"Your fight is not yet over.
" Aizawa commented as they all freshened up and changed into their given sports uniforms to head back to school.
" Fight?" Bakugo asked suspecting something about the USJ being drawn out.
" Don't tell me…
" Midoriya gasped making connections in his head.
" The villains again…?!" Kaminari cried finishing Midoriya's sentence as he revisited the flashbacks of his near death.
"The U.A. sports festival is drawing near." Eraserhead stated dryly.
"Urgh…!
Finally!!!!! That's a super normal school event!" Kirishima yelled in excitement pumping his fists into air.
" Wait a minute.
" Kirishima stopped as the present situation hit him fully.
" Is it okay to have a sports festival so soon after the villains snuck inside?" Jiro voiced Kaminari's untold doubt.
" What if they attack us again or something…?"
Ojiro questioned, remembering the situation.
" Apparently, think of it as U.A. showing that our crisis management system is solid as a rock by holding the event.
Security will also be strengthened to five times that of previous years.
Above all, our sports festival is a huge chance.
It's not an event to be cancelled because of a few villains.
" Aizawa explained trying to ease their worries.
" But that's a good reason, isn't it? It's just a festival of sports.
" Kaminari hesitated again.
"Huh? Kaminari kun, you've never seen the U.A. sports festival?" Midoriya questioned not catching the turmoil going through the electric boy at the moment.
" Of course I have. That's not what I meant!
It's just... We just became...mur-" Kaminari was cut off by Aizawa who understood what the boy was hesitant about.
" Our sports festival is one of Japan's biggest events.
In the past, the Olympics were called a festival of sports, and the whole country was
crazy about them.
As you know, with reductions in scale and population, they're now a shell of their former glory.
And now, for Japan, what has taken the place of those Olympics is the U.A. sports
festival!" He finished as he observed Kaminari.
' Kaminari and Mina while uninjured, came the closest to dying. I should have sheilded them better but the damage is already done. There's no point crying about it.
Mina seems to have bounced back just fine. He is still in the past where he killed and almost got killed.' Aizawa thought as he kept a hand on Kaminari's shoulder to ground him to the present.
The boy stilled for a moment before relaxing.
"Of course, all the top heroes around the country will be watching for scouting purposes!
" Yaoyoruzu exclaimed.
" I know... Right...After we graduate, it's typical to join a pro agency as a sidekick." Kaminari said as he remembered that he's not alone.
"A lot of people miss their chance to become independent after that and become eternal sidekicks, though.
Kaminari, I feel like you'd be one of them.
Since you're dumb." Jiro teased him as they all laughed.
" Oh come on Jiro. That's so rude!
Do it again. " Akira joined the teasing as as she draped an arm around Jiro 's shoulder and leaned on her making everyone laugh again.
" Heeyyy!!!!" Kaminari yelled as he got ganged up against.
" Akira. Stop bullying your classmates. " Aizawa deadpanned as a small imperceptable twitch appeared on the corner of his lips.
' They will be fine. ' He thought as he looked at them, his gaze softening slightly.
" What did I do!??" Akira complained getting offended by getting targetted by Aizawa all the time. She still has that 300 pages apology essay to write by the end of the day.
' This evil repunzel! Always picking on me!' Akira glared at him.
" Of course, joining a famous hero agency will get you more experience and popularity.
Time is limited.
If you expect to go pro, then the path to your future will open up at this event.
One chance per year -- a total of just three chances.
No aspiring heroes can afford to miss this event.
If you understand that, then don't slack off on your preparations!" Aizawa conveniently ignored her complaint as he motivated his class.
Akira's eyes twitched when she understood he's ignoring her on purpose as an evil plan crossed her head.
"Yes, sir!" The class cheered excitedly.
From a corner of the group, Todoroki Shoto watched Kaminari's turmoil.
Then his gaze shifted to Akira.
' The sports festival... I will beat you..... Without my fire ..... I didn't come to UA to make friends... But..... Maybe I was wrong. But Akira..... I will be the one winning the festival. ' His gaze shifted to two other people in the group. A blonde boy with red eyes and a green haired boy with kind eyes.
His friends. And rivals.