Chapter 40 : Teachers VS Students
"See, that is why I was saying that asking first years to give us the weights was a bad idea, especially when the winner was going to be Mei, and when she is notoriously the main provider for Midoriya and Bakugou," Aizawa pointed out, as all of his comrades went back to the main building with various bruises, "They are just kids, what wrong they could do to us? Well, unlike you, I listened to Midnight and Vlad. They both supervised the kids and they knew what the hell they were planning."
The exam was one of the usual logic fallacies Aizawa liked to use: to make the students think that they were going to fight robots, and boom, drop kicking them with teachers and pro heroes. Yes, he was a total sadist. However, this year, he wanted to take extra precaution for his plan, but he was vetoed for once.
And as a result, the students were thoroughly prepared for the exams.
One of the few still standing was Cementoss, as he had to deal with Kaminari and Shinso, to observe how they had prepared themselves to deal with a long range villain with night impenetrable defense.
The pair had surprised all the teachers, as their solution was to use Shinso's ventriloquism to fool Cementoss' sense of their real position… But more importantly, because of Kaminari's new technique. Even Aizawa had been surprised by the move, and gave them some bonus points. Apparently, the Quirk Training Club was a resounding success, as Kaminari managed to create a secondary nerve system thanks to his quirk, greatly increasing his physical abilities, but mainly improving his speed. With Shinso on his back, Kaminari ran in less than one minute to the exit, before collapsing in front of it. Apparently, that super mode was highly taxing on his body, and Shinso had to pull him out on the last meter.
Still, it was a resounding success for the pair.
Present Mic thought that he was in a comical large cast for a good reason. His job had been to deal with Momo and Ochako, and see how they would deal with long range attacks. Their answer? Ochako, who made a weightless Howitzer who shot at Present Mic. Momo, then, aimed it at the teacher and shot him easily. She was kind enough though to not have used an actual cannon ball, but rather a new foam composant developed by Mei, and which solidified as a cast.
Aizawa appreciated the silence and the fact he wouldn't have to listen to his friend, until Maijima got his tools to free him.
Maijima, though, was still wondering what the hell happened during his fight. Having to deal with Mei on a daily basis had greatly increased his bullshit resistance, but it was still puzzling him.
He had to fight a mutant frog accompanied by what looked like a Templar Knight on his way to Jerusalem. Surprisingly enough, the threat hadn't been the Templar himself, but the frog. And to be fair, it had been expected. Justice's quirk made it very hard for him to be powerful enough while against a teacher.
He still wondered what the hell the Frog said to him, so he would try to throw her away the strongest he could, while clearly blushing under his helmet. Young love, probably?
Anyways, young Asui used the momentum and her powerful legs to jump literally above every trap he put there… And while Power Loader had thought he could easily defeat her one on one, he noticed then that her tongue was still tied to Justice…
Meaning now, there was a video of a frog using a crusader as a hammer to play whack-a-mole.
Power Loader was the mole, which was why his exo-skeleton was badly damaged.
All-Might, in the end, had been one of the few to win his fight, but as he explained to the student, in his case, they were mostly expected to do their best and survive, showcasing what they had learned.
Yagi was smiling, thinking about the fight and how promising Todoroki and Kirishima had been. Kirishima's right hook in his Gargoyle mode was not meant to be underestimated, especially as he completely ignored elemental damage. Yagi was wondering if it was because of his training in the club, as Kirishima's training was basically staying between Bakugou and Todoroki doing contests of power.
The fight had Kirishima being in close combat range, trying to punch him and taking him down, while Todoroki used a mix of ice and fire to get around the place quickly and attack from all sides.
Teachers added bonus points for his ice structure, as it was more stable than it had been during the Sport Festival. In the same way, Todoroki stopped using big moves as openers in a fight, leaving him open, and used it only as a finisher, when Kirishima managed to hold down All-Might for a second.
Still, his focus needed work. He was still far from pulling a Hell Spider like his father, or doing a precise attack with some ice javelin.
As for Kirishima… The young lad was quite spirited. In his personal ranking of "who deserved One For All", Kirishima was very high. He had the will, the quirk, and most importantly, the kindness.
All-Might was half pondering the idea of actually mentoring him in his fitness training, the "American Dream" regime he got from Nana, who herself got from her predecessor… Sometimes, they half-joked that the true One For All was all of that training.
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In the vestige world, Yoichi sneezed. Did someone discover that One For All was a stockpiling quirk, and as a result, it made a lot of sense to make every user follow his insane training he designated through science, just to make them superhuman? After all, his research during the Dawn of Quirks clearly showed that each generation was stronger than the precedent.
This training would only bring greater results! Suck it, Seikyo! Training always pays off in the end!
"Hoy, Yoichi, you come? Third managed to create a game station and to imagine a fighting game with heroes All-Might knows as characters!" Nana screamed from the depth of the quirk, making the frail looking man smile, before joining his successor, smiling.
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Snipe wasn't here, as he had to be brought to Recovery Girl. They foolishly thought that putting Katsuki and Tooru in the same team was a good idea, to see if they were ready to work with people with adverse personalities, and if Tooru had what it took to be a support for a heavy gunner.
However, the teachers missed three critical pieces of information (well, except Nemuri, but she found the situation hilarious):
Katsuki and Tooru became friends very quick by sharing ideas to tease Izuku. Nothing better to cement an excellent friendship after all and teamwork.
Tooru followed Midnight's training perfectly and as a result, was becoming a physical force of nature. As in "Sometimes, she was using Kirishima as a training weight".
Mei had given her weapons.
Saying that Katsuki was the bait would be an error. Katsuki yelled that it was the "Carnifex bait" tactic, and from what Shouta understood of it, it was both insane and efficient, something he hated as it meant it was profoundly illogical.
It means using something you couldn't ignore, because you risked to have something murderous and non-stop on his violent rampage, namely a Katsuki, on your position, while something else was flanking before swinging a bat at you, and using the momentum to do with their friend a double lariat on you.
As a result, both students got top marks, as they barely even talked to perform such a tactic, though they were asked to tone down the levels of violence. And Tooru performing a German Suplex on Snipe was overkill.
Shouta sighed, as suddenly he remembered how many reports he had to rewrite, so they would attribute some of Midnight's most brutal takedown to him, as she had a persona to maintain. Thought to be fair, it would go very well with the dominatrix persona, but his friend disliked being trapped in a role.
Eraserhead then thought of who he had to fight… Or rather survive. Sato was winning the award of the most normal being in his classroom, by far. He had a simple strength quirk, powered by sugar. Sure, he turned almost into a hulk because he tried a pantry given to him by Yuga, and that hadn't been in his Eraserhead's plan. He seriously wondered what the hell did the French give him to make him bulk like that, and how Sato had actually swatted aside a house to attack the teacher.
Then again, he just added that among the reasons why Yuga was on his problem children's list. The blonde human had kindly told him it was a cake from a part of France, "La Bretagne". Apparently, they had a local specialty whose name could roughly translate as "Sugar cake"... And of course, since it was French, it was a monstrosity, and Yuga apparently knew how to cook it and Sato was an excellent baker. As a result, they weaponized dishes.
However, Sato was easy to dispatch. No, because what would actually cause Shouta to have nightmares in the following nights was Koda. The seemingly quiet and nice student, who was totally the nephew of the crazy woman who fought for the Quirked Animals of Amazonia to become citizens of the newly formed Amazonia (formerly Brazil). While her aunt could borrow the quirk of any animal near her, the young student could speak and control all animals in a certain area.
Which included rats. Who apparently negotiated their rent to their advantage with Nedzu.
Shouta was in the zone with Nedzu's cheese dealers and from what he got from his students, the local rats were very friendly with him, as he helped in their smuggling ring… Well, not truly smuggling as Nedzu gave his approval, but it was… Something.
Suddenly, Shouta wondered about a certain thing.
Koda's aunt won her civil war around the time Nedzu took some holidays in South America, pulling some crazy strategies and…
Shouta, for his own safety, decided to ignore the possibility that at one point, there were two Nedzu. He already had enough traumas to make veterans beg for mercy.
Then came Thirteen, turning to fight. Honestly, at this point, the woman in a cosmonaut suit had every right to be worried, as she was against Izuku and Sero. One was known as a kind but extremely crazy student with the most versatile quirk to grace UA, and the other had sticky tape.
Thirteen, as she was a TTRPG player in her free time, knew very well what duct tape could be used for.
Considering she knew both students actually knew how to work together, as it wasn't their first time, she actually pondered the idea of surrendering immediately. Then she got a text from Nedzu, explaining to her that if she did that, All-Might would be forwarded every fanfiction she wrote about her and him since he saved her at the USJ. Same if she lost.
As a result, it was a very determined to fight to the death Thirteen that waited for the two young heroes…
Izuku had a lot of plans, but he was quite shocked when he saw a certain rescue hero known for her kindness and calm destroying his summon without even missing a beat.
"I AM VOID INCARNATE, YOU PUNY HUMANS, NOW BOW AND SURRENDER!"
The only reason Izuku and Sero managed to win in the end was the fact Thirteen suit was… Well… Heavy. Yes, she had a sensor in it that worked as a radar and a minimap, a literal life-saving tool in her line of work. However, she wasn't that fast in it, especially as Sero loved to use his tape to make quick booby traps all around the place.
Apparently, he had taken some lessons with the janitor, as he was a survivalist in his free time, and he had appreciated that Sero managed to speak his true name : Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz.
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"I have to ask, Sero. How did you manage to do that? I mean, where did you learn to speak Polish?" Izuku asked, as he had been legitimately surprised by his perfect pronunciation.
Sero looked around, before pulling from his back a device that emitted some noise.
"I accepted to be Mei's lab rat for a month if she made me that."
"... Good luck surviving then."
"Hey, she isn't that bad. She loves my quirk, as she never has enough duct tape. Besides, there are worse things than spending time with a brilliant and quirky girl," Sero said, with a knowing smile, "Especially one who has practical clothing like Mei. I see no downsides, except some pain."
Izuku had to admit. His friend was fearsome as a strategist, when he put his mind into it.
"Also, what was your plan, if everything I did failed?" Sero asked, knowing his friend.
"I had two Floaty cards ready. We would have ridden them until the gate and won." Sometimes, a simple solution was the best one.
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"I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised by them this year. Clearly, this class is quite close to each other." Nedzu was one of the few people not to have been harmed in any way. He did his classic wrecking ball job, but this team… It didn't work as well as he would have liked.
Notably because of Jirou's latest support gear: an electric guitar that amplified even more her blasts, to the point she actually to rock out her path to the exit, while Ojiro carried her. To be fair, he was pretty strong and agile, and she wasn't the heaviest girl in the class.
Nedzu had to actually improvise to try and block their exit at the last moment, preventing them from winning by exiting at the last moment.
The kids were disappointed, but considering they actually made Nedzu go full attack mode for a moment, they deserved a good mark on that end.
"Hmmm hmmm hmmm…" Ectoplasm tried to say, as they still haven't managed to take off his mask. He was currently resting on Cementoss, as his prothesics were also smashed.
If they all remembered correctly, Mina was frantic during the battle, saying something about "FUCK THE MATHS!" while Shoji quietly followed suit.
He went a tad bit overboard too, as he pulled an octopunch that made All-Might smile brightly at seeing a student copying him.
Sure, Ectoplasm had his body-doubles, but they weren't that durable, and between Mina's acid and Shoji's ability to discern who was the real one, well… The fight ended quite quickly too.
Shoji explained in the post-mortem Ectoplasm's clone didn't make the same sound as the original. As a result, all he needed to do was to be careful at which one sounded heavier. Then, all he had to do was to work with Mina to take down the teacher.
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"As for me… I have to admit, it is not everyday that I can take two young boys at the same time ~~"
Everyone stared at Midnight who was bruised, but clearly had a good time during her fight against Yuga and Tokoyami. The french and the bird, the light and the shadow!
Both teens were now used to their teacher's antics, especially as she helped supervise their training during the club. The issue was… Well… She helped supervise the club. As a result, she was aware of their abilities to the fullest and knew exactly what to expect from them.
On the other side, they also knew how strong Midnight actually was as Tooru showed the result of her training. Tooru being able to lift Kirishima in his stone form for a few seconds was enough to convince them that Midnight could probably bench press Eraserhead.
As a result, most of the fight had been the two students running away from Midnight who wanted to get in close combat with them, while the two students actually tried to keep it ranged. The issue there was the fact the fight had a time limit… Because Midnight kept releasing her gas to take care of them, but also was smart enough to guard the door, and prevent them from escaping.
In the end, Tokoyami and Yuga didn't have much time and tried to use Dark Shadow as an armor to pass through the gas and Midnight.
It didn't end well, because Midnight turned out to be a huge wrestling fan, and… Well…
They never saw her coming before she began to supplex them in the ground.
Still, most teachers glared at her, for being the only one perfectly fine and happy.
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"So… What are you guys going to do this first week of summer holidays, while we don't know if we are going to be eaten in a summer camp, or something like that?" Kaminari asked, while checking part-time jobs to have some money.
"My parents decided to have their Honeymoon at I-Island for the festival!" Izuku beamed, while he still had to do all the paperwork now to be known as Izuku Sako. Yey.
Koda quickly signed that his aunt actually invited him too at the I-island…
Actually, a lot of the class saw they were going to go there after.
Yuga laughed happily.
"I don't know why, but I think that we are going to have a fun time on I-Island, don't you all think?"
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"Kurogiri? I am not sure, but didn't I have a plan to fuck with the Shields?" All For One actually had Kurogiri remember all of them, because the supervillains had a few brain problems since All-Might smashed him. Thankfully, Garaki had managed to do a small Noumufication on him, to keep him as unaltered as possible, but alive. It still came with the issue of not having as perfect a memory as before.
"Yes, sir. Plan W. I have already dispatched Wolfram there, sir. I am downloading your notes on the subject." The Cloud villain reassured his master, before giving him a Gin glass.
"And what about Tomura and his friends?"
"They are still unaware of the future war, but I took the time to warn the CRC's leader of the future issue."
All For One smiled, before beginning to watch a small movie about a Demon Lord killing and corrupting heroes left and right. All was well.
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"Boss! We have confirmation that our next heist is going to be perfectly fine !"
"Perfect! NO ONE WILL PREVENT ME TO GET THE BIGGEST NFT ARCHIVE OF THE WORLD!" The Architect laughed evilly, in his airship, while working on his new body.
"... To be fair, Boss, why are we going to steal that? Isn't it absolutely worthless?" It was a real question after all.
"Well… I actually owe David Shield some money and he insured the archive. We are actually helping him there. Besides, if we do it correctly…" The Architect put the picture of Mei on the big screen, "WE WILL SEE MY FAVORITE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER !"
"YEEEEEEEEEY!"
Hard to believe this crew were technically SSS-Grade Villains who had even won against All-Might thanks to their insane technology.
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"Ma'am? We securised your trip to I-Island, UNO having finally accepted that Brazil was replaced by Amazonia. You aren't a criminal anymore, but our new #1." A gorilla with some glasses gave it to a woman who had some strange crystal horn on the back of her head, while she smiled. Her family had run away to Japan when Brazil went into a civil war. As a result, she was now an auntie, and she was going to see her nephew at I-Island for the first time!
The Amazonian was extremely happy and the animals all around her knew about it. After all, she was their heroine and their friend. It was good she could finally be the hero she always wanted to be.
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"Mes amis… On est invité à I-Island! Le Vieux prévoit aussi de passer, vu que son continent passera plus ou moins dans la bonne trajectoire, et Yuga aussi!"
"Aaaaah, c'est sympa ça! On va enfin pouvoir s'amuser et se détendre un peu!"
"Je veux dire. Qui serait assez con pour attaquer une île avec All-Might, nous, et plusieurs autres top héros?"
The #1 French Team was happily packing for their trip.
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In the end, Yuga was definitely right, though no one could have expected everything that happened.