By the way just so you know, i try to upload every other week since i have exams to deal with, and i try to upload at 24:00 GMT+1 on either saturday, sunday, monday and if you're lucky then mabey wednesday or thursday as well. Also, I refer you back to the second paragraph of what i said at the beginning of chapter two, maybe you'll figure out why.
Important note: In japanese culture, if you know the person well, or are close with them, then you call them by their first name, but if you only just met, then you call them by their second. This will be very relevant in this chapter, and you'll know why if you read.
Hope you enjoy the chapter!
"Oh, no!" = spoken out loud
'Oh, no!' = thought in head
- insert song name here - = play or switch to the song
"I am here!" = All Might (Hero Form)
"I am here" = All Might (Normal Form)
"Save" = Unknown
I do not own "Boku no Hero Academia"
The first day of school had Izuku feeling both anxious and excited, but either way he'd do his best to make a good first impression, but right now he hadn't even left the house, as for the last ten minutes his mother had been fussing over him making sure he was prepared for even a war.
The motherly love was endearing but it was starting to get a bit tiring.
Izuku sighed in amusement, "Mum, I think I'm good to go, I'm pretty sure I have everything" he explained while smiling warmly.
The teary eyed mother looked to her son in slight displeasure as she wanted to make sure that nothing bad would happen, and that if it did, her beloved boy was ready for it, "Are you sure?" she asked with worry still softly clinging to her voice, "Do you have your first aid kit, a handkerchief, my phone number on speed dial, what about the emergency number, do you remember that?" she frantically listed.
Smiling brightly while putting an assuring hand on his mother's shoulder Izuku spoke, "yes, yes, yes, and the emergency number is only three digits, so again, yes" Izuku chronologically answered while slightly tightening the already comforting grip that he had on his mother's shoulder and then embracing his mother warmly before saying "I love you, but I need to go"
His mother was silent as she stayed in his embrace, but he could tell she had become less panicked and worried as he noticed her stiff posture soften as she leaned into his hug more, "Just… don't get into any trouble?" she softly requested.
"You know I won't" Izuku comfortingly reassured.
Separating from each other Izuku made his way to the door where he opened it about to leave, but looking back once more he saw his teary eyed mother smiling and waving at him with her own tissue that she then used to loudly blow her nose in an unexpected comical moment getting a giggle from Izuku as he looked and moved forward, closing the door behind him.
Along the way to UA, Izuku encountered Himiko where they began to talk about their expectations from their first day at school. The walk wasn't long, but the talk was. They discussed how there was likely to be an aptitude test even though they had done the exams. They also questioned what the facilities would be like, and although Izuku had already seen some, he was still curious himself of what he hadn't yet seen.
The topics changed, diverged and split with what they were originally talking about going on several tangents until eventually landing on the current topic of why Izuku still called Himiko, Himiko. She had actually paid little attention to it, but when someone pointed it out before, it caused her to stop in her tracks, so she brought it up know.
Izuku and her had been friends for years, in fact it was over a decade now that they had been the best of friends, and basically since they had known each other they had been inseparable, so himiko was curious as to why Izuku still called the faithful friend by only her name and not a nickname like she did for him, she was curious was all.
Turning to Izuku as they walked Himiko asked a bit hesitantly, "h-hey, Izu. Why do you only call me Himiko?" the blond bun haired girl questioned while slightly tilting her head in wonder.
Continuing to look forward, Izuku slightly tilted his head up in thought before turning to Himiko himself and giving a simple answer, "Because I like it." the unsatisfyingly answering boy said.
Himiko righted her previously tilted head and gave a pout, knowing that he hadn't given her the full truth, and kept the real reason for himself, "Come on, what's the real reason why?" Persisted the curious girl.
Izuku exhaled from his nose sharply as his shoulders suddenly dropped slightly. He knew he'd eventually tell her anyway, she had always been tenacious, and she would get her way sooner or later, so turning away from Himiko he spoke "It's because that's the person I know you as. I know you as Himiko." He explained while looking forward once more.
Sadly, the answer kind of befuddled Himiko, as she wasn't entirely sure what he meant, so furrowing her brow in confusion she asked, "What's that mean?"
The sun decided to appear from behind the houses that had been concealing it and began to flow over Izuku as he spoke, "It means exactly what I said. When I first found you, and when I first asked what your name was, you answered Himiko, so that's who I came to know you as." Izuku smiled happily in reminiscence as he once more tilted his head up in thought, while Himiko looked to the sun-soaked boy she had also come to know.
"You haven't changed since I first met you, so you're still Himiko to me. Your name changed, but you didn't. You got stronger, smarter, faster, but still you stayed the same. Even your appearance has developed, but you're still the same childish, reckless, fun friend I met all those years ago." Izuku said while smiling with the glow of the sun still washing over him, "So to answer your question, I call you Himiko, because I know you as Himiko."
Himiko stared silently at Izuku for a solid couple seconds having the light from Izuku himself soak over her, before finally smirking acceptingly as she hopped ahead of him and proudly proclaimed, "Bet you can beat me to UA!" before sprinting away giggling at full pelt, were Izuku soon followed smirking himself.
Flying under the school's arch way, Izuku had his legs burning slightly but he was neither sweating nor out of breath, and apparently neither was Himiko, "Ha-ha, slowpoke, it took you long enough to get here, I've been waiting for you for the last couple minutes!" the joyfully smiling girl gloated.
Izuku sighed as he walked up to Himiko, "yeah, yeah, i get it, you won. You always do when we don't use quirks" Izuku admitted slightly downtrodden.
Himiko smirked as she slung an arm around her slightly taller friend, "Aw, don't worry, we both know that I specialise in speed, and we both know that if we did use quirks, I wouldn't stand a chance" The girl encouraged.
The two laughed as they walked towards the school, at which point they asked each other what class they were in, and apparently, they were in the same one, class 1A.
The way to class took slightly longer than either of them would have liked since neither of them knew the way, but after asking for directions from a passing teacher that looked like he had a large yellow mechanical head, they finally found their way.
Coming down the hallway to the class, with his enhanced hearing Izuku could hear the muffled sound of someone shouting, and from what Izuku could tell, it was the blue haired guy from the exam reprimanding someone within the classroom, but for now Izuku shrugged it off as he and Himiko walked closer to the class.
The door to 1A was incredibly large, likely for students with size altering quirks Izuku figured, and opening it revealed what he had previously suspected, of the square rimmed glasses guy reprimanding someone, with that someone being Katsuki. Apparently Katsuki was being lectured for having his legs up on the table, which according to the one repeatedly chopping his arm, was disrespectful to the people who made it.
Katsuki gave a glare towards the dark blue haired boy in front of his desk, but taking his legs off it, he merely said, "pleased?" which was a lot better of a reaction than what he once might have given.
Neither Himiko or Izuku made a sound, but apparently just entering the room was enough to make the almost robotic boy aware of their presence, because pivoting in place he turned and looked straight towards Izuku then rushed over faster than expected, now standing right in front of the two.
Suddenly the boy bowed forward at a perfect 90-degree angle and stuck his arm forward open palmed, making Izuku confused as to if he was pointing at something like he always did, or wanted a hand shake.
"Hi, I'm Iida Tenya, and i wanted to apologize for misjudging you!" the now named Iida Tenya loudly proclaimed, catching the attention of all the students already seated within the class.
Feeling like the spotlight was once again shining on Izuku with all attention on him, Katsuki clicked his tongue in annoyance while Izuku himself rubbed the back of his neck and giving an awkward laugh, "Uh, don't worry, it's all good, although I'm not even sure what you're talking about" Izuku said truthfully.
Iida straightened, brought his arm back to his side, and spoke, "Well during the entrance exam, I had assumed that you were naive and wouldn't pass, but then I saw you run and help that girl that had gotten stuck, and even destroyed the robot that was terrorizing everyone" Iida explained
Izuku gave a nod of understanding, "hm, well no harm was done, but I do have to ask, why did you think I was naive?" Izuku questioned curiously.
Iida's eyes widened slightly in likely surprise, "Oh, well, that was because you helped that girl at the start by pulling her with you, which slowed you down, when you could have gotten a better head start, and just before the exam even began you still went to her to help, which could have distracted you and hindered your beginning reaction, but I see now that i was wrong, and you are indeed a better candidate than me" Iida informed as he bowed once more apologetically.
Taking a step back in surprise from Iida's confession, Izuku's eyes widened, before he quickly shook himself away from his hesitance and stepped forward while smiling confidently, "Well I commend you for your understanding of how what I did might have hindered me, but I do have to say that you're thought process is flawed." Izuku stated sharply, causing Iida's lowered head to quickly look up towards Izuku in confusion, "All I did is what I thought was right, and what a hero would do" Izuku explained, but Iida only looked more befuddled, "And what you said about me being better. I thank you for the compliment, but I'm not better than anyone here, so i have to disagree with you" Izuku finished, giving his own makeshift lecture.
Standing back up again, Iida smiled himself, "yes, I think I know what you mean. Thank you for showing me during the exam and explaining!" he gratefully proclaimed.
"Hey, it's you!" a voice shouted behind Izuku.
Turning around Izuku and Himiko saw the brunette that had been saved before during the entrance exam, "Oh, Uraraka, your here too!" Izuku happily exclaimed.
Himiko quickly turned to Izuku, "Wait, this is the one you saved?" she asked while raising an eyebrow.
Izuku turned to Himiko and continued to smile, "Yeah, and I don't think you two have met yet" he said slightly excitedly as he gestured between the two, "Himiko, this is Uraraka Ochako, and Uraraka, this is Himiko Bakugou!" the excitedly introducing boy informed.
Himiko immediately piped up with a jump in her step as she turned to this new person with obvious excitement and a clearly visible joyful smile, "Hey!" she simply greeted
Uraraka brought up a hesitant hand as she tried to smile herself but slightly fell short as she seemed rather awkward, "Hey" she returned
Quickly continuing with her over bubbling joyful attitude, Himiko skipped forward as she grabbed Uraraka's slightly raised hand with two of her own, clasping them around it and bringing it down then up in a repeating motion as a sort of forceful handshake, "You helped Izu when he needed it so I wanted to thank you for being there for him when I couldn't!" the overbearing girl thanked with a happy smile on her face.
Uraraka seemed surprised by not only Himiko's… large personality, but also by the fact that she had been thanked, "Uh, I-I didn't do much at all, Midoriya was the one who defeated the zero pointer" the girl unconfidently said as she got continuously man handled by the grateful Himiko.
Himiko let up on her brutish handshake and looked Uraraka the eyes as she gave a displeased pout, "Nonsense! Izuku wouldn't have been able to take that thing down if you hadn't have helped. Also, you guys didn't fight a zero pointer" she corrected determinedly.
Uraraka's face took on a puzzled look, "huh? What was attacking everyone then?" Uraraka asked.
Himiko shrugged while still clasping Uraraka's hand, "Dunno, but whatever it was, it was much worse than the zero pointer. I fought one myself, and I'd still never want to go up against what you guys did" Himiko said truthfully while keeping a straight face.
Uraraka's face suddenly lit up with recognition, "Wait, Izuku said your name was Himiko! You came 2nd in the exam with 133 points! and you willingly fought the zero pointer!" Uraraka exclaimed in disbelief as she realised who she was talking to.
Himiko's face once again lit up as she smiled from ear to ear, "Yep!" she happily confirmed.
Unexpectedly, someone from within the class quickly stood up in their chair, "Wait, you're the one that was in my zone and took out that giant metal thingy!" screamed the floating clothes in surprise.
Himiko leaned back and looked in from the doorway, "Oh yeah, I remember you" the acknowledging girl said with a plain face.
Next a girl with pink skin pipped up excitedly, "Did she really take out the thing that was like twice the size of a house?!" she questioned astounded.
The floating clothes that fit the form of what was likely a girl, turned towards the pink haired girl, "Yeah, she made the thing punch itself in its own stupid little face!" she exclaimed energetically.
Himiko's smile morphed in a smirk as she pulled Uraraka into the classroom and slung an arm around Izuku, "If you think that was impressive, these two took out one that was three times the size!" she yelled out over the class.
The invisible girl then turned back to the three, "Really?!" she screamed once again in disbelief and un-visible astonishment.
The pink skinned and pink haired girl spoke up as she looked directly at Izuku, "Hey, you're that kid that was in the news a couple months back!" she shouted as she pointed at him, "I get to be in class with someone who's basically already a hero!" she yelled in excitement, and as Izuku looked over the class, all attention was on him.
His cheeks slightly increased in heat as he was sure they began to turn red from embarrassment, but he was resolute and after swallowing the lump in his throat he smiled confidently and gave a silent nod which he hoped gave a good first impression.
Abruptly a voice came from outside the class, "All of you are wasting time" came the bodyless and tired sounding voice.
The three at the front all turned their heads stiffly towards the door, and upon looking down slightly, it revealed a plump yellow thing, with a face poking out from the front of it. The sharp face looked like it was already deceased as the eyes were sunken with heavy bags easily equal to Izuku's under them.
The plump yellow thing suddenly started to unzip, which Izuku then recognised as a sleeping bag, and from within an arm came out with its hand holding a drink which was quickly consumed before the man inside the bag spoke again, "It took all of you twelve seconds to quiet down" it informed disinterestedly as it began to exit the bag and stand.
The man who wore mainly black attire aside from the grey scarf wrapped around his neck, than walked to the front of the class past the three, while dragging his bag behind him, "disappointing, next time be faster" he commented as he reached down into his lumpy bag and pulled out several blue P.E. outfits, "Get changed and meet me out on the field, and this time do it quickly" he said dropping the clothes on the front desk before leaving.
The class stayed silent for a couple seconds while everyone tried to process the event that had just passed, but it didn't last long and quickly people left for the changing rooms.
Now out on the field the supposed teacher seemed unimpressed with everyone that stood before him, "Okay, I'll make this simple, you're gonna be tested on your abilities to see were all of your limits are." He informed as he typed away on a tablet.
Everyone listened intently and didn't make a comment or try to interrupt him. He looked up from the tablet and looked over the students that were stood in front of him, "Do you remember those fitness tests you did in middle school before?"
He paused for a second to see if anyone would answer his rhetorical question, "Well you're going to be doing that, but this time you're allowed to use your quirks" he looked towards Izuku with eyes that seemed to secretly be assessing him, "you placed first in the entrance exam, how far could you throw a softball in middle school?" he asked addressing Izuku directly.
Izuku slightly shuttered under the harsh gaze of his teacher, "Uh, 76 meters" he answered hesitantly.
The man lightly threw a softball that seemed to have some sort of mechanism wrapping around it towards Izuku, "stand in the circle and throw the ball as far as you can" he ordered tiredly.
Izuku did as he said and walked into the chalk circle on the dirt ground, then he began to transform into his evolved state catching a few gasps from the other students, with a couple comment on how "cool" he looked.
In his draconic state he brought back his wings, then peering at the teacher who was still stood to his right only a couple meters away he suggested, "You might want to stand a bit farther back" he said, and as told, the teacher joined the line of awaiting students who were stood several meters away, which was probably good enough.
Izuku then looked towards the sky as he heartily flapped his wings sending him piercingly fast straight up, leaving a dense dust cloud down were he once stood. After reaching a suitably high altitude, Izuku began to stabilize himself mid-air with lighter continuous flaps of his wings.
Then concentrating 15% of One for All throughout his body, Izuku mightily threw the ball even further straight up into the air, earning a suitable amount of air visibly flow over it as it careened upward, then waiting for the ball to begging to fall Izuku with his empowerment of One for All flexed his wings making sure to get as powerful a beat as possible.
His wings snapped behind him and he disappeared from his previous position in the air within an instant, before being seen traveling blurringly fast through the air as it whipped around his draconic aerodynamic form. Twisting mid-air at his break neck speed, Izuku brought his leg back, finally forcefully bringing it back forth and having it collide incredibly powerfully with the ball, causing an ear deafening boom to resonated throughout the area, as the ball itself was sent soaring through the sky with new found speed.
Izuku let himself fall to the ground before softly flapping his wings to slow his decent, and when he landed, it was perfectly within the circle still.
Izuku devolved and looked over to his classmates with a smile on his face, and several if not most looked back with obvious awe, while one opted for a more stoic expression, and although the teacher for the most part still seemed disinterested, he had an eyebrow raised, making Izuku a bit proud of his accomplishment.
Izuku walked back to the line of students and the teacher passed him along the way, switching places. As he passed the teacher, Izuku caught his eye as they both read the other.
Somehow the two keen eyed individuals, after less than a second, analysed each other and knew more about the other. Izuku got a clear glimpse of the man's smooth black iris eyes that as they parted had a flash of sympathy were Izuku thought he somehow understood his pain.
The man seemed tired and uncaring at first glance, with his stubble and slouched posture, but Izuku saw something more. The man's eye lids drooped giving the impression of laxness, but his eyes were actually sharp and secretly calculating.
Izuku got back to his classmates and he received many a praise for his spectacle that he pulled off, and none of them even knew the distance yet. Soon they did though, when the teacher finally turned the tablet around, revealing that Izuku had gotten a solid distance of 1.4km with his magnificent kick. As the teacher held the table for the students to see, Izuku looked at the him instead, but the teacher didn't look back to Izuku and instead kept up his disinterested facade.
A couple of the students reacted very positively to the score Izuku achieved with a few students commenting on how fun and cool the hero course in UA would be if they could use their quirks.
As Izuku continued to look towards the teacher though, he noticed something flash again in the man's eyes this time, but instead of sympathy, it looked more malicious.
Suddenly, looking towards the man, it suddenly clicked who he was. The long grey scarf, the tired attitude, the sharp eyes, and finally, the yellow grated metal goggles that Izuku noticed peeked out from under the scarf that they were cunningly tucked under. This man was the underground hero who tended to work at night and used his eye Quirk to erase a villain's own quirk, then would use his fighting skill and extraordinary scarf that he wielded like a weapon and capture tool to apprehend the enemy. He was the hero who hated publicity, Eraser Head.
Eraser Head spoke up, "So, you think this will be fun?" he said as he brought his hand to his head and ran his fingers through his black hair, "You think that becoming a hero will be easy, and you can just skate through it?" Bringing his hair back he lifted his head clearly displaying his face that only showed cruelty, "This exam is to find your limits, so you can break through them, plus ultra, but if you think you don't have to try, then I'll tell you right now that you're wrong" his harsh eyes peered down at the students as a vicious smile spread across his face, "The one who comes last in this test, will be expelled" he announced spitefully causing a shiver to go down many a student as they stood under his oppressing gaze.
Izuku shuddered himself, even though he knew better. The man he had analysed wouldn't do something like this without reason. It was likely to see if any of the students didn't have any potential, so as long as they seemed promising, wanted to be here and wanted to do the work to actually become a hero at the very least, then they wouldn't be expelled. The threat was more like a sort of encouragement, a twisted encouragement, but effective none the less.
The tests continued soon after that, but it probably started with the most interesting spectacle first, although that isn't to say what happened after wasn't interesting either.
The first event was a fifty-meter dash were Izuku ended up getting paired next to Katsuki. The two exchanged nothing as they lined up, not even a glance was shared, although the scowl that was on Katsuki's face did make him look determined to win. Taking into account that Izuku would be running next to someone, it meant he would be unable to use his wings at the high likelihood the air pressure his wings would produce would hinder the person next to him.
Izuku's plan of action was to evolve then once again concentrate 15% of One for All, all throughout his body, just like he had before and its exactly what he did, immediately starting the dash as soon as the beginning was initiated, bounding to the end at astonishing speeds getting a clean 1.20 second timing, although Izuku imagined he would've been quicker if he used his wings. Katsuki on the other hand got a hasty 3.41 second timing, using his powerful explosions to propel himself, but apparently his own time wasn't fast enough, as when he walked back to the line of students, he had his head down as he faced away from all the others, giving a click of his tongue as he walked past Izuku.
A few more fifty-meter dashes went passed and one boy of note had a large red scar on the left side of his face, with half white hair on his right side and half red hair on his left, matching the large burn mark just below it. Moreover, if memories serves right, he was the one who kept a stoic expression after Izuku's spectacular kick, making Izuku evermore curious about such a person, especially when he used the ice he produced to propel himself across the line.
Himiko came up soon after and got a nice 4.46 second timing which was faster than most, even those who used their quirks, which was surprising since she didn't use one at all, but that would be expected since she trained in speed and agility for several years.
The almost robotic Iida got second place with a very fast 3.04 second timing, using his legs that had engines within them to propel himself and run at a significantly higher speed than most.
The long jump event came later, and it was rather simple, Izuku cleared it by simply flying over, which wasn't all too flashy but definitely got the job done. A unique one was someone repeatedly jumping on extremely elastic purple spheres that they detached from their head, before finally getting enough height to entirely clear the sand pit. The kid even apologised for taking so long, giving a short bow before currying back to the line of students.
What was even more surprising was the fact that actually Himiko managed to clear it. Her natural physical abilities could be considered a quirk in their own exceptional regard. A few other students took their turn at attempting to clear the sand, and although got far they didn't accomplish the feat of clearing the entire thing, and people with more normal physical abilities were heavily disadvantaged making Izuku feel slightly sympathetic.
There were several tests after that with there being a long-distance run test, a push ups test, and a side jump test which Izuku actually came second in, with first place being the purple sphere quirk user who cunningly used their orbs to repeatedly bounce themselves side to side.
One that was slightly interesting though, was the grip strength test, where Izuku used his fighter form which was physically stronger and actually drew with a quirk user that had six arms, with both getting a grip force of 540kg.
The ball distance test was indeed interesting, with Uraraka getting infinity, Izuku recommending Iida use his legs to kick the ball instead of throwing the ball like he planned on doing, and when he kicked the ball he got a very good distance which Iida thanked Izuku for, but one that was particularly interesting was were a short kid with purple elastic spheres on his head kindly asked an attractive tall girl called Momo Yaoyorozu to create the things he had sketched down in a book he had brought with him.
The girl had demonstrated her quirk to be where she can create any item from thin air, but she had to have open skin, and Izuku assumed that there were more drawbacks or limiters to her quirk, but he wasn't aware of them currently aside from an assumption that to create the item the girl had to use some sort of energy source, equal exchange afterall.
The girl seemed hesitant at first but obliged the awkward small boy, upon where she conjured many an item, then after she handed them all to the kid, he thanked her then bopped over to the chalk circle to set up his plan.
After finishing the set up the purple haired boy spoke, "It's unconventional, but it'll work" he said to no one in particular as he slightly adjusted his contraption. He had an aluminium bat, a sleek large barrel with the inside hollowed out in a spiral fashion to make the ball and its aerodynamic end piece spin, likely to making it fly farther, all at a 45-degree angle.
He made a makeshift gun, but instead of gunpowder, he used a lightweight but strong bat as the propellant. He threw the ball in the air then as it came down he smacked it with the bat, making a satisfying dink sound, before the ball shot smoothly through the barrel and as it came shooting out the other end at a high speed, it spun rapidly and with its aerodynamic head piece it cut right through the air, getting a well-deserved 173 meter distance.
Katsuki got to the circle and put his back into his throw, also with an added powerful explosion, causing the ball to soar through the sky for a very far distance before landing at a 1.1km distance, although he seemed once again displeased with the result and decided to give one of his infamous heated glares towards Izuku as he walked back to the opposite side of where they were all lined up.
The test rounded up fairly soon and the teacher revealed at the end of all the tests that the expulsion on being last was a bluff, but Izuku knew that it wasn't so, it was just that everyone one who was there, deserved to be there, but Momo Yaoyorozu seemed to disagree with Izuku's unannounced analysis of the teacher by claiming she predicted that the teacher was merely bluffing and that it was actually "obvious".
Nothing noteworthy happened throughout the rest of the day. They all went to their classes where they were introduced to their teachers and what they would learn, then at the end of it all, they went home.
Uraraka and Iida joined Himiko and Izuku on their walk to the train station, were they had a simple but nice conversation about what lessons they were looking forward to.
Izuku finally got home and he was greeted with a warm hug that he gladly accepted from his mother. He enjoyed his first day at school, but he was glad to be back home.
Hey! i hope you enjoyed, but for now i'd like to go to sleep, because it's 2:45 am as of me typing this and i have school soon, and to make matters even worse, an exam. Good night and sweet dreams~
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Did you know the conversation between Himiko and Izuku about her name was originally gonna be a lot shorter?
Why do you call me Himiko?
Because that's the person I know you as.
Can you call me something other than Himiko? Please.
But i've always known you as Himiko.
Think about how long i've known you though. Can you just not call me Himiko.
Bu- No, i guess you're right...
...I'm sorry.
It's not your fault.
Yes it is.