LICENSES

"This won't end well," Aizawa said.

Ms. Joke chortled. "Oh my, do you have such little faith in your students? You could've told them about the U.A. crushing."

"And make it even worse?"

Before Ms. Joke could puzzle out what that meant, the sleepy proctor of the provisional license exam explained the rules. When asked where the exam was, he gave a tired smile and pressed a button. The ground shook, but nothing came out. Confused, the proctor pressed the button again, over and over, until it broke.

Birds flew squawking into the air. Stone cracked and ground parted like water as a titan of metal rose over the city. Humanoid in shape, the giant robot had glowing green eyes, a smooth, domed head, and thick metal limbs. Cannons jutted from its arms, shoulders and legs, all aiming independently at the targets strapped to the hero students.

"Has the exam begun yet?" Izuku asked in a booming voice. "I stopped to have a snack and got lost."

The exam proctor, sleepiness gone, stared up with slack jaws. "Alright, new exam. Take down whatever that thing is and you get your licenses."

"We are starting?" Izuku asked. "Okay then."

A typhoon of balls shot out. The assembled hero students tried running or throwing up barriers, but they fell in droves. Even Inasa, morphed into wind and conjuring a tornado around himself, fell prey to shots precisely fired through hurricane-force winds.

When the firing stopped, only twenty students remained. Class 1-A, surrounded by piles of unconscious students, stared up at Izuku.

"Does this mean we pass?" Mineta asked.

The exam proctor rose on unsteady feet. He adjusted his suit and said, "In light of the results of the first exam stage, the second exam is hereby-"

A concrete wall, standing alone in the open field, was smashed to pieces as Gang Orca ran through it. Panting for breath, he said, "Just got the alert. Did I miss my cue?"

Izuku's eyes swung towards him. "Is this the second exam? Beginning suppression of target."

Gang Orca's eyes widened as Izuku's arms hummed like a gatling gun. He barely leapt out of the way as rubber balls rocketed through the space right behind him. He sweated buckets when he saw the crater left behind.

"Uh… I surrender."

"Surrender accepted," Izuku said.

A single ball beaned Gang Orca in his forehead. His eyes rolled up, and he hit the ground with a heavy thud.

Black mist appeared in the middle of the training ground. All for One stepped out and looked around. "Excuse me, children, have any of you seen Himiko? Blonde hair, blood-stained schoolgirl uniform, propensity for stabbing people, impossible to miss, really. I just got an alert that she had lost consciousness."

Izuku's guns all trained on the new arrival. All for One looked up at the impressive arsenal aimed at him and nervously tugged on his collar.

"Fuck this shit, I'm out. You can keep her."

494

Me: Oh boy am I having fun with these different hero internship AUs.

My brain: You never did the provisional license exam.

Me: Welp, guess I better do that.

Eh… I was running out of prominent heroes to do anyways. Who else am I gonna do? Manual?