(I've received a lot of reviews, some funny, some nice, some that were questions, and a few that made me want to pull my hair out. So I'm going to address some of them here.
The harem is as follows: all 1A girls, including fem Kirishima, and Mei [obviously]. I've been teetering on the idea of adding Kendo, but I'm torn. As I have stated [and continue to plug in] she will be in my Anything For a Friend story, which will be a MASSIVE harem. I kind of want this stories harem to be different in some way, which is why fem Kirishima is in it. So idk, maybe I'll add Kendo, maybe I won't. But if you want Kendo in a harem check out Anything for a Friend {hashtag shameless plug].
I skipped Izuku's speech cause I'm a dickhead…and couldn't think of one. I literally had 3 ways to start it, 10 ways to end it, and nothing in the middle, so I decided to just show Aizawa's reaction. Originally I was going to show other peoples reaction, but I'm lazy. So…yeah,
Del-la-sol your review made me crack up, thank you.
What I'm about to say is directed to one person in particular. I have already messaged them, but wanted to put it here incase anyone else was confused. I have said MULTIPLE TIMES Izuku has a limit to the amount of metal he can lift with his quirk. That's why he couldn't just yeet the robots in the Entrance Exam.
Hey, Xerzo LotCN, BOY do I have a story for you. Anything for a Friend will have AU chapters that are Izuku X genderbent characters. In fact the first chapter AU is Izuku X fem Bakugo, and there will be more.
Hey, TheB, the angst came from literally everything Izuku thought he knew not being true or changing. All Might's skeletal form, his quirk, OFA having multiple quirks, etc.
I had Shinso call Mina ugly for a reason. Someone pointed out that wasn't his character in cannon due to being bullied as a kid, but I've messaged them already and told them I had a reason for doing so.
Now that we have all of that out of the way, onto the chapter!)
It was a mad dash to get through the gate, with almost everyone pushing and shoving each other out of their way to get up front and in front of the pack. The hallway that they had to travel down was small and cramped from the mass of bodies trying to get through, causing everyone to become stuck.
'The most annoying and complicated obstacles are often the simplest in design.' Izuku thought as he raised his shield in front of him, using it to push himself past the others and to get them out of his way. 'They're testing us, seeing how we'll be able to get through. Talk about intense.'
He shivered as a wave of cold washed through the tunnel, and suddenly felt himself unable to move. Looking down, he realized his feet, along with the feet of many of the others, had been iced to the ground. Turning his head, he glared as the form of Todoroki ran past him and the others.
'That bastard!' He thought angrily, raising his shield above his head before smashing it into the ice, freeing himself. Now free from the ice, Izuku ran down the icy hall, passing those who were unlucky enough to get trapped.
Shadows flew above him as they exited the tunnel, causing him to look up in surprise. Kacchan and Aoyama were using their quirks to propel themselves into the sky, and Yaoyorozu had created a pole in order to pole vault over the ice. To his right, Kirishima had broken free using her quirk and was doing a good job catching up. A number of other 1A students were catching up as well, like Ojiro and Ashido.
It made him happy, knowing 1A were pulling their own and catching up. That just meant he had to push himself harder!
"I won't let you get away so easily, you Icyhot bastard!" He heard Kacchan shout, before using his explosions to make himself fly faster.
"And neither will I!" Izuku exclaimed, before throwing his shield onto the ice and jumping onto it. His left arm glowed green as did his shield, before he started picking up speed and quickly skated across the ice.
"NOT EVEN TWO MINUTES IN AND CLASS 1A IS LEADING THE PACK, WITH SHOUTO TORODOKI IN FIRST PLACE USING HIS ICE SIDE! KATSUKI IS IN SECOND USING HIS EXPLOSIONS QUIRK TO MAKE HIMSELF FLY, AND IZUKU MIDORIYA IS IN THIRD USING HIS MAGNET QUIRK AND SHIELD TO SKATE ACROSS THE ICE! QUITE AN INTERESTING WAY TO HIS SHIELD, AYY ERASERHEAD?!"
"Midoriya, along with the others, is adapting to the current situation with what he has, which is a good trait everyone, whether they be a hero or an upcoming one, should have. It shows that he's somewhat competent."
"THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS, IZUKU MIDORIYA IS SOMEWHAT COMPETENT! GET HIM WHILE HE'S HOT!"
'I wish I could.' Was the shared thought by some of the audience. The thought was followed by a wince as Mineta got smacked out of the air by a giant green arm.
Everyone's eyes widened as a small army of Zero pointers stared down at them, locked and loaded and ready to give them trouble.
"A TEST OF STRENGTH AND CUNNING, IT'S A ROBO INFERNO!" Present Mic cheered excitedly.
'I'm really not trying to break my arm again.' Izuku thought as he stared up at the giant, building sized robots. 'But a heroes gotta do-'
"I know that look. Do not do anything stupid." Bakugo growled to his right.
"Well how else are we supposed to get through?!" Izuku hissed back, before his breath yet again turned white and visible.
The two watched as Todoroki summoned a giant wave of ice, and proceeded to cover up the first robot from head to toe in it, immobilizing it.
Todoroki started to run through its legs, before something whizzed past his face and smashed into one of the robot's legs, causing a large explosion. The object bounced off and hit the other leg, repeating what had occurred before. The robot began to fall down, ready to crush the dual quirk user.
With a growl Todoroki summoned giant spikes of ice and stabbed them through the robot's chest, stopping it from falling and crushing him.
"Outta my way Icyhot!" Bakugo cackled as he flew past him, only for something to hit him in the stomach, stopping his flying and forcing him to fall to the ground. He wheezed, unable to breath.
"Thanks for the save Todoroki! And sorry Kacchan!" Izuku called out as he rushed past the two, shield flying back and resting against his arm. Todoroki growled at realizing what happened.
Midoriya had destroyed the robot's legs with his shield, causing the robot to fall and distracting Todoroki. He then took Bakugo out of the sky, allowing him to sprint ahead into first place.
"AND MIDORIYA TAKES THE LEAD! WITH MIDORIYA DESTROYING THE LEGS OF ONE OF THE ZERO POINTERS TODOROKI HAD FROZEN USING HIS SHIELD, IT CAUSED A DISTRACTION AND ALLOWED THE HIM TO SLIP BY! NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE WAS ALSO ABLE TO KNOCK BAKUGO OUT OF THE SKY! THESE TWO OF DEFINITELY ONES WE SHOULD BE WATCHING! WHAT DO YOU THINK ERASER?!"
"Todoroki's attack was both offensive and defensive, allowing him to stop the Zero pointers before they could even attack. But Midoriya took advantage of the frozen enemies and forced Todoroki into making a decision: stop the falling robot and avoid being crushed or try to run and not get crushed. Todoroki acted accordingly, but it cost him. As for Bakugo, he wasn't expecting his friend to attack and knock him down. Even if this is a competition, you should always be wary of those around you, whether they be friend or foe."
"I'm so getting my ass kicked later." Izuku said to himself, continuing his sprint. "But I'm considering that as payback for what he and Mei said earlier.
He could hear screaming and yelling from behind and turned his head, watching as some of the students from 1A were catching up. Kacchan, Todoroki, Tokoyami and Iida were leading the rest.
"Crap, gotta go faster, otherwise they'll catch u-oh shit!" Izuku exclaimed, stopping himself just before he stepped off the ground and fell into a spike filled abyss. He gulped at the sight before, a giant abyss stretching hundreds of feet, with little islands of rock standing up through it. These, and the wires connecting them, would be the only way for most to get past. "You've gotta be kidding me!"
"WELCOME TO: THE FALL! IF YOU TAKE A SPILL YOU'RE OUT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO PASS, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO GET CREATIVE!"
"Outta my way shit nerd!" He heard Kacchan was behind. To Izuku's right came Todoroki, who used his ice and began skating across one of the wires. Kacchan flew above his head, not needing the wires to cross.
"Where do they get the funding?!" He heard Ashido ask as she, Tsu, and Uraraka ran up and stood behind them
"Where do they get the time?!" Uraraka questioned.
Tsu walked past the three and crouched, before taking a giant leap and landing on one of the wires. She proceeded to start climbing across the abyss.
'Shit, I'm at a huge disadvantage. These things aren't made of metal, so I just can't have them lift me to the other side.' Izuku growled, before getting down and grabbing onto fire Tsu had crawled on. 'Just gotta crawl to victory I suppose.'
It would take Izuku 10, maybe 15 minutes to successfully cross the abyss. In that time his position in the race fell as people like Tokoyami and Aoyama literally flew over the obstacle. While he definitely wasn't last, he was nowhere near first either.
He started sprinting, allowing himself to catch up and pass those who had crossed the abyss before him. He might've fell back, but no was nowhere near close to being done.
"AND NOW WE'RE FINALLY APPROACHING THE LAST OBSTACLE! EVERYONE BETTER TREAD CAREFULLY, BECAUSE YOU'RE STEPPING ONTO A MIND FIELD!"
'Crap, someone's already at the last obstacle? Must be Kacchan, or even Todoroki.' Izuku growled to himself, making himself pick up the pace. He saw a group of students in the distance, some too scared to cross, and others trying to form a strategy. He could hear screams and explosions, and saw pink dust shoot into the sky.
He finally caught up, and could see patches of dirt that were darker compared to the other dirt around. Those were where the mines were, he deduced.
And mines were made of metal, or had some metal inside at least.
With a smirk his hands started to glow green, and he slowly started to raise them. The dirt began to move and shake, and soon some of the mines began floating out of the ground, creating a path for him. He started running down the path, trying to catch up to Kacchan and Todoroki, who were battling it out.
"AND CLASS 1A'S IZUKU MIDORIYA USES HIS MAGNET QUIRK TO LEVITATE THE MINES OUT OF HIS WAY! WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF POWER!"
"I told Nezu to get the plastic kind." Aizawa sighed.
"Hey, he's clearing the mines! We have a chance!" A boy from class 1B shouted, causing many of the others, who looked to be from 1B and 1C nodded in agreement. They started to follow, running down the path Izuku had made.
"I'm sorry about this!" Izuku called back, confusing the students. Their confusion turned to horror as some of the mines above stopped turning green, and started falling to the ground.
Izuku winced after hearing a giant explosion from behind him, and felt a sudden gust of wind from the force.
"AND JUST LIKE THAT MIDORIYA TAKES OUT HALF THE COMPETITION! THEY HAD HEALTH INSURANCE, RIGHT?!"
"No one died you idiot!"
Bakugo and Todoroki continued their fight, each trying to knock the other off balance and into the mines. Bakugo would try and blast Todoroki off of his feet, and he would counter by trying to freeze Bakugo's arm.
The two skidded to a halt when a sudden wall of mines appeared before them, stopping their advancement. It curved above them, stopping Bakugo from being able to simply fly above the death disks.
"This is fucking cheating, Deku!"
"All's fair in war Kacchan!" Izuku called, running past the two. He made multiple mines fly out of his way, giving himself a makeshift door to run through before closing it back up.
"AND LIKE THAT, MIDORIYA TAKES BACK FIRST PLACE FROM TODOROKI! WHAT AN UPSET FOLKS! HOW WILL HE AND BAKUGO COMEBACK FROM THIS?!"
Todoroki glared, before raising his and aiming it through the small opening between a few of the mines. An icicle started to form, before shooting out at an incredible speed. It nailed Midoriya in the back of the head, disrupting his concentration and stopping his magnet powers on the mines. There, now he no longer had control over the mines.
"You fucking idiot!" Bakugo shouted, confusing Todoroki. What had he done? He stopped Midoriya from using his quirk from making a mine wall.
"What did I do?" He asked, causing the blond to growl and point up. The half hot-half cold user did so, and noticed the mines were beginning to fall.
Oh yeah…
Midoriya no longer had control of his quirk!
Izuku flinched at the louder explosion behind him, which was matched by Kacchan cussing up a storm. Turning around, his eyes widened as more mines began exploding, with a path of explosions aiming towards him. Izuku was quick to raise his shield, and felt himself getting launched into the air by the concentrated blast.
"AND MIDORIYA GETS LAUNCHED LIKE A ROCKET! BUT TODOROKI AND BAKUGO SURVIVE AND ARE QUICKLY GAINING!" Mic shouted as everyone watched the two boys in question run through the pink smoke, each using their own quirk to catch up. "ERASERHEAD, YOU'RE STUDENTS ARE AMAZING! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TEACHING THEM?!"
"This has nothing to do with me. Each of them is powered by their own drive to succeed." Aizawa answered simply.
"THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS, ERASERHEAD IS A TERRIBLE TEACHER!"
"I'm what?!" (Side note: my most favorite interaction EVER in this show)
Izuku watched as the ground quickly got closer than he would like, and aimed his shield for the ground. It connected, absorbing the impact and allowing him to merely roll back into a standing position before continuing the run. The tunnel was close, but Kacchan's explosions were getting louder. He entered the tunnel, and was quickly followed by Todoroki, second place, and Bakugo, third place.
Everyone watched with baited breaths as a human form could be seen in the tunnel, and soon, a head of green hair was revealed to the world. Izuku was the first one out of the tunnel, sweating and panting like crazy.
"THE FIRST TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE STADIUM, AND THEREFORE OUT FIRST PLACE WINNER IS IZUKU MIDORIYA!" Mic cheered, causing the stadium and viewers at home to follow suit and go crazy.
(Outside the stadium)
"That's how you do it! Woo! That's my son!" Death Arms shouted happily, applauding like crazy.
"Ah, Midoriya won I see. Good on him! I'll make sure to congratulate him once I see him again." Kamui Woods nodded to himself. He was happy Izuku had won, he just wasn't going as crazy as Death Arms.
"Oh, that cute guy you guys have pictures with on your phone. How long til he's legal?" Mt. Lady asked, chowing down on some food she got for free. That was quickly knocked out of her hand before she was lifted into the air by the front of her costume.
"Go near my son and I swear you won't live to see your 30th birthday!" Death Arms growled.
"I'd be more worried about Midnight, Death Arms." Kamui sighed.
(Back in the stadium)
Izuku smiled, raising both his arms above his head in victory, a warm and happy feeling in his chest. The stadium was cheering…for him!
The warm feeling quickly ended as an arm wrapped around his neck and began choking him.
"Do that dumb wall shit again and I'm fucking kill you!" Bakugo shouted, angry at his friend and angrier at ending up in third place.
"K-Kacchan! C-Can't breathe!" Izuku said breathlessly, smacking Bakugo's arm to tap out. With a growl, Bakugo loosened up, only to start giving him a noogie.
"Congrats on first nerd, but it's not gonna last! I'm winning this thing!" He grinned viciously, letting his friend go.
"Deku/Izuku!" Two separate voices shouted, before he felt a body tackle him. He was quick readjust his footing, keeping him from falling down. "That was amazing! I can't believe you got first place! I'm so jealous!" Uraraka panted out, clearly out of breath.
"I knew my Izuku could do it!" Mei cooed, nuzzling his chest as she hugged him. The greenette blushed at the praise.
"I-It was nothing! Just be getting lucky is all…"
"Luck doesn't get you first place for most of the race." Bakugo growled, angry that his friend was downplaying his success.
"Good job Midori I'm so proud!" Another voice called, before someone new barreled into his side, again almost knocking him off balance. "And it was awesome how you shot Bakugo down from the guy!" Ashido giggled, mirroring Mei and nuzzling Izuku's chest. The greenette's blush darkened.
"Fuck you Raccoon Face!"
"Does anyone else want to get in on this?" Izuku asked jokingly, hot expecting to feel another body, this time softly, colliding with his own and squeezing between Mei and Ashido. Looking down, Izuku was surprised to see Uraraka join in.
'Fuck, another one!' Bakugo growled, tempted to peel the two girls off of Izuku.
'Don't look at my face, don't look at my face, don't look at my face.' Uraraka chanted in her mind, cheeks darker than usual as she buried her face into his hard chest. 'Wouldn't mind feeling something else when it's hard…wh-BAD URARAkA!'
Izuku sighed happily, doing his best to hug all three of them. He felt eyes on him and looked up, finding Kirishima, Tsu, Momo, and Jiro watching him. Tsu had her usual blank expression, Jiro didn't bother hiding her jealousy, Momo was doing a better job at hiding hers but it still showed, and Kirishima gave him a thumbs up, albeit she looked hurt while doing so. He was about to ask if any of them wanted in, but Midnight's voice cut him off before he could do so.
"The first game for the first years is finally over! Only the top 42 will advance to the next round, but don't be too let down that you didn't make the cut. We prepared other opportunities for you to shine! Now the real fun is about to begin." She excitedly licked her lips. "The chance to fully move yourselves into the limelight. Give it your best!" She snapped her whip again, causing the holographic sign to spin yet again. It soon landed on the second game.
"Calvary battle? I'm terrible at those!" Kaminari groaned in annoyance.
"How will they split us up?" Tsu asked.
"Allow me to explain! The participants will form teams of two to four people. Each player has been assigned a point value based on the results from the obstacle course. The points assigned go up my increments of five going up from the bottom. For example, 42nd place has five points, 41st has 10 points, etc. And first place you may ask?" Midnight licked her lips again. "First place is worth 10 millions points!"
"…WHAT?!" Izuku shouted, before freezing when he felt every single eye on him. Everyone looked at him with hunger in their eyes, and not the usual anger he was used to, having dealt with Mei his whole life. 'I'm fucked…and not in the good way!'
(Note: No, Death Arms did not adopt Izuku. He, and some of the other heroes Izuku trained with, consider him family. Some think of him as a son, and others as a brother. They're really protective of him.)