Ok so I want to clarify some of the naming conventions, Asobi, My OC, will refer to all of the characters the same way that I would when he thinks to himself. Keep in mind that a lot of the unmarked commentary is from Asobi's perspective. He's a bit of a 3rd person omnipresent type guy. The others will call each other what they normally do, although I plan to make them more familiar with each other as the story goes on.
After a short break we got back to our positions as I turned on the projector again. "Well that was fun, but it's time for us to bring back our regularly scheduled program." This particular episode was pretty inspiring from Izuku's perspective, I wonder how the others will react to it.
The screen showed the judges of the exam in the monitor room. It showed some of the top 10 student scores. Ibara and Tetsu were there.
"Huh, you two were in the top 10? Cool, I guess TetsuTetsu-san being there makes sense since he is Kiri-kun's rival. And Shiozaki-san is pretty strong too from what I saw from the sports festival." Ashido commented impressed by the two. The aforementioned students looked proud and modest respectively.
"You got 3rd place? You go, girl!" Toru gave Ochako a thumbs up. She blushed at the praise. "Thank you Hagakure-san" Ochako said with gratitude.
"Amazing. The student in first place didn't even have rescue points." Midnight said, clearly impressed.
"He let the robots get in close and then counterattacked. He took down those things like an ace." Snipe said.
"Hehe, damn right I did." Bakugo smirked.
"Do you think you would have won if you entered Todoroki-san?." Sero asked in curiosity.
"Perhaps, my quirk is pretty much designed for large groups of enemies after all. But you never know." Shoto said.
"On the other hand, 7th place didn't have any combat points. And as soon as he used his power, his body was broken. If I didn't know any better, I would think his body isn't used to his own quirk." Midnight said as the camera shifted to Aizawa watching by the door.
"Looks like Aizawa-sensei had his eyes on you from the beginning Midoriya-kun." Tsuyu said.
The screen shifted to Izuku running on the beach towards All Might.
"Hey, All Might!" Izuku exclaimed as he ran towards him.
"Wait, doesn't he realize.." Kaminari started before he was cut short.
"Wait, All Might's here? Where?" Two random civilians asked.
"Yup, that's what I thought." He finished with a deadpan look, the others mimicked this.
"Way to blow my cover! Say it was a mistake!" All Might whisper yelled.
"I was just kidding!" Izuku waved his arms up.
Everyone laughed at this, even Aizawa had a chuckle… Which he immediately hid.
"Dude, how have you kept the secret for this long?" Kirishima asked.
"I honestly have no idea." Izuku replied.
"Anyway, congrats on getting in. I just want you to know that I haven't told anyone about our relationship. I didn't pull any strings and I wasn't a judge. You earned that spot all on your own." All Might said.
"I doubt he would even if he wanted to. A real hero doesn't cheat after all." David said.
"Young Midoriya wouldn't have accepted getting in that way anyway." All Might confirmed.
"Oh, thanks. So, I was surprised to hear that you would be working at UA! After all your agency is in Tokyo-"Getting creepy." All Might interrupted.
"Hehe. Smooth dude, real smooth." Sero snickered.
"They didn't want me telling anyone until they made the official announcement. I've been on a long hunt for a successor." All Might said.
'Oh. So he was going to give his power to one of the students. Someone who already had a quirk.' Izuku looked at his hands with a frown.
Every student in the theater slightly frowned. It would be a lie if they didn't think. 'it could have been me'. That's natural, but they were happy that Izuku got it he was more than worthy.
"Midoriya, you have to stop thinking that you're inferior to everyone else. If you don't have any confidence, then you'll definitely never become a hero. But also listen to this: All Might is the number 1 hero in the world. If you're anything even remotely like him, we will all benefit from your service." Aizawa said, surprising everyone. He was certainly the last person they expected to give him a pep talk like that.
"T-thank you, Aizawa-sensei, I don't know what to say" Izuku said in shock and gratitude for the help.
"So, about One For All, the backlash was severe, wasn't it?" All Might frowned a little bit.
"Wait, you knew I was going to get hurt that badly?!" Izuku gasped.
"You knew and you didn't prepare him? You could've at least told him he would've broken his limbs." Aizawa said in disapproval.
"Well, we were pressed for time!" All Might replied nervously.
"But still you didn't have to give it to him the very same day of the exam." Aizawa said emphasizing the second part while glaring at All Might with red eyes.
"Well I had my suspicions, but it turned out alright, didn't it?" All Might asked.
"Barely. And honestly All Might-sensei that's hardly an excuse." Iida said in a lightly scolding tone. Izuku could have been even more seriously injured or worse if he wasn't so lucky.
"One For All is a difficult power to handle. You're overflowing with energy right now. It'll take some time before you can gain full control over it. Then it's yours to command!" All Might crushed a can and turned into his muscular form.
"Look, it really is All Might!" The couple exclaimed.
"Serves you right for being a show off." Aizawa said.
"Right, now we run!" All Might started running away and Izuku followed.
"How has nobody else found out yet? Dudes, this is hilarious!" Sato exclaimed as he laughed with everyone else.
I grin "If you think that was funny just wait until we find some of the more comedy centric universes!" Excitement followed at this.
'That's right. The torch I passed onto you is but a small flame now. In time it will grow until you wield a raging inferno. The more powerful you become, the more you'll outshine me. Eventually I'll retire, my job complete. Deep stuff, All Might.' He thought.
"Ah I've been meaning to mention this but I didn't have an opportunity until now. I haven't gotten any stronger since I took your quirk All Might. I have better control now, but the 100% blasts haven't gotten any stronger." Izuku said startling All Might a bit.
"That's certainly new.. Normally the results should show themselves by now." All Might smiled.
I decided to make myself known. "Normally I would wait for you guys to get to that part but its still a while away. Izuku here is the final user of One for All. He will not get any stronger than he is now. However there are extra bonuses that the quirk will give you that the previous users did not get. That's all I'm willing to say for now." I finished my explanation while All Might adopted a thinking pose.
"How do you know so much about it, even things that haven't happened yet." Momo asked curiously.
"When a god is assigned to a universe, we are given several days to become familiar with said universe. I may be a god of entertainment but I take my job seriously. You won't find a more knowledgeable person that are on my tier or below." I explain with a bit more gravity than usual. I can see that I earned a bit of respect from the intellectuals of the group from that.
"Tier? Gods have tiers?" Shoda asked.
"Yes, we use tiers to vaguely present the power levels of individuals in an understandable format." I explained trying to be helpful. "Maybe I'll explain the tiers to you all later but for now let's keep watching."
The screen shifted to Izuku in his house getting ready for his first day of high school. He actually packed in his All Might action figures.
"Your fanboyness knows no bounds, dude." Kaminari said. The others kinda shrugged at that, the joke was getting old.
"Izuku?" Inko asked.
"Yeah, mom? I'm going to be late." Izuku replied.
"You look great." She smiled as the camera shifted to him in his school uniform smiling.
"That's so cute, Midori-kun! So pure!" Mina cooed at the family moment, making him blush.
"Just his smile can brighten someone's day. I guess you already resemble All Might in that way." Momo said. Izuku's blush deepened but his eyes gained a bit of pride at that for being recognized.
'The acceptance rate of UA was as small as it always had been. Only 1/300 people were accepted. 4 students got in through recommendation, and 36 through the regular exam. We were split into 2 classes of 20 students each.' Midoriya narrated as he ran through the halls.
"Class 1A, 1A, come on, where is it?" He asked as he finally arrived at the gigantic door.
"Oh man, are there giants in this room? Ok, the most promising students in the country are waiting behind this door." He said as he remembered Bakugou and Iida.
"Nice impressions you 2 made." Ojiro said in jest.
"I apologize again Midoriya-kun." Ida apologized yet again but this time he was a bit more mellow.
He opened the door.
"Take your feet off that desk now!" Iida demanded, only receiving a questioning sound from the spiky blonde.
"It's only the first day and you're already disrespecting this place by scuffing school property, you cretan!" Iida scolded.
"While I appreciate the sentiment Iida-san, it's not that big of a deal. You don't have to yell at the lad." Nezu said.
"I still cannot condone this kind of behavior when many great heroes including you have sat in those desks!" Iida exclaimed.
'So serious.' Everyone thought, in amusement said.
"You're kidding me right? Your old school put a stick up your ass, or were you born with it?" Bakugou laughed as Izuku cursed his luck.
"We might have gotten off on the wrong foot. Let's start over. My name is Tenya Iida from Somei Private Academy." Iida said.
"Somei huh? So you must think you're better than me! I'm gonna have fun tearing you a new one!" Bakugou laughed.
"Young Bakugou, there's a limit to what can count as friendly banter until they become threats." Nezu scolded.
"You would threaten me? Your own classmate? Are you sure you're in the right place?" Iida asked with doubt. They both then looked at Izuku in the doorway.
"Uh hiiiii!" He said nervously.
"Good morning! My name is Tenya Iida from-"Somei, I know. Hi, my name is Izuku Midoriya!" He greeted.
"Midoriya-san, I shouldn't have judged you so quickly. You perceived the true nature of that test. You are indeed the superior candidate." Iida closed his eyes as if he felt unworthy to even look at him.
"That's blunt. I seriously didn't expect that kind of talk from you, Iida-kun." Ochako said.
"Iida-kun, I didn't perceive anything. I just did what I thought was right then." Izuku said.
"And that, that right there is why you're better than me. You didn't care about passing if it meant letting Uraraka-san get hurt. I was only concerned about scoring points." Iida said, still embarrassed for his earlier failure.
"Hey I recognize that messed up hair! Falling boy!" Ochako exclaimed as she walked up to them.
"Falling boy?" Kaminari asked while snickering.
'Oh my gosh! It's that nice girl who talked to me! She looks good in that uniform!' Izuku thought as she made punching motions.
"Oh. Midori-kun, she looks good huh? How forward. What about the rest of us girls?" Mina turned her head and fluttered her eyes at him. For some reason, Ochako felt pangs of jealousy. Izuku blushed as he looked at the rest of the girls who were eyeing him curiously.
"Lucky bastard. Why is it always him?" Mineta sulked to himself, only to have Jiro jam an earphone into his ear and vibrate it.
"Because Midoriya-san isn't a stupid pervert." She said.
"Guys, it's time to commence operation: Wingmen." Sero whispered to Kirishima and Kaminari.
"Oh hi, I guess I should thank you for going in and talking to him." Izuku said with his whole face bright red.
"Huh? How do you know about that?" She asked as the camera shifted to Bakugou. A flashback started playing.
"Man Midoriya-san sure has a lot of flashbacks." Mirio commented.
"Two of our students actually got into UA! And to think you're one of them, Izuku! It truly is a miracle!" The teacher of their junior high class said. In an alleyway, Bakugou shoved Izuku against the wall.
"What did you do to pass the exam? You must have cheated somehow! I was supposed to be the only student from this garbage junior high to get into UA! I warned you not to apply!" Bakugou demanded.
"That was going too far, Bakugou-san? Do you really have that much pride?" Kirishima asked in disappointment.
Izuku grabbed his hand tightly.
"Kacchan, someone I look up to...told me that I can become a hero. That's why I applied. Like it or not, you can't stop me!" Izuku said with confidence.
"You tell him, Midoriya-san!" Hagakure exclaimed.
"Pretty brave of him, at that point he had no chance of winning a straight up fight with Bakugou-san." Satou pointed out.
'I'm gonna ruin that little bastard, right after I figure out how he got in.' Bakugou thought.
"You certainly tried but not on my watch." Aizawa said firmly.
"What do you think we're doing today besides orientation? I wonder what our teacher's like! I can't wait to meet everybody!" Ochako exclaimed as Izuku just turned away trying to hide his red face.
"Sometimes your way too obvious Midoriya-kun." Sero teased, changing honorifics and making their Izuku blush again.
"If you're just here to make friends, then you can pack up your stuff now." Aizawa spoke. Izuku and Ochako gasped and saw him lying on the floor in his sleeping bag.
"Eraser, we really have to talk about that. Last year, you almost gave a student a heart attack." Nezu said.
"Rational students wouldn't get scared by that." Aizawa replied.
"Welcome to UA's hero course." The man sucked a juice bag inside his sleeping bag.
'What is that thing?' The trio thought.
"Our teacher just walked in and greeted us like normal." Kendo said, suddenly very glad that she was placed in 1B, even if Vlad King was a bit over the top, and Momona was better left unmentioned.
"It took 8 seconds for you all to shut up. Rational students would understand that time is precious." Aizawa stood up.
'Is he a pro? He doesn't really look like it.' Izuku thought.
"That's kinda the point Midoriya, an assassin shouldn't go around looking like an assassin after all." Aizawa crossed his arms, making Izuku sweat drop nervously at the metaphor.
"Hello, I'm Shota Aizawa, your teacher." Aizawa said.
'Our teacher?!' Izuku mentally gasped.
"Let's get started. Put these on and head outside." Aizawa held up a blue gym uniform. The camera shifted to the outdoor field.
"A quirk assessment test?" Everyone questioned.
"But what about orientation, we're gonna miss it!" Ochako said.
"If you all want to excel, you can't waste time on pointless ceremonies. The country's still trying to pretend we're all created equal by not letting those with the most power excel. It's not rational. Bakugo, you scored the highest in the entrance exam. What was your best score for the softball throw while you were in junior high?" Aizawa asked.
"While I agree that the process has been a bit inefficient, It is a dangerous thing to have middle school children using their quirks in school. Not everyone has recovery girl up their sleeve." Nezu pointed out. Aizawa nodded, knowing that there were good reasons why things remained the same.
"67 meters, I think." Bakugo replied.
"Great, try doing it with your quirk." Aizawa said.
"Without using a quirk, 67 meters is a good score." Inko said.
'I'll add a little heat to my pitch and drop their jaws.' Bakugou thought.
"DIE!" Bakugo hurled the ball way out with a small explosion.
Everyone not in class 1A looked impressed and a little taken back by the call for death.
"You've never gotten to use your quirks in physical tests before. But doing that now will allow me to figure out your potential as a pro hero." Aizawa held up a remote that said 705.2 meters.
"705 meters are you kidding me?" Kaminari gasped.
"I want to go! That looks like fun!" Mina exclaimed.
"This is what I'm talking about! Using our quirks as much as we want!" Sero added.
"So this looks fun, huh? Very well. Today you'll compete in 8 physical tests to gauge your potential. Whoever comes in last has none and will be expelled immediately." Aizawa gave a creepy smile, making everyone gasp.
"Yeah, we're also going to have to talk about that." Nezu said.
"Hey Eraser? You said that, but there are still 20 students in that class. Did something else happen that day?" Midnight asked with a sly grin.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Aizawa said hiding his small smile.
"Oh crap, he got Aizawa! Young Midoriya's gonna be singled out from the start." All Might said as he read his file.
"You expelled nearly 100 students?!" Momo gasped unaware that her homeroom teacher had that kind of record.
"None of them had any potential." Aizawa replied.
"And who are you to decide that on your own?" David stepped in, he personally believed that anyone could be molded into something useful. Throwing out kids on the first day was just illogical to him.
"Qualified, and with approval." Aizawa replied.
"With a record like that Aizawa-kun that may change soon. We can't exactly have an entire class be expelled on a whim again. Too many resources would be wasted for nothing." Nezu said his peace, ending the argument.
"You can't send someone home! It's only the first day, and even if it wasn't, that isn't fair!" Ochako said.
"Oh and you think natural disasters are? Or crimes? No, the world is full of unfairness. It's a hero's job to overcome that unfairness. So go beyond, Plus Ultra style. Show me it's no mistake that you're here." Aizawa did a creepy motion with his finger.
"Yeesh, that's creepy." Kendo cringed.
"Might want to tone down the intimidating teacher schtick Aizawa-san, it might be a bit too much for some." Midnight said.
"While the general sentiment might be true, that doesn't mean that the system to decide who becomes a hero should be unfair as well. The children are there to learn, to grow. Not to be cut off from their opportunities before they even have a chance to do so." David said again, getting more support from the teachers from that. Aizawa was outnumbered so he just kept his mouth shut.
'A huge test on the first day of school, and I still don't have any control over One For All.' Izuku thought. The screen shifted to the first test. Iida and Tsuyu were up first. Iida aced it thanks to his engines, while Tsuyu made good time with her dexterity. When Izuku was up Bakugou boomed himself past him slowing him down a bit.
"My quirk has more uses than anyone else in this school. Pathetic." Bakugou looked at Izuku.
"This kid has way too much pride." David said.
"He's been working on it, thankfully he isn't as bad as he used to be." Kirishima defended his friend who he knew has changed a bit since then.
"How to control One For All? It's simple. You have to feel it!" All Might spread his arms.
"Really? You're going to go all mysterious sensei on this one?" Kaminari asked.
"No, he;s just that bad at being a teacher." Aizawa pointed out getting All Might to his knees with a thundercloud appearing over his head. The others looked to me and I just whistled innocently.
"Remember One For All? What it felt like?" All Might asked.
"Yeah, I remember a lot of broken bones." Izuku replied.
"No, I mean the rush! The energy! Remember what it felt like?" All Might asked.
"Oh yeah, like WHOOSH, or FOOM, or, oh! Like an egg about to explode in a microwave!" Izuku replied.
"Seriously? An egg? That's kinda boring." Kirishima said.
"Makes sense coming from Mirodiya-kun I guess." Kaminari agreed.
"Really? That's a little boring but ok. If that's the metaphor you want to go with, then lower the wattage or decrease the cooking time, keeping the egg from exploding. Just keep that image in your head." All Might said.
"Yeah, I can do that." Izuku replied.
The screen shifted to the grip strength test. He got an average score while Shoji got over 500 kilograms.
"Shoji-kun, how did you get that strong on your own?" Izuku asked and looked at his tentacled classmate.
"My quirk is mostly a utility type but it also makes my muscles a lot more dense which boosts my strength by a bit." Shoji explained.
During the long jump, Bakugou boosted himself across and Tsuyu easily hopped over it. Izuku had a regular quirkless score. The side step showed Mineta getting a crazy score by bouncing between his balls. Finally, when Ochako did the softball throw, the ball went all the way up into the sky. The remote showed an infinity symbol.
"Man, that's still pretty impressive even now." Kirishima said with a thumbs up. "Thank you." Ochako replied.
Izuku went up to the circle and started thinking.
"If Izuku doesn't shape up he's gonna be the one going home today." Iida said.
"Of course he is! He's a quirkless loser!" Bakugou pointed at him.
"Oh this is gonna be good! I didn't see his face the last time this happened since I was surprised by Midoriya-san." Kaminari said.
'Everyone's been getting awesome results. Everyone has supported me so far! I won't let them down!' Izuku got ready to throw the ball when Aizawa's eyes turned red and he threw it normally, saying 46 meters.
"I erased your quirk. The judges for the entrance exam were not rational enough. Someone like you should never be allowed to enroll at this school." Aizawa glared as his scarf floated around him.
"I stand by what I said earlier, such an amazing power like he has needs to be trained and mastered, not thrown away even if it starts off unstable" David said with conviction.
"Were you planning to break your bones again? Counting on someone else to save your useless body? No matter what your intentions are, you would be nothing more than a liability in battle. You have the same reckless passion as another overzealous hero. One who saved over a thousand people by himself and became a legend. But you're useless if you can only throw one punch before breaking down. Sorry Midoriya, with your power there's no way you can become a hero." Aizawa said.
'Definitely going to talk to him after this. That attitude is unbecoming of a teacher.' Nezu thought as he came up with a suitable speech to give.
"Midoriya, I would like to apologize for saying that. I didn't know you were at such a disadvantage. If anything, I should have scolded All Might for not teaching you more about controlling it." Aizawa glared at the symbol of peace. What he just said shocked everyone. Only Izuku Midoriya could make Eraser Head apologize.
"At least you're aware of when you make a mistake." David said approvingly.
'I'll go a little easier on him when we have our talk' Nezu decided.
"I returned your impractical quirk. Now hurry up and get your throw over with." Aizawa said as Izuku walked back.
'I have to try something!' Izuku started moving his arm to throw it.
'Mr. Aizawa was right about one thing. I'll never become a hero if I can't control my power! I'll focus on what I can do right now!' Izuku's finger surged with energy and he hurled the ball up in a gust of strong wind.
"Yeah! That's how you do it!" Kirishima and Tetsu exclaimed in excitement over their comrades dedication.
'It hurts, but not as bad as before.' He thought as his finger was dark red. The ball got shot 705.3 meters.
"Oh god! Haha look at Bakugou-sans face, it great!" Kaminari shouted.
"Shut up you defective Pikachu! " Bakugou shouted.
"Mr. Aizawa. You see, I'm still standing." Izuku said as Aizawa smiled in surprise.
"You tell him, Deku-kun!" Ochako exclaimed giving Izuku an encouraging pat on the back..
"You learned how to use your quirk in a new way in a matter of minutes. Impressive Deku-kun." Melissa said honestly impressed with how quickly Izuku is growing. Having a quirk for only a few days and already using it in a unique way to overcome its flaws.
'You knew you couldn't fire at full strength or else you'd be KO'd. So you propelled the ball at the last possible moment with the energy in your fingertips! What the heck young Midoriya? When did you go and get so cool?' All Might thought.
Everyone laughed as the credits rolled. "He just keeps acting like the world's biggest dad. It's so adorable." Mina says as All Might pulls a Hinata with his fingers and looks away.
"So before we continue, I'll just say that for now, every third viewing will be of another universe. So after the next one we'll turn on the multiversal receiver again." I clarify as the next episodes title appears on the screen.
"Rage, You Damn Nerd!"
Sorry about the late upload, I was going to write and post it yesterday but some IRL stuff got in the way.
