None for all CH: 3
The worst is yet to come
Authors note: Hi welcome to chapter 3: I tried to make this chapter longer with shorter paragraphs. Also I am going to a third person perspective to get a more show like feel.
Principal Nedzu was reviewing the practical scores for the hero course, normally there was something worth noting. First the highest placed student got 0 rescue points, even the psychopathic Endeavor got some rescue points on his entrance exam. He would inform Aizawa to look out for signs of trouble from Bakugo. The other 35 have nothing notable about them. He thought as he put down the list, but just before he closed the desk his mind jumped to something that he read but did not comprehend. Flinging the desk back open and rapidly scanning through the file again he found it. It took all of his composure to not yell out "The 13th placed student has no quirk!"
Izuku was walking into U.A. as a student and ironically he was far more nervous now that he was a student than when he was here for an exam. He was the first one on school grounds, the only people there besides him were janitors and other set up workers. He waited in the library until 20 minutes before classes started reading about faculty and staff, he could not afford to be unprepared.
When he got to the classroom he was only slightly phased by the massive size of the door. He noticed there was one other person there. It was the tall guy with the engine legs. The guy calmly walked up to him and said "My name is Tenya Lida. I went to Somei Private Acadamy. It is nice to meet you."
Midoriya tried to respond calmly but a stutter crept into his voice "I am Izuku Midoriya and I went to Orudera Middle School. It is a pleasure to meet you as well. Is the door still locked?"
Lida developed a blush on his face as he admitted "I actually have not checked yet." He then opened the door revealing that it was unlocked the whole time. The two went inside and took seats. Lida took a seat on the door side near the back while Midoriya took the back seat far away from the door. 5 minutes later students slowly began to file in. Bakugo arrived just two minutes before the class started and immediately got into a debate (near physical fight) with Lida over whether it was ok to put your feet on the desk. Interestingly he seemed not to notice a few seconds later the girl from the testing day appeared and Midoriya's heart skipped a beat as she walked directly towards him.
"Hi! I'm Ochako Uraraka!" She beamed with a smile that seemed larger than her face "I'm glad you made it in, what's your name?"
Midoriya could not help but smile as he replied "Izuku Midoriya, I am glad to see you here to."
Bakugo overheard this and turned around… sure enough Deku was there. Before he could put the brat in his place though the teacher entered. As soon as everyone was quiet Aizawa said
"Alright it took 7 seconds before you were all quiet. Time is limited, you kids are not rational enough. I'm your homeroom teacher, Shota Aizawa"
On hearing this midoriya could not suppress a grin. The grin was two fold, on the one hand Eraser head is one of the most notable heroes despite avoiding media attention. On the other his quirk would be instrumental in keeping the rest of the class in line, he could not help but think "his quirk makes them like me, if only for a few seconds"
Aizawa continued "It's kind of sudden" as he pulled out a U.H. Sports Uniform "But put this on and head out to the field". As they went to the lockers Midoriya was blindsided by Bakugo. Midoriya punched him as the other boys in the class pulled them apart.
Lida waved his arms as he yelled "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING?"
Midoriya simply said "He attacked me for no reason, as fitting for what amounts to a villain in waiting."
At this point the boy who got in through recommendations he had half fire and half ice asked "do you too know each other?"
Bakugo seething with anger (his ground state) yelled "Of course I know this quirkless bastard!"
The other boys looked confused for a moment, midoriya could tell that the confusion was due to them not being able to comprehend the notion that one of their class could be a quirkles, below the untouchables, below all except in the strictest legal sense. It was then that Midoriya knew what to say.
"He's half right." Their expressions normalized until he said "I'm not a bastard though."
Lida was still mulling it over as they walked out onto the field, it was true that he had not seen Midoriya use a quirk at any point in the test, but he attributed that to being so stressed himself that he did not notice it. Given the way that Midoriya defeated the training bots he assumed that he has some precision quirk that was hard to detect. Lida actually found the green haired boy more impressive now, assuming that as a hero he would have access to support for his shortcomings then he saw no reason that Midoriya could not succeed. He would probably never be topflight. Saving the girl by pulling her out from under a rock will never be as impressive as destroying a gargantuan villain in a single strike. He instead saw Bakugo as insecure, to assault another student because they had a less potent power was the definition of non-heroic. When they got out to the field they were told that it was a quirk assessment test.
After everyone shouted it out in shock. Uraraka asked "What about the entrance ceremony? The orientation?"
Aizawa replied monotonously "I'f you're going to become a hero, you don't have time for such leisurely events.U.A.'s selling point is how unrestricted its school traditions 's also how the teachers run their classes. You kids have been doing these since junior high, too, right? Physical fitness tests where you weren't allowed to use your quirks. The country still uses the averages of these results not accounting for the full physical ability of most students. It's not rational. The ministry of education is still procrastinating on this matter. Bakugo, you finished at the top of the practical exam, right?"
Bakugo seemed startled to be mentioned but he nodded as Aizawa continued "In junior high, what was the result of your softball throw?" Bakugo swallowed his pride as he answered "67 meters."
Aizawa then told him to try using his quirk for it. Bakugo stepped up to the plate and threw it, adding an explosion at the end causing it to go a whopping 705.2 meters just over 7 times Midoriya's best throw of 98.5 meters.
As this happened Aizawa continued "know your own limits first, that is the most rational way to form the foundation of a hero."
Everyone around Midoryia was getting excited but that one pitch had shatered his confidence, Bakugo did not work at all for what he had been gifted, and that gift completely outclassed Midoriya's entire life's work.
Aizawa seemed determined to add more bad news as he said "very well then, the person with the lowest average physical scores will be deemed without potential and be eliminated."
Midoryia completely missed the rest of his speech. He knew that his only option was to push his body as hard as he could on all 8 tests and hope that one of the others had been lazy enough that he could exceed them.
Lida and Uraraka heard the rest of it, the former was scared but invigorated while the latter thought that it was merely unfair. For a brief moment Lida thought 'Midoriya is quirkles, there seems to be no way through this for him' but then he remembered that of all the people from that entrance exam Midoriya made it through… he could not discount him yet.
After all the tests Midoriya found he had little reason to be worried. He found himself getting 2nd-5th place in most categories and closely at that. The ball throw and grip strength had crushing differences but his athletic abilities for the most part kept up even with quirks like they got through to the end They all pensively awaited aizawa's report.
Results
Izuku Midoriya
Momo Yaoyorozu
Shoto Todoroki
Katsuki Bakugo
Tenya Iida
At this point Midoryia stopped reading. By some miracle he was able to take first. Or was it a miracle really, Momo and him had similar circumstances he did overhear someone mention that her quirk was too slow to use in most of the tests, she got through it on sheer athleticism like him, she was taller to be sure but that hopefully would not last too much longer, after all girls hit puberty far sooner than boys to that might even out, but his training was such that he was able to surpass lida and backugo. But the more he thought about it he realized why. Bakugo was worse at everything outside the dash, long jump and ball throw while lidda was worse at everything outside of the long distance run and the dash. He could not help but smile as every boy in the class stared at him.
At this point Aizawa dropped the bombshell on them "by the way I lied about the expulsion, it was necessary to draw out your upper limits. Do not mistake me, I will drop anyone who I deem without potential so I recommend you all act as if being in last place will always result in expulsion, because it always can."
With that the rest of the day passed uneventfully. As Midoriya left the school he was approached by Iida.
"I was really taken in by Mr. Aizawa. I even thought, "this is the best of the best" and such. I didn't think that a teacher would encourage us with a lie."
I began to respond but he continued "although considering his follow up it wasn't entirely untrue." At this point Midoriya heard what was rapidly becoming his favorite voice yell
"Hey! You two! Going to the station? Wait for me!"
"Uraraka." I stammered out
"You're the infinity girl aren't you?" Iida asked.
"I'm Ochaco Uraraka" she told him.
"It's nice to meet you, I am tenya Iida" he replied.
While they were walking to the station Uraraka asked "Why does bakugo call you deku? I mean," she said blushing "I know your name is Izuku but why does he call you worthless?"
Midoria responded "it's probably because I'm quirkless… actually no, it's definitely that"
Her mouth closed almost entirely as she said "oh." After a second she said "but hey, quirk or no quirk you got in, placed first in the fitness test… and saved me." She muttered the last part to quietly for anyone but her to hear at the end. I would consider deku to mean "you can do it"
"Hmm, when you put it that way I really like it" Deku answered.
Authors note: I am unsure if Midoriya will become the user of one for all yet. Also in this variant there is no complicated friendship between him and Bakugo, the just hate each other. I am planing on having them get over it, the last thing I want is malfoy in MHA.