My, of my, these are looking good for me here. I only recently found out about the ability to check how many people have read your work, so you can imagine my surprise when I saw that over a quarter of a million people have read my work. Though the last chapter I posted was by far, the longest one I've ever posted so with this one, I'm actively trying to keep the world count to below 10K. As I stated before, I won't bother writing out all the fights as if I did, it would just take up time I could use to write about other fights. But as over 375K, I can only see this going past 600K at the very least I had intended to add more to the movie plot.

MyMad-Robotdocter: The fact that you don't get it was the point as they are meant to be random, it adds to the realism of the fight since as stated during their combat trial, in the field, you don't get to pick who you have to work with. They aren't just testing how well you can take on an opponent smarter, stronger, and more seasoned than yourself but also how well you can work with an impromptu team. But don't worry about it, though I just picked names out of a shoe(I didn't have a hat on hand) I can assure you that their fight will be as entertaining as any of the big names ones I've written up till this point.

bauers374: As with villain ideas, that isn't a bad one but I'm already focusing on another tech-based villain that will debut soon enough, but I will bookmark your suggestion as it may work well in the future. Thanks for the shout-out, though I do find myself wondering, which Vulture video? I'm curious to see what it is. With Mineta, say what you want about the little shit, he's a clever one.

Tim Curry's Toxic Love: As annoying as he is….and he is annoying, that's out of the question as he earned his spot in the hero course just like everyone else. If they were to expel him, then people like Bakugo and Mineta could also face the chopping block.

Blaze1992: Yes, yes I do and I'm not ashamed to admit that. That being said, isn't that what Shōnen is all about? Fighting against impossible odds for the sake of your family, friends, home, and even world? Goku didn't become the unnamed granddaddy of the genre by just working out and beating down some Red Ribbon goons, he did it by fighting against foes that had a massive advantage over him….and winning.

PhantomKnightPercival: That will happen soon enough, I was saving that for after their exams as it isn't a big thing, all considering. You also make a good point as I still have plans for Eraser to take him under his wing but you can imagine being friends with Midoriya will influence his future gear and combat style. No spoilers so don't bother asking.

NinjaFang1331: Once more, thanks for your continued positive reviews but would you please write more than that next time. That chapter was 19K plus words, surely you have more to say than that.

Zukafew119: As your reviews tend to be long, I'll answer this one first as it's for chapter 33 and the one for chapter 34 will be answered when it comes up. For internships, I'm surprised it's never brought up in cannon as you would someone like Hatsume would be all over the place, talking about who she wowed some big-time support company into offering her an internship. Oh yes, how they handled stuff was a bit difficult to write but I think I managed, their screen names haven't been decided yet but they will be funny, though knowing Shoto, they'll go right over his head. The Burning/Shoto pairing is a possible one that I might expand upon as the story goes as I know that in the manga, Todoroki, Midoriya, and Bakugo all did a work-study under Endeavour, which would mean more screen time for the hot fire hero(Burning, not Endeavour).

I didn't pick that up till you said it but going over the scene, it does feel like I let my knowledge of how Makarov speaks with his guild members leak into that. Uraraka and Tetsutetsu were reactions that were a long time coming, seeing how I had to edit out his call with Uraraka to cut the word count down in the previous chapter so I felt like I needed to make up for that. Oh yes, Bakugo's hairstyle, how could I forget such a work of art? Uraraka laughing was similar to how she laughs in cannon as I find it super adorable. With the scene itself, I found myself sitting a pile of ammo and I just had to write in some of those jokes. With Uraraka, she learned much from her time under Gunhead, and I plan to let that show in(most) of her upcoming fights. She will, of course, build onto that knowledge so, like Izuku, she is far from done growing.

Mineta got what he deserved.

I choose Tokoyami as he was the most composed about it as Uraraka might tear up trying to tell them while Midoriya might do the same or get pissed. Eraser does care for his students so I can't see him thinking any less of Iida was a mistake like this, sure it could have gone badly but it didn't and teens are known for making stupid mistakes. Hero students, they may be but they are still first and foremost, students, which is why the police covered things up in cannon. If UA were a university as it is in some stories on this site, they most likely wouldn't have been as merciful as the cast would all be legal adults.

Uraraka picking up on that was more to show that she can be observant when she wants to be and it would make sense she would wish to gain the opinion of their teacher. Yaoyorozu and Midoriya may be the smartest in the class but they aren't the best of the bunch so no, they didn't pick up on that. Shinso had finally made his reappearance and I plan to have him there up till the end of the final exams. For the explosion joke, how could I not? With these two, I'll take just about any chance for one to throw shade on the other, they'll be supposed to not get along after all. I already wrote the scene where he dealt with it, it took a page out of Captain Levi's book and got some sweet gear(despite the fact it was made by someone else)

The conversations themselves are a bit tricky but nailed then as I wished to show more about that and make some joke at Mineta's expense. Cannon Bakugo was against him winning partly because, at the time, they all thought he was a one-shot pony with a quirk unsuited for high-speed movement(evidence with how he handled the obstacle race) and partly because he hates his guts. Here he knows that the guy is full of surprises and though he still hates his guts, he has learned over the years that underestimating him is a bad move.

For Izuku coming in second, he just got that new gear. There's no way he would have outperformed Sero on his 1st or even 10th attempt. But he will improve as time goes on, but then again, so will Sero. In this show, stagnation is a hero's worst enemy. The peephole was never explained and I along with other authors and readers think that it was left behind by their seniors that have long since left(one story had it that All Might made the hole back in his youth….he was a teenage boy once too). With the peephole here, I was thankful that Mina getting them to agree isn't that far out of her character, Asui agreeing also somewhat fits her as she may be responsible and mature…but she's still 15 so these kinda things would tempt her.

UNO, well that was a gag I'd been hoping to implement for a while now. For the record, they aren't playing a full game but just one round. They keep score in between sessions.

jdrussom66: Thanks for the info. I already have ideas for how Izuku can upgrade his gear but that one certainly seems like a good one to add, seeing how he's a tech-based hero.

Guest: That show along with many others made my childhood. I will never forget it.

GunBlade2020: I thank you for your review. I try to keep characters in, well character unless there was a reason given prior. Case in point, everything about Izuku, if the cannon version saw this one, he would faint(and not just because my take is dating a beautiful, older woman)

D3lph0xL0v3r: I did mention that they have condoms in her room, that was the whole reason he just decided to go with it as they both know they are not ready to become parents. Her parents being characters from FMA was a thing that I saw in another story, where her parents were Roy and Riza, were both heroes and both worked abroad in the US, in that take, it was her mother that was the one from money. I just made it so Yaoyorozu has a slight attraction to him, I may build on that as the story goes but for now, Lady's got nothing to worry about, besides Izuku did tell her he's already in a relationship so the odds of her trying anything are zero. Mirio gets all the spotlight, the other two are still as skilled as he is.

tacktician: Black Widow's suit is too close to Cami's so that's a no-go. Bayonetta on the other hand…..If you want to give men nosebleeds, sure. But to be serious here, I don't intend to remove all the fan service but I will add more to whatever she ends up with as for obvious reasons, she won't receive her new costume for quite a while as though the boy has a support gear license, he has other stuff to worry about.

Zukafew119: And we're back with your second review. It was a funny but important scene so all I did was made some changes here and there. At this point, it had been a couple of days since the incident so Yui gave him so slack and didn't grill him but rather they choose to have some bedroom fun and yes, they used protection, I don't know why people don't get that as it was stated to be condoms involved.

It would make sense they made a study group before this as they did have mid-terms before finals. Because of this and Izuku being smarter than canon, he and his friends would score higher grades. Mineta scoring higher was me throwing him a bone. I suppose cannon Uraraka didn't ask for help because if their obvious feelings for one another, a study date would be comedic and awkward as all hell. With Iida, you're the first one to say that as it's a bitch, but when you're not allowed to attend, you can't be placed any higher than that, regardless of your actual grades. Honestly, I was tempted to have them all react to that but as Midoriya says, he didn't make a real effort to make friends himself so some blame falls on him.

Monoma was a thing I wanted to do as it was in his character to poke a sleeping bear, not my fault he paid for it. As with the people that he's on friendly/close terms with, you guessed right as all your points are valid, Izuku himself would not mind him as he knows what it's like being dealt such a hand by fate since people have this view of what's a hero and villains quirk and who can fight and who is only good for being protected. Hagakure thinking that makes sense as Uraraka does have that same crush on him like cannon, I know that it's cruel since he's spoken for but their interactions have largely been the same so her developing feelings isn't that far off. She'll grow him it as we all had that one crush that was with someone else.

Inko is a treat whenever I write her, same with Mitsuki. I don't know if I can add the milf(admit it, you think Mitsuki's hot too) more to the plot but if I can, I will. Preferably, showing more about Bakugo's home life and how they interact with one another. Art was my bane in early high school, until I dropped it, I never scored higher than a 65%. His secret lab is less of a secret and more of private space, much like his room. It wasn't like he didn't want to bring anyone has done, more along the lines of never having a person or reason to do so. His parents not telling him was them just messing with him, they wanted to make it a surprise and I can imagine it was, though some might have picked up on it earlier in the chapter.

With Momo, there's no way they only have one house, rich people always have more than one. That being said, with the house they were in being as grand as it is, it would make sense that someone not used to such wealth would have that reaction. Momo and her cuteness is something I cannot deny, I've even seen some fan art of her that made me feel like I was looking at puppies. Thanks for the compliment as I wanted to give her a reason that would play into the story and make her more likable. Izuku telling her his own is not as big as you would think as if anyone from their class asked, he'll probably tell them the same thing. Her reaction to the news that she can create out of her head and that her hair doesn't block out it was a spur of a moment add-on but it was one I'm glad that I put in place. Her being strong is a given, she does work-out, you know.

Thank you, I'm quite proud of my decision to bring in Nejire as well as Mirio gets all the love but he is only one member of the Big 3, the other two should be just as capable as he is. Iida's absence does change things and if the students knew by how much, they'll beg for Iida to show up just so they have an easier time. With the lemon scene, I had to suck it up but I did it, I went out and bought some smut online….I'm kidding, I'll never do such a thing. No, I just found a good story on this site with a lemon scene that focuses more on the love and less on the lust.

Kauan Queiroz: After thinking it over and discussing it with my friends and a younger brother who act as my soundboards for ideas, I have decided to consider making this a harem story but only in the far future as such would require me to restructure some parts of the story and to build up characters to the idea since as funny as the idea of Izuku having multiple girls is, it needs to make sense from a narrative and world-building point of view since let's face it. Some characters simply don't work with harems.

There their they're: Yeah, I'm pretty sure the edited version is the current one up and that one has Mister X speak Portuguese because that's the main language in Brazil, not Spanish. I do need to work on that, grammar and spelling as been an issue since the beginning. I'm getting better but mistakes still get past me now and then.

Chapter 35: Double's for the win

(Previously)

"You're wearing those so we'll consider fighting you rather than run? Don't underestimate us." Bakugo told them, not growling like he used to but nonetheless, pissed.

In response, All Might only gave out a slow, menacing sounding laugh to that. "I wonder…." The number one started as he stared them down, his electric blue eyes glowing. "Who's underestimating who?"

"As for your question of how to pass. Figure it out," Eraser told as he turned to face the building they were going to enter. "You may come out now." In response to his words, the doors opened up and from them, someone walked up to them with a jump in their step.

"What the…" Midoriya started as, like himself, the rest of the class tracked this new opponent as they approached. She looked like she was older but not by much, maybe a couple of years. She was a girl of fair-skinned with not a blemish in sight and average height, being taller than Ashido but shorter than Midoriya. Her upper eyelashes were long and thick but somehow suited her. Her eyes were w wide, curious royal blue shade while her pupils were white, something that Midoriya hadn't seen that many times before.

Her hair was periwinkle in color and was long, reaching her knees long and somehow twisted around itself at her waist and curved inwards around her legs. Midoriya could only imagine the pain it must be to style that in the mornings. She has side-swept bangs, tucked behind her ears on the right and hanging just over her eyes on the left, and two short clumps of hair on either side of her face, curved towards her face on the right and behind it, under her ear, on the left. Which combined with her mature and extremely attractive figure, made her quite the looker, though Izuku would personally say she was more on the cuter side than the sexy side.

The unknown also had her hero costume which royal blue skin-tight bodysuit with a high black collar, pale mint green markings covering her torso from over her shoulders to between her legs, an assessment he felt bad for making as that required him to look at her crotch. Moving on, framed with turquoise and a matching stripe of the same two colors around both her upper arms.

On her feet, she wore a pair of knee-high boots, a thinning flap buttoned on each thigh for some reason, with turquoise spirals around her ankles, matching the thicker ones above her yellow gauntlets and wrist-guards. She also had a black strap around the top of each thigh, two small satchels attached, and two spiraling horns of hair protruding from behind her ears which Izuku couldn't make heads or tails about but seeing how every hero's costume complimented their quirk, fighting style or both, he could only guess it had something to do with that.

"I wouldn't underestimate her if I was you. She and two other 3rd years stand at the top of not just the hero course here at UA but they represented the very pinnacle of what this school was created to farm and nurture." Eraser told them as he could see more than a few of the boys and a girl or two gawking at the new arrival "She not only has literal years over you in terms of experience both in the classroom and out in the field but she is one of the three that had grown to surpass their classmates in every imaginable way." At that introduction, they listened closely as this girl was introduced as a hero student!

"Everyone, allow me to introduce Nejire Hado: 3rd-year hero student and a member of the Big Three." Eraser finished as he gestured towards the ever-smiling, ever inquisitive ball of energy known by her chosen hero name of Nejire-Chan.

(And now)

"Wait, wait, wait. You want us to not only fight All Might, but a 3rd-year as well?!" Sero asked as he gestured to the smiling duo, though Nejire's looked more….pure than All Might's?

"That's what I just said." Eraser replied, his face as calm and bland as usual.

"But….she's one the best students in the whole school!" Ashido cried.

"Among us all, they alone stand at the top of the bunch. I heard that they're as skilled as fully-fledged pros." Sato spoke up, equally as shocked by this latest development.

"I heard they're even better than the average pro, I've seen her around Ryukyu." Jiro spoke up, recalling some news story from way back when, in it, she could recall the blue-haired girl working alongside the hero.

"What, but's she's in the top ten. Your saying that she's a sidekick to her?" Ojiro asked.

"And she's pretty cute do." Kaminari whispered, taking in Nejire's curves and rather…developed chest.

"And she's out of your league buster so don't even try it." Jiro shot him down before he could even take off, watching as his thought of flirting with her discovered before he even said a word.

'Target acquired.' As this was going on, Mineta was taking in all three of her measurements and like the prev he was, each of his guesses was extremely close to the truth, having acquired an eye for these types of things from all the porn he had consumed.

'If I wasn't so worried about failing, I'll knock you out, Mineta. I hope Yaoyorozu doesn't too hard a time with you as a teammate.' Midoriya thought to himself as he looked over to the side and saw Mineta was all but drooling like a dog at the sight of their senior and though he was in a very happy relationship himself, he could see her appeal.

'From what I recall, the big three didn't place that high in the 3rd year sports festival. The blonde even lost his clothes….more than once. She didn't steal the spotlight either but they are still considered the best, so there must be a reason for that. Were they supposedly holding back?' He kept up this line of thought as he tried to recall anything of use about this girl but from her Sports festival appearances, he couldn't tell much as, like the other members of the Big 3, she didn't even get to the last round.

"Why do you hate us?" Ashido asked as she cried comical tears, already about to give up.

"There's no way we're gonna win!" Sero pointed out as he just wanted to go home now, why were they given the hardest challenge in the first place?

"Aizawa-sensei, whatever we did, we're sorry!" Midoriya tried to apologise, maybe he did go overboard with the jokes but they didn't deserve this. He then looked to the side where a certain blonde was standing, glaring down the number one. "Except Bakugo, he has this coming."

"Fuck you!" Bakugo barked back, turning his glare towards their class rep who didn't back down, only buckled down.

"Hey, you're the one that's been singing bout how you'll beat All Might and become the next number one, well now's your chance, just don't drag us down with you!" Midoriya yelled back at him. The two boys were close to an actual fight if not for the timely intervention of Snipe.

"Okay, that's enough. Save your energy for your exams. Hado, do you have anything you would like to say to them before we start?" Snipe asked as he turned his attention to the 3rd year, who took this as a chance to finally get some answers!

"Of course I do, I have a lot of questions," She replied as she seemingly teleported towards them, more accurately, Shoji. "Why do you wear a mask? Are you sick? DO you need to see Recovery Girl?" She asked as she looked his face over and saw that the mask was part of his costume.

"N-no, I wear it because-" Before the gentle giant of 1-A could even respond, Nejire lost interest in him and switched her sights to their cool and collected duel quirk user.

"You must be Todoroki, right? How did you get that burn?" She asked him, not knowing or caring about how private that topic would be.

"That's private." Todoroki responded, not caring if he came off as rude as the question itself was rude but, undeterred by his refusal to give her answers, she moved on to the next.

"Ashido, quick question. If your horns break off, will new ones grow?" Nejire asked as she moved towards Ashido, being close enough to reach out towards the horns but she didn't touch them, thankfully. "Can you move them?"

"I never really thought of-" Ashido tried to respond as it was an idea that never came to mind before but she was already off the girl's interest list as she looked to the side where the shortest member of the class was.

"Mineta, are those balls your real hair? How do you get haircuts?" She asked him, catching his attention from her choice of words.

'She asked about my balls.' Mineta thought to himself as he only saw the unmeant, sexual context of that inquiry, his face starting to blush from whatever deprived thoughts he had about Nejire.

"Asui, you're a tree frog, right? Not a toad?" The bubbly 3rd year asked as she turned to another, leaving Asui before she could even wrap her head around this…unique situation.

"Midoriya, is it true you don't have a quirk? Why do you kinda look like a girl? Do you keep your hair short to keep people from mistaking you as a girl?" She asked as she got right into Midoriya's face, not minding or even noticing that he was taller and now surprised and embarrassed that she brought that up.

"What?" Midoriya asked as he looked away, thankful he was wearing the helmet because he resembled a strawberry right about now.

"There's so much I want to know about all of you! It's so strange!" Nejire finished as she swayed side to side like a child, her smile near blinding as she didn't seem to notice how she went from person to person like a 5-year-old on a sugar high.

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"She's got the natural airhead vibe to her. It's so cute." Kaminari said, having a feeling similar to whatever he got whenever Yaoyorozu did something adorable.

"She's like a kindergartener. Is she really our senior?" Ashido asked with a small smile, having calmed down from hearing what they will have to overcome due to Nejire's rather cheerful and bubbly personality.

"She wants to know about my balls, that's sexual harassment, you know!" Mineta cried out, his mouth voicing just one of the things passing through his mind unfiltered.

"That's not what she meant and you know it." Sero pointed out to the short boy before he could say something that belonged in some low-budget porno.

"Hey, Ojiro. Is it true you can support your entire body weight with just your tail? How strong is it? Do you lift weights with it? Oh, you must be popular at the gym!" Nejire was back to the questioning as she jumped to the tailed martial artist.

"W-Well you see…" Ojiro started as she looked away with a small blush, not used to older, attractive girls showing this level of interest in him.

"Come on tell me, tell me please." Nejire kept on pushing, forcing the boy into a corner as he tried to drum up an answer.

"Dammit, this is why I wanted to have Togata step in." Meanwhile, as this was going on, Eraser looked like he wanted to just go home and sleep.

"Oh cool your jets, grumpy pants. She's always been like this." Midnight defended the girl who ever since her first day in UA had been as curious as all could be, in fact, she was even worse back then, this was her tame.

"She wouldn't have been if she was in my class back then." Eraser argued.

"Chances are you would have expelled her before the second term." Present Mic too a shot at his friend's expense as they all knew that even he would have pulled his hair out due to stress or she would have been transferred or expelled, whichever came first.

"Okay Nejire, calm down. You will have plenty of time afterward to ask as many questions as you like, I promise." Nezu stepped in before she could do any more harm as he was currently questioning Aoyama about the ins and outs of his Naval Laser and why it gave him stomach issues in the first place.

"Okay, Nezu-sensei!" Nejire mercifully stepped back from the group and students and retook a spot with the teachers.

"As entertaining as that was, we still have a schedule to keep. Each team will take their exam in order in order on prepared stages. No one stage will be used twice as each of you will have to deal with something different from the last." Snipe explained as the group of proctors all turned around and started to walk towards the building they stood in front of.

"Sato, Kirishima, get down to stage A on the double." Eraser singled them out as he gestured towards the building which led to all their staging areas.

"Sir!" Both boys replied, determined to win as they quickly marched in as well. They didn't feel like testing Cementoss' patience with them now of all times.

"The rest of you can either take this time to plan out your strategies as a team or watch the others in action with Recovery Girl and Shinso. I don't care which you pick." Eraser finished his explanation before he turned and walked off as well. Leaving the majority of the students alone in the empty parking lot.

"Ojiro, if it suits you, I would like to discuss how we are to go up against our proctor." Tokoyami asked as he turned towards his teammate for their exam.

"That's fine with me, we'll need a solid plan if we don't want to fail." Ojiro replied as the two walked off into the building, looking to find somewhere they can discuss their battle plan.

The problem will be stripping Midnight-sensei of her costume." Mineta stated as if that was their only objective as he and Yaoyorozu followed Ojiro and Tokoyami's lead and begun to make their way inside.

"How can someone like you have even made it into the hero course?" Yaoyorozu asked, wondering not for the first or even tenth time how the hell Mineta had even made it this far.

"Hey!" Which the shameless pervert took offense to.

"If you even try something like with me or Midnight-sensei, I will not hesitate to knock you out. I'd rather take failing the practical than winning with such dubious methods." The wealthy girl warned him with a light glare, which proved enough to cow him into submission….for now.

"Guys, I think we should head over to the watch room." Midoriya said to his group as everyone else walked off.

"Shouldn't we plan?" Ashido asked, having thought they would look for a place to strategize.

"Of course we need to plan, but I think we can get a better idea if we first see how the teachers will be approaching this." Midoriya replied, reasoning that if they knew how their teachers were approaching this, then they'll have a better chance of coming up with plans that'll work.

"That's not a bad idea. Know you enemy and all that." Sero remarked, recalling that famous ancient Chinese general who coined the phrase.

"You guys too what you want." Bakugo said as he turned to walk off, not interested in some sort of teamwork, which wasn't going to fly today.

"Oh no you don't, you're coming with us." Midoriya all but ordered the taller and far more aggressive boy, who in turn, turned his head to glare at him with more anger than usual.

"The hell I am! I don't need to plan to fight him." Bakugo barked back, but like any other day, Izuku didn't give two shits about his temper, having gotten used to it years ago.

"Are you hearing yourself? How the hell do you think you'll beat All Might without a plan? Just throwing the rest of us at him till he gets tired?" Midoriya yelled back at him, to which he didn't reply with more than a look that could set a man on fire if he had the quirk for it.

"We want to pass too, you know!" Ashido joined in against the blonde, offended that it seemed like his plan was to let them tire him out, and then came in for the kill.

"Fuck off, if you hit him hard enough, he'll go down!" Bakugo shot back, his palms popping as he was working to keep his temper in check.

"Oh for the love of-!" Midoriya wanted to smack his forehead, but he was wearing a helmet so he turned to the next best thing. "Sero!" he asked of the tape user who quickly shot out his tape and wrapped it around Bakugo's, keeping his hands to his person as he quickly jumped in to finish the job.

"What the fuck?!" Bakugo cried in shock and anger as it was hogtied with his hands pressed against himself so that he couldn't blast his way out of it.

"Sorry man, class rep's orders." Sero asked as he tightened the last tape before getting back up and handing the boy over to their rep who easily was able to carry the taller boy.

"Alright Mr. Explode first, Ask questions never, we gotta go and think of a plan that doesn't sound like a brain-dead chimp came up with it." Midoriya asked as, with Bakugo being carried over his shoulder like a sake of flour, turned to lead the group inside.

"(Kero) This is a disaster written all over it." Asui pointed out as they all just drowned out Bakugo's ever-increasing numbers of curses and yelling. Only in UA would something like this happen as anywhere else, someone would have called the police on them for what looked like was a really poor attempt at kidnapping.

"Don't remind me but," Midoriya said as he nodded over to Sero who took that as the order to gag the blonde with another small piece of tape. Much better not that things were quiet. "I've worked with explosive material before, we'll make a team player out of him yet."

"Do most of your explosive material threaten to kill you?" Asui asked him.

"No, this is a first." Midoriya replied to her, their conversation dying there for now.

(Later – In the Monitor Room)

"What up?" Shinso greeted them as they walked into the dark monitor room. The lights were off but many screens were showing the different stages, each stage over more than 8 screens to its name showing that they tried to ensure that no matter where someone went, they would be able to keep an eye on them. Shinso himself was present and wearing regular school wear.

"Yo." Ashido greeted him back as they all entered and the door closed behind them.

"How's it going, Shinso?" Midoriya asked as they all took their place near the monitors and started to look for the one showcasing stage 1.

"Finished my last paper yesterday, I'm pretty sure I did alright." Shinso replied with a yawn, looking more tired than usual but then again, they did all have to wake up early to get here.

"You hear to watch as well?" Asui asked him.

"Yes, they said it would be beneficial if I saw how you guys approached problems with your abilities and gear." Shinso replied, using the same answer that Eraser gave him when he questioned this.

"Speaking of which, has the support class make you anything yet?" Midoriya asked him.

"Nothing since I still haven't submitted anything to them. I'm still working on that." The general studies pupil replied as he had been going through a sort of writer's block with his costume and gear ideas.

"Well you should know that you don't have a lot of time, summer's nearly here." Midoriya reminded him, the bird watcher wishing all the best luck to him.

"I know."

"Do I even want to know why you have Bakugo tied up?" Recovery Girl spoke up as she pointed her cane towards the 'docile' Bakugo who was still tied up. They weren't dumb enough to let him out just yet, they could tell from the look in his eyes he needed to calm down before they cut him loose. Otherwise, he'll just pick a fight and storm off.

"It was the only way to get him to join us to discuss our battle plan." Sero stated as he rubbed the back of his neck, this was a situation he never thought he'll find himself in, that's for sure.

"Oh yes, you five have the difficult task of going up against All Might. I just hope he holds back, I will already have my hands full with the rest of them, the last thing I need is five kids with broken bones." Recovery thought aloud as she didn't wish to see them hurt but she had known Yagi long enough to know that he could go overboard sometimes.

"Thanks, that's comforting." Ashido said as she deflated, feeling even more discouraged by the fact that even the school nurse knew they weren't walking away with injuries.

"I think she means, good luck." Shinso rephrased that before they saw the door open and someone else stepped into the room.

"Oh, you guys are here too?" Kaminari said, surprised that he wasn't the first one here.

"Kaminari? Where's Aoyama?" Midoriya asked, having seen the two walk-off before they did. Where were their class's Frenchmen?

"Well, he's still looking at himself in the mirror, so I decided to give him some space." Kaminari told them the bad news with a sigh like he thought it was funny when he first started to check himself in the mirror but it got old after a solid 20 seconds

"Are all French people like that, or is it just him?" Sero asked.

"Don't ask me, never been to France before." Ashido for her part only shrugged her shoulders.

"Anyway, I thought it would a good move to watch how everyone else goes about this, you know. Scout my enemy." Kaminari explained the reason for his presence there.

"That would work if they were fighting your proctor(kero)." Asui pointed out as from how he phrased that, it sounded a lot like they were doing but she wanted to see if that was his reason.

"Lay off him, he's got an idea close to ours." Midoriya said as they saw the electric quirk user try to re-explain himself.

"First match: Sato and Kirishima. Ready, Go!" They all heard the announcement being called out not only by their speakers but from just every other speaker in the practical exam area. They all quieted down after that to watch how their classmates tackle this exam. It didn't take long for the team of Sato and Kirishima to stumble upon Cementoss who attacked from a range.

"That was fast, I didn't think he'll locate them so quickly." Shinso noted.

"They are working with a time limit. They didn't say anything about us passing if we simply last the full time so he can do whatever he wants. Hide or attack." Midoriya pointed out as that was always an option their teachers could take as they were playing villains, meaning they could pick the dirty move if they saw fit to do so.

"But since he's supposed to be grading them, hiding will be the last thing he or any of them will do. They'll go on the offensive." Asui added in as their teachers still need to assess them and they can't do that if they don't come out and fight.

"A frontal assault?" Kaminari asked as they saw what the two boys had decided on. "Is that their plan?"

"It's working, isn't it? They're smashing right through every all he puts up!" Ashido cheered as they watched as no matter how many walls Cementoss put up, those two heavy hitters smashed right on through every one.

"But will they last?" Bakugo, who had been relieved of the gag asked, keeping his eyes on his friend's attack….and lack of progress as they had barely covered any ground.

"Bakugo?" Sero asked as he turned to the blonde, confused by his question.

"(Kero)I don't remember Cementoss-sensei having a limit on how long he can use his quirk. But Kirishima does, maybe even Sato." Asui put out there was she recalled that Kirishima can't hold his quirk for very long, it ate through his stamina.

"He does, I won't deny that they have great quirks but they both have time limits to how long they can use them. Cementoss-sensei doesn't have such a limit, so long as there's cement, he can keep on creating barriers." Midoriya broke things down as they all saw that the two were starting to slow down, yet Cementoss looked as fresh as rain and was keeping up the pressure. "Just like with Todoroki vs Bakugo, the longer the match goes, the more it leans towards one side, in this case-Cementoss-sensei."

"I get it, you'll all being placed against teachers that have a distinct advantage over you. So those two trying to fight him like this," Shinso started as he looked towards the hero class rep out of the corner of his eye.

"Will be their undoing." Midoriya finished as he can already foresee who will win this round, even if those two on the ground didn't know it yet. "To pass, you have to recognize our weaknesses and deal with them."

"That's correct, young man." Recovery Girl spoke up, catching their attention as they were all eager to take any advice from a woman with as many years experience as she had. "I would advise that you all watch very closely, so when your time comes round, you will be prepared to disadvantages against your opponents and think carefully about how you approach your challenge."

"Still think you beat All Might and his 3rd-year help like a monkey breaks coconuts with rocks?" Midoriya asked as he looked towards Bakugo.

"Shut it." Bakugo growled but didn't act, showing that he had calm down enough that Ashido used her acid to melt the tape holding him and let him out. Once he was free, he took a spot next to Recovery girl on her other side, not standing with them.

"At least you're listening now." Midoriya was willing to take that was a win at this one.

"Looks like that's that." Shinso pointed as they saw that for whatever reason, most likely his quirk's drawback, Sato had stopped moving and Kirishima started to have trouble breaking through even just a single wall himself, showing that it had reached his limits as well. Too bad for them as Cementoss created over a dozen concrete walls around them which looked more like the jaws of a dangerous worm than anything else.

"In the end, they both didn't have it in them to last against such a foe." Sero whispered as they saw their teacher quite literally bury the two in a sea of concrete.

"First match: Sato and Kirishima have both been lost consciousness. Winner, Cementoss." Was announced across the area as they in the monitor room were treated to the sight of both boys being down for the count.

(With Jiro and Koda)

"Already?" Jiro asked as they put on her boot, having checked the speakers just to be sure they worked.

(With Ojiro and Tokoyami)

"They lost?" Ojiro questioned as they hadn't even gotten to their test site yet, how quickly did he overwhelm them?

(With Uraraka and Todoroki)

"But how?" Uraraka, having not seen the actual fight asked as she was sure those two were strong.

(Back in the Monitor room)

"Only the first match and already I'm needed." Recovery Girl sighed as she got off her chair and went off to see to tend to the knocked-out boys.

"That was…so one-sided." Ashido tried to speak as she saw her old friend laid low so easily, it wasn't even a challenge to the pro.

"Their quirks, though practical, were ineffective against his." Shinso voiced as he worked at a pain in his neck, maybe he should have listened to Kendo and not gone overboard with training, now he's still sore.

"(Kero)They didn't take into account their time limits, or his." Asui said as they sadly didn't appear to have thought about that and went for brute strength.

"Looks like you all have your work cut out for you. Seeing how you're up against the number one." Shinso said as he looked at them, seeing them all shiver at the thought, though Bakugo still looked sure of himself despite the fact he would most likely be creamed. Gotta love a guy with confidence, even if it's misplaced.

"Second Match: Ojiro and Tokoyami. Ready, Go!"

(Stage B – With Ojiro and Tokoyami)

'That was fast.' Meanwhile, in stage B, Ojiro and Tokoyami didn't have the time to think about the last match as theirs had just begun. The two had been instructed to start this from the middle of a brightly lit lower are of the building and with the sound of the bell, they immediately found themselves surrounded by a group of Ectoplasm's clones.

"We forgot to tell you but, we teachers will be trying to crush you. No hard feelings." One of the clones, they couldn't tell which, spoke as they slowly got closer to the two. "I hope you're ready."

"Cause this is it!" With that, the group of clones dashed towards them, in a tactic that seemed to be built on speed and numbers to overwhelm them.

"Tokoyami!" Ojiro called out as he got ready to fight their way out of this.

"Dark Shadow!" The bird-headed boy responded by drawing upon his quirk, which shot out and went to work aiding Ojiro in taking out the clones as they moved forward, trying to make it towards the exit as they fought.

"We won't beat him like this." Ojiro called out as they found that even clones, their foes were formidable threats as more than once, Tokoyami had been forced to recall Dark Shadow to defend himself or Ojiro was forced back. They had made it towards the edge of the room where there was the jutting out pathways above them.

"You're right, hold your breath!" Tokoyami said as he pulled out a large marble size ball from within his cloak and he instantly threw it down. Upon impact with the ground, the ball burst and from it, billows of smoke started to rise and cloud the area.

'A smokescreen?' Ectoplasm clones thought to themselves as they paused their assault rather than trying to attack. From the smoke, they made out both Ojiro and Tokoyami escaping towards the higher flows, with Dark Shadow throwing the tailed boy towards their target before using dark shadow as a hook to reel himself towards it. "I see, you used it to escape. Tokoyami has made some improvements to his quirk."

"When you start packing smoke bombs?" Ojiro asked as they reached the 4th floor like that.

"Only recently, Midoriya gave me the idea to carry such and more." Tokoyami replied as he hid some pouched underneath his cloak which had a few more surprises for their teacher but now wasn't the time for idle chat, they needed to keep on moving.

"Okay, we need to get to the exit, or capture him." Ojiro pointed as they ran along the pathway, trying to find an exit out of here as the one they had used in getting in was a no-go.

"And because his clones can seemingly spawn anywhere in the building, the most likely place that the real Ectoplasm is would be at the exit." Tokoyami finished the thought as another group of clones appeared, blocking their way.

"He isn't making it easy for us." Ojiro muttered as he picked up clones forming behind them as well, boxing them in and meaning that they had to deal with each group by themselves.

"No, he is not." Tokoyami agreed with him as he let out Dark Shadow, the sentient quirk coming up like a dark guardian.

"So you are avoiding a fight, smart move but ultimately obvious." One of the clones said as they jumped right to it, engaging them in another fight and while Ojiro was barely holding his own against multiple opponents of greater skill than he, Tokoyami started to take some blows here and there whenever one got past Dark Shadow and though they hurt, he couldn't let himself go down here.

(With the real Ectoplasm)

As this was going in, the real Ectoplasm stood right in front of the only exit that they were allowed to use to escape, seeing and hearing everything that his clones did. "All I need to do is stand here and you'll be forced to come to me or fail."

(Back with the two)

'He keeps replacing each one we take down, we need to locate his true body otherwise this will all be for naught!' Tokoyami thought to himself as Dark Shadow bashed two clones out of existence, the right one formed behind him too quickly for him to react to. But at the last moment, Ojiro came to his rescue and took that clone out before it could attack.

"I got you." The tailed boy said with a huff as this was starting to become a work-out. He had never had the pleasure of fighting against such skilled opponents, never mind so many. If this wasn't an exam, he would be hungry for more but they had other things to worry about.

"My thanks. Close quarters combat is a field of hero work I lack in." Tokoyami felt like he needed to apologize.

"Yeah, I noticed. Maybe that's why they paired us together, to get you to fix that." Ojiro suggested as they two took off, not staying in on place for too long.

"But what of you?" Tokoyami was tempted to ask as they reached a path they could know lead to the outer areas of the building. Meaning that it led closer to the entrance.

"I have no ranged capabilities. So I have to rely on you for that." Ojiro answered as he knew that in a ranged fight, he would be screwed unless he could close the distance. "Come up, the quickest way to the entrance is this way." He finished as they found another path.

"Right behind you, dark shadow!" Tokoyami said as he let his quirk out just in case, and it was a good thing he did as just as they reached the center of the hallway, another group of clones formed out of the ground.

"Of course he'll have clones waiting for us." Ojiro felt like cursing right now as they found that another group of clones to deal with.

(Later)

"That was the 26th one so far. They can't be that many more." Ojiro said as he took notable large lungfuls of air. He figured that their teacher had a limit to how many clones he could make but still, each one was no joke. But they had made it to the main hall where their way out was, a rather cartoony-looking exit which motifs of Nezu but that wasn't what caught their attention.

It was the fact that they weren't the only ones there.

"Agreed, I also have eyes on the exit but," Tokoyami said as he looked down towards their teacher, who stood as the last obstacle out of here. "It seems that we were correct in our assumptions."

"Good job getting this far, but what will you do against this?" Ectoplasm challenged them as he spewed out a large amount of…well ectoplasm onto the ground in front of him. That same pile of ectoplasm pulsing and growing in volume as it started to take shape….a very big shape as to their fear and amazement, a giant-sized clone of ectoplasm was formed.

"Giant Bite Detention!" Their teacher called out as he let loose one of his super moved on them, the clone not speaking by rather roaring at the two.

"What the hell?" Ojiro yelled as he took in the sight.

"I have never witnessed this before!" Tokoyami agreed with he never thought that their teacher could do such a feat.

"I can't summon clones right now but with this one in play, I won't need them." Ectoplasm said as the clone swung itself towards them face first.

"Dodge, Ojiro!" Tokoyami yelled as he used dark shadow to push the boy of the way, though he didn't have enough time to get himself out of there and paid for that.

CRASH!

"Tokoyami!" Ojiro cried as he rolled to a stop, only to see that the clone had gotten his partner.

"Curses," For his part, Tokoyami could say this was the weirdest thing to ever happen to him as he found himself partially absorbed by the titan-sized clone. "I…can't move!"

"Only I can dispel my clones, and as you must have figured out, this one is much stronger than the others." Ectoplasm told them as this larger clone was much more…durable than the rest, Ectoplasm having developed this special move with people with strength-based quirks in mind.

"What an overwhelming quirk." Tokoyami said as he tried to do anything to get himself out. At his words, dark shadow came out of its own accord.

"Don't forget, so am I!" The shadowy creature bragged as it looked towards their proctor.

"Tokoyami! Can Dark Shadow help me take him on? He said that he can't summon anymore, so if I can get past him." Ojiro asked as he jumped down to the same level as their proctor, his sentence may have been incomplete but it didn't need to be complete.

"Dark Shadow, lead him your strength." Tokoyami ordered as his quirk jetted off to attack the pro.

"Got it!" Dark Shadow said as it raced towards their teacher but with a simple kick, he proved capable of knocking the quirk back. "Bastard!" Dark shadow cursed as Ojiro shot past him and started to engage the pro in a melee, with Dark Shadow jumping in whenever it saw an opening.

"Even in a two on one, he is keeping both of them at bay. I should have foreseen such, he is a decorated pro after all." Tokoyami noted as he observed as the double peg-leg wearing pro was able to keep them from landing any decisive blows and dodging the rest. While he avoided damage, both his quirk and Ojiro started to pile up their bruises and scratches, even though dark shadow couldn't even get bruises, he could feel its pain through their connection.

'The issue is that there's too much light, dark shadow can't fight at full strength under these conditions.' Tokoyami thought to himself as he reached into his cloak the best he could, searching for the rest of his smoke bombs. 'Let's hope your idea works, my friend.'

"I wonder," Meanwhile, back on the ground, Ectoplasm started to muse as he kicked aside an assault from Ojiro and dodged an attack from Dark Shadow. "How long can you keep this up?"

"Long enough!" Ojiro cried as he spat out some blood as went back on the offensive, even if he was only trying to make his way past him, Ectoplasm wasn't making it easy as he could imagine that he was reserving his harder blows for him to keep him from getting past him and escaping.

"Don't get cocky, pride comes before the fall." Ectoplasm warned him as he jumped over an attack from Dark shadow and landed a brutal-looking palm strike towards the quirk, forcing it back with a shout.

"Stay still, dammit!" Dark Shadow yelled in growing ire.

"If you cannot find a way to overcome the adversity as a pro, then you have no place being one!" Ectoplasm scolded the three of them before he picked up the scent and sight of smoke and a lot of it. "Smoke?" Did Tokoyami pop another one of those smoke bombs? No, there was far too much to be from just one.

"Tokoyami? What are you up to?" Ojiro asked as he turned towards his partner but with the ever-increasing build-up of smoke, he could that he couldn't even take him out.

"Oh oh, so the fun begins?" Clearly, Dark Shadow knew what was going in as the quirk could feel it, the sting from the many overhead lights, it was lessening as the smoke billowing into existence from every one of Fumikage's smoke bombs bloated them out. "Just what the doctor ordered!" Dark Shadow voice grew in power as it did its size.

"How is he growin?-of course!" Ojiro started to question it but then he recalled his teammate's weakness, and how before they came here, Tokoyami had told him of what that weakness was. 'He said that dark shadow is stronger in darker places and at night. The smoke is blocking out the light, making the entire area darker!' He figured out as though he could barely see now and had some trouble breathing, he could make out that dark shadow was easily three times larger than before but that must be his limit right now as either he can't make him any bigger or he doesn't want to risk losing control.

"Ojiro, Take him. Dark Shadow will lead you all of his strength!" Tokoyami yelled at them through the smoke, his voice coming off as rough and strained from the smoke and strain of keeping his quirk in check in this dark environment.

"You got that right!" Dark Shadow cried in joy and what sounded like battle lust? Anyway, the quirk charged at Ectoplasm much faster than before and then started to relentlessly attack the pro, actually forcing him back. "Not so tough now, are you?"

'He has grown in size, strength, and speed.' As this was happening, Ectoplasm was keeping a cool head even if Dark Shadow was proving to be much, much harder to fight. 'If I can get Giant Bite Detention to clear out the smoke, then he'll be weakened by the light once more!' He thought to himself as he correctly assumed that the smoke must be working in their favor. So with a silent command, his clone started to move about, messing with the smoke cover as it began to clear at a faster rate than before.

"Hurry, he's clearing out the smoke!" Tokoyami called out to the two from his position still trapped by the clone, but it did give him a clear view of how their smoke cover was being cleared.

'I got one chance at this.' He thought to himself as he called back his quirk and hand him search through his cloak for something before he found it. "Dark Shadow!"

"Got it!" The quirk replied as it jetted off back to join the fight, though it was now smaller due to the decreasing amount of smoke to block out light.

'One last charge before the smoke clears? No, they must be up to something?' Ectoplasm thought to himself as he found that saw the two of them coming at him, bruises and all. He waited for a right moment and when it came, he jumped back and performed a double kick to the weakening Dark Shadow, knocking it back but what he didn't foresee, was Ojiro riding along with dark shadow, using the quirk as a way to close the distance to him.

"What?" he said in surprise as he realized that he was in a bad position as he couldn't properly go on the offensive or defend.

"Take this!" Ojiro yelled from the back of Dark Shadow and with his tail acting as a springboard, he launched himself towards the pro, with something in hand.

'No time!' The pro realized as the boy closed the distance and closed an object across his outstretched hand.

CLICK!

And with a resounding sound that brought joy to the student's hearts, they all saw it to prove that it was real. Ojiro had been able to place the handcuffs that Dark Shadow passed to him around their proctor's wrist, signaling that he had been successfully captured.

"I see, so you used dark shadow as a ride to get close to me. Quite clever you two." Ectoplasm said as he dissolved his clone and let Tokoyami down as the last of the smoke cleared.

"Second match: Ectoplasm has been successfully handcuffed. Winners, Ojiro and Tokoyami."

"I learned that early in life. If I wish it, Dark Shadow can easily carry people so having someone hitch a ride, as they say, wouldn't be too hard." Tokoyami stated as he had picked up years back that not only was his quirk quite strong, it could also be used as a carrier so he had it search his person for the single pair of cuffs they had been given and hand them off.

"We figured it would be a great way to combine our two skill sets, he gets me in close and I do the rest." Ojiro added in as Dark Shadow poked out and have the boy with a tail a high five.

"Indeed. You two make clever use of your quirks and were able to work around your weaknesses. That is deserving of praise." Their teacher said as he addressed the two of them, proud that they had found a way to win.

"You honor us but I feel as if I didn't carry my weight." Tokoyami replied as he bowed to the praise nonetheless.

"You are incorrect there, Tokoyami. Even when you were immobile, you still contributed to the fight. And it was your idea to make use of smoke bombs. They will serve you well in your career." Ectoplasm told him as he didn't know of that many pros that could have still been useful to the situation in his position.

"I'm just glad we passed." Ojiro said as he messaged his side, feeling those hits catching up to him, Tokoyami nursing his wounds.

"Yes, as the two of you don't appear to have any serious injuries, I would suggest you head over to the monitor room so you can watch the rest of the match-ups. The next one will begin in about 5 minutes." Their teacher said as he stepped aside and allowed them to pass.

"He's right. Might as well get some good seats for what's to come." Ojiro said after they both bowed to him and quickly walked off.

"Yes, it will be favorable for us to see how our classmates tackle their tests." Tokoyami replied as he was quite eager himself see how the rest of them had performed.

(In the Monitor room)

"Everyone got the plan?" Meanwhile, as Tokoyami had finished his exam, team H had just finished coming up with plans to pass their trial.

"Yeah, yeah, we got it, Deku." Bakugo replied, having been tired of this whole thing since they started talking but he couldn't resist and gave his own opinions here and there.

"Still, you sure we can rely on that, you just said you never tested it." Sero asked as he turned to the green-haired boy who had laid out most of the plan's groundwork.

"If not for that, then we switch to plan B and if that fails, plan C." Midoriya said as they had only come up and agreed to three plans for how to beat All Might, Nejire and pass their exam.

"But is three plans really enough?" Ashido asked, concerned that they may be walking in half-cocked. She still wanted to go to summer camp, now more than ever!

"We could make more but we know little about Nejire and All Might tends to finish fights before you can observe him. I think three is best." Midoriya replied as they knew next to nothing about the 3rd year girl, even after googling all her sports festival appearances on their phones.

"(kero) If we made too much, we might get confused in the heat of battle. Better to keep things as simple as possible." Asui reminded them as they could at least admit that they were not seasoned pros and under the stress of fighting All Might, they would most likely panic or forget things like steps to all their plans.

"It was nice of Power Loader to bring it over though. I only finished the two of them the other night." Midoriya said, referring to the secret weapon that he had revealed to them. At that same moment, the short support hero returned to the monitor room after having to drive the van containing said secret from the school's parking lot where Inko had dropped it off before heading back to work, to the parking just outside the testing grounds.

"Well, it wasn't like they are against the rules but did you have to bring them in a van?" Power Loader said as he walked over.

"My mother got that van for this exact of thing. I'm made upgrades to it over the years to suit my needs." Midoriya shrugged his shoulders as he would have done it himself but he was too young to apply for the driver's license and though it wouldn't have been on public roads and rather a school property, he wasn't willing to take that chance.

"I'll put that lightly, you all but produced your vehicle with all the changes and modifications you added." Power Loader joked as the 'van' in question had been changed so much that any more chances would need for the kid to replace it with a lorry just to take the additional weight and provide the space needed.

"Well, I do dabble with auto-work." Midoriya said with a smile, quite proud that of his auto-skills from all the time around Kenny's auto shop. He was grateful to the American for all he had taught him about upgrading both gear and vehicles. After all, it was his father, the retired pro-Kevin Levin that once used old 1950s jet parts and stuff he 'acquired through questionable means' to design and build a supersonic jet, capable of leaving the Earth's atmosphere like a damn ICBM. The thing could house a group of 10 and fly from New York to Berlin with 8 hours flat.

Maybe he should try his hand at building a jet too, how hard could it be?

"Power Loader sir?" Kaminari spoke up.

"Yes?"

"Why are you here sir? I don't want to sound rube but everyone seems to have their proctor so you being here seems…." Kaminari asked as he tried not to sound as blunt or rude as this sounded in his head.

"Redundant? That's the point. In case anything comes up, I'm ready to take that teacher's spot. But more than that, I'm here to make sure everything works as it should." Power Loader explained to him as he gestured towards all the electrical equipment that they were making use of today.

"Oh, so you're tech support?" Ashido piped in, drawing a short chuckle from both Recovery Girl and Power Loader.

"That's a simple way of saying it but yes, I'm tech support." Power Loader replied.

"Heads up, the next match is starting." Bakugo called out as they watched as the third match was about to start.

(Stage 3 – With Uraraka and Todoroki)

"Third Match: Uraraka and Todoroki. Ready, Go!"

"It's our turn," Todoroki, who along with Uraraka was in a combat setting that seemed to reflect the average urban residential area, said as he looked around for any sign of their homeroom teacher. "Let's head out."

"Right!" Uraraka replied as they two took off running, though they kept to the backways and alleys to avoid being seen. "Hey, Todoroki?"

"What is it?" The duel quirk user asked.

"Is it just me, or are you nervous to?" Uraraka brought up the point which she had been concerned about ever since they had been told who they would have to fight.

"Considering who we're up against, it'll be hard not to be nervous. He can erase our quirks from a distance and is the better close quarter's fighter. This will be an uphill fight." Todoroki spoke up, having the same concerns as she did. He could figure out that their match-up had been intentional as she was a close quarter's fighter but her quirk would easily be taken out of the equation with but a look from Eraser. Same with him as though he relied on range and power, he could be shit down with that same look.

"But when will we know he has us in his sights?" Uraraka asked him as they didn't need to be close for him to erase their abilities. He could be watching them from afar for all they know.

"There," After thinking about it for a moment or two in the relative safety of the alley they were in, Todoroki came up with something and picked up a small stone. "Use your quirk on this. Keep your quirk on, when it loses its effects, we'll know." He advised as she nodded her hand and took the stone into her hands, she then used her quirk to make it weightless and then used some string from Todoroki to make it into a sort of floating weight. When it dropped, they'll have their early warning.

"Can't you do the same?" Uraraka couldn't help but ask as they went back on the move, trying to work themselves closer to the exit in case they needed to bolt for it.

"No, my quirk is too showy, he'll see it from a mile away. Especially if he's watching from the rooftops." Todoroki replied a he could just make frost leak off him but that could also give away their location if their teacher was as observant as he believed him to be. "The exam largely depends on who finds who first. If we can corner him, I can freeze him solid but we need to ensure he doesn't erase my quirk before I can." He stated as their best bet was a quick victory as he could and most likely would just overpower them in a drawn-out fight or take them out before they can regroup.

"Hey, I can help too, you know. I can make him float, he can't fight without gravity." Uraraka suggested as she had made some good progress in incorporating her quirk into her fighting style thanks to Gunhead. He had made sure she learned that with a quirk like her own, all she needed was a touch so she needed to just learn groundwork, grapples, and techniques that would give her the best chances of using her quirk on her opponent.

"But then you'll need to get even closer than I do." Todoroki replied, not putting that much into her basket.

"Yeah, but he has to get in close to. He doesn't have much to attack us with at a range outside his scarf." Uraraka reminded him as though he was the better fighter, he needed to get close to use any of his real strength. Without the scarf, he'll have an even harder time. "I can use that against him, if you freeze his capture tool, he'll be easier to take on." She suggested, which he did think about as it made sense, the only problem was that they can't be the only ones who have gone for the scarf so he most likely has ways of dealing with that.

"But he would still be able to fight, but then he won't be able to attack from a range. After that, all we have to do to is make sure that one of us makes it to the exit." Todoroki agreed with her, they needed to either sneak right on by somehow or take the capture took out of the equation. They had stepped into the main roads and were taking a corner when Todoroki noticed something off. "Uraraka, the rock!"

"He sees us? But from where?" Uraraka asked as they both looked around for their teacher, now that the rock was being dragged along with them, they knew her quirk had lost its effects but the problem was that they had no idea where he was.

"You should be more aware of your surroundings." They both heard Aizawa speaking from above them, quick as they could, they turned their heads up to see him dangling from the electrical lines with his capture took, already in a position to strike.

"Damn. Uraraka, run!" Todoroki yelled as he jumped back, he tried to summon forth some ice but as he expected, his quirk was being suppressed, leaving him without his greatest tool.

"I can't just leave you!" Uraraka didn't turn and run but she did jump back to gain some distance, which proved to be her undoing as Eraser was able to through a line of his capture tape towards her and snag her arm, pulling her in.

"Staying behind to make sure your teammate isn't left to fend for themselves? That shows character but," Eraser started as he avoided her punch and wrapped up that hand as well before she found herself tangled in the thing and handing upside-down from the same electrical wires Eraser was just on a moment ago.

"Oh no!" Uraraka cried out in shock and struggle as she tried to fight her way out of the tape but found that she didn't have the physical strength needed to even begin trying to breakthrough.

"Not much tactical forethought." Their teacher finished as he landed right in front of Todoroki, forcing the boy back lest he gets caught as well.

"Uraraka!" Todoroki called out to her before he decided to retreat, running off into an alleyway to avoid the larger areas. 'Damn it, she's wrapped up in that stuff, I can't just burn them, I need to freeze them but with Aizawa-sensei here, I can't make good use of my quirk!'

"Todoroki, get out of here. If you go down, we lose, run!" Uraraka urged him on as she could nothing but hand there and try to think of a way out of this.

"Smart move, getting him to leave." Eraser said as he tied the tape holding her up to a nearby pole to ensure she wouldn't fall.

"How long do you think this will hold me, Todoroki's no joke, you won't get him as you did me, you know." Uraraka tried to buy some time for her teammate to get some distance in.

"Oh I'm well aware of that, but if you do get out, I would advise caution on the landing." Eraser informed her as he reached into his pouch and pulled out some metallic objects before he threw them down on the road below her.

"Caltrops? Are you a ninja?" Uraraka asked him as she gulped down some fear, she had seen enough ninja movies to know she didn't want to step on even one of those, so landing on a bunch would be the most ill-thought-out thing she could do.

"Unlike the USJ, I know both your quirks and combat styles. I came into this fighter prepared for anything you could throw at me." Eraser informed her of his advantage as he took out some eye drops and with a couple to his dry eyes, he was good to go, though he wished he had a better solution than what he had right now since he has to stop fighting to apply them. "Now, I have to go catch one last target." He finished as he ran off to find wherever Todoroki had run off to, leaving her to just…dangle there like a struggling fish.

'Dammit! I can't believe I did that! Now Todoroki has to fight him one on one!' She thought to herself as she beat herself up for making that mistake! They had seen it first hand at the USJ, Eraser was no joke. But now wasn't the time for that, as Gunhead always said, always be thinking of improvement and how to improvise with what you had. "I need to get out of here, but how?" So how was she going to improvise her way out of this, she could remove her gravity so she wouldn't become a pin-cushion but then what, she still needed a way to get rid of the tape trapping her.

Wait a minute…Didn't she start packing that knife as part of as gear? With that thought in mind, she felt her face change to a determined smile as it may not be much but it'll be enough.

(With Todoroki)

'This is bad, I'm up against someone that I can't beat in a straight-up fight. Plus with that tool of his, all he has to do is snag one of my limbs and I'm done for.' Todoroki thought to himself as he tried to come up with some sort of plan. 'I can try and make it for the exit but he'll no doubt expect that.' He reasoned as he turned a corner and dashed off. He couldn't avoid staying in one place for too long.

'Maybe I should head back and try to free Uraraka, we do have better chances of winning together but then he might see me if I do.' He thought that sounded like a good plan but that would require he go back the same way as he didn't know another route and if he just went running around calling for her, that'll just tip his opponent off. "Dammit, do I have good options here?" He asked aloud as he came to a stop to take a breather.

"If you're stuck and can't think of a fight out," he heard the second last person he wanted to hear right now calling out to him as he turned and saw the pro running towards him across the overhead electrical lines. This guy must hang around Edgeshot.

"Shit!" Todoroki said as he instinctively slammed his foot down to try and create a wall of ice but Eraser had already made sure he wouldn't be able to

"Then you should call it quits now." Eraserhead finished that thought as he quickly threw a line of capture tape which snagged his arm just like Uraraka's and begun to pull him in, showing that for a rather shinny build in comparison to most male pros, he was no weakling.

'He's got me, what now!?' For his part, the duel quirk user was scrambling to try and come up with a solution as he was dragged ever closer to a failing grade but he then noticed a street light pole that he may be able to use. 'A Pole!' He realized as he jumped ahead to get some slack on the tape before running closer to the pole, then around to create a makeshift pulley, he gripped at the capture tape with both hands and started pulling, slowing down Eraser who now found that there was significant force keeping him from reeling in his student and finishing this.

'Hmm, he's fighting against it using a street light pole?' Eraser thought to himself as it was a smart if not desperate move on his part, though he found himself needed to blink.

'Now!' Todoroki didn't know how he knew, maybe it was that familiar chill one half of his quirk always brought with it, maybe it was sheet instinct, whatever it was. He fired off as much ice as he could to not only block Eraser's view of him but freeze the time to the point he could shatter it like glass and make his escape.

"How fortunate for him, in the time it took for me to blink, he was able to freeze the tape enough so that he could break free." Eraser mused as he was easily able to get past the ice wall and saw his target gone and the tape that held on, in stiff pieces on the floor. 'But it looks like he's decided to head back, after all.' He thought to himself as he picked up that Todoroki was trying to get back to her using a slightly different route. Looked like he didn't think he had the power needed to take him on which was a rational mindset but he wasn't here to praise how he ran.

He was here to see if they could evade or beat him.

There, are I said at the beginning of the chapter, I tried to keep this chapter to before 10K but I went a little over it by around 900 words but compared to my last three updates, that is a good thing.

(I know that the chapter update some of you all got said this chapter was 14K plus please remember that word count takes the entire thing into account, including the author notes both in the beginning and the end of the actual chapter. I write all three in separate documents to ensure the word could I get for the chapter is as close to my goal as possible.)

Anyhow, we begin with the first three matches out of the eight matches that will make up their final exam. As I said in the last chapter, I will not be covering all the fights, as the next chapter will have the end of this team Todoroki/Uraraka vs Eraser, team Yaoyorozu/Mineta vs Midnight, and the first part of the fight between team: Bakugo/Sero/Ashido/Asui/Midoriya and All Might and Hado. Though depending on how the final draft for chapter 36 looks, it might have the full fight so I can end the final exams as soon as possible.

On a side note, I kept Hado's childish sense of wonder and curiosity as she wouldn't be herself if she wasn't asking questions like that. She did so in cannon because that was the first time she had met 1-A, as this was that first time, the questions she asked as basically the same with some changes here and there. Her asking if Midoriya keeps his hair short to keep people from mistaking him for a girl(trap) was due to a picture I show some time ago. In the picture, the artist takes a cannon(real) picture of Izuku and all he does he make slight changes in making his hair longer, giving him(or her in this case) a slight bust and boom! He's a girl. Hell, there are other good pieces of art where just give him longer hair for more feminine clothing….it's kinda weird how easy it would be to mistake our man for a girl.

As you can guess, the fight between Kirishima and Sato vs Cementoss went the same as cannon so rather than just rewrite what most of you have already seen happen in cannon, I chose to focus the lens on those watching it as it's a different group to cannon an Uraraka wasn't even there. The Tokoyami/Ojiro vs Ectoplasm was a bit of a challenge as the original idea was for the two to double team and get Ectoplasm in a position where Ojiro could have run right past him, like how the tailed boy won in cannon but then I decided to give them a capture win instead. The thing about the smoke was due to some artwork I saw for him. Spoiler alert, character's costumes may change as the story goes since I've seen some amazing artwork for their costumes, when I do change them to either match them or make them look similar, I'll be sure to give them a shout-out.

With Shinso, I didn't give a big hint but he is working out with Kendo, it's just not that important so I didn't mention it up till now because of….well everything else happening.

The bit where Izuku hints to a secret weapon, I won't say what it is but I will say that he'll use it during his match-up which will begin in the next chapter and if we're lucky, will end in the next chapter.

Lastly, I have plans for Uraraka so before any of you even ask, no, she will NOT become a Sakura, she will have her moments such as the one coming up in the next chapter. The thing with the knife, Eraser carries one as well, as far as I know, to cut his tape if he ever finds himself in a jam. Plus, Uraraka had some training in knife work thanks to Gunhead but she only has some training. So no, she won't be taking on Toga in a knife fight anytime soon.