We have started the final exams for 1-A and have made some progress, having seen the first two matches and currently in the middle of the third. As I said in the last chapter, I'm trying to give Uraraka some time to shine so this chapter will start out revolving around her for the most part. At this moment, I've have completed the full planning for all the chapters up till the beginning of the I-island arc and no, I won't even bother to try and squeeze the whole movie into one chapter. A lot will happen in that arc so it'll be 4 to 6 chapters long. The good news is that this chapter will be a little under 13K words worth of content so there's that. Onto the reviews.

There their they're: This story is going to be long, like really long. At the rate things are going, I will break that 1000K mark as season 5 is coming out this year and I've still working through season 2 material.

Bauers374: I saw it, thanks for the shout-out.

NinjaFang1331: Thanks.

bauers374: If Issei was his father, I would have so many questions. I don't remember much of DxD, mostly because I never finished the first season before I found myself too busy to finish it. With the quote, I can totally see Bakugo saying that since he does have Tony's arrogance down. Plus when I re-watched the episode, I saw that Bakugo's plan was to literally keep attacking All Might till he tired and them move in when he was weakened, so Izuku saying that he was going to throw them at him over and over wasn't that far off the mark.

D3lph0xL03r: Yes he did, he talks a lot about in the earlier chapters. Ben himself won't make an appearance as his whole thing was being able to transform into ten different aliens and I couldn't find a way for a quirk to work in a similar fashion without making it OP, sorry. You will just have to read the chapter and find out. As for Mineta, I don't hate him as much as much as the fandom does. Sure he's a dirty pervert but so were Pervy sage and Roshi. That being said, I intend to give him a fair shake.

Blaze1992: Their plans for All Might won't be touched up on now for the risk of spoilers but the fight itself will be the best of the bunch.

jmartinez8089: It was? I'll see if I can't change that when I post this chapter. Thanks for the heads-up.

Cosmyk Angel: Sorry pal. Not much I can do there other than moving them to the end when I find that they'll really long.

jmartinez8089: Short answer, because he wanted to feel included. Sure he won't fight any of them but I thought, why not?

GunBlade2020: If you involve quirks, then the results get even messier was we all saw in season 4 how good Toga can fool someone by changing form. Even if Uraraka has her quirk, if Toga fights like she normally would, she would first lower her guard by maybe changing into one of her classmates or teachers before going in for the kill. Still, Uraraka will get better, there's no debate there.

Kevinevin123: Read further, you should have, hmmm?

venomruby: I don't understand your comment. Are you referring to romantic scenes, wholesome friend bonding moments and things like that? I'm a bit confused as I'm a loyal subscriber watcher of Lost Pause videos and Noble has given the word 'fluff' another…more mature meaning. So if you could specify which you are referring to, that'll be great.


Chapter 36: Go! Uraraka, Go! Prelude to the Eighth!

(Previously)

'He's got me, what now!?' For his part, the duel quirk user was scrambling to try and come up with a solution as he was dragged ever closer to a failing grade but he then noticed a street light pole that he may be able to use. 'A Pole!' He realised as he jumped ahead to get some slack on the tape before running closer to the pole, then around to create a makeshift pulley, he gripped at the capture tape with both hands and started pulling, slowing down Eraser who now found that there was significant force keeping him from reeling in his student and finishing this.

'Hmm, he's fighting against it using a street light pole?' Eraser thought to himself as it was a smart if not desperate move on his part, though he found himself needed to blink.

'Now!' Todoroki didn't know how he knew, maybe it was that familiar chill one half of his quirk always brought with, maybe it was sheet instinct, whatever it was. He fired off as much ice as he could to not only block Eraser's view of him but freeze the time to the point he could shatter it like glass and make his escape.

"How fortunate for him, in the time it took for me to blink, he was able to freeze the tape enough so that he could break free." Eraser mused as he was easily able to get past the ice wall and saw his target gone and the tape that held on, in stiff pieces on the floor. 'But it looks like he's decided to head back, after all.' He thought to himself as he picked up that Todoroki was trying to get back to her using a slightly different route. Looked like he didn't think he had the power needed to take him on which was a rational mind set but he wasn't here to praise how he ran.

He was here to see if they could evade or beat him.


(And now)

'Almost….almost through!' Uraraka said to herself as she slowly cut through the capture tape holding her up. She couldn't rely on her weight putting strain on it to speed things up as that would mean she would fall right into the caltrops. She was forced to make herself weightless beforehand so that she wouldn't put herself in anymore danger then needed. "Yes!" She said in joy as she cut through the 4th one. From her count, she only had two more to go before she was free.

"Uraraka!" She heard Todoroki calling out to her as she looked to see him running back towards her.

"Todoroki, what are you doing here?" Uraraka asked him looking out for Eraserhead as she thought he would have used this as a chance to make a break for the exit.

"We won't beat him alone, we need to work together." Todoroki answered her as he covered the ground beneath her in a small layer of ice to neutralise the caltrops. Allowing her to release her quirk and start cutting faster but she picked up another person making his way towards them.

"Behind you!" She yelled as he turned around and saw that Eraser was hot on their tail, running across the power-lines like it was nothing.

"[Tsk] He's fast, I'll give him that!" Todoroki said as he got ready to fight the guy and give Uraraka the time she needed to get free.

'So he did return here. Looks like he's helping her out.' Aizawa thought to himself as he jumped down and threw his capture weapon towards the youngest Todoroki, however, it seemed that the boy wasn't taking chances as he opted to dodge the strand and jump back, keeping his distance.

'Smart, he's keeping his distance from me, despite knowing he can't fight back at that range.' Aizawa noted as he could see that so long as he kept his gaze on the boy, Shoto wouldn't try and use his quick-knowing that he couldn't rely on it. But he was smart enough to not try and take him in close quarters. But as the two danced around with Todoroki escaping by the skin of his teeth…

'Yes, I'm out!' Uraraka silently cheered as she finally got out of the tape and landed on the ice floor that Todoroki left for her. She looked forward and saw that Todoroki was in no position to retreat, she needed to help him. 'Todoroki needs some help, and quick!' She then noticed that the strands of the cut tape were all around her. Along with some loose ice and stones. She could use that.

'Damn, this guys doesn't give up!' Todoroki thought to himself as he barely dodged a swipe that would have taken him out as Aizawa had managed to close the distance despite his best efforts.

"Sorry, this is it!" Aizawa said as he managed to get one strand of his weapons wrapped around Todoroki's arm but before he could pull him in and finish him off.

"Todoroki! Duck!" Uraraka yelled out as she threw a bundle of his capture tool towards him. it was a desperate move.

"Really? That's your play?" Aizawa asked as he kicked the useless material into the sky but he didn't catch the smile on Uraraka's face, she was planning something.

"Yep!" Uraraka said as she pressed her fingers together and released her quick. He thought she was taking about the tape as it did seem a little light when he kicked them up. "Release!" But years of the job had honed his reflexes to the point where he was already in motion as he looked up and saw that with the tape, rocks and pieces of ice were coming down on him. She must have made them weightless and gathered them in the air above them.

'Dammit, smart trick. She filled it with things I didn't expect, making me blink.' Aizawa noted to himself as he jumped back to avoid the objects, only to see a large wall of ice shoot up in front of him.

'And also gave them a good window to escape.' He thought to himself as he jumped onto the rooftops to pursue them.

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"Looks like he fell for it." Todoroki said as he and Uraraka came out of the corner they had hidden behind once they were sure he was gone.

"Yeah, it was a good idea to use your ice to trick him like that, Todoroki." Uraraka said as she breathed out a sigh of relief. Todoroki's quick thinking may have bought them more time but they were still on a time limit. If she was counting correctly, they still had about 24 minutes left in their exam.

"He won't work a second time so we need to move." Todoroki said as they ran down the opposite direction, their misleading ice wall leading towards the exit where they figured Aizawa would assume they ran off to.

"Right." Uraraka replied before the two took off. "So what you suppose we do?" She asked as the two stuck to the back alleys again to avoid being seen from above, now that they knew he was moving via rooftops, they needed to limit their possible exposure.

"I don't have much ideas, you?" Todoroki asked as they both kept their eyes opened. They both could guess that their little ploy wouldn't work for long and he must be looking for them again.

"Well I have the one, but's it's a real gamble." Uraraka said as she thought up a little plan, taking a page out of her friend, Midoriya's notebook on how to be unpredictable.

"Let's hear it." Todoroki said. If she had a good plan, then they'll use it. If not, then they'll came up with another. It was that simple.

"Okay, the first part of the plan needs him to see and chase us." Uraraka started to explain to him, grabbing his attention as that seemed like the last thing they wanted.

"Why?" Todoroki asked her, confused.

"Because if he doesn't, he may not fall for it. We need to get him to chase us away from the exit gate. Then you take a dive and let him catch you." She explained to him as they kept on the move.

"Okay, then what?" Todoroki pushed, wanting to know why he had to take the dive.

"Then I'll lure him, acting like I'm panicking and running in the wrong direction. As I do that, he'll give chase to take me out and beat us. You use that time window to get out of whatever trap he puts you in and make your way for the exit." She explained. Using herself as bait for them to win as a group.

"But won't he'll expect that?" Todoroki pointed out the obvious flaw in that as once their teacher realised this, he'll just turn around and go after him.

"Not if you travel in a way where he can't see you." Uraraka said as she pointed towards a man-hole cover in the middle of the street.

"The sewers?" Todoroki asked her, not really doing a good job at hiding his displeasure of crawling though some sewage pipe.

"The storm drains. My family been in construction my whole life, I know that the storm drains for a residential area like this should be large enough for you to move through unseen." She corrected as also didn't like the thought of crawling through the sewers but even if they had to, most modern sewage systems were way too small for people their size to move through the, even Mineta would have trouble. The storm drains on the other hand, were more than large enough for someone to walk through. "Aizawa-sensei won't it coming since I don't hear a lot of pros making use of them."

"Makes sense, and even if he catches on that I escaped, he'll have no idea where I went." Todoroki could see the logic in that suggestion as even if or more likely, when Aizawa notices that he's not made another appearance, he'll have no clue where he is.

"Plus they should be dry since this is a mock city and we haven't had any rain in a while, so the only things you will need to worry about are some rats." Uraraka pointed out as there shouldn't be any actual water down there. Which was a plus for them.

"That's not a problem." Todoroki said as he rose his left hand up and made a small fire before putting it out. If rats gave him problems, he'll roast them alive.

"Just don't make a lot of noise down there, sound travels pretty far in the tunnels and the last thing we need is for Aizawa-sensei to catch on." Uraraka reminded him as tunnels were infamous for how good they were for channelling sounds. She was pretty sure that Todoroki using his quick in them would cause some noise.

"But what's your part in all of this?" Todoroki asked her as all she had said was that she would lure him away, but not much else.

"I'm going to keep him busy for as long as I can. If I can buy you enough time to get out, that'll be a win." Uraraka told him as she knew that she had the hardest part of the job. Fending off their teacher.

"Do you realise who you're up against?" Todoroki asked her, showing some concern for her as they both knew that will be a brutal fight. Their teacher was many thing but he wasn't one that pulled punches.

"Being outmatched didn't stop Midoriya, it didn't stop you and it won't stop me. Not if I want to be a hero to." She told him with a fire in her eyes. She wanted this, a chance to prove herself, to prove that she could be as clever and resourceful as their class rep. She had to, how could she not after seeing the two boys giving it their whole against Stain to save Iida and Native on TV. "Besides, if I sell it right, it'll seem like we didn't have a plan in the first place." She added in as they needed to ensure that Aizawa didn't catch on and if she acted like she thought she was screwed, then chances are he'll believe she was.

"Alright, we'll go with that." Todoroki agreed to it, though he didn't like the thought of her having to take the brunt of it, he respected her as classmate too much to say otherwise.

"Great! Now all we need is some time to find a good spot for you to enter." She responded as the man-hole she was gesturing to was one leading to the sewers, they needed one that lead to the storm drains.


(5 Minutes later)

'Where are they?' Aizawa asked him as he looked around for his two wayward students. He caught on pretty quickly that their little ice wall was trick but by the time he got back to where they were, they had vanished. He tried to look for them from above but didn't see a single sign of them. Leaving him to just patrol the area near the gate so that if they made a break for it. He'll see them and catch them.

"They haven't made a break for the exit yet, so they'll still here….somewhere." Aizawa started saying to himself before he picked up movement. "Hmm, looks like I spoke too soon." He noted as he saw the two making a break for the exit area. But they seemed to be sloppy as the exit was on the other side of the stage area. They must have forgotten how much time they had left and threw caution to the wind.

'Looks like they're trying to sneak past me. Too bad for them, I make my living getting the jump of people.' The underground hero thought to himself as he raced to intercept the two of them as they tried to bolt past him.

"That's far enough." Aizawa said as he landed right in front of them. Surprising the two.

"Oh no! But how did he-" Uraraka tried to understand how he caught up to them so quickly.

"Less talking Uraraka, we need to move!" Todoroki yelled at her as he got into a combative stance. His ice and fire may be useless but that didn't mean his couldn't fight.

"Head for the exit!" Uraraka rather looked like she was prioritising escape over a losing battle.

"He's expecting that! We need another plan!" Todoroki rushed him, trying to catch him off guard but he had years over him so seeing through it was child's play.

"You don't have the time to make one." Aizawa stated as he caught the boy's outstretched hand, flipped him on his back with his arm still in the lock.

"Dammit!" Todoroki cursed as he tried to counter but found himself struck across the face by a quick jab, taking him out of the fight as he stopped moving.

"Todoroki!" Uraraka called out, nearly scared stiff at the sight of one of their classes powerhouses going down so quickly.

"Not a bad idea to avoid a fight you can't win, but when you only had one way out, it's limited your options for escape." Aizawa told her as she took one look at the situation and panicked, turning tail and running.

"Sorry bout this, but I can't have you escaping as well." Aizawa said to the knocked out Todoroki as he hung him much like he did Uraraka before laying down some caltrops under him as well. The guy may be knocked out but he wasn't willing to take chances. With that done, he turned around and left to chase after his last student. They still had about 18 minutes left before time ran out but he still wished to capture them both rather then ran the clock. It was quiet for a while after he left before Todoroki opened one eye slowly to look around to be sure he was alone.

'Hmmmm that hurt. I barely retained consciousness. Still, looks like he fell for it,' He thought to himself as he could still see double. That man hit like a tank when he wanted to. But now that the first part of the plan had worked, he needed to move. 'Let's see what this knife is good for.' He thought to himself as he worked his hands into his costume to pull out the knife that Uraraka had passed him before they left cover.

'I need to buy him time!' Uraraka thought to herself as she looked behind her at the pursuing teacher, doing her best to make sure she stilled looked scared when in actuality, he was playing right into their hands.


(In the Monitor Room – Moments earlier)

"What are they planning?" Midoriya asked aloud as he along with the rest of them, a group that now included Ojiro and Tokoyami had been watching this whole event. And none of them were impressed by what they were seeing.

"(Kero)Your guess is as good as mine. They don't seem to want to fight him." Asui pointed out as for the entire 10 minutes the exam had been going on, the duo had seemingly been on the run. She knew Uraraka wasn't much of a fighter but still, Asui knew she could do better.

"Too late for that, Round face and half and half just got made." Bakugo said as they all saw how the two bolted out of cover for no good reason towards the exit. Was their plan for one of them to get through?

"Ooooh, that's gotta hurt." Clearly that didn't work out as Kaminari noted, having nearly felt that punch to the face. That's gonna leave a mark.

"Oh no, you mean she has to fight him by herself now?" Ashido was now really worried that this would be the 2nd group to fail the exam as Uraraka freaked out and ran. Leaving their teacher to chase after her, away from the gate. Didn't she realise she was going in the wrong way.

"Hold on." Shinso said as he picked up moment on the one monitor. "Is it me, or is Todoroki still moving?" They all turned towards the one screen showing what should have been a still Todoroki but their surprise, he was moving around.

"No, you're right. What is he doing?" Ojiro asked they all paid closer attention to it and saw something sticking out of the tape.

"He's cutting himself out? But when did he-" Kaminari asked as he didn't recall the duel haired boy having such a tool.

"Uraraka, she must have given him her knife when they were off camera." Midoriya realized as he knew she carried one, it was how she got out of the tape. But why would she pass it along? She only had the one, was this part of some plan?

"Yeah but why?" Kaminari asked, not noticing that Recovery Girl and Power Loader seemed to be paying closer attention now.

"Probably so he could do that, Pikachu." Bakugo said as he pointed towards the screen where they saw Todoroki slowly climb down the tape, avoiding the tape before he dashed towards one of the man-hole covers, they were really expecting him to lift it off and climb in but not before moving the cover back into place.

"Gero, he's going underground?" Asui asked as they had feed under there so they had no idea as to what he was doing.

"I get it, Aizawa can't see him under there so I can't erase his quirk. He can launch a sneak attack he won't see coming." Sero said, thinking he found out their plan, only for the support pro to shake his head in a sign of him being wrong.

"That doesn't take into account that you're also being judged on the level of destruction you leave behind. If Todoroki fires off an attack from underground, he'll really mess things up down there." Power Loader reminded them as they knew that as pros, keeping collateral down was part of the job. Sure there were times when one needed to focus on the issue at hand then the aftermath but for the most part, not wrecking the environment was a thing they tried to teach all pros.

"And Aizawa-sensei doesn't seem to be in the business of wrecking stuff, there as to be more to this." Shinso said as they all knew that Aizawa was the last person to condone reckless damage of private and public property.

"Observe, Uraraka has stopped." Tokoyami spoke up as he came to stand next to his friend who gave him a small nod. "Does she intend to confront him in actual combat?" he asked as they saw that Uraraka had come to a stop and was now starring down the pro with a scared but determined look to her.

"She's nowhere near the exit, maybe she figures she can fight on past him." Midoriya figured as he knew that she had taken up martial arts recently but surely she knew she was no match for the veteran underground hero. What was her plan?

They soon got their answer as Uraraka charged him. They all thought she was toast but she proved capable of avoiding his attacks. As the time went on, she would consistently keep up her offensive, making use of loose stones, sand and tree branches for weapons and trash can lids for shields, showcasing that she knew how to improvise and whenever her quirk was available to her, she would make the most of it, using it to pick up or throw large objects. They won't lie, it was hard watching her take the beating as their teacher didn't pull any punches but it was even harder watching her keep getting back up-each and every time.

"I can give her points for heart but…." Sero asked with a sweat rolling down his face as they watched as Uraraka seemingly got her ass handed to her.

"She should just stay down, why is she doing this?" Shinso finished the thought as he winced as she took a particularly hard hit to the face.

"Why indeed." Power Loader wondered to himself, already knowing that Recovery Girl isn't pleased with this but then again, she never liked seeing anyone hurt.


(Back on the field)

"Don't you think this has been going on long enough?" Aizawa asked as he stated down the beaten and very much bruised Uraraka, who had refused to stay down long enough for him to just wrap her up and declare his victory. Honestly, he wasn't really enjoying this but she wasn't making it easy.

"[Huff, huff] Not yet [huff][huff]" "I can[huff] still fight[huff]" Uraraka huffed out through harsh breathes. By her count, it had been just over 6 minutes and even then, she felt like she could pass out at any moment. Still though, she couldn't give him.

"I beg to differ. You can barely stand as is." Aizawa said as he got out of a combative stance. At this point, she wouldn't be able to resist if he attacked but maybe he could talk her down.

"I need to[huff] do my part,[huff] otherwise," Uraraka wasn't in the mood to listen to him as he replied. "Otherwise[huff] I won't be able to stand[huff] with all of them, to be heroes just like them."

"You've done enough. Accept your defeat and we can end this." Aizawa all but ordered her, keeping his weapon at the ready but otherwise physically showing that he was done with this fight. 'It's not a bad trait to be able to keep fighting even when the odds are against you, but a pro needs to know when it isn't worth it. She needs to work on that.' He thought to himself as he took in all the damage the girl had on her and though he was impressed by how she was able to use her quirk and anything laying around. He also hated those who didn't know when to quit, when they should cut their losses and fight another day.

"Maybe….maybe you're right. It is time we end this." Uraraka said as she got onto another combat ready stance though she was swaying side to side a little. Obviously she was in no condition to keep this up and she knew it, so why?

"Don't get overconfident in yourself." Aizawa told her, seeing that she won't go down without him forcing it so he quickly through some of his tape towards her, catching the girl's arm and started to pull her towards him, keeping his eyes on her so that she couldn't use her quick. Added to the fact she had more 'tools' on hand meant that this was as good as over.

"I'm not the one who will end it." Still, despite the fact she was moments away from being captured and failing the exam, she responded with a tired and victorious smile on her face.

'What is she-' Aizawa begun to wonder to himself as he pulled her in. But then the wording caught up with him but before he could do anything about it.

"Third match: Todoroki has successfully escaped the combat zone. Winners, Uraraka and Todoroki." They both heard the announcement loud and clear. For Uraraka, this was the signal to stop struggling and collapse to the ground, beyond tired and in serious pain. For Aizawa, it was the last clue he needed to be sure of his point.

"You were distracting me." Aizawa said as he released her from his capture took. No point trying now.

"Yep!" Uraraka chirped out, feeling her exhaustion be dampened by the sheer joy of knowing her plan worked, that they passed.

"I see, good play." Aizawa said with a small smile as he helped his student back up to her feet and they both made their way for the exit.


(Later)

"Congrats, you passed your exam with 11 minutes left on the clock." Aizawa said to the two of them as Todoroki helped an exhausted but relieved Uraraka stand. They were currently outside the staging area with the exit behind them.

"Thank you sensei." They both replied, happy that they managed to pass and secure their spots on the summer camp, though Todoroki was just happy it'll get him out of the house for a while, he hated having to return home and see his bastard of a father.

"I gotta know, how you do it? I had left behind sensors across all the paths leading to the exit." Aizawa said as he hold out a small looking camera that he pulled out from his small bag he was equipped with for the activity.

"You did?" Todoroki asked, having only realised that must have been the reason he was so willing to chase after Uraraka rather than just guard the entrance.

"Did you honestly think I would chase after you and leave the path to victory clear?" Aizawa asked the two of them, wondering if they thought him that short sighted. Their reaction proved that to be accurate.

"Well…." Uraraka at least as the decency to look away, having forgotten that little detail in the heat of the moment. In response to the two of them not having an answer, the man only sighed.

"First mistake, you assumed with no actual evidence. But that doesn't answer my question, how you do it." Aizawa asked the second time.

"It was Uraraka's plan, she was distracting you so that I could move towards it," Todoroki responded before he tapped the ground with his foot. "Underground."

"Sewage lines?" Aizawa asked, that wasn't something you heard every day.

"Storm drains, why does everyone thing sewage lines? Most are way too small for someone to move though." Uraraka corrected, having heard that line her whole. Why the heck did so many people think the sewers were that big? Didn't they ever see that whenever they did work on them in the street, they almost always dug up pipes too small for a grown man to grow through?

"It took me some time as I needed to move carefully. Once I saw that I was close, I made a break for it." Todoroki added in as he found that he came to ground not too far from the exit and just took the chance to book it rather than try and find a closer manhole.

"Using unconventional routes of travel, smart move." Aizawa nodded his head that their little plan. "Your plan worked in the end but it did have flaws, I could have easily checked to make sure Todoroki was knocked out for one, or I could have tied him in such a way that he couldn't cut his way out of my capture tape." He told the two of them so that they would know how their plan could have backfired or failed. He wasn't being s sore loser but trying to ensure that they improved and would work to create better plans in the future.

"Uraraka, remember, I was playing a villain, meaning that I could have gone for a more lethal attacks at any time, I do carry my own knife you know." He said as he pulled out his own blade for emphasize, his being longer and do doubt stronger than her own.

"Yes sensei." The two of them nodded their heads to him.

"Use this and my advice as a chance to grow. You both passed the exam, I advise to head over back and get a check-up from Recovery Girl. That looks like it'll bruise." Aizawa instructed them as he gestured towards his own eye, seeing how Uraraka had a black eye going on for her.

"We'll be on our way." Todoroki said as he turned and around, while still assisting her to move, the two of them begun to walk off.

"Aw, that hurts." Uraraka finally took the time to complain about the pain as she no longer had to worry about selling it.

"Would you like me to make you some ice?" Todoroki asked her.

"Thanks a bunch!" Uraraka responded with a sweet looking smile….that didn't look as sweet with the bruises and scratches she was still sporting.


(In the Monitor room)

"They did it!" Ashido cheered as she and Kaminari hugged it out after they all show the two of them pass.

"I knew that could!" Kaminari was just as happy for them.

"Really, you didn't seem so sure a minute ago." Asui pointed out as before the announcement went off, the blonde looked like a nervous wreck.

"Damn, I didn't think she had it in her." Midoriya whistled, proud that his friend was able to push through that challenge and coming out on top.

"No kidding, that looked kinda scary." Sero pointed as he never though he'll see that bubbly girl put herself through such a thing. Kinda reminded you that even she was dangerous, even if she looked as cute as she did.

"Whose next?" Ojiro asked them.

"Mineta and Yaoyorozu vs Midnight." Tokoyami replied as he had a feeling that the two of them must be making their way to the starting point if they're not already there.

"Why do I have a feeling this will be a train wreck?" Bakugo asked, already seeing the two of them failing because Mineta would be thinking with his other head.

"Because it most likely will be." Ashido cut in. Not really expecting much from Mineta.

"When it comes to boobs, Mineta has the mind of a horny ape. I don't even know if the two of them have a fighting chance." Midoriya agreed with him, he didn't hate the purple balled boy but he hadn't really done anything in any of their practical's or combat trials to prove him wrong about his general performance. Sure he was smart but in actual combat, you needed more than brains to last, never mind win.

"Either way, we shall see what events occur in a few moments." Tokoyami said, having little faith in their classmate due to his well-known 'self-control issues' with attractive females.


(Stage 4 – With Yaoyorozu and Mineta)

"Fourth Match: Yaoyorozu and Mineta. Ready, Go!"

"Remember to keep you head in the game, Mineta." Yaoyorozu said as the two moved through the combat area. They were trying to close the distance between them and the exit so if all else failed, they could try and ensure that one of them got passed.

"Got it." Mineta gave her a thumbs-ups as he eyes strayed from her eyes to her chest area. Something that was pretty hard to miss as even if he could say his height made it hard for him to look her in the eye, they both know that excuse was BS.

"I'm serious. This isn't some class assignment." Yaoyorozu told him with a serious glare to her, holding back at her discomfort at having his eyes all over her. She couldn't wait for Midoriya to get that new costume finished but as far as she knew, he was still designing the actual get-up and hadn't actually made anything yet. He wouldn't even tell her what he was doing.

"My, my, looks like I've found you." They both heard a voice speak up in front of them. "Time for me to teach you two a lesson." Midnight said as she made her appearance known as she walked out from behind one of the many large boulders scattered across the field. She already had her quirk active as around her was a faint but still visible cloud of pink gas they both knew would be very bad to breathe in.

'BOOBS!' Mineta's mind jumped at the sight of Midnight's chest as though she was covering them, her costume didn't exactly swing towards modesty in anyway and made her bust seem even more appealing somehow.

'Of course he'll lose focus that that!' Seeing that his head wasn't in the game anymore and how she knew she couldn't just leave him there, she grabbed onto his scarf and bolted the other way, abandoning their move towards the exit. "We need to move!"

"Nooooo!" Mineta whined as he found himself being pulled further and further away from such a glorious sight.

'We need to get to some high ground, her quirk tends to linger from what I've seen, it won't rise unless the wind picks up.' Yaoyorozu thought to herself as she noted that either Midnight's gas was too heavy to rise like normal or she was purposely keeping close to her body. Either way, they had to ensure they don't breathe it in. They ran for quite a while it seemed though the girl kept track of their time and noted that only a couple minutes as passed before they came to stop, hiding from sight as they started to climb up a little hill.

"Mineta! This isn't the time or place for this!" Yaoyorozu had it up to here with his antics. If he didn't get it under control soon, then they'll fail! "We are working hard to become heroes, heroes don't act like shameless perverts." She took a step forward and looked him dead in the eye with a look that spelt pain if he didn't listen. "If we fail because you can't get your head in the game then-" She started before she bent over and whispered the last part into his ear. In any other situation, his mind would be filled with too many perverted fantasies of her bending over to his level and whispering into his ear to hear what she said.

And what she threatened him was something he was both glad he heard and scared shitless by.

"Understand?" Yaoyorozu asked as she got back up to her normal height and stared him down.

"Yes mam." Mineta quickly nodded his head, wishing that she didn't see a reason to even attempt what she threatened him. 'Jesus, she has a scary side to her.' He thought to himself as he along with his partner kept on moving up the small hill. 'But then again, she has nothing on Mt. Lady. I don't want to ever go through that again!' He finished as she recalled the 'cruel' treatment he went through under her.

"Good, we need to keep this to a ranged battle." Yaoyorozu said as he created her normal bō staff along with a taser which worked at a range. "Meaning we don't get close unless she's down, also," She then turned around so that she could open up hr costume a bit to create two extra pieces of gear. "Take this." She said as she turned back around with her costume back in place and handed Mineta a small gasmask.

"Good idea, her quick can't work on us if we don't breathe it in." Mineta thanked her as he went to put it on, but before he could secure it.

"Very astute." They both heard her speaking as she walked up to them, before they could even figure how she was able to move on them without making a sound, she lashed out with her whip, striking Mineta's hands and making him drop the mask before he could even put it on, leaving Yaoyorozu the only with one secured.

"Shit, who the hell did she-!?" Mineta didn't even hear her coming, how the hell did she do that.

"Less talking, more fighting!" Yaoyorozu told him as she rushed ahead to try and close the distance now that she had a gasmask but she found that Midnight and that whip of hers were no joke as she moved it around like it had a mind of its own. Keeping her from closing the distance and deep in the gas cloud.

'Smart play to try and close the distance, but Shouta isn't the only one that can sneak up on their targets.' Midnight thought to herself as she found it very easy to keep the mature appearing girl back as Mineta hadn't even entered the fray yet, though she still kept an eye on him just in case he tried to pull something.

'She's fast!' Yaoyorozu on the other hand, found that she was on the losing side of this as she dodged another attempt to grab her leg and trip her. 'I didn't think she was that good with her whip but clearly I was mistaken.' Though in the heat of the moment, she didn't note her own position before it was too late.

'Time for plan B-' Yaoyorozu was reaching to try something new when she felt her lose balance. To her shock, she realised that she had been moved to the ledge by Midnight's attacks without realised and now was falling down. "Oh no!" She screamed out as she fall down. It wasn't a large fall but it was one that will still hurt a lot, double for her seeing how her costume covered next to nothing.

"You have been paying closer attention to your surroundings, sweetheart." Midnight said to the now empty ledge with a little chuckle before she directed her seductive gaze towards the other student. "Now, what will I do with you?" She asked as she licked her lips, appearing to be a cat that just caught the purple bird.

"Screw this!" Mineta, seeing that he was the purple bird in that metaphor, took off running.

"Mineta!" Yaoyorozu, who couldn't see the act but figured that was what he did, yelled out to the cliffside before she ticked her tongue and ran around to try and pursue the two of them.

"Oh how I love it when they ran." Midnight on her part, looked like she was on some kind of rapid high as he raced to chase after him. "Do try to make this fun for me."


(In the monitor room)

"Well, there goes any respect I had for the grape stain." Bakugo said as they watched the fool ran off like a headless chicken. Though if he was honest, he didn't have much respect for Mineta to begin with.

"Agreed. That was pathetic." Tokoyami said as he closed his eyes and shook his head in disappointment.

"The dumbass is running like a coward at the first sign of trouble. How the hell he even make it into the hero course?" Midoriya asked, not impressed in the slightest by this….performance.

"(Kero) But I do find something off about this." Asui said as she took up her regular thinking pose.

"What do you mean, Tsu?" Ashido asked the cute frog girl.

"During the USJ attack, Mineta was no bastion of bravery or power but he did stand his ground and help me fight. So why is he running now?" Asui asked as would be the first to admit, that during that incident, Mineta wasn't at his finest but he did still stick around and actively help her fend off the villains. So she would it odd that he could fight when his life was in literal danger but couldn't in a mock battle in a controlled environment.

"He could have a plan, much like Uraraka and Todoroki did." Ojiro pointed as she also ran. Though he was pretty sure that Mineta didn't know that as none of those on the stages could hear or see what was happening on other fields.

"It's going to be hard for a kid like him to survive in this environment." Power Loader spoke up out of the blue, surprising them as they could tell his eyes were focused on the screens.

"The boy doesn't have a good goal in mind." Recovery Girl appeared to be of the same mind as the support class teacher.

"What do you mean, Recovery Girl?" Shinso asked her.

"UA is constantly putting like walls and putting students to overcome them. However, in order for the students to keep overcoming these walls without losing strength and the will to continue, the students themselves need a clear goal they can focus on." She explained, referring to not just their entrance exams for the numerous course but also how they conducted their classes and lectures.

"It's next to impossible for someone to overcome an obstacle or wall in front of them if they don't have a goal in mind to drive them ahead. If you don't have motivation, you'll not make it far in life. That goes double for the hero course." Power Loader added in.

"Thank you, Power Loader." Recovery Girl said to her co-worker before she turned back to the group of students as a whole. "But you did leave out that even if those types of people do become pros, those who's endgame was becoming a pro have no real future as they don't have a goal past that point. To them, they done enough." She added in as she had seen many pros fall to that, having this mind-set that becoming a pro was enough, many would find themselves killed in the line of duty and the rest remaining low ranked pros who would remain sidekicks for their entire careers. UA wasn't immune to this even her own graduation class all those years ago had people like that.

"So we need goals in life that takes us past becoming pros?" Shinso asked her, taking both their statements under heavy consideration as he personally, never really though past proving everyone wrong about him. Maybe he needed to focus on something else beyond that.

"Yes, goals can be small things like learning and using a new word every day or they can be much like having this type of salary per month in this amount of time." Power Loader told them as he made it appoint to pick up at least 10 pieces of trash and properly dispose of them every day, that number being 30 on weed-ends when he was free.

"But the question remains, is there such a goal, a destination in mind that Mineta has in his heart?" Tokoyami summarised for them, to which the two teachers nodded their heads.

"From the way he's acting, I would say no." Sero said as they saw the dude take a little break behind a smaller rock, he then said something to himself but they didn't get any sound pick-up on the feed but the two teachers present, did.

"He's very direct." Recovery noted with a raised brow. She never thought she would hear a student declare he had such….unusual reasons to become a pro.

"That's one way of putting it." Power Loader snickered as he didn't think the boy would be so direct about it. Clearly he was honest enough to admit such.

"What did he say?" Midoriya asked, wondering what their classmate, who was back on the run, could have said.

"Not out place to say, you can ask him afterwards." Power Loader shot him down before he pointed back towards the screens.


(Back on the field)

'What the hell? Why do I have to deal with this? One sniff is all it would take before I go down and be forced to retire.' Mineta screamed at himself as he kept up his pace, wondering how in the hell could a women ran so fast on rough terrain while wearing high heels, the only time his mother bothered to wear them was for work and she always said they screwed with her feet! 'I wanted to be popular with the ladies, for pretty girls all over to like me. That's why I want to become a pro. To be cool like them.'

'But….' He paused on that as he recalled something that happened during his time with Mt. Lady. 'I was wrong, so very wrong.'


(Flashback –Internships)

"Lady, why are you working me so hard?!" Mineta cried as he found himself barely able to stay straight with 150kg worth of weight on his back, he might as well be supporting over 3 other Minetas on his back. It was the day after the live broadcast of the Stan fight and Lady seemed to really be on edge.

"Because you're a giant pervert." Lady said as she was doing her own work-out on the treadmill. Just cause she could grow to huge sizes and cover large distances didn't mean she slacked off.

"So I appreciate pretty girls, what's wrong with that?!" Mineta defended himself. At this point he had been doing this since he hit puberty, defending his actions to others as sure, he never did something really bad(not for lack of trying) but people treated him like he was some type of sex offender at times!

"Because it goes against what a hero is. People are supposed to be feel safe when you show up, to be willing to approach you when they have troubles for information." Lady told him as if the very people they were supposed to protect felt unsafe under them, then they won't cooperate with them, call in crimes, offer up information. It makes their hard much, much harder.

"But if I become a pro, they will." Mineta replied, so sure that if you went pro, then people will respect and like you. He had never heard of pros that weren't liked but then again, it wasn't like the news liked to reports anymore more then gossip about pros, was is embarrassing at times? Yes, where they invasions of privacy? Also yes.

"No, they won't. Guys will see a shameless prev they don't want to be associated with and girls will see little grape prev that would sooner grope their butts then help them out." Lady told him, she had seen such things happen. Just ask Captain Celebrity, he was once one of the highest ranked pros in the state till all those women came out and spoke out against him. he fled the states before it ever got to trail but now even in japan, most pros avoided him like the plague, the citizens were themselves divided on him which had ensured that he will stay in the 600s of the pro rankings for years to come.

"Hey!" Mineta cried as he struggled to complete his 80 push-ups without looking down. He didn't know how but she always seemed to know when he did so.

"Do you want to know why heroes are cool?" Lady asked him as she paused her treadmill and grabbed a towel to dry off. "It isn't because they are heroes and they can use their quirks to save people. It's because they'll cool enough, smart enough, strong enough and most importantly, brave enough to be able to get up each and every day and do their damn jobs." She started to explain to him.

"Even if it means failure, injury or death in the worst cases. Even if they don't get that much exposure or time to themselves, they keep at it." She told him but when she saw that he wasn't getting it, she just signed and decided on another option.

"I'll be real here, I don't really care if you're a pervert, I don't care that you probably have some photo-shoped images of me that you use for your happy fun times, I don't care that you want to become a pro just for girls." She told him, catching him off guard by her….lack of ire at that fact he may or may not have images of females that share her appearances for his private times. "What I care about is making you into someone deserving of the title of pro hero, someone that people feel safe around."

"You're lying, everyone says that being me is a bad trait." Mineta shot back, this was a ploy, there were all. In response, she just shrugged her shoulder and reached out a olive branch by removing 40kgs from his back and setting them aside.

"As long as you control yourself, what does it matter what you do in your private time? Everyone watches porn. Has that boy or girl they fantasize about, has a kink that turns them on. What's important is not only keeping that under control but being efficient at your job." She told him, she had a younger guy for boyfriend that the world at large didn't know about, she has a small hentai collection on her private laptop, she played MMORPG(Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) with her friends whenever they all had the time. They all had lives outside hero work, they were all people under the costumes and masks. She wasn't in a position to judge Mineta too harshly for his habits. "If you can do that, even if you're a known prev, you can show the world how cool you are."

"How do you know that?" Mineta asked her, wondering if such a thing was even possible as none of the top ten had any real baggage to them. Sure Endeavour wasn't the most friendly, Crust could be too much, All Might tended to jet off to safe someone else before you could really get to know him and Mirko was known to be bash and aggressively honest with her opinions but those weren't too bad.

"Wait here." To answer him, Lady only gave him a smirk as he walked off into one of the other rooms.

'Do I even have the option to move?!' Mineta asked himself as he still had over 100ks pressing down on him, but before he could try anything, he found the swimsuit magazine under him being replaced with some one Shōnen Jump manga's. Where she even get one of theses. "Huh?" He asked himself as he knew that the publisher went bankrupt decades ago, pros and quirks becoming a real thing having tanked the anime industry as a role. "Who's this?" This one had a weird white haired guy on the cover. He was doing some weird hand-signs and one of his eyes was covered by the headband he was wearing.

"That, is a character from an old anime that I watched growing up, one revolving around ninjas, magic, monsters and even Gods. His name is Kakashi Hatake. Do you know who he was in story?" Lady asked him, not being surprised that he didn't even know the name, the manga and by extension-the anime were long before them, even older pros like Yoroi Musha weren't born yet when this came out and was in production. "He was one the strongest characters in the story, he was a good guy that believed in sticking with your friends and had one of best records in his ninja village, where he achieved the highest rank possible at the age of 12 and for a brief time, was the leader of the entire ninja village he was born in." Lady told him, giving the summery to the character in question.

"He sounds so awesome." Mineta said, honestly finding such a person to sound like a total bad-ass.

"He is, but he is also a shameless pervert." Lady dropped that little reveal like he was nothing but going from the look on his face, he didn't buy it so she laughed as she told him the rest. "It's true, Kakashi regularly reads smut in the form of the 'Make out Paradise' series in the anime, hell the guys carries around a copy of the book which he reads in his spare time, both at home and in public." He would even read the damn thing during missions if he could find the time but she would leave that part out.

"People in the anime know about it, he doesn't bother hiding it but he doesn't let such things like a pretty girl get in the way of doing his job and helping people. That's why people still think him cool and dependable, despite the fact he reads porn in public." Lady told him as it was a well-known fact in his home town and to some extent, abroad the dude read smut. But he was still one of the most desirable guys in the series, so much so that after Itachi(she was a sucker for the tragic ones) he was her crush going up.

"So be a giant prev, but don't you ever…EVER let it get in the way of hero work, you hear me?" Lady told him, having seen she made her point as the boy was staring at the fictional character like he was a deity or something. But then again, Kakashi is a bad-ass in every sense of the word.

"Yes mam!" Mineta replied, though his attention never wavered from the picture. He wished for that, he wanted to be like him and if he could be a bad-ass and keep his porn then dammit, he could to!

(Flashback-over)


'Being a hero doesn't make you cool. You're a hero because you're cool!' Mineta thought to himself as he felt his resolve harden as he looked back and saw Midnight was in hot pursuit of him, but he couldn't give. 'I haven't forgotten that lesson.'

'All I need is to buy Yaoyorozu some time!' He thought to himself as he knew that Yaoyorozu must be following them, all he had do to was give her the opening she would need to finish things.

'Darn, Midnight-sensei if fast for a women in heels!' Yaoyorozu, who was in fact chasing after them, thought to herself as she found herself having to move through the pink cloud that Midnight left in her wake. 'The gasmask may keep her quirk from effecting me but I can't see all that well through it. I need a higher vantage point.' She thought to herself as she spied a large rock coming up. It wasn't much but it would have to do for now.

"Why is he running away from her? The exit is close by, if he wanted to escape, he could have." Yaoyorozu asked herself aloud as she felt nothing but shame for his action as she created some climbing gear and started scaling the boulder to the top of it. She soon reached the top and positioned herself in a way that she could still make out the two of them at this distance before she started to create what weapons she could use in this situation.

"Either way, it looks like I'll have clear shot soon but I only have the one before Midnight-sensei catches on." She thought to herself as she finished creating the first thing. That object being an arrow with a special looking head.

'Don't focus on her tantalizing boob, or her sweet, sweet thighs-wait focus!' Mineta in the mean-time, was doing his best to ensure he stayed on topic and didn't venture too far into his fantasies. He could so that at home! 'She wants to you to fall to your basic instincts and be honest with how you feel about her!' He thought to himself with a angry looking face as he looked back out of the corner of his eye and saw her still on his tail.

'But I know you Midnight, you could have waited by the exit and forces us to you but rather you're chasing us, chasing me.' Mineta thought to himself, having followed her career for as long as he was a guy interested in the female form. Izuku may have been the hero nerd but he doubted that even he knew that Midnight a little known tick to her behaviour. 'Just like I want you to.' He finished the thought as he found he ran down a dead-end.

"Dead end, little boy. Looks like you ran yourself into a corner." Midnight, who at this point was surrounded in a cloud of her quirk said as she slowly made her approach, no sense running when he had no where he could go.

"Shit!" Mineta cursed as he pulled two balls off his head and got ready for a final stand. How nice of him, he wanted to go down swinging.

"I admit, I could have very well waited at the exit until the two of you would be forced to come to be, but that's not very considerate, is it?" Midnight said to him as she licked her lips, being in her element with this.

"Also, when someone runs away from you with the look of terror that you have, it gets my sadistic side absolutely throbbing that I can't help it." Her eyes took on that predatory looks that would make mothers keep their sons in the house and fathers wary. There was a reason she was called the 'Rated-R hero' after all, she didn't choose is just because it was funny you know.

"There the look, that look! The one of a predator that has its prey cornered." Mineta scrambled out as he felt his knees start to buckle before he actively held them up. "You're really toeing the line, aren't you Midnight-sensei?"

"It's a shame that I knocked out that mask of yours, you should have really made sure you had it on tight there. But it doesn't matter now." Midnight said, referring to the mask that he long since dropped when she got the jump on them not too long ago. "It doesn't matter if you take it in through your nose, your mouth. One breath, one sniff, that's all it will take before you go down." In response, Mineta pulled out another ball from his head and put them together, making a little whip of his hair. He then added a couple more to give it some reach but compared to her own, it was a baby.

"Oh oh, that's a little desperate, don't your think?" Midnight asked him. Honestly, she was getting far more of a kick then she should but she couldn't help it. He was proving to be really….amusing.

"That's not it." Mineta countered, and though he looked like he was doing everything he could to keep focus and not accidently breath in some of the gas in the air, he still looked like he was holding onto some vestige of hope. "I just wanted to stay awake long enough to see the look on your face!"

"The look on my face?" Midnight paused as she asked him again. She knew that the vast majority of the boys liked her and she may or may not be in some of their more raunchy dreams but none of them had ever said it to her face, that was against school policy.

"Running like a scared pig, screaming my head off, knowing that in your sadistic nature you will follow me, leading you here," Mineta explained his planning to her as victories smirk broke out across his face. "I planned it all! And now you're right where I want you."

"Are you saying you had me in the palm of your hand this whole time?" Midnight asked as she felt herself grow in ire and amusement at that little statement before she tore her sleeve to increase the amount of her quirk in the air before sending the cloud towards him. "That's a bold statement but I won't let you get a hit in that easily!" It was time she finished him so she can go after the teammate of his, now that she thought about it. She hadn't heard the girl on their tail for a minute or so now, where was she?

"Who said I'll get the hit in?" Mineta asked before he took in as much clean air as he good before he held his breath. He wanted to stay awake long enough to see this. His crypt message proved to be enough for Midnight to turn around and in the distance, she could make out Yaoyorozu just as she let loose an arrow on their location.

'The girl!' Midnight thought to herself, confused as to why she chose a bow and arrow rather the cannon she seemed to be fond of.

"Thank you Mineta!" Yaoyorozu called out, having only realised what he was doing. She had already done everything she could to make sure the arrow hit home as she was already drawing the string back to fire off another one. For her part, Midnight saw the arrow coming towards her and swung her whip to bat it aside. But she was in for a shock when on impact with her whip, the arrow exploded. The force of which heavily damaging her main weapon.

BOOM!

'An explosive arrow!?'She yelled in her own mind as she worked to figure out how such a thing was possible as she jumped back from Mineta to ensure he couldn't get the jump on her. Where she-she made it, didn't she?' But before she could make something of this, she spotted another arrow, even close then the first one making its way towards her.

'Another one.' She asked herself as the arrow landing in the middle of her and Mineta before blowing up as well. The force of the blast proving strong enough to push most of her quirk's fragrance away, it wasn't what he was hoping for but he'll take what he could get.

BOOM!

"You're wide open!" Mineta yelled out as he ran towards her, knowing that there was still some lingering fragrance in the air but now wasn't the time for caution. It was all or nothing! As the boy ran towards her, he pulled out as man balls off his head as he threw them in her direction and though many missed their park, some different as a couple managed to hit home, the actual impact doing nothing but they did instinctively make her step back and to her shock, she had stepped onto one of the balls he was throwing.

"I'm stuck!" Midnight realised their plan at the last second as the boy looked her in the eyes as he kept up the barrage, managing to knock her down onto her butt, which landed one of his balls. She was helpless to fight back but rather than take her out, he rushed on past her.

"Grape Rush!" Mineta yelled out his super-move as he kept up the pace, trying to outran the effects of her quirk before they could kick in.


(In the Monitor room)

"They have her!" Asui called out, just as shocked as the rest of the students as they saw Yaoyorozu rushing towards the scene, pulling out the handcuffs they had been given.

"That was quite the clever plan they had. Feeding into her sadistic nature like that and using it against her." Recovery Girl couldn't help but give a little smile. Impressed that the two of them had been able to identify such a thing and use it against her like that.

"No kidding, even I was didn't see his plan." Power Loader said as he could admit, he thought the boy had chicken out. Clearly he was wrong.

'So it seems that that boy was able to turn that goal of his into one that could push him. That's good for him, girls do like a man willing to put in the work.' Recovery Girl said to herself, keeping the thought private.

"So the whole time, he was just playing her! I didn't see that coming!" Kaminari stated a he felt blown away by that.

"I forget that he scared pretty high in class. The guy sure has some brains to make up for the lack of brawns." Midoriya thought aloud as he was really impressed by that. None of them saw that coming as they watched Yaoyorozu make it to the scene with the handcuffs out. She only cuffed the one hand but it was enough.

"Fourth match: Midnight has been captured. Winners, Yaoyorozu and Mineta."


(Back on the field)

"Great match you to, you really had me fooled there." Midnight congratulated the two of them from her spot on the floor. At least, she was sitting as Mineta worked to release her.

"Thank you for the praise Midnight-sensei but to be honest, I didn't know what Mineta was doing myself." Yaoyorozu replied, not willing to take credit for a plan she had no part planning.

"You didn't tell her?" Midnight asked the boy, that being news to her. She would have assumed it was some sort of ploy.

"There wasn't enough time to explain everything to her. Plus I know she would follow and try and help so it worked out in the end." Mineta explained himself as he had only came up with it moments before she got the jump on them the first time….but he was distracted.

"You shouldn't make such assumptions in the field, Mineta, anything could have happened that could have forced her away from you. Communication is key." Midnight told the two of them as she had seen more than a couple operations going bust due to poor communication.

"Yes mam!" The two of them replied to her.

"Good work on the bow and arrow, Yaoyorozu. I took you for a cannon girl." Midnight then took this as a chance to toss a joke, seeing how Yaoyorozu was blushing at the fact she called her a cannon girl. She didn't use such a thing that much….right?

"Well cannons certainly have their uses but they take too long to make and their ammunition is draining to create. So I decided to use something smaller." She explained to herself as the rock she was poached on was also too small a space to place a functional cannon as she would have to sit on it to accommodate such a thing, which would make aiming a nightmare.

"That's a great idea but with those arrows of yours, you didn't need to trade off most of that firepower. I'll advise you work on that." Midnight told her as the fact she made use of trick arrows that she could make on the fly was a huge plush. She could create dozens of them without worry about running out.

"Yes Midnight-sensei." Yaoyorozu took the praise with grace and humility.

"But I am curious. Just how were you able to keep your head in the game?" Midnight asked as she looked towards the boy working to free her so that they could leave. They were both expecting him to have a larger amount of difficulty with this as in class, girls were his kryptonite.

"Mt. Lady helped with that. I want to be like Kakashi. A man that can be a prev but still be super cool." Mineta replied, though the two of them had no idea who the hell he was talking about. "I can wait for boobs at home." Oh, there was the pre that had come to know during the school term.

"Well, he's certainly honest." Midnight laughed to herself as Yaoyorozu was glaring at the boy, she knew he wasn't joking but still, it was too much!

"Who is this Kakashi?" Yaoyorozu asked the two of them.

"I don't know but away you should really get going." Midnight encouraged her as there was no need for her to stay behind with her.

"You sure?" Yaoyorozu asked her. Since she was most likely stating because she didn't trust Mineta to not try something, she decided to screw with the both of them.

"Mineta is only getting his balls off me, there's nothing wrong with that." Midnight asked, using her seductive voice and bedroom eyes as she said that and she got the rise she wanted out of them, even if he meant hearing Power Loader laughing his ass off on the radio link and Recovery Girl sighing to herself about her habits.

"Do you have to say it like that!" Yaoyorozu shot back with her face so red, she was amazed there was still blood flowing to other parts of the girl's body. As for Mineta…

'My balls….all over her….' Mineta had no defence, he had no warning. Only that image in his head which took him to wonderland before he passed out from the excitement.

'I still got it. Looks like whatever Lady used, wasn't full proof.' Midnight laughed to herself as she was luckily able to get back up, though there was still a ball attacked to her butt, she could always change clothes later.


(In the Monitor Room)

The rest of the matches went by without much incident after that. The students were given a first-hand look as to why you never screw with Nezu after he wasted Kaminari and Aoyama in their match-ups, attacking them from a cane and making near impossible calculations on when and what to hit to keep them panicking and reactive rather than active. Midoriya himself looked scared shitless as he recalled how he made a comment about that same principal before their exams and now he concerned that the rat/bear/dog thing might be coming for him.

The next match up was Present Mic vs Jiro and Koda and for the most part, it looked like they were going to lose too as the man clearly had the range and location advantage, having placed himself right in front of the exit gate and blasted them with his voice. But that was until Koda apparently got his fear of bugs and ordered a literal swarm to attack the blonde pro. Recovery Girl seemed unsympathetic with how he lost but the students felt his pain as they all felt the collective skin crawling feeling at the sight of such a thing.

The last group stuck around long enough for them to see how Hagakure and Shoji match against Snipe went down and though the match was most likely the second shortest of them, they couldn't fault their teacher for accidently bumping onto Hagakure's chest, he didn't even know she was there until she handcuffed him. Bakugo met Mineta's comment on him being a good position with if had known that and made the choice to elbow her boob like that, he could get arrested.

"Good Luck!" Uraraka cheered for her friend. Now that it was the last test of the day, just about the entire class had decided to watch it, including those who had taken some type of damage, reasoning that one didn't get to see All Might in action all that often.

"We're gonna need it." Sero moaned as he reached for his helmet. Having taken it off some time ago.

"Yeah, no way we're walking out of this without some bruising and possible broken bones." Midoriya said as he checked himself and saw that everyone was where it should be.

"Thanks, that's what I wanted to hear." Ashido looked like she was walking towards her room after being grounded. Midoriya throwing that comment around didn't help the mood.

"It's the truth, ain't it?" Bakugo said, he knew that this would hurt but who would think otherwise? They were up against All Might and some 3rd year big shot, win or lose, this will be painful.

"Hey kid," Power Loader called out to them as they reached the door. "I hope your new gear works." He finished, referring to the secret weapon that Midoriya had insisted was worth its weight in gold for them. He didn't give any details, only saying he'll tell the rest of them on route but whatever it was, he promised it was awesome.

"Thanks, I never had time to test it so this will be its debut." Midoriya replied to their teacher.

"What new gear? You're wearing the same stuff you wore during the USJ attack." Sato, who had his mask off, pointed out as the dude was wearing a version of the model he built around the time of the USJ.

"Oh you noticed? Well, I had to prioritize another project and I didn't have the time to finish the Mk X in time, forcing me to just rebuild an older model" Was all the boy offered before he and his team walked out. They didn't know what to expect but they did know one thing.

This will be one match to remember.


And we're done! That took a little longer then I thought but I'm quite pleased with it. First and foremost, I never intended to make the Uraraka moment that long as the moment that really made her shine in cannon, her match with Bakugo, wasn't that long either and we don't really have sense of time with it. Only that Bakugo kept blasting her again and again for what felt like 5 whole minutes. For her plan, yes I know it had holes in it but Aizawa already pointed them out to them because they are still students, not all their plans will be full proof.

I checked up how storm drains are built in Japan, not only does the country build some pretty large and intimidating structures for the purpose of draining rain water, I added common sense to it and said they would build larger ones in areas which higher rainfalls. According to Weather , Shizuoka, the prefecture where UA is most likely located, has rainfall all year round. So the storm drains there, even in a residential area, would be large enough for a man to walk through, them being dry would just make things easier. I live in a pretty dry place and even our storm drains are large enough for a person to crawl through in some places and large enough for a man to walk through in others.

The Mineta/Yaoyorozu thing was me giving the guy the fair shake I was talking about as I get why he isn't that popular but when you think about it, it makes no sense why he's so hated. Anime has had perverts for years, both guys and girls so why are people so against him? Master Roshi asked to see Bulma's-(remember, she was still a minor at the time)-underwear in their first encounter and yet he's one of the most liked characters of the Z fighters. Jiraiya literally wrote smut and regularly spied on women's hot springs and other locations for 'research purposes' yet he was still one of the most loved Naruto characters. What makes things even more confusing as both are man well over 50 in their respective series.

I did also try to give Yu more personality and since her boyfriend is a tech geek/hero otaku, I decided to give her humbling tastes in that she likes old school anime, plays games similar to World of Warcraft and Skyrim. People just don't know that because she doesn't know that because she doesn't let it control her life. The point she made with Kakashi was something I only noticed later one after watching Naruto and….it didn't bother me, so he reads porn, so what? He's still the same mask wearing, lighting cutting, white haired bad-ass he always was. Kinda a shame he didn't have a kid in Boruto but then again, he probably saw how much a dumb, little shit Naruto was and how 'international terrorist emo' Sasuke turned out to be and went 'Nay, I don't need that kinda stress.'

One last thing, when Recovery Girl and Power Loader makes comments on the students performance, they are doing it as to not give anything away to the students watching so even though they hear whatever plans the student have or what they were saying, they don't want to leak them to the audience watching, that audience being the students.

Anyway, the last of the exam battles will take place the next chapter and I can tell you that I've have planned something big. So anyway, leave a review, PM if you want, please favourite and follow of you're not already and stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask when you go out and avoid groups. Till next time.