A/N: at the bottom of the page there'll be some responses to reviews I've gotten. Sorry for the long wait, to make up for it this will cover everything from chapter 5 to the end of the first day, then chapter 6 will be everything until class 1A goes to the USJ.
Stepping through the door labelled Class 1-A was weird. Usually when I entered a classroom
I was the last one there, but right now there was only one other person there and that was my travelling companion. I smiled, this just meant I had free rein to choose which ever seat I wanted. Seeing that Momo took a seat further towards the back near the window I decided to follow suit, tacking the one two seats in front of her.
I took a look at the clock and was severely surprised by how on time I actually was. Like I said I was always the last one through the door, usually entering the room two minutes before the lesson started, though right now I was almost a whole thirty minutes early. Turning my body towards Yaoyorozo while I remained seated, I intended to ask her if she was ever this early, but she was so engrossed in a text book she'd apparently brought with her that I didn't want to disturb her.
As more and more people began to fill into the room, I started trying to spot out different people and guess what their quirks might be. The first three were a cure short girl with 9mm headphone jacks hanging from her ears and short purple hair in a straight cut with two bangs hanging down on either side of her head. My guess was she could do something with those earphone jacks, maybe listen to things really closely if she pointed them in a specific direction.
The next to walk in was a tall guy that, luckily, fit under the door that had been made taller, probably encase someone with a quirk that made them taller walked through. His uniform didn't have an sleeves, mainly because he had three and that were connected together by flesh that made it look like a duck's foot. I figured he had a punching quirk, maybe each fist could strike differently. I also noticed he had a piece of cloth over his mouth. Maybe his arms helped him speak and so he didn't have a mouth.
The last of the first three to walk in was a pretty easy one to guess for. It was a floating costume, which probably meant the user was invisible. Judging from her costume I could tell that it was a girl and it felt like she was watching me at one point.
The rest of the class came in as expected, there were twenty of us and included in that were Todoroki and Bakugo, both of whom shot a glare in my direction upon spotting me sitting by the window. The nineteenth person to walk in was Izuku and I gave him a nod in confidence once I saw he'd made it here. Though upon spotting someone with glasses and a very "I'm here to learn, not make friends" attitude arguing with Bakugo, he had a face that read "because of course they're here".
I spotted Bakugo giving Izuku a glare that was different than his usual one, which took me back to the last time I'd seen the bully. It was the last day of school, when our homeroom teacher had given us our grades and commended us on getting into UA. "I can't believe we have not two but three students from our school heading off to UA" our teacher had said, which put Bakugo on edge "and to think your one of them Midoriya, it's a miracle".
After that Bakugo had dragged Izuku behind the building where no one could see and slammed him against the wall and grabbed him by the collar. I wanted to intervene but I realised something in that moment so I just stood back and let it happen, even though it felt wrong. "What did you do to pass the exam, you must have cheated somehow right? It's bad enough that Tennyson was able to get in, but you?" he'd screamed. "I warned you not to apply" I was about to step in, I'd had enough of him bullying my friend, but Izuku stopped when he said "Kaachan, someone I look up to told me that I can become a hero. That's why I applied. That's why I'm going" he'd told him and as Bakugo went to say soemthing, Izuku screamed "LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU CAN'T STOP ME".
I'd come out of my hiding place then and started walking away, but hearing Bakugo shout at me, asking me why I wasn't going to fight him, I simply replied "he doesn't need me to fight for him, nor to protect him." This shocked Bakugo, if you looked at him you'd think I'd shocked him directly in the brain, but he wasn't ready for what I said next.
"Not from the likes of you"
Everything had changed after that, Bakugo hadn't even looked at either of us until right now and Izuku had been studying harder than before, I hadn't seen him since I'd dropped the mike on Bakugo.
I came back to the land of the living when I heard a drowsy voice telling Izuku and a brown-haired girl by the door that they shouldn't be here to make friends. Shocked was the appropriate reaction from the door way standers as, what seemed to be, a caterpillar man stood up from his prone position on the ground.
I slowly realised he wasn't a caterpillar as our homeroom teacher unzipped his sleeping bag 'why was he on the ground outside our door' and drank from a liquid container. I recognised him from some where but I couldn't place it, though that thought escaped me when we were told to put on our PE uniforms and head outside.
En route to the changing rooms I decided to get to know my new classmates a bit better, excluding the ones I already knew. Among the guys there were:
Eijiro Kirishima, a spiky crimson-haired kid whose quirk could turn his body into rock.
Denki Kaminari, though I elected to call him Pikachu on account of his hair being bright yellow with two black lightning bolts on either side and his quirk being lightning production, which I made sure to get a sample of for later
Mezo Shoji, he wore a mask over his mouth and had arms like duck's feet, with different extremities coming from the three ends
Fumikage Tokoyami, who was the strangest of the group, having a bird head and yellow beak. His quirk was Dark Shadow, which was a living beast that lived inside.
Tenya Iida, who had been arguing with Bakugo when Izuku had walked in. He could run really fast with the engines in his calves.
Yuga Aoyama, possibly the most self-obsessed person I'd ever met (other than Bakugo). He could shoot a laser beam out of his stomach through a special belt but too much made his, quote, "tummy hurt".
Rikido Sato had huge pink lips like a character from a show I'd watched a few years back, which, he'd said, was a by-product of his quirk. When he took in sugar it exponentially increased his strength.
The last guy I couldn't get the name of as he wouldn't say anything, however I was able to deduce that he could do something with his voice and that's why he wasn't saying anything.
Either that or he was just very shy.
The last two guys were Hanta Sero and Mashirao Ojiro. The former was able to produce tape from his elbows and the later had a tail that look like a body builder's arm after they'd taken a crap ton of steroids, with a little tuft of blonde fur at the end.
Then there were the girls.
All of them had varying degrees of blushes upon meeting me, though not for the reason you're probably thinking. For example Tsuyu Asui was amazed at getting to meet her idol's son. She had the abilities of a frog, which was pretty cute but I couldn't see myself liking her like I did Melissa.
Ochaco Uraraka seemed to have perpetually pink cheeks and was way more interested in Izuku than me, and vice versa, so I decided to torment him about it for the rest of time, though she did mention that her quirk allowed her to either make things float or weightless.
From here on, the girls seemed to avoid direct eye contact with me at all costs.
Kyouka Jirou, who had two ear phone jacks hanging from her ear lobes. I got a very Rockstar vibe from her while we conversed.
Mina Ashido seemed like the type of girl who would throw a party where everyone in her class was invited. She had pink skin and hair with two yellow horns protruding from the top. Apparently she could produce acid from her hands and feet and throw it like a projectile.
Lastly there was Toru Hagakure, an invisible girl who sounded really nervous talking to me but I couldn't be sure without seeing her face
After we'd all introduced ourselves and made our way to the field, we were introduced to what we would be doing today. "Bakugo" Mr. Aizawa, our homeroom teacher and the pro-hero eraser-head called out, "you managed to get the most points on the entrance exam, what was your farthest distance thrown with a soft ball when you were in junior high?" he asked. Pausing a second to think, Bakugo answer he question "67 meters I think". "Right, try doing it with your quirk" he told him, making Bakugo move to stand in the ring he would make his throw from. "Anything goes, just stay in the circle. Go on, you're wasting our time" Aizawa rushed as Bakugo just stood there, clearly not used to being told he can use his quirk however he wanted. "Alright man, you asked for it" Bakugo started stretching out his arms, though I could tell it was just for show, he didn't need to do anything other than add an explosion to his throw so that it went as far as it could.
Then, he threw.
"DIE"
The ensuing explosion almost knocked us all backwards, the ball travelling a total of 705.2 meters once Mr. Aizawa showed us his device that measured the distance. Everyone seemed excited to have a go until our teacher dropped the bomb
Whoever came in last would be sent home and deemed to have no potential. This put me in a difficult position. Izuku was the obvious choice for last place and...
No.
I made my choice.
Izuku had to start holding his own without me and no matter how much it hurt I couldn't help him no matter what.
The first test was the 50-meter dash, then grip strength, followed by standing long jump, repeated side steps, the ball throw and a few others that were just general exercises. I would only be able to transform a total of four times before waiting for the recharge. The general stuff I could do as myself, but the first five are where I really had to shine. As I was planning I realised I'd been called up to do the first test.
I was up against Iida in the 50 meter dash who, at first, seemed to have the upper hand but I deduced something about his quirk that he hadn't told anyone. He could only go so fast without it over heating, which meant that he would have to keep himself at a certain speed so he didn't burn out on the first event, plus he had to build up his speed so he couldn't go as fast as possible from only 50 meters. That meant I could use.
The Omnitrix burst to life once I'd pressed the buttons protruding from the sides and I cycled through the transformations until I found who I was looking for. "XLR8" came the voice of the blue velociraptor with balls on the ends of it's feet, "Runners, on your marks" the robot that was measuring our time called to us, I put my hands in a running pose and got ready to start.
"GO" it yelled out and we took off, though before anyone could even blink the robot called out a time that astounded everyone "0.5 seconds". The crowd looked past the finish line to see me standing in a superhero landing pose before transforming back into my normal self. "3.04 seconds" the robot called out after Iida crossed the line, a trail of dust appearing after him.
As everyone, minus Bakugo and Todoroki, gushed over how fast I had gone the others took their turns, though they all seemed content with the fact they'd never get as I did.
The next test was grip strength and for this one I decided I would need to keep myself as the same transformation for the next one as well. Turning to the Omnitrix I activated it and turned into the mountain of muscle that even Shoji was jealous of. "FOURARMS" I called out, the blue, red and white of my PE clothes becoming apart of my skin, which was read on the literal four arms, my head and feet. Grabbing the strength tester by the handle I began to grip it, though I had to stop once I heard the sound of it breaking. Looking to everyone else while they stared at me, I was beginning to get the feeling they were fed up with me showing them up. 'Crap' I thought 'my first day here and everyone already hates me'.
The third test was the standing long jump and I was fourth, just after Izuku, who had not been doing very well, neglecting to use One for All in case he couldn't control it and ended up with broken bones. As I approached the launch point, everyone was staring at me, either with content or with anticipation of what I was going to do, especially since I hadn't changed into something else yet.
I crouched down as low as I could before Launching myself forward, the wind being kicked up around me (though not as much as when All Might jumps). I managed to clear the sand pit and land about three meters from the opposite side from where I'd jumped.
The final event I used FourArms for was the repeated side steps, which I didn't do amazingly in but still higher than the average thanks to my increased strength. This seemed to disappoint the crowd as they were expecting me to be able to do it lightning fast, but I didn't have anyone that could do something as stupid as being bounced from side to side.
For the first time since we started I wasn't the star of the exercise, that mantle belonged to Uraraka who made the ball float and threw it into the air, the only thing coming up on the device was the infinity symbol. I knew I would never get as far as that so I decided to settle for beating Bakugo's score from earlier.
I used the Omnitrix to turn into a short alien with headphones for ear and a wide mouth, with green on the inside and on the eyes "ECHO-ECHO" I called out. "You might want to cover your ears" I told the others, with the more sensible ones heading my advice, however some idiots (Bakugo) decided they would be fine and just crossed their arms.
I lightly threw ball in front of me and unleashed my scream, a powerful sonic wave being unleashed and sending it way farther than I thought it would. A grand total of 800 meter appearing on the device, though no one reacted, even with their hands over their ears my scream had still disoriented them.
Then it was Izuku's turn.
At first Bakugo and most of the others just wrote him off, the former not being aware of his new found power and the others assuming he couldn't do anything since he hadn't shown off his power like I had. Then he threw the ball and... nothing. I had seen the power flow through his arm but when he'd tried to release it the ball had been launch a measly 46 meters. "I erased your quirk" Aizawa informed Izuku after he'd quesioned why using the power hadn't worked "the judges for this exam were not rational enough" he continued, his glowing red eyes staring intently at Izuku.
"Someone like you should never be allowed to enrol at this school"
After that I wanted to run up and deck him in the face, that wasn't his place to say, Izuku had proven he deserved to be here more than I had. He had no idea what Izuku had gone through to get this far... but I stopped myself after taking the first step. I couldn't interfere... not matter how much it hurt.
"You're not ready, you don't have control over your power" this sentence shocked Izuku, he had guessed his problem after only seeing him fight in the entrance exam. "Were you planning to break your bones again, counting on someone else to save your useless body" Izuku went to correct him on this, saying that wasn't what he was trying to do, but Aizawa wrapped him in his scarf and brought him closer, staring him in the face. "No matter what your intentions are, you would be nothing more than a liability in battle" Aizawa continued, "You have the same reckless passion as another overzealous hero I know, one who saved a thousand people by himself and became a legend. But even with that drive you're worthless if you can only throw a single punch before breaking down" he carried on, before saying something that almost pushed me over the edge, if not for Yaoyorozu holding me back "Sorry Midoriya, with your power there's no way you could become a hero".
He released him after that statement and I started to calm down, but my seething hatred towards our homeroom teacher could be felt coming off me in waves. "I returned your impractical quirk, take your final throw. Hurry and get it over with" he ordered Izuku before walking away, though he was clearing giving me the 'you're in so much trouble' look. "I wonder if our teacher gave him some kind of advice" Iida thought aloud, "probably told him to start packing" Bakugo retorted, though I just tuned them out and focused on one thing. Izuku was looking at me, with a look that was asking for help. All I could do was give him a face that meant one thing.
I have faith in you.
This seemed to reaffirm his belief in himself as he turned to the field in front of us and began to take his throw. At first I was worried he had misinterpreted my look as a 'what's the worst that could happen' and that he was going to throw the ball with his whole arm, but then I saw it. The power wasn't in his arm, but his hand... no wait, not even that. The power was purely focused on his finger.
He threw the ball with such force that it created a shock wave and sent the ball hurtling away, landing 705.3 meters away and astounding all of us. "Mr Aizawa" Izuku called out to our teacher "you see, I'm still standing" he told Aizawa, rubbing it in his face that he could use his quirk without breaking his whole arm.
"HEY" Bakugo yelled, charging at Izuku with the intent to blast him to kingdom come. I went to jump in and stop but before I even had a chance Aizawa wrapped him in his scarf. "Why the hell is your scarf so strong" Bakugo asked, his voice starined from pulling against Mr Aizawa's clothing "because it's a capture weapon made out of carbon fibre and a special metal alloy" he informed us. "Stand down!" Aizawa ordered "it'd be wise to avoid making me use my quirk so much" he finished, though not before explaining why he couldn't use his quirk for too long "It gives me serious dry-eye" this made me face palm so hard I think I almost activated the Omnitrix's self-defence mode. Izuku ran over to me, Iida and Uraraka when the aforementioned girl started looking over his injury and making sure he was okay. Yep, she definitely liked him as well. I was gonna have to get those two together at some point.
The rest of the day wasn't as exciting as that, with the other tests being stuff like sit ups and long distance runs, all of which I used different forms for, seeing as Izuku's throw had taken so long that I had the opportunity to transform a couple more times than I would have been able to. On the way to check the results Izuku collapsed to the ground in exhaustion, I wanted to go and help him up but something was stopping me... no, it couldn't be that...
Could it?
Before I had the chance to make sure he was okay Mr Aizawa b brought up the holographic board with the different scores on it. The scores went like this.
1 Ben Tennyson
2 Momo Yaoyorozu
3 Shoto Todoroki
4 Katsuki Bakugo
5 Tenya Iida
6 Fumikage Tokoyami
7 Mezo Shoji
8 Mashirao Ojiro
9 Eijiro Kirishima
10 Mina Ashido
11 Ochaco Uraraka
12 Koji Koda
13 Rikido Sato
14 Tsuyu Asui
15 Yuga Aouyama
16 Hanta Sero
17 Denki Kaminari
18 Kyoka Jiro
19 Toru Hagakure
20 Izuku Midoriya
That brought ice to my heart, even with his amazing score in the soft ball throw Izuku was still last and therefore being sent home. There was nothing I could do about it...
"And I was lying, no one's going home"
What
The actual
FUCK.
This seemed to be the general consensus between everyone as we just stared at our homeroom teacher in bewilderment, most of us scared of his threat for one reason or another. "That was just a rational deception to make sure you gave it your all in the tests" Aizawa explained with a smile so fake I think that one painted on a creepy doll would have been less unsettling.
"I'm surprised the rest of you didn't manage to figure that out, I'm sorry I guess you should of said something" Yaoyorozu said with her hand on her hip, but I disagreed with her. During the rest of the tests I'd managed to figure out where I'd heard about him before, apparently some of the heroes working at my dad's hero agency had taken on some of his former students he'd kicked out, though they never lasted very long before they were hurt badly or fired.
"That's it, we're done for the day, pick up a syllabus from the classroom, read it over before tomorrow morning" Aizawa informed us before walking over to Izuku "Midoriya, take this and go have the old lady fix you up. And you..." he started, before turning to me "come with me" he told me, with the promise of infinite detentions coming through the glare he was giving me.
We passed All Might on the way to our destination, they engaged in a conversation about what Mr Aizawa had done during the tests, promising that the last place person would be sent home and changing at the last minute.
"I need to speak to young Tennyson before he leaves" All Might informed me, Mr Aizawa looked over to me, then back to All Might before finishing on me "come to the teachers office when you're finished, don't be late" he ordered before walking off. "What's up?" I asked though I was pretty sure I knew the answer "I saw what you did back there". 'Crap' "What do you mean?" I asked, trying to play innocent, though the number one hero didn't buy it "you were ignoring Young Midoriya when he needed you". "Now that he has One for All he needs to stand up on his own, I can't keep helping him" I replied before walking away "are you sure this is about Yougn Midoriya or about what happened" All Might asked, halting me in my tracks. "It is isn't it?" I felt his hand on my shoulder "you can't keep blaming yourself for it" I had to keep my eyes pointed to the ground so that All Might wouldn't see my tears. "We both know it is, and there isn't a damn thing either of us can do to change that". I shrugged his hand off my shoulder and continued walking towards the teachers office, following the signs pointing towards my destination while I furiosuly rubbed at my eyes with the back of my hand to wipe away my tears.
Upon reaching the staff room I found Mr Aizawa going over my file which had my student ID photo on the front. "It seems you've gotten into a lot of fights with Bakugo" Aizawa stated out loud "Almost all of them were you protecting Midoriya, why?" I wasn't ready for any of this, not after what had happened outside. "He's my best friend and I can't stand bullies" was my respons. "Well, regardless, I won't have that in my classroom" he started while he wrote something on my file "if you get into any fights here, I will not hesitate to expel you, is that clear?" he asked. I didn't have the energy to argue so I just nodded and left the room. The whole journey home was silent, no Izuku gushing over his first day, no Yaoyorozu telling me what I should be studying, not even the people on the train were talking. Just the wind whipping by and the sound of my footsteps
Reviews:
AnimeGoji91: I kinda failed on that more front didn't I?
Ericsofly2: GREAT SCOT (sorry I couldn't resist)
Justinmil22: In chapter 3 I describe her as an "athletic Japanese woman" and All Might calls her Julie, so I think that gives it away
Rexfan1333: Thank you, I tried to think of things I hadn't seen before and that was something I just thought of while I was brainstorming (pun intended)
If anyone has any suggestions or any ways I could improve I would greatly appreciate the help, though I won't be crediting any story ideas until that chapter in order to keep it a secret
