"Bakugo, what was your high score in middle school?" Aizawa sensei, our homeroom teacher, was going to put us through a series of tests not unlike the physicals we took in middle school, only this time we were allowed to use our quirks. "67 meters." Aizawa tossed a tennis ball to Bakugo, telling him that as long as he stayed within the circle he didn't care what he did. Bakugo had a smirk on his face as he walked to the circle, winding up before he threw the ball. "DIE!" Bakugo released his quirk, detonating explosions on his palm and causing the ball to fly over 10x farther than when he didn't use his quirk. Aizawa held up his counter, recording Bakugo's throw at 705.2 meters. "Schools still haven't standardized the tests for people with quirks, the imbeciles. One of your goals here at U.A. is to improve your quirk." Ashido grinned next to Ryuku, before saying, "Wow, that looks like fun!" A few other classmates agreed before Aizawa-sensei glared at the group. "Fun, you say? If you came here to idle around and hang out with friends, you might as well leave now. U.A. is going to put you through the ringer over the next three years, more stuff than you could possibly imagine handling right now. As such, the person who scores lowest on the tests will be expelled." A shock ran through the class, some of them protesting that it was unfair. "The life of a hero is unfair; robberies, villains, natural disasters, epidemics; these things and more can occur at the drop of a hat, and it's our duty to reverse the situation. Now then, let's get started." The first test was simple enough, a 50-meter dash. Ryuku easily scored the highest due to his power, with Iida coming in second and Bakugo third. Ryuku continued to score in the top 3 for the next few tests, until the ball throw that Bakugo had demonstrated earlier came around, and Ochaco scored infinity. Izuku was next before Ryuku, Ryuku himself anticipating Izuku's quirk, as he hadn't used it during the tests. When Izuku winded up to throw, Ryuku saw the power coursing through his arm. So, a Strength Enhancement Quirk, huh? Izuku only threw the ball 37 meters, bewildered at how his quirk had failed before realizing that Aizawa-sensei was actually the pro hero Eraserhead, a behind-the-scenes kind of hero whose quirk allowed him to disable the quirks of others by looking at them. After drawing Izuku to him through the use of special cables around his neck and talking to him, Aizawa released Izuku and his quirk. This time, Izuku only channeled his power into his finger, breaking it but surpassing Bakugo's score by 0.1 meters. Ryuku recognized why Izuku's finger broke, however; much like his own power, Izuku had received his from another person.

Ryuku scored an astounding 900.5 meters on his throw, only opting to use his strength to aid his throw. It was the third highest score after Ochaco and Sato, a man who could ingest sugar to increase his strength tenfold. The rest of the tests passed fairly quickly, and Aizawa showed all of their scores at once. Unsurprisingly, Ryuku had scored first, with Yaoyozoru and Todoroki, two of four students in the Heroics Course who had gotten in via recommendations, coming in second and third. Ochaco had placed 6th, Mina 7th, and Izuku in 15th. Aizawa later revealed that he'd actually lied, a ruse designed to bring out the best in their abilities. Ryuku could care less, however. He wanted to know where Izuku got his power from, if he wasn't born with it like the rest of the world. Before that though, there was a certain pink girl that wanted his attention. "I got 7th place, Sakiri-kun, right behind Ochaco! Congratulations on getting first, you were amazing!" Mina said all of this to Ryuku while once again throwing her arms around him, prompting the rest of the class to stare, while Iida tried to reprimand them for PDA. "I know, good job on getting 7th, Mina!" Ryuku then released Mina, telling her that he'd see her tomorrow, before she skipped away with a smile on her face. Ryuku smirked to himself, then left to find Izuku.

Alright, so now Ryuku knows that Izuku was not born with his quirk, as everyone else had been, but rather had obtained it from an outside source. Ryuku knows this because he also was not born with his powers. I'll reveal later on where exactly Ryuku obtained his power from, it'll tie in to the regret that he begins to have in later chapters. I'll see you all in the next chapter, with the teaching at U.A. finally underway!