Technically Quirkless: Expanded
Chapter 2
-Izuku-
Grinning, Izuku stretched as he awaited the UA Heroics practical, silently thankful that there was no sign of rabid Pomeranians. Thanks to suggestions from himself and Aizawa-Sensei over the years, Nezu had put through some changes to how the Heroics classes were formed.
Now every student put their 'back up track' when they applied and took the test to enter that course first, whether it be General Education, Support, or Business. Then, if they passed the written test and made it clear they wanted to be a Hero, they were scheduled for a time to come in with a group of other applicants.
The old method of just 'throw kids at Robots till you run out of robots' was great at finding Hero's good at punching things but you were liable to miss finding support heroes like Sir Nighteye or Lunch Rush, medical heroines like Recovery Girl, or people with more subtle quirks or ones that just didn't work on robots such as Aizawa.
Now, each group would do a battery of tests in front of the faculty, testing for each area a Hero could be expected to work in so as to find the best and most motivated hero course students. It had even cut down on Aizawa-Sensei's expulsion rate.
"WASSUP LITTLE LISTENERS!" the cheerful voice of Present Mic shouted as he greeting the assembled test takers, sending Izuku a grin, "ARE YOU REAAAAADYYYY?!"
"YEAH!" Izuku, and most of those assembled, all cheered, pumped up and ready.
"YEAAAAAAAH!" Mic cheered, "Then I'll pass this off to UA's latest teacher!" Izuku blinked at that, none of his numerous honorary Aunts and Uncles among the staff having even hinted at a new teacher being added to the staff.
Then, a familiar, iconic, booming laugh filled the field as Izuku's eyes widened, a yellow meteor hitting the ground with a boom "I AM HERE!" All Might cheered, flexing happily, as Izuku and his fellow applicants were stunned silent, "Hello there Students!" All Might waved as the silence was broken with raucous cheering, "Are you all ready to be heroes?!" the cheering grew even louder, "EXCELLENT!"
Stepping down from the stage, All Might gave everyone a thumb's up, "Now, we'll be putting you all through a series of tests today. Some will be basic physical fitness, both with and without quirks." All Might nodded over to Aizawa-Sense and Uncle Vlad who nodded stoically.
"Some will be strategic assessments on how well you handle a situation given to you." All Might nodded to the eagerly waving Nezu, Izuku silently pitying his fellow applicants who didn't realize what they were in for with that one.
"Rescue scenarios." All Might nodded over to Thirteen who waved cheerfully.
"And finally, combat trails overseen by myself and Midnight." All Might laughed as Aunt Nemuri cracked her whip with a grin.
"If everyone's ready then divide into your groups and go PLUS ULTRA!"
Noting his test slip showed him as group 'A', heading over to the fitness tests first. This was what had once been Aizawa Sensei's dreaded 'Quirk Assessment test', having students do the test regularly and then with their quirks. Given he lacked any sort of power that could improve his score he thankfully didn't have to retake any tests, giving him plenty of time to make notes on all the quirks he saw being used. He also wasn't worried about his score, having spent so many years training with Aizawa-Sensei and the others.
Moving on to the analysis section, Izuku sat at the outside desks, each one having a written test with an applicant's name already there. He ignored the shocked and pitying looks his fellow would be heroes sent his way when they saw how much larger his was compared to theirs. That pity went away the instant he started racing through the test, being the first one done despite having a test twice the size of everyone else's.
Reaching the rescue section, he waved to Thirteen happily as the rescue hero explained how each of them would be given allowed to pick a rescue scenario to attempt and that she would grade them based on results, performance could always be improved in class once accepted after all.
Izuku was the only one to pick a fire rescue scenario and blitzed through it. Having grown up with his dad having a fire quirk, and all the experience with Bakugo's explosions, he was well versed in how to handle fire hazards.
"Now, for the combat tests let's make this a little fun!" All Might laughed happily as he faced Izuku's group, "You all will be fighting in a quasi-tournament style! Now keep in mind, winning the tournament for your group doesn't guarantee you'll be in the Hero Course, and losing doesn't mean you won't join. The faculty will be looking how you did throughout all of the various tests to decide. Now, our first match will be Midoriya Izuku against Kaminari Denki."
"Hey, no hard feelings for me knocking you out round one yeah?" Kaminari asked with a good-natured grin as they took their places.
"That's assuming you can win." Izuku returned the grin confidently as he bounced from side to side, staying loose and limber.
"Begin!" All Might shouted as Kaminari threw his hands up in the air, sparking as the blond gave a manic grin.
"Indiscriminate Shock!" the freshmen with bright yellow hair shouted eagerly "One point three million volts!" lightning shot out from Kaminari towards Izuku who charged through it unphased, punching a suddenly dazed looking Kaminari in the face to send him rolling out of the ring, "Wheeeeey!"
"Winner, Midoriya!" All Might declared as Kaminari was taken to the nurse.
"Um…did I hit him too hard or…?" Izuku looked worried at his opponent who was being carried off, bouncing thumb's up in the air as he looked around without seeing.
"He's fine." Someone who might have been from Kaminari's school waved it off, "He shorts himself out when he uses too much of his quirk at once."
"Young Midoriya, you'll be fighting till you lose." All Might informed him as he went back to his starting point, relieved that he hadn't concussed Kaminari "Your next opponent will be Testutetsu, Testutetsu."
"MANLYNESS!" a guy with silvery grey hair ran onto the ring, "Let's do this thing Midoriya!"
"PLUS ULTRA!" Izuku shouted back happily as his opponent punched their fists together, his body turning into shining steel.
"Begin!" All Might shouted as Izuku and Testutetsu charged at each other, the metal fist hitting his abbs as the metal man winced and drew back his hand as Izuku pushed on unflinching, his own fist slamming into his opponent's face.
"Huh, so that's what bruising steel looks like." Izuku muttered aloud as his opponent got taken out by the attack Testutetsu clearly wasn't expecting to even phase him. Although if you got used to not feeling pain in a metal form then any pain would probably be jarring.
"Next fight, Midoriya Izuku against Ojiro Mashirao!" All Might was starting to look confused, having not met him like the other staff who apparently hadn't told the man about him. A guy with a massive tail got into the ring with Izuku, his stance indicating he was a marital artist, "Begin!" Ojiro shot forward, faster than Izuku was expecting, throwing a punch that Izuku had to block even if it pushed him back from the force.
"Take this!" Ojiro shouted, eyes blazing with eagerness at seemingly being the first to phase him, the blond spinning as he swung his tail at Izuku with full force. The massive limb slammed into his side and didn't budge him whatsoever, unlike when the punched. "What the-?" Ojiro's confusion was cut off with a startled yelp as Izuku grabbed his tail and hurled Ojiro from the ring.
"HOW?!" the assembled people in his group all gaped at him ending yet another fight completely unphased by his opponents powers.
"Huh, that took longer than I thought." Izuku blinked surprised, "Figured after the second fight that'd happen."
"Young Midoriya…how?" All Might looked utterly baffed as he gestured to all of Izuku, "What on earth is your quirk?"
"If you're wanting to be exact, then I don't have a quirk." Izuku shrugged as his group was so silent you could hear a pin drop.
"…You're quirkless?" All Might seemed stunned at that.
"Only technically." Izuku grinned, loving how much he could mess with people by the description of what he could do.
"Technically?" A really tall girl with black hair looked confused even as Testutetsu and a guy with spiky red hair were cheering about how 'manly' it was going into these tests without a quirk.
"Yeah, people with a quirk have a special power that's indicated by their positive quirk factor. Someone who's Quirkless has a quirk factor of Zero. My quirk factor is in the negatives, so quirks don't work on me. Kaminari's lightning? Quirk based so it did jack all. Tetsutetsu's iron body? Since it was powered by quirk factor his skin lost its enhanced hardness and strength when he hit me and didn't protect me when I hit him. Against Ojiro? His regular fist didn't have quirk factor so that punch hurt but his tail is his quirk, so all his quirk factor is there, and it just didn't affect me."
"I…would you mind just letting the others fight then?" All Might slapped a palm to his face with a sigh, "If you're just immune to everything then they can't really show what they can do. Given how you did in the other tests I'm positive your score is fine."
"Okay!" Izuku grinned as he let the next fighters head up.
