Hello everyone! Hope everyone is staying safe in these really weird and violent times!
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Chapter 13 - Skills
Skills are what differentiate people from each other. Whether instructed, self taught, or natural instinct, skills are a vital part of everyday life. Skills can be attained in many numerous ways, not all will be helpful or fun, but they may prove needed. Repeating the skill and learning from it, is the only way, bar magical items, to level a skill. Attain as many skills as you can, and level them, it may just save you or a loved one.
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You should try and level Int as fast as possible to get Neuron Fire. After that, scour the internet for free lessons on everything. This will help with knowledge based skills, for physical skills I suggest watching videos and copying what you see.
'Come on. Just a little longer please!'
"Sorry Kat. We don't have any more time. The portal will take us straight to UA."
'But this place is more fun than any school.'
"Also more dangerous than any school."
'That just makes it more fun.'
"For you." He picked you his bag and walked through. Akito had opened a portal for him that emptied out into the parking lot. He opened his message window, told her was through, and thanked her. He received a message back quickly.
A: No prob :3 good luck!
Closing the window he made his way to the main hall, where every UA hopeful was waiting. The parking lot was almost abandoned, as every teacher was already present, and UA's classes weren't open today. Walking down a pathway through a small park-like area, he arrived at the main entrance.
He could see many people making their way in and a teacher or two guiding students. He even thought he saw Kaachan. As he made his way through the crowd, he heard someone.
"Does anyone happen to speak English?"
He looked and it was a girl who had her red hair in a ponytail. She was standing with a girl with blonde hair and horns. He used [Observe] on both.
(Stats will be below in order of appearance.)
Raising his hand, he made his way over.
"I can, what seems to be the problem?"
Kendo smiled, "Awesome! This girl doesn't speak a lot of Japanese and keeps trying to ask me questions, but I can't understand her." She gave a defeated smile, "English isn't my strong suit."
He smiled, "It's fine." He turned to Pony, "How can I help?"
Pony smiled, "Awesome! I really need to work on my Japanese. My name is Pony!" She stuck out her hand.
He matched the gesture, "My name is Izuku. What were you trying to ask?"
The handshake ended and she pulled out a piece of paper. "It says I need to find my way to the office of Mr. Nezu. I think he's the principal?"
Izuku nodded, "He is. His office is on the third floor. I'll take you."
"Is she alright?" He turned to Kendo.
He gave a nod, "She's just looking for the principal's office. I know the way and can take her."
She smiled, "Thanks! My name is Kendo. I think you said yours was Izuku?"
He smiled, "Nice to meet you, and yes that's my first name. You can call me Midoriya."
She nodded, "Nice to meet you, Midoriya. Mind if I follow? It'd be useful to learn where the principal is."
He shrugged, "Sure." He turned back to Pony, "Ready?" She nodded with a smile. A small walk and up a few fleets of stairs, they made it to the office. "Here we are. Anything else?"
She shook her head, "I should be good. They said they would give me a guide." She gave a wave and walked in.
"She didn't knock.", stated Kendo bluntly.
Izuku laughed, "She's very straight forward." He turned to her, "Ready to get back?"
Kendo nodded, "Ready as I'll ever be."
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The written portion of the exam was easier than he thought it would be. He hadn't raised his knowledge levels or gained new ones since his last day at a school. So when he managed to finish, he was pleasantly surprised.
He joined the mass of hopefuls in the auditorium, and sat with Kendo, who had waved him over. "How did you do?"
"Pretty good, It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be."
Kendo gave him a smirk, "So you have an intelligence quirk?"
He shook his head, "Nope. I'm just really smart."
She punched his shoulder and laughed, "Smart ass more like it."
They made small talk as the final students made it through the door. Once the doors closed, Present Mic spoke up.
"Hello listeners!"
All the hopefuls went quiet.
"Since all of you have finally finished the written it's time for the practical! Can I get a yeah?"
Dead silence, Izuku had to force himself not to laugh.
"Tough crowd. Anyway let me explain!" He gestured to the projection above him. "You will be separated into groups of 50 and thrown into a mock battle. Each villain destroyed will net you the amount of points indicated on their chassis. There are three sizes of robots, the higher the number the more dangerous it is. Any questions so far?"
No hands raised, so he went to the next slide.
"Along with the robots, each group will have three commanders, who, if defeated, will net the victor 50 points. Be careful though listeners, if you fail to defeat or capture the commander." He paused for dramatic effect, "You will lose 100 points." That started murmuring.
"For anyone thinking they will be easy prey, think again. Each commander is a faculty member of UA or a pro hero capable of holding their own." That got everyone starting to talk.
Kendo whispered to him, "Do you think we'll see All Might?"
He shook his head, "Didn't you see his letter to the media?"
She nodded, "I thought it meant he would be teaching at UA though."
Izuku shrugged, "No idea."
Present Mic waited for the mass of hopefuls to quiet down, "Each commander will be stationed in a one kilometer circle and will stay there for the duration of the exam. Once you have learned which arena you are at, you will be shown a small map with each commander's location."
The slide went to the next screen. "While teamwork will not net you more points. Some of you may find it helpful when dealing with larger groups of robots, or taking on a commander." The slide continued, "Any last questions for your DJ?"
Again no hands raised. "Then let's get out there!"
The students all rose and made their way over to the many tables located along a wall. Getting in line with Kendo, they waited for their arena number and time. Twenty people later Kendo waited and received a piece of paper and then it was his turn.
"Nam- Lion!" He was pulled into a hug.
He smiled and returned it, "Hey RagDoll. How are you?"
"Amazing as usual. How have you been?"
"Good. What are you doing here?"
She gestured at everything around her, "I'm helping!" She leaned forward and whispered, "The others are in the arenas, Pixie is hoping to get you."
He gave a small chuckle, "Am I in her group?"
She gave a grin, "You'll have to wait and see." She handed him a piece of paper. "Good luck!"
He waved and walked toward where Kendo was waiting. "You know her?"
He nodded and smiled, "She's a member of the Wild, Wild Pussycats."
"Aren't they a rescue team?"
He nodded again, "They are and if any of them were listening right, I would say, they're the best team in Japan." When nothing happened he let out a sigh. "Sorry, they tend to pop up out of nowhere."
She gave a small laugh, "They seem like close friends. So what group are you with?"
He unfolded the paper, "Arena C, Group F. You?"
She turned her paper around and smiled, "Want to team?"
"Sure!"
They made their way to the arena, and talked along the way. "So what's your quirk?"
She raised a hand and enlarged it. "When I enlarge my hands, I can double or even triple my strength. Yours?"
"I call it Mana. My quirk gives me access to a mental pool. I can use it to do a bunch of different things. For example, [Frost Giant's Weapon]." A spear as tall as him appeared in his hand. "I can do a bunch of stuff."
She went wide eyed, "Really?"
"Yup. The only problem with it, is that I can't do it forever. If the pool runs out I can't do anything."
"That's still really cool though."
He smiled, "Thanks. Yours is pretty neat as well, if I could triple my strength I could probably box All Might." He did a bit of shadow boxing.
'If you're trying to flirt, I don't think it's working.'
'Well I'm not. I'm just talking.'
"I still think All Might would win. Even with my quirk I doubt I could hold up a skyscraper."
Izuku shrugged, "Never know until you have to."
They made it to the arena and sat with all the others who were waiting their turn. The occasional explosion or scream could be heard coming from the arena, causing several of the people present to give each other worried expressions.
"Who do you think the commanders are?"
'Is there a way we could figure out?'
'Send a text to Mandalay, she probably won't care.'
He pulled out his phone and sent two texts to her. One was a hello and the other was asking what arena she and the others were in.
When the second group finished, he received a reply.
Hey little lion. Arena B, Pixie is in C and Tiger is D.
Shit.
Who'd you get?
Pixie.
;) Good luck. She wants to pay you back for that punch.
Thanks
"Well one is a member of the Pussycats. Her name is Pixie-Bob."
Kendo tilted her head, "She can use rock and stuff right?"
He nodded, "She is a powerhouse when it comes to raw strength." He said in a slightly more quiet voice, "She's pretty easy to sneak up on though, so I think I could capture her if we tried."
She nodded, determined, "If you want to try and are confident, then I say we give it a go."
They sat and waited for their turn.
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"What do you mean you told him?"
"Why would I lie?"
"It was supposed to be secret!"
"That's news to me."
Pixie let out an annoyed huff and stormed off. Tiger sat silently next to her, while RagDoll laughed.
"She's going to be so mad if Izuku catches her. You're going to need to apologize."
She gave her teammate a smirk, "I'll just buy her a gift, she'll be fine."
"So how was your first two rounds?"
Mandalay looked at the running tally she was keeping. "Round one I caught quite a few of them who charged me right out the gate. A scream into their mind, after that it was garbage duty. In total 12 so far. Tiger?"
"None of the kids put up much of a fight and fell rather rapidly. The only exception was a kid who actually took a beating and managed to escape." He paused for a second, "9."
RagDoll let out a cheer, "How many did the other heroes take out?"
She looked at the other teachers in the small lobby they had for in between every 2 rounds. In her group was Ectoplasm and Power Loader. She called out to them, "How many went for you?"
As was usual for the tall one, he gave a blunt answer. "13."
Power Loader sat in the chair next to her and smiled, "A small army attacked me in the first round. I got most of them but a handful escaped." He looked at a metal bracer he had marked with tallies. "19 including the second round."
She gave him an annoyed look, "Lucky." She looked over at Arena A's commanders and shouted to Midnight, "Kayama! How many did you get?"
Midnight gave her a grin and held up two fingers and then rose up another two on her other hand. Mandalay groaned, "AoE quirks are totally not fair!"
She received a smile and shrug in response. Aizawa's voice came over the speaker, "Break time is over, head back. The next group starts in five minutes."
She turned to her teammates. "See you soon Rag, come on Tiger."
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2 hours later
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"Group F Your reckoning is upon you!" Present Mic was laying it on thick.
[New Quest! To make a hero
Mission: Pass the UA entrance exam
Reward: ?]
Kat closed the window as he turned to Kendo and saw she was shaking slightly. "You okay?"
She gave a hesitant nod and stood.
Izuku stood with her and they walked to the arena entrance. "Is everything okay?"
She nodded and forced herself to calm, "Just a tad nervous."
He smiled, "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll do great."
She looked at him, "Are you going to go after Pixie-Bob?"
He thought about it for a moment, "Maybe? Depends on how many points I get before the 15 minute mark."
Present Mic's voice blared over the speaker, "Now, pay attention listeners, you will only see this map once." As he said that, the projection came to life and for a minute a map of the arena came into view with three red circles on it.
'Memory saved.'
'Awesome thanks.'
He turned to Kendo as the map disappeared. "I memorized the map."
"Awesome. I don't think I'm going to try for them, so you're on your own there, unless I really need the points."
He nodded, "That's fine."
"Start!" The door opened. Most of the kids just looked at it in confusion. Izuku, pulling Kendo along, charged straight through. When the others saw them, there was a mad scramble.
A couple of meters in, the first robots appeared, 4 one pointers and 2 two pointers. He cast two spells, one on himself [Strength of Hercules] and the other on Kendo [Momentum Bomb]. Looking back at her, he asked with a smile, "You ready?"
"For wha— Ahhh!", he threw straight at the oncoming robots. To her credit, while she wasn't prepared, she easily corrected herself midair and slammed into the poor 2 pointers with a thunderous slam and crunch. She had enlarged her fists and slapped both hard enough they caved in.
Not to be out done he cast, [Mana Storm]. The ethereal lightning raced through the air and fried the smaller robots in front of him.
'4 points. Let's hope everyday is like this.'
'That would be nice.'
He caught up to Kendo who was calming herself down. When she saw him, she smiled, "Thanks, but don't do that again."
He chuckled, "Alright. You good?"
She nodded, "Let's do this."
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Thousands of dollars worth of broken robots later
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"15 minutes left!", Present Mic's voice boomed over the speakers.
'We have 73 points.'
'Not bad, should we try?'
'Yes. We definitely try, the robots are getting boring.'
He laughed, 'They're very predictable.'
He looked over at Kendo, "How many?"
Dusting herself off, "67 with that last one."
"I'm thinking of going for a commander. Want to join?"
She didn't speak and just thought. A few second passed before she nodded, "Sure but I'm staying back unless we have the upper hand, if we don't I'm out. Deal?" She stuck out a hand.
He grinned as he took it, "Deal."
"Where's the nearest one?"
'East 200 meters.'
"East." He pointed in the direction. They hadn't heard anything come from that direction, but they had seen a few people head off there.
She looked and nodded, "You lead."
They took off toward the red zone and he cast, [Sight of the Hunter]. The world faded to greys and as they approached, multiple faint auras were hanging in the air. Only one was standing around on the floor.
Not knowing who it was he whispered and slowed his speed, "It's not Pixie and they seem to be some sort of trapper. There are people hanging in the air. Watch your feet and be ready."
They slowed and went through an alleyway. With his [Dark Senses] he could smell that something had been here recently, lots of them. Possibly other people, but the amount of them seemed a little off. No way that many people were confident enough to take on a pro.
'They might be stupid.'
'Or that.'
She started to say something else, but stopped and yelled, 'Wire!'
He froze mid step and looked where his foot would have been. There was indeed a wire floating in the air. Taking a step back, he pointed to it for Kendo. She nodded and they took cautious steps over it.
It was a slow few minutes later, that they peered around a corner in an open plaza. A woman stood perfectly still, she was dressed in a black ankle length dress. Her skin was as white as milk and her face didn't give off any emotion. Kendo seemed to read his mind. She quietly whispered, "She's like a porcelain doll."
Izuku nodded, but the cleaver she was holding her hand broke that image. He went over a plan in his head, 'I can clear the gap quickly, but there's no telling what's in between her and me.'
'Then go up.'
He looked up and could see a few ways to get up on top of the building. 'That could work, but what do I do when I get there?'
'Punch her?'
He wanted to sigh but contained it. 'I meant is that going to be enough? She is a pro.'
Kat hummed, 'Gravity Well?'
Izuku thought about it and agreed. 'That could work.'
He turned to Kendo, "If you see an opening go for it, I'm going to try and stun her."
Kendo nodded and watched as he leapt from wall to wall. Finally making it to the top, he cast [Sylph's blessing], and leapt as hard as he could. The hero, who was not in fact a blind person, turned to face him and flicked her wrist. Small shadows darted across the plaza. Not having any other recourse, he used [Air Step] and charged her.
'She more than likely put wire in our path.'
'Melting won't work, break out the new spell?'
'I guess.' He wanted to save the spell to surprise Pixie during their next fight. He had no doubt if he managed to catch this hero, she would hear about it. Unless the person watching wanted to be mean.
"Gravity Well, [Mana Gatling]." His quirk and spell went off, he was almost immediately surrounded in small balls of light and slung them at her. "Gravity Assist."
As the lights blanketed the area in front of him, he used a spell as the first possible wire appeared. "[Ethereal Haunt]."
He felt his body become lighter and the world around him went misty. The spell was one Akito's first spell after she grinded to get Spellcrafting. As he approached, he noticed that the hero had made a makeshift shield of dolls.
'Wait. Is this her?'
He didn't allow himself to get distracted and passed through the shield and grabbed her wrist. The spell ended at the touch and with all his might and One for All, he threw as hard as he could at Kendo. He saw the wide eyed look of the girl and smirked.
She panicked for a split second, but held both hands out enlarged and caught the hero. She did end up skidding quite a few meters back, but the catch was successful nonetheless. He let out a small cheer but it was too soon to celebrate as all the dolls had turned to him and started their own attack.
'This is so creepy. Burn them with fire!'
Taking a jump toward Kendo, he yelled, "Run!"
She winced but nodded. The hero was stuck and squashed like a bug in between her palms.
"Solar Aura!" His body illuminated, then erupted as the sun inside him expanded outside his body. He felt the clothes on his body start to burn and the dolls nearest him slowed to a crawl. They didn't burst into flame or burn.
'They must be made of hero metal.'
'Then turn off the aura and let's bounce before they catch us.'
He ended his quirk and charged One for All into his foot. His jump cleared him of the nearest buildings. While in the air, he took the time to cast [Emergency Aid] on his foot and arm.
His landing was a little rough, as he only had one foot and arm, but he managed to make it out of the red zone. A minute later Kendo came running from an alley, looking half dead, and her hands streaming red. She gave him the dirtiest look he could imagine and opened her hands.
The woman fell out into a roll and stood, she was covered in blood. Her face was still impassive and as she looked side to side, she let out a sigh. "I was doing so good too."
Kendo walked over to him and looked about to slap him, but stopped. "Heal. Now."
He gave a strained smile and obliged. "[Medic's Respite]." The cuts on her hands immediately started to stitch closed.
She thanked him and then punched him into a nearby building. "You threw a person at me at nearly Mach 1!"
Kat was on the metaphorical floor with laughter. The only thing going through his head besides laughter was, 'Her punches hurt.'
As he stood back up and walked back, the pro was speaking to Kendo. Her voice was rather quiet and seemed to suffer from no use. "Congratulations. Since you've captured me, you gain 50 points."
Kendo smiled, "Thank you Ms.?"
"You may call me Ms. Soma. I'll be a teacher at UA this year."
Both of them bowed to her, but Izuku spoke, "We look forward to being in your class."
She nodded and made her way back into her zone. She did have some parting words for him though, "That won't work next time, and Pixie wants to see you. She's over there." She pointed to the next red zone and disappeared.
Kendo half whispered to him, "She's kind of weird."
He nodded, "Agreed." He turned to her, "Now that we got you your points, It's my turn."
"I don't have to go with you do I?"
Izuku shook his head, "Pixie would probably capture you." He stuck out his hand, "It was nice working with you Kendo."
She returned his gesture and nodded, "It was nice to meet you." She turned and ran back toward the entrance, "See you in class!"
He waved and then turned toward Pixie's zone.
'She's going to be so mad.'
'You did punch her into a lake.'
'I didn't know the lake was there!'
'You still did it!'
He groaned, 'Time?'
'9 minutes left.'
"[Eye of the Lost]". Akito had shared 4 new spells with him. The first was her first ever spell. The second was this, a spell made by her mother. It was meant to be a spell to find your way home. Fortunately for him, she messed up and created a spell that could lock onto a target and provide the fastest way there.
'Target locked. 922 M WNW. Path on HUD…. Now!'
"[Hermes' Blessing]." He started his run.
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"Pixie, the one you call Lion is on his way."
"Thanks Soma!"
"He was able to flicker past my defense somehow. Thought I should warn you."
"Thank you!" She ended the call. "Did that little shit really get more powers?" His quirk is fucking ridiculous. She kicked a nearby rock in thought. 'What could I do around here?'
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Uraraka could say her day was going wonderfully, but that'd be a lie. Most of her robots were destroyed by others and her stomach was killing her. Her best hope was to catch a commander off guard and get the capture.
She had tried pairing with a couple of people but most had abandoned her midway. That didn't bother her as much as it probably should have. What did hurt was when one of them had intentionally led her away from a pack of robots to gain the points for herself. After realizing her betrayal, she had decided to just leave and look for points somewhere else.
That led to her current predicament. She was trapped in between an insane woman who was muttering to herself, and failing to get into UA. Choices were hard, but this one had no option B. She stayed where she was and waited for any opportunity.
From her vantage point on the roof. She had watched the woman use her quirk to rapidly change the landscape. Pillars of rocks jutted from the ground, It was actually concerning to see a pro actually prepare for a battle. Once the final pillar was standing, she encased herself in rock and waited.
Almost no time passed before she could make out a guy running into the plaza. His green hair stood out against the greys of the concrete. When he saw all the pillars, he stopped and called out, "Pixie I know you're in there!"
The woman, clearly irritated, shouted, "No shit Sherlock. Now come get me!"
She could see the grin that plastered the boy's face as he took a step back, and jumped. He then seemed to kick off the air and rocket toward the woman. Boulders started flying at him, but none hit as he just disappeared.
She heard something and looked down to see him behind the pro. His foot was trapped and she watched as rock started to form around him. Either the pro was too slow or the guy was way too fast, as he broke free with a ridiculous amount of strength. Before he could be captured again, he dodged around her and jumped onto her back.
"Time to cook Pixie!"
"Kid I swear if you do that-"
He burst into a bright light and she suddenly felt like she was standing next to a hot light bulb. Shielding her eyes, she heard the woman yelling, and the guy laughing.
When the light finally died down, he was flung across the plaza and hit the wall hard. The woman had shed her rock armor and ran away from where she previously was, yelping the whole way. "Hot hot hot!"
When she made it some distance, she turned back around and gave the guy the finger. "That wasn't very nice Lion."
'So that's his name.' She had met people with worse names, so it didn't seem too bad.
Lion, as he was now called, stood up from his crater and started to summon some sort of light. A second went by before the light flung itself at the woman. She brought up a wall that took the hit for her. When she turned back to look at Lion, he wasn't there.
"Hey." She would've screamed if it wasn't for the hand over her mouth. When she turned, the guy was crouched behind her. "How many points did you get?"
She held up four fingers and then six.
He nodded and told her, "I'll push her this way and when she stands still jump on her. Use your quirk and separate her from the ground."
'How did he?'
"Got it?" She nodded and he let go. Not even a second passed before he zoomed away and was back in the plaza.
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'Really?'
'What?'
'Just because she's a cute girl?'
'Not entirely. There's no way I can win this without some help. She's prepared for almost everything I got.'
Kat growled. 'Fine. This better get you laid.'
He could feel his cheeks heat up, but ignored the comment. 'Ideas?'
'Fire bombs?'
He started laughing, 'Is that what we're calling them now?'
'You got a better name?'
He smiled, 'Nope.'
'Then get to it.'
"[Bottled Sun]." A spell specifically for him by Aki and the last she shared with him. It had taken 3 days of using his quirk in full blast to help make it, but the result was amazing. The little bottles appeared floating in the air near him. With a quick glance, Kat calculated the trajectory for each. Picking up one in his hand, he threw it, each pushed by a charged finger with One for All.
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She watched as small tiny lights appeared around him. Each was thrown with such force that the air seemed to be pushed away. The first light went off and exploded in a bright fiery light.
The woman, who had just brought down the wall , dodged it and dived for cover behind a pillar. She seemed to be doing something but was immediately assaulted by two of the lights. She let an annoyed curse and dived closer to the building she was standing on.
Preparing herself to jump on top of a pro hero, she patted her face. 'You can do this.'
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'3 more.'
'We'll need to keep her still too.'
'That seems like a bad idea.'
'I know.'
'Then why do it?'
He shrugged as he threw another bottle, 'It'd be fun?'
'This woman can break solid rock with her fist.'
'Because of her quirk.'
'If you say so.'
He threw another, 'You sacred?'
'Not really. I just think if school is going to be like this, I kind of want to get in.'
He smiled, 'Here we go.'
As her threw the last bottle, he charged Pixie and used [Ethereal Haunt]. The world went misty and he watched as she threw a spear at him. The spear flew past where he would have been, and crashed into the side of a nearby building. She stopped where she was and as he made contact with her, she spun. The spell ended.
A grin crept onto her face, "Caught you little Lion."
He smiled, "How did you know?"
"Soma is a friend of mine.", as she said that, rocks started to creep up his legs. She smiled, "That's minus 100 points Lion."
He gave a very quick glance up and said, "Nope."
She looked up and tried to dodge, but he held her in place. The girl fell on top of Pixie and jumped off just as quick. He let her go and watched as she started to float in the air. When she came to a second later, she immediately started whining, "Lionnnn. I lost now."
"Lost what?"
She just continued to whine. Ignoring her, he look at the girl, "Good job." He gave a smile and thumbs up.
She went slightly pink in the cheeks as she said, "You did most of the work."
He nodded, "True but I have no easy way of getting her off the ground, without putting an arm or two out of commission." He looked at Pixie, "You done?"
She whimpered a bit but nodded, "Yeah, let me down."
The girl raised an eyebrow at him and he nodded. She tapped her fingertips together and Pixie dropped out the air onto her feet. "So cats do land on their feet." He put on a shit eating grin.
She gave him a glare and stomped the ground, "Except lions apparently." He fell backward onto his butt. Pixie walked over to the girl and flicked her head, "Don't rely on other people for everything. If it wasn't for Izuku you still would be hiding."
Uraraka went red and backed away. Pixie shrugged, "Oh well. Rules are rules 50 points to the girl." She stomped the ground and he was free.
Standing up, he smiled at Pixie. "Who's in the next zone?"
Pixie was about to say something, but a horn went off. "Time's up! Will all the listeners please head back to the entrance!"
'You screwed the pooch on this one. We were out of mana anyway. That last spell cost us the rest of it.'
He groaned, 'Damn.'
Pixie shooed the girl away and told her to head to the entrance. After a bit of protest she relented. Pixie walked up to him and pulled him into a hug. "Don't worry Lion. There was more to the test than villain points."
He returned the hug and asked, "What do you mean?"
Letting go of him, she smiled, "Come with me."
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Pixie had led him to a large waiting room where they met up with RagDoll. She hugged him and walked back to her arena. RagDoll grabbed his hand and pulled him into a large room.
Hundreds of screens were live and showing recaps of the last groups. Along with the screens were a hundred or so desks and a mountain of paperwork. A person was behind each desk and from what he could see, each was judging one to two kids. RagDoll pulled him up a set of stairs where a waiting room stood above everything. He could see Eraserhead, Nezu, and All Might sitting down to watch the screens.
When they entered, all three looked, but didn't seem bothered by his presence. All Might and Nezu gave him a wave, while Mr. Aizawa just looked and turned back toward the screens. RagDoll sat him down on a sofa in the back of the room and sat next to him after grabbing some water for them. "You did super good by the way."
Accepting the beverage, "You watched?"
She nodded and whispered, "That man might be your biggest fan now." She snickered as she pointed to All Might.
He gave a smile and looked at his mentor. All Might was in his skinny form and thus unrecognizable to RagDoll.
'How did they watch everything? I didn't see any cameras.'
'No idea.'
'Ask!'
"Principal Nezu?"
The small hamster thing turned around in his swivel chair and nodded, "Yes Midoriya?"
"How did you watch everything going on in the arenas? I didn't see any cameras or drones."
Nezu nodded again, "That's because it is the quirk of one of our staff members. He is able to observe anyone outside in the open air. His quirk is also able to interact with Electronics, making rooms like the possible."
'That's ridiculously handy.'
'Right?'
"You asked Ms. Tsuchikawa a question, did you not?" Nezu was holding his feet.
He nodded, "She said something about there being more to the exam than villain points. I'm assuming there is some sort of second hidden exam?"
Nezu nodded, "Very close." He held up a finger, "The only thing you were wrong about is the hidden part. We never bothered to hide how points are earned, nobody ever asks."
He raised an eyebrow, "So what are we graded on?"
"Normally the only second category would be Rescue points. But since Mr. Aizawa won the bet placed on you when you went missing, the exam was changed slightly." As he finished he gestured for Aizawa to continue.
With a sigh, he turned around to face him, "I've requested that four more categories be added in addition to the regular two. Team Cooperation, Combat Potential, Subduing Potential, and Assist Potential." He gestured to the screens, "The commanders are meant to pressure students to fight an overwhelming opponent and to gauge their reactions. It doesn't matter if you get captured by a commander, only that you show your true colors before, during and after your fall."
All Might nodded, "For example, that last girl you helped?"
Izuku nodded, "Her name was Uraraka."
He nodded again, "That young girl teamed up six times and was abandoned each time. Even after that, she joined another girl, who deceived her. It was only after that she tried to catch Pixie-Bob. I'm not one to leap to conclusions, but her Team Cooperation is more than likely through the roof, along with her Assist and Subdue. Her Villain points are also nice and high thanks to you."
Izuku smiled, "Glad I could help. What about Kendo?"
Nezu wagged a finger at him, "Unfortunately, we cannot share any data results with you."
Aizawa nodded, "Test results can only be shared with the examinee, unless they are by the examinee themselves."
"You may stay here if you like, I'm sure Ms. RagDoll will keep you company." Nezu smiled and both teachers turned around as RagDoll hugged him.
He looked at his mentor and watched All Might mouth, 'You both did amazing.'
He felt a smile creep up on his face and watched the battles on the screen.
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1 month later while on Vacation
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Knock, Knock
Izuku opened the door and was greeted by one of the hotel staff.
"Good Morning, Mr. Midoriya. I hate to be a bother, but we received a letter at the front desk for you."
Taking the offered letter, "Thank you! Why wasn't I called?"
"I apologize, but when we tried calling the call kept dropping. If you'd like, we can have maintenance come in while you're out?"
He nodded, "That'd be great! Thanks again!"
The man nodded and walked off, closing the door he returned to the main room.
"Who was that?"
"Hotel staff, a letter was delivered for me." Unwrapping the letter from its cloth prison, he was holding a letter emblazoned with UA logo. "It's my UA letter!"
"Really?" His mom came running. Her appearance had changed drastically since they were in Japan. She had put quite a muscle on, having been exercising everyday while here, and he was forcing her to eat healthy. "Open it!"
He smiled and ripped the side open. Instead of a paper letter, a plastic device came out. Pressing the only button, the screen came to life and asked for his hand print. He gave it his hand and after a few seconds a large play button appeared. He pressed play.
The device made a 3D projection above it and started playing. All Might was on screen. "It is I, All Might! On a small screen!" Whispering could be heard off camera, "It's going to be 3D? When did that become a thing?" More whispering, "Three years ago!" All Might started talking to himself, "Maybe I should get a new phone." More whispering, "Oh sorry." He turned back to the camera.
"Young Midoriya, my boy, you did amazingly well on the written exam. Though I suggest you brush up on your higher studies. As for your practical exam, you easily passed." He pulled out a remote and clicked it. Several moments from his exam played out. He watched the outside view of him catching Ms. Soma. Watching himself disappear and reappear out of thin air was super neat.
"You're villain points were average and could have been much better." A 73 appeared on the screen under Villain. A few scenes played, it was of the few times he and Kendo had helped a couple of people who were having trouble. "For helping when you noticed, you earned a cozy sum." A 53 appeared below Rescue. "As for the other four categories, I turn to Mr. Aizawa."
The camera cut and a new backdrop appeared with a very tired looking Aizawa. "Midoriya, your team cooperation is on par with a pro, but needs to be refined. Your combat potential, considering everything you didn't show during the exam is better than most heroes. Your subdue potential needs work as most of your abilities are meant to harm. Your assist is also very high as your quirk and willingness to use it on allies is second to none." He nodded to the camera and it cut back to All Might.
"The judges deem it fit to grant you the following scores. Teamwork: 89 Combat: 100 Subdue: 22 Assist: 91" All Might opened his arms and with his ever present smile, "Welcome to UA, Your Hero Academia!" He shouted the last part. Then more whispers could be heard, "I almost forgot! I will be teaching at UA this year! I look forward to having you in my class!" A final peace sign, then the video cut.
[Quest Complete! To Make a Hero!
Reward: Advancement in all quirks by 1 level!
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke ]
His mom let out a cheer and hugged him, "You did it!"
'Yay school.'
'Shut up, This is amazing!' He didn't normally backtalk her too harshly, but he deserved this. He hugged his mom back and started to cheer with her.
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Chapter Done!
I hope everyone likes my take on the UA exam. Any guesses on who won the competition between the teachers? And what the prize is?
I will be listing new spells next chapter!
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Reviews!
Dragonborn2704 - I actually imagined the same thing. Glad you're liking the story. All family members are doing good. Would be pretty fun for that to happen, but he can't really tell anyone without revealing too much, so it won't happen. But I do find the thought funny!
Demzerff1 - Pretty much, but more will be revealed later, so hold onto questions. I really like writing Akito, more moments will be in the future!
Projecticeman- Hope you got your answers and yes!
Artekha - homomonomonym. I know it's a problem. I type on my phone and try to catch all I can, but proper grammar eludes autocorrect. Glad you like the story!
Ninjafang1331 - Thanks!
Masterblade47 - Gamer's Body greatest strength is perfect condition as long as your rest. The magical elemental was inspired by a D&D campaign I DM'd awhile back. Glad you like that chapter! It was a lot of fun to write weird worlds and Izuku's reactions to them. Kat is going to become super important.
XavierChaos - I'm sorry I have no clue what that is. Is it some sort of RPG?
Iron-slayer-dragon - Glad you enjoy!
Kenrio- Sorry my fanfic wasn't up to your tastes. Hope you find a story you like!
Winter Kitsu - I hope you like what happened after they woke up!
OvrLrd71 - I'm sorry you don't like Seiren. She wasn't meant to be a likable character in the early chapters. She was a pissed off teenager who had her mom die to a villain she can't do anything to. I hope you like my plan for their romance!
Temsen- Nope! Nothing! He was just trying to find his way home and not die in the process. No one is safe in my stories, no one. And spoiler yes it is.
TribuneAlpha - Yes it was a typo, my brain automatically wants to All for One because it's alphabetical, and writing One for All just feels wrong. It will be fixed!
Dimensional Dragon - Hoping to write a lot more!
Guest - The 900 was an accident that will be fixed. I'm sorry to say, but the second review confuses me, where did something like that come into play? Would you mind pointing to the scene? I may have to rewrite it to clarify.