U.A academy was a dream for many children in Japan, having produced many great heroes over the years. Kids from places all over the world would move to Japan just for a chance at getting into U.A. Joseph Solom was no different, having moved from his home in Jerusalem. While not as skilled as his father in using his sculpting quirk, nor as good as his Healing type Mother, Joseph Solom had one thing they didn't a blending of the two. Since he could change the shape of materials, for now just clay, to anything he desired, and place some of his own energy into the finished work. And now Joseph had two clay warriors on either side of him.

"What is that?" The students next to him yelled and Joseph smiled.

"My golem." Joseph smiled proudly, trying to hide how winded he was from making this. It took a lot out of him to make a golem, and even more to go all out with two golems. But the test on average only took a half hour to 45 minutes, and his golems were active for an hour, so as long as he put the effort in, he would be fine.

"ALL RIGHT KIDDOS!" A loud voice echoed through the air. "The Entrance Exam is simple, go in, destroy the machines, some are worth points, some are not, it is up to you to decide which to destroy and which not to. This year however, you will be partnered with a support,so people in blue, please move next to someone with red.

"I'm with you!" He yelled.

"It is only a few feet taller than we are.."

"That thing is massive."

"Only the size of an average adult." Joseph replied. "Joseph Solom, by the way."

"Kajiya Jinsoku." The boy replied. "Quirk: QUick Smith, I make weapons out of my arms." His arms were turned into two long swords.

"Well Mine is called Animation." The golem reached down and Kajiya stepped back. "What's wrong?"

"I can only do melee weapons."

"Then I guess this is a really big shield. Try not to knick the golem, it is hell properly fixing this."

"Can do, I use downward swings mostly anyways."

They waited for the signal to start and ran into battle, striking both small and large robots. Kajiya wanted to go interfere in other fights and take kills, but Joseph saw a pocket of mechs not doing anything but still active and decided it would best to minimize the targets. He helped Kajiya up and gave him an idea of what to do. Kajiya nodded and ran to the top of a large building.

After Joseph managed to get the larger robots attention, Kajiya jumped down and cut one in half but the sword was destroyed. He rubbed his arm when he landed and made another one. Then went back to work as Joseph had his golem remake pretty much ever mecha anime in existence by getting into a fist fight with the machines that were their size. They made certain to split the kills to ensure the best likelihood of them getting in to Ua.

Joseph became worried when the Golem started becoming sluggish, meaning the clay was drying out, also meaning he had to quickly remake them or he had a difficult time ahead of him. "Can you tank for a little?"

"For a little why?" The golem slowly shrunk to a tiny block and Joseph sat in the middle of the rubble and got to work with a new one. This new clay was dried out, he would figure out something to do with it later. He made another Golem and got back on it then deadpanned as the buzzer signaled the ending. "YOu make those fast."

"So tired…" Joseph dispelled the golem and walked into the waiting area, where he essentially melted onto the bench.

Others filed, a few of them thinking that his golems were amazing and powerful. They all seemed shocked when Joseph hoped that he got into the support group with it. THey pointed at the recaps and asked how that was a support item. Joseph explained that his later goals was to make a hollow one to carry supplies and/or people, plus a bunch of other things he planned on making.

"Why make such a giant thing and then not use it in combat. Give those things weapons and go ham on people."

"Because the one I made was designed to be a fortification. It was built to last, the other one I can make is for breaking stuff." Joseph replied. "I need water." He looked at the dried clay.

The grades for it arrived. Joseph passed high for the support group but was worried with a message asking him to wait for the teacher to arrive. Kajiya cheered, he had gotten into class 1-A. He thanked Joseph who gave him a worried thumbs up. He had been homeschooled, so he never had to be told to wait until he saw the teacher but he had gotten the feared 'just wait until I get home'. Kajiya left with his paper to his dorm and a girl who was eating antacids like they were skittles sat next to him. "Quirk backlash. My body can produce extra energy and I convert it into fire that comes off my body and hastens by cells, giving me regeneration and strength, the downside, the damn hours of heartburn."

"So wait it gives you regeneration and burns you, don't those contradict?"

"Yes, hence the reason this quirk is such a dang double edged sword. I mean there are puddles where golems used to stand, and I think I scared my support a little."

"I-its okay." A tiny girl stammered. "I was just glad to help. We supports were graded on the amount of help we rendered."

"She is awesome, the golems couldn't even move, though one almost fell on us, but that was more comical than anything else."

"Hehe." The tiny girl smiled. "My name is Jade. Nice to meet you, Mr. Solom."

"I'm Denchi Kaiho."

"Joseph Solom!" A scrawny man with a yellow helmet yelled and Joseph stood up while his two 'friends' retreated down to a different bench. "Explain your golems to me, those things were amazing."

"I just have the image in my head and command the clay to make it, that part I get from my dad, my mother can transfer her own energy into people to heal them, it changed lightly and allowed me to put my energy into the clay, giving it the ability to move."

"Those are terrifying and amazing quirk combinations, was it a quirk marriage?"

"No a normal one. Did you like the golem that much? It was rather haphazardly made."

"Indeed."

"I have one built for attacking too." Joseph said and the teacher blinked.

"Meaning that those were defensive golems?"

"Yes sir." Joseph replied.

"And what does this offensive one look like?"

"I'm out of clay so I can't demonstrate." Joseph said but pretty much imagine the defensive golem but instead of restraining with his hands he had a massive clay fist and the other hand was a single blade."

"Sounds fierce."

"It is still clay sadly."

"Well you are definitely accepted, I, Professor Powerload will be your homeroom teacher. Welcome to U.A."

"Thank you, sir."

First day of being an official student of U.A, Joseph walked into class 1-H half asleep and slumped into the first seat. Were students allowed coffee? He shook his head and tried to wake up as Powerloader walked into the classroom and stared at him. "Diligent, but you need to read the calender, today is Saturday, go rest."

"Need coffee...and more clay."

"Both are across the hall, just be careful, my best student is in there and she is...overbearing."

Joseph wanted coffee more than quiet so he walked into the room and a girl with pink hair, a black tanktop and a golden crosshair eyes appeared. "Hello, come help me with something."

"YOu give me coffee first and I will test the invention." Joseph replied and a mug of thick coffee was handed. He drank it down in a few gulps, waited a few seconds then stood. "Got any gloves that will help me in my clay sculpting?"

Powerloader walked back into his workshop to see Joseph sitting in a chair with Mei Hatsume working on a new invention. He went to Joseph to check on him and got a new respect for someone he just met, Hatsume had tested all of her inventions on him, and he was still conscious. "Baby, 115 still needs work, the movement feels a little stale." He took off the gloves. "I'm totally stealing 217."

"Take 220 with you."

"I won't need them at the moment."

"Slip resistance."

"AH."

"He can communicate with her." Powerloader spoke to himself, sitting down and trying to get some work down until he heard sparks and then and explosion. He turned to see a golem of clay jump onto the fire, smothering it. Powerloader blinked, Joseph had not moved from his spot, had he made golems in advance for this. "One of your golems broke." He informed Joseph who sighed and got to work making another one.

"Next!" Mei smiled and Joseph stood, looking at a large suit with a reluctant look. "I adjust the movement so it shouldn't hurt too much."

"I would prefer it didn't hurt at all, but that's just me." Joseph replied, though it was obvious from the tone of his voice that he didn't expect his words to do anything.

"You are welcome to turn her down."

"Why, she already is making me a pair of gloves with both clay wire cutter and a regular clay cutting knife attached. It would be rude to not repay it." Joseph replied as he strapped himself in. The suit moved to the left, stopping just before it became too painful, than did the same with the right.

"It can turn without hurting now. Tomorrow we work on walking."

"Tomorrow I'm working on my sculpting. Monday I start classes."

"Aww, then monday after classes." Mei asked eagerly, getting uncomfortably close to Joseph.

"As long as I am not too tired." Joseph replied, leaning back.

"Mei, he's in class 1-H, your old class, you can't expect him to have the same amount of free time you will."

"But Powerloader-sensei, It is a lab partner, how long has it been since I had a lab partner."

"Since the last one got 2nd degree burns from one of your babies?"

"Was that 202."

"Yep, but I fixed it."

"And the person with burns."

"Recovery Girl fixed that."

"Was I lucky?" Joseph asked Powerloader. "Come with me for a moment." The two of them walked to a side room. "I know she may be a little bit of a problem."

"With the practice I made a golem that can identify and act on a fire. Also have slip resistant soles that are surprisingly comfortable and a pair of gloves that only gives minor cuts but have all my claymaking tools available. I think the problem is that I need more time that I don't have."

Joseph went to the dorm and met up with Kajiya, who was eating a massive dish of potatoes and relaxing, watching videos of last year's Sports Festival. Joseph sat next to him and turned up the volume. Next to Joseph was a 2nd year in green, who was wincing at his own performance. "I can't believe I made it through that."

"You didn't, you got beat up by Todoroki. Speaking of which, I wanted to meet him. Do you know where he is?"

"He's with the Class President, talking about something." Midoriya replied.

"Just trying to meet expectations! A smiling, dependable, cool hero... That's what I wanna be! That's why I'm giving it everything! For everyone! Your experiences, your determination, I can't even begin to imagine what all that's like but, If you become number one without giving it your all... Then I don't think you're serious about denying him everything! That's why I have to win! I have to surpass you!" The TV Deku was yelling

"YOu yell a lot." Joseph noted, "But I admit that I think it helped...whoa!" Joseph stopped talking as Shoto began using his fire and really pummeling Deku. "I think you struck a nerve."

"He got much stronger after that, and he is getting stronger still. I like to think I helped him."

"Well he did only fail the first license exam because of an argument, but he seems more willing to use the fire than he used to, so you aren't wrong. I'm also guessing that he was only mad at you for a little." Midoriya nodded. Joseph smiled, but inside he was very nervous, How was he supposed to compete with stuff like this, both of them could easily just smack aside a golem and land a punishing blow, the best Joseph could hope for was not getting knocked out of the ring instantly. "I'm so screwed." He said out loud.

"What happened?" Kajiya turned.

"I have to compete with combat prowess like that? Even if those two aren't participating, your iron beats my clay, and Denchi will dry it out so much that it will crack."

"You are also part of a support class." Midoriya cut in

"And I won't get much funding if the golems topple like dominos." Joseph replied.

"And you won't get any funding if you don't have faith in your own products." A person who seemed to love karate chopping the air added. "Even if they don't win, you are just showing what you can do, people who did not win last year still got internships."

"I already know where my internship is. All the way back home, in my dad's workshop." Joseph replied.

"Let's take our minds off combat for a little. We got one day left before classes, what do you all want to do? I would like to get advice from you two since we are dormmates as well." Keniya asked Midoriya and Iida.

"Have to practice for that." Joseph motioned to the now deactivated tv. He stood and excused himself. "YOu should hit the gym."

Leaving Joseph in his room, Keniya walked around campus with Midoriya and Iida, both showing him what he already knew from the map, but he didn't want to start trouble or seem ungrateful so he took a second tour of the academy grounds with the second years. He would have loved more confidence, but years of not being taken seriously because of his short stature led him to remain very quiet unless spoken to. Even with Joseph, who had a bond with, he was still not as loud as he was with his family.

They stopped at a large area where people were congregating to see a new student stringing up a tiny 2nd year with purple balls in his hair. Keniya said as Denchi turned and walked towards the crowd, muttering about the damn pervert as she made it a point to start wearing shorts. "Oh? Hey Keny."

"K-Keny."

"Names too long, shortened it."

"I like my real name."

"Keniya then." Denchi replied with a shrug, "So what brings you here, I was minding my own business when i hear a rustling in the bushes. I go check it out and see that little pervert staring at every girl walking by. So I told a professor where he will be and am now going back to my dorm."

After a scolding by Iida, which was falling on deaf ears, Denchi invited herself to tag along, as she really wasn't paying attention to the map. She knew where the dorm, school building, and workout areas were so what else would she need? However, Keniya had a cute face and she wouldn't mind taking a few more peeks at it. They walked into the training ground and were offered to watch the 2nd years fight a mock battle against Ectoplasm's clones. THat catch being: No Quirks. An overreliance on their quirk would spell trouble if there were others that could negate quirks. Iida did not feel too worried, but Deku used his at all times.

Iida was first, you could enter with a use of your quirk, but after the initial entrance you had to shut it off and never use it again. Iida boosted in and tried to end it with a single kick, but all he got was a footful of empty air and a scolding not to just walk in, especially with quirk destroying bullets as a possibility now. Keniya turned and looked at Denchi, who reminded him about Mirio, the member of the big three who lost his quirk while on a mission. Keniya paled, he was already short, without his quirk he would be even more prone to being underestimated. "Don't worry, I doubt we will be fighting villains of that caliber during our first year."

"I thought that too." Midoriya said, "We got attacked so often I thought I had a villain attracting quirk."

"Lovely. Welp, where is the gym for us."

"Right here." Ectoplasm replied. "You are first years so you can use your quirks." Keniya walked slowly up to one of the platforms, producing two metal longswords from his hands, adding additional iron from his diet to make the iron stronger. He went in with an non-pratical flurry of sword swings, Ectoplasms clone dodging each one and countered with a kick that was blocked flawlessly by Keniya, "You...were holding back?" Ectoplasm's clone asked and was pushed back as the swings became slower, but more calculated. Keniya's swings were aiming at places Ectoplasm's legs couldn't reach, while using his other sword to work for parrying the kicks that came his way. Ectoplasm smiled underneath his helmet. This student had potential, but who to send him against when it came time to train? Ectoplasm jumped, landing on a slightly higher area and when Keniya jumped to follow, not realizing he was open until he got a kick aimed that he could just barely block. The force of the impact sent him back to the ground, shaken from the impact but still able to stand. Ectoplasm landed next to him and tapped his back. "Impressive, I look forward to monitoring your progress." Keniya nodded and walked back over to Denchi, who was laughing.

"THat was awesome! You did great."

"I lost."

"A pro acknowledged your progress. YOu have any idea how many students he is training right now. Also, I want to point out that that was the real one."

"How do you know?"

"Because he can make thirty clones at the most, so why make one that was just standing around? YOu got respect from a pro. That short size is a nice distraction. I would never have expected that from you."

Keniya smiled and rubbed his neck. "Thanks. " Keniya's stomach growled, "I'm hungry."

"Food sounds good. I need food to fuel my quirk too."

"Man, must be nice for Joseph, he just needs clay, he can literally buy ammo at any crafting store." Keniya sighed as he waited in line at the cafeteria.

"He doesn't even need the store he can probably get spares from his dad's shop."

"Speaking of which, I hear they may move over here just to watch Joseph."

"Geez. Don't know if they are doting or monitoring."

"Can I be included in conversations involving my son please?" A man in his mid forties asked. Keniya and Denchi both turned slowly. "And we are here because my son wanted to join a Hero Academy. I am not against it and my wife is banking on this to let him feel more secure about himself. My son will be a great sculpture, once he realizes that he is not me."

"So I have to ask, who is a better sculptor."

"That is dependant on what we are sculpting. If it is just a statue, I am, but if he is something built to do anything else besides look pretty and sit still. He is. I've told him that but he wants to be me, while I want him to be him." The check was given to Keniya and Denchi for an all you can eat and the looked at Joseph Senior. "Table for three please."

"That was delicious." Denchi replied before reaching into her purse and pulling out the antacids. "I hate this quirk so much."

"What is your quirk?" MIdoriya asked, and Keniya jumped as Denchi squaled.

"It's Deku!" It is such an honor to meet you." Denchi was practically bouncing up and down with excitement, "Midoriya-senpai, I'd just like to say I'm a big fan of yours! Ever since I saw you at the sports festival last year, the way you hurt yourself but kept fighting, it was really inspiring! My quirk ends up damaging me a lot when I use it, so I've always doubted I could be a hero the way I was, but when I saw you standing so proud at the arena even though you must have been hurting so bad, I couldn't help but think 'man, this guy is too cool!', and I really wanted to tell you that I'll be a big fan of yours once you debut!" She smiled and Keniya felt his heart get squeezed, but he kept it to himself.

"Thanks. It is great to have a fan."

"Oh and my quirk allows me to use the energy i produce from eating to create heat and enhance my muscles and natural recovery, but I am not immune to the heat I make."

"So you burn yourself."

"But the heightened recovery stops it from lasting too long. Though I'm constantly getting really bad heartburn. I've been able to alter my diet, spicy stuff producing more energy, sugar doesn't do anything much, but I think the temperature of the spices increases the output." Denchi explained. She watched as Deku began furiously writing in a journal. Denchi sighed, knowing he was in the hot seat next. "So do you have any advice for us? Please."

"Just don't be afraid to ask for help, and even if you look up to me, make sure to have your own style. When we were training I felt like I had to emulate All Might, since he trained me, and it caused me to destroy most of my bones. It was only when I started to make my own style that I was able to really grow. I don't mind if you use my style as a base; I would be honored actually, but don't use my style as yours, make your own, it would make me happy to see you get further than I am with a style that mimics mine." Denchi nodded happily. "What is your quirk?"

"Same as hers but instead of producing fire from the food I eat, I can take the iron out of it and use it to make weapons, right now I can coat my arms in metal." He turned one arm into a sword. "And as such I trained in HEMA. European Martial Arts, basically weapons, lots of weapons."

"Cool. Would have been great to be able to make myself armor." Midoriya wrote down the information. "What is the drawback?"

"Iron is a very frail metal, so I have to make up for that by making the weapons thicker. I can reabsorb any metal I still have left, but anything that chips off or goes too far from me can't be reabsorbed."

"That is cool! You can make your own equipment! And all you have to do is eat."

Keniya smiled, two people in one day who took him seriously. He asked for Midoriya's contact number and Denchi eagerly asked for it as well. Midoriya seemed happy but Keniya knew the look of someone who was not quite certain what to do in this situation. Was Denchi the first fan he had? Or was she just really overpowering? "Alright, I'll call you if I figure out anything."