The episode started with Ms Joke and Aizawa talking while explosions went on around the testing area. Ms Joke pointed out that people got the impression that, due to how the test was set up, attacking first would lead to victory. However, that wasn't actually true. Aizawa agreed, and said that teamwork and information gathering would be more important.

"Well, I certainly think we can manage the teamwork part, especially after all we've been through." Uraraka said.

There was a general murmur of agreement. They'd already seen themselves working together well after all, both in the big group just now and in smaller groups during various attacks.

"And we've got people that are really good at information gathering." Sato clapped a friendly hand on Shoji's shoulder, which made his eyes squint in a smile.

The ones who showed less enthusiasm for this were, of course, those who had gone off on their own. Todoroki once again wondered if giving himself more space to work would outweigh the benefits of being in a team. Kirishima hoped that two people would be enough of a team for them to have teamwork.

Bakugo tried to convince himself that, even if teamwork was required, he would be fine since he had Shitty Hair with him. 'But he's only with you because he ran off after you, not because you chose to be a part of a team. You're teacher said teamwork would be important, and you can't even get a team together on your own. You really can't do anything right lately, can you?' the snide voice in his head mocked him, and he did his best to shove it back down and focus on what the screen was showing.

Down in the arena, 1A stood strong as the onslaught tapered off. The black haired boy said they should have expected that UA wouldn't be taken down so easily. A boy named Shikkui Makabe got a close up quirk explanation, which explained how he could make things really hard by kneading them but that it didn't work on living things.

Mineta tried to hold back, but he really couldn't resist. He leaned over and whispered to Kaminari "Too bad huh? If it did work on living things, he could get his rocks off whenever he wanted."

Kaminari laughed so hard he choked on his own spit, and the two had to brush off questions about what had just happened.

Shikkui used his quirk on some of the target balls and threw them to another boy. The boy was named Itejiro Toteki, and his close up quirk explanation said his quirk was named Boomerang and it allowed him to throw object at any trajectory he wished, even if it was underground. He demonstrated this by 'locking on' to the UA students and throwing the balls so that they went underground.

"That seems like kind of a weird name doesn't it?" Ojiro asked. "I mean, a boomerang is most known for coming back to you after you throw it, not for going anywhere you want, right?"

"Well...he could make things come back to him every time...like a boomerang...if he wanted." Koda pointed out.

"I guess so. Still feels like a weird choice in name."

"Many such names are chosen when the quirk user is quite young. Perhaps returning things to himself was the most he knew how to do with his quirk at the time." Tokoyami reasoned.

The students looked down at the ground nervously, wondering where the balls would come up. Jirou quickly stepped in and used her quirk to break up the ground in front of them. The displacement caused the balls to fly up into the air before they headed for Mineta. Ashido saved him from them by slinging a wall of acid into the air. Mineta complimented her on the move.

"Oh my gosh!"

"That was so cool!"

"I had no idea you could do that!"

"I didn't know either." Jirou admitted, in awe of her future self. She hadn't thought of directing her sound into the ground so much that it caused a collapse, but apparently her future self had. She wondered if Hatsume had helped her with those wrist speakers. She wished she'd had something like that at the USJ, maybe then that villain wouldn't have noticed her going for her speaker.

"Oh my gosh I'm so figuring out how to do that when we get back!" Ashido gushed.

"One step at a time. It's good to have ideas and goals to focus on, but many of you will need to work on basic training for stamina and range before some of these moves will be possible." Aizawa warned.

"Yes sir." Ashido deflated a bit, then perked up again when she turned to Mineta. "Thanks by the way! Glad I could help!"

"Yeah, you totally saved me there! Hope I get to return the favor." he gave her a thumbs up. He wondered what happened to his grape vine whip, and why he didn't use it there. Maybe he needed more training. Either way, it felt great to have her thank him with such a sweet smile.

Ms Joke commented on how the class already had ultimate moves figured out. Tokoyami pulled out his own ultimate move, and Midoriya complimented him on the name of it. Dark Shadow swiped at a blond girl named Tatami Nakagame. Her top half seemed to disappear at first, then her head appeared above her hips, and her quirk 'Telescopic' got explained. Mic's voice said her quirk would scare you on a dark street at night.

"No kidding..." Koda said softly. He'd just seen it in broad daylight and it had freaked him out! Of course, that was probably because he'd thought that Dark Shadow had bisected the girl for second.

He wasn't the only one who'd thought that, as Tokoyami himself had made a strangled sound when Tatami was first seen after his attack. More than a few people let out relieved breaths after she unfolded herself.

"With a quirk that makes it really easier for her to scare people, especially at night, she might want to consider becoming an underground pro hero." Izuku noted. "Just imagine how many villains she could send running if she found just the right time and place to pull out a move like that!"

Mineta, on the other hand, couldn't quite decide if he was turned off or on by the wriggling she had to do to get her body back into the right shape.

The black haired boy now fully realized that 1A had grown a lot since the Sports Festival. Mera announced that no one had passed yet, but he would tell them over the speaker once people did. Midoriya's mind ran through why things were at a stalemate, everyone was still trying to gather information about each others weak points so they wouldn't waste any of their shots. But that meant things would speed up soon!

Students leaned forward or sat at the edge of their seats, eager to see how they would perform as things began to heat up.

Ms Joke said that Aizawa's comment about looking further ahead than others was condescending. She said that the strength of a student's wish to be a hero wasn't limited by how famous they were, and that if UA didn't take that into account then they could have the tables turned on them.

"Hm, an excellent point." Yagi mused. "Even though your previous experiences give you a leg up here, like they did in the Sports Festival, it is still important to never underestimate your opponent. Even at the height of my career, I tried not to take any villain too lightly. To do so would put the lives of both civilians and my fellow pro heroes at risk."

The black haired boy warned his classmates, then put his palms on the ground and used his quirk. A shockwave emerged from his hands, one that split the ground apart even more than Jirou's had. The 1A kids were sent flying, much to their dismay. Uraraka cried out when Midoriya fell off the rock slab he'd been standing on. The black haired boy was introduced as Yo Shindo, with the quirk 'vibrate'.

Cries of surprise and alarm filled the room as everyone saw their other selves and their friends be flung about. A few noises of pain were also mixed in as various people got hit by debris.

The scene suddenly switched to view Todoroki, who was walking through an urban environment. He felt the tremors and surmised that it was someone's quirk being used.

The noises of alarm quickly shifted to noises of protest.

"Ah come on! I need to know if we landed okay or not!"

"I hope this doesn't split us up too much, since they kept saying how important teamwork would be..."

"I hope no one got crushed!"

Todoroki felt a little bad about brushing off the tremors. His classmates looked to be in trouble, especially Midoriya based on the way he had been falling. Still, it's not like his other self could have known that...but that just made him feel kind of guilty for going off on his own rather than staying with the rest of the class.

In a different area, unfamiliar students also marveled at the earthquake before one told the others not to lose focus. Mera commented that one or two people should have passed by now. Among the unfamiliar students, a strange wind started blowing. It became so strong that balls were ripped from people's hands, and blown up to the roof a building. At the top stood Inasa, who was clearly the one making the wind. He complimented everyone on their passion and asked to join in it himself before using the wind to send a hail of balls at the stunned students below. Numerous target points were hit. Mera got a notification someone had passed, and was shocked to find that one student had taken out 120 other participants in one go!

"Holy-"

"What the h-"

"How?!"

"That's awesome!"

"Wow!"

"We have to fight him?!"

Bakugo huffed. "What are you all getting so freaked out about? You all faced a hail like that too, and none of you got disqualified. That means all those people were just extras, and what's so impressive with taking a bunch of them out?"

"Aww, are you saying we're more than extras to you now Bakugo? That's so nice of you!" Kaminari teased.

"Shut it Pikachu!"

"It is possible that the difference was due to the other students' lack of ability, but it could also be due to Inasa's own skillls, or some combination of the two." Momo pointed out. "My own shields probably wouldn't have been as effective if I was facing Inasa rather than just getting ambushed by the group we're facing."

Midoriya nodded in agreement. "Since Inasa was controlling that wind, there's a good chance he had control over where the balls went as they rained down, while the group attacking us didn't have that advantage. Still, I like to think that we would have done better against that attack than that group did. They didn't seem to be fighting back much against the wind, not from what was shown anyway."

Mera, now sounding much more energetic, commented that he was wide awake from the surprise and urged everyone to do their best and do it quickly. Midoriya was shown getting up from among the rocky debris. He was impressed at the quirk that caused the earthquake, but noted it would be hard to use in places with lots of buildings. Then he noticed that everyone had gotten split up.

"Oh man, I was afraid of that!" Hagakure whined. She was especially afraid of getting separated in events like these. Her invisibility would make it hard for the competition to find her, but it would also make it hard for friends to find her if she was hurt somewhere.

"You can think of the strengths and weaknesses of a quirk even as you're brushing the dirt off from just being in an earthquake. You're mind works in impressive ways!" Iida complimented. Midoriya scratched the back of his head

"Heh, thanks, uh, it just kinda happens automatically now. But this time I kinda wish I'd noticed everyone missing before thinking of stuff like that."

Midoriya started to walk forward. He thought about how he needed to find some of the others and stick with them, because teamwork would be imperative to making up for the fact that 1A was a year behind compared to most other students here. He suddenly remembered what he'd learned about Inasa, and how Shindo had caused the earthquake. He didn't know why, but the idea of facing so many strong people from all over the country was making him feel excited!

"There you go my boy! Let your heroic spirit shine through! A fight can be as exhilarating as it is nerve wracking after all!" Yagi slapped young Midoriya on the back.

"Could you come over and share that with me? Because I definitely could use some of that confidence and would love to team up." Mineta joked.

To be honest, most of the other students were hoping that they'd find Midoriya or another student after they got up from that. Their other selves had become pretty skilled, but they were still a year behind in training, and the idea of facing so many older students on their own was daunting.

Despite that worry, most of the students shared in Midoriya's excitement. Though that might have been because they got to just watch, and sometimes feel, rather than having to be there themsleves.

Just as he thought this, someone managed to get close enough to hit one of Midoriya's targets. She flipped over him and told him it was interesting he was smiling at a time like this. It was Camie, from Shiketsu. She told Midoriya he was cool.

"Oof, strike one!" Sero said.

"Let that be a reminder to everyone to keep aware of your surroundings at all times during a fight." Aizawa reminded.

Izuku flushed in embarrassment for letting her sneak up on him. "How did she even get there? I didn't see her at all when I was getting up. I wonder if her quirk allows her to be more stealthy or if I just wasn't paying attention..." Another, more distant, part of his mind wondered why Camie saying he was cool made him feel uncomfortable.

The scene changed to show Uraraka getting up in another part of the collapse. She grumbled about how that move could have killed someone and rubbed her head as she stood. She knew that calling out for her classmates would just draw the competition to her, but would still look for them. She reminded herself to keep calm and collected, and quietly moved out.

Uraraka grumbled a bit in real life too, since she could now feel various sore spots all over her body. Still, she paid close attention to what was going on, and hoped her other self wouldn't have anyone sneak up on her like Midoriya had. She hoped she might be close enough to go help her friend out, since they'd been standing close to each other before the attack.

Ashido crossed her fingers, hoping that Uraraka and Midoriya would find each other and then fight off a bunch of people together. It would be so romantic!

The scene changed again. Camie told Midoriya she'd sought him out because she didn't want to miss her chance to interact with such a prestigious school and that she wanted to learn more about them.

Izuku's brows furrowed as something occurred to him. "Was she there before?"

"Hm?" Iida looked at him.

"Was Camie there among the other students before that big attack happened? I don't remember seeing her, and weren't all the other students that got introduced from Ketsubutsu rather than Shiketsu?"

"Huh, now that you mention it, I don't remember seeing her either." Uraraka confessed. Iida shook his head.

"Nor do I, though there were many students in that group that did not get introductions, so we may have just missed her. Either way, it is curious she chose to come here rather than stick with her classmates."

Midoriya nodded slowly, also wondering why she would do that.

Midoriya slid into a defensive pose, and commented that Camie talked a lot.

Bakugo snorted, thinking that was a bit rich coming from Deku, with how much he muttered and rambled. Though, at least he kept the thoughts inside when he was in direct combat.

Midoriya knew there wasn't time to chat since the Ketsubutsu students would be there soon. He wondered if Camie had any teammates around to back her up. Cami threw a rock at him, then one of her balls. Midoriya dodged both, but when he looked up afterwards Cami had vanished from where she was standing. She suddenly lunged at him from the side, forcing him to dodge again. He prepared to throw a ball after landing, but she was gone again. She suddenly appeared behind him, and asked if he thought her quirk let her disappear.

A few students shivered at the creepy pose and tone Camie had taken on.

"It's starting to feel like that's what her quirk does, but the way she asked that seems to imply that's not the right answer." Momo noted.

"It makes one wonder what abilities she truly possesses." Tokoyami said.

Izuku's hand was on his chin as he stared at the screen, trying to pick up on some detail that would tell him how she was moving like that.

She jumped him from behind. She got him on the ground and held his arm behind his back to pin him. She told him she was just hiding, and that it was a technique she had learned. She pressed herself against him and murmured in his ear as she told him that she made people's senses turn away from her. She said she held her breath, cleared her mind, hid, and disappeared.

Jirou breathed in deeply. "Okay, two things: One, if that's a real technique and it works that well, then I want to learn it. Two, if this girl is using the exam to play out some fantasy of hers then I'm going to break something."

"Yeah, all the, um, the pressing and the whispering...doesn't really fit the situation." Ojiro said haltingly.

"Well, maybe she wants just to be like Midnight when she's a pro? Midnight sometimes does stuff like that during her fights, right?" Hagakure suggested, though even she sounded doubtful of the theory.

Meanwhile, Midoriya was doing his best to write down what Camie was saying while ignoring how hot his face was.

On a completely unrelated note, Uraraka seemed to have developed a small facial tic.

Midoriya asked if Shiketsu taught something like that. Camie ignored the question and said it helped to not think of training as training. She giggled and said that they both wanted to learn about each other.

"Well, Midoriya does always want to know about other people's quirks and techniques." Tsuyu allowed.

"Don't think that's what she has in mind though." Mineta finished the thought.

"Oh I'll give you something to learn about..." Uraraka grumbled under her breath

Camie asked why Midoriya wanted to be a hero, and kept pressing that question while repeating she wanted to know about him.

"You know, I feel like that's a question that could have waited until after the exam was over." Sato said. "Seriously, this girl's priorities are weird."

"There is darkness shrouding her words and actions. Like she has some motive beyond passing this test." Tokoyami said.

Midoriya activated OfA and threw Camie off of him. Before they could make further moves against each other, something burst up from the ground between them. Itejiro appeared, and bemoaned the fact that Shiketsu was here as well. Camie pouted, seemingly annoyed at the interruption. A number of other Ketsubutsu students were shown, and Midoriya lamented the fact that the worst case scenario had now come to pass.

While the students didn't like the thought of Midoriya having to fight this whole group on his own, it was something of a relief for him to no longer be alone with Camie. That whole interaction had been getting super weird and uncomfortable, so they didn't mind getting back to a more normal competition.

Midoriya had to dodge a lot of attacks very quickly. Suddenly, Uraraka appeared on top of a ledge and called for him to join her.

Seeing another classmate join in made the students relax, and most went right back into 'joyful spectator' mode.

"Yes! These two are a great team! Go kick their butts together!" Ashido cheered.

"Yes, a very fortunate meeting." Aoyama agreed.

Uraraka smiled, happy to see her hopes had come true. It would be nice if they had some more help, but she trusted Deku and was positive the two of them could figure this out together.

Midoriya started to go to her, but more Ketsubutsu students attacked before they could get to each other. Uraraka cried out as she fell off the ledge.

Midoriya's mind flashed back to the summer training camp. If he hadn't hurt himself so much fighting Muscular, he might have been able to save Kaachan, and if he'd done that then All Might wouldn't have had to fight AfO. So much could have been avoided if he'd been faster in saving Kota, so he wasn't going to let himself be too late this time! He shoved off the ground with OfA and caught Uraraka as she fell.

Students cheered, inspired by Midoriya's dedication and happy that he and Uraraka would now be able to fight together. There were exceptions to this though.

Something in Bakugo's heart clenched as Midoriya's thought process was laid out, and he saw how similar it was to his own. 'How could...wasn't it obvious that it I was the one who...I should have been able to save myself Dammit! I wasn't even injured like he was!'

Yagi put an arm around Young Midoriya's shoulders. "I was destined to face All for One once more no matter what, and I for one am glad it happened while I still had enough of One for All in me to defeat him. As for the summer training camp, you did your best with the skills and information you had available to you. What happened to both myself and young Bakugo was not your fault."

"Then why does it feel like it is?"

"Because, despite your best efforts, something bad still happened. You can make no mistakes and still end up losing sometimes, that's just how life is. What's important is that you don't let that prevent you from doing your best next time, or the time after that."

Izuku swallowed and nodded, trying to make his brain accept his mentor's words.

Uraraka, who would normally try to comfort her friends since he was clearly feeling down, was instead looking at the screen with a confused frown. 'Why did I just keep falling like that? Even if the other students surprised me, it shouldn't have taken that long to recover and use my quirk, right?'

Another student tried to attack them while they landed. Midoriya thought about how you needed to take care of yourself in order to save others. As he landed, he slid and kicked out with OfA, and the shockwave of it broke apart the ledge the other students were standing on.

"Nice shot!"

"Give them a taste of their own medicine!"

"Yeah!"

The students buzzed about the move, and even Aizawa couldn't help smiling. It sounded like Midoriya was finally taking his words on the first day of school to heart.

Midoriya thought about how All Might told him his shoot style would be useful during the exam. He decided that he wouldn't use OfA at 100% until his body could catch up. In the mean time, he'd make his legs stronger and use his new support items to make his kicks even more effective, all while holding onto his ideals!

Recovery Girl smiled. "I'm very pleased to see you make such a healthy decision concerning your quirk!" She would have said she was proud of him too, but she felt like she herself didn't have much to do with the boy's decision, so her saying that felt out of place.

"Th-thank you ma'am! I'll try to hold to it."

Meanwhile, Ashido was bouncing in her seat, positively giddy at the sight of Midoriya carrying Uraraka around like that.

Uraraka herself, while also thinking that Deku was being very cool, felt embarrassed that she was letting herself just be carried around like that rather than helping. Hopefully it was just because she didn't want to screw up her friend's momentum and she would join in the fight soon.

Unbeknownst to her, Izuku was also wondering about Uraraka's strange behavior.

Up in the observation area, Mera commented that the 30th person had passed, and asked those remaining to hurry it up.

"Dude, didn't we just get started? How fast was he expecting this part to be over?" Sero asked.

"Yeah, he was all shocked that so many people got out earlier, now he's acting like the test should be half over already." Kaminari joined in.

"His wakefulness didn't last long either." Shoji noted.

The students looked for Midoriya and Uraraka, but couldn't find them. One of the students commented that this was kind of inefficient.

"Yeah, you get the benefit of not having to deal with the whole class at once and hopefully ambush small groups instead, but then you have to spend time tracking people down and making sure another group doesn't ambush you instead." Mic said. A part of him itched to go into commentator mode and narrate the events like he always does at the Sports Festival, but that wouldn't work well if he couldn't see everything that was going on.

Midoriya and Uraraka were shown hiding between some larger rocks. Midoriya kept watch near the edge, and Uraraka apologized for messing up. He said it was okay and continued to keep watch. Uraraka stared at him for a long moment, then she reached out and tried to sneakily place one of her balls into the target near Midoriya's hip.

A few people, Ashido being chief among them, had started to coo over how Uraraka was staring at Midoriya. The cooing changed into sharp gasps when they saw Uraraka reaching forward.

"Hey!"

"What the heck?"

"Uraraka, he just saved you!"

"Betrayal! Betrayal of the highest degree!" Ashido wailed.

Aoyama flinched.

"I-what? No!" Uraraka cried. "That doesn't make sense! I'd never do that!" Aizawa had made it clear just how important this exam was. They'd be in more danger from the League in the future if they didn't pass this test, and she couldn't imagine taking advantage of Deku just to pass herself, especially if it meant that he would end up failing. "Deku I-"

"It's okay! It's okay, I believe you!"

She blinked "You do?"

Izuku nodded resolutely. "Yes, I do. Something weird has been going on since you showed up. First with you falling like that, and now this. I know you wouldn't do that to me, so something else must be going on."

"I agree. You would not act like this, not normally." Iida said. "I only hope Midoriya figures out what is going on before it is too late."

Tears welled up in Uraraka's eyes and she threw her arms around both of them. "Thank you for believing in me."

Just before the ball connected, Midoriya swung his arm back and knocked it out of her hands. He asked if she was someone from Shiketsu, and she acted confused. Midoriya told her that Uraraka had been training with her quirk to more easily use it on herself, so it didn't make sense that she didn't use it to stop herself from falling earlier. It also didn't make sense that she'd shown herself to the enemy with no plan in mind. That didn't sound like the Uraraka he knew at all!

"Heh, you really do know me well by now don't you." Uraraka sniffled as her tears began to dry. "Thank you again."

Izuku blushed lightly. "Y-you're welcome. And, I mean, it just makes sense from what I saw that something was up, so..."

The other students sheepishly apologized. With Izuku spelling it out on screen, it seemed obvious that this either wasn't Uraraka, or she was being affected by something.

"It's okay, guys, really. Even I didn't connect things right away, and whoever this is does look just like me."

"I think it's Camie." Todoroki spoke up.

"Huh?"

"The person pretending to be you, I think it's Camie. Just after she disappeared again, 'Uraraka' suddenly showed up, and Camie said that the disappearing trick wasn't a part of her quirk, so this could be her real one."

Midoriya nodded along as Todoroki spoke. "That's a good point. Plus, now that I'm thinking about it, the expression that 'Uraraka' was making just a little bit ago was really similar to the look Cami was giving me at one point. Though if she was able to do that the whole time I wonder why she didn't start out by pretending to be Uraraka, since it would have been easier to take me off guard that way. Maybe her disappearing trick doesn't work as well if she looks like someone her target is more familiar with..."

Uraraka and Iida once again shared a fond look as Izuku started to mutter. Ashido relaxed into her seat, happy that the ship wasn't sinking, and Aoyama tried to get himself to do the same.

'Uraraka' laughed, and asked if he'd saved her because he intended to use her as well. As she said this, she started to melt and morph.

A shudder went up Uraraka's spine as she saw her own face melting like candle wax.

Despite their revulsion at the sight, everyone watched intently, wanting to see just who this was and what was going on.

Izuku flinched at the sight, but stayed on guard. He told 'Uraraka' that he hadn't thought that far ahead. But considering she wasn't really Uraraka, he was glad he saved her either way, because if she didn't have Uraraka's quirk then she would have gotten badly hurt.

"It's definitely good that you kept this person from breaking their back or something, but the way their talking makes it sound like they plan to make you regret it." Sero commented.

The gray goop that the outer part of the person had become parted to reveal the face of Cami. She said again that she wanted to get to her know Midoriya better. Midoriya asked himself why this couldn't wait until after the exam.

"That's what I said!" Sato complained.

Cami asked if he would save absolutely anyone. Where was the boundary? Midoriya didn't answer her, because he was too busy freaking out over the fact that she hadn't morphed herself any clothes.

"This is highly inappropriate! Are there no referees available to regulate such things?" Iida demanded.

"Well, the two of them are somewhat hidden by the rocky landscape, so even if there are people watching out for that sort of thing then they might not see it. And if they did, then they probably don't know that Camie is doing that by choice rather than it being a consequence of her quirk." Momo reasoned.

"She chose not to make clothes?" Ojiro asked, eyes nervously flicking between the screen and anywhere else in the room.

"Presumably, considering that she managed to replicate Uraraka's hero outfit earlier."

"I'm kind of hoping none of you find me now." Izuku admitted.

"Yeah...I can see why..." Uraraka knew that if she, or any of the others, stumbled upon the two of them right now then it would be incredibly awkward. She was still hoping her real self would show up to help Deku fight this creepy girl, though. Even if it put her other self in an awkward position, she herself would find it incredibly cathartic.

Izuku turned Camie's words over in his mind as the show started back up. What did she mean by absolutely anyone? Maybe she was trying to ask if he would save an enemy as well as a friend, but hadn't he just shown her the answer? Despite knowing something was off he'd still saved her. Or maybe she was asking if he'd save any enemy, even a villain...but why would she care about that?

Midoriya urged her to put some clothes on. She said she would after she 'did what she needed to do'. She lunged at him and managed to put a scratch on his face. Midoriya dodged her a couple more times before a bunch of tape suddenly cut between him and Camie. Sero was on top of ridge, and asked him what was up with this 'enviable situation' he was in.

"S-speak yourself!" Izuku stammered. Just because Sero wanted to be chased around by a naked stranger didn't mean he did!

"Exactly! While your timely intervention is no doubt appreciated Sero, I must ask that you maintain your focus and priorities!" Iida chopped his hand through the air as he lectured.

Sero put his hands up in surrender. Mineta watched the screen quietly and intently. He was learning to be more respectful of girls, but there was no harm in watching if she was freely showing off right?

Meanwhile, Nedzu's ears perked up when Camie described this as 'doing what she needed to do'. That could very well refer to her passing the test, but Nedzu felt it was implying some other goal the girl had.

Sero called for Uraraka, who leaped over Sero with her quirk. She released it when she was overhead and tried to attack Camie from above, but she dodged. She jumped up onto another rock outcropping and pouted at Midoriya. She emphasized again how much she wanted to talk to him, but that she couldn't do it like this. She told Uraraka that Midoriya really trusted her, then ran off. Sero called her a molester and started to give chase, but Midoriya told him not to follow her.

"Seriously, why is this girl so obsessed with Midoriya?" Jirou demanded. "No offense Midoriya, but you were far from the only person who stood out during the Sports Festival, and you clearly don't know her any other way. Why is she so into you?"

"That's a good question." Izuku sighed.

"Good turn around Sero! That is a much more appropriate response to such a scene!" Iida said, referring to Sero calling Camie a molester.

"Ha, right, of course, I was probably just joking earlier."

Kaminari leaned over to quietly ask "Are you sure you didn't try to run after her just so you could fight the naked chick more?"

"...I like to think I'm a little more focused than that."

Midoriya explained that, due to her not having clothes, they wouldn't be able to get any points off of her, so there wasn't much point in going after her. Then he asked if both Uraraka and Sero were real. They were confused, so Midoriya explained how she changed form earlier. Uraraka went beet red and Sero shook Midoriya while demanding to know if she'd been naked while looking like Uraraka.

Tsuyu's tongue slapped across Sero's face.

"Ow!"

"Keep your mind out of the gutter, kero."

"She was naked just then! That was a reasonable question!"

"The question may have been reasonable, but the way you were asking it wasn't." Todoroki pointed out.

"My thoughts exactly." Momo said.

Uraraka groaned and dragged a hand down her face. Iida gave her comforting pat on the shoulder, while Izuku looked away out of embarrassment.

Once everyone had calmed down, Sero commented that the other schools really know a lot about them if they knew Midoriya and Uraraka were close. Midoriya theorized it was due to them being on the same team in the cavalry battle during the festival.

Nedzu hummed thoughtfully. That could certainly be true, and Occam's Razor would suggest that was what Camie had been referring to, but Occam's Razor didn't apply well to Midoriya, or 1A in genearl.

Midoriya asked how they'd found him, and Sero explained that they'd just seen the fight and rushed over. The group lamented being separated from the rest of the class still, but knew they'd have to hurry if they each wanted to get one of the 70 spots still open.

The scene changed to Todoroki, still in the industrial/urban area. He thought about how he'd seen numerous groups, but hadn't attacked them because they'd been too large. While he was thinking about how to proceed, Mera announced that 54 people had passed now. Todoroki got up, knowing he no longer had time to waste.

"Fingers crossed that at least a few of those people are our classmates." Sero said, holding up his crossed fingers.

"That would be magnifique if it were true." Aoyama said.

Todoroki wasn't sure if he'd made the right decision by going on his own now. He clearly hadn't made progress on his own yet, but things weren't looking good back with the main group either, if you could even call it that anymore. Would having a few teammates be better or worse for him at this point? Would he have been able to prevent the main group from getting split up if he'd been there to help?

A ball came at Todoroki, and he used his fire to burn it before it could reach him. He looked up, and saw a bunch of people standing on top of the buildings. One complimented his skill, but then they criticized him for acting alone. One said it was going to be 10 to 1, so what could he do? Todoroki said Thanks, because they saved him the trouble of having to find them.

A bunch of the students went 'oooooo!' upon hearing Todoroki's badass boast.

"Yeah! Go show them what you're made of!" Hagakure cheered.

"Good luck Todoroki. I have confidence that you'll do well." Momo said.

Similar well wishes were said by Izuku, Iida, and Uraraka, as well as a few others.

"Thank you, I'm sure I'll do my best."

"Just remember to keep focused. You've got a lot of power, but you're still going up against people who have trained longer than you." Aizawa warned.

"I can't control whether or not my other self will do that, but I'll keep that in mind for future battles."

"What the heck are they wall wearing?" Ashido asked.

"It appears to be inspired by the garb worn by ninjas, though using such bright colors somewhat defeats the purpose of a ninja's outfit." Tokoyami replied.

A number of people threw balls at Todoroki. In two swift moves, he blocked the balls and froze his opponents feet to the ground. He asked if they'd actually watched the Sports Festival. One yelled that of course they had, and threw a metal nut at Todoroki. It suddenly became huge, and Todoroki had to block it with his ice. More giant metal bits rained down on him, and soon they broke through the ice, forcing Todoroki to dodge.

Tension had suddenly spiked when Todoroki's ice had broken, and it left in a whoosh of relief when they saw him dodge and avoid getting flattened.

"Honestly, I know this is an important exam, but people really should have more restraint!" Recovery Girl chided. Even if she herself was on standby because 1A was there, she couldn't cure everything! A full body impact like that could get someone killed before she or anyone else could get to them!

The man used his quirk to break the ice trapping the others. He told Todoroki again that going it alone showed he was overconfident.

The episode ended.

"He may have a point." Todoroki conceded. Being in a group would mean he'd have to watch out for his teammates, but there would also be people to watch his back then.

"Why must you always end on cliffhangers!" Ashido whined.

"Because I enjoy watching you suffer."

The sound of Truth's voice made everyone jump a little. It'd been a while since most of them had seen or heard the strange being, and it had sounded way to gleeful just now.

Wanting to shake off the creepiness of that answer, and see what happened to the rest of the class, everyone agreed to only having a short break before starting the next episode.