Chapter 4

[Play KH3 OST World Map]

It was 6:02 a.m. Sora was woken up by Inko at this time, so he could be fully awake by the time he got to U.A. Though Sora wanted to wake up earlier, Inko thought it better that he got as much rest as he needed for the exams today. She couldn't say the same for her son however, as Izuku had left before the sun even got up, in order to finish his training before the exams.

Inko had made food for the both of them, and Sora said he'd give it to Izuku, if Sora saw him before the exams. After eating his own, and getting ready, he went off towards U.A. ready for the exams. By the time he got there, he saw Izuku as he was tripping and about to hit the floor, until a girl stopped his fall and helped him back up. Sora, deciding to wait until the conversation, if you could even call that interaction between the two as one.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Dogimagi]

"Hey Izuku!" Sora called out.

"O-Oh!" Izuku snapped out of whatever got over him. "H-Hey Sora."

"You okay?" Sora asked. "You don't look 100%."

"Yeah." Midoriya answered. "Just tired from training."

"Hey, before you head in," Sora started, giving his friend a sealed box. "You want some food to refuel?"

Izuku looked inside the box and saw some Katsudon, his favorite food. Taking Sora up on the offer, since there was still some time, he ate up, albeit rather quickly, and they both headed inside to start the exams. They were seated separately, and when arrived, the exams begun.

[Silence]

The test sheets were handed out one at a time, passed down from person to person. When everyone got their test, they could start. Despite Sora having the proper educational level, that didn't exactly mean that he was 100% confident he could pass the written portion of the exam. That didn't stop him from doing his best though, and that's all he could do. Involving anything he couldn't figure out on his own, if it was multiple choice, he guessed. If not, than he also guessed, but kept the answer short. When he finished, he checked to see if he left anything out, or wasn't sure of, that he could maybe remember, before time was up.

After the written exam was finished, more sheets of paper were passed down, this time detailing the practical exam. A few more minutes pass by and someone walks onto the stage. Lights start turning on and the man introduces himself.

"What's up U.A. Candidates!" The man hollered. "Thanks for tuning into me, your school D.J.! Come on and let me hear ya!"

Sora recognized the voice from somewhere, but couldn't put his finger on it. Instead of focusing on that, he paid attention to what the man was saying.

"Keeping it mellow eh?" He continued. "That's fine, I'll skip straight to the main show. Let's talk about how this practical exam is gonna go down okay? ARE YOU READAAAY!"

The room did not respond.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST U.A. Session]

In the distance, Sora could very slightly hear Izuku attempt to quietly geek out over the guy. The info was nice to know however, and it helped Sora remember that this guy was apparently Present Mic, the guy he hears from time to time on the radio back at Midoria's house.

"Like your applications said," Present started. "Today you rockin boys and girls will be out there conducting ten minute mach battles, in super hip urban settings!"

The screen behind the Present mic started showing pictures and a weird but funny video game like style of how the battle works, as Mic explains it.

"Gird your loins my friends." Mic continued. "After I drop the Mic, you'll head to your specified battle centers. Sound good?" There was silence. "OKAAAAAAAAAY!?"

Sora looked at his card, and saw that the center he was assigned to was C.

Mic continued the explanation. "Okay okay, let's check out your targets. There are three types of foe villains in every battle center. You'll earn points based on their level of difficulty, so better choose wisely. Your goal in this train is to use your quirk to raise your score by shredding these foe villains like a mid song guitar solo. But check it, and make sure you keep things heroic. Attacking other examinees is a U.A. NoNo, ya dig?"

Sora had understood it and was fine with that explanation, until another person had raised his hand and stood up, pointing something out.

"Excuse me sir but I have a question." the person said.

"Hit me!" Mic responded, letting the light shine on the examine.

"On the print out, you listed four types of villains, not three." He stated. "With all respect, if this is an error on U.A. material, it's shameful. We are exemplary students. We expect the best from Japan's most notable school. A mistake such as this won't do."

After that, he pointed to another student, and critiqued him on his mumbling and ordered him to stop. Sora could only guess Izuku was the one being reprimanded. Even if Sora spoke out, to defend his friend, it would probably start a scene, so he kept quiet and took a mental note to encourage Midoriya to not let this guy's words drag him down.

"Alright, examinee number 7111, thanks for calling in with your request." Mic said, with a thumbs up. "The fourth villain type is worth 0 points! That guy is just an obstacle we'll be throwing in your way. There's one in every battle center. Think of it as a hurdle you should try and avoid. It's not that it can't be beaten. It's just that there's no point. I recommend my listeners try to ignore it and just focus on the ones on top of the charts!"

The guy who asked the question then bowed, thanked Mic and let him continue.

"That's all I got for you today." Mic concluded. "I'll sign off with a little present. A sample of our school motto! As general Napoleon Bonaparte once laid down, a true hero is one who overcomes life's misfortunes. MmmHmm, now that's a tasty sound byte. You ready to go beyond? Let's hear a PLUS ULTRA!"

The words intensely appeared on the screen, looking like a sound effect from a comic book. However instead of silence for another few seconds, Sora actually hollered it out with some energy, before being stared at by those around him. He didn't care though.

"YEAH!" Mic cheered. "I like that kid's groove! Good luck! Hope you practice hitting more than just books."

Everyone left and started heading towards their designated battle centers, but before Sora went to his, he found Izuku and stopped him for a second.

"You doing okay Izuku?" Sora asked.

"Yeah, just nervous." Midoriya responded, looking just as nervous as he said he was.

"Hey, you got this." Sora said. "You worked so hard for the past three months I've been with you. All that training is gonna pay off today. Just you watch."

Izuku perked up and then nodded, feeling much better now. With Sora as a constant emotional support for those past three months, he's gotten a bit more confident. Not so much so that would be drastic, but it was much easier for him to get back into a positive viewpoint with his friend around. After that bit of support, the two then went to their assigned battle centers.

[Play KH DDD OST Access the Grid]

Sora waited patiently, taking in the surroundings, noticing how big this battle center was. He figured it would be about the size of a small urban area, but it was almost as big as the area of San Fransokyo that he got to explore. Looking around, he saw dozens of people, some with special gear, others with some small trinkets, and some with nothing but their abilities to help them through this. This test wasn't something to be taken lightly, it seemed, as many people were dead serious from either their expression, posture, or the fact that some people were slowly inching their way to the front of the group. Sora felt much more confident in this department. He's not the best with a pen and paper, but when it comes to breaking things and saving people, he's got that covered even more than sea salt ice cream on a popsicle stick.

[Play KH3 OST Shrouding Dark Cloud]

"RIGHT! LET'S START!" Present Mic shouted out. Catching everyone's attention. "GET MOVING! THERE ARE NO COUNTDOWNS IN REAL BATTLES!"

Sora got the memo as well as a majority of the other people and they all started sprinting, jumping, flying, skating, doing whatever they did to get in and get the points they needed. Sora was close to the front of the crowd and summoned his Kingdom Key, getting ready to break some bots and pass this exam.

He broke off from the crowd and saw a group of two 3 pointer bots, a 2 pointer bot, and a 1 pointer bot. Not slowing down, Sora had sprinted towards the group and easily cut down the bots. He looked around for more, but didn't notice a 3 pointer getting ready to attack. By the time Sora noticed it, it had already charged towards him, but he dodged and got ready to attack it. Just then, what looked like a tongue, grabbed it and slammed it into the ground.

He saw that the person who did that was a girl who was sticking to the wall, retracting her tongue and then looking at Sora for a split second, before running ahead.

"Thanks for the save!" Sora called out, hoping that she got that. As he then ran off in another direction, with a few other people following him.

Five minutes went by as he continued taking down some bots, keeping count, his score being 17 right now. Noticing something out of the corner of his eye, he thought he saw something abnormal, and he went to check it out. He looked around the area he was in and then saw something that wasn't what he wanted to see.

[Play KH2.5 Remix OST Rowdy Rumble]

There were Heartless, and they were scattering. Most of them were Shadows and Soldiers, but the one that got his attention the most was the Possessor that bolted out of there. Sora immediately gunned towards them, taking out as many as he could, before too many could get away.

"Dang it!" Sora said. "The one time I didn't want to see these guys."

Sora ran out of the alleyway he was in and notices that most of them had taken to the roofs or were heading over to where the big crowds were, but he didn't see the Possessor. He knew that if he didn't take these guys out, than there would probably be some casualties, and he had to act fast.

"Let's see if I still got it." Sora said out loud, looking for something very specific. He managed to find what he was looking for, a street light, and then he got low to the ground, started glowing blue around his body, and then zoomed at instant speed towards the pole of the light. Using his Flowmotion, he latched onto it with his keyblade and spun around, keeping him momentum. He then lunged himself towards the closest Heartless, taking it out in an instant, then keeping his eye on the closest one he could see, he zoomed over to the next one, and the next and the next, taking out all the ones he could see.

He knew that wasn't all of them, and then sprinted over to the nearest tall building, ran up the walls, using some Flowmotion to boost himself to the top, and then looked around for the rest. He saw two groups. One going towards the large group of students, and the other attempting to go around and maybe cut off their escape.

Sora wasted no time and used his Flowmotion to speed blitz himself towards the group going straight for the examinees. Taking the Heartless out before they even got close. Running to the top of the closest building, he was at, he then spotted the other group and took off towards them. When he got to those Heartless, they were about to attack some other examinees when they didn't notice. Sora wasn't going to let that happen however and he then slid past the people, and took the Heartless out almost instantly. He didn't stop to wave at the others like he usually would, instead, sprinting towards the tallest building that was in this battle center, and getting to the top.

[Silence]

Two minutes were left in this exam, but Sora didn't care right now. He perched himself on the building and was looking in every direction that he could see, trying to find that Possessor before it could do some serious damage. But suddenly, the ground started to shake and some buildings started to collapse, showing a giant Villain Bot. No doubt it was the 0 pointer, seeing as it looked like what the image was on the sheet. Initially Sora didn't show any interest for a second, but then he realised something. That thing could be seen from the entire city, and if the Possessor gets to it, than people are going to die. And as soon as he thought that, he saw the Possessor going straight for it, and it was almost there. Sora didn't waste any more time and now had a new goal. Take down that robot.

[Play KH3 OST Boss Theme Titan/Kraken]

When Sora got there, it was too late. The Possessor was already inside it, and it started showing, as dark smoke started to emanate from it, it's eyes began to glow yellow, and a small heartless symbol appeared on the back of it's head. Sora held his keyblade tight, and got ready for a battle.

The giant bot took notice of Sora and swung it's massive arms down trying to crush the keyblade wielder in one strike, destroying the streets and any buildings in its way. Sora however, used his Flowmotion to get to the rooftop of the closest building. As that structure was falling apart, he used Flowmotion again to fly over to a giant piece of debris that was launched into the air above himself, landing on it mid air, and then jumping off of it and blitzing towards the 0 pointer. The Possessor had noticed Sora, but was too slow to react as he latched onto the 0 pointer and dragged his keyblade on one of its arms, cutting it open as he ran towards the head. The gigantic bot did manage to use it's other arm and knock Sora away from it's head, giving it more time to use it's body against the keyblade wielder.

Sora was now in a state of free-fall, but he managed to recover while in that state, and then move himself towards the continuous tracks that made this behemoth move, slamming his keyblade down and destroying one of the sets of tracks, making it unable to move straight. The 0 pointer had used it's remaining set of tracks to turn around as fast as it could, and blow Sora away, giving them some distance, and allowing the titan to grab a piece of a building and throw it towards Sora.

Sora couldn't dodge and was forced to take the hit, but he had one more trick up his sleeve. He twirled the Kingdom Key in his hand and soon his clothes had burst into light for a split second, before changing colors and matching his attire from his adventure against Organization XIII, completely obliterating the debris thrown at Sora. He was now in his second form.

Sora had wasted no time, using his Flowmotion, one more time and gunning towards the other set of tracks, dragging his blade on them and destroying them with little effort, as he ran to the back of this gargantuan robot. He jumped onto it's back and began running towards the top, noticing that the one arm it had left, was gearing up to swing towards the young man. He didn't falter and continued towards the head, until the arm had swung itself and nearly swatted Sora off of it's back. Sora had latched onto the hand, and began to cut it apart, shredding all of its fingers and leaving a large amount of gashes on the palm.

After that was done, he bolted towards the head, letting the Kingdom Key drag behind him, destroying the enormous arm in the process. All that was left was the head, but the Possessor did not run away. It instead, started spinning and shaking the head rapidly, trying to get Sora off, but he didn't budge, attacking the head and eviscerating it, until there was nothing left. Sora saw the Possessor attempt to run, but he got in front of it and then used the power he stored up to finish it off, with a series of thrusts from multiple directions.

"SONIC BLADE!" He called out as he thrusted one last time, ending the Heartless and stopping it from causing any more damage. After that, he then slid off the now annihilated threat, and looked around to see if that was it. He got them all it seemed, and he powered down.

[Silence]

"TIME'S UUUUUUUUUUUP!" Mic had called out, with an alarm signaling that the exam was over.

When Sora heard that, it stung a bit. With the Heartless distracting him, he didn't have the time to get the points he needed, but he wasn't going to just let those guys run off. They would have caused so much mayhem and might have killed have of the people here if he didn't go and stop them. Even though he flunked the exam, he was still proud of himself for sticking to his feelings and being a hero, even if nobody saw it. He left the battle center with a smile on his face.

Ok. Now we get to the real story. I hope my fight writing is still up to par with what I used to do. And yes, Sora, the Keyblade's chosen one, flunked the test. He seems to have a bad record with this, seeing as the Mark of Mastery had the exact same result. As for chapters onward, you'll have to wait and see how I explain Sora's involvement with the story. Some of you may like it, others may hate it, but I think it will work. Hope you enjoy and until I decide to upload again. ;)