The day had finally come for Izuku to participate in the most important examination process of his life, the physical exams that came as a requirement to joining UA.
He looked at the grand building that was UA and the massive doors that stood between him and what would become his future. He had crossed them before but now, these large wooden mantles hid from him what was his to conquer.
Gulping down, he felt truly nervous for the first time in his life. Having pretty much already aced the written exams he could only shudder at the thought of failing now. But the pressure on his shoulders went further than "simply" failing Nana and the rest.
Looking at the cameras around him, he could only smile as the pressure robbed him of his balance. He didn't fall over nor stumble but he most certainly wanted to do both.
After all today, he wasn't just trying to pass the most challenging examination of his life as he would also be showcased to the world as the first ever man to have a quirk, enter UA and pass that fucking exam.
That is what made him want to fall over and die at that then moment.
Breathing out slowly, he stretched arms and legs before finally pushing open those huge wooden doors and from then on the cameras were rolling. This was being broadcasted to the whole world! After all HE was one hell of a phenomenon.
He already knew quite well what he was supposed to do. Go in there, beat up one or two low level robots and he was through. And as long as all went well and nothing changed form how things were supposed to be he would be fine.
Miss Mic, the famous voice hero would be guiding him all the way to the arena presenting the young lad to the best of her abilities. Izuku though was really not paying attention to her words as he dare look only forward with his senses heightened.
Once they were at the main entrance of the made up city that was to be his testing field he was left alone to wander in the vast expansion that it was. Wearing a short sleeved shirt of the color black and some nice green shorts he felt confident that he would not lose a single piece of clothing.
The loud voice of Mic came on through the speaker, initiating the exam and wishing good luck to it's only contestant.
Closing his eyes he listened for the distinguishable noise of arm tracks toying with the ground beneath them. From what he could tell there were three robots in the area around him one of which was a three pointer.
Knowing quite well not to mess with that one Izu dashed into one of the streets which he knew led to one of the weaker robots he could fight. He hadn't activated his quirk not wanting to give up everything about himself just yet.
Within a few second he had come up on the first robot of his day eyeing up the green thing of scrap and metal. These being the weakest of the four meant that wherever he was to hit it, he was most certainly going to be putting it out of commission.
Smiling at himself he paused at the middle of the street. Channeling One For All all around his body he felt the power that came with this incredible quirk. The sparks around his body gave off the wrong impression to all the viewers in the world thinking that his quirk was of an electric type.
And so were surprised at the pure speed he could develop in the span of a few seconds as he now found himself just in front of the robot, fist pulled back and ready to strike. He had made the distance of about 40 meters in just a few seconds and with his last step being more of a hop he had come face to face with his first point.
With just four percent channeled Izuku obliterated what stood before him bending metal like it was paper with just one punch. Looking at the newly formed piece of wreckage he smiled breathing out and relaxed just a tiny bit.
Mic's voice came shouting through the speakers congratulating the young man on his first point with said point showing up on the massive tally board. He had jumped to say the least as he was certainly not expecting anything close to that.
Meanwhile, in a room that overlooked the entire city Nana stood next to Nezu and Ectoplasm who overlooked Izu's exams. They were to be the judges of whether he would pass or not and none of them planned on being unfair to the other participants.
Rather, even with this point on the board all three would most probably agree that he were not to make it, given that he had a much higher advantage than every kid that had gone through the exact same exam he was expected to perform alike.
"Were he to go on like this, Izuku could most probably score another 3-4 easy points and pass" Stated Ectoplasm gaining a chuckle from the cruel and infamous Nezu. "You truly think that I would let this slide?"
She questioned making the other two women in the room smile as they were expecting some sort of change of plans. After all it was quite clear that the robot Izu had destroyed was the only one point one left inside the simulated city.
Now all that remained were two pointers and two three pointers that were both closing in on Izu. Nana felt her heart quake for just a second but showed no change in emotion. it was expected that she would worry but she trusted in her little green haired man.
Back to Izu who was currently thinking up of a plan to pull himself out of the situation he would find himself in. Being at a crossroad, he knew he had two options, go right or left and face one if not several two point robots or simply dash it forward and do as much damage as he could to the three point one.
And no, going back was not an option.
The sheer size of the Big ones meant that he would have to make one hell of jump, which by the way he was more than capable of doing mind you but coming back down was. . . certainly going to be a challenge.
Though then again facing one robot would always be the far better option to facing two or three cause from what he could guess by the sheer amount of quaking that came from his two flanks that's how many there were.
Smiling to himself Izuku slowly backed up making sure he would have enough space to make the jump that he so needed to make. He felt the pressure of the moment but chose not to pay heed to it's ugly calls.
He now only looked at the robot in front of him, his eyes glistening with an all consuming fire as he got ready to make then run when suddenly. . . he heard a high pitched cry come from right behind him.
The speed of his turn made the dust around him move as he knew quite well what it was that had made that cry. A cocoon of cloth and silk of the color blue stood a few meters in front of the three point robot that was behind him.
A baby? He felt it all in that moment as before he knew he had started a sprint faster than all the ones he had made before. The amount of power he channeled in him he did not control as every other function in his brain had stopped.
His instincts told him to protect that baby, to protect the defenseless being that stood at the feet of danger. The more sensible move would be for him to grab it and dash away but. . . his experience told him otherwise.
Dashing away would not solve the main problem and the small thing would still be at risk, he needed to destroy all that put it in that situation.
Nana could only smile at her little cinnamon head's actions. He reminded her of herself in both the best and worst ways possible but it was clear, that in the same way she has her smile he has his grin, an all acompassing grin that could make all feel safe.
Unconsciously he now whore that grin hiding all the focus and anger he had in him as somehow both had submitted to his will for that exact moment.
She could see the amount of power that was being channeled through him, she felt it in a weird way. And so her smile grew larger and larger as she watched him grow in speed before making a jump that would make even Rumi proud.
She knew quite well that with the power that he had just outputted his legs would be in serious pain if not broken but that was what made him a hero. That was what made all the pain disappear in the moment that mattered the most.
"There is absolutely no merit in taking down that faux villain. But that creates the opportunity for it to shine brightly and rise to the surface"
The sheer amount of speed he had was incredible as he narrowly dodged the robotic hand coming his way. His fist pulled back and with One For All channeled to unprecedented amounts he felt his wear, tear around him.
"Squeeze your buttocks . . .and yell this inside your heart- SMASH...!"
One thought and the other shouted out loud as Izuku's punch connected with the metal sheets that covered the green robot. It's massive blocky head caved in as explosions went on to follow their way down it's spine and core.
"That's right. It rises to the surface. . .the most important qualification of a hero- The spirit of self-sacrifice!"
The sheer joy on Nana's face as she said that was unimaginable. Nezu looked at Izuku surprised yet pleased with what he had done crossing her arms in the most content matter.
All looked agape as Izu "floated" in the air grinning to the fullest extent as his bruised hand swayed in the air. He had defeated one of the most infamous robots of this exam just like that.
Breathing out Izuku finally decided to follow the laws of gravity starting a free fall to his death. He took his time to breath as he fell deciding to save himself in a bit. He looked as the ground neared close and just when he needed it the most he his body respond to him.
Channeling One For All one last time he focused all his strength in his legs and just before he hit the ground he kicked the air almost stopping mid air before he face planted onto the ground. It hurt. . . it hurt a lot but he was already face up once more.
Using his only good hand, his left one, he crawled over to the little thing he had just protected.
It was fake. . . but he nuzzled it in his grasp anyway until it stopped crying. The blood that oozed out of his head made his hair turn brownish but he didn't care nor notice. The other robots that were close were starting to take the turn to face him but he knew that time would end in a bit.
After all he could run if he needed to. Hehe.
And so with the baby in his arms now "asleep", he simply eyed the giants beasts before him as he had propped himself up on one of their "friend's" corpse. It was the best "Fuck you" He could muster at the moment.
That simple grin made it's way all around the web along with his picture of him holding the baby. The had a side shot of him doing so, getting both him and his heroic action that seemed real in the eyes of the people and that grin that joked at the face of danger and even death.
The media loved it. More so they loved his look at that moment. Torn up shirt and everything. Simply photogenic he was.
It was then that the cameras stopped rolling as the timer hit zero and it was clear that Izu would pass. Pass out if he did not receive medical attention that is.
He could see at the corner of his eye Chiyo run over to him with a smile on her face.
"You did good" She said kneeling down to meet his face. She sat by him, cupping his cheek and kissing his forehead, letting her quirk do all of the work. He felt it's amazing power take course as control over his limbs finally resumed.
"Nothing fully broken. . . i am most certainly surprised"
Her statement made him laugh but certainly not move too much. Rather he simply sat up right and left the baby on his side now that it had turned off. Looking up he chuckled to himself holding his right arm.
"Ow" He simply voiced, more of us a joke than an actual show of pain. He had felt worse in those damned "orphanage's" in terms of pure pain than something like this could ever make him feel. That and also that one time he got beat up by a nomu.
Both hurt a lot more.
"How did i do?"
"I told you, i think you did good"
"You told me?"
"Yes i did"
"huh"
A Few Minutes Later
Izuku had pulled off one hell of a stunt. The amount of damage he had dealt to those things was honestly incredible and given the amount of pressure he was under while doing so i have to say he did an amazing job.
But in the end, as the adrenaline left his body and fatigue slowly kicked in, Izuku felt dead. He was at the hospital when that feeling of death truly started to make itself known to him with Chiyo being the one that noticed right away.
She had expected it would happen sooner or later. After all she had sometimes seen the same "side effects" with Nana when she would overwork herself. Quickly calling up the one heroine that had taken the day off she made sure that he would get to a warm home immediately.
Also, he was full of pain killers and those made him sleepy and so she didn't want him around on the streets like that.
Her orders were for him to relax, move little and try not to use up any energy that he might have. After all it would be two more days until UA would officially start and she wanted Izu to not do ANYTHING for those two days.
No training, no sparring, no nothing.
In the time it had taken Chiyo to explain to Izu what he was to do Nemuri, said heroine that had taken the day off, had come over to the hospital to pick him up. With the help of some of the hospital's security guards Izuku was safely transported from his hospital bed to Nemuri's car.
Nemuri had a spare key to Nana's house and so started going towards said house.
"You did really well today Izuku, though i guess you are tired of hearing that already"
Stated the black haired heroine as she stopped at a red light. Lookin over at him she saw a smile slowly form on his face. God did he miss her. . .she was just so sweet with him all the time. . . and even when. . .she teased him she was still so nice.
"I. . .it's good for me to hear it i think"
Was what he could muster up to say raising his left hand to turn of the car radio. It was annoying okay? Loud noises were bad. . .bad for the ears and mind.
"How so Izu?"
"Well you see Nemuri. . .it at least means that i am not over my head with my own performance" He answered with the most refined answer he could come up with. Nemuri giggled softly placing her right hand over his left.
"You did great sweetie. I saw you do it too, looked pretty sexy with that torn up shirt"
Teased Nemuri making laugh rather than feel flustered. After all what was he to be embarrassed about? Each scar on his body he was proud of and Nana, Rumi and Ryuko told him he looked really good.
He told the same about them but they told him each time they saw him without a shirt! And it made him feel good. And so he also called them beautiful whenever he could. . .Nemuri was also beautiful though. . .should he call her beautiful too?
"Nemuri. . . you are beautiful"
Ah he did it already the sly dog. Nice one mate.
Nemuri blushed at his honest and sudden compliment but he didn't see it. She hid it and he was not paying attention to anything really so yeah made sense.
"Fufufu, thank you Izu~ I do get it a lot but i prefer it be from you"
Now that remark made him blush as he let out a soft chuckle. Sitting up straight on the car seat he felt the side effects of sleepiness and confusion wear off. He didn't regret what he had said though as he had not lied.
Not a small bit mind you.
By now Nemuri had started off again though found no other red light in her way. It was still a bit till they got home though.
Izuku was half communicating with the world now while Nemuri was simply ecstatic given that he was being this sweet and honest with her. And given that this was a one in a million chance well. . .
"Izu~ what do you think about me?"
She asked the half asleep man who simply smiled at her.
"Nemuri, even when i am on so many different kinds of medication, there is no doubt in my mind that you are a very special person to me . . ."
". . . also i really feel like that. . . whenever we are together we just cuddle. . .for no reason at all. . . and i like that to be honest."
"So yeah, i think you are amazing simply put"
That. . .made her feel. . . special indeed.
A smile formed on her face and she almost felt like crying. She knew that. . .he meant every word of that. And that made her happy.