"Well, for all hundred of you that passed the first test, please turn your attention to the screen." Mera's voice quickly caught the attention of the examinees in the anteroom as the large TV screen on the wall of the far side of the room: showing the testing area. But then, shocking all of the hero course students in the room, explosions destroying each and every part of it, leaving the site as if a disaster had just occurred. "This next test is the last one. We'll have you all perform rescue exercises as bystanders in this disaster area. We will assume that those of you who have passed the first test have received your provisional licenses and test how well you can carry out suitable rescue procedures."

"Holy...are those people?!" Denki yelled as several injured people appeared on the screen, emerging from the rubble, shocking the passing students even further.

"They are people who have undergone training to be professional people-in-need-of-rescue and are in high demand right now. The "Help Us Company," or "H.U.C." for short!"

"Professional people in need of rescue?" Hanta asked crossing his arms in disbelief.

"There sure are a lot of jobs out there, huh?" Tsuyu asked placing her index finger on her chin.

"It's one adapted to this world where heroes are so popular." Mashirao said placing his hands on his hips.

"The people from H.U.C. have dressed up as injured victims and are on standby throughout the training site. We will now have you all carry out their rescue. In addition, we will score your rescue based on points and if you have more points than the benchmark at the end of the exercises, then you pass. We will start in ten minutes, so please use the restroom and take care of any other necessary business right now."

"Wow, that's a little nerve wrecking if you ask me." Hayato said as he walked up to Izuku's side.

"Rescue hasn't been much of your thing has it?" Izuku asked making Hayato nod and scratch his head.

"If I can barely pass, I'll be happy." Hayato admitted before reaching into his costume and taking out his phone to call Sorahiko. But before he could even unlock his screen, he saw that he had five missed calls from Mira. Walking away to a corner far from his friends, he quickly decided to call his grandfather's home phone to tell him the good news before calling Mira back. Waiting for the old man to pick up, he let out a disappointed sigh when he instead got the answering machine. "Hey grandpa, I passed the first half of my exam. It's pretty crazy how tough it was and...and I'm doing my absolute best to make you and Grandpa Kazuma proud. You and I haven't had enough time together like we were supposed to once he was gone, but I've spent every moment I could to make you proud because I'm not just a Kiryuu: I'm a Torino too. If I can get through this next part, let's hope I can get permission to leave campus for all of us to go celebrate. Love you, old man." He hung up the call, hoping his grandfather would get his message soon, and then quickly going to Mira's contact and dialing her. "Calling me once is fine but five times...Mira what happened?" Hayato whispered as he raised his phone to his ear, wondering what it was that his sister wanted, only for her to immediately answer.

"H-Hayato?" Mira asked, close to a whisper as well, surprising her older brother from how her voice sounded as if she was shaking...or crying.

"Yeah it's me. What happened, kiddo?"

"Hayato where are you?"

"I'm still taking my Provisional License Exam, I still have one more part to go before I'm done."

"Oh my god...call me back afterwards, I really need to-"

"Mira. You're my little sister and you sound like you're upset. It doesn't matter where I am, just tell me: what's wrong?" Hayato asked, waiting for an answer, even checking his phone to make sure the call hadn't ended. "Mira, you have to tell me."

"Hayato...g-grandpa's missing." Mira replied making Hayato's eyes widen and try his hardest not to begin to tremble as well.

"What the hell do you mean he's missing?"

"A friend of his, a-a detective, came by the apartment earlier to tell us that he was trying to get the jump on some villain group. And when they got no word from them: they found every officer he was with, dead, and grandpa nowhere to be found." Mira explained making Hayato cover and wipe his face with his free hand. He then balled his hand into a fist as he knew there was only one group Sorahiko would've been after, and he was getting angrier and angrier the more he thought about them. "Hayato I'm so scared. What if he's seriously hurt? What if he's dead? He might be a hero but he's still my grandpa. I can't imagine if-"

"Stop it." Hayato said, raising his voice enough that it caught the attention of Momo who was standing nearby. "Grandpa is going to be okay. I'm going to make sure of that."

"How?"

"Don't worry about it. But I promise to you, as a future hero and as your big brother, the League of Villains is gonna pay if they hurt him in any way."

"Do you promise?"

"I'm a man of my word. Tell mom and dad the good news for now, don't tell them that you told me about this."

"I will...you're the best brother ever."

"I hope so." Hayato said ending the call and putting his phone away. He turned and looked at the testing area on the screen, grabbing the cowl dangling on the back of his neck and putting it on so it covered his eyes. 'I failed one grandpa, I'm not failing another.' Then all of a sudden an alarm started ringing and the walls of the anteroom began unfolding like at the beginning of the first exam.

"Villains have begun a large-scale terrorist attack! This is occurring in all areas of "City Name Here." Due to buildings collapsing, there are many injured. Due to heavily damaged roads, the first group of rescue workers have been delayed! Until they arrive, the heroes in the area will lead the rescue efforts. Save as many lives as you can. And now..." All hundred examinees got ready to begin the next part of their exam, Izuku and Hayato especially readying themselves with the green-haired boy cracking his knuckles and his white-haired best friend cracking his neck. And once they all heard the horn, all of them began running at once to the exam area in front of them. "Start!"

"You're one tough old bastard, aren't you?" Tomura asked as he walked up to the cage of ice that Yuki had made to keep Sorahiko trapped in as the old man laid in front of him, his body shaking from the immense cold around him. "She comes and makes it colder, yet you still hold on."

"..C...Cause I have a reason to try to keep living..." Sorahiko responded, barely finding the strength to respond to the young man in front of him.

"And what would that be?"

"M-My grandkids."

"Your family? What a joke."

"Y-Your grandmother had no choice. S-She had to leave your father in a foster home."

"Shut up!" Tomura yelled angrily kicking the cage of ice, breaking the bars that he had kicked. "You have no clue of the hell that woman made me go through! And the hell and loneliness that bastard put me through just for mentioning anything hero-related!"

"And that's my fault. I should've spoken up, I should've reached out, but my damn pride and respect for Shimura got in the way of that. Seeing how you are now...I wonder if I made the right choice that night." Sorahiko admitted making Tomura grit his teeth and destroy the cage in a furious rage, walking over to the old man and keeping a hand ready to kill the weakened and injured old man in front of him.

"You will never, EVER, understand what I went through. My master saved me and showed me what you heroes are truly all about. Your idiotic code, sense of righteousness, all of that bullshit means nothing when all you so called HEROES do is cause pain." Tomura growled as he made eye contact and Sorahiko let out a defeated sigh as he saw what he had feared. There was no sadness, no remorse, no pain, just anger and pure hatred in the villain's eyes. Seeing that Tomura was too far gone, Sorahiko chuckled and closed his eyes. "What the fuck is so funny?!"

"Go ahead, torture me. Cripple me. Kill me. I'm not afraid."

"What the hell are you going on about?"

"My grandson is going to kick your ass when he gets a hold of you. He and that best friend of his are going to make you and All For One go crawling back into whatever hole you two wound up together in." Sorahiko chuckled as he looked down at his legs...no feeling in either of them after spending so long frozen by Yuki's Quirk.

"What makes you so sure of that?"

"He's my boy, that's why. He's my legacy and my hope for the future." Sorahiko said looking back up to glare at Tomura. "So go ahead and do your worst, it's only going to dig your grave even further."

"I'm going to make you eat those words, old man." Tomura growled walking away from Sorahiko who laid down on the ground with a hopeful grin on his face.

"First aid station...evac site...in a disaster like this, making sure that having both of those are important." Hayato whispered to himself as he stood looking around at everything happening around him and seeing Yo from Ketsubutsu raising a white flag where the anteroom was. "Shiketsu's prioritizing a helipad and an entrance for rescue workers too. If I know Izuku, he should be busy with rescuing the citizens." Hayato whispered seeing a giant mess of brown hair begin to tear apart debris before looking around and locating his best friend, along with most of their class standing in front of a man who just so happened to look like a child. It was already several minutes into the second half of the exam and he hadn't done anything but stand on the sidelines, away from his friends to make sure he didn't break down about the news of Sorahiko's disappearance in front of them. But then he heard a voice crying for help nearby and activated his Quirk to speed towards the source to find an elderly couple trapped by a collapsed building above them in the city zone. "Are you two alright? Are you injured?"

"My husband's legs are trapped!" The elderly woman yelled making Hayato begin to walk over to them only to stop halfway through and look up, feeling small pebbles of cement land of his head.

'That boy came speeding in here, and now seeing how unstable the debris above us is: he's going to try to use his super speed to get us out of here.' The elderly man thought as Hayato turned back to them and jogged over. 'Such a sloppy thought is going to cost him points.'

"I don't know how much time we have left until the ceiling comes crashing down, so I need to get you both out as quickly as possible." Hayato said kneeling down and looking at the three large pieces of debris keeping the old man down on the ground with his legs pinned down by them. He sighed and removed his cowl, giving the two a reassuring smile. "It's going to be fine. I promise." He took a deep breath and pushed One for All to five percent, raising the debris on the elderly man's legs slightly so he could carefully pull him free.

'Interesting, but he's put too much attention on him than me.' The elderly woman smirked as Hayato examined the old man before placing him on his back.

"Ma'am, can you stand?" Hayato asked extending his hand to the woman who used it to help herself stand up. "The first aid station isn't too far from here, but I'll need to get you both out from under here before anything." Hayato said looking up hearing a cracking sound. He wrapped an arm around the woman and rushed to get them out as quickly as possible without needing use of his Quirk. Once they were out, he set the two down and removed his gloves to examine the two before reaching into a pouch Momo added to his belt and took out a case of bandages.

"You should've checked our injuries and if I could raise my arm before you took us out of there! That's going to be minus points!" The elderly woman yelled pointing at Hayato making him smile and nod.

"You're right, I should've. But it was more important to get you two out of there before it caved in on you two and to avoid any dirt and dust entering your cuts any further. I'll take the minus points, but I just went with what my gut and heart told me to do." Hayato explained rubbing the back of his head before placing a bandage on the woman's forehead.

"You're a Speedster, aren't you?" The old man asked earning a nod from the boy. "I'm surprised you didn't consider using your Quirk after getting to both of us. Most Speedsters would've done it from impulse, so why didn't you?"

"Because I'm a Speedster, not All Might. I specialize in speed not strength, that's my best friend's specialty. And trying to use it with you on my back and your "wife" in my arms, I could've given one or both of you whiplash." Hayato explained as he turned around to see where he had pulled the two from finally collapse and let out a sigh of relief. He placed a bandage on the old man's arm before standing up and putting his glove and cowl back on. "I'm going to take you first to the first aid area now. But if you don't mind ma'am, I'm going to take him first since he's in a more serious condition, I should be back in a minute or so." Hayato said carrying the old man in both his arms, making sure to hold him sideways to avoid giving him whiplash. The woman nodded and Hayato used his Quirk to speed to the first aid area, seeing a girl with brown hair and wearing a blue dress examining other victims.

"What happened to him?" The girl asked standing up and rushing over to Hayato.

"A building fell on him and his legs got trapped, his wounds are simple scrapes and bruises but I'm worried his legs could've been crushed."

"Place him over there." The girl said pointing to a space next to where other examinees where checking the "injured" people from H.U.C.

"His wife is in a similar condition but her legs are just fine, should I bring and place her next to him?"

"Go ahead, it's better to keep them together just in case." The girl said before Hayato sped away and immediately returned with the woman cradled the same way as the old man, placing them together where she had instructed. As he did, a familiar green-haired boy arrived with a "child" in his arms and placed him down.

"There's a lot of blood but his wounds aren't that deep. He also responds well to questions too." Izuku said placing the boy down next to the girl.

"Place him over there where that boy in the white costume is." The girl instructed pointing to Izuku making him take the boy over and smile at Hayato.

"Found you."

"I wasn't hiding." Hayato chuckled before pulling Izuku in for a hug.

"H-Hayato? What's wrong?"

"Sorry bro, I just really needed a hug right now." Hayato said breaking the hug and rubbing the back of his head. But before Izuku could ask him anymore questions, several explosions caught everyone off guard as suddenly: Gang Orca and a group of people dressed in his color scheme with odd shaped gauntlets on their right arms burst from a wall.

"Villains have launched a large scale terrorist attack...it can't be." Izuku whispered as Gang Orca raised a hand and the group of people started running towards the field, mainly to the first aid area.

"Villains have appeared and started their pursuit! Hero candidates at the scene should continue their rescue efforts while also suppressing the villains!" Mera's voice explained the situation to the examinees who looked at each other in shock.

"Get the people to safety!" Yo yelled running towards the group of "villains" while Hayato and Izuku stood in front of the first aid area, silently deciding what to do before turning around beginning to pick up the people currently behind them. "Get them as far away from the villains as possible! I'll keep hammering away at them with tremors at one-second intervals!" He then slammed his palms on the ground and suddenly the ground beneath the group in front of him broke apart, stopping them in their tracks. "I won't let them get close!"

"Try harder next time." Gang Orca said as he suddenly appeared in front of the boy, blasting him with an ultrasonic wave that quickly incapacitated him.

"Shindo!" Izuku yelled before the pro hero suddenly turned, using his sound wave to stop a wave of ice headed towards him. The two then looked to see their white and red-haired classmate unleashing the ice from his right foot.

"Midoriya, Kiryuu! Are you two helping the evacuations?!" Mashirao yelled as he, Mina, and Fumikage all ran up to the two boys.

"Ojiro? Where were you guys?" Hayato asked looking at his classmates in surprise.

"We were over by the lake area, since everyone went to the city zone: we figured that we should go where there would be less people. Yaoyorozu and Asui are still back there continuing the rescue."

"That's my girl." Hayato whispered, loud enough so Mina could hear him and playfully poke his arm. But then all of a sudden they felt a large gust of wind and looked up to see the tall boy Aizawa had warned them about wearing a large and bulky burgundy costume with several pipe-like accessories on it.

"A villain attack? You guys have prepares some pretty hot developments!"

"That's the guy that turned down U.A!" Mina yelled as they all began to run away as Inasa's wind tore apart Shoto's ice and sent several of the villains flying.

"That's good! We keep the heavy hitters fighting here while we focus on evacuations!" Mashirao yelled making his classmates nod while Izuku and Hayato both noticed the glares Inasa and Shoto were giving each other.

"To arrive at the same time as you..." Inasa growled as he continued glaring at Shoto.

'That's my line...I need to make sure things go smoothly since she's waiting to hear what happened...' Shoto thought to himself as he turned his attention back to Gang Orca. "Why don't you go help with evacuating the first aid station?! That fits with your Quirk!" Shoto yelled as he raised his left arm and unleashed a stream of fire towards Gang Orca, but at the same time: Inasa had done the same with a burst of wind making the two attacks repel one another.

"Why did you use fire?! The heat makes the air rise!"

"Because my ice was stopped before. How don't I know you did that on purpose?!" Shoto yelled making Inasa grit his teeth before all of a sudden, he was hit in his right arm with a blob of cement that then hardened, trapping his right arm in place.

"Why are you so much like your father?! You have the same eyes as him, the same attitude, this is why I will never accept either of you two!" Inasa yelled unleashing another bust of wind while Shoto unleashed another stream of fire. Both attacks began repelling each other again except this time: Shoto's fire veered off towards the downed Yo, shocking the young Todoroki before a green blur grabbed Yo and jumped into the air with him.

"What...What is wrong with you two?!" Izuku yelled at the two before suddenly Gang Orca grabbed Shoto by the neck and used the same attack he used on Yo, downing both him and Inasa who was hit by the sound waves as well.

"While the boss is busy, we'll mess up the evacuation site!" One of the villains yelled as the group continued following the examinees and H.U.C. workers.

"Let go of me!" Yo yelled coming to his senses and freeing himself from Izuku's arms.

"Shindo?! I thought Gang Orca's attacked left you paralyzed."

"Well, my extremities are still pretty messed up. But sound waves and vibrations already shake up my brain pretty much every day from using my own Quirk. I'm not immune but I've got some resistance to them...but, I was trying to use that to get a surprise attack on them! And then those two idiots..." Yo angrily glared at the two currently on the ground before turning to the group of villains, using his Quirk once more to stop the villains in their tracks again.

"Call them what they are." The two turned to see Hayato walking up next to them, cracking his neck as he turned his attention to Gang Orca. "I helped the others get the people to a safe distance, now they can focus on protecting them. Deku, Shoto's down and we have the villain boss right in front of us."

"What do you think, Breakneck? Should we help our allies out until they can get over their paralysis?"

"I think you read my mind."

"You two are crazy, you should be splitting up and finishing evacuating the people." Yo said looking at the two in disbelief.

"Shindo, with all due respect, don't look down on us because we're first years." Izuku said raising a fist towards Hayato.

"We just need to keep him and his lackeys busy while they finish saving the remaining people. So, let's put on a show." Hayato said meeting Izuku's fist with his, both their One for Alls activating as they made contact.

"Huh?" Gang Orca turned hearing something headed his way and raised his armored arm to block a kick incoming from Hayato and a punch from Izuku, but the force behind the attacks still made him slide back. "Kiryuu! Midoriya!"

"You two...every time..." Shoto said with a chuckle before turning to see most of the "villain" group turning around and seeing their boss in danger.

"The boss needs help!"

"Oh no...you...don't..." Shoto growled as he slapped his right hand towards them, freezing the ground under them and keeping them trapped in place.

"Is that all you got?!" Gang Orca yelled swiping his arm and making the two jump away from him. He looked around seeing the two disappear and ducked an incoming punch from Izuku, only to be met with a kick to the gut from Hayato. He growled and tried hitting Hayato with his sound wave only for the boy to suddenly disappear from sight and reappear behind him. "You have to do better than that!"

"We're not trying to beat you, we're trying to stall for time!" Izuku yelled as he appeared in the air behind him and hit him with several bursts of wind as Inasa found the strength to use his Quirk again.

"I'm going to...give them...cover..." Inasa groaned as he blew away several other troops that managed to avoid Shoto's ice, allowing for the two to continue dividing Gang Orca's attention between the two fighting him. But in their slowed perception of time, the two nodded at each other and instead of continuing to attack Gang Orca: they simply began appearing and disappearing only making the movements as if they were about to attack.

'These two have assessed what they need to do...smart. I can see why they managed to defeat All Might, and I have a similar handicap that he did too.' Gang Orca thought before both appeared in front of him together, reeling their arms back to throw a punch before suddenly Mera's voice rang throughout the arena, stopping them in their tracks.

"Uh, the last civilians have been rescued. It may seem arbitrary but with this, all the provisional licensing exam procedures have been completed. After we tally the results, we will announce the results here. Those who were injured should go to the infirmary. The rest of you should change and then stand by."

"It's over?" Izuku and Hayato asked themselves before falling over exhausted and beginning to laugh.

"Good job, you two." Gang Orca said kneeling down and patting the heads of the two best friends.