Izuku woke up with a start to his alarm. It was much more pleasant than Present Mic. But still not pleasant. Regardless, he quickly got changed and made his way downstairs, actually sitting with the class for breakfast. "Hey Izuku!" Mineta started, "Did you get to fe-" Mineta was abruptly cut off by a very powerful if short-ranged explosion from Bakugo. Izuku turned to Todoroki, and was going to ask what Mineta meant when he got patted on the head by the boy with red and white hair.
Izuku pouted, but continued with the morning, talking to Iida and Todoroki about what they thought today's exam would entail. They figured that it would probably entail some combat, a decision regarding whether it would be better to fight or flee, whilst still considering damages and abilities.
The trio walked to class, where they were instructed to grab their hero costumes and head over to the environment fields, where they met all the teachers standing in front. "So, you may be wondering what's going on, and why we're all here." Nezu said, popping out of Aizawa-sensei's scarf, "Well in short, your exam, will be fighting us teachers!"
Several students at the lower end of the class began panicking, as Aizawa-sensei picked up where Nezu left off. "You have been put in pre-determined pairs and assigned to fight a teacher. You can pass by either placing a pair of these cuffs on the teacher in question, or have one of you go through the gate to pass. Of course, you will be graded individually. These assignments have been made at my discretion, taking into account your own strengths, weaknesses and interpersonal relationships. So Kirishima and Sato, you two are against Cementoss. Asui and Tokoyami, you two are against Ectoplasm. Ojiro and Iida, you guys will be fighting Power Loader. Todoroki and Yaoyorozu, you will be against myself." Aizawa-sensei went on to list all the other fights, before he got to Izuku and Bakugo. "Izuku and Bakugo. You will be against-"
"ME!" All Might announced. Both boys were incredibly nervous. "Furthermore, we will be wearing high density weights to add half our body weight, and ah that's really heavy hopefully this will slightly balance the playing field!"
"Fights will occur in that order, and you may watch or plan. Good luck, and Plus Ultra." Aizawa-sensei finished, lazily raising his fist. Most teams went together to make a plan, with only Uraraka not being able to easily discuss with their teammate.
Izuku and Bakugo went off, and Izuku pulled out a notebook. "You planned for this shit?" Bakugo asked, already knowing the answer.
"Nope." Izuku replied, before flipping to a certain page, "I have a dozen plans for this. 2 primary, each leading into 5 fallback plans. So we run, or w-"
"We're gonna fight." Bakugo told him.
"Well, you're gonna have to follow my lead, but this is what we're gonna start with."
Eventually they returned to the main viewing room, where Uraraka already was. In there, they found that they had just missed Kirishima and Sato lose to Cementoss and were watching a giant Ectoplasm clone attacking Tsu and Tokoyami. Bakugo watched in silence whilst Izuku was writing in his notebook, primarily about the heroes in action. Occasionally he and Recovery Girl would talk about various strategies or she would tell them what was being said, but mostly she would be able to give insight as to why certain members were paired together. As Tokoyami and Tsu finished up, Izuku asked Recovery Girl something. "So, if I may ask, why were Kacchan and I put together?"
"Well, young man the two of you have a unique relationship, however as staff we have yet to see either of you in true action together, either against each other or working together. Furthermore, you both have great potential and as neither of you are overly reliant on your quirk nor do either of you have glaring flaws, we wished to push you to the top of your game." Recovery Girl explained. Izuku nodded, before turning back to the screen to see Iida and Ojiro's... interesting teamwork in order to outpace Power Loader's pitfalls, eventually passing after Ojiro was thrown through the escape gate.
At this point, Nejire and the rest of The Big Three came in. "Oh! Hey guys!" Izuku called out, as Bakugo also walked over to him.
"Hey man! Hope we haven't missed your turn yet!" Mirio said.
"Nope, we're yet to absolutely FU- uh FRIDGING DESTROY ALL MIGHT!" Bakugo told him, warily eying Recovery Girl.
"Ooo you guys have to fight All Might! Good luck! Wait is it just you two against him? How do you win? Do you have a plan? What is it?" Nejire asked. Tamaki was about to get her to calm down when Mirio took his hand, whispering "Izuku can deal with it and it's a good chance for them to get closer," as he took the manifest user to watch the screens by Recovery Girl (who was chuckling "oh young love").
"Yeah it's just the two of us, we can win by running or cuffing him, we do have a plan and... it's not really possible to explain so you'll just have to wait and see... and hopefully it works out." Izuku told Nejire, who was bouncing side to side slightly. Bakugo went up to Izuku at the same time Mirio took Nejire's attention. "Hurry up and confess already." Bakugo whispered to Izuku, and Mirio mouthed to Nejire.
They both turned fairly red and backed away from their respective tormentors... to back into each other. They both jumped, turned around, and found themselves face to face, nose to nose. Their blushes deepened as they jumped backwards, Nejire narrowly missing Tamaki's discreet tentacle dedicated to remove that gap of a few inches.
Mirio, Tamaki and Bakugo collectively sighed, before turning to the screen. They just witnessed Mina and Denki get crushed by the Principal, a... creature with scary smarts. 'Wait...' "IT'S HIS FAULT I HAD TO DO HARDER EXAMS!" Izuku screamed, pointing at the creature on screen. Nezu just nodded, as though he knew exactly the realization Izuku just came to. Recovery Girl chuckled as the sombre looking boy was being patted on the head by Nejire, before confirming his beliefs. "Yes young man, that is correct, but I believe you will have to wait until the holidays for anything to come of that."
Izuku twitched, before sighing and curling up in a corner, no longer paying attention to the fight on screen (where Koda just sent a bunch of bugs to give Present Mic nightmares for weeks, much to the dismay of Aizawa-sensei who would have to lose more sleep trying to comfort the man). "aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Izuku whined quietly, rocking back and forth as Nejire stroked his hair.
Come Mineta's and Sero's fight against Midnight, Izuku had recovered but neither he nor Bakugo were paying attention as they were discussing the plan. Or... Bakugo was nodding along while Izuku was mumbling. The other already passed (or failed groups in the cases of Uraraka, Kirishima, Sato, Aoyama, Mina and Kaminari).
Bakugo had a confident smirk as he waited impatiently for Mineta to lose already, whilst Izuku began panicking. Mineta managed to pull a win out of nowhere as Bakugo began fixing his gauntlets and Izuku was preparing his special capture bracelet tape thing, hands shaking. His quirk had reached high levels of charge, so when Nejire started approaching him he waved her back as it was fairly dangerous. She came up to him, ignoring his warnings and gave him a hug. "You'll do fine Izuku!" She told him, before going back to the screen.
Izuku.exe crashed briefly and managed to miss her blush as the rest of the class were debating the best way to force the two together already and Bakugo began dragging his now slightly more reactive brother. But it was to almost certain doom. Almost.
The two students made their way to the testing field, and started the plan. "Oi you shitty nerd! I'm gonna do all this, and YOU CAN'T FUCKING STOP ME!" Bakugo screamed.
"B-but Kacchan," Izuku started, reaching a hand out when suddenly the wind picked up. "Oh boy."
The wind was intense, and Izuku wrapped the capture device around Bakugo and a handrail that was somehow remaining the ground, holding the two of them in place when All Might appeared. "Now now young heroes, if you're going to treat this like an exam and argue, you will be s-urk!" All Might was cut off by Izuku swinging Bakugo into him using the capture rope, the boy's feet slamming straight into his face. All Might realized that additionally, in the brief time Bakugo make contact with him, Izuku had established a physical connection that briefly shocked All Might. However it was not enough for the green haired U.A student to stop All Might for any useful length of time.
Despite this, it was enough for the boys to dash out of All Might's sight, or rather Izuku to run as fast as he could whilst dragging Bakugo along by winding up his capture bracelet scarf thing. All Might was a little annoyed at being played like that, but by the time he had turned around, the boys were long gone, hidden down an alley.
Izuku and Bakugo quickly prepared the next stage of their plan. Bakugo had much stronger shoulder muscles, because of his quirk's recoil, so they just had to wait for All Might to be in position. Izuku counted down in his head, and when he hit 0 he tapped Bakugo, who launched the green haired boy out of the alley with a powerful throw and explosion as Izuku began powering his quirk, whilst Bakugo followed behind with a series of explosions originating from his feet.
The two came out of the alley, and Izuku missed All Might by mere milliseconds. Thankfully, he was able to react in time as he grabbed All Might back and managed to throw the man down, if only barely.
In his moments of surprise, Izuku jumped away as Bakugo took his place, hovering over All Might who was currently face down. Bakugo promptly pulled the pin on his right gauntlet, the powerful explosion searing the ground and pushing the muscular man further down. Bakugo then flew away as in a matter of seconds Izuku came back, trying to cuff All Might.
Unfortunately, All Might, being all mighty, managed to drag himself out of the pit and grabbed Izuku's hand just before he managed to cuff him. All Might took the cuffs and crushed them, much to everyone's dismay.
Aizawa was more than a little annoyed. He was watching the final fight between Izuku, Bakugo and All Might. The boys were working incredibly well together, moving as though they had rehearsed together a thousand times, and if they were against literally any other teacher they would be able to easily overcome them. But they were up against All Might for a reason he supposed, who apparently still had no clue how to teach.
Aizawa and Nezu had personally watched a few of All Might's earlier lessons, but were... disappointed to say the least. The man seemed to not really realize that being a hero and being a teacher were very, very different job descriptions. But this was the most disappointing.
All teacher's were instructed to make sure that the students, at all times, would have at least two ways of winning, one escape route and one capture method, as to make sure it was at least possible. The point of the exam was not to crush the kids, but to make them feel crushed and allow them to grow. But this was making it straight up impossible.
Aizawa sighed again, looking over at the other students, watching their reactions. It was a little amusing watching the every bubbly Nejire be concerned and silent, worry evident on her usually cheery face. He hid a smirk as he knew what was going through her head. He was so winning that bet with Mic.
Back with our currently battling students, Izuku realized All Might was rapidly moving into a baseball pitcher's stance, but just before he could completely wind Izuku back, the boy began to expel large amounts of green lightning directly into All Might. "Continuous Directed Discharge: Intensity 4!" Izuku yelled. It was enough to cause the massive man to freeze as he gritted his teeth. He may not be nearly as strong as he was in his prime, but he couldn't combat non-physical attacks, he could only wait until the other wore themselves out enough for him to be free.
In the process, Bakugo was propelling himself towards the gate. He may be head-strong but he wasn't stupid. Izuku's plan relied on the teachers keeping both victories possible, but with the cuff out of the question, they fell to a backup plan. Izuku would stall for time, using his quirk to keep All Might stationary as long as possible, whilst Bakugo would rush for the gate.
It was unfortunate this plan didn't last for long. All Might quickly became desensitized to the electrocution, and Izuku didn't realize this fast enough. Unfortunately. All Might used the boy like a javelin, aiming him and throwing him at the currently flying Bakugo. "KACCHAN!" Izuku yelled, trying to get the blond's attention so they could dodge in time.
Despite this, it was too little too late as the two collided, causing the two to tumble to the ground, the exit within their sight. Both of them took in the destruction that All Might had caused at the beginning, before getting up and the two of them limping toward the exit. "Kacchan. I know how to do this faster." Izuku said.
"I know what you're going to say. And no. We do this together, or not at fucking all." Bakugo said sternly. Izuku sighed, relenting. His brother may be more agreeable to him than to... most people but was headstrong nonetheless.
"Fine. But take this end of my capture weapon." Izuku said, handing an end to Bakugo, "Keep it loose, and we'll be able to catch All Might with it when he shows up."
Bakugo just nodded, the boys lazily dragging the weapon as they slowly worked into a jog, both of them doing their best to ignore their throbbing headaches, Izuku's much worse but being much better at ignoring it, various quirk drawbacks and other pains with probably at least one cracked rib each.
Regardless, they pushed forwards as the two continued, before Izuku heard a sudden shockwave. It was directed downwards, but it could only mean one thing. He knew that All Might wasn't the best at controlling himself in the air, so once their plan was in motion it would hopefully work. Hopefully. Izuku told Bakugo as much of the plan as he could whilst preparing it. All Might, because he would've punched facing the other way, wouldn't see what was happening whilst approaching and as such wouldn't be able to react until it was too late. There was a second shockwave as Izuku finished explaining.
Bakugo threw a gauntlet to Izuku, who put it on his left arm before using both arms to pull the capture weapon tight. He began spinning, the blonde spinning through the air as a result as his quirk was crackling in his hands, using more explosions on his feet to make the spin faster. Then, Izuku released Bakugo.
The blond saw the target and used a couple explosions to direct himself as he kicked All Might straight across the jaw again. "Urk!" The muscular man let out an exclamation as Bakugo made contact, flinching on instinct. This meant he failed to realize that Bakugo continued circling All Might, carried by the momentum. By the time All Might was paying attention again, it was too late as he was already completely wrapped by Izuku's capture weapon. "What?" All Might asked, trying to move.
Because of the way he was wrapped unfortunately, meant that if he were to move his arms it would pull the capture weapon into his back. So, he was trapped for now, as he tried to wriggle out.
In the meantime, Izuku had powered up and was moving at incredible speed towards the gate, Bakugo not too far behind. Both boys couldn't go their fastest because of their prior injuries.
It didn't take too long for All Might to catch up to them, and Izuku heard the gust of wind. He nodded to Bakugo, and the two turned around. They pointed the gauntlets at the direction All Might was coming from. And both of them pulled the pin.
There was a slight moment of delay, before each gauntlet unleashed massive explosions. Izuku heard a slight pop come from his shoulder, but ignored it, adrenaline running through his system as the two promptly turned back around. The exit was maybe 15 seconds away, for Izuku at full speed, so closer to 30 at the moment.
Regardless, the students continued on their journey until they heard All Might punch again. He had managed to get one arm out of the capture weapon, and was using the punches to propel himself like a missile. Izuku saw this coming, and acting on instinct, pushed Bakugo closer to the gate as he felt All Might collide with his back.
Izuku tumbled with All Might pressing him further into the concrete. The concrete, in turn, cracked as though it was hit by a meteor, with Izuku's face and upper body becoming heavily bruised and cut as he was pressed harshly into the ground.
The boy could faintly hear Bakugo's screaming as he felt his consciousness fade, disappearing like his rib structure.
Bakugo was livid. He felt his anger completely take over as he watched All Might push Izuku deep into the concrete, as though the boy was actually a villain. Whilst the teachers were given weights, they seemed to forget that whilst they may be slower as a result, they had increased mass. Increased mass also increased force, and when someone is All Might levels of strong, the acceleration decrease from a couple hundred kilograms is nothing when compared to the force he would get.
Furthermore, he was certain that teachers were decidedly not meant to break the cuffs, as seen during the previous fights. This man had no clue how to be a mentor, let alone be a teacher.
But right now, Bakugo saw more red than he had seen in his life, and one of his closest associates (read friends) was Shitty Hair.
This fucker was meant to give them an exam whilst having no idea what a teacher remotely did, with no prior experience and seemingly no clue of other people's limits. And this fucker, with no remorse, just knocked his brother unconscious after cracking at least a dozen ribs and adding maybe half a dozen new scars.
Bakugo twitched and turned around, a terrifying glare in his eyes that seemed to cause All Bastard to freeze in place. Good. This fucker had no idea what was about to happen.
With a scream of "Burn in hell!", Bakugo launched himself with powerful explosions from his feet and grabbed Izuku before All Might could react, the boy groaning in pain with being picked up, resulting in another twitch from Bakugo.
Bakugo gently placed the boy to the side as he held up his remaining gauntlet, firing at All Bastard before launching himself at the muscular pro, cupping his open palms as he created a massive explosion. "FUCKING DIE!" Bakugo screamed, his shoulders almost dislocating from the recoil of unleashing such an unnaturally powerful blast, one larger than he had ever.
Bakugo didn't bother waiting for the smoke to clear, as he ran to his brother, careful not to aggravate any of the wounds as he gently carried his brother over the last threshold. He carefully placed Izuku down on the ground, the shallow rise and fall of their chest a faint reminder of their life as Bakugo himself fell uncounscious. The last thing he remembered seeing was Shoji carrying two stretchers, Mirio, Nejire and Tamaki with Recovery Girl being carried there by Aizawa-sensei, the Erasing pro hero going over to All Might with a very, very scary glare.