"3...2...1...we have liftoff!"
A spaceship gains speed as it fired itself into the sky. A lone young man is strapped in the cockpit, looking up at the sky through the footlong windshield of his spacecraft. Although his body was buckled in tight to his seat, his legs trembled nervously as he went higher and higher into the sky.
"Sutaraito, your heartbeat's racing, what's your status?"
"Oh it's nothing, just holding onto dear life while riding a mechanism going past the speed of sound that I'm not even controlling," the young man replied, sarcasm dripping from his voice.
The voice on the other end chuckled. "The kid seems fine to me."
The boy, Niko Sutaraito, tuned out the other voices from mission control and focused just on the view in front of him. The blue sky and white clouds gave away to the cold blackness of space with sprinkles of stars as far as the eye can see.
Suddenly the ship started trembling and the master alarm in the cockpit began to wail.
"Sutaraito! Respond!"
Niko, in a panic, tried to yank himself out of his confides as the felt the cockpit grow warmer and the windshield crack.
"SUTARAITO! PLEASE RESPOND!"
Fire began to engulf the cockpit and in a panic, Niko took off his bulky space suit glove. He pointed at many straps and a focused beam of yellow light shot out, severing his many seat belts and freeing him.
His body jerked backward from the amount of G force, flying back and hitting the back of the cockpit, stuck in place as more fire engulfed the cockpit. Niko closed his eyes, knowing his end was at hand before bright white light emitted from his body.
Niko woke up in a panic, looking around his room. Decorated posters of planets and stars covered everything. He took a deep breath. The same nightmare plaguing him for months; he had to have on today of all days?
He looked over to clock on dresser. 6:50am. Shit. He overslept!
He ran downstairs, quickly buttoning his old school uniform, to see his Mom cooking breakfast. "Hey, Mo-ah!" Niko fell to the floor, tripping on his shoe laces.
She laughed. "I don't think the people of UA would let a student in if they still don't know how to tie their shoes yet."
Niko tied his loose laces and got to his feet. "No, it's just...I'm…" He stopped himself as he looked at his mother's face. She looked back at him, overjoyed. He knew why.
"I can't believe you're actually applying for the Hero Course at UA. Please eat something and don't forget to drink plenty of water."
He smiled at his Mom's enthusiasm. He sat down at the table and began to eat. His eyes glanced over to the empty chair to his right. "Where's Tsurigaru?"
"Still sleeping. You know her. If she doesn't need to be up early, she sleeps in."
Niko nodded. It was true that the UA test was on a Saturday, he at least thought his younger sister would just be up to wish him luck before he left. Especially since she was the only one who knows why he changed his mind to apply for the Hero Course instead of the Support course.
He finished eating and gave his Mom a hug and kiss goodbye. "Alright, I'm off."
His Mom held him a lot longer than he thought she would. "Just know...no matter what happens, I'm really proud of you for doing this."
He swallowed hard. "Thanks, I uh...gotta get going." As he grabbed his bag and made for the door, he heard his mom yell.
"Do you have your leaded gloves!?"
"Yes, Mom!"
"And spare bottles of water?!"
"...Yes, Mom!"
"Okay...Good luck, Niko, my little starlight."
Even with no one around, Niko visibly shivered at his Mom's embarrassing nickname for him as he walked to the train station.
Niko sat on the crowded train, watching people exit and enter. He was mentally relieved it was a Saturday, the train wasn't as crowded. This allowed him to get lost in this thoughts and the nightmare he had been having for last couple of months.
"This dream...flying on a rocket that always explodes as I exit the atmosphere. And that white light that surrounds me all before I wake up."
He looked down at his olive colored hands. This dream...the white light. The logical part of his brain told him it was probably from the explosion of the space ship but deep down, he felt that it might be…
The train stopped and Niko looked back up to see more people get off and kids his age get on. It made sense, a lot of these people probably were also applying to get into UA.
"Is this seat taken?"
Niko glanced to his left to see a plain looking kid with green hair and freckles. "No, please, sit."
"Thanks."
The kid sat down and took out a burnt up journal. Niko went to look back at his hands. They began to illuminate with yellow light.
"Wow...is that your Quirk?"
Niko looked back at the kid and realized he was staring at his hands intently. Not used to this much attention, he stuttered a bit, "Oh...um...yeah. I can radiate and focus light."
The kid furiously began scribbling in his notebook and muttering. "Radiate light, that seems to be a strong quirk…"
The kid kept muttering to himself and in a weird way, put Niko at ease. He smiled. "I can also see and shoot infrared and ultraviolet light. My eyes change depending on what light I shine out of my hands. However…"
"However?"
Niko reached into his bag and took out a bottle of water. He took a snip and continued. "It's a sort of glass cannon. If I don't consume enough water, I can run out of energy and collapse."
"Like an actual star?"
Niko nodded. He didn't know why I told this stranger about his quirk. He rarely was this talkative. Maybe it was because of that kid's interest in his power. He had caught a glimpse of other pages in his notebook and saw notes on the many Pro Heroes that work in and around here.
As he continued to think about it, Niko was bombarded by the muttering of the kid, talking about his quirk and all the different kinds of possibilities of using his quirk, Star Light. He decided to interrupt his mutters. "Hey are you heading to UA to apply for the Hero course too."
The green haired kid tensed up. "O-oh. Y-yes, yes I am."
"Well since I told you mine, what can you do?"
The green haired kid froze.
Niko noticed this. "You okay?"
The green haired kid opened his mouth to respond by was interrupted by the train loudspeaker.
Arriving at Tattoin Station! All students applying for UA High School please disembark here.
The green haired kid put his notebook in his bag. "Well it was nice to meet you. I hope to see you inside when we get there. I'm Midoriya, Izuku." Midoriya held out his hand.
Niko reached out and shook it. "Sutaraito, Niko."
Niko watched as Midoriya ran out of the train, ahead of everyone else as he himself gathered his belongings as well. He exited the train and straight ahead of him, on top of a hill, stood the fabled UA High School, the most prestigious Hero school in all of Japan.
"Hey! What the hell were you talking to Deku for?!"
Niko turned around to see a blonde headed kid with sharp eyes. "Deku...you mean that green haired kid?"
"Yeah, him. I can't believe they're actually letting a quirkless failure like him even apply to this school. Makes me sick!"
Niko paused. Quirkless? That could explain why Midoriya was so hesitate to share what he can do if the fact was he...couldn't do anything.
The blonde haired kid walked past him. "I can't wait to see him fail hard, trying to get into this place. Should make it all the better once I get into the Hero course."
Niko just watched as this rude kid walked towards UA. Maybe the two of them had some kind of rivalry or something. It would be strange if they did; according that rude blonde headed kid, he was quirkless.
Niko sat in the exam room and watched as all the people applying to get into to the school found their seats. The stress of getting into UA finally started to hit him. He took a deep breath. "Only 1 in 300, huh?"
"Is this seat taken?"
Niko looked up to see pink girl with yellow eyes. "Uh, no."
She sat down on his right. "Oooh, I'm so nervous! I'm not a good test taker."
Niko shrugged his shoulders. "It's no big deal as long as you have a basic understanding of hero work and overall good school grades."
The pink girl was silent.
Niko looked uncomfortable. "Oh, well...uh, don't worry, I'm sure you'll do fine."
She smiled. "Thanks. I'm Mina Ashido."
"Niko Sutaraito."
Before the both of them knew it, one of the teachers, Present Mic, began speaking. He was describing the practical portion of the test, how they would be fighting robots with point values assigned to them based on their size.
Ashido looked excited. "Yes! This is where I'll excel if I don't do good on the written portion."
Niko looked intrigued. "You must have a strong quirk if you're that confident."
She nodded. "I can shoot acid. Since the targets are just robots, I don't have to hold back."
Niko agreed. "That's true. I don't have to either in that case."
Ashido also got curious. "Ooooh, what's your quirk-"
"AND ALSO YOU, THE PINK GIRL!"
Both Niko and Ashido glanced towards a young man their age with black hair and glasses. He glared at her. "You are being too loud and I would like to ask you be quiet while we all take our exams here. If you can't be quiet than you can also go home!"
He sat back down and Niko glanced over to Ashido who crossed her arms and pouted. The two of them kept quiet for the remainder of the time as Present Mic explained the rules to the practical exam. As soon as he was finished, the written exams were passed out and Niko took another deep breath before starting the examination.
Following his examination card, Niko went to the Battle Center he was assigned to, Battle Center E.
He found a crowd of people gathered around the entrance to the Battle Center and ran his fingers through his black hair. "Okay, this is it."
The practical portion of the UA exam. The part of the exam he was mostly not prepared for. He glanced around and saw kids in way better shape than his lanky frame. Standing at 168 cm, he was taller than the average person here, but weighing in at just 54 kg, he suddenly felt very self conscious.
"Right, let's start!"
Huh.
The doors to Battle Center E opened instantly and everyone flooded in. His leaded gloves on, Niko ran forward with the crowd of applicat heroes, into the mock city.
BigBossofMoss: Hey, wow. I have not written anything for this site in years. Idk what it was but I had to urge to write something when I was injured months ago and watched MHA as I recovered. I fell in love with this show and I got ideas for my own original character. He replaces another character in Class 1A, Yuga Aoyama since he really doesn't do much in my opinion. I hope you enjoy this story which is from told mostly from the perspective of my OC.
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