Chapter 3 - Exam Prep for Heroes in Training
3rd POV:
"You can become a hero." He tells him, making him cry out, he thinks back to all of the times anyone in the past has doubted him and holds his chest in pain as tears fall onto the ground. "You are worthy to inherit my power." Izuku hearing this looks up at him, his tears long forgotten as he stares in shock.
"Inherit your power?" He asks with tears staining his face; All Might gives out a laugh at the sight in front of him.
"What's with that face? It's just a suggestion. The real show starts after this. Listen, young man. You need to decide whether or not you will accept my power!" He exclaims as he points down at Izuku with blood spilling out of his mouth again, he wipes away the blood from his chin as Izuku looks up at him in shock. "I'm talking about my power, young man. The tabloids called it 'superhuman strength' and a 'boast,' and I constantly dodged the question during interviews with a funny joke. Because the Symbol of Peace, All Might, had to be a natural-born hero. But young man, I will tell you the truth." He raises his hands behind his head and flicks them open as he looks up to the sky dramatically. "My Quirk was passed onto me like a sacred torch."
"It was passed on to you…?" Izuku asks him as a breeze rolls in lifting All Might's shirt revealing his injury.
"That's right. And next, it is your turn." He tells him which seems to freak Izuku out,
"W-wait! Wait a minute! It's true your Quirk is something hotly debated as one of the world's greatest mysteries. So much so that not a day goes by when I don't see someone talking about it online. But, well, I don't really understand what you mean by inheriting or passing on a Quirk… I've never heard of anything like that before, and it's never been conjectured in the debate. Why is that? Is it because since the dawn of history, a Quirk like that was never confirmed? In the first place, it's…" Izuku rapidly mutters as he gets lost on the concept.
"You always start with denial, huh? Nonsense! I may hide a lot of things, but I don't lie! The power to transfer power… that is the Quirk I inherited! I was crowned with 'One For All'!" He tells the teen.
"'One For All'..." Izuku repeats quietly playing it over.
"That's right. One person cultivates the power and passes it on to another person, who also cultivates it and passes it on. It is the crystallisation of power that spins together the voices of those who need help with a courageous heart." All Might explains.
"Why are you… why are you giving me something so great?" Izuku asks him looking up at him.
"I have been looking for a successor. And then, I thought it would be alright for you to inherit it. You are just a Quirkless hero fanboy, but you and your friend were more heroic than anyone else back there!" This statement gets to Izuku as his eyes gleam over with unshed tears. "Never mind! Well, it's up to you, though. What'll you do?" All Might asks him, and Izuku wipes away his unshed tears and gets to his feet facing his hero with a determined look.
"I'll do it." He answers strongly.
"An immediate reply. That's what I thought you'd say!" All Might looks down smirking.
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Yuudai's POV:
"Kat, have you finished the quiz yet?" I ask from the bathroom as I finish getting into my PJs that I keep here for such occasions. I walk into Kat's room to see him lying on his bed asleep, I walk over to him and smile pressing my lips to his forehead and walk away to the guest room.
I wake up early and get dressed in my workout clothes and head out for a run to think through yesterday and run off some access energy like every morning.
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3rd POV:
At Dagoba Municipal Beach Park two days later in the early morning All Might (all powered up) and Izuku work on the trash-filled beach, All Might sits on a fridge as Izuku tries pulling it with some rope wrapped around his shoulders but it won't even budge. "Hey, hey, hey! This is such a comfy fridge to sit on!" All Might teases as Izuku tries to pull the said fridge, but he slips forward hitting the sand. "If you could move it even a little, it would be a little easier." Izuku gets up slowly and looks over at All Might.
"Well yeah, I mean, you weigh 274 kilograms, right?" He asks, looking at his hero.
"No, I lost weight, so I'm only 255 kilograms now, in this form." All Might replies smiling broadly, and Izuku looks around him at all the junk around the beach.
"Anyway, why am I dragging trash at the beach park?" Izuku asks, making All Might laugh and get his phone out to take pictures of Izuku in his weak form.
"It's 'cause, you know, you're not a proper vessel." He answers, continuing to take pictures as the teen breaks out in tears at the answer.
"What you're saying now is the opposite to what you said before!" Izuku breaks down in tears and hunchs over with his face buried in the sand as All Might walks over to him continuing to take pictures of the scene in front of him.
"I'm talking about your body. My Quirk, One For All, is the fullest physical ability of many people gathered into one. An unprepared body cannot inherit it fully. The limbs will come off, and the body will explode." All MIght explains the situation which freaks young Izuku out as he holds himself.
"The limbs will what?! Then… I'm picking up trash in order to train my body…?" He asks, looking up at his hero that gives him a thumbs up agreeing with his question.
"Yes! But that's not all. After some research on the internet yesterday, I discovered that part of this beach park's coast has been like this for many years." All Might remarks as he walks back to the large fridge and taps on it, denting the frame, Izuku gets up from the sand and looks around slightly.
"Yeah… for some reason, because of the currents, objects drift here a lot, and people take advantage of that to hide their illegal dumping… the local residents don't come near here, either." Izuku adds on, remembering what Yuudai had told him when she was working on getting the coast cleaned but didn't have the time due to her other activities.
"Heroes these days are all after the showy stuff." All Might comments and places his hand on top of the fridge and brings his hand down crushing the fridge as he talks. "Originally, being a hero meant doing volunteer service, even if people called that boring or whatever. You can't waver from those roots." He presses harder finally flattening the fridge letting the sunrise visible to Izuku. "You will restore the horizon for this whole section! That is your first step toward becoming a hero!" He says, looking up at his successor as he turns around to look at the mountain of junk piled high.
"My first step…? Clean… this… all of it…?!" Izuku exclaims with shock at the task ahead.
"Young Midoriya, you want to go to U.A., right?" All Might asks him.
"Yes… yes! Because it's where you went! So if I'm going to go… I thought… it would definitely have to be U.A…." He answers with slight determination.
"You're a go-getter fanboy!" That comment makes Izuku blush. "But I've told you this before. It's not something you can do without a Quirk. It's sad, but that is what the reality is. And U.A.'s is the hardest hero course to get into. In other words…" All Might advises the teen.
"In the ten months until U.A.'s entrance exam, I have to complete my vessel!" Izuku finishes All Might's thoughts as he gets out pieces of paper from his pocket.
"That's where this comes in! I came up with this: 'Aim to Pass: American Dream Plan'! It's a training plan to help you finish cleaning up the beach. I'll have you follow this in every aspect of your life!" All Might claims as he holds out the pieces of paper to Izuku who takes them looking them over.
"Even sleep time is included…" Izuku mutters as he looks the schedule carefully.
"Frankly, this is a super hard schedule. Can you follow it?" All Might asks him in a low voice with his mouth covered.
"Of course… I have to work many times harder than anyone else, or else I can't do it!" Izuku replies with unwavering determination as he looks at the pieces of paper in his hand that will help shape his future, but unknown to them Yuudai is jogging past the coast looking over mountains of junk not being able to see the two among it.
That same day they begin to work on Izuku's transformation in the perfect vessel for All Might's Quirk, Izuku struggles pulling along a block of small lockers with skinny All Might trying to encourage him. "Carry that to the park entrance! Put it in the truck!"
He carries a wheel over his shoulder as he runs to the entrance of the park, as All Might stands on a pile of junk cheering him on.
"Run! Run! Ten months will be over before you know it!" He cheers, which makes Izuku tries picking up the pace and trips over. "Let's become athletic!"
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At the school, the teacher at the front of the class reading off a book as he stands about to write on the chalkboard. "Let's see… with the appearance of superpowers, the Building Standards Act was revised, and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport…" He drones on, but Izuku is too tired from the morning exercises and starts writing out ideas to increase his result in less time and begins muttering to himself which draws all the attention to him from his classmates and teacher.
"... about 98 days of real training even if I'm efficient… I can get in about five hours of training morning, and night, so that's 490 hours… also, that beach cleanup doesn't work out any specific parts of the body. If I don't work out my whole body equally, then there's no way I'll make it. Bodybuilding to create a body able to adapt to any situation… literally, intensive training to become a hero… All Might can't stay and watch me the whole time… if I don't do as much efficient independent training as I can, there's no way I can catch up the way I am now… anyway, I'll have to cut-" He gets cut off as his teacher uses his Quirk, extending his hand.
"Midoriya, hey!" He calls out and whacks him on the top of his head, knocking him out of his thoughts, he looks up at his teacher and classmates seeing them all staring at him and covers his mouth.
"DId your encounter with the villain make you go crazy? It's presumptuous to think of getting into U.A. like that." He remarks as the class giggle at their Quirkless classmate.
"Can we get on with this I have places to be." The snickering and giggling stop as they all look at their school president who looks over at their teacher and he looks back to the notes continuing with the lesson.
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"Izzy!" He hears Yuudai call out to him as he walks out of the school gates with Katsuki next to her, he stops looking back at them as they catch up to him. "Kat and I are studying tonight for the entrance exam; he needs more help than ever and well with your supposed breakdown in class I thought we could go to mine and study you up for it?" She asks him; he gulps at the deadly look coming from Katsuki.
"I can't, sorry my Mum will be already making dinner." He comes up with an excuse and sees Yuudai slump her shoulders in disappointment.
"Well, maybe next time then." She replies and takes Katsuki's hand in hers taking their leave.
"Why invite him?" Katsuki asks her as they walk along the path.
"Why not?" She replies and hums a song playing on her mind.
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A few days later Izuku runs down to the beach and tries pushing a heavy tire, but it won't budge, All Might taps at his lower back helping the teen.
Later that evening he starts running with All Might pointing over to a piece of junk for him to move, Yuudai jogs down the path seeing Izuku running with bits of trash in his arms dropping them into the back fo a truck. "Izzy!" She calls out to his as she jogs over to him as he turns around to see her.
"Yuu! What are you doing here?" He asks her as she jogs on the spot in front of him.
"I always jog down here, but I should be asking you that." She replies and looks over to see skinny All Might looking over at her.
"Training getting ready for the entrance exam." He answers her honestly making All Might slap his forehead.
"Really? Well, good luck Izzy maybe you'll do okay in the exam but don't overwork yourself." She says and continues on her jog.
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Yuudai's POV:
As I jog back to my home, I can't seem to shake off what Izzy said and stopped knowing it's only seven months till the entrance exam for U.A. and I can't lose to anyone. I step into the home to see Dad in his study going over papers for patients and Yoko walking down the stairs after just waking up. I walk up to my room and get ready for school, and I look over my body in my mirror and know I'm going to need more training for the practical exam especially if from what I've heard it's draining.
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At school Izzy is still drained most likely from the training he's doing down at the coast with that guy, when a break has finally begun, I walk over to Izzy's desk seeing all the scribbling on his work out times and whatnot. "Izzy, you should rest for a little while at least 5 minutes a day," I tell him, but it doesn't seem to go through, and I give out a sigh before walking over to Kat. "Stop pouting," I warn him and ruffle his hair which earns me a mean glare. "Kat, would you mind helping me train for the entrance exam?" I ask him, he looks at me and nods his head.
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After school, I pull out my paperwork for the school council to sort out and hand them over to my vice president and leave with Kat to his house. "So I've been going over everything for this training and my stamina is perfect even when over using my Quirk. ?Though my limit is still overly high like yours and I'm not too bad with hand to hand combat which I know you're better at," I explain and look at him as he walks into his garden still in his school uniform. "So what should we do first?" I ask him, and he takes off his shirt leaving him in just a tank.
"Hand to hand combat." He answers and goes for a right hook which I see coming and block the hit with my arm; I snap my hand out grabbing hold of Kat's arm, I pull him towards me and knee him in the stomach, winding him. I take advantage of his daze and push him onto his back, he groans on the impact.
"I guess my hand to hand combat isn't as rusty as I thought." I tease as he looks up at me through narrow eyes.
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Today is February 26th the day of U.A's entrance exam, and I feel a fluttering in my stomach as I get dressed into my school uniform putting my hair into two buns ontop my head and pack my workout clothes for the practical exam.
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I walk downstairs to see my small family looking at me. "Please don't." I plead lightly, but they walk over to my sides and group hug which is enough to know they wish me luck. "I have to go," I tell them and sneak out of the hug before grabbing my portable breakfast and jog out the door as I hear them shout out their best wishes. I shake my head at their antics as I close the front door and I smile through my mask and walk down the street towards my one shot to make it to the big leagues, and I don't plan on losing to anyone not even Kat.
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3rd POV:
Izuku jogs up to the location of U.A.'s entrance exam dressed and ready to go with eagerness. "I made it…" He comes to a stop looking over the building before calmly walking over to the building, he ponders over this morning after completing his training but covers his mouth thinking back to having to eat All Might's hair to receive his powers. "I swallowed the hair, but did I really receive his power…?" He wonders when he's cut off from his thoughts at the sound of Katsuki's voice.
"Outta my way, Deku!" He snaps as he walks over to him.
"Kacchan!" He exclaims in surprise seeing his old friend acting so angry at him, though it is the norm.
"Don't stand in front of me. I'll kill you." Katsuki snaps again as he walks closer freaking the fragile teen.
"M-morning. L-let's both do our best…" Izuku babbles as he moves his hands around, but Katuski does nothing as he walks by.
"Man he's so uptight today." Izuku hears from behind him, snapping him out of his gaze as he watched his childhood friend walk away, he snaps his head to see Yuudai standing close to him freaking him out. "Calm down, Izzy, it's just me." He looks at her and sees that she isn't wearing her sunglasses like normal and looks into her black eyes with hints of purple. "I dropped my sunglasses on the way here, and well I forgot my spares, so I'm going free for once. I hope I didn't scare you, Izzy." She looks at him, and he shakes his head at her. "That's good, well better head off and calm Kat down before the exam starts knowing him he won't be able to concentrate." She says and jogs over to catch up to the ash blond. "You shouldn't scare people before a big test." She teases him as he continues walking, she sighs and grabs hold of his shoulder with an iron grip. "I mean it Katsuki, we have to do our best today." She warns him and lets him go hearing the talk of the two and the sludge villain from ten months ago still playing on their minds.
Izuku watches the exchange between his childhood friends and straightens up from his earlier scares and begins to walk towards the entrance but his feet trip him up, and he's about to fall face first. But he doesn't make contact with the ground but floats in the air; he glances over to see a girl standing next to him her hand raised over him. "Are you alright?" She asks him; he panics trying to make contact with the ground again as he hangs in midair, she takes hold of his arm helping him get his feet on the ground.
"It's my Quirk. Sorry for using it without asking first. But it'd be bad luck if you fell, right? Aren't you nervous?" She asks him a simple question, but Izuku freaks out that a girl beside his childhood friend is talking to him. "Let's do our best. See ya!" She jogs off to get into the exam hall, he praises himself for talking to a girl but didn't actually speak as everyone looks at him as he yells out.
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Inside the exam hall for orientation, everyone is sitting waiting as the lights go on and Present Mic stands at the front behind a podium in front of a large screen. "For all you examinee listeners tuning in, welcome to my show today! Everybody say 'hey'!" He exclaims and holds his hand to his ear, but everyone remains silent. "What a refined response. Then I'll quickly present to you the rundown on the practical exam! Are you ready? Yeah!" He asks them but again all he gets is silence, within the seats Izuku, Katsuki and Yuudai sit next to each other with Yuudai between the two boys.
"It's the Voice Hero, Present Mic! Wow…! I listen to him every week on the radio. I'm so moved!" Izuku gushes in his little love bubble.
"Shut up," Katsuki tells him trying to listen to the presentation.
"-All the teachers at U.A. are pro heroes! As it says in the application requirements, you listeners will be conducting ten-minute mock urban battles after this! You can bring whatever you want with you." He informs them as the screen changes to a sigh reading 'You Are Here' and morphs showing coloured squares with A, B, C, D, E, F, and G on the screen. "After the presentation, you'll head to the specified battle centre, okay?" He asks, and the teens all look at their cards in front of them to find out what group they are in, in silence again. "Okay?!"
"In other words, they won't let you work with your friends, huh?" Katsuki questions as he looks at his card seeing him in a different group to both Yuudai and Izuku.
"Y-you're right. Even though our examinee numbers are consecutive, we're assigned to different battle centres." Izuku agrees, looking over at his card which has Battle Center: B, where are Katsuki's, is A and Yuudai is G.
"Don't look. I'll kill you. Damn, now I can't crush you." Katsuki sneers as he glares at his card, Yuudai rubs his shoulder and looks up at the screen which has changed to show a 3D model of the battle centres.
"Three different types of faux villains are stationed in each battle centre." He explains pointing to three different outlines of faux villains as they appear on the screen behind him, which have 1P, 2P and 3P. "You can earn points for each of them based on their level of difficulty. Your goal, dear listeners, is to use your Quirks to earn points by immobilising the faux villains." He explains as a video game like display goes on the screen as to show the teens. "Of course, attacking other examinees and any other unheroic actions are prohibited!"
"May I ask a question?" A boy asks interrupting the orientation, Yuudai clenches her fists in annoyance which doesn't go unnoticed by the two boys as the boy stands up from his seat in front of them.
"Okay!" Present Mic agrees, pointing at said boy which leads to a spotlight to shine of the boy as he points to the printout in his other hand, they were all given beforehand.
"On the printout, there are four types of villains. If that is a misprint, then U.A., the most prominent school in Japan, should be ashamed of that foolish mistake. We, examinees, are in this place because we wish to be moulded into exemplary heroes. In addition, you over there with the curly hair-" The glasses boy states and turns around pointing at Izuku who points to himself. "-you've been muttering this whole time. It's distracting. If you're here on a pleasure trip, then you should leave immediately!"
"I'm sorry…" Izuku apologies as he covers his hand and Yuudai snaps the pencil in her hand, Izuku holds her arm trying to keep her down, but it does nothing to her natural inhuman strength.
"I have something to say, four-eyes, just because there are four faux villains on the printout and Present Mic has only just mentioned three doesn't mean it's a misprint. Also if your so uptight that you feel that they can make such trivial mistakes, then please leave. And the one with the curly hair is my friend and if you can be distracted so easily by muttering then honestly consider this. Should you really be here? That's all I have to say." Yuudai unleashes on him feeling her shoulders sag down as she sits back in her seat with Izuku and Katsuki looking at her. The boy with glasses looks at her with shock, but Present Mic retakes control.
"Okay, okay, Examinee Number 7111 and Examinee Number 2232. Thanks for the great messages. The fourth type of villain is worth zero points." Present Mic explains as an outline of the fourth type shouts on the screen with 0P above. "That guy's an obstacle, so to speak. There's one in every battle centre-" On the screen, it goes back to the video game version showing Present Mic encountering the faux villain. "An obstacle that will go crazy in narrow spaces. It's not impossible to defeat, but there's no reason to defeat it, either. I recommend you listeners try to avoid it." He finishes his explanation.
"Thank you very much! Please excuse the interruption!" The glasses kid apologies and bows his head before sitting down with the spotlight turning off him.
"That's all from me! Finally, I'll give you listeners a present - our school motto! The hero Napoleon Bonaparte once said: 'A true hero is someone who overcomes life's misfortunes.' Go beyond. Plus Ultra! Now, everyone, good luck suffering!" Present Mic concludes, and the students all begin leaving to the changing rooms to get into their workout clothes for the practical exam.
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Yuudai's POV:
I walk off the bus with people behind me; I walk over to the large wooden arms as everyone talks among themselves as I take my mask off putting it into my pocket and take my bandages off my hands as I will need all my assets in my arsenal of weapons for this exam. I look around at the people, and I can't help but feel a little bad that they were put with my demons as opponents for the points against those faux villains and give out a sigh in frustration. "I will win, no holding back," I mutter to myself as I clench my fist vowing to myself.
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