'The day finally came, it was do or die for me (as not making it in UA and making my teachers disappointed was the worst for me). My mom was over enthusiastically jumping, smiling and crying at the same time. She was happy for me but frightened of the possibility that I could get injured (I hadn't told her about the quirk I had got 'one for all' it was complicated even if I tried to tell). I understood her concern and hugged her before I walked out of my house to take another step towards my future.'
He stood there starring at his dream, holding his bag on one shoulder. His heart was beating fast, he could hear it clearly. "Fighter should always have a calm mind and body even when he is losing." Midoriya quoted his master's words. He took a deep breath making his heartbeat regular and his tense muscles relaxed. He was ready for the entrance exam.
Inside U.A., he sat besides Katsuki, his old friend. The place was filled with students from around the region, U.A. had a big reputation as many top heroes graduated from U.A. and it had the top teachers. Midoriya looked at Katsuki with a smile who was trying to ignore him, and said, "All the best, I hope you make it in U.A."
"Hope? I know I am going to make it. In fact, I can even tell I'll come at top, Deku." Bakugo replied looking right in Midoriya's eyes.
"Good." Midoriya gave him a smile which irritated Bakugo even more. He sure is confident Midoriya thought but he also knew that Katsuki could do it, he was one of those who saw their goal and even achieve it without breaking a sweat. Maybe that's whom they call born genius.
"I should be saying All the best to you. I hope you are not planning on launching another suicidal attack in the practical exam." Bakugo said with a sadistic smile spreading on his face.
"Still Dick! You never seem to change." He replied as he looked back at the stage. He had build-up the courage to stand up against Bakugo because now he was on the same stage as him and if he wanted to continue on growing he had to stand face to face with Bakugo. He was ready to do it.
Bakugo boiled with anger at this time, he stood up and shouted, "Do you want me to kick your ass before this shit even starts? I will love to beat your ass Deku."
"Will you two stop screaming? Behave like civilized people." A person wearing rectangular glasses with a neat hairstyle told them. He was sitting right in front of Midoriya.
At that time Midoriya realized that every single student present there were looking right at them. Kacchan does shout loudly, shouldn't have forgotten that Midoriya thought to himself as he melted down on the chair due of embarrassment.
"Mind your own business four eyes." Bakugo replied as rudely as he could.
"WELCOME!! EVERYONE. I'm PRESENT MIC!" Present mic introduced himself which shook the arena and Bakugo fell back in his seat still looking annoyed.
Present Mic explained how the entrance exam worked, he explained that it had two parts. First written test and Second practical test. In the practical test, the students had to destroy the villains (robots), there were three robots with points with respect to their difficulty level, destroying it would earn the students points.
As Present Mic was explaining the same student who had asked Bakugo to be quiet stood up and asked, "Sir, but this sheet says there are four robots, is it wrong? Because if it is that is a big mistake to be made by a school such as this."
"No, it is not. The fourth robot doesn't have any points. Even if you destroy it, you earn zero points. It is just obstacle which will go on a rampage in mid of the test." Present Mic explained. "So now then I hope you do well kids. Best of luck!"
After giving the written test the students changed into there track suits and joined with their respective groups. The students were divided into four groups and each of which reached the gates they were assigned to, Midoriya was standing in front of gate number 3. He couldn't stop himself from appreciating the city in front of him which was build by U.A. for practice or for entrance test like these. U.A. was the wealthiest high school, he had searched the place many times on his laptop but this was the first time he had came to face the 'Beta City of U.A' and soon he was going to enter in.
He stood there surrounded by other kids, yet he just kept starring at the door. His tone muscular body was hiding behind the white half sleeve t-shirt he was wearing, though his tight forearm and bicep were still exposed to the wind. He had worked a lot on his chest muscles and one could tell by just looking at him that he had achieved a healthy physique. He was wearing blue shorts and white sneakers. The training with All might had strengthened his leg muscles even more, the heavy weights he picked at the beach had designed his legs like that of a bodybuilder.
He seemed calm as a still lake on a summer day but he was anxiously having a conversation with himself, "How am I suppose to destroy those robots? How will I match them I can't even use my quirk?" he thought and remember what All Might had said when he last met him.
"You can't use this quirk yet Midoriya. You shouldn't use it it would harm you." All might said, who was sitting beside Izuku who was drinking some water.
"What? But then… how am I supposed to pass the exam?" Midoriya asked as his hands moved in front of his face to support his question.
"Your body is perfect for the quirk however it will take time for it to settle down in it's new host." All might said and looking at the expression Izuku gave him he started to explain it more to make it easy for him, "Think the power as a rifle when you will use the power for the first time you will be pulling the trigger of that rifle. If you haven't practised how to use a rifle in the best way possible then the recoil of it will harm your body."
Midoriya nodded weakly.
"But Young Midoriya you were going to give the test even before you meet me right?" he said and Midoriya nodded. "Don't worry, you will make it."
Midoriya exhaled, rolled his eyes around the students who looked confident which didn't make him feel any better but he was still able to carry the calm look on his face. His eyes stopped on a round-faced cute girl with short brown hair. Her eyes were closed, Midoriya wondered what was her quirk.
"Hey, Four-eyes! you had a problem with me back there. Want to solve it now."
Midoriya heard the familiar voice from behind and he wished that it wasn't him. Midoriya turned and there he was trying to bully another boy, with a disappointed look he said, "Kacchan! Will you stop it now the test is about to start." Midoriya didn't really like the blond teen but he was the only one he knew around here and somewhere he felt he was answerable for his actions.
"Deku! You are here to. I have never been happier, I will beat both of you losers right before the test starts." Bakugo said, with a sadistic smile on his face and palms exploding.
"There is no way you two are getting in U.A. It is for heroes." Boy wearing rectangular glasses remarked. Midoriya stared at him shockingly thinking what had he done wrong to offend the guy. But then he realized he was judging him on the principle of 'bad person's friend is also bad', which in this case was asshole's friend is also an asshole. Midoriya should have known that nothing good would come out of being on the side of his former friend and bully.
Before they could continue the fight, the gates opened and Present Mic roared, "Go, Plus Ultra!"
Everyone charged at the door, Bakugo and the boy standing next to him also charged in without finishing the conversation. Midoriya was stunned and could see everyone wildly running inside the city. Without wasting any more time he himself ran inside as fast as he could manage.
As he crossed past two streets he had already encountered five robots; one smashed badly, other broken into bits, three of which appeared like they had been caught in an awful full of rage explosion. Kacchan, the name of his friend rang in his head and there was no mistake in it. He continued running hoping that he encounters a working robot soon enough. But how was he planning to destroy it? He had the same question going in his mind when he suddenly halted his run and soon started tracing his way back to the gate.
Back in the surveillance room, all the teachers were sitting, watching each and every movement of the students. There was a digital scoreboard on the right side of the screen. Katsuki Bakugo's name was at the top with 22 points.
"This kid is good. He got 25 points in just 2 mins minutes that's some record. Not to mention he hasn't got a single rescue point." Midnight said.
"What do you think Toshinori? Does he seem like someone who can inherit the power?" Nezu asked and looked around his shoulder where All Might in his skinny state sat. All Might had his eyes fixed upon one kid who was now running back to the start line. Nezu followed All Might's anxious stare and landed upon the green-haired teen who was running back to the gates.
What are you thinking Midoriya, All Might thought as he saw him stopping in front of the destroyed robots. He started scanning the destroyed robots pulled out some of its parts and weighed them in his hands.
"Toshinori, Have you already passed your power to someone?" Nezu asked raising his voice, which captured the attention of everyone in the room. The topic itself was important for everyone to pay attention to. Everyone's eyes rested on the skinner figure of the number one hero and the symbol of peace.
All might looked back at Nezu and calmly replied, "Yes, I have passed on the power."
"And I assume he is applying for U.A and giving the entrance test. Who is he?" Nezu asked as every hero in the room waited for the response.
"The owner of One For All is Izuku Midoriya. The green-haired teen on screen 5." All might replied, his pencil finger pointed at the screen. Everyone looked at the teen who was checking the parts of the broken robots. They watched him take out two metal discs out of the robots. He then held both of them in his hands, ran and left the screen.
"What is his quirk?" Midnight asked as she searched his name on the scoreboard which only showed top 10, lucky for Izuku who hadn't even got 1 point. "He is not in the top 10, meaning he must have points less than 10."
All Might thought to himself if it was right to tell them that Izuku was quirkless but later decided not to and kept his eyes locked at the screen 7 which showed the green-haired teen jogging his way to the crossroad. All Might could see two robots making their way to the same crossroad. Young Midoriya do your best All might kept repeating this in his head.
Everyone had their eyes on Izuku forgetting about the blond kid still blasting robots. Aizawa had his sleepy eyes fixed on Izuku as he said, "Let's see what this kid has got."
Izuku had found what he was looking for, two circular discs each with a hole in mid from where he was holding them. The idea of using the weapon came to him when he was figuring out what he has to do to destroy the robots. Then it hit him the disassembled robots which he had passed just a minute ago. I am sure that these sharp discs can tear apart the robots. Now I just need to face them, Midoriya thought in his head as he ran on. All the times he was bullied by Katsuki, all the times he was told to give up on his dreams everything went through his head as he rushed ahead.
'No one had ever supported me, some in the hope of that I'll stop this madness or otherwise, I'll harm myself. Some like Katsuki did that just to make me feel depressed and feel like shit. They were successful in doing so, I had given up fighting back but not on becoming a hero. For me getting beaten was fine but giving up on my dream, no, I couldn't do that. Then I meet Otami sir, he changed me but let's leave that story for later. I was stressed when I couldn't find a single robot, but I didn't know that two robots were just waiting for me.'
Izuku kept on running along with the buildings until he reached the crossroad. A robotic arm swings through his side, Izuku jumped and was barely able to dodge it. He could tell the swing was fast and strong as he heard whistles when it missed his head. The second swing came from the other side and this one got him in the air hitting him hard in the chest, sending him back on the path he had come from. Just as he hit the road he rolled back and returned to his feet.
"Two robots, one 3 points and the other 2 points. I dropped one of my discs, I would have to get it. However, before that, I have to destroy one of them and that should be the 3 pointer one. It would be easy to get through the 2 pointer to get my other disc. I should get in one of the buildings I'm sure they will follow me. I need to keep some distance from both of them." As Midoriya thought to himself the two robots came rushing towards him. Midoriya ran inside his right building with parking in it, the robots followed him in but they came to a hold when they didn't spot him inside.
He was hiding behind the corner pillar, he saw the robot's movements from the corner. He spotted the 3 pointer on the entry of the parking while the other continued to roll ahead in his direction. He just had one shot at this and he knew it. "If I go charging at it the 2 pointer will throw me back but I would have enough time to shoot this disc in its direction." He exhaled and building some courage inside him, "I have to do it now before it reaches me."
He rolled to the side, ran towards the wall and did a wall run as the 2 pointer robot charged a heavy blow at him which lucky enough for him hit the wall. Now the 3 pointer was spreading itself as he blocked the entry. Midoriya ran towards it and the robot did the same though it was still on the other end of the wall. Midoriya held the disc tight in his grip, he held it like a frisbee. His eyes filled with fire as he jumped, rotated 360 horizontally, his arms followed suit and at the end of it, he projected the disc in its direction. As his feet hit the ground, eyes still fixed at his target, the rotating disc bursts into the robot and crushes its main core. The robot exploded inside out and its pieces launched themselves in every direction some of which hit Midoriya too but didn't cause much damage to him.
'I did it, I destroyed a robot.' He smiled as he gazed at the shattered robot in front of his eyes, no dream is out of reach after all he thought.
He didn't have time to celebrate the feat he had just pulled off, the other robot was right behind him. Midoriya remembered it when he was thrown out at the road by the strong swing of the robot's arm. The robot wasn't done with him yet and charged at him. Midoriya rolled right and succeeded in dodging it.
The blow that he had received on the ribs reminded him of the punch he had once received on his face from Otami.
"You shouldn't celebrate your win, not until the opponent is dead or isn't able to move a limb." Otami's voice rang in his head as he struggled back up.
"Sorry senpai." Midoriya whispered to himself as he gazed back at the second robot in anger. The anger inside him had been building up inside him ever since he was told that he would never become a hero, all the beating and comments he had been receiving over the years had been piling up inside of him. Though he had taken it out on himself by punching the walls and by over-exercising, yet that wasn't helpful. He clutched his fist as he silently stood in front of it.
This time it threw his tail towards the green-teen who looked pissed. The teen did a backflip to avoid the tail, the tail crashed into the ground. It pulled back the tail and swing it's right arm in his direction.
It came from his left side, the swing wasn't fast enough that Midoriya couldn't avoid it. However, he didn't want to avoid it, he had lost his composure, his mind was blank no exam matter to him right now. He just wanted to destroy the one thing in front of him. As the metal arm closed on to him, he turned on the balls of his feet to face it, pushed his left leg ahead, right behind and shot a strong straight punch at it.
BANG!
He was sent flying at the crossroad, his action had not much effect on the robot, even though the blow was strong enough to send a normal person back in his dreams for a month. Midoriya gripped the disc which was resting beside him on the road. The blood rushed out of his head and rolled down his cheeks, he had hit his head on the street when he was shot in the air from that blow. His arms hadn't taken much damage. The adrenaline rush didn't let him notice his injuries. He smiled as he stood up, holding the disc in his right hand.
"I'm fucking going to destroy you, I have something special planned for you." The comment was meaningless as the robot had no mind to understand what monster he had just awakened. Both charged at each other, this time when it launched the tail at him, he hopped on the tail and ran towards it. He held the disc with both his hands, jumped up, took the disc above his head and as his feet touched the head of the robot, his hands holding the disc came crashing down towards it.
Bang!
It was half inside it, yet the robot was still functioning, it shot its tail at the green-teen standing on its head. At once Midoriya pulled out the disc with his left hand without any problem, he moved a little towards his right and dodged the tail which sunk in the head. With a strong swing of his left hand, he broke the top of the tail which had sunk in the head.
"Let it be there." Midoriya whispered at the robot. He flipped back, landed on the ground and started to take out the legs of the robot one by one. The robot was helpless, Midoriya was turning the well-made robot into a junk.
A thunderous sound came from the other side of the city which snapped Midoriya out of his rage mode. He had come out of the fight with a bleeding head and hand as the disc had cut into his skin too, none of which he felt.
"It seemed like some building crashed, what is happening out there." Midoriya dropped the disc and looked back at the crossroad which was now filled with people running towards left. The thing they were running from was surely at the right.
Izuku slowly walked at the crossroad leaving the junk of metal lying behind him. The after-effects of the fight started to kick in, his eyesight was getting a little blurry but he pushed through.
His eyes enlarged to get the entire picture of the giant robot which stood meters ahand of him. It is the zero point robot we shouldn't engage it, Midoriya thought as he turned the direction of his footsteps away from the giant. However, he was frozen when he heard a cry of help from behind him. He turned his head to find the origin of the voice which had stopped him in mid of his escape. He narrowed his eyes on the smoke of dust on the ground, and as it settled he saw a girl stuck under a huge boulder, the robot was just some steps away from her.
And then he recognized the girl, she was the brown-hair girl he saw just before this all started. His eyesight started to get more blurry because of the blood loss, it was shocking that he was still standing on his own two feet.
"I.. can't reach her." He struggled to speak, he knew he had very less time before he collapses down to the ground without even getting at least 10 points for himself. A lot of things were going through Midoriya's head, it was difficult for him to pass even if he abandoned someone, but he could never abandon someone, how could he even help her in the condition he was in? Then it rang in his head, "I could use it, one for all I have no other choice, I have to save her."
He rubbed his eyes, started taking steps towards her. Slowly he got faster, soon he was jogging the robot wasn't much away from her. His adrenaline kicked in again as he sprinted towards her, he knew he won't reach her in time if he didn't use One for All. Mustering up some courage he activated the new quirk he had gotten, it ran through his lower body and as he jumped, it sends him flying at the face of the giant robot. The overwhelming power of one for all was unbelievable it didn't even take him a fraction of second to reach the robot.
He already knew what to do, he clutched his right hand and with a scream, "Smash!" he punched the robot.
The robot broke into pieces in front of his eyes, he didn't dare to shut his eyes, he wanted to see what could one for all do on its 100% and the result was right in front of his eyes. He grins at the falling robot. Only if one for all could also help me fly, he thought in his head as the gravity was doing its work of pulling him back at the got damn ground he was supposed to be. The only thing which had hugged him over and over again was the ground, be it after standing up to bully or trying to beat his teacher, the floor was where he belonged where he could cry comfortably. However, he was grinning as he was falling. He did feel the pain when his bones broke from the use of one for all, All Might was right to warn him. However, he had no regrets of doing what he had done. As the ground zoomed in on him with each passing second, he continued to lose his consciousness.
Just when he was about to hit the ground, he was slapped in the face by the same girl. "Way to say thank you for saving your life." He thought as his eyes closed and he lost his consciousness.