Weeks of past since the last time Izuku got One For All, and for once in his life, things have seemingly calmed down.
Or at least as calm as things could get.
For the last weeks, he had been training with All Might, training on how to use One for All. Since then he was beginning to get stronger, becoming just as muscular as Narancia in appearance. Though he couldn't exactly say the same about Meddle, his tiny rabbit stand that he was just beginning to get the hang of. In a way Bruno was right, the more he used his stand the more he was beginning to understand its abilities.
Since he began training with Meddle he quickly began to realize that it was a stubborn little stand, it couldn't say anything other than ' Chui ' but Izuku knew it could understand him. Sometimes it could tilt its head when confused, thumping its paws against the ground with annoyed. It never refused to do anything Izuku told it, it just...judged him whenever he made a poor decision.
Surprisingly, things with the gang were also beginning to calm down. Bruno was much busier, possibly trying to figure out things about Trigger and who is supplying it. He had warned them before that there was a possibility that someone could realize what they were doing and try to hunt them down, especially people connected with Trigger. It worried him of course, but Izuku trusted his new friends. If something bad happened and someone began targeting them, he was sure they'll all protect each other.
However, right now the stuff about Trigger wasn't on his mind. The only thing on his mind right now...
Was the U.A. Entrance Exam.
He knew that the exam would be testing their abilities, and he had to get prepared for it as much as he can. Another rumor going around was that it was going to be more packed then it was before, with a lot of international students coming to the exams in order to earn a spot in the hero course.
Right now, to say Izuku was nervous was an understatement.
Izuku stood outside of the gate of the school, his fists clenched as he watched as many students began to quickly rush past him to get inside. Narancia and his friends possibly were already inside waiting on him, meaning he couldn't stay out here for long.
'' Here I go...'' Izuku muttered, taking a deep breath before he marched straight through the gate-
And instantly ran into someone.
Izuku instantly fell onto the ground, the person in front of them barely even moving an inch. Izuku looked up at the figure he ran into, frantically waving his hands.
'' I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you I—''
Izuku instantly paused, his face going pale from fright. Face to face to him wasn't a person, but a large tiger. The tiger wore a black collar around its neck, multiple blue gemstones decorating the leather collar. A low rumble came from the large creature, causing Izuku to yelp in fright and scramble backward.
The tiger's collar was tugged back, causing it to turn away from Izuku. Its leash was held by a rather tall young man, having long black hair that fell to his back. The boy had dark skin and bright violet-colored eyes, beside him were two girls. The silver-haired girl grinned down at him, while the pink-haired girl simply shot him a concerned look.
'' Pauline, behave yourself.'' The young man said, scolding the tiger.
'' H-How did you even...bring that in here? '' Izuku questioned.
'' It's my emotional support tiger.'' The young man said casually.
''..W-What? ''
'' Sorry she startled you, Pauline can be a bit aggressive.'' The young man said, '' My name is Gamma, Gamma Avdol.''
'' It's alright, my name is Izuku Midoriya,'' Izuku said.
'' Gamma! Come on, already! '' The silver-haired girl shouted, shooting passed him and running towards the entrance. '' No time for chit chat, we gotta get there before they run out of room! ''
'' Hold on, stop running! '' Gamma shouted back, quickly glancing back at Izuku. '' Again, sorry for scaring you. Good luck on the exams.''
Before Izuku could say another word to group of teens ran off together, Gamma still scolding the silver-haired girl. Izuku blinked a few times, trying to figure out if the tiger he just saw was even real or not.
Izuku quickly shook his head, '' Alright, no more mess-ups! I got this, here I go-''
And just when Izuku took a single step, he ran into someone.
Again.
Izuku grunted, letting out a frustrated sigh. '' Sorry, I-''
Before Izuku could even react he was suddenly grabbed by the front of his shirt, the man nearly lifting him completely off the ground. In an instant he found himself face to face with a man dressed in black, a white mask covering his face with three lines going down his mask, the lines colored blue, green, and red. A hole was cut out at the top of his head, a long blonde ponytail coming down it.
Izuku's instantly with pale, pure horror going across his face. This man was too old to be a one of the students, what was he doing here? Was he someone's father? Maybe older brother? His grip on his shirt was tight, and the way the man stared down at him made he instantly realize that this man could potentially harm him.
This man…is he one of the Yakuza members Bruno warned me about!? Izuku thought fanatically.
'' Blackmore, release him.''
Izuku peered over the man's shoulder, seeing the girl that he had accidently ran into before. The girl was rather tall, having bright blue eyes and long white colored hair. Her hair had odd curls at the end of them, appearing too abnormal to even be natural. Beside her was a girl that seemed to be her age as well, her hair colored violet and going down to her shoulders. The girl had an earpiece around her right ear, and she was seemingly glaring at him.
Once the girl gave the command Blackmore released his grip on Izuku's shirt, letting him stumble back onto the ground.
'' S…Sorry, Miss Valentine.'' Blackmore said, his voice oddly low as he slowly walked back to the younger girl's side.
'' Valentine…? '' Izuku muttered to himself, '' where have I heard that name before…? ''
'' You heard it from President Funny Valentine, current president of the United States.'' Answered the violet haired girl, '' we're the bodyguards for Tina Valentine, his daughter.''
President Funny Valentine was a rather infamous man, especially in America. Eccentric, charming, and charismatic, there wasn't a man in the world that didn't at least respect President Valentine. In Japan he was mostly known for his close friendship with All Might, which formed once the Number 1 hero with the America for a period of time.
'' Y-You're his…daughter!? '' Izuku questioned, '' B-But why are you here—''
'' I don't discuss my business with strangers.'' Tina deadpanned, '' It's an exchange student thing, don't think too much about it.''
'' Please excuse my guards, they believed you were a threat.'' Tina said, crossing her arms over her chest. '' I suggest you watch where you're going next time.''
'' Blackmore, Ruby, come along.'' The girl said, motioning towards them. Blackmore and Ruby quickly followed her, with Ruby shooting Izuku one last glance before she followed after the white-haired girl.
Frist there's tigers and now it's the President's daughter, just who the hell else came here? Izuku thought.
'' Alright, no more strange run-ins with strange people! '' Izuku shouted, '' I got this! ''
Izuku took a single step, a wide grin spreading across his face as he walked through along the pathway. There weren't any more run-ins with strange people, he was finally doing it-
Suddenly, Izuku tripped.
At this point, he was sure the universe had hated him or something.
Before he could hit the ground he felt something brush up against his side, and he instantly stopped falling. Izuku blinked a few times, looking down at his feet to see that he was floating. He turned his head, seeing a brown-haired girl smiling at him.
'' It's alright, I stopped you with my quirk. ''She said, pressing her fingers together and causing him to land back on the ground.
'' T...Thanks.'' Izuku muttered, his face flushed a slight red.
'' Midoriya! There you are! ''
Izuku turned his head, seeing Giorno walking towards him. '' We were looking for you, we were already up ahead but Narancia wanted to wait for you.''
Ochako turned her head to face Giorno, and the minute she saw his face her expression changed. Ochako narrowed her eyes as she marched forward to Giorno, causing him to turn towards her.
'' Hello-''
'' Hey, I know you! '' Ochako suddenly shouted, jamming her finger in Giorno's direction. '' You're the guy that stole my money! ''
Giorno blinked, staring at her in confusion before his eyes lit up with realization. '' Oh, you're that strange girl that nearly caused me to float into the sky.''
'' You stole her money? '' Izuku questioned, turning back to Giorno.
Giorno casually shrugged, '' She didn't really have that much, it was only 12 yen.''
'' That was my allowance! '' Ochako shouted, '' you owe me back the 12 yen you stole! ''
'' Well, I suppose it wouldn't be a problem.'' Giorno said, '' I mean 12 yen is pretty much pocket change.''
'' I know how much it is stop rubbing it in! ''
'' Anyways, we should get going,'' Giorno said, motioning for Izuku to follow him.
'' But what amount my-''
'' We don't want to be late you know? It's getting really crowded.'' Giorno said, continuing to casually ignore Ochako as he walked away with Izuku. Ochako scowled slightly, continuing her walk towards the building with a slight grumble.
X-X
'' Geez...so many people.''
Denki looked around at the crowd of people by the school gate, letting out a whistle. '' This is way more than last year...''
'' This looks so cool! ''
Denki turned his head, seeing a young girl by the entrance gate. She was looking up at the building, a sparkle of wonder in her eyes. The girl had long reddish-pink hair, with the tips of her hair faded a lighter shade of pink. She wore a purple and yellow striped headband, with a dark red colored flower holding the straps together at the side. Her eyes were a bright blue, with pink triangle-shaped markings underneath her eyes.
'' That headband...isn't that what that one pro hero wears? '' Denki muttered, staring at the pink-haired girl.
Denki's eyes suddenly fell on the brown holsters around her shoulders, his eyes drifting towards the pink steel ball held in each holster. The bubblegum colored ball was small, with multiple tiny multicolored balls covering the ball. In a way, the ball reminded him of those little Konpeito candies, with the tiny balls on it even resembling them more.
That's weird...is that a toy or something? Denki thought, his eyes still on the steel ball. Passing one last glance at the girl, he quietly reached out towards the ball.
The minute his fingertips brushed against the ball's spikes he felt a sudden jolt, his body instantly jerking back. The girl instantly noticed this, instantly whipping around to face him.
Denki's eyes widen, '' H-Hey, I didn't mean to—huh? ''
Denki paused, looking down at his hand. His fingers were completely limbed, barely even moving as Denki shook his hand from side to side. '' W-What the!? My fingers aren't moving!? ''
'' Oh, that's from my Steel Ball.'' The girl said, '' It only shut down the nerves in your hand, but it'll stop after a couple of minutes.''
''...W-What—''
'' Also, don't touch my stuff again, Okaaaay? '' The girl said, gleefully smiling at him. '' I made these balls myself, you know! I don't need anybody breaking them! I mean it took a lot of material to make, even broke a few times! You know the steel used for them is really hard to find but—''
'' Oh, I don't think you're listening.'' The girl said, noticing Denki's bewildered expression. The girl only shrugged her shoulders, waving towards Denki. '' Bye! I'll talk to you about it later! ''
The girl quickly sprinted away from Denki, leaving him with his hand still completely numb and in complete shock
X-X
Giorno and Izuku finally made it to the lecture hall, finding the group waiting on them. Narancia quickly noticed them, waving at them. '' Hey, what took you so long? ''
'' I uh...ran into a lot of people','' Izuku said, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck.
'' Hey, where's Fugo? '' Izuku questioned, looking around to find the white-haired stand user.
'' He got accepted in via recommendations,'' Bruno explained.
'' I'm not surprised if any of us could manage to get through by recommendations it's him,'' Mista said.
'' Aren't you related to a pro hero? You could've asked your uncle to get you in.'' Trish pointed out.
'' Nah, I will rather be here. Its better than be stuck in a room with snobs...don't tell Fugo I said that.'' Mista said.
'' But...isn't your stand not suitable for combat? '' Izuku pointed out.
'' Don't be so naive, it can still attack just fine.'' Abbachio protested.
'' Yeah, but it can't hit that hard-ow! ''
Abbachio smacked Narancia on the back of his head, causing him to wince slightly and glare at Abbachio.
'' Friends! Hi! ''
Bella waved towards them, rubbing up to them with open arms. She ran towards Narancia, attempting to hug him only for him to quickly sidestep her.
'' Ah, Ah, arm's length! '' Narancia protested, only causing Bella to let out an amused giggle. Even though Bella had cooled down quite a bit, Narancia still didn't trust her. She insisted that she owed Narancia and Izuku her life, no matter how many times Izuku tried to persuade her that she really didn't need to try to follow them everywhere they with.
Bella merely giggled, chalking up Narancia's reaction to mere teasing before she took her seat. Giorno patiently sat beside Izuku, waiting patiently for the lecture to start.
'' Hey! Hey there! ''
Giorno stood, turning around to find the person calling out to him. '' Hm? What do you-! ''
Giorno paused when he was instantly faced to face with a pink-haired girl, the same girl that met Denki.
'' Hey! I like your outfit! It's so pretty! '' The pink-haired girl said, '' Those ladybug emblems look really cute! I love ladybugs! Ladybugs are considered really lucky! Did you know they aren't even bugs, they're beetles! Which is really weird because why name them ladybugs when they aren't even bugs? Of course, they're also caused ladybirds which I think sounds better, I mean it's pretty and it kind of rolls off the tongue but so does ladybug so I see why-''
...What is she talking about? Giorno thought, staring at the girl in utter bewilderment. He didn't even know who this girl is, let alone why did she randomly walk up to him and start listing off facts about ladybugs.
'' Um...Miss? '' Giorno said, instantly causing the girl to stop talking (finally).
'' Oh! My mistake! I didn't even tell you my name! '' The girl said, '' My name is Nera Claudia Zeppeli! Nera like that emperor Nero-''
'' Zeppeli? Like that Italian family? '' Giorno questioned, his eyes briefly wide in surprise.
'' Well duh, there's no other family.'' Nera said, '' You know Caesar Zeppeli? That pro hero that works with Hermit Purple? That's my grandpa! ''
'' You're grandfather...? '' Giorno muttered, staring at her in disbelief.
The Zeppeli Family were well known overseas in Japan, after all, they were the most trusted allies to the Joestars. However, over in Italy, they were just as famous if not more famous than the Joestars.
Italy was a rather unique place in this universe, for multiple reasons, but the most unique thing about it was that they had no heroes. Instead, they had a more...unique form of law enforcement to deal with criminals.
Executioners and law bringers.
Italy's crime rate was around 30%, which is a world filled with super powered civilians it was rather low. Italy managed to have the lowest crime rate in the world because of its methods with dealing with villains, with execution being a widely accepted form of punishment. It didn't matter how severe the crime was, the execution was always on the table. Anything as simple as stealing a loaf of bread could result in execution.
The Zeppelis weren't just well known for being allies with the Joestars, they were well known for two things: Being masters of techniques such as Hamon and The Spin and being executioners. Hamon, currently, is stated to be a ' dead ' technique, as today's youth don't practice it anymore and the only people who continued with older people when it was still popular and some families they held Hamon as a family tradition. The Spin, however, was seen as a new and more modern version of Hamon. It was more difficult to master, but once one mastered The Spin their potential was endless. The Zeppelis were natural-born Spin users, even a child in the family could use The Spin.
Right now, Giorno couldn't believe that this girl was a Zeppeli.
Zeppelis always seemed to have a dignified nature to them, but Nera? Nera was...nothing of the sort. She acted as more of a hyperactive child than anything, kicking her legs back and forth as she asked Giorno about a thousand questions. Giorno had never been this annoyed in his life, and he has met some annoying people before all of this.
'' Hey! Hey! I like your hair! How did you style it like that! With the donuts and stuff! ''
'' Hair products,'' Giorno answered bluntly, staring down at the floor.
'' Hey! Hey! ''
Dear god does she not shut up? Giorno thought to himself, gripping his knee as he tried to tune her out as best as he could.
'' Giogio! Hey! ''
'' Please, don't call me that,'' Giorno said.
'' Hm? You mean Giogio? '' Nera questioned.
'' Yes, that's what I said the first time.'' Giorno said, '' I don't really like repeating myself, so if you please-''
'' But I like the name Giogio! It rolls off the tongue! Just listen! Giogio! Gioooogioooo! '' Nera repeated.
...I can't stand this Giorno thought internally, staring down at the ground as he struggled to keep himself from shouting at her to shut up.
'' Nera, let me ask you a question,'' Giorno said, instantly causing Nera to stop her ramblings and patiently wait for his question. He was honestly surprised she even stopped, he was sure she would have just ignored him and kept going.
'' Can you use The Spin? '' Giorno questioned.
Nera snorted, giggling slightly. '' Well duh, you big dummy! All Zeppelis know how to use The Spin! ''
'' Here, here! Let me show you my steel balls! '' Nera said, quickly reaching into her holster. She held up the pink-colored ball, a clear look of pride on her face.
'' Like it? I designed this myself! '' Nera said, '' I call them True Colors! ''
'' True Colors? That's an odd name.'' Giorno muttered, '' Why that name? ''
'' Well...it's kind of like symbolism, at least for me,'' Nera said, placing the ball back in its holster. '' But that's not important right now! I don't want to bore you with my life and stuff! ''
I would rather you bore me with your life than talk about random ladybug trivia Giorno thought, though he made no comment back.
The lecture finally started, with Present Mic being the one to explain how the exam would go and where everyone should meet up. Once the groups were split up everyone met at the training grounds, waiting for the exam to finally start. The atmosphere in the area was surprisingly calm, with everyone listening patiently to Present Mic explaining the exam and what to do.
That calmness instantly with away once the exam started though.
Once Present Mic gave them the go everyone instantly rushed past Izuku to get inside of the training grounds, Izuku nearly falling on his face from the amount of people side-stepping him to get in.
'' H-Hey! Hold on! '' Izuku shouted, running to catch up to the crowd.
In an instant three large green robots darted out in front of group of students, its red eye glowing brightly as it lowered its gaze onto them . '' Target acquired.''
'' Alright, let's do this! '' A silver-haired girl shot past Izuku, rushing towards the robots with absolute glee.
'' W-What the-!? Is she insane or something!? '' Denki exclaimed, staring at her with wide eyes. Meanwhile, the pink-haired girl shook her head and sighed.
'' Typical Cher…'' She muttered, rolling her eyes.
'' Give it all you got, 「Thunderstruck」! '' Cher shouted, a stand materializing by her side. Her stand stood at a striking 7 feet tall, the stand had pale blue skin and white eyes. Its blue hair was tied in a long braid that hung across its shoulder, with its body being covered in dark blue markings. It wore a white dress with a brown belt around its waist, both sides of the dress having a silt in it and brown knee-high sandals. It had brown fingerless gloves that go up to its elbows, with a gold wing tiara on the side of its head. On its back is a set of bow and arrow, the arrows on its back glowing a dark blue.
It reached behind for one of the arrows, a blue bow materializing in its hands. As it pulled the arrow back, the arrow suddenly split into 5 different arrows.
'' Fire! ''
Thunderstruck released its bow, the arrows striking the robots with pinpoint accuracy. The instant the arrows struck the robots static formed over them, causing them to violently convulse before completely shutting down. Izuku stood there, his mouth fell open in shock at the scene in front of him. This girl just ran up to these robots with no hesitation and took them all out, and with a damn smile.
'' Are all stand users like this? '' Questioned a pink-haired girl with equally as pink skin.
'' Pretty much, '' Mista answered with a shrug, rushing forward along with Cher and half of the others.
A few of them had chosen to just go all out, throwing all caution out the window. Sher to rain down arrows on the robots, a few of them being lit ablaze with a flaming red arrow or melted with a bright purple one.
Narancia was quick to start attacking, Aerosmith shooting at any robot that was within his range. A few of the competitors had to duck to dodge some of Aerosmith's bullets, lucky for them that Narancia had shitty precision. Meanwhile, Katsuki was going through as many robots as he possibly could, Narancia trying to one-up him by trying to equal his number or go above it if he could.
Most of the stand users present took a more tactical approach, not straight out attacking. Bruno traveled through the field with his zippers, unzipping robots apart before quickly ducking back in his zipper. Mista using Sex Pistols to hit the most vital parts of the robots, breaking them into pieces with 2 to 3 shots.
Then there was the hand full that didn't go out to fight the robots, but merely assist the others for rescue points. Noticeably the pink-haired girl Cher was with was mostly assisting others, helping them off their feet if they got hurt badly. Trish was left using her quirk to get through most of the training, considering the fact that Trish didn't have Spice Girl
Right now, it was pretty much a war zone of stand users and quirk users duking it out with a bunch of robots.
Nearby Mista shot at the robots from afar, his bullets shooting through the robots and causing them to collapse in mere seconds. Mista paused, trying to quickly reload his gun before one of the bullets shouting something.
'' Mista! Move! ''
'' Huh? '' Mista turned his head and just barely dodged an attack from one of the robots. Its large hand slammed down on the ground, just barely taking Mista down with it. Cursing underneath his breath Mista quickly reloaded his gun, firing two shots at the robot. The robot attempted to grab him again, only for its arm to be completely shot off and a bullet to go through its head. Its disembodied arm fell completely off, but not without the edges of it managing to stab into Mista's leg.
'' Shit! '' Mista cursed, stumbling back onto the ground. Mista looked down at his right leg, his pants leg torn to reveal the red line going down to his boot. Blood oozed out of the cut, Mista gritting his teeth as he tried to ignore the pain.
'' Dammit, Dammit...just my luck,'' Mista muttered.
'' Oh my, that's a bad cut.''
'' What-? ''
A girl kneeled down beside him, a look of concern in her eyes. The girl had light pink-colored hair, her hair curly and falling to her waist. On her bang was a large swirly curl, the curl looking nearly impossible to be natural.
'' My, my...you're bleeding really badly.'' The girl muttered, running her hands along his injured leg. Mista stared at the girl as if she grew a second head, watching in utter bewilderment. In any other situation, he would gladly welcome a girl to be this close to him-
When he's injured and bleeding like crazy? Absolutely not.
'' Um...what are you-''
'' Ah, I see.'' The girl muttered, moving her hands away from his leg. '' I think I know the best combination, hold still.''
'' Hold still...? '' Mista muttered, watching as her stand suddenly materialized by her side. The stand appeared to be humanoid in appearance, with multiple bandages wrapped around its face and its eye being visible. Its eye was red with black sclera, a white nurse's cap on top of its head and having short lavender-colored hair. Its body was a pale blue color, multiple bandages wrapped around its arms and legs and was dressed in a white nurse's dress. All of its fingers were syringes, a strange orange liquid inside of the syringe on its right pointer finger.
'' Alright, inject right here 「Dr. Feelgood」.'' The girl instructed, the medical stand nodding its head before it raised its hand. Mista's expression instantly changed to panic, realizing what she was about to do.
'' Wait, wait, wait-! ''
Before Mista could stop her the stand stabbed its needles into his leg, causing him to let out a pained grunt. The stand pushed down on the needles, draining the liquid into his leg. '' What the hell are you-huh? ''
In an instant, the bleeding had stopped, and Mista found an overwhelmingly calm feeling go over him. It wasn't like he was having a trip or anything but just felt...relaxed, unnaturally relaxed.
Saitako seemingly noticed his confusion and quickly smiled. '' Don't worry, I just injected you with some Desmopressin and Psycholeptic. Desmopressin to help with the bleeding and Psycholeptic to help with your stress. No worries! ''
...Did this girl just say she injected him with drugs?
Mista looked down at his leg, slowly standing back up. Despite that, he wasn't exactly feeling any negative effects from it, which was alarming considering the fact that he didn't even know if those types of drugs mixed well. The bleeding in his leg had completely stopped, much to his bewilderment. No wonder she wasn't going all out like her friend, her stand was a healing type stand.
'' Thanks, '' Mista said, '' Your name is...''
'' Saitako, Saitako Kakyoin.'' Saitako answered, '' Just call me Saito.''
'' Names Guido Mista, '' Mista said, '' Thanks for the help.''
Saitako happily smiled, waving at him before cheerfully sprinting away to see if any more people were injured. Mista raised an eyebrow, still trying to process what had just happened before he looked back down at his injured leg. He torn off a piece of his shirt sleeve, tying it around the cut on his leg before he continued through the rest of the exam.
Right now, Izuku was absolutely panicking. His eyes darted around the area, watching as everyone around him with through the robots with ease.
'' M-Meddle, give me something! '' Izuku said, his green rabbit stand materializing over his shoulder. Meddle didn't do anything however, merely float around his head and stare at him.
'' Why are you just staring at me? '' Izuku questioned, '' is it because there isn't any danger around? ''
Meddle's ears twitched in response, Izuku taking it as a yes. Before Izuku could question it further there was a sudden flash that with through his mind, an image showing one of the robots attacking Izuku from behind. The robot was preparing to attack Izuku from behind only for him to quickly side step it, causing the robot to slam its fist into the ground.
'' Wait….? '' Izuku narrowed his eyes, '' Is that….real time-! ''
Izuku instantly whipped to the side, just barely dodging a large metal fist to his back. The green robot slammed its fist onto the ground, a large crater forming underneath its hand. A way of dread suddenly with through him, Izuku beginning to tremble from fright. The robot had completely singled him out, and no one else was around.
He had to fight it alone.
Fuck.
Before he could even panic Meddle's eyes began to glow, showing another image through his head. It was showing him how to avoid any attacks from the robot, sidestepping all of its punches. Izuku was quick to follow its instructions, once the robot with in for a punch Izuku instantly dodged it.
Alright, so do I just punch it? Izuku thought, Meddle is just showing me how to dodge, not to attack it. I'm I even supposed to attack it?
Before he could do anything there was a loud rumble, causing everyone to suddenly stop what they were doing. Saitako had stopped trying to heal others, and Narancia had Aerosmith stop attacking and merely hover in the air.
'' Hey uh…what's that noise? '' Nera said, looking around the area.
'' Maybe it's another test….? '' Saitako questioned.
'' Oh sweet! I'm sure it'll be easy! '' Cher said, looking towards where everyone else was looking.
'' Wait, what—''
Something suddenly slammed down onto the robot in front of Izuku, smashing it into pieces. Izuku stumbled backwards, his eyes widen in shock as everyone looked up at the giant thing before them. In front of them was a much, much more larger version of the robots they were fighting, it's body barely even able to get through the multiple buildings that blocked its way. Everyone looked up at it in pure shock and bewilderment.
A loud boom was heard as it slammed its fist against the ground, causing a large dust cloud to instantly cover the area. Izuku raised his arms to block the oncoming downpour of dust and debris, the cloud lasting for a few seconds before it faded away. Izuku stared up at the robot with wide eyes, collapsing onto the ground as everyone quickly ran to get away from it.
Izuku scrambled on his hands and knees, tears of fright forming in his eyes as he attempted to crawl away from it. It didn't matter if he stayed, he'll just get points as he ran. He couldn't risk it, he just couldn't risk it.
'' Less than two minutes left! '' Present Mic shouted, a look of horror flashing across his face.
Two minutes and I haven't even got a single point He thought, tears streaming down his face. He never felt more like a failure than right there, right there when he was so close to achieving his dream. If he failed right now he would be letting everyone down, all of the hard work he did to get here would just be wasted.
'' Ow.''
Izuku suddenly paused, turning his head. It was the girl from before, Ochako, laying on the ground. She raised her head up, wincing in pain as she attempted to move but to no avail. Izuku's eyes fell onto the debris behind her, seeing her legs were completely trapped underneath it. His eyes stared back up at the robot, seeing it slowly began to move closer. Meddle floated across Izuku's shoulder, a number flashing across its eyes.
'' 80% ''
''…Good enough.''
Without hesitation Izuku stood back up, sprinting towards the robot. Using One for All in his legs he threw himself up into the air, right towards the robot.
Only 80%...I can do this…I can do this! Izuku thought, red lines going across his fist as he brought his fist back. His arm began to ache, jolts of pain going through his arm as his sleeve completely tore off. He knew that the moment he landed this punch it was going to seriously hurt him, maybe even break his entire arm. Izuku continued to bring his fist back, the pain growing in his arm more and more as he tried to ignore the growing pain as much as possible.
His fist slammed into the robot and in that instant the robot froze. The robot was completely still for a split second before parts of it body began to explode. The robot's head fell, completely broken as it broke apart.
Izuku was still in the air, his arm completely bruised purple. His arm was completely aching in pain, blood spouting out from a few cuts on it. His legs were the same way, dangling in the air limply. As he began to dive back to the ground Meddle appeared over his shoulder, cocking its head to the side.
'' Chui.''
'' Okay, I get that it was stupid but can you help me? Please? '' Izuku said, staring at the rabbit stand.
For a moment Izuku thought Meddle had rolled its eyes before an image flashed across his face, showing him how he could make it to the ground without breaking more of his bones. With his right arm and legs broken, there really wasn't much Meddle could even suggest for him to do that wouldn't end up with him breaking his other arm. There was only one suggestion Meddle gave him, and it was for him to just continue falling.
…
…
'' Wait are you trying to tell me I should die!? '' Izuku exclaimed, whipping his head around to face his stand. '' Don't you have something else? ''
Meddle didn't respond nor even get him another suggestion, merely tilt its head. Izuku gritted his teeth, staring down at the ground. If his stand, the stand that was made to give him out of situations that could kill him, said he shouldn't do anything then he wasn't going to do anything. Izuku let himself continue to fall, nervously watching as the ground became closer and closer to him.
'' Come on….please don't let me hit the ground…'' Izuku muttered, putting his absolute faith in his stand. Meddle was stubborn as hell but it wouldn't kill him…right?
Maybe there's a twist and that the predictions only work 80% of the time? Is that why it's telling me not to do anything? Nothing's stopping me—
Izuku was instantly smacked out of his thoughts, Ochako slamming him across the face. Just as he was about to hit the ground he stopped midair, floating just above the ground.
…Never mind Izuku thought, Ochako quickly releasing him and causing both of them to float back onto the ground.
Izuku laid on the ground, breathing heavily as he struggled to move. '' I still…need one more point…''
With only one good arm, Izuku pushed himself from off the ground and began to crawl forward. '' One point, just one more…''
'' Times up! ''
''…Huh? ''
Everyone stopped, their eyes slowly falling onto to Izuku. Izuku merely laid there, his body shaking before he finally collapsed onto the ground.
The Entrance Exams, were over.
X-X
STAND ( AND STEEL BALL ) STATS
Name: True Colors
Namesake: 1986 Cyndi Larper Song
Welder: Nera Zeppeli
Abilities:
[Nerve Injury]: When the tiny balls on True Colors imbed into the skin of the opponent, it can temporary shutdown the nerves on where ever it's touched, rendering the body part completely paralyzed. Depending on how many times someone is hit, it's able to render someone's entire body completely paralyzed and unable to defend themselves from attack.
Name: Thunderstruck
Namesake: 1990 single by AC/DC
Stand Master: Cherie 'Cher 'Polenereff
Stand Abilities:
[Elemental Arrow]: Thunderstruck has the ability to shoot out an infinite amount of arrows based on different elemental attacks; Such as earth, wind, fire, and water. These elements can be combined to create completely new elements, such as electricity or poison.
Stand Stats:
Power: A
Speed: A
Range: A
Durability: C
Precision: A
Potential: C
Name: Dr. Feelgood
Namesake: Album by Motley Crue
Stand Master: Saitako Kakyoin
Stand Abilities:
[Injection]: is able to produce liquefied versions of drugs in its 10 syringes, no matter how rare. Once the drug is produced is able to inject the drug into someone, resulting in a number of side effects depending on the drug injected. It can render from a drug that can calm people and stop bleeding to a drug that can cause poisoning or hallucinations.
Stand Stats:
Power: D
Speed: B
Range: B
Durability: D
Precision: B
Developmental Potential: E-
(Author's Note:
Annnnd with Chapter 12, this has got to be the most stands introduced in one chapter, at least currently. Now I couldn't the stands of Ruby, Tina, Gamma, and Pauline currently, but they'll get their time to shine soon.
I had to stop here as it was ( once again ) getting too long, so the fallout to the entrance exam will continue in the next chapter.
Referring back to the story though, we have our gang's resident Zeppeli! Now creating Nera was...way harder than I thought. I specifically wanted her to be a character that was the complete opposite of Giorno. Nera is based on a lot of things, though specifically, she's in reference to Cyndi Larper. Most of the songs I relate to her is ' Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ' and the ' True Colors ' album. Originally she was going to have a stand, but once I got introduced to the idea of Italy having only Spin users work as law bringers, I just had to give it to her.
Special thanks to Noobanime for the idea of Italy having executioners and law bringers instead of heroes, I absolutely adored this idea!
Now The Spin is...kind of something I'm a little novice at writing, so any advice is welcomed. I tried to give Nera a unique thing to her Spin like Wekapipo's Wrecking Ball. I with through a ton of different Spin styles until I stopped on something that could damage the nerves, but if you guys can come up with something I'm all ears!
Now on to the other characters, The Kid Crusaders aka Gamma, Saitako, and Cher. Cher was pretty much the easiest to make, with her being named after Polnereff's late sister and also being a reference to the singer ' Cher '.
For Pauline aka Gamma's emotional support tiger, I originally planned on Pauline being a puppy that was related to Iggy but I figured that would be too much. I wanted to introduce an animal stand user though, and after going through a random animal generator I decided on her being a tiger.
I would continue rambling but…this note is getting too long ( like the chapter :,) )
Thank you all for reading, I hope you have an amazing day! )
