First Day of School
Taniko POV
Cletus and I were walking through the giant campus of UA, trying to find c
"I still can't believe that we both managed to make it!" I said to Cletus in a voice pitch that could nearly shatter glass.
He winced, rubbed his ears, and said, "Yeah… But frankly, I'm not too surprised,"
Giving him a quick glance I responded, "Yeah, from the guy who got first place in the practical…"
"You didn't do so bad yourself,"
"Uh, excuse me…" a small voice called out.
Cletus and I turned around and saw a familiar figure.
"Midoriya! So you also managed to get in!"
Midoriya seemed to relax once he realised who he was talking to. But he looked at Cletus expectantly. Cletus, on his part, didn't miss a beat and walked forward arm extended.
"Name's Kasady Cletus,"
Midoriya seemed confused by the difference in family name, but after a quick glance at our hair and eye color, not to mention my horns, he seemed to understand that Cletus was adopted.
"I was wondering if you guys knew where Classroom 1-A was?"
"We're heading there right now,"
The three of us climbed several flights of stairs discussing the exam. When Cletus mentioned the white-haired explosion boy, Midoriya shivered.
"Oh. That's Kacchan… I just hope he isn't in Class 1-A as well…"
We opened the door to the classroom and… saw Bakugo arguing with the guy with glasses from earlier.
Bakugo turned, and noticed Cletus. The two stared at each other before walking forward and glaring daggers at each other.
"Kasady… I see that you stole my top score," Bakugo said his hands glowing a deep orange and releasing sparks.
"Steal? You mean beat you fair n' square. Listen pal, is that doesn't sit well with you, we can do this right here, RIGHT NOW," Cletus said as his body morphed with the symbiote. He grew an slightly taller and his skin became a slimy blood-red substance. His hand and feet were larger than normal, and had two inch long claws. Pure white eyes in a flame-shaped pattern were the only features on his monstrous head… besides the gaping mouth with a foot long tongue and dozens of needle-like black fangs.
Of course, such a sudden reveal caused nearly everyone in the class to either jump back or fall out of their seats. Taking it upon myself to stop the fight, I froze time on the two of them before pulling Cletus into a chair. After snapping my fingers the two returned to normal. Kasady noticed his new position, sighed and turned around to talk with Kirishima. Bakugo on his part, looked around confused.
"Take your seats everyone," a man in a yellow sleeping bag called out to the class.
"My name is Aizawa Shota, and I will be your homeroom teacher,".
Narrator POV
"A QUIRK APPREHENSION TEST!" the class cried out.
"That's right," Aizawa responded. "You all understand this school's reputation for freedom on campus. That also applies to us teachers as well. You will be tested on eight various physical exercises. In middle school however, you were barred from using your quirks. Now, I want you exploit them as much as you can,"
Aizawa picked up a softball and tossed it to Bakugo.
"How far could you pitch in middle school?"
"Sixty-seven meters,"
"Use your quirk this time. And don't hold back,"
Upon hearing that line, Bakugo gave a sinister smirk.
"You got it…"
Bakugo took in a deep breath. He huffed, and he puffed, and he BLEW AWAY THAT BALL LIKE A BULLET FROM A GUN!
"DIIIIIIEEEEEEE!" he yelled while using an explosion from his hand to boost his throw.
The ball sailed off into the distance before landing. Aizawa pulled out a small device and showed it to the class. A large gasp came from the students when they saw Bakugo's score.
"705 meters?! Unreal!"
"AWESOME!"
"That looks like fun!"
Aizawa scoffed, "Fun… Is that what being a hero means to you. Just perform one act of kindness a day and then enjoy yourselves. If that's what you expected, then too bad. From now on for the next three years of your lives, you can expect trials of hardship, one after another. This is PLUS ULTRA!"
Aizawa POV
First Trial: Fifty Meter Dash
"Alright, first up are Iida and Hiraki," I said.
The two walked up. Despite their quirks both being related to speed, it was clear from their demeanor that they had different experiences and strategies using it. The two got into a running position. The whirring sound of an engine was heard from Iida's legs and Hiraki began vibrating at faster and faster speeds until her features were a blur. I fired the blank to signal them to start, and the two had nearly instantly reached the line. Hiraki managed to cross in 1.73 seconds while it took Iida 3.04 seconds. Very fast, but they were in their element. It is what they do for their other trials that interest me.
The next two people were Asui and Kasady. To be honest, Kasady interested me. A form changing blood-type quirk that was sentient was never heard of before. It would also explain the difference between him and Hiraki, due to their being adopted siblings. As he walked up to the starting line, a red fluid erupted from his back and neck, covering and morphing his body. In my notes, it was revealed that he called this form 'Carnage'. A strange name choice, but fitting. During the exam, he not only displayed quick thinking, incredible strength, and versatility in his attacks, he also had amazing reflexes and agility, almost as if he could see from anywhere on his body. After firing the gun, Asui crossed the line in several large frog leaps, coming in at 5.58 seconds. Kassidy's running style reminded me of that of a cheetah on all fours. He came in at an impressive 4.63 seconds.
"Alright, next up are…"
Final Trial: Softball Pitch
Kasady POV:
So the trials were going fine for both me and Taniko. We hadn't ended up last in any of them so being expelled was out of the question. But we were worried for some of our other classmates.
"Bakugo, since I used you as an example in the beginning, you can sit this one out. Hiraki, you're up first," Aizawa said.
We gave each other a quick nod as she stepped up to the plate. During the trials, a few of us students had introduced ourselves to each other. Kirishima and Tokoyami came over to me.
"Hey Kasady, what do you think she's got up her sleeve for this? I don't think slowing down time is going to help her pitch faster,"
"Do you believe that she has another strategy in mind?" Tokoyami asked noticing my expression.
"I have my guesses…"
Taniko held her arms out to the side and said, "TIME BUBBLE!" While the area around her appeared normal, the effect was obvious the moment she released the ball. As it left her fingers, it slowed down to the point where it seemed to be frozen midair.. Taniko vibrated at high speed before delivering a blitz of punches and kicks to the ball, looking like a literal tornado of pain. After her blows went on for a good 30 seconds, she snapped her fingers and the ball went sailing off into the distance. Aizawa's machine beeped twice and reported her score of 593 meters.
"And that's what I thought she'd do," I said to Kirishima's stunned expression.
"She's amazing…" he murmured.
"What was that?" I asked him in an ominous voice.
"Uh… nothing, Kasady. Don't worry about it. It's not like I have a crush on her or anything…"
I gave him a long stare, but sighed and changed the conversation as we watched Tokoyami use Dark Shadow to throw the ball. Speaking of which, his quirk and the symbiote have a few similarities. With my fighting spirit intrigued, I went up to the plate next. I caught the ball from Aizawa and morphed both of my arms. With a short web line, I spun the ball like a yo-yo and released it, punching it with my other hand full force at the last second. Aizawa's machine read 402 meters. I walked back and gave Midoriya a high-five as he went up.
"Damn he got 400 meters with a single punch," Kaminari said.
"Probably nothing to Midoriya though," Sero said.
Bakugo instantly cried out, "Midoriya! You mean that f#$%^ing quirkless guppy!"
I went over to Taniko and asked, "What's he talking about?"
"Beats me. He managed to take out the zero point robot in a single punch,"
I turned back to Midoriya, unable to believe my ears and eyes. That nervous guy, had the strength of the Hulk. Midoriya, winded up and threw the ball… only for it the land a good 50 meters away... Maybe he was more of a Bruce Banner.
Aizawa called out to him, "I erased your quirk Midoriya. How someone like you managed to get into this academy without the basic mastery of their quirk is beyond me,"
Taniko suddenly looked at me and said, "Did you hear that? He said he erased Midoriya's quirk. He must be the underground hero Eraserhead!"
"That's pretty cool. But why erase Midoriya's quirk?"
"Midoriya apparently can't really control it. Using it last time broke his arm and both legs,"
Well, this was news to me. As far as I knew from my past decade in this world, a quirk manifested itself by age four, allowing one a good amount of time to master it.
Aizawa sighed and tossed another ball to Midoriya.
"Alright, let's get this over with…"
While I hadn't known Midoriya for very long, felt nervous for him. His chances weren't looking to good. Midoriya prepared to pitch, but at the last second, a large amount of energy could be felt emanating from his body, no, from his fingertip! The ball went sailing for a distance of 705 meters. His finger was broken, but he still made a fist and smirked at Aizawa.
"Sensei… I can still move!"
Aizawa stared at him for a few seconds before smiling and responding with a "well done".
The class gave a small cheer for Midoriya's throw. Well, everyone except for Bakugo. He gawked at Midoriya before charging at him screaming, "What the hell is this, Deku?! Explain now, you shitrag!"
Out of nowhere, pale ribbons shot forward entangling Bakugo.
Aizawa called out, "These are my "capturing weapons": Steel wire alloy woven with carbon nanofibers. And another thing, CAN YOU STOP MAKING ME USE MY QUIRK SO MUCH? I'VE GOT DRYE EYE DAMMIT!" He pulled back the ribbons and ruffled his long hair. "Whatever, we're wasting time. Here are your compiled scores. Oh, and by the way… that whole expulsion thing was a ruse." he said with a cruel grin.
"WHAAAAAAAT?!" nearly everyone, including myself and Taniko, said. Aizawa handed a note for Midoriya to go to Recovery Girl, handed a flyer with the scores to Yaoyorozu and walked off. Yaoyorozu for her part, started reading off the placements for score:
Yaoyorozu Momo
Kasady Cletus
Todoroki Shouto
Bakugo Katsuki
Hiraki Taniko
Iida Tenya
Tokoyami Fumikage
Shouji Mezou
Ojiro Mashirao
Kirishima Eijirou
Ashido Mina
Uraraka Ochako
Ridiko Sato
Asui Tsuyu
Koda Koji
Ayoma Yuga
Sero Hanta
Kaminari Denki
Jirou Kyouka
Hagakure Tooru
Mineta Minoru
Midoriya Izuku
All in all, second place ain't half bad at all. Looking over the class roster, I remembered some of the kids that I had saved during the practical exam. Both Mineta and Hagakure came up to me to thank me, in their different ways. After misjudging her height and apparently looking straight over her head, Hagakure thanked me before going over to Taniko and the other girls. Minet for his part, well, instantly asked me is I had ever used my tentacles for, let's just say explicit behavior. Now, I have killed and tortured a great number of people, but that wasn't my style. Frankly, I think Mineta got off on the thought of it. Jeez, he needs help…
Midoriya POV
I was walking out of campus when both Iida caught up and startled me.
"Midoriya, is your finger alright?,"
As we discussed how Recovery Girl healed my finger as well as Aizawa's lesson, I realised that Iida wasn't a scary guy, just really honest and diligent.
"Hey there!" a high voice said to us.
Uraraka jogged over to us, and behind here were Kasady and Hiraki. Iida noticed the three of them.
"You're that infinity girl. And you two are the time girl and blood beast aren't you?"
Kasady chuckled, "Blood beast, huh. I suppose that's one way of putting it. How're ya holdin' up Midoriya,"
"I'm good, thank Kasady,"
Uraraka looked confused and said, "I thought your named was Deku. That Bakugo guy called you that,"
Ah crap… "It's just a name he uses to demean me…"
Hikari blinked. "So it's an insult then?"
"Really! I'm so sorry! But, I kinda like the name Deku. It has a "never give up" vibe to it, you know?," Ochoco said with a small hop.
"Hi, I'm Deku," I instantly responded.
Kasady gave me a deadpan stare. "Real smooth, there buddy," he murmured, right before Hiraki gave her signature karate chops to his head. We all chuckled ready for the next day and its adventures.
Hello readers. I know a lot wasn't really covered in this chapter but the next one's a biggie. We got the hero vs villain challenge as well as a costume reveal for our favorite adopted siblings. (This is where the Marvel references start to come in…) But before that happens, just sending out another call for my new story to be released some time next week. So until next time, this is Fnafer, signing out.