Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time

by Guardian-Sigil

One would think that in a world where everyday people possess impossible abilities nothing would really be a surprise. Izuku Midoriya, who upon the age of four was diagnosed as quirkless, was denied of his dream of become a hero that can save everyone with a smile. But fate gives him a chance; allowing him access not to one but a universe of powers and abilities.

11. Ch:11 Know Your Limits

Sorry for being late with this update. Would you believe that my laptop broke thankfully I save my stuff on Google Docs and a flashdrive, and I was temporarily lent a computer. My laptop won't be back for a little bit so the next chapter may take a while to get here.

Anyway enjoy Ch.11 it's a long one, 54 pages long! But it was surprisingly easy to write despite the set backs.

Replies to "Guest" readers:

Aztec 13: Glad you liked Ch.10. Anyway, it may be a little while before they have a reason to use that spaceship. I hope One- One was a pleasant surprise, he was meant to be in Ch.1 but I thought against it and then I ended up changing my mind anyway. Finally, I'm not really changing Class 1-A's students, sorry.

Atom king: It's fantastic that you enjoyed Ch.10so much, I was worried that it wouldn't be well received. As for your questions you'll just have to wait and see what happens. Although I have most of this fanfic planned out I'm open to things changing around or suggestions for the future.

Guest: It is!

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Ch.11 Know Your Limits

'This is it, I'm finally going to be part of U.A. and make my way to becoming a hero!'

U.A. somehow looks even more magnificent than from when they were last here. It may be that thanks to the sunny sky is clear, song birds are about, the smell of watered flowers lingers in the air, and the cherry blossoms are dancing in the wind. Or perhaps it's just because now this magnificent school represents all of their hopes and dreams.

Izuku Midoriya with an excited happy smile on his face leans his head to the side, curious about Ochaco Uraraka's reaction. He tries his best to ignore how nice she looks in the U.A. school uniform.

She's not looking at him her eyes locked onto the hero academy, presumably she's having the same reaction as him, judging by the expression on her face and the glimmer in her eyes.

From out of the corner of her eye she spots Izuku watching her. She flashes him a smile. "Let's do this! Let's make our first day a good one!"

Izuku nods. "Yeah!"

Together they make their way inside passing by other U.A. students whether they're Hero Course, General, or any other.

It doesn't take them long to find their destination, Classroom 1-A.

Ochaco gaps at the giant sliding door. "That door is massive!" It makes sense though, this school should be accommodating to all sorts of Quirks and people. "I just hope that those mean guys aren't part of our class."

That comment confuses him slightly, "Mean guys?" He's quick to realize whom she is talking about, and as a result his face drains of color. 'Oh, she means Kacchan and the blue-haired guy with glasses.' Shaking away his fears, Izuku grips his backpack in an attempt to calm his nerves. "Maybe we got lucky and neither of them are here." Summoning all of his courage Izuku rips open the door not wanting to delay the inevitable.

"Remove your foot from that desk! Such an action is insulting to those who came to U.A. before us!"

"Like I care! Hey, what middle school are you from?"

Izuku is in so much shock and despair he can almost feel his body dissipating into nothingness. 'The universe must hate me…'

They're both here. Of course they are! Why wouldn't they be? Even with his steaming pile of crap personality there shouldn't have been any doubt that Katsuki Bakugou made it in. Plus there's only two freshman Hero Course classes so it was a 50/50 chance that he would be in the same one.

Same goes for the stern young man with combed blue-hair and glasses.

Currently the stern teen is berating Bakugou who is seated at his desk with his feet kicked back onto the desk.

Even if he's a bit put-off by Bakugou's crude reaction, the young man introduces himself anyway. "I-I'm from Somei Private Academy. My name is Tenya Iida."

"Somei?!" Bakugou's teeth clatter. "You probably think of yourself as high and mighty, huh? I should blow you to bits!"

'Blow me to bits?!' Tenya is visibly surprised. "You're awful! Do you really wish to become a hero?!"

Before either of them could continue they both spot a terrified green-haired boy and an exasperated round-faced girl watching them from the doorway.

Realizing they've been spotted both Izuku and Ochaco freeze up ready to be either reprimanded by the stern engine-legged teen or cursed at by the angry Pomeranian.

With no hesitation or restraint Iida marches straight towards them his arms waving like that of a robot's at his sides. "Hello, I'm Teny-!"

Izuku cuts him off by raising a hand. "Yeah, we heard you before. Ah…I'm Izuku Midoriya. Pleased to meet you, Iida…" Even though the teen puts him off he tries his best at a friendly smile.

She might as well introduce herself as well. "And I'm Ochaco Uraraka…"

Now that Iida has acquired both their names there's no reason for him not to say what he has to. "Midoriya…Uraraka…you both perceived the true nature of the exam far better than I could." He grimaces in shame, grinding his teeth. "I completely misjudged you both. I hate to admit it, but you were both far superior candidates than myself."

Why is he acting like they're geniuses? Ochaco looks to her counterpart for clarification. "Um, Deku, do you know what he's talking about?"

Her counterpart shrugs in response, he's just as confused as she is.

Iida waves his arms up and down in a frenzy. "How could you not know?! You…" He pauses to consider the facts: these two arrived at the same time, one has a nickname for the other, and they seem to carry a sense of familiarity with each other. Could they have…? "Wait!" His outburst makes the two of them jump back in surprise. "Were you two already acquainted with each other before the exam?!"

Ochaco is the one to answer. "Uh, yeah we were…"

"Unacceptable!" They cheated! "The exam was designed and organized to force the examinees to work alone and to ensure that everyone is judged on equal ground! Yet you two managed to bypass this and work together! Were those rescues staged?! How could U.A. allow this?!"

Okay, now that was offensive.

Ochaco leers at the taller teen, just what gives him the right to judge them like that?! "Woah! Woah! Woah! We did not cheat!"

Izuku furiously nods his head in agreement. "Yeah, it was just dumb luck we ended up in the same arena! And besides before the test we agreed to go at it alone!"

"You did…?" Iida bows, his back bent at a perfect 180 degree angle. "My sincerest apologies! I've overstepped and misjudged both of you a second time! Shame on me!"

Feeling somewhat bad for snapping at him, Ochaco tries to wave off his worries. "No, no, it's okay. You didn't know."

Not wanting to be on bad terms either Izuku tries to shrug off the whole ordeal. "Yeah, it would seem fishy to anyone."

As Iida thanks them for understanding someone else from the entrance exam let's their presence be known. "It's nice to see that the two of you made it in as well."

Looking upward Izuku is greeted by the sight of the multi-limbed fellow from the entrance exam as well as the time Rojo kidnapped Ochaco. "Oh, it's you! You're that handyman…!" Realizing he said that last part out loud Izuku shields his face from view, it's red with embarrassment. 'Oh my God, I'm terrible!'

It's hard to tell whether he's smiling or not thanks to his facemask but nonetheless he doesn't sound offended in anyway. He seems the type to let things like this slide. "My name is Mezo Shoji."

"Right, sorry." Okay, Izuku time to salvage the situation. "Anyway, it's nice to officially introduce myself to you. My name is -"

"Yeah, I heard you from before."

Was that a sarcastic callback?!

Shoji rises one of his limbs, attached to the end is a human mouth. "When I heard about the rescue points, I knew right away that the two of you would be here."

Izuku ignores the mouth to speak with Shoji. He then introduces Ochaco to Shoji explaining to her that he couldn't save her without his help. Iida also takes a moment to introduce himself to Shoji even though the multi-limbed teen already stated that he overheard them introduce themselves already.

Forgotten in the background, is Bakugou. He could care less about any of these extras so he doesn't bother to even attempt to remember their names. Instead he's too busy glaring at the target of his frustrations. "Deku."

##########(Flashback)#########

"How wonderful that two of our students have made it into U.A.!" Izuku's middle school teacher turns in his seat to gaze up at both Bakugou and Izuku. "Especially you, Midoriya! That's a miracle we never expected!"

Izuku has no doubt that that is the truth.

It was a relatively brief meeting just a formal congratulations thing. Nothing too fancy or drawn out. So they are released to go home rather quickly. At least Izuku would have liked too…

"What dirty trick did you pull, you Quirkless piece of shit?!" Bakugou has Izuku by the front of his shirt so tightly that Izuku's shirt squeezes around his neck making it rather difficult to breath. "HUH!?" God, he's so pissed off right now, it's a miracle that his hands haven't even begun to spark with mini-blasts yet.

Izuku flinches back, bracing himself for the inevitable explosion that's going to be sent his way.

After being released Bakugou dragged Izuku to the back of the school building; away from prying eyes and far enough away where his explosions won't be heard.

"I was supposed to be the first and only one to get into U.A. from this crumby school!" Bakugou has Izuku by his collar hoisting him up as to better push him around. "Not only that, but you somehow stole the first place spot for yourself! Just what the hell did you do?!" He shoves Izuku against the wall; a bruise is sure to be there in the morning. "You just had to fucking screw up my grand plan didn't ya! You worthless piece of shit! I thought I told you to give up on becoming a hero!"

Now that crossed a line.

Izuku grabs Bakugou's arm. He's heard enough from Bakugou's foul mouth, and there's no way in hell he's going to let this asshole ruin anything for him.

The grab tightens around his arm, it doesn't necessarily hurt but it's enough to throw Bakugou off. Izuku's never done this…he's never fought back before.

Well that changes now. "S-someone… No, my f-friends believe in me…that I can become a hero…!" Izuku finds his footing allowing him to take a more stable stance. "A-and I know that I can be one, t-too! Th-that's why…" His steely eyes lock on to Bakugou's and for a brief moment Izuku is the dominant one. "I'm…I'm going to U.A. no matter what! And you can't stop me!"

########(End Flashback)#######

The school bell rings signaling the official start of the school day.

But it's largely ignored by the entire class, especially the odd group of four gathered at the door.

Meanwhile, Bakugou continues to simmer in annoyance from his seat, his eyes never leaving Izuku's form. 'He actually stood up to me… Something smells fishy about all this. Dammit, Deku!'

Shoji lays a hand on Izuku's shoulder gaining his attention. "By the way during the exam you said something odd."

Izuku tenses up. "Huh, I did?"

"Yeah, you mentioned something about owing me for something I apparently did for you. Did we meet before by chance?"

'Oh, yeah. I guess he wouldn't have recognized me unless I was Four Arms.' Rubbing his head sheepishly Izuku attempts to explain how Shoji gave him directions so he could find and track down Rojo. "Oh, well we did, but you see-"

"If you're here to socialize, then get out." A dreary tired voice cuts it way through the conversation not only gaining the group's attention but the entire class' at the same time.

Izuku and Ochaco turn around shakily; the underlying tone of a threat did not go unnoticed.

There's a giant yellow slug on the floor! How did they miss something like that?!

The slug moves and that when they notice a tired looking face sticking out from the mouth of the slug.

"This is…the Hero Course." A hand pops out of the mouth with a juice pouch which the man inside is quick to drink up.

A hushed silence falls over the entire classroom as they all have the same exact reaction. 'There's someone in there!?' In retrospect they should have noticed that the slug was actually a sleeping bag from the beginning.

Then again when you live in a society of Quirks you never know what you'll see.

With the juice pouch now empty the man indie the sleeping bag tucks it away before opening up the sack. "It took eight seconds for you to quiet down." He gets up and out of his overly sized sleeping bag.

Now that he's in full view Izuku and the others take a moment to examine this strange stranger.

This man is rather slender with pale-skin and messy, shoulder-length black hair. His black outfit is ragged. The only items worthy of noting are his utility belt and the strange long grey scarf around his neck and shoulders.

"Time is a precious resource. You lot aren't very rational are you?"

Izuku continues to obverse this man as he steps out from his cozy cocoon. 'All of U.A.'s staff are pro heroes. So, he's got to be a pro hero too, right…? But…he doesn't look familiar also…What's his deal?!'

"I'm your homeroom teacher, Shota Aizawa."

Most of the class reacts simultaneously. "Homeroom teacher?!"

"Quickly now." Aizawa reaches into his sleeping bag and pulls out a standard U.A. gym uniform. "Change into your gym clothes and head out to the grounds."

The students blink unsure about their teacher's intentions, but what choice do they have? They might as well go along with it. Who knows it could be fun.

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Yagi Toshinori is busying himself in U.A.'s records room reading through one of his coworker's files. 'The system here at U.A. is like no other. Here the teachers can have free reign when it comes to how they approach their classes. But this is going too far!' He can't help but feel sorry for the newest batch of students since their homeroom teacher has been known to expel his students, even entire classrooms.

Hell according to his records he's already expelled a whopping 154 students before.

Yagi grabs at his forehead, he can feel a migraine beginning to form. 'And of course she got him of all people as her homeroom teacher.' He sighs in defeat, he might as well accept perhaps if worse comes to worse he could just intervene on Ochaco's behalf. 'Just what is that man thinking?'

"Morning All Might."

"Ah, Thirteen, morning. How are you today?"

"I'm alright. Hm?" Thirteen spots the file of Aizawa on Yagi's desk.

Realizing he's been caught, Yagi shuts it and springs up and out of his seat. "Excuse me I was just leaving!" With a stiff form he marches for the exit trying and failing to be subtle.

"Are you going to spy on Class 1-A?"

"What gave me away?!" Oops, he didn't mean to say that out loud. "Uh, y-yes. W-why do you ask?"

"Thinking rationally, you've never really taught a class before. Am I right?"

Yagi looks away, a part of his pride doesn't want to admit the truth.

Thirteen picks up Yagi's obvious discomfort, they for one understand. "Ha ha ha, it's okay to be nervous everybody is at the beginning. But since you're so nervous about it, you want to get to know your students as soon as possible so you know how to best deal with them. And Class 1-A is going to be your first ever trial as a teacher so of course you are going to go learn as much as you can about them."

Well that's partly true anyway, mostly he just wants to see how well Ochaco is doing. Also, see what that Midoriya kid's been up to. "That's more or less correct…I am rather curious about their abilities."

"Well, then why don't I join you?"

"Huh?"

"Honestly, I'm rather curious about Class 1-A myself." Thirteen turns for the exit. "And Aizawa's tests will certainly help us have a better understanding of their capabilities."

"Wait, what do you mean tests…?"

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All Might and Thirteen find just the right spot to watch Class 1-A while remaining out of sight. They don't want to get any closer, believing that their presence, or at least All Might's, might take focus away from Aizawa and his tests.

Either way it's amusing to see a buffed up All Might hiding himself away like a school girl trying to hide from her crush. 'GOOD LUCK YOUNG URARAKA.'

Thirteen tilts their head. 'I wonder how they'll do.'

Meanwhile, amongst the entrance of the P.E. Grounds.

Class 1-A cries out in surprise. "A Quirk Apprehension Test?!"

Ochaco worried tries to make her concerns heard. "What about the Entrance Ceremony?! Or Guidance Sessions?!"

Aizawa replies, without turning to even face her. "No time to waste on that stuff if you want to become heroes."

"...?!"

"U.A. is known for its "freestyle" educational system." He peers back at her, making her freeze up, as he leers at her. "That applies to us teachers as well."

'Just what is his deal?!'

"Standard physical tests. You did all these in middle school, yes?" A few of the students are just about to answer but a quick look from their teacher lets them know that the question was rhetorical. "This country still insists on prohibiting Quirks when calculating the averages of those records. It's not rational. The Department of Education is just procrastinating."

He's right, Japan's Department of Education wants students to feel like they are all on equal ground. However, with the inclusion of Quirks that is no longer the reality, and thus many children and to extent adults don't have as much skill or experience to even use their Quirks. And sometimes that can lead those with more "problematic" Quirks down a less than ideal path in life…

"It's important for us to know our limits. That's the first rational step to figuring out what kind of heroes you'll become. That's why we are having this Quirk Apprehension Test."

"Oh, I get it!" A girl with pink skin and curved yellow horns waves her hands in excitement. "Ha, this is awesome essentially we get to use our Quirks all we want for this test!"

A teen with odd elbows grins. "For real?! Man the Hero Course is great!"

"This is so awesome! It's getting me pumped up!" The lone red-head of the class pounds his knuckles together in anticipation.

Their excitement is short lived however. "…Awesome you say?" Aizawa stares at his hand his eyes lost in a brief moment of grief as he recalls a sad memory from long ago. Oh how naive the youth can be. "You're hoping to become heroes after three years here… And you think it'll be all fun and games?" There's underlying darkness to his voice, but it's not so much a threat but a warning. He eyes the students making sure that he has their full attention. "Right. The one who fails to show their potential will be judged as hopeless… and will be expelled."

"WHAAAA!?" All Might and Thirteen cry out in outrage but they quickly cut themselves off and jump back into their hiding place before they are noticed.

Luckily most of the class are too preoccupied with Aizawa's declaration to notice. Although those that did weren't fast enough to spot who it was that screamed out.

"Your fates are in our hands." Aizawa grins like a cat toying with its prey, brushing up his long back-hair over his face. "Welcome. This is the Hero Course at U.A. High!'

There's general worry across most of the class minus those that are confident enough on their skills.

"That's not fair!" Ochaco doesn't stop to think before she decides to call out this blatant use of power. "It's only the first day! I mean, even if it weren't… That's totally unfair!"

"Unfair…?" Aizawa's voice cuts through like a knife. "Natural disasters, accidents, rampaging villains…calamity is always right around the corner. I'd say that life is full of unfairness." he sighs, he should be a little lighter thou after all he is dealing with children. "Heroes are the ones…who correct all the unfairness. If you were hoping to spend your time here slacking off, well, I'm sorry to tell you that for the next three years…" he grins madly, his smile like that of a twisted version of Totoro. "U.A. is going to run you all through the wringer." he flexes a finger as if to gesture them forward to take on the gauntlet that is U.A. "That's Plus Ultra."

The class's determined expressions are good enough of an answer; as they psych themselves up.

As for Izuku he is having the complete opposite reaction. 'Oh, man. Alright don't panic Izuku you've done plenty of training with Thirteen in these types of exercises before. It'll be a snap as long as I don't come in last place then I'll be fine…but what about…?' Izuku's eyes drift over to gage Bakugou's reaction.

Bakugou is grinning like a madman that's about to commit a massacre just for fun.

Izuku has a feeling that he would be the first one targeted in such a scenario.

While Izuku tempers his worries, Ochaco is having some issues of her own.

'This is so not how I imagined my first day would go. Being threatened with expulsion! Oh, but all I can rely on is Zero-Gravity if I even attempt to use One For All now all I'll be doing is disabling myself. But…' Ochaco's hand balls up into a fist her nails digging into the palm of her hand. 'I can't use that as an excuse All Might is counting on me and I won't let him down. I will master One For All one way or another!'

Aizawa's eyes scan the group of wannabe heroes each one is different with their own unique Quirks, personalities, and abilities. But there's only a few that truly stand out to him in this crowd. So, let's begin with the most perplexing of the group.

"Midoriya." Izuku flinches not expecting to be singled out already. "You scored first place during the Entrance Exam so you go first."

A soft ball seemingly appears in Aizawa's hand and he tosses it over to the greeneete who nearly drops it after fumbling with it in midair.

Nobody notices the irk mark appearing on Bakugou's head at the mention of Izuku placing first in the exam.

"How far could you throw in middle school?"

"Oh, um, about 40 meters." A few snickers are heard amongst the class much to Izuku's chagrin.

Aizawa is clearly not amused or impressed with either the snickers or the abysmal throwing distance. "...Okay, try it with your Quirk. Do whatever you need to. Just don't leave the circle."

Izuku steps forward into a chalk circle of the P.E. Grounds ahead of him are parallel lines marking distances across the field.

It's simple just throw the ball as far as he can with his Quirk…there's just one issue with that. Bakugou. Izuku's been trying to avoid eye contact with him all morning but he knows that the ash-blonde has been watching (glaring) at him the entire time.

As a form of comfort, Izuku grips the Omnitrix allowing its presence alone to help stabilize his nerves. Why does he have to go first? And why expulsion?! He was just really hoping he could go about this without his aliens but that's no longer a possibility. But why would he not want to use them? Simple, it's because what happened the last time he revealed his Quirk to a so called "friend".

Even though it's been nearly a year now the confrontation between himself and Henzu Uuichi still weighs on him from time to time. Hell, he hasn't seen either head or tail of his former friend since then. But then again Henzu's always been a survivor so something tells him that no matter where he is he's alive and probably kicking someone's ass.

But now he may just relive those terrible events and the inevitable fallout that will most definitely occur. Shit, he knew that he should have packed burn cream before leaving home today.

Aizawa is losing his patience. "Get a move on already, you're wasting time."

"R-right! Sorry!"

While Izuku tries to figure out what to do Bakugou can't help but smirk to himself. 'Ha, goodbye stupid Deku! You'll fuck it up and show everyone how useless you really are!'

Sadly Bakugou may not be the only one with similar opinions.

"What's with this guy? He's taking a while."

"Maybe his Quirk isn't good for this kind of stuff."

"He lacks style and flare."

"He looks so innocent though. How did he come in first for the exam?"

"Maybe he cheated."

"Perhaps he's concentrating, kero."

Ochaco heard that, she spins around glaring at the puny kid with purple balls on his head. Her glare is so intense and out of nowhere that the tiny student looks like he's going to pee himself with fright.

Shoji steps between Ochaco and her quarry. "Excuse me, Uraraka." Shoji gestures towards Izuku. "Is he okay?"

"I…I hope so." She frowns. 'Come on Deku, you can do it.'

At her side Iida remains silent watching Izuku with interest wondering why he hasn't transformed into his turtle-like form yet.

Meanwhile, from across the grounds Thirteen and All Might are anxiously waiting for Izuku to go. "WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR?"

"I'm not sure."

Izuku lifts up the Omnitrix admiring the sun shining down on its smooth metallic frame. The way it shines and the green illuminates from it is as if the watch is trying to encourage him forward. 'I have to do this, even if Kacchan takes it horribly, I can't hold myself back, not for him!'

Izuku activates the Omnitrix the sound of it activating is enough to gather everyone's attention.

Aizawa's eyes narrow.

Izuku finds the proper alien for this job. Before he pushes down on the dial he looks back straight at Ochaco who gives him a friendly smile and an encouraging nod.

That's all he needed.

He raises his hand up high and with a mighty swing he slams down onto the Omnitrix. Blinding rays of green light envelope around him, the green neon glow causes many of his classmates to shield their eyes. But a few manage not to turn away: Ochaco whose smile could reach the stars, Bakugou whose shock is very apparent, and Aizawa who watches on with indifference.

"Lodestar!" Lodestar lifts up his pincer like a hand to examine yet. "Hey I got the guy I wanted."

Not wanting to delay any further Lodestar looks out to the open field in front of him, he's ready to take it on. He's not so much as holding the ball but rather it's floating between his hand thanks to the magnetic pull he's exerting on its center. Looks like he was right about the ball having a metal interior and tracker.

With the soft ball in his hand he reels his arm back behind him and swings his arm to the side forward thrusting the ball up and away. With the ball released into the air Lodestar increases the push of his magnetic pulse so that it's strong enough to propel the ball even further into the sky.

The ball is really flying now, racing through the air like that of a falcon diving at its prey. He keeps up the magnetic push for as long as he can until eventually the ball is actually pushed out of his reach at that point he can do nothing but let gravity do its job.

It doesn't take long for the ball to eventually reach the ground.

Lodestar releases a breath that he wasn't aware that he was holding.

Aizawa peers down at his phone. "Took you long enough, but the result speaks for itself."

Aizawa turns his phone around allowing everyone to see the results for themselves: 705.2 meters!

The entire class erupts into cheers. "WOAH!"

"Way to go, Deku!"

"That was so manly!"

"What was with that light?"

"That certainly had flare."

"I wonder if he was controlling the air pressure, or perhaps gravity, no maybe he was using magnetism."

Even Thirteen is cheering for Izuku. "YES!"

All Might blinks wondering why his coworker is so excited, perhaps the tension was getting to them.

Thirteen unceremoniously walks back into their hiding spot trying to not to look All Might in the eye.

Shoji and Iida have similar stunned reactions. 'What just happened?! I thought his Quirk turns him into a turtle!'

They are both referring to Terraspin which was the only transformation either of them witnessed during the U.A. Entrance Exam.

Aizawa tries to regain the class's attention. "Stop chatting, we have work to do!"

In that brief moment, Aizawa's attention is drawn away from Izuku and that is a mistake.

"DEKU!"

That's Lodestar's only warning of his impending doom.

"DIE!" Bakugou swings his arm forward ready to blast his ex-friend into oblivion.

Lodestar freezes in place bracing himself for the inevitable, but the fiery inferno never comes.

Instead Bakugou, unintentionally, slams his palm against Lodestar's floating head. The swing is so strong that his head literally flies off his body!

The class screams out in horror. "HOLY SHIT!"

Ochaco is probably one of the loudest. "Deku!" She scrambles out of the crowd and after Lodestar's bouncing head.

The metallic head comes to a stop, she falls to her knees, and gently picks it. "Are you okay?!"

Class 1-A balk. Why would someone do that?! He killed him!

"Sshee, ow, careful." Lodestar blinks, his head is spinning and he's got a major migraine. "Anyway, yeah I think so…"

Ochaco looks like she's going to vomit, and not because of her Zero-Gravity Quirk. "But your body!"

Lodestar tries to turn his neck only to realize that he doesn't currently have one. "Oh, wow okay. Just give me a minute to pull myself together."

"Nani?"

Something cold taps her shoulder, turning around Ochaco gaps at the headless form of Lodestar's body. 'It's moving on its own?!'

Lodestar's body reaches down and grabs his head out of Ochaco's arms before placing it between his horned shoulders he turns his head like a screw as if to secure it. "Aw, there we go that's much better. Man, the first day and I'm already losing my head."

Class 1-A, including Ochaco, are staring in shock and awe of what they just witnessed. 'How is that possible?!'

Noticing their apparent disbelief, Lodestar shrugs trying to come off as humble. "What can I say? I'm much more durable than I look."

That's not a good enough answer for the brunette. "But how'd you do that?!"

Lodestar leans in and whispers. "Thirteen told me that Biosovortian can repair damage to their bodies by pulling in their parts back together but only as long as their heads remain intact." Good thing he wrote it down in his notebook, "Hero Transformations #1".

"Oh." Ochaco plants her fist into her hand to confirm that she understands.

Thirteen in the meantime is sighing in relief and very happy that they happened to share that tidbit with Izuku.

Meanwhile, Bakugou is at a complete loss of words. 'What the hell?! How?! How?! How is this possible?! There's no way! How could shitty Deku have a Quirk?! I knew he was hiding something from me!' Bakugou's glare hardens. "Hey, De-"

A long thin cloth wraps itself around Bakugou's head and upper body before tightening up and restraining him. "What the hell?!" He struggles to break free of the bindings he flexes his palms but there's no explosion. "What is this?!"

"It's a capture weapon made of carbon fibers and special alloy wire." Aizawa's eyes glow red as his hair rises waving around as if he was underwater. His long grey scarf, the capture weapon, is also floating around him along with his hair. "Also, stop trying to use your Quirk already. I'm getting a serious dry eye over here."

"Too bad that Quirk is seriously amazing!" Proclaim Class 1-A.

Lodestar really wants to nerd out right now, their homeroom teacher is the pro hero Eraserhead! His Quirk, Erasure, allows him to cancel out any and all Quirks when he looks at someone. He's only ever heard of this hero through online fandoms so it's great to see him in person.

Aizawa tightens his hold on the mad bomber. "What made you think that was a good idea?"

"Huh?! What the hell are you talking about?!"

The pro hero gives the bastard a critical look.

Bakugou, knowing not to push his luck, stops struggling decided that for now he needs to play by the rules.

"If you want to be a hero then you need to do some serious thinking about your actions…and your attitude."

Bakugou looks like he wants to snap back at their homeroom teacher, but he bites his tongue considering the pro hero's words. This is way too confusing for him, no teacher has ever bothered to stand up to him, especially when it concerns Deku. But this guy did, and he has a jackoff of a Quirk that cancels his!

"I don't know what beef you have with him, but here you put that aside or else." Aizawa cuts off his Quirk, his hair dropping back down, and the scarf slacks around his shoulders. "Now with your tantrum over with." Aizawa looks over to Izuku inspecting him for any injuries. "Midoriya, how are you holding up?"

Ochaco and Lodestar rejoin the main group.

Ochaco makes sure to walk between Lodestar and Bakugou ready to intervene in case he tries anything again.

Lodestar rubs his metallic head. "Um, I'm fine sir. N-no harm done."

"Hmm, alright." And with that, the scarf completely unravels itself from Bakugou releasing the feral dog from his leash.

Thankfully said feral dog has enough sense not to do anything that may ruin his record.

Aizawa's going to have to keep an eye on that one too. He has talent that's for sure, hopefully he'll grow out of his ego. "You've wasted enough of our time." He turns to the rest of the class. "If anyone else decides to do something stupid they'll be the first ones to be expelled from the Hero Course." His eyes flash red enhancing his warning. "Am I understood?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Good now let's move on."

Ochaco grabs Lodestar's arm. "Are you sure you can continue?"

"I'm fine." He pushes her hand away and tries to give her a smile.

It's small but it's enough to satisfy her.

Lodestar looks over towards Bakugou who is still standing there in the same spot. 'Kacchan…'

For now he's not going to dwell on it, Bakugou isn't what's important right now, the Quirk Apprehension Test is and he's got to focus on it here and now.

And so the Quirk Apprehension Test truly begins.

Aizawa leads the students away to start a different exercise instead. Like he said they can't afford to waste time here.

First up is a 50-Meter Dash across a track with a camera bot stationed near the finish line.

Izuku eventually reverts back to normal, thankfully there doesn't appear to be any lasting damage from Bakugou's attack minus a few spots of soot on his clothes and in his hair.

Luckily for him by the time Aizawa gets through his explanation and the students get themselves organized the Omnitrix is back to being fully charged.

They'll each go individually, so Izuku places himself in the middle of the line.

Tenya Iida's up first and with his Engine Quirk perfectly tailored for this test he walks away with 3.04 seconds.

After him a girl by the name of Tsuyu Asui, a girl with features similar to that of a frog, literally hops across the finish line with a score of 5.58 seconds. Izuku can't help but feel like he's seen her before from somewhere, but he can't seem to recall where or when.

A few others go such as that pompous blonde that Izuku saved at the entrance exam. He uses his Naval Laser to rocket himself across the track although he constantly had to stop and refire the laser in order to continue.

The girl with pink skin and matching fluffy hair is next, sliding across the track with acid spilling out from the bottom of her feet.

Next up is the one and only Ochaco Uraraka. 'Okay, if I concentrate maybe I can call upon One For All…' Her face falls with disappointment. 'But then again if I overdue it then there's no way I'm going to be able to even attempt the next exercises. I guess I'll just have to rely on my physical training rather than One For All.' But that doesn't mean she can't rely on her other Quirk. "I'll just make my clothes weightless that ought help me out a little."

Unbeknownst to her, Aizawa eyes narrow in response as if he can tell what Ochaco is thinking.

The camera bot declares her score. "6.14 seconds!"

Ochaco grins clapping her hands together. 'Not bad all things considered.'

Next is Bakugou, the way he carries himself suggests that something is weighing on his mind; whether it's about his near act of murder or Izuku magically possessing a Quirk is unclear.

Bakugou looks back at the line behind him, his red eyes locking in on Izuku. The green-haired boy looks away in fright but his eyes drift back towards the ash-blonde. Their eyes lock making Izuku still up before he offers a shaky smile as to be friendly.

It fails, epically, Bakugou's pupils shrink back like that of a predator and his usual scowl returns. 'I'll show you what a real Quirk can do, Deku!'

With his arms outstretched at his sides Bakugou releases a series of explosions, they're not powerful, but they're strong enough to launch him forward. "Die!" Like a runaway rocket on a runway Bakugou flies across the track, when he passes the finish line his feet skid across the ground as he comes to a complete stop.

"4.13 seconds!"

"Ha, my Quirk is the most versatile one here!"

A couple of his classmates have the same opinion. 'What a prick…'

Eventually, after a few more students go, it's Izuku's turn. 'All right Omnitrix don't screw this up for me.'

The students that were unfortunate to stand behind Izuku are once again blinded by a green eerie light.

"XLR8!" XLR8 flicks his tail to test if it's true, it is. "Ha, yes I'm two for two!"

He's so thrilled about the Omnitrix turning him into the correct alien that he misses his classmates' astonished expressions.

After getting into a running stance XLR8 zips across the 50-meter track leaving behind a trail of wind, dust, and looks of bewilderment.

"1.03 seconds!"

XLR8 zips by the camera bot leaning against it with his arms crossed. "Ah man, I thought I'd be faster."

The class bursts out into an uproar. "FASTER!?"

Even Iida's pride as a speedster is a bit wounded.

"What the hell?!"

"What's with this guy?!"

"Just how many Quirks does he have?!"

Aizawa's doesn't take his eyes off the blue raptor, examining his features, and all with a face of disinterest.

Ochaco approaches the transformed Izuku. "Why do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Call out the name of your…transformation?" She looks around making sure nobody's listening in.

XLR8 all of a sudden becomes bashful. "Oh, I ah well, I thought it would be cool. You know to call out the names of my…transformations. You know?"

Ochaco shakes her head, it's not of shame because of the entertained smile on her face. "You're such a dork."

The very confused crowd watch on before they decide to move on with their own runs, among them a girl with frog-like features holds a finger to her chin in curiosity.

Bakugou is just as if not more confused. 'What. The. Hell?!' How? How could Deku's Quirk be so…so, versatile?! And why does this shitty blue lizard look so familiar?

Luckily, for XLR8, there's no time for Bakugou to search, or threaten, for answers since they must move on with the exercises.

Next up is the Grip Strength, Aizawa leads them indoors for this one, handing out hand dynamometers.

Ochaco glares at her like it's personally challenging her to an extremely difficult task. 'Okay Ochaco you have to do it. Now's the time. You have to use One For All.' Or at least a fraction of it, if she can't use it for such a simple task then there may not be any hope for her to control it.

She squeezes the dynamometer with as much strength as she can muster, trying to call upon her new power, the dynamometer sends out a beep when she reaches her max grip strength.

She's very disappointed to see that it's only 54 kg, not exactly the world record breaker she wanted.

"Wow!"

Ochaco's attention snaps over towards Shoji. It appears he's gained a tiny audience. The guy with strange circular elbows grins up at the multi-limbed teen. "540 kg?! Are you a gorilla or an octopus?!"

A height challenged boy stares up at Shoji, his face suggestion he's thinking of something that's very very wrong.

'I wonder how Deku's doing?' Ochaco's eyes wonder the group before landing on a red mass of muscle.

"Hi, Uraraka!" Four Arms waves over to her, in two of his hands are dynamometers. "Look I got 650 kg!"

Shoji and his admirers over hear him.

The one with odd elbows deadpans. "Upstage much, dude?"

Four Arms offers an apologetic smile in return. He winces back when he notices Ochaco's face.

She's steaming mad, growling with irritation a part of just wants to scream out in frustration.

Shoji however looks like he's just seen a ghost. "Oh, now I get it"

The boy with odd elbows raises an eyebrow. "Get what?"

"We did meet before."

Four Arms trots over, finally he can properly explain himself. "We did you gave me directions that one time."

"Indeed I did, I had no idea the same scrawny guy I saved at the exam was you though."

Four Arms grins rubbing the back of his head. "Yeah, I know but tha-Hey! Who you calling scrawny?!"

The next event is the Standing Long Jump. Those with Quirks that can aid their mobility have a much easier time making it across such as Bakugou who once again uses his explosions to rocket himself across.

Eventually Izuku's up and this time as Terraspin.

Both Iida and Shoji both watch on in interest, glad to have some sense of knowing what this form is capable of.

Iida cups his chin. "Oh, so he does turn into a turtle."

Shoji nods in agreement. "I suppose so."

"His Quirk is odd isn't it?"

A sweat drop forms on Shoji's head; wondering if he of all people should even agree with Iida's statement.

Once again with the right alien at his beck and call this task proves to be a sitch for Izuku all he does is fly right over the sand pit and to the other side. He even raises his arms up in self-celebration, both Aizawa and Bakugou are a bit irked by his display of vanity.

Ochaco is next, she considers using One For All again but her Zero-Gravity will probably prove just as useful if not better. She backs up and then press the tips of her fingers against her clothes, she then rolls back her sleeves and crosses her arms making sure to plant her fingers onto her skin activating her Quirk. With a running start she floats right over the sandpit albeit as she nears the end she's moving so slowly that she has to do butterflies in midair in order to make it any further.

The fourth event is the Side-Stepping both Izuku and Ochaco go about this without aid of their superhuman powers, not fully sure how they could apply them in this situation.

Although the same cannot be said for some of their classmates who did manage to find ways incorporate their Quirks into the exercise such as the purple kid making clumps of his purple hair to act as springs while he bounces off of them at rapid speed.

Once everyone completed the Side-Stepping Aizawa takes every one back for the Ball Throw.

Aizawa let's Izuku sit this one out since he's already got the teen's score from earlier.

Bakugou decides that he'll go first, snatching the ball from his teacher's hand. He eyes Izuku as he stomps his way towards the circle, making the shorter teen quiver. 'I'll show you what a real Quirk can do!'

He reels back his arm along with all the anger he has over Izuku's sudden Quirk, for sure he's going to address that issue later, and with a mighty roar he chucks the ball into the air firing off an explosion that equal in strength to the one he attacked Lodestar with. "DIE!"

Somehow his roar of murder is louder than the actual explosion.

The soft ball flies through the air like a runaway meteor until it reaches the other side of the P.E. Grounds.

"706.4 meters!"

"HA! I win Deku!"

"Wha?!"

He sure did…by 1.1 meters, it's small but it's enough for Bakugou to feel like he's reasserted his dominance. God, is he going to let Deku have it later, but not while Eraserhead is around though. For now he'll savor this victory, no matter how shallow it is.

Ochaco observes the stupid grin on the ash-blonde's face, she hates to admit how much she would love to plant her fist against that face, especially after what he did to Deku. But an idea pops into her head, a brilliant idea, one that makes her smirk with evil delight.

With a soft ball in hand she purposely marches in front of Bakugou as he steps away from the circle. Their eyes meet and for a second the blonde is thrown off by the spiteful glint in her eyes.

'What's her deal?'

Ochaco looks between the ball and back at Bakugou to ensure that he's watching; he is but mainly because he doesn't understand why she's looking at him the way she is.

The round-faced girl never stops smirking as she grips the ball, letting Zero-Gravity to take hold of it, before she tosses straight towards the sky.

The ball soars higher…and higher…and higher. Holy shit, it's not stopping!

"Whoops!" Ochaco smirks back at the pile of shit that is Bakugou, sarcasm dripping from her voice. "Looks like I threw it too hard."

'What is she…?' Bakugou's eyes widen in pure horror, his eyes locked in on Ochaco's score.

Several members of Class 1-A cry out in shock. "Infinity?!"

Sure enough the infinity symbol is on full display upon Aizawa's phone as he holds it out for them all to witness.

Bakugou's reaction though is what's important to the gravity girl. 'She…she completely…blew my score out of the water! And she…WASN'T EVEN TRYING!?'

Ochaco's smirk becomes even more self-indulgent, his face is priceless, oh if only she had a camera! 'Take that Bakugou you're Quirk isn't the end all be all!'

'What. The. Hell?!' Bakugou stares daggers at Ochaco's retreating form, she doesn't even look back at him to acknowledge him. 'I will not be shown up! Not by Deku and not by some round-faced bitch!'

During the next event Bakugou is sure he keeps the lead especially against Izuku and Ochaco. Although the event was an Endurance Run so it was somewhat complete overkill to throw thruster explosions into the mix to move faster, but Bakugou will be Bakugou.

Despite that both Ochaco and Izuku do well thankfully all of their physical training doesn't allow them to wear out by the time it's done.

The final two events are just as easy for them with them being the Seated-Toe Touch and Sit-Ups, but with no real foreseeable reason to use their "Quirks" they both decide to rely on their physical capabilities alone.

Unbeknownst to them, Aizawa leers at them the entire time they perform the exercises as if irritated about their lack of something in particular. Perhaps he's irritated by their sense of safety thinking they're safe from being terminated from the Hero Course. Nothing irks him more than those that don't take things seriously.

And with that, the Quirk Apprehension Test is complete.

"Here are the results." Aizawa's electronic device lights up and a holographic projector forms in midair displaying the class' rankings.

All the students scan the board for their names, Izuku and Ochaco find theirs having earned 6th and 7th place respectively. They both sigh in sweet relief knowing that they're safe from being expelled from the Hero Course.

Although it's too bad for the last placed kid, now identified as Minoru Mineta, the poor guy looks like he's going to collapse from the shock.

Minoru is a very small young man with a large, round head, and rather large cheeks. His nose is small and stubby, and it sticks slightly upwards, and he has an unusually distinguishable philtrum, oval-shaped eyes with large, black pupils, and notably thin eyebrows. He has four large purple and black balls in something resembling a mohawk where his hair should be.

Even though it's a tragic scenario both Izuku and Ochaco are just happy that they get to survive their first day of U.A. 'Too bad for him, at least it's not us.'

Aizawa notices the duo's very relaxed and reassured expression. "Midoriya, Uraraka…" The named teens looks to their teacher in confusion. "You two are out, go home."

And just like that their reality shatters around them, goodbye hopes and dreams. Even All Might's face pales in shock, his usual immortal grin is now that of a gaping fish; Thirteen however just looks rather annoyed by all of this.

There are out cries amongst the class.

An invisible girl, like she's actually invisible, gasps. "What?! Why?!"

A raven-haired girl with a rather mature physique for her age is visibly depressed. "I was wrong…?" She must have assumed that the expulsion was a ruse.

A muscular teen with large lips is completely astonished. "Oh, harsh."

Standing next to him is Bakugou, who's wearing a stupid satisfied grin on his face. 'Ha, take that Deku! I knew U.A. would eventually wise up and realize you weren't worthy of being here!'

A spiky red-haired teen with sharp teeth pushes his way forward through the crowd. "Hang on! That's not right, man."

"Yeah," The teen with a wide grin and black-hair nods. "I thought that the person that gets last place was the one getting expelled?"

"I never said that," Aizawa eyes the students, apparently they need to work on their listening skills. "I said that "the one who fails to show their potential will be judged as hopeless and will be expelled". You were the ones that assumed I meant the one who came in last place."

Mineta releases a large sigh, looks like he's in the clear.

Iida, however, will not stand for this outrage. "You deceived us?! How could a professional as part of U.A. do such a thing?!" His right arm waves up and down as if to hammer in every word that comes out of his mouth.

Aizawa shrugs uncaringly. "I wouldn't get so worked up about it." Aizawa sighs, he might as well come forward. "Besides, I only said I would expel someone just to ensure that you all would do your best."

The class blinks. Wait…? Is he saying what they think he's saying?

"Yup," Aizawa's Totoro-like smile pops out from behind his scarf. "it was a rational deception!" He only went through with the lie to see Ochaco's and Izuku's faces.

Hey, bringing misery to teenagers is one of the main perks of becoming a teacher, and there's no way Aizawa is going to miss out on the fun.

The mature physiqued girl holds hand to her chest as she sighs in relief. "Thank goodness, I was right…"

From their hiding spot, Thirteen eyes at Aizawa with an exasperated look. 'I knew it.'

But what's important are the non-expelled students' reactions. 'A deception? So, that means…' tears of joy leak from their eyes as they both simultaneously cheer in pure joy at the sky. "We're not expelled!"

Their homeroom teacher's voice cuts right through their moment. "I wouldn't be so sure." he turns to the rest of the class. "Understand this, at any point if we find any of you unfit to become heroes any teacher here has the right to expel any of you." He eyes Bakugou specifically, the teen at least has the sense to look somewhat perturbed. "Am I understood?"

"Yes, sir!"

Satisfied with his class' answer Aizawa figures that he's tormented them enough for today. "All of you are dismissed, with the exception of you two." He's of course referring to our main duo.

Class 1-A begins to leave for the locker rooms, few of them look back in worry for their classmates' situation wondering what their teacher has to say to them.

All Might and Thirteen continue to watch on from afar.

"WHAT IS HE UP TO?"

"I'm…not completely sure."

For now all they can do is watch.

Izuku fidgets in place, he really doesn't like this, just what is their teacher planning?

Ochaco is equally if not more worried if her fidgeting hands are any indication.

Aizawa taps away at his phone, probably to prepare for whatever he has planned. "Midoriya."

"Y-yes!" Why does his reply sound like a yap of a scared little dog?

If she wasn't so nervous, Ochaco would have giggled at Izuku's yelp.

"How…many of those transformations do you have?"

"Uh, nine…?" Come on Izuku be more confident with your answers.

"And each one has its own…abilities?"

Izuku hesitantly nods his head.

"Alright," From the space between his scarf he tosses Izuku a soft ball much like the one from before. "I want you to do all the tests again."

Izuku tilts his head to the side. What purpose would that serve?

"I want you to do all the tests again but this time each one of your transformations, including how you are now, have to complete each and every task."

"H-how come, sir?"

Aizawa is really exasperated now. "The point of the Quirk Apprehension Test was to help not only you all to gauge your capabilities but for me as well. As your teacher I need as much info that I can get about my students in order to best prepare all of you for the future."

Oh, that makes sense. So he needs as much info not just on Izuku but on his forms as well since they are technically him as well.

Ochaco takes a cautious step forward, her hand is up warily like one would do to ask an embarrassing question. "Um, do I have to do the tests again too?"

Aizawa tucks his hands into his pockets. "Not sure, it depends."

"Depends?"

Rather than answer her, the black-haired man turns his attention back to the freckled-faced boy. "What are you waiting for?"

Izuku blinks.

"I gave you your instructions." He waves the back of his hand as to get the kid moving. "And make sure to be quick about it. I couldn't help but notice the apparent time limit you have, we'll have to work on that."

"Um?" Izuku looks down at the soft ball before scanning the P.E. Grounds; the camera bots are still positioned at the various exercise stations, there's even an extra camera bot but this one is holding equipment to help with the Grip Strength, Seated-Toe Touch, and Sit-Ups.

Izuku curiously looks back towards his teacher and the sight makes him blanches.

Eraserhead's hair rises up as his eyes flash red. "Stop wasting my time." His voice drips with irritation.

Out of pure reflex Izuku salutes in response. "R-right, right away sir!" And without looking he activates and slams down on the Omnitrix.

Aizawa and Ochaco have to cover their eyes, when they are able to look again, a very nervous Feedback is already running over towards the pitching circle.

As Feedback begins the tests using his electricity to fire the ball into the air, Ochaco is left to suffer in the festering awkward silence between her and her teacher as the watch Feedback race over to the 50-meter dash tacks.

"Um, Mr. Aizawa, you never fully answered my question from before…"

Aizawa looks on in disinterest acting like he never heard her.

And so they're back to watching Feedback run around the P.E. Grounds from the Standing Long Jump to the Endurance Run. The stewing silence is really getting to the round-faced girl now, just how much longer are they just going to stand her?!

"Uraraka."

Ochaco nearly jumps in surprise, she had gotten so used to the silence that she wasn't expecting Aizawa to say something. "Y-yes?"

"Would you care to explain your secondary Quirk to me?"

…

Que total and utter panic. Ochaco leaps back as if to get away waving her arms about in a frenzy as a look of horror adorns her face. Could he have found out about All Might's Quirk? "Wha?! What-secondary-Quirk? What-is-that-anyway? Never-heard-of-one! Where-do-you-get-one?! I'm-not-acting-weird! You're acting weird"

Way to be subtle, Uraraka, he'll never suspect a thing.

Aizawa doesn't look at all disturbed by her reaction, in fact he may have been expecting it. "I already know about your Zero-Gravity Quirk thanks to your file. But I'm talking about that Quirk you used during the entrance exam."

"The entrance exam?" Oh, right he means how she punched the 0-pointer's face in.

How is she going to explain this? All Might and her never even thought about a cover story…that probably should have been something to prioritize, even Deku has an alibi to explain the Omnitrix.

'What should I do? Do I tell him the truth? No…or maybe…?' Maybe she should just play along with Aizawa's assumption. "To be honest, I didn't become aware of it until the entrance exam." That is pretty much the truth. "And I'm not fully sure what it is or what it's capable of and because of that I didn't see how updating my Quirk Registry would be any help."

In the background Feedback flops onto the ground having completed the Endurance Run and now he's onto the Seated-Toe Touch.

Aizawa scratches at his cheek his mind replaying what he witnessed during the exam. "From what I understand you're Zero-Gravity is pretty straight forward: press all five fingers onto something and it becomes weightless, pressing your fingers together releases this effect, and if you use it too much you could get nauseous. Am I correct?" His eyes drift to her right arm, the arm that she used to demolish the behemoth of a robot. "But that power you used, even unintentionally, was not something you could feasible do with Zero-Gravity and so my conclusion is…your Quirk evolved."

'Evolved…?' This may be an out for her, but she has some questions. "What do you mean?"

"It's rare, but it does occur, where people experience a dramatic change or facet of their Quirks, usually in extremely stressful situations. Sort of like a last minute safeguard."

"How could that be though?"

He shrugs. "Not sure, honestly, there's so much we as a society don't understand about Quirks. Hell, we can't even say how or why we were given these abilities, yet we have them." Aizawa's eyes drift upward towards the clear blue sky as if it holds the answers, before his gaze falls back towards the P.E. Grounds. "Honestly, I thought Midoriya had multiple Quirks as well, but from what I've seen he only has one OP Quirk…although with a major weakness."

Ochaco isn't quite sure what he means until she takes a look for herself. He has a time limit. It looks like the Omnitrix has timed out and Izuku, as a human, is going through the tests again so Aizawa can compare his basic stats.

"There are all kinds of Quirks out in the world, it's not at all surprising."

'Huh, what do you know? I guess he doesn't know about All Might's Quirk, but…what is he getting at?' Ochaco inhales before speaking. "But sir, what does this have to do with my quote-on-quote expulsion?"

"Just like with Midoriya we need to understand the limits and capabilities of your latent Quirk. So, I need you to run the tests again but only use the…superpowered version of your Quirk."

That may be an issue.

"But sir," Ochaco gazes at her open hand. "I can't fully control it yet," Her frown deepens. "heck, I don't even know how to properly summon it."

And if she can't even summon One For All how could she even consider herself All Might's successor?

Aizawa scratches his head, an annoyed expression adorns his face. "Ugh, well I guess that explains why you never used it in the first place." He exhales. "Alright, I guess we have a starting point now." He cups his mouth thinking on how to move on from here.

Eventually something comes to mind. "Meditate."

"W-what?"

"You are going to meditate. I want you to sit and think on your Quirk." Aizawa turns pointing a finger at her head. "You need to reflect on how and why your Quirk activated. What were you feeling? What was going on in your mind when it appeared? And what do you know about it? Contemplate on all of these things." He moves his finger downward until it's pointing at her heart. "When you do then and only then will you truly know how to summon your new found power." He begins to step away so he can check up on Izuku's progress (he's currently performing the Standing Long Jump). "You have until Midoriya fully completes the tests that should give you plenty of time." With that final piece of instructions her homeroom teacher takes his leave.

Ochaco grips her wrist, her mind repeating Aizawa's instructions. 'Reflect on how I felt, huh…?' But what was she feeling, thinking, during that moment? 'It was just so fast she can't recall any of those things. Was she scared? Yes. Happy? No. Angry? Maybe. Sad? No.

But what was going through her mind? What was it…?

Ochaco grabs her head in frustration. "Hmmm, this may take longer than I thought!"

And so for the next hour or so this is how things played out: Ochaco eventually took a seat under a nearby tree to ponder about how to properly summon One For All. When she thinks she has a breakthrough she would focus as hard as she can, her hands balled up into tight fists, trying to get One For All to show some kind of response. All attempts end in failure, and her becoming more and more frustrated. It gets so bad at one point that she actually screams out in madden fury as she rolls around the dirt like a child throwing a tantrum.

Meanwhile, Izuku wears himself ragged as he goes through transformation after transformation the only rest is when the Omnitrix has to recharge allowing him to relief himself and get some much needed water.

Four Arms really proved himself during the physical tests, for obvious reasons, though he did skip the Grip Strength mainly because he already did it earlier.

Water Hazard also does fairly well especially on the ball throw and the long jump. For the last one Izuku took a page out of Bakugou's playbook by rocketing himself up and over the sand pit by blasting water behind him. The Sit-Ups and Seated Touches, however, were embarrassing to say the least; as it turns out Water Hazard isn't exactly flexible.

Ditto, though, does really well at the Sit-Ups considering his diminutive size, heck a clone was actually holding his feet down for him for this one. The clones also proved useful during the Standing-Long Jump and Endurance Run: Izuku tried to do a human (Splixson) ladder to reach across to the other side, but they ended up tipping over and only made it a quarter of the way and as for the Endurance Run Ditto would create a clone to tag in and continue after a few laps… Stubby short legs are really not meant for this kind of stuff.

Terraspin does a fairly average job all things considered, although, he messed up on the ball throw. The whirlwind he made ended up throwing the ball off course and so it didn't reach as far as he thought it would.

XLR8 also proved himself during most of the exercises minus the Grip Strength, his species isn't really built towards strength, just look at his thin arms.

Izuku struggles the most as Grey Matter and Ripjaws: one because of his tiny size and the other because they had to stop and hose him down with water in order for him to even breathe. Aizawa really didn't find it at all amusing to see a fishman flop around on the ground gasping for breath.

While Izuku rests after nearly suffocating, Ochaco continues to try and fail to summon All Might's Quirk. "I can't do it!" Ochaco flops onto her back trying to find solace amongst the clouds.

She keeps trying to call upon the fear she felt and worry she felt when she took down the 0-pointer but still nothing.

Deciding to take a quick break, for the hundredth time, Ochaco sits up cross legged as Lodestar sprints the 50-Meter Dash, well, more like he pulls himself forward by magnetizing the metal chain fence at the other end of the P.E. Grounds.

'How does he do it?' Her face scrunches up in irritation. 'He's Quirkless and yet he never seems to struggle with activating his powers. I have two and I can't even turn one on!'

She's missing something, but what is it? Maybe…maybe she's focusing on the wrong thing.

She inhales and then exhales. 'Okay Ochaco let's think back one last time. What was going on: there was a loud crash, then the ground shook, people were screaming, and she was scared… No.' She shakes her head, her hair whipping around her face. 'That's not everything I…I saw Deku he was trapped and he…was going to die! And I was terrified! No! Stop it Ochaco fear and adrenaline wasn't the answer…but what is?' Deku was trapped and going to die. He was in trouble. He was scared. He…needed saving.

"That's it!" Ochaco springs to her feet as eureka strikes. "I have been focusing on the wrong thing!" She raises her fists readying another attempt. 'I need to focus on that, the need I felt to do something, to take action, to save the day!' She didn't force One For All out it surged through her, she unknowingly willed it forward, that's what she must do not force it but releases it!

She takes a fighting stance her fist reeling behind her, a look of focus and determination adorns her features.

All Might continues to observe it's all he really can do other than ponder on and on about what's she's going to do.

There it is the flow, the rushing wave of immense power coursed her arm in the form of a pink illuminating aura. "Now!" She launches her fist upward and in spectacular fashion a whirlwind blasts forward into the air like a beam of light.

The blast of wind kicks up the earth around her launching dust and grass at her teacher and Lodestar both were caught off guard by the sudden display of power.

Ochaco stares in wonder of her great feat, her eyes drift down to her arm that's encased in a heavenly glow. "I…I… I did it!" She cries out in pure blissful joy. She's really done it! "Ow, but it hurts." The pink aura evaporates as she gently grabs her arm, it's red, bruised, and swelling. 'Hgn, I really need to dial it back.'

"Well, done." Aizawa approaches, although she does notice that his voice remains as indifferent as ever. "Although it took you longer than expected." Yeah, nearly two hours. "Did you figure it out?"

"I-I think so, although it seems I need to work on the output though." She raises her arm, wincing in pain, so he could take a look for himself.

"It appears so." Aizawa pulls out a little piece of paper and a pen, before jotting something down. "Here go see Recovery Girl and get that fixed up."

She takes the note, reading it over; it's an injury notice for the school's nurse. "Right."

An exhausted Lodestar joins the two, he slouches over as he regains his breath. "Nice…job…Uraraka."

In a flash of red light Izuku takes Lodestar's place.

"Thanks, Deku. But are you okay?"

Izuku nods his head, his hair sticking to his sweaty forehead. Man, he's really sweating like a pig understandable considering he had to perform the Quirk Apprehension Test multiple times!

Aizawa doesn't even offer the boy a sympathetic look as if he's expected to work himself to the bone. Well, when you consider the school's modo then that just may be the case. "We really need to see if we can change that time limit of yours." He pulls out his phone before a large holographic display projects itself above them.

Four Arms 1st

Feedback 2nd

Water Hazard 3rd

XLR8 4th

Terraspin 5th

Lodestar 6th

Izuku Midoriya 7th

Ditto 8th

Ripjaws 9th

Grey Matter 10th

Izuku smiles, proud of the results.

"Don't look so smug. But good job nonetheless, now I have a good base to work with. However, I hope you know what this means."

Izuku leans his head to the side. "What sir?"

Ochaco wonders the same thing, she might as well listen up as well.

Their teacher releases an exasperated breath. "Even with your Quirk, especially because of your Quirk, you have to work even more than anyone else here."

"What do you mean?"

Even Ochaco looks a bit taken back, their teacher is really confusing!

"Since your Quirk allows you access to multiple Quirks that means you have to train yourself to use each and every one of them to their full potential."

'He's right,' The alien transforming human peers back up at the scoreboard looking over all of his scores. 'Just because I have access to all these aliens doesn't mean I can slack off. If anything right now I have to work 10 times harder not only for my aliens but for myself as well…' He views his own results, as in his normal weak human form results; 7th place not that impressive when you think about it, heck it should be 8th considering Ripjaws did so poorly because they had to stop and get him water the entire time. 'Compared to my aliens I'm actually pretty weak and fragile in comparison even with Thirteen's physical training.' And there will definitely be times where he can't rely on the Omnitrix. What if it were to malfunction or run out of power while he was confronting a villain or performing a rescue?! He needs to make sure that he's efficient with all of his transformations, he needs to be adaptable, and he can't ignore his own capabilities. "I'll work hard, sir!"

His teacher approves, although he gives no indication of showing it.

Ochaco, still cradling her injury, considers her own progress or lack thereof. She too has a lot of hard work ahead of her, starting with her power output.

"Well any way I say that's enough for the day. Midoriya do you mind seeing Uraraka to the infirmary I rather she not get injured any further."

"You got it."

After a farewell nod of their heads Izuku leads the way to the infirmary, besides hopefully this little side quest will give him some time to relax.

Aizawa watches as his students enter the building before he decides to call out his somewhat incompetent colleagues. "Did you two enjoy the show?" He doesn't even turn to look at them and after what they've been doing there's no need to show them that much respect. "Don't bother hiding, honestly, it's amazing none of the students noticed, especially you." He is of course referring to All Might and his magnificent glory that is only out completed by the sun itself.

The Number One Hero steps away from behind his hideaway and approaches the less than friendly pro hero. "THAT WAS A PRETTY NASTY PRANK YOU PULLED. THREATENING EXPULSION, SERIOUSLY?"

"What makes you think it was a prank?"

"NANI?" That remark makes All Might a bit wary.

"I was being completely serious if any of those students at any point demonstrated that they don't have what it takes to become heroes then there's no point in keeping them around."

All Might grimaces. 'ISN'T THAT A BIT HARSH THOUGH?'

"But anyway care to explain why you were watching?"

Thirteen appears from behind All Might's muscular form. "We were curious about Class 1-A since they'll be both of our first classes this semester."

"R-RIGHT!"

Aizawa eyes his colleagues try to gauge if they're lying or not. "Hm, if that's the case I'll send you the results of the Quirk Apprehension Test."

The Number One Hero gives him a big thumbs up. "MUCH APPRECIATED!"

Aizawa eyes All Might for a moment, silently coming to some sort of conclusion, before turning away to leave. "All Might since I'm technically your senior when it comes to teaching how about some free advice?"

"LAY IT ONE ME!"

"As a teacher it's your job to prepare your students for any and all situations." He shifts his head ever so slightly making sure that the big buffoon is listening to his words. "Fail to do that and it could spell disaster for everyone." With nothing left to do Aizawa takes his leave probably to find a quiet place to nap.

As they watch him lurk away Thirteen pats All Might's arm gaining his attention. "He's right you know. You have to make sure you're giving each student the proper amount of time and effort to help them succeed. That includes considering their feelings and even circumstances."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"

"Every student is different and I don't just mean their personalities and Quirks but their values, ambitions, and circumstances. It's good when you keep yourself open to those kinds of things as to better understand them allowing you to better teach them."

All Might considers the advice eyeing his much shorter colleague. He really can't tell if they're serious or not thanks to the large black helmet.

Thirteen sighs waving his hand as if to say not to take things too seriously. "Other than that just be yourself."

Their phone rumbles in their pocket, Thirteen slides it out of his pocket to find a message requesting for their presence.

"Ah, that would be our boss. I better get going and see what he wants." Thirteen pockets their phone before jogging away for the main U.A. building. They wave All Might goodbye. "Take care All Might!"

"SEE YA!" He returns the wave keeping it up until All Might is the only one left on the P.E. grounds. 'I NEED TO TAKE THEIR ADVICE TO HEART…' He sighs looking up to the once clear sky, it looks like clouds have started rolling in, and maybe it's a sign of a storm occurring in the future. 'I NEED TO DO BETTER FOR YOUNG URARAKA.' He recalls watching with festering anguish as Ochaco struggled to summon One For All. 'I SHOULD HAVE BETTER PREPARED HER, THEN AGAIN I NEVER REALLY HAD THAT MUCH TROUBLE WITH ONE FOR ALL…I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THIRTEEN MEANS BY EVERYONE BEING DIFFERENT.' All Might coughs into his hand as a splatter of blood appears on his hand. Realizing he's been buffed out for far too long today he poofs back into his much weaker form. "Tomorrow is a new day. So, I'll just have to make sure I do things right."

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Ochaco lets out one big yawn as both her and Izuku exited through the main U.A. doors.

"How's the arm?"

Ochaco flexes said arm. "It's in tiptop shape!" Her smile wavers slightly. 'For now at least. It's more likely I'm going to experience even more pain in the future if I want to master All Might's Quirk.'

"So, this new power of yours are you finally going to tell me about it?" In a flash, Izuku has his Quirk Analysis notebook out and ready.

'He sure is quick with that thing.' Ochaco offers a worried smile. "Yeah, about that." She claps her hands together. "I'm so sorry but they haven't given me permission to talk about it yet! I'm sorry!"

"It's okay I understand, there's no rush." Despite his smile, his mind can't help but be disappointed. 'Although I really want to know about this transferring Quirk and what it can do.'

"So, what do you think of our teacher, Mr. Aizawa?"

"Oh, uh, he's…strict."

'That may be an understatement.' Ochaco holds a finger to her chin. "You said he was the pro hero Eraserhead right?"

"Yeah, he can cancel Quirks just by looking at you."

Ochaco's eyes widen in amazement. "Oh, wow. Then you must have been really lucky."

"Hm?"

Ochaco points at her own eyes with one hand and pulls up her hair with the other. "Well, if he used his Quirk on you then there's a pretty good chance that it wouldn't work, right?" She releases her hair. "Cause you don't really have a Quirk."

…

"Aaaahhhh!" Izuku collapses right then and there, holding his head as he presses it against the ground.

"Deku?! Are you okay?!"

"Oh, m-m-m-m-my G-g-g-g-god! H-he c-could e-end up e-e-ex-exposing m-me!"

He totally overlooked this! If Eraserhead decides to use his Quirk on Izuku then it won't work and he may discover the truth! What is he supposed to do then? Play oblivious? Beg him to keep a world shattering secret? Oh, man, this could be a disaster.

Ochaco pales. "W-well, I-I'm s-sure we c-can find a work around like…" Ochaco presses her fist into her palm. "I got it! We'll throw a blanket over you every time we think he's going to use it on you."

Izuku presses his head onto the ground further wishing he could bury it into the dirt as he releases a painstaking moan.

"What is this? You are a student of U.A. you should not be laying in the dirt like some boar! You have to represent this great establishment at all times!"

As Izuku stops moaning and lifts his head up, Ochaco smiles worried at the newcomers hoping they didn't hear their conversation. "Oh, hi Iida, Shoji."

Iida and Shoji are both hanging around the main gate of U.A. They're both in their school uniforms with their bags slinged over their shoulders.

Iida's arm shoots up quickly like a robot trying to mimic waving. "Hello, Uraraka."

"What are you two doing here still?" She looks between the both of them waiting for an answer.

Shoji is the one to reply. "Well, after we were sent back to the classroom the principal came by to give us our own welcome speech and guidance sessions. Since Mr. Aizawa didn't let us attend the real one."

Iida decides to cut in on this. "Yes, it was quite the warm welcome like that one would expect from such a prestigious academy that is U.A. Although, I did think the principal was a rather odd man, but even so he held himself with such professionalism. It was really quite inspiring! …"

Shoji gives his classmate an odd and somewhat concerned look. 'You must have been the only one to enjoy it, since it was nearly two hours long.'

As Iida continues to ramble on about the level of grandeur here, Izuku gets back on his feet and listens on to his fellow classmate. 'You know I thought he was mean at first, but really he just has a lot of respect for heroes and school.'

Iida cups his chin as if to consider something critical. "Although, I don't think that can be said for everyone here." Iida grimaces shaking his head from side to side. "Our own homeroom teacher isn't above pulling dirty tricks. And what's up with that Bakugou character he outright tried to attack a fellow student! Unforgivable."

Izuku sheepishly chuckles, mostly to himself, at that remark. 'To be honest, Kacchan's reaction may have been justified…for once.'

"Excuse me, kero."

Ochaco turns around as Izuku peeks around her, standing behind her is the frog-like girl who must have approached them while they were talking. She must have been hiding out somewhere nearby and waiting to talk to them.

She's short with a relatively slender build, her hands are notably large, with a very wide yet somewhat cute mouth, and oval-shaped eyes. Her hair is a dark sea-green color, and is very long, reaching all the way to her waist, the ends tied together at the bottom in a bow of hair.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Tsuyu Asui but please call me Tsu."

Everyone is quick to greet her with friendly smiles "Nice to meet you Tsu/Asui."

Izuku offers a smile. "Is there something we can help you with?"

"In a way. I just wanted to talk to you." She points a large finger at the only other greenette of Class 1-A. "Specifically you Midoriya."

What is she talking about? "Oh, about what?"

"It's about that form you took, the blue dinosaur one; the one that can move really fast, kero." If anyone was paying attention they would have noticed Iida in the background clutching at his chest as if it was stabbed.

Izuku takes a moment to think. "Oh, you mean XLR8?" He asks with a smile.

Tsuyu nods. "Yes. Do you mind changing into it real quick, kero?"

Izuku shrugs his shoulders. "Um, sure I don't see the harm." With little to no hesitation Izuku transforms himself into the requested form.

The iridescent light is quick to disappear allowing XLR8 to appear. "Well here I am!"

Tsuyu eyes scan the creature from head to tail, before coming to a conclusion. "I knew it."

XLR8 slowly lowers his hands. "Pardon?"

"You probably don't remember but you saved me once."

"I did?!" Now that's a shock! Where and when did he save her?! The mall maybe?

"Yes, but I understand if you forget it was a rather quick thing." It's really hard to gauge whether or not she's offended by his forgetfulness, but her voice doesn't seem to hint at an animosity. "It was a runaway truck. It was going to crash into me and my little siblings, but you used your speed to save us."

"Siblings…?" XLR8 scratches his chin trying to remember such an incident. "Oh, I remember now! It was a month before the entrance exam! The driver had lost control over the truck and was screaming like a mad man."

He did save her, so those little kids were her siblings, and she's in the hero course, too! What are the odds? Well, that explains a lot after all she did look like she was calm and ready to jump over the truck so she must be really good with her Quirk if she's here. "

"That's the one."

"Oh, my I never even recognized you." XLR8 bows repeated at such a fast speed that Tsuyu can almost use him as a fan. "I'm so sorry!"

"Why are you apologizing?" XLR8 stops to peer up at her. "You saved me and for that," She bows her long green hair flips over her head as she does so. "Thank you, you saved not only my life but the lives of my precious siblings. Thank you."

XLR8 is left speechless; the last thing he honestly expected was a thank you. It's not like he did it for the recognition, even so he can't stop the sense of pride in his heart. He feels light yet like he could take on anything. Maybe he can with all his aliens there's no situation that he can't handle. He can save the day!

"Well done, Midoriya!" Thanks Iida, you killed the moment.

XLR8 flinches in response, he was not mentally prepared for Iida's loud and stern voice.

With a mischievous grin, like one of a cat playing with its prey, Ochaco coyly elbows Izuku's side. "Look at you already saving damsels in distress."

It feels like XLR8's face is boiling with scalding hot water. He's pretty sure that steam is emitting from his mouth as if his soul has withdrawn from his own body. Ochaco laughs at the sight of a blue reptile's face turning into a complete shade of red. It's so bad XLR8 has his visor shut close as to help hide his face, but despite that he still uses his claws hands to hide behind as he begs Ochaco to stop mocking him.

While XLR8 tries to calm down Shoji approaches Tsuyu and introduces himself. Afterwards they watch on as Iida continues to praise XLR8 for his chivalry and Ochaco enjoys his reactions. "You know the first time I met him he was trying to save Uraraka then, too."

"That doesn't surprise me, kero." Tsuyu looks up to the giant of a teen. He looks down and finds a kind friendly smile on her face, and despite her mostly unreadable expression it is clear that she is smiling. "It is nice to know that we have such amazing people in our class, huh?"

"Absolutely."

Iida once again cuts the moment short, "Come on now! Let's not dawdle we all need to be at our respective homes before dusk!" He begins marching past the main gates. "Let's go!"

Everyone else salutes simultaneously before following along. "Aye!"

A thought pops into XLR8's mind, he unnecessarily zips himself to Ochaco's side. "Speaking of which, you live in Endori, correct? That's pretty far from here. I could give you a ride if you want. I mean…?" He gestures to himself, knowing that she would understand what he's offering.

Ochaco gasps, but not of worry but of a simple mistake. "Oh, I didn't tell you."

XLR8 blinks. "Tell me what?"

"My folks were so proud of me for getting into the Hero Course that they got me my own apartment here in Musutafu!"

"Really? That's great."

"Yup, it's a tiny little thing; it's a studio apartment" It's basically one big room with enough space for a makeshift kitchen. "But since I'm the only one using it I don't really need a whole lot of space." Her eyes drift away as she considers something else. "But I've been thinking of getting a part time job to help pay for necessities. This way my folks don't have to pay for everything."

"That'd be nice. Any ideas what you would do?"

She smiles softly. "I have one idea."

As the newly group of five make their way to the train station a certain ash-blonde bastard with a pension to violence glares at their retreating forms.

"Dammit, Deku! Just what the hell is going on?! You're supposed to be Quirkless?! Have you been lying all this time just so humiliate me?! Well guess what? You better not get comfortable shitty Deku, because the first chance I get to put you back in your place I can guarantee," There's a maddening glint in his crimson eyes. "I'll fucking kill you!"

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Well that was Ch.11. What do you think? Please let me know. Again Ch.12 may take a while to get here, mainly because my laptop is broken. Look forward to Ch.12 nonetheless since it'll be All Might's combat training!