My Heroic Beast King

Chapter 18

Enjoy!

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For once, Katsuki Bakugo was at an absolute loss of words as he sat there at his lunch table, staring at his phone. The excitable bomb hero has had interned with…was dead. Deidara was dead. He did not understand. He had just seen the man at his internship. Not only that, but Itachi was injured and the museum was gone. What, did he blow up every statue in that place? What was worse was that the enemies the media said he face was the last of the Creature Rejection Clan. The very same villains Deidara claimed to have broken up. It seems they really took each other out.

Katsuki's internship with Deidara and Itachi did make him reflect on himself. He thought he had everything in the bag as a potential hero…but he learned it was an uphill battle. All because of his quirk…and maybe her personality as well. Katsuki did remember his doctor telling him about his quirk being responsible for that. Quirks and personalities often went hand in hand and he let it happen. He let it destroy potential friendships and rule over himself. He understood it made him…passionate ad he had latched on to the violent side of heroism. Sure, it could have been much worse. He could have been exposed to the underbelly of society and latched on to that. In this instance, he was blessed. Blessed with great parents and the life they made for him. He just chose to go to Aldera, who had ulterior motives; they feed into his explosive ego. They could have easily steered him down a more malevolent path, but his own passionate ego forced him to basically ignore them if they were not blowing smoke of his ass.

This…was going to be an uphill battle. To listen to his own rationality, against his own explosiveness. And an uphill battle to change society's views on explosion users since they were already seen in a bad light. Both because of their quirk driven personalities and because of society's views on violent explosion users. He did wonder what started it though. Grumbling to himself about it, he went into the folders of his phone…to a file he hated looking at. Mostly because he hated himself for how he rejected it so harshly only because deku…no Izuku made it for him. It was just after he fell in the river and Izuku tried helping him out it. He violently rejected Izuku and his idea…all because he was helped by someone he viewed as weak and worthless and that somehow, that made Katsuki worse for it. He had blamed himself for pushing away Izuku to the point auntie Inko moved away. Maybe it was for the best but what was done was done.

Using a photo editing app he had on his phone, Katsuki modified the design to reflect his connection to Deidara, Itachi, and the museum with his own flare. As he also reflected on Ibara and Neji's naming conventions for the three strongest members of their class. The high-flying Neji chose the heavenly Christian name of the Heavenly Hero: Archangel…mostly because of Ibara's religious background. If she had followed another outdated religion, their names would have been different. As for Ibara herself, she had chosen the Earthly Maiden: Arc Templar. After the infamous Templars and the famous Joan of Arc. Now for himself, Katsuki would be called the Devilish Hero: Beelzeboom. Mostly because none of those other demon names sounded good with some variation of explosion.

As soon as he finished, he got up but Monoma decided to get up with him. "Stay down Monoma, I am going to ask Mei Hatsume about a new costume design and I do not need you ruining my request with your gloating about our class."

"Well damn, spoil my fun."

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Naruto's face grew an annoyed look. There was another reason he hated the academy back in Konoha. Exams, where they test your knowledge on everything they taught throughout the semester. That concept had not gotten any better in this world's school setting. In fact, they leaned more into it here. Now do not get him wrong, they were not actively sabotaging him here…the hate for tests in general was baked in to him and he would rather not have to deal with it. Then again, there was the practical said of the tests and since he was kind of a battle junkie, he was fine with it.

The annoyed looked was slapped off his face though when his other classmates crowded around Momo, begging to be tutored. She looked overjoyed to be able to help them. Meeting and attending those Galas, he understood hers, Tenya's, and Shoto's isolation from everyone and they made them lonely in a sense. He understood loneliness and vowed to be their friend then and there. Even if Tenya was ridged and Shoto could be cold at times. Momo was always a ray of sunshine and he did owe her a date still…or more like a dance. After all, what could you give the girl that basically had everything already? Companionship.

"You know, I could always lend a hand and learn a little more from you." Naruto commented as he offered to help.

Kyoka smirked, "Didn't Izuku say you did well back in middle school."

"I did!" Izuku chimed in cheekily.

"Heh, don't let Iruka hear you." Naruto responded fondly before he shook it off. "Yeah, but I could always use a brush up on some things. This Semester has been hectic and I sometimes don't pay attention in class. So…yeah, hearing about what I zoned out on would help."

"I don't believe you!" Himiko responded in a sing song voice and hung off his back. "You just want to spend time with Momo and Kyoka."

"That is true too." Naruto replied, not missing a beat. This caused Himiko, Mina, Toru, and Setsuna to grin excitedly at each other. "Plus, I can help on practical side of the exams."

"What, are you going to sing and dance us to death?" Hitoshi snarked.

"Maybe." Naruto snarked back with a grin, getting the purple haired boy to roll his eyes. "Oh, and speaking of sending time, we could either have a small dance at the end of the week to celebrate and let off some steam before exams start."

"OH! That would be wonderful!" Momo stated with stars in her eyes. "Those Galas could be a bit stuffy, but having a dance with you all…I would love that."

"Are you sure you are not just excited to have a dance with Naruto?" Kyoka asked cheekily.

"I won't deny that, it sounds wonderful!" Momo replied with a growing blush.

"And do not think I forgot about you, Kyoka." Naruto replied, smiling at the purple haired girl. "I actually got us tickets to a Deep Dope concert that is happening right before the summer camp we are supposed to go to."

"I…I!" Kyoka stuttered before what he said finally registered in her brain. "DUDE! I FORGOT THEY HAD A CONCERT SOON! They were sold out last time I checked."

"Let's just say…I got incredibly lucky." Naruto replied with a smile. He actually won them as a prize from Present Mic's radio show before they were actually available…but she did not need to know that.

"Which means something big is coming…his luck has two sides." Hitoshi grumbled to a pale Izuku.

"Oh! Mei, will you come along as well to these sessions?" Momo asked/yelled to the back the room were Mei worked.

Mei looked at the class for a second and smiled…mostly at the fact they continued to include her, "I don't need it as much as some but I can come and give input to the practical side. I will partially be working on the finishing touches of Mina's new costume. And then the first draft to a few commissions for 1-B."

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The week of tutoring went very quickly with Momo leading the charge on the educational stuff and Naruto handling the physical side. The whole classed ended up coming along because they all felt like they could get something out of it. That and the fact that they wanted to attend the dance Momo and Naruto had set up for some fun before exams.

Neither Momo or Naruto wanted to toot their own horn but they thought the dance actually went pretty well. Momo had worn a stunning a red dress that blew them all away. Naruto had even shown up in a fancy suit. Everyone else felt under dressed for a simple dance but this was Momo's place. They had fun anyway.

Mei actually ran DJ alongside Kyoka and it was Setsuna that convinced the two of them to play 'So this is love' from Cinderella as the slow song. One of the shipping queen's hunches was right because while humming along to the song, Momo leaned in to kiss Naruto. It was a cute sight to see and Kyoka loved to see it, however, she vowed to top that during her own date with Naruto.

The rest of the night did go well and while confused, Izuku danced with both Ochako and Setsuna at certain points with his friends cheering them on. To the surprise of a few, Mina asked Eijiro to dance with her and it was rather comical to see the nervous red-head trip over himself, but to his relief, Mina just made it fun for them. Of course, the other established couple in Himiko and Hitoshi had to show everyone up with their own dancing skills and Himiko ate up the cheers.

The study week and dance had gone well and people felt ready and energized to take on the final exams for the semester.

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Soon, the written final exams for that semester ended and most of the class did very well. Sure, some struggled, but that to be expected. You can't win them all. However, now they had to tackle the practical exams. Some, like Itsuka, did research like ask their upper classmate friends what they could be facing and they were told…more robots.

However, neither Izuku, Naruto, or even Shoto believed that was going to be the case. The reason? Robots were too easy for this class to deal with. That was the entrance exams, they had grown since then. Well…that and they had fought actual villains, both at the USJ and in their internships. So there was zero chance of these practical exams being that easy.

For this exam, they were all at the Center Plaza. Basically, a hub for all the training grounds. There was a multitude of buses to take them where they needed to go and a central building where they could watch each other take the exams as well. Not to mention Recovery Girl was on stand by and watching as well for certain people to go overboard.

"Now then." Mr. Aizawa announced, getting the class's attention away from what thing could be the renewed feeling of being in their hero costumes. Or in Mina's case, new costume. She wore a slightly baggy white flight suit with purple fur around her shoulders and wrists. White fingerless gloves. The coat had the trapping and designs of a moth on its tassels and coat trails with more purple fur. On her waist was a belt that had containers that held some extra acid that seemed to be multicolored in certain light and a teal-colored fan device that help her stay in the air a bit longer when she did use the flight functionality of the suit. Or more like falling with style. Her white pants ended in multicolored boots like her containers that let her slide around on the ground when needed. To top of her costume, she wore light green sunglasses in the shape of moth eyes. Finally, she had a horn like device that was similar to that of the hunting horn from Monster Hunter. It had multiple functions like a loud distraction and produced acid bubbles for her. It could also transform into a Bubble Bazooka. "Let's begin the last test. Remember, it is possible to fail this final. If you want to go to the summer camp then do not make any stupid mistakes."

Kyoko voiced her growing trepidation that the whole class was feeling at the sight of not only Mr. Aizawa before then, but all of the hero course teachers as well. "Uh, why are all the teachers here for this?"

Mr. Aizawa just partially ignored her as his infamous creepy grin spread across his face, make them a bit nervous. "I expect many of you have conducted some research on what you could be facing. I approve of your doing that, but what you have been told is wrong. You will NOT be facing off against robots this year."

"Indeed, your class have fought off things greater than simple robots!" Principal Nezu said as he popped out of Mr. Aizawa's scarf, getting a snort from Hitoshi at the absurd sight. "The tests this year will be different for obvious reasons. There will be hero work of course, but we have added other elements like teamwork and working under pressure. To achieve this, you will be working in pairs and will have to face off various heroes. Both Spotlight and Underground!"

"I have chosen the best opponents for you all to face. You are looking at some of your opponents in my fellow teachers. The others, well, those of you will have to find out as the tests start." Mr. Aizawa replied to the growing dread of his class. He never half ass his logical deceptions on them. Who knows who they could be facing! "I will tell you only a few of who will be fighting who, but I will tell you all who you will be teamed up with."

The team ups proceeded to go like this:

Tenya & Kendo VS ?

Setsuna & Toru VS ?

Tsuyu and Fumikage VS Ectoplasm

Mina and Denki VS Nezu

Eijiro and Kyoka VS ?

Hitoshi and Himiko VS Eraserhead

Koji and Mezo vs Present Mic

Ochaco and Pony VS Thirteen

Momo and Mei vs Power Loader

Shoto and Inasa VS ?

Naruto and Izuku VS All MIGHT

"To complete this exam, you have thirty minutes." Nezu started again once Mr. Aizawa accounted for who would team up with who and who they could fight. Naturally, those that got teamed up but were not told who they were up again were more than a little apprehensive. "In order to win, your objective is to put these handcuffs on your opponent, defeat your opponent, or you can win if one of you manages to escape from the combat stage."

"So we need to either capture them, defeat, or run away. This could be good." Denki replied thoughtfully, his eyes darting back and forth in an electric blur as he thought, the nanobots really helping him think here. "This is basically like the combat training."

Mina did look concerned though. "Yeah, but is it really ok to just jet?"

"Yup!" Nezu announced with a bit too much pep and sharp grin at the two students he would be facing.

"Oh no, it won't be like the combat training you went through earlier. You are up against people with way more experienced than you." Present Mic stated with a shit eating grin.

"Even so, we welcome the challenge." Mezu replied gracefully while Koji looked nervous.

"This could end up in a real fight. As odd as it is, please just views us as villains. It will give you the motivation to win." Thirteen suggested.

"But not to worry," All Might announced as he dropped in. "You won't have to face us at full power. We have these nifty weights weighing us down."

"Weights? That seems…uneven." Izuku pondered aloud.

Naruto, annoyed that a real fight with All Might would be with a handicap, thought the same and maybe was planning to even the odds. "You know, we have Chakra Suppressor back home. I thought some form of quirk suppressors would have been better."

"PAY UP!" Power Loader replied with a shit eating grin as Eraserhead and a few other grumbled in annoyance. Both him and Nezu thought to do this but other teachers voted that idea down thinking no one would question it.

"Well, either way, they are ultra compressed weights that are about half our body weight, so it will not be easy to move around…for most." All Might replied with a strained grin, as his body shook a bit.

"Hmm, I wondered why you had me make those. They were too simple…I should have known better and included my usual fail-safes, like with all my other inventions." Mei replied with a disappointed snap of her fingers.

"Wait, you have fail-safes in all your work." Denki asked a little nervously, mostly because most of the class had her inventions in her suits.

"Yep! If someone were to go rouge and turn on us, then it would be smart to have them so they would not use my inventions against us…like now." Mei replied, a little miffed. This Batman level thinking made the majority in attendance more than a little wary of her. It outright scared the shit out of Denki, whose nanites were made by her and inside his body. He made a mental note to NEVER get on her bad side. Nezu just smiled and laughed for his own reasons.

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"This I have to see." Naruto stated as he and a few others stayed in the observation room with Recovery Girl to watch the fights. Some to gain new ideas for strategy and other because they were last to fight and had to wait.

Both Tenya and Itsuka jogged through a cityscape as they looked around for their mystery opponent. "Who could we be up against? I will admit I am uncomfortable with this mystery. I do not know how to prepare for this."

"I understand, but that is how most hero's operate. We are supposed to face the unknown." Itsuka replied with a smile. "But I have your back, remember?" The reason these two were paired together was mostly on Tenya, he thrived with someone like his brother having his back and Itsuka often acted like the class's older sister.

As they passed yet another alleyway, Tenya was suddenly sucker punched with brass knuckles. The action sadly caught them off guard and while Tenya tried to regain his bearings through his now cracked face mask, he saw Itsuka get grabbed and thrown into the alleyway. Once he regained his balance, he rushed into the alley to find Itsuka already in combat with a brute of a man. Honestly, he looked like an uncouth biker with a bandanna mask and freaking brass knuckles.

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Back in the observation room, those not in the know where very confused as to way Naruto had broke down laughing on the floor. "I can't believe they got my old teacher in on this exam!"

"Wait, I thought you said Mirko was your teacher." Tsuyu commented.

"She was one of my teachers. The other one was him, Knuckleduster. He is one tough old bastard."

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"I gotta say, I was kind of hoping to kick that stone kid's face in. I took down adults with that hardening power of his." Knuckleduster commented and he threw Itsuka back toward Tenya. "But I get why they are having me face you. I hear Tensei's back to full health thanks my old student. Kid does miracles, I will give him that. He healed my daughter after all."

"Wait…Naruto healed my brother. You mean to tell me that you taught him?" Tenya asked in disbelief.

"I don't really look like the teachin' type, do I?" Knuckleduster asked with a shrug.

"No, you don't!" Itsuka cried as she dropped down from above from fire escape, having used the conversation as a distraction. Her giant fist cratered where the old bastard had been before she was roughly kicked back to Tenya's spot. The narrow alley was difficult to fight in, especially for the speedster, but Kendo was a close-range fighter and excelled at this. This test was an intentional mixed bag.

"So what are you punks going to do? I lured you in here for my advantage. I got experience on my side, so I can easily take the girl. Your speed can only do so much brat, clearly it did not do you much good against Stain."

"What did you say?" Tenya asked as a chill ran down his spine. Not many should know about that.

"I am not one to apologize, but you can blame me for Stain." Knuckleduster admitted with a sigh. "I am sure you got a look at his ugly mug. Back when he was just a violent vigilante named Stendhal, I issued a challenge to the so-called sublime superior being and knocked in his nose. I guess I knocked a few more screws lose as well that he turned into Stain the Hero Killer. Shame."

"You…are the cause of all this?" Tenya asked with a dangerous edge to his voice that Itsuka could not help but look sideways at him in worry.

"Iida?"

"Yeah, I am. And I beat the little psycho with one punch back in the day. Tell me, how are you going to beat me when even you could not beat Stain? You had to let my student save you and then sing and dance around him. Kind sad if you ask me." Knuckleduster chuckled as he used his foot to draw a line the dirt between them. "Tell you what, I am nice guy so I will issue the same challenge I issued him back in the day. You can walk away quietly and escape from me. Just know that if I were a real villain, that would mean I would get to torment someone else. That's option A. Or you can cross that line and that's when you eat a knuckle sandwich. Heh, and you saw how well that went for Stain's face, it might be worse for you kid. Care to test option B? I can see that hard look in your eyes despite that mask."

"I know what I should do." Tenya replied, that dangerous edge in his voice coming out like a rasp. Run away and get help would be the smart option, but he had Kendo to look after. Sure, she could take care of herself, but still. He was supposed to be a chivalrous knight, a beacon of heroism. But…this man had created the man that almost took his brother.

In the next moment, everyone had their answer. Knuckleduster saw Tenya start to move forward, so like before, he crossed the line first. Or he would have if Tenya's cry of "Recipro Burst!" did not come immediately after. Having been the old hero O'Clock, Knuckleduster was used to this type of speed and merely spun away from Iida, though he did wonder why the boy did not look like he was going to throw a punch.

Click*

Iwao blinked owlishly for a moment and tested his range of movement. Yup, those handcuffs were on him alright. Sneaky brats!

"Tenya Iida and Itsuka Kendo have passed!" A voice rang over the intercom.

"I cannot believe that worked!" Itsuka shouted in mild disbelief. While Knuckleduster was issuing his challenge and it looked like Iida was about to rush forward in a runner's pose, he had signaled to Kendo that he had the cuffs behind his back and wanted her to be the one to catch him. It was one of the plans they had setup for just in case. It seemed it worked!

"I figured that was your plan when I saw he was not going for a punch." Knuckleduster replied, breaking free of the cuffs, much to their disbelief.

"But Iida was going so fast! How were you able to process that so quickly and dodge at the same time." Itsuka nearly shouted.

"Heh, you could say I am used to that type of mobility." Iwao stated with a chuckle. He was always amused when teens lost their shit like that. "I am technically a retired hero. I used to go by the name O'Clock before I lost my quirk. Now I just go by Knuckleduster."

"I got my ass kicked by an old man without a quirk? That is awesome." Itsuka replied with stars in her eyes. "When I get experienced as you, I will be able to kick so much ass!"

"Wow…my brother told me how O'Clock had been one of his inspirations." Tenya replied while taking of his cracked helmet. That dangerous look in his eyes was gone, replaced with a tired resignation.

Iwao chuckled at Kendo's starstruck look at his badassery before nodding to Iida. "It is not easy dealing with emotions you are not used to and going against them takes a lot of self-control. Tensei will be proud of you, Iida brat. And you, Kendo, will certainly be a badass one day, that is for sure."

Itsuka pumped her fist while Tenya smiled brightly with tears in his eyes.

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"Where is that music coming from? It sounds…awful." Toru asked as her and Setsuna also walked through a similar cityscape. In fact, it was the very same one that Itsuka and Tenya were just at.

"No way!" Setsuna yelled, suddenly very alert and star struck. "That sounds like Pop Step's early work! Are we dealing with a super fan that is also a hero? She cannot be here; she is in America now!"

"Pop Step…eh. Idol work is not my jam but I can respect the dedication." Toru replied as they came upon an odd scene. One where there was a crowd of 1 pointers and medical bots vibing to the idol music of Pop Step herself. She was bouncing and singing along the tops of light posts. "Oh, she is here…and now I remember that she was actually in Hosu. Apparently, they had thrown a concert to ease the public's nerves over the Stain incident."

"SHE WAS HERE AND I MISSED IT?!" Setsuna cried out in horror.

"Yup, I was! That was where Kyoka and another girl from 1-b interned. Heh, it was nice seeing Naruto again during that concert as well." Pop Step chimed in from above, her concert stalled as the robots eyed the two of them.

Setsuna breathed in to calm her nerves and annoyance. "I am so angry at them…but I can't be because I never told them I was a fan! Pop Step, you are my hero because you make everyone feel better with your songs and the way you dress is awesome."

"Aw, thanks! Also, would you believe me if I told you I dress totally opposite when I am off duty. I used to be ashamed of both sides of me, but now I am not!" Pop Step stated, much to the lizard girl's amusement.

"I mean, Miss Midnight does the same in art class." Setsuna replied with a shrug.

"Oh yeah, she does. She looks happier too." Toru replied.

"I bet, she was the one to help me deal with my insecurities. Now, I know you probably want my autograph, but you will have to catch me first. That is my exam to you. I am known as a rescue hero and not many villains have caught me!" Pop Step sang out before bouncing away with a giggle.

"OH YOU ARE ON!" Setsuna cheered before breaking herself apart to fly after her. Toru herself grinned as she went invisible and follow suit.

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"Setsuna Tokage and Toru Hagakure have passed!" A robotic voice rang out through the intercoms about 25 minutes later. Naruto smiled at the scene as he watched his old vigilante buddy converse casually with the two girls she led them on a merry chase through the cityscape.

At the same time their exam was going on, Tsuyu and Fumikage were facing off Ectoplasm. Both exams made Naruto beam with pride that his friends and classmates were doing so well for the practical's. Tsuyu had caught the cloning teacher so off guard with her new fighting moves that they had easily won their fight. And Toru ended up being the MVP of their match up. Setsuna had kept Pop Step guessing with all her parts flying very which way and that she never saw Toru coming. The invisible girl had set up a mirror trap with her new mirror producing gun that when Pop Step slammed into one, she was momentarily stunned. That gave Toru enough time to bounce between the mirrors like Haku had done so long ago and capture the bouncing rescue hero

"Tsuyu Asui and Fumikage Tokoyami have passed!"

Oh yeah, Naruto had a good feeling about these exams. They had all practiced a lot and had a few surprises of their own if things went south.

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"Another one?!" Denki shouted in panic as yet another building in their area was toppled and he shielded both himself and Mina from the debris with his nanites having created a solid electric shield for them.

"I have a bad feeling I know what this is…considering the rumors I heard about what Principal Nezu went through." Mina replied, her face actually going green at the thought of people experimenting on animals. "Here, let's get to the top of that building and see for ourselves."

Denki reluctantly agreed as he created small electric constructs to get to the top. Meanwhile, Mina blew a vast number of large bubbles from her modified hunting horn. With a leap, she bounced off one and into another, repeating that process a few more times until she was at the top. Not one bubble popped from her weight.

Soon, Mina joined Denki up top and they both grimaced when they saw their small principal in a crane above the buildings and destroying small sections at a time. The problem was that those small sections of destroyed building would set off chain reactions that would destroy larger sections of the fake industrial district they were in.

"Ah crap, he is boxing us in." Denki grumbled.

"Worse….look at those sections, we are in a maze and there is only one way out!" Mina cried as her worst fears for her principal were true. He had been a lab rat and was forcing that same treatment on others….on them. "Good thing we can fly now."

"What, do you have a mouse in your pocket, I can't fly?!" Denki groaned out.

"True and what I do is not really flying, more like falling with style."

"Wait, hold on, since when can you fly?"

"Oh since Mei gave me this flight suit. She said I can mostly just glide around like one of those flying squirrels." Mina admitted. "But you, you can also stay above the ground by making electric platforms while I glide and bounce on my bubbles."

"You did not think I accounted for that?" Nezu's voice sang out from a nearby drone. With a click, turrets popped out and started shooting rubber bullets at them. "Stay in your maze my little mice!" As Nezu was laughing like a crazed villain and shooting them, the two dodged as best they could but still got hit. After one hit too many to the head, Mina growled in annoyance before unconsciously sending her prior bubbles at the drone. One they made contact, it got melted.

"Did it work?" Denki asked pitifully.

"You do realize…" Nezu's voice rang out from another drone before it and a multitude of others rose up from the ground like a small army. "This means war!"

"Run to the exit!" Mina cried before she let out a klaxon from her hunting horn, the sound messing with their sensors as she created a large number of bubbles to shield them from the drones.

"Oh, nuts to this!" Denki roared, sending out a small wave of electricity that seemed to combine with the acidic bubbles.

"Denki…" Mina replied nervously.

"OH HO HO! That last minute addition makes this dangerous for both sides" Nezu chuckled before a crazed grin crossed his face. "Too bad for you, I am at a safe enough distance! Let's see, what shall I play…oh Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812 works perfectly for this! ENJOY!"

As soon as the music began to play, Mina's face became a paler pink. She knew this song from the few pranksters who played it at her old school. She enjoyed it then, but she knew she was not going to have a good time today. "DENKI! GET TO THE EXIT!"

Like a bat out of hell, the two made a mad dash across the rooftops to the exit. As soon as the music reached its crescendo, the drones shot at both them and the electrified acid bubbles. Like loud fireworks going off, the bubbles popped.

The results were devastating as the rest of the buildings and structures all began to crumbled and fall violently down to the ground.

Thankfully, both Mina and Denki dove through the exit just in time to avoid any harm to them. Well, any harm that already was not done before and the panic inducing heart attack he just gave them for trying to drop a small city on them.

"Mina Ashido and Denki Kaminari have passed!"

All was well…even though they had passed out.

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While Hitoshi and Himiko were playing cat and mouse with Eraserhead, Naruto was observing Kyoka and Eijiro try and run from his mother, Lady Nagant in a high-rise area. They head learned early on that who they were up against was the legendary assassin, Lady Nagant. All from a spiral bullet that got lodged in Eijiro's hardened arm.

Now they running away from a number of bullets as they tried to make it to the exit, because the best course of action if you could not see or even find your opponent was to get someone who could. Only problem was that she was constantly on the move and driving them away from the exit.

"Kirishima, I think it's time we bust out our new moves to buy us so time." Kyoka announced. They had been working on some possible new moves during the lead up to the exams, so they had something to combat this at least.

"Izuku and Naruto helped me create two forms…let hope this works!" Eijiro announced as he stepped into the line of sight for a possible shot, only nothing came just yet and it made Nagant think on what they had up their sleeves. "I have to go as deep and hard as I can!" Eijiro yelled, later both Kyoka and Kaina would work on his phrasing, even if he was right. Eijiro had to use every layer of skin and harden as much as he could. The result was that people could also most see all of his muscles underneath as his skin became like diamonds. Only, this was not the typical clear diamonds, this resembled Blood Diamonds. "DIAMONDS ARE UNBREAKABLE!"

Kaina took the shot as a test and instead of drilling into his hardened skin like last time, the bullet completely shattered on impact. That did not bode well for her, especially when Kyoka walked out with a new mode on her sound pack. Instead of one giant sonic cannon, she sported two. The immediate results from twin blasts of sound shattered all the windows in the area and cracked concrete so bad that the buildings began to fall under their own weight.

Kaina had to quickly get to safety or else she would be buried in the rubble. By the time she found them again, they had already crossed the exit.

"Kyoka Jiro and Eijiro Kirishima have passed!"

"Hitoshi Shinso and Himiko Tsutsumi have passed!"

"Koji Koda and Mezo Shoji have passed!"

"Ochaco Uraraka and Pony Tsunotori have passed!"

Lady Nagant was incredibly proud of her students, but damn did her ears hurt!

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The next match was Momo and Mei against Power Loader and he felt like he had to pull out all the stops to try and beat them. Power Loader had confronted them on a construction site with his own construction-themed exoskeletal suit. Seeing this was already intimidating as it was because he always fought smarter than others and they did not have to wonder for long how he would up the ante. The ground around them exploded upwards as two zero pointers popped out and then a flood of what can only be described as 4-point robots followed them right after. Not only that, but flying drones crowded the skies, making the girls gulp for just a moment.

"Well, this will surely be a great way to test out all my new babies!" Mei replied, nonplused by the overwhelming force before them.

"I'm a glad we got to fight together again." Momo replied shortly after with a smirk and popped a super food pill in her mouth. The two girls nodded towards each other and got battle ready…only for both of the zero pointers to slam a fist down upon them.

"Tch, you see an army of robots and you get cocky. I would have thought you were better than that." Power Loader sighed out with a shake of his head.

"Actually…" Mei's voice rang from one of the zero pointers as they both took their arms away from the spot where the two girls had been to reveal holograms that shorted out. "Since we knew who we were going to face, we came up with a plan beforehand!"

"Oh, hell no! You did not just hijack my giant robots!" Power Loader raged as he took out a wrist mounted computer to try and counter hack them…only for water from a squirt gun to short it out. He looked up to see Momo with a cheeky smirk before running into the crowd of robots….which he thought to be odd at first. That is until they all went after him instead. "This is some bullshit!"

"I'll say, you have some pretty weak security if I can just take your stuff. Also, the heck is the Voltron Initiative?" Mei asked.

"Don't you dare activate that initiative!" Power Loader roared with a red face as he was forced to take out his own robot army.

"I think we should do it, Mei." Momo sang out via the same intercom now.

"Don't you dare!"

"Imma do it!" Mei replied anyway and pressed an unseen button. There was a loud tone that echoed throughout the field that stopped all the robots and made Power Loader pale. The two zero pointers shook for a moment before transforming. The right and left sides of each respectively seemed to cave in as they combined and then bulked up to form armor. Their heads went into their bodies as well before the hoard of robots and Power Loader's exoskeleton were pulled in to form the new head. And Power Loader? He was trapped within the robot he could not control.

"Damnit…" Power Loader whine echoed in the bot. "I was going to look all badass when I had to resort this this form because I knew you could take out my army with just those guns you two made. You just made me look foolish!"

"Maybe if I had been your student fulltime in another life, you would know better." Mei replied next to Momo as they made a pose…not far from their starting position. They had barely moved thanks to hologram technology and hacking.

After a moment, Power Loader let out a longer suffering sigh. "I have heard stories from Aizawa and working with you on and off is starting to give me grey hairs. I probably would have lost my mind if I had you full time. Fine…you two pass., just let me out of here!"

"Mei Hatsume and Momo Yaoyorozu have passed!"

Both girls high fived each other as Mei pressed a button to give up control.

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In a grassy training field, both Shoto and Inasa looked around confused as to who they would be facing. It was not a UA teacher, that was for sure. The Lady Nagant one was fluke, so who in the world would they have to face?

"Interesting." A familiar voice to both boys sounded out as the owner of said voice landed with jets of fire from his hand. Both boys looked gob smacked to see the number 2 hero, Endeavor, leering down at them. "I thought that when Nezu roped me in this little exam that it would be a waste of my talents. I see now that it will not be a waste when I have to face off against my son and a former fan. Honestly, I figure they would have me fight that Naruto boy. I am satisfied with this turnout."

"Endeavor? The fuck is this?" Inasa growled out.

"I find this hard to believe father. Even with weights, you are number two for a reason." Shoto pointed out evenly. Was the school trying to make them fail? They both had beef with Endeavor.

"That may be true, but I understand why I was chosen for you two. You are powerful in your own right, but you hold a grudge that could hamper your abilities as a hero in the future. I am that grudge." Enji admitted.

"That is rich, coming from you." Inasa replied with a glare.

"It is…I know that now." Endeavor replied with a nod, catching both boys off guard. "Truthfully, a classmate of yours gave me a talking to during the Sports Festival. That Naruto boy. He used a powerful and suffocating force to force me to actually listen to his words. Most of my life I have held a grudge against All Might because he was someone I was not. I tried to surpass him all on my own but I reached my limits of strength and my quirk. So, I used you, Shoto, as a means to surpass him for me. However, I was viewing it the wrong way, I was preparing you to fight the man like I had. As if that was the way to overcome All Might. If I wanted to be the number one like All Might, I had to be…public friendly and I know that I am not." At that, Enji stared directly at Inasa now. "I remember you boy, you asked for an autograph. Most of my fans like my hard ass personality and for the life of me I cannot understand why. So, when I saw you after I rejected that notion, I watch the adoration turn into anger, something I see every day in the mirror, when I look at myself for my failures."

Endeavor then did something that shocked both boys further, he bowed to them deeply. "I am not one to apologize for my behavior, but I will change, I must. I apologize to you both and swear to do better. I will try to be the man the public wants of me and I will try to be a better father. I know you have been visiting your mother Shoto and I am happy to see you finally reconnecting. I have…spoken with Fuyumi about this at length. If she accepts me, she will help me be better as well so that I may find the same courage as you. Despite our past, I still love your mother and wish to speak with her once more."

Neither boy really knew what to do or say at this point. Inasa knew in his heart that his hatred for Endeavor was childish but his brashness had led him down that path. Could he get over himself to forgive Endeavor? As for Shoto, his world was once more shattered as his father finally apologized to him for their past. For his abuse. He had noticed his sister looking out of it the other day and now he knew why. She always excused their father for everything, just trying to keep the broken family together. She looked…happy and hopeful now. Out of all his kids, she had known him the longest outside of the departed Touya. Maybe there was a light at the end of the tunnel.

"You do not have to answer now." Enji Todoroki stated as he fully stood back up, a somber look on his face. "We still have an exam to deal with. I know where power is against yours, so your objective is to capture me. I will stand right here; you just need to beat the heat." At that, they watched as the grass around him ignited and could see the wavy hot air all around him. It would not be a walk in the park, as they say.

"Ah shit…Shoto, do you have any ideas?" Inasa asked, not sure how to deal with this.

"Just the one thing from the week's training. Both Izuku and Naruto thought it had merit. I just need a bit of time to start it up." Shoto admitted, getting a grin from his friend. "See if you can take away his fire with your wind?"

"Oh? OH! I cannot believe that did not come to mind!" Inasa roared while slapping his face. He quirkly turned to Endeavor with a smirk. Some part of him felt vindicated thathe would be taking away Endeavor's pride. His growing forgiveness for that man that scorned him was confusing and new, but he had accepted Shoto. This had to be similar…right?

His confusion showed in his wild movements and his quirk as he commanded the wind to start spinning around Endeavor in a tornado. He was slow about it though and that proved to be to Endeavor's favor, who merely upped the heat to destabilize the tornado. However, it ended up turning into a giant fire tornado that cut them off from Endeavor, making their job hard to do.

"Shit…I am sorry, Shoto." Inasa stated over the roar of fire and wind as he tried to make the wind go in reverse, but the fire was just eating it.

"It is fine." Shot replied after a moment, his chest glowing in a brilliant X of both cold and hot energies. "This proves as good testing ground for the technique." Slowly, as if moving would break his concentration, Shoto walked until he was a foot away from the raging inferno. Normally, most would have felt the intense heat burning away at them but he felt…nothing. This technique that he would later call Phospher, combined both aspects of his quirk perfectly by using his heart as the base, where he would then pump both energies throughout his body. It created a sort of cold flames that protected him from all sort of heat and fire.

In a way, it was his ultimate 'fuck you' to his father. Enji's flames could not hurt him anymore. He showed this by harmlessly walking through the wall of flame and straight up to his stunned father. Once the hand cuff was on Enji's wrist, Endeavor regained himself and cut the flames and heat. Only then did Shoto stop his technique and fell to his knees, panting. It took more out of him than he would like to admit but it was a new technique after all.

"Shoto Todoroki and Inasa Yoarashi have passed!"

Enji just continued to stare at Shoto in amazement.

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Naruto and Izuku calmly walked through the very familiar streets of their original entrance exam testing grounds, another cityscape. Despite looking calm, Izuku was a bundle of nerves like he always had been. Could you really blame him though, he was going to face All Might with Naruto. He could trust Naruto to have his back, always had, but this was All Might, his personal hero and the freaking Number One hero in the world!

"You're muttering again." Naruto said with a lopsided grin.

"Can you blame me? Can we really do this? I feel like I will just slow you down." Izuku admitted.

"Izuku, your hero worship of All Might is amusing still, even after all these years. It reminds me of my own with my dad…before I knew he was my dad." Naruto said and grew serious. "All Might is strong, that was never in question, but you cannot let that hold you back. The changing of the guard has to happen sometime and you have proven to me that you are capable. We can defeat him together."

"I-" Izuku began with a smile but was interrupted by a wall of pure force barreling straight for the two of them. The boy nodded and leapt out of the way just in time.

"Well said my boy. You two will make a great changing of the guard as it were." All Might declared in his usual booming voice. "But when your hero becomes the villain, what will you do?"

"Pause." Naruto announced to the sound of whirring in the air and All Might froze in mid step. His blue eyes darting all around. "We have sparred before when I was younger, mostly to get used to All for One. But you have denied me a real fight since then and you come at us in these exams with a handicap and I find that insulting considering you know my full power. So, take them off. Resume."

"Naruto…are you sure we can do that?" Izuku asked worriedly as All Might unfroze and looked at them with a serious look.

"I do, especially with that overcharged form you stumbled upon during our training. It might not put him down, but it would do you some good to show it off and get used to it. Remember, you are not fighting alone, you have me to back you up with my own forms." Naruto declared and after a moment, Izuku steeled his nerves and nodded.

"If that is what you want, very well, I really wasn't going to hold back on you anyway." All Might stated as he dropped the weights, making dents in the ground that Naruto chuckled a bit at. "The reason I did not give you fights, my boy, is because I was still getting used to my new power after I gave you One for All. David called this power…Endless Loop while Melissa wanted to call it Midnight Lost Child."

"Interesting," Izuku said, pulling out a random notebook out of thin air. "We are not talking about our Midnight…right?"

All Might looked a little embarrassed at that. "No and that would have certainly been awkward. David described it as this. He took the embers of One for All, amped them up to such a degreed that it is like I never gave up the quirk to begin with. Then trapped that in a spherical cage that is in an endless loop of power but the problem is that it can end. If I use it all up somehow, then I will lose this power. To rectify this, at the stroke of midnight, it all comes back in a regeneration of sorts from just one morsel of power."

"By that logic, if you haven't used any of your power for that day…it would all double." Izuku deduced with a gulp but Naruto had a big grin.

"Got it in one, Young Midoriya!" All Might confirmed before his smile scared the green haired boy. "And I have not used my power in quite some time. Now, Young Heroes, do you think you can stand against me?"

"We have to." Izuku replied with his back straightened.

"Oh, I have been waiting for this! Let's get wild!" Naruto announced, bouncing on the balls of his feet before rushing the 7-foot-tall man. All Might roared in laughter as he blocked a couple of powerful punched that sent shockwaves from the two of them, something he reciprocated in kind.

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"What is does that oaf think he is doing!?" Recovery Girl roared in annoyance to the confusion of those watching the final fight. They had been concerned when Naruto somehow froze All Might mid step but did not cuff him. Instead, he took off the weights. "I get that he has not been doing a lot of hero work so he could focus on you lot, but I didn't realized he was this battle starved."

"It looks like Naruto convinced him to take them off." Kaina sighed out with a small tired grin. "Naruto has been hounding All Might for a real fight for a while now. Looks like he got it."

"What type of collateral damage are we talking here?" Momo asked nervously.

"I have been curious about the upper limits of Naruto's strength, he barely built up a sweat in his full spar with Mirko. Ribbit." Tsuyu announced.

"If we are lucky, we might get a glimpse of that power." Kyoka replied enthusiastically.

"Ugh…that city might not even be there by the time the fight is over." Hitoshi groaned.

"Don't forget, Izuku's got that overcharged form he stumbled upon during training." Himiko sing song.

"Oh yeah, this will be apocalyptic! I cannot wait! So many new baby ideas will come from this!" Mei replied cheerfully.

"You all are insane," Recovery Girl grumbled to herself, ignoring the rest of the class's nervousness.

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"What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am!" All Might announced from the ruins of a destroyed building Naruto had sent him in. Although, he felt he should be concerned about the constant cracks of thunder and lightning coming from Izuku's direction. Not to mention the gathering dark clouds…but his current objective was the ninja from another world in front of him.

"Funny, I want to say the same thing. Feels like I live in a world made of cardboard sometimes." Naruto stated as he rushed the big man, their fists colliding with each other once more and creating shockwaves that could be felt from the command center.

All Might laughed as he punched Naruto away from him. "Welcome to my world kid! Take this! Ohio Smash!" Then proceeded to perform a supersonic clap that sent Naruto from his feet and into a building.

"Guys…it is time." Naruto said excitedly, the merriment of his tenants.

"FINALLY!" Kurama roared in excitement.

"Let's see how he takes version 1!" Naruto roared out, his chakra coming to life all around him in a version 1 one cloak, but instead of being red, it was all the colors of One for All and the Tailed Beasts. Another thing of note where the eyes of his various tenants peeking out from the power. "Let's get wild!"

Naruto ran on all fours back to All Might and rushed him with a claw strike that came with the form. Like his battle with Sasuke back at the Valley of the End, the chakra had a mind of its own…or in this case many minds. Dozens of energy fists and claws came at All Might in rapid succession.

"Oklahoma Smash!" All Might called out, blasting them all away with his own rapid punches and sending Naruto away again. "Pulling out the big guns are we?"

"Yeah, but we are not the only ones you have to worry about." Naruto replied slyly as Izuku crashed down like lightning behind All Might and threw the large man away.

When All Might looked back at what had become of Izuku, he was unnerved. Every inch of his body was as if it was made up of pure green lightning and the way Izuku came at him next was fluid and snake like. He felt the heat of the energy and it burned as he punched the boy away, only for him to phase into nearby electronics and ride the lighting as it were.

All Might grinned as he clapped his hands in amusement, each clap sending waves of force at the two energy clad boys. "I applaud your efforts boys but you are not the only one who gained forms!" All Might stomped his foot, creating a mini earthquake as he drew upon even more of his infinite power, his hair started to become golden fluid as it stayed on end.

"Great!" Izuku shouted as he disappeared from his spot and reappeared before All Might with an uppercut. "ION SMASH!"

All Might's face moved upward but his body never moved an inch. The man just grinned harshly at the electrified boy, who backed up to Naruto for just in case. "You boys have great power; I can feel it. To force out your power even more…I will show you what this form is really capable of." All Might smirked as he brought all of his now endless energy to the surface. The gold energy that encased his hair in a flaming aura began to case his whole body. He looked like a buff version of his inner vestige but he modeled this form after his own favorite super hero, Superman One Million. All Might just looked more majestic as the energy rolled off him in curling clouds. "Only Naruto's Six Paths Sage Mode could defeat me in this form now, but I want you two to hit me with everything you have. I can take it in my Endless Might form!"

Naruto grinning excitedly, he really wanted to go Six Paths Sage Mode to really turn up the heat, but Izuku was not up to that level yet. Instead, he went Ten Tails Chakra Mode…which was just his flaming Kyubi Chakra Mode without the trench coat design and multi colored. He sent a challenging grin of his own toward Izuku, who seemed just as excited and looked up. The storm he had created was massive and roiled and churred with electrical energy.

Naruto understood Izuku's plan in an instant. For his own part, he held both hands away from him and formed two special Rasengan. The Magnet Style Rasengan with help from Shukaku's disembodied curse marked arms and the Lava Style Rasengan with help from Son Goku's disembodied lava vein arms.

"Go!" Naruto roared as he threw the Magnet Rasengan into All Might's gut.

"Raijin Storm!" Izuku roared as the sky burst open to rain down thousands of lightning bolts on All Might. With the addition of the Magnet Rasengan, they were all directed at him, but he just smirked as he began to rapidly punch the lightning away from him. This seemed to irk Izuku to that he joined his lightning to attack All Might from every direction she could, his glitchy overcharged form aiding in his unpredictable movement, making him seem like a wild animal in berserk mode.

What he did not account for was for the excess lightning energy to redirect in to him, forcing him to absorb his own lighting storm when All Might punched it away. The power was almost too much, that is until two arms made of pure green energy appeared above and below his normal arms covered in that same energy. With his vast knowledge of quirks and mythology, he had subconsciously redirected his own energy so it could not overwhelm him. His now six arms carried that energy, along with his hair that he may or may not take from All Might's new form. The rest of his body from free from the overwhelming energy and he would later coin this as the beginning of his Raijin Form.

As All Might dodged Izuku's lighting storm and his now six arms, he also had to look out for Naruto as the blond boy's Magnet Rasengan dissipated. His instincts saved him again from the ninja's lava Rasengan that hit the ground instead of him, the result was a super-heated rocky landscape with lava veins. He chuckled nervously as he could still feel the heat from that. Thankfully, Naruto followed up with the water jutsu that cooled it down a bit.

All Might then grabbed Izuku in his golden grip and threw him into Naruto, sending both boys tumbling backwards but throughout the fight, everyone noticed how the three boys could not stop smiling as if they were having the time of their lives. "Are you thinking what I am thinking?" Naruto asked he held up a small black orb at the tip of his index and middle fingers as the two boys regained their footing.

"Railgun?" Izuku asked excitedly with electrified excitement in his eyes, to which the blond just nodded with a grin.

The two boys stood shoulder to shoulder and pointed one arm each towards All Might, who stood a stance, ready for anything. Two of Izuku's energy arms came up next, as if triangulating Naruto's lone arm. At the tip of their fingers was that same marbled sized orb of black energy. A severely depowered Tailed Beast Bomb.

"JACKPOT!" Both boys said with large shit eating grins as the attacked shot of like a railgun that Mei would be severely jealous of. All Might anticipated this and with a mighty uppercut similar to Izuku's Ion Smash, he sent that electrified orb of pure destruction into the air, instantly dissipating the storm as the force of both attacked blew is away in the wind.

"FLORIDA SMASH!

The force of the railgun still forced All Might to the ground and his body cratered the ground beneath him.

For a moment, nothing happened until All Might started laughing uncontrollably as he let his Endless Form go, ready to be used in the near future. "THAT WAS THE MOST FUN I HAVE HAD IN YEARS!" All Might roared victoriously as he forced himself out of his crater. "Your teamwork to overcome an overwhelming force is a passing grade to me!"

"Naruto Uzumaki-Tsutsumi and Izuku Midoriya have passed!"

XXX

The command room holding the rest of the students was in chaos. The students could not utter a word that would not be heard over Recovery Girl's Sailor Mouth as she cursed out the images of All Might, Naruto, and Izuku for going all out and Nezu's insane laughter.

"God…damnit." Mr. Aizawa replied as he held the bridge of his nose before addressing his class. "Utter destruction of a test city aside, this is the power of when powerful Pro-Heroes go all out."

"Indeed." Kaina replied after a moment of their class digesting this information. "Thirteen did warn you all how our quirks could hurt or even kill. You are heroes in training and we will help you mold that power to help those in need."

"And that is what the Summer Camp is for, to build that power so we can help mold it later. Since you all passed, you will all be going to the Summer Camp."

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Endless Might vs All for One? Well, this will be a fun eventual match up. Especially with that Full Release form i saw in the Manga. Also yes, I did try to replicate Devil May Cry's Jackpot attack into Naruto and Izuku's final attack. Not to mention the famous Superman quote. Final fight too much or just the right motivation for the rest of the class to try and catch up? Either way, i hope this chapter was enjoyable.

Review please!