Chapter 5: Debut
*At the entrance exams.*
No one's POV:
Izuku and Minoru stood outside the gate to the testing grounds with all the other student hero course candidates. The two boys were simply scoping out all the other students that were here to take the exam.
Izuku: "( Wow everyone here looks amazing. Some people familiar and I've never seen before...aghhh...of course Bakuguo is here. I'm just gonna ignore him if he starts his drama. I don't have the time or patience for it.)" He scoffed running a hand through his fluffy hair.
Minoru: "(Not gonna lie...pretty nervous over here. Like...even though I've been preparing for this for the past 10 months...and even with my new found understanding of One for All...I'm still nervous...that really is saying something. Siiiigh...Play it cool Minoru. You've got this. Your ready.)" He sighed doing a few quick stretches.
The cut and dry version of the exam was, defeat as many villains as possible to gain points. They were going to be robots so this shouldn't be too hard for the two. They both thought the boy with short blue hair and glasses was a bit high strong but...oddly amusing.
Izuku then looked over to the side and saw Minoru stretching. Izuku thought he was pretty short for his age range...but he wasn't one to judge...he noticed he seemed kinda nervous...and man oh man had he been there before so many times. He could just tell it one someone when he say it.
"Hey." Izuku called out to Minoru.
"Eh?" The shorter boy looked over at Izuku.
"Yeah you. Um...you nervous?" Izuku asked.
"Sheesh...was I being that obvious...?" Minoru rubbed the back of his head.
"No, no...it's just...know it when I see it. Trust me. Been there, done that." Izuku shared.
"Ahh...well yeah, I guess I am a bit...but that won't scare me off." Minoru showed some bravado.
"That's good. You've come this far! Don't back down now." Izuku patted his shoulder.
"Hehehe...yeah your right. Thanks um..." The purple haired boy tilted his head.
"Izuku Midoriya."
"Minoru Mineta." He looked up smiling.
"Hey good luck out there." Izuku gave Minoru a thumbs up.
"You too man..." Minoru smiled.
"Okay dudes and dudets!~ Let's get this psychedelic funky fresh party STARTED!~"Present Mic's voice doomed on the PA.
"Game time." The green haired boy smirked taking a position.
Minoru then crouched down a bit and went full cowl.
"( Time for my training to pay off! )" Both Izuku and Minoru shouted in their minds.
As the immense doors opened to the testing decoy city the students all rushed in. Mineta quickly zipped off in a bright purple blur ahead of the other students, Izuku then quickly took the sky and flew over ahead of the other students.
The teachers observing the students.
"Maaaan this batch of students sure look like Hella bumping!" Mic expressed his excitement.
"Well they certainly seem to have energy." Vlad said observing the batch of contestants.
"Hmph." Aizawa wasn't very impressed.
"Yes quite a lively bunch.~" Midnight licked her lips.
"( Come on Mineta...you can do this..)" All Might prayed.
"Hmmm...that green haired boy as a quirk of flight. Hmm. Don't get many of those quirks now and days." Snipe said.
"( Hmm...that's the same boy from before...but wait...wasn't his quirk some kind of quirk seal? Or nullification? Like what he did to that sludge villain? )" All Might pondered.
Izuku scanned around and saw some robots near by and smirked.
"Here we go!" Izuku dived bombed down to the crowd of robots.
Izuku turned both arms into missile shooters and crossed both arms, then let loose a barrage of missiles that that tore through 5 robots. Next he jumped over one attacking him from the back then fired down on it destroying it. Skillfully he landed on one's head then jumped off it and fired missiles back destroying that one too. Next he did a flip and landed on his feet then sprinted forward holding both arms forward and firing a volley of missiles that plowed through all robots charging his way.
"( What in the?...)" All Might paused.
"Wowowow! Two quirks?!~ Maaan he got the sweet god roll on his quirk genetics!" Mic shouted.
"I agree. Being able to fly and hail missiles is a very powerful combination." Vlad spoke.
Izuku back flipped and took some steel marbles from his pockets. He charges them up with kinetic energy flicks them at a few robots heads. The force of the charged marbles exploding on contact and blowing a good chunk of their heads off. He instinctively spun around and thrusted his palm forward at the robot behind him and unleashed a big frigid blast of frost and ice from his palm. Frost froze bits of the robot and jagged ice shards dug into the machine tear it apart.
"Hehehe..." Frost mist seeped from his hand.
"...That's..." Midnight was at a lost for words.
"That was more then two quirks. He has four...maybe even more." Aizawa spoke.
"But how? That's not possible...how can he have multiple quirks?" Snipe questioned.
"...( All for One?...No...It can't be...could it?...)" All Might tensed up...
Looking at Izuku on the monitor as he stared at his hand as frost radiated off it...a quick flash of red and black static danced around his arm.
All Might's shot wide open...he gripped his damaged side as he felt a bead of sweat go down his temple.
"( All for One...no...it IS All for One...I don't know how but...that boy...he...has All for One! How?! Is he his new successor?! His son?! Can it even BE passed down?! This isn't good...)"
"Hmm...Quite the peculiar child. I wonder what he will bring...All Might?" Nezu noticed All Might deep in thought.
"( Should I stop this?...Should...he even be allowed to be here? )" All Might contemplated.
"All Might." Nezu spoke more loudly snapping the hero out of his daze.
"H-Huh? Yes sir?..." All Might answered stammering.
"I see this child here has you very tense. Try and calm down. Let's see where this goes yes?" Nezu suggested.
"...Yes sir." All Might responded.
"I'm getting better." Izuku's smile grew ear to ear.
"DEKU!" An explosion erupted in the distance.
"Of course..." He sighed shoving his hands in his pockets and turning.
He was met with an extremely angry Bakuguo stomping up to him with explosions crackling off his hands. Izuku kept a rather stoic expression as he drew closer which only angered the blonde more.
"Sigh...What is it now?" Izuku sighed.
Bakuguo then grabbed his collar and began shouting.
"YOU FUCKING TWO FACED LOSER! YOU'VE BEEN HIDING ALL THIS POWER THIS WHOLE DAMN TIME!" The blonde's eyes seeped with rage.
"Oh yes, I faked being powerless ALL these years as some tasteless joke." He rolled his eyes with his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"DON'T FUCKING PLAY DUMB WITH ME! YOU'VE BEEN LAUGHING AT ME THIS WHOLE TIME! LOOKING DOWN ON ME! THINKING I WAS WEAK! THINKING I WASN'T WORTH USING YOUR POWER ON! WEREN'T YOU?!" The blonde roared.
"Get. Over. Your. Self." He then shoved Bakuguo back with surprising strength.
"I have never ONCE looked down on you. All I ever was to you was a friend. I was always nice to you, even despite your rotten self-centered attitude. You no matter what...you are just cruel, mean spirited and an over all asshole of a human being."
"I have NEVER EVER looked down on you or laughed at you, but you know what? Now I do. Because I pity you now. You are a sad little boy...a pathetic loser who has to put himself above others, put them down and even torment them just to feel good about himself. You were always an asshole and guess what? Your quirk made you and even BIGGER one."
"I don't know what delusions of grandeur go through your head, but keep them away from me. I have no further interest to humor you and your superiority complex. I just want to move with my life and NOT be dragged down by you anymore. You don't wanna be friends? Fine. Suffer in silence just like you want. I. DON'T. CARE."
"..." Bakuguo could only stand there, eyes wide open and a look of...uncertainty...was this the same boy he always walked over?
"Just leave me alone. The next time you try picking on me, it's not going to end well for you. Because now I start standing up for myself." Izuku then turned to walk away.
"You..YOU PIECE OF SHIT DON'T YOU WALK AWAY FROM ME!" The blonde cocked his hand back ready to unleash an explosion.
"I wouldn't if I were you. We're all being watched and we're supposed to be fighting the robots, not each other. If you attack me...I'm fairly certain you'll ruin your chances of getting accepted into UA." Izuku said.
"...Tch...whatever...get in my way again and your meat. Always remember I'll always be better then you. Better then any of you extras." He scoffed.
"Uhuh. Whatever helps you sleep at night Bakuguo. Have a nice day." Izuku waves goodbye, walking off.
"...Punk..." Bakuguo then storms off.
"Oh thank goodness. I was afraid we'd have to intervene there." Nezu spoke in relief.
"That blonde's temper and arrogance is very undesirable." Vlad sneered.
"And can be very dangerous." Midnight added in.
"Yes. It's a danger to both him and whoever works with him...but. He has potential. The other boy as well." Aizawa said.
"Yes...( Mineta...be careful...)" All Might prayed.
Minoru as he sprinted noticed a robot up head.
"( Okay okay! I can do it! Take this! )"He lunged forward at the robot.
He then thrusted his foot forward and slammed his foot into the droids face caving it in and making it fall over.
"Nice!" Minoru spotted another group of robots and smirked.
Minoru threw out some sticky balls at their feet in which they stepped on them and became trapped. Next he lunged forward again like a rocket then kicked another one's head in, he bounced off it and delivered a solid punch onto another robots head making it cave in. After that he placed both feet on it then bounced off it and delivered a spin kick to the last trapped robot. Minoru then pounced off and landed on his feet.
"Phew! That was rad!" Minoru cheered pumping his fist in the air.
"( Yes! He's gotten good control over One for All...and those movements...zipping around like that...reminds me of Gran Torino...hmm...)" All Might thought.
"Heheh-AGH!" Without warning Minoru gets swatted away by a robot from behind.
His vision dazed and he could feel the flame of full cowl slowly fade as he flew...his glow got dimmer...
"( K-Keep...the flame from going out...FOCUS! )" His glow reignited to full slender and he covered in the air doing a flip and landing on his feet sliding a bit.
"My turn..." He then crouched down and dashed forward at great speed and slammed both feet into the robots chest caving it in and sending it crashing into a building.
"Phew...Okay let's not have that happen again..." Minoru rubs his head.
"Okay I think I got enough points to pass...hehe...everything went surprisingly well! Hehehe! Don't think anything can put a damper on this hot streak!"
Just then...thunderous booms can be heard approaching.
"Why do I even talk?" Minoru cursed himself.
"What's going on?..." Izuku looked around.
"Ready or not students! Here comes the big bad boss!~" Mic yelled.
Just then a gigantic robot storms through the test grounds tearing down a few buildings.
"This one is the zero point villain. Be best to ignore em." Mic announced.
"THAT is the zero point one?! I call bull!" Minoru yelled.
"That's...oddly much for a villain worth zero points." Izuku spoke walking up to Minoru.
"Hello again." He smiled.
"Huh? Midoriya? H-Hey...um...w-what do we do about that guy?!" He frantically pointed at the giant robot.
"Well...It isn't worth anything and I've got the points I needed. You?"
"Y-Yeah..." Minoru answered.
"Well then, I guess just avoid it. No reason to fight it really." Said Izuku.
"Agh! Help! I'm stuck!" A girl yelled trapped underneath some debris as the giant robot gained closer to her.
"Oh me and my mouth." Izuku gritted his teeth.
"Know how it feels...Trust me..." Minoru rolled his eyes.
"Change of plans. Destroy it!" Izuku then took out a steel marble from his pocket and put it between his pointer finger and thumb in a flicking position.
He then aimed his arm at the robot and his arm glowed harshly green as he transferred all the kinetic he had stored up into the marble.
"Got any big attacks Mineta?!"
"UUUM...W-Well...one but...I haven't really had a chance to test it..."
"Well now would be great! A life's on the line!" Izuku shouted.
"Okay, okay! I'll do it!" He then quickly put his hands together.
"( Concentrate, concentrate! )" The static from full cowl then slowly drifted between his palms and formed a small ball of purple energy.
"Huh? What's this...?" All Might leaned forward in his seat in anticipation.
"( Gather the energy from within! )" The sphere grew bigger between Minoru palms and static crackled around it.
"Agh! Someone! Please!" She closed her eyes as the robot lowered it's hand down to crush her.
"NOW! Rail Gun!" Izuku flicked the marble and a shock wave erupted from his fingers as the marble was sent flying like bullet cloaked in a green light.
"BURST!" Minoru thrusted his palms forward and the sphere of energy shot out from his hands like a cannon ball.
Both attacks soared through the air and up to the giant robots head...once both attacks collided...a massive explosion engulfed it's head and it was repealed backwards with great force.
"WOWZA! TALK ABOUT A COMBO ATTACK!" Mic screamed.
"...Hehe...Mineta...yes! That's right! Show who you are! Embody what it means to be a hero!" All Might chanted.
"( He's exceeding my expectation! What kind of attack was that?! )" All Might yelled in his thoughts.
"The was awesome! Not bad Mineta! Not bad at all!" He praised the small boy running to the girl in need.
"Man that was like a team attack in a video game! So amazing! I didn't even think that was going to work!" He cheered following close behind Izuku.
"Hey you okay there?" Izuku asked in a soft tone helping the rosy cheeked girl out the wreckage.
"Yeah! Anything broken?!" Minoru helped out.
"Aghh...No. Thanks to you two! Thanks! That was SO incredible!" She praised them both with a warm smile.
"Hehehe...it's just what a hero would have done...ehehe..." Izuku said smiling.
"Yeah...no need to thank us...buuuut...a name would do nice.~" Minoru wiggled his eyebrows.
"Oh um okay...Ochaco Uraraka." The girl introduced herself.
"Cute name for a cute girl." Minoru smirked.
"Well...she IS pretty cute." Izuku shyly agreed.
"W-Wha? Oh come on stop it you two...your making me all flushed..." She rubbed her arm blushing a bright red.
"Sorry, sorry." Izuku said.
"I'm Minoru Mineta!"
"Izuku Midoriya and...I'm happy your okay Uraraka...would be a shame if anything happened to you." He spoke so solemnly.
Uraraka felt her heart skip a bit...
"( AAAAAnd beaten to the point again. Oh well...maybe next time. )" Minoru said in his thoughts.
"Ding, ding, diiiiiiiiiing!~ Times up kitties! Exam ovaaaaaaaaa!~" Mic yelled over the PA.
"Ah...guess your times up. I hope you got enough points to pass Uraraka. Also Mineta...we make a good team. I REALLY hope we see each other at UA."
"...You know what? I agree. Same here man." Minoru smiled putting his fist out to Izuku.
Izuku smiled and fist bumped him.
"Well...I'm off. Hope to see you two again." Izuku chuckled and walked off. A few other student candidates eyeing him in awe at his and Minoru's display.
Minoru could feel eyes on him too...and it felt...great!
"Hehehe...um...see ya Uraraka...take care!" The short boy then ran off.
"You toooo! I hope I see you both at UA!" The rosey cheeked girl smiled.
"( Good job Minoru...job well done...hehehe...another step to improvement! )" Minoru thought to himself.
"Well that certainly was a show stopper." Nezu clapped.
"Psychedelic Finish!" Mic cheered.
Aizawa: "Hmph."
"I was on the edge of my seat! That finishing attack REALLY sent a chill down my spine.~" Midnight coed.
"I must say...this batch sure looks promising." Vlad spoke.
"Gotta agree. Especially the green haired kid." Snip added.
"However shouldn't speak with him? Him having multiple quirks is very unnatural." Vlad expressed concern.
"Yes we need too..." All Might agreed.
"Hmm...I don't think that's needed." Said Nezu.
"W-What?! Sir!" All Might exclaimed.
"The boy has proven to be a promising young man. If he had any sinister intent he wouldn't have restrained himself against that other boy and bothered trying to save that girl."
"He has shown good will and we should not ruin that by showing immediate distrust or suspicion." Nezu explained.
"...Yes...I understand..." All Might reluctantly agreed.
"Your right Sir. The boy at least deserves the benefit of the doubt." Vlad spoke.
"Very well, but we should keep an eye on him." Said Aizawa.
"Very well. Your all dismissed." Nezu smiled.
All Might was the first to leave...and rather quickly too.
"Jeez...what's got him so riled up?" Mic questioned.
"( All for One is back...I know it...after all this time...he's returned... )" All Might thought..
"( I...have to train Mineta as much as I can...before it's too late...)" He's thoughts buzzed like hornets in his head.
He had to push Mineta harder now...an old threat could be just upon the horizon...and he NEEDED to be as ready as possible.
Too be continued...
Boom. Another one down. I felt really good writing this chapter.