Twisted Nightmares

Chapter 8

Mineta's Guide on how to properly pass your exam

(warning, things get a little raunchy with describing something, but nothing M rated :P)

"Team Hagakure and Shoji have passed!" The announcer's voiced stated loudly to the entire Class A of UA. Their friends cheered for their invisible friend and her multi armed partner as they managed to cuff the gun wielding Pro Hero Snipe. It was rather simple for her in reality, her invisibility quirk made sneaking up behind the gun slinging Hero pretty easy. She slapped the cuffs on, and that was that. She would still be feeling the high from the victory if a certain Pro Hero's elbow didn't brush up against her chest, which was obviously bare, although invisible.

Snipe quickly tried to apologize before the invisible girl in front of him exploded, to no avail.

Sero however, was deep in thought about the other exams. How many would pass? He was hoping he himself would pass, even with Mineta as his partner. He was shook out of his thoughts however when Tsuyu tapped his shoulder. "Aren't you and Mineta next, ribbit?" Tsuyu said curiously, head slightly tilted to the side. Sero noticed how her eyes quickly glanced out of the corner of her eye over where Mineta presumably was, for a split second.

He sweatdropped at the question. He'd been so distracted, that he forgot that it was his turn. Sloppy. "Eh! R-right!" He quickly said. Sero cursed under his breath. He needed to pay attention more, it was getting a bit embarrassing when he was just sitting there lost in thought. Speaking of people sitting, Sero turned towards the wall where Mineta had been napping, only to see that the boy had vanished.

Eh? Where was Mineta?

His question was quickly answered shorty after though. "Sero, you coming?" said a voice by the exit. Sero looked to see Mineta was leaning on the wall by the door with his arms crossed, a hint of impatience in his voice. He motioned towards the exit. "We've got an exam to pass, let's go!"

His words managed to shake the tape boy out of his stupor. Seemed that Mineta was in a bit of a hurry today."Uh, yeah! Let's go!" Sero said, joining Mineta as they headed towards the arena where they would battle against Midnight.

The two boys headed towards the entrance to the mountain based arena where they would take their exam. It was a rather rocky terrain, which made it good places for hiding. And the hero they were going against, Sero knew Midnight would most likely use it to her advantage. Underestimating a Pro Hero was a foolish thing to do.

It was rather awkward for Sero. Neither of the boys said anything to each other, not even trying to come up with a plan or anything, to Sero's discomfort. However, Sero wanted to speak his mind.

"Hey Mineta..." Sero began, hesitation clear in his voice. He didn't know what he was doing, but he didn't want this to keep going, and Mineta hopefully would cooperate. It all depended on his mood at the moment.

The grape haired boy glanced up at Sero. "Yeah, what's up?" Mineta's tone didn't seem to have any hostility in it, so Sero continued. "Look, I know you're mad at Mina and Kaminari, and this probably the last thing you want to hear, but could you lay off a little with the insults?"

As expected, Mineta' face scrunched up in either disgust, or irritation at Sero's question. "Why? They started this whole thing. They kinda called me dumb, or were you not paying attention to when they did that?" It appeared that he was going to be difficult about it then.

Running his fingers through his hair Sero took a deep breath, "Yes, I'm aware of them calling you dumb. It's just that I think you're taking too much offense. It's in the past now, they'll just get more hostile the more you bring it up. Being mean back won't really solve the issue." Sero sighed. "It's in your best interest to just lay off, trust me."

The grape haired boy's expression was indifferent. Sero rolled his eyes in irritation. "Not convinced?"

Mineta's face screamed "not convinced", so Sero tried something else. "Look at it this way, having a bad attitude won't go well with the other teachers, especially Eraserhead." Mineta's glanced up at him, then looked down the gravel as they continued to walk to the arena.

Although Mineta wouldn't admit it, Sero was correct in regards to the teacher. Whether he liked it or not, Aizawa was probably the scariest teacher at UA, and the tired teacher definitely did not like back talk from other students. Trying to sass him was a death sentence. Even Bakugo was forced to not yell or mutter profanities. He chose his words carefully. "Fine. I will...keep that in mind." Mineta said plainly.

Sighing, Sero knew that was all he was probably was going to get, so he kept quiet. He'd have to be satisfied with the answer for now, and try again after the exams. Maybe the grape boy would be more cooperative.

Mineta and Sero wandered the rocky terrain, eyes peeled for Midnight, who was their opponent for this round. They slowly walked around the small hills, checking seemingly every nook and cranny for any sign of the female Hero.

Sero nervously glanced from left to right, looking for any type of even the slightest movement. Midnight had been in the hero business for a long time, and stealth missions were probably something she specialized in. She just had to have the unlucky villain breathe in, and it was over. He knew he had to be careful.

Several minutes of them walking around, and checking behind every suspicious rock while they held their breath in, just in case. She could pop up any second, and if they had their guard down when she happened to appear...

Game over. The unpleasant thought of him failing in front of everyone that was watching was a very unpleasant thought to have indeed. Especially after seeing Mina and Kaminari fail. That was kind of soul crushing to watch, and he didn't want to entertain the idea of him failing.

After seemingly long minutes of them glancing at rocks and walking slowly and cautiously towards the exit, which was a pretty long way to go. And after the minutes dragged on, they found...

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. All this time and it seemed Midnight wouldn't even appear. Which Sero would be totally okay with if you had asked him. Sero was about to suggest just going for the exit, until he noticed something from behind a rock that was to his left. He squinted, and his n

Midnight stood tall, her long hair flowing behind her head as she walked towards them. Her hips seductively swaying from left to right as she approached the two students. Sero recognizing the pink mist coming from her skin, turned to Mineta.

Mineta however, had his back turned, and seemed to be staring at nothing? It seemed like he was purposely looking the other way. What was he doing? "Mineta!" he cried, "Don't get close!" He used his tape to wrap it around Mineta and throw him far enough that he wouldn't be affected by Midnight's Somnabulist.

As his tape wrapped around the small boy, Sero noticed that even though Mineta's back was turned, he somehow knew to lift his arms, and he tensed up, almost as if he knew that Sero was about to throw him. His suspicions were confirmed as he looked up after Mineta, who was...waving? He also had a large grin on his face, almost smug.

"Nothing personal Sero! Thanks for being the bait! I hope you can forgive me!" Mineta called as he flew through the air. "I promise you I'll pass!"

Mineta you son of a bitch! was the last thought that crossed Sero's mind before he felt two feminine hands open the visor on his helmet. As he didn't expect her to suddenly be there, he unfortunately inhaled the pink gas. He noted that it was a surprisingly sweet scent, rather pleasant on the senses. As her quirk quickly went to work on Sero. His legs gave out, and everything went black.

Sorry Sero, I don't think I can beat her in physical combat. I wanted to prove Mina and Kaminari wrong, but I'll just settle for passing, and them failing.

If you asked him, Mineta would tell you he felt slightly bad for using Sero as bait. But in reality, he couldn't take Midnight head on as he once previously thought. Even though he bragged about he'd pass, he had to scrap the plan of fighting Midnight. Her quirk was just too much, and Mineta knew his little lungs couldn't handle that long without air.

As he flew through the air, a new idea popped in his head. Although he couldn't fight Midnight, he could still be able to slap on those cuffs, if he used a...different tactic.

No, that couldn't work. Could it? If I was able to... Ideas raced through his mind. As he thought harder, a small plan formulated inside his mind. If he could pull that off successfully...

After he landed, he took his old pathway while he ripped Sero's tape off, keep a small piece to cover his face so he wouldn't pass out. Just like last time. Although this time, things would change. He wouldn't run away to the goal. He'd put those cuffs on Midnight, and prove that he could plan.

When he glanced behind him, and he rewatched as Sero collapsed. It was when he was near his old rock he realized the horror of the situation. Something much more horrifying then going up against Pro Heroes.

Sero had touched Midnight's chest. Midnight's chest, and got to use her lap as a pillow. Did he know how many other male students, no, male heroes would kill to be his position? He was the luckiest man in the world at this current moment.

Sure, some other female Pro Heroes had good looks, and good bodies. Example being Mt Lady, she was quite the looker, Mineta would give her that. But Midnight was older than the giantess Heroine. And in some situations, younger, was not always better. The difference in age between the two heroines clearly showed. Midnight's breasts and thighs were noticeably larger than Mt Lady's. She seemed to be aging rather well.

And in his defense, he wasn't the only one who thought that. Hell, even in America, one of the things that younger men sought after most was older women. What did they call them again? Mirfs? Mifs? Either way, his point still stood. If they took care of themselves, women would age like wine.

Very, very, fine wine. Especially women like Midnight.

But that brought back what was probably the most horrifying part. For Sero was unconscious for the whole experience. He wouldn't remember any of it. Sero was unfortunately out like a light by the time his head made contact with Midnight's chest.

Mineta felt pretty bad for him, how could fate be so cruel to poor Sero? If Mineta had a hat, he'd take it off in respect for the poor tape boy. Mineta settled for giving a salute in respect before turning and running to hide behind his rock.

If this would work, he'd never let Sero or Midnight hear the end of it. He smiled deviously.

Midnight, who still currently had Sero's head in her lap, was pondering thoughtfully. She had hesitated to chase after the grape boy after hearing him taunting Sero. Had he tricked Sero into being the bait for him to succeed? That was rather unexpected, especially from someone like Mineta. His disrespectful behavior had given her pause before she was going to chase him.

That's a low move, Midnight thought. Not very heroic of him. It was a move completely out of character for the grape haired boy to pull. It went against everything she knew about Mineta. She read the reports the police had given UA after long hours of questioning each student individually about what their points of view were on the USJ attack.

A certain frog girl had been completely fine with informing them how Mineta cried on the boat shortly after they realized they were surrounded by villains. Being brave or clever definitely wasn't one of Mineta's strengths.

But back to the topic of Mineta, did he perhaps expect for her to sit there while he snuck around to the exit? So much for clever being "not one of his strong suits."

Fat chance.She thought as she stood up after gently setting Sero's head on the ground. Sero was still peacefully snoozing thanks to her quirk. Midnight huffed as she started walking in the direction the boy ran. It appeared that she had to hunt him down.

After walking for a minute or two, she came into a large open area. Big rocks were everywhere, a perfect place to hide. She'd have to look carefully, if she didn't Mineta would sneak right by her. Midnight would have kept walking in the same direction, if she didn't spot a certain strange shape in the corner of her eyesight.

The shape happened to be four round shapes sticking out from a rather decently sized boulder. But those weren't part of the boulder. They were too perfectly round. Almost like...

Grapes.

Her mouth curved upwards. Found you.

As Midnight felt her sadistic side slightly come out, as she pulled out her whip as she tauntingly called out to him. "Why are you hiding Grape Juice?" Midnight said as she whipped the rock near her target. She slowly sauntered towards the rocks, a normally saucy grin turning into a sadistic smile. She could afford to be cocky.

However, there was no response. No sound came from the rock. Was the boy petrified with fear so much that he couldn't even speak? Well, that made her job easier, and she was alright with an easy win. It would be Sero and Mineta's loss, both figuratively, and literally.

She lifted a section of her costume open, unleashing Somnabulist everywhere, over the rock and where Mineta currently stood. She knew it was over. Mineta was about to be out cold. Maybe he'd succeed next time, maybe not.

Game Over Grape Juice.

But instead of toppling over, the grape protrusions still were in the same place. No movement of any kind, the round protrusions not moving at all.

The female Pro Hero frowned. Perhaps Mineta holding his breath? Looks like the whip would have to do the job. A good lash to the stomach would knock the air out of him, and that would definitely force him to breathe in subconsciously.

She slowly approached the rock, ready to lash any unfortunate students that she saw. She peeked around the side of the rock to see?

Nothing.

Wait, nothing?

She did a double take, and saw what Mineta had done. Four of Mineta's sticky grapes were stuck to the top of the rock. They were put there in such a perfect way, that if you were approaching from the opposite side, it would look like his the grapes that were always growing back on the top of his head.

She noticing strange engravings to her left and she looked down on the ground to see words drawn in the gravel, large and plain for her to see.

GOOD JOB!

And by the message was a hastily scribbled smiley face giving a thumbs up, with his footprints leading away from the writing he left her. Mineta had intended for her to follow his trail. He had planned this!

That son of a...

Click

Midnight felt a new pressure on her wrist, and she looked down to see a new yellow object tightly wrapped around her hand.

Cuffs?

"Team Mineta and Sero have passed!"

She turned around to see that her Mineta, who had wrapped Sero's tape around his face, had promptly slapped the cuffs on her wrist. He stared at her with his hands on his hips, and had raised eyebrows, his expression screaming: "Really?"

"You..." She looked back at the grapes he placed on the rock, then back at him. "You sly devil."

Mineta just shrugged and ripped the tape off to breathe. "I suppose I am pretty smart, aren't I?" Mineta said as he inhaled deeply, savoring the oxygen. He looked back towards the exit. "I'm gonna go wake Sero." And he turned and walked away, leaving Midnight to shoot him a dirty look as he walked away, a smug look once more plastered on his face.

Eat it Kaminari. Eat it Mina. You failed horribly, and I succeeded. Good job, morons.

5 Minutes ago

Specator Room POV:

"Is he waving?" Midoriya wondered out loud. He and his classmates looked on in curiosity at Mineta's smug expression, shouting something at Sero that they couldn't hear from there. They were surprised to see Midnight ambush the two students, only for Sero to use his tape to throw Mineta through the air. Then Mineta began yelling at Sero while he waved his hands, but since they couldn't see Sero's expression thanks to the visor on his helmet, so they couldn't tell what his reaction was.

Iida put a hand to his chin thoughtfully as he looked at the screen. "But why does he have that smug look? He's gone even farther from the exit!"

Uraraka scratched an itch on her cheek as she frowned. "Maybe he's planning to draw Midnight away from the exit?" It seemed like a decent plan, at least to her. If Mineta knew what he was doing, maybe it would work.

Yaoyorozu however, couldn't say what she thought Mineta was trying to do. But she noticed something the others didn't catch on to yet. She put the pieces together. Mineta purposely looking the other way, Sero throwing up. Mineta with that smug look as he mockingly waved at Sero...

She frowned at the screen showing the grape haired boy."I believe Mineta intended to use Sero as bait." Yaoyorozu said, gaining her shocked looks from her classmates. Midoriya had a look of confusion on his freckled face. Iida's eyebrow was raised up, not in a doubting matter though, more of genuine curiosity. Tsuyu's face was blank as ever, which wasn't really surprising to anyone.

"Are you saying that Mineta tricked Sero to take the hit?" Tsuyu said thoughtfully with her head tilted. "Ribbit."

Yaoyorozu nodded as she kept her eyes glued to the screen. "One of the camera showed Mineta's face before Midnight showed herself to attack, and Mineta seemed to be almost looking out of the corner of his eyes where Midnight was. It was almost like..."

"He knew she'd come from there," Tsuyu finished. It wouldn't be the first time Mineta had seemingly known something that he shouldn't have. She refrained from saying her suspicions out loud though, but she was going to keep an eye on Mineta for sure.

Midoriya's face was wrinkled in confusion. What he wanted to know was how would have Mineta known that Midnight would be there? He was pretty sure the grape head didn't have super hearing as a second quirk.

They watched as Mineta landed on the ground and started running away from Midnight, and hid behind a rock, while Midnight currently had Sero's head in her lap. She appeared to be deep in thought as her hand was on Sero's head.

"What's Mineta going to do now?" Midoriya wondered out loud. What could he do in reality? Midoriya knew well that Mineta wasn't exactly packing muscle or close combat expertise, so Mineta rushing Midnight seemed unlikely. What was he planning?

His question seemed to be about to be answered as they watched Mineta take off four grapes, and placed them on top of the rock, where they were lined up strikingly similar to the way the grapes on Mineta's head were. If you had been on the opposite side you'd think it was Mineta's own head.

"Is he going to bait her?" Iida said as looked back at Tsuyu expectantly. The frog girl seemed to have a good idea what Mineta was going to do so far, maybe she'd know now?

"It appears he's going to attempt to trick her into coming over there," Tsuyu said as she put her finger on her chin.

After placing his grapes, Mineta crouched down to the ground, and suddenly started to...

"Is he drawing in the gravel?" Midoriya said in disbelief. He knew that Mineta could be childish sometimes, given his age, but drawing in the sand? Really? The grape boy was taking an exam, and his opponent was a freaking Pro Hero. Why would he take the time to doodle now?

Indeed, the grape boy had began writing words in the grave, and drew a smile and thumbs up after. He took a second to admire his work, and walked off.

"It says..." Iida squinted to read the hastily written message that Mineta drew into the gravel.

"Good job?" Midoriya echoed. "What does he mean by that? Is he congratulating himself?" The broccoli boy said, his mouth in an "O" shape. Mineta was known to be cocky, but him having to congratulate himself...self esteem issues?

Iida narrowed his eyes. "I believe the message is for Midnight herself. It only makes sense. He's leaving his grapes there to bait her, so it also must be for her."

"Good job." Yaoyorozu repeated. She almost seemed to be glaring at the screen displaying Mineta. "That is very disrespectful."

Tsuyu's eye brow raised, just a little. "He's seems to be rather confident that he can win."

Even with the blatant show of disrespect to the Pro Hero, Midoriya still hoped that somehow Mineta would pass his exam. Sure his attitude was not the best thing right now, but UA was a dream come true. Midoriya himself forgot how many kids applied for UA, and failed. Some kids would be enraged that a kid like Mineta got into the top class, and they didn't.

Luck seemed to favor the boy in question, and he managed sneak around to another rock as Midnight approached. He wrapped Sero's tape around his face to counter Midnight's Somnabulist.

Midnight approached the decoy with her whip raised, and Mineta crept behind her, and slapped the cuffs on her, much to the Pro Hero's shock.

"It worked!" Midoriya cheered. He was surprised himself that Mineta had passed. He glanced down, feeling a bit down. He doubted Mineta because of how he was acting earlier the previous week, but Mineta managed to outsmart Midnight.

"I didn't expect that to work in his favor!" Iida said, though he also had a grin on his face now.

"Huh." was all Yaoyorozu had to say. She was still in shock at Mineta's clever plan actually working. Ever since Mineta changed, she doubted that Mineta could even hold his own. Even if she was a bit glad to see a fellow classmate pass, she wouldn't of minded if he failed. He needed a dose of reality. But it seemed he passed, and she'd give credit for his clever planning.

"Not bad, ribbit." Tsuyu said in a monotone voice.

Recovery Girl also had a smile on her face. Even if the boy had some issues, she was still glad to see another student pass the practical. Seeing her students succeed, it made her feel good about their future as heroes.

Ok, I'm gonna be honest. I'm very proud of this rewrite right here. 3-4 days of painful deleting and changing, I managed to change a 3 page chapter that looked like a play script into more than 6 whole pages! I feel really good about this chapter. And I hope you guys enjoyed it as well! As always, if you enjoyed this chapter, please Review/Follow/Fav! See you next time!