The last week before exams practically flew by before Saturday finally came around. Midoriya had just finished up his morning training regiment and was moments away from stepping out of the apartment.

"So how long are you going to be over there?" Inko asked her son. Who was actually going over to a friend's house for the first time in essentially forever. Even though he mentioned a few times that he wasn't exactly friends with everyone that was going to be there, this was still a pretty big deal to her.

"Just for the afternoon. I won't be gone too long." He answered.

"Okay, just make sure that you call me if you plan on staying out too late."

"Alright." He simply nodded.

"And you should probably take a jacket or something. It's supposed to rain later."

The boy was about to respond, but decided to just hold his tongue and do as the woman asked. He quickly walked over to his room and grabbed the white hoodie out of his closet before throwing it over his body. He didn't have a rain jacket or poncho, so this would have to suffice.

"Alright, I'll be back later."

"Izuku…" Inko nervously called out to him just as he stepped out.

"Yeah?" He asked in a slightly impatient tone. He needed to get going or else he was going to miss his train.

"Have...have fun, sweetie."

"I'll try." He simply said before closing the door behind him.

Although she would never admit out loud. Every time he walked out that door, a small bit of Inko feared that he would never come back. Ever since the incident that happened last year, she did her best to not worry about the boy every time he left her sight. She knew that being a "helicopter parent" wasn't good for either of them. But considering all they had been through recently, it was hard not to do that.

With one last sigh, the woman released the tension in her shoulders and quickly got to work preparing her lunch for the day. Silently hoping that her son would make it back to her in one piece.

The early afternoon train ride over to Saitama Prefecture was pretty smooth for Midoriya. Since it was the weekend, there were far less crowds this time of day as compared to during the week.

While scrolling through his phone and letting out a short yawn, Midoriya continued strolling down the street into the residential neighborhood that the address was leading him into. It was a pretty normal suburban community with decent sized houses that pretty much all looked the same. Nothing you wouldn't see anywhere else in Japan.

This was his first time going over to a classmate's house since his early childhood and the boy couldn't help but wonder just how today was going to go. Not only was he intentionally going to a girl's house. But he would be spending a fair amount of time with his classmates. Not too long ago, he would've thought that something like this would never happen. Especially to him.

In no time, he finally arrived at his destination. The boy quickly swallowed his nervousness and gave three not-too-forceful knocks on the door. He waited for about fifteen seconds before the sound of footsteps could be heard from the other side. And sure enough, it opened up to reveal Tokage.

The girl was dressed in a rather form fitting blue tank-top and black gym shorts. Her usually free-flowing hair was tied up into a ponytail that certainly didn't help the fact that Midoriya was trying not to blush at the sight of a girl.

'Wow...she looks really pretty like that.'

"Izuku, you're…right on time. Wow, talk about punctuality." The girl smiled and gave a chuckle after looking at her phone.

"I apologize. If you want, I can come by late-"

"It's fine dude, come on in! You're the first one here." She waved off, motioning him to come inside.

"Thank you." He bowed politely.

Once he was inside, the boy quickly removed his shoes and handed the girl the snacks that he promised he would bring. It was just a simple container filled with assorted fruits and a bag of bagels. The girl gladly accepted and went over to the kitchen to set them down on the table.

While she was doing that, Midoriya took the time to inspect the residence. It was a rather nicely decorated home, nothing too out of the ordinary. For some reason, he expected the Tokage household to be a bit more vibrant than what he saw. Which was understandable considering the girl's personality.

As he made his way over to the living room, the boy noticed the wide array of family photos that lined the walls and shelves. On them were various pictures of Tokage herself along with Kayama and other members of her family including who he assumed to be her sister and father.

However, there was one photo that stood out to him the most. Above the television was the image of a woman with straight, moss green hair and matching eyes dressed in a firefighter's uniform. 'That must be her mom.' He thought to himself before Tokage made her presence known.

"Everyone should be here in a bit. Metalhead overslept, but he's supposed to meet Awase at the train station so they should be here soon." The girl said while flopping down onto the couch and patting the open spot next to her.

"Oh, cool." He answered while taking the seat.

"So there's really no point in getting started without the others. You wanna just chill out in the meantime?" She asked.

"S-sure."

The two sat in relatively awkward silence for a few seconds before Midoriya decided to try and break the ice.

"So…your house is really nice." He told her, looking around the living room once again.

"Thanks." The girl smiled at him. "We moved here a few years ago since it's closer to where my dad works."

"That's nice. You sure have a lot of photos up." He said, taking another gander around the room. "Midnight-sensei is in a lot of them too."

"Yeah, you're right about that." She laughed before pointing at the older picture of herself along with the woman in question accompanied by her father and older sister. It was a "family photo" of the quartet at an amusement park. "She's pretty much been with us for as long as I can remember. Aunt Nemuri used to babysit me and my sister when we were younger."

Suddenly a thought popped into the boy's head. Social etiquette would've normally dictated that he not ask this particular question. But his curiosity ended up getting the better of him at that moment. "So uh...are Midnight-sensei and your dad…"

"Together?" She finished it for him. "No, unfortunately. But not for lack of trying."

"Huh?"

"Me and my sister have been trying to get those two together for a while now."

"Really?"

"Oh, hell yeah!"

~4 Years Ago~

"Aunt Nemu, we need to talk." Nanao told the woman with a rather serious expression.

The R-Rated heroine gave the green haired teen a curious look as she shifted in her seat on the sofa. It was a nice Friday afternoon in the Tokage household and the three women were patiently waiting for the resident patriarch to make his return from work.

"What's wrong, sweetie?" Kayama asked.

"Look, there's no easy way to ask this...so I'm just going to come out with it."

"I don't-"

"Do you like dad? Like...romantically?" The younger Tokage sister cut her off in an impatient tone.

In a brief moment of uncharacteristic behavior from the black haired woman, Kayama slightly blushed at such a question. "W-whatever do you mean?"

"Do you like dad? It's a pretty simple question."

"We won't be mad if you say yes. We just really want to know." Nanao continued.

"Girls please. This is hardly the time for something like this."

"C'mon man! You guys have been friends forever and you practically live here when you're not working. It just makes way too much sense."

"I uh…" Kayama stumbled for a moment before recomposing herself. Deciding to take a page out of her own book, she quickly decided to turn the tables on them. "Oh my, don't tell me that you two are jealous of little ol' me? Does the mere thought of the two of us spending so much time together really rub you the wrong way~?"

"No…" Both girls flatly stated.

"Oh…" The woman blinked.

"Mhmmm."

"Where is this all coming from?"

"It's blatantly obvious if you ask me." Setsuna shrugged.

A brief moment of silence passed among the three as Kayama let out a bit of a sigh. All she wanted was to have a nice dinner after a long day of work, and now she was being mildly interrogated by an eleven and fifteen year old. "Girls listen, I...am absolutely in love with your father. And I could really use your help trying to make this happen!"

"Huh?" The girls blinked in surprise. To be honest, they were expecting the woman to deny it.

"I've been trying for years to get that man to fall for me, but nothing is working. I've pulled out every trick I can think of to get him to fold but it's been fruitless. I mean, I'm the "R-Rated" hero for god's sake, this shouldn't be happening! The only thing I haven't tried is just pinning him to his bed and suck-"

"Wahh!" Nanao screamed as she covered her sister's ears. This was way too graphic for her to be hearing.

"Think about it." The black haired woman stood on her feet and pleaded. "Wouldn't it just be lovely to have me as a stepmom? Think of how jealous people would be if you told them that the Midnight was living under the same roof as you. Oh, the boys would be all over you girls!"

"What do you see in him anyway? No offense, but dad isn't exactly the most interesting person in the world." Setsuna inquired.

"Aside from him being quite the looker, the way he cares for the two of you is just so adorable. And...the way he rejects my advances so casually is so...tantalizing. He's like the forbidden fruit. An obstacle I must overcome!" She pumped her fist in the air with a look of determination and no doubt some less than appropriate thoughts.

Both girls looked at each other for a moment before giving on another an approving nod.

"Alright."

"Alright, what?"

"We'll help you."

"You mean it?!" Kayama smiled at her two nieces.

"Yeah, dad's love life has been pretty non-existent for as long as we can remember and we think getting with you would be good for him. Plus there are worse things in the world than having you as a stepmom."

"Aww, come here you little rascals!" The woman pulled the two of them in for a long and caring hug. "We start tonight. Operation: "Seduce Urie" is officially underway!"

"We are not sticking with that name." Nanao deadpanned.

"This'll be fun!" Setsuna cheered.

"Wow…" Was all Midoriya could say after hearing the girl's story.

"Yeah." Tokage let out an amused sigh. "She's absolutely head over heels for him. Unfortunately, dad's a bit dense when it comes to these kinds of things. But she is determined to make it happen."

"It's hard to imagine Midnight-sensei of all people having trouble when it comes to dating."

"I know right!" Tokage began laughing at the thought of it. "So how's your day been going so far?"

"P-pretty good. The only thing I did was my morning training before I got here."

"Ooh, sounds interesting. What kind of training do you do?" She asked, genuinely curious as to what kind of regiment the boy had for himself.

"Just a morning run and some practice with my quirk. I don't really do too much on the weekends."

"I bet you weight lift too, huh?" She smiled while very obviously checking him out. The boy was dressed in a white hoodie and a pair of khaki shorts that showed off just the right amount of his admittedly toned thighs. Barely a second passed before a thought passed the girl's mind. "Hmm."

"Y-yeah?"

"Nothing. It's just that you're wearing the same hoodie from back when we first met."

"Oh, I g-guess I am." Midoriya blushed slightly.

Seeing as they were alone, there was no better time in Tokage's opinion than to ask a question that has been on her mind for a while. "So, I know this is probably a sensitive topic for you. But what were doing all the way out here back then?"

"It's...complicated." He answered.

Tokage looked at him with a curious expression for a moment before giving a shrug. "Yeah, I figured."

"So...what have you been up to?" He quickly changed topics.

"I actually woke up not too long ago. I just finished having breakfast."

"Oh, cool."

"Yea-"

The girl was cut off when another knock on the door caught their attention. Without missing a beat, Tokage stood up from her seat and made her way over to the small hallway leading into the living room. Once she opened the door, she was met with the sight of the ever emotionless face of Yanagi holding a small container of homemade cookies in her hands.

"Ghosty!"

"Hello." The grey haired girl greeted her back. "Sorry I'm late, my train got delayed."

"Don't worry about it." Tokage waved off. "Izuku's the only one here so far."

"Oh." Yanagi slightly raised her eyebrow after hearing this. The girl was quickly ushered inside and planted herself in the chair to the right of her other green haired classmate.

"You're here early." She looked at the boy.

"I actually just got here."

"Oh…"

"What?"

"Nothing, I just thought that it made sense that you'd get here before everyone else."

"Why is that?"

"Well, you and Tokage-chan like each other so it only makes sense."

Almost immediately, Midoriya's face erupted into a furious shade of red at what the girl was implying and quickly tried to clear up any misunderstandings. "I-I-I uh...w-we…"

"Sorry." The girl apologized. "I guess I misread the situation."

"It's fine."

"So, are you doing alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." The boy answered.

"Just making sure." She simply stated. Ever since that whole situation during their training session, the girl made it a point to check up on her friend every now and then just to make sure that he was doing okay. She was still on the fence about keeping silent about his secret. But seeing as there was no reason for her to blow the whistle on the matter, she kept her word.

It didn't take long for the rest of the study group to finally show up. With everyone now present and accounted for, the group secured their study materials and circled around each other in the living room. Tokage taking point in getting everything started.

"Alright, now that everyone's here. What are we going to get started on first?" The green haired girl looked around at her classmates.

"Well, what's everyone's worst subject?" Honenuki followed up.

"Math." Yanagi admitted.

"English." Kendou and Shiozaki both stated.

"Japanese history." Tsunotori said.

"Everything…." Tetsutetsu and Awase both whined in defeated tones.

"What about you guys?" Everyone's attention was now directed towards Midoriya, Tokage and Honenuki. All three of them gave out a set of shrugs at the question.

"I'm not really having trouble in any subject. I have 'A's' in everything." Tokage smirked with her hands tucked behind her head.

"Same." The other two echoed.

Tetsutetsu and Awase shot the trio a couple of envious stares that lasted for a full ten seconds. Midoriya could only respond with an awkward chuckle while Tokage just flat out started cackling in front of them.

"How about we start off with English and then work our way up from there?" Kendou suggested. "It's supposed to be the shortest exam out of all of them. So we can spend the least amount of time on it."

"Sounds good to me." Awase said. More than happy to just get the ball rolling.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me." Tokage said before looking over to Tsunotori. "Pony, I've meaning to ask you. How'd you end up at U.A. anyway?"

All of the attention in the room was now focused on the horned girl was fishing through her backpack for her textbook. "I'm a member of new exchange program at my school. It has something concerning foreign relations with international hero community."

"What school did come from?" Shiozaki inquired.

"The Xavier Academy."

"Wait, really?!" Midoriya almost shouted in disbelief. Much like U.A., the Xavier Academy was considered the top hero school in the U.S.. A number of famous and internationally recognized pro heroes graduated from there.

"Yeah!" The horned girl smiled brightly.

"That's pretty cool." Said Tetsutetsu who was starting to make his through one of the pizzas.

"So how'd you end up getting picked for that?"

"After my first year, many of us was selected to do the exchange program because of our grades and performance. Back home, high school takes four years long instead of three. I had option of coming here or to Russia."

"Why here?" Tokage asked.

"My father's parents are Japanese and I desired to see what it was like here."

"Well that explains why you have a Japanese last name." Kendou pointed out.

"Man, I've always wanted to visit America. I bet it's so different from Japan." Awase said to no one in particular.

"Their crime rate is pretty high though, from what I've read." Honenuki followed up.

"Many people mention that, but it's not as bad as you think." The horned teen retorted.

"Huh?"

"America is twenty-six times larger than Japan and has two and a half times total population. It's very big place, so of course there's going to be more crime. We can't have heroes like All Might who can just show up anywhere." The girl explained.

"I never thought of it like that." Kendou thought out loud.

"Still, it'd be pretty nice to go over there at least once. There's a ton of famous cities that I'd like to visit." Tokage said.

"Just stay away from Florida." Tsunotori joked.

"Why is that?"

"That's where all the crazy people live. Most wild stories in America come from there. My aunt was hero there for a while after moving and she told me the people in that state are crazy."

"You're aunt's a hero?" Asked Tetsutetsu.

"Yeah, her hero name is Cow Lady."

"I think I've heard of her before." Midoriya pointed out.

"I apologize, but I believe we should hurry and start studying. We have a lot of information to cover." Shiozaki politely interjected.

"Yeah, Ibara's right." Tokage agreed. "Everyone grab your English books and turn to lesson two. I'm pretty sure Present Mic said that the exam is going to be covering everything from there all the way to lesson seventeen. Most of what we'll have to deal with is reading comprehension and writing."

The group wasted no time in getting down to business with their cramming session. Out the corner of his eye, Midoriya saw Yanagi use her 'poltergeists' to lift both her textbook and workbook into air before also using her quirk on her pen to start writing down some words.

"Yanagi-san, are you...are you writing with your quirk?" He asked in a very curious tone.

"Yeah…" The girl stoically answered as if it was the most normal thing in the world. "You don't do that?"

"No." He replied.

"Really? I do this all the time, it makes studying a lot easier."

"Man, your guy's quirks are so convenient." Awase groaned in slight jealousy.

Deciding to see if he could do it, Midoriya activated his 'telekinesis' and tried to follow the girl's example. As he wielded both objects in front of his face, the boy struggled a bit as he attempted to write down a few simple words in his workbook. However, this small task proved to be a lot more difficult than what he expected. After a few seconds of struggling, he took a look and his handiwork. He tried writing the English word for "wind". But what he got was some barely legible scribble.

"Wow, that's way harder than it looks." The boy gave a defeated sigh.

"It was a decent attempt." The girl answered.

"Yeah well, you're better at this kind of stuff than I am. I don't have nearly the same level of control as you do."

"It's weird how you two have the same quirk but at the same time they're so different." Tokage pointed out while placing a hand on Midoriya's shoulder.

"Yeah, it's kind of like Tetsutetsu-kun and Kirishima-kun. Same principal, but it's totally different." Honenuki laughed.

"Yeah well, Metalhead can also eat metal. Back in middle school he would always snack on iron shavings in the middle of class." The 'lizard tail splitter' user said in an amused tone.

"What? They taste good, and it helps out with my quirk." The 'steel' quirk user laughed.

Midoriya made a mental note to at some point ask the silver haired boy about how his metal consumption tied in with his ability. Maybe the hardness of his still was relevant to his diet?

Three hours, three subjects, two pizzas, one container of cookies, seven bagels and one shredded notebook (Thanks to Tetsutetsu) later, the students found themselves hard at work on their studies. Honenuki and Tokage took the time to breakdown everything in a way that was easily digestible. And everyone else filled in the gaps whenever possible. Everything was going smoothly for the group of students and everyone was making good progress.

Midoriya found himself enjoying this meeting of the minds quite a bit. It was his first time ever hanging out with a group of people before. At least one that didn't make it a point to use him as a practice dummy for their quirks. And he could feel the nervousness fade away as time went on.

Eventually, the group decided to take a break to give their brains some time to cool off. Tetsutetsu was the first to run to the kitchen and start bringing out the rest of the food that everyone brought over to the living room. And a few minutes later, the students began digging in and talking about whatever came to mind. The conversation was in full swing until the sound of the front door opening drew their attention.

Everyone turned their heads and were met with the sight of a slim, average sized man with short blue hair and black eyes wearing a pair of blue jeans along with a black sweater. Judging by the fact that his face was on several photos plastered across the house, the students recognized this man to be Tokage's father.

The man took a few steps into the hallway before pausing and shifting his gaze over to see his daughter and eight other kids around her age with notebooks, laptops and papers scattered across the living room floor.

"Oh that's right, I forgot you were having some friends over to study. How are you all doing?" Urie Tokage spoke with a polite wave. Slightly revealing a set of sharp teeth that let everyone know where exactly Tokage got that particular trait from. The one thing they did notice however, was that the man was missing the last two fingers on his left hand.

"Dad, what are you doing here?" The younger Tokage asked. She wasn't expecting him to be home until later that night.

"I finished up early today and took off. Since I now have the free time, I planned on actually making dinner for once. Nemuri's going to be here later too." He replied.

"Oh, cool."

"So how's the studying going?" He then looked around the room to rest of the girl's friends.

"Good." All of them echoed simultaneously.

"Excellent! Well, I'll let you kids get back to it. Setsuna, if you need me I'll be in my office."

"Alright." She gave him a quick thumbs up.

Urie began making his way over to the staircase before pausing his feet and turning back around the face them. "Oh yeah, which one of you is Izuku Midoriya?"

"M-me, s-sir." Midoriya nervously answered while pointing to himself. Time seemed to freeze as the man took a moment to look him up and down. The boy had no idea what could've been going through his head. But he subconsciously felt the need to straighten out his posture.

"Good luck, you're going to need it with her. Just try not to let Setsuna become a bad influence on you."

"Huh?"

"Dad!" The girl almost shrieked as a very uncharacteristic blush quickly formed on her face. Why her father decided to say that all of a sudden was a mystery to her. However, she had a sneaking suspicion that Kayama might have something to do with it.

"Anyways...have fun." He said before quickly retreating up the stairs.

The students were quiet for a brief moment to let that interaction sink in. For most of them, that was pretty much their first time ever seeing the girl get anywhere close to embarrassed before. Usually she was the one trying to get a rise out of others. So seeing her on the receiving end of a joke was a rarity.

"Setsuna, forgive me for asking. But what happened to your father's hand?" Shiozaki looked at the girl and asked in a somewhat quiet voice. Just in case he could still hear them.

"He lost his fingers when he was a kid." The girl explained. "Like me, he and my sister can detach and control their limbs at will. Except they can't regenerate what they lose. I'm the only one that can regrow lost limbs since I inherited my mom's regeneration ability."

"How unfortunate." The vine haired teen said in a somber tone.

"I guess you lucked out then." Yanagi was the next to speak up. "I never really considered how dangerous it is to use your quirk. I can imagine training would go a lot differently for you if you ran the risk of losing body parts."

"Yeah, you're right about that. But I try not to rely on that part of my quirk if I can help it. I might be able to regrow limbs and heal small wounds, but I'm not really looking to see how far my regeneration goes anytime soon."

"Why not?" Awase asked.

"It's too dangerous." The girl answered.

Midoriya could definitely agree with Tokage's reasoning. She may have the ability to regenerate to a certain degree. But with quirks like that, it would be hard for someone to safely test the upper limits of their power. Seeing as doing so would mean that you would need to intentionally injure yourself. Probably in various ways.

"Alright, I think that's long enough of a break!" Tokage clapped her hands together. "Next up is math. Something I know for a fact that Metalhead is close to failing."

"Dude!"

Eventually, all of the studying came to an end and everyone started making their way home before it got too late. Midoriya was the last one to leave, seeing as the boy offered to help stay and clean up. Much to Tokage's delight, seeing as having an extra pair of hands would make things go by faster.

"Thanks for helping me clean up." Tokage said to Midoriya while scrubbing the last of the dishes.

"It's no problem."

"Did you stick around just so you could get some alone with me~." The girl wiggled her eyebrows in a very suggestive manner. Causing him to blush at her implication.

"N-no, I just thought you might need some help."

"Aww, you're so sweet." She teased him a bit further before changing topics. "So...about our date."

"W-What about it?" He asked, genuinely curious to see where the girl was going with this.

"There's a festival going on in Musutafu the day after the exams. I think it'd be a pretty nice place for us to go. Don't you?"

Midoriya looked up at the ceiling for a moment to think about her proposal. He had never been to a festival before, so he had no idea what to expect. But from everything he knew about them, they were pretty fun and there was a lot of stuff to do.

"Sounds like fun." He said with an honest grin.

"Y'know, you should smile more." Tokage suggested, earning a confused look from the 'telekinesis' user. "You look way cuter when you smile, especially with those freckles."

"T-thanks." The boy's blush intensified.

"Don't- Aww shit!" She cursed after dropping one of the cups that she was washing onto the ground. Without a second thought, the girl bent down at the waist to retrieve the item. And Midoriya suddenly found his eyes wandering over to Tokage's rather...fit backside.

'She looks really good in those running shorts.' He said to himself before immediately shaking those thoughts out of his head and trying to cool himself off. It was rude to ogle a girl without her knowing. Or at all.

With the dishes washed and the rest of the cleaning now done, Midoriya decided that now was a good time to head back home. Even though it was still the weekend, he didn't want his mom to worry about him...any more than what she usually does when he went out. And on top of that, he didn't want to overstay his welcome seeing as the girl was about to have company over in a little while.

"Thanks again for coming today. I really appreciate it."

"Thank you for having me." He gave a polite bow.

"I'll see you later, Izuku." Tokage gave him one last hug before letting him depart. As she watched him make his way down the street, the girl failed to notice the presence of the last remaining person in the house leaning up against a nearby wall.

"So...that's the boy that Nemuri keeps telling me about?" Urie said in an amused tone as he casually took another sip of his tea.

"What the-" The girl quickly turned around to meet his gaze.

"He seems like a nice young man. I approve."

"How long have you been standing there?!"

"Long enough." He answered nonchalantly.

"Oh…"

"Well, I'm glad that you at least have better taste in boys than your sister does. I don't even want to think about what kind guys Nanao is talking to while she's away at school. Do me a favor and try not to end up like her."

"Noted." The girl shot back.

"Anyways, dinner will be ready in a couple of hours. I'm making yakitori and fried rice. Is that okay with you?"

"Sounds great!" The girl flashed him a toothy smirk. It had been a few days since the two of them were able to sit down and eat together, so she was really looking forward to it. And the fact that he was going to make her favorite dish was just icing on the cake.

"Good." Was all the man said before turning around and heading over to the kitchen.

That night, the two of them along with Kayama sat down for a very lovely "family dinner" and got to catch up on what was going on in their lives. Overall, this was probably one of the best days that she's had in a while.

After three grueling days of testing, the students were finally done with the written portion of their exams. In all, everyone was feeling pretty good about themselves. Somehow, all of them managed to pass. Albeit with a few close calls. And as expected, Tokage, Monoma, Shishida, Midoriya and Honenuki had the top scores overall. With that particular hurdle now out of the way, all that was left was for them to do was to make it through the practical portion and they would be home free.

"Congratulations on making it through your written exams without any failures. But as you all know, that was only half of the story. Today, all of you will be taking part in the practical portion. I expect you all to do your best." Kan said to the students as they all stood in front of the main training center.

"Uh…so why are all of the teachers here?" Shoda asked what everyone else seemed to be thinking.

"No doubt a few of you did a bit of scouting and information gathering before today to see what you're going to be up against, right?"

"We're fighting those robots from the entrance exam, right?" Kamakiri sated with a wide grin. The 'razor sharp' user was almost chomping at the bit to cut loose and blow off some steam.

"Wrong!"

"Huh?" Everyone blinked in confusion.

"Actually…" Principal Nezu interjected after appearing from out of nowhere. "For various reasons, this year's test will be completely different, my young pupils!"

"Wait, what?"

"There will be a new focus on the exams for you all. You will be focusing on both teamwork and combat with actual people. So what does that mean for you? You students will be working in pairs. And your opponents will be members of our esteemed faculty! Isn't that fabulous?!"

"What?"

"Huh?"

"Come again?"

"何!" Fukidashi's thought bubble read.

"Additionally, your partners and opponents have already been chosen. They were determined based on various factors that I don't have the time to get into." Kan explained with a slight grin on his face. "The matchups are as follows…"

Kendou and Tetsutetsu vs Cementoss

Tokage and Kaibara vs Ectoplasm

Tsuburaba and Kuroiro vs Midnight

Monoma and Honenuki vs Powerloader

Kamakiri and Shishida vs Snipe

Shiozaki and Fukidashi vs Thirteen

Tsunotori and Kodai vs Present Mic

Shoda and Awase vs Vlad King

Bondo and Komori vs Hound Dog

"And finally, Midoriya and Yanagi will be paired up together." Kan finally announced.

Midoriya let out a small sigh of relief after hearing that. Yanagi was the perfect partner to have for him. They had similar quirks and now that the girl had her support item, they had a pretty major advantage when it came to this exercise. However, one thing definitely didn't seem right about this situation. Practically all of the teachers minus Nezu himself had already been announced.

"Wait." The green haired teen raised his hand and looked towards the principal. "Does this mean that we're going to go up against you, sir?"

"Oh no, we have something special planned for you two in particular." The unidentified mammal told him.

"What do you mean?" Yanagi inquired.

"For your exam, you two will be facing-"

"Me!" A very familiar female voice said from above.

Everyone upturned their gazes and were absolutely shocked by what they saw. And Midoriya in particular felt a chill go down his spine. Green hair, green dress, white coat. Yup, there was absolutely no denying who this person was.

'Oh no…'

"I'm sure that many of you know who she is already. But please, allow me to introduce you to the current thirtieth ranked hero and a graduate of this very institution. Our special instructor for the day, Blizzard!" Nezu announced with a smile on his face.

"Oh my god, it's really her!" Tetsutetsu almost shouted.

"Wow, her and Midoriya do look a lot alike." Kaibara whispered to Bondo and Kodai.

'Holy boobs!' Tsuburaba's eyes nearly popped out of his head before shaking those thoughts away.

"F-Fubuki-san!" Midoriya gawked at the woman who would serve as his opponent for the final exam. Out of everyone in the world that he did not want to go up against, she was certainly at the top of his list. Every advantage that he thought he had going into this suddenly became irrelevant. The boy took a second to glance over at his partner. And judging by the look on her face, Yanagi must've been thinking the same thing as he was.

Katsuragi quickly lowered herself back down to the ground and planted herself right in front of the two telekinetic students. The woman crossed her arms and shot both of them a confident smirk. "Hello Midoriya-kun, it's nice to see that you're doing well. I don't know about you, but I'm really looking forward to this. I hope you make sure that this was worth the trip out here."

Both Midoriya and Yanagi could practically feel the intimidating aura radiating off the green haired heroine's body. If the teacher's goal was to match them up against the worst opponent possible, then they definitely succeeded. As the boy locked eyes with his mentor, only one thought came to his mind.

'Oh…fuck….'