The final exams of the first term.

The exams came and went, with me scoring the top position, despite the considerable increase in difficulty, thanks to a generous application of Laplace Junior.

The practical exams on the other hand weren't difficult per se, but rather a bit more...tricky.

Being put into them alone against three teachers didn't help.

Worse, I wasn't told which three teachers it would be.

I stepped into the arena, one Training ground Beta, an urban setting simulation. I twirled the handcuffs around my fingers. Three of them for each of the three teachers.

Immediately the siren rang, indicating the beginning of the match.

I took a step forward, scanning the battleground as a slug hit me square in the foot, tripping me.

That's one confirmed. It's Snipe.

Another slug almost hit me, when I stopped it mere inches from my face, and using Remote Control on my clothes, rushed into a nearby building.

"Now, if I was Principal Nezu, I would've predicted this and placed someone in the building already. In fact, I'd place someone in each building, since I wouldn't know which building I would slide into. That'd mean the second teacher is-"

A figure jumped down, delivering a flying kick at me.

"Ectoplasm-sensei. I figured as much." I said, grabbing his leg and slamming him onto the hard concrete floor, as he dissipated into smoke. A clone.

I turned around and headed up the stairs to the roof.

"If Snipe and Ectoplasm were meant to counteract my quirk, the third teacher would likely be-"

I saw a thin pink fog spreading all around the building, even as I dodged another bullet from Snipe.

Yup. It's Midnight. As expected of Nezu.

Distract me with bullets from beyond my range, attack me with disposable clones and knock me out with sleeping gas.

But, I'm sure that's not all there us to it.

Scanning the area, I stopped another rubber bullet in mid air and using my key, created air barriers all around me.

On the other rooftops, I could see an army of Ectoplasm clones arrive, surrounding me completely.

Instantly, I immobilized them all, but even more clones arrived, climbing on top of the previous ones, froming a clone wall, blocking my view off the roofs.

So this was their plan after all!

Hehehehehahhaha. Now this is getting interesting.

I projected my eyes off of every surface possible, evenly spaced out, with a view of everything within 800 meters.

From the corner of my eye, I spotted a shape flitting by, behind cover of buildings.

Snipe. Gotcha!

The next time he dashed out, I stopped his shoe in place, as he fell face first onto the ground, shattering his mask, knocking himself out.

Using Remote Control I shackled him and threw him into the nearest building, locking it behind him.

Next, I scoured the area for Midnight.

She has to be somewhere near here. Her pheromones can't be sustained over great distances.

Then I spotted it. A slight crack in a window on the third floor of a high rise.

Thta was the only place where the fog had any noticeable speed to it.

I immediately projected an eye on the building, then the building opposite to it, and through the crack.

On a toilet sat a naked Midnight, being total eye candy.

To think they'd go so far to defeat me, that was surprising.

Saving the image of a naked Midnight into my spank bank, I froze her in place too, not that it'd stop her pheromone mist.

But it was a start at least as it would keep her from getting near me to knock me out physically. That's another opponent out.

I slid the windows open with Remote Control and shackled Midnight as well.

Finally, it was a one on one, with clone master himself.

The only problem was, which one was the real Ectoplasm, or at least where the real Ectoplasm was.

After all, Ectoplasm could likely spread his clones farther than the rest, so he could be anywhere in here.

I jumped down from the tower, and landed on the street, walking around the arena, keeping the other two in my known range, just to keep up consistency.

Now, I could end this in less than two seconds with my true power, but then again, hiding it had it's benefits.

Let's think about it. If I was Ectoplasm, and I wanted to fail the student, where would I hide?

Hmm...wait a minute. That's it!

I immediately turned around and ran towards the exit.

Clearing the finals had two victory conditions.

One, apprehend the teachers.

Or two, escape the examination site.

And if I wanted to make sure that the student failed, I would be stationing myself near the exit.

And true to my deduction, as soon as I neared the gate, a net plunged at me from the bushes.

Yup! I was right. Here he is.

I used Remote Control to wrap the net around me, and acted panicked.

"W-what? How? Of course it was you, Ectoplasm-sensei! I should have known!" I said, punching the ground.

"Hahaha! You should have, yes. But I'm sure you'll do better next time. But for this exam, I suppose you'll have to come to terms with the fact that even you can fail sometimes!" He said, wisely, as of imparting a lesson.

I looked at him mockingly in response.

"Except, I haven't failed yet." I said, immobilizing him.

"You know I'm holding the net right? You really can't escape now, even if you bind me. This is your loss, just give up already!" He said.

"Not so fast, buckaroo!" I said, and with a flourish, unfurled the net, throwing it off.

"Buckaroo? Who even talks like that?" Ectoplasm whined.

"Just let me have some fun with it, will you sensei?" I said, slapping the cuffs onto him as the siren rang again signalling the end of the exam.

And I passed with flying colors.

Most of the rest also passed including Mineta, unfortunately.

The only ones to fail were Sero, Mina, Sato and Kirishima, who would now have to take extra classes to make up for their lost grades.

And so ended the first term of UA's first year.

Now, it was time for the real juicy bits.

The Summer Training Camp and the Kamino fight, signalling the end of All Might's long peace and the beginning of a new era, my era!