"WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?!"

That day…the entrance exam…a wind based quirk…right…he's the one from back then…! Why didn't I remember him sooner?! Especially an annoying guy like that?

It's because I never really took a good look at him. To reject Endeavor…that's all I cared about.

"I forgot all about you. Whether that's good or bad or something in between…"

I've been in a haze since that day. So this is what I get. My past. My blood…that's not stuff I can easily forget -

"Where were we?" boomed out Gang Orca's voice as he reached his long clawed hand towards me.

I raised my hand in defense -

"That wind's getting on my nerves." He turned away towards Yoarashi and blasted a paralytic force at him. Even from that far away I heard him screaming as it hit, and he fell.

"DIRECT HIT! IT'S OUR ONE TWO COMBO WITH THE BIG FISH!" the sidekicks were calling. Yoarashi was falling -

"Hey…" I began.

But Gang Orca had seized me, pulled me up and blasted me too.

It was an awful sensation, worse than even getting hit by one of Midoriya's or Bakugou's blasts, and every limb went numb. I could through a haze see Yoarashi hitting the ground, and feel yet some winds still blasting at me and Orca.

"While the big fish is cleaning up over here, how about we go mess with the evacuation effort?" came the gossip of the sidekicks through the haze.

"All right!"

Crap.

"What's the big idea?"

He's right. My own actions caused this. I gotta make up for it somehow.

"Well, now that the wind user's wings are clipped, I'd better go help my men," said Orca, and tossed me to the ground.

All that pointless showboating, zero teamwork, not a hint of cooperation…no way I'll ever be a top hero at this rate. But if you're thinking the same as me…

"The heat made my wind rise"

We'll swoop from below. We'll use fire - and ice - to seal him up!"

My fire blasted across the field. The wind met it. From far away, I could just make out Yoarashi's gaze. He wasn't happy, but it was working. The wind and flames had formed a prison around Gang Orca.

I couldn't move at all, but I was able to produce the fire still.

"Hey! Look behind us! Big fish is trapped in that fiery windstorm!" came the cries of the sidekicks. "Just like a real whale, big fish is vulnerable to drying out!"

"Forget the wind! Go after the flame user!" And they aimed for me.

Ice…

At the same time.

And it cape - and stopped them.

"Crap! Todoroki, he used both powers at once!"

"Still can't use my left and right simuletaneously. Gotta train more. It's slowing me down" Slow movements don't make a difference now, though.

Gang Orca's voice came booming out from the flames. "A red-hot prison of fiery wind…It's a decent idea. if I was an ordinary villain, I might surrender and beg for mercy. However," he said, and through the inferno I could see him emptying water over his head, "That just ain't the case. From the second you hit me with this, I was already planning my next move."

Tch!

And with a single blast, my flames were scattered.

"WELL? What now?!"

I've got nothing…

From nowhere, a green streak - and a voice "Please get away from them!"

And Midoriya had swooped from nowhere and kicked Orca in the arm.

You…it's always you…Midoriya…

BZZZZT!

"AHEM! AT PRESENT, EVERY LAST HUC MEMBER ON THE FIELD HAS BEEN RESCUED FROM IMPEDING DANGER. THEREFORE, I DECLARE THAT THIS TEST IS OVER!"

"It's over?" cried Midoriya.

"THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ONCE ALL THE SCORES ARE TALLIED. THOSE WITH INJURIES, PLEASE PROCEED TO THE MEDICAL AREA. EVERYONE ELSE GET CHANGED AND STAND BY FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

Midoriya was looking from one of us to the other. Once the cement was cleaned off of me, I was sent back to the locker rooms to change back to my uniform…and await the results.

But I was already feeling…like I knew what they would be.

"The waiting is totally the worst part!" Jirou was crying as our class waited together…

"As long as you tried your best," said Yaoyorozu. It was like she was reprimanding me, and I looked away.

We gathered together before the announcer again.

"IT'S BEEN A LONG BATTLE, BOYS AND GIRLS, BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE RESULTS. BEFORE THAT THOUGH…REGARDING THE SCORING SYSTEM, WE OF THE HEROES PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF HUC WERE DEDUCTING POINTS ON TWO ISSUES AS WE WATCHED YOU PERFORM. ESSENTIALLY, WE JUDGED YOU ON YOUR ABILITY TO ACT FLAWLESSLY IN A CRISIS. ANYHOW, HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO PASSED THE TEST, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. KEEPING EVERYTHING IV'E SAID IN MIND, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK."

They came up.

Tokoyami Fumikage…

Naito, Chosu.

'Todoroki Shoto'

was not there.