Chapter six incoming. We're about halfway through this arc at this point. Can't wait to see what people think of the changes that are to come. No review replies this time since all of the new one's can be summed up in the phrase keep reading. Now onto the chapter.


New World Arc

Chapter 6: To Battle

Izuku ran as fast as his legs would take him. He was prepared for a sudden start so when the announcement came he was quick to act. Following close behind him was Ochako and racing ahead of him, thanks to his quirk, was Tenya. While not as quick on the uptake, they were able gain a good lead on the other participants thanks to Izuku bringing them out of there initial shock. As he neared the battle area, it seemed to rise up to meet him.

Okay Izuku stay focused. I can't use [One for All] without it breaking my body yet. I can minimize the damage by focusing it in my fingers and toes but I only have so many shots that I can do. Not only that any healing I get will only tire me out for the one on one fights. Izuku passed through the gate and began frantically searching for enemies to fight. So unless I can get a lot in one shot or, god forbid, I have to take out that zero pointer, I won't use [One for All]. But then how will I fight the faux villains without a quirk? Wait… In that moment, he thought back to a conversation he had with Itsuka while training for the entrance exam.


Dagoba Beach, Five months before the entrance exam…

It was a cool saturday in October. Izuku sat on a bench just off the beach to rest from the work he'd done that morning. As he enjoyed a lunch his mother packed him, he heard footsteps approach him. He looked to see Itsuka walking up to him with a soft smile on her face.

"Good afternoon Midoriya," She called out.

"G-good afternoon, what brings you here Kendo?" Izuku questioned.

"Came to see how you were doing. Ruby still sick?" She asked.

"Yeah, she is. Though it should clear up soon." He answered.

"Good to hear, mind if I sit and chat?" She inquired.

"Not at all I was taking a break for lunch anyways." He returned.

"That's good," She expressed as she looked around. "By the way where's All Might or Mr. Yagi?"

"A-All Might had some business to take care of and same with Mr. Yagi so it's just me for now." He answered. "All Might should be here later on though."

"I see," She said as she looked out to the beach.

She notice it was a lot cleaner than before.

"Looks like your making good progress, think you'll be done by the time the exam rolls around?" She questioned.

"Hopefully, I've been following All Might's training regiment so I should be done just before the exam begins." He expressed. "With my quirk hopefully I'll be able to get in."

"That reminds me I've been meaning to ask you something." She brought up.

"Hmm… what?" He questioned.

"Well, you said this training was to get your body ready for your quirk right?" She stated.

"Uh… yeah?" He expressed slightly confused.

"Well I was thinking what if your quirk still hurts you?" She pointed out. "We've no idea how powerful it is. Maybe even after all this training your body will still barely be able to handle it."

"Huh… I actually never thought of that." Izuku noted.

Why didn't I? I know just how powerful All Might. I saw him change the weather with a single punch for god's sake. Even with this training I'll barely be able to handle such power. But what about the entrance exam?

"Which brings me to my point. Your gonna need to get creative to pass the entrance exam if that's the case." She pointed out.

"Yeah… your right, I never thought of that. Thanks Kendo." Izuku expressed.


Present Day…

Gotta get creative then. In that moment Izuku noticed a broken robot, likely one Tenya had smashed up. With a smile on his face he quickly searched through the wreckage and found a piece of broken off piece of armor. It was of decent size, no bigger than his chest, and could be used for both offense and defense.

"This should do." He muttered.

Suddenly a two pointer bursted out in front of Izuku.

"Target acquired." It declared.

"Time for a test." Izuku stated.

The robot swung it's arm at him. Quickly, Izuku stepped the right and lunged forward. With all his might he swung the metal plate at the robots joint breaking its arm off and knocking it off balance. He followed this up by leaping up and slamming it into the robots neck, finishing it off.

"That's two points." Izuku expressed already breathing heavy.

He started taking off down the street with his improvised weapon in hand at his side.

"I have to hurry, I won't have long before the other examinees catch up." Izuku stated.


Battle center E, three minutes into the test…

Ruby burst forth in a trail of rose petals towards a two pointer. With a mighty kick, she tore through the machines torso. She continued onwards tearing through several more faux villains before coming to a stop to rest. She breathed heavy from using her quirk so much.

"That makes… 23" She muttered.

Suddenly a Three pointer came up from behind her, ready to attack. Before it could, Jaune, who was covered in a golden aura, smashed into it destroying it. She turned towards him, caught off guard by the sudden entrance of the two.

"Thanks Jaune." Ruby expressed.

"No problem, just be careful Ruby we don't have aura to protect us anymore." Jaune pointed out.

"Yeah… I know." Ruby returned.

The two split up and ran off to find more faux villains to fight.


Battle center A…

"Weeeeee… this is so much fun!" Nora cheered as she smashed through another robot.

A one pointer came up to her side and tried to attack. However Nora was quick to react and grabbed hold of the robots arm. With a smirk on her face she spun the robot around several times before sending it flying into a three pointer.

"That's four more for me!" She cheered.

While all this was happening Kendo was taking out a two pointer. Although Nora's antics were more so on her mind then the test. She's having waaaay too much fun with this.


Battle center C, five minutes into the test…

A two pointer toppled over having successfully been destroyed by Ren.

"That makes 32." He noted.

Suddenly a three pointer came out ready to attack. However when it looked for Ren it could not spot him. After searching around a bit for him, it was suddenly destroyed and toppled over with Ren now behind it.

"35," He stated.


The examination room…

Toshinori along with many other teachers and staff eagerly watched as the students fought their way through the mock battle test. Toshinori's attention was particularly set on both Izuku and Ruby. On the screen with Izuku, he saw his successor take down a three pointer using a broken of metal piece as a weapon. On the screen with Ruby, he sees her tear through faux villains at frightening speeds. He smiled. Young Rose is doing well. Not that surprising given where's she's from. But Young Midoriya is doing far better than I expected. Sure he doesn't have many villain points but given he can't really use [One for All] it's still not bad. Young Kendo and Young Rose have been a great influence for him.

"It's seems everyone in that little group is doing well." Shota noted.

"Well save that Midoriya boy but with his quirk the way it is now it's not surprising." Nezu added. "Even still you have to give the boy credit. He's being quite resourceful."

"Yes… he is. I had my doubts about how he'd do in this test." Shota expressed. "Though I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised, even if he doesn't have too many villain points."

A small smile crept onto Shota's face. Toshinori smirked at this.

Just you wait Aizawa. We've already seen a glimpse of it in the long distance run. But here, we'll hopefully see it. His heroic spirit…


Battle center B, eight minutes into the test…

Izuku slammed his makeshift weapon into the back of a three pointers head. The machine fell forward with Izuku still on it breathing heavy.

"That's… 17…" He breathed out.

Damn, even with that head start I got I've barely gotten any points. He slowly rose to his feet as he wiped the sweat from his brow with his hands on his knees. In that moment Tenya skidded towards him.

"Midoriya are you alright?" He inquired.

"Yeah… just tired." He answered.

"You should rest, you wouldn't want to hurt your chances in the next part of the exam." Tenya pointed out.

"I know… I know…" Izuku breathed out.

"Heeeey!" A familiar voice tiredly called out.

They looked to see Ochako hobble up to them.

"Uraraka?!" They exclaimed in surprise.

"Hey," She expressed has she breathed heavy, her hands on her knees. "Came… to see how you guys… were doing."

She struggled to keep herself from vomiting due to overusing her quirk.

"I'm quite well though you and Midoriya look to need some rest." Tenya pointed out.

"Yeah… rest sounds good." Ochako let out.

Suddenly the ground began to shake. They, along with the other examinees, looked around in confusion until a shadow fell upon them. They looked up to see a giant robot which towered over the buildings looming over them. They're mouths were agap and their eyes seemed to bulge out of their heads at the size of the machine.

"That's the zero pointer!?" Tenya exclaimed.

"I-i-i-i-it's this a little extreme." Izuku squeaked out.

"A little extreme? That things bigger than some skyscrapers!" Ochako shouted.

The mechanical beast wound up a punch. It's fist rocketed forward slamming into the ground, kicking up dust and sending a fierce gale forward. The trio struggled not get blown away by the force of it. Tenya stood in awe of the machines destructive power. Both Ochako and Izuku fell to the ground as fear course through their whole body. Not long after several examinees started to flee in the opposite direction of the zero pointer.

"Come on you two we should go there's no way we can fight that thing!" Tenya ordered.

"Y-yeah, let's get out of here." Ochako returned as she quickly rose back to her feet. "Midoriya come on we need to hurry."

"Uhmm… right." He expressed.

He was about to turn and run with them when something catch his attention from the corner of his eye. He saw several examinees stuck or injured from the zero pointer's attack. To make matters worse the zero pointer was slowly rolling towards them, seemingly not caring that there was anything in it's way. Without even thinking, without even considering the fact the this was an exam and there was no way they'd let students be crushed by such a thing. Despite his fears, despite the consequence for what he was about to do, Izuku's body moved on it's own, towards the zero pointer.


Battle Center E…

Three emotions were coursing through Ruby and Jaune, fear; shock; and awe as they looked to see the zero pointer rising up to meet them.

"Oh gods…" Ruby expressed.

"That things huge!" Jaune shouted.

The massive machine sent a fist barreling into the ground kicking up dust and sending forth a fierce gale. Ruby and Jaune raised their arms to shielded their eyes as they tried to stay standing from the force of the gale. When the wind stopped they lowered their arms to see the zero pointer looming over them and their fellow examinees running for their lives.

"How are we supposed to beat something like that?!" Ruby questioned.

"I don't know. It's not like we even have to it's worthless but…" Jaune began.

"A hero wouldn't run away from something like that, right?" Ruby finished as she looked towards Jaune with a smile.

Jaune looked to Ruby returning her smile with one of his own.

"Right," Jaune returned with a nodded.

The two returned their attention to the coming zero pointer.

"What's the plan Ruby?" Jaune questioned.

"We kill it the same way we kill a snake. we aim for the head." Ruby answered.


Battle Center B…

Izuku was racing forward as fast as his tired legs would take him. As he neared the zero pointer he channeled [One for All] into his right foot. With a might leap he bolted up towards the zero pointer. The mechanical beast sent out it's hand to intercept him but he flew through it's fingers. As he neared it's head he held out both hands ready to flick at the monstrosity of a machine.

"Double…" He began.

Simultaneously he channeled [One for All] in both his index fingers.

"Delaware…" He continued.

Right when he was near the machine's head, he released both of them at the same time.

"SMAAASSSHHH!" He shouted.

Two large dents formed in the machines skull as it began to topple over. Izuku smiled, reveling in the victory he'd just achieved. However as gravity regained controlled all this turned to panic as he plummeted to the earth.


Meanwhile…

Ochako was shocked to say the least when she saw Izuku bolting off in the direction of the zero pointers.

"Midoriya what are you…" She began but stopped when she saw the injured participants.

He's going to save them isn't he? Even in this test he still think of others like… Ochako gasped. Like a hero…

"Iida come on we have to go and help him!" She shouted.

"What? But why, what about the test?" Tenya noted.

"Iida… would a real hero let a test get in the way of saving others?" Ochako questioned.

Suddenly it dawn on him what Ochako was getting at.

"Your right, a real hero wouldn't would they." He noted. "Let's go!"

"Right!" She returned.


Battle Center E…

With their plan all set, Ruby and Jaune were ready to in act it. A golden glow enveloped Jaune as he activated his quirk, [Amplify]. With it he can boost the physical body of either himself or others. He can boost a maximum of four people at once so long as he maintains focus on them. However he can't boost himself and others at the same time. The more people he boost the weak each individual boost is. The factor of the boost is 200% for one person, 100% for two people, 66% for three people, 50% for four people. He took hold of Ruby's hand.

"Ready?" He asked.

She gave him a smile and a nod.

"Alright then…" He began as he started to spin her around.

The speed at which he spun increased.

"Here… we… GO!" He shouted as he threw her straight towards the zero pointer.

In that instance he focused on Ruby, boosting her instead of himself. With the golden aura now around her, Ruby burst forward at three times her normal speed. She struggled to remain focused on her task. With her body physically being empowered, her mind struggled to keep up with the sensation. Despite this she powered through and remained focused on her target, the head. Right when she was on it she shifted hers into a forward kick and slammed her foot into the robots head.

Metal crunched as did Ruby's bones. Despite the boost she received the force of the impact was enough to shatter the bones in her foot. Her foot was logged in it's head. She hissed in pain from both the broken bones and the metal piercing her skin. However the attack did it's job a large dent was in the machines head as it began to fall back. With another kick, Ruby freed herself. She flew back down to Jaune. However she lost control and came crashing into him.

"Ow ow ow… sorry Jaune." Ruby expressed.

"It's okay…" Jaune groaned. "At least we beat that thing."

"Yep," Ruby expressed.

The two looked to each other with goofy smiles on their faces.

"TIMES UP!" Present Mic shouted.

The two let out a sigh of relief.

"Phew… I wonder how Izuku's doing?"


Battle Center B…

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Izuku shrieked as he plummeted to the earth.

Ochako and Tenya raced to try and rescue him.

"Iida? Any ideas on how to rescue him?" Ochako questioned in panic.

"I'm working on it!" He shouted.

Come on Tenya think. What could we do to help him. Uraraka can make things float so that'll stop his falling. But we need to do it high enough so he has enough time to slow down. Come on I need to think of something, anything! In that moment he saw a large broken off piece from a robot, and then an idea came to mind.

"Uraraka, think you can make that object weightless?" He inquired stopping dead in his tracks.

"Huh, uhmmmm…" She expressed taking a bit to examine the size of it. "Yeah, but not for long."

"Do you think you could hold it long enough to save him?" He asked.

"Uhmm… I think so?" She answered.

"Then get on it and make it weightless. I'm gonna kick you over to him!" Tenya ordered.

"A-alright." Ochako replied.

Doing as she was told she hopped onto the machine using her quirk to make it weightless when she gripped onto it tightly.

"Hold on tight!" Tenya shouted as he readied to kick the machine part.

With strong but well controlled kick. Tenya launched Ochako towards where Izuku was falling. Tenya was careful not to launch Ochako too fast as to risk over shooting but too slow that she'd get their too late. Ochako was nearing where Izuku was falling from. However, as she got closer she noticed that at the rate she was going she'd overshoot and miss him. Thinking quickly, she waited until she was a bit ahead of where he'd be before jumping off and catching him mid air. With the catch she activated her quirk and his descent was slowed. Eventually they landed safely and Ochako released her quirk. The two lay next to each other with Izuku breathing heavy from his second near death experience while Ochako was doing her best not to throw up from overusing her quirk.

"I really need to stop doing this. I'm not even in UA yet and I've nearly died twice already." Izuku expressed. "Thanks for the save by the way Uraraka."

"No problem… just doing… the right… thing." She stated as she struggled to not throw up.

Eventually she lost the battle with her stomach. She quickly turned away from Izuku, got on her knees and began to vomit rainbows and sparkles. Meanwhile Izuku was watching the whole thing with a perplexed look on her face. I wonder if it's her quirk that does that or if it's something else.

"Uraraka, Midoriya!" Tenya shouted as he ran towards them. "Are you alright Midoriya? what's wrong with Uraraka?"

Tenya came to a halt, looking panicked at his two new companions state.

"I'm fine aside from some a broken foot and fingers from using my quirk. I think Uraraka just over used her quirk." Izuku expressed slightly in pain.

"Yep," Ochako grunted.

"WHAT?! What kind of quirk causes you to hurt yourself from just one use?" Tenya question, now even more worried.

"I got mine… late… I'm still getting use to it." Izuku explained.

"TIMES UP!" Present Mic shouted.

"Yeeeaaahhh it's over." Ochako expressed wearily as she raised her arms into the air.

Slowly she fell back right onto Izuku's stomach earning a deep blush from the boy.

"Uhmmm… these feel nice." She muttered.

Izuku's face managed to get even redder as he quickly devolved into a stuttering mess. The third test of the UA Entrance Exam has come to a close.


Izuku: Oh god I almost died again.

Ruby: Aaaannd set.

Izuku: What?

Ruby: Oh just putting in my bet for how many times your gonna nearly die by your own recklessness. I'm betting on seven, Nora's shooting for eight, Itsuka's at 20 she really...

Izuku: WHAT!? THERE'S A BETTING POOL FOR THAT!? And why are you in on it.

Ruby: I want money. So try and tone things down a little but not too much. Jaune's at five and I don't want him to win.

Izuku: Now hold up wait a minute why are you...

Ruby: Not important we need to get on to the next chapter preview.

Izuku: I DISAGREE!

Ruby: In the next chapter we move on to the final round of the Entrance Exam.

Izuku: Seriously, why do you guys have a betting pool on me almost dying.

Ruby: Izuku's the first one of our group to be called up for a fight. I hope he does well.

Izuku: I mean I'm not even that reckless.

Ruby: Yes you are. Anyways I wonder what'll happen? Oh well, next time Chapter 7: On to the Fights.

Izuku: Can I at least get like a small cut if you win.

Ruby: Nope.