The final exams were here, and only two out of the 21 students in class 1A had any sort of confidence as they stood outside the practical exam area. These students were Kevin and Bakugo. They were both talented fighters and ranked in the top five when it came to midterms. Kevin and Momo were tied for first place with the highest grades possible, and Bakugo was ranked third.

But now they were moving onto the practical side of things! This meant (apparently) that they would be fighting giant robots like during the entrance exam! This'd be easy, right?

Wrong!

"Actually, this year's test will be completely different for various reasons!" Principal Nezu exclaimed while popping out of Aizawa's scarf.

"Principal Nezu?!" Multiple students shouted in surprise.

"You're changing things?"

"How long have you been in there?" Kevin, like usual, was asking the true questions.

"Not important! But anyway, the tests now will have a new focus! There will be hero work of course, but also teamwork and combat between actual people!" He informed, while climbing down Aizawa like a mountain. "So what does that mean for you?"

"That we get to go home early?"

"Nope! You students will be working together in pairs! And your opponents will be one of our esteemed UA teachers! Isn't that fabulous?!"

"Yes it is!" Kevin shouted before anyone could complain. "Who am I fighting? Eraserhead?! Come over here so I can kick that ass of yours!"

"Shota no. Shota no! Shota no, stop! He's just a kid!" Present Mic shrieked as he and Midnight held back the erasing hero.

"Unfortunately not, Mr. Minton. With your presence, we simply don't have enough teachers and don't want to add you to someone else's already assigned pair. So we convinced a pro hero to help us out and volunteer to be your opponent! You'll be fighting them one on one, since we've deemed your robotic suit would be an unfair advantage."

"Fine with me!"

"Great! We'll announce who they are later. You'll be the tenth match to go."

The matches were as follows.

Cementoss vs. Sato and Kirishima

Ectoplasm vs. Tsu and Tokoyami

Power Loader vs. Iida and Ojiro

Eraser Head vs. Todoroki and Yoayorozu

13 vs. Uraraka and Aoyama

Nezu vs. Kaminari and Ashido

Present Mic vs. Jiro and Koda

Snipe vs. Hagakure and Shoji.

Midnight vs. Sero and Mineta

Nine of the matches were announced, leaving Kevin to tap his foot impatiently. His blood was already pumping to fight, especially since it was a pro hero that didn't teach at the school. That meant he could go all out.

"Minton, this matchup isn't exactly ideal, but this pro was the first we could find. Apparently he needs some good publicity and begrudgingly accepted." Aizawa informed.

"Hey, is it me or has it gotten hotter?" Kamianri asked, wiping the current forming sweat off of his forehead.

"A pro hero with a fire Quirk that needs good publicity?' Todoroki and Midoriya thought, before their eyes widened. 'No way.'

"Everyone, I assume you know the second ranked pro hero, Endeavor." Aizawa announced, gesturing to the front door.

The blue doors immediately turned a bright red as a blackened figure walked towards the them. The doors were pushed opened and crashed against the walls, revealing the scowling pyromaniac.

"Let's get this over with. I have places to be, after all." He growled, walking up to join the fellow pros. All Might gave him a thumbs up and smile, which he returned with a scowl.

And finally, All Might vs. Midoriya and Bakugo.

"To complete the exam you'll have 30 minutes! In order to win, your objective is to handcuff the teacher. Or, you could win if one of you manages to escape from the combat stage."

"Fight or flee? Hmm, seems like a game of cat and mouse to me. Better make sure I'm the cat." Kevin grinned to himself. "Yo Endeavor! Let's make a bet! If I beat you, I take your spot as number two!" He called out, shocking just about everyone.

"You can't do that young listener!"

"And why not?!"

"Because it doesn't work that way." Aizawa sighed.

"And why not?! Who put you in charge old man?!"

"Shota no!" Present Mic shouted as his friend tried rushing Kevin again. This time, it took All Might to carry him over his shoulder and take him away in order to make sure he couldn't attack.

"You're all childish and idiotic. Let's just get this over with." The second ranked hero growled before walking into the building.

"Todoroki! Is it cool if I kick your dad's ass?" Kevin called out to the fire/ice user, who merely nodded.

(Hours later. 9th fight)

The whole observation view was packed with the whole class of 1A, as well as Aizawa and Midnight. This battle was highly anticipated, seeing as how it pitted the second ranked hero of japan against the (arguably) strongest student in 1A.

The combat stage was set. It was a destroyed town, with crumbling skyscrapers and giant cracks forming in the streets, big enough to swallow cars whole. Smoke was rising from the building due to the interiors of some being sat on fire, which also ran along certain parts of the street. Pieces of the crumbling structures fell down to the street below, showing off just how close the whole building was to falling.

"Listen here Deku! If the brat can defeat Endeavor by himself, then there's no way in fucking hell we should lose to All Might! Do you hear me?! If we fucking lose I will haunt you and your dreams for the rest of your miserable life!" Bakugo screamed as he violently shook Izuku, occasionally swatting Uraraka and Iida away from trying to help their friend.

"O-Ok K-Kacchan! J-Just stop s-shaking me!"

"What's with all the fire?" Kaminari asked.

"It gives my father an advantage. He seems to have an immunity to other flames, so if he can corner Kevin into a burning building, he'd be just fine. Kevin on the other hand…"

"He'd be trapped in a corner! And either be forced to fight Endeavor in close quarters combat or be burned in order to try and escape. Very clever." Ojiro commented.

"And super unmanly!"

"We felt as though this was the best stage for the two. Any other stage and Kevin would have the clear advantage, especially if we gave them the stage Jiro and Koda were on." Aizawa informed.

"Why would that be?"

"If drenched in water, it would take a while for my father to grow back his flames. And since the stage Aizawa-sensei speaks of had a large body of water, Kevin would easily be able to control it."

"Everyone quiet! It's starting!" Toru shouted.

Everyone watched as Endeavor strolled thought the burning streets, not even sparing a glance at the destroyed cars surrounding him. He kept his eyes forward, occasionally looking up to scan the rooftops. In a way, he knew his opponent. Sneak attacks seemed to be Kevin's forte.

In the viewing room, everyone watched as a figure suddenly jumped into view on one of the buildings rooftops. This building Endeavor had just passed.

The figure was in a squat like position, similar to a ninja. Feet against each other, knees bent and hands grabbing onto the building's ledge.

"My boy's acting like a ninja! Sick!"

"Probably won't help him though. Endeavor knows how Kevin fights, so he'll be expecting a surprise attack." Shoji stated.

(Combat stage)

Before Endeavor could continue walking down the street, a wall sudden grew out of the ground, preventing him from moving forward. His eye twitched in annoyance before he turned around.

"Stop playing games with me boy! Either come out and fight or find some other hero to fight you!" He shouted in annoyance. He didn't even want to be here! The second ranked pro only agreed cause some people were pissed that he missed some charity auction.

He could feel the ground under his feet rumble and crack. He jumped out of the way just as Kevin popped out of the ground. Faster than you would expect him to be, Endeavor grabbed onto the boys' head before smashing it into the stone wall. The impact caused the wall to crack and break, and began to fall over as Kevin poofed into a smoke cloud.

Endeavor raised his arms over his head, protecting it as wall collapsed over him. He shook off the debris that covered his body.

"I know how you operate child! You have your clones travel underground and rise out to attack your target!"

"Ooo, I got myself a fan. I'm flattered!" Kevin cackled from the shadows.

"I would rather skin myself than be your fan! I merely studied you so I could help my son defeat you, should the two of you do battle again!"

"Aww, that's so sweet." Kevin stated as he stepped out of the shadows and onto the ledge of the roof. Endeavor growled and raised his hand, prepared to fire. "But did you really think I wouldn't have any more tricks up my sleeve? Surrender now, or get smited by god!" He exclaimed, raising his arms towards the sky.

The two waited for a few seconds, each ready for the attack to begin. When it never came, Kevin dropped his arms and sighed.

"I said, smited by god!"

Again, nothing happened.

"Goddamit clones! That's your que!"

Three separate sorry's were called out before a loud screeching sound could be heard. From the end of the street, some large object, which was shining a bright blue traveled towards the fire user. Eyes narrowing, Endeavor aimed a fired, what was basically, a beam of flames at the glow object.

To everyone's shock and amazement, the object seemed to change course and flew over the attack, before doubling in speed. When it was close enough, everyone could make out a shape. It looked like a shuriken.

Endeavor continued with his attacks, trying to predict were the attack would travel to next. He even attempted to fire two beams at once, but the shuriken merely flew in between them.

'The amount of control he has over this thing…it's both impressive and terrifying!' Endeavor thought, just before it made contact.

A large dome of wind formed via contact, ripping buildings apart and lifting them and cars into the air. The force tossed these objects across the makeshift city, truly looking like it was an act of god.

It only lasted for a few seconds, however. Because as soon as it began, to slowed down to a stop after a few seconds. The once, somewhat, intact street was now completely torn up. Some parts were missing entirely, along with any vehicle that was unlucky enough to be close by. Two of the five story buildings were now reduced to mere rubble. And there in the middle of it all, stood the fire Quirk user, arms crossed to protect his face.

He was still standing, albeit panting like an injured dog with the top of his outfit torn up. Kevin clapped from his position on the rooftop, before jumping down to street level.

"Impressive! You're a lot tougher than I thought, guess I should take this more seriously." He grinned.

(Viewing room)

"You mean that wasn't him being serious?! What the hell man?! Why am I in the same class as him?!" Mineta shouted, his little legs shaking in fright.

"Believe me, I wonder the same thing all the time." Toru muttered.

"He destroyed part of the street and two whole building with that one attack! It's hard to imagine that was just him playing around!" Sero said in awe.

"It was as glorious as it was powerful! Tres magnifique!"

As the students discussed and gushed over the attack, Koda chose to hide behind Shoji. The attack, while powerful, was scary after all. All the Anivoice Quirk user could think was that everyone was lucky that Kevin wasn't a villain!

"I still think this is a dumb matchup. The two of us would offer more of a challenge." Midnight whispered to Aizawa.

"No, neither of us would be able to touch him. For you he'd just stay underground and attack via clones, and my power would be ineffective against him."

"How so?"

"Let's say he has 12 Quirks in total, with Grab Bag being one of them, among another 11. My Quirk would erase just one of his at random, meaning I could get lucky and erase Grab Bag, but I could also be unlucky and erase his wind or water Quirk. It'd be all up to chance." Aizawa informed. "Endeavor has nothing but brute force and an unstoppable will. He won't go down easy, meaning Kevin will either have to trick him or overwhelm him in order to win."

"That's…actually brilliant."

"And besides, I don't want you anywhere close to him. You'd just put him to sleep and kidnap him again."

"You try kidnapping someone once and suddenly you're the bad guy." Midnight grumbled under her breath. Suddenly an idea formed, and she grinned. "You're just being an overprotective parent! You don't want the 'naughty' girl from down the road playing with your good Christian son."

"No, I don't want my student getting abducted by some maniac." He hissed, turning his head to hide his darkening cheeks.

(Battlefield)

"I find it hard to believe that attack wasn't you being serious. It probably could've killed anyone else." Endeavor stated, lowering his arms down from his face.

"Believe it or not, I could care less. Why don't you attack this time? Please, I insist."

With a grunt, Endeavor raised his right hand and lit it on fire. It roared in his palm before taking shape, forming an arrow of flames. Cocking his arm back, he threw it with all the might he could muster.

The arrow flew down the darkened road at an incredible speed, going well over 200 miles per hour. Kevin stared down the arrow, studying it, before side stepping it, allowing the attack to fly right past him. He could feel the heat rolling off of it, even after being a foot or two away.

"Kinda of a lame attack, don't you think? Like, it was easy to dodge and didn't blow up in my face like I was expecting." Kevin cocked his head to the side.

There was a sudden explosion behind him, and the smirk Endeavor was giving him merely raised his curiosity. Turning around, he saw an oil tanker flying high in the sky, and all the cars that lead to him were blowing up in some type of domino effect…wait, leading to him?!

Taking a look around himself, Kevin could see that he was, indeed, surrounded by multiple cars.

"Impressive! Buuuuut-" Kevin stomped his foot onto the ground, creating a dome of cement around him to protect him from the blasts. The front was opened so he could still see Endeavor. "-not impressive enough! I can control earth as well, remember?"

"Oh I know." The hero smirked, before raising his hands. They caught on fire, before the flames went from red to blue. "But this just means your trapped!"

The hero fired, sending a beam of blue fire towards the student. Now Kevin wasn't a genius or anything (that was a fucking lie) but he knew that blue fire was well above the burning point that it took to melt cement. So, he had two options. Close off his little cocoon and hope for the best, or dip.

With a grunt Kevin moved his foot to the left, making his little cocoon to fly across the road and through the front doors of the building next to him.

The three cars that once surrounded Kevin finally blew up, catching the blue fire in its destructive path. The explosions fire turned blue, and it seemed to cause the devastating power to only double. The two buildings that were closest (including the one Kevin was in) had their fronts and rooftops completely destroyed in the explosion.

Endeavor ran forward and into the building his opponent was in. Not to check if he was okay or anything, but to see if he knocked out or too injured to continue.

"That explosion was fucking nuts wasn't it! Not as nuts as mine, but still pretty nuts!" Kevin exclaimed from somewhere in the darkness. The room they were in was large, with about 50 feet between the ceiling and floor. Metallic beams hung from the ceiling, occasionally flickering on the lights. Other than that, Endeavor was the only light in the whole darkened room.

"Do you ever stop talking?" Endeavor growled in annoyance.

"Nope!" He heard Kevin say from behind him, but when the hero turned, nothing was there. "Revelry in the darkness'. Ooo, that is fun to say! No wonder Tokoyami says it like, everyday chance he gets!"

'25 minutes have passed! Only five minutes remain!' They could hear from the outside.

"Already?! Wow, times flies by when you're having fun!"

"This is you're definition of fun?" Endeavor growled, getting tired of these games. He began shooting flames widely at the beams above, believing this is where the kid was.

"What's fun is messing with people's minds! Like, you think I'm above you! The real Kevin's in the basement!" 'Kevin' cackled, before a hole opened right below the hero. He fell through, before it closed back up.

After falling about 10 feet, Endeavor landed on his feet in the well-lit basement. Across the large empty room stood what he believed was the true Kevin. It was hard to tell since he could seemingly create an unlimited supply of clones.

"Step one, get hero to follow you. Step two, get him underground. Step three, stop fooling around." Kevin stated, before sliding his right foot back. A hole formed in the wall behind him.

"Ha! If you haven't noticed, fires in a small, closed space can only spell doom for those unlucky enough to be inside! You haven't captured me, but merely cornered yourself!"

"You think that, until you realize one thing."

"Which is?"

"You need oxygen for your flames to exist."

With a wave of his hand, the wind in the room started to whip around them violently, and soon the flames on his body began to die down. Endeavor clutched his throat, suddenly feeling as if he was being choked.

The two dropped to their knees, coughing violently as the air around them was stolen. But Kevin never let up, he continued riding the room of its oxygen. Even as he felt light headed and like he was about to pass out, he never let up.

Soon the flames were completely gone, and the two suddenly fell face first onto the ground. Everyone waited with baited breaths, wondering what would happen next. One minute was left and both combatants were knocked out.

There answers were questioned as the ground began to crack, allowing two Kevin's to pop out. They held their breaths and got to work, one going over to Kevin and the other Endeavor. They grabbed their arms before pulling, getting the two closer to each other.

One clone took out the handcuffs, before slapping them onto the student and hero. Giving thumbs up to the camera, they poofed into nonexistence, just as a bell rang from above.

The exam was over, and he had won.