Izuku, along with Ochaco Uraraka, had been taken to the medical center after their recent events at the exam.
Izuku was still shocked and amazed at how well his gauntlets had worked, up until the point they broke of his hands as his last hit did so. He knew he needed to make improvements on them, knowing now the extent of the blows it can inflict on them after awhile.
"Well, there seems to be no apparent damage to your limbs surprisingly." The nurse attending and mending his wounds observed, noting in fact that his hands were not in any danger.
"That's a relief." Izuku took out a deep breath, relieved to hear the news. Though his hands were trembling, it wasn't due to pain, it was for the excitement he felt.
Unknowingly, Izuku had activated the recognition module of his lenses. Chiyo Shujensi, pro hero also known as Youthful Heroine 'Recovery Girl.' It began to scan. Quirk is Heal, being able to strengthen anyone's regenerative abilities with a kiss. Not usable for combat, rather for immediate support for those involved in injury.
"Almost forgot about these…" Izuku had remembered to take off his lenses. As he did, his vision became a bit blurry, but regained his full vision after a couple of seconds of blinking about.
"Well, that's about it, you are free to leave now." The old nurse had told him.
"Thank you again."
As he was leaving her office, a familiar brunette was waiting outside by the door. "Izuku was it?"
"Oh, Ochaco if I remember correctly," it was the other applicant he had saved. He shook her hand. "And yes, it's Izuku."
"I just wanted to see if you were alright," she moved a bit of her hair behind her ear, playfully. "I just wanted to thank you again."
"Oh, it's uh, no problem," Izuku, like before, became nervous as the two conversed. "I should also be thanking you, for, uh, slapping me back there and using your, uh, quirk to make me weightless before I hit that floor."
Ochaco can see the man had become a shade of pink. "I-It's no problem." She too came to be nervous with a shade of pink.
"Well, I'm sure, uh, you came to see the nurse too, huh?" He asked, seeing as he saw her here at her office.
"Y-Yeah! That's what I was here for." She answered.
"Well, I uh, shouldn't keep you." He swallowed saliva, nervous as one can be.
"O-Okay, I hope to see you again." And with that, she dashed right beside him and into the office.
"Well, that was something." His worries washed away.
Izuku had begun to walk home.
As he walked out of the premises, a blonde skinny familiar man had been awaiting him. "Izuku!"
"Ah, Toshinori, I'm guessing you guys were done with the evaluation, I presume?" He didn't expect him here so soon.
"Yeah," the two started walking. "Everyone, including myself, were impressed with everyone."
"I see."
"And I can't believe you took down that big machine!" The man gave his praise. "I mean, I would've been able to destroy it with one of my smashes, but you doing what you did in finding it's weak points and taking it down without a scratch, it was an amazing thing to have seen from the videos!"
"You saw the whole thing?" Izuku hadn't realized the full extent of what the pro heroes could see. How they seen Izuku do what he did.
"Yes," Toshinori gave the boy a smile, appreciating and praising him. Still, there was a hint of a question behind his tone. "However…" He stopped himself before he can say it. "For a boy with no quirk, you ran into the danger like any pro hero should."
"I sense there's a question there." Izuku had realized that from the moment of their conversation.
"What made you run into the danger?" He finally asked.
"Well, you saw the tapes didn't you?" The teenager shot back with his own. Surely, there should have lied his answer.
"I want to hear it from you." Toshinori knew what he wanted to hear.
Izuku smiled, knowing what his own answer was to that question. "Because I saw that she needed help, even if the odds were against me. I knew, without fear, I had to react fast."
"Attaboy!" Toshinori patted the boy's head. The words he had been instilling on him, the actions he had done. It was something that he had been teaching him for as long as they had been together. It was a sign that he had not forgotten what it truly meant to be a hero, and a great one at that. "Let's get out of here."
And with that, the two continued on with their walk back home.
…
The next couple of days were a breeze to get through.
Toshinori, also known as All Might, was back at UA.
He was with the other instructors, discussing the next generation of heroes to come.
"Well, everyone was great." Toshinori praised all the teenagers for their efforts.
"Some faired better than others, however," Nemuri Kayama, pro hero known as Midnight, spoke. "I agree with All Might, they were all fantastic."
"This generation of heroes will be something, all right." Present Mic concurred with the other two.
"So, it's settled then?" Aizawa was present among the faculty.
"Yes, but I do have my concerns with one." Nezu admitted.
"And that is?" They all looked at the Chimera.
"Izuku Midoriya."
It was a new topic at hand.
"What do you mean?" Of course, All Might would be the first to ask him, after all, he had been taking care of the boy. "He would definitely be a great addition to UA."
"I know he would," Nezu admitted much. That wasn't the problem. "It's the fact that he has no quirk."
The room stood quiet. That was pretty much the elephant in the room, ever since the exam.
"But he made his way through with his inventions," Midnight added. She saw the tapes, she saw what everyone else saw. "Hell, he even took down the big machine, a feat no one has ever done in the history of UA. Surely that has to be taken into account."
"Not only that, while everyone was busy running away from that behemoth, he was the only one charging right at it to save that girl," Present Mic continued the praise. "What's her name again? Uracarcar?"
"Ochaco Uraraka." Aizawa corrected.
"I know he is your pretty much your heir, All Might," Nezu sighed, knowing that Izuku was a splendid applicant. "The fact remains though, he is still one without a quirk."
"And is that what really defines a hero?" All Might lashed out, almost enraged of that fact. "He may be quirkless, but he has the guts of any pro hero. I will not back down on Young Midoriya being considered for a spot here at UA!"
"The fact remains, how would everyone else react if they knew he had no quirk? Should we simply turn a blind eye, simply because of your word?" Nezu shot back. "I know he's a young and capable boy, I know you've known him for a portion of your life, but can we really train a hero with no quirk whatsoever?"
"If I may add, sir?" Aizawa asked. He's been the only one who hasn't said much since the meeting began.
"Speak your mind, Aizawa." Nezu gave him the spotlight.
"Well, I agree with what you're saying, about Izuku not having a quirk," the pro hero wasn't going to argue that point. "It's one thing not having a quirk, it's another thing having a civilian play hero for the hell of it."
"Aizawa." All Might didn't like anything he just said, his angry facial expression said it all.
"I'm not finished," Aizawa continued. "While yes, his ability of not having a quirk is a hindrance, that's only made his resolve much better than any other teenager I have seen in my life as an instructor."
"How so?" Nezu asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, he's made it this far with his gadgets, inventions, whatever," he added. "I've never in my life time, have seen such gadgets like his, be comparable to those who have trained their whole lives with similar quirks."
"I see." He wasn't wrong. That was also a fact, what Izuku lacked, he managed somehow to improve with the use of his intelligence, his resources.
"His resolve, his instincts, his use of resources and where he greatly improves where he lacks, the pros definitely outweigh the cons in this decision," Aizawa was finally coming to his conclusion. "I concur with the rest of my colleagues here, he is an exceptional applicant. Having a quirk or not, shouldn't define who can and can't become a hero."
All the instructors nodded. Aizawa's words definitely were convincingly, especially coming from him who really tries not to contribute to the meetings.
"Is this how everyone feels?" Nezu looked at all the instructors.
Each and every one of them agreed with Aizawa, and of course All Might seemed very happy with how things had played out.
"Well, it seems you managed to sway everyone's thinking there, Aizawa." Nezu took up his white flag of defeat, conceding with all the reasoning in the room. "I concede, Izuku Midoriya has now secured his spot here at UA."
"Thank you so much for your consideration!" All Might bowed at Nezu, showing his sincerest gratitude for the decision.
"Now comes this: where are we placing him with? Class 1A or Class 1B?" Nezu now asked.
"I was thinking, since Aizawa was so convincing with his words, why not with him?" All Might suggested.
"Eh, I'm fine with that." Aizawa didn't fight that suggestion at all, in fact, in his mind, he was quite pleased with All Might's suggestion.
"Are you sure?" Nezu questioned. "He will be your responsibility, along with other students hand picked in your class roster."
"I am sure," the dark haired pale hero confirmed. "After seeing everything that boy has done at the entrance exam, I will definitely see to it that he becomes a great hero, quirk or no quirk."
"You sound like All Might right there." The instructors all took a good laugh at that joke said by Present Mic.
"Oh really?" A menacing aura appeared on Aizawa, giving a death stare to Present Mic.
"It was a joke, a joke!" Every one continued to laugh.
"All right, let's talk about these other applicants…"
…
Izuku had returned home after being at his hideout for sometime.
As he opened the door to his room, he saw Toshinori was already here at the apartment, in the kitchen making an attempt at dinner. "Hey."
"Hey." The two greeted.
"That smells burnt if I'm being honest." Izuku held his chuckle, discerning the smell in the air.
"Laugh it up all you want young Midoriya, one of these days, I will prepare us a nice dinner!" Toshinori took off the saucepan from the stove, done with the meal at hand.
"So, what is dinner?" He walked into the kitchen. He took a glance over at the saucepan. "Uh…"
The two looked at the saucepan, disappointed with whatever the hell Toshinori made. "Well it was supposed to be fried noodles…"
"These look nothing like noodles…" Whatever if was, the saucepan had burnt goo of some kind. Either way, the two knew that this would be the death of them if they tried it.
"Yeah," Toshinori threw the whole saucepan in the trash. "Looks like we're ordering something tonight."
"We order something every night," Izuku continued to chuckle as he made his way to the living room, He then noticed a letter on the coffee table with his name on it. "What's this?"
"Letter from UA, it came as soon as I got home," Toshinori came into the room. "Well, open it."
Izuku was hesitant but with a quick assurance to himself, he opened the letter. A small puck like projector was in it. He placed it on the coffee table.
"I AM HERE AS A PROJECTION!" It was Toshinori as his superhero persona, All Might.
"Huh, me being on video makes me look fatter to be honest." Toshinori saw himself as the projector played.
"I think you look great." Izuku complimented.
"YOU ALREADY KNOW ME, YOUNG MIDORIYA!" It continued. "AND FOR THAT I'LL SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE FOR A LONG INTRODUCTION!"
"YOU HAVE PASSED BOTH WRITTEN AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE ENTRANCE EXAM!"
Izuku's eyes widened with joy. He had passed.
"YOU ARE A SPECIAL CASE HOWEVER YOUNG MIDORIYA!"
The teenage boy didn't know what he meant. He turned to look at the real All Might.
He pointed at the projector, implying to continue to listen.
"TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO!"
The projector now showed footage of the instructors, nothing from the exams.
Izuku look confused, was this something else?
"The fact remains though, he is still one without a quirk."
Izuku was at a shock. The instructors knew about him, about not having a quirk. And it seemed that, that was at an impasse of his acceptance at UA.
The projector came back to All Might.
"YES, EVERY INSTRUCTOR KNOWS ABOUUT YOUR LACK OF A QUIRK!"
Izuku's joy seemed to have left him. His current emotion was that of sadness, knowing where this was going now.
"HOWEVER!"
Upon hearing that, his sudden realization quickly changed. What did he mean by that? He turned to look at All Might, with him still pointing at the projector with a smile.
"YOUR INSTINCTS, YOUR VAST RESOURCES, YOUR RESOLVE AND HEROISM WAS ENOUGH TO HAVE MOVED EVERY INSTRUCTORS WAY OF THINKING OF WHO AND WHAT MAKES A HERO!"
The projector went back to the video of the instructors.
"But he made his way through with his inventions, hell, he even took down the big machine, a feat no one has ever done in the history of UA. Surely that has to be taken into account."
"Not only that, while everyone was busy running away from that behemoth, he was the only one charging right at it to save that girl."
"He may be quirkless, but he has the guts of any pro hero. I will not back down on Young Midoriya being considered for a spot here at UA!"
"His resolve, his instincts, his use of resources and where he greatly improves where he lacks, the pros definitely outweigh the cons in this decision, I concur with the rest of my colleagues here, he is an exceptional applicant. Having a quirk or not, shouldn't define who can and can't become a hero."
Each and every instructor praised Izuku for what he has shown and proven at the exam.
Izuku felt a tear stroll down his cheek.
"IZUKU MIDORIYA, YOU ARE HERE BY, BEEN ACCEPTED TO UA!"
His one simple tear turned to streams of joy.
"Well my boy, you made it." Toshinori patted the boy's back, happy that Izuku had finally made his way to UA in his own path.
"Thank you for this!"
"No my boy," Toshinori hugged the boy, with his own tears streaming down his cheeks. "Thank you."
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
I also wanted to let you guys know that I am writing a One Punch Man, PI AU fanfic called Noir City, along with frequent updates on both Three Monkeys, a Food Wars Fantasy AU fanfic and The Dark Rose, a Fairy Tail Modern AU fanfic. If you guys got nothing to read, I really hope you guys can check these out as well!
Well that's about it, I'll see you guys at the next update.