Here is chapter 2! Damn I think I'm really getting somewhere with this story, this time nothing will be rushed or akward or too OOC! And again I would like to thank my Beta Reader Legomasterlord (aka LM for short) who is doing an amazing work... and knows a lot of memes btw :D
Legomasterlord: Yep, but have to keep one contained, or he might kill one of us. Anywho reviews !
MIKE202303
Nice but he ain't quirkless lol
LM: True... So true.
Oh yeah forgot about that... he can answer reviews with me great ... and yeah he isn't quirkless but it's not like he can go around stealing quirks hahaha.
Legomasterlord
He's "quirkless"? That's a funny joke...
Izuku (MDBH): Oh *beep*-t.
Prepare yourself UA... *grabs a knife and draws blood from hand* because I don't think so...
Heh heh heh... Ha ha ha ha... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
LM: Am I the only one thinking of rituals here?
Did you just answer your own f****ing review? Wow... that's 4th wall breaking, you are under arrest !
LM: TRY IT! I'LL UNLEASH THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE MEME THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK BY DEVILARTIMIS!
(What the hell is a Devilartimis ?)
RiyuujinHimari
YES
This is how you do a izuafo au. I don't mind the interactions with sensei but I'll be overjoyed when we get to kamino
love this, please keep it up
LM: We will.
Yeah we definitely will! (Though I'm still the one doing all the hard work hahaha...)
ChaosAlpha5
Pretty interesting plot so far. Well written as well. I am looking forward to more chapters of "Prohibited Power" in the coming future!
LM: Thank you for your support then.
Yeah... and buy us a coffee! (Or a bit coin so I can stop wasting my life writing fanfiction for free :D)
Speckledblight
I like the way that this is written,
could I ask how much and how often you will update?
Just for reference.
LM: When we have a chapter ready, we look at it, and then upload it. If that's what you wanted to know.
Each time I feel like a chapter is "done" I send it to Lego and he sends it back to me under the form of a DocX, update time will vary as I have many stories to update but I really just update some when I feel like I found a good chapter or when I'm motivated (MHA is mostly the one which gets updated at least once a weak)
"You are staring..."
"The letter is supposed to arrive tonight, how could I not be staring at the ground?"
"Did this girl talk with you?"
"She did... thank you again."
"Uhhehe ... looks like my teaching ended up giving you a girlfriend, this... feels really awkward."
"N-not yet!"
"Oh trust me, with this kind of charisma you can get her without even trying."
"Charisma?!"
"Yes... I never tried myself but... hehehe I guess you could give me some reports."
"Absolutely not! I won't be part of this kind of experiment."
"Never said you had to ... tell me... what's written on your file considering your quirk."
"Quirkless."
"Humhum... and you did hid your little use of the All for One during the exam right?"
"I pressed her hand on the tube at the same time as I did, this way it looks like I'm pushing the rubbles away."
"Good... because if they find out you have a quirk then this could be a real problem and not only for you."
"... care to explain?"
"Oh... very simple, falsifying official documents, as well as using them in order to infiltrate a national establishments-"
"Don't you think it's already going too far?"
"I'm just getting started Haha..."
"Well sorry but my mom is waiting... I shouldn't have phrased it like that."
"See? This kind of charisma... now go, I have places to be too."
However Izuku didn't say one thing, indeed he and Ochaco had been texting to each other until tonight and one of the main subjects concerned how he actually helped her to move away from under the rubbles.
The only explanation he could use was that he used her own quirk by pressing her hand against the rubble, but Ochaco kept arguing that her quirk didn't really work like that, Izuku could only answer that he had no idea of how he managed to activate it then.
He also avoided the subject of Ochaco with his mother, though she did ask a lot about how the exam went on. Tonight there was Katsudon, his favorite plate... and now he was staring at a fish head... or rather at it's eyes.
"I-IZUKU?! ARE YOU OKAY?!" He had no idea of how much time he just spent looking at the fish head but his mother's expression was enough to tell that it was far longer than it should have been for any sane human being.
"Y-yes! Sorry... I'm just... you know, the letter... still nothing?"
"W-well... we can always hope, it isn't 9 PM yet hehe-" someone knocked at the door... and for a moment the whole family froze, Izuku dropped his fish head and his mother almost ended up losing her balance.
"Th-the... THE LETTER!" Izuku was about to run at the door himself but in an outburst his mother was gone from the table and at the door greeting someone... and the said someone sounded really scared by his mom's sudden moment of aggressiveness.
She came back with a blank face... and an half crushed letter in her hands.
"it's-it's here!" She dropped on her knees, losing both her words and the control of her own body, Izuku grabbed the letter and examined it for a moment, there was U.A.'s seal on it. His mother gave him a nod and in the next minute he was locked inside his bedroom.
The decisive moment... a letter in front of him with either an open door to his dream or... he couldn't think about the failure. He reached for the seal... it was very well glued to the letter, he pulled with all his strength until the envelope was teared apart.
Inside there was... a small metal disk ? With a big button... he pressed it and an hologram appeared.
"Is it recording? ... I should try again- *BIP* Hello? Maybe the volume is a bit d- *BIP* TEST?!- *BIP*" At first Izuku though it was a very bad joke but as he watch all this nonsense he started to recognize the person in the hologram... he had already saw him; Nezu, the director of U.A. himself!
"There! Sorry, I'm not used to record anything as my dear colleagues are the only ones to do it... and they have a full set too... anyway! This is indeed an hologram for your exam results, not a joke or an error, so... Izuku Midoriya, I have take a personal interest in you... your quirkless status is part of your situation."
This recording already sounded relatively tense...
"You see each year after the exam we carefully watch records of the examines, and we attribute points according to their performance... you scored 0 against the robots, I suppose you have already guessed that, it's not a problem, I'm not saying you had absolutely no chance but you definitely had a disadvantage... I should have stipulated that weapons were allowed... as long as their are not lethal of course,"
Makes sense... so far Nezu was exactly as most of the article he read described him, serious and... performant.
"Now considering the other system of point... the hero points... well me and my colleagues did not have the same point of view... most of them tried to give an unfair amount of point and by unfair I mean almost negative. But they forgot that I get the finale answer and you, Izuku Midoriya... with a total of 80 points you are ranking first for the entrance exam!"
"...first..." Izuku's mind was 5 seconds away, from blowing the f*** up.
"... I suppose that now you are ready to listen again," Nezu casually counted ten seconds in his recording, "I really would like to talk with you! So I personally invite you for a meeting one day before the official start of the school year! There must be an official pass in the envelope, and there is also my phone number, if you have any problem contact me."
Before Nezu was done Izuku had already put the phone number in his phone and written it in at least three different places in his room.
When he opened the door of his bedroom once again his mother was still doing circles in the corridor, completely unaware that he was out.
"...I'm ... done?"
"Ahhhh! Izuku! S-so?"
"W-well... it's, um... unclear... I'm kinda first of the exam but... I still have to meet with the director himselfandohpleaseslapmesoIknowitisnotadream-"
"Izuku stop mumbling! When and where is this meeting taking place?"
"U.A. ... the day before the start of the year." ... Phone conversation between Izuku and Ochaco
"The director himself? I heard that he was a mouse or something."
(LM: Actually, Nezu can be considered a cross-breed between a dog-mouse-bear, to form... a dease? I made that up.
GS : don't worry, I always thought he was only a VERY big mouse (reference to Disney ? Or maybe he is a mutant Ewok from the Christmas star wars movies ?) :/ )
"A mix to be exact, it's because I was first for the exam hahaha... no hard feelings?"
"N-no not at all! I'm really happy, in fact did you know I was fourth?"
"F-fourth?! That's amazing! Then both of us will get into the hero course for sure!"
"..." Izuku received no answer for a moment.
"Ochaco? Did I lose the signal?"
"I-I'm here sorry! Just had something burning... I really hope it will work out for you, did he confirm anything?"
"W-well... no he... didn't in fact, just said that he was really interested in... in my performance yes, and he wanted to meet me in person."
"Still that's one day before we start, I guess it tells a lot already... how many points?"
"80... and you?"
"28 villain points and 45 rescue points."
"Wow, that's a lot, I guess you really get a hightscore with this second system and 28? You destroyed so much robots! Your quirk is awesome... I wonder how you got your rescue points."
"M-me too... maybe It's because you rescued me? Who knows how they even give the points."
"That's a good question... well, I should leave you now my mom is probably making circles in front of my bedroom and we still haven't finished to eat... why is my life so hard?"
"Hehehe, you are free, I have to go eat too, goodnight."
"Goodnight." Izuku hang up and finally breathed... to be interrupted once again by his brother who literally burst into his room.
"You have a girlfriend?! Please don't leave me alone I'm not ready to see you go! I'M NOT SO OLD YET !" Before he could reply his mother proceeded to strang- correction, tightly hug him to show her love. Sooooo did not almost say strangle to death... heh heh...
A few days later, U.A.'s front gate
"Great... It's closed, maybe there is an intercom or something?" Izuku walked around the gate for about five minutes without finding anything... well there was a regular mailbox but nothing else.
Last solution he had to use Nezu's phone number... he waited until finally someone answered.
"Hello! Nezu is here! Who is calling?"
"M-mister Nezu! I'm Izuku Midoriya, you asked to meet me and-"
Before he could add anything the gate opened and behind it stood a very little person.
"Sorry I forgot it was supposed to be closed, the staff is enjoying their last day off... anyway come, come! We have so much to discuss... and even more paperwork behind."
"P-paper work?"
"Yes, about your inscription, assurances and all the boring stuff, as if you were being hired for a pizzeria night guard shift."
Nezu turned around and headed inside U.A. with Izuku trotting behind to keep up with him.
"I'm-I'm not exactly sure why I am here... what are going to talk about exactly ?"
"Hum? Oh yes, I couldn't tell you everything since I had a limit with the hologram projector, what you have to know is that right now you are not officially a student at U.A.."
"But you said-"
"I said I had the last word but I couldn't simply tell to all the teacher that their decision didn't matter... and in that case it was simply unfair, they "almost" all agreed to not let you in because you are quirkless and they assumed you wouldn't be able to keep up with the program, I completely disagree with this, so right now I'm doing everything to let you in."
"Thank you sir, it really means a lot to me."
"However I fear that they won't stop here, even if I let you in the teachers aren't going to treat you as a simple student."
"It's fine... I'm used to this kind of 'things'."
They reached Nezu's office, it was very simple, a big desk, a pair of shelfs and a few chairs, there was also a wonderful view on the whole school, or at least a great part of it.
"Have a seat." Nezu went behind his desk and instead of sitting in his chair he sat directly on the desk in front of Izuku, so they were at the same level, "Now before we start I want you to do one thing."
Nezu opened a drawer and took out a few sheets of paper.
"That's-"
"Yes, you see your written exam results were simply perfect... I want you to do it again, here on front of me."
Nezu dropped the sheets in front of Izuku and took out a pen for him, "I'm not implying that you cheated or anything, it's just a little test that I made myself."
Himself? Izuku took a look at the subject... it was twice as long as the exam he had already passed and way harder... but this time there was something really close from quirk analysis.
"H-how much time do I have?"
"As much as you need, meanwhile I will prepare the papers for your inscription... oh and if you need anything simply call me." Izuku nodded as an answer and started exploring the subject, once Nezu saw that Izuku was concentrated he left his office.
In fact he lied, everything was ready, he just wanted to see how Izuku looked like and what kind of person he was.
"Poor boy... you really like to go all out right?" Asked an old woman on his path.
"Plus Ultra right? I didn't make something impossible don't worry... just almost clearly impossible."
"Humph, close enough... you are really going to let him in?"
"You disagree with my decision? I never thought you would... I'm deceived."
"I don't care if he is quirkless or not, I'm just worried about what the others will do to him, you know how cruel the human kind is."
"That's exactly why I'm giving him a chance, because he could become as cruel as them and if young Midoriya happened to be pushed too far then I fear the worst... he has the talents, the capacities to become a great hero... he just lacks the ways and the help to do so."
"... Fine, but I won't treat him differently either."
"Then that's settled... do you want to watch him with me?"
"No, I'm not a psychopath and I have an appointment, enjoy the show alone." Nezu raised both of his arm in a comic way, Recovery Girl simply sighed and left.
Nezu had cameras everywhere, now the walls also had eyes, from a security room he could see Izuku work, eventually he stopped for about thirty seconds before scribbling again without stopping. Nezu was impressed by Izuku's determination and he hoped that he would be even more by his results.
But there was one detail that seemed off... Nezu couldn't figure out why Izuku was wearing gloves while he was working... maybe he forgot to take them off?
Three hours later Izuku finally dropped his pen and read the whole subject once again, then he took out his phone and called Nezu.
"Sir, I finished the subject!"
"Excellent! I'll be back in a few minutes," he came back in the next minute and found Izuku looking around at the office.
"I will have a look at it later, thank you." he grabbed Izuku's subject and put it back in a drawer "Now... concerning your class, you will join class 1-A, you deserve it after all... oh and, it wasn't supposed to be revealed before the start of the year but... All Might himself will be tearching at U.A.." 3, 2, 1...
"A-ALL MIGHT?!"
"Yes, he will be teaching for the next generation of heroes, and you will be part of it."
"It's an honor!"
"Hahaha, I'm glad that an individual like you is going to be part of our school... wait... oh right, yes! So as I was saying my colleagues have no idea that you will be a student and some- especially Aisawa are gonna try to expel you."
"E-expel? Isn't that a bit over dramatic?"
"The person I'm talking about already expelled a whole class one their first day... just make sure to not... hum ... annoy him."
"Wait-" Izuku took out a notebook from his backpack "...do you mind if I take some notes?"
"Absolutely not... so next we have... never mind I think Mic won't bother you that much if you have good grades and if you eventually listen to his show on the radio."
"Seems easy to do."
"And then we have..."
Later that day
"You spent almost half of your day taking notes about your teachers just to not get expelled? ...what a great shot of U.A." Sensei was "having a look" at Izuku's notes on U.A.'s teachers and what he should avoid to do once he was at U.A.
"It's not that bad... Nezu is really friendly and he said he will support me."
"You won't always be able to rely on him... one day you will have to show everyone what you can do, you will have to show them that you are not a weak quirkless..."
"...there is one last thing I have to tell you... well have... It's not important since you will know tomorrow probably but... All Might will be teaching at U.A."
There was an akward silence, Sensei tightened his grip on his pant and stared at the horizon.
"Oh? Really?"
"I... I know you do not like him... at all so... sorry, I should have kept this for me, wrong topic..."
"... maybe one day I will tell you why I hate him, anyway... I really hope you will survive your first day."
"That's the baptism of fire right?"
"Indeed that's the right expression, do not misunderstand what I'm about to say but... you will have to realise, very soon, that U.A. is much more close from a military school than you think,"
"... if you say so, I have to go now, see you later!"
"Hahaha yes yes ..." Izuku took back his notebook and left his Sensei alone.
"Please... stay safe," Sensei whispered to the wind, "...No... you won't be."
Izuku barely had the time to call Ochaco, when he got back home it was already 9 PM and after eating he still had to triple check everything for tomorrow... and once he had finished it was already 11 PM, his mom was sleeping since an hour at least.
"Why do I always have to run somewhere?"
And right when he was about to collapse in his bed still wearing his clothes another detail hit him in the face... he had no costume ready and Nezu didn't gave him anything, he will just drop something at his office tomorrow if he figures out somethin ... well he did see each year for U.A.'s festival that the student had some kind of blue and white suit, maybe he will get one like this.
He was about to take of his clothes when he felt something grabbing him from behind and pulling. At first everything was black, he couldn't move at all and then he hit something, the ground? It was stone and it was cold, his surroundings were in the dark but there was a few light sources, a bunch of screens, one light and... red sparkles? It was getting really really close from him.
"Sorry but It was necessary." That voice...
"S-Sensei?! B-but where are we? Did you bring me here?"
"Answers, yes that's me, you are in my... well, call it a Lair, and I brought you here because I don't think you will be able survive your first day."
Izuku stood up to look around, he knew that Sensei had... a dark past, but he never knew that he lived in this place.
"Did you really have to this in the middle of the night?"
"From what I see you weren't sleeping yet and you are well awake."
"I was about to do so, I just spent the three last hours making sure that I was ready."
"Good, because now I will spend the next two hours making sure you are physically ready."
"Sensei I can't-"
"Why? Because you do not trust me? No you do. Because it's too late? From what I learnt heroes never knows when things are going to happen and they do not decide whether or not they do work. And finally... How are you going to defeat a bunch of talented kids with their quirks when you won't even use your's?"
Izuku was speechless, Sensei pushed him to his limits, and he knew that he would not stop until he was right... and in the end Sensei wasn't simply using logic to win this argument, this time he was right, Izuku had absolutely no way to fight against them right now.
"... Yes... You are right again, what should I do then?"
"Simple, I'm going to help you, for the next two hours I will give you some basics and some movements from my own set."
"R-really? Your own?"
"I may have to tell you again that I lived for over two centuries, I know exactly how to fight, even when I can't use any quirks... see this as a... passing of the torch."
"You really now how to make things great."
"Most of the time... now dodge."
Inko had never felt so proud and relieved, her son would finally become a hero even if it had to be the long way around and through many hardships. She made sure to wake him up soon enough so he could at least recover a bit from this long night, he really wanted this first day to be perfect.
"Sorry mom, I couldn't find my gloves." Inko was still preparing the breakfast.
"Don't worry you still have an hour to get ready," she took a plate and turned around to give it to Izuku when she discovered that her son had a red mark on his cheek "What happened?!" She asked almost dropping the plate on the ground to check on Izuku.
"N-nothing don't worry, I fell from my bed because I thought I was late, hahaha."
Lie, of course it was a lie... but he didn't came back with this mark yesterday so how did he get it? It wasn't serious after all so she could just act like she believed him.
"Oh, I'm relieved then, now finish your breakfast and go ! You don't want to be late on your first day, and make sure to say hi to your girlfriend."
"She isn't my girlfriend!"
Later at U.A.
Sensei went all out on him... but it was worth the cost, Izuku didn't really learn "fight" movements, he would rather describe them as dodging... he didn't have a great body either. Next time he will have to avoid being hurt, his mom really didn't seem to like that ... he wasn't even sure it would be useful on his first day ... what could possibly happens ?
Ochaco lived further away than him from U.A. so she would probably reach the school later, he didn't know if she was in the same class than him ...
"1-A... 1-A... 1-..." Izuku stopped in front of a fifteen foot tall door with "1-A" labelled on it.
"Izuku!" Called someone behind him.
"Ah Ochaco! I think I found my class."
"You mean ours then! That's great!" Ochaco took a look at the wall and tried to imagine how big was the room, "Do you think it's bigger on the inside?"
"Who knows... we should get in before our teacher arrives... unless he is already in..."
"It's only 7 : 53... I guess we have some time ahead of us... hey, what's that on your face?"
"The red mark? I hit my desk this morning, thought I was late."
"You... hit your desk... it must be really sharp then."
"Yes-yes, a really sharp one... oh also, I talked with the director about our uh... homeroom teacher... just avoid talking about fun and... routine."
Ochaco became suspicious "... What did you two talk about?"
"Too much... won't tell you more though... should we get in now? I mean... we won't become heroes if we just stare at the door."
"Alright, you first then."
"Why me?"
"You were the one to suggest, and beside you are taller than me so if it's a weird trap then you may act as a human shield." Izuku didn't know if it was humor or logic so he simply opened the door and took a look inside the classroom.
It was... awfully normal, students talking to each others about their quirks and the exam... and especially two students roaring at each others.
"Oh crap." Izuku turned around and got out of the classroom almost pushing Ochaco on his way.
"H-hey what's wrong?"
"Second row, last seat... I guess you recognize him."
Ochaco slightly opened the door to take a look too "Oh... they kept him in then? That's weird... Are you scare of him?"
"I'm not... but if he realises I'm here I will definitely have an angry explosive guy on my back in the next second."
"Why would he do that? You know him right? What's wrong with him?"
"This, is Katsuki Bakugo, quirk explosion, has been praised for his quirk all his life and... is basically a heartless cocky bastard who thinks everyone is inferior to him."
"... that's clever ... but you are still gonna have to get inside."
"How much time do I have?"
"7 : 56 ! comon now get inside!"
Izuku took a serious expression and opened the door once again... but maybe worth too much enthusiasm as half of the class now stared at him.
"H-hehe sorry, the wind I guess."
"You!" A tall student walked toward Izuku and bowed, "I recognize you from the entrance exam, please let me apologize!"
"D-don't really it's nothing, I am-"
"Izuku Midoriya the one who scored first at the entrance exam, congratulation, I am Tenya Iida."
Ochaco popped up next to Izuku and waved at Tenya, "I don't know if you remember me but I helped you with a robot."
"Oh yes! You are the girl with the gravity quirk." Iida proceeded to shake Ochaco's hand, "Thank you! I guess that thanks to you we both earned hero points!"
"It was nothing really, I am Ochaco Urara-"
"If you are here to socialise then get out!" Ochaco turned around to find out who said that but she found nothing.
"Down here." she looked down and found a yellow sleeping bag on the floor, "Better, now all of you have five seconds to be on your seats and silent."
The class executed the sleeping bay's order, but as Izuku was moving toward his place he ended up face to face with Katsuki. If he could he would have yelled something but right now they had to be on their seats so he simply pushed Izuku.
"...we will have to work on this... anyway," the sleeping bag opened revealing a man completely dressed in black, expect for some kind of scarf, he looked VERY tired or like someone who was still recovering from a drug overdose, "I am Shota Aizawa, your homeroom teacher... now get a suit and meet me outside, we are going to start with a quirk assessment test or whatever you call it."
No one protested about this, Ochaco would have though if Izuku didn't warn her about their homeroom teacher. The others exchange a glance and took a suit one after the other from two boxes located on the left of the classroom.
"Off to a great start right?" Asked Ochaco as she picked up a suit.
"It could be-... never mind, I was going to say it is going to get worse." corrected Izuku.
