DING! DING! DING!

Zoro groaned as he tried to ignore the repeated notification sound, not thrilled that it's the one to wake him up and not his alarm. But he figured that since it came one after another, it might've been an emergency.

When he opened his phone, he was greeted by a bunch of messages from Perona basically flooding him. Before he could even open one of the messages, his phone rang and on the caller ID is none other than Perona.

"ZORO!" she screamed as soon as he answered the call making him wince and pulling the phone away from his ear.

"Damn, what's got you—"

"Izuku was in danger!"

"A little late for that don't you think?" he drawled out as he sat up from his bed now awake from her screaming.

"How is he?!"

"He's fine," he said yawning "He came home perfectly fine, check the news they're most likely still covering it since All Might was there."

Zoro heard the female hero sigh in relief he figured it might've been the knowledge that the number one hero came to his aid "I got the signal that the ghost exploded too late probably because of the distance." She said solemnly.

Zoro scratched his head trying to find words to say, comforting people isn't really his specialty. "Don't worry about it, it most likely helped him out a lot. But hey you found out something new about your quirk." He said trying to channel what Izuku might say.

"At least All Might was there." As she said that, he could hear commotion occurring in the background. "Oh don't mind that, just some villains trying to make a ruckus." She heard her shuffle and right after that, he heard the noise turn into a very familiar mumbling. "Check on him again for me."

"I will I will." Zoro said but it came out muffled since he was putting on a shirt in the midst of it. There wasn't even a response after that, just the sound of her hanging up.

As he was about to go to the kitchen where the smell of food lured him, he decided to get Izuku, but when he knocked and got no response, he opened the door and found him not there making him scratch his head in confusion.

"Mom, have you seen Izuku?" he said sitting in front of her.

"Oh, he said he was running, he was in a hurry too."

"Hmm" Zoro took out a bottle of sake which Inko recognized to be one of those expensive ones one of her co-workers bragged to getting when they went back from their vacation. Of course her son could buy something like that as if it's nothing. Ever since he decided to send some of his money from work, they were able to live even more comfortably.

"You shouldn't be drinking early in the morning, Zoro."

"Just a few sips." He said pouring it on a glass, but he couldn't even drink what he poured himself since Inko snatched the glass and bottle from him.

Inko made sure not to accidentally spill a single drop of it, she almost had a heart attack when her co-worker mentioned the price and her son casually consuming it shows how much heroes earn.

Zoro let her take it away and thought on what Izuku is up to, he figured it might be something to do with All Might wanting to train him. He smiled at that curious what this has n store for his little brother.

Izuku jogged towards Dagobah beach where he saw All Might already waiting. "All Might!" he called out. He saw All Might cough out blood and turned to look at his direction.

"Young Midoriya, please don't shout my name out in public."

Izuku clamped his hand on his mouth and muffled "I'm sorry" before going down, avoiding trash to get to him. "So what are we doing here?"

That question was answered when All Might tossed a rope to him which a caught. He looked at him and saw it's attached to a large junk fridge with All Might sitting on top of it. "We're gonna test your limits and how you currently are. Try pulling!"

Izuku shrugged before putting the rope around him and did stretches just as Zoro taught him before any workout. All Might expected for him to struggle, but to his surprise the kid was able to pull the massive fridge with him riding it. He can feel the strength the kid was using as he can feel the junk under him glide through the sand with no struggle.

"HA HA HA! Amazing strength you have there, kid!" he said jumping down in front of him. "Do tell, is it part of your quirk?" he expected the kid to proudly announce his quirk, but he was met with him clamping up and started to get fidgety.

"O-oh well…um…" Izuku twiddled his thumb "I-I'm actually quirkless." He blurted out and closed his eyes.

All Might stared at Izuku and back to the trash he was just hauling along with him. Looking back at Izuku, he somehow saw himself from how he was. The hero walked closer to him and placed a hand on Izuku's shoulder making him look up at him.

"You must have worked hard to make up for what the current world thinks you lack."

Izuku's eyes glinted with shock "Y-you don't mind."

All Might chuckled "Remember that my power was passed onto me?"

"…Yeah?"

All Might posed in front of me "I was quirkless too before I got this quirk!"

"Eh?" Izuku jumped in shock "Y-you were?!" his hands moving around trying to find his notebook to add this big information.

"My master had a quirk, but even so she believed in me and passed this power to me. She raised me to the hero I am now." All Might walked to the junk he was sitting at "And now I'm about to raise you to be the best hero you can be."

All Might slammed his hand on top of it "I originally brought you here to clean up to improve your physique, but it's also" he started to push it down in itself "to make you learn that hero work is ultimately a community service and that you're a public servant." The force of All Might's strength from flattening the trash produced large gusts of winds that blew away the surrounding mess allowing a glimpse of what once was a beautiful beach.

"Go and restore the horizon of this area, this would be your first step of becoming a hero."

"The first step. Clean everything up?" Izuku looked around the massive area that has mountains upon mountains of trash "Everything?!" He asked in bewilderment.

"You mentioned you wanted to go to UA correct?"

Izuku turned back to him "Ah yes that's because it's your alma mater and…" Izuku thought back to a news coverage where they displayed a footage of his big brother cutting an illegal vessel in half. "…another hero's alma mater. If I have to pick, it would definitely be UA High."

"Passionate fanboy as ever." Izuku blushed but still dons a proud smile at the comment. All Might faced the horizon "It'd be best when you already have a good grasp of your soon to be new quirk, get your body used to it." The hero turned to look at Izuku "Right now you may be well built, but it'll take quite more than that."

"So I have to train here until my body is fit your quirk and have a good grasp on how it works?" he finished

"Precisely! Now brings us to the question: what is your current training regimen?"

Izuku brightened up but slowly died down when he realized one thing "I…I don't have any."

"Th-then, how'd you get where you are now?" All Might stuttered, baffled again.

"Well, I usually just go along with what my older brother does. He just let me tag along."

All Might put a hand on his chin in thought "Hm, I may have to talk to your brother so I can put together a proper plan for you. But he might get suspicious when a stranger asks for his workout plan; same goes for my identity as All Might."

Izuku stiffened along with a squeak at that. All Might find himself raising an eyebrow at his now apprentice's reaction "Something wrong?"

"W-well, I might-I might have told him that All Might wanted to train me." he said with anxiousness.

"Well…is that all you said?"

"YES! I PROMISE THAT'S IT!"

The hero chuckled "That's fine, that's fine. He is your family after all. You'll have to confide in them from time to time, but the secret of One for All is something that they shouldn't be burdened with. So I ask you to keep a tight lip on the subject." All Might asked putting a finger against his lips in a 'shush' position.

"Yes sir!"

"Would it be ok for me to meet him today?"

Izuku hummed as he thought on it before mumbling a "One moment please." Before pulling his phone out and messaging his brother. He heard a few beeps of notification and the kid typing a response before pocketing the device "Good thing his schedule is free since he just came home from a long job trip. So you can visit later when I get home."

All Might smiled at him "Your hard working nature seems to be in your family."

He noticed his eyes glint with pride "Nii-chan really worked hard to where he is now, I watched his journey and I'm glad he's successful now."

All Might pat his head "You'll follow his footsteps then, I'm sure of it."

When Izuku received a message that his brother is on his way home, they also went their way to go to his home. And as they entered their apartment, it was empty "Looks like we beat him here." Izuku commented "Why don't you—" Izuku paused when he looked back realized that the All Might is in his home "c-come in."

All Might made himself comfortable in the living room couch with Izuku rushing to prepare some tea. After a few moments, Izuku returned with a tray of tea "H-here you go All Might." He said with a shaky voice.

"No need to be so stiff young Midoriya, I'm just a guest." He chuckled

"O-oh okay!" Izuku sat across the hero and drank his own cup.

"So is it just you and your brother?"

The hero noticed Izuku's stiff shoulders relax at the topic of his family "Ah no, it's me, nii-chan, and mom. Mom mentioned she'll be quite late tonight."

"I see, hard at work too I assume?"

Izuku smiled and nodded before taking a sip again.

"You mentioned, your brother just went home from a trip, how long was he away?"

All Might observed him and he could practically read his mind trying to count how long it has been "About…two years I believe."

The hero looked around the living room and caught glimpses of the hanged pictures on the walls. He's too far away to see the other members of the family clearly, but he noticed the green hair that is very fitting for the Midoriya family. "You must have been spending a lot of time with him."

"He said he'll start working locally again, he said he'll only do trips when he feels like it."

"I never asked what is your brother's job?"

Izuku hesitated at first but opened his mouth to answer. But he was interrupted by the sound of the door opening and closing. "I'm home!" a deep voice greeted.

"Over here nii-chan!" he called.

All Might waited in anticipation to see what his successor's older brother is like. When the man came to view, All Might found himself with wide eyes and his jaw dropping when he recognized him "R-roronoa Zoro?!"

"Yo All Might! Heard you took a liking towards my little brother." Zoro said smirking at the hero's reaction.

All Might whipped his head to Izuku so fast he almost coughed up blood "Why didn't you mention that your brother was Roronoa Zoro?!" he whisper yelled, but with his still surprised state, the whisper was still too loud and Zoro could easily hear it.

Izuku smiled sheepishly "It's been a family practice not to mention our relations. I'm sure you understand why."

All Might looked at the young man and his very recognizable three swords on his waist. Now that he's taken the time to think about his decided successor, his raw strength stemming from the rigorous training of his older brother makes sense now. He's seen the hero train sometimes with their few interactions and even he would admit he's impressed.

And now that he has a closer look, the two really did have resemblance—mainly the shade of their hair but that's a given family trait. All Might cleared his throat and stood up. "Roronoa Zoro, it has been a while since we last met. It's nice to see you again especially in these circumstances."

Zoro raised his brow at that "Uh huh." He said a little suspicious of the hero's sudden stiffness "Relax, we're not in a professional environment."

"V-very well, but—"

"You wanna train Izuku?" he cut him off not looking forward to whatever rambling he was about to get into.

"O-oh yes, I was just going to ask you about what is Izuku's routine here since he says he just go along with yours."

"Oh that, I just work out until I can't"

"…Huh?"

"Didn't expect that huh?" Zoro smirked

"That can't be healthy!" All Might fussed

Zoro laughed "Relax I know my body well, I don't work out until I can't move, I work out until my body says stop."

"How is that different?" All Might mumbled to himself and looked at Izuku. "Do you do that too?"

"N-no, I stop when I feel tired, so does nii-chan, that's what he meant."

All Might sighed "I guess we'll just have to make do by observing what you can already do." The hero turned to the fellow hero "I thank you for your time." He said looking at him still trying to wrap his head around the fact that Izuku was related to him.

"It's fine, Izuku wants to be the number one hero who better to teach him other than the number one hero!" he said smiling at the both of them. Zoro walked closer and patted All Might on the back, but Zoro's strength startled the hero. So now All Might coughed up blood before a cloud of smoke engulfed the living room.

"All Might!" Izuku yelped.

When the smoke cleared, the now smaller hero wiped around his mouth and all of a sudden, a blade was pressed against his chin "Who the hell are you?" Zoro demanded his being radiating a killing intent that All Might can compare to strong enemies he's faced before.

"N-nii-chan calm down!" Izuku frantically ran to him and held the hand that was holding the sword that was pointed to his hero. "That's All Might!"

"Looks like an imposter to me." Zoro said malice dripping from his voice directed at what he thinks is a stranger inside their household.

If there wasn't a sword directly pointed at him, he would've found his reaction funny since it resembled how Izuku reacted to him reverting to this form. And now he's started to frantically try to come up with an explanation that Zoro would accept since he was already grabbing another one of his swords with his empty hand. He can see Izuku put his hand on the hilt of the sword and competed in strength in trying to keep it sheathed, but Zoro's strength far surpasses the kid's.

Good thing All Might deflating was just him being surprised not from his time limit. So he went back to his muscular form. Zoro went into stance with two swords when he sensed movement from the 'stranger'. "I'm not buying that act anymore." He said raising his sword to strike at the 'impostor'.

"NII-CHAAAN STOOOP!"

After a short lived commotion, the three managed to avoid any damage and was able to calm the hero protective of his home—understandably so. All Might and Izuku were thankful that they were able to sit him down and explain that he really is All Might with him finishing the explanation by showing the scar on his torso.

That was all it took for Zoro to be convinced it truly was the number one hero. He can still picture the very moment he witnessed All Might getting that scar from a fearsome opponent he's faced before.

All Might was a little apprehensive when showing his scar to the young hero. It's one of their similarities; he himself can see the scar on his chest that he got from the very same incident. He watched what his reaction would be closely hoping that it won't bring up awful memories for him too.

Zoro slowly ran a hand on his face "Ok, that makes sense now." An audible sigh from All Might and Izuku could be heard. "Where were we?"

"You agreed for All Might to train me!" Izuku brought up enthusiastically.

Zoro slowly turned to look at All Might and he found himself sitting up straight expecting more questions for him and hoping it has nothing to do with Izuku's quirkless self and how it'll play out in this whole thing "Good luck."

That was anticlimactic and it left All Might speechless. He could only imagine how unpredictable Izuku might be compared to Zoro. "O-oh, thank you."

When that was out of the way, All Might went on to planning a diet for Izuku and a work-out routine. Izuku already has a bit of muscle in him when they met but when Izuku followed what he dubbed as 'American Dream Plan' which got a positive reaction from Izuku and a strange look from Zoro. But it was proven to be helpful o the young man and his progress can easily be seen visually. Both in his physique and abilities.

They were four months in their training that he decided it was finally time to pass on One for All to him. All Might has recognized him to be ready enough to handle it.

"Young Midoriya" he called.

Izuku looked up from his rest and quickly walked over to him "Yes, All Might?"

The hero looked at his successor and admired the result of his hard work "I believe it's time."

"Time?" he asked confused, but when given the time to ponder over it, he perked up in realization "You mean,"

"It's time to hand my quirk over to you."

"A-already?!"

"You've worked hard my boy, even before I came. It's time we reward you for that hard work."

Izuku started to tear up and looked down at his hand "A-all Might," Izuku lowered his head making the tears pooling in his eyes fall on his cheeks "You helped me a lot, makes me think I'm cheating a little." He forced out a laugh to cover up the sob he let out.

'You've earned this yourself young man.' He thought in his head. All Might brought his hand on his shoulder "It's your own hard work that got you here. But you've got to work on not being a cry baby." He teased to lighten up the kid's mood a little.

All Might stood tall in front of Izuku "Now on to the award ceremony!"

Izuku giggled at that but looked on in curiosity when he saw him pluck a hair from his head. "Let me quote someone: What you get from sheer luck and what you get from those who acknowledge you are two different things."

"Don't ever forget that." The young greenhead looked up at his hero taking in every single syllable that the hero utters. "This is the power you earned." All Might held out his hand where the strand of hair almost shines like gold under the light of the sun.

Still with tears in his eyes, Izuku donned a serious look gripping his fist to prepare for what's to come and the power he's being handed "Eat this."

…

"Huh?" Izuku's voice was so quiet that All Might almost didn't hear it. He looked at the piece of hair in his hand and he could already feel trying to swallow that and the phantom feeling of a hair stuck on his tongue that he couldn't grab haunted his mouth the longer he stares at it.

"You just need to take in my DNA. Anything will do right?" he clarified scratching the back of his head sheepishly.

"This is so different from what I imagined!" Izuku screamed imagining something more grand or…something like that not this.

"Go on now eat it!" All Might held the strand of hair closer to Izuku who held up a hand to keep it away from him.

"Eat it! Eat it!" All Might demanded as he pushed his hand to Izuku who turned his head away so the hair was being pushed on his cheek. He yelped as he tried to push it away.

But ultimately he ended up accepting it. He closed his eyes shut tight and shoved the hair in his mouth taking one big gulp to not let the hair sit in his mouth any longer. It took all of his willpower not to puke it out.

"Good you ate the hair."

Izuku looked down on himself "But I don't feel any different." He observed.

All Might laughed "It's completely normal. It has to go through your digestive system. Give it two or three hours, you'll feel it." He said looking at his watch "Go home and take your rest, we'll start working on your quirk tomorrow here."

Izuku nodded and started to collect his things "Do remember that your body will need to adjust to the new quirk you got so there will be side effects. It's good we're this early, we can work on things you lack. Now take care going home."

"I'll see you tomorrow All Might!" Izuku waved as he left the cleaned area of the beach.

During dinner, Izuku couldn't help but think back on the hair he just ate earlier making his appetite drop which concerned his family.

"Izuku you doing good?" Zoro asked and chugging the expensive sake which earned a light scolding from Inko.

"Y-yeah, I just-uh…I saw a video that's interesting?"

With how Inko and Zoro were looking at him, they didn't buy it. Zoro shrugged before going back to eat prompting Inko to do the same relieving Izuku from his now new secret. He has to work on an explanation about the sudden manifestation of his quirk. He'll worry about that later on.

The next day, when Izuku arrived at the beach he saw All Might already waiting there. Izuku waved at him as he ran closer, but as he does so, he noticed someone there with him. When he got a good look at them, Izuku tripped and landed face first on the floor.

"Y-young Midoriya?!" All Might called in worry.

"Oh dear." Izuku the new person's voice and that got him to stand back up on his feet and ran to them.

"Recovery Girl!" Izuku held out his hand which she took, and he started to shake hands vigorously "It's very nice to meet you! I've heard so much about you!"

"Oh my, I hope it's good things."

Izuku, still shaking her hand, answered "Nii-chan told me how you took care of him!" he blurted out too awestruck to notice what he just said.

"Nii-chan?" she asked which made Izuku to stop his handshaking and pulled his hands to cover his mouth.

"His big brother was a student in UA." All Might interjected.

Recovery Girl found that as a sufficient enough explanation "Oh, I see then." She said with a smile looking at Izuku trying to remember any student that looks like him.

Her train of thought was interrupted when All Might stepped up "Young Midoriya, today we'll be training your quirk. I asked Recovery Girl to be on standby just in case."

"Don't push the kid too much." Recovery Girl said her voice laced with threat.

All Might let out a nervous laugh before ushering Izuku to a pile of trash. "Now Izuku, I'll teach you how to harness that power."

"Yes sir!"

"Now," All Might faced the pile of trash "Now to use my quirk," he crouched down to a stance "You need to clench your butt cheeks and yell: SMASH!" he punched forward towards the pile with no power behind it just to demonstrate.

Izuku looked at him with a discombobulated look "Um, o-okay." He said going into the stance All Might did. A sigh from Recovery Girl was heard after witnessing All Might's teaching method. She prays that when he teaches at UA he'll get more improvement.

Izuku took a deep breath and tried to focus that feeling to his arm. All Might and Recovery Girl watched closely as they saw his harm start to glow. When he start to feel something building up, he reeled his arm back and punched forward alongside his loud scream of "SMAAAASH!" Once His punch landed, it blew away the tall pile of garbage along with other junk behind it with a loud bang.

All Might looked at the carnage with pride "HA HA HA! Well done Young Midori—AAAHHHHH!" he screamed once he saw the state Izuku was in.

Izuku stayed frozen in his punching position scared that if he moved even an inch, something worse might happen to his slightly purple bruised arm. "Aha ha ha." He tried to play the pain off with a shaky laugh he forced out.

"Come here dearie." Recovery Girl was already on his side her hand lightly touching his arm and led it to her, her lips puckering and doing a light peck on his arm. Soon after his arm glowed and slowly the bruising started to fade.

Izuku watched it with wide eyes, excited that he get to experience her quirk. But his excitement was overpowered by the feeling of exhaustion "Why do I suddenly feel tired?"

"It's how my quirk works. It takes the person's stamina to heal their wounds. It's a good thing you only got bruising and not a broken bone or you'll feel even more tired."

"I see, thank you very much." He said flexing his hand and eventually his arm finding it good as new.

"As for you!" Recovery Girl pointed her syringe cane towards All Might. The sharp glint on the tip of the cane pointed at him has him raising his hand in surrender "Work on how he'll use his quirk without giving himself injury! I won't be here all the time!" she scolded.

"Y-yes ma'am"

Izuku can't help but shrink too with her scolding even when he wasn't on the receiving end.

That night, when the three of them were just lounging around in their living room, he spoke up "Um," both Inko and Zoro looked at him and that got him to stiffen up. He took in a deep breath 'Just like you practiced. You got this.' He pumped himself up.

"Today…when uh…training, something came up." He said twiddling his thumbs.

"Izuku," Inko called in concern walking towards him. Zoro raised his brow at him ready to hear him out and take action depending on what he hears.

"It's uh…not that bad. I may…or something along the lines of…well…you know."

"Spit it out Izuku."

"I got a quirk!" he blurted out in surprise from the straightforward tone of Zoro's voice.

His family was now gaping at him "A-a quirk?" Inko repeated in disbelief.

"A late bloomer? Well, you'd be the latest late bloomer…I think. I don't really read much about it." Zoro theorized. "So, what is it?"

Izuku looked down not really daring on looking at him when deceiving him "I don't really have a name for it, but it's kinda like super strength."

Inko looked up "Super strength? I don't really recall anyone in our family tree that has that kind of quirk."

"Maybe it has something to do with his body making a way around that pinky toe of his? Evolution or whatever."

"I never really thought about it." Izuku finally held up his head with a bright smile "I was just too excited to think about it."

The moment they saw Izuku's happy state, the subject about how he got it was dropped and decided to just focus about how Izuku feels and celebrate with him.

Zoro draped an arm around him "Looks like you got a new quirk to analyze huh." He said ruffling his hair at the same time.

Izuku's eyes started to glow in excitement "Yes! I'll have a lot of catching up when it comes to using my quirk in combat!"

"We should update your quirk status then." Inko proposed. "Maybe on your rest day then."

Izuku agreed and thus the start of his new journey to UA.

The next few months, he was able to throw a punch and use his legs to launch himself without harming himself at the expense of him giving up quite a lot of the force behind the moves. But nevertheless, they still pack a punch. He wishes he could have more time to work on his quirk, but UA can help him with that. Right now he believes he's strong enough to pass the entrance exams. He can improve his use of quirk in school with the help of not just All Might, but different teachers who—admittedly—have more experience in teaching.

But it's also thanks to All Might that when he uses his quirk, he only feels a light throb whenever he overuses it and he could throw a handful of punches with no consequences.

He couldn't believe it. It was finally time.

Izuku looked up at the gates of UA where a multitude of students entered hoping to get a seat in the school's hero course. "OI nerd! Move your ass or I'll leave you behind!"

"Oh y-yes!" he started to run towards Kacchan who was already halfway to the building.

In his hurry, he ended up tripping on himself. He prepared his arms to catch himself from falling, but he found himself weightless and he suddenly started to float "W-woah!"

A hand guided him to a standing position before he felt his weight go back to normal. "Sorry for using my quirk on you without permission." Izuku looked at the person and saw a cute girl with mostly rounded features.

"It would be bad luck if you fell now, right?"

Izuku was too stunned to even respond and just stared at her "Well, I'll be off now. Good luck, okay!" she said waving goodbye.

He walked towards Kacchan who witnessed the whole thing and he looked at Izuku with furrowed brows. "I talked to a girl."

"You didn't even respond to her."

"I talked to a-"

"You're hopeless." He cut him off and proceeded to enter the building with Izuku following him still dazed from the interaction.

The written portion of the entrance exam went by quickly with Izuku and Katsuki walking out with confidence that they aced the test. With that out of the way, they headed for the UA Heroics entrance exams briefing.

The both of them looked around the auditorium to take it all in. A large smile started to stretch across his face "Nii-chan, has been here before!"

Bakugo scoffed at that "Of course he did, makes me wonder how he handled all these extras though." He said glaring at other students.

"Kacchan, stop that, you're just making enemies."

"Tch I'd like to see them try."

He sighed at his behaviour, but that was all thrown to the side when a familiar silhouette started walking up the stage. He leaned forward in an attempt to take a closer look at the hero but Bakugo grabbed his collar before anything disastrous could happen and pulled him to sit back down more harshly than needed but nothing Izuku can't handle.

In the silent auditorium, the loud sound of the Voice Hero could be heard all around getting everyone's attention. "Greetings candidates! Welcome to my live show!" Present Mic spread his arms and asked "Everybody say HEY!" before cupping his hand on his ear to the crowd. And instead of cheers, he was met by silence "Tough crowd" he commented light heartedly.

"Alright candidates listen carefully! I shall explain the practical test!" he went to a pose and once again asked the crowd "Are you ready?! YEAH!"

…

"The Voice Hero: Present Mic!" Izuku said blushing at seeing a hero he's admired in front of him "So cool! I listen to his broadcast every week. This is amazing. UA instructors are all Pro Heroes." He mumbled his eyes sparkling.

"Cut that shit, it's creepy."

"As indicated in the exam's pamphlet, candidates will have to participate in a 10-minute long mock battle!" the hero explained with exaggerated hand movements. The screen then displayed different areas for the students and it shows areas labelled by letters "You can bring any items! After my speech, you should go to your respective arena."

After that he was met with silence again since the students were busy looking where they will take their practical exam "OK?!"

"No teaming up from the same school." Izuku commented when he saw that despite his number and Bakugo's were one after another, they were positioned in different areas.

"Seems so. Not like we need to team up for anything, we'd end up outdoing each other anyway."

"That's just you."

"I'll kill you."

"Sure"

Their conversation was cut short when Present Mic went back to explaning. "The arena has 3 types of Villain-Bots! You gain bots according to their difficulty." The two of them took note of the silhouette of each robot and their corresponding points. "Use your quirk to defeat Villain-Bots and accumulate points! This will be your goal as examinees! It goes without saying that attacking others is extremely prohibited!"

Instead of the hero getting another silent response, a booming voice along with a stiff arm was raised "I have a question!"

"OK!" Present Mic pointed at the examinee to allow him his question a spotlight shining on him.

The blue haired guy held up his pamphlet and pointed at it "The pamphlet says there are 4 villain-bots!" he said after noticing when only three villain-bots were displayed on screen "If this is a printing error, it is unbecoming of Japan's No. 1 UA High!" he commented. "We, the candidates, came here to seek guidance from model heroes!"

The guy turned to his back and pointed to two boys "Also the guy with the curly hair along with the blond hair kid!"

Izuku pointed at himself to confirm he really was referring to him with Bakugo only raising an eyebrow at the uppity student already not liking him "You've been mumbling non-stop. That paired with your bickering with your seatmate, that is far from professional! If you two are here to play, please leave now!"

Bakugo abruptly stood up slamming his hand on the table "The fu—"

Izuku quickly clamped his mouth shut with his hand "We're very sorry!" He felt Bakugo squirm to get his hand away from him so he pulled him back down with the same intensity Bakugo did earlier "Consider us eve—eugh!" Izuku quickly pulled away his hand when he felt something gross on his palm.

Bakugo smirked at him but was met with a harsh elbow to his arm. "Damn," he muttered rubbing the spot he elbowed.

"OK. OK. Candidate No. 7111!" Present Mic tried to calm him down "That's an excellent question! Thanks!"

And on cue, the screen displayed a different robot silhouette "The 4th Villain-Bot gives you 0 points! It's there to distract you! Each arena will have one and will charge at anywhere. You can defeat it, but it brings no benefit. I suggest everyone to avoid it!"

The blue haired kid bowed "Thank you for your response! Pardon my directness!" before sitting down and the spotlight turning off.

"That is all for now! Lastly, let me hand you our school motto. The great hero Napoleon Bonaparte once said: "True hero is the one who can conquer the misfortune of life." Striving to go further beyond. PLUS ULTRAA!" he declared

With that the students in the auditorium were escorted to their designated arena and there, a mock city greeted them staring in awe at the scale. And Izuku is now currently in Arena B. He looked around and was enamored by the different quirk varieties. He was dressed in a simple green jumpsuit doing his routine stretching taking the free space in front of the crowd where he can also see others doing the same. And when he got done, he saw a familiar face near him.

It was that nice girl who helped him earlier. Izuku figured that a thank you is in order for what she did earlier. So he started to approach her, but a strong hand made him stop in his tracks. He looked back and jumped in surprise when he saw that it was the blue haired kid that scolded them earlier. He looked at Izuku with sharp eyes "If you're looking to distracting that innocent participant, I ask you not to that won't help your odds at getting in."

Izuku appreciated him worrying for a fellow examinee, but isn't he being unreasonably critical of him from that one observation? "That's not really what I intended—"

Izuku could feel the condescending looks he's been receiving when they recognized him as the boy who tripped at the entrance. His first impression on his peers has been poor lately.

His explanation was cut short when Present Mic just blurted out "START!"

He didn't even bother to wait for anything. The way Present Mic yelled it out, he was reminded with how Zoro would spare no time when he says training starts. So on instinct he was already running around the mock city.

Izuku pulled his arm back and punched the 2 pointer he caught sight of smashing it to pieces. He heard Present Mic say something before hearing the others run in, but as they do so he has already punched and kicked the robots waiting on the entrance making the other students forced to look someplace else.

He caught sight of one more robot rushing to him. With an arm at the ready, he prepared to knock that robot to the ground, but a beam of laser beat him to it. He looked at the source and saw a blonde guy with his stomach held out making him notice the support item on his stomach. "Merci! Beautiful teamwork we have. I do wonder if we'll ever see each other again. Adieu!" he said before running off leaving Izuku alone.

"O-okay then?"

"6 minutes and 2 seconds left!"

That announcement got him to acting and running to find more robots. When he turned a corner, he saw the nice girl floating robots and dropping them and ending up with destroyed robots "That's 28 points." She said panting

"Eh?"

Izuku was then distracted when he heard an engine behind him and saw the blue haired kid running before landing a hard kick to a robot, destroying it. "45 points!"

It's at that moment that Izuku realized he hasn't been keeping up with how much he has earned. He held up his hand and tried to recall how much robots he's destroyed and speculated the points they equate to "U-um…57 I think." His thinking was interrupted when he heard someone grunt in pain.

He turned and saw a downed student with a robot that's going after him. Izuku doesn't feel good with stealing points but he has to do something. So he activated his quirk on his foot and ran towards the robot, punching it to pieces before it could do any harm to the boy. "Are you okay?!" he turned to ask and took note of the shaggy hair and deep eye bags.

"Whatever, I'm fine."

"Are you sure?"

The guy walked past him ignoring him while rubbing his neck. He watched as other examinees ran past in front of the guy and following them were a group of robots. He ran past the stunned tired guy before making quick work of them. "O-oh! Uh 57…59…64 points now I think?"

In an observation room, heroes observed the students "Interesting crop we have this year." A woman commented.

"True, plenty of quirks with their wielders using it to their advantage. Whether scouting, or destructive force. They sure are creative." The principal commented.

As the staff conversed, one teacher was looking at a file with a student possessing a very recognizable last name making the teacher's eye twitch "Got something interesting there Eraserhead?" one teacher asked.

"Yes."

"Speaking of interesting, why don't we make things more interesting for the examinees." Principal Nezu said before pushing a button.

And as he did, rumbling started to be felt throughout the mock city making everyone pause. Izuku looked around trying to figure out what's happening. When people started to run past him, he looked to what they're running from and saw a giant robot "Th-that's the zero pointer?" he asked gulping at the intimidating sight.

"2-minutes left!"

That got Izuku back in action, when he started to run and look for other robots. But when he saw something struggling behind the smoke, he stayed to look at what that was. And when he saw it was the nice girl from earlier, he moved before he could even think of a plan.

He kneeled down to her "Can you stand?" he ask his hands ready to lift her up.

"I-I can't," she looked at her foot and he saw that it was stuck under rubble.

"Hold on." He commanded before lifting his hand. When she felt her grip at his leg, he flicked his finger and the force of that move was strong and gentle enough to blow away the rubble freeing her. Once she was free, he quickly picked her up and carried her away.

But he couldn't even leave because he saw another student that was in a position much nearer to the robot. He recognized him as the student with deep eye bags. He ran to a safe distance and set her down, Izuku saw the blue haired guy and pointed a finger to him "You, take care of her!"

"Wh-what—"

Izuku was running back increasing the quirk on his legs, and when it was ready, he jumped up and it propelled him all the way up to the giant robot's 'face'. He reeled an arm back and with a loud bang, he punched the robot and it destroyed the robot's head and knocking it back.

He prepared his legs and landed on the ground forming a deep crater. He quickly looked around and saw the purple haired kid looking at him with wide eyes. He ran to him and hauled him over his shoulder "H-hey"

Izuku used his quirk and ran back using his quirk to where he left the nice girl where he set him down. "TIME'S UP!" he let out a deep sigh before sitting on the ground.

Looking at his hand, he flexed them along with his arm trying to soothe the throbbing. Izuku looked at the nice girl and eye bag guy "Are you guys oka—" he stiffened up when he noticed everyone staring at him. "U-um…"

"W-woah did you see that?!"

"He just punched the thing away!"

"Not what you'd expect from someone that looks like him."

The blue haired guy listened to everyone's praise to the kid he criticised 'That's not it, did you guys not see?!' he thought to himself and looked at the two students Izuku rescued 'he charged that 0 pointer to save these two. No hesitation at all.' He looked at the green haired wonder on the ground catching his breath. He clenched his fist 'If this wasn't an exam…'

That train of thought was interrupted "Thanks for coming everyone." An old lady voice could be heard. "Here, have some gummies." She handed them to an examinee that was particularly bruised. "You over there, come here too." She said walking over to Izuku.

"How are you?"

"Just some throbbing pain." He said holding up his arm and it's then he saw a large bruise on his arm "Ah!"

At that, Recovery Girl gave his arm a kiss making the bruise disappear in front of them and that also made his whole body not throb in pain. With a tired tone, he said "That's Recovery Girl for you, the pillar of UA High. You quirk is very helpful in every situation."

"That's enough from you. Hurry up, anyone else injured?" she asked walking towards the two people Izuku basically saved.

At the observation room, a maniacal laughter was coming from the Principal shaking from laughter "It's been a while since someone demolished a 0 pointer. And if I recall…" he turned to the teachers in the room with him "He was also a reckless green haired student."

One of them sighed and walked out. "This will be interesting."

At home, Izuku was so tired that when he was eating he was too tired to even lift a hand to feed himself "Izuku are you okay? You've been staring at that fish for a while now."

"Let him be, he probably experienced the school nurse's quirk."

"She's amazing nii-chan. Present Mic was the one who briefed us on the exam, isn't that cool? To think I'd see him in person after having just listened to him." He mumbled out, slowly this time his tired state seeping in his tone.

Zoro sweat dropped somewhat amazed at how Izuku can still fanboy even in his current state. "That so? He was also the one who briefed us when I did my entrance exam."

"Really?!" Izuku leaned to him at the new information but that made his chair start to lean even more but Zoro caught it and pushed it back to all four of its legs.

"Yeah, you can ask more questions after you've rested."

"Ok…" he agreed and went back to eating, chewing slowly.

When Zoro got finished with his meal, he gave Izuku a pat on the shoulder cocking his head towards his room inviting him there when he's finished. Izuku looked at his mom but she only shrugged.

Izuku knocked before entering his brother's room where he saw him busy a pile of papers on his desk "Uhm, nii-chan?"

"Come in." he invited and opening a drawer at the same time grabbing something that Izuku couldn't see.

The moment he took a seat on Zoro's bed, something was tossed at him. Thanks to his reflexes, he caught it quickly and noticed it was a circular thing. He looked up at Zoro his question he could practically read on his eyes.

"That's my exam results."

Izuku gasped and held the small object to his chest. "R-really?!"

"You can look at that after you've seen your results."

Zoro looked at his little brother and saw he wasn't even listening, and was just admiring what he gave him making him shake his head with a smile. "Your results will come in a week, relax and wait. Go rest and take your mind off it, you've worked hard. I'm sure you got in."

Zoro sighed when Izuku was still isn't listening.

A week has passed and Inko was doing the usual routine of checking their mail. As she's sorting through them, she yelped in surprise when she saw an envelope with UA High's insignia making her rush to her younger son's room.

"I-I I-zu-izu-izu it'shere!"

She looked at her son's surprised expression with her behaviour. "Wh-what's here?!"

She held the envelope to him "Your letter! It's here!"

Izuku was silent for a moment then suddenly "Hah?!"

And that is how Izuku found himself sitting and staring at the unopened letter. Zoro was still out at work so he won't be here for this. Izuku gripped the small compact he gave to him. Zoro most likely figured he won't be here when he got his letter so he gave him this to reassure him.

Taking a deep breath, he hurriedly opened the letter, or more like ripping the envelope in half. Best to get this over with. As he did, the same device fell out and instantly lit up displaying "A-ALL MIGHT?!"

"I AM HERE AS A HOLOGRAM!"

Izuku eyed the hologram and back to the device "Th-this is from UA High right?" he asked before gawking at All Might.

"Due to how time consuming the administrative procedure is, I couldn't contact you." He explained before clearing his throat "I'm very sorry."

Izuku looked at it with wide eyes shocked at his mentor in the hologram. He continued to do so when All Might proceeded "The real reason I came to this city is to work in UA High."

"All Might…in UA?" he watched as All Might did a quick chat with a person behind the camera.

"Cut it short? But I need to tell him something! More of these huh? Alright" All Might straightened himself up to lay out information for the student receiving this.

"You passed the written exam and practical exam with flying colors Young Midoriya. Of course this is a given that you have passed! Your practical score being at a whopping 70 you are placed as second place in the practical!"

Izuku let out a wide smile at the score he got finding it satisfying. He figured that his count was off. "But Young Midoriya you think eliminating enemies is the sole factor of this exam? No, the school values those who are willing to do the right thing and save others despite the situation. Do you follow?"

All Might took a remote out and played a clip. "It's the nice girl."

"Um, excuse me. The guy with the messy hair and freckles kind of plain looking…Do you know him?"

"That's me!"

'Wait, that didn't come out right' he thought as soon as he muttered those words.

"Do you know a way for me to thank him? Maybe even share my points to him? He didn't need to go save me but he did and he could've used that time to get himself more points. But he saved me I just…"

Present Mic gave her a light pat on the head "Points is not something that you can share kid. But don't worry about it, everything will work itself out."

Izuku started to feel tears pool at the girl's sweet gesture, but before he could react another clip played.

"Hey uh, I'm looking for someone." Said the kid with purple hair still rubbing his nape. "I'd like to thank him for saving me from…that. And I owe him an apology for how I treated him."

"Let me guess, curly hair, freckled kid?"

"Yeah him, kind of plain looking too."

'They don't mean any harm, they don't mean any harm.' Izuku chanted in his head.

The screen then cut to the scoreboard making Izuku flinch at what he saw.

"Rescue points from judges!" All Might continued "This is another basic skill that we value in UA High!"

The scoreboard displayed him in the number one spot with 70 villain points and 60 rescue points giving him a total of 130. Izuku's jaw dropped at his result and how he surpassed Bakugo with him being second. He doesn't look forward how he'll react to that.

"You are what UA has been looking for."

He started to feel the tears that's been pooling on his eyes fall down to his cheeks.

"So come, Midoriya. Welcome to your Hero Academia!"

The boy wiped his tears with his sleeves and looked back up "Yes!" and with that, the hologram turned off leaving him in darkness.

His attention went to the same device Zoro lent him. So he fumbled with it until he found the on button and when he did, the hologram displayed the footage paused at the time where the scoreboard was displayed and what he saw made his jaw drop.

Naturally, his big brother got first place, but that wasn't what shocked him. The very thing that he found surprising was that his big brother's total score was 126. He beat him by four points!

What he viewed as someone unreachable, he somehow managed to beat. Izuku shook his head and slapped himself. "No, this was years ago. I still have to catch up." He said to himself but still find himself feeling proud at the results.

He let out a sheepish laugh.

Izuku stood up and walked to his door where he could hear his mom pacing back and forth. When he opened the door he was surprised to see his big brother leaning on the wall watching their mother pace.

The sound of the door opening had them looking at him waiting for the news. And when he gave them a joyful smile, Inko's eyes started to shine with tears and instantly, tears started to pour out. "IZUKUUU!" she ran and hugged him.

Zoro's laughter rang throughout the whole apartment and draped an arm around his shoulder "I knew it! You better have blown everyone away in your exam too! What's the result?"

Izuku looked up at him with a confident smirk "130"

Zoro smirked back at him "You brat" he said ruffling his hair "Got me beat huh?"

Izuku laughed in confirmation earning him a rough pat on the back and a tight hug.

"This calls for a celebration! Let's have a drink with Zuku here." Zoro proposed.

Inko pinched his cheeks "Izuku's not allowed to drink." She insisted with a terrifying calm smile.

"Ok ok ok" he agreed trying to pull her hand away from his now hurting cheek

Izuku ran to the now clean beach to where his trusted mentor was waiting for him "All Might!" he called out with tears flowing out of his eyes making the skinny form of his spit out blood.

"Who?!"

Then a couple on a romantic stroll heard it "All Might?! Where?!"

All Might leaned and whispered to Izuku "Repeat after me: Oops, it's a mistake."

Izuku flinched when he realized the situation "Oops, it's a mistake!" he shouted back at the couple hearing them express their disappointment which made the two of them sigh in relief at the avoided situation.

All Might held a hand up to Izuku "Congratulations for passing the exam."

"Ah, Thank you!" he said giving him a high five.

"First thing's first. I didn't tell the school about our relationship. I know you, you'd think it's unfair. I wasn't even a judge at all."

Izuku bowed at him "Thank you for your consideration." It's the subject that has him recalling something "It really surprised me that you became a teacher at UA! That's what you're here for right?" he asked excited about him "All Might's agency is at Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo 6—"

"Stop it!" he halted the oncoming fanboy rambling of Izuku making the kid sweat feeling bad a bit "Before the school make the announcement, this is a secret." All Might turned to look at the sea "UA asked me to come over when I was looking for a successor."

'He was looking for one among the students' Izuku realized in his mind. He looked down on himself and started to think about the other students also full of potential.

"What's that down look for? You've proven yourself time and time again throughout our time training. I do not regret choosing you for a single bit."

"W-well…"

"If you still think you're not worthy." All Might went to his muscular form "Then I'll have to beat to you through training let's go!" he said before running and Izuku following him.

"Is that All Might?!" one of the people earlier spotted him.

"Faster now Young Midoriya."

"Yes!"

They both ran away from there with Izuku easily outrunning him with no effort. All Might smiled at the sight 'I chose well.'