Fairy Heroes Academia 4
"U.A. High School Entrance Exam Location." Levy read the sign next to the gigantic building towering over them. Shuzenji had long since departed in order to attend to her duties. Lucy and Levy met up with Yui before entering the building.
"Today is the day, I hope we all do well." Yui said gazing at the school, "I'm sure we'll all make it, we've studied so hard."
"Granny never told us what the Entrance Exam was like, she only ever said that we should be prepared for anything." Lucy noted thoughtfully, shaking off her nerves, "We got this!" She cheered, raising her arm, with Levy cheering as well and following suit, Yui also raised her arm, but her expression didn't change.
"Ha yeah! I hope we all make it!" A new voice cheered as a new arm joined theirs in the air. A girl whose body was entirely light pink, had yellow eyes with a black sclera, fluffy pink hair, which was slightly darker than her skin, and two pale yellow horns protruding from her head.
"I"m Mina Ashido!" The girl bowed as she introduced herself, "I saw your guy's positive energy and decided to join, hope you don't mind!"
The other three girls bowed as well, "I'm Lucy Heartfilia, this is Levy McGarden," Levy waved, "and Yui Kodai." Yui nodded.
"Heartfilia, McGarden, and Kodai, got it!" Ashido grinned, "Well let's all go do our best!"
The three girls couldn't help but grin at Ashido's upbeat personality, well Yui's grin seemed like a line she was excited too.
And with that the group went through the gates and headed inside the building that would determine their future.
. . .
'U.A. training school for those whose goal is to acquire necessary qualifications needed for pro heroes, their acceptance rate is less than one in three every year...' Levy thought to herself, 'Graduating from U.A. Is a requirement for becoming a great hero. I'm not really a fighter, but with my training and newfound power, can I do this?
Yui, Lucy, Levy, as well as Ashido all gave each other reassuring smiles before all walking into the room labeled "U.A. High School Hero Course Exam Orientation" and taking their seats.
The room was dimly lit and they all settled down, waiting for the exam to start in anticipation. The lights lit up, and a giant screen displaying the U.A. logo sparkling in a gold font. A lone blonde man stood center stage, "For all you examinee listeners tuning in, welcome to my show today!"
The man raised his arms and exclaimed, "Everybody say hey!" He turned and held a cupped hand to his ear to listen to everyone's excited "Hey!"
But he was ultimately met with a deafening awkward silence, paying it no mind he shrugged, "What a refined response."
"Then I'll quickly present to you the rundown on the practical exam! Are you ready?! YEAH!" The man cheered, but everyone remained silent.
"It's the Voice Hero, Present Mic, wow… I listen to him every week on the radio. I'm so moved… All the teachers at U.A. are pro heroes…."
"Shut up."
Lucy and Levy heard two voices say somewhere behind them, now that they were looking at the blonde man it was now clear that it was Present Mic, they had been researching pro heroes on their own, but rarely got to meet any on their own, besides Recovery Girl. It was a little surreal to see them in person.
As it says in the application requirements, you listeners will be conducting ten minute urban mock battles after this!" The screen changed behind Present Mic displaying a map, showing their current location, and branching areas labeled A-G.
"After the presentation, you'll head to the specified battle center, okay?" He asked, not getting an answer from any of the students, who were nervous, preoccupied looking at their papers, or just down right quiet. "Okay?!" He repeated much louder this time.
Lucy and Levy looked down at their Exam Tickets, "I'm in Battle center A." Levy whispered, showing her paper to Yui and Lucy, "I'm in B." Lucy noted, "I got F." Yui whispered, so none of them would be together, which makes sense, it would probably give them an unfair advantage to work with friends.
"Three different types of faux villains are stationed in each battle center." Present Mic explained as silhouetted objects appeared on screen surrounding a town, "You earn points for each of them based on the level of difficulty."
A video game version of Present Mic appeared to be battling a faux villain on screen, "Your goal, dear listeners, is to use your quirks to earn points by immobilizing the faux villains." As he explained the game showed 'Present Mic' destroying the faux villains and racking up points.
"Of course, attacking other examiners and any other unheroic actions are prohibited!" Present Mic added wagging a finger.
One of the Examinees near Lucy and Levy stood up raising their hand to ask a question, "On the printout, there are four types of villains. If that is a misprint, then U.A., the most prominent school in Japan, should be afraid of that foolish mistake."
Lucy looked at the handout, "He's right, but I don't think he needs to make that big of a deal out of it." She muttered to Levy and Yui.
"We examinees are here in this place because we wish to be molded into exemplary heroes." He spoke before immediately turning around and pointing at an examinee, "In addition, you over there with the curly hair. You've been muttering this entire time. It's distracting. If you're here on a pleasure trip, then you should leave immediately!"
The curly haired boy covered his mouth and looked downcast, "I'm sorry…"
The boy then spoke to Lucy, "And you, miss! You're much closer by comparison and keep speaking, please refrain from doing so when a presenter is speaking!" Lucy blushed and became a little annoyed, "You're causing a bigger disturbance than me right now…" She muttered, turning away from the boy.
"Ha, that's rough Lu." Levy whispered to the girl as many people laughed and snickered at the two's embarrassment.
"Okay, okay, Examinee number 7111. Thanks for a great message." Present Mic said gathering everyone's attention, before the screen displayed another silhouette.
"The fourth type of villain is worth zero points. This guy's an obstacle, so to speak. There's one in every battle center." The screen once again showed the video game Present Mic, "An obstacle that will go crazy in narrow spaces." Video game Present Mic ran away from the bot this time, "It's not impossible to defeat, but there's no reason to defeat it either. I recommend that you listeners try to avoid it."
Examinee 7111 bowed, "Thank you very much!"
"That's all from me! Finally I'll give you listeners a present, our school motto! The hero Napoleon Bonparte once said: "A true hero is someone who overcomes life's misfortunes." Go beyond. Plus Ultra!" The words "Plus Ultra" appeared prominently behind him. "Now everyone, good luck suffering!"
. . .
Outside of Battle Center B many of the students arrived on the bus after changing to their athletic wear. Lucy was wearing her gear that she normally worked out in, not that it would matter when she used her magic.
Many of the students were looking at the large door gaping at the battle center which turned out to be modeled after a city. Lucy began stretching to prepare, she also figured she could figure out a good strategy to take out some of the robots.
She turned and saw the green haired boy uncomfortably walking towards a girl before being stopped by Examinee 7111. Lucy frowned and decided to approach the two, as she got closer she could hear 7111, "What are you doing here? Are you taking the entrance exam to interfere with everyone else?"
"N-N-No, of course not!" The boy responded worriedly, Lucy took a step in between them, "What seems to be the problem here?" 7111 looked at Lucy and remembered her as well.
"I sincerely hope you're both here to take this seriously and not to just cause trouble for the other examinees." 7111 said sternly, crossing his arms at the two.
Lucy's eyebrows furrowed in annoyance, before she grabbed the curly hair boy and took a few steps away, causing the boy to blush as he was dragged away, "Come on we don't need to take this!"
Lucy finally got a closer look at the blushing boy and snapped in recognition, "Oh! You were there that day with the sludge villain! You charged forward when no one else would!"
The boy finally gained enough composure as his eyes widened, never forgetting that blinding light, "And you're the girl with the light quirk!" He exclaimed, causing Lucy to chuckle.
"Not exactly. My quirk is actually different, though I guess the light is a side effect of me using it." Lucy explained, "My name is Lucy Heartfilia." Lucy bowed.
"I'm... Izuku Mi-Midoriya." Midoryia introduced, bowing in return, "It's ni-nice to meet you, Heartfilia!" He began blushing realizing that he was actually talking to a girl for the second time that day.
"I'm glad that you're okay, we were told that the other people caught up in the attack were fine, but it's better to see it with my own eyes." Lucy smiled at her new acquaintance.
Midoriya then recalled something, "You and that other girl both used your quirks, but it's illegal, did you two get into any serious trouble?" He asked.
Lucy started sweating and avoided his gaze, "Well, we both had amnesia at the time, while we both recovered a lot of our memories now, when the incident happened all we could really focus on remembering at that time were our quirks." She explained, and Midoryia nodded in understanding.
"In any case, good luck out there Midoryia!" Lucy said before adding, "Someone who charges in to save someone in need deserves to be a hero."
Midoriya smiled at these words, "Good luck to you too, Heartfilia!"
"Okay, start!" Present Mic's voice boomed in the area. Everyone looked to the source of the voice, which was Present Mic in a tower, "What's wrong? There are no countdowns in real fights! Run, run! The die has been cast, you know!"
"Huh?" Lucy and Midoriya stared at Present Mic's figure before turning around and noticing everyone was gone, "Huh?!" They exclaimed in shock, though Lucy reacted fast, actually having experience in battle and began running, leaving Midoriya behind, "What?!" He exclaimed watching them all run.
"I'm behind already!" Lucy heard Midoriya scream, but right now she needed to focus on herself, she had caught up quickly with the group thanks to her training.
"What's the best way to take these faux villains out?" She thought to herself which spirit's powers would be able to get her the most points. She smirked a plan already forming in her head. "Star Dress: Virgo form!"
Her body lit up and when the light died down her outfit resembled that of a maid's, her blonde hair was now in pigtails, and a symbol appeared on her right shoulder. Everyone who saw this was momentarily distracted by her strange "quirk."
"That light was dazzling, and an outfit change!" A blonde boy said, impressed, "Though I am confused by the outfit." He said as he fired a laser at a nearby robot.
Lucy grinned as she suddenly burrowed to the ground, not too long after various robots began following suit, effectively disabling them. The ones Lucy wasn't getting a brunette girl was tapping on, causing them to float, before ultimately crashing back down to the ground.
Lucy popped out of the ground and was immediately tackled by the brunette. "Sorry!" She squeaked, "But if I didn't do that that robot would've crashed into you!" She pointed to a nearby robot that was now covering the whole she came out of.
"Wow thanks for the save, I should be more careful when I come up from now on!" Lucy said, deciding it would be better if she burrowed underground again to take out the robots that way. The brunette also returned to slapping the villain bots not falling down holes.
Many of the examinees grew frustrated with the two girls raking in points and ran off to other areas to get points. Many people began exclaiming their points all around, though it was muffled since Lucy was underground.
"Spica Lucy Punch!" Lucy called as she emerged from the ground and punched one of the robots, destroying it in the process. "That one was mine!" An examinee said on the floor near the robot. "Whoops, sorry about that." Lucy laughed before running off to get more points.
. . .
Staff members watched the large screen displaying participants of the exam as they judged the examinees on how they were utilizing their skills and abilities in this scenario.
"In this practical exam, the examinees have not been informed of the number of villains or their locations. They have a limited amount of time in a vast area. They have to draw the villains from there. Information gathering ability to understand the situation before anyone else." It was noted as a boy who used his quirk from atop a building to enhance his hearing and figure out where the villains are.
"Mobility that can be used in many different circumstances." It cut to 7111 who was speeding through and destroying the villains.
"Discernment to be able to stay calm in any situation." It showed Levy combining "Water" and "Lightning" to short circuit the villains.
"And pure combat ability." It cut to a boy surrounded by the remains of the robot villains, smiling as he continued his onslaught.
"The basic abilities needed to keep peace in the streets are turned into points in this test." Nezu, the Principal of U.A., asked as he glanced at the portion of the screen where Lucy and Levy were fighting, "You trained those two right? They have interesting quirks." He asked Recovery Girl, who nodded.
"Yes I took those poor girls in, they had a terrible case of amnesia, but in the end their conviction to become heroes came from their hearts." Recovery Girl smiled watching as her girls saved examinees and took down the villains.
"You must admit it was reckless of them to rush that sludge villain." Commented Ken Ishiyama, better known as the pro hero Cementoss, "Especially considering they had amnesia."
Recovery Girl agreed, "It was very reckless, but it further shows that they have the heart of a hero. Even without their memories they felt the need to help aid both those boys. With proper training they have only scratched the surface of their true potential."
"All these children have the potential to have the heart of a hero. That's why I founded this school after all. Doesn't this year's group look promising?" Nezu said, reviewing all the examinees.
"Well, we can't know for sure yet." A panel opened revealing a button that was pushed, "The real test is still to come."
. . .
Many of the examinees were standing together as they suddenly felt the earth rumble, and buildings topple. Windows shattered, and the ground shook and a giant shadow loomed over everyone as they all looked up at the giant robot over them, easily taller than any of the buildings in the area.
The robot punched the ground in front of the examinees causing many of them to be swept back by the force and debris. Lucy looked up at the robot in shock as everyone else ran away. "No way that thing is huge… It's not worth any points, should I just run away?"
"Less than two minutes left!" Present Mic called out, Lucy saw Midoriya whose gaze was locked on the brunette making the robots float before, she was trapped underneath had to help the girl that tackled her from a robot. She watched as Midoriya charged forward, jumping high in the air. Finally steeling her resolve, Lucy's dress began to change again.
"Star Dress: Sagittarius! I'll back you up Midoriya!" Lucy called out to the boy readying her bow and arrow, "Star Shot!" She fired multiple light arrows which followed after the boy.
Midoriya's right fist charged with energy as he struck the giant robot head on, "Smash!" He grunted as the robot was badly damaged, the arrows striking soon afterwards absolutely demolishing it, but Midoriya's arm was useless hanging on his body and he began to plummet down.
"One minute left!" Present Mic announced.
His legs and arm flailed helplessly in the air and he continued to fall, he looked straight down, and was ready to punch the floor to break his fall even if it meant breaking his other arm leaving him helpless.
As soon as he was about to punch the floor it was covered in fluffy pink clouds, and he landed softly on them, immediately feeling soothed. "What the…?"
"I'm glad I was able to make it in time." Lucy sighed in relief, now wearing a wool dress, her hair styled differently once again, she was using Aries' Star Dress and cast wool bomb to save Midoriya.
"I'm safe. No, she saved me…" Midoriya thought, "Her quirk is interesting…" He said noting her different abilities, but he was distracted by the brunette nearby, "Is she all right? She looks uninjured at least…?"
His mind snapped back, the wool no longer calming him as he dragged himself away, "Thank you!" He called to Lucy, who gaped as he dragged himself with one fist, "If I can just get one point!"
"Time's up!" Present Mic shouted as an alarm blared marking the end of the exam. Midoriya's body gave up as he collapsed in disappointment.
"What was that guy?" An examinee asked as they began approaching Midoriya "He suddenly jumped at the obstacle."
"He seemed to have a reinforcement type quirk, but that was unusual… But if he had such an amazing quirk, what kind of life did he lead that would make him so jumpy?"
Lucy couldn't help but wonder the same thing. He was so powerful but he seemed so meek, she reflected on his actions where he charged in when no one else would, "From the looks of it, he acts the most when it's protecting someone. If he had control over his quirk, he'd be a perfect hero."
"Okay, good work." A familiar voice called out, "Good work, good work. Eat some gummies." Recovery girl said as she handed the examinees candy. Lucy grinned at the woman's good nature.
"That mademoiselle is the backbone of U.A." The boy with the naval laser said.
"Oh dear, you were hurt this much by your own Quirk." Recovery Girl frowned at the boy, "It's as if his body is not used to his Quirk yet."
She puckered her lips and they stretched down kissing Midoriya on the head. "Kiss!"
"Wh-What was that?" An examinee called out.
"U.A. High's licensed school nurse, the Youthful Hero, Recovery Girl!" Midoriya's body shone lightly as his body began fixing itself, "Her Quirk is the super activation of healing ability. U.A. can only go through with such a reckless entrance exam because of her." The blond examinee said.
"Let's finish this quickly. Is anyone else injured?" Recovery girl called out before tending to more people.
When she was done she approached Lucy and smiled, "You did wonderful dear, though there were a couple hiccups." She said, causing Lucy to nervously laugh.
"Do you know how Levy did?" Lucy asked, Recovery Girl nodded, "She did wonderful too, you've both come very far." She said, causing Lucy to tear up and smile.
. . .
One week later Lucy and Levy had been waiting anxiously for the news if they got in. They know they didn't take out the most robots, but surely they took out enough to secure a spot. And they were pretty confident in the results of the written portion of the exam.
"Wait so you're telling me there was a guy who just kept blowing up the robots?" Lucy asked about Levy's experience in Battle Center A.
Levy laughed and nodded, "He kept screaming "die" as he did it. Something tells me he was a bit too eager to become a hero."
"At least he didn't break all of his bones like poor Midoriya." Lucy said thinking about the hanging limbs that Granny had healed, "Granny's Quirk is really incredible."
"I just can't believe that he had enough power to break all of his bones like that." Levy said.
"Hello girls, I have something for you!" Shuzenji walked into the room waving an envelope in her hand. The girls both scrambled for it, and held it up. Their future would be determined by the contents of his letter.
"The pressure is on…" Levy said, feeling as if the letter was iron in her hands, weighing them down. Shuzenji laughed at the girls, "You both shouldn't worry too much. I'll let you both have your privacy." She said as she shut the door behind her softly.
Lucy and Levy broke the seal revealing a disk which promptly lit up and projected All Might, "I am here as a projection! It's great to see you two doing so well after the run in with the Sludge Villain. I trust Recovery Girl has been taking excellent care of you! I apologize for not following up, but I have been preoccupied."
Lucy and Levy heard that All Might was the one to rescue them, and Granny had told them that he was the one that contacted her after the incident. They knew he was the number one hero but they didn't know why he was showing up on the projection.
"I will be working at U.A. as one of your teachers!" The holographic All Might announced.
"The number one hero is teaching at U.A., that's unbelievable!" Lucy said excitedly.
"Lucy Heartfilia you passed the entrance exam with flying colors and wracked up many villain points on the practical exam." All Might explained. As clips of Lucy fighting showed up on the screen behind him, finally showing the giant robot Lucy shot down. "We couldn't give you any points as it was Izuku Midoriya took down that final villain. But we weren't only grading based off of Villain points." Lucy didn't mind that she didn't receive points cause she was just trying to do the right thing, but she did raise an eyebrow at the end of the statement.
"This is a job that requires risking one's life to put that lip service into practice! Rescue points! And they're awarded by a panel of judges. It's the other basic ability we at U.A. look at!"
The screen showed Lucy being tackled out of the way of a falling robot by a brunette, not only that but it showed Lucy using her wool to cushion Midoriya's landing.
"Wow Lu, way to go!" Levy patted her on the back as Lucy sighed in relief.
"Levy McGarden you did well in the practical exam, showcasing masterful usage of your quirk. Your quirk shows a high level of versatility that left many of us impressed. As for your written exam…" All Might paused, Lucy and Levy both exchanged worried looks. "CONGRATULATIONS! You scored the highest out of all of the applicants, receiving a perfect score!"
Levy sighed in relief as she heard the news, but was stunned after. "Congratulations Levy!" Lucy said, wrapping her arms around Levy in excitement.
"You both passed. This is your hero academia!" All Might finished as the two girls smiled proudly at the screen.
Sup! I probably didn't proofread this all that well. Fine you caught me I only proofread it once, I really hope you're enjoying the story. And to Guest-Questioner I guess to answer your question, well it was kinda confusing. So if you mean the wait time in the story between characters it should become more linear and clear eventually, if that makes sense. If you meant the chapter update in itself then I'd say, I'll at least try to not go more than 2 weeks to update a chapter, but that's hoping for the best. Anyways, everyone feel free to review and ask questions, you can even PM me and I'll try my best to answer within my ability.