Artificial Human Izuku

Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia

Chapter 7: Day of the Exams

It had been a long time since Izuku had felt nervous. Maybe it was because of the security measures at the gates.

His nervousness mainly stemmed due to the fact that if he failed…no spy…that and getting caught. He was confident he wouldn't get caught…just failing.

It felt like to time at all had passed.

Time really did fly.

But he was prepared. He was ready.

A whole year (almost) was spent training him for this sort of thing.

…School.

Well technically inventing gadgets.

Izuku or rather Izuru walked into the U.A and…the support department candidates…well…there was barely any…

The room they used was a lot smaller than what they would have used, which was understandable.

Everyone wanted to be a hero.

Go big or go home.

"EVERYBODY!" a voice shouted in the small room causing many to cover their ears. The bastard who used his quirk in the small room was a tall man with long, spiky hair that reminded Izuku of a cockatiel. He had a small moustache, wore a pair of headphones with the word HAGE on the headband, a pair of dark tinted sunglasses.

The loud madman wore a black jacket with an upturned, studded collar and studded shoulders, black pants with a studded belt, black boots and black, fingerless gloves. Around his neck looked like an old stereo player, complete with speakers, play buttons, and a cassette tape.

This was the hero Present Mic.

"Sorry everyone." He apologized at the possible students of U.A High. Maybe he shouldn't have used his quirk. "But…ARE YOU READY?!"

This time, no quirk was used…but it was still unnaturally loud.

"Is this a test of endurance?" was the current thoughts of one Izuru Yamikumo.

He would be surprised if it was one.

"All of you are here for the Support Course Exams! Can I hear a YEAH?!"

The hero was met with silence...

"Ouch! I understand how nervous you all are but have no fear! Why? It's because I'm here to break it down for you!"

…and he continued on as if he was used to this treatment.

"This wonderful exam was created to test you inventor types! So if you came for the hero course, get out! That exam is later!"

"Well yeah…the hero course exams are some time after the support course exams…for some reason." Izuku thought.

The exams went support, hero, education and management.

He didn't know why support was first or management was last, but he did know one thing.

The general education course was placed after the hero course for the sole reason of those who failed to get into the hero course.

"First is the written exam!" Present Mic shouted. "So listen up listeners! Cause you got one shot!"

"Please turn in down a notch…" everyone thought.

"The written exam is the least of your worries though!"

"DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT!"

"You all have one and a half hours to complete the written exam listeners!" Present Mic threw his hands up. "However you might be wondering why the written exam only takes up just a measly hour and a half? That's for you to discover after the test!"

It was then that stapled papers were being handed around the room. "I'll begin once everyone has gotten their papers! So raise them hands baby!"

Everyone who got a paper put their hand up to signal they got one. "Is…is he crying?" Izuku blinked as the hero wiped the area under his glasses.

This might have been the first time someone actually did something 'listener' related.

"OKAY!"

Yep, this was the first.

"You all got your papers! Time…starts…NOW!" and with that everyone started writing. "Remember, no cheating!"

Each applicant went on with the exam, using the time to the fullest.

Izuku noted that the questions involved the support course's trade.

For example, a flying hero has a quirk that allows him to glide long distances, however anymore weight would cause his quirk to be useless, especially since he is a hero that works with mountains and heights.

How would you solve this?

Those sorts of questions coupled with questions that involved malfunctioning technology and repairs.

Izuku continued the test confidently writing down the answers.


"And…TIME!" Present Mic shouted as the written test came to a close. "We will now be collecting your papers once you leave…TO YOUR PRACTICAL EXAM!"

"Reminder: buy soundproof headphones."

"Now all you listeners may be wondering what the practical exam is? Well first, we have to move to the practical exam room!" he shouted. "Follow me listeners! The others will collect your papers and begin marking!"

The wannabe support students followed the loud hero as Izuku wondered what the practical exam would consist of. He would assume it would be creating something…

"Hm…wonder what we have to make…" he muttered under his breath.

"I don't know what the practical will be, but I hope it allow me to go crazy with ideas." The voice next to him said.

Turning, he saw who it was.

It was a girl with a quite fit physique and a very round chest. She was around his height had somewhat messy and curvy pink shoulder-length hair that resembled dreadlocks or even bananas along with having yellow eyes with a crosshair-like design on them.

She even had some goggles on her head and some fingerless gloves.

"I can't wait to introduce my babies to the world."

Izuku blinked. He blinked again.

"Sorry?" what she just said didn't registered with the spy and he had to ask.

"Oh! My babies!" she beamed. "They're my creations!"

"Oh, like what we came here to do?"

"Yep!" she nodded as they continued down. "Mei Hatsume."

"Izuru Yamikumo."

"Well, Yami, best of luck to ya."

He didn't need to wonder why she said that as they all came to a stop.

"YO!" Present Mic shouted. "EVERYBODY! WE ARE FINALLY HERE AT YOUR EXAM ROOMS!"

They were standing in a hallway…

"As you can see in this hallway is multiple rooms were you will be taking your practical exam. So you'll all get a room to work!" Present Mic then pointed everyone to their assigned rooms. "Now…if you all be so kind to take a look inside your assigned rooms listeners!"

Izuku opened the room he was assigned to and what he saw shocked him.

Piles and piles of robotic parts…used for the hero course entrance exam!

"YES MY LISTENERS!" Present Mic shouted. "Your practical exam is putting together our illustrious exam robots!"

"As you can tell, these robots have three different points. A one point robot, a two point robot and a three point robot!" the hero said. "However this is where your test comes in. Each robot you successfully build goes to your score! A point for the certain robots you make! Build a two point robot and you'll score two points that also goes for the other two as well! The points marked on the robots are how many points you'll score."

"But here's the catch baby! You are allowed to use your quirk in order to help construct the robots and like the written exam, there is a time limit of…drum roll…FOUR HOURS!" he shouted. "All of you here are skilled soon-to-be inventors! So you shouldn't have much trouble here! Build as many robots as you can and make sure they are in working condition! That's another part to this test! Even if you build it correctly, they need to work correctly too! So if you build a three point robot and it doesn't work you will not be getting those points!"

"So the robots used in the hero's entrance exam. We're building those." Izuku thought as Present Mic brought the microphone closer.

"Your time starts now listeners!"

With that everyone went into their assigned rooms and closing the doors behind them, got to work.

There was no rush, unlike the hero exam.

The hero exam had a set amount of robots and too many applicants. Therefore the time limit was shorter.

Not enough robots to go around.

Izuku looked around the room. The room held tools, not like he needed them, but he wondered where the cameras where.

Weren't they supposed to be watching their progress?

Either way, Izuku started to take off his shirt and revealed the muscles he had hidden away. They were quite impressive.

…If his mother was still alive…she would probably call them something along the lines of Lady Killers.

Shaking his head from the thoughts he got to work on the robots.

From his back, he grew limbs with ingrown tools, retractable arms with a tool for the job.

Hammers, screwdrivers, welders, blowtorches, you name it.

He did however grab one of the welding masks just in case as he went to work on the robots.

Each of his arms was working on a different part of the robots in his assigned room. He might have had an advantage due to extra limbs with tools, but he didn't know the other participants quirks.

So he worked for four hours straight. Building the one, two and three point robots and giving them a brief test run after the creation of each robot.

He was building up quite a number as the commands were to activate and make a line at the end of the room and deactivate.

Making it easier to get the parts that weren't used while knowing which ones you fixed too.

However he wouldn't lie and said he wasn't tempted with using his other quirks.

Well the few quirks he could use here that is.

He could definitely see why the support course would be classified as harder than the hero course.

Breaking things was way easier than building them.

It then brought up the point of the robots themselves.

What was going to happen to them? When they finish this exam, are they going to be used for the hero course exam?

He didn't know.

As long as it got him into the support course, he didn't care what they decided to do with these machines.

He continued to steadily build the robots at his current pace. Each arm helped speed up the process immensely because of it.

He picked up a part before he glared at it. "So they added non-working and broken parts on purpose."

Clever U.A, very clever…

By adding in fake parts like that, it also screwed with other things down the line like the robots.

It was a good thing he was taking note of the parts, otherwise he could have had a mishap.

Izuku continued to build the robots, with being extra observant of the parts now. There was no clock in the room which was a bummer.

He continued with the one point robots, two point robots and the three point robots. The exams only end when the loud man shrieks…or screeches.

Either one really when it's that guy on the mic. The main point is that your ears bleed is when it's over…

"AND THAT'S TIME!" Present Mic shouted from the intercoms…but he did know they could hear him without it…right?

"Please come on back out listeners!" he called as Izuku picked up his shirt and put it back on and left the room. "I hope you all did well! Cause that's it! End of the practical exam!"

"We will be going into your rooms and tallying up your total robots and their point worth!" The hero then held the mic out to them. "Did you all have a great time?"

He was met by silence again.

"It wasn't that bad actually…" Izuku had to admit. A written test and a practical test by putting robots together in working order and making sure they worked.

As well as identifying which parts were the planted ones from U.A to screw with the exam takers.

Very crafty school…despite it having a walking stereo that's volume was always on high and a walking skeleton that occasionally spat out blood like miniature waterfall!

From what he could tell from the staff…they were just as quirky as their quirks themselves!

"Those four hours felt like nothing." He said as the pink haired girl he had met earlier agreed.

"Now listeners! We will be sending your written and practical exams back to you sometime next week! Maybe even before then!" the hero said with a smile.

Everyone thought that was it before the hero spoke again to stop them from going.

"Don't tune away listeners!" he said as he motioned them to follow him. "There's one last thing, and don't worry. It isn't part of the tests!"

They all followed the hero to another room. "Now, out of all the exams, the support course exam is the longest with five and a half hours, the hero course actually being the shortest due to the short lived practical." Present Mic explained. "However, all three other courses exams are WAY shorter than this course's exam. So today…"

Present Mic then opened the door to reveal a whole lot of food. "…We are treating you to the meal you missed due to the exam." He then waved his hand into the dinner area. "Fell free to dig in listeners! Don't be shy!"

Everyone entered with Present Mic's constant guiding and soon everyone got a table and food.

"Now one last thing…" Present Mic said. "Heroes are important, but you are equally important! Without you we heroes will be nothing!"

"So take pride! You are all heroes to us! A hero's hero!" he finished off getting an applause…which was tearing the man up.

And now, the support course takers were eating the meal they missed.

At Izuku's table on the other side, was Mei.

"Hey there Yami." she said as she sat down.

"Hatsume-san" he nodded.

"Hope you don't mind if I just bud in!"

"Nah, its fine." He waved it off.

"Cool! Hey, did you overhear about us examinees?" she asked as he had to shake his head signalling he did not. "Apparently this year is one of the lowest in terms of numbers. But they said that there should be enough to still have our three classes outnumber the hero course…maybe…"

Izuku ate in silence as Hatsume changed the topic of conversation yet again. "I hope they'll let us create our own babies."

"That's going to be taken out of context…" he thought. "Let's just focus on getting into the course first, alright?"

"It's no big deal." She waved her hand. "If we fail, it's just learning experience for us!"

"…That's true." He said returning his attention to his food. "It sure was nice to give us a free meal."

"Yep, because our course is the longest, the other three don't get this sort of treatment!"

"I guess we should take this as 'thanks for your hard work' then?"

"That's what I'm going to take it as."

Izuku continued to eat with the pink haired girl on the opposite side of his table. So this was what it would be like to eat at the school.

Well, if he got in and she got in too, he wouldn't mind doing this.

He needed to fit in to fulfil his role as a spy.

"I wonder if we're going to be in the same class if we pass." He wondered loudly.

"Only one way to find out!" she grinned.

He only nodded as he ate the rest of his meal before he and the others left the premise of U.A High's school grounds.


After the support course students left the teachers came in to mark their work.

The person who just walked into the room was that of a mouse with a face of a bear with a large scar going across his right eye, the nose and tail of a mouse despite his bear like head and dog paws for hands. He wore an elegant suit with large shoes that didn't seem to match the suit he wore.

In his paws was that of a clipboard with the applicant's name and three different columns for the robots.

He checked every robot in the room and was quite impressed with the amount he saw. Looking down marked down the robots the applicant was able to make during the four hour test.

From the corner of his eye, he saw a pile of broken, fake and bugged parts.

Turning his attention to the robots, the mouse smiled. He gave the points the applicant earned fairly.

He wasn't the principal for nothing.

"So this is the kid you met, All Might." The mouse said. "He's pretty good. His quirk also helped him in the construction of each robot. His control and the ability to multitask in the midst of construction were outstanding."

"I could only imagine what would happen if he decided to become a hero." The principal finished the total points Izuru had earned. Just because All Might liked the kid didn't mean he would be given special treatment. He got the same treatment as everyone else.

"It's a good thing I look over the support course thanks to my quirk!" the mouse said. "It seems we will have a few interesting support course takers…though small…"

The principal left the room and headed back to the others.

He had three over courses to look over in the next few days…and he was quite excited to see all the students who manage to get into his academy.

He was a very happy mouse.