We arrive at site for the practical exam. I get out, I already feel the knot in my stomach. Dad's been talking, this realization snaps me back into reality. "Knowing you guys, you probably asked around, and you might think you have a vague idea of how this'll go." I was fairly confident before, but now that dad has spoken, I feel less sure. Kaminari is the first to speak up, "It's a robot rumble, like the entrance exam!" Ashido then begins to fantasize about summer camp, but I still feel a pit in my stomach, something's off. Suddenly, principle Nezu pops out of dads scarf, I shake my head at his choice in hiding spots. "Not quite! Various circumstances have demanded a revision in the exam format!" He says, I sigh, I knew it. "Revision?!" Someone blurts, various other comments are made. "From now on we'll focus on battles against flesh and blood opponents. It's critical that our teaching simulates practical experience as closely as possible!" Nezu concludes before dropping the big news on us, "As such you students will be pairing up and fighting one of these teachers you see here!" My eyes widened, I expected something would be different, but this? My mind wanders as Nezu rambles on about how we've already been paired up. I let it wander until my name is called. "Aizawa, Jiro, and Koda. You will be against present mic."
I'm shocked, to be honest I was hoping to be against dad, but against pops? I don't often train with pops, I'm somewhat sensitive to noise. My face must say it all because I get a slightly sympathetic look from dad before he continues. "There will be ten stages, all teams will begin simultaneously. The guidelines will be explained by your respective opponents. None of the areas are outside school grounds, but lets not waste anymore time, lets get going." He finishes, I look over to pops, he shoots me a wink before boarding a bus, I don't wink back. Jiro, Koda, and I follow him onto the bus and begin to discuss our quirks. "I'm psychic. I can move things with my mind, communicate telepathically, and read minds. I can also memory search, but its a limited thing, I will pass out from too much usage... and I'm sound sensitive to high pitch frequencies..." I say, Jiro cringes a bit at the last part, she must understand what this means for me. "I can amplify my heartbeat." Jiro sates, Koda shyly goes next. "I can talk to the animals." We spend the rest of the ride scheming.
"This is nothing like your past battle training!" Pops says, I exchange glances with Jiro and Koda before pops continues. "Because your opponent this time, is on another level." He finishes, I look at Koda with a cocked eyebrow. "Another level...? That's... not really the image I have of you..." Jiro says a bit too honestly, I shake my head at her comment. "Why would you say that before we have to fight him-" I whisper, I know how worked up he can get, and he's not a pro hero for nothing. "Damnit girl! Watch your mouth!" Pops exclaims, I put a hand on her shoulder. "You really shouldn't underestimate him." I say quietly. He then explains that we can fight to win or run away.
As the exam begins, pops begins to yell, with all he's got. It chases off all the birds and animals. "Fuck." I think to myself, "Koda, you can control animals right?" Jiro asks, I look to him, hoping for a positive answer. "Even if I wanted to give them an order... They're all fleeing from Present Mic's voice." Koda says, Jiro looks disheartened, "Not even covering our eardrums can keep them from busting, forget being on another level, this guy's on top of the mountain." Jiro says, I give her an 'I told you do' look. With that, we start our way to the escape gate, figuring we'll have to confront him one way or another.
"We took the long way around, we should be close." I say, Jiro nods, "But weather to cuff him or try to escape..." She ponders, "I'm in rang-" I start to tell them, but pops yells, "YOU STILL OUT THERE?" He yells, I cover my ears, fighting the instinct to drop to the ground and cry. Suddenly it hits me. "Bugs! Po- Um Mic's afraid of bugs!" I say, Jiro turns to a rock and spots an ant. "Koda, can you control bugs?" She asks, Koda shrieks at the sight of the ant crawling up Jiro's hand. "FORRRRREEALLL?!" Pops shouts, Jiro lets out a counter frequency, it does practically nothing. "If we can get the bugs to him, I'm in range I can get him to let down his guard I think." I say, Jiro smashes a rock, "Koda, I know you hate them, but if you do this we might just win... I can't think of another plan!" Jiro's ears are bleeding at this point, trembling Koda bends down to the ground.
"Pops! You're hurting me! Stop!" I relay using my persuasion, I can feel it a bit, I could feel the empathy. But then fear, I hear his shriek. Koda carries Jiro out of the ring and I cuff pops. I try to sway him to a feeling of calmness. "Sorry Pops, I know how much you hate them, it's okay." When it doesn't work, I follow my classmates to recovery girl and check up on Jiro, her ears are all healed up.
Later I decide to stop by to see how Pops is doing, no physical pain but he's defiantly traumatized. Bugs are one of his biggest phobias, dad's busy consoling him. I chuckle a little before going over to them. "Sorry bout that, you okay?" He shoots me a glare, but there's no real anger behind it, the then smiles. "You did good. I'm proud of you." I smile back at him and nod in thanks.
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