Boku no Hero Academia: Tales of Heroism

Disclaimer: This is a fanfiction story of Boku no Hero Academia. I own nothing of the series other than the fanfiction stories that I make.

Tale 4.2: Metamorphic Hero Izuku

Several months after the Quirk Ripper, who was also known as Midoriya Izuku, had turned himself in and was placed under probation in U.A. High School, examinees from all across Japan went to the school in the hopes of becoming students in its hero course. In spite of the lingering fear that the infamous villain was going to attend the school, and was certainly strong enough to have a good chance of being placed in the hero course, the appeal of being in the school with arguably the best hero course in all of Japan was simply too great to be rejected. There was also the fact that the Quirk Ripper had been sighted doing various community services such as cleaning up rubbish and clearing debris caused by fights between heroes and villains. Although there were moments when he intimidated or even attacked other people, albeit without inflicting permanent physical damage, they were mainly villains, bullies or lawbreakers so not even Eraser Head, who was a stricter teacher than most, felt inclined to punish him severely.

All the examinees who had come for the entrance exams of the hero course in U.A. High Schoolgathered in an auditorium where a pro-hero, a blond man with a loud voice named Present Mic, gave them an energetically loud welcome like a DJ. The pro-hero then explained the rules of the test which basically involved getting as many points as possible by defeating three types of enemy robots which had different levels of difficulty and therefore offered different amounts of points each.

The pro-hero's explanation of the rules of the test was interrupted when a black-haired boy with a pair of rectangular half-rim spectacles and a serious-looking face spoke, "Excuse me, may I ask a question? On the hand-out, there are clearly four types of villains listed! Such an error would be the height of embarrassment for a top-tier national academy of U.A.'s calibre! The reason why we are seated here today is because we seek guidance on the path to becoming model heroes!"

In a different universe, the stern-looking examinee would proceed to harshly lecture a certain boy named Midoriya Izuku for being distracting. However, since Midoriya Izuku was not present in the auditorium, and would have been impossible to miss if he was actually present, no such thing occurred. Instead, Present Mic simply explained, "About the four types of enemies, Examinee 7111, the fourth kind of villain that you'll encounter is worth zero points. You could say that they are area traps to the avoided."

Once the bespectacled boy, who was currently known as Examinee 7111, understood why there were four types of enemies, he bowed respectfully as he spoketo Present Mic, "Thank you very much! I apologise for being rude!"

After Examinee 7111 sat down, Present Mic added, "Also, in case anyone is worried about the Quirk Ripper taking part in the test, any area where he is present will have twice the number of villain-bots for you to take down, including the zero-pointers which should be avoided. Be warned though, that boy is a strong fighter and his fighting skills has not dulled at all." Present Mic barely suppressed a shudder as he added, "In fact, he has gotten even more creative in defeating his enemies." He could still remember how Izuku once used a tube of wasabi to defeat a villain with a large nose by shoving the tube up one of the villain's nostrils followed squeezing out its spicy contents right into the said nostril. There was also that incident when Izuku knocked out a villain by throwing a rubber ducky at the villain's face with enough force to break her nose. The less said about the "daikon incident", the better.

While many of the examinees took Present Mic's warning seriously, a certain blond boy named Bakugou Katsuki simply snorted dismissively in response. Somehow able to take part in the entrance exams, albeit with the harsh condition that he would be immediately expelled from U.A. High School and barred from every school that offer a hero course in Japan if he dared to attack Izuku or his loved ones, Katsuki failed to see what was so impressive about using typical household items in taking out villains in humiliating ways. Quirks were supposed to be used to take out villains, not allow a hero to take them out in stupid ways.

Present Mic then told the examinees to get ready to go to their respective areas of the arena where they would be taking the test.

--At the arena…--

Examinee 7111, as well as the other examinees in his group, was waiting for the start of the practical part of the exam when someone suddenly landed before them. Everyone turned their attention towards the newcomer and was shocked to realise that the newcomer was none other thanthe infamous Quirk Ripper, Midoriya Izuku.

Easily as tall and muscular as All Might, Izuku wore a pair of dark-blue jeans, a black leather belt, a pair of black leather boots, an unzipped tan-coloured hooded jacket with torn-out sleeves and white bandages on his forearms and palms. His overall appearance and presence was nothing short of intimidating as no one dared to speak up, not even to disparage him for looking so obviously villainous.

Breathing out hot steam from the vents on his "face mask", Izuku stood up and regarded them with glowing red eyes as he spoke aloud, "So, this is the group that I need to compete with to join the hero course. I sincerely hope that you are brave enough to be worthy of being called heroes."

After hearing Izuku's deep and menacing voice, and realising that he was not a dumb brute as indicated by his manner of speech which had improved over the past few months, many of the examinees wondered if it was too late to take the exam in a different area as they shared a similar line of thought, "Screw the extra villain-bots, I don't want to compete with THAT!"

A few minutes later, the practical exam began…

--Meanwhile…--

As the examinees tried their best to score as many points as possible, the teachers of U.A. High School, including All Might, were watching their performances. Afew examineesstood out from the rest such as a certain infamous blond boy with red eyes who used his explosive quirk to destroy the robots. However, none stood out more than the Quirk Ripper who leapt into battle and tore the robots apart with his bare hands before using the torn pieces as projectiles and weapons. His violent display of combat ability was so effective and brutal that he intimidated many of the other examinees into staying as far away from him as possible.

Grinning at the scene, Present Mic said, "It seems that your plan to use Izuku as a litmus test for finding promising students is working, Principal."

Smiling in agreement, an intelligent quirked animal of unknown species named Nedzu, who was also the principal of U.A. High School, said, "Izuku's combat ability was never in question, especially when allowed to go all out in attacking an enemy. In that regard, he is basically guaranteed a place in the heroics course of this school."

Another teacherand pro-hero, a scruffy-looking man with tired-looking eyes named Eraser Head, spoke to Nedzu, "Which would have made the very idea of putting Izuku in the entrance exam to prevent public outcry of favouritism a waste of time, and robots, until you decided to use him as a means of finding anyone brave enough to actually compete WITH him for points."

Nodding in affirmative, Nedzu replied, "Given his infamous reputation, intimidating presence and brutal fighting methods, only a rare few individuals would dare to get close enough to attack the robots that are currently focused on attacking him." Nedzu could not help but chuckle as he added, "More than half of the doubled number of villain-bots to be exact."

Indeed, a number of examinees were becoming notable for being brave enough to attack the robots which were focused on attacking Izuku after taking out the other robots. The examinees included a boy with a bird's head who extended a shadow-like entity from his body to attack the robots from a safe distance, a blond boy who was literally shooting laser beams from his navel, a certain bespectacled boy known as Examinee 7111 who used his quirk-enhanced speed for hit-and-run tactics and even a brown-haired girl with a gravity-manipulating quirk who was touching the robots that were not paying attention to her and made them float high enough that letting them fall would damage them.

Pleased with what he was seeing, Nedzu said, "It seems that we have gotten ourselves a lot of promising students this year." He then turned his attention to Eraser Head, who nodded in understanding before pressing a big red button, as he added, "However, the thing to really test their mettle is THIS!"

--After the button was pressed…--

Everyone in Izuku's examination group gaped in shock as twomassive robotsthe size ofbig buildingsappeared. Understandably, many of them had a similar thought about the two robotsthat moved on tank treads, "They're ridiculously huge!"

One of therobots then attacked with incredible force, smashing buildings into rubble. Certain that the massive robotswerethe "area traps" that Present Mic had talked about and had zero points, none of the students were interested in attacking them. In fact, many of them decided to run away instead.However, instead of fleeing from the scene like everyone else, Izuku realised that someone was trapped under some rubble.

Running on pure instinct, Izuku quickly dashed towards the trapped person who was a short boy with purple balls in place of hair. The giant robot that was closest to the trapped boy noticed Izuku charging towards him and "tried" to slam its hand onto him to stop him. Easily dodging the attack, Izuku soon reached the short boy and quickly freed him. He then picked up the panicking boy by the back of his shirt and ran away like the other examinees.

--A few minutes later…--

Before long, the practical exam was over and Izuku was about to leave the arena when the short boy whom he had saved suddenly said, "Wait! Why did you bother to save me?"

Looking at the comically small boy, Izuku replied, "Saving and protecting lives is what heroes do."

Surprised by the answer, like everyone else within earshot, the short boy said, "B-but you're the Quirk Ripper who goes around tearing people into pieces to cripple them and render them quirkless!"

Unable to deny the truth of the boy's statement, Izuku instead asked, "What is your name?"

Not expecting Izuku's query, the boy hesitated for a moment before he answered, "My name is Minoru, Mineta Minoru."

Izuku then asked Minoru, "Tell me, Mineta-san, how much about me do you actually know?"

Minoru wore an uncertain expression as he answered, "Well, I have heard that you were diagnosed as quirkless and had been basically quirkless for most of your life until last year when your quirk finally manifested and made you undergo a metamorphosis like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. I also heard that you suffered memory loss after your metamorphosis until you finally reunited with your mother, Midoriya Inko, and turned yourself in not long after that."

Nodding in affirmative, Izuku explained, "I can assure you that both accounts are indeed true. What you may not know is that I used to be bullied for most of my life because I was basically quirkless for that period of time. The fact that I wanted to be a hero in spite of being quirkless only made the bullying worse."

Although Minoru was never bullied for being quirkless, he knew what it was like to be judged as unfit for being hero because of his appearance and weak quirk. Make no mistake, Minoru was a hopeless pervert and wanted to be a hero to be popular with the ladies but he still wanted to prove the world that even he could be a cool hero. As such, Minoru started to understand Izuku a little and felt a little more confident of speaking honestly as he asked, "So why did you become the Quirk Ripper? I get that you had lost your memories at the time but even you have to agree with me when I say that going about tearing other people apart is not something a normal person with amnesia would do."

Many of the curious examinees were surprised to hear Izuku chuckle in self-depreciating amusement before he replied, "No, it certainly isn't." Although Izuku had no mouth to smile with, many realised that he was expressing his equivalent to a sad smile through his presently-green eyes as he explained, "However, being unable to remember anything other than the facts that I was not a hero, was unwanted by just about everyone else and still had a desire to stop bad people from hurting others regardless, what else was I supposed to do?"

Not expecting Izuku's reply, a certain bespectacled boy named Examinee 7111 had to ask, "Then, what made you decide to be a hero in the end?"

Turning his attention to the bespectacled boy, Izuku answered, "Let's just say that a certain little girl thought of me as her hero even though I did not believe myself to be a hero. She was also the one who convinced me to approach my mother after she made her public announcement begging me to return back to her. Had I not saved her and allowed her to stay with me, I would not have the courage to meet my own mother to confirm if she actually loved me and wanted me back in her life." Izuku's eyes were unmistakably warm as he added, "You could say that the girl was the little heroine who helped me regain my memories and get back on the right track of becoming a hero."

Amazed and moved by Izuku's sincere response, Examinee 7111 was certain that Izuku was more heroic than he, as well as many others, had initially assumed. Although most were reluctant to fully believe Izuku's story, a significant number of them realised that he actually had as much a right to join the hero course of U.A. High School as any of them.

Seeing that no one was asking any further questions, Izuku said, "Well, I must be off now." He then wore an unmistakably smug smirk as he added, "I look forward to seeing who will become my classmates later in spring." While nearly all the examinees paled at the implication that he would be their classmate in the hero course, he quietly walked away from the arena like some nameless wanderer from an old western film.

As for the exam results, Izuku got the highest score of 100 points which was partly due to rescuing Minoru. He could have gotten a lot more points but he had to restrain himself from going all out when the braver examinees started to "steal" his kills, as Principal Nedzu had already predicted. The last thing Izuku wanted was to accidentally harm any of them due to throwing a projectile at them or punching a robot into their direction. Katsuki, who resented Izuku, was unsurprisingly displeased with the results as he only got 77 points.

--Springtime…--

Izuku, who was dressed in his specially-made U.A. High School uniform to accommodate his enormous size, smiled at his mother and adopted little sister, Midoriya Eri, and said, "Well, I'm off."

Smiling at her beloved elder brother and saviour, Eri said, "Good luck in making lots of new friends and try not to maim anyone, even that big meanie who used to bully you all the time!"

Chuckling at Eri's choice of words, Izuku patted her head affectionately and said, "I'll do my best, Eri-chan."

--A while later…--

Izuku's eyes were yellow in surprise as he tilted his head and said, "Huh, I didn't expect to see you guys here."

Grinning broadly, Minoru gave Izuku a thumb's up and said, "Looks like we're going to be classmates!" It was apparent that the small boy had decided to trust Izuku after saving him during the entrance exams.

Although Izuku knew that he and Katsuki would not be classmates, as Katsuki would be in Class 1B while he was in Class 1A, Izuku was surprised that a significant number of examinees whom he recognised from the entrance exams were his classmates. He then mentally thought, "It's probably Principal Nedzu's doing. Knowing him, he probably thought it best that the people who heard me talk during the exams would be among the most suited to be my classmates."

Suddenly, a certain bespectacled boy known as Examinee 7111 approached Izuku and said, "I see that we're going to be classmates."

Tensing a little at the bespectacled boy's strict tone, Izuku replied, "It seems to be the case."

A tense second passed before Examinee 7111 replied, "While I do not approve what you have done as the Quirk Ripper, I am willing to give you a chance to prove to everyone here that you are determined to be a proper hero." Offering his hand to Izuku, he finally smiled and introduced himself, "My name is Iida Tenya. I'm from Soumei Junior High School."

Staring at the offered hand, Izuku hesitated for a moment before he awkwardly accepted the handshake and replied, "I… can't guarantee that I would completely stop hurting people who hurt others, but I have no intention of wasting this chance to be a hero either even if it means becoming an infamous underground hero."

Knowing that underground heroes worked in the shadows, as well as Izuku's already-infamous reputation, Tenya replied, "Then I hope that you will be able to become an exemplary underground hero, Midoriya-san."

Nodding in affirmative, Izuku then asked with a deadpan expression, "So, when are you going to get out of that sleeping bag of yours, Eraser Head?"

Not expecting Izuku's deadpan query, everyone was surprised when Eraser Head, who was also known as Aizawa Shouta, appeared from behind Izuku's large body and said, "I was hoping to get a few seconds more rest before you decided to ask, Quirk Ripper."

Used to Shouta calling him by his given title, Izuku turned around and said, "I'm assuming that you'll be dragging us off to one of your crazy plans to weed out the unworthy, correct?"

Smirking at Izuku's obviously rhetorical question, Shouta asked, "What ever gave you that idea, Quirk Ripper?"

Crossing his arms over his chest, Izuku wore an unimpressed expression as he replied, "Your past record of expelling an entire class is well-known to everyone who works here and I do currently live here with my mother and adopted little sister."

While most of Izuku's classmates started to panic, Shouta wore an unmistakably sadistic grin as he simply said, "Everyone, get dressed in your P.E. uniforms and meet me at the P.E. grounds."

--A while later…--

In a different universe, Izuku would get the lowest total scorein the test. As for this universe, he was exempted from the test as the staff at U.A. High School had been monitoring his performance from the day he started his probation there. In addition, he had overall performance records for both the daytime and the night time. Shouta was currently showing the two records to Izuku's classmates.

Surprised by the two different records of overall performance, and a significant improvement for some of the exercises at night time, a certain brown-haired girl with a gravity-negating quirk named Uraraka Ochako asked, "Why does he have two different records? Does his quirk work differently at night?"

Nodding in confirmation to Ochako's query, Shouta turned his attention to Izuku, who was standing next him, and said, "You might as well as tell them the details about your two quirks." The fact that Izuku actually had two quirks was not lost to anyone in class, especially a certain scarred student named Todoroki Shouto.

Izuku nodded at Shouta in understanding before he started to explain about his quirks, "As you all may know, I was initially diagnosed as quirkless until my body underwent a metamorphosis which resulted in my current form. The metamorphosis also granted me two different quirks. The first one is a mutation-type quirk which grants me superhuman strength, speed and durability, something which some of you must realise by now." Hearing no argument from anyone, Izuku then continued to explain, "As for my other quirk, it's known as Ominous Fog." Breathing out some cold fog from the vents of his "face mask", Izuku explained, "Just like a regular fog, it can be dispersed by wind and powerful shock waves. High heat and strong sunlight will also cause it to dissipate thus making it mostly useless in bright daylight like right now or when I'm trapped in a burning house." Indeed, the fog quickly dissipated due to the strong daylight.

"For all its limitations and weaknesses, my fog does have its uses. For example, it allows me to basically teleport to anywhere which has enough fog to conceal my body. It also allows me to sense the emotions and thoughts of whoever is the fog. Although I cannot use it to read a person's memories, it does make interrogation a lot easier for me. In addition, it helps to conceal my presence and reveals laser lights such as the ones used for security."

Impressed by Izuku's Ominous Fog, a boy with blond hair and an electric quirk named Kaminari Denki said, "Damn, no wonder you only operated at night back then."

Not waiting to find out if the students were satisfied with Izuku's explanation about his second quirk, Shouta said, "All right, that's enough for now. If you want to ask him any further questions, you'll have to pass this physical test first. Unlike the physical tests at junior high school, you are allowed to use your quirks and you will be guaranteed a place in Class 1A if you manage to perform as well as Izuku in even one of his physical tests. However, if you get the last overall place in class AND fail to perform as well as Izuku in even one of his physical tests, you will be expelled from the heroics course. Any questions?"

Needless to say, no one wanted to be expelled from the heroics course. Thankfully for the person who got the last place, Minoru, he was able to do as well as Izuku in the side-step exercise by taking off the balls from his head to create two small piles of sticky purple balls which he could rapidly jump side-to-side from. As a result, he was not expelled from the class although he was determined to improve himself so that he would become a cool hero who would be well-liked by the ladies. Not even Izuku was impressed by Minoru's rather selfish goal to be a hero.

--After the P.E. class…--

In a different universe, Izuku and Katsuki were classmates in Class 1A. As for this universe, Katsuki was "replaced" by a certain foreign student from America named Tsunotori Pony who happened to be a fan of horror slasher films. Needless to say, she was quite interested in getting to know Izuku who was basically a real-life slasher and yet was good enough as a person to be deemed worthy of being trained to be a hero at U.A. High School. It certainly helped that he seemed friendly enough with Minoru, Tenya, a certain manliness-obsessed redhead named Kirishima Eijirou and a certain bird-headed boy named Tokoyami Fumikage.

Mustering her courage, Pony approached the group of boys and timidly asked, "E-excuse me, can I sit with you guys?"

Seeing no reason to reject her request, Izuku nodded and said, "Sure, take a seat."

Smiling brightly at Izuku's response, Pony took a seat with the rest of the boys and started to ask Izuku if he had ever watched western horror slasher films. It was the start of Izuku's new hobby in not only watching horror films but also in death metal music.

"-but that is a story for another time…"

--End Chapter--

Author's Notes:

Yes, I made Pony Katsuki's replacement in this version of Izuku's story of becoming a hero. I also made her a fan of horror movies which is probably not canon but, let's face it, the good versions of Toga in two of my stories do not exactly have canon backstories either.

I actually planned to write this together with the symbiotic hero version of Izuku but I want to write down the next hero idea for Izuku quickly and this one happened to be done first. I also wish to reply to a few comments about my previous chapters (mainly from ):

Before anyone asks, I have issues with the PM system of as I can only use the app version on my smartphone (I cannot use the internet to access the website in my country). I tried to send some reply PMs but I'm not sure if they got through. Just let me know if any of you guys have received them. Also, can someone please send a complaint about the PM system for the app version? I tried to send a bug report to them after I failed to get any PMs in my app but I can't seem to get any of the reports through.

To Fox Boss: I don't mind the lewd quirk idea but you'll need to give me some details.

To s082829: I could do what you have suggested, but the Hentai Kamen version of Izuku is inspired by a manga of the same name hence why I kept the "dress code" the same. (Yes, duskrider, the Hentai Kamen Izuku is based on that manga series.)

To bestpony666: I honestly cannot dispute the idea… XD

To Shadow Pheonix 16: Given the Fluffy Hero Izuku's cuteness, it's not all that unlikely to happen. XD

To Johnny Spectre: I can't say much about the mistresses, or meeting All For One, but I can say that Izuku will be able to show some evil genius tendencies. Also, with the joint training arc that is currently ongoing in the canon series, a civil war style test is actually quite likely.

To Funka1999: I don't mind although I am a bit curious about your story.

I originally planned for Izuku to have slime-based abilities or create slime-minions but the ideas became a bit redundant since I have already made a Symbiotic Hero Izuku. The idea of a noumu Izuku is also a bit redundant for reasons which I will present in my next new story.

Also, as far as making a full series go, I do no mind trying but I doubt I will be able to go to the same extent as the canon storyline. I hope you guys do not mind if I decide to stop things at certain key points in the story such as after Kamino Ward or after the Overhaul arc.

That is all from me for now. I am really glad with the positive feedback I have been getting from the series and hope to continue doing well.

Until next time, go beyond, plus ultra!