Hello everyone, I hope you like this newest chapter as it will be also be an introduction to more Nanatsu no Taizai characters.
Chapter 3
TEN MONTHS LATER, OUTSIDE OF U.A. HIGHSCHOOL 8:40 AM
"So, I'm actually here." Spoke the teen Escanor who stood at the entrance to U.A. while seeing a sigh next to it, telling him the exam location the is inside. After staring at it for a few seconds, he looks down sadly at the fact during those ten months he's been trying to find Izuku yet could not find a single trail of him. With a deep breath, he enters through the entrance slowly, feeling very nervous at the fact this is something he never once expected of ever doing.
"Move." When he heard that, almost immediately a look of fear appears on his face and turns fast to see a slightly annoyed Katsuki approaching him.
"I'm not in the mood to deal with you so stay out of my way." With that single warning, he did as was told and gets out of his way to his classmate who walks past him with great annoyance, after doing so the orange haired teen just looks at Katsuki's back. Ever since the day after the event, Katsuki stopped bullying Escanor as well as, the moment he found out about Izuku and his mother his more arrogant, crude, and violent personality slowly started to die down, he still had it but doesn't act out much like he once did.
"Hopefully, he's ok..." Escanor thought, tho he found it pleasant he was no longer bullied but even so he was still more worried for how different he's been acting from his usual prideful self. As he watched him walking away, he noticed others looking at Katsuki while talking about the sludge incident almost a year ago.
"Is that really you Escanor?!" When he heard that familiar voice, he turns to be met with a girl with fair skin, big round brown eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair which sports two long locks beside her face and a short bob at the back.
"Ochako?" He said with great surprise, having not seen her since he moved to Japan, just staring at the smiling girl.
"So it really is you! I haven't seen you since we were kids before you and your family moved to Japan. It was only a month ago I found out my dad was transferring to Japan but enough about that, I never knew you had a Quirk." When she said that, Escanor looks away while he spoke with slight embarrassment and nervousness.
"Yeah...I discovered it about almost a year ago." When he said that, Ochako smiles happily at seeing her childhood friend finally awakened his Quirk.
"That's great! If it's you, I know it'll be amazing! Well, let's talk later, bye!" When she said that, Escanor just stares at the girl who was giving him a wave as she headed for the door. Watching this scene, Escanor just stands there before he looks down depressed.
"I can't tell her, I was disowned...I don't want to worry her." After thinking that, he hurries towards his exam, not seeing another orange haired teen running full speed towards the exam.
FEW MINUTES LATER IN THE ORIENTATION ROOM
Escanor sat quietly like the crowd around him filled with examines that sat in the dark before the lights turned on, giving them the view which they saw the schools emblem with a Pro Hero standing in front of it with a mic in hand, what was very noticeable about his odd hairstyle.
"Hello U.A. candidates, I will be the one conducting your orientation today! If you don't know, I'm the Wind Hero; Tempest but once your enrolled you can call me Howzer." The man told the crowd of examinees with a smile, overlooking the examinee's faces to see if he somehow screwed up the introduction yet continued with confidence.
"Now, this is how it will be—" He stops after the mic suddenly cuts off, causing him to blink in surprise before he starts tapping it a few times before looking up to see everyone staring at him more closely which he starts to sweat in embarrassment.
"I-I can fix this!" Howzer shouts as he immediately goes to open up the mic to see if theirs a problem on his end but stopped after hearing someone shout.
"Can you fix your hair while your at it?"
That single reply didn't go unreplied by Howzer who's eye starts to twitch.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY SMARTASS?!" Howzer demands the single examines that had said that, causing many to look to see the guy who said it, what was mostly noticeable about him was his short, spiky, pale blue hair and thin eyebrows, as well as a pair of scarlet-red eyes. He just sat there with his his legs on the seat in front of him, taking things easy while laughs could be heard across the crowd of examiness yet two simply sighed to themselves as they sat with the guy between them. One having medium length brown hair which is tied up into large twin tails and purple eyes tho it was very noticeable she had a well-endowed and curvaceous body, despite being a teen to her facial appearance is relatively childlike just like the other one that sat on the other side of the disrespectful teen, he looked like a young boy with short brown hair, a high forehead, thin eyebrows, and brownish-orange eyes.
"Shut it Ban." Both said simultaneously to their friend who simply laughs with a wide smile on his face. Seeing him, Escanor was surprised at how he said such a thing to the one in charge of their orientation just before he heard someone on his right speak.
"Seems he's overly confident." When Escanor heard that, he looks to his right where he was met with a fellow orange haired teen who sat next to him, he appeared to be very youthful in facial features as well as handsome due to receiving looks from many girls around him, unlike Escanor's combed hair, he had messy orange hair and a long cowlick that falls over the left side of his face. Seeing him, Escanor just blinks but not because of him but because the hat some kinda cat on his head, it looked like a small cat head furball with a tail that possessed white with red markings on its fur.
"Is that a cat?" Escanor questioned the teen who blinks in surprise before he looks at the cat atop his head.
"Oh him, he's Cath." He said, introducing the small animal that had started to nibble on hair.
"Oh...wait, are we even allowed to have pets here?" When he asked that, instead of an answer from the teen, he got own from...
"Shut it or I'll pounce on you." Cath threatened Escanor who immediately showed a terrified expression while staring at the cat that stares back at him in fear until the cat got a pat on the head.
"No need Cath, he's right you should have stayed home." When he told the cat that, it simply shakes its...well it was basically a head and just shook itself.
"Little ol' me would feel better if I stayed with you Arthur." The cat told the boy with Escanor snapping out of his fear and he blinked with surprise at finding out his seat neighbors name just before they heard Howzer speak.
"O-Ok, I think this is working now!" Howzer shouted, gaining their attention to see he's gotten his mic to work again.
"Anyways, you will be conducting mock battles within our battle cities. Above me you'll see A-G of the locations you will be placed in, you will know where you will be placed from the cards you were given as you entered." Once that was said, the two seat mates checked their cards in silence, immediately Arthur peaks at Escanor's card and smiles.
"Guess we will both be assigned to the same city, huh!" when he said that, Escanor just blinks in surprise before looking at his card that showed he was heading to Battle City B before he was given a look from Arthur who also had the same card but the moment he saw the card, his eyes widen to see the last name "Pendragon".
"Now, these are the ones you will be hunting. Their are three types of foes you will find in all the cities, points are given by defeating them, depending on their level it's 1-3 you can earn. Now, attacking other examines is immediately fail." Just after saying that, almost immediately one examines spoke.
"Excuse me, sir but I have a question." The examines asked as he stood up to gain looks.
"Yes, what is it?" Once that was said, he got a question fast just as a spotlight shined on the four eyes.
"On the printout, you listed four types of villains, not three. With all respect, if this is an error on official U.A. materials, it is shameful. We are exemplary examiness, we expect the best from Japan's most noticeable schools, a mistake such as this won't do." Just after saying that, he turns fast to now point at Ban.
"Now, stop showing disrespect to the faculty of this school and take your feet off that chair, this is a prestige school, stop acting like a hoodlum!" He told Ban who found him to be a little funny at how he's acting and watches him turn to big Escanor and Arthur.
"Now you two! You guys have been muttering this entire time so stop that and remove the animal from the building immediately, this is a school not some shelter. If you guys can't take this seriously then leave, your distracting the rest of us." Once that was said, Escanor looks down sadly as he could see and hear laughs and looks that showed they were mocking Escanor, that was until a single one spoke and it wasn't Arthur.
"Keep on talking four-eyes, or else not even fish will save you from little ol' me." When that was said, unlike last time he spoke, everyone was listening and many just stared at the cat in complete and utter shock at the fact it spoke.
"D-Did that cat just threaten me?" The examines demands and when he said that, Ban just started laughing his ass off like many examines who found the fact a talking cat straight up threatened an examine.
"Now now, that is enough." When they heard that deep and loud voice, they all directed their gaze at a man walking on stage, the man had long black hair that reaches up to his shoulder, with a short beard as well as wearing a suit.
"S-Sir Dreyfus." Howzer said to the man who stretched out his hand, immediately being handed the mic that he proceeded to speak into.
"As you should know, I am the Principal of this school. You may refer to me as Principal Dreyfus or just Principal. Now, before I go on it seems that their is a problem, may I ask what it is?" After asking that, he directed his gaze at the student who immediately bows.
"Principal Sir, you see they were being discre—" He was cut off by the man who spoke seriously.
"And you were not?" When he asked that, the student froze as he looks up to see he was serious.
"I heard everything from where I stood from backstage and I will not accept any and all behavior that aims to belittle potential students of U.A., like you they too aim to be Hero's even if they don't act like what you think a Hero in training should act, and with it you must also know that teamwork is a necessary part of being one, disrespecting your classmates is something I will not allow in my school, understand...?" Once that was asked, the student merely bows while he apologized before he sits down.
"Wait Sir, aren't you forgetting about the part involving not to disrespect a teacher?" When asked that, the man just smiles while he looks at Howzer.
"Well yes, but your an acceptation since your used to being disrespected when it comes to your hair." Just after saying that, a round of laughter was heard as Dreyfus hands back the mic to a depressed Howzer who takes it as he sighs loudly while the man starts walking back but as he did he glances at Escanor.
"That boy, so he's the one who stopped that Sludge Villain and saved a fellow classmate, interesting..." As he thought that, he looks away and continued walking while Howzer spoke again.
"Ok, now back to the point of this orientation. The fourth foe in this test is worth zero points, think of it as the enemy you can't beat but instead retreat from. Now that's all I needed to say, the rest is up to you on this test so don't overdo it." With those words, everyone began standing up except for Escanor who was looking down as he doesn't know he can do this until he felt a hand touch his shoulder and looks up to find Arthur standing behind him, giving him a thumbs up which causes him to muster a smile himself.
THAT VERY DAY AT U.A.'S BATTLE CENTER B
Currently standing outside of the battle city gates were the group of students standing next to the hid they arrived from, almost all wearing loose or jogging clothing while others wore gear.
"Just gotta focus and not push myself too hard, that's all I need too do." Thought Ochako who wore sweat clothing while taking deep breaths, trying to focus yet she couldn't help but look back at Escanor, not at the fact she hasn't seen him in such a long time but what he wore drew her attention like so many others since his clothing seemed too large to fit him.
xxxxxCHAPTER ENDxxxxx
NEXT TIME, THE MOCK BATTLE BEGINS; THE PRIDEFUL MAN MAKES A STAND.