Stolen Chances

chapter 5:There were less casualties than I originally expected

There were five students left on the obstacle course and Aizawa waited for them even after the time ran out. The last one was the boy with electric Quirk –Kaminari. The teacher looked at each one of them, some prouder than others, some skittish, some downright exhausted and collapsed on the ground. He waited a few moments before speaking.

"Even if you came in later than others, you might find yourselves above them. I watched all of you and ranked you accordingly to how well you used your Quirks or how well you approached the situation at hand. I also gave points on collaboration or lack of it" he threw a meaningful look to the human explosion-Bakugou- before continuing "and creativity. These scores are final, I won't change my mind. I expect the ones in the lower category to evolve until the next assignment or there's no point in training you any longer." he let them fret for a few moments before showing them the results.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M BENEATH DEKU?!" came the first protest not a second later.

Ah, the joys of teaching.

Aizawa looked towards the explosive blond who looked a few seconds away from having an aneurism. He also noted the excellent survival skills of his class as they got away from the potential danger. He turned his unimpressed gaze towards the raging teen before lifting an eyebrow.

"Excuse me, who?"

"That would be me, sir" came the meek response. All eyes turned towards the green haired boy who was fidgeting nervously under all that attention.

"Shut up you fucker, I never asked you!" the blond yelled back, explosions popping in his palms. The boy in question seemed troubled for a moment before deadpanning:

"No, he did."

That seemed to be the last drop, as the blond lounged at the young menace, yelling and preparing for an explosive swing. But it never came.

Bakugou found himself frozen, tied up in restraining scarves under Aizawa's crimson gaze. His Quirk had stopped the blond and the green eyed boy –Midoriya- got to live another day. Apparently, Aizawa had been wrong in his assessment of his student's survival instinct. Or maybe it was just stubbornness. Either way, Aizawa could work with it. Shifting his attention from one kid to the other, Aizawa strengthened his hold.

"The reason you were ranked where you were is because of your actions. I have already told you that you cannot sabotage your classmates. You clearly saw Midoriya, and intentionally almost dropped the wall on him. You also attacked him just now, so be glad I don't suspend you for bad behavior," he said as he released the teen. Bakugou was, for lack of a better word, fuming, and probably whished his Quirk could be controlled remotely by the way he was glaring daggers at Midoriya. "Also, I lied, no one is gettng expelled."

A collective sigh of relief was released when the kids heard. Actually, he planned on expelling the last one, but the invisible girl –Hagakure- seemed to have potential, by how fast she had passed the poisonous gas. The others had been decent, although the girl with acid Quirk-Ashido- got stuck in the moving sand and literally avoided the rest of the course.

"Go to your classroom and grab a syllabus. Study it, you'll need it tomorrow. Midoriya!" he called when the boy prepared to leave "Go to Recovery Girl for those fingers. Here's a note" he handed the soaked boy a slip of paper and turned to leave.

"Oh, one more thing, Sensei!' He turned around and saw the stiff boy with glasses approaching him, voice a tad too loud for his preference. " How were we supposed to use the items we found?"