Aizawa shook his head, why, why was it so hard to plan around the problem child. He just had to set up a situation where it wouldn't be easy for him to win. He looked up to see his coworkers in a similar state of distress.
Midnight visibly wheezed. "So Midoriya beats all of us, why not stick him with you Eraserhead?"
"Weren't you listening I can only erase his currently active quirks so anything he's not using at the time won't get erased." He sighed again.
Nedzu spoke up then. "Then why did you put Yaoyorozu with yourself for the practical?"
Aizawa looked puzzled at the man. "Because she relies on her quirk too much?"
Power loader laughed. "I think I see where our dear Nedzu is coming from. What happens to things she's created before you erase her quirk."
...
Oh.
He's an idiot. "I can see your point."
Vlad and Power Loader just started laughing as Aizawa shrunk further into himself.
"Now's not the time for figuring out how to deal with Yaoyorozu in fact let's just throw her at all Might and hope for the best." Midnight slumped into her chair. "That still does nothing to deter Midoriya, against any of us one touch and it's over. Not to mention he has something to counter basically all of us."
Toshinori had been watching his coworkers exchange this debate for awhile, no matter who was put up against young Izuku he always won and unfortunately easily at that. It's not like he could tell his fellow teachers that Midoriya couldn't steal his quirk. "Let me see his current list of quirks." Toshinori scanned it for a bit. "If his original quirk All fo- err transfer is so problematic why not just tell him not to use it."
"Because that's irrational, in a real fight he would do so. Restricting him here does nothing to prove or disprove his skill." God damn it problem child, just let me sleep.
Nedzu finally decided to jump in. "In that case I think I have an idea, so instead of how we're doing the exams for the other students why not switch it up for Midoriya. Snipe seems like the best option because Midoriya cannot deflect gun shots with any of his current quirks. EMP also does not stop a gun from working. So if you joined forces with Thirteen you could cover each other weaknesses making it much harder for Midoriya to take out either one of you.
Snipe just stared at the mouse like he was crazy. "You want us to team up to fight a student?"
Nedzu just accepted the stare. "Of course and neither of you will be wearing training weights either."
They both deadpanned at that. "What?! How badly do you want Midoriya to lose?"
The mouse just looked down. "To be honest I'm not sure I'm putting enough on your side, Unfortunately our student is just that powerful."
Toshinori once again realized just how dangerous All for One was, the rules had to be this drastically altered just because one student has too many options.
The both looked on in confusion thankfully the mouse continued. "Midoriya has multiple ways to get around black hole, it's a strong quirk sure but it's slow and easy to dodge. Snipe on the other hand your guns while fast will likely not be able to do enough damage to the boy enough unless you went for a lethal attack, which you won't be doing obviously. Midoriya can just regenerate his wounds mid fight so your guns would just slow him down more than anything. The way I want you to handle this is to force the boy into Thirteen's range, once there he has to surrender."
He could see them starting to open their mouths and argue but the mouse silenced them. "Anyone else we throw at the boy would never reach him and those that did would just have their quirk stolen. Midnight would have her gas blown away, All Might would suddenly be forced to fight someone with his own power while he had none, Power Loaders mech would get turned off, Eraserhead's Quirk would be stolen as soon as they made contact, Vlad would never get the chance to immobilize Midoriya with his quirk, Cementoss and myself might as well just be quirkless since Midoriya can just fly over us. No, the only person who can slow him down is you Snipe."
Snipe looked stunned at the principal. "I are you sure? This is a lot of responsibility sir."
Nedzu merely nodded at the man. "Like I said please refrain from any potentially lethal attacks but the only person we have on hand capable of dealing significant damage from a range is you. Thirteen you will be Snipe's defense, if Midoriya gets close activate black hole. Any damage you inflict can be reversed due to Minor Regeneration so feel free to hurt him just don't kill the boy. I do rather like him. Oh also he's going to be taking his exam at the USJ, since that's pretty much the only location we can guarantee he does not simply take to the skies and escape."
Everyone in the room was shocked, the principal not only wanted Snipe to shoot the boy but he also wanted Thirteen to maim him given the chance. Toshinori and Aizawa both couldn't stand for that. "Nedzu / Sir! He's just a child!"
"He's also one of the strongest student's we've ever had the honor of teaching at our fine institution. I wouldn't be throwing this at him had If I believed he were incapable of handling it." The Mouse casually stated.
Eraserhead would not take this lying down. "Still this is irrational, he's my student I'm not subjecting him to guns and a freaking black hole!"
"Yeah I kinda don't wanna hurt the lil pardner like that. He might be strong n all but he's still a kid."
"Nor will I be ripping off his limbs with black hole, Nedzu how can you even suggest such a thing."
Nedzu sighed before he realized the rest of the staff were against him. "I trust Midoriya to handle this, he is like you said strong. If you left your guards down for even one moment your quirk will be gone, your making it sound like I'm throwing him to the wolves." They opened their mouths to speak again but Nedzu shushed them. "However I see what you mean I will offer the boy a choice. He can either take a minimal passing grade or take the test after he signs a waiver. We already know he can handle himself in dangerous situations so we really don't need to test him but If I know the boy and I think I do he would be angry for getting special treatment."
All of Nedzu's protestors grumbled at that, he smiled brightly at them. "So we leave it to Midoriya as to whether or not he needs to take this practical, I mean it's only goal is to see how combat proficient each student was. He has already proven himself, so onto the next subject. What are we going to do about the fact we have uneven numbers now."
Aizawa knew Midoriya was going to throw himself at this and he knew he couldn't stop the boy, Problem Child for once just please don't.
Toshinori had similar feelings, the boy was like his son and now he had to let him run headfirst into danger.
(Oh boy how wrong they would be)
Class 1-A had finished their hellish written exams and currently stood outside the colosseum where there final exams would be taking place. They had thankfully asked Itsuka Kendo of 1-B about the exam and found out it would be fighting robots. Many people in his class had been jumping for joy when they heard that, especially Mina and Kaminari since they had to hold back against humans. As he stared at his multiple teachers standing about in a line Izuku knew something was wrong instantly. There was no reason for them all to be here unless...
Izuku had a suspicion so he activated thermal vision and instantly noticed that there was an additional heat source in Eraserheads bandages, oh we're so fucked.
Eraserhead was the first to speak. "It's time to begin your practical exam and obviously it's possible to fail." He scanned them briefly before continuing. "Knowing you all were probably smart enough to learn about this exam in advance we have decided to make some ... changes."
Nedzu jumped out of Eraser's scarf. "What he means is we've completely reworked the entire exam." The bear began cackling. "Recent events have made it clear that we need to revise our teaching criteria and make this test more closely resemble real life battles as much as possible. As such you will all be pairing up and a fighting a teacher, however there is one exemption. Izuku Midoriya has your decision changed at all?"
Izuku felt nearly 30 pairs of eyes turn on him. Nedzu had mentioned he would getting a harder version of the test but he trusted Nedzu so he accepted instantly. "It has not sir."
The mouses grin only greatened. "Excellent, excellent! I knew you would not let me down. Everyone else present will be fighting teachers 2 against 1 however in Midoriya's the stipulation is that the reverse happens."
Iida instantly jumped to his friends defense. "Principal Nedzu sir that seems incredibly unfair for Midoriya, he should be judged like the rest of us."
Eraserhead was the one to answer. "Unfortunately due to his ludicrous strength we had to alter the exam any combination of one student and Midoriya would result in an instant defeat for us teachers, as loathe as we are to admit. Even against All Might Midoriya would just steal his quirk and the fight would be over. How can we trust he's learned anything when every single option does nothing to push him further beyond his limits."
Plus ultra Izuku thought.
Iida was about to continue but Midoriya stepped in. "Tenya it's fine, I agreed to these terms. I know it seems unfair but I trust Nedzu and the rest of them. If anything its my fault for my quirk being so obscenely overpowered."
His opposition squashed Nedzu continued. "As I said you will all be pairing up against various teachers we have decided upon. Midoriya you are against Snipe and Thirteen. Bakugo, Todoroki, and Yaoyorozu will be fighting ..." The mouse paused as he let the mountain of a man descend from above.
"Why is it okay to fear? Because I am here." All Might hoped his intimidating entrance worked, he scanned the class and they all stepped back. Perfect.
Nedzu listed off the rest of the matchups but Izuku could care less. He was going to have to fight Snipe AND Thirteen, both had deadly quirks that he was sure we're allowed to be used on him. As he sat on the bus he looked up some information that would be crucial for his victory. 3 feet, he could work with that. Izuku was brought from his ruminations by his girlfriend squeezing his shoulder.
"You got this don't worry." She gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Oh I've more than got this." He responded by pulling her in for a real kiss, thankfully the bus seats were large enough to disguise their activities. "And so do you. Bakugo's going to be a cunt but I'm sure Todoroki will work with you. Just let Bakugo be a distraction while you two escape."
She stared at him for a few seconds before finally deciding on her answer. "I may hate him, especially for what he did to you but I want us all to go to summer camp. I'm going to force him to work with us."
"Then you do that Mo, you're strong enough, I believe in you. Teach that explosive asshat what it means to cross you." The bus reached its first stop and Izuku realized this was it for him, time for his finals. He waved before he exited the bus. The last thing he saw was her smiling face looking at him. Guess it's time to not let her down. He walked to the center of the USJ where the map specified for him to begin his exam.
The intercom blared loudly above him 10 minutes later. "Let's go. 30 minutes on the clock."
He stood by the fountain where he had fought for his life so long ago, this time he was here to prove that he was hero material. After so long, being told he couldn't to stand in this spot was cathartic, all he had to do now was reach the exit door like Iida did and it would be his win. He knew his opponents were likely ready to ambush him and being out in the open was not a good idea so he quickly jumped behind the fountain. The real problem for him was Thirteen, Izuku was pretty certain he couldn't steal her quirk because of her suit and Snipe even without a quirk still had his guns. His first goal should either be to rush the door and escape or to capture Snipe since his range was an issue. He was brought from his thoughts when a gunshot hit the spot next to where he was sitting.
A voice shouted out from across the USJ. "Did the lil hero think he could escape me? Gonna have to try harder than that pardner."
Even if Izuku took to the air he wasn't entirely sure he could dodge real bullets. His fight with Momo had proven that rubber bullets were hard enough to dodge as is and on top of that his opponent had a quirk that lets him control where projectiles go. Mentally checking off every quirk in his list he decided to go with his original plan. Izuku looked at the ground next to him and grabbed some of the rocks, oh these would come in handy. He powered up air cannon and water stream before walking out into the open. He still had no idea where Thirteen was so it's better if he tried baiting her out before he made a mad dash for the escape gate. He kept his palm open as he held both hands out, one in front and and one above, he projected a significant amount of water from both hands hoping to halt any bullets sent his way. "Did you know Snipe-sensei?"
The man responded by firing multiple shots at the child, hoping to hit his extremities.
"That bullets fired from a revolver can only travel 3 feet through water?" Izuku grinned viciously as he stared at the man. His current bullet invulnerability wouldn't hold for long since he was so new to this quirk but that was all the time he needed, he charged the man hoping to make Thirteen appear from whatever hiding hole she was currently in. He reached the stairs before she revealed herself, Izuku noticed as some of his water disappeared and realized this was the time for Snapshot. He activated it slowing down time to a minimum so he could respond adequately. Snipe is firing bullets up hoping to curve them around Izuku's water barrier while Thirteen is opening a black hole in front of him. Thank god he kept up Radiation vision.
"You'll never escape me hero, perish as you hurdle through a black hole for the rest of eternity!" Thirteen screamed as she unleashed her quirk.
So they were trying to hurt him, Izuku was kind of impressed they'd go this far. But in the end that only meant
... he didn't need to hold back.
Meanwhile Momo was watching this from the observation room.
"Recovery girl you've gotta stop them , they're gonna hurt Izuku!" Momo was frantically screaming at the elder woman.
"Dearie I'm sure your worried about him but I trust my colleagues, besides haven't you seen the maniacal grin on that boys face. He's never once considered he's in actual danger. He must have something up his sleeve." Chiyo returned her view to the monitor.
Momo hadn't noticed it before but now that she was looking she could. Her dumb boyfriend's bright smile, if he believed in himself than how could she do any less.
He smiled as both of his opponent's attacks were about to reach him, how else could anyone respond to such a situation. He was finally being taken seriously, no one doubted him and no one hated him. Izuku was finally free, as Snipe's hand raised to fire the bullet that would surely hit him and as the black hole started to expand in front of him Izuku knew that this was it felt like to fly free. All quirks activated, battle mode engaged.
He decided to deal with the more pressing issue of the gun that was about to fire, it was roughly 30 feet away. More than any of current quirk ideas worked but you know what they say, necessity is the mother of all invention. He took his hand that was currently struck out creating the water barrier and decided to try something new. He halted the barrier before rapidly switching the power and way he held his hand. Izuku put his fingers together but in a different way from yesterday and fired, he watched as the blade of water reached his target and cut it in twain. Half of the gun fell hitting the ground rendering the weapon useless 20 seconds down 30 to go. He knew Snipe had an additional revolver but the time it would take him to get it out would be all Izuku needed. Izuku pointed his other hand behind him and leapt with as much power as the boy could force into his legs with super strength and Air Cannon, even though it was only one arm the two quirks combined gave him enough power to vault over thirteen's black hole.
Thirteens expressions unreadable through her hero costume starred on as the boy effortlessly dodged her attack. Thirteen needed to stop her black hole before she could generate another one so she clamped down the seal on her right hand and prepared to fire with her left but it was too late. Midoriya was upon her.
His hunch was correct he cannot steal Thirteen's quirk a shame really, time for plan B. He's never really spoken in slow mo before but theres a first time for everything. "Sorry Thirteen-Sensei but Kurogiri was right your battle sense sucks." He grabbed the woman by her other hand and threw her across the USJ. By the time she recovered and got back here it would be way too late for her to stop him. He felt Snapshot end and his mental faculties immediately suffer but this wasn't the time to let his headache stop him. He immediately charged his new target ready for his true plan to begin.
Snipe meanwhile was looking at his poor gun, she'd been through thick and thin with him and now she was cut in half, goodbye delilah. He angrily glared at the boy and watched as the child threw thirteen to the other end of the USJ. The principal wasn't kidding when he said that he hadn't given the boy enough restrictions. Regardless he had a duty to fulfill and so he pulled out his other revolver and took aim. A round to the leg should be enough to slow down the boy long enough for Thirteen to get back over here. He was confused when he heard buzzing, he turned to notice an army of GIANT HORNETS?! He quickly fired at the boy before he began running away from the swarm.
Izuku had barely put up his new barrier before the bullet hit him, even with that he felt it slam into his leg bruising him significantly. He really couldn't let an extended battle occur between him and Snipe. He was about to fire another water blade out silencing his opponents final weapon before he felt himself getting pulled back. Izuku sighed, of course it wasn't going to be that easy. He redirected his other hand to behind him and blasted forward with enough force to escape her quirk. Izuku took this chance to reposition himself, he jumped behind the two buildings present at the stairs of the USJ.
His opponents likely needed to regroup since Snipe wasn't really able to deal with a swarm of bugs using a gun. He watched as the man threw a couple of his smoke grenades and continued to run. Instantly switching to Thermal he was correct Thirteen was currently rushing the stairs in an attempt to rescue her comrade. But Izuku took this chance to jump out and form balls with his fist, improvised quirk combination Ice Bullet. Izuku first formed the balls of water in his hand before freezing them with molecular manipulation before firing them at his opponent. He watched in sheer awe of what his quirk could do, the Ice balls slammed into Thirteens suit briefly causing her to stumble. Torino was right combining quirks was amazing.
Thirteen hadn't been expected to be assaulted with giant ice balls, was she fighting Todoroki or Midoriya right now? Either way she felt welts form over where the new attack had hit her. She turned to the source and unleashed black hole sucking up two more of the projectiles that had been aimed at her. "Hero your attacks are futile MUHAHAHAHAHA!"
Izuku was starting to get really thirsty, he really hadn't enough time to practice with this quirk but he realized he couldn't keep trying to avoid hurting his teacher. It's do or die now hopefully they would forgive him for this later then again they had also shot him with the intention of wounding him so fair's fair. He once again changed his hand position, this time it was going to be ice spikes, he would aim low and try to slow Thirteen down. Activating Dark vision he moved to the other side of the building with silence in an attempt to get her from an odd angle, hopefully the space hero wouldn't see it coming. He flanked the hero and unleashed as many ice spikes at her legs as he could before the hero reacted. 3 managed to strike true impaling themselves into her teacher's legs the woman screamed in pain before turning black hole to the new direction of her attacker. Let's hope that keeps her down.
Snipe despite desperately running from the incoming swarm saw his chance and fired everything he had in an attempt to put the boy down for good. After watching what the boy did to Thirteen he decided to copy him. He fired five shots all aimed for a separate limb with the right arm having two to its name. Little did he know they both had the same thought going through their head, neither wished the opposition would angry at the end of the day. To his surprise the boy managed to put up that water barrier in the nick of time but regardless Snipe managed to curve one of bullets around it striking him in the leg.
Izuku felt the burning pain in his leg after he'd been shot plus his supply of water was running out. He ducked behind the building, sorry Snipe I'd been hoping to avoid this but he really couldn't hope to hold back anymore just because Thirteen is immobilized doesn't mean she can't still use her quirk. Vespa Mandarinia, attack.
Snipe noticed the change in the swarms behavior immediately at first they had been merely chasing him and obstructing his vision but now they turned to face him and Snipe could swear their eyes went red. He immediately felt fear and began running but it was too late the swarm was upon him. Once the first sting got him his body flared out in pain, then the second, then the third, then the fourth. Snipe fell to the ground clutching his body as it screamed in pain. Thankfully it seems the bugs master had no intention of further damaging him because the biting stopped but they held their vigil as if to say "We dare you to try it.", he saw as the boy flew over Thirteens position keeping himself clear of her range before flying at the door. He had one bullet left, one chance he knew he was going to regret this decision but he wearily raised his hand and fired, going for one of the boys arms. Hopefully this would destabilize the boys flight enough for Thirteen to catch him. His shot would've gone wide if not for his quirk, he definitely couldn't aim with the way his body was violently shaking. He saw the bullet curve for its target and strike into the boys arm making him lose control of quirk long enough for the boy to slam down in front of the door to the USJ.
It wasn't long before the swarm was upon him.
Izuku hit the ground with a thud, his arm was in severe pain as was his leg, he ordered his army upon Snipe swiftly after that with implicit instructions to stop after another 3 bites. He hadn't wanted to do that but the man left him no choice. The green glow of Minor Regen kicked in and Izuku wobbly stood up. He was mere feet from his victory. Izuku had done it.
"Stop right there hero! Take another step and I won't hesitate to use my quirk." Thirteen had dragged herself up the staircase in the nick of time. Midoriya was not escaping if she had anything to say about it.
He needed to stop raising flags. He tested his arm hoping to be able to use it but it was completely unresponsive Snipe must've hit a ligament or nerve or something. He was running through every possibly quirk combination had hoping something would save him here but each one seemed more and more unlikely. With one arm there was no way he could push himself to the door quickly enough not to mention the massive doors were going to take a few seconds to get open.
"No more stalling hero Hands up!" Thirteen pulled out her capture tape and advanced at the boy.
Okay now that Izuku could work, his opponent was currently behind him and he was facing the door. He 'begrudgingly' and as slowly as possible raised his one good hand as Thirteen wobbled towards him. Once she was within 5 ft Izuku began his newest plan. He moved the palm of his only working hand backwards by the smallest margin, this would push him down into the ground at a diagonal angle once he used Air Cannon. Izuku unleashed literally every single one of his quirks in that same moment hoping the confusion of the act would even slightly increase his margins of victory.
Izuku exploded into action right before he hit the ground Snapshot humming to life. Time nearly froze and he watched slowly as his opponents face quickly distorted from confusion to one of a person ready to take action but Izuku's hand was already in the perfect position. There was more to this fall than tripping his opponent up as he fell there would be a time when his hand pointed straight at the rescue hero. He open his pam as much as he could trying to make this as wide of a shot as possible before blasting Air Cannon, Molecular Manipulation and Water Cutter. The result a widespread frost beam Izuku watched as Thirteen gauntlets quickly froze over, hopefully that would hold long enough for Izuku to escape. Not to mention blast Air cannon like this had the bonus of propelling Izuku toward the door as he was essentially laying down with his hand pointed up over his head. He upped the pressure hoping to separate the two but with the power of only one hand it wasn't quite enough to blast Thirteen away. Hitting the floor sucked but he rapidly propeled himself back into a standing position and sprinted off as best he could to victory.
Watching the child in front of her basically slam himself into the floor confused the woman greatly and it was those very few seconds that would cost Thirteen her victory. She quickly tried to snap open one of her fingers activating her quirk but when she did so the thumble failed to open. Confused the woman looked at her hands only to see that they were frozen. Confusion raced across her face as the boy quickly rotated his palm and shot himself back up before sprinting at the door. She could only look on as the boy half hobbled half ran towards the door. He'd won. Thirteen just collapsed in a pile, her everything hurt.
A loud buzzer went off. "Izuku Midoriya has passed the exam."
Izuku had very familiar thoughts as he collapsed on the ground outside the USJ, this was officially the most damage he's ever taken. He laid in the grass bleeding from multiple bullet holes and bruises lined his body but he'd done it, he'd won. He needed some water, one upside he realized is that Izuku didn't need to sweat to cool his body down so he actually didn't have to worry as much about the dehydration as the previous owner had but that did not stop him from feeling like a dried out sponge. He breathed raggedly as he saw the medics approaching. It was okay to pass out here right? Not he really like had an option, he'd used snapshot so many times in rapid succession his head was screaming, he decided that passing out at this point was probably a good idea and promptly let the darkness take him.
Everyone in the room watched the screen in absolute disbelief, the sheer amount of brutality and violence demonstrated by every person present didn't leave much to be desired.
Recovery girl was fuming, every idiot involved in that exam overdid it levels far past what could be called reasonable force. "Oh I swear all three of them are going to get it. I'm supposed to be proctoring these exams but I can't do that now that every single one of them is going to need drastic medical attention."
Kaminari was the first to speak. "DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT? CAUSE I SO DON'T WANT TO DO THAT!"
The sentiment was shared by everyone in the room.
"Don't worry dearie only their test was going to go like that, well probably only that one I have no idea if that buffoon All Might knows how to hold back." She tried to reassure everyone in the room.
Momo was internally screaming, her boyfriend had been shot FREAKING SHOT. She wanted to run after him and make sure he's okay but she had to take her test, she was debating just giving up on it and running to him.
Recovery Girl sensed the nervous wreck beside her. "Don't worry that idiot has probably healed himself and if not I will. Those weren't lethal places Snipe hit, thankfully his quirk does allow for excellent control regarding that."
Uraraka shuddered she did NOT want to get shot. "That looks so painful, it was like inches from his kneecap."
Shinsou chuckled. "Wouldn't he have to stop being an adventurer after that?"
Everyone looked at Shinsou confused. "Wait does nobody get that reference?"
When no one spoke up Shinsou was crushed, was nobody else into retro gaming? "Y'all have no childhood." The brainwasher deadpanned.
"... Moving on yes Izuku is a shining beacon that we all must aspire too! I hope that I am not the only one who thinks of him in such a manner. These tests are clearly no joke and I will do everything in my power to match their fervor." Iida robotically chopped.
Hagakure just chuckled. "Yeah yeah you tin can you got the hots for another boy we get it."
Iida instantly went red. "I only view him in a professional manner implying I have the 'hots' for another man is incorrect at best and cruel at worst."
She just laughed more. "I'm just kidding you fogey, not to mention there's nothing wrong with liking the same gender."
"I uh it was not my intention to imply that same coupled genders are wrong please forgive me for any misconceptions!" The boy bowed back at his class.
This time everyone laughed. Iida was too pure for his own good.
"No one gonna mention that Midori sicced an army of giant bugs on his teacher. Like he can do that. THAT'S SO SCARY!" The acid girl shuddered, she hated bugs.
The intercom buzzed to life interrupting her, strange Momo thought Present Mic would be the one working that, not Recovery Girl. "Would Iida and Ojiro report for their practical Exam."
She watched as her two classmates walked off before turning in an attempt to find her teammates Todoroki was nearby but she couldn't find Bakugo, she assumed the idiot stormed off because of course he would. Settling for just having Todoroki, Momo walked over to the boy so they could begin making a plan. "Hey Todoroki. Got any ideas? I'd like it if Bakugo worked with us but I doubt that's happening."
"Probably. The way I see it we have two options abandon him and make a run for the gate or we join Bakugo whose definitely going to fight All Might. I'm more of a fan of option 1 but I think we might get graded worse for that." He started walking off towards the place where there exam would be taking place, motioning for the girl to follow.
She quickly hurried after him, she was glad he came to the same reasoning she had. "That's pretty much exactly what I thought." She sighed. "Alright let's go make sure that explosive idiot doesn't do anything that makes us fail."