A/N: Here we go! Chapter 22 and a small step towards our loving school U.A.!
Rustonav, avidreader-everafter: Thanks for sticking through with me for 22 chapters! Appreciate the reviews
SonicMax; I saw that i missed some information, i changed it! But this chapter basically fills in the terms to Izuku going to U.A.
FairyBratt02, AshBladeHentai: Thankyou for reading!
Chapter 22:
"We're literally so early because of you." Bakugo grumbled and leaned back into his seat.
Mina rolled her eyes, "I had to make sure I had prepared!" She claimed, "What are you going to do in the meanwhile?" She questioned the green haired boy.
"I have a short interview with Mt. Lady and another thing to attend, I'll be back to pick you up! Good luck!" He shrugged and parked his car in the parking lot. He clicked the button and the roof, revealing its sleek look once again.
THe boy laughed to himself, feeling like a proud older brother to the two.
The two walked up to the school, one trying to keep his intimidating aura around him, and the other just kept bouncing around, everywhere.
A few students were outside chatting, hoping that they'll pass.
Izuku just chuckled and started up his car once again, he had a meeting somewhere else anyways.
Bakugo scoffed as other teens looked at him, Mina clung against his side, being full of energy as always. He hunched his shoulders, his head turned swiftly when he heard the thing he was dreading to hear, "Oi! Isn't that the guy from the sludge villain attack?"
Another voice chimed in, "Yeah! I think that's him! I have the videos on my phone."
Katuski's breath became laboured as he positioned himself once again, getting no air in his lungs, everything turning black.. He was brought back when he felt someone's hand on his shoulder, he quickly shrugged it off, not taking note of who it was.
"Bakugo? Are you okay?" The once energetic girl asked, now her voice full of concern. She then dug around in her little bag, as Izuku taught them, always handy to have on with you.
She pulled out her wireless earbuds and handed the boy one, playing her favourite band. After a few minutes she heard Bakugo scoff, "Didn't know you were into that old shit too" His eyes widened at his slip up.
Mina squealed, "You like Rex Orange County too?!" She gave him a side hug, whereas he tried to pull her off of him.
Katsuki glared at the blonde guy in front of him, "Don't stop in the middle of the path you, fucking Warugaki."
The guy quickly stuttered out an apology, "Sorry broski!"
Mina just waved it off, "He's naturally foul mouthed! No need to worry." She then pinched Bakugo's side, "You should really learn manners."
"Oi! As if i care!" He exploded, once again.
Mina just sighed and walked into the school, followed by a fuming guy, 'She just ignored me? The audacity' He scoffed.
Once they reached inside they registered themselves, "Bakugo Katsuki, explosion." He said with a beat voice, too tired to deal with small extra's.
Mina rolled her eyes from next to him, "Hello! Ashido Mina, acid!"
They got sent to a huge auditorium, since nearly everyone was there, they were assigned to their seats. On opposite sides of the room, he tsked at that, he didn't have anyone to talk to now, not that he didn't mind the quiet, he totally didn't mind, he had to be in his A Game to surpass the number one hero, and Doku.
He closed his eyes for a few seconds, enjoying the peaceful whispering across to room, only for that to be interrupted by the pro hero, he sighed, "For all of you examinee listeners tuning in." Present Mic paused, "Welcome to my show today!" The man turned around and did some passive aggressive movements, "Everybody say 'Hey!'"
Katsuki couldn't believe his eyes, was this orientation? He couldn't possibly be in the right room. He shook his head and nearly laughed out loud at the silence the examinees were giving him.
The man was shaking a bit, while striking a pose he said, "What a refined response. then i'll quickly present to you the rundown of the practical exam!"
Katsuki took a deep breath in trying to calm his anger when the hero went, "Are you ready?!" The silence didn't seem to make the man shake, that was a good sign that he actually isn't insane.
"As it says in the application requirements, you listeners will be conducting ten-minute mock urban area battles after this!" The screen behind him changed, "Bring whatever you want! After the presentation is finished." He looked down at his card, Battle center A. "Three different kinds of faux villains are planted throughout the Battle Centers! You earn points for each of them based on their level of difficulty." A retro animation appeared on the screen.
As if playing a mini game, character Present Mic jumped at robots and they disappeared, making them turn into either 1+ P, till 3. You get it. He grinned, ' just like a video game huh?' He thought.
"Earn points by immobilizing the villains! And of course, attacking fellow examinees or any other unheroic action is strictly prohibited."
Bakugo took another breath in, people weren't making it easy for him, "May I ask a question!" A person stood up from their chair, interrupting the pro hero. Present Mic pointed at him, as if saying, 'tell me, listener!', Bakugo shudders if that would ever happen.
A spotlight appeared on the examinee, he started pointing at the flyers they each had received, "On the printout, there are four types of villains. If that's a misprint, then U.A., the most prominent school in Japan, should be ashamed of a foolish mistake." His voice screamed authority as he continued his speech, but the blonde scoffed at that, not that he would ever acknowledge it anyways.
"Oi, four eyes, let the hero finish his explanation." Bakugo called from his seat, a few giggles erupted from around him.
"Okay Okay, settle down." The loud hero said, he gave the crowd a thumbs up, "Thanks for the great message." The screen behind him changed once again.
Bakugo tried to dig up any information Izuku potentially said about the robots, but could frankly remember nothing, or maybe did the slimy bastard keep it for himself? He scoffed quietly.
Exciting his car outside of an interviewing station, Izuku sneezed, 'Eh?'
"The fourth villain is worth zero points, that guys just an obstacle. So to speak." Katsuki narrowed his eyes. "It's not impossible to defeat, but it also isn't necessary to defeat it, either." The man struck a pose, once again, "I recommend you listeners try to avoid it."
The stuck up guy bowed, "Thank you for the explanation, please excuse the interruption!" Bakugo felt a bit of bark directed towards him, he grinned, maybe the guy had potential.
"That's all from me," The man took a dramatic audible deep breath, "Finally, I'll give you listeners a present," A pause, "Our school motto! The hero Napoleon Bonaparte once said," He quoted, "True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life," Another dramatic pause, "Go beyond, PLUS ULTRA!"
The students started to disperse to go enter their bus, the pink girl once again appeared by his side, "Good luck Racoon eyes." He grumbled before she could say anything, he disappeared and entered his assigned bus.
He kept his distance from the group outside the gate, on the sidelines, just enough space to sneak between them and bring hell to each, and every robot in there.
He dropped down on the ground, doing a few pushups, getting the sweat and his blood pumping, he stood up and shrugged his vest off, it'll only hinder him anyways.
He stood in a running position, ready to go anytime, just his luck. "Start!" the pro hero shouted from the top of the tower he positioned himself.
He took off running in front of everyone, if the area was urban, wouldn't that make the close narrow streets more likely to contain robots? He shrugged off that thought, that's Izuku's thought process. 'Don't get into habits.' he scolded himself.
He ran until he crossed his first robot, a 1-pointer. Before it could even shoot a cannon at the examinee he sprinted until he was close enough, he ran and propelled himself upwards whilst twisting his body around to explode the robots arms.
He did that, with another 7 1-pointers, until he crossed the 2-pointer, Izuku mentioned this one, it was his creation, he gritted his teeth as he avoided one of its shots, "Izuku you fuckung piece of shit." He said and sent off an explosion at its padding, causing a distraction, hitting it once again, in the weak spots.
That happened for another 9 minutes, until the end he felt the ground shaking. He gulped and stayed calm, seeing a crowd run his way, and definitly away from the fucking enormous robot.
He took a deep breath in and turned to run away, making sure to not bump in anyone. He had demonstrated his power enough, his arms had started to ache..So no need to destroy a fucking huge robot, literally who would be insane enough to do that?
Izuku quickly turned away from the microphone he had in front of him and sneezed, "Apologies sir, please continue." He said sheepishly.
Mt. Lady rolled her eyes, "Typical 'Kauchi." She clicked her tongue in feign annoyance and winked at the green boy.
The green haired boy who took that up as a challenge, again, he just grinned at her, "'Yama-san, you sneeze too, no need to do that," he rolled his eyes and leaned over to her, "Your sneeze is cute, so i won't complain."
Mt. Lady 1 - 3 Tsukauchi
Mina had been super duper nervous, as expected to be honest, she had been feeling good enough to use her quirk without any hesitation, working on how badly she wanted to give a robot a chemical burn?
She just sighed and looked at the girl next to her, who seems to be calming herself down. She took a few steps towards her only to be stopped by the 'four eyes' that had been scolded by Bakugo, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Are you trying to sabotage her?"
"I'm trying to calm her down, she looks like she's about to have a panic attack, read the room please." She then shrugged her hand off of her shoulder, "Please don't touch me without permission, I'd appreciate that." She said and made way towards the girl.
Tapping the girl on the shoulder, the slightly hyperventilating girl took a few breaths in, "Hello! I'm Mina Ashido, you can call me 'Shido or any nickname! Do you want to do some stretches before we have to start?" She questioned.
The chubby cheeked girl just nodded, "Uraraka Ochako, thanks."
They started stretching together, after a few minutes they stopped, "Good luck!" Mina said and walked to the otherside of the crowd, luckily so, there were less people to walk against when the pro hero shouted start.
"There had been a few rumours around. Are you two romantically involved?" the interviewer asked.
"I would say yes, purely to annoy Midnight dearest but no, Mt. Lady and I aren't romantically involved." Izuku denied. He started to think about it, why had they been texting so much? He shrugged internally, he'll just treat her for coffee and gush about comics with her, that's good enough to keep him busy until his appointment at U.A.
"We aren't, although, he totally is husband material."
Izuku reddened up at that, "I-I'm too young." He stuttered out.
Mt. Lady leaned over once again, "I'm young too, we should totally get married." She giggled at the red face.
Mt. Lady 2 - 3 Tsukauchi
She was catching up.
Mina ran across the streets, trying to get in as much as robots as she could, throwing acid at their sensors and cannons, occasionally helping people out with melting their cannons, she couldn't really just let people fend for themselves, one pillar doesn't hold up a whole house.
She ran across the street to help the girl she stretched with earlier, pushing her out of the way when the floating robot came crashing down. "Don't die on me 'Raraka!" She yelled before running all over the place, once again.
She snorted, 'Ra-ra-ra' Lady Gaga played inside her head.
Mina was particularly annoyed by the 2-pointer robots, which means he'll have to buy her food. Not that she is complaining, Izuku might. But Bakugo would back her up.
The thought of free food made her mouth water.
Near the end of all exams
Izuku stepped into the place he was directed at, he still was wearing his nice clothes, not really getting the chance after getting coffee with Mt. Lady. "Nezu Sir!" He exclaimed, seeing the hybrid on a control center.
He noticed his uncle standing in his skeleton form in the far corner, he gave Uncle Yagi a small wave, ignoring the dumbstruck look he was giving his nephew.
'Did Nezu not run this by him? Oh well' There wasn't really anything Izuku could do, except for walk to the chimera.
"Tsukauchi! Come on here, you'll finally get to see your robots in action!" The principal said excitedly.
The green haired boy quickened his pace and stood next to the animal, he looked up at one of their screens, showing multiple potential heroes, he grinned, seeing one of them struggle against his robot.
"Not to be a sadist," He threw Midnight a look, "But I like seeing my robot do such a great job." He scanned the other monitors, his eyes settling for his pink skinned friend, struggling against, he sighed, his robot. She'll demand free food after this.
"That's okay! There is nothing wrong with a little suffering." His principal said, Izuku just blinked and waved it away.
He shuddered a bit though, "The countdown is on a minute, what are your plans?"
The chimera turned to him, and revealed a box with a button in it. "If you could do the honours in exactly 1 minute. I'd appreciate it."
Izuku accepted the box, "May i film this? Ito would enjoy her robots being used to scare people."
"Permission granted."
He grabbed his phone out of his pocket and held it up to the screen, turning on the lock he looked once again at the countdown."
1..2..3...click.
Huge robots were finally deployed, He couldn't believe his eyes, "Holy shit."
'Young Izuku!' yagi scolded over text, he swiped the text away and shrugged. Nezu turned to him, "We'll have a small meeting with Toshinori and Aizawa." He said softly.
Izuku nodded, focused his eyes back at the monitor once again, the robot stomped through the streets, Bakugo was running away and Mina was helping someone with running away, must've sprained her ankle.
'I definitely have to buy them some free food after this.'
The green haired, Student/T.A. had to hand it to the Number two hero, Enji training Shoto must've motivated the blonde even more than Izuku himself could. He was a bit proud of that.
The examinees were going through the last lecture, Bakugo clenched his hand, he felt a bit tired, Recovery Girl had smacked her cane on his head over overstraining his arm by excessive quirk use.
At least he had it healed, the worst part would be that he would be on the train home. Thankfully his older brother would be here to pick him up and bring him and Racoon Eyes home.
Meanwhile
"Young Midoriya what is the meaning of this?" Toshinori asked once they closed Nezu's door. The Midoriya part was something he never grew out.
Izuku chuckled nervously, and rubbed the back of his neck, "Just a little miscommunication uncle, I forgot to tell anyone, for about a week."
He felt his uncles frail fist smack the top of his head, "A week, your training with me, and you'll regret it."
The greenette gulped, "Yes sir."
The door creaked and a guy walked in, he had pale skin, shoulder length black haired, that looked pardon very greasy. To sum it up, he looked like a very tired individual in
"That's irrational, problem child." He noted, "A week but has not mentioned it to your uncle, who will be teaching here, nonetheless." He studied the child, 'I can't put my finger on where I recognise him from.'
"Aizawa!" The Number one hero exclaimed, "He did not know about my teaching position here."
Said Aizawa turned to the fragile man, "Illogical of you too."
Izuku stifled, 'His attitude is something else…', he held his hand out, "Tsukauchi Izuku, your hero suit looks different than a few years ago"
The man looked at his hand and shook it, 'Now I remember, it's the kid i called good. I'll have to let Fukukado know, i'm sure she does have it all figured out, but bullying her with him in his class rather than hers will wound her pride. Here he is, unexpectable.' Then something snapped, "Ah, you were that young fan," A grin appeared on his face, "Nice to see you again, kid." All Might looked between the two, confused.
Everyone's favourite chimera popped out of his, "Now, young Izuku, how do you know our Aizawa?"
Izuku grinned and pulled out his oldest notebook, always handy to keep an old and new one with, really motivates you to make better notes over and over. "I met him as a child," he turned to the blonde, "With dad." back to the principal, "Got his and Ms Joke's signature. How is she doing?"
Aizawa sighed, "Hasn't stopped texting me non-stop since our agencies crossed and worked together for a bit."
'That must've been a very long time.' All Might and Tsukauchi thought.
He blinked a few times, "Good to hear?" he doesn't know whether it was good or bad, he took it as a hint that she's still alive. Unless she had set up a bot. That's an option.
The white furred animal spoke up, "Now that we're here, Tsukauchi, this'll be your homeroom teacher, Aiwaza Shota. He knows that All Might is your uncle."
"Not by blood." The man himself added.
"About your position here at U.A., as a student in heroics classes and as a teacher assistant for every teacher available in your graduated basic classes or specialised. On the list, support class after school supervision.
Since of your younger age and position here, we'd rather keep you close to our campus, that includes housing, there is a loft nearby, hope it's to your liking. Unless you'd rather stay at your house in Musutafu, guaranteeing that you'll be here on time for your classes." The chimera continued.
"You'll be given a temporary hero license, with just your name. You can act on my and a few teachers behalf." Aizawa looked at the animal on his shoulder, 'That doesn't make any sense.'
"I'm sure that your quirk will come in handy if any rescue assistance is needed. These will not interfere with your heroics classes, unless you accept the task." The chimera ignored his travel buddy's look and continued once again, "I hope you read over needed documents."
Izuku nodded, "I already discussed housing with my parents, I have come to an agreement to accept it, when do I need to move in?"
"At the end of the first school month, you can start moving in a week before, since school preparations will begin then."
The boy nodded, "Key cards will be given then. Your physical will be overlooked by me, the same date as the recommended students will be taking theirs. Since your training with All Might, I won't go easy on you, and as for the test, i'm sure you can take it too, it should be a breeze." Nezu stepped down on his desk. "Noted down?"
'More of a reason to push him.' Yagi mused to himself.
Izuku nodded, having written it down in his newer notebook. "Outside the gate once again, in two days, 0900 on the dot. Understood sir."
"Why is he teaching?" Aizawa remarked, having missed quite a piece of information.
Izuku raised his eyebrow, "I am an I-Island graduate, Degree in Engineering, Support course and Mechanics, got a small degree for chemistry and biology, mainly focused on anatomy."
That got the underground hero's attention, "So you're a smart problem child? Good job." He nodded curtly.
Izuku just smiled brightly, All Might sighed internally as his sunken eyes began to hurt, out of all the times he forgets his sunglasses right now?
"Will see you when preparations begin." The man said and nodded at the kid who checked his watch.
"I'm late, Uncle Might! I'm looking forward to the tests Nezu Sir! See you later, Bakugo will be pissed at me." He figured the man could hear his last sentence as he slipped out of the room, basically running through the halls.
"Oi, where were you." Bakugo barked, standing by his car. A tired Kacchan is a i'll-kill-you Kacchan.
"Had some talk with the principal about my entrance exam! Since the robots are mine." He half-explained, a little surprise will throw them all off anyways, as Aiwaza would say, a logical ruse, to make them adapt quickly, or so he thinks, he got that impression from the man after all these years.
"Can we go now?" Mina asked quietly.
Izuku frowned but didn't say anything, she gets quiet sometimes, maybe she's just hungry. He unlocked his car and stepped in, the rest following suit, "Want to go to the cat café? As a celebration?" He offered, knowing that Mina would get reenergized from the little cats.
The girl nodded quietly in the back. Bakugo just grunted, "I'll pay." He said softly and rode out of the parking lot.
He had been correct, Mina was right back into her old self, what confused Izuku was, what had she been so, quiet over? He only saw it happen a few times but never really figured out why.
Bakugo sat in one of the corners, glaring right back at the grumpy cats, but petting a little kitten on his lap.
It really was a sight to see, a rare one too, so he quickly sent a picture of him to the Todoroki and Bakugo group chats. Maybe or maybe not posting it on his social media, his hand slipped for the three steps each.
Izuku himself had been sitting in the middle of the cafe, getting crowded with little and old kittens. They all had been purring against his legs and a few even jumped on his lap. He felt his hair suddenly get heavy, did one? He held his hand up above his curly hair, feeling something other than his hair. But a soft purring little kitten.
"You're a clever one aren't you?" He hummed, something black caught his eyes.
He made eye contact with the infamous underground hero Aizawa Shota. His eyes keeping contact and walking over to the other side of the café, a silent understanding to not ever talk about it.
He nodded as motionless as he could.
Once it was time to leave he grabbed the kitten on his head, gently, he made eye contact with the cat, obsidian black eyes staring back at him, "I had a fun time little one," He hummed, looking at his tag, 'Chibi'. He snickered at his accidental pun.
Maybe he'd even consider adopting the cat, maybe. He'll have to talk it over with the other cat loving hero, he'd surely know what to do.
A surprisingly calm Bakugo checked out, "I'm ready, the food was great too."
It was weird to see, sharing a look with Mina, she agreed.
Izuku spinned the car key around his finger, "Let's get you guys home, shall we?"
"Yes we shall, I call shotgun!" Mina shouted and quickly jumped in the passengers seat.
"Oi, fucking racoon eyes who do you think you are? Sitting in my seat." Bakugo said sharply, he then tsked and hopped in the backseat, "Fucking audacity." He mumbled.