Finally, the Sports Festival day came. Little shops selling souvenirs and food were lines up in the way to the school building. Heroes and visitors lined up all the way from the school gate, eager to see the festival. Many were hyped for the third graders' festival, as usual, but this time the first graders also got a bit of a spotlight-mostly for 1-A surviving the villain assault. Surely the USJ incident had drawn enormous amount of interest from the public.

In a stadium filled with a cheering crowd, the first graders marched in beginning from class A. Present Mic introduced the marching classes, the introductions suspiciously getting shorter with each class. Ordinary and Support classes were introduced quite simply compared to the two hero course classes.
"As always, we're just the background fillers."
A voice came from behind.
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After Bakugou's triggering speech(which wasn't even long enough to be called one) the first part of the Sports Festival was announced. It was an obstacle race, running through the course built around the stadium, with various obstacles preparedin their way. Midnight announced the start of the race, and everyone started charging to the small exit of the stadium, which turned into a massive traffic jam in the matter of seconds.

Midoroya struggled in the middle of the crowd. Not having full control over One for All he had to go through the whole race, possibly the whole festival, with his bare fists. That was when he heard the voices of terrified students in front of him- and a layer of ice freezing the ground and their feet. Luckily Midoriya dodged it in time. One of the Todorokis got a head start.