"Robots," Midoriya said, disgusted.
"HA! This is PERFECT!"
"Robots!" Midoriya repeated as if pleading for Bakugou to correct him.
"Imma blow them all to bits and ace this exam. But you-" Bakugou laughed. "You're screwed!"
"Ughhhh," Midoriya lowered his head onto the tabletop. "I'd rather die."
"That can be arranged."
"Haha," Midoriya said without humor. "Seriously though. And they put us in different areas too, probably so we can't collaborate with our classmates."
"You should be glad about that you know, otherwise I'd destroy all the robots before you'd even get a chance."
Midoriya rolled his eyes. "Must everything be a competition with you?"
"Izu, this is literally a competition to get into UA."
"And we're gonna be late if we don't leave now."
Bakugou flicked on his phone, checking the time. "Shit, you're right," He quickly gathered up his bag. "See ya after!"
"Good luck, Kacchan!"
And with that, the two boys parted and went their separate ways.
As Midoriya neared his group he recognized the brown haired girl with the anti-gravity quirk standing in the crowd, deep in concentration.
Now Midoriya, having had ample time to process the situation from earlier that morning, had come to the conclusion that he had not made the best first impression. This is why he decided to approach her and attempt to rectify the situation. Unfortunately, he was stopped by another participant.
"Oooo! Monsieur, you look absolutely FABULOUS!" The interrupter was quite literally sparkling as he batted his longer than average lashes at Midoriya. This was strange considering most humans do not sparkle.
"Uh, excuse me?"
The boy giggled. "Non, excuse moi! I simply couldn't help but admire your twinkling aura!"
"My… what?" Midoriya asked, confused.
"Why that glitter is so magnifique!" He gestured vaguely to Midoriya who was indeed covered in a sheen of gold glitter. "I do consider myself somewhat of an expert on the art of the sparkle and that is some high-quality glitter. Wherever did you get it?"
For a second Midoriya mulled over the question. Typically honesty was the best policy but he wasn't sure if telling this stranger that he had actually acquired this glitter from an unfortunate incident that morning that involved a broken finger and a knife was a good idea. Nor did he think simply telling him it was his 'blood glitter' would be any better.
"Uhhh private dealer?"
He nodded as if this was a perfectly reasonable response. "I'm afraid my dealer retired not two weeks ago so I'm running on dregs at this point. Alas! The price I pay for beauty! I am Aoyama Yuga by the way. And you are…?"
"Midoriya Izuku?" Midoriya replied, still quite lost.
Whatever potential conversation the two boys could have had was cut off as Present Mic's voice rang through the crowd. "AND START!"
Midoriya and Aoyama shared a surprised look.
"Au revoir! Until next time ami!" Aoyama said before running away.
With some bewilderment, Midoriya realized he should probably do the same. He let out a small sigh and jogged away.
Stupid robots. He thought.
Midoriya was glad that he had managed to get somewhat of a handle on One For All before the exam. As it was, each robot took several punches at the 5% his body could handle without breaking and he still managed to break 3 fingers when his control slipped for a moment. It didn't help that all the other participants were even crazier than he was. Multiple times he would start pounding on a robot only to have it taken out by another applicant.
"Are you kidding me." Midoriya grumbled as the three-pointer he had been punching was ultimately destroyed by a boy with a speed quirk who jumped in at the last minute.
About 7 minutes had passed when there was a large commotion a little ways away from Midoriya. He sighed. He only had about 12 points and would have to hurry if he wanted to get enough points to qualify, whatever was happening would just be a waste of time.
That was before he rounded the corner and was immediately bowled over by the flood of fleeing students.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME."
He then caught sight of the absolutely enormous zero pointer. Suddenly he felt much more sympathy for the hurried participants. And was that...?
"Help me!"
It was. Without a second thought, Midoriya ran towards the robot and the familiar girl it was about to crush. She seemed to be pinned under some rubble as the giant robot lumbered towards her. Midoriya did some fast thinking, he could help free her, but if she was injured there was a chance they wouldn't be able to make it away in time. Which of course left only one other option.
Midoriya sighed and let out a burst of speed, already preparing for the inevitable broken limbs.
Uraraka watched as the green haired boy from that morning barreled towards her. For a moment she was filled with equal parts gratefulness and lingering embarrassment, but as she watched him run past her she became increasingly confused.
Turning her head to see what he was doing she was able to catch a glimpse of him launching himself into the air with a superhuman amount of strength and punching the robot.
"SMAAAAASH!" He screamed. While it was most likely that this was referencing All Might's catchphrase, there is also a small possibility that it was in regards to his now quite 'smashed' skeletal structure.
Uraraka strained against the rock she was under before eventually using her quirk on it and trying her best to swallow the bile that rose in her throat. She knew that whatever happened she had to catch the boy who had just saved her, even if that meant losing her breakfast.
As Midoriya fell to the earth, like any other object does when affected by gravity, Uraraka stretched out her fingers. Her heart soared as they made contact… then immediately dropped as Midoriya kept falling before her last finger touched him.
Her heart continued to drop as Midoriya crashed to the ground and the now broken robot fell on top of him in a very death inducing way.
Far away many of the participants wondered why the alarm to end the exam seemed to be mixed with a long high pitched scream.
AN: Apologies for the late update!