Chapter 12: Quirk apprehension test
Green head wanted to come early during his first day at the hero school. After having breakfast and saying goodbye to his mother, he hopped on the train to UA.
"Remember, Izuku, you must establish yourself as the strongest one in the group. The sooner others get this message, the better." DIO sounded more serious than usual.
"You sound like Kacchan, sir."
"Just be careful and don't do anything idiotic." Diavolo almost parroted his mother.
Midoriya arrived to the classroom two hours earlier than usual. The first thing he saw was Katsuki bickering with a tall boy from before.
"Get your legs off the desk this instant! You are being a disgrace to this school. Someone will use that desk in the future." Blue head waved his hand with a robotic motion.
"Stop getting on my nerves, Four Eyes! It's just a fucking desk!"
"Could you two please be quiet? I'm trying to read here." A girl with a raven ponytail asked.
"Screw you, nerd! You're not my mother!"
Students stared at Bakugo with contempt.
"This is a perfect opportunity." Vampire spoke again. "Tell the blonde to comply, that way people will know that you mean business."
Izuku frowned. He didn't like ordering his friend around because his brashness wasn't a big deal for him. Still, may be DIO had a point. Green head put his hand on Katsuki's shoulder.
"Kacchan, please, remove your legs from your desk."
"Uh, fine!" Bakugo pushed the hand away and pointed at the tall boy. "I'll deal with you later."
The student with glasses ignored the threat and instead bowed before Izuku.
"I don't know how you did it, but I am grateful. My name is Tenya Iida. I come from Soumei middle school."
"Sounds fancy."
"Izuku Midoryia. I am from Aldera Junior High. Nothing crazy, just a regular school." He awkwardly bowed in response. "Katsuki Bakugo here is my friend. I know he can be rude but he is a great guy, I promise."
"I find that hard to believe." Iida shifted his view towards Bakugo.
Izuku looked at the class room. There were only 12 desks and 4 students at the moment.
"Why are there only 12 desks? Where are the rest?"
"There won't be the rest." The girl explained. "The Hero classes will only contain 12 students starting this year. This will ensure we get the best training possible."
"Good to know. Let's get to know each other."
She sighed before standing up.
"I am Momo Yaoyorozu, one of the recommended students. I went to the same school as Iida-kun."
"So are you two friends as well?"
He could see a hint of sadness in her eyes.
"No. We… were in different classes, and my schedule is very strict, so I never got a chance to know him well."
"Oh, ok. What do you mean by recommended?"
"Most people enter the hero course through the entrance exam, but a select few can get through a recommendation from a public figure or an organization. I was recommended by my parent's support company."
"That's cool!" Izuku was amazed.
"We'll have to ask the rat why he didn't recommend us."
"You mind if ask you about your quirk?" He pulled out his notebook from his bag.
"Sure. My quirk is called Creation: it lets me reshape lipids in my body into any inorganic object, as long as I know the object's chemical composition."
Izuku furiously wrote that down.
"What about you, Midoriya?"
"Well, it's complicated. My quirk is called Imaginary Friend and its form changes when I sleep. The current form is called King Crimson."
"Fascinating. I'll make sure to observe your quirk in action." She returned to her book. It was dedicated to various firearms.
Izuku turned to Tenya and asked him about his quirk.
"My quirk is Engine, just like with my brother, Pro Hero Ingenium. Although, my engines are on my calves. They let me run incredible speeds."
"Thank you."
Two boys entered the classroom. One of them had red and white hair, and the other one looked familiar.
"Tokoyami-kun! I'm glad you made it." Green head went to offer a handshake.
"Did you seriously come to this course for friendships? We are supposed to train and become heroes." The boy with dual colored hair said with monotonous voice. He took a seat without waiting for the response from his surprised classmates.
"He is just like Kacchan."
"He is an asshole!"
"I am pleased as well, Midoriya. It good to know that another Disciple of Dark has overcome those mechanical beasts." He looked behind his new friend. "Where is your cloak? You must know that sunlight will enter this room in the afternoon."
"I left it at home. You see, my skin's tolerance towards sun varies. Sometimes I burn in seconds and other times I'm no different from most people."
"Does it depend on your quirk's form?" Momo asked from afar.
"Clever girl." DIO was impressed.
"Yes, it certainly does."
"I beg your pardon?" Bird was flabbergasted.
"I'll explain everything a bit later, promise. In the meantime, do you mind telling me more about Dark Shadow?"
The quirk in question appeared and waved at Izuku.
"Hi! I certainly don't mind talking about myself. I am a sentient quirk that was bound to Fumikage since his birth. I am pretty tough and strong, and I can stretch myself up to 50 meters. Is The World sentient too? Is a he friend of King? Why are they named like that? Can I talk to them?"
"Like I said, I'll explain everything later. Thank you for your explanation, Dark Shadow."
Next batch consisted of two mutants: A very tall boy with multiple hands and a face mask, as well as a girl with wire-like jacks on her ears.
"Hello, I am Izuku Midoriya. Nice to meet you."
"Mezou Shouji. Nice to meet you too." He went straight for the desk.
"Kyoka Jirou." She plugged her wires into her phone as if they were headphones.
"I guess they aren't a talkative type"
The last four students arrived one minute before the beginning. He recognized Mina and Ochako. They were all laughing at something along with a third girl, who had bright green hair and deep green eyes. The fourth girl's hair had much darker shade of green, and her eyes were unusually large.
"Hey everyone!" Mina greeted the rest of the class with a smile and a hand wave.
"The class will start in less than a minute. Get to your desks immediately." A tired voice caught her by surprise. She turned around.
A tall and slender man was standing behind her. His clothing consisted of a black shirt, pants, a utility belt and a long white scarf. He looked like a homeless bum. Everyone sat down.
"It took you 10 seconds to get to your positions." He was looking at his watch. "I want you to cut this time in half by the end of this semester."
Iida raised his arm. "Sir, are you our homeroom teacher?"
"Yes. My name is Shota Aizawa, I am an underground hero and I will be your homeroom teacher for the next 3 years, assuming I won't expel you. Now, I know this is sudden, but I need you to put on your sport uniforms and meet me outside. Go."
"He sounds familiar." Diavolo was angry at something.
"You told me the same thing about Kacchan."
"Yeah, but this guy sounds like one of the traitors. May be has him as imaginary friend?"
Everyone gathered near the UA sports field. Aizawa was holding a tablet. Tenya raised his arm again.
"Sensei, shouldn't we be attending entrance ceremony?"
"That's just an empty formality. Here at the UA teachers are given more freedom in how they conduct classes. Right now I am interested in checking if you got any potential inside you. You know how exercises in other school forbid usage of quirks? I find that incredibly irrational and short sighted. Today we will conduct a quirk apprehension test. It will contain normal athletic exercises, but you are allowed to use your quirks in any way besides harming each other."
"Sounds like fun!" Mina got excited.
"You think this is fun?" Their teacher got agitated. "How about this: the one with the smallest total score will be expelled immediately."
Almost everyone's jaws dropped. Even Izuku was taken aback.
"He's bluffing, right?" Kira was wondering. "What's the point of those entrance exams if you're going to expel someone on the spot?"
"May be. I swear I know this guy from somewhere…"
The girl with bright green hair raised her hand.
"Sir, what if someone's quirk doesn't help with physicals at all?"
"Then you will have to try extra hard."
"That bullshit!" She almost screamed. "All your quirk does is disabling quirks of others! You'd be expelled if you were in MY place. That's unfair!"
"Disabling quirks? Right, this man must be Underground Hero Eraserhead!" Izuku came to a conclusion.
"Our world is full of unfairness. Get with the program or leave."
The girl started crying. Ochako and Mina tried to comfort her.
The first test required throwing a ball as far as possible. Katsuki was asked to perform the exercise first because he top scored during the entrance exam. His furthest throw in Aldera was 50 meters, but with the quirk it was 800 meters. This test would be a breeze for Izuku and King Crimson. His ball landed at 1 km mark. But the best result by far was achieved by Uraraka, who launched the ball into space by removing its gravity
Next was 50 meter dash. Green head wished he still had The World right now, but it wasn't time for regrets. He came up with an idea. King Crimson would throw him like a sack of potatoes and catch him on the other side. Landing was quite painful, but worth cutting down on seconds. He was still no match for Iida or Kacchan though.
For side steps Izuku tortured himself again. KC violently shook its owner from one side to another until he puked. Everyone gave him concerned looks over his performance. At least he got 1st place.
3 kilometer run was the first obstacle that Izuku conquered without his quirk. Continuous self launching would be too painful and inconvenient given the circular shape of the track. He was completely outmatched by all mobility boosting quirks, but still performed alright. Iida was ahead of competition once again.
In grip test Midoriya scored 400 kg, with Shouji not being far behind at 375 kg.
"Wow, you are so big and strong! I like that." Mina gave Mezou a wink, but was ignored.
Long jump meant Izuku had to cosplay a projectile again. He was beaten by Shoto (his name was announced by Eraserhead) and Katsuki.
Finally, sit ups and seated toe touches were dominated by Izuku and Tokyami due to their quirks' autonomy. Everyone else had to depend on their natural skills.
Eraserhead's tablet made a hologram and showed everyone's results*:
1st Izuku Midoriya 9/9/11/4/11/9/11/11 = 75
2nd Katsuki Bakugo 6/10/6/10/8/10/8/6=64
3rd Tenya Iida 3/11/7/11/6/5/9/8=60
4th Shoto Todoroki 7/8/5/9/4/11/5/7=56
4th Momo Yaoyorozu 10/6/9/8/9/7/4/3=56
4th Tsuyu Asui 4/7/10/7/5/8/6/9=56
5th Mezou Shouji 8/3/3/5/10/6/7/4=46
6th Fumikage Tokoyami 5/2/2/1/7/2/10/10=39
7th Mina Ashido 2/5/8/6/2/3/3/5=34
8th Ochako Uraraka 11/4/1/3/3/4/2/2=30
9th Kyoka Jirou 0/1/4/0/0/0/1/1=7
10th Tooru Hagakure 1/0/0/2/1/1/0/0=5
Kyoka let out a quiet sigh, while Tooru fell on her knees and started crying. Uraraka tried to calm her down.
"By the way, I wasn't going to expel anyone based on these results." Their teacher made a creepy smile. "That was a logical ruse to make you go Plus Ultra."
"Really?" Hagakure asked through her tears.
"Yes."
"Called it!" Kira grinned.
"It was obvious, no?" Momo asked the crowd. They stared at her with confusion.
"Don't get too full yourself, Yaoyorozu. I would have expelled anyone who had no potential. Thankfully, this class is free from such people."
He looked at Izuku. "Midoriya, principal has allowed you to reveal the general nature of your quirk and certain classified abilities to your class, the ones you already told your friends about. Do it quickly so we can go on."
Everyone bar Katsuki and Mina locked their eyes on him. After letting out a sigh, he mentally prepared to reveal parts of his secret to the audience. He could only imagine what kind of questions will fly his way.
Authors notes: I have spent way too much time coming up with about these results. They are probably not even that accurate. The three way tie wasn't intentional btw. Perhaps I gave Momo too little credit.
The chapters will not come out as fast as they used to because now there are more characters to work with.
I'm still wondering if I should add someone else into Izuku's brain. I have a hard time coming up with fair ability nerfs, interactions and requests.