After three months of training, both Izuku and Kyoka were walking to U.A's entrance for the exams. Izuku was able to unlock about 25% of One For All's power and was glad that he was able to control it and not break his bones….well after a couple tries that is. He broke them a few times while training with All Might when using One For All, but luckily Recovery Girl was there to heal him. He continued training with both his quirks, trying to come up with different moves to use with them. Not a lot, but he's trying them. Izuku looked at the doors with a smirk and looked happy that he was finally there.
All that training was worth it. I won't fail now All Might. Before he could continue walking, he heard Bakugo behind him.
"Don't get in my way or else I'll kill you, Deku" He growled out, using by him and past Kyoka while giving her his usual sneer. "That goes for you as well, Lobes." He snarled at her, while Kyoka just gave him a look of disgust and hatred. Deku just didn't respond to him.
I need to make a good impression on everyone here or else they might just write me off. Izuku said as he started walking forward before tripping over his feet. Or I'll just die. He thought to himself as he fell before he was suddenly stopped, feeling weightless. What the? His face was close to the ground but not touching it. He looked around confused before seeing a girl with a permanent blush on her cheeks with brown hair and brown eyes.
"Sorry! Didn't mean to use my quirk on you without asking first, but at the time I didn't think you'd mind. My name's Ochako Uraraka, who are you two?" She explained as she released Izuku.
"Izuku Midoriya. Thanks for saving my ass from humiliation."
"Kyoka Jiro, girlfriend of this green haired goofball. Quirk is headphone jacks." She pointed to her ear lobes.
"Mine is….uh….crap I never named my quirk….you'll probably see it later today though. I have two, the other is a strengthening quirk. They both developed really late." He said as the trio walked inside. After finding their seats, they all sat and watched as Present Mic explained the rules and everything, causing Izuku to break into a small muttering thing about the information he just gathered, trying to figure some of the things out, while Bakugo just sighed in slight annoyance as his old friend did it.
"…And you there! You have been muttering this entire time! It's distracting the others! If you're just here for a pleasure trip, then you should leave now!" Causing Izuku to blink and look around to see they weren't even remotely fixed on him. He glared at the asshole who called him out.
"You know, no one else was even looking at me, bud. If anything it's distracting you, someone who shouldn't even be interrupting Present Mic for whatever it is you did. If it was to just call me out for my muttering, get used to it. It's something I do to help process new information. And if you get that distracted by a little muttering, then you'd make a terrible hero if you get distracted that easily. Now sit the fuck down and let Mic continue." Izuku snapped at him, pissed off that he was called out. Present Mic thanked Izuku for letting him get back to the explanation before he addressed Iida's question about the fourth robot. He explained that it was worth nothing and should be avoided at all costs. After the written tests after Mic gave them a sample of the school motto. 'Go beyond. Plus Ultra!', which Izuku thought was a cool way to try and help get people's spirits up, they went to Ground Zero Beta. Izuku was strumming his guitar as he waited for the test to begin when he felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked back to see who it was and glared when he saw the guy who called him out.
"The hell do you want, Smart-Ass?" Izuku grimaced when he said that, obviously he wasn't Bakugo when it came to nicknames. Iida just raised an eyebrow at the uncreative nickname, clearly having heard it before. "Yeah yeah, I know! Shut up." Izuku glared at him annoyed, making him smirk slightly.
"I just wanted to apologize for calling you out earlier. Clearly everyone has their own way of coping when nervous, I just wasn't expecting to hear you muttering as one of them. I am sorry….also you might need to work on your nicknames." Iida said, apologizing before adding the last part as a joke.
"You haven't met my old friend Bakugo yet. He'll come up with literally any name he can. Mainly calls me Deku though." Izuku shrugged. But before Iida could answer him, they all heard Mic say "AND GO!" Making everyone look up confused before he smirked.
"What? You don't have time limits in a real battle with a villain, get moving!" Deku shrugged and use five percent of his power to get inside the training grounds faster than the others and started fighting the robots before growling annoyed. "Needs some music." He said to himself as he started to play some music, making some of the people stop and look confused at him before continuing the fight. What they weren't expecting was lyrics and music notes to suddenly appear and start fighting the robots with Izuku as he would run and fight the robots as well as some recognized it as Pillar's song of Frontline.
It's not like I'm walking alone into the valley of the shadow of death
Stand beside one another, 'cause it ain't over yet
I'd be willing to be that if we don't back down
You and I will be the ones that are holding the crown in the end
When it's over, we can say, 'Well done'
But not yet, 'cause it's only begun
So, pick up, and follow me, we're the only ones
To fight this thing, until we've won
We drive on and don't look back
It doesn't mean we can't learn from our past
All the things that we might've done wrong
We could've been doing this all along
"Amazing…so this is his quirk? I've never hear of one like this." Iida said to himself as he destroyed a robot while paying attention to the song.
Everybody, with your fist raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside, or step aside
We're on the frontline
Everybody with your fists raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside or step aside
We're on the frontline
Kirishima was rocking along to the song while Aoyama was calling it magnificent. Uraraka was mainly trying to focus on getting points but was using the song to help her get pumped up.
And we'll be carrying on, until the day it matter anymore
Step aside, you forgot what this is for
We fight to live, we live to fight
And tonight, you'll hear my battle cry
We live our lives on the frontlines
We're not afraid of the fast times
These days have opened up my eyes
And now, I see where the threat lies
At that line Izuku glared at the robots, imagining them as villains…though some he'd end up imagining Bakugo on them to help him destroy them. I've never seen a quirk like this….it's clearly not like mine. Present Mic thought to himself as he watched Izuku, rubbing a hand against his chin as he tried to focus on the green haired boy's quirk.
Everybody, with your fist raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside, or step aside
We're on the frontline
Everybody with your fists raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside or step aside
We're on the frontline
(We live our lives on the frontlines)
(We're not afraid of the fast times)
(We live our lives on the frontlines)
(We're not afraid)
We've got to lead the way
We've got to lead the way
Iida nodded in approval at the line of having to lead the way while he destroyed some robots. He's good and I'm glad that he's taking into account that heroes need to lead the way so civilians will be safe. He thought to himself.
Everybody, with your fist raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside, or step aside
We're on the frontline
Everybody with your fists raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside or step aside
We're on the frontline
Everybody, with your fist raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside, or step aside
We're on the frontline
Everybody with your fists raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside or step aside
We're on the frontline
Izuku smirked as he finished the song and glanced at everyone.
"I believe that makes 57 points for me." He said with a smile as he kept fight the robots, until there was a sudden shake of the earth causing everyone to stumble for a second before looking up to see what the cause of it was. Once Izuku saw it he went wide eyed.
"Holy fucking shit. Isn't that a little overboard?!" He yelled out due to the shear size of the zero-pointer while everyone else ran away. He was about to do the same until he heard Ochaco yell in pain. He looked over to her and saw she was trapped underneath a few rocks caused by the robot. He growled and ran over to her.
"Use your quirk to lighten the load of the rocks. I'll be right back." He said to her, causing her to look confused. "Ten percent full cowling!" He used the ten percent to jump up and let One For All course through his body before jumping up the giant robot and once he was at the robot's head, he smirked as he punched the robot, causing it to fly back and blow up before hitting the ground. He landed next to Uraraka and put her arm around his shoulders to help her walk away. "This is what a hero does. He puts his life on the lines for others." He answered her unasked question when she turned to ask him.
"And times up!" Mic yelled out after recovering from his shock about Izuku taking out the zero pointer. Izuku and Uraraka shrugged as they met up with Recovery girl, who healed up the gravity users foot as it had begun to swell due to the rocks falling on it and breaking it. Though it was still a bit tender after it was healed, so he helped her to the bus that would take them back to the UA building. Iida and Kyoka caught up to them as Izuku was taking to Uraraka about if she needed help back to her home. Oddly enough she lived a few blocks away from Izuku so they took the same train, though Izuku was confused as to how they never crossed paths.
"Midoriya, your quirk is amazing! I've never thought of a quirk that could utilize singing and use the lyrics along with the music notes to fight. Though what about that other quirk you used? Are you one of the are examples of a dual quirk?" Iida asked him as Izuku laughed a little.
"Yeah. Actually both of my quirks manifested late. The first one that you saw with my music manifested when an old friend basically had me at the edge of the roof at my school and it manifested there and I sang Skillet's 'The Resistance' to help me defend myself from them. The one you saw me use for the zero pointer was a more recent one that manifested three months ago. And yes, I sing songs that exist, so I own none of them…also don't know how to make my own nor do I have good idea's for them." Izuku explained to the three people with him while Kirishima was walking by.
"Gotta say bro, that was amazing! You play more songs like that and you'll get anyone pumped up to fight villains or train. I nearly did show my battle cry while fighting the robots." Kirishima said with a big smile on his face as Aoyama was suddenly in front of the all, sparkling like crazy.
"Oui c'était très magnifique" He said, making them all confused as to why he was speaking French. "I was very surprised, I honestly though the guitar was for show and just to help everyone calm down to have someone play calming music while we fought the robots. I underestimated you, young green haired one. I will certainly not do that again!" After that they all went their different ways as they had to get home, though Kyoka was walking with Midoriya to his house after they dropped off Uraraka at her home.
"It seems you made a few more friends today, Izu. Though it kind of looked like Uraraka developed a small crush on you." Kyoka said with a slight smirk.
"You made friends with them as well. But if anything, I'd say that crush will pass. I'm yours and yours alone. She understood that we're dating and didn't do anything to try and jeopardize that." Izuku responded as they walked into his home and ate some of the food that his mother prepared for them. After a week, which was mostly spent hanging out with Kyoka and a couple friends and reassuring his mother that he was fine, Izuku was gathering up the mail and brought it in before looking through it and saw one with his name on it. He quickly tore it open and watched slightly wide eyed as a projection of All Might appeared.
"Wait what? What's All Might doing?" He murmured confused.
"I AM HERE AS A PROJECTION! Congratulations young Midoryia, you have passed! You had gotten 57 villain points but that's not what we were only judging! We were also judging how you'd save people. As young Uraraka was trapped under debris from the Zero pointer, you heroically swooped in and saved her without a second thought! For that you earned 60 points, which lead up to 117 points in all. So come, young Midoriya, this is your Hero Academia." All Might said with a large smile as he congratulated his successor while Izuku smiled in relief as he relaxed from some slight fear that he had had about not passing. He then proceeded to do a guitar solo in celebration before stopping as he felt his phone buzz. He pulled it out to see a message from All Might saying 'Meet me at Dagobah Beach. Bring young Jiro if you like' Izuku messaged he'd be there soon before texting Jiro and telling her to meet them at the beach. He soon left and ran up to where All Might was, though luckily he had told them his real name before so no one would bother them for when he was in his skeletal form.
"Toshi! What's up? I haven't heard from you all week. What happened?" Midoriya slid to a stop next to his mentor just as Jiro walked up, looking slightly amused at her boyfriends slide.
"First, congratulations to the both of you for getting into U.A. and getting into my old class of Class 1-A. Though I should tell you that isn't all hero training and fighting. It's still a school so you will still have the normal classes you would normally have, like math, english, and so on. Most of the teachers got their degree's for a reason, so don't question it when you're suddenly doing English or some other normal school. Now, the reason why I haven't talked to you both all week is because I had a ton of paperwork to do as I'm going to be a teacher at U.A. Though I'll mostly be doing hero exercises. Though it doesn't look like it, I did get a major in science, so if the other science teacher calls out sick or something like that, then expect to possibly see me there." Midoriya blinked a few times, processing what he just told them as Kyoka nodded her head.
"It makes sense that there would be normal classes in a hero school. Heroes still need a proper education, so they aren't just full of random fighting skills they can't use when off duty." Kyoka said with a small smirk.
"Tell that to Bakugo. I bet he could make a killing blowing up buildings that need to be demolished." Midoriya said with a smirk on his face. "He just needs to open up the right company and get the right advertisements….now why would it not look like you'd have a major in science, Toshinori?"
All Might gave him a look with a raises eyebrow. "For one thing: I have two forms. One that looks like it should be dead after a week and the other that looks like a complete meat head to most people. The other….well I've never talked about it in interviews so I'm pretty sure people just think I went to U.A. to be a hero and not get an education. I wanted to surprise people by not letting them judge a book by it's cover. Anyway, I need you two to promise that you'll do your best and go beyond. Plus Ultra! ….That's part of your new motto that you'll hear a lot." He told them. Midoriya nodded with a determined look in his eyes while Kyoka cracked her knuckles with a smirk.
"We'll do our best, sir!" They both said at the same time, in perfect synchronization. It still creeped All Might out at how they managed to do that.
"That's what I like to hear!" All Might said with a little drama as he turned into his buff form.
"Hey, is that All Might?! Let's get an autograph!" Causing the three to look slightly panicked.
"Right….now we run!" All Might said as he ra with the other two in tow. Though Midoriya frowned as he felt his guitar appear when he suddenly had the urge to sing…some about change. A war of change was coming and he couldn't tell why. So he started playing Thousand Foot Krutch's War of Change while everyone else just watched confused.
It's a truth that in love and war,
World's collide and hearts get broken
I want to live like I know I'm dying,
Take up my cross, not be afraid
That's true in any way…Midoriya, is there a reason why you're singing this? All Might asked himself as he watched his successor with wide eyed confusion.
Is it true what they say, that words are weapons?
And if it is, then everybody best stop steppin',
Cause I got ten in my pocket that'll bend ya locket,
I'm tired of all these rockers sayin' come with me,
Wait, it's just about to break, it's more than I can take,
Everything's about to change
I feel it in my veins, it's not going away,
Everything's about to change.
Why am I singing this? Does this quirk have some sort of precognition? Midoriya asked himself as he looked around to see if there was some sort of visual to go with his song, but so far it was just the words and music notes dancing around, not seeing the visual above his head as he thought he was just singing a song…not a warning.
It creeps in like a thief in the night,
Without a sign, without a warning,
But we are ready and prepared to fight,
Raise up your swords, don't be afraid,
Kyoka watched confused before seeing a visual above Midoriya's head as All Might and everyone else saw it as well. It looked as though villains were coming out of the dark and fire was surrounding them to show the possibility of them burning the city to ashes. They all watched wide eyed as All Might gulped as he saw a very familiar looking face that he thought he had killed years ago. It can't be….All For One?! No…we're in trouble if this true.
Is it true what they say, that words are weapons?
And if it is, then everybody best stop steppin',
Cause I got ten in my pocket that'll bend ya locket,
I'm tired of all these rockers sayin' come with me,
Wait, it's just about to break, it's more than I can take,
Everything's about to change
I feel it in my veins, it's not going away,
Everything's about to change.
This is a warning, like it or not,
I break down, like a record spinning
Gotta get up,
So back off,
This is a warning, like it or not,
I'm tired of listenin', I'm warning you, don't try to get up,
I'm listening young Midoriya. I need to listen to this one….it's a very clear warning that war is coming…don't know when, but obviously soon… All Might thought to himself.
There's a war going inside of me tonight,
(Don't be afraid)
There's a war going on inside of me tonight.
Is it true what they say, that words are weapons?
And if it is, then everybody best stop steppin',
Cause I got ten in my pocket that'll bend ya locket,
I'm tired of all these rockers sayin' come with me,
Wait, it's just about to break, it's more than I can take,
Everything's about to change
I feel it in my veins, it's not going away,
Everything's about to change.
After he finished the song, he gulped and panted as he stumbled towards Kyoka and All Might.
"W-What happened? I blacked out for a minute there." He told them, confused. "I just started singing…but obviously it's more if you guys are looking panicked."
"My boy…I believe your quirk has a form of precognition…and it just gave a warning that war is coming."
