Going into the school, the Midoriya brothers had gotten the same class, A-1, which they were happy about. Hellboy thought that with all the different quirks around him, he wouldn't tower above all the other students, but he still did for the most part. Guess I'm used to it, but it would have been cool to be with some folk that I didn't have to look down on.
Hellboy still got some looks, which he was also used to, but they didn't last as long at least as when he first entered schools in the past. When they got to class, there was already a commotion, and both of the boys knew who it was making the commotion.
"WHO WAS THE BASTARD THAT GOT FIRST PLACE THEN?" Katsuki Bakugou.
Hellboy made his brother stay behind him as they walked in the classroom. The raging blonde looked around with a jerk, immediately charging the red devil. "IT WAS YOU, WASN'T IT YOU DAMN DEMON?"
Hellboy rammed back the aggressor with his Right Fist of Doom, slamming him down into a desk. He couldn't get up. "Now listen here, I'd rather not make a scene, old pal. Don't make this bad on either of us on the first day of school."
Bakugou put his hand close to the little brother's face, releasing an explosion that shook the classroom. This made Hellboy recoil, mostly in surprise, and gave the opponent the opportunity to get back up. Other students got involved at this point, holding the attacker back. He screamed harshly, throwing vulgarities every which way he could. He eventually stopped and went into the hall, still cursing and mumbling.
Hellboy let out his breath, feeling the closest point of impact his explosion made. Tenya and Uraraka walked cautiously towards him. Uraraka was the first to speak, "Are you okay? That seemed like it hurt!" She got as close to his face as she could, which was barely at his chest, examining his face.
He patted her head with his left hand, "I'm fine, it's not the first time something like that has happened to me. Probably won't be the last either." She backed away, not sure whether to be concerned or relieved, so she just sighed.
Tenya was only staring at his uniform, which was not only ripped for his sleeves but unbuttoned. "That is a violation of dress code! Why have you ripped the clothes the school provided for you?"
The tall student looked down at Tenya with a blank expression, "Because they didn't fit." He looked at the student with a sly expression, "Unless you want to put something this size on while having a hand this big." He held up his Right Fist of Doom.
Tenya got nervous at that point, raising his hands in defense, "I see I was being insensitive." He bowed his head quickly, "I APOLOGIZE!"
A tired voice came from behind the students, "If you're done socializing, head to your seats."
The students turned, seeing a person in what looked like a sleeping bag on the floor. He looked like he would be homeless with how scruffy his face was and how ungroomed his long hair was. Uraraka's color drained from her face, as did Izuku's. Hellboy remained expressionless and Tenya only recoiled. The students, freaked by the person, headed to their seats. Hellboy sat behind Bakugou, as the seating chart was in alphabetical order. This sat him near the back, which made sense, and at least drew some distance between Izuku and the blonde. The teacher got out of his sleeping bag and headed to his podium.
"I'm Shota Aizawa, your teacher for the year. Now stay quiet and let me take attendance." The teacher did just that. Afterwards, the teacher spoke up, "Alright, now we're going to be doing another physical in the courtyard, so get your gym clothes on and meet me outside."
A student raised her hand, a girl with long black hair, "Shouldn't we be heading to the entrance ceremony, Aizawa Sensei?"
He only looked in her general direction, "We are class 1-A in UA Hero Academy. We are the best of the best, and in order to be the best, we cannot do things like everyone else." There was a pause before he continued, "In order to become the best, we must be different."
That answer seemed to satisfy the class, so they all got up and departed for the locker rooms. The school provided the gym clothes too, so Hellboy was not too eager to learn if they actually got him and oversize or not. When they got to the locker rooms, Hellboy was given his clothes, which he found out they did not fit. The pants were fine but the shirt when he tried putting on the shirt it ripped on the back. He tore it off and just put on a white tank top he brought with him just in case something like that happened again and walked out into the courtyard. When he got there he explained what happened with his clothes to the teacher and he informed Hellboy that a much bigger shirt would be ordered.
The red devil was out before everyone else, so it was just him and the teacher. Aizawa turned to Hellboy, "All Might told me you remember what happened eight years ago."
"Most of it, mainly that guy chasing after me, not much before that."
That eliminated Eraserhead's question of what was in the portal. "Sorry if we scared you, that wasn't the intention we had. We were going to-"
Hellboy turned towards him, "Let me guess, you were going to raise me up to be the perfect hero, right?"
The teacher did not know how to respond, but couldn't talk anymore because of students coming in. "We can talk later if you want, but not in front of-"
"I know, I know, it's confidential."
Soon, the students arrived and Hellboy joined the crowd next to his brother. The teacher looked towards the crowd and began to explain, "Today I will be examining you all with a bit of a contest. You'll be doing a series of activities, like throwing, running, long jumping, etc."
Tenya was the one who intervened this time, "I thought we already took an exam like this."
"This time, you'll be using your quirks in these activities.
There were many comments on this, most of them happy to be able to use their quirks. The pink girl Hellboy met in the entrance exam even remarked, "This is going to be fun, eh?"
Aizawa frowned, getting the attention of the class, "Fun, huh? If you're here for 'fun' then you've picked the wrong school. So, there's a new rule. Whoever gets last place gets expelled."
That last part made Izuku's heart sink. Expelled! But, I just got here! He looked around to his classmates and his brother, who looked down to Izuku. There's no way I can compete with anyone here!
"And we'll be starting with the first place winner of the practical exams throwing a ball," the teacher continued, holding a ball in Hellboy's direction, "Hellboy Midoriya, you're up first."
Hellboy sighed, walking towards the teacher and grabbing the ball with his left hand. I wanna help you bro, but there's not much I can do. I can't hold back now, I've got to do what I need to do. Sorry.
Hellboy walked to the white line, taking a deep breath. He pulled his left arm back, putting his right arm close to it. He threw his right arm down first, which gave him momentum for his left arm. He pulled his left arm forward, and released the ball. It was off, getting a sweet curve in the pitch. It went over the courtyard like a baseball player's pitch, landing a great distance away.
He looked to the device and showed the other students the score, which was 423.2 meters.
Hellboy saw the score and cursed, "If it was just heavier…" He walked back towards the crowd, mumbling obscenities.
Bakugou stepped forward, "YOU CALL THAT A THROW DEVIL BOY? I'll show you what a real throw is!" He took a ball from Aizawa, stepped into the ring, and stretched. After it he pulled his right arm back, and as he pushed forward, he created an explosion that burst it into the air! When it landed, Aizawa showed the score, 705.2 meters. He turned to Hellboy with a menacing grin that only annoyed the red student. "Look here, whatever happened at that entrance exam was a fluke! I'M GONNA PROVE THAT TODAY! YOU'RE GOING DOWN YOU BASTARD!"
Hellboy grunted, crossing his arms and staring straight at the blonde making an opposition. "If you're wanting to take me on, you better win at everything else, because the rest ain't going to be so easy."
"YOUR GRAVE, HELLBOY!"
Aizawa decided that since two people already went that everyone minus well go ahead with this test. No one had beaten Katsuki's score yet except for Uraraka who was able to get an infinite score with her antigravity powers. The last person up was Izuku, which people were all interested in, all except Katsuki. This twerp is sorely mistaken if he thinks he's going to get anywhere here!
Izuku stared at the ball, bracing himself for what was to come. He pulled his arm back, and after another second pushed his arm forward. He let loose, feeling the energy fill his arm like electricity in his veins! It was on the tip of his finger when all of it vanished. The power he'd accrued just stopped, like something closed the valve that released One for All. He looked to the teacher, whose eyes were glowing a sick red and were wide open. Eraserhead had stopped his quirk from going.
"And what exactly are you doing?"
"Huh?" Izuku was really nervous now.
"Are you aiming to become worthless in the battlefield after one attack? To become a ragdoll for your brother to save you every time you use your quirk? This proves the entrance exams were irrational. Try again, and this time don't be worthless." He handed Izuku another ball, moving away from him to try again.
He took a deep breath, trying to focus his new quirk. He started again, pulling back and pushing the ball. This time he didn't let loose, he didn't just let his quirk go crazy. He focused, putting the power all in a single fingertip. At the last point of contact, he released, throwing the ball in the air with such force the air around him flew upwards! When it landed the device to 705.3 meters.
He clenched his fist, grinning at the teacher, "I can still fight!"
Katsuki was in a frenzy now, he was immediately rushing towards the green-haired kid. "DEKU YOU BASTARD!" He was halfway to him when he was stopped by a big, red hand. He turned to Hellboy, throwing his hand at him, "STAY OUT OF THIS DEVIL BOY!" the hand exploded, more than it had in the classroom, enough to send the red man flying into the air and into the wall of the raised foundation of the school. The wall cracked and the horned student shook his head.
"That wasn't really nice." He sarcastically mumbled.
Aizawa stopped everything immediately, holding Bakugou back and stopping his quirk. "This ends now!" He pulled the student to him using his tendrils, "This kind of inappropriate behavior will NOT be tolerated, do something like that again and you will be the one expelled."
The blonde relaxed, giving Aizawa the chance to let him go. After Hellboy pushed himself off the wall, the activities continued. Next was the 50 meter yard dash. Hellboy went last this time, getting 3.19 seconds. He got a longer time than Tenya, who was one of the fastest students, but a shorter time than most of the others.
Next was the grip strength. Him and another student, which he learned his name was Mezo Shoji, who's quirk was that he basically had six arms, they had a contest to see who could get the best grip strength. Hellboy won as Shoji could only get 540 kilograms and Hellboy got an error message for holding it too tightly, which actually broke the measuring device. "That's why I call this the Right Fist of Doom." Hellboy joked.
The fourth test was the standing long jump, which he sailed over, much like other students. The fifth test, the repeated side steps, were not in his favor as much as he wasn't the most agile in that respect. He got within the average at least, and he was okay with that.
The next test, sit-ups, were about to begin. Everyone was heading to their positions to start, some moaning about not wanting to exercise. Hellboy, however, was distracted, looking into the woods that were way into the distance. He thought he saw something move, something small and grey. He turned towards the teacher and called out, "Hey, Aizawa!"
The teacher turned to his direction, raising an eyebrow at the student.
Hellboy continued, "I think I saw something in the woods, think I can go take a peek?"
The teacher tilted his head, "How could you even see anything that far away?"
"Can I?"
The teacher hesitated, but he finally waved him off.
When Hellboy got to the fence, he peered for a good second, waiting for any small noise to direct him towards what he saw. He hopped the fence, not wanting to wait very much longer.
He trudged through the woods, whistling into the forest. "C'mere you ugly sonuva gun, I got a nice package to deliver!" He raised his right hand, balling it up into a rock fist, "To your face." He mumbled to himself, completing his remark. He kept walking, looking back and forth between the trees and the ground. A wail echoed through the forest, a warning of sorts he assumed. He kept walking through the brush, towards the wail. Another wail, louder, and more aggressive this time coming from around him.
He turned around, Did I walk past it on accident?
As he turned back he was struck in the face by something grey with enough force to send him into a tree. He looked up and blocked the incoming claw with his right fist, returning the strike with his head. It knocked the creature back, tumbling as it fell. Finally getting a good look at the creature. It was skinny, with absolutely no hair. Claws on both its elongated fingers and toes, dirty with blood stains all over them. Its mouth was nothing but a set of teeth with gore dripping from the top set and the nose was missing, with the exception of two nostril holes. The eyes were pitch black and ears looked like they'd been bitten off. The look of the creature was clear to Hellboy, it was a skinwalker.
"You aren't supposed to be here. Where the hell'd you come from?" The monster hunter asked as the creature snarled at him. It lunged at Hellboy, but was met with the tree behind him, which he grabbed the monster by the head and punched him right through it. He charged at it, jumping forward to crush its head, which was met with it catching his stomach with its feet, injecting its toe claws into his stomach and throwing him closer to the direction he came. He got back to his feet, waiting for it to get closer so he could smack it with his right hand. As he swung, the skinwalker paused and back stepped, barely missing the strike. It replied with a swift and powerful kick to Hellboy's stomach sending him all the way into the fence to the school and dragging through the ground. It pounced at him, trying to claw at his face again, but was met with an uppercut.
It went over the fence and scrambled to its feet as Hellboy pounced on him. The creature rolled out of the way, then dashed in to stab the red devil in the side. The claws were pulled downwards by the creature. The student winced, gutting the skinwalker with his right hand, thus causing the monster to give off a blood curdling scream as it floated into the air. He reached into the sky, grabbed it by the leg and pulled it to the ground, cracking the ground below, causing it to howl in pain. It bounced off the ground, winded, trying to get its bearings. Hellboy didn't let it, he grabbed it by the head, pounding it into the ground. Once, twice, three times, before it went limp. He let the head go and gave one more good smash to the head, crushing its skull and effectively killing it.
He took a deep breath, looking in the direction of the school and meeting the eyes of the students who were now gathering by the triumphant Hellboy and now dead skinwalker. Izuku ran to the front of the crowd, and stared down at the creature. His blood went cold as he looked at his brother, "Those aren't-"
The little brother shook his head, "I know. But it is."
Aizawa confronted the student, "What happened?"
"This bastard here," he pointed to the downed monster, "is a monster called a skinwalker. They mostly travel in America, near Native American areas, the Navajo specifically and they like to travel in packs. " Hellboy turned to the forest.
Five more creatures crawled out of the forest, some hissing, some howling, some growling, right at Hellboy. He turned to his classmates, "GET BACK!" They launched their attack, two jumping on Hellboy themselves, the others onto the fence. He grabbed one of them, slamming it into the ground as the other bit into his shoulder. He smacked it on the top of the head, then grabbed him and threw him towards the other three on the fence. They jumped over their ally, landing almost in unison in front of him. The first he threw was back up and aimed for his left leg.
A cloth tendril threw itself around the creature's neck pulling it into the air. Hellboy aimed for the other three foreigners, charging the one in the middle. The other two jumped at his arms, which didn't stop him from slamming the middle one into the dirt. He threw it into the air, hitting it with the skinwalker on his left hand and slamming the one on his right into the ground by its arm. The one at the fence aimed at his classmates, which the pink girl he saved at the entrance exams threw her acid at. It fell to the ground, holding its face in pain. Bakugou jumped into the frey, blasting the one on the ground. It howled in pain, scrambling up from it's back, backing away from the blonde. The one Aizawa grabbed was slashing at the cloth tendrils, trying to get closer to the teacher. The creature was snapping at Aizawa, and almost had him too, if Hellboy hadn't grabbed its head with the Right Fist of Doom, swinging it the other three.
He held it, grabbing its neck with his other hand, snapping its neck bone out of its skin. He dropped it to focus on the other three. Bakugou rushed into the one he was fighting, which tried clawing at him. The blonde punched downwards, adding his flare, which launched it right into the ground and bouncing it back into the air. He used that to knee the creature in the jaw, giving himself more momentum by using his quirk on his foot. It launched the creature into the air, but it wasn't dead yet. It landed on its side, rolled to its feet, and tried rushing around to Bakugou's side.
It didn't get the chance to try anything as a blur of yellow smacked it away from the student. When the blur stopped, a tall and muscular man stood high above it, laughing in a yellow suit and tie. All Might arrived! "Wow, these beasts sure are ugly aren't they! Why don't I deal with this one for you, lad?" He didn't wait for an answer as he'd already grabbed it by the head and raised it above his head. He grunted as he pushed it towards the ground. When it struck, the ground seemed to have broken into a new pair tectonic plates! A crater and blood is all that remained from the creature that All Might took care of. He climbed out and looked to Hellboy, who was breaking the back of one at the moment.
The other two got on his back, biting and clawing at his neck and shoulders. He grabbed one with his tail, slamming it into the ground and the other with his hand, slamming its knee into its head, crushing both the skull and the knee of the creature. All Might grabbed the one Hellboy slammed with his tail, throwing it into the sky with enough force to blow air in the direction of the throw at emence speeds. The creature hit the ground three seconds later with a satisfying splat.
Hellboy looked to the one he broke the back of, stepping on the bone protruding from his spine. "Now, can you talk or not?"
The creature spoke, not in a howl but in an pattern Hellboy recognized as a language. Hellboy innately translated. "The time is coming, Anung Un Rama, the time for you to fulfill your destiny!"
Hellboy switched his tongue to match its, "What destiny, what are you talking about?"
The skinwalker laughed, "You are the hand of the apocalypse! You will summon Him once more and He will take the world which was rightfully his!"
The student had heard enough, switching back to his Japanese language, "You can tell Him that He will be sorely disappointed when you go back to Hell." with that, the red devil slammed his fist into the skinwalker, sending him to the fiery below.
He looked to the crowd of students and the teachers. They were staring at him, at how he spoke, the gashes and blood running through his clothes, and finally at the skinwalkers, who were beginning to glow and turn to embers embers along with their blood. They disappeared, as if they weren't even there. Everyone except the teachers, Katsuki and the Midoriya brothers were surprised by this as they've fought monsters in the past and saw them when they died.
Aizawa sighed, "We're going back inside, tests are over."
Bakugou responded, "Who's getting suspended then?"
Aizawa didn't turn back, "Everyone, get back to class."
