Before I begin chapter 2, I'd like to discuss Deku's strength. I know not everything seems canon as possible but Deku had to make it in the practical. So when Saitama explains his training in the real show, he mentions that his power majorly increased when he lost his hair, and this took about a year and a half. Deku in the other hand gets major growth now, and his power is significantly increased but not nearly to Saitama's yet. For reference, he has speed, strength, etc. of the top athletes of real life: he can run like Usain Bolt, punch like Mike Tyson, things like that. Deku will not be losing his hair.


Time before the exam, from Toshinori's/All Might's POV

That kid, I need to get a chance to tell him I was wrong. I need to tell him how he can be a hero. I'll offer him One For All, and if anything today is what I'm going off of, he'll accept. Young man, you have what it takes to be not only a hero, but a great hero! You can be the next symbol of peace! Hm? All Might turns around to see the shiny headed man and overhears somewhat on purpose, they ring through his ears for the next 10 long months "I can train you." The boy seems more than excited to hear these words. All of his thoughts almost kept Toshinori from realising the cloud of steam forming from himself, luckily the slither obscuring his view of the tearful boy made him realise just in time to make a hasty escape. I can't talk to him now, but I'll find him another time. How hard could it possibly be?

Nine months had passed, and Toshinori was still unable to find this Izuku Midoriya. I couldn't exactly go to young Bakugo and ask "Hey, where's your friend? I want to give him a quirk! Mine no less!" And if I just lurk around the neighbourhood I'm guessing he's in, that'll just be creepy. There's only one month until the exam anyway, his body could never prepare for One For All in that short a period of time. I'm sorry young Midoriya, I've failed you, truly failed you... It was around then that Cementos entered the teacher's lounge. "Hey All Might, I think I might have something to pique your interest," he stated, holding an entrance form. The picture was of some green haired boy with a face you wouldn't notice unless you specifically tried. The skeleton frame jumped! He dashed over to his young colleague, and holding the papers confirmed "That's him! That's the one! What's his address?!" He immediately felt the look he was getting, and he honestly would've had the same reaction— look of concerned near-terror. After a moment, he tried recovering and carrying on. "When did it come through?"

"A while ago, I never realised it could be him, but I knew it was when I saw what was filled under quirk." The form read the word QUIRKLESS loud and clear. He put it in all caps like it's some sort of statement. "I confirmed that he meant it and it wasn't just the name of his quirk. You might want to take a look at hero suit information, his measurements don't fit the scrawny boy you explained 9 months ago."

"I see! He's definitely grown more than what he could without training. Sure, not large, but that's excellent growth for a 15 year old." Of course he'd need more to hold even close to the full power of One For All. "Thank you Cementos, for taking your time out for my childish requests. Now I'll know the boy was there in the exam... without a quirk... which no pro hero has ever been..."

"We got rid of the need 3 years ago, there's always a first."

"Yeah... always a first..."


Day of the Exam, from Deku's POV

Deku walked through the grand entrance of UA, but he was too frightened of nearly being late to be in awe. Looking down not to make eye contact with anyone, he tripped over his own feet. He felt paralysed, he wouldn't be able to move until he already met the pavement. He stopped, feeling weightless. "Are you okay? Sorry, I should've asked before using my quirk," said a sweet cinnamon roll of a voice. Deku turned to see A GIRL! Talking to me?! What?! He simply lost his mind over the fact that she noticed him, not uttering a single word back to her. The chat was over shortly with her being very friendly and the boy just not having a clue how he should react. He eventually made it into the building.

While given the briefing of the practical exam, he had to sit next to Kacchan. The 2 hadn't spoken much, mainly because Deku seemed to be away from school or anywhere Kacchan seemed to be ever since the sludge villain incident. He quietly muttered his inner thoughts aloud to which Bakugo wasn't short of murderous remarks. One person had questions out of the thousands in the room. A mature young man with typically nerdy glasses rose and queried, "In the forms, we were told of 4 robots. Does this mean to say that UA lied to us?" Present Mic went on to explain the fourth robot's lack of points and that being a reason to avoid it. "Thank you," was his reply, now bowing. "And you." He turned around, pointing straight at Izuku, "You've run your mouth this entire time. Please keep quiet so the rest of us can listen!"

"Sorry sensei!" was his immediate response; people laughed at this. Bakugo's face was going red and no sound exiting his mouth anymore, he was falling to his side. His heart immediately sank. Did I really just call him sensei? "At least I have someone teaching me to respond cordially!" he snapped. Kacchan's face drew focused.

"Did you just... defend yourself?"

"Yyyy-yeah... yeah I did."

"Hm..." A moment of silence fell.

"And with that," Present Mic continued. He then proceeded to finishing the briefing.

Deku and the others in the same group as him were stretching outside just before the time of the practical. He wore a green tracksuit with white stripes on he trim, his classic red boots, and now Saitama's spare red gloves he lent. There's that girl. I should probably thank her for saving me earlier. A karate chop action stopped him. "You should probably leave her to get ready," said the same robotic guy from earlier. He responded without thinking about being afraid "I just want to thank her for something earlier."

"And you can later, but I'm sure she'd like to focus on the exam ahead for now." Looking her way, Midoriya sighed, knowing his peer was right. He looked at him and gave a nod of begrudging acceptance. The gates opened at it was time to start. Deku ran ahead of a few, gaining ground on near all the people. Do-does he have engines in his calves?! I gotta focus on what I'm doing right now, I'm the only one here without a quirk. He attacked a robot with a lightning-quick punch of all his running momentum; the robot skid on the road a couple meters. Ow, metal's a little harder than anything I've punched. But I sent it flying! I can do this! He carried on, scraping only a few more points much too slowly. He had to rely on turning some of them off. The power of his first punch wasn't found again. When he had about 15 points, he heard someone on distress. He turned to in its direction. It's her! That girl! And that's a giant robot! He looked up to notice it peak above the building it was standing next to. Why are they all running away?! They're all stronger than me, they can make a difference bigger than mine! He stood there stalling, hoping it would just leave. My difference is gonna have to be enough. With a sprint, he leaped up to be as high as possible. He wound his fist yelling from the bottom of his heart so much his face naturally grimaced "Killer Move: Serious Puuuunch!" The metal rippled from the force, leaving a crater, and the machine tried to gain balance but just tumbled backwards further. Ahh! I can feel it through my whole arm! Oh no, how am I gonna land?! He passed out midair and started flailing. Meters from the ground, the girl slapped him, and he floated just above the tar. "Release," she said touching all her fingertips to the same finger of the other hand and out puked out... rainbows... He flumped onto the tar still out for the count. Recovery Girl made her way through the crowd, giving sweets to everyone. Arriving at Deku, she gave him a kiss and he woke up completely healed.

Weeks passed and Izuku had little more than his own thoughts to dwell on until he was either accepted or denied. I only got 15 points, people must've gotten 50 so they can get in. I did so bad they don't even waste the paper of telling me I don't make it. No one can make it in without a quirk. Many more similar things circled his mind as he waited, still dreaming and hoping he was wrong. "Izuku," his mother called, "from UA," as she crawled on the floor. He watched the video as All Might appeared! He gave a pretty generic sounding speech on how well he did. "And that's why I was so wrong. Young Midoriya, I realised when you attacked the sludge villain that you had what it takes to be a hero. That shone through the practical exam as well. You see, there were secret points, rescue points, awarded for acts of true heroism. You were given a perfect score of 60 points, leaving you with a total of 75 points. You, young Midoriya, are the first ever quirkless student accepted into not only UA, but any hero course! Welcome to the hero academia!" Deku was left in overwhelming tears, he couldn't hold back no matter how much he tried.


From Saitama's POV

The kid's really done well, he deserves to get in, I know that. Could it be a scam that they find a way around accepting any quirkless kids? Those bastards! I'll show them what someone quirkless can do!... But look at him. He's not heartbroken, does he think his letter's only gonna come through now? Oh boy, how do I break it to him. Oh no, I'm staring. Saitama just looked at where the food was on the dinner table and adjusted the collar of his formal shirt. It was brand new since he didn't have any for the occasion, and the itch was reminded him why he never did this stuff. But he couldn't refuse when his apprentice's mother offered dinner as a thank you for training her son, especially since he never asked for permission to in the first place. "So, Saitama sensei..." the freckled teen began, "I... I got my letter from UA today."

"Oh, so... what did it say?"

"It said... it said..." He began to tear, keeping it as conserved as possible because of the setting.

"I'm so sorry ki—"

"It said I got in! Not only that, but I was 2 points behind the person with the most points!" This sincerely shocked and relieved Saitama, which you could see in his face.

"That's great kid, I told you you could do it!..." There was a pause as he remembered to act more tough. "I mean, you really couldn't get 3 more points at least? Sounds like I would've mopped the floor and left no points for anyone else." Deku smiles at this.

"Yeah, you would've. You could probably take the giant ones the way I took the first one-pointer. That reminds me, your advice was exactly what I needed. 'Don't do what they do, because you're not like them, you're quirkless'. They said to avoid the giant ones because they gave no points, but I saved someone from one of them and that got me most of my points!"

"I meant don't be a hero in the same way, but if everyone else ran away it sounds like you were the only hero there." The night continued with further discussion on being a hero and the many parts to it. They eventually finished dinner and went their separate ways home.


Guys, please go vote on my new poll for when Deku gets One for Al! I think the first section of this chapter kinda starts a miniarc of All Might finding the time and place to offer it to him. Will he even accept?