And we have made it! The end of the final exams arc as this chapter will be a long one, like over 13K long strap in, you're in for a long read. As we must all have been waiting for, this chapter will have the entire match of All Might and Nejire vs the students in all its splendid glory. Before we get into it, I would like to thank everyone that had read my work as having over 1,200 people who have 'favorited' my work and over 1,400 more who are actively following it make this all the more fulfilling.
Chapter 37: You call it chicken, I call it Tengu Karura!
(Previously)
"Good Luck!" Uraraka cheered for her friend. Now that it was the last test of the day, just about the entire class had decided to watch it, including those who had taken some type of damage, reasoning that one didn't get to see All Might in action all that often.
"We're gonna need it." Sero moaned as he reached for his helmet. Having taken it off some time ago.
"Yeah, no way we're walking out of this without some bruising and possible broken bones." Midoriya said as he checked himself and saw that everyone was where it should be.
"Thanks, that's what I wanted to hear." Ashido looked like she was walking towards her room after being grounded. Midoriya throwing that comment around didn't help the mood.
"It's the truth, ain't it?" Bakugo said he knew that this would hurt but who would think otherwise? They were up against All Might and some 3rd-year big shot, win or lose, this will be painful.
"Hey kid," Power Loader called out to them as they reached the door. "I hope your new gear works." He finished, referring to the secret weapon that Midoriya had insisted was worth its weight in gold for them. He didn't give any details, only saying he'll tell the rest of them on route but whatever it was, he promised it was awesome.
"Thanks, I never had time to test it so this will be its debut." Midoriya replied to their teacher.
"What new gear? You're wearing the same stuff you wore during the USJ attack." Sato, who had his mask off, pointed out as the dude was wearing a version of the model he built around the time of the USJ.
"Oh, you noticed? Well, I had to prioritize another project and I didn't have the time to finish the Mk X in time, forcing me to just rebuild an older model" This was all the boy offered before he and his team walked out. They didn't know what to expect but they did know one thing.
This will be one match to remember.
(And now)
"Hear, take these." Midoriya said as he took out some small devices from one of the pouches on his utility belt.
"Earbuds?" Ashido asked as she took one of them and inspected it as they walked towards their exam stage. When she studied the thing, they kinda reminded her of wireless earphones.
"Yep, this way we can keep in contact without having to scream and give away our plans and stuff." Midoriya explained as he didn't need to wear one as his helmet had a speaker and earbuds built into it.
"Great idea. It'll make things so much easier." Sero thanked him as the rest of them took one and placed them in their ears, finding that they fit quite nicely in so they wouldn't have to worry about them falling out. At that same time, they had just reached the gate leading into the stage which even from a far, they could tell was a replica of a standard urban business district.
"You all remember the plans?" Midoriya asked them all as the doors opened for them.
"Yeah, first try and scout their abilities then take out Hado since chances are, she's the weaker of the two." Ashido replied as they had been sure to make sure everyone understood their three plans and what each entailed.
"There is no chance, she is the weaker one. No way in hell All Might is weaker." Bakugo said with a gruff as he was the first to walk in, leaving the rest to follow after him.
"(Kero)I wouldn't be so sure, remember, she didn't put on of those weights but All Might did." Asui noted as she didn't recall seeing the third teat wear any sort of weight or limiter.
"Like that's gonna be a real handicap for him." Bakugo shot back as he didn't think for one second that those weights would mean much to the man he had been training and working to surpass his whole life.
"Either way, we need to take out Hado for any of our plans to work. Even with my little surprise, it'll be a hell of a lot easier if she hasn't in the equation anymore." Midoriya jumped in before an argument could start up.
"Yeah, about that. You sure that thing is ready for combat? You said it yourself that this will be its first real test." Sero asked him as the dude admitted that their last resort was a gamble as it could easily fail.
"I can't say as all prototypes are bound to have bugs or design flaws but we shouldn't have anything to worry about. It'll do what we need it to." Midoriya replied as he already thought about it and came to the conclusion that they'll just have to hope it worked, not that he'll tell them that.
"Let's get this show on the road." Bakugo told them all with one of his glares as they all noted that the entrance behind them was closing up, sealing them in with just the one exit to escape.
"Remember, help each other. Don't go in alone and don't go in half-cocked, Bakugo." Midoriya reminded them though he kept his gaze on a certain blonde when he said it as he put his helmet on, same as Sero.
"Fuck you." Bakugo glared at him as he flipped the bird at him.
"I'm not gay or interested in you," Midoriya countered, his helmet firmly in place before he added in. "Your mom on the other hand." He took that job but before Bakugo could jump and maul him like an enraged wolverine, they all heard the siren go off.
"Eighth match: Midoriya; Asui; Ashido; Sero; Bakugo. Ready, Go!" The automated announcer called as their 30 minutes officially started.
"Oops, looks like you're gonna have to kill me later. Green day!" Midoriya joked as he called out his drone from his pack. "Scout the area in front of us." He instructed it as it quickly took off ahead of them, flying up to a relatively low attitude of only 70m to get a bird's eye view of it all.
"Alright, let's roll!" Ashido cheered to try and get them pumped as she tried to head off with a skip but found herself being stopped by Asui's tongue wrapping around her.
"(Kero) We have to be cautious about this." Asui reminded the girl as she retracted her tongue back into her mouth, leaving Ashido to nod to her as they started to move forward as a group.
"I still can't believe the plan we're using. It's for pussies." Bakugo complained as he didn't like that their plans didn't call for a frontal assault in any way.
"Bakugo, our goal isn't to outpower them but to outsmart them. Remember, you and I both know that All Might alone has enough power to waste us if he wanted to. He's the one holding back." Midoriya stated as he, more than the rest of them, know just how dangerous All Might could be from years of watching and analyzing his speed, strength, combat skill, endurance, etc. It wouldn't be lying if he told you that the man could move at the speed of a fighter jet, hit harder than a tank and tank blows capable of taking out bomb-resistant bunkers. As it stood, none of them had anything that had a 100 or even a 70% chance of beating him in a straight-up fight.
"Yeah, remember what happened to Kirishima and Sato when they tried to out-power Cementoss. Nay man, we gotta be smart about this, that's how everyone else passed." Sero stated as they all winced in sympathy, or pity in Bakugo's case, for their classmates who got creamed.
"My thoughts exactly." Asui said, being the third person to side against Bakugo's wishes.
"Don't worry buddy, we'll do your plan next time." Ashido said to her friend, or squad-mate as she jumped ahead to stand next to Bakugo before looking back to Izuku. "Anything?"
"Nothing so far, but the next 200m are clear." Midoriya replied as he hadn't picked up any image or heat pattern that could be either of their proctors. But unknown to him as that one of them hadn't been in front of them but rather had been lying in wait on top of the first buildings they passed. Green-Day hadn't seen her as it had flown straight ahead. This meant that they had no idea that they were the ones being tracked.
(With a certain 3rd year)
'Oh, he had a drone! I didn't know that! Does he have a license for it? How far can it fly?' Nejire thought to herself as she had all these questions about it going through her head but she stopped herself from going too far as she tapped her com-link. "All Might sensei!" She whispered cheerfully as she started to hover using her quirk, slowly and quietly taking to the air far above and slightly behind the five students.
"Why are you whispering, they can't hear us." All Might asked her from his hidden position in the lobby of an office building. He had wanted to start in the middle of the street but thought otherwise when he took into account the fact this exam was different from the others.
"I just wanted to. Anyway, they're heading right for you. I don't think they know I'm here yet." Nejire-Chan reported in as she kept her curious eyes on them. They seemed to be in a discussion but she was too far up to hear anything.
"Is that right? Well then. Get ready to move." All Might chuckled as he got ready to move. He had thankful that Nezu had scheduled for 1-B's practical exams to be the next day since he had saved up his strength for this. Which meant that he was bringing all he could, within reason, to the table
"Yes sir." Nejire-Chan chirped as she cut the line and got ready.
(Back with the group)
"Hold up, I got something, straight ahead." Midoriya came to a stop as Green day picked up movement.
"What is it?" Asui asked him as the entire group paused as they waited for more information. Sadly for them, before Green day could identity All Might for what he was, he had already stepped into the middle of the street and pulled one of his fists back.
"It-" Midoriya tried to warn them when Green day sent in the info but it was too late. At that moment, they found themselves hammered up an explosive force of wind so strong that not only did it knocked them all off their feet, forcing Izuku to activate his wings and grab onto the two closest people to him, those being Asui and Sero to keep them from being blown away but every window on the buildings shattered, the very road itself was uprooted as the tar paving was blasted apart, leaving only the uneven brown dirt that laid underneath.
'S-such power!' Even if he suspected he had this kind of strength, Midoriya still found himself awed by such rare destructive strength.
"What the fuck!" Bakugo yelled as he picked himself up.
"Is everyone good?" Midoriya as he put Sero and Asui down, getting a quick thanks from the two of them.
"Define good!" Ashido said with some fear in her tone as she got back up. She didn't think All Might could do that, his quirk had nothing to do with wind blast! Was he just that strong?!
"Arg, my ears are still ringing." Sero said as he could feel that even through his helmet.
"Fucker doesn't hold back, does he." Bakugo muttered as he got back up and faced the direction the attack came from. They all knew who was coming for them.
"Kero." Asui sounded as they all got ready for a fight as it was clear that All Might knew where they were. No sooner than that, did he come crashing down in front of them so fast that they barely noticed him jumping in.
CRASH!
"What's wrong heroes?" They heard the man who had given so much hope asked them, only now that tone that was normally filled with hope and fearlessness was now one of mocking. As the smoke from his impact cleared, they saw All Might stand to his full height as he looked down on them. "Can't handle a little push?" He taunted them with one of his electric blue eyes gazing down on them, they wouldn't lie but they felt like his gaze was piercing every one of them, sending a jolt of fear through their system.
"How did he?" Sero tried backing up a bit as they didn't think he could move that fast.
"As a courtesy, I'll give you some advice. As villains, we don't have to worry about collateral damage. Meaning we can fight without worry while you have to." All Might informed them, giving them a reason they had never seen him pull stunts like his air punch in actual combat. It also made them slightly weak in the knees when they all collectively realized that this meant he didn't have to worry too much as he normally would, which will no doubt make things that much harder for them. And things weren't getting much easier for them as from their rear, Nejire-Chan fired off a small but notable blast of wave energy, it didn't hit them but it showed them that they were cornered with All Might to the front, Nejire-Chan to their rear and buildings boxing them into their sides.
"Hi! Sorry heroes but we gonna beat you into the ground!" Nejire-Chan cheered as she stayed in her position hovering over them.
"Even when she's threatening to beat the crap outta us, she's cute as button." Sero couldn't help but point as only Bakugo didn't agree with that sentiment, though they had bigger concerns as Asui and Midoriya turned to face Nejire-Chan while Ashido, Sero, and Bakugo kept eyes on All Might, who thankfully, was waiting on someone else to make the first move.
"So what now, deku?" Bakugo asked as he got ready for what would probably be the fight of his life.
"Plan A!" Midoriya yelled out as he charged Nejire-Chan, Asui close behind him as they started to try and move her away from All Might and fight her in a two on one. This meant they only three of the starting five remained to face the number one.
"Three against one," All Might noted with a smirk. "Don't you think we'll need a few more?" He asked as he got ready to fight, though he didn't think any of them could give him one.
"Screw you!" Bakugo yelled as he pulled his arms back with his palms facing backyards, before firing off a dual explosion to propel him towards All Might, his palms ready to fire off as many blasts as needed o win.
"Oh man, I hate that we got the big guy." Sero said as he and Ashido followed suit to try and keep All Might on his toes with their numbers.
(With Midoriya and Asui)
"Damn, she's fast." Midoriya said as he and Nejire-Chan flew around the air, keeping up a rather fast pace as he tried to tag her with his SMGs but she proved agile enough to avoid each shot like they were nothing.
"You're not the first guy to try to use guns on me! That won't work!" Nejire-Chan laughed as she fired off one of her waves towards him, the wave itself wasn't very fast so he was able to dodge it well enough. That being said, he suspected that the waves sacrificed speed for power and wisely opted to not allow them to hit home.
'The waves are slow-moving but they sure pack a punch.' Midoriya observed as he saw as they impacted a building and shattered the window and cracked the wall a bit. 'How she is generating them? If I can find that out, I can take on much more effectively!' He was in a bind and she knew it. He didn't have any clue on where and how she was making this, having been unable to find any good information about her quirk. The only thing he could do was to try and exhaust her, if they could keep her fighting long enough, perhaps she'll tire which would make their battle against her so much easier.
"Oh, you sure can jump! You like a frog." Nejire-Chan said as she turned her attention to Asui when she tried to grab her with her tongue. The attack failed and she returned her action with her wave which forced the frog girl to jump off the rooftop towards another building.
"(Kero) Midoriya, if you can get her fire off me, I'll appreciate it." Asui said as he found herself playing a dangerous game of leapfrog.
"Don't you think that's what I'm trying? She's not making it easy." Midoriya said as he tried to get closer while firing on her but Nejire-Chan was an expect flyer and proved capable of avoiding him and sending shots down towards Asui.
(With Bakugo, Ashido and Sero)
"Dammit, stay still!" Bakugo yelled as he tied to land what felt like the 30th blast on All Might but the pro once more proved too fast for him to tag as he quickly jumped out of the way.
"I don't think I will." All Might said as he grabbed onto Bakugo and slammed him into the ground hard enough to wind the boy.
"Shit, he got Bakugo!" Sero yelled as he swung around overhead, looking for an opening he could use.
"Go get him, I'll cover you!" Ashido said as she threw two large handfuls of acid towards All Might to try and get him to move but the veteran saw her attack long before it reached him. In response, he waved his hand to the side so fast that the wind generated forced the acid off course where it landed on the pavement.
"You're going to need to do better than that." All Might said as he kept his hold on Bakugo, who was trying to get out of it. He found his chance when Sero managed to wrap his tape around All Might's arms and pulled them back.
"I got it." Sero said but then All Might pulled his hands back with enough force to send Sero flying towards him. "I don't get it!" He was able to save himself from what would have been a painful clothesline but firing off some tape towards a street light and using it as an anchor to pull himself away from danger.
"Come now, surely you can do better!" All Might laughed as he looked down and saw Bakugo was gone.
'Now then, oh?' All Might thought to himself as he looked up, he noted the boy disappearing around a corner. 'Looks he took the chance to escape.' All Might thought to himself as he saw Sero fire off some tape at Ashido and pull her away as the two of them swung off around another corner.
"Come on, we gotta fall back for now." Sero said as they had hoped that splitting up would make things harder for All Might as he couldn't go after a large group.
(With the students)
"Damn, they are not doing well." Kaminari pointed as they saw how much their classmates and friends were struggling to gain any ground. He didn't think he'll ever see Bakugo willingly retreat.
"Can you blame them? They're up against the number one. Even in a three on one, they were out powered." Ojiro said as it was clear from the beginning that fighting All Might was an uphill battle.
"They also need to take out both, or have three members escape but both All Might and Nejire seem to be keeping a close eye on the gate." Yaoyorozu pointed as she picked up on how both proctors didn't let anyone passed them. 'To think, that All Might has this level of power at his disposal. It's frightening.'
"And with that speed of is, if he even spots them near it, they're done." Jiro said as she couldn't see a way for them to just make a break for the exit. He'll catch up with them before they could blink.
"They're in for an uphill battle, that's for sure." Hagakure said as they watched how both Midoriya and Asui seemed to be struggling against Nejire-Chan.
"We all knew that fact before them going in. Still, I have faith that I concocted a suitable stratagem to aid them in this fight." Tokoyami pointed out, having full confidence that his friend will pass this exam….somehow.
"He's right. We have to trust that they will win, just like they trusted us." Uraraka agreed with she took this as a positive thing, none of them had been taken out yet or taken any real damage so that meant they still had a fighting chance.
(Back on the field)
"Why don't I give you some aid, young Nejire!" All Might suggested as he jumped up towards the aerial battle to join.
"Kero!" Asui found herself right in his path and with no way to move out of the way of his prepared fist. She knew there was no way she'll recover from that!
"Look out!" Midoriya came right in the nick of time and grabbed hold of her, using his left-wing as a sort of shield to take the blow. When the hit landed, the wing didn't shatter as All Might expected but it rather bent with the blow as the rest of the energy just knocked them away.
'Damn, he isn't playing around!' Midoriya thought to himself as the force of the blow proved to be strong enough that he was struggling to correct them and land safely.
"I got this." Asui said as she shot her tongue out and used a nearby flagpole as a hold to help Midoriya slow them down so when they came down, it was hard landing but nothing too serious.
"Thanks. Well, this is turning out as difficult as I thought it would be." Asui said as she retracted her tongue back into her mouth. They both looked up and saw that All Might had landed on a building and was looking down on them while Nejire-Chan kept up her smile as she hovered.
"Yeah but so far, none of us have been taken out so we still have a fighting chance." Asui said as they hadn't lost yet, though victory will be costly if things don't change and change soon.
"Yeah, looks like Plan A has done its job." Midoriya guessed as they both kept their eyes on their targets. "Guys, can you hear me?"
"Loud and clear, fearless leader. What's up?" Ashido responded, she was most likely still with Sero, which was good.
"Plan A is over, we're switching to Plan B. Sero, Ashido. You know what to do." Midoriya said as he got ready to do his part.
"Got it." Sero responded over their team's line.
"Just make sure you guys don't get caught." Bakugo rudely reminded them from where ever he was.
"We'll be fine. You guys are the ones who should worry about not getting beat." Ashido countered him as they had the arguable easier part of plan B to do.
(In the Monitor room)
"Hold on, when did they get com-links?" Jiro only just noticed that they were small devices to talk with one another. She blamed it on everything else being more important that she didn't pick it up sooner.
"Oh yeah, we didn't get anything like that." Kaminari asked the two present teachers.
"Midoriya gave them to his teammates just before they started. It's a smart play to have something like on hand, you never know when you'll need to work with a group spread across an area." Power Loader stated to the group of students.
"Can you do that, Yaomomo?" Hagakure asked their class vice rep.
"Well yes, I do know how to make them." Yaoyorozu replied as he did know how to make such devices.
"Great, that means whenever we do group exercises, we can keep in touch." Uraraka added in as they kept on watching how things played out.
(Back on the field)
"Alright people, let's move! We got some villains to take down." Midoriya yelled out loud, making a flying dash towards All Might.
"Not the brightest idea to charge a man stronger than you, young Midoriya." All Might easily jumped out of the way of the attack and launched a concentrated air blast to send his pupil flying.
"Who said I was the attacker?" Though it seemed that Midoriya wasn't all that upset, rather underneath his helmet he was smirking as his plan had worked perfectly, with himself acting as the distraction, Bakugo had been able to scale the building and get into position to aim one of his gauntlets right at All Might at near point-blank range.
"Eat shit!" Bakugo yelled as he pulled the pin and sent out the full force of the container of his sweet explosive force right towards All Might.
BOOM
"How you like that, number one?" Bakugo yelled into the smoke as he saw that All Might had been knocked back by the blast, sending him back down to street level.
"Who said you can do that?" Nejire-Chan tried to intercept and take him out but when she fired off one of her waves towards the blonde bomber, Midoriya moved to defend him.
"Oh no, you don't!" Midoriya said as he did an aerial kick to fire off a shockwave in the hopes of beating back Nejire-Chan's attack. The two waves struck each other midway between the two of them and after a couple of seconds, they canceled the other out. 'They cancel each other out, interesting.' Midoriya observed as he told himself to remember that for later. "Guys, I'm leaving All Might to you, I got Nejire." He said as he flew even higher to engage her again.
"(Kero) Don't take too long." Asui confirmed for him as she and Bakugo had their hands tied with All Might down on the ground.
"I didn't know you could cancel out my waves like that!" Nejire-Chan cheered as she didn't know his waves could mess with her waves. And he can fly, oh, he'll be the perfect training partner!
"Neither did I, but it makes things easier!" Midoriya replied as they found themselves in another heated battle where they both fired off their attacks, only now Midoriya added more power to his own, and to his relief, he saw that his cut right on through Nejire'Chan's, forcing her to dodge. "Yeah, looks like I got more power."
"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure!" Nejire Chan smiled at him as she started talking to herself, too softly for Midoriya to hear her. "Full charge, output level 20." Once she was finished, the waves her feet and hands were releasing that were keeping her afloat suddenly doubled as she closed the distance between them faster than he expected.
'What the-!' Midoriya found himself shocked that she crossed that distance so quickly, was she holding back this whole time? 'She doubled her speed!' he didn't get much time to ponder it as she was able to land a powerful wave blast right at his face, sending back quite the distance.
"Hey, don't lose faith, hero." Nejire-Chan said, now sounding like one of those yandere-style villains which got under his skin. "I want to have as much fun as I can." She finished as she raced after him, now moving at a much higher speed.
"You can't hit what you can't see!" Meanwhile, back on the ground, Bakugo and Asui were having some success against All Might as Bakugo's attacks were kicking up a lot of dust and smoke, making it very hard for the number one to know where he was. It was made even harder as whenever he got close to the boy, he was pulled away by Asui who was acting as a fisherman with a tongue as the line.
'I wish he could be careful with those blasts, but they're doing the job.' Asui thought to herself as she could feel the vibrations from whenever Bakugo fired off an explosion traveling up her tongue. It was an odd sensation.
'I can't tell where young Asui is with this smoke and dust, but she's the one moving young Bakugo around.' All Might deduced as he stopped attacking and quickly brought both arms out, preparing to clear away the smoke cover they had going for them. 'I need to take her out.'
"Let's get rid of this dust, shall we?" All Might said as he performed a mighty clap which was so powerful, it clear away the dust and smoke and rattles the window and door frames of the nearby buildings. "There you are." His eye fell on the frog girl as she hadn't moved this entire time.
"Hey, I'm not finished with you, asshole!" Bakugo was able to draw his attention as he fired off two large blasts towards All Might and though they didn't do anything, it gave Asui enough time to cloak and silently move away.
"Thanks, Bakugo." Asui said over the coms as she moved away from there.
"Just get out of here, we both know that I can take more damage than you." Bakugo said as found that he could barely keep up with All Might and his attacks. Now he had to use his explosions for evasions rather than attack.
"You know," Asui started as if it just came to her. "You can be sweet when you want to be."
"Stop talking and focus!" Bakugo yelled back, feeling angrier than usual at that little taunt….was it a taunt? He'll think about it later when he isn't in danger of being smashed into the ground!
'Dammit, I can't seem to close the distance.' Midoriya was having his issues with Nejire-Chan as now that she was moving faster, her superior agility was coming into play as she could fly and dance around any ranged attack he threw at her. 'And she can handle everything that I can throw at her from range.'
'I hope those two are doing alright. We can't keep this up by ourselves.' Midoriya spared Bakugo a single glance and saw that Asui had re-joined the fight alongside him. That was good, when he focused back on his problems, he noticed coming in from behind Nejire-Chan, Greenday was heading towards them.
'Green day!' he had completely forgotten about that drone of his but now that it's where it was, he could see a plan forming in his head. "I can use this." He said to himself as he switched his spear to its hammer form.
"Hey villain, I gotta know, why are you two tearing up the financial district? Lost some cash recently?" He asked her to see how she'll respond. If he was lucky, she'll be distracted by their conversation.
"Don't know, Eraser-sensei just said to came here. He can be really scary when he's mad." Nejire-Chan said honestly, she had wanted to go to the forest zone but Eraser wasn't pleased with that.
Not at all.
'Oh, course she isn't playing along with this!' Midoriya thought to himself but their conversation had served its purpose. Green Day was in position.
"Now!" He yelled as Nejire-Chan finally picked up the buzz of the drone approaching from behind. When she turned to face it, she saw that the little thing was too close to blast it away, forcing her to dodge by flying up.
"Wipe open!" But this left her open for Midoriya to try and bring his hammer right on top of her and take her out. But he didn't account for the fact that as a 3rd year, she had much….much more experience than he did and she was able to counter it by instinctively firing a blast of her waves towards the hammer with one hand while she lowered the power of the ones firing from her feet, this meant that while she was going down. It wasn't because of damage.
"Oh, that was good. I see that coming!" Nejire-Chan said with a smile as she could imagine how he must be surprised that she caught on to his little stunt.
'What, she grabbed it!?' Midoriya thought to himself before he felt her grip the actual hammer itself and bring him close to her, his face right next to hers as she looked into his covered eyes with childish joy in her own.
"But that won't work on me." She finished as he could pick up that her waves were increasing in power. He tried to break off but she proved to have quite the grip as he couldn't force his hammer out of her hand.
"Crap, you got a strong grip!" Midoriya said out loud as he quickly thought about leaving the tool but then Nejire-Chan stunned him by firing a low power blast right into his unprotected armpit. It didn't break anything but the pain and unexpected nature of it gave her enough time to swirl them around so he was the one facing the ground, or more accurately, an 8 story building.
"Full charge, output level 25." Nejire-Chan said to herself she let go of his hammer only to bring both hands aimed right for him, swirls of yellow energy were building onto what was sure to be the largest blast yet.
"Oh no." As he was still shocked by this, the only thing Midoriya could do was react in the same way as a certain white and soft robot would when faced with a difficult spot.
"Spiralling Surge—" Nejire said before she fired off large, twin blasts of her wave energy, right towards Midoriya who could nothing but bring up his arms and wings to try and defend himself from the attack. "Gring Wave!" A lot of good that did as it still smashed into him with enough force that he crashed through the roof of the building he was above.
BOOM!
(In the monitor room)
"Holy cow, she blasted him into a building!" Mineta yelled out in disbelief.
"That's what you're shocked about, she was able to grab his hammer before it hit her. That takes serious strength." Sato said as he had spared with the guy and knew that catching his hammer was no small feat.
"So, this is the power and skill of a member of the big three." Uraraka whispered out as she took in everyone she could about Nejire-Chan, from her outfit to her fighting style.
"Is he okay?" Hagakure asked as Midoriya hadn't come out from the hole he made in the building.
"We've seen him take hits, Hagakure. I'm sure he's fine." Kaminari said as they all recalled the festival and the Stain incident, he was positive that their rep was just fine. Though that must have hurt like hell.
"That doesn't mean that that didn't hurt." Kirishima added in.
(Back on the field)
'Oh no, she took out Midoriya!' Asui noticed that their teammate didn't jump back out. Was he out of the fight?
"Fuck, damn Deku! He had to get hit!" Bakugo yelled as he avoided being punched by still got the force of the attack hitting him in the arm.
"Sorry young Asui!" All Might took that as his chance to dash right on past Bakugo, right into Asui's face.
"Kero!" Asui the situation for what it was and tried to avoid the attack but she proved too slow.
"Texas Smash!" All Might yelled out as he fired off one of his power moves. The attack proving strong enough to not just knock Asui off her feet but send her flying off due to the massive winds behind the blow.
"Frog legs!" Bakugo yelled out as he saw his teammate flying further into the staging area. Dammit, it seemed that All Might was at least careful enough to not carelessly send them flying all over the place.
"Looks like it's just me and you, young Bakugo." All Might told him as turned around to face the lone student still in front of him. He didn't give the boy time to think and instead went on the offensive.
"Like I need help, I'll take you down myself!" Bakugo yelled back at him as he brought one of his hands to face the incoming pro.
"Stun Grenade!" He yelled out his attack as he set off a bright but weak explosion in the palm of his hand to blind All Might and force him to stop charging him.
"I won't let you beat her here, All Might. Not when I still have to surpass you!" Bakugo yelled out as he jumped right on in to try to close the gap so that he can lay down the power.
'His voice, it's coming from!' All Might though wasn't being idle as he waited for the ringing to fade from his ears and for his eyes to refocus, he was listening in and could hear that Bakugo was still coming from his front.
"Have some of this!" Bakugo tried to land a blow by found himself caught due to his loud nature as All Might grabbed him by his face and held him there.
"Good enough, but-!" All Might was about to boast as his eyes and ears cleared, leaving him able to fight again but found himself interrupted when Bakugo aimed back hands towards him and fired blast after blast of explosions at his face. They weren't too strong but it still stung enough for him to bring up his other hand to shield himself. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!"
"Let go of my face!" Bakugo yelled out though it was hard to hear him clearly due to his month being covered by his hand. Still, he could feel the spittle on it. Gross.
'This boy sure as tenacity. Normally, if you grabbed someone's face, they'll reflectively try to move your hand.' All Might thought to himself as this wasn't the first time that he had grabbed someone by the face so he would know that. But Bakugo, he didn't go the normal route and instead kept on the offense. 'But the only thing on his mind is defeating me, nothing else.' He finished the thought as he could see the crazy resolve in the boy's eyes.
"No choice…!" Bakugo muttered out angrily as he ceased his attack but kept his hands pointing right towards him so that he could let loose another power move.
"Double Stun Grenade!" He fired off a blast of an even stronger variant of his Stun grenade by using both hands to generate the blast. Once he did so, he felt All Might's grip on his face weaken, allowing him to get himself out of it, and jumped back. "Switch!" Bakugo hated to do it but he had no other option as he yelled that out and quickly used his quick to blast away, leaving All Might seemingly by himself.
"Switch?-Shit." All Might wondered to himself but he found himself blasted by a certain bird-loving boy he knows.
"I'll be your opponent now, All Might." Midoriya, the one who shot him, came rushing in from above. He still had the canon out and targeting him. "Surrender now." Behind him, All Might could make out Bakugo trying to engage Nejire-Chan in combat, so that's what young Bakugo meant when he said switch. Switch opponents.
"Interesting. I didn't think you'll fight me one on one." All Might asked him as he took his the boy's appearance and could make out many scratches, bumps, and little chips in both his amour and his wings.
"It's a hero's job to fight against the odds. So whatya say, feeling lucky?" Midoriya asked him as he unfolded both SMGs and started to fire on the number one, using the fact that he was airborne and had the 'high ground' to his full advantage as All Might has the dodged around the fire from his cannon and his SMGs.
"Alright Wave girl, I'm the guy to gonna take you out." Bakugo called out as he landed on a building facing the floating girl.
"It's not 'wave girl', it's Nejire-chan!" Nejire-Chan corrected him with a pout. Not that he cared.
"Really, that's your hero name?" Bakugo asked her with a raised eyebrow. When she enthusiastically nodded her head in confirmation, he scoffed at her. "And I thought Deku was uncreative." He dismissed in. at the same time, he found that he had avoided being hit by a wave blast from the now pouting 3rd year.
"Hey, it's cute!" Nejire-Chan defended her choice in-hero names as she kept up the pressure on the blonde, not giving him an inch to counter her offensive.
(In the monitor room)
"That was a smart move on their part, switching opponents like that." Yaoyorozu praised the two of them as they now found themselves against the odds but having better luck than they were before.
"Is it just me, or is it weird that we haven't heard from Sero and Ashido in a while?" Todoroki asked as they hadn't seen the two of them in a while.
"Your right. Where are they?" Jiro asked as she searched the screens for a sign of pink hair or tape but couldn't see a thing. Where were they?
"Are they making a break for the exit?" Shoji asked as it seemed like a good idea, have two members split and then have the third make a break for it while two stayed behind to keep All Might and Nejire-Chan busy.
"Maybe, then they'll just need one more person to escape for them to pass." Jiro answered as they didn't see anybody near the exit, the fighting had mostly stayed in the middle of the stage itself.
"It can't be Asui, she's making her way back towards the fight, I think." Sato said as he picked up the frog girl making her way back towards Bakugo, which meant she was heading towards Nejire-chan to try and assist in the fight.
"She went invisible again. It's so cool that she can turn it on and off." Hagakure felt so jealous that their calm and collected classmate had the option to turn off her invisibility while she's here stuck like this.
"You shouldn't look down on your abilities but use this as a chance to learn and grow!" Nezu told the girl as he and the other proctors ended through the main door. Their presence surprising the students who didn't think they'll come.
"Principal Nezu?" Koda said softly as he took in the sight of their cheerful(if not demented) principal riding on Aizawa's shoulder. "Wait, why are you all here?"
"Why to spectate as well of course. This is the only room which cameras watching all the combat zones." Cementoss told them as they had to finish something quickly before they arrived here.
"Since this is the last match for the day, we thought it wouldn't do any harm to observe how the last group fares." Snipe added into that as they could wait till later to go over everyone's performance in detail to properly grade them.
"I see that they haven't been defeated yet. That's something." Aizawa didn't answer their question as his attention was fixed squarely on the screens where he saw two of his best holding their own, if only barely. He noted that three of them were absent but he chose not to comment on that just yet.
"Oh come on, grumpy pants. Bakugo is showing himself to have quite the fiery determination." Midnight nudged her old friend's side as they saw Midoriya fire off some missiles at All Might, none of which hit their mark but they kept the man back. "Of if only his attitude was better, the girls will never go for someone with such a fowl demeanor." She said, referring to how well Bakugo was doing against Nejire-chan.
"They seem to be quite aware of their situation. Have they been keeping the fighting to that area?" Thirteen asked Power Loader.
"Well yes, they have." Power Loader replied to him, confirming her suspicions on things.
"I'm just spit-balling here but I'm guessing that the street was damaged by All Might. They're trying to keep collateral down by keeping him and the fight contained." Snipe guessed as he also picked up on the fact that for the most part, the stage is in a pretty good condition.
"Oh, that's pretty smart." Uraraka said as she realized that was a good point. Sure it was an exam but they could still be graded on that as well.
"No kidding, All Might has enough power to demolish that entire zone if he wanted to." Present Mic joked, getting some chuckles from the students and concerns looks from others.
'Oh, you have no idea.' Both Recovery Girl and Nezu thought to themselves as they both had seen the aftermath of his face-off against All for One five years ago. Nothing but devastation for as far as the eye could see.
(Back on the field)
"Falcon Striker!" Midoriya called out his power move as he fired off a full-powered blast from both cannons towards All Might, who managed to dodge out of the way this time around.
"I missed?" Midoriya asked himself as he flew higher to try and get more distance but All Might was able to easily close that distance before he could do anything.
"Oh yes, you did!" All Might said as he tagged him with a wicked punch right to the face which almost shattered his helmet, leaving it with cracks and missing pieces so large, you could make our his eyes through one of the holes and part of his mouth through the other.
"Crap!" He cursed as he used some shockwaves to cushion him from crushing into another building as he leveled out and fired off some more missiles to keep All Might off him, at least for now. "That did some damage, but this armor blend had proven itself in battle already." He said to himself as his armor already was showing signs of being close to its limits, being smashed through a concrete roof didn't do him any favors and even the glancing blows from All Might were starting to take their toll.
"Against that monster, the league used during the USJ incident, yes?" All Might asked as he had heard his musing as he was able to grab one missile and throw it right into another, causing both to explode. Shit, he was running low on those.
"That very one, you're gonna have to hit harder than that if you want to break through." Midoriya bluffed as he wasn't too sure how much more his armor could take.
"Oh believe me," All Might got ready to charge him again, appearing to be playing with the boy. "I can." He finished as he rushed him at speeds that most people couldn't even keep up with but the helmet, though damaged, could and kept its lock on him.
"Like I'll let you!" Midoriya yelled back as he tossed his spear right towards All Might. The man was able to catch the tool and crush it in his one hand but it served its purpose as it gave him time to arm every missile he had left. "Eat missiles!" He finished as he peppered the ruined street with as much firepower as he could, even bringing out his SMGs and laser cannons to keep up the suppressing fire.
"Neko, keep track of his signature." Midoriya instructed his AI as the dust and smoke build-up from his little display made it impossible for him to track him.
"Target locked." Neko replied to him as she tracked All Might using thermal imaging and was able to make out his form in the smoke. He was standing still which meant he was either waiting for the smoke to clear or prepping his counter. But he wasn't going to give him the chance as he lined up his duel cannons right on All Might's centre mass.
"Falcon Striker!" This time round, All Might wasn't able to dodge it and was forced to block it using his massive arms. Midoriya wasn't expecting that to be the end of it but it did make him super happy to see that the force of the attack made All Might skid back like 3m. "Straight and true, baby!" He cheered as he saw the man now watching him warily, which was good as he was performing well enough for the man to not mess around but bad because….the man wouldn't mess around now.
"Guys! We're done here." They all heard Sero call out on their com-link. That alone was enough to make their days as Midoriya breathed out a sign of relief while Bakugo grunted out the line in approval.
"Finally! What took you idiots so long?" Bakugo asked them as he fired off a really big blast towards Nejire-Chan while at the same time, removing one of his bracers and tossing it down towards a smaller building.
"Hey, it was hard you know, Ashido is just about at her limit." Sero said through the line and they could confirm it for themselves as Ashido sounded extremely winded.
"And you, are you okay?" Asui asked them from wherever she was.
"Yeah, I got some steam left in me, but not much." Sero said as he really pushed himself with his quirk but if their plan works, then it'll be worth it.
"Okay, I'll lead him there. Bakugo, keep Nejire of me." Midoriya ordered as he looked towards the exit and how there was a patch about 50m in length of clear ground between the exit and the last building.
"Whatever, what do you think I'm been doing?" Bakugo barked back to him as he kept up the fire against the third year, finding himself pushing his quirk past its normal limit as he used larger and larger blasts to dispel her larger and larger wave blasts. It also didn't help that he also had to use his blasts to fly around to not just keep up with her but avoid her attacks.
"Come back here, little bird. Is that all you have?" All Might asked as he noticed that Midoriya was deactivating his weapons. Odd, he knew they could take more damage than this, was he trying to make a break for it?
"It's called fighting smart, not hard!" Midoriya taunted him as he turned tail and flew towards the exit at top speed. "Besides, you can't fly, can you?"
"No I can't, but I can beat you in speed!" All Might laughed as he took a running start to quickly found himself catching up with him but seeing how he wished to take him down, he jumped into the air and fired off a special smash. "New Hampshire Smash!" He yelled as he used the force of his attack to blast himself right towards Midoriya who could only look behind him in surprise at the speeding man heading towards him.
"Shit!" Midoriya cursed as All Might impacted with him at speeds that would break most people, once more his costume took the brunt of it but he still felt in on his spine as he was nearly bent like a pretzel.
"You won't be needing this!" All Might said as he gripped his right wings and while they were still falling to earth together, he ripped it clean off, leaving the kid with just one as they crashed down to earth, smack dab in the middle of the space leading towards the exit.
CRASH!
"And so close to the exit too, it was a good performance, young Midoriya. But it looks like this is the end of the line for you." All Might said he got up and looked down on the laid out boy, his armor was nearly destroyed, which included his helmet, he had just one wing and since he used the kid to cushion his fall, as any villain would, his remaining wing was messed up, with feathers missing or bent out of shape. Still, to All Might's confusion, the boy didn't seem like he'll give up, the opposite.
"I wouldn't be too sure." Midoriya chuckled out painfully as that landing hurt, but not enough to get rid of the smile on his face. "You landed right where we wanted you to."
"What are you," All Might started to question him but before he could, he felt the very ground itself shake and crumble beneath. "What's happening?"
"You know, you should be careful about where you land. You never know when it could be unstable ground." Midoriya said as he stayed on the ground, under All Might's boot. This would normally be bad for anyone but it gave him the finish change to erect his part in the plan. Before the number one could react to him, his arm shot out and gripped at his leg, as soon as he made contact, he activated his seldom used but very effective shocking grip, sending tens of thousands of volts of electricity through All Might's body.
"Arg!" All Might as he resisted falling to the ground in muscle spasm for losing complete control over his muscles as if he did, then he'll revert to his skinny form, it still hurt as could only watch as Midoriya locked the gauntlet to his leg and removed it, leaving it there to keep him in place as he worked himself back up to his feet, swaying a bit but otherwise still good.
"Bet you forgot about this one, didn't you?" Midoriya asked as it had been a while since he used that little trick. Now since the battle trial on the second day of school. Too bad for All Might as he had purposely set it to full power which meant it had around another 20 seconds before the backup battery in the gauntlet died. "Even you are susceptible to a high-powered electric shock!" He bragged, feeling like he just outsmarted a God.
"B-But how?" All Might asked him as he hadn't had to deal with this in so long. Even now the ground around them was failing under its weight as more cracks started forming, joining up with others and ripping the ground apart as some bits and pieces started to fall into whatever was underneath them.
"Can't explain, All Might, no time. Also sorry for this too." Midoriya said with an honest look of remorse in his eyes as he prepared to kick him, All Might didn't know why he had that as this was an exam. He wasn't going to hold it against him if shocked him-OH, MY GOD! THE LITTLE SHIT WENT FOR MY WEAK SPOT!
'He went for my weak spot!' All Might screamed in his head in pain as Midoriya withdrew his foot from the area he knew the pro was weakest. He didn't give himself any time to second guess it as he then spun round and brought his foot down on the ground while firing off a shockwave, destroying any remaining stability the floor under them had left.
BOOM
CRAC-CRA-CRACK-BOOM!
"This should do it!" Midoriya said to himself as they found themselves standing on collapsing rock and pavement. "Gotta fly!" he yelled out over the collapsing earth as he jumped up and used his jet pack and remaining, damaged wing to fly away from the man-made sinkhole.
"I….I didn't think they'll have such a detailed attack plan." All Might struggled out as he found himself still unable to move with this blasted taser glove still attached to his person. He looked up as the boy as he flew off and couldn't help but want to give the boy a hand for this. 'Young Midoriya certainly knows how to use every bit is the info he has.' He thought to himself as he came crashing down into the hole. Lucky for him, the impact knocked the gauntlet right off him but now he needed information.
'I wonder, when did they have the time to hollow out the ground like this?' He thought to himself as he saw that the hole he was in wasn't one hole but seemed to have been made when many…acid carved tunnels?... tunnels that seemed to have collapsed under the strain. He looked up and saw that it wasn't too deep, only around 15m but he did pick up something on one of the pieces of rock. "This this young Sero's tape?" He asked himself when he noticed that many more had traces of Sero's tape on them.
"This is the end for you, villain!" Sero called out as he jumped out of his hidey-hole and immediately swung into action. Before the surprised and slightly battered All Might could react, he found himself being restrained by Sero who quickly worked to add to that by using his tape to add rocks and concreate to it to stop the number one from moving.
"What!" All Might yelled out in shock as he found himself struggling to escape as he didn't have enough space to move much, much less create enough momentum to break free. And Sero hadn't stop as even though he could feel his skin drying from overuse of his quick, he didn't stop.
'Gotta wrap him in as much as I can! I don't have that much left!' Sero thought to himself as he saw that he could add a little more just to be on the safe side.
(Flashback)
"We all in agreement?" Midoriya asked them as they made their way towards the eighth exam stage.
"Yeah." They all replied to him with head nods or thumbs-up.
"Whatever." All except Bakugo who looked like he hated every moment they were not planning on how to blow All Might up.
"Alright, Bakugo. If you agree to the three plans, what are they?" Midoriya asked him specifically to make sure the ass at least know of their plans.
"Fine! The first one of your shitty plans," Bakugo started, smirking a bit when Midoriya yelled out in defense of his plan. "Is for us to test the waters, see what we're dealing with. It doesn't have a way for us to win but to last long enough to gain as much information as you can."
"The second one is your….our first real attempt to win. While we distract All Might, Flat face and Racoon eyes will enter the Storm drains and make their way towards the area near the gate. When they get their asses there, they'll go to work with Raccoon eyes melting as much as the area as possible to destabilize it while Flat face will use his tape to keep the ground above it so it doesn't cave in." Bakugo explained to them, reading back what was already discussed to get them off his back.
"(Kero) Then one of us will lead either All Might or Nejire towards it and let the floor underneath them collapse." Asui pointed out as they didn't know how they'll catch with him. For all they knew, Nejire-Chan could prove to be the bigger threat in this.
"Yep, and before they can do anything, I'll move in and wrap them up, using the debris to make sure they can't move too much and escape." Sero said as he showed off some of his tape to prove the point. The tape itself might not be the strongest thing but when he used a whole bunch of it, he bet even All Might would be hard-pressed to just snap it.
"Yep, if all goes well, we won't even need Plan C." Midoriya said as though he would like to test out his latest and greatest creation, he would prefer to do it when their grades weren't on the line.
(Back to the action)
"Sorry All Might, we why don't you sit down and chill till the end of the exam!" Sero yelled out in triumph as he stared down at the mass of concrete, dirt, stone, and tape that had completely covered All Might. He wouldn't be getting out of that anytime soon.
"Sero, did it work?" Midoriya, who was still hovering over the hole, asked.
"Like a charm, but there's too much debris, I don't see any limbs sticking out that I can cuff. Sorry bout that." Sero said as he came to stop and did a quick walk around and saw that he had gone a bit overboard.
"Don't worry about it, what matters is that he's trapped. Now we can focus solely on Nejire." Midoriya said as he turned to the way Bakugo was keeping her busy as he stripped off the bits of gear that was now either too damaged to be of any use or broken. This left him with not much besides the main chest plate and not much else.
"Ashido, you good?" Asui asked as they hadn't heard from the girl in a while.
"I don't(huff) think so." Meanwhile, in the same hole that Sero was hiding in, Ashido sat leaning against the wall as she felt the pain of her acid burning her hands. "God, I don't think I've had to make that much(huff) acid."
"Don't worry about it. You did great. Just get ready to bounce if things go south." Sero said as he approached her and gave a big thumbs-up. One that she returned through the pain.
"Got it," Ashido said as he got to her feet and slowly started to make her way deeper out of the hole they had made and into the exam area where she could lay low and hopefully catch her second wind. "See you later. Good luck!"
"Now to get back to the action." Sero said as he shot out some tape and use it to pull himself out and head towards the action.
'All Might's been neutralized, which makes things so much easier.' Midoriya thought to himself as he saw Sero heading towards the fight. The tape user saw him and gave him a quick head nod, which served as the single for him to join Sero as they both headed back towards the only standing proctor they had to deal with. 'And it looks like they're getting into position to take out Nejire as well.'
"How you guys plan that? I didn't think you could beat All Might. Weren't you supposed to be worried about messing things up?" Nejire-Chan, in the meantime, found herself getting a little tired as she hadn't planned to use this much energy in the exam. It didn't help that Bakugo didn't let her land to rest as he kept up his barrage.
"Shut it! He was a dangerous villain. No one will give two shits if we wrecked the place a bit taking him down!" Bakugo yelled thought part of that was due to how much pain he was in. he had passed his limit a while ago but refused to let up. Not until they had won.
"Hold on, didn't you have two of those bracer thingies?" Nejire-Chan asked him through the clearing smoke from his constant blasts, she could make out that that funny support item his costume had was lacking on one arm.
"You have bigger things to worry about!" Bakugo didn't give her any time to think about it as he blasted himself towards her to try and close the distance she blasted him away before he could do so. 'The bracer is gone, I hope frog face was able to pick it up!' Bakugo thought to himself as he looked over to where he dropped the thing and saw that it was missing.
"Looks like I'll have to try even harder to beat you then." Nejire-Chan said aloud as she saw that he was dangerous, really dangerous. "Full charge, output level 20." The waves around her limbs started to increase in size and power and she used that to close the distance and try and kick him but Bakugo, seeing how she could increase her speed like that when she fought Midoriya, was ready for it and jumped out of the way.
"Nice try, but that trick may have worked on Deku but I ain't Deku." Bakugo bragged as he saw that he has gotten out of the way in time but before he could capitalize on that, she showed off her skills but twisting her body in such a fashion you would think she's a gymnast to bring her foot to line up with him.
"I know." She simply said as she fired off a large burst of spiraling waves towards Bakugo. The force of the unexpected attack easily forcing him off the building, crashing down onto another that happened to be close enough.
"ARG!" He growled out in pain as his back made an impact with the loose gravel of the roof he landed on. 'Fuck, how the hell can she hit that hard!?'He asked himself he stood up and saw that Asui waved at him from across the street. In her procession was his missing gauntlet before she quickly hid. The trap was set at last.
'Finally!' He thought to himself through the pain. "What took you, frog face?" He asked her over the com-link as he looked up and saw Nejire-Cham heading right for him.
"I had to keep up with you guys, you're sort of flying around." Asui responded as she had found it difficult to keep up with the two of them without giving away her position.
"Whatever, just get ready." Bakugo said as he saw that Nejire-Chan was coming for him. Their plan had been made with the assumption that Bakugo could recharge his gauntlet in time to use it. Lucky for them all this high pace movement and fighting had been just what the doctor ordered.
'This will take just about everything left in the tank but fuck it!' The blonde bomber thought to himself as he aimed his filled gauntlet right at Nejire-Chan, he knew the odds of him hitting her were low but that wasn't the point. Once he saw that she had barely crossed the threshold into his range, he pulled the pin and let it rip.
BOOM! Like with All Might earlier, the force of the blast was a sight to see as all that destructive power was unleashed all at once. Though it didn't hit Nejire-Chan as she saw the attack coming and even winded, she was still quite the fighter as she dived to the side, closer to the other side of the street. She didn't know it but she was moving as they wanted her to as she was now in range of Asui to finish hit home.
'That was close!' Nejire-Chan thought to herself as she avoided the blast and steadied out near the other side of the street to keep Bakugo at a distance. She had noticed early on that she had the ranged advantage in this fight and was exploiting that. "You're giving this your all, aren't you?" she asked him as she took in some deep breathes but still had a smile on her face, if anything she was far more cheery now than she was in the beginning. This was great! She rarely got this kind of workout unless she was on the clock with Ryukyu and there was something really big! Oh, she hopes she can invite all of them to the agency! Will Ryukyu say yes? Will she have to ask over and over? Maybe she should get Mirio to help!
"I'm not the only one." Bakugo's words knocked her out of her curious mind as she looked over to him and saw that he had the biggest smirk she had seen on him yet. She wondered what he was talking about.
'Hmm?' She asked herself as she looked him over and went back to the missing gauntlet thingy, where had it gone? She didn't recall breaking it, did he lose it? "What?" She said aloud as she heard something feint behind her but before she could turn around fully, she heard a familiar croak.
"(Kero) Sorry about this." Asui said to her Nejire-Chan managed to turn her head enough to see that the frog girl was the one with the missing gauntlet.
And he was pointed right at her.
BOOM! Asui held on for dear like as she pulled the pin. As she was caught completely off guard by this, Nejire barely managed to activate her waves but she wasn't able to put anymore pore into them, meaning that she still took the burnt of the attack and it hurt! It hurt a lot!
"Jeez, that was close!" She coughed out as she found herself having taken some serious damage from that. She was grateful that her costume was fire resistant as she didn't want to show anyone that much skin! Even if she was sure that she had some burns from that and was barely in the air as she found her stamina real low from trying to block that attack. 'I barely managed to block it but that took a lot out of me. Those blasts sure are strong!' Even so, she was still ready to continue but before she could.
"Do it, flat face!" Bakugo yelled out, seemingly to some guy called flat face.
"I told you," She quickly turned around and saw Sero was heading right for them, now as she was even more tired than before, she wasn't able to react in time to him shooting out some tape which wrapped around her left arm. "My name's Sero!" Sero finished as he landed and fired another role from his other arm to a street light to anchored himself down when she tried to free herself.
"What!" She found that she was caught by the plain-faced boy but before she could try and muscle her way out, even if it meant exhausting herself, even more, her right leg was caught as well, this time be Asui who was hugging the railing on the roof she was on to keep herself secured and make it even harder to move.
"Sorry, missy but this is the end of the line for you!" Sero said as he struggled to keep himself from moving, hoping that his tape held long enough as at this point, he was sure that he looked like he was in dire need of moisturizer and that his tape wasn't at its strongest.
"I'm not going to let you-!" Nejire-Chan tried to resist the two but found that her right hand was snagged as well. This time by Midoriya who had sneaked up on her and was holding onto her wrist with both of his hands and keeping her in place.
"That's why we're not giving you a chance!" Midoriya said to her with a smile on his face, even if he knew that he was about to feel something extremely painful. "Sorry to grab you like this but the situation calls for manners to be thrown out the window." He added in as she joked against her surprising strength to keep her hand open. When she saw that she was putting up an even greater fight than expected, he removed his uncovered hand and used his remaining gauntlet to send out a crippling pulse of electricity through her which proved enough to cease her resistance as she could barely keep afloat now.
'I'm trapped!' She realized as she tried to fight through the muscle spasm-inducing shock from the flying boy but found she could barely keep herself in the air. They had her right where they wanted her! 'I can't believe they got me, ohhhhhhh! Mirio is going to love to hear about this! Even Tamaki!'
"Speaking of lacking manners, Bakugo!" Midoriya called out as he looked to where Bakugo was standing, readying himself to put the final nail in her coffin. "Do it!"
"With," The blonde started with a sick grin on his face and he blasted himself right over to where they had her. Even if he didn't have his gauntlet. If it meant victory, he'll break his own body. "Pleasure!" And that meant that he faced both palms towards Nejire and let loose the biggest, strongest blast he could, his limits be damned. This single attack proved to be even greater than the three blasts created by his gauntlets as he refused to leave anything to chance. He wanted….no needed an absolute win. The blast reached its target within a mere moment in that time many things happened.
It struck the girl when she was completely defenseless and assured that there was no way she was coming back from that.
It burned right on through the tape Sero had wrapped her left arm in, the lack of resistance making it so the dark-haired boy fell flat on his ass.
It burned Asui's tongue, easily giving the poor girl 2nd and 3rd degree burns all over the thing, there were even parts that looked like they boiled a bit, which left the frog girl in severe pain as she nearly fell off the building railing as she retracted her badly injured tongue but kept the worst of it out of her mouth due to the stinging sensation that caused.
It also had the side effect of some of the blast hitting Midoriya as he was closest to it, this meant that he had to cover his face from it and felt the pain of fire flowing over as he, with the now barely conscious Nejire-Chan still in his hands, was blasted right on down towards the ground. His armor was all but destroyed as the explosion broke right on through it, burning through the black undersuit and leaving him with his fair share of burns.
"Shit, that was powerful!" Midoriya cursed as he thanked his years of knowing the blonde ass that he was able to fight through the pain and see that he needed to ensure he and his defeated foe didn't end up pancaked. 'No time to waste!' He thought to himself as he used his barely functional wings and jet pack to slow their descent till they came down on the destroyed street. He was careful to ensure he didn't hurt the 3rd year any more than he had to but still make sure she couldn't move.
"Tsu!" he called out to his teammate as she had made her way down the building. Cradling her tongue, she still ran over to him.
"(Kero)" She sounded out as she was in serious pain as she pulled out one of the pair of handcuffs she had been given to hold and latched them onto the barely awake girl's hands. She went for both wrists rather than the one like the others though.
"Nejire has been successfully handcuffed." The announcement was sounded throughout the staging areas as they all breathed out a sign of relief. "17 Minutes remaining!"
"You mean to tell me only 13 minutes have gone by?" Sero asked as he walked on over to them.
"Feels like it was it was the whole match." Midoriya muttered to himself as he could tell he was going to feel…everything in the morning, especially now that he was deduced to the ruined black body-glove, one gauntlet, his boots, and his barely holding up wing-pack. "Tsu, are you going okay?" But he wasn't the one who had to take the worst blow for the team.
"I don't think I'll be any good for ranged anything for the rest of the match, my tongue is toast." Asui struggled to say with her tongue in the condition it was, hence why they all winced in sympathy for her.
"Here, try some of this burn relief cream." Midoriya passed along the burn cream he carried with him from one of his pouches. He also passed along some mild pain killers as she needed them much more than he did.
"Thanks!" Asui nearly cried out as she felt the wind on her burnt tongue as she graciously accepted the medical supplies and took the pain meds almost immediately. She was going to numb the pain a bit if she wanted to use the cream.
(In the monitor room)
"Oh yeah, they took down both of them!" Kaminari cheered for them as the mood of the students watching was a high one. Against all odds, their friends and classmates had come out on top and won. Now all they needed to do was walk away.
"That was crazy! They buried the dude and then blasted Nejire into next week!" Mineta cried as he couldn't believe his eyes. How often did you get to see someone one up All Might of all people!
"Still, did Tsu have to burn her tongue like that? That looks like it hurt." Kirishima asked as they all saw how the four met up and how each of them appeared to be in some level of pain. Asui being the worst of them as they call couldn't even imagine how painful it must be to have your tongue caught in an explosion of that size. Most of them couldn't even handle spicy foods!
"They all look like they've been through the wringer at this point, but it seems that they came prepared." Tokoyami pointed out as Bakugo also handed the girl some burn cream. That made sense, the dude caused explosions, of course, he'll have something to handle the after-effects.
"Hey look, even Bakugo has some of their cream." Uraraka pointed out as Bakugo seemed to have to discuss something with the short, green-haired girl as she nodded her head but wisely didn't try to say anything.
"It kinda nice for him to hand it over to her like that, but then again, he is the one that burnt her tongue so I'm not too sure." Ojiro said as he didn't know how he felt about this. On the one hand, he knew Bakugo was far from nice. On the other, he also knew that Asui would have never agreed to such a plan if she didn't think she could take it.
"I don't know guys, Bakugo seems to have hurt himself with that blast. Is he normally capable of such explosions?" Jiro asked as she spotted how twitchy his arms were and he looked to be in visible discomfort.
"I don't think so. It looked like he was overworking his quirk, just like in our match." Todoroki said as he recalled that Bakugo did something similar during the sports festival, only now he had done it to a much larger extreme. If that was him with just his ice alone, he'll have been an ice sculpture by that point.
"OH man, now that's plus ultra!" Hagakure cheered for them.
"But with Ashido seemingly out of the fight, Asui having a burnt tongue, Bakugo being in serious plan, and Midoriya with the one wing. Their plans cost them." Shinso pointed out, being the bearer of bad news as they could all see that this fight had taken a lot out of them.
"They all must have been aware of that from the beginning. They show those plans even though they were doomed to cause them harm." Eraserhead spoke up as he and the other teachers were quite impressed by their resolve. Thought Recovery girl was thinking of how she was going to scold those reckless brats for purposely harming themselves like this.
"Though I am curious. Where is Ashido? She could have easily escaped through the gate by now." Yaoyorozu asked as they hadn't seen her for a while. Not since they saw that she and Sero had hollowed out the ground where All Might now lay, all but out of the fight.
"I don't see her on any of the screens. Perhaps she's hiding while she gathers herself. Either way, she'll return to find one enemy has been taken care of. Quite the feat for some first years if I do say so myself." Snipe suggested as he didn't think he'll see this but dam, those kids earned this win.
"It was quite impressive as they worked together to take down Nejire like that." Cementoss agreed. "Quite ingenious to attack from multiple directions, even a seasoned pro would struggle with that."
"Yes, they also worked to tire her first. That would explain why they kept her in near-constant combat with at least one of them." Nezu complimented as he was quite impressed with them. Especially that part where Midoriya targeted All Might's weak spot. It didn't look like much to the students who just assumed he was getting that one last hit in but to those who knew. They could see that he had purposely aimed for that spot. Though he was curious as to who the boy knew of it.
"Hmmm, they are proving that they can work with mixed matched teams. But they haven't gotten out of the woods yet." Midnight said as they still had to either capture All might or escape and seeing how they were quite the distance from both requirements, they better start.
"Oh yeah, no way All Might didn't hear that announcement. I'm betting he's gonna stop take off the kid gloves!" Present Mic was curious as to what the big guy will do when he got out of there.
"What are you talking about? The guy's buried and tied up." Mineta gestured towards the mound where All Might had been entombed. "There's no way he can do anything now."
"I have to agree with Mineta. The odds of All Might still be able to fight are pretty low." Shoji said as he didn't think anyone could punch their way of that. They would have done it already if they could.
"You kids haven't seen anything yet." Thirteen said to them but offered nothing else.
"Just watch and learn, we're about the see you all proven wrong." Eraserhead gestured towards the screen as he had a feeling that shit was about to hit the fan.
(Back on the field)
"Now to check on All Might." Midoriya told them as they all headed towards where they left him, with Midoriya flying the distance as to reach there faster. "Shit, flying's kinda hard now with the one wing. It didn't help All Might messed up some of the systems when he ripped the wing off." He grumbled to himself as he struggled to retain stable flight and was forced to move at speeds a guy running could match. Meanwhile, in his tomb, All Might smiled to himself as he was extremely proud of them for defeating Nejire. She was no joke, trapping him like this was just icing on the cake.
'Well done, my students. You have all performed admirably and have done what I hoped you would do.' He thought to himself as he called upon the strength that had aided him to defeat many villains. That strength proving strong enough for him to be able to move his arms as he clenched both his fists. 'That being said, I still have some fight in me.' He said in his mind as he punched at the tomb, each strike giving him a little more leeway to move. "I wonder if you can say the same." He said aloud as his eyes shined crystal blue as he chuckled to himself. It was time he ended things.
"What? Is that…..movement? How?" Midoriya asked himself as he came over the pit and saw that rocks on top of the mound were moving around. Even the tape holding it all in place seemed to be straining and snapping. 'There's no way, I planned for that trap to hold him for another 10 minutes!' He thought as he didn't think All Might was still strong. This was crazy!
BOOM!
'What the-!' Midoriya didn't even realize he was in danger till he felt something gripping his leg. From the now destroyed mound, All Might had come jumping out like a bat out hell and was able to move so fast, that he caught the boy before he even knew what was up. Before he could even respond, All Might used his immense strength to crush the boot in his hand, rendering it useless. "Fuc-!" Was all he could say as All Might flipped him around and elbowed him so hard, that he went flying into a building's 9th-floor window. He went straight on though, crashed through like 7 different cubicles, office desks, and well before slamming into a support beam.
He didn't get back up.
"That's one!" All Might said aloud as he turned his eyes to the remaining three.
"Midoriya!" Sero called out as he just saw their rep be manhandled and taken out like it was nothing!
"How the fuck did he get out so soon?!" Bakugo yelled at him as they all backed up as All Might landed not too far from them, but directly in front of their path towards the exit, cutting off their escape.
"I don't know, just take him out!" Sero yelled back as he could barely use his quick now, any tape he did make was too brittle to be of any use!
"I can't! My explosions aren't long-ranged dumbass! And my gauntlet isn't charged!" Bakugo yelled at him as he could barely use his hands right now, much less make any sort of blast bigger than a firecrackers.
"Scatter!" Asui yelled through the pain but before any of them could get away, All Might showed off that impossible speed of his as he closed the gap between them and went to work.
"Time to clean house." All Might said as he looked at each one of them, scaring them shitless as he landed a right hook to Sero's face, the punch breaking through his helmet, shattering it, busting his nose, and robbing him of consciousness all in the span of a second as he was blasted into the storefront of a dress store, crashing into a mannequin.
"One!" All Might counted aloud as he circled and knee Bakugo into the store across the street. The boy was barely awake as his entire world was rocked by that blow. "Two!" When he turned around, he saw that Nejire-chan was still out of it but had been left alone, meaning that Asui had fled or was invisible and in the process of fleeing.
"Now to find where young Asui has run off too." All Might said to himself as he went to work trying to locate the girl.
(With Midoriya)
"[Cough, cough]" Meanwhile, he the pile he had been left in, Midoriya found himself in serious pain as he tried to take account of his condition. 'Oh, that hurt, that hurt.' He thought to himself as he slowly and very painfully worked to get back up. 'My right boot is toast, damned blonde had to wreck it.' He thought to himself as he looked at his work and how it had been reduced to spare scrap metal. When he tried to stand, he felt pain shooting up his leg from his right ankle and fell back down again.
'Okay, I can't put weight on my right leg, so that attack must have must up my ankle for something.' Okay, that was the only silver lining in that. That he now knew he couldn't put weight on that leg. 'My arm's jacked up too, great. That along with my pain in my chest, probably my ribs, means that with one hit, he messed me up.' He thought to himself as he got back up and was sure to use the environment around him as a crutch as he made his way towards the hole he made entering the place.
"Shit, I can't see Bakugo or Sero but going by those two holes, I have an idea of where they are. I hope that he didn't get Asui as well but that means she's on her right now. Dammit, I didn't want to use it but, desperate times call for desperate measures." He said to himself as he took stock of their situation and in two words, they were royally fucked. "Neko." He asked as he reached for one of the spare com-links he kept and put it in his ear.
"Yes sir?" The AI responded to him. At least the earbud still worked, that was something.
"We're going with Plan C. Activate the MK X." He instructed as he took a break to breathe, despite the fact it hurt like hell to do it. "Send in the Tengu Karura."
"As you wish." The AI responded to him. What he didn't know was that one of the camera drones had been close enough to catch that.
Now, normally, I would have ended things here as this is gone long for a long time…
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HOWEVER, I'm feeling like doing something to celebrate the 10th of this month marks the first anniversary of my story, I don't know why I didn't realize it sooner but now that I've caught it, I want to do something big before the month ends in a couple of days…..Plus I want to finish this arc and be done with it now rather than have to worry about finishing it in a later chapter so the chapter will not end here but will go on till the very end of the match. You may save your cheers for the end of the chapter. Enjoy the bonus content, my readers!
(In the monitor room)
"Mk X? Tengu Karura? What the heck is that?" Jiro asked as they had all heard it seeing how Power Loader had broadcast that little tidbit using the speakers. It didn't help clear things up when they all noticed the support course teacher giggling to himself enough that they started to question his sanity, or maybe Mei got her brand of crazy from him?
"Hehehe, so it has come to this, has it? Oh, I was hoping it would." Power Loader muttered to himself as he felt his smile widening at the chance to see that machine in action.
"Power loader, what is this Mk X? Is it another suit of his?" Eraser, who like the rest of the staff, had no idea what he was talking about. Not even Nezu as all support gear that the first years produced and wished to use was certified by Power Loader and not him.
"In a way?" Power Loader answered as he walked up the desktop and started typing fast. "It'll be better if I show you." He finished as he pressed the last button which switched one of the screens over to a live camera feed of the parking lot outside that very building. More accurately, it was aimed right at the ugly green and brown….van? Parked out front. They saw what Power Loader meant about the thing no longer looking like any van that ever saw as the van(?) looked like the back compartment had been stretched out to almost double its normal size. 4 additional wheels was supporting the vehicle in much the same way large trucks had for their trailers. The paneling for it also looked different, it looked to be tougher and made from something outside the norm and appeared to be divided into sections going by all the lines crisscrossing it.
"Isn't that the van he asked you to bring over?" Kaminari asked as he recalled the two of them talking about it.
"Just watch." The teacher said as they all paid close attention to it, not knowing why. They got their answer when the van started to move but not in the way they thought it would. Firstly, the van lowered itself to the ground as four support legs akin to those on big guns came out of the undercarriage, one of each side, these legs then revealed that they had stakes jutting out towards the ground. Once the van ceased lowering itself, it couldn't have been any more than 5cm off the ground before support legs clamped down to the pavement. Once the van had secured itself in place for whatever reason, that was when the real show begun as the entire back compartment started as the right side and roof of it opened up to reveal that there was something very much unexpected being prepped.
"What the…" Shinso didn't know what to say as they all looked wide-eyed at this. Even Eraser and Nezu didn't have a comment for this, though, in the principal's case, he was more delighted at the fact a student planned something he didn't see coming. "Is that a…?" He asked as he shakily pointed towards the iconic shape as they saw wires that were connected to it being disconnected.
"Rocket, coming out of the van." Jiro said as she felt like this was the craziest thing she had ever see because happening in a frickin van, was a large rocket being prepped for launch! "Only Midoriya would have a van like that."
"More of a missile really, a rocket isn't very effective at that size." Todoroki corrected her as he had a thing about space when he was younger so he could see the difference. But there was a notable difference with this one as the sleek tip which usually housed the warhead was absent and in its stead, a coffin-like structure was being attacked by the mechanical arms. He didn't know what it was a coffin was a big one, easily being over 2.5m taller. It took moments for this process to complete itself as the missile was then moved to the outside of the vehicle.
"Looks like the payload has been loaded, here we go!" Power Loader seemed excited about this as the engines for the missile started up, building up power as the missile was held in place as it built up acceleration thrust, not only kicking up dust but releasing a lot of smoke into the area behind it.
"Is it even legal for a teenager to have a missile in the back of his van?" Shinso asked as this was crazy. Nezu took the chance to answer that one.
"It's a legal grey area. As Midoriya does have a support license, he is allowed to make missiles and other gear. As a hero student, anything he creates for hero work is legal so long as it is used in a controlled environment such as a hero school or strictly for hero work, provided the user has their hero license. I can tell you that it would be near impossible for anyone to explain to the hero commission why they have a missile with an active warhead but one that delivers gear? Not too hard." He explained as when it came to hero work, one could get away with a lot if they had a well-constructed argument in its favor. Just look at their hero course and what they put their first years through.
Not even military schools made potential students fight against robots and risk injury doing it. This point was driven home when the missile blasted off, heading off towards its target. Afterward, the van itself started to close up as everything slid its way back in while the panels closed up. The support legs which had kept it anchored retracted and the van raised itself back up. In less than a minute, it was back to its starting position, as if he didn't just act as a mobile missile launching platform.
"Still, I don't think we've ever had a student that made a system that delivered their gear to them, that's an interesting way of breaking the rules we put in place to stop students from just getting new supplies during exams." Recovery Girl said with a sigh as it seems that this match was far from over.
(Back on the field)
"Hmm?" A couple of moments later, back in the field, All Might looked up when he heard the sound of something unexpected. "Is that a rocker or something?" He asked himself as he didn't know UA used them. Was this a villain attack? The league? But where did they even acquire such tech and how did no one react to it by now?
'It's coming straight for here? But why?' All Might thought to himself as he saw it turned itself and head right for their location. 'Either way, I best get rid of it now!' He concluded as he jumped up to meet the threat head-on. It wouldn't be the first time he punched a missile so hard it blew up and left him unhurt but this certainly seemed like it'll be the biggest one.
"Oh no you don't!" he heard Midoriya yell from the side as he was hit by a thrown object. Before he could wonder what that was, the object blew up, revealing itself to be a flashbang.
BOOM!
"Sorry big guy, but I can't let you break this one. Not before it opens!" He heard Midoriya call out to him as the boy zipped right on by, using the newly integrated wire arrows of his gear to cross the distance. As he went by, he even threw another grenade, this one a smoke grenade which forced All Might to land as he waited for his vision to clear.
"Midoriya! I see. I should have known it had something do to with you." He said to himself as he looked around once he was able to but besides the lingering smoke from that last trick of his, he didn't see him or the missile. Weren't missiles loud? Where it go? "Hmm, where did it land, there was no boom. A silent landing perhaps?" He asked himself as he looked around but he didn't know where the thing could have landed. He didn't see which way young Midoriya was heading off too so he didn't know which direction to start looking in. Meanwhile, in a back alley not too far from where All Might was, Midoriya had landed(painfully) in a pile on the ground but that didn't matter too much to him.
'Oh, come to papa, you beautiful piece of villain stomping, high-tech work of pure genius!' he thought to himself as he looked at the wonderful delivery that had just been made. Now he knew that the missile system worked! He could send for resupplies from a distance and have them shot towards his position via missile! "Voice activation, Izuku Midoriya. Authorization Code MAAU-2015/SMH-2017." But now wasn't the time to think about that, as he said the activation code he looked on towards the coffin-like structure as the device read his voice and checked his password.
"Voice recognition verified. Authorization code, accept." Neko confirmed as the coffin started to glow across the edges of the machine inside began to awaken. "So, is it time for us to test this the latest of your work?" The AI asked her master, sounding just as excited as he did like the coffin begun to open up, revealing its contents to its creator who could barely stand upright.
"Oh yes, particularly. I want to test a certain feature while you're at it." Midoriya said as he started to give Neko some instructions for this.
Oh, this was going to be good.
(With All Might – a couple of minutes later)
"Where are they, no-one has gone through anywhere near the gate and they only have around 8 minutes left." All Might thought to himself as he now opted to stand by the exit gate. He had tried to find Ashido, Midoriya, and Asui but had no such luck, those three had hidden well he had checked up on Sero and Bakugo and both were still out. But then again, he didn't need to find them to stop them from failing so now he stood where he did to force them to either come to him or fail.
"Oh come now heroes, is that all you have?!" He called out as loud as he could so that they could hopefully hear him where ever he was. At first, nothing but silence greeted him before he heard something coming….something that seemed to be flying.
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"Oh, we have more alright!" He looked up at where the voice was coming from and for the second time this round, he found himself stomped by what he was seeing. "The only problem is." The figure continued as they landed, the massive wings that were once keeping them airborne shutting down as the imposing figure landed.
"Can you take it?" Midoriya finished as he presented his latest and greatest creation. Standing at 2,6m in height and weighing in at 385kg, his armor was a sight of marvel and wonder. Unlike his other work which was more support gear than anything else with some armor padding, this whole unit was a one-large mech suit. The suit was so large in fact that it was both taller and heavier than All Might himself. The feet were, up till the knees, the same red as the boy's boots while the blacked painted armor itself was a completely different style to his norm as it seemed to be built resembling some kind of techno-samurai.
The helmet was akin to the helmet and face mask worn by the former samurai class in battle which along with the glowing red eyes, really seemed to fit with the design choices made. In the gap of the outer armor, he could spot green. The wings and built-in jetpack seemed to be the most different as for one, they lacked those propellers that the normal ones had and appeared to rely solely on the thrust generated by the jetpack and suit's boots. The wing themselves looked much tougher than the previous ones he had seen the boy used which made sense as this unit looked like it was built for a fight.
"So that's what you have fired here? I must admit, it's an impressive-looking piece of work. Dave would be proud." All Might complimented as he took in everything he could to know how to take it down.
"Ok stop it you, flattery gets you nowhere." Midoriya shot back as he waved an armored hand at him before he got serious and got into a fighting stance. "Now, I'm going to give you one last chance, villain. Surrender now or I will be forced to take you in the hard way!" Midoriya called out as if this was a real villain take-down which All Might had to admit, he thought that it was a nice touch but he was here to grade them.
"Oh come now, young Midoriya. You can't expect this to be enough, do you?" All Might asked him as he got ready to prove that point. "Allow me to demonstrate!" He finished as he charged the boy, moving at speeds that most couldn't even see him coming. He pulled back his fist as h saw that the boy hadn't made any moves since he started and let loose a powerful punch right to its center mass.
"Smash!" He called out as his fist was about to make an impact. Only it didn't make an impact, not at all.
"Wow, you really did show me." Midoriya shot back as he had, against all odds, caught the incoming fist in his suit's hand. All Might was stunned, he could count the number of times that someone was able to intercept his mighty blows on both hands and he wouldn't reach ten. There was no way that Midoriya caught see his attack coming, much less intercept it!
"What!" He asked aloud as he looked up, this wasn't the first time he had faced an opponent larger than him, towards the head of the suit as those glowing crimson eyes stared into his electric blue sapphire ones.
"Did you honestly think it'll be that easy?" Midoriya asked him as he let go of the outstretched fist and before anything else, hit the man with a right hoof of his own, the blow doing some damage as All Might felt that one. "I'm insulted!" He finished as he aimed the palm that had caught his own at his face and in the center of it, All Might made out a glowing barrel-like opening before it fired on him. The force of the shot being much stronger than the boy's other energy as the man was knocked up a full 9m.
'What power, those shots are much stronger than before.' All Might thought to himself as he now was much more cautious about this thing. He was right before, his old friend would be proud of this as it was really rare for such a creation to be made, much less one that could hit him this hard.
"Well then, how about this!" On his part, Midoriya seemed ecstatic about how his suit was performing. He never dreamed that he would get a chance to test it out in battle against the number one but he wasn't complaining.
"I'll meet you with for!" All Might said as he charged the boy again, this time aiming for its head. "Carolina Smash!" Only this time, despite the fact he was moving even faster than before, Midoriya was able to react in time. This time by grabbing both chops before they made impact with his helmet as the suit was braced against the floor. Clearly, this thing was made to last.
'He can react to this kind of speed? How!' He asked himself the suit started to spin via the mid-section. Building up momentum while the boy kept his grip on him, four seconds later he let go and watched he tossed the number one back but seeing how he could go even further, he blasted him with a duel blast from the palm mounted laser cannons he had going for him. This sent the man even further back into the exam zone where he crashed into a building.
(In the monitor room)
"Just what the hell is that!?" Kirishima yelled out as just about everyone watching, they didn't know what to make of this stunning upset.
"He just made all my mecha dreams come true." Kaminari on the other hand, looked like he was crying tears of joy as he watched the two titans battle it out.
"When did he even have the time to build something like that?!" Uraraka was wide-eyed by this was she had no idea he even had something like this in the works.
"Did you know anything, Tokoyami?" Shoji asked the one person here who should have some idea of what was happening.
"Not a thing. He saw fit to hide this from myself as well." Tokoyami replied as he was uninformed of this suit even being in production.
"Holy cow, He's going toe to toe with All Might!" Mineta pointed out as they watched as Midoriya and All Might traded blows like two heavyweight boxers, only at a faster and more deadly rate.
"Power Loader, did you know about this?" Midnight asked the shorter adult as he had been the only one who wasn't shocked by this, on the contrary, he appeared to be enjoying every minute of it.
"Of course I did. I was the one that approved it." Power Loader replied as Midoriya chucked All Might away before he fired off missiles from his shins so fast, that they barely saw them leave their tubes and strike the area where All Might was standing till he dodged them.
"Why would the kid need such a thing? That seems like it was made for war, not hero work." Snipe pointed out as couldn't imagine how such a piece of work would be useful in day-to-day operations that a pro might come across, maybe it was a specialty suit?
"The material he must have used appears to be extremely durable." Yaoyorozu observed as none of All Might attacks that hit had done anything notable to it, sure paint was scratched off here and there but the structure itself seemed to be holding out. "He was even able to incorporate firearms!" She added in shock at the end there when they saw Midoriya aim both arms towards the number one, from them-barrels popped out and started firing on the man, forcing him back.
"Power Loader, explain." Eraser ordered as he didn't like how he was kept in the dark about something this powerful.
"Sure." Power Loader didn't seem all that concerned as he pulled out a copy of the form that Midoriya handed in. "According to the forms the boy submitted along with his request to use it. He explains how the suit was designed to take on threats of All Might's level. The reasoning he believed such was necessary was because All Might would need to retire sooner or later." He explained as the two on the screen kept up the fight, exchanging blows that would normally break the bones of lesser men.
"Isn't that a bit extreme?" Hagakure pointed out as the thought of a villain that not even All Might could fight was a terrifying one.
"I wouldn't say so, the league has already proven that villains are organizing again and growing stronger with each attack they conduct. As we won't use biological weapons as they do," Nezu explained, shivering a little bit when he recalled that all those Nomu were once people that had been inhumanly bent and twisted into walking weapons. "It makes sense to build weapons that can take on such monsters and take them out."
"When did the kid start making this?" Present Mic asked as All Might landed a blow that sent the kid into a storefront and soon followed him in.
"According to the forms, the original idea came to him around 10 months before the entrance exam, so at most almost a year ago." Power Loader replied as he was impressed that the kid was able to build something like this. He was kinda jealous he wasn't in the support course where he could shine but well, he had his hands full with Hatsume as is.
"I hope that those weapons are firing rubber bullets." Snipe asked as he analyzed the rate of fire of those guns of his.
"Of course they are, I made sure the kid didn't forget something so crucial." "Still, they're gonna hurt if they hit." Power Loader waved off his concern as he had been sure to inspect not just the blueprints for it but the finished product when he brought it here in the first place.
(Back on the field)
As the two fought one another, they found themselves in a power struggle as All Might tried to outpower Midoriya's suit and though he was winning he was in for a surprise as through their interlocked hands, the boy activated Electrified palms, pushing out 210,000 volts of electricity into the pro's body. "Aaaaarrrrr!" All Might struggled as he pushed through the pain as he kept up his stance against the boy.
"You should know better than you think these hands aren't electrified!" Midoriya said over his speakers like he had been for the entire fight as the middle part of the armor opened up, revealing another barrel charging up but he couldn't break off as the boy had a strong grip on his hands. "Sorry about this villain but you had your chance to surrender but one way or another, you're going down!" he finished as he fired his laser, point-blank at the pro. The force of it was enough to send the pro flying through a wall into a building but he quickly jumped out of it and read gearing for the next attack.
"It'll take more than this to take me down!" All Might said as he felt excitement at being able to fight such a strong opponent like this. Normally the only ones who could keep up with this kind of speed were Gran Torino but the elder could by no means pack this kind of power behind every strike. As he jumped out of the hole in the wall, he pulled out a street light and held it like a baseball bat.
"A streetlight, really?" Midoriya didn't seem all that concerned as like with other models he created, the top part of his staff shot out of the suit, which he gripped and pulled out.
"I got my own," The guy finished as the staff shifted forms into an even larger hammer than he was used to seeing him use. "Wanna see who has the better one?" He asked as he charged the number one, favoring caution, All Might jumped back and waited to see what this new weapon could do. He got his answer when the thing slammed into the ground and obliterated it. That was some swing.
"This model can generate shockwaves on its own. Makes for more devastating impacts." Midoriya explained as he pulled the hammer out of the crater it made. In that small amount of time it took for him to do this, All Might came up from behind to take him out that way but that didn't work as an even larger machine gun turret popped out of its compartment on his other shoulder and started firing on him.
"I see you." Midoriya laughed as his unexpected weapons forced the pro back lest he gets peppered with rubber bullets and even he thought those things hurt like hell.
"Dammit, you have eyes on the back of your head, don't you?" All Might grimaced as this was turning out to be quite the challenge. The boy had built this thing for open combat, nothing else.
"Gotta be observant in combat. That's something I've picked up in my short time in UA." Midoriya said as he kept his full attention on All Might, until he noticed that there was a leak in the fuel line. Dammit, why did prototypes always have issues?!
"Then let's see how much damage!" All Might challenge him as he used that small distraction to the fullest as he pushed himself to go even faster, catching the boy off guard as he tackled him into a building before grabbing onto one of his arms and chucking him into the sky. He quickly followed suit as he took a massive leap into the air, by now the boy had righted himself using his wings and jetpack but it was too late, he was right where he wanted him. "You can take, California Smash!" He yelled out with a huge smile as he brought down a devastating right hook onto the boy's helmet.
BOOM! Sending him crashing down into the building they were above and he didn't just stop there. He crashed through 6 different floors.
BOOM! Was another crash as Midoriya came shooting out of the side of the building, moments later.
"Not bad, All Might, but we're gonna need more than that!" he roared as he fired off missiles from his back, these proving to not just be faster but also stronger as a few hit home seeing how All Might was still in the air.
'Damn, those missiles sure pack a punch.' All Might thought to himself as he slammed down into the earth, creating a small crater on impact. He coughed a bit to clear his system of dust and looked up only, only to see that the boy was gearing up the four, not two, but four! Cannons on his back. 'Something tells me this is gonna hurt.'
"Texas Salute!" Midoriya roared as he fired on his target. The force of the blasts proving to be shattering as when they hit home, they caused an explosion easily five times what Bakugo's gauntlets were capable of. They didn't just ruin the street but the pavement and street rails were dug up and pushed away from the impact.
"Hand enough?" Midoriya asked as he noted that his fuel was low due to the leak, he also noticed that there was a structural issue in the right arm, an impurity in the allow most likely.
"Not even close!" All Might laughed as he threw a large chunk of concrete from the ground at him, Midoriya saw this coming and grabbed it with one hand, but that proofed to be a distraction as All Might used it as a distraction to get close enough to punch him through the slab and send him back. Midoriya was pushed but he quickly rolled it out to recover.
"You're stubborn, I'll give you that!" Midoriya said as he charged him again.
Their fight would continue for another 6 minutes as the two gave it they are all. Midoriya showed off every tool he had in his arsenal from the rifles he built onto his suit peppering the man till they ran dry. The falcon striker cannons he had built into the palms and his chest proved to be quite difficult for the number one to work around till he smashed the central one. The shockwave generating hammer which smashed All Might's face many times and the transformed form turned it into a super flame thrower like really, that thing was like Endeavour in tool form! He did prove careful enough not to set fire to stuff whenever he used it. The taser touch whenever he got his hands on the man was annoying.
The electrified self-deploying bolos were a sweet touch in Midoriya's opinion as they proved capable of even immobilizing All Might long enough for him to attack him. He was kinda disappointed with the capture foam missiles as All Might was able to react and dodge all of them, which left a lot of foam hills around the place as they tore up the district in the fight. His other missiles on the other hand proved to be quite useful as they forced All Might to either retreat or give him enough time to rethink his attack plan in this high pace, high-powered battle. But the crème of the crop was the electromagnetic super-cuffs as he was not even All Might was able to just break out of them, the only bad part was that he did when he didn't expect him too and as the result, the pro was able to surprise him and ripped off one of his wings again!
This leads us to now.
"I…must admit, young Midoriya. You truly created an excellent fighting machine." All Might, who was covered in scrapes and bruised huffed out as he had been tased, punched, kicked, and slammed through buildings far more than he had even been in years. But it was over now as he stood on top of the downed Midoriya whose suit had been trashed. The two of them were in the remains of a small office building that the hero brought down on the kid when he tossed him through it, it wasn't his intention to collapse the thing but Midoriya had hit a few major support columns on the way in.
"But this is the end, you have less than two minutes to pass and you have lost. You gave it you all, be proud of that but this would be a good time to surrender." He finished off as he looked down at the battered and broken mech suit. The right-wing was missing and the left leg had been smashed. Even now, the suit was barely able to move due to the internal support structure failing but for some reason, when this should be the time for the boy to admit defeat, he started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" All Might asked him, now tired of this kid's attitude as if this was how he took defeat. He was only a first-year, was he expecting to somehow win this?
"That's the thing, this little creation of mine is wonderful but did you know that it has an interesting function." Midoriya said through the speakers, something he had noted the boy had been doing for so long that he assumed that he had to use them to speak through all that armor and gear. At the mention of an interesting function, however, All Might nearly jumped away thinking the kid was detonate the suit and try to take him with him before he realized how stupid that was.
"Function, what function?" All Might asked him as he kept his guard up, he may have smashed just about all the weapons on the thing, including those hidden rifles in the chest(that was a painful surprise) but he wouldn't put it past the boy to have one last trick up his sleeve.
"No, it's that it doesn't need a pilot to be inside. It can be remote-controlled by either me or," He revealed as he heard the clicks and hisses of the armor opening up…..to reveal that the thing was empty, where Midoriya should have been was just a note that read: 'We ran bitch, ran!' "My AI, say hello, Neko." He finished, still speaking through the speakers as realized that he was using them not due to the fact he needed to but rather to fool him into thinking he was even there to begin with!
"Apologies for this All Might, but I needed to keep you busy long enough." Neko spoke up, sounding apologetic that she had to go along with this but she will always serve her master and creator. It wasn't like this went against her ethical protocols anyway.
"Wait, but if he's not in there then-!" That's when he realized it, but before he could even try to dash there, it was too late.
"Eighth match: Midoriya; Asui; Ashido; Sero and Bakugo have all escaped the combat zone. Winners, Midoriya, Asui, Ashido, Sero and Bakugo!" The announcement rang throughout the stage and to the audience watching this performance.
"What!" All Might left the broken, empty suit of armor and dashed off towards the exit and to his shock, he saw that all five of them had crossed it. Were they all injured in the same way, of course, young Midoriya was being supported by young Ashido while young Sero was helping young Bakugo to keep on his feet. Young Asui even had Nejire-Chan, who was gagged and tied up, in her grasp. The 3rd year had woken up at some point and was trying to speak to him through the tape keeping her from making coherent words. "How'd you-!"
"It's called a stunt double, All Might. Haven't you ever watched behind the scenes for action movies?" Midoriya asked him with a chuckle that soon ended with a pained wheeze as he felt his chest.
"We knew that we could never beat you in a fight, no matter what we planned, so we trick you instead! Sorry bout that!" Ashido started to explain to him as she kept her classmate standing since he was down a leg.
"I gotta say, watching you fight an empty can was funny as hell, gave us all the damn time we needed to find each and get our asses here." Bakugo laughed at him as he never thought he'll find watching his idol fall for that would be this funny. He did, however, leave out the part where it took all four of his teammates to convince him to even go with this approach.
"But for them, why all five of you? Three could have escaped as I fought the others." All Might was confused as he was sure that they could have passed sooner if some had to bite the bullet and stayed behind. That was the whole behind why they considered it a pass if just three of them could escape, to see if they could form a plan that would allow them to do so.
"Yeah, that's the thing. We know that we could have planned for three to escape to pass but we," Ashido started as she took a quick breath to soothe her own body, she was still feeling the burn, literally in her hands. "We wanted to walk out as we came in, as a group."
"Sure it proved to be really, really painful," Sero said as he had tied a bandage to his face to stop the bleeding from his busted nose. "But it was worth it in the end!"
"The real trick was keeping her quiet in case she tried to warn you." Bakugo said as he ripped the gag out of her mouth now that they didn't need to worry about not drawing attention to themselves.
"Sorry All Might, they had me gagged and tried up." Nejire-Chan oddly enough didn't seem all that concerned about being in a situation that would normally warrant calling the cops. Sure they had no ill intentions towards her but it was still unnerving.
"I still feel dirty for doing that." Sero muttered to himself as he could already tell Mineta was not going to let this pass and make it even weirder for them the next time they see him.
"So while you fought with Neko, I went and picked up Midoriya." Ashido said as she was the one who found and woke the guy leaning against some alleyway as he tried to make his way to the exit on just one leg. He had heart, that was obvious.
"While I picked up Bakugo." Sero said as was the one who woke up first and was able to find Bakugo. After he was able to calm the guy down from being rudely awoken, they met up with Ashido and Midoriya and quietly made their way to where Asui would be.
"She was the one left in charge of getting the prisoners back with us, even if we had to retreat, we managed to capture one of you along the way, that's gotta be worth extra credit, right?" Ashido said as she gestured towards Asui who couldn't speak herself right now but she did nod when her name was brought up.
"Hahahahaha!" After hearing all that, he couldn't help it. The number one laughed so hard it nearly busted his missing stomach. "Well done, you five. You performed far better than I had thought you would! You deserve this win."
"Thanks, but we'll like to go see Recovery Girl, before we pass out from the pain." Sero joked as he was still kinda seeing doubles….that wasn't normal.
"Again." Midoriya joked as the group removed the binding from Nejire-Chan, turned around, and wobbled off towards the nurses on sight office.
(Back in the monitor room)
"They did it!" Uraraka cheered as everyone watching felt so damn proud of them for not only passing but doing so in style. They took down one proctor AND all managed to escape!
"They all passed!" Hagakure said in equal amounts of joy. She had nearly cried when it looked like they had all been defeated. No one had guessed or noticed them walking towards the exit, using the alleys and rubble to mask their approach till the final stretch.
"I can't believe it, he had his AI control the suit and battle for him." Shoji was equal parts, impressed and shocked as when they all picked up the group of five, plus their prisoner making their way towards the exit, he wondered who was in that mech fighting All Might.
"Is that even legal?" Jiro didn't want to be the devil's advocate but she did want to get her facts straight and she wasn't too sure that using AI to fight was allowed.
"Oh yes, he did create the Neko AI so it counts as his work! Oh my, I would have never imagined the day would come when such fighting machines were remote controlled." Nezu looked delighted at this turn of events.
"They did destroy a tone of stuff though, that was intense!" Kaminari said with a whistle as he looked over the battleground. In that short brawl with All Might, three buildings had been demolished and another 5 looked in need of serious repairs. The street didn't look much better.
"But didn't All Might do most of the wrecking? He was mostly being thrown around." Ojiro asked as Midoriya technically didn't wreak most of that, would that count?
"Even now, you find ways to continue to surprise and awe me, my friend." Tokoyami stated with a relieved but cool-headed smile as he watched his friend walk off-screen towards the nurse's office. Recovery Girl had already left to prep for them.
"Aw, that sounds like you like him." Mineta joked to him, which was effective in wiping the smile off his face as he gave the shorter boy a light glare out of the corner of his eye.
"Not even try it." He warned him as the class kept on discussing the match-up in fine detail.
(Later)
"Oh, you kids did a number to yourselves." Hours later, in the middle of the afternoon. Recovery Girl found herself in her office on the main campus. Of the 8 beds that the nurse's office had for students, five of them were taken by those who had been here since school ended.
"Sorry, mam." They all replied though Bakugo didn't look like he wanted to prior experience with the elderly hero had taught him to cooperate if he wanted to be treated and leave with his pride intact.
"Let's start with you, dearie." Recovery Girl started as she pulled up Ashido's record of treatment for the day. "You didn't take any real damage in the fighting but you did overwork your quirk and gave yourself 2nd-degree acid burns. Keep those hands of yours covered for about two days and make sure to apply this cream three times a day, understand?" Of the five, she had the least amount of wounds that needed to be addressed. It didn't take any more than a kiss on her cheek and some nutrient-rich gummy bears to mix the worst of it.
"Yes, thanks a bunch!" Ashido replied as she gave the woman and big smile as she held the cream in her hand. Sure she was mostly healed but the elderly hero wished to be on the safe side.
"Bakugo, in my office again I see, hmmm?" She started as she turned to the most volatile of the group with a raised brow but he was smart enough t not to start shit he couldn't finish with her, so she went on after seeing he was properly cowed. "Like with the festival, you overworked your sweat glands and suffered a concussion from that hit that sent you flying. I'll healed both but don't you think about setting off even fire-cracker-level blasts, are we clear?"
"Crystal." Bakugo replied as he knew that he was not going to be able to train his body for a while, not if he didn't want permanent damage. He may have the drive to be the best but he was smart enough to research how best to do that and knew when you needed to stop and let your body rest.
"Asui, I don't know what drove you to put yourself in such harm's way. The good use is that I was able to ensure that you'll keep your tongue." She started as she faced the young girl whose tongue was wrapped up in specially made bandages. "The bad news is that that you'll not be tasting anything for a week, or using it for anything. Speech should be okay but I would advise you to become a girl of little words for about a week, alright?" She advised the girl who nodded her head rather than said a word. She was just glad their calculated risk didn't cost her big time.
"Sero, you followed Bakugo's path and overused your quirk. You suffered extreme moisture loss and I was forced to ensure you had two extra IV drips to make sure you regained all of it. You got yourself a broken nose and a concussion but both have been treated. No quick training for two days should suffice, in that time, be sure to drink plenty of water." She told the boy as he had very low amounts of water in his system.
"No problem, Recovery Girl. After that, I think I could spend a whole day sleeping." Sero said as he planned to go home and passed out on the couch, they didn't have school the next day since 1-B was set to take their exam which meant he didn't have to worry about school for an extra day!
"And last but not least, the idiot who came up with most of those plans!" And like that, her kind grandmotherly vibe disappeared as she rounded up and marched over the bandaged and scared boy who wished he was anywhere but her. "You sprained your right ankle, broke your left arm in two places from being smashed into a building. Cracked two rids and broke another three and to top it all off, suffered 2nd degree burns to your arms and chest." She finished as he had certainly taken the most diverse amount of injuries. She blamed Yagi and his influence on the boy "Everything has been taken care of but if I see you anywhere near the training ground…" She threatened him, her cane raised in the air in case he thought otherwise.
"Got it, no training for now." Midoriya replied, rushing out the answer lest she had to his injuries.
"Good, you all need your rest so I would advise you to save any celebrating for later." "I'll be back in about 4 hours. That should be enough time for you all to have a quick nape before we send you home." The nurse said as she signed and got up to leave the room. She figured that they might want to talk about their little experience but seeing how three out of five of them needed her to both use her quirk and perform surgery to address all their injures. Chances are they would be too tired to even try and would just want that nap.
And that is the end of the exams arc! I gotta tell you when I planned this out, it was only supposed to be 15K at most but once I started writing, I couldn't stop. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, it was fun planning and writing it as I wanted one that was similar to cannon where Midoriya went back and picked up Bakugo so that they could both cross the line. How they took down Nejire was hard but I hope that I did her character justice as writing her thought process was pretty funny. She now has an interest in getting all five of them to come to her work-study down the line but whether or not that will happen is up in the air. I might keep in the same as cannon where she takes Asui and Uraraka but seeing how I have plans for the bubbly gravity girl, I might change that up.
1-B will not get their chapters as I'll reveal who passed and who failed later as I don't have the energy to try and give them all their time in the sun. They will get that soon as some of my own OC arcs will have them feature more prominently but for now, they'll have to take the backseat as a group. Their plans to take down All Might admittedly have a lot of reliance on luck as for one, Midoriya didn't tell them of All Might's weakness, that was something he kept to himself as it isn't his secret to tell but one he exploited as you all read.
To the final battle, that was something a long time coming. To those of you who already have it in your mind, NO, it was not the hulk buster as the hulk buster designed to take on a raging beast. This armored battle suit was designed to take on a multitude of threats and as you all saw, was armed with the weapons to do so. This won't be the last time we see the thing as Midoriya does admit, that this is a prototype so an even stronger and more effective unit will be made and used in combat down the line, only that model won't just be Midoriya building it, he'll have help from two others.
For the name of it. I was at first going to stick solely with fictional birds and name it Mighty Eagle off the Angry Birds character but early on in the planning, a review from one of the faithful readers changed my mind. As the suggestion given was for a Hindu one, on the other hand, I had to change it as I don't want to upset any potential Hindi readers that I have or might gain in the future. The Mk X was then named 'Tengu Karura'.
The reason behind that name is as follows, the Tengu are bird-like humanoid creatures in Japanese mythology who were framed for their prowess in martial arts. According to the books that Izuku read as a child, they are also considered heroes as they would fight off evil, even though they would never enter heaven. For this reason, the suit was designed in such a way that the outer armor, which is designed to absorb and distribute force over a large area in the same way that Kevlar body armor does, is designed and painted in a fashion similar to traditional Japanese samurai armor.
The second part of the name, Karura, is since Karura is the Japanese version of Garuda(The original suggestion BTW), the karura is said to be enormous, fire-breathing, and to feed on dragons/serpents, just as Garuda is the bane of Nāgas. Only a dragon who possesses a Buddhist talisman, or one who has converted to the Buddhist teaching, can escape unharmed from the Karura. Shumisen or Mount Meru is said to be its habitat. For this reason, not only was there a large emphasis on fire resistance but also on its flame-based abilities, i.e, supercharging the flame thrower aspect of the spear.
Reviews:
Tim Curry's Toxic Love: Thanks buddy, though he will still be a massive prev, I'm trying to actively give him character development.
D3lph0xL0v3r: You also have a good point, the main thing we can say, as the fan base about Mineta, is that he's a pervert. That being said, he does have other quirks to him….just not much.
bauers374: Oh I know you're were joking. It's still a weird theory. God only knows what he'll be doing if he was Issei's boy, at least the teacher would know where he gets it from whenever they host parent/teacher meetings. For the questions, I meant like for one, why does his quirk work the way it does? As for the black peppers, I assume that his goggles do have some sort of lens in them as if black pepper, peppery spray, or even a hand full of sand(Pocket sand!) were enough to do it, he'll be dead by now.
Blaze1992: It didn't mean the end of anime, my fellow weed. It only meant the drastic decline of it as Shonen would take the biggest hit due to the out-of-this-world fights and powers would become reality for them, comedy, romance, monster hunting, issekai, slice of life, etc. will be largely unaffected.
jdrussom66: Don't worry about that, he has something big planned for this coming fight.
tacktician: Why would he call it 'All Might Buster'? As for Mineta, he's a prev yes but he has battled against villains(whether he wanted to or not is up for debate)
Alexander Von Einzbern: I don't know what that is as where I live, we don't have that but it must be pretty funny for you.
ocomhdhain1: Even decades after his series ended, Kakashi is inspiring boys to become better.
Dcraus: Sounds pretty interesting, but are you referring to the series or the books? I haven't played the game yet but my brother has only good things to say about the characters and gameplay.
GunBlade2020: Thanks for the kind words, they mean a lot.
Zukafew119: Yeah, that happens sometimes so don't worry about it. The bits with Nejire, in the beginning, were fun to write while using her instead of maybe Mirio was a good change to the norm as he'll be introduced later along with Mirio. Midoriya and Bakugo get along as well as water and oil. Sure they can set it aside when they need to…for the most part but outside of work and/or life and death fights with villains, they want nothing to do with the other, the one due to all the shit the other put him through over the years and the other because he's a giant tsundere and he feels like he's undeserving of Midoriya friendship, which he is. The first part was meant to be funny as when I wrote it out and let my friends view it, they had similar reactions.
I didn't want to waste time on the matches that remained unchanged so I just switch the POV for them so we can see how the cast views the matches instead. Them having this little talk with Recovery Girl seemed fitting as she is a veteran hero who more often or not, acts like a sweet grandparent to the younger cast, and when I saw the younger cast, I mean everyone under the age of 50 as chances are, she was All Might's medic back when he was still a student, hence why she knows of OFA. With Kirishima and Sato, there is no way they could have won that battle unless they both had some serious buffs to their abilities or had learned the lesson Cementoss was trying to teach them at an earlier point.
The pairing of Ojiro and Tokoyami was difficult as, like Asui, he had no major weakness so he was there just to help our resident edge lord. As for his support gear, there was this awesome picture I saw on Pinterest, I'll try to send you a link to it, the anyway-the picture was of Tokoyami wearing a different hero costume with support gear to help along with his quirk, and honestly, not only did it look great but the gear, like smoke pellets, made sense. Heroes like Batman have had smoke-producing smoke bombs for years so why can't a guy who relies on darkness? Being friends with a guy that mostly uses support gear would make the choice even more obvious as Midoriya is still a quick analyzing genius so he would give such notes or recommendations to his friends just cause or because they asked for help. With how the fight ended, I needed a way for Tokoyami to still pass as we saw that those who are captured by the pros still fail, Iida was the exception as his capture was a necessary part of their plan to win.
I didn't want to spoil things with what they plan to do to, you read the chapter so you can understand why I wanted to keep things tight-lipped. The van came to me after watching Ant-man and when I thought about it, it makes sense that he'll design a mobile resupply and repair station for when you're dealing with either the aftermath of a huge battle with a villain or are assisting with disaster relief of any kind. It's a good idea as it means he can stay on sight and assist in any type of disaster for long periods, sure he'll eventually need to rest but his gear will be ready to go. Chances are there is another story where Midoriya is good with auto-work but those are more likely to be a crossover to things like Need for Speed or the Fast and Furious franchise.
Writing Uraraka and Todoroki vs Eraser was hella hard as Uraraka has only ever gone up against an opponent like him, Toga, once and she didn't fare so well so it was hard to write a scenario where they win but it doesn't feel like plot armor. Todoroki being straight with her about how he feels seems to fit with his character as he isn't the type of guy to lie just to seem big. He most likely didn't say as much in cannon as Yaoyorozu was nervous enough and he didn't want to add to that, so he kept his silence. The knife just feels like something she'll learn to use, firstly due to the training she most likely got during the internships and secondly, to defeat Toga down the line as that girl knows how to cut you up. You're also right about Uraraka and her feelings as up until that point, she was either distracted with more important things or was lying to herself. Aoyama telling her he noticed the tipping point as besides him, it's only the girls that know about this.
Omega Armadillo 300: I don't think he'll let his perverted nature get in the way ALL the time, only most of the time as when Toga fights, he'll be too scared to be turned on…unless he's into Yandere. Then he's fuc*ed. When he had seen him act like a perv, as far as the anime goes, it's never that big of a distraction from the situation as during the USJ, his perverted nature was played off more comically, the sports festival was the same as attaching himself to Yaoyorozu ensured he got a good placing in the first event. The only time he acts like a perverted idiot was the final exam and that seemed to have been part of the plan. It was also kinda last minute during the planning for the chapter to have Lady tell him this was the first idea was that he found one of her Naruto manga and read up about Kakashi himself. I'm glad that I didn't go with that idea as it was a good way to show off her character without having Midoriya being present or directly involved. Midnight's defeat was somewhat easier to pull off as Mineta has a similar plan to cannon. Also, Midnight didn't leave the ball there, Mineta just hadn't gotten to her ass yet as he was still busy removing his 'quick's by-product' from her person and he didn't put it there either, she fell on it.
Zukafew119: She could have gotten out but that would have taken more time than they could afford to. The opening was sort of desperate as she could have used a much larger one more akin to what she used on Bakugo if she had time to plan it out and lead him to an area where she could use it. With their real plan, I wanted something that showed off her background as Midoriya uses his as a hero otaku to strategize, All Might his time in the states so it seemed like a good idea for Uraraka to make use of the fact she is familiar with city planning(that's an assumption) and construction practices as you can't tell me she didn't volunteer to help her parents during school holidays or long weekends, she's too sweet not to.
The students don't have a way to tell what their classmates are thinking so it adds to the suspense whenever we see things from their POV. I didn't have the time to write out her fight with Eraser but seeing how in cannon where she fought against Bakugo and most of the fight still shot, I didn't see too much of a problem with leaving it your imaginations and seeing how I haven't gotten a bad review about it, it worked. Eraser himself is a man that first and foremost, has deep respect for those with a strong drive and the commitment to improve, we see this when he watches Todoroki vs Midoriya in cannon, he praises the kid for his will despite the fact he was breaking bones with every attack. He knows that hurts, so to see someone be able to work through the pain would be enough to win some points with the nap-loving pro.
Eraser didn't put any sensors down there as he didn't think they'll use that method as he assumed they used the sewage system, which in most modern cities, is too small for even a large child to crawl through.
With Yaoyorozu and Mineta vs Midnight, I admit, I enjoyed writing about that. How the fight flowed and the dialogue just came to me in planning so I had no trouble there. Also, those who we saw in their internships picked up something during that time so it only made sense that Mineta learned something about restraint, even if Lady did use an unconventional method but hey, if Anima works, it works. Also….she was kinda taking out her anger on Mineta but unlike many girls in anime, she did it constructively as she couldn't just torture him with some brutal training or 'spar '/another word for whoop his ass. He was there first and foremost, to learn. With Yaoyorozu, I'm trying to have her branch out from just cannon as even the I-island movie, that is her go-too-ranged weapon of choice, just making the cannon alone must take a lot, never mind the ammo.
The bit with the rest of the matches, that was also easy as anyone would be scared if they see their potential enemy or someone they might have pissed off go to town on someone else.
With the bit about his perverted nature and how he's different from someone like Roshi, already explained that.