"He didn't show up to the arena, if he didn't complete the full test how can he be let in?"
"I agree with Aizawa, UA is the best school in Japan and somebody who only gives half effort can't be let in"
"He is quirkless and he was the only one to score 100% on the written exam, I think he's giving as much effort as he can- and he isn't applying for the hero course so why is the arena score needed?"
"Has there ever been a quirkless person to attend UA?"
"UA is not just a hero academy, it is also a school and anybody should be allowed in- quirk or not. He will be my chosen student"
"Are you sure Nezu?"
"Yes, I think Midoriya Izuku will be a very... intresting student"
It's the better part of two months before the results are sent out, the letter he gets is fairly small and addressed to 'Midoriya Izuku'.
He's almost a little nervous to open it at first but he swallows it and opens the letter cleanly with a razor and pulls out it's contents, a single sheet of paper
'Midoriya Izuku,
You passed the written exam with a score of 100% and the arena exam with 0 villain and hero points- however we've considered your situation and decided to welcome you to UA high school's General Studies department, we're pleased to say you'll be entering class 1-C when term begins next week and we look forward to having you at our school.
This year All Might will be teaching our heroics department and ,although he will not teach any of your classes, you may see him around the school, please feel free to talk to him or ask for anything as you would any member of staff but we ask you do not disclose this information to anybody else.
Nezu, the principle of UA, would like to meet with you before classes start on your first day and asks you meet him in his office at 8:15am on the first day of term'
Below it lists the items he'll need to get himself for the upcoming school and has the name of the website used to send over a uniform to him and the instructions for using it.
He put's the letter down contently, slight weight in his chest gone and satisfied that the work he'd put in paid off.
He glanced to the pile of revision books next to the stack of books on quirks that had pages filled with different colour sticky notes and important parts highlighted- despite all the time he'd poured into reading every book he could find and meticulously noting down everything and anything that could help, he still came up with no solid way to turn a quirk off or remove it without the influence of another quirk or chemicals they only allowed the highest ranking quirk scientists to touch.
Almost the last year had nothing but failures to show for, failure to kill himself as the black X marked on his calendar taunted him for every day and further failure in trying to rid himself of his quirk- this was the first thing that seemed like any amount of a success, getting into UA wasn't easy and now he was one step closer to his goal.
Izuku had decided months ago that if he couldn't tire his quirk out or find a work around, he would find a way to remove it- and so he decided to delve deep into everything to do with quirk science and intended to continue to work at it until he had a solution.
It seems almost ironic that the one thing that motivated him and allowed him to do anything and get out of a massive slump was the drive to die.
It's one week later and Izuku is standing outside the massive gates of UA in the uniform that's a little baggy and a tie that took him ten minutes to get right. It's 8am and he has fifteen minutes before his meeting with Nezu is set to start, and as he walks through the gates and shows his student ID to the reader he wonders why the principle wanted to speak to him alone, he doubted that he talked to every individual student at UA before they started.
He's studied the complete map of UA and knows where he has to go, giving himself adequate time to walk through the hallways and walks the stairs all the way to the top most right corner of the first building to the door labelled 'Principles Office'. He checks his watch and seeing it's just about to tick over to 8:00am he knocks on the door.
"Come in"
Checking the clock on his wall Nezu see's it's almost 8:15am and just on time there's a knock at his door and he calls out a 'come in'.
The boy he'd chosen walks in and closes the door behind him and turns to him with his lips tugged into a small smile, his dull eye's betray the expression he's holding.
Nedzus interest spikes a little
"Good morning Midoriya"
He gestures for the boy to sit opposite him at his desk and he complies
"Good morning Principle Nedzu"
The emotion he's trying to thread into his words of worry and nervousness is flat
"No need to be so formal, just Nedzu is fine"
He nods but otherwise sits still, unlike his voice is trying to be his actions don't make him seem worried at all
"I called you here to tell you that you are my chosen student of the year"
"Chosen student?"
A peek of genuine emotion breaks through his otherwise flat tone
"Yes, every year I get to pick one student who get's into UA regardless of score, quirk or other teachers opinions. Someone who I personally think has great potential, and this year that someone is you"
"Really?- thank you"
The first bit of his words he sounds a little suspicious, but the emotion doesn't stay long as it dies out to what seems to be his usual almost automatic response that lacked any depth.
There was another knock on the door and Nedzu checked the time
"You'd better get to class, wouldn't want to make you late on your first day"
"Have a good day Midoriya" he calls as the other boy leaves
"You too Principle Nedzu"
He opens the door and Toshinori in his weakened form is there, he seems almost wary around the other boy as he excuses himself and quickly walks past him.
The frail man closes the door behind him as he enters,
"Who was that Nezu?"
"Midoriya Izuku, my chosen student"
He looked almost confused
"Is something wrong Toshinori?"
He shakes his head
"I just feel like I've seen him before... during the sludge villain I think"
"I thought that was a very contained and brief fight?"
Toshinori shakes his head again in dismissal
"I must be thinking of somebody else then"
Izuku is two minutes late to class when he decides to park inside one of the bathrooms and reset, he can't be late on the first day of class what kind of impression would that make?
He comes back to 7:30am on the dot when he's still on the train and he doesn't dawdle looking at UA when he arrives this time, he arrives at the office five minutes earlier than before and knocks. Nezu calls him in and their conversation goes as it did before, he says the exact same things and everything is going right until-
"I understand that you're quirkless"
"Yes"
"I just wanted to assure you that any kind of bullying from any student won't be tolerated, UA should be a safe school for everyone and it will be enforced. I understand it can be harsh to be different sometimes and I won't accept it at my school"
"Oh, thank you"
Nezu says he can leave and they exchange goodbyes, he see's the deflated form of All Might down the hallway and continues the known path to his new classroom- he'll get there at 8:30, exactly when class starts and he mulls over resetting, he would like to get to class ten minutes early for a good seat in the back where he wouldn't be disturbed and enough time to set his things out so he didn't have to rush.
He heads to the nearest bathroom and resets.
It's 7:30am again on the train, he goes through the motions and takes the shortcuts to UA this time and jogs pretty much the entire way getting there and to Nezus office, he takes a short breather and checks the time- 8am on the dot.
He knows he's fifteen minutes early but knocks, hearing a 'come in' he pushes the door open and closes it behind him.
Hopefully the third time would be all it took, resetting too much in one day had unwanted consequences as he'd found out the hard way and the last thing he wanted was the principle of UA to know he had a quirk.
He sat down in the same chair he had twice before and strings that small nervous looking smile onto his lips.
Nezu is finishing off his tea when there's a knock at the door, he checks the clock to see it's 8am- ten, no fifteen minutes before he asked for Midoriya to arrive.
He calls for him to come in and the boy does so and closes the door behind him
"Good morning Midoriya, you're a little early"
Midoriya laughs a little nervously but his undertone is flat and it throws the whole thing off
"Just making sure I can get to class on time"
He sounds almost a little exasperated
"A punctual student is a good one"
He says before delving into a conversation he strangely feels like he's repeating. Midoriya looks a little bored but the small smile he's got on doesn't fit the mood.
For some reason Nezu expects him to be a little surprised when he tells him that he is his chosen student of the year, but it doesn't seem very genuine at all
He says about students bullying not being tolerated, and although he's sure he just thought he'd assure Midoriya that he will be safe here it's like he's said it before.
And when he leaves at 8:10am, Nezu thinks over his conversation with Midoriya- he can't forget anything so why can't he pin point exactly why he feels so strongly like he's had that conversation before? He's never met him before and yet he seems so familiar.
When Toshinori knocks on his door at 8:18am he almost feels like he's expecting it and he can almost hear him asking 'who was that Nezu?' which he of course does not say, because he didn't see Midoriya leave.
Nezu sips tea as Toshinori talks and he thinks back to the green haired boy who's likely just settled into his class seat and began setting his things up-
Yes, his chosen student Midoriya Izuku was even more interesting than he'd hoped for.
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