Back from my vacation! And my god am I ready to release new chapters.

Unease was a universal feeling for the students of Class 1-A. Prepared or not, U.A. High's exams were always something to worry about, but they needed to push down those concerns. The worst part was that, technically speaking, the first term's Hero Course final was more like two tests combined. There was the usual written test, just another ordinary exam, and then the practical test. The practical test, while the more in-depth details would only be revealed at the time of the exam, would be the students using all that they'd learned in some kind of mock situation, a battle, a rescue, or anything else a hero might encounter on the job.

Ochako's mind was filled with all sort of knowledge right now, and it hurt to think about how many hours of sleep she lost between studying and her work as 'Spanner'. Thankfully, she had coffee to keep her awake...

But God, she wished hot chocolate could give her the same feeling.

Ship's support was welcome this morning, as he could tell just how worried she was about the exams. He'd managed to merge with her phone for a minute and sent her an encouraging cat video. When the student heard the notification from her phone and saw who sent it, she smirked and petted the little Merchamorph's head.

"Thanks, buddy," Ochako beamed, "Here's hoping it all works out."

Ochako was in need of a good breakfast and a shower, and maybe another nap...but she'd at best get one of those things. The good breakfast was debatable.

"Hopefully the others are ready for this, too," Ochako said to herself before getting ready.

The chatter in Class 1-A's homeroom was all about review, review, review. Kids flashing flashcards at one another, comparing notes and asking Momo about memorization skills. It was a bit maddening, all this prep, but tests were always nightmares for the first years.

"Now, how many forces are required for an interaction?" Momo asked Kaminari.

Kaminari knocked on his head, trying to recall details. "Uh...forces, an action and a reaction?"

Momo nodded. "You're doing better! You've almost mastered chapter 5!"

"Yeah, of 15..." Kaminari looked away.

"Doing better than me at least. Why can't I just remember any of this?" Mina asked, mentally panicking.

"Memory lapses are a totally natural aspect of life for all of us." Tsu said, comforting her. "Don't feel too bad, Mina. I'm still struggling to remember some stuff."

"Yeah but you're at least up to Chapter 10. Doing soooooo much better than me."

"...well, sometimes stuff also comes easier to people." Tsu defended herself.

"Pfft. I can't believe you people are wasting your time studying. I have my system alllllllll figured out." Mineta said, putting his feet on his desk.

"And, if I may ask, what is that?" Sero inquired.

"Obviously, it's a secret! I can't share my brilliance with anyone!" Mineta stuttered.

"Even if she was a supermodel?" Sero snarked. "In particular, Toka Anri?"

Mineta averted his gaze. "N-not even her...no matter how much she begged..."

Sero frowned once more. "Okay, I was only making a joke, but you made it weird."

"It can't be that effective anyway," Toru sighed, "Besides, I think I'm getting the hang of all this."

"Then, you should have no problem telling me who Matthew Perry is." Iida said, folding his arms. "We went over him for quite a while..."

Tooru hummed. "Uh...the guy from Friends?" Iida looked so defeated, but Tooru snickered. "I'm kidding! He pushed Japan to engage in trade with the US and requested a treaty allowing trade and the opening of Japanese ports to US merchant ships."

Iida beamed. "Thank goodness. You had me for a second."

"Helped lighten the mood a little, right?" Tooru beamed, even if no one could see her.

Jirou shook her hand a bit. "A little too 'sitcom-y' but yeah, it was fine."

"I thought it was funny." Mashirao admitted. "But just a little funny."

"Hey, a little's better than none!" Tooru cheered.

"Hey, quiz me." Kirishima insisted. "I know this stuff down cold!"

Iida was happy to see his classmate's enthusiasm. "Alright then, we'll see how much Bakugou's tutoring has paid off. What is the derivative of arcsec(x)?"

"Easy. 1/(|x|√(x²-1))." Kirishima said. Iida's eyebrows went up.

"...hm, alright." Iida hummed. "Can you take the dot product of a scalar?"

"To get the scalar quantity, the dot product of two vectors is evaluated. As a result, the dot product of a vector and a scalar is impossible."

Everyone was taken aback by Kirishima's sudden show of intelligence.

"Man, now I feel like I should've tagged along with Kirishima." Kaminari said. "Whatever Bakugou did, it worked."

Momo felt a bit sad when she heard that. "Yeah..."

Tooru noticed that and just decided to be blunt with it.

"What did Bakugo even do to help you with this?" the invisible girl asked.

"Can't tell you that- it'd ruin the secret." Kirishima said. "All I can say is, I feel like I'm seriously gonna ace the exam."

"That's good to hear, Kirishima." Izuku said. "It'd be nice to go to this summer training with everyone."

"Yeah, it feels weird- it's only been a few months, but I feel like I've known you guys since forever ago." Ochako said.

"Glad to know it's more than me," Tsu nodded.

"Of course it is!" Mina chimed in, "Almost feels like we were destined to meet."

"Bringing in destiny now? Really?" Tooru joked.

"It's called being dramatic."

"Let's just promise to stick through these exams together, okay?" Iida said. "We're getting closer and closer to becoming proper heroes- and we can conquer this roadblock together!"

The others couldn't help but cheer in agreement. Save Bakugou, of course, like he'd be caught dead cheering on with them. Ochako noticed that out of the corner of her eye, but ignored it. Whatever would happen next...they'd be ready.

"Yeah, and after we're done with the written part, we just have the practical exam!" Tooru cheered.

Ochako froze. Oh, dang! The practical exam!

"...practi...cal..." Mina began to pale.

"...am I the only who remembered?" Tooru asked.

"We've been focused on the written exam so much," Iida realized, "We never even considered the physical part."

"I'm sure it won't be that bad, right?" Kaminari said, suddenly pale. "It won't be that bad!?"

"A-ah! I dunno if my totally foolproof cheating strat will work there!" Mineta panicked. All eyes went to him. Mineta awkwardly cleared his throat. "I-I mean, foolproof studying strat!"

"...smooth recovery," Tsu quipped, "But...still, do we know anything about it?"

"Since we're still first years, it'll be like feeling around in the dark. But I can't imagine anything unusual about it," Todoroki mused, "Possibly even a more intensive version of a scenario we've already experienced."

"Oh my God, I completely forgot you could talk-" Tooru cracked a joke.

"I talk all the time." Todoroki explained.

"But not frequently." Tooru smirked.

"Back on track, we need to consider what it could be," Iida said, "Basic, battle, and rescue training are what we've dealt with so far. So it's possible they may do a more intensive version of any of those."

"Rescue would be easy to deal with...maybe," Tsu thought it over.

"I dunno if they'd have us do rescue right now, we don't know all the safety techniques like CPR and stuff." Kaminari countered.

"Maybe it will be like the entrance exam?" Aoyama suggested, "I doubt they used all the robots they had there."

"Perhaps. Though they would have to scale back the number used," Tokoyami added.

"Or toughen them up." Todoroki suggested. "We fought them again at the Sports Festival. They could change them up."

Mina couldn't help but imagine a scenario where the teachers only brought out five upgraded robots, but they could combine like any number of popular mecha, from Transformers to Super Sentai. As cool as that'd be, the hell that could be unleashed from a mecha like that would be unmatched.

"Maybe we shouldn't hope for the robots," Mina chuckled nervously.

"We should ask Mr. Aizawa. He's our teacher, he'd surely know what the exam would be." Momo said.

"Oh, true." Tooru hummed. "We'll get a straight answer from him!"

"Because you forgot the exam came in two parts?" another voice said.

"Yeah? That's what we've been talking about for the past-" Tooru turned to see who said that. If she could visibly turn pale, she'd be snow white right now, because Aizawa had just walked in.

"Before you ask, no. I'm not going to reveal the practical exam." Aizawa said. "We're trying hard to keep that underwraps."

"Oh..." the invisible girl said, deflating a bit.

"Just worry about your written portion first before getting all worked up about your practical one. You have two days before the written and four days before the practical." Aizawa said. "I'd recommend you not skimp on training yourself physically."

Still a two day break between the exam portions, much to Ochako's relief.

Let's just hope it was enough.

The written exam came and went- it was a usual 'write, write, daydream' sort of test. It was a borefest. But it was an important borefest that held impending doom in its hands.

Ochako had essentially blocked everything else out when she was going through the test, not even registering who had finished before her until after the test was finished. She wasn't among the first people to finish, but she wasn't the last. She was more in the middle, finishing around the same time as Izuku and even Tokoyami and Tsu.

Everyone was pretty shocked about Kirishima's grades- beforehand, he was scoring low grades. They weren't as bad as Mina or Kaminari, but they were notable. On all of his exams, Kirishima had gotten...As. All As.

Kirishima patted himself on the back. "I had a good tutor."

Ochako was happy to learn that she had passed, with a lot of high Bs and one A. The Omnitrix wielder felt so accomplished and happy- she threw herself a little celebration at her apartment.

At lunch the next day, grades were being discussed. Kaminari sighed in relief.

"Didn't fail, but didn't do terribly. 65," the shock-Quirk user said, "You, Mina?"

"69." Mina said simply.

"Nice."

"Nice." Mina agreed.

"...I failed...so much..." Mineta groaned, looking at his multiple D and E grades.

"Called it," Tooru smirked.

"What did you get?" Tsu asked.

"76, somehow!"

"Wooow, that's pretty good." Tsu smiled.

"Right? So much better than my usual grades!" Tooru beamed.

"What'd you get?" the invisible student asked.

"80s, pretty average for me. Not gonna beat myself up about it like Tokoyami is." Tsu pointed over to Tokoyami, who was sulking.

"Truly, that exam was a mad banquet of darkness…" Tokoyami said.

"Someone's being dramatic," Tooru joked, "What about the two smartest people in class? You guys didn't miss a single question right?"

"Nope." Todoroki said, not realizing Tooru was joking.

"Perfect marks, all across!" Momo smiled.

"Knew it!" the invisible smirked.

"It's nice that, uh, most of us passed," Izuku said, his eyes shifting to Mineta when he said "most," "but we shouldn't get too overconfident. We still have the practical exam to worry about."

"Agreed. Though, with so little known about it, that does seem like more of a challenge," Iida chimed in.

"Even if they only tell us at the last minute, we'll need to be-" Izuku was interrupted when something smacked into the back of the eager student's head. "Ow!"

"Ah, sorry. My tray couldn't get around that big head of yours." A very snarky voice said. Making his appearance for the first time today was Class 1-B's Monoma. Get ready for some snark, people.

"Monoma of Class B, right?" Iida asked. "That was very rude of you-"

"Oh, so the attention seekers know my name." Monoma blurted. "Good."

Everyone at the table rolled their eyes.

Iida sighed. "I don't exactly appreciate you bumping into my friend's head like that, and I can tell you did it on purpose-"

"Rich coming from the Hero Killer chaser." Monoma grinned. Iida looked offended. "Guess the sport's festival wasn't enough. You just keep getting attention with one stunt after another, don't you? What, do you think the 'clout' you chase after will make you a more popular hero? Pathetic! Hero work is a dangerous job, not meant for imbeciles like you!"

The table just looked at Momoma with a bunch of blank expressions.

"...okay? Kind of a weird thing to say." Ochako frowned.

"ESPECIALLY when you went out of your way to hurt Izuku." Tooru pointed out.

"I'm just worried that one of these days, we're all gonna get swept up in your antics and we'll be the injured party this t-" Monoma was suddenly chopped in the shoulder by someone. He fell to the ground, twitching in pain. Everyone (except Todoroki, who was focused on his meal) looked down to the ground.

Itsuki Kendo grabbed the boy from off the ground. "Sorry about that. He's been like this for the past few weeks."

"Thank you, Miss Kendo." Iida said, bowing his head. "I didn't want to 'cross' into your line of jurisdiction with your class."

Kendo sighed. "It's fine. Monoma is...passionate about our class."

If you want to call it that, Ochako thought.

"I heard you guys talking about the practical exam. I'm pretty worried about it too." Kendo looked around the room, and leaned in. "Buuut...Uraraka's in the ball park, from what I heard."

Izuku piped up. "Wait, really?"

"Who's your source on this?" Tsu demanded.

"I know one of the older students- she's a bubbly one, but she knows her way around UA. It's a little unfair the teachers haven't told any of us yet…" Kendo explained.

Izuku slapped his forehead. "Not unfair at all! Preliminary intel gathering is just one aspect of the exam...why didn't I think to ask the second or third years...?"

Kendo looked pretty confused.

"That's our version of Monoma's ramblings." Ochako pointed out.

"They're very inoffensive." Iida added.

"Kendo, we had an intel advantage over them…" Monoma whined. "That was our chance to do better than them...those detestable ba-"

Kendo smacked him again. "They're not detestable." She then dragged him away.

Todoroki looked up from his meal. "She seems nice." He added. Everyone agreed.

"It's just...the robots?" Kaminari repeated.

"Again?" Mina asked, getting close.

"From what Kendo said." Izuku nodded.

"So there's less worry about that." Ochako said.

Shoji hummed. "You two always need to dial back your quirks to face off against human opponents, but with robots…"

"Against robots, it's an easy win! We can go all out!" Mina beamed.

"No need to worry about hurting someone, too. Summer training camp, here we come!" Kaminari cheered.

A desk chair moved back. Bakugo stood up. "Please. Humans or robots, I'd just blast them all. What's the big deal, moron?"

Kaminari huffed. "Who are you calling a moron, moron?"

"Says the moron who can't figure out how to dial back their power AND loses brain cells from it." Bakugou scoffed.

Kaminari deflated. Bakugou's attention turned to Izuku.

"Hey, Deku!" Izuku turned to face him. "You're getting better at controlling your quirk. Stop pissing me off like that. I'm not looking for some hollow victory like at the sports festival. When it comes to our term grades, I'll make sure I score so damn high that it'll make your grades look like shit!" Bakugou pointed a finger at Todoroki. "And same to you, you half and half bastard."

"Heyyyyyyyyyyy buddy, how about we just get back to helping ME study?" Kirisihima came up from behind and awkwardly tugged on Bakugou's shoulder.

"Whatever…" Bakugou threw the door open and slammed it hard enough that the door almost came off its track.

"Geez. Is he on his period or something?" Mineta scoffed. A bunch of girls shot the pervert an angry look. "Oh, what? I know 5 girls who would've laughed at that."

Yeah right. Ochako said, rolling her eyes.

"Bakugou sure is fired up for exams." Iida noted.

Satou scratched his head. "I haven't seen him fired up like this in a while. Just when I thought we'd have quieter lives…"

"Is it uneasiness? Or sheer hatred?" Tokoyami wondered aloud.

Bakugou and Kirishima walked down the hall, with Bakugou still seething. Kirishima was trying to get him out of this horrid mood- both of them were unaware of Aizawa, watching the two.

Aizawa sighed. Bakugou...you're going south faster than I thought.

It was a sunny morning when Class 1-A of gathered to take the exam. They were dressed in their hero costumes, ready to take on the practical exam that would determine whether or not they passed this semester.

Aizawa was waiting for them at the entrance, looking as stoic as ever. "Alright, let's go down to the test site," he said, gesturing towards the bus that was parked nearby.

The students got onto the bus, chatting excitedly about what the practical exam might entail. Some were nervous, while others were confident in their abilities. Ochako sat quietly on the bus and looked out the window at the passing scenery. Her heart was beating fast in her chest, and her hands were shaky. She couldn't help being nervous about the practical exam.

She had worked hard all semester to get better, but the idea of failing made her feel terrible. She couldn't help but feel jealous of the other students' confidence as she watched them talk and laugh. They all seemed so sure of themselves, but she felt like she was barely holding it together.

Ochako inhaled deeply and tried to calm down. She thought about how hard she had worked and how far she had come. After all, Ben chose her for a reason.

When they arrived at the test site, Ochako stepped off the bus. The first thing Ochako took note of was how many teachers there were at the examination grounds. Aizawa, Present Mic, Number 13, Cementoss, Snipe, Ectoplasm, Midnight- what was going on? Ochako's heart started pounding even harder as she saw all the teachers gathered at the examination grounds. She couldn't understand why there were so many of them there.

Aizawa cleared his throat. "Please note- it's possible to pass the written exam and fail the practical. Don't mess this up." Ochako clenched her fist. She knew she couldn't fail here- especially with all the hard work she put in.

"Knowing you guys, you probably asked around about the exam for a vague idea." Aizawa guessed correctly.

"We know it's a robot rumble. Like the entrance exam." Kaminari said.

"Bring on the metalheads!" Mina cheered.

Principal Nedzu suddenly popped up- out of Aizawa's scarf. "Not quite! We decided to 'revise' this year." Was he in there the entire bus ride over?

Mina and Kaminari's faces fell- OH, God.

"Revise?" Momo repeated.

Nedzu hopped down from Aizawa's scarf and onto the ground. "We've decided that starting this year, we'll focus on placing you in groups of four and pitting you against flesh and blood opponents. It is vital that our instruction reflects practical experience."

Ochako suddenly got a weird feeling in her stomach. "Wait...does that mean…"

"Indeed! You'll be fighting...us teachers." Nedzu grinned. The class flinched at that.

"And here are your groups!" Nedzu handed out a sheet of paper with names on it. Ochako's name was at the top…

Group 1:

Uraraka Ochako

Izuku Midoriya

Kirishima Eijiro

Bakugou Katsuki

Group 2:

Momo Yaoyorozu

Shoto Todoroki

Kyoka Jiro

Mina Ashido

Group 3:

Hanta Sero

Mashirao Ojiro

Koji Kouda

Tooru Hagakure

Group 4:

Mineta Minoru

Rikido Sato

Tsuyu Asui

Mezo Shoji

Group 5:

Iida Tenya

Kaminari Denki

Yuga Aoyoma

Fumikage Tokoyami

Her? In a group with Izuku and Bakugou? Uh oh.

"Deku…" Bakugou glared daggers at Izuku, before Kirishima got in between the gaze.

"Ahahaha, nice! We're…we're working together." Kirishima said.

Izuku nervously looked away, and shuddered. "A-and who's our opponent?"

"That would be me." All Might stepped forward, grinning. "I am here!"

Ochako gulped. She'd faced aliens, robots and misguided kids- but she NEVER thought she would ever take on the Symbol of Peace…

This was going to be a ROUGH exam.

"Group 2...you'll be facing off against me." Aizawa smirked. "I can't promise that I'll be any easy opponent."

Momo clenched her fist- she was ready for the exam.

"Group 3, you'll be facing off against me." Ectoplasm said. "You've seen some of your exam grades...I expect all of you to fight like your life depends on it."

The group (sans Ojiro) all gasped. That wasn't a good sign.

"That was a joke. Most of your grades were fine." Ectoplasm said.

Tooru clutched her chest. "That's a relief…"

Midnight stepped forward. "Group 4, you're up against me."

"R-really?" Mineta's eyes widened.

Midnight frowned. "Yes, and I will be a VERY harsh grader, MINETA."

Mineta looked starstruck. "S-she knows my name…" Mineta drooled.

"...uh, duh? She's a teacher. She knows all our names." Satou said, slapping him upside the head with REALITY.

"And that leaves our group...who are we to face?" Iida asked.

Nedzu stepped forward. "And Group 5 will be going up against me."

"You're getting involved in this as well, principal?" Iida asked. He was taken aback by this news.

"Of course! Why would I not be?" Nedzu laughed.

"I dunno- we've never really seen you fight." Tsu said.

"Oh, I don't fight." Nedzu took a long swig of his coffee. "I destroy."

The group watched the principal walk away. There were red flags alllll around that response.

"Now, 5 stages have been prepared. All teams will begin simultaneously. The test guidelines will be explained by your respective opponents." Aizawa said. "All the stages are on school grounds- please report to your respective buses."

Aizawa motioned over to some buses that had the digits 1-5 on their backs. Ochako took a deep breath, as she and the others walked towards their buses. The students shouted words of encouragement to one another, but all of their stress levels had honestly sky rocketed. Bakugou was walking ahead of Ochako and the others, trying to avoid conversation.

"Something tells me he's not gonna be in the mood to strategize." Ochako shook her head.

"I'm just glad it's not gonna just be me and him taking on All Might alone. I dunno if we could've done that." Izuku sighed.

"Man...I was so ready to smash up some robots again." Kirishima pouted. "I did pretty good with that."

"That's right!" Izuku remembered. "I forgot that you ranked second in the entrance exam."

Kirishima snickered. "Yeah- I had a healthy mix of villain and rescue points. It was pretty great. Should've seen the looks on my folks face when I told them I got second…"

Ochako tried to imagine what Kirishima's parents looked like- all she could see was just a shark-like woman and a hyper masculine man all throwing confetti for their son. Ochako shook her head.

"And I ranked third...do you think they grouped us together because of that?" Ochako guessed.

"Maybe- but Iida scored higher than me. It'd make sense for him to make my place over him." Izuku said.

"Maybe it's because we've got synergy." Ochako guessed.

"Yeah- you and Midoryia have some serious chemistry," Kirshima began, making the two blush. "...In terms of powers. He wrecks the environment, you use it to your advantage with your zero gravity quirk...then with me and Bakugou, I can withstand any blast he could throw my way."

"That could be it- Kirishima and I are well rounded attackers, Ochako is our 'support' and Bakugou is our hyper offensive attacker." Izuku theorized.

"So, there's that...but why have US go up against All Might?" Ochako asked.

Neither Izuku or Kirishima could come up with an answer with that. But All Might knew exactly why…

When the teachers of the first years all gathered together, they had to decide who to pair up with who, and that required rigorous debate.

"...the kids need to work on communicating skills, so let's have him face off against an overwhelming opponent with a bunch of support class heroes- Ectoplasm, how would you feel taking up the task?" Aizawa asked.

"I feel like I'm more than ready." Ectoplasm nodded. "Shouldn't take much to back them into a corner and put them out of their comfort zone."

"Momo's group has a similar idea to it. Momo may be a genius, but she falters when deciding and acting in the moment." Aizawa said. "We have two fighters who are heavily reliant on their mutant quirks, and one who's clearly out of element without any elements. I'll erase their quirks and exploit their weaknesses. Any objections?"

"Sounds right to me." Midnight said. "...so, I'm facing Mineta?"

"Yes."

"I'm gonna straighten that kid out for some comments he's been making…" Midnight said, a slight malicious grin on her face. Aizawa understood why.

"Now, All Might…" Aizawa said, turning to him.

"Yes, I wanted to ask- why put Bakugou and Midoryia on the same team?" All Might asked, flipping through the document.

Aizawa glared at All Might. "They're on bad terms, and I'm hoping put them in a situation with people they're familiar with could help 'buffer' out some of their issues."

"I see...interesting." All Might was skeptical, but still willing to try.

"We also know how you've been a very vocal supporter of Midoriya- we figured having YOU face him could be a good way to guide him." Nedzu said.

All Might hummed. "My mentor did the same for me...so, I suppose I'll do the same back."

The bus ride over was very awkward. Ochako, Izuku and Kirishima sat close to one another, All Might was up near the front and Bakugou was in the back.

All Might was attempting to keep some camaraderie up by making odd bits of conversation. "So...any plans for the summer?"

Kirishima hummed. "Dunno- the summer training isn't until August, so we have a few weeks to do whatever. I haven't really thought about that."

"Uh...I guess training?" Izuku shrugged.

"Trying not to sweat to death in my apartment." Ochako said, looking away. You had to sacrifice the necessities to survive.

Bakugou said nothing.

"Ah, yes- I remember my first time at the summer training regiment." All Might sighed, thinking to his glory days. His 'better days'.

"What was it like?" Kirishima asked, invested.

"The camps usually emphasize honing your quirks- so, I was fighting all day! No breaks, just fighting!" All Might laughed.

Izuku, Kirishima and Ochako shared a look.

"Oh, trust me. I got off easy. My classmates like the Skipper had to spend all day underwater, swimming around...The Basalt Bowman had to hit targets from miles away, constantly producing arrows from his body...oh, and Triumph-!" All Might went on, before the bus suddenly stopped. "Ah, we're here already? Shame- I wanted to reminisce more about my past-"

Bakugou stood up, and stormed out the door. "Write a damn autobiography if you wanna ramble. Let's get this over with."

All Might watched Bakugou leave. He nervously coughed. "R-right, then."

The four of them left the bus, and stood before the gates of the testing ground. "Woah, Cementoss went all out on this testing ground." Kirishima laughed. "Where's his Pritzker Prize?"

"It looks like downtown Kyoto." Izuku said.

"So, All Might. How does this test work?" Ochako asked.

"Allow me to fully explain." All Might held up a pair of handcuffs. "The time limit for your exam is 30 minutes! Your objective is to either get these handcuffs on me, or have two or more people escape from the stage. The test is meant to simulate a true battle as closely as possible. Think of me...as the Symbol of Fear!" All Might's costume suddenly changed color- it lost its usual red, blue and yellow color and became black and white.

Izuku gasped. "Oh my god, the Bronze Age costume-!" He geeked.

"Shut up…" Bakugou muttered.

"Now, if we do meet in battle and win, that's just fine. However, if you find yourself overwhelmed, fleeing and calling for help may be your best option." All Might explained.

"Like our battle training." Kirishima nodded. "Good way to tie up the semester."

"Fight or flight...okay, simple enough. It's based on decision making." Ochako hummed.

"Are you sure we can just run off? You're on another level than any of the drones we fought." Izuku asked.

"I'm glad you asked, young Midoryia!" All Might pulled out something from behind his back. It looked like an ankle weight of some sort. "Behold, the Support Course's Ultra Compressed Weights! It's a handicap, made to weigh me down with a whole extra fifty percent of my own body weight. Supposed to stimulate slower movements and stamina drains." All Might put the multiple weights on his wrists and legs. "Shoot, it's heavier than I thought it'd be."

Bakugou scoffed again. "Trying to bring this fight down to our level or something? That's an insult.

All Might laughed. "We'll see about that...now, report to the center of the city! When everyone else is in place...the exam will begin."

The gang began to plot as they made their way to the center.

"I recommend that we avoid battle." Izuku started.

"Agreed—weak or not, it's still All Might. Everyone watched him punch Nomu into the sky." Ochako said.

"I have no idea how weak those bracers are making All Might, but if push comes to shove, I could take some attacks from him- my hardening quirk's been improving." Kirishima boasted.

"I've been meaning to ask, is there any 'limit' to your power?" Izuku asked. If he had his notebook right now, he'd be writing this all down. "Momo has to rely on lipids, Hanta's tape, as I've theorized, is made from Vitamin D, which explains his dry skin and-"

"I guess my stamina? I lose stamina from trying to keep my Quirk active, overextending myself. I was so focused on buffing up my own defense, I neglected that…" Kirishima said.

"I have a few attack ideas, if we ever get into battle." Ochako said. "A lot of them involve throwing you at All Might, since you're probably the only one of us who can take multiple hits. Or having you and Izuku wreck the pavement so I can use the surroundings to my advantage."

"Look at you, getting in the mindset." Kirishima smirked. "Bakugou could help too, he could wreck some of the buildings-"

"I'm not getting involved with your plans." Bakugou said flatly, not bothering to turn around.

The group froze.

"Yes, you are. This is a group effort-" Ochako argued.

"And you'll just slow me down. You guys can run, but I'm gonna beat him down." Bakugou scoffed.

"No, we're better off avoiding battle." Ochako said, crossing her arms.

Bakugou laughed. "Bullshit. Beating him down is the best option! We'll let him toy with us until the very end- then, when he's exhausted, I'll let him have it!"

Izuku and Ochako shared a look.

"This is All Might we're talking about. Even with his handicap, there's no way you can beat him, Kaccha-"

Bakugou turned around and backhanded Izuku in the face. Deku collapsed to the ground, gripping his face in pain.

"Deku!" Ochako rushed over to help Izuku.

Kirishima was pissed. "Dude, what the hell is the matter with you!? You don't hit your teammate!"

"Stop. Talking. You think you're all that!? It's pissing me off." Bakugou growled. Ochako clenched her fist. Bakugou took notice.

"What, you gonna take another swing at me now?" Bakugou grinned. "Your new job got fired up, just because you took out some stupid thugs?"

Kirishima tilted his head. Job?

"Yeah, I'm angry!" Ochako said. "We're up against the best of the best, and one of my teammates is acting like a real…real…DICK!"

"You need to work with us, Kacchan!" Izuku said. "It's our only way of passing the exam!"

"FORGET IT!" Bakugou yelled. "You think I need your stinking powers to pass!?"

Izuku looked angry- Ochako had never seen Izuku that enraged. Even when the Nomu was attacking them back at the USJ.

"Stop yelling for ONCE! This is why we can never actually talk!" Izuku yelled back.

The building beside them suddenly exploded, thanks to a single punch from All Might. The force of the blow sent the four students flying back, and wrecked the downtown area of the city.

All Might walked out from the dust, wearing a notably grim visage. The signature smile on his face was nowhere to be seen, and that black and white costume made him feel menacing.

"Think of this as just a test, and you're gonna have a baaaaaaaad time, heroes." All Might said, with one of his eyes glowing...

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