CHAPTER THREE: MR. AIWAZA'S QUIRK APPRHENSION TEST

The letters came about a week after the entrance exam, and Ben practically tore his open the moment his uncle brought it into the room. A little disc slid out and turned on, projecting an image of the Symbol of Peace: All Might.

"I AM HERE BUT AS A HOLOGRAM!"

All Might then went on to explain how he did on the practical test and written exam. While he did great at the practical part, when it came to written exam, he did average at best. 'Damn, the way I took out that zero pointer was the only thing I could think about…'

He didn't let that get him down though, because soon All Might said the words he had been waiting so long to here.

"Young man… Welcome to U.A. highschool!"

He roared in triumph and leapt out of his chair, and raised his hands towards the sky.

U.A. HIGHSCHOOL, CLASS 1-A

The days leading up to today had been a blur, and now Ben stood at the front of an enormous door, with a big fat grin plastered on his face.

"Class 1-A… this is the place."

Ben reached for the door knob, and forced down any ounce of nervousness as he opened the door and peered into the classroom. The first thing he saw was the guy who called out that one kid during the exam presentation arguing with another person who had smug grin spreading across his face. They both turned towards him upon his entrance, and the taller of the two approached Ben.

"Good morning, my name is Tenya Iida from the Somei Private Academy, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Morning, I'm Ben Takuya. I came here from America. Pleasure to meet you too."

They shook hands and Ben looked over the room to find an open desk when the door opened. The two boys turned around and saw the plain-looking kid from the auditorium. He saw Iida and nervousness etched into his face. Iida introduced himself and Ben did too, and the kid said his name was Izuku Midoriya.

"Hey, I recognize that messed up hair!"

The trio looked at the doorway and sound a brown-haired girl standing there, immediately talking to Midoriya. She said something about taking out that huge robot with one punch, and that caught Ben's attention. 'He took out a zero pointer too? He looks so plain, and yet his quirk is powerful?'

While they talked, Ben turned his attention to a scruffy looking man inside a yellow sleeping bag, his bloodshot eyes staring at them. Wait, what?

"What is that?!" Ben shouted in surprise, pointing towards the bag.

The rest looked in the direction he was pointing at and saw the man and gasped in surprise.

"If you're here to make friends, you can go ahead and leave." Was the man's reply, as he gulped down a juice packet in a single go. He unzipped the bag and stood up.

"Welcome to U.A.'s hero course."

He rose from the ground and unzipped the bag, staring at them with disdain, as though they were bugs he found in the cabinet.

"It took you all eight seconds to get quiet, that's not going to cut it. Time is precious, and anyone should realize that. I'm Shota Aiwaza by the way, your teacher." The man finished, and he reached into a bag and pulled out some clothes.

"Put these on, and head outside."

U.A. HIGHSCHOOL, PHYSICAL EDUCATION FIELD

"A quirk assessment test?" Rang out into the air, as the students of 1-A looked at their homeroom teacher in shock.

"What about orientation?" Asked the girl from the doorway.

"If you want to make in the big leagues, kid, you can't waste time on pointless assemblies." Was Aiwaza's reply, his back turned to the students. He turned around to face them and spoke again. "U.A. doesn't follow tradition, so I'm allowed to run my class however I want too. You've been taking standardized tests for as long as you can remember, but you could never use them in physical exams." He scoffed, shaking his head in disgust. "The higher ups in the world want to believe we're all created equal, and keep the strongest from excelling. One day they'll learn."

He turned towards the blonde boy from earlier. "Bakugo, you managed to score the most points during the entrance exam. What's the farthest you could through a ball in junior high?"

"Bout sixty-seven meters." Bakugo replied.

"Hm, now try again. This time using your quirk to enhance your throw."

Bakugo took the ball from Aiwaza, and stood in the circle.

"DIEEEEEEEEEEEE!" He screamed, as he threw the ball and used his quirk. The ball was propelled through the air by an explosion and Aiwaza turned around with his phone in hand.

"Woah… seven hundred and five meters?" Ben said, his eyes widening in surprise.

"That's Bakugo for you." Midoriya replied.

The students begin to talk among themselves, some saying that it looked like fun. This obviously didn't please Aiwaza, as he looked over them with disgust for what seemed like the hundredth time that day.

"Fun? You think this is fun? Well let's spice it up a bit then. Today you'll be taking part in eight physical tests, and you'll be placed on how well you do. Whoever places last has no potential, and they'll be expelled." He finished this off with menacing grin as he looked over the now terrified students.

"B-but it's just the first day! That's not fair!"

"Fair? Do you think natural disasters are fair? If you're going to become a hero, you'll have to realize that the world isn't what you think it is. Now let's move on."

Aiwaza led the class to a track with a robot at the end of it and turned to address them.

"The first test is a 50-meter dash. You're allowed to use your quirks of course."


The students began to go up in pairs of twos, and Ben waited with the other students. While he waited for his turn, he watched the other students as they used their quirks, and soon it was his turn. He lined up parallel with a short kid who had grape shaped hair, and activated Stockpile. Since he'd be using it for most of the challenges, he decided to spread it through his whole body instead of just his legs. He felt power warm his whole body, and his scars from all the training and villain fights begin to glow blue. The light from the ones on his arms dulled a bit, and he relaxed his muscles.

He heard a few comments about it from the crowd, luckily none of them negative, and he took off at the sound of the robot saying go. He blazed across the track and passed the robot, which exclaimed "4.30 seconds!" He skidded to stop and was greeted with cheers from the crowd, and smiled brightly at them.

The students were now congregated in a large room and picked up devices that would measure the grip strength. A few were aweing over some of the classmates scores, especially the guy with multiple arms. Ben gripped his tightly and looked at his score: 149 kilograms.

'Not bad, but compared to that dupli-arms guy, it's pretty low.'


"INFINITY?!" The class collectively exclaimed for the second time that day. The girl with brown hair had used her quirk to keep the ball going on until it disappeared from sight. Ben stepped into the circle and was handed a ball. There was no way he could get a score like infinity, but he could definitely spice up his throw a bit.

His steel-blue eyes were filled with determination as he focused all his power to his right arm and let it run freely, as he was going to use 100% for the throw. The scars on his arm glowed brightly and Ben took a step back. There were murmurs in the crowd about how far he'd be able to throw it and Ben pulled his arm back. Then he threw the ball and it blasted high into the sky by a powerful gust of wind. There were gasps of surprise and awe as the ball became smaller and smaller, before landing. Aiwaza displayed his phone and Ben grinned at his score: 727 meters. He stepped out of the circle and Midoriya took his position. He hadn't used his quirk at all, and some wondered what it would be. Midoriya pulled his arm back and activated his quirk while throwing the ball with everything he had.

"67 meters!"

Midoriya looked up, devastated and started to mutter something in response but he was quickly shut up by Aiwaza.

"I erased your quirk."

Everyones eyes shot towards him, and they met Aiwaza's glowing red ones, that seemed to spark a flame of fear in every student there. His hair floated above his face and so did his scarf, wriggling as though they were snakes.

"Planning on crippling yourself again, were you?" He scoffed with disgust, and stared daggers at Midoriya. Then his scarf lashed out into the air, and wrapped themselves firmly around Midoriya, pulling the boy towards Aiwaza as he writhed in an attempt to get free. "They should've never allowed someone like you into the school. How can you plan on being a hero if your quirk destroys your body?" At this point, the two were face to face, with Aiwaza looking menacingly at the boy.

"I-I…" Midoriya stuttered, trying to form a response to the teacher, but failing miserably.

Aiwaza just closed his eyes in response, and the scarf unwrapped itself from Midoriya. "I've returned your quirk. Take your throw and be done with it."

"Ouch, that was harsh." Someone muttered. Ben couldn't help but agree with them, as he watched Midoriya go back to the circle, his head hung low.

Midoriya gripped the ball tightly, and started to pull his hand back.

"No way, is he really going to do it? After what happened?" Ben looked on in shock, as Midoriya's eyes were ignited with a determined fire. Then he yelled out "Smash!" and with sound comparable like a crack of thunder, the ball flew into the air, quickly becoming a speck in the distance. It hit the ground and rolled to a stop and Midoriya turned towards Aiwaza, gripping his throwing hand tightly.

"S-see , I'm still standing!" He said, tears threatening to spill out of his eyes. Aiwaza said nothing, with a wide grin spread on his face. As everyone calmed down from the throw, Bakugo launched forward, his red eyes filled with murderous intent.

"DEKU, YOU QUIRKLESS BASTARD!" He screamed, his hands crackling as he sprinted madly toward the now terrified boy.

His sprint was stopped short by a familiar scarf, and Bakugo struggled against it.

"Damn it, why's your scarf so damn strong?!"

Everyone turned towards Aiwaza, his face the same it had been when he stopped Midoriya from throwing the ball.

"That's because it's a capture weapon made of carbon fiber and a special metal alloy. Stand down." Aiwaza said, still restraining Bakugo. "It'd be wise to avoid making me use my quirk so much. I get serious dry eye."

"Too bad! That quirk is amazing!" The class said in unison.

"You're wasting my time now, whoever's next can step up." Aiwaza said.


Compared to the ball throw, the rest of the day was pretty normal, and the class stared at the score board, seeing where they were.

"Seventh place, not bad!" Ben said, feeling pretty proud of himself.

"Yeah, but Midoriya got last place, and remember what said?" The brown-haired girl, who he now knew as Uraraka, said.

"Oh, yeah, you're right. It sucks, since his quirk was pretty cool." Thinking back on it, there was something about Midoriya's quirk that was nagging at Ben, but he couldn't place his finger on it.

"Oh, what I said earlier was a lie. Just something to make sure you all tried your best." Aiwaza said casually, like he had just asked what was for lunch.

A majority of the class was floored with this information, but a few claimed they had known this from the start. Ben was just glad that Midoriya wasn't getting expelled, as that would've been a waste of potential.

Ben exited the school with Iida, and looked over the mass of students, and spotted a head of messy green hair.

"Hey, I see Midoriya up ahead, let's catch up with him!"

The two had joined up with the boy and they walked along each other, Midoriya telling them how Recovery Girl had healed his wound pretty quick, but he felt exhausted after. They walked for a bit before a voice rang out, and the three boys looked behind them, only to see Uraraka running towards them. They stopped and she joined them, the four heading towards the station. Ben smiled to himself as they talked about the events that day and their quirks, glad that he had already made friends.

AUTHOR'S NOTES

Sorry this chapter took so long to get out, but my teachers have been relentless with the projects their loading on us. Please send help. I decided to change how it looks when Ben activates Stockpile, as I didn't really like the original version.

Now onto the reviews!

DarkShadow124: Ben's going to be suspicious about Midoriya's quirk, and I don't know if I want him to figure it out or not!

Shinnypichu88: I see where you're coming from, and I'm definitely going to explain the quirk some more after USJ.

Crash Barecode: I'm glad you liked the chapter, and I'm glad you told me how you felt! I will make sure Ben's fighting style is different than Midoriya's, and I'll see if there's anything else about him that isn't major that I can change

Ken Kaneki: I'm glad you love it!

Lifke123: I'm glad you like that Ben isn't OP, as that's something I want to avoid with him.

Well that's it for this chapter! Hopefully the next one won't take too long to get out!