The siren blew in the distance and I tried to imagine what Hagakure and Shoji were doing right now.

They might be trying to cross the border, and what if the other team had guards right there? They could both get captured and we would have no way of knowing. I blocked that thought from my mind. I needed to stop worrying about what might happen to them, since I had my own problems right now.

Did Todoroki really think I could get to the flag? I wasn't the least bit stealthy, and would probably find a way to screw it up even with them helping me.

I sighed and closed my eyes for a second.

Everything would go fine. We would make it there and I'd get the flag. I'd cross the border and win. It was that simple.

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It felt like forever before we finally a heard a rustle through the bushes. My legs had began to ache from standing so long in anticipation.

More sounds of movement came from in front of us, but the three standing closest to sound, Tokoyami, Sero, and Todoroki, tensed. Suddenly Bakugo blasted out of the bushes.

His momentum knocked over Tokoyami who was right in front of him. Todoroki reacted quickly and froze him before he could go any closer to the flag. Bakugo tried making explosions to escape, Todoroki walked over and pressed his tracker before he could get out. It made a sort of dinging sound and turned red.

Todoroki melted him out of the ice before turning to Sero.

"Can you take him to the jail? The others will probably be back soon." Todoroki said.

Sero nodded and motioned to the angry Bakugo to follow him. A few moments after they left, we heard another rustle in the bushes. We were on our guard, but this time it was Shoji and Hagakure who burst through the bushes.

"We found them...but they're after us." Hagakure informed us, clearly out of breath.

Todoroki nodded.

"How many?" He asked.

"Four, maybe five?" Hagakure responded.

Todoroki seemed to take that into consideration.

"Ok. If most of them are coming here, then now would be the best time to attack while their defense is weaker. I think the five of you can handle them for now, and Sero should be back soon. I wouldn't recommend going into patrol like we said before, stay close together since they'll all be attacking head on. Good luck." Todoroki spoke to the defense team.

They all nodded and Todoroki looked back at me and the rest of the offense team.

"Ready?" He asked.

We all looked at each other before nodding. We started jogging back to the border together, all of us thinking about the battle to come. I pushed all thoughts of doubt from my mind, focusing only on success. There's no way I could mess up with all of my friends helping. We were stronger together, and we would defeat the other team, I was sure of it.

We would win.