Hey ! Here comes chapter 27 ! I have a good feeling with this one, I think I I came up with a lot of good ideas without endangering the next chapters, I have already planned most things up to Kamino (the story might end at Kamino if I mess up ... Oh golly ...)

I want everyone to thank brasheril_holmestalentsmaster ! Who reviewed the chapter before everyone and as a result got spoiled ... but still helped me to improve a few things ! And also, thank to them I am now able to cross post Prohibited Power on AO3 yeahhhhh !

One last thing ... Dear Lord Wolfe, I feel honoured since you finally followed Prohibited Power :D (how the fck did you miss it during all this time ?! I was one of the first people to follow and fav apotheosis lol !)

Anyway, if you haven't already (that would be surprising though ...) go read Apotheosis too ! ... but follow and fav my fic before :P

Also I had to repost the chapter due to a weird bug which would apparently duplicate half of the text at some point ... my apologies.


"You got to be kidding me" The symbol of peace as their opponent, Aizawa did make this exam impossible in the end "All Might ?" Izuku had reasons to complain, any other hero would have been "balanced" but they had to put him against the one hero who is genetically modified to counter his secret power ... absolutely fantastic.

"Do not worry Midoriya" the hero showed his arms and legs, weights had been attached "Most of us will be wearing this kind of equipment to make it "fair" in case you end up in a weak matchup"

"That's hardly fair for God's sake ..." Katsuki muttered just loud enough so Izuku could hear "For once I get to prove that I am far better than anyone kn this class you put me against All Might with- GAH DAMN IT ! I WILL JUST BEAT YOU UP !"

"... Fiiiinnneee ... As I was explaining you will also be given a pair of handcuff, as long as you manage to lock it anywhere on your fellow teatcher they will be considered as defeated. Now go to the centre of your designated area, an alarm will tell you when the examination will start, I would say good luck but luck doesn't have anything to do with that so instead I will conclude with Plus Ultra !" The principal put his paws in the air and waved as Izuku and Katsuki made their way to the place where the exam would take place.

"To continue, next pair will be Yuga Aoyama and Ochaco Uraraka, your opponent will be Ectoplasm" Ochaco knew a bit about their teacher's quirk, some sort of duplication ... it wasn't that bad, she could have ended up against a range hero like Thirteen or Snipe.

"Great, allons y Ochaco cherie !" Yuga ended his cheer with a spin to show off his cape again.

"Y-yeah let's do this hehe ! ..." But Ochaco was more worried about her boyfriend than herself at the moment.


Ten minutes later.


Izuku and Katsuki kept their distance from each others, Izuku didn't have any single glimpse of hope that he would be able to work with the idiot he had been paired with. If Aizawa or any teatcher knew about his thoughts he would probably get scolded but he did care.

Katsuki was completely unable to work with anyone, not even himself ...

Anyway, Izuku had two options to win, either defeating All Might or running away, if he even tried to get close from the symbol of peace the result would hurt, outrunning All Might already sounded impossible, but this option would always be the best one to pass the exam.

Katsuki didn't even bother to grab a pair of handcuffs, Izuku also didn't take, the handcuffs were heavy, really heavy, even if All Might ended up making a mistake Izuku didn't have the physical strength to use it ... and his whole plan implied to run without getting caught.

As soon as he entered inside the area where the exam would take place Izuku worked to figure out the best escape route, there wasn't only one entrance / exit, or else it would be too easy for All Might to win, even if the weights handicaped him. The area was supposed to be built along the theme of an abandoned city, large empty buildings, many places to hide, perhaps even an underground ?

"Don't even try to mess up my exam you quirkless trash, I'm gonna beat up All Might and win all by myself, I don't need you !" Katsuki started yelling ... Izuku immediately thought the explosive teen was bored and had to stimulate his sentiment of superiority to feel safer before the beginning of the exam.

Izuku smirked under his helmet, once Katsuki had finished he waited a few second and started acting as if he only noticed now that Katsuko had been "talking" to him.

"Hum ? ... oh sorry, I can't hear a thing when I'm wearing my helmet" Izuku knew it hurt his partner's pride, from one point of view it could have true, from another it only took four second for Izuku to ruin Katsuki's threat.

The explosive teen had enough, he was about to murder someone right here and right now and he had absolute no freaking idea if he was going to get expelled or not, just feeling the contact between Izuku's jaw and his fist would be heaven.

And yet Katsuki barely had the time to gasp and to lose the rhythm of his breath when All Might arrived out of nowhere and left a small crater in front of the pair.

"WELL THEN ? SHALL WE START ? HAHAHA ..." It felt wrong to have the symbol of peace as your opponent from Izuku's point of view, he didn't care if it was a hero or a villain, he only made a difference between "good" and "bad" people ... All Might was just in between and the limit was very tight ... but Izuku didn't have to fight.

"TEAM MIDORIYA AND BAKUGO, PRATICAL EXAM, READY ... GO !"

Just like the entrance exam, Izuku ran as soon as the announcer gave the departure and just S he thought Katsuki charged directly toward All Might ...

Close range quirk ... explosion ... counter ... knockback ! Izuku changed direction, he thought he should try to get as much distance as possible between him and All Might right as the exam began but Katsuki's reaction forced him to take cover earlier than he thought.

"I AM GOING !" Just thirty meters away from All Might Izuku shivered as he felt the raw power of one single quirk focused in the fist of the symbol of peace. He went inside a building hoping that he would lose the symbol of peace's attention and avoid the incoming blow of wind.

Izuku took cover behind a staircase, he heard the blow and he could even guess how far it went will all the noise outside the building, the wind was soon followed by a serie of small explosions ... it was smart, Katsuki was slow with his costume and his equipment and All Might was stronger, more resistant but above all faster, it was still stupid to try to fight him alone but Katsuki had more chance of doing anything with this method ...

Izuku gritted his teeths, admitting that Katsuki was smart went against his nature ... he had to run, now.

Katsuki tried the same tactic three times, it always failed, at some point All Might had enough and "gently" pinned his student against the ground before restraining him with plastic ties. Izuku heard his partner yelling hundreds of meters away ... now All Might would be looking for him.

Izuku was close from an exit at least, Katsuki gave him two minutes, just enough to run as fast as he could and lose All Might, hover there was one tiny detail Nezu hadn't precised.

When Izuku approached the exit gate a blast door appeared from the ground and blocked the way.

"W-what ?!"

"I am sorry but your partner is supposed to be with you if you want to escape" it was Recovery girl speaking through loudspeakers ... wait- ... he had to be with Katsuki in order to escape ? Izuku was angry now, not only against Nezu, but also Aizawa and the rest of the teatchers who may have forgotten to tell him about this rule on purpose.

"It's not like he would agree to escape, just let me go already !" Izuku yelled but he knew All Might could probably hear Recovery Girl speaking from anywhere in the area.

"Midoriya, this is against the rule, and you should be ashamed of leaving your partner behind ! If it was a real villain he would be dead now !"

"If it was a real villain Katsuki would be dead because he is an idiot who thinks he owns the entire planet or something ! He went straight to his demise and sorry if I do not feel like it's my problem at all !" With that Izuku earned a long and tensed silence until the door went back under the ground but right behind there was a person which Izuku really didn't want to see at this moment.

"You are leaving a fellow colleague behind you ... nice job" mister sleeping bag in person ... and he looked bored, as annoyingly bored.

"Aizawa Sensei ... you didn't make this exam harder for me you made it impossible !" And it was true, in these conditions Izuku couldn't win.

"You are failing even more with this kind of attitude, you are not only leaving your partner behind, you are leaving behind a son, a father, a brother, when someone dies it also hurts a lot of people who aren't directly affected, you are making more damage than the villain. If you leave now you aren't worth more than Baku-"

"DO NOT, finish that sentence !" Izuku's hand twitched, his mind was yelling at him to hurt Aizawa, to hurt him a lot, Aizawa wanted to hurt Izuku with his words but if only he knew how much the impact was deeper from Izuku's point of view.

In a loss of control Izuku's fist landed against a wall, and despit how resistant the wall should have been there was a clear impact mark.

"... WHY CAN'T I JUST LOSE ? AM I ALLOWED TO NOT BE FORCED TO FIGHT FOR SOMETHING JUST ONCE IN MY LIFE ? CAN I BE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS EVERYONE ? NO ! NO BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ALL MIGHT EXIST, PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S WRONG IN THIS WORLD BUT GUESS WHAT, I HAVE SEEN AND-AND LIVED THINGS YOU- ... You will never experience nor-nor ... nor understand"

It sounded much more terrifying out of the helmet, Aizawa had troubles keeping a straight expression in front of his student ... but Izuku had such confidence in his words, this state of mind was exactly the one every hero should have, the will to fight adversity even when everything seems lost.

"So ... what are you going to do now ?"

Izuku looked on his left, Aizawa didn't come empty handed "I hate you so much"


Meanwhile at the centre of the area


Katsuki was enraged, he couldn't move a muscle, the pros really had some incredible skills when it came to retraining villains, a pair of plastic ties had been enough to completely incapacitate him.

"I will beat you !"

"Hahaha ... look I know this is supposed to be an exam but here is a tip, unless you are provoking or trying to get your opponent's attention in a situation where you are clearly restrained on purpose this is a terrible idea to do such a thing as it increases-"

"SHUT UP ! It's all your fault if I'm losing ! You paired me with that useless Deku !"

"... You still think we did that on purpose ? Bakugo, it was Aizawa's choice to pair Izuku with you, not you with Izuku ... he wanted to make it harder for him not for you. Because believe it or not Katsuki, but you are way less talented than Izuku"

Hearing this from All Might's mouth was a tragedy, Katsuki must have been stucked in a nightmare, a living hell, Deku stronger than him ?

"S-Shut up I said !"

"You are the one handicapping him, you should have known you couldn't defeat me alone or even with Izuku's help, you should have helped each others in order to escape ... but you ruined everything, and you put Izuku in a terrible situation, it's going to be even harder for him and for you to win ... I guess at least one of you trie-"

"HEY TRASH SMILE !" The symbol of peace immediately turned around, not because of the insult but because that voice meant Izuku atucally came back. "DON'T TELL ME YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH ONLY ONE OF US ? ARE YOU SCARED ?" Izuku was hiding of course, he made a good use of his environment and compared to Katsuki he was provoking All Might on purpose ... no one would fall for that but Izuku deserved a little bonus for coming back.

"You better be hiding well then ! Because ... I AM COMING !" All Might jumped in the direction of Izuku's voice, he had a large plot to cover to find the teen.

On Izuku's side this fact gave him exactly what he needed, time and distraction. All Might was fast but not fast enough and Izuku didn't only have the advantage of his discretion, he knew exactly all the time where the symbol of peace was looking for him.

Using All for One at his advantage Izuku gained access to the the center of the area where Katsuki had been captured ... and for a moment Izuku didn't know what to do, he just stared at his partner and his partner stared at him ...

"If I free you are you going to attack All Might and get captured again ?" This was a legitimate question, and surprisingly Katsuki took his time to answer.

"... No, we will run toward the closest exit and pass this stupid exam ... now hurry up and untie me !" Izuku smiled under his helmet, Katsuki didn't ruin everything with his temper kicking in at the end of his sentence, it was just too good to be true and Izuku simply ignored the end.

"I give it to you, that's a good plan ... I just wished you could have come up with something similar before we started" Izuku squatted over Katsuki "Actually I'm not going to untie you this is part of the REAL plan"

...

"What are you talking about you-"

"We can't outrun All Might, we can't split so we will have to bet everything on one single stupid plan" Izuku made a discreet gesture toward something that he was hiding in front of him. Katsuki had his eyes wide open and filled with surprise and fear ...

"N-no, that-that's the worst plan I have ever heard ! You are going to freaking make us lose ! Just untie me damn it !"

"Sorry i do not have anything to untie you-" All Might was done searching the building and apparently he also hears Katsuki complaining "Look, I hate you, you made my life a hell and I will never forgive that ... but if we do pass this exam and if you are willing to make an effort I am willing to ... consider trying to have an "enhanced" relationship with you"

"What the heck are you talking about now ! It's the time to talk crap you-"

"Yes or no ?"

...

"You better not fail !"

All Might was coming, silently, just using his speed to approach, flying slightly above the ground, Izuku wasn't exceptionally good in math but anticipation was one of his talents with All for One, he ignored All Might and acted as if he was trying to untie Bakugo.

"Look out !" Katsuki yelled of course, Izuku guessed All Might considered they had failed the exam and wouldn't expect anything se from them ...

That's when Izuku stopped pretending and grabbed the object he had been hiding, a pair of handcuffs Aizawa had brought for him, he just needed to attach it anywhere on All Might to win and the symbol of peace was approaching at full speed with his arm pointed in the teen's direction. How convenient ...

Izuku grabbed one extremity of the handcuffs, turned around and-

SHLINK

He was kicked away by the symbol of peace's attack of course, but the sound had been clear, and while Izuku was sent flying in the air he briefly saw the handcuffs hanging around All Might's left arm.

"Looks like I win-" Izuku thought to himself before he felt his back entering in contact with a solid surface.


Meanwhile Ochaco's side


"This is bad ... how are we supposed to guess which one is the original ? Perhaps we should just run ... what do you think Yug-" Ochaco had been watching her own side thinking that Yuga would cover the rest but when she finally turned around she understood that her partner must have been watching her with a smile full of intent for a moment. "Y-Yuga ? What's wrong ?"

"How is it going between you and Izuku ?"

...

"T-that's REALLY not the time to talk about th-W-WAIT HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW WE-" Yuga presses a finger against Ochaco's helmet to silence her.

"Ma cherie I know everything ! Well ... everyone noticed you two had a crush on each others but I'm almost certain it's becoming sérieux, oh oui oh oui !" The usage of french mixed with english (Japanese ? Yeahhhhhh that's a real problem you see ...) gave an awkward side to this ... "revelation" ?

"L-look this is not the time to speak about this and-and I don't have anything to say to YOU about our relationship in the first place !" Ochaco looked around a corner, Ectoplasm and his clones were getting closer.

"Non non non, I won't cooperate until you tell me how far you are invested ! I saw you during the free time Aizawa gave us ... you were training together, or rather Izuku was training you ... que c'es-"

"Shut up"

"Romanti-" SLAP, Ochaco new this was counter productive but she really needed that to release some pressure, she could actually thank Yuga- ... then she got an idea, well she didn't get the idea on her own and she didn't get an "idea" but rather a little push to figure out a way to defeat Ectoplasm.

They didn't have much choice, the pro blocked all their escape route right as the exam started ...

"What would Izuku do in this kind of situation ?"

This is the only thing Ochaco could come up with, she had always been inspired by him, at some point she even thought this would end up making her weaker if she kept following Izuku but there was a reason if he was so strong without using a quirk, without using his quirk.

Izuku did things other people never had to, analyse their opponent and their environment, this sounded redundant, but Izuku was on a whole different level, quirks weren't a limit for him ...

"Alright ... Ectoplasm can create about- ... 28, no, 30 clones and each of this clones are controlled by the original which means that he has to be in a certain range to use his quirk ... also they aren't made of flesh like us so ... Yuga, the original must be the one in the center of their group, also we need to watch carefully any sort of uh ... of Y-yes "glitch" they are made of something different than flesh so their form must as consistent as the original"

"Oui ! You are a genius Ochaco ! Faisons le !"

"You little rats-" Ectoplasm had found them, one of his clone kicked through the wall with it's leg, she was right their body were solid enough to hit like the original but they weren't exactly the same, Ochaco saw the clone's leg being deformed by the impact, just like a jelly desert, and when the clone moved back to attack again it felt like he was made out of chewing gum. "You figured out a leak, that's bad for me ..." either their teatcher was acting like a villain just for the exam or he was very serious, he did admit in both cases that Ochaco had successfully figure out a breach in his quirk.

Ochaco and Yuga were on the run again, Yuga and Ochaco splited, this wasn't part of any plan but this was good for them, this way Ectoplasm would only be able to chase one of them, Yuga had been targeted and he was going exactly in the right direction to force the pro hero to move.

Ochaco would have one shot to locate the original, potential apply her quirk and restrain him with a pair of handcuffs ... why did she have to do everything ?

And according to her plan a group of Ectoplasm was moving in her direction, she was hiding on the floor above the hero, Ochaco used her quirk on herself to float above him without making noise it wasn't hard to identify the original once she got a close look at a fake one, Ectoplasm was hiding right in the middle of the swarm.

Ochaco deactivated her quirk and dropped on the pro hero who apparently didn't notice her at all as all the clones were confused, she barely had the time to handcuff the hero but Gun Hean martial arts helped a lot.

The clones disappeared one after the other ... it felt almost too easy ...

"S-sir have you been going easy on us ?" She dared to ask the question as the pro got into a sitting position.

"Well ... restraining me using weights was perhaps too much, so me some other teatchers like Eraser Head and Thirteen had to "act" like we weren't giving all we had ... so yes in a way I have been going easy on you but what you did just now was simply a perfect naturalisation I didn't hear you coming and I was really focused on catching Yuga ... in a life or death situation I might have been more focused and my clones would have gotten the chance to stop you but one second can make a lot of difference. You are clever Uraraka, if I had to give my opinion, you are probably one of the best student in 1-A"

Ectoplasm stood up and gestured for Ochaco to uncuff him "Yuga did a great job too though, unless I'm mistaken he made sure to stay close enough from my clone so wouldn't switch of target. Anyway, you two can head home or stay here to watch your classmates"

Ochaco was told the location of Recovery Girl, she was watching each and every match to make sure the teatchers and the pros didn't get out of bounds with the students, when she walked inside the watch station Ochaco immediately heard Recovery Girl yelling st someone.

"Of course you had to break one of your own student ! You are impossible ! I can't find any other word to describe your actions you-you- YOU COSMIC IDIOT !"

"I didn't mean too ! Look I was just trying to knock him away, I thought he didn't see me and then right as i was getting in reach he turned back and and-"

It was All Might, both of the adults looked panicked, when they noticed Ochaco their feelings intensified for certain reason "W-what's going on ? Did something happen to-"

But before she could finish Ochaco saw her boyfriend laying in an hospital bed "I-Izuku !" She rushed to his side, he was unconscious "H-How-W-When-W-Why ?"

"Calm down I can't understand anything when you are stuttering, Izuku is fine I had to put him to rest because the other idiot in front of you knocked him too hard against a wall he isn't dangerously injured but his muscles around his back have been stretched a bit violently ... at least two weeks of wheelchair before he can be authorized to move normally again, he needs to rest if he wants to not constantly feel pain in his back, and trust me I know a lot on the subject"

"W-what do you mean his muscles were "stretched" ?" Asked back Ochaco with a mix of fear and anger.

"He was sent flying straight into a pilar, his back hit the pilar but the rest of his body followed and well ... I guess you can tell what happened, he is FINE, breath I had to sedate him in case he wakes up and starts panicking either because he can't feel some of his muscles anymore or because he would feel a strong pain"

Ochaco stared back at Izuku while he was unconscious, she thought Katsuki did that for a moment but no, All Might did this ... and it was an "accident" ? Even Ectoplasm was going easy on them ...

"I- ... can I stay with him ?"

"Of course you can, I have to keep watching so I can't bring him to the infirmary immediately, I called his mother thought? I had to explain very slowly what happened, she might be able to get a heart attack throught a phone"

Ochaco laughed a bit, she wasn't surprised about Inko's behaviour ...

"Did he- ... did he pass ?"

Recovery girl smiled "He was more heroic than any of the other students so far" Recovery Girl went back to her screens.

"What- ... what about Katsuki ?"

"... he didn't have a great performance, even if Izuku succeeded I think he won't pass for this exam due to his reckless behaviour" the position she was in, it felt just like when Izuku had brought her to the infirmary after the entrance exam ...

"I should go and pick up his belongings, if-if that's okay with-"

"Just go young lady, your man isn't going to fly away, even less run hahaha" Ochaco blushed hard, she didn't waste any time running away from the watch station.

Ochaco found Izuku's bags quickly enough, he liked to match with his colours, red and green ... why red though ? His shoes were very visible and- ... kind of cool, no-no why was she thinking about this now-

...

Izuku's phone was rining, perhaps it was Inko ? The number wasn't displayed as unknown so it meant Izuku had answered multiple times in the past ... if it was Inko it would always be better to answer.

Ochaco picked it up but before she had the time to say anything she was greeted by "I tried to call you three times, don't you dare hung up on my face again you-"

"H-hell-" Ochaco didn't find the will to finish a single word, she was hearing a voice she knew through the phone.

On the other side of the phone Tomura was hearing a voice he didn't recognize at all ... and it made him lose his composure, Toga and Kurogiri the only two people present at this time in the bar noticed this sudden change and were now staring at their leader with a very dedicated attention.

"Am I- ... talking to Izuku Midoriya ?" He carefully asked.

"N-no-" Ochaco was thinking, fearing the worse ... why was the villain who tried to kill them and All Might calling Izuku on his personal phone ? She was almost about to drop the phone as she felt ... betrayed ? No it couldn't be-

Suddenly a very enthusiastic female voice yelled through the phone "SORRY ! WRONG NUMBER TATATA TA TA !" and the call was ended.


"JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING ?!" Tomura had pinned Toga against a whole with a swift movsnt as soon as the call had ended, the girl was smiling as always like she didn't care about getting hurt or even worse, but this time it was different, she wasn't "grinning" just smiling.

"I got you out of a very akward situation handy boy-"

"Stop calling me like that ! I needed to know who she was ! What if she warns the cops about this ? If I had obtained her identity we might have been able to "deal" with the problem without any complication ! But you just you- YOU ARE OUT OF HERE-"

"Oh calm down would you ? Look ... she answered a call from someone else's phone right ? She might have absolutely no idea of who just called, I just prevented you from being recognised hihihi ... sorry I know you like to be popular" Tomura let Toga go after a minute of reflexion.

She was "right" in a way, whoever was talking may not have recognised him and he was taking a lot of risk by calling Izuku this way ... but still he had to discover who he just called ...

"Toga you are going out, I think you should go and make yourself a new "friend" that's a task you can't fail at hopefully"

"Yeahhhhhh hahaha, just let me pack up my things and I'll be out in a moment"


Half an hour after Izuku got injured.


The first sensation he had was pain, not pain like he had just been stabbed but rather a violent sensation of cold and nothingness in his back ... and he couldn't feel his leg, that was probably more important that whatever was going on with his back.

Though it only took Izuku about ten second once he woke up to realise that there was a correlation between those two problems, he could still get into a sitting position even if it hurt to just move.

"You should lay down, your muscles have been stretched a bit too far, right now your spine is completely inflamed, I had to sedate you in case you would wake up too early but I suppose even what I gave you wasn't strong enough, and before you panicked no this is not permanent, it will be gone in at least two weeks ... or if you really mess up during your convalescence, one and a half month ... anyway how do you feel ?" Izuku didn't have any trouble assimilating what Recovery Girl had explain but the thought of losing his legs was still lingering in his head ... he took a deep breath.

"I kind of feel ... cold, at the base of my spine"

"A ... the painkillers are working, as soon as it stops take the pills on the table next to you, the night will be long without them si you better consume them, do not try to play the big boy you hear me ?"

"Y-yes I-I will !"

Izuku noticed the screens, his comrades were still passing the exam ... Recovery Girl noticed that Izuku watching, he was perhaps too far to see anything.

"If you are feeling better I can offer you a wheelchair, it's property of U.A. so do not go breaking it for some heroic reason !"

"H-hey I'm not breaking anything that often !"

"But you would if someone wasn't constantly reminding you that you have to be responsible of your environment, kids nowadays, 1-B are the only ones after you to give me so much work, I'm going to turn myself into an Aizawa at this rate" Recovery Girl helped Izuku to slip in the wheelchair without tearing apart the muscles that were still in one piece.

It felt weird and fun at the same time, Izuku rolled toward the watch setup of Recovery Girl, he arrived right when Nezu managed to completely block all the exit of one area, his laugh was priceless yet terrifying.

"He is allowed to take part to the exam ?"

"Nezu is in charge of U.A. he can do whatever he wants ... but he tends to get out of bounds sometimes and-oh you are back"

Ochaco walked inside the room at the same time, she was carrying Izuku's bags with her "I- I thought you would need se help so-so I-I went to pick up your belongings and-"

"It's fine Ochaco I'm not angry or anything really, thank you ... how did your exam go ?" Izuku rolled toward her at the same time.

"W-we did great, we manage to caught Ectoplasm at to figure out an opening or a breach in his quirk hehehe-"

"By "we" I suppose you mean you, she forgot to mention that she did most of the work for Yuga even though his performance was also recognizable"

"That's great ! ... oh but ... wait did I pass ?"

"You managed to handcuff All Might yes but this idiot pushed you too hard and you collided with a pillar but in a really wrong way. I'm more than impressed in fact ... how the heck did you manage to do that ? It's like playing poker with a blindfold and to pull out a royal flush thingy"

"W-well I was lucky" izuku was very lucky in a way, it probably failed in more alternate realities than he could count.

"Yes of course ... you should have called yourself lucky devil or something, at this point it's witchcraft, anyway I have to keep watching so you two can either stay or leave, you will receive the results of your exam tomorrow"

Izuku had been keeping an eye on Ochaco since she arrived, she tried to avoid his gaze and her facial expression was wrong ... something happened.

"I should go home, my mother is going to be dead worried if I'm late and with this wheelchair it's-"

"I will help" Ochaco grabbed the handles of the chair so firmly that Izuku could feel the tension in her body.

"A-are you sure ? I-I mean you live-"

"It's fine, and I have to repay the first day we met don't you think ?" Izuku remembered now, he carried her all the way up to the infirmary ... back then his life was less chaotic and he had no idea he would end up like this ... he doesn't regret anything though.

"F-fine ... but then I will be the one who will have to repay you later"

"I will figure out something, now let's roll !" Ochaco threw Izuku's bag in his knees and pushed the wheelchair away, Recovery Girl smiled and sighed "This girl is going to get him killed ... but that will be worth it"


Since they got out Ochaco had been awfully quiet, and Izuku was starting to consider ending this silence, he finally decided to do so when he realised that Ochaco was pushing him further away from the path to his apartment.

"H-he Ochaco what's-"

"When I went to pick up your bags your phone rang ... I-I know it's personal but i thought it might be Inko so I answered and-"

Tomura, Ochaco was in the wrong place at the wrong moment and no one could have predicted such a thing would happen, Izuku couldn't feel his legs five minutes ago and now he couldn't feel anything at all.

"Ochaco it's-it's not what you think"

"Since when ? Please tell me you aren't some sort of traitor I-I can't believe such a thing so if are really friends I-I want to know the truth"

"I didn't have the choice, Tomura knows about my ability, he tried to recruit me and if I refused he would tip off the police and the heroes, he had no proof so I- ... I didn't buy his bluff but then he called me again"

Ochaco felt guilty, she knew Izuku wasn't a villain, he was the nicest person she ever met and yet since that call she believed he was on the opposite side of the board when in fact Izuku was in a bad position.

"How did he learn about your quirk ?"

"... Eri isn't my biological sister" Izuku explained how he met Eri and how he "killed" her last "legal" guardian. "And then they brought me into their base of operation to make their offer"

"Eri she- ... I'm sorry but- ... still you could have told me !"

"You would have liked to have the burden of more and more of my secrets ? It's hard to lie, but it's even harder to keep the truth away when it causes so much damage ... I'm sorry perhaps you are right I-I am an idiot"

And all this time Ochaco had been pushing Izuku's wheelchair without stopping, but she hadn't played attention to where she was going.

"O-oupsy I-I wasn't focusing let's turn back I-I got caught into that and-"

""it's-it's nothing really ... Ochaco in fact there-there is one last thing I must tell you I- there is-" Izuku suddenly felt something was off, itbwas familiar though, just like with Stain he could feel a need for blood- ... blood ? From behind ! " OCHACO DUCK !

It was almost too late, Ochaco let go of Izuku's wheelchair right when knife was about to lodge itself into her spine.

"Oh no I missed ! This is going to be funnier in fact !" Izuku felt so powerless stripped of his legs, he turned the chair around, Ochaco was face to face with a blonde girl about the same age as them armed with a combat knife.