Chapter 5 - First Day Quirks Part 1
3rd POV:
At U.A. in the viewing room, the faculty go over the practical exam on the screen in front of them of the top 10 students from the exam. "The cumulative results for the practical exam are out!"
"I can't believe he got second place with no rescue points."
"The faux villains acquire their targets and draw near them. In the second half, as others were slowing down, he used his flashy Quirk to keep bringing them closer and then counterattacking. It's the result of his toughness."
"I can't believe it, first place with those different types of powers within one Quirk!"
"She used mostly range attacks along with close combat as she uses her Quirk efficiently. She even took down the large villain with my hit and with high villain points along with her rescue points makes you wonder."
"In contrast, there's the 7th place student with zero villain points."
"There have been other examinees who took on the large villain in the past, but it's been a while since I last saw someone blow it away. Let alone two of them."
"But to suffer such a serious injury from his own attack… it's like he's a young child whose Quirk just manifested." They all discuss as Shota Aizawa standing leaning against the back wall as they talk over and watch the footage from the practical exam, he glances up at the screen with Izuku lying on the ground at the end of the exam and looks up narrowing his eyes at the comment.
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Yuudai's POV:
I look up at the lights as they dance along my ceiling as I lie under my covers, I can't help the smile that spreads across my face as I remember what day it is. Today is the beginning of the hero course at U.A., and I was going to show everyone that I will be the best. I launch myself up into a sitting position before clambering out of my warm bed; I trek towards my closet as I pick out my brand new uniform. I dress in my uniform but I look at my rack of sunglasses and think back to what Kat said and pass them along with my masks and stand in front of my vanity with all my hair supplies, I put my hair into a braid along with a low ponytail. I pick up my school bag and head out of my room for breakfast with the rest of my family.
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Downstairs in the kitchen, Mum makes breakfast for the three of us sitting down at the island, and she places the food in front of us. I dig into my toast as Yoko goes on about something to do with another report and I zone her out as she goes on. "So, honey you excited for your first day at U.A.?" Dad asks as he finishes his one-sided conversation with Yoko, I nod as I chew on my toast.
"I am, I just wonder what today will be like and who my classmates will be," I reply and hope I'm with my two friends.
"I've heard from my clients that all their lessons are different," Mum comments as she sits down next to me with her own breakfast, I finish my breakfast and put the dirty plate into the sink.
"Well, I'm going off to school!" I yell out as I grab my bag and head out the door.
"Bye!" My family shout back as I close the door behind me.
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I walk down the street to a crossroad and see Kat walking down from his street, I jog to catch up to him, I pat him on the shoulder, he turns around looking aggressive, but it soon fades as he realises it's me. "Hey, want to walk together?" I ask him, smiling with excitement.
"Yeah, why not." He replies and looks at me closely. "You took my advice." He comments, pointing to my eyes and mouth as I wasn't wearing my sunglasses or mask to hide my Quirk.
"Yeah, I felt like I don't need to hide it anymore and should embrace it, though last night I did scare Yoyo, which was fun." I laugh, and he joins me as we continue to walk towards our new school.
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"Just open the door!" I snap as we stand in front of our new classroom door which is too tall, I push Kat to the side and pull the door to the side to see a few people already sitting, and one of them is the four-eyes that I had told off stands at the front. "Kat, come on." I drag him inside with a grumpy look on his face, I sit down in a random seat, and Kat sits in front of me with his feet on the desk which seems to frustrate the uptight four-eyes. He marches up to Kat which appears to be anger the blond as he approaches us.
"Don't put your feet on the desk!" Four-eyes snaps at Kat who looks up at him.
"Huh?" He asks with a smug look on his face.
"Don't you think that's rude to the U.A. upperclassman and the people who made the desk?" Four-eyes asks him trying to explain his point.
"Nope. What junior high did you go to, you side character?" Kat asks with a snarl as he looks up at four-eyes and I sigh to myself at my friend's actions which is not helping at all as four-eyes seems in shock but snaps out as he answers.
"I attended Somei Private Academy. My name is Tenya Iida." He introduces himself and holds his hand up.
"Somei? So, you're a damn elite, huh? Looks like I'll have fun crushing you." Kat snarls at him with a smirk showing his teeth at four-eyes otherwise known as Tenya Iida.
"'Crushing?' That's cruel. Do you truly aim to be a hero?" Iida asks, making Kat scoff and they look over at the door, I peer over as well to see Izzy standing there awkwardly. "You're…" Iida stands up straight gaining everyone else's attention making Izzy uncomfortable, I stand up and dash over to Izzy and throw my arms around him trying to make him less nervous.
"My sweet, innocent, kind Izzy has come at last!" I exclaim as I hug him helping to calm his nerves, but it still gains attention from everyone.
"Good morning! I am from Somei Private Academy. My name is-" Iida marches over to us.
"-I heard!" Izzy says making four-eyes stop in his tracks.
"I'm Midoriya. Nice to meet you, Iida. Yuu can you stop hugging me now." Izzy says, and I peel off him and stay by his side to ease his discomfort with the uptight student.
"Midoriya, you released there was something more to that practical exam, didn't you? I had no idea… I misjudged you! I hate to admit, but you are better than me." Iida explains with a grimace as I look between them confused.
"Sorry, I actually didn't realise anything," Izzy mutters.
"Oh, that curly hair! You're the plain-looking one! You passed, just like Present Mic said! Of course, you did! Your punch was amazing!" A girl babbles as she swings her arm around, making Izzy blush red.
"-Oh, well, um, it was thanks to you going to speak with him directly that I, uh…" Izzy stutters, and I tilt my head to the side in confusion on what's going on in front of me.
"Huh? How did you know about that?" The brunette asks him.
"Oh, uh, that's because…" Izzy tries to explain but I just zone out and look over to see Kat giving a mean glare at the little group, I sigh and walk over to him, but he doesn't seem to notice me, so I slap the back of his head, snapping him out of it but directs his glare at me.
"I wonder if today's just the entrance ceremony and orientation? I wonder what our teacher's like? Aren't you nervous?" The brunette asks him all excited.
"S-so close!" Izzy freaks out.
"Stop glaring at them; you'll get wrinkles." I tease him; he looks at me with an evil glare.
"Shut up, Dia, you think you're so much better than me." He snaps at me, but I smile showing off my teeth.
"It's because I am better than you, I'm smarter, stronger and otherwise better than you." I taunt him, he glares at me more, but I giggle.
"Go somewhere else if you want to play at being friends." A voice cuts through which silences everyone in the classroom, and we all turn to see a man with long black hair lying sideways on the floor in a yellow sleeping bag. "This is the hero course." the strange man says and unzips a part of the sleeping bag down and brings out a squeeze, he stands upright in his yellow cacoon and fully unzips it before stepping out. "Okay, it took eight seconds before you were quiet. Time is limited. You kids are not rational enough." He says in a dull monotone voice and turns to address us. "I'm your homeroom, Shota Aizawa. Nice to meet you."
"Homeroom teacher?!" A boy exclaims with shock.
"It's kind of sudden, but put this on and go out onto the field." Mr Aizawa informs us as he pulls out a jumpsuit from his sleeping bag. Everyone gets out of their seats, and I walk over with the others to Mr Aizawa and take one of the blue jumpsuits before following the other girls to the changing rooms which thankfully Mr Aizawa pointed out beforehand.
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I take off my blazer followed by my shirt and tie in front of the locker as the other girls around me do the same, and I pull on the blue jumpsuit and zip it up with a little space for my neck. I look down at myself and smile, 'I can really pull this off,' I look at the rest of the girls are finally dressed, and we head out of the locker room.
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Outside on the sports field, we stand in rows as Mr Aizawa stands in front of us when he drops the strangest thing for the first day. "A Quirk Assessment test?!" We exclaim in surprise, I look around and hope we make it to the opening ceremony as I had been informed earlier I was meant to do the opening speech.
"What about the entrance ceremony? The orientation?" The brunette that was talking to Izzy asks him flustered.
"If you're going to become a hero, you don't have time for such leisurely events." That statement gets me as I stand up straight and all thoughts of the entrance ceremony or orientation. "U.A.'s selling point is how unrestricted its school traditions are. That's also how the teachers run their classes. You kids have been doing these since junior high, too, right? Physical fitness tests where you weren't allowed to use your Quirks." Mr Aizawa holds up a phone with fitness tests listed down. "The country still uses averages taken from results from students not using their Quirks. It's not rational. Well, the Ministry of Education is procrastinating. Honda, Bakugo, you both finished as the top two of the practical exam, right?" Mr Aizawa asks looking at us; I look over at him as does Kat. "In junior high, what was your best result for the softball throw?" He asks us, and I shrug as in every fitness test I was exempt from.
"67 meters." Kat answers and Mr Aizawa looks at me, and I still shrug for an answer.
"I don't know, I never took the tests," I answer as I re-bandage my right hand as it has come loose.
"Why not?" Mr Aizawa asks.
"For my Quirk, I am technically always using it and just using add-ons such as when I was in the practical exam I would use my demons, for example, Pazuzu which is a wind type demon and use its abilities which is added onto my original abilities. I have inhuman speed, strength and I'm very durable." I explain my Quirk the best I can.
"I see then, Bakugo, try doing it with your Quirk. Honda do it without your Quirk the first time then again with your Quirk." Mr Aizawa tells us, and I nod my head as I walk forward with Kat as he stands in the circle further away and I stand in the other closest. "You can do whatever you want as long as you stay in the circle. Hurry up. Give it all you've got." He says, and I stretch my arm as does Kat.
"Then, well…" Kat says as he stretches his arms and throws the ball using his explosive Quirk. "Die…!" Kat shouts as he throws the ball, the force of throw shoots it up into the sky with circles of smoke. The ball finally lands, and a beeping sounds off of Mr Aizawa's phone then he looks over at me, and I pull my arm back and swing forward, it seems to have the same as Kat with clouds of smoke and it lands, I look at Mr Aizawa, and he nods, and I close my eyes.
"Use the strongest demon in your arsenal." Mr Aizawa suggests, and I think over all of them, and only one name comes to mind.
"The right arm of Satan!" I hold out my right arm feeling it grow hotter than usual and I open my eyes to see my hand down to my elbow the skin is red with long nails. I pick up the softball and pull my arm back, and I swing my arm with such force, and the same thing happens again as the force of the throw creates circles of smoke.
"Know your own maximum first." Mr Aizawa warns us as my ball falls onto the ground and a beep comes from the little phone, and he turns to us. "That is the most rational way to form the foundation of a hero." He holds up the screen showing Kat's score '705.2m' everyone is gasps.
"705 meters? Seriously?" With that said he shows up my first score which reads '604.5m' and everyone again gasps in surprise but that's not all and shows my last score '915.6m' again everyone gasps, and I sigh as more rubbish comes out of their mouths setting off Mr Aizawa.
"What's this? It looks fun!"
"We can use our Quirks as much as we want! As expected from the hero course!"
"'It looks fun,' huh? You have three years to become a hero. Will you have an attitude like that the whole time? All right. Whoever comes in last place in all eight tests will be judged to have no potential and will be punished with expulsion." Mr Aizawa explains the situation which I have to shocks all of us.
"Huh?!" We exclaim in pure shock at this revelation.
"We're free to do what we want about the circumstances of our students. Welcome to U.A.'s hero course!" Mr Aizawa greets us in a really creepy way as he holds his hair up from his eyes and I have to say that does bring a smirk to my face because I do not lose not to anyone.
"Last place will be expelled?" The bubbly brunette asks with her fists clenched. "But it's the first day of school! No, even if it wasn't the first day of school, this is too unfair!"
"Natural disasters, big accidents, and selfish villains. Calamites whose time or place can't be predicted. Japan is covered with unfairness. Heroes are the ones who reverse those situations. If you wanted to go talk with your friends at Mickey D's after school, too bad. For the next three years, U.A. will do all it can to give one hardship after another. Go beyond. Plus ultra. Overcome it with all you've got." Mr Aizawa explains, and I smirk with such determination even showing my teeth a little.
'I will win this and show them who is number one.' I smirk as I look around me.
"All right, demonstration's over. The real thing starts now." Mr Aizawa says, and they all begin.
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3rd POV:
'Test 1: 50-meter dash.'
"On your marks… get set…" The little robot announces as Tenya Iida and Tsuyu Asui get ready and a gun goes off, and Tenya zooms by to the finish line while Tsuyu still hops along. "3.04 seconds." The bot announces as Tsuyu hops along and Tenya skids to a stop. "5. 58 seconds."
'For 50 meters, I can only go up to third gear…' Tenya thinks over with a sour look.
"Tenya Iida. Quirk: Engine. As you can see, his legs are fast." Present Mic informs.
"Well, he's like a fish in water. It'll be worth seeing what others do." Shota Aizawa comments and the next two walk up to the starting line.
"Lighten up my clothes and shoes…" Ochaco Uraraka says as she uses her Quirk as she touches her top and the bottom of her trainers.
"Ochaco Uraraka. Quirk: Zero Gravity!" Present Mic introduces.
"Get set…" The bot says and the gun goes off, and they both try making it to the finish line.
"She can nullify the gravitational pull of any object she touches. However, if she goes over capacity, she'll get really nauseous." Present Mic explains her Quirk as Mashirao Ojiro using his tail goes past the finishing line.
"5.49 seconds." The bot announces and is closely finish by Ochaco. "7.15 seconds."
'Oh, but that's faster than I was in junior high!' She praises herself as she releases her Quirk and the next two get ready at the starting line. Yuga Aoyama and Mina Ashido get prepared at the starting line, Yuga stands and faces away.
"Everyone, you're not being creative enough. I'll show you what it's like…" Yuga says and jumps up.
"Get ready… get set…" The bot says, and the gun goes off just as Yuga uses his Quirk to push himself back.
"...to be allowed to use your Quirk!"
"Yuga Aoyama. Quirk: Navel Laser! He can shoot a laser from his bellybutton." Present Mic introduces as Yuga's laser gives out and he falls back onto the ground, but Mina just keeps on running past him. "He's limited by the amount of time he can shoot continuously." Yuga gets back up and shoots his laser and makes it over the finish line and stands at the line posing and turning around.
"5.51 seconds." The bot announces.
"If I shoot for more than a second, I get a stomachache," Yuga informs the others which they don't care.
'What the heck?' They all think together.
'Looking at the upper limit of your Quirks and the room for growth in each result, it becomes clear what you can and can't do.' Aizawa ponders as he looks at his students and Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo go to the starting line and get ready.
"On your mark… get set…" The bot says, and the boys set off.
'Thar will connect to the creativity needed for you to survive.' Aizawa thinks as Katsuki runs he crosses his arms and swings them back.
"Explosive speed!" He shouts as small explosions form in his hands and he continues to run than with the force of the explosions pushing forward towards the finishing line while Izuku struggles just at normal running.
"4.13 seconds." The bot announces.
"Katsuki Bakugo. Quirk: Explosions!" Present Mic intros.
"7. 02 seconds." The bot announces Izuku score, and Yuudai walks over to Katsuki as he looks at his smoking hands.
"When I use both my hands, the force disperses…" Katsuki says, and the smoke fades as he looks over at Izuku as he bends over trying to catch his breath. 'Deku is…'
'There are seven more tests. I'm sure everyone will use their Quirks to produce some extraordinary results. On the other hand, I have this power that will break my body if I use it once. Control… control… even if I have the image in my head when I have to actually use it… ' Izuku looks up thinking over his time with All Might and seems almost determined as Yuudai walks over to the starting line, and she brings her hand to her mouth, she bites into her middle finger. The other students and even Aizawa freak out watching her as she lets a drop of her blood falls onto the ground to her side in the next slot.
"Raktabija: Copy." She mutters and the blood on the ground shifts around and jumps up and morphs into an exact copy of Yuudai. "It seems easier just to use a copy of me, and I'll use my Quirk." She explains and looks at her copy who nods at her. "White Eyes Full Transformation." She closes her eyes and opens them again, and her whole eyes are pure white and bot Yuudai's crouch down ready.
"On your mark… get set…" The bot says, and the gun sounds off, and Yuudai runs fast towards the finishing line while the original stays there and suddenly she disappears, and the class look at the end to see her standing there with the second just coming up behind her.
"3.23 seconds. 4.54 seconds." The bor announces, and Aizawa looks down at his screen with all of the scores from everyone. The two Yuudai's look at each other and sigh, Katsuki walks over to them and pats them on the head as they all knew that she had come in second after Tenya Iida. (A/N: Actually that is unknown who came first or whatever in any of the individual tests as it doesn't show the results even online.)
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'Test 2: Grip Strength'
Izuku stands alone with the grip measure in his hand and his eyes closed. 'The image of the egg not exploding…' He flashes back to the exam and opens his eyes to the machine beeping and looks down to see the result '56.0 kg'.
"Wow! 540 kilograms! What are you a gorilla? Oh, an octopus?" A ravenette asks as he looks over at the said octopus.
"Octopuses are sexy." The smaller one comments when they hear a smashing sound coming over from the corner, and they all turn in that direction to see both Yuudai glaring at Katsuki.
"Kat! I'll crush you! Don't distract me/her!" They shout at him as he holds his hands up in mock surrender.
"Hey, I got you to do it!" He defends himself and Aizawa look over at them and sees the results on his screen; the copy had done '201.4 kg' while the original had broken it meaning it was over the limit of the grip machine.
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'Test 3: Standing Long Jump'
Yuga Aoyama clears it with his navel laser, followed by Katsuki Bakugo who clears it also using his explosions then Izuku Midoriya lands within the sandbox and gets up from his fall. 'Control…' He looks behind him to see both Yuudai coming next, and they both clear it.
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'Test 4: Repeated Side Steps'
The little guy uses his Quirk on either side of him, and he bounces fast on either side which freaks Izuku out as he watches on.
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'Test 5: Ball Throw'
Ochaco goes first and uses her Quirk on the ball and throws it into the sky and it clears out but doesn't seem to be coming back down, and Aizawa shows the class her score with an infinity sign on the screen. "Infinity?!" The class all exclaim.
"That's amazing! She got 'infinity'!" The blond boy exclaims in shock.
'This is bad. It's not something simple that I can just do right away. Everyone's leaving at least one amazing result…' He walks towards the circle with a ball in his hand as it's his turn next. 'All that's left is this, the long-distance run, sit-ups, and the seated toe-touch. It's now or never. At this rate, I'll be last.' Izuku over thinks as he stares at the ball and Katsuki and Yuudai look at their childhood friend with Tenya next to them with his arms crossed.
"It doesn't look good for Midoriya if he continues like this." Tenya points out.
"Huh? Of course not. He's a Quirkless small fry, you know." Katsuki snaps as he points at Izuku, but Yuudai pushes his arm down.
"Quirkless?! Are you not aware of what he did in the entrance exam?" Tenya asks him looking at him in shock.
"Huh?" The two childhood friends ask confused.
'It's about time, huh?' Aizawa thinks as he watches Izuku think back and swings his arm forward with his Quirk activated.
'I'll definitely become one!' He throws the ball, but Aizawa sees what he's about to do and activates his Quirk stopping Izuku and the ball lands not too far from him.
"46 meters." The bot sounds off which kills Izuku inside.
"I was definitely trying to use it just now…" Izuku says to himself looking at his hand when Aizawa walks over with his Quirk still active.
"I erased your Quirk." He states and Izuku looks over at him to see his scarf and hair float around him. "That entrance exam was definitely not rational enough. Even a kid like you was accepted."
"You erased my Quirk? Those goggles… I see! You can erase other people's Quirks with your Quirk just by looking at them. The Erasure Hero: Eraser Head!" Izuku fanboys over him.
"Eraser? I don't know him."
"I've heard of him. He's an underground hero." The students' comment and unknown to them is All Might all powered up looking around the corner spying on them.
'He doesn't like media attention because he says it hinders his work. That's right, Young Midoriya. He and I don't get along.' All Might prays for his successor.
"From what I can tell, you can't control your Quirk, can you? Do you intend to become incapacitated again and have someone save you?" Aizawa accuses him.
"Th-that's not my intention…" Izuku tries explaining, but he's cut off as Aizawa's scarf grabs him and pulls him towards him.
"Whatever your intention. I'm saying that's what those around you will be forced to do. In the past, there was an oppressingly passionate hero who saved over a thousand people by himself and created a legend. Even if you have the same reckless valour, you'll just be decked and turn into a useless doll after saving one person. Izuku Midoriya. With your power, you can't become a hero." Aizawa says but it doesn't deter Izuku but encourage him as he looks up with determination at the hero, and Aizawa stops using his Quirk letting Izuku go. "I've returned your Quirk. You have two turns for the ball throw. Hurry up and get it over with."
"It looks like he received some advice." Tenya comments.
"Are you worried about him?" Yuga asks Ochaco.
"Probably just telling him he's expelled," Katsuki says and receives a slap on the back of the head.
"I'm… not at all. Who are you?" She asks as she looks at Yuga.
'What should I do? Which should I choose?' Izuku goes over.
'Will he incorrigibly prepare for an honourable defeat here by using all his strength, or become intimidated and settle into last place? No matter which he chooses, he has no potential.' Aizawa thinks over as he looks up, covering his eyes.
'Should I let everything I can do hang on this one throw? Even All Might said that it wouldn't happen overnight. This is no good! If that's my only choice, then I just have to go all out!" Izuku thunders inside his head and looks up with more determination to get one good score.
"Zero potential.' Aizawa thinks again as Izuku swings his arm preparing to throw the ball.
'It's just as Mr Aizawa says. At this rate, there's no way I'll become a hero.' Izuku thinks as he throws forward.
"Hey, hey, is he serious?" All Might questions as he looks at his successor.
'I have to work a lot harder than other people! That's why, with all my strength… I'll do what I can right now!' He rages as he uses what little of his Quirk he can, and it forms in his forefinger as he throws the ball. "Smash…!" Izuku shouts as the ball flies off into the sky the same as Katsuki and Yuudai's which shocks everyone. 'It doesn't hurt as much as before…' He thinks back to what Aizawa said to him as the ball falls and the score pops up on the screen reading '705.3m'. "Mr Aizawa…" Izuku calls out to him, and he looks up to see Izuku stands up straight showing his hand with his forefinger damaged. "I can still move!"
"This kid…" Aizawa mutters at this revelation.
'I came because I was worried, but what the heck, young man?! You still couldn't control your power, but you also couldn't become incapacitated. So, you propelled the ball at the last point of contact by sending the power of One For All to just your fingertip, minimising the injury while maximising the power…! What the heck, young man?! You're so cool!' All Might exclaims within his head as he looks at his successor who seems on the verge of tears.
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