Shoto looked at the ten gathered students before him they all wore the same ninja-esque outfits in different colors. "You might as well give up now Shoto Todoroki there's no way you can take on all ten of us." Said the lead student in red before hurling a lug nut that expanded rapidly before colliding with a stream of fire from Shoto. Shoto watched as the enlarged projectile continued towards him in spite of his fire and growled before dodging to the side seeing not even a scratch on its metal.
"I should have at least burned it a little." He said as the lead student laughed.
"My nuts and nails are made from tungsten which has a high melting point. Your fire won't melt it!" Shoto glared up at the gathered group before smirking.
"You talk too much." He said his other opponents found their feet iced to the ground.
"What the hell, he's got us!" Shouted out his opposition as Shoto launched a swath of flame towards the group only to countered by two streams of water encasing the area in thick steam as Shoto called up a wall of ice hearing several hard impacts against it.
"You're fire won't touch us, and your ice is no match against my arsenal, so give up!"
Shoto stood behind his ice wall seeing cracks start to show in it. He's right they've got me pinned down what can I do?" He thought to himself before hearing his own voice call out to the group.
"Yeah and what if I don't!" Shouted Todoroki as the leader glared into the steam.
"We wil-." Suddenly the leader stopped talking his eyes going glassy as his team looked at him.
"Dude what's wrong?!" Asked his green cohort only to hear a different voice from the steam.
"Attack them." It said as the boy in red drew forth his nails and lug nuts and hurled them at his team scattering them around as the enlarged projectile smashed into the surrounding area. Shoto looked to the side as Shinso landed next to him.
"What are you doing here?" Shoto asked as Shinso looked at him.
"Don't read too much into this. I'm following the class Rep's orders is all. She's pretty adamant about all of us passing and told me to come help you out, but I'm also here because your massive AOE attacks will take out way more people than you need to eliminate so I'm here to split that with you." Shinso said as he stood up offering a hand to Shoto who nodded clasping Shinso's hand.
"Alright then." Shoto said as the two began to plan, while above the dispersing steam cloud the group had managed to bring their leader under control.
"What the hell happened to you?" One asked as the leader shook his head.
"I don't know the last thing I remember is hearing Todoroki's voice and then, nothing.
"Something's not right here we need to be on our guard, let's go hunt down Todoroki." He said as the group of ten burst into pairs.
One pair spotted a fire in the steam and rushed towards it while communicating through hand signs unaware of Shinso's capture cloth stretched across their path clotheslining both and dropping them to the ground where they were quickly covered in ice as Shinso and Todoroki stood above them smiling as they tagged the pair. "Now then let's see if we can't lure some more." Shinso said tuning his voice mask before speaking in the leader's voice. "I've cornered Todoroki come help!" He shouted as Todoroki nodded going along with the plan they made as they slipped into the shadows.
They waited until the group arrived at which point Todoroki shot a flame at the large container he'd pierced with his ice. The ice melted releasing the gas within that ignited and blasted their opposition down the street before Shoto froze them to the ground as he and Shinso walked over to their prey. "I trust Yaoyorozu will be pleased with this outcome." Todoroki said as Shinso pulled down his mask having marked his last target.
"I would think so." Shinso said as the two began to make their way to the waiting area.
"Two more people have passed from UA bringing the total of passed students up to seventy-five. Only twenty five spots left ladies and gentlemen." Yokumira said as Class A continued to repel any attack the other students made. Ochaco tagged a student gaining her first elimination.
"Alright one more person." She said as she moved around the battlefield. The class had broken up into smaller groups now that most of the examinees weren't focused solely on them and were just desperate to get their eliminations. Momo had deemed it the right time to break apart and get their points. Ochaco dodged to the side feeling a cut open on her cheek as she regained her footing and looked at a brown haired girl in a body suit and a Shiketsu hat.
"Wow you're really something Ochaco." The girl said before smiling. Ochaco stared at her but couldn't place her anywhere in her memory.
"Have we met before?" Ochaco asked as the girl continued to smile.
"I really wanted to talk with Izuku, but he finished so fast I didn't get the chance, but that's ok I saw you and knew we could have fun together. I want to get to know you too Ochaco." She said before throwing a rock at Uraraka who dodged, but in that moment she lost sight of her opponent.
"What where'd she go!?" Ochaco said only to feel something hit the target on her belt and looked down to see the light was red and that the brown haired girl was right beneath before narrowly avoiding a kick aimed at her chin. She spun avoiding the kick and slammed the back of her fist into the small of the girl's back as she stood on her hands sending her flipping forward onto her feet. She'd trained with Izuku for a while and then at her internship she'd gotten lessons from the hero Gunhead. She was no longer the feeble girl she was at the beginning of the year. She was confident she could stand side by side with Izuku now.
"Wow Ochaco you're so combative, the person you like must really like to fight." The girl said staring at Ochaco and smiling still. "I think I might fall for you too Ochaco." The girl said licking her lips before rushing at Uraraka who was about to move forward as well before she heard Jiro's voice.
"Ochaco look out!" Jiro shouted as Ochaco dodged to the side avoiding Jiro's sound waves as they blasted towards her opponent sending her flying back to land in some rubble and glare at Jiro.
"Guess our alone time is over Ochaco. I hope to see you and Izuku soon." She said vaulting over the rubble and disappearing from view.
"Are you alright Ochaco?" Jiro asked as Uraraka nodded.
"Yeah I'm fine Jiro, we need to get moving it's almost time for Momo's plan to start." She said wiping her cheek free of blood as Jiro and Ochaco regrouped finding Sero.
"Hey look who it is." Jiro said catching Sero's attention who smiled.
"Oh good it's you two I was searching for any of us left. You know where we need to go right?" He asked as all of them saw a brilliant beam of light shoot into the sky.
"That's the signal we need to hurry!" Jiro asked as the trio began to rush towards the beam of light.
"I hope Momo's plan works." Ochaco.
Dozens of examinees rushed over the rubble to find Aoyama lying on his back in the middle of crater and blasting his laser into the sky, but what they didn't expect was to fine the remained of Class A waiting for them as Sato yanked on several tape strands that had been used to the tape the walls of this crater together, but as they were pulled the walls collapsed spilling the examinees right at UA's feet.
"Aoyama we couldn't have done this without your twinkling man!" Shotued Sero as the rest of Class A approached the prone targets across the ground.
Momo clapped Aoyama on the back and smiled. "Thank you for trusting me Aoyama." Momo said as the blonde boy smiled proudly.
"It was not a problem ma dame." Yuga said with a bow as he flourished his cape.
Momo smiled seeing her class pass the first part of the exam. She hadn't been sure her plan would work when she came up with it. The plan was to have the class stay together for the beginning of the test and then break off to make their eliminations, but towards the last few minutes or so of the test any remaining class A student were to regroup at Yuga's laser where Sato and Sero had set up the walls creating a valley around Yuga.
Yuga would use his laser to signal his class, but also lure whatever remaining examinees were still active and no doubt panicking thinking only of finding people to eliminate. When the desperate students arrived they would find UA waiting for them. "It went like Clockwork." Momo said smiling as her class made their way to the rest area.
"And that is it ladies and gentlemen. With the last fifteen from class A passing along with four from Ketsubutsu, another from Shiketsu along with five others that is one hundred! Everyone head to the lounge for a break while we prepare the final stage of the exam. Everyone who didn't pass please leave the facility and better luck next year." Yokumira said as grumbles along with sighs of relief wafted through the stadium.
"Oh yeah all our kids made it lets kiss to celebrate Eraser!" Ms. Joke shouted.
"Not a chance in hell." Eraserhead said harshly as Ms. Joke laughed it off.
As Class A entered the rest area they saw Izuku as he spoke with Shoto before Class A appeared and walked up to him. He stood up waving at them seeing that they had all passed the first stage of the exam. "Guys you made it. I'm so glad." He said with that same heartfelt smile as Bakugou stood across the room glaring at Izuku.
"You sure you don't want to go talk to him dude. I mean who knows when we might see him again." Kirishima said eating a bag of chips as Bakugou growled.
"Hell no! The only thing I have to say to Izuku is better luck next year when I pass this test!" Bakugou shouted as he dug in Kirishima's bag of chips stuffing them into his mouth as angrily as possible as the redhead next to him shrugged.
"What was that at the beginning of the test Midoriya? You annihilated almost everyone there!" Shouted Mineta as Izuku scratched his head.
"Sorry guys I wanted to come out with a bang you know." He said smiling sheepishly as his class looked at him.
"Well you certainly did that." Ojiro said happy to see his friend hadn't changed in these months apart. As Class A peppered Izuku with questions about his time with Endeavor one of the screens in the room came on showing the exam area as it suddenly erupted in smoke buildings fell and fires started.
"Attention everyone villains have made a terrorist attack on city X. There are numerous people in need of rescue. These individuals are employees of the Help Us Company HUC for short. It is your job to rescue these victims and provide medical attention until paramedics and law enforcement arrive." Yokumira said over the loud speaker as yet again the building they were in broke apart falling flat around them.
"Ok that's not as impressive the second time around. Denki said as everyone began to exit the room proceeding into the disaster area. Once more Class A proceeded as a group Bakugou going off on his own followed by Kirishima and Kaminari.
"What the hell why are you two following me!?" Bakugou shouted as Denki and Ejirou just smiled.
"We just feel like it." The two said in unison.
Izuku closed his eyes and took a deep breath before using his senses to try and locate the nearest person. "There's a boy over there." Izuku said as he rushed off to a destroyed building to find a boy on his knees with a cap and a trail of blood on his forehead. "This reminds me of the mall incident." He said remembering the scared looks of the people as he held up the ceiling and walls to keep it from crushing them. He'd had to constantly reassure them that he wouldn't let them get hurt.
"I can do better this time." He said sliding down to the boy as he cried out about his grandfather being trapped nearby. "It's ok I've got you. We're going to save your grandpa no matter what." He said cradling the boy as he looked him over.
Not bad kid, you immediately reassured me about my grandfather and are handling me gently. "You don't seem to have any broken bones. Hey guys I'm going to take him back and clear a path while I do." Izuku said as he climbed the hill as his former classmates began to strategize.
"Good we'll start looking for other survivors. It'll probably be best if we team up with other schools for this. Everyone split up and help out wherever you think your quirks will do the most good." Momo said as everyone split up. Izuku summoned three tails of his Kyuubi Cloak and as he ran back to the front of the disaster area he cleared the way in front and to the sides opening a path for others.
This kid knows his stuff he's making things as easy as possible for everyone else all while staying focused on assuring me. Guess his experience at the mall wasn't for nothing. The boy said as he was brought to the impromptu first aid station.
"I have a boy here, he's got a cut on his head, but it doesn't look too deep. He responds to questions immediately." Izuku explained to the female student as she looked the boy over.
"Set him over there." She said pointing to the end of the first aid station as Izuku set him down before going back into the rubble.
"Well things seem to be going well as of now. Over half of the HUC employees have been rescued in a short amount of time. I think it's time to reveal the second part of this exam." Yokumira said as he pulled out a headset. "Whenever you're ready sir." He said as Gang Orca nodded pressing his own communicator.
"I hear you loud and clear. Everyone let's move out." Gang Orca instructed his sidekicks as the wall they were standing behind was blown open. Izuku was carrying back a family of three when the wall near their first aid station was blown open and out of it poured a large militia of masked men followed by the number ten hero Gang Orca.
"Everyone the villains behind this terrorist attack have appeared and are on the hunt for survivors. Your job is to continue your rescue efforts while protecting the victims from these villains." Yokumira announced as Izuku looked over at Gang Orca and his approaching hoard and swallowed.
"What will you do heroes, will you run or stand your ground fight or protect?" Gang Orca asked as his men rampaged.
"Hey there's the first aid station let's wreck it!" Shouted one of the villains as the entire group headed straight for the First Aid station. Izuku was about to rush forward to deposit his rescues and stop Gang Orca's men before he saw the Ketsubutsu student Yo Shindo rush forward breaking apart the ground under the approaching villains.
Izuku made his way to the first aid station ready to help with the evacuation until he saw Gang Orca take out Shindo in a moment's notice.
"A single rear guard you're underestimating us!" Shouted the hero as Izuku sat down his charges as he heard Ojiro's voice.
"Izuku are you part of the evacuation? We'll help you out." Ojiro said as Izuku placed his charges in his former classmates' hands.
"Get these people out of here I'll hold them off." Izuku said as he held out his arm as black energy began gathering around his arm dripping from it like thick syrup as it took the shape of a blade. Izuku looked up as adorning his forehead was a black half circle and under it a black dot. He swung his arm lazily in front of him and moments after the ground split apart in a long line blasting dust towards the oncoming villains who stopped to cover their faces as the dust settled revealing a deep cut before them. It wasn't really an obstacle but the show of force was enough to stall the villains.
Gang Orca looked at Izuku and his stationary men. "So that is Izuku Midoriya." Gang Orca said walking towards his men. "He's definitely taken a tip from Endeavor. A powerful display meant to break a villain's will. For a regular villain that would be enough, but what if it wasn't!?" Gang Orca shouted breaking Izuku's spell and goading his men into overcoming the obstacle as they leaped over the crevasse rushing towards Izuku who took a deep breath preparing himself for the battle ahead of him.