My Hero Academia: EMTs

Entrance Exam- FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

Henry:

So yeah, the day has come. A part of me expected that an after-event of the summer festival, the little bonus match my sister and I were participating in, wouldn't get a big crowd or good ratings.

Hmm... did you know that the UA summer festival is one of the most-watched sporting events in the world? Even if a bonus match has less clout, it will still be crowded.

Tori and I leave the locker rooms and meet in a small room under the stadium. We're not even in the arena yet, but the room shakes with the crowd's noise. We turn to look at a TV on the wall and see that someone is showing a cartoon of Bakugo beating up a kid in a purple costume. Wonderful. This is supposed to be a comparably tame match; I hope everyone knows. I shake a little, and my sister puts a hand on my shoulder.

"We practiced pinning and restraining Ida how many times now?" she asks.

"Yeah, and we've pulled it off two out of twenty times- who are we kidding?"

"We've never brought equipment into matches with him..." Tori points out, waving a hand at a table full of... tricks... it's enough to bring a smile to anyone's face. Hatsume hooked us up!

Tori and I both throw on oversized black leather jackets and load ourselves up with smoke bombs, a few loud whistles, low-yield electric land mines, rope, and strobe lights- if this knucklehead comes at us with just his quirk, he's gonna catch hell. I smile while looking at the table and then back up at the TV. The jumbo tron over the arena shows a boy in a purple ninja outfit zipping around Bakugo while a girl cheers him on from behind.

"They don't have a clue what to do with me in those hype reels, do they?" Tori asks with lowered eyebrows.

"They'll know after today," I say, fixing the last strobe light into my jacket.

"Half this stuff will get broken with one shot, you know..." Tori says.

"I'll draw his fire, just like we planned. My clones copy equipment and can disappear damaged stuff- I'll keep you supplied with party tricks, and you keep Bakugo off balance- stick to the plan, okay?" I clap several times to shock Tori out of the slump she's threatening to go into. "I need you out there, is- don't let anyone tell you you're just an extra; you matter, okay?"

Tori blinks a few times and then nods, "Okay... okay... ya know, being needed... kind of makes me feel better..."

"See? There ya go," I say, wrapping an arm around her and pulling her towards the door.

She looks up and sees the door approaching, and, "It doesn't feel good anymore..."

We exit our little preparation area and look to the stone arena in the middle of the vast open-air stadium. The people in the stands are going crazy, and those stupid hype cartoons keep playing. My confidence takes a nose dive every time I see the "Bakugo wins" cartoon, and I can only recover a little when the "Bandit wins" cartoon plays.

"Ya know... um... the practical test earlier had me sweating nails, but um..." my mouth is going dry. But when I look at Tori's overwhelmed face, I can't bear to share how scared I am. "I'm um... I'm pumped. How about you, sis?"

"HAHAHAHA!" A loud voice comes before my sister can talk. A huge shadow falls over us both, blocking out the bright lights of the crowd. Tori and I stand in stunned silence. It's... it's... HIM!

"All Might?" My sister squeaks out.

Yep—the number one hero in Japan is standing in front of us in a full blue costume with a red and white stripe, red abs, and yellow bracers. He takes a heroic pose, and we both step back in awe. He kneels down to our level and tousles the hair on our heads, making us both feel a little dizzy to have the greatest icon of our civilization paying attention to us.