Sorry for the long wait, I spent the last few weeks rewriting this same chapter. I changed the point of view to third person and you will be seeing some sneek peeks of some sumbitted OC's and my own. See the end of the chapter for notes. I do not own the world of My Hero Academia.
A young girl stood there, tears forming and running down her cheeks. An occasional snuffle came out of her mouth. She was surrounded, cornered, humiliated.
"It seems you were lying about your quirk all along. If your quirk is as powerful and flashy as you boasted about, then come along and show it to us." Came the voice of a boy her age, superiority was present in his voice.
"Yeah show it, quirkless" Came another
"I-I have a quirk you know, I don't have the extra pinky toe. I-It's just that it's too dangerous for me to use it." The girl stuttered. Shivering as a hand landed on her shoulder.
"You're lying, just like you are about your brother. Attending U.A, as if. You're just a weak, lying, quirkless wannabe." He remarked. He was about to strike her before his lackey behind him spoke up.
"Jake, there's no point. She isn't worth your time, let's play heroes and villains." Came the voice again.
"Yeah let's go." He said, looking into the girl's eyes before muttering "Worthless."
Sky's eyes shot open, before shutting close due to the light of the morning. That event was fresh in her memory, it came back over and over and stung like a needle. But every time it happened she reminded herself; she wasn't weak, she never lied and in no way she was quirkless. Rubbing her eyes she looked up to her roof. Debating whether she wanted to leave the safety of her bed of not. One side argued, it was the start of the summer she could just sleep in. The other reminded her, it was the day of the exam.
She shot up, it was the day of the exam. The day of her new future. As she stepped out of bed she yawned before stretching, feeling the almost satisfying sound of cracking joints. Before taking a look out the window of her bedroom. It was wide and she could see almost everything in front of her. Her eye peered to the nearby buildings that surrounded her apartment. Beyond that there was the city she lived close to, gleaming in the sunrise. And way beyond that she could just make out the silhouette of the Victory stadium.
Her sightseeing was interrupted by a small alert on her phone. She walked from her window and removed her phone from its wireless charging hub. She unlocked the screen and saw a notification from Caesar.
-'Ready for the exams, I'm taking mine today test slot 4 so I'm going later in the evening. When are you doing yours, if today then good luck.' - Caesar
She was quick to text back, slightly disappointed by the fact she wouldn't be taking the exam with him
-'Ready as ever, Mine is actually test slot 1 so I have 2 hrs to get to the school.' - Sky
-' Good luck'- Caesar
-'Good luck'- Sky
She locked her phone and stared at it, lost in her thoughts; it was common for her to be easily distracted. Dropping her phone on her messy bed she walked off to the bathroom. She did the usual, brushing her teeth while theorising the existence of quirks and human existence in general. Washing herself and her hair cold water to make sure she didn't fall back asleep.
After cleaning herself she was in her room, deciding what clothes would be appropriate for the exams. After 20 minutes of decision making, she had finally found what she needed. With a small feeling of accomplishment she looked at herself in her full body mirror.
She was a medium height for her age, and her appearance came from both of her parents. Steel eyes from her mother and dark blue hair from her father. Long navy hair reached to the small of her back and was tied in a ponytail. Her chocolate coloured skin finished it off, the colours fitting in almost perfectly.
She tied the shoelaces of her black combat boots, making sure they were on tight. Before heading towards the door of her bedroom, she twisted the doorknob and walked into the hallway, the sole of her durable boots making a thumping noise as she walked down the stairs of the large two storey apartment . As she walked down the hallway,she caught the scent of her favourite breakfast. Spicy bacon and eggs.
Sky made a bold sprint to the kitchen to see her family having breakfast in the dining area, her brother in his hero costume.
"Spicy bacon and eggs, your favourite. Take it as a celebration breakfast." My mother said as she piled some bacon on her plate. It was very rare when people made her favourite meals, most people were put off by her preferences for highly spiced and seasoned food.
"Celebration for you as a JET student." My brother said as he took a bite of the bacon, his face slightly reddening at the flavour. Her family meant well, but they didn't have to celebrate before she had even taken the exam.
"Guys, I don't need to be celebrated before I've even done anything, still thanks for the food." She said with a smile.
"Nope, we know you are going to nail the exams. Even if you don't you can always go to Marshal's school, what was it U.E or something." Her father said as he stuffed himself with the bacon and eggs.
"It is actually U.A, or can be pronounced Yueei. It was a fine institution, I learnt from the very best. And I am now currently in the top 200 heroes in America and fluent in Japanese." Her brother ranted, folding his hands and giving off a small scowl. He didn't like it when people underestimated him.
Sky giggled slightly, her family was something else. She took a seat next to Marshal, and was quick to fill her plate with food. She was glad today was her cheat day, otherwise she couldn't enjoy this luxury . Eating the bacon she savoured the taste, soft and salty before becoming sharp and spicy. Just how she enjoyed it.
She was quick to finish her food, wolfing it down in minutes. And cleaned up her plate. Only 30 minutes until she had to leave and 2 hours until her exam started. She jogged to her printer and collected her details. UN quirk registration form, exam ID and all of the legal forms that had to be delivered on the door. She organised herself, packing a clear pencil case for the written exam,bottles of water so dehydration wasn't a problem and some napkins.
She walked out of her large apartment and looked out the window to see her mom was already in the car waiting for her. She rushed down the multiple flights of stairs, being careful not to collide with anyone. She was close to tumbling into the reception if it weren't for her brother picking her up.
"Woah there speedy, don't get distracted. Just calm down and walk." The young hero said as he dropped her. As she cooled down, she saw a child being pulled by his mother to the front desk. He looked at the hero before a massive smile planted his face.
"Look mom! It's the pro hero ShockBuster. He's so cool, he is one of my favourite heroes. I want to be like him one day." The young boy exclaimed as he jumped around pointing at the pro hero.
Inspiring the next generation into becoming heroes. Another duty of today's superheroes . Once you wore your costume, everybody knew you. Yes the career had a high mortality rate but protecting people is what matters. Oh, she was getting distracted again.
She watched as her brother, no the pro hero walked up to the boy and started talking to him.
"Hey kid, you want to be a hero too. What's your quirk." He asked
"I can see through things, but when I try to it looks all orangey and blue." He said rather innocently. She thought for a while before coming to the conclusion that his quirk has to do with the infrared. A powerful quirk if you went into the Rescue/Capture/Crime route.
"Well if you train your body and your quirk hard enough, maybe you can get into a special school and become a hero. She is going to a hero school too." He said pointing at her with a little smirk. The boy turned to Sky with his big eyes.
"A school for heroes, that's so cool. That's better than my boring school. Can I go to one too, can I become a hero.." The boy asked. His eyes peering into her soul, looking almost searching for an answer. She thought on what she was going to say before replying.
"Yes, yes you can. You can become a hero." She said as the boy was smiling.
"I will become a hero, You'll see me i'll be a great hero. Maybe even becoming one of the pillars of America." He said triumphantly as he struck a heroic pose. Sky couldn't help but smile. He'll be a great hero one day, she knew it.
The boy's mom smiled at him before whispering 'Thank you' to us before heading towards the elevator. She felt a bit happy for partially making someone's dreams. Now she had to make hers come true.
"Well, I have to go on patrol now, see you," Marshal said as he left the building off to his agency. She waved to the boy before meeting her mom in the parking lot.
"Well let's go, the exam is in less than 2 hours." She said rather hurriedly as She entered the car Sky followed after her. Her mom started the engine and they were off. Due to the amount of people going in that one direction to the school. There was traffic, lots of it.
After a long car ride, they finally entered the school grounds. Not far from the main campus. Her curiosity got the best of her as she spent time looking around the area.
The first thing she saw was the Victory stadium. This was her second time seeing it up close. The stadium itself was gargantuan, bigger than the U.A stadium, which on its own was huge.
The path continued through acres of forests, the scenery looked so beautiful. And the care must be put into all of the school grounds must be outstanding.
The school had been rising up the ranks over the past few years. First it started with a low funded common hero school. But due to what critics called, innovative teaching methods. They started pumping out the most skilled heroes in the business. As the school started coming out with great heroes, it started getting more recognition, more funding. And just 5 years ago the school became international and is currently one of best hero schools in the world. Rivalling even U.A.
Sky dreamed of going to this school, from all the promo videos online to the alumni. It looked amazing, and now it was her chance to prove herself worthy of attending this school.
Soon her mom pulled up at the entrance. She just had to stare in awe. The school was in the shape of a ring, a section of the front was cut out with the back elevated to 16 Storeys. In the middle of the ring was a circular building 4 storeys tall. The courtyard itself was flawless. Healthy green trees were on each side of a smooth stone path. In the middle of the said path was a fountain flowing with clear water.
She hung onto her backpack as she looked at the scenery statues,greenery, benches. This school looked perfect. She pulled herself out of her distraction after she checked her phone to find out the exam was starting in less than an hour. She ran into the circular building where the reception, auditorium and food court was.
Fortunately, she made it just in time and turned in all her forms, in turn, she received an examination card and told to go upstairs to the auditorium. She followed a large crowd upstairs and walked into the school's large auditorium.
The room was almost full, save for a few spaces here and there. Rows upon rows of seats went up and up in a semicircle. She luckily found a seat in the 5th row around the middle. After a lot of squeezing between tables and people, she finally found her seat.
As she sat down she observed the person occupying the seat next to her. His built frame and large height created a juxtaposition between the two. He looked intimidating but the calm blue of his concentric irises removed the intimidation immediately.
As she started to get comfortable the lights in the hall dimmed. And on the stage, a silhouette of a man appeared before there was a large blast of some pop music as several spotlights shone on that one man.
"HELLO THERE POTENTIAL STUDENTS. ITS YOUR BOY TEMPEST HERE. WELCOME TO JEEETTTT." The man screamed into the mic, his red dreadlocks and white irises gave it all away. He is the weather manipulator, Tempest. He looked laid back in appearance, but in reality he was JET's head language teacher. Given this title due to the fact he is fluent in 40 different languages. "Y'ALL HYPED FOR THE EXAMS TODAY, LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED." She couldn't hear the response from the crowd as the figure next to her made a rash comment.
"Fuck, my ears hurt so bad. Maybe try not to scream in the fucking mic." He commented, his voice was thick with a Russian accent. She was caught off guard by his use of such language so casually.
"JET INTERNATIONAL'S ENTRANCE EXAM IS A ROLLERCOASTER OF CHALLENGES. YOUR RIGHT TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL WILL BE DECIDED TODAY" " OUT OF THE 100,000 EXAMINEES, ONLY 100 WILL BE ACCEPTED, THE STAKES ARE HIGH. ONLY THE BEST OF THE BEST ATTEND."
People started to talk and comment on how hard it would be to pass, she felt kind of sorry for some people. Lots of people traveled from different countries to take this exam and most won't even be accepted.
"OK THEN KIDS LISTEN UP, AS THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT. AFTER THIS TALK YOU WILL DIRECTED TO YOUR WRITTEN EXAM ROOMS, THE TEST WILL LAST 2 HOURS. IN THAT 2 HOURS YOU WILL BE TESTED ON MATHS, SCIENCE, ENGLISH AND ONE LAST SPECIAL SUBJECT."
One last special subject, her guess was heroics. As this was a heroics exam of course. She was familiar with basic laws, but not that familiar with more complex laws. Her analysis could help in this test as well, and she knew what type of hero she wanted to be.
"NOW TIME FOR THE FUN STUFF, THE PRACTICAL EXAMS. JET INTERNATIONAL HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR ITS OVER THE TOP ENTRANCE EXAM. BUT WHO CARES WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS, AS LONG AS WE GET THE BEST STUDENTS, WE'RE GUCCI"
She had to admit, internationally the school's exams was bashed by parents and the media alike. It was borderline dangerous, some people were seriously injured. And there was a case of someone dying. Nobody knew what went on, but from what people looked like when they came out, it wasn't pretty.
"Y'ALL WILL BE ENTERING A BATTLE CENTER, I WON'T BE SPECIFYING HOW. AND YOUR GOAL IS TO AMASS AS MUCH POINTS AS YOU CAN. NOW YOU ASK, HOW CAN YOU COLLECT POINTS. HERE IS YOUR ANSWER, THERE ARE TWO WAYS OF COLLECTING POINTS IN THIS EXAM. VILLAIN POINTS AND RESCUE POINTS." He paused to catch his breath. "VILLAIN POINTS CAN BE COLLECTED THROUGH THE DESTRUCTION OF ROBOTS BUILT BY OUR ENGINEERING COURSE, THERE ARE 4 TYPES OF ROBOTS. THE ONE POINTER, THE TWO POINTER, THE THREE POINTER AND THE EVER SO RARE 10 POINTER."
"Hmm there is 5 robots on the handout and the fifth has negative 10 points. Did they do this on purpose." Sky thought out loud.
"Of course they did, they don't want dunces taking the exam and passing just by the sheer power of their quirks." The blue-eyed boy commented next to me.
"THE OTHER WAY DO GET POINTS IS BY SAVING PEOPLE. HEARD OF HELP US COMPANY. THEY WILL BE SUPPLYING US WITH VICTIMS FOR THE EXAMS. IN ORDER TO GAIN RESCUE POINTS, ONE MUST MOVE A VICTIM TO A SAFE ZONE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE SAFE ZONES ACROSS YOUR BATTLE CENTRES."
"FOR EVERY VICTIM SAVED AND PLACED IN A SAFE ZONE WILL ACCOUNT FOR 5 POINTS."
"THAT'S ALL YOU GUYS NEED TO KNOW. LET ME TELL YOU A THING WE SAY HERE AT JET. PUSH YOUR LIMITS AND JET ABOVE AND BEYOND, AIM FOR THE SKY AND JET SET GO." He closed off his talk with the school's full motto. Receiving a cheer from the crowd.
As people started to file out she sat there in deep thought. She was quickly caught off guard by the person next to her.
"Hey we are leaving, go think about things later." The same deep Russian voice came.
They didn't specify on how everyone was going to enter the battle center, and they even made the effort of saying they wouldn't specify it. There was going to be something big and something dangerous.
"WE'RE JUMPING OUT OF A FUCKING PLANE." Sky screamed as they took off. She had just finished the written exam, and just boarded an aircraft to the battle centre.
"Congratulations captain fucking OBVIOUS." Came the voice of the boy from the talk.
A gunshot resonated in the aircraft, alarming some of the examinees. Almost puppy-like everyone turned to a tall and muscular man.
"Hey you two, keep your bratty voices down. We have other examinees in here." Came extra deep voice from none other than JET's Physical Education teacher and pro hero, Bullet Aim.
"Yes, you will be jumping from this aircraft from 11,000 feet to be exact. If your quirk isn't registered as a combat type, you are entitled to a parachute."
The room dissolved into chatter.
"Lucky bastards."
"Sir I think I need one."
"I am going to die today, well life sucked anyway."
The pro hero shot another blank. Silencing everyone again.
"Look I don't have that much blank bullets on me, just shut up for God's sake." He commanded, his voice booming in the aircraft. Everyone went silent and he continued his talk.
"You are all situated in battle zone Z, the forest. Anyone with fire type quirks refrain from causing a forest fire. Got it, that's all you need to know." He said as a hatch opened up behind him. Revealing outside.
Lots of the examinees stood back as the air billowed inside. Not many people wanted to make this jump, and the pro hero wasn't having it.
"Ok, then wimps, the first one to jump will be." He started to read from a checklist on his tablet.
"Sky Hollerman and Roman Ivanov, for interrupting me when I was informing you." He said, almost mockingly, as he gestured outside. Sky was shaking, she didn't have a big fear of heights due to her flying training. But the thought of jumping off the plane shook her to the bone, she didn't know why, she didn't know how. But she was scared.
"On the count of five. One, two, five Jump!." The pro hero shouted and the two examinees jumped off. Sky didn't feel anything at first, but it started to hit her. She started to feel sick, the air slapping her face and her eyes going dry. She blinked and looked down, one thing she saw was the emerald green forest below in all its glory. She couldn't think up of a landing strategy, and time was running out. Again she was dragged out of her thoughts by the red head boy above her.
"Oi, if you keep day dreaming you'll die. Are you scared or what, make a fucking landing strategy already." He shouted to her.
She obviously took this as an attack on her pride, she didn't like to be pushed around. And especially not by a foul-mouthed stranger.
"I'm not scared, I'm just enjoying the view. I won't be landing in a while." She replied as calmly as possible trying not to show that she felt like throwing up. The redhead nodded before his back burst into flames and started to take the shape of wings. He started to dive down into the forest. She just had to stare in awe, fire mimicry and manipulation. A powerful quirk indeed.
Her observation was cut short by the fact that she was plummeting to her death. She freaked before twisting her body with a blast to nullify her ever accelerating fall. She landed by setting off one blast close to the ground before doing a second one to land safely.
"I need to stop getting distracted so easily, it almost cost me my life." She muttered to herself before getting to work. The forest was so big that she would waste her time looking for the robots. She needed them to come to her, but how.
Her thinking was cut off by a robot appeared out of the trees. She pulled a shockwave argumented punch and it was destroyed to pieces. As she looked at the tattered parts she saw something crucial, a light sensor. She could send off large blasts of light energy and bring the robots to her.
She was right on it, sending large blasts of light energy to the surrounding area. She took note that she had used up 5% percent of her stockpile to make the blasts. She forgot to recharge her stockpile again, got to be conservative.
After a minute or so 20 robots 10 one pointers, 5 two-pointers and 5 three-pointers came out of the trees and surrounded her. On instant, she combined electricity and shockwave into one punch and punched the ground.
The ground shook and broke apart as the electricity destroyed the robots close to her. She launched herself into the air before sending a roundhouse kick to a robot destroying it. She used the remaining scraps of the machinery to jump off and punch another robot. The slaying of robots continued until she was surrounded with pieces of charred or dismantled robot parts.
After a few seconds the repercussions hit her. Her muscles stung from the use of electricity and her head hurt, she slightly overdid it. Her palms were sweating from all the heat she used. But she had to carry on, she had to pass.
She launched off into the air, in search for more robots. While scanning she heard the sound of whistling behind her, she looked back to see missilery coming towards her. She instantly charged her stockpile on her entire body, blue arcs of lightning forming around her. And used a shockwave to send the missiles flying away from her.
She looked for the root of the missiles to see a ten pointer hidden in the trees. She landed on the beast of a robot before sending a shockwave into the robot, destroying it from the inside. Good, 55 points.
"FIVE MINUTES LEFT I REPEAT FIVE MINUTES LEFT." Came an automated voice.
Sky bit her lip, she couldn't waste anymore time. She created a massive light blast with the radius of 1 mile. She noted down her stockpile had reached almost zero. She decided to use the tall robot she was standing on for high ground as robot upon robot came under her.
She counted, 35 in total. 2 minutes on the clock. She jumped off the tall robot before striking her leg in another roundhouse kick towards a 1 pointer, taking its arm off. She quickly absorbed the free-flowing electricity from the robot and created a 360° shockwave to the robots edging towards her with her foot. She ran over to the other side of the destroyed 10 pointer and used a massive shockwave to send the robots back. Her robot purge was stopped at the sound of what seemed like a baseball buzzer.
"THE EXAM IS OVER, PLEASE REPORT TO THE WEST GATE OF THE FOREST."
Sky could only wonder, how would people know where the west gate even is. She wondered and thought until the adrenaline wore off and the pain came in. Her stomach emptied its contents, her breakfast going everywhere. Her muscles ached and blood came out of her nose.
She took some napkins out one of the pockets of her cargo pants and blew her nose, cringing at the sight of blood and mucus. She had gave this exam her all, even though she couldn't determine how many points she collected.
Against her body's wishes, she took to the skies. Using her remaining energy to find the west gate. She scanned the area, gasping at the sight of a forest fire. The school's new English teacher Terra Breaker and the fire department were keeping it under control. The exams were incredibly dangerous, that's for sure.
She spotted a group of people at what apparently looked like the west gate. Soon comfortably landing as the large pro hero was on the same tablet and checking examinees.
"Tetsuo Hoshasei, you here." He shouted
"Yes Sir." Came a calm voice from the back. His accent was Japanese.
"Sky Hollerman, are you here." He shouted.
"Here" She responded
"Good, all here in check. No injuries, no casualties. But we did have some property damage. Roman what did I say before everyone jumped." He said almost jokingly, as if a forest fire wasn't a massive problem. She noted on how this teacher loved putting people on the spot.
"If you have fire quirks please refrain from causing a forest fire." A deep Russian voice grunted. She recognised it as the same boy from before. Everyone there turned to the boy and he just "tsked" and folded his arms.
"I don't want you showing any sass got it, take responsibility for your actions. Now let's get outta here, the bus should be coming soon."
Monitoring room 10 minutes ago
Somewhere on the school grounds JET faculty was observing the examinees. 30 monitors showed a few clips coming from the live cameras in the battle centres.
"We have an overload of powerful quirks this year. The stakes have been heightened."
"You know Lucy that the quirk doesn't matter, it's the person wielding it, that's why the written exam is incredibly important for passing this exam. It's filled with questions that separate the heroes from the rest. And the practical exam is there to show how they can put their words into practice." Came the lecturing voice of the principal.
"From the plane drop to the terrain the exam takes place on. It's to show how these examinees can handle different challenges thrown at them. And if they can come out victorious, they are worthy of becoming JET students." The voice of the weather master. His calm and laid back tone was present
"Wow, you guys really know what you are doing. Me and Terrain over here are pretty new to the concept of teaching. Especially teaching here. At first I thought you did all these things to look flashy."
"Ah everyone thinks that at first, so don't feel bad. Due to how we teach here we've risen up the ranks internationally. Our original goal as JET hero was to foster the foundation of the greatest heroes, we filled that quota ages ago when you graduated and became the symbol of the people at such a young age." The principal said.
"After that, we wanted to rival U.A, we filled that quota five years ago when we became JET international."
"You guys have come so far ever since I used to go here. Anyway, thank you for the job. It can keep me safe while I'm recovering my arm."
"Don't worry at JET we always make sure we keep our students and staff safe."
"Change of subject, can you guys pick out any potential students."
"Well that kid with green hair and that girl with blue hair in battle zone Z are using their quirks to attract and destroy robots. A very intelligent choice. They exhibit the ability to analyse and strategise under pressure."
"That kid with reddish orange hair in battle zone Z and that boy with claws in battle zone E show potential. They can scout and destroy robots with just brute force."
"What about that girl, she has some sort of power up quirk in battle zone A. She is using different abilities to destroy robots and save people."
"To be honest, this year is promising. I can't wait to teach lot."
"Well that depends if Radomir doesn't torture them to death."
"Don't demonetize my teaching methods, after all, I have the most skilled students leaving my class."
"Actually it's our class, and this year give the kids a bit of slack."
"Not happening Rapunzel, I don't want my students becoming soft."
"I swear you two are adorable."
"Shut up."
"Um, principal, one of the examinees in zone Z has just caused a forest fire."
"Terra Breaker, the only reason we hired you was to sort out problems like this." Said the principal.
"I know, and the only reason I took up the job was that I needed extra cash."
"Like a match made in heaven."
"I just wonder, how much of the school's budget goes to these exams."
"1%, we own the aircraft so we only needed to rent the runway. And Help us volunteered "
"But It's hard work running the exams you see."
"That's one thing we can all agree on."
"True." The entire room said in unison.
And with that, the examinations ended. Most came out disappointed, for not giving their all. A small minority came out with smiles on their faces, knowing what awaited them.
So here is the third chapter, I just want to point out that
- All of the teachers are based off my own teachers
- Most of the OC's will be introduced next chapter
- If I have time I may draw a full class photo
- The next upload will be a double to make up for the amount of time this one took
If you can sumbit an OC it would be really helpful if I can fill up the class as quickly as possible.