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Getting to the Starting Line
(Takoba National Stadium. Mid-Late August, 13:05)
The white and blue bus drove softly on the road, with the air stiff as the students arrived at the stadium. Everyone getting off with their new costumes in tow, Wally told them that he would go on ahead and find a place for himself to sit since he could get there faster than a bus.
However, when they arrived they noticed the lack of a certain redhead, with Shota just sighing a bit as he heard Kyoka moan, "Oh, I'm so nervous!" He looked at his students, as their faces clearly displayed either nervousness, confidence, or in some cases, a mask of said confidence.
"I wonder what we'll have to do. I wonder if I can get my provisional license!" Minoru fretted nervously, his body rocking back and forth before he saw his homeroom teacher kneel to his level.
"Mineta, don't go asking if you can or can't. Say you can do it," Shota explained. Minoru quickly agreed as the underground hero looked around with frustration and grumbled, "Whereis he?"
"Sorry! You guys took a while, so I decided to get something for us to eat," a voice called out as they saw Wally zooming over in a white button-under and red jacket with yellow slacks and red tennis shoes. He'd changed into something more casual and had a couple bags of wrapped sandwiches.
"Where did you go?" Momo asked, tilting her head. "I do not recall seeing any sandwich stores on the way here."
"Ah, just ran back to the school and made them with Lunch Rush. Asked him what kinda sandwiches you guys like. So here ya go." He then started passing out sandwiches using his superspeed, each with their initials written in kanji, clearly by Lunch Rush from the hand writing.
"Why are you giving us this?" Katsuki asked flatly as he unwrapped it to see it was a spicy karaage sandwich with chili sauce and jalapeños. He just gave an indifferent shrug and took a bite. "...at least you got the spiciness right."
"Carbo loading for the big test. Trust me, before I did any physical test back in high school and college, I usually ate something. I had to hold back since not everyone has my speed, but... yeah, metabolism thing. Pretty sure that's what you kids need," Wally explained with a shrug as he ate his multi-meat sandwich.
Shota sighed as he held his own sandwich, still wrapped up, as he looked at the students as they ate. "Today you are going to take this test. If you can pass this and get your provisional licenses, it means you will have hatched from novice eggs to chicks and become fledgeling heroes."
"All right, I'll become a chick!" Denki shouted with excitement, holding up his burger with a huge grin. Wally slowly looked at Shota before shaking his head. Koji just blinked, eating his vegetarian sandwich, while Izuku munched on his katsudon sandwich.
"All right guys, let's do the cheer!" Eijirou exclaimed with a smirk, having finished his own multi-tier meat sandwich. The other students returned the smirk, having finished theirs as well. "Lets go Plus—!"
"ULTRA!" the students cheered before they noticed a new voice that none of them recognized. When they turned to face its source, they found a towering figure with tan skin in a white button-up and black slacks. Sitting over his buzz-cut hair was a military-style brimmed hat with a golden 'S' emblazoned on the front, casting a shadow that seemed to enhance the sizeable grin that looked as if it would split his face at any moment
"Where the hell did he come from?" Wally muttered in confusion, looking around while Shota only stared in quiet shock as this stranger's classmates arrived. Wally blinked in confusion at some of them; a purple haired kid with very squinty eyes, a busty brunette with thick lips and… Cousin It from the Addams Family?
"You shouldn't just barge in on other people's huddles, Inasa," the squinty eyed teen said calmly, giving Katsuki a sideways glare and a suspicious look at Wally, who just blinked in confusion.
"Oh, right!" Inasa exclaimed before standing straight—and then diving into a 180 degree angle to bow, shocking everyone as he smashed his head onto the concrete below. "I AM VERY SORRY!"
"Uh... I don't trust this guy's energy," Denki nervously muttered as the others stared at the teenager like he had lost his mind.
Kyoka, however, caught something as she realized, "Wait, that uniform…" The others looked them over; it was a very noticeable military school styled uniform.
Eijirou quickly caught on, getting nervous. "They're from the other top hero school from the other part of Japan!"
"U.A. in the East… Shiketsu in the West. The second best school out there for the hero course," Katsuki grunted flatly, crossing his arms as Izuku only looked on with awe.
"I am sorry, I just wanted to say it once! Plus Ultra!" Inasa exclaimed with a never-leaving grin even as blood streamed over his right eye. Shoto stared at him with a perplexed look. "I have always looked up to U.A. High, so it's an honor to go against you!"
"Dude, dial it back. You're up to a sixteen... take it down to a seven," Wally suggested, which earned him a grandiose 'Yes sir!' in response, making the speedster sigh a bit.
"Oh, blood…" the brunette whispered curiously. Wally gave her an odd look; something just felt off about her, but he couldn't put his finger on it. All he knew was that his instincts were on fire around this kid, so he decided to stay cautious for now.
"Lets go," the squinty eyed teen ordered as they left, with Shota watching the tall teen follow suit.
"So… he's here now?" Shota murmured calmly. The rest of the class looked at him in confusion.
"Who is that, Mr. Aizawa?" Toru asked her homeroom teacher, as Shota gave a calm gaze towards the tall student as he walked away.
"That's Inasa Yoarashi. He was at the top of the recommended students. However, he declined his invitation to U.A."
Everyone stared in shock, some even looked at Shoto in concern since they realized that Yoarashi was stronger than him. "So he's a big fan of our school… but didn't want to go?" Sero asked, pointing in the air. "I don't get it."
Shota only sighed a bit until something horrifying came walking up. "Eraser! Is that you?" an energetic voice exclaimed. His pupils shrank as he slowly turned to see Ms. Joke walking up in uniform, only sans her gas mask, which was hanging from her belt.
"Oh hey, Emi!" Wally said with a huge smirk on his face as she came up and gave him a high five. "Been awhile!"
"Back at you, West! Why aren't you in your uniform? We're supposed to be dressed up," Emi commented, looking confused. Wally looked around at this and, indeed, all the instructors were mostly in their hero uniforms.
"...Huh, guess I better change. I'll be fast." The students then saw him take out a ring from his pocket and put it on and fired the costume into the air.
"Wait, is he—!?" Kyoka asked in shock as her cheeks turned red at the implications, as did the other girls until they saw him turn into a blurred tornado for a moment before stopping, instantly in his costume. "Oh thank god…" she groaned with relief.
"Boo. I didn't even get to see anything or get my wallet out," Emi called with her tongue sticking out while Shota's forehead vein started to bulge. "'Course, I do have one other choice. Hey Eraser, wanna get married or what?" Mina looked excited at this.
"No," was Shota's short and blunt reply as Wally only chuckled, adjusting his mask a bit.
"Yeah, Emi. You gotta at least ask him out to dinner first," Wally joked as the two laughed at Shota's expense, which made the erasure hero more frustrated.
'Can this day get any more annoying?" he thought to himself as Emi just patted him on the shoulder after she calmed down. "So I'm guessing since you're here….?
"Oh! Yeah! Hey everyone, this is U.A!" Emi called back to a group of kids that started to walk over to them. "These kids are from Ketsubutsu Academy, class 2. These are my students."
A muscular young man with black spikey hair came up, a smile beaming on his face. "Hi, I'm Shindou Yo. Oh wow, you're Class 1-A. Your hearts are full of passion and drive!" The others looked at this boy oddly, not fully trusting his friendly nature.
He looked at Katsuki, which made Wally raise an eyebrow. 'What's with that look to Katsuki?'
"And you, Bakugo. It must be hard for you as well. With the kidnapping incident and all, your will must be strong." Katsuki seemed to glare at that, making Wally frown a bit at that way of phrasing.
Before Shindou could grab Katsuki's hand, however, Wally had grasped his instead. "Keep the hands at home, kiddo. Respect their personal space, okay?"
Shindo noticed him and gave a smile. "Ah, you're the new Hero, The Flash. You must be full of drive to be able to handle all the kids you got. Hope to see how well you shaped them up, sir! Hope to work alongside you in the field!" Shindo smiled as the other Ketsubutsu kids were talking with the other students.
"Man, it's weird, but I guess we are pretty famous," Kyoka remarked to herself.
Denki just got a confident smirk on his face, as he gave her a confident smile. "Oh yeah, we're practically celebrities! Not too many photos, okay?" The electric teen laughed as Wally raised an eyebrow, sighing a bit, but then saw Emi's expression
"Hey, Eraser, you didn't tell them?" Shota ignored her question, motioning the others inside as Wally looked even more confused, but shrugged as they headed inside. The students made their way towards the changing areas with their new and improved costumes to gear up for the exam.
(A few minutes later…)
In a large auditorium filled with students, the second years stood at the ready before they heard the muttering of Minoru, who seemed pretty steamed. "What's with him?" a blue, turtle-like young man from Ketsubutsu Academy asked with a tilt of his head.
"Stupid Flash! Couldn't get me a new costume…" Minoru muttered in annoyance as they saw Class 1-A come out—and were shocked at their new costumes. Leading the way was Izuku in a new uniform that looked like his Costume Gamma; however, the dark green material now resembled body-hugging battle armor with a green rabbit-like belt buckle on his belt, red-and-black metal-soled boots, and white gloves. His face was obscured by a cowl with 'ears' and a metal brace over his mouth.
Behind him were the others in their new gear, as well. Momo wore a red padded bodysuit with a clip in the front on her 'cleavage window', as well as an exposed navel. While her hair was done up in its usual ponytail, her belt was now smaller with larger pouches and a little doll shaped like her on the buckle. She also had a small wrist-bound fingerless glove on her right hand with a small keyboard and a green hued screen on the back of her hand.
Next to her was Kyoka, who now wore a salmon pink padded vest with triangular openings on the collar and bottom hem, and black tights. Her jacket now reached past her hips with a stylized 'EJ' on the fronts of it. Mesh was noticeable on the new gloves she had on as she adjusted them to give some air of confidence she didn't fully have.
"Gotta admit, we look badass!" Denki declared with a huge grin, adjusting his visor-style sunglasses. "Even got upgrades to some of our new gear." He adjusted his black jacket over his new white bodysuit, which had black bolts. He also had rubber-soled sneakers and a strange gauntlet-styled shooter device. Koji nodded, smiling under his facemask as his orange and red jumpsuit had a more aggressive looking animal fang set on his chest, making him look fiercer.
Katsuki just muttered to himself, his outfit now form-fitting as well with mesh-styled armor on his arms. His gauntlets had even been redesigned, the grenades made more slender and now went up to his elbow over the new black bodysuit. The orange 'X' on his chest was now more armored and sported his new insignia on it. His mask's spikes were more pronounced and the metal soles of his boots clinked with each step. Mina looked at him curiously, her white domino mask still showing her eyes off while her new jumpsuit was on display. It was a primarily teal jumpsuit with purple 'starry' patterns, a pack hidden under her jacket, and pointed knuckle gloves with slits under the points.
"I do feel ready with these new costumes, ribbit." Tsuyu looked towards the others as she mentioned this, adjusting the new goggles she had to make the lenses brighten and show her large eyes. The suit was the same, but it looked like the materials had been adjusted, with a frog face-styled belt buckle and webbing on her gloves and boots. Next to her, Mezo was adjusting his new suit, which had better padding that showed off his muscles. He and Rikido shared high fives since their suits were made of similar materials.
"There are quite a lot of people here," Tenya observed, his armor gleaming with a more metallic shine to it. A stylized 'I' with pipe-styled wings rested on his belt; the pipes added to a set of coolant pipes connected to his boots. He noticed Ochako was distracted; her light blue visor fogging up as she looked towards Izuku. "Are you all right, Uraraka?"
"H-Huh? Y-Yeah, I am! I'm awesome!" Ochako squeaked sheepishly, quickly retracting both the visor and the face mask that had been added to her helmet.. "J-Just getting used to my new helmet!" Yuga just looked amused, adjusting his new ruby-quartz sunglasses as his new light blue mesh suit shined with his metal armor.
Mashirao looked around, feeling a bit more confident in his darker gray gi with a 'Tail' kanji on the left side and a padded jumpsuit with yellow trim hidden under it. "Ooo, this turned out great!" Toru exclaimed, feeling the material as she held her new shining gloves in her left hand. Her shoes had soft-but-durable soles to help hide her movements. Ejirou gave a thumbs up, smirking in his updated suit. His sleeves looked more durable, with belt-like rivets on them and a double 'R' on his belt.
"Man, there's a lot of us here," Hanta muttered, adjusting his new orange armored gloves that extended to his elbows for extra protection. The fingertips had black pads on them, and on his feet were noticeably curved boots. Fumikage nodded, his violet cloak shimmering in the light while his intense eyes studied everyone. Another addition to his costume was a shimmering pin, done in the likeness of a three-footed yatagarasu crow
"And only about half of us will get our licenses," Shoto stoically observed while adjusting his new gloves, a white-palmed blue glove on his right hand and an orange-palmed red one on his right. His belt had a blue and red Yin-Yang insignia that looked like a snowflake/fireball hybrid. Inasa was looking at him, a small frown on his face.
There were similar frowns on some others, as if weighing them over. Yo looked at his classmates, giving a small nod to them as they all just smirked secretively. The brunette from Shinketsu was looking at Izuku, eyes roaming over him a bit with a small smirk of her own.
"Okay...is everyone here…?" A voice tiredly asked, drawing the people away from Class A's attire as they saw a pale blond sitting in a chair, yawning audibly. "I'm Yokumiru Mera, part of the Safety Commission... god I'm exhausted… so short staffed and so much paperwork… especially with the new hero and all…"
In the stands, Wally just gave an annoyed "Hey!" before Shota bopped him on the back of the head. Emi just burst out laughing at the scene, finding their interactions hilarious.
Izuku, meanwhile, was very concerned about the Commission member's well being, silently asking the others if this guy needed a break. They just shrugged, but they were also a little concerned given how tired this Yokumiru guy was.
"Anyway… about the provisional licence thing… all 1,540 examinees here will have to win through a free-for-all exercise! Yay…" Yokumiru yawned tiredly.
"That's it? That's not a lot to go off of," Hanta mentioned, a confused look on his face as the man on the podium just sighed.
"Our society is said to have too many heroes, and ever since Stain was arrested, people have started wondering about the integrity of those heroes."
Wally frowned at the mention that a super villain was having this kind of impact on people.
"Personally, I don't see the issue. In today's society, if someone is going to be risking their lives for the sake of others, why not be rewarded?" Yokumiru continued before shrugging. "But because there're so many heroes, either for the money or because they are courageous, means incidents are dealt with quickly. And those that can't keep up are gonna have a bad time. So... we're gonna test you on your speed."
"On their speed…?" Wally asked from the stands, confused, before the screen above read Number to Pass 1st Test: 100 People. "Only a hundred get to pass?"
Back with the students, many began to panic at that number. "But I thought half of us were gonna pass…! That's less than one percent!" many shouted as Class 1-A shared nervous looks.
"So with that in mind, I should say something about luck… anyway here's how the test will go." Yokumiru stood up with a circular device and an orange ball. "You will be given three targets and six balls. You can put the targets anywhere as long as it's not your soles or armpits, meaning anywhere exposed. And they need to be hit by the balls. You just need two to pass. Just hit the ball on the target so it lights up, and that person who lights up the third target is counted for the defeat."
As the students all began to think about this, Wally just gave an audible groan in the stands. "What's with you?" Emi asked in confusion as Wally looked at her with an annoyed expression.
"I literally helped train these kids for a glorified Dodgeball game? Come on, isn't that kind of a waste of the training we put these kids through?" Wally asked flatly as he heard the sound of an alarm going off as the students were given their equipment, the building they were in opening up to the large arena.
"Ah boy…" Emi sighed as Shota just groaned at the complaining. "Though… I'm surprised you still got twenty students, Eraser. I guess you actually like these kids, huh?" She laughed as Aizawa gave a flat grunt in response. "Go out with me!"
"No," was Shota's flat response. Wally just snickered a bit. "What's funny to you?"
"Hey, come on, Shota. Unless you're in a thing with Midnight, this may be your best bet to get a date. Unless you don't swing that way, then that's fine too," Wally mused casually as Eraserhead just growled in annoyance.
"But seriously, it is strange. you didn't even tell your kids about what's about to happen?" Emi remarked, making Wally blink in confusion.
Down below, the students were separating into their respective groups as Izuku was trying to get Class 1-A together. "Listen everyone, we need to stick together!"
Ochako and Tenya nodded, as did many others aside from a certain hot head, who just grunted as he stormed off.
"This ain't a field trip, loser! I'm going to get points!" Katsuki yelled as Ejirou and Denki quickly followed suit, much to Izuku's frustration.
"I'll go, too. My powers aren't much good in large groups," Shoto explained as he went in another direction, making Izuku groan audibly under his mouthguard.
"Todoroki," he sighed as he led the rest of the class ahead, looking around cautiously. "Okay, I think I know what the other schools are planning, but we need to be smart about it." He motioned for everyone to follow him, telling them his plan as they went.
Back in the stands, Emi watched the yard calmly as she rested a hand on her gloved palm. "It's the same every year. Almost everyone here knows nothing about each other's quirks, except for one school. The one with a whole sports festival on display. and then U.A. gets totally crushed."
Just as she said this, the alarm went off for the test to begin. A whole slew of students, led by Yo, went out to hunt in the clearing, but didn't see anyone out and about. "Where are they?" Yo asked, a frown on his face until someone looked up.
"Huh?" asked a gargoyle-looking kid as he caught four red, vaguely humanoid objects rolled over on their sides from around a rock. Then the faces were revealed as chibi-fied Momo Nesting dolls that all cracked open at once. Billowing clouds of smoke poured from the open containers.
"What the—" one of the upper years shouted in surprise before looking up as the U.A. students that were about to be ambushed got the drop on them instead, their bodies action-ready and even having support gear active.
"Class 1-A, lets go!" Deku called out as his classmates gave an affirmative. The other kids quickly went to attack, throwing a barrage of offensive abilities at them. Jumping into the air, Izuku deflected the attacks with the wind he kicked up from swinging his leg. "Shoot Style!"
"Guess I didn't need to tell them after all, but it wouldn't have mattered. After all, when they're pros, they'll have to face villains that know their quirks," Shota observed calmly. "At U.A, we are thinking a little farther ahead than most schools." Wally just shrugged, silently agreeing as he watched this with a small contemplative look.
"'Course with this kind of test, they'd have to think and act quickly to pass, huh?" Emi asked, frowning at that comment.
Wally just looked at her. "I can kinda see that logic… but I don't see how this is gonna help them become better heroes. At most, this feels more like seeing who's got a clearer head," Wally pointed out.
Shota nodding in agreement. "Indeed. Those who work together are going to have a better chance," he stated, an underlying sense of pride in his tone as he watched the teamwork his students were displaying.
"Nice try!" Earphone Jack cried out as she used her boots to create a wall of sound to block the barrage while Invisible Girl created a bubble of light around herself with her new hard light sphere. Can't Stop Twinkling covered her by firing energy beams from his shoulder-devices.
"Huh, you guys are doing better than I thought… good. It'll make our victory even better," Yo exclaimed with a small smirk before seeing Tokoyami open up his cloak to reveal an armored jumpsuit that looked like it had feathers, talon-like gauntlets, and cleat-like shoes.
"Black Abyss!" Tsukuyomi cried out as Dark Shadow wrapped around him to turn into a terrifying form with a shadowy crow form over his body. "I am ready for whatever you dish out now."
"Is that so? Then let's try our own combos." The blue-toned teenager smirked as he showed the now-hardened balls before tossing them to a young man with black hair wearing a simple black hoodie and a red scarf. "Toteki, show them your stuff!" Shikkui Makabe called out to his classmate as the younger kids got into defensive stances.
"Right, Makabe." Itejiro Toteki threw the balls into the air where they hung for a moment before they suddenly flew down into the ground. "Trajectory: Crescent Moon!"
The students looked around before Earphone Jack felt it under her feet. "Nice try!" She stuck her now armored jacks into her gloves as she aimed the fist towards the ground. "Heartbeat Distortion!" This shocked the students from the other schools as a vibrational blast fired from her fists to shatter the ground and sent the spheres into the air.
"Nice trick, but it won't stop me!" Itejiro said as he aimed them towards Grape Juice, but Mina jumped out as she flicked her arm down.
"Acid Veil!" Alien Queen smirked as she melted the balls with her acid. Grape Juice gave her a compliment as she said, "It's a new defensive technique. Now for a bit of offense for Maneuver Four! Ingenium!" She then fired out a slick blast of liquid as Ingenium quickly ran towards it before doing a skid.
"What are they—Look out!" One of the other students yelled as she saw him using the slick liquid to skid towards them, his new armor resistant enough against the weak acid to get some skidding down before sending out an elbow blow towards the nearest of him before rocketing away to give an opening.
"Now Tsukuyomi!" he cried out at the shadowy form around the bird-headed teen, which glared at the students with piercing yellow eyes.
"Black Abyss: Piercing Twilight Claws!" the teen yelled as he sent the taloned shadow towards the blonde from Ketsubutsu, who screamed out before retracting into herself.
She pops her head out, sighing in relief. "Whew… these kids are intense," Tatami Nakagame groaned out as she unretracted herself from her body. She then saw Sugarman running out, grunting as he looked towards Tailman
"Hey Tail, let's do that Maneuver Seven thing Mr. West taught us!" He put his back down as he put his hands into a cup formation. The tailed martial artist jumped into his palms before being launched into the air.
"He's wide open, nail him!" Some of the more reckless kids fired their balls towards him, but Tailman got something off his belt buckle and revealed his retractable bo-staff, now outfitted with a pair of weighted spheres at the end before twirling it.
"Nice try! Wukong Bo Slam!" Tailman shouted using his tail to help him maneuver in the air before slamming a few of the balls away with his staff, sending them flying back at those that threw them in the first place, even getting a couple of the targets by luck.
"Ah crap," Tatami squeaked nervously before looking up and yelping as she saw Uravity floating up with a large collection of the lost balls floating around her. Uravity pressed her hands together, releasing her hold on the balls, and Deku came up and kicked towards them, sending a barrage down at the other contestants, with some extra help from Cellophane's tape, making the ambushers have to scatter before they got hit by the barrage.
"Nice job, Uravity!" Deku said as he gave her a thumbs up. The gravity manipulator gave him one in return, grinning happily.
"We got them on the ropes!" Creati shouted with a nod as she created another set of nesting dolls and tossed them to Anima and Froppy. "Throw those in the two o'clock and eleven o'clock positions!" The two nodded as they threw the nesting dolls as hard as they could, making them scatter out rubber cement bombs at the feet of a few of them.
"Gotta say Eraser, I'm actually impressed with some of these techniques they are doing. These all Ultimate Moves?" Emi asked.
The underground hero shaking his head in response. "We have started Ultimate Moves, yes, but some of these are basic teamwork techniques that West here has started teaching them," Shota clarified for her.
"These are the simpler ones. I had to teach them something that they could handle within a week," Wally explained, smiling a bit at the training paying off, but they weren't the only ones who had noticed this.
"Seems these kids have gotten really well trained," Yo mused to himself, frowning a bit. "This is definitely not the same U.A. from the Sports festival; they've gotten a lot more grown up since then."
"It appears it's a stalemate in all quarters so far. Oh, and don't worry, I'll make sure you are all aware of when someone passes," Yakumiru groaned through the PA system.
Emi frowned as she looked out over the field. "Looking further ahead, huh? Honestly that sounds kind of condescending, Eraser," Emi commented calmly, which was surprising for her. "You know how many kids want to be heroes? It doesn't matter if you are renowned or not."
"That I agree with, but just wanting to be heroes isn't always enough," Wally said as he got up to stretch a bit. "You gotta be ready for the Life." He then started to go somewhere. "You guys want anything? If this is gonna take this long, I'm getting snacks in case things get good." He then sped off, returning quickly with a lot of fixings.
"Still, if you think you're too high up, you'll get knocked down hard," Emi remarked as she continued looking at the field. Wally followed where she was looking before putting his goggles on to magnify to see Yo slamming his hands down.
"Everyone get back! I'm gonna break their defenses!" Yo shouted. His classmates and others quickly ran back as an aura formed around Yo's hands. "Maximum Force: Tremoring Earth!" Suddenly, a large vibration flowed through the ground, causing a shockwave similar to an earthquake to shake through the ground. "You're not the only ones with Ultimate Moves, you know!"
Class 1-A all shouted as the sixteen of them were sent flying in different directions. Above them, Wally suddenly stood up in shock as he held onto the seat in front of him. "WHOA WHOA WHOA! Hacks, I call hacks to that!" Wally shouted.
"What's with you?" Emi asked in surprise.
Wally quickly turned to her in annoyance, his green eyes narrowing. "Your kid just shattered the ground under him with the same amount of force as the San Fran Earthquake! We're in a stadium near a city!" Wally shouted out in annoyance. "Plus, who knows who could have gotten hurt or worse in that sort of thing!"
"Easy Flash. I get why you're concerned, but Shindo has trained to be able to be easy with how much force he puts out, since if he puts out too much, his body would go numb," Emi reassured him. Wally calmed down a little bit and sat back down, but still didn't like how that had gone.
"Still feels kind of excessive for this sort of test," Wally said as he tried to get his students back in sight. "Seriously—huh?" He looked towards the city area of the map. "What the…?"
"Now, there should be one or two who've passed by now…" Yokumiru tiredly groaned into the PA system as Wally saw a large tornado-force wind starting to form in the city.
"Uh… okay, lets see who's doing that…" Wally adjusted his goggles to get a better look and found Inasa standing on a building.. He wore his Shinketsu hat. as well as a padded leather attire with a large glove on his right arm and jet funnel-styled boots on his legs. His left arm raised above him with several hundred balls floating around him before they flew down towards the crowd below.
"Oh... someone passed—WHAT? THere were a hundred and twenty people taken out by one person!?" Yokumiru exclaimed in shock. "Well, that woke me up. I hope everyone gets the pedal to the mettle and passes this test soon."
Back on the stony battlefield, Izuku got up with a groan, his cowl crooked. He grunted as he powered back up Full Cowling, getting his cowl back. "Ugh, we got separated." He got up with a grunt, patting off the debris from his suit. "Better sneak away for now." He quickly went off, using his increased speed to try and maneuver through the wrecked area.
"We are in an arena full of people who are all a year ahead of us, and a student who's even better than Todoroki. Heh, I'm getting a little excited," Izuku thought to himself, his smile forming out of his opened mouth guard. Suddenly, he felt something off, so he quickly dodged as the mystery girl from Shinketsu nearly got him.
"Ooh...you're pretty fast~. Barely anyone has ever dodged my sneak attacks before," the girl hummed with a smirk. "Hi, I'm Camie." She giggled out as she tossed the orange ball in the air playfully. "So, ready to play?"
Izuku glared as he got into a stance, his body glowing a bit. "Sorry, my new teacher told me to keep an eye out for anything off," Deku explained with a glare as he quickly moved, his own ball at the ready before he saw the girl vanish again. "Huh, how did she—" He grunted as he felt something impact his back before sending a spin kick in that direction. The girl had to duck before getting hit with his One for All-empowered kick.
"Wow, you get flustered quickly!" Camie giggled as she ducked around. "In these kinds of tests, we are expected to be a little more mobile and go after who we have intel on. I couldn't miss the chance to know you all."
"You sure do talk a lot," Deku observed with a frown. "But why—" He suddenly got tackled from behind by Camie, who giggled a bit.
"Sorry, but this isn't a quirk I'm using to do this. I just clear my mind, hold my breath, and just hide and disappear." Camie whispered darkly. Izuku grunted in her hold before sending his head back and hitting her in the nose. "OW!" she cried as she released him.
"That's an impressive trick, but I've gone through a lot," Deku said calmly as the ground shook. He quickly jumped away as a large spider silk net tried to ensnare him as he saw Itejiro and other students coming out of the woodwork. "More of them... better retreat!" He quickly slammed his foot down to create a shockwave of wind before taking off.
"Don't let him get away!" someone shouted
Deku quickly maneuvered around, trying to find a hiding place before he saw Uravity nearby. "Hey, over here, Deku!" she shouted out before more students appeared. She almost got hit with a water blast, making her lose her footing. "Hey, I'm trying to—Aaaah!"
Deku, thinking fast, used the spring-loaded heel on his boots to increase his jump to catch her, bridal style and quickly take off. "I gotta be faster than I was, faster than I was with Kota. If I was faster then, then Kaachan wouldn't have been captured, my arms wouldn't be in such bad shape… All Might wouldn't have had to fight All For One..."
"Try using Full Cowling more often. I got friends back home who don't usually turn the power on and off." Wally's words flowed through his mind as Deku had Uravity in his arms before quickly turning and kicking his boots towards the other students, creating a powerful typhoon-level wind towards them to knock back any potential projectiles and run off.
"I don't think it's just a stopgap; I think you're further along than you think with that kick. Got enough for the provisional license exam." All Might's words got mixed into his thoughts, and his eyes narrowed under his cowl.
"All Might and Flash both said these things… I will train my legs so I can save as many people as I can, and keep mastering One for All! I still can't use 100%, but my body is now more used to this power I have so far thanks to Flash's advice. I'll keep this on as often as possible so I can save as many people as possible, and my iron soles will help with any drawbacks. I'll make my legs stronger and reach my ideal!" Izuku thought to himself as he quickly moved along.
As they heard the announcer give a complaint about speed, Deku quickly set Uravity down behind a rock as the other students continued looking for them. "Sorry about slipping up there…" Uravity muttered apologetically.
"It's okay. Just gotta be careful; we don't know if any more enemies are gonna come for us," Deku said as he looked around cautiously. Uravity just smiled, her eyes starting to go downward. "Could be at any moment… right?" He suddenly turned back to her, his eyes narrowing under his mask.
"Huh?" she asked quickly, surprised at the sudden shift as he got into a defensive stance against her.
"You're that girl from Shiketsu? Because Uraraka has been getting really good with her quirk. She wouldn't have just tripped like that; she would have made herself float and wouldn't have been that reckless." Deku glared at 'Uravity,' who just chuckled as her body started to melt.
"You saved me, even though you noticed that? What was your plan then, hmm?" asked the fake Uraraka, looking up at him as her face started to melt away. "Did you plan something nefarious?"
"No, I didn't have the time to plan something like that. You were in trouble, so I had to help you," Deku explained, getting into a defensive position, but was very disturbed by what he was watching. "You could have gotten badly injured."
"Hehe… I see. So that's why you did it," Camie smirked up from the white slime. "I would like to know more about you, if you don't mind."
Deku backed up—and suddenly his face felt hot when he saw something was wrong.
"W-Wha-Wha-What the— Where's your clothes‽" Deku yelled in shock. Camie smirking deviously as her light brown skin was on display except for slime covering up her chest and abdomen areas.
"I'll get back in order... once my mission is complete!" The woman had a feral smirk on her face as she went to scratch at him, but his mouth guard got the hit as she jumped back.
"What is with this girl? Was she trying to scratch at me." Deku thought in shock before a barrage of tape was shot near him. "Huh?"
"Wow Midoriya, didn't expect to see you in this kind of situation!" Cellophane exclaimed with a laugh. "Hey Uravity, get over here! Need some aerial support!"
"Right!" Uravity shouted as she jumped up, small jets coming out from her boots before she pressed her palms together. "Release!" She went for a punch, but the slime-covered girl jumped away before she could land the hit.
"That's too bad. I really wanted to talk to you some more, but now it's impossible. Oh well…" The girl gives a creepy grin at Uravity. "Ochako Uraraka. He trusts you a lot, you know," Camie mused eerily before taking off while their guard was down.
"Hey, get back here, you pervy girl!" Cellophane was about to go after her but Deku stopped him before he could leave. "What's with you?"
"She doesn't have her targets on. It could just be because of her quirk, but it'd be hard to get a point off of her as is," Deku explained as he looked at them carefully, removing his cowl to reveal his face. "And… it's really you two, right?"
Uravity removes her mouth guard so her visor could open up. "Yeah?"
Cellophane's mask popped up with a press on his, revealing his face. "Why? What's up?" Cellophane asked in confusion as Deku's face actually started to redden a bit.
"Well… uh… before you got here… she made herself look like Uraraka…" That made Ochako's cheeks go up in a flaming shade of red with a squeal of embarrassment as Cellophane's eyes bugged out.
"Was she naked then too, huh?" Hanta asked in shock, which earned him a smack in the head from Ochako, making him yell out as she gave him an annoyed and embarrassed look of anger.
"That's not the important thing! Come on, let's hide!" The three put their cowls and helmets back on as they quickly went to hide. They found a set of rocks and pressed on their respective insignias as their uniforms started to mute their colors.
"So, the pervert girl found out about you two being friends. Man, they got a lot of intel on us," Cellophane said, his tone a bit more serious now that he'd calmed down from the previous realization.
"Must be because we were on the same cavalry team," Deku muttered. Uravity peeked around the corner, pressing a button on her helmet that caused the screen to light up and scan the area around her.
"So it's just the three of us for now. We better be careful of these other students," Uravity said. The other two nodded.
"Wish we could meet up with the others," Cellophane whispered to himself, but Deku gave a firm look towards him.
"But there're already thirty kids who've passed. We could reach one hundred at any moment, so we gotta be ready." Deku said. The other two looked up and huddled together with him, getting a plan together while in the shadow of the rocks.
Meanwhile up in the stands, Wally had taken a quick look around before returning to Shota and Emi, shaking his head. "I couldn't find a better vantage point for us to see how the students are doing."
"It's okay, just have faith in them," Emi reassured him with a smile. Shota nodded in agreement.
"They have their training to see them through this," Shota said as Wally sat back down, taking one of the candy bars he had gotten and taking a bite out of it.
"Wonder if this is what Uncle Barry went through early on with me?" Wally thought as he remembered about his own mentor as he looked over the stadium full of chaos, wondering how the rest of the kids were doing. Thirty spots were taken, only seventy to go…
And none of the twenty students from Class 1-A has taken any of the spots.
End of Chapter 5
Well, I hope this was worth any wait time. Sorry, work and all so I had a lot to deal with. Anyway, please let me know what you think and please Read, Review and Suggest away!
