~A few days ago.~

"...and those are all the matchups I have for my class." Aizawa stated as he placed a stack of papers back into a manila folder.

Currently the faculty of U.A.'s first year hero course were discussing the lineup for their upcoming new end of semester exam. Due to the changing of the times, they had all decided to switch things up for this year.

A short smile came from the fury face of Nezu as he gave the nocturnal hero an approving nod. "Yes, I agree with your reasoning. I'll be looking forward to that particular match due to the parties that will be involved."

"It's going to be a complete madhouse if you ask me." Snipe commented while twirling his empty pistol on his finger.

"Now, let us move on to 1-B and their lineup."

"Yes, sir." Said Kan. "I pretty much have everything sorted out. However, there's one problem that I keep running into that I was hoping you all could assist me with."

"What is it?" Kayama asked.

"Midoriya and Yanagi." The blood themed hero replied. "Simply put, they pose the biggest obstacle. Because of how the exam is set up, they'll be able to pass with almost no issues that I can see. Now that Yanagi has the ability to fly with that new support item of hers they both present a major problem for whatever opponent they'll be put up against."

"Just restrict them to staying on the ground. That's the most rational explanation." Aizawa said.

"I thought about that, but it wouldn't really be fair to them. None of the other students will have any restrictions on their quirks during their testing."

"I can agree with that." Maijima nodded.

"This is an issue. Whether or not they're teamed up together, none of us really have a chance of even coming close to them if they stay airborne the entire time."

The room was silent for a moment as the members of the faculty racked their brains for a possible solution. Like Kan had previously stated, it wouldn't really be fair to either student if they were to place an unnecessary restriction on their abilities. The purpose of the exam was to push the students to their limits and have them work around their shortcomings. And they very well couldn't do that if either of them were instructed to hold back.

"Why don't we just have All Might fight them?" Ectoplasm suggested.

"Unfortunately we don't know how long my match will take. And the time limit on my hero form is now a little over one hour at the most. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do it." Yagi answered in a slightly defeated tone.

All of a sudden, Nezu clapped his paws together and looked around the room. An action that told everyone present that he had cooked up something interesting. "I believe I may have a solution to your problem Kan-kun. After all, this exam will present us with quite the opportunity!"

"Would you care to explain, sir?"

"I suggest that we place both of these students on the same team and have them go up against someone who can match them in terms of ability."

"I'm not following." Kayama gave him a confused look.

"I recently had a chat with Midoriya-kun concerning his quirk. Why the boy told me himself that he hasn't been able to push himself as much as the other students due to his abilities."

Thirteen was the next to speak. "He's got a point. That boy's quirk is incredibly convenient for the curriculum that we currently have in place for the first years."

"So what do you have in mind?"

Before the unidentified mammal gave his explanation he reached over the desk and started typing into the keypad on his phone. "If the purpose of the new exam is to pit students against someone with whom they would have a disadvantage, why don't we do a bit of outsourcing for these two? In fact, there is a former graduate of this very institution that would be the perfect person to ruffle their feathers a bit."

Once he pressed the call button on the phone, the staff patiently waited as the dial tone cycled a couple of times before someone on the other side of the line answered. "Blizzard Hero Agency, this is Lily speaking. How may we be of service to you?"

"Hello ma'am, this is principal Nezu of U.A., is Fubuki Katsuragi available to speak? We have a proposition for her that I believe she would be very interested in."

Following the announcement of the exams and their rules, the students of 1-B along with the teachers were ushered into the building and headed over to the main viewing room. There they were greeted with the majority of class 1-A. On top of that there were even a few staff members present that Tokage had never seen before. From what they had been told a few minutes ago, since the teacher's needed some time to rest up Midoriya and Yanagi's match was going to be first.

"Hello everyone." Kendou politely greeted the other hero course students.

"Greetings, Kendou-san." Yaoyorozu spoke.

"You guys already finished your exams?" Tokage asked.

"Yes." The raven haired teen nodded.

"How'd everyone do?"

"Most of passed, minus a few. We actually just finished watching the last match."

"Who was fighting?"

"It was Kirishima-kun, Todoroki-san and Bakugou-san against All Might-sensei."

"Seriously?" A few 1-B students echoed in surprise.

"They had to fight All Might?"

"Yes." The class rep of 1-Aconfirmed. Yaoyorozu then went on to explain how because their class was now short one member, the final match needed to be adjusted to account for the extra person. Not that it really mattered in the end.

"How'd they get so lucky?!" Tetsutetsu looked around for an answer.

"Lucky? More like unfortunate." Jiro said.

"How'd they do?"

"To put it simply...it was a complete and utter disaster. They got destroyed."

"That bad, huh?" Tokage commented. Going up against the number one hero was already a tall order. And considering the three students that were involved, she had a pretty good idea of how that particular match might've gone down.

"Hey, at least we finally got to see Todoroki use his fire. Even though it was pointless." Kaminari shrugged in a sad tone.

"Are you all about to start your exams?" Yaoyorozu asked.

"Yeah, Midoriya-kun and Yanagi-chan are the first ones up." Kendou replied.

"Who are they up against?"

"Blizzard."

More than a few heads turned around after hearing that. Blizzard was here? That was certainly a surprise. Although she was pretty popular, it was a rare sight to see the woman outside of her job.

"Yeah...pretty crazy huh?"

"I don't think I've ever seen Blizzard fight before." One of the 1-A students said. "She's mainly works as a rescue hero, right?"

"Yeah." Honenuki nodded before turning to Tokage. "Tokage-chan, you teamed up with Midoriya-kun during your internship, right? Is she any good in a fight?"

"Definitely."

The green haired girl pondered for a moment as she thought back to their internships. Based on what she had seen, Blizzard was incredibly powerful. And she was also very adept with her quirk. It was hard to believe that she was known as the weaker half of "Psychic Sisters".

"How do Midoriya-san and Yanagi-san stack up?" Asked the tailed student, Ojiro.

"I'm going to put it like this. She's like a combination of the two of them, but better."

"Damn."

"Yo, did they already start?!" A female voice asked from the nearby entrance.

Everyone quickly turned their attention to the back of the room and were met with sight of two people that Tokage immediately recognized. One was a muscular woman with black hair and purple eyes. The other was a slim woman wearing a black pantsuit along with a hair accessory in the shape of white tiger-lily.

"Ember?"

"Oh, hey Lizardy! How ya' been?" Ozehana gave the girl a quick wave.

"You know them?" Tetsutetsu asked his friend.

"Mhmm." The girl nodded. "This is Ember and Lily, they both work over at Blizzard's agency. Ember's a fire rescue specialist and Lily is her assistant."

"Cool."

"So what are you guys doing here?"

"The boss let us tag along so we could watch the match. Since Fubuki-san's a rescue specialist, we rarely ever get the chance to see her in an actual fight. And there was no way that we were going to miss out on this. Plus, I wanted to see if Midoriya-kun's gotten any stronger." The 'flame control' user happily explained.

"Makes sense."

"This should prove to be quite an interesting affair." Lily interjected. "Fubuki-san hasn't had the chance to battle anyone anywhere near her level since Tatsumaki-san's disappearance. And to my understanding, Midoriya-san is quite strong."

"This reminds me of one of those battle mangas where the teacher and the student have their big showdown. No wait, it's totally like the little brother that has to prove himself to his big sister!" Ozehana gushed.

"See! I'm not the only one that thinks they're related!" Honenuki was quick to mention. Earning a few laughs from his classmates.

"In any case, I'm sure we're in for one hell of a match." Midnight said as she joined the conversation. "Given the quirks of those three, no doubt there will be a lot going on. Let's just hope that the rest of us can keep up."

"Izuku Midoriya and Reiko Yanagi, battle trial commence!" The voice of the announcer rang through a partially decimated Training Ground Beta.

As soon as they were given the word, the two telekinetic students took off from the main gate and immediately ducked behind a nearby building. Seeing as they were the first ones up, they didn't have as much time to prepare as they would've liked. And considering who their opponent was, this just put them at an even greater disadvantage.

"So what are our chances of being able to completely avoid her?" Yanagi asked her partner.

"Slim." Midoriya answered.

For the two of them, their current strategy was rather simple. Because of all the buildings that lined the artificial environment, it provided them with enough cover to move around relatively undetected. So for right now, staying low was their best option. Even though it would've saved them a lot of time, moving through the air was too risky since it made the both of them sitting ducks.

"I doubt that Blizzard is going to come looking for us in this big of an area. I bet that she's waiting near the exit gate."

"I agree." The boy replied. "At the very least, we can use this time to scout out the area and see what she might be planning. Hopefully we can get close to the gate before we run into her."

With that, the two students spent the next few minutes moving through the area while avoiding any of the main roads. They may have had a significant amount of time to make it through this exam, but every last second counted in a scenario like this. Along the way, they took the time to go over their plan of attack in case they ran into their opponent.

"I don't get it. Why don't the two of them just fly straight to the gate?" Said a confused Tetsutetsu.

"Use your brain, dude. If they do that then they'll be wide open for an attack." Tokage looked to the silver haired boy. "Plus, they're probably looking to save energy."

At the moment, the two of them along with Kendou, Shiozaki, Fukidashi and Kaibara were all huddled together in one group.

"That does make a lot of sense. Considering who they're up against, they can't get reckless. Moving stealthily is their best option." Kendou agreed.

Roughly ten minutes passed before Midoriya and Yanagi finally came within three hundred meters of their destination. Up until now, they had seen no sign of Blizzard anywhere and the two couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy about that. After one last bound through a nearby alley way, the duo ducked behind another building that gave them a clear view of the exit. Midoriya then poked his head around the corner and his heart nearly dropped into his stomach at what he saw.

The exit was in clear view of where they were standing, however that was the least of their worries. Across the way, the boy could see a massive amount of debris conveniently placed in front of the gate. Random pipes, boulders and other miscellaneous objects were completely blocking their escape. There was even a small car sitting atop the stack.

"Damn." The boy quietly clicked his teeth.

"What do you see?" Yanagi asked in a slightly worried expression.

"Fubuki-san blocked the gate with a bunch of debris. I'm pretty sure that I can move most of the junk, but it might take some time."

"We should be in range of your quirk. You can start moving it from here."

"You're right. But we still don't know where Fubuki-san is, plus she knows the range of my quirk. As soon as I start moving stuff around, she'll know that we're close by."

"As much as I hate taking unnecessary risks, it can't be helped. Go ahead and start clearing that stuff out of the way and I'll be your lookout."

"Got it." The boy nodded.

Midoriya poked his head around the corner once more and activated his quirk. The first object that he decided to move was the dilapidated car, seeing as it was the biggest singular piece that he could see. With a practiced ease, the boy lifted the vehicle from atop the mound and gently placed it next to a nearby bus prop across the clearing. Simply dropping it would've been easier. But the excess noise would only alert Blizzard of their presence sooner.

Now that the car was out of the way, next up were the boulders. Just as the green haired boy was about to start moving them, an unwanted guest made her appearance.

"Midoriya-kun, I'm disappointed. Didn't I already teach you how to move large clusters of debris?" Blizzard said from right above them.

"What the-"

"Where did she-"

Without any warning, both Midoriya and Yanagi were lifted off of the ground and had their bodies flung up into the air. In the blink of an eye, the two were face-to-face with their opponent.

"Where did you come from?" Said Yanagi to the green haired heroine.

"I've been tailing you for the last five minutes."

Midoriya chose not to speak. Instead, the boy quickly looked around the area to find a way out of this situation. By a sheer stroke of luck, Yanagi was in his field of vision and the boy used his quirk to detach the folded hover disc from the harness on her back and used that to attack their opponent. Thankfully, Blizzard wasn't expecting such a move and momentarily broke her focus to avoid getting hit.

Without missing a beat, Midoriya recalled the support item into his hand and then took control of his partner before she could hit the ground. The boy then grabbed her by the waist and flew off in the opposite direction.

"Sorry, I had to use your hover disc." He apologized as he handed the item back to her.

"Don't worry about it."

Before either of them could say another word, a piece of scrap metal flew right past them. Midoriya looked back only to see Blizzard right on their tail, and the woman was rapidly closing the distance. Midoriya knew that in terms of speed, he was at a disadvantage. But because of how chaotic the terrain was, they had more than enough to work with.

"It looks like we can't avoid fighting her."

"Yeah, I figured." Yanagi sighed. "So what are we going to do?"

"We're going to the ground, there is more than enough debris for us to use as ammo."

"Okay." The 'poltergeist' user nodded.

Just before Blizzard could close the distance, Midoriya took a hard left turn around a nearby building and disappeared from her vision. 'These compressed weights are really throwing me off.' The green haired heroine thought. 'I can't turn on a dime the way I want to because I have to manipulate all the excess weight.'

Once she was able to reorient herself, Blizzard quickly rounded the building and barely managed to dodge a few small boulders that were launched at her. The woman didn't even have a chance to look back before a second wave came flying at her. However, the 'psychokinesis' user had no trouble in taking control of the objects herself.

"I believe these belong to you!" She smirked just before hurling the four decently sized boulders right back at her opponents. However, as soon as she looked down she noticed that Midoriya was the only one there. 'Where did-'

*Bam!* A force nailed her right in her back. The impact was enough to cause the heroine to fly forward a good ten meters before she could recover. Blizzard then looked back to where Yanagi was floating on her support item.

"I'm impressed that you're able to move so quickly on that board of yours, Yanagi-san. I remember Midoriya-kun telling me that he was going to teach one of his classmates my "air surfing" technique." The woman smiled.

Instead of responding, Yanagi chose to put some more distance between the two of them. While at the same time, Midoriya made his move. The boy used his quirk to grab a hold of Blizzard and forced her to the earth and his partner used this opportunity to get back onto the ground. Now that she was on stable footing, Yanagi lifted up her hover disc and sent it flying towards their opponent.

Barely a second before the object could make contact, Blizzard stopped it mid-air and turned it back on it's user. Yanagi was somehow able to dodge the attack, but then the girl felt her body being pulled in the opposite direction. What happened next was the girl getting flung back to a nearby wall and having the wind knocked out of her.

"Yanagi-san!" Midoriya called out, momentarily breaking his focus. Which proved to be a costly mistake.

In the blink of an eye, Blizzard was right in front of him. The boy flew backwards to try and put some distance between them. However, the woman's speed was just too great.

Deciding to showcase a bit of her martial arts prowess, the green haired heroine began assaulting him with a flurry of punches and kicks that were supplemented by her ability to move through the air. If it wasn't for the fact he was on the receiving end of this nonsense, Midoriya would've been impressed by the woman's skill.

"Huh, I never pegged Blizzard for a scrapper." Shoda commented, very impressed by the woman's fighting ability.

"And with her quirk, it makes her that much harder to hit." Honenuki added as he watched the woman dance through the air.

Towards the front of the room, Ozehana decided to put in her two cents. "The boss makes it a point not to neglect hand-to-hand combat training back at the agency. Every Friday, all of us who aren't on patrol duty spend a few hours in the morning sparring with each other."

"That's pretty cool." Said Tsuburaba.

"Just because I'm a rescue specialist, that doesn't mean that I don't know how to brawl!" Blizzard taunted while continuing her barrage. By this point, both her and Midoriya were about twenty meters above the ground and she had no intention of letting up. If it wasn't for the fact that she had to manipulate the weights that were currently on her wrists and ankles, the woman would've been able to land a few good blows.

Back down on the ground, Yanagi was able to catch her breath and got herself back in order. The girl looked up to see her partner ducking and dodging a flurry of punches and quickly saw an opportunity. The two of them were just within range of her quirk. And seeing as the woman was preoccupied, she wouldn't be expecting an attack from behind. The grey haired teen used her 'poltergeist' to grab hold of Blizzard's white jacket before yanking her away from her partner.

"Ah, not bad!" The green haired heroine smirked in her direction. "Grabbing hold of my jacket was a good move. But a smart person would've attacked me while I was distracted."

'I wanted to, but she was too close to Midoriya-kun for me to do that.' Yanagi grimaced while taking control of her hover disc.

"Pilfer!" Blizzard shouted as she took control of the object herself and sent it flying into her left hand.

"Snatch!" Midoriya followed up by doing the exact same thing and ripping the hover disc from grip and taking control of it himself. Now that he had a moment to catch his breath, the boy sent the object flying back to its owner and Yanagi graciously accepted her gift.

"Alright, that was a pretty good warmup. But I think it's time we got serious, don't you agree?" The woman smirked at her two opponents while ascending further up into the air.

From behind him, the sound of crinkling metal caught Midoriya's attention. The boy looked back just in time to see the nearby light pole beginning to coil in on itself and was able to avoid getting flanked on his right side. While at the same time, Yanagi dodged a similar attack directed towards her.

A part of Midoriya was hoping to conserve his energy, but that obviously wasn't going to happen considering who they were up against. Deciding to throw caution to the wind, the boy grabbed hold of Blizzard and used his quirk to send her flying away from the two of them and held her place.

"Head to the gate!" He shouted towards his partner as he took to the air.

"Right." The girl compiled before mounting her support item and joining him.

As the two students made a mad dash towards the exit, they exceeded the distance on the boy's quirk and Blizzard was able to once again take control of her body. So far the woman was less than impressed with how they were fairing. Although they were doing a good enough job so far in terms of working as a team, their reluctance to go head-to-head with her was a major problem. Based on the information that she was given prior to this exam, neither student was particularly aggressive in terms of combat and relied on their quirks to keep their opponents at bay. But such a strategy was definitely not going to work against her.

'I guess we're going to have to do something about that.' The woman thought to herself before giving chase.

"I guess now we know why Blizzard was called in for this exam." Said Monoma.

"What do you mean?" Shoji inquired.

Tokage decided to be the one to fill in the gaps. "Izuku and Ghosty try to avoid fighting if they can help it. They pretty much rely on their quirks to keep everyone at a distance. But they can't do that with Blizzard since they don't have the air advantage."

"A very astute observation, Tokage-kun." Nezu smiled while sipping a cup of tea at the front of the room.

Once the two students were at the exit gate, they took a quick moment to catch their breath. They knew this exam was not going to be easy. But they were literally up against someone who could counter everything that came her way.

"So what's the plan?" Yanagi asked. "I don't want to sound pessimistic, but we're kind of in a bad spot right now."

"We obviously can't avoid fighting her. So our best option is to try and capture her. This area is littered with loose debris that either one of us could use. So our best bet right now is to try and overwhelm her." The boy replied.

"So what you're saying is that it's about to get chaotic over here."

"Unfortunately..." Midoriya sighed.

Yanagi took a moment to survey the area. All around them were piles of loose rock and metal that definitely looked to be within her weight limit. She may not have had anywhere close to the range that Midoriya and Blizzard had. But at the very least she would be able to keep their opponent at a relatively comfortable distance.

While the girl was busy thinking, Midoriya was doing much of the same. This entire clearing provided them with more than enough ammunition to keep their opponent on her toes. But that was only one part of the equation. They were going to have to create some type of opening that would not only keep the woman's mind preoccupied, but would also give them a chance to try and place the cuffs around her.

Just as the gears began turning in his head, Yanagi tapped Midoriya on the shoulder to bring him out of his thoughts. "She's here."

"Alri-" The boy's eyes practically blew open behind his helmet once he got sight of Blizzard. Not only was the woman casually making her way towards them, but her entire body was surrounded by a sphere of floating debris and metal. "Quick, hide!" He grabbed his partner by the arm and the two ducked behind the bus prop.

"We need to distract her." Yanagi stoically told him.

"You're right." He agreed before the lightbulb went off over his head. Without any warning, the boy suddenly took off his green jacket and began undoing the straps on his vest. "I have an idea."

Back with Blizzard, the woman was cautiously approaching the clearing while keeping her eyes peeled. She wasn't dumb enough to underestimate her opponents. But at the same time she was certain that the two of them were going to try and catch her off guard.

'I'm glad that Nezu-san is letting us use the same training ground that All Might was in during the last class' exam. If he didn't take the liberty of trashing the entire place, I would've had to waste time ripping this stuff out of the ground myself.' The woman said to herself from inside her protective bubble. Even though it was a solid defensive measure, the downside to using this technique was that she had to maintain her focus to keep it from falling apart.

Once the green haired heroine was about one hundred meters away from the clearing, something caught her eye. From behind the prop bus, a green jacket suddenly appeared and dashed over to a nearby mound of rubble. 'Putting yourself out in the open like that, rookie mistake Midoriya-kun.' She smirked before sending some decently sized pieces of scrap metal his way. Of course, she wasn't going to actually try and hit him. But she was definitely going to ruffle his feathers a bit.

What Blizzard wasn't expecting however, was for Midoriya to almost effortlessly dodge every single projectile that she sent his way. 'When hell did he learn to move so well?' She thought before regaining her focus and firing off another wave of debris at him. Unfortunately for her, that attack only yielded a similar result. Just when Blizzard was about to open her mouth, a certain voice caught her ear.

"Fubuki-san, catch!"

"What the-" Blizzard gawked in total disbelief as the remains of the crushed car came flying directly at her. The sudden surprise was enough for her to lose focus on her protective sphere and she was able to just avoid getting hit. But Midoriya wasn't done yet. After the car passed by her body, the boy quickly boomeranged it back in the opposite direction and sent it right back at her. Now that she had enough time to think, with a simple wave of her right hand, Blizzard grabbed hold of the vehicle and sent it careening into a nearby building.

Right when she did that, Midoriya decided to make his move. The boy now dressed in nothing but his helmet and his long sleeve black t-shirt kicked himself into high gear and shot through the sky like a rocket. In response, the pro heroine descended just in time to avoid getting punched in the face. Now that she had time to recover, the woman used her 'psychokinesis' to take control of her opponent and bring him face-to-face with her.

'Damn!' Midoriya cursed himself.

"I see...so you used your coat and vest as a diversion to catch me off guard, not bad." She smiled at him, making sure to keep herself out of his field of vision. "But word to the wise, when doing a sneak attack it's best not to shout at your opponent."

"Yeah, you're right." He said in a way that let her know that he was smirking underneath his mask.

Something in the back of the woman's mind told her to turn around. And thankfully she did or else she wouldn't have been able to see part two of their plan. From down below, Yanagi made her move and launched herself into the sky directly towards them. Apparently the girl was a fast learner due to the fact that she imitated her earlier move and surrounded her body with multiple pieces of small debris.

Once Blizzard was finally in range of her quirk, Yanagi threw every last piece of metal and rock that she was currently carrying directly at the woman. However, she wasn't expecting what happened next. Instead of trying to dodge, Blizzard moved Midoriya right in front of her and attempted to use him as a human shield.

Yanagi somehow recognized this at the very last second and was able to disperse the objects just in time to avoid hitting her partner. With both of them now caught off guard, Blizzard proceeded to throw the green haired boy into the other student and forced them down to the ground.

'She was able to disperse all of that debris so quickly? This girl is good.'

"I'll be taking that!" The woman then said before taking control of Yangi's hover disc and bringing it into her right hand. Blizzard then used her powers to destroy the object and separate into eight even sections.

"Dammit." Said Yanagi in a very annoyed tone. Not only was her primary means of transportation taken away from her. It was just destroyed, meaning that she was going to have to pay another visit to Hatsume before she could get a new one.

"Using human shields isn't very heroic!" Midoriya shouted up at the woman.

"Last time I checked, I was playing the role of a villain!" The woman shot back. "Besides, I'm very disappointed with the way you two have been going about this. I was hoping that this would be a more entertaining fight, but I guess I was wrong. I've decided that I'm done going easy on you two." She said before launching all eight pieces of the now dismantled hover disc at the two of them.

Midoriya didn't hesitate to grab onto Yanagi and launch himself into the air to avoid the attack. In response to this, Blizzard redirected the shards of metal to follow them.

Over the next minute or so, Midoriya did everything in his power to avoid getting hit. Yanagi would've tried to grab hold of the pieces herself, but with the way that she was positioned she couldn't get see where they were coming from. Much like her partner, her quirk was limited to her field of vision.

"Take us behind that building." The grey haired teen ordered.

"Got it." The boy replied after narrowly dodging another attack. Once they circled around the remains of the nearby structure, they took a brief second to catch their breath.

"We need to think of something."

"I know."

"You can't hide forever you two! Whenever you decide to come out, I'll be waiting!" Blizzard's voice taunted them in the distance.

Midoriya's mind was racing as he tried to come up with a plan. So far everything they had done didn't work. They may have gotten close to victory a couple of times, but Blizzard's reaction speed was just too good. Unlike the two of them, the green haired woman had experience when it came to fighting someone with a similar quirk.

'Come on Izuku, think!' Midoriya repeated to himself a few times inside of his head before a strategy finally formed in his mind. It was very risky and he was going to be putting himself directly in the line of fire. But if he was able to pull it off, Yanagi would have enough time to make her move.

"Alright, I have an idea." He then looked to the grey haired teen. "It's incredibly risky, but I should be able to buy you enough time."

"What is it?"

"Man, this is getting good." Kamakiri smirked.

"I can barely keep up with all of this." Jiro folded her arms indignantly. Not only her, but a few of the other students were having difficulty following this match. Every few seconds this group would disappear outside the view of the cameras only to suddenly reappear somewhere else.

'This ain't looking too good. She's countering everything that they throw at her.' Tokage thought to herself. The girl was wearing a worried expression on her face and she was having a hard time figuring out how her friends were going to get out of this. Their means of escape was cut off and Blizzard wasn't giving them a chance to try and capture her.

Suddenly, a hand placed itself on her shoulder and 'lizard tail splitter' user looked over to her orange haired classmate.

"They'll be fine. Midoriya-kun's strong and both of them are pretty smart." Kendou said in a reassuring tone of voice.

"Yeah...you're right." The girl smirked before turning her attention back to the monitors.

Above the clearing, Blizzard took this brief respite to catch her breath. In truth, the woman was starting to run out of energy to keep herself in the air. Under normal circumstances she would be able to keep herself airborne for a good thirty minutes before she needed to take a break. But with the added weight currently wrapped around her wrist and ankles, along with the fact she had been using her quirk non-stop, her limit was soon approaching.

Deciding to just bite the bullet and conserve some of her stamina, the green haired heroine descended back down to the earth and planted her feet on the ground. 'I really need to look into getting a pair of these weights for training.' She thought to herself. Barely a second later, something caught her eye.

From behind the building, Midoriya and Yanagi suddenly appeared. Just like before, the boy was flying with the girl wrapped in his arm. However, they were sticking low to the ground. Right before Blizzard was able to grab hold of the two of them with her quirk something unexpected happened. From out of nowhere, Midoriya used his powers to launch Yanagi forward directly at her. This move was more than enough to cause the woman to dodge out of the way. With part one of their plan now in place, Midoriya used that brief moment to land the girl safely on the ground about twenty-five meters behind their opponent.

A moment of silence passed as Blizzard cautiously eyed the two students on either side of her. It was plainly obvious to her that they were up to something. "So...you two finally decided to grow some spines, huh?" She taunted.

Instead of responding, Midoriya quickly undid the back latches on his helmet and removed the device from his head. Now that the thing was off, Yanagi was finally able to see just how much the boy was sweating underneath it. The girl herself was doing fine, she hadn't used her own quirk enough to elicit any of her normal headaches as of yet. But the fact that Midoriya was doing most of the heavy lifting didn't really sit well with her.

Across the way, Midoriya began floating the helmet in his right hand and wasted no time in getting the party started. Without any warning, the green haired boy launched the device directly at the woman, making sure to aim for her head. Just when Blizzard was about to take control of the object herself, it suddenly changed directions mid-air and she barely had enough time to dodge it. The 'psychokinesis' user glanced over to her other target and everything became clear.

'She can move stuff on a dime like that? She's good.'

Unfortunately for her, the woman didn't have the chance to think her way out of the situation before the helmet came flying at her once again. Each and every time the thing flew past her, the other student would take control of it and send it right back at her. 'A combination move? It'll be hard to grab that thing with the both of them slingshotting it back and forth like that. Looks like I have no choice but to go airborne again.'

The moment Blizzard's body started rising, Midoriya seized the opportunity and took control of her, forcing onto the ground. "Yanagi-san, go!" He shouted to his classmate.

All the girl did was give a silent nod before taking the pair of cuffs from around her waist and sprinting towards Blizzard. With the way that she was positioned, the green haired heroine couldn't see the girl rapidly approaching her from behind. But she could still hear her footsteps. Refusing to be outdone by a couple of high school students, Blizzard quickly searched around them for something to use. And by a sheer stroke of luck, about fifty meters away from them was one of the crushed light poles that she used earlier.

Without delay, the woman grabbed hold of the large metal object and sent it flying directly for the group. Yanagi saw this out the corner of her eye and panicked, stopping her feet for just a second. Unfortunately for the duo, Midoriya did pretty much the same thing and broke his focus which was enough for Blizzard to make her move.

Now that she was once again in control of her body, the woman released her hold on the light pole and held her hands out towards the two students. "Pull!" She yelled in a commanding voice, forcing Midoriya and Yanagi's feet to leave the ground and collide into one another with a pair of loud groans. Now that the two were in position, the pro heroine launched herself up into the sky and activated her super move.

"Hellstorm!"

All around them, Midoriya and Yangi watched as every last piece of debris within a seventy-five meter radius of their bodies began violently rotating around them. And to make matters even worse, the circle was quickly shrinking.

"Damn!" Yanagi cursed, trying to think of a way out of this situation. With how fast the debris was moving, along with the fact that most of everything she could see was out of her weight limit, there was little that she could do.

In Midoriya's mind, the boy was able to keep himself calm enough to try and counter the woman's attack. The boy cleared his mind and stood on his two feet, while activating his quirk. 'I hope this works.'

"Hellstorm!"

Not only Yanagi, but everyone in the viewing area watched as the cluster of junk suddenly changed direction. At first it was moving clockwise and closing in, but now it was violently rotating counterclockwise and spreading out.

In the air, Blizzard was certainly surprised by this. This was the first time in a while that someone had been able to counter her super move. Deciding to not be outdone by her own student, the woman doubled down on her concentration and pumped some more power into her quirk.

In response to this, Midoriya mimicked the woman's actions and forced more power into his own quirk. With all the flying and moving that he had been doing so far, the boy was getting close to his limit. But now was not the time to back down. It was blatantly obvious to him that the reason Blizzard was chosen for this exam was to push him to his limit. And if that's what he was going to have to do to win, then so be it.

On the ground next to his feet, Yanagi watched the boy put everything he had into stopping this attack. Due to Blizzard being outside of her range, along with the fact that she couldn't see her, there was pretty much nothing that the grey haired teen could do right now. 'I'm useless in this situation.' The girl mentally scolded herself.

'I can't believe that he's giving me so much resistance.'

"You're certainly powerful Midoriya-kun, I'll give you that. You two have put up a good fight, but now it's time to end this!" Blizzard shouted in a triumphant tone before executing the finishing blow. "Hellstorm: Grand Burial!"

The cluster of debris once again became under her control and the woman put everything she had into trapping the two students. As the entrapment rapidly closed in on them, Midoriya decided to throw all caution to the wind and poured every last bit of power he had into breaking up this attack. He never really pushed his quirk to maximum output before due to the backlash it caused. The signs of which were now starting to make themselves known.

The boy's head began throbbing and there was a slight trail of blood starting to leak from his nose. With one last push, Midoirya gave a rather dramatic warcry and a massive cloud of dust erupted in the clearing. At the same time, an invisible force pushed away everything within the immediate area and was not only to send Yanagi flying backwards. But was strong enough to push Blizzard back a few meters as well to avoid getting hit by some of the wayward debris.

Once the dust finally settled, both women looked back to where the green-haired boy was still standing and were shocked by what they saw.

"What the hell is that?!" Tetsutetsu shouted at what they were seeing on the screen.

"Whoa…" A few others mumbled.

On the screen everyone tried to make sense of what they were looking at. Not only was Midoriya somehow still standing after that move, but the boy looked...different. The top of his hair was now standing straight up into the air and it looked as though his eyes were glowing. No one was sure if it was just the way that picture was showing up on the screen or something else. But they had certainly never seen this before.

'What the hell?' Tokage thought.

"Dude, did Midoriya just go super saiyan or something?"

"This is…" Lily quietly said to herself.

Back in the training area, Blizzard seemed to be stunned for some reason. The cameras just so happened to be in good enough position to capture the look of pure shock on the woman's face as she looked down at Midoriya.

'What the hell?' She said to herself while trying to piece together what she was looking at. Something was not right, something was definitely not right about any of this. Her eyes had to have been playing tricks on her.

The more she took in the sight of the boy, the more confused she got. The glowing green eyes, the floating hair. All of that mixed into a figure dressed in all black. Suddenly, images of a certain green haired woman flashed across her mind and Blizzard felt a chill go down her spine.

'Is he...is he using..."Overdrive"?'

Down below, Midoriya couldn't exactly describe what exactly it was that he was feeling at this very moment. I was like a fog inside of his brain had just been lifted. For some reason his body felt almost weightless and the throbbing in his head had suddenly stopped. The boy looked around him to assess the damage that he had done and out the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Yanagi slowly standing back up.

"Yanagi-san, are you okay?!" The boy said in a worried tone before flying over to where she was. However, something different. Whatever the heck was going on with his quirk right now, that momentary trip over to his partner was enough cause for alarm. Not only did he get there way faster than he expected, but moving through the air was suddenly way easier than it was before.

"Midoriya-kun…" The grey haired teen looked up at her friend into his now glowing green eyes. "What did you just-"

"I don't know!" He cut her off. "We can't worry about that right now. I don't really know what just happened, but Fubuki-san's stopped attacking us." The boy then pointed back up to where the green haired heroine was gawking at them with a face of absolute bewilderment.

'What the hell is going on?' The girl said to herself before regaining her composure and standing back up. "Now's our chance, we need to take her down."

"Right." He nodded with a slight grin on his face. "Here's the plan. I'll bring her down to the ground, you get ready to put the cuffs on her when you see an opening."

"Alright." The girl simply replied only moments before Midoriya launched himself into the sky towards Blizzard with an absolutely ridiculous amount of speed.

'Did he get faster?'

The sight of the green haired teenager flying towards her was enough for Blizzard to shake herself out of her own thoughts just in time to avoid getting hit. Whatever was going on with this boy, she still needed to focus on this fight. She had expended quite a bit of stamina with that last move so she needed to end this once and for all. As Midoriya rounded back to try and make another pass at her, the woman attempted to grab hold of him once again. But just as she was about to do that, Midoriya suddenly changed directions and flew right under her.

'This speed, it's just like onee-chan's!'

The woman didn't even get a chance to react before she felt her body get forcefully yanked out of the sky and was sent flying towards the ground. At the last second, Blizzard was able to stop herself from falling and managed to hold herself up a few meters above the dirt. The woman then looked up above her only to see Midoirya floating in the air above.

Another memory flashed through her head and something in Blizzard's mind clicked. Whatever was going on right now, the voice in the back of her head was telling her that it was going to be all or nothing. Blizzard then scanned the area around them and by a sheer stroke of luck, the bus prop was still in the same position as it was before. A good two hundred and fifty meters away from them.

'That thing should be outside of his weight limit, but I can still move it.' She told herself as she used her power to lift the vehicle off the ground and send it towards him. On a good day, she could lift two of those by herself if she pushed it. But with how low on energy she was right now, this was the most that she could manage. She may have gotten serious, but she still had enough wherewithal not to send the thing flying at him. At most she was hoping that the sight of the thing would be enough to make him move and lose his focus.

The sound of the bus being lifted up was enough to draw Midoriya's attention. The boy then turned his head just in time to see the large vehicle approaching. Purely out of instinct, he attempted to use his quirk to stop the thing from hitting him. Midoriya simply held his hand out in front of him and much to the surprise of everyone watching, the bus stopped in its tracks.

'Holy shit!' He thought in disbelief.

'He stopped that?!' An equally surprised Blizzard wondered. If she remembered correctly, the boy told her that something like this was right at the edge of his weight limit. He shouldn't have been able to move it so easily.

"I'm not done yet, boy!" She then shouted before pushing the object towards him. In response, Midoriya used his own power to push back. Everyone watched as the two engaged in what could only be described as a game of reverse tug-of-war with each other. Except instead of a rope, they were trying to send a bus towards the other.

Blizzard was certainly not expecting this level of pushback from him at all. On her side, her head was starting to throb and she knew that she could only keep this up for a few more seconds at the most. Looking to find some way out of this, the woman quickly scanned the area around them in hopes of finding something to use as a weapon. But the second she averted her gaze, she lost a considerable amount of ground.

Seeing as there was only one way out of this situation, Blizzard clenched her teeth and attempted to push her own quirk to its limit. "Alright, let do thi-"

*Click!*

"What the-"

The sensation of metal wrapping around the woman's forearm was enough to break her concentration. With a loud crash, the bus fell to the ground and Blizzard looked down her at arm only to see a pair of cuffs dangling down from her limb. Utterly confused, the woman then looked to her right and was met with sight of Yanagi standing about fifteen meters away with her hands extended outward.

"Blizzard has been captured. Team Midoriya and Yangi have passed the final!" The voice of the announcer boomed through the area.

'She snuck up behind me while I was focusing on Midoriya-kun?' Blizzard thought to herself. The woman had completely forgotten about her other opponent in all that chaos.

"I was going to do that sooner, but I was trying not to get hit by that bus." The 'poltergeist' user stoically admitted. In reality, that was only half-true. The girl was actually mesmerized by the display of power that she was witnessing and only just remembered the other part of their plan.

"We passed?" Midoriya said in disbelief while floating over to join them. Completely missing the peculiar look that the green haired heroine was giving him.

"Yeah..somehow." Yanagi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"That was...a good job you two. Yeah...you took advantage of my mistake and executed rather well." Blizzard stated, still not taking her eyes off of the boy.

"Thank you, Blizzard-san." The grey haired teen bowed to the woman before turning the attention back to her friend. "Midoriya-kun, what is that?"

"What's what?" He tilted his head in confusion.

"Your look. Your eyes are glowing and your hair is standing up."

"What are you talking about?" He asked before making his descent back down to the ground. The moment his feet hit the dirt, the boy deactivated his quirk and started walking over towards them. "Yanagi-san, I think you- Argh!" The boy suddenly dropped to his knees and began clutching his head.

Out of nowhere, a wave of pain washed over the boy's entire body. His nose began profusely bleeding, his head was pounding and it felt like someone just hit him in the back of the skull with a hammer.

"Midoriya-kun!" Both women rushed to his aid. The two of them making it just in time to catch the boy from face planting into the dirt.

"He's out cold." Yanagi announced in a worried tone. "What just happened?"

'Is this the backlash from using "Overdrive"? It has to be, but how can he-' Deciding to worry about that little detail later, the green haired heroine grabbed hold of the boy and looked to the other student. "Yanagi-san, head over to the front gate to get the medical bots, and call for Recovery Girl. He drastically overused his quirk and won't be able to move for a while."

"Yes ma'am!" Was all the girl said before sprinting towards the entrance to the training ground.

While the girl was rushing over to get help, Blizzard looked back down at the unconscious teen that she was holding in her arms. A flurry of thoughts were flying through her head right now and a bunch of things just weren't adding up. There was no doubt in her mind that Midoriya just used a technique that only her and her sister could use. And the current state that he was in was more than even further proof of that.

'What the hell is going on, Midoriya-kun?'

A very loud and dramatic sigh came from the mouth of Recovery Girl as the elderly woman stood up from her seat and began making her way to the exit. "I was hoping that I could get some time to rest today, but I guess that was just wishful thinking. It looks like that boy went and overdid it."

Around the room a slurry of sidebar conversations broke out amongst the students.

"Oh man, is Midoriya going to be okay?" Tsunotori said in a very worried tone.

"I hope so." Honenuki answered her.

"Dude, I don't think I've ever seen Midoriya go that hard before. That shit was crazy!" Awase blurted out.

"Yeah...it did get kind of wild towards the end, didn't it?" Ozehana chuckled, earning a slight nod from Lily.

"I knew Izuku was pretty powerful, but that was something else." Tokage said.

"Whatever it was that he just did, it certainly had Blizzard on her toes. Did you see her face earlier?" Kendou asked no one in particular.

"Let that match be a motivator to the rest of you. If you want to pass, you're gonna have to put in the same amount of effort as those two!" Kan suddenly announced.

"Yes, sir!"

"That's what I like to hear! Now that the first match is over, the rest of you better get ready. Kendou, Tetsutetsu, Tokage, Kaibara, Tsunotori and Kodai, you lot are the first group. Start making your way over to your designated training grounds and get ready!"

A few quick nods were all that the blood themed hero got in response as the aforementioned students began leaving the room to head over to the exam sites. Along with way, Tokage and Kaibara started going over their strategy again. They had done some planning before the first match, but there was nothing wrong with making sure that everything was good to go.

"You ready for this?" The 'gyrate' quirk user looked to his partner.

"You bet I am! We can't let Izuku and Ghosty steal all the glory now can we?" The girl beamed with confidence.

"Ectoplasm-sensei will be tough to deal with though. I know you're smart and all, but I'm a bit worried."

"Don't sweat it man, we got this in the bag."

"Alright well, I'm counting on you." He gave her a weak smile.

With that, the duo began going over their plan of attack. They were up against a tough opponent and it certainly wasn't going to be a walk in the park. But Tokage was confident that they would make it out of this with time to spare. Especially with the plan that she had cooked up. She was still worried about Midoriya, but this was not the time to think about that. Now was her chance to prove her worth and show everyone what she was made of.

'You better watch out, sensei. Or else you won't know what hit you!'