The two weeks of training passed like a lightning bolt. All of us were nervous of the big event that's very important for our internships. Dad cooked breakfast today since he is rooting for me in the Sports Festival. I even hitched a ride with my parents since it's free and fun too. They dropped me off at the U.A Gate because they had to take their tags.

On my way to the stadium I saw a ton food stalls getting ready for the festival. They better have takoyaki or I'll die in the Sports Festival sooner or later. As you may know, steak is #2 right? You probably will ask who is #1, and yes, it is the one and the only takoyaki-sama!

"Are you seriously making a monologue about takoyaki right now? Go to the waiting room already! Or you'll be late!"

Whoops. She heard me, well she can hear every thought I say, even this one.

"WILL YOU CUT IT OUT ALREADY!?"

Okay, okay. After walking around the stadium, I finally arrived at the class' waiting room. Opening the door, I saw everybody already there.

"Well speak of the devil, look who's finally here." Ayaka has a disappointed look on her face.

"You being late isn't normal you know." Midoriya felt worried.

"Oh, I caught my eye on a food stall that I have to go to later." I scratched the back of my head.

"Oh well, at least we're all here, right Iida?"

"That's correct! We can't win even if one of us aren't here." Iida replied doing his everyday robot hands.

After a few minutes of getting ready, Iida yelled,

"EVERYONE! ARE YOUR PREPARATIONS COMPLETE!? WE'RE SET TO ENTER IN NO TIME!"

"Aw man, I really wished that we could wear our costumes."

"They're not allowed since it's rather unfair."

I was talking to Ayaka until the half-and-half started to say something.

"Midoriya." He called

"What is it Todoroki...?" Thanks for the name.

"On an objective basis, I'm above you in terms of physical strength."

"Wha..? Yeah..?"

"You've managed to get All Might's eye on you right? I feel no need to pry into that. But..." Ooh... It's gonna be serious.

"I'm going to beat you." Todoroki should've made it that simple, really.

"Oi, Ryu!" Well, you don't have to shout it in my head.

"Forget about that! I have one thing to tell you, If I see anything that needs the other half of your quirk, I'll take over ok? I'll tell you if I am going to except in emergencies."

"EVERYONE! IT'S TIME TO GO!"

Okay,let's get going! And I practically didn't hear the rest of the conversation between Midoriya and half-and-half!

As we went out to the open part of the stadium everybody started cheering and applauding us. All of us are proud for this except for me. I'm trying to keep myself calm at this, handling my anxiety. It's harsh dude.

Aria's POV (it's Ryu's mom)

It's really been a while since I was here learning. I was outside the stadium looking around at the amount of food stalls there. I bought some candy apples to savour along the way to the entrance of the stadium.

"THE DEPARTMENT OF HEROICS, FRESHMAN CLASS!!" Oh, I see my son there, suffering. Hehehehe, Akari's on the roof. Well that's the only place for a fat lizard like him can sit.

Back to Ryu's POV

"Now now, fair play!!" Oh, it's our teacher, Midnight-sensei.

Then everybody started complementing her for her looks, really. I don't really care much about this though but every else does... I sighed. People continued chattering till she silenced everyone.

"SILENCE! Now, player representative..." Might be Midoriya...

"BAKUGOU KATSUKI FROM CLASS 1-A!!" Welp, it's the opposite.

"AND RYUAKA TOKAGE, ALSO FROM CLASS 1-A!!" Fuck.

"Let me guess you want me to make your words? Just say 'let's do our best' ok?" Well, yeah.

As I went up to the stage I was trembling but I look somewhere else. Surprisingly, my dad's on the roof. I stopped trembling when he smiled at me. At least I'm okay now. Bakugou looked at me with his fierce look, but I know he's making me go first. I sighed again.

"Everyone!" Now everybody is looking at me, great!

"L-l-let's all d-do our b-b-best!" I was a mess at saying that. Next up is Bakugou.

"I pledge to be number one." He gave all of the other students a thumbs down.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS KID AND HIS PRIDE?" Shut up, nobody else heard you.

Everyone else started to rage against Bakugou as I tried to calm them down. I knew this would happen but I didn't have the care of the world. We got down the stage and Iida prominently scolded Bakugou for his disrespectful pledge.

"ALRIGHT NOW, SINCE THAT'S OUT OF OUR WAY LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FIRST EVENT!"  Not even a pause, damn. That's U.A for you there.

"ONTO THE PRELIMINARIES AS THEY'RE CALLED, LOTS OF PEOPLE END UP CRYING THEIR EYES OUT HERE EVERY YEAR." That's harsh, my dude.

"AND THIS YEAR'S FIRST EVENT IS... THIS!!" The screen behind Midnight showed two words. Obstacle Race.

"This is gonna be easy, I'll watch your back."

"Sure. But I'm not so sure thats it's going to be easy." I replied.

"ITS A BATTLE BETWEEN ALL THE 11 CLASSES!" Present Mic continued the explanation.

"THE COURSE NEARLY MAKES A 4KM RING AROUND THE STADIUM. We always sing about the freedom we have on campus... SO THIS IS WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, YOU'RE FREE TO DO ANYTHING AS LONG AS YOU REMAIN ON THE TRACK!" Yay for freedom!

"LET'S GET CRACKING... ON YOUR MARKS... GET SET..." I got ready to use wind pressure to get away from the crowd. Everyone else already have their strategies in their heads as they positioned themselves.

"STAAAAAAART!!!" And the race begins.

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Sorry for not updating lately, homework avalanched me when I was skiing on Mount Wattpad.
I'll try to be on schedule now, since I'm somehow excited to write the Sports Festival Arc.
Well, if you kinda want updates, go read my other book I have,

-Wisey

P.s: dont read the first parts of my other book, that was me last year. :P