Welcome back to this shitshow, nothing much to say up here other than this is a pretty short chapter. But hey, at least I got something out, didn't I. Sorry if you came here for Midoriya's test but we're not showing that today maybe some other time. This story is focused on Shinjiro but don't you worry Deku fanboys, he'll get his screen time
Anyway, onto the chapter!
"Now...eat this!" All Might plucked a hair off his head and presented it towards the duo.
"Huh!?" The two teens turned black and white in pure shock.
"Alright hold up!" Shinjiro put a hand up. "You want him to what?"
"Eat my hair. In order for One For All to be passed, the wielder has to ingest the current holder's DNA and eating my hair is...the least disgusting part of my body." All Might rubbed the back of his head. "So Young Midoriya… eat it!"
"Ummm" Midoriya stared at the strand of hair with doubt.
"Eat it!" All Might instructed.
Midoriya sighed. "Oh well...if that's how it goes then" He reluctantly took the small strand of hair and quickly put it in his mouth. He made a big mistake trying to gulp it down as fast as he could since he started choking and gagging on the strand stuck in his throat. After a few painful seconds, he got it down and was panting heavily.
Shinjiro looked on in disgust. "I think I need to bleach my eyes after seeing that"
"I think I need to bleach my everything," Midoriya said in between breaths. After recovering from that...experience, Midoriya stretched his arms out and started to feel his body. "I don't think it's working..."
"The effects of One For All take a while to flow throughout your body so give it a while for it to show."
"What if it doesn't show?" Shinjiro questioned.
"Well..." All Might but a hand to his chin. "I have no idea!" Causing both of them to trip for no reason.
"What do you mean you have no idea!"
"Well, this is the first time I've done this but...I'm assuming young Midoriya has to ingest another part of me to get it."
Midoriya shuddered at the thought of it but quickly realized something. "He's right. What if it doesn't appear during the entrance exams? Especially when it starts in an hour?! Shinjiro-san we got to go!" Midoriya grabbed his belongings and started to take off toward U.A.
Shinjiro and All Might, who had transformed shortly before watched the small teen run out of sight. Shinjiro slowly started packing his items compared to Midoriya's rushing.
"Aren't you scared of being late?" Toshinori asked.
"Eh, I'm not that worried about being late. I've got them legs don't I?" Shinjiro said, showing off his legs.
"Errr, alrighty then. Shall we head over there now?" Shinjiro nodded and they started a walk towards U.A.
By the time Shinjiro had made it to where the exams were taking place, he was only a few minutes early. Toshinori had split ways as soon as they reached and Midoriya was...staring blindly into space. Shinjiro sighed and walked over to him, cringing at his stupid expression.
He raised his hand and chopped Midoriya on the head. The green-haired teen let out a screech before holding his head in his hands.
"What was that for Shinjiro-san!" Midoriya shouted.
"I don't know what you were doing, but you were making a stupid face" Shinjiro deadpanned.
"Well that's because-" Midoriya got quiet and began twirling his index fingers together. Shinjiro slammed his hand down on his head again.
"Stop that, you're acting like a girl who's awkward around her crush"
"Funny you say that..." Midoriya nervously chuckled. Shinjiro raised an eyebrow.
"Oho? Midoriya getting a girl before me? That's something new, so...when can I meet her?"
Midoriya flushed red. "N- No! I- It's not like that! I just fell and she caught me that's all!"
"So you're saying you were the damsel in distress? Interesting"
"W- what! No that's not-!" Midoriya sighed, the poor innocent boy couldn't keep up with Shinjiro's teasing sometimes. "Oh! The exams are gonna start. Well...I'll see you later then" Midoriya waved before walking away.
"Poor child couldn't keep with me, heh" Shinjiro silently chuckled before taking a deep breath. "Well then, no backing out now huh? I've come too far to turn back"
Soon Shinjiro found his seat within the amphitheater after a few minutes of looking around. He glanced over his shoulder looking for a certain green-haired child, it didn't take long before he spotted him. However, his face grimaced when he saw who was sitting next to Midoriya. It was the explosive, spiky-headed bully that had picked on him and Midoriya throughout school.
"So that damn Bakugo here just like he said he would. Poor Midoriya has to sit next to him too. Hoo boy, he's going to have one hell of a time" Shinjiro thought. Unfortunately, his thoughts were cut off by the lights turning off and a spotlight shining onto a spot on the stage. Up walked a hero known for a mic on his neck and blonde hair spiked upward.
"WELCOME ONE AND ALL! CAN I HEAR A HEEEEEEEYYYYYY!" President Mic shouted into the...well mic. Shinjiro slowly raised his hand down when no one else replied.
"Ooooh tough crowd, but no matter!" Mic pressed a red button on a remote he had and suddenly large holograms came up and showed a city of some sort.
"Alrighty! So there'll be a ten-minute test to determine your skills in this city construct. Take anything you want and make sure you're at the right places after the presentation! KAPEESH?"
"Isn't it capisce?" Some random person shouted from the audience.
"IT STILL WORKS! Now anyway onto the presentation!" President Mic pulled out his remote and started the slide show. The presentation wasn't all that interesting for Shinjiro to be paying attention to. The premise was simple: Beat a bunch of robots to rack up your scores and you're allowed to do whatever you like to get it. However, you can't interfere or attack the other competitors as it would get you disqualified. There was also a special zero-pointer robot added in, although President Mic didn't recommend fighting it.
After finishing the presentation Mic said one final thing. "I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK!" Before stepping away from the podium and leaving everyone to scramble to their designated locations.
Shinjiro got up and looked at his sheet of paper to where he was meant to go, he turned around and saw Midoriya heading in the opposite way. So in true Shinjiro fashion, he just gave him a thumbs up and Midoriya reciprocated. Meanwhile, Bakugo was eyeing the new stranger that had been so "friendly" to Midoriya.
"Tch, so the fucking nerd has a friend now?" He thought. "What a normie heh, he'll just be another stepping stone for me."
Bakugo got a quick glance at Midoriya's paper as he was getting up. "Looks like we're not in the same area. Tsk! It's a good thing you'll be able to survive then."
"Why the heck is he saying this in front of other people?" Midoriya sweatdropped.
Soon, Shinjiro was standing outside a giant gate along with other people, some chatting with each other, warming up, or just mentally preparing themselves for the challenge ahead. Shinjiro just stood there with hands in his hoodie, he didn't have time to change so he was still in his work-out attire.
He didn't really care about the other contestants and was thinking about strategies on how he would go about the little trial. "Didn't Mic say we could bring anything? Ugh, if I had known I could have brought my prototypes to test them out! *sigh* Now I have to figure out something if I'm gonna ace this"
However, he was suddenly interrupted by a loud voice beside him. It was a girl with long green hair that looked like vines, thorns grew from the roots yet didn't look very sharp. She was busy praying to herself and not paying attention to her surroundings, slightly irritated by her unawareness, Shinjiro decided to lightly tap her on the shoulder.
"Hey, sorry to interrupt the praying but could you tone it down a little bit? Some people are staring." Shinjiro tried to ask in the nicest way possible as he shifted his eyes to a couple of people staring at her.
"Oh, my deepest apologies. It seems I wasn't paying attention" She bowed. Her voice was quite soft and calm, it kind of sounded like a story narrator that could put you to sleep in just a few minutes.
Shinjiro rubbed the back of his head. "Er- Don't worry about it. Good luck on the exam."
"As the same for you," She replied as the giant doors started to gradually open. This left many of the people confused and dumbfounded only to be interrupted by a gunshot from a nearby tower.
"Did you think there was a countdown for the test? Go out there and prove yourself worthy!" A man in a cowboy outfit said. As soon as word got out, everyone started scrambling to get inside the make-shift city with Shinjiro getting caught up in the mad rush. He was left spinning once everyone had entered and had those ridiculous dizzy eyes.
"Why wasn't I trained to deal with stampedes?!" He quickly shook his head and ran inside. Metal scraps and robot remains were scattered throughout the empty roads. "Oh, for crying out loud! One simple spin and this is what I get?" He thought as he kept running forward, hoping there would be something for him to gain some points.
Luckily, the universe had decided to heed his command and released a small one-pointer who was somehow not affected during the robot massacre. Even though it was a simple one-pointer robot, it mounted a machine gun on its left arm and a rocket launcher on its right.
"You gotta be kidding me right? Damn it Nezu and your ever-loving hatred of humanity!"
Up in the control tower, Nezu sneezed.
The robot immediately started firing its guns at Shinjiro who had no chance of moving. After emptying it's round, it shot a rocket for good measure creating a cloud of dust in its place. However, a silhouette appeared out of the smoke and was dusting himself off. Shinjiro was perfectly fine, save for a couple of bruises and cuts.
"Ugh, thank god I brought up that rock in time. But seriously, I need to have a talk with Nezu about how hard these stupid things are...I mean really?! A one-pointer with a machine gun AND a rocket launcher?! How dumb does he think he i- ah crap I'm monologuing again. Anyway..." Shinjiro dashed at the robot, not giving it any time to reload. He stepped off the robot's tread and jumped up allowing him to gain some height over the enemy, before swinging his foot down for an aerial attack.
As soon as his foot connected with the robot's head, the sheer force he applied to his foot allowed it to cave the robot's head in, making the android malfunction and falling to the ground in defeat. Victory wasn't fully achieved for Shinjiro as now not only was he rolling around on the floor clutching his foot but he now only has one point.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, owwww. Why the hell did I do that?!" He screamed, still holding his foot. "Oh god, how to break your foot 101. Next time I'm using a rock or something." He mended his foot awhile until the ground started to shake.
{In the observation room}
"It seems both of your fellow students are doing well aren't they Toshinori?" Nezu said.
"It seems so." Toshinori replied.
"We still can't leave out the rest of this year's potential students. They all look so promising, I bet they'll be growing up to be amazing heroes" Nezu said before grinning evilly. "But how would they fare against th- oh it seems I have already pressed it"
"You already pressed what!" Toshinori looked in shock as giant robots started to deploy into the multiple testing facilities. "Good luck to the both of you" He silently prayed.
"Okay, now you gotta be shitting me." Shinjiro watched in horror as a giant robot was released into the city. "Also...why do I feel like someone was praying for me?" He couldn't think much longer as falling rocks came crashing on his head. He dodged some and punched some into oblivion which made his fist red.
"Ugh, why couldn't I punch like I did the last time! I didn't feel anything!" He complained before being snatched away by a pair of vines as a rock came falling under where he was. He was surprised to be midair and being held by vines, his expression changed back when he saw who was controlling them.
"Oh, it's you. Holy vine girl" He simply said.
"My name is Ibara Shiozaki, not holy vine girl," She said back.
"Right, right sorry. I have a habit of giving people nicknames when I don't know their names" He held out a hand. "Thanks for the save by the way"
She returned it. "No worries, may God bless us both"
Suddenly, a giant hand came and smacked away some more debris falling from the sky.
"Make sure to watch your backs, will you? We're still in the middle of an examination" A gingered hair girl brought her arm back to her body before dusting her hands.
"Eh, I'm not that worried." Shinjiro shrugged. He looked toward the stampeding robot and saw some people trapped under rubble, others struggling to run due to how fast it was moving. "Hey, Ms. Marvel"
"M- me?" The ginger said.
"You can catapult me up there right?" He pointed toward the sky.
"Y- yea but why?! It's too dangerous! What if you get hurt or die!"
"We don't have time so hurry!" He shouted. "If we don't move now those people could die!" After spotting the numerous people failing to escape the titan, "Marvel" formed a serious expression. She grew her hand and placed it down on the ground as Shinjiro stepped on it.
He took a deep breath in before looking to his side. Shiozaki was busy praying while "Marvel" gave him a nod of approval. In just a few seconds, Shinjiro found himself hurling through the air at tremendous speeds.
"Why the hell didn't I just stay HOME!" He thought while flying at the robot. Although, he didn't really think of a plan so he was basically flying at a giant robot, jet plane levels of speed. He just did the one thing that came in his head...launching straight into it, feet first.
"This is gonna HURT!" He said out loud before slamming into the robot's head, caving his head in and forcing it to fall backward. The crash made Shinjiro stop midair for a while before starting to freefall towards the ground.
"This is it, I'm going to die. I didn't even get to smack Toshinori for making me do this, especially Nezu for allowing me to live up to this point. Damn you rat!" He thought as he closed his eyes.
He waited for him to hit the ground but he never did. He felt as if he was being suspended and starting to slide? He slowly opened his eyes to see himself on a slide made of vines, carefully sliding him back down to the ground.
Shiozaki had made a slide for carrying his momentum throughout the ride which he was coming to the end about now. Once he had reached the bottom, Shinjiro felt his body before throwing his arms in the air.
"I'M ALIVE! I'm not dead, *sigh* I'm...not..." He said before passing out.
"TIME'S UP!" An announcement was made the same moment Shinjiro had passed out so he could just barely hear it. The rest of the details were a bit sketchy but when he came to, someone's lips were on his legs and arms. The sight of it made him pass out again.
"Hey sonny!" Albeit for very long as an old woman's voice woke him up, paired with a splash of cold water.
"Oh god!" He sat up in surprise. "Ow," He winced, holding his head.
Recovery Girl pulled back her lips and sighed. "Another reckless idiot saving the day. I swear what are you kids thinking these days!" She said.
"W- wait" Shinjiro tried to pull himself together. "Another?"
"Yes! There was another one exactly like you, jumping up and almost killing themselves. We aren't some facility that recommends suicide!" She sighed. "You aren't as badly hurt as I thought but make sure to get some quality rest. I have to go and tend to the other trainees now"
"Thank you Recovery Girl" Shinjiro bowed as she walked off. In her place the two girls popped into view.
"Mou! I told you not do stuff stupid things!" Ginger shouted.
"Oh thank the lord you're alright!" Shiozaki embraced Shinjiro in a hug before quickly breaking out of it. "Ah- My deepest apologies" She apologized with a light blush.
"Uh, it's okay," Shinjiro said, taken aback by the quick embrace. He was snapped out of his light daze but a third wheel clearing her throat.
"A- anyway, I'm glad to see you're alive"
"Thanks for that Ms Marvel" He smiled.
"Who's this Ms Marvel you're referring to?"
"Ah so you're not a comic reader..." He whispered. "It's just a nickname, don't worry about it. So, what's your real name?"
"It's Itsuka Kendo" She extended a hand out to him.
"Well then nice to meet you too...Kendo-san" Shinjiro grabbed her hand as she pulled him up.
"Now...shall we go home?" He dusted himself off. "Man, I'm beat. I could go for some WacMonalds or something. You guys want anything? It'll be my treat for today"
The girls just looked at each other and smiled before following Shinjiro.
Recovery Girl watched on as she saw the three teens getting along with each other so fast. "Ah youth...always a sight to behold isn't it?"