This is not everything i wanted for this chapter, it is not even what I wanted for this chapter
This is pretty much what I left away last time, just much more because I couldn't help myself :(
You know this was supposed to be a oneshot when I first thought off it!
I have way too many ideas for this frickin story -.- author me must be masochistic
SO LETS STEP IT UP! NEXT THREE CHAPTERS WILL ALL HAVE NEW PIKMIN look forward to it!
enough bitching around
enjoy
Chapter 9
A big dark room, filled with countless screens which are observed by - what we are supposed to believe - several dozen DIFFERENT people in U.A.'s employ. And not just a hundred copies of a certain clone-hero.
But this is not about the schools staff problem, but about the people seen on the screens.
Hundreds of teenagers are fighting three different types of robots in the pursuit of attaining their dream! - and staying alive if the panic in some faces is to be believed. Though there may also be bliss in that one blonde kids expression, he seems to have fun at least.
"Hmmmm." A stunning beauty in a captivating outfit was cocking her head and checking a list of names and photos, her eyebrows were scrunched in a frown.
"What is it, Nemuri?" Came the gruff voice from the side. The owner of the voice was a man with black hair and scruffy beard in a black outfit. The best word to describe him would be homeless.
"There is this little red one here. He seems to have a cloning quirk, but I can't find him on the lists!" The beauty points at on of the screens where a group of small red plant people could be seen attacking a one pointer.
Caesar ran in front of his platoon, his feet pounding on the ground in his rush to reach his enemy, no his Victim, his SACRIFICE! The fire that eternally burns within was rising to the surface, sparking over to his soldiers and creating a blaze that will leave only ashes.
An enemy enters their reach, rolling along, ignorant of his looming demise.
Caesar has no teeth to grind, no mouth to turn into a frown, but his hatred was clearly shining out of his eyes.
"You DARE ignore us!? MEN! It is time for murder!" The group of soldiers follow their leader onto the metal giant.
Their mighty blows rain down on the colossus, but only inflict minor damage on the surface not touching the sensitive interior.
"Burn men! Let your passion ignite! You are FIRE, you are DEATH!
The enemy is big, but he will FALL!
The enemy is hard, but we will PRESERVE!
The enemy is one AND WE ARE MANY!
Each of us is a flame and together we will form an Inferno that will BURN THE WORLD!
Are you with me!?" Caesar fully ignites forming a flame with red 'eyes'.
"""OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!""" His soldiers give up their form to join their leader.
The hull of the robot starts shining from the heat and soon after begins to melt, sparks fly and the robot starts twitching. The robot explodes and Caesar absorbs the flames that resulted from it.
The army stops their fire and form up to continue the 'war', the people around look on in terror.
Caesar scoffs at their fear. 'WEAK!' He meets the eyes of a small boy with balls on his head. the boy stumbles back and falls to the ground his face a vision of horror, it seems he wet himself.
Caesar glares at him, but decides to ignore the weakling.
He turns to the next robot.
"Let their blood flow like a river!" "YEAHHH!"
"They are kinda cute, though!" Midnight the pro-hero and one of the few R-rated heroes, gushes like a little girl that saw a puppy.
The man frowns heavily and glares at the screen, greatly confusing the heroine.
"Something the matter, Shouta?" She asks her friend of many years.
"Hmpf. That is no participant. That is a sentient quirk. It is the reason Hizashi was messing around so long, a boy pulled them out and he got distracted. That idiot..." He mutters the last part. Midnight was astounded.
"That is a quirk!? Amazing! Sentient quirks are rare! But... where is the user?" She checks the screen again, but finds no one that seems to be it. Suddenly the screen changes on its own. "It's this one." Comes a high voice from the side.
On the other side of Midnight was a smaller seat with a giant white rat with a scar over its right eye. Who could this rodent be? It was...
"Principal..." That's right it was the principal! The leader of U.A. and someone whose name was impossible to forget! Absolutely! No one knows what he is.
Is he a Mink that crossed dimensions, a dedicated furry, a chimera or Pinky and Brain fused with a bear to do what they do every night! CONQUER THE WORL- It's Nedzu! His name is Nedzu, which I knew of course.
The giant rodent turned his seat around, in his paws was a cup of tea he got from somewhere, most likely a tea oriented void. May be oriented next to the void of 'rabid fan' utensils.
Midnight checks the video feed Nedzu presented her. On it a boy with green hair and red shoes was handling a blue whip with a stone at the end to smash a three-pointer to smithereens.
"Isn't that...?" She knew that face. Shouta next to her frowned even harder and scoffs in disgust.
"That is Midoriya Izuku. The damn news can't stop talking about him ever since ALL MIGHT HIMSELF endorsed him!" He says pointedly to a haggard person sitting off to the side. Said person flinches as if struck and holds a hand in front of their mouth as they cough wetly.
"He had shown TRUE heroic spirit! I met him a bit earlier and he was struggling with confidence issues and so I wanted to encourage him a bit. I didn't intent for it to blow up like this! And neither did young Izuku!" The veteran hero and symbol of peace defended himself.
"Grmpf!" Shouta was not happy, but he had to admit that it was not the fault of the boy that the press was so irritating. And from the look of things he was giving a good performance. He had already destroyed a good amount of robots of all types. -?
"What is he doing now?" He mutters, but the others still heard him. They turn to the screen to see what grabbed his attention.
"He is luring a three pointer away from the crowd, but why?" Midnight could not understand why he doesn't destroy it like the others.
They watch on in confusion as the boy exchanges the head of his whip, ignoring their judging duty and leaving it all to the others, which hopefully isn't just 5 people and countless clones of the same person...
Hopefully he gets paid enough at least...
"I guess the new head is weaker, but why...? AH! It's stuck!" Midnight was invested now, giving live commentary more for herself than the others.
"That brat is electrocuting himself. All Might, was that boy suicidal when you found him?" Totally unconcerned about the fate of the boy he turned to his new colleague. To be fair, he knew that the robot did not have enough power to kill anybody like this.
All Might was looking at the boy and trying to make sense. 'Is he trying to reach his head with his free arm? - !'
"I have an idea!" The skeleton says to the zombie, the rodent and the succubus. "He may be trying to create another of his little men! What did he call them... Pacman...no Pikmin! That was it!" He leans back in his seat, satisfied with himself... maybe he'll invite the others to a bar when they are done.
For some reason that annoyed the homeless man, pro hero Eraserhead btw, and he glared with red eyes at the screen.
"In the middle of the exam!?" Shouta was already planning to fend him off to the other class, if the boy thought it was a good idea to not take the test seriously.
"Wait a moment Aizawa. Before you sign his transfer papers think about it like this...
He already has enough points to pass, so he can take some time to strengthen his quirk for the future.
There aren't that many ways to get electrocuted, unless you want to put a fork in a power socket. And the readers have already said that they would not accept that." (You leave that wall alone buddy, I'm the only one allowed to do that!)
"Ah sorry." Midnight and the two men wonder who the rodent is talking to, but decide that they would rather not know.
"Also! His red 'Pikmin' has destroyed some more robots, thereby guaranteeing his acceptance into U.A., but if that is still not enough for you.
Let's see how he acts when it really counts!" And with those foreboding words and an evil smile the talking cereal mascot presses a big red button.
Time for the big guns, or as Present mic would say it.
"Time to show them that it isn't read 0p (zero points), but OP for OverPowered!"
-with Caesar-
The earth was shaking and multiple buildings were destroyed.
Was it another test? The weaklings around him were fleeing in panic, befitting of scum.
Maybe it was the horned one who decided to grace them with his presence and elevate them to their fitting state?!
No... just some giant robot-TCHE!
Caesar was about to turn around to eliminate maybe one more sacrifice, but his feet won't move. He wiggles i place in confusion but he can't move an inch.
That's when he felt it - FATE.
His eyes narrow in disgust and he talks with an invisible foe.
"Here to try to show me 'my place'!? I told you that you have no power over me!" He looks around and spots it - a giant peace of rubble barely balancing on top of the building next to him. Should it fall it will crush him. Caesar EXPLODES in anger.
"DO IT! COME HERE! COME ON KILL ME! I'M RIGHT HERE, DO IT!" the living flame roars.
The stone falls and slams onto the ground with a thunderous bang. The smoke rises in a cloud and hidees the result.
A fresh gust of wind blows through the street and reveals Caesar standing unhurt next to the stone that fell, he did not move an inch or even try to dodge.
Caesar has no mouth to spit, but helps himself by logging a spark of flame at the rubble.
"Know YOUR place, Bitch." He turns around and leaves, fate will not be coming for him again on this day.
The teachers watch the giant robot destroy their fake city. As expected no one was willing to take it on, sadly expected.
Shouta watches as Midoriya decides it is better to ignore it and takes Pikmin, one more than before, and turns to leave. That's when a girl gets trapped under some rubble, exactly on the robots path.
"Is that safe!?" The new one in the group hurries to find out. Should it not he would only have seconds to buff up and save the girl, perfectly in his power.
"Yes, don't worry. The robot is directly controlled by Powerlifter and is able to lift up his wheels to 'run her over'. She is absolutely safe and what's more important-
An opportunity!" Even as Nedzu was speaking, Izuku was already running to help the girl from 'certain doom'. Eraserheads frown disappeared and a new light entered his eyes. 'Hmmm...'
On his face forms a smile, or you could call it a smile by definition of lifting the corners of his mouth and showing teeth. His 'grin' did not really look nice enough to be a smile and it was certainly not helped by the manic bloodshot eyes.
"And the dashing hero rescues the blushing maid from certain doom!" Midnight gushes, seems like she'll ship it. She turns all smug to Eraserhead. "And his newfound powers came just handy. I've seen his whip technique and he does not have the skill necessary to grab her without hurting her, or at all." She was already looking forward to teasi-CHING! Teaching him!
Eraserhead may not be smiling, thankfully really, but he no longer showed any animosity to the boy. It seems he managed to impress the gruff undercover hero. His impression on the others were clear by Nedzus satisfied sip of tea and Toshinoris proud smile that took over his face. "I never had a doubt!" He crows. Midnight smells a story!
"Oh? Is there something special between you? Maybe the stories of you being his mentor are true after all?" She teases. All Might blushes, but laughs it off.
"Ha! Next you'll say I'm his Father! Haha! No. I never interacted with him after that day, though I saw him sometimes training, seems like we live in close to each other..." All Might drifts off and the other heroes are confused by his somber mood. "When I met him that day he asked me if he could do it. If he could become a hero and he looked so unsure and heartbroken and I could not help myself and help him even though my time was growing short. I have never regretted it! I'm absolutely sure that he will become a splendid hero!" The symbol of peace smiles at a future he can clearly see coming to pass, of a green haired hero that brings smiles to the people.
He sees their stares and trails off embarrassed. "And it got me some major good karma, let me tell ya! Ever since that day I gained some time! And it only feels like suffocating instead of drowning when I breath!" He 'jokes'. The horrified and pitying looks say it all, so he decides to let it drop.
Shouta decides to help the number one hero, feeling guilty for always blaming him for his fame, and brings them back to their purpose- giving points for performance! They all have to rewatch the tapes at this point seeing as they were all focused on one boy. Or clone hero, whose name I certainly did not just forget, has to work overtime. The unsung hero of administration will never be forgotten!
"So! Points? Battle Points are clear, but what about rescue? He did not help anyone else but the girl at the end." Eraserhead immediately went into the negative.
"But he immediately ran to her rescue, so it's not about lack of empathy, but more about lack of people needing to be rescued!" Midnight defended her whip-buddy.
"Young Izuku has already shown an impressive heroic spirit months before and he did so again!" It was clear that All Might was for the most points possible.
"Hmm. He came to her rescue, but we have to stay real and fair. He rescued her without endangering himself in any way! While he showed true spirit, we still have to be objective. How about this?" He showed the other heroes the amount of points he thought adequate.
"Hm." "Alright!" "Guess it's only fair..." They all agreed. though All Might was hoping to give him more points.
A knowing gleam entered Nedzus eyes, who still kept an eye on the feed, different from the others. "It's enough for now. And let's see..." He says with a smirk" Maybe Recovery girl has a request to give him extra points!"
Midnight cocks her head in confusion. "As far as I know this hasn't happened in decades! She never gives points! Which is a waste really..." she grumbles. A little to not known fact is that Recovery girl has the authority to give extra Rescue points for people willing to assist her in patching people up. A reward for people helping out and a last ditch effort to get people with a healing quirk in the hero course.
"Alright!" The rodent cheers, splashing around his tea."So together with Bp it comes down to-!"
-with Izuku-
Izuku was having a nice relaxing day as he waited for the results of the entrance exam. For some reason his eyes were a bit red and there were dark circles beneath his eyes and did he do something with his hair? He takes a sip of tea, the cup was clanging against the saucer rapidly.
Around him was the sound of life.
"Domo! Stop teasing poor Caesar!" The new yellow bastard, newly christened Domo, was amusing himself by tapping Caesar on the back and then running around him when he turns. Thankfully Inko had a firm grip on the menagerie.
"Caesar calm down. Look what I have here!" She pulls something from behind her back, it was a little doll in a blue costume and red hair and accents. It was Endeavour! Caesar did not look impressed, he may like the hero, but he wasn't in need of such junk like the crybaby. Inko seemed to be able to read his thoughts because she smiled impishly and pressed the chest of the doll. "Burn scum!" it was the special edition 'Real-curses' Endeavour doll that was taken off the market. Only real collectors have it as no one was willing to buy Endeavour merch in the first place, collectors such as Izuku. Again Inkos heritage was very generous - and Izuku had a very good instinct for finding obscure toys and fan accessories that will skyrocket in value after a short time.
Back to Caesar, who now was walking away to listen to Endeavours wise words ... and slurs.
Inko, with a satisfied grin, turns to her next 'child'. Strange little Domo, who looked and ran like a certain other plant being, but whose voice and behaviour had a robot like touch to them. "Domo! Do no touch the socket! I told you already! Look what I have here." Inko pulls something else out of the void behind her back, or she just pulled it across the room to her hand, and presented the little yellow menace with - A cactus!
This was a bit of a gamble on Inkos part, but she was sure she was right. And she was! Never doubt Inko.
She placed the little cactus on the window sims and Domo rushed over and stared at it transfixed by it's beauty. It was one of those small sphere cacti if you're curious.
That is two taken care off already, Inko is on a roll!
She was about to watch if Rocky was still napping when Susume came running to her, Inkos phone clutched to her breast.
"What is it, dear?" She asked her little helper. Susume holds the phone up to her. "Ohhh! You have 5000 new follower on herobook! Wonderful!-Ah!" She was cheering for Susume, she had to create a herobook account for Susume after she gained fame by first Present Mic and then the news. She mainly posts pictures of herself cooking with Inko, who also gained quite an amount of follower, seems like she still got it, and some pictures of herself cleaning which Inko took. She was an absolute hit and already famous, she was even covered in 'Little heroine weekly'.
Sadly Izuku was not prepared for Susumes fame, which naturally boosted his own even more, as she was his quirk.
As she cheered on Susume she was talking too loud and Izuku was able to hear how many new follower she gained, he shuddered and a tuft of hair was falling from his head.
Inko hoped the letter came soon, as she did not want to find him crying in the shower again, three times was enough thank you. Inko thought that two days were enough time to post some results already.
For now she lays an All Might brand blanket on his shoulders, fluffs up the All Might brand pillows, turns on the All might anniversary special Dvd on the Tv and gives him some more tea in his All Might brand cup. Tea spiked with antidepressants, also All Might brand.
Izuku calms down, or suffers an overdose, hard to tell.
Inko checks that Dios bottle was still firmly shut and checks on her little stony darling. Rocky was blissfully sleeping, clutching his new smaller Rock Might plushie to his chest. The original plushie was watching over him with a wide grin.
She is about to turn back and prepare some food when there is a noise from the door - Could it be!?
Izuku stares blankly into space, absentmindedly 'cheering' when All Might poses or lands a Smash when the door to the living room gets busted open by an excited Inko. Izuku blinks sloooowlyyyyy in befuddlement, or something. Emotions are a bit hard to figure out right now.
Inko watches Izukus 'blink' and wonders if he had too much 'relaxation'. Nah, should be good, she holds out the letter to her angel. See he got it on the third try, he is fine! After all she drank the same tea!
She inches closer and pops out a slime and places it on his head, you know, not out of necessity really, just a precaution.
"Wiuwiuwiu" The slime dies and Izuku looks much more lively.
'Maybe I should change brands. I can use the old box so Izuku shouldn't notice.' Later Izuku will mention that the new tea is much better than the old ones. ("Did All Might bring out a new type?" "Sure Sweety.") Seems like holding the slime has helped her too.
But that is not important for now.
Izuku shakes away the fog clouding his brain and his heart begins to beat again. Mostly for survival, but also EXCITEMENT!
He rips open the letter and a small disk falls out. The fuck!?
The disk activates and a livesized All Might stands in the living room. Izuku immediately falls to his knees in prayer before he notices that it is just a hologram.
"Greetings Izuku!" "He knows my name!" Yes Yes hush you!
"Let me be the first to congratulate you on your SPECTACULAR performance in the exam!
Your ingenious usage of your quirk and heroic spirit have dazzled the jury! Me included of course!
But wait a moment, you're propably saying, what are you doing here, All Might?
HAHA! I am not getting younger and I decided to turn it down a bit, that's when the principal contacted me!
How could I turn down the opportunity to teach a new generation of heroes? That's right I can't!
And you will be one of them! Lookie here!"
Behind All Might there was a giant screen that lit up. At the top stood 'Battle points' and next to it '37'.
"As you can see you have gained thirty-seven points from defeating robots. Not the highest amount, but more than enough to secure a place in the hero course..."
Izukus heart stopped for a moment as a gigantic weight slipped off of it. He did it, but All Might was still talking.
"...,but that is not all! There are bonus points in form of 'Rescue Points'! keep your eyes on the screen please."
A short montage of Izuku rescuing the nice girl played.
"For your effort we award you twenty Rescue points, bringing you to 57 points total, which lands you in the top ten!
AMAZING! But still not everything!" All Might was on a row, a proud smile was unshakable from his face. Izuku watched on in confusion and no small amount of trepidation.
He had a bad feeling about this.
"Additionally, Recovery girl has specially requested for you to get some bonus 'Healer points'! Which is a very special occurrence that hasn't happened since, well EVER!
Again, CONGRATULATIONS MY BOY! You are the first ever to receive this points... sadly." Incidentally, Twenty points is the maximum of points Recovery girl can give and pretty much a guaranteed acceptance into the hero course, seems like she wanted to make sure.
"Together with those points you have 77 points, which lands you on the number one spot together with someone else." A list of the top scorer was blended in and Izukus stomach dropped when he saw a familiar name next to his own.
'It's still good! Just stop talking, no more points please, just let it be! Just please STOP TALKING ALL MIGHT!' Izuku was pleading internally with his g-rrrreat idol!
But like most 'idols' All Might did not listen.
"But we are still not done, you little go-getter you! HAHA! While it is no longer necessary and your entrance is already written in stone, it would still be remiss of us to not award you all the points you earned! Or rather your quirk earned!"
Izukus eyes widen in sudden understanding and he whips around throwing off the pillow and blanket, his eyes find Caesar that is standing and watching with a cocky , well he can't grin, but he looks very smug. "WHAT DID YOU DO!?" He thunders.
"Hn! I achieved greatness!" The little man mocks.
"Your quirk and his gang managed to melt quite some robots! All in all you earn TWENTY-FIVE special 'Battle points', for a grand total of astonishing ONE HUNDRED AND TWO POINTS total!
This has never before been achieved! You even cracked my old record of 100 points, my boy!" All Might was celebrating as if he achieved it himself, Izukus soul meanwhile decided to leave the building. Thank god the 'tea' was negated or that would have become a more permanent thing.
While Izuku was trying to get over his shock, the pikmin band was celebrating and Susume tried her best to catch all of Inkos tears of happiness and pride, she was 1,5 meter at the moment and growing. Izukus soul was thrown back into his body by All Might calling his name.
"Izuku, you have truly shown an heroic spirit and I could not have been prouder to have witnessed it.
Come, this is YOUR Hero Academia."
All of Izukus problems seemed so insignificant suddenly.
That's right! It is finally time to stop dreaming and begin his journey.
The first step is made.