A/N Hey! Thanks for reading my story as always. Also, a quick reminder that the last chapter was divided into two parts in case someone didn't read one of them. I'm paranoid about that. Also, thanks to everyone who left a fact about cats. I'm going to use them when I see the opportunity. Now let's answer some questions. You can skip if you want.
To "Butterino" about the suggestions from the readers and how do I deal with them. I divide them into three categories. 1. If the suggestion is something I already had planned to do before it even was suggested, then we're cool. 2. If the suggestion gives me something relevant for the plot that I didn't contemplate then I would use it, for example, the meeting with Spinner earlier, it not only makes a connection between the two characters but also brings an important point for the future in the story. 3. If the suggestion is something that goes against a certain plot or point in the future or interferes in any means then It will be ignored, as simple as that. If the suggestion doesn't apply to one of these three then it's a 50/50, if I feel like doing it.
To "Anonymous" About Aizawa's Quirk. His Quirk what actually does it's to send a signal through his eyes that stops the Quirk factor in the body of a person from flowing correctly. In the Mutant type, it's the same. He doesn't make the mutant part of the body disappear, but it makes it hard to control. For example, if he uses his Quirk on Ojiro, he simply couldn't control his tail. That's why I consider Aizawa to be the strongest Hero in a One on One combat. Against All Might? What's he gonna do? he can't get buffed. Endeavor? Sorry, not flames for you. Hawks? Aww, the poor little bird can't fly. Mirko? What happened to your legs, bunny girl? Can't jump as always nor standstill, can you? Against motherfucking All for One? Where did that tons of Quirks go, big guy? That's what I thought, you're the most useless human around. You depend so much in Quirks that you can't see without them, you can't even breath without them. I'm literally killing you just by looking at you.
Edit Post-update: Yeah... After reading some of the reviews, I see that his Quirk doesn't work on mutant types... I swear I read that somewhere. Welp, maybe my brain pulled a sneaky on me. I'm going to leave it there anyway as proof of my mistake. Well at least this came before any bullshit happened in the story, also I think he explained that his Quirk works blocking the hormone or cell that is the Quirk factor... but I'm not going to debate that. But hey, at least he can kick All for One's ass for sure.
Well, that's all, if I didn't answer your question, it's probably because it would be a spoiler or because my stupid ass couldn't remember it.
Also, thanks for telling me those grammar mistakes, like damn. I already correct the two previous chapters and I'll be correcting the other around the week.
Now let's start this!
XOX
Fast and Injurious
Izuku was two days away from the recommendation entrance exam and after that he had another two days for the normal entrance exam.
So, he decided to relax for now.
And what was better than a picnic to see the cherry blossoms bloom… … Unfortunately, there was no one of his friends to make him company.
Eijiro had more training than ever with All Might due to the proximity of the exam, Mei was working on an important baby, the pro heroes he knew had hero duty, Camie had plans with her friends, mom had work, Mirio was in his internship, and Toga… well, better not call her to come to a place with so many people around.
"*Sigh* And I made a ton of food that I cannot finish myself." The cat boy said while looking at the pink flowers. He was on a great spot, just under the bigger cherry tree around. "Well… At least I always have you by my side, right, Neko?" He asked his faithful companion.
"Snore* Zzzzzz… *Snore*" That was her response.
He just contemplated the sky with a straight face. "… …Reality is often disappointing."
Something caught his attention. It was some type of commotion. There were two guys talking to two girls who didn't look to fond of the attitude of the guys, there was also two kid involved.
Izuku focused his hearing on them.
"Come on, we can have some fun, the three of us." One of the guys said. "Your friend can babysit your siblings for some time."
"I already said no. So, please leave us alone, ribbit." One of the girls grabbed the hands of her two siblings.
By the sound of a groan that came out of the man, Izuku could easily predict where this was going.
"Are you seriously going to do this in the middle of the day with so many people around?" He asked in his mind.
He saw around, but no one looked like if they were going to interfere.
With a frown the man opened his mouth, however, he never had the opportunity.
"Hey~!" A shout caught everybody's attention. They turned around to see a cat boy sitting next to a cherry tree on a small hill waving his hand at them. "Girls! Over here!" He shouted again. "What took you so long?! I've been waiting for an hour!"
Now, Izuku could only wait and see if they took the opportunity.
Both girls and kids were stunned. It was the big sister who recomposed faster. "As you can see, we already had plans, ribbit. If you excuse us." She pushed her siblings and pulled her friend from the wrist. "Sorry for making you wait, Midoriya-Kun!" She shouted back.
Izuku's eyes grew in surprise for a second before going back to his facade. So, she recognized him? "Haha, don't worry about it." He said back.
The four people sat on the sheet.
"Oh, so they're the siblings I've heard so much about?" He continued with his act; those two guys were still watching them.
"Yes, they are Samidare and Satsuki." The unknown girl continued to play along, introducing her brother and sister respectively.
The girl in question was short of a relatively slender build and had notably large hands. Her appearance was very frog-like, maybe it was her quirk and that was where her ribbiting came from? Her siblings had the same characteristics. Her hair was long of dark sea-green color, reaching all the way to her waist, the ends tied together at the bottom in a bow of hair.
Her friend was a normal looking girl from the shoulder downwards, she had the head and neck of a grey patterned snake with bright yellow eye and slit pupils, lastly, she had spiked messy red hair. It was kind of like his.
The snake girl had her mouth open while looking at her friend like if she didn't know her. The two siblings were also doing the same.
"T-Tsu-chan, d-do you know him? You didn't tell me you were friends with him." The friend said in surprise.
"Yes! Now I have a name to make this farce even more natural." Izuku thought. Meanwhile, the two kids and the friend bombarded the frog girl with questions. While they were doing that, he took a glance at the two guys who were still there looking at them. "Why are they not going away?" One of them seemed like he was going to approach them to create more problems. "Wait… don't tell me, they… Crap… Do I seriously have to do this?" He let out a sigh, preparing himself to get slapped across the face after all of this was done. "Actually," The four of them looked at him. "Tsu-chan is my girlfriend."
Everything stopped then and there. A little and faint blush appeared on the face of 'Tsu-chan' while her visage stood straight and calm as ever.
Izuku saw the two guys click their tongue and walk away. So, they were really waiting for that.
When they were out of sight, Izuku's face immediately freaked out, and in a swift motion, his head was now pressed against the sheets. "Please! Forgive me! I just said that so those guys would leave you alone! I understand if you want to slap me!" He spat those words to the frog girl.
"Please, raise your head. I'm not mad at you, ribbit." The girl responded with a smile.
"Em, Tsu-chan, what's happening?" the snake girl asked her friend in confusion. The two kids also didn't understand anything.
"We… really don't know each other." The frog girl answered, surprising the three. "We just pretended to, so that those guys left us alone."
"But, Onee-chan really looked like she knew you." Little Satsuki said to Izuku.
"Though you know him too from those videos, remember?" The big sister answer for him.
"Ah, right. We were the ones who showed them to nee-chan." Samidare spoke his mind in realization.
"Anyway," The frog girl spoke again. "Thank you for what you did."
"N-no, don't worry about it," Izuku said.
"I'm Tsuyu Asui and she is Habuko Mongoose. Tsu is just a nickname." Asui explained.
"I'm sorry." He apologized again for using the nickname so casually whit a blush on his face. "My name is Izuku Midoriya, though you already knew that I guess."
"Don't worry, and thanks again, Midoriya-Kun." She bowed a little. "But we should get going."
"Ah, did you come to see the cherry blossoms by any chance?" Izuku asked.
"Yes!" Satsuki responded cheerfully.
"They wanted to come." Tsuyu explained.
"Well, if you want, you all can stay. I made a lot of food that I cannot finish by myself anyway." Izuku proposed, but then realized something. "Of course, only if you want. I'm not forcing you or anything" He didn't want to sound like those guys from before.
"No, I'm sorry, ribbit," Asui said. "We wouldn't want to be a nuisance." As she finished that sentence, she saw the look on the face of her siblings. They wanted to stay. "On second thought. All the best spots must be taken by now. So please take care of us." She bowed. There wasn't anything she wouldn't do for her siblings.
"Of course." Izuku smiled at them. "I have tea, different kinds of sandwiches, cheesecake, and lemon jelly." He began to take out the different dishes for their display. "Please, don't contain yourselves." The cat boy was happy that he wasn't alone anymore.
"I want jelly!" Little Satsuki yelled her declaration.
"I'll take the cheesecake." Samidare spoke his mind.
"I would like some of the sandwiches," Habuko said without taking her eyes from the food.
Tsuyu couldn't help but think that they took the 'Don't contain yourselves' too literal. She looked at the cat boy thinking he would feel a little annoyed, but he was just smiling while serving their meals. She was worrying about nothing.
Izuku wasn't only affable, but also very attentive to any of their needs.
After finishing a sandwich, the cat boy went for the cake. After so many attempts doing it, this one was pretty good if he said so himself. While he took a bite, he noticed that the snake girl whispered something to her friend's ear. The green head couldn't help but wonder what were they talking about. He didn't need to wait long.
"Habuko-chan thinks you're cute." Tsuyu said with a straight face.
"Tsu-chan?!" Habuko screamed with a blush on her face. Oh, the deception, the betrayal, woman, you deceived her. She looked at the boy timidly. Boys at her school just get grossed out due to her snake head, however, she came across a blushing cat boy.
"T-thanks." Izuku was embarrassed, he wasn't called cute by women very often. Well, his mom did but that didn't count. Not even Yu did, so this had a great impact. "You're cute too." Wait a second, he thought that saying something back was the right thing, but that wasn't the right call.
The snake girl covered her red face, which made him go red too.
"Hm, *Nod* You're both cute, ribbit." Tsuyu said bluntly. They went redder.
"Yeah! Big brother is cute!" Satsuki included herself in the conversation.
If someone else said that word again, Izuku would explode.
"What? No, Aniki is badass! Don't you remember when he saved that baby? He was awesome." Samidare said, finishing with a hero pose. That made everyone laugh.
The little sister of the three tug Izuku's shirt while looking at him with puppy eyes, or it would be with tadpole eyes?
"Big brother, let's play a game." She said.
"Satsuki. You shouldn't bother hi—" Tsuyu tried to stop her sister.
"Sure," Izuku answered with a smile. "What do you want to play?"
The frog girl was surprised. She didn't believe that this boy was that kind. She knew perfectly well how was dealing with kids and most people of her age didn't like them, yet him, he was a genuine kind boy.
"Ah! Let's play 'Heroes and Villains'! I want to be the hero!" Samidare said, excited.
That brought memories to him. The last time the cat boy played that was when he was little. Kacchan always made him the villain and he ended with a lot of burns.
"Eh~… But I want to be a princess." The little girl said with a pout.
"Hmm. I think I know what to do." Izuku said as he got up. The two kids did the same. "Just follow my lead." He said. He then instructed the kids to take some distance.
They stared at each other for dramatic purposes. Then…
"Ha ha ha! So, you have finally come to my lair! Prince Samidare and Princess Satsuki! The two heroes from the Frog Kingdom!" Izuku said with his best impersonation of a classic villain.
Not only Tsuyu and Habuko were interested in this act, but apparently everybody else in the vicinity.
"Yeah! And we're going to put an end to your evil acts!" Samidare followed while Satsuki nod profusely with a frown.
"Pff-Hahahaha! Oh really? Did you forget?!" With an evil smile, he did a motion, showing the big sister and her friend at his back. "That I have not only kidnaped your sister, Princess Tsuyu, but also Princess Habuko of the Snake Kingdom?! Do you really think you can defeat me?!"
The two were caught by surprise. So, they were also in the game.
"Please save us!" Both of them cried.
The two kids clenched their fists.
"How could we forget?!" Satsuki said in fake anger.
"After we're done with you, they will be safe and sound!" The little brother declared.
"Oh, so naïve," Izuku commented. "After I win, I'll force them to marry me and then I will be the ruler of two kingdoms, hahahaha!" He revealed his evil plan. "But that's enough talking. Let's begin this fight!"
"We'll never let you—" Samidare said as he and his sister began to run in the cat boy's direction.
"Get away with this!" Satsuki finished.
An epic battle for the future of two kingdoms ensued.
While the fight took place, the people there made a crowd around them genuinely entertained by them. Some of them were even recording it on their cellphones.
The battle came to an end.
"Ugh… As expected of the two heroes…" Izuku was resting against the cherry tree… defeated.
The heroes weren't unscathed either. They were both panting on their knees.
Izuku held his fake wound on his stomach. "Hehe… I'm glad… that you're so strong." Speaking was difficult for him. "Maybe you two… will be able to truly save them…"
That last comment impacted not only the two heroes but every spectator who was very into the setting.
"Ha? What do you mean by that! It's there something worse that you?!" Samidare asked in desperation.
"He… hehehehe… So, you don't know… Well, you're both too young to do so." Izuku said with a pained smirk.
"What are you talking about?" Satsuki wanted two know too.
The cat villain contemplated at the sky with a nostalgic look on his face. "Before you two were born, the Frog kingdom and the Snake kingdom were in war with each other." Audible gasps were heard from the crowd. "My family… we lived in the middle of the two kingdoms and were caught in the war." The heroes and the two princesses pale at that. "Don't get me wrong. I never did this out of vengeance. I also grew up hearing the legend of the two heroes like every kid, and so… I wanted to become a hero myself. I wanted to save the kingdoms." Everyone felt a lump in their throat. "But what can an infant do with nobody at his back… The answer was simple. I became something worse than the war… I force the kingdoms to unite against a greater evil… Against… me…"
Everyone was terrifying. This didn't take the turn they were waiting for, but they were loving it.
Izuku put a little ketchup bag on his mouth and bit. "*Cough* *Cough*" He coughed blood on his hand. All the people freaked out. "Hehe… So, it finally caught up to me…" He said. Then he looked at the worried looks of the heroes. "What~? Don't worry about it. This old illness of mine is just one of the reasons I could never become a true hero." He gave them a weak smile. "Where was I…? Ah yes… During those ephemeral years of peace, the two princesses became friends…" He looked at Tsuyu and Habuko. "Yet they were unaware that their kingdoms still hated each other and were plotting against one another in the shadows… The two of them were going to be used as tools for the war when they were done with me… So, I kidnaped them… I thought that… if they won't change their minds then maybe if I become the ruler, then they wouldn't have an option but to accept peace."
Everyone was paralyzed on their spot, holding their breath.
"But I guess I got a little selfish too… I wanted something for me too." Izuku confessed. "After all these years of being hated by everyone, I forgot something that I wanted to remember…" He coughed more blood (Ketchup). "I wanted to remember… what being loved felt like." Tears began to appear on some of the people's eyes. "The only thing I remember it's what mom said to me once… …Being loved felt like the caress of cherry blossom petals on the skin…"
A gust of wind blew at that moment, taking the cherry petals and making them dance to the wind. Everyone was flabbergasted.
Keeping his eyes open was difficult. "There's only so much a villain like me can do… But you two… the two heroes of legends can do what I could never… …So, please… …Save them… Save the peace… Make them… …Smile…" That was the last thing he could utter before closing his eyes. A single petal landed on his forehead.
"Onii-chan!/Aniki!" Satsuki and Samidare screamed simultaneously while they began to run to him with tears in their eyes.
Izuku sat up with a smile while opening his arms. The two kids tackled him. "Pff-hahahaha. Maybe I took it too far."
The two siblings shook their heads. "This was a lot of fun!" Satsuki said.
"This was the best game of heroes and villains I have played!" Samidare exclaimed.
"I see. Then I'm glad." The cat boy smiled.
The crowd began to clap their hands and cheer. Everyone except a certain frog girl. Tsuyu was still disbelief not only for what the cat boy pulled off but because her siblings acted so comfortable around him like if he was their big brother.
After everyone calmed down and returned to their own spots, the trio did the same.
Little Satsuki looked at Izuku with a smile. "Hey, big brother, could you become Big sis boyfriend for real? You will make a super cute couple!" She stated.
And there it was, the last use of the word 'cute' to refer to him, but his time it came with an extra blow.
Izuku collapsed on his back while he covered his face which exploded in a blush. He failed to see he wasn't the only one.
XOX
The day of the recommendation entrance exam came, and Izuku was punctual.
After confirming their attendance, they went to an auditorium where the Principal Nezu gave them a brief explanation of the exam.
"Hello everyone! I'm Nezu the Principal of U.A." The rodent greeted. "I'm glad all of you made it in time, but let the formalities for later and go right into the exam! Please pay attention. The exam consists of three parts. First is the written exam. You will be assigned to a classroom to take it. There will be a time limit of an hour so please pay attention to the clock. Needless to say, if we catch any of you cheating the person in question will be sent home with no possibilities to take the exam ever again." Even though he smiled, everyone saw how serious he was about it. "After the exam is over, you will do a practical test which will be explained by the designated teacher. Finally, for those who had passed these two tests will have an interview with… ME!" Nezu began to laugh maniacally.
The examinees were given their classroom to take the written test.
Izuku took a look at his surroundings before moving. There were probably a hundred students taking the exam. "I expected more people. It shows how selective they are."
After arriving at his classroom, he sat on his designated chair at the back. Apparently, it would be 10 people per classroom. A good strategy to prevent cheating.
When their teacher arrived, Izuku almost went into fanboy mode when he saw the Pro Hero Cementoss, but he was able to restrain himself.
Something else caught his eyes. A black spiky ponytail was in the front of the room. The cat boy could swear he had seen it before. When the girl turned her head to see the teacher, a memory came to his mind. A memory from when Neko was still with him… A bittersweet sensation came to him.
"She is… Ya… Yao… Yaoyorozu." The family name finally came to him. "So, she's taking the exam too. I wonder if she… …No. She probably doesn't remember me. If she knows me, it would be for entirely different things." He saw her focused gaze. "I should concentrate on the exam too. There's no time for these kinds of thoughts." His emeralds lose a little of their light as they became sharp. Maybe it was the memory of Neko when she was alive, but his mood changed a little.
The feline in question was quiet. She didn't like to talk when this subject came to the surface, besides, she would only distract him.
The written test was not that hard, but not that easy either. Yaoyorozu was the first one to finish in an impressive time of half the time given. Izuku finished ten minutes later, being the fourth to finish.
They were dismissed as they handover their tests.
This was the perfect time to talk with the ones who already finished, a perfect time to talk to Yaoyorozu and see if she remembered him.
With a cold look on his face, Izuku turned on the other direction, that bittersweet feeling was still there and the exam wasn't over. He needed to stay focused.
45 minutes passed and he along with the others were sent to change clothes for the practical test and meet outside in the designated area.
Izuku put on his green tracksuit and stood barefoot.
"Hey! How you're doing, little listeners?!" Present Mic announced himself.
Izuku covered his ears, he was extra loud for him.
The Pro hero noticed that so he decided to contain himself a little. "I will be the one overseeing the practical test, so let me tell what is all about!" He said in a lower tone. "The practical test is… An obstacle course!" Some of the examinees got excited. "The participants will race six at a time through our course which is designed so you can't get to the finish line only by running, so you better use everything you got! The use of Quirks is allowed so better get creative! What's not allowed is to mess with other examinees! That would mean a disqualification!"
Izuku took a look around, he was surprised by the number of people remaining. "There's only 24 people with me included… So many failed the written test? Did they take the results so quickly?" It showed that U.A. wasn't playing around.
"Okay! Now put these numbers on and when your number is called, go to the starting line!" Mic said while passing them stamps with numbers.
Izuku was number 100, apparently, it was the number in the attendance list and he was the last person to be registered for taking the exam.
The first six people were called. Izuku tried to make a game to ease his feelings. He tried to guess who would win the race in each group.
"Hmm… this is not easy. All of them look really strong on their own right." His eyes went to one of them in particular. When he saw the smile on the girl's face, he knew it. "I guess the winner is number 55."
The girl had a mossy green hair just like him and the confident smile told him she had this in the bag. She was wearing a white loose tank top whit blue shorts sporting her sculptural fit body.
"Start!" Mic yelled, firing a fake pistol.
N. 55 split her body as she began to float away.
Izuku was fascinated by her Quirk, it was a shame he didn't have his notebook around to make a page about her.
Twenty minutes later the second group was called.
"Hm… I'll take my bet on N. 16." Izuku thought.
The guy didn't look like much, but a feeling just told him he had something up his sleeves. N.16 had pale skin tone and beige spiked hair, but his most predominant feature was his mouth. His teeth were on the outside and he had no lips.
"Start!" Present Mic shouted again.
Izuku was startled by N. 16 Quirk, whatever that was.
The pale teen submerge himself in the ground like if it was water. Again, it was a shame he didn't have his notebook.
After the time passed, the third group began to be called.
"Number 41!" Mike called the fourth person.
"Yes, sir!" A very energetic and enthusiastic young man stepped up. He was very tall and had a great built body with buzzed dark brown hair and black eyes. An instant candidate for taking first place.
"Number 100!" Mic shouted his number with a big smile.
When Izuku took a step, he immediately felt all the stares directed at him, there wasn't a single soul who wasn't looking at him.
"Hey, isn't he that kid from…"
"Yeah, I know, I wasn't aware he was taking the exam too…"
The gossip didn't make itself wait.
Izuku just ignored them with a gentle smile.
Momo Yaoyorozu was astonished. "He is… that boy from that day…" She remembered him completely. Thanks to him making her laugh that day, that important meeting was perfect. She didn't know why everybody seemed to recognize him, she's been always busy, although she remembered something about a green cat boy who did something amazing. "Wait… he didn't have the cat features when I saw him last time… did something happen to him?" When she looked at his face, she was mesmerized by his smile and those big emeralds for eyes. She noticed how much he had changed and wonder if it was the same person. Momo caught herself trying to speak to him, but she stopped before anything happened. "He probably doesn't remember me anyway." She took a look at his face again and saw his serious eyes. "That's right. This is not time to think about such things as that. Focus Momo, focus." She slapped her cheeks lightly.
"And lastly, Number 23!" Mic announced the last examinee.
N. 23 was a reasonably tall teen, whose hair was evenly split into two colors: white on his right-side and crimson red on his left, he also had heterochromia iridium making his left iris of a turquoise color, while his right was brownish dark gray. But what took most of Izuku's attention was the large burn scar on the left side of his face. Despite that, he was good looking, though those eyes looked too cold for his liking.
Something was immediately obvious for the cat boy… "I'm in the middle of the two biggest powerhouses in the entire exam."
Meanwhile in a control room.
"Wait a minute. Why is Izuku there? He was supposed to be in the second group." Nemuri asked, though she already knew the answer. "Neezu~ It was you, wasn't it?" She narrowed her eyes at the principal who was drinking tea.
"Ahahahah! I'm completely guilty!" He said madly.
"Did you seriously had to put him against Endeavor's son?!" She was a little mad… just a little.
"The kid said he wanted a challenge, right?" Aizawa spoke with a creepy smile on his face.
Midnight just click her tongue as she and the other teacher watched the race that was about to begin.
Back at the obstacle course, the six participants were ready.
Present Mic had the gun up in the air. A big smile appeared on his face. "*Bang* Start!"
N. 23 took first place by staking ice to propel himself to great speed.
N. 41 was surprised by it, but after a second he matched the speed of 23 with a gust of wind around his body.
They both looked at each other for a second thinking that this race was between them, however, shattering their thought like a wrecking ball a green blur surpass them.
They weren't the only ones surprised. No one watching them expected someone to move so fast by just running.
The two increase their speed to match the green cat boy.
However, this wasn't a race in a straight line and the first obstacle was hurdles.
Izuku jumped, skipping several of them in one go. He kept doing the same, unfortunately for him, this made him slow down a little.
Meanwhile, the other two just flew over them with his wind or froze them while going above them, surpassing the cat boy.
Finishing the first obstacle, they came across the next.
A crystal bridge too fragile to endure a person's weight.
41 and 23 cross it like the last one without any problem.
Izuku stopped for a second. He could not cross it so easily, yet he didn't hat the time to think or else he would just lose to them.
He saw that the ice stalagmites made by 23 were still there. Extending the claws of his feet he went for them.
Thanks to his speed and claws he could run through them without touching the bridge.
The bicolored haired teen noticed that.
The next obstacle was an abyss and the only way to continue was to jump through pillars separated by 5 meters each.
41 just continued as if this didn't face him.
23 made ice bridges from pillar to pillar that would break if someone else tried to use them.
Izuku didn't need them anyway. 5 meters jumps were a piece of cake for him. Now 41 was on the lead, but the other two were close
Continuing on the race, the next obstacle was easy to spot.
A climb of a little mountain of about 50 meters of height and then from the top, cross a suspension bridge to another mountain, then another one to finally climb down.
"Where do they get these things?" Izuku questioned in his mind.
41 like every obstacle before this one, just propel himself with wind up the mountain.
23 did the same but with his ice.
"Is there something for these guys to make them slow down?" The cat boy was annoyed. He began to climb as fast as he could.
41, or better know as Inasa, stopped at the top and began to walk as fast through the bridge. His Quirk was good, but he needed to be closed to a solid surface to propel himself and this bridge wasn't sturdy enough. It wasn't like he could fly or at least not without a proper suit. So, better safe than sorry here.
23, AKA Shoto did the same when he got to the top if he used his ice on the bridge, there was a high chance that it would break. So, he opted for the same as 41.
When they both were in the middle of the second bridge, they saw the cat boy get to the top of the mountain.
"We still had a fair distance from him." They thought.
They were wrong.
Izuku began to run through the bridge like a madman, not caring at all that the bridge began to move erratically. Cats had great balance and he had trained it a little so he was unfazed by this.
"Shit." They both thought at the same time while hastening their pace. They certainly didn't want to be in the bridge when he arrived to it.
They both began their descent using their Quirk, though at a slower pace, being careful about it. Though it was still faster than climbing down.
"RAAAAAHHH!" A roar from behind startled them.
Before they could react, the cat boy surpassed them while running downwards still like a madman. The climb down was almost on a 90 degree and this kid was running it down. He was truly insane.
When Izuku got to base, he had to rest for a second. "Maybe I went overkill there." This was his opportunity to get first, but maybe it wasn't the smart choice. Now he was slower when running.
It wasn't a surprise that he was surpassed again so easily by those two. Truly two powerhouses. He had to try harder.
The next insanity was… a roller-coaster. It wasn't actually an obstacle; it was there so the participants got a moment to rest. However, it was necessary to get to the next section of the course. And made out of individual wagons so whoever got to it first, got an advantage.
Shoto was the one who got first, but Inasa wasn't that far. They both departed at the same time. Shoto would use this time to treat his frostbite and Inasa to catch his breath. Now they just had to wait for the slow roller-coaster to take speed.
They thought they couldn't get passed now. They forgot that sanity was overrated for the candidate N. 100.
A shadow was cast over them, freaking them the fuck out.
With wide eyes, they looked up.
There it was. That green cat boy jumping over them.
Izuku landed on the railroad track in front of Shoto and began to run as fast as he could trough them.
"Wagons are for pussies!" Neko yelled in excitement, she couldn't stay quiet anymore.
The green head almost lost it. The irony of a cat saying that was priceless.
"Tsk." Clicking his tongue in annoyance, Shoto jumped out of the wagon and began to use his ice again.
Inasa was having a blast, the hot-headed way and passion of this cat boy to act were awesome, by the end of the day they were going to be friends. He also jumped off the wagon and began to use his Whirlwind to catch up.
The teachers in the control room couldn't help but think that these three were insanity at its finest.
Izuku was the first to arrive at the end of the roller-coaster. He was easily surpassed by the other two again. "Damn it!" He yelled, keeping up with these two monsters was the hardest thing in the world. He has taken any opportunity to get the upper hand but to no avail. He was too tired. The difference between his physical Quirk and these two emitters type was too great. "Not giving up, no matter what!" With those words, he pushed on.
The next obstacle was a stone hill with holes, in the first half, pillars of fire came out of the holes on intervals of 3 seconds each. On the second half, there was no fire but it was covered in slippery ice, finally the hill ended in a cliff with a little lake at the bottom and continuing with a forest.
The two powerhouses had to stop their Quirks due to the fire pillars.
Another opportunity has arisen.
Izuku never slowed down, and with swift maneuvering, he dodged the fire and took first place again… …Just to immediately slow down with the ice.
He used the claws on his feet to get a better grip, however, he could not move faster or else he could risk it to fall.
The other two immediately passed him again when the fire was no more.
"CRAP!" He yelled again.
Those two monsters didn't even touch the water of the lake when they jumped off the cliff, and submerge themselves right into the forest.
After finishing with the ice, Izuku instead of jumping like any normal person, he decided to propel himself from the rock just to fall faster.
The water was refreshing, but he didn't have time to appreciate it as he rushed out of the water and enter the forest.
Meanwhile, N. 41 and N. 23, who were fighting to get the upper hand, arrived at a hard obstacle if not the hardest of the entire test.
A labyrinth cave. At the entrance of the cave, there was a basket with flashlights and a screen with a sign telling that the map of the labyrinth would be shown for 10 seconds when a participant used their fingerprint, only once per examinee. There was also another sign telling them to be carful with rocks falling from the ceiling.
This obstacle was a challenge for the mind instead of the body.
The two powerhouses couldn't do much but complied and slow down.
Shoto went ahead and ran into the cave after taking a flashlight and looking at the map.
Inasa, on the other hand, took his time, he didn't want to make a mistake.
After some time, Izuku arrived at the cave too.
He took a look at everything. "Okay, flashlights… I don't need them." His night vision was better. "The map…" He heard a chirp coming from inside the cave.
Neko smiled when she heard those sounds. "You don't need it either." She said.
Izuku stopped for a second and then smile. "Okay." He ran inside. The cat boy didn't know why she said that, but he trusted her with his life so he didn't need to ask questions.
When he entered, he noticed something. Izuku covered his nose immediately. "Agh, what's that smell? It's horrible." When he heard those chirps again, something clicked in his mind. "*Smile* So there bats here… I see." He got what Neko said by not needing the map. He would have to endure the stench of guano, but utilizing that, the chirps and his night vision, he could find the other exit easily than trying to remember the right path. Instead of trusting in his memory, he would trust in nature.
So, the cat boy ran through the cave taking every turn in the right direction.
Inasa was also moving in the right direction when he heard something from behind. The tall young man turned around, pointing his flashlight at whatever made the sound.
"AhAhg! My eyes!"
Inasa found the cat boy covering his eyes. "Ah! I'm sorry!" He apologized immediately when he figured he flashed him in the face. He moved closer to see if he could help with something, then noticed something. "Eh? Hey, where is your flashlight?" He asked.
"I have night vision so I didn't need it," Izuku explained as he rubbed his eyes.
Now, Inasa knew how serious it was. Flashing him like that was even worse than to a normal person. "Can you continue?"
"Yes, just give me a moment." The cat boy answered.
"That's great! Hey, when this is over how about we become frie—" The whirlwind user stopped his sentence when he heard something from above. A rock was going to fall on top of the cat boy. "Hey, watch out!"
Izuku opened his eyes and looked up, though he still was blind. He had heard the rock, but he didn't know it was on top of him.
Before the rock could touch him, Inasa jumped using his Whirlwind to push Izuku out of the way.
"*Cough* *Cough* *Cough*" The elemental Quirk had lifted dust, and the worst part was that said dust had entered Izuku's eyes. Now he was blinded until he found something to clean them.
"Hey, where are you?!" Inasa called for him. "My flashlight was smashed and I don't see anything, can you hear me?"
Now the two were blinded.
"Yes, I'm okay!" Midoriya yelled the answer. "Damn it, what do I do now. How do we get out of here without my eyes—" His thought came to a halt when something weird happened. "I…I can… I can see? How?" A perfect image of his surroundings was in his mind. What kind of sorcery was this?
"It's not sorcery, they're your whiskers," Neko stated, taking him by surprise. "You have never pay them enough attention because you use your other senses more and on top of that they just look like a tattoo on your cheeks, but they're real feline whiskers." She explained. "They are more sensitive than even your hands or mouth, and thanks to that, you can create a three-dimensional image in your mind as long as there is the faintest of breezes around you."
Now Izuku understood something. "Um, Excuse me what's your name?" He asked to the examinee N. 41.
"Ah, I'm Inasa Yoarashi. Nice to meet you!" He had a great smile.
"Likewise. I'm Izuku Midoriya. Um, Yoarashi-san, can you create a steady breeze around the cave? I think I can use it to get us out of here."
Inasa's smiled got wider. "Of course! And just called me Inasa!" He used his Quirk how was instructed.
Izuku smile when he could see the cave perfectly, it was like a weird echolocation, but he could see 360 degrees around him.
Inasa felt a hand grabbing his wrist.
"Then you can call me Izuku, Inasa-Kun." They would use teamwork to get out. Nobody would ever think of using such a thing in an individual test, but… It wasn't against the rules. "Now, let's get out of here."
The cat boy ran while pulling his new acquaintance.
Meanwhile, in the control room, Nezu was losing his shit laughing madly along with Nemuri. All Might was smiling proudly of one of the candidates for OFA. Izuku may not succeed him, but he was a great person.
Shoto had been good on his track, but this was taking longer than he thought.
"We're close to the exit!"
The bicolor boy heard a voice from behind.
He then saw the cat boy pulling the other examinee while his eyes were closed. N. 41 also had a dumb smile on his face while creating a light breeze.
"You can follow us if you want." The cat boy said while passing by his side with a smile on his face. N. 41 just gave him a serious look.
Shoto was a little shocked, but after shaking his head he decided to run after them.
After different turns without even stopping to consider them. The two powerhouses saw the light of the sun.
The finally came out to the other side of the forest. The trio came across a river. Actually, the next obstacle was to go up a waterfall from where wood logs were coming down.
"Thanks." With that word, Shoto used again his ice to move faster.
"Hey! Wait! We can't leave him behind!" Inasa protested.
"No, don't wait for me, Inasa-Kun," Izuku said as he began to clean his eyes with the water. "Or else, I'm going to take your place when I'm done here."
That startled the tall young man, but then a wide smile appeared on his face. "Okay! I'm going to win anyway, Izuku!" After saying that, he used his Quirk and start moving, chasing after the son of Endeavor.
Izuku was able to see how the ice left by N. 23 collapsed with the stream of water and Inasa reaching the top of the waterfall.
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The green head stood up and contemplated the waterfall. Somehow, he knew he was on the final section of the race. It was all of nothing now.
Oxygen entered his body as he readied his muscles.
Izuku was shot forward like a bullet.
When he arrived at the waterfall, without stopping he began to jump from log to log. He was on the top in no time.
Continuing running, he came across the wall of a fortress blocking his path and like if that wasn't enough, there were explosions going off around it.
Izuku didn't stop nor question the sanity of the person who made this course. And taking advantage of his momentum, he jumped over the explosions and ran up the wall, barely reaching the top with his right hand.
The cat boy jumped to the other side just to find that the last obstacle was a long run with no obstacle whatsoever and then there was the finished line.
The two powerhouses were halfway there.
A smile of excitement appeared on his lips as his legs took off.
"Are you speed?!" Neko saw the opportunity and she took it.
"I'm speed!" Izuku answered with a smile. This was fun.
Inasa and Shoto were trying to surpass each other when they heard something.
"RAAAAAAHHHHHGGGG!"
They both spared a glimpse behind them. Their eyes widened in surprise.
They didn't have an option than used their quirks at their maximum output or else the first place was going to be stolen from them.
Present Mic was waiting for them at the finish line, and he had to admit he was excited.
He wasn't the only one, though. The teachers in the control room and the examinees of the previous groups who were there were at the tip of their seats.
Time seemed to stop when the trio was at the finish line, reviling the winner.
"IT'S A PHOTO FINISH!" Mic yelled. "THE ONE WHO HIT THE GOAL FIRST WAS… NUMBER 41 BY JUST A BIT! FOLLOWED BY NUMBER 23! THEY ALMOST LOST THEIR PANTS TO NUMBER 100 THOUGH!"
In the control room, Aizawa let out a sigh in relief.
Only two of the monster trio stopped.
"Hit the brake! Hit the brake! Hit the brake!" Neko yelled when she saw Izuku wasn't stopping due to having so much speed.
When he tried to do so… … …He tripped.
"Ah." Was all that he and Neko could let out.
"Ah." Was all that Present Mic could let out.
"Ah." Was all that Inasa and Shoto could let out.
"Ah." Was all that the other examinees could let out.
"Ah." Was all that the teachers at the control room could let out.
Izuku flew for a moment thanks to his inertia. "This~ is going to hurt." He said in his head.
"A lot." Neko finished for him.
He braced himself for the impact and minimize damage.
"Ouch!" He began to bounce like a rock on the water. "Crap!" Again. "Ouch!" Again. "Shit!" Again. "Ouch!" Again. "I'mnotgoingtocursemorethanthat!" And again.
The bounce came to an end when his body crashed against the wall.
Meanwhile in the control room. "Well, that's my call. I wasn't expecting to do something today but that kid is as crazy as Nezu." A granny with a big syringe for a cane walked out of the room a little bit grumpy.
Two of the examinees ran to aid him.
"Oh my god! Are you okay?!" The examinee N. 55 said in worry.
"Damn man, what a way to finish it." N. 16 spoke.
"Yeah, go big or go home, I guess," Izuku said sarcastically while sitting up. "And I'm still alive and noting seems broken, so I'd say I'm okay." He looked up and found they were the two he predicted to get first on their group.
They helped him to get up.
"Thanks." He looked at Inasa talking with N. 23. "I'm going to talk to them. I'll see you two in a little." He ran off.
"Ah wait! Your head is bleeding!" They both shouted to deaf ears.
Izuku heard something from N. 23.
"This is an exam. If I pass then that's all that matters." He wasn't even looking at Inasa. "And I never had any intention of competing with you two, got it?" His eyes were too cold… even for an ice user. "You're just a nuisance."
Inasa's face looked hurt, then his eyes become just as cold.
"That attitude isn't very hero-like, don't you think?" They both looked at the person who spoke. Their eyes widened in shock when the saw the state of the cat boy.
His tracksuit was ripped apart showing multiple bruises and scrapes, there was even blood going down his temple, yet what shocked them the most was his burning glare.
"Are you seriously trying to be a hero by treating people like that? What kind of hero does that?" Shoto tried to ignore him. "Ah… wait." His glare disappeared when something came to his mind, Izuku grabbed his chin and looked at the sky. "There is a hero with that kind of attitude…" He trailed off. "The Number two hero: Endeavor."
Shoto and Inasa froze in place.
"Your eyes are just like his," Izuku spoke.
Shoto clenched his fists.
"Also, Inasa's eyes too… for a moment."
The tall young man gave a step backward in disbelief.
"Are you two trying to be like him?" Such an innocent question hurt like a bullet.
"Of course not! / There no way I want to be like him!" Inasa and Shoto yelled at the same time in anger.
"Ah, s-sorry." The cat boy apologized, not expecting them to get angry like that.
Those too gritted their teeth when they realized that such anger was just like the one of Endeavor.
The three entered into an awkward silence.
"Ouch!" Izuku screamed when something was pressed against one of his scrapes.
"What are you doing standing up, sweetheart?" A little old lady was pressing a huge syringe against his wound. "You're even bleeding through the head. Come and sit down while I heal you." The granny let not room for declining. "You two should also sit down and rest while the last group makes it here." She said to the other two examinees.
The monster trio went to a big tent where the others were covering from the sun.
Izuku sat on the ground while the elder woman tended his wounds and put a bandage around his head. Finally, the granny gave him a smooch on the forehead healing him in seconds.
Izuku was in awe. "You're Recovery Girl…"
"Hehehe, so you recognized me that easily." The old heroine said with a gentle smile. "Here, have some of these, honey." She gave him some gummy bears. "Now, is anybody hurt?" Chiyo raised her voice asking the other examinees.
Everyone swarmed Izuku because he looked like the most approachable of the three powerhouses.
"Man, you were awesome!" One of them said.
"Yeah, you almost got first from all the way back of the long run! You had me thrilling, dude!" Another person said almost shouting.
"Hahaha, thanks." Izuku couldn't help but feel flattered. He saw the two who help him when he tripped over. "Thanks again for helping me. And sorry for running off."
"Nah don't worry." The girl dismissed it with her hand. "I'm Setsuna Tokage by the way." She introduced herself.
"Juzo Honenuki." The pale young man said.
"I'm Izuku Midoriya." The cat boy said with a smile.
"We know." They both answered at the same time, surprising him.
"A-ah. I see… Does anyone else know?" He asked around.
"Yep."
"Yeah."
"Aha."
"Dude, you're a legend."
The people around him answered.
Izuku blushed a little.
"Hey, Midoriya," Setsuna called for his attention. "Can I… …pet your head?"
"Eh?!" Izuku's face got redder.
"He's not a pet." Juzo reproached her.
"But he looks so fluffy!" The green-haired girl gave her reasoning.
"I-I don't mind," Izuku answered. "Though, I have never done this before." Well, he had received head pats from his mother, Yu or the others. But none of them asked if they could do it. It changed the experience completely.
"Then I'll be your first." She said.
Every boy there couldn't help but think how wrong that sounded. Izuku got more nervous.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated note. The other three examinees of Izuku's group just arrived at the finish line. Nobody even noticed them.
"Now." Tokage readied her right hand. "Itadakimasu!"
"Is he food or something?" was the collective thought around.
"Am I food?" Izuku thought.
A shiver went down his spine when the hand made contact with his head. It felt totally different than when his mother did it. He closed his eyes and leaned his head against the hand, forgetting where he was or who he was.
"Aha!" Setsuna's eyes lit up in excitement. "He's so~ fluffy! Now, how about this." She began to scratch below the chin.
"Aren't you going too far?" Juzo asked with concern.
"Prrrrr~" Izuku began to purr.
"He's adorable!" Setsuna screamed in her head.
That finally caught the interest of the pale boy. His hand moved by its own and landed on Izuku's head. He was really fluffy.
One by one, the people around took turns to pet him. It was a great stress reliever from the stressful exam. Except for Setsuna, she couldn't take her hands off him. Inasa didn't do it, though. He was deep in thought with himself.
"Oi, could you let him rest a little?" Juzo asked the energetic girl.
"Actually, that's good." Recovery Girl intervened while giving gummy bears to anyone who wanted. "Cat purrs help to heal multiple things, from broken bones, to cope with illnesses, blood pressure, respiratory problems and the list still goes on. And not only helps the cat but anybody around them."
"Is that true?" Izuku asked his companion.
"Yeah, we tend to purr whenever we get hurt to heal faster. I guess you haven't done it due to your human side." Neko explained.
"Aww~ I want to adopt him!" Setsuna stated while hugging Izuku's head against her breasts. It wasn't a surprise that said teen's face exploded in a flush.
"He's not a lost kitten, he's a person." Juzo again tried to appeal to the girl's logic.
They continue talking for a while until something took their attention.
*BOOM!* The sound of an explosion from behind the fortress wall made everyone snap their necks.
Recovery Girl took out a pair of binoculars when she saw an object flying over the wall. She saw a person covered with a bite suit for dogs and a helmet. "That's a person."
"What? Did they fire themselves from a cannon or something?" Setsuna commented in disbelief.
"Judging by their trajectory, they're going to land just after the finish line." Chiyo continued. "But even with all that protection, they are still going to get injured. They're just as reckless as you boy." The Youthful heroine turned around to see Izuku, along with everyone else except for Inasa and Shoto. The spot where Izuku was supposed to be was empty. "Eh?" Everyone freaked out.
"Where did he go?" Juzo asked.
Shoto's and Inasa's eyes widened in surprise when in the blink of an eye, the cat boy was already on the way of the human projectile.
"That… was even faster than in the race." They both thought. How was that even possible?
Izuku himself didn't know what had happened. He only remembered that Recovery Girl said the person would get injured and the next thing he knew was that he was ready to catch them.
The person hit him square in the torso. He embraced the person was he began to bounce again. But this time was completely different.
Izuku's face was completely serious. Every time the person was the one who was going to make contact with the ground, the cat boy used his righting reflex to rotate, being him always in the receiving end.
Their bounce came to an end with his back scraping for a fair distance.
He endured the desire to scream in pain. "A-are you okay?" He asked the person resting on his chest.
"Oh my god! Why did you do that? Why were you so reckless?!" The person answered in panic while taking off their helmet.
"I should be the one asking tha—" Izuku lost his words when he saw the worried face of the person.
Green emerald eyes met onyx eyes.
Izuku Midoriya met Momo Yaoyorozu.
"You are…" They both said at the same time. Their eyes widened at that. "… You remember me…?" They were in perfect synchrony. "Ha… haha… hahahaha!"
The black-haired girl smiled sweetly at him.
Izuku returned the smile, but there was something else. A single tear came out of his right eye.
This girl, he didn't even know her that well and all he has is her family name. Yet she brought those bittersweet memories back in the blink of an eye.
The tear wasn't unnoticed. "Are you okay?!" Momo asked worriedly.
"It just… hurts a little…" He answered. "I need… to learn how to cope with these feelings."
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" She stood up ASAP, thinking she was hurting him.
"Why did you do that?!" The voice of Recovery Girl took them out of their stupor. To say she wasn't very happy was an understatement. Everyone else was behind her.
"S-sorry. When you said she was going to get hurt, my body just moved." Izuku tried to explain.
"It's that a new disease? It makes you hurt yourself when other people are in danger?" Recovery Girl said, exasperated.
"Does that have a name?" Izuku asked innocently.
Chiyo pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to suppress the headache that was this kid. "Yes, and it's call being a true hero." She wasn't going to say that in front of the other examinees. The old lady had seen this disease before, in a man called Toshinori Yagi, but his kid had it ten times worse. Maybe Aizawa was right about him. "Yes, and it's call being an Idiot." She said.
"Then I guess I'm the biggest idiot of them all. Hahahaha." The cat boy laughed at his own joke.
Chiyo wanted to be mad at him, she really wanted, but she couldn't. It was worrisome though. By saying that he just confirmed that he would do it again without a thought. If he passed both exams, she wondered how often she would see him at her infirmary. Chiyo didn't like that one bit.
Everyone else couldn't help but admire this big idiot.
Momo was blushing a little, she also was sweating. Then she remembered what she was wearing. That protecting suit she made was too thick and in the middle of the sun, yeah, no wonder she was blushing.
"So hot." Began to take it off.
Every male's face exploded in red when they saw what she was wearing beneath the protecting suit. Shorts with capital S and a sports bra that did a poor job at hiding what was inside, that was all.
"Isn't she exposing too much skin?" Izuku asked himself while trying to look away, the glisten and smoot skin due to her sweat didn't help much.
"So hot in~deed~." Setsuna said form behind Yaoyorozu. Her arms went around just beneath Momo's breast accentuating them as the black-haired girl squeaked in surprise. "Damn girl, where were you hiding all of this?" The greenette asked teasingly. "And why are you exposing so much skin? Are you a pervert?" She couldn't help it; she was feeling great thanks to Izuku.
The guys' faces went from red to crimson. Some even had to cover their nose.
"I-I can't help it! I need to expose skin to use my Quirk, okay?!" Momo explained while blushing in embarrassment.
"You two quit that at once. There are guys around." Recovery Girl scolded them, to some of the guys' disappointment. "And you!" She pointed at Izuku with her cane. "How much do you plan to lay down on the ground?! Sit up so I can check your injuries!"
He did as he was told and show them his back.
The playful atmosphere died down immediately as everyone winced at what they saw.
The back of his tracksuit wasn't there, even the shirt beneath wasn't there, but that wasn't the only thing that was gone. Skin and maybe a little bit of flesh was gone too.
"For the love of God, look at what you've done to you!" Recovery Girl raised her voice. "Take off your clothes, right now!" She ordered as she took out a flask to disinfect the wound.
He did as he was told, revealing more scrapes and bruises around his torso.
Chiyo poured the liquid over his back. He bit his lips trying to suppress a scream. "You did this to yourself, now you endure it!" She was in mad gramma mode.
Momo's face paled, she felt guilty about all this.
Izuku saw her face from the corner of his eye.
"Now, come with me to the infirmary. I need to take a better look at all this mess." Recovery Girl began to walk away.
The cat boy stood up followed the diminutive woman. He stopped in front of Yaoyorozu. "Don't worry about it, you're not at fault."
"But—!" She was going to speak, but he didn't let her.
"I did this to myself. Me and only me, got it? Besides, as long as you and everyone else are safe, that will always be a win for me." He smiled. However, the look on her face told him she wasn't that convinced. Maybe it was time to try his new ability that he just learned about. He placed a hand on top of her head and… "Prrrrrrr~"
Her eyes widened as she felt her worries being taken away. When she looked at his face, she was met with a bright smile.
"Quit purring. It can heal, but it doesn't make miracles." Recovery Girl hurried him.
"Ah, yes!" He began to jog behind her, leaving everyone silent.
They stood there looking at his damaged back. Until someone broke the silence.
"Damn, no wonder he kept up with those two. Did you see his physique?" A man asked another.
"Yeah, dude. Where did he hide those muscles?"
"Man, I had to go to the gym." Another guy commented.
"I want to go too, care if I join?"
"Of course not, dude. Let's see who gets stronger faster."
Now it was the time for the girls to explode in a blush. They had ignored it due to the seriousness of the situation, but with the remark of the boy, now was impossible to take it out of their heads.
Setsuna was trying to hide her blush behind a teasing grin, but she was failing fantastically.
Momo was covering her red face with her hands. "So indecent!"
Inasa and Shoto spared a glance at Izuku disappearing in the distance.
Meanwhile in the control room.
"Um… I know is late for asking this…" Nemuri spoke. "But… we can't give rescue points in this exam, right?" She asked with a 10 sign up in the air.
"Hahahaha." Nezu burst in laughter. "No, unfortunately, we can't." He answered.
She looked down sad. Then a smirk appeared on her face when she looked at Shota. "I told you, you were going to regret this."
Eraser opted to ignore her. However, in the inside. "Maybe I made a mistake with this bet."
The cat boy was too close to getting first. This exam consisted of getting a lower time than everyone else. And he got third but just by milliseconds. That was too close for his own liking.
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Izuku finally was allowed to leave the infirmary. Recovery Girl wouldn't let him go until he got some rest. He understood where she was coming from. He got two shots of her Quirk, so he was feeling a little tired.
The cat boy arrived to the interview room after changing clothes. There he only found the Principal, Nezu, waiting for him at the door.
"I guess I'm the last one," Izuku said with a gentle smile.
"Indeed. The other examinees went home already." Nezu responded. "Now, come in." They entered the room. "Please take a sit." He did. "Now. It's a pleasure to finally meet you in person, Izuku Midoriya-Kun."
"Likewise, Principal Nezu."
"Okay, let's start by reviewing your performance today." Izuku nodded. "Just you along with another person were the only ones to get a perfect score in the written test. Congratulations." The cat boy bowed humbly. "In the practical test, you got second place among everyone else."
His eyes widened in surprise. "W-wait a second. But I was third in my group! Isn't there a mistake?"
"I'm afraid there's none. One of the examinees decided to decline his application to U.A, which by default gives you second place." Nezu explained.
"S-Someone declined…" he couldn't believe it. "Who was it?! And why did they do such a thing?!" Izuku couldn't help but think he could have done something about it. He was filled with regret, why he didn't pay more attention?
"I'm sorry, but I can't disclose that information." The principal shook his head.
"… S-sorry… for asking that."
"Don't worry. Now, let's continue. The last part of the exam. This interview is just me telling people if they passed or not. And you, Izuku Midoriya-Kun, have passed. Congratulations." Nezu began to clap his paws. "Normally we would only pass four people in this exam." That was a really low number. "But you're an exceptional case. And this isn't over yet for you."
"Yes."
"That's why this is the first and only case in which had passed five students. Now before you go, I would like to ask some questions."
"Yes, sir." Izuku prepared himself.
"Why do you want to be a Pro Hero?" The rodent asked.
"A Pro Hero…" He trailed off. "I want a license to finally save people legally, sir."
"… …Pff-hahahahahahaha!" Nezu began to laugh uncontrollably. "Nobody, in all my years as principal, has ever given me that answer!" This kid just kept surprising him. Of all the answers, he predicted in his head, this was the only one that wasn't there. "I see. So, this is just another step in your way to your dream." Izuku nodded. "That's great! Now last question…" The atmosphere got serious all of a sudden. "How do I smell to you?"
It took a moment for Izuku to process it. He smiled mischievously. "You smell delicious, sir."
"Hahahaha! I see, I see. So, if you pass, I will have to watch my back around the campus." Izuku laughed too. "That's enough jokes for today. I will see you in three days, Izuku Midoriya-Kun."
"Yes, sir." They both shared a smile, then Izuku stood up and left.
Nezu stood there looking at the door. "How strange… for a second, it felt like you and I were the same."
When the cat boy got to the gate, he found three people there.
"Ah! He's here! He's here!" Setsuna's voice caught the other two attention.
"What are you doing here, you three?" Izuku asked in astonishment.
"We wanted to see if you were okay," Juzo answered.
"Hey Midoriya, did you pass?" Setsuna asked the big question.
"Yeah, and you?" he returned the question.
"I barely made it." The greenette said with a peace sign.
"I made it as well," Juzo answered in his calm and reserved way.
Izuku looked at the third person who hasn't spoken yet.
Momo Yaoyorozu was a little nervous. "I also passed. Here, and thanks for saving me back then." She gave him his green tracksuit.
"Eh… Did you repair it? It looks like new." He accepted it.
"That's because it is. I created it with my Quirk. Also, let me introduced myself. I'm Momo Yaoyorozu, it's a pleasure to meet you." She smiled at him.
"Thank you so much." He bowed his head. "I'm Izuku Midoriya, and the pleasure is all mine." He returned the smile.
"Well, how about we—" Setsuna was going to say something, but was cut off.
"Hey! Izuku!"
The cat boy turned his head and found Inasa a few meters away, waving at him. "Give me a moment." The teen said to the trio as he jogged in his direction. "Hey, Inasa-Kun."
"Hey, did you make it?" The tall young man asked.
"Yeah, how about you?"
"I declined." Izuku froze at that. He wanted to ask a million things but Inasa beat him to it. "I thought about what you said… For a second I almost become what I hated the most, but you opened my eyes, thanks for that. Though, I still can't stand it. I can't stand him. That's why I declined."
"Who…"
"Number 23. He's awesome, but I cannot stand his attitude. like you said before, it isn't very hero-like." Inasa told him with a serious face. "But, that's not why I'm here. You're awesome too. Let's be friends."
Izuku smiled. "Sure. Let's exchange numbers." He pulled his phone out.
"Yeah." Inasa did the same.
"Want to come with us?" Izuku asked while pointing at the trio behind him.
"Sorry, I can't. I need to look for another high school to become a hero."
"I see… Then, let's become great heroes." The cat boy held his fist up.
"Yeah!" Inasa bumped his fist with his new friend. Then he jogged away. "See you around!"
"Yeah!" He should introduce Inasa to Kirishima. They would get along amazingly. Izuku went back to the trio.
"What was it?" Juzo asked.
"A new friend." He answered. "And maybe three new ones on the way?" He asked.
"Sure." The pale young man said.
"Yeah," Setsuna smirked.
"I'll be in your care." Momo bowed a little.
"Hey, so how about we go eat something to celebrate we all are going to the same high school?" The green-haired girl proposed.
"That sounds lovely," Yaoyorozu answered while Juzo nodded.
"Hahaha…" Izuku laughed awkwardly. He couldn't tell them that he hasn't passed yet and it wasn't guaranteed that he would. "O-okay."
"Then up we go!" They began to walk away. "By the way, Midoriya?" Setsuna called his name.
"Yeah?"
"Can I have your autograph?"
Izuku stumbled with nothing. "Come again?"
"Come on, dude. Just for me? Pretty pleaseeee~?" She winked while holding her hands together as if she was praying, trying to look innocent.
That wasn't playing fair. No man can say no to a pretty please coming from a girl. "O-okay…" He conceded a little embarrassed. "Though I have never done it before."
"Oh! So, I guess I will be your first for this too." She said with a smirk. "I wonder if I will be the first for other things too." She teased.
Izuku looked away, trying to hide his red face.
"That's indecent!" Momo raised her voice, a little embarrassed as well.
Juzo just shook his head in disapproval. "For the love of God, please don't put me in the same group with her." He prayed.
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A/N Hey, how was it? I hope it was good.
You know? Most people tend to think that the recommendation exam is just a long run, just because what it's shown of it, it's only the start and finish. In case you want to see how pretty much looks like. In Chapter 21 of the third season of the anime at the minute 11:44 you can see the course. In the manga in chapter 112, you can see it too; this one has more details than the anime and is the one in which I based my course.
Well, I read you later, I had other things to do.