Last exam chapter! Now to study for an exam or i'm gonna be screwed

Anyways, here's your chapter. Here's the Discord: /cgFmXz3qJ5

Meanwhile, Momo and Mina were still running from Aizawa, weaving through the suburban streets to lose him.

"How much farther is this exit gate?" Mina asked.

"I…I don't know! Maybe there's a shorter route?" Momo asked. Her mind was clouded with doubt right now.

"Shorter route, shorter route, shorter route, uhhhh," Mina repeated to herself, searching around to maybe find something that could work as an escape.

Where...am I even running?! Momo asked herself. No...what am I doing!? Is this really ok?

Mina noticed Momo's anguish- she was about to say something, when Aizawa's capture cloth wrapped around her foot and pulled her to the ground. Momo hadn't even realized Mina wasn't behind her until it was too late.

"Mina? MINA?!" Momo called out, turning to try and find her pink teammate.

"No...no, no, no, how did...when did he-?!"

"Your loss of self confidence since the Festival is very evident, Yaoyorozu." Aizawa said, sending out his capture cloth. It wrapped around her right arm. Momo yelped, as Aizawa landed on a roof.

"Let me hit you where it hurts." Aizawa said, tugging the cloth. "I'll make this nice and slow..."

Momo grunted, as her arm was pulled back. I-I have no chance against Mr. Aizawa...why did I think this was the best plan!?

There it is, Aizawa thought to himself, seeing the panic set on his student's face, That doubt...

Momo attempted to act- and thankfully, she could. For some odd reason, her quirk hadn't been erased.

Mr. Aizawa must have been trying to psyche me out... Momo thought, as she created a wide cylinder around her arm. It allowed her to slip out of Aizawa's capture device with ease. Is that how bad my self-confidence has gotten? I'll just assume the worst and go with it?

There we go, Aizawa thought to himself as he tried to rebind Momo. Two more pieces of the Capture Scarf lashed out, aimed at Momo's legs, but she was able to jump over them with ease and assume a fighting stance.

"Really going to try and fight me?" Eraserhead raised a brow behind his goggles.

Momo scowled. "No." Her wrist produced something else, which drew Aizawa's attention. Momo flicked her wrist at Aizawa- and suddenly, a net tangled Aizawa's body. Aizawa was caught, which gave Momo time to flee.

"Interesting..." Aizawa said. "Where did this come from?" She'd never made something like this- it was a typical Pro Hero support tool, for beginners.

Of course, considering he knew his kind of tool, he was able to free himself relatively easily. He did examine the net, though.

Snowfall, maybe? Aizawa wondered, A parting gift perhaps?

Momo ran past Mina. "Your quirk still works! He was faking us out!"

Mina grinned. "Now you tell me." Mina said, melting her bindings off.

The fabric of the capture scarf dissolved in a few seconds, letting the pink student rejoin her still free classmate.

"Ok, mind games are done! Now what?" Mina asked.

"We free the other two, and try to figure something out! Aizawa's being hyper-aggressive with containing us...and he's not gonna go down easy." Momo said.

"Fabric Isn't too hard to deal with, I can melt it in no time," Mina said, "One question though. How do we cuff 'im? Or are we just running?"

"I...don't know. Let's just regroup with Todoroki and Jirou and figure something out." Momo said.

"Got it!" Mina cheered.

C'mon Momo, you're one of the stars of the class! You can do this! the acid-user thought to herself.

Momo and Mina quickly arrived back where Todoroki and Jirou were tied up.

"M-momo! You came back!" Jirou yelled.

"I-I did! I'm sorry, I should have-" Momo yelled.

"Momo!" Shoto cut her off. "You...you have a plan, right?!"

"I'm...I'm still working on it. For now, Mina?"

"One quick escape for Jirou and Todoroki, comin' up!" Mina smirked, unleashing a torrent of acid to wash away the caltrops. She quickly took aim with her fingers and precisely melted through the capture scarf surrounding both students, letting them drop to the ground.

"Sorry." Todoroki said, as he walked towards Momo. "I should've asked if you were okay with my plan. Tell me your idea."

"B-but, if your strategy didn't work, I fear mine won't work either..." Momo said, looking away.

"Momo. That's no precedent to go by," Todoroki interrupted.

"I don't know, Todoroki! Okay!?" Momo yelled. "I...I don't know what I'm supposed to-"

"Just do it!" Todoroki said. "I believe in you, Momo."

"You're just saying that to get me to-"

"No, really." Todoroki said. "I believe in you, ever since I saw how hardworking you were. Remember how you got two votes for class president?"

Momo did, actually. She was shocked two random people trusted her enough to be handed such a responsibility. They'd just met last week!

"I...I voted for you too," Jirou admitted. "I don't know, the way you were so cool and collected and ready to answer anything...that gave me the image of someone who could lead the class."

"You...did?" Momo was definitely a little surprised by that, clearing away some of her doubt, but not all.

"Momo, I don't know what Snowfall said to you, but ignore her! Heard she's kind of an ice queen anyway," Mina said, trying to help.

(Somewhere off in the city, Snowfall felt she needed to have some strong words with someone for disrespecting her. But who that was exactly was anyone's guess.)

"I...it's not that Snowfall said something to me." Momo said. "I just felt I held her back that entire week. She was so caught up in my indecision and inner turmoil, I don't know..."

"I-it's not like-...actually, no, not saying that because that'd make things worse, uh..." Mina stopped herself, trying to think of something better.

"What Mina's trying to say is we've all been there. We've all hit that spot of 'I don't know what to do.' Yeah, they say you should always know, but...be honest, how likely is that to happen? We're just human, after all," Jirou took over.

"I'm...I'm just worried. I feel like I'm more of a walking encyclopedia or factory, reciting knowledge or mass producing stuff for others." Momo looked down at her hands. "I...want to feel like something more than that."

"...Momo...if we have ever made you feel like that, I'm sorry. You're way more than that," Mina said, putting a hand on her friend's shoulder.

"It's...it's just a dumb fear." Momo huffed. "I-"

"Are you finished?"

Aizawa was above them- with one single glance, he erased all their quirks. Everyone looked up in horror...but Momo suddenly looked determined. She reached for the Matryoshka dolls in her belt, and tossed into the air.

I know I'm not the best hero right now- and that's okay.

"CLOSE YOUR EYES!" Momo yelled. "NOW!"

"Hm?" Aizawa raised a brow while everyone adverted their gaze from the doll as it cracked open.

Clever, Eraserhead thought to himself.

A flashbang popped out of one of the dolls- and detonated. Momo and the others took advantage of the explosion to run.

And with that bright flash, Aizawa was forced to close his eyes or risk having them burned.

"I do have a plan, Todoroki!" Momo yelled as they ran. "And I'm sure it'll lead us to victory!"

"That's the spirit!" Mina cheered.

"So...what's the plan?" Todoroki said.

"I've been thinking about it since the start." Momo said. "Sensei's eyes haven't been as dependable lately."

"Cuz of his injury at the USJ against that Nomu freak." Mina said. "We're taking advantage of that."

"Not necessarily!" Momo said. "We just need to escape his line of sight. And with a little bit of time...this will be our win!"

"Hide from his line of sight without our quirks..." Todoroki said. "How do we do that?"

"Just do what I say! Keep trying to use your ice." Momo yelled.

"I can manage that," Todoroki said, secretly a little thankful she didn't need him to use his fire.

Aizawa chased after them, bandages wrapping around lightposts to fling him forward. Todoroki looked back, still trying to use his quirk.

"Don't think that we can't use our quirks, because there'll be an opening." Momo said. "If only for an instant."

Aizawa felt his eyes get dry.

"When he blinks...before he can open his eyes, make that giant ice wall you made at the Sports Festival." Momo said.

When Aizawa blinked, he suddenly heard the sound of Todoroki's quirk. When he opened his eyes...

There was a giant ice wall before him. And his scarf was caught in it.

Eraserhead scoffed a bit at the attempt to slow him down. While part of the scarf was caught, he could still rip free of the icy barrier. Still though, a few precious seconds may be all the difference Momo's team needed.

Todoroki looked up at the giant ice wall before him. Half of his body was covered in frost.

"Damn." Mina whistled, admiring the giant ice wall. "That move always looks hard for you."

"Yeah. Just need to heat myself up." Todoroki said, activating his flame side to regulate body temp. He turned to Momo. "Now, Momo...can you-"

Momo turned away and opened her costume up. Jirou gasped, covering Todoroki's eyes.

"W-what are you-!?" Jirou asked.

Momo's chest started to produce something familiar- Aizawa's weapon. Todoroki looked over Jirou's hand to see the scarf.

"Hey, Momo- suggestion. Move the boob window to the back!" Mina yelled. "It'll make it look LESS weird when you do stuff like this."

"You know how to make Mr. Aizawa's weapon capture scarf?" Todoroki said.

"Not really. I can't replicate it perfectly, because I don't know materials or manufacturing methods..." Momo said, picking it up. "But this is my special version. I weaved something else into it."

"Interesting." Jirou said, picking it up.

"Jirou- you have a serious weakness here. You can't really use your quirk offensively in this scenario. Especially in a residental area. So..." Momo held up her hand, and produced a small speaker. "Use this to transmit your powers."

"A speaker?" Jirou said, taking it. "Well, if my quirk works on a phone..."

"Then it should work on a speaker even better! We can blast Mr. Aizawa when he's distracted!" Mina suggested.

"That could work as a backup," Todoroki admitted.

"Given the residental setting, we want to keep property damage to a minimum." Momo looked at Mina.

"W-what's that look for?" Mina pouted.

"I want you to take this." Momo said, producing another weapon from her hand. Mina raised an eyebrow- this one was a bit more complex. It was a pair of gloves with some nozzles on the knuckles.

"This will help you store your acid if he erases your quirk." Momo explained. "It only stores 5 oz of acid, though."

"I think I can manage." Mina said, putting it on. "Why'd you learn to make this?"

"I learned to make support tools...just in case for situations like this." Momo said. "I want to support everyone in anyway I can."

"Did you make this glove by yourself?" Todoroki asked.

"No- borrowed the design from-" Momo shook her head. "I'll explain later."

"I'll hold you to that!" Mina grinned.

"The goal is to tangle him in this binding cloth." Momo said, holding up the faux copy. "Are any of you familiar with nitinol alloys?"

Blank stares.

"When its heated, it temporarily returns to its original form. It's used in things like wires or paperclips. So, if I was to take a paperclip with this alloy, unfold it and heat it back up...it'd snap back into the paperclip shape."

Mina nodded. "Oooooohhh...I like this plan."

"Ah...the plan...relies on heat," Todoroki said.

"Sorry about that, but you only need to use it for a few seconds," Momo added.

"It's fine. I'm getting used to using my fire side more and more." Todoroki said.

"Good," Momo nodded and looked over her shoulder to see if Aizawa was still following them. Knowing him, it shouldn't have taken him too long to figure a way around the barrier and resume the chase.

"It's gonna take a while for that ice to melt. And the exit's on the other side." Todoroki said. "Lemme burn us a path so we can get out of here..."

"Acid could do the job too, right?" Mina asked, "Besides, gonna need all your firepower for the big finish."

"True, we can test out how these gloves work." Mina said, loading them up with acid.

The pink student took aim with the stored acid in her gloves and fired off the stored up acid at the wall. It was a bit slower than using Todoroki's flames, but just as effective.

"Wow, this thing works like a charm!" Mina said. "I should get this for my usual costume."

"We can ask the support class for some help on that later," Jirou said, "Pass the exam first!"

Aizawa admired the ice wall in front of him. Todoroki was always an impressive student.

The exit gate was behind the teacher. While someone else would go stumbling after them blindly, Aizawa elected to wait patiently for their next moves.

Momo had a plan.

And he wanted to see it.

"Change's there...let's see where she goes with it," Aizawa said to himself, crossing his arms and waiting.

Aizawa noticed something moving around the ice wall. Two people in cloaks.

Aizawa smirked- a cloth. He couldn't erase what he couldn't see, but...this also put them at a real disadvantage.

I'll be nice, Aizawa thought to himself, I'll let them make the first move, see what they go for.

Aizawa watched them walk around blindly. It seems their strategy had a flaw. They couldn't see out of those cloaks…

"Seems they also have some disadvantages." Aizawa said. "They can't see!"

With that, Aizawa let out a single slash with his scarf, as a means to test out who these two were. If ice met him, it was Todoroki, if acid, he'd know it was Mina. If both just dodged, then maybe it was Jirou and Yaoyorozu.

But what if they did nothing? Aizawa's scarf wrapped around the blankets, and pulled them together. The two hoods smashed into each other with a loud wooden clunk.

"What the-?" Aizawa said, maneuvering his way over. The cloths were thrown off...and underneath them was Mina and Momo.

"Heya, teach!" Mina winked.

"Letting yourselves be captured? Either a risky move or a rookie mistake. Knowing you...could be either," Aizawa said.

"You sure about that?" Mina grinned, aiming her gauntlet at Aizawa. A burst of acid spat out- Aizawa's tendrils pulled his body back.

I erased her quirk- how did she do that? Aizawa said, before noting the gauntlets. Momo's handiwork. She must've sent the calvary out first!

Jiro plugged her earjacks into the speaker and let loose a large blast of noise. Aizawa pulled himself away, as she started to blast more and more bits of sound.

Each successive sound-blast slammed into where Aizawa had been just minutes before, missing the professor and slamming into a building or tearing a groove into the pavement. With the frequency of the sound blasts, the pro was mostly on the defensive, using his scarf to pull himself up to a telephone pole to avoid one more sonic wave.

"Come on..." Jiro muttered. "Get into position already!"

Jiro blasted her sound waves once again, but Aizawa dodged...right where Momo wanted him.

"Now!" Momo yelled. A spark flared up nearby, catching Aizawa's attention. For a few brief seconds, Todoroki tapped into those flames he absolutely hated.

"Here we go," Todoroki muttered as he quickly took aim at the scarf and let out a quick, but powerful, jet of flame from his hand.

Aizawa was blinded by the flames. His bandages pulled him backwards, but Mina was ready to 'clip his wings'.

"Here we go!" Mina yelled, pointing her gauntlet at the bandages. She sniped it with ease, cutting off Aizawa's escape. Aizawa fell to the ground, and stumbled backwards- that hurt.

"Momo, honor's yours!" Jirou called, motioning to the cuffs the team's leader was carrying.

Momo rushed towards the teacher, rolling over a small trebuchet. Aizawa readied himself to escape, but Momo was ready. She stepped on the lever and released the faux capture device.

"Hmph...well done," Aizawa smirked. He conceded and let the device find its target.

The trebuchet launched a similar binding device at Aizawa. He raised an eyebrow. "Another distraction?"

"No." Momo said. "An end to this." Momo moved out of the way as Todoroki shot a blast of fire at Aizawa...

"One last shot," Todoroki said, firing off the flames.

Aizawa dodged the flames, but was quickly wrapped in the faux device. "That fake capture device- it has an alloy with shape memory inside of it!"

"Exactly!" Momo said as she closed in on Aizawa, handcuffs at the ready.

Aizawa landed on the ground, as Momo quickly slapped on the handcuffs. Aizawa had been captured, all thanks to Momo's plan.

While Aizawa was definitely surprised by the sudden upset, he couldn't help but give a little smirk. None of the students saw it of course, thanks to the capture scarf around his neck.

"Heck yeah!" Mina cheered.

Back in the infirmary tent, All Might nodded in approval. Both of the star students had started to improve their own personal obstacles. Snowfall might like to hear that maybe her words of wisdom worked out for her intern. If she had time for a friendly call, that is.

As everyone watched Momo and her team pass through the exit, a realization set in.

"Everyone...everyone passed." Ochako said, a bit awestruck.

"Hopefully. You have to remember. They still have to evaluate their exams. Not everything will be 100% for now, but..." All Might smiled. "It seems everyone will be going to the camp this summer."

Ochako couldn't help but smile at that realization. Momo let out a breath she didn't even realize she was holding as she passed through the gate, a new little bit of pride in her heart.

Mina cheered. "That worked out great! You did awesome, Momo."

"It went pretty well." Todoroki agreed, but Momo still had a worried look on her face.

"Yes, but..." Momo took a deep breath. "I messed up trying to trigger the catapult. I missed the launcher by an inch."

"So? No a big deal." Jirou said.

Momo looked back at Mr. Aizawa. "Sir...you realized this and backed off. You could've defended against it. I feel like...you took the hit so my strategy would work."

"You had everything accounted for," Aizawa said, showing that her plan to neutralize his scarf worked, "I dodged, I'd just be dragging it out."

Momo stared. "I have a feeling there's more."

Aizawa inhaled deeply. "I also had to be on the lookout for your offense. Todoroki attempting to freeze me, Mina attempting to melt my cloth, and Jirou's soundwaves...something I couldn't delete."

"I believe his only approach was to back off." Jirou rubbed the back of her neck.

"It was," the pro corrected as he followed the group past the exit gate.

Momo's face softened. Her hand went over her mouth.

"Backing off was my optimal strat. And isn't that how your plan was supposed to go?" Aizawa asked.

"Yeah." Todoroki said. "All you needed was a little time..."

Momo was on the verge of tearing up. She was...just happy that this all worked out. All of her doubt, her worries...they were vanishing.

When they passed through the gate, the cuffs unlocked and fell to the ground, letting Eraserhead rub his wrists a little.

"Alright. You need any rest or anything like that, Recovery Girl's tent's nearby. I gotta meet up with the others to asse-" Aizawa began, before he saw Midnight walk out of her arena, pulling purple orbs off of herself, and then Ectoplasm walked out with a shaken and vacant look in his eyes.

"...I have several questions now," The professor deadpanned.

"Shut up and help me get these balls off me." Midnight said.

"I-I can...still feel them crawling on my body..." Ectoplasm shivered, hugging himself.

"Are you good, Mr. Ectoplasm?" Mina asked, genuinely concerned.

"K-Kouda summoned bugs all over me..." Ectoplasm said.

Mina blinked. "Wait...like, sweet Kouda?"

"Y-yes. Him," the class' usually rather composed math teacher confirmed.

"I'd say that's a lie but...you look like you need therapy," Jirou said bluntly.

"I think I do," Ectoplasm shivered.

Aizawa shook his head. "Let's get YOU to Recovery Girl as well..."

"That...would be appreciated," Ectoplasm said as he accompanied the students over to the infirmary tent.

Everyone had clearly grown from the first semester at UA. They'd pushed past their limits. The ending to the practical exam, however, was not without a bit of a bittersweet ending.

It all started when Bakugou woke up.

Ochako was half expecting Bakugou to immediately fly into one of his usual explosive rages, especially after he realized that he was in the infirmary...and he didn't remember crossing the gate himself. He put two and two together, given the look that crossed his face, and he looked ready to murder someone.

But he didn't.

Bakugou stood up, and grunted. "What happened?" He asked, looking around.

"Well, we passed." Ochako said. "Dunno if it was exactly flying colors, but we tired All Might out."

"He was still standing by the end?"

"Uh, yeah?" Ochako wasn't really sure where this was going, "You know we wouldn't be able to beat him in a straight fight."

Bakugou scowled again. He looked pissed like usual...but Ochako could tell what this was about.

"If you want Deku, he's in the bathroom." Ochako said. Bakugou gave her a weird look. "Sorry- sensed your Baku Rage Aura."

"My WHAT?" Bakugou snapped.

"The aura you give off when you look like you could snap at any moment. I sensed it." Ochako said. "And thought you would probably want to start yelling at him again."

"Oh, yeah. You're a real Sherlock." Bakugou huffed. "Fuck off."

Ochako looked angry. "Can't you just make nice with him already?"

"...why should I?" Bakugou snapped back.

"Because of things like what happened during the exam! Whatever reason you're mad at him, it's...it's just a detriment to you and everyone around you!" Ochako finally snapped. The explosive student was a bit surprised at the sudden courage there, but he chalked that up to her knowing he couldn't exactly blast her into the next prefecture with his current injuries.

"So what, just because you got a fancy watch now, you think you can just lecture me?" Bakugou huffed. "You think I wanna get along with him?"

"I really just want you two to find some common ground." Ochako insisted. "You were so cool when we faced off in the Sports Festival...you actually treated me like a proper opponent. I tried to match that intensity...but, there's times where it's just overwhelming."

"You're just now getting that? The whole point of my powers is to overwhelm people. One explosion's enough to stun, but you keep throwing them? People go down in no time."

"Unless they're like Kirishima or All Might, both of whom have insane durability!" Ochako countered. "We needed to work together on that exam, Bakugou. You could have failed if you didn't just swallow your pride for more than a few minutes."

Part of her mind was screaming at her to shut up. Why was she unleashing this?!

"No, I didn't need help. You all needed to work together. After all, you're nothing but goddamn supporting characters. Who the hell actually gives a shit about the supporting cast in anything?" Bakugou growled.

"I do!" Ochako yelled. "Heroes are supposed to look out for those 'supporting characters'! I-" Ochako's voice trailed off, as she noticed Izuku. He was standing near the tent's entrance. He'd clearly heard...most of their spat.

"You what?" Bakugou frowned.

"Deku..." Ochako said instead.

Bakugou spun around to see the person a good chunk of his anger was usually aimed at.

"...what?" Bakugou frowned. His teeth were barred and angry.

Izuku looked clearly hurt by his words. "...I was just checking in on how you were doing. But...looks like you're fine, Bakugou."

Ochako noticed Bakugou's face softened after he heard that. No matter what their relationship was, Izuku would always call him 'Kacchan'.

Izuku turned away. "I'll see you in class tomorrow, I guess." He walked off. Ochako took one more look at Bakugou, before she ran off to catch up with Izuku.

For once, Bakugou didn't give one last shout to the two as they walked off.

He was just...oddly quiet.

That...just hurt for some reason. But why? He didn't care about Midoryia. He didn't give two shits that he was his only friend who passed the entrance exam, the only friend who followed him through multiple schools, or he was even HERE at UA. He was an annoyance with his stupid overpowered quirk.

But he couldn't accept that hurt. He just had to bury it down, and lash out.

Like he always did.

Haha bakugou is a dick