Izuku stared at the fake bomb that stood in the middle of the room with a frown on his face. While he did enjoy the exercise, the changes that had happened had thrown him a little off balance but they were nothing big so he shouldn't worry too much about them.

"I feel like we were given quite a heavy hand…" Kendo complained as she looked out the window to where the heroes were waiting for their queue to begin the exercise. Izuku sighed, he couldn't blame her, anyone would think that when they saw who they were against.

At the bottom of the building, looking up at them was a girl with pink skin and hair, while Mina was certainly a tricky opponent. The real monster stood next to her, the two toned hair boy, Todoroki Shouto, son of the number two hero and possible future number one.

His quirk allows him to freeze and burn things with ease making him a powerhouse in a different level to the rest of the class… Or at least he would say that if he was the Todoroki of the future, but now? He was just a kid with daddy issues, something that Izuku could easily use to not only win against him but also push him forward earlier than before.

Taking a deep breath, a smile fell on his lips as he turned to look at his companion with a wicked shine in his eyes "Don't worry, the fight hasn't even started so let's show those heroes who they are up against" and he got a determined nod from her before he began explaining his plan.

--

After the initial five minutes were up, the heroes began to move towards the building and Izuku couldn't help the smile that came as he watched Todoroki stop Mina before she could walk in.

He walked away from the window and turned to Kendo "It's starting, you remember your part?" he asked her and she nodded and he smiled at her as his hands were engulfed by his flames "Good, then let's get this party started"

In his last life, Todoroki wanted to show the difference between him and the others as he cleared the entire exercise by himself and his ice but this time things wouldn't be going his way.

Kendo quickly hid behind the bomb and seconds later the temperature dropped as Todoroki used his ice to freeze the entire building but Izuku didn't stay still, as soon as the ice began to creep into the room he used his quirk to engulf the room with flames but made sure to go around Kendo and the bomb as to not hurt them.

And just like that, the ice melted and evaporated in seconds, completely ruining the ice users plan and giving them a fighting chance.

"Okay, that the first step, now for the hard part" He looked back at Kendo who was, thankfully, intact "Remember, we need to tire them out first or else we won't have any chance at winning"

"Don't worry, I won't let her past me" She gave him a confident smile as the two of them went their different ways.

That's right, the plan was to stall until the time ran out. Fighting either of them head on would be dangerous since Mina at this point focuses on speed with her acid and Todoroki would not hesitate to try and make a glacier in the middle of the corridor so the best thing to do is tire them out.

They both share a similar weakness, the longer the battle goes, the weaker they get.

If Todoroki uses his ice for too long without using his fire he begins getting frostbite and Mina's acid will begin to hurt her so it's just a matter of time before they fall. Oh, and talking about the devil, look who arrived.

Izuku and Todoroki locked eyes across the hallway, seeing him completely free from the ice made his eyes harden(or his singular eye since the other one was covered by his suit which looked a lot worse than he remembered) "Out of my way" he coldly demanded.

Izuku clicked his tongue and muttered "forgot how rude you were…" which got him a small raise of an eyebrow but he just ignored it as he raised his hand and pointed at him "Sorry but I can't let you pass that easily or else this exercise would mean nothing" he then gave his best smile and waved his hand sending a wave of fire towards him which Todoroki blocked with a wall of ice.

As both powers met each other, a thick cloud of fog covered the hallway making it impossible for the two teens to see each other, although it only affected Todoroki since Izuku had already activated Search and Heat vision to see his surroundings.

Todoroki took a step back and looked around trying to guess where Midoriya could be. He had a strong fire quirk so he would most likely try to use another attack like that in a large scale to try and get him so the best thing would be to make a shield to avoid the- "Uugh!" His train of thought was rudely interrupted when a sudden fist struck him on the nose making him stumble back and he barely got a glimpse of Izuku going back into the fog.

He punched him, really hard, was his nose bleeding? Oh it definitely was, he had not thought about him just running up to him and giving him a right hook, usually if you have a good distance related quirk you stay away but he decided to play it bold, this was already looking to be a lot more difficult than he originally thought.

This time he did his best to try and listen for any clues on where the next attack could come from and then he heard a soft tap behind him and quickly make a wall of ice only to watch in shock as an armored shoe broke through the ice, shattering it to pieces like it was glass.

Izuku then tried to send another fist his direction but he pushed himself away by making a much thicker wall of ice in between the two of them but that also couldn't hold for long as the flames quickly melted a hole through it which Izuku jumped through and rushed towards him.

Todoroki clenched his fist and focused everything he had into his right side making the temperature drop exponentially making ice appear all around him and some to cover his hand and then he clapped his hands as from the walls around them ice shot forwards and captured Izuku and freezing everything from his arms under.

Todoroki gasped for air as he could feel his hand shaking, the effects of over exerting himself already apparent with the frost that covered some of his face but he could relax as he looked at the trapped greenette in the ice "It's over" he stated.

Izuku laughed and gave him a predatory smile as his throat began to shine a bright orange "You sure about that, buddy?"

--

"Brrr, I'm starting to regret not adding enough fur to this thing" Mina complained about the cold as she skated across the building using her acid and raised her eyebrows in surprise when she heard a loud boom coming from another part of the building and then stopping with a bitter smile as she looked at the girl in front of her "I guess our plan didn't work"

"Nope sorry, Midoriya is just really good at being a heat lamp" Kendo joked as she got into position to fight.

Mina gulped as she tried to think of a way around the girl, she had the advantage of speed on her side so if she is able to avoid a grapple then she should be able to get out easily.

Small ball of acid formed in her hands and threw them at the girl before dashing forward and taking the chance only to be met with a giant hand that almost crushes her and blocks her path.

This time it's Kendo who strikes back and swings her giant fist at Mina but the pink girl is much faster and is able to slip backwards making the hand crash into a wall breaking it apart, her face goes pale at the strength of her punches.

Kendo launches a barrage of fists but Mina is able to avoid them all with her acid and lets them hit the walls and floor but by the end of it she can feel her stomach drop as she realizes her mistake as she looks at the hallway.

It's completely destroyed.

The ground is broken and covered in rubble from where Kendo had struck and that made using her acid to move imposible, Kendo on the other hand had a smug smile as she looked at the panicking pink girl.

This type of battle field was planned to balance the scales against Mina since she wouldn't be capable of skating along the floor and would be forced into an equal fight. Taking the chance, Kendo rushed forward with her hands this time in their normal size and sent strike after strike against the pink girl.

The thing about Kendo is that she didn't design her hero suit like a qipao for nothing, ever since she was young she had grown an interest into chinese martial arts even if they had been from movies and shows, she spend her years training and managed to incorporate her quirk into the style while following her dreams of becoming a hero and for that she was only a little ahead of others as she had a grasp of martial arts which could easily be overpowered by someone with a stronger quirk, but in this fight, as she slowly backed Mina against a wall, she had the upper hand.

But the pinkette wasn't going to let herself be caught that easily as she let more of her acid drip from her hands, she had to drop the acidity to a level where it only stung someone's skin since she didn't want to hurt her classmates, and swung her arm forward sending her acid directly at Kendo who ducked, quickly avoiding the acid and then stretched her leg and sweeped Mina of her feet.

While the pink haired girl may lack fighting knowledge, the one thing she is the most proud of is her body control.

She reacted quickly and threw her hands back and shifted her body just like she had learned making her land on a handstand, she sent Kendo a smile before drooping down and beginning to spin forcing the other girl to step away to avoid being kicked in the face.

She quickly pushed herself back up and stared down at her opponent with a smile before rushing forward once again.

--

Izuku looked down at the boy that stood on his knees in front of him, gasping for air and shivering from the cold "What a let down…" he said looking at Todoroki.

"What?"

"I said that you're a let down, did I expect too much?" he said as he extinguished the fire in his hands "So much for the son of Endeavor"

Todoroki clenched his teeth and glared at Izuku who shook off the small pieces of frost on his suit "I'm not like him"

"I never said you were, I just thought you were going to be better" Midoriya just shrugged "Like seriously, son of one of the top heroes, an amazing quirk, one would think that you could be in a level of your own but here you are…" he walked closer to him and crouched down to his level while giving him disapproving look.

Todorokis eyes burned with anger "I'm giving it my all, who are you to tell me how to do things?"

"I'm someone who is planning to become a hero and save people, unlike you who is only going to get others killed" he then flicked him on the nose.

"I can become a hero and I can save others!' he barked back as the anger of someone looking down at him even with all the effort he had put into it.

"Maybe, but you'll never be a good hero if you keep doing this" Izuku pointed at his face.

"Doing what?"

"Giving a half-assed effort" he stated.

"Half-assed? I can easily win against any other student, how is that half-assed?" Todoroki asked.

"Yeah, you could definitely win against most but that's only because of how strong your quirk is, but if we are talking about you in specific, you're the weakest out of everyone" he simply stated.

Todoroki only looked at him with a mixture of anger and confusion and Izuku sighed "You haven't even noticed have you? Everyone is doing their best with what they were given, right now my teammate is stalling for time against yours and I can tell you with complete certainty that they are both giving it their all and meanwhile, look at you, shivering in cold because you are giving yourself a handicap"

Todoroki quickly glanced at his left side which was being completely covered by his suit before looking down "I won't use it, I won't ever use his damned fire"

Izuku raised an eyebrow, even if he already knew everything, and asked "His? Do you mean your fathers?" Todoroki didn't answer but that was more than enough for him "Jezz, you're worse than I imagined, what do you mean by his fire?"

"That bastard ruined our family, ruined my… I won't use his power no matter what" Todoroki said, his hands bundled into tight fists beside him.

"His power?" Izuku muttered again and took a deep breath. He had prepared for this so let's throw those dice, he crossed his arms and asked "Todoroki, who am I fighting right now?"

"Wha-" Izuku cut him off "Answer"

"...me"

"Okay, whose ice is this?"

"Mine"

"Good, now, whose fire is that?" he said poking his left arm

"My fathers"

"Wrong" Izuku immediately countered "Don't tell me you already forgot the first question, okay answer this, is Endeavor here?"

"No, what does this-" he was once more cut off "I'm not done yet"

"Okay, so Endeavor isn't here, we've established, so can you still say that those flames are his?"

"Yes, they are the ones that hurt my family, that's why-"

"Did you hurt your family?" Izuku suddenly asked.

"...what?" Todoroki looked at him with shock in his eyes, did he… did he think he…

"I asked, did you hurt your family? Did you use those flames to hurt anyone in your family?" Izuku asked with a bored expression staring at Todorokis face.

"N-no, I would never…" Todoroki tried to defend himself only for Izuku to stand up.

"Okay, then let's sum it up, the person I am fighting is Todoroki Shouto, and he has been using his ice to fight but not his fire"

"It's not-"

"God, do I have to spell it to you? Endeavour isn't here, he isn't the one that's fighting me, it's you Todoroki and that goes to those flames too, your father isn't here to tell you what to do so get it through your head already, that power is yours Todoroki and noone elses, you're the only one that gets to decide how to use them, you got it?"

Last time he used those words, he had been able to get through to him but it had been under very different circumstances and yet right now, Todoroki stared at the ground with wide eyes as the words slowly sank into his heart, although they were rough, their true meaning did not escape him.

Izuku then smiled at himself as he saw the small but growing fruits of his labor, if he kept things as they were going, Todoroki should be able to use his fire earlier than last time.

Suddenly a loud bell rang out catching everyone's attention and Izuku inwardly smiled as he heard the loud voice of his teacher " TIME'S UP! THE VILLAINS HAVE MANAGED TO KEEP THE BOMB SAFE THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXCERCISE THUS THEY ARE THE WINNERS !!"

Izuku couldn't help his smile as he heard the announcement, his plan had worked. He turned to look at Todoroki who still looked at the ground but raised his head when he saw a hand, Izuku was stretching his hand out to him with a small smile "Come on, everyone is waiting for us"

Todoroki blinked and for a few seconds didn't do anything before slowly taking his hand with his help get back on his feet and walk back to their class.

"Since that has finally ended, can anyone tell me who was the mvp of the match?" Aizawa asked as he waved at the four students lined up in front of them all.

Kendo and Mina stood straight covered in bruises from their fight, Todoroki had a blanket over him to fight off the cold from his quirk while he looked down clearly thinking about something, and Izuku stood with a relaxed pose and was the one with the least of injuries out of all of them.

Izuku's eyes automatically went to the girl he knew would answer but was surprised to see a conflicted look on her face before she finally spoke.

"If I had to choose, the option would be really close between Midoriya and Kendo" Yaoyorozu began "They both handled the situation with cool heads and worked well together but if we had to choose, the answer would be Midoriya. He was able to devise a counter strategy against their opponents based on their weaknesses and how to exploit them while making it around their own strengths as we could see with his fight with Todoroki, not only could he easily use his quirk to counter the ice attacks but also use the fog created by their crash for his own gain in the battle"

Aizawa simply nodded since the girl had easily said the same thing he had been thinking while watching the match.

That boy had proved to him just how good the control over his quirk and his body is in their spar but today he showed off his mental abilities, if he used that mind of his he could reach great height even with a weak quirk.

But, he thought back to his original doubts about the boy, it was all too abnormal for a normal child, even the other students that came from recommendation barely hold a candle against him.

He frowned as he thought, could this be a rare talent or maybe… something darker.

Izuku laughed and smiled "Why Yaoyorozu, you almost make me sound like a villain" he teased.

The black haired girl gave him a formal yet friendly smile "Well, wasn't that the assignment after all?"