Happy Holidays!
Despite having tempted fate, Izuku's day did not get terribly worse despite having to sit next to Bakugou. Bakugou had a combative personality most of the time, but when it came to important stuff he'd knuckle down and get to it.
The exam definitely qualified as such.
Bakugou had not acknowledged Izuku at all after arriving at his seat. They waited in rather awkward silence as the examination centre filled up. More than a few times, Izuku had almost gone to Kendou's seat which was at the start of his row.
He had not done that. It would probably only fuel Bakugou's anger if Izuku tried to avoid him. Well, if he tried avoiding him more than the usual amount, that was. He wasn't a masochist after all.
The rules of the test were explained by Cementoss and after a short geek-out, he was reprimanded by a tall boy in glasses. Thankfully, most people were too invested in the upcoming test to care all that much about that incident.
He would have gotten a lot more attention if it happened at Aldera and not the good kind of attention.
Beyond that though, the first part of the exam was uneventful. Papers were handed, pencils sharpened and circles scribbled. It was a hard test, naturally, but Izuku knew he had done well. Theory tests had always been one of his talents and that didn't change here.
After the theory test, Present Mic had begun to explain the rules of the practical test before answering various questions. Izuku had not geeked out this time. The rules were simple. Destroy different enemies scattered across an urban landscape for points.
Izuku knew he held an advantage over the average person. The Fatebreaker boosted his speed a whole lot and he'd be running at the cusp of 100%. He had no idea of how fast or strong the robots were so it was better if he just blitzed them outright.
"Oh, before I forget!" Present Mic said having apparently finished answering questions, "There's another enemy that's worth zero points. It's like an arena trap. It's not worth thinking about now and will only be a problem for some of you. Just focus on getting as many points as possible! Now go get changed!"
"A zero-pointer huh?" Bakugou said before glancing over at Izuku, "That sounds like something that's right on your level, Deku."
Okay, so Bakugou wasn't staying quiet any longer. He was probably just excited about the practical exam. Or not that nice of a person...both.
"Check the buses in the parking lot for your names! People from the same school won't be together!" Present Mic all but screamed into his mic.
Well, that was great news.
They were dismissed after that and everyone began to shuffle out the hall. Bakugou, in a fit of impatience, had simply hopped from row to row until he was near the front. By the time he walked out the hall, Izuku wasn't even out of his row.
He was about to follow when he heard a voice call out to him, "Hey Izuku! Over here!"
Kendou was waving her hands over her head. She was barely visible through the throng of people going down the stairs, but eventually, he was able to make it to her. It was a good thing too as she grabbed onto him and pulled him up the staircase.
They got to the top after a few moments of fighting against the current. Her grip had been pretty strong and Izuku had been dragged along like a leaf in the wind. He could have put up more resistance, but that was generally just more trouble than it was worth with Kendou.
It turned out the hall had multiple exits at the top, but surprisingly that wasn't where Kendou was forcing him to go. There was a long hallway adjacent to the last exit and when they turned down that way Izuku finally realised where they were going.
"Why didn't you just say they had bathrooms up here?"
"And ruin the surprise? No ways," Kendou said as she stood with her hands on her hips, "All the other bathrooms are gonna be packed. We can change quickly here and beat everyone to the buses. Now shoo!"
As he always seemed to do around Kendou, Izuku sighed heavily but ultimately obeyed. He went into the men's side and changed out of his uniform and into a green tracksuit and running shoes. These were by a fair distance some of his more comfortable clothing.
The tracksuit was pretty old, but that worked for him for today at least. He was pretty sure that this exam wasn't something you'd take in clothes you wanted to keep clean. Plus, he had his full range of motion in these clothes so it was a win-win.
He took his chakra rods out of his bag and put his uniform and stationery back inside. He was out of the bathroom not even two minutes after he had first entered. He took his phone out and saw an interesting notification, but he put it away as Kendou walked out.
"A tracksuit? Aren't you going to burn up?" She had gone for shorts and a shirt instead of a tracksuit, "That looks really hot."
"I-I'll be fine," Izuku said even as he adjusted his collar, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah, let's head—" Kendou cut herself off as she looked towards his feet, "What are those?"
He looked down before the realisation hit him. She meant the chakra rods. As far as she knew, he was still using normal escrima sticks. He'd never told her about the chakra rods.
"These are just my new escrima sticks," Izuku said as he picked them off the floor and he offered one to Kendou, "You can check it out if you want."
She took up the offer and went through a few motions with it, "Wow, this is light, like really light. Can this actually do any damage?"
Before he could stop her, Kendou swung the rod at the wall at full strength. The rod ploughed a large hole into the wall kicking up a cloud of dust and debris. To make matters worse, water began to spew into the hallway from the wall.
"Oh, crap," Kendou said as she took in the damage she had caused.
The water sprayed all over them getting their legs and shoes wet. The flow didn't seem to show any signs of stopping either which just made the situation all the worse.
"We should probably move, right?"
Izuku's look was enough of an answer.
It was a certainty that UA had an advanced system to check for failures like this so they had to leave while they still could. They all but ran out of the examination centre and then once they were far away enough, they tried to act natural.
As natural as you could look with wet pants, that was.
Thankfully, no one really paid them any attention and they breathed a little easier once they had dried out. The buses were in view and thankfully they had beaten the crowds once again.
"Can we just bury that and never tell anyone?" Kendou asked her cheeks a bit red, "That wasn't my best moment."
"That's fine by me," Izuku said and despite himself, a smile began to break out on his face, "I don't need anyone else to know to make fun of you for it."
"It was an accident!" Kendou pleaded as she held up the rod in her hand, "Is this thing like a fancy gadget or something? I'd hate to be on the end of this...you only need one for the exam, right?"
"You didn't register any weapons, so I can't help you," Izuku reminded Kendou causing her to pout, "N-Not that you need it or anything. You're strong enough to crush those robots! Believe it!"
"This is getting too easy now," Kendou said as she handed him the rod back, "Thanks for the vote of confidence, though. This being a thirty-minute test is kinda freaking me out. They always used to be just ten minutes."
"You'll be fine," Izuku reassured her, "You've kept your Quirk active longer than that and you're almost as fit as me. If I can handle it then you can too."
"Since when are you fitter than me?"
"Since I activated my Quirk," Izuku said and he enjoyed the way Kendou's eyes widened.
"Your what?!" Kendou screamed in his face as she shook him back and forth, "You ass! I thought you were Quirkless or had something lame so I was too scared to ask!"
Izuku could have sworn she was trying to give him whiplash. He ignored that, though, for the more important tidbit.
"You were scared?"
That didn't sound like Kendou at all.
"Yes," Kendou said as she shoved him back, "It's rude to ask about Quirks unprompted. I've been wondering when you were gonna tell me."
This was just like with his mother, wasn't it?
"I should have told you sooner," Izuku conceded drawing a nod from Kendou, "It's just like a power-up Quirk. I can use the energy to boost stuff like my speed, strength and jumping."
"An energy? Where does it come from? Does it affect your body? What do you call it? Have you ever used it against me? What else can it do?"
The barrage of questions from Kendou left Izuku tongue-tied. He didn't want to lie to Kendou, but then again he was already lying by omission, wasn't he? Thankfully, he didn't dig his grave any deeper as Kendou seemed to sense his unease.
"That was a bit much, wasn't it?" she asked rubbing the back of her neck, "I guess you've been rubbing off on me a lot."
Was he that bad when it came to Quirks? No, he was probably, no, he was way worse. Kendou's curiosity was nothing compared to how he'd react if the roles were reversed.
He'd probably be scribbling a ton of stuff in his notebook too.
"Maybe just a little," Izuku said as he smiled a little, "Let's just try to find our buses. Maybe if we're lucky, we'll be in the same zone."
"Why? Do you need someone to hold your hand?"
And she was back.
There were nine buses and thankfully there wasn't much of a crowd. They went through the lists taped to the buses before finally coming across the first of their names.
"Itsuka Kendou, zone number 5," Kendou said before continuing down the list, "It's just me. Sorry Izuku, but you're on your own for this one."
A vaguely familiar boy with strange purple hair joined them as he began to look for his name. The boy was rather short and so it was a bit comical to see him strain to read the list. Kendou smirked at him causing his own lips to quiver slightly.
Kendou must have been rubbing off on him. He would have never found the boy's plight even slightly funny before he had met her. Now, he felt like he was on the verge of bursting into laughter.
"Well, uh, it's probably for the best," Izuku said as he stepped aside to give the other boy a better view of the list. Plus, it meant Izuku wouldn't struggle as much to suppress his laughter.
"You got quite a few people mad at us at the gate. They would go berserk if they saw us together." Izuku said to Kendou as he finally got back in control of himself, "They seemed really mad. At both of us."
This was despite the fact that Kendou had done all the talking and he'd just been an innocent bystander. How was that even fair?
"If those guys can't handle some competitive banter then they're weaker than I thought," Kendou said as she stood at the entry to the bus.
Thankfully, none of them were around.
She eyed the chakra rods in his hands and smiled sweetly, "Are you sure you can't give me your rod? That thing is awesome! I doubt anyone here would care."
The short boy between them let out a cough startling Izuku. He looked down at the boy to see him wiping saliva away from his mouth.
Weird.
Who came to an exam while they were sick?
"I think you had enough fun with it back at the bathroom," Izuku said and this time he managed to ignore the coughing fit that the other boy was having, "You've done enough damage for the day."
"Fine," Kendou groaned out half-seriously, "I'll take that bad boy for a spin after the exam and maybe for the next few days so don't lose it! I still can't believe you were hiding something so cool from me!"
The crowds were coming in and so Izuku and Kendou said their last goodbyes and well wishes. Once Kendou was inside the bus, Izuku was about to walk off when he felt a hand wrap itself around her wrist.
He turned back to see the boy from earlier. His cheeks were red and his eyes seemed rather bloodshot. What was someone so sick doing at UA's exams? He was in no shape to compete.
"Uh, can I help you?"
"How long have you known that ba—, uh, girl?" the boy said and it took a few seconds before the penny dropped in Izuku's mind.
Did he mean Kendou?
"Kendou? Just a few months," Izuku said betraying nothing even as he felt just a touch uncomfortable, "She's my sparring partner, but we've gotten really close after she gave me her number."
"She gave you her number?." the boy's tone and facial expression only increased Izuku's discomfort, "What about the 'rod' thing? Tell me all about that..."
Izuku wasn't really hurt by the number thing. He had freaked out at the time too. The chakra rod thing though...why did Kendou bring that up? He had to keep things vague or else they'd probably get a pretty big property damage fine.
"She was just messing around with it and things ended up getting a bit messy," Izuku gestured to the drying wet marks on his pants with his chakra rod, "We kinda had to bail before we got caught in the examination hall."
"I'm in the presence of a legend!" the boy breathed out as he took Izuku's hand in both of his, "Your name's Izuku, right? That's what she called you."
Izuku really wanted to get to his bus before the crowds arrived, but he was just too polite to walk off mid-conversation. So, he decided to just wrap this odd chat up as quickly (and politely) as he could.
"Yes, but most people call me Midoriya."
Well, technically, most people called him Deku, but he didn't need to tell this guy that. It would add an unnecessary facet to what was already an uncomfortable conversation.
"Of course! Only your girl gets to call you that. Idiot!" the boy said slapping his forehead, "My name is Mineta. I hope we both get into UA so I can learn from a master like you! You're my hero!"
His girl?
"Thank you?" Izuku wasn't sure what the other boy meant by it, but he was pretty sure he didn't want to know, "Uh, Mineta. I need to go now. I still haven't found my bus."
"Oh, yeah!" Mineta said as he stepped away from Izuku, "You go on ahead! I'll make sure no one messes with your girl!"
That was nice of him...right?
Before he could respond, though, Mineta had bowed deeply and then he went inside Kendou's bus. Probably to sit right next to her too.
He felt like texting Kendou a warning about how odd the boy, but then he remembered the number of people Kendou had pissed off at the gate.
It was time to find his seat.
Kendou could deal with that headache on her own.
As it turned out, Izuku was the first to get to his bus. It was the one at the very end and to his dismay, he noticed that it was larger than the other buses by quite a bit.
There was the chance that this was down to luck, but Izuku knew better than that. He'd checked the list to make sure too. Whereas every other bus could only take up to 20 people, his bus had enough room for 40 people.
What the hell had he done to deserve this?
"It doesn't matter that you'll have double the competition of everyone else," Izuku said to himself as he sat down about halfway down the line, "Just focus on beating as many enemies as you can."
He'd have to run the Fatebreaker very close to its limit. He would basically be sprinting from place to place for about 30 minutes. The chakra vitalisation really cut down on his lactic acid production so he'd probably be fine, but the longest he had ever kept it active for was 15 minutes. And that was on the lower levels.
It wasn't a matter of if he could do it, Izuku was dead certain that his control was good enough for that. He was more concerned about the ramifications. Could his muscles take that long of a sustained punishment? It could even be like on the Rooftop Garden against Sludge.
His vision had whited out randomly when Sludge had tried to kill Bakugou. Nothing like that had ever happened to him before. The only comparable thing to it was when he had saved Sumire as Kage.
He had just manifested the chakra rods out of nowhere. Was there something he was missing?
Out of a blend of boredom and a niggling worry, Izuku went to Sumire's website once more. Kage's section was easy to find and he located the video of the oldest post on the website.
The fight went exactly the same as he remembered it, but he paused at the part where Sumire was being held, hostage. The chakra coming off him was purple and Izuku knew his chakra was always blue.
It definitely meant something, but Izuku wasn't sure what.
Hiruzen's scroll was a goldmine of information about the usages of chakra, but he had seen no mention of chakra changing colour or random abilities manifesting. The closest he could think of were vague references to something called bloodline limits.
Thinking of the scroll brought up an important question. One he had been pondering for months on end.
How had a city of super-soldiers just died out? A lot of sections in Konoha had been inaccessible to both him and the archaeologists, but the shocking thing was that were no corpses at all. There were clothes in Konoha that had survived all this time for crying out loud.
The entire place might have just been abandoned, but that didn't sit right with him. Samsara Resort had been revamped from nothing and as far as the island's residents were concerned it had always been abandoned.
The island had bountiful resorts and some of the best weather in the entire world. Who or what could chase away an entire civilisation armed with chakra?
And Konoha citizens being chased away was the tame option. After all, chakra was hereditary and Izuku was pretty damn sure he was the only on Earth to have chakra. If no had chakra, it had either been bred out by more dominant genes or it had never been passed down by the last generation.
He was drawn from his thoughts as a student walked into the bus. Izuku actually recognised him. It was the boy with the glasses who had stopped his geek-out over Cementoss.
Izuku expected the boy to have some antagonistic comment ready or something, but instead, the boy nodded at him before taking a seat at the very front.
"Good day."
Maybe he should stop expecting the worst from people?
The bus filled up quite quickly after that. Since they were all pretty much strangers, everyone sat in their own row, but that inevitably became impossible as more people arrived.
There was some chatter as people began to make small talk with the people near them. Izuku decided to keep to himself as he tried to think of a game plan.
He could probably scour the city clean if he ran the Fatebreaker at full power. He doubted there was anyone here who could keep up with him at that speed and even if there was they were probably in the severe minority.
The bus was mostly full now with a few empty seats remaining. Izuku had two empty seats beside him. Apparently, no one had wanted to sit next to him. On one hand, he was grateful for the extra space.
On the other hand, what the hell?
As if his thoughts tempted fate, another person walked into the bus. A girl. A familiar girl. A very familiar girl whose very, very expensive bag he had ruined earlier. The same bag she was clutching in her arms.
"Anywhere but here," Izuku muttered under his breath hoping against hope that she'd choose one of the other seats.
She had garnered a lot of attention by simply standing at the front of the bus. Whispers and murmurs rose up as people took in the girl standing at the front.
"That's the girl I was talking about! She finished her test in like fifteen minutes tops! Either she's super smart or just really dumb."
"That bag is one of Uwabami's. Who brings something like that to an exam?"
"I told you I read the list correctly! You can just tell she's one of them."
"Hey, sweetie! You can sit right here."
"What the hell is she wearing?"
Izuku wasn't sure if the people It was probably a mix of brashness and trying to get into the girl's head. She did seem very assured of herself and confident even dressed in short shorts and a sports bra.
Izuku had swum with a shirt on until he was nine.
Inevitably, though, her eyes settled on the empty seats next to him before they panned to meet his gaze. Izuku froze in his place as she nodded to herself before walking down the passage between the seats.
Surely, that had been a coincidence. Yeah, that was it. There was probably an empty seat somewhere behind him and she was going—
"Pardon me. Are any of these seats taken?"
—sit somewhere else.
"N-No, none of these seats are b-broken," his gaze landed on the tattered and expensive bag, "I mean taken! You can sit down!"
Either out of pity or politeness, he wasn't sure which, she didn't mention his slip up. She sat down on the aisle seat leaving one open seat between them.
Izuku's bags and rods were in-between his legs on the floor and so the girl took the chance to put her bag in the middle seat. She then took a book out of her bag and opened up somewhere in the middle of it.
If Izuku hadn't ruined her bag then maybe this situation would have been fine. As it was, Izuku was tensed up as he waited for the girl to recognise him from before.
Surely, she would have picked another seat if she did remember him?
"Hey, guys!" said a cheery voice and he blinked as he saw a brunette girl standing before them, "Is that seat taken? I really hope not! The crowds were insane and I really need to sit down!"
Izuku looked at the aforementioned seat and the tattered bag atop it, "Uh..."
"Of course," the other girl said as she put away her book and then took her bag, "There you go."
The girl squeezed her way in and shrugged her bag off before sitting down. She was one of the very last to arrive and a few seconds after she had sat down the bus driver came aboard and started the bus up.
"How was the theory exam for you guys?" the bubbly girl said once she was comfortable, "It was kinda tricky for me, but I think I did alright!"
Wait, she was talking to them?
"It was no less than I expected," the tall girl said and Izuku noticed she sat perfectly straight in her seat, "I finished after twenty minutes. I could have done it faster, but I had to triple-check all my answers."
Did she take twenty minutes for a ninety-minute test? And she triple-checked her test? That was amazing.
"Wow! You must be like a genius or something! Did you even need to study for this thing?"
The two girls sitting next to him delved into a deeper question. If it were any other day, Izuku would be freaking out that two girls were sitting next to him. As it was, he was just trying to sink into his chair and disappear from the taller's girl sight.
How noticeable would a Transformation be? Maybe if he rolled the windows down then the smoke—
"Are you okay?" Izuku was drawn from his thoughts as a hand snapped in front of his face. He traced to see the concerned face of the shorter girl.
"U-Uhm, yeah I'm okay," Izuku's words stumbled out his mouth, "I w-was just strategizing for the Practical. I'm kinda nervous."
Honestly, he was more nervous about the taller girl blowing her fuse, but that detail wasn't necessary.
"If you say so," the girl smiled back at him, "I get like that too sometimes! I can teach you a few breathing exercises if you like? My mom taught them to me a while back."
This girl was nice...like really nice. It was about time he met someone normal! When Kendou was the most normal person you dealt with then there was a serious problem.
"I-I'm fine, but thank you for offering!"
The girl in the middle seat then spent most of her time actually doing said breathing exercises or asking her passengers questions about how their day had been. Nothing too intrusive and by the time they arrived at the testing centre, it felt like barely any time had passed.
"We're here!" she said as she rose to her feet and they had to wait until it was their row's turn to disembark.
They'd only need a few supplies so Izuku took his rods and left his bag. He didn't have time to see what the other had taken as the bus driver signalled them to move. They got off the bus and Izuku was about to walk off when he felt a hand wrap around him.
"Wait!"
Even as his face burnt up, he was able to realise that she was only using four fingers instead of five to grab onto them. It was a common gesture done by those with contact Quirks and he wondered what her Quirk was.
For a second, he was worried it was something that could turn him to a pile of goo with one slip, but that would be deeply at odds with the girl's saccharine personality.
"I totally forgot!" she said as she let go, "What are your names? I'm Ochaco Uraraka and you guys?"
"How rude of me," the taller girl said with her brows furrowed, "My name is Momo."
The lack of a last name caused a bit of an awkward silence as both Izuku and Uraraka waited to hear more. Or maybe it was just him that was feeling awkward from Momo's blank stare.
"Nice to meet you, Momo," Uraraka said once it became clear that Momo was done speaking, "You still have your bag...and it's ripped. What happened?"
"An unfortunate incident," Momo said while giving him a rather unsettling look, "This is not ideal, but I will adapt."
She was using the bag in the exam? As if he didn't feel bad enough already. This was just rubbing salt in the wound.
"What about you?"
"R-Right. Sorry," Izuku felt his cheeks heat up as he was brought back to living. My name is Izuku. Izuku Midoriya."
He heard a gasp and he turned to Momo whose face was twisted in confusion, "I beg your pardon?"
"Do you know him?"
"I am not sure—"
Uraraka's question was left unanswered as Present Mic's voice sounded from the PA system.
"The Practical Exam begins now! Go! Go! Go! Gooooooooooooooo!"
Everyone around Izuku, including Uraraka and Momo, took off towards the testing centre. Izuku took a moment to activate the Fatebreaker at near full power before picking up his chakra rods.
He blew past the crowd of fellow competitors and he gave a glance to the bespectacled boy from before rushing past him too. He heard the whirring of machines nearby and he turned the corner to see three two-pointers.
He tightened his grip on his rods before springing towards them. They were very large, but they moved rather slowly. He dodged the attack of the one closest to him before lashing out with his chakra rod.
The rod cut through the robot with ease and it fell to the ground in a heap. Izuku leapt towards the second and he landed on top of it. He raised both rods before bringing them down in a downward strike.
The robot was crushed in an instant and Izuku was about to leap towards the third one when he saw the boy with the glasses come round the corner. The boy slowed to a stop as he took in the two destroyed robots
He looked at Izuku with wide eyes before turning to the third robot. He tensed up and Izuku could hear the metallic clashing coming from what looked like spoilers on the boy's feet.
Izuku arched his arm and threw the rod at the two-pointer just as the boy kicked off. The rod, to his relief, flew straight and true and punched through the robot with barely any resistance.
The boy skidded to a stop as he took in the state of his former target. He fixed Izuku with a look before running off. Izuku scrambled to get his rods and he sped off at full speed.
Tendrils of chakra punctuated his every step as he sprinted past other competitors who were jockeying for positions and robots. There was still a whole city to explore and Izuku knew he was fast enough to beat everyone to most places.
He stopped in front of a fake bank and it was almost as if the universe had smiled upon him in that very moment. A cluster of all three robots was moving around the street before they turned to face him.
"3...5...11...17...19 points."
That was really good. 19 points would be—
"Magnifique!" A voice said before a beam destroyed one of the robots, "Merci beaucoup, monsieur. You are a great decoy!"
Okay, so it was 16 points now.
Still good.
"Au revoir, mon ami!"
Was that French? And did that guy just fly away with a belly button laser?
When Toshinori had volunteered to help Present Mic, Nezu and Power Loader plan the practical exam, he had almost felt guilty at how eagerly they listened to his suggestions.
Almost.
The robots were supposed to be easy to deal with which appeared to be the case for the most part. The one-pointers were all speed and not much offence. They were programmed to corral students away from more valuable points.
They were the most common and the easiest to disable with their switches being rather accessible. However, they were a trap. Even if a student destroyed 30 of them, they'd be unlikely to make the top 50.
The two-pointers were almost the opposite. They were very slow but were a pain to destroy for the average competitor. It would take multiple blows to bust through one without enhanced strength and going for the disable button was difficult unless your Quirk was geared towards it.
"That invisible girl is making this a lot harder than it has to be," said Midnight as she tallied up the score, "Fair warning Aizawa, her score will be a pain the ass to recount and not the good kind either. You can barely see her through the crowds! Let alone hitting the disable switches!"
The two-pointers had, as predicted, proven to be the most popular. Most people didn't move especially hard so once they were tired out by fruitlessly chasing after the one-pointers, they would almost always go for the static two-pointers.
A lot of people did this which meant a lot of people were going around stealing kills or attacking other competitors. An entire street had been bathed in these odd purple balls by a short boy. The contraptions trapped every competitor (and robot) that ventured down there which made them easy to pick off.
That was only one example of ingenious applications of Quirks that were not necessarily made for combat. That being said, the examinees who did have combat-oriented Quirks were definitely the highlights.
The three-pointers were meant to be fast, strong and resilient, but they crumbled in the face of the best examinees' attacks. Toshinori had been assigned a specific zone and he was allowed to pick who he wanted in there based on their Quirks.
He had deliberately picked a competitive field and he had deliberately picked twice as many as necessary. He had to bribe a teacher with an autograph, but in the end, Nezu had approved the list.
The list which included Izuku Midoriya.
Toshinori was reminded of himself a little bit as he watched the boy blitz through robots with shocking speed and strength. He was faster than even the kid with a superspeed mutation and those rods seemed impervious to damage.
The boy had built a considerable lead in his zone that only three other students were remotely close to him. The gravity controller, the speedster and the... conjurer or creator...he wasn't sure which it was.
Of course, with the test being as long as it was, the students began to slow down. The timer signified there being two minutes left and it was then that Nezu presented him the remote which signified the end of the exam. He turned towards Toshinori with an oddly terrifying smile.
"Would you like to do the honours?" the odd animal asked him and he nodded, "Splendid. Hizashi, get the announcement ready and don't forget All Might's addendum!"
None of the other teachers had seemed all too bothered by his proposed alteration. Whether it was out of fear or respect or something else, no one had objected to it at all.
Toshinori took the remote and without hesitation pressed the button. The ground and buildings began to shake in all of the testing zones, but he only had his eye on one zone in particular.
With enough pressure, he'd crack Izuku's walls and that began right here right now.
Izuku wiped the sweat from his eye as he dodged the rapid attacks of a three-pointer. His chakra system pulsed underneath his skin as he kept the Fatebreaker active at 100%. His body was screaming at him having been pushed past its limits.
He dodged a swipe from the three-pointer, but its arm clipped his rods. They were sent sailing through the air somewhere, but Izuku paid that no heed.
He used Surface Sticking (which he should have still been using on his rods) to cling to the robot. He raised his arms in a hammer blow before bringing them down. There was a screech of metal as his fists crunched up the metal below him.
Electric shocks bit at him as hands got tangled up in the wiring of the machine. This made the robot go berserk as it sped off towards a wall and he leapt off as it went kamikaze on a nearby building.
It exploded in a shower of metal and Izuku breathed heavily as he took some time to cool off. If that three-pointer counted for him then that meant he was now on 117 points.
For about thirty minutes, Izuku had been pushing his muscles to the limit. He could still keep going, but this was the longest time he'd use the Fatebreaker for.
It was great, but there was still a lot to work. It was inefficient since it served as a constant drain on his chakra and even at 100% the effects were not to his liking. Plus, he doubted he could keep it active while using jutsu.
He didn't know any yet, but in the long run, they would be more useful to him than a considerable, but inefficient physical boost. There was a lot to be done to improve it as well as his body.
Izuku was reasonably sure, he was at the top of the hill. He had the luxury of being able to stay ahead of the crowds and so he could beat a lot of robots before someone caught up to him.
He had caught glimpses of the other competitors. Uraraka had destroyed like ten three-pointers in one go and Momo had somehow procured a strange gun with a flared muzzle.
It seemed to be able to discharge anything and he had decided to go somewhere else when she had shot a chain that had cut through 20 points worth of robots in one go. The final standout was the boy with the speed Quirk.
Much like Izuku, he just blitzed robots and then left. He was slower than Izuku, from what he'd seen, but the tradeoff was a much more efficient Quirk. He barely looked out of breath whenever Izuku had found him.
Izuku, in contrast, had begun to feel the burn about ten minutes ago.
"I can still get to 125," Izuku said as he moved towards his chakra rods, "That should be more than enough to—"
Izuku's words died on his lips as the ground began to tremble. He tracked the source to the city centre which was a short distance away from him.
Dust was rising to the sky and buildings began to crack and crumble as the dust cloud rose to the sky. Izuku caught a flash of metallic green before harsh red lights emanated from within the swirling dust.
Eventually, the dust cleared revealing a titanic robot with red lights flashing all over it was revealed. Its hands were big enough to grasp onto buildings like they were walking sticks. It was as wide as the main street and Izuku felt a sense of foreboding as it began to move forward at a deceptively quick speed.
"Attention examinees! This is your arena trap! Think of it as a follow-up exam with a new time limit! If it reaches the edge of the city before every single one of you vacate the area then all of you get a 100% deduction! However, there are bonus points up for grabs so the best way to mitigate that deduction is to run, run, run!"
Izuku felt like fainting as he heard the rules. His zone had twice the amount of people as the others. There was no chance all of them would make it on time. The gates were too far away.
Present Mic seemed to read his mind as he went on.
"Oh, by the way, it should take these things seven minutes to get there! The majority of you are also at least seven minutes away at normal speed from the exit so things are gonna be a bit close...Good luck!"
And somehow it got worse.
Izuku picked up his rods before he sped off towards the main road. He ignored the burning across his body as he sped through the faux city's streets. He slowed to a stop in the main street and he was greeted by pandemonium.
"Out of my way!"
"Move!"
"If you don't get out the way right now—"
"Bring it on, Taserface! I'll beat you to a pulp for those points!"
What the hell were these guys thinking?
"It seems like your change is a success," Nezu said to All Might, "The examinees are turning against each other for an unknown amount of bonus points. They're putting their selves before those of others."
"It's a near-impossible situation for them," Aizawa said as he looked across the feeds, "The majority of them do not have nearly enough points to pass nor can they reach the gate on their own."
"So they'll need those in an advantageous position to help them escape," Toshinori said continuing from Aizawa's thought, "There are some examinees in there who were going to pass this exam regardless. This added test should be an obstacle for those of strong body, but lacking a strong mind."
Most of them were not aware, but the examinees were all on the same team now. The rescue points up for grabs would help those who weren't necessarily the strongest, but were the most altruistic. A key component of being a hero.
Toshinori had scoped Izuku's current situation. He had the most to lose of them all, but he could also beat everyone to the gate comfortably. It would be illuminating to see what the boy would do.
No matter what he did, though, Toshinori would keep an eye on him. There was no doubt Izuku was smart to see what the actual test was.
No matter how he looked at it, Izuku's power seemed to be a facsimile of One for All. If one took in the strangeness around Izuku's Quirk (or Quirks) it seemed a touch too convenient. Could it be a mere coincidence or was it by design?
The evacuation of his sector was going poorly. There was a serious bottleneck as everyone tried to go down the main road which was the fastest route by far. Any detours would massively slow them down.
Izuku knew that the people only had just over a seven to cross what was a ten-minute gap. Izuku and a few others could get there on time, but not all of them would and that the issue.
The deduction was a steep one and he doubted the bonus points were enough to get any of them into UA.
Izuku activated Fatebreaker and he bobbed and weaved through the slow-moving traffic. He had to shove his way past quite a few people, but eventually, he made it to the very front.
He sped past those that were at the very front and he spread his arms in front of the crowd to push them back. It worked as soon the crowd caught up with them once more.
"S-Stay back. I've got a plan."
"Get out of the way!"
Izuku tried to plead again, but he got shoved back by an overzealous boy. Clearly, words weren't enough here. Izuku raised a fist that was practically glowing with chakra before punching the ground.
There was a loud burst of air as tremors spread all around him. The road was busted open from the force of the punch and some people even fell over. The crowd were cowed by the show of force and they finally stopped.
Confidence borne from desperation filled him as he called out to them, "Everybody stop!"
On reflex, he had used some chakra to coat his lungs and voice box which resulted in a piercing scream that silenced the crowd. Even the angry boy from earlier had lost his nerve.
"We need to work together!" Izuku shouted to the crowd his arms flailing beside him, "Not all of you are fast enough to reach the gate! Not after fighting all those robots! We need a plan to get to the gate!"
"We all need to pass!" Izuku said as his lungs heaved with exhaustion, "It's all or nothing!"
"What is your genius plan then?" shouted a voice from somewhere in the crowd but he let out a yelp as someone shoved him.
"Let him speak, you jackass!"
Izuku was buoyed by that response and he called out to the crowd, "I need Ochaco Uraraka at the front as well as the guy with the engines in his legs! Oh, and that French guy with the laser!"
The three people in question were let through to the front rather quickly. He took in their condition and he frowned as he saw the state they were in. Sweaty skin, red cheeks and heavy breathing. They were close to collapsing.
They also seemed confused which was understandable given the circumstances.
"I've got a plan to get us all out of here and I'll need your guys' help," Izuku said to the three in front of him but loud enough for the crowd to hear, "If we run then there is no chance any of us make it or pass the exam. This way we all have a better chance. I just need everyone to listen to what I have to say."
"Everyone not over here please form four lines. Try to make them about the same size," Izuku said to the crowd and they did so with haste, "You guys won't have too much to do. So please be patient."
Four groups with nine people each, ten if you included the four at the front. This would have been a lot easier with twenty people. Why was their Sector the full one?
"Uraraka how many people can you lighten at once?"
"I'm not sure," Uraraka said scratching her head, "I've lifted a bunch of cars at the same time before! How many people is that? It kinda made me puke though...for like three minutes. I ate a lot of cake and fruit that day and you could see it all. It went everywhere. My mom had to—"
Uraraka trailed off as she caught the looks on everyone's faces. Izuku hadn't been able to hide his grimace and neither could anyone else. The image she had painted was rather graphic, to say the least.
"That's not important! It's just a side-effect of my Quirk," Uraraka said as she cowered under their gaze, "It's not that bad."
"Can you use your Quirk after you...get sick?"
"Not for a few hours," Uraraka said smiling a bit weakly, "I can try to hold it back. I should be fine. Probably...maybe."
That didn't fill anyone with much confidence. No one wanted to fail nor did they want to see someone puke up their last three meals.
Izuku tried to think of a solution, but thankfully one came in the form of someone he wasn't expecting.
"Eat this."
Momo had left her position in the crowd and her hand glowed pink before four pills grew out of her hand. She held them out to Uraraka who took them cautiously.
Momo could create stuff from scratch? Is that where she had gotten her gun from? That was beyond amazing.
"Uh, thanks Momo. Is that one for each of us?"
"No, they are all for you," Momo said and Izuku noticed that Momo looked particularly worn-out. Her shoulders were slumped and her skin looked dry and yet it was bathed with sweat.
"This," Momo took a moment to have a breather, "This is dimenhydrinate."
Silence.
"It's an antiemetic," the boy in glasses said to Izuku's relief, "It will prevent you from...voiding your stomach. You may feel drowsy afterwards, though."
"Wow, you're clever too! What's your name?"
"Excusez-moi," said the blonde boy as he stepped in-between everyone, "I believe we are getting off-topic. I doubt we have more than six minutes to go."
"The name is Yuga Aoyama, au fait," Aoyama said before turning to the tall boy, "We know these two ladies. What is your name?"
"Tenya Iida."
"I'm Izuku Midoriya," Izuku said not for the first time that day but he then got back to the task, "With what I'm planning six minutes is plenty. Will you take those pills? You're the most important part of the plan."
"I am?" Uraraka said and in a flash, she swallowed them all down, "Let's do this!"
Uraraka was about to charge off into the crowd, but Iida held her back, "Wait. If you lighten them now then they will just float away. We need something to tether them to the ground."
Iida was right Izuku realised. Things could have gone bad if they had just gone ahead. They needed a rope or something. Where could they—oh, right.
"Momo," Izuku turned to the girl and despite her apparent exhaustion she still seemed ready to go, "Can you make us some rope? We need something strong and flexible. Do you know anything like that?"
"Of course I do," Momo said as she stared him before she wiped the sweat from her face, "I believe I can handle making enough for them. How long do you need them to be?"
"Four 25m strips with a harness kinda like a...bag at the end."
"A bag?" Momo said as she narrowed her eyes and Izuku felt his heart skip a beat, "You must mean like a backpack? Straps that go over your shoulder? I can do that."
Thank goodness. She had really scared him there.
Momo's stomach emitted a pink light before the ropes began to rush out her skin. It was really cool and Izuku felt like he had to interrogate Momo about her Quirk.
Some day.
He was pretty sure this bout of relative confidence would evaporate after the exam. Plus, she had been a bit frosty towards him this whole time. She probably (and understandably) was mad about the bag.
He'd pay her back.
Some day.
The ropes were handed out to the crowd in short order and as a pumped-up Uraraka began the lightening process Izuku felt confident that this would work.
It had to.
"Are you sure you'll be fine, Aoyama?" Izuku asked the boy and he received a shaky nod.
"You should worry about yourself, mon ami," Aoyama said as he secured the harness on his back. Behind him were nine students all floating in the air.
"My navel laser only works for a second at a time but with Uraraka's Quirk that won't be an issue," Aoyama said before he pointed to the two harnesses strapped over Izuku's body, "I worry for you more. That much drag can slow you down. Even Iida only has one group."
It was true. Izuku had worn two of the straps because despite being shorter than the other carriers, he was the more powerful runner even with Quirks in effect.
"Izuku will be fine," Uraraka said as she stifled a yawn.
She pressed her hand to Aoyama who was facing away from the gate. The boy's feet began to float off the ground much to his delight.
"We have less than two minutes. Now go!"
"Au revoir~" Aoyama's voice trailed off as he fired a blast of his laser and it sent him and his group sailing away towards the gate. Judging by their screams, Aoyama was the only one enjoying the ride.
His control was surprisingly good. He was able to adjust his laser to keep everyone close to the ground and also keep them away from slamming into surrounding buildings.
They had to stagger their departures because of the danger Aoyama's laser presented. Once there was enough of a gap, Uraraka lightened herself and she grabbed onto the rope of Iida who was a bit further away.
"Are you sure you do not need any assistance, Midoriya?" Iida said once Uraraka was holding onto the rope, "I can make the trip twice if need be. My engines might be able to hold up."
Even as he said it though, Izuku knew that Iida only had one last sprint left in the tank. It had to be up to him.
"T-Thank you, but I'll be fine," Izuku said drawing a nod from Iida.
"Remarkable. I hope to see you at the gate."
Iida then took off in a sprint. He was pumping his arms and legs to the max and the people behind him screamed as they held onto the rope. Uraraka seemed to be the one who felt it the most. Her last words causing a small panic amongst Iida's group.
"I think I'm gonna be sick!"
Izuku began to count as Iida moved away. By his estimate, there were roughly three minutes left until the robot reached the gate. Present Mic kept announcing when a sector passed and they were one of the last ones if not the last one.
Once his count got to a minute, he turned to check on those behind him. Uraraka had managed to lighten everyone except for Momo. They were already pushing it as it was with the antiemetic pills so Izuku agreed to carry her weight. Momo was all the way at back and with everyone else being weightless it shouldn't affect him too much.
"Look! It's the signal!"
A bright blue beam shot straight up in the air. It wavered after a few seconds before disappearing. Aoyama and Iida had made it to the gate which left them with two minutes to get there.
It should be enough.
The upwards beam was supposed to signify everyone being safely tethered to the ground. Izuku was impressed by Iida's speed. He had probably ended up catching Aoyama's group if not beating them there outright.
"Get ready," Izuku said to everyone behind him and he went through the handseals for the Fatebreaker once more. His chakra coils were screaming at him, but he bit down the pain before kicking off the ground.
The first few steps were the hardest. The sun was beating down on him, screams filled the ear and his very being was sore from overuse of the Fatebreaker. Plus, the drag of nineteen students was nothing to sniff at either.
He managed to power through it though as he stepped up the strength of the Fatebreaker as he went along. Once he was at 100% there was a heavy lurch behind but he fought through it with ease now that he was at maximum speed.
Finally, he reached the gates and he was relieved to finally shrug off the harnesses. Uraraka's eyes were half-closed but she was still coherent enough to release the weight of everyone and they all collapsed to the ground as one. Izuku laid on the ground for a few seconds as he waited for Present Mic to announce their pass.
It took a while for them to realise it wasn't coming.
"Where's the announcement?" asked one of the boys causing some confusion amongst the group.
There was loud chatter until Uraraka, fighting past her drowsiness, managed to garner everyone's attention with a loud shout, "Quiet! Look at the end of your rope, Izuku!"
Izuku turned and he frowned as he saw the torn end. A robot must have cut it while they were going. How had he missed that? How had everyone missed that? Was it the speed he was going at? Who was it?
"I believe the answer to your question is the chic girl with the amazing hair," Aoyama said making Izuku jump back a bit.
"Momo?" Izuku thought back to the lurch he had felt while running. Had it been then? They were moving so fast, it was likely no one else had noticed.
"How much time left?" Izuku said as he threw the harnesses off, "I'm going back."
"Just under a minute," Iida said as he pointed to the looming robot and he tried to stand but his engines let out a weak whir, "I'd help you, but—"
*WHOOSH*
Izuku sped off without waiting for Iida's answer. There was no time for niceties. Momo could have been crushed under the robot by now or worse...Izuku managed to reach 100% instantly and this time the pain in his legs was worse than anything he'd ever felt.
He soldiered on and was able to find Momo laying on the road. The robot a few seconds away from crushing her. Her left arm was bent out of shape and her right leg seemed to be facing the wrong way. Her body seemed smaller too— unnaturally so.
The only good news was that she was wearing a helmet and Izuku was sure that her quick thinking had saved her life. He scooped her up and he ran towards the gate with the robot just about ten seconds behind.
She appeared to conscious and she tried to speak but her words were muffled by her visor and the wind. When they were about one hundred metres away from the gate, Izuku noticed a large number of people standing at the other contestants must have made their way over to watch.
It was then that Izuku tripped.
He used chakra to keep ahold of Momo and he protected her body as best he could. They rolled and tumbled and fell before finally, Izuku's back hit the ground.
They had at best thirty seconds left before the robot reached the gate and Izuku tried to stand, but a white-hot pain shot up his foot.
"Your ankle is broken," Momo said as she put her helmet's visor up, "It's over. We failed."
They were too banged up to close the distance and no one in their group could reach them before the robot did. His ankle was broken, Momo's knee looked downright awful and Iida had jammed his engines.
Tears leaked from his eyes as the whirring of the robot and the screeching of the crowd became overbearing. He was desperate. He'd use the Shunshin, but moving at those speeds with a broken ankle would end terribly.
A year of training and studying and fighting and pushing and working all gone because of one stupid trip.
There was no way.
Izuku felt his chakra begin to respond to his emotional state. He tried to rein the energy in, but it was futile. The energy spread across his body and leaked out into the surroundings.
"Midoriya, your ankle is— how?"
Momo's voice made him opened his eyes. He opened his eyes and he realised that he was standing. The pain that had been present for more than half the exam was now gone as pink chakra flowed off of him.
The chakra felt soothing like a spring's day and yet it had a powerful fierceness behind it. Had his chakra always felt like this? Definitely not. A warm feeling enveloped him from behind and it was that sensation that triggered a switch in his mind.
He set off in a sprint towards the robot. The world blurred around him as he focused on the behemoth before him. He crouched down before an obscene amount of chakra was gathered in his legs.
He jumped.
The chakra was released with a strong pulse and the road beneath him buckled sending shards up into the air. His body was bathed in shadows as he flew through the air towards the robot. The red of its eyes gave Izuku a target to focus on.
The robot swung a massive fist towards him, but he spun out of the way with ease. He ran up the arm of the robot before kicking off towards its face. He had used so much force that the robot's arm had been torn right off and it fell to the ground with a crash.
As Izuku flew through the air, he pulled his sleeve back as chakra built into his fist.
He felt a drain on his reserves as a copious amount of chakra was channelled into his hand as it closed into a fist. His fingers were all, but shaking as he kept a storm perfectly contained in his hand.
He reared his arm back as he burst out into the sunlight. Somehow, Izuku knew he was going to do something epic. Everyone was watching him. He could feel their eyes on him.
A desperate screech left his mouth as he zeroed in on the zero-pointer.
He needed a name for this. A good one. Something powerful, something strong, something inspiring something that encapsulated the power in his hand and the danger that the robot was in.
Something like—
"Cherry Blossom Impact!"
Izuku barely had time to process the rubbish that had just escaped his mouth as his arm was thrown forward in a punch. His fist smashed into the robot and right at the moment of impact, the dense mass of chakra in his hand was released.
It was like a bomb had gone off.
The face of the robot shattered underneath the force of Izuku's punch before it fell back to the ground. Explosions riddled the robot as it fell to the ground. It kicked up a massive amount of dust and it was then that Izuku remembered something crucial.
Gravity.
Examiners Room ~ A few moments earlier
"That was a nasty fall," Midnight said as they took in Izuku's tumble as he carried the injured girl, "That girl looks familiar...Do I know her?"
"You should brush up on your knowledge," Power Loader said, "It doesn't matter. They're done."
"Only because the robot had punched the girl and not simply taken her out the air," Cementoss said as they watched Izuku struggle to his feet, "Let this go on."
Toshinori had been impressed by Izuku's plan. It was a bit off-the-wall but it had paid off. The robot hitting the girl out the air was beyond what he had asked for. Thankfully, she had conjured a helmet to protect herself.
The alternative was horrible to think about.
He agreed with Power Loader, though. Izuku's body was beaten up. The boy didn't know it, but Toshinori could see it straight away. He had torn the ligaments in his knees and arms. It was a miracle that he could keep moving. That Quirk of his must have overtaxed Izuku's body.
It was different from the unmastered version of One for All. There were no broken bones or anything, but the effect was still the same. The boy and girl were done. They were too far for anyone to rescue them.
As if the boy lived to defy Toshinori's expectations, a pink light shone from his body. His body was healed rapidly and Izuku took off towards the robot. The teachers murmured but Toshinori could barely hear them over the beating of his heart.
He watched in equal parts horror and shock and amazement as the boy wrenched the robot's arm off with a kick. He was like a pink meteor as he sailed towards the robot. There was no sound transmitted, but Toshinori could swear he felt the Earth shake as Izuku's punch hit.
The robot stood no chance.
As Izuku disappeared into the dust cloud, Toshinori's mind was racing a mile a minute. The boy was strong and smart and he seemed to have a bit of a knack for leadership. That being said, there were too many red flags to ignore.
Between the pink healing energy, the superhuman physical feats and the conjuring of rods that seemed similar to one of the girl's Quirks, that made three Quirks in one boy. A boy who had definitely been Quirkless until a year ago. A boy who had lied to the police.
Toshinori wished he could say that Izuku's performance in the practical exam or his plan or his destruction of the robot was what stuck with him. However, he would just be lying to himself.
The way he had cowed the crowd into submission by punching the ground haunted him. Physical force was never an option against allies. There was always another way.
Toshinori had hope that Izuku was good and would stay that way, but the ghosts of his past made that hope worthless. If this was a front, preparations needed to be made.
Toshinori would soon just be Toshinori. All Might was soon to be gone and even if Izuku was on the path to evil, Toshinori doubted he could strike a child down. It went against what he stood for and what he believed in and he was also just tired.
It could not and would not be him to deal with Izuku Midoriya should such a day come to pass. He would not bear that burden.
The dust cloud surrounding Izuku dissipated to reveal the boy standing on his feet with no issue. He trudged to his fellow examinee and picked her up. It was a slow process as he dragged himself and the girl to the gate.
Examinees from all sectors were visible on camera as they watched the boy walk towards them. Izuku finally made it to the gate and once he passed the threshold, he handed the girl over to another boy.
He took a step forward and tried to raise his arm, but then he fainted. There was a mild panic amongst the crowd that evaporated as Recovery Girl appeared from between them.
"The last sector has passed the exam! All items lost in the cities will be mailed to you with your results. Your results will be mailed to you within a week!"
Tsukauchi was right to make him accept the job. Izuku only proved to be more and more confusing as time went on. He only hoped he could solve the riddle soon enough.
Before that, though, he had business to settle. He excused himself from the room before searching the internet for a number. He found it and waited for a voice to pick up. Once the tone changed, he dipped into One for All and his body grew to its full power.
"This is Sir Nighteye's agency. May I ask who I am speaking to?"
"Torch."
The woman didn't respond there was a clicking noise and then a familiar voice spoke into All Might's ear.
"Hello?"
"Mirai, it's me," All Might said into the phone, "I know we've got a lot to speak about, but that's not important. It's time."
"Time for what?" Mirai's voice was cautious but even then All Might knew it was just for show.
"You're forcing me to say it? Fine," He let some levity leak into his tone for a second before it evaporated.
"It's about One for All. Do you still have that boy on a work-study?"
"I do."
"Good. I'll be at your agency in a few minutes."
It was time to pass his will on.
French:
Au fait — By the way
Mon ami —My friend
Author Notes:
Finally done. This chapter, the UA exams and Izuku's hunt for a normal person to speak to are finally over.
Bag girl was Momo and as I'm sure you can tell she'll play a bigger part in this than in canon so if you think I hate her or something I truly don't. She's actually one of my favourites. She is impossible to hate lol.
In the same vein, due to her not being rescued by Izuku and also Izuku not being rescued by her, Uraraka will not be the girl. Still relevant and all, but she won't be the only girl getting a backstory and all that good stuff. Nothing personal, kiddos.
I don't bash characters. Fun to read, but not fun to write lmao.
I changed up the exam just a touch. Plus, it was longer than canon. Ten minutes is not enough for a good look at the candidates imo lol.
Also, it should be clear by the end scene, but yeah Izuku isn't getting One for All. It,s rather similar to stuff like the 8 Gates and Tsunade's strength and all that. This was asked a lot but yeah Izuku was never getting One for All.
Thanks to those who responded with your favourite ships. There were some surprises, but ultimately it was all very helpful.
Question until the next update, class and dorm floors configurations. I moved up the dorm thins as you already know so who do you guys want to see with who? Kendou in 1A? Bakugou in 1B? Monoma rooming with Todoroki, Bakugou and Izuku?
Much like the shipping question, this is just getting my finger on the pulse. A looksy behind the curtain of sorts.
A massive thank you to all the people subscribing, commenting etc. The response from you guys has been a much-needed ego boost lmao. I hope you guys enjoy the rest of your holidays and I'll see you in 2021.
Finally, The first OC competition is officially open. What do YOU think Izuku's hero costume should be? I have a few in mind, but if any of you have anything cooler you've got to shoot your shot. Full credit will always be given. Please do try to join the discord server if possible of putting the OC stuff in the comment section on FFN or on AO3. It makes it a lot easier to respond to you guys.
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