I changed the perspective of this story from here on from 1st person view to 3rd person view. Hopefully it'll allow for more characters to get their spotlight when we get into the next arc.
Episode 4
"Start Line"
"What are you made of?" Principal Nezu contemplates as the zero-point faux villains begin to make their way crashing through buildings.
Meanwhile in Site A…
"Isn't that a bit excessive!?" Akashi shouts as he punches apart a piece of debris about to fall onto him. The blonde girl with the bow lines up and begins to fire at it trying to push it back. "What are you doing, we need to get out of the line of fire!"
"Shut up!" The girl shouts at Akashi causing him to grit his teeth. He looks around and realizes why she's shooting. A male examinee was strapped under a large piece of rubble and the zero-pointer was headed straight for him.
"I'll get him!" Akashi declares to the girl as he runs past her and straight towards the rubble. However, when Akashi gets over to the rubble the male examinee looks almost at peace.
"You don't need to help me, I already know I won't be harmed." The examinee retorts causing Akashi to sigh.
"Why is everybody so freaking weird!? C'mon!" Akashi growls as he moves to push the rubble upwards but realizes it's much heavier than he thought. "Damn…"
"What's taking so long?" The girl asks as she runs over while still firing shots at the zero-pointer as it gets continuously closer and closer.
"It's too heavy, I can't lift it by myself." Akashi explains with the girl then de-materializing her bow and getting under the rubble to start pushing.
"Well come on then!" She retorts causing Akashi to wonder why he always gets stuck with the crazy women. The two then both begin to lift and manage to just lift it up for the male examinee to get out from under.
"And this is when we move…" The examinee suddenly retorts as he tackles the girl and Akashi just out of the way as the zero-pointers foot comes crashing down.
Meanwhile in Site B…
"The zero-point obstacle!" Caleb shouts as he shrinks to just narrowly avoid the falling debris. Suddenly, the 'teleporter' from before begins zipping up the side of the faux villain trying to make his way to the top. "Wait stop!"
The teleporter realized it too late, but the faux villain manages to deploy a counter measure right into the him knocking him unconscious and beginning to fall back towards the ground.
"I don't have time to think, just move!" Caleb mutters to himself as he begins to grow and grow larger than ever before.
~Flashback from Caleb's POV~
"When had I let our promise take over my morals? It was a question that I've begun to ask myself a lot after we saved Heatro. I was suddenly so concerned with possibly getting in trouble, that I put people's lives under my dream. I can't let that happen anymore!" I declared to myself as Jayce just laughed. "What?"
"You're so worried about that, but you were the one who charged into that fire. You have a good heart, so even if you don't make it into UA, you'll definitely become a hero." Jayce told me with me nodding. "However, that just means I'll be in UA all by my lonesome."
"Nice try, we're getting in together. No doubt about it!" I told him confidently.
~Flashback Ends~
With one hand, he catches the teleporter placing him on a nearby roof and with the other he launches a punch straight at the zero-pointer breaking it apart! It begins to fall back and as it does, Caleb starts to stumble as well due to the incredible strain of growing so large in such a short time. Suddenly he returns to his original height and begins falling only to be suddenly caught by an examinee who seems to be standing on air.
"Dude, that was so cool!" The examinee remarks in awe with the faux villain making a loud crash as it slams into the ground.
"I… have to keep going. I… can't fail in my promise." Caleb manages to mutter as he falls unconscious.
"TIME'S UP!" Present Mic declared throughout all the sites with relieved and worried sighs to be heard all around. The air walking examinee got back down to the streets laying Caleb on the ground.
"Woah, that dude had such an incredible Quirk. I wonder how many points he got?" An onlooker would comment.
"I didn't see him defeat a single villain weirdly enough," Another person would chime in with the air walker examinee looking at Caleb.
It wouldn't be long after that when Recovery Girl made her way into each of the testing sites healing those that needed it. Everyone would be sent home for the day while the teachers at UA got the point totals together to decide who makes it into the school. Slowly, Caleb would begin to wake up in a temporary foster house where him and Jayce would be staying while they tried for the UA entrance exam.
"Hey, you're awake!" Jayce exclaims excitedly rushing over to the couch where Caleb was sat on.
"Ow, not so loud." Caleb cringes as he tries to sit up.
"My bad. So, how'd you do?" Jayce asks Caleb in anticipation. Caleb just sort of looks away avoiding Jayce's eyes.
"I… didn't get a single point." Caleb manages to get out with him beginning to tear up. Jayce sat there in shock. He never thought if his friend didn't pass, that it'd be so clear cut. "All that training we did, and I was so useless."
"What happened?" Jayce asks confused at how his friend could get such a bad a of a score.
"I just completely froze up. I couldn't find any that weren't already being destroyed." Caleb explains as he tries to hold himself back from crying.
"I'm sorry bro, I really don't know what to say." Jayce replies feeling guilty that he had done so well and couldn't do anything for Caleb.
Meanwhile Akashi and Kagura celebrate their success at the entrance exam.
"I totally made it in, I was kicking ass left and right!" Kagura declares excitedly with Akashi just sighing to himself.
"I didn't really get to do too much during the end, but I got a lot of points during the first half, so I should be fine." Akashi retorts thinking back to how he had saved the examinee who was trapped. Akashi would look down contemplating something.
"Something bothering you?" Kagura asks curiously.
"It's Alfred. Everyone is grouped together during that speech that Present Mic gave by schools. He should've been sitting next to the two of us, so why wasn't he?" Akashi thinks aloud as he leans back in his chair.
"That's a good point. Maybe he was lying when he said he was going to UA?" Kagura offers up as Akashi shakes his head.
"He's never lied to me before. But if he did… I'll find him and beat his ass!" Akashi retorts confidently with Kagura facepalming.
"You do realize you've never won against him, right?" Kagura says with Akashi scoffing.
"I'm better than I was then, I wouldn't lose." Akashi remarks while really, he's just hoping he wasn't fooled like Kagura thinks he was.
The next few days would be hard for the UA examinees as they dread the acceptance or denial letter coming in the mail. However, it was finally the day that letters would be sent out and the fate of the examinees would be decided!
Jayce would stand in the front of the house holding his and Caleb's letters debating what to do about Caleb's letter. "This is the first day he hasn't been unconscious for more than 8 hours… but why bother? He'll probably be denied and just go into a depressed state again."
"Is that the letter?" Caleb would ask having creaked the door open.
"Yeah…" Jayce would reply with Caleb hesitating.
"Please let me open it," Caleb retorts surprising Jayce with him handing over Caleb's letter. Caleb closes his eyes and sits down.
"I'll go inside…" Jayce says going inside to give Caleb his space. Caleb would stare at the letter before opening it and taking out some sort of device that he places down. Suddenly it sparks to life!
"I am here as a projection!" All Might declares from the projection freaking Caleb out.
"All Might!?" Caleb shouts in shock as All Might wasn't apart of UA's faculty to his knowledge.
"I bet you're wondering why I'm here talking to you! HAHAHAHA it's very simple! I'm the newest teacher at U.A.!" All Might explains with Caleb's eyes going wide before he looks down realizing he won't get in and get to meet his hero. "As you probably know, even if you passed the written exam you failed the practical exam because you didn't receive a single point."
Time freezes for Caleb. He knew that he wasn't going to make it, but to hear it from his hero and someone he admires, it made the punch to the gut even worse.
"That is, if that was there was to the practical exam. The entrance exam the other day was not graded only on villain points! How can a hero course reject people who save others and do the right thing? This is a job that requires risking one's life to put that lip service into practice! Rescue points!" All Might suddenly declares with Caleb's eyes growing wide with anticipation. "Graded by a panel of judges, it's the other basic ability we at U.A. look at! Caleb Finch, sixty points! You pass."
"This is… this is too crazy." Caleb lets out excitedly.
"Come, Caleb Finch. This is your hero academia!" All Might finishes as the video ends completely. Caleb couldn't contain his excitement has he burst back into the house excitedly with Jayce looking at him confused.
"I made it!" Caleb declares as Jayce jumps up excitedly and the two begin to celebrate as both had been accepted into U.A.
