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Last time on The Alien Hero: Deku 10...
'The final exam continues with more of my classmates passing. Momo finally has the push toward her start line and sees that she is a hero. But now, someone else in my life is about to have her start line as well. Let's see that. NOW!'
Chapter 43: The Final Exams: Mina Ashido-Start Line!
[Date: 27 June 2264, Friday]
[Location: Exam Venue #5: U.S.J dome, U.A High School, Musutafu Prefecture, Japan]
[Time: 12:45 pm]
'The fifth match in the exams between Ochako and Aoyama against Thirteen was underway. It was almost over…'
True to what Future Izuku narrated, the match was nearing its end, just not in the way you'd expect.
Ochako and Aoyama were busy holding onto a railing just by the stairs to the exit of the U.S.J as they were busy being pulled by a black hole, made from the space-suit-wearing hero
"Oh, man! We were so close!" Ochako scream as she was holding on to dear life. Thirteen was behind the two, walking toward them with one of their fingers out
"Did you really think I'd let you two get away that easy?" Thirteen says. Ochako looks at the exit gate which was just mere feet away. Their plan was just to escape the USJ and pass the exam, using Ochako's quirk to make themselves lighter and make it easier for them to sneak around the facility without making too much noise. And just when the two were about to escape, the rescue Pro snuck up behind them and used their quirk, causing them to be in the predicament they were currently in. Ochako curses her luck as she starts to think
'Crap, this isn't good! We're trapped, gotta figure out how to get out of this!' Ochako thought, she takes in a quick breath but found that task a bit difficult due to all the air being sucked into Thirteen's quirk 'Okay, c'mon. Think, what would Izuku do at a time like this?' She thought as she started to look around for anything that could be useful in this situation
"Hey." Aoyama calls out, cutting Ochako's train of thought
"What?! I'm trying to think!" Ochako yells
"You were thinking about Izuku Midoriya, right? How sweet." Aoyama says, causing Ochako to turn to him with slightly wide eyes. How did he know that? "Is it because he's your friend or…is it because you like him? Just like the other girls in our class appear to like him as well? Are you…in love with him?" He asks
Ohcako looks at Aoyama for a little bit as the words he said start to play in her mind, causing her to blush. And in the heat of the moment, she let go of the railing and grabbed her hot cheeks (Don't you dare say it). But due to letting go of the railing, Ochako now found herself flying straight toward Thirteen and she realizes this and starts to scream. Thirteen sees Ochako heading toward them and shuts off their quirk. Ochako was in front of Thirteen and was panicking as she didn't know what to do here, suddenly, her mind goes back to her internship with Gunhead
["You shouldn't battle on your opponent's field, turn things around and make it the battlefield is yours. Take them by surprise."] Gunhead spoke.
Ochako's newly found fighter instincts kick in as she throws a punch to Thirteen's head, but they dodge the attack, Ochako then throws a flying roundhouse, forcing the Pro to duck from it, but that was Ochako's plan as she grabs onto Thirteen's arm and pins them to the floor, startling them
"Whoa! Where did this come from?" Thirteen asks, they lift their free hand, ready to use their quirk again when Aoyama blasts toward them, and Ochako with his quirk propels him and he grabs the free hand
"Got you!" Aoyama says. Seeing this as their opportunity to win, Ochako quickly grabs the cuffs from her utility belt and slaps them onto the arm she was pinning down
'The lessons I learned from Gunhead-sensei were wanted I needed here. I'm a mini-battle Heroine!' Ochako thought, eyes filled with a fiery spirit
Team Aoyama & Uraraka: have captured their opponent. Practical Exam Results: Both pass!
[In the monitor room]
"Alright! Ochako's judgment!" Izuku yells, watching the monitor that showed Ochako pinning Thirteen "I can't believe she used Thirteen's quirk to get in close and pin them down and get the win. That was a risky but effective move which worked out in the end. Nice one Ochako!" He yells, celebrating Ochako's win. Lucy however really didn't think that was the case here.
"I don't know Izzy. I don't think that is what she planned at all. It kinda looked like she lost her focus for a bit and that something happened to her that allowed her to pin Thirteen down, that and Thirteen themselves got distracted when Ochako was right on them." Lucy says, someone else in the room with the two agrees with Lucy
"*Kero* Yeah, I'd have to agree with you on this Lucy-chan. I saw that Ochako let go of the railing after Aoyama said something to her while they were talking and she lost focus after that." Tsu says. She had come to the monitor room just moments before Ochako's exam began and was watching it with the two.
"Huh? Really?" Izuku asks and the two girls nod
"Yup." Lucy. Izuku looks back to the monitor and sees Thirteen speaking with the two students about their performance in the exam but Ochako looked a bit red in the face while Aoyama was somehow looking at the camera
"I wonder what Aoyama said that shocked her so much to let go." Tsu says, placing one of her fingers on her chin
"I wonder. Too bad we couldn't hear them thanks to Thirteen's black hole canceling out the noises." Izuku says. Due to black holes emitting their own stronger sound waves, the audio of Ochako and Aoyama speaking couldn't be heard until Thirteen shut their quirk off
The door to the monitor room opens behind the trio, making them turn and see Momo and Tenya walking into the room together
"Tenya, Momo. You guys are here?" Izuku asks and the two nod
"Yes, we wanted to see the rest of our classmates perform in their exam and cheer them on from the sidelines." Tenya says, he looks at the monitors and saw Uraraka and Aoyama speaking with Thirteen "I see Uraraka has passed her exam. Not surprising really due to the training she received during the internships." He says, standing next to the trio with Momo
"You two were amazing out. Congrats on the pass." Lucy says, smiling at them as they turn to her
"Thank you. And congratulations on your victory Asui." Tenya says, turning to Tsu who smiles and lets out a small ribbit
"Yes, thank you." Momo says, smiles and nods as she turns to Izuku "And Izuku, I should thank you." She says, causing Izuku to turn to her with an expression of confusion
"Huh? For what?" Izuku asks
"The things you said to me back at the Sports Festival helped me overcome my issues and helped me focus on the exam." Momo says and Tenya nods along
"Really?" Izuku says, surprised she still remembers that conversation
"Yes, you helped me as well in the situation Ojiro and I was in. It was your way of thinking that helped us in passing our exam. Thank you" Tenya says, Izuku feels sheepish as he starts to rub the back of his head and blushes a little bit
"Aw, man. You guys are making me blush." Izuku says, slightly chuckling
"Now that this match is over, that means that we're halfway into the exams with the four teams passing their exams while one has failed." Lucy says
"Meaning there could be another failure in the next five if things repeat." Tsu says
"Perhaps…" Tenya says
"So, who's up next?" Lucy asks
"Ashido and Kaminari are up next. And they're up against Principal Nezu." Momo says
"Who happens to be the smartest being on the planet. This is not going to be easy." says
"Yeah…" Izuku says, turning back to the monitors 'Especially since it's rare for him to do Hero Work, that and he's part alien as well, just like Mina is. He'll probably test her and definitely push her to the limit in this.' He thought, knowing that this wasn't going to be an easy one
[Time: 13:05 pm]
[Location: Exam Venue #6: Battleground Gamma, U.A High School, Musutafu Prefecture, Japan]
Team Ashido & Kaminari: Practical Exam. Ready? Go!
Mina and Denki were running down a path in the fake industrial plant
"So, what do you want to do?" Denki asks his partner but he doesn't get a response from her. He turns and sees Mina had an expression of deep concentration "Ashido?" He says, causing Mina to snap back to reality and look around
"Huh? What?" Mina says.
"You okay?" Denki asks, Mina turns to him and blinks as she remembers where they were, she flashes a sheepish smile and waves her hand
"Y-Yeah. just nervous. That's all." Mina says
"Yeah, I'd be too. But that was if we were facing any of the other teachers. But Mr. Nezu? We've got nothing to worry about." Denki says, grinning. Mina on the other hand looks at him
"I don't know Kaminari. This is our Principal we're talking about who's also a Pro Hero. We should take this seriously." Mina says, with a serious look. Denki looks at her with a look
"What? C'mon, the guy's tiny. Ain't no way he'll stop us. I can just stun him with my electricity and you can burn him with your acid…actually, don't, that might make him look bad in front of everyone else. The point is, we've got this in the bag." Denki says. Mina was about to say something when they felt the ground shake. They stop and look around as they felt another shake
"Hey. Did you feel that?" Mina asks, Denki nods with another shake going off but they start hearing something in the distant
"Yeah…what's that noise?" Denki asks, the noise sounded like metal banging against metal and it was getting louder by the second "You don't think it could be the principal? Right?" he asks, Mina just shrugs
"I…don't know…" Mina says, not knowing what was going on but remains on guard in case something happens. Her hands start to secret acid with some of it dripping from them and hitting the ground, burning holes into it
A large pipe above them suddenly gives way due to the shake and starts to fall above them, Denki looks up and sees it fall, he screams and causes Mina to look up and see the pipe, she shoots out a long stream of acid toward the pipe, cutting it in two as it lands on the ground with the two pieces landing in-between them
"What the?" Mina says, cutting the stream of acid off, suddenly, she feels the ground shake once more, this time more violently than before and consistently this time and felt it coming from behind. She looks back and her eyes widen at the sight before her
"Oh no…" Mina utters, the path they took was getting blocked by the debris falling from the collapsing surroundings. Denki turns around and sees this sight as well as he panics
"RUN!" Denki yells as they start to run with the falling debris chasing them
"What the hell is going on? What's causing this!?" Mina yells
"I don't know but I'm not standing around to find out! But if I had to guess! Our opponent is behind us!" Denki yells. Undenounced to either of them, Denki was right as a construction crane was behind them and in it was Nezu, operating it while holding a cup of tea in his right paw
"Half correct young man, I'm behind and above you." Nezu says, taking a sip from his tea
[In the monitor Room]
The group of students were seeing Mina and Denki run as Nezu was in his crane, enjoying his tea
"The principal looks so comfortable in that crane." Tenya says
"Yeah, but, how is he doing this?" Lucy asks
"I don't know, he's so far away from them." Tsu says. Izuku and Momo look at the monitor that was displaying Mina and Denki as they run and turn to another monitor that had an overhead shot of the exam venue and spot something happening
"He predicted their moves." Izuku and Momo say, causing the others to turn to them
"Huh?" The others utter
"He must have predicted their moves, where they were going to go, and their reaction. He must have thought of a complex calculation to do this." Momo says
"And in doing so is preventing them from escape. He's cutting and sealing all other paths to the exit. He's trapping them inside…" Izuku says.
Correct you are you two. Most impressive. A voice spoke aloud, causing everyone to look around for it but found nothing else in the room beside them and Recovery Girl. Izuku and Lucy recognize the voice and turn back to the monitors and see Nezu was looking straight at the camera in the crane with him
"Principal Nezu?" The two say as they hear a soft laugh
Yes, it is I, Nezu! Nezu says, alerting and shocking the others. Recovery Girl looks at her boss with a knowing expression
"You did not hack the sound system again, did you?" Recovery Girl asks as Nezu just chuckles
Why, yes I did. And back to your previous questions. Nezu says
[Back at the Exam Venue]
"Yes, I am predicting their moves before they attempt them and I am creating chain reactions, depending on what I destroy with my wrecking ball." Nezu says, moving the control to the crane to the left before swinging it back to the right, doing so causing the wreaking ball to swing and hit a building hard "Creating such calculations is as easy for me as making a cup of tea. This is mere child's play." He says, the debris from the destroyed building hit several pipes and beams which hit an electric section and caused an explosion to go off which of course, sets off a chain reaction of explosions, causing more buildings and other things to collapse and forcing Mina and Denki to run further in the wrong direction
"And you were right Young Midoriya. Those two don't truly realize that I am sealing every possible direct path to the exit gate. A genius villain can always win from afar! AHAHAHAHAHA!" Nezu laughs as he continues to operate the crane while drinking his tea.
Okay, let me do this one before I head off to do my battle. Principal Nezu. Quirk: "High Spec!" He's actually not a man, but an animal that was experimented on early in his life with his D.N.A. sliced and mixed with various other D.N.A. samples from other species. Most that were used on him are unknown but the most notable ones were a bear, cat, dog, and something else that he hasn't told us. The one he hasn't said is what is responsible for his high intelligence. He's truly a being you won't find anywhere else in the world. Just…don't piss him off, he can destroy your life with a press of a button. And he's undefeated in chess, level 11 chess. Okay, that's good. Great! Now I can go and get ready for my battle. YEAH!
[Back in the Monitor Room]
"Nezu once told me when he started working here as the school's principal, he was subjugated to horrible and inhumane experiments by scientists in his past as a cub. He was eventually rescued and liberated by some people whom he never said were but due to what had happened to him, he has a deep-sewn hatred of humans with a few exceptions. So, in times like this, he tends to let out a sadistic side of him and toy with people." Recovery Girl says. The teens watching couldn't help but feel a bit nervous and scared after hearing that
'Right…' They thought
[Back in the Exam venue: With Mina and Denki]
Mina and Denki had stopped running and were looking around for any sight of Nezu while also keeping an eye on anything that could fall onto them
"What are we going to do? We can't just keep running forever." Mina says. Denki looks around and sees a clear path and an alleyway near it. he then gains an idea
"Let's spilt up!" Denki says, causing Mina to turn to him with an expression of disbelief
"What?!" Mina shouts "Are you insane!? Why would you want us to split up?!" She yells
"If we split up, he can't take both of us on at the same time, right? If one of us makes it to the gate, we pass the exam." Denki says, Mina gains a conflicted expression, knowing that what he said made surprising sense but it was a massive risk for them to split up
"But-" Mina was trying to say but Denki just placed his hand on her shoulder and gives her a thumbs up
"Trust me on this. This is going to work. It has too." Denki says, reassuring Mina that this will work. Mina still felt conflicted as it didn't feel right just to leave him alone, but that was really all they had right now. So, with a heavy heart, she nods to the idea
"O-Okay." Mina says
"Alright, good luck!" Denki says as he takes off into the alleyway. Leaving Mina alone there
"G-Good luck." Mina says. She then looks back to the path and runs down it. From the crane, Nezu looks at a screen in it that had two dots on it, going in opposite directions within the exam field
"Mmm, what is this?" Nezu asks no one in particular as he watches one of the dots heading toward the right way of the gate while the other was going to a power plant. He then realizes what was going on "Ah, splitting up I see. Trying to divert my attention to one of you while letting the other run toward the gate, was a smart, yet risky move that would work on any other being. But unfortunately." He says, putting his teacup down and grabbing both control sticks and
"I am not any other being." Nezu says as he moves the crane toward a section of a building where pipelines were connected, and a chain reaction begins to form.
Mina was seen, skating with her acid as she was looking for a path toward the way out. She was sliding past things at a fast rate while thinking about the task at hand, getting out of the exam field
'How should I do this? What should I do?' Mina thought, thinking about this. Her mind went to Izuku and thought, how would he go about this
'Midori would probably look at the situation and break it down to its smallest detail and properly look it over and see how it works in his favor. Maybe I should do the same.' Mina thought, just as she was about to, a loud and large explosion went off behind her, causing her to stop and see a large cloud forming in the air with lightning crackling from it and from the ground
Denki Kaminari has been captured!
Mina's eyes widen in shock upon hearing the announcement, as it causes her to stop in place
"What?!" Mina shouts, surprised that Kaminari was captured that fast after they split up. What happened to him?
Suddenly, she starts feeling the ground shake once again and hears the metal getting banged on again. She slowly turns around and sees falling debris from the damaged/destroy buildings behind her heading straight toward her and closing in fast.
"Oh no…" Mina mutters before taking off again, using her acid at its most slick consistency and away from the falling debris while jumping over several obstacles that were in front of her, along with falling debris landing in front of her
Nezu from his crane was laughing at seeing Mina running away
"Yes! Run, little girl! Run away and see what that will lead you! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Nezu laughs, moving the control sticks at a frantic rate as the crane and wrecking ball move and spin, wrecking more buildings, and causing more chain reactions, resulting in more explosions and debris falling and flying every way.
[Back in the Monitor Room]
Everyone was watching this scene play out with nervous expressions, seeing Mina running for her life
"Man, Mr. Nezu is really getting into his role." Tsu says, that the nervous and scared feeling she had earlier for Nezu had grown, while her animal instincts were telling her something, something bad was about to happen
"Y-Yeah…/Indeed." Momo and Tenya say, agreeing. Izuku and Lucy were not talking, just watching Mina run, and were worried about their fellow alien friend
"Mina…" Izuku mutters, worrying for Mina's safety but knew that Nezu wasn't going all out on her. Recovery Girl, on the other hand, had the opposite thoughts in mind
'Crap! Nezu's starting to go all out on her. There's not I can do to stop him once he's in this mood. I hope she can pull something out of her sleeve to at least get out of this with minor injuries.' Recovery Girl thought
[Back at the exam venue]
Nezu was still franticly moving the crane, destroying more things in an attempt in capturing Mina
"C'mon Miss Ashido! Use your mind, there's still a way out! Think!" Nezu yells, moving the crane once more and wrecks a rather large structure which sets off a large chain of destruction, heading toward Mina
She was still staking down the path, leaping over, and rushing past numerous obstacles and objects in her way. The debris behind was catching up to her at an alarming rate and growing in size and volume due to the new debris being added in, which made Mina panic and secrete more acid to slide and build more room to get away. She spots an alleyway up ahead and turns into it, barely evading the carnage that was following her. She looks into the alley and sees a door on her left side. she rushes toward the door and kicks it open and enters through it.
She was panting a bit as she had her hands by the door, hoping that Nezu didn't notice her absence. Once she calms down, she looks around and sees she had entered some kind of warehouse, supplied with various roadwork items, such as pipes, hardhats, orange cones, and others things. She walks around the warehouse, in search of the door so she could exit it quietly and run again. But before she could even find the door, the ceiling of the warehouse cracks, altering Mina to look up and see the large crack right before the entire ceiling caves in and collapses right on top of her
"AHHHHH!" Mina scream as the entire warehouse collapses with her in it
[The Monitor Room]
"MINA/ASHIDO!" The teens yell, shocked and scared at what they just witnessed. Izuku especially as he was grasping the railing once again and bending it with his strength
'Please be alright. Please, I'm begging you to be okay…' Izuku silently prays, hoping that Mina was okay.
"Wait, look!" Lucy yells, making everyone look toward one of the monitors and see the destroyed warehouse as if something was emerging from the dust. The wind blew by and the dust clears to reveal the warehouse was completely demolished but…
Mina was standing on a still intact piece of the warehouse, panting as she looked roughed up, her costume torn in some areas like her thighs and midsection, and she lost her mask during the collapse and was bleeding from a cut on her forehead. But overall, she was still alive and still standing
"She's okay!" The teens yell, relief filling them at seeing Mina being alright
"Oh thank goodness…" Recovery Girl utters quietly, relieved as well. Once the teens had calmed enough, they saw the state Mina was in, she was barely standing and had purple-shaded bruises across her arms
"She's okay…" Momo says, letting out the held breath she didn't know she was holding
"But she's badly hurt. I don't she can even move…" Tsu says
"I don't know. I think she should just surrender." Tenya says
"But if she does that, she fails the exam." Lucy says, the four turn back to the monitor, looking concerned about Mina. Izuku was the same, looking at the monitor as he had one thought in his mind
'Mina…' Izuku thought
[The exam venue]
Mina was feeling the pain from the ceiling and other debris that fell on top of her, along with the slight irradiation of the acid burns she was currently experiencing after she had to use her acid at its highest corrosiveness to burn through most of the debris so she could be okay, at the cost of burning herself. She looks around and sees the destruction around her and felt how close she was to fail. She looks around some more and notices something in the distance,
'T-T-The gate! There it is…' Mina thought, happiness filling her mind as she found the way out, but before she could even move, the oath gets blocked by debris falling in front of it. she slowly and painfully turns around and finally sees the crane Nezu was operating behind her, with its wrecking ball swinging ominously as if it was looking at her like its prey
'Oh no…' Mina thought, she turns back to the blocked path and stepped a step, only to fall face first onto the ground. She lifts her head and her eyes begin to get mussy as she starts to crawl toward the path, in a desperate attempt to pass the exam
'No! NO! I was so close! I can barely move anything while my body is telling me to just drop and surrender. No…I was so close…' Mina thought, this remains her of her battle against Bakugou during the Sports Festival and how couldn't feel the Deja Vu from it. Tears begin to fall from her eyes as she felt utterly useless at this point…there was nothing she could do
["Why do you like to fight big guys and alone!?"]
'H-huh?' Mina thought, hearing someone's voice. She looks around the area, thinking that either Nezu, Denki, or someone else was there but she saw no one, and that was when she realizes something. That voice was her! And that question…was the one she asked Mirko back during her internship with her
[Flashback]
"Huh? You want to know why I like to fight?" Mirko asks, turning to Mina who was holding onto the side of a tall tower in the center of Tokyo. They were on top of Tokyo as they were taking a break from patrolling the area
"Y-Yes! I want to know, what's the drive that makes you fight big villains and why you fight solo!" Mina yells, holding onto the side of the tower of dear life, fearing she'd fall off and plummet to her death. Mirko, who was sitting by the edge placed her finger on her chin in the thought of the question
"Man, it's been a long time since someone actually asked me that. Well, the reason why I like…no love to fight strong opponents is that…I'm always the underdog." Mirko says, making Mina look at her with a confused expression
"What?" Mina says. Mirko just stands up and faces her
"I mean, look at me?" Mirko says, gesturing toward her body "I was never like this, this badass 5'2 rabbit hero. I was a weak little girl who only had a quirk that made her look like a rabbit. I was even bullied growing up." Mirko says, shocking Mina at what she mentioned
"You were…bullied?" Mina asks and Mirko nods
"Yep, I was called many dumb things growing up: Lola Bunny, Buck Tooth Princess, dark-skinned Babs Bunny, Shorty, Carrot lover, and the worst one of them all… Usagi." Mirko says, her clenched her fists at the name, still remembering the horrible memories from it "I got picked one by pretty much everyone around me and I couldn't fight back since I was so weak against the other bigger kids. I was ready to get give up and let them ruin me." She says
[Insert OST: This Spark in You from Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse]
"But then, one day, all that changed for me when I was helping my mom with shopping, we were passing by an electronic store and I saw a heroine on TV. She was pretty, strong, and awesome. The definition of an alpha woman, and she had this big bright smile too that could light up the world. She said that anyone could achieve their dream if they put hard work into them. So, I started working out a week after I saw that interview, at first, I couldn't handle it, hell I couldn't even do one push-up without getting tired. But after a couple of years, I started to get the hang of it and I pushed my mind and body to their breaking point every day. I took that and made it a part of my life." Mirko says, smiling as she remembers the time she met this hero as a teenager and got her autograph. She looks down at Mina and gives her a look of determination
"I fight not just because I love fighting and love the rush of danger and adrenaline. No, I fight bigger and more dangerous opponents because I'm always the underdog in every one of them. I fight to prove to everyone that you should never underestimate underdogs since we underdogs tend to pull off some impossible feet. Just
"Really…" Mina utters, Mirko nods and walks over to her
"Yes, I do." Mirko says and places her hand on Mina's shoulder and stares into her eyes, which was easy since they were about the same height. "I see a bit of myself in you Kid. That's part of the reason why I gave you an internship. You've got a spark in you, the same one I had when I was your age. If you build it up, you'll do incredible things. I want that to happen because I want to be there when you've achieved your goals." She says. Mina looks at her when she hears the words and couldn't help but get inspired by them. She looks at Mirko and lets go of the side of the tower and stands in front of the Pro with a determined expression
"Thank you…and I won't let you down on that promise." Mina says, Mirko looks at Mina and gives her a sincere smile
"No problem Kid." Mirko says.
"Mirko." Mina calls
"Yeah?" Mirko says, turning back to Mina
"Can I ask you one more question?" Mina asks
"You just did but sure, ask away." Mirko says
"Who was this hero's name? The one that inspired you." Mina says. Mirko just looks up to the night sky and smiles
"Her name was-" Mirko says, before the name of this hero was silent, with only Mina hearing it and nodding, turning back to the city and watching over it
[End OST at 01:25]
[End Flashback]
Mina's eyes widen as they regain their focus. She remembers
'What am I doing…? Why am I thinking of giving up at a time like this?' Mina thought, she starts to get up but she feels again, her body was still in pain but she ignores it and pulls herself off the ground
Nezu from his crane, sees Mina start getting back up from the ground and was intrigued by the sight
"What is this now?" Nezu asks
[Insert OST: GO Beyond from Boku No Hero Academia OST (Start at 02:53)]
'I can't give up now, not when everyone else is fighting to pass. I can't…no…' Mina thought, gritting her teeth, she finally gets back to her feet and pants, sweat dripping from her forehead, dripping the blood as well as she looks up and stares at the blocked path, the one that led to the escape gate.
Nezu was watching her, patiently waiting for her to move…or to call it quits
'Let us see what will you decide now, Miss Ashido.' Nezu thought. Mina was staring at the path in front of her and takes in a deep breath before releasing it and…suddenly rushing toward the path at surprising speeds. She leaps onto the path and jumps over it and lands on the other side and runs a bit before shooting out acid in front of her and using it to skate once again.
[In the Monitor Room]
"She's going for it!" The four teens yell, surprised at the sight of Mina actually running. Izuku didn't yell, he was watching Mina run, trying to win this thing
'You can do this, Mina…I know you can. Win…win this.' Izuku thought, putting all his hope into Mina
[Back at the exam venue]
Nezu quickly sees this and is surprised by Mina's decision as he grabs the controls once more
"Okay, let us play this game of cat and mouse then." Nezu says as he starts swinging the wrecking ball to create more debris and sends them ahead and around Mina in an attempt to block her from reaching the goal
Mina continues to skate down the path as she hears the rumbling again and knew what was coming, some pieces of the buildings in front of her broke away due to the rumbling and fell in front of her, of course, Mina reacts quickly and effortlessly leaps and flips over most of the debris while using her quirk to melt the ones she couldn't get past and jumps through them and continues to skate toward the gate.
Nezu was surprised and found himself getting a bit annoyed that Mina was escaping, he starts to use the crane for moves that were causing issues to it, pushing it to its limits, he swings the wrecking ball toward one building that was close by where Mina was and knocks it down with one big strike, causing some pieces of it to fall in the air and hit several pieces which broke and spill out a black liquid onto the ground, a spark fell into the air and lands onto the liquid, sparking a large flame from it which goes all the way to the pipes and causes a large scale explosion which catches Mina in and scaring the observers, thinking that she was injured
But to their utter surprise, Mina emerges from the smoke, her costume was more damaged from the explosion as more tears were in more areas of the suit-thigh suit and she lost her waistcoat and had a small shard of metal embedded in her right thigh but she continued to run, ignoring the pain and feeling the adrenaline pumping in her which makes her smile as sweat and blood fall off her skin and in the air. She leaps in the air toward one pile and swings on it like a monkey bar before letting go and soaring in the air toward a building and lands on its roof and starts running again and jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
Nezu was now really annoyed, now dropping the kiddie gloves and pulling out all the stops to prevent Mina from escaping, he turns the crane at its highest speed and makes it spin around, and uses the wrecking ball to smash all the buildings around Mina, making the debris to soar in the air, as an attempt to crush her. She looks up and sees hundreds of concrete and metal pieces in the air above her, ready to crush and stop her, she wasn't going to allow that. She runs toward the edge of the roof she was on and jumps off it, launching herself toward the pieces, acid was starting to pour from her arms and legs, burning her costume in the process as it surrounds her entire body and she starts to spin in mid-air, letting the acid fly off her and hit the debris, melting them upon contact and creating a path of her to go past them and in the clear as she sees the gate was now in front of her, she hits the ground hard but her acid body acted as a shield, taking most of the hit, keeping her safe and rolls a bit before correcting herself and gets back to her feet to run straight for the finish line, seeing as there was nothing around her to get smashed and block her. The observers in the monitor room were cheering her, yelling for her to get to the gate and seeing that she got this. but Nezu wasn't done yet, as he had one last card in his hand
"I don't think so!" Nezu yells, he turns the controls to the left, forcing the entire crane to start spinning once again as the engine was on the brake of blowing up as he builds up speed. He moves his hand on the control panel and hits a large green button. The button was responsible for the wrecking ball as the cable holding it explodes and launches the large ball to the other side of the battlefield, where the gate was!
Mina hears something soaring in the air behind her, she turns and sees the detached wrecking ball soaring toward her at a frightening speed, she panics and starts to pick up speed, hoping to make it to the gate, but the ball was closing in on her as she was closing into the gate and at the last inches, Mina jumps to the gate as the ball finally lands and hits the gate, causing a large dust cloud to cover the area.
[End OST]
[In the monitor room]
Everyone was watching the monitor with held breaths, waiting for the dust to settle and see if Mina had made it, or if she had failed. The dust finally starts to clear away as they start to pray, pray that Mina was at least okay, not caring if she passed or not as the dust finally clears and they all receive their answer
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The wrecking ball had crashed into the gate, blocking it completely from anyone from it…but…there was a smoking hole next to it with Mina on the floor on the other side of the crushed gate, panting heavily with her hands smoking once again, from the overuse of her acid.
She had escaped
"She…she did it…she escaped…" Momo utters…after realizing what just happened
"She escaped…" Tsu says, eyes widen
"S-She did…" Tenya utters, Lucy finally shakes off her shock and lets out a big grin as she raises her arms put in the air
"SHE ESCAPED!" Lucy shouts, causing the others to snap out of their shocked states and start cheering for Mina and her victory. Izuku wasn't cheering out loud with the others but he was looking at the monitor, showing her in her exhausted state as he smiles wholeheartedly
'You did Mina. You did it…' Izuku thought
[Back at the exam venue]
Mina was on the ground, panting and sweating, she knew what she just did
Nezu was in his crane, seeing what just happened, and was shocked, he thought he got her but she instead used a move that he never predicted for her to use. This…stomped him a bit but he starts to laugh, not the laugh he uses when he's feeling sadistic, no, this one was sincere as he never expected the daughter of the former chief of the Kraaho clan to outplay him
"I must say, you got me Miss Ashido." Nezu says as he turns to the sky and looks at birds flying by "This generation could turn out to be the best of the best. I think they're ready to know now." He says
Mina turns her body to lay on her back as she looks up to the sky, she did it. She knew she had escaped the exam and passed.
'I…I did it…' Mina thought, panting, her mind was beginning to drift away as she looks to the sky and thinks of someone from her past
'Are you looking down and seeing me get closer to my dream…Papa…' Mina thought as she fades away, exhaustion finally taking over with the last thing she hears being…
Team Ashido and Kaminari have escaped from their opponent. Practical Exam Results: One Pass and One Fail!
[Back at the monitor room]
The teens continue to cheer as Recovery Girl stepped out of the room toward her office to prepare for Mina and Denki's arrival so she could treat their injuries. The door to the room opens and Ochako enters the room, excitement was written on her face
"I heard the announcement, Did Ashido and Kaminari really pass their exam?!" Ochako asks, running up to the teens
"Yeah, we saw Ashido run and escape from the principal but…Kaminari was captured and we heard there was a failure. We think it might be him…" Momo says, causing Ochako to start getting worried
"So, does that mean…he failed the exam?" Ochako ask, the teens look at one another and back to her as they just shrug
"Maybe, we just don't know yet..." Izuku says
"Oh man, that's terrible. And he was so excited for the camp as well." Ochako says, feeling bad for Denki if he failed or not
"Yes, but you passed yours. Congratulations." Tenya says, causing Ochako to look at him and smile
"Thanks, Iida. And you too on your pass." Ochako says
"Ochako." Tsu says, going up to the brunette
"Yeah, Tsu? What's up?" Ochako asks, Tsu places her finger on her chin and looks at Ochako
"What were you talking to Aoyama about right before the end of your exam? We couldn't hear what either of you was saying thanks to Thirteen's quirk." Tsu says
"Oh, well we were talking about…" Ochako was saying but stopped as her mind replays something
["You were thinking about Izuku Midoriya, right? Is it because he's your friend or…is it because you like him? Just like the other girls in our class appear to like him as well? Are you…in love with him?"] Aoyama's voice replays in Ochako's mind, causing her to flush with a red face while steam started to course off her head
"AH! It was nothing! Really! You got it all wrong! We didn't speak about anything!" Ochako yells, frantically waving her arms in the air while backing away
"What's the matter with you? Your face has gone all red all of a sudden. Are you feeling good?" Tenya asks, confused about what was going on and so was Izuku who had a question mark appear above his head. Tsu on the other hand just watches Ochako's change as she looks at her and sees Ochako taking glances at Izuku
'Something happened out there that's got you all flustered. What are you thinking of Ochako?' Tsu thought, knowing something definitely happened in her exam and it involved Izuku somehow. Tsu wasn't the only one who noticed Ochako's change and glances as Lucy and Momo were getting suspicious as well
Team Koda and Jiro: Practical Exam. Ready? GO!
The announcement causes everyone to turn around back to the monitor as the next match has begun
[Location: Exam Venue #7: The Battle Forest, U.A High School, Musutafu Prefecture, Japan]
[Time: 13:50 pm]
In the deep, dense forest, Koda and Kyoka were hiding behind some trees, looking around for their opponent while discussing their plan of action against Present Mic
"Let's avoid combat with Present Mic at all times and head straight off the escape gate. Sound good?" Kyoka asks as she turns to her ever-silent partner and sees him nod "Then let's hit it." She says and the two-run, heading toward the gate
[In the monitor room]
"The practical exams match students with teachers who are supposed to have a hard time against." Tenya says
"Yup, that's the whole point in us doing this. To overcome our weaknesses." Momo says
"And we can see what this team's weaknesses are." Lucy says
"I agree. What are they going to do against Present Mic?" Tsu asks
"Both Koda and Kyoka have sound-related quirks but their opponent has one as well and is able to drown out anything around them. making it harder for them to use their quirks at their full potential." Izuku says, they just watch the monitor room and wait to see what will happen next
[Exam Venue #6]
Present Mic wasn't in the forest but rather at the escape gate, similar to how Ectoplasm was during his battle earlier as he was whistling while looking a bit bored and annoyed. He sighs
"C'mon. Let's hurry up and finish this set. Some people have arbor ardor but I'm more of a city kid ya dig? So…" Mic says as he takes in a deep breath and "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" lets out a loud shout, making big soundwaves rock through the forest, making all the birds fly away while forcing Koda and Kyoka to hold their ears in pain from the yell, especially Kyoka as her ears were sensitive to loud sounds
[Insert OST: Weeee Are Fu*kin Super Star from Boku No Hero Academia OST]
"So loud…" Kyoka winces as the yell finally stops and the forest grew quiet. Kyoka turns to Koda
"Koda, you can control animals with your quirk right?" She asks as Koda nods "Can't you use it to make some birds attack him or something so he can't use his quirk again?" She asks but Koda just shakes his head and starts using sign language to speak
"Even if I wanted to order them to do that, Present Mic's voice will just make them run away!" Koda says, making Kyoka sigh as she looks on ahead
"Great, his quirk makes my ears feel like they're going to blast. This is like when Greenie is Echo-Echo but a lot less intense." Kyoka says, letting out a sigh of frustration
'He's not just better than I thought he'd be. He's like a super up death amp, set to 11.' Kyoka thought as they start running again toward the gate
"There's just no way we can get close to him. and even if we could, he'd probably see us coming and use his quirk again. I bet he's just standing at the gate, waiting for us to show up and blast us with his voice." Kyoka says. Unaware that she was correct as Present Mic was tapping his foot while whistling a tune right before he stops
"Hurry up and COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Present Mic shouts, using his quirk again and forcing the two students to hold their ears once again
"My ears!" Kyoka cries out from the pain she was starting to feel
"I'm GETTING BORED!" Mic yells again
"I…don't think I can…take much more…for this!" Kyoka says, holding her ears tighter but fortunately, the yelling stops
"Man, where are these kids?" Present Mic says, looking at his fingernails
*Sigh…* Why am I here? Oh right, he's not here to do it…fine…I'll do it. Present Mic. Quirk: Voice. Hizashi's Quirk allows him to increase the volume of his voice, giving him an ability that is similar to a sonic scream. He's a DJ and a radio host of his own show, "Put Your Hands Up." on Friday Nights on Hero FM from 5 pm to 10 pm. The day he was born, the doctor and his parents bled from their ears the first time he cried. Oh, and that weird device around his neck? Yeah, that's not for show, it's a directional speaker, and it lets him control where the sound waves go and how loud they are. just don't let him sing, you could lose your hearing for a while if you do so. Can I go back to sleep now?
"HURRY UP ALREADY!" Present Mic yells once again as Kyoka and Koda were hiding behind a bunch of rocks on the ground, holding their ears. Eventually, he stops, allowing the students to look up from their hiding spots and start to regroup
[END OST at 01:45]
"Any more of this and we might actually go deaf. So what now?" Kyoka asks, actually worried about her ears as she was stumped. She notices something on the rock and takes a closer and spots an ant just casually walking by
'An ant? Wait a second, soundwaves don't travel underground. Meaning…' Kyoka thought, as she gains an idea for them to use against Present Mic. She turns to Koda
"Hey Koda, you control bugs and stuff right? Look at this." Kyoka says, holding her hand out to Koda as he sees the ant resting on her knuckles "An ally, one that can't get scared by sounds. So, can you do it?" She asks, expecting a nod from Koda. But what she didn't expect was him to yell, scared for something. She was confused and just moves her hand closer to him. which causes him to yell again and actually run away. She watches him jump behind a tree and finally realizes something
"So…he doesn't like bugs…who knew…" Kyoka says, lowering her hand, once she did, however, Present Mic rips out another loud soundwave, forcing Kyoka to close her ears again. She stands up and faces where the sound was coming from
"I know that this won't help as much…but, I can at least try and…cancel it out!" Kyoka yells, she moves her earphones to her boots and insert the jacks into them, and blasts a massive beat from the speakers, clashing with Mic's soundwave and canceling it as her blast continues toward Mic. Mic hears it but was unaffected by it due to the distance they were apart
"Too much bass, not enough pitch or tempo in the beat. Just someone needs to invest in better subwoofers." Mic says, smirking a bit
Kyoka falls down to her knees and clenches her head, a massive headache was starting to form while there was a mild ringing in her ears
"This isn't good…I'm close to passing out if he lets out any more of those blasts…" Kyoka mutters under her breath, not knowing what to do now since her trump card had failed. She turns around and sees Koda still hiding by the tree "Hey, don't you have any plans Koda?" She asks but he shakes his head, much to her displease
"Crap…what should we do no-" "LET'S GET A MOVE ON ALREADY!" Kyoka was asking but she was cut off by Mic's next attack, forcing them to clench their ears again
'There's no way we can get past his voice and at the rate we're going, we won't even see him before the time runs out.' Kyoka thought, she was running out of patience as she turns to Koda just as Mic stops his quirk
"Koda, can you please tell me if it's possible or not for you to control insects." Kyoka says as Koda gives her a shaky thumbs-up, confirming that he can
"Good!" Kyoka yells, inserting one of her earphone jacks into one of the rocks and blasting it with her heartbeat, smashing it into pieces. Koda looks at the destroyed area and sees a lot of various insects crawling around where the rock was, causing him to freak out and yell in fright, Kyoka looks at him with concern
"I'm sorry I had to do that and I know that you're afraid of bugs but I need you to -" Kyoka was saying but she gets cut off again by Mic's quirk "I know that you're afraid of bugs! But our opponent is just too strong for us to do a frontal attack against him! This is the only thing I can think of that could work against him!" She yells as Mic stops his attack. Koda was shaking by the tree, hands by his ears and eyes closed as he didn't want to even look at an insect
"If you can pull this off, we might still have a chance at passing…" he hears Kyoka speak "You can do it, I know you can. You want to be a hero right? Just like the rest of us are trying to be. If so, we have to pass so we can get closer to our dreams. Do this and we're in it for sure." Koda opens his eyes and sees Kyoka looking at him with a comforting smile but he notices something wrong with her. He looks at her ears and is shocked at seeing blood coming out of them, trailing down her long earlobes
'J-Jirou's ears are…bleeding…' Koda thought, realizing what was going on. 'She had to fight alone while I ran away, it's my fault that she's getting hurt!' He thought, he looks down and sees the bugs once again, freaking out as he squats to the ground and starts hyperventilating, close to having a panic attack of his own. What should he do? What CAN he do?
["You got into U.A. High sweetie?! Oh, I'm just so happy for you son! I'm proud of my little Koji!"] That was his mother as he remembers the day he told her that he got accepted into U.A. High's Hero course, surprising her which made her proud. Remembering this memory causes Koda to realize something
'I…I got into U.A. just by being me didn't I?' Koda thought, realizing that he was letting his fear of bugs take over his judgment and letting someone else pay the price for it
'This school is where the best of the best were trained and went on to be the best. Everyone in my class is fighting their battles without any fear in their hearts while I'm just letting mine take over! I shouldn't let that happen!' He thought as he starts to slowly remove his hands away from his head while gritting his teeth
'I shouldn't let my fear take over, I should push past it…No, I have to go beyond it...I have to go…PLUS ULTRA!' Koda thought, he places his head in a hole in the dirt and opens his mouth and
"Go on tiny ones, hear my call. Now's the time for you to go and take out the man who's responsible for causing so much trouble in the forest! He's standing by the exit to the forest unguarded and that's where you all can go and strike him there!" Koda yells talking fast as he trembles, Kyoka looks at him with an utterly shocked expression
"Wait…you can talk!?" Kyoka yells, not believing that Koda could talk as she and the rest of Class 1-A have never heard him speak once, and just assumed that he was mute or a really silent guy. This was quite the shock
Back with Present Mic, he was chilled by the gate, whistling his tone again while waiting for Koda and Kyoka to do anything but they hadn't, not to his knowledge at least
"Man, what's the deal? Are they gonna run out the clock and hide out the whole time?" Mic asks, knowing that plan wasn't going to work in their favor. He suddenly hears something beside him, he looks down and sees the ground next to him begin to crack a bit, before it grew large until the ground bursts out with various colonies of insects coming out of the ground and started getting onto his right leg, freaking him out. He sees that they were coming underground and knew fully well that sound doesn't travel well there and he hates bugs. Once the bugs had reached his face, he lets out one massive scream into the air which everyone hears right before fainting from the shock. Taking this opportunity, Koda quickly picks Kyoka up and rushes toward the gate
[In the Monitor Room]
The observers in the monitor room just watched what happened and were disturbed by it… most of them were as Tsu was the only one who was normal while Recovery Girl was peeved at Present Mic's humiliating defeat
"That's tough even for a Pro…" Tenya says, with the others agreeing with him
"Wow Koda…that's harsh…didn't think you had it in you…" Izuku mutters
"He let a few bugs beat him? and that's just sad." Recovery Girl huffs as they see Koda and Kyoka make it out the gate with time to spare, leaving Mic who was starting to foam at the mouth
Team Koda & Jioru: have escaped. Practical Exam Results: Both pass!
[Timeskip: 55 minutes later]
[Location: Exam Venue #8: Nightmare Highway, U.A High School, Musutafu Prefecture, Japan]
[Time: 14:45 pm]
The eighth match was currently underway as we see Shoji and Tooru hiding behind a cement pillar as bullets were flying through the air hitting the pillar.
The reason they were hiding behind that pillar was that their opponent: Snipe, had pushed them early on in the match and was on the offense for most of the match as they couldn't get near him since he was just firing at them with his guns and quirk
One of Shoji's tentacles that morphs into an eyes peeks out from their hiding spot to see where was Snipe, only for it to get shot off by a bullet, forcing Shoji to retract the now injured tentacle
"Shoji! Are you alright!?" Tooru asks, seeing that Shoji got shot
"Y-Yeah. I'm fine. Just wasn't expecting that. It'll heal in no time, so don't worry about it." Shoji says
"What are we going to do? If we don't do something now. We'll be trapped here until the time runs out." Tooru says, while you couldn't see it, she had a worried expression on the fact they could fail
"It's alright. He's just one man. Still, escaping will be a heavy task for us. The only advantage we do have is that our opponent had those weights on him, making him slower than he usually is and making it difficult for him to move his arms around and make those shots. That's why he's at the gate, he's being cautious." Shoji says, morphing some of his dupli-arms into ears and eyes and obverse Snipe who takes out something from his belt
"Let's see who is better at a game called; Hide and Seek." Snipe says before tossing something to the middle of the area which was a grenade, but not any grenade, it was a smoke grenade. It goes off and starts covering the area with a dense smoke screen
"A smoke bomb, he's trying to blind us. But I can see that this will affect his vision at the same time." Shoji says. He starts hearing footsteps and a gun gets cocked
"You might think I can find ya in this smoke but I can. I can sense your presence still." Snipe says in the smoke as a rapid gunshot went off and the pillar Shoji was hiding behind was starting to break away, alerting him as he rushes away from it as it finally gives away. He runs toward the other side as Snipe just fires at him but he manages to dodge all the shots at was fired at him. He eventually makes it to another pillar and ducks against it as Snipe stops shooting at him. He takes the moment to catch his breath
"You alright Hagakure?" Shoji asks, but he receives no response from his partner "Hagakure?" He turns around and saw no floating gloves or boots next to him. He looks around and looks back to where they were originally hiding and spots Tooru's clothes on the floor, he realizes what she was doing
'So that's what she's doing. Okay then, guess I have to give her the chance.' Shoji thought, with his enhanced hearing, he hears Snipe changing his guns' magazines, this was the moment he needed. Shoji takes off from the pillar and rushes toward the Pro who sees him coming and cocks the gun again
"Don't be rash kid." Snipe says, pointing one of his guns toward Shoji and opening warning shots at the floor in front of him, forcing Shoji to stop. He starts walking up to the Dupli-Arm quirk user, aiming his gun at him as Shoji just raises his arms up, as if he was surrendering
"Aren't you giving up a little too easy for a Hero?" Snipe asks, Shoji just shakes his head
"No, I'm not. I'm just a distraction." Shoji says, confusing Snipe
"Huh?" Snipe says, suddenly a pair of handcuffs fly by him, one of the cuffs gets attached to his left wrist with the other one is in the air next to him
"Got you!" A voice shouted, altering the Pro as he realizes just what happened and who did it
"What? Where did you-" Snipe was saying but…
~Boing~
"H-Huh?" Snipe utters, as he felt he briefly pressed his elbow onto something soft and firm. But what was i…uh oh "Oh no…" He mutters as he realizes just what he just felt
"Mr. Snipe…YOU PERVERT!" Tooru yells as she starts to hit Snipe on his head, with the man trying to defend himself
"I-I-I didn't mean that! I couldn't see ya! I didn't do that on purpose! I promise! Forgive me! You're a student! I'm a teacher, and I'm not that kind of teacher either! I respect women! My mama raised me too!" Snipe yells, waving his free hand in a panic as Shoji just watches this scene play out while letting out a sigh of relief
Team Hagakure and Shoji: Have captured their opponent. Practical Exam Results: Both pass!
[In the Monitor Room]
"It's just as I expected. Hagakure is the best there is at stealth ops." Momo says, they had seen what just happened and were happy that their peers had passed their exam
"And Shoji had the guts to face Mr. Snipe head-on and be the distraction, even when he knew he'd be outmatched." Izuku says with Tsu, Lucy, and Ochako agreeing with him
Team Mintea and Sero: Practical Exam. Ready? GO!
The announcement goes off as Ochako realizes something. She turns to the two cousins
"Hey Izuku, Lucy. Isn't your match after this one? Shouldn't you guys go and get ready for it?" She asks, causing the two to face her and nod as Izuku speaks
"Oh, yeah. But, I'd rather watch it here. I want to make sure I see everyone else fight." Izuku says before turning back to the monitors "It's definitely interesting seeing how each team uses their quirks and minds in tight situations like these exams. I know that this might sound crazy but, I feel like I'm getting stronger just watching you all do your best. It makes me proud to be in this class. Everyone in our class is amazing, even if some of them hadn't passed, they fought on till the very end of it. all of them embody what it means to be a U.A. student." He says, smiling as the fights as far flash in his mind, and seeing everyone go at their fights at their best. Ochako finds herself moved by Izuku's words as she smiles, thinking that he was right
However…
"Well…hmm…" Tenya utters, having an unsure expression
"Mostly…" Momo says, having a flat expression
"Looks like one of our peers is giving up." Tsu says
"Yup." Lucy says, nodding as she had the same flat expression Momo has
"Huh? What are you guys talking about?" Izuku asks, the four just point to one of the monitors
"Look." The four say as Izuku looks at the monitor they were pointing to and…
AHHHH! And sees Mineta running away in the opposite direction, tears running down his face while he had some tape wrapped around his body
"W-What is he doing?" Izuku asks, not believing what was happening in front of him
[Location: Exam Venue #9: Rocky Terrain, U.A High School, Musutafu Prefecture, Japan]
[Time: 15:00 pm]
"DAMNIT ALL! HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO PASS THIS STUPID FINAL WHEN I'M ALL ALONE NOW?!" Mineta cries as he continues to run away "This is bullshit! Totally unfair! That was just no way we had a chance of winning here!" He cries out as more
[Back at the monitor room]
"Well, that's rather unfortunate…" Momo says as they watch Mintea run with large sweatdrops running down their heads
"What the hell happened that made him all this?" Lucy asks
"I don't know. But I do want to know as well. He was looking forward to the camp just like the rest of us. What happened?" Izuku asks, Recovery Girl enters the room as she wipes some sweat from her forehead, and sees what was happening
"I don't know, but I have a feeling that if he fails this. He may not be able to bounce back from this for a long time." Recovery Girl says, taking her seat as the teens turn to her
"What do you mean, Recovery Girl?" Tenya asks
"You see children, as far as the practical exam goes, you all have dangerous opponents to battle against but the ones who are the most dangerous out of us all are: All Might, Present Mic, Midnight, Erasurehead, Cementoss, Thirteen, and Nezu with the other one are especially the ones you should look out for in combat since they'll defeat you with ease." Recovery Girl says, stunning the teens a bit as they knew their teachers were dangerous, but they never expected some of them to be that dangerous
[Back at the exam]
"It's not hard to imagine someone feeling that there is no possible way for them to win against one of those mentioned." Recovery Girl says. Midnight smiles as she looks down at Sero, who had his helmet off, and was fast asleep laying on her lap
The R-Rated Heroine-Midnight. Quirk: Somnambulist. Nemuri's Quirk allows her to put nearby people to sleep by exuding a sleep-inducing aroma from her body. For some illogical reason, her Quirk works better on males than females, as we can see here since one of my students had fallen victim to her Quirk. She is looking for someone to date. Not me, since I'm not interested in all that. Can I go now? Is that idiot still knocked out?
Midnight lets out a laugh while watching Mineta run away
"Where are you going Grape Juice? The exit gate is the other way, right behind me. Are you giving up that easily?" Midnight asks while stroking Sero's long hair. Mineta turns around and sees this as his tears turned from water to blood
"SERO, YOU ASSHOLE! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR GETTING TO BE ON HER LAP. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!" Mineta yells
[Back in the monitor room]
'Is he crying blood again?!' Four of the six teens thought as they were in shock at what was going on. They remember the last time Mineta cried out blood and that was on the first day of school
'Crying blood again! Is he really that jealous of Sero?!' Izuku thought
'This guy really is a shameless pervert…and just when you think he broke when Izzy scolded him not that long again.' Lucy thought, shaking her head
[The exam venue]
"It could have been me…IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME!" Mineta shouts
Now, why was he saying all this? Well, when the exam first started, the two were looking around for any sight of Midnight since they were aware of her quirk. They found her hiding behind a rock behind them and struck at them, Sero, being the nice guy he was, used his quirk and pulled Mintea out of the danger but got himself caught in the process and fell victim to Midnight's quirk after she opened his helmet. He fell right to sleep and unintentionally landed on her bosom, which Mineta saw and was envious of since it could have been him in that position if Sero hadn't saved him
"Why?! Why did you save me?! I could have been all over her right now!" Mineta yells, ripping some of the tapes off of him
[In the monitor room]
"Mineta…" Izuku mutters, not believing that was what Mintea was focusing on
"It's going to be hard for a kid like that to make it out of this school and into the work of Heroes." Recovery Girl suddenly says, making the teens look at her
"Wait, what are you saying Recovery Girl?" Izuku asks
"U.A. is constantly creating new obstacles and challenges for our students to overcome, and for them to be able to keep moving forward successfully, the students need to have a concrete goal to focus on and push toward. If your desire to become a Hero or Heroine for no good reason, your path isn't going to be easy since there are those out there with real goals in mind and the drive to push them forward. If someone whose only goal is to become a hero reaches said goal, that they have no real future. I've seen a lot of students like that come into U.A and quit after their second year once they saw the road ahead wasn't going a smooth one." Recovery girl says, watching Mintea run
[Insert OST: Self-analyst from Boku No Hero Academia OST]
"I wonder, is there a goal in that child's heart that he can focus on to win?" Recovery Girl says
[The exam venue]
Mineta eventually stops running and pants. Suddenly, a defeated aura forms around him
"I only wanted to be a hero…so that girls would love me, and let me touch them." Mineta says (a/n:…that is SO fucking wrong dudes and gals…I really feel dirty just from writing that…)
[Back In the Monitor Room]
'That's pretty obvious.' Recovery Girl thought as a sweatdrop appears on her head
'There it is…' The teens thought, deadpan expressions appearing on their faces while their sweatdrops return
[The Exam Venue]
"What's their problem anyway? Why is my exam the only one this hard? Just one sniff and I'm done for and our team will fail." Mineta says, he thought about the situation he was in and found one thing from it "It's impossible…" He says, not knowing what to do
["So Mintea? Are you sure that the hero thing is right for you?"] He remembers Tsu asking that question when they were on the yacht on the day the U.S.J attack happened. He clenches his fists and grits his teeth in anger
"That stupid frog! Of course, I'm sure it is the right thing for me! How else am I going to get popular with girls?" Mineta asks no one, totally unaware that those in the monitor room could hear him, Tsu was mad after what he said about her while everyone else was mad at why he was here to be a hero
Mineta starts remembering the days back in his middle school as he saw everyone guy around him, even his old friends were getting girlfriends or getting popular with girls all around him while he was left in the background with no girl interested in him. he was utterly jealous of them
He takes one of the balls off his head and looks at it. (a/n: and we're back to this shit. I really hate writing his shit since it feels wrong and makes me feel dirty…)
'I wanted to become a Hero so I could get loved by girls around the world. I thought they'd fall in love with me once I became a real Pro…but…' Mintea thought as he thinks back to the U.S.J again and thinks of Izuku and his actions when they were on the yacht together, the way he jumped into action, even when he was scared himself while he hesitated only until they got off the yacht and attacked.
He clenched the ball in his hand
'Damnit…I thought it'd finally make me cool.' Mineta thought, suddenly, he hears heels clacking behind him, making him turn around only to get wracked by a whip strike to the side of the head, sending him to the ground
[END OST at 01:07]
He slowly looks up and sees Midnight approaching him in a cloud of pink mist
"I'd figured I would stay posted at the exit gate until time ran out. But on second thought, I have a deeper itch that needs to be scratched." Midnight says, cracking her whip "When I see someone running away from me, and screaming. It just awakens my sadistic side to the point that I can't hold back anymore and sit still. I need to punish that person and you just so happen to be that one." She says, gaining a frightened expression while licking her lips.
On any other day, that would get Mineta all hot and bothered but that day was not today as he was quivering in his shoes and sees the mist was now upon him, he closes his mouth and holds his hands onto it
"Give in. You know it's all over. One tiny whiff and you'll be out like a light. And then I'll have total control over your body~." Midnight says, Mineta just runs away from her, making her giggle at the sight "Oh, where are you going? I do love the chase of my victims. Run, give me more~!" She yells, cracking her whip at him as he just runs further away from her. But this time, he didn't look scared, no, he looked determined about this
'I'm not running away. Not this time. when I first came to U.A, I was close to getting expelled and then had a brush with death, not once but twice and all in the same week. But after all that, I realized some things.' Mineta thought, his thoughts return back to the U.S.J as he remembers how Mr. Aizawa and Vlad King were fighting against the lower villains and then remembers Izuku when he was battling against the Nomu as P.U. Heatblast 'I realized that being a Hero doesn't make you cool. People become heroes BECAUSE they're cool. They put their lives on the line for the sake of protecting others who can't. Isn't that right…IZUKU!' He thought. He runs down a path until he reaches a rock and hides behind it to catch a moment or two. Midnight saw this and lets out another giggle
"Oh, little boy. Just how much longer do you think you can evade my heavenly aroma while holding your breath?" Midnight asks, walking toward the rock Mintea was at
"You think I don't have a plan?" Mineta suddenly asks, making Midnight stop. "It's pretty obvious that I'm a fan of Heroes and Heroines who are pretty and sexy. And thanks to that, I know everything about you Miss Midnight." He says, causing Midnight to smirk
"Oh really? Is that what you think?" Midnight asks
[Insert OST: Radical Train (The Chase) from Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 OST]
"Yeah, I do. I ran away from the gate and cried just so I can bring out your sadistic side since I know that it's hard for you to control it. I stirred you far out here so that I can have an actual shot at escaping. This…was all part of my plan to win and prove that I can be cool too!" Mineta yells. Midnight's smirk grows and turns into a viscous grin
"You sweet little boy~." Midnight says, she grabs onto her right arm's sleeve "Why don't you come out here and play with me~!" She yells ripping the sleeve off her arm and releasing more of her aroma out in the air toward Mineta. Mineta suddenly moves out of his hiding spot with a bunch of his balls in his hand and had a piece of tape around his mouth and nose
"Your fragrance won't work on me while I'm like this!" Mineta yells though it was muffled due to what was around his mouth. Midnight was surprised at seeing the tape around his mouth
'He's using Sero's tape to block out my quirk.' She thought. Knowing that her quirk was now useless, she moves her whip to use it on Mineta
"Nice trick but do you really think you can fight me one on one!?" Midnight yells, sending the whip to strike, but Mineta was expecting it and was ready to counter it. He tosses his balls at the whip, with the balls sticking onto it in various areas while taking more balls from his head and throwing them at Midnight, most of them sticking onto her
'I don't have to fight you. I just have to trap you!' Mineta thought as he barely evades the whip with it hitting the ground next to him and rushes past Midnight, surprising her
'This is my sweet new move! Grape Rush!' Mineta thought, running away from the R-Rated heroine who looks back at him as he disappears from her vision
"Wow, how impressive. Not bad Grape Juice." Midnight says, pulling her glasses off her eyes and onto her forehead. The observers in the monitor room were surprised at seeing Mineta's plan actually work since they weren't expecting that from him.
Mineta rips the tape from his mouth as he coughs due to the lack of air he had as he approaches the still-sleeping Sero
"You dumbass…" Mineta says, he picks Sero's arm up and starts dragging him and starts heading toward the escape gate
'If you had gone and been a big bad rescue hero and saved me, I won't have had to do all the hard work. Thanks a lot…since I was the one who made us live to see boobs another day!' Mineta thought as they finally pass the gate with the siren going off
Team Mineta and Sero: have escaped. Practical Exam Results: One Pass, Other…Pending
[END OST]
[Back in the monitor room]
"Alright, they did it." Tenya says, smiling
"Yes, Mineta actually had a solid plan." Momo says, smiling as well but it drops when she hears the announcement "But, that pending at the end. It's for Sero isn't it?" She asks, Tenya just shrugs
"Maybe, since he did get captured by Midnight when the exam started. But, we'll have to wait and see." Tenya says
"*Kero*…" Tsu crocks, while she was impressed by Mintea's plan, she was still pissed by his comment about her a bit earlier
"Yeah." Ochako says as she turns to her left "Hey Izuku, Lucy. It's your turn no-" she was saying, thinking that the two were there but they weren't. they were gone, the others turn and notice as well
"When did they leave?" Tsu asks
"Oh, they left as soon as that purple kid ran toward that rock." Recovery Girl says
"Oh, okay." The teens say, suddenly, the door behind them opens and...
"Hey! Are we late?" The teens turn to see Mina, who was in her P.E clothes and sporting bandages and Band-Aids around her body and was using crutches for support while Kyoka was with her and had just had cotton in her ears, standing at the door
"Mina/Ashido! Jirou/Kyoka!" the teens yell, surprised they weren't expecting them to show up, especially since their exams weren't that long ago
"Are we late? Have Greenie and Lucy started their exam yet?" Kyoka asks, hoping she and Mina weren't late to watch their match
"No, you're just in time. it's about to begin." Momo says, making the two girls sigh with relief, they weren't late. Recovery Girl turns to them
"Wait are you two ladies think you're doing? You two should be resting and not running about." Recovery Girl says, giving the two girls a look as they hold their hands out to her
"We're sorry ma'am but we really want to see this match. Our friends are in it and we really want to cheer them on." Mina says as Kyoka nods along. The Youthful heroine stares at the two girls for a bit until she lets out a sigh
"Okay. Fine, you two can watch along. But if you aggravate your injuries. Then I'll force you two back to the clinic to rest. Okay?" Recovery Girl says with the two girls nodding at her
"Yes ma'am." They say as they head over to the others so they could watch along
Izuku had Lucy on his back as he was using Full Cowling to get to their exam venue on time. they were discussing their game plan
"Okay, so we just need to either escape or fight All Might. So what I'm thinking is that we have to get out as fast as possible or at least one of us right? But, if we can't then we have to fight. I'd think either you use one of your strongest aliens in your current line-up and we might have a chance of winning if we work together. Think we can work with that?" Lucy asks as Izuku nods
"Yeah, that should work." Izuku says, knowing just a few aliens in his arsenal that could work with the plan. But he realizes one other problem they had "But the only other problem we have isn't All Might. It's…him…" He says, Lucy just nods, knowing exactly what…or who Izuku was referring to
"Yeah…Bakugou…" Lucy says. They knew that Bakugou would be a big issue going into this exam, but they just hope that he would work them since this is their final exam.
They reach the venue and see Bakugou just standing by the door, waiting for it to open. He hears them approaching as he turns around to face them. Izuku stops running and sets Lucy down and sees Bakugou give them a dark glare before turning around and resuming staring at the gate. The two cousins turn to one another and realize that things might be much tougher than they originally thought. They let out a silent prayer that things don't go as worse than they want
But…this exam will…change the course of the timeline…forever….
Team Bakugou, Mann, and Midoriya: Practical Exam: READY? GO!
つづく...
WOOHOO! The exams are ending with most of the students passing and Mina finds her push off the start line and makes a statement that she isn't one to be pushed around while everyone is doing just fine, even Mineta. But now, we find ourselves nearing the main event. Izuku, Lucy, and Bakugou VS All Might. Three students VS the No. 1 Hero. Who will win this bout and what will happen, since this fight will change everything?
Find that out in the next exciting installment of The Alien Hero: Deku 10!
Next time:
The Final Exams Conclude: A Leap Of Faith
Here's the harem list so far: Ochako Uraraka, Mina Ashido, Momo Yaoyorozu, Lucy Mann, Tsuyu Asui, Kinoko Komori, Kyoka Jirou, Acie Wolfer, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?.
Hey dudes and ladies, Pixel here, and thanks for reading the chapter, I hoped you enjoyed it as this chapter was a slightly tough one to do since I had to add in some new things. But hopefully, things will be easier for me to write in the end. Guys, we now only have just 3 chapters before Season 2 of the story ends! And we can begin the next arc!
But I've said too much already, let's get to replying to the last chapter's comments!:
drake wind: I tried, can't really say that I did want you wanted until I hear back from you on it. But I hope you enjoyed it
Death Fury: Thanks man for the support!
Wolfdrake29: Thanks for the love man and I'm happy you enjoyed the last chapter. Hope you enjoy this one too.
CCSakuraforever: Sí Sí. Gracias mi amigo por revisar la historia como siempre. Veo que disfrutaste el último capítulo y espero que hayas disfrutado este también.
PowerhousePhantom: Ah Sharkboy and Lavagirl. It's been many moons since I last thought of it, or even watched it. Is it wrong for me to say I had a crush on Lavagirl when I was a kid?
Satoshi-Greninja: So much I really want to do that, it'd fuck up the timeline…wait…I've already fucked up the timeline. Ah, I'll think about it.
SonicMax: Thanks for the support. And yes, she did remember what he said.
Kanishkpincha: Thank you for taking the time in writing the question. Yes, we will be adding in some more alien and non-alien threats as the story progresses and we will be changing a few things here and there in the plot to better work with the story and we will be scaling things better
Nathair1: Thank you for the love man
Yeah, she'll be over it in no time.
And Momo definitely needed that push
Jaded671: Yeah, Well, here you go. Don't go dying on us man.
Yeah, we felt that the story shouldn't follow the canon exactly and we could change things up here and there with it and we're glad to see that it is working well. And we felt that Momo had to remember when Izuku/Rath said to her to cheer her up during the Sports Festival since it did leave an impact on her, that she wasn't really aware of until it was time for the exams. We were going to do something else entirely but we changed our minds and did this instead
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