It wasn't long after Sakura and Michi had completed their exam that Raiden Yamamoto and I were called to start the exam. If it wasn't nerve-wrecking enough to be working together as a team, it was our opponent that had sweat beading down the sides of my face.

The Go twins, Chiyo and Ichiro. My heart started to race as I saw them staring back at me as they walked towards Raiden Yamamoto and me. It was only for a split second that I saw their Quirk when they attacked. Well, I guess they really didn't attack. It was more that they just bombarded me the moment I walked into the classroom. Still, I didn't like it as their Quirk made me uncomfortable.

Knowing how much they got into my personal space and how easily they could do that really set me on edge. My fingers rubbed against the sides of my shorts I had to wear as I got a closer look at them. Chiyo's curly green hair was pulled back into a ponytail, leaving a few strands in front of her forehead and the strands that refused to go back. Her green eyes widened in excitement as she looked at me. Seeing her like that, I backed up, feeling something behind me.

I looked back, seeing Raiden Yamamoto standing right there. He didn't seem to look down when I bumped into him, but he wore that scowl on his face that caused shivers to trickle down my spine. I quickly side-stepped away and looked back at our opponents, trying to grab every detail I could about them.

Ichiro stood just a bit taller than her, but he was built the same. Same jaw line, nose, and just everything. The only difference was that his hair was a lot shorter. It was long at the top and short on the bottom, but it was stylized, so it didn't look too crazy.

Michi told me that Ichiro was the one that could make him and his sister's copies disappear. Chiyo could duplicate either one of them.

"Remember the plan," I heard Raiden Yamamoto mumble.

"I-I know, Raiden," I whispered before realizing what I had just said. Realizing it, I awkwardly added, "Yamamoto," at the end.

It was the first time I had actually said his name. I wasn't sure whether or not to call him by his first or last name, so I made the mistake in saying both. Normally, it wouldn't have mattered. Most of my classmates told me what to call them before I could even ask, or would at least politely correct me, telling me what they'd rather be called.

In Japan, everyone called each other by their last name, unless given permission to do otherwise. After years of living here, I thought I would've caught onto that. After all, I've lived here for over half my life. I should've gotten used to that.

But I didn't. I couldn't. Back home, Mom and Peter always called people by their first names. It was a habit from when we all lived in America. Everyone I knew would let me call them by their first names. They'd never usually have a problem with it.

Until now.

"Don't call me that," he growled. "It's Yamamoto."

I gulped.

Mr. Elastic walked over towards us. His hands were in fists as they hit his hips. Our teacher held his head high, looking a lot taller than he normally did, which was tall. He could've easily been seven foot tall for all I knew, but seeing him standing in front of me, I felt as if he was growing taller. He wasn't using his Quirk, at least, I don't think he was. Maybe he was, but that didn't matter as I felt as if I was the shortest one standing there.

All I needed to do was survive this thing and not make Rai—I mean, Yamamoto, angry. Do as he told me, and I'd make it out in one piece.

Right?

"I don't want any of you to be sent to the emergency room after this, understood?" Mr. Elastic asked. Before waiting for an answer, he simply continued. "Now, there's a kid hidden somewhere inside. All you have to do is find them and bring them back before the other team can find them and do the same. You'll get three minutes inside to spread out and plan what you're going to do with your partner before the child is released."

We all nodded our heads, showing our teacher we understood what he was talking about.

"Alright then," Mr. Elastic continued. "That's everything, so get ready. Set. Go!"

A hand wrapped around my wrist and yanked me into the miniature city. I nearly fell face first before my feet stumbled a bit into a run. Looking up, I realized Yamamoto was pulling me far into the city. He looked over his shoulder, making sure we weren't being followed by anyone. Well, I guess to be more specific, he wanted to make sure we weren't followed by the Go twins.

While I wanted to look over my shoulder to do the same, I couldn't. Not if I wanted to fall. My head had to hang low in order for me to keep up with him. I concentrated on every step that I took, hoping I wouldn't trip over my own two feet. It didn't help that Yamamoto kept running as fast as he could.

The two of us took a sharp turn behind some buildings before he let go. I stumbled over my two feet, only this time, I wasn't ready to stop. Without him pulling me, I found myself falling face flat into the ground, feeling the concrete slam right into my nose. Tears tried to escape the corners of my eyes. For a while, I tried to hold them in, but in seconds, they had somehow fought their way out.

"We don't have time for crying. Just transform already, so we can get this thing done the right way," Yamamoto ordered.

I looked up, seeing my partner looking around to his right and left, waiting for the Go twins to come. Buildings surrounded us, making it hard to give an idea as to where this kid was.

If anything, we should be looking for them. My hands pressed to the ground, pushing myself up onto my knees. As I sat back on my feet, I looked down at my hands. They were pink from the impact. If we would've gone any faster, I was almost certain my skin would've broke, causing blood to ooze out.

"How do w-we know tha-that they're going to c-come after us?" I stuttered. Hearing myself, I looked away from him. It was embarrassing enough I couldn't keep up. Not being able to talk to him like I was, I felt useless.

Just breathe.

Breathe.

"What if I turn into the wrong twin?" I asked. "What if...what if I turn into Ichiro, and he comes, or if I do turn into the wrong, uh, I mean the right twin, and they know, and it's all for nothing? What if they see me ch-change?"

"You're really going to question me right now? They'll have no clue! You are the only person who they don't know what kind of Quirk you have. It will work," Yamamoto claimed.

Only, his voice wasn't as distant as it was before. I turned my head to see him kneeling beside me. He still wore that neutral expression, and honestly, it scared me even more, even when he stuck out his hand.

"You just have to trust me on this one. Do it correctly, and everything will be easy," he promised. "I'll go look for the kid, you go after the twins. Distract them. They won't know that it's you because they don't know your Quirk. You can lead them away. Lead them here. That'll give me enough time."

I didn't reach for his hand, and Yamamoto wasn't going to waste another second. Instead, he just grabbed my hand and pulled me up, letting go the second I was on my two feet. At least he respected my boundaries a little bit, but I still couldn't look him in the eyes after his nice gesture. Instead, I tried thinking hard on how those twins looked like.

Only this time, I couldn't get a clear image in my head.

"C'mon, we don't have a lot of time," Yamamoto urged.

"I-I'm trying," I said. "I just....I can't get a clear picture in my head of any of them. Is it Chiyo the one that has short hair? No, no that's Ichiro, right? But, which one has curly hair?"

"It doesn't matter," Yamamoto's voice seemed a bit impatient. I didn't need to open my eyes to know that. "Just change already."

"I...I can't," I trembled, rubbing my hands up and down my arms. My eyes squeezed shut, trying to get a mental picture of one of them, just one of them. That's all I needed.

Why couldn't I see what they looked like? It wasn't like I could turn into them if I couldn't. I needed a clear picture of the person. My Quirk wouldn't allow me to change into someone else if I didn't know what they looked like. If I missed one detail, then I couldn't change.

I couldn't feel my body change, no matter how hard I tried to picture what one of the twins looked like. All I needed was one clear picture. I had a good look at them earlier. Why couldn't I see what they looked like now?

"Time! Okay students, time to be a hero!" Mr. Elastic announced.

My eyes shot wide open as I snapped my head to look over at Yamamoto. He didn't look happy. His mouth curved into a scowl as his eyes glared into mine. I tried to open my mouth to explain myself, but Yamamoto didn't give me a chance.

"I'll find the child. You find those twins and distract them," Yamamoto ordered before he started running away.

He ran, not looking back. I could see his muscles starting to bulge out a bit, almost as if he was warming up his Quirk. Why was it that I had to be the one to distract? With his Quirk, he could just punch his way through them. Finding a kid wasn't that hard, was it?

I looked around, wondering how our plan would even work. I mean, this kid could've been anywhere. How did Yamamoto even know where to begin looking for them? Would he even be able to sooth the kid if they were scared? I know it was just an exam, and that it wasn't like we were actually going through this scenario, but what if the child knew how to act? Then what? It was not like he can simply take the child and carry them out. Being in trouble was scary.

Yamamoto was scary.

How was I cut out for this? There was no way I could even fake my way through this! I couldn't do this. There was no way.

My brother would be so disappointed in me right now. What would he think of me if he saw me? Would he see me as a failure?

Somehow, it was hard to imagine Ollie ever being mad.

"One of these days, you're going to be a better hero than Mr. Elastic, right?" I remembered Ollie telling the night I got the results to get into U.A. "When you do, you'll be my favorite hero because I'll know you're keeping this world safe."

A smile slid onto my face as I thought about that. Ollie already thought of me as a hero. If anything, I had to remember that I was doing this for him. Even if I really didn't want to be here, I was here to make him happy just for a little bit. There was no way I was going to have him worry at this age on what would happen to me. He didn't deserve that. Not when he was always there for me.

I'd come home today without a scratch, but I wouldn't do the way Yamamoto wanted me to.

I looked back, making sure neither of the twins were around. No one seemed to be in the area, even when I looked up. With no one around, I squeezed my eyes shut and pictured what my brother looked like.

Ollie. He had dark brown hair that flopped all over his head. It was never tamed as it flew everywhere. His brown eyes were huge, but soft like chocolate. While we were siblings, his facial features were a bit different. Whether it was from the way his jawline curved to the way he always stood, Ollie was different.

But, he was a good kind of different. Even without a Quirk, my brother was special.

Slowly, I felt my body starting to shrink until my shorts fell down. My eyes widened as I looked down. I had changed into Ollie, who was half the size of me. The shorts I wore for this were too big for him, but at least the shirt hung down to his knees.

It was just a bit odd that there could be a boy running around without pants. I looked back, realizing that no one was around. Seeing that, I pulled the shorts up, tucking the overly large t-shirt inside and pulling the drawstring as tight as I could.

If only there was some way to explain the large clothes on me...maybe turning into Ichiro or Chiyo wasn't a bad idea after all. Unfortunately, I couldn't turn into them, not unless it was guaranteed that I had a ten minute break between now and then. Ten minutes was long knowing how fast those twins could've found the child hidden here.

My legs quickly sprinted from underneath me as I looked around the small city, trying to figure out where one of them was at. I just needed to find one of the Go twins for this to work. I could trick them into thinking I was the child they had to rescue. That would be a good way of actually passing this. Mr. Elastic never said anything about deceiving the other team.

"Have you found any of them yet?"

I turned around, finding a row of buildings where two green haired kids my age—well, my actual age, not Ollie's age—were walking. They looked worn down as they walked closer and closer to me.

The only way to get this to work was for me to look like I was in trouble. I looked around, finding a bench sitting against a building. As weird as it was, maybe I could just be a child that was lost. Before they could see me, I crawled under there, barely being able to sit criss-cross under the bench.

Hopefully Yamamoto would be able to find the actual kid soon. The last thing we would need was for the twins to bring me back to our classmates and realize they had the wrong person.

"Chiyo, look!" I heard Ichiro say to his twin.

"Finally!" Chiyo exclaimed. I saw her legs stop right in front of me, before she could bend down, showing her bright blue eyes and curly green hair that was pulled back into a ponytail.

Seeing her now, I knew I could've easily transformed into her, but it was her twin that made it hard as to what she exactly looked like.

"Hey there," she softly said. "I'm Chiyo, and behind me is my brother, Ichiro. We're here to save you. Are you lost?"

Thank goodness they assumed what was wrong with me. I didn't have to make something up on the spot. Even if I was starting to think of excuses to tell them, I knew I would just blurt out something that wouldn't have made sense.

Not trusting my own words, I simply nodded my own head.

Chiyo smiled as she reached out her hand. "It's okay. We'll get you back to the others and keep you safe, no worries."

I needed to distract them. I wasn't sure how much time Yamamoto needed, but I knew going with them right away wouldn't give him enough time. Not right now at least. Instead of listening, I backed away, slowly crawling out of the bench. Once out of there, I stood up, seeing Ichiro standing behind his sister. He kept quiet, tilting his head, wondering what I was going to do.

Before I could start running, his eyes widened.

"Chiyo, quick, he's getting away!" Ichiro warned.

How he knew I was going to take off running, I wasn't sure. I still took off running as fast as I could away from them, hoping Yamamoto would find the actual kid fast enough.

There was only so much I could do to distract them. And even then, how long would it take for them to realize I wasn't the kid. I mean, I could keep up what Ollie looked like for a while, but that was only half the battle. They'd have to believe that I was who I said I was, and not doubt me for a moment that I wasn't who I said I was.

If they figured out what my Quirk was, then we'd be in big trouble.

Before I could turn down a different street, I noticed something flash beside me. I tried to ignore it, but before I could take another step down the street, I noticed Chiyo standing in front of me.

No, correction, Chiyo and her brother Ichiro were surrounding me with five copies each.

The Chiyo that stood in front of me reached out her hand. "Trust me, we're not going to hurt you. We just want to make sure you're safe, okay? If you're worried about someone else taking you, we can keep an eye out for the other group by multiplying."

"No," I quickly said, knowing that if they did that, my plan could fall.

Ichiro's eyes widened. "No?" he asked. The copy of him that stood next to his sister that talked glanced at her. "I think we're scaring him with all this."

Before she could respond, all of Ichiro's copies touched one of Chiyo's copies. Slowly they disappeared, leaving only one of each twin standing in front of me.

He looked back at me when he was done. "Is that better? I promise you, we aren't trying to hurt or scare you."

There was no way I could run again. I looked over at Chiyo, who still smiled at me, holding out her hand. I didn't have a choice but to go with them. If I tried to do something else, they would figure it out and start going after the actual kid.

C'mon Yamamoto, you better find that kid fast.

I nodded my head and walked over to Ichiro's side, refusing to get close to his twin sister. It was her Quirk that could multiply. If they figured out that I wasn't the kid they needed to find, then she could easily surround me, giving me a panic attack.

The last thing I wanted was to black out outside my Quirk on the first day of school.

Luckily for me, they walked at my pace, which I made sure was painfully slow for them. Every step we took, the more my heart started to race. It wouldn't be long until we got to the front, but I wasn't sure how else I could deceive them. It wasn't that I could say I lost a shoe or something. I could say I lost a teddy bear, but thinking about how my brother acts, he wouldn't have cared if that would happen. If he was in trouble, he would've been so happy that there were some heroes there to save him.

We were about to turn to where the entrance was when we heard Mr. Elastic's voice boom over us. "Yamamoto has found the kid! Yamamoto and Smith wins."

The twins stopped dead in their tracks as they looked at me in shock. I pulled my hand out of Ichiro's and took a step back, loosening the drawstrings of the shorts I wore and held them up. Taking a deep breath, I let the mental picture of my brother fade away, growing back into my normal self.

Their eyes widened as they looked at me, realizing all too late that they had been tricked.

"How did you do that?" Chiyo asked.

"My Quirk," I told her. "It's called Biochange."

Author's Note:

Well, good news for Tami, her team has won. Yay! Downside...how will that effect her rank? Will she move up above her classmates? How about Raiden's ranking?

For this chapter's question, seeing that Tami struggles with her hero classes, what would be your least favorite class if you were accepted into U.A.? Would it be the hero classes, or would it be one of the normal academic classes?

Again, I want to thank you all for returning after a break in the middle of this arc. For your patience and cooperation, the next chapter will be released in a few short hours, with notes on how this book's updates will operate. No worries, I think you all will like the changes.

Again, thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed this.

Character Spotlight: Raiden Yamamoto
Quirk: Ultra Strength
Likes: Tamales

I'm going to be honest (and this will probably say how much I actually watch anime) but I don't know who this guy is, but I see this person a lot when looking up pictures for my characters. He seems to be the closest thing I can find to Raiden, but this picture in particular makes him look more age appropriate? Yes, I've always imagined the guy to look a bit older, but never twice his age. So, keep in mind, these pics are just to help you somewhat imagine what the characters look like.

Song: Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress--Coma