Disclaimer: I don't own My Hero Academia. All rights for it belong to Kohei Horikoshi.

Finals from Hell: It's Over

The observation room was now silent. They were down to the last 6 students who didn't have their final exam yet. It was Momo, Setsuna, Neito, Izuku, Togaru, and Shoto. The teachers that oppose them are Nezu, Aizawa, and All Might. All of them were fearsome opponents for one can make the sky rain with a punch, one is a super-intelligent rat who can give you nightmares by laughing near you, and the last one was a person who can make you entirely helpless with one stare.

"I wish you all success," Ibara stated but she bit her lip, "But I have to say that I'm extremely happy that I'm not the one facing any of those three, especially All Might." She shivered a lot imagining herself facing the hero, "Thanks the heavens I'm not the one going to face him."

Setsuna glared at her, "Rubbing it in our faces, aren't you?" she sent a finger and flicked Ibara on the forehead, "Never took you for that kind of person, Ibara. I thought you were an honest hometown girl, but turns out underneath you're a completely different person."

Ibara went to reply but stopped herself. She simply stated, "Every one of us has a couple of skeletons in our closet. Don't be so surprised, Setsuna. I am sure you have yours," the religious girl had a smirk on her face that doesn't match her personality, "and specifically a green-haired skeleton." Everyone was shocked at the retort but was impressed by Ibara.

Setsuna was beyond belief. Did the virgin Mary just tease her? This had to be rectified…

The girl never had a chance to fire back, because the speakers came to life, "Setsuna Tokage from class 1-B and Momo Yaoyoruzu from class 1-A. please report to the bus that will take you to the examination site." Both girls stood up and walked to the exit, but Tokage glared at Ibara.

Izuku yelled, "Good luck, Setchan. I hope you pass. I believe in you." The green-haired girl smiled at him and he then quickly added, "And you too, Yaoyoruzu. I hope you pass too."

The black-haired girl sweat-dropped at how easily she was forgotten by the boy but said, "Thanks, Midoriya. Good luck on your exam too."

Setsuna went quickly and gave Izuku a hug saying, "Expect more of these when we get together and married eventually." The boy steamed and fell over as the girl ran to catch up to Momo.

Bondo came to Izuku's aid, "Midoriya, hang on, man." He slapped him on the cheek, "You can't just die from flirting. The world still needs you." Izuku's soul was currently trying to leave his body.

Izuku came back from the dead, "I'm fine. I was just overwhelmed by her for a moment."

Rin said, "Dude, shouldn't you be used to her by now? She teases like every second of the day." the boy laughed a bit, "I mean I'm sure I'd be used to her by now."

Tetsu came to Izuku, "Man, Midoriya. I get that you're shy around girls and stuff and that Tokage is the greatest flirt of our century," he looked at the boy with a serious expression, "But you need to get a hold of yourself. I mean I heard some fangirls throw their bras at heroes they like."

This made not just Izuku blush a terrible shade of red, but the entire male and female population of the room. Tetsu suddenly felt things get thrown at him by the girls who were calling him a pervert.

Minutes later, Tetsu was out like a light after having the beatdown of the century by the girls.

Most of the boys meanwhile, were huddled in a corner afraid of what the girls might do to them if they did anything wrong. Yeah, it was official… the boys are terrified of this year's hero course girls.

On the bus, Momo and Setsuna sat together discussing who their opponent might be. Momo went first, "It seems obvious there are multiple factors as to why we are being paired together. First of them is our intellect. The second is our rather unique quirks which require a lot of creativity to use. And finally, our relationship with each other is fairly strong. We knew each other from the recommendation exams and kept in contact."

Setsuna added, "Yeah don't forget our versatility in multiple situations. Both of us can go from relief to combat in a moment's blink. Add to that, we both have a keen eye for strategy."

Momo nodded, "Now, let's go into our weakness. First, on the list, our quirks themselves are one of our weaknesses. We both seem to rely heavily on them. So, if they wanted to put us in the wringer, they might force us to face my homeroom teacher Aizawa-sensei. His quirk will render us helpless and force us to fight him quirkless on his own terms which is an idea I don't savor…"

Setsuna nodded. She heard Izuku's analysis about 1-A's homeroom teacher, and she had to say his fighting style is impressive. If she had to assume what would happen, he will mostly likely go after Momo, and then tail Setsuna. The reason behind that is leaving Tokage unattended will allow her to free herself and catch him off guard.

Setsuna then said, "If we face him, I suggest you make flashbangs and hardening foam hidden in disguise. That way once he reaches us, we can blind him and then quickly bag and tag him without giving him a chance to use his scarf."

Momo nodded, "That's a viable strategy. We'll need to add something that rips his scarf apart. Perhaps, we can use small smoke bombs to make it hard for him to use his scarf against us…" She stopped for a moment, "…or perhaps, we can use a machine that I read about. It was hard for me to pull the schematics, but my dad's company had something similar. It's a device that releases sonic frequencies causing people to lose their balance."

Setsuna asked, "Don't you think he has some kind of countermeasures or trained for something like this?"

Momo nodded, "I do believe so, but if we overwhelmed him with everything we have. The items I made, plus you making cuts on his body and paralyzing it with the toxin your suit has or at the very least, using two of your pieces to block his vision, we might win relatively quickly."

Setsuna nodded, "Next on our list is none other than our own humanity itself. Even though we're strong, we aren't invincible. Our quirks have needs and requirements. Mine has a timer that I have to reset every 10 minutes or so with a rest period of 1 minute and a half…"

Momo interjected, "10 minutes… I thought that you had to do it every 5 minutes…"

Tokage smirked, "Edgeshot really made me work." She shivered a little, "I'm not kidding. One time as training he forced me to stay split while he hurled knives at each part of me. Why do you think I pushed my upper limit to 50 pieces?" Momo nodded her head impressed by her friend.

Setsuna continued her explanation, "You also have a limit which is your lipid supply, and I'm 100% sure your lipids aren't endless. If that's the case, our opponent will be…"

Both girls gulped. Momo went on to create a strategy, "I think we have to escape on this one. I think the best way to do this… well, I have to say nothing comes to mind to outspeed All Might." The rich girl sighed, "But my safest bet is to have you distract him by covering his eyes while I run through the shadows to the gate. Of course, you won't be able to stop him. I'll leave traps on my way there to slow him down." Both girls shrugged helplessly at this.

A win against All Might wasn't going to be easy. In this fight, luck is the only guarantee…

Momo shook her head, "And finally, we come to another weakness. Ironically enough, it's our intellect. We both pride ourselves to be extremely smart, but what if we're put against someone who can see and perceive our strategies ahead of time? This brings us to our third option which is principal Nezu." Momo looked at Tokage, "What did Midroiya recommend to defeat him?"

Setsuna laughed awkwardly a little bit, "Well, he wrote and I quote him 'God, help those who end up with Nezu and All Might because they gonna all the help they can get.' End quote."

Momo blinked once and then twice followed by a third blink. She finally spoke, "Well, that isn't ominous at all."

Setsuna laughed, "Tell me about it. I lost my shit when I first read it."

"Well, we still have a couple of moments before we reach the examination area." Momo said, "Do you have something to add or to say to help pass the exam?"

Setsuna sat there thinking about what she might say before saying, "Man, I'm hungry. I wish Izuchan can bring me some food here."

Momo laughed a little before composing herself, "I think a bit of humor will help us relax a little."

The bus came to a stop and announced, "We have reached your final destination. Welcome to your doom. Please, leave the crying till you reach the inside of the examination site."

Both girls blinked. That wasn't ominous. It wasn't ominous at all.

Momo and Setsuna entered the examination site. The place seemed like a huge industrial site with many buildings and power plants. There were electric lines. There were buildings still in construction. There were a lot of things like garbage bins laying around.

Momo nodded in appreciation, "They sure went all out to make this place as realistic as possible."

Setsuna agreed, "Yeah, I thought for a moment this is a new upcoming city, but it makes you wonder where U.A. has all this money from." Momo agreed.

Setsuna then removed her eye and said, "I'm going to do surveillance. I might be able to find who we are fighting, so we can come up with something to work with here."

The girl sent her eye through the alleys of the place, but at some point, a bright flash of light assaulted her eye causing her to hiss in pain, "Son of bitch…"

The eye returned to the girl quickly and reattached itself. "They had something prepared for my eye traveling around. I was just hit by a flashbang directly in my eye."

Momo then said, "Okay, let me use a small drone to get an aerial view of the area."

The girl produced a drone that went high in the sky. Momo connected the drone with her hand watch, but suddenly a small missile was launched at the drone sending it down.

Momo gulped, "Well, that was unexpected. I think I have an idea who we might be facing."

Setsuna said, "Well, there's only one way to be sure." She disconnected her body and sent it high into the air and looked around. The girl saw a crane in the middle of the arena. She squinted her vision and saw a small figure waving at her from the operator's seat of the crane.

Tokage gulped, but she then heard a click. On the top of the buildings were multiple machine guns that began firing rubber bullets at her. The girl disconnected her body into many pieces and went to Momo panting.

"I guess our assumption is right," Momo said before hearing a sound. It sounded like heavy machinery at work. Suddenly, the buildings around them began to collapse making both girls run, "Our opponent is none other than…"

In the crane, Nezu laughed, "…me, principal Nezu. Good luck, girls."

Momo made a small bomb and threw it toward a building. The bomb exploded making an opening into the building, the girls entered the hole and hid in the building.

Momo controlled her breath and said, "I might have an idea." She then produced a small whistle, "This whistle is similar to that of a dog whistle. This one, however, releases multiple frequencies that annoy animals and hurt their ears, so you can use it to distract principal Nezu, while I make a run for it to the crane to catch him off guard. It also works for long-range distances."

Setsuna nodded. Momo then gave her an earpiece and said, "Go, let's keep communicating."

Setsuna nodded but flinched hearing the destruction that was happening outside.

Tokage went high in the air and blew into the whistle as high as she can. She looked around and saw that the destruction stopped for a moment. She pressed her intercom, "Momo, you can move. I think I managed to stop him for…" She quickly moved away from the wrecking ball's path.

Momo came through the intercom, "What happened? I tried to move, but suddenly a building almost came down on me. I thought you said the principal was incapacitated for the time being."

Setsuna blew the whistle again, but this time the wrecking ball came straight for her. She pressed the intercom, "Shit, abort the mission. The whistle is useless. I used it, but the principal attacked me almost directly." She was then attacked by paintballs.

In the crane, Nezu was wearing ear muffs, "oh darling, that might have worked the first time, but I already had a counterplan for such a thing." He then used his crane to knock down another place.

With both girls, Momo and Setsuna stood alone watching as buildings beside them fell. They quickly had to hide under some rubble because their location was attacked.

Momo sent with a depressed look on her face, "My plan failed. I'm sorry."

Setsuna patted her on the back, "No need to be depressed, Momo. This means we need a new plan." The black-haired girl then looked up at her partner and nodded with a smile.

Setsuna walked around for a bit before smiling, "I have an idea…" Momo came closer and the girl heard the plan, "So you think you can make what I want to happen."

Momo nodded, "The things you requested are rather simple in nature. I think I can make the objects with the least amount of lipids possible." The girl's suit began to glow.

From his crane, Nezu put on his sunglasses when he saw something get launched into the air. 'I have to admit trying to blind me is a smart move, but it was rather obvious. Plus, I already know their following move. Young Tokage will try to reach the crane from two angles.'

He pressed a button that caused the sewage system underneath the city to flood temporarily while pressing another button and having machine guns attack the airborne girl who used the bright light as a cover for her attack on the crane.

Nezu smirked, 'Both girls seem remarkably intelligent for their age. However, both have flaws. Young Yaoyoruzu never had a failure before in her life. She's a sheltered girl. She has expectations to live up to, but how will she cope when all her plans fail? Will she crack under pressure or will she overcome herself? Then there's Young Tokage, a remarkable girl in her own right. However, she seems to have the faulty habit of using the same tactic over and over again. Just hoping for a small breakthrough, she seems to focus on small details, but never on the big picture. Will she be to stop herself from this habit or will she stay stuck in those mannerisms?'

Nezu laughed like a crazy person, "Come on, girls. I chose you just so we can play together." He then lifted his cup of tea, "I want to test your minds against me because a genius villain can always win from a distance." The rat thing then blocked another attempt to reach him while laughing like an insane lunatic drinking his tea from his cup as the tea splashed around him.

In the observation room, the entire body student was silent with fear. They never accepted the match with the principal to be this terrifying. Recovery Girl explained, "Nezu was once imprisoned and experimented on by humans," she took a sip from her tea, "In times like these, he gets as much revenge as he can as compensation. These two were the unlucky ones to fall under his radar." 'Unlucky indeed' Recovery Girl thought.

Honenuki asked Izuku, "Hey, Midoriya. How high are their chances of victory? It seems slim."

Izuku shrugged, "I can't say. Theirs is nothing certain with principal Nezu." He took out his notebook, "His quirk makes him the smartest being alive in this world and… to be honest, they indeed to do something extremely unpredictable to be able to pass."

Kamakiri added, "Perhaps, they just need to escape. It's clear confrontation isn't going to work. He has been defeating them for almost 15 minutes by now."

Izuku nodded, "But at the same time, it isn't like the principal will allow them to escape. He even has control over the sewage system under the examination area, if Tokage's pissed-off look is anything to go by." They remembered when the girl's lower half emerged from a manhole, she previously used to make her toward Nezu.

Yui nodded as Kendo said, "It makes you wonder though," Everyone looked at her, "How did the principal prepare all of this? I mean it's... Did he spend an entire night putting up all those defenses?" Everyone agreed with her.

Recovery Girl just said, "Oh, the principal doesn't need to put those in place." The students collectively raised an eyebrow, "He had those installed from the moment the school opened in case anyone thought about doing something funny to his school."

The students once again gulped in fear. Their principal is truly a terrifying person.

Back with the girls, there were under the road inside the sewage system. Momo seemed nervous. Tokage seemed agitated more than anything. This entire test has been a shitting contest where everything they tried somehow backfired.

Tokage looked at Momo and calmed down, "Yaomomo, do you have any idea to win this thing?"

The rich girl took a deep breath, "I have no idea. I feel useless. Everything I tried is getting stopped…" She slumped to the ground, "If I can't pass a simple exam…"

Tokage grabbed the girl's head and made her look in the eyes, "Tell me, are you planning to be a hero?" Momo nodded, "Do heroes give up when times are tough?" the girl shook her head, "Then get ahold of yourself woman, you're sinking in self-doubt faster than the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean."

Momo tried to say something, but Tokage interjected, "So, we failed? It isn't the end of the world we can do better next time." She poked Momo in the chest, "You can't allow one failure to damage your self-confidence. Now get up, we need to find a new to defeat that rat thing."

Momo nodded her head with renewed vigor and said, "Alright, but first I need to say… we're going at it the wrong way…" Tokage looked at her before grabbing her and flying to the top as sewage water flowed under them, "Ack… I'm going to throw up after this, but what I meant is that we can't escape or capture Nezu. He's too crafty for us."

Setsuna added, "So, we need to come up with a crazy unpredictable plan that changes as the time goes." Momo nodded as Tokage took them to a destroyed street and they hid there.

Momo then said, "Let's make a plan so crazy it might work."

Moments later, Nezu saw something from his crane. The movement sensors on his pad had several dots on it. At first, he thought it was Tokage, but after looking at the video feed he had from several hidden cameras, he concluded that it wasn't the case.

In each feed, there was a huge mat that covered the entire body running away. Each in a different direction to reach the escape gate. Even in the sewage system, there were movement. So, he began down in the sewage system. The threat was now gone from down there.

He then began with the moving targets. He knew that they were Tokage's pieces under them with Momo Yaoyoruzu waiting from the perfect moment to make her move.

One by one he destroyed them. Suddenly, when he aimed to destroy another building, the wrecking ball fell. He looked and saw a hand waving at him. The principal was shocked. The girl did manage to sneak on him, but no worries, he had everything under cover.

He looked down and saw the girl standing at the base of the crane. She was holding an explosive device, so he pressed a button and electricity ran through the crane's body.

The girl frowned before disconnecting her head and arms. She sent them flying to the operator's cabinet. She looked at the principal and smirked, "She grabbed something and threw it in the exhaust. Nezu smiled, 'So, rather than get me out, she will force me to go out to her…'

Nezu put on a gas mask as something sipped in the cabinet making Tokage frown, 'Smart, but useless. I accepted them to pull that move somewhere along the line.'

The girl then rolled her eyes before making her upper body climb toward her and she took something from it. It was a C4 bomb. It had enough power to destroy the tower. The girl lit a match and put it on the fuse. When the fuse lit, she sent her hand to the bottom of the crane.

Moments later, the tower was down. Tokage expected the cabinet to be totaled or at least partially, but it was spotless. Setsuna frowned, "Oh come on. That's uncool."

Nezu said, "Sorry, Young Tokage. You have to do better than this. I have to give you credit though."

Tokage rolled her eyes, before sending her hands to an alleyway and bringing a torch. She put on a welding mask and tried to melt the door open, but it wouldn't budge.

She then changed her tactics and tried to smash the glass open, but it also didn't work.

Setsuna then said, "I quit. Goodbye. I can finally go to the gate without you launching missiles at me." The girl tried to fly away only for a robot to jump in front of her.

She looked back and saw many robots surrounding her. There were also ones that can fly.

She also saw Nezu has escaped. She began to fight the robots.

With Nezu, the rat thing used the sewers as his escape route. Time was running out. The girls only had 1 more minute, and Yaoyoruzo was out from the sweeping water sewage that hit her in the beginning. There was no way for them to win.

He was under an open manhole when a net hit him and caught him. Nezu was shocked. He looked up to see Momo holding a net gun. He jumped down and handcuffed him.

The girl looked pale from using her creations, "You shouldn't have assumed I was out. You let your guard down principal. While it was true, I was in the sewer, I was using a line to stay upward, while a machine I made caused movements to fool you."

She then handcuffed him with the speakers announcing, "Setsuna Tokage and Momo Yaoyoruzu have passed their final exam."

Both individuals climbed to the surface to see an equally tired Setsuna limping toward them. The girl joked, "On which setting did you put the robots in; killer mode? They almost took a huge chunk out of me." Momo then took out two pieces of Tokage and allowed them to return to the girl.

Both girls passed out from fatigue and exhaustion with medical bots coming to pick them up.

Nezu smiled, "Ahh, yes… they managed to outsmart me, though, in my defense, I did know that Mrs. Yaoyoruzu was on a line, but it seems the water wasn't high enough to take her out. It seems I have to look into this." He walked away from the testing zone after a job well done.

In the observation room, the two classes clapped for them. It took a lot of guts to take on Nezu and somehow manage to survive. Izuku stood there waiting for the next pair to be announced. If it was him, he would have to go. If it wasn't, he would go and check over Setsuna. She seemed to be beaten up quite a bit. It hurt him deeply seeing her hurt.

Izuku felt someone tapping him on the shoulder. He looked and saw Shishida who came back to the observation room after a thorough shower to make sure no fleas were in his fur. The boy asked him, "Can I inquire where both Shiozaki and Kamakiri are in a corner praying together?"

Izuku looked where Shishida was pointing and well… he was baffled. In a corner, Shiozaki sat with Kamakiri as they both prayed together. "Please Lord in heaven, don't make me fight All Might." It was a rant that Kamakiri was making over and over again

Kamakiri looked at Ibara, "Are you sure the big guy up the stairs is going to listen to me? You know given that I'm not a believer…" he was hushed as Shiozaki put a finger on his mouth.

Shiozaki then explained, "Our lord listens to everyone. Believer or not. We are all his creations." She then clasped her hand, "He's extremely merciful and kind that he wouldn't send someone back empty-handed even if said person didn't believe in him." A beam of light came upon her.

Ibara then flinched jumping back. She rubbed her shoulder and saw Recovery Girl holding a syringe.

The old lady explained, "Sorry sweetie, but I had to do that." She tucked the syringe in her pocket, "That light has to come from somewhere." The old lady shrugged, "It's either you have a second quirk, or that god himself listens to up the stairs."

Ibara pouted a little, "I don't have a second quirk. My parents had me checked for it."

The speakers came in, "Togaru Kamakiri from class 1-B and Neito Monoma from class 1-A. please report to the bus that will take you to the examination site."

Kamakiri looked at Monoma and then at Todoroki. The bug boy sighed looking at Monoma, "Well, between you and ice prince… at least I know for certain that you won't attack me on purpose," the bug boy two fingers on each other and began gesturing, "for 'getting in your way' apparently."

Kamakiri then patted Monoma on the back, "Go. I have something I need to do."

Monoma raised an eyebrow before gaining a smug look, "Of course 1-B trash, I will make that the bus is safe. We both know that you clowns are afraid of your own shadow."

The copycat walked away with Izuku having to hold back Kamakiri from stabbing the boy or at least slashing him. Once Monoma was out of the room, Izuku let go of Kamakiri.

Izuku asked the boy, "What are you planning to do? You should be going now to do your test."

Kamakiri shrugged, "This is for the test. I need something first." He took out a small sack from his suit. He then walked up to Shoda and looked at the small boy.

Shoda didn't know what to say so he lifted his hand and said, "Hi". Kamakiri didn't reply, but only plucked a strand of hair from the boy's head shocking everyone. He then did the same to most of his class. Most of the girls were glaring at him. Finally, he walked up to Shoto and plucked a hair from the boy's head. Shoto went through different emotions confusion, anger, and mostly hatred.

He still hasn't forgotten how both Kamakiri and Midoriya have prevented him from defeating the hero killer only using his mother's ice…

The bug boy then walked away waving his hand, "Wish me luck. Because if I'm up against All Might, I'm gonna need it." He then exited the room leaving behind him a confused student population.

Mina raised her hand, "Is there a reason why he was plucking people's hair from their heads?"

Izuku hummed, "I think I know why, but first we need to see how the fight happens."

Everyone nodded. They were still confused, but they hoped the exam would shed some light on his actions. Hopefully, the exam will shed light on his actions.

Inside the bus, Togaru coughed into his fist drawing the attention of Monoma who was ranting on and on about how 1-A was the superior class to 1-B. Monoma looked at him and opened his mouth to say something, but Togaru lifted his hand, "Please, I get it. You're better. Can you focus on the exam rather than trying to overcompensate for your sorry state?"

Monoma had a tic mark over his head, "What do you want to talk about partner?"

Kamakiri sighed, 'This isn't going to be easy. Don't tell me he's one of those idiots who believe that stutter made a conspiracy against class 1-A.' Kamakiri said, "Look, we need to find a strategy to defeat the two remaining teachers…" He remembered All Might, "…or at least, escape."

Monoma scoffed, "Well, let's leave the heavy lifting for me. I highly doubt the inferior class 1-B will be able to do much." Monoma now could feel the hate radiating off the bug boy.

Kamakiri cracked his neck, "So, you say," He then smirked, "But I noticed that it is my class usually carrying you class to victory and success. Don't mix up the facts."

The bug boy sighed for the umpteenth time, "Look, I know you don't like me for some reason. And I don't like you because you're lacking down there and trying to overcompensate with attitude…"

The bug boy pointed to the upcoming examination site, "We need to work together if we want to pass this thing. So, tell me about your homeroom teacher. What do you know about him?"

Monoma shrugged, "Other than the fact that he's my homeroom teacher and his quirk nothing."

Kamakiri gave him a blank look, "You're not kidding, are you?" Monoma sadly shook his head.

"Okay, we know all we need to know about All Might." They both shivered imagining fighting him.

"So, we don't know anything about our first choice so we don't have an idea about how to defeat him," he looked outside as the bus came to a stop, "And the next one is a force of nature that can steamroll us." They both left the bus as Kamakiri snarked to himself, "This is peachy, isn't it?"

They both entered the examination site. They walked around it for a bit. Kamakiri said, "This place doesn't seem like a place All Might would come here. It limits his abilities and maneuverability." Their examination site was a small neighborhood. There were many houses and even shops with some stands. One of them had fruits. The boy shrugged, took a fruit, and bit into it.

Moments later, he regretted his decision. He spat out the fruit and said, "Damn, it's plastic. Such a letdown. Ain't that right, Monoma?" he heard no response, "I asked you a question, dude. At least answer me." When he received no response, he turned around and was shocked.

Instead of finding Monoma, he found an outline of his body with three arrows pointing at him. Kamakiri was so shocked, he couldn't speak, 'The bitch! He ditched me. What the hell is he thinking?' He eventually sighed and went looking for his partner.

Monoma looked at Kamakiri from an alleyway, "Yes, go ahead. Leave and be alone. You'll get captured. I'll come and rescue the day proving 1-A's superiority."

From a vantage point, a figure sat there shaking his head in disappointment. He jumped down, "If you want to play like this Monoma, so be it. Let's see your true skills." He readied his goggles and said to himself, "Because if your skills are all showboating and yelling like a crazy person who lost his marbles, then hell will be nothing compared to what I have planned for you."

Eraserhead remembered why he was pinned against these two. First, Monoma his student had an unhealthy habit of depending too much on his quirk. This is a major red sign. He would need to find a way to make him less dependent on it. Other than that, his ego is a projection of his inferiority complex. He always took it out on the other class, so they needed to see what will he do should he be forced to work with them.

Second, Kamakiri from Vlad's description is 1-B's toned-down Bakugo. He had some anger issues, but Vlad was able to help him tone it down. Vlad told him that Kamakiri seemed to lean too much toward his quirk in a fight if the opportunity allows it. Vlad also wanted to test his ability to work with others, especially those who rubbed him the wrong way.

Eraserhead jumped down on an unsuspecting Kamakiri aiming to kick him in the back, but the bug boy jumped away at the last moment. He looked at the boy who said, "Thank heavens, it's just you not All Might." Under normal circumstances, he would be insulted, but he understood why the boy was relieved. No one wanted to face All Might.

Eraserhead then said, "Even, if I wasn't All Might, you shouldn't be relieved this much." He then activated his quirk and erased the boy's power, "Now, let's say your prowess without your quirk."

Eraserhead threw his scarf against the boy who jumped to the side, but Eraserhead moved quickly appearing in front of the boy and going for a sidekick. The boy braced himself to take the hit given he had no space to maneuver.

The mohawk boy took the hit but also grabbed the man's leg. The boy then began to spin around trying to disorient the man and make him lose focus to make him release his quirk. Kamakiri let go of the erasure hero, but the man gracefully landed on the ground with his iron-hard glare leveled on the bug boy.

Eraserhead said, "That was a nice move," He threw the scarf in two directions with one managing to capture Kamakiri's hand, "But you need to be better than this."

He then tugged on the line pulling the young man toward him. Kamakiri allowed him to go with the momentum toward the hero. The boy raised his fist to punch him, but Eraserhead ducked and elbowed him in the gut making the air exit his body.

Eraserhead replied, "You need to be more careful. I admit that allowing yourself to be pulled by the momentum to give you an upper hand is a smart move, but you moved too early."

Eraserhead then looped him up in his scarf and tied him to a lamppost. He then threw some spiked marbles to the ground, "Just to make sure that you think twice before coming down."

Monoma jumped from an alley using Uraraka's quirk to launch a car at Eraserhead. The man merely dodged it. Monoma then said, "I'm here to stop you, evil doer."

Aizawa frowned at the dramatics. It was unbecoming of an underground hero to be this flashy.

The boy hardened his skin and ran toward the hero to punch him, but suddenly, he felt everything slip. He looked up to see Aizawa's glare leveled at him, "Did I spend an entire semester teaching you how to be a clown because I'm sure I didn't."

Kamakiri saw that Aizawa was distracted with Monoma so he decided to do his move right now.

He made blades from the balls of his feet and said to himself, "Brace for impact." The boy used his quirk to cut the scarf and go down to the ground. The blades made sure that his feet don't make connect with the spiked marble-infested ground.

The boy grabbed a handful of the marbles and yelled, "Hey, Eraserhead," the man looked at him, "catch" he threw the marbles as strong as he can at the man.

Aizawa was forced to leave Monoma for now. He dodged the marbles only to see Kamakiri in his place. Kamakiri this time threw dirt at him. Sadly, his goggles were to make sure that his enemies don't know where he was looking, not to protect his eyes. How did he know that?

The man then heard Kamakiri muttering under his breath, "Thank you, stutter." Aizawa frowned, 'Of course, it's Vlad's problem child who sold me out. I wouldn't be shocked if he sold all the teachers out.' Aziawa rubbed the dirt from his eyes. By the time, he was done, both boys were long gone.

Back in the observation room, Izuku sat on the ground while hugging himself with his friends trying to calm him down. "Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit. I'm going to fight All Might. Oh shit…"

Shoto on the other hand was rather excited. 'I will defeat All Might. I will only use my mother's ice. I will finally prove that I don't need his fire to defeat you and become the next number-one hero.'

Tetsu patted him on the back, "Look, I know that it's terrifying, but you're going to be super manly. I believe in you." Kinoko nodded with a strained smile. The mushroom girl wouldn't wish Izuku's fate even on her worst enemy.

Kendo pointed at the screen, "It seems that Kamakiri isn't having a fun time. He seems that he's about to have an aneurysm with how much he's shouting at Monoma."

Izuku stood up trying to change the subject, "Yeah, Eraserhead is a master martial artist. I'm shocked that you weren't in his class Kendo given that you might learn a thing or two from him."

Kinoko replied, "I'm sure that Vlad-sensei raised hell to get our big sister."

Tetsu said, "Long live Itsuka Kendo, the big sister of class 1-B." he and Kinoko began to circle the orange-haired girl who blushed slightly. They both then managed to make Izuku join them in the march of awkwardness around their big sister.

Itsuka then silenced them, "Stop it, you guys. This is embarrassing."

Itsuka then looked at Izuku, "Didn't you say that you want to see your girlfriend?"

Izuku sputtered for a bit, "She isn't my girlfriend." The boy ran outside the room with a red face.

Itsuka sighed, "Ah, young love, I love it so much." She looked at the door of the room, "Especially, if it's the 1-B's little brother. He deserves some love after his hard life."

Mina came and hugged her from behind, "Don't you love Tetsu?" Both the girl and the boy blushed like crazy at the random interjection.

Back with Kamakiri, the boy just finished his rant. He took a deep breath to relax his nerves. His rant took about 5 minutes with him jingling his box for all the colorful language in the world.

He looked at Monoma, "Can I know why you tried this stupid shit? Why did you pull this crazy stunt?" Monoma merely sighed and looked away muttering something under his breath.

Kamakiri growled, "Speak up. I don't have super hearing. My quirk allows me to make blades."

Monoma sighed, "I was trying to show I was better than you. That my quirk is worthy of becoming a hero." Kamakiri fell forward with his face kissing the ground.

The boy jumped up, "This is stupid beyond any reason of doubt. Did you hit your head or something? This is a person who erases quirks. We need to find a way to distract him to defeat him, not charge straight forward like a bunch of meatheads."

Monoma sighed, "I know, but my entire life I was bullied because of my quirk. I wanted for once to prove that I can be more than a side character in this world."

Kamakiri rubbed his forehead. 'When did I become a therapist for people to dumb their shit on?'

The bug boy sighed, "Look, I can't say I know who you felt, but in the field, whatever trauma you have, you leave it on the door." He put out his hand, "Look. I too suffered from discrimination. I had people call me a monster, and others called me a villain, but I never allowed to get to me. And you shouldn't too. So, let's work together."

Monoma sighed, "Just for today, bug boy." He then asked, "What do you have in mind?"

Kamakiri pulled out his small sack, "I want you to try something." The boy lifted a single strand of white hair and handed it to Monoma.

Monoma felt a familiar sensation. It was the feeling of a quirk flowing through him.

He smirked, "Let's make a plan."

Back with Eraserhead, the man sat there waiting for the boys to appear. They still had about ten minutes to do something, 'Did they give up?' The man shook his head. Monoma was too stubborn to give up, and Kamakiri was too headstrong to give up without a fight to the bitter end.

He then heard someone call out to him, "Eraserhead, think fast." The man barely had a moment before dodging a barrage of items that pummeled everything beside him. The items were enlarged shreds of wood, nuts, pebbles, and so on. 'When did Monoma make contact with both Kodai and Yanagi? Better yet; shouldn't he have timed out by now?'

He ran toward Monoma only to hear cackling. It was Kamakiri jumping from one place to another getting closer to the exit.

The man jumped after the boy and tried to catch up to the boy, only to see the boy stop and try to elbow him in the face. The man ducked under the hit, but Kamakiri smiled at him

Monoma then passed them as Kamakiri said, "You can catch me or him. your pick."

Aizawa knew that he could handle both at the same time, but suddenly Kamakiri jumped away running toward the gate. Aizawa threw his scarf toward him activating his quirk, but a blast of fire melted most of it. He looked and saw Monoma on the ground saluting him before running away.

Aizawa jumped toward him only for Kamakiri to tackle him to the ground before running away.

This cycle continued for quite a while till they were meters from the gate. Aziawa already caught up to their plan a while back. He had to admit that they were smart, but it won't work any further. He was now making his way toward the exit gate to stop them there.

But before he can make it, Monoma disappeared into an alleyway and made a huge ice mountain blocking his path. The speakers then said after a couple of seconds, "Togaru Kamakiri and Monoma Neito have passed the final exam."

Eraserhead shook his head, "Beaten by a couple of idiots who can't work together. I'm going soft."

He then waited for the students to come him to leave with them back to the observation room.

During the rest of Monoma's and Kamakiri's match, Izuku walked to the infirmary. He knocked on the door and heard a tired, "Come in,". the boy frowned a bit. It was Tokage's voice, but she sounded extremely worn out.

Izuku walked in and saw Momo scarfing down multiple bars of chocolates. He blinked, "Your usage of your quirk must have tired you up, Yaoyoruzu. Didn't it?"

The rich girl looked up from her food and had a huge blush erupt on her face. No one ever saw her eat like this. it was embarrassing. "Yeah, I usually don't use it to such an extent, but the match with Nezu pushed me to my limits."

Izuku nodded and looked at Tokage who was staring at the roof. She seemed rather displeased about something. He walked up to her, "Is there something wrong, Setchan?"

The girl rubbed her shoulder, "Nothing. It's nothing, but…" she sighed and looked away making both students feel worried for their friend.

Momo put her food aside and walked up to Setsuna hugging her, "Come on, Setsuna." Izuku then came and wrapped his arm around her waist in a side hug, "What's wrong? We can help you."

Setsuna sighed and looked away rubbing the side of her shoulder, "It's just… argh…" she took a deep breath, "I just feel like I did nothing useful in the exam against Nezu."

Momo raised an eyebrow, while Izuku tilted his head, "What do you mean, Setchan?" Setsuna looked at him, "The way you used your quirk was awesome. Plus, you kept finding ways to fight Nezu, and try to capture him."

Momo nodded her head, "Yes. You also helped me when I began to panic a little. You were amazing." She rubbed the back of her head, "I doubt I would have been able to pass the exam if it weren't for you keeping an eye on Nezu's movements."

Setsuna pouted and looked away, "It's just felt like I was stuck. It was like I'm running in the same loop over and over again with the same strategy. My quirk is also made for a stealthy approach, but Nezu always seemed able to counter it no matter what. It just made me feel useless."

Izuku then said, "But it wasn't. your quirk was the one that made the difference." Setsuna looked at him, "When you used your quirk to lift those sheets to give Nezu the illusion that you were trying to escape while you were making your way toward him, it was awesome."

Momo then added, "I agree. And Setsuna," the girl looked at her, "You also kept adapting over and over again. You didn't get stuck on the same strategy. You kept changing as it went on."

Setsuna blushed from the compliments, but Izuku then added, "If anyone should feel said, it is me. My quirk is only super strength, unlike you Tokage, I can hardly do anything other than lift or punch stuff. I wish my quirk was half as amazing and versatile as yours." he then hugged her making the girl smile a little and she hugged back.

When they let go of each other, Momo asked him, "So, you are the last student who didn't have his exam from class 1-B." she then asked, "Whom are you and Shoto going against?"

The boy gulped pulling at his suit, "All Might. We're going against All Might." The boy sighed in exhaustion, "And I can already feel that Todoroki isn't going to be a team player."

Momo was confused, "Why are saying that, Midoriya? I know that Todoroki is strong, but even he should know that he can't beat All Might by himself. I mean All Might is technically the strongest hero out there. I doubt Todoroki can defeat him."

Izuku shook his head, "He had the same look that he had during our struggle with Stain."

Setsuna stared at him, "What kind of look?"

"This kind of look," Izuku then imitated Shoto to an unnerving extent, even his facial features were like him. The look he had was that of utmost anger and determination. The boy returned to normal, "I honestly feel much better if I had Monoma with me. I'm sure that Todoroki will attack me if I tried to interfere with his attempt to defeat All Might."

Momo now had to interject, "Please, Midoriya. Now, you're disrespecting my classmate. I know…"

Setsuna cut her off, "No, Izuchan is right." Momo looked at her confused and a little horrified, "He already did when they were fighting Stain. In fact, he did so much that Izuku was forced to knock him unconscious, so he and Kamakiri won't be hit by Todoroki's attacks anymore."

Momo gasped in shock, "He attacked when you were fighting Stain?" this wasn't a statement, but it was more of a question to herself. She couldn't believe it.

Izuku nodded, "Yeah, he kept going on and on about how we're getting in his way." He then told Momo the entire events of Hosu, and his and Kamakiri's fight with Stain given that he already told her too much at this point.

Momo paced back and forth. She was shocked by all this news. It was too much input in just a couple of minutes, "So, you're telling me that Iida and Todoroki both thought they could take down the hero killer? And the only reason Iida is blaming you for everything is because he wanted to kill Stain, and you saved his life. This is the most…" the girl went on a mini-rant about how stupid her classmates can be when they feel like it.

When she stopped, she walked to Izuku and bowed to him, "Midoriya, I apologize for all the trouble that my classmates have caused, and how you were forced to clean up their mess. I also would like to thank you on behalf of class 1-A for saving their lives."

Izuku waved his hands in front of her, "No, it was no trouble. I did what I had to do as a hero."

Momo stood up and sighed, "Still, thank you for keeping them alive." She then added, "When your exam is over, I want to give you something as a token of my appreciation for saving for the humiliation at the sports festival and leading me to Fatgum." The boy tried to refuse, but she knew the magic words, "It's a rare All Might merch that you probably never heard about before."

The boy's attitude flipped 180, "Well, I heard that All Might accepted gifts once or twice in his life, so who am I to refuse you?" Momo and Setsuna both began to laugh at his sudden change of attitude. Izuku eventually joined them.

All of their laughter came to a stop when the speakers said, "Izuku Midoriya from class 1-B and Shoto Todoroki from class 1-A, please report to the bus that will take you to your examination site."

Izuku gulped and the girls swore they heard his heartbeat jump from normal to over the charts from fear. The boy looked at them and said, "This is it. Wish me luck, girls."

He then walked to the door, but Setsuna called out to him, "Izuchan, just a moment. I want to give you something."

Izuku looked at her and asked, "What do you want to give me?"

The girl closed the distance and said, "I want to give this." she then pecked him on the cheek and said, "Consider it a good luck charm." She quickly pushed him outside the room and closed the door as a massive blush appeared on her face. 'Oh my god, what did I do?'

She heard a squeal coming from Momo. The rich girl had her bouncy happy aura around her, "I didn't know that you and Midoriya are a couple. You're both so cute together."

"But we aren't…" Setsuna said. She then puffed her chest and added, "I just gave him a good lick kiss." She heard chuckling coming from Momo's side.

The rich girl then teased her, "Are you sure that you aren't a tsundere?" Setsuna gasped at the accusation and began to chase Momo around the room.

Izuku outside the room could have been mistaken for a steamed lobster, 'Setchan kissed me on the cheek. I was kissed by a cute girl on the cheek.'

He then shook his head and headed to the bus that will take him and Shoto to the examination site.

A couple of minutes later, Izuku and Shoto were in front of the examination site. It was a huge city complex similar to the one where the entrance exam was held. It gave Izuku bad nightmares.

Izuku looked at his teammate. Well, the bus ride was good enough to tell him that Shoto wasn't planning on being a team player for once. He kept glaring at him, looking at his right hand, and hyping himself up that he was going to defeat All Might using his ice.

In short, Izuku concluded that the atmosphere between them was so thick, you can cut it with a knife. That by itself meant they were in a whole another level of trouble.

Izuku walked up to Shoto and said, "Listen, Todoroki. I know we got off on the wrong foot…" Izuku sighed, "...but if we want to pass, we need to work together to run away from All Might. There isn't a possible way for us to beat him and win the match."

Shoto ignored him and walked forward to the entrance and stepped inside. Once he was there, he looked at a dumbfounded Izuku and said, "I'm sorry, but this is for the best."

Izuku shook his head, "I'm sorry, but what are you talking about…" the boy was cut off when a huge iceberg covered the entrance to the examination site. The boy's jaw hit the floor.

He then heard Shoto say, "I'm sorry that you're going to fail, Midoriya. But I need to defeat All Might alone using my mother's ice to prove to that bastard of a father I have that I don't need his fire to become the next number one hero."

In the teacher's room, Shouta slammed his head against the table. That right there is why he didn't want Midoriya or Kamakiri to be paired with Shoto. The dual-haired boy was still holding a grudge from Hosu against the boys because they didn't entertain his craziness and saved him from Stain.

In the observation room, multiple yells of protest occurred. Class 1-B was demanding that Shoto be failed for sabotage. They were all pestering Itsuka to go and talk with Vlad about this.

The girl calmed them down, "Look, I'll talk with him after everything is over." She pointed to the screen, "Plus, Izuku has already climbed over the wall and is in the testing area."

Ibara added, "But Itsuka, this kind of behavior can't be accepted. If it isn't curved now," she bit her lip, "he might make it a habit later down the line. This is not just for Midoriya's sake but for Todoroki's as well." Itsuka nodded seeing where the girl was coming from.

Awase muttered under his breath, "And class 1-A is saying that we are the ones trying to screw them over. Conspiracy theory my ass." This earned him a neck-chop from Kendo.

Meanwhile, Recovery Girl was looking at the screen with worry, 'This exam is the most worrying of them all. We have two students with two different approaches to the matter at hand. One sees All Might as an invincible god that can't be defeated and wants to escape, while the other sees him as an obstacle that stands in his way for whatever reason and wants to defeat him only using half of his power. This match isn't going to be pretty.'

Back with Izuku, the boy had already blasted his way through the ice, and he was… well to say that he was a little bit irritated would be the understatement of the century. He walked up to Todoroki and grabbed him roughly by his sleeve, "Hey, what the heck is wrong with you? I'm trying to work with you, and your solution is to block the entrance?"

Shoto looked at him with a neutral stare, but Izuku could tell that he was angry, "I only did that, so you won't be in the way of my attacks when I defeat All Might like what you did with Stain."

Izuku gasped, "Are you insane? You were attacking left and right. Every time I almost managed to put a hit on Stain, you would make an ice wall giving him space to breathe, and you dare to say I got in your way…" Izuku shook his head, "You know what? Forget it… we have to defeat All Might, so what ideas do you have to pass the exam?"

Shoto replied, "Easy. I'll freeze him using my mother's ice."

Izuku rubbed his forehead feeling an incoming headache, "You can't be talking seriously, Todoroki. This is All Might we're talking about. He faced people with stronger ice quirks than you. He beat them without breaking a sweat. You can't possibly hope to beat him by freezing. This is just delusional."

Shoto scoffed, "Just watch me, Midoriya. So, I'm only going to say this once and only once…" he glared at Izuku making frost spread softly on the ground, "Stay out of my way. I will defeat All Might with my mother's ice and prove once and for all that I don't my bustard of a father's ice to become a hero."

Izuku didn't get to reply, because something at that moment smashed in the center of the testing area. The entire place was covered with dust and smoke, but one thing was clear; he was here.

Both boys looked and only saw two blue orbs staring back at them, "I going to destroy this city and I don't care. Why should I? I'm a villain after all." All Might said making Izuku gulp.

The boy knew they had to escape. There is no realistic scenario where they can beat him. He then felt extremely cold. He looked and saw an iceberg where All Might once stood.

He looked at Shoto who said, "Here. I'm already done. Didn't…" The boy was cut off by the sound of shattering ice and was punched in the chest by a giant fist. Shoto was then sent flying toward an alleyway.

All Might laughed, "That was a nice try, Young Todoroki, but you need to be better than that to defeat me." He looked at Izuku and said, "Now then young Midoriya, shall we proceed with our dance?" the man raised his fist, "Teaxs Smash"

The wind pressure sent Izuku flying through the city like a ragdoll. All Might quickly came at him forcing the boy to react. Izuku quickly used Gran Torino's style to jump from one place to another to land a hit. Izuku then went flying toward All Might's head using 20% of OFA, "Manchester Smash". However much to the boy's shock, All Might grabbed him and smashed him into the ground. The boy groaned in pain.

All Might then said, "That's a nice move, young Midoriya, but you need to be faster."

Izuku moved from the ground and then used two air bullets against the giant man.

All Might merely punched the air sending Izuku skidding back. The man looked at the boy, 'Yes, that's right, young Midoriya. I want you to fight me. I want to knock that God impression that you formed around me. I want you to stop seeing me as one. This is the final way that you will stop trying to be me by seeing that I'm not a god. That's why I insisted on you be put against me instead of the original plans of you facing young Aizawa with young Monoma. For young Todoroki, this is like a last chance for him to use his flames and let go of whatever reason that's holding him back.'

All Might then made an X cross with his arms, "New Carolina Smash" The attack hit Izuku in the chest knocking the wind out of his lungs.

Izuku then stood up and jumped high in the air. He then raised his leg, "New Ham…" The boy was cut off when a huge iceberg formed in front of him. Izuku used an air bullet to steer himself away from the ice attack.

Izuku looked at Shoto and hissed, "You almost got me. Be more careful with your attacks."

Shoto scoffed, "I already told you to step aside because you interfere with my attacks. Don't blame me for your mis…" The boy was cut off by a huge fit colliding with his stomach only to be followed by a knee.

He looked up to see All Might looking at him, "Attacking your own partner. That isn't very heroic, young Todoroki. You should aim to work with him." All Might lifted him and punched him in the face. "Also, it seems you're holding back. Don't you feel that it's time to use those flames?"

Shoto looked defiantly at All Might, "I will never use his flames as long as I am alive."

All Might arched an eyebrow, 'His flames. What are you talking about, young Todoroki? Do you mean your father?' the man was then covered by another iceberg making him sigh in disappointment. The man broke the ice before punching the boy in the solar pelvis.

All Might then ducked under a punch by Izuku before grabbing his leg and bringing Izuku to him. The man then hugged Izuku and performed a German Supplex leaving the boy dazed.

The boy groaned in pain and stood up. He looked at All Might who was busy with Todoroki. He calculated his chances. If he could use All Might's um… business with Shoto. He could make it to the gate and won the exam for them both.

All Might saw his disciple try and run toward the gate. He frowned a little, but couldn't blame him. Young Shoto proved to be quite stubborn. He counted at least six times when Shoto might have hit Young Midoriya, but the issue still stands, "Are you going to leave your teammate behind, young Midoriya?"

Izuku froze. He knew what he was doing isn't right, but he can't fight All Might with someone who don't want to even work with him. Someone who isn't even giving it his all. There were at an impasse.

Shoto then said, "I don't need his help. I will defeat you alone by using my mother's ice."

All Might looked at the boy, "It's quite clear that your ice isn't enough, young Todoroki. You might need your flames for this one."

The boy snarled, "I'd rather die than use his flames. I will either win by using my mother's ice or die trying." This made All Might feel a little bit nervous.

All Might looked at Shoto, 'and I thought young Midoriya was the only traumatized person in the hero course! What in the world did you do to this kid, Endeavor?'

Izuku looked at Shoto and heard his words. These struck something deep in him. It was his heroic instinct. He felt the need to save Shoto from himself. So, with new resolve, he attacked All Might.

"All Might," the giant man looked at Izuku, "Detroit Smash"

All Might managed to grab Izuku's hand, "Good one, young Midoriya, but you need to be better than that if you want to land a hit." He then noticed Izuku's smirk.

"I wasn't going for a punch," the man raised an eyebrow. All Might then saw two electric cables attach themselves to his chest that originated from Izuku's glove. "I only wanted to get close."

The man then felt a surge of electricity course through his body letting go of the students.

Izuku used this to grab Shoto and run away. He needed time to formulate a plan and help this stubborn bull understand where he was going wrong with his life.

Back in the observation room, "Man, Midoriya is so manly facing off against All Might." Tetsu said with crocodile tears falling down his face. He then turned around, "I say All Might will kick their asses in the next 5 minutes or so." he said putting 500 yen in the betting pool.

Both classes were betting when All Might will defeat them both. No one believed that they will win. Only Kinoko, Setsuna, and Itsuka were supportive of Izuku, and the latter was out of courtesy.

Ibara was heavily frowning in the corner with a cloud over her head, 'Gambling is sinful.' She then saw Awase trying to put in some money. She sent a harsh glare in his direction making him shiver. The boy hung his head low, came, and sat beside her causing her to pat him on the head, "Good boy."

Back with Izuku, the boy looked back and said, "We are far away from him right now. Good, we can relax for the time being." He then looked at Shoto and sighed, "Now, do you have anything to say for yourself?"

Shoto frowned, "What are you talking about?" the boy crossed his arms before standing up and walking away to what Izuku presumed to be another beatdown by All Might.

Izuku grabbed his arm, "I'm talking about this whole 'I'd rather die before I use his flames' thing." Izuku shook his head slightly in disappointment, "please, tell me that you were saying that in the heat of the moment."

Shoto looked at him confused, "Midoriya, don't you remember a word I said to you at the sports festival? I will never use his flames as long as I li…" The boy was cut off by a punch to the face.

Izuku yelled, "YOU BASTARD! SHUT UP. YOU'D RATHER KILL YOURSELF AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WITH YOU JUST TO SPITE YOUR FATHER. HOW CAN YOU BE SO CREUL?"

Shoto stood up angered and unleashed an ice attack, but Izuku destroyed it with wind pressure before grabbing Shoto and kneeing him in the gut. He then twisted Shoto's left arm and pushed him to the ground. Izuku then planted his foot into Shoto's back, "If I was a real villain, you'd be a dead body by now. You could have stopped me had you used your fire, but no…"

Izuku then stood up and said, "Todoroki, quirks are like physical abilities, the stronger you use them the better you get at them, but even they have their limits, and you have reached yours. I can see that you're shivering from the excessive use of your ice."

Izuku walked away, "You need to rethink your career choices if you're willing to kill people just to prove a point by not using your fire."

Shoto yelled, "I told you that I will never become like my father. I will never use his flames."

Izuku eyed him, "You're right. You can't be your father. He'll always be better than you. For all his crimes against you, he'll always be a hero ready to give his 100% unlike you."

Shoto felt like he was boiling over, but Izuku carried on, "And just for the record, your blood doesn't define who you are. It's the time that you accept yourself as your own person rather than your father's puppet." Izuku walked away to try and win the test.

Shoto on the other hand heard those words, and he remembered something

A younger Shoto was sitting in his mother's lap watching TV. He then saw All Might talking, "It's true kids. Just because your quirks seem familiar to your parents, it isn't theirs. Your blood doesn't make a person his or her father or mother."

Shoto's mom ruffled her son's hero, "Do you want to be a hero like him, Shoto?" the boy nodded his head, "Then I believe that you're going to be an amazing hero one day."

Another memory hit the dual-haired boy. It was one of those moments after his father hit his mother. It was a memory that he has long forgotten.

A younger Shoto hugged his mother and cried into her chest, "I don't want to be like him. I don't want to be a person who bullies you, Mom." The older lady gently patted him on the head.

She looked at her son, "It's okay, Shoto. You are your own person. It's okay to be you."

Shoto then felt something he never felt in years. Peace of mind. His left side suddenly ignited and he looked at it. He asked himself, 'Is that what you meant the whole time, Midoriya?' Shoto shook his head in disappointment of himself, "You were only trying to help, and I kept pushing away. Thank you for not giving up on me.'

He then stood up and ran toward the center of the site. They had ten minutes left and he hoped he can help. If they were destined to lose, they might as well use their hundred percent.

In the center of the arena, Izuku stood against All Might. The boy has long decided that he can't outrun the one. "I'm going to stop you, villain."

All Might walked slowly to him, "Where is your partner, young Midoriya? Did you ditch him?"

Izuku didn't reply. He quickly moved into action, '20%: FULL COWLING' He ran around All Might, "Delaware Smash: Air Style" He then sent an air bullet to the man.

The attack hit All Might, but he barely blinked. He came toward Izuku with a right hook, but the boy managed to dodge under it. The boy tried to send an uppercut, but All Might caught his hand. Izuku then freed himself by headbutting the man and quickly backing away.

Izuku took a couple of steps back only for All Might to yell, "Young Midoriya, catch." The boy's eyes bugged out when he saw a bus being thrown toward him, 'What the fuck is he doing to me?'

In the teacher's room, Aizawa pinched the bridge of his nose, "And here comes the lawsuit."

In the observation room, everyone yelled out in concern, "MIDORIYA/IZUCHAN"

Recovery Girl on the other hand was close to foaming in the mouth from anger. 'That Buffon.'

Back in the site, Izuku pushed OFA to 35% and grabbed the car before throwing it back to its source taking All Might by surprise as it hit him. The boy fell to the ground as he can feel his muscles hurting him. 'It feels like every single fiber of my being is ripped apart.'

The boy didn't get too much to think as All Might zeroed in on him. The man grabbed the boy, but Izuku released the two cables making the hero frown having fallen to the same trick twice.

Izuku was then released from All Might's fist. The boy retreated but then began to quickly jump from one side to the other of the site like he did in the sports festival using at least 30% of his quirk. All Might couldn't keep up with the boy, but he then began to feel hits fall on him.

He then decided to tank the hits and wait for the perfect moment. He eyed the arcs of lighting, and yelled, "Now" All Might threw his arms out to grab Izuku only for the boy to clap his hands together saying, "New York Smash." This sent a shock wave through the site.

Izuku then sent another attack at the hero and hit him in the chest.

All Might smirked, "You've done well, young Midoriya." The hero then cracked his neck making the boy suit, "But playtime is over."

All Might disappeared and reappeared in front of Izuku hitting him square in the face and sending him into a building. A moment later, Izuku jumped from the rubble.

The boy then used two smoke bombs, and delivered a kick to the hero, "Manchester Smash."

All Might ducked and grabbed Izuku to smash him into the ground, but he suddenly felt a rush of heat that made him sweat.

All Might quickly jumped out of the way as a stream of fire headed his way. The man sighed in relief, 'I almost got an unwanted haircut!'

He looked to see Shoto holding Midoriya up. Shoto quickly made the largest ice wall he can muster to make a huge block between them and All Might.

The boy looked at Izuku, "Midoriya, can you still fight? I came to help you." He looked at his left hand and winced a little, but shook his head quickly, "I promise you that I will give it my 100%."

Izuku sighed in relief, "So, did I manage to get to you through tough love? Or did the realization come to by itself?" Shoto merely waved his hand in a 50/50 manner.

Shoto then asked, "What is our plan to pass the exam?" He knew that All Might was kind giving them time to think and breathe. He looked at Izuku walk up to the wall which began to shatter.

Izuku looked at him, "Go to the gate and escape. I'll hold him down until you reach it. At this point, we need a miracle to win. I'll distract him." He then asked, "Do you think you can use your fire on your left leg to help you fly there?"

Shoto was surprised by the question, "I think so, but I never practiced it, so I might get a couple of bruises while trying to do it." Izuku then held him so he asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm throwing in the direction of the gate." Shoto gulped, "Remember focus on your balance while trying to fly. Use your left leg as a propulsor. Goodbye."

Shoto went flying through the air. The ice wall was finally smashed into a million pieces as All Might stood there, "Where is your partner, Young Midoriya? Did you tell him to leave you?"

Izuku smirked, "Sorry, sir." He pulled at his quirk at 25% feeling his body crying out for him to stop, "But this is one dance that I can't allow you to win." He then smiled, "It's like you said 'A hero must smile in the face of danger', right All Might?"

The two then clashed together once again. Shoto could feel their fighting from the distance as he tried to fly to the gate, 'Is Midoriya sure he isn't All Might's secret love child?'

In the observation room, students were sharing on Izuku as he fought head-to-head with All Might. A very powered-down All Might, but still All Might. The boy was holding his own if barely against the hero.

Setsuna cheered, "Come on, Izuchan. You can do it. Kick his butt. I believe in you."

Tetsu smiled, "Well, it's nice to say that you're still happy." He then looked at the screen as Izuku ducked under All Might's fist and covered the area with smoke and kicked the hero's back.

"Yeah," Setsuna said smiling, "It isn't every day I see my friend stand up to freaking All Might on equal ground." She said as All Might threw himself hitting Izuku's back making every wince, "Okay, not equal ground, but manage to keep up with him." She closed her eyes as All Might threw a railing at Izuku who dodged, before covering All Might with an electrified net.

Sero said, "But man, Todoroki used his fire. Who knew that he only needed his ass to be handed to him and get pinned to the ground?" the boy chuckled a little with a few others laughing with him.

Mineta spoke up, "Maybe he has a su…" The boy then smashed his head to the ground.

Tusburaba asked, "Dude, are you alright?" Mineta raised a thumbs-up while groaning in pain.

Tsuyu put a finger to her mouth, "I guess I don't have to slap him with my tongue then." He waited for a couple of seconds before adding, "It's kinda weird if he made a perverted comment and I didn't get to slap him." She then shrugged focusing back on the match.

"the true question is: can Shoto reach the gates on time?" Momo asked making everyone wonder if the boys will pass their final exam.

Back with Izuku, the boy was running out of steam. All Might was truly a force to be reckoned with, but he couldn't allow Shoto to stay here for All Might to fight him. All Might's punches can put out his flames and shatter his ice.

Suddenly, the boy saw All Might charge a punch yelling, "Texas Smash" The boy quickly charged his quirk to 25% and yelled, "Texas Smash" The two hits met each other creating a huge shock wave.

In the end, All Might appeared holding Izuku with his arm. The man grabbed a steel rod and tied it around the boy's body and said, "It was a valiant effort, young Midoriya, but it seems that you lost." The hero looked into the distance, "It seems young Todoroki hasn't reached the gates yet. Better go and stop him."

As All Might turned to leave, Izuku was desperate. He needed to catch him. The boy began to channel his quirk to high levels to break the iron bar, 'Come on, I need to be freed. I need to hold him back. Come on, come on.'

The boy suddenly felt something tingling inside his left arm. It seemed like it was trying to get out the harder he tried to free himself to catch All Might. The boy kept pushing and pushing till it happened…

Out of nowhere, some kind of energy erupted from his left arm. It was black and like tendrils. All Might just looked back in time to duck under one of the tendrils that swung at him.

All Might was shocked. Didn't the boy say he was quirkless? Did OFA force a dormant quirk inside of the boy to finally awake? The boy looked at him and his face was that of complete desperation. He didn't know what was happening to him.

All Might tried to approach him, but the tendrils were attacking crazy leashing out at everything.

In the teacher's room, Vlad simply stated, "Well, that's new. I guess there's more to his quirk than meets the eye."

Aizawa sighed, "Does everything that has something to do with your problem child's quirk have to manifest so destructively?" Vlad whistled innocently ignoring the question.

Nezu on the other hand, 'Hmmm, it seems OFA is alike to AFO than we thought before!'

In the observation room, everyone was stunned at the sudden development. Ibara said, "Did Midoriya just manifest a new quirk out of the blue?"

Sato answered her, "I believe so." He looked at the rest of class 1-B trying to ignore a glaring Yui, "Does he always pull shit like this out of his ass? Or is this something new?"

Setsuna was extremely worried for Izuku now. His face was that of intense pain. She hoped that the test would end sooner than later. She didn't want her crush to be hurt anymore.

Back with Izuku, the boy was struggling to control the black tendrils. It's like they had a mind of their own. He was hitting everything, but at least he was keeping All Might away from Shoto, but he needed to control this new ability that suddenly appeared from midair.

How did he have to envy Setsuna? Perhaps, Ibara had something going on about envy leading to disaster and whatnot.

While Izuku was trying to control the black wires, he swore he heard a voice trying to speak to him, "Emotions… black whip… control… quirk… 5th… don't… stronger… Concentrate... Focus..."

The words were foggy, and he couldn't get the details, but it did take his mind somewhere else. It was when he was asking Ibara about her quirk…

"Hmm Shiozaki, I always wondered," the girl turned to him, "Does your quirk respond to your emotions or are you always in control of them?"

The girl hummed a little, "When I was younger, my vines were very hard for my parents to handle due to them reacting to my emotions at the time?" she tapped her chin, "Did you ever read about the time when the Kyoto Disneyland was shut down by a sudden manifestation of vines everywhere?" Izuku nodded only for the girl to shyly look away, "That was the first time using my quirk. I wanted a Disney princess plushie, but my dad didn't bring buy so I threw a tantrum…" she smiled sheepishly, "And well, you can see the result."

The boy was shocked. His friend has the greatest mastery over her quirk in the whole class, "How did you manage to overcome it and master it?"

The girl sighed sadly, "My quirk was considered too volatile by any school to let me in, so I spent most of my childhood homeschooled. My interactions were limited to my parents and the priests of my church, so I dedicated my time to training. It took me years to finally control them, but I did it. when I was younger, I had to concentrate very hard to make sure that they didn't react to my emotions, but now, all I need is a thought to make them do my bidding. it was tough times, but I got through them."

Izuku looked away in shame, "I'm sorry if I brought back bad memories."

Ibara smiled, "Oh heavens no, Midoriya. Everyone has his struggles. I'm not ashamed of mine, so don't feel bad about it." They both continue to study English with Awase at Momo's house.

Izuku now took a deep breath and said to himself, "Clam down, clam down, clam down…" It was working. The tendrils were slowing down. It took a couple more moments, but finally, he landed on the ground near Shoto of all people.

He looked and saw All Might standing there causing the boy to say, "Oh god damn it." He can practically hear Ibara screaming in his ear not to mention God's name in vain.

He looked at Shoto and said, "Shoto, run to the gate. I'll handle All Might." The boy looked at him stunned at what he saw but snapped out of it. The boy tried to run, but All Might quickly attempted to block him.

Izuku then said to himself, 'Please work.' He then summoned one of the whips and tied them around All Might's hand and said to himself, "Concentrate. Concentrate. Concentrate."

All Might was amazed by Izuku's sudden mastery of the quirk he just manifested, but once he saw his successor's face, he knew he was struggling to keep it together. The hero tugged on the whip to try and move it with Izuku, but Izuku launched another one from his other hand to a building anchoring them both.

Izuku released another whip and attached it to All Might while using OFA at 25%. His muscles were tearing apart, and All Might was about to escape because he can feel his grip loosening on the whips. He was losing concentration quickly. 'Shiozaki was right. This is harder than it looks.'

All Might smiled, "Nice try, but…" he was silenced when an iceberg consumed him with one of his hands out. Shoto quickly ran and attached a cuff to the hand.

Shoto was stunned at what happened with Midoriya, but once he saw the boy's effort to keep All Might at bay, and the pained expression he decided to do something. He saw that Izuku couldn't hold All Might any longer and the gate was close, but not so close as he could reach it before All Might is free, so he buried All Might in ice making sure to leave one hand out. Plus, they had 30 seconds left, and it wasn't enough to make it to the gate.

The speakers blurred to life, "Izuku Midoriya and Shoto Todoroki have passed the final exam."

Shoto tried to melt the iceberg, but All Might busted out of it after Izuku let go of his tendrils.

The man looked at his students and smiled, "What a wonderful exam. I have to say I was impressed with both of you. Young Todoroki, it appears you used your fire. I assume that it will be a constant going on forward."

Shoto looked at his hand, "I don't know anything now, but I feel that things are going to be better for me now. I owe it to Midoriya. He didn't give up on me even when I gave up on myself."

All Might laughed and turned to his successor only to see him carted off by a number of medical bots. One of the bots looked at him and said, "Do you understand the meaning of the concept hold back?"

All Might laughed awkwardly, "I guess I took it a little bit too far with the whole 'throwing a car on him' thing."

Shoto looked at him incredulously, "Seriously, just a little bit far?"

All Might laughed patting Shoto on the back who suddenly passed well. The medical bots sighed as they threw him on Izuku.

All Might gulped, 'Recovery Girl is going to have my head on a platter when she's through with me. I feel threatened.'

In the observation room, Awase stated, "So, I guess Tokage just won the betting pool." He looked at the green-haired girl or where she used to be given that she went to the infirmary to check on Izuku. The boy then nudged Shiozaki, "Do you want to go and see if Midoriya is alright? He seemed quite banged up?"

Shiozaki smiled, "Oh certainly. In fact, I'm quite sure he will ask me to help him control this new ability of his."

The two students left with Shishida following them.

Kirishima then said, "Since Todo-bro passed the final exam, that means our class's aces are going to get back into class. We just need to convince Aizawa-sensei to bring back Bakugo and we'll be good to go." Mina whacked him on the back of the head telling him not to watch conspiracy theories anymore.

Jiro only sighed in tiredness, "Well, this year has been interesting so far. Wonder what kind of surprises, it is still holding."

She felt a shiver go down her spine making her regret saying that.

With Izuku, the boy woke and found himself in a black void. He tried to yell only to see that his mouth was covered by some kind of wispy greenish-black smoke. He then heard someone call out to him, "We need to talk, kid."

Author's notes:

Welcome guys to a new chapter of my story. We have finally reached the three final fights. I apologize in advance if they aren't as amazing as I hyped them to be, but I tried my best. I also added a little bit of fluff between Izuku and Setsuna after her run with Nezu which we can all agree can even leave All Might questioning himself. In the next chapter, it will be more of a relaxation chapter than anything else before we jump to the first movie. Izuku will meet the previous users in it, and he will also be introduced to the Tokages which will cause a little bit of tension between mother and daughter. And finally, just for comedic effect, do you want me to make Ibara Banjo's granddaughter; this way Banjo will warn Izuku to stay away from his granddaughter or he'll strangle him in his sleep. Also apologies for any grammatic errors, I do try my best to avoid them, but sometimes it happens especially when I'm trying to make the deadline of my weekly uploads or I feel I've taken too much time on one chapter from any of my 4 fanfics.

As always please take care of yourselves, write a review expressing your opinion about the current chapter, and tell me how you think I can make the story better.

And finally, I hope you all enjoy reading my work, and see you next time with a brand-new chapter.