Okie Dokey!
So we're starting the midterms. Honestly, this should be pretty fun! I've planned some stuff for Kirishima…
So let's go.
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"Okay everybody." Nezu said. "In a little bit, we will make our entrance. Then the test will begin."
The examiners all nodded. Each one was in their costume. Ectoplasm was fully suited up, as was Snipe. Izuka and Hatsume stood side by side, both with the gear they would take along with them.
Hatsume carried a small suitcase. Her robot was perched on her shoulder. A white lab coat was worn over a high tech suit. It was black, with pink lines running up the sides. Designed to disperse blunt force shock, it had been through a number of tests. Hatsume was taking this baby for its final test today.
Hatsume's hair was tied back, and on her face was a pair of black glasses. She looked like a real businesswoman.
Izuka wore a bartenders outfit. Her fake blonde hair was tied back as well. She looked pretty average, except for the scar.
Nezu walked out and addressed the hero students of both 1-A and 1-B. Izuka smiled.
'This'll be fun…'
"Alright. Here we go."
The group of faculty stepped out, led by Izuka and Hatsume. Both noticed a few of the boys ogling at their appearance.
Nezu and Aizawa declared the pairings. Izuka and Mei would fight together against five students. Monoma, Mineta, Yaoyorozu, Iida, and Ibara Shiozaki.
'You know, it's unfortunate that the teachers will be watching… we'll have to hold back a lot…'
"This seems unfair…" Monoma muttered.
"I have to agree with my compatriot in class 1-B!" Tenya chopped. "We have a huge advantage against our opponents."
Aizawa chuckled. "Honestly… You are so naive…"
"What? We just want this to be a fair fight!" Shiozaki said.
"Let me put it this way." Aizawa said. "These two kicked your shit in during the sports festival, and you think that they are at a disadvantage?"
Yaoyorozu held her hand up. "All due respect Mr. Aizawa, we have grown since that time."
Aizawa huffed. "Then show me. You guys are up first."
Izuka flashed a smile. "See ya!"
Hatsume hopped onto her back, and the two sped off.
"Did we give them the weights?" Ectoplasm sweatdropped.
"Eh. Wouldn't help these guys anyway. Let 'em go." Aizawa sighed.
"Sir. Are you certain that they aren't at a-"
"Mineta. Shut up and get ready."
"Yes sir!"
The group scurried away and got into position.
"Ready?" Nezu began over the loudspeaker. "GO!"
The students ran into the false city that was their testing ground. A clang rang out, and the sky changed to become night.
"Wh-what?" Monoma stuttered.
Inside the monitoring room, Nezu smiled. "I see… How long did that contraption take Power Loader?"
"I think it's just a larger version of one that they made earlier this year. Definitely gets the job done. It looks like it's midnight in there!"
On the outside, the exam site was covered in a large dome. On the inside, the dome blocked out the sun and turned it into an image of the moon. Stars shone overhead.
"They figured out a way to change the time of day…" Mineta shuddered. "Damn… I forgot how smart they are…"
"They're nothing without their support items. We can take them!" Shiozaki huffed.
"Let's go."
The five man squad began moving into the city. From the top of a building, Izuka grinned. "And we are go…"
Back in the monitoring room, Nezu noticed Ectoplasm walking in.
"Where were you?"
"Shoudai asked me to make her a clone, so I did." The hero shrugged.
"Did she tell you why?" Nezu raised an eyebrow.
"Something about intimidation."
Nezu looked back at the screen. "Hmmm… let us see what your students do Power Loader…"
Monoma and the rest of the group were almost to the center of the fake city.
"It's so quiet…" Tenya muttered.
"Too quiet…" Momo said. "Keep your guard up. I have a feeling that they'll show themselves soon."
"Any way that we avoided them so far?" Shiozaki asked. "Maybe they're cycling through the city and haven't noticed us."
"Yeah! We might be able to get to the exit gate without a problem!" Mineta said.
"I doubt it. Keep your guards up…" Monoma said.
"Hey. Does anybody else see that it's glowing up there?"
"What?" The group broke into a run, and emerged into a nightmare.
The center of the city was in ruins. Fire blazed all around. Rubble blocked doorways. Cars were piled up and burning.
"What the hell-"
*BOOM*
A flash of light zipped across the rooftops and into a wall, kicking up a massive cloud of dust. The dust cleared, revealing Hatsume holding a clone of Ectoplasm to the wall. "See hero? They won't send you help…"
"HEY! STOP THAT!"
Hatsume turned and looked at the group of five. "Ah… so they did send help… too bad it's too late for you."
The clone moved its head and looked at the students. "R-run…"
Lightning crackled through Hatsume's gauntlets and shocked the clone, which turned to gloop beneath her fingers. The silver lightning reflected off of her glasses, making her look insane.
"Heh heh heh… HAHAHA!" Hatsume cackled crazily.
"She's unhinged…" Momo said, creating a staff from her arm.
In a moment, Hatsume was before them. "Welcome heroes…" Silver lightning blazed around her hand, before coalescing into a whip.
"What is that-"
"You like it? My newest invention…" Hatsume cracked the whip. A shockwave ripped through the ground. "And now… I can finally bring you down!"
"Bring us down?" Shiozaki was confused.
"They've immersed themselves in their role. They're trying to make it more intimidating." Yaoyorozu said.
"Alright then." Iida stepped forward. "YOU THERE VILLAIN! IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE! WE WILL BRING YOU DOWN!"
Hatsume grinned and cracked the whip again. "Then come at me heroes!"
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Kirishima felt his whole body tingling. 'What the hell is this?'
He tried to activate his quirk, but found that he couldn't. "What the hell?"
"Hey. You okay Kiri?" Mina asked.
"I'm fine it's just…"
"What is it?" Mina went to his side. "Are you okay? Do I need to get recovery girl?"
Kirishima shook his head. "No… I just feel… Tingly."
"Tingly?"
Kirishima nodded. "Just like when I use my quirk… But I'm not using it…"
Mina studied him. "That's… odd. Anything else happen?"
Kirishima shrugged. "Not that I can think of."
Mina nodded. "Alright then. Just, keep an eye on it, okay?"
Kirishima nodded. "Will do."
Mina walked back into the monitoring room. Kirishima sighed.
'A chain reaction'
Kirishima shook his head. "What is this?" He ran into the boys locker room and shut the door behind him. Before looking in the mirror.
'You've heard my theories on quirk evolution…'
Kirishima looked in the mirror. His skin was flickering between normal and hardened. How was it that he wasn't straining.
'My theories are born from experience…'
"WHO'S THERE?" Kirishima whipped around as he felt a hand touch his shoulder. Nobody was behind him. It was a trick of the mind. Kirishima looked back at the mirror to see his body had stopped flickering. He still felt his skin buzzing. "What is this?"
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"Hm… They have made themselves into intimidating villains…" Nezu nodded at the screen.
"Although only Hatsume has shown herself… what does Shoudai have planned for them?" Cementoss muttered.
In the exam site, Shiozaki danced alongside Momo as they held off Hatsume.
"Yaoyorozu-"
"YOU THREE GO! WE CAN HOLD HER OFF!"
"You can hold her off… but you still need to worry about me…"
A figure leapt off of a rooftop and landed in front of the remaining three students. "Hello there…"
Monoma growled and rushed forward. "I don't care who I fight. I'll win!"
Izuka chuckled and ducked as he punched. "Ah… your punches… So weak."
"Weak? Why you-"
Izuka spun around and kicked Monoma, sending him flying into Momo and Shiozaki. All three fell into a pile with an "Oof."
Izuka chuckled as she stretched her leg. "That felt good… I love the feel of kicking heroes around. So… therapeutic."
Mineta shuddered. Tenya grabbed his shoulder.
"I have a plan for us to win… only one of us needs to get to the gate. It's gonna be you…"
"But-"
"No buts mineta. You're the best option."
Izuka pulled a small metal sphere from her pocket, which turned into a six foot metal staff. "Hello? Are we gonna start this or what?"
Hatsume leapt back as a sheet of vines raced towards her. Shiozaki stood back up with Momo. "You want a fight? Come get one…"
Momo and Shiozaki ran forward. Momo generated some steel plating on her arm as Izuka swung her staff. The weapon bounced off of the makeshift armor. Shiozaki spun around and summoned a wave of vines to ensnare the two villains.
The lightning whip in Hatsume's hand became a sword, and she sliced through the vines. Izuka grabbed a particularly long one and tied it into a lasso, before hurling it at Monoma.
The blonde boy dodged out of the way, before joining in the fight as well.
"Ready?" Iida asked.
"For wha- AAAAAA"
Iida picked Mineta up by the scruff of his costume and tossed him into the air, before pivoting on his left foot and twirling.
"Recipro BURST!" Iidas engines fired, and his kick hit Mineta. The midget had covered Iida's leg in his quirk before the kick, and the extra bounce gave him even more distance.
"Ah shit." Izuka sighed. "Well, we still have a bit of time Hatsume, we can take care of these guys while the midget passes."
"We aren't going after him?"
Izuka shook her head. "That was a truly selfless act from Tenya. Let it pay off for now."
'Because if I do go after him he won't escape with his life.'
Izuka turned back to the battle. "So? Shall we continue?"
Shiozaki surfed in on another wave of vines. Monoma fought against Hatsume with rubber armor he had made with Momo's quirk. Momo joined Monoma in fighting the pink haired maniac.
"Huh. You aren't bad Shiozaki." Izuka grinned as vines ensnared her. "But not bad doesn't mean super good."
The scarred girl glowed faintly, and the vines burst off of her. In a flash, she was in Shiozaki's face with her staff. "Think fast!"
In a split second, Shiozaki was sent into a pile of rubble. Izuka leapt back as Iida ran forward and kicked.
"Ah… The brother of Ingenium…" Izuka chuckled. "You think that you're a match for me?"
Iida smiled. "I don't have to be a match for you. I only need to stay conscious long enough."
"Well let's see how long you last!" Izuka rushed forward at breakneck speeds. Tenya brought his leg up and blocked Izuka's staff. The two flashed in and out of existence. Sometimes their strikes connected in the air, other times it was on the ground. In every instance, they would briefly become visible. There was always a smile present on Izuka's face.
"You're pretty good hero…"
"You aren't that bad yourself villain…"
Meanwhile, Hatsume was now fighting Shiozaki, Momo, and Monoma.
'Tesla coil's about to time out… I can feel my skin starting to burn…'
(Quirk-Tesla coil. The wielder can generate and psychically control electricity. They can turn the energy into swords, shields, bombs, even armor! The quirk has a heavy drawback that slowly burns the user as they channel it. Using the quirk for too long can result in serious electrical burns. Ouch!)
Hatsume switched to her gauntlets and began discharging silver electric pulses. Her attackers switched from attack to defense. Their only option was evasion.
"Cheap trick villain!" Monoma shouted. Hatsume smiled.
"I could switch it up again!"
The girl snapped her fingers and appeared behind Monoma. She placed a hand on his shoulder and tazed him.
"SHIT! WE FORGOT THEY CAN TELEPORT!" Momo shouted. Hatsume winked. "Oopsie daisy!"
With another snap, she appeared in midair, a bolt of lightning flew from her palm. She disappeared yet again.
Momo and Shiozaki cartwheeled, spun, and rolled to avoid Hatsume's barrage of attacks. The pink haired inventor grinned.
"Come on heroes! GIVE ME A CHALLENGE!"
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Mineta landed a block away from the escape gate. His right leg was broken. He began limping towards the gate.
"I can… make it…"
Mineta continued limping towards the gate. Unhindered by the loud sounds of battle coming from behind him.
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Izuka dodged a kick from Iida, who was beginning to slow down.
"Getting tired?"
"Never…"
Izuka swiped downward with her staff. Iida dodged, but Izuka had predicted that. She stabbed her staff into the ground and swung around it, kicking the hero student in the stomach.
Hatsume was busy restraining Shiozaki's hair. She would swipe, and hatsume would eject a square of metal before welding it around her vines. Eventually, Shiozaki was unable to fight.
Momo pulled a blowdart gun out of her arm and brought it to her lips. A puff of air sent the dart inside hurtling towards Hatsume. The girl was hit in the back of her right shoulder. She fell to the ground.
"Just you and me now Shodai. Can you beat me?"
Izuka chuckled. "Well. You guys already passed. This is just for fun. Bring it Yaoyorozu!"
The raven haired girl leapt at Izuka, who dodged and kicked her in the back. Yaoyorozu went flying into a pile of rubble. She quickly recovered and pulled a bat from her arm.
"Huh. That's pretty doomsday movie like, doncha think?"
Yaoyorozu screamed and charged in. Izuka kicked the bat from her hands and threw the girl to the ground.
"Give up Yaoyorozu."
"NEVER!"
Yaoyorozu pulled a metal staff from her arm and rushed in. Izuka countered with her hands and forearms. It was clear that Momo was more skilled with a staff.
"Well… don't you think we should make this more interesting?" Izuka grinned.
The scarred girl leapt back and kicked the bat that Yaoyorozu had made into the air. She caught it in one hand, and was about to rush in when-
*BEEEEEEEEEEP*
"The hero's pass! On to the next match!"
Izuka sighed. "I didn't think he'd make it out that fast… Well. Maybe we'll have a rematch some day Yaoyorozu."
Izuka tossed the bat back to Yaoyorozu, before moving to pick up Hatsume. "By the way, the others should be fine. We just tired them out. Shiozaki, you could just cut your hair to escape that."
The girl looked at Izuka before grabbing a sharp rock and cutting her hair. Using her quirk, it regrew to its normal length quickly.
"That's better. Thanks. Now we'd better clear out of here for the next test."
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Kirishima took a deep breath. This wasn't anything terrible. It was just him and Bakugo vs All Might. Nothing too big. He shouldn't worry. All Might was just a hero, not a god.
'You are not a god Toshinori Yagi…'
Kirishima blinked.
'Why do I keep hearing that?'
"Alright you two," Nezu said. "All Might is ready. You can get to the starting room."
Kirishima and Bakugo walked silently to the room. After a short period of time, Nezu's voice came over the intercom system.
"Begin."
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Alright. So Izuka and Hatsume let the kids pass, because otherwise the teachers would be mad. Like. Mad because they'd kill someone...
By the way… Do you think I'm dumb? Izuka has more to think about when it comes to the camp. Be prepared, because she will be.
So there. The beginning of the midterms. I won't include all of the tests. Maybe just four or five. I need Kirishima, Bakugo, Todoroki, Uraraka, Tsuyu, Tokoyami, Toga, and somebody else…
So that'll be the next few chapters. Until Next Time!
Sushi Out!
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