Chapter 5: Trial of fire…and Robots
(U.A High Hero Course Entrance Exam: Battle Site B)
"It's huge!"
"This is one of the sites for the exam!?"
"It's the size of a town for Christ's sake!"
"How much money does U.A have?!"
'More than I thought apparently.' Izuku thought to himself as he walked off the bus they had used to get to their destination, he would admit that he wasn't expecting…this massive complex which U.A had in their backyard, he knew they had serious cash but this was too much.
He was wearing his workout gear which was his light blue and white tracksuit with his boots and gauntlets were worn over them. He was also fitted with his new compact combat backpack so he was good to go as he'll ever be. 'I don't know where Bakugo saw sent but since I didn't see him on the bus he must be at another one of the sites, Tokoyami was sent to site D so we won't see each other till after this is said and done.' As he walked over to the side away from the rest, he began to clear his mind and relax his body. While he went through the motions his martial arts teacher has shown the class he remembered, he remembered all the doubts and taunts thrown at him over the years.
'You don't have a quirk!'
'There's no way you can ever become a hero kid.'
'You're too weak to be a hero.'
'How can you be a hero without a quirk? Don't be an idiot.'
'You'll only get in the way.'
'He should probably give up now'
'I will become the next number one hero Deku, you hear me!'
"This is it…today…today I prove them all wrong…" Izuku muttered to himself, a frown across his face as he clutched his fist so tight he might have done actual damage to his gear if he didn't recall all the positives he had been blessed to experience.
'Oh baby, you still can become a hero.'
He recalled that one, it was his mother's words to him when he crashed after the faithful visit to the doctor confirmed he would never develop his quirk, it was her answer to his question on whether he could still be a hero.
'I believe in you Izuku, I always will because I know my boy will reach for the stars and claim a place amongst them.'
Those were his father's words to him as they told him the bad news over the phone the next day. He was so happy that his parents believed in him, it gave him strength.
'Well, I will be rooting for you than Izuku, make sure to represent all us quirkless people.'
Melissa told him that after she caught him and her father working on the Mk II, she sat him down for cookies and milk-(her favorite snack at the time)-and announced that she will support him however she could.
'I have faith that you will become a fine hero someday Midoriya.'
Those were Mr. Shield's parting words to him after they were completed he sent word that he was able to complete the Mk IV all by himself. He was bursting at the seams with that one.
'You better become a pro, Izuku-kun, who else am I gonna trust my…beeehind to?'
Yu's comment left him a blushing and stuttering mess that one practice session but he knew she was just teasing him and that she believed he could do the impossible.
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He still plans on collecting that reward from her though after this.
'Young Midoriya, you have a heart of gold. I'm sure that if you gave it your all, one day you may just take my place as the number one hero.'
The words of the number one hero, funny…he would have thought that Yagi opinion would have mattered more to him now but…
…He cared more about letting down everyone else, maybe because they all had a part in shaping him, ensuring that the unfairness of life didn't turn him like it did so many others?
"…I WILL succeed and prove that all the faith you all have in me isn't misplaced." He finished his verbal vow of success as he stood straight and tall.
"Okay Start!" Present Mic announced all of a sudden from the observation tower, drawing the attention of most of the examinees.
"What's the matter? There are no countdowns in a real fight! That kid gets it! So get going! The die has been cast, you know!?" Present Mic told them as he pointed to where Izuku was standing before the doors opened and where he was now, which was nearly out of sight and within the battleground. The speed of which he did caught them all off guard as two thoughts prevailed through their minds as they call raced to catch up and begin racking up points.
When the hell did he start moving?!/How fast is he moving to be that far ahead!?
(With Izuku)
Izuku had run at the moment the doors had opened, he had honed his skills and reflexes fighting against all those petty criminals and smugglers along with Yu and unlike the rest of them U.A. hopefuls, he was used to acting and reacting in the spot with no prompt or warning. He had been able to cover such a large distance since his boots greatly increased his running speed by adding more force to each step, allowing him to cover up to twice as much ground with every single step.
"Alright, the boots are working just as I thought they would and I'm only at 99% power. Still, I need to increase the speed since I won't be outrunning any vehicles at this pace, and definitely shouldn't think of challenging Ingenium to a race any time soon." Izuku said to himself as he took a turn down one of the many roads, looking for a target. He was lucky in that regard as he saw a 1 pointer and 3 pointer robot up ahead which to his dismay, didn't look like Mario villains. "And here I was hoping to smash a robot Goomba or two." He lamented as he would have enjoyed that but he resolved to think about that later.
Before the 3 pointers knew what was happening, Izuku had already jumped towards it, powered up the shock generator in his boots, and delivered a major kick to its face, the shockwave from said move caused the entire head and more other portions of the bot to be blown to bit. Izuku didn't stop to bask in his first kill but rather he used the outward force generated from his kick to leap from the downed robot and do the same to the 1 pointer, aiming for its mid-section which caved him under the blow.
"That wasn't too hard, let's see if I can't break some more of them." Izuku said to himself as he ran away looking for more bots to break. As he ran through the streets he came to an open area which luckily for him didn't have anyone else yet. Good thing too since he could see at least 6 one-pointers, 7 two pointers, and 3 three-pointers.
This just keeps getting better and better.
With a purpose in his step and fire in his eyes, the young boy dashed towards the small gathering of robots and was able to crash the head of a 2 pointer with a drop-kick before they knew he was there. All at once, they all came for him.
"Target acquired. We'll kill you!"
"Where have I heard that before?" Izuku said to himself as he recalled that was Bakugo's favorite phrase to say to him. The first one to reach him was a 1 pointer which tried to punch him with a straight punch but he saw throw it like a boy saw through a window and at the last second, hopped to the side and landing on one foot. "Too slow!" Izuku counted as he used his one foot as a spring and jumped back at the 1 pointer, delivering a sick roundhouse to the neck with enough power behind to bend it, heavily damaging the bot. before he could finish it off, another 2-pointer tried to get the jump on him but he avoided it by jumping 2m straight up and watching as it took out its mechanical alley. He landed on top of the 2-pointer and quickly hooked his arms around its neck, kicked off of it, and used the pendulum-styled force generated from that to drive both feet shin-deep into the machine. It was already out of commission but he saw he was slowly being surrounded so he grabbed something from his pocket, planting it on the now wrecked robot, and shot off a grappling line from his left gauntlet towards the fifth floor of a nearby building. He waited for about two 2 pointers and another 1 pointer to get in close before he reeled himself in, just as he made it clear and he saw that they were as close as they were going to get, he detonated the charge he left behind and watched as the additional bots were caught in the blast and shrapnel, reducing them to ruins.
He leaped from his perch towards a 1 pointer just as he fell about 2m, he opened up his wings and fired off his thrusters, shooting him towards his target. He coiled up his legs in a similar manner to a falcon before it grabs its prey and activated the talons on each foot. As he collided with his prey, he grasped into the body, digging his talons deep into the metal before carrying it above a 3 pointer and dropping it on top of it, destroying the both of them. From his position above them he quickly chose his next target and dived right at them, using the force behind him from his acceleration, he was able to cleave through two 2 pointers and another 3-pointer before he flew upwards again and performed the same move. Again and again, till there was nothing but pieces of robot laying around him.
"That's 33 points and there are still about 5 minutes, 54 seconds left. Let's see if I can't add to that." Izuku said to himself as he allowed a smile of battle excitement to grow on his face, he quickly left the scene and flew off towards another part of the battle site, not knowing that a certain brown-haired cutie had seen him dismember all those faux villains like it was nothing.
'He took them all down them like he was used to fighting actual villains. No focus Ochaco, you're here to win it so get moving!' Uraraka thought to herself as he looked for more robots to add to her tally of 28 points so far...but hopefully, it will take a little extra time so that her stomach can calm down before she losses her lunch.
(In the Observation room)
"They all seem to be performing well for the most part." The 18+ Only Hero: Midnight stated as she and the rest of U.A. staff watched the numerous examinees as they went about the battle.
"Yes but that's to be expected when all you have to do is smash some piece of machinery." The Tall and muscular form of the Blood Hero: Vlad King counted.
"Well, we kinda have to dum them down otherwise much fewer people would even pass." The shorter and skinnier Excavation Hero: Power Loader stated as he and the 2nd year students were the ones who built those very same bots, sure they weren't that good they couldn't make them too hard.
"And that's a problem why?" A tired and annoyed voice spoke up from the wall, Power Loader and Vlad King turned to look at their college the Erasure Hero: Eraserhead who for some reason didn't opt to use the chairs but stand by himself.
"Of course you would not see the issue with that." Vlad King said as it was no secret Eraserhead wanted their trials to be much more difficult. "What do you think principal Nezu?" he asked as he turned to the only non-human in the room who up till this point had kept quiet.
"I believe you both have excellent points on the issue here as the robots aren't the best at discerning plausible future students from the rest of the folk but we aren't only using them in such a fashion to pick either." The animal principal and smartest being in the room-Nezu said as he took a sip of his tea.
"Yes, the examinees aren't told how many villains are in their respective sites nor were they informed of their locations. They have a limited amount of time to find and defeat their targets in such a vast area so in essence, the exam isn't really about stacking up points, that's just one part of it." The pro hero, Snipe spoke as he looked over to a screen that featured a black-skinned boy cruising around in the shadows and ranking up kills from unsuspecting bots before escaping.
"Information gathering and the ability to understand the situation before anybody else." The one screen was a feed of a rather tall boy using his tentacle-like arms to scout the area before him. "Mobility that can be used in plenty of circumstances." Another showed a well-built boy coming to a halt after using his impressive speed to defeat a 2 pointer. "Discernment to able to stay calm in any situation." Another showed a rather flamboyant boy blasting apart a 3 pointer with a laser coming out of his belt. "And pure combat ability. We watch them all for these traits as having too much of one and not enough of the other can lead to serious issues." Nezu finished as the last screen showed Katsuki laying waste to any who tried to stop him, from the looks of it, he was having fun blowing apart those robots.
"We also factor in their ability to adapt to a changing situation and battleground, how well they work with others and analyze the situation for what it is and react according to as well as those who can strike and end a situation before it can get out of hand." The Pro hero Cementoss stated as he looked towards the feed which showed how Izuku would watch from above, quickly make a judgment call and swoop in, and then fly off. He could help another examinee, get them out of trouble or rake up more points to his score, so far he had the most rescue points at around 14.
"All these combined are the crucial traits and skills needed to keep the peace in the streets and are turned into points on this test. HAHAHA." Nezu said with a laugh as he sipped his tea, his co-workers already used to his rather sociopathic personality.
"You seem to be in a good mood today." Another voice spoke up, this time coming from the skinny form of All Might who had taken a seat behind the animal principal.
"Because one student we have is already showing those last few traits right now, and he is the one I was expected to put on quite the show for us." Nezu answered which caught all their attention as Nezu was not only the oldest person in the room but very hard to please, some of them like Eraserhead who were former students at U.A recall that even during their time at the school, Nezu was never one to hand out compliments but you had to be observant to notice as he was still quite polite and cheeky.
"Oh, why's that?" Snipe inquired for the sake of the collective group.
"He would have been accepted into U.A. via recommendation because David Shield took the boy under his wings and is fully confident in Midoriya's skills, regardless of him being quirkless." Nezu revealed, shocking them all, especially All Might who had never imagined his old friend would do that. Hell, David rarely took students as he was always busy being a father and inventor. At the same time, they all turned their attention to the screen with Izuku on it and show how he was quite skilled in taking out the bots, almost as if he had experience.
"Then why didn't he put in the recommendation then?" Midnight asked, it didn't make sense for someone of such status and influence to praise a potential student but not put in a word for their acceptance.
"Because after we had a nice chat the other day, we both figured that the young lad wouldn't want to enter U.A like that. According to the Shield, Midoriya is the kind of boy person who wishes to prove himself by his own accord and not ride easy street, something I find is an admirable trait in the fledgling hero." Nezu explained as he could see the plight of the boy, he was quirkless so he needed to physically prove himself as if people found out he got in due to a recommendation from the famous but quirkless David Shield, they would just chalk it up to favoritism over merit and stop there. Humans were a flawed race if they never stopped to consider the positives of having quirkless heroes, not every quirk was as combat effective or flashy as All Might's and Endeavour's after all.
"He hasn't passed the trail yet." Eraserhead said, getting his attention again as he would admit he was impressed by Izuku's work ethic but he would withhold his judgment till the end of the exam, it was the logical thing to do.
"Yes, we need to see how he and everybody else, deal with this." All Might finished as he pressed the YARUKI switch to let the final part of the exam be revealed.
(Moments before with Izuku)
"Alright, I have a score of 51 points and counting, I haven't seen any more bots but from the sounds of it, they are all gathered by the rest of the people. They must be attracted to a large gathering." Izuku said to himself as he hung off the ledge of a balcony with one hand, the other was raised as he looked through his basic stats on the touchscreen display. Everything was performing all right as nothing was damaged and he was still sitting pretty at around 76% power.
'At this rate, I'm must have already cut as from what I've heard from those morons yelling out their points, the average is in the low 30s.' Izuku thought to himself as he remembered all most of them would call out their points, whether it was to make themselves seem big or to intimidate the rest was beyond them as it served no purpose other than the pointless competition when they should be focused on their affairs, couldn't they count in their heads! He would have continued to mentally rant if not for the huge explosion not too far from him "What the Hell!" he called out as he tried to find the location of that blast. Meanwhile, the rest of the examinees at ground level were voicing their thoughts as well.
"Did, did that building just collapse?!"
"What could have caused it?"
"Not one of these small fries, maybe someone's quirk?"
"Why would they fire off something that powerful? That goes way beyond overkill."
"Hold up, I think I hear something."
As the smoke and dust cleared, a large and foreboding figure appeared. It was massive, standing taller than most of the buildings, and moved on tracks the size of trucks. At the same moment, a metallic hand came around and gripped the building as it turned to reveal it was a giant robot Bowser of all things!
'An Obstacle that will lose its marbles in narrow spaces.' Izuku recalled Present Mic stating as he explained the rules and types of bots they would find but he didn't think that they actually would go and build a Mario villain, it was funny and extremely scary at the same time for crying out loud! "Now I know what he was talking about but…..ISNT THAT OVERKILL TIMES TEN!" Izuku screamed as he watched as the Bowser reared up a fist to strike at the group, he wisely shot off a grappling line to the opposite building and jumped away as the fist came down. The force of it created a blast of air which knocked some people on their asses and damage just about everything in the immediate area.
(In the Observation Room)
"An Overwhelming threat." All Might started as he and the rest of them watched as an overwhelming majority of the examinees ran off in both fear and haste. "How people act after they have seen this shows their true nature." He finished his thought.
(With Izuku)
"Looks like I have to get out of here, no sense sticking around for no gain." Izuku muttered as he collected his wits about himself as he thanked the heavens his line sunk deep enough into the concrete to have saved him from being blown away, still for safe measure he had sunk his now clawed hands and taloned feet into the wall for safe measure.
"Less than two minutes left on the clock, my dear listeners! Pick up the pace and stack up those points!" Present Mic called out to remind them of their time. Izuku was about to fly away when he heard a faint voice from the rubble.
"Ow!"
"What?" Izuku said as he turned his attention to the source of the voice and quickly scanned through the visible rubble for whoever could have called out, it didn't take him long to see that it was from coming from a brown-haired girl lying face down, after that he looked her down to see if there were any visible issues he got spot till he found it.
'Her foot is stuck under the rubble, she can't get out the way. And they're all running away without trying to help!?' Izuku thought in anger as he watched as people ran past her for their safety, did they not know what he meant to be a hero? Were they that short-sighted or were they in it for the money? Either way, he wouldn't stand for it. He fired off his thruster while still latched into the building, causing very noticeable damage but he couldn't bring himself to care as he raced to help her. "Not if I can help it." He vowed as he flew over.
(In the Observation Room)
"It is true that there is no merit in taking down that faux villain…." All Might started as they all watched as Izuku flew towards the threat and not away from it.
(With Ochaco)
"It's the winged guy." Uraraka whispered as she watched the boy fly overhead and head right towards the 0-pointer, was he trying to save her?
(With All Might)
"…but there creates an opportunity. To shine brightly and rise to the surface." All Might continued as some of the teachers watched, wide-eyed as Izuku flew towards the 0-pointer before giving it a nasty, shock-infused kick to the face which left a large dent in the armor, causing smoke from the damaged system to leak out.
"That's right, to rise to the surface. The most important qualification a hero needs…." The number one hero went one as Izuku started to fly around the 0 pointer's face, landing blows here and there and keeping its attention focused solely on him before he flew off, leading the 0-pointer away from the larger crowd which watched all this unfold, stunned that he had the balls to do so even if he meant losing the chance to score more points.
"The Spirit of self-sacrifice." He finished as Izuku kept the big bot busy while the rest could safely move away while the speedster from earlier raced in to assist the young girl whose leg was pinned by the rubble.
(With Izuku)
"One Minute left!" Present Mic called out as he looked at his watch and counted down the seconds. With time short he had least wanted to keep this thing as busy as possible.
"Sorry about this but I always did like beating Bowser to save the princess." Izuku called out as he took a quick and very steep climb upwards, gaining speed and altitude. He kept this up he was about 600m off the ground before he turned around and flew back towards the 0-pointer, building up momentum while rerouting power to the shockwave generator in his one boot. 'This will drain most of what I have left but what the heck.' Izuku thought to himself as he folded up his wings, cut the power to the thrusters, coiled up his body, and started to spin as he fell, gaining more and more centripetal force till he was about 20m above the bot.
At that moment, he straightened his body and stuck out one foot in a kicking motion as he aimed right for the Robo-bowser's head.
"Diving Eagle Driver!" he yelled out as he came in for the finishing blow, the 0 pointer wasn't fast enough to dodge such an attack so it raised one of its arms to shield itself. A lot of good that did as Izuku hit the body with not only all the momentum he had built up but also his body weight and the devastating boost of the shockwave generators. The result was the near-complete destruction of the 0 pointer's left arm from the attack as everything from the elbow joint was simply destroyed. Izuku didn't have time to try again as Present Mic call out.
"Time's up folks! The Exam is over!"
After that, he landed in a nearby apartment's balcony and walked down the stairs in found to where the rest of the people gathered. Recovery girl made her appearance and handed out medical candy as well as healing those who needed it, she saw to his bruised ankle as he landed funny with that power move but luckily he wasn't anything serious. He didn't pay much attention to the looks he was getting nor the not so quiet whispers about what he did–(he was used to blocking out the opinions of others after all)–he turned to look for the girl he helped and after seeing her standing next to the tall runner, he felt relieved that she seemed to be okay so he saw it best not to approach her at the time.
Though that fancy-looking boy did have a point about U.A. only being able to get away with such a dangerous and unconventional exam because Recovery girl could see to most injuries and treat them better than the standard hospital. Still, he was kinda awkward being kissed by an old lady beside his grandmother's-(maybe he should call them when he got home? See how they were doing)-he also found it funny and relieving to hear she still went by 'The Youthful Hero' even though her youth had long since ended, it added to her approachability he supposed as one needs to be calm and relaxed around those who heal.
(One week later)
"Izuku…?" A voice called out
"Izuku?" The voice called out again, this time louder
"Midoriya Izuku!" another voice called out, his mother! He came out of his daze to see that he was seated at the table with both his mother and Yu-(who his mother invited over for dinner)-he looked down and saw that he was still holding his fish to his mouth but it had no bite marks or missing bits. How long was he lost in thought?
"Wha-!" He responded out but was interrupted by the pro hero present.
"Stop staring at the fish with a smile, it's freaking us out!" Yu scolded as both her and his mother looked creeped out by his blank face, and the fish.
"Sorry!" Izuku apologized as he took a bite of his fish and looked down towards his plate to hide his embarrassed and red face.
"Serious, what's in your mind? You're usually more focused than this?" Yu asked him after a few calming moments.
"Just, just thinking of if I passed or not." Izuku replied honestly, there was no point in lying so he just came out with it.
"Don't you worry dear, with what you told us, there's no way you didn't." Inko told him as she reached over the placed a reassuring hand over his own to help with his nerves.
"Your mom's right Izuku-kun, you're the smartest person I know so I don't think you need to worry about the written portion at the very least." Yu agreed as she had seen what the teen could do and was quite proud about it, one day she could show him off to all the other girls that said she was too much of a slob and air-head to ever find a decent partner.
"Yeah, yeah your right, I gotta be more positive!" Izuku said with a smile as he quickly took a sip of the soup, forgetting that it was near boiling. "Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, Hot!" he screamed with his mouth full as he tried to fan it to cool it down.
"That's what happens when you don't watch what you put in your mouth you brat!" Yu yelled as she handed him his water to wash it down and cool his tongue. Afterward, they continued to peacefully eat dinner passing the time with conversation and details about each other's week. Yu was on the up and up as she was able to stop a bank heist, assist the police to recover a kidnapped boy and return him to his parents, fight off 3 rampaging villains, and was able to clean her place-(something they all knew was the real achievement for her).
Afterward, they all sat down and watched some American cartoons to put them at ease which went on for a while. Izuku for his part knew that he passed the written portion, no doubt there and he also racked up 51 points but he was still nervous. U.A. attracts the best talent in Japan and abroad so he hoped that their benchmark wasn't something too high. He had also tried to get into contact with All Might but he had been busy all week so no such luck there.
It was another hour before the two love birds decided that they should head on down to his labs so he could do something with his hands as he fidgeted the entire time they watched those old Tom & Jerry cartoons. This brings us to the present with Yu laying on the bed while Izuku worked on one of the boots he had used during the exam.
"Neko, how is it now?" Izuku asked his A.I. as he put the boot down for it to be scanned.
"As stated before sir, the boots are fine. You need to rest as this isn't good for you." Neko informed him after the scan was completed and came back with no faults.
"You should listen to her you know, you did design her." Yu stated as she got up and walked over.
"I'm just…not in the mood for sleep." Izuku protested weakly as Yu wrapped her arms around him in a gesture of intimacy.
"Well you do need it, you can't be a hero if you are always tired and high strung." Yu said as she poked him in the cheek.
"Well, I need something to help with the nerves and the fridge down here only has milk for coffee and energy drinks." Izuku counted as he never stocked the thing with foods that help him sleep.
"Your mom must hate that." Yu teased as she knew just how much of a fitness junkie Inko could be. It was why there were rarely any sweets in the house that she bought.
"Yeah, yeah she does, says it will ruin my stomach." Izuku answered with a small smile as he leaned into her embrace, relaxing somewhat.
"Sir, if you would like, I can play some calming music that you recently added to my music folders." Neko informed them as the main screen showed the before-mentioned file.
"[sign] I appreciate that Neko, please do." Izuku requested as he allowed Yu to guide him to the couch he had recently had moved in, all while Window to the Abbey played in the background. they were about to sit down and relax but were interrupted by the intercom going off.
"Izuku!" Inko called as she tried to keep her calm but wasn't having much luck at it.
"Wha-! Yes-Yes Mother?" Izuku asked as he and Yu scrambled to their feet.
"The letter just came, come quickly!" Inko said over the com-link as he and Yu rushed up the elevator to see for themselves and true to her word, Inko stood next to the phone while holding the letter in hand. It was a while later they were back in the lad, seated on the couch as Izuku held the letter but didn't open it.
"No sense just looking at it all night." Yu stated as she looked down at the letter with more than a little nerve, she knew her Izu-kun made it in and if they for some reason refused him, she was going to head over there and have a talk with them!
Izuku slapped his cheeks to calm himself down before he tore open the top of the letter, inside was a letter and a metallic-looking disc, he took the disc out and placed it on the table, but once he did, it turned on and projected the last person the both of them were expecting to see.
"I am here as a projection!" All Might announced as he appeared on screen wearing the same yellow suit he often wore during interviews.
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"The Hell!" Yu called out.
"All Might?!" Izuku asked as he was more confused than ever now.
"Wait, I thought this was from U.A., right?" Yu asked as she checked the back of the envelope and saw that it had the U.A. crest and school name at the bottom of it.
"I had to do some paperwork that took me all week so I have been otherwise unavailable, sorry about that." All Might apologized with a bow, answering Izuku unspoken question about what he had been doing all week. "I came to this town to work for U.A., you are looking at the newest teacher!" All Might finished as he pointed towards himself at that last part, amazing the both of them.
"Hold on, he's going to teach at U.A?" Izuku asked as he never heard of this, why would he want to teach? Was it because he was soon to retire?
"Young Midoriya, I am happy to tell you that you not only passed the written portion of the exam with the 2nd highest of all the applicants, the recommendation included but you only scored an impressive 51 points during the practical…or did you?" All Might said cryptically as he waved his finger at them. Yu gave him a hug and peck on the cheek when she heard that he scored so well on the written exam. Something that brought a smile to his face even if he was still confused.
"What does he mean? I was sure to count as I went along." Izuku asked he was sure he kept an accurate count of his points. Luckily for them, All Might choose this time to explain even if he was a recording.
"Here is a short clip of what you did that day!" All Might announced as he pointed towards a TV in the background and hit the play button on the remote.
What followed was the complete exam from the perspectives of the cameras assigned to monitor Izuku personally. They watched as he displayed the combat skills he had honed over years of fighting thugs and smugglers. His reflexes and flight capabilities and how easily he took down bots he found. But they also saw how he took time to assist others by directing them towards the bots that he could see from his bird's eye view, how he would assist them in fighting off the robots if they got too much or carried them off if they couldn't handle them by themselves.
They saw him help others just like he always did like he always wanted to do.
"You not only helped that young lady but you also took the time and effort to assist others with their fights, but you took the time to carry them away from harm, even though it meant less time for you to gather your points. That my boy was the actions of a heroic heart which is why the practical didn't just have villain point but also…RESCUE POINTS!" All Might told them with a bigger smile than usual as he revealed that the exam was more than just punching and kicking hard.
"Oh my little Izu-kun, your just a sweet little cinnamon roll, aren't you?" Yu teased as she pressed his head towards her chest and hugged him harder and harder. She couldn't help it, she was just so proud of him and his noble heart.
"y-Yu-chan! Please!" Izuku begged with a massive blush as he could feel more than he was prepared to from the embrace.
"How can a hero course reject someone who saves others and does the right thing? Perish the thought! Call that lip service? Fine by me!" All Might defended his position as he kept on explaining. "This is a job that requires one to risk their lives to put that lip service into practice!" All Might finished as he took a breath before he dropped the bomb and showed the real results of the practical.
"You young Midoriya were awarded by a panel of judges a total score of 88 rescue points for your honest and helpful actions! Which gives you a total score of 139 points!" All Might proclaimed as she showed them the board and as he said, Izuku had scored 51 points worth in villain points alone which alone put him would have put him at 7th place but with the 88 rescue points, he was sitting pretty at the number one spot with close to double the score Bakugo achieved with his second-place spot which he earned with villain points alone as he had no rescue points whatsoever. "You pass with flying colours!" All Might finished as he let that sink in. For his part, Izuku was starting to tear up as he listened in, he knew he should be expectant of his success as worked harder than just about everyone else just to stand at the starting line but he couldn't stop the tears of joy from running down his cheeks but he did love that Yu took him into another more comforting hug as she had her waterworks to deal with.
"Come, young Midoriya, this…is your hero academia." All Might finished as the projection cut and it turned off. In its absence, Yu and Izuku hugged and cried in joy at his success. After a while those hugs turned into kisses, those kisses turned into make-out sessions while after a few minutes, they found themselves once more on the bed with most of the clothes off.
They spent the rest of the night exchanging their virginities for the others and exploring levels of intimacy that they had never done or felt with other people.
It was a good end to a good week.
Chapter 6: Another day…Another challenge
(Two nights later at Dagobah Municipal Beach)
Two nights after I got the good news, I called All Might as to meet him at the beach where we trained together. The original plan was to meet the night afterward but after Yu and I woke up the following morning from our night of…passion, we told my mother the good news-( and after admonishing the both of us for unprotected sex which luckily for us, didn't result in a pregnancy as it was a 'safe day' for Yu)-mother decided we should all go out for dinner to celebrate…though she and Yu ate more than I did, I was too happy to care, besides, I know what kind of workout schedule those two have to what fat they gained from out night out would be lost in a matter of days.
Anyway, I had already made it to the beach and found All Might easy enough as at this time, they weren't that many people out there in the first place. He noticed me approaching though.
"Young Midoriya." Yagi called out as Izuku made his way over to him.
"Evening Yagi-sama." Izuku greeted with a small bow as they both turned to watch the waves.
"Congrats on getting it kid, you earned it." Yagi told him with a small smile, something Izuku returned.
"Thank you very much." Izuku replied as Yagi gave him a high five.
"Just so you know, I told the school about my connection to you." Yagi stated, catching Izuku off guard by the statement so he chose to explain. "There was no reason not to and with that known, I wasn't chosen to be on the admission committee for 1st-year students so ensure I couldn't play favorites." He finished.
"Yeah, that does sound like it would be cheating and unfair to everyone else." Izuku replied as he was thankful that he now knew he got in by his own merits, just like everyone who took the exam. "Oh I was surprised to find out that you're going to be a teacher at U.A., is that why you came to town seeing how your agency is in Tokyo and all that?" He asked as he did seem odd that All Might up and left the capital to come to his city of all places.
"Yes, but I couldn't tell anyone about it until the school announced it, as you know I searching for a successor for my power, and the principal thought it would work out if I worked there as I can choose one of the students and be in an environment where I can properly train them." Yagi explained the reasoning behind it. Over their time together, Yagi had told him about One for All and how the quirk worked to help explain his two different forms. Izuku was shocked about it and for a time, couldn't believe that such a quirk existed but after thinking about how there was a time when a glowing baby was deemed impossible, he started to realize that with quirks-just about anything was possible.
'I see, it makes sense, U.A. produces some of the best pros out there. It wouldn't be too hard to find someone amongst the student body who can succeed him.' Izuku thought to himself as he saw that it wasn't a bad move but they would need to keep a lid on this as if people found out about it, everyone will want it which would make the selection all the more difficult. "What does Shield-sama have to say about this?" Izuku asked as he was present when Yagi made the call to tell his old friend about it as well. It took some time for David to forgive Yagi for never telling him about it but thanks to his and Mellissa's effort-(who promised to get him back to holding out on them)-the two adults had smoothed things out.
"He's…hesitate, but that's just because I'll have to retire soon but he supports the decision." Yagi replied as his old friend wasn't too pleased with the news but realized that everyone has their time. It was quiet for a while as the two just took in the scenery as Yagi pulled out a flask and took a sip, something Izuku noticed as he smelt a familiar smell in the air.
"Yagi-sama…" Izuku stated as he lost his smile and started to frown.
"Yes, young Midoriya?" Yagi asked, not seeing the storm brewing on the boy's face.
"Is that coffee…?" Izuku asked as he was now straight up glaring at the number one hero.
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"Errr…" Was Yagi response as he recalled that he wasn't supposed to be drinking the stuff and he made the mistake to drink it in front of the 2nd person to bar him from doing so, the first being Recovery Girl.
"And what did I tell you about drinking coffee?" Izuku asked as he took out his trusty taser and turned it on. All while his eyes never left Yagi who was now nervous and slightly scared by the bird of prey look the boy had.
"It's a force of habit to make it every morning." He tried to explain as he backed up to create some distance but Izuku would move closer to close the distance for every step he took.
"I'll show you a force a habit!" Izuki yelled as he jumped forward to smack him only for Yagi to dodge the strike and buff up.
"Oh, would you look at the time, gotta go!" All Might quickly shot out as he ran down the beach, leaving a trail as he tried to make his getaway. He thought he was safe but years of experience allowed him to notice Izuku was hot on his tail.
"You're not getting away that easily, I force grandma food down your throat if I have to! Get back here!" Izuku yelled as he chased after him, leaving the pro to wonder just how he was keeping up as sure he wasn't going his top speed but at the rate, he was running, the boy should have no chance. He looked down at the boy's feet and saw that he was wearing those boots and leg supports he designed and wanted to smack himself for not noticing them earlier.
'You mean he was wearing them even today!' He loudly thought to himself as he ran down the beach from the angry teen.
(The following April)
"Izuku, do you have your tissues?" Inko asked her only child as he put on his boots.
"Yes." Izuku replied.
"And your handkerchief?" She asked as she got up and fastened his tie, though it still looked like he wasn't done right but the boy gave up on that a while ago.
"Yes, mother." Izuku replied.
"And your tools?" She asked as he put on his oversized backpack.
"Already in my bag, mother." Izuku answered as he walked to the door. "Alright I gotta go you else I'll be late on the first day." He stated as he reached for the doorknob.
"Wait Izuku!" Inko called out to him, making him wonder what it was this time.
"Yes, mother." Izuku asked his turned to face her. Once he did, she ran up and hugged him.
"You're really cool." Inko stated as she released him from the hug, leaving him slightly red on the cheeks. "Do your best honey." She told him with an honest smile to which he gave her a thankful one.
"Thanks, mother, see you later!" Izuku said as he walked out the front door and made his way down the stairs to the street. Once he got down, he pulled out his board and placed it down. As he did so, he pulled out his helmet and earphones and put them both on. He connected the earphones to his phone via Bluetooth and put his music to random and hit play as he skated down the street.-(He's listening Empire (feat. Steven Malcolm)). As the music played, Izuku cruised down the road towards his future school. He would perform tricks here and there to impress some of the younger kids he came across and to annoy the older generation who just thought he was an 'import punk' or something but for the most part he raced towards U.A.
'From what I know, the acceptance rate for U. extremely low with only 1 in 300 getting in every year for the hero course. Other than the 4 students admitted through recommendations, 36 students are admitted through the regular exam. Those same 40 are then divided into 2 classes with 20 students each' Izuku thought to himself as he came up to the main gates of U.A and got off his board and removed his helmet. 'All Might said that I scored the 2nd highest of all the 40 who got in, so who scared higher? Maybe Katsuki but that's unlikely. It could be that glasses-wearing dude.' Izuku thought as he latched his board to his backpack and entered the building. It had removed his earphones as well in case it was against the rules as he did want a black mark on his record from the first day. It took some time as the main building was massive but he eventually found his classroom.
"That's a big door…You could fit two All Might's stacked on top of each other through here. Is it for students who have quirks like Yu-chan's?" Izuku said to himself as he stared at the door that must have been a good 6m tall and 2m across. "Alright, this classroom will have the elite chosen from hundreds of applicants…." Izuku said to himself as he attempted to shake off the nerves but then he thought about two people he didn't want to be in the same class with. "I pray to Kami that those two are in 1-B, I don't need more explosions and stern talks." Izuku finished as slid the door open to get inside.
If only his prays were answered.
"Don't put your feet on the desk!" The tall boy from the presentation told Katsuki who like always, didn't look like he cared.
"Huh?" Katsuki replied with a smirk as he turned his head to face him.
"Don't you think that's rude to the U.A. upperclassmen and the people who made that desk?" The tall boy asked him, seemingly wanting Katsuki to think of others first but unlike Izuku, he didn't know that won't work.
"I don't! What Junior High did you go to, you side character?!." Katsuki yelled/demanded.
'Goddammit! It just had to be those 2.' Izuku lamented as he now knew he would have to deal with them for the next 3 years as classmates.
"I attended Somei Private Academy. My name is Tenya Iida." The now named Iida replied, looking like he was trying to start things over on another foot not knowing that Bakugo was one of the most stubborn people out there.
"Somei!?" Katsuki repeated as his smirk become more like a sneer. "So you're a damn elite, huh?" He asked as he looked Iida up and down like he was searching for something before he made his judgment. "Looks like I'll have fun crushing you!" He finished with his smirk back in place.
"Crushing"? You're terrible! Do you truly aim to be a hero?" Iida asked as he took a step back with an arm raised to defend himself.
"I wonder about that every day." Izuku stated as he walked into the classroom, drawing everyone's attention from Bakugo and Iida's little spat to the new face in the room.
"Good Morning. I am from Somei Private Academy. My name is-" Iida tried to introduce himself as he marched over to Izuku but he merely rose a hand to stop him.
"I heard. My name is Izuku Midoriya, a pleasure to meet you." Izuku began with a small smile as he looked forward to his time here, now if only he could get some time alone to talk with Fumikage as the dude didn't like social gatherings as much as others and tended to stay out of the spotlight. Unfortunately, he didn't know what he was in for as a few more students jumped to their feet when he introduced himself.
"Wait a moment, your Midoriya!" A pink-skinned girl asked as he pointed at him.
"Like the guy who got 1st place in the physical exam Midoriya?!" A blonde boy with a black mark on his hair finished as he approached the boy, who still looked confused by this attention.
"Dude, you get a score in the triple digits, I was so jealous of you!" A set of…clothing stated as it swayed from side to side, wait a minute, the girl must be invisible but why doesn't she just turn it off. Was it a mutation rather than a transformation type quirk?
"Thanks…I guess." Izuku replied as he wasn't used to all this attention from people he didn't know, it was honestly putting him on edge.
"Forgive them Midoriya, they are somewhat excitable from what I've seen." Thank Kami Tokoyami saw fit to save him from the small crowd as he spoke up from his seat.
"Oh Tokoyami, you in this class as well?" Izuku asked him, happy to see a friendly face here.
"Indeed, it would seem to be a stroke of good faith that we find ourselves in the same class." Tokoyami replied as he bowed his head. This interaction was somewhat of a surprise to the rest of the class as Tokoyami has been silent since entering the room and hadn't spoken to anyone, much like the white and red-haired boy.
"You two know each other I presume?" Iida asked as he was the first to gain his wits.
"Yes, he and I are friends." Tokoyami replied as he went quiet once more.
"I see well-Midoriya-" Iida began but was once more interrupted, this time by the girl who walked into behind Izuku.
"Oh, that curly hair!" She announced herself with a smile. "You're the plain-looking one." She finished.
'I don't look that plain, do I?' Izuku thought to himself as he blushed.
"Thanks for saving me like that, it was super cool with how you were flying around and hitting it like 'take that and that'!" She went on and on, clearing she was one of those types with endless amounts of energy in them.
"I-it was nothing, really I just did what I would always do." Izuku replied, trying to work through the bashful embarrassment of being complimented by someone other than close friends and relatives.
"He is not wrong there, the lad has somewhat of a hero complex." Tokoyami spoke up again, now it seemed like he was purposely added fuel to the fire.
"Don't say things like Tokoyami!" Izuku yelled, red at the face in discomfort.
"Is it not true, Midoriya?" Tokoyami asked him with a straight face, okay now he knew he was messing with him.
"I wonder if today is just the entrance ceremony and orientation. I wonder what our teacher is like?" The girl behind him asked in rapid succession, Izuku turned to talk to her but he noticed a yellow worm…thing with a face on the floor behind her. When did that get there?
"If you came here to make friends then go somewhere else." The worm stated blandly as the girl froze and slowly turned to face it along with Iida who just noticed it as well.
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'WHAT THE HELL!' Was the collective thought among the three teens as they watched the thing just lay there.
"This is the hero course." The worm stated as it revealed itself to be a man in a sleeping bag as it opened up slightly so the man could take a sip from his liquid pack, weren't those the same kind of packaging pre-schoolers used?
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'AGAIN, WHAT THE HELL!' once more, was the collective thought as this must have been the weirdest thing any of them had seen.
"Okay, it took you eight seconds before you were quiet. Time is limited, you kids are not rational enough." The man said as he stood up and got out of the sleeping bag.
'Says the guy who goes around in a sleeping bag!' Izuku thought to himself as he saw the irony of him of all people telling them that. It was like Katsuki yelling at someone who their poor manners.
'Wait if he's here then he must be our teacher. But I don't think I've seen a pro who looks so worn out before.' Izuku thought to himself as he took in the appearance of the man and boy did he look like he needed a vacation.
"I'm your homeroom teacher, Aizawa Shouto. Nice to meet you." Shouto introduced himself to the class, when no one responded the man reached into his sleeping bag and pulled out the P.E. uniform for the school.
"It's kind of sudden but put this on and go out onto the field." He instructed, no noticing or caring that almost everyone was still shocked about everything else he did.
(Later at the training field)
"Quirk Assessment Test!?" the whole class asked. They had all changed into their P.E. clothes and had gathered on one of the training fields that U.A. had for students. Aizawa had just finished explaining to them why he asked them out in the first place.
"But what about the entrance ceremony? Or Orientation?" the bubbly brown-haired girl from earlier asked as they had all seen the other 1st year students walking towards the main auditorium. A blonde boy had given them the stink eye as they walked past.
"If you're going to become a hero then you won't have time for such leisurely events." Aizawa told her with his back turned. "U.A. selling point is how unrestrictive its school traditions are. That's also how the teachers run their classes." He said as he turned to them with a bored face.
"You kids have been doing these since junior high, too, right?" Aizawa asked them as he took out his phone and showed them the list he had made. "Physical fitness test where you're weren't allowed to use your quirk. The country still uses averages taken from results of students not using their quirks. It's not rational." He ranted to himself, clearly displeased with things but no one interrupted him.
"Well, while the ministry of education is procrastinating. Midoriya, you finished at the top of the physical examination, right?" Aizawa asked as he turned his attention to the green and black-haired boy.
"Yes sir." Izuku responded after he caught himself from the surprise of being address directly.
"In junior high, what was your best result in the softball throw?" Aizawa asked him.
"61 meters" He replied, his physical scores had always been lower than Katsuki who by the end of their junior high careers, could throw a ball about 71 meters. After his reply, Aizawa threw him a clunky-looking ball and instructed him to stand in one of the circles on the ground.
"Then try doing now, you can anything you want so long as you don't leave the circle." He told the boy who looked at the ball then looked down ranged.
"What's the hold-up? Hurry." Aizawa ordered him from the sidelines along with the rest of the students.
"Sir if I may?" Izuku asked as he looked towards his teacher and once he got a nod to continue, he did so. "You said anything right, as long as I don't leave this circle?" he asked as he threw the ball up and caught it a few times.
"Yes I did, don't make me repeat myself." Aizawa confirmed for him.
"Well then," Izuku started as he threw the ball higher into the air before catching again. "If that's true," he went on as he threw the ball high into the air, reaching at least 9m higher and while the ball was coming back down to earth, Izuku started to spin himself around, gathering force as his boots activated and started to cover his whole lower legs from boots to knees. "Then how about this?!" He yelled as he spun around one last time and with all that momentum, kicked the ball as he came down to his shin lever with all the skill of a professional soccer player, launching the round object far away, high into the sky.
"D-did he just kick it?" A girl with dark purple hair and lazy-looking onyx eyes asked the invisible girl next to him.
"Like a soccer ball." She replied as they waited for the teacher to continue the lesson.
"Know your maximum first. That is the most rational way to form a foundation for a hero." Aizawa explained as he showed them all the distance that Izuku was able to kick the softball.
"464.8m(508.3yds), is that for real?" The blonde boy with a black lighting mark in his hair asked.
"That must have been some kick." The green-haired girl with notably large hands commented.
"It looks like fun!" The pinked skinned and-haired girl said with a smile.
"We can use our quirks as much as we went! As expected from the hero course." A boy with black hair, an odd smile, and unusually large cylinder-like elbows stated.
"'It looks like fun'' huh?" Aizawa quoted, even if he was rather quiet, something in his voice told them all he wasn't pleases with what he heard. This was reinforced by what he asked of them all. "You have three years to become heroes. Will you have an attitude like that the whole time?" when he got no answer, he smiled in such a way that it scared some of them and unnerved the rest.
"Alright, whoever comes in the last place will be judged to have no potential and be expelled from the hero course immediately." He stated the stipulation for their assignment.
"Huh?!" Was the class response to this.
(With All Might)
"Aizawa, eh?" Yagi thought to himself as he sat in the staff room, reviewing the class list and each classes' homeroom teacher. He was in his skinny form as to save his strength for when he needed it as all the teachers had been informed of his health and vowed to not speak of it with anyone else.
"Those kids are going to be in for a rough time from the start." He finished as he read about how the same man had expelled an entire class the previous year that he deemed unfit for the hero course. He prayed Aizawa wasn't one to single out young Midoriya for his quirklessness.
(Back with 1-A)
"We're free to do what we want with the circumstances of our students." Aizawa told them all as he combed his hand through his hair to get his hair out of the way of his face. "Welcome to U.A. Hero course." The man greeted them all with a scary smile and creepy eyes.
"The last place will be expelled?!" Izuku yelled, what kind of school did that!?
"But it's the first day of school!" The browned hair girl continued. "No, even if it wasn't the first day of school, this is too unfair!" he said, to which Aizawa just chuckled darkly and turned his creepy grin towards her.
"Natural disasters, big accidents, and selfish villains. Calamities whose time and place cannot be predicted. This world is covered with unfairness. It is heroes who reverse these situations. If you wanted to hang out with friends at Mickey-Ds after school then too bad. As for the next three years, U.A. will do all it can to give you one hardship after the another to prepare you for this unfair world that you will hopefully, one day have to face as heroes." Aizawa explained to them, laying down the facts of being a hero so that those who still thought it was all glamour and showboating would see otherwise. "Go beyond, Plus Ultra. Overcome it with all you got." He finished as he used his finger to make the 'come get some' gesture.
While everyone adsorbed this new look on their chosen profession, Iida took out his water bottle and drank some as he thought about what they were told. 'This is too serious to be hazing and big brother does talk about how ruff it can be to be a pro so Mr. Aizawa isn't wrong.' He finished the first thought as he put his water bottle away. 'Then I'll just have to give it my best.'
'I'll show them all that I'm the strongest, that's for sure.' Katsuki thought to himself as he stretched out a bit.
"Alright, demonstrations over, let's continue."
(50-meter dash)
"On you mark" A robotic timer called out from the end of the track. The first one in line for this was the green-haired girl with large hands and Iida. "Get set." Both of them crouched down and got ready to run. "Go!" And like a bullet fired from a gun, Iida was off, easily outpacing the girl who Izuku later leaned was Tsuyu Asui as he crossed the finish line in record time.
Tenya Iida: 3.04 seconds
Tsuyu Asui: 5.58 seconds
"Iida seems to have taken to that as a fish takes to water. It'll be worth seeing how the others do." Aizawa commented to himself as he watched the speedster leave the track along with Asui to make room for the next two.
"Lighten up my shoes and clothes…" Uraraka said to herself as she used her quirk on her clothing to reduce weight.
"Get set." The Timer called out. "Go." Just like Iida before, the tailed boy set a pretty good time as he used his tail to thump against the ground behind him at an angle to push himself forward. Uraraka just ran like it was a usual quirkless race and set a time that wasn't bad but needed serious work.
Mashirao Ojiro: 5.49 seconds
Ochaco Uraraka: 7.15 seconds
"Oh, but that's faster than I was in junior high!" she cheered as she heard the bot call out her time. She shaved off a second from her last one.
"Good use of his quirk from Ojiro but Uraraka needs to find alternative ways to increase her movement speed since her clothes can't weigh that much." Aizawa commented as he saw that she could have made herself weightless and launch herself from the beginning but she most likely didn't think of it or didn't have the power for such. She should use the gym more often in his eyes.
"Everyone, you're not being creative enough." The blonde pretty boy Izuku recalled from the entrance exam said as he looked at the track before he turned around to have his back facing it. "I'll show you what it's like…to be allowed to use your quirk!" he called out as he used his quirk to fire himself towards the finish line while the pink girl secreted some kind of liquid from her shoes to slide towards it faster than she could run. The boy would have got there first if he didn't stop the blast, fall, and have to get up to fire off another one to cross the line.
Mina Ashido: 5.50 seconds
Yuga Aoyama: 5.51
"If I shoot for more than a second, I get a stomach-ache." Aoyama stated to them all, even though no one asked for an explanation.
"Who's he talking to?" Mina asked the redhead boy who shrugged his shoulders.
"Looking at the upper limit of your quirk and the room for growth in each result, it becomes clear what you can and can't do." Aizawa said as he saw both Bakugo and Midoriya get in position. He would be lying if he said he wasn't looking forward to how Midoriya went about these trials as he was U.A. first quirkless student-(and the first quirkless person to be accepted into the Hero Course. Period) so he had to be creative in how he approached them as he may be physically stronger and faster than some of his classmates but that alone wouldn't cut it. He impressed the pro when he used a kick rather than a throw as from his application and petitions he sent on before the exam, it was clear that his equipment focused more on lower body strength and leg centric attacks in a similar manner to Mirko. By that logic, this part of the test should be easy for him if his legs are anywhere near as strong as hers with those boots of his.
"On your mark," Both Bakugo and Midoriya bent down. "Get set," They rose a bit in preparation to set off. "Go." And they both jetted off with Bakugo using controlled repetitive blasts from his hands as a sort of thrust while Midoriya quickly covered the distance by doing something similar to what Iida did only moving slower than him but making up with it by increasing the distance he covered with every step.
Izuku Midoriya: 3.97 seconds
Katsuki Bakugo: 4.13 seconds
"That was faster than I thought it would be, looks like didn't drain much power either." Izuku muttered as he checked the power levels for his gear were still riding in the 90% range.
"Dammit, even with my explosion, Deku was still faster than me. I'll have to crush him in the other tests." Katsuki muttered angrily as he walked over to the side to make way for the next two to get ready. For Aizawa, he was impressed with how Katsuki used his quirk as thrust but also noticed as the blast wave wasn't as strong as some of the ones he used during the exam, he should have worked up a sweat beforehand seeing how he knew what kind of tests they were doing but didn't, if he had, he could have set a better time.
(Grip Strength)
In this one, Midoriya set a pretty good score of 60.2kg, much better than his junior high record but he was blown out of the water than the tall masked student, Shoji if he wasn't mistaken set a 540kg(1,190lbs)! How strong was he! The second highest was set by the muscular Sato at 510.4kg(1,125lbs).
Others like Sero and Momo got creative in setting their scores as Momo used her quirk to create a robotic hand that did it for her...how mighty convenient. Sero used his…tape to wrap around some of the gymnastics bars laying around to create a pulley system to increase the force he could pull with, looks like someone pays attention in science class. Anyway, Momo set a score of 452.45kg(997lbs), the highest for the girls by a longshot by Sero set the 3rd highest overall with one of 465,5kg(1,026lbs).
(Standing Long Jump)
This one was a cake-walk for Aoyama, Bakugo, and Tokoyami who cleared the entire sandpit. Aoyama covering the largest additional distance with Bakugo a close second. Tokoyami merely cleared the pit and landed right on the other side but Midoriya knew he wasn't one to add extra distance when it served no point to do so. Asui set the 2nd highest-(2nd as Aoyama, Bakugo, and Tokoyami all tied for first place) since she was able to jump a staggering 19.1m(20yds). Midoriya set an impressive score of 13.53m(14yds) which placed him as 3rd for the long jump with a distance more than double that of 4th place as Ojiro set a score of 10.09m(11yds).
The short purpled…balled boy didn't do too badly if you take his size into account as he jumped 3.76m(4yds). Great personal score but still the lowest in the class.
(Repeated Side steps)
Okay, the short boy from before, Mineta redeemed himself with the side steps as with his quirk in play, he set the highest score at around 150 in a minute. The invisible girl was hard to track with being…invisible but her clothes were enough of an indication of her movement for the bot to keep track of her. She scored the 2nd highest with 122 and Ojiro snagging 3rd with 120. The quiet lad with two different hair colors proved to be no slouch as even without his quirk, he set an impressive score of 104 and ranked 4th.
Bakugo was pissed off when he only got 6th place and Midoriya got 5th since the Izuku set a score two steps higher than his at 99. Shame about Sato though as he was still feeling the drawbacks of his earlier quirk usage and tripped during his turn, setting the lowest score of only 30.
(Ball Throw)
Here the teens, inspired by how Midoriya kicked the ball to send it further than he could throw it, showed even more ingenuity as they went about it. Koda had told a garden mouse to carry the ball as far as it could lift it and the little thing accidentally dropped it at 195.1m(213.3yds). He was sad but how could anyone stay upset with a mouse…or Koda? He is going to be great with kids.
Izuku just knew it.
Sero once more surprised them as he used his tape as a sort of sling to throw the ball and set a pretty high score of 289.8m(316.9yds). Asui damned mull kicked the thing and set an even higher score of 301.7m(329.9yds).
Momo just made an air cannon and fired the ball and reached a distance of 708.8m(775.1yds), shy of Bakugo's distance of 711.2m(777.7yds) after he fired it off with an explosive force.
Tokoyami just had Dark Shadow pop out and spun like a discus thrower while adding Dark Shadow's strength to the throw so he set a distance of around 432.3m(472.7yds)
Uraraka on the other hand, blew them all out of the water with a score of infinity after they waited five minutes with the ball still floating higher and higher into the air before Aizawa called it.
"Infinity!?" The whole class-(bar Momo and Todoroki) called out in shock as Uraraka herself tried to play it off as normal with no success.
"That's Amazing! She got infinity?" Denki asked, confused as like the rest of the class.
(Distance Run)
Once more Iida took to the test like a fish to water and was able to get first place in the 800m run with a time of 42 seconds. Momo made a bicycle and rode the distance, setting a time of 54 seconds, and got 2nd place.
Midoriya run like an ostrich on steroids and got 3rd place with a time of 1 minute, 4 seconds. They all finished long before anyone else as 4th place was Todoroki who used his ice to complete the run with a time of 1 minute, 54 seconds. Most of the class got a time in the 3 minutes range with Aoyama barely crossing the finish line at last place.
"Just how fast as those three?" Ashido complained as she fell on her ass in exhaustion.
"Iida was so far ahead, I could barely see him." Ojiro commented as he did some breathing exercises to cool down.
"Momo was pretty impressive too. She thought outside the box with that one." Jiro stated as she gave the girl in question a thumb-ups. While they talked, Izuku approached Todoroki who was standing to the side, he was shaking slightly as Midoriya could see ice build-up on him.
"You okay?" He asked the boy only to be quite rudely, brushed off.
"I'm fine." Todoroki answered as she walked away.
"Someone's touchy." Izuku muttered to himself with a frown at the lack of manners from the lad, and he thought it was just Bakugo he had to deal with. Honestly, did powerful quirks just make the user's assholes?
(Seated toe-touch)
Bakugo showed them that he meant business when he set the record in the toe test, giving up after he reached 276, 28 times touched higher than 2nd place Todoroki. The scores here weren't too bad as even last place Aoyama got to 86 before he got too much for him so at least everyone in the class was in shape.
(Sit-ups)
The last test brought out the best in everyone as they tried to increase their scores in any way they could. Tokoyami sadly got the last place with a limit of 97 push-ups reached but he was never the most…physical fighter so he wasn't too upset about it.
Hagakure once more showed that the invisible girl wasn't to be taken lightly as she got the highest of the girls at 7th place with 172 push-ups. She seemed to be very chatty with Ashido even though the girl gave up at 119 herself.
The top four boys of Midoriya, Bakugo, Todoroki, and Kirishima all went above and beyond 200 in such a fashion, it looked like they were trying to outdo the other. Iida tried to follow them but conceded defeat at 196. Kirishima went on for quite a while but he collapsed at 246, leaving only three to continue past the 300 mark.
"You got to be kidding me, how far can they go?" Sato asked as he and the rest of the class watched as the trio kept on pushing the bar.
"Those three can't be human." Was Mineta's answer to the question and if everyone was being honest, they weren't so quick to disagree with him. Aizawa was very impressed-(though he didn't show)-with the performance of these three in particular. Bakugo has consistently scored in the top 6 for every test while Izuku would always place somewhere in the top 8. Todoroki had placed in the top four for four of the test and only placed lower when his quirk would have been of no use (at least the part he was making use of), still he had much room for improvement if the other two could do it, one of them did so with just his wits and his power gauntlets and boots.
"Those…guys….are…so…manly!" Kirishima cheered with his face still in the dirt, Ashido laughed at this and walked over with a bottle of water.
"Why don't you drink some water and cool down before you pass out." She offered as she bent over to give him a sip. Unfortunately for Mineta-(he wasn't the first prev she had dealt with)-she bent with her knees and not at the waist so he didn't see anything.
"Thanks….you're the….best." Kirishima smiled as he gratefully took some much-needed sips of water as he got up.
This went on for some time as all three kept going, determined to set the highest time but after 320 push-ups, fatigue set in on all of them, and they started to slow down. By 330, they started to tire out and out of them, it was Todoroki who collapsed first as 338. Midoriya didn't last much longer as he gave out at 341 and as if watching them fail, gave him a second wind, Bakugo found he was able to push himself to 378 before he gave in to exhaustion.
"How…can…some..one…be able…to…push…that…much push-ups?" Todoroki asked himself as he struggled to get back up from that.
"He's…a…freak of….nature…that's why." Midoriya retorted with his head down, he did notice footsteps approaching him but he was too tired to check who it was.
"You say that but all three of you went much further than anyone else in the class. Your physical capabilities are outstanding." Tokoyami told him as he looked down at the crumpled form of his friend who had pushed himself too hard, yet again for something stupid.
"Great…now…could you…help me…up?" Izuku asked as he could barely put weight on his arms to lift himself up.
"[sigh] It's just like you to overexert yourself." Tokoyami stated as he crouched down to help the green-haired teen back to his feet.
"Couldn't let…Bakugo…have an easy…victory." And just like Tokoyami thought, the boy pushed himself for stupid reasons. Later they had all gathered around Aizawa after he had time to put their scores into his smartphone to properly calculate their ranking, they were all tense as they all recalled what he said about what happens to the last place. Midoriya himself wasn't too worried as he knew his performance in most of the tests was better than average so he gaged that he had scored in the upper ten at the very least.
"Alright, to save time, I'll just show all your results. Your position was determined by all the rankings you all got for each test combined and then divided by 8." Aizawa said as he projected their results in the air for them to all to see.
1st Place: Katsuki Bakugo
2nd Place: Izuku Midoriya
3rd Place: Mashirao Ojiro
4th Place: Shoto Todoroki
5th Place: Tenya Iida
6th Place: Momo Yaoyorozu
7th Place: Rikido Sato
8th Place: Tsuyu Asui
9th Place: Hanta Sero
10th Place: Eijiro Kirishima
11th Place: Mina Ashido
12th Place: Toru Hagakure
13th Place: Ochaco Uraraka
14th Place: Fumikage Tokoyami
15th Place: Kyoka Jiro
16th Place: Mezo Shoji
17th Place: Yuga Aoyama
18th Place: Koji Koda
19th Place: Denki Kaminari
20th Place: Minoru Mineta
"NOOOO!"
"Tough luck buddy, maybe next year?" Sero tried to lessen the blow but the purple-balled-haired boy already fell to his knees in defeat and despair.
"Harsh man, he did pretty well in some of the tests. Relative to his body." Izuku stated as he patted the boy's back as it wasn't impossible to try again the next year as U.A. allowed someone to apply twice.
"By the way, I was lying about the expulsion." Aizawa stated, letting loose that revelation like he was talking about the weather. At his words, the entire class went dead silent.
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"It was a rational deception to ensure that all of you performed at your absolute best." And the man had the balls to smirk like a mad lad as he revealed his reasoning for making them all piss their pants.
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"WHAT THE HELL MAN!?" Nearly the entire class roared in frustration at his blatant deceit while Aizawa looked like he should be in the loony bin with that creepy smile, clearly he enjoyed watching them squirm.
"Of course it was a lie. It should have been obvious if you thought it." Momo said as if it should have been obvious, oblivious to the looks on just about everyone's face when she said that.
'If official, powerful quirks make the user disconnected from the rest of us. Only they would not see the threat since they were born so damn lucky!' Izuku thought himself with a straight face as he stood alongside Tokoyami who for his part, didn't react like the rest of the class but Izuku could see he wasn't happy with the deception.
"Alright, we're done here. Got hit the shower and return to class to get the hand-outs on the curriculum." Aizawa told them as he walked off, seemingly to the staff room as the class left for the locker room and showers.