Well, Hello there again.
This time we have a new chapter of Blaze of Glory.
Nothing more to say let's dive right in.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. My Hero Academia belongs to Kohei Horikoshi.
- "Hello"- People talking.
- "Cool"- People thinking.
- "Let's go!"- All Might speaking.
- "Is now or never"- All Might thinking.
Chapter 3.
The entrance exam.
Izuku is standing in front of the h-shaped building, the main building of the UA.
- "I'm finally here... all this time I've been training for this moment."- Izuku thought as he watched the entrance of the UA. – "I can't afford to fail!"-
Just then, Izuku's cell phone rings and he notices that he received a message from Fuyumi.
Good luck on the entrance exam, I know you don't need it but I still wish you luck.
By the way, dad says that you not only have to pass, that you have to pass with a number one score.
- "Even Endeavor supports me... in his own way, it's obvious that I can't fail!" - Izuku thought as he answers the message.
With your support I will definitely pass.
Thank you.
Without wasting any more time, Izuku enters the building.
Izuku enters the written exam room and sits in his designated place.
After a few minutes of waiting, the room fills and a small creature enters and sits facing everyone.
- "Good morning everyone, many of you may be wondering what I am? A dog? A mouse? A bear?"- The creature said. – "Well, that doesn't matter, my name is Nezu and I am the principal of this school."-
Nezu is a small stout creature who appears to be a possible combination of several different animals, including a dog, a mouse, and a bear, which would make him a chimera. He has the head of a mouse with circular black eyes, a large scar over the right one, relatively rectangular-shaped ears with pale pink insides slanting outwards from the top of his head, and an elongated muzzle with a small round nose. His fur is white and has large, dog-like paws with pink pads and a thin tail like that of a cat.
He sports a white dress shirt, a dark red tie around his neck, a black double-breasted waistcoat and matching dress pants. He wears orange lace-up sneakers with incredibly thick soles which seem to be quite large on him.
- "That's the principal, huh?" - Izuku thought. – "Well, I guess you shouldn't judge a book by its cover."-
- "First we will start with the written exam, this is simple, it is basic knowledge that all of you should already know."- Saying this, several robots enter the room to deliver the exam papers. – "You have an hour and a half to take the exam, when the time is up I will return to explain the second part of the exam."-
- "Very well... the time has come!"- Izuku thought as he begins to read the exam questions. – "Hmm... This shouldn't be so complicated… Yes, I can do this!"-
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Blaze of Glory Opening.
[Song: Jujutsu Kaisen Opening 1 Kaikai Kitan.]
In the darkness a flame begins to burn and then transforms into Izuku who is sitting inside a train while sleeping, at that moment a small snake slithers between his legs.
(Uzou muzou hito no nari, kyosei shinshou jingai, Aa mononoke mitai da)
Inside an underground traffic tunnel, Renjiro is seen stretching his legs, the shot focuses on his face which has a determined look.
(Kyoshin tankai inochi yadoshi, ato wa pappara pa na, nakami naki ningen)
Looking at the horizon, leaning on a wall is Kaoruko, after looking for a while she stops leaning and starts walking, the shot focuses on her face, she is smiling.
(Yoseru kitai fubyoudou na jinsei)
In a shopping center, Hana is going down the escalators.
(Sainou mo nai daijou hi nichijou ga)
On top of a building is Daichi observing the city.
(Onshin byoudou ni botsu Kosei)
Sitting in an armchair in his living room, Best Jeanist is reading a book.
(tadoru kioku Boku ni ibasho)
In a park, Sensoji is blowing on his glasses to clean them, then he puts them on and smiles.
(nado nai kara)
On top of a building at night is Endeavor, patrolling the city.
(Yume no hazama de naite naide)
The shot zooms in on Endeavor who has a scowl on his face as the fire on his face moves violently.
(Donna kao sureba ii ka wakatteru dakedo mada)
We return to Izuku on the train, when it enters a tunnel, sitting in front of Izuku, a person appears with totally black clothes and a white mask staring at him.
(Kotaete kure yo)
The snake that is still moving between Izuku's feet suddenly pounces on Izuku's face, opening its jaws to attack, Izuku wakes up surprised and fire emerges from his body.
(Yami wo haratte yami wo haratte)
Izuku runs on the falls and jumps to attack a villain, at the same time, Best Jeanist uses his quirk to trap said villain.
(Yoru no tobari ga oritara aizu da)
Endeavor, still on the roof of the building, attacks with a burst of fire which illuminates the dark sky.
(Aitai shite mawaru)
Two hooded people, one carrying a large hammer in its arms, look forward.
(kanjousen)
Two other hooded people are sitting around a table, behind them are several people with snake masks.
(Zaregoto nado wa hakisute ike to)
People walk through the streets calmly, when people pass by another hooded person appears who extends its arm revealing a mouth in the palm of its hand.
(Mada tomenaide)
Kaoruko creates several bubbles.
(Mada tomenaide)
Aoki trains with her steel baton.
(Dare yori mo satoku aru machi ni umareshi kono shoutai wo ima wa tada noroi)
Hana runs while generating electricity in her hands.
Daichi moves in the air using his jet pack.
Emi smiles forward as Yukihiro adjusts his bandages.
Sensoji creates two blasts in his hands.
Yu starts growing.
Renjiro is ready to fight while his fists are surrounded by fire.
Izuku is in the park talking to a girl with white hair.
(norowareta boku no mirai wo souzou shite)
A snake appears with its jaw open biting someone.
The scene changes to the white-haired girl smiling, the shot zooms out revealing that she is accompanied by a boy with white and red hair.
A white-haired boy is leaning behind a door.
Endeavor appears again with a frown.
(Hashitte koronde)
Izuku is pushed by a gust of wind as fire surrounds him.
(Kienai itami daite wa)
The scene changes and now Izuku is seen with his mother and younger sister.
(Sekai ga matteru kono isshun wo)
Izuku is now seen in his classroom with the rest of his classmates from UA class 1-A.
Then everything goes dark and Izuku can be seen staring, with a frown, at the guy in the white mask, the guy draws a katana and attacks Izuku.
Suddenly Izuku wakes up on the train confused, not noticing that a bit of fire on his shoulder goes out.
Blaze of Glory: Izuku Midoriya's Fire Hero Chronicles
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The exam time passed in the blink of an eye.
- "Alright, time out!"- Nezu said as the robots collected all the exams. – "Now we will move on to the second part, the practical exam."- Saying this the screen lights up illustrating the exam instructions. – "Each one will be assigned to an area in which a simulated exercise will be carried out for ten minutes in an urban area. In each area there will be different types of enemies which you will have to defeat to earn points, each robot has a different value in points, finally, at a specified time an enemy will appear quite difficult to defeat, the value of this robot is zero points, it is more of an obstacle than a target, so I will I recommend you avoid it at all costs." –
- "It seems like they will divide us all into different groups..."- Izuku thought. – "I wonder if they would let people from the same schools be in the same groups..."-
- "Very well, if there are no questions, please take the form at your desk, it will tell you which area to go to."- Nezu said. – "As you can see, we have considered your schools of origin and we have divided you so that former classmates do not end up in the same area, now please proceed to your designated area, What the hero Napoleon Bonaparte ever said! A true hero is one who overcomes all the misfortunes of life! Go Beyond! Plus Ultra!"-
After this, everyone went to their respective assigned areas.
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Battle Center A.
- "Man...UA definitely likes to spend money...this place is huge."- Izuku thought.
- "It's like a city! In an area a, how many villains can there be?"- Said a random applicant.
- "There are probably areas where more robots congregate."- Izuku thought. – "Obviously everyone will want to go where the majority of robots are, but the smartest thing to do is to take care of the robots that are straggling or that are in separate areas, yes, get points while I wait for the others to get tired and thus in the last moments of the exam get as many points as possible."-
Suddenly, the doors to enter open. – "Alright, the practical exam begins."- Nezu's voice is heard through the speaker.
Without wasting time, Izuku rushes towards the entrance, without waiting for any type of countdown or indication.
- "Endeavor-san... do you have any advice for the exam?"- Izuku remembers his last conversation with Endeavor.
- "You want some advice?"- Endeavor's words ring in Izuku's head as he approaches a one-point robot. – "Don't treat the exam like that, an exam, treat it as if it were a real situation."-
Remembering Endeavor's words, Izuku throws a fireball at the robot, destroying it.
- "That's one point!"- Izuku said to himself.
Meanwhile everyone was staring at him and started muttering.
- "What is he doing?"-
- "There were no indications to start. He's gonna be disqualified"-
- "I see we have someone who understands things..."- Nezu said. – "In real life there are no countdowns, I advise you to follow the example of your potential classmate or else he will take all the points."-
"Eeeeh?!"- Everyone rushed at the city.
- "That's not fair!"-
- "It's just an entrance exam! Can't you be nicer to us?"-
Izuku ignores the other applicants' complaints and focuses on the exam. – "At UA they take things very seriously it seems."- Izuku thought while destroying two robots.
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Observation Room.
Inside a room are all the UA professors observing the performance of the applicants. – "This year is... interesting to say the least."- One teacher said.
- "Indeed, I don't see that many of them have the potential..."- Another teacher said.
- "This year seems like it will be different from others..."- Nezu said. – "Not just because... how did you put it? Because of the "interestingness" of the examinees, if not because we have new additions to our staff."-
- "This year we have a change in staff, many of our old staff have already retired and now we need new teachers."- The first voice said.
- "That's why we can thank Hakamada-san and Kamihara-san for joining us as teachers at UA, even if it's just for a couple of years."- Nezu said.
- "It's a good deal to nurture the next generation of heroes."- Hakamada said.
- "I agree with my friend, nurturing the next generation of heroes is a very noble thing."- Kamihara said.
– "Even so, let's not define anything yet, nothing is decided until it's over."- Nezu said.
- "I won't raise my expectations, but you're right."-
- "So let's raise the stakes, don't we?"- Nezu said as he pressed a red button.
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Battle Center A.
Izuku continued with the exam, accumulating points by destroying robots. Also, while he was doing it, he helped one or another examinee with difficulties. – "Hey! Behind you!"- Izuku throws a fireball to destroy a robot that had sneaked behind another person who had not realized he had the robot behind him.
- "Wow! Thanks!"- The guy said as he destroys another robot with a fire punch. – "That was a close one, don't you think?"-
- "I guess... the important thing is that nothing bad happened."- Izuku said.
- "You're right."- The guy said. – "Well, I guess we should continue with the exam! I hope we see each other again at UA!"-
Without further ado, the guy continues with the exam. – "I couldn't even ask him his name... oh well, next time, I guess."- Izuku thought.
At that moment, the ground begins to shake and a giant robot appears from among the buildings, the zero points.
- "So that's zero points... yes definitely an obstacle more than a target to destroy."- Izuku thought while seeing the size of the robot.
- "Finally, my time to shine has arrived!"- A blonde girl said behind Izuku and then started running towards the robot.
- "Hey, isn't that dangerous?!"- Izuku said.
- "Not for me!"- The girl said to suddenly grow to a height of just over 20 meters, interestingly her clothes grew with her.
- "Wow... I guess her clothes are made to grow with her..."- Izuku thought.
The girl approaches the robot and hits it on the head, destroying it. – "Threat neutralized!"- The girl said but she doesn't notice that several pieces of the robot begin to fall.
Most of the pieces of the robot that fall are not dangerous but one of them is about to fall on some examinees. – "Watch out!"- Izuku said as he jumps up and prepares a large amount of fire in his hands. – "I got it!"- Izuku fires a large burst of fire which destroys the piece of robot that was about to hit the people.
Meanwhile, the girl who hit zero points prevents the other pieces from falling heavily to the ground by catching them before they fall and then gently placing them on the ground.
- "Alright everyone! Time's up!"- Nezu's voice signaled the end of the exam.
- "That was close…"- The girl said as she returned to her normal size. – "Good one there."-
- "You too, although you should be more careful next time."- Izuku said.
- "Note taken."- The girl said before walking away. – "Well, the exam is over and I was able to highlight my performance, I would say it was a complete success, I'm leaving, bye."-
- "What an...interesting person..."- Izuku thought. – "Oh well... I guess I should go too, I got more than 60 points so I probably passed."-
After taking a breath to catch his breath, Izuku also decides to return home, he is done for the day.
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Later that day.
The night after the entrance exam, the teachers are reviewing the participants' results and they are not very happy to say the least.
- "It seems that in the end you were right..."- Nezu said. – "This year the exams were not at the level of the school's expectations, we have very few people who managed to pass."-
- "Many failed the written exam, even though the practical one did not go so badly."- A teacher said.
- "Many people believe that only your combat skills are important in UA, but they are wrong, knowledge is also important."- Nezu said. – "A shame that this year many people have not given importance to that."-
- "What do we do now?"- Another teacher asked.
- "Hmm... we can't accept those who failed the written exam..."- Nezu said. – "And we have already seen everyone who passed both exams... I have an idea." –
- "What is it about principal?"-
- "I want a list of people who took the exam for the hero course but have also tried the general course."- Nezu said. – "But only those who passed the written exam."-
- "What is that for?"- A teacher asked.
- "You know very well that the entrance exam is always more advantageous for those who have a combat-oriented Quirk."- Nezu said. – "That's why we have the sports festival, to give the opportunity to those who did not have that advantage to enter the hero course, why don't we go a little ahead and give some of those guys a chance?"-
- "Do you mean that we will accept all those who have tried the hero course but failed and have attempted the general studies exam as a second option?"- Another teacher asked.
- "Not everyone. That is why we must review them and we will see who really has the potential to be heroes, we will review their performance in the practical exam to analyze them and see if they have the potential to enter the hero course from the beginning."- Nezu said. – "That's why I only want to review those who have passed the written exam."-
- "I see... makes sense, well, I'll go get the files."-
After several hours of extra revision, the teachers are still not satisfied. – "Well... even with this we barely reached the number of students just for one class of the hero course."- A teacher said. – "What do we do now?"-
- "Hmm… The way I see it... we have two options..."- Nezu said. – "Either we only have a single class in the hero course... or we have two classes with reduced numbers."-
- "And what will it be then? You are the principal, so it is your decision."-
- "The decision is obvious... what we will do is..."-
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A week later.
Midoriya Household.
Izuku was eating his food while waiting for the letter from the UA. – "I'm sure that I managed to pass, I got more than 60 points in the practical exam and I'm completely sure that I passed the written exam... still I can't help but be nervous."- He thought.
- "Izuku, are you okay? I see you very thoughtful"- Inko asked.
- "Oh, Yes. I'm just a little nervous about the UA results."- Izuku said.
- "What are you worried about, brother?"- Izumi asked. – "I bet you managed to pass with the highest score!"-
- "Having the highest score or being the best is not what is important, I am satisfied with passing, what matters is what I do when I become a hero!"- Izuku said. – "Although it wouldn't be bad to be number one, don't you think?"-
Izumi laughs with her brother, just at that moment the doorbell rings and Inko went to answer the door.
- "Izuku! It has arrived."- Inko said as she handed a letter to her son.
- "Oh my god! Finally!"- Izumi said. – "Come one brother open it!"-
- " You are more anxious than me, calm down."- Izuku said as he opened the letter. To his surprise a small device fell on the table, this device started to project a video that showed the principal Nezu.
- *Izuku Midoriya, in this projection I will provide you with your scores in the entrance exam. First of all, you got a passing score of 92 percent in the written part, congratulations. Now, for the practical, you scored a total of 67 villain points, that is more than enough you pass. Congratulations!*-
- "I did it!"- Izuku said. – "Alright!"-
- "Congratulations Izuku!"- Inko said.
- "Congratulations big bro!"- Izumi said.
- *But that's not all.*- Nezu said getting everyone's attention. – *You see, we had a secret scoring, rescue points, we rate the heroic acts apart from the villain points. By saving other applicants from any danger you earned a total of 35 hero points earning a total of 102 points overall, as well taking the first place in the scoreboard. Within this letter you will also find you student ID, as well for your assigned class. We are waiting, at your hero academy.*-
- "You did it! You didn't just get in, you also scored first place."- Izumi said while hugging Izuku.
- "I did it… I scored first… I can't believe it!"- Izuku said.
- "You can finally fulfill your dream, Izuku!"- Inko said joining the hug. – "I am very proud of you!"-
- "Thank you."- Izuku said. – "I have to tell this to Fuyumi-chan and Endeavor!"-
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Meanwhile, Endeavor is in his home office going through some papers, at that moment Fuyumi enters the room. – "Father... I'm sorry for interrupting you but Izuku told me about his results on the entrance exam... and since you told me to tell you how it went, well..." – She said but was interrupted by her father.
- "Yes, how did it go, tell me quickly because I have things to do."- Endeavor said.
- "Well... he passed! I already sent him my congratulations of course, I'm glad that someone like him was able to..."- Fuyumi said but has, again, interrupted by her father.
- "That was the minimum, what matters to me is knowing how it went, where did he score?"- Endeavor asked.
- "Why don't you see it yourself?"- Fuyumi said while showing her father the results of the top scores.
1. Izuku Midoriya. Villain Points: 67. Recue Points: 35. Total: 102
2. Sensoji Tsukino. Villain Points: 75. Recue Points: 10. Total: 85.
3. Renjiro Takahashi. Villain Points: 60. Rescue Points: 20. Total: 80.
4. Hana Yoshida. Villain Points: 45. Hero Points: 28. Total: 73.
5. Matsusho Miyako. Villain Points: 40. Hero Points: 30. Total: 70.
6. Daichi Suzuki. Villain Points: 36. Hero Points: 32. Total: 68.
7. Emi Aoki. Villain Points: 52. Hero Points: 9. Total: 61.
8. Inasho Yoshidori. Villain Points: 45. Hero Points: 15. Total: 60.
9. Yu Takeyama. Villain Points: 49. Hero Points: 10. Total: 59.
10. Tsuruta Nanpaku. Villain Points: 47. Hero Points: 10. Total: 57.
Seeing the results Endeavor can't help but smile. – "Perfect, you can leave now Fuyumi and send him my congratulations, but don't let him get overconfident, the difficult part is just about to begin."- He said.
- "Right."- Fuyumi said before leaving the room.
Endeavor is left alone and his smile changes to an obsessive one. – "Keep it up Izuku, if you manage to meet my expectations I will arrange a marriage between you and Fuyumi where you have to change your last name to mine."- Endeavor thought. – "Once you become part of my family and a Todoroki you will only have to overcome that blonde idiot and become the number one hero… you will fulfill my goal!"-
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To be continued.
Next Chapter: UA High School.
So yeah. Here we are.
Another chapter finished and yeah.
The entrance exam is over.
One thing, all the characters that would be Izuku's classmates are existing characters, the thing is that for some of them, their names are unknown so I had to invent one for them, which by the way is not all the names that appeared, except for those that are names of confirmed characters, will be Izuku's classmates.
I do this because I don't want to reverse original characters, at least not for Izuku's classmates.
Endeavor continues with his strange ambitions but don't worry, there will be a redemption arc for him.
You can tell that Endeavor is one of my favorite characters in this manga, right?
In fact, and I say this out of curiosity, this is my top five favorite characters from My Hero Academia:
1. Enji Todoroki aka Endeavor.
2. Shota Aizawa aka Eraserhead.
3. Dabi.
4. Katsuki Bakugo.
5. Eri.
That's right, Endeavor is my favorite character, and that is because of the tremendous character development that this guy had since at first I hated him and now he is my favorite character, this guy is just incredible.
And by the way... The Story finally has a Cover!
Although I think the cover spoils some things about the story a little...
Anyway… Let's get back on track.
I put a clue as to who Izuku's homeroom teacher will be, let's see if you can guess it...
Well nothing, the next chapter we will continue with this.
As always feel free to leave any comment, review, suggestion, or question about the story, of course always with respect.
Leave your comments about the story, if you like it or not, that also helps me to improve my writing.
So yeah. That's all for now.
Bye Bye.