Chapter 3

Draeson's P.O.V.

Day of the Entrance Exam Practical

Gotta stay focused. With everyone here there has to be at least one applicant with an ideal quirk. Someone that I can channel and set myself apart even if I am using the exact same quirk. That's when I noticed him. A blonde-haired guy, with such an intense focus. He was here to win. To be the very best.

"THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE ANY BUZZERS OR BELLS IN THE REAL WORLD SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?" the voice was loud and almost deafening as the applicants began pouring into the staging area for the practical. There he goes. I move, trying to keep up with him but he is fast, I focus on him, it's a little harder than anticipated while moving but I did it. I established the link and I can feel his power coursing through my body and a new rage and determination different from my own builds up in my chest. He is strong.

I will kill them all! Show them all that I and I alone am going to be the next number one hero!

Shit… this guy is intense… his thoughts poured over my consciousness, separate from his own but clear as crystal.

Right

I know which way he is going. I can stay out of sight and keep close and hopefully wrack up as many points, if not more, than him. Just gotta watch him a little longer to see how he uses this quirk. It feels… explosive.

"DIIEE!" the kid jumped up, mini explosions propelling him upward into the air and down onto the robotic enemy before him. He took it out with ease. That's actually pretty fucking sweet I am not gonna lie. Now it's my turn.

Out of the corner of my eyes I see another one of the enemies. Simple enough to take out. I run towards it, giving myself enough speed before using this kid's quirk to propel myself into the air the same way he did. The heat was hot on my hands but manageable. This kid must have a resistance to his own fires, normally this would be enough to at least lose a finger or two. I manage to come down just as easily and take it out. Yes! Now to keep this up and keep my eyes on him. I did this a few more times, learning more tactics in which he uses his quirk in combat and even as a utility skill to move around with more mobility and speed. This is a guy I want to keep close to me.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING YOU POSER!?" out of nowhere an explosion blinds me, it knocks me out of my path in the air and I hit the ground. Fucking hard. "I'LL KILL YOU!"

Fuck

"Hey look man! I am just trying to pass the test! Same as you!" I try to explain, thinking on my feet and using the explosions to blast myself out of the way as he lands where I had impacted the ground.

"Same as me all right! How do you have my fucking quirk!?"

I don't have time for this… even with his quirk I am still behind him by a bit. Trying to watch him and figure out how to use his quirk took longer and cost me more points than I realized. Gotta get away from him and fast… I darted down an alleyway, extended both my arms and blasted the walls with explosions, causing debris and dust to fly into the air obscuring sight and allowing me to get away.

"Shit… That guy is fucking intense… I need to improvise a new plan." I look at my hands, but I don't feel the power anymore and my suspicion is realized when I can't make the explosions anymore. The link is gone. Must have ran further from him than I anticipated. Before I could even get my brain rolling on a back-up plan another one of the enemies blocks my path. I panic, unsure what to do. I am practically quirkless. That's when I feel it. The presence of another. I look around, trying to catch enough of a glimpse to channel them and use their quirk. Then I see her, running down the street, dodging between the thing's legs, touching it with her hand and suddenly it just starts floating.

Interesting quirk… that's when I see her touch her fingertips together and suddenly the mechanical construct suddenly falls from the sky and crashes against the ground, disabling it. Ok, I can do that. I take off, running down a street parallel to the one she was on and lucky me, two of them are in my path. I dart between their legs like she did, making contact with the metal as I go and once at the end of the street, I turn around to see the two of them hovering in the air and going higher.

Now to make the magic happen! In one fluid motion I press the pads of my fingers together and wait for them to come crashing down! But I am waiting, and waiting. I press them together again and nothing. What is going on!? I look over with enough time to see the girl do the same, so I focus on her as she presses her hands together like before.

Release

A word. All I was missing was a fucking word? Whatever…

"Release!" I press my hands together again as I speak and finally the machines fall from the sky, crashing into the earth. I look over to see the girl give me a determined nod before she runs off, repeating her process again and again.

I find more applicants and learn their quirks and how to use them. Navigating the maze of the practical was a challenge in itself without trying to learn how to use all of these different quirks. Still, by the end of the exam I had managed to come in third.

The following week after the practical I waited eagerly to hear back. There were times I was sure I would get in. Positive they would see the potential I had but other times I felt nothing but defeat, convinced that I could never make the cut. Even if I placed third it could have been a flook. The day I got my acceptance into UA was the happiest I had been in so long. I was more determined than ever to become a pro hero.

Present Day

It was the first day of class and before the bell even rang I had an experience with not one but two people. This Russian girl and another, very strange pink haired girl. Not sure what she was doing all up in my space but all I could catch was her muttering something about her babies…

When class had begun Aizawa had started to put us through some sort of competitive training, with the incentive that whoever scored last would be expelled… Well fuck…