Dokusei bolted towards the buildings, quickly scaling up the side, seeing Tsuyu hopping from one wall to the other, though she was being careful where she jumped to, and did not use her tongue. She looked back as she saw Dokusei reaching the rooftop. "Ribbit, Sumiteru, I didn't know you could climb like that!"

"Tsu, you haven't seen anything yet!" he replied as he ran across and leaped to the other building. "See you at the finish line!"

Back at the class observing the race, Mina was cheering for Dokusei as he took the lead. "Go, Doku! You can do it!"

"I didn't expect a guy like him to be so mobile," Sero commented.

Midoriya looked to Ochako. "Did Sumiteru show any of this when you two were at Gunhead's?"

"Somewhat," she started. "After an attack, we had to get over a bunch of rubble and he seemed to have little to no trouble crossing it." She rubbed the back of her head. "I almost couldn't keep up sometimes..."

"Interesting..." He looked back up to the jumbotron. Dokusei was making good ground, seeing him bring in his legs as close to his body as he could when he made big jumps and rolling upon landing. "It's definitely a good way of getting around."

Dokusei took deep, controlled, breaths as he ran across the buildings. He was almost there. He just had to make this last jump, except when he took it, he misjudged the distance and wasn't going to make it to the ledge. Good news was there was a window right underneath.

He grabbed his cloak and wrapped it around himself. A glass shattering crash was his only warning to roll the moment his boots hit the ground. Without skipping a beat he bolted through the building's interior. Seeing an open window, he slowed down enough to grab the ledge as he left the building feet first, and quickly climbed back up to the roof.

Once back up he saw Todoroki made a humongous glacier and was gaining on him, but not without seeing Mineta passing Todoroki and himself not soon after. "Like hell I'm letting that Perverted Grape beat me!" He jumped to the next building, keeping an eye on him. He didn't have to worry too much because Mineta's target wasn't the finish line, nope it was Yaoyorozu, who was using wooden boards to cross the gaps. "Encyclopedia!" Dokusei yelled, "Pervy grape incoming!"

She looked to him and saw Mineta rocking towards her with a crazed, hungry look in his eye. She quickly summoned a baseball bat and knocked him out of the park.

"HOME RUN!" Dokusei yelled, before running towards where All Might was.

"Watch yourself, Sumiteru, ribbit." Tsuyu was right behind him!

"Seems you've forgotten that I am here as well." A blast of ice was on Dokusei's flank as Todoroki made a bridge to the last building.

"Clearly!" Dokusei said with a smile even if his mask hid it. He spun around and swiped at Tsuyu with his claws, making her hop back, killing some of her momentum. He then back flipped onto the glacier and threw a knife at Todoroki's feet forcing him to stop. "But I am still going to win!" He dashed to All Might, who was holding a help me sign. Tsuyu and Todoroki were hot on his tail.

Dokusei slid to his teacher, and touched his shoulder. "Safe!" he yelled out as the other two got there. Not long after that Yaoyorozu came up and then Mineta after a moment with a notable bruise on his cheek.

"Sumiteru is the winner here!" All Might announced. "Amazing work everyone! I am quite surprised with these races so far, first young Midoriya and now young Sumiteru!" He patted Dokusei's shoulder. "Keep this up and you'll all become amazing pros!"

Dokusei rubbed the back of his neck, blushing under the mask. "Thank you, sir..."

"That was a hard race, ribbit." Tsuyu gave Dokusei a thumbs up. "I wasn't expecting you to swipe at me like that." She then cocked her head to the side. "You weren't actually trying to poison me, right?"

Dokusei removed his mask and smiled. "You weren't in any real danger; I didn't have anything going in my claws." He looked to Todoroki and he gave him a nod, which he returned.

"Congratulations, Sumiteru," Yaoyorozu said, "and thank you for the heads up." She looked the most disappointed at the outcome, as well as confused, like she was second guessing everything.

"Anytime, Encyclopedia."

"If you're going to give me a nickname, perhaps something shorter would suffice." She gave him a tired half smirk.

He nodded. "Alright I'll think of something." All Might eventually escorted them back to the rest of the class.

"Dokusei, that was awesome!" Ochako came up to him. "How did you learn to move like that!?" She was vibrating in place with excitement.

He smiled; a subtle shock went through his chest at the sight of her. "I used to climb a lot when I was a little kid, from trees to jungle gyms, and eventually buildings. Helped with my training for the entrance exam when I needed to get more in shape." He didn't explain that the main reason for it was to get away from bullies.

The next two groups came and went before the class ended, and Dokusei and the rest of the boys were in their appointed changing room. Dokusei just about got his shirt off when Mineta started to get Midoriya's attention. "Hey, I made a discovery!" He started to move to a wall with a weight to height chart peeled off a bit. "It's a tiny whole in the wall, And guess what's on the other side!" His cheeks started to grow red and his mouth began to water. "The girls' changing room!"

Everyone looked at him alarmed. Dokusei, on the other hand, gave him a death glare. Iida tried to convince him not to; it was a federal crime, but Mineta ripped the rest of the poster down.

"Mineta, you look in that hole, and I'll pump you up with so many toxins, it'll stop your heart." He was suddenly behind the perverted grape, which made him freeze up and slowly turn around. "And I'll make it as painful as possible."

Dokusei saw one of Jiro's earphone jacks poking out of the hole. Mineta looked like he was considering his options. "Screw it, I'll die happy!" Just as he was about to look into the hole an earphone jack stabbed his eye, and at the same time Dokusei injected him with a pain amplifier toxin. The blood curdling scream that followed was heard throughout the school.

"Don't worry, girls, I got him!" Dokusei raised his voice for them to hear. He grabbed the pint size runt and tossed him to his locker.

"I was just joking..." He slowly went to put his jacket and shoes on.

Nobody talked to him for the rest of the day.

At homeroom, the next day, Aizawa was making announcements. "Right... Summer break is fast approaching, but of course, it stands to reason none of you have enough leeway to replace just yet." Everyone was wondering what he meant. "We'll be going to a forest lodge for the summer."

The whole class erupted in cheers and excitement. Listing off things they could do and what not, truth or dare, fireworks, curry, the outdoors in general, and the hot spring baths. As they went into a tangent of what they could do, Aizawa interrupted. "However." Anyone that was talking quickly shut up. "Should any of you fail your midterm exam, you'll be put into summer school hell, hosted by me."

Dokusei just saw Mina deflate so quickly he thought she was a balloon for a second. He chuckled at that. She was ranked second to last in class grades just edging out Kaminari. Dokusei himself was eight but Mineta was surprisingly close to him in ninth; he's not letting that little shit pass him in ranking.

The class began to talk about study groups that Yaoyorozu was offering, mainly to Mina and Kaminari. "I'll gladly help you two with academic stuff." She then suddenly had a depressing cloud over her head. "The practical part of the exam on the other hand, not so much..." she muttered just loud enough for Dokusei to hear as he was making his way to Midoriya.

"Where did that come from...?" he shook his head as he slapped Midoriya's shoulder. "Hey, Mordy, Roboto, want to do some training and studying together?"

"Uh, yeah sure, how about tomorrow after school?" He was slightly startled, but seemed to recover quickly. "What about you, Iida?"

"I think this is a brilliant idea! With our collective knowledge we'll be able to improve our studies and skills with training!" Iida chopped his arms.

"Awesome, we can go to my place, I'll text you the address." Dokusei pulled out his phone and sent them the text. "I'll let my parents know about tomorrow."

"Ok," Midoria replied, checking his phone, before seeing Ochako talking to Tsuyu. "Oh Uraraka! Would you like to join us?"

"In what?" She turned to them with a smile.

"A study and training group up at Sumiteru's home!" Iida answered.

"Sure!" She beamed a smile bright enough to blind them. "I've been meaning to get more practice in my forms!"

Dokusei was smiling at this but was internally screaming. "Mom, please don't get any ideas...!" The moment his mom saw Ochako, one of two things would happen. Either she'd try and get her to date him or be teasing both of them. "I'm fucked either way..." As if sensing his worry, Ochako sent him a smile that said don't worry. He had butterflies form in his stomach then shoot straight through his heart. "I really have it bad..."

Lunch came before everyone knew it and Dokusei sat with his friends next to Ochako and Tsuyu. He was going to sit with Iida and Midoriya, but the girls sat with him instead. Todoroki also joined them today; he sat with Iida and Midoriya on the other side of the table. "Must have had some bonding with the whole Hero Killer shit..."

"I wonder what the tests will be about..." Hagakure asked as she sat with Tsuyu.

Midoriya answered her. "The content for the test for all the normal subjects is totally within the scope of our lessons, so we can still pull it off somehow... But..." He fiddled with his chopsticks. "It's scary that we can't know what will be in the practical test..."

"Nothing too wild, I would think," Iida chimed in.

"My guess is that we'll be fighting something, robots, each other, though I highly doubt that one, or even the teachers if Aizawa's crazy enough to try." Dokusei stabbed at his food before shoving it in his mouth. He stopped paying attention when he saw Monoma walking closely by to their table. Before he could say anything, Monoma hit Midoriya in the back of the head with his elbow; from how Midoriya yelled out it was a strong hit. "Hey, Second Hand, what the hell!?" Dokusei shot up from his chair, actually making Monoma take a step back.

"It was an honest accident; his head's just so big I ended up whacking it as I walked by." He pulled a hand from his tray and put it on his chest. "I am sorry for what I did." He removed his hand back as Dokusei slowly walked around the table, seeing Itsuka coming up from behind Monoma. "You lot had a run in with the Hero Killer, correct?" he asked rhetorically. "The spotlight on you only has multiplied since the Sports Festival, but the attention you're grabbing isn't out of expectation, the attention you're grabbing is in the form of trouble!" He was about to go on more till Dokusei stood in front of him and held a hand up. "What, it is!?"

"Walk away now, and you'll still have your dignity." Dokusei could see Itsuka with the face of 'what are you doing?' "My friends here did not want to get involved with the Hero Killer, but things sometimes don't go as planned. My friends got hurt, and I wouldn't want you to be in their stead. Be glad your class is having a relatively normal school life here." He crossed his arms and leaned back. "It was scary, knowing that three, *three, of your friends were battling for their lives against a foe they weren't ready for. So please, just walk away."

Monoma seemed to have a thought for a moment, but then he opened his big mouth again. "Yeah it is scary, so scary that one day the trouble you're calling for out of the wood works could-"

"I tried to warn him." Dokusei suddenly grabbed Monoma's tray as Itsuka karate chopped him on the back of his neck. "I really did." Dokusei gave Itsuka a smile as she dragged a now unconscious Monona around. He put Monoma's tray on an empty table.

"Sorry about that, Dokusei, he's a really good guy when he's not being a dick." She returned the smile. "Anyway, I overhead you. That you guys didn't know what the practical exam was going to be.

If they weren't looking at her then, they were now. "I was told it's going to be a lot like the entrance exam. That it's a battle simulation exercise, fighting against robots."

"Ah hell..." Dokusei's shoulders dropped. He may have improved since the exam, but that still doesn't combat the fact that his quirk is pretty much useless against bots. Everyone else was excited about the news however. "Who told you?" Dokusei asked.

"An upperclassman I know personally."

"Was it Arisawa?" She nodded. "You do know her information tends to be out of date by the time you use it, right?"

She shrugged at that, but then was taken aback by Midoriya's muttering. "Is he ok?" she whispered to Dokusei.

"He does that, you'll get used to it." He patted Midoriya's shoulder, shutting him up. "Anyway I think we should get back to our lunch; see you around, Itsuka." He waved goodbye as he went back to his food.

"See you." She walked away dragging Monoma and chopping him on the back of his neck again when he started talking bad about 1-A again.

Afterwards, Mina and Kaminari were ecstatic by the news about the test being a bot battle. They were dancing about and cheering. "You must be pretty damn stupid to think it will be that easy." Bakugo brought their spirits down. He walked away from the door and stood in front of Midoriya. "Deku, I don't know if you've come to understand a little how to use a quirk, but you're really trying my goddamn nerves."

"Wait, is Bakugo talking about how Deku's moves looked a lot like his?" Ochaco muttered.

"Might be, Care Bear." Dokusei crossed his arms, as he leaned to the side.

"I'll tell you right now, I don't want the same hollowed ass shit result as the damn sports festival!" He leaned a bit forward, making Midoriya lean back. "By the end of the next term, we'll see by our grades just who the better man is, whether you like it or not!" He pointed a finger at him, "I'll annihilate you, leave you in the dust with the gap between us, and then I'll fiucking murder you!" He then looked to Todoroki before leaving in a fuss. "And you too, Icy-Hot bastard!" He slammed the door as he left.

Dokusei shook his head. "Wonder what got stuck up his ass..." He turned to Ochaco. "I'll see you tomorrow, mom wants me home early."

"Oh!" She perked up in surprise. "See you later then!" She waved as well as other classmates.

Once he was home, Dokusei called out for his mother. "I'm home; mom, you here?"

Higa's reply came from the kitchen. "Yes, dear!" She was preparing tonight's dinner. "How was school?"

"Midterms are coming up, which brings me a question I wanted to ask you." She gave him her full attention. "Is it alright for a few of my friends to come over tomorrow after school so we can study for it?"

"I have no objections; it will be nice to finally meet your friends. How many will I be cooking for, and is Mina joining?"

"Four counting me, and no, Mina's studying under our number one smartest classmate; she needs it."

"Oh that poor girl, hope she passes."

"Same." Dokusei pulled out his phone, telling his friends that tomorrow was a go!

"I wonder what Dokusei and his mom got planned for us?" said Ochaco as she walked with Iida and Midoriya to Dokusei's house. They had time to change out of their uniforms, and give Dokusei enough time to finish anything last minute.

"Probably food and drinks appropriate for such an event!" Iida moved his arm like a robot.

"I hope his mom likes the gift my mom made..." Midoriya muttered; it was a tray of cupcakes.

"I'm sure she'll love it, Deku!"

"I believe we're about there, another right and it should be right in front of us!" Iida looked at his phone and to the street signs. "Ah, there!" He pointed to a U-shaped apartment complex. "That must be it!"

It wasn't hard to find his apartment number. Ochaco knocked. "I'll get it!" a voice said before the door opened, showing Dokusei with a dish towel over his shoulder and a half apron over his jeans. "Hey, guys, glad you found the place ok!" He opened the door more to allow them in. "Set your bags on the couch, and we'll get started soon."

"Mom, dad, my friends are here!" Robun was there as well, helping his wife with the food. Dokusei was on dish cleaning duty.

"We're almost done," his mother called back. They could see their backs but not their faces.

Ochaco's mouth was watering at the smell of the kitchen. "What are you guys making?! It smells really good!"

"That's the yakitori you're smelling." Dokusei gave her a smirk. "We mainly have a bunch of onigiri and chips, you know, stuff you can make or get in mass for a group." Higa walked out with a plate full of onigiri.

"So you're my baby boy's friends!" She put the plate on the coffee table, and bowed to them. "I'm his mother, Higa Sumiteru." She gave them a smile and her eyes brightened at the sight of Ochaco. "Dokusei has told me a lot about you all, but I can't put names to faces."

Midoriya bowed and introduced himself first. "I-I'm Izuku M-Midoriya." He pushed forward the tray of cupcakes. "M-My mother baked these as a t-thank you for i-inviting me over."

"Oh, you didn't have to do that." She took the tray of cupcakes, "but I'll happily accept this kind gift."

"I am Tenya Iida!" Said boy did a perfect forty-five degree bow. "I am the class president of 1-A, and I humbly thank you for inviting us here today!"

Higa just smiled and gave her son a quick glance. "And who's this nice young lady?" She had a guess, but wanted the girl to feel included.

"I'm Ochaco Uraraka!" She beamed a smile and did a quick bow. "I am so glad to finally meet you!"

"Well, it is very nice to meet you all. I'll introduce you to my husband when he brings the drinks." She put a hand on her son's shoulder. "In the meantime, help yourselves to the onigiri, and Dokusei, I need your help with some more dishes."

"Yes, ma'am." He was quickly dragged off to the kitchen.

The moment he was out of ear shot and at the sink, his mother spoke in a low whisper. "Why didn't you tell me she was so pretty!?"

Dokusei sighed but tried not to show it. "Because I knew you'd get like this, and the answer is no. We're trying to study for midterms, not plan dates." He shot down anything his mother was planning.

"You're no fun..."

"Honey, he has a point." Robun filled some glasses with soda. "You never did this with Mina; why is this girl so different?" He lightly touched her shoulder. "Let our son make his own relationships."

"Fine... You win." She let out a sigh before looking to Dokusei. "Have fun studying."

His friends were introduced to Robun as he brought out drinks and Dokusei grabbed his bag from his room. "I don't think my bedroom has enough space for all of us, so the living room will have to do!" He pulled out his notes. "What should we start on first?"

"I could use some help on English..." Ochaco rubbed the back of her head.

"Cool, I can definitely help with that!" He smiled at her as the rest joined in.

The group studied hard for the next few weeks, till test day came upon them.