It was like a dream come true. The gates of UA were beautiful this time of year with the Sakura trees in blossom. They were early. Izuku was vibrating with excitement and Katsuki just couldn't wait to get the practical exam. Neither of them knew what it was going to be but any chance to use their quirks was welcomed.

Students were filing in from all over the country just for their shot at UA. It was known as thee most prestigious hero school around. "Let's get registered," Izuku said striding forward.

"I can't wait until I beat your shitty score and I see that look on your face," Katsuki mocked grinning madly.

"Tch. I just hope were in different areas for the practical. As much as I'd like to complete directly with you. It would hurt both our scores," Izuku reasoned walking through the front doors.

"Greetings, which course for you two?" a man behind a clothed table asked.

"Hero," they said in unison. The man smirked.

"Names and contact information," the man asked moving around clipboards.

"Izuku Midoriya," Izuku replied. "Katsuki Bakugo," Katsuki stated.

"Alright, got you both. Here's your numbers and down the hall to the left. Take a seat in the auditorium," the man instructed handing them each a card with their name on it.

The two teenagers went down the hall and into an already open set of doors. Very few applicants had shown up yet. They were among the first dozen or so. Izuku surveyed the room looking for anyone that stood out. A man with sharp eyebrows stood out. Katsuki took his spot. The stage of the auditorium was still empty.

Izuku decided if anyone was worth speaking to it would be after in class. The last thing any applicant wanted was to strike up a friendly conversation with someone they might not see again. The green-haired boy took his spot. "Anyone catch your eye?" Izuku asked reading over his card and the provided booklet in front of him.

"These guys are all just extras. At least we won't be together," Katsuki replied lending on his palm. He had a lazy bored look.

"I saw. That's good. I can go all out without messing with you," Izuku couldn't help but smirk at that thought. In preparation of this event they took a whole week off from using their quirks and just focused on basic maintenance exercising.

"Like I said be prepared to lose," Katsuki smirked. Present Mic entered the room once enough applicants had shown up. He wasn't quite ready to start but he was looking at the crowd.

"Oh my god, is that Present Mic! I love his radio show," Izuku fanboy-ed over the pro hero. This was much to the dismay of the applicants near him. Katsuki in particular could care less about the other pro heroes.

"If you don't shut it. You're going to get called out," Katsuki pointed out. Izuku mentally Karate chopped his train of thought and zipped his lips.

After another ten minutes the lights were dimmed. Present Mic started off, "Can I get a hello?!"

Literally, no one even tried to speak. Izuku considered it just to get a rise out of folks, but thought against it. Present Mic whispered or at least what he thought was a whisper, "Tough crowd."

"Welcome, to the hero course exam! This will be a two parter. One part written exam and the other will be the practical exam. Let's start by going over the practical exam rules and guidelines!" the voice hero clicked a remote in his hand and the wall behind him clicked on. A screen with a robot showed up.

"These faux villains will be your opponents! They are score from 1, 2 & 3" Present Mic clicked through the each slid showing what they looked like. Fairly basic designs compared to anything Mei had constructed.

"I believe there has been an error made!" one applicant rose his hand. "There's a zero point robot listed in the booklet. If this was some kind of error it reflects poorly on UA!" he was passionate. Midoriya had to give him that.

Present Mic's eye twitched, "I was just about to get to that big guy!" The hero clicked again and flipped to shot of the zero pointer compared to buildings. Izuku unconscious whistled at the size of that robot. "Exactly, this robot will be meant as an obstacle to overcome in the course and should be avoided at all cost," Present Mic declared before shutting off the display.

"First we will hand out the written exams and then give each of you gym clothes to your specified sizes. This is to promote fairness for grading purposes and assess your quirks. I don't need to tell you; quirks will be allowed for the practical exam!" Present Mic ended his speech. The lights flashed back on.

Assistants handed out the written exam. It was like an SAT but slimmer. They had 2 hours to complete the 10 page assignment. Izuku shrugged just by a glance he realized that most of the questions were geared towards a grade lower than the one they would enter.

Many of the applicants sailed through the written exam. The entire group was done in around 45 minutes. Gym uniforms were handed out and locker rooms were provided. In the locker room, "See you at class. Kick ass out there Katsuki."

"Likewise, Izuku," Katsuki smirked. The two teenagers gave a strong fist bump before parting ways.

- At Faux City B -

Midoriya stretched out his legs and arms. A few of the applicants recognized him from TV. "Woah, that's Izuku Midoriya," a few of them whispered. After being featured on the local news and even congratulated on national TV by a few of the heroes present the duo had made quite a name for themselves. Eventually, this lead to Izuku's quirk or at least part of it getting revealed. The public reaction towards him was to say: venomous.

"Despite what you guys might think of me. I wish all of you the best of luck," Izuku said grabbing everyone's attention. The applicant before with sharp eyebrows pushed up his glasses and nodded. A few of the other applicants seemed to calm down after the tense air had be broken.

"But I'll be the first to say," Izuku raised his fist, "PLUS ULTRA!" Several of the other applicants joined him.

Present Mic voice came over the loud speaker, "Alright. I hope all of you are ready! Its show time!" Izuku rocketed forth. "This guy gets it. There are no bells in a real scenario! Get out there and SMASH!"

Izuku had tore through nearly a dozen robots before he rocketed into the distance. He pitied the other applicants they didn't have the power he had. Thanks to Hatsume he had honed the skills of his weak telekinesis. He was now able to sense into sealed containers and pull or push the contents. It was much easier to do with inanimate objects as their parts tend to be more static.

Izuku had tried to do it with living objects, but if anything was moving like blood or water. It felt slimy to his telekinesis and he stopped trying to mess with it after that. He did find out it would be possible to stop someone from breathing but that felt really fucking villainous.

"Explodo-Bullet!" Izuku shouted firing off basically shaped explosions at robots. They were more precise and had some penetrating power. It was made possible by combining weak telekinesis and explosion.

10 minutes had passed. Izuku had scored a whopping 74 points. He was getting tired running around and combining quirks. Instead he decided to take it easy and find some of the other applicants. Then the ground shook.

"What the?!" Izuku saw the ground split. He blasted himself away from the opening. Applicants started to run so soon as they felt it. The first movement it made shook the ground. The extra large mech grabbed onto two building causing rubble to fall all around it. Izuku felt like he was at a safe distance. Then he heard it. "Help!" a brown-haired girl called out from under some rubble. Her foot had been caught under a slab of concrete. The mech was approaching her. Applicants other than Izuku ran from the robot still looking for other robots.

Izuku made eye contact with her and that's all it took. He soared across the ground blasting his way over to her. He skidded to stop next to her and knelt down. "Are you okay?!" Izuku asked making the occasional glance at the giant robot.

"Yeah, my foot is pinned and I can't get out," she said panicking. She was desperately trying to remove her foot before the robot got to her. The robot was on them.

"Shit! Brace yourself. This is going to be loud!" Izuku channeled power into explosion. He then built up as much sweat as possible. Green lightning crackled over his skin. It was 3 seconds to death. Izuku brought up his arms putting them wrist to wrist much like a kamehameha. "Nuclear BLAST!" Izuku shouted.

- Observation Room -

The teachers were watching the carnage from the comfort of their observation room. They were at the edge of their seats. The green-haired boy had just rocketed over to the pinned girl. "Power-Loader should we stop it?!" Present Mic asked watching potentially a horrific scene.

"I think he can do it. He didn't hesitate to check on her instead of just killing the mech first," Aisawa pointed out.

"Let's see what he can do," Vladimir stated weaving his fingers together.

A few more seconds past. The teachers were collectively starting to panic. Applicants getting hurt during the practical exam was common, but two deaths would be something else.

"Power-Loader halt it!" Present Mic called out.

"Is that green lightning?" Power-Loader pointed out. All Might was present and panicking just as much as everyone else. He more or less knew what Midoriya was capable of, but the next moment shocked everyone.

The explosion that followed Midoriya's call out was on another level. It had so much power it felt like they were experiencing an earthquake. It would be known later that day that explosion had tripped the local earthquake Richter scale. It was registered as a 4.6 on the scale.

The giant mech was no more. The buildings around it had also been obliterated. Debris and rubble were falling from the collapsing buildings.

The green-haired kid just stood there. It looked like he had broken his forearms, but was still conscious. The teachers let out a collective sigh. They all tallied points for the young hero.

- Back on the Ground -

Izuku's ears won't stop ringing. He had surpassed his limit and then some. If he had known the effect was going to be that great he would have just let loose a normal super blast. The pain in his arms was sharp and constant. Broken probably. But not shattered hopefully.

He looked over to see the brown-haired girl standing up and away from him. She was trying to shout something at him. Izuku looked up and saw it. Before he could react she had tackled him. A large chunk of rubble landed just where he had been standing.

The ringing slowly subsided. "-okay. Are you okay?!" the brown-haired girl was yelling at him.

"Broken arms I think. Thanks for the save," Izuku said with her on top of him. Before he could warn her she had picked up one of his arms to make sure nothing was sticking out. Another quirk appeared within his quirk space. Light green pads formed on his finger tips. Great, Izuku thought sighing.

"How many points did you get?" she asked him.

"74 points. Until that thing came around," he replied realizing that the robot wasn't in piece; it was vaporized by the force and heat his Nuclear Blast produced.

"Wow, 74?! That's crazy high. I got 40," She stated still hovering over him. A blush formed on her face and she jumped to her feet.

"I'm sorry. I did something without your permission," Izuku said sitting up.

"W-what are you talking about?" the blush had diminished a bit.

"My quirk-," the end of match bell sounded off. Izuku let it finished before continuing, "My quirk allows me to duplicate another person's quirk. It requires skin-to-skin contact and the effect is permanent."

"So you have my quirk now?" she asked a bit confused.

"Yup," he said holding up his hand. Despite the pain he could still move his arms. Using explosions hurt badly though. His other powers still functioned fine.

The brown-haired girl saw the similar pads of skin that she had on him. Her gut reaction was to be afraid or disgusted, but he had just saved her life. He can't be a bad guy if he did that. "I really am sorry. Normally, I warned people before hand so they can avoid me," Izuku repeated kneeling and bowing his head on the pavement.

She was taken back by just how seriously he took his words. Midoriya's words were genuine and he wanted her approval or punishment. "Alright, how about this: get to know my quirk and help me with it. I'll let you figure out the downsides," the brown-haired girl offered.

Izuku raised his head, "Thank you!"

"What is this chivalrous display here?" a small, old lady said next to Izuku.

"Who-?" Izuku eyes widened, "Recovery Girl! The youthful hero!"

"That's me. What's seems to be your injuries?" Chiyo asked poking him with her cane.

"Broke my arms. She has a twisted ankle and her ears might still be ringing," Izuku said pointing to the brown-haired girl. "Heal her first. I've got to warn you first before you try to heal me," Izuku recommended. Chiyo rose an eyebrow but cooperated. The brown-haired girl let out a sigh of relief as her ankle mended itself.

"What's this warning now?" Recovery Girl asked.

"I know your quirk requires skin contact to work, but so does mine. If you touch me I'll gain a duplicate of your quirk," Izuku warned her.

"What? That's it? I can see why you warned me, but more people that can heal! I'll take that any day. Just come visit before you use it. I hate for you to harm someone healing them," Chiyo chuckled extending out her quirk and to kiss him. She planted one on his forearm. His bone cracked and moved. The power storage quirk forwarded the bill that would have otherwise would have been taken from Izuku.

"One question: can I use it on myself?" Izuku asked feeling another quirk pop into his quirk space. It unsurprisingly was a pill. The brown-haired girl's quirk manifested itself as a feeling rather than an object. Touching her quirk made his stomach turn a bit. The feeling was ferocity.

"No, you cannot," Chiyo said before waving goodbye.

"All applicants please report in!" Present Mic boomed over the loud speakers or in person it was hard to tell the difference.

Midoriya stood up and face the brown-haired girl, "Izuku Midoriya."

"Ochako Uraraka," she bowed and he did in return. They walked together in silence back to the staging area. Before they went there separate ways.

"I'll see you at school Uraraka-san!" Izuku said running off. She just blush madly at that statement. He was plain-looking but his muscles were sculpted from marble. A few thoughts floated around making her blush more.

Katsuki was waiting for Izuku outside of UA. "How did you do, loser?" Katsuki mocked.

"74 points. You?" Izuku replied.

"93 points. Damn right. I beat you," Katsuki gloated.

"Let's wait for the official ranking before you say that," Izuku smirked.

"Were you that quake?" Katsuki asked dryly.

Izuku looked at his arms and they still ached a bit. The bones were healed but the muscle was still recovering from the reverb. "Yeah I was. I went a little over board. Broke both of my damn arms from the force," Izuku clenched his fist.

"You fucker. You broke ALL the glass from the skyscrapers in my testing ground. Had to spend a minute dodging all that fucking glass," Katsuki cursed thinking about how far ahead he could have gotten if that hadn't happened.

"I just had to be the hero and go save someone. Obliterated the mech, most of the nearby buildings, and left myself deaf for a minute or two," Izuku chuckled thinking about the silliness of the whole thing.

"You destroyed one of those giant fuckers?!" Katsuki asked a bit of rage in his eyes.

"Yup. Didn't even need my extra powers. You probably could to," Izuku shrugged.

"Full power for me doesn't shake the ground like that," Katsuki pointed out.

"I didn't say I didn't go all out. I hit that mech with the most powerful blast I could muster," Izuku cupped his hand above his head imitating the pose he took earlier.

Katsuki analyzed his stance and went 'Tch'. "If you close your fingers more of the explosion would have been directed up. With open fingers like that I would spread out at half potency. That's why the buildings around you got destroyed," Katsuki explained making the proper stance.

"Oh, right, our hands are the channel. Less area to spread out; the more it focuses," Izuku rubbed his chin committing that to memory.

"Midoriya-sanJ!" Uraraka yelled from the school's entrance. She sprinted to catch up to them.

"Uraraka-san?" Izuku called out turning to see her.

"Who's this round face?" Katsuki clicked his tongue.

"I saved her in the practical," Izuku said to just Katsuki.

"Ah, should I call you the knight in shining armor then?" Katsuki joked.

"How did you guys get out so quickly?" she asked catching her breath.

"Well, round face when you're as great as us. They just knew we passed," Katsuki boasted.

Izuku shot his friend a look and sighed, "We had finished all the paperwork pre-hand and they let us go right away."

"Was there some optional paperwork of something?" she asked.

"Yeah. They were in a separate form. It was some quirk garbage," Katsuki hand waved.

Uraraka groaned before looking Izuku straight in the eyes. "Thank you for saving me!" she bowed while blushing furiously.

Izuku blushed feeling like this was some kind of confession, "I, um, your welcome?"

"I'll see you in class, Midoriya-san," she said walking past them.

"What was that?" Katsuki asked.

"I don't know. Never had someone thank me before," Izuku shrugged. His phone suddenly vibrated. He pulled it out and read the message.

Wrench: How'd it go?! Did you feel that explosion? We had to reset the whole workshop after that.

"Who's that?" Katsuki asked rising an eyebrow.

"Oh, Hatsume-san. She was that mechanic I was helping," Izuku replied texting back.

I: It went great! I was that explosion, sorry!

Katsuki narrowed his gaze. Rage and anger set in, "Is she your support?"

"I bet she'll be at UA so she's be everyone's support," Izuku retorted.

Wrench: That registered on the Richter scale! Are you okay?!

I: I broke my arms but I'm fine now.

Izuku looked up to see Katsuki walking off. The green-haired boy frowned.

Wrench: Only you would say that so casually.

I: I'll talk to you later. I think I pissed off Katsuki.

Wrench: Oh, no!

He locked his phone and rushed after his friend.

"Katsuki, are you okay?" Izuku asked knowing what the answer would be.

"Fine enough," Katsuki replied glaring at Izuku.

"I can tell you're pissed," Izuku got in front of his friend and crossed his arms.

"If you don't move I'm going to punch you in the face," Katsuki was dead serious. Izuku sighed and dropped his arms to the side. "I'll see you at school then," Izuku shrugged running ahead.

- At Mei's Workshop -

Izuku had cleaned up the entire shop and boxed as much as he could. For once he knew what the floor boards looked like. He marveled at the fact that there was floor under all the junk and parts. The green-haired teen was waiting for his girlfriend to get back. It wasn't a question if she passed or not; it was whether it would take all day.

The door slammed open. Hatsume's clothes were all black from soot. She looked tired. "Wow, that looks like they put you through the ringer," Izuku commented closing up the last box.

"I got in! I got in!" She jumped at him. She knocked him over and they were on the floor.

"Ow, ow, that hurt," Izuku replied trying to keep his arms from her.

"Oh, right I forgot! Sorry, babe," she said kissing his cheek.

"Its fine. I got in too," Izuku stated.

"What you know already? I thought the hero course had to wait until the week was over?" Mei asked sitting on the floor next to him.

"I scored 74 points. Katsuki got 93 so I'm in if I think about the extra parts of the course," Izuku smirked clenching his fist.

"Extra parts?" Mei asked genuinely curious.

"There was a giant robot that was worth nothing. I thought it was odd that would be a part of the test. Why have something we have to avoid? I guessed it was because in real situations there are powerful villains that should be avoided if you don't have a compatible quirk. But when someone was under the rubble I realize what it really was about. They had picked a place with the most people to deploy the robot. It was a test to see if anyone had heroic qualities," Izuku explained before continuing, "And guess who has heroic qualities." He pointed his thumbs at himself.

Mei couldn't help by giggle and smile. She gripped him into a hug, "I'm so glad what we got in!"

He squeezed her back, "Me too. This is like a dream come true." She kissed him on the lips. No matter how many times it happened it just felt too surreal.

"I hope you don't get too mad I cleaned up your whole area," Izuku said gesturing to the boxes.

"No, actually that helps a lot. I figured I should pack up and see if the school will take all of my scrapped projects and parts," Mei stated seeing the only thing out was his hero costume parts. She knew she had to submit them for his suit. Power-Loader-sensei had pulled her aside after passing her and asked about it. She had told him that she had been working on it for months and what kind of quirk that Izuku had. It was a challenge to develop for and even harder to make it universally applicable. But Izuku had found a way.

"Did you tell your parents yet?" Izuku asked her. She huffed and looking around annoyed. "I'll take that as a 'No'," He said pulling her onto his lap. Izuku gently made her look at him. "Go spend the next few weeks with them. You need to reconnect. They have a right to now," Izuku gave her an unwavering look.

She huffed, "Okay, I will. Would you come with me?"

"Nice, try. I have a very protective mother to go to. She's probably dying to know how it went. I bet your parents will be thrilled to see you. Especially, because you look better," Izuku retorted.

"So I'm pretty now?" Mei smirked caressing his cheek.

"You're the most, beautiful pink-haired girl I've ever laid eyes on," Izuku kissed her.

"Thank you," she said breaking away. He stood up picking her up in the process. She was in his arms bridal style. "I've never get used to that," Mei commented resting her head on his shoulder. He walked over to the cot and set her down gently.

"Go in the morning. If you still can't do it come get me," Izuku offered.

"Aren't you going to tuck me in?" she asked pouting with a hint of seduction.

Izuku chuckled, "As much as I'd love that. You are not tempting me before I turn 16."

"So what I'm hearing is that I've only got to wait a few months," she smirked pulling him down for a kiss.

"We'll see about that when we get there," Izuku smiled before leaving her.

- Midoriya Household -

"Mom, I'm home," Izuku yelled when he entered. His mother stood up from the couch and crossed her arms.

Oh, no, he was going to get it. "Where were you?!"

"I was at Hatsume's place. Why did I miss anything?" he replied. That's when he saw All Might's thin form sitting on the couch. His mind went into panic mode and then into why mode.

"Toshinori-san, is going to be one of your teachers and said that he'd like to personally talk to you. He's worried about your quirk," Inko answered worry plastered all over her face.

This meant two things: One, he was in officially now. Two, he'd have to reveal more of his quirk to his mother. He had never really fully explained it to her. She knew he could use other people's quirks, but thought it was temporary. He only let her keep that delusion because he was afraid on how his own mother would feel about him.

"H-hello, Toshinori-sensei," he said bowing.

All Might waved off the gesture. "Mrs. Midoriya you might want to sit for this," Yagi said frowning.

Izuku and Inko came into the living area. "I can explain better. I'd rather you not Toshinori-sensei," Izuku requested. All Might gestured for him to continue. "Mom, I sort of lied to you all those years ago. My quirk actually allows me to completely copy another person's quirk. I get to use it as if I was born with it. I'm sorry for lying, but I was so scared of it when I was younger," Izuku explained.

Inko was more taken back by the lie than the truth, but she would be lying if she wasn't a bit scared of a power like that. "That makes so much more sense about Katsuki's quirk and mine," Inko admitted.

"I also have quite a few other people's quirk now. Including Toshinori-sensei's quirk," Izuku admitted. This fact caused Inko to turn to All Might. She was about to apologize, but he waved her off.

"Just how many do you have now?" All Might asked wondering about the answer.

The green-haired teen held up six fingers. He then named them dropping a finger for each one, "Weak Telekinesis, Explosions, Power Storage, Zoom, Zero Gravity, and Heal."

All Might recognized that last one. He'd have to talk to Chiyo about it. "I'm here to ask for a blood sample. This is simply a security measure considering just how powerful your quirk is," Toshinori deadpanned.

"I understand. UA is afraid of the villain potential involved with me and considering my history I could easily be the biggest risk," Izuku grimaced staring All Might down.

For once in All Might's life he felt determination greater than his own. This young man's pride would never break. He could never be a villain. But there were questions being asked. People making comparisons to history. Someones wanting security. Others wanted to know if they're related. Since All Might was his only contact point it was safe to assume he'd be willing to cooperate if asked by the number one hero. Nothing about this felt right and all of it left a bad taste in his mouth.

"Look I'm-," All Might started before getting cut off by Izuku, "Let's just get this done with. You'll be my instructor soon enough, so we can talk more then." All Might nodded and opened a suitcase on the coffee table. It was a syringe gun mostly likely setup to pull instead of shot. The skeleton of man walked over to Izuku.

His arms were still exposed from the entrance exam. This is when Inko noticed the slight discoloration of his arms. She gasped, "Izuku what happened?"

"I let out a blast so big it vaporized a 10-story mech and wrecked the buildings next to it," Izuku answered with no emotion at all.

"Izuku, I understand that you've had you convictions challenged and know that I will always be here for you," Inko offered.

"I relish the challenge. Let people look down on me. Let them think of me as a villain. But when the cards are down and no one's left I will still be standing willing to protect everyone in my vision and stop any villain that crosses my path. I understand that I have to put in 10 times more work to create my public image and maintain a positive one. I won't have the luxury of making mistakes. I won't have the luxury that villains will get blamed for the damage or the quirks being used. I have to be conscious of my power moment to moment or I might use the wrong one. Worse if I get an incapable quirk and suddenly I'm a liability on the scene," Izuku ranted his anger threatening to boil over. While he was monologuing the boy had used telekinesis to nudge a vein in his closer to the surface. All Might knew he would be a challenge, but he wasn't prepared for his student being even more aware of his own problems than anyone could have guessed.

Izuku took a deep breath, "I'm sorry." He walked off to the bathroom and got a band-aid. He applied it to his arm via telekinesis. The teen looked to the two standing in the living room. He decided he wasn't hungry that night and went to bed.

"I'm sorry, Midoriya-san. I never realized that the problem was so deeply rooted in society. If your son becomes a hero-" It was Inko's turn to interrupt All Might.

"He will become a hero. I have no doubt in him. I only ask that you make sure to keep him humble. As he continues to grow and gain quirks. I doubt you're school will be able to train his quirk any longer. Just make sure his personality and goals remain in tact. The rest he can figure out himself," Inko stated sitting down, "Now that you have your blood. Please leave, Toshinori-san."

That was all. Inko ended any further dialogue they would have. UA would have to tread carefully now. They had started off on the wrong foot and it would take a miracle to gain her trust again. All Might left and felt drained. He'd have to report all of that back to the administration and to the police. They didn't have a sample of his blood, but if they ever did then answers would be had.