Izuku's Three Sword Style (One Piece x MHA)

|15| // Leader's Pressure

|Setting: Sports Festival Stadium|

"UA Sports Festival, first-year stage! After a big back-and-forth, the first person back in the stadium is none other than..."

"Izuku Midoriya!" instantly, the stadium was filled with extremely loud cheers from the excited audience. Izuku stopped to catch his breath, before raising his swords in triumphant fashion.

Seeing this, the audience let out even louder cheers. Meanwhile, Bakugo, who reached the finish line shortly after Izuku, was crouching in pain.

"Damn it, not again! Fuck!" he said, clutching his aching forearm. Todoroki was trying to heat himself back up after using too much of his ice in a short time.

"And now, they're finishing one after the other!" Mic announced, "We'll make a list of the results later, but for now, good work!" 

"Izu! You were amazing!" Izuku turned around to see an exhausted Uraraka approaching him. "You weren't kidding when you said you'll win, huh?" 

"I-I can't believe I lost with this quirk! I still have a long way to go!" Iida was busy in the back, shaking in disappointment. 

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After a short break to cool down, the Sports Festival started up again. "The first game of the first-year stage is finally over!" Midnight exclaimed.

"Now, let's take a look at the results, shall we?" Midnight pointed everyone's attention to the screen that appeared behind her, on it was the top 42 finishers.

1st: Izuku Midoriya
2nd: Shoto Todoroki
3rd: Katsuki Bakugo
4th: Ibara Shiozaki
5th: Juzo Honenuki
6th: Tenya Iida
7th: Fumikage Tokoyomi
8th: Hanta Sero
9th: Eijiro Kirishima
10th: Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

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"The top 42 made it through to the next round. It's unfortunate, but don't worry even if you didn't make it! We've prepared other chances for you to shine." Midnight said in a somewhat ominous tone.

"The real competition begins next! Give it your all!" the screen appeared once again.

"Now then, let's get on with the next game! I already know what it is, but you don't! It's a..." the screen showed the words: "Cavalry Battle!"

"A cavalry battle? Man, I'm bad at those." Kaminari commented. 

"It's not an individual battle, so I wonder how it'll work, ribbit." Asui said.

"Let me explain!" Midnight shouts. "The participants can form teams of two to four people as they wish." she explained, the screen showing visuals to help her.

"It's basically the same as a regular cavalry battle, but there's just one slight difference..." Midnight turned the students.

"Based on the results of the first game, each participant is assigned a point value."

"Just like the entrance exam, huh? That's pretty simple." Sato commented.

"Ah, so each team is worth different points based on who it's members are!" Uraraka said.

"I see!" Mina responded.

"Hey! I'm talking over here!" Midnight interrupted the students.

"Ahem. That's right! Starting from the bottom, the points go up by 5, so 42nd gets 5, and 41st gets 10, and so on!" Midnight further explained, the students and the audience listen carefully.