Of course the same damn Sunday as our final test, it started fucking snowing.
Me and IcyHot were in the back seat of All Might's car and the white shit started pouring down in buckets.
"Goddamn it, freaking winter crap..." I muttered.
"You don't like snow?" asked IcyHot.
"Fuck no. Who the hell does?"
He looked out the window. "I find it...comforting."
Cause you've got your damn quirk complex or whatever. Me on the other hand...
"Snow slows me down, dammit. And right when it counts the most!"
"Crime doesn't wait for the weather to warm up," said All Might from the front seat. "When you're a pro, you'll have to fight in snow all the time."
I said nothing. I mean, what the hell do you say to that?
"Besides," said IcyHot, "the test is indoors anyway."
"Doesn't mean I have to be happy about the damn white glop."
"No, I guess it doesn't."
"Is...your father planning to observe this time?" asked All Might. Probably thinking about last time. He looked nervous.
"No. He's busy."
Good.
All Might pulled up to the curve outside the test building. "I'll circle around to park. Good luck in there!"
We stepped out into the freezing cold weather. If all went well, we'd never have to come back to this damn testing site again.
"I'm gonna blow you away in there!" I told him as he hurried inside.
"It's not a contest."
"Like hell it's not."
"BAKUGOU! TODOROKI! GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!"
That damn Wind bastard, right in the front door.
"Well well, hiya there Todoroki! Long time no see," smiled Bodysuit girl. Her too.
"Hello."
"Never heard back from you. How come you didn't answer me?"
"I've been pretty busy. Plus, it's hard to get away from campus to talk. There's a lot of supervision."
"YOU SURE ARE KEPT UP TIGHT AT UA! DO THEY NEVER LET YOU LEAVE?"
"Obviously since we're here," I snapped, stomping off to the locker room to change. Sooner we get this over with...
Soon enough we were all suited up and joined by the other losers who'd failed the Licensing Exam. Gang Orca was waiting for us.
"Today's the day I finally say goodbye to you slack-jawed fools!" He greeted us with that. "That thought's got me in a good mood. Ready for the pain, you specks of plankton?"
Behind him was a giant destroyed construction site crawling with his various goons.
"You will be conducting rescue operations here, much as you should have been doing in the Official Licensing Exam. And just like then, you will be doing so while fending off an attack by a supervillain gang. Supervillains have been traveling in groups lately, so you will need to work together with your fellow pros in order to successfully pull off this mission."
He gave me and IcyHot this very pointed glare. "No going off on your own!"
Bodysuit stretched out her fingers. IcyHot adjusted his wrist warmers. Windhole was smirking.
"Let's do this!" shouted Orca.
Daika City
The flame villain Dabi cried "Mine's bigger and you're outmatched elementally. Your precious ice is practically all gone," as Geten, the ice-mastering villain, bent a slight retreat.
"If you're winning so easily, then lend me a hand!" Shouted Mr. Compress.
"Why should I help?"
"Are you so unfeeling?"
"Nah. I mean, just ask them," he said, pointing.
"Dabi! Mr. Compress! The Twices are here to save the day!"
Wall to wall, building to building, Twices. Clones and clones and clones seemingly without end.
"Kill em all!" "wOw! Move aside" "Yowch!" "Dabi!" "Hey" "Compress!" Dabi!" "Toga's dying!" "Hey!" "Yo!" "You two still kicking?""Your saviors are here!" "Compress!" "Slaughterfest!""Help is on the way!" "I'm still making more doubles!" "Don't step on my foot you clod!"
"What a racket," said Compress. "What about your trauma?"
"Love and courage were just what the doctor ordered!"
"That doesn't clarify things, but that feels like a heroic origin story, though you're still a villain."
"What good villain wouldn't wanna save his friends?!"
"Well said, me!" "You boys matter to me!" "There's so few of you, so you're even more precious!"
"Hah, hang on, am I stupid? Why don't I double Dabi?"
"He's way handier in a fight than me."
"That's true, he's basically a prodigy!"
"All right, one Dabi coming up! Or how about 20,000! I'll double you guys too! Forget League, we'll have enough for a whole villain nation!"
Not far away Shigaraki and Spinner were continuing to battle Meta Liberation army members.
"Shigaraki, you ok?" Asked Spinner.
"Just fine. Are you thinking we should've hung back after all?"
"Well, if we hadn't come to town, they would have sent a bunch of heroes after us, so we were kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place."
"True. We had no choice. But look, Spinner. The Tower's close. And there're even more of em."
"Where're they all coming from?" Cried Spinner as they attempted to dodge another attack - and were pulled to safety by Twices.
"Whoa. You made more of yourself?"
"Yup! You bet! This is how I can be useful, boss!"