Hello everyone and thank you for all of your support thus far and once again I apologize for the wait.
I would like to say that I had fun making this chapter so please enjoy, cause this is my longest chapter yet.
I first attended for this chapter to be a lot shorter but like I said I had so much fun.
I do NOT own ANYTHING from My Hero Academia.
Chapter 10: U.A. Entrance Exams
10 months ago if you asked what kind of person Izuku was they will would respond with "He's quirkiness" and that would be it. He knew that their were many things that he wasn't; he wasn't strong, he wasn't fast, he wasn't athletic, and that he couldn't hold a conversation without stuttering. He didn't had a quirk that allowed him to stop massive villain with sheer force nor did he had the skills to rescue a civilian.
But most of that has changed do to his months of hellish training on this forsaken beach. Starting today he'll be completing with others who have powerful and reliable quirks. People who had been training and polishing their skills since childhood. People who see these ten months as the final stretch of training, not the start of it. He clenched his fists, and held back his tears.
Cause today he will finally receive a quirk that has been passed down for generations. Today he will obtain the one of a kind ability known as One For All.
"I am very proud that you completed your training, young Midoriya, now is the time for me to pass on to you my power" All Might stood proud seeing his successor accomplishment, still in awe of Izuku's work.
"Goodness! I didn't get a good look before but seeing this during the sun rise it just shows you what can do even without a quirk" All Might said as he transformed into his hero form, as he admired the charitable work that has been done.
"I did it, All Might... Do you think I'm ready now." Izuku said with pride but muttered it weakly, exhausted do to an early morning jog.
"Of course!, you surprised me yet again! You teenagers are amazing! I believe both you and Shiozaki will make great Heroes" He exclaimed while showing him a picture of before the 'aim to surpass the American dream plan' began.
With that said Izuku then imagine what would be like to go to school with an actual friend 'I hope that we can be in the same school Shiozaki...and hopefully their will be no more misunderstandings' he thought not knowing only one of the two will come to pass.
"You still have a long way to go before you can inherit my full power set," All Might stated grandiosely, "But, you have certainly become a suitable vessel and don't worry about breaking any bones Recovery Girl is in today" he chuckled.
"That's reassuring" he said nervously.
" Remember it was your hard work that did this, not mine" All Might laughed away his concerns. "Now, It's time for your award ceremony, Izuku Midoriya!"
With this being said the boy stood tall and proud. He believed that he could handle anything this world can throw at him all the while showing a fearless smile.
"Someone told me this once 'There is a difference between something that you receive because you're lucky and something you're given because you are recognized', take that to heart" All Might sated as he plucked a hair from his head.
"This gift, you've earned it with your own valiant efforts..." All Might proudly said with Izuku looking at him, teary-eyed and immeasurably happy to the point he could hear triumphant music playing in the background coming to a crescendo.
"Eat this!" All Might casually said.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Huh?"
"Yes, how else did you think I would need to transfer the quirk over?" All Might boasted "Now eat it!"
U.A. Principal Office
"Well here we are again at a another entrance exam" The principal of the prestige hero school known as Nezu stated. At the moment he was drinking some calming tea paired with some cheese "I can't wait to see what kind of young individuals will apply to our department whether it's the Hero Course, Management, Support, or even General Education"
He is befitting to his role as Principal of an academy for heroes, Nezu is an eccentric, polite and persistent educator. He is considered an extremely rare case of an animal who manifested a quirk. Most people would wonder whether Nezu was a rat, bear, dog, or a maybe something completely different. But it didn't matter what kind of creature he was cause all would agree that he had a devious mind.
"So far we have completed the Recommendations Entrance Exam and we still have 36 openings in our upcoming first year Hero Course" he said to himself as he had place some files on his desk. Most of witch were documents of the students who participated in the exam, with the exception of two who weren't even recommended.
"It may be a tab presumptuous of me but, I will be expecting great opportunities with these two" Principle Nezu said as he stared at his files on Izuku Midoriya and Ibara Shiozaki.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!" He then started to laugh maniacally while chugging down his tea "YES GREAT OPPORTUNITY INDEED!" he yelled remembering all those force mating experiments he had to do.
At the U.A Entrance
"Alright I made it on time" said Midoriya as he stared at the impressive structure of the academy was shown "A training school for those whose goal is to acquire the necessary qualifications needed for pro heroes, Among similar courses across the country theirs is the most popular and most competitive, with their acceptance rate being less than one in three hundred every year" before he knew it he was muttering out loud to himself again and didn't notice the people around him were avoiding him.
"Graduating from U.A. is basically a requirement for becoming a great hero" as he was ready to take his first step to the entrance as he tripped on a broken piece of pavement.
'Or not' Izuku thought waiting for the impact.
But thankfully he somehow regained his balance instantly when he felt a tap on his back and began to float. Izuku was completely surprised and turned to see who touched him and it was another cute girl.
"Ah th-thank you" Midoriya said or rather stuttered as the girl pressed the tips of her fingers together releasing him.
" Its my quirk sorry for stopping you but . . . its a bad omen if you trip and fall. It sure is nerve racking huh! Well good luck to us both" said the round faced girl as she walked away.
'I just talked to a another girl!' Izuku thought to himself feeling accomplished the only kind of accomplishment that you can get by talking to a cute girl 'Didn't actually talk to her but still...oh that reminds me where's Shio..."
"Outta my way, Deku!" Bakugo's voice rang out as Izuku turned around to see his childhood friend and bully.
"Kachhan?" he said petrified.
"Don't stand in my way or I Will kill you" Bakugo shouted angrily with eyes that could frighten Endeavour as he walked passed Izuku.
'Stupid Deku, that damn blond must be blind or something' Bakugo thought remembering the cute girl he met 'Once I make a debut in the Sports Festival and realize how better I am in comparison she will be begging to be my girl' he thought showing a confident smirk.
Inside the Auditorium
Currently in seat number 6980 Ibara Shiozaki was waiting patiently in the dark, anxious to begin the orientations for practical test. Do to her habits she was one of the earlier applicants that came not realizing the fact that they had assigned seating based on what school district you are from. And to make matters worse she had forgotten her phone.
The written portion of the exam, they were also given assigned seating as well as writing utensils to prevent cheating. Ibara easily manage through it, being tied for number one at her middle school as well as studying hard for it.
'It was rather unfortunate that I were not able to increase my stamina in this past week, but nonetheless. Do to my new bound friendship with Midoriya, he has given me some incredible insight on my quirk for offensive uses in just a handful of hours we have talked to one another, methods that I would never even considered in my entire life. Midoriya is truly amazing...it's kind of frightening if you think about it' The young girl thought to herself, praising her friend's potential and finding comfort that he was aiming to do good with his gifts rather then abusing them for sinful acts of malicious.
As the minutes passed by the lights in the auditorium turned on at the center stage, to reveal the hero showing the Pro Hero known as the Voice Hero: Present Mic.
"YO WHAT'S UP MY PARTY PEOPLE! ARE YOU READY?! IF SO LET ME HEAR YOU SHOUT!" The Hero or rather Hizashi Yamada greeted all the attendees that are participating into his microphone, only to be responded my silence.
'Should I say something' Ibara debated on whether or not to reply, as well as being excited to see another Pro Hero who was detected to teach young minds.
"OK! KEEPING IT PROFESSIONAL, I CAN DIG IT! SO LET'S GOING TO THE MAIN EVENT!" The man just shook it off, though she could tell he wasn't happy nobody responded by his body language,
Currently the only sound that could be hear was the the muttering of an applicant who couldn't control his excitement.
When Shiozaki realize this quickly turn her head believing it might be Izuku '...Midoriya?'
"OK PEOPLE HERE ARE THE RULES, WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A TEN MINUTE MOCK BATTLE AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, EACH PERSON HERE WILL BE MOVING TO THEIR SPECIFIED BATTLE STATIONS" Present Mic began his explanation of said rules.
'I see, so it will be highly unlikely to rely on our friends' Ibara thought in slight disappointment, do to the fact that her chances to paired up with Midorya were very slim.
"AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF TARGETS, EACH WORTH A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF POINTS BASED ON THEIR DIFFICULTY. BUT REMEMBER KIDDOS THE GOAL OF THE TEST IS TO USE YOUR SKILLS AND QUIRKS IN ORDER TO DEFEAT THE BAD GUYS AND TO MAKE SURE YOUR ACTIONS REMAIN HEROIC, OR ELSE POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED" He continued his explanation with enthusiasm while showing 3 different icons on the screen.
When she saw that her printout sheet didn't match what the Hero was saying. She was about to make her attentions known but someone beat her to the punch.
"EXCUSE ME, MAY I ASK A QUESTION?" stated the student, standing tall with combed black hair and a glasses.
"OK MY MAN HIT ME!" Present Mic said pointing at the applicant.
"On the printout, there are clearly four types of villains labeled! If that was a misprint, then U.A., the most prominent school in Japan, should be ashamed of this mistake! We, the examinees, are here because we wish to become prominent and exemplary heroes!" He pointed out, displeased by this "mistake".
"ALRIGHT EXAMINEE NUMBER 7111, THANKS FOR THE GREAT SPEECH MY MAN!" Present Mic stated with a thumbs up "THE FORTH VILLAIN IS CONSIDERED MORE OF AN OBSTACLE, SO TO SPEACK, AND IT'S WORTH EXACTLY ZERO POINTS. SO I WOULD STAND CLEAR OF IT IF I WERE YOU!"
"WELL THAT WAS ALL I GOTTEN PAID TO SAY! OH...BEFORE I FORGET, I'LL GIVE ALL YOU LITTLE LISTENERS A PRESENT
...OUR SCHOOL MOTTO! AN AMERICAN PROFESSOR ONCE SAID 'A HERO IS SOMEONE WHO HAS GIVEN HIS OR HER LIFE TO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ONESELF', SO IF YOU ASK ME YOU'LL CAPABLE OF BECOMING HEROES!" He dipped down his sunglasses so he could leer at them for a second, "NOW BEYOND, PLUS ULTRA!"
The screen behind him changed, and a small animation with the letter Plus Ultra appeared before them all.
As she began to exit the auditorium along with the thousands of others, she managed to find her assigned bus that would take her to the testing ground. But unfortunately she didn't managed to find Izuku and she was starting to worry.
Battle Ground E
Ibara typically wouldn't describe herself as nervous person. Normally she would have greater faith in her skills. But unlike the days before today was different. As she stood in front of the training grounds, where she and her fellow applicants waited for the single to start.
As she turned around to look at the crowds of people that walked passed her she couldn't shake her nerves. Apparently the rumors about there being hundreds of applicants each year were true. Even though her friend Izuku Midorya is participating the same challenge as her, he was not here. At this moment she had felt more alone than she ever had before.
As the minutes passes by she could already feel her heart ready to jump out of her chest.
"Hey are you feeling alright" a voice whispered.
Startled by the sudden voice Ibara swiftly turned her head to see who was trying to gain her attention. When she did she saw a average looking girl with ginger colored hair, witch was tied into a high ponytail on the left side of her head.
"M-May I help you" she said uncharacteristically when staring at the girl.
"No...actually I thought you could use some help. You seem rather nervous, but I guess that's expected" The ginger haired girl stated "Hi my name's Itsuka Kendo" she said while reaching her hand out for a handshake.
"I see. Well it's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance. My name is Ibara Shiozaki and to answer your question, yes, I admit that I am rather nervous about this mock text...but my main concern is that of my friend who I still do not know for sure he is even here" Shiozaki stated with passion as she clutches her hands together, as she starting to wonder if something bad has happened to him.
When the greenette voiced out her thoughts Itsuka was stunned when she heard this. That this girl in front of her was more worried about her friend then passing the test. Also for some strange reason a shining light was directed upon her.
"Shiozaki...I may not know who your friend is or what he is capable of, but I believe he would want you to focus on what we are here for" Itsuka said with a determin voice as she stared at Ibara in the eyes.
'I don't know who this guy is but I feel the need to smack him upside the head for making this sweat thing worry' Itsukua thought with irritation.
"BUZZ"
"Alright then I wish you luck" She said giving the vine headed girl a wink as she made her way.
With a new set of confidence Ibara ran through the streets of the makeshift city determined to get as many points as she can. As she look around at the other applicants she realized that staying in a large group of individuals probably wouldn't work in her favor. The more people around her, the less chance she had of getting to claim the points for herself.
But even though the object of this drill was to take out the robots that were scattered across the replica city in the short time they were given. She thought it was best to keep an eye out for her fellow applicants if they require assistance.
Thanks to Izuku advice she realized that she was able to get better mobility by using her vines to mimic Kamui Woods own style. When she came across a villain robot she immediately uses her vines to crush them and when needed she assisted other competitors by immobilize the robots.
'Ok I believe I have gotten myself over 40 villain points but I fear that might not be enough and I'm nearly out of time' Ibara thought worrying she might not pass, as she didn't know the minimum passing score for this portion of the test. She continues scouting the city but she couldn't find any more robots 'Midorya I am sorry it is seem that it is not the Lord's will that I pass this exam'
The moment that Shiozaki starting to losing her faith in herself she felt a tremor.
"Holly hell that thing is huge!" A girl with bear hands pointed out using one of her bear like arms to point in the direction of the source of the tremor coming from that area.
"Make a run for it" A boy with a squirrel's head yelled as he panicked.
"I don't want to die someone stop that thing!" A short boy with grape like hair yelled out as he was shedding tears.
Group of applicants turned around to see a massive monstrosity of a robot heading their way, taking up the entire length of the road. The giant mecha was at least several stories tall and Ibara suddenly understood what Present Mic had meant about it being an obstacle to be avoided.
As applicants one after another ran away in a panic completely forgetting the test only Shiozaki notice someone was calling for help.
"Someone! Anyone! Save me I'm stuck underneath all of these rubble"
When Shiozaki heard this she quickly scanned the direction of voice it was coming from. She saw a girl with ginger colored hair with a ponytail. And soon realized it was Itsuka Kendo that was under a large piece of concrete.
"I'M ON MY WAY PLEASE HANG ON" she yelled out reassuring that help is on its way.
While she was running towards the girl that she has just met she took a brief look up at the robot. At this point she no longer care about the results of the test all she cared about was helping the person who gave her the words she needed to hear.
"Don't worry, I'll have you out of here in no time." She said reassuring the ginger.
With her vines Ibara managed to life the concrete enough for Itsuka to get free.
"Thanks, but that thing is a-almost right on top of us" Itsuka stated in panic not wanting to die right after being set free.
At that moment Ibara Shiozaki activated her quirk with every fiber of her being. She combined every vine in her hand to a single point and rotated it in order to go through the giant villain robot.
"SPEARHEAD OF FAITH!" She yelled out as a giant spear of vines went piercing through the machine leaving everyone at awe.
When she disconnected her vines the villain robot collapse and fell to the ground.
"Th-that was amazing" Itsuka said astonish at what she had witnessed 'She is amazing...I don't think anyone was capable of stopping that thing. She might even pass the Dragoon Hero: Ryukyu someday'
"BUZZ"
"Alright boys and girls, that concludes today's festivities. If you're injured and need medical attention please standby for our staff" The voice of Present Mic boomed through the arena alerting everyone the test was over.
"Well the last 10 minutes of our life was eventful, wouldn't you say Shiozaki" Kendo said in relief waiting for a response.
"Shiozaki?" She said her name but to no dice. She then looked at her savior and notice that she had collapsed.
"Shiozaki!" Kendo yelled out her name.
Nurses Office
"For goodness sake these kids today are too reckless" A short elderly woman in a doctor's coat complained as she was seating on her desk.
"It just to show you how determined they are Recovery Girl" A blond skeleton looking man said trying to calm her temper.
"Don't give me that, as far I'm concerned I cast the blame towards you Toshinori" Recovery Girl said glaring at the poor man.
"Me?" He said surprise at what she had said.
"Yes you" the elderly woman replied "In the past years I've been working here at U.A. we rarely get any applicants with serious injuries during the practical exam and now all of a sudden we get two on the same day" she said as she reached for her cane.
"Please put that down" All Might pleaded as he had his hands up.
"Oh hush now" she said as she got off her chair "You knew that the boy wasn't ready to use his abilities but nonetheless it was understandable" when she said this Toshinori hunch down in embarrassment "But do you your influence I'm pretty sure this girl went beyond what she could handle in order to impress you Mr. Instructional Coordinator"
"Well I umm...oh look she's waking up" he said avoiding the fact that he had been a poor instructor thus far.
"Ugh" The girl in the medical bed grunted as she was waking up.
"What has happened to me?" Ibara muttered as she felt a dryness in her mouth.
"Here drink this deary" The medical experts said as she handed the girl a cup of water witch Ibara took almost immediately.
"Thank you for kindness ma'am" Ibara said showing a thankful smile as she felt slightly better.
"It's good to see you awake Shiozaki" Toshinori said greeting the young girl.
"Mr. Yagi? What happened? Where am I? Is the exam over? What about Itsuka?" Ibara asked every question that came to mind.
Toshinori had answered all of her questions. Currently she was at the nurses office recovering what happened during the exam. Apparently after using the full extend of her quirk she was left dehydrated. Itsukua and the rest of the applicants already left home.
The principal had called her parents assuring them their was nothing to worry. The safety of every student was top priority, whether it was a U.A. student or not. After receiving a check up they assisted that Mr. Yagi drive her home once again.
"Well I believe we have everything in order, should we get going" Toshinori said with a smile.
"Shall we" Shiozaki said as she gave Recovery Girl a bow "Thank you for all you have done for me" she said witch gave the elderly women a soft smile.
"No need to thank me deary just make sure you get home safely" She replied.
With Ibara
After 40 minute drive Toshinori Yagi managed to drop off Ibara home safely. He even gave her parents a heart felt apology in person, and it was all water under the bridge.
The moment she manage to get to her bedroom after making sure that her parents she was ok. She immediately collapsed on top of her nice soft bed. Wanting nothing more than to sleep through the rest of the year. As she was too exhausted to even think about Heroes or even...MIDORIYA.
"I can't believe I have forgotten him! I haven't spoken to him all day. If it weren't for him I don't think I would do as well as I did" she half shouted in realization as she was looking for her phone.
After 5 minutes of searching she found her phone. When she saw the phone history she noticed it was mostly Midoriya but what surprised her the most was the last text message he had given her.
Midorya: I didn't pass the exam.
Dagobah Beach
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Izuku told himself he could do it so he had more confidence, but all it did was hurt him even more. Unable to contain his emotions, he was kneeling down and shed silent tears for the last 3 hours.
He had fail All Might, he wanted to go to U.A. Heroics with his new and only friend Shiozaki.
"Kacchan was right about me" he admitted quietly to himself.
"Midorya!"
"Shiozaki?" whispered Izuku as she reached Izuku.
"I read your text," said Ibara as her breath heaved coming to the conclusion that she should have done more cardio a long time ago.
"Please, explain to me why would believe you didn't get in. I admit the the written portion was a tad difficult, but nonetheless. The practical? I refuse to believe that someone with your skill and smarts would be unable to get in" Shiozaki stated her thoughts showing a side of her that she didn't knew she had.
As the ocean tide continued to come back and forth as the only sigh that the world was still turning. Ibara sat next to Izuku as she listened patiently as he described to her what had happened.
"Izuku" Shiozaki calmly said the boy's first name "Tell me how would you describe a hero"
"A true hero is someone who overcomes life's misfortunes" he said beginning to describe what a hero is "It's someone not measured by the size of his or her power, but rather the strength of their heart"
"The courage to go beyond your limits" Ibara finished like "Do you truly believe that a school like U.A. would overlook something like that? I highly doubt that U.A. would fail someone who the courage to face the giant villain robot that had many of the applicants fleeing. I doubt any Hero worth his name would agree with their decision to fail you!"
"But what if they already did" Izuku said already believing the worst.
"If that we're the case then I will refuse to go to a school that does not embody the true meaning of a hero" Ibara said as if were that simple.
The two continued staring at the beach in silence ignoring the romantic atmosphere.
"Midoriya I...I never gotten the chance to thank you" Ibara said not averting her eyes.
"Thank me? Thank me for what?" He questioned.
"For your selfless act in restoring this beach" She answered.
"W-Well I-I mainly did it f-for my training" Izuku admitted feeling a bit guilty.
"Regardless, was it not for your actions we wouldn't have met the way we did" She said with a slight blush.
"Y-Yeah" At this point the poor boy's face was turning bright red.
As the minutes passes by both young teens felt at ease with one another.
Their heartbeat become faster.
They both sat closer to each other.
Before Izuku could react he felt the soft gentle hand of Ibara Shiozaki on top of his own.
Ibara then rested her heavy head on Izuku's broad shoulders.
Before they knew it they ended up like this much longer than they attended to.
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