"So what do we do first, Izu-kun?" Ochako asked as she and Izuku silently trailed behind the other examinees.
Izuku began thinking, weighing their options. From what he could tell, they had two. The first was that he could rush into the center of the battle zone. That would probably be where the most enemies were, but a majority of the other examines were sure to rush that way. Or he could head more towards the outskirts. There would probably be fewer enemies, but far less competition.
His decision was made quickly when most of the test takers rushed toward the center of the battle zone. "We'll stick to the outskirts!" He told Ochako. "There be too much competition if we rush into the battle zone's center."
Ochako nodded, filing close behind him as they made a sharp turn. Izuku summoned his Sacred Gear and activated Dragon Force, his draconic wings spreading. "I'll take to the air and look for any robots. And remember not to use your Rook strength. We don't want to draw any unwanted attention."
"Right!"
Izuku took to the air, rising several stories above the streets. From above, he saw a group of three one-pointers and a two-pointer in an ally. "I see some! This way!" Izuku dive-bombed down sword the robots, sweeping over the one-pointers and landing behind the two-pointer with ease.
The two-pointer turned menacingly at Izuku. "Terminate!" The robot luged at Izuku. But the devil ducked underneath its attack.
'Promotion: Rook!'
[Boost!]
With increased strength, Izuku easily tore off the robot's armor plating. Using it he stabbed the robot right into its chest. The machine let out a hum before it shuts down. "That's two," Izuku huffed.
"Release!"
Looking back, Izuku saw Ochako as the three one-pointers landed around her, each breaking.
"I got three!"
Izuku nodded, before realizing, "It might not be a good idea to keep track of how many points we get. We only have 10 minutes so keeping track might waste time."
Ochako blinked, realizing he might be right. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry!" He then ran on ahead of him.
"Hey, Ochako-san, wait up! We should stick together!"
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It took a few seconds for Milia to realize that the exam had already started. When she did she noticed that everyone else had already rushed into the faux city. "Good luck, Takamaki!" Kyoka called out from the crowd.
Gasping, Milia quickly ran after them, running as fast as she could to keep up. She wanted to use her devil wings to get the advantage, but she knew it would be bad if she used them here. As such, she had no choice but to run on the ground like everyone else. All of the other applicants had already scattered throughout the fake city, including Kyoka, so there was little hope of Milia teaming up with the rocking girl. She'd just have to go after as many robots as she could and hope for the best.
Suddenly, one of the robotic foes rushed out from an alleyway. Milia slid to a stop as the robot turned to face him with an ominous "Locked on target." It was a one-pointer. The easiest one, and Milia was glad for that. An easy target to face to get rid of her nerves.
The robot lunged at her. With grace, Milia waved her hand, and the robot was cut to pieces, each landing harmlessly around her. The reason why? Her fingers had grown into long claws.
Milia Takamaki, Quirk: Spearfinger. She can turn the tips of her fingers into razor-sharp claws that can cut through almost anything and can extend up to 10 meters!
Milia stared at the pile of scrap that was once a robot before a small smile spread across her face. That was the boost in confidence she needed. "That's one," she said, her claws retracting as she continued on her way. Time was short and she couldn't waste it.
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"DIIIIE!"
An explosion marked the end of the two-pointer in front of him, but Bakugo Katsuki didn't stop to admire his handiwork. He jumped up and used the bucket of bolts as a springboard to get further away from the crowd of extras behind him. Sweat streamed from his arms thanks to the intense heat and exertion. He used it to sling more explosions at the small crowd of six robots heading dumbly toward them.
"You shitheads aren't going to get killed by anyone but me!" With a swing of his arm, explosions erupted from the ground below. The robots' progress was halted, but that wasn't the only reason for him hitting the ground and not the robots.
The extras behind him began to cough and wheeze, the smoke blocking their vision. Smiling that he dealt with the competition, for now, Bakugo bombarded the one-pointers with explosions, obliterating them with ease. He didn't even bother to count how many points he'd gotten by now. It didn't matter, for he knew he would take first place and get into U.A.
Leaving the extras behind, Bakugo used his explosions to propel himself through the faux city, searching for any other robots he'd send to robot hell.
"Target acquired."
Turns out, one found him. A three-pointer had stepped out of an ally, its red eyes focused on Bakugo. He smirked as he landed in front of the robot. "You want to go, shithead? Good! I'LL KILL YOU RIGHT HERE AND-"
*Slice!*
Dark red energy ran up the robot for a brief moment before it suddenly split into, the halves falling apart briefly before it exploded.
Bakugou could only watch dumbfounded at what happened. Someone, somehow, stole his kill. Someone dared to take HIS kill! "Who the hell did that!?"
When the smoke from the explosions cleared, Bakugo saw it was the duel-toned boy from the lecture hall. The one who called out Glasses about Deku's stupid muttering. He was still wearing his sloppily worn school uniform, only now he was carrying a long, red sword.
"That's 27," he said, a stupidly cocky smile on his face.
"HEY!" Bakugo shouted, gaining the boy's attention. "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"
"Uh, getting points?" he said. "I mean, we're all doing that, so it's kinda obvious."
"THAT WAS MY KILL! AND YOU STOLE IT!"
"Hey! Take your anger out on the robots, not me!"
"I INTEND TO, CLOWNFISH!"
'Clownfish' bilked at the nickname. "Clownfish? Really? That's the best you could come up with? You don't have anything more original?"
"SHUT UP AND STAY THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!" Bakugo roared, propelling himself away.
Clownfish watched as Bakugo blasted off, to presumedly take his anger out on the poor robots. "Geez… That guy has issues. And that nickname… He reminds me of the lobster."
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"ACHOO! Alright, who's talking about me?!"
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Things could've been going better for Kyoka. She dug her right ear jack into the two-pointer to her right, piercing through the metal like paper. The sound of her amplified heartbeat was transferred into the robot, rocking the automaton with vibrations. The robot's insides disagreed with the sounds bouncing around inside, quavering and smoking from the gaps in the armor. Once Kyouka removed the jack, the machine fell to the ground in a useless heap.
'That's twenty points…' Kyouka wiped her forehead, already sweating, and looked around. 'It's going to be a pain to find more.'
Her Quirk wasn't one suited to long-range combat, and as such she and a few other examines missed out on the initial wave of robots. Thus she was forced to take out the robots designated as 'hidden' villains, skulking in alleyways and sewers.
It was easy enough to find them thanks to her advance hearing. The problem was that she might not get to them in time to earn enough points. She was fairly confident she did well on the written exam, thanks to Momo's help, but the practical exam was more than she had bargained for. Thank god for the training she did with Momo, otherwise, she probably would be doing far worse right now.
She turned back to the street to find more robots but heard the crunching of gravel from above. 'Oh, you have got to be kidding!'
Kyoka looked up to see a three-pointer staring down at her from the edge of the roof to her right. "Well, crap," she muttered as the robot jumped down towards her. She jumped back, shooting her jacks up.
But before her jacks could reach, the robot suddenly split in half, the two pieces missing her completely. "What the hell?" She turned to see the two halves crash into each other.
"Are you okay, Jiro-san?"
Kyoka turned back around to see the familiar face of Takamaki Milia running up to her, her fingers currently long claws.
"Yeah. Thanks for the save," Kyoka said. She then flashed a cheeky grin. "But don't you think you could've done it without kill-stealing?"
Milia suddenly looked flustered. "I-I didn't mean… I was just passing by, and saw that robot about to ambush you, so…"
As much as Kyoka would've liked to continue to watch her squirm, for both of their sakes she needed to cut this short. "Joking. Thanks a lot, but you really should focus on passing yourself. I trained just as much for this as you did, you know."
"…Maybe for a little longer than me…" she quietly said.
Kyoka noticed the sad tone, but before she could say anything, something in the corner of her eye caught her attention. "Look out!" She pushed Milia aside right as a fist that had a jet engine where the wrist should be flew by.
Milia beached from shock. That rocket fist would've hit her in the head had Kyoka not pushed her out of the way. "Thank you."
"No problem," Kyoka replied. "Now let's get moving so we can survive this insanity."
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"HURRY UP LISTENERS!" Present Mic screamed into the loudspeaker. "You're halfway done now! And those robots aren't endless! You need to get'em while you still can! Pull out all the stops to get those Villain points! Say 'Hey' if y'all understand!"
Nobody responded. "Okay! That's all! I'll let you listeners know when we're reaching the end of this concert! Give it your all!" With that, Present Mic turned off the microphone and slumped in his chair. "Kids today are just no fun…" Just as before, no one proctoring the exam paid their co-worker any mind.
Currently, all of the U.A.'s hero staff were in a separate room, surveying each and every battle facility. They were paying close attention to each examinee. How they fight, how they react to everything, how they act. Every single detail was very important.
"Well, it looks like things are off to a fine start." Nezu took his teacup and sipped on it, managing to hold the fine china like an expert despite having no thumbs.
Considering how his Quirk made him more intelligent than any normal human, Nezu had probably figured out a workaround for that particular problem a lifetime ago.
"Yes," Yagi Toshinori rubbed his chin. "You've certainly got a bunch of promising kids applying today."
"That's one way to put it," Mizushima said, eyeing the monitor that was following Ochako. She couldn't help but smile at how they took down a group of two-pointers so easily. "Though some of them might need some work."
The pro heroes in the room all turned toward the monitor that showed Bakugo. He had already acclimated 70 points by now and was currently demolishing a three-pointer with his explosions. He then started yelling at some of the other examinees. "He may have an attitude, but look at him go." The ghost-themed hero Ectoplasm rubbed his chin while observing Bakugo. "He just keeps going and going, never stopping for a break and trying his damndest to destroy any robot in his path regardless of difficulty."
The Rated 18+ Hero Midnight chuckled at that. "Well, that's a long-winded way of saying that the boy has a lot of stamina." She gave the screen a coy smile. "These boys are certainly showing their stuff. If we whip them into shape, they'll become amazing in…"
"Midnight…"
"Come on, Ectoplasm, can't a girl crack a joke?" Midnight shrugged.
Shaking his head, Aizawa Shota turned his attention back to Bakugo. 'Mizushima is right. Bakugo is going to be a handful.' He could already tell. That face certainly did not belong to a child trying to become a hero. He seemed like the type who valued and flaunted strength above all.
But what really caught Aizawa's attention was how some of the students seemed to be holding back, in particular, Midoriya Izuku, Uraraka Ochako, Shiozaki Ibara, Kido Hyde, Celica A. Mercury, and Takamaki Milia. Each of them moved and acted like they'd been in combat before, and it was obvious to him that they were far more capable than they let on. Midoriya and Kido stuck out to him the most. While dragonic transformation Quirks weren't unheard of, every time Midoriya's left arm glowed his strength seemed to increase. There were no power-type Quirks that could increase your own power like that, as far as he knew. And while Kido's dark energy manipulation didn't seem that unusual, the sword he seemingly pulled out of his hand certainly was. They could all tell how deadly it was, with the way he sliced apart a three-pointer that was harassing a couple of girls.
Aizawa was sure that at least Nezu and All Might noticed this, based on how much they were paying attention to these examines in particular. He could tell that Mizushima, however, knew at least Uraraka. It still boggled him about how much the girl recovered after what happened. It was certainly a shock when Mizushima approached U.A., asking for a teaching position. The memory of the broken young women who couldn't even walk, let alone do hero work, was still ingrained deep within the minds of U.A.'s older staff.
While she didn't reveal much about her time in Katmandu, Nezu had accepted her request to teach, likely because Mizushima's story would be a good example of the kind of dangers the students will face someday. Whatever the reason, Aizawa would have to trust the principal's decisions for now.
"Two minutes left, boss-man," Present Mic announced.
"Then unleash the Executors," Nezu's face lit up in a worrying manner.
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Ibara clasped her hands together, the vines that make up her hair digging through the ground. In seconds the four one-pointers and the three two-pointers were ensured by her vines. Rising several feet above the ground, the vines crushed the robots with ease. "Eight more points." She had lost count of how many points she accumulated, but she was positive it was around 30 by now.
She could've easily gotten far more than that, but many of the examinees in her battle center were struggling against most of the robots. As such she spent most of the time helping them deal with the robots, something that was easy for her due to her Quirk.
Nearby the ponytail girl she had met earlier, Kendo Itsuka, was doing something similar, helping a girl who was pinned by a displaced car… by lifting the car with her hands that had grown to an enormous size. "You okay?" Kendo asked
The girl, who had big lips and short gray hair that covered her left eye, stumbled slightly. "Thank you for moving that vehicular transport off of myself. I lacked the vigor needed to move it."
Kendo blinked. "Uh, you're welcome… I think."
Ibara had a decent idea of what the girl said, but before she could say anything, the ground began to shake. "W-what the…?!"
Screams of terror could be heard nearby, with several examinees pouring into the alleys.
"They call that an obstacle!?" a boy, shorter than the girls by almost a head and with weirdly round purple hair shrieked as he ran by them.
Soon the source of their terror became visible. "Oh, boy," Kendo gulped.
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Hyde acted quickly, slicing up the three-pointer with ease. Once the machine was down, he turned to the two girls who were struggling against it. "You guys okay?"
"Yeah," the first girl, who had pink skin and hair, black eyes, and two yellow horns, said. "Thanks for that."
"…Thanks…" The other girl had shoulder-length, bob-shaped hair, side-swept to her right with some shorter strands hanging above her cerulean eyes. She spoke with a neutral expression on her face.
"Not much of a talker, are ya?" Hyde asked.
"As far as I can tell, yep!" A third, bubbly girl's voice said.
"Waugh! Who said that?!" Hyde demanded, aiming his blade at the seemingly empty space.
"Wait! Wait! Calm down! Let me get my clothes back on!" The same voice said. Nearby a backpack seemingly opened on its own, a bar and panties coming and floating in the air, followed by a shirt and shorts. "That's better."
Hyde could hardly believe what he was seeing. A girl, a NAKED girl, had just put her clothes back on right in front of him. His face burned slightly at the sight. The only reason his entire head wasn't red was because, well, the girl was invisible.
"Oh, like what you see, do ya?" The pink girl teased. Hyde now noticed that she was wearing a rather form-fitting sports bra and shorts, which somehow emphasized her-
Hyde shook his head, stopping that train of thought as best he could. "Why the hell were you naked?!"
"So I could get to the robots off switches without them seeing me," the invisible girl replied.
"…These things have off switches?"
None of the girls didn't get a chance to answer him though, as they were interrupted by the sound of a building imploding nearby.
"What the heck was that?!" The pink-skinned girl exclaimed.
As the dust and smoke cleared, they could see something step out into view. "Shit," Hyde whispered.
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"Ochako-san, where'd you go?" Izuku hissed. All it took for him to lose her was for her to head down an alleyway. After that, he spent most of the exam looking for her, taking out any robots he found. After a few more twists and turns, and taking out a couple more robots, Izuku suddenly found himself in the fray of the battle. As he expected, there was more kill-stealing going on with the main battle group than was smart. Not to mention that he heard people calling out their scores to each other.
He looked through the crowd to see Ochako anywhere in it. 'She's not here. I need to keep looking.' Izuku thought to himself when it seemed like the entire world suddenly exploded around them. Everyone stopped fighting when one of the buildings suddenly imploded, collapsing in on itself.
Before the smoke and dust had cleared from the collapsed building, everyone heard Present Mic yell, ["Less than two minutes remaining! So hurry it up, listeners!"]
But no one was moving, because the dust had cleared and revealed the zero-pointer. It was the same shape as the printout. But the zero-pointer was taller than many of the buildings. It barely fit in the street and knocked free chunks of wood and stone every time it moved.
'Present Mic had said that it was just an obstacle or a distraction, something to be avoided, but that is a bit much!' Izuku doubted he had the power necessary to take something like it down right now, so it was fortunate that he and the other examinees weren't expecting to do so. Many of the other examinees were already running away from the zero-pointer as fast as they could, scattering in all directions. 'I better get out of here too.' Izuku turned to run away when he saw it.
Ochako was in the path of the zero-pointer. Her legs were trapped by the debris it had created. And she was at most two seconds away from being stepped on. Even if she had strength comparable to Koneko's now, that didn't mean she was at all used to it yet.
'Promotion: Knight!' Izuku sped as fast as he could, reaching Ochako in a few seconds. He could try to lift the rock and get them both out of there, but that might take too long. So instead Izuku flew up, toward the robot's face.
Within his Boosted Gear, energy gathered, ready to explode. "DRAGON SMASH!"
[EXPLOSION!]
Releasing the stored energy, Izuku punched the zero-pointer with all his might. What resulted was the head coming clean off as the body started falling apart. All the other examinees could only watch in awe as they saw Izuku taking down a robot bigger than a building with a single punch!
Izuku huffed with pride, gripping his arm as pain swelled within it. That attack was definitely above what he could handle at the moment. "That did it." He smiled as he landed on the ground, before running over to Ochako. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Ochako looked to be in a daze, and Izuku now saw that a slight amount of blood was dripping down her head. "Give me a sec," with a grunt, Ochako lifted the boulder that pinned her with ease.
"What happened?"
"I'm not sure," Ochako replied. "When the zero-pointer showed up, I started running with every else, but then a rock must've hit my head before that boulder pinned me."
["Five… four… three… two… one… TIME'S UP, LISTENERS!"] When Present Mic finished his countdown, all of the remaining robots stopped moving. ["And that's all folks! U.A.'s Practical Exam is officially over! Please bring yourselves to the gates of your respective areas for any first aid you require and to confirm how you will be leaving! The results of the exam will be mailed to you in a week! Lemme hear y'all say HEY!"]
Nobody did that. Ochako, however, lowered her head in shame. "I'm sorry," she whispered. Izuku looked at her quizzically. "I shouldn't have run off like that. Because of me, we might not-"
"It's okay," Izuku told her. He took her arm and wrapped it around his head. "C'mon, let's go. We need to get your head looked at."
As the examinees watched Izuku and Ochako leave, muttering to themselves about what they saw, Iida Tenya could only watch in confusion. 'They're all missing the point. Don't they see what he did?' Tenya thought. 'He sacrificed everything. Just to save that girl. He must have known how little time was left, and how much points he needed to pass, and that he was putting his life at risk. But despite those concerns, he didn't hesitate to help.' Iida then clenched his fist as he remembered he had just run away without even trying to help. And how he belittled Izuku during the lecture hall. 'If this hadn't been an exam… then, of course, I would have done the same thing!'
And then it hit him…
'Wait… the exam… the judges, they saw that!' He realized as he held his chin. If that were the case… then maybe…
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Over the next week, Izuku and Ochako worried themselves sick over the results. However, after the fact, Izuku was left wondering if he hadn't made a mistake. For the first few minutes of the test, they felt like they had performed pretty well. Ochako was having it the worst, blaming herself for both her and Izuku not being able to attend U.A.
Ibara and Inko had been able to provide some support for them, but both were also worried about them. The other members of the Gremory peerage did their best to help as well. After about five days, Momo had received news about her results, saying that she had been accepted into U.A.
"So you're officially a recommendations student now, huh?" Yuuto asked, sipping some tea in the clubroom.
"Yes," Momo practically beamed with joy.
"Did you fight robots like us?" Ibara asked.
"No, it was more of a series of obstacle courses," Momo answered. "Me and the other recommended students raced each other. I managed to achieve first place, while a girl who could split her body reached second. There was really no combat involved."
"Lucky," Kyoka groaned. "Those robots were a real pain. Uraraka and Midoriya nearly died because of them, didn't they?"
The two in question laughed nervously. "I doubt the staff would've let that happen," said Rias. "But I am proud of all of you. I'm sure you all passed."
"…But, what if we didn't?" Ochako asked.
"Well, we'll just have to wait and see, now won't we?"
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It was now March, about a week since the entrance exam. A week of waiting with some combat training with Yuuto to relieve stress had passed before he, Ochako, and Ibara returned home one day to find Inko fretting over the mail. The stamp at the back of each letter was all that they needed to confirm who sent it.
"T-This is it…"
The three made their way to Izuku's room and closed the door. Izuku sat at his desk with only the desk lamp on as a light course. He had set his letter in front of him and was just staring at it. Ibara was sitting on the bed while Ochako stood behind him, each holding onto their respective letter.
"…Moment of truth," Izuku took off the seal with his trembling fingers and opened the letter. He peeked inside to see a small thin disk. "What the…?" He took it up and saw 'place this side on a smooth flat surface' written on the back. Shrugging to himself, he complied and put the disk onto his desk.
After a small beep, a hologram appeared in the air above. It was All Might, dressed in a yellow suit that seemed to barely contain his physique. Behind him was a stage that flashed red, blue, and yellow.
"I AM HERE AS A PROJECTION!" All Might began, grinning at the camera.
The three jumped back in shock, with Izuku almost falling out of the chair. The disk was a holographic projector. And just like he announced, All Might was the one on the screen.
"All Might?!" Ochako gasped.
"OHMYGOSH!" Izuku's jaw hit the floor as the image of All Might laughed at his own 'joke'. "A-All Might is recording these!? But they wouldn't do that unless… Unless All Might is going to be teaching!"
It took everything Izuku had not to faint.
"I know I've been quiet this past week, but with great power comes a great amount of paperwork." All Might then cleared his throat and did a light bow. "I apologize. The truth is, I didn't come to this city just to fight villains. You're looking at the newest U.A. Faculty member!"
The three let out a loud gasp. All Might… was going to be a teacher at U.A.?! "He's seriously going to be working at U.A.?" Ibara asked.
Surprisingly, All Might nodded as if he actually acknowledged Ibara's question. But suddenly a hand came onto the screen.
"Stop showboating, will you?" A familiar voice said before stepping into view.
"Hm, who's showboating, Young Mizushima?"
"MIZU-SAN/ONEECHAN?!"
"Uh, you," Mizu matter-of-factly said. "We need to wrap this up. We have at least a dozen more to do."
"Of course." All Might let out a sigh and kept going. "Right, moving on. Young Midoriya, you have passed the written exam with a score of over 90%, which is more than enough to generate you a spot at U.A.! For the piratical, you scored 28 points. Normally, that wouldn't be enough to enter the Heroics Course."
Izuku lowered his head dejectedly at that, tears beginning to swell in Ochako's eyes due to guilt, while Ibara looked to them pity.
"IF the practical was based solely on combat prowess!"
…What?
Izuku and the girls slowly looked up to the screen.
"He's right. While Villain Points are the basic measurement we use to judge applicants, it's not the only one," Mizu continued as a video of when Izuku saved Ochako from the zero-pointer was shown.
"Such conviction… such selflessness! As the bastion of Japan's future Heroes, it would be foolish of us to ignore these qualities important for all Heroes!" All Might returned to the stand and flashed his signature grin. "As such, we have an entirely different category for such acts, rated by a panel of judges! Rescue Points! And my boy… You have the highest of the lot: sixty points! Congratulations!"
Izuku could hardly believe what he heard. The 28 villain points he got, along with the 60 rescue points meant that… he had gotten a total of 88 points!
"Now then, welcome Young Midoriya… to your Hero Academia!" All Might and Mizu thrust their fists into the air.
"PLUS ULTRA!"
Izuku began to cry. Behind him he heard Ibara and Ochako opening their letters, finding the same holodiscs that came in Izuku's. Their messages were similar to Izuku's, giving them their scores for both the written and partial exams. Ibara had earned 82 points in the practical, while Ochako had 60, which meant…
The two began to cry tears of joy along with Izuku before they went over to Izuku, hugging each other. They made it.
AN: For those of you wanting to know, here are the test rankings
- No. 1: Midoriya Izuku, Villain Points: 28, Rescue Points: 60, Total: 88
- No. 2: Liana Kozuki, Villain Points: 50, Rescue Points: 35, Total: 85
- No. 3: Shiozaki Ibara, Villain Points: 30, Rescue Points: 52, Total: 82
- No. 4: Kido Hyde, Villain Points: 39, Rescue Points: 40, Total: 79
- No. 5: Bakugo Katsuki, Villain Points: 77, Rescue Points: 0, Total: 77
- No. 6: Kirishima Eijiro, Villain Points: 39, Rescue Points: 35, Total: 74
- No. 7: Kendo Itsuka, Villain Points: 25, Rescue Points: 40, Total: 65
- No. 8: Jiro Kyoka, Villain Points: 26, Rescue Points: 37, Total: 63
- No. 9: Iida Tenya, Villain Points: 52, Rescue Points, 9, Total: 61
- No. 10: Uraraka Ochako, Villain Points: 35, Rescue Points: 25, Total: 60
- No. 12: Milia Takamaki, Villain Points: 23, Rescue Points: 35, Total: 58
I included Milia because I'm sure some of you wanted to know how well she did. If you're wondering who's in 11th, it's Tetsutetsu. The scores are mostly the same as they were in canon if you couldn't tell. But man, Bakugo will flip his lid when he finds out he scored 5th, huh? Too bad that'll have to wait.
EDIT: Decided to change up the rankings a bit. Just replaced Celica with Liana.