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Izumi Miyamura: Xover - Chapter 43
🕑 Added 2024-12-28 02:12:44 +0000 UTCAuthor's Notes: Chapter edited and corrected by Vongrak.
"AND NOW THE OTHERS ARE FIRMLY CROSSING THE FINISH LINE, ONE AFTER THE OTHER! WE WILL COMPILE THE RESULTS LATER. SO FOR NOW ENJOY YOUR BREAK!!"
I approached the group that arrived behind me with a huge smile.
"You cheated" Ruby said with a pout, I burst out laughing.
"Of course not" I mocked her, she just whined again.
"Good race Izumi" Kazuto said from the side with a tired smile.
"Likewise, Kazuto" I smiled back, Kazuto waved lightly and walked away with Suguha, Todoroki had already walked away with a grimace on her face.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, shut up and move" Bakugo growled as she started walking away.
"I-I'm sorry about her!" Midoriya exclaimed with an apologetic smile before running to catch up with Bakugo.
"Tch, that was annoying" Azula growled as she walked over before smiling widely at me "I saw you blow up a bomb on Beifong, nice one." She said amused.
"I heard you, princess!" Toph shouted as she came out across the finish line. She was covered in dust and had a sullen look on her face.
"Well, it's not like you can do anything else," Azula said dryly. "You're covered in dust, well, more so than usual." She added mockingly. Toph groaned and hit the ground before all the dust fell off her body.
"It's all your boytoy's fault , princess," Toph growled, I could feel Azula bristle.
"What... did you say about Izumi?" Taylor's voice growled as she came out of the doorway and stood behind Toph, who flinched.
"Shit! Do you have light feet, Twinkle Toes, or what?!" Toph exclaimed, turning around, and from what I saw on the screens, Taylor had been running on her bugs in the air to avoid the mines after she had lost time with the mine I had detonated, only touching the ground when she landed behind Toph "Besides, I wasn't talking about you! Bug girl! I'm talking to the princess over there and her boytoy, don't get involved! "
"Turns out, that 'boytoy' is my fiancé" Taylor growled taking a step closer to Toph, Toph stopped stiffly and turned in Azula's direction.
"You're sharing a boy!? Your Azula!? The clinically insane?!" Toph exclaimed in disbelief, Azula rolled her eyes.
"Yes, Beifong, I am" she said simply "this is Taylor Hebert, she was with Izumi first, and I don't recommend you keep calling him Boytoy, I'm sure you won't see the bugs coming when they bite you" Azula added amusedly, Toph shuddered slightly.
"He's dating me too!" Ruby chimed in with a smile, Toph grimaced.
"I get it, they're crazier than you," Toph snorted, Azula growled and was about to answer.
"And that's it!! Look everyone, here are the results!" Midnight interrupted abruptly, Azula and Taylor glared at Toph, Toph not even caring walked away from our group, we all turned to the screens.
1-Miyamura Izumi
2-Ruby Rose
3-Kazuto Kirigaya
4-Midoriya Izuku
5-Todoroki Shoko
6-Bakugou Katsumi
7-Azula
…
He looked at the list quickly, everyone in Class 1A had passed the first test, and almost everyone in Class 1B had as well.
I recognized the names, Tanya and Viktoriya, Toph, Akeno, Rias, Shinso, and to my surprise, there was Eugeo and Alice Zuberg, that completed the cast of SAO, I thought amused. Louise was almost at the end, except no, at the end was Katarina Claes.
That was another name that made me stop, Katarina Claes , protagonist of Hamefura , also known as My Next Life as a Villainess : All Routes Lead to Doom! And another notable person who had transmigrated, just like Tanya… had either of them actually been reincarnated/transmigrated? I had very strong doubts, but I would be keeping an eye on them.
"The 42 at the top have earned the right to advance!! I feel sorry for the people who failed, but bear with it!! The sensation of the festival is still being prepared !!
"And now for the post-preliminaries, the final selection!! From now on, even the press corps will be abounding in a white heat of excitement, so give it your all!!! "
"Now, on to the exciting second event!! I already know what it's going to be, but the suspense is killing me... what could it be!! ? Well, I'll tell you!! "
"ADMIRE!!"
[Human Cavalry Battle!]
"You can freely form teams of 2 to 4 people on one horse form! It's basically the same rules as a human cavalry battle: knock down the enemy riders and take care of your own! Except for one thing…"
"Everyone will receive points based on their performance in the past test! The value of each human warhorse will be based on who is on it! "
"And the number of points that will be worth is 5 if you were in 42nd place, 10 if you were in 41st, 15 for 40th and so on… with the exception of first place, whose head has the value of…"
"TEN MILLION POINTS!!!"
Immediately everyone turned to look at me, I felt a spike of excitement start to build inside me as everyone stared at me.
"Now, you're going to make me blush if you stare at me that hard, mom warned me how rough girls can be in college… I hope you don't disappoint me" I smiled arrogantly at all the other contestants, I could see that more than half of them were blushing as I heard Taylor smack her face against her palm.
"HA! I like your enthusiasm! But as I was saying! The time limit is 15 minutes, the value points are placed in a band in the total of the members' point accumulation."
"Whoever will wear the band will be the horse's rider! Until time runs out, everyone will be fighting and stealing as many bands from each other as they can! They cannot wear the band anywhere other than above their neck! The more gangs are robbed, the more demanding it will be to maintain control of the situation!!"
"And the most important aspect of our human cavalry game, is that even if you lose your band or fall apart as a horse! You still won't be out of the game! "
"You have 15 minutes until then! Get started!"
With that order everyone started moving, I smiled at Taylor who gave me a flat look.
"No" she said simply, my eyes widened.
"Are you still upset about the speech?" I asked playfully, she groaned.
"and the mine." Taylor growled, I chuckled.
"And the mine." I conceded with a smile, Taylor snorted.
"I told you I'd get you back." Taylor said before stopping "...plus, I wanna face you." She said honestly, I stopped as I looked at Taylor and nodded, before smiling at her once.
"I respect that, but now I have to find another girl to ride in public." I said amused, I could see a girl stumble next to me, Taylor slapped her face with her palm once again as she blushed.
"Do you have to say it like that?" she asked grumpily, I smiled at her placidly.
"You know I do." She groaned once more before sighing.
"I'll go find a group" Taylor turned around and started moving, well that leaves me alone. I turned to look at Ruby.
"Sorry Izumi! I got a group! " Ruby said as she ran off and ran into… Penny? Funny combination. I finally turned to Azula, who raised an eyebrow, and I pouted at her, she rolled her eyes.
"Fine, I'll be on your team, anyway, as long as we get to the finals it's all the same" Azula said simply while shrugging her shoulders, I smiled at her, fine, now, let's look for a third or fourth member.
My gaze landed on one person. Darkness. I motioned to Azula before moving.
"Heya, Lalatina." I smiled widely at her, Darkness stopped and shuddered in embarrassment, she turned around and looked at me sheepishly.
"M-Miyamura, do you have to call me that?" she growled, raising an eyebrow in her direction.
"Of course I do, it's your name" I said simply, Darkness was embarrassed… so of course she moaned.
"Please?" she begged and I chuckled.
"Okay, Darkness," I said simply, she let out a sigh of relief. "Do you want to join a group?" I asked.
"Hey, you want to join a group with me?!" Darkness asked surprised, her voice sounded really incredulous.
"Yeah, I remember your Quirk was defensive, I need someone in front to take the hits, all the groups will be chasing us, they will all attack us at the same time, they will launch all their attacks and we need to -"
"I WILL!" Darkness exclaimed as she interrupted my rant, I smiled widely as I watched her breathe raggedly with a huge smile and her cheeks flushed.
"Sure? You'll have to withstand many blows-""mmmh!""-you will be hit in front of millions of people-""MMH!!""-they won't have any mercy on you, and I will use your body as a shield and-"
"I WILL! I WILL, I WILL, I WILL! LET ME BE YOUR SHIELD!" Darkness moaned rapidly, drool coming out of the corner of her mouth, her eyes glassy, but she was looking at me with a crazed look of determination.
"It's okay, I'm counting on you." Darkness moaned once more and her gaze became distant.
"Izumi... is... this a good idea?" Azula asked from the side as she looked at Darkness with a grimace, I chuckled.
"Don't worry, she's… a little special." I said with a huge smile.
"Don't tell me," Azula said dryly, "I didn't notice." I laughed.
"Really, she's not… dangerous, just different, she's an acquaintance, she's close friends with one of my best friends, he asked me to… take care of her while she was in UA, so, why not?" I shrugged. "Despite how it seems, her defense is really good." I said simply, and I wasn't lying, Darkness's durability was no game, I didn't know how tough she was, but I was sure that without Haki I couldn't even scratch her.
"Fine, but I retain the right to burn her if she does anything weird" Azula said with a grimace, I chuckled and nodded.
"Now, let's look for our fourth member." I said simply as I looked around, groups already starting to form.
Ruby and Penny had been, incredibly, joined by Hatsume, I thought she would come looking for me, but seeing her so focused on Penny, she was definitely more focused on the robot girl than on highlighting her inventions, at least in this round.
Kazuto and Suguha were in a group, and Asuna had joined them. Rias and Akeno were together with Sona, to no one's surprise. What was surprising, though, was that Bakugo and Midoriya were in the same group, and Uraraka had joined them. Tanya and Viktoriya were talking to Louise, what a strange combination. Just like the combination of Todoroki and Ravel, she didn't know who had asked him to be part of their group, but with a fire quirk, Todoroki didn't have to regulate her ice, which was a problem.
And everyone else was also quickly forming a group, so there were fewer and fewer lonely people left.
"What about her?" Azula pointed in a direction next to me, I followed her finger and smiled.
Yunyun looked around nervously almost as if she was about to faint.
"Yunyun? Why her?" I asked curiously, I wasn't against it, I just wanted to know why Azula had chosen her, she just shrugged.
"The two of us are enough to get the cavalry through, we just need to fill in the gaps, we need a fourth, anyone will do, and she's alone" of course we are, I chuckled at the confident and not at all arrogant statement.
"I don't really have anything against it, so... why not?" I shrugged before walking in Yunyun's direction.
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Author's Notes: First! Sorry for the time of this chapter ! I didn't think I'd ever finish it! Unfortunately, this, and a chapter of my other novel, are the only ones I've been able to write for the past few days. I've been running around all week and had little to no time to write at any point, recently today I had some free time to finish this chapter and I just finished it a few minutes ago!
Now, next week I'll be just as busy, so again, I don't know how much or if I'll be able to post chapters next week, so, sorry, but thanks for reading and the support and happy new year!
