"I didn't study at all!" Kaminari exclaimed worriedly as he found out he got the lowest class ranking, which is 21st. Meanwhile, Mina, who placed 20th, laughs beside him.
He screamed as he held his head down aggressively, "Thanks to the sports festival and the internship, I totally forgot and it slipped my mind!!"
Tokoyami, placing 15th, sweat dropped, "Indeed."
Kaminari then complained about how Mineta placed 10th and thought they had something in common, but he was wrong.
The twins then heard, Izuku, 5th in the rankings, spoke up in a cheery tone, "Ashido, Kaminari! Let's try all the best we can!!"
He continued, "It would be great if we can all go to the training camp, right?"
Iida, 2nd, exclaimed, "Yes!"
[y/n], 3rd, chimed in, "Don't worry, you guys! It's not the end of the world yet!"
Todoroki, 6th, scoffed at the two with the lowest rankings, "Haven't you been attending classes? How can you possibly fail?"
Kaminari clenched his fist on his chest, "Words hurt, you know?!"
Momo, who got the 1st, spoke up from her seat, "You two... maybe I can lend a hand if it's academics you need some help with..."
They exclaimed, "Yo, Momo!!"
She slouched as she hung her head down her desk, "...but if it's for the practical exam... it's a different story, though."
Then the other three, Jiro, Sero, and Ojiro, joined in as they were up for her offer, which made Momo squeal in delight as she cheered.
Kirishima, in 16th place, witnessed the hype as he turned to Bakugo, ranking 4th, "That's what virtue looks like."
Bakugo growled in a low tone, "I'll tutor you until you're dead."
"Woah, I knew I could count on you!!"
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[Lunchtime at the School Cafeteria]
[y/n] sat down, placing her lunch in front of her as she spoke, "I wonder how the practical exams will go."
Izuku perked up, "Hmm, I have no idea... academic tests just draw from what we learn in class... as for the practical? We might not have a clue."
She nodded as she placed her hands together, saying thanks for the meal, "I don't know why, but I'm kind of looking forward to it."
"You really have no fear of the unknown, huh?"
Iida joined in, "I can't imagine it will consist of anything particularly unusual."
[y/n] nodded again as she took a bite of her meal, "That's UA for ya. Besides, I don't think being normal is the usual here."
Izuku hummed while took a sip of water from his cup.
Hakagure chimed while digging in her bowl of noodles, "It's probably just a test made out of everything from the first semester."
Asui spoke as she ate her onigiri, "That's all sensei has told us."
Uraraka joined in, "There was battle training, rescue training, and basic training, right?"
[y/n] nods as she gobbled another bite, "Yup. Hopefully, it would be something we can go with."
Izuku spoke as he held his chopsticks close to his rice bowl, "So in addition to our usual studies, we've got to keep up and get in our tip-top physical sh- ow!!"
He felt something hard bump into the back of his head. [y/n] noticed right away that it wasn't an accident, she was infuriated as she called the person who bumped into her brother's head out. "Hey, what do you think you're doing?"
Monoma raised his eyebrow, looking at Izuku as he spoke while holding his food tray, "Ah, sorry. My tray couldn't fit with that big head of yours."
[y/n] growled as she furrowed her eyebrows at him as she stood up from her seat, "Why the hell did you do that on purpose?!"
Monoma blinked, "Oh, you must be that hot-head's girlfriend. Birds of the same feather flock together, as what they say."
"The f*uck? Don't associate me with that scoundrel, you copycat."
"Really? Hmm..." He hummed, "I was pretty sure that guy mentioned it, I guess I misheard it."
He looked at them, "Anyways, I did hear you guys ran into the hero killer."
He continued as he starts to ramble, "I guess the sports festival wasn't enough! You just keep getting attention with one stunt after another, huh?? Class A?! But now it's looking like that attention isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's starting to get dangerous, right?!"
He then began to speak in a higher tone, "Pretty scary, I must say! I'm just worried that one of these days, we're all gonna get caught up in some of your antics! Isn't it so scary, hu-Gah!!"
His speech was interrupted as a girl from the same class hit him and knocked him out as she took Monoma's tray to prevent it from spilling and making a mess, "That's not funny! Didn't you hear what happened to Iida?"
She continued as she grabbed and lifted the motionless Monoma by his collar while holding his food tray, "Sorry, Class A. This guy is just... well... you know..." She sweatdropped as she chuckled nervously.
"Thanks, Kendo. Things might've gotten worse if you hadn't shown up." Izuku sighed in relief.
Kendo shook her head. "It's no big deal. Also, I overheard you guys saying you're not sure about the practical exam. Between you and me, I hear..."
The students at the table then had their ears on her as she spoke in a lower volume compared to her scolding the boy he's holding now, "...it'll be a battle against robots, like in the entrance exam."
Izuku exclaimed while still looking at Monoma, who is been motionless and unconscious, "Huh, really?! How did you know that?"
She replied, "I know this will sound unfair, but I know an older student and they told me this."
He then began to look down with furrowed eyebrows as he placed his fist onto his chin as [y/n] sighed, "Oh, there he goes."
And with that, he began muttering in his seat, "It isn't unfair at all! Intel gathering is just one aspect of the exam... of course! Why didn't I think of that? I should have just-"
As he continues muttering, Uraraka joked, "it would be pretty funny if we see the two of them doing it altogether."
[y/n]'s face lit up as she tilts her head, "Oh, I thought that already happened before, though?"
Monoma finally has come to his senses while still hanging by, "Kendo... you fool. We finally had an Intel advantage over them!! This was our chance to show up the detestable Class A- Ack!!"
He's once again knocked out as his body was continuously dragged by Kendo as she scolds, "They're not detestable."
The students in the table deadpanned, "She's like the big sister of Class B..."
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[Back at the Classroom of Class 1 A]
"Robots? Seriously? No sweat!!" Kaminari and Ashido then sighed in relief as they smiled.
The student with a dupli-arm quirk added, "You two needed to dial back your quirks against human opponents, but this way..."
With fists pumped up, the duo exclaimed, "Yeah!! Against robots, we can let loose for an easy win!"
Sero then spoke up from his seat, "And we're getting tutored for everything else, too."
In a celebratory tone, the two exclaimed, "Watch out, summer camp training, 'cuz here we come!!"
"Idiots..." [y/n] muttered under her breath as she lazily placed her chin onto her palm on her desk as she looked at them.
As her eyes landed on her brother, "What are you clenching your fist in front of you for?"
She raised an eyebrow followed by a chuckle, "Are you having an internal monologue or something?"
Izuku jolted and placed his hand down, "Ah! Uhm... nothing really.."
"Hmm... okay."
In the midst of the noise, Bakugo spoke up with his school bag hanging on his side, "Humans or robots... I'd just blast them all. What's the big deal, morons?"
Kaminari exclaimed as he pointed his finger on him, who was about to get out as he was at the classroom door, "Who are you calling a moron, you moron?!"
"Shaddup, you're the moron who can't even tone down their quirk!" Bakugo then snarled as he faced another student, "Hey... Deku!"
Izuku flinched, meanwhile [y/n] side-eyed the two of them as she raised an eyebrow and stood up behind her brother with just a seat away as she scoots beside Uraraka. "This is another declaration of war, I suppose."
Uraraka then sweatdropped and nodded, "Fated fight between men...!"
With his hands in his pocket, Bakugo spoke, "Seems like you're starting to get the hang of that quirk of yours. Either way, quit pissing me off with all these stunts...!"
Uraraka's face lit up, "Ah! I think he meant the other day when Deku was moving around like Bakugo!"
[y/n] thought as she grinned, All Is going according to plan... She then faked her expression on her face, "You're right! I figured he moved similarly to someone but I can't point it out... until now!"
Bakugo continues, "I'm not looking for some hollow victory like at the sports festival... when it comes to our term grades... I will crush you into dust!"
He then pointed at Izuku with his finger, "I'll open the gulf between us so wide... it will kill you!"
[y/n] nonchalantly placed herself in front of Izuku as he nervously spoke, "[y/n]?"
Ignoring her brother, she spoke in a monotone and raised an eyebrow, "Don't you think it's time for you to grow up and get another reality check?"
Bakugo blinked in confusion, that later transitioned to him furrowing his eyebrows, "Eh? What are you-"
"I'm talking about all the unnecessary empty threats you've been spouting for the last two minutes..."
She then smirked as she looked at him with a calm expression and tilted her head, "... or should I say... for the past years ever since you met me and Izu...?"
"Why are you bringing up the past?!"
She does her 'in deep thought' pose, "Hmm, good question. Why did I do that? Anyways..."
With her hands now in her pockets, she took a step forward, swatting away Izuku's hand as it tugged on her arm sleeve, "You haven't changed a bit ever since I returned. What happened to your character development? Do people still praise you even for the littlest things you do and took them to heart? Does everyone see you as someone to be feared, be avoided, or as someone as a villain thanks to your temper... and not as an equal and not as a person who have feelings that deserved to be accepted and validated?" She shook her head as she turned her heels while her back was facing him, "What a pity life you live, Kacchan."
She then turned her head to face him while her back was still facing Bakugo, "Hm? Cat got your tongue? Or was everything I said turned out to be true?"
She shrugged as she stood beside Izuku while she places her hand on her brother's shoulder. "Well, if you're so going to belittle my brother. Think again..."
"...you made the wrong move."
Bakugo growled as he clenched his fists while looking at her, "I don't know what you're planning. You always have that look in your eyes when you have something etched in your mind. I won't fall for that!!"
He continues, "Stop bluffing!" He growls at her once more, "I don't care what you're saying, I'll still beat you, too!"
She shrugged again, "Talk to the rankings, Bakugo. I'm higher than you."
"Shut up!"
He then faced another student, "You, too, Todoroki!" Which made the male jolt in surprise in his seat as Bakugo left the classroom with a door slam.
[y/n] muffled a laugh, "I guess he isn't safe in his zone, too."
She then faced her brother with a petrified look on his face, "Are you alright, Izu?"
"Yeah... and... sorry."
She shook her head as she lets out a light laugh, "No need to say sorry, you did nothing wrong, Izu."
"But... you stood up for me... I should have been the one to do that."
"Nah, who cares? At least I let out some of this pent-up frustrations I felt towards him."
She then pats his back, "We both know he isn't an entire douche, he just doesn't know how to communicate like the rest of us since he must have thought that he doesn't need to unlike us."
Izuku perked up, "What do you mean?"
She hummed, "Hmm... let's just say that all the praises he gets... it goes to his head and wraps him around making him think like he is good at everything... although that's true... his approach to things is different because of his exposure and influence and on how adults were practically hyping him up when he was younger."
Kirishima spoke, "Woah... that was... an unexpected character analysis."
Uraraka sweatdropped, "I didn't even know he felt that way. I feel bad for avoiding him."
[y/n] spoke up, "Well... you all kinda deserve to know it anyway. I hate it when people are misjudged by their first impressions and the ones that follow suit."
Asui then placed her finger on her chin, "So [y/n], whose side are you on?"
"I'm on my own side."
"What do you mean?"
She then explained as she placed her hands in her pockets, "I meant that Bakugo was usually misunderstood... but I know he means well. It's just that he thinks it was the best way to express it. Izuku on the other hand," She then faced her brother as she tilts her head, "Hmm, from what I have observed... you've been excluded for so long that a single interaction from others you meet for the first time overwhelms you?"
Izuku's mouth almost when to drop, "I..." He lets out a sigh, "Yeah."
She paused in her sentences as she sweatdropped as she blinked and flung her arms around, "Uhm... you can tell me if you're uncomfortable with the subject, okay? I... I think that's all for now."
She then scratched her head in haste, "I kept rambling on and on and didn't stop... I'm sorry."
Kirishima chimed in as he sweatdropped, "I haven't seen Bakugo so serious in a long while..."
Tokoyami spoke while on his seat, "Was it uneasiness? Or sheer hatred?"
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"Now, let's begin the practical exam."