Chapter 85
[Play KH3 OST Sky of Wonder]
By the time that the hundreds of other students who failed were able to leave the area, the 100 students were in the Anteroom and had removed the targets on them. Some of them were chatting amongst themselves, while others were getting food from the table that was full of it.
Sora looked around, seeing who had passed that he recognized. He already knew that his entire class passed, so it was no surprise to see them. He also saw that Inasa guy from Shiketsu, which was also no surprise, seeing as he was the best of the recommended students. He then saw another guy from Shiketsu, whose body was completely covered in long hair. Again, not too surprising, seeing as Shiketsu is known to be as good as U.A. when it comes to making Heroes. The girl with fawn colored hair was also present. While she was admittedly creepy and uncomfortable to be around when he interacted with her, he couldn't deny that with her quirk and skills that he had seen, she would be able to pass easily as well.
Sora then saw Yo and some of the second year's classmates with him, so some Ketsubutsu students managed to make it as well, which was nice to see. He didn't see anyone from Isamu make it though, which kind of sucked, seeing as the two students he faced from there were pretty good in their own right. Aside from those students, Sora didn't recognize anyone else in the Anteroom. He decided to hang with his class, due to him being familiar with them, and he wanted to hear how the others passed.
It was nice hearing how Shoto had managed to take down a bunch of ninja themed students on his own, and when Denki talked about how he had managed to help Ejiro and Katsuki out of a tight, and rather gross spot, it put a smile on the Keyblade wielder's face. When he heard about how Momo's group went through some trouble, he checked on Kyouka's ear, seeing that it was still a little hurt, and then he promptly casted cure on her to heal that damage, which she appreciated. When he heard about Izuku, Hanta and Ochako's method of passing, he wasn't surprised. The One For All user always made great strategies and synergized well with most everyone in the class, and this was no exception.
When he was asked about how he passed, he told them of his fight with Kid Icarus and Skyward Sword that happened after he was dragged away from Midoriya's group. While he, Uraraka and Sero felt a little bad for being unable to stop the Keyblade wielder from being taken away, they were still glad that they had put their faith in him, since Sora has rarely ever failed them before.
[Silence]
All in all, the room was lively, and the mood was great. Then Mera's voice was heard over the speaker. "Alright. For the hundred of you who passed the first test please turn your attention to the screen." The students did as instructed and looked to see the outside area appear on the screen.
"It's the test arena." Izuku noted.
"What happened next?" Ochako wondered.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST A Huge One Appears]
Suddenly, multiple explosions were seen across every single zone, and almost the entire testing site was demolished. Buildings crumbled to pieces, the mountain had collapsed, the highway had fallen apart, fuel tanks exploded and debris rained down from every section of the testing site. As almost everyone questioned why they would do this, Mera explained what was going to happen now. "There's only one more round for the exam. Your goal is simple. Undertake rescue exercises and save the bystanders that are trapped in these disaster sites."
"Save the what now?" Both Minoru and Kaminari asked at the same time.
"Bystanders. We learned about them in class, remember?" Toru reminded them. "They're people at a disaster scene."
"It can also simply refer to citizens on the street." Yaoyorozu added.
"Use this time to show us how you will carry out successful rescue procedures, once you receive your provisional licenses." Mera continued. "Treat this as though it were the real thing."
As the group was mentally preparing themselves for this, Mezo noticed something. "On the screen."
Rikido then noticed it too. "Little kids and old people?!"
"That's so dangerous! Why are they here?" Mineta questioned.
"These specialists have been trained as professional persons in need of rescuing. They're very popular." Mera explained. "Introducing the Help Us Company. Also known as H.U.C. for short."
"So they're basically actors, I guess?" Hanta realized.
"It's the kind of job you'd never think about." Tsuyu said.
"But a necessary one in our world, since they support our Hero training." Mashirao pointed out.
"The H.U.C. bystanders have dressed up like injured victims and will be located throughout the disaster sights. We'll be judging how well you keep them safe as you go about your mission." Mera continued. "Oh by the way. We'll be scoring you on a point system. If you have more points than the benchmark by the time the exercise comes to an end, then you pass the exam. We'll start in ten minutes. Take care of any necessary preparations now."
"This looks familiar." Tenya said to Izuku and Sora, who both nodded at the sight of a destroyed city with innocent people trapped in it. It reminded them of Kamino, and also a little bit of Hosu.
"It looks like Kamino Ward. I wonder if they based it off that." Midoriya guessed.
"It's true that the situations are similar, but our only goal then was to rescue Bakugo and Sora from the Villains. We let the Pros handle search and recovery." Iida replied to Izuku. "And you'll recall, there were many casualties."
"Not this time." Midoriya was determined to save everyone there, even if this was a test. He was going to treat it as if this was Kamino Ward, all over again.
[Silence]
During the ten minute prep, Hanta saw Minoru and Denki together, and he decided to talk to them. "Hey guys. You gotta listen to this story. It's pretty juicy."
"What's the rating?" Mineta asked.
"Triple X." Sero answered.
"...Go on." Minoru was interested.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Among Kosei]
"That fox in the bodysuit from Shiketsu..." Hanta was referring to the girl with fawn colored hair. "The one over there."
"Yeah?" Kaminari saw her.
"If you're just gonna say she's hot, that's obvious." Mineta told him. "I've had my eyes on her, the moment we crossed paths."
"Well get this." Hanta lowered his voice to make sure that he wouldn't be heard by her. "I saw her hiding in the rocks with Sora and Midoriya, butt naked."
"MIDORIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Denki screamed out.
"SOOOOORAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Minoru also screamed out. The two boys in question heard their names, before being assaulted by the two boys who screamed out their names, completely unprovoked, guarding themselves from being smacked by them as they were both looking furious. "WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHILE THE REST OF US WERE TRYING TO STAY ALIVE, YOU BASTARDS!?" Mineta demanded to know.
"IS THIS ENTIRE TEST NOTHING BUT A BIG JOKE FOR YOU TWO?!" Kaminari was just as adamant to hear an answer.
"Guys! Cool it! What's going on!?" Izuku had no idea what they were talking about.
"Why are both so angry with us all of a sudden?!" Sora had no idea what they were referring to either.
"Don't play stupid with us!" Minoru then pointed to the girl with fawn colored hair, getting her attention. "What devious things were you two doing with that Uber Hottie?"
"Devious...what?!" The Keyblade wielder realized what those two were talking about, but before he could talk any further, the four of them noticed her looking at them.
She then gave a rather flirtatious wave towards Sora and Izuku, which Mineta noticed. "Augh! The casual greeting exchange between a man and a woman who's sexual relationship has advanced several bases!"
Kaminari grabbed Sora by the collar. "Why do you give me so much crap when you went up and decided going 'Plus Ultra' with her!?"
Sora grabbed the electric student back and returned the intensity. "I did not do anything of the sort with her, nor did Izuku! She creeped up on him, I got her off of him, she ran off and came back transformed as Ochako, then when she transformed back she was like that! Don't you dare drag me down to that level! You know me better than that, Denki!"
"You still got to see all her goods! You always get to see everything, and get away with things that any other guy would kill for! You got to see our female classmates in cheerleader costumes, you got to sleep with them in their cabin at camp, and now you got to see that ten out of ten's goods uncovered?!" Kaminari did not back down.
"Listen guys! Whatever Sero told you was wrong. It was a side effect of her quirk." Izuku spoke up. "Actually, I had no idea what was happening and almost failed the test."
"But you still saw her naked?" Kaminari wanted to confirm that.
"Well...sort of?" Midoriya replied.
"Don't you lie to us!" Minoru said, before the four boys looked back to see the girl still waving at Izuku and Sora before looking directly at Sora, then giving a wink and blew a kiss.
"Did she just...?!" Denki was about to lose it, until he looked back to Sora and saw the reaction on his face.
[Silence]
While Mineta was still shaking down Izuku, demanding details, Kaminari had snapped out of his anger when he noticed the Keyblade wielder looked almost harassed by her doing that. "Huh? Hey, dude. You okay?"
Sora didn't respond to that, keeping his eyes on her, as noticed her and her classmates approaching, to which Ejiro, who was nearby, also noticed. "Oh hey. It's Shiketsu."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Evil of Psychology]
The Shiketsu students that had passed the exam all approached the U.A. group, with the students whose body was completely covered in long hair in the front. "Bakugo." He spoke up.
"...What?" Katsuki replied.
"I think you met Shishikura in the test. My classmate with the flesh molding power?" The hair covered student said.
"Yeah. I took him out." Bakugo told him.
"I thought so." The Shiketsu student responded. "I'm guessing that he acted rudely or perhaps offended you. He has a tendency to push his own values onto others. He probably couldn't help it in your case, since you're pretty famous. I apologize for him. I'd like to build a good relationship between our schools."
"S-So they want to be...friends?" Minoru said, feeling a little intimidated.
"So he says. But the way they were fighting, it didn't seem that way." Midoriya pointed out.
"The test was a free for all against the other schools, and only two of them went after us." Sora reminded him, still looking alert and on guard, especially since the girl with the fawn hair was just barely glancing over to him.
Shoto meanwhile, looked at Inasa, who seemed to be unsure of something. He had caught a glimpse of that guy looking at him with a rather threatening look while he was waiting for the others to arrive, but he didn't know why.
The Shiketsu student with long hair noticed the Keyblade wielder's uneasiness towards his female classmate and approached him next. "You seem to be looking at my classmate Utsushimi strangely. Did she do something to offend you?"
"Huh?" Sora snapped out of it before looking at the hair covered student to answer his question. "Sorry, just...she's been acting a little...forward with me and a friend of mine. It...makes me uncomfortable."
"Ah. I see." The Shiketsu student understood. "Utsushimi can be very flirtatious, and sometimes a little too forward, due to her being 'bubbly' as our teacher likes to describe her."
"Call me Camie, remember?" She spoke up to her classmate before walking past him and right in Sora's face. "Sorry if I gave you the spooks. I just thought you were a cutie for being so nice and friendly to everybody, so I wanted us to be besties."
Sora noticed how the way she was talking and acting was very different from during the test, but instead of bringing that up, he wanted to be friends, like the other Shiketsu student wanted. "I can understand that. Just, next time, take it a little slower. Okay?"
"Toats." Camie understood, holding her hand up next to her. "Don't leave me hanging."
"Oh. Sorry." The Keyblade wielder put his hand up and then the two high fived each other.
"If that's all, then we'll be going." The hair covered Shiketsu student said as he and his classmates walked away from the group.
"Hey. You with the collar." Todoroki called Yoarashi, who stopped walking as Shoto approached him. "Did I offend you somehow?"
When the other Shiketsu students were out of ear range, Inasa turned towards him and had a rather hateful look on his face. "Oh no. I'm sorry. Did I hurt your feelings? Well the thing is, Son of Endeavor, I just can't help but hate both of you. You've changed a little bit since the first time our paths crossed, but you definitely still have your father's eyes." That comment got a reaction out of Todoroki, as he was surprised to hear that.
[Silence]
The Shiketsu student with long hair then noticed Inasa was with Shoto and called out to him. "Something wrong Yoarashi?"
"Nope! Not a thing, sir!" Inasa had his energetic smile and tone back when talking to him and walked away from the flame user.
"Todoroki..." Izuku noticed his friend in distress.
"See you out there." Utsushimi said to Midoriya, surprising him.
"Yeah! Sure!" Midoriya replied to her as she then left.
Minoru however noticed her still being flirty with him. " 'See you out there?' What is that supposed to mean?" He questioned. "You're an insatiable deviant."
"I told you, it's not what you think!" Izuku said to the purple pervert. "That girl was actually super scary."
"Please." Momo was getting annoyed with Mineta's harassment of Midoriya. "You're acting disgracefully. This test isn't over. You need to focus."
"Just look at her!" Minoru pointed out, before noticing that Denki wasn't backing him up right now. "Come on, Kaminari! You agree, right?"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Mystery]
"Well yeah. But, when she blew that kiss towards Sora, he looked like he got creeped out by it." The electric student pointed out. "She's still hot, but I'm more focused on my friend being okay, right now."
When the Keyblade wielder heard that, he looked towards his concerned classmate and had a thankful smile on him. "I appreciate that. If what that hairy guy from Shiketsu said was true though, then she was trying to make friends, and was way too forward, way too fast."
"So, you're okay then?" Kaminari wanted to make sure. When Sora nodded in confirmation, he then went back to his previous annoyance with the Keyblade wielder. "It's still really unfair how you got to see her naked though! If that's how she makes friends, then I wanna be friends with her ASAP!"
"You just had to ruin the nice moment." Sora commented.
Meanwhile, Ochako watched Camie walk away, but she felt off. She seemed flustered for some reason, which she couldn't exactly tell why. Uraraka was fine when she was fighting, but now, after that interaction with Midoriya, she felt the urge to talk to him. So she approached him. "Deku..."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Vanguard Action Squad -All Out Attack-]
Suddenly a bell rang, cutting her off and catching everyone's attention. Then Mera's voice came up on the speaker. "Villains have performed a large scale terrorist attack spanning all of 'insert city name here'. Since most buildings collapsed, there are many injured."
"Guess that's the background story." Tsuyu noted.
"So then..." Kyouka realized.
"We're starting." Sora said what everyone was thinking.
The Anteroom opened up again while Mera continued the briefing. "Due to heavily damaged roads, the first responders have unfortunately been delayed for the time being. Until Emergency Services arrive, the Heroes in the area will lead the rescue efforts. Your task is to save as many people as you can and help the injured. And with that..." The siren sounded off. "Begin!"
Everyone blitzed forward, and were thinking the same thing. Saving lives is the greatest goal that a Hero could accomplish. They have to do this properly to succeed, but the only thing that they had to go off of was a point system that they had no idea how they would actually be scored. Since they're practically in the dark, all they could do was follow their training.
"Let's go let's go let's go LET'S DO THIIIIIS!" Inasa blasted off in his own direction.
Meanwhile, Class 1-A were together, with Tenya taking point. "Let's start by heading into the closest urban area! We'll work as a team as much as possible!"
"Right." most of the class said in unison. But then Katsuki began to split off.
"You're going on your own again?" Mina saw him.
As Bakugo kept going, he had two specific classmates tailing him. "Why are you damn extras always following me?!"
"We just want to." Both Ejiro and Denki told him as they kept pace with him.
But then, to the rest of the Class' surprise, Sora began to split off from the group as well. "Sora, what are you doing?" Midoriya questioned.
"I can cover ground faster and help spot bystanders if I split off from you guys." The Keyblade wielder told him. "I'll stay in contact with you guys, using my AR Device, and help you guys out whenever I can." He then took off, using his flowmotion to zoom away from them.
The rest of the class continued together, as Mera's voice came over the speaker. "Right, so uh...try to get this over quickly for me, yeah?"
"Even though this is just a test, it feels pretty real." Asui commented.
"Stay alert!" Mashirao instructed. "Be careful of falling debris and explosions."
Izuku then stopped, which Iida noticed. "What's wrong, Midoriya?"
"I hear someone." The One For All User stated, as he followed the sound of a person crying for help. He and the others soon found the person in question, who was dressed as a small child. "Look. There he is!"
"My grandpa! He's been crushed! I think he's hurt!" The small child cried out.
"Oh no. This looks bad." Midoriya spoke up. "Where is he?"
[Silence]
"THIS LOOKS BAD!? THAT'S POINTS OFF YOUR SCORE!" The actor broke character, berating him. "The first thing you should do is see how bad my injuries are and if I can walk! I'm breathing kind of weird too, aren't I?! And didn't you even notice that I'm bleeding from the head!? People with Hero Licenses should be able to judge a victim's condition in an instant!"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Cavalry Battle]
The students present then had a feeling that the H.U.C. actors would be the ones grading them. The actor then continued to talk. "Your gross lack of training is all too apparent right now. You better shape up and pay attention, newbies!"
The second years of the other schools and the Shiketsu students were busy making a safe zone. "Alright. Let's rope this area off as a Hazard Zone." One student used his quirk to begin doing just that.
"No. That's not enough." Another student pointed out. "Think about it. This whole area is unstable."
The Shiketsu student with hair all over his body then spoke up to everyone within ear range. "I'll clear a path and make a helicopter landing spot! Watch out!" He then activated his quirk, extending his already long hair and using it to quickly move away all of the debris around the area he and his classmates were in.
"That was awesome, Mora!" Inasa praised his classmate. "You're amazing!"
Yo had a makeshift white flag in his hand that he planted in a section of the cleared out area. "Here's the First Aid Station!"
His classmate with the quirk that could stiffen objects had a citizen in his arms. "There's a lot of space. We could make part of this an evacuation zone."
"Good." Shindo was glad to hear that.
"I'll be in charge of triage." The Ketsubutsu girl with spiky hair and a bang stated, taking the citizen from her classmate. "Leave this wounded to me."
Back with the members of 1-A, the H.U.C. actor reiterated what they were supposed to be doing. "You're not just here to provide aid. Until the Police and Firefighters show up, YOU need to exercise authority, make sure this goes off smoothly! Think of the victims here! They must be terrified. There are many aspects of being a Hero, but take note. There's one thing to keep in mind, above all else. Anyone who is in need of rescuing is having the worst day of their lives. And the first thing you said was 'This looks bad'?! Seriously!?"
Midoriya, seeing his major mistake here, mentally cursed himself for not seeing this sooner. Not only was this something that his Idol, All Might did all the time, boasting confidence to keep people from sinking into despair, but his friend Sora does the exact same thing, wearing a smile and staying as positive as he can be in any situation where it would help those around him. He took a look at the H.U.C. actor, this time with a smile on his face. "Hey. It's fine."
[Silence]
The actor then got into character again, letting out a terrified panicked yell. "Over there!" He began to cry.
"Don't be worried. We'll definitely save you." Izuku kept his smile before talking to his classmates. "I can carry this boy to the First Aid Station myself. You guys go on without me."
"Alright." Iida agreed with that idea.
"Let's do this!" Mineta was ready to do this.
As Midoriya began taking him to the First Aid Station, he continued to comfort the boy. "It'll be okay. It'll be okay."
"Is that your only line? You're terrible at this." The H.U.C. actor pointed out his repetitive lines.
"I'll save you! I promise I will!" Izuku changed it up.
"Shut up!" The actor told him.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Surpassing You]
Sora meanwhile had spotted a roughed up woman and touched down near him. The woman was conscious, and noticed his approach, before weakly calling out to him. "H-Help me...please..."
"I see you." The Keyblade wielder spoke to her, reaching her location and quickly assessing her condition. She wasn't bleeding, but had bruises all over her. He offered her his hand. "Can you stand?"
"I-I think so..." She reached out, grabbed his hand and began to pull herself up.
"Take it slow. I'm not going anywhere." Sora assured her. When she was standing on her own, he spoke up again. "The terrain here is dangerous. I need to get you out of here. I know that you can probably walk on your own, but it'll be faster and safer for me to carry you."
"Okay." The woman understood, allowing the Keyblade wielder to pick her up, bridal style and carry her as he used his flomotion to fly up.
"Enjoy the nice view of the horizon." He told her while they were in the air. Sora then noticed more people trapped in other areas. Four to be exact. He could only hold two people at a time though, so he could only help one of the four on his own. But he didn't have to do this alone.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST My Hero Academia]
He landed on the top of a building before tapping on his AR device. "Guy's. It's Sora. I've found some people that I'll need help rescuing. There's too many of them for me to handle on my own."
Tenya was the first to respond. "Where are you, Sora?"
"About a kilometer south of the First Aid Station." He answered, letting his visor transmit a visual of the people he could see to the screens of his classmate's phones. "There's at least four different people in separate areas that need to be saved. I can get to one of them, but I'll need help getting the other three."
"We're on our way." Shoto said on the call.
"Beats standing around and watching." Minoru pointed out.
"We'll need to split up into smaller groups to help those people out." Mezo stated. "But there are also other people trapped in other areas that need saving too."
"In that case, I'll be of much more help if I head to the river." Tsuyu noted.
"I'll join you." Todoroki volunteered to go with her.
"Me too." Toru also chose to go with her.
"Guys." Mashirao looked to Koji, Mina and Fumikage. "Work together?" The three of them were fine working with him.
"Key Koda. Can you use animals to help Sora look for people who need rescuing?" Ashido suggested, to which Koji nodded in confirmation.
"I'll keep my eyes open and start heading to where Sora spotted those civilians." Shoji spoke up. "Mineta, will you help me?"
"Sure thing." Minoru was on board with that.
"Good." Tenya approved of these ideas. "Depending on the situation, we should also work together with other schools. That's how we'll save lives." Everyone agreed with that statement.
"There's someone in here, but they're not responding when I yell. It's way too dark for me to see." A student from another school was heard by Yuga.
"Did you say it was too dark in there?" The French boy immediately went into action and laid on his back, before firing his laser up. "Allow my twinkling to save the day."
"Perfect. Thanks." The student said, being able to see in there now.
"That's a shocker. I didn't think you'd be the first to help." Mineta pointed out. "Then again, you do love that pose."
"Yaoyorozu." The class rep spoke to his deputy. "We'll disperse across the field and get to work."
"Roger that." Momo understood, and just like that everyone split off into smaller groups to cover more ground, rescue more people, and make more progress.
"I think his right leg is broken." Ochako found somebody and carried him over to Hanta. "Sero, tape him up."
"Alright, Jiro. Look for the next person in need of rescue." Yaoyorozu instructed.
"Alright. Give me a sec." Kyouka had her earphone jacks plugged into the ground and listened closely for more calls of distress or struggles under debris.
Meanwhile, Sora had reached the closest of the four people he had found and set the woman he carried down next to him. The man in front of him was not responsive, and when he checked for a pulse he felt none. Cardiac arrest most likely, as his body did not look to be dead yet. The Keyblade wielder tore open the man's shirt, exposing his chest and then immediately did CPR. After about 30 seconds, he heard the man suddenly breath in and then cough for a bit. "Easy there, guy. Take it slow. In and out." He reminded him to control his breathing. Once the man had managed to control his breathing, Sora helped him up. "Alright. Time to get you both out of here."
"How are you gonna carry both of us?" The woman asked.
"Both of you, put an arm behind around the back of my neck and over my shoulders. Then hold on to each other." The boy instructed. Once the two did so, Sora put his arms around their waists and then the three of them began to glow blue. "You should probably close your eyes too. We'll be out of here in a literal flash." When the two shut their eyes, he used his flowmotion and took off towards the First Aid Station, reaching there rather quickly, before he set the two down with others who were relatively okay. "Wait here until the other Heroes or Law enforcement tell you to leave. You'll be safe here with us Pros." He gave a thumbs up before leaving.
When he left the two H.U.C. actors gave their opinions on his performance. "Heh. He did everything right. Proper assessment of our physical states, as well as the area around him. He spotted more endangered people and alerted those he was in contact with to assist him while he did as much as he could on his own."
"He was quick and efficient, almost as if this is a regular thing for him. He knows what he's doing, what he can do, and how much he can do on his own. Full marks."
[Silence]
Meanwhile, the Shiketsu students found some people of their own to rescue. "Inasa Yoarashi! A Shiketsu first year! My Hero name is Gale Force!" He then began to use his quirk to help an elderly and an 'infant' "Rescue Exercises get me pumped up. You're gonna be safe with me!"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Inasa Yoarashi]
"Inasa!" Mora called out. While the two Yoarashi were rescuing analyzed his subtle control of his quirk and how precise he was using it.
The 'infant' H.U.C. actor then called him out. "But it's still reckless! Minus points!" That shocked the wind manipulator.
Mora then pointed out his flawed approach. "You shouldn't move anyone or anything unless you've checked on the condition of the injured! You could make things worse!"
"Of course! I apologize!" Inasa carefully set down the two he was rescuing, letting them land in his arms. "Are you alright?"
"RECKLESS!" The 'infant' told him.
"Hey. Camie ran off again." Another Shiketsu student pointed out. "What's her deal today?"
[Silence]
Sora ran through a stable part of the terrain, checking multiple collapsed buildings for any people that could be potentially trapped inside them, finding nothing. As he continued to move from building to building, he soon heard another call for help. He moved towards the plea and soon saw a child and two adults. The child was crying for help while the two adults were laying on the ground. "My mommy and daddy are hurt! Please heeeelp! I'm scared!"
Sora reached the child and crouched to his level, placing a hand on the child's shoulder for comfort. "I know it's scary, but I need you to be brave right now. Okay. Your mommy and daddy would want to wake up to you smiling and happy to see them." The child held back more tears and nodded to that, then the Keyblade wielder inspected the two adults. He checked the mother first, seeing that she was not injured, but when Sora tried to wake her up, she was not responsive. She was knocked out cold. He then checked on the father, and aside from a 'cut' on his shoulder, he was fine. The boy managed to wake him up after a gentle shake and smiled. "Good. You're awake. I could use your help."
"Help with what?" A female voice came from behind Sora.
[Play FF7 Remake OST Lurking in Darkness]
"Whoa!" The Keyblade wielder jumped up and looked behind him, seeing a familiar face from Shiketsu. "Camie? When did you get here?"
"Just now." She answered. "I saw you run off this way and decided to join you."
While it was nice to have some extra help, she could have at least called out her presence beforehand. If not to alert him, then at least to alert any other people that are in need of rescuing. He decided not to focus on that and instead take advantage of her being here. "Well thanks. Can you help me escort this family back to somewhere safe?"
"You seem like you could do this on your own." She answered, making Sora and the child H.U.C. actor look at her with raised brows.
"It would be faster if you helped though." Sora pointed out.
"Alright. Then what should I do?" Utsushimi asked, also making the child H.U.C. actor look at her like she was stupid for needing instructions on what to do.
"Um...take the kid, while I carry the mother." The Keyblade wielder instructed. The father should be able to walk on his own. He only has a cut on his shoulder, but the first aid equipment is back at the station.
"Can't you just heal him with your Keyblade?" She asked.
[Play KH 358/2 Days OST Xemnus]
"I'm saving that for emergen...Wait!" Sora realized something. "How'd you know I could heal people? And how did you know that my weapon was called a Keyblade?"
That put her on the spot, but she soon answered how she knew. "Well, the thing you had in your hand when we were together during the last test looked like a key and you swung it like a sword." The Keyblade wielder then realized that she basically just saw the way the Keyblade looked and put two and two together, so that made sense, but how did she know about the healing magic? He never healed himself in front of her. "And wasn't that green hue around you when you fought those two boys some kind of healing thing? It looked like it patched you up from what I could see. Or could you only do it when your clothes are yellow?" She saw his fight against Kid Icarus and Skyward Sword. He did use Cure when fighting against them, so that would explain her knowing about that if she watched the fight, but why was she watching him? And a little more importantly, how did he not notice her?
"You're wasting precious time! Minus points!" The father H.U.C. actor snapped at the pair.
"Ack! Right! Let's get you guys to safety." Sora went back to the rescuing of these three, picking up and gently carrying the mother. "Camie, if you please."
"Gotcha." Utsushimi understood, picking up the child and carrying him, while the father walked with the pair.
[Silence]
Meanwhile, over at the Mountain Zone, Katsuki had found two people calling for help. "My arm hurts pretty bad." "Mine too! Save us!" They pleaded.
"SHUT UP! SAVE YOURSELVES, YOU WHINERS!" The explosive student screamed at them, making Ejiro and Denki look at him very disapprovingly.
"Man, you need to work on your rescue style." Kaminari said.
"They might be really hurt! We can't just leave them here!" Kirishima pointed out.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Professor Aizawa Theme]
"Wait. We are supposed to be low priority victims with only minor injuries." One of the H.U.C. actors remembered.
"So you think that he figured it out? And that's why he told us to go off on our own?" The other actor realized.
"You're kidding me." The electric student was dumbstruck. "They took it in a way that made it sound okay?"
"We'll get you two somewhere safe." Ejiro said as he climbed down, followed shortly by Denki.
"His tone was wildly inappropriate. Minus points." One of the H.U.C. actors graded Bakugo.
"What the hell did you say!?" Katsuki growled while having a very pissed off face, looking like he was about to kill them for that.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST People Always Reaching for the Top]
Back at the city zone, Minoru, Tenya and Mezo had reached the area where Sora said that multiple trapped people were, with the latter of the three using his dupli arms to listen for them. "I hear a voice. Coming from over there."
"Excellent." Iida replied. "I'll go first to check on the conditions of those who need to be rescued."
"Sounds good." Mineta said as the class rep took off, running in the direction that his classmate said he heard the voice come from.
Meanwhile Mashirao's team were leaving the city area. "Let's head for the Mountain Zone. There should be animals there." He stated.
"Smart. Then Koda could use his quirk." Mina commented.
Elsewhere in the Lake Zone Toru spotted someone in the lake. "Todoroki, Tsuyu! Over there."
"Help! I can't swim!" The person was holding onto a rock that was above the wanted in the middle of the lake.
"I'll be right there!" Asui dove in and began swimming towards the trapped person.
"We might need to warm the boy up." Shoto pointed out. "Let's gather firewood."
"Leave it to me!" Hagakure went to do her part.
Back with Izuku he had managed to get the boy he was carrying over to the First Aid Station and one of the other students saw him. "You there. Let me see that boy." She approached him.
"Yeah, of course." Midoriya set the boy down. "His head got hurt somehow. He's bleeding quite a bit, but his wounds don't look very deep. He responds to questions clearly."
The female student checked on the boy seeing nothing too serious. "He should be fine. Take him to the space over there on the right."
"Yes ma'am." The One For All user understood.
As that was happening, Sora and Camie had reached the First Aid Station and escorted the three they were rescuing to the same place that Izuku had taken the boy he brought here. The two had briefly exchanged a smile towards one another, but the Keyblade wielder quickly went back out to look for more people in danger. Utsushimi gave Midoriya a quick flirty wave before following Sora, which briefly made the One For All user pause.
[Silence]
As things were going pretty decently, a group of individuals were waiting just beyond an entrance to the stadium, and the individual that had the appearance of a killer whale spoke up. "In the short time until emergency responders arrive, Heroes must act alone, helping the victims and performing first aid. Once the professionals show up, the transition should be seamless." He then tapped on an earpiece he had on. "How goes it?"
"Let's see." Mera responded. "During their initial response, there was some poor judgment, but the points taken off by H.U.C. members are still pretty minimal. The students are doing better than expected. Less incompetence than usual, I would say."
"Wonderful." The killer whale looking man seemed pleased to hear that. "But in order to protect citizens in need, Heroes must multitask. They can't just rescue. They must adapt."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Hero Killer]
Suddenly an explosion happened at one of the walls in the stadium, then more happened around other areas and disaster zones. "What happened?!" Izuku was confused, as well as the other students he was around.
"Gahhhh! We're gonna die!" Denki yelled as he and Ejiro were running from the explosions that were trailing towards them and Katsuki.
"Explosions!?" Shoto was also confused.
"What?!" Toru was surprised.
"Wait...could this be?" Ochako had an idea of what was about to happen.
"Whoa. That's a lot of chaos." Camie commented.
"I swear, if this isn't part of the test..." Sora was about to be furious if ANOTHER real villain attack was happening right now.
"A Villain has completed another large scale attack." Mera announced, in a normal tone, which helped the Keyblade wielder calm his nerves, as he didn't sound very urgent when saying that.
"Everyone, this is part of the exam." Izuku told the people that he was around.
"You think so?" Shindo replied.
"That means..." One of the other students had a feeling of what was about to happen.
"Hey, look!" Another student saw people coming from the smoke of the explosions, with the Killer whale leading the group.
"Tell me, wannabe Heroes." The killer whale spoke to them. "Can you rescue people and fight at the same time?"
"That's Gang Orca." Midoriya realized who they were up against. The currently ranked Number 10 Hero, who had participated in the raid against All For One and had worked with Best Jeanist's team to break into the Nomu storage facility. Now he and his sidekicks were here, playing the roles of Villains for the final hurdle of this test.
The sidekicks leapt into action, spreading out and blitzing towards all disaster zones, looking for Heroes and citizens to 'kill'. "The terrorists have appreared and are beginning to sweep the area." Mera announced. "Hero candidates at the scene should continue their rescue efforts while also suppressing the newly arrived Villains."
"We're gonna have to save people AND battle?" Iida summarized.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" Mineta exclaimed. "JEEZ! COME ON! AREN'T THEY EXPECTING TOO MUCH FROM US!?"
On the stands, Aizawa assessed this situation. "Even for a Pro, this would be difficult. They're going a little far, I'd say."
Back in the stadium, Garg Orca walked menacingly towards the large group of students and citizens. "Now. How will you react? Will you fight or protect? Help or run away? What would a Hero do?"
[Silence]
"Another attack?!" Ojiro was concerned.
"Look! By the First Aid Station!" Fumikage pointed out the mass of enemies over there.
"Not good." Mashirao saw the gravity of the situation.
"Right by all those hurt kids and old people?!" Ashido exclaimed. "That's so mean!"
"We still have a lot of bystanders to rescue, but we can't just ignore the Villains." Asui told Todoroki and Hagakure.
"I know." Shoto replied.
"Well that's a smart play on the 'Villains' part." Camie commented.
"Less praising, more saving." Sora told Utsushimi.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Threat Incoming]
Gang Orca and a group of his sidekicks charged the First Aid Station, but before Izuku could think of a plan, Yo had ran past him. "Get everyone to safety!"
"Shindo, wait!" Midoriya protested.
"Do it!" Yo ordered. "Get them as far away from the Villains as possible!" As the group began to do as he instructed he put his hand on the ground and activated his quirk. "I'll start hammering away at the henchmen at one second intervals." He shattered the ground between him and the sidekicks, knocking most of them off their feet. "Weren't expecting that."
Gang Orca was suddenly right in Shindo's face. "Nice try!" He then blew an ultrasonic wave point blank in Yo's face, knocking him out.
"Whoa, dang. Look at that." Ms. Joke said from the stands, looking very concerned. "He's going all out."
"I wonder..." Aizawa muttered.
"Shindo!" Izuku called out.
"A single rear guard to hold us back?" Gang Orca pointed out. "You've underestimated me." He began to walk towards the group, eyes on his prey, but then he turned to his left and blasted another ultrasonic wave, shattering a sudden wave of ice that had been approaching him rather quickly.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Hero A]
"Todoroki!" Izuku saw Shoto continuing to send more ice to hold Gang Orca back, as well as halt more of the sidekicks by freezing their feet.
Sora then came into view and noticed Yo on the ground, paralyzed. He quickly casted Cure on him before speaking to the boy. "Get up. You're not out of the game yet."
"Ugh...thanks." Shindo appreciated the save. Though he wasn't fully recovered, he could at least move on his own, albeit slowly.
"There's small groups of cronies that split from the main group to look for others as well. Probably to finish the job. I'm gonna go deal with them while escorting any survivors I find to another Evacuation Zone."
"Got it. We'll handle things here." Yo understood. And then, Sora blitzed off, trusting in his friends and the other pros here to deal with things here.
"Midoriya! Are you evacuating?! We'll help." Ojiro arrived with his group in tow.
"Todoroki's fast." Mina commented.
"Where have you guys been?" Izuku questioned.
"We found hurt people over by the river." Mashirao answered. "Everybody else went to the city first, so we were searching on the outskirts. Yaoyorozu and Asui stayed behind to search for survivors, but we couldn't stand by and watch these Villains do this."
"Your power is nothing!" Gang Orca blasted away more ice.
"Guess I know why he's number ten." Shoto commented on his opponent's Hero rank. Then a breeze began to pick up. "This wind..."
Inasa then descended and let out a battle cry. "I'm gonna blow you evildoers AWAY!" He sent out a strong wind current that blasted back most of the sidekicks, but Gang Orca stood tall against the attack. "A second Villain attack! Man they really pulled out all the stops for us, didn't they?" Todoroki and Yoarashi then noticed each other.
"Hey, it's him. The one who turned down U.A." Izuku recognized Inasa.
"Good timing. We can keep evacuating while the strong attackers hold them back." Ojiro pointed out as the remaining students were escorting all of the people they rescued so far away from the action.
As Sora soon reached Camie again, she was already busy fighting off some sidekicks who had spotted her. She was holding her own quite well, using her acrobatic abilities, in tandem with the occasional picking up and throwing of a rock to take down most of her opponents, but when she was surrounded by at least six of them, the Keyblade wielder jumped in, summoning Oathkeeper and casting Aero to blow the sidekicks away from her. "My Hero." She teased.
"Did you see any more people here that needed saving?" Sora prioritized.
"No." Utsushimi told him.
"Then let's move. We can't let these goons find the remaining survivors before we do." The Keyblade wielder told her.
"Or else they'll probably kill them." Camie realized. "They really teach you everything here."
Sora didn't have time to comment on that, as he saw more sidekicks heading towards another area, most likely to look for survivors trapped there. "Come on!" He told Utsushimi, who nodded and followed him as he went towards the Highway zone.
Back with Yorarashi, he had a bitter tone in his voice. "Of course you're here too."
At this point, Shoto was getting really annoyed with Inasa and wanted him to leave. "Why don't you go help with the First Aid Station instead?! Your quirk would be good for that! I'll take care of him!"
Yoarashi didn't listen and charged up a powerful wind blast, meanwhile, Todoroki had sent out a strong fire wave. As Garn Orca prepared for a potential team attack, he and some of his remaining sidekicks that were still standing were surprised to see the attacks collide and make the attacks miss their target entirely.
[Silence]
"Huh? Where are they aiming?" One of the sidekicks was confused.
"Why'd you use your flames?!" Inasa shouted. "The heat makes the air rise up!"
"Because he didn't fall to my ice earlier!" Shoto shouted back. "You ruined my shot on purpose! Didn't you!? Using your wind to blow away my fire!" Izuku heard that and stopped.
"You blocked me so that YOU would get all the glory!" Yoarashi barked out, as Gang Orca and his sidekicks watched this happening in front of them.
"What?! Why would I do something like that?!" Todoroki argued.
"Why WOULDN'T you?!" The Shiketsu first year didn't back down. "Hatred is in your blood! You ARE Endeavor's son!"
That comment actually pissed The Flame user off and he turned to face him. "What the hell has been up with you this whole time?! My old man has got nothing to do with UGH!" He was interrupted when one of the sidekicks shot his right side with something.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Iron Battle]
"Like my cement gun?" The sidekick boasted. "Good luck trying to move when that hardens up."
Gang Orca looked disappointed. "This is outrageous. I can't believe you're arguing."
As the sidekicks began to shoot more cement at the two, Shoto blocked it with his ice while Inasa evaded them in the air. "This has everything to do with your cold blooded father! To me, Heroes should be full of passion. They bring hope and inspiration to people, with the fire burning in their hearts. They CARE! It was a shock to meet your father, because the only thing I could see in his eyes was an insatiable anger, aimed at the entire world. And then, at the entrance exam, I saw you, and I knew who you were immediately. Because when I said hello, your eyes were the same as his."
"You think we're the same? Don't be ridiculous." Todoroki replied as the cement on his right side hardened. "You're a fool. I'm nothing like him." But he couldn't lie to himself. He did still feel some hatred towards his father, no matter how much he's grown. It made him lose focus.
As the firing of cement stopped, Gang Orca commented on their lack of action towards him. "A Villain in front of you, and you've done nothing."
"You and your father and the only Heroes I can't accept! YOU DON'T DESERVE THE TITLE! UNDERSTAND!? NOW MOVE!" Yoarashi shot more air towards Gang Orca.
"Focus!" The son of Endeavor told himself as he shot out more fire, aiming it at Gang Orca.
The two attacks collided and once again diverted away from their target. "Again? Are you kidding me?!" Inasa was more annoyed, but then he noticed something. Shoto then noticed it too. The fire stream he made was redirected over towards Yo, who was still near the action, and he didn't have the speed to get out of the way in time.
Just as the fire was about to reach him, somebody else had managed to get there and get Shindo out of the way. Izuku had pulled the Ketsubutsu student out of the way, and he had a pissed off look on his face. "Damn it. What are you two DOING!?"
[Silence]
Meanwhile with Sora, he and Camie had managed to find another person, who was trapped under some debris. They were out of arm's reach, but the Keyblade wielder used said weapon to extend his reach, having the elderly man hold the Kingdom Key's blade while the boy pulled him out from under the debris. "That's him rescued." He commented.
"Alright then. Where to?" Utsushimi questioned.
Sora tapped on his AR device. "Hey, guys. Where's the new evacuation area?"
"There's a shelter near the helicopter landing area that we're taking everybody to. If you find anyone, meet us there with them." Mashirao said on the call.
"Understood. We're bringing somebody now." The Keyblade wielder said, but then heard something shoot at him from behind. He switched to Oathkeeper and shot a Blizzard Spell out, clashing with the liquid cement and stopping it from reaching him. "Looks like more goons came here to finish the job."
[Play KH2 OST Vim and Vigor]
He casted Cure on the old man. "I've healed your wounds with my quirk. Head west towards the city and don't stop. You'll find more Heroes escorting others to a bunker where you'll be safe. I'll stop these guys from following you." He then turned to his partner. "Camie, go with him. Make sure he stays safe."
"He can make it on his own." Utsushimi stated. "Besides, you might need help, so I'm not leaving you. Start running, old man."
"Minus points for not having an escort and the girl's tone, but okay." The elderly H.U.C. actor pointed out before leaving on his own.
Sora really didn't have time to argue with his partner right now, because more cement was being shot at him. "Ugh! Fine! back me up, Camie!"
"On it." She avoided cement being shot at her, before getting up close to one of the sidekicks and twisting his free arm behind his back, then maneuvering his body to use as a shield to block more cement being shot at her, until the sidekick was completely covered in cement from the shoulders down.
Sora meanwhile evaded multiple cement shots with his flowmotion, before using some of his focus energy and locking onto multiple sidekicks. He then spiraled Oathkeeper in front of himself before shouting out "Sunray Blast!" Shooting out multiple arrows of light that closed the distance and shattered the cement guns of the sidekicks shooting at him. He quickly closed the gap and then struck one of the men in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him, before striking another in the head, knocking him out. As another sidekick stopped shooting at Utsushimi and aimed his shooter at him, Sora summoned his chain and latched it onto that sidekick's arm, before whipping the chain to the right to redirect the sidekick's shooter and make him shoot at some of his allies, trapping them in cement.
Camie saw the man ensnared in Sora's chain and pounced on him cartwheeling over his shoulders before getting behind him. She palm struck the man's elbow joint, making it pop out of place, which made the man yell out in pain before she quickly knocked him out with a kick. "There we go."
Sora unsummoned his chain. "That's a little extreme, don't you think!?" But he then had to avoid a sidekick attempting to tackle him.
"He's still alive." She retorted before taking a rock from the ground and smashing it towards another sidekick's head, breaking a piece of his helmet. "They can walk it off." She grabbed the sidekick who's helmet she broke and then used him to block more cement being shot at her. When the cement stopped coming, she jumped on the man and then leapt into the air, before landing on the shoulders of another sidekick, with her thighs between his face. She leaned back and then squeezed her legs, butting the man into a triangle hold and didn't let go until he fainted from a lack of oxygen.
The Keyblade wielder knocked out two more sidekicks with Oathkeeper before his magic was back. He then casted Aero around Camie, blowing away the sidekicks that she was dealing with, before using his flowmotion to blitz over to them and strike them hard enough to take them out of the fight, but not so hard as to seriously injure them.
[Silence]
Sora landed a few meters away from his partner, who spoke up. "Nice job. Real Hero stuff, ey?"
"Drop it." The Keyblade wielder told her.
"Drop what?" Utsushimi wondered.
[Play KH 1.5 Remix OST The Heartless Has Come]
"Drop the act." Sora turned to face her. "This whole thing you're doing. Drop it."
Camie's expression changed to a more confused look. "What do you mean?"
"You're not acting like the rest of us here." The Keyblade wielder pointed out. "Everyone here is taking this seriously, except you."
"I'm taking this..." She couldn't finish that.
"No you're not!" Sora interrupted her. "The entire time you've been with me, you haven't done anything, unless I tell you to, or if something is in between you and me. You didn't know what to do when we found that first bystander together, and I had to tell you what to do. You apparently watched me during the first test when you could have easily moved on before most of us, considering your quirk. You watch me do things whenever I'm not telling you what to do. You refuse to leave when I tell you to escort the citizen to safety. And you attack people with the intent to seriously hurt them. You're not acting like a Hero should be! It's like you're not even interested in the test at all!"
"..." The Shiketsu student remained silent, the shade under her hat blocking her eyes from view.
"It's like the only reason you're here is to watch us. Me and Deku specifically!" The Keyblade wielder called her out. "You rushed after him at the beginning of the test and didn't run off when I showed up, only running when more people came. Whatever the real reason you're actually here for, it's certainly not to be a Hero."
Camie smiled, but when she looked at Sora dead in the eyes, she had that same creepy flirtatious expression from the first test. "I told you before. I wanted to get to know you two a little better. Since you didn't like my first approach, I thought I'd try another route, but I guess you don't want us to get close just yet. That's too bad, but maybe next time." She threw a rock at him.
Sora caught the rock in front of his face and then threw it to the side, but when he looked back to where Utsushimi was, she was gone. "Where'd you...?" He looked around, but then realized that he was still on the clock right now and didn't have time to look for her. He had to focus on getting this Hero License, so that he could actually do his duty as a Keyblade Wielder and not get in trouble with the law. He'll worry about some creepy stalker girl later. He used his flowmotion to speed away and head in the direction of where the elderly he was helping out before went.
[Silence]
Back with Shoto and Inasa, the two of them began to realize that their personal feelings were getting in the way of the mission. "No more games." Gang Orca spoke up before blasting Yoarashi with a hypersonic wave. "First I'll stop the wind!"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Threat of Offense and Defense]
The wind user tried to get out of the way but got hit with a cement shot and then took the brunt of the sonic wave, making him scream in pain. He plummeted to the ground while Todoroki called out to him. "Hey!"
The ice user was grabbed by the neck by Gang Orca. "You reap what you sow." He said before shooting his prey point blank with the sonic blast, severely wounding him. Some wind began to breeze over towards him and he saw Inasa on the ground, still barely in the fight. "He was too far away. He's not done yet."
As Gang Orca was confident enough to take these two on his own, his sidekicks began running in the direction of the evacuation center looking to destroy it. Both Inasa and Shoto knew that they massively screwed up. They needed to fix this.
"Oh no. They're gonna catch us!" Mina saw the sidekicks coming. "Faster guys!"
As Izuku landed with Yo, Midoriya was ready to fight them off, until Shindo got in front of him and then used his quirk to break the ground between them and the sidekicks. "I'll take care of this!"
"Whoa, Shindo." Izuku was surprised. "Even with Sora healing you, I thought you wouldn't be at full strength."
"Well, I still feel pretty numb, but I'll bounce back." Yo told him. "Soundwaves aren't that bad. Not much different from my vibrations, so I've built up a pretty good tolerance to them. Might be the first time I've been thankful for that recoil. Add Sora's healing into the mix to help me recover faster and I can manage. Anyway..." He then looked irritated. "I was trying to get a surprise attack in on that whale, AND THEN THOSE TWO FIRST YEARS RUINED IT!" He turned his focus back to the battle. "I've tripped the henchmen! Now you make sure they're out of the game. We'll split up and get the remaining injured to the shelter."
"Right!" Midoriya understood, activating full cowling and blitzing towards Gang Orca's sidekicks to combat them.
[Silence]
Sora, who was carrying the elderly he helped before on his back, had reached the evacuation shelter and dropped him off there. He then saw the other student arriving. "What's happening back with Shoto?"
"Gang Orca and his henchmen took him and the Shiketsu student down." Tokoyami explained as he released the people that Dark Shadow was carrying. "Midoriya and Shindo stayed behind to hold them back, though who knows how long they'll last."
"I understand." The Keyblade wielder then tapped into the energy he stockpiled from the fights before and transformed into his Light Form. "I'll go back them up. If anyone else wants to help, then follow me." He then blitzed in the direction of the action, intent on helping his friends, while some of the students who were battle ready quickly followed his lead.
"Now then." Gang Orca dropped Todoroki. "I'll take down the wind user, and continue with the attack."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Your Power]
As the Number 10 Hero walked towards the downed Yoarashi, the ice user laid face down on the floor, lamenting the mistakes he made. He looked at the Shiketsu student, and then had his fire burst out from him. He remembered how their quirks worked against each other, but he also knew that there was one way that they could make it work with each other. Shoto just needed the wind user to work with him.
Inasa's body felt so numb to him that he couldn't move, but he looked to Gang Orca with a fire in his eyes, as he poured out everything he had into this next wind attack. The wind wasn't strong, but he could use his partner's fire to make up for that. He'll be the controller, while the son of Endeavor would be the power.
Yoarashi shot his wind at Todoroki, who's fire would get caught up in it, and then spiral around to Gang Orca's position, creating a flaming vortex that made the Pro stop in his tracks. He assessed the situation he was in and soon deduced the tactics and saw that the pair realized their mistakes. Even though it won't make up for what happened earlier, this wasn't a bad start. He admired their persistence and drive.
Gang Orca's sidekicks then saw the trouble their boss was in. "Hey! Behind us!" "Boss is trapped in some kind of fire tornado!" "Isn't that bad?! He's an Orca, so he gets super weak when he gets dried up!" "Forget the wind! Stop the flames!" They began to shoot towards Shoto, but in a suprise turn of events, he used his right side to make an ice mound to block the cement, without stopping his stream of fire. He managed to use both of his powers at the same time. "What?!" "Todoroki, he used both sides!" "Should we go back and help?" "Hey look out!" The sidekicks were caught by surprise when Izuku reached their location and struck a few of them down with a well positioned spinning back kick in the air. They switched targets and focused fire on him. "Keep shooting!"
Suddenly, dozens of orbs of light rained down on a large amount of the sidekicks knocking them around and incapacitating most of them. "Light of a Guardian!" Sora's voice rang out as he flew through the raining down orbs of light, glowing that reddish gold aura he glowed the last time he used this shotlock. When the orbs stopped raining down, he struck another sidekick with Zantetsuken, and stopped to the right of his friend. "What'd I miss?"
Another sidekick tried to shoot at them, but then a tail grabbed his arm. "I'll take this." Mashirao then spun the sidekick around , making him accidentally shoot at a few of his allies before getting the wind knocked out of him with a palm strike. He then jumped back and landed to the right of Midoriya.
"Nice moves." The One For All user commented.
"Okay. The injured have all been evacuated." Ojiro explained. "And more reinforcement should be here any minute now!" The three boys had each other's backs, making a circle and touching shoulder to shoulder, ready to take the fight to the enemy.
Meanwhile, Momo and Ochako had found one more injured and were moving to get him evacuated, while Mezo, Tenya and Minoru had found two more and were already moving to get them evacuated as well. And Katsuki had found two more, with Ejiro and Denki carrying them to the evacuation zone with their explosive partner taking point to guard them.
[Silence]
Suddenly a stream of Acid and a shadowy claw struck at the sidekicks, melting the cement guns and knocking the sidekick's down. "Hey guys! Did you miss me?" Mina announced her presence.
"We're here to help!" Fumikage spoke up too.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Inasa Yoarashi]
"Mow them down!" A sidekick ordered as they shot more cements, but then a tongue struck them from seemingly out of nowhere, until Tsuyu uncloaked herself.
"Asui...eh...Tsu!" Midoriya corrected himself. "When did you sneak over here?!"
"I've been training my frog skills." She answered. "And I've finally reached a new level of control. Camouflage. That's my new special move."
"Wow, Asui. Are you done with the search and rescue already?" Mashirao asked.
"For the most part." She then saw something behind her comrade. "Ribbit! Look out!"
A large amount of sidekicks pounced towards the tailed boy, but then a large scream of hair took them down, as Mora stepped into the fray. "Shiketsu High!" Ojiro realized.
"I sent Inasa here to help." Mora explained. "But he has disgraced our school's name! THERE SHOULD BE NO ENEMIES LEFT!" He amped up his attack, taking out many more of the enemies on his own, to the amazement of Tsuu and Mashirao.
"They're not done yet!" Tokoyami pointed out as he leapt into combat with Dark Shadow, beginning to restrain a few of the sidekicks.
"Keep the pressure up!" Sora told them as he casted multiple Aero spells to further disorient and fling around more sidekicks in the area.
Meanwhile Gang Orca had managed to speak up inside his blazing tornado. "A cyclone prison of wind and fire. Not bad. An ordinary Villain would give up. Would weep and beg for mercy." He had a bottle of water in his hands and he poured it on him to keep himself from drying up. "But what would you do if your desperate trap was not enough? You must ALWAYS be planning your next move!" Shoto and Inasa kept the pressure going as much as they could, in spite of their fleeting strength, but then the vortex was blasted away by a powerful hypersonic wave made by the Number 10 Hero, who looked very imposing. "So...WHAT NOW?!" The two were tapped out.
As Gang Orca prepared to attack them, Midoriya got into the fray. "No! Get away from those two!" He went for a kick, but it was blocked by Gang Orca's arm, cracking his gauntlet.
Then came Sora, who went for the other side. "They're not the only ones, you should be WORRIED ABOUT!" He swung Oathkeeper towards the Pro, who also blocked the attack, but had to put in some serious effort to hold him back, as the force of that attack actually shattered the gauntlet on his other arm and pressed against his tough skin.
"Ngh!...Midoriya. Sora." The Number Ten Hero knew who these two were. As the three continued their power struggle, not allowing any more ground to be gained by their respective enemy.
[Silence]
An alarm then sounded off, making everyone stop. Mera then spoke on the speakers. "Um, yeah. So at this time, the H.U.C. members who have been deployed have been rescued from the disaster zones. It may seem a bit anticlimactic, but with this, the Provisional Licensing Exam is not officially completed."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST One For All vs All For One]
While everyone was surprised that it was over, Mera continued speaking. "After we tally the scores, we'll announce the results here in the arena. Anyone injured should go to the infirmary. The rest of you are free to change clothes and wait wherever you like."
As the students began to leave to change and get any injuries checked on. The sidekicks looked a bit disheartened as they approached their boss. "Sorry boss. I guess we didn't do our job all that well, huh? And your restraining gear must have made it pretty hard for you to move."
"No. The gear wasn't the problem. That tower of flame was an inspired attack." Gang Orca clarified. "And with Midoriya and Sora's surprise counter, once I had been weakened, we might have had a hard time if the test went on. Maybe even lost." He let out a hum that signaled that he was impressed with these students, even with some of them having apparent problems.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST U.A. High School Support Department]
After everybody changed and were in their school uniforms, they gathered at the opened up Anteroom and all locked eyes on the screen. "Now then. The names of those who passed are listed here in alphabetical order." Mera told them , standing at a podium next to the screen. "Keep my words in mind as you search the screen for your name." The screen then showed 90 names on it.
"Wow. A lot of people passed." Shoji noticed.
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"That's good to see." Sora said, and he immediately saw his name on there. "Nice! I'm one of them!"
Izuku was stunned as his name was indeed on there. He was so surprised that he was speechless.
As others began searching for their names, members of Class 1-A were spotting them. And calling it out. "I'm up there! Just call me a Hero!" Minoru confirmed.
"I did it." Kyouka was relieved.
"There I am." Tenya saw his.
"Alright." Mezo was there.
"I'm on the board!" Ochako saw.
"Thank goodness." Hanta saw his name too.
Fumikage hummed as he saw his name there as well.
"What a relief." Mashirao could see his name.
"Magnifique!" Yuga saw his there.
"Heck yeah, I did it!" Rikido spotted his there.
"Yeah!" Mina cheered, seeing her name too.
Koji was ecstatic to see his name up there too.
"Another small step towards being a pro." Momo saw her name too.
"Ribbit." Tsuyu spotted her name up there.
"I passed! I passed!" Toru jumped for joy when she saw her name.
"Killed it!" Denki saw his name too.
"Right on." Ejiro spotted his name there too, but then noticed his explosive friend not celebrating. "But uh..."
"No..." Katsuki's name was not on the board.
Shoto was silent, as his name wasn't there either.
"Yo...Yoarashi...Yo...It's not there." Inasa didn't see his name there either. He looked ashamed. "I failed...It's over…"
[Silence]
Yoarashi then corrected himself. "Todoroki!" He approached the Ice user and the two looked at eachother. Then after a brief exchange of stares, Inasa bowed down low enough to slam his head on the ground, just like he did the first time he met 1-A. "I'm sorry! It's my fault that you didn't pass the licensing exam! My focus was too narrow minded!"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Three Secrets]
Shoto had a look of surprise at first, but then his look changed to one of acceptance, before addressing the Shiketsu student. "You're fine. I'm the one who got us off to a bad start."
"But still..." Inasa stayed bowing.
"And thanks to the things you said to me, I have a lot to think about." Todoroki told him.
Sora happened to be within ear range of that and smiled, happy to see that his friend was still making sure that he was taking the right path. It reminded him of Riku, which made his heart sting, thinking about his friend that he hasn't seen or heard from in so long now. But he held out hope that even if he wasn't hearing from Riku, that Riku was still hearing from him with those messages that he sends on the daily.
"Holy crap. Did he really fail?" Ashido was surprised at Shoto's failure.
"How could two of our top three classmates not pass the exam?" Sero wondered.
"Should have been more careful of what you said." Kaminari pointed out to Bakugo. "Words are important, you know."
The explosive teen just gave the electric student a glare. If looks could kill, he would have been not only murdered, but dececrated an top of that. "Shut your mouth before I murder you."
"Those entitled people at the top think so highly of themselves, don't they?" Mineta spoke up. "Their own egos are their worst enemies. Looks like our class hierarchy is collapsing."
Iida grabbed the purple pervert to shut him up. "I can't believe this." Izuku was shocked.
"Poor Todoroki." Yaoyorozu uttered out.
[Silence]
As people stood in silence, Sora, being the only one to actually act optimistic, spoke up. "Eh, being the prodigies they are, they'll catch up with us in no time flat."
Before anyone could comment on that, Mera spoke up once more. "So, next we'll give you the print outs of your results. They include a breakdown of your scores, so you'll know exactly what you need to improve on going forward."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Analysis]
Papers began getting distributed to everybody. As people were seeing their scores, Mera continued speaking. "We lobbed off points when you did something wrong. Fall below 50 and you were done. These demerits are idolized on your result forms as you'll see, so I'd look at them."
"61 points? I barely made it." Ojiro realized.
"Whoa! I got 84!" Sero was happy to see that. "Look at that, guys. It turns out I'm actually great at this stuff!"
"Wait! Yaomomo! You got 94 points!?" Jiro was shocked to see an almost perfect score.
"Wow. You beat my score. I got 87. Mainly due to standing around and not making progress." Sora told them. He was deducted 13 points from his score. What is with him and that number following him around in one way or another?
"What about you, Iida? How did it go?" Midoriya wondered.
"I ended with 80." The class rep stated. "Overall, it seems my weak points were in practical application. What about you?"
"I got 71 points." The One For All user showed his paper to Tenya. "It looks like the docked me for some of the stupid things I said in the beginning and for times when I was kind of just standing around."
"I'm thankful that we've been given such empirical evidence on what we should improve upon!" Iida did his usual arm motion while praising the grading system.
One question that made Izuku wonder something though was if this was a point system where if you fell below 50 you failed, then why would those who did still be allowed to keep participating? Why not remove them from the field when they get below 50, since there's no way to regain points?
[Silence]
"Anyway, moving forward, those of you who passed can exercise the same authority as Pro Heroes, but only during emergency situations." Mera spoke up again. "In other words, fighting Villains, saving the victims of criminal acts or accidents. You may act using your best judgment, with no direct orders. Keep in mind that now, your every action carries with it a deep responsibility towards bettering our society, and that the world is watching you."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Light of Hope]
"I'm sure you're aware that All Might, our greatest Hero, no longer has his incredible power. One of the reasons crime in this country has been so low was due to his presence. With that deterrent gone, criminals are sure to become bolder and more widespread. Expect the current balance we have in our world to be destroyed and for things to change quickly. You young people will be the new hope for our future. It's imperative that you become exemplary Heroes. That YOUR reputations grow to suppress crime, as did his. Remember, the license you earned today is provisional, and you still have much to do. I would like for you to think of yourselves as fledglings and be even more diligent in your studies. And as for those who fell short and did not pass, we don't have time for you to feel bitter about your loss. Instead we offer you a chance to redeem yourselves." That got Katsuki, Shoto and Inasa's attention. "After you attend a three month long special course and pass an individual test, we plan to issue a Provisional License to those of you who failed as well." Mera's words really made everyone feel hope, but he wasn't done talking yet. "In order for us to reach the idealist world I just spoke of, we're going to need as many good Heroes on the street as we can get. The first round was one to weed people out, but we would like to grow the hundred people selected in that test as much as possible. That's why we watched you all until the end. So we could see for ourselves that you each have promise, that once your shortcomings are corrected, YOU have the potential to be as great as your fellow classmates. This special course will keep you busy, as it will run concurrent with your normal studies. You're welcome to retake the exam in April if you prefer to wait." But the outcries of denial of that idea gave Mera the right idea that the 10 who failed were willing to take the extra courses.
"Isn't this great, Todoroki?" Izuku was happy to hear that for his friend.
"You don't have to." Mineta pointed out. "Just take it easy. The hierarchy is collapsing."
Iida shut him up again, before speaking to his friend. "We'll root for ya."
"Well, three months was a little longer than I expected, but still, We'll be waiting for you to join us as student Pros, Shoto. And you know we'll welcome you with open arms." Sora spoke to the Son of Endeavor.
"Thank you." Todoroki responded to his friends. "I'll work hard." And with that, the exam was over and most of class 1-A, as well as a few other students with the talent and drive, were one step closer to becoming Pro Heroes.
[Silence]
As the sun set, the students were given their licenses and began to leave the area. As Izuku gawked over his achievement and even took a few pictures of his license, more students were leaving the area.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Can't Look in the Eyes of Serenity]
The Shiketsu students were passing by and Inasa spoke up. "Hey HEY! Todoroki! I'll see you at the special course, but here's the thing. Honestly, nothing's changed! I still don't like you! SORRY! That's all for now!"
"That was nice of him, I guess?" Kirishima commented.
"We'll just make the best of it." Todoroki was fine with it.
"Interesting." Aoyama noticed something about Yoarashi. "He is someone who is both bold and sensitive. I adore such joie de Vivre."
[Silence]
Izuku then remembered something and then approached Mora, while Sora followed. "Excuse me! Hello?" The One For All user got his attention. "I want to know more about the training you do to erase your presence!" He had a notebook ready.
Mora looked confused. "We haven't learned anything like that."
"But that girl...the one in the bodysuit did it." Midoriya told him.
Sora knew who he was talking about. "He's right. Camie somehow managed to completely hide herself from us to escape us."
"I wanted to talk to her about it so I could understand how it worked." Izuku told the Shiketsu student. "Do you have any idea where she might be?"
"She said she wasn't feeling too well, and took a cab to the station, so she could go home." Mora told them.
"Oh, I see." Midoriya seemed down. "Too bad I didn't get the chance to ask."
"Not feeling well?" Sora muttered under his breath, seeming skeptical of that.
"Actually, she's been acting kind of strangely for the past few days." Mora told them. "A little different from her usual self I'd say." That made the Keyblade wielder even more suspicious of this 'Camie' that he was around during this test.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Master Criminal]
Elsewhere, Camie walked inside an alleyway, before her phone rang and she answered it. Her body began to drip the gray goo as her face melted off and she had a new face below it. From the phone came Mr. Compress' voice. "It's about time you picked up. Where are you right now, Toga?"
"I had the most wonderful fun today." Himiko, who was no longer disguised as Camie, had answered.
"Don't get so lost in your role that you slip up." Compress told her. "There's too much at stake to get caught."
"Oh, don't worry." Toga told him. "I've never been caught in my life, and my missions were a success. Tomura and Vanny are gonna be so happy!" She had a glass with a single drop of blood in it. "I managed to get some of Izuku's yummy blood."
"And your mission to study Sora's personality?" Vanitas said to her in person, as he was leaning on the wall further down the alleyway, just now getting into Himiko's view.
"Also a success." She gleefully answered.
"Then what did you learn?" The Dark Remnant asked her.
"He's got a pretty good read on people. He could see through my intentions after enough time." Toga told him. "But he didn't even come close to guessing that it was really me, his first. He just thought that 'Camie' was a bad example of a Hero."
"With that exposure, you should be able to properly mimic him when the time comes. And you also need to learn how to mask your intentions better than you claim to do already. Any darkness that comes from you will have to be completely untraceable." He basically told her that she would have to naturally do what the Black Coak does to those who have Darkness they need to mask or hide from.
"Aww. You're worried about me. I'm flattered." Toga teased.
"You'd be a liability if you couldn't perfectly impersonate that idiot." Vanitas told her.
"I feel pretty confident that I'll be able to, now that I've got a read on him." Himiko said, before a dark corridor opened up for the pair to step through together, leaving only the gray goo that used to be the blood drinker's disguise.
And now the Provisional License Exam has come to a close. As expected, Sora passed. But not without losing points, thanks to 'Camie'. And that Camie was Himiko. 'shocker' I know. But yeah, Toga had two missions this time. Mission 1, procure more blood to use for her quirk. Mission 2, study Sora and get a read on his personality and movements, so that she could PERFECTLY impersonate him, should the need arise. With both of those missions complete, and with Sora now being able to openly combat Villains without running the risk of getting arrested or expulsion from U.A., the plot will thicken even more in the later arks of the show. But now is not the time for those arks. Now is the time for...The Talk. Which will happen next time. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and until I decide to upload again. ;)