"Pencils down, everybody." Aizawa ordered, his hand raised. "The last person in each row, collect the answer sheets and bring them here." Yuko sighed as she leaned back in her chair, cracking her knuckles.
"Thank, Yao-momo!" Mina cheered to the black haired female, leading to Momo jumping slightly in surprise.
"I didn't leave anything blank, at least!"
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"Now, we will begin the practical exam." Aizawa boredly announced, as he stood with the many other pro heroes who work at U.A.
"Of course, it is possible to fail this exam. If you want to go to the training camp, then don't make any stupid mistakes." Yuko stood with her hands on her hips, as she stood next to Mina and Denki.
"There are a lot of teachers..." Kyouka pointed out, Yuko subconsciously nodding to her observation.
"I expect that you all have gathered information ahead of time and have some idea what you will be doing." Yuko looked around at the teachers, sweatdropping.
'I have a feeling we won't be fighting robots after all...'
"We're fighting robot warriors like at the entrance exam, right?" Denki called out, grinning.
"Fireworks! Curry! Test of Courage!" Mina cheered.
Yuko could only shake her head, not bothering to glance at the excited two beside her. "Don't get your hopes up now..." She mumbled, gaining a few glances.
"Too bad!"
Yuko blinked, staring at Aizawa's scarf as it began to move, before U.A's principal popped out from the fabric.
"For various reasons, the exam will be different this time!" Nezu shouted, everyone looking on in surprise.
"Principal Nezu!"
"Different?"
"From now on, we want to focus on person-to-person combat and stress teaching that is closer to actual fighting." He explained as he climbed down Aizawa.
"So..." He began darkly, pointing at the students of 1-A. "We'll have you form teams of two to fight against one teacher!"
"Against...the teachers?" Yuko tensed in surprise.
"In addition, the pairs and who each pair will be up against have already been decided. These were determined at my discretion based on various factors, including fighting style, grades, and interpersonal relationships, so here they are: First, Todoroki and Yaoyorozu are one team, and they're fighting me." The black haired hero grinned.
"And Midoriya and Bakugo are a team," the said two looked at each other in surprise, "and their opponent..." He trailed, just as All Might came crashing down, landing in front of the two, heroically.
"I..." He began, standing with a fist, "will do it!"
'Oh shit!'
"All Might?!" The two shouted in surprise and disbelief.
"Work together to beat me, you two!" He ordered them, as he towered over the greenette and blond.
Katsuki looked over at Izuku, his teeth grinding against each other, as he glared at the other. Izuku returned his gaze, with a awkward one.
"And now, we'll announce the teams and the teachers they'll be up against all at once!"
Yuko listened closely for her name, as the teams were announced.
"Shoji and Toshiro against Snipe! 8th match!"
Yuko looked up, locking eyes with her partner, giving him a smile and thumbs up, to which he returned with one of his many arms.
"The time limit for the exam is thirty minutes!" Nezu explained, "your objective is either to put these handcuffs on the teacher, or to have one of you escape from the stage!"
"Capture the teacher or escape..." Denki mumbled, bringing a hand to hold his chin in thought. "It's kind of like the combat training."
"It is really okay to run away?" Mina asked, her hand raised in question.
"Yup."
'Of course. Sometimes when two heroes meet a strong opponent and are unable to call for backup, one has to go get help in person, while the other stays and keeps the opponent busy...' Yuko internally summarized.
"But it'll be different from the combat training!" Present Mic decided to cut in, making motions as if he was a DJ at a club. "You'll be up against someone waaaaay better than you!"
Yuko sweatdropped, 'thanks for the encouragement.'
"Better...than us?" Kyouka repeated, "I can't really imagine it, though..." Yuko gave a snort as she tried to hold back her laughter.
"Dummy! Hey girl, watch your mouth! You hear?"
"This time, your exam will be very similar to a real battle." Thirteen interrupted, "Please think of us as villains."
"Assuming you come across the enemy, if you think you can win a fight against them, then it's fine. However--" Snipe added, before Aizawa took over.
"In cases where there's too big a difference in your abilities, it would be smarter to run away and get help."
'I was right!' Yuko internally cheered.
"Todoroki, Iida, Midoriya." Yuko looked over at the said three, as they tensed slightly. "I'm sure you three understand this well." This caused the dragon rider to look on in confusion.
"I won't make that mistake again. I will pass this test and prove that!" Tenya's face was hidden as he spoke, clenching his fist.
"Fight and win, or run and win." Izuku summarized.
"That's right! Your decision-making skills are being tested!" All Might shouted, much more cheery than the other teachers.
"But with these rules, you're probably thinking the only choice is to run, right?" He waved a finger as he spoke, "that's why we had the support course make these for us!" He announced, pulling out what looked like metal bracelets.
"Ultra compressed weights!"
'Handycaps...'
"We'll put on about half of our body weight. "He explained as the rest of the teachers began to put them on as well.
"It's old-fashioned, but it makes it hard to move and eats up stamina!" He mumbled something at the end, Yuko not hearing.
"By the way, there was a competition to decide on the design, and we ended up using Young Hatsume's."
"Hatsume!" Izuku thought out loud.
"To allow us to consider fighting, huh?" Katsuki spoke up, "you're underestimating us." All Might awkwardly laughed.
Yuko sighed, "it's not so much they're underestimating us, sure maybe a little bit." This caused all attention to turn to the black haired female, as she played with one of the many red strands in her hair.
"They have much more experience than us. Sure we have fought villains, and we've all trained hard, but that doesn't mean we're anywhere near their level." Yuko had a bored look on her face, as she tilted her head to look at the ash blond.
She turned to look at the teacher's, "but you're underestimating us a little bit." She grinned, "sorry, continue!"
It was quiet before Aizawa ordered the group, "all right, each team will take the practical exam in order on the prepared stage." He turned to the first team, "Sato, Kirishima, get ready."
"Yes, sir!"
"Those waiting their turn can watch the exams or think of strategies as a team." The teachers turned, making their way inside.
"Do what you want. That's all." He dismissed
"Ojiro, I would like to see what we can do with our Quirks." Tenya turned to his partner.
"Of course."
Yuko turned to Mezo, giving a smile, "let's do that too. We need a plan if we want to pass." She earned a silent nod from the male. She smiled, before turning and following after the teachers, Mezo following after her.