New Blood
'As I thought, increasing the gravity on myself before reversing it results in a more explosive leap.'
Looking at the cracked pillar that he'd jumped from, Aiden turned his head to look at his unconscious teacher before heading towards the exit.
'What a disappointing opponent.'
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Soon after leaving the test area, a couple of robots appeared and took the injured Snipe to the infirmary. Taking a look at the downed hero, Recovery Girl turned to look at the two students staring at the monitors.
'*Sigh* The new generation truly surpasses the old.'
Standing next to Toru, Aiden narrowed his eyes as he watched the students face off against the teachers. Out of all of them, only two fights actually interested him. Deku and Bakugo against the number 1 hero, and Momo and Shoto against Aizawa. From the looks of things, All Might was going way to easy on the boys to the point that Aiden felt like they might actually make it through the exit gate if they played it smart. On the other hand, Shoto and Momo were having a harder time. Since the sports festival, Momo hadn't been the same. After her loss to Bakugo, she seemed different... She even avoided talking to him. If he had to guess, it looked like her loss to Bakugo shook her confidence. It would also explain why she avoided talking to him. She was subconsciously placing him atop a pedestal. One that she thought she could never reach.
Watching the fight unfold, Aiden couldn't help but frown. This was mostly due to the actions of Bakugo and Shoto. Compared to these two, Momo had her own trouble dealing with her confidence issues while Deku was an unstable factor that could barely control his own power. While he wasn't expecting much, he was disappointed in Shoto's performance, compared to their fight during the sports festival, the current Shoto wasn't using his quirk efficiently enough. Even if he was facing an opponent like Aizawa, he shouldn't be getting caught like this. Bakugo on the other hand was behaving the way he expected him to. Instead of trying to escape the area, he preferred to go up against All Might head on.
Watching all this take place from the side-lines, Aiden could truly see just how inexperienced these kids really were. In fact, he was silently praising the principal's decision to focus on real combat.
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Not to longer after, the exam was starting to wrap up as more and more people managed to either escape from the testing area or handcuff their teachers. Although it looked like only his team ended up leaving through the exit gate while also beating and handcuffing their opponent.
The next team to finish the exam was Shoto and Momo. While not fully surprised, he couldn't say he was impressed by their performance either.
Seeing Aiden standing in front of the monitor, Shoto went over to join him while Momo was building up her courage to apologize for her recent behavior. Now that she had regained a semblance of her confidence back, she realized just how distant she had been acting with this supposed friend of hers. Wanting to amend things between them, she took a deep breath before walking over towards the group.
"Aiden-san... Can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked with a slight quiver in her voice.
"Sure." He shrugged and followed her to a corner.
"So... What do you want to talk to about?" He asked.
"I well... You see... Um... I'm..."
Seeing her struggle to get the words out, Aiden did what he did to Mina whenever she was troubled. Raising his hand slightly, he placed it on top of her head before giving her a gentle head pat.
Feeling the warmth of his hand on her head, Momo was momentarily entranced as she reveled in the feeling. Closing her eyes for a brief moment, she looked into his eyes and said. "I'm sorry."
Hearing the sincerity in her words, Aiden showed off a warm smile and forgave her.
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The exam soon finished with only Deku and Bakugo sustaining minor injuries. Not to surprised by the results, Aiden could only feel sorry for Mina as he knew how much she wanted to go on the trip. On the other hand he would be lying if he said that he wasn't jealous of the fact that she was going to stay home while he was forced to sleep in a cabin in the woods.
[A/n: Cabin in the woods... Sounds like a horror movie.]
[A/n: HOLY SHIT IT IS A HORROR MOVIE!!]
While this was going on, Shigaraki was sitting on a stool in the league of villains hideout while staring at a picture of Aiden from the sports festival.
[A/n: Hella creepy.]
"Mr Shigaraki." A middle aged man with circular glasses walked into the room with a spring in his step. "You've been the talk of the town lately. Everyone's talking about how something big is abou-
"Who are they?!" Shigaraki cut in.
Smiling at the interruption, the man disappeared behind the door while a black haired man with chard skin and too many piercings walked into the room followed by a young girl in a school uniform.
"Oho, I saw a picture of you online but, seeing you in the flesh... You look gross as hell." The black haired man commented after seeing Shigaraki.
"OH MY GOD YOU'RE THE HAND GUY!!" The girl exclaimed ignoring the black haired guy's previous words. "YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH THE GREAT STAIN RIGHT? RIGHT? LET ME JOIN TO OKAY! LET ME JOIN THE LEAGUE OF VILLAINS!!"