Here he stood, before the gates of UA. Sure he had failed to get into the hero course once, but that just made him want to try even harder! I mean he had been so close, so if he applied himself, and prepared like there was no tomorrow. He might actually get his dream done. If the principal didn’t expel him on day one that is. Afterall the allowance of quirkless students could just be a pr stunt. He still hasn’t ruled that out. After navigating the maze of classrooms, he comes to a huge door 1C, at least thrice his height.Of course Ua would think of the height differences of different mutation quirks, that's so cool! He walked into the classroom, Is that THE Present Mic! And He's in his costume, the idea of using directional speakers was so cool! I mean with a quirk as strong as Voice All he was lacking was control. And the Restraint Mic uses to make sure civilians and fellow heroes don't get caught in his blasts is amazing! Especially with such a destructive quirk, I mean you can see how it can go wrong with someone like Endeavor, who is known for the most friendly fire incidents, and civilian casualties. Only behind All Might for property damage.
Shinsou walked up to the door of 1C, still sour about the hero exam. I knew the exam would be biased towards ‘heroic’ quirks, but robots, seriously! I couldn’t even score a single point.. Well best to use my time here wisely, even if it's gonna be impossible to practice my quirk.
He is about to enter the classroom when he sees a plain looking boy with green hair standing directly in the doorway, with a few students waiting awkwardly around the entryway. Looking back at Shinsou awkwardly.
Guess the ‘villainous’ kid will have to handle this.
“So, are you just gonna stand there, some of us don’t have time to waste.”
Izuku turned around with a sheepish grin on his face, “Sorry I guess I..” coming face to face with.. “ Hey you’re the one with the gravity defying hair, is that part of your quirk or is it just a mutation you got from your parents.”
He blinked. This kid is in his own world isn;t he. Well we shall see just how much he loves quirks like mine
, “It’s brainwashing.” he watched as the people around them backed off several looking with fear or disgust. Well I didn’t come here to make friends anyway
“Huh” Is this kid deaf, it didn't seem to affect him at all.
“My quirk is brainwashing.”
Here we go, Wonder what name he’ll use, I’m willing to bet Villain, seems like the type.
“That is so Cool!”
Ah, so an innocent looking but really creepy type huh.
“You can use it to easily handle Hostage situations, you can end a fight without it having even started! Not to mention how much it can help panicking civilians and Those who would be a danger to themselves, there are so many ways you could be an amazing hero….. If you want to, of course.”
He was stunned, no one. Not even his parents or quirk counselor had ever talked about it like that. Most viewed it as creepy or Villainous, he had always had to worry about those who thought his quirk was ‘Cool’ And no one had even joked about it being heroic.
Maybe he also has a villainous quirk, I mean he has to right? Haven’t met another one in person yet, but most are more reserved about public support of quirks like that. Well only one way to know.
“Well then what’s your quirk?”
Shinsou watched as the kid appeared more guarded, instantly losing his smile and shifting his feet.
“I uh… don;t have a quirk.” the boy said, barely a whisper, before Stiffly fixing his posture and saying “I’m quirkless” He stood there stunned as the kid finally moved out of the doorway, moving to a desk in the back corner of the classroom, he heard several kids whispering and Staring at them both.
“Great, a quirkless freak and a villain, how does UA let people like them in?”
“Can’t believe a Null was even allowed into the school.”
“Of course the unevolved freak would be the only one to find the villain ‘cool’ better watch out for them”
“Both of them shouldn’t have bothered showing up, this is a place for heroes afterall, not circus rejects.”
Shinsou sat down at the final available seat, the one in front of The Green haired boy.
Well I wasn’t here to make friends, but They do say misery likes company.
He turned around, seeing the green haired boy staring down at his desk, “The name is Shinsou Hitoshi”
The boy looked up, a confused look in his eyes..
"Just figured it’d be best to know one another's names if we are gonna be stuck together for every group project from now on.”
The boy gave a small smile at that “Izuku Midoriya, It’s nice to meet you Hitoshi”
“ALRIGHT CLASS, SETTLE DOWN.” “I DON’T THINK I NEED TO REMIND YOU THAT UA HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE BULLYING POLICY. IF I see anyone engaging in Quirk discrimination you will be sent to the principal's office. Nezu is the one who made the bullying policy after all.” The hero said with a grin as every student shuttered at the mention of the UA principal, not much is known about him, but there are plenty of rumors of the animal’s cruelty. Shinsou however would believe this policy when he saw it, he knows how teachers are after all.
“NOW LET'S GET INTO INTRODUCTIONS! These are the people you will be with for the next three years.”
Midoriya didn’t know what to think of Shinsou. He had of course been surprised by his quirklessness, but he still talked to him like a normal person. Which never happened.
“Izuku Midoriya, please stand up and introduce yourself to the class” said THE Present Mic.
“ I am Izuku Midoriya, I want to get into the h~ero course.” he heard a cacophony of whispers.
“He’s more delusional than i thought”
“What chance does he stand”
“Wait i recognize that name, didn’t he score the highest out of the failed hero applicants”
“Probably pity, i mean you saw his ‘rescue points”
Izuku curled in on himself. I knew this would happen, so why does it still hurt
He heard All Might’s words again, trying his best to shut them out.
‘Be realistic’ ‘It’s Impossible’ No I can do this, i got so close in the entrance exam.
‘You heard them, it was probably pity from the judges’
“He has more chances of being a hero than any of you.” said Shinsou
Present Mic “Alright that’s enough” he saw Shinsou flinch at that.
“Tanaka, Ito, And Nakano. All three of you pack your stuff and head to Principal Nezu’s office, he will be expecting you.”
Ito “ We haven’t done anything wrong!”
Nakano slammed their desk ‘Yea what gives!”
Mic sense said with a surprisingly low voice “I reminded you all beforehand about Ua’s zero tolerance policy on bullying and quirk discrimination, and yet you all continued to discriminate against Midoriya for circumstances outside his control, I may be loud but I'm not deaf, you dig?”
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The students all grumbled as they got up. Tanaka “ Not my fault UA let in such freaks, I mean you got a villain and a Null here.”
“Tanaka, you are expelled”
“You can’t..”
“Oh I assure you I can. Nezu will decide if you two deserve a spot here himself, but UA gives teachers freedom to run these classes however we want, within reason of course. And that means we can decide if a student is not a fit for UA.’
Did a teacher just stand up for me? I…. Izuku didn’t know how to process this information. Teachers should encourage Those with more potential to put people like Midoriya in ‘their place’.
Maybe, just maybe UA is different. Oh right, he had to see Nezu.
“Mic sensei, Nezu wanted me to tell you he has to talk to me before the first period.”
He seemed to pale at that.
“He said that didn't he rockstar.., well you can leave at the end of introductions then.”
“That will be most agreeable, As i seem to have some visitors, Odd i was sure Shota would be the first to expel a student.” Said a voice from the pa system.
Mic sensei shuddered before turning back to the class, “right who’s next”
After introductions had been finished, Izuku headed for the principal's office, taking several turns and having to double back several times. Before finally coming face to face with a set of two huge doors. As he approaches the door a glint catches his eyes. Something shiny is in the middle of the door. Huh that's odd. This seems like a lens, so it’s probably a camera, but why put one here when he has cameras in almost every hallway. Maybe it’s some sort of test? He puts on a huge smile and waves into the camera. The doors then open.
“Impressive, most don’t find that camera until the third or fourth time. Now i'm even more intrigued”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you Nezu-sama” he says as he stands in front of nezu’s desk.
“Please sit, and just Nezu is fine, now Midoriya do you understand why I called you here?’
No.. Dread fills Izuku’s stomach, he had been a fool to think UA is different, it was probably some sick prank to get his hopes up.
“I uh- have an idea sir”
“Why to take you on as a personal student of course!”
“… Wait what! But you’re the Nezu, Possibly the smartest being in all of Japan.”
“Yes and you scored second highest on my test, Not to mention your performance at the hero exam, I usually wait until second year to see if any students catch my eye. But I believe you are a special case.”
He can’t believe it, he caught the attention of THE NEZU. The hero is so secretive that even his species is in contention, some believing he's a Human with mutations, others believing he is an animal with a super intelligence quirk. Izuku was in the latter category.
“So Midoriya, would you like to be my personal student?”
“I Could never pass up this opportunity sir, I’d love to.”
Nezu clapped their hands together “Perfect then we just have to talk about scheduling, It seemed you scored perfectly on the english portion of the test, I assume this has to do with your fathers current occupation?”
“My mom had me learn english In case we had to move to America. Although I haven’t talked to my father since he left, It has been useful for Forums.”
“I see, so then starting tomorrow we can replace your english class with my personal class, come here when you are supposed to go to english, oh and hand this slip to Your english teacher Yamada, just so he knows where you are”
“Yes sir, I look forward to learning under your tutelage”
The rest of his classes went smoothly. Cementoss was great at modern literature, Going over the basics of how quirks affected modern media. Midnight was enthusiastic about Art history, and how the media portrays heroes of now over heroes of the past. And Ectoplasm was able to Assess each student's math level easily thanks to his awesome cloning quirk. It took Izuku so much self control to not bombard each teacher with questions about their quirks, although he already saw one thing that he’d have to add to his notebooks later.Seeing how Ectoplasm could easily digest all the information each clone picked up. It was a theory he had, but Ectoplasm hasn’t been a very active hero after his injury. And wasn’t one to seek out the spotlight in the first place.
He was writing this in his notebook when the lunch bell rang.
He grabbed his lunch from LUNCH RUSH. He can finally taste the Lunch Rushes food. He immediately picked out some katsudon (Although the food hero had prepared foods of almost every variety, he couldn’t wait to taste them all) and sat down near Shinsou, who appeared to be eating alone.Who sat there silently, only glancing at Midoriya. Awkward.
“Hey Shinsou, thanks for sticking up for me there, No one has ever done that before.”
‘Don’t mention it, You helped me out too, just making us even”
“But I Didn’t do anything?”
Shinsou gave him a deadpan stare
“Midoriya you are the only person to not only not freak out about my quirk, but also call it ‘heroic’, You do Know I have a villain's quirk right?”
“No quirk is a villain's quirk, any quirk can be used for good or evil, I mean look at Al..Edgeshot, he could stop someone's heart easily, or permanently Damage their brain, but he uses his quirk carefully, to only disable villains.”
“Oh what are you guys talking about?” Said Uraraka followed by the engine boy.
He turned towards her, surprised. “Oh hey Uraraka, I’m guessing you got into the hero course.”
“Yea i got third! Although I didn’t see you in 1A. Did you get into 1B then?
He rubbed the back of his head, “I uh Didn’t pass the exam. I’m in General education. Couldn’t get enough points in time.”
She looked genuinely upset and said, “I'm so sorry, if i hadn’t overexerted myself, you would’ve had time to get more points.”
“That’s not your fault, no one could’ve expected the zero pointer to be like that.”
The engine boy appears to be running in place, clearly agitated. Before suddenly bowing “I’m so sorry, I treated you like a delinquent, and yet you sacrificed your chance in the hero course to save a stranger.”
“Oh it’s ok, You were just trying to ensure everyone was ready for the exam.”
“I will strive to improve in the future.”
They continued chatting throughout lunch, enjoying each other's company.
Three figures overlook a stasis tube
Inside it is a being that's absolutely massive towering over the two figures, with an exposed brain, and jet black skin. It's eyes appear blank, with no thought behind them
Sensei "Behold young Tomura, this is what you'll use to destroy the symbol of peace."
Doctor " it might be an old batch of nomu, but it's still the strongest low end nomu by far, and much less independent than the new ones. It'll follow any order you give it"
"I can't wait to wipe that annoying grin off of their precious symbol's face."