*Uraraka's P.O.V*
"Hey, has the match started yet?" Jirou asked as the remaining students, who aren't currently in Recovery Girl's office, entered the montior room.
"Yes, it just started, Midoriya is running on the rooftops trying to avoid confrontation if he could." Iida explained.
It was the smartest move, even with All Might weighed down, it'll still be hard to fight him and win. He'll be fine, he's smart and powerful, he can beat All Might and pass the final. He said he would.
All Might was looking around, then looked up. He jumped up to where Midoriya was standing, staring his opponent dead in the eyes. Midoriya started to slowly move to the edge of the building as All Might followed him. They didn't start battling... in fact thet were talking.
"Hey Recovery Girl... is there a way for us to listen to what they are saying?" Uraraka asked.
"Umm... I do believe there is, give me just one second." Recovery Girl said as she started pushing buttons on the intercom, while she was doing that she was whispering something... but she was probably muttering to herself. "Okay, here we are."
"I will beat you..." Midoriya muttered, "And pass this test!" He yelled as he fell backwards off the edge of the building. He put his bandana over his mouth as fire started to erupt from his palms causing him to fly.
"Dastardly hero! YOU CAN'T GET AWAY!" All Might yelled as he leaped from the building and landed directly on Midoriya, he gripped the back of Midoriya's head and slammed him into the ground, "You'll have to try better than that if you want to beat ME!" He yelled as he tossed him into a building causing it to crumble on impact.
I and everyone else tensed up on the impact... I could have felt it from in here. As all the rubble collapsed on top of him it took him a few seconds to shake off the impact and stand back up.
"Ow..." He muttered, as he rolled his neck resulting in a loud popping sound, "All right All Might," Midoriya said as he used his 'Full Cowling' as he called it, "Time to get serious."
(A/N: Prepare for a bucket load of video game and anime move references.)
Midoriya rushed towards All Might in rapid speed, he jumped and pulled his arm back, causing All Might to raise his arms to his face. "Hurricane Kick!" Midoriya yelled as he pivoted his body and spun around, landing one powerful kick before landing back on the ground. The force managed to knock back All Might a few feet, giving Midoriya and opportunity to run.
"So, you've adapted your battle style? Interesting! But not enough!" All Might bellowed as he rushed towards him.
"Shoot!" Midoriya yelled as he stopped dead in his tracks and stuck his arms out, "Heat Haze!" Fire erupted from his palms enveloping All Might in embers, but All Might drove through the flames and gripped Midoriya's prosthetic arm. All Might then slammed Midoriya onto the ground causing a massive crater underneath him, then knocked him into another building with his knee.
"All Might isn't going easy on him..." Asui commented.
"What's wrong hero?" All Might asked, "Feeling tired yet?"
"But Midoriya isn't giving up." I responded.
"As if!" Midoriya yelled as he kicked off the building and rushed towards All Might, then he pulled his bandana off his mouth, "Fire Dragon's Breath!" He yelled as a massive inferno erupted from his mouth and surged onto All Might, but it served another purpose, propelling him closer to the goal.
"He's... doing it." Bakugou muttered.
"He's almost there!" I yelled.
"Not so fast there hero!" All Might yelled as he launched himself in the air and gripped Midoriya's face and launched him a few meters backwards. Once Midoriya landed, he hopped up and rushed towards All Might, he jumped in the air pulling back his arm again.
"If you think I would fall for the same tri-"
Then Midoriya slammed his legs back onto the ground, he squatted down pulling his arm back, "Star Punch!" He yelled as he leaped and twirled in the air, landing his punch on All Might's jaw. As he was dazed Midoriya jumped and flew towards the exit.
"Nggh... oh no you don't!" All Might yelled as he turned around and leaped in the air, he pulled his arm back, "New Hampshire SMASH!" He yelled as he punched the air as the sheer force of this punch launched him towards Midoriya colliding his back towards his. Midoriya yelled in agony as he was launched into an abandoned bus which was a few meters away from the exit, and landed face first on the ground. As he was lying there, All Might stood by the exit waiting for his advancement
Midoriya was lying there... then after about 3 minutes, stood back up.
"I-I *hack* I'm not done..." He muttered as he adjusted his bandana, then popped open his second pocket. He pulled out a small bottle, placed it in his mouth, and pulled out the cork. He then covered his gloves in some sort of yellow liquid, then used his Full Cowling. "T-Time... to finish this." He said as he rushed towards All Might, All Might stood there and braced for impact. Once Midoriya was about 3 feet away, he lit his gloves on fire, "FALCON PUNCH!" He yelled as he punched All Might with his flamed gloves, as an added effect, he used the fire from his palms to do additional damage, and in a way, it did look like a falcon.
"I'm not finished yet!" Midoriya yelled as he planted his feet on the ground. He then started to spin around and use his flight ability, "SOARING TEMPEST!" He exclaimed as he landed 5 kicks in succession before flying over All Might and heading towards the goal.
"GO MIDORIYA!" I cheered, he was almost there!
"Nice try hero!" All Might yelled as he gripped Midoriya's ankle and slammed him back onto the ground, a literal foot away from the door. Midoriya tried to use his fire to get away, but All Might gripped his arms and held them away from his face. "Game... over." All Might muttered as steam started to emanate from his body.
"No... it's not." Midoriya growled as he twisted both of his arms to the right, steam erupted from his elbow, as his arms popped off, "I... will pass..." He muttered as he started to crawl towards the exit. Midoriya reached towards the exit... he's going to do it... he's going to-
"Times up the exam is over... Izuku Midoriya has failed." The automated voice over the intercom said
"No..." I muttered, "He was so close..."
He continued crawling... until he couldn't move any further, "F**K!" He yelled as he banged his head agaisnt the door.
"All he needed was 10 more seconds..." Yaoyorozu muttered.
"He was alone... against the symbol of peace... and he lost by a few seconds?!" I yelled as I tightened my fist, "How is that fair?!"
Then... the door opened?
"Ahem... I apologize, there was a glitch in the system, it closed a minute before your time was actually up." It was Mr. Aizawa, "Proceed through your test as normal."
...
The whole room was silent, everyone including Midoriya and All Might... didn't know how to react to this.
"O-Oh, ahem! H-Hero! You won't get away!" All Might said as he moved towards Midoriya... but kneeled down, "D-Drat! I've been bested by you, and now you will get away!" He yelled in a dramatic fashion.
Midoriya looked back... before crawling through the opened gate, the sign above the door said 'Good Job! You passed!'
He passed... "HE PASSED!" I cheered.
"The nerd got lucky..." Bakugou commented, but a small smirk is forming on his face.
"Indeed, had that glitch not happen, then Midoriya would have failed." Iida said, "Regardless, he fought well against All Might."
All Might stood back up and headed towards the exit as well... probably to give Midoriya back his arms. Still, he was limping pretty bad, so much so that Recovery Girl stepped out to go heal him... I'm sure he'll be fine, he's dealt with way worse.
*No One's P.O.V*
"A glitch huh?" All Might asked, as he entered the faculty office. He made a short stop to visit Midoriya in Recovery Girl's office, he was unconscious so he couldn't tell him how proud he is, so all he could do is drop off his prosthetic arms.
"Yes, a glitch, what of it?" Aizawa asked.
"Are you sure, because I had a timer on my wrist... it was 30 minutes, not 29 minutes." All Might stated, "You gave him an extra minute did you?"
"So what if I did?" Aizawa asked, "So what I gave him an extra minute?"
"You saw potential in him. That's why you not only gave him the extra minute, but also had him go up against me alone in the first place." All Might explained, "You saw the fight he gave, and you saw how well he did."
"I won't say he has zero potential. I also won't say he didn't deserve to pass. But that's because you've been training him, training him harder than anyone else, that's why I paired him alone with you." Aizawa explained.
"False." All Might commented,
"... What do you mean, false?" Aizawa asked.
"I mean that, false." All Might answered, "I'll concede that I have trained him during the 9 months between his release and the first day of the school year, but from that point onward... it was all him." All Might explained, "And I'm sure you know that, you're just using that excuse to save face."
Aizawa had nothing to say, "Admit it, you see as much potential in him as I do, or else you wouldn't have announced that 'glitch' at all."
"... Fine, I'll admit it, sometimes you find a diamond in the rough." Aizawa commented, "His ingenuity and creativity with his Quirks is top-notch." He praised, "But that means that I will be even harder on him than I was in the past."
All Might laughed, "I'm sure he'll appreciate that." He said as All Might left the room.
"Alright... Nerumi you can come out now." Aizawa said as Midnight turned her chair around to face Aizawa.
"When did you realize I was here?" Midnight asked.
"5 minutes ago... I would have shrugged and left, but All Might barged in and now I didn't have a chance to kick you out." Aizawa said bluntly, "Anyway not the point, how much of that did you hear?"
"I heard how much you've warmed up to Midoriya." Midnight said.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Aizawa said as Midnight chuckled.
"Don't lie to me, if you didn't like him, then you would have not made up some lie about 'A glitch in the system'." Midnight pointed out, as Aizawa raised an eyebrow, "I'm not stupid Eraser, especially since Principal Nezu, Power Loader, and I worked tirelessly to make sure there was no faults and no discrepencies to make this test as accurate as possible, if there was a 'glitch' then we would have spotted and erradicated it yesterday."
"..."
"I'll take your silence as an I'm 100% correct. You've grown to like the ex-criminal." She said with a smirk.
"... Fine, I'll, once again, admit that I see potential within Midoriya." Aizawa said heading towards the door, "But, that mean I'll be way harder on him than I was before. The training camp, and provisional license exams are coming up, so everyone needs to work harder than ever if they have any hopes of passing." He explained as he opened the door to faculty office.
"Whatever you say Eraser-Head." Midnight commented.
Aizawa scoffed and exited the office, as he headed on home... he passed by Recovery Girl's office.
"Thanks for the he-" Midoriya said as he stopped right in front of Aizawa.
"Hello, Midoriya." Aizawa said.
"Hello Mr. Aizawa, heading home?" He asked.
"Yes, though I still need to grab something from the classroom. How are you feeling?" Aizawa asked.
"My bones feel like they've been crushed by a steamroller... but I'll manage." Midoriya said as he rolled his shoulder, eliciting a small popping sound.
"Well, you did well during the practical. Not just anyone could go up against a teacher on their own and win." Aizawa said.
"Yeah... well I got the s**t beat out of me, and I won by a 'glitch' it wasn't really a victory, just a series of events that favored me." He said.
Aizawa sighed, "Be that as it all may, you still held your own against All Might of all people, happenstance or not you still passed." He said as he walked passed Midoriya, "The last day of class before summer vacation is tomorrow, don't be late."
It was faint, but Aizawa heard a 'Thanks' from Midoriya. 'He has potential... in fact he's begun to tap into that potential, still it needs refining.' Aizawa thought as he opened the front door of the school, "The training camp will help refine him."
*End of Chapter*