"You can have this back." Aiden threw Bakugo's headband down to him. "I don't need the points of someone who lost to someone as weak as Deku." He taunted. "Go play with someone closer to your level."

Watching the headband land in front of him, Bakugo turned silent much to the unease of his team.

"Um... Bakugo?" Kirishima said carefully.

"Should we pick it u-

"LEAVE IT!!" He suddenly yelled. "Where's DEKU!" His voice contained some malice in it that caused his teammates to shiver.

Watching Bakugo's team leave, Aiden continued to relax in the air.

"The kid with the 10 million points is quite smart." A member of the audience nodded.

"Yeah, not only is he fast, he's also intelligent. Whatever hero gets him as a sidekick is gonna be really lucky."

"Didn't he say that if the festival involved combat that he'd probably win? Doesn't that mean he's more confident in his fighting skills than anything else?"

"Does that mean we haven't seen his full capabilities yet?"

"Now I'm really getting excited!"

"Yeah, I can't wait to see him and the son of Endeavor fight!"

"That explosion kid is quite impressive as well!"

"A bit of a hothead, but his quirk's the real deal."

---

Pulling out an ear piece that he got from Mei, he suddenly called her.

"Yo Mei."

"Aiden! How's it going?! Is the jet pack working well? Is it comfortable? From 1-10 how would you rate its performance?!" She started spouting off without taking a breath.

"Woah! Slow down. I only called to ask if this thing can stream music?"

"Music? Of course it can!" She said proudly. "After our last conversation, I added that function to most of my babies!"

"Great! Its quite boring up here so can you turn some music on for me?"

"Sure! What do you want to listen to? Pop, gospel, rock, Mongolian throat singing?!"

"Just some classic hip-hop would be fine." He interrupted after hearing about the throat singing. "Oh, and make it English please."

"Sure!" She grinned and started pressing buŧŧons on his wrist-pad.

Hearing the tunes coming from the ear piece, Aiden closed his eyes and left the cavalry battle to the students below him.

---

"GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE DEKU!" Bakugo screamed and targeted the green haired boy.

"Yo Eraser! As a student in your class, what do you think of Cross-san's strategy?" Present Mic asked the mummified Aizawa.

"Hmm, I approve. As someone with so many points, its obvious that he would become the number 1 target among the students. For him to retreat into the sky where he has more space to evade attacks is an intelligent move." He analysed.

"So you mean that he planned this from the start?!"

"I can't speak for my student, but from what I've seen from him during my class, I can confidently say that it is very likely that he had planned this out the moment he knew the conditions of the match."

"Is that even possible?!" Present Mic and the audience said in surprise.

Hearing this, the students involved in the cavalry battle regretted their decision to not team up with him. This was especially true for the students in class 1-A.

Gritting his teeth, Bakugo ignored the commentary and focused on getting Deku's headband.

"He really is amazing..." Momo muttered.

"Do you regret not joining his team?" Denki asked after seeing the expression on her face.

Shaking her head, she looked up at the distant Aiden. "If I did then I'd never be able to compete against him like this."

"Well its not like we're really competing against him now."

"Focus on the task." Todoroki interrupted the two.

---

"That kid's not bad." Death arms said while watching the tv with Mt Lady and Kamui Woods.

"He's alright." Mt Lady shrugged not really paying attention.

"What about you woods? A penny for your thoughts?" Death arms asked the silent wood hero.

"...He's impressive."

---

"So this is the child who beat that Nomu~" No.13 said to the deflated All Might.

"Impressive isn't he!" All Might chuckled and looked at the airborne Aiden.

"What's it like teaching him?" She suddenly asked.

Thinking about it now, All Might realized that besides the time during the USJ incident, he hadn't actually talked to the young foreigner.

"He's... the quiet type."

"Really?!" 13 said in surprise. "He seems quite vocal."

"...."

---

'I wonder how much time is left?' Aiden thought after opening his eyes.

Turning the music off, he switched the ear piece back into communication mode and called Mei.

"Hows it going down there?"

"Hmm, well Mina was just telling me that her horns are actually-

"I meant the competition." He cut her off.

"Oh! We're winning!"

'Keep calm, keep calm, keep calm.'

"I meant the other competitors." He said as calmly as he could.

"Ah! Well that boy with the ice quirk is doing really well and the explosion guy keeps chasing after this green haired kid while taking out anyone who gets in his way."

"What about the rest of class 1-A?"

"Hmm~ They seem to be doing all right as well."

"*Sigh* I guess that's all I can expect... How much longer till the match finishes?"

"In about 1 minute."

"1 minute heh." He smiled and slowly made his way back down. Descending from the sky, he caught the attention of the audience and the competing classes.

"That guy's finally decided to join us." Kirishima said after seeing Aiden.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1! TIMES UP!!" Midnight shouted.

"Did he really stay up there for the entirety of the match?"

"To think such a strategy was viable."

"As expected of the one who represented all of UA."

"Seriously, what hero wouldn't try to recruit him?"

As the audience were discussing Aiden's timely appearance, Midnight's voice rang out once again.

"Now for the results!"

1. Team Cross

2. Team Bakugo

3. Team Todoroki

4. Team Shinso

5. Team Monoma

6. Team Midoriya

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