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(Last Time)
"Yes well I am sad to say you failed the written exam with only fifty five percent… a bit of a low score when compared to the average score of eighty nine percent!" All Might continued, his tone not changing for an instant.
Hearing that Naruto felt cold all over, an empty feeling washing over him as he heard how far off the average he was. It could mean that due to the grading curve he had failed the overall test too.
"But worry not, for in the practical test you not only got a full hundred percent by gaining sixty points. You went above and beyond by scoring a total of sixty eight points from destroying robots, with a further twenty two points rescue points!" All Might continued, his enthusiasm unabated. "This means you got one hundred and fifty percent on the practical, giving you more than enough points not only to pass your entrance exams, but to get the highest score in the practical test out of all of our candidates!"
"What?" Naruto asked, his mind going blank as he heard that.
"Well done young Naruto, you passed!" All Might finished, his grin if possible getting bigger as he finished speaking. Before without another sound the hologram shut off leaving Naruto in stunned silence.
"I passed…" Naruto muttered, his heart beginning to beat faster even as a smile crept across his face. "Fuck yeah I did it! U.A. here I come!"
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Chapter Three
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(At U.A.)
It had been just over a weeks since the entrance exams for U.A. had finished and currently a select group of the Academy's staff had gathered together, all of them looking over the final scores of the examinees who had been accepted into the school. Or more specifically the final scores of the examinees who had been accepted onto the Hero Course.
There were quite a few members of staff there presently, including Nezu the school's principal. Who was exceptional in the fact that he was one of the rare few animals that developed Quirks. With the principal's Quirk 'High Spec, giving the principal intelligence far surpassing that of a normal human, which in turn allowed him not only to interact in the human world but excel. Which is why he had been able to become the Headmaster of a prestigious Academy like U.A.
The other members of staff that had joined Nezu were all Pro Heroes, all of whom who would be helping to teach the new first years in the coming year. There number included the likes of Present Mic, Eraserhead, Cementoss, Recovery Girl and a number of other well-known heroes.
The reason why this eclectic group had come together, was to assess where each of the new U.A. student currently were in terms of their skills and control over their Quirks, whilst also allowing them to identify which students may require special help or extra lessons in order to allow them to reach their full potential.
At the moment all of the examinees scores were being displayed on large screens set into the wall, giving the assembled teachers all a chance to assess the students, with discussions taking place within the group as they weighed up each and every student. Often times comparing and contrasting the different students in order to get a better all-round picture of the students.
"Hmm Katsuki Bakago, huh." One of the teachers, Eraserhead, a tired looking man with long, lank black hair and dark clothes muttered his brow furrowed slightly as he eyed one of the screens. The one in question showing an angry looking blonde, with spiky blonde hair and red eyes. "The kid looks tough, he has a strong grip on his Quirk… but he seems… emotionally unbalanced."
"He scored very highly though in both the physical test and the written test, one of the highest ranking of the examinees." Present Mic suddenly spoke up glancing at the scores and seeing as he did that Bakago scored the second highest overall in the physical test and the third highest in the written tests. Both of which put him at the top of the applicants in terms of overall score. "He didn't even need any Rescue Points to bolster his score."
"Yes but that is not necessarily a good thing, the Rescue Points are given for heroic actions, for the boy to receive none… well that points out that at the moment he has little in the way of heroic attributes." Nezu spoke up, immediately getting the attention of the other teachers. "However he is still young and has a strong grasp on his Quirk. With the right guidance I believe he could become a fine Hero."
The other teachers nodded at that, the boy was still young and whatever issues he might have could still be improved upon. Besides if one took account of the power of his Quirk and the strength of his will. Well, with right direction the boy could become one of the greats. After all no one came to U.A. the finished article, everyone had room for improvement and refinement.
"On the other hand, Izuku Midoriya…" Present Mic spoke up again as he jabbed his finger at the scores for a plain looking, green haired kid, the same one that Tenya Iida had reprimanded during the briefing. "That kid is almost the complete opposite, he placed fifth in the written test and ninth overall in the physical test, despite him not getting a single Villain Point. Hell the only reason he passed at all was because he got sixty Rescue Points for saving that girl by taking down the Zero Pointer in his arena."
"Yes it shows that he has a lot of heroic potential, but is lacking in the skills to actually be an effective hero at the moment." Nezu spoke up once again, the small albino animal looking up at the screen an intensely curious look on his face as he glanced over at a skinny blonde man before looking back at the screen. "Still skills can be learnt in time, the boy's Quirk looks powerful. It is likely he just needs to improve his control over it. For the moment though, for the moment I believe he is a good candidate going forwards, even if he may need a lot of work."
"But the injuries he received from the blow back of his Quirk were intense," A small old woman spoke up, this being Recovery Girl, who due to her healing Quirk acted as the Academy's medic. "It was as though the child had just manifested their Quirk for the first time..."
"It's true insofar that he needs a lot of training," Another teacher spoke up, this one being a man with blocky features and gray, rock like skin. "But if he gets to a point where he can use that power without blowing his body up, he'll definitely become a talented hero. That punch… it almost reminded me of All Might!"
The skinny blonde man in the room twitched slightly at that, his faintly glowing blue eyes looking over at Cementoss, the hero who had just spoken.
"Naruto Uzumaki though." Nezu spoke up again his gaze moving from Izuku Midoriya's picture, to one of Naruto. His words gaining the rest of the room's attention as they surveyed the profile of a blonde haired, blue eyed examinee, a faint smile playing around Nezu's mouth as he did so. "Of the successful students he scored thirty second in the written test, not the worst but not the best by a long shot. Despite that though in the written test he scored the highest in the entire group, with him both accruing seventy eight Villain Points and twenty two Rescue Points."
"It's an admirable score, and his academic skills although on the lower end of the spectrum, can be improved with enough work." The dark haired man spoke up once again, his dull eyes fixed on Naruto's picture. "His Quirk though and his control over it, it's very impressive."
"Yes, though the blood of Heroes flows through his veins." Nezu spoke up again, the slightest of smiles on his face. "Both of his parents were former alumni after all, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki."
Recovery Girl nodded as she heard that, a faint smile playing around her face as she remembered the two heroes when they had attended U.A. as teenagers, "Yes I remember them. They were both very talented and became splendid Heroes. It's just a shame that they died like they did. Still though, their son looks to have inherited both Minato's skill and Kushina's enthusiasm."
"The Yellow Flash and the Red Hot Habanero? Yeah I remember hearing about them back when I was a kid." Present Mic spoke up, his brow furrowed as he remembered the pair of heroes who had been a relatively well-known duo back when he was a student in U.A., "So he's their kids? That's pretty cool."
Beside him Eraserhead nodded, as he too remembered hearing about them when he was younger. Still just because a kid's parents were good, didn't necessarily mean the kid was. As far as the dour man was concerned this Naruto Uzumaki was nothing special, he was just like everyone else, and like everyone else he would need to prove himself worthy of graduating U.A.
"Yes, it seems like this year's crop of first years may be the strongest we've had in years." Nezu said thoughtfully, "Now then, the next student…"
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(A few weeks later)
It had now been a few weeks since Naruto had been sent his invitation to U.A., and he had been using the limited time he had left wisely. Which is to say that he had been sleeping till midday every day and had been trying to enjoy what little of his free time remained until classes started. That's not to say he hadn't done any training, after all the Hero Curse would likely be very physically demanding, as she he had kept up with his daily routine; one hundred press-ups, one hundred sit-ups and a five mile jog.
Now though, now his brief respite was over as it was time for classes at U.A to start, which meant that Naruto now had to move out of his cushy apartment in Konoha and instead move into the U.A. student's dorms. Not that this perturbed Naruto too much, after all the student dorms were probably much bigger, and much more luxurious than his current place. On top of which he would now have a cleaner come around once a week to make sure the communal areas were tidy.
Walking up to the large, modern looking building, one that was set a few miles away from the main campus, Naruto had to admit his news digs looked pretty nice. The building was a large modern structure, with excessive amounts of glass and metal. No doubt the place would normally be a pretty pricey place live considering its central location and the quality of its architecture.
Luckily though Naruto wouldn't be the one paying, the price of his accommodation was already paid for due to a living grant he had received from U.A. for being a part of it Hero Course.
This was a good thing as although the school might be one of the most prestigious in the world, surprisingly it was not an elitist place. The students there weren't judged on their wealth, social standing or family connections. Rather they were judged on their merits, on what they could bring to the world and the heroes they could be. This meant the school was open to all walks of life as long as they showed the skill and dedication they needed to succeed. One couldn't simply buy their way into U.A., it wasn't the way the school operated.
Walking up to the building's reception and picking up his keys from the stern looking woman behind the desk, Naruto soon made his way to his room on the fourth floor, passing by a number of other students as he did so. Whether they were in the same year as him though, or even on the same course he wasn't sure. But either way the place was busy and Naruto was looking forward to meeting some of his fellow students, who knows he might end up living on the same floor as some of his classmates.
It was at that moment that fate decided to bitch slap him, because as Naruto was about to open the door to his room, his luggage currently on the floor at his feet, a loud, and painfully familiar voice called out to him.
"Hey you!? Naruto Uzumaki!?"
Twisting around, Naruto found himself looking at an unfortunately familiar face. "Hello Indi…"
"My name is Iida!" Tenya Iida replied his brow furrowing in irritation as he stood across from Naruto, his arms crossed and a frown on his face, the boy now being dressing more causally than before in a grey T-shirt and a pair of blue flared jeans. "I'm beginning to think you're getting my name wrong on purpose!?"
"Surely not?" Naruto replied sarcastically, an innocent smile spreading across his face.
"Yes indeed and if that is the case, then I have to say it is a poor way to endear yourself to your future classmates." Iida replied sternly, Naruto's sarcasm going completely over the boy's head.
"You're right." Naruto allowed, knowing as he did that pretending not to know the boy's name while amusing for him was a bit childish, and considering he was hope to become a hero, a role model, then it was a bit unbecoming. As such he should tone it down, a little, meaning that he'll only do it now and then. "But anyway what's up, I am guessing you made it into U.A. then?"
"Why yes of course! Just like my brother and parents before me I have done the Iida bloodline proud!" Iida replied enthusiastically before the boy began to ramble on about the honour and prestige of coming to U.A., as well as extolling the merits of coming to this school over the other famous ones in Europe and America.
"And you're also living here?" Naruto asked with a strained smile as he allowed the boy's rambling to wash over him. "That's great…."
"Yes well the family home was a bit too far away to comfortably commute. In fact a large proportion of U.A. student's board here." Iida replied as he looked around the halls, giving out greetings to the other students who passed. Some of whom Naruto vaguely recognised from the entrance exams, including a kid with a large muscled tail and a pretty red head.
"Well that's pretty cool, I mean we can go to class together and help each other out." Naruto replied thoughtfully, after all having a few classmates living close to him would be useful as far as homework and revising went. Plus he would also have people he could hang around with outside of class.
"Yes, though I do hope you will not use this as an opportunity to shun work!" Iida replied, instantly jumping to conclusions as he saw the gleam in the blonde's eye.
"No… of course I won't… do I seem the type?" Naruto replied with a grin, his amusement increasing as he saw the scowl on Iida's face, "Well anyway I better, you know unpack my stuff, classes start tomorrow after all. Plus I want to have a look around, you know get my bearings."
"Of course, of course." Iida allowed with a nod of his head. "I've already met some of our future classmates, a number of them are rooming in this dorm as well. So it is likely you'll see them around."
"That's pretty cool." Naruto said with a nod before he paused. "Wait a minute how do you now we're going to be classmates?"
Iida looked surprised as he heard that. "What? Are you telling me you haven't checked the class formations yet? They're all on the school's website?"
"No, I've not looked yet." Naruto replied having not thought of that before. "So what class are we in?"
"Class 1A!" Iida replied enthusiastically, as if being a part of Class 1A was far better to being a part of lowly Class 1B, despite their being little difference save for the letter they were assigned.
"Ok cool, I guess I will see you in class then." Naruto replied as he pushed open his door, giving Iida a nod as he did so.
"Of course, bright and early at 8.15 AM!" Iida shouted after Naruto as he entered his room, dragging his luggage in behind him.
"Really that early…" Naruto muttered to himself irritably as he closed his door and looked around his room. As he did so a satisfied smile spread across his face, this place was definitely large enough for him, even if it did only have a single bed and rather simplistic furniture. Though that was easily compensated for by the amazing view it had of the rest of the city. Which even as he looked through allowed him to see the lights coming on in the distant buildings as night closed in and the city lit up with light.
Dumping his bag on the floor, Naruto let out a slight sigh as he realised he would now have to unpack everything and put it away. On top of which he would need to get his uniform for tomorrow ready. That is unless he wanted to be get up earlier in the morning to sort it all out before class started.
Speaking of which he could see his school uniform lying on his bed, each item folded up and wrapped in plastic. The uniform he would soon be wearing consisting of a grey blazer, white button up shirt, school tie and black trousers. Much fancier than what he had worn in middle school.
Letting out another sigh Naruto gave his luggage another look, before he did an about face and walked out of his new room. He couldn't be asked right now, he would do it later, for now he wanted to have a look around the city. Naruto having only lived in a small rural town before, and never in a dense urban metropolis like this.
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(The next morning)
"Come on, come on, come on!" Naruto shouted frantically as he weaved his way through the hallways full of students. His eyes wide as he checked every door he ran past, trying to find his classroom, room 1A.
At the moment Naruto was cutting it kind of close as it had just turned 8:13 AM and he was running late. It was his own fault really, last night he had ended up exploring the dorms for around half an hour before heading out into the city to have a look around, after all this was his first time living in a place like this with his former home having been a small rural town.
He had ended up being so caught up in his exploring that he had lost track of the time, personally he blamed it on the Ramen stand he had come across, which meant by the time he got back to the dorms it was already past 11. He was just lucky that the doors weren't locked. Still though this had meant that by the time he got back to his room he didn't have enough time to unpack everything, or unfold and iron his uniform.
Which meant he had ended up having to do it in the morning, which not only meant he had to get up early after a relatively late night, but it also meant that he was now running late. Which explained why he was frantically rushing through the hallways, trying to get to class before it started. After all being late on his first day would be a pretty shitty way to start his time at U.A.
"1A… where the hell is 1A…" Naruto muttered to himself as he ran from one corridor to another, before he suddenly stopped, his eyes lighting up as he finally found the door to his classroom. Only for him to stop and stare for a moment as he saw just how large the door to the classroom was.
The door was so tall he had to actually lean his head back all the way to see the top. Obviously it had been made that way to take account of possible Quirks, as with the sheer variety and diversity of powers and appearances out in the world it wouldn't surprise Naruto to hear that there were people large enough to warrant such a door.
Pushing aside his surprise Naruto confidently opened the door, aware as he did that of the thousands of candidates to the U.A. Hero Course only thirty six kids passed the exam to get in, plus four other students who got into the Academy based on recommendations. These forty students were then sorted into two classes, with twenty kids in classes 1A and 1B respectively.
This meant that behind this door were the best of the best, those who had been chosen to become the next generation of Heroes. A number which Naruto now counted himself in, as he too had passed the exams entirely on his own merit.
Opening the door and striding confidently into the room, Naruto only made it a few feet into the room before he paused as he heard the telltale sound of Iida once again lecturing someone. Rolling his eyes as he heard this, he looked around the classroom and quickly found who the victim of Iida's latest lecture was. As it turned out the bespectacled boy was currently shouting at some angry looking kid with spiky blonde hair and red eyes.
"Remove your feet from the desk this instant!" Iida shouted his tone loud and stern as he lectured the other boy, oblivious to the amusement of his fellow classmates as they all sat on nearby desks and watched the show, that or they completer ignored it and chatted amongst themselves. "That's disrespectful towards our upperclassmen and the school itself!"
Rolling his eyes as he heard that Naruto decided to ignore the ruckus. Instead taking the time before class started to look around the room curiously, inspecting his classmates as he did so.
He had ended up coming back so late last night that he hadn't had a proper chance to see who was in is class, which meant that this was his first chance to check out the people he would be spending the next few years with.
Looking around Naruto recognised a few of the other people in the room, for one there was that striking girl with the extended earlobes, who upon hearing someone enter looked over at the door. A curious expression crossing her face as she gave Naruto an assessing and speculative look before she turned back to her companions, a girl with large eyes, black hair and distinctly… amphibian like traits. As well as another girl with a curvaceous body and shoulder length brown hair.
Giving her a smile and receiving a nod in return, Naruto then assessed the rest of the room noticing as he did a kid with spiky red hair and another with spiky blonde hair, both of them chatting with a kid who three pairs of webbed arms and no noticeable mouth and another kid with a block rock like head.
Shifting his attention from them, Naruto then noticed another odd looking kid, with this one having half of his hair white and the other half red, a bored look on his face as he chatted with an classmate, this one being an exceptionally attractive girl with long black hair that was tied up in a pony tail of sorts, and a sublime body.
Glancing away when he noticed the cold eyes of the kid with half red and half white hair on him, Naruto then turned to look at the rest of his class noticing as he did an effeminate blonde kid who was currently chatting with Naruto's new friend Mina. Seeing this Naruto grinned and was about to head over to the attractive pink skinned girl, before he did however he spotted another familiar face, this one belonging to a very short kid with what looked like purple balls on his head.
The boy in question was currently prowling between the desks, letting out the occasional perverted giggle as he used his small stature to try and look up the girl's skirts. Rolling his eyes as he saw this, Naruto had to resist the urge to massage his temples, there was always one creepy kid in every class. No doubt sooner or later one of the girls would have enough of his antics and kick the crap out of him.
Other than that there were a few other kids in the class, like one who had a black bird-like head, beak and all. As well as another who had short blonde hair and a large muscular tail, this one being the same teen Naruto had seen in his dorms last night. Then there was another, one who had blocky elbows and a wide smile. Then finally, the last member of their class was a girl that was literally invisible, save for her uniform that looked to be hanging in midair.
"Hey Naruto!" Mina shouted a large smile on her face as she looked up and saw the blonde at the door. The pink skinned girl waving enthusiastically at Naruto as she did so, completely ignoring whatever the effeminate blonde next to her had said as she instead focused on the first friend she had made at U.A.
"Hey Mina! Glad you got in!" Naruto replied a grin passing across his face as he phased out the ongoing argument between Iida and the angry blonde kid, instead preparing to make his way through the class and meet up with Mina.
Before he could though he was distracted by someone tapping his shoulder, and a quiet voice speaking out behind him.
"E-erm excuse me, can I get past?" The quiet, feeble voice spoke up, getting Naruto attention as he twisted around and saw himself looking at another familiar face. Even if his reasons for recognizing this boy weren't too good.
Standing behind Naruto was a short, skinny kid with wild green coloured hair, large eyes and a freckly face. Despite the kid's generally plain features though Naruto easily recognised him as the kid who almost fell on his face during the entrance exams, as well as the kid that Iida had scolded during the briefing.
"Name's Naruto." Naruto replied as he extended a hand.
"E-erm hi, I'm Izuku, Izuku Midoriya." The now named Izuku replied weakly as he looked away, obviously a little uncomfortable meeting new people.
Cocking an eyebrow at the boy and his reaction, Naruto gave him a brief nod before he turned away not really that impressed with what he had seen of this Izuku so far, as Naruto instead walked over to Mina. The green haired kid following behind Naruto as he hurried into the classroom, only to freeze as he suddenly found himself confronted by Iida. The boy in question complimenting Izuku's ability to discern the true nature of the practical exam, whatever that might have been.
"Hey, can you believe it? We made it into U.A.!?" Mina shouted as Naruto approached, lunging forwards as she did so and throwing her arms around the blonde.
"Yeah it's pretty sweet." Naruto replied with a grin of his own. "How long you been here then? I ended up getting lost half a dozen times?"
"Yeah same here, this place his huge! Luckily though I met Kyoka, Momo and Aoyama!" Mina said, nodding respectively at the girl with the extended earlobes, the attractive dark haired girl talking to the half white half red guy, and finally to the blond else was speaking to, as she did so. "Luckily they knew where they were going!"
"Hello monsieur, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Yuga Aoyama, it is a pleasure to meet you!" The blonde boy next Mina spoke up, as he gave Naruto a flamboyant bow, getting a giggle from Mina and a bemused expression from Naruto.
"Well nice to meet you, I'm Naruto." Naruto replied with a nod to the eccentric blonde, not at all sure what to think of him yet, but willing to give him a chance. After all Naruto was a friendly and open guy, and was more than happy to put the effort into making friends with new people, as long as they were willing to do the same with him, even if they were a little eccentric.
"So what happened to you then? It's your first day and you're almost late." Mina asked as she looked over at the clock on the wall and saw it was now 8:15AM.
"Haha, well I ended up get lost and was running around in circles for ages!" Naruto replied with a sheepish smile, before he frowned as he looked around and noticed that there was no teacher present. "Still though I thought I was going to be late, I thought the class would have started by now."
As if hearing his words, their homeroom teacher took that moment to introduce himself. His dull voice cutting through the chatter in the classroom, causing many of the talking students to quiet down, as they all eventually clocked onto the fact that they were no longer alone.
"If you're here to have fun, do me a favour and leave now."
At once every stopped talking as they heard that, all of them looking round for the speaker. With them quickly finding the source, the source being a sickly, pale and tired looking man, whose only visible feature at the moment was his face, with the rest of him being covered up by a big, puffy yellow sleeping bag.
"This is the Hero Course. Get your act together." The man continued speaking, his voice low, bored and disinterested as he gazed around the classroom.
"Who the fuck is he?" Naruto asked Mina quietly, eyeing the guy curiously as he crawled out of his sleeping bag and walked to stand in front of the rest of the class.
"Our homeroom teacher I'm guessing." Mina muttered back, a vaguely disappointed expression on her face as she saw how unimpressive the man was.
"Be quiet…" The man said abruptly, his attention fixed on Naruto and Mina as he gave them a bored look. His voice not rising at all but still holding a certain edge to it as he turned away from them and looked at the rest of the class. "It took you too long to quiet down. Time is limited, so next time I expect you to be silent and in your seats before class starts."
"As for who I am…" The teacher continued, sending Naruto a dull look as he did so. "I'm your homeroom teacher, Shota Aizawa. It's a pleasure meeting you I'm sure…."
Naruto shifted uncomfortably at that, not the best way to start the year.
"Good, now put these on and go to the training grounds, your first test begins now!" Aizawa continued speaking as he gazed around at everyone in the room, before he reached into his sleeping bag and pulled out a bunch of blue and white track uniforms.
'Our first test! Already!' Naruto thought, his eyes widening as the class began to grab the track uniforms and leave the room. 'Shit!'
AN: So that is the next chapter done and Naruto has begun his first year in U.A. in Class 1A. The other members of the class will all be introduced in the next few chapters as one of the best things about My Hero Academia, or at least for me, was the strong supporting cast.
On that note though you won't see Naruto instantly becoming best friends with everyone. Nor will you see every girl in existence blushing and falling in love with him at first sight. This is because I want to make the characters realistic and well rounded. So the female characters will not just be objects thrown into pairings just because etc. That being said Naruto is a fifteen year old boy, so he is of that age with rampant hormones and what not so there will be some romance.
Also I introduced the idea of dorms as to me that makes sense. After all if U.A. is a hugely popular and prestigious school it would makes sense for its students to not all be local or within a commutable distance. Just as it would makes sense to me for the students there to have university like dorms, as if the school can afford an army of killer training robots they can likely pay to put the students up in dorms?
This will also come into play in terms of character development and interactions outside of class and canon events.
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter and leave a review. The next chapter will involve the Quirk Testing so that should be fun.
For those interested my story The Last King will soon be updated, the next chapter is nearly finished.
Thanks for reading.
Greed120.
