บท 28: Final Exams

After getting some lunch with Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, we went back to our classes. The class was full of students just back from the internships so everyone was eager to share their experiences.

Once we got there, Sero started telling us about his week and how fun it was to be able to swing around the city with his tape.

Suddenly the door opened revealing a blonde haired boy with a neat side part, it took me a second to realised who it was, but the heavy scowl gave it away. Looks like best jeanist did a number on Bakugo, his hair especially.

Stifling a chuckle I said "You two, look at this" while pointing at Bakugo's new trim.

With the two of them staring at explosion boy, Bakugo snapped "The hell you looking at?!" glowering at the two boys.

Immediately the pair burst into a hysterical fit of laughter, not caring about the dangerous look Bakugo was giving them, managed to say between laughs "Holy crap! What the heck Bakugo!"

While they continued to cackle like maniacs, Bakugo responded "Stop laughing, my hairs gotten used to think and I can't get it back the right way. Did you not hear me? I'll kill you both" as he shivered in rage.

As tears of laughter streamed down his face, Sero sent Bakugo over the edge with a mocking remark "I'd like to see you try pretty boy"

With fury pulsing throughout his entire being, Bakugo manged use that anger to overpower the hair treatment applied by best jeanist throughout the week. His hair exploded outwards, back to his usual spikey style as he shouted "What did you call me!"

Sadly for the boy, this threatening manner of speech done nothing to stop the two, as they were now cracking up more than ever. Before he could deal with them, everyone's attention was directed at the three involved with the Hero Killer due to one of Kaminari's comments.

The three of them were showered by worried comment, while others began to talk about Endeavours accomplishments, which in turn lead the conversation in the direction of the Ideology that's been posted all over the internet.

That was when Kaminari made a questionable comment about his opinion "Stain's a pretty evil villain but like super tenacious, he's almost kinda cool don't you think"

Midoriya chastised him for calling the man who crippled Ida's brother cool, making him quick apologize to Ida for being insensitive.

This sparked a lecture from Ida about Stain, he pointed out that no matter what reasons Stain had for doing what he done, ultimately it was just cold-blooded murder. His statement caused many in the class to become downtrodden at his behest, but brightening up for the first time in a while Ida declared his intentions to become the perfect hero.

Although it caused many in the class to feel happy for the spectacled class rep, they quickly got a reminder of how serious he could be with his duties. After so long of having him keep to himself, they released tired sighs as he paraded around the class room trying to get everyone in their seats for the teachers arrival.

Soon after All Might comes running through the door in his usual heroic fashion and tell us to get suited and head over to Ground Gamma. So after a brief period time we were all stationed at the edge of the training area awaiting further instructions.

Standing in front of us was the symbol of peace, looking eager to see what improvements we've made over the course of our internships.

"Hope your ready to return to our lessons, today it's hero basic training. Feels like I haven't seen you in a while, welcome back. Now then listen carefully for what's in store, we're going to be conducting a little race, take everything you've learned at your internships and apply it to this rescue training" He said.

All Might went on to explain the exercise for today. Basically we're racing in groups of five, each one of us are split up and placed into different areas around the ground. Once the race starts All Might will give off a signal and everyone in the group has to compete to reach the target first.

Apart from a select few of us, traversing the terrain of Ground Gamma's going to be troublesome. The areas covered in factories, and with all the winding pipes connecting them together, the environment turns into an intricate labyrinth for all those racing, unless you can fly of course.

The first race was between Sero, Ida, Ojiro, Ashido and Midoriya. All of whom bar Midoriya can use their quirks to aid their movement. As we waited for the race to start, everyone started guessing who would win.

Elbowing me, Kirishima asks "Who's your pick? I'm betting on Sero"

Looking at the options one more time I agreed with him "I'm with you on this one, this kind of place is basically built for him"

"What about you Kaminari?" he questioned the yellow haired boy.

"Hmm, I got odds on Ojiro" he replied

Bakugo then butted in saying "I know Deku will be last"

The other boys in class began picking their contender, once everyone was finished I said "We doing this with money or?"

The gained me some confused looks before Kirishima responded "Oh so we're seriously betting then" looking at the other guys he continues "Come on guys it'll be fun. It's not like we'll be using much"

With everyone in agreement we now eagerly awaited the start of the race. Silently praying for Sero's win, the race began.

Sero shot tape from his elbows, latching it onto the highly placed pipes which were used as holds for him to swing through the air. Showing excellent control of his body he cruised towards All Might's location at a quick pace than the rest of his group, apart from one unlikely speedster.

Deku using some sort of new technique to channel his power throughout his entire body, it caused the red veins to appear across his entire body while the discharge looked like some sort of green electricity.

He used this new form to quickly catch up with Sero, and caused my heart to race. I don't even know why I'm surprised anymore, every time I bet on something it ends up loosing for one reason or another. Still I try my luck, hoping that one day I'll lose my bad luck.

As I was concerned about my loosing bet, Bakugo on the other hand was fuming at the fact Deku was copying his moves. After Uraraka vocally pointed it out, I took a closer look the Midoriya's movements, it's not a complete copy since they have different quirks, but there's a striking resemblance between the two's mid air posture.

With his new technqiue Deku managed to pull ahead of the others, but just when everyone thought he had it in the bag. A misstep occurred causing the boy to plunge into the metallic jungle below.

With Deku's costly mistake Sero resumed first place and holding the position till the end. Nearly jumping in excitement at my successful bet, I looked to the others with eager eyes with Kirishima as we both looked forward to our monetary gains we were soon to receive.

Next up was my group I was up against Tokoyami, Shoji, Uraraka and Sato. Without much suspense I done my usual routine of cutting a ride and flying into the air. With no one in my group remotely close to challenging me our round ended with me as the victor and Shoji come in at second.

After the next two rounds, the entire class participated in the physical conditioning we'd normally do during the hero basic training before heading back to UA to finish the day off.

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