"BEGIN!" At the sound of Present Mic's voice, Izuku shot forward through the still-opening gates of the mock city. He didn't care or notice that most of his peers were still standing before the gates, somewhat confused- he only cared about the arena that lay before him. He quickly found it to be a city that wasn't in ruins- no rubble for him to throw around, no rebar to use as a temporary reach-extender. There were, however, street lamps and utility poles he could use if he wanted to.

From behind a building came one of the mock villains. It was about 2 Izukus, or 3-ish meters, tall- split equally between a single large wheel and a metal torso. It had a spindly neck and a head that consisted of a block of metal and a single camera lens. The two arms it had were also long and thin, and ended in a large, unimpressive combination of claws, gatling guns, and a shield that had the number "1" spray-painted on it. That meant it was a 1-pointer robot.

"One For All: 7% Boost!" Momentarily flowing One For All into his legs, Izuku backflipped away from a stab. He then allowed One For All to momentarily flood his legs a little, Boosting him back towards the 1-pointer. "Tiger…" He did the same with his right arm up to his elbow and slammed it into the face of the 1-pointer, crushing it. "... SMASH!"

Advancing forward a bit, Izuku encountered a set of 5 1-pointers and 3 robots that looked like 4-legged scorpions with giraffe necks and laser-shooting tails, which were the 3.5-meter tall 2-pointers. Boosting himself upwards from a barrage of lasers and rubber bullets, he landed behind the tail of one of the 2-pointers. Flowing his Quirk into his arms, he forced the 2-pointer to eradicate all the 1-pointers in the group before throwing it at another two pointer, eliminating them both. "Jaguar…" He then Boosted his legs to side kick the robot, smashing his heel into and through the chest of the last 2-pointer. "SMASH!"

He was near a utility pole, so he used a Boost to kick it down and another to hold it in his arms. This is pretty heavy- if I were to actually carry this with me through the entire test, I might need Full Cowl instead of a Boost, but I don't wanna do that just yet. His self-discussion was interrupted by the appearance of a pair of 3-pointers, 4-meter-tall automatons with a pair of back wheels, a pair of gorilla-like arms, and a pair of flashbang missile launchers. Since I don't want to lug this thing around the entire time, might as well just throw it away! And, using a Boost, he threw it straight at one of the 3-pointers' missile launchers, blowing up both it and three 3-pointers.

Deciding to try his luck, Izuku ran past a group of examinees engaged with battle and into a mock car shop. He grinned a little when he saw that multiple 1-and-2-pointers were inside, along with another pair of 3-pointers. Using Boosted legs, he ran down the middle- the 3-pointers fired their missiles, each of which missed him but took out several of their fellow robots- the flashbang missiles managed to ignite their fuel containers- before they ultimately managed to destroy each other.

Boosting his legs, he bust out of the car shop, just in time to see that a blonde examinee shooting lasers from his navel didn't notice the trio of 2-pointers were behind him. As they shot their lasers at him, Izuku used a Boosted throw to intercept the lasers with the severed arm of a 1-pointer. The arm exploded, catching the attention of the other examinee, and he blasted the three with a navel laser.

"Merci for the assist!" Giving the other guy a thumbs up, the martial artist ran into another building, this time a 5-storey office building. Ignoring some other student that shouted his surprise at how the faux villains were also in the buildings, Izuku easily dispatched a 3-pointer before he began to make his way up a spiral staircase in the middle of the building. From where he entered he could see each floor had some variation of robots, a mix of 1-and-2-pointers, numbering about 5 in total per floor.

Alright… I might actually need to activate Full Cowl for this. Let's go! Letting loose a deep breath, he allowed his Quirk to permeate throughout his entire body. "One For All: 7% Full Cowl!" Picking up the hammer-like arms of the 3-pointer, he began to make his way up to the top. Rather than sticking to the staircase, he jumped from floor to floor, attacking each robot before him with precision. Several strikes were single hits that effectively dispatched the bots while others were due to him throwing the bots at each other.

"Dragon… SMASH!" At the top floor of the building, chunks of concrete burst outward as Izuku jump-kicked himself and a hidden 3-pointer out of the building. As he and the chunks of metal and concrete fell to the mock streets below, he used his Full Cowl and the debris around him to lob projectiles at several robots that tried to sneak up on fellow examinees. He missed most of them, but the sound alerted the others to the threats sneaking behind them, and they acted accordingly..

He landed in a roll before coming to stop in a squat. Releasing Full Cowl, he surveyed the area around him. It was a mess of robot parts and roughed-up asphalt, with some concrete. He could see some students enter buildings like he did, and he saw students brawling robots in the center of the streets. Nodding to himself, he broke out into a run and was about to enter the fray again when he heard something: the ground was rumbling.

Looking around for the source of the noise, he didn't have to look for long before it made its appearance known. He could see that it was the 0-pointer, the rampaging stage hazard. It was on tank treads, had a pair of 3-fingered arms as big as itself, and a head with 8 different camera lens. It was also a couple storeys tall, maybe 6 storeys. It was also chasing an ever-increasing herd of students.

Well, it definitely looks hazardous. I might as well run too-

"Oww…" Izuku froze in his tracks. He swiftly turned around to see a someone lying on the ground, obscured a little by dust clouds; judging from the sound and position, it was a girl that hurt herself- maybe a foot- and was on the ground and hurting. Also, the 0-pointers colossal hand was coming down on the girl's position.

"7% Full Cowl!" Without any hesitation, Izuku leapt through debris and dust clouds to the girl's position. Since the dust no longer obscured his vision, he saw that it was the round-faced girl he and Kirishima met that morning. Her arms were scraped slightly, and her foot was under a bit of rubble. He quickly threw off the rubble, picked the girl up bridal-style, and hopped away as the 0-pointer's arm crashed down where they just were. It lifted its arm up and revealed the massive depression it left in the ground. The camera lens glowed a menacing crimson color.

"Holy stinking super crap! Who programmed this thing? This is supposed to be an entrance exam, not a death sentence! That 0-pointer just demolished the ground we were at; if I were too late, I don't think it would've held back. It would've crushed us both!" The girl he carried in his arms started panicking.

"Waiwaiwait, what? A-are you sure U.A. is letting us go through such a dangerous test like this?"

"I don't think we're supposed to!" With a grunt, Izuku dodged another arm that tried to smash down on him and the girl he was carrying. Jumping back a bit, he used his Full-Cowled legs to kick up a large dust cloud, and used the distraction to hide behind some rubble. He deactivated Full Cowl. "Alright, so either they have medical staff on hand for reviving the dead, or that robot is going haywire and ruining the test. See, it's even deliberately sowing panic by trying to topple students with the buildings! At least the other mock villains had rubber bullets, non-fatal lasers and flashbang missiles. This one's trying to crush everything!" He looked awkwardly at the girl still in his arms.

"Can you, maybe, put me down now?" He gingerly did, not knowing how hurt her ankles were. "Thank you. So, anyways… U.A. should send a teacher, like Cementoss or Thirteen!" As she screamed this, the top half of their rubble cover was knocked away. The pair looked up to see the 0-pointer looking down on them. It lifted a hand.

"Uraraka, what's your Quirk? Is it related to the pads I see on the tips of your fingers?"

"Yeah, it lets me remove the gravity of an object. But, the heavier the object, the more nauseous I get."

"Would you get sick if you tried to lift up that thing's hand?" An ominous groaning noise resounded throughout the mock city.

"Yeah, I would."

"Okay. Plan B it is." The arm started to fall down towards them. Rather than trying to run, Izuku stood his ground. He used Full Cowl, but put an extra Boost on his arms and legs- 12% of One For All's full power. There was noticeable strain, but Izuku could handle it, despite the grunt he let loose.

As the arm came down on Izuku and Uraraka, the martial artist stomped his feet, grounding himself, and thrust his arms upwards catching the 0-pointer. The ground under him cracked, and he sank in a to the bottoms of his knees- more than he anticipated. He also felt a lot of pain in his limbs, but it was nothing new to him. He'd known real pain, and holding up a really big hand was not equivalent.

Still, he could say with confidence this was one of his stupider ideas.

"What are you doing‽" Uraraka screamed, as she tried her best not to cower or shake too much.

"I'm, ngh, stalling for time! Eventually, a Hero's going to come to help us out of this situation, but if this thing is going to lethally rampage around, others might get hurt while the Hero's on their way! So I might as well just stall it in a single spot, like right here!" Suddenly, the robot put more force into his arm. "Ngh! Well, you know, sorry for keeping you here with me."

"That's, that's fine. Just, are you going to be able to hold that up like that for long?"

"Maybe. Ngh. I can't handle my Quirk's full power at the moment, so I'm training myself to reach 100% by increasing what percent of my full power I can handle at a time. Right now, I'm fine with using 7% over extended periods of time, like a person jogging at a good pace. But if need be, I can shift myself up to 12% in parts of my body, maybe more if I do it for an instant. Right now, that's what I'm doing- holding this hand up using 12%." She gaped.

"Only 12%? If this is just 12%, then…" She gasped when she saw Izuku sink further into the ground. Before, his body and his joints were all slightly bent, so as to better support the massive weight placed on them. Now, he crumpled further into himself, almost forming a perfect semicircle with his back and 90-degree angles with his arms and knees. "AHH!"

It… it just put it's other hand on top! It's bearing down on me with more weight now! Adrenaline fueled him as he tried to push back up with his Full Cowl and Boost. As he fought to move upwards, the metallic giant groaned to push him back downwards. Once more the ground cracked underneath him as he grit his teeth and applied more and more pressure to the titan above.

Nrrgh! My bones feel like they're going to break! I'm not supposed to use 12% for this long, so hurry up. Hurry up, and get off of me! Get out of my hands, get off of my back! Better yet, just get restrained already by a Hero! Even better… just get obliterated, just get turned to scrap by someone like All Might already!

As Izuku continued with his inner monologue, he didn't notice what was happening around him, nor what was happening with his own body. But Uraraka did. She saw the dust that he was somehow kicking up, even though the only movements he made were shaky attempts to straighten up. She also saw how he was glowing a faint shade of green.

Actually… no, don't. I'll do it myself. This is an obstacle that I will overcome! Kacchan wouldn't want to admit defeat by asking for a Hero's help so soon, and I won't either. I'll turn you into scrap with my own power. I'll defeat this thing with my own Quirk, with my One For All.

As he strained more and more, Uraraka felt her hair blow back in the face of the winds Izuku was producing. The dust clouds he produced before were being blown away by this accumulation of power. Izuku's body, before shimmering a dull green, was now gleaming a vibrant emerald. If she squinted, the gravity girl would notice that his eyes shined bright and that energy arced throughout his body. So, hurry up and get off my BACK ALREADY!

Izuku let out a mighty roar, and the earth shook.

Uraraka didn't notice exactly what went on as the resulting burst of dust that clogged the air obscured some of her vision, but she could feel the shockwaves that resonated from the collision between the teen and the titan. When the dust settled, she took a peek, and her jaw dropped.

They no longer had to worry about the 0-pointer, as most of the upper half was completely eradicated. Meanwhile, the lower half had flown several meters away, with the tank treads facing the sky. Small bits of scrap and wiring were falling like snow around them- the last remains of the 0-pointers.

Izuku was still standing in the ground deformity, but he was now standing straight, arms up, palms upward, fingers together. The martial artist was panting heavily, and his arms looked just a little bit red and swollen, but otherwise he was okay.

"Heh, heh, hey…" he said, groggily. "I, uh, I managed to… I managed to, to do it. At 7 and 12… 7 and 12%, too. That's not, that's not too bad. Heh heh." With some difficulty, he managed to drag himself up from the depression in the ground, and was standing on his feet, surveying the damage. Either that, or he was wiping sweat from his brow. Either way, he was wavering, and barely standing up. The gravity girl noted that a bunch of other students, as well as a small old lady and Present Mic, were all running towards them. She also noted that Izuku was about to fall.

"Hey!" Struggling against some pain in her ankle, she managed to catch him, and supported him on her shoulders. "Uh, careful, now. Uhm, it's… bad luck to fall on the day of an exam, right?" That was the last thing Izuku heard before all he could hear were ringing noises and slurred sounds, and her shyly smiling face was the last thing he saw before nothingness.

A/N: "Oh, come on. That ending to your chapter is weak."

"I thought it was intense, perfect."

"It isn't, especially Izuku's inner monologue. The words look jumbled, and any meaning or message is either unclear at best or not present at worst. Speaking of not being present, how come Izuku never attempts to use 100%?"

... Hold onto that thought while we fish for an answer we could adequately weave into the narrative using decent grammar and storytelling.

In any event, bye for now, see y'all next chapter.