Sora gaped at the large door on which was painted '1-A'. That was their classroom door. " I didn't know UA's doors are that large!"
" Is it for accessibility purposes?" Yuu wondered.
Whisper sweat dropped. " This UA is just getting weirder."
" I'm excited to meet our new classmates! Aren't you?" Her hand rested on the handle. " Hope they're all nice."
" Wait... Sora..."
He was late. She pushed the door open and walked in. " Good morning everyone!"
Everyone turned back to her. Half the class was there already. Yuu's eyes met with a certain glasses wearing boy and he quickly stepped back into the hall. " We're in the same class as that boy..." He gulped, remembering the entrance exam day.
" What's wrong, Yuu?" Sora approached him, concerned.
" You two!" Yuu flinched as the blue haired male walked to them. " UA students should always arrive ten minutes early!"
" Ten minutes! I've never heard of such rule!" Whisper complained, still irritated with the other guy.
" Sorry, we kind of lost our way on the school ground. It's frankly huge." Sora scratched the back of her head awkwardly.
" I see. Well then, it couldn't be helped. I shall show you around if you still don't know your way." He said, waving his hands up and down in a robotic way.
" Really! Thanks!"
" We're classmates after all. We should help each other."
" Surprisingly he is a kind person." Whisper commented in bewilderment.
" I'm from Somei Private Academy, Iida Tenya."
" Hoo! Somei? That famous one! You must be smart!" Sora marveled.
" And rich." Whisper murmured.
" I'm Shirogane Sora from Musutafu Junior high. And this is my friend." She pointed back at Yuu trying to utter a word.
" I... I'm Seijin Yuu... From Musutafu Junior high too..." He tried avoiding eye contact with the male. Maybe he wouldn't recognize him. It was a fat chance given Whisper's existence.
" I'm sorry about the other day." Yuu blinked. He didn't expect an apology right then. " I may have misjudged you too."
Too?
" Hope we can work together for the rest of the year."
" We're in your hands there, Iida-ku-"
"Get away. You're blocking the door." Someone bumped their shoulder into hers on their way in. It was a blond boy with crimson eyes. From the split second glimpse she got of him, he seemed angry at something.
He walked to one of the seats and slumped down, crossing his legs on the table. " Wha... What are you doing!" Iida walked over at him in a rather robotic gait. " This is a disrespect!"
" He is really strict..." Yuu sweat dropped.
" But he seems kind and dependable. Glad to have him as a classmate." Sora smiled before she scanned the class. " Let's resume our seats as well." When she checked the blackboard, there was no seating chart. " Yay! We could pick what seats we want!"
She took the last seat on the left side, while Yuu sat behind a black haired girl who had her hair pulled up high in a ponytail. " Huh, was she there in the entrance exam? I don't recall seeing her?" Whisper asked.
" Maybe she got in through recommendation. 4 out of 44 students in UA are. The other 40 are chosen from the entrance exam." Yuu whispered back to him.
" 40! Geez, you're lucky you got in!"
They watched as the bicker between the blond boy and Iida continued on. It only stopped when the curly haired guy from the entrance exam, who was called Midoriya, walked in, making Iida turn to him. His appearance disturbed Sora and Yuu for a moment. They couldn't overlook they wrong feeling about him.
Sora considered seriously walking to him when a brunette girl joined him and Iida, and they could see her brandishing around her fist. " This place really attracts weirdos." Whisper grunted at the idea of passing a whole year there.
Sora's eyes went in the direction of the blond boy from earlier, he seemed even more irritated if that was possible.
Suddenly the noise at the door faded. At first glance, Sora thought she saw a giant yellow worm laid by the doorway. Upon second look, it was someone in a sleeping bag. Once they stepped out, she recognized the teacher on her recorded letter. " I'm your homeroom teacher, Aizawa Shota. Nice to meet you."
How she could hear him was beyond her. His voice was so sleepy and weak to reach the end of the class, even for her super hearing. Everyone else seemed shocked to know he was their homeroom teacher, seeing how haggard he looked.
" It's kind of sudden, but put this on and go out onto the field." He said taking out a track suit from his sleeping bag. Does he keep ones for the whole class in there?!
The rest of the class blinked in utter surprise...
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" A Quirk assessment test?!" They questioned upon reaching the ground.
" What about the entrance ceremony? The orientation?" The brunette asked.
" If you're going to become a hero, you don't have time for such leisurely events." Aizawa murmured, not bothering to look at them. " UA's selling point is how unrestricted its school traditions are. That's also how the teachers run their classes."
Sora gulped, she could feel a dangerous aura around him. He was up to something. She could tell. Everyone, uneasy as they were, listened on to him. " You kids have been doing these since junior high, too, right? Physical fitness tests where you weren't allowed to use your Quirks."
Yuu's face went blue. " Fitness... Tests..."
" You weren't good with them since elementary, right." Whisper shook his head with a defeated sigh.
" The country still uses averages taken from results from students not using their Quirks. It's not rational. Well, the Ministry of Education is procrastinating. " Aizawa elaborated. " Bakugo, you finished at the top of the practical exam, right?"
The blond snapped at being addressed all of a sudden. " In Junior high, what was your best result for the softball throw?"
"67 meters."
" Then, try doing it with your Quirk." He threw a ball with blue lining to him. The blond took his spot. " You can do whatever you want as long as you stay in the circle. Hurry up. Give it all you've got."
Bakugo stretched his arm. " Then, well..." He took his stance and threw the ball high with a fierce explosion. " Die!"
Sora's eyes widened in awe while Yuu took several steps backwards. " Know your own maximum first. That's the most rational way to form the foundation of a hero." He said holding his smartphone to show them Bakugo's record. It was 705.2 meters. It earned excited gasps and murmurs from the rest of the class.
"705 meters? Seriously?"
" What's this? It looks fun!"
" We can use our Quirks as much as we want! As expected from the hero course!"
" It definitely isn't..." Yuu wasn't fond of the whole thing.
Whisper stretched his arms. " Well, seems my role has come."
" This is even a worse idea!"
" 'It looks fun', huh?" Something about the air around their teacher changed. " You have three years to become a hero. Will you have an attitude like that the whole time?"
He had a rather mischievous smirk. " All right. Whoever comes in last place in all eight tests will be judged to have no potential and will be punished with expulsion."
" Huh?!"
Yuu's face went starch white in color. Whisper smiled widely as he kept jabbing at the purple head. " You'll need my help."
" We're free to do what we want about the circumstances of our students." He held up his hair so his dark eyes were much visible. " Welcome to UA's hero course."
" Last will be expelled! But it's the first day of school!" The brunette haired girl tried to resonate with him. " No, even if it wasn't the first day of school, this is too unfair!"
" Natural disasters, big accidents, and selfish villains. Calamities whose time or place can't be predicted. Japan is covered with unfairness." Hearing those words, Sora's hands clenched. Memories of the past came to life in the back of her mind.
" But how!? All of a sudden? Wasn't there anything you could do? Can't you do anything now?!"
She had known of the unfairness of the world. Of that unpredictable threat.
" Heroes are the ones who reverse those situations. If you wanted to go to talk with your friends at Mickey D's after school, too bad. For the next three years, UA will do all it can to give you one hardship after another. Go beyond. Plus Ultra. Overcome it with all you've got." He waved his finger at them as if inviting them to impress him.
Sora's eyes narrowed in determination while Yuu gulped. However, he wasn't giving up on UA. Not now.
Everyone had surely made their unwavering resolve clear. " All right, demonstration is over. The real thing starts now."...
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Test 1
50 meter dash
" Cool! This is one of my specialities!" Whisper was whirling around his arm as if warming up. Sora was watching the rest as they raced. So far, all of their quirks seemed amazing. Especially Iida's. " You're fast! 3.04 is an amazing record!"
" Well, that was quite an easy test for me. I need harder obstacles! Plus Ultra!"
" Why is he that hyped?" Whisper wondered.
A few of their classmates underwent the test before Midoriya stepped up." Look, it's Midoriya-kun's turn." Everyone looked back at him.
" His opponent..." Sora looked at the blond by his side. Still irritated.
" That delinquent." Said whisper.
" Can't disagree." Iida sighed.
Midoriya seemed worried. When the signal sounded, Bakugo was already ahead of the other male. Midoriya seemed to struggle till he reached the finish line. " He isn't using his Quirk?"
Iida narrowed his eyes. " It seems he can't."
Sora and Yuu blinked at him but their attention was drawn by Aizawa. " Shirogane, Seijin, your turn."
Sora and Yuu took their places on the support. Whisper grinned broadly while wringing his arms. " It's been years since I took over you."
" Please... Don't go overboard..." Yuu begged.
" Shut up soldier!" He forced Yuu's mouth open and slipped through it. In less than a second, the atmosphere around Yuu changed. He looked up with a wide smirk, no more looking tense." Being able to feel again is good!"
" Ho! So you're getting serious! I should as well!" Her large white wings shot out of her back.
" This is their Quirks..." Iida inspected them carefully.
" Wings and... What's that with the boy?" The brunette, now known as Uraraka, inclined her head.
" We should know once they're finished."
" On your mark. Get set." And there was the signal. It was a split second, all that was left behind was dust as both bolted forward.
"5.07"
"5.15"
Were their records. " Tsk! Couldn't beat you today either!" Yuu looked back at his friend as she landed.
" It was a close call though." Sora comforted him.
Shirogane Sora. Quirk: Angel! What's that you say? She has superior strength, speed and stamina to humans. And as you saw, she can grow wings.
Seijin Yuu. Quirk: Spiritual Link! He can see and interact with all spiritual forms. Yokais, ghosts, souls... In addition, he can share his energy with them and vise versa. But if he gives too much he will faint.
" Both of you, well done!" Iida and Uraraka approached them. " Your Quirks are quite amazing too!"
" You think so?" Sora blushed while rubbing the back of her head.
" Well, of course!" Yuu smirked confidently and pointed at himself. " You have no chance against me!"
" Seijin... Kun? Is that really him?" Iida quirked his eyebrow at Sora.
" Ah... Don't mind the sudden change. It gets like that when he absorbs a spirit's energy."
"So... That from earlier... Was really a ghost?" Uraraka seemed uneasy.
" Don't you worry. Whisper is a kind ghost."
" Is not!"
" He is as docile as a kitty."
" Is not!!"
" Frankly, it seems like Seijin-kun became Whisper-kun himself?" Iida tapped his chin.
" Yuu shares his energy with spirits and vise versa. However, spirits themselves are energy. So when he absorbs their energy, he kind of absorbs their whole personalities as well. Yuu likes to call it 'take over'."
" You better get used to it because I will be like this for the rest of the day!"
" The whole day!"
" This Yuu is better! I should let Whisper take over for the rest of my life!"
Sora gave him a chop on the forehead. " No good. He will run out of energy sooner or later."
" You both are pretty close I see." Said Uraraka.
" Yeah, we're childhood friends. I've spent time with these guys probably more than my family." She said throwing a hand around Yuu's shoulders, who seemed annoyed at how close she was.
" I'm glad you've got time to chit chat." They jolted when Aizawa spoke from behind them. " It's time for the second test."
" Bring it on! I'm gonna ace it!"
" This Seijin-kun is really energetic! I'm not losing!" Iida retorted.
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Test 2
Grip strength
It was by far easier than expected. Sora's result was 97kg.
" What!" Uraraka peeked down at her device. " Shirogane-san, you're strong! Mine is only 26 kg!"
" Well, my Quirk is Angel. So I'm slightly stronger than the average person. Still, I can't be compared to Shoji-kun." She pointed at a white haired bulky boy with three pairs of arms. True for that, his result was 540 kg.
" Damn it! Above me again!" Yuu was frustrated.
" What's yours?" Asked Iida. Yuu held up his device which showed 90 kg.
" 90 kilograms! You!" A boy with blond hair that had a black streak like thunder approached them. His device was sending sparks around itself, something that made Sora think he kind of used electricity to fool it.
" How can someone like you get that much!" Another short boy with purple balls for hair pointed an accusing finger at him. Why he was pissed was beyond Sora.
" Whisper used to be athletic back in his life. And he even became stronger after years of sharing our energy through Spiritual Link. So it's only natural for me to get his strength when he takes over." Elaborated the purple head.
" This is frustrating!" Iida was quivering as he bit on his lip. His device showed a total of 72 kg. " Midoriya-kun, what about you?"
Midoriya sweated. " 56 kg..."
An average result. Sora thought. Why isn't he using his Quirk?
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Test 5
Ball throw
The past two tests were quite easy for them. Iida managed to top the standing long jump. While the short boy named Mineta pulled an extraordinary show of the repeated side steps. Sora, Yuu and Uraraka did well so far.
Sora was more interested in knowing the rest of her classmates and their Quirks. Yuu was still frustrated that he couldn't beat Sora or get at least one amazing result like the rest of them.
And when it was time for the ball throw, Uraraka sent the class into a trance when she had infinity.
" Infinity?!"
" That's amazing! She got ' infinity'!" Kaminari was dumbfounded. Sora's attention shifted to Midoriya by his side. He looked dreadful, and the atmosphere around him all dark and gloomy.
What's wrong with him?
She wanted to talk to him but Aizawa's voice caught her before she moved a muscle. " Shirogane."
" Ah, hai!"
She walked to the circle, ball in hand. Taking in a deep breath, she threw it as high as she could. After a moment of soaring through the air, it landed 200 meters from her. Her second throw was 203 meters.
" Next, Seijin."
Yuu whirled his arm for a moment before throwing the ball, his records were 198 and 197 meters.
"Why can't I catch up with you!" The purple head's eyebrows furrowed. " I need to train more! I can't let myself behind you!"
" If you ever remember to do so." Sora waved with a laugh.
" Eh? What do you mean?" Uraraka asked.
" After a take over, Yuu's memories of that period become confused the longer it takes. " Sora explained, giggling slightly at the boy fuming. " By the time Whisper comes out he will probably have forgotten half of today."
" Huh, so he really can't stay long like this. Though he gets stronger." She noted.
" I kind of prefer the natural Yuu though. I'm used to the personality swing but still, can't wait for him to go back to normal. So I think it's good that way." Sora smiled. " After all, that's who he really is."
" Enough talking about me!" He pointed back at the white circle where Iida was standing. " It's Iida-san's turn."
The blunette had decided on kicking the ball instead of throwing it. Using the power of his engine, he managed to send it further than 400 meters in both tries.
" I don't feel satisfied at all." Iida shook his head as he walked to them.
" No one would ever after Uraraka-san!" Yuu jabbed his thumb at the brunette behind him, to which she blushed and gave a nervous smile.
" Next, Midoriya."
The green head walked to the center of the circle with shaky paces. He's definitely mortified.
He stared down at the ball in his palm and his face contorted. " It doesn't look good for Midoriya-kun if he continues like this." Stated Iida most concerned. Of course he would, by far, Midoriya was almost the last at every single test.
"Huh? Of course not. He's a Quirkless small fry, you know." Bakugo pointed. However, it surprised Iida.
" Quirkless?! Are you not aware of what he did in the entrance exam?"
" Huh?"
Sora's eyes shifted between Aizawa and Midoriya. From his aura, the girl could tell that their teacher was all interested in the boy. Could it be... " Iida-kun. You said Midoriya-kun can't use his Quirk. Why?"
Iida looked back at her. " Ah. I've just seen it once but, after he used it, his body was badly hurt."
" Sora, you don't think..."
The white head nodded. " Mostly this whole test thing..." She stared at Midoriya, and her eyes widened when his aura enlarged and swelled. Don't! That's exactly what Aizawa-sensei wants!
He threw the ball with the intention of using all he had. Yet, and much to the class' confusion, Midoriya's ball settled a few meters from him.
" 46 meters."
Green eyes widened, both in shock and dread. " I was definitely trying to use it just now..."
" I erased your Quirk." Their attention was shifted to the teacher. The bindings he had around his neck floated around him, revealing a pair of yellow goggles. His hair stood up and his eyes glowed bright red. " That entrance exam was definitely not rational enough. Even a kid like you was accepted."
"S... Scary..." Even Yuu, who was affected by Whisper's personality, thought so.
" Erasing a Quirk? Hold on! Don't tell me he..." Midoriya beat her to it.
" You can erase other people's Quirks with your Quirk just by looking at them. The Erasure Hero: Eraser Head!"
" Eraser? I don't know him."
" I've heard of him. He's an underground hero."
" Woah! It's really him!" Sora exclaimed enthusiastically, ignoring the tension in the air. " To think he is our teacher!"
" I heard he doesn't like media so he isn't well known." Yuu voiced, studying the man carefully.
" From what I can tell, you can't control your Quirk, can you?" He was annoyed. That much was visible." Do you intend to become incapacitated again and have someone save you?"
"Th-That's not my intention-"
Aizawa's bindings bundled the boy and dragged him closer. " Whatever your intention, I'm saying that's what those around you will be forced to do."
Midoriya shuddered under the weight of those words. " In the past, there was an oppressively passionate hero who saved over a thousand people by himself and created a legend. Even if you have the same reckless valor, you'll just be decked and turn into a useless doll after saving one person."
The harsh truth transfixed him like an arrow. " Midoriya Izuku. With your power, you can't become a hero."
Yuu pursed his lips upon hearing that very familiar line. Midoriya gulped as he stared back at the teacher.
In a moment, his hair and bindings loosened down. " I've returned your Quirk. You have two turns for the ball throw. Hurry up and get it over with." He walked away.
" That... Was harsh." Her eyes softened at the boy as he was mumbling to himself.
" It looks like he received some advice." Iida thought.
" Probably just telling him he's expelled." Bakugo said nonchalantly.
Yuu squinted. It was just he and Sora who could clearly hear most of their conversation because of their Quirks.
" Are you worried about him?" The blond standing by Uraraka and Sora abruptly turned to them. " I'm... Not at all."
He placed a hand on Uraraka's shoulder who seemed confused. " Who are you?"
" Oh, Aoyama-kun, right?" Sora pointed at him. " You couldn't do much in this test too because of your Quirk."
" C'est rude!"
" Look!" Uraraka pulled their attention to Midoriya as he was about to throw. Sora saw his aura enlarged and swirling again. But this time, it was different. It was mostly concentrated on his pointer finger.
" Smash!" The ball soared up in the sky with an eruption of gale and soon was out of sight.
" Awesome!"
" Sensei..." Midoriya turned to their teacher, biting on his bottom lip and clenching the hand with the injured finger. " I can... Still move!"
" He's a persistent person..." Yuu's eyes were fixed on the pained expression on Midoriya's face. But still, he didn't waver. " ... Cool..."
" He got over 700 meters?!"
" Finally, a hero-like record!" Sora took a step back when Uraraka threw her hands up ecstatically to avoid being hit.
" His finger's swollen!" Iida noted. " The entrance exam as well... He has a strange Quirk."
" He is not used to it." Yuu concluded.
" It's not very stylish." Everyone ignored Aoyama's remark.
Bakugo's face was, interesting not to say the least. They were all taken by his explosions as he rushed over to Midoriya. " Hey! Tell me what's going on, Deku, you bastard!"
Thankfully, he was restrained by their teacher. " Was that a way to ask someone to tell you something?" Sora sweat dropped.
" It was more like trying to murder him." Yuu gulped.
" What the-? These cloths are hard..!" Bakugo grappled against Aizawa's bindings but to no avail.
" They're weapons for capture made of carbon fiber woven together with metal wire made of a special alloy." Aizawa elaborated. " Jeez... Don't keep making me use my Quirk over and over." They all felt intimidated as they watched the struggle. " I have dry eyes."
" With his amazing Quirk, it's a waste!"
" We're wasting time. Whoever next, get ready." He let go of Bakugo and walked away. Midoriya gingerly sidled around the other boy who stood still as if wedged in the ground.
" Is your finger all right?" Uraraka asked once he walked to them.
" Oh, yeah."
" What was wrong with Bakugo-kun?" Sora asked.
" Uh, don't worry... That's how Kacchan is." He retorted.
" Kacchan?" Yuu blinked.
" We're childhood friends so... I've been calling him like that since I can remember..."
" Huh? So close and yet he acts like that towards you. Strange." Sora cocked her head to the side while Midoriya merely laughed it off. Unaware of the dark glares from a certain blond...
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They finished the last three tests. Yuu and Sora were pretty satisfied with their results. Midoriya on the other hand struggled with his injured finger on all three tests.
" Are you sure you're alright?" Sora approached him after the long distance run was over as he slumped down on the ground, offering him her hand.
" Yeah... Don't worry..." She pulled him on his feet and he hunched over himself, trying to catch his breath. Iida offered him his bottle of water.
" You need some refreshment. And you should check on that finger of yours soon."
" Thanks, Iida-kun." He said accepting the water bottle gratefully.
" Gather around." Aizawa called them. Everyone huddled around him. " Okay, I'll quickly tell you the results. The total is simply the marks you got from each test." He held out his smartphone. " It's a waste of time to explain verbally, so I'll show you the results all at once."
" So the person with the lowest total score is expelled. Well, it's not my problem to worry about."
"You're still there, Whisper?" Sora sweat dropped at Yuu's over confident smirk.
A hologram screen popped in front of them, with their names and rank. " I'm 16th!" Cheered Sora.
" Why am I 18th?" Yuu was beyond himself, making Sora laugh awkwardly. His eyes then squinted. " Number 22 is..."
Sora's eyes went to the bottom right corner of the screen. " Midoriya...Kun..."
" By the way, I was lying about the expulsion." Aizawa said abruptly as the screen vanished into thin air. Everyone there was thunderstruck hearing that.
" It was a rational deception to draw out the upper limits of your Quirks." He smirked widely.
" What?!" Midoriya out of everyone was the most shocked seeing how he became more like a white ghost at that very moment.
" Of course that was a lie. It should've been obvious if you just thought it through." Yaoyorozu stated as though it was as clear as the day's sun.
" You know what would be rational! Me ridding UA of you!" Sora held Yuu's collar from the back to restrain him.
"This is something Whisper would definitely have said! Get out Whisper! You've affected him this far!" The white ghost slipped out through Yuu's mouth while the boy stood dumbfounded, trying to figure his surroundings.
" Tsk! I would have liked to strangle him! What was the meaning of what I've done!"
" Calm down, Whisper." Sora tried her best to soothe the spirit.
" That was a little nerve-wracking, huh?" Sero asked the rest.
" I'll take up the challenge anytime!" Announced Kirishima defiantly.
" With that, we're done here." Aizawa told them. " There are handouts with the curriculum and such in the classroom so when you get back, look over them."
Midoriya sighed tiredly, yet snapped up when he was called. " Midoriya, have the old lady fix you in the nurse's office." Aizawa handed him a paper.
" Tomorrow will be packed with even more rigorous tests. Prepare yourself." And he left.
" Don't they think of UA's reputation when they make a fib like that." Iida seemed most disappointed but everyone else was giggling at him.
The white head looked up at the sky. " UA, huh? If the first was like this, then I'm looking forward to the rest of the year!" She pumped her fist up excitedly.
Yuu whirled his head around like a lost child. " What happened?"...