p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" The days passed. Ryuchi, or "Ryu", as he liked to be called, trained very hard in anticipation of the event. This would be his chance, his chance to prove to his brother that he was at least on par with him! As the entrance exam grew closer and closer, he started to worry about his capabilities in the exam. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "What if the usage of my Quirk is very novice and I end up hurting someone in the exam?" he muttered to himself while he was running the half-marathon. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" The day of the entrance exam came. As he sped by people on the street, he noticed that someone was following him. The mysterious person following him was wearing a green jumpsuit and had leaf-green, spiky, hair, and also looked to be 14-15 years old as well. So, Ryuchi concluded that the mysterious boy was following him to the entrance exam. /p
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p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Hello, aspiring students! Today you will be taking the practical section of the entrance exam, as well as the written exam!" said the announcer, who Ryuchi recognized from UA videos as Present Mic. Present Mic led them in through the door, and they were off! The entrance exams had finally started!/p
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p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Hi there! I'm Kaida Takenaka, and it's a pleasure to meet you. I couldn't help but notice you look like the #12 hero, Raijin. Are you by any chance related to him? " she asked Ryuchi./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Yeah, he's my older brother. By the way, I'm Ryuchi Senju," he replied, wondering how someone could tell that from a single glance./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "May I ask about your Quirk?" Kaida asked as more UA hopefuls began to file into the test room./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Sure! Ask away!" Ryu replied, listing out all the functions of his Quirk in his mind, ready to start answering questions from Kaida./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "What does your Quirk do? People have theorized, but you're a minor, so your information isn't public." Kaida asked, not missing a beat./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Well, I would prefer to keep my Quirk a secret, but I'll tell you since you're the first person that asked," Ryuchi said, lowering his voice to a whisper. "My Quirk is Energy Manipulation, and it allows me to manipulate and convert any form of energy into another, and I can also absorb energy. That's like the very basics of my Quirk."/p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Thanks for telling me! To return the favor, I have been thinking about this exam. It seems very straightforward, but I'm sure that there is more to it," Kaida said with another smile and a glint in her eyes. "Acting like a hero and minimizing the damage to the city is a factor we should take into consideration, so I was wondering if you wanted to team up with me to impress the judges."/p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Ryuchi thought for a moment. He had his doubts, going with a girl whose Quirk he didn't know yet, and his analytical mind contemplated it for a moment. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Well, I don't really want to team with an unknown person, especially since I don't know their Qui-" Ryuchi was stopped short as Kaida made something out of her skin. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Creation, I see. Ok, I'll team up with you." Ryuchi said. He didn't have time to say anything else because then, at that moment, the written exam started./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "That wasn't so hard," Ryuchi thought as he walked out of the classroom that they took the written exams in. As they waited for the next section of the exam on the large training ground that looked like a city, they saw large green shapes moving on the field. Present Mic walked onto the podium./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Applicants, the next section of the exam is a practical exam! You will be tasked with defeating robots! The robots have 3, 2, 1, and 0 point values! Defeat as much as you can before the timer is up!" Present Mic reminded them. "Anyways, what I was say- GOOOOO!" he said without any warning beforehand./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Dashing off with Kaida on his tail, Ryuchi quickly found a three-pointer. Using his Quirk, he gathered up solar energy. He then concentrated for a brief moment, transforming the solar energy into electrical energy that he could shape. A beam of white light appeared to bend into his hand, then disappeared. it came back out as a three-foot beam of crackling bright yellow energy./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Kaida, I'll handle this. Electro Sword!" he shouted, taking off the robot's head in one slice. The robot teetered for a moment, then collapsed onto the concrete, bringing a large cloud of dust up. Ryuchi coughed for a few moments, then leaped over the remains and scattered parts of the robot to find his next target, tossing Kaida an Electro Sword as well. /p
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p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "B-b-but that was MY Quirk! I have electricity!" Kaminari shouted after him./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Using only his Electro Sword, in combination with Kaida's Creation Quirk, they decimated robots with a simple combo; Slash, Jab, Roll, Repeat. Robots fell behind him, and nothing challenged him that much, with Kaida backing him./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Up in the control room, Present Mic protested, "Hey, isn't teaming not allowed?" /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "No, it is allowed between students of different schools, just not of the same school," Aizawa said, closely following the duo's efforts. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Well then, let's make it a bit more challenging for them, shall we?" said Present Mic, pressing a big red button./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Ryuchi and Kaida had accumulated more than 45 points each, when a dark shape loomed over them. Looking up, Ryuchi saw the dreaded zero-point monster, also known as an Arena Trap. They were the deadliest of these robots, and also worth the least, so no one wanted to take on one of those./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Ehhh, they're only Arena Traps, I can take them. Kaida, I can handle this.," Ryu said. He stepped to the side, and a gigantic green fist smashed down to where he had just been standing. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Kaida, take this and run! I can take this one," Ryuchi said, throwing her an Electro Shield as applicants all around them started running away from the robot. Kaida refused to run./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Fine, but don't get hurt," Ryuchi said as the bot stomped closer, turning his attention to the massive green monster that loomed ahead of him. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Forming a complete giant suit of armor, Ryuchi stood up, until he was almost as tall as the robot. An energy katana formed in his armor's right hand, a shield in his left. Swinging the giant blade at the robot, he expected it to cut off the robot's head like a knife through butter./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Surprisingly, the robot caught it, and retaliated by aiming a massive fist at the armor's head. Ryuchi blocked it with his shield, but only barely. He slid back a few feet as his shield tanked most of the blow. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Kaida, NO!" Ryuchi shouted as he saw Kaida, who had been attempting to sneak in on the robot and destroy it at close range, get smacked into the ground by the robot. Apparently, the robot had sensors, even on its massive feet./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Kaida got up. "I'm fine!" she said, waving to Ryuchi, who could only shake his head. He charged in to combat the robot once more and to hold it off for Kaida to escape. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "HELP!" A girl screamed as she was trapped under falling debris. Ryuchi heard and turned his head to say, "Kaida, get her to safety!". He got the word out and turned his head just in time to see the robot slam its massive fist into his armor's face. The armor dissipated, and Ryuchi started to fall. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" A few seconds before he blacked out, he saw a flash of red and green light take off from the ground. A voice shouted out, "SMASH!" and the robot's head was blown to pieces. The beam of light dimmed, and the figure that smashed the robot's head in also began to fall. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Senju! Make a barrier!" Kaida called up from the ground, where the girl she had rescued was standing with her. With the last bit of his energy, Ryuchi created a purple barrier of translucent energy. He blacked out./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" When he came to, he was on the ground, and an old lady was...kissing him? Sitting up quickly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, then laid back down. That was definitely his ribs broken. He laid on the ground for a second, and then felt his ribs mending./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Wha-what is this? My ribs are mending!" he said in wonder, looking at the old lady./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "My Quirk is Recovery. It speeds up the healing process when I kiss someone," the old lady explained. "So, in a few minutes, your ribs will be healed. You will need to wear bandages to make sure that they heal properly though. They're my special bandages." she said, applying them to Ryuchi's chest./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" When she was finished, he stood up, looking around for Kaida. He saw her standing next to the girl that she had helped save, and looked at Ryuchi. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Hope you get into UA! Thanks for helping, we made a good team!" she exclaimed./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Yes, we did. I hope I got in too," Ryuchi replied, looking down at his bandages. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" The day was coming to an end. He and Kaida parted ways when they each left the school grounds, and he headed home, where he was looking forward to a ton of sleep. He was about to doze off until a letter came. He opened the letter, and a holographic video projector started playing./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" em style="line-height: 1.8em; white-space: inherit; clear: none !important; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor !important;"Congratulations! You have been accepted for entrance to UA High School, to the Hero course. Will you accept? If so, please come to UA on the first day of the new school year. If not, then please send us a letter declining the invitation and a reason why. Again, congratulations, and remember: Go Beyond...PLUS ULTRA!/em/p
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p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;"strong style="line-height: 1.8em; display: inline; padding-bottom: 0.7em; padding-top: 0.7em; white-space: inherit; clear: none !important; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor !important;"A huge thanks to my collaborator Kitsuni, who is writing from the perspective as Takenaka Kaida. Stay healthy and safe!/strong/p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "What if the usage of my Quirk is very novice and I end up hurting someone in the exam?" he muttered to himself while he was running the half-marathon. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" The day of the entrance exam came. As he sped by people on the street, he noticed that someone was following him. The mysterious person following him was wearing a green jumpsuit and had leaf-green, spiky, hair, and also looked to be 14-15 years old as well. So, Ryuchi concluded that the mysterious boy was following him to the entrance exam. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Ryu reached the door of UA High School. Many other kids about his age were also clustered around the door. As the door opened, someone walked out, presumably a teacher. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Hello, aspiring students! Today you will be taking the practical section of the entrance exam, as well as the written exam!" said the announcer, who Ryuchi recognized from UA videos as Present Mic. Present Mic led them in through the door, and they were off! The entrance exams had finally started!/p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" As he walked in, a chestnut-haired girl of medium height and a slight build entered alongside him. Once they were inside and seated for the written exam, she tapped Ryuchi on the shoulder./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Hi there! I'm Kaida Takenaka, and it's a pleasure to meet you. I couldn't help but notice you look like the #12 hero, Raijin. Are you by any chance related to him? " she asked Ryuchi./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Yeah, he's my older brother. By the way, I'm Ryuchi Senju," he replied, wondering how someone could tell that from a single glance./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "May I ask about your Quirk?" Kaida asked as more UA hopefuls began to file into the test room./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Sure! Ask away!" Ryu replied, listing out all the functions of his Quirk in his mind, ready to start answering questions from Kaida./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "What does your Quirk do? People have theorized, but you're a minor, so your information isn't public." Kaida asked, not missing a beat./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Well, I would prefer to keep my Quirk a secret, but I'll tell you since you're the first person that asked," Ryuchi said, lowering his voice to a whisper. "My Quirk is Energy Manipulation, and it allows me to manipulate and convert any form of energy into another, and I can also absorb energy. That's like the very basics of my Quirk."/p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Thanks for telling me! To return the favor, I have been thinking about this exam. It seems very straightforward, but I'm sure that there is more to it," Kaida said with another smile and a glint in her eyes. "Acting like a hero and minimizing the damage to the city is a factor we should take into consideration, so I was wondering if you wanted to team up with me to impress the judges."/p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Ryuchi thought for a moment. He had his doubts, going with a girl whose Quirk he didn't know yet, and his analytical mind contemplated it for a moment. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Well, I don't really want to team with an unknown person, especially since I don't know their Qui-" Ryuchi was stopped short as Kaida made something out of her skin. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Creation, I see. Ok, I'll team up with you." Ryuchi said. He didn't have time to say anything else because then, at that moment, the written exam started./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "That wasn't so hard," Ryuchi thought as he walked out of the classroom that they took the written exams in. As they waited for the next section of the exam on the large training ground that looked like a city, they saw large green shapes moving on the field. Present Mic walked onto the podium./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Applicants, the next section of the exam is a practical exam! You will be tasked with defeating robots! The robots have 3, 2, 1, and 0 point values! Defeat as much as you can before the timer is up!" Present Mic reminded them. "Anyways, what I was say- GOOOOO!" he said without any warning beforehand./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Dashing off with Kaida on his tail, Ryuchi quickly found a three-pointer. Using his Quirk, he gathered up solar energy. He then concentrated for a brief moment, transforming the solar energy into electrical energy that he could shape. A beam of white light appeared to bend into his hand, then disappeared. it came back out as a three-foot beam of crackling bright yellow energy./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Kaida, I'll handle this. Electro Sword!" he shouted, taking off the robot's head in one slice. The robot teetered for a moment, then collapsed onto the concrete, bringing a large cloud of dust up. Ryuchi coughed for a few moments, then leaped over the remains and scattered parts of the robot to find his next target, tossing Kaida an Electro Sword as well. /p
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p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" The next robot he found was a two-pointer, smaller than the three-pointer, but still deadly nonetheless. He didn't want to show off all the aspects of his Quirk, so he decided to stick with his trusty Electro Sword. Jabbing the sword into the robot's chest, he let the electricity course through the robot's systems to end the machine, yellow sparks crackling. As the robot finally stopped moving, he saw another applicant with yellow and black hair in a lightning bolt shape stare at him in shock. Paying him no notice, Ryuchi continued looking for targets./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "B-b-but that was MY Quirk! I have electricity!" Kaminari shouted after him./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Using only his Electro Sword, in combination with Kaida's Creation Quirk, they decimated robots with a simple combo; Slash, Jab, Roll, Repeat. Robots fell behind him, and nothing challenged him that much, with Kaida backing him./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Up in the control room, Present Mic protested, "Hey, isn't teaming not allowed?" /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "No, it is allowed between students of different schools, just not of the same school," Aizawa said, closely following the duo's efforts. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Well then, let's make it a bit more challenging for them, shall we?" said Present Mic, pressing a big red button./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Ryuchi and Kaida had accumulated more than 45 points each, when a dark shape loomed over them. Looking up, Ryuchi saw the dreaded zero-point monster, also known as an Arena Trap. They were the deadliest of these robots, and also worth the least, so no one wanted to take on one of those./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Ehhh, they're only Arena Traps, I can take them. Kaida, I can handle this.," Ryu said. He stepped to the side, and a gigantic green fist smashed down to where he had just been standing. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Kaida, take this and run! I can take this one," Ryuchi said, throwing her an Electro Shield as applicants all around them started running away from the robot. Kaida refused to run./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Fine, but don't get hurt," Ryuchi said as the bot stomped closer, turning his attention to the massive green monster that loomed ahead of him. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Forming a complete giant suit of armor, Ryuchi stood up, until he was almost as tall as the robot. An energy katana formed in his armor's right hand, a shield in his left. Swinging the giant blade at the robot, he expected it to cut off the robot's head like a knife through butter./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Surprisingly, the robot caught it, and retaliated by aiming a massive fist at the armor's head. Ryuchi blocked it with his shield, but only barely. He slid back a few feet as his shield tanked most of the blow. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Kaida, NO!" Ryuchi shouted as he saw Kaida, who had been attempting to sneak in on the robot and destroy it at close range, get smacked into the ground by the robot. Apparently, the robot had sensors, even on its massive feet./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Kaida got up. "I'm fine!" she said, waving to Ryuchi, who could only shake his head. He charged in to combat the robot once more and to hold it off for Kaida to escape. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "HELP!" A girl screamed as she was trapped under falling debris. Ryuchi heard and turned his head to say, "Kaida, get her to safety!". He got the word out and turned his head just in time to see the robot slam its massive fist into his armor's face. The armor dissipated, and Ryuchi started to fall. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" A few seconds before he blacked out, he saw a flash of red and green light take off from the ground. A voice shouted out, "SMASH!" and the robot's head was blown to pieces. The beam of light dimmed, and the figure that smashed the robot's head in also began to fall. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Senju! Make a barrier!" Kaida called up from the ground, where the girl she had rescued was standing with her. With the last bit of his energy, Ryuchi created a purple barrier of translucent energy. He blacked out./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" When he came to, he was on the ground, and an old lady was...kissing him? Sitting up quickly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, then laid back down. That was definitely his ribs broken. He laid on the ground for a second, and then felt his ribs mending./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Wha-what is this? My ribs are mending!" he said in wonder, looking at the old lady./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "My Quirk is Recovery. It speeds up the healing process when I kiss someone," the old lady explained. "So, in a few minutes, your ribs will be healed. You will need to wear bandages to make sure that they heal properly though. They're my special bandages." she said, applying them to Ryuchi's chest./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" When she was finished, he stood up, looking around for Kaida. He saw her standing next to the girl that she had helped save, and looked at Ryuchi. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Hope you get into UA! Thanks for helping, we made a good team!" she exclaimed./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Yes, we did. I hope I got in too," Ryuchi replied, looking down at his bandages. /p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" The day was coming to an end. He and Kaida parted ways when they each left the school grounds, and he headed home, where he was looking forward to a ton of sleep. He was about to doze off until a letter came. He opened the letter, and a holographic video projector started playing./p
p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" em style="line-height: 1.8em; white-space: inherit; clear: none !important; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor !important;"Congratulations! You have been accepted for entrance to UA High School, to the Hero course. Will you accept? If so, please come to UA on the first day of the new school year. If not, then please send us a letter declining the invitation and a reason why. Again, congratulations, and remember: Go Beyond...PLUS ULTRA!/em/p
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p style="line-height: 1.8em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;"strong style="line-height: 1.8em; display: inline; padding-bottom: 0.7em; padding-top: 0.7em; white-space: inherit; clear: none !important; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor !important;"A huge thanks to my collaborator Kitsuni, who is writing from the perspective as Takenaka Kaida. Stay healthy and safe!/strong/p