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The final exams for the first semester were upon them, and for some extra incentive, Aizawa informed his class that everyone who passed would attend a summer camp that would take place during the first week of summer. Class A was confident about the written exam thanks to their class representatives organizing a multitude of study sessions. The real stress of finals came in the form of the practicals that the class was on their way toward now.

Itsuka Kendo from class B had told them it would most likely be combat against robots, but she had specified that was simply the trend, and it could be different, and that possibility was ever-present in the back of all their minds.

The bus rolled to a stop, and the class disembarked. They all felt degrees of panic and confusion as they saw their teachers assembled outside the testing facility. Nezu popped out of Aizawa's scarf and said. "Ah, wonderful to see that Class A has arrived. Now I'm sure you all think you know what the finals are, but before you get your hopes up, I'll let you know that you're wrong."

Nezu hopped up so that he was standing on Aizawa's shoulder as he spread his paws wide and said. "You'll be paired up with a fellow classmate, and you'll be fighting one of your teachers!"

As some of the class despaired, others cast doubt about how challenging it would be. Present Mic took offense to that and started ranting about how they were seasoned pros, but Aizawa cut him off by wrapping his scarf around the DJ's mouth. "Anyways, here's who you'll be fighting with and against."

A projection appeared above the teachers showing who was fighting who.

Rikido Sato and Eijiro Kirishima vs. Cementoss

Denki Kaminari and Hanta Sero vs. Nezu

Tsuyu Asui and Fumikage Tokoyami vs. Ectoplasm

Tenya Iida and Mashiro Ojiro vs. Power Loader

Mina Ashido and Momo Yaoyorozu vs. Eraserhead

Yuga Aoyama and Ochako Uraraka vs. Thirteen

Koji Koda and Kyoka Jiro vs. Present Mic

Pony Tsunotori and Mezo Shoji vs. Snipe

Minoru Mineta and Izuku Midoriya vs. Midnight

Toru Hagakure and Shoto Todoroki vs. All Might

"Fuck." Toru muttered as her partners squeezed her hands, and she glared at their mentor. "I bet he asked for this."

"Yeah, he definitely did," Mina said. "Of course, I'm not feeling great about my chances either."

"I'd say Izuku got it best," Toru muttered as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"No... I'm fucked. If Mineta can't keep himself from freaking out, then I'm boned since mom is the one who trained me, and our quirks don't work on each other."

Nezu laughed loudly. "Yes, as I'm sure some of you have already figured out, this will not be easy in any way. Now follow your opponent to your bus, and let us begin the practicals."

Everyone wished each other luck as they went their separate ways to prepare for their fights.

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Izuku stretched and looked down at Minoru, who looked like he was chanting some kind of spell to himself. "You good man?"

Minoru jumped and looked up nervously before saying. "Your mom's hot. Oh god, sorry, no. Bad. That's uh... fuck, she's like my favorite heroin, you know."

Izuku suppressed a shudder and patted his friend's shoulder. "It's ok... I uh. I'd say I understand, but I don't really. Even before meeting her, I always saw Midnight as proof that I could be a hero. after getting to know her and being adopted by her, I can only see her as a person who saved me and raised me like a mother would."

Minoru took a deep breath and said. "You uh... you said your quirk doesn't work on her. Do you have a plan?"

"Hm...." Izuku rubbed his chin as he saw the count down. "Depends on how in character she gets. If she gets carried away, we can use the sadistic side of Midnight to trick her into a trap... also take this."

Minoru took the mask from Izuku's costume and looked at it. "Do you not need this?"

Izuku shook his head. "I made it part of my costume cause it looked good. Also, I can give it to teammates so they can fight next to me, or I can wear it and trick villains into focusing on taking it off me instead of other things."

Minoru let the mask hang around his neck as he said. "That's smart... so if she's sadistic, we lead her away and then trap her. How?"

Izuku raised an eyebrow before pointing at the top of his head, and Minoru made an oh sound as their match started and the gates opened to their mountain testing sight.

As the boys walked into the testing area, they looked around for any sight of Midnight. Minoru spotted a cloud of purple gas moving towards them and quickly pulled the mask on as Izuku started expelling his own gas.

"Hello, boys~ I am so glad you came to play with me." Midnight said as she approached her whip pulled taught between her hands as she licked her lips.

Izuku and Minoru both shivered for entirely different reasons. Izuku said, "ok, she's really in character."

He pulled his fans off his belt and said. "I'll keep her busy, Grape Rush; you find an opening and pin her, then we slap on the cuffs and win this."

Minoru gulped as he pushed down his fantasies and refocused. He needed to pass and go to the summer camp with his friends. "I'll follow your lead Hypno."

Midnight shivered. "Oh, such wonderful comradery between you two." she licked her lips slowly before saying. "I can't wait to break you two."

Izuku pushed down the horror of his mother staring at him like that and rushed her with his fans shut and gas pouring from his arms. He quickly threw himself to the side as her whip cracked and nearly took one of his fans from his hand.

"Oh, Hypno, you're volunteering? So eager." Midnight pulled her whip back and cracked it again using her free hand to make it come flying in horizontally from Izuku's left.

The gasses from their quirks mixed and dissipated as the whip stirred up the air. Izuku ducked under the whip before quickly pushing his legs apart into a split and leaning back to avoid Midnight's foot coming towards his face. "Oh, flexible. That'll make this even more fun. Let's see how far you bend till you break."

Izuku kicked out, nearly catching Midnight's knee and causing her to jump back and pull her whip back to her side. As Izuku hopped back to his feet, Minoru jumped up from behind Midnight with a ball in each hand as he shouted. "Grape Rush!'

The balls flew and Midnight deftly dodged and avoided each one as she closed the distance between her and Minoru. A quick kick to the short boy's stomach sent him flying into a rock. As he looked up, his body tensed, seeing an unfamiliar sight. Midnight was staring at him with cold and uncaring eyes as she said. "You're not what I'm looking for right now, but if you're a good boy and just sit there, I'll reward you by letting you watch as I break Hypno."

Minoru watched in stunned silence as she sauntered off to fight Izuku, who was rushing over, firing pillars of gas at her. Minoru was pretty sure he had had nightmares like this before. He knew what she was doing. It was a psychological move to keep him from interfering. He knew that, but... it hurt. It felt like all the shit he had to deal with growing up was coming back to the forefront of his mind. The constant rejection and isolation just because he was being himself.

"Grape Rush! Get your ass up and help me out! I can't beat her by myself; I need you, man!" Minoru blinked as Izuku's voice cut through his thoughts, and he looked up to see his friend getting pushed back by their art history teacher.

'Right... Midoriya. He didn't reject me just because of how I acted. He-he helped me get better. He pointed out where I went wrong, and he's helping me be a better person. He's helping me become a better hero.'  Minoru stood with determination filling his eyes. 'He's the coolest guy I know, and he's helping me! I gotta repay that. I gotta make sure we pass.'

Minoru ran in behind Midnight as he readied his quirk. She was agile and could dodge his projectiles easily. She also saw Izuku as the more significant threat that compounded with how she left him broken on the ground meant she wouldn't be watching her back.

Minoru dove with a ball in each hand. Midnight turned suddenly and brought her foot down on his back. "Oh, you can't follow orders. That's a shame. It seems like I'll have to punish yo-"

Midnight grunted Izuku suddenly tackled her to the ground and attempted to get her into a hold, but he didn't have much experience with this kind of fighting, so he was losing ground. Just as it seemed Midnight would get away from him, purple balls rained down and stuck the teacher to the ground. Izuku grinned and pulled out the cuffs before slapping them on Midnight's wrist.

The buzzer sounded, and Izuku rolled off Midnight and sighed loudly. "Holy shit, it's over."

A hand bopped him on the face as his mother said. "Language."

Izuku blushed a bit before sitting up. "Mineta, how do we unstick her?"

Izuku watched in mild surprise as his friend opened a hidden compartment in the weird diaper-looking part of his costume and pulled a vial out. "This stuff dissolves the balls. Here ya go."

Izuku took and looked at Minorua's costume. "That thing has pockets?"

Minoru nodded. "Yeah, it's armored, and it's got hidden pockets. I keep the solvent and first aid supplies inside."

The two boys stared at each other for a moment before Izuku set about freeing his mom. Once she was free, she patted Izuku's head and said. "You both did wonderfully, and I apologize, Mineta. I figured the best way to keep you out of the fight was to be mean like that."

Minoru chuckled nervously. "Uh, it's no problem, ma'am, I understand."

Izuku crossed his arms. "What about me? You know that was traumatic having you talk and look at me like that."

Nemuri laughed and patted her son's cheek as they headed for the exit. "You did well not letting it affect you. You've come a long way since you were a little blushing kid who would fall apart at even the slightest bit of teasing."

Izuku scoffed and leaned away from her as she poked his cheek. As they walked, Nemuri snapped her fingers and said. "Yasuda called me yesterday. She's worried about you since apparently, you haven't called her in forever."

Izuku cringed slightly and sighed. "I need to call her then. Everything has gotten so crazy at UA, so I kinda forgot."

Minoru looked over, confused. "Who's Yasuda?"

Izuku smiled. "Yasuda is the orphanage worker that spent the most time with me. She's like a big sister to me. Back in high school, Toru, Mina, and I would go and help out at the orphanage. Though... because of everything at UA, I haven't talked to her in a while."

"Well, be sure to do it tonight," Nemuri said as they left the testing ground.

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Momo took a deep breath while she tried to steady her nerves and walked through the back streets of the urban zone she and Mina were testing in. Ever since the Sports Festival, she had been noticing the areas she was falling behind her fellow classmates. Her utter failure at the festival being the crowning jewel of how she overestimated herself. The fact she had gotten internship offers seemed to be a miracle but-

"Yaomomo, you got a plan?" Mina said, snapping Momo from her spiral.

Momo looked up and stared at the pink girl who was looking at her expectantly. "What?"

Mina motioned with her hands. "Come on, Class Rep, if you got a plan, then let's hear it because I don't know how we can take Aizawa on in a fight."

Momo's mind went into a panic. How was she supposed to deal with their homeroom teacher? "Um... I may have something but-"

Mina suddenly tackled Momo to the ground as their teacher's capture weapon flew past where Momo had been standing.

Momo scrambled to her feet and was pulled along by Mina as the pink girl said. "Crap crap crap. Come on, Momo, I need your smart brain here."

Momo panicked, and several flash bangs fell out of the back opening of her suit and exploded, blinding their teacher. As Aizawa fell back and rubbed his eyes, Mina pulled Momo into a home, and they hunkered down in a second-floor bedroom.

"Good idea with the flash bangs."

Momo took a shaky breath. "I-I panicked. I made too many. I'm sorry."

Mina gently grabbed Momo's shoulders and said. "Hey, Yaomomo, it's ok. Listen, I know things didn't go well at the Sports Festival but come on, everyone fails sometimes. You're still our ever-reliable class rep. You got voted into that position because we believe in you. You're also ranked number one in grades." Mina poked her class rep's forehead. "So use that brain of yours and think of a way to get us that W."

Momo stared at the pink girl for a moment before closing her eyes and taking a deep breath and felt her mind refocus. After a moment, Momo opened her eyes and said. "Ok... I have a plan."

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Aizawa yawned and stood atop an electrical pole as he stared at the house his students had run into. Engaging Momo and Mina in close combat would be a fatal mistake, but he didn't need to fight them; he just had to keep them here and not get caught.

Two windows on either side of the house opened suddenly. In the first one, Aizawa saw Momo pulling out a breech-loading grenade launcher. She turned and spotted him before taking aim and firing a grenade towards him.

Aizawa abandoned his post and fell towards the ground as he looked at the second window to see Mina with her own launcher. She was aiming too low, but Aizawa realized quickly that she wasn't trying to hit him mid-air; she was trying to hit the ground where he would land.

She fired her round as Aizawa threw his capture weapon in order to get away, but Momo's grenade detonated overhead, blinding him and throwing his aim off. Aizawa hit the ground as he heard a hissing noise and felt foam climbing up his legs. As he blinked the spots away, he saw quick-drying foam solidifying around him as the girls burst from the front door, and another round of foam was fired by Momo. It hit the fence behind Aizawa and started climbing onto his back, trapping him in the yard.

Aizawa grumbled as Momo slapped the cuffs on his wrist and cheered while the buzzer sounded. Momo looked like a weight was being lifted off her right until she yelped as Mina picked her up and spun her around. Aizawa thought about his moves and how going to ground had been a bad idea, but it was his usual tactic. Could they have known? No, his students didn't have access to enough info about him to know his usual evasion tactics. He supposed that just meant they were lucky this time.

"I-I can't believe that worked... How did that work? Couldn't you have swung away? Why did you drop down?" Momo said as she created a solvent to free their teacher.

Aizawa hummed as the girls worked. "My typical tactics for evasion are to go to ground and try to lose pursuers in the maze of streets that most cities are. It works especially well in suburban environments like this. Whether you figured that out or not, you exploited my usual tactics and came out victorious."

Momo perked up a bit, and Mina grinned. "I knew you could pull it off, Yaomomo good job making sure we get to go to the summer camp."

Momo smiled. "Yes... I'm glad we can attend as well."

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Toru sighed as she tapped her boots against the ground. Shoto and her were standing outside the entrance to the mock city. "Why do we have to fight All Might?"

Shoto hummed. "Because we have the power to. I don't think most of our class could put up much of a fight against him. I don't think we can either, but it's marginally better than some of the others."

Toru stared at him with a deadpan look. "Wow. harsh."

Shoto shrugged as the doors opened. "Honesty is hardly ever gentle."

Toru groaned as she followed him. How was Shoto dense and terrible at social interactions, yet sometimes he dropped gems that sounded like they came from an anime.

The two students entered the mock city and focused fully on the task at hand. The objective was to somehow find a way past a weakened All Might... Toru sighed. "Ok... you keep his attention. I'll hit him whenever I can, and we'll find an opening to make a break for the exit.

Shoto hummed. "Sounds reasonab-"

Shoto was cut off as a blast of wind tore up the main street and pelted them with asphalt from the road. As they looked at the cloud of dust, they saw piercing blue eyes and a booming laugh that sent a chill down their spines.  "Who cares about the city or the people. I'm a villain right now, so what are you going to do about it, heroes?"

All Might felt like he was doing a good job putting on the villain act, but his ego deflated a bit as the two students bolted down a side street without saying a word. After a moment to process their lack of a reaction, the Symbol of Peace rushed them, intending to catch them before they could get away.

As All Might rounded the corner, his students had run around a wall of ice that towered over the skyscrapers rocketed towards him.  'A valiant attempt but futile.'

A single strike shattered the ice and sent most of it rocketing toward Shoto, who quickly shot a torrent of flames at All Might, who delivered another punch extinguishing the fire. As the pro advanced on Shoto, he kept his eyes peeled for his successor, but she was nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly a rumbling could be heard, and All Might looked over as a laser sliced through two buildings diagonally, causing them to slide and fall towards him.  'Huh, she sliced through buildings I had damaged... but still, this will cost some points on the final grade. Though when facing overwhelming strength, worrying about property damage could cost you your life.'

All Might grunted as he put his hands out and caught one of the buildings while his students ran for the exit. The weight wasn't much of an issue, but he had caught it near the bottom, so it was awkward to hold. "Wow, wow, wow."

All Might stumbled a bit and grunted as he pushed it to the side. The building smashed into the others, and All Might silently apologized to Cementoss for all the extra work he was giving the cement hero.

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Toru panted as she and Shoto sprinted down the streets towards the exit; with any luck dropping, those buildings would be all-.

The two students stopped and covered their eyes as All Might landed in front of them, sending out a shockwave of dust and wind.  "Hahaha! You thought a building could stop me?! It'll take more than you're capable of to defeat me, heroes!"

Shoto wasted no time firing off his largest glacier at All Might. As the ice shattered and fell around them, All Might ducked under a red laser and looked to his right, trying to see any sign of his successor, but a wave of fire drew his attention, forcing him to leap to the side only to have to sidestep another laser. A wave of ice made All Might curse internally as he felt his old wound throb. His students were constantly throwing attacks at him, not giving him any time to think. He had to applaud their effort but also.

Shoto panted as he fired a wave of ice, only for it to shatter and a fist to emerge from the debris. Shoto gasped as All Might landed a solid punch to his gut and sent him tumbling down the street.

All Might grunted as a laser hit him in the back, causing him to stumble as it stopped; he turned and saw nothing. Huffing in mild annoyance, he said.  "I'll be honest, hero. I've never fought an invisible person before, but... I know where you'll be."

All Might drew his fist back and launched a wall of air at Shoto, who was recovering. Toru's yelp sounded out as she and Shoto were thrown down the road. All Might laughed and approached them slowly. He couldn't tell where Toru was, but he knew she wouldn't stray far from her teammate. If he put Shoto in enough of a corner, he should be able to grab her as well.

The half and half student suddenly lunged and wrapped his arms around All Might's leg, taking the pro by surprise as he suddenly started pouring on the ice. All Might lifted his leg and stomped, shattering the ice, but Shoto still clung to him, trying to freeze him. All Might cursed as the ice crawled faster up his leg.

As All Might started to raise his leg to shatter the ice again, a laser slammed into his back, and he felt his suit heating up quickly as he stumbled over.

All Might drew his fist back as he rolled onto his back, intending to blow Shoto and Toru away, but Shoto ramped up the ice now that his arm and leg were on the ground. The number one hero quickly found his body encased in ice.

This was nothing though he could shatter it instantly, but his old wound pulsed with anger, and All Might coughed as Shoto piled on the ice and Toru carved through a building. All Might sighed as the shadow of the building came over him, and the concrete approached rapidly while his students ran for the gate. "Fuck."

Toru and Shoto crossed the finish line as the boom of the building falling on All Might shook the testing site. The invisible girl collapsed onto her knees and let out a cheer. "We did it!"

Shoto panted and looked back as the dust settled, and he saw All Might casually pushing the rubble away and walking out of the wreckage. "That's... too much."

He looked over to his fellow classmate and said. "I didn't know you could cut through buildings."

Toru chuckled weakly. "My lasers can go through just about anything."

Toru clicked her tongue as she saw the look in Shoto's eyes. "I don't know what conspiracy theory you're crafting in your head, but no, I wasn't involved."

Shoto huffed as he walked towards the waiting area, not admitting to anything. Once he was a decent distance away, a deflated All Might minus the weights approached Toru. "You did well."

"Thank you, sir. Though it feels like you were holding back even more than we expected you to."

Toshi hummed as he and his successor walked. "I had to even with the weights, though towards the end, the constant temperature fluctuation made my old wound act up and kept me from reacting quickly enough."

Toru hummed, and they stopped at the entrance of the waiting area. "Guess that's something you have to keep an eye on."

Toshi nodded. "Yep. Go on and celebrate or mourn with your classmates. Aizawa will be there soon."

Toru nodded and headed in, where she quickly found her partners sitting with their friends, relaxing after their test. Several of her class looked distraught though neither Izuku nor Mina were part of that small group.

Toru sat down next to Izuku and rested her head on his shoulder. "I got so lucky. All Might didn't even land a physical punch on me."

"Wow, guess all your stealth training paid off," Mina said as she unwrapped a cookie.

The class chatted about their victories and defeats for a few minutes until Aizawa showed up to take them back to the main campus. As they were filling out, he said. "Oh, by the way, everyone is going to the summer camp."

Everyone ground to a halt and stared at their homeroom teacher. He smiled, and a shiver went down their spine as he said. "It was a logical ruse to make sure you gave it your all. Besides, those of you who failed need this summer camp the most. Now get on the bus we don't have all day."

The class silently loaded up as they processed their teachers' words.

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Izuku leaned against the balcony of his room while his phone rang. They had finished up dinner, and his partners were each talking to their families about the upcoming summer camp and how their finals had gone.

A click pulled Izuku's attention, and Yasuda's voice said. "Hello, who could this be? Certainly not Izu because he's a hotshot hero student now. He doesn't need to call little old Yasuda who raised him for years."

Izuku sighed, feeling the guilt drag down his spine and settle into his gut. "I'm sorry, Yasuda. Things got... crazy when I got to UA, and I've just been trying to, you know, manage it all."

Yasuda sighed loudly before chuckling. "It's ok, Izu. I know you're out there doing your best, and Nemuri texts me when she can to update me about you."

"That's... good. I'm sorry again. How are things going for you and the orphanage?"

"Hm... good. We got a set of triplets recently... they're quiet, but I think they'll start to open up soon. Speaking of children. Little Mawabi is set to get adopted soon. it'd mean a lot if you could come to see her again before she goes to live with her new family."

Izuku smiled as joy flooded his system. "Alright, I have some free time in two days. Toru, Mina, and I will come down and spend the day with you guys."

Yasuda chuckled. "Good now, come on, tell me some stories about your time at school. I wanna know everything you've been up to. Oh, also, you are using protection, right? It won't be good if a couple of hero student girls get pregnant in their first year."

Izuku's face turned red in a flash as he sputtered. "Yasuda! Come on, that... that kind of thing hasn't happened yet."

Yasuda hummed on the other end. "You're happy with your life, right?"

"Yeah... I am happy with my life right now."

"Good, now tell me some stories."

Izuku chuckled and pulled a cushion out to his balcony, and sat down as he talked to Yasuda.

Notes:

I watched an anime called Hyouka and I thought it was pretty good. I also finished the Girls Last Tour manga and wow that was great.

This chapter took some time to write because I kinda took a few days off of writing to just watch anime and read some fanfiction. it was nice but I was also thinking about how much writing I could be doing which is an issue now. I enjoy and like writing so much that when I try to take a break and do other things I think about how I could be writing instead.

speaking of reading fanfictions I reread some of my one-shots and I wondered if other writers do that. also, do you guys reread one-shots?