Chapter 10:

(So, I hope you guys have had a good Easter! Sorry I haven't updated for a few days. Anyways, I hope you like the chapter. It's Entrance Exam Time!)

Ten months later, Lucas was packing up some gym clothes for the entrance exam. "Okay, this is it." Lucas thought to himself, he told his papa he didn't want to take the recommended exam. He remembered the conversation he had with him and Aizawa.

"Oh, I wonder if I'll see Izuku before the exam." Lucas wondered if they'd be up for more training, too. He hoped by now Izuku managed to figure out how to use Toshinori's Quirk by now.

"Pup, are you ready?" Nezu called from the door. "I'm coming, Papa." He said to his father, before putting his backpack on.

"Well, Lucas. I can only wish you good luck, here. But I know you'll make it!" Nezu said cheerfully. He's happy to see that his pup has come so far in his training. Lucas hugged his papa tight, Nezu was shocked at first, but then hugged back. "I'll make you proud, Papa! I promise!" Lucas said, letting go and walking out the door. Nezu slightly chuckled, "Seems like only yesterday I was changing his diaper." He said, slightly sad. His baby boy was growing up so fast, "Still, he's going to be a great hero!"

(Later)

Lucas was rushing to get inside. He couldn't find Izuku and he was determined to hurry up. "All right, here we go—ugh!" He tripped and bumped into another boy. "I-I-I'm so sorry! I was in a rush." he apologized, the boy straightened his glasses. "Well, clearly. I understand punctuality, but you can't simply rush ahead." The boy scolded Lucas. "Y-Yes sir." Lucas called him "sir", but he was around his age. "Pay attention next time, understand? If you want to be in this school, you need to show proper etiquette." He kept scolding him. "R-Right. Well, see you." Lucas walked away, going to the entrance. "Is he taking the exam, too?" Lucas asked and then sighed, "He's right, though! I'm too much in a hurry." He berated himself and walked inside.

Izuku noticed his friend walking passed him, "Lucas! Hey—" He didn't hear him and continued to walk off. "H-Huh…guess he's really determined."

The presentation was overcrowded, tons of students came for the Hero Course. "Okay, Papa gave me a bit of the rundown for the entrance exam. Still, I think there might be a hidden point system." Lucas thought to himself. He realized that he was sitting behind Izuku and that 'Kacchan' guy from the other day. "What's up, UA candidates? Thanks for tunin' in to me, your school DJ. C'mon and lemme hear ya!" The pro, Present Mic said. No one responded.

"Sorry, Hizashi-san." Lucas muttered under his breath. "Keeping it mellow, huh?" He said, "That's fine, I'll skip straight to the main show. Let's talk about how the practical exam is gonna go down, okay?" He did spontaneous poses as he spoke. "Are you ready?! Yeah!" He shouted, hoping that he would get a response. Lucas shut his eyes, embarrassed for the man. As the response was once again the sound of silence.

Lucas could hear Izuku muttering. "Oh my goodness, it's the Voice Hero, Present Mic. So cool!" He was lit up with admiration, "I listen to his radio show every day of the week. It's so cool that all the UA teachers are pro heroes." He was cut off by 'Kacchan', "Will you shut up?" Lucas frowned at the guy.

"What's his problem?" He thought to himself. "I know Izuku didn't actually save him, but he could be grateful that he tried."

Present Mic explained that the practical will be a ten-minute mock battle, the presentation divided up into sections from A-G.

"I see, they're splitting us up so we can't work any of our friends." 'Kacchan' said, Lucas looked over his card, and it showed he was in Battle Center B.

"Weird, I'm in the same as Izuku's." Lucas said, wondering why his father put him in the same battle center as his friend.

"Dang, I was looking forward to crushing you." 'Kacchan' said, Lucas glared angrily at him as he overheard.

"Okay, okay, let's check out your targets. There are three types of faux villains in every battle center." Present Mic explained, "You'll earn points depending on their level of difficultly, so better choose wisely. Your goal in this trial is to use your Quirk to raise your score by shredding these faux villains like a mid-song guitar solo." Lucas cringed at the comparison. "But check it. Make sure you're keep'n things heroic. Attacking other examinees is a UA no-no, ya dig?" A student rose up from his seat. Lucas recognized the student from before. "Excuse me, sir, but I have a question." He said, "Hit me!" Present Mic said, finally getting some volume from the crowd. He pointed to the printout of the faux villains. "On the printout, you've listed four types of villains. Not three." He explained, "With all respect, if this is an error on official UA materials, it is shameful. We are exemplary students, we expect the best from Japan's most notable school. A mistake such as this won't do." Lucas squinted his eyes in confusion. "Additionally, you with the unkempt hair." He pointed to Izuku, "You've been muttering the entire time. Stop that. If you can't bother to take this seriously, leave. You're distracting the rest of us." Lucas glared at the boy, in the moment and stood up.

"E-Excuse me, may I speak?" He asked, nervously. "Okay, sure! Do you have a question, yourself?" Present Mic looked at the boy. He understood that this was Aizawa's personal student. "I-It's a statement, actually." Lucas said, turning to the boy, still nervous. His cold gaze was intimidating. "H-Hey, you shouldn't be so quick to make irrational judgements. You haven't l-let the DJ finish his presentation. To be so quick to-to believe that the printout has an error is irrational judgement." He explained, nervously, stuttering through his words. "A-Also, he was taking the exam seriously. And far as I'm concerned, he was only distracting you…a-and maybe the guy next to him." He defended Izuku, who looked at him, with shock. But sort of happy, that he had someone defending him.

Lucas then turned to Present Mic, bowing respectfully. "A-As you were. My apologies for the interruption." He apologized, understanding HE let it drag on a little. Some of the students started laughing under their breath, finding the conversation entertaining. 'Kacchan' looked at Lucas, alienated. "That's the kid who was with Deku…what, do he think he's special or something.?" He muttered, under his breath.

"All right. Examinee number 7111. Thanks for calling in with your request. The 4th villain type is worth zero point. That guy's just an obstacle we'll be throwing your way." He explained, "There's one in every battle center. Think of it as hurdle, you should try to avoid. It's not that it can't be beat, but there's kinda no point. I recommend my listeners try to ignore it and focus on the ones toppin' the charts!" Lucas nodded his head in understanding.

"Thank you very much. Please continue." The boy with glasses bowed respectfully and sat down.

Students started comparing it to a video game, "That's all I got for you today. I'll sign off with a little present. A sample of our school motto." Lucas muttered under his breath, "Plus Ultra!" He said quietly.

When they were outside, Lucas and Izuku used the opportunity to talk each other. "Uh…th-thanks for…defending me back there?" Izuku to him, "Not a problem. He was scolding me earlier for being in a hurry." He explained, though he was right to get on him. Izuku then looked over a girl. "O-oh, that's the girl that helped me, e-earlier." Izuku said, she was patting chest and taking a deep breath. He felt a hand land on his shoulder, he realized it was the boy from before. Izuku looked nervous at him, "She looks like she's trying to focus on the trials ahead? What are you going to do? Distract her and ruin her chances to succeed?" He scolded him again. Lucas sighed, "He's right. We should stay focused." He said, "Which reminds me, Izuku. I don't think we can work together." Everyone was gossiping about the three of them. While one boy with wavy blonde hair looked like he was eyeing them.

"Why do I feel like everyone's already written me off?" Izuku said, upset. "Hey, you're gonna be fine in there." Lucas said, hoping to reassure him.

Present Mic was above, watching from a tower, telling them to get moving. "What? There are no countdowns in real battles. Run, run, run, listeners! You're wasting airtime here!" He shouted at them.

Izuku looked back and realized that everyone was going on without him. "Come on!" Lucas said, telling him to get moving.

Lucas ran through each faux villain, jumping and evading every attack. He used his psychokinesis to push them into each other. Time was short, but he knew the had at least 31 points so far! "Look out!" He pushed someone out of the way, before the faux villain attacked!

"Clearly, the examinees have no idea how many villains are present, or their locations. They have limited time, must cover a vast area. And hunt down every last target." Nezu explained, analyzing the exam. Taking note of some of the students, "Some use information-gathering abilities to plan out strategies. While others rely on speed to pull ahead of their peers. Of course, remaining calm under pressure can be an advantage. As can pure power and combat ability. The most successful students use a combination of all these tactics. They're the ones who rack up the highest scores." Nezu then turned his attention to Lucas. "Oh, my dear boy's passing with flying colors!" He thought, already knowing his score was gonna be a passing grade. The 'mouse' then turned his attention to the green haired boy. "So, that's Midoriya-san." He looked him over from what he learned of him from Toshinori and Lucas. "He's having a hard time keeping up." He grew worried about him, knowing he doesn't have control over the Quirk just yet. The teachers released the zero-pointers into the battle centers.

Lucas could feel trembling, and heard glass breaking. He was freaking out about how big the robot actually was. "H-How much of a budget does Papa have for this stuff?" He thought to himself. The robot punched, the ground, causing a huge shockwave and wind. Lucas chose to grab the people nearby with his powers and ran as fast as he could. He passed by Izuku, who froze in place. "Oh no, come on, get up, Izuku." Lucas said, quietly. There was less than two minutes remaining. "Everything All Might did for me, all the training…It's gonna be wasted!" Izuku thought to himself, trying to get up and run. Before realizing that someone was hurting. It was the same girl from before. He immediately ran to save her and jumped into the air. He could feel an adrenaline rush as he leaped. He readied a fist and punched the giant robot, destroying it almost instantly. Lucas stood there in shock, but then ran toward his friend, knowing he had broken his arm and legs.

Nezu alongside Toshinori celebrated in the moment, watching how it played out! "Nothing is more nobler…than self-sacrifice!" Toshinori said, proud that Izuku managed to prove himself. Nezu was happy that the boy made it through. There was only one minute left, and he was falling.

Lucas ran toward his friend, trying to make sure that could catch him. Izuku tried to use his last arm, to create an updraft for safe landing. To his surprise, he was slapped in the face by the girl. She used her Quirk to make a robot head float and Izuku to float in the air. "And release." She said, groaning nauseous from using her power. She puked up when she couldn't, as she couldn't take the nausea. "H-Hang on, Izuku!" Lucas shouted, freaking out. Green lights surrounded his hands and he tried to heal his friend's injuries. "W-Wait, I need at least one point—" As Izuku said that, Present Mic told them the exam was over. Alarms went off to further let the students know. Izuku sobbed and fainted in the moment.

"H-Hey, don't do that!" Lucas said, trying to calm himself down. He was anxious, "Okay, I've just gotta focus." Lucas put his hands on Izuku, and green light surrounded the boy. "Rgh!" Lucas started grunting. He's never healed an injury this severe before, it's causing drawbacks on him.

The students were talking about Izuku, noting he didn't score a single point, yet showed immense power by taking down the zero-pointer. "They…they really don't get it." Lucas stuttered, grunting through all his pain. He started to feel faint, at that moment. Izuku's injuries were restoring, at the very least.

"Very nice, good work all around. You're heroes in my eyes, every one of you." Recovery Girl showed up, rewarding a few students with some fruit gummies. She walked up to the boys. "I'll take it from here, sweetie. Don't hurt yourself." She kindly told Lucas, who nodded. "Y-Yes ma'am." She handed Lucas some gummies and then kissed Izuku to heal his injuries.

"That mademoiselle, she's the heart of UA." The blonde boy that was watching them earlier said. "Oh my goodness. You were hurt this badly by your own Quirk, sonny?" She took notes in her mind, thinking he isn't used to handling his power. She kissed his head and started healing the injury. Lucas tried to stand up, "Rgh…that took more out of me than it should've." Lucas said.

"Um, what's she doing?" A student asked, "You're watching a school nurse in action." The blonde boy winked. "The Youthful Heroine, Recovery Girl! Her Quirk is a trĀ''s awesome boost of healing power. She's the only reason UA can hold these reckless exams." He explained. "She's saving him months of recovery time." Lucas was relieved that Izuku was okay. Still, he wondered if there was a second point system. He hoped Izuku still could make it into UA, somehow.

(One week later)

Lucas was doing pushups in his room. He didn't know if he passed, but he needs to stay determined! If there's a chance he failed, he's gonna try to take next year's exam. He got up after he finished a set, and started texting on his phone.

(Text)

Lucas: Hey, how're things on your end?

Izuku: Fine, I guess. I'm still rlly nervous. As far as I'm concerned, I might've failed

Lucas: Ur gonna do fine. If we didn't make it now, we can make it next year, I'm sure! :)

Izuku: I'm sure ur getting in at least, Lucas.

Lucas: I'm not rlly sure, to be honest. /

Izuku: You're not confident in yourself?

Lucas: Not rlly.

Izuku: Hey, ur always nice to me. U should have confidence in yourself, as well.

Izuku: My mom's came in with a letter for my results! We'll talk later, Lucas!

Lucas: Ok, hope u got in! Bye!

(End of text)

Lucas sighed as he laid on his bed.

"Lucas, can I come in?" Nezu knocked on his door. Lucas put his phone down, "O-Okay, Papa." He answered. Nezu opened the door and sat down on his bed. "W-What did you need?" Lucas asked, nervous if it was about his results. Nezu pulled out a letter from his pocket.

"Here, your results are here!" He said, cheerfully. Lucas anxiously took the letter and opened. In it was some sort of device, and it shown a holographic projection!

"Hello, Sakai-san!" A roaring but familiar voice said, revealing himself to be All Might. "Y-Yagi-san? What are you—Wait, when you said UA was hiring a new teacher, you were talking about—" Nezu nodded as he asked the question. "Awesome! Then, did Izuku get in as well?" Nezu only shut his eyes and put his paw up to his chin, "Ah, Izuku Midoriya. As of now, I am unsure." He said, lying. "Papa…" Lucas groaned, this was his way.

"—Your grand total of points would've been amounted to…31. Were that the only point system." All Might, "For you see, we were keeping track of Rescue Points. This hidden point system keeps track of rescuing other participants that were in tight spots. You netted an amount of 42 Rescue Points. This leave you with the grand score of 73 points!" Lucas was shocked, he made it! "I knew it! There WAS a hidden point system!" Lucas said, confident that he figured it out himself. "Ah, so there was a hidden point system. I wonder who thought of that…" Nezu said, pretending he just figured that out. Lucas shut his eyes, cringing. "Papa, stop pretending you don't know." Nezu only chuckled, as the projection continued. "I'm ranked 3rd? Weird, I'm tied with someone else." Lucas noticed, "Yes, it seems that this Ochaco Uraraka scored the same grade as you." Nezu said. "Congratulations, Lucas Sakai! This is your academia!" Toshinori finished. Lucas was happy, he got into UA!

"I'm so proud of you, my precious pup!" Nezu said, excited! "Thanks, Papa!" Lucas said, them giving each other a hug.

"And look, Izuku's in, too!" He noticed that Izuku was 7th in the rankings! Nezu needs to remind himself of looking into Izuku's grades and intelligence, since Lucas told him that his analysis was as incredible as his.

"Oh, Papa. Which class am I joining?" He asked, "I've set you in Class 1-A with Aizawa-san. After all, you've had great results from training." Nezu explained, Lucas nodded. "Okay then. Well, I'm gonna be the one of the best heroes! I'll make you proud, Papa!" Lucas said, Nezu hugged his boy, "Son, I'm already proud of you!"

(Okay, so here we are. Now which student will Lucas replace? That's for the next chapter! Hope you enjoyed this one. And I hope Lucas and Ochaco tying for 3rd place works, I don't know if that's how it works. Remember to stay strong and awesome! And don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good!)