Boku no Hero Academia: Tales of Heroism

Disclaimer: This is a fanfiction story of Boku no Hero Academia. I own nothing of the series other than the fanfiction stories that I make.

Tale 5.2: Minion Master Izuku

It was the day of the entrance exams forthe hero course of U.A. High School. Izuku was making his way to the auditorium where examinees were supposed to gather then he heard someone call out to him, "So you came after all, fucking Deku."

Knowing who had said that, Izuku turned around to face Katsuki who was behind him and glared at him as he replied, "And so did you, Bakugou."

Katsuki knew that Izuku believed that he was not worthy to be a hero just because he had bullied Izuku before his villanous quirk manifested. He also knew that picking a fight with Izuku would not do him any good so he simply walked past him and growled, "Stand in my way and I'll fucking kill you."

"That's assuming you can get to me first, Bakugou," replied Izuku. Ignoring Katsuki's annoyed click of the tongue, Izuku turned around and thought, "I just hope that I do not have to deal with him to pass the exam."

--A short while later…--

All the examinees had gathered in an auditorium where a pro-hero, a blond man with a loud voice named Present Mic, gave them an energetically loud welcome like a DJ. The pro-hero then explained the rules of the test which basically involved getting as many points as possible by defeating three types of enemy robots which had different levels of difficulty and therefore offered different amounts of points each.

The pro-hero's explanation of the rules of the test was interrupted when a black-haired boy with a pair of rectangular half-rim spectacles and a serious-looking face spoke, "Excuse me, may I ask a question? On the hand-out, there are clearly four types of villains listed! Such an error would be the height of embarrassment for a top-tier national academy of U.A.'s calibre! The reason why we are seated here today is because we seek guidance on the path to becoming model heroes!"The serious-looking student then turned around and yelled, "Moreover, you, the one with curly-hair!"

Blinking in surprise, Izuku pointed at himself and asked, "Yes?"

"Can you keep quiet? Your mumbling is distracting everyone here!" said the bespectacled student.

Realizing that he was mumbling to himself again, something which even his own minions thought was a strange habit, Izuku blushed and sheepishly apologised, "Sorry about that. I have a bad habit of mumbling to myself and I was thinking of ways to pass the test with the use of my quirk."

Seemingly satisfied with Izuku's response, the stern-looking student adjusted his spectacles and said, "Apology accepted. Please be more mindful of the situation next time."

Present Mic coughed into his fist to get everyone's attention and explained, "About the four types of enemies, Examinee 7111, the fourth kind of villain that you'll encounter is worth zero points. You could say that they are area traps to the avoided."

Once the bespectacled boy, who was currently known as Examinee 7111, understood why there were four types of enemies, he bowed respectfully as he spoke to Present Mic, "Thank you very much! I apologise for being rude!"

Present Mic then told the examinees to get ready to go to their respective areas of the arena where they would be taking the test.

--At the arena…--

Izuku was feeling a little nervous as he realised that he was competing with a lot of people and was quite certain that at least some of them would be tough competition. Still, the situation could have been worse such as being stuck with Katsuki for all people. Noticing Examinee 7111, Izuku thought to himself, "I'd better stay out of his way. Judging by the exhaust pipes growing out of his legs, I'd bet that he has some sort of speed enhancement quirk."

Before long, the exam started and Izuku took a deep breath…

--Meanwhile…--

As the examinees tried their best to score as many points as possible, the teachers of U.A. High School, including Toshinori, were watching their performances. While there were a few examinees who stood out, including a certain blond boy with sharp red eyes who possessed an explosive quirk, none stood out more than a certain examinee who suddenly breathed out a flame which created a small army of thirty goblin-like monsters. The said monsters were armed to the teeth and attacked the robots with downright barbaric glee. Toshinori could not help but smirk when he saw the shocked expressions on the faces of the other teachers.

A scruffy-looking teacher with black hair and tired-looking eyes named Aizawa Shouta, who was also known as the pro-hero, Eraser Head, noticed Toshinori's knowing smirk and said, "You know that boy, don't you?" Between Shouta's accusing tone of voice and glaring expression, it was clear that he was not asking a question.

Nodding in affirmative, Toshinori explained, "I met him a few months ago when he was clearing out the junk at Dagobah Municipal Beach Parkwith the use of his quirk, [Minion Master]."

"Wait, are you telling me that he's the one who cleared the junk over there?" asked a small skinny man who wore a helmet over his head named Maijima Higari. He was a pro-hero known as Power Loader.

"That's correct. He was doing it to train his quirk and body, as well as arm his minions to the teeth as you can clearly see right now," replied Toshinori. Considering that the minions were armed with clubs, spears, daggers and plate armour, armed to the teeth was an apt description for them.

"Those minions… just built a functional battle tank out of whatever random parts they were carrying and broken robot scraps," said Shouta who was already starting to get a headache. He hated the idea of having a boy with such a troublesome quirk in his class.

Another teacher and pro-hero, a beautiful and curvaceous woman with messy black hair named Kayama Nemuri, said, "It seems that the minions are not only attacking the robots but are also assisting other examinees who are in danger."

Nedzu, a highly intelligent quirked animal or an unknown species and the principal of the high school was delighted by the insanity caused by the unruly minions. He also found their master's ability to keep them focused and under control quite admirable. "It seems that we have gotten ourselves a lot of promising students this year," said Nedzu who then turned his attention to Eraser Head, who nodded in understanding before pressing a big red button. The principal of the high school then added, "However, the thing to really test their mettle is THIS!"

--After the button was pressed…--

Everyone in Izuku's examination group gaped in shock as a massive robot the size of a big building appeared. Understandably, many of them had a similar thought about the robot that moved on tank treads, "It's ridiculously huge!"

The robot then attacked with incredible force, smashing buildings into rubble. Certain that the massive robot was the "area trap" that Present Mic had talked about and had zero points, none of the students were interested in attacking it. In fact, many of them decided to run away insteadeither out of fear or out of the pragmatic reasoning that attacking the robot was, both figuratively and literally, pointless.

However, one particular examinee was not deterred by the presence of the huge robot. In fact, the examinee named Izuku was even more determined to win the test by dividing his forces into two teams, one team to distract the giant robot as much as possible and another team to seek out and destroy any remaining villain-bots". He also ordered both teams to keep an eye out for any examinee who needed help, such as a certain brown-haired girl who was pinned down by some debris.

Realising that the girl needed help, Izuku immediately ordered his minions to stop trying to get any additional points and focus on saving the girl while keeping the giant robot away from her. Fire-breathing red minions worked together with ability-boosting blue minions to distract the giant robot by spitting out high-powered explosive fireballs at the robot's face. Green minions, armed with a tank made out of salvaged scrap drove the tank towards the giant robot with the intention of blowing up the tank at the tank treads of the robot. As for the grey minions and brown minions, they were hard at work in clearing the debris to rescue the girl.

Before long, exam ended with a rescued girl, a blown up tank and an immobilised giant robot which had bits of scrap metal trapped in its partially-damaged tank treads.

--A short while later…--

The brown-haired girl whom Izuku had saved bowed to him and said, "Thank you for saving me!"

Not used to being thanked by others, especially a cute girl, Izuku blushed and stuttered as he replied, "Y-your welcome… uh…"

Realizing that she had not introduced herself, the girl said, "My name is Ochako, Uraraka Ochako."

Izuku could barely look at Ochako's smiling face, and was ignoring his remaining minions' snickering as he introduced himself, "My name's Midoriya Izuku, Uraraka-san."

Ochako turned her attention to Izuku's snickering minions and asked him, "So, are those little imps your quirk?"

"Yeah, my quirk allows me to create them. I can't make too many of them or I would exhaust myself though."

"Your quirk's really useful though. My quirk only allows me to make anything that I touch weightless and float," said Ochako who showed Izuku the cat-like pads on the tips of her fingers.

"I think your quirk's pretty useful too. You can use it for all kinds of things like clearing debris, making heavy weapons weightless so that you can use them as though they weight nothing, making people light enough that you can throw them towards an elevated position…"

As Izuku started to mumble to himself all of the different ways Ochako could use her quirk, Ochako blinked in bafflement and turned her attention towards his minions who sighed in unison and said, "Sorry, Missy. Our Master thinks too much sometimes."

The nearest minion then kicked Izuku's leg and said, "Master, stop mumbling to yourself in front of a girl!"

Jolted by the kick, Izuku suddenly realised what he had done and blushed as he apologised, "S-sorry, Uraraka-san. I tend to get worked up when it comes to interesting quirks like finding out how they can be used with my minions or how to best counter them."

Ochako snorted in amusement and said, "That's okay, Izu-kun!"

"I-Izu-kun?!" yelped Izuku.

"Yup, your name's Izuku so it's a super-easy nickname to give you!" replied Ochako.

While Izuku's brain went into overdrive to process the information, his minions started to cackle until their sides hurt.

Fortunately for both Izuku and Ochako, they both passed the exams. In fact, Izuku got the highest score of 91 points which was higher than Katsuki's score of 77 points. Izuku's higher score was partly due to a hidden score system called "rescue points" which he earned by helping students including Ochako. As for Katsuki, he had zero rescue points and was unsurprisingly furious that he had less points that Izuku.

--Springtime…--

Izuku was dressed in his U.A. High School uniform and smiled at his mother, Midoriya Inko as he spoke to her, "Well, I'm off."

Still a pretty woman in spite of being the mother of a teenage boy, Midoriya Inko smiled proudly at her son and said, "Have a good day in school and say hello to Uraraka-chan for me!"

Blushing at the mention of Ochako, who had traded phone numbers with him, Izuku stuttered, "S-sure thing, mum." He tried his best to ignore her giggles as he left his home.

--At U.A. High School…--

"Is it just me or does the universe enjoy watching me suffer in school?" groaned Izuku as he realised the terrible truth that Katsuki was his classmate.

"I'm guessing that you know him and don't like him," said Ochako.

Izuku nodded in affirmative as he explained, "Katsuki and I used to be friends in kindergarten until his quirk developed and he started to pick on others, including me. My quirk developed later than everyone else in my kindergarten so it was easy for Katsuki to pick on me who wanted to be a hero in spite of not having a quirk at the time. When my quirk finally manifested, he said that I could never be a hero because my quirk was more suitable for a villain."

"Wow, no wonder you don't like him very much," said Ochako.

"The sad fact is, I tried to be his friend even though he bullied me until my quirk finally manifested and I realised that he would never accept me as a friend even with a quirk," said Izuku who had a sad smile on his face.

Looking at Izuku's sad smile, Ochako had to say, "If you ask me, a person who is only your friend if you have a quirk isn't really a good friend to begin with."

Suddenly, a voice said, "And I happen to agree with you."

Everyone was surprised as the person that spoke appeared to be a massive caterpillar until it revealed itself to be a scruffy-looking man who was in a sleeping bag. Possessing black hair, a moustache, a goatee and tired-looking eyes, the man introduced himself as Aizawa Shouta, the homeroom teacher of Class 1A.

Originally, Shouta wanted to get the students to go to the P.E. grounds as early as possible to start assessing their worth as future heroes. However, he was admittedly interested in knowing more about Izuku so he allowed Izuku to explain to Ochako about his relationship with Katsuki. He also made a mental note to inform the other teachers about Izuku's antagonistic relationship with Katsuki and the reasoning behind it. He had the feeling that he would have more trouble dealing with Katsuki's personality than Izuku's quirk.

--At the P.E. grounds…--

When everyone in Class 1A was at the P.E. grounds, Shouta told them that they were going to do some physical tests while using their quirks. He also stated that he would remove the student with the lowest total score from the hero program. Needless to say, the students were determined not to be in last place.

In a different universe, Izuku would have the lowest total score in the physical tests. In this universe, he got a respectable score of sixth place with the help of his minions while a short boy with purple balls in place of hair, Mineta Minoru, got the last place instead. Luckily for the short boy, he was not expelled from the hero course as Shouta claimed that the threat to expel them was a ruse to force them to push their limits. Left unsaid was that Shouta was actually serious about expelling the student with the lowest total score but decided that even Minoru had the potential to be a hero.

--Later that day…--

Izuku's first day at U.A. High School was over and he was walking along a corridor when he was approached by a pink-haired girl with yellow eyes that have cross-hairs for pupils. Looking at the girl who was grinning like a madwoman, Izuku was understandably nervous when he asked her, "Can I… help you?"

Grinning from ear to ear, the girl asked, "You must be Midoriya Izuku, correct?"

"Yes, I am," replied Izuku who had the growing feeling that he should run for the hills.

Once she was certain that she was talking to the correct boy, the girl offered her hand to Izuku and introduced herself, "My name's Hatsume Mei. I'm from the support class, 1H, and I heard from my teacher that your minions are geniuses in building stuff and blowing stuff up. I want you as my partner in making babies!"

"B-babies?!" yelled Izuku who took a step back as though Mei's offered hand was a deadly viper.

"I meant making gadgets," explained Mei who found his reaction amusing.

Realising what Mei meant, Izuku had a terrifying realisation as he thought to himself, "Please don't tell me she's like my green minions!" The more he looked at her, the more he felt positive that Mei was a mad inventor like his green minions.

A moment of silence passed before Izuku suddenly bolted to run away from Mei. Seeing him escape, Mei wore a manic grin and started to chase after him in an attempt to make him her partner in creating "babies". It was be the start of a terrifying friendship between Mei and Izuku's green minions.

"-but that is a story for another time…"

--End Chapter--

Author's Notes:

In case anyone asks, Mei's teacher is Power Loader who watched the exams together with the other teachers. Yes, there will be insane antics when Mei and the green minions work together.

If Izuku is going to have a harem, he would likely have Ochako and Mei at this point in time. Other possible harem ladies include Yaoyorozu Momo and Asui Tsuyu.

Until next time, go beyond, plus ultra!