Chapter 2

'WELCOME TO TODAY'S LIVE PERFORMANCE! EVERYBODY SAY "HEY"!' A Golden-haired, eccentric looking man screamed in English from the stage. Jun flinched back instinctively from the overtly loud noise, grimacing as the man only continued.

'Well he's chipper.' He grumbled, and Aki nodded in assent.

'I hope he's not a teacher.' She agreed, picking at her nails. 'I'd go deaf from class.'

'I think it's adorable that he's trying so hard.' Yuki cut in, grinning. 'He's like a puppy that wants your attention.'

Jun rolled his eyes at the girl, slapping a hand into his face as the man continued, unabashed. The three were currently sitting in the main auditorium of UA High, which would be where they would most likely hold school-wide assemblies and other events. It was a fairly lavish, well decorated hall with simple and functional armchairs, leading in a downward slope to the center stage. Jun was sitting somewhere in the middle, where he wouldn't stand out, though it was pointless since his sisters(attention magnets) were with him.

'That's cool my examinee listeners!' He screamed, waving his hands in dramatic fashion. 'I'm here to present the guidelines of your practical!' He thrust a finger into the air. 'Are you ready?!'

He was met with a thick silence, as expected, and Jun smirked to himself as Aki smothered her peals of laughter behind a palm.

'He's laying it on a bit thick don't you think?' Yuki whispered, covering her mouth with her hand, and Jun scratched his head nonchalantly.

'Yeah, he is. I think this guy's called Present Mic or something. I actually think he has a radio talk show, but we never listen to it because it's annoying.' He shifted in his seat, scratching his nose. 'Pretty fitting for how he's always around and making noise.' He poked Aki on the nose. 'Either way, he's just a pain in the ass, and the exam format seems pretty simple, so I doubt this will be particularly difficult.'

'May I ask a question?' A hand brazenly shot up from the throngs of the examinees, and a black haired, glasses-wearing boy shot to his feet with it. He stuck a finger robotically to his handout, gesturing articulately.

'There appears to be no less than four villains on this handout!' He states, slapping the paper in his hands. 'Such a blatant error, if it is one, is highly unbecoming of UA, Japan's top academy! We're all here today in the hopes of becoming model heroes!' He whirled around to address a curly haired boy in the back.

'And you! You've been muttering this whole time, it's distracting! If this is all a game to you, then please leave immediately!' He admonished, and the smaller boy ducked his head, covering himself up in fear. The bespectacled boy spun around, his finger pointing directly at the three siblings.

'And you three! You've been talking non-stop since you've entered the hall! If you truly see no merit in listening to the examination rules and guidelines, then there is no point in you even taking the entrance test to begin with!' He waved a hand robotically at them. 'If you merely wish to spend your time giggling and gossiping, then you have no place trying to enter a top school!'

The girls barely raised an eyebrow at him, disregarding him completely and continuing their conversation, until a sickeningly loud crunch resounded as Jun rose to his feet. Clutched in his hands were the two armrests of his seat, the metal bars having been torn off the chair frame. They creaked in his grip, contorting further with a loud groan that could only belong to steel, and cracked completely in half as his hands balled into fists.

'What the fuck did you say to my sisters?' He spat, his voice menacingly low, and Aki laid a hand on his arm.

'Forget it Jun, it's not worth it. Let the man keep the stick in his ass.' She said coolly, flashing a dazzling smile at the boy, and Yuki mirrored he expression.

'We'll get our chance soon enough, so don't sweat it.' She said, holding her arm out at length to observe her nails. 'Small fry aren't worth the time.'

'OKAY!' Present Mic screamed over them, cutting into the conflict, and Jun sat down quietly, dropping the armrests onto the floor beside him. They fell with muffled thuds onto the carpeted floor, the tips crunched into small fist shaped balls of metal and plastic. He contemplated chucking one at the bespectacled boy, but restrained himself at a stern look from Aki. Present Mic coughed, regaining his composure.

'Alright alright! Examinee 7111 nice catch!' He hollered, waving his arms to bring the attention back to himself. 'The fourth faux villain variety gets you zero points! He's more of an obstacle!' He stroked his golden mustache. 'Only one at each site! A "gimmick" that rampages around in close quarters!'

'Thank you sir! I apologize for the interruption!' The bespectacled boy bowed, and Jun scowled at the boy as he sat down.

'You really need to stop getting so riled up over us.' Aki whispered, pinching Jun's arm, and Yuki nodded over her shoulder.

'Yeah! You're too protective.' She crossed her arms, a look of deep introspective thought on her face. 'I actually don't mind it all that much, it's pretty endearing, but poor Aki-Chan isn't going to get a boyfriend as long as you're around.'

Aki nodded in agreement, pinching the boy harder, and Jun scratched his head, poking the girl. They turned their heads back to the annoying blonde as he finished his briefing.

'That's all from me!'

'Oh Thank God.' Jun groaned.

'I'll leave my listeners with the school motto!' He raised both hands into the air. 'Plus Ultra! Break a leg everyone!'

Jun glanced around the test site nervously. It was a massive city construct, and he found it hard to believe that several of these massive structures were present in the school compound. The three siblings had been split up, since they were from the same school, and been sent to different test sites. He wasn't worried, since the two girls were ridiculously strong, even compared to pro heroes. He glanced across the massive gate, and flinched as an obnoxious voice burst out over the testing fields. He glared up at the blond-headed menace, and focused instead on stretching. He flinched again as another voice rang out, and he glanced around to see the bespectacled boy, and the curly-haired one that had been admonished earlier. While the curly-haired one had no physical indicators as to his quirk, the bespectacled boy had obvious engine-like protrusions from his calves, and inferred that he would most likely have a mobility type quirk.

'Why are you here? Hoping to interfere?' He grabbed the curly-haired boy, and Jun seized the bespectacled boy by the arm. He scowled in his face, gripping the wrist tightly enough that he winced.

'Piss off asshole.' He spat, shoving the boy back. 'I don't get what your problem is, but you don't have the right to run your mouth off to whoever the hell you want.'

'Run my mouth off?! I'm merely acting in the better interest of the people!' He declared, pressing a hand over his heart, and Jun scoffed at the boy.

'Oh yeah? Who died and made you king, huh? What gives you the right?' He squared up to the boy, despite being much shorter than him, and stared him down. 'Quit acting so self-righteous. You're in no greater of a position than any of us are, and you don't have the right to go about impressing your opinions on anyone else.' He shoved the boy again. 'You wanna be an asshole, go be an asshole somewhere else. You're lucky my sisters were there back in the auditorium, or you'd be in the hospital by now.'

He flexed his muscles, clenching his fists, and the boy stared back in kind. Jun jabbed a finger into his face.

'So let me make one thing very clear. Never, and I mean never, insult my sisters ever again.' The bespectacled boy flinched back as waves of lightning-blue electricity crackled across Jun's skin, stepping well out of reach. Jun bore down on him, the lightning beginning to arc out from his body.

'If you do, I will kill you. Nothing of you will remain.' He continued to stare down the boy, and the other examinees merely watched with bated breath. The tension in the air was palpable, but the ensuing conflict was once more interrupted, this time by the sound of an air horn. Present Mic stood up on the gateway, waving his fingers at them.

'And begin! What's wrong? The test already started! Run! Run!' He screamed. As if jolted to life, the examinees turned in a frenzy, making a desperate break for the gateway.

Jun turned away from the boy in a swift motion, charging to the gateway. Lightning continued to crackle across his skin, and he charged down the road. The boy charged past him with little difficulty, erasing any doubt that his quirk was a mobility one, and Jun faltered as he noticed the curly-haired boy rooted to the spot. Dashing back to him, he slapped him across the back, hard.

'Hey! Get a move on! You don't want to be left behind!' He yelled, shoving the boy into a staggering run. His good deed of the day fulfilled, he dashed ahead of the boy, charging towards the city center.

He focused as he ran, picking up faint electrical signals that he assumed were the other examinees, and much stronger and much more obvious signals that could only be power cores. He smirked to himself as he realized the exam couldn't be any more well tailored to his advantage, and homed in on the largest power source close by to him. He staggered to a halt as he skidded into the middle of a street. Frowning in confusion, he looked down at the tarmac beneath him.

There's a massive signal come from down there, but why would they put an enemy underground that we can't fight? He shrugged, his attention diverted as an enemy rounded the corner. It was a three point enemy, and he drove a fist through it easily. Piercing through it's armor, he ripped the power core out of the faux villain. Observing it, he noted a few points he could use to overload it with minimal electricity, and drew the remaining power into his body, feeling it run through his veins and charge up his muscles. He took off down the street, his boosted speed letting him charge easily through the bots ahead of him. Smashing his way through them, he discharged lightning in small bursts, attacking the points on their power cores he could overload, focusing instead on channelling electricity to his muscles. He racked up points easily, getting to over 40 points in a few minutes.

That should be enough to hit solidly in the middle of the pack. Jun thought to himself, breathing out calmly. Another bot rounded the corner, and he backflipped over it easily. Ignoring it, he ran down the street and rounded another corner, coming flat out onto the scene of battle. He blinked briefly, watching the other examinees fight. He dived out of the way as a bot crashed down into where he had been standing, and a short-haired, curvaceous girl waved an apology. She touched her fingers together, dropping the remainder of the boys from the sky, crashing them into the tarmac. Jun raised an eyebrow at her, and noted the bespectacled boy smashing through another bot.

'45!' He gasped, taking off for another enemy, and Jun raised an eyebrow. It seemed the self-righteous bastard actually had some skill. He frowned as he felt a sudden surge of energy behind him, and staggered as the ground jolted violently.

'What the hell?' He swore, slipping on a robot chunk and landing on his ass. He scowled at the direction of the tremor, blanching as he found the source. A four-story tall robot rounded the corner of a nearby building, it's massive appendages leaving massive marks in the sides of the concrete walls. Jun scrambled to his feet, swearing at the contraption.

'Holy shit! UA is crazy!' He yelled, flipping off the robot. He turned on his heel, freezing as he heard a weak voice cry out in pain. He whirled around, searching for the source, and his face went pale when he saw it. The short-haired, curvaceous girl who was making everything float was trapped, her leg jammed under a block of concrete, and she screamed into the ground in pain as the zero point villain's foot closed in on her.

It didn't even register in conscious thought that he had to save her. His body just moved, and before he knew it, Jun was dashing towards the girl, fueling his muscles with an overdrive of energy. He charged the foot as it came down over her, smashing his shoulder into it with a shout of exertion.

He felt pain rocket through his shoulder, but the massive foot, which must have weighed several tons, was pushed aside, slamming down into the floor beside the girl. A shoulder-shaped dent was left in its hull, and Jun grit his teeth, stumbling as he landed and almost falling onto her. He glanced up at the robot, grimacing, and his eyes widened as he saw a figure hurtling up at it.

The curly-haired boy from before had seemingly launched himself straight into the face of the robot, clenching his fist and cocking his arm back. He smashed into the robot, blasting it backwards with a resounding crash. Jun gaped, wide-eyed, as the robot's head caved inwards, crashing backwards to the ground. The boy, his power seemingly expended, hurtled towards the ground. Jun swore as the boy fell, running through options in his mind.

I can reach him if I jump, but I can't land with both of us at that height, he's falling too fast! I can't catch him either, all his bones would break from the impact! Crap! I can't save him! Jun clenched his teeth, glancing about the buildings, and tried to think of a way to reduce the impact of his landing, before feeling a tug on his trousers.

'Hey! Hey! Get this rock off my foot! I can save him! I just need to touch him! Please!' the brown, bouncy-haired girl cried desperately, and Jun raised a hand, pointing it at the concrete block on her leg. A sound like a thunderclap was heard, and the concrete slab was blasted clean off her body. He gathered her into his arms, lifting her off her feet.

'You sure?!' He asked, and she nodded.

'Put me on something, and throw me with it!' She cried, and Jun seized the closest thing to him, which was the missile launcher of a level 3 enemy. Throwing the girl onto it, he hefted the both of them onto his shoulder, and hurled them at the falling boy. At the peak of his throw, the thunderclap resounded again, and the launcher shot through the air.

The launcher hurtled towards the boy, and she reached a hand out desperately. They collided in a tangle of limbs, slapping the boy in the face. The two slowed as they reached the ground, floating just above, and the girl touched her fingertips together.

'Re…lease!' She gasped, and they crashed to the ground in a heap. The curly-haired boy seemed unharmed from the fall, but that said little of the state of his body after that display, and Jun jogged over to check on him. He swore as he got close; both his legs and his right arm were broken. It made complete sense to Jun, as he'd been in the same situation before. The boy crawled desperately in no particular direction, grasping at the ground with his one working arm.

'Just…! One…! Point…!' He gasped, crawling toward a faux enemy, and faltered as Present Mic's voice rang out over the crowd

'IT'S ALL OVER.'

At Home

'So, how'd it go?' Hanabi asked, picking up her chopsticks and clapping her hands together. The other three siblings did the same, and Jun stared down at his fish wordlessly. His thoughts drifted back to the exam, where the boy had been healed by Recovery Girl, but still looked to be in bad shape. He picked at his rice, popping a clump into his mouth, and Yuki smiled across at Hanabi.

'No problem!' She said, making the peace sign. Aki joined her, grinning identically. 'All three cleared with a good margin in the practical, and no way we failed the written test!'

'That's good to hear.' Hanabi said, smiling. 'How many rescue points did you get? That's the really important one.'

'We all got to watch our exam replays! I got 30.' Yuki said, touching her chopsticks to her chin. 'Aki got 25, but surprisingly, Jun got 50!'

Hanabi raised an eyebrow at the boy, who continued to eat, unabashed.

'That's a bit of a surprise.' She said, sipping her soup. 'I wouldn't have expected you to bother helping others in an exam. It doesn't benefit you at all.' She popped salmon into her mouth. 'And the fish is delicious.'

'Thanks.' Jun shrugged, picking up his bowl. 'And I wouldn't have helped her if it wasn't life threatening. The zero point faux villain could have killed her if I hadn't stepped in. It was a bit of a blunder on the academy's part, for something that dangerous to run unchecked.'

'Well, it wouldn't be very realistic if there were no risks.' Aki pointed out, and Yuki grinned.

'He was super cool! He smashed the robot's foot so hard it left a Jun-shaped dent in it!' She laughed. 'Though the other guy who managed to blow it completely away seems to have more power.'

'True.' Aki said. 'But he didn't seem to have any control over it, neither did he seem to be able to take the strain of his quirk.' Her face darkened slightly. 'He reminds me of when Jun first trained to use his quirks properly.'

The mood turned somber in an instant, and the girls glanced across each other quietly. Leaning over in her seat, Yuki pecked Jun on the cheek, smiling at him.

'Well, he saved someone today! That's a cause of celebration!' She exclaimed, kissing him again. Hanabi glared at the girl.

'Yuki, don't kiss your brother at the dinner table.' She scolded, and Yuki rolled her eyes.

'Why not? It's not like we're related by blood or anything.' She said, and Hanabi sighed.

'That's not the point. We're having dinner.'

'What? What kind of reason is that?'

Jun rolled his eyes affectionately at the two blood sisters as they squabbled, taking Aki's hand. He squeezed it, and she smiled at him.

'We're one step closer to our goal.' She whispered, and he grinned at her.

'One step closer to heroes.'

Chapter 2 done! I'm so stoked about this fic.