"No way! For real?!" A boy of black, spiky hair who was wearing a zig-zag patterned headband named Yosetsu Awase asked. "Man, I never thought of meeting an inhuman in my life!"
"Right?!" Tokage said.
After getting to know a couple of class 1-B's students, Kamala and Robbie joined the other students that were already hanging out together near the center of the classroom. Once there, the other students started to bombard them with question after question. The first and most obvious was; what are their quirks? The answer was a bit surprising to some, but then again, it should have been a bit obvious considering the quirk ratio of other nations.
"To be honest, I first thought that I was a mutant. But I later learned that it was actually an inhuman gene in me that was activated due to a terrigan cloud that was nearby." Kamala told the other students.
"What about you Reyes?" Hiryu asked. "I'm rather curious, you know? Seeing how you completely obliterated the zero pointer that was in our site."
"... Let's just say that it's complicated and leave it at that for now." he replied.
"I have a question." a chubby boy of ice-blue hair, Nirengeki Shoda, intervened. "Why did you guys decided to come to U.A? Aren't there any good hero schools over the U.S?"
"Oh yeah!" Kendo said. "I understand that Pony did it because of her family and all, but what about you?"
"Well… let's just say that shit got real back there. So, more than a decent amount of schools started to suggest that a couple of their students go study abroad." Robbie said.
"Yeah, U.A wasn't actually my first choice to be honest. I wanted to go to Avengers Academy in New York." Kamala said. "Had to go to a bunch of courses back there to be able to come here. Actually met a couple of guys there, they were pretty cool. Some guy named Miles and a buckethead named Sam."
"Avengers Academy?! Wow, I heard that the place is pretty hardcore!" Tokage said.
"Yeah, so far Avengers Academy and the West coast branch of the school could be considered on par with U.A as far as I can tell." Reyes told the group. "Although, I think it would be more accurate to say that the one in New York is actually the branch, right?"
"What?" the inhuman said.
"I mean, I do remember that Dr. Pym only used Avengers Mansion for two weeks at most before moving the school to his infinite mansion." Pony informed the group.
"And after it got destroyed, he moved the school to the old West Coast Avengers headquarters. I actually remember hearing how the students from California have called themselves the true Avengers Academy." said the dual-eyed boy.
"... Well, the first class did graduate while still there, so I guess it makes sense." the inhuman said.
"But as far as other top super-schools… I say that there's the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters in Westchester, the branch schools of Jean Grey's school for higher learning… didn't Magneto also make his own school at one point?"
"Oh yeah! The New Mutants Leadership Institute or something." the inhuman said, answering Robbie's doubts. "Although, I'm not sure if either it or the Hellfire Academy are still running, you know?"
"Yeah, point there." Robbie acknowledged. "I think there's probably a school in Washington and a couple of S.H.I.E.L.D academy facilities here and there."
"There's also the Future Foundation Institute. But that's like, only for super-geniuses or something. Kind of a surprise Annie didn't go there."
"How smart are those guys?" asked a bulky kid that had a… yellow face like-thingy, his name was Kojiro Bondo.
"Well, if I remember correctly, one of their students made something called a… what was it called? A Morphogenesis Configurator?"
"... A morpho-what?!" a silver-haired boy that had weird tan-color things around his eyes named Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu (some parents don't seem very creative apparently), asked the inhuman.
"I don't know, something about cells and tissues, or something."
"Oh y-yeah! I hard of it! Something about being a step towards a possible new treatment for cancer!" Pony had said.
"Really?! No way that girl you're talking about is that smart!" Jurota exclaimed, while also turning to Pony. "Also, I think you meant to say heard, right?"
"Do you know what a Tipler Cylinder is?" Robbie asked.
"What kind of cylinder?" asked Tokage.
"How about what a Quantum Harmonic Oscillator is?" Kamala asked.
"Quantum Harmonic?" Kendo questioned.
"Ever heard of Magnetoreception?"
"Magne-how?"
"How about the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect?"
"Now you're just making stuff up!" Togaru Kamakiri yelled.
"She could be half asleep while being hit on the head and still read and understand those things just as easily as a professional chef reading instructions of how to serve a bowl of cereal." Robbie told the class.
"While also being fairly fluid in a lot of old literature. I once saw her reading the Iliad like one would read a comic… or is it a manga in here?" the inhuman recalled, assuming that it probably had to do with the fact that her mother was a talented actress.
"... Damn, why does 1-A get to hog her? Had she been assigned to this class, I could have copied off of her tests and ace all year long!" a boy with spiky brown hair named Kosei Tsuburaba, said.
Just as he said that, the door of the classroom opened. Entering the room, a muscular man wearing an orange mask and a dark red costume with a three-piece metallic belt, white boots and gauntlets that had tubes connected to them made his presence known. He also had grey hair, small eyes of a dark red color, a wide mouth with two prominent lower canines, and an 'X' scar on his left cheek. Robbie recognised the man right away as the one that recorded his acceptance message for U.A.
"It looks like you kids are getting along, right? Good." he said, making his way towards the teacher's desk and taking a good look at his soon-to-be class. "I'll introduce myself to you, my name is Kan Sekijiro, but I'm sure that most of you would know me better as the Blood hero: Vlad King. As of today, I'll be your homeroom teacher."
"Hey, Khan, got anything on this guy?" Robbie asked the inhuman girl.
"From what I know, he's a pro-hero with a quirk that allows him to bend his own blood in both offensive and even defensive ways."
"Wait, you're serious?" he asked, receiving a nod from the girl. "... That is somehow the most disgusting and metal power that I have ever heard."
"Alright, as you know, today you kids will go through orientation day. We'll have until the end of homeroom period in around five more minutes until we'll start to move to the main auditorium. Make sure to take what you think you'll need. If any of you need to go to the bathroom, do so now, understand?"
"Yes, sir." the kids replied.
"Alright then, one last thing." Vlad said, getting everyone's attention. "Welcome to U.A's hero course. And get ready for three years of hard and rigorous training. Take advantage of the fact that today will be a more relaxing day, because afterwards, I'll do everything in my power to shape you into the best versions of yourselves. I don't care if I have to break you and put you back together myself! You kids will graduate this schoolol as the finest pro-heros that there are, even if it's the last thing that I do! Understood?!" he said, with quite the amount of passion in his voice.
"Sir, Yes sir!" most of the class replied, making Vlad give a determined grin.
As for Robbie…
"Great, I can already tell that this is going to be a pain…"
He was doing well.
"You can't send one of us home! I mean, we just got here!" the brown-haired girl, who they learned was named Ochako Uraraka, complained to their hobo-looking teacher. "Even if it wasn't the first day, that isn't fair!"
"Oh, and you think that natural disasters are?" Aizawa asked the girl back, surprising a few of the other students. "Or power-hungry villains? Or catastrophic accidents that wipe out whole cities? No, the world is full of unfairness. It's a hero's job to combat that unfairness. If you want to be a pro, you're going to have to push yourselves to the brink."
"Ok, we get that. But I just can't get it through me the idea of just expelling the people that are training to combat said unfairness. Isn't that, I don't know, a little counterproductive of a hero school?" the red-haired girl questioned.
"Don't instigate our hobo teacher Annie!" Valerie mentally cried as she looked at her friend and her inability to keep quiet.
"I'll answer your question with another one. What's the point of trying to make a person that's scared of heights become a pilot?" he said, taking Annie and the others by surprise. "Or how about making a pyromaniac become a firefighter? Would it be wise to have someone known to have anger issues be the mediator of a delicate dispute?"
"Well, I-"
"I'll tell you what the answer is. It's idiotic. Why waste resources preparing the wrong kind of people for the job? You either have what it takes for the task at hand or you'll sit it out. And unfortunately for you, the results of the entrance exam are not enough to convince me. I'll run my class however I want, and if there's something that I definitely don't like is people talking back to me without having something worth contributing!" he said in a menacing manner.
There were a couple of gulps from some of the students present. Clearly intimidated by their homeroom teacher. Speaking of which, Aizawa decided to pull yet another one of the softballs that he had handed to Katsuki Bakugo. How many did he have and how was he able to carry them all with him? They didn't know. They only saw him toss the ball to the American girl, who easily caught it and looked at it puzzled.
"If I remember correctly, you got second place in the entrance exam, didn't you? Being behind Bakugo by only one point. Since you're so talkative, you probably wouldn't mind volunteering for another demonstration, would you?" Shouta told the red-headed, who was a little taken back for what the hobo-teacher said. "Now hurry up and come front and center, Parker."
The mention of the girl's last name was taken by the students of class 1-A in different manners. The ones that had already interacted with the New Yorker hummed. 'So that's her name', those specific kids thought. Most of the class didn't think that much of it. Probably one or two thought that the name was familiar, but decided not to put that much attention to it, since it was probably a common name in America. Valerie herself winced, nervous as for the fact that the girl's last name was outed like nothing, something that she was hoping to avoid. She decided to take a look at her red-headed friend, who had a weird expression on her face. She had her mouth open, her face looking like a combination of blankness and annoyance, that was accompanied by a tick on her left eye. She wondered what was going through her mind at the moment.
"... OH COME ON!"
"We don't have all day. So stop wasting time and get a move on already." he told the girl.
"... fine." she muttered, moving to where the explosive boy once stood.
"I'm not sure if you're familiar with these kinds of tests and in all honesty, I don't care. The only thing that you should have in mind is throwing that ball as hard as you can. And Parker." he called, making the girl turn to him, with a somewhat annoyed and probably bored look on her face. "I will know if you're not giving it your all. So you better not hold anything back, understand?"
"... Oh, don't worry teach. I got it." she annoyedly said, turning away and looking at the direction that she was meant to throw the ball.
She took a deep breath and mentally started to prepare. It shouldn't be that different from those times she played catch with her dad, right? She held the ball in a similar position that a baseball player would. Imitating the position of a professional pitcher, she raised her left leg towards her and in just one second, she took a stride forwards. Her arm moved in an arc with speeds that made it look like a blur to most, as she threw the ball as hard as she could. The ball was launched with such initial velocity that it looked as if it was a bullet being shot out of a hand cannon. Most of the students were taken back by the raw power that the New Yorker had just displayed in front of them. She looked like any average girl her age would, yet launched the softball with power that could be mistaken as that of a tank.
It took a little bit before the ball fell to the ground. But once it did, Aizawa's phone beeped yet again and after looking at the results, he saw what he was already expecting. Afterwhich, he then showed it to the rest of the class and to say that they were impressed, would be an understatement.
"One point two kilometers!? No way!" elbow guy explained, not believing his eyes.
"But she looks so average!" Ashido commented.
"What the hell is that girl made out of?!" the blonde guy with the lightning stripe asked.
"Man, no wonder you chucked that two pointer at the zero pointer like a rag doll!"
"SHE DID WHAT?!" a decent amount of their classmates asked.
"Not only that, she climbed the thing and took it out like it was nothing!"
"Wow, that's so cool!" Ochako exclaimed, somewhat embarrassing the New Yorker.
But as the other students stared in awe at the girl. A few thought different from the rest. Katsuki looked at the girl with rage. He was supposed to be the top dog of the class, the next big shot of the hero community! How the hell did this Yankee outstage him as if it was nothing?! Shoto Todoroki had his stoic expression still plastered on his face. Yet looked at the girl curiously. And as for Izuku, he had his eyes completely widened.
"I-I can't believe it… she beat Kachan by over three hundred meters?!" he thought, only to remember what All Might had told him the day of the entrance exam. "Wait a minute… could it… could it be that she's one of the super elites that All Might was talking about?!"
"As you know, U.A normally only accepts thirty six students in the hero course through the entrance exam. This year, we accepted forty. And Parker here is one of the reasons we did." he said, annoying Annie.
"Don't blur that out!"
"P-Please don't mention me! P-Please don't mention me!"
"I told you that it was idiotic to waste resources training the wrong kind of people for the job. Parker is one of six foreigner students that are attending U.A. There are people like her all across the globe, if not better. If none of you are up to the task of being a hero, or don't have it in you to be one, you better be sure that there's someone out there that is more than capable of picking up your slack. So you better not fool around, especially around me." he told the class, only to turn to Annie, who was still in the same spot that she was when she threw the ball. "The same goes for you. You may be accustomed to having the U.S being the center of attention for everything and anything. Well, you better leave that mentality behind. Just because your heroes have saved the world, doesn't mean that there aren't others capable of the same in other parts of the planet. So if you aren't able to keep up, you may as well return home with your father, understood?" he asked, much to the annoyance of the girl.
"Fine, whatever." she replied, returning with the rest of the class. "Great, I can already tell that this is going to be a pain…"
"Alright, listen up! For the next three years U.A will throw one terrible hardship after another at you. So go beyond… Plus Ultra style." he told them, forming a small smile on his face and signaling to approach with his finger. "Show me it's no mistake that you're here." he dared.
As he did, Ida Tenya pulled out a bottle of water and took a sip from it. "I don't approve of this kind of hazing. But U.A is the top hero program. I have no choice."
"Time to blow these nerds away." Katsuki thought to himself.
"Why did I let Janet talk me into coming here?" Valerie asked herself.
"Now then, we're just wasting time by talking. Let the games begin." Aizawa told the class.
"Okay students, right here, we have Lunch Rush Cafeteria." said a middle aged man of grey hair, dressed in a dark blue suit with a red tie.
The man was Ibiki Abe and he was the homeroom teacher of class 1-C of the department of General Education of U.A. Right now, he was guiding his students, which included Hitoshi, around school property, as part of orientation day. Right after having a meeting at the school's main auditorium, each homeroom took their respective class to a tour across school, so as to be able to be familiarized with the grounds of the institute. Right now, they were just arriving at the school's cafeteria. One that was so large that it was divided by school years. Which meant that they were in the first year's area.
"You kids will be here in between the fourth and fifth period. You'll have from 12:30 to 1:20 to eat and relax a little from school activities." the teacher told the rest of class 1-C. "This court will be in charge of U.A's main chef; the cook hero, Lunch Rush-san." he said, pointing them to a picture of the pro-hero.
He was a man dressed in a cooking apron and a chef hat that was large enough to cover his entire face. He also was wearing a pair of white gloves and for some reason, had a tube that connected from his mouth to his back.
"Now then, we'll meet here once more alongside the rest of the classes of this year's first year to have a bite out of something. But first, we must finish our tour and then head for Gym Gamma for some activities. But before that, are there any questions that you have?" he asked them.
One of the girls in the class, a girl of brown hair and an average build similar to Annie's, named Chikuchi Togeike, raised her hand. The teacher acknowledged her request and indicated her to speak up.
"How high are the prices of the food here? I'm not sure about the others here, but I would rather save as much money as possible." she asked, making the other students nod in agreement.
"Excellent question Togeike. Don't worry, the prices are highly affordable, so you can rest assured that you won't spend that much here. Although you can always bring your own lunch if you still feel like they're a little out of your comfort." he said, as the girl nodded in understanding. "Alright then, are there any other questions, then?"
Hitoshi raised his hand and waited for his teacher to let him talk. "I dave one?"
"Yes, Shinso? What is it?"
"Well, I'm not sure if this question is relevant or anything, but… where was class 1-A? I didn't see any of them back at the auditorium." the purpled-haired boy asked.
At the mention of one of the classes of the hero's course most of the students frowned. It was something that was rather obvious to happen, after all, most of the students of generals originally wanted to be on the hero course themselves. One of the boys that Hitoshi met back on the entrance exam, the large -chin boy named Tsutsutaka Agoyamato, snarled at the mention of the ones that he felt stepped all over him.
"Well, I wasn't expecting anyone to ask that one, but I don't see any harm in answering it." Ibiki said, a little surprised by Hitoshi's question. "To answer your question, they're probably doing their quirk assessment outside."
"Quirk assessment? what's that?" another boy asked.
"I didn't know that the hero course had to do something like that." of the girls said.
"They really don't, it's more of a whim of their homeroom teacher. Don't expect them to meet them today, or even to meet them at all." he said, getting everyone's attention.
"What do you mean by that?" Hitoshi asked.
"U.A is not traditionally tied to the standard educational system. Which means that the homeroom teachers are actually allowed to run their class in whatever way that they deem fit." Ibiki started to explain to them. "Their teacher is Aizawa Shota and he's quite the strict teacher. For him the entrance exam is not enough to prove if someone has the potential of being a pro-hero. So he has these quirk assessments each year to, and I quote: 'Weed out those with no potential whatsoever'. To give you an idea of what that means, he tends to expel anyone that he deems as a waste of effort teaching." he said, shocking the students.
"He can do that?!" Agoyamato asked.
"As I said, U.A is not tied to the traditional educational system. So if he wants, he can do so without suffering repercussions. For example, last year he expelled an entire class of freshmen just because none of them met his standards." he said, surprising his students even more than they already were. "To tell you the truth, there are a couple of teachers that believe that the reason that he does it, is because he doesn't like his job and makes it so that he has less responsibilities to do."
After hearing that many started to have different thoughts running through their minds. Some started to feel relieved at the fact that their homeroom teacher was not as strict as this Aizawa seemingly was. Others had a more vengeful thought, hoping for the teacher to expel some of, if not the entire class. If they couldn't get in, then they sure know how it feels to have your dreams be crushed as well. But Hitoshi had a sense of worry upon learning just what kind of teacher his two friends got.
"Annie, Valerie, I don't care how you two do it, you better find a way to stay there." he thought as the tour continued.
TEST 1: 50-METER DASH
"Runners, on your marks!" a robotic voice said. Weirdly, it came from a camera that was on top of a tripod that had arms. "Ready?!"
On the track, two kids got ready to race. One was glasses who, by the looks of his legs, would probably excel at speed-related activities. The other one was a short girl of frog-like appearance. Right at the sound of the gun rang, the two rushed as fast as possible. The boy ran with incredible speed while the other girl leaped her way towards the goal. The first one in crossing the finish line was none other than Tenya Ida, with an impressive 3.04 seconds.
"For the 50 meter, I had to shift to third gear." he thought, as he came to a stop with smoke coming out of the exhaust pipes in his legs.
Tenya Ida - Quirk: Engine!
As one can see, he's pretty darn fast!
Only 2.54 seconds later, the girl crossed the finish line as well. Her time being 5.58 seconds total.
"Well, he's definitely in his element. But speed won't help him in every test."Aizawa said, as the next students got in line.
"I'll lighten up my clothes, oh and my shoes too." said Ochako as she touched both her clothes and shoes as a faint pink glow appeared.
Ochako Uraraka - Quirk: Zero Gravity!
She can nullify the gravitational pull of anything she touches! But overuse of her power makes her violently woozy!
She competed against the blonde tailed boy that Valerie met before. Ochako ended up with a time of 7.15 seconds. Being only 0.11 seconds faster than her Middle School record.
Valerie was next, with the blonde boy with the lightning stripe on his hair.
"Hey there~! Good luck!" he said, in a somewhat flirty way, which caused Valerie to blush more than she normally would.
"G-Good luck too!" she shyly said as the signal for them to start running, rang once again.
The boy, who was named Denki Kaminari, started to run as fast as possible. He seemed to be someone that should be somewhat on form, since he was making good time, but it didn't seem like he had any kind of power capable of enhancing his physic. Valerie was shown to be slightly faster, but it was when she hit around ten meters that she did something that surprised everyone but the teacher, Annie and Masahirao. Extending her right arm in front, she conjured a violet portal which she crossed, appearing twenty meters ahead from where she used to be. And to top it off, she did it again, appearing only a few centimeters away from the finish line. Crossing it, with a time of 2.7 seconds.
"I guess that the amount of distance that I can cover is still only twenty meters at a time." the girl thought.
Annie herself had to race Rikido and while Rikido did show to be fairly fast, he couldn't hold a candle at the arachnid girl. She managed to reach the finish line in about 3.2 seconds. Next, was Mina Ashido, having to race a blonde boy with indigo eyes and a weird belt named Yuga Aoyama. Mina got ready like the rest have done before her, but the blonde boy… seemed to be trying something else.
"Hahaha… Everyone's being so artless about it." he said as he… turned the other way around? "You should use your quirk…" he said, jumping and just as the gunshot could be heard he… shot a laser out of his belt? "... Like this!"
"What the blue blazes am I looking at?" Annie thought, looking at the boy's actions and only being able to define them as simply… Japan.
The power of his laser was more than enough to push him and make him propel towards the finish line at a decent speed… for about a couple of seconds before it died out and made him fall to the ground. Allowing Mina to not only catch up to him, but straight up pass him, as he did the same thing as in the beginning once again. this time, crossing the finish line in about 5.51 seconds.
Aoyama Yuga - Quirk: Navel Laser!
As the name implies, he can shoot an energy beam from his navel! Although, the duration can be considered a bottleneck issue!
"Shooting my beautiful beam for any longer hurts my tummy!" he said as… were those sparkles?!
"What's with this guy?" most of the class thought.
"Testing the upper limits of their power helps me assess their room for growth. It becomes clear what they can and can't do." Aizawa though as he kept on with the assessment. "Now, let's see how you runts use your creativity to keep yourselves afloat."
And so, the evaluation kept on going with multiple results coming. Such as the one between Izuku and Katsuki, in which the ash-blonde used his explosions to rocket across the fifty meters, totaling in 4.13 seconds. Being 1.45 seconds faster than Middle school. Izuku on the other hand, only managed a total of 7.02 seconds. Only being faster by about 0.47 seconds since middle school. And although being tire out, he could only raise his head, thinking only about how to be properly able to use Ane for All without breaking his own body in the process.
"Hey Izuku, don't worry!" he heard, turning to see Annie, who decided to cheer him on after noticing his uneasy expression. "I'm sure that you'll kill it in the following tests!" she said, giving him a thumbs up.
The green-haired boy looked at the New Yorker and nodded. She was right, there were other tests, he can definitely make a comeback in one of them!
TEST 2: GRIP STRENGTH
In that particular test, Aizawa handed each of the students a special handgrip that had a display that read whatever it was the force that they exert. They all took the test each other, with some standard results, to even a couple of impressive ones. Midoriya for example showed to be strong enough to exert 56 kilograms, which was around 11.7 kilograms more than the average of strong teenage boys their age could exert (if the New Yorker remembered things right). Then there was that large boy with a mask that covered his face from nose down and had one eye covered by his hair. His name was Mezo Shoji and he made a total of 540 Kilograms. Around eleven and a half times stronger than when he was in middle school. Now, it may sound quite discouraging, but hey, the guy had a plethora of arms, so of course his grip would be stronger in that way.
"What'd you get Val?" Annie asked her blue friend.
The girl turned to her and shyly showed her the screen on her hand grip. It read that the hybrid girl had a total of 78 kilograms. Many times over what any fifteen year old girl was expected to have and especially more than any other girl in the class.
"Nice! Remember never to piss you off." Annie joked.
"W-What did you get?"
"Let's see!" she said, prepared to do the test.
She used as much spider strength that she could exert. Which resulted in a total of…
… it broke.
At the sound of the machine breaking, the two Americans remained silent. Simply staring at the device with blanked expressions. They then exchanged looks with each other and then to the device. This was done at least two or three times more before the weight of what the red-headed did weighted on them.
And naturally, they panicked.
"WHAT THE!" they both thought.
They both started to ramble nonsens, trying to come up with something. Annie tried to throw the device, but the nerves made it so that her spider powers kicked in and made her stick to the device. With her clearly not in the mental state of remembering how to turn that off. She tried to forcefully remove it with pure strength with no avail. She kept on trying until they noticed their hobo teacher walking towards them. So, Annie decided to hide the hand grip behind her back and put on a dumb smile.
"Parker. Why are you not doing the test? And where is the hand grip that I gave to you?" their teacher asked.
"Hehe… f-funny story-"
"Where is it?" he demanded, as the rest of the class turned to them, her being the only one yet to do the test.
The girl gulped and slowly revealed the broken device from the back of her back. The fact that it looked like it had been runned over by a semi made a couple of students wonder, what the hell did she do to it?
"... It wasn't me." she said.
Instead of seeing Aizawa grow mad, he simply reached out of a bag that he had in hand and pulled another hand grip. He then handed it to Annie as she finally put the broken one aside. Knowing that he was expecting her to do the test, but not wanting to break the damn thing all the way again, she held back a little bit more. Making an estimate as to how much force to use. The result was a total of 491 kilograms.
"No way, you're almost as strong as Shoji!" elbow boy said, who was named Hanta Sero.
"That's quite the display of strength, Parker-san!" Momo complemented the American.
"No kidding! What do you do to be that strong without looking like you're capable of even half of what you're doing?! asked Touru Hagakure, who was… invisible.
The only reason that people could tell that she was there, was the fact that it looked like a uniform was suddenly brought to life with voodoo magic or something.
But as the others started to complement the girl, Aizawa's gaze grew sterner.
"I thought I made myself clear earlier. You must all go beyond, Plus Ultra style. So stop holding back. You're insulting the rest of your classmates." he told the girl, surprising the other students safe for Valerie and maybe Rikido.
"Of course he would figure it out, why wouldn't he?" she thought.
Annie sighed and then looked at the hand grip in hand. She took a deep breath and squeezed her hand as hard as she could until then…
CLANG
Just like the one from before, this one broke as well. Annie nervously chuckled as the rest of the class stared at her display of power. Most of them had their mouths so wide that they were only a couple of centimeters from touching the ground. Aizawa on the other hand simply hummed, looking at the girl and the hand grip before taking the device of her hands.
"You know, U.A had these ones made so that they could withstand around a ton or so, since we would normally get students with physical enhancing powers or such." he simply said, before walking away, multiplying the surprise of the other students by about ten times over.
"O-O-Over… one… t-ton?!" Izuku thought, looking at the with shock on his face. He then tried to shake the surprise out of his body. "Okay, m-maybe this test wasn't the one for you… again, but the next ones got to be better, right?"
And while the others were in a similar state of shock (safe for the always stoic Todoroki and Bakugo, who looked like he was trying to set the girl on fire by angrily staring at her), Valerie turned to her friend and awkwardly laughed.
"R-Remember never to p-piss you off?" she joked trying to break the ice.
TEST 3: STANDING LONG JUMP
This one wasn't that difficult to most of class 1-A students. Aoyama used a similar strategy that he used in the 50 meter dash. Same as Bakugo, who flew across the sand with no issue. Annie easily cleared that one out, using her spider agility and physic. Valerie simply opened a portal to jump over the sand… although she then felt bad afterwards because she felt like she had just cheated.
Izuku didn't have the comeback that he wanted, not even being able to clear the sandbox and falling halfway through. Still, he pulled himself up and shook the feel of embarrassment off of him when he saw Ida, Annie, Uraraka and even the shy Valerie giving him a thumbs up. Not to worry, there are still five more to go, right?
Test 4: REPEATED SIDE STEPS
This one wasn't that interesting. In fact, the american red-headed was wondering what even was the point? She and Valerie made an above average performance. Annie more than the blue girl. Izuku did okay, but got somewhat depressed and shocked when he saw Minoru Mineta, a small boy with weird purple hair that looked like a bunch of grapes, side step with incredible speed by bouncing repeatedly in what looked to be two piles of his ball-hair thing.
… Okay, maybe this was the point?
Izuku tried to shake the feeling that he had off once again. There were still four tests to go… right?
TEST 5: BALL THROW
Both Annie and Katsuki were absolved of doing this test, for they had done so as a demonstration already. So far, no one had managed to even come close to their records. Not even Valerie, who threw the ball as hard as she could at a portal that allowed her to make an extra twenty meters of travel. The most she got was two hundred and ten meters.
Things looked like that, until it was Uraraka's turn. She used her powers to make the ball completely weightless and threw it super casually. The ball flew upwards and kept on going… and going… and going… and it never came back.
Aizawa looked at the screen of his phone and with his bored and neutral expression, he showed the entire class that it read…
"Infinity?!" they all asked.
"That's insane! How's that possible!" Denki asked.
"Man, guess that makes me second place in this test, doesn't it?" Annie wondered innocently, making Bakugo burst with anger innerly.
"How the fuck do I get stuck in third place?!"
As for Midoriya… things were starting to look bad for the kid.
"This is bad… I got to come up with some kind of a game plan!... Everyone has had at least one good score already…" Midoriya thought worryingly, as he looked at the ball in his hand. "All that's left is this… The distance run, sit-ups and the seated toe touch… It's now or never, this is my best chance to use One for All."
Meanwhile on the sides, stood Katsuki, Tenya, Ochako, Annie and even Valerie as well (although the later one was almost clinging to Annie out of just how nervous she felt) were all watching as Midoriya stood in the circle, waiting for him to throw the ball. With the exception of Katsuki, everyone else had a sense of worry within them. Midoriya hasn't stood out compared to some of the other students. And with the threat of expulsion so iminente, things were dire.
"If Midoriya doesn't shape out soon, he's the one going home." Ida said.
"Nice of you to have so much faith in the little guy." Annie told the tall teenager.
"Well, of course he's going out! He's a quirkless loser!" Katsuki told the rest, while pointing at the boy in question. Mush to Annie's annoyance.
"And you're a short fused, napalm brained loudmouth. Yet, you don't see anyone complaining, do you?" she said, much to the annoyance of the ash-blonde.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?! YOU FUCKING YANKEE?!"
"Proving my point."
"Why does she do it?" the terrified Valerie thought.
"Ignoring Parker's lack of finesse…"
"Don't start with me, Tenya."
"I must inform you that Midoriya does in fact possess a quirk. Or is it that you haven't heard what he did in the entrance exam?" The tall boy asked.
And as the group of teenagers were discussing with one another, their homeroom teacher kept on watching Midoriya. Focusing as if he were an eagle, about to swoop a prey from the ground. Who was reminded of the people that were on his side.
"Izuku… I'm really proud of you, son!" He remembered his mother, giving him all the support in the world.
"You can be a hero." he remembered being acknowledged by All Might to be his successor.
"Midoriya Izuku, hurry up. I'm rooting for you." he remembered the boy that he had yet to know his name.
"You seem like a nice guy, you know? Give me a call one of these days, maybe we can hang out." he remembered how Parker approached him in a friendly manner and has done nothing but support him, just like how the brown-haired girl did as well.
He got prepared. He pulled back, stretching his arm all the way back and doing his best to summon all the power that he had inherited through his right arm. Then as he was thinking to himself how he was not going to let the people that had his back down, just as he was about to throw the ball at hand, Aizawa's eyes glowed red.
"Ghaa!" Midoriya exclaimed, throwing the ball.
But instead of the feeling of an egg in a microwave (metaphor that he said when describing how he felt while using One for All), it turned out to be a normal throw. Which resulted in a measly 46 meters throw. Dread washed over the boy as he saw his efforts being demolished before his eyes, with him not knowing why.
"Huh?... B-But I was trying to use it just now…" he said, staring at his hand, wondering just what just happened.
"I erase your quirk." the voice of their teacher was heard.
Turning back to him however, he looked slightly different. His eyes were glowing a scarlet red, his scarf was floating all around him and his long hair was completely upwards. A new something that was now revealed, was the now that his scarf was all around, it revealed a pair of yellow goggles around his neck
"The judges of this exam… were not rational enough!" he said, with a serious tone in his voice. "Someone like you should never be allowed to enroll in this school!"
"H-He has a p-power that suppresses other quirks?" Valerie asked, terrified at the teacher.
"W-Wait, you did what to my quirk?" Midoriya asked, only for him to finally took notice of the yellow goggles. "Wait, those goggles. I know you!" he said out loud, surprising everyone else.
"You do?" Annie asked.
"You can look into someone and cancel out their powers… the eraser hero… Eraser Head!"
"Eraser Head?" the entire class asked.
"Who's that? I've never heard of him."one of the students asked.
"I think he works as an underground hero." another one said.
"What kind of name's Eraser Head, anyway?" Annie asked, only for the pro-hero to turn towards her. "Um, I said nothing." she quickly said, as Valerie approached her and whispered to her in english what she knew of him.
"I think I read about him in the Avengers files." she said, surprising Annie. "He's one of the best underground heroes that Japan has. The Avengers themselves took interest in him when they heard how he and other three Japanese heroes aided your dad and Daredevil in stopping a possible alliance between members of the Kaishek Clan and the Manfredi Family when the former tried to make an expansion through lower Manhattan."
"Wait, you mean to tell me that this guy has taken on Silvermane's goons?!" Annie asked, quite shocked to learn that her new teacher fought alongside her father.
"You're not ready. You don't have control over your power." Aizawa told the shocked Midoriya. "Are you trying to break your bones again? Counting on someone to save your useless body once more?"
"W-What? No, that wasn't what I was trying to d-" Midoriya tried to explain himself, but was forced to stop himself when the hero's scarf wrapped itself around his body and pulled him towards the adult.
"No matter what your intentions are. You'll be nothing more than a liability at that!" he told the boy, who was now only half a meter away from him now. "You have the same reckless passion as another overzealous hero that I know. One who saved over a thousand lives by himself and became a legend." he said, as he managed to get a glimpse at a certain blonde that was hiding away from the students eyes. "But even with that, you're worthless if you can throw a single punch before breaking down… Sorry Midoriya, but with your power there's no way that you can become a hero." he told the boy, making the American red-head snap at her teacher.
"What's with you and telling him that?!" she told her teacher, almost making Valerie faint.
"Why do you insist on provoking everyone in front of you?!" Valerie cried.
"Telling him that he can't become a hero? What's up with that?! So what if he doesn't know how to properly control his power! Isn't this a hero school? Shouldn't you be the one trying to teach him how to do that in the first place?!" she asked the teacher, who's stern gaze was as fiercely as when he was talking to the boy in front of him.
"You yourself are one of the reasons as to why he isn't up for hero work!"
"What?!"
"Don't think I haven't noticed!" he told the girl. "The auditorium where you had to bail him out! Back in the classroom, where you needlessly tried to protect him like he was your younger brother! And of course, just now!"
"Well, what exa-"
"Even if we were to ignore the fact that he doesn't know how to control his power, he is still obviously not capable of being a hero. We pro-heros are the ones that the people around us rely on, not the other way around. The fact that up until now, he has done nothing but depend on you whenever things look bad, proves that he's unqualify for the job." he said, annoying the American even further. "I don't care what he says about what he wants to become. Actions will always speak louder than words. Without it, talk, no matter how grandiose or whatever, is nothing more than empty words. He either stands up for himself or sits on the sidelines. If I'm wrong, then prove me wrong. If not, you can pack your stuff already and leave." he said, tossing Midoriya another ball and walking away.
Afterwards, Midoriya returned to his original position, his head lowered down. He could already hear some of the comments of his classmates. From Kachan already assuming that he would fail, Aoyama saying something to Uraraka, and Uraraka herself asking who he was. He only had one shot at this. It was all or nothing and he was already sure that Aizawa himself also declared him unfit for the hero course. But, he got a glimpse of Annie, her expression being a mixture of worry and annoyance. Thinking things thoroughly, the underground hero was right to a certain degree. He's been a little dependent on the red-head. If he really wants to be a hero, to be the next Symbol of Peace, then he needs to stand up for himself.
"P-Parker-san…" he called out, getting the attention of the American girl in question.
"Mmm?"
"D-Don't worry…" the boy told her, after noticing her uneasy expression. "I-I'm sure to kill it in t-this test." he said, lifting a thumbs up at her.
The girl looked at the boy, trying to ease her worry. She couldn't help but to smile, giving him a node of agreement. "Heck yeah, you are!"
Nodding back, he returned his attention to the task on hand. He did the same as before, moving his body backwards, moving his right arm in an arch. As he was doing it, his mind was racing with a thousand thoughts on his current situation. He needed to control his quirk, otherwise, his dreams of being a hero were mere fantasies. He needed to stand up for himself, otherwise the support that was given to him would be for nothing.
Actions speak louder than words… And right now… his actions were about to prove everyone that doubts him wrong.
"I have to work harder than anyone here if I'm to succeed!" he was telling himself, halfway through his throw. "Even if I have a lot to learn… I'll focus on what I can do, right now!"
And just as he reached the end of his throw. At the exact moment that the ball was starting to leave his hand. He started to focus.
Focusing on using the sacred power that was passed on to him. Allowing One for All to course, not through his arm, but just one finger. Energy filled his index finger, on the very tip of his finger. And so, he unleashed all the power within in one grand burst of power.
"SMAAAAASH!" he internally yelled, as he launched the ball with force that was felt by everyone else.
Most of class 1-A couldn't help but to stare in awe, their mouths wide open. Even Katsuki looked at what happened with widened eyes. Only two students had different expressions. The always stoic Todroki was one, who started to look at the green-haired boy under a new light. As for the other, it was none other than Annie who, while impressed by the power that Izuku had with him, only had a smile on her face.
It took the ball a little bit before it fell back. Once it did, Aizawa's phone beeped and when he looked at the screen… well, he had to admit that he was a little impressed. For he had a total of seven hundred and five point three meters. Making him the student with the third best score in this particular test.
In other words… he killed it.
"Aizawa-sensei…" the pro-hero heard, looking up and seeing Midoriya staring at him with a determined look on his face, in spite of his broken finger. "I-I'm s-still standing!" he told his teacher.
"This kid!" the teacher said, a visible grin on his face.
"That kind of power… it seems like his body is not used to it. So instead of risking his entire arm, he minimised the self-damage by only using it on the very tip of his finger and at the very last second." Valerie thought, looking at Midoriya in amazement. "That's… that's actually pretty cool!" and so, Valerie smiled, amazed by the boy's quick thinking.
Maybe… maybe things will start to look better for the inheritor of One for All.
"And I guess that, the hero that I want to be, is one that can make children smile!" said Manga Fukidashi, one of class 1-B's students who looked fairly plain… outside from the fact that he had a speech bubble for a head with the word 'YEAH!' inside.
Class 1-B were still on their respective tour through the school's grounds. Right now, they were in Gym Gamma. It was their final stop for their tour and at the moment, they were waiting for the other classes to arrive for some school activities. In the meantime, Vlad decided to make a dynamic with his class. He knew that most of them were already somewhat acquainted with one another since they spent most of their time during homeroom getting to know one another a little bit. But he knew that there were a couple that were still too shy to open up just yet, that's without taking into account the fact that he also had little to no knowledge about them. So, he told them that while they were waiting, they would formally introduce themselves to the entirety of the class. Telling them their name, if there's a way that they like to be called, where they're from, they're likes and dislikes and lastly, either what to expect of their time in U.A and what kind of hero they wanted to be.
He learned a decent amount from his students that way before and he was sure to learn a lot from them now. For example, Yui Kodai, a girl of short black hair and cerulean eyes, seems to be a girl that doesn't seem to be as expressive as the other students. That she was fairly popular during middle school and that she likes matryoshka dolls.
Reiko Yanagi, an equally emotionless girl with blue eyes that had one covered by her white hair and that had an odd posture that was somewhat connotative of a ghost,seemed to like ghost stories. Saying that she likes to search spooky stories on the internet whenever she could. And that her favorite movie was The Exorcist. That fact sent a couple of chills through some of the students' spine.
"Alright, Khan it's your turn." Vlad called the American.
"Got it!" she said, as she went to the front of the group, not before turning to her friend. "Wish me luck!"
"Try not to embarrass yourself, okay?" he joked.
"Alright! Hello, my name's Kamala Khan… I mean Khan Kamala… right?"
"What did I just say?" Robbie thought.
"W-Well… I'm from Jersey City back in the States. I have a couple of friends back there. Including one that is sure to be a great scientist. I also have both my parents and an older brother. I like animated T.V shows, my favorite growing up was Tween Mutant Samurai Turtles."
"Dude, I liked that show too!" Tokage said. "It was a little corny, but it had its charm for a show of the 80's."
"Johannes and Anton were always my favorites." Juzo said.
"I was always more of a Rembrandt girl growing up." Kendo mentioned, getting a node of agreement from some of the other students.
"Why does no one seems to like Caravaggio? He's cool too!" Jurota exclaimed.
"Cool? Come one Shisida, outside of the katana and wakizashi, how can you call a guy that stoic and serious, cool? Seriously, the only thing the guy ever does is bark orders and have no fun at all!"
"Well, he is the oldest one." Sen Kaibara said.
"Yeah, so? What's next, you're going to tell me that the live action movie of a couple of years ago was a masterpiece too?"
"... Well, once you ignore certain elements about it, it's actually not that bad." Neito Monoma said, gaining a weird look from most of his class, even Robbie was looking at him weirdly.
"... Monoma, you just lost all rights to speak for the rest of the day." Tokage said.
"Um.. yeah… anyway, I also like to write, some fanfics here and there, social media and video games as well! I'm part of the Iron Legion in World of Battlecraft actually!"
"You jackass got my guild down by about three positions!" Togaru Kamakiri said, to their surprise.
"Not our fault you don't know how to organize yourselves." she replied to the boy. "Well, I'm also a big superhero fan. Captain Marvel and the rest of the Avengers have always been an inspiration to me… I guess, I don't like people eating pork in front of me. It feels like they're rubbing it in my face that I can't eat it. What I expect from the hero course is to learn to be a great hero alongside any friend that I have or that I make. And the kind of hero that I want to be is one that follows in the footsteps of my heroes. To save mankind by saving one person at a time, that's the hero I want to be!" she said, as the rest of the class all applaud her.
"Excellent, Khan! You may go back." the teacher said, as Kamala nodded and went back to Robbie's side.
"What do you think?" she asked him.
"I think that we definitely need to fix your name-screw-ups. But all in all, not that bad." he told her.
"Lastly, Reyes, you're up!" Vlad said, calling for Robbie.
"Guess that's my cue." he said as he started to go to the front.
"Good luck!" Kamala said.
"Got it." he replied as he arrived at the front. "Well, let's get this over with. I'm Robbie Reyes, you can call me Robbie, Roberto, whatever I don't mind. I'm from Los Angeles California, I have one good friend there, a teacher from school who was always supporting me and a few of my brother's teachers too. By the way, I have a younger brother. Also had a nice boss, a kind of annoying doctor and I live with a pro-hero named Mt. Lady."
"You live with a pro-hero? Awesome!" said Rin.
"Well, I don't like bullies and people that abuse others in any way. And if I see someone pulling that kind of crap, I'm not afraid of putting them in their places if given the chance." he said, making them all know that he meant business. "I guess I like to spend time with my brother, listen to music and I like cars. I used to be a mechanic back on the States and I like to work on my car every now and then."
"YOU HAVE A CAR?!" most of the class asked.
"A 1969 Dodge Charger to be exact."
"No way, you have to let us see it!" said Awase, followed by Kosei.
"Yeah, maybe let us d-"
"Don't even think about it." he said, already knowing where he was going. "... Anyway, what I expect out of the hero course is, firstly not to fail it." he said, making a couple of class 1-B to chuckle. "But also to learn how to be an actual hero, I guess."
It was at this point though, that the class noticed something about Robbie. It was the fact that he did not make any comment about his parents, or any familiar to be exact. The closest is probably Mt. Lady since he said that he was living with her. It was rather sad when they thought about it. They didn't want to think the worst, so they kept on listening. Whatever it was, he would open up to them in the future.
"As for the kind of hero that I want to be… to be honest, I never thought of it before. Actually, I never even considered becoming one. The only thing that I ever wanted was to provide for my brother and give him the life that I never could have… but I guess that you could say that I was given a second chance, so I guess that I want to be someone that my brother can look up to and…" he was saying as he made a quick stop. It made everyone pay attention to Robbie even more than they already were. And as Robbie was silent, a memory came to him. A memory of a teacher that hoped something for the young Reyes. "I want to be the kind of hero that can use the power within me. The kind of hero that ignites change in the community."
Robbie Reyes was known for many things. He was hardworking, noble, a little rough here and there, but also very charismatic. Capable of commanding the respect and admiration of his peers.
And with that last statement of his, he was already gaining the respect and admiration of both his new classmates and his teacher.
To answer questions and stuff!
Aztec 13: You're talking about Ibara, right? Yeah, I have something involving her. But it'll be in due time. As for Monoma's quirk, in all honestly, it shouldn't work on any of them since in the original story, it only works on quirks and only allows him to copy the standard quirk or something. But in this story, he can somewhat copy other powers outside of quirks. But it's not as perfect, at the time of this chapter, he can only store up to three quirks in him and use them up until five minutes. But if he were to try to copy other powers that are not quirk-based, it will require for him to store it in all of his reserves (meaning that it can only be the power in question and no other), he needs some more understanding about it and he'll have less time with it that if it had been a quirk. For example, if he were to copy Annie's powers (which is an already difficult task for him already) he won't be able to take in any other power, he'll have less than five minutes of usage with it and it'll probably be like a dollar store version of the real thing. Also, he can only absorb science-based powers. He's basicaly a less impresive Rough.
Cruden: I basically just answer it in the chapter. Xavier's, Future Foundation and both Avengers Academies are the top schools. The total of schools in the U.S should be significantly less than in Japan and other nations. At most, it'll probably be around half of the number of Japan's schools. But that's like, somewhat exagerating. Strange Academy is still not a thing in it's entirety. Which is why Strange sent Robbie to Japan and not there. As for the other countries, I'll tell when the right time comes, okay?
That's all for today, see ya!
