A team composed of Todoroki, Iida, Momo, and Kaminari.
Of course.
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"Hey Mei, keep Izuku up for a second Kay?"
"Ok!"
A large, strong hand clasped around Izuku, keeping him upright as Mina let go of her left hand.
With a large, no massive spray from left to right, a large, green liquid shot forth from. Her hand, turning the arm of her gym shirt to absolutely nothing, and the ground it hit disintegrated pretty much in the spot.
The opposing team backed away, though the acid hadn't come close to hit them.
Instead it began burrowing down, down into the ground, turning the ground in front of them into a pitfall, roughly 8 meters from one side to the other, and 3 meters between them and Todoroki's team.
The green left her hand completely before she went back to hold up Izuku's foot.
Izuku had never realized before how quickly the acid disappeared from her skin before. He would have to ask her about that later.
"Can you jump that with that technique of yours Tenya?"
They spoke regularly, but Izuku had no problems hearing what they said.
"Probably, though if you wanna grab it with that move too, we have to do it right by the edge."
A bunch of other teams tried attacking from behind.
With a simple movement of his arm, a massive circular wall of ice formed behind them, protecting them from any attacks from behind.
Izuku realized then that Todoroki had more than just one band around his neck. He'd been busy.
I'd simply freeze the gap, but we need to be able to move, and those tentacles give them better footing than we would have.
"We need to prevent them from moving towards the edge," Izuku said to his team.
"Sure."
Then a fucking grenade, went sailing through the air.
Both teams, thrower, and receiver panicked at the sight as it landed, Momo acting immediately and created a barricade in front of them.
Then, rather than exploding into a ball of fire, the thing's popped into four pieces like a cleaved apple and ejected a bunch of small metal things on the ground, many of them falling into the pitfall.
It took Izuku a moment before he realized what they were. Caltrops.
"Caltrops? That's… A bit out of date isn't it?"
"Not at all Uraraka! The ancient Caltrop is an amazingly effective weapon to prevent the enemy from moving around. Why, this baby was requested by one of our Teachers, the black-haired one with the bandages around his neck!"
"Aizawa wants these?" Mina asked in a tone of despair, and Izuku had to agree. Aizawa with Caltrop's grenades was not something he ever wanted to imagine.
"Yeah, that was the name. I think. Anyway, I got the idea for this baby when I was 6 and I impaled my foot on a rusty nail once. Ever since then, I've realized just how awesome the power of impaling your enemies is. It's simple, practical, easy to use, and deadly, but it is also very, very personal. It's why I got razor-sharp knives in all of my four top babies!"
"That's… Nice."
"Also, these Caltrops are coated with a substance so they won't freeze easily. Aizawa's personal request."
"That's… Great for us, but… He could still just freeze the entire ground and 10 cm above it."
"Dont be such a goddamn nitpicker Midori!"
Though, as he watched on the other side, their enemies were taking their sweet time doing that. Or anything really, they just seemed to be discussing strategy.
Having gotten rid of Momo's barricade, the opposing team didn't seem to be in all that hurry to move.
He glanced over at the holographic clock showcasing how long the match would go on for. 4 minutes left.
Todoroki was a massive, massive problem. That firepower of his was just ridiculous.
That said…
If they were going to be so indecisive, then they would have to take the consequences themselves.
"Hey Hatsume, can your arms carry us up on the wall for 4 minutes?"
"Are you a sorry, deceitful, excuse for a man?"
"Alright then, here's what we-"
Their enemy made their move with incredible speed.
With a wave of his hand, Todoroki froze the ground, all the way to the edge, making the Caltrops useless.
Then, Momo created a… Giant piece of flat wood, which they slammed into the ground in front of them.
Izuku understood what was about to happen, as they jumped on it, then both Kaminari and Momo crouched and Jumped up in the air as Iida was still moving.
Iida's legs burst with flame.
It was Mina who saved them.
The punk girl with the amazing reflexes and speed suddenly burst leftward, dragging Izuku's head out of the way of Todoroki's hands, which had just almost gotten his hand around it.
The band was still safe around his head.
It was still far, far too close for comfort.
Time to go.
"URARAKA, WEIGHTLESS! HATSUME, ON THE WALL NOW!"
Both thankfully obeyed without any objection, and once more the power of 4 mechanical arms sent them flying through the air, this time flying into the wall instead of away from it.
Then, they began moving along the wall held up by the tentacles.
As they moved in a way no one else could Izuku thought to himself that they probably should have used this tactic from the start. 4 meters above everyone else, the wall put them out of reach of most of their enemies, and Mei's arms moved them at amazing speeds.
The fact that no one managed to engage them before the round ended was proof enough of the viability of the strategy.
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"TIME'S UP!"
"Seems we actually made it, huh guys?" Mina said cheerfully. The pink girl wore a big, adorable smile on her face.
Izuku felt happy seeing it, though truthfully, he just felt relief. Sheer, total relief that they had actually made it.
"Yeah." Mei said in her usual, easygoing manner.
Then, she unceremoniously dropped Izuku without a word.
He had not expected it, but thankfully, his instincts, drilled into him over hundreds of hours in woods and mountains meant he had no problems landing on his feet from the four meter drop.
He sighed.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Mina screamed above. The cheerful mood had evaporated like mist before the desert sun.
"Our 15 minutes alliance is up, thus any reason I had to suspend him midair are gone."
Without another word, Mina landed besides him, having jumped rather than being carried down by Mei as she began scaling down the wall.
"You okay Midori?" She said in a very soft voice.
"Y-yeah. It was just a four meter drop. It's fine."
"It's not fucking fine! You could have broken your neck!"
She placed a hand on his shoulder in a very protective manner, as she turned around to look at Mei, with clear absolute disgust in her eyes.
Mei on the other hand completely ignored Izuku as she very gently placed Uraraka on the ground.
"Well girls, it's been fun! And I've got tons of times for my babies to shine! If you two are interested in using tech to help you out, just come to our department, and I'll help you out!"
"Um… Ok…" Uraraka said in a very awkward tone.
Mina's response was short and to the point.
Namely a simple hand gesture.
"AND THE 4 WINNING TEAMS WHO WILL GO ON TO THE FINAL PART OF THIS FESTIVAL ARE…"
Izuku blinked. Oh yeah, they were still in a tournament.
"AT FIRST PLACE, WE HAVE TEAM MIDORIYA! A TEAM OF RIVALRY THAT SPLIT IMMEDIATELY UPON VICTORY! "
"AT SECOND PLACE, TEAM TODOROKI! THE MOST STABLE TEAM TODAY!"
"AT THIRD PLACE, TEAM BAKUGOU! WHO MANAGED TO TURN THEMSELVES AROUND AT THE VERY END!"
Yes, of course Katsuki Bakugou had made it into the finals. Of course he had.
"AND FINALLY, WE HAVE THE GREAT DARK HORSE TEAM OF THIS ROUND, TEAM SHINSOU!"
Who?
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