I'm back baby! And for all of you(read: 2 people) that were wondering how my exams went. I'm happy to inform y'all that I aced the damn thing(and by some black magic got the highest score among the applicants) so I should be good until august or so. Now I only have to focus on work instead of work and school so my free time just doubled! Anyway, on to the story.

"Now with that gaggle of lovable idiots out of the way let's get on with our regularly scheduled program! This time, final exams!" Many faces paled in unison, especially those who only barely passed or outright failed their practical exams. Not to mention what happened right after.

Final week of June

"I didn't study at all!" Kaminari screamed out, panicking over scoring the lowest in his class on the mid-terms though Mina who scored the second lowest just laughed it off. "With everything that's happened It totally slipped my mind!"

"Indeed." Tokoyami sweatdropped at his own less-than-stellar score.

"Ah, the perils of formal education. I know it well and I don't miss it the tiniest bit!" I chuckled while patting Pikachu and the Chicken of Darkness on the back. "Test scores don't mean anything anyway! It just shows how good you are at taking tests."

"Right!" Mina agreed, high fiving me. Sure they all passed their finals but that didn't mean she had to like test taking!

"Sucks that there's gonna be a practical exam too." An overly smug Mineta said, still riding high from scoring in the top half of his class. Kaminari and Mina get annoyed at this while Izuku tries his best to cheer up his classmates.

"Ashido-san, Kaminari-san! Let's do our best! It would be great if we could all go to the training camp together right?!" Since he and Iida who joined in scored 4th and 2nd respectively it helped out but Todoroki's comment immediately deflated Kaminari's confidence.

"Ouch, get the stretcher we got a man down!" Sero yelled out as Kaminari once again clutched his heart at the double attack from the perfect cinnamon roll and his stoic blunt friend. Both hurt but in very different ways.

"You two, if it's academics you need, I could lend a hand." Everybody's favorite creation goddess, who placed first amongst the class. Offered modestly, though she immediately put herself down when it came to practical help which got a confused look from Todoroki in particular.

Regardless of this the response she got made her brighten up in joy as Jiro, Sero and Ojiro, who placed 7th, 17th, and 8th respectively asked her for help. That being said others found a different approach.

"See that? That's what virtue looks like." Kirishima said, smirking at Bakugo who stewed quietly before agreeing to tutor him.(with a few threats of death of course)

"Adorable." Setsuna said while giggling to herself, Momo blushed though one other got the hidden meaning.

"Who, Momo-chan or the firecracker?" Jiro asked, giggling up a storm herself.

"Both." And so a new friendship blossomed as Bakugo tried and failed to blow them to pieces, waving his arms around while yelling 'die!'

"Oi! No blowing up the giggling school girls!" I reprimand the pomeranian until he decided to turn around and attack Kirishima instead. The explosions came back to life soon after.

"Ah! Gah! Why?!" Rock man asked while trying his best to dodge, block and overall tank the explosions.

"You aren't a giggling school girl. You can take it!" Dude's a literal rock, besides I get the odd feeling that he wants this to happen more often than not. Exhibit A, emotionally extorting Bakugo for tutoring.

Flashing forward to the cafeteria we find Izuku, Todoroki Iida, Ochako, Toru, and Tsuyu sitting together discussing what would be on the finals. Each of their scores hovering above their heads.

"Eep!" Ochako and Toru squeaked a bit at that, thinking that they were off the hook after their scores were passed over in class. Tsuyu, everyone's friend, slowly patted them on the head to comfort them.

"Adorable." It was Pony's turn to state the obvious with many others sagely nodding their heads in acknowledgment of the universal truth.

Suddenly Izuku was hit from behind by somebody's elbow, quickly turning around he noticed it was none other than Neito Monoma "Eh? You're from class b right? Monoma-kun! How dare you?!" Izuku started before being quickly interrupted by class B's Mineta.

"Wait wait hold on! Did our perfect little cinnamon roll just raise his voice at someone?!" Mina asked in legitimate shock at what just happened, many others following suite as they processed everything. The whole time Izuku just grumbled that he could get upset just like anyone else.

"Am I the only one who notices the literal wine glass on that kid's tray? Is he drinking grape juice from a fucking wine glass?! Oh my various gods, that's rich!" I couldn't help but give out a full bellied laugh at the realization of just how ridiculous it was. It's the ultimate 'trying to act mature' goof that little kids did, except its coming from a 15 year old hero!

"...I can't even blame him, Monoma-san is quite a character alright. His Phantom of the Opera styled costume doesn't help much with the chuuni attitude." And it was the annoying 'falsely mature' chuuni instead of the 'edgy' chuuni, much less popular amongst the community.

Giving his usual remarks about class 1-A's arrogance and how they just kept grabbing attention to themselves via the hero killer he quickly and efficiently painted a target on himself and the rest of his class. Or he would have if not for the big sister of the group coming over and paralyzing the fool with a karate chop.

"Hilarious and mildly cool...Maybe you guys can make this a heroic comedy routine?" Kaminari offered. The classic Straight Woman and Wise Guy(or in this case idiotically antagonistic) duo but used against villains. It would offer a nice distraction and comic relief for any victims at the minimum.

"...But that would mean I'd have to work with Monoma-san full time." In other words that idea was doomed to fail. Unless of course she takes more drastic measures when it comes to training her proverbial little brother. *Ara Ara intensifies.

"Sorry about him again, he's just that kind of person I guess." Itsuka apologized while somehow picking up Monoma's tray without having anything spill. The whole time Izuku was trying his best to stay composed but his eyes kept trailing back at Monoma's body that was slowly losing consciousness. 'That would have been damn useful against Stain!'

"...Hey Itsuka-san-" Izuku was interrupted by a thumbs up, cool he just got a new tutor!

"By the way I overheard you guys mentioning the finals, between you and me I hear that it will be a battle against robots, like in the entrance exams. I know an older student who told me, It's a little unfair, I know." But Izuku thought otherwise, saying that gathering intel was just another part of being a hero, though this was quickly lost in his usual muttering spree.

"Kendo, you fool. We finally had an edge over thos-'' Another karate chop ended Monoma's whole career(for the moment) as he slumped over like a sack of potatoes. "That's enough of you, I was just being considerate."

"Thanks again for that by the way. Even if it was wrong information it was still nice of you to tell us." Izuku bowed, getting another thumbs up from Itsuka, it was the least she could do after...The incident.

"Who did you fight anyway Izuku-san? Ibara-chan and I went up against Vlad-sensei and had a pretty tough time." Kendo asked, and Ibara confirmed this by muttering something along the lines of 'blood and vegetation don't mix'. Sounds like it was a double edged sword on both sides.

"I can imagine, blood is a tricky substance to deal with especially when it can be manipulat-" Bakugo smacked Izuku over the top of the head before he could go off the rails again. "R-right, anyway Kacchan and I fought against All Might for our test. Well…'Fight' isn't really the word I would use..." His poor spine, even Bakugo rubbed his chin injury, remembering the All Might knee from that fight.

"..." Eyeballs intensely stared at the duo and then back at the screen, waiting patiently for the epic beatdown that they knew was coming.

"Robots? Seriously? No sweat!" Kaminari and Mina cheered at the reveal, put at ease with what they thought their practical exam would be. They weren't the only one's either, Sero was visibly relaxed at the information and added the fact that they were being tutored for everything else. Not everyone was at ease though.

'I'll probably have to face the ultimate evil at some point...To prepare for that, everything until then has to serve as valuable experience.' Izuku thought while staring at his fist, probably having a flashback like the shonen protagonist he was.

*Cue Momo writing notes

Bakugo was having none of it though, saying that whether it was robots or humans he'd blast them all the same, when Kaminari shot back calling him a moron he just blew them off saying that the only moron here was the one who couldn't regulate his own quirk.

"Hey! Deku!" He yelled out, breaking Izuku from his thoughts. "Looks like you're starting to manage your quirk. Either way, stop pissing me off with that copycat bullshit!" The other realized what he meant for the most part, a lot of Izuku's moves were inspired by Bakugo's.

"I'm not looking for a hollow victory like at the sports festival, this time I'll crush you into dust in terms of grades!" He left with this final warning, not caring that anyone was listening. "I'll open the gulf between us so wide… It'll kill ya dead!" And before walking out he says "You too Todoroki!" almost as an afterthought.

Meanwhile a particularly sneaky teacher heard all of this and quickly took notes, cementing his idea for changing the final exams.

"...Underground hero indeed, he even got past Shoji-kun!" That took some intense skill, especially since he was barely 4 meters away, even if there was a wall in the way Shoji, or Jiro should have been able to hear him easily.

"Don't underestimate a pro. Even if we aren't minor gods." Did I hear a small touch of resentment in there? Nah! Couldn't be.

'...Why was I an afterthought. Wasn't I the main rival last season?' Todoroki thought to himself, a little put out at being the possible Piccolo of the group...Then again Piccolo had plot armor so he probably shouldn't complain.

"Well it's time for them to study for their finals, you all know what that means! Montage time!"

*One training/studying montage later

"...Asobi-san what was that song?" Izuku asked me nervously, vaguely recognizing the voice there. The others were wide eyed though, especially those who were most familiar with Izuku.

"Oh, it's just a little theme song to go along with the show, don't worry about it you'll be able to listen to it later. For now let's get on with the story, nobody wants to miss the fights after all!" That was going to be a surprise for later, I hope my other was having a good time.

"Let's begin our practical exams. Of course it's possible to fail this exam, if you want to attend the training camp, then don't mess up." Aizawa started, standing next to his fellow teachers as the students noticed something was off. There were more teachers than was necessary if a robot battle was all they were doing.

Sensing this Aizawa egged them on by telling them that he knew they asked around for information, and that they had a vague idea of what was going to happen. The two overly excited and thus off guard members of the class answered energetically only to be told no by the principle himself.

"Not quite! Various circumstances have demanded a revision to the exam format!" Nezu announced from Aizawa's binding cloth.

"...Sir, why were you in there?" Itsuka couldn't help but ask, not expecting a response.

"It's the most comfortable seat on campus! That cloth is very warm and comfy!" ...Nobody dared contradict him.

"You see, worried about a villain revival we decided to take the necessary precautions. It's not unreasonable to imagine that counter villain battles will intensify. Which is why we decided to scrap the robot idea." It was never very popular to begin with, especially with a certain grumpy teacher. Was the message left unsaid.

"You will be fighting against a teacher in pairs, the pairings of which have already been decided. First: Todoroki is with Yaoyorozu...Against me." Aizawa grins, flashing his quirk and capture tool at them before continuing.

"Next, Midoriya is with Bakugo, and their opponent…" A slight bit of shock occurred between the two but it was quickly smashed to bits by the following shock. "WILL BE ME, YOU'LL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO WIN, COME AT ME YOU TWO!" All Might's booming voice cut through the two, causing a cold sweat to form almost instantly.

"Kukuku, I love this particular fight for many reasons, let me show you why, even class A didn't get to see most of this since the fights all took place at the same time." A furverous muttering rang through both classes and even the big 3 were heavily invested in this for various reasons. It would be a good show if nothing else.

And that's all for part 1 of this, the chapter is already pretty long and I have things to do for now, just so you know my free days are tuesdays, wednesdays and thursdays. So expect most of my updates to be on those days, or at least most of my writing progress.