Welcome to the rewrite. I know I said that I was only going to rewrite Chapters 5 and 6, but I realized this part of the story could use some touch-up, too. Not changing Chapter 1, though. That's staying the same (or at least until I can get enough time to rewrite it). Either way, enjoy the rewrite!

Update: Yeah so this chapter is now chapter 1. Sorry for those who liked the previous chapter, but it just didn't fit with the new direction I wanted the story to take.


Quirks. Meta abilities. Superpowers. or whatever you call them.

These were superhuman abilities that allowed people to do wondrous and extraordinary things.

It started in Qingqing City, located in China. A baby was born, and this baby had an unusual ability: It could glow! Not long after, people all over the world began to manifest these abilities. It was unknown how such a phenomenon was happening, but soon, having Quirks became the norm for the world. Currently, 80% of the world's population has Quirks.

However, like all things, bad things came with the good. Some people used their Quirks for selfish and deplorable reasons. With people like this existing, a profession thought only able to remain fantasy soon became reality!

Superheroes! But before people could become heroes, they had to be taught. And this is where our story begins.


U.A. High School was regarded as the best hero school in Japan. There were four departments (Heroes, General Education, Support, and Management), but most applicants who applied to this school wanted to be in the Heroes Department. However, the school not only boasted the best heroics education, but it also boasted the most ruthless entrance exam, designed to cull the worthy from the unworthy. And our protagonist just happened to be one of the examinees.

"Okay, you can do this." A teen told himself. He had messy silver hair and emerald eyes. He stood at a slightly above-average height of 5'9". He wore the traditional gakuran or middle school boy's uniform, and a pair of red sneakers with white straps across the top. He carried an orange backpack on his back. And on the right side of his forehead stood a black, swirly birthmark.

"It's like big bro says: it's okay to be scared. Everybody gets scared. Just don't let your fears control you." He said to himself. "After all, you've taken exams before...and failed most of them..." he followed up glumly. He wasn't very good at pep talks.

"Out of the way, shit-stain!" A brash voice screeched, causing the white-haired teen to flinch in response. The source of the voice was a teen close to our protagonist's age. He had red eyes and ash-blonde hair. He wore the same gakuran. This was Katsuki Bakugou. Before the white-haired teen could say anything or even comply with the teen's request, Bakugou shoved him hard out of the way. He watched as Bakugou proceeded toward the main building of U.A. without saying anything else. He then clutched his fist hard. He hated how Bakugou treated others' but was even more pissed with himself for just letting it happen.

'Why do I keep letting him do this to me?' he wondered. He then looked from Bakugou to the U.A. building. 'The entrance exam will happen whether you like it or not.' He took a deep breath and steeled himself. 'Let's do this!' He took one step forward, but that's all that needed to happen for him to trip

'What the hell did I even trip on?!' He thought in his head, silently cursing the clumsiness he inherited from his mother as he prepared to smash his face on the concrete. However, before his face could do so, he found himself floating, his face a few centimeters from the ground. He then felt turned so he was now standing up and then he landed back on the ground.

"What the-"

"Oh, sorry for using my Quirk on you." A female voice said. He turned and came face to face with a brunette girl. She wore a coat over her uniform, which helped to complement her endowed, slender figure. He also took notice of the little pad on the tips of her finger that resembled the paws of an animal. The white-haired teen's face flushed.

"Uh, t-thank you?" he stuttered, unsure of himself. If he was being honest, he had never talked with a girl other than his mother, his sisters, and his aunts. But here he was now, having a pretty brunette talking to him, who showed genuine concern for him. These two things alone were foreign concepts to him, and his brain was still trying to process them.

"...Shoes."

"What?" he asked.

"I like your shoes," she said, pointing at his feet.

"Oh, thanks."

"Wait a second..." she said as she got a closer look at his shoes. "Are those Sonic Booms?!" The white-haired teen was shocked by the girl's yelling, but he found the strength to answer.

"Y-Yes, they are."

"Wow! But, aren't they like super hard to get?! How did you get those?!" she shouted more, some passerby gave her weird looks.

"M-My-My brother got them for me." he stuttered out.

"Really?! Does he work for the manufacturer or something?" she asked.

"You could say that..." suddenly, a look of awareness painted the girl's face.

"I should probably get going." She said as she began to turn away from him towards UA's main building. "What's your name?"

"Er, Enishi. Enishi Liones." the white-haired teen said.

"Cool! I'm Ochako Uraraka. See you around!" she said with a wave of her hand and proceeded into UA.


(Inside…)

Enishi took a seat in the spacious amphitheater with the other students from his school (Bakugo included). Once all the students were seated a man with headphones walked up the podium. Enishi immediately knew he was.

"It's the pro-hero Present Mic!" Enishi murmured.

"WELCOME TO MY LIVE SHOW!" the pro-hero shouted, making some of the students jump in fright. "EVERYBODY SAY HEEEEEEEEEY!" He added as he cupped his ear and turned it to the crowd. However, nobody responded.

'Wow, tough crowd.' Enishi thought as he looked at all the other students. The silence the pro-hero got did little to deter his excited demeanor.

"WOW, YOU CAN PRACTICALLY FEEL THE EXCITEMENT!" Present Mic said in a half-cheery, half-sarcastic tone. "ANYWAY, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE GUIDELINES OF YOUR PRACTICAL! ARE YOU READY?!"

The pro-hero again met only silence.

"GREAT! THAT'S SOME GREAT ENTHUSIASM YOU GUYS GOT! NOW, THIS IS HOW THE TEST WILL GO!" The big screen behind Present Mic then displayed a map, which showed several locations marked with letters. "YOU'LL BE EXPERIENCING TEN-MINUTE LONG "MOCK CITYSCAPE MANEUVERS!" BRING WHATEVER YOU WANT! AFTER THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO YOUR ASSIGNED TESTING LOCATION!"

Bakugou said something, but Enishi chose to ignore him. He needed to listen to what Present mic saying, and the last thing he needed was for Bakugou to get on his nerves before one of the biggest tests he had to take.

The screen then changed to show black silhouettes of the goomba, koopa troopa, and piranha plant from Super Mario Bros. Each had the numbers one, two, and three along with the letter "p" next to it in the center of each one respectively.

"EACH KIND OF SITE IS FILLED WITH FAUX VILLAINS! POINTS WILL BE REWARDED BASED ON THE VILLAIN'S DIFFICULTY! USE YOUR QUIRKS TO DEFEAT THE VILLAINS AND EARN POINTS! THAT'S YOUR GOAL, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN! ALSO, NONE OF THAT ANTI-HERO STUFF OR YOU'RE GETTING THE BOOT! GOT IT?!"

"Excuse me, may I ask a question?!" A voice from the crowd shouted out. It came from a tall, muscular, bespectacled student that had just stood up.

"On the pamphlet, it told us that there would be four enemies, and yet you have only shown us three! Such an error is an embarrassment to a top-tier academy such as U.A.! We all came here to learn how to be heroes!" He shouted. Everyone in the amphitheater sweatdropped.

'Dude, tone it down, will ya?' Enishi thought as he observed the student.

"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT! NICE CATCH EXAMINEE 7111! THE FOURTH VILLAIN IS...SPECIAL, YOU COULD SAY! HE'S MORE OF AN OBSTACLE! YOU REMEMBER THE GAME SUPER MARIO BROTHERS? REMEMBER THOSE THWOMP THINGS? IT'S THE SAME THING! THE FOURTH VILLAIN IS GONNA RAMPAGE AROUND EACH SITE. FEAR NOT, THERE'S ONLY ONE AT EACH SITE! IT'S NOT WORTH ANY POINTS, SO YOU PROBABLY SHOULD AVOID IT!"

"THAT'S ALL FROM ME! I LEAVE YOU ALL WITH OUR SCHOOL'S MOTTO. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ONCE SAID: "A TRUE HERO NEVER STOPS OVERCOMING THE MISFORTUNES IN LIFE!" PLUS ULTRA! BREAK A LEG OUT THERE!"


(Testing Site B)

Within a few minutes, Enishi and several other examinees were ushered to their assigned testing sites. The testing site was a gigantic urban setting that looked to be about 30 blocks enclosed by a big wall. The examinees stood in front of the gates, equipping various equipment and tools. Enishi had changed his outfit from his school uniform to a black shirt and black athletic pants. He still wore his bright red Sonic Booms. In his left hand, he held a short sword sheathed in a scabbard. The scabbard itself was black with golden designs. Enishi drew the sword and looked at his reflection in the blade. The sword itself had a triangular blade, a red handle, and a circular hilt. Close to the hilt, there were words engraved into it. The engraving said: Stand tall, stand strong. From your big sis, Liz.

'Liz…' Enishi echoed in his thoughts. 'Lend me some strength.'

"I see what you're doing." someone said. Enishi turned his head and saw that it was the bespectacled student from earlier.

"And what would I be doing?" Enishi said with a frown.

"You're trying to intimidate everyone by bringing out that sharp sword. Well, let me tell you this, it's not working!" The student boldly declared. By this time, all the other examinees had noticed the altercation between the two and looked on.

"Why the hell is that kid carrying a sword?"

"Probably 'cause his Quirk's weak."

"Or maybe he doesn't have a Quirk?"

"Ha! Quirkless shit thinks he can be a hero by swinging a sword around!"

These were the comments they said about Enishi. He ignored them. He heard them all before when he was a kid. They didn't bother him. At least, not anymore. He took deep breaths and went back to examining his sword, ignoring whatever the bespectacled teen and other examinees had to say.

"AAANNNDDD BEGIN!" Present Mic shouted suddenly from his faraway perch. The gates to the test site suddenly opened. Everyone else looked at each other with confused expressions on their faces. "WELL?! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! THERE'S NO COUNTDOWN IN REAL LIFE! GET IN THERE!"

Enishi darted into the testing grounds, the other examinees behind him. They began to split off down the other sections of the fake urban setting until it was just Enishi left. Then, Enishi came face-to-face with his first target: a one-pointer. With sword in hand, he lopped off the head of the mechanical villain with ease. He then activated his Quirk as he jumped into the air, wrapped his dark energy around his arm creating a demonic hand, and slammed it into a two-pointer, sending said robot into a building with a smashed head.

'Three points...not a lot, but a good start!' Enishi said in his thoughts as he sprinted off. He came across two more one-pointers. A big pitch-black hand and a sword to both of their heads. Two more points. Five points in total. He sprinted away, taking a left down at an intersection. He cut through two unsuspecting two-pointers. His total was now nine.


Enishi Liones

His Quirk: Demon Mark

When in its inactive state, it takes the form of a small, black, swirly mark on Enishi's forehead.

When in its active state, the mark grows and spreads around the body. Not only that, but it also increases the user's strength and durability and it gives Enishi the ability to generate and manipulate a black substance he has dubbed "demon matter." Enishi can utilize demon matter for a slew of purposes.


"HHIYYAAAHHH!" a feminine voice rang through the street, followed by a loud clang of metal. Enishi looked up and saw a one-pointer flying right at him. He barely had time to dodge as he rolled out of the way, shrapnel nicked his skin and making made some cuts.

'The hell?' Enishi said as he held his sore arm. He looked at the one-pointer and saw an odd sight. There were two holes in it. The girth of both crevices was rather big. Enishi turned to the source. The source was a girl who looked to be about his age. He couldn't see her face for her back was now to him, but he could make out some key features. She had wavy blonde hair that reached down to the middle of her back. She wore a short white tank top that showed a bit of her stomach and turquoise pants. She also had a pair of tall horns that came out of the sides of her head and jutted upwards, a short furry tail poking out of her backside, rounded calves (similar to a horse), and brown hooves for feet. Enishi guessed her appearance had something to do with her Quirk.

'A horse Quirk, maybe?' he thought. What happened next had Enishi gawking stupidly at the sight before him. The horse girl was destroying the robot villains...by firing her horns at them. She was pointing her head at the robots and with the aiming assistance of her index fingers, was launching them like rockets, while new horns instantly sprouted to replace the ones she had fired. The horns landed deeply into the robots and had the force to tear some of their limbs off if the horns landed correctly. Then, a loud whirring sound was heard. The girl looked up and saw a three-pointer flying right at her. The girl fired off her right horn at the robot. The projectile tore of the three-pointer's right thruster, and without it, the mechanical threat flew straight off course and into a building right next to her. The sound of the bot's explosion resounded as it collided with the building. The girl then went back to attacking the robots that were closing in on her.

"Whoa…" Enishi uttered. Enishi then heard a loud cracking sound. He looked around before hearing the cracking again, this time it was louder. He looked up, having located the source, and saw it was the building in which the three-pointer, the one the girl shot down, ran into just moments ago. It was cracking, like ice when it was put into soda. The place on the building where the robot had crashed was stripped away, and the tall section of the building was barely held up. With another loud crack, a large piece of the building tumbled down towards the blonde girl. Maybe it was her adrenaline pumping or she was too engulfed in what she was doing, but she didn't notice the danger that was descending towards her.

"Shit!" Enishi cursed as he sprinted towards the girl. "Hey! Move! Look out!" The blonde girl stopped what she was doing and turned to see Enishi running at her, a panicked expression adorning his face. She tilted her head in confusion.

'What's he doing?' she thought to herself. Then, she saw it. Out of the corner of her eyes. She saw the big, chunk of the building about to fall on her. Her eyes bugged out for a second as she tried to fruitlessly run out of the way. She closed her eyes as it was mere seconds away from crushing her. However, she found herself not being crushed by debris and rubble. She opened her eyes and found herself in the arms of the white-haired boy from earlier. Even more surprising, he had black marks covering his face and black wings sprouting from his back. She looked back and saw the rubble sprawled out from where she was originally standing.

"Oof, that would've been messy," Enishi commented as he descended back to touching solid ground, he looked down at the blonde girl. She just stared at him, trying to process what had just happened. "Uh, hello?" Enishi tried to get her to respond, but she just stared.

"EIGHT MINUTES REMAINING!" Present Mic's voice rang through the speaker system.

"Crap!" Enishi shouted as he dropped the girl in his arms. She proceeded to fall hard on her butt.

"Ow!" She winced, rubbing her sore bum.

"Sorry 'bout that! Gotta go!" Enishi said as he flew off in search of more points. The girl got back up and went back to finding points for herself, but the encounter had left an impression on her.


(Practical Exam Observation Room…)

"The examinees have no idea how many villains are present or their locations," said one of the observers inside of the room. The room was very dark, and it's only sources of light were the multiple TV screens that lined the wall. Each one showed different testing areas. "They have a limited time, must cover a vast area, and hunt down every last target."

"Some use information-gathering." One screen showed an examinee with wing-like arms.

"While others rely on speed to pull ahead of their peers." Another showed the bespectacled examinee with engines in his legs.

"Remaining calm in the face of danger also helps to give an advantage." Another showed a blonde teen firing a laser from his navel.

"Also, pure strength and ability." A screen showed Bakugo obliterating robot after robot with his Quirk.

The next screen showed Enishi slicing through a one-pointer. "The best students use a combination of all these techniques, and can acquire the most amount of points."

"We've raked in quite a crop this year, haven't we?"

"We can't sure of that yet." A blonde man known as Toshinori Yagi said. He opened a glass case which gave him access to a large red button. "The real test," he pressed the red button, "begins now."


(Back at Testing Site B)

"Grah!" Enishi shouted as he spun in a circle, slicing through the two three-pointers and the two two-pointers that surrounded him. His point total was now nineteen.

'Not enough. Need to hurry.' Enishi thought. He was running out of time for the exam. Enishi didn't pay that much attention to Present Mic's time checks, but he knew he had either three or four minutes left. The other examinees were eliminating robots left and right and had scored that went to the twenties and thirties. At this rate, everything he trained for would be for nothing. Suddenly, a loud stomp echoed through the training ground, and clouds of dust kicked up. Enishi turned to the source and his eyes almost popped out of his skull.

As the dust settled, the big form revealed itself. It was an absolutely massive green robot, It towered over all the buildings like a giant monster in a Kaiju movie. This was the zero-pointer.

'That's the thwomp?!' Enishi shouted in his thoughts as he proceeded to run away from it alongside the other examinees. 'So not what I envisioned when Present Mic said the zero-pointers would be like thwomps!' Enishi was snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of smashing metal. Enishi looked forward and saw a hoard of three-pointers coming in his direction and the other examinees making quick work of them.

"LESS THAN TWO MINUTES REMAINING!" Present Mic's voice rang again. Running out of time and seeing an opportunity to make some more points, Enishi prepared to dash the charging robots.

"Ow!"

Enishi stopped dead in his tracks. His plan ground to a halt as he turned around to find the source of the yelp of pain. It was the girl before, Ochako. She was on her stomach, her leg trapped beneath some rubble. She was fruitlessly trying to crawl out from under the rubble. He looked to her and then back the hoard of three-pointers. If he chose to save Ochako, he would lose his opportunity to get into U.A. However, if he didn't save Ochako, that ran the possibility of her getting seriously hurt.

"Heroes who don't care about others, aren't heroes at all."

These words rang through Enishi's head. Gritting his teeth, Enishi made his decision.


She saw him again. The boy who had saved her from that falling rubble earlier. Of course, he didn't notice her. He just ran past her. What confused Pony was the fact that he was running in the opposite direction, towards the zero-pointer.

'It's not worth any points.' she said in her head. 'So why is he…'

She then noticed the girl trapped under the rubble. The girl was stuck in the path of the robot.

'Ohhhh…'


Enishi made a beeline for the zero-pointer. He channeled the energy his Quirk made into his sword. The said sword was now emitting flame-like dark energy. He felt his energy sprouting from his back and taking the shape of wings. The zero-pointer was now getting closer to Ochako. The brunette struggled in vain to get the rubble off with her Quirk, but she was in too much pain to focus. When he was a few feet away from Ochako, Enishi flapped his wings and flew as fast he could, soaring upwards.

"L-Liones-san?!" Ochako said in shock as she watched the flying form. With powerful flaps of his wings, Enishi flew up above the zero-pointer's head. Holding his sword above his head, Enishi let gravity take over as he descended onto the gargantuan automaton.

"Hey, bucket of bolts!" Enishi shouted, almost as if he was expecting the robot to respond in some form of action. "You should split!" And with those words, Enishi brought his sword down, piercing the robot's head. Enishi let gravity do its things as he let the force of the Earth pull him down. As he did so, his sword sliced through the robot, the sound of metal grinding against metal resounded throughout the testing area. Enishi landed on the ground, panting hard, his sword still in his hand and at his side. The titanic robot stood still, silent for a whole few seconds as if nothing had happened. Then, a loud groaning sound filled the air as the robot split into two, both halves of its body falling on either side of it. The other examinees' jaws dropped to the floor.


(Back at the Observation Room…)

The observers had mixed reactions. Like most the examinees at Test Site B, they were completely dumbfounded, jaws open so wide that flies could just go in. The others were cheering. Toshinori Yagi smiled.

"Rising to challenges at times when there is nothing to be gained...is surely the mark of a true hero!"


(Back to Testing Site B)

Enishi fell on his butt, panting heavily. He brought his hand up to his mouth as he began coughing into it. Once his wheezing subsided, Enishi looked into his hand and saw the blood (partially mixed with saliva).

'Damn. Never seen this much blood before. Guess I overdid.' Enishi said in his thoughts. Then, he remembered what he was here for.

"The Exam!" Enishi said he hurriedly got up.

"TIME'S UP!" Present Mic's voice shouted for the final time, a blow horn sounding along with his words. Enishi felt sick to his stomach and utterly devastated. All that training he did, all those late nights and early mornings with his parents, aunts, and uncles...it had all gone to waste. He sighed with disappointment. Then he remembered something else.

"Ochako!" Enishi said as he ran over to the brunette who still had her leg pinned. Enishi hurriedly pulled the rubble off of her.

"Are you okay?!" Enishi shouted frantically, crouching so he was a bit closer to Ochako. Ochako, on the other hand, was taken aback a bit by his shouting.

"I-I'm fine, I think," she responded.

"Can you walk?" Ochako tried to stand, but she cried in pain when she felt a sharp throb coming from her ankle. "M-my ankle…"

"Say no more," Enishi said as he put his arms under her and proceeded to carry her bridal style.

"L-L-Liones-san?! What are you-?!"

"Well…" Enishi started. "I wouldn't be much of a friend if I let you walk on a broken ankle." Ochako buried her tomato-red face in her hands. Enishi took no notice. He walked back to the other examinees and set Ochako sitting down on a big piece of what used to be one of the faux villains. The examinees looked at him with wide eyes.

'Just who the hell is this guy?' was the collective thought going through all their heads.

As she sat down, Ochako took notice of Enishi. His head hung low, and he was muttering something to himself.

"Nineteen points...fucking pathetic...after everything…" was all she managed to hear. She could tell from his tone that he was a bit depressed.

"Everything okay?" she asked with a concerned voice, snapping Enishi out of his daze.

"W-What? Oh. I-It's nothing." Enishi said, fighting the urge to cry. Ochako then noticed something else.

"Your sword."

"What?"

"Your sword. It's broken."

"Huh?" Enishi looked to his sword, or what was left of it. His last attack had reduced it to nothing but a hilt, leaving only a little of the blade. Enishi looked frantically over it and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the engraving was still intact.

"Yeah," he said to Ochako. "It got...pretty beat up during this exam. I'm surprised it lasted this long." Enishi said with a sad smile. "Thanks, Liz," he said to the blade.

"Alright, alright. Show's over." an old woman said. She was short and had gray hair styled into a bun that a syringe-like decoration looped into it. She wore a dress with a lab coat, a helmet, and pink boots. She also carried a syringe-shaped cane. "Exam's over, you can go home. If you're injured, I'll take care of it."

"Who's the old lady?" Enishi whispered to Ochako.

*THWAP!*

"OW!" Enishi held his head where the old woman had bonked him on the head with her cane.

"I may be old, but I'm not deaf."

"Sorry," Enishi muttered, rubbing his sore head. The old woman then had a look at Ochako's ankle.

"I swear you kiddies get more and more reckless every year," she said as she planted a kiss on Ochako's ankle. Ochako sighed with relief as any pain she felt and the swelling in her ankle dissipated.

"Whoa, how?"

"That, mademoiselle," a blonde, French examinee started. "She is the backbone of U.A. The Youthful Heroine, Recovery Girl!"

'Oh, yeah, I heard about her!' Enishi said in his thoughts. 'Her Quirk allows her to heal any injury or something like that.'

While all of this was going on, the bespectacled teen was looking at Enishi with a perplexed expression adorning his face.

'Why?' he thought. 'He had nothing to gain by taking down that zero-pointer. He completely disregarded the remaining time and his own life save that girl, without an ounce of hesitation!' He remembered as soon as Enishi heard the cry for help, he bolted in the other direction, towards the danger.

'I mean...I would have done the same! If not for this exam…' The tall teen paused his thoughts as an idea popped into his head. 'Wait…maybe...could it be?'

(Much, much later)

Enishi took his seat on the train. His eyes were red and if one looked closely, they could see the remnants of the tears that streaked his cheeks. Earlier, he had ducked into one of the bathrooms at U.A. to bawl his eyes out. He was still a little bit in shock. All his dreams, all he had aspired for...were dashed away. He didn't regret his choice, but he couldn't help but feel he had let his family, the people who had helped him to get this far, down. He reached into his back and pulled out his sword (sheathed in its scabbard), and ran his fingers along it. It was something he usually did. However, he felt that something was off with his sword. He looked at his sword and his eyes' widened so much that his eyes almost fell out of their sockets.

The sword (or the hilt) was gone! It was just the scabbard! Enishi frantically searched through his bag. He assumed that he just forgot to put the sword back into its sheath, which was a common mistake that he often did. It still wasn't there!

'No...no!' Enishi thought, running a hand through his hair. 'Where is it?!'


Pony looked at the hilt with great curiosity. She found it on the ground at the testing site. The boy she saw used it a lot during the exam. He even used it to slice the zero-pointer in half! She hoped to see him again at U.A., in hopes of giving his sword back and maybe talking up to him. He was pretty cool in her eyes with how selfless he was. As she was looking at the sword, she saw the engravings. Pony, despite, not being able to speak Japanese well was able to read a bit well.

'Who's Liz?' She wondered.


And that's it! That's the rewrite! Thank you so much for reading and sticking through with this chapter until the end. Sorry, it took so long, school's, well, you know. Also, I hit a lot of writing blocks. If you liked this chapter, be sure to review it. If not, please don't flame me, I'm not an English major or that good of a story writer.

Thanks so much to Kfbanime87 for being my partner in rewriting this story. Also, thank you so much to the people who favorited and followed this story. I hope you enjoyed it!

Ciao!