Midoriya groaned as he woke up groggily, his head pounding as he covered his eyes. The lights were a bit too harsh for him. After a few minutes, he cracked one eye open to see where he was and found he was in the infirmary. The harsh light was from the lighting fixtures above, he briefly wondered what time it was before he saw the setting sun outside the nearest window.
"Shit!" he cursed as he threw himself into a sitting position before quickly clutching his head as the sudden movement caused a flare of pain to shoot through his head like a lightning bolt.
"No need to curse dearie" A kind elderly voice chimed in nearby causing Izuku to look up and brighten. "You're the youthful heroine Recovery Girl!" he exclaimed in his infamous fanboy panic.
"Oh I ain't too youthful anymore but it's great to hear I still have my fans" she chuckled as she approached his bed, in her hand was her unique syringe-shaped cane.
"OMGofcourseimabigfanofyoursyourquirkisinvaluabletoua…" He muttered at a machine gun pace. Chuckling Recovery Girl said "Slow down dear my hearing isn't like it used to" she playfully scolded.
Blushing Izuku muttered a quick apology to one of his favorite heroes "No need to apologize dearly I was only teasing you gummy?" She offered to hold out a dispenser of her energy-rich gummies.
"Sure," Izuku said as he downed the handful of gummies he was given. Laughing at the action, Recovery Girl thought about how his healing quirk and decided to ask her question now "So Midoriya, I know your name because of your Examinee Number" she said catching him before he could ask how she knew his name and making him blush embarrassed again.
"Well, Midoriya I was in the Examination Room with the other teachers and couldn't help but notice your healing quirk and wondered how it worked" she questioned taking a seat next to his bed, curiosity lacing her voice.
"Oh it's called "Healing Aura" it allows me to heal myself and others, but unlike your quirk, it works off my own energy" he explained, nodding Chiyo smiled "Wow your quirk could in many scenarios, and heal people I can't since it works off your own and not the patient's energy" she praised causing another blushing fit which was quickly interrupted by his phone which was on the side table going off with the caller I.D. reading "Mom".
"Go ahead dear, your mother must be worried as the test ended a few hours ago" Chiyo assured her patient before leaving the room to talk with his mother in peace.
Taking a breath he answered the call "He.." he started but was forced to pull the phone from his ear as his mother shouted his name in relief and fear and over the next 10 minutes he had to carefully explain and assure that he was okay to both of his worried parents and promised to be home soon before they finally allowed him to hang up and after a few minutes Recovery Girl brought in his belongings allowing him to change into his out clothes of the provided UA workout attire and sent home once Recovery Girl was satisfied with his condition.
Once he was gone Recovery Girl made her way to Nezu's office who to no one's surprise was expecting her "You know that boy Nezu?" she questioned.
"Izuku Midoriya, his quirk is rather fascinating, Gatherer is a Mutant Type quirk with subtypes of Transformation and Emitter Quirks" he explains, causing his employee to get awed and confused.
"How is that possible?" she questioned, such a quirk was unheard of to her.
"Oh that isn't the best part, it allows the bearer to "Copy" quirks, and as far as I can tell he has no limit to the number of quirks his body can contain, but it appears that he cannot copy mutant quirks but besides that, he has seemingly no problem copying Transformation and Emitter quirks" Nezu explained grinning in excitement at such an interesting quirk entering UA while Chiyo was startled by the quirk. As it reminded her of a certain villainous quirk.
"Do you think he could be related to that nasty All For One" She questioned her boss?
"That I am unsure of, but what I am sure of is "Gatherer" and "All For One" are not the same" he assured the elderly nurse.
Confused once again by her chimeric boss "How are you sure about that?" she asked.
"Oh you see I noticed one of the quirks young Midoriya possessed resembled the quirk of one "Nejire Hado" currently a second-year student going on her third year in UA, and through simple questioning, I found this out," He said motioning to a TV on the left side of his office where a still image of said periwinkle haired student standing in this office. The video began with Nezu asking her a question.
"Ms. Hado do you know an "Izuku Midoriya"?" Nezu questioned the friendly Highschooler.
"Let me think," She said as she cupped her chin before brightening "Oh I do! He's a cute kid I met a few years ago after I found his ad online!" she exclaimed upon remembering said individual.
"Ad?" Nezu questioned.
"Yes he had an ad up on one of the hero forums I frequented about asking people if he could copy their quirks, I don't remember the exact wording he used but it seemed interesting and I thought "That can't be possible!" so I hit him and decided to see if he could copy quirks and turns out he could, he also analyzed it!" She quickly described her signature style.
"Analyze?" Nezu asked, his ears perking up at the mention.
"Oh yes he broke down my quirk in like a minute, even described ways to use it he managed to "fly" with it in a few minutes while it took me years to get that good!" She exclaimed in shock and awe at the memory.
"Interesting~ now back to the subject, can you confirm you still have your quirk?" He asked, confused she showed off her Wave Motion quirk to the principal.
"Excellent thank you Ms. Hado you may return to class" The video ended with that statement from the recorded Nezu.
"That's how I know that they are not the same, as you saw Ms. Hado still had her quirk and this little interview as you would call it was taken after Young Midoriya was taken into the infirmary after his stunt at the entrance exam" Nezu explained to Chiyo.
Now somewhat calm the elderly woman nodded at the revelation. "That's a relief, I'm glad the boy and that nasty villain don't share a quirk" she said, sighing in relief.
"Yes it is, now I suspect you have a question regarding Midoriya. I'm guessing it's based on his healing quirk" Nezu "guessed" but RG knew better than to assume that her boss ever guessed.
"Oh, Nezu you already know what I'm about to ask so why bring it up!" She scolded, waving her cane at him.
Chuckling in response "Yes, yes Recovery Girl you can offer to teach him when he becomes a student"
Smiling "Don't you mean if he becomes a student?" she asked.
"Oh dear I don't mean to spoil things, but as I have already let it slip I could probably tell you," He said with his unique sharp grin.
"Tell me what?" she asked, confused.
Taking a sip of his tea he continued "You see you Midoriya has more than certainly passed the test he beat the old record for most points that was set by All Might himself" He said enjoying the reaction he got from his colleague.
"That's amazing! I knew he did well but not that well" she exclaimed, surprise etched on her wrinkled features. Chuckling again, Nezu sipped his tea.
"Now I know you have prep work for the new school year ahead of you so I will leave you so you can finish that up" He dismissed her allowing her to get back to work. Next on the other hand (Paw?) swirled the tea around his cup as he hummed.
"You are very interesting Midoriya I will be sure to enjoy this little game you brought to my attention" He chuckled, it was his creepy chuckle that sent chills down the backs of anyone who knew him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At The Midoriya Household ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Izuku sneezed, he arrived home a few minutes prior and was sitting down to dinner on a simple ramen day.
"Are you alright my boy?" His dad asked as he looked at him with worry etched on his face.
"Don't worry dad probably just some dust or something" Izuku said waving it off as nothing to worry about. Oh if he only knew.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Week Later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The three Midoriyas sat around the coffee table where Izuku's letter sat, Inko sat in the recliner while the two males sat on the couch, Despite a more confident outlook on himself and knowing he had more than enough points to pass by his count he was still extremely nervous to open the letter.
"Go ahead sweetie" his mother chimed in across from him, sighing he took the envelope and ripped it open, and out fell a small metallic disc which clinked against the wooden table before settling down on one of its flat sides.
"A disc?" His father questioned before the disc lit up a small holographic projection appearing above the small metal disc revealing a certain shaggy black-haired man.
"Let's just get this over with," he said to the person off camera "I'm Shouta Aizawa and this is your score congratulations," he said in his signature tired and monotone voice motioning to his side where a small panel appeared with Izuku's test results.
– Exam Results –
Written Exam: 97%.
Practical Exam:
355 Villain Points.
70 Rescue Points.
Total Points: 425.
– Exam Results –
"Congratulations Midoriya Izuku you broke UA's record for points gathered in the practical exam you even beat out that laughed known as All Might who held the previous record at 405 welcome to your hero academia" he explained before sighing at the cheesy line as the hologram shut off.
Izuku was stunned he beat All Might. He questioned himself as he felt a sense of pride and excitement well up in his chest and it wasn't only him that felt this as his parents glomped on him.
"That's my boy! You beat All Might!" his dad laughed giving him a playful noogie as his mom cried proud tears into his test her arms trapping him into a bone-crushing hug. That night they had his favorite Katsudon as a celebratory dinner at his record-breaking score.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Following Monday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Izuku fixed his uniform as he prepared for his first day at UA. He smiled as he thought that as the idea that he was going to his dream school his parents were equally as they waved him off as he made his way to the train station so he could get to school.
The ride was uneventful as he sat alone looking out the nearby window, his mind wondering if that brown-haired girl made it in before he quickly realized what he was thinking and blushed brightly.
The ride to UA wasn't very long but he had a bit of trouble finding his classroom 1A, that was until he bumped into a familiar set of periwinkle hair.
"Oh hey, Izuku-kun I'm glad to see you made it in!" Nejire exclaimed once she noticed who she had bumped into, drawing the attention of a few upperclassmen who quickly grew jealous that this first-year student was on a first-name basis with one of the hottest third years in UA.
"Oh hello Nejire Senpai," He said blushing at her proximity "Thanks I'm glad too but I'm kinda lost at the moment," He said shrinking slightly under the jealous glares from the males around him.
"Oh, I can help! What class are you in?" She said bouncing in place, Izuku had to avert his eyes from her bouncing "assets".
"U u uh Class 1-A" He stuttered embarrassed, smiling Nejire exclaimed.
"Ooooh~ I went there my first year to follow me I'll lead you!" She then grabbed him by his wrist and proceeded to drag the blushing greenest to his class.
"Here it is Class 1-A!" She said motioning to the giant door causing Izuku to think *" Do they have giants here or something"*
"I better get going, I don't wanna be late either, Good luck on your first day Izuku-Kun!" Nejire bid farewell by giving the first year a hug that led with his face buried into her generous bust.
blushing like a madman, Izuku entered the classroom.
"Take your feet off that desk immediately!" and was immediately greeted with the sight of his former friend getting scolded by the engine-legged young adult. Izuku sighed as the two got into an argument over Bakugou's feet being on the desk he was assigned.
The blue-haired man turned towards Izuku and approached him. *" He looks like a robot"* he remarked to himself as the man now stood in front of him.
"Hello I'm Tenya Ilda from Somei Private Academy you must be Izuku Midoriya I heard of your accomplishment during the entrance exam and I must congratulate you" He greeted holding his hand out for what Izuku assumed to be a handshake which Izuku gladly returned with a smile.
"Thank you, Ilda. I'm pretty proud of it myself," He said but was interrupted by a redheaded student with shark-like teeth.
"Wait what accomplishment are you two talking about?" He questioned confused.
"Oh, Midoriya here now holds the record for the practical exam for most points acquired even surpassing All Might's record back when he took the exam" Ilda informed, causing the redheaded guy's jaw to drop as he let off a loud.
"Manly! Hey dude my name is Ejiro Kirishima nice to meet you" he greeted quickly, taking Izuku's still outstretched hand and giving it a firm shake.
"Nice to meet you too Kirishima. I hope we can be great friends," Midoriya said, sweat dropping at the reaction he got from technically his first friend.
"You bet we will be the best of buds!" Kirishima assured with a smile before being called away by a girl with pink skin, bidding his new friend farewell Kirishima walked to the girl and began to talk to her, given her reaction it was likely about the reveal of Izuku's achievement if he was correct.
"I know that messy hair record holder!" A familiar voice came from behind the green-headed student. Turning around Izuku was met with the face of the brunette he had saved from the zero pointers.
"Oh Hello Miss It's good to see you're okay, I guess I have you to thank for me not becoming a pancake" He joked bashfully rubbing his neck *" She looks good in that uniform"* he thought before blushing in response to his thoughts.
Giggling at the joke "It was no problem I'm glad I could help after you saved me, my name is Ochako Uraraka" She greeted. *" He's kinda cute when he's blushing"* she thought before blushing which a certain pink-skinned shipper noticed and grinned.
"Uh, nice to meet you Uraraka. I'm Midoriya Izuku" he said. But it was interrupted as a tired voice interrupted their exchange of names.
"If you're done then get to your seats" Turning the two closest to the door, Izuku and Uraraka, turned to the source of the voice and saw a tired man in a bright yellow sleeping bag that made him look like a caterpillar. Standing he took out a small juice pouch and took a sip turning to the greenest and giving off a small and almost unnoticeable smile.
"Welcome to the Hero Course," He said as he pushed past the duo he had confused and looked at the group inside the room, and sighed.
"I said get to your seats" He repeated in a more annoyed tone, finally free from their confused filled frozen state they hurriedly rushed to their assigned desks with Izuku remarking to himself how of course he was sitting in front of his former friend who was silently glaring at the back of his head.
" How did a copycat like him get in let alone beat All Might's record?"* He thought about grinding his teeth.
"Put these on and meet outside" Their apparent teacher who introduced himself as Shoto Aizawa said, and almost 20 minutes later all 20 students were standing in one of the practice fields.
"You all will be performing a Quirk Assessment Test," Aizawa said as he stood in front of his class who all looked confused at the statement.
"What about orientation?" questioned Uraraka.
"If you want to be a Pro Hero you have no time for pointless ceremonies, here at UA we teachers have more freedom in how we teach our classes, for your entire career as students you've been taking the standardized tests without the use of your quirks the Ministry of Education refuses to see that such tests are impractical as they treat everyone as if they are equal, we are not," He said retrieving a ball which was the same size and weight of a softball.
"Midoriya, you broke the record on the entrance exam. What was your best throw at the softball pitch back in junior high?" He asked the student, causing most students to look at him as he responded to the question.
"74 meters sir," He said as he faintly could hear Bakougo's quirk popping in the background.
"Right, now try doing it with your quirk," He said handing Izuku the ball and pointing at a nearby circle that had been painted on the ground "Anything goes as long as you stay in the circle," he said stepping back as if he knew what Izuku would be doing.
Nodding at the instructions and became to stockpile several quirks together "Wave Motion", "Force Amplifier", "Boost", "Force Multiplier", and "Explosion" all mixed in his body as he reeled back his body, taking on the form of a baseball pitcher before sending the ball flying into the horizon with a loud BANG as the explosion aspect of his combo went off in his hand the shockwave staggered several students and sent the smallest, a grape headed boy, tumbling backward.
Looking at the device in his Aizawa waited for his class to recover from the shockwave he admittedly had trouble with resisting but wouldn't admit it "All of you need to know your capabilities, it's the most rational way to see if you have what it takes to be pros" he said showing the device to the 19 students behind him on the screen was the distance of his Izuku's throw which read 2,134 meters.
