Izuku thought that Kabuto was being remarkably calm about the threat of expulsion, but then, Kabuto hadn't seemed panicked even when the Zero-pointer had been released.

"Yakushi, stop enabling Midoriya's self-destructive tendencies." Eraserhead grumbled, glaring at his friend with his Quirk activated.

"Sensei," Kabuto protested, "I'm only doing my civic duty to ensure that our future heroes are not hampered by poorly healed injuries which might be exploited by the dastardly forces of villainy!"

Aziawa-sensei's hair dropped back down. "You're still helping him when I'm trying get a read on your individual capabilities. Stop. And don't hold back during your own tests; I'm not teaching you if you can't follow orders."

"Understood." The silver-haired boy grumbled, continuing in a mutter, "But though those who don't follow the rules are trash, those who are willing to put down their allies to achieve their goals are worse than trash. This is illogical."

Then he pulled out a roll of bandages from his pants pocket, followed by a pen from behind his ear. "I am a paramedic awaiting certification." He said, looping the bandage through the grip strength device,"I will be carrying medical equipment at all times, so I will usually have supplies on hand in the field. Meaning that in practical terms, what I am doing is testament to my field capability. I'm tying an emergency tourniquet, which, when used on a person, should be loosened at intervals to prevent irreversible tissue damage, but since this is just metal, I don't need to."He started twisting the pen.

That was creative! Kabuto was thinking out of the box like during the exam, compensating for the lack of combat applications of his quirk with his medical knowledge. And Aizawa-sensei had given Yaoyorozu the green light when she used her quirk to make a vise, so since Kabuto's knowledge was indirectly the result of his quirk, it should be allowed too.

Next was the softball throw. Kaachan used his explosions to propel the ball, but Uraraka used her Quirk to send it into infinity. The throw seemed to be the best chance he had of getting his score up, though Kabuto's words did give rise to some doubts.He raised his arm, drawing up One for All. Nothing.

"Yakushi won't be around to pull his healing trick every time you break every bone in your body." Aizawa-sensei said flatly, "What sort of hero would you be if you had to rely on someone else just to keep from being a liability?"


Shouta hated this class. There were the standard personalities (god, how was Tokoyami so edgy?), and then there were the Personalities. Endeavour's son, who seemed to be as expressive as an emotionless glacier; Bakugo Katsuki, whose name matched his explosive attitude; and Midoriya, just Midoriya. The boy was a late bloomer, but given that he appeared willing to break his body for a test, that might have been the only reason he hadn't destroyed himself already. There was no indication that Yakushi's Quirk had a pain-dulling factor, so how high was Midoriya's pain tolerance? More importantly, where had it come from?

Speaking of Midoriya, the boy had figured out how to sacrifice a finger instead of a limb. Now he could unmake himself in increments. Progress.

The throw was good. Yakushi followed up with a healing, pointing out that the test had ended. That brat was going to be a headache, not least because of his unhealthy loophole-finding tendencies. Unfortunately, even Yakushi displayed too much potential for him to justify expulsion, despite the fact that the brat had demonstrated a unconventional (remarkably heroic) attitude regarding the conflict between morals and the law (he heard that mutter).There had been no sabotage. Dammit. "That was a logical ruse to motivate you fully." He said flatly, "You all pass."


Kabuto resisted the urge to eye his sensei suspiciously. The man had pulled a standard Bell Test on twenty students instead of three, which didn't make sense. At all. There were too many people for an unanimous show of solidarity, and it wasn't as if Yuuei was forming a platoon. So it wasn't a Bell Test. Was it just a way to motivate students as claimed? Unlikely. Was it a change of heart? Unlikely. Why would twenty students be recruited if the intention was to expel one? 19 was a prime number, quite inconvenient when it came to team exercises. Besides, twenty was a nice, round number. It was counter-intuitive for people to believe that it would be whittled down to nineteen, making the odds of it being suspected to be a logical ruse higher. Or was it an excuse for sensei to expel any number of students by fiddling with their scores so that they all came last? Maybe.

As for his classmates. Shouto-san had an ice-quirk (sample preservation!) and a fire-quirk (good for napping!), not to mention an Uchiha-esque countenance from a terrible father (at least Fugaku was just emotionally constipated, and had the excuse of pushy elders and Danzo) indicating that he was in need of true friendship, in the form of Izuku-san. Mum would want to send care packages to Shouto-san as well, given that she had been Endeavour's family doctor until she tried to accuse him of child abuse and got shut down by the HC. He should also get Shouto-san to reconcile with his mother as a birthday gift for mum -- maybe by enlisting Izuku-san's assistance?

Also, tell his parents' live-in stray neither-Kimimaro-nor-Itachi about Shouto's performance.

Not having to hide his talent at a schools should be a novel experience, but Plus Ultra, as they say.