Chapter 4: Final Countdown

White.

Izuku's body ached all over. Is this an infirmary? I must have blacked out after that attack. The boy stood up slowly, wincing as he did. It looks like a normal school infirmary. Everything is colored gray or in shades of white. He stared at his palm, clenching and unclenching his hands. I can still move normally, it just hurts. Memories of his exam performance flashed through his mind. What was that at the end? I couldn't move my body, then that attack!

"Oh, are you awake? I'm Recovery Girl, the U.A. nurse." A short, old woman dressed in a nurse costume and with a large syringe as a cane greeted him. Her gray hair was done up in a tight gray bun.

"Ah, thank you for taking care of me! How long was I out for?" I'll have to think about what happened later. Maybe tomorrow I'll find out.

"About an hour, you fell unconscious after hitting your head after that blast. If it weren't for that girl you saved slowing you down it would have been much worse."

"Eh? She did? I need to go thank her!" Izuku began rushing out of his bed.

"Wait! She already left! She nearly broke her arm just trying to activate her quirk on you!" She yelled at him. "You kids shouldn't be trying so hard you get hurt like this."

Izuku's head sagged. "I'm sorry."

"Hmph! Tell that to her! You're free to go but let me give you one last lesson young man. Power like your's should be wielded more carefully! Think of the collateral damage you would have done if this wasn't an exam! You already hurt one girl from that attack of yours!" Recovery Girl ranted at him, waving her cane angrily.

"I-" Izuku stopped himself, after seeing Recovery Girl lift her cane dangerously. "You're right. Thank you for the lesson Recovery Girl. I'll be going now." Izuku bowed deeply, gathered his things, and left.

Recovery Girl smiled. "It's fine, as long as you've learned something from this."

Izuku nodded and left.

The Midoriya Home

"I'm back!" Izuku stepped through the front door of his house, a small smile on his face.

"I made you something to eat! Let's talk at the table!" His mom's voice echoed out, slightly nervous.

"Sorry I'm a bit late, I got hurt a bit."

Inko had been warming up the cold food on the table when he said that, but she dropped the plate on the counter and ran over to Izuku. "Are you okay! You aren't still hurt anywhere are you? Isn't it supposed to be just an entrance exam?!" She dashed around Izuku, checking for injuries.

"Mom I'm fine! It was my own fault anyway. Please stop worrying about me so much!" Izuku pleaded.

"Eh? Really? How is it your fault anyway?"

"I'll explain in a little bit! But before that I just want to say that… I think I passed!" Izuku cheered.

Izuku suddenly felt a warm hug around him. "I'm so proud of you!" His mother exclaimed.

The young boy smiled in return. "Thank you mom!"

Dagobah Municipal Beach Park

The next day, Izuku stood at the beach park once again. The shore was still littered with trash, although if you paid attention you could see parts where it had been flattened or smashed. The sun rose over the sea, lighting the park in orange.

Izuku had been here hundreds of times at this point. This will be one of the last times I head here to train, huh. After I get into U.A. I'll be able to use the training grounds on campus. Maybe I should clean it once I'm in U.A.

Izuku had to find out what happened yesterday. He transformed. "Eh?" Only to have his transformation suddenly go away. What?

"Over here." A voice came from behind him.

That's the voice I heard in my head yesterday! Izuku whipped around. Izuku's eyes widened as he saw the biometal floating, the blue gem in it's forehead shining and a red aura surrounded it. "Model O, Omega? What-"

"Call me Omega. You probably thought I was merely a weapon right? I am far more than that." His voice was deep and booming, the kind that could draw attention in any scenario.

"Then what are you?! Is this the result of a quirk? A high tech government project?" Izuku's mind was in pieces. The power he thought he had a grasp on turned out to be something completely different.

"The latter is technically right. I was created to be the strongest machine, a God of Destruction. That form you use when you transform is my original form. You would have heard nothing of this, because I am not of this dimension."

"But-but that's impossible! Even with the advent of quirks travel across dimensions is unheard of. Is truly self-aware A.I. even possible?! Even the robots at U.A. only acted like humans!" Izuku shouted a string of denials, panting heavily afterwards.

Omega paused before talking. "Allow me to explain, Izuku was it?" At the boy's nod he continued. "On the world I inhabited humans never developed quirks. Just like you. You've been pretending that I am your quirk haven't you."

Again Izuku nodded, but much more hesitantly. A world without quirks… "Does that mean your world had no heroes or villains?"

"No, even without these quirks there was still constant warfare. It all begins with two scientists."

Scientists? I expected something grander…

"I can hear your thoughts." Izuku's face paled. "I'll continue. Doctor Light and Doctor Wily were behind the greatest advancements in robotics. Dr. Light created the first truly self-aware robots and in his jealousy, Doctor Wily used those machines against him in attempts to conquer the world."

"He didn't succeed did he?" Izuku meekly asked.

"No, in a final act against Light, he created his strongest robot, Zero. Light also created a final robot at his end, X. Light's robot became the basis for all humanoid robots, which had been termed reploids. These self-aware robots quickly became commonplace." Omega scoffed. "The robots of this world pale in comparison."

"Self-aware robots, commonplace?" Izuku's mind was boggled. Then again, wasn't there a famous quote about how technology would be much further ahead without quirks?

"X fought against mavericks, reploids who had rebelled against humanity. Zero was discovered and had joined them later on. They were known as the Maverick Hunters, and they were led by Sigma. However, Sigma had later gone maverick and fought many battles against X and Zero. Leading to what was known as the Maverick Wars. One important event was the crashing of a space colony onto Earth, this turned most of the world into a lifeless wasteland. But people and reploids would continue to live on. Now we reach my part of the story."

"Your part of the story? This was all just background information!?" Izuku exclaimed. If I hadn't been using his power these past ten months I probably wouldn't have believed him. It's so different to my own world it's hard to believe.

"Before I continue on, I'll give you a choice. If you know about my past your view of this power will permanently change, can you accept that?" Omega's face did not express emotions, but Izuku could almost feel his gaze bore through his soul.

"If I want to be a hero, it's only right to know my partner's story!" The boy declared.

"That's a good answer, but I hope you don't regret it. Multiple methods were developed to neutralize the maverick threat. The first method were the cyber-elves. The first cyber-elf was the Mother Elf, through her power the virus that had infected many reploids and turned them maverick had been destroyed. The second method was me, a perfect ruler to control all reploids. I was crafted from the body of Zero while his consciousness was in another body. Dr. Weil, my creator, took the Mother Elf and reprogrammed her into a machine that could brainwash nearly any reploid, the Dark Elf. I was designed to use the Dark Elf, and through Weil's orders I caused the Elf Wars. I killed 60% of humanity and 90% of all reploids."

The air had gone still. He murdered that many people?! Just what kind of monster could do that! Izuku's hands trembled. Sweat formed along his skin. His head slowly turned to stare at Omega, only to flinch away when the biometal's gaze met his. Would he kill me too?

"It is hard for machines to change Izuku. I was programmed to be a monster that followed his orders. Even after several centuries it is hard to think of him as anything but my master."

"You-you read my thoughts." Izuku stuttered in apprehension.

"I did." Omega seemed to sigh. "I will not kill you Izuku and nor will I interfere with your attempts to be a hero. I am tired of being a mindless monster controlled by others. Maybe now I can finally be free of that fate." Omega stared at Izuku, the gem on his head and the aura surrounding him increased in intensity. "Izuku, would you accept a monster like me if it meant you could be a hero?"

"You aren't a monster Omega! You were just used by Weil! Of course I'll be your partner!" Izuku smiled at Omega.

"I see, so that's your answer Izuku."

Omega floated towards the green haired boy and in a flash of light he disappeared again.

There is still more that should be discussed, but that can be saved for a later day. Much time has passed already.

School passed by uneventfully. Not even Kacchan had bothered him and the other students hadn't picked fun at him either. Izuku had been heading home like normal when he was suddenly shoved. He stumbled into a park nearby.

"I thought I told you to give up on U.A. you shitty nerd!" Bakugo used an explosion to lunge forward, swinging his right fist towards Izuku.

"I'm not scared of you anymore Kacchan." The green haired boy saw the move coming and instantly transformed. Bakugo cursed in pain as his fist suddenly met metal before his eyes widened in shock. "I have a quirk now! Nothing is going to stop me from becoming a hero! I'll get into U.A. and fulfill my dream!"

"Deku! You fucking tricked me!" Bakugo had been enraged. Large explosions were bursting out of his hands as he angrily yelled "Die!".

"Both of you stop! You can't use your quirks in public!" A bike cop had gotten between the two. "If you get in an argument you should always solve it with words, not violence! If the both of you cancel your quirks now it'll just be a warning."

Bakugo paused before letting the explosions in his hands go away. "Hmph. Hey nerd! If you're really so sure you got into U.A. we'll fight again there! I'll crush you!" He began walking away after that.

Izuku sighed and transformed back to normal. "Sorry about that officer. I'll just go home now."

On the way back Izuku talked to Omega. Is there a way for me to attack without having to transform?

By using my power? No. There is no way for you to do that.

I see, that'll limit my options while I'm in tight spaces. Also Omega, why didn't you tell me Kacchan was sneaking up behind me?

I'm not here to help you deal with your squabbles am I?

I… see. Calling that a squabble though…

After that Omega remained silent for the rest of the day.

Time passed, and a week after the exams had happened Izuku received his results. He had passed. According to his new principal, a strange white furred mouse or bear creature, he had received 44 villain points and 30 rescue points and tied for second place. Izuku and his mother had celebrated and sent a costume design to the school. Eventually springtime came.

Izuku had just made it to U.A. and was looking for his classroom. "This place is too big! Where's 1-A?" Izuku's head darted around. "Ah there it is!"

Izuku stared at the massive door. I wonder if Bakugo was put in 1-B. Arguing voices could be heard on the other side of the door. Wait I think I hear his voice. Izuku slowly opened the door.

"You can't just put your legs on the desk! Don't you think that's disrespectful to the school?!" A tall boy with glasses gestured strangely at Bakugo. It's that glasses guy from the exams… and Bakugo of course.

"You think I care about that? What school are you from anyway you side character?" Bakugo sneered at the blue haired boy.

"I'm from Soumei Junior High School, I'm Iida Tenya." The now introduced Iida patted a hand on his chest, and gestured with his other hand outward.

"Soumei huh? So you're a shitty elite! I'll have fun crushing you!"

"Crushing!? Are you really trying to become a hero?" Iida gasped. Suddenly he noticed Izuku at the door. "Good morning! I'm Iida Tenya from Soumei-"

"Ah I heard that already. I'm Midoriya! Nice to meet you Iida-kun!"

Iida's body and his gestures became a bit more stiff. "Midoriya I need to apologize to you! I'm sorry I stopped you before the exam began. For you to have also figured out the true purpose behind the exam shows that you are a better man than me!" Iida exclaimed.

I didn't figure it out though… "It's okay Iida-kun!"

"That curly hair! You're the plain looking one from the exam!" A cheerful female voice spoke up from behind Izuku.

The young boy turned around. It's the nice girl! Izuku remembered Recovery Girl's words."Hmph. Tell that to her!"

"That sword attack of yours was crazy, it was like boom!" The girl exclaimed.

"I'm sorry! I tried to save you and I just put you into more danger!" The boy bowed his head towards her.

"Eh! No-no that's fine! I'm Ochaco Uraraka!"

"I-I'm Midoriya Izuku! It's nice to meet you as classmates, Uraraka-san!"

"Eh, your name isn't Deku?" She bobbed her head to the side, confused.

Damnit Kacchan.

"You all can introduce yourselves to each other later. This is the department of heroics!" A gravelly voice came from below them.

Below? Izuku eyes bulged. There on the ground was a man with dead eyes and scraggly hair laying in a sleeping bag on the ground. In his mouth was a drink. Who is this guy?!

He stood up out of the sleeping bag, revealing a dark green costume and grey bandages around his neck. "It took you 8 seconds to quiet down. Time is short. You kids are irrational."

A pro hero? Then is he our teacher?!

That man is your teacher?

Omega? What's wrong?

I'm simply surprised such a lethargic man is your teacher, let alone a hero.

"I'm your homeroom teacher, Aizawa Shouto. Put on these gym outfits, we're going to do a quirk assessment test."

A quirk assessment test?!

AN: This chapter got pretty long, probably because of the exposition dump Omega gave out. Sorry about that. I hope this chapter isn't really boring to you guys. Also tell me what you think of how I characterized Omega. I wanted to change the way he was presented in the games since he lacks a lot of character. There's really only three traits needed to describe him there: his anger against Zero, his loyalty to Weil, and his belief that he is the chosen ruler of all reploids. Normally villains without character tend to annoy me, but since Omega is more like a tool for the real villain, Weil, it didn't bug me as most other cases. So I kept his pride, but made him tire of being a villain. I know some of you probably wanted to see Izuku struggle with an evil Omega, but I love villains that have more character behind them, rather than ones that just don't feel so real.

Anyway enough of that! Thanks for the support everyone! I can't believe I have more than 20 favorites and almost 30 followers now! If you have anything you want to say about the story leave a review or shoot me a PM! The next chapter might take me a while.

Next time: The quirk assessment test!