The class' chatter grew in volume each minute, almost to the point of shouting.

Iida stood, shouting over the chaos. "It's not very professional to yell in class!"

"Uh... Iida," Kaminari raised a brow.

After a moment, Iida seemed to get it, and he coughed embarrassedly. "I apologize."

The class let out a few chuckles, but when Aizawa walked in the laughter died down.

"Irrational. It took you 5 seconds just to quiet down when I walked in," he said.

The class stared at him, waiting for him to speak. "Today," he began, "We're doing a training exercise. Normally, All Might would teach this lesson. However, due to his unexpected absence, I'll be conducting the exercise. Though, he should be joining us about halfway through, if that's any consolation."

The class sighed.

Aizawa narrowed his eyes. "Is there a problem?"

"It's just that you're always so hard on us," Kaminari sighed.

"Heroes need to be prepared for all situations. I'm pushing you so you can all succeed," he replied. "You out of any class should know that this kind of training is important. It's not just for show."

The class seemed more determined after his mini-speech, nodding.

"Alright," Aizawa said turning towards the door. "I'll be waiting at the training ground. Get your costumes on."

The room buzzed with excitement, animated chats going on while everyone grabbed their costumes. I, however, attempted to figure out exactly what I should be wearing.

"Hey, Deeeeee-Midoriya!" Uraraka froze before continuing.

"Oh, hello," I greeted her, ignoring her mistake of whatever she was about to say.

"How come you're not getting ready?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.

I glanced up. "I don't know what to put on..."

"Ohhh," she nodded, remembering that I didn't have a costume. "Well, he usually just tells us to wear our gym clothes when our costumes were damaged or anything. So those would probably be a safe bet."

I smiled, nodding. "Thanks. Though," I pointed to the group filing out the door, "We should probably hurry."

Uraraka gasped, hurrying for her costume while I laughed behind her.

"Not funny!" she whined, but she began to giggle herself. "Okay, it kind of is. But we really should hurry!"

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Uraraka and I came to the other side of a tunnel, bending over as we gasped for air.

"You two are late," Aizawa sighed.

"S-sorry, Sensei," Uraraka said in between breaths.

I nodded rapidly. "Y-yeah, sorry."

"Why is it always you?" Aizawa rolled his eyes. "Anyways... This'll be our basic training ground. I'm sure All Might usually has you draw lots, but it's an irrational waste of time, so I'll just be picking," he finished, sparking several nervous glances from my classmates.

Aizawa yawned, dropping a few eye drops in his eyes before blinking and continuing. "The basics of the activity is as follows: You will be paired up with one other person. The pair's task will be to rescue a dummy, which will be placed on a random floor of a building. However, the building will be trapped in some way - whether it's rigged with mild explosives, it's on fire, or something else."

"Well that doesn't sound too hard," Ashido smiled.

"Maybe next time let me finish," Aizawa glared, causing Ashido to shrink. "As I was saying... There's a catch. You will be pitted against another group of two. Whoever saves the dummy first will be the winner. However, little to no damage may come to the doll. That includes anything that would harm a normal person, such as freezing them in order to carry them better."

A frog-like girl placed her finger on her chin. "What happens if we defeat the other team, but don't save the dummy? Ribbit."

"Then you'll still lose," he replied bluntly, causing several students to sigh. Though, after he tossed the crowd a glare, they quickly shut up.

"Is there a time limit or anything?" Uraraka asked.

"Yes," Aizawa responded. "If the activity is not completed within 15 minutes, both teams fail."

"T-there's no expulsions, right?!" the boy with purple hair asked.

Aizawa narrowed his eyes. "Not unless it's needed."

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Kaminari groaned.

Aizawa ignored him. "It's irrational to waste so much time. We'll begin now." He glanced around, seemingly pointing at random pairs and dubbing them partners.

"Iida and Shoji." Looks like speed mixed with brute strength...

"Ashido and Koda." Mina's so outgoing, but Koda looks so shy...

And the pattern continued. It looked as if he were pairing partners by random. However, there seemed to be a reason behind each one.

"Uraraka and Ojiro. Aoyama and Todoroki. Bakugo and Hagakure. Sato and Sero. Asui and Jiro. Mineta and Tokoyami. Kaminari and Yaoyorozu. And," he finished, "Kirishima and Midoriya."

I tensed up, glancing over at Kirishima. He gave me an uncomfortable look, and I nervously glanced away.

"Now that we're done with that, I'll be choosing match-ups." He sighed, glancing over the crowd.

"Iida and Shoji will be against Uraraka and Ojiro."

"I hope this is a good fight!" Iida smiled, speaking both to his partner and the other team. Shoji nodded, while Uraraka and Ojiro exchanged nervous glances and smiled awkwardly.

"Ashido and Koda against Sato and Sero."

"We got this!" Ashido grinned, holding out her fist towards Koda. Koda awkwardly stared at her before limply connecting his fist with her own - but she didn't seem to notice the hesitance. However, Sato and Sero did notice, and shared a grin.

"Bakugo and Hagakure against Kaminari and Yaoyorozu."

Bakugo pounded his fist into his palm. "Easy!"

Kaminari scratched his chin nervously. "I really hope this doesn't end in death."

"Asui and Jiro against Mineta and Tokoyami."

Asui simply ribbited, while Tokoyami closed his eyes.

"Really?!" Mineta yelled, grinning. "Two hot girls?!" In response, Jiro stabbed him with her quirk, causing him to help. I can't believe I didn't notice her quirk before... Well, I guess this'll be a good time to figure out everyone's quirks.

"Finally, Aoyama and Todoroki against Kirishima and Midoriya."

"Oui," Aoyama winked.

"Oh boy," Kirishima let out a slight sigh.

I glanced over at him, raising a brow. Suddenly, though, I felt as if my body was being pierced through. My eyes trailed towards Todoroki's cold glare, and a chill ran down my spine, telling me exactly why Kirishima responded in such a way. Rage-filled power emanates from him.

Kirishima suddenly shook his head. "No! It's not manly to give up already!"

I raised a brow before my lips curled into a slight smile. Yeah. I guess everything's not over just yet. Though..., I glanced back towards Todoroki, I can't say it'll be easy.

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merry christmas another chapter

i had this one done but was iffy about it so

anyways, here you go!!

ALSO: LMK if you want me to split the battles into separate chapters or give them all to you in one chapter 

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