Mini AN: shout out to Greed720 for permitting me to use elements from his The Asura fic, I'm pretty sure it's discontinued now, and it ends right before the USJ arc, but it's worth a read, now then, onto the story.
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Chapter 2: What I am able to do
U.A. Highschool's replica city district D; 15 minutes after Present Mic's briefing
Naruto who was still wearing his school uniform, his shoes and socks off and safely in his backpack since he'd forgotten to pack a tracksuit this morning while half asleep gawked as he looked over at the duplicate city district laid out before him. It had to be at least a square mile in size, with numerous large tower blocks, narrow streets, and roads. The entire thing looked like it had just been lifted from a real city, hell it even had a few cars dotted around the streets, "what the hell 'ttebayo, it's huge!" the teen said out loud, sure U.A. High school was a very prestigious school, but this was just ridiculous.
Naruto took his eyes off the replica city, deciding to see what the other people taking the practical exam in this district looked like, partly out of curiosity, and partly to see how hard he'd need to push his quirk, he'd love to just go all out, but if he did then another incident like the one 3 years ago could happen, he shook his head to rid himself of the memory, slapping his whiskered cheeks "focus up Naruto, you've got a top score to get 'ttebayo"
Then, before he could get a good look at his competition, Present Mic's voice rang out from a tower "Okay! Everybody start!" he yelled out, receiving a massive amount of confused look's from all of the participants who were in the different district entrances, something that caused the man to laugh "Well what are you all waiting for?! There's no start timer in a real battle!"
Naruto was sure the man continued to say something after that, but he didn't pay much attention to it as he instead rushed forwards into the city, activating his quirk while doing so. He felt his body becoming energized, both his finger and toenails growing to become more like claws, the three whisker marks on his cheeks becoming more pronounced, and his canines growing more prominent, the most noticeable difference besides his now clawed appendages being that his normally cerulean blue eyes instead turned into a deep crimson while his pupils became slit, he could feel his senses becoming sharper as various different shampoo brands competed for taking up the space in his nose, the suns glare intensifying and practically blinding the blond, a cacophony of sounds ringing out all around homemade hi want to tear out his ears, and the asphalt he was currently stepping on was seemingly doing whatever it could to make his pain receptors act up, dammit he'd accidentally gone overboard whit his quirk again, the boy took a deep breath as he jumped upwards, glad to be away from the asphalt road, and began to concentrate, pulling back some of the power his quirk granted him until he was no longer being hindered by his senses, a good thing as when he opened his eyes he could see that he was head on a collision course against a one-point robot "hehe, lucky!" the blond grinned as he twisted in midair and slashed the robots head clean off whit a singular clawed swipe before landing in a crouch and scanning for his next target.
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Replica city district D; 4 minutes after the start of the exam
"Six minutes remaining!" Naruto heard Present MIc yell out even as he tore off a robot's head.
"That's 40 points," the teen said to himself as he looked around the area, there wasn't a single robot around him that hadn't been destroyed, "guess it's time to go somewhere else 'ttebayo" Naruto muttered before running towards a building and leaping onto it, his clawed nails allowing him to scale it in a matter of seconds, he was almost immediately rewarded for his efforts as whit a small scan of the nearby areas, he could already see various groups of robots, a couple of them facing off against other examinees, Naruto quickly mapped a route that would allow him to face the most robots while heading towards the biggest group in the center of the city replica, sure he'd be killing a couple of robots other students were already facing but from the looks of it they could use the help.
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Replica city district D; 6 minutes after the start of the exam
Naruto frowned as he smashed apart his 55th robot, "shit, my claws are already starting to dull 'ttebayo" the blond said while looking at his chipped finger and toenails, seems like he'd need to use a bit more power to sharpen them back up again, he took a quick look around, good, there were no people nearby, and he could hear a large group of robots up ahead, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Naruto slowly began to release more of his quirks power, he braced himself for the brief but strong flash of pain as his senses became inhumanly sharp while orange fire like whisps starting to come off of him and materializing into a cloak of orange energy that resembled the silhouette of a fox that made it so he was no longer blinded by the sun, pained by the street, deafened by various sounds, and assaulted by mixtures of smells as the cloak acted as a kind of shield, letting him gain the benefits of his enhanced senses whit none of the drawbacks, sadly, a new problem a arose "kyahahah! It's hunting time!" the blond cackled as his quiks side effects started to kick in, filling him whit inmense amounts of bloodlust and rage.
Naruto simply bit his hand, causing an astounding amount of pain to course through his body, as his sharpened canines dug into his flesh, making blood come out of the wound, the trick proved effective however as Naruto regained control over his emotional state, "I hate needing to do that 'ttebayo" he said while getting down on all fours, the wound on his hand already healing up, before dashing towards the robot group he had heard earlier like a wild animal.
Those poor robots didn't stand a chance.
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Replica city district D; 8 minutes after the start of the exam
Naruto's ear twitched as he destroyed the last of the robots whit a double hammer fist that caved in its head, "did I just feel the ground rumble 'ttebayo?" he asked no one, it then twitched again, this time he heard it more clearly, a panel in the ground was opening, maybe the examiner's were throwing one last wave f robots towards them, the boy grinned it seemed like he'd found himself some free points, and then it happened, a giant wave of sound assaulted his ears as various students began screaming and running away from the rumbling noise.
"Ahhg!" Naruto screamed in pain, covering his ears in a futile attempt to drown out the sound, then he felt small amounts of something wet hitting his palm, fuck, his eardrums were ruptured again, on the bright side, he couldn't hear all of the yelling anymore, something that would have been extremely useful as various people were currently yelling at the unaware blonde to run away, then he felt why he hadn't noticed it before as the pain he was feeling was way too distracting, but the vibrations of the ground were a lot closer than before, turning around Naruto saw a nearby tower block explode as a massive robot appeared on the street. The Zero Pointer robot stood at thirty-five meters in height, a towering mass of metal that cast all of the assembled students in shadow.
"Well, shit," was all that Naruto could manage to say, as the robot drew its arm back whit surprising speed for something so large, then it shot out a punch against the still recovering Naruto, whose eyes widened, as he quickly bent down and then jumped upwards letting the robots fist smash into the ground before the blond landed on its metallic arm, his clawed appendages letting him stay onto the titanic robot as he then damaged forwards on all fours, nearly avoiding the smack the creature had dealt to its arm on an attempt to rid itself from him "Oi! I ain't some bug you can just squash dattebayo!" Naruto yelled out as funneled some more of his quirk's power, another tail behind added to the energy cloak, as he speed forwards even faster than before, reaching the massive metallic head in just a few seconds, and slashing it to shreds at the same time that his ear drums finally healed, letting him hear as far off into the distance a giant impact resonated, seems at least one other person had destroyed this robot in a different arena.
"Just one more minute he could hear Present Mic yell out as he started to rapidly descend towards the ground.
"Shit shit shit shit!" Naruto said as the ground began approaching at a rapid pace, quickly he funneled even more power out of his quirk, a third tail becoming visible as his maniac-like grin returned in full force, bloodlust and rage quickly taking the center stage of his emotional capabilities, emotions he luckily wasn't able to act on as he impacted the ground whit a sickening thud, a small crater forming where he had landed whit thee blond boy resting unconscious inside of it.
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Naruto's apartment; one week later
Currently, the blond was lounging on the couch of his apartment, recovering from the monstrous swelling that was peppered through his body "that's the last time I ever ask Sakura-chan to score my tests" the boy groaned as he shifted around on the couch, "I need to start making dinner soon 'ttebayo" the teen said forcing himself to get up despite his current state and dragging himself to the kitchen to grab a cup of ramen, he could barely feel his arms, much less cook whit them, a familiar sound was then heard from the doorway as something was slipped in through his letterbox.
"Oh shit! That's gotta be from U.A." it also may very well have been his bills, but hey a guy could hope, whiteout a second thought the blond left the water to boil as he rushed to pick up the letter, any previous signs of fatigue vanishing in an instant when he saw the U.A. high school stamp on it, he quickly rushed toward the fairly small and rarely used dining table where he proceeded to open it up, letting a small disk drop onto the wooden piece of furniture, as well as a couple of other papers, but before Naruto could take a look at the papers a booming voice exploded from the disk alongside a hologram depicting a buff man with blond hair and a smile on his face.
"I AM HERE… as a projection!" A sudden loud and familiar voice rang out, "Yes Uzumaki Naruto-Shonen, it is I, U.A.s newest teacher, All Might!" The hologram continued speaking.
Naruto's already Hudgens smile turned positively titanic as he learned that All Might, the current #1 hero was going to be teaching at U.A.! It then diminished as he remembered how badly he'd failed the written exam.
"Well, I am sure you have been wondering how you did on your entrance exam into U.A.!?" The hologram continued, All Might's smile not wavering for a second, "Yes well I am sad to say you failed the written exam with only a 45 percent… a bit of a low score when compared to the average score of 90 percent!" All Might continued, his tone not changing for an instant.
Hearing that Naruto felt cold all over, an empty feeling washing over him as he heard how far off the average he was. It could mean that due to the grading curve he had failed the overall test too.
"But worry not, for in the practical test you not only got a full hundred percent by gaining 60 points. You went above and beyond by scoring a total of 74 points from destroying robots, with a further 26 rescue points!" All Might continued, his enthusiasm unabated. "This means you got more than enough points not only to pass your entrance exams but to get the highest score in the practical test out of all of our candidates this year!"
"What?" Naruto asked, his mind going blank as he heard that.
"Well done young Naruto, you passed!" All Might finished, his grin if possible getting bigger as he finished speaking. Before another sound, the hologram shut off leaving Naruto in stunned silence.
"I passed…" Naruto muttered, his heart beginning to beat faster even as a smile crept across his face. "Fuck yeah I did it! I got into U.A. dattebayo!" Then, once he calmed down, he slowly headed over to the small, shrine that had a picture of both of his parents, and lit a couple of incense sticks, for once properly sitting down still, "Mom, Dad, I did it, I got into the same school you guys did," he wiped away a stray tear from his face, "I swear I'll make you two proud" the blond finished whit a small smile before standing up to turn off the kettle where he had been boiling ramen, he was going to be getting Ichiraku tonight.
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U.A. high school; one day after Naruto's acceptance into the school
A select group of the Academy's staff was gathered together, all of them looking over the final scores of the examinees who had been accepted into the school. Or more specifically the final scores of the examinees who had been accepted onto the Hero Course.
There were quite a few members of staff there presently, including Nezu the school's principal. Who was exceptional in the fact that he was one of the rare few animals that developed Quirks. The principal's Quirk 'High Spec', giving the principal intelligence far surpassing that of a normal human, which in turn allowed him not only to interact in the human world but excel. This is why he had been able to become the Headmaster of a prestigious Academy like U.A.
The other members of staff that had joined Nezu were all Pro Heroes, all of whom would be helping to teach the new first years in the coming year. Their numbers included the likes of Present Mic, Eraserhead, Cementoss, Recovery Girl, and several other well-known heroes.
The reason why this eclectic group had come together, was to assess where each of the new U.A. students currently were in terms of their skills and control over their Quirks, whilst also allowing them to identify which students may require special help or extra lessons to allow them to reach their full potential.
At the moment all of the examinee's scores were being displayed on large screens set into the wall, giving the assembled teachers all a chance to assess the students, with discussions taking place within the group as they weighed up every student. Often comparing and contrasting the different students to get a better all-round picture of the students.
"Hmm Bakugo Katsuki-kun, huh." One of the teachers, Eraserhead, a tired-looking man with long, lank black hair and dark clothes muttered his brow furrowed slightly as he eyed one of the screens. The one in question showing an angry-looking blonde, with spiky blonde hair and red eyes. "The kid looks tough, he has a strong grip on his Quirk… but he seems… emotionally unbalanced."
"He scored very highly though in both the physical test and the written test, one of the highest ranking of the examinees." Present Mic suddenly spoke up glancing at the scores and seeing as he did that Bakago scored the second highest overall in the physical test and the third highest in the written tests. Both of these put him at the top of the applicants in terms of the overall score. "He didn't even need any Rescue Points to bolster his score."
"Yes but that is not necessarily a good thing, the Rescue Points are given for heroic actions, for the boy to receive none… well that points out that at the moment he has little in the way of heroic attributes," Nezu spoke up, immediately getting the attention of the other teachers. "However he is still young and has a strong grasp on his Quirk. With the right guidance, I believe he could become a fine Hero."
The other teachers nodded at that, the boy was still young and whatever issues he might have could still be improved upon. Besides if one took account of the power of his Quirk and the strength of his will. Well, with the right direction the boy could become one of the greats. After all, no one came to U.A. with the finished article, everyone had room for improvement and refinement.
"On the other hand, Midoriya Izuku-kun…" Present Mic spoke up again as he jabbed his finger at the scores for a plain-looking, green-haired kid, the same one that examinee 7111 had reprimanded during the briefing. "That kid is almost the complete opposite, he placed fifth in the written test and ninth overall in the physical test, despite him not getting a single Villain Point. Hell, the only reason he passed at all was that he got sixty Rescue Points for saving that girl by taking down the Zero Pointer in his arena."
"Yes, it shows that he has a lot of heroic potential, but is lacking in the skills to be an effective hero at the moment," Nezu spoke up once again, the small albino animal looking up at the screen with an intensely curious look on his face as he glanced over at a skinny blonde man before looking back at the screen. "Still skills can be learned in time, the boy's Quirk looks powerful. It is likely he just needs to improve his control over it. For the moment though, for the moment I believe he is a good candidate going forwards, even if he may need a lot of work."
"But the injuries he received from the blowback of his Quirk were intense," A small old woman spoke up, this being Recovery Girl, who due to her healing Quirk acted as the Academy's medic. "It was as though the child had just manifested their Quirk for the first time..."
"It's true insofar that he needs a lot of training," Another teacher spoke up, this one being a man with blocky features and gray, rock-like skin. "But if he gets to a point where he can use that power without blowing his body up, he'll become a talented hero. That punch… it almost reminded me of All Might!"
The skinny blonde man in the room twitched slightly at that, his faintly glowing blue eyes looking over at Cementoss, the hero who had just spoken.
"Uzumaki Naruto-kun though," Nezu spoke up again his gaze moving from Midoriya Izuku's picture to one of Naruto's. His words gaining the rest of the room's attention as they surveyed the profile of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed examinee, a faint smile playing around Nezu's mouth as he did so. "Of the successful students, he scored 34th in the written test, not the worst but not the best by a long shot. Despite that though in the written test he scored the highest in the entire group, with him both accruing 76 Villain Points and 24 Rescue Points."
"It's an admirable score, and his academic skills although on the lower end of the spectrum, can be improved with enough work." The dark-haired man spoke up once again, his dull eyes fixed on Naruto's picture. "His Quirk though, it seems, unstable, he's got a good grasp on it from what we've seen "
"Yes, the blood of Heroes flows through his veins," Nezu spoke up again, the slightest of smiles on his face. "Both of his parents were former alumni, after all, Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina."
Recovery Girl nodded as she heard that, a faint smile playing around her face as she remembered the two heroes when they had attended U.A. as teenagers, "Yes I remember them. They were both very talented and became splendid Heroes. It's just a shame that they died as they did."
"The Yellow Flash and The Red Chain? Yeah, I remember hearing about them back when I was a kid." Present Mic spoke up, his brow furrowed as he remembered the pair of heroes who had been a relatively well-known duo back when he was a student in U.A., "So he's their kids? That's pretty cool."
Beside him, Eraserhead nodded, as he too remembered hearing about them when he was younger. Still just because a kid's parents were good, didn't necessarily mean the kid was. As far as the dour man was concerned this Uzumaki NarutoUzumaki was nothing special, he was just like everyone else, and like everyone else, he would need to prove himself worthy of graduating from U.A.
"Yes, it seems like this year's crop of first years may be the strongest we've had in years." Nezu said thoughtfully, "Now then, the next student…"
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U.A. Highschool; 2 hours before the first day of school
Naruto who was now wearing a pair of dark green dress pants, brown dress shoes, a white button-up shirt, and a grey suit jacket with a couple of green lines and golden buttons on it, yawned as he finished putting on his red tie "why do the trains gotta get here so early 'ttebayo?" The blond complained as he walked through the school's gate, his student I.D. allowing him to pass despite the security system that was in place.
"Well you're quite early," a squeaky voice said to the blond, making him look down to find an albino animal who was wearing a suit "classes won't start for another two hours"
"Uh yeah," Naruto said to what he assumed was the school mascot "the only trains that go between here and Konoha are either during school hours or early in the morning and late in the night 'ttebayo"
Nezu nodded "I see, have you had breakfast yet?" the principal asked.
Before Naruto could even respond verbally, his stomach growled, making the blond scratch the back of his head sheepishly.
Nezu simply shook his head "a hero needs to eat, follow me" he said before starting to march off into the building, a confused Naruto a couple of steps behind him.
"Um, who are you 'ttebayo?" the blond asked "I'm Uzumaki Naruto, just Naruto is fine tough, I'm not big on formalities"
"I'm Nezu," the little animal said "welcome to my school Naruto-kun"
"Thanks!" Naruto smiled at the animal before the realization of what the principal said hit him "wait, your school?" the blond asked, as Nezu opened the door to the teacher's lounge, the smell of donuts and coffee impacting his nose.
"Hai (yes), I'm the principal of U.A.," the animal said while heading inside, and sitting on one of the couches, "help yourself to a couple of donuts while you wait for classes to start" the principal said while grabbing one of the sweet treats.
His principal was a fucking anime mascot, what the hell "uh, thanks?" the still shocked blond said while entering the room, much to his surprise it seemed like he and Nezu weren't the only ones there, as a couple of pro heroes turned around in unison to look at him, making the blond look a deer caught in headlights, "hi" he awkwardly waved at the teachers.
A lady in a skin-tight white body suit whit various leather and lace adornments and her purple-ish black hair tied up into a bun smiled seductively and waved, causing Naruto to blush furiously before a man whit grey skin and blocky features put her hand down "Midnight, please stop trying to seduce the students" he said.
"But Cementos" the woman half-whined "it's so much fun, and the hours right before school are so boring"
"Maybe if you were working on your lesson plans instead of simply doing nothing then you'd be less bored" the blocky man said while placing a stack of papers in front of the woman.
Midnight pouted a bit as the stack hit her desk "you're no fun" she sighed out before grabbing a pen and beginning to work on her lesson plans for the year.
"Don't mind them, they're always bickering like that" a man whit pitch black skin, and yellow lines going across his face who was wearing a closed tan trenchcoat said before nodding at the box of donuts "you mind passing me one?"
Naruto simply blinked and grabbed a plate for the hero, placing a couple of donuts in it, "um, Ectoplasm-sensei?" Naruto asked and after seeing the man nod he continued "could I have your autograph?" he asked innocently whit starstruck eyes, that was until he heard a howl of laughter from the other teachers, and saw that one of his favorite hero's face had an expression that showed he wasn't amused.
"Ectoplasm, I'll write it for you, don't worry, I'm sure he didn't mean it in that way" a man whit a large chef's hat, respirator mask, and apron said.
"Thanks, lunch rush" Ectoplasm said as he craned his neck and bit one of the donuts on the plate Naruto had gotten for him, that's when the blond finally realized that his request could have been misinterpreted as a really cruel joke.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it that way 'ttebayo" Naruto hurriedly explained "It's just that you're a legend back in my hometown! And one of my friends is a really big fan of yours, and I wanted to get him something nice for his birthday-" Naruto stopped ranting as Lunch Rush put Ectoplams autograph into his hands.
"Don't worry about it, help yourself to some donuts, I guarantee that they're great" the man said whit a thumbs up.
The hero wasn't kidding, these were the best pastries he'd ever had.
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Class 1-A; 30 minutes before the start of class
Naruto was currently sitting near the back of the class, messing around by building a pencil tower, hey, he was bored, and there wasn't anyone to talk to, the tower then almost collapsed as the door was swung open, and a bespectacled young man walked in "Good morning teacher I am Iida Tenya, present and ready to learn!" he yelled out into the classroom.
"What the fuck are you doing here dattebayo!" Naruto shouted back, pointing an accusatory finger at Iida.
Someone else got here before him? Impossible, he made sure to early so as to make a good first impression, and that voice, it was the voice of the same blond boy he was arguing whit during Present Mic's exhibition "I could ask you the same thing! I came here in order to learn, not fool around like you!" he said while chopping the air repeatedly towards the pencil tower.
"I've been bored out of my mind in this classroom for the past hour dattebayo, sue me for making a pencil tower!" Naruto responded indignanty.
Iida then suddenly stopped right as he was about to argue further "you've been at the school for an hour already, I didn't take you as the type to want to make good first impressions, so why?" he asked whit some curiosity.
"Because of trains!" the blond murmured "I've been here for two hours because my train stations schedule is weird, it was fun the first hour, I got to walk around the school and explore, but, there's no one to talk to this early in the morning apart from the teachers, and I'm pretty sure at least one of them already hates me 'ttebayo," he said before huffing and sitting back down, "and now I'm stuck whit you until who knows how long before someone else comes in"
Then almost as if summoned by the blond's complaint the door swung open again to reveal another spiky-haired blond, this one whit red eyes, and a resting pissed-off face "What are you two extras doing here?!" The young man raged, miniature explosions appearing above his hands.
"Who the hell are you calling an extra, asshole?!" Naruto yelled in response, "you trying to pick a fight 'ttebayo?!" He said while raising up his jacket sleeve.
"Bring it on blondie!" The explosive boy yelled as his palms began to detonate.
"Your blond too dumbass!" Naruto yelled back.
"Both of you need to calm down!" Iida said whit his hand chopping the air.
"Stay out of this four-eyes!" Both of the blonds yelled in unison.
Then, Sakura's words rang out in Naruto's head "If you start a fight on the first day of school and end up getting expelled, then not even kami will be able to save you" is what she'd said to him the day before today.
Naruto clicked his tongue and just sat back down, deciding that he'd rather swallow his pride than face Sakura's wrath "you ain't worth it 'ttebayo" the whiskered blond said, enraging the red-eyed teen even further than before.
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AN: I found the cover page art on Pinterest under free use, but I have absolutely no clue who the original artist is, if anyone knows please tell me so that I can give them credit, apart from that once again thanks to Greed720, I wouldn't have been able to finish this chapter as fast if it wasn't for them, lastly, I hope you guys enjoy the quirk I've given Naruto, I think it has a good mix between pros and cons, making it fairly balanced, and lastly, expect to see a lot more of this fic for the time being, no I haven't abandoned my other fic's they just take longer to make per chapter than this one, soooo yeah, that's it from me hope you guys enjoyed it and ill see yall on the next one.
PS: As always thank you all so much for your continued support, please leave a review, any and all criticism is accepted (so long as it is constructive criticism, please don't just insult my existence) and I'd be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have during the AN of the next chapter