Sachi's log, Entry 30: ...
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How the hell are unicorns fictional creatures and not platypuses?! One's a horse with a horn, the other's a fucking venomous duck-beaver that sweats milk!
Three months have passed since Izuku's training began and the big day had arrived. After dealing with All For One's hellish training and constant ambushes by Crescent, Izuku's body changed considerably in that days's short span. One good look in the mirror and you'd think he's a completely different person. his finely toned muscles were a far cry from his former scrawny frame. Stepping out of his shower, Izuku took a good look at himself in the mirror, giving himself a proud smile.
It was only 4:50 am, the sun had still barely risen and Inko was still fast asleep, yet Izuku had already left the house, ready to start the biggest operation in his villain career: the attack on the U.A entrance exam. Knowing he still had a over 3 hours left before his exam, he decided to go for a light jog to warm up. As this happened, he noticed just how light his body felt, and, despite him intending to only go at jogging pace, he was going faster than his former self on full sprint.
This boosted his confidence and pride to the point where he let out an ear to ear grin, as he ran down the neighborhood at full sprint, pumping with excitement. The sheer speed at which he was going rivaled that of athletes as he passed a group of bikers with ease. Looking to his left, he gazed at the rising sun, as he was getting pumped for the upcoming event.
Quickly running to the league, he saw that everyone was already prepared. As he entered, he was greeted by everyone, all raising their mugs of coffee, welcoming their boss.
"G'morning, boss!" Greeted Dabi.
"Good morning, Dabi." Replied Izuku, slapping him on the back, as his sheer strength caused Dabi to jerk forward a little.
"Oof, hot damn! All For One wasn't kidding when he said he was gonna whip you into shape." Coughed Dabi, having the wind knocked out of him.
Just then, Izuku felt someone leap onto him from behind.
"And he still retained his cuteness! What a miracle!" Cheered Toga, clinging onto him like a koala, "Good morning, by the way, Izu-kun!"
Turning around, Izuku put both of his hands on Toga's sides, lifting her up like a cat.
"Wow Toga, you have no idea how light you feel." Izuku commented, "It's like I'm holding a kitten right now."
"Your kitten, Izu-kun" Toga flirted back.
Suddenly, the TV turned on, as All For One came on screen.
"I see you've made quite some progress thanks to my training." Said All For One, "But don't get carried away, keep in mind, you're gonna be facing off against quirk users. All I've done is even the playing field. However, once the thugs you recruited start attacking, your safety will not be guaranteed. Keep your mind on the mission, you must win All Might's trust so that we can keep an eye on him at all times."
"Consider it done." Replied Izuku.
"Oh yeah, one last thing." Said All For One, "U.A. does strict background on all their students. So, in order to protect your family from our operations, I had some friends of mine who just so happens to work for Japanese media to cover up and fake your background. However, that only covers the machines and most of the staff, but it is still possible that people could recognize you. So, whatever you do or say, never reveal your family background, understood?"
"Understood." Replied Izuku.
"Good, I wish you good luck for the upcoming exam." Said All For One, "Make me proud."
And with that, the TV turned off, leaving Izuku and Toga ready for the main event.
The flag of U.A swayed arrogantly in the wind, perching at the top of the H shaped monolith that was U.A academy. Standing before such an imposing building, Izuku took a look at the participants. While the idea of finally getting their names truly out there was an exciting thought for him, he couldn't help but feel sorry for the innocent kids that he was gonna have to sacrifice for this mission. Then again, these were U.A applicants, so surely, they should be able to fend for themselves, right?
"Man, I can't wait to become a hero!" Said a purple haired shorty out loud, as he passed him, "I'm gonna get all the girls!"
On second thought, maybe a few kids dying isn't such a thing. However, there was also...
"DEKU!"
Katsuki.
"I thought I told you that if you tried applying for U.A, I'd break you in half!" Katsuki yelled out, stomping his way towards him.
"Oh, I heard." Izuku replied in a passive aggressive tone, "So please, don't hurt me, you wouldn't want to get kicked out for starting trouble with other examinees would you?"
Hearing this, Katsuki's teeth gritted tightly, as he acted like it took every last fiber of his will not to hit him. Just then, he took one step forward.
"Oh screw this! One bloody nose won't be enough to disqualify me!" Katsuki yelled out, throwing a punch his way.
Izuku, on the other hand, let out a frustrated sigh, as he moved his hand up to parry the hit. However, before he could do anything, Katsuki suddenly fell backwards, doing a full backflip into the school fountain.
"Toga, you didn't have to do that." Said Izuku, seeing Toga appear right after Katsuki was thrown.
"Wasn't this guy that bully that constantly belittled you?" Asked Toga, "Because, honestly, he deserves it tenfold."
Just then, Katsuki leaped out the fountain, grabbing Toga by the collar and lifting her up.
"What the fuck was that for, you bitch!?" Exclaimed the student in a fit of rage.
Walking up to the two, sparks appeared in Katsuki's hand.
"You'll pay for that!" He grunted, ready to blast both of them to kingdom come without hesitation.
Suddenly, a huge, dog-like figure came leaping down in between the two sides. The man picked Katsuki up by the collar, glaring daggers into him.
"I saw that! You kids should know better than to get into fights on U.A grounds." Said the man.
Katsuki, recognizing the figure, let out a frustrated grunt, looking away.
"I'll let you off with a warning this time since you already seem to gotten what you deserved, but next time, you're getting exempted from taking this year's exam, got it!?" He man growled.
"Got it." Katsuki sneered, as the man but him down, sending him off on his way, before turning to Izuku and Toga.
"That person's causing you trouble?" Asked the man.
"No, we're good." Replied Izuku, calmly.
"You both kept your composure quite well." Said the dog-man, "I appreciate that."
As he walked off, Izuku took a look at the other people surrounding the perimeter.
"That was Hound Dog just then, one of the pro heroes working as U.A staff." Said Izuku.
"Hound Dog? Oh dear, maybe I should have bought some perfume then." Said Toga.
Looking around, other big shot heroes were present as well. Thirteen, Snipe, Power Loader, Midnight, they were all present for the entrance exams.
"Looks like we did quite some work to scare the heroes into protecting their entrance exam this tightly." Said Toga.
Walking forward, Izuku and Toga were closing in on the entrance.
"Alright, this is where we split up." Said Izuku, "You sneak in to disable the cameras so that Kurogiri and enter in the blind zone, I'll proceed as normal."
"Roger, boss!" Toga replied, as Izuku entered the building.
Toga, on the other hand, dashed off to the opposite side, ready to transform into one of the staff workers and sneak into the security room. Taking a look around, the main courtyard was still very crowded, making her stealth mission much easier. All she needed to do was to blend into the crowd and slowly slip into the staff line. With her anility to hide from plain sight, accomplishing such a task would be a cake walk.
Suddenly, as she was slowly blending him, she felt someone bump into her, as both sides fell over. Startled, Toga looked up, finding herself face to face with young brunette around her age. Initially mad that she messed things up for her, the girl's rosy plump cheeks and klutzy demeanor made her forgive her in a mere instant.
"Ow, sorry I bumped into you, I dunno how I didn't see someone right in front of me." Apologized the brunette.
"N-No, it's my fault, I tend to blend in with the crowd whenever I stand still for too long, blocking your path's on me." Toga apologized back.
Getting up and dusting herself off, the girl lent her hand to her, helping her up as well.
"Let's just hope this exam goes well for both of us. People say it's often a bad omen to trip and fall during your entrance exams." Said the brunette, "Well, now we both fell, talk about nerve wracking, huh?"
"Uh, yeah..." Toga replied, looking for a way out of the mess she got herself into.
"I'm so sorry, I have somewhere I need to go to." Said Toga, hastily walking away.
"Hey, wait up." The girl quickly caught up, "Your applying for U.A, aren't you, the exam hall for all courses is this way."
"W-Well, I just need to use the bathroom." Said Toga.
"The bathrooms are also that way." Replied the girl, "Man, either you didn't do enough research for this place or you have terrible sense of direction."
Toga, now sweating bullets, was racing her mind, trying to find a way to break away from her.
"Uh, thanks, well... see you at the exam hall." She said, running into the hall.
Once at the bathroom, Toga, thinking she outran her, took a look around. Luckily for her, there seems to be a vent that was just big enough to fit her frame. Not only that, but it also seemed, by some miraculous coincidence, that there was no one in the bathrooms either. So, quickly, steeling her resolve, ran into the vent, closing the grate behind her, as she made her way to the security room.
Meanwhile, was on his way to the main hall, Izuku noticed a crowd of people, gathering near a limousine. since there was still half an hour left before the start of the exam, Izuku ran to the crowd to see what was going on.
"Hey, what's this gathering about?" Asked Izuku to a nearby bystander.
"Didn't you hear? Apparently, Endeavor himself is overseeing this exam!" Exclaimed one of the students.
Hearing this, Izuku let out a sigh of disappointment. Of course most of the people here would see Endeavor as a hero. Not wanting to waste anymore time, Izuku decided to move on, until some of the examinees said something that caught his attention.
"And look! He also brought his son!" Exclaimed the students.
"Shoto?" Izuku said out loud.
Quickly running to the front of the crowd, he saw Shoto stepping out of the car right after his father, as the two made their way to the examiner's room.
"Take a good look, Shoto." Said Endeavor in a commanding tone, "These are the generation of heroes that you will be stepping over! Don't you dare see any of them as equals. Remember your place, you're above them all."
Shoto, on the other hand, was so embarrassed by his father as well as nervous from the sheer amount of people, mostly girls, cheering his name. Wanting to hide his face, he suddenly noticed Izuku in the crowd, who gave him a wave. Suddenly, he felt at ease, as he smiled back, waving back at him.
"Kyaa! He waved at me! I'm so happy!" Shrieked the girl right next to Izuku.
"Nuh-uh! He was waving at me!" Yelled another girl.
"Screw you both, we both know I was the one he was into!" A third girl yelled out.
Suddenly, a huge fight broke out near Izuku, as the crowd around Endeavor went berserk. The staff, seeing this chaos, ran in, trying to break up everyone and calm the situation. As this happened, Shoto felt a hand grabbing him, as he was pulled out of the crowd right under Endeavor's nose.
"Izuku!" Shoto cheered with joy.
"Heya there, Shoto, did'ya miss me?"
"Did I ever!" Shoto replied, hugging him as he lifted him off the ground.
As the two walked away from the chaos, Izuku noticed that Shoto had gotten a lot taller than him over the past 3 months.
"So, tell me, why are you here?" Asked Izuku, trying to make conversation with an old friend, "I thought recommended students didn't need to take the exam."
"Dad was forced to come here by obligation due to the rising crime rates." Replied Shoto, "He took it as an opportunity to take me here so I could "assert my superiority"
"Sounds to me like he was just projecting his own superiority complex onto you." Said Izuku, "You should have refused."
"Well, I tried to refuse, but he just wouldn't let me decide for myself." Said Shoto, "But then again, it was probably because I wasn't that opposed to the idea."
"Really? How come?" Asked Izuku, confused.
"Because I knew there was a good chance I could see you again." Replied Shoto, smiling.
Izuku nearly fell over in shock after hearing that.
"Woah Woah woah, slow down there, you're telling me that you came here just to see me?" Asked Izuku.
"I'll also be watching you take the exam." Said Shoto, "So just know that I'll be there, cheering for you when all of this happens."
Hearing this, Izuku gave Shoto a flattered smile.
"Aw, Shoto, I'm really happy you're doing all this for me." He said, "But hey, don't get too carried away, I don't want you to center your whole life around me."
Hearing this, Shoto slowed down, looking down in nervously, as he cupped his hands together, holding it up to his chest.
"Honestly, I really wouldn't mind if I did." He replied, "I mean, you and the other guys are the only real friends I've got. Without you, I have no one else to go back to. I would give anything to make sure I wouldn't lose you."
"Shoto..." Izuku uttered, shocked at his resolve.
Suddenly, a loud voice from the speakers interrupted the two friends.
"The exam debriefing will begin in 5 minutes! Please head to the main exam hall!"
"Well, that's my cue." Said Izuku, running off.
"Hey, Izuku..." Shoto called out, "Good luck."
As Izuku was making his way to the debriefing, Toga, disguised as a staff member, walked out the security room, having shut off a small number of cameras and anti-quirk security in non-crucial areas. As Kurogiri arrived into the school, assuming position, Toga ran back into the crowd, blending back in as if nothing happened.
"Hey! You're the girl I ran into earlier!" A familiar voice came from behind.
Turning around, Toga found herself face to face once again with the brunette.
"Hey... uh..."
"Ochako" Replied the girl, "The name's Ochaco Uraraka. Sorry for not introducing myself earlier."
"Oh, uh, it's fine." Replie Toga, "The name's Himiko."
The two now also made their way towards the main exam hall, all the while chatting.
"So, you're also applying for the hero course?" Asked Ochako.
"Uh, yeah, I mean, isn't everyone?" Replied Toga.
"Of course, man, this year's competition's gonna be stiff! I'm not even fully sure I can make it in!" Replied Ochako, her whole body shaking, "Man, I'm really getting nervous, aren't I?"
As Ochako continued with her overly energetic yet klutzy routine, Toga saw right through her body language that she was, in reality, extremely nervous. All of her words were just noise to her, as, for the moment, the only thought crossing her mind was:
"She's so cute!"
"Ah! Sorry, I must have rambled on for too long." Ochako stopped, "Anyways, I really hope you and I make the cut!"
"W-Well, it's certainly gonna be a lot harder if you're unsure of yourself." Replied Toga.
"Yeah, but how am I supposed to be confident of myself when there's so much competition!?" Exclaimed Ochaco, pointing at the other kids, "Look, over there, that's Tenya Iida, a Somei Private academy prodigy and the younger brother of the pro hero Ingenium! And there, you can see Itsuka Kendo, a super smart and super strong student that, according to some of her classmates I met, never gotten a score lover than 95 in any subject! There's also people from the youngest son of the Todoroki family, and the daughter of the Yaoyorozu mega-conglomerate, and..."
Suddenly, Ochako was cut off by Toga, wrapping her arm around her shoulder and she pulled her closer to her.
"Yeah, but for every Todoroki or Tenya, you also got a bunch of kids who also come from humble origin, some are even worse off than you!" Reassured Toga, pointing into the crowd, "Like that guy over there, who's got blow-dryers for hands, or how about that kid over there, who like 3 feet tall, with half a feet of his height belonging to those purple balls he calls hair? Compared to those guys, I think you have a fighting chance!"
"R-Really?" Asked Ochako, flustered by how close she was to Toga.
"Cmon, puppy eyes, you gotta keep yourself pumped up if you wanna make it out alive! I don't wanna see that smile gone by the end of this exam, got it?" Toga teased, giving her a noogie.
"Hey hey hey, stop that, ha ha, I just did my hair this morning!" Ochaco laughed.
"Aw, look at you two lovebirds." Laughed Izuku, walking up to the two of them.
"Ah, Izuku! You're finally here!" Said Toga.
"You know this kid?" Asked Uraraka.
"Oh, right, I forgot." Said Toga, introducing him to her "Meet my boyfriend, Izuku."
"B-B-B-Boyfriend?" Uraraka uttered, her face turning bright red.
"Don't get so flustered over it." Izuku reassured in a teasing tone, "Toga's a very sociable person. she may just call you her friend today, but tomorrow, it's gonna be best friend, and then, you'll be her girlfriend too."
"Izuku, I don't do that!" Toga replied, playfully nudging him in the shoulder.
"Alright, alright, honey." Izuku teased back.
Suddenly, the lights dimmed, as a figure walked in. Izuku, recognizing the hairstyle, let out an annoyed groan.
"Oh god, he's the spokesperson." Grunted Izuku.
"Who?" Asked the two girls.
"Welcome everybody! To the first step you'll take in your future hero careers! Everyone say "YEAH!"
"Present Mic..." Izuku answered, digging his head into the desk, "God, I'm gonna get a headache listening to that voice."
Meanwhile, as the debriefing happened, Kurogiri and the rest of the crooks Izuku recruited assumed position, as they got ready to start the attack. As this happened, the rest of the league, with Shigaraki as acting leader, stood on the highest rooftop of the fake city Izuku was gonna do his exam in.
"You think Izuku will be okay?" Asked Sachi.
"He's our boss, I'm sure he can handle it." Replied Dabi.
"Alright then." Said Spinner, dawning his mask, "Let's do this!"
From present Mic's debriefing, there was two ways to earn points: defeating the villains (represented by pointer machines), or rescuing civilians (also represented by machines). There will also be a 0 pointer goliath, which isn't worth any point defeating and all students must run from.
As the students gathered up to the overpriced test site, which irked Izuku even more.
"This is just excessive." Commented Izuku, "How many billions did the government spend on this place? Seriously."
"Hey, expensive, high end stuff is how you can determine how good a school is." Replied Uraraka, "They're just cementing themselves as the number hero school in Japan."
"Oh, Uraraka-san, you're in the same test site." Said Izuku.
"We both are!" Said Toga, jumping into both of them, "I can't wait! for the show to start!"
As the students lined up at the starting line, most of the attention was gathered on Izuku, as the boy started hearing chattering going around.
"Hey, check that kid out!" Said one of the examinees.
"Yeah, what about him?" Asked Another.
"Apparently, some kids saw him walking side by side with Shoto earlier in the day!" Said a girl's voice.
"You don't mean... *nosebleeds*" Said another girl.
"No way he swings that way! I mean, look! He literally has two girls all over him!" Said a guy.
"AND START!"
The chattering crowd froze in confusion.
"What's wrong!? Don't just stand there! Go Go Go!" Present mic shouted.
"Shit! We were so caught up talking about that guy that we got distracted!" Exclaimed most of the examinees, as they frantically ran forth.
Meanwhile, Ochaco, Toga and Izuku ran side by side, sticking together as one as they took out several one pointers as a unit.
"How odd..." Toga said to herself, dismantling a One Pointer with a mere kick "Despite these guys being made of metal, they are surprisingly fragile."
"That's because these are a special model of security robots with loosened joints, designed specifically to be non-lethal and relatively easy to dispatch." Explained Izuku, tearing two of them apart.
"Ah, I see, no wonder they fall apart so easily." Said Uraraka, dropping a group if five from a high place with her quirk.
From the monitor room, Shoto kept a close eye on Izuku, as he quietly cheered for him while the other pro heroes analyzed the rest.
"Quite a lively bunch of freshmen we got this year." Said one pro hero.
"Yeah, and as this exam progresses, the cream of the crops are starting to become more and more apparent." Said another, "Whether that be intelligence gatherers, mobility specialists, decision makers, or natural born warriors, some are shining more than the rest."
"Ugh, don't mention shining, this French kid's quirk is so overly flashy, my eyes are hurting just watching him." Said another pro hero.
"Get used to it, you're gonna see it again once we review the footage." Joked another.
However, as they got to near where Izuku was, one oft he pro heroes noticed something.
"Hey, is it just me, or does that one pointer have a gas leak?" Asked a pro hero, pointing to one of the one pointers that seemed to be emitting black smoke from every orifice of it's body.
"That's odd, our robots don't run on gas, but on electricity." Said a pro hero, something's off.
As Izuku and Toga came into contact with the smoking robot, they both knew who's doing it was. Toga, however, looking back at Uraraka, felt a hint of guilt.
"Come on, Toga, let's go." Said Izuku, "we'll come back later to protect her."
"Alright." Replied Toga.
As Uraraka turned around, she noticed the smoking robot as well.
"Hey guys, look out, that robot seems to be emitting some sort of smoke!" She warned.
However, the two, ignoring her, charged at the robot at once, shattering it to piece, as a black vortex erupted out the robot, sucking both of them in.
"Izuku!" Shoto yelled out loud, being one of the first to notice it. Soon after, all other pro heroes picked up on the phenomenon, as crooks and villains started to spew out of the vortex.
"What's going on!?" Exclaimed the heroes in panic.
"The cameras are not responding! We've lost visual on 90% of our examinees!" Exclaimed the technicians.
"What's going on here!" Exclaimed the pro heroes.
Suddenly, from the monitors that were still running, they begun noticing more robots with black smoke coming from them, as they burst out into villain spewing portals as soon as they are defeated. The clueless examinee stood confused, bewildered at the event.
"Is this part of the test?" Asked some of them.
Suddenly, Nezu, the director of U.A got up on a microphone, yelling to the top of his animal lungs.
"Stop the exam! It's a villain attack!" Exclaimed Nezu.
However, much to his dismay, it appeared as though someone had connected the speakers in the examiner room to the speakers on all the sites. So, not only did all the pro heroes on duty hear the announcement, so did all the examinees. And from the sheer panic in Nezu's voice, the rest of the examinees also shot into panic mode.
Meanwhile, Shoto, after seeing this, ran out of the examiner room to the test site where Izuku was, determined to save him at all cost.
Back with the rest of the league, Izuku and Toga were warped back to safety, as his Mightless outfit was there, just waiting for him.
"So, are most of the camera feeds cut?" Asked Izuku to Toga.
"They should be." Replied Toga, "I set it so they will slowly go out one by one. By now, they should have next to no visuals at all of what's going on."
"Good." Replied Izuku, dawning his mask, "Then you know the drill, I'll present myself as the mastermind behind the attack, and then, you will come in, disguised as me and save the day. I'll then try to escape through a portal, from which you'll grab me and get dragged in too, we switch back, and return unscathed."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Replied Toga.
"Alright." Said Izuku, dawning his outfit, upgraded with Bluejay support gear, "Let's get to work."
To Be Continued...
