Chapter 11:

(Time for the first day of school! So, this will be a weird adventure. Still, I hope you guys enjoy the chapter. And I've picked up a headcanon voice for Fuel. He is voiced by Adam Howden, the voice of Shulk from Xenoblade Chronicles.)

"Do you have everything?" Nezu asked his son. It was the first day of school, Lucas grabbed his study notes, supplies and phone. Lucas put on his cat hoodie over his new school uniform. Nezu looked at his boy, eyes lighting up. "Oh, you look so adorable!" He said, happily. Lucas only blushed. "But why are you wearing your jacket over your uniform? It's not cold out, anymore, pup."

Nezu noted the weather, "I-I…I dunno, this is my fir-first time at an actual school, I guess?" He said, "Well, I don't want you to isolate yourself or hiding in that hood of yours. You can wear it, but you have to try and make friends." Nezu said, Lucas nodded. Gathering up his things in his backpack, he put it on and walked out the door. "And I have plant my flowers, too." Lucas said, grabbing his seeds. "Oh, what are the seeds this time?" Nezu said, "I think wisterias are a good bloom for this year. So, I went and bought some." Nezu smiled, glad his boy likes to plant flowers for the school. He started to tear up, a little. "Papa? What's wrong?" Lucas took notice of his father's tears, and then crouched down. Nezu wiped his tears and returned to his calm self, "My baby boy's in high school, already! You're so big now!" Nezu hugged his son, wishing his son could stay little. "Papa, I'm not a baby." Lucas said, slightly annoyed. Nezu looked at him, smiling a loving, but mischievous smile. "As your Papa, I have rights to call you my baby boy!" He said, lording parental authority over him. Lucas hugged his dad and chuckled. Nezu kissed his forehead, Lucas giggled because it tickled slightly, "I love you, my precious pup!" The two walked out, getting ready to start their day. ""I love you, too, Papa. Oh…Sorry if I miss orientation." Lucas apologized, remembering who his homeroom teacher is. "It's okay, Lucas. I understand." Nezu said, knowing Aizawa too well.

(Later)

Lucas walked through the halls with his hood up, scared of meeting other students. "Wonder if Aizawa-sensei is here already." Lucas muttered to himself, remembering this is the time of day where he takes naps, somewhere. "Lucas!" Lucas jumped up in surprise, when he looked up in front of him. "O-Oh, hi, Izuku!" He stuttered, pulling the hood down a little. "You're wearing your hoodie on your first day?" Izuku said, confused. "I-I-I don't feel comfortable without it." Lucas said, ashamed. "Hey, everyone gets nervous on the first day of school." Izuku said, kindly, understanding that he was nervous about meeting new people. "I-I know, but…I-I've never really met other people my age. It's a little n-nerve-racking." He said. Izuku looked at his friend, saddened.

"How is it that Lucas is so confident when he stands up for me, but he's always down on himself when it counts?" He thought to himself, "So, which class are you in?" He asked, "Oh, I'm in Class 1-A. You?" Izuku was excited, "That means we're classmates! I'm in with you." He told him. Lucas looked up, happy. "That's awesome! Then, we can still train together!" Lucas liked the idea.

"Oh! Here it is!" The boys made it to the classroom. To their surprise, "This door is huge! Are there giants here?" Izuku asked, "Possibly." Lucas said, still nervous to go inside.

Izuku got a grip, and stood up straight. "The most promising students are right behind this door." He said, but he remembered Kacchan and the boy with glasses. "G-Geez…" Lucas buried himself in his hoodie, finding that idea of "promising students" nerve-racking. "M-Maybe we're in different classes, and everyone in here is nice." Izuku reassured himself, not wanting to deal with those two. He opened the door, and who was inside…

"Take your feet off of that desk now!" The boy in glasses said to 'Kacchan'. "Not them again…" Lucas said, already worried about this situation. "Huh?" 'Kacchan' smirked, as if this were challenge. "It's the first day and you're disrespecting this academy by scuffing school property, you cretin!" 'Kacchan' just kept his smirk, "You're kidding me, right? Your old school put a stick up or were you born with it?" He asked, the boys watching in cringe both shut their eyes.

The boy with glasses regained composure, "Let's start over. I'm Tenya Iida from the Somei Private Academy." He introduced himself, 'Kacchan' interrupted him, "Somei, huh? You must think you're better than me? I'm gonna have some fun tearing you a new one." He said, Lucas glared at him.

"You would dare threaten me? Your own classmate? Are you sure you're in the right place?" He asked, questioning his sense of morality. All 'Kacchan' did was scoff, "Score aside, is he heroic?" Lucas asked. The two looked over and saw the boys standing. "Huh? It's them." Iida had said, the rest of the class looking back at the boys. "A-Ah!" Lucas buried his face in his hoodie. "Uh, hi." Izuku greeted his classmates. "Good morning!" Iida said, walking up to them. "My name is Tenya Iida from—" Izuku cut him off, learning his name from the conversation he and Bakugo had. "I'm Izuku Midoriya. It's super nice to meet you." He said, "Likewise. You! Classmate!" He turned his attention to Lucas, "It's your first day and you're wearing something out of regulations! I expected you to be better than that." Lucas started shaking, "Th-Th-There-There's no r-rule that says I-I can't wear s-something over my u-uniform." He tried to explain, stuttering and afraid.

"I believe it—" Izuku stepped in, "C-Calm down, I think you're making him too nervous." He said. "I-Izuku, I'm fine. I-I…" He takes off the hood to reveal his unkempt blonde hair, "I-I'm Lucas Sakai. I-It's nice to meet you…" He said, trying to steady himself. "I see. Well, Sakai, you must take that off. You are being disrespectful." Lucas took a deep breath, "Y-Yes sir. Later." He said, basically saying "Not yet." Iida sighed, "Midoriya, you knew there was something more to the practical exam, didn't you?" Izuku looked in surprise, "You must be very perceptive. And I completely misjudged you, I admit. As a student, you're far superior to me." He said, Izuku was embarrassed, "Um, I find that hard to believe." Lucas felt a presence walk up on them. "Hey! I recognize that messed up hair!" The girl with brown hair was right behind them. "Falling boy!" She gasped as she recognized Lucas, "Hey! And you're that healer who tried to save him!" She said. "So, uh, I should probably be thanking you for going in and talking to him." Izuku said, started blushing slightly. "Huh? How'd you know about that?"

"W-Wait a sec, did you call Lucas a healer?" He asked, finding that statement odd. "Yeah, you didn't see it, but this weird green light surrounded you and he was fixing up some of your injuries!" Lucas looked over, "Recovery Girl handled your injuries, so it's not like I did much." He said, "Wait, you can heal injuries, too, Lucas?! How many powers do you have with your Quirk?!" Izuku said, interested, but confused. "How could the power to heal injuries be linked to psychokinesis?" He asked himself.

"U-Uh…W-Why don't we sit down? The teacher will be here any minute, I'm sure." It was then that he sensed a new presence.

"If you're just here to make friends, then you can pack up your stuff now." Aizawa had said from behind them. "Sensei must've just woke up." Lucas thought to himself, seeing as Aizawa-sensei was in his sleeping bag. He bowed respectfully.

The others looked at Aizawa in distress, "Welcome to UA's hero course." He said, before drinking a juice pouch. Lucas heard the thoughts of the three standing next to him, "What is that thing?" was what they had all said, simultaneously. Lucas bowed respectfully to his teacher.

"Hi, Sensei." He said, they looked at him, confused, as if Lucas had treated this situation as normal.

"It took 8 seconds for you all to shut up. Time is precious. Rational students would understand that." Lucas looked down, sort of forgetting that advice he learned from an early age. Aizawa turned his attention to the whole class.

"Hello, I'm Shota Aizawa. Your teacher." He introduced himself. Izuku gasped in the moment, not believing how this was the teacher. "Right, let's get to it." He pulled out the school's gym attire from his backpack. "Put these on and head outside." Lucas nodded, and went ahead.

"A-Ah, Sakai! What on earth are you doing?" Iida was appalled at how the boy was so quick to obey.

(Later)

"What? A Quirk assessment test?" They all asked, "But orientation! We're gonna miss it!"the brown haired girl had said. "If you really wanna make the big leagues, you can't waste time on pointless ceremonies." The students gasped at this.

"UA isn't tethered to regular school traditions, it is said that teachers have full reign and freedom to run their classes as they see fit." Lucas explained, having the knowledge.

"Hit it right on the nail, Sakai-san." Aizawa had told him, the other students gasped. "But it would be better if I weren't interrupted." Here came the scold, "I apologize, Aizawa-sensei." Lucas apologized. "You've been taking standardized tests most of your lives. But you never get to use your Quirks in physical exams before." He explained. Lucas remembered these exercises from when Aizawa-sensei would train him personally, "The country's still trying to pretends we're all created equal by not letting those with most power excel. It's not rational. One day the Ministry of Education will learn." He then turned his attention to 'Kacchan', "Bakugo, you managed to get the most points on the entrance exam." Lucas was shocked at this, "So…he's the too scorer." Still, he remembered the lack of rescue points in scoreboard. Lucas wondered if this boy had any sense of heroics with his behavior.

"What was your furthest distance throw with a softball when you were in Junior High?" Aizawa asked, "67 meters, I think." Bakugo said, "Right. Try doing it with your Quirk. Anything goes, just stay in the circle. Go on. You're wasting our time." Bakugo walked up to the circle and stretch his throwing arm.

"All right, man. You asked for it." He threw and ignited the throw with his quirk. "Die!" He said, which worried Lucas. "Die?" He asked himself worriedly. A blaze of fire and smoke followed the softball's launch. Izuku was shocked to see how far the throw went.

"All of you need to know your maximum capabilities." Aizawa's phone calculated the approximate range of the throw. "It's the most rational way of figuring out your potential as a hero." He revealed the number of 705.2 meters. The students all gasped, a blonde haired boy with a black lightning bolt in his hair. "Whoa. 705 meters, are you kidding me?" A pink girl with horns wanted to go next. "I wanna go! That looks like fun!" She said.

Lucas knew in the next moment what would be coming of THAT statement. "Oh geez…" He silently hoped his sensei would go easier on his classmates. "This is what I'm talkin' about, usin' our Quirks as much as we want!" A dark haired young man said, excitedly.

Lucas' expression darkened. "We're in for it, guys, thanks." He said, the others looked at Lucas, confused. "A-Ah! Sorry, didn't mean to say that!" He apologized. "So this looks fun, huh?" Aizawa asked, Lucas felt chills go down his spine.

"You have 3 years here to become a hero. You think it's all gonna be games and playtime?" He smirked in the moment. "Idiots. Today you'll compete in 8 physical tests to gauge your potential. Whoever comes in class has none and will be expelled immediately." Lucas wasn't surprised, his papa told him a story about how his sensei expelled an entire class at one point, meanwhile, the others were left in shock. "Ok, I'll prove to Sensei that I belong here and that his training wasn't for nothing." Lucas said, showing bravery for this little storm. Izuku was scared, he didn't know what the tests were and he still had little control over his Quirk. If he had to do anything using One for All, it would risk breaking a limb like during the entrance exam. "Like I said, I get to decide how this class runs. Understand?" Aizawa had said, keeping his creepy smirk. "If that's a problem, you can head home right now." The students showed fear and determination to pass this test.

"You can't send one of us home! I mean, we just got here! Even if it wasn't the first day, that's not fair!" the brown haired girl had said, "Oh, and you think natural disasters are?" Aizawa returned with a question of comparison. "Or power-hungry villains? Hm? Or catastrophic that wipe out whe cities. No, the world is full of unfairness. It's a hero's job to try to combat that unfairness. If you wanna be a pro, you're gonna have to push yourself to the brink. For the next 3 years, UA will throw one terrible hardship after another at you. So, go beyonf. Plus Ultra-style." He waved his finger in challenge. "Show me it's no mistake that you're here." He smirked again. Lucas only nodded. "Sakai-san." Aizawa looked at his student, Lucas was worried about being singled out. "Take off that hoodie, you don't wanna ruin it." He took a deep breath. "Yes, Sensei." Taking off the cat hoodie, folding it up to give to his teacher.

"Much better. No slacking, got it?" He told him, Lucas nodded again.

(Test 1: 50 Meter Dash)

Tenya prepared himself, as the gunshot went off, he ran using extra power from his engine legs, steam blowing out of it. When he made it to the finish line, the calculated time was 3.04 seconds. With the frog-like girl just barely behind him. "At 50 meters, I can only get up to third gear." He thought to himself. Lucas shut his eyes to know the name of the girl. "Ochaco Uraraka. Remember to be polite when you talk with her." He reminded himself, he recognized the name, it was the student he tied with for 3rd in the entrance exam. Ochaco used her Quirk to lighten up her clothes and shoes, giving her a boost in speed by nullifying the excess weight of her clothes. She made it by 7.15 seconds.

When it was Lucas' turn, he centered his thoughts to his feet, "I'll give myself a little push." He improved his speed by pushing and syncing his powers with each footstep, blue light pushed off of his heels, showing it. He made it barely by 5.20 seconds. "Phew…" He felt a drawback on his feet. The blonde haired boy from the entrance exam came up with something. "Nice attempts, mon amis. But you're just not showing enough panache!" He out his hands on his head and jumped, shooting a blue laser from his stomach and launching to the finish line. "Let your powers shine!" He made it to the half mark, his opponent beating him to the finish line first. His time came to around 5.15 seconds. "Wow…he just barely beat my score." Lucas said, "Hm. Shooting my beautiful bean for more than a second hurts my tummy. Four students and Aizawa thought, "What a tool." Izuku and Bakugo were up next. "Burst speed!" Bakugo used his abilities to lift himself up in midair and make it passed the finish line in 4.13 seconds. Izuku continued to run as normal, seeing as his Quirk can't improve his speed. Making it there in 7.02 seconds, he caught his breath. "No worries, Izuku, we've got this!" Lucas said, internally. He didn't want to know what would happen if he encouraged his friend while Aizawa-sensei was around.

"Take some deep breaths." Lucas said, "I-I'm way ahead of you." Izuku said, panting. There are still seven tests.

(Test 2: Grip Strength)

Izuku held onto a weight, trying to find his control. "Okay. Keep the egg from blowing up." He told himself, internally. The scale showed a score of 56 kgs. He looked over to a guy with multiple limbs when someone called out his strength. "Wow! You hit 540 kgs?! You're such a beast!" The dark-haired student said.

(Test 3: Standing Long Jump)

The blonde boy with the stomach laser launched himself as the picture was taken, Bakugo held himself up in midair to make it passed. Izuku jumped, but couldn't make it across in one jump. "Focus." Izuku said. Lucas used his powers, by sending them to his feet when he jumped, it gave him a boost and he made it across as the picture was taken. He took a few deep breaths.

(Test 4: Repeated Side Steps)

There wasn't much to report on this test. Everyone's reflexes were nothing of note, Aizawa has noticed.

(Test 5: Ball Throw)

Ochaco uses her Quirk on the ball and launches it into the air. The softball goes completely into the sky, Aizawa's phone marks the distance as the infinity symbol. "Impressive." Lucas noted. The rest of the students were shocked. "That's insane! How's that possible?" Izuku was worried about his turn as his friend was going up next.

Lucas took a deep breath and focus his powers into his throw. Blue light shot off the softball as it landed at a distance of an exact 700 meters. Lucas recomposed himself and patted Izuku's shoulder, "You got this, Izuku!" He said, kindly. Izuku only nodded, trying to figure how to use One for All here. "If Midoriya doesn't shape up soon, he's the one going home." Iida had said, Bakugo just looked at his classmate. "Huh? Of course he is! He's a Quirkless loser!" He said, Lucas glared at him. "I-I'd be quiet and pay attention." He said, nervously, but confidently. "What did you just say to me, kid?" Bakugo looked at him, like this kid was something inhuman. "Sakai, watch the attitude. And Midoriya has a Quirk, Bakugo. Did you not hear about what he did in the entrance exam?" Iida asked, "Huh?" Bakugo didn't understand what they were talking about. "Here it comes." Aizawa said, watching Izuku ready himself to use his Quirk. As Izuku lifted his arm, he power himself up and was about to throw the ball. Aizawa's eyes turned red, as Izuku's arm stopped glowing and when he threw, the softball only had minimal range of 46 meters. Izuku was scared in the moment, not processing why his power didn't work. "What gives? I was just trying to use it just now." Lucas took a breath, glad his didn't break his arm. "I erased your Quirk." Aizawa's eyes glowed red and his scarves moved on their own. "The judges for this exam were not rational enough. Someone like you should never be allowed to enroll at this school." Lucas felt chills go down his spine, Izuku was more focused on what happened to his power. "Wait, you did what to my—" Izuku recognized the goggles. "Those goggles. I know you! You can look at someone and cancel out their powers."

Lucas walked up a little. "The Eraser Hero. Eraserhead." He said. Aizawa stared Izuku down, "You're not ready. You don't have control over your power." He told him, Izuku gasped. "Were you planning to break your bones again? Counting on someone else to save your useless body?" Izuku defensively denied these claims. Lucas stepped up, ready to heal Izuku's injuries if need be, but Aizawa already knew what he was thinking. "No." He said to him, Lucas saddened, "Y-Yes sir." He did what he was told and stepped away. He understood that Aizawa was teaching Izuku, but even still, Lucas didn't want to leave his friend injured if he was gonna hurt himself. Aizawa grabbed Izuku with his scarf, "No matter what your intentions are, you would be nothing more than a liability in battle." he continued to scold him, Izuku didn't know what to say. "You have the same reckless passion as another overzealous hero I know. One who saved 1,000 people by himself and became a legend. But even with that drive, you're worthless if you can only throw a single punch before breaking down." Izuku knew he was talking about All Might here, "I'm sorry, Midoriya, with your power, there's no way you can become a hero." Izuku didn't know what to say, but he started to get angry. Aizawa let go of him and then his eyes returned to normal, "I've returned your impractical Quirk. Take your final throw. Hurry and get it over with." He walked off.

Lucas pouted, understanding better than anyone that Izuku worked hard to get here. "Prove him wrong, Izuku." Lucas muttered, believing in his friend. He understood what Aizawa was actually trying to do. Izuku didn't know what to do, he still can't control his power and he can't just give up, either. "Do I let the egg explode?" He asked himself, using the metaphor for his power. "It might be my only shot at staying at UA." He shot up, ready to throw again. "I have to try something, no matter what the consequences!"

As he threw, he only allowed One for All to flow into his finger as the last source of contact with the softball when he threw.

All the students gasped in shock, Lucas was the first person to notice how Izuku faired! "You did it, Izuku!" Lucas said, glad his friend didn't break his arm, still upset that he broke a finger. Izuku's score was calculated to 705.3 meters, .1 meter higher than Bakugo's score. "Mr. Aizawa. You see? I'm still standing." He said, struggling with the pain. Aizawa smirked, "This kid…" Lucas walked up to his friend. "Here, I've got you." Green light surrounded Lucas' arm as he held Izuku's hand. "Rgh…" He grunted, feeling pain as he struggled to heal the injury. "Okay, good as new." Lucas said, there was almost no sign that Izuku had broken his finger. "Whoa, Lucas! Thanks, still…how do you have three powers." Lucas looked to his side. "Another time."

(Okay, we're here! I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. So, if you hadn't guessed by now, Lucas' has replaced Minoru Mineta. Dunno if he's been better, but he's still a perv. Also, sorry if you guys don't like that anyone's not cussing, but you know how it is. I broke a cussing habit I had a few months ago and I don't want ti fall victim to that again. Remember to stay strong and awesome! And also that He cares about you, and that remains the same yesterday, today and tomorrow)