curiosity. The only ones who aren't bothered are Team Todoroki and Team Bakugo, and they are after each other. I grin, letting my deep sexy voice take over. Yes, I have a lovely fucking voice under this cute body.

"Can't we just talk? Can't we just talk? Talk about where we're goin'."

I continue singing, smirking as I keep their attention as my goal is to keep their attention as long as possible. I start unzipping the top of my shirt, surprising people further. I don't undo all the way because I'm not a sinner there yet. I see people snapping out of it, I point down, and we fly off, and the fight begins below us. I wasted about a little over 30 seconds of people's lives.

I TAKE IT!

"OMG, MIDORIYA IS ACTUALLY USING HIS SINGING PRACTICE TO GOOD USE! HE DISTRACTED ALMOST THE WHOLE FIELD FOR A FEW PRECIOUS SECONDS!" Hizashi screams. Glad I made him proud! I took singing lessons after school over the last week in hopes of having a good voice by the end. It worked. Shouta finally comments.

"All those times I thought Midoriya would be causing trouble, he was with you singing?"

"YEP!"

"That might be the stupidest thing he's done yet. The sad part is that it was all planned. He used the adrenaline the students would be feeling and a surprise factor to throw them off. The worst part is it actually worked. He probably still would have moved either way, but he saved energy and wasted time, something he needs on his side."

"HE LEARNED FROM THE BEST!"

"More like the worst. "

"YOU HAVE TO ADMIT HIS VOICE IS SO GOOD!"

"No comment." OH MY GOSH, SHOUTA THINKS MY VOICE IS NICE! I SHOULD SING TO HIM DURING MY FREE TIME!

Back to the fight at hand, our team just landed when Bakugo decided to make an appearance.

"DEKU!" I heat my nunchucks, swinging them to make him back away.

"OFF WITH YOU, BIMBO!" I yell. Good thing I did back him off because someone stole his headband, so he went off chasing them.

"Izuku, I thought for sure you would use your electric batons! What's with the nunchucks?" Uraraka innocently asks. Oh yeah, she doesn't know.

"THEY SAID THAT ELECTRIC BATONS ARE TOO DANGEROUS SO I HAD TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER SOLUTION!" I scream at the loss. I was just getting over that too. Too bad, I have a bigger problem to worry about.

Team Todoroki is standing in front of us. They have Todoroki on the back with Kaminari and Momo to the sides, and WHAT THE FUCK IIDA!?

"HOLD THE PHONE! IIDA, YOU SAID YOU NEEDED TO PROVE YOU WERE STRONG, YET, YOU GO TO TODOROKI, THE STRONGEST AND HOTTEST BOY IN THE CLASS? WHAT THE HELL, BITCH!?" There goes a thousand dollars. Sorry, Nezu. Iida looks at me blankly as it takes the team a moment to respond.

Toddoroki decides to interrupt at that moment, "I will be taking that now." Welp might as well go all-in after that comment.

"My virginity? I would not mind that from you." Does that count as a bad word? Once again, I'm wasting time on everybody. I can feel the heat of blushing faces. COME ON! IT'S NATURAL! To give Todoroki full credit, he barely had any reaction. What happened to him?

"Your headband."

"Oh...welp, gotta catch me first, let's go, team!" We move the opposite direction running especially when there are FIVE TEAMS BEHIND US!

"Do you have any ideas besides running, Izuku?" Uraraka asks. We get intercepted by Shoji who is making a tent above him. A tongue and purple balls come out.

"Flying." I start up the jetpack again, but I hear a squeal, looking down to notice one of the hover boots caught in the purple ball. "SORRY HATSUME, WE BREAKING ONE OF YOUR BABIES!" I fly up with my team, breaking the hover boot, meaning we're out of the way with some lost mobility. We land away from everyone only to be reencountered with Todoroki. I notice the other teams are frozen to the ground and more headbands around his neck. Welhat might work to an advantage. Too bad we're trapped. Kaminari screams something, and electricity comes at us. Thank God Dark Shadow took that shit for us.

"Hey Hatsume, that gun could be nice by now. What's in it?" The girl in question hands me a gun that would normally be a potato spud gun, but that is fucking boring.

"The expanding pellets! I also have bombs in my pockets!" Alright then!

"FIVE MORE MINUTES. WILL TEAM MIDORIYA KEEP THEIR HEADBAND?! WILL THERE BE LOVE AFTER THE- OW AIZAWA! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HIT ME!"

"We both know it's impossible for Midoriya to feel love." OH, FUCK HIM! AFTER ALL I HAVE DONE FOR HIM!

I glare down the opposing team. A majority of the time is the standoff — kind of like those gun duels. You spend more time preparing rather than killing.

It's odd thinking about it.

I see Iida looking up at Todoroki. I can't hear them, but it can't be good. Grinning, I shoot the pellets around their foot, it expanding on their legs to keep them still. It's pretty solid, but for how long?

"Midoriya," Todoroki growls? Welp, you know who's my enemy if they use my last name.

"Asking me on a date?" Suddenly, the ground freezes over, freezing us in place, "Shit." They break out. I grip my nunchucks tightly; the heat turned all the way to burn at a single touch. I grip my headband tightly because I know something is about to happen. I take the best analysis. Whatever the hell they do, they will come in at our left because Todoroki only uses his right side. That means I have the nunchuck in my left-hand while gripping the headband with my right. Then, the moment comes.

"RECIPRO BLAST!" Without hesitation, I randomly whip the nunchuck, expanding our whole left side. I feel a hand grip the headband, but I keep a firm grip. I swing the nunchuck towards Todoroki. I almost fall, but my teammates keep a firm grip. It hits him on the back, which causes him to let go. Suddenly, I feel the heat. Turning around, I see Todoroki's left side on fire. It suddenly extinguishes.

"ONE MINUTE!" That one minute is when all hell breaks loose

'DEKU!" FUCK! HE'S COMING IN ON THE RIGHT.

"DARK SHADOW, TAKE BAKUGO! I WILL TAKE ON TODOROKI! HATSUME, TAKE THE GUN AND FIRE SOME BOMBS TOWARD BAKUGO'S TEAM. URARAKA, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, MAKE THEM LIGHT! CAT, TACKLE!" I bark out, keeping a firm grip on my headband. I reel back the nunchuck to standard size. I hear explosions to my right, but I don't know what is happening. Todoroki's team approaches us more slowly because Iida basically disabled himself. He tries to punch me, but I swing the nunchuck at him. He grabs it.

Bad move.

He lets go, and I hit his neck, making him back up.

"THIRTY SECONDS!"

Todoroki's team becomes unbalanced because Uraraka managed to touch Kaminari, him floating away from his group. Momo and Iida have to hold onto Todoroki to keep him falling. Too bad Momo falls because of CAT that leads to Todoroki clinging to Iida.

I feel jealous!

"TEN SECONDS!"

An explosion goes off on my face, and I feel a hand grip the headband. We all know who it is.

"Brat, I'm not letting go!" I swing the nunchuck at him blindly. I feel it hit something, and he lets go. I hear reeling, assuming from Sero with his tape quirk. I struggle to stay sitting up because I'm not letting go of my headband. I have to close my eyes. I can feel the burn on the side of my face.

"AND TIME! IN FIRST PLACE, HAVING KEPT THEIR 10 MILLION POINTS IS TEAM MIDORIYA! IN SECOND, WE HAVE TEAM BAKUGO! IN THIRD, WE HAVE TEAM TODOROKI! IN FORTH, WE HAVE TEAM TETSU- HOLD UP, WHEN DID SHINSO GET UP THERE?! TEAM SHINSO IS IN FOURTH PLACE!" Hizashi announces.

We did it.

We fucking did it.

I feel my team lower me down, and I stumble. Noticing, my teammates grab hold me up. It takes all my energy not to hit them away.

"Darlings, no need to worry." I opened my eyes after taking deep breaths and look at them with a smile — Nemuri cuts in.

"With the second event out of the way, we will be taking a two-hour break before coming back with our final event: the one on one battles! During this time, there will be mini-games going on for anybody to participate!" With that, everyone evacuates the stadium. I walk from my team after intense hugging as I pull out germ-x only to be stopped by Todoroki again.

"We need to talk."

---

Todoroki lead me to this weird hallway away from everybody, making me assume he's about to murder me. I feel safer with CAT, though. We lean on the wall opposite side of each other like badasses in silence. Too bad that isn't me.

"Alright, I know this isn't a marriage proposal, so what do you want?" I ask.

"You made me break my promise." Oh geez, I can tell this is going to be heavy shit.

"What promise?"

"To not use my left side." I bite my tongue, " Tell me, Midoriya, do you know what a quirk marriage?"

"Banging for powerful kids? Yes." Yeah, not the best way to put it, but that's the harsh definition.

"I'm the result of a quirk marriage. Endeavor wanted the perfect child to beat All Might. That perfect child is me with the perfect quirk. When I gained my quirk, he forced me to start training immediately. My father abused my mother to the point she could not bear my left side. She threw boiling water on my left side, leaving my scar." Todoroki moves his hand to the scar over his eye, " I swore by then that I would become a hero with only my mother's quirk and deny my father's quirk."

I so badly want to scream at him. Do you know what I would have done to have a quirk like his? People consistently denied me, and I have to crawl from the bottom of my grave to be here. Yes, what Endeavor did was being a fucking asshole. But I learned you take that and turn it into strength. I don't believe you should deny your quirk like that. He was given everything, and I don't think he realizes that. There are better ways to defy, like, I don't know, maybe burning Endeavor to death? For God's sake, I will adopt the kid if I have to! Too bad I have to move on and hide my anger for now.

"What does that have to do with me?"

"Tell me, are you the secret love child of Present Mic?"

Oh my gosh.

Did I hear what came out of his mouth correctly? The anger is gone now.

I have to ask, " How did you come to that conclusion?"

"You and Present Mic seem to share a relationship like no others here. You speak fluent English and, from what I have seen, spend the most time with him. You also act like him." That is some shakey evidence. I have to keep myself from laughing.

"I wish I was. We happen to be close friends or some shit. We have the connection."

"Connection?"

"You won't get it."

"Either way, I must defeat you. I will not be defeated by someone quirkless." Welp, that anger is back.

"First off, you believe your quirk is infallible, and that is bull shit. The moment your quirk is gone, you're fucked. Just because you have a quirk and a rough childhood doesn't mean you get to be an entitled brat. I fought my way to be able to stand beside you today. Second, with the mindset you have, you're screwed against me. I'll win until you decide to use your full strength. Do I let anybody hold me back? NO, BECAUSE I TAKE THOSE FUCKING ASSHOLES INSULTS AND TURN THEM INTO STRENGTHS. I WAS TOLD COULDN'T BE A HERO BECAUSE I WAS QUIRKLESS! I WILL PROVE YOU WRONG FOR UNDERESTIMATING ME! UNTIL YOU GET OUT OF YOUR PETTY PROMISE, YOU'RE WASTING POTENTIAL TO BE AN AMAZING HERO! GO AGAINST YOUR FATHER ANOTHER WAY BECAUSE YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF IN CHAINS!" Yep, the anger came in at the end. I leave. I can feel my phone in my pocket buzzing, but I ignore it. I'm going to meet them anyway eventually.

---

I got Recovery Girl to fix up my face literally. Apparently, my anger was so intense that I didn't feel the pain. I didn't bother giving an attitude as I head off to find the squad.

It turns out, they're hiding in the sound booth still.

I open the door quietly to find Nemuri, Hizashi, and Shouta, all sitting on the floor in the corner of the room.

"If a threesome is going on, I can leave." It doesn't have its usual spark. It did make the guys blush, so mission achieved. Shouta takes one look at my face, gets up, grabs my shoulder, and pulls me out of the room. He forces me against the wall, grabbing my other shoulder to hold me down.

"Deep breathes," Shouta demands. I forgot that exercise. I have been having a couple fewer outbursts because of it, but it's not bulletproof.

"Figured out that quickly?" I do what he asked, trying to. I can at least avoid breaking him.

"You're shaking." I didn't realize that. I close my eyes, focusing on my breathing, " something happened?"

"Guess you can say that...I really am a brat. You can let go. I have some fantastic news for Hizashi!" I'm calm, and Shouta lets go but not before whacking me upside the head, " What was that for?!"

"For having the stupidest plan in history."

"It worked, and you enjoyed my singing." Shouta sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose. Without responding, we head in, "Hizashi, I'm your secret love child now!"

"WHAT?!" Nemuri and Shouta ask, looking at me like I got drunk. Hizashi grins. He runs up to me, lifts me, and spins me around while laughing. I laugh with him, but I will need a bleach bath after all these people touching me.

"YES, YOU'RE MY KID NOW! WE CAN DO DUETS AND EVERYTHING!" Hizashi screams, excited.

"Oh shit, I didn't even think of that! I mean, we could have done that anyway, but alright! However, just know I see you more as a brother." Oh God, the possibilities! I can see it now! The man of the hour puts me down.

"Understandable. How did you come to that conclusion, though, if I may ask?"

"Todoroki asked if I was your secret love child!"

"SEE SHOUTA! I'M THE MORE SUITABLE DAD AND BROTHER OUT OF THE TWO OF US, SO HAND HIM OVER!" Shouta grabs me with his capture weapon, pulling me beside him.

"If I hand Izuku over, I'm going to end up with a train-wreck of a student. Izuku probably will learn how to do a stripper dance from Nemuri and scream and aggravate from you."

"Oh shit, um...Shouta...I already do all those things. I took a class in pole-dancing at night. I taught there at one point to make more money on the side. How you think I got to go here? That's why we don't need a teacher. I can teach you!" His eye is twitching.

"What? Do they not realize a kid is literally in the room? Also, UA is free besides the entrance exam."

"You pay, and they don't care. Also, the entrance exam is still a bit on the hefty side for a part-time job. Mom is struggling as is. I can work for my own anyway."

"Is that how you're so strong?"

"Yes." Reality settles in, "Want a taste?"

"NO!" "YES!" Hizashi and Shouta are the first responders, and Nemuri is the second. The men glare at her.

"I do still need to learn how to twerk. I still need Midnight's expertise."

"I CAN TEACH YA, KID!" Nemuri grins. Shouta drags me out. Welp, I'm in trouble now. The other two are left behind. HOLD UP; I'M SUPPOSE TO BE MAD AT SHOUTA! I fight the bands.

"What are you doing, kid?" Shouta asks.

"I'm mad at you."

"Why?"

"YOU SAID I WAS INCAPABLE OF LOVE!"

"It's true."

"CAT, attack." CAT meows before jumping the man. I manage to get out of the bounds.

"What the hell, Izuku?"

"What the hell, Shouta?" You know, I might consider making CAT my permanent side-kick after that. I was initially going to use them here only, but CAT could be so useful when I can't use any of my equipment.

And because I built it and it's not official for support gear, I can.

"Is this the thing that kept you up for you to work on?" He glares at it.

"Yip! Likey?"

"At least it looks like an actual cat." With that said, we head out to get food.