The A section students had their practical exams scheduled earlier in the day than B section. But when Nanami woke up at 8:10, she thought that she missed her alarm and went to school earlier than she had to. They weren't particularly told to not come earlier; it was basically understood that they had to come for their practical exam and that they should come relatively late.
Kendo 2.0 and Tetsuya 2.0 were embarrassed at this, Tetsutetsu 2.0 thought of this as a good opportunity to train! Unfortunately, there was neither enough time nor any teacher to help her with trying out Boomerang at the time.
"I'm... Uh... So, can I... Well uh, you see, I...", she took a deep breath.
"We have to talk to Vlad Sensei basically, every day, he won't be angry or anything..."
"Doesn't change the fact that this was rather shameful on our part", Kendo 2.0 and Tetsuya 2.0 were on the same page. Despite all of this, they realised that they needed to be calm before their own exam. Probably spectating 1-A students before her exam was a good use of the time.
Vlad Sensei was surprised to see her at the time, but he said that she could just spectate, as she wanted to, and that it shouldn't be a problem. With that out of the way, Nanami went to watch the exams only to see Ochaco and Midoriya were already there!
They were both surprised to see Nanami there, and she felt slightly embarrassed to end up in that position. None of them had any way to start a conversation about why Nanami ended up there, so they avoided the topic for the time being.
Recovery Girl was, on the other hand, relieved that her top 2 patients weren't injured yet. As the first exam started (Kirishima and Sato vs Cementoss) Midoriya went into his analysis-mumbling state, except this time everyone was on the same page. Nanami, having used Anxiety Rush, was well aware of the limit on such quirks. Be it of time or the limit to which a person can go strong with it.
"It's funny to think that you had a headache every time you saw Midoriya...", Tetsuya 2.0 reminisced almost nostalgically.
"Yeah, I saw those memories too, what was up with those headaches?", Kendo 2.0 wondered. But what mattered was she didn't have a headache now!
Along with confirmation from Recovery Girl and what she saw on the screen, Nanami realised that the type of exam they expected wasn't one they'd get, but this was a good opportunity to overcome her own weaknesses... but...
It was a team battle.
While for most students in A Section the worst-case scenario would be to face All Might, B Section students had a different worry. But while the match was going on and as they all discussed their quirks and how they were matched against teachers who'd give them a hard time, Ochaco figured it'd be a decent time to finally ask why Nanami was there in the first place!
"This is embarrassing... just tell them we thought it'd be good practice to spectate matches beforehand", this was probably the most dishonest suggestion Kendo 2.0 would make. But she was way too embarrassed at this whole ordeal than she needed to.
"Though telling them we are here to collect data isn't a good idea, concealing the truth would certainly give us an advantage!", it was Monoma 2.0. True to the original quirk's user, Monoma 2.0 based his existence on getting an edge over A section!
And that was the key problem for any B Section student! Even if as much as 2, A section students would fail, Monoma would lose all motivation to pass as even if he failed his class, overall, B section would outperform A section!
"I thought it'd be best to prepare for the worst-case scenario", Nanami replied to Ochaco. While that wasn't the initial reason as to why she ended up there, it wasn't far from the current truth. She had to be prepared to pass the exam singlehandedly, because by the time she answered, it was pretty obvious that Kirishima and Sato were outmatched!
As Recovery Girl left to heal Kirishima and Sato, Asui and Tokoyami got ready for their test. Nanami had seen Tokoyami in action at the sports festival and was well aware of his strength, but she didn't know much about Tsuyu.
"So... what do you guys expect as their classmates?", Nanami asked both Midoriya and Ochaco.
"Both of them are strong and smart. Tsuyu-chan is one of the few students who ended up having to face villains at her internship!", Ocacho replied rather cheerfully, "I'm confident that they can pull this off!"
"I agree!", Midoriya added just as the test was about to start.
But still, as they had figured out earlier, all students were given matchups that were unfavourable to them. However, Ectoplasm as a quirk didn't seem to be a bad matchup for either Dark Shadow or Frog. That was until Recovery Girl pointed out Dark Shadow's weakness! But with their ingenious plan, they managed to handcuff their 'enemy'.
A clear pattern started to emerge in their fights. Bad Matchup, if followed by an ingenious plan which got implemented, then the students could win. After all, they just had to pull it off once! Also, it was a lot easier to get one past someone whose quirk had a specific use, but Midoriya would go up against someone who was just plain strong without any apparent weakness, with a strong teammate but definitely someone who was horrible at teamwork!
While she hoped to help Midoriya, she was unable to come up with any plan. In addition to that other test were going on simultaneously, she had a lot to say but she knew it was a lot easier to comment from behind the screen than to do it out in the field!
Soon it was time for Ochaco's test, despite some difficulties, she managed to pull through. But despite some exceptional displays of ingenuity and strength, all the test's seemed like the trailers before the movie.
Finally, it was time for the final match of the day, Bakougo and Midoriya vs All Might. He was the number 1 hero, but even he had to carry half of his body weight as extra weights aside from the fact that teachers would 'obviously' go slightly easy on students.
"...they wouldn't want to break their student's bodies...", Tetsuya 2.0 said this just as All Might slammed into Deku's back to knock him down just after kneeing Bakougo on his face, definitely breaking a few bones in the both of their bodies.
Even though they couldn't feel it head-on, the spectator students could feel the hits through the screen. Such was the strength of the number 1 hero! It was awe-inspiring yet scary to think what it would be like if he was a villain... exactly what he was trying to be during the test.
Both Bakougo and Midoriya had to give it their all but even then, it seemed as if All Might let them walk away at the end!
"All matches for Class 1-A's practical exams have been completed!"
It was finally time for Nanami to give her own exam...
Or not!
"Due to excessive damage to the fighting grounds, Class B's exam has been delayed. We have already sent a message and an e-mail to the student's at home.", Recovery Girl informed Nanami before going to tend to Midoriya and Bakougo.
"Well, well, well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions..."
