Alright! This is the end...of this Arc. There will be more to come, so I hope you stay tuned and like the story. Please follow the story if you like it, it really helps me when you do that!
PS: To all my readers who noticed my little problem with Texas Chainsaw, I fixed it and apologize. I confused myself when figuring out everything while writing. I remembered how Izuku asked about it and forgot that it was really All for One who gave the scar... despite watching the fight myself on CrunchyRoll. Problem solved now, I hope it helps.
Now, on to the next and final part of this arc!
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Entrance Arc #3
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Seven Months Later
U.A.
Izuku and Itsuki Midoriya made their way to the entrance exam of their dreams. "I can't believe it! This is it Izuchan! We get to finally show off what we're made of after all these years." Izuku nodded stiffly. His brother could immediately sense his tenseness. "What's wrong little bro?" Izuku huffed. He wasn't Itsuki's little brother... okay he was, but by only twenty minutes. "*Sigh* I'm just a bit worried about my quirk."
"What do you mean? You've been practicing with it for the past five months." Itsuki stated.
"I know, it's just, I wonder if I'm ready." Itsuki pulled his curly haired brother into a noogie, messing up the already crazy hair. "You'll be fine Izuchan, don't worry. I'm sure you'll kick names and take ass when you're in there."
"That's not how that saying goes!" Izuku said as he got out of his brother's headlock.
"Really?!" Itsuki said in surprise. "I didn't know! Then again, it is an American phrase." He said as he put his arms behind his head and walked forward with his brother.
"It's that you and everyone else here have had years to develop your abilities with your quirks. I have so much catching up to do." Itsuki smiled. "Izuchan." He said softly. "You've done so much these past few months. You have made more progress in your quirk in those five months than I did in several years." Izuku smiled at his brother's praise. "And look at where we are!"
Izuku looked up at the glorious school as more students passed by them, completely ignored as the twins wrote down every feature possible with their eyes. " U.A., our future! The future for us as heroes, as protectors, as brothers! And it all starts a single step." Itsuki took one oversized step forward with a cheeky smile pointed in his brother's direction. Izuku chucked and did the same. They both of them break out into laughter which caught people attention as they passed by.
The twins walked forward and made their way to the most important exams of their lives. Passing under U.A. front gate, the Midoriyas fully enveloping themselves in their first day at U.A. Their first day as upcoming heroes.
"Oi Deku! Atama Gesui! (1). Until it was ruined.
The twins turned around to see a familiar sight of Bakugou Katsuki coming there way, and he was not happy. "What the hell are you two doing here! I told you I would be the only one to get into U.A. from the shit school." He growled out.
"Well Bakugou, seeing as we're both here and going into U.A., I don't believe you have any jurisdiction when it comes to who goes into the exams." He took Izuku by the wrist. "Now we'll stay out of your way if you stay out of ours. Have a good day." The two then turned around and walked into the exam. Katsuki stood absolutely still for almost a whole minute before running in after them.
He refused to loose to a piece of trash and a quirkless nobody.
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Itsuki and Izuku sat side by side in the orientation, sadly, that meant that Itsuki had to sit by Katsuki, who kept giving him a death glare every five seconds.
"For all the examinee listeners tuning in, welcome to my show today! Everybody say 'hey'!"
*Silence*
"What a refined response." The pro hero said shakily, not expecting that reaction. "I'll quickly give you a rundown on the practical exam. Are you ready! Yeah!"
*Silence*
Izuku was gushing over Present Mic, muttering details about the hero and his abilities quietly to himself. Itsuki was able to contain his excitement, but he was also smiling with glee at the fact that he was in the presence of a pro hero. Both of them had watched Present Mic when they were younger, and how he used his voice to defeat hundred of villains before becoming a teacher.
The crazy haired blond still does talk shows, which the twins listen to often. Being in the same room though, it made the Midoriya twins glow with excitement.
"As it says in the hero requirements. You listeners will be conducting ten minute mock urban battles after this!" The board behind him changed to reveal 'You are here' along with seven squares with a-g in them. "After the presentation, you'll head to a specific battle center, okay?!"
*Silence*
Itsuki and Izuku both looked at their cards. Izuku was heading to block B while Itsuki to block C. Itsuki peered over to Bakugou's to see he had A on his. "Damn, now I can't crush either of them." Itsuki heard him mutter under his breath. He ignored it for now and turned to his brother. "Looks like I won't be there to help you." Izuku gave him a look. "I could say the same about you, Itsuchan." They smiled at one another.
A city popped up on the screen behind Present Mic. "Three different types of faux villains are stationed in each battle center." Three icons popped up with 1P, 2P and 3P above them." You earn points for each of them based on their level of difficulty. You goal, dear listeners, is to use your Quirks to earn points by immobilizing the faux villains. f course! Attacking other examinees and any other unheroic actions are prohibited!"
A student popped up fro his chair and raised his hand high, getting everyone's attention. "May I ask a question?"
"Okay." Present Mic pointed to the students and a stage light landed right on him. "One the printout, there are four types of villains! If that is a misprint, then U.A., the most prominent school in Japan, should be ashamed of that foolish mistake! We examinees are here in this place because we wish to be molded into exemplary heroes!" He then pointed at Izuku with scrutiny. "In addition, you over there with the curly. You've been muttering this whole time. It's distracting! If you're here on a pleasure trip, then you should leave immediately!"
Izuku gave the glasses wearing boy a look of determination. "I'm sorry that you were distracted by my muttering." He said, trying to hold back the embarrassment. "But I'm here to be a hero just like you. I've been training for years to come here and I won't be leaving anytime soon." There was a bit of a stare off between the two before the strict student nodded and turned back around. Itsuki looked around and could tell that his brother had already garnered some respect, but also a bit more envy and hatred from a certain blond haired bomb boy.
"Alright, examinee 7111, Thanks for the great message. The fourth villain is worth zero points. That guy's an obstacle, so to speak. There's one in every battle center. An obstacle that will go crazy in narrow spaces. It's not impossible to defeat it, but there's a big reason not to. I recommend that you listeners try to avoid it, as it will drop your points to zero if you are to defeat it." Present Mic said with a smile.
"Thank you very much! Please excuse the interruption." The student then sat back, the spotlight on him turning off a second later.
"That's all from me! Finally, I give you listeners a present- our school motto. The hero Napolean Bonaparte once said: A true hero is someone who overcomes life's misfortunes." Itsuki looked to his brother with a soft smile.
"Go beyond... PLUS ULTRA! Now everyone, good luck suffering!" Itsuki and Izuku picked up their papers and smiled, ready for the day. "You ready Izuchan?"
"As ready as I'll ever be!" The high fived and walked out along with everyone else.
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Izuku found himself at block B, stretching and getting ready for the upcoming fight. He was wearing his green tracksuit, but he added guards at his knees, hands, elbows, and shins to reduce the amount of damage on his clothes and body.
"You! curly haired one!" Izuku turned around to see the boy who had called him out during the orientation. "I apologize for ostracizing you and assuming your reasons for coming to this school."
"I-It's alright." He said nervously. "I'm just glad that you didn't get upset at me countering your speech." The boy shook his head. "No, it was justified. Again I apologize."
Izuku stuck his hand out. "Midoriya Izuku." The taller boy took his hand.
"Iida Tenya," Izuku smiled.
"Good luck to you." Tenya nodded back and smiled. "To you as well."
They both got into the group of students waiting to begin.
"Alright Start!" Everyone looked up in confusion at the cement building to see Present Mic at the top. "There's no countdowns in real fights! Run Run! The die has been cast, you know!"
Everyone ran into the battle zone, but Izuku took a deep breath and relaxed himself. 'This is what I trained for. All those years building up to this. Although I've only had this quirk for a few months, I'll work with what I have!' Red lines began to run over every part of his visible body, his skin glowing orange with power and the winds shifting around him. 'One for All 10%, Full Cowling!'
The lines and the glowing ceased, replaced by green electricity that flowed on and around his person. Izuku charged forward with intense speed and made his way for the gate.
Every looked in shock as he passed them by, even Iida looked amazed at his abilities despite his own mobility. He ran forward and punched the first bot he saw, a 2 pointer, and watched as it caved to his strengthened attack. He then dodged out of the way of machine gun fire from a 1 pointer and jumped at it, quickly smashing through it with little problem. A 3 ppinter came out from behind a building, but before it could attack him, his foot impacted it's metal frame, making it seem as though it was made of cardboard under his power.
He jumped back as it exploded and sighed. He looked around and saw that everyone was starting to attack the faux villains as well, one using a belly lazer while Iida was using engines in his legs to propel him into the robots and smashing them.
Izuku nodded. The lightning jumped around him as he charged forward once more, ready to pass the exam.
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Watchbox of Heroes
Heroes watched in fascination as the examinees tore through robots with power and strength.
"Quite a group we have this year." Midnight said excitedly.
"I just hope some of these brats have more potential then just smashing bots." Aizawa stated tiredly.
"I think we have a pair of twins that are especially determined to win." Cementoss said as he pointed to two different screens. One showed a boy with curly green hair and freckles smashing through two 1 point bots. The other had a boy who looked almost identical, besides the lack of freckles and having straighter hair, using superb control of fire to make spears and fireballs to destroy any bots he could get.
"Oh! They do look like twins! Very strange though, as they have very different quirks." Midnight said with surprise. Several heroes nodded at her deduction.
"Regardless, many students are showing a high amount of ability and practicality this year." The principal stated happily as he sipped from his tea.
"Well, we can't be so sure yet." A skinny blond stated coolly as a panel opened up in front of him. "Their true test is still to come." He pressed the red button, unleashing hell upon all the students taking the tests.
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Izuku had just finished smashing through another 3 pointer. He was a bit tired from his fighting, but was extremely happy with his points so far. "sixty one" He said with a smile to himself.
A loud explosion echoed through the battle center, getting everyone's attention. Izuku and everyone else looked in shock at the might and size of the zero point bot as it rolled through the streets. Izuku stared up at the red eyed bot as it crushed part of a building with little effort ,looking down at him and several other examinees.
The bot then lifted a green metal fist into the air and smashed it into the ground, causing a shockwave of power and dust to coast across the area many of them were in. Everyone began to run away, hoping to avoid the bot that could bring them down to zero or worse, kill them.
Izuku did the same, using his Full Cowling to jump away from the robot with his life intact. "Less That two minutes left!" Present Mic shouted to the battle center.
Izuku nodded. He was good on points as of now, but it wouldn't hurt to get a few more and play it safe. He would also need to avoid the zero bot as much a possible if he wanted a chance to get through the exam.
A cry of pain alerted Izuku, pulling him from his thoughts of getting away from the giant villain. He turned around and saw a girl with brown hair stuck under debris. He saw that the bot was extremely close to the girl and his eyes widened in horror. Had he not jumped away, he might be close enough to get her out of the way, but now he was too far.
He didn't care, or rather, his hero instincts didn't as he found himself charging forward hoping to get the girl out. The bot was getting closer and he was too far away. 'I'm sorry Itsuchan." He charged up his legs with One for All, both of them glowing with red lines zig-zaging across them. He jumped into the air, his adrenaline helping him ignored the terrible pain of having both his legs broken.
He passed in between the fingers of the bot and reared his arm back. The power coursing through him was so much that it tore up his track uniform and guards into bits, exposing his glowing arm.
He made his way to the zero points face and knew what he was giving up everything if he did this, but he didn't care. It would be worth it if he could save a life.
"SMASH!"
He arm rocketed his fist forward, punching into the bot with so much force that it was knocked back and it's face caved in from the power. The giant faux villain faltered a bit before blowing up into and igniting into fire at the same time.
Izuku looked at his own work and while he was happy at the outcome, he dreaded the fact that he had just given up all those years of work.
He felt the wind on his face and realized he was still falling. He wanted to use his remaining arm with full cowling or one hundred percent, but he wasn't sure if he could do it. His body was so tired from fighting that much and exerting so much energy. While he had had years of training, his body was not fully prepared for what was needed to carry All Might's full power. As such, he had broken several bones in his legs and his arm.
He didn't want to die though! He had already failed the exam, but he wasn't ready to give up on his life so quickly.
He focused on his left arm, trying to collect enough energy to save his life. He screamed with desperation as he got closer to the ground. He reared his arm back, ready to break his last arm if necessary to survive. So close, yet so far from the ground. He would have to time this perfectly.
Right...
About...
No- *Smack*
Izuku found a stinging pain on his cheek. It was small, but he could easily tell something had just hit him. He looked down at the close ground and found he was floating!
After a few moments in the air, he was unceremoniously dropped the rest of the way, luckily landing on his unbroken arm.
He fought the pain as his adrenaline faded away and looked to see the girl with brown hair was on a piece of a robot. He remembered, she was fighting them by touching them and making them float before dropping them.
She saved him!
He couldn't see any injuries on her, but he was still worried that she might have hurt herself. He would feel terrible if she had damaged herself for him.
Wait.. he was at zero! He had to get a point, even one! He didn't care if he broke some bones in his left arm, he didn't want to fail with nothing.
"Time's UP!" There it was. It was over. He let the feeling of shock and defeat course through him as a warning bell rang through the sky.
He slammed his head into the ground and let heavy tears fall from his eyes. He was at zero points. He lost everything and failed. He let down everyone. Inoshi-sensei, Itsuki, His mom, and All Might!
But, at least he had saved the girl. It almost made it worth it. He had saved a life and protected her... by giving up everything in the process.
"Hey, it's that guy who jumped forward and took out a ton of bots!"
"Yeah, he had a ton of points too! But then he jumped at the obstacle and took it out like it was nothing."
"But he must have lost all his points too! Why would he do that!"
"Maybe he wanted to prove himself?"
"Maybe he was trying to show off!"
He looked up and noticed that everyone was looking at his with shock, amazement, and some respect. He peered to the back and saw a familiar glint of glasses looking from him to the brown haired girl. Izuku supposed that Iida saw what he did.
"Okay! Good Work." Everyone turned around to see a little old lady with a pink head brace with a visor, a doctor's coat, and grey hair in a bun held together by a syringe.
"Good Work. Here are some gummies." He handed a few gummies to an examinee before passing by him and walking towards Izuku. Said boy looked in shock at the amazing medicinal hero. "Y-Your Recovery Girl!" The little lady nodded.
"Yes, and you seemed to hurt yourself with your own quirk." Izuku looked back down at the ground, gritting his teeth at the feeling of broken bones. "Yeah, I over did it a little bit." He said as he wiped away the still wet tears in his eyes.
Recovery Girl nodded before puckering her lips and delivering an old granny kiss to his head. He felt the odd sensation of his bones shifting back in place, the pain of his previous injuries now fading away in an instant.
He found it amazing how she could heal someone with such terrible injuries so quickly. Izuku guessed that's why they had her around, or they might have to deal with handicapped students more frequently.
He went to get up off the ground but quickly found the strength in his previously broken arm and legs to be nonexistent. He found his vision grow blurry and the feeling in his body leave him without his consent. Before he knew it, he was out like a light, blackness taking over his vision.
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Itsuki paced back and forth in front of the U.A. entrance, contemplating what was taking his brother so long. They both took the test at the same time and he saw most of the other examinees leave already, but Izuku had yet to show. He was starting to get worried that something bad happened, his overprotective brother instincts were screaming to find his freckle faced little twin.
"You, one with the straight green hair and green eyes." Itsuki turned to see the boy who called Izuku out during the orientation, except he was now wearing blue sports clothing rather than the stuffy suit.
"Yeah?" Itsuki answered.
"I believe you're familiar with Midoiya?" Itsuki's eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Yeah, he's my twin." He took a step forward, ready to start up his gauntlets in an instant. "Do you know where he is? Did you hurt him?! I swear if you even-"
"I did not hurt him, but he overexerted himself and is currently in the U.A. nurse's office." Itsuki didn't here anything else, simply running back into the school and finding his brother.
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Itsuki finally navigated his way to the nurse's office and pushed the door open gently. He might be worried but he wouldn't wake his brother if he was asleep. "Oi! Who said visitors were allowed at the moment?" Itsuki's opened up to find a little lady in the chair next to his brother, who was up against the back of the bed and had bandages around his right arm. "Itsuchan." Itsuki could feel the distress in his brother's voice. He picked up on it instantly.
"I don't know who you are, but you don't look like a U.A. student. I hope you have a good reason for trespassing on school grounds."
"I'm his brother. His twin, actually." Recovery Girl got a confirming nod from Izuku and looked between the two. "Hmm, I do see the resemblance." The lady then jumped out of her chair and made her way to the door. "When I come back, you'll both have to leave, as you're both not students at U.A.. He doesn't need anymore treatment, as the only thing he needs now is sleep. Make sure he get plenty of rest and doesn't exert himself." She got nods from both of them before making her way out of the room.
"Izuchan, what happened?" Itsuki asked as he placed a comforting hand on his brother's exposed shoulder.
"I... I failed." Izuku let tears fall from his eyes as his twins gently wrapped him in a comforting hug.
"Tell me everything." And with that, Izuku told his brother the trials he went through to get so many points, only to fail by saving a life.
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one week later
Itsuki and Izuku sat the couch, the older spinning marbles of fire into the air with one hand while lifting a weight with another. Izuku was lifting weights with one hand while using a grip strengthener in the other.
While Izuku knew he got zero points, he couldn't help but think about his brother's words from the hospital.
"Izuchan, what you did was heroic, no question about it. You were willing to give up everything to save a life, and I'm pretty sure that someone was bound to notice. You have what it takes to be an amazing hero, and if U.A. doesn't see that, then they don't deserve their name as the best school in Japan."
The thought made him smile. Maybe Itsuki was right. All he could do was hope that his actions didn't cost him his chance to continue his dream. He had taken up the mantle as the Symbol of Peace from All Might! He couldn't give up now, even if he didn't make it into U.A.
"Itsuki-kun! Izuku-kun!" both boys turned to their mother, who was holding a fat letter with a red wax seal on it. "I-It's here!"
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The two of them sat on Itsuki's bed, Izuku's head going onto his twins shoulder for comfort. They then tore open the letter and watched as the disk flew onto the ground.
The little disk shined and a mass of light blasted out of it, forming a projection of a hero that was on the posters all over their room.
"I am here as a projection!" Both brother's looked in shock, Izuku's head shooting up from it's tilted position. "A-All Might!" He hadn't been in contact with the blond hero all week. What was going on?
"Wait, this is from U.A., why is All Might on screen?" Itsuki asked in curiosity.
"I had to do some paperwork that took some time, so I couldn't contact you. I'm sorry." He said with a bow. "Actually, I came to this town to work at U.A."
"No way..." Izuku said in shock.
"Now, for for Midoriya Itsuki, you not only scored a high grade in the written exam, but also a good grade in the practical exam. You collected fifty one points, as well as something else for pulling two other examinee out of harms way of the zero point." Itsuki wanted to, but he was too worried at the moment. Worried about his brother's score.
'Wait, something else?'
"Midoriya Izuku, even if you passed the written exam, you scored zero points in the practical exam after taking out the zero point. Of course, that means you didn't pass." Itsuki hugged his brother once more, who looked down at his feet at the confirmation of his failure. Izuku pulled at his pants in frustration. He tried so hard, pushed himself for years to be a hero and now-
"However, that's not all there was to the exam!" Izuku and Itsuki looked up at the screen with the yellow suited All Might in it. "I'm an entertainer as well. First off, take a look at this video!"
Itsuki and Izuku found themselves watching a video of a girl walking in to talk to Present Mic. Not just any girl, the girl he had saved from the zero point, begging to give up her points for him. She pleaded at how he deserved to be a hero, and how he was willing to give up all his points for her.
Izuku felt his eyes tear up. He didn't even know her name and she was willing to give up her points for him! Willing to give up her spot at U.A. to help him. While he did save her, he didn't want her to do that for him.
"How can a hero course reject people who save others and do the right thing? Call that lip service?! Bring it on! This is a job that requires risking one's life to put that lip service into practice!" Itsuki's and Izuku's eyes widened
"Rescue Points! And they are given by a panel of judges. It's the other basic ability we at U.A look at!" Izuku and Itsuki looked in shock at their own scores, Izuku tearing up at the revelation.
Midoriya Itsuki, 34 rescue points for a total of 85 points!
Ochaco Uraraka, 45 rescue points for a total of 73 points!
Midoriya, not only did you received the maximum number of rescue, but all the points you lost! Your ability to look past self service and give up everything to help others proves you have what it takes to be a hero!
Midoriya Izuku, with 6o rescue points on top of your 61 battle points, for a total of 121!"
Izuku jumped up from his spot on the bed in shock. he made it? He passed, and with the highest score in the year! Before he knew it, he had a pair of arms raising him into the air. "You did it! You did it! I told you you could my little curly haired hero!" Izuku was pulled into a hug by his brother, who was trying to squeeze the life out of him. He didn't care, he was too happy to notice the lack of air in his lungs.
He made it into U.A.! He was gonna become a hero! He was one step closer to being like All Might!
Their mom opened the door to find her twins hugging and yelling in joy. He ran up and joined in, crying tears of joy that both her sons had managed not only to destroy the odds but make it through together.
The family of three embraced in the moment, too happy to and too stubborn to let go.
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(End Chapter)
That's the end of this arc! I hope you liked it! Izuku doesn't destroy his arm like he does in canon, but he still breaks his bones if he goes all out. There will be more to come, so stick around if you're ready for more! Until next time, see ya!
