I do not own anything in this story except for Damon as he is from my own imagination. I have modeled Damon after myself.
Damon headed back to his house to change into his school uniform and get his gym clothes. When he was ready and out the door, he put on his headphones and turned on his rock playlist. He listened to the songs while jogging to UA.
A few minutes later
"So this is UA." Damon turned off his music and pulled his headphones off. "It's smaller than I imagined." Even though he had lived in this city for several years, he had never seen actually seen the UA building. No particular reason why he had just was never on this side of the city.
For the first time ever, Damon was out in public without his hood on and he wasn't in school. He had long jet black hair that he kept in a man bun.
Due to his quirk, Damon's hearing was more sensitive than that of normal human levels, enough to hear the music coming from the headphones of someone coming up behind him. Turning around because he recognized the song, he saw a girl with purple hair and what looked like earphone jacks dangling from her ears.
The girl spotted Damon looking at her and took her headphones off. "Yes?"
"Animal I have Become by Three Days Grace. Nice choice, that's a good song." The girl looked at him confused not saying a word. "Welp, I'm gone. Good luck with the exam." Damon turned around and walked inside.
The written exam was easier than he thought. He had been worried that it would be the thing that gave him trouble but Damon had breezed through it. But now was time for the practical. The part of the test that he had trained relentlessly for.
Damon found himself sitting next to a girl with pink skin, pink hair, and horns.
"Hey, you have horns too?"
Damon looked at this girl for a minute before answering. "Obviously, what's it to you?"
"I like others with horns. Hey, want to be horn buddies?"
Damon didn't like that name. "I'll be your friend but don't bring up 'horn buddies.' It's weird."
"Ok, I'm glad we're friends."
Before Damon could say anything Present Mic stepped up to the podium. "Hello, thanks for tuning in young listeners, can I get a HEY!" The entire room was silent. "Wow, tough crowd. Regardless, I am here to explain to you the rules of the practical, YEAH. You will make your way through mock towns fighting three different faux villains, each forth points ranging from 1 to 3."
Just then a hand shot up ways down the row and a blue-haired boy stood up. "Present Mic, I have a question. You said there are three villains but on the handout, there is another robot, if this is a typo, UA should feel ashamed. This is not what I expect from the top hero school in the country." He then turned around and pointed to the back. "And you with the messy hair, you have been muttering throughout the whole thing, if you are not taking this seriously then you should just leave." There was a squeaky sorry, but Damon wasn't having it.
He stood up and said. "Hey asshole, everyone has their own way of concentrating. I heard the kid muttering too but I ignored it, and I suggest you do too. And before you get on to someone about disruptions, you should look at your own actions first, dumbass."
"Examinee 146, thank you for defending your fellow examinee. Excellent question Examinee 135, the fourth robot is just an obstacle and worth zero points, so best avoid it. Now go to your designated stages."
Damon had changed into his gym clothes which were a pair of shorts and a black skin-tight sleeveless shirt. He looked around to see who he was testing with and he saw the blue-haired kid and Midoriya. The blue-haired kid started walking up to Midoriya but Damon stopped him before he could.
"If you're going to get on to him for distracting someone, look at what you're doing first." Damon then walked away and started stretching.
He had just finished stretching when Present Mic shouted, "START." Damon immediately shot forward looking for the first robot. "What are you waiting for? There's no count down in a real fight. That guy's got it."
Damon soon heard the sound of several footsteps behind signaling the other students had entered but he wasn't worried as he already had about 23 points.
Observation room
"There are some interesting candidates this year." A small animal said looking at the screen.
"Yes, though there are some that cause me to worry. One in particular." A broad-shouldered man with fangs spoke up.
A scantily woman stepped forward. "You talking about the pyromancer in stage C?" She pointed to a screen that displayed Damon.
"Yes, he seems especially powerful. And his appearance is worrying."
A large man with blond hair spoke up. "His name is Damon Kent. I spoke with him briefly at dagobah beach this morning. He made it clear he has no love for his father."
"I'll be the judge of that." A tired man said, his black hair hanging over his eyes hiding the uncharacteristic fury as he looked at Damon.
"Well, let's test these young ones now why don't we?" Said the animal while pressing a button.
Testing Arena
Damon had racked up about 93 points so far and the robots were thinning out. Damon stopped destroying them and let the other testers gat points. So he waited for the end, sitting on the edge of a building.
Damon had caught sight of Midoriya several times running around like a headless chicken.
"Well, I guess that's it for him." He was broken out of his thinking by the whole place rumbling. Looking over he saw a giant robot. "That's the 0-pointer. These guys must be crazy."
He stood up to walk away but saw that the robot had destroyed some buildings were he had spotted a girl a couple of minutes before. Realizing what he had to do, he sighed. "Great, well-helping people is a part of a hero's job. Might as well start now."
He jumped from building to building in the direction of the robot. When he got there, he saw Midoriya running toward the robot. "Ok, so he's got the robot." He looked around and saw the girl trapped under some debris. "I'll get the girl."
He jumped from the building shooting flames from his feet to soften the landing and ran towards the girl. He looked just in time to see Midoriya shoot from the ground into the air. "K, guess he's fairly powerful." He refocused on the girl. When he arrived he threw off the boulder and picked the girl up and started running away.
He set the girl down and looked to see Midoriya falling and speeding up. Doing some quick mental calculations, he realized that Midoriya's limbs were broken and he started running.
When he got close enough, he bent his knees and yelled. "COMBUSTION JUMP!" A quick powerful burst of fire exploded from the bottom of his feet as he straightened his knees and blasted off the ground headed straight for Midoriya.
Luckily enough Damon and Midoriya collided mid-air and as they descended Damon shot rocket like flames from his feet to slow them down.
When they landed, Damon started walking to the crowd but heard Midoriya mutter. "Just one point. I need to get one point."
Feeling sorry and surprised Damon said. "Sorry man but in this state your not doing anything else." Midoriya looks at him as if wanting to argue. But Damon stopped him. "Your limbs are broken and possibly shattered due to your quirk. If you don't let them heal before you start using them again you will cause permanent damage and possibly lose all motor function. So you will do nothing more and I will make sure of that. I'm sorry but maybe there will be a miracle and you'll get in based on your action."
Just than Present Mic yelled. "THAT'S IT. TIMES UP."
Damon walked over to where he placed the girl and put Midoriya next to him.
"OI, what are you doing here, with that villain quirk." someone yelled at Damon causing his flames to flare up.
Damon stood up and turned around. "Who said that?" A blond boy stepped forward and the crowd encircled them. "What makes you think I have a villain quirk. Is it because it makes me look like a devil?"
The blond nodded his head. "Yes, someone with your quirk is more suited to be a villain as they could never calm a civilian in trouble."
"Oh, really. Let me direct your attention to a hero pole you probably don't know about. This pole is called 'Heros that looked like they are villains' and guess what, Gang Orca is in the top 5." Damon stepped toward the blond his flames growing hotter. "Also there is no such thing as a 'Villain' or 'Hero' quirk. They're all quirks, it's based on how you use them. Sure some quirks might give their users frightening appearances but that doesn't make them villain quirks."
Before anything could escalate, a voice called out. "Make way. Make way. What's going on here? Is there anyone hurt?"
Damon extinguished his flames and turned around and saw a little old lady he recognized as Recovery Girl. "Yes, these two." He pointed at the girl and Midoriya. Midoriya was out cold and the girl was staring at Damon as if she had seen a ghost.
Recovery Girl first healed the girl and then slightly healed Midoriya.
While she was doing that, Damon slipped away, walking toward the exit while looking at his hand. "Why father, even though you are probably miles away your shadow still lingers over me like a blanket."
