The young green haired boy stepped onto Yuuei school grounds. Today was the day of the entrance exam. Whether he passed or not would determine his future.
"I hope it worked" Midoriya Izuku thought to himself. 'Eating his hair was really weird, but that's how I'm supposed to inherit his quirk. I didn't have a chance to try it out last night."
"Out of the way, Deku!" Midoriya jumped as his childhood companion yelled behind him, Deku was a childhood nicknaming meaning useless, and it had stuck since.
"A-a-ah, g-good morning, Kacchan." After being a childhood friend Bakugou Katsuki had turned into a bully after he developed a powerful quirk, and it got worse after the doctor's diagnosed Midoriya as being quirkless. Unable to defend himself, but still in awe of his friend's quirk Midoriya had become a willing victim to Bakugou's abuse. Bakugou was also attending the entrance exam for Yuuei and was sure to pass and be admitted into the best hero school in the country.
As the fiery blonde moved past, no longer acknowledging his existence, Midoriya also put the moment out of mind. Once again excited for the prospect of being accepted into Yuuei.
'Thing have changed for me, I have a quirk now, so just move forward!' As Midoriya gave himself an internal pep-talk his body did not get the message to continue and he slowly tipped over onto his face. But before he made friends with the pavement he was suddenly weightless. A hand gripped his shoulder, set him back on his feet and the he felt the effects of gravity. Midoriya turned his head to the left and the was a girl his age with brown shoulder length hair, and big friendly brown eyes, there, each of her fingers pressed to its pair.
On his right there was a boy with a strong hand on his shoulder, still seeming to hold him onto his feet. He also had green hair, though much darker than his own, and it stood up straight and spikey, rather than curly and unruly. The boy as looking at him with a large smile and strange gold eyes.
"Ah, sorry about using my quirk like that," the girl started, "but it would have been bad luck to trip before the exam. Are you nervous? I'm nervous too?" The girl paused looking over him, when he didn't respond she continued. "Well, good luck today, bye, maybe I'll see you later."
Midoriya sat in stunned silence, 'I talked to a girl!'
"Hey! Are you okay? You look a little red there." Midoriya had forgotten about the boy on his other side, to taken in by the girl's presence.
"Oh, yes. I'm fine thank you." Midoriya then noticed another boy standing behind the first. He had white curly hair and crystal blue eyes, he seemed much colder than the other, who gave off an aura of friendship.
"C'mon Gon, we don't want to be late." Said the white hair boy, pulling the other by his wrist. Neither seemed to be wearing a school uniform. The first was wearing short green shorts and jacket, and the other wearing blue shorts and long sleeve shirt with a white t-shirt over it. Midoriya wondered if they were foreigners that wanted to attend Yuuei, it was rare but not unheard of.
"Wait a second Killua."
"Fine." The white haired boy, now identified as Killua, stuck his hands into his pockets and turned away, Midoriya might say he was sulking.
"I'm Midoriya Izuku, are you here for the entrance exam?"
"I'm Gon Freecs, and this is Killua! And yes we are, we're going to be heroes!"
"Me too! I'm going to be the top hero like All Might! And you're friend is right we should get going to be able to get good seats for the opening."
"Alright, we can sit together too! Let's go, Killua!"
"WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO MY LIVE SHOW!" yelled the yellow haired man, he wasn't using a mic and his voice still carried loudly to everyone in the large auditorium. "HEEEY, EVERYONE, HEY!"
"Hi," "hello," "hey," answered the much less enthusiastic audience.
"I'VE GOT SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE, TOO, LISTENERS! ALL RIGHT, EXAMINEES… I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE LOW-DOWN ON HOW THIS'LL GO DOWN! ARE YOU READY!?"
"Yeah!" being much more excited for the exam the students were much more excited to hear what would be happening for the exam.
Midoriya was covering his mouth trying to hide his excitement of being in the presence of the hero Present Mic, the hero who used his voice quirk to defeat villains. His two new companions were just interested in hearing the rules for the exam, beyond ready to begin.
"EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED A LETTER AND YOU WILL REPORT TO THE DESIGNATED TEST AREA WHERE YOU WILL TAKE PLACE IN A TEN-MINUTE SIMULATION TO TEST YOU METTLE!"
"Ah, I see why they're doing that."
"Why they're doing what Killua?" Gon and Midoriya turned to the white haired boy who had seemed to figure out a play of the exam.
"They don't want classmates or friends to be able to work together and skew to individual test scores, so the letters will be assigned 'randomly' but in truth they will be to separate possible teams."
"Oh, that makes sense. They want to see people's individual strength rather than how well they work together." Responded Gon.
"AT EACH TEST SIGHT THERE WILL BE 'VILLAINS,' THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES EACCH WORTH A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF POINTS. YOUR GOAL IS TO DESTROY AS MANY AS POSSIBLE AND GAIN POINTS. THE STUDENTS WITH THE HIGHEST POINTS WILL BE THE ONES ADMITTED TO YUUEI!"
"Excuse me!" an interruption came from a few rows away from the three. It was a strict looking boy with perfectly combed hair and glasses. "The handout clearly shows four types of villains, yet you just said there are only three."
"YES EAMINEE 7111, YOU ARE CORRECT! THERE ARE FOUR TYPES, BUT THE LAST AWARDS NO POINTS FOR DEFEATING IT, IT IS THERE AS AN OBSTACLE TO OVERCOME AND IT RAMPAGES ONCE SURROUNDED."
"Sounds like one of those stage hazards you just have to slip around and avoid confronting," Midoriya muttered to himself. Overhearing him Killua hummed in agreement.
"Thank you very much! I apologize for interrupting!" The strict looking boy sat back down into his seat, disappearing into the crowd.
"WELL THAT'S ENOUGH FROM ME! I'LL LEAVE YOU ALL WITH A PRESENTATION ON THE SCHOOL PRECEPTS OF THIS ACADEMY OF MINE! AS A CERTAIN 'HERO' BY THE NAME OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ONCE SAID "a TRUE HERO NEVER STOPS OVERCOMING THE MISFORTUNES IN LIFE!" NOW LET'S MOVE TO THE MAIN EVENT! PLUS ULTRA!" and with the cheering of the school's moto the examinees moved onto their designated test sights.
'It's so big!' Midoriya thought to himself. He tried to keep calm, knowing nerves could be his downfall, but anyone who looked could tell that the green haired boy's knees were trembling.
"So we're at the same test sight, huh?" Midoriya was caught off guard by the approach of Killua. "I don't know which one Gon ended up at though."
"I bet he'll be fine, he seemed confident."
"Tsk, I know he'll be fine, but he's an idiot that needs constant supervision. Even in such a controlled environment I know he'll manage to find trouble." The white haired boy had reached Midoriya's side and stood beside him, hands deep in his pockets. The proximity to someone that he knew, even for just a few hours, made Midoriya feel better.
Midoriya scanned the crowd 'everyone seems so confident, they've all had their quirk since they were little.' He spotted someone familiar again pressing her fingers together, deep in concentration. 'It's that girl again, I should thank her for earlier.' He started to head off, Killua following behind.
"Hey!" there was an outcry from behind Midoriya, the voice was vaguely familiar. He turned around to see the strict boy from earlier who had interrupted Present Mic, his arm was outstretched towards Midoriya's shoulder as if to grab him, but his wrist was caught in Killua's firm grip.