Our instructions for the second phase of the exams were simple: we needed to save building collapse "survivors." Accept, it wasn't so simple. In case I haven't noted it heavily, my trauma and I are heavily connected to one very important thing:

Building collapses.

My whole family died in a building collapse and I was in the heart of the Kamino ward incident where half a city was destroyed and hundreds of people were killed. Needless to say, this was going to be hard. I even overheard Midoriya and Iida talking about Kamino too so I was glad I wasn't the only one affected by it.

Then, some of the Shiketsu students came up to us. A large, hairy… man? I wasn't really sure what it was. Anyways, it and some of the students Shiketsu students came over and they talked about some guy Bakugou fought with. I didn't really tune into the conversation but one girl kept staring at me. She was blonde, had long lips, and had a very tight bodysuit. She just stared at me with a certain gaze. I couldn't describe it, it was just familiar. I made eye contact with her and waved. She waved back and smiled, but she still kept her eyes on me. Sometimes she would eye up my hero costume with a hint is sadness in her eyes, but then she would look back at me and pang of hunger would touch her expression in a subtle, creepy way.

I was going to confront her until Todoroki came forward and approached the Shiketsu guy who had beef with him for some reason.

"Hey, Crew Cut." Todoroki addressed the student. "Did I do something to offend you?" As direct as always, Todoroki.

Crew Cut turned around. "Nah. You'll have to forgive me, but it's because you're Endeavour's son." The amount of anger I gained from simply one sentence was amazing.

"I hate all of you." Crew Cut continued. "You've changed a lot since then, but those eyes… they still look exactly like Endeavour's." Crew Cut turned and left after being called by his classmates but my rage never left.

Todoroki held a frustrated and confused look on his face so I walked up to his side and shook my head while looking at the Shiketsu students mingle with each other. "That was possibly the most ignorant thing I have ever heard." I crossed my arms.

"Hm?" Todoroki looked towards me in surprise.

"I mean, are you kidding me? He doesn't like you because of what? Your eye color? Maybe your hair? That's like saying 'Oh, I read the first few chapters of that book but I could never finish it because the cover just didn't do it for me.' All I'm saying is just don't take it to heart, Todoroki. This is your life and you are your own person and you are not simply defined as Endeavour's son, you are so much more and anyone who can't see that doesn't have the right to meet the amazing person you truly are."

Happy with what I said, I turned around and left Todoroki to himself. Not long after, an alarm rung out that announced our mission and the walls of the reception room collapsed to let us out.

I ran for the debris, but as soon as I came close to the rubble my breathing began to quicken. Memories of Asahi resurfaced and I stopped my pace. I could hear Asahi's voice ring through my ears. "I love you, Asuga." I pause in my tracks and look away from the rubble. It's just an exam.

I turned towards where there were students gathering to clear a space for the victims. I went up to a girl who looked to be a main coordinator of the setup.

She didn't hesitate to ask questions. "Can you help clear the debris to make space?"

I nodded and she gave me a thumbs up. "We probably need a fifty meters by fifty meters square around here. I'm Tsumaki by the way."

"I can make it a hundred meters. The name's Kirika." We both gave a mutual nod and headed our separate ways.

I ran over to a group that was mapping out and clearing the rescue area. "Hey!" I waved to them. "Can you guys clear an outline of the area? I can remove everything after that!" They looked at me in disbelief and then at each other.

A boy with four muscular arms looked at me up and down. "You can clear twenty-five hundred square meters all on your own?"

I crossed my arms and looked at him with the same expression. "A thousand would be a better use of my quirk, though you may have to pick up a few pebbles afterward."

The boy chuckled and looked at the other students on standby. "Come on! You heard the girl! Get to work!" And with that, we began to clear rocks and debris in a huge square. I didn't use my quirk in order to save energy before the huge switch I was about to do.I introduced myself to the boy at that time, his name was Shihojishi, but he asked me just to call him Hoji.

When we were finally finished, I got a good look at what I was about to clear out. The area probably wasn't nearly as large as a thousand square meters, but that doesn't mean it wasn't humungous. My nervous look was probably noticeable as Hoji came up to me again.

"You sure you can do this? This is quite the feat! What exactly does your quirk do that lets you clear this? I swear if you blast me away with some sort of laser…"

I laughed and shook my head. "No, it's nothing like that. Just make sure no one is in the clear area or over there." I pointed to a rather desolate region that I had scouted out while we were clearing the outline. There were no living people in it, so it was a perfect dump spot for all the debris. I waited a bit for more scouts to check the area and make sure no one would be in harm's way.

After about five minutes, we were ready to go. "Okay, everyone clear out! Behind this girl!" Hoji looked back down at me. "Make this quick, we've already got patients to tend to."

I nodded and readied myself. "Oh, it'll be fast. Just try not to blink." I spread out my hands in front of me to gauge to the first section I would clear. My imaginary bubbles covered it and I put my quirk to the test.

KRAM, BOOM BOOM!

I looked to my left to see the debris pile up in the desolate area. Students all around gasp and widened their eyes in amazement staring at the now clear and flat piece of land in front of them. I was disappointed, though; nausea was setting in and I wasn't even halfway done.

I fought down my urge to hurl and put my hands back up to switch again. This time, I switched an even larger section and I could feel the ground quake as each cement block hit the pile. I dropped to one knee, not because of the tremors, because I couldn't keep a sense of balance. The back of my throat felt dry even though I could taste the hot saliva filling my mouth. I turned to my left and threw up the granola bars I ate in the reception area and my breakfast.

I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and tried standing. It was hard at first but I made my way onto both of my feet with the help of a large piece of rubble I used as a brace. I made my final switched and the world went black for a split second. I leaned fully on the rubble to try not to fall over.

I looked up to see if my job was complete. "Crap," I muttered. There was a decent section of debris still not clear. One more time… My vision was beginning to double and it was hard to see what I was going to switch. Suddenly, a sharp, kneading pain hit the front of my skull and I sucked in a large breath, trying not to double over. That was when a voice blowed over our group.

"Okay, guys! Time for us to pick up the slack! And can someone please get this girl water!" I looked up to see Hoji commanding the other students around along with Tsumaki.

I thanked one of the students for bringing me water and sat for a while as I watched victims being filed in. Some faked unconsciousness while others faked injuries to the head arms and legs and each was placed into a category of severity from low to extreme based on their presenting symptoms. Occasionally, you could also hear some yell out "Points deducted!" After a few minutes, I noticed that the victims were now streaming in and I was probably being marked up for just sitting, so I got up and joined what I assumed was a basic rescue mission.

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