Chapter Two: Entrance Exam
~A/N~ So here's chapter two. I hope you all enjoy it.
"Normal Speach"
'Thinking'
"All Might/Izumi's Dragon Form"
Chapter Start!
Today was that day. He'd worked his ass off to get to this point. He had trained every day until he almost passed out. Sometimes he did pass out. Those were fun days. The lectures he got from his parents for not answering his phone. With a shake of his head, he banished those memories. Now was not the time to think of that. Now was the time to show the word and U.A. how shockingly awesome he was.
Then his foot caught his other heel, and he started to fall. Yup, shockingly awesome. Awesome enough to face plant in front of dozens of other hopefuls.
"Careful," A voice spoke, catching him should and stopping his fall. How crazy strong was this person? They stopped his fall with one hand on a shoulder. Shouldn't that have just made him twist and land on his back? Instead, he was still in the air.
As he returned to a vertical stance, he came face to face with his catcher. It was not who he was expecting. He was thinking some weirdly strong-looking person with rippling muscles. Instead, he was face to face with emerald eyes.
"Woah," was all he managed to say as he stared at the girl. She was stunning. Her hair matched her eyes perfectly. Both a brilliant shade of green and yet neither distracted from the beauty of the rest of her face.
"You ok?" she asked.
"Oh, yeah, sorry. Thanks for the save," he replied. "I'm Denki Kaminari," Denki smiled the best he could.
"Izumi Midoriya," the now-named Izumi replied.
"Hero course?" Denki asked.
"Yeah, you too?" Izumi asked.
"Well, if that catch were anything to go by, I'd bet you got nothing to worry about," Denki said with a smile.
"We'll see. See you inside," Izumi replied before she left Denki standing alone.
"Right the exam," Denki said to himself, heading inside himself.
~Exam Room~
"So now that I've gone over the rules. Any questions?" The Voice Hero Present Mic asked, looking over the crowd. He had gotten interrupted once by an examinee, but that usually happened.
"Yes sir," a voice called out.
"Right examinee 9213, what's your question?" Present Mic asked.
"I've read over the sheet, and I didn't see anything concerning other acts of heroism beyond beating robots. Is there nothing in place for people who's quirks aren't able to rip through metal?" Izumi asked.
"Well, you're quite the skilled mind, aren't you?" Present Mic replied with a grin. It was clear he knew something.
"I just think it's a little unfair to expect everyone to be able to destroy a robot when some people just lack that level of physical strength," Izumi tried to explain.
"While I won't give anything away. Just understand that these exams are monitored. Those who are worthy of being in the hero course will be," Present Mic answered cryptically.
"Fair enough," Izumi said, sitting down.
"Now then, if there aren't any more questions?" Present Mic paused, looking over the crowd. "Then let's get on with the exam!"
~Exam Ground Beta~
Izumi looked over the crowd. She could see several people doing their best to calm their nerves. Others looked ready to rip and tear. All at once, her scouting came to a halt; the hairs on the back of her neck shot up. Someone was watching her very intently. Yet no matter where she looked, she found no one looking at her. That was until she looked lower. There she finally found her answer. A short boy with purple balls for hair had his eyes locked on her or rather locked on her butt.
Izumi lightly growled as she turned to face the boy. He didn't even have the decency to look ashamed of being caught. Instead, he just turned and walked off quickly. 'Remember Izumi. It's not heroic to maim people. Even if they are little perverts,'
"G.O.!" the voice of Present Mic screamed out. Like a switch being flipped, Izumi shot towards the cities entrance. As she broke the line, she summoned up her sleeping power.
Everyone froze as Izumi transformed. Black scales overtook her body. Her body started to grow, her clothes shredded, wings sprouted, tail formed. In an instant, the short green-haired girl was replaced by a black dragon. With a roar and a single beat of her wings, the dragon was gone.
"What are you waiting for? There are no starting lines in real life! Go G.O., G.O.!" Present Mic shouted out.
~Exam Proctor room~
"Who is that?" A man asked, nearly jumping to his feet. His eyes locked on the girl who had turned into a black dragon.
"File says Izumi Midoriya," a seductive feminine voice replied.
"Midoriya. They have a daughter?" The man asked.
"A daughter who wants to be a hero," the tired voice of Aizawa replied.
"Are we sure?" the man asked.
"Positive," Aizawa replied.
"I'll trust your judgment, but we need to keep our eyes on her. We don't want a repeat of Pheonix King," The man said, sitting back down.
"Rest assured, Yagi-san. We keep an eye on all of our students," A squeaky voice replied.
~Ground Beta~
Izumi flew through the city, tearing robots to shreds as she did. She had been well trained in her quirk. Her parents had expected her to be a villain like them. They had drilled how to fight while flying into her skull. Now it would help her save people rather than hurt them.
"Careful!" Izumi shouted as she tore through a robot right before it could strike a young man holding his stomach.
"Merci M'dame," the boy struggled to say.
"Oh... uh... Ne t'en fais pas," Izumi replied before taking off again. {1} She wasn't great with french.
'Well, that was awkward,' Izumi thought as she rounded a corner and tore through two more robots.
~Proctor Room~
"Well, we got quite the turn out this year," Nezu said, looking over the hopefuls. {2}
"That boy worries me," Sekijiro (Vlad King) said, looking at an ashy-blonde standing on a pile of robots. "That look in his eyes speaks of someone who only wants to fight,"
"His destructive force is to be admired, but you are right. He'll need to be tempered properly before his potential can be reached," Nezu replied.
"I got my eyes on the dragon girl. She's terrifyingly good. She's racked up points faster than anyone has in years," Neumri said, her eyes fixed on Izumi as she tore through five more robots.
"And she's helping others on top of it," Ken (Cementoss) added, seeing Izumi catch a girl who had slipped off a roof while fighting.
"Speaking of her. You were pretty quick to defend her Shouta-kun," Nemuri said, looking to the 'sleeping' man next to her.
"I've talked to her before," Shouta replied, barely opening his eyes.
"Oh, you've met. When?" Nemuri asked.
"Last month. She was contemplating killing herself to escape the shadow of her parents," Shouta explained. "I talked with her for a bit and got her off the ledge,"
"That's worrisome. If she was that close, she could be a risk in the future," Toshinori said.
"I don't know about that. Look at her go. Whatever you two talked about lit a fire under her tail," Nemuri retorted, watching Izumi trash robot after robot.
"Well now, how about we check the resolve of these hopefuls," Nezu said.
"Releasing the Zero Pointer," Toshinori said, hitting a large red button.
~Ground Beta~
Izumi continued slashing through robot after robot even as the ground started to shake. "What now?" she asked out loud. She got her answer as she rounded a corner and saw a massive robot looking down at her.
"Get to safety!" Izumi shouted, seeing many of her fellow examinees had frozen in fear.
"Ow," Izumi spun, hearing a pained cry. Scanning the field, she found the source. A brown-haired girl was stuck under some rubble.
"Shit," Izumi growled as she flew towards the girl. To her surprise, she wasn't the only one running to help. A purple-haired boy was also trying to make it to the girl.
'Bright idea Hitoshi just run like a dumbass at a giant robot,' Hitoshi screamed in his head.
"I'll hold off the robot! Save her!" Izumi shouted to the boy.
"Got it," Hitoshi replied without looking up to her. His focus on the trapped girl. With their jobs set, Izumi turned her attention to the massive robot.
"Target locked," the robot spoke as it lifted its massive arm for an attack.
'Crap basket,' the robot was much faster than Izumi was expecting. It had easily tracked her movements and punched her out of the sky.
"You ok?" Hitoshi asked, seeing the trapped girl trying to reach the rubble that trapped her leg.
"No... I think my ankle is broken," the girl replied.
"Look out!" Hitoshi dropped, putting himself over the trapped girl as something smashed into the ground next to them.
"You o- YOU'RE A DRAGON!" Hitoshi shouted, not expecting to see a dragon climbing out of a hole in the ground.
"I'll survive," Izumi said, pushing herself up. 'Shit my wing is broken... guess flying is out... Trump Card it is,'
"What do we do?" the brown-haired girl asked. Izumi answered by drawing in her breath. Her chest started to expand as she drew in more and more air. The other two hopefuls felt sweat beginning to build on them. Whatever she was doing, it was making it really hot. They got their answer when Izumi's massive maw opened.
"MOLTEN INFERNO!" Izumi screamed, releasing a massive torrent of fire towards the Zero Pointer.
"Wow," Izumi heard one of them say as the fire bathed the robot. Sparks started coming off the robot as its metal plating melted away. After another few seconds, the robot had gone up in flames and fell backward.
Once she was sure they were safe, Izumi collapsed her dragon form, shifting away. "That was awe- oh got your naked," the purple-haired boy said before turning away.
"Sorry... cloths don't... shift... gonna pass... out now," Izumi replied, barely clinging to consciousness. A moment later, she was out.
"Here put my jacket over her," the brown-haired girl said, handing Hitoshi her jacket.
"There now, let's get these rocks off you," Hitoshi turned just in time to see the girl touch the rock that had her pinned.
"I got them," She replied as they slowly floated off her.
"That's a cool quirk," Hitoshi said while helping the girl up.
"Thanks. I'm Ochaco Uraraka," Ochaco smiled.
"Hitoshi Shinso," Hitoshi replied.
"Oh my, what do we have here?" the two turned to see Recovery Girl walking up to them.
"Perfect timing, her ankle is broken, and she passed out... and is naked," Hitoshi explained.
"Looks like typical exhaustion," Recovery Girl said with a glance at Izumi before she kissed Ochaco's forehead. "Examinee passed out at my location, Transformer, bring clothes,"
"What now?" Hitoshi asked.
"Now? You two head home," Recovery Girl replied.
"What about her?" Ochaco asked.
"We'll take care of her," Recovery Girl smiled. With nothing else to say, the two gave a quick bow then left—both in desperate need of a nap.
~End notes~ I hope you enjoyed chapter two. Let me know what you thought. Also, Sekijiro and Ken got quick hero names drop since, unlike Midnight and Aizawa, their names haven't popped up that I remember.
{1} Sorry if that is translated poorly. Google Translate and all. Izumi replied with 'Don't worry about it," Not sure how well it was translated but I tried. Oh and don't worry she'll explain how she knows French in a later chapter.
{2} I was wondering if someone could answer this for me. Where does 'Nedzu' come from? I've only ever seen his name spelled like that in Fanfiction. Is it a translation thing? All the manga I've read have Nezu so I'm just confused is all.
