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All Might had just destroyed Bakugou's entire career with a few punches.
"Even with those handicaps…" Ochako noted.
"He's still so strong!" Kirishima finished.
"Of course- I'm a villain, heroes." All Might held up his hand and motioned for them to come at him. The group didn't move. "Very well...then I'll just come at YOU!
All Might launched himself at the quartet, arms outstretched. The power he used to launch himself caused the ground to shake. Izuku saw DEATH when All Might came at them.
"RUN!" Izuku yelled. Izuku, Kirishima and Ochako bolted away, but Bakugou stood his ground.
"Bakugou! Get out of here!" Ochako yelled.
"YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME! Bakugou aimed his two gauntlets at All Might and fired. A bright explosion blinded the 'villain'.
"STUN GRENADE!"
All Might stopped his attack to cover his eyes. Bakugou jumped up, ready to attack. "All Might! From the very damn start-" All Might grabbed Bakugou's face, and held him in the air. Bakugou struggled to aim his gauntlets at All Might's body. One aimed at his face, another aimed at his chest.
"I was expecting this." Bakugou smirked.
All Might was bombarded with Bakugou's explosions- they hurt more than he thought they would. Most people, when having their faces grabbed, would try and tear away. But Bakugou was dead set on beating All Might...
And nothing else.
All Might threw Bakugou over his shoulder, and onto the ground. Bakugou yelled- that attack knocked the wind out of his lungs.
"A weak barrage like that isn't enough to stop me…" All Might darkly chuckled. All Might jerked his head to face the other three students- their eyes were filled with fear, and they were ready to run. It reminded Izuku of Stain.
Kirishima got in front of the duo. "You two, go! We only need two people to pass through the gate to make the grade!"
"Red Riot-!" Ochako yelled.
Kirishima hardened his body as best he could- All Might's fists slammed into him, but the young hero stood his ground.
"GO!" Kirishima yelled.
Ochako and Izuku took off running- Ochako tapped her arms with three of her fingers, and jumped up. She was still somewhat floaty, but that was good. Maybe she needed to invest in something that could control her gravityless body. Ochako floated through the air, occasionally looking back to see All Might still focused on breaking through Kirishima's defenses. Izuku channeled his Full Cowling, and began to jump around from building to building. His parkouring skills had clearly improved. The movements were still 'Bakugou-esqe' but they had their own personal flair.
"Find the exit! Then we can-" Izuku yelled.
"NORTH DAKOTA-"
Izuku and Ochako swiveled their necks to see All Might, flying right at them. He grabbed Izuku's body, and tackled him to the ground.
"SMASH!"
Ochako shrieked as she lunged for the Omnitrix—it felt all too real. But simulating a fight was the purpose of the exam. Ochako had landed on top of a structure and went over to observe the massive cloud of debris.
"Deku!"
All Might jumped out of the dust cloud.
"SOUTH DAKOTA-"
Ochako attempted to flee, but All Might was too fast. He also hit hard- a flying boulder, as it were. He grabbed Ochako and tackled her through the building's roof.
"SMASH!"
Ochako groaned, as All Might let her go. Ochako rubbed her head.
I know this is a test, but OW! Ochako thought.
All Might looked around, as if checking for something. Ochako was confused. "Alright, good. No one else is around. And there's no security cameras monitoring this place...we're in the clear."
"Huh?" Ochako asked.
"We're testing ALL your abilities, kid. That includes...other powers." All Might tapped his wrist. Ochako caught on immediately.
"Come at me. I don't think Bakugou will stay down long." All Might taunted.
Ochako's face hardened. She wiped off some of the dirt from her face, and ripped off one of her damaged gauntlets. She activated the Omnitrix. "If you'll treat this as the real deal, then I will too!"
Ochako slapped down the Omnitrix. Her muscles started to swell, and her skin became red. Her hands became bulkier, and armor adorned her body. Four Arms's fists hit her knuckles, and she cracked her neck. "Don't take this personally."
The two immediately started to trade blows, punching each other like crazy. Their fists were like pistons constantly firing. Ochako could work through the pain- maybe those bracelets All Might was wearing were holding him back, or maybe Ochako was grossly misunderestimating Four Arm's durability.
Ochako swung her right two arms at All Might, knocking him back. All Might countered with his own powerful punch, driving it at Ochako's chest. Ochako caught his fist with her two big arms, while her lower arms unloaded bullet-like punches onto the pro.
All Might decided to take a page from Izuku- with his free hand, All Might flicked his fingers. The force of the wind was enough to propel Ochako into a wall, freeing All Might from her grasp. All Might tackled Ochako through a few more walls, but stopped at one.
"...does that wall lead to the outside?"
Ochako paused. "I think it's safe to crash through it."
"Good!"
All Might ran through another wall, and smashed Ochako onto the ground. Ochako kicked him off of her. All Might stumbled backwards- Ochako kicked herself back up, and smashed into All Might's face with her crash helmet. All Might cursed, and stumbled backwards.
Ochako wasn't finished yet. She drew her left fists back and delivered a devastating straight forward haymaker. All Might barely avoided the attack, but the fist crashed through another wall they hadn't yet burst through. All Might reacted quickly. He flipped around and pounded on the back of Ochako's head. She collapsed on the ground. All Might laughed as he put his foot on her back.
"You're pretty good, kid! You're still in desperate need of practice, tho-" All Might suddenly realized something- something was squeezing his back. All Might looked down to see Ochako was flexing her back muscles to hold All Might's foot in plac
"W-what the?!"
"Sure, I'm in need of that- but I'm great at improvising." Ochako slapped down her Omnitrix symbol, and turned into Big Chill. She immediately turned intangible, and froze All Might's body, save for his head.
"C-clever…" All Might grunted/
"Now, here's the thing...I could take some free shots at you right now, and easily pass the exam...or I could help my teammates." Ochako said.
All Might: Well, what are you gonna do?
Ochako froze All Might's body again. "Restrain you a little longer. I need to find my friends."
All Might grinned. "I can respect that."
Ochako reverted back to human, and ran off to find the others.
Ochako ran towards Izuku- the dust had cleared, and Ochako could clearly see he was stuck in between a gate that All Might had pinned on top of him.
"Deku!" Ochako yelled, running faster.
"U-ura raka?!" Izuku called out, his voice a mix of surprise and relief. Part of him wondered how she managed to escape from All Might, though when the adrenaline died down a bit, he knew.
"Did...did you...?" Izuku whispered when she was closer. Ochako touched the gate and used her Quirk to have the debris lift off of him.
"Yes. He made sure no one else was around before he let me. Knowing his power though, I don't know how long we've got!" Ochako said.
Izuku climbed out of the debris, and stood back up. "We need to regroup with Bakugou and Kirishima. Where are they?"
"No idea. Lucky I managed to find anyone honestly," the anti-gravity hero admitted.
"When All Might gets back in the fight and finds them on their own..."
"I know. We need to find them, fast."
"Hopefully Bakugou isn't being...Bakugou." Ochako frowned.
"And if he is...hopefully Kirishima can help him out..." Izuku added.
Kirishima helped Bakugou up (not of his own volition). "Man, I took those punches better than I thought I would've." Kirishima said. "You alright, man?"
"...where's All Might?" Bakugou frowned.
"Uh, he went after Midoryia and Ochako." Kirishima said. "Why-?"
Bakugou's hands lit up. "Keep up." Bakugou blasted himself off the ground, and began propelling himself through the air.
"H-hey! Wait up!" Kirishima yelled, chasing after him.
Explosions rocked the air, echoing out through the air, alerting everyone to Bakugou's presence, All-Might included. The icy prison that Ochako had put him in began to weaken, cracks forming all along its surface.
"Kacchan's back at it..." Izuku said, watching Bakugou fly through the air.
"COME ON! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Bakugou yelled. "COME OUT AND FIGHT!"
"Well...who am I to ignore such a blatant challenge?" All Might smirked, breaking free and shattering the icy prison. He dusted off the last remnants of ice from his shoulder before leaping over to the source of the explosions. Jumping from building to building, the number one pro quickly made his way to where Bakugou was, zeroing in on the source of the explosions.
"I AM HERE!" All Might yelled, winding up a punch. All Might was about to hammer Bakugou to the ground-
But Bakugou propelled himself upwards, and positioned himself over All Might. He placed both of their arms in front of him, and yelled. Bakugou focused all of his energy into creating a giant beam-like explosion that hit All Might at point blank range.
Izuku and Ochako were quick to run- the explosion was big enough to require some good distance. The group passed Kirishima as they ran.
"Hey, where are you-!" Kirishima suddenly saw the explosion, and turned around. "WAIT UP!"
Bakugou could only madly grin as the explosion slammed into All Might, the sheer force of the explosion pushing him back. The other three were just running away from the blast zone, hoping not to get caught up in it. Kirishima...might have been safe, though that was a very shaky "might," given just how much power the impulsive student was putting into the attack.
Ochako, Izuku and Kirishima ducked behind a building, and felt the ground shake and listened to the sound of debris crumble. Ochako took a few deep breaths.
"...he's crazy." Ochako said. "He's crazy about taking down All Might!"
"Why the hell is acting so irrational!?" Kirishma frowned.
"He said we'd never win facing him head on...why be a hypocrite here?" Izuku asked.
Suddenly, something dawned on Izuku.
"He's trying to one up me."
"He's what?!" Ochako and Kirishima asked in unison. Sure, Bakugou could be stubborn, rude, and abrasive, but he couldn't be that petty. Could he? Even if he could be, why aim it all at Izuku? Ochako knew, but there's no way it was because he got ahold of One for Al and not Bakugou. So...what the hell?!
"He's jealous about my Quirk." Izuku frowned, looking down at his hand. "I've been growing at an incredible rate, and Bakugou's just stuck at the same level. I faced an actual villain, and Bakugou wasted his time with Best Jeanist...he's angry."
Ochako slowly realized what he meant.
Did Bakugou resent Izuku because he was All Might's successor?
"That...that's...oh my god," Kirishima groaned, "So what are we supposed to do?"
"This is a test. We're being judged on our ability to work together. Whether Bakugou is on board or not, we need to cooperate and outsmart All Might." Izuku said. "And that means trying to get Bakugou out of there now."
"Do you have a plan?" Ochako asked.
"A small plan could knock All Might down for a short while," Izuku said. "Kirishima, how heavy are you in your 'bulkiest' mode?"
Kirishima paused to think. "I dunno, like a good 300 pounds?"
"Uraraka?" Izuku turned to the anti-gravity hero and immediately it all clicked.
"On it! Follow me!" Ochako motioned to Kirishima to follow her, before racing off for the roof of a nearby building.
All Might had survived the explosion, though not unscathed. His suit was torn, and his body was singed from the explosion. "Almost had me there, young Bakugou...I commend you for your bravery in that attack."
Bakugou fought to get to his feet.
"You're envious, aren't you? Of Midoryia's growth. You're level 50 when he starts at level one." All Might said. "And, somehow, Izuku has nearly reached your level. Bakugou, you still have room to develop! But you can't do it alone right now."
Bakugou stood up violently and coughed.
"...if you mean I have to rely on his help..." Bakugou groaned. "Then I'd rather lose."
"It doesn't have to be young Midoriya, you know," All Might countered, "You could simply ask someone else for assistance. Not all the time, mind you, but not every scenario will be one you can just blast through."
"You stand alone." Bakugou countered. "No matter what you come against, you always try to win. By yourself. No matter how bad it looks. I worshiped that as a kid. The lone hero, the solution to the battle's end. I want to be that hero."
Bakugou stood back up, eyes full of rage. "The best hero who doesn't need ANYONE else!"
"Young Bakugou...you are aware I've had sidekicks in the past, aren't you?" All Might began.
"And did they ever assist you in battles against the foes you struggled with?" Bakugou said. "They looked to YOU to stop them."
"Because their Quirks were not suited for combat. In a way, their Quirks complimented my own. Think of it as the pieces of a-"
Before the top pro could continue his speech, Izuku rocketed past All Might and grabbed Bakugou by the wrist.
"Hold on!" Izuku yelled.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Bakugou shouted.
"Young Midoriya!" All Might called out.
"You'd rather LOSE!?" Izuku yelled- he was fuming at that. "That doesn't sound like you at all!"
Bakugou struggled to get out of his grasp. "Let go of me!"
"Whether or not we try to beat All Might or run from him, I'm drawing blanks on how to beat him." Izuku admitted. "But why not try using me before we give up?"
Bakugou growled.
"I don't want to hear you say that it's okay if we lose!" Izuku said. "You're the one who doesn't surrender!"
Up above the number one pro, Ochako let Kirishima use his Quirk to shift into his bulkiest form. With a quick tap on his shoulder, Ochako was quickly able to lift the bulwark of a hero-in-training into the air.
Kirishima quietly floated above All Might- when Ochako felt he was at a good drop height, she quickly released her Quirk's hold on the boy.
"HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kirishima shouted as he dropped. With most of All-Might's attention focused on Bakugou and Izuku's argument, he did the one thing villains have a comic tendency not to do. Look up.
"What the-" All Might looked up, to see Kirishima crossing his arms in front of his body.
"RED...CROSS!" Kirishima yelled, as he plummeted towards All Might.
"Cleverly do-!" All Might began before his student slammed down from above. Much like Bakugou's attack, Red Cross caused a massive impact, sending dust flying into the air.
"Right as he was complementing us, too," Ochako chuckled a little.
All Might had been knocked down by the attack. Kirishima laid on top of him, and returned to his normal form.
"I'M ALIVEEEEE!" Kirishima yelled, as Ochako ran over.
"Red Cross?" Ochako joked, as Kirishima got off All Might. "Is that a super move?"
"Yeah, kinda on the spot." Kirishima admitted.
"Think we can workshop the name?" Ochako asked with a smirk.
"Yeah, probably. Was a bit literal with it so," Kirishima rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"And taken." Ochako said, running off.
All Might groaned. "These kids are getting more and more creative with their powers..." He mumbled. He was proud...
But also VERY hurt.
He did get back from the attack, it wasn't enough to take him out of the fight, but he was definitely going to commend the teamwork on display from Ochako and Kirishima. Part of him thought that was going to be, say, Gravattack or Four Arms, but he was glad to be wrong!
"Now...let's see what they're planning next."
Kirishima and Ochako regrouped with Izuku and Bakugou inside of a random building. Bakugou looked messed up, with his mask and parts of his costume torn up.
"Woah." Kirishima said. "I'm surprised you came out looking like that...consider yourself lucky."
"Whatever." Bakugou said.
"I know you hate losing, and I know you despise working with people, but we have to work together to win." Ochako said. "We need to put our hands together and think..."
"If either of you have ideas, I'm all ears," Kirishima said.
Bakugou looked around, and frowned. "...three of us can take him in a fight right now. Kirishima landed some blows on him, Deku can probably break through his defenses with one of his punches...and I can overwhelm him."
Ochako frowned. "What about me?"
Bakugou grinned mischievously. "You get the fun part."
Fun didn't sound great with that grin. Bakugou took off one of his gauntlets and tossed it towards Ochako.
"In case you forgot, my sweat is stored in order to maximize the strength and effects of my quirk. When the grenade pin is full, I just pull the pin and..." Bakugou snapped his fingers.
"Boom." Izuku shivered- he was on the receiving end of one of those once.
"You want me to pull what I did with Kirishima, just with a more explosive result?" Ochako asked.
"The close-range guys wear him down, Ochako gets the glory of taking the win. Sounds like a plan to me," Kirishima said, slamming his fists together.
"He'll never expect her to get the drop. He's just gonna think she ran towards the entrance." Bakugou said.
Ochako didn't appreciate that comment.
"Ok. I think...I know we can do this," Izuku said, steeling his determination.
Ochako equipped the gauntlet on her hand- the gauntlet was heavier than she thought it'd be. She had to tap on it to remove some of the weight on her arm. "RIght."
"Then let's show the number one pro what we can do," Kirishima smirked.
All Might was back up and running around, looking for those kids. Letting them catch him off guard like that? Careless. Also? These gauntlets were starting to feel really heavy.
The number one pro hummed to himself, looking at the time left for the team's final.
"Still plenty of time for them to try something...but they had better act soon," All Might said, continuing his search.
If he had to guess, Midoryia had convinced the others to run away. They were probably heading towards the exit. If that was the case, that was where-
"HEY! WHERE'RE YOU LOOKING, CHUMP?"
Bakugou blasted All Might from behind.
"Trying the same strategy as before? Unfortunate!" All Might called out, leaping after Bakugou. The stubborn student held his arms out behind him and began firing off smaller explosions in succession.
"That's it," Bakugou muttered, "Follow me."
All Might rushed after him, blinded by Bakugou's explosions. He could just easily follow the sound, but there was something off. Bakugou would've fought him head on…what was he playing at-
"KYAH!" Kirishima rammed into All Might from one side.
All Might was tackled into the side of another building, cracking the wall as he was embedded in it.
"I see...an ambush! Slowly but steadily improving, young Bakugou!" All Might grinned as he pried himself free of the wall.
"And he's not the only one!" Izuku yelled, rushing in for his own attack.
All Might was suddenly swarmed by the teens, and they were punching and kicking him. All Might absorbed the blows, and grunted.
"I see! Finally working with your team, are we?" All Might laughed. "NO MATTER!"
The top pro managed to free himself from the barrage of hits from the trio, jumping away to ensure as much distance between him and them as possible. He began winding up a punch, air swirling around his arm.
"NEBRASKA...SMASH!" All Might yelled, throwing the punch and launching a tornado at the trio.
The boys were swept up in the tornado- they were spun around and thrown through the air. "W-what the hell is with these obscure moves!?" Kirishima yelled.
All Might huffed, as he rolled his shoulder. "Haven't done that one in a while..."
"Nebraska Smash! He hasn't used this since his fight with the Vill-" Izuku began.
"Shut it, fanboy! How do we counter a damn tornado?!" Bakugou asked. He thought that maybe one of his explosions could free him from the tornado, but with how strong the winds were going, that might not work.
Izuku landed ontop of a building and stopped himself from falling. Izuku squinted and thought about his next action.
"...we need a counter." Izuku said, holding up his hand. "And I think I'm the only one who can do it."
"Whatever you're about to do, Izuku-OW!" Kirishima called out as he was tossed into a wall, "Better do it now!"
Izuku couldn't risk breaking his hand again, especially after Recovery Girl indicated she wouldn't treat him if he did. Izuku paused to think for a moment...and remembered something.
"Kacchan! How hot can your explosions get!?" Izuku yelled.
Bakugou frowned. "I dunno! 240° C? Why!?"
All Might watched in, curious as to how this would go.
What are you planning, young Midoriya? More importantly...I only see three of your four-member team. Hiding her as a trump card, perhaps? The top pro mentally mused.
"...go crazy with your explosions. To stop a tornado from developing, just keep heating it!" Izuku yelled.
"First plan I can one hundred percent agree with!" Bakugou grinned, holding out his hand. Explosion after explosion rang out, heating up the spinning air.
"Studious as ever, young Midoriya!" All Might beamed.
Bakugou began barraging the air with explosion after explosion. The sounds of the explosions were overwhelming, All Might couldn't hear anything else.
Especially not Ochako floating behind him. Ochako's finger was locked around the pin of the gauntlet.
Line up the shot...and... Ochako thought to herself, taking aim at the distracted All Might.
"Now!" Izuku called out. All Might, thinking he was talking to Kirishima or Bakugou, readied another Nebraska Smash.
Ochako pulled the pin out- she aimed the gauntlet at All Might, and closed her eyes. Ochako was sent flying backwards from the force of the explosion. She yelled and she helplessly spun through the air.
"THIS WAS SO MUCH MORE INTENSE THAN I THOUGHT IT'D BEEEEEEEE!" Ochako yelled, still spinning.
"All three of you were a distrac-!" All Might began, looking over his shoulder to see Ochako, before he was struck by the explosion.
"Yes!" Izuku cheered.
"Perfect shot!" Kirishima added.
"...it worked, I guess," Bakugou scoffed.
"Whatever! GO!" Kirishima yelled, as the trio took off. The trio spirited away, leaving All Might in the dust.
All Might coughed, and brushed off some dust from his body.
"They duped me..." All Might said, amazed. "They actually got a drop on me. They worked together."
Beat.
All Might laughed, amused. "Well, I'll take it. They compromised between running and fighting me...I had already dealt some damage to the area, so firing that attack in the same direction would minimize further destruction."
All Might stood back up. "They're clever...I was sure the team would fall apart with Bakugou being thrown in the mix. Bakugou and Midoryia are dealing with a multitude of feelings. Ochako is struggling with her new powers...and Kirishima is caught in the crossfire. A mediator."
All Might wiped some blood from his mouth. "They put aside their issues to take down a villain. This is a great first step...towards the future."
All Might looked back in the direction Ochako had flown off in.
"Well, she proved herself once. Let's see if she can do it again." All Might grinned.
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