It didn't seem like more than a few minutes after the bell rang when we saw our path to the exit gate blocked. Power Loader Sensei had successfully destroyed the ground on which we stood.
"We're running out of places to stand!" I cried out. "Did Mr. Power Loader do this?"
"What should we do, class rep?" asked Ojiro.
I thought for a moment, then gave my honest answer. "The current topography gives our opponent an advantage. In order to keep damage down to a minimum and defeat him, I think going to find a hero with a quirk advantageous against the opponent is the best choice."
"In other words, we should run, right?" said Ojiro. "But…there are pitfalls all the way to the gate." AS he spoke, with his tail he swiped a rock out into the ditch, resulting in chain reactions. "And we don't know where Mr. Power Loader will attack us from."
"Even so," I said, thinking up a new strategy. "We can do it. As long as we work together."
"Yeah." He nodded.
"Fusion!" I told him. The simple combination of our quirks: Ojiro on my back, his tail combined with my reciproburst.
"This is really embarrassing," Mumbled Ojiro as we teamed up.
"Here we go, Ojiro! Reciproburst!" I cried. We sped through the traps, faster than they could erupt. But they started to hurry up - explode more -
"We're gonna fall!" cried Ojiro!
Find the best solution, Tenya!
And with only a thought, I jumped into the air and told him "Wrap your tail around my leg!" And with a "Recipro Extend!" I blasted Ojiro towards the exit gate.
And the traps had seized me - but Ojiro was able to slap the reaching hand of Power Loader sensei out of the way and reach - the exit gate!
"Team Iida and Ojiro have passed!"
"Class Rep!" smiled Ojiro.
"It was kind of forceful, but it didn't take long," Sensei smiled at me. "And you were quick-witted enough to get your friend out without getting injured yourself. Not bad. You pass."
"Thank you very much!" I told him, with a bent, humble nod. "Also, I'm completely stuck."
Midoriya, Todoroki's, and Uraraka's teams all passed the exam; only Ashido and Kaminari, Sero and Kirishima had failed.