I made my way into the monitor room. These fights were going to be interesting. We all had been allowed to wear our costumes, which I actually liked the idea of.

"Well, it looks like I'll have a lot of work today."

"Oh, can I help? I need to practice anyway..."

"Do they all know about your quirks?"

I nodded. "They found out, but they haven't told anyone else. So, basically, all the teachers and all of 1-A know. Plus, you, Gang Orca and Rock Lock." I pressed my hand to my temple. That's a lot of people.

"Gang Orca and Rock Lock?"

"I interned with Gang Orca and Rock Lock just happened to be there."

"Oh. You trust them?"

I smiled, then grinned. "Yes. Both of them. Even if Rock Lock is stiffer than a board, he's fine."

Ochako came in. "Deku, you're watching too?"

"Yea. We don't have many chances to see other students and teachers fight."

I tapped my chin. "Which reminds me...Recovery Girl?"

"Yes dear?"

"Do you know what's going on with me? I mean, I wasn't told who I was paring with or who I'm fighting. Do you know?"

She shook her head. "Sorry. Principal Nezu must have a good reason for not telling you."

I frowned and looked up at the screen. "I have an uneasy feeling about it."

"Team Satou and Kirishima, practical exam. Ready, go!"

"My money is on them running in head-on..."

"You think so little of your classmates, dear?"

I grinned. "Nahh. I just know them better than they think I do."

Kirishima and Satou ran down the main street and straight into a wall Cementoss created. I sighed. This is going to be easy for him.

I watched as Kirishima grinned and used his quirk: Hardening. Satou followed his lead and swallowed a whole canister of sugar. Satou's quirk is Sugar Rush. Depending on how much sugar he eats, he can become five times as strong for three minutes.

They started to run at Cementoss. I looked at Recovery Girl with an 'I told you so' expression.

Cementoss threw up wall after wall as Satou and Kirishima punched through them. I face-palmed. "These guys are so fucking..."

"You can do it, Kirishima, Satou!"

I looked at Ochako through my fingers. "Don't bet on it. Those two are fucking idiots. They could have easily put the handcuffs on Cementoss if they used this..." I pressed a finger to my temple. "But they'd rather use the wrong kind of muscles." I turned back to the screen. "Remind me to clout them both over the head when they're finished getting their asses handed to them..."

"I agree with Kitia."

Ochako looked at Midoriya. "Huh?"

"Kirishima and Satou's quirks are amazing, but there's a limit to how long they can use them. Oh the other hand, I don't think Mr Cementoss has that. The more time passes, the more of a disadvantage Kirishima and Satou will be at."

"No way..."

I nodded.

"This practical exam is pitting students against teachers they'd have a hard time with on purpose. I think the key will be how they deal with their weaknesses to pass."

I widened my eyes. Their weaknesses...

"That's exactly right. Before your own turn comes around, you should think carefully about your compatibility with the teacher you'll fight."

"Team Satou and Kirishima retires due to both members losing consciousness."

"Oh dear, it's only the first match, and I already have to work?"

"Recovery Girl..."

"Yes dear?"

I looked from the screen to her. "Can I come? I have some thinking to do, as well."

She nodded and I followed her to the first aid office.

"Team Tsu and Tokoyami, practical exam. Ready, go!"

"Damn! I wanted to watch that one!"

Recovery Girl looked at me as we got to the door. "You can go back and watch if you want, dear."

I shook my head. "No. I really should focus on getting stronger, even just before the exam. Plus..." We stepped in to see Satou and Kirishima's unconscious forms on the beds. "I did say I was going to clout these two..."

Recovery Girl glanced at me, smiling and nodding, then she went to work on Satou.

"What should I do with this one?"

"How do you heal, dear? I have to kiss them."

I made a face. "I don't know exactly how mine works, but..." I reached over and hovered my hand over Kirishima for a moment. I frowned. I placed my hand on his shoulder blade. "Here. This is the best spot to heal for it to spread out..." My hand glowed green. Green lines spread out through his body, searching and healing whatever was needed.

"Very good. That's impressive."

I removed my hand and the green glow disappeared. "I want to get better. I found when I was in hospital that this-" I showed her the scar from where the Nomu got me. "It healed almost overnight. It has slowly decreased in size, and before long I probably won't even have a scar. I want to work on honing that. Do you think there's a way to do that, so I can help other people?"

"I'm not sure, dear. You can always try. I should get back. Are you coming?"

I shook my head. "I'll stay here and make sure they don't wake up stupider than they already are."

"As you wish." Recovery Girl left.

I sat down at the desk and started to think. What were they planning for me? Obviously I was to go last, since they're refusing to tell me what's going on. Were they planning on me being by myself? Well, that parts obvious. I was the odd one out. I frowned. A one on one fight isn't that bad. Why would they hide it? Maybe they're just hiding it from my classmates, specifically? I know a few would offer to go again, just to show off. Or maybe they're playing on making me fight another student? That's a possibility.

"Team Tsu and Tokoyami have passed."

I grinned. Of course they did. Never doubted for a second.

I sat there for a long time waiting for Satou and Kirishima to wake up.

"Team Iida and Ojiro have passed!"

I grinned. Good.

"Team Todoroki and Momo, practical exam. Ready, go!"

I jumped up and shook Satou, then Kirishima. "Come on, guys." I kept running between them, shaking them. "You're missing everything!"

Neither of them blinked. "Gah! Jerks!" I thumped Kirishima's stomach. My hand went red and started throbbing. "Ouch!"

Kirishima sat up, rubbing his stomach. "What were you trying to do?" He grabbed my hand and looked at it, shaking his head. "Why would you try that?"

"Todoroki and Momo. Going up against Eraserhead. As if I'd want to miss that!"

He stared at me. "So why are you in here with us?"

"So I can do this." I reached over and slapped the back of his head. He didn't use his quirk this time.

"Ouch! Why?!"

"Because you didn't use your brain! Neither of you did, and you can bet your ass I'm going to do the same thing to him when he wakes up!"

"What do you mean? Cementoss is way too strong."

I lifted my hand and he cringed. I lowered my hand and just pointed at him. "You're an idiot! One of you could have distracted him while the other snuck up behind him! And that's just a basic plan! You also have lured him into a building, and jumped him. You could have dodged around those walls instead of going through them!"

Kirishima grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of his head. "Let's just hope I never have to go up against you. You're smart, Kitia. That's why I like you."

I grunted. "Yea well. Make sure you start thinking from now on, or the next time I hit you, it'll be with my shield!"

"Yes mam!"

I glared at him and looked over at Satou. He had slowly started to sit up.

"Team Todoroki and Momo have passed!"

I growled and went over to Satou. I slapped the back of his head.

"Ow! What was that for?!"

"She hates that we lost."

"I don't hate that you lost, you numb-skull! I hate that you didn't think about it before jumping in!"

Satou stopped rubbing his head and looked at me, his cheeks turning pink. "Aw, you really do care about us!"

A tick mark appeared on my head. "You two really are idiots...Ow!" I looked at my hand. It was still throbbing. "Hm. Maybe I fractured it when I hit you." I looked at Kirishima. "I'm not sorry though!"

He laughed. "I wouldn't expect you to be. Here." He grabbed my wrist and pulled me over to him. He put his arms around my shoulders.

"What are you doing...?"

"Well, there's one thing I've noticed that I'm not sure if anyone else has..." He looked over as Satou got up and came over. "But you might act like a tough guy-"

"Watch what you said next, Stone-head..."

He sweat-dropped. "Still nope. But you really aren't."

"Yea. You're a softy!"

I growled. "Watch it, candy-cane."

Kirishima tightened his grip, hugging me. "Aw, look. She's trying to get mad. It's cute."

I felt my cheeks go red. "Shut up!"

"She's giving in!" Satou chuckled and put his hand on my head.

"You guys suck..." But I could feel a small smile on my face.

"Ah, you love us. As much as you won't admit it, we know."

I looked at my hand as it started to glow, healing itself. What the...?

"What the...?"

"See, I figure you're really a huggy person. You are with Ashido, but only because she forces it. But I see how you look at her when she hugs you. You secretly love it."

Satou nodded. "I seen it too. We're not complete idiots."

I looked at them both, my eyes shiny. "So, you guessed that my healing would work better if you were hugging me..."

Kirishima frowned. "What? No. I just wanted to hug you and this seemed my only chance."

I dead-panned and Satou sweat-dropped. I spun and punched Kirishima, a shield covering my hand. He fell over the bed and landed on the floor.

"...Ow..."

"You really are an idiot, Kirishima..." I said, eyes closed.

Satou nodded, arms folded.

I opened my eyes a little and glanced at him as he picked himself up, leaning on the bed. I let a small smile settle on my face.

I guess you're not so bad, Red Riot.

I walked up to the screen to watch. There wasn't any sound, but with all this weird new power, I could watch and get the gist of the sound.

Aoyama and Ochako were holding on for dear life, as Thirteen used his quirk to try and suck them away.

A camera panned to Aoyama and Ochako. I frowned. What were they talking about? I focused on the memory of the sound of their voices and their lip movements.

Aoyama: Hey

Ochako: Hold on! Right now I'm-

Aoyama: You were thinking about what Midoriya would do, weren't you?

Ochako looked at Aoyama. I don't think she said anything.

Aoyama: Do you like him?

I smirked. Sorry Ochako. It really is obvious.

She looked shocked, then her face went red. She let go. Wow. Aoyama looked so proud of himself. Note to self: High-five Sparkles when he gets back.

Ochako managed to kick Thirteen and pin him. Sparkles flew down and jumped on Thirteen as well, then he was handcuffed.

I grinned. These two are both getting high-fives.

"Team Aoyama and Uraraka have passed!"

"Nice judgement, Uraraka! I can't believe she thought to use her opponents power to get in close!"

I looked at Midoriya, then raised an eyebrow at Tsu. Please tell me she understood what just happened...

"Ribbit. To me, it looked like she happened to let go, though."

"Really?"

"Yes. I wonder what she was talking about with Aoyama right before she let go?"

"Who knows? We can't hear what they're saying over here."

I face-palmed. These guys can't really be THAT clueless...Right? I grinned. It seems I've underestimated Sparkles though. Sneaky little fuck.

The door opened and Iida and Momo came in. They started talking but I decided I was going to go for a walk. I still needed to work out what I was going to do.

"Kitia?"

"Hm?"

"Aren't you going to watch Ashido and Kaminari?"

I widened my eyes. "Oh! That's right! Yes!" I ran at the railing and grabbed onto it, grinning. I had already figured that I could be up against one of three people. Aizawa, considering our history and they think I probably wouldn't hurt him, plus because I have so many quirks, they figure I'm likely to use them so erasing them would be the best bet. There's Ectoplasm, with his clones they're likely to think he has a good chance of at least delaying me that thirty minutes. Then there's Nezu; his quirk is just being a really really smart rat. Smarter than most human-beings, I heard. He would be interesting to go up against. I needed to see what he was like.

"Team Ashido and Kaminari, practical exam. Ready, go!"

It was irritating that I couldn't hear what they were talking about, but knowing them, they were planning on running straight to the gate. It wouldn't surprise me if they were underestimating Nezu as well. He might be a rat, but he's a smart rat.

Oh dear. Blue lines appeared on my face as Ashido and Kaminari had to run for their lives as pipes and parts of buildings started to come down on top of them.

"This is going to be over sooner rather than later..." I scratched my neck.

"The principals riding the crane?!"

"But how is he attacking them?"

"He's so far away from them."

"It's probably his forecasts."

"Forecasts?"

"Yes. What's more, he probably reached those through sophisticated calculations."

"Nezu- Quirk: High Specs. He's an animal with a quirk that makes him smarter than humans! He's a unique being that you won't find anywhere else in the world!" I looked around. Who said that? I raised an eyebrow and shrugged.

"Humans did a bunch of experiments on Nezu in the past, so in times like these, he can't help but let out his true self." I shuddered as Recovery Girl spoke. One of my fears once the public finds out about my multiple quirks is being taken by the government and being experimented on.

I put my hand on my chin. Maybe that's one of the reasons Nezu wanted me to stay at the school? He knows what it's like to be different...I looked up at the screen that showed Nezu cackling away with his cup of tea. I smiled. I think I'm starting to respect you and understand you more now than I already did, Principal Nezu.

"Team Ashido and Kaminari retires due to running out of time."

I sighed. Not surprised. Nezu is good.

I looked up at Nezu again. He sipped his tea, then looked at the camera.

Nezu: And I left one escape route for you, too. Too bad.

I grinned. How kind of you, sir.

I had decided to got for a walk, after watching Ashido and Kaminari against Nezu. I didn't have to watch Jiro and Kouda go up against Present Mic. I looked up as I heard him.

"YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!"

I put my fingers in my ears. Jeez, tone it down a little, will you? I sighed. Is it possible they'll have me go up against him? No. Probably not. My shield would deflect his voice back at him.

I looked around and saw no one. I lifted my hand and a small, purple ball appeared in my hand. I stared at it for a few moments, then turned and at a tree. It hit a branch and the branch cracked and fell to the ground.

I sweat-dropped. "Oops..."

"There you are, mademoiselle. You really showed that tree..."

"Hey, Sparkles. Nice job passing." I grinned and held up my hand. "You deserve a high-five."

He grinned and high-fived me. "Merci."

"Also, I know what you said to Ochako. I didn't realize how much of a sneaky fuck you were. I'm impressed."

"Are you still trying to work out what the teachers have planned for you?"

I nodded. "There's so many options." I looked up at him. "What do you think they'll do?"

He pressed his hands to his cheeks, eyes shining. "You want my opinion?"

"Of course. What better way to work out a sneaky situation than to ask a sneaky prick?"

His face went dark. "I don't know how to take that..."

I laughed. "Relax. It's a compliment. So, what do you think?"

"Team Kouda and Jiro have passed!"

I looked over at the arena and grinned. "I wonder what Present Mic thinks about that..."

"I think it's possible that they may have you go up against all, or at least some of the teachers."

I spun around. "What?!"

Aoyama placed a hand on my shoulder and looked down, shaking his head in pity. "I do not envy you, mademoiselle."

"But...why do you think that?"

He looked up at me. His face was dead serious. "Because, as much as nobody else in 1-A will admit, you are the strongest person, and that is without your quirks. Having you against one teacher would be easy for you, regardless of who that teacher is. Aizawa may be able to erase quirks, but you don't need to use your quirks, do you?"

I stared at him.

"Then, when you actually do use your quirks, you can beat almost anyone. Bakugo is the next strongest, and even he has a hard time getting through your shield. The only logical thing for your exam, would be to have you have multiple 'villains' to subdue or run away from. There is also a possibility of them using a student or another teacher as a hostage, to lure you out into the open." He smiled at me, starry eyed. "I mean, you did kill a Nomu after all!"

I stared at him. "I, uh...Aoyama?"

He blinked. "Yes, mademoiselle?"

"I..." I smiled. "I think that's the most I've ever heard you say. And it actually made sense. Thank-you. I think you've earned my respect, Sparkles. "

He grinned. "Well, of course. It is moi, after all." He put one hand on his chest and lifted his other arm in the air.

I laughed. "Even if you are a little flamboyant sometimes."

Instead of going back inside, I decided to stay outside and talk out strategies with Aoyama. He was surprisingly easy to talk to, once I got passed the fact he's obsessed with himself.

"I'll probably end up going last, huh?"

He nodded and crossed his legs. We were sitting under the tree I almost destroyed. "Yes. It makes sense to do it that way. The teachers also didn't want the rest of us feeling bad if they put you first. Everyone would have compared themselves to you and made mistakes trying to over take you."

I nodded, hand on my chin. "Yea, but if that were the case, wouldn't they want everyone to try harder?"

"Everyone is going to try their hardest anyway, mademoiselle. They don't need to use you as a carrot."

I raised an eyebrow. "I actually understood that analogy..."

"Team Mineta and Sero have passed!"

"Shall we go back in and watch Midoriya and Bakugo Vs All Might?"

I shook my head, then shuddered. "Do you think they'll make me go up against him?"

"You seem worried. What if they did? What would you do?"

I looked at Aoyama. "I'd run, of course. I mean, sure I know I'm strong, I guess. But that's All Might, man. I'm not stupid. I would go through the gate."

He nodded. "That's why they won't use All Might."

"Huh?"

"Think about it. They're testing us on our decision making, right?"

I nodded.

"So, everyone knows by now you will avoid a fight unless you are forced into that situation. Also another reason why they'll use more than one teacher."

I frowned. "You're really good at this stuff, Sparkles. Why don't you show this side more often?"

He grinned. "It's a secret."

I laughed. "Well, I'm glad I got to see it at least. And thanks for helping me. I mean it."

"You're welcome. I suppose I had better go grace the others with my presence." He put his hand on his forehead.

I put my hand over my mouth and laughed. "Sure, Sparkles. You go do that. I'm going to stay here and think on it a little more."

"Alright. I'll come get you when Midoriya and Bakugo are finished." He stood up and bowed in a flashy manner before leaving.

I shook my head. That boy is the biggest mystery in the whole class, I swear. I frowned. Why did he help me though? I've been nothing but rude and nasty to him. I sighed. Definitely a mystery.

Now, back to my current problem. I didn't know who I'd be up against, so it's better if I think of a plan for everyone. Sparkles was right about them not using All Might. I'd easily be able to avoid him, but I would think of something just in case.

Alright, so who were the teachers here again? Oh, right. Cementoss, Nezu, Snipe, Midnight, Power Loader, Thirteen, Ectoplasm, Present Mic, All Might and of course, Aizawa.

I leaned against the tree, frowning. Time to really start trying. Time to show them what I can really do.