Alright! Here we are with chapter 3! Again I would like to thank all your support, all of you who've seen, favorited, and/or followed this story. You make me very happy with your support. Like I said I have special thanks for those who have reviewed.
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LEGION: Arrival
"Courage makes heroes, but trust builds friendships."
Arriving at the front gates of UA, Izuku found himself enthusiastic and ready to take on whatever challenges that would stand in his way. He found himself completely at peace with what the future had in store.
"Outta the way, Deku."
And the moment is ruined.
Izuku honestly just walked forward and kept ignoring Bakugo out of spite, the latter becoming incensed before noticing something, smirking, and moving away.
'Odd, that's a first.' He thought before an upturned stone caught his foot and sent him tumbling. Instinct had him rolling as soon as he tipped over, unfortunately, he soon found himself spinning in a circle uncontrollably.
"WHOAAAA, WHAT'S HAAAPPENIING!?" He cried out while moving like a wheel.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" A girl said before grabbing Izuku and straightening him out, then pressing her hands together. The effects of her quirk were canceled and Izuku stumbled, trying to get over his sense of vertigo, idly he heard Bakugo's cackling laughter up ahead, neither expecting the turn of events.
"I'm so sorry, I tried using my quirk so that you wouldn't fall, cause that would be bad luck, and well...yeah." The girl sheepishly said while twiddling with her fingers.
"It...it's alright, just got a bit confused there. I'm Midoriya Izuku, may I have the name of my attempted savior?" He asked with a smile as he continued to walk forward.
"Oh, I'm Uraraka Ochako, are you trying out for the hero course?"
"Yep, I have to ask, what exactly is your quirk? I don't think it's levitation or telekinesis due to how you move your palms, and the glow that came from your fingers. Is it some sort of touch-based manipulation? Hmm, considering the effects of vertigo and how I seemed to roll in one spot, is it some sort of gravity manipulation?" Izuku rambled before a hand came out of nowhere and popped him on the head.
"Jeez vod, I thought that you already got that mumbling habit of yours under control," Jango said while turning to the girl.
"Sorry bout him, get a cool quirk and a pretty girl in his face and he's lost."
"Jango!" Izuku yelled in embarrassment as the girl blushed up a storm. Izuku tried to swipe at him, but Jango dodged and circled away laughing.
"Sorry about him, he's an idiot.
"I-it's fine," Uraraka said while trying to gain control of her blush.
"Hehe, I'm Jango, nice to meet ya." He said staying just out of range. Izuku was tempted to shoot him. "Anyway, thanks for saving this di'kut, but it looks like we need to get inside. Come on!" He then ran ahead, leaving the other two behind.
Izuku sighed before turning to what was hopefully a new friend and classmate, "Shall we?"
Uraraka nodded and they both moved ahead.
"So...was I right? About your quirk?"
Uraraka giggled.
Izuku had to admit he was only half paying attention to Present Mic's well, presentation. Truthfully he had already met the bombastic man before, a reward that All Might had provided after he had managed to finally use OFA safely. Getting the autographs of some of UA's teachers was one of the best days of his life.
Snipe had even dedicated that last few weeks before the exam teaching them proper firearm safety, if only because he as a hero would not stand for anything else.
If by chance another hero with firearms had the potential to enter the exam and continue against the stigma? Well... it good thing nobody had telepathy nearby.
Izuku had also managed to keep up the contact with the clones inside of him, somewhat. The connection was mostly one-way for some reason, but recent reports from Jango were that the clones were taking Snipe's lessons to heart and were steadily increasing their capabilities with weapons.
If by odd chance he heard the random explosion in his mind...well...nothing he could do about it now.
It still begged the question, could he enter his mindscape? If so, what was necessary?
Questions for later he supposed.
'Huh, he's sure...enthusiastic I guess.' Izuku thought while staring at some guy who was, well, asking wasn't really the right word here but still, should at least be polite, he might be nervous, about the different villains they would face.
He summarily ignored Bakugo.
Later, inside the training ground, and wow was this place huge, according to Jango who was currently in the mindscape, they'd asked and quirks could not be activated until after the exam started, mentioned offhandedly that it was about the same size as the mindscape.
Izuku had some trouble processing that one.
Looking around he found Uraraka in the same training area and was about ready to walk over to her when a hand grabbed his shoulder.
The person holding his shoulder soon found his wrist grabbed and a gun in his face.
"Now let's just calm down eh? No need to try and start everything right?" Jango said with a grin as the other teen's eyes widened in shock.
"E-excuse me! Are you allowed to even have those weapons!?"
"Rules don't matter to me, I'm just a quirk." Jango chuckled out as the group around them spread from the standoff.
"Really Jango?" Izuku sighed as he moved away from the teen's now lax grip.
"Midoriya? Jango? Everything alright here?" Uraraka asked as she just now noticed the commotion.
"START!"
Everybody paused and looked over to where Present Mic was.
"What are you waiting for!? There are no countdowns in real life! GO!"
As one the entire crowd moved towards the city, Izuku and Jango immediately grouped up, passing towards Izuku a carbine and some thermal detonators, (and wasn't that a shock to find in the armory).
"Alright, you go left, I go right. We'll meet up around the end of the ten minutes. Check your fire, DOWN!" Jango yelled, knocking down Izuku and quickly shooting a one-pointer.
"Thanks, behind you!" Jango ducked and Izuku took some shots, the robot exploding into a mess of shrapnel.
"Let's go! Stay frosty!" Jango said as they split up and went after points.
Izuku went towards a group of various robots that had actually pinned down some students against some rubble, grabbing one of the detonators, he tossed it towards the group, blowing up some and scattering the rest.
"Hey, aim for the head!" He cried out as he rolled and shot some more robots, leaving the rest for the group to deal with.
He charged forward and moved quickly, the embers of One For All sparking to life under his skin. "I always wanted to do this! One For All: Yaihi'l Beskar'gam!
Okay, so it was a work in progress.
Moving even faster he burst in between two one-pointers and shot them from behind.
After that, he moved upwards, jumping between the walls of an alleyway to get to higher ground.
"I hope Jango's doing worse than me, can't lose that bet!" Izuku said before a sudden rumble made everything shake. Turning around, he spotted the absolutely ginormous zero-pointer in front of him.
Izuku sighed.
Jango was actually doing pretty well, all things considered.
Well, if you didn't count the fact that he was surrounded by robots.
"Heh, this is just too easy, I'm winning that bet for sure!" Jango yelled in excitement as he started to spin and fire, fortunately, they were mostly one-pointers so they didn't have any ranged capabilities. Three were immediately eliminated within a few seconds of each other. Ducking and rolling, he ran and shot more, the blue bolts piercing through metal with deadly efficiency. Getting closer, Jango was forced to make space, constantly moving, constantly firing. His pistols were starting to overheat and burn his hands. The smell of burnt circuits and oil filled the air and Jango was getting tired. Putting away a pistol, he tossed two grenades towards separate groups of robots and blew them to smithereens.
Spotting a three-pointer, he bum-rushed it, firing at its supports and joints before leaping on jumping onto its body and scrambling to its head, and firing point-blank.
Its body crumpled and he rolled off onto the concrete before continuing forward. Spotting a blonde boy hunched over in pain and a two-pointer about to strike him, he rushed forward and tackled him to the ground.
Turning quickly and firing at the bot it soon became scrap metal under the barrage, hissing in pain as he was forced to let go of his gun, he turned to the boy he'd saved.
"You alright?" Jango asked, picking up the teen. The blonde nodded, still clutching his stomach, Jango noticed the specialized belt he was wearing and dragged him over to an alcove.
"M-merci."
"Welcome, you need anything else?"
"Just rest mon ami, I managed to grab 40 points, I think I made it." He said while panting before straightening out into a pose.
"After all, someone as glamorous as me can always shine!"
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"Oookaay then...good luck," Jango said before quickly moving away and heading towards the middle.
'I lost track of how many points I got in that last scuffle, hopefully I made more than Izuku, either way though, we're totally making it in.'
Out of nowhere, debris shot upwards into the sky, sending him flying back, towering above him was what was apparently the zero-pointer.
Jango was not amused.
"You've got to be kidding me."
"Hmm, the test hasn't even started and we already have a confrontation between applicants." Hound observed.
"Good instincts honestly, but shouldn't we be worried about the firearms? Where'd they even come from?" Midnight asked.
"Aah signed it off mahself, besahdes, they're prahduced by 'is quirk."
All Might would, until the end of his days, be jealous at how easily Snipe could pull off a southern accent while speaking Japanese, the best he could do was a half-hearted west coast accent thanks to Dave.
And he'd lived there!
Completely unfair in his opinion.
"Snipe, please stop flexing on All Might, besides, young Jango was simply protecting young Midoriya." Nezu chided with some humor.
And wasn't that a sight, Nezu had taken a slight interest in both boys, although since Jango hadn't been training to wield OFA he was the one to spend more time with the principal.
They shared a dark sense of humor and made jokes that would make anybody else gape in shock.
"Aw, take my fun away."
So unfair.
"That's his quirk? It's been a while since I've seen a duplication quirk, and is he fully sentient, or just a copy?" Ectoplasm asked, interested in seeing a quirk similar to his.
"I've had the opportunity to speak with young Jango, although he is a clone of Midoriya Izuku, he has his own personality traits, likes, and dislikes. We had a riveting discussion of military tactics and the Art of War by Sun Tzu the other day." He cheerfully said while focusing a screen on him.
As one the entire faculty shivered. Nezu having his eye on somebody was never good for their sanity.
"Him and his...progenitor?" Cementoss asked, he knew that some sentient quirks had a preferred relationship term in some cases.
"They prefer to be called brothers actually."
"Hmm, interesting, it says here that Midoriya's quirk registry recently got updated. It went from Clone to Arsenal. Although that is set to change in the future once he has proven to be able to make more than 20 clones." Midnight looked over in a tablet.
"What does he want to change it to?"
"Legion." The room seemed to vibrate at the potential of that word.
All Might took time to observe the boys before moving on to other applicants.
"Many applicants are showing what it takes to become heroes, speed, agility, situational awareness, adaptability, and pure combat ability." He noticed both Izuku and Jango helping people and it brought a smile to his face.
"And the capacity to help others, even at the expense of yourself."
Nezu smiled sadistically, "Let us see, however, what they're made of, Power Loader?"
"Yes, sir." Pressing a button that said PLUS ULTRA, the teachers leaned back to see what these applicants would do when the odds were stacked against them.
Izuku and Jango soon regrouped and retreated quickly but relatively calmly while everybody else panicked.
Yeah, not much fazed you after taking a smash from All Might and eating his hair.
Still though, giant robot.
"I can't believe this!"
"I know right? Where does UA even get the funding for this!"
"Is that really what you're worried about right now!?"
A voice crying out made them both pause, as one they turned.
Stuck under some rubble, and desperately trying to get out was Uraraka Ochako, and for one heart-stopping moment, their eyes met.
Immediately they both started to run towards her as the robot lumbers above.
One For All surged beneath Izuku's skin, crackling the air and making everybody's hair stand on end.
"Jango!"
"Got it!"
As the villain bot brought down its hand, Izuku lept up and intercepted it.
"Sorry about this boys!"
Focusing on his arm instead of his body, he charged his arm up to 100%, "From deep inside of your heart," Izuku grinned, "Detroit SMAAAAASH!" As if the powers of the heavens themselves were in his fist, a great tornado of force erupted from the impact point and knocked over everything in the vicinity. Explosions riddled from the point of impact throughout the entire until the entire thing popped off and the robot itself was knocked backward an entire block.
Izuku shot and crashed backward from the force of his punch to the ground but he was cushioned by both Jango and Uraraka, his arm shredded and bloody, a dark purple from the use of his quirk. Jango had used the distraction to grab Uraraka from the rubble and that's how the two were there to catch Izuku.
"Yeah, good thing you didn't do that last time right?"
"Shut up Jango."
"Your arm Midoriya!"
"What this? Tis but a flesh wound!"
"No time for pre-quirk references vod, that thing is coming back," Jango said as he set down Uraraka and they helped Izuku back up.
Adrenaline was an amazing thing now that Izuku thought about it.
"Agh should've aimed for the head," Izuku grumbled as the trio stared at the half-broken robot that was slowly making its way towards them.
"You still got them detonators?" Jango asked as he grabbed the ones he had, Izuku nodded and tossed them over.
"You managed to blow up a bunch of holes in that thing, if I pop these in I can blow it up more, maybe even the head. That thing could cause a lot of damage before the exam ends, let's get rid of it." Izuku nodded and grabbed the back of Jango's shirt. One For All charged again sparking wildly as he prepped to throw Jango.
"Wait! Let me help!" Uraraka said while tapping Jango's back, immediately floating in the air, both he and Izuku to express their appreciation. Moving forward, Izuku spun to gain some momentum, "I've always wanted to do this, OKLAHOMA!"
A small twister of wind and energy formed around Izuku's rotating body, Jango groaning as he was subjected to the force.
"SMASH!" He yelled while flinging Jango at breakneck speeds towards the zero-pointer.
Unfortunately, Zero Gravity had a negative effect on this situation because while, for training purposes, Izuku has thrown Jango, he was not used to the force necessary in this situation. As such...
BAM
Izuku and Uraraka cringed as Jango slammed into the zero pointer's face, leaving an indent in the metal and leaving him stuck there.
"Oooh, that is gonna hurt later."
"I'm okay!" Jango groaned out before shaking his head and turning, he saw the other hand coming close to reach him, jumping off his imprint, he went through the fingers and started running down the forearm, shooting wildly at the zero pointer's eyes.
Knocking out two, he felt the metal shift under him as the robot tried to get him off, diving towards an exposed ledge on one of its chest vents, he grabbed tightly and climbed his way up the top before sprinting and jumping across towards the other.
Making his way to the exposed sections along its left side, he climbed his way in and crawled through to its spinal base taking special care to avoid exposed wires and the broken framework, he could feel the entire robot shake and even was knocked over by impacts of the robot's fist against its own chassis.
"Made it, lot more hassle than I'd have liked but here I am." Setting off one, he then quickly made his way back towards the opening.
With a great eruption, the entire spinal base was blown to pieces, the neck and head collapsing onto the body as the entire thing flipped over. Jango himself was too slow to escape and so was flung out of the zero-pointer and into the air, the shockwave disorienting him and sending him careening towards the ground.
"Oh no, this is gonna end badly." He groaned as he fell.
His fall, however, was stopped by a slap and he started floating in the sky.
"Ow."
"Sorry." Uraraka groaned out while she and Izuku were on top of some floating rubble. Izuku grabbed Jango's flailing hand and brought him to the slab. Guiding them down, Uraraka soon let go of her quirk, and the three rested on the ground.
Soon enough the absurdity of the entire situation made Izuku start snorting in amusement. Soon enough Jango started chuckling and Uraraka giggled before all three of them started to laugh.
As they quieted down, Izuku was the first one to notice and ask.
"Hey, where is everybody? Did the exam end?"
"Oh it ended about 5 minutes ago, young Midoriya."
"The three of them turned and looked to see the entire UA faculty near them, and all three were caught off guard."
"I'm sorry...what?"
"Wow, they both stopped at the same time, if that's not a clone thing then I don't know what is...IT TURNS ME ON!" Midnight roared out as her coworkers facepalmed.
"Really Nemuri?" Mic groaned out while Eraserhead continued to nap.
"Now they're heading over to rescue her, looks like Midoriya's charging up the strength aspect of his quirk.
"Wonder if that, "strength of a thousand clones" actually appli-HOLY!" Ectoplasm and the others exclaimed in shock as they watch Izuku jump in the air and meet the Executor's hand.
"It blew the arm straight off!" Power Loader complained, he knew that that was gonna be a pain to fix.
"Well, that's the end of the exam, call it Mic-"
"Wait, something's wrong!" Power Loaded cried out as he tried various controls on the computer.
"What is it Hajima," Nezu asked as the other teachers got up, even Eraserhead was fully awake now.
"The Executor bot's not responding to my controls, after taking that damage it should have shut down automatically, but it's still moving! It's out of my control!" He frantically tried to regain control, but error messages continued to appear.
"Let's move out and-"
"Hold," Nezu said and the teachers froze.
"Present Mic, call the end of the exam, advise the students to immediately go to the gates. Everybody else, wait."
"But sir, that zero pointer's targeting system is on those students!" Power Loader protested and soon the other teachers began to interject.
"Nezu if you expect me to stand by and watch that boy destroy his body again-" Recovery Girl started only to be interrupted by Nezu.
All Might marveled at his audacity.
"He will do no such thing. After all, brothers work together, don't they, All Might?" As one the faculty turned towards the emaciated man, who continued to stare at the screen with a grin.
"You're right principal, brothers, and heroes."
So they watched, as Jango was flung towards the Executor, both All Might and Nezu laughed uproariously at his impact with the robot, and destroy it from the inside.
All were marveled at how the three worked together, saving each other, and laughing together like children.
"Let's go."
"And that is what happened, I must admit, you three have impressed me very much with your teamwork and capabilities. As a reward, I will tell you now that all three of you passed the exam, yes that includes you Jango, were you not a quirk you would be a student. As it is, I cannot give you your direct scores until they're tallied but congratulations you three." Nezu said with a smile while Recovery Girl made her way towards the group.
"Hey, Nezu!" Jango yelled while the teachers choked at his boldness, "who won the bet!"
Nezu only chuckled and shook his head, "Now why would I ruin the surprise?" Jango only responded with a groan.
"Alright, that's enough for now. Let's fix the three of you up, no?"
"Hey, I'm just a clone Rec. Girl, I'll be-" Jango was cut off by the sheer terror he felt of having her glare turned towards him.
"-Right here waiting for treatment, ma'am." He quickly finished while lying still.
"As I thought," She replied before glaring at a chuckling Izuku, shutting him up, and kissing his arm, "I thought I told you not to do something so stupid."
Izuku sheepishly chuckled before replying, "Eh, well, instinct I guess. My body just moved on its own."
Recovery Girl hmm'ed in annoyance before checking him over, satisfied at the end, she gave him a gummy before he fell asleep from exhaustion.
Giving another kiss to Jango to heal him from his back injuries, the latter dematerializing back to the mindscape, she then turned to Uraraka.
Said girl eep'ed in apprehension, but Recovery Girl was much gentler with her.
"Now then deary, let's fix you up, and please, for the life of me, never bring yourself to be as stupid as those two knuckleheads. Uraraka nodded rapidly, unwilling to have the glare turned on her any time in the future.
Soon enough she was feeling better from her nausea and injuries, but she still decided to sleep off the adrenaline and exhaustion.
"They're so cute!" Midnight squealed.
"Nemuri," Eraserhead warned.
"And can you imagine him using that quirk-" She continued her tirade.
"Nemuri!"
"Or better yet on me!"
"NEMURI!"
As the ensuing conflict grew behind them, Nezu, All Might, and Snipe approached the group.
"I want him in my course, the both of them. Midoriya's pretty good with that carbine but Jango's a natural with them pistols. Shot those eyes while moving and from a pretty good distance." Snipe commented before picking up said carbine.
"Ah still marvel at how 'e just makes 'im from 'is quirk, think 'e can get meh a permanent one?"
"Really Snipe?" All Might asked in exasperation.
"What? They're pretty useful, no need for reloadin', who knows? Mehybe 'e can mehyke meh ah revolvah?"
"I'm talking about the accent Snipe."
Snipe just chuckled, then he turned and went to break up the fight.
"You certainly picked a good one, Yagi," Nezu commented as they stared at the two who were now being taken away by medical bots.
All Might chuckled, "Yes, yes I did."
Later, after Izuku had woken up, thanked the faculty, and went home, he and Jango eagerly spoke to Inko about the day's events and the battle that they took part in.
Izuku took particular pleasure in mentioning Jango's faceplant.
Jango in turn praised the new girl that Izuku had made friends with.
Inko just smiled and laughed, enjoying the time with her two boys. Her own family, both born and, as she looked at a smiling Jango, created.
Later that week, the three of them stood with the UA letters in hand, Jango felt particularly touched with the fact that one was addressed to him. Although he was a clone, Nezu had recognized his sentience and semi-independence.
"Let's open yours last," Jango said while opening his letter. A little round projector was then placed on the table and they were greeted by All Might.
"I AM HERE! WITH YOUR TEST RESULTS!"
"PEDO MIGHT!"
This time Inko smacked Jango upside the head.
"NOW, YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY I'M HERE, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT UA'S NEWEST TEACHER!"
"That's so awesome! He's gonna be with us!"
"Another school teacher scandal."
Inko smacked Jango again.
"NOW THEN, ONTO THE SCORES! YOUNG JANGO, YOU 40 VILLAIN POINTS, IF YOU WERE BY YOURSELF, THAT WOULD BE JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE IT IN!
"Bah, I got too many one-pointers, I killed like, 30 of them."
"BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! HERE AT UA, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE ACTIONS OF COURAGE IN HELPING THOSE IN NEED! LOOK AT THIS, YOUNG JANGO. YOU HELPED A YOUNG MAN IN DANGER, THEN THAT YOUNG GIRL AND FINALLY YOUR BROTHER! AS SUCH, YOU GAINED 30 RESCUE POINTS! CONGRATULATIONS! ALONE, YOU'D BE THIRD PLACE!"
"Alright! 3rd place! I wonder who got first though."
"Probably me, that means I win the bet Jango!" Izuku laughed out while Jango shook his head.
"Nu-uh, no way! We still got to see yours, you probably got less than me!" The two started to argue and wrestle while Inko rolled her eyes and made her way to Izuku's letter. Grabbing the projection disk, she set it on the table and turned it on.
"I AM HERE!"
The words shocked the two boys back into focus and they quickly paid attention to the man.
"NOW, I'M ASSUMING THAT JANGO HAS ALREADY SHOW HIS DISK!"
"How'd he know?"
"Probably Nezu."
"SO PRINCIPAL NEZU HAD ME RECORD THIS SECOND!"
"See?"
"YOU TWO ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN, AND I'M VERY PROUD! NOW FOR YOUR SCORES! IZUKU MIDORIYA, YOU GOT 30 VILLAIN POINTS, A FEW SHY OF JANGO."
"HA!"
"Shush!"
"BUT YOUR ACTIONS WITH THE SURROUNDED GROUP, SAVING MISS URARAKA, AND YOUR BROTHER HAVE GAINED YOU 40 RESCUE POINTS, BRINGING YOU UP TO 75!"
"HA!"
"THAT BLASTED RAT DID THIS ON PURPOSE!"
"Wait," They both said, "if we both got 70 points, then that means..." They turned again to the projection.
"YES BOYS, YOU'RE BOTH CORRECT, ALONE YOU EACH HAVE 70 POINTS, THAT MEANS THAT TOGETHER, YOU HAVE A COMBINED SCORE OF 140 POINTS!"
They stared at the chart that was projected in front of them.
MIDORIYA IZUKU/JANGO – 30/40 – 40/30 – 140 1ST PLACE
"WELCOME BOYS, TO YOUR HERO ACADEMIA!"
The boys loudly cheered and all three cried tears of joy as they celebrated their success.
This was the beginning of their journey!
To becoming heroes.
Together.
Izuku was slightly nervous as he stood in front of the large door for Class 1-A but, reminding himself of everything that it took to get here, and hardening his resolve, he opened the door.
'Of course, it had to be these two.' Izuku thought in exasperation while watching the confrontation between Bakugo and the teen that Jango almost shot. Said teen took one look at Izuku and immediately stomped over.
'He looks like a robot. Oh well, might as well get this over with.'
"I, TENYA IIDA, HUMBLY APOLOGISE! IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU ARE THE SUPERIOR STUDENT!" He said with a perfect bow, Izuku wondered if he could put a square and see if there was any space left over.
'Not what I was expecting...' He thought, honestly bewildered at the entire change.
'Huh, guess you can't judge everybody by the first interaction.' He heard Jango said from the mindscape.
"Uh...apology accepted but I'm no superior student."
"But you saw the truth of the exam! Returning for the girl." Iida recounted, a part of him still felt shame at not doing anything and simply leaving.
"Look, I saw someone in danger and I moved. That's it. I didn't even know about rescue points till the end." Iida was about to continue but he was interrupted by another arrival. Izuku noted that it was the last student and his first friend.
"Midoriya! You're here!" The bubbly Uraraka was very happy to have arrived, she had also cried in joy at receiving her ranking, 28 villain points, and 50 rescue points, putting her at 2nd overall. Both were very happy to see each other and even hugged before quickly splitting in embarrassment.
Izuku suddenly feeling a presence behind him turned and popped a pistol.
Face to face with a caterpillar, he blushed and apologized before turning and sitting in his seat.
'I can't believe I almost capped a teacher.'
'If you do that again, you should call it Chicago Smash?'
Izuku groaned.
'What? Why are you booing me, I'm right!' He heard Jango yell off to the clones.
"Hmph, good instincts, and at least you sat down, either way, it took 15 seconds for all of you to quiet down, that's time wasted, that's someone dead."
If anything the silence became more deafening.
"Either way, we're on a schedule today, I'm Aizawa Shouta, your homeroom teacher, put these on," the scruffy man who was a caterpillar grabbed gym uniforms and set them on the desk," and meet me outside for a Quirk Assessment."
"Uh...what about orientation?" Uraraka asked.
"We don't have time for such frivolities, I'll see you in 10." He said before leaving the room. All of them simply stared before Izuku simply shrugged, grabbed a uniform, and headed out. Soon enough, the rest of the class followed suit.
After changing over, they found themselves outside near a large track area, most of them later than others.
"Obviously we'll have to work on your timing, that is if you manage to stay here. Either way, let's move on. Today we'll be doing a Quirk Assessment Test, so far you've all been limited by the government in an illogical attempt to be 'fair'. Here though we'll be pushing you to your limits," He paused as if he was deciding something, "Bakugo, you managed the most villain points in the exam. What was your ball throw in middle school?"
"About 67 meters," Bakugo said as he walked forward. Aizawa tossed him a ball and motioned for him to go inside a circle.
"Use your quirk, stay inside the circle. Go all out, that's it."
Bakugo chuckled darkly as he rolled his shoulder.
"Alright then," He wound it back.
Immediately Jango appeared behind a girl with dark purple hair and covered her ears.
"What the-"
"DIE!"
BOOOM!
An explosion rang out the field sending the ball flying and making everybody cover their ears. The girl also clasped her hands over Jango's to add more pressure as the sound rang out and left some people reeling.
Once the sound died out, Jango let go and the girl nodded appreciatively.
"How did you know?"
"I saw you through Izuku's eyes, we immediately deduced that you had some sort of sound-based quirk. I doubt that you'd like to go deaf the first day." Jango explained with a soft smile.
"Thanks." The gratitude was genuine, but she also felt slightly creeped out that her quirk was so easily discovered by a mere glance.
Jango nodded before heading over to Izuku, unaware of a smiling blonde boy who was glad to see him again and was about to make his way over when the device in Aizawa's hand beeped.
"Over 700 meters!" They cried out in shock as Bakugo smirked, smoke still rising from his palm.
"This is all designed to push you beyond your limits, and today we'll discover them."
All of them immediately got excited, someone even shouting out that this would be fun.
Izuku and Jango both felt the atmosphere change.
"Fun huh?" Aizawa cut in, glaring. "Fine then, let's change things up, whosoever is last gets expelled."
Cries of shock and denial rang out from the class, calling it unfair and the like.
"Natural disasters, villain attacks, injustice, crime, the world's unfair. That's how it works, here at UA, it's our job to teach you to fight that unfairness as heroes. So either you step up to the plate or leave right here, right now." He beckoned at them, almost mockingly.
"So show me what you have, Plus Ultra style."
Over the afternoon, the students went through the eight tests, each one trying their best to not get expelled.
Izuku was practically in quirk heaven, with so many new quirks that he wanted to document. As it was, he had to rely on his clones for later. He particularly took notice of how many quirks that weren't suited for some situations, excelled in others. For example, the side steps were overtaken by some short kid with balls on his head that used them like double trampolines.
Another used his quirk to get over 500 kilos on the grip strength test.
Really the most interesting was the girl that made an entire electric scooter for the run.
Uraraka's was the funniest, sending that ball to space left him and Jango in stitches. Izuku wondered if that thing was still in orbit.
Izuku himself managed well on the tests, the most memorable moments being him and Jango working together on the grip test, him jumping with One For All on the standing long jump and landing on Jango's shoulders, having him run the rest of the way.
Some of the class laughed at the spectacle and Aizawa remained dead inside.
At the ball throw, however, Midoriya thought to himself about what to do.
'I can't use a big percentage of One For All, I'll just break my bones. Hmm..."
"Jango!" Izuku said as Jango reappeared, sticking the ball into his hands and grabbing him by the collar and waist, Izuku lied down on his back and held up Jango with his feet.
"I choose you!" Izuku kicked off while pushing his body up to 15%, straining his muscles and cracking some bones.
"WOAAAAHHH!" Jango cried out before landing in a crouch about 50 meters away.
"You ass!" Jango cried out as he started to run.
Aizawa merely shook his head before staring at the screen in his hand the number steadily rising, he could admit that the kid had some good running speed.
Honestly, he was actually interested in seeing how far this went.
At the same time though.
"Call him back after a minute, we don't have time to waste." Izuku shrugged and nodded and after the time passed, tried to dematerialize Jango but found that he couldn't.
"Huh...I can't."
"What do you mean?"
"He's too far away, our connection's really short...I can usually sense my clones but he's actually gone far enough that I can't. Never had this happen before, good to know." Izuku paused as he suddenly felt everything go silent.
All the voices, all the power.
Silent.
In a blink however it came back and he gasped in shock.
"Huh, looks like your clones are also independent of you and don't disappear after I use my quirk," Aizawa said while applying eye drops to his eyes.
"Oh! You're Eraserhead! I thought I recognized you, you were there after the entrance exam."
"You're an odd case Midoriya, I was prepared to erase your quirk after your stunt against the zero pointer, but you decided not to use your full power. Why?"
"Well, when I did that I completely destroyed my arm, and I can't keep doing that. I'm going to have full control of that strength one day but until then I'm leaving that as a last resort and using all the other abilities I have with my quirk." Izuku explained, a bit nervous at the piercing stare that Aizawa was giving him, but he still stood tall.
"Good, you actually have some logic in that brain. Come on, let's go." Aizawa said, walking over to the rest of the class, and finishing the rest of the tests, Aizawa stood before the class and presented their scores.
"Too much of a hassle to put everything, so I'll just put down your rankings."
YAOYORUZU MOMO
MIDORIYA IZUKU
TODOROKI SHOTO
BAKUGO KATSUKI
And the list went on until the final name.
MINETA MINORU
Said teen fell to his knees in despair, already lamenting the fact that he'd never be with women.
Any nearby girl immediately took various steps away from him.
Izuku...half-pitied him.
"By the way, the expulsion thing was a lie, I just wanted to see you all give your best."
Various exclamations of shock and relief rang out, although Yaoyorozu declared it obvious. Izuku however, was less sure but decided to keep quiet. Now if Jango was here he'd immediately call Aizawa out and that wasn't really the best impression to give your teacher the first day of school.
"Go ahead and change back, you'll find syllabi on your desks. We're done for the day. Midoriya, stay back a bit."
Midoriya nodded and stayed while the rest walked back to the school.
"Look, this entire thing is about finding your limits, you're pretty logical, but I still want to see what yours are. Throw the ball with your strength aspect, do what you need to. We can discuss training management later."
Izuku nodded before stepping back into the ring.
'Alright, let's not bust my arm this time. Focus.' He brought One For All to life, charging it throughout his entire body, bringing his arm to a swing, and unleashing 100% at his fingers, the ball was sent soaring towards the sky, rings of air left in its wake as it went Mach 4.
Izuku brought his hand back and held it close to his chest, his index and middle fingers mangled but he still managed to grin.
"I think that's a good start, right Mr. Aizawa?"
Aizawa shook his head and gave a wry grin, he had a feeling that both he and that Jango would be problem children.
"Alright, go ahead and head to Recovery Girl, I'll give her a note, get yourself fixed up. I'll find your brother," Aizawa said as he started walking.
Izuku nodded and made his way back.
"And don't think I didn't notice that stunt you pulled with your legs," Aizawa called out, Izuku sheepishly ducking in response.
Aizawa stared at the little screen in his hand.
'Over a thousand meters with just two fingers, and according to this Jango's still going at 700 meters.'
"Just had to have the year with 21 students huh?" He mumbled out before moving along.
Unknown to the both of them, Bakugo had stayed behind, watching, glaring. He was furious, not only had he been beaten out by Deku and his worthless clone at the entrance exam, but he was beaten out today not only by Deku, again, but by two other extras!
Now, this!? Deku had super strength!?
Something wasn't adding up.
And Katsuki would find out, one way or another.
"I thought I told you not to injure yourself like this anymore," Recovery Girl asked in disdain as she healed up Izuku's body, "honestly, you're just as bad as Yagi."
Izuku could only chuckle sheepishly as the wounds healed, "I just needed to find my limits, at least the damage's less right?" He then hissed in pain as Recovery Girl took the opportunity to smack him upside the head.
"Just because it's less doesn't mean it's less stupid."
A continued tirade was stopped by the arrival of Jango who merely raised a brow at the scene before him.
"Imagine my surprise as I'm running when I hear a sonic boom and a ball soar over me."
"Yeah, turns out Aizawa helped us discover some things about ourselves."
"I heard, I felt the connection break but still maintained form. I thought of something similar when you were knocked unconscious." He said while sitting down across the room.
Once Midoriya was cleared to go they headed over to their classroom, picked up the syllabus, and headed to the front of the school for the train station.
They were, however, sidetracked by some of the students.
"Hey, guys!" Uraraka waved over to where she, Iida, the girl with dark hair and the effeminate blond were.
"Hey, you all stayed, were you waiting for us?" Izuku asked while walking up to them.
"Yeah! We wanted to get to know you better and walk over to the station together." Uraraka said as they started to walk.
"Alright, so I'm Midoriya Izuku, and this is Jango. You two are?" He asked the blond and girl.
"I'm Jirou Kyoka."
"And je m'appele Aoyama Yuga! It is a pleasure to meet you!" The blond said with a...certain flair, Izuku would describe.
'Is he actually sparkling or am I tripping?'
"I actually met monsieur Jango during the entrance exam and wished to express my thanks again."
"No need, Frenchie. It's just what heroes do."
"Yeah, and Jango here covered my ears when that loud pomeranian kid launched that explosion." Jirou snarked with a smirk, she was idly spinning an ear jack with her hand, Izuku immediately wanted to ask questions, but restrained himself.
Both Izuku and Jango started to chuckle at the rather apt description though.
"Well, it's nice to meet you two. I'm glad that Jango's already making friends. You're Iida right?" Izuku asked turning to the other teen.
Said teen nodded and introduced himself again, and they started talking about the beginning of the school year and what they had in front of them. Izuku and Jango found Iida to be a good person if a bit too earnest. Iida actually apologized for the confrontation at the exam, and Jango in turn apologized for pulling a gun at him.
The group of teens got to know one another as they made their way to the train station, and as their school year began, so did a series of friendships.
"By the way, Midoriya. Do you know that Bakugo guy?" Uraraka asked as they stood waiting for their train to get there.
"Hmm? Yeah, we used to be friends like, a decade ago. Now he's just an ass. Why?"
"Well, I know your name's Izuku, so why does he call you Deku?"
"Bah, an old nickname he gave me, it's an insult that means useless," Izuku snorted in derision.
"Why would he do such a thing?" Iida asked in concern, if this was a hostile relationship that translated to UA over the years, he'd report it.
"It's cause I was quirkless...or rather was. I even got the joint and everything, although later I discovered that relationship is more correlation than causation or proof," Izuku went on a small mumbling tangent before Jango slapped him upside the head.
"Eherm, right, anyway, Jango didn't appear till I was 10. So I'm a late-bloomer, but it didn't change anything between us." He shrugged as if it didn't affect him, but Jango could see the slight signs of regret and sadness.
"Oh, I thought it was like dekiru, like 'you can do it', so I was gonna call you that." She said with a slight diddy and a sheepish smile.
Izuku flushed at the cuteness of it but still shook his head.
"Uraraka, I'll be honest, considering how we saved each other's lives, you're more than welcome to call me Izuku."
"You already know me as Jango. As far as I and the other clones are concerned, you're one of us."
"Others and I."
"Shut up, Izuku."
Uraraka smiled in appreciation, nodding and accepting the honor. "Then you can call me Ochako."
"I am Yuga!"
"My name is Tenya!"
"Eh, what the heck, we're all gonna be together in class anyways. Might as well cut the middle man. I'm Kyoka."
And so they went forwards, six friends starting their journey as heroes.
Jango couldn't be happier for them.
And that's a wrap for now! Again, thank you again for reading. Remember, the 77 challenge is still available. Whoever figure's out 77's name gets to name a clone.
In case of any confusion, Jango has evolved to the point that he can choose when to materialize/dematerialize. This is mostly a unique phenomenon at this point in time, however.
In terms of Eraserhead's quirk, it prevents Izuku from using One For All and from manifesting more objects/clones. What is already in the world, however, does not disappear.
At this time also, there will be no direct romantic relationships since they're still kids and heroes in training. There might be hints here and there, but this will be primarily friendship-based.
Perhaps, in the future, things might develop into something more.
If by chance you find a contradiction or plothole during my work, please bring it up. I'd prefer not to have loose ends.
Mandalorian Translations
Okay, so I wanted to go a bit more original than just repeating canon with Full Cowl, so I put down Yah'il Beskar'gam, which in Mando'a means Full Armor, which fits the motif, if a bit unwieldy.
Also yes, Snipe flexes his southern country accent on All Might. I imagine it like a Texas thing.
I like it though, feel free to give your thoughts, however.
Thank you.