My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire

It took some time for the hundred students to change out of their hero uniforms and return them to their cases, along with any of the injured being taken care of by the medics that were waiting in the wing, but for the most part they were fine, despite the jitters on who passed and who failed.

"Hello everyone, I would like to thank each and every one of you for giving this your all and putting forth your best efforts to overcome the challenges we put in front of you today, and for holding out for so long." Mera stated, standing on a platform that had been set up after the second test came to an end, one that had another screen on it, while everyone stood in lines in front of the platform, so they could stare up at him and whatever he showed them with the screen, "Now, I shall show all of you the results on the exam, but before that I would like to say something, regarding the grading method: we at the Hero Public Safety Commission, and our esteemed guests from H.U.C., combined forces to grade each of you through two sets of eyes, docking points where we deemed fit. In other words we based our judgement solely on how well you were able to conduct yourselves in a crisis, without making mistakes. Now, those who passed will be listed on this board in alphabetical order, so please, check and make sure your name is on the list."

Sure enough it wasn't long before the screen lit up with nearly a hundred names on it, where Selene and Celestia glanced at it for a moment and quickly found their last names, as it was last name first and then first name, so it didn't take them long to locate their names, plus Izuku's. Many of the other students were happy to see that they had passed the exam, in fact a fair number of them were letting out sighs of relief as they noticed that their names were on the list, though at the same time Selene discovered that Inasa's name wasn't on the list. She assumed it was due to the fact that he and Shoto couldn't work together when dealing with Gang Orca, or their inability to form a plan of attack that used both of their strengths, so it told her that even Shoto had failed, which might explain his more gloomy attitude right now. In fact Selene had to resist the urge to laugh, because after looking through the list she found that even Katsuki failed the exam, which wasn't much of a surprise considering that he refused to do anything involving the rescue operation, and his desire to fight the 'villains', as in her, had crippled his chances of passing.

She suspected it was due to the fact that Katsuki came at her on his own, showcasing his lack of teamwork and whatnot, all while at the same time Inasa apologized to Shoto, since their inability to work together had crippled their chances, though Minoru found this to be incredibly funny.

"You know, those two stood near the top of the class for so long that they developed their own egos, and yet that egotism has backfired on them." Minoru stated, a wide smile on his face as he realized that if Shoto and Kaksuki failed this would no doubt cause them to suffer in the future and potentially make him one of the higher students, while the rest of the class just looked at him like he was an absolute moron, "And now the existing hierarchy shall crumple."

"That only works if all of the top students failed, and the sisters passed." Momo pointed out, where Minoru frowned as he quickly realized that she was right, their names were on the list as well, though Selene wasn't sure what he was expecting, as she and Celestia were the highest performing students in their class, and the most consistent as well.

"Ehem, yes... has everyone had a chance to check and see if they're on the list or not?" Mera asked, where he found that the majority of the students in front of him nodded their heads to confirm that they had checked the board, to which he nodded to the staff members that were next to him and they descended into the crowd, handing out a sheet of paper to each of the students, "Now then, we'll be distributing your individual printouts, detailing your performances and evaluations, so please, peruse them at your leisure. You'll no doubt realize that your performances were graded on a declining scale, with 50 points as the borderline between passing and failing, and if you look at your various sheets you'll find the particulars on which of your actions received demerits."

Izuku listened to the others for a time as they obtained their sheets, like how Mashirao got a 61, Hanta got 84, Momo was a 94, and Tenya was an 80, while Izuku himself found that he was at a 52, far lower than he expected, though he found that the reason for this was 'tackling an enemy alone', 'suspecting a villain would hold back', and 'not taking a battle seriously', a fact that told him he really shouldn't have clashed with Celestia.

"I didn't realize that they were going to take so much off for those actions." Izuku commented, as his sheet also informed him that he would have had a 71 had he stayed away from his sister, or if he had faced her with other students backing him, or if he had taken the battle seriously, causing him to turn towards both of his sisters, "Selene, Celestia, how did you two do?"

"100, as per usual." Selene replied, though she really wasn't surprised, she and Celestia had been pulled out of the second test for this reason, that they were beyond what the staff members had been expecting and had allowed the staff members to focus their efforts on the other students that were taking the test.

"To those of you that passed the exam, you have now stepped into a world granting you all of the rights of a hero in case of an emergency." Mera continued, wasting no time in addressing the students that were in front of him, drawing their gazes back to him, even though he was reaching the end of what he had to tell them before they were allowed to head back to their various schools for the evening, "In other words you can rescue civilians and the like, but remember that your actions will now carry a greater weight on societal responsibility, so keep that in mind when you act without a pro hero's command. Also, I'm sure all of you are aware of All Might's excellence and that he has used up all of his strength, especially since he was able to curtail the amount of crimes, but his departure has brought about a surge of individuals that have bloated egos, as if their inhibitions have been removed entirely. All of you have the potential to become the next role models, in place of the now retired All Might, and your very existence will be to fight crime and save lives, just as he did... but remember that, for the time being, this is on a provisional level, so I'd hope all of you give it a trifling thought or two as you continue your studies."

Mera paused for a moment, letting his words sink into the heads of the students that were in front of him, especially since a lot of them had a lot of information to go over to improve themselves as heroes, before he moved into the last thing he had to reveal before he could go home for the day.

"Now then, for those that failed the exam, I'm afraid that there is no time for you to be dejected over your sub-par grades, as you still have a chance to obtain a license." Mera stated, where he could see that the likes of Katsuki zeroed in on him as he said those words, in fact the rest of those that failed this portion of the exam were listening closely as well, just as he wanted them to, "If, after attending a special extra course in March, you acquire good results in your respective tests, we fully intend to issue you a Provisional License as well. We want as many high quality heroes as we can get, even though the first test was designed to drop people out so we could raise and nurture the hundred that passed into the second test... this is why all of us observed you until the very end of the second test. It isn't because you have no merits, rather that if you correct each of your shortcomings I have no doubt that you will be splendid heroes in the future, even stronger than those who passed the first time."

With that said and done the students who passed had their pictures individually taken and their Provisional Licenses made, complete with their names, hero names, and all of the relevant information, something that put a smile on the faces of the students who passed. Selene and Celestia found that Izuku literally couldn't wait and snapped a few pictures of his, plus a few of theirs as well, as he was sending the trio of pictures to their parents, no doubt so they could celebrate before calling in the morning, while his other picture, one of his own, was for Toshinori. They knew why he was doing such a thing, as it was due to the weakened hero giving Izuku a Quirk that allowed him to walk this path, and their brother wanted his idol to know that he was making great strides to realizing his dream of being a splendid hero, since he had given up on being the No 1 when his sisters were involved. At the same time they could see that Katsuki was still annoyed, it seemed to be what his default emotion was, and his expression, causing the sisters to realize that he was likely going to pick a fight with Izuku later on, especially since their brother had leapt passed him for real.

With that in mind Selene approached Aizawa and had a private conversation with him, pointing out that Katsuki was likely going to explode in the near future and would likely get into a fight with Izuku, so she wanted to have them able to use one of the nearby training grounds with a teacher, Toshinori since both respected him, present to stop it if things went south, and he approved on the condition that the sisters went with him.

"Katsuki, you going to fight Izuku over this?" Selene asked, speaking on their way back to the school dorms, where she could see that the rest of the class were glancing at him and the others that were involved, and she could tell that he was annoyed that she knew him so well that she had figured this out before he could even say anything, in fact all she got was a nod from him while they rode the bus back to the dorms, "Figured. You two, come with Celestia and me when we get back to school... I've arranged for you two to have some privacy at Training Ground Beta."

The rest of the class decided that it was best to not get involved, as Katsuki would lash out at any of them that tried to follow them, so when the time came the four of them departed from the dorms and made their way over to the grounds Selene had picked out, as it was the closest.

"The place where we had our first real battle, and I lost... this place makes me sick to my stomach." Katsuki remarked, though he had his hands in his pockets, as they had given him and Izuku time to change into the uniforms that everyone had to use when they went out to do things in the various training areas, as Selene was serious about turning this into more of a training session for the pair, "You, Deku, who were supposed to be Quirkless... a nobody, a worthless stepping stone... and yet you somehow passed the Entrance Exam, got into UA, and somehow manifested a Quirk of your own. At the time I really didn't understand, I thought you were muttering garbage to throw me off, but you kept climbing with that shit-eating grin on your face, a look that's been on your goddamn face since All Might came to town... and then this happened: you passed and I failed. Just thinking about it infuriates the FUCK out of me."

Selene and Celestia said nothing as they listened to Katsuki, both were on the sidelines, the sidewalk really, while noticing that Toshinori was also off to the side, hidden in one of the buildings since it allowed him to hear what was in the hearts of his students, and then surprise them if things got out of hand.

"The boss of the villains... All For One, I think he was called... he had multiple Quirks, and I overheard some of the heroes talk about how he could steal Quirks... it made me think." Katsuki continued, confirming that he had been thinking about a lot of things since he was kidnapped by the villains, something that he couldn't get out of his mind, and now it was coming to the top as he spoke his statement into reality, "You said that you 'obtained' it from All Might, meaning that you now have his Quirk... don't you, you damn worthless piece of shit? Especially since you were the only one who took his final message differently."

"I can't deny it... so what are you going to do about it?" Izuku asked, because he was reaping what he had sowed, as he was sure if he had kept his mouth shut there was a chance that Kacchan would have taken longer to figure this out on his own, he was too smart to not put all of the pieces together, "Are you going to tell me to fight you, like Selene said?"

Just as the sisters expected Katsuki went on the offensive, though while he opened with the same right swing that he was known for, everyone knew about it these days, he used that information to open with a feint since he knew Izuku knew his opening move, so he swung while blasting open the ground. Izuku, of course, activated his Full Cowl and leapt into the air to avoid the explosive attack, causing his opponent to go on the offensive once more as he shifted to purely defensive, mostly to observe Katsuki's new motions and plan his next few moves accordingly. Sure enough this lead to Izuku avoiding attacks that would have harmed him while also redirecting his opponent's attacks into the air, the force of one even knocking the explosive boy onto his back for a moment, something that only frustrated him. The sisters realized something during those first few moments of the exchange, that their brother was still growing as a fighter, his skills were improving rapidly and his control over One For All was growing well as well, meaning he might have full control over it by the end of his first year in UA, if he was incredibly lucky.

Yet it was this very growth that pissed Katsuki off the most, that was as clear as day to the sisters, especially when Izuku, for just a moment, looked like he wanted to run over and help his opponent onto his feet, like he had done in the past, which was the emotional trigger as Katsuki picked himself up once more.

"Why? Why am I chasing a piece of shit like you, who should be behind me all the time... instead of chasing your sisters and the power they hold?" Katsuki shouted, though while there was anger on his face the sisters noticed something else, there was another emotion on his face that make him look, well, normal, like nothing else mattered right now, like he was opening his heart to them, "Why is it that you gained this power, and have been constantly recognized by All Might, when I'm growing as well and have been skipped over repeatedly?! Why... Why was I the one that got kidnapped and brought about All Might's end? If... If only I had been stronger, none of this shit would have happened in the first place... and yet I realized that he was trying to keep his condition a secret, and the fact that he gave you his Quirk... and I couldn't say anything. I've tried to keep my mind off of this, to focus on other things, but every time I relaxed all of this information came flooding back... and now... now I don't know what to do anymore!"

"Is he having a mental breakdown?" Celestia quietly inquired, like it was a side effect of his capture that had done unnoticed by everyone and was only now coming into focus because of his constant failure, a fact that made her wonder if they should call this off now, before someone got hurt, before Selene held a hand out and stopped her.

Izuku, on the other hand, told Kacchan that he should be continuing down the path that was in front of him, while holding true to what they were told back in the exam center, as he knew the boy he had been chasing for a long time had the ability to be a great hero, and he was only just catching up to him, despite Katsuki's growth. What he was trying to do was tell his opponent that Izuku wasn't as great as Katsuki assumed, or at least that seemed to be what Selene was hearing and seeing, yet the two continued to move around the area, attacking and defending against attacks. Both she and Celestia noticed that the constant training their brother had been doing to improve his new style allowed him to boost his power to a new level, at least eight percent based on what they knew of their brother, yet that hardly mattered to Katsuki. The explosive boy ended up getting the upper hand on Izuku, he was reading his opponent and found a way to bring him down, ending with Katsuki pinning his foe to the ground with his arms and legs, something that brought him some satisfaction.

In the end Toshinori decided that it was time to stop the fight and approached the pair, where the sisters joined them while Celestia tended to the pair, gently using the healing power of Sunshine to mend their minor wounds like the retired hero told Katsuki the information he was after.

"Listen to me, none of this is your fault... I was already approaching my limit when my battle with All For One happened, so this was just the natural sequence of events." Toshinori stated, though he made it very clear that the boy in front of him was strong and that he had decided to help someone else that had the heart of a hero stand in the arena that others had years of experience in, something that clearly make Katsuki sit down and think about things, "I will admit, there are things that I haven't noticed in the past, which have brought us to this point, but from this point forward I will endeavor to do my best to make sure both of you, and the rest of your class, grow to be splendid heroes."

Despite all that Toshinori also let Katsuki in on the secret that the four of them knew, telling him about One For All, All For One, and everything else that was important for him to know his story, where the boy glared at the sisters, since they knew about this and didn't let it slip, unlike their brother.

"Fine, I'll keep it a secret as well." Katsuki remarked, though how there was a lot more on his mind than there was before, as he was now thinking that agreeing to this might have been a bad idea despite it giving him the information he had been after since his kidnapping, before he noticed something, "Tank Flank, when did you get the power to heal?"

"A while ago, actually. Turns out Izuku's early stages, him breaking or hurting his body, allowed me to awaken another side of Sunshine." Celestia replied, where Selene noticed something immediately, Toshinori was stunned by that information, as in he had no idea that she could heal others and she could already see that the gears in his head were turning, that he might ask her to mend his ruined body so he could be a hero again, and she hoped she was wrong about that.

At the same time Selene found herself interested in what the future might hold for them, now that most of them had their provisional licenses and school would be starting again tomorrow, plus the fact that Toshinori knew about Celestia's power to heal, and she was eager to meet whatever challenges might be coming their way next.