"Shit, they were like...yeet!" Kaminari wore a goofy grin, unable to explain how freaking cool their move up to the top was turning out to be. You worked through the second part of the obstacle course, your breaths were coming in heavier from running and quirk use but it was nothing too extreme...yet. The warmth of your prosthetic arm was circulating through you so the chill of making the 'stairs' wasn't anything more noticeable than the twinge of tightness of your inner body.

The support student was immensely glad she went through some of the workouts (hell) you and Kaminari did sometimes. It definitely would have sucked if she didn't have the stamina to keep going, though she could feel her abdomen beginning to cramp. Her babies were working well too, the jetpack she had brought had just enough juice to propel the three of you over the part of the chasm that had spinning wheels to cross over. She wasn't planning on any of you puking today.

A purple hilted knife sliced through the rope as soon as you crossed it and you turned to throw it at another that was occupied by a 1-B student, she didn't drop too far though, being saved by the vines growing from her hair but it was enough for you to take 3d, 4th, and 5th after overtaking Yaoyorozu and Mineta a few meters back by boxing them in as you jogged past and shocking them just enough to slow their movements. It caused a blaring halt on her amazing creations and gave you the leg up you needed.

There were more clusters of people finally making it to the second stage, assessing the pitfall and ways to speed up. None of them were those who took the full force of Kaminari's lightning, they were definitely those on the outer edge of the blast, and some who weren't hit in the slightest. You didn't have time to really assess who was behind you as you raced to the final obstacle, but the unmistakeable mop of Izuku's hair as you ran let you know he was advancing well.

You needed to make it to Bakugou and Todoroki, both of whom were sprinting towards the third obstacle. You were gaining on them after both took to running to not overuse their quirks but it wasn't enough, you couldn't move forward too fast and leave your team behind but being the faster sprinter of the five of you, you were hopefully going to get close enough to halt them from moving forward.

Bakugou used the force of the mine to blast into the air, his sweaty palms sparking to life with explosions to propel him over the mines, only to be slapped to the ground with a familiar glowing hand. He rolled with the hit, detonating a bomb but he kept moving. Bakugou was grinning, red eyes shining in brutal delight at some real competition as he worked to his victory. You had made it beside him, missing land-mines as Hatsume called out the positions based on the ground, her enhanced vision gave her the ability to see the difference in layers of the dirt and she helped, albeit slower than sprinting earlier, ease you three around the ground explosives.

"Way to finally fuckin' show up wings." He scoffed, turning his nose up at your teammates as he blasted through the giant glowing, transparent sledge hammer construct barreling towards him. "Team or not, you're gonna have to watch as I roast all your shitty asses and take first." "Fuckin' icy-hot bastard, I'm going to destroy you!"

"Your chance of winning has been zero since the beginning Bakugou." The son of endeavor replied tonelessly, discarding Bakugou once again. Bakugou growled as Todoroki practically skated by him, his ice freezing over the detonators. The four of you looked to the red and white haired boy and attacked. Todoroki's ice was shattered with a blast from Bakugou and being attacked from two sides with electricity on one and a glowing construct on the other, he was forced to stop, lest he run into the attacks. That didn't matter, something clamped around his foot holding him down. It was a little metal thing, definitely made by the support student.

"Just like that, our constant first place player is dropped to 5th! What is going to happen now, it's neck and neck!"

Todoroki's temper started to flare, his breaths coming out in angry chilled puffs, no way was he going to lose this way. He was pissed. Todoroki had a reason to fight beyond just school, he had to show his bastard father he was better off with ice alone. His blank eyes narrowed at you in irritation and disdain as your team and Bakugou took to fighting for the lead. He had to work fast to freeze the damn thing off to not only catch up with you but to not get caught by the small grouping of students who were beginning to start the minefield. Todoroki managed to freeze the burden off right as the earth shook and Izuku was flying over his head.

"Fuck." He hissed out, ice making a path for him to run and catch up. The son of endeavor grit his teeth and growled. He could feel his fathers gaze burning.

The [f/c] glow of your metallic arm was dulling, you were pushing your limits of using your quirk and the chill was becoming more and more present in your body. You needed food, a break, and a blanket but you had to keep going. A loud blast echoed behind you and Izuku was flying through the air. Bakugou was ready to blast up and stop him despite his twitching muscles, propelled himself forward, he was going to crush Deku.

Before Izuku could land and cross over to the final stretch of the obstacle course, he and Bakugou both slammed into the brightest light, the hard impact forcing them to drop to the ground, stunned. You panted harshly, a chill running through you as you let the wall dissipate into nothingness, the bright light no longer lighting up the minefield. You stumbled but got up to keep running.

"Kaminari go!" He was the closest to the front. It took him a second to process, but when he did he gave a thumbs up and ran, everyone hot on his tail. You wanted to win but more than that, this was showing the world who [Name] is, and if that means pushing for your friend to win, so be it. You were doing your damn best and hadn't seriously hurt anyone, that was what mattered.

"I got them, run Hybrid!" Hatsume threw a discarded scrap metal, hitting a mine next to Izuku to give you another second to get to the front. You had great friends and they were just as great as teammates.

"The one who made it to the stadium first is....FROM CLASS 1-A...the electric idiot Denki Kaminari!" He could have cried, he won! Kaminari was an idiot and he knew it, he was a budding pervert, he was a flirt with no game, and he liked cute things so people always said he wouldn't be a hero. He wanted to scream, he won, he showed them, he was going to be a hero and this was a step to prove it. He felt so freaking cool!

"In Second we have his teammate, the cute little winged cyborg, 1-A student [Name]!" You could hear the pride, he was just a bit more excited with announcing you than the others. He was so proud!

Mic left off your last name on purpose, it was going to come out at some point but the crowds were already moving to cheer for you and the others in the top, Hizashi didn't want to announce it until they loved you fully. They were going to love you before knowing who you are.

"In third place we have resident hothead...1-A's Katsuki Bakugou!" He was pissed he lost to fucking dunce face because you slammed him with that shit...your quirk was super fucking annoying sometimes. The blonde couldn't hide the feral grin when Deku and Icy-Hot bastard were announced after him. It sweetened the shitty loss just a little bit, though that didn't mean he was going to lose to you again. No fucking way, you were going down.

"In 4th place, coming up from a slow start...1-A's Izuku Midoriya!" He came in the top 4, Izuku wanted to cry. He wanted to win so bad but he was still in the top, he made it with the bog dogs and didn't use his quirk. Izuku was blazing with determination to win next time, he was going to make it to the finals. All might was proud.

"In fifth we have the dual quirked powerhouse 1-A's Shouto Todoroki! Man Eraser, what are you teaching these students, they're beasts." Todoroki glowered, he lost while that man was watching. He clenched his fists, glaring at your team with loathing, he was going to crush you. He was going to crush all of you.

Endeavor silently fumed, taking in the less than stellar results of his obstinate son. There were a few with quirks that were strong, that exploding boy had a powerful quirk so was whatever you were able to do, but to lose to someone who didn't even use his quirk. Endeavor was displeased, how was he going to surpass All Might if he can't beat his classmates. Perhaps this would show his son why he needed to use his full potential, Endeavor was counting on it.

"In sixth, for the first time ever taking place in the top 10...Support student, Mei Hatsume!" You and Kaminari immediately went to Hatsume, she was heaving and looked ready to die but she was grinning. Everyone was going to know her name, your names, they'd see her dream and she'd be a hero in her own right. A support hero to make the world safer by helping the heroes with her babies!

You smiled, you all did it, you kicked ass and people were cheering for you, cheering for you despite who you were. That sting of failure, that promise that you'd be punished for losing wasn't there. Your parents presence that always crept up wasn't there, you didn't feel like a failure...not this time. For the first time, you 'failed' and yet you were happy. If this was the feeling of being a hero—of working together and helping one another for good—you were into it.

Bakugou met your gaze and he growled, still fuming at you slamming him down like some little shit. You waved to him making his palms smoke from wanting to smash you in the damn head for being a mocking asshole.

When everyone who was capable crossed the finish line, Midnight made her appearance once more. She announced the top 42 going onto the next round, a cavalry battle, all the while giving you a not so subtle wink to show her pride at your success. Many eyes flickered between the two of you but she effortlessly ignored it and continued talking. You paled when her sweet smile shifted into one you had decided was sinister; someone was always screwed when she wore that look.

"The rules are simple: snag the headbands of the opposing teams while guarding your own. No playing dirty and purposely making a team fall apart, I really wouldn't want to have to take any of you out...yet." She smiled coyly and a few students and blushed heavily at her. "Now, for the most exciting part! Each person has been assigned a point value based on their ranking in the last event." When everyone started to mutter she cracker her whip and the crowd silenced once more. "And our first place is worth..." She made eye contact with a pale Kaminari and licked her lips making him wait in nervous anticipation, "10 million points." The golden eyed blonde looked ready to run and Izuku was slightly glad he ranked 4th instead of first.

"Ahh, no way! I'm too young to die, [Name]-chan, whyy me." All eyes were on Kaminari, hungry for blood and promising him pain. He had a giant target on his back and you were slightly glad you didn't place first last round. Hatsume snickered, patting his back in mocking condolences. His mouth was gaping as he practically clung to you for protection. "You're not going to ditch me, I know everyone will try to kill me but...we're a team right?" He glanced between you and Hatsume nervously, immediately expecting the both of you to drop the idea of being a team now that he was completely and totally fucked. He wanted to win and prove himself but this really took the fun out of it. He wasn't sure he could convince anyone to be on his team at this point, he'd be stuck with whoever was outcasted.

"We're a team until the one-on-one, some stupid points won't change that. We're still gonna kick ass."

"Hybrid's right, we're a team! No way are we splitting up now, we've got the attention my supercute babies need!" Hatsume's grin was blinding as she imagined her basking in the light of fame, being the best support hero to ever exist. The electric blonde slumped his shoulders slightly in relief with having the both of you wanting to be on his team. "The only issue is finding a final teammate, you're in first and you're an idiot. Nobody will want to work with you."

"I bet we can ask a super cute..." You cut him off when you saw a classmate struggling to find a team, his eyes were watery and his normal lecherous gaze was looking more and more panicked as he ran around asking as many girls as he could to team up. His quirk would be useful in winning and you assumed, after the way he always followed after the females in your class for whatever reason, he'd never say no to being on a team with a female

"Mineta!" You called out loud enough for him to hear you. The short boy ran his way over to you, eyes wide and mouth gaping. "Need a team?" Kaminari grinned, Mineta was a creep but he was cool and would be useful in something like this.

"I knew you were an angel, a really sexy angel. My charms have finally worked to score a babe!" He wrapped his arms around your leg, Kaminari zapped him so he'd let go. The grape boy looked at the rest of your team, drooling at Hatsume then freezing at Kaminari. "No way, nope, I'm not teaming up with him, he's going to be targeted by everyone! I don't need people like Bakugou or Todoroki trying to kill me before I've even touched my first boob!" You looked thoughtful for a second, if that was what was stopping him you could fix that...but Hatsume knew that look and before you could say anything she slapped a hand over your mouth leaving it for the minor perv to talk the major perv into joining.

"Dude, think about it, you'll be on the team with the most attention~ female attention. If we win this, think of all the ladies wanting to talk to the winner of the cavalry battle! Think of the harem dude, winners always get a harem." Kaminari knew he had his friend on the ropes of joining and when Mineta gave one more glance to you and Hatsume...knowing he'd get to be rider for two 'beautiful babes' he relented.

"Lets do this! Harem here I come." Mineta thrust a small hand into the air, shouting out in a fiery passion. Your team was made and none of you wanted to lose.

When Hizashi pointed out who you were teaming up with, your surrogate father wanted to throw himself off a roof, taking the purple boy—and Hizashi— with him. Kayama was bad and somehow Mineta was worse. The boy was said to be a misguided teen and Aizawa was not at all happy with having him on a team with you. You didn't know much about anything inappropriate, he kept it that way for a reason. No girl of his needed to know about boys other than how to beat them. Now though, after being on a team with someone who was sure to say and try questionable things, Aizawa loathed everything. This meant he'd finally have to give you the talk and explain everything Mineta says and tries are not acceptable in the slightest.

You took the left, Hatsume on the right, and Kaminari took the front. Mineta took his place as rider and tied the headband to his head, he was light and small the perfect rider sincce you weren't in that position. Hatsume had given Kaminari prototype gauntlets that were hopefully going to survive 3 million volts from the electric boy. They were supposed to direct all of his electricity through the gloves and out so none of you would get fried as well. It was definitely lucky she was your friend, it would be useless to battle if your own team would take you out.

"All 12 teams are lined up and ready to move, lets get a battle cry!" Mic called out getting raging cheers and hollers from the audience. The teams around you all had bloodthirsty snarls on their faces as they glared at one another, this was a real battle for everyone still in the competition and your team was like the golden snitch.

"Lets kick some ass!" The clock counted down from three and you readied yourself. You were a horse, you were going to guard Mineta with everything you had. You wanted to win, your teammates wanted to win, you needed to make it to the last round and show Aizawa you were worth keeping all those years ago. You wanted him to be proud of you, you wanted a hug from Hizashi, you wanted Kayama to take you out for your success, you wanted to help your friends.

"HELL YEAH!" Your three teammates called out in response. Right as the buzzer sounded, the explosions from Bakugou's fist rocked the arena. The temperature dropped as Todoroki's ice froze over some competitors instantly taking them out of the race. It was a madhouse and many of the teams were already aiming attacks your way. You put up a wall in just enough time to block the attack from Jiro's team consisting of Sato, Shoji, and Tsuyu. With their heavy hitters, they broke through but it was a stall enough for your team to move away and Kaminari to stun them.

"Mineta when we get to a better position, surround us with as many balls as possible, make it impossible to even get close on the ground." You had the luck of being one of the teams stationed right in the middle. Having opponents on all sides was a sure fire way to get caught, especially with he skill of some of these people. You were trying to move your team into an area where your backs would be guarded. Having Mineta cover the front with his pop off's would prevent any competitors from getting you from the ground, they would move so slowly to avoid getting stuck it would be easy to defend so your main focus could be air attacks.

You could hear Bakugou's angry screams over the rest of the chaos, he was mad and it was mildly hilarious. You were slightly impressed ad wouldn't be surprised if he had some voice amplification quirk that only came out when mad. There was no way a normal person could scream that loud.

It was difficult getting to the wall of the arena without getting caught. Hagakure was able to reflect light, something you didn't know about, so when Todoroki's team came to attack and you blocked, everyone was momentarily blinded by the bright light the invisible girl was able to direct back into your eyes. If Kaminari hadn't indiscriminately shocked everywhere in front of him and Momo got caught up by a stray sticky ball, they would have managed to steal your team's headband. That didn't deter them and after they had secured enough headbands to be in second, they came back with a different strategy of attack.

"It's a battle between classes 1-A and 1-B, the hero course students are neck and neck with the top 6 places, it's anyone's game between the top contenders now!"

With her enhanced vision, Hatsume had called out quirks of anyone and everyone she got sight of so whenever they came in closer to attack, your team had already come up with a decent enough strategy of defense. Mineta's balls came to the rescue more often than not and there were already three teams stuck and unable to move, their headbands stolen by your team.

Many of Mineta's defensive balls were sucked into the ground when the recommended student from 1-B, Juzo Honenuki, softened the ground and they went with it. Mineta had to painstakingly replace them as you, Kaminari, and Hatsume defended from their strong attacks. It was only when a boy with lilac hair and tired eyes stole their headbands and they left to get them back.

"Team Mineta keeps batting teams off but they're looking a bit tired, can they keep this amazing defense up for the win?" Hizashi's voice rang clear but you were too focused on the battle to even hear it.

Time was dwindling and the toll of defense was definitely there. Hatsume's eyes were red and blurry, You were shivering from the cold and your wounds were starting to become sore, Mineta's scalp was bleeding, and Kaminari was beginning to slow his motor functions as he grew to be more and more derpy. You made a giant hand and batted away Midoriya after he was thrown through the air by the teamwork of Uraraka, Tokoyami, and Ojiro. His kind green eyes were blazing with a fire you hadn't seen directed at you before. He wanted to win as much as anyone else here...if not more.

"Shit, Hybrid, to the left." Hatsume called out in a panic, Izuku also called out your name in worry for your safety. You threw up a makeshift brick wall, only to have it shatter as Bakugou blasted his way through, a feral snarl on his perpetually angry face.

"Time to get even with that shitty stunt you pulled earlier wings!" A blunt axe came swinging down on the ash blonde but he redirected his flight trajectory easily, still hurtling towards your team. "Shit like that won't catch me off guard anymore!" You smirked, his shift in movement put him in the field for Tokoyami and Dark shadow reached out and stole many of the headbands from Bakugou's neck dropping him to fifth and Midoriya's team to third. Sero grabbed the boy from the sky so they weren't disqualified.

"And I thought you were a genius." You couldn't stop the cheeky smile as Kaminari slurred a 'get wrecked' at both Bakugou getting his points stolen and your jab. "You should remember it's not just us this time."

"FUCK OFF!" Bakugou's face morphed into one of unadulterated rage as he slowly turned to face the green bean's team, most of whom were now pale at the idea of Bakugou aiming for them. "I'm going to murder you, got that shitty Deku! Don't fuck with me. Lets go kill these shitrag ass wannabe fuckin' hero rejects." He was screaming and growling at the same time, pounding smoking fists onto Kirishima as he prodded them forward. Midoriya's team backed up but Bakugou just got more pissed, attacking with reckless skill to get their points back.

"Sorry guys but we want to win as well! Lets go Baku-bro!" Kirishima grinned a sharp smile, his body becoming rocky and dangerous looking as he hardened once more. His team moved forward like a well oiled, wild machine entering into a heated battle with Midoriya's team.

"Look at that listeners, Team Bakugou was dropped down to 5th in one awesome double attack by Team Mineta and Team Midoriya! Can they take down Team Midoriya and make it back into the top 4 to move on, time's almost up!" The crowd was wild with cheering and the surprising way Midoriya took advantage of the situation, his always over-analyzing brain was nothing to scoff at.

Once more, Todoroki's team was back with new tools made by Yaoyorozu's creation quirk. You respected her skill and knowledge on using her quirk, it was one many could mess up with but if she was faster and more creative with it, you knew she'd be a true force to be reckoned with either as a pro or a sidekick.

They wore insulated cape-like things to protect from Kaminari's attacks as well as Todoroki's ice and you had to aim for everywhere but where invisible Hagakure was, even the slightest opportunity she could blind you guys once again. There was less than a minute left and Todoroki was glaring down your team with such cold anger, it wasn't for you but it was chilling...to say the least.

"We're coming to take you down. I will not lose like before. Iida ready yourself to move, lets finish them now." The air cooled once more and you spoke just loud enough for your team to hear, telling them to jump as soon as Todoroki sends out his final attack with Ice. He was pushing his limit as well, you were sure of it.

"NOW!" Todoroki called, his voice sounding more emotional than you had ever heard, he normally spoke so bland and cold.

"JUMP!" You called out at the same time as Todoroki yelled for his team. He thrust his hand forward and everyone int eh vicinity gunning for your prized headband was frozen.

"With one attack Team Todoroki has disabled any of the competitors going for the 10 million! Team Mineta dodged from a completely perfect call by sweet little cyborg [Name]. What powerful teams!" Hizashi was not biased, not in the slightest. He totally wasn't voting for you to win, Aizawa definitely wasn't either. You landed on the icy ground and barely managed to not slip and fall on your ass from the ice. Team Todoroki stood on it like it was nothing, Momo had made them spikes to walk in the ice with ease. Iida's legs started to rev up and everyone held on tighter to the navy haired speedster. None of you were in any condition to dodge him and with 7 seconds left, this was the final countdown.

"Mineta, RAPID FIRE!" The grape boy, bleeding and everything, pulled off the sticky balls from his head throwing them rapidly at Team Todoroki, sticking them on the ice after the others were frozen over. It hurt but a girl told him to do it, he had to do it for the harem. Todoroki froze the balls as fast as they came and their team shot forward.

Fuck fuck fuck, this is going to hurt!

"Its the last attacks for everyone, whose going to take the top? MAKE SOME NOISE!!! 5...4...3...2..."

With as much strength as you could provide, you encased your team in a cage, reinforcing each glowing makeshift bar with as thick of light as you could produce with your cooling body and the equally cold external environment. Iida's recripro blast slammed into the cage and you felt the impact throughout your entire body, parts of your construct shattered and some dissipated into nothing more than a soft glow but the majority of it stayed firm.

"TIMES UP!"

A/n: I did this chapter finally, I'll post the new team line-ups next chapter to show everything that changes for the finals! Don't worry about baby Shinsou, he'll make his official debut next chapter as well. Things were bound to change with your placement into the class so yay! Hope you enjoyed this as much as I liked writing it...I'll have more dialogue and stuff in the next chapters as well. Thanks for reading and hearting this story! I'll work on it as long as you people want me to.

Leave a comment on match up's you'd want to see in the final battle rounds!