Chapter 39: that's a shame.

Izumi, Sero, and Uraraka were now hiding with multiple schools stalking the area while also occasionally getting each other.

"dang, it sounds like a war out there."

"ugh I know we were all trying to be optimistic earlier but now I'm not so sure anymore."

"well Deku should have a plan right about now, right Deku?" Sero and Uraraka then looked to Izumi but she was just sitting there with her eyes closed.

"Uh... Deku?" Izumi then put her finger to her mouth as to tell the other two to remain quiet but then the moment Izumi was waiting for had finally arrived. The announcement then came that all of Ketsubutsu Academy had passed.

"finally now we don't have to deal with them anymore."

"well yeah but we still have to deal with the other classes Izumi."

"its fine, think about it, there are only 100 slots for all of 1,500 students here, so as the number of slots goes down, everyone will start to get pretty desperate, the only ones who seemed to keep a leveled head despite the pressure was the students of Ketsubutsu especially their bastard of a leader. But now that they have passed we don't have to worry about them anymore and now all we have are a bunch of desperate students that are going to do anything to get those points."

"uh yeah but isn't that a bad thing? their gonna hunt us down so badly that they'll even try to kill us."

"no its good because all that stress will get to their heads and they'll start getting sloppy out of fear and anxiety. its actually a pretty grand idea of them to set up the test like this now that I think about it, since the line of hero work is also a competition, it would make sense that those who can keep a level head and gain enough point to pass are about half way to becoming a pro hero."

"wow, there's more to this test than I thought."

"well that's good and all but how do we put this to our advantage?"

"Simple, I'll go out and lure then together as bait and when we have them cornered Sero will hit them with his tape."

"wha-?! wait no way Deku! you got two of your targets hit, one more and your done for!"

"ssssh! ok I get it, just be quiet. listen that's exactly why I should be bait, since I only have one target left I'll be the easiest to prey and therefore they'll all fight for me relentlessly."

"and they'll be so distracted that they won't even notice we set up a trap for them, nice one Izumi."

"but uh, what's the trap going to be?"

"that's the best part. first you two are going to-"


"damn it where are those U.A. brats?!" two different schools were searching relentless for U.A. students.

"maybe we should just cut our loses and settle things here and now."

"watch it! You guys wouldn't stand a chance against our class!"

"you wanna bet your future on that?"

"knock it off you morons! Listen, your right we should cut our losses, there's about twenty of us in total anyways and there's over twenty slots left. lets stay together and find another class to prey on."

"hey! If it makes your feel better, I really think its cool how you guys can team up despite being in different classes!" all of them then turned to see Izumi standing there with a genuine smile on her face.

"hey everybody!" Izumi then showed a V for victory sign to them all.

"hey! That's the U.A. girl that gets her body broken when she uses her quirk!"

"wow she's way cuter in person."

"ask her out later! you know as an apology when we tag her out!" they all ran toward her and Izumi then quickly used Spark to avoid all of their attacks. Izumi made sure to run in zigzags but also focus on her target location which was easier said that done given that she was being attacked by multiple quirks. she would occasionally use strike to push them back or deflect one of their attacks but she had to use it sparingly given that using Strike too many times at once made her muscles sore. Aw man! I'm getting tired all ready Izumi thought as she used strike once again to destroy a large toy like machine about to hit her come on Cellophane and Uraraka, where are you guys?!

"Izumi! here!" thank you! Right on time! Izumi then ran toward Sero and they both ran to the target location, they continued to run until they reached a dead end.

"Haha! Finally caught you!"

"alright so who gets them?"

"well there's two so I think its only fair that the class presidents of both classes should get them."

"Hey Uraraka! Now!"

"huh? what are you U.A. losers talking about now-" just then large boulders with tape attached to them quickly fell to the ground, luckily the boulders were spread out wide enough so that none of the students were hurt but the tape was spread out like webs catching all of the students of the two classes were caught.

"wow, the tape is all intertwined like a giant spiders web, not a single person was left! Nice going Sero, this was way better than my idea!"

"uh thanks Izumi but I actually didn't come up with the idea. that was all Urarka." Uraraka then showed up from behind the rocks and showed a V for victory sign to them both.

"that's amazing Uraraka! how did you make it so that the trap was so spread out but still stable?"

"oh it easy, I mostly used what I learned from knitting."

"oh! I didn't know you knit."

"I actually don't it was just something I picked up form Gunhead during my internship!" Izumi and Sero then stopped smiling and looked at each other in confusion.

"Gunhead knits?"

"... apparently." Uraraka then jumped down to meet up with Sero and Izumi.

"so do we really have to tag them all? we only need to tag out one student in order to pass right?"

"yeah but the more the better Ocha-chan. besides we already trapped them so its only right that we tag them all out."

"Well their's only twenty so we each should get six or seven of them right?"

"h- hey wait don't!" the three of them then turned to a student who was closest to them while trapped in the web of tape.

"You guys are first years right? please just let us have this! If we don't get our license now then we'll never get a chance!"

"... sorry guys. but we need our license too. and since we managed to trap you that means we won fair and square."

"yeah I mean come on everyone knows the hero industry is competition based just like... everything else, it sucks but that's how we know which hero is more reliable than the other."

"Also no offense but I don't think anyone would want to be saved by a hero who got their licenses by begging for it."

"OK! I GET IT! just tag me already!"


"Do you guys think we were to harsh on those guys." Uraraka, Sero, and Izumi had now passed the first test and were heading to the anteroom to relax while the test ended.

"eh, probably but it was all true though Izumi. Hero work is competition if you don't make the cut you shouldn't be a hero."

"I'm actually more worried about the rest of Class 1-A do you think they passed?"

"hey! you guys made it!" Kaminari and Kirishima then started running toward then and Uraraka and Sero did the same, when they meet halfway they started jumping with joy while Izumi just watched while smiling. however she quickly noticed Bakugo who walked past them seeming annoyed by their cheering.

"Oh! Kacchan! you made it." Bakugo then looked at Izumi and almost smiled but just looked away form her in shame and continued to walk. Izumi wanted to run up to him and hug him but when she saw his expression she just stood thier in confusion and concern.

"what's up with you, isn't this a time to celebrate?"

"oh hey Ejiro, I mean Red Riot, have you noticed anything off about Bakugo? I haven't really had the chance to talk to him lately."

" oh well, that's... not really your fault, he threatened me not to tell you this but he's actually been trying to avoid you as of late."

"what?! why?!"

"I don't really know when I asked he didn't even get mad at me he just... looked upset, like he felt guilty for something."

"Kacchan..."

"I don't know but maybe he's just upset about the whole All Might and All for One disaster I mean if I'm being honest... I've been nightmares about it." Izumi then at Kirishima with concern and fear but not just because she was concerned for him but also because she understood what he meant. the incident ended with All Mights victory but it was only about a week ago and despite who won the power All for One possessed and the damage he caused was pure nightmare fuel. unfortunately the worst part was how All Might had now retired which had given confidence to all sorts of new villains.

"ok hey come on let's not get negative, especially now! we passed Izumi just one more test and we can get our licenses! so come on lets go and watch our classmates, some of them may have not passed yet so lets cheer them on!" Kirishima then raised his fist in the air as he smiled proudly which actually lifted Izumi's spirits she then did the same and smiled brightly!


When they entered the anteroom they found Yaoyorozu, Asui, Shoji, and Jiro all already there eating and relaxing with Todoroki right next to them. at first everyone was happy to see one another but then Todoroki pointed out that their were still nine students from class 1-A who haven't passed yet so everyone watched the jumbo tron in hopes they could see anyone from Class 1-A

"can you guys see anyone from our class?"

"no, thanks to that Shindo guy, the whole mountain area was warped for all we know they could moved to a different area by now." just then a beam of light shot out form the middle of the mountain area.

"what was that?!"

"that was Aoyama! but why would he do that? now every students going to come over and surround him." just then since most of the student's were closing in on the area the camera zoomed on the area where Aoyama was and it showed him with Iida.

"wha, Iida?! what are those guys doing?"

"I see, Iida is going to use his speed to tag them all!"

"but he can't get all of them, Aoyama is going to get tagged!" just then a large number of students form other classes surrounded the two and all of Class 1-A watched in horror as one, possibly two, of their classmates where about to be tagged out. but then an army of pidgins showed up and started pecking at all the students except for Aoyama and Iida.

"what the hell?"

"wait birds? that's got to be Koda's quirk!"

"wow in this perspective Koda is pretty overpowered!" just then Tokoyami's dark shadow started attacking students and pushing them into the ground where Mineta's stick balls where. all while Mineta was throwing more and Ojiro would help dark shadow put them into the sticky trap.

"holy crap!"

"Hell yeah! Class 1-A is all together now!" just then Hagakure, Ashido, and Sato then arrived, Sato picked up a bolder and covered Hagakure on the right and Ashido used her asid veil to cover her on the left then Hakagure finally user her ultimate move Warp Refraction to blind all the other students. just like that the nine remaining U.A. students of Class 1-A managed to subdue over fifty enemy students and were tagging them out and now passing one by one. then it was finally over all other remaining classes had been defeated and were now all of Class 1-A had passed not missing a single student.

"YEAAAH!"

"Waaaho!"

"our class is awesome!"

"we all did it!" Todoroki didn't cheer but he did smile because of the success of his class however his eyes then met with Inasa and he was shocked to see Inasa glare at him with pure hatred.


"Alright listen up, for the 100 students that have passed please turn you focus to the screen." everyone did as the Mera instructed and saw the entire training area but now it was being demolished with explosives.

"what the hell?!"

"whats going on why are they destroying all the areas?"

"this is such a huge waist of money."

"Calm down all of you, this is a necessary step to create the perfect scenario for the final part of the exam: the rescue exercise. in this part of the test you will be scored by the Help Us Company or H.U.C. for short. H.U.C. is full of trained elderly members and child look-a-likes who will be dressed and act as innocent civilians in distress. your job in this test will be to rescue them all and keep them safe as you escort them to a safe area. you won't be scored based on how many H.U.C. civilians you save but as heroes its your job to preserve peace and safety so the more the better and you will be scored on the based on the reviews of the H.U.C. civilians you saved so all the more reason to save as many as possible. you have ten minute to prepare so get to it." Izumi looked at the disaster caused in the city area and it sickened her to how much it resembled the All for One vs All Might incident. it made her turn to her dark form and even shiver a little out of fear but then two hands were placed on her shoulders that scared her at first but then she saw it was Iida.

"Izumi? what's wrong?"

"I'm sorry its just, it looks so much like that... that night it happened."

"hm, I suppose its meant to resemble that as to help give a more immersive experience. thought I would be lying if I said it wasn't a little irritating to see. however rather than seeing it as a horrible nightmare and memory use it as inspiration, remember all the horrible things that happened that night and then say never again! then do what you can to make those words true." Izumi then looked at Iida in surprise but also sparkling eyes, Iida then smiled at her and gave her a thumbs up in which Izumi smiled brightly and raised both her fists in enthusiasm.

"I got it, thank you Iida, you really are a great class rep."

"your welcome Izumi and just so you know, if I can get my license, I think I'll be fine with officially calling myself Ingenium." Izumi's eyes then sparkled again and she smiled even bright than before.

"WHAT! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" Izumi and Iida then turned to see a crying Mineta and a depressed Kaminari both next to Sero who was had his eyes closed in disappointment.

"yup I'm afraid its true." Kaminari was on the floor with an aura of dread but then he looked up and his eyes meet with Izumi.

"YOU!"

"eh?!" Mineta and Kaminari then ran toward Izumi with teary eyes.

"why Izumi! why would you did this?!"

"don't you know us guys want a bite too?! why do you have to be so greedy?!"

"what on earth are you two jerks talking about?!"

"your the jerk! every girl in Class 1-A is already in love with you! But the moment you see a Shiketsu hottie you add her to your harem as well!

"what the heck, Izumi! Why can't you just be satisfied with the boys?!" Izumi stared at them both in deep concern as if they were both crazy and all the yelling unfortunately got the attention of Class 1-A.

"... you guys are insane, first of all there are no girls in Class 1-A who are in love with me that would be ridiculous." Jiro then coughed as she almost choked on some bread, Uraraka almost slipped despite the floor not slippery, and Ashido then started laughing to which Jiro tried to strangle her.

"second of all what are you talking about? Shiketsu? do you mean Camie?"

"yeah! That bombshell right there!" Mineta then pointed at Camie who was bowing to the Shiketsu class seemingly apologizing for taking off her targets and getting herself disqualified. After she was done apologizing she stood back up but then noticed the three of them looking at her she then looked directly at Izumi then blushed and waved at her.

"AAAAH! Izumi! why?!"

"will you two knock it off! I don't even like Camie she's like a psycho stalker! Look how she scratched my-!" Izumi then touched her cheek but to her surprise the scratch wasn't there anymore it had completely healed and didn't even leave a scar just dried blood.

"... ugh, look! if you guys want to ogle her then I say go for it just keep me out of it."

"but that's the thing! She won't stop looking at you!"

"she's obsessed with YOU Izumi!"

"that's not my fault! Trust me I want nothing to do with her so leave me out of it!" Mineta and Kaminari were about to complain some more but then Bakugo showed up and growled at them which was a clear indication for them both to back off. Izumi then tried to thanked Bakugo but he just looked at her and walked toward Kirishima, stole his bread, and then ate it.

"ah! Dude seriously? ugh... oh! hey Shiketsu's coming this way." just then the Shiketsu student covered in hair showed up seemingly leading the other Shiketsu students.

"Bakugo your the one who encountered Seiji Shishikura correct?" Bakugo just looked at Mora with a bored expression while Kirishima and Kaminari lost all their colors. one could only come to the conclusion that if Bakugo, Kirishima, and Kaminari encountered Shishikura and tagged him out, then the Shiketsu students were going to be mad about it.

"yeah? so what? he's the one that started it." Kirishima and Kaminari then looked at Bakugo in shock and started yelling at him to be nicer.

"I though so, which is why we came to apologize." now everyone in class 1-A were looking at Mora in confusion.

"this is a competition where we all have to compete to earn our place as pro heroes but that's no reason for our schools to have bad blood, so despite the harsh and rude attitudes my classmates may have shown toward your class I want you to know that we respect U.A. and hope we can have a more mutual understanding of each other." some of class 1-A like Mineta, Ashido, and Koda were scared of Shiketsu but others like Izumi wondered if their goal was really to become friends or was there a hidden agenda behind it. regardless Bakugo was about to tell them to "fuck off" but then Kirishima covered his mouth and smiled at Mora happily while sweating nervously.

"great! We look forward to it, you guys are pretty awesome and manly yourselves after all!" Mora then nodded in approval and walked away but then Todoroki chased after Yoarashi.

"uh, excuse me, did I offend you in anyway?"

"... oh I'm sorry did I offend you?!"

"huh?" Izumi heard Yoarashi being sarcastic when talking to Todoroki it angered her enough to make her go into her dark form again.

"you may have changed since last time but you're still the kind of guy I hate, you're eyes look so much like Endeavors." Todoroki was shocked to hear this it made him frozen like a statue.

"Your like an exact replica of him, especially that left side of yours." Todoroki then couldn't help but look down in shame however Izumi then got in front of Todoroki and shielded him from Yoarashi.

"shut up! you don't know anything about Shoto! your just an ignorant jerk that judges people without even knowing them!" Yoarashi was shocked at first but then he glared at Izumi which actually scared her out of her Dark form. when Yoarashi saw her in her normal form he blushed but then shook his head in anger and then walked off. Izumi then sighed in relief and then turned back to Todoroki.

"are you ok Shoto?" Todoroki then looked at his left arm in disgust.

"I... don't know." Izumi then held Todoroki's right hand with both her's and then faced him with a warm smile.

"remember this is YOUR quirk, not you mom's and sure as hell isn't that bastard's... you look and act nothing like him. your so much and will always be better than him." Todoroki then managed to smile as well.

"thank you Izumi."

"Wow look at you too." both of them turned to see Camie smiling at them, Izumi blushed and backed off in shock while Todoroki just looked at her annoyed.

"so your the coolest boy in Class 1-A, your quite handsome even with that scar." Camie then tired to touch Todoroki's face but then he quickly grabbed her wrist to stop her.

"please don't touch me... ever."

"oh! Ouch your hurting me... and I like it." Todoroki just grunted at her and slapped her wrist away then walked away, Camie then blew a kiss to Izumi and walked away joyfully.

"you bastard!"

"hm?" Mineta and Kaminari then started yelling at Todoroki for supposedly seducing Camie as well but he just looked at them confused. Todoroki tried to correct them but they wouldn't stop complaining which quickly turned his confusion into annoyance and he just covered them with ice and left them there. to which made the rest of Class 1-A either confused or concerned but made Izumi in general laugh.


"Alright hope you've had time to prepare because now its time for the final test to start now the story here is simple. this town has been destroyed by villains and there are lots of civilians who are injured and can't get out. Unfortunately the paramedics can't get in with all the destruction in so instead they made a medical base on the outskirts of the town. so its your job as heroes to get everyone out of the disasters and into the medical bases as soon as possible. as stated before you will be reviewed by each civilian you save and you'll be scored based on how well they think you did, however unlike the last test there will be no set number of slots for succeeding the test. meaning all of you could pass... or all of you could fail." Izumi couldn't help but gulp when she heard that, just then the room started opening up and everyone got ready to run out as fast as possible.

"Now with that out of the way, IT'S GO TIME!" then everyone ran out of the anteroom as fast as possible

"everyone follow me! to the urban area!" all of Class 1-A followed Iida except for Bakugo who was being followed by Kirishima and Kaminari again. Wow this place is completely destroyed Izumi thought finding any civilians in a place like this- just then Izumi heard someone crying oh! Nevermind! ... ugh, why did I think that enthusiasticly.

"ahem! I hear someone crying over there!" All of Class 1-A then followed Izumi to the sound of a crying child.

"HELP! MY GRAMPA HAS BEEN CRUSHED!"

"crap! That's not good, where is he?!"

"MINUS POINTS!"

"... I- I beg your pardon?"

"are you kidding me? That's not good? yeah its not good, but I'm a civilian! I'm not supposed to know that! your supposed to not only take care of my wounds but also keep my mind in check as well! ... *sigh* ok look as you can see I'm injured and shouting about my grandpa being hurt and the fact that you asked about his location is good but remember I'm supposed to be a kid right now. I'm confused, scared, bleeding, and practically having the worst day of my life, you want to save me? make sure I don't get trauma first." Izumi couldn't help but be dumbfounded by this, she then remembered all those youtube videos she watched about All Might saving people with a smile and how he explained to her that he just did that to hide his fear while giving people hope. Izumi then slapped her cheeks and then started to smile.

"ha, your absolutely right, can't believe I forgot something so simple. hey, everything is going to be ok, because we're here to help!" Izumi then smiled brightly at the H.U.C. civilian, at first he looked at her in disappointment, but then after seeing how beautiful she was he started to blush and even smile.

"Don't worry I'll keep you safe! can you tell me where your grandpa is?"

"yes he's over there under the rocks, please save him!" Izumi then picked up the H.U.C. civilian and he quickly hugged her back tightly which suprised Izumi a little but she thought he was just doing it to keep up the kid persona he had going so she payed it no mind, Uraraka on the other hand was very furious.

"Ok little guy, lets get you to safety! Uraraka here is going to get you to a safe location ok!"

"wha- no! You have to do it!"

"bu- but I have to save your grandpa."

"oh uh... yeah but uh... you save me! So uh, its your job to keep me safe!"

"Uh right of course! sorry little guy, just hold on tight and let me take you somewhere safe ok, you guys look for his grandpa!" Izumi then rushed off to a medical area, all while the rest of Class 1-A rushed off to find more civilians to rescue. Iida however noticed that Uraraka was just standing there and rushed back to her immediately.

"Uraraka! What are you doing?! get your head in the game!"

"ah right I'm sorry its just-"

"Uraraka, I understand love is a confusing thing and your feelings for Izumi can sometimes cloud your judgement. but right now is not the time! You need to focus!"

"I'm sorry!"

"*sigh* ok Uraraka, why do you want to be a hero? remember that right here and now!" Uraraka then froze for a second and and remembered that her goal was indeed to raise money for her family. she remembered how her parents always had to work so hard to make ends meet so she wanted a great paying job as to finally give them the good life she deserved. by remembering her loving parents a single tear left her eye and she was instantly filled with exploding joy and adrenaline.

"your right!" Uraraka then punched a rock next to Iida and it cracked on impact causing Iida to scream out of fear and Sero as well who happened to be there the entire time seeing the whole thing.

"I need to be a great hero to give my parents the good life they deserve! thank you Iida! Lets go be proper heroes!" Uraraka then ran after the rest of Class 1-A with enthusiasm.

"... uh, happy to help..."

"Iida, did you give her steroids?"

"... no."

"huh... I honestly would have been less concerned if you said yes."


Bakugo and the other two were wandering in the mountain area until they heard a couple crying for help.

"you there my arm is hurt!"

"mine too! Please help us!"

"SHUT UP! SAVE YOURSELF'S YOU WEAKLINGS!"

"gah! Bakugo what the hell!"

"we're supposed to be comforting them! Not yelling at them!"

"hey wait we are just low injured civilians so maybe he had a point." Kirishima and Kaminari then looked at the couple in confusion and then looked at each other.

"do you think they also had brain damage as well?"

"don't be rude man, lets just get them too safety." just then the sound of a little girl crying for help was heard near a cluster of rocks and to both Kaminari and Kirishima's shock Bakugo went over to help.

"WAAAH! PLEASE HELP ME!"

"... shut up you damn brat." Kirishima lost his colors out of shock while Kaminari slapped his face in disappointment. The H.U.C. civilian then got really mad.

"Are you kidding me?! you-!"

"Aren't you supposed to be really strong?" The H.U.C. civilian then went quiet after hearing Bakugo's words and so did the Couple as well as Kaminari and Kirishima.

"Look all around you, look at this destruction, now let me tell you what I see, I see a tiny brat who just so happened to survive all this destruction with nothing more than a scrapped knee. I highly doubt that was done by luck alone you damn brat, you are by far the strongest person I've encountered, way better than those sorry excuses for adults right there." the H.U.C. couples jaws then dropped because of the extremely harsh insult Bakugo just gave them, to which Kaminari and Kirishima quickly tried to comfort them.

"So stop crying already ok, how else are you supposed to show everyone how strong and awesome you are." the H.U.C. civilian felt somewhat moved by what Bakugo said but that was only slightly given his harsh descriptions but she decided to keep up her persona of a little girl, so she then wiped her fake tears and then nodded.

"good, now lets get you to a medical place or whatever hold on tight." Bakugo then used his explosions to boost himself toward the nearest safe zone.

"... wow, I... didn't think Bakugo was capable of any form of compassion, I mean he really could have worded... everything better but still, it was completely unexpected. right Kirishima?" Kaminari then looked at kirishima who was looking at Bakugo as he dashed away and was blushing the entire time.

"...so manly."

"uh Kirishima?"

"huh? oh! Right! Lets uh, lets get you two somewhere safe alright!"


Izumi made it to the Medical area and sure enough there were Ketsubutsu students already there.

"hey you! Bring the injured kid here!"

"Uh right! His head is bleeding but nothing too deep and he can answer questions clearly."

"I see I'll take him to the minimal injury area, thank's U.A. kid, kinda glad we didn't end up tagging you out."

"Uh, thanks. I'm going to find more civilians, unless you guys need help?"

"no we're good here, keep up the great work U.A. kid!" The H.U.C. Civilian then looked back at Izumi and gave her a thumbs up to which she smiled brightly. she then activated spark and went back to the mountain area to see how everyone else was doing. when she reached a high peak she could see the rest off Class 1-A all throughout out the area helping other classes finding and saving H.U.C. civilians. she couldn't help but smile at the sight. she then saw Iida calling out for backup when finding an injured H.U.C. civilian under a pile of rubble. she then used spark again to run toward him but then there was a large explosion at the edge of the mountain area and another at the Urban area, forest area, and the other area's as well.

"great work all of you students, to be able to save this many and to be continuously doing such great work. but life is full of unpredictable incidents, so as striving heroes you need to adapt, which is why I'm going to ask you what your going to do now? what will you do when the Villains aren't done causing destruction, what will you do when they hunt you and the civilians relentlessly, what will you do when you need to save lives and fight at the same time!" as the smoke cleared Gang Orca showed which was already enough to strike fear into anyone's heart but what followed behind was much worse. behind him was a famous villain with a quirk restraint collar on him. Izumi recognized him, he was Red Eye, a fearsome villain that nearly destroyed an entire city, All Might was the only hero who could beat him and even he had a hard time.

Izumi's heart was racing this- this is insane! She thought granted he has a restraint collar but still! This is way too much! but then again, this was all part of the test right. Izumi then looked at the stands again and found Aizawa however as she feared he was shocked to see the villain as well. Oh my god we're all going to fucking die.


"what the hell is this?" Aizawa was quite shocked to see a villain to stand beside Gang Orca and have them both stand against the kids as pretend villains. except that's an actual villain! granted he has a quirk restraint collar but that's not gonna stop him from spilling blood, what where they thinking?

"hey! You there!" Aizawa then noticed that Ms. Joke was now grabbing one of the observation staff members by the collar of his suit.

"What is the meaning of this?! Why would you morons let Red Eye out of his cell?!"

"ah-! Ms. Joke please he has a restraint collar and each of the 100 observation staff have a remote that when activated will release the paralysis poison in his collar immediately!"

"that's not an excuse to let him near our kids! what's the big idea!"

"I can't help but be furious too." Aizawa then stood up to question the observation staff guy as well.

"see even my husband agrees."

"I'd rather drink bleach, anyways, U.A. already has a declining reputation so the fact that a Villain who nearly destroyed an entire city is not only on the loose but acting as an enemy against my students in this exercise is very concerning, so what's the big idea?" Aizawa then used his quirk to show how furious he was which made the observation guy start to sweat in fear.

"*gulp* ahem! Please understand there are already hundreds of heroes in Japan but frankly that's only good in quantity, originally quality was indeed a factor when licensing a hero but never much of a worry because All Might was around to give everyone a peace of mind but now he's retired, we don't need just need more heroes, we need better heroes as well! we need them to be amazing and charismatic so that people will feel at ease even without All Might, so in other words if we want you students to be the unstoppable and inspiring heroes the world needs right now then we have to put them through as many tough situations as possible so they will becomes better in the long run! I know this seems unethical now but if this is what it takes to get the best of the best of your students and ensure the future of Japan, then so be it." the observation staff guy stood tall at that moment seeming very devoted to his work but then Ms. Joke and Aizawa became very furious.

"gah! Also its out of my hands! Please don't hurt me!" Ms. Joke then reluctantly let go of the observation staff guy and sat back down as he sighed in relief, as Aizawa sat as well everyone back on the medical site was getting ready to evacuate while Shindo stood in the back and used his quirk to hold them off but then Gang Orca hit him with ultra sonic waves.

"well I suppose as Gang Orca is watching over him then we don't have to worry about Red Eye."

"huh, yeah in this case I guess we should be more concerned for what Gang Orca will do instead."

"uh, don't worry about that! because of Red Eye's presence we have recruited the top of the line doctors with the best expertises and healing quirks to ensure yours students make a full recovery should they end up with a broken bone or two." Aizawa and Ms. Joke then glared at the observation staff guy again.

"ah! Uh, but of course let us hope that it won't come to that."


"Is that seriously all he had, so disappointing."

"huh, I thought a villain like you would be glad knowing this was an easy fight, or is it that this isn't enough to satisfy your bloodlust."

"give me a break Gang Orca, All Might showed me the error of my ways, all I wish to do now is repay him, I was hoping that today I could do that by teaching the next generation but if this is the best that they can do then it seems I have already failed, so as I said, very disappointing."

"well then, let us show these children the error of their ways shall we?"

"heh, you sure I'm the real villain here?" Gang Orca and Red Eye then walked toward the H.U.C. and students but then Red Eye stopped suddenly and looked to his right and in an instant large red lasers shot out of his eyes. His lasers were canceling out the large blast of ice that was just about to hit them. But even when the ice stopped, Red Eye's lasers didn't and it destroyed all of the ice leaving Todoroki completely exposed.

"hm, now you seem more like a challenge, lets hope you fair better than this one." just then a large gust of wind started blowing everywhere as Yoarashi swooped in from the air. he was smiling at first but then when he saw Todoroki he glared in anger, Todoroki then tried to ignore him and throw a fire barrage but at the same time Yoarashi shot a blast of wind and it caused both thier attacks to cancel each other out.

"wha-! what are you doing?!"

"YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE!"

"no I didn't! I was just trying to hold back the villains when you interupted my attack!"

"GRRR! YOU REALLY ARE LIKE YOUR FATHER! ALWAYS STEALING THE GLORY FROM OTHER HEROES!"

"I am nothing like my father! Stop saying that you ignorant imbecile." Todoroki and Yarashi continued to argue while Red Eye and Gang Orca just watched in confusion.

"Are... are they actually arguing right now?"

"*sigh* it would apear so, I apologize you had to see such an shameful sight of the future generation of heroes... if I can even call them that."

"never mind it, if these kids can't get their act together then their's not point in letting them continue to be heroes." Red Eye then shot another laser out of his eyes and it hit Todoroki in the shoulder not causing much damage but did make his arm go numb. Todoroki then made a large wall of ice to protect himself, he then tried to hit them with a barrage of ice at them but then Yoarashi blasted another gust of strong wind and again causing each attack to cancel the other out, leaving nothing but a few ice shards flying at Red Eye and Gang Orca. they both quickly guarded themselves from the ice but when then the ice hit them and turned out to be only a few tiny shards that just bounced off them and didn't do anything at all.

"... huh, these two really are incompatible, aren't they."

"Sure having to fight alongside another hero with an incompatible quirk is every hero will face sooner or later but the fact that their arguing right in front of us is very shameful."

"*sigh* well we're supposed to be teaching them right? might as well give that a shot ahem. HEY MORONS! YOUR ENEMIES ARE STANDING RIGHT HERE!" Both Todoroki and Yoarashi glared at them and Todoroki shot another blast of fire while Yoarashi blasted wind but this time it cause their attacks to go everywhere except at Red Eye and Gang Orca. however to all their shock one of the flames was heading right for Shindo. by the time they saw this it was already too late, however Izumi showed up and quickly got Shindo out of the way using her spark.

"ha... ha... ok we're good, ahem, GUYS! STOP ATTACKING AT THE SAME TIME, ONE OF YOU ATTACK FIRST AND THE OTHER FOLLOW UP!"

"TELL THE SON OF ENDEAVOR THAT! HE'S THE ONE TRYING TO BE A BIG SHOT LIKE HIS BASTARD FATHER." Izumi then clenched her fists in anger, what is with this guy?! she thought why is he being such an asshole?

"LOOK ENOUGH OF YOUR HATRED FOR ENDEAVOR, I DON'T LIKE THE BASTARD EITHER BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW! WE HAVE TO STOP THESE VILLAINS AND SAVE THE REMAINING H.U.C. CIVILIANS!" just then another laser blast shot right toward Izumi and she only managed to dodge it by a second.

"that boy is insulting your classmate and your still trying to have a civil conversation with him and even trying to find common ground with your mutual frustration with Endeavor. it seems that your the most level headed one here, and are therefore my true target." Izumi couldn't help but shiver looking at Red Eye, as a kid she always loved seeing All Might videos where he rescued lots of people and defeated powerful villains. the only one she almost hated was the video where he faced off against Red Eye the only villain she didn't enjoy knowing the quirk of. the basic ability of his quirk was that he could absorb large amounts of energy through his eyes typically by staring at the sun hence why he is called Red Eye. he can also use said energy to either shoot it out of his eyes as powerful laser to which he can fully control the power of said lasers. however, his most terrifying ability was how he could also the energy he absorbed to increase the speed, strength, and durability of his body, making him almost as strong as All Might.

"your shaking right now, are you really striving to be a hero little girl?"

"Hell yeah!"

"... I see, well then lets see how true that is." Red Eye then charged up his eyes again ready to strike Izumi and she charged up Spark again, but then the ground started shaking and the ground under Red Eye sunk into itself trapping him into the ground.

"don't underestimate the conviction of striving heroes." Izumi then turned around to see Shindo who was slowly getting back up, she then quickly ran over to help him up.

"Shindo! How are you up so quickly, Gang Orca's sonic waves are supposed to paralyze people for at least twenty to thirty minutes."

"my quirk allows me to make vibrations that are strong enough to cause earthquakes but said vibrations hit my body back with a recoil, Gang Orca's sonic waves are obviously stronger than my vibrations but thanks to the recoil I can handle it better than the average person." Izumi smiled knowing that they would now be fighting along side each other against Red Eye, since he was a very dangerous villain thier chances were still low but it was better to have help than be on her own, Red Eye then blasted his way out of the ground.

"Gah! I got dust in my eyes now, grrr! Thought that was impressive how your quirk is able to help you gain resistance from sonic waves, however I am your opponent now, not that you would have fared any better if it was still Gang Orca." just then the three of them turned and to Izumi and Shindo's shock Gang Orca blasted Todoroki's ice wall and hit him with a direct sonic wave blast.

"oof! That's gonna leave a bad headache in the morning, Oh! And it looks right about time for reinforcements to show up." just then out of the same blast where Red Eye and Gang Orca showed up, an army of Gang Orca sidekicks showed up armed with cement guns. Gang Orca then ordered them to assist Red Eye as he was being continuously blasted with Yoarashi's wind, then after a few seconds he retaliated with another sonic wave blast which instantly paralyzed Yoarashi. an army of Gang Orca sidekicks then charged toward Red Eye's side as he raised his arms and smiled at Izumi and Shindo.

"what are you gonna do now heroes?" just then Ojiro showed and Tokoyami showed up and took down several of Gang Orca sidekicks, then Ashido and Asui appeared took out a few more, and then Mora showed up and rounded up the remainder of Gang Orca sidekicks and then all that was left was Red Eye. Red Eye looked shocked at first but then he clapped and laughed joyfully.

"well done! Well done! you lot are much more efficient that those two punks I was dealing with earlier, however you should all be aware that the only hero who defeated me was none other than the number 1 All Might, so if you want to defeat me, you'll have to surpass him!" Red Eye then shot his laser at Asui but she disappeared in an instant, then Ojiro kicked Red Eye at the back of the head. Red Eye then quickly turned around and was about to blast him but then Izumi then kicked him in the stomach, quickly grabbed Ojiro and then used Red Eye's stomach to kick herself off forcing him to the ground, then Mora shot a barrage of hair at Red Eye to which he quickly blasted it with a powerful lasers burning through the hair instantly and heading right toward Mora. Tokoyami then used Dark shadow to cut off the hair and then he got Mora out of the way and then used dark shadow to strike Red Eye to the ground again. however Red Eye blasted another powerful laser causing dark shadow to disappear. Red Eye then got up seeming extremely furious as his eyes glowed life the burning fires of the sun.

"Grrr... its seems my laser eyes are far too slow, guess I'll have to speed things up." Izumi knew what he meant and was quickly on guard.

"oh crap, everyone get ready!" Red Eye then closed his eyes and started flexing and putting pressure on his muscles and right before everyone's eyes, his body started glowing a faint red glow and his eyes sprouted out red vein looking skin pattern that went throughout his body. then in an instant he disappeared and in the next second everyone had received a quick and powerful punch to the stomach causing them all to collapse in an instant.

ack! What the hell!

his speed his strength! its just like-

its just like All Might. Ashido, Ojiro, and Asui, all thought of this as they collasped due to the sudden and intense pain. now everyone was on the ground except Izumi, Tokoyami, and Mora all of which managed to use their quirks in time to shield themselves from the strike, but Dark shadow was crying in pain.

"Huh, Impressive you three managed to keep standing despite my increased speed and strength. I like that, I only wish I could say the same for your classmates." Red Eye then looked back at all the defeated students in disappointment.

"well I suppose not everyone can be perfect, well then you three are the one's I need to focus on now." Tokoyami and Mora then got in fighting positions to be ready for anything and so did Izumi but she was a little slower since she took the attack head on and was in quite some pain right now.

"so obviously I need to put in more effort in defeating you three and getting to the civilians but now that you know I'm faster than all of your then let me ask you this, what if I'm a deranged and mental villain who gets off on seeing lots of blood, obviously you guys would bore me so what if I suddenly decide to use my speed to slip past you and just kill the less defended civilians. how will you grab my attention?" both Tokoyami and Mora, looked at each other in fear they both could try to form a large sheild using Mora's hair and Dark shadow but that would take a few seconds and Red Eye only needed one to get past them. but then Izumi threw a rock at Red Eye's face, it shattered instantly but it was fairly obvious how much that aggravated him.

"heh, you get points for keeping my focus on you, metaphorical points of course, but now I'm mad and as already stated I'm a deranged villain, so now you have a villain with the mindset of a pissed off bull to deal with!"


"Disappointing! shameful! And down right pathetic! That's what you two are! it was obvious you two didn't stand a chance against me since I overpower you both but the fact that you fell this easily and because of your own bickering no less is a down right disgrace! neither of you have what it takes to be a hero!" Todoroki couldn't move an inch but he could activate his flames at least he then looked at Yoarashi hoping he will understand what he is trying to do. Yoarashi glares at Todoroki seemingly still mad at him but he then he activates his wind and then tries his best to aim it at Gang Orca while Todoroki does the same with his flames. then in an instant Gang Orca is surrounded by a large tornado of fire which instantly starts dehydrating him due to his orca body.

"well well *gasp* its seems you two *gasp* are compatible after all *gasp* as you can see this is weakening my body to a massive degree *gasp* a normal villain would surrender, maybe even *gasp* beg for mercy, but what if they don't." Gang Orca then used his sonic waves to disrupt the flaming tornado and as the flames burned out Gang Orca then grabbed out a water bottle and started dosing himself with water.

"aaah that sure took a lot out of me, if I didn't have such strong waves I would have I been forced to surrender right then and there but unfortunately I'm still standing. so what will you heroes do now?" Todoroki and Yoarashi both looked at each other and both instantly knew that neither had any ideas.

"Nothing huh? that's a shame." Gang Orca then went over to grab Yoarashi but then Todoroki started up his flames again trying to throw a fireball or anything at Gang Orca to get his attention but to no avail, he only managed to make the flames around his arm bigger. Surprisingly however, this did get Gang Orca's attention.

"hm, Villains are normally driven by a sense of self superiority leading to a large amount of ego and pride so when even the most weakest of things start to attack them they feel inclined to destroy it out of anger. quite honorable of you to sacrifice yourself for your fellow hero but foolish since you have no way to save yourself." Gang Orca then went over to Todoroki and was just about to grab him by the head but then Izumi showed up and used a Strike on Gang Orca.

"leave them alone!" Izumi then backflipped away from Gang Orca and barely managed to land straight and get into a fighting stance while facing Gang Orca. Todoroki looked up at her and was completely shocked to she her current state, her costume had tears and was messed up, her forehead was bleeding, her face had a bruise, and she was breathing heavily while shaking non-stop due to her hurting all over and being very exhausted.

"... is this all the Calvary has to offer?"

"afraid so." Izumi shuttered she she head Red Eye's voice and she turned around to see him there with not a single scratch on him despite their fight earlier.

"this little girl slipped past me to save these two while the others promised to hold me back, but you can see how well that turned out."

"well how about that. Midoriya, correct? It seems you outnumbered and practically on the verge of defeat or in a normal case death. so what will you do now? will you surrender and tell us where to find the civilians."

"or would you rather us use more drastic methods?"

"... I won't... let you hurt... anyone! Because a true hero! always risks themselves! TO SAVE OTHERS!"

"hm. a truly honorable hero cry, but if you were facing against two bloodlust driven villains do you think it would be enought to stop them? no, so I hope you have enough power to fight us both." Red Eye and Gang Orca then charged right at Izumi to crush her from both sides but then an alarm rang.

"Oh it seems the test is over, just when things were getting interesting. oh well. I should probably head back to my cell, by the way it was an honor to fight by your side Gang Orca." Red Eye then patted Gang Orca's shoulder and walked off to get back into his cell to be restrained by the police again. when he was gone Izumi collapsed immediately onto the ground like a puppet whose strings have been cut.

"... oh, so you were bluffing after all."

"... yes... I actually don't have any strength left... so someone please carry me." Gang Orca then picked up Izumi and held her in his arms. just then his sidekicks started getting back up and running back to him.

"Hey! Get these guys to to the announcement area."

"yes! You got it boss."


Now that the exam was over everyone, even those that failed were called back to see the results of those who got their license.

"Alright everyone now you all know that you have been graded by the H.U.C. civilians you saved however a common thing you probably heard from them mainly from the beginning was minus points. this is because you were all scored at the beginning with 100 and every time you made a mistake you were subtracted points. so those of you that made too many mistakes will not appear on the board."

then Mera showed the results on the board and Izumi was searching stressfully for her name and sure enough it was there, and so was all the other students of class 1-A. It was a grand moment and so everyone then started cheering in joy knowing they all passed but then Yaoyorozu noticed how quite Todoroki was as he looked at the board then she and some others looked back at the board and saw that his wasn't there, and neither was Bakugo's. then Class 1-A was silent, it was sort of understandable that Bakugo didn't pass given his violent behavior but Todoroki was a different story. however Mineta on the other hand didn't seem concerned about this at all in anything he was laughing.

"Haha! It seems the class hierarchy is collapsing! Soon their will be a new top guy in class 1-A and it wont be the cool Todoroki!"

"Mineta... shut up!" Mineta then turned around to see an angered Izumi, Iida, and Yaoyorozu all glaring at him which was more than enough to make him become silent out of fear.

"Shoto Todoroki!" just then Yoarashi walked toward Todoroki while glaring at him in anger. Izumi then quickly got in front of him and shielded Todoroki.

"back off! Shoto didn't get his license ok? are you happy now? What the hell even is your problem?!"

"Izumi, that's enough, he's justified for hating me."

"wha- Shoto?"

"it turns out, that we've met before and I told him the exact same thing my father said to him... your in the way." Izumi was shocked to hear this and then looked at Yoarashi surprised, wait so that means he's the kid that was pushed away by Endeavor when he asked for a simple autograph.

"enough about that, I AM SORRY!" Yoarashi then bowed again hitting his head on the ground which shocked Izumi but only confused Todoroki.

"I was so stubborn and angry at you that I only saw you as Endeavors son and nothing more! Because of that I refused to work with you and kept insisting that you were the problem. it's my fault we both failed the exam, so please forgive me."

"your fine, if anything you've made me realize the full extent of my past mistakes, so thank you." Yoarashi then looked up at Todoroki in shock and to which Todoroki smiled and noded at him Izumi was shocked to see this as well but then looked at Yoarashi and smiled as well. Yoarashi on the other hand said nothing and didn't smile he just bowed again and then walked back to his class. then after some time the staff started passing out the result papers for everyone to see why they did or didn't get their license.

"Now then lets get some things straight especially concerning the lies we told you at the beginning." every student of every school now looked up to Mera at confusion.

"at the beginning of the exam we told you that the reason there would be only 100 slots for passing was because we already have so many heroes which is true and its the reason for why crime in this country is so low in this country... quantity speaking; quality reasons however was because of All Might, but now he's retired due to exhausting his power and it doesn't take a genius to know that Endeavor is not a good replacement. as a result we still have strong and powerful heroes in japan but none hold as much charisma or give as much hope as All Might did and therefore Villains will not be afraid to strike anymore. especially given the ahem... All for One vs All Might incident." Izumi couldn't help but revert to her dark form when hearing about All for One but then she looked around and saw other students with looks of dread on their faces, some seemed sick, while a few others had their hands on their stomach probably remembering the pain All for One unleashed that night all throughout Japan. Izumi wasn't sure how to feel about the stomach pain since she wasn't actually attacked with it like everyone else was and apparently neither was her mom. Izumi was confused about this but then Mera's continued talking blocked her train of thought.

"as you know that day was... will be a blight on our history for days to come, it was a night of absolute fear and terror for all those living in japan but also a night of inspiration for those who thrive on chaos and fear. which is why the honest truth is that we need as many heroes as we can get, but not just any heroes. We need inspiring heroes who do the same as All Might did and the opposite of All for One. we need heroes who will build up grand reputations that will give hope to all and discourage those with evil intent. Those of you who have passed this exam are good examples of the heroes we need, though the license we will be giving you are only provisional so you still have some improving to do, never forget that.

as for those that failed we will be offering you a three month long special course to which afterwards you will be given an individual test and if you can pass that you will be given your provisional license. as stated earlier we need as many heroes as we can get so we will be giving you many chances in order for you to become the better heroes our future needs. oh and speaking of many chances we will be hosting another licensing exam in april if you would rather wait for that instead."

"This is great Shoto! You get another chance!"

"this is you redemption arc Shoto!" Both Izumi and Yaoyorozu were cheering on Todoroki which the sight angered Mineta.

"no! The hierarchy is supposed to be collapsing! stop praising him!" just then Iida kicked Mineta hard on the head instantly knocking him out.

"*sigh* sorry about that Todoroki, but as your classmates we'll be cheering you on! To becoming a better hero!"

"to becoming a better hero!"

"to becoming a better hero!"

"... to becoming a true hero." the three of them were a little confused by what Todoroki said but they quickly brushed it off and started cheering again. Izumi was smiling brightly but then she saw Bakugo who seemed to be deeply bothered by something, then when his eyes met Izumi's he looked away in shame. Kacchan... Izumi thought what is going on with you?


Just like that the day was over and Izumi couldn't help but tear up as she was staring at her license, she even held it close to her face, took a selfie and sent it to both her mom and All Might.

"Izumi? are you crying?"

"*sniff* yes! I'm sorry its just *sniff* This is another grand step toward my goal of being a great hero."

"... yeah our hero goals are so much closer now." Izumi then whipped her tears away and then saw how Uraraka was smiling while staring at the setting sun.

"um Uraraka are you alright?"

"yeah its just... I was having some personal issues since the first week of U.A. and well they've been getting worse as times goes on but a good friend reminded me of my true goals as a hero so I'm starting to feel a little more relaxed and at peace with myself."

"Oh... um, well that's actually really great to hear Uraraka." Izumi then smiled brightly at Uraraka which made her blush but then Uraraka closed her eyes took a deep breath and smiled at the setting sun again.

"thank you Deku."

SHOTO TODOROKI! I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO BEING WORKING TOGETHER AT THE THREE MONTH COURSE BUT FOR THE RECORD I STILL DON'T LIKE YOU! WHICH IS THE REASON I WILL HAVE NO FEAR DOING THIS." just then Yoarashi dashed right infront of Izumi and then help both her hands.

"Izumi Midoriya! You defended Shoto Todoroki since the beginning so at first I didn't like you but to be honest your so beautiful that I fell in love the moment I meet you!" Izumi was now turning red as the rest of class 1-A was starting to listen in on the conversation and Uraraka was right beside Izumi watching the whole thing with a broken smile and her eye twitching in anger.

"please give me a chance for us to better get to know each other! lets go on a date sometime, please?" Izumi was turning even redder than a tomato and was panicking like crazy as her mind was going to a hundred places at once. Uraraka on the other hand had a overwhelming urge to kill Yoarashi but was trying to keep calm and remember the words Iida told her. but then a large bundle of hair rapped around Yoarashi and dragged him away.

"stop overwhelming the poor girl with your horrible social skills, Inasa." now that he was gone Uraraka managed to calm down and so did Izumi who almost had a heart attack but then she remembered an important question and ran after Mora.

"hey! excuse me! Shiketsu student?"

"hm? oh its that girl from U.A. yes how can I help you."

"uh I was wondering, why does Camie go to Shiketsu?"

"hm? to be a hero why else?"

"oh... well she told me that she never wanted to be a hero, but maybe that was just her messing with me shapeshifters do tend to have wicked personalities."

"what? Camie isn't a shapeshifter."

"huh? yes she is! She shape shifted into a friend of mine right in front of me, that's why they disqualified her, because when she shape shifted she lost her targets."

"... then whoever you we're talking too was not the real Camie, I should have seen this coming, she's been acting weird the past few days, now I now why. thank you for bringing this to my attention U.A. student, no need to worry I'll make sure my teachers become aware of this." Mora then continued to walk back to his class bus while still carrying Yoarashi with his hair, while Izumi just stood there in fear.

"not... Camie? ... then who the hell was it?"