"You might have heard about the final exam from the older students," Aizawa said, "But we've changed it up a bit this year."
All of Class 1-A gathered in front of the USJ, listening to their teachers explain their final exam.
"Since some of you," Aizawa took a moment to glare at Izuku, Uraraka, Iida, and Shoto, "Can't avoid running into an S ranked villain every month, we need to train you to be heroes aster than we usually do."
"Which means we need to make the final exam more challenging!" Nedzu shouted as he popped out from Aizawa's scarf.
"We were originally going to split you into pairs and have you fight us," Aizawa explained, "But we thought that wouldn't be fair if we didn't have escape as an option. Of course, some people," Aizawa shifted his glare to All Might and Nedzu, "Didn't see the problem with this, but the rest of us convinced them that a student who can teleport and another that can fly would have an unfair advantage in that situation."
"Another idea was to split you into pairs and have you face each other, grading each of you on how well you fought rather than whether or not you won," Thirteen started, "But the Sports Festival showed us that most matchups between you would be rather one-sided and wouldn't give us a chance to see anything."
"Any exams with getting to a location were scrapped," Aizawa continued, "That included races, capture the flag, king of the hill, and any similar challenges."
"We almost decided to bar quirk use during the exam," Snipe mentioned, "But that wouldn't have tested how much you've improved."
"In the end, we've decided that we'll be pairing you off, and each pair will fight on of us," Aizawa said, "You can win by escaping the area, but our solution to some of you having extremely mobile quirks is this: Only one of you can get your team the victory by escaping. Also, we'll all be wearing dense weights to slow us down."
"Here is a list of all the teams and who you'll be fighting," Nedzu said as he placed a hologram projector on the floor and turned it on, "If your name is green, you can earn your team a victory by escaping, if your name is red, you cannot."
The projection read:
Teams: Hero:
Izuku (red) and Bakugo (green) All Might
Uraraka (red) and Aoyama (green) Thirteen
Iida (red) and Ojiro (green) Powerloader
Sero (red) and Shinsou (green) Midnight
Todoroki (red) and Ashido (green) Eraserhead
Koji (red) and Jiro (green) Present Mic
Toru (red) and Shoji (green) Snipe
Tokoyami (red) and Kirishima (green) Ectoplasm
Asui (red) and Kaminari (green) Nezu
Yaoyorozu (red) and Sato (green) Cementoss
"You have five minutes to plan," Aizawa informed them, "Begining now!"
I'm teamed up with Kaachan?!
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"Kaachan, don't you think we should strategize?" Izuku asked.
"Shut up, you shitty nerd!" Bakugo shouted.
"But Kaachan, we can't beat All Might without-" Izuku started.
"We can't beat All Might period!" Bakugo corrected.
"Of course we can't, but I want to be the number one hero, so I need to see how I measure up to the current number one hero before I try to run away! But besides that, I never expected you to give up just like that!" Izuku countered.
"Your planning period is up," a voice called over the intercoms.
"Why the hell do you sound so surprised?" Bakugo asked.
"Because you never give up!" Izuku shouted, "It's what I admire about you!"
"Shut up!" Bakugo shouted as he launched an explosion at Izuku, "Maybe I fucking should! I've done nothing but lose since I got into UA!"
Izuku quickly dodged the explosion before asking, "What?"
"Every since I got here, everyone's been beating me! You and round face beat me in the entrance exam!" Bakugo screamed as he launched himself at Izuku, who dodged.
"And then you and ponytail beat me in the quirk trial!" Bakugo punctuated this sentence by sending another large explosion at the teleporting student, who teleported out of the way.
"Round face beat me a second time during the battle trials on our second day!" a large explosion forced Izuku to teleport behind Bakugo to dodge.
"I was nearly fucking worthless at the USJ!" a large explosion towards the ground forced Izuku to jump to avoid being burned.
"You and icy-hot beat me in the race, and the bastard wasn't even using half his quirk!" Bakugo let out two large explosions on either side of him, forcing Izuku to teleport further away to dodge.
"I got into the tournament round through sheer fucking luck because you, insomniac Jr, round face, and pink hair managed to get every point in the second round!" Bakugo aimed a kick at Izuku's head, who ducked under the kick before standing back up once Bakugo had passed over him.
"And then I got knocked out of the tournament in the first round because insomniac Jr beat me!" Bakugo launched an explosion at a building, destroying a wall and causing the building to collapse onto Izuku, who had to teleport out of the way to avoid being crushed.
"And then you took down the fucking hero killer while I was interning under the number four hero, who only picked me so he could fucking reprimand me!" Bakugo stopped attacking as he neared the end of his rant.
"On top of all that, you, round face, and icy-hot have all unlocked or starting using new parts of your quirks since you got here, while I haven't progressed at all! You haven't even been using two-thirds of your quirk to avoid my attacks! So I'll say it again, I should fucking give up!"
"Kaachan-" Izuku started, only for the building next to them to explode into rubble, revealing All Might behind it.
"You heroes sure are taking your time!" All Might told them before throwing a punch at Bakugo, launching him through a wall.
Ok, so Kaachan has some issues he needs to work through. That's not something I know how to help him with, I'm going to distract All Might and let him try to escape. I can tell Aizawa or Hounddog later because I don't think I can help him if I'm part of the problem.
All Might then turned to Izuku and threw another punch, only to hit nothing as Izuku teleported behind him as soon as he had started winding up the punch. All Might then felt a kick to the back of his knees and turned around.
"You didn't really think you were strong enough to kick my feet out from under me, did you?" All Might mocked.
What All Might didn't notice, was that Izuku had forced him to turn around just as Bakugo had recovered and started heading towards the exit.
I can't react quickly enough to avoid his punches! I need some sort of early warning system! If I could delay his punch by just a second, then I would have enough time to react to any of his attacks, but how do I do that?
Izuku was surrounded by green electricity as he powered One for All up to his limit before activating Black Whip and wrapping the tendrils around All Might's arms and wrists.
"You can't beat me no matter how many quirks you use, hero!" All Might shouted as he broke free of the tendrils and threw another punch. Before he could hit, Izuku had already teleported behind him again.
If I wrap black whip around him, I can feel it when he tries to move his arms. That gives me the warning I need to avoid his attacks.
Before he could wrap the tendrils around All Might again, the pro turned around and threw another punch, this time hitting the Izuku and sending him into the building Bakugo had been thrown into.
"Say, where did your partner go?" All Might asked before taking off in search of Bakugo.
Before he could get very far, he was stopped by tendrils wrapping around him and trying to pull him backwards.
"These tendrils can't stop me, young Midoriya!" All Might shouted before continuing on his way, pulling Izuku along behind him.
All Might quickly ran to the exit to the testing site and found Bakugo a meter from passing.
"I'm afraid you won't be crossing that gate, young Bakugo!" All Might shouted as he stood between Bakugo and victory.
Suddenly, he was pushed out of Bakugo's way as Izuku slammed into him, using the momentum he had gained from attaching himself to All Might against the large man.
Bakugo took this opportunity to blast himself across the gate before All Might could recover from the unexpected
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"Your planning period is up," a voice called over the intercoms.
"Alright, are you ready?" Ochako asked Aoyama.
"Oui madame," Aoyama confirmed.
Ochako quickly tapped both of them and shifted their gravities up and forwards, letting them fly over the testing site and to the gate, securing their victory.
"Hm, we could have planned that better," Thirteen commented, "Great work you two."
Thirteen just complimented me! I need to never forget this moment! Ochako thought.
Unbeknownst to her, she had started mumbling.
"You seem to be picking up some habits from Monsieur Midoriya," Aoyama commented, "Could it be that you like him?"
"What? NO! That's ridiculous! I don't- where did you even- why would you-" Ochako denied. Or, tried to, anyway.
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"Your planning period is up," a voice called over the intercoms.
"Come meet your celebrity crush, young boys!" Midnight shouted as she cracked her whip.
"Actually, I prefer Miruko," Shinsou commented.
"What the fuck did you just say? I'm going to fucking-" Midnight started, only to stop when Shinsou's quirk activated.
"You're going to let me escape now," Shinsou stated before heading towards the gate that signified victory.
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"Your planning period is up," a voice called over the intercoms.
Todoroki quickly made a cup out of ice and Ashido started filling it with a weak acid, they then started walking towards the gate.
Halfway there, they ran into Aizawa, who deactivated both their quirks.
"You two didn't really think you could just-" Aizawa started, only to be interrupted as Ashido splashed the acid onto his face, forcing him to close his eyes to avoid blindness.
As soon as his eyes closed, Todoroki encased Aizawa's body in ice, leaving only his head unfrozen.
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"Your planning period is up," a voice called over the intercoms.
Iida immediately picked up Ojiro and activated his recipro burst, launching them both across the testing site and through the gate before Powerloader could do anything.
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"We definitely could have planned that better," Thirteen commented as they were going over the footage of the exams.
"So, just based on whether they completed any of their goals or not, Asui and Kaminari both failed," Nedzu commented, "Is there anyone else you think should have failed?"
"Young Bakugo did attack Midoriya before I found them," All Might commented.
"Yes, Midoriya told me about that," Aizawa said, "Apparently Bakugo attacked him because he was feeling insecure. I think we should fail Bakugo and force him to attend therapy and anger management while the other students who failed are doing their remedial classes."
"Sato consumed so much sugar during the exam he ended up rampaging through the city instead of trying to pass the exam," Cementoss pointed out.
"Alright, so those four have failed, Bakugo, Asui, Kaminari, and Sato," Aizawa decided.
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"Don't worry, I'm sure there's still a way you could come to the training camp," Aizawa heard Izuku reassure Kaminari.
"Easy for you to say, you passed the exam!" Kaminari responded as he shook Izuku's shoulders.
"Midoriya is right," Aizawa stated as he walked into the classroom, "Those of you who failed need this camp the most, so you'll be going, but while the others have fun each night, you'll be doing remedial classes. As for who failed, Kaminari and Asui are obviously on that list. Sato, your also on that list for losing control. Bakugo, the staff heard everything you said. You'll be going to therapy and anger management with Hounddog during the remedial classes and when we return."
Asui and Kaminari cheered at getting to go to the camp, while Sato hung his head in shame at having failed. Bakugo glared at his desk, looking like he was in deep thought.
"And Midoriya, bring Eri," Aizawa demanded, "This'll be a good place for her to get more control over her quirk."
"Alright!" Izuku agreed as he started writing a list of things he would need to pack.
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Izuku received a notification from the class group chat later that night.
Ashido: Hey, who wants to go to the mall and shop for whatever we need for the camp this weekend? I know Todoroki is busy on Saturdays and Bakugo won't wanna hang out with us, but is everyone else good?
Todoroki: I'm actually free. I usually visit my mother in the hospital on Saturdays, but she's home now, so I don't have anything I need to do.
Kirishima: I'll convince Bakugo to come with us!
Soon after, the entire class had agreed to go, with the exception of Bakugo, who Kirishima was still trying to convince.
Izuku did his nightly exercise routine before going to sleep.
"Goodnight, Eri," Izuku called out.
"Goodnight, Deku," Eri responded.
A few minutes later, Izuku's breathing slowed down and Eri started her mission. Reaching up to his nightstand, she grabbed his phone before sneaking out of the room.
As soon as she had escaped, she sat down on the couch and unlocked the phone before navigating to the phone app.
The phone wrung for a few seconds before somebody answered the other side.
"Hey, Deku! Did you need something?" Uraraka asked.
"Hey, Ochako!" Eri greeted her.
"Eri?" Uraraka questioned.
"Yup!" Eri giggled.
"How did you get Deku's phone? And where's Deku?" Uraraka asked.
"I stole his phone while he was asleep because you and the others didn't come over to train today! So I didn't get to see you!" Eri answered.
"Sorry, Eri, we were all a bit tired after the exams, so we decided to take a break today," Uraraka apologized.
"It's fine, but when can I see you again?" Eri asked.
"Hmm, well you could come to the mall with Deku tomorrow," Uraraka suggested.
"I don't like large crowds," Eri mumbled.
"That's fine," Uraraka assured her, "I'll see if everyone is free to visit you after we go to the mall tomorrow! And if not we can come over the day after, summer just started for us, so we have tons of free time!"
"Alright," Eri agreed, "Bye, Uraraka!"
"Bye, Eri, and you can call me Ochako if you want," Uraraka said.
The two hung up and Eri placed Izuku's phone back on his dresser before going to sleep herself.
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Omake:
Shinsou vs All Might:
"Do you boys really think you can beat me?" All Might asked as he dodged a punch from Shinso's partner
"Hey, All Might!" Shinsou shouted, "You're a terrible teacher!"
All Might sat down and started crying.
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"Hey, Shinsou, could you release All Might from your quirk?" Aizawa requested once the exams had ended.
"He didn't respond to me," Shinsou told him, "He was never under my control."
"Oh..." Present Mic said, "Does- does somebody wanna go talk to him?"
"Midoriya, you seem to be his favorite, go cheer him up," Aizawa commanded.
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