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"Alright, zygotes! Summer Vacation is almost upon us and you know what that means!"All-Might announced to his class."We're going to be doing a special summer training camp!"
Naturally, this got all of Izuku's Crew excited at the possible fun activities to have.
"A big sleepover!"
"Fireworks!"
"S'mores!"
All-Might chuckled."I'm sure you're all studying hard for the writing portion, but remember to also keep training for the practical portion!"
With that, the Symbol of Peace left the classroom so Izuku and his friends could discuss their plans for what was coming.
"I'm a little nervous, I haven't taken many notes this semester." Lilique worriedly said.
"I don't really need to take notes since I've been around for so many years," Milo said nonchalantly as they looked at their phone.
"Don't worry, there's still plenty of time to study. Never say die, remember?" Izuku pointed out.
"Maybe our friends in Class 1-A and 1-B could use some help studying," Penny noted.
"I know I'd love to get some studying time with Yaomomo..." Makoto chuckled.
"You just want an excuse to get close to all that big beautiful fat, don't you?" Ben smirked.
"Guilty as charged."
DEVIL
Lunch time soon rolled around and Izuku's Crew was with Class 1-A discussing what the practical exam could involve.
"The practical's going to be the real concern," Koby admitted.
"I'm positive it won't be anything too crazy," Tenya commented as they began to eat.
"I'm hoping you can help me through the written portion, Deku. I only got 13th in the midterm." Ochako said.
"They probably won't do anything in the practical that we can't handle," Nia said.
Momo was busy stuffing her face with a large amount of food, Kyouka and Mina sharing in the smorgasbord due to their expanded sizes. While she was doing that, Momo was also doing some planning in her head.
"Alright, we have a total of six classes; Classical Japanese, English, Math, Science, History, and Hero Informatics; given that we have a bit over a month, that's one subject a day for the next five weeks while resting on the Sunday." The Yaoyorozu Heiress said after swallowing the food in her mouth.
Izuku nodded at the big girl's proposal and sculled down a large bowl of ramen that took up his side of the table while Tenya downed his orange juice in a single swing before slamming his cup down.
"We should be very cautious though," Mukuro said calmly as she enjoyed a beef bowl. "Who knows what curveballs UA will throw at us to keep us on our toes."
"Always gotta treat everything like it's a war game..." Nia sighed.
"I-I don't know how well I'll do..." Kobeni nervously muttered while poking at her food.
"You'll do great, Kobeni-Chan!" Himiko reassured her friend.
"Mukuro is right. We still need to try and be prepared." Izuku pointed out. "Even if we're confident, it's best not to-"
Feeling hisObservation Hakikick in, Izuku shot his arm out before he could tell it to, catching someone's elbow and throwing it away from him.
"Well, that wasn't very nice, was it?"
"Oh god, not this asshole..." Katsuki scowled.
Sure enough, Monoma Neito was there, sorting out his food that was now on the floor before standing up and dusting himself off.
"I saw on the news that you four ran into the Hero Killer." Izuku, Yaato, Yamato, Tenya, and Shoto immediately gave the blonde their attention. "Even saw the footage; I'd say 'good job', but I can only really say it to one of you."
"Awww shit, here we go..." Shun sighed.
"You know that people don't like you because you're good heroes, right? Because, let's be honest, you could be doing a lot better." The blonde's words had a few Quirks prematurely activating and several glares were sent his way. "You only get their attention because you're always in the spotlight, they'd give anyone under that light the attention you're getting."
"Not yet, guys..." Izuku calmly said to his crew.
"Honestly, it's a shame that the Hero Killer only got in a few scrapes and stabs. A bit more damage might have let reality kick in and show you that you're nothing but-"
A symphony of Quirks activating cut the blonde off and he soon found himself held in place before receiving a well-placed palm to the nose.
No one had seen them move.
Yamato, Tenya, and Shoto were all behind the blonde, holding his right arm, left arm, and neck respectively, a cold but burning fury in each of their eyes. Momo was on the blonde's left side, her arm transformed into a cannon aimed at his face with Katsuki on the other side holding the same stance; both of their arms twitched to activate.
"I will fix your nose and then break it again a thousand times over if you ever speak to any of my friends that way again." Ben snarled as he placed his hand over Monoma's face.
Around them, all the other 1-A and 1-C students stood in a circle, Quirks activated and snarls on all of their faces. Monoma now realized he had bitten off more than he could chew at the collective glares everyone was giving him.
"Honestly, figured getting shunted down to General Ed would have curbed that ego of yours. Guess I was being too optimistic." Nia growled, baring her fangs.
"Can I cut him just a little, Bakara-Chan?" Himiko begged.
"I'm almost tempted."
"Honestly, you are such a miserable fucking asshole," Izuku said as he approached the now-shaking Monoma. "I'm really tired of hearing you hate on my classmates when you were sitting on your ass at UA while we were in the streets bleeding."
Monoma whimpered, all ability to speak wiped away as his body trembled in fear and Izuku's emerald eyes bored into him.
"Let me make one thing clear, asshole. I tolerated your sad attempt to decry me at the Sports Festival and I can tolerate all the things you've said about me being a 'cheater' and an 'ape'...and I'm fine with that." Izuku scowled. "You can spill food and drinks on me, you can throw trash at me, you can even spit in my face for all I care...but no matter what reason you may have;NOBODY HURTS MY FRIENDS."
"A magnificent speech, Midoriya!"Nedzu's voice spoke up on the Intercom."But please, would you and Monoma Neito come to my office so we don't have to disturb the rest of the student's lunchtime?"
Izuku nodded and gestured for his friends to relax and sit down as he left for Nedzu's office, Monoma skulking behind, fear and anger in his eyes.
As the rest of the crew and Class 1-A relaxed, they noticed Hitoshi and Itsuka coming over. Also there surprisingly was Yui.
"Honestly, I feel ashamed that he spoke for our class when he was still in the Hero Course." Itsuka sighed.
"So...what's up with you guys?" Hitoshi asked.
Koby shrugged. "Nothing much. How's the Hero Course treating you, Shinso?"
"About as hard as I expected. But it's not all bad. Since finals are coming up the teachers gave us special permission to practice our Quirks."
"Yui told us how you guys saved her from the Hero Killer," Itsuka said to Tenya, Yamato, Shoto, Hilda, and Yaato.
"A shame Shinso wasn't in Hosu with us. His Quirk would have been perfect in bringing him down quickly." Hilda said.
"Speaking of that, you were interning with Aizawa-Sensei, yeah?" Uta asked. "Any insight on what he might have planned for the Final Exam?"
"Couldn't really say, but I can tell you he'll be working with the other teachers to make it harder than the Entrance Exam, so don't expect an easy ride with combat training robots," Hitoshi said. "I've noticed him taking notes on everyone, though I will say that the notes seemed to be on the students before internships. He may be trying to incorporate that into the finals."
DEVIL
Izuku and Monoma were now in Nedzu's office. Aizawa and Vlad King had both been called over as well.
"Would you please explain what happened?" Nedzu said in a cheerful voice that was anything but cheerful. "I heard Midoriya's speech but I can't seem to have been able to hear what Monoma said beforehand that elected such violent responses from the rest of my students."
"Nothing that wasn't true." Monoma defended himself.
"Really?" Nedzu asked with a sharp tone in his words.
"May I ask what you said, word for word?"
"I don't remember. Torekuroshi struck me pretty hard in the head. Shouldn't he be expelled for what he did to me?" Monoma asked. "In fact, shouldn't all of those arrogant upstart 1-A students and Midoriya's coattail-hanging lackeys be punished as well?"
"We are not discussing Midoriya's actions, Monoma; we are discussing yours. Now, what did you say?" Nedzu said.
"I don't remem-"
Izuku calmly used the[Memo-Memo Fruit]to pull out a film reel of Monoma's memories from his head and presented them to Nedzu, who nodded in approval as he looked through them before showing them to Monoma so he couldn't try denying anything.
"I think that we have seen enough. Monoma Neito, I am not entirely sorry to say this, but you have been nothing but trouble since you started here, trying to start fights, spreading discord between Class 1-A and 1-B, sowing chaos, obsessing over a rivalry that doesn't even exist. We had hoped being shunted to General Ed would have taught you humility, but that was a naive dream. You are hereby expelled, and a note will be put in your own personal record stating that you should be blacklisted from hero work and that no hero school should indulge you."
"WHAT!" Monoma shouted. "No! You can't do that!"
"You have given me no choice, Monoma," Nedzu said apologetically. "But if you want to be treated like a Hero then you should have acted like one."
"I can change!"
"No, you can't," Aizawa said coldly. "I've seen too many people like you. You can't change, not without a big change that is forced upon you."
Monoma turned helplessly to Vlad King, hoping his former homeroom teacher could speak in his defense but the Blood Hero simply shook his head.
"Monoma...Grab your stuff, you are leaving."
"NO!" Monoma shouted. "NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! ALL I'VE EVER WANTED WAS TO BE A HERO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!"
"Maybe you should have thought about that before you brought this upon yourself," Aizawa said, his eyes glowing red.
"IF YOU EXPEL ME! I'LL KILL MYSELF!" Monoma shouted.
"Take Monoma to Recovery Girl's office," Nedzu said. "I will call the hospital and have them come pick him up."
"NO!" Monoma shouted, tears coming to his eyes. "NO! NO NO! NO NO NO! NO NO NO NO! I'M SORRY! I WON'T DO IT AGAIN! NO! PLEASE! NO! PLEASE."
Vlad King firmly grabbed Monoma and dragged him out of the office as Izuku couldn't help but look at the blonde's sobbing and screaming face with nothing but pity, all anger toward him having just...deflated.
DEVIL
In the following month, Izuku's Crew, Class 1-A, and Class 1-B had all split off into various study groups, with the smarter students working to help improve the lower-scoring ones. This made all of them confident going into the written portion of the exam.
When they weren't studying, the three Hero Course classes were training either together or alone doing anything they could to get a last-minute edge. Soon the written tests began and even though there was some difficulty. The class knew they had it covered. Even Mina felt the answers just flowing onto the paper.
Like in a normal Japanese school, the exams were four days long. However, UA included a practical course for its Hero Course students on the fourth day instead of just having four days of written exams.
The students were allowed to don their costumes and were brought out to the practical exam area and were surprised to see their teachers there including All-Might and Power Loader from the Support Course.
"Now I'm kinda nervous," Denki said. "Isn't Power Loader supposed to be teaching the Support Course?"
"Now then time to begin the last test. Remember it's entirely possible to fail this test." Aizawa said. "If you want to go to camp, give this your all, and don't make any stupid mistakes."
"Why are all the teachers here? Are they gonna be part of the test?" Mipha asked.
"Very observant of you!" Nedzu said as he popped out of Aizawa's scarf. "This final exam is going to be different from previous years. In order to test your skills to their limit, the practical will be focusing not just on hero work, but also on teamwork and live combat situations."
"Indeed!"All-Might laughed."And to spice things up, Class 1-A and 1-B will be taking their exams together in teams of four, two from 1-A and two from 1-B as part of each team!"
Vlad King nodded. "Considering the issue with Monoma when he was still a student in 1-B, it makes more sense to have both classes working together from now on as equals."
"As for Class 1-C, you'll all be in pairs for your exams, considering your skill levels make you more independent." Nedzu pointed out.
"But wait, I have a problem," Bakara called out. "Each class has twenty-four students. Dividing that up, there are only eleven teachers here for each group."
"We thought one of you would notice." Midnight giggled. "Which is why we called in a special guest."
Suddenly, like a flaming comet, Endeavor crashed down before walking up beside All-Might with his arms folded. Shoto visibly flinched at the realization that his father would be partaking as one of the proctors for the exam while Inasa bit his lip, an unsure look on his face.
"Well, this'll be something!" Vivi noted.
"Now let's announce the teams and their opponents!" Nezu said as each match was revealed.
[1-A & 1-B]
All-Might vs Koby, N, Itsuka, and Seryu
Endeavor vs Yamato, Uta, Vivi, and Inasa
Aizawa vs Shoto, Momo, Kinoko, and Reiko
Vlad King vs Carrot, Ellie, Juuzo, and Yui
Present Mic vs Kyouka, Kouji, Jurota, and Manga
Midnight vs Minoru, Sero, Tsuburaba, and Awase
Nedzu vs Denki, Mina, Kuroiro, and Setsuna
Thirteen vs Ochako, Yuuga, Bondo, and Rin
Power Loader vs Tenya, Oujiro, Nimona, and Pony
Ectoplasm vs Tsuyu, Fumikage, Ibara, and Sen
Cementoss vs Eijirou, Rikidou, Tetsutetsu, and Togaru
Snipe vs Shouji, Tooru, Shouda, and Hitoshi
[1-C]
All-Might vs Hilda and Katsuki
Endeavor vs Izuku and Ben
Aizawa vs Shun and Kobeni
Vlad King vs Himiko and Marco
Present Mic vs Lilique and Makoto
Midnight vs Sumiko and Milo
Nedzu vs Chikara and Bakara
Thirteen vs Kohaku and Mipha
Power Loader vs Yaato and Rebecca
Ectoplasm vs Kazuya and Kirby
Cementoss vs Rosa and Penny
Snipe vs Nia and Mukuro
"To complete the exam, you'll have 30 minutes. In order to either put these handcuffs on your teacher or one of you can successfully flee from the zone." Nezu explained.
"This is a little different from your combat training, ya dig?" Present Mic said. "After all, you're up against seasoned pros way better than you."
"The exam is meant to simulate a real battle," Thirteen explained. "It might seem strange, but you'll have to think of us as attacking villains."
"As soon as you come across your enemy, then if you think you can win, by all means, fight to the best of your ability. But if you have any doubts, or you know you're outmatched, then it might be best to retreat and go for backup. The choice is up to you." Snipe said.
Vivi put a finger to her chin. "So it's either fight to win, or run to win."
Marco nodded. "It's meant to test our decision-making."
"Of course, in order to make sure your options aren't limited to just fleeing, the Support Course made something to even the odds!"All-Might said.
The teachers and Endeavor all put on special wrist and ankle straps with weights added to them.
"These are ultra-compressed weights. They're designed to add half our body weight to our physique. That way our stamina will be lowered faster and make it harder for us to move around." Power Loader explained. "One of Hatsume's better inventions, I have to say."
Shun made a mental note to see how Mei was doing later. A few of the other students from 1-A and 1-B were thinking of visiting her as well to see if they could ask for Support Items to better help their Quirks.
"Heavier than I thought..." Endeavor noted after he finished putting the weights on.
"Kirishima, Sato, Tetsutetsu, and Kamakiri are up first. The rest of you can use this time to, strategize watch, or do whatever you need to do to prepare." Aizawa explained before leaving with the rest of the teachers.
Izuku and his crew decided to go to the monitor room where Recovery Girl was stationed to watch out for any serious injuries, a few of the 1-A and 1-B teams joining them.
Soon it was time for the exams to begin, and Izuku and the crew wished their friends the best of luck.
Knightmare Lord A/N:
I figure this is a good stopping point for right now. Hope you like what I put in, Mrotrax!
Mrotrax A/N:
Loved uit, buddy!
1000/10!