And we back. So I'm glad this story has been received well and a lot of you have given great input. The general consensus is that you want his hero name to be 'Katakuri' and gave genuinely good reasons for wanting it. As such I'll be going with it. Anyways after this chapter I'm going to be updating my path of a hero story so the next chapter won't be as fast as these last two have been. Anyway's this is the entrance exam chapter so there will be a little more action than in the last two. As for the pairing I haven't decided if Uraraka will be in it but there's a good chance she might. I just need a good way to get it done. Anyway let's get on with the story.
The time had finally come. The past few years had all been leading to this moment. Today was the day of the U.A entrance exam. Apart from the first few months after getting the Mochi Mochi no Mi these last ten months were by far the most brutal in terms of training. All of those hours he spent training however had paid off. His control over mochi was great. He had been able to replicate a lot of Katakuri's techniques. All but a handful of them were doable. The others he could do but his body wasn't physically capable of maximizing the damage the techniques were designed for.
When he wasn't training with his control over mochi he was in the gym that was on the base floor of his apartment building. He realized early on that other than foresight he'd also need a lot of physical strength to use his power to the fullest.
Midoriya had also finally learned what that black substance he'd see in the dreams was. It was something called busoshoku haki. Unfortunately for him the name is all he'd gotten. No specifics on how to actually apply it.
He was disappointed but not completely surprised. He'd had the fruit and the dreams/visions for almost five years now. If he recalled correctly Katakuri was somewhere between forty and fifty in all of the visions he'd seen. If he really was seeing the mans memories or experiences it could take a while before he got to a memory that'd teach him how to use it. Still it wasn't all that bad, while he didn't know how to use busoshoku yet he did learn something else.
He had something called kenbunshoku haki. It's what allowed him to catch those short glimpses into the future in the form of colored outlines. What really surprised him though was that he had it even before he'd eaten the devil fruit. He briefly wondered if maybe that was his quirk but ruled it out as it would've been caught by any doctor.
Apart from discovering it's name his kenbunshoku haki had also improved. He still saw silhouettes in color and outlines but on the rare occasion he'd get a second or two of actual images. That had started one day a few months ago when he'd been training in the abandoned house. Apparently the damage he'd caused by slamming the thugs into the wall had been worse than he thought.
As he was training molding his body to let items pass through him it happened. He threw the ball and instantly had a vision of a part of the roof collapsing above him. It was much more useful than the outlines he currently saw. He tried to replicate it but found that he couldn't even if he concentrated. Only outlines.
He'd later found out that the actual solid visions would come only when he was in danger of being critically injured. He made sure to write that down in his notebook for future reference. In his dreams he had seen that Katakuri could seemingly see into the future at will. In an effort to reach that level he made sure to use his Kenbunshoku haki whenever possible.
To make up for the lack of busoshoku haki he'd looked into the composition of mochi and learned that if left out long enough it could harden. It took him a couple days but he learned how to change the solidity of his mochi just to add a little more power. It was no where near the level he wanted but it was a start.
Now it was time to show everyone who he was. He entered the prestigious school and saw everyone in their school's respective PE uniforms as they'd been instructed to wear. He looked around to see if there was anyone he knew around but no luck. He knew that Bakugo would be here but had no desire to sit next to him.
He shrugged and continued on his way. He looked around and noticed everyone walking in a single direction. Since he didn't know where everything was he figured he'd follow them. Five minutes into his walk he noticed a brown haired short girl just a few inches shorter than him walking before she suddenly seemed to lose her balance.
He watched in mild amusement as she flailed her arms around in an attempt to keep herself outright. In the end she lost the battle and began her decent. Or at least she would have, as soon as Izuku saw her falling his arm extended without thinking. His hand increased in size and wrapped around her before putting her back upright.
"At least Bakugo wasn't here to see that" he thought to himself as he walked over to her.
"Hey are you ok?" He asked.
"Yeah" She nodded "Was that you who helped me?" She asked.
"Yeah I saw you falling and just gave you a hand." He told her.
"Thanks" She told him with a big smile "Was that your quirk? What was it? It felt like some sort of paste." She asked in rapid succession.
The green haired young man nodded. "Yup that was my quirk. Mochi." He looked around to make sure no one was paying any attention to them before willing his arm to turn white and stretch. Retracting it he looked back up at the girl who now sported stars in her eyes and a watery mouth.
"You alright there?" He asked snapping his fingers in front of her face. The girl snapped out of her trance and blushed in embarrassment.
"Sorry it's just that mochi is my favorite food. You're so lucky to have that as a quirk. My name is Uraraka Ochako by the way." she said bowing at the end.
Izuku sweat dropped but responded. "Midoriya Izuku nice to meet you. What's your quirk if you don't mind me asking."
Her face lost its red hue. "Zero gravity. I remove the effects of gravity of anything I touch with the pads of my fingers. But if I use it for too long I end up getting sick." she explained. He nodded and instinctively began thinking of all of the possibilities of a quirk like that. No matter how much he tried to get rid of that habit it just wouldn't go away.
He was broken from his thoughts when she spoke again. "Well I'm sorry but I have to go meet up with a friend she's probably waiting for me. It was nice meeting you Midoriya-kun hopefully we both make it in." She told him before running off.
"Uraraka." He called out making her turn around. She had a curious look on her face that quickly changed to happiness when made a small cake slice out of mochi and threw it softly at her. She caught it, stars once again in her eyes.
"Thank you!" She yelled as she took a bite and took off. He shook his head in amusement before continuing on at his own pace. Eventually he made it to one of the receptionists who handed him a form indicating what field he'd be in. Apparently everyone had been separated into one of four different fields. They were told to head to the auditorium for a brief overview of the exam before the actual thing.
The test was relatively straight forward. There was four different robot types they could encounter each worth a different amount. Either one, two, three, or zero points. The more robots you destroyed the more points you'd accumulate. Simple.
Sometime during the explanation a student with glasses and overly stiff hand motions had spoken out about a mistake on their paper regarding the zero pointer. Present Mic, who was the administrator of this portion of the exam explained about the zero pointer.
"That doesn't make sense" He thought to himself. "Why make something that big if it isn't worth any points? It's either a trap or there's some deeper meaning behind it". Ten minutes later the presentation was finished and everyone was escorted to their respective gates for the exam to begin. Izuku stood in front of the gate with the rest of the participants, bouncing on the balls of his feet getting ready. "Here we go." He said softly to himself as he closed his eyes. He saw the red silhouette of the gate open but the people stayed in place. Sure enough the gate opened.
"Go!" Present Mic yelled. The moment the gate was opened enough for him to squeeze through he moved. Izuku ran through the small opening and jumped. His entire being turned into mochi which he used to move faster as opposed to running. He'd seen Katakuri use the same technique to stop Luffy from showing his mom a broken picture. Materializing his head at the front he willed the mochi to move faster.
Back with the group at the starting line most of the contestants were looking confused as this wasn't the usual one two three go that they were accustomed to. Everyone looked up to see Present Mic grinning madly. "What? There are no countdowns during a villain attack. Go go go!" He yelled making hand motions to everyone. Finally everyone seemed to realize that they were behind and ran in.
Far up ahead Izuku had already managed to destroy eight of the three point robots. Grabbing onto the top of a building he let his mochi propel him into the air, right above a one pointer. Letting gravity do its job he increased the size of his hand and turned it into a morning star. Making sure to change its solidity he swung his arm down and smiled when the robot broke into pieces.
He frowned as he saw many of the pieces flying in the direction of some of the students who had managed to finally make it. Most of them were distracted by looking for robots that they didn't notice things around them. Using his other arm he extended it before it branched out into three arms, each grabbing a participant and moving them out of the way of the shrapnel.
Letting them go once they were safe he climbed to the top of a building looking for more targets. It didn't take long to find a group of three pointers in the distance.
"That's easy points but they're too far for me to run to. By the time I get there they'll probably already be destroyed. I can' t risk trying to use buzz cut mochi to get there. I can't control it at the speed necessary for it to be effective." He thinks to himself.
He looked to his left and to his right. "That's it." He said out loud. He extended his arms to hold the edges of each building. Letting more mochi flow he jumped backwards off the building he was on and took a few more steps just for an extra push. Those around him watched as his arms stretched out, similar to how a slingshot looked before being fired.
"Mochi slingshot" Everyone heard as he stopped resisting and let his arms pull his body. The moment he picked up enough speed he let go of his grip on the buildings and soared through the air in the direction of the robots.
He was approaching them rapidly. Flipping his body in midair so his legs were in front he willed the mochi to manifest. "Willow Mochi." His right leg extended before braking apart into ten and hardening. Making them all attack at rapid intervals the robots broke apart in seconds due to the barrage.
"That's thirty points already." He said as he landed. Feeling the ground shake near him he turned around and saw two two pointers walking about. They were in pretty close range to him and seemed to have him in their sights. "Wait until they line up." He murmured watching the two robots come near him.
As they took more steps inching closer to him he planted his feet and cocked his right arm back. His forearm began to grow slowly before the turning a reddish orange color, getting lighter the longer he held it. Finally once the two robots were lined up he attacked. "Yaki Mochi" He punched.
Those who were around watched with different expressions on their faces as his right arm flew off of his body right up to the elbow. What was more impressive, or frightful depending on who you asked was that the fist he shot caught fire while in the air before going through both robots with ease.
Monitor room
In the dark room stood a group of well known pro heroes watching the entrance exam go down. The first is the current number one hero. He's taller than your average man with slicked back blond hair with two tufts that stick up above his head. He wears a blue tight body suit with red stripes that resemble a 'Y' at the chest. Toshinori Yagi known to the world as 'All Might'.
Sitting down next to him was a tired looking man with bags under his eyes. He wore black pants with a matching black long sleeved shirt and a grey scarf around his neck. He's the underground hero 'Eraserhead'.
Next up is a man with a black mask with golden jaw guards as well as matching golden ear guards. He wears a tan cloak that covers most of his body, the area over his torso and the high collar resemble a double breasted trench coat. He's pro hero Ectoplasm.
Next is arguably the most popular and most attractive female hero in the game. She wears a black leotard over a flesh colored body suit along with black thigh high stockings as well as black high heeled boots. To finish off the ensemble she wears a small red mask outlining her eyes as well as a handcuff on each wrist. She's the 18+ only hero Midnight.
Finally the smallest member of the group. He seems to be a combination of a large rat, a small bear, or a medium sized dog. He wears a white long sleeved shirt and red tie under a black vest. To finish his look he has black matching pants along with some brown timbs. This was the principal of U.A high. Nezu.
"There's some good talent this year." Midnight commented as she watched the participants take out robots left and right.
Ectoplasm nodded. "Right. Quite a few of them have some powerful quirks. Like this one." He said pointing to a screen. Everyone turns their attention to one of the screens. It showed the image of a sandy blond haired student using an explosion quirk to take down robots quickly.
"He's got talent that's for sure. His attitude however, will certainly be a hindrance to him in the future." Eraserhead commented. Everyone nodded with the mans observation as hearing the kid scream 'die' to one of the robots with a sadistic look on his face told it all. That and he currently had no rescue points under his belt.
"Look at this one too." Midnight spoke again pointing at another screen. This one showed the moment when Izuku used 'Yaki Mochi' to destroy the two robots coming his way.
"Hmm." Nezu said while scratching his chin. "He inflated his forearm until the pressure caused it to explode. It then moved fast enough that the friction from the air hitting the fist caused it to catch on fire. Very impressive." He commented before looking over at the tired looking man.
"Aizawa, what is his quirk?"
The man flipped through a few forms from the section the kid was in before putting it out in front of him. "Mochi."
This caused some eyebrows to be raised. "It's such a simple quirk that one would instantly write off as useless compared to some of the others we've seen" The scruffy man continued.
All Might chipped in next. "True, but the way he uses it makes you see otherwise." He looked back at the screen. "But what is he going to do now? He's missing half of his arm."
The heroes watched in both shock and amazement as the green haired boy brought his arm up to face level and created another arm out of mochi. They watched as the mochi took the shape of the arm before turning solid.
"Did…did the kid just regrow his arm?" Ectoplasm asked clearly surprised.
"It looks like the mochi replaces whatever limb he loses and then literally turns into skin and bone." Midnight commented "What the hell kind of mochi is that?" She wondered. All but one were slightly creeped out by the display.
"How interesting!" Nezu yelled in excitement. "But let's see how they react to this." He commented before pressing a button next to him. He sat back and watched the screens as four zero pointers were about to appear. One at each designated field.
Back in the arena with Izuku things were going well. He'd destroyed quite a bit more robots even while bailing out some of the less aware people.
"Sixty six points. I think that should be enough." He said to himself as he looked around. There wasn't too many robots now that they were this far into the exam. it didn't bother him though as he figured he'd done enough to secure himself a spot at U.A.
As he was going to find a nice place to sit the ground started shaking and buildings began to crumble. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at the newest 'villain' that had appeared. It towered over anything they'd seen so far and looked a lot more durable than the others.
Faster too. It moved forward and threw a punch down near him. He quickly grabbed two girls near him and used his mochi to get them out of the way. Once safe the two girls ran off along with the other examinees who realized their quirks wouldn't help them against something like this.
As the participants ran past him he noticed the short brown haired girl from earlier had half of her body stuck under some debris from the last attack the robot had shot. No one stopped to help the girl even as she tried her hardest to free herself.
He looked up and noticed the robot getting closer to her. "I'm not helpless anymore. No one will be hurt because of my lack of power anymore." He thought to himself as he ran towards the girl. He quickly wrapped the girls upper body in mochi and forcibly pulled her out. She winced as her bottom half was probably in pain but made no other sounds.
"Uhhh thanks again." She moaned out.
"Don't mention it. Can you walk?" He asked as he put her down. She shakily stood up and nodded. "Good get out of here I'll take care of this."
She looked up at the giant and then him. She was going to ask how but the look on his face stopped her. He didn't look scared, anxious, or nervous. His eyes were narrowed and his arms crossed.
"Good luck Midoriya-kun. I owe you one. I'll pay you back one day." She told him before heading in the opposite direction of him. He didn't respond as he kept his eyes on the robot. The pulled its arm back and attacked. As the punch neared it's target he acted.
The punch hit nothing but air. Izuku now stood off to the side, arms still crossed as he looked for any weak spots in the metal. Unfortunately almost every inch of it seemed to be reinforced. Moving quickly he jumped on the arm of the machine and ran up the arm towards the head. Within seconds he was at the top and pulled his arm back.
Extending the size of his arm and changing the solidity he shot the giant fist forward into the head of the machine. It managed to dent it but other than that the robot regained its balance and set its sights on him again. Not shrinking his arm he punched again, meeting the punch of the machine. The two fists were in a deadlock until the mochi began to crack when the back of the robot arm used thrusters in the back to increase it's pressure.
Izuku's fist was pushed back and he had to quickly jump out of the way or else get crushed.
"Damn this thing." He thought with a frown. If Katakuri were here he'd destroy this thing without breaking a sweat. How was he supposed to protect anyone as a hero when he couldn't beat a stupid robot. He grit his teeth in anger as the feeling of being useless once again took hold. He hadn't felt this way since eating the fruit.
He stared back at the robot with anger in his eyes. "This thing isn't going to beat me" he yelled in his mind. He gripped the two buildings to his sides and shot himself into the sky once more. On the way down he remembered the villain attack that left his mom partially paralyzed, the feeling of being weak that he never wanted to feel again.
As he came down at increasing speeds he morphed his arm into a giant morning star. "I'll never be weak again!" He yelled. Suddenly his arm changed color. Starting at the top all the way to the bottom of his morning star the mochi took on a black hue. He could feel the change instantly. His mochi was stronger now, much stronger than it had ever been.
He swung his arm down and watched in satisfaction as this time his arm completely destroyed the machine. As he landed on the ground he morphed his arm back to normal and inspected it closely. It was completely covered in Busoshoku Haki. He closed his eyes and took the time to feel what it was like.
After a minute or so he opened them and forced the haki to recede. Then once more he made a fist and smiled as the black armor reappeared. Right as he let it go again the voice of Present Mic was heard letting all examinees know the exam was over.
Now to wait for his results.
Alright so I'm going to end it there. He finally managed to unlock Armament Haki. I wanted to make it so that he couldn't just say 'Appear' and it would happen. I wanted it to happen in response to a need rather than a desire. But anyways what did you guys think? As always if you guys have any ideas or suggestions feel free to let them be known. A lot of you have already pitched a lot of great ones. You can feel free to leave them in a review or PM me.