"A Quirk Assessment Test?" the entire class repeated Aizawa's words in confusion.
Uraraka took a step forward, "But what about the entrance ceremony or the guidance sessions?" She asked cutely in confusion. She had really been looking forward to those and getting to know the school, her new peers, and the faculty.
"A waste of time if you want to become heroes." Aizawa replied lackadaisically, "You have very little time here at U.A. to learn what you need to learn. Our school prides itself on its 'freestyle' system of education, and that applies to the teachers as well." Everyone had question marks over their heads, "The softball throw, the fifty-meter dash, consecutive side-steps, endurance running, grip strength, the standing long-jump, seated-toe-touches, and sit-ups. You all did these in middle school but were never allowed to use your Quirks. It isn't rational, but the Department of Education loves dragging their feet about changing things and creating new standards." He glanced towards the group, "Bakugo, step forward. What was your record with the softball throw in middle school?"
Katsuki stepped forward with an expressionless look on his face, "Ninety-five meters." The past year – roughly – had been hell on him. He pushed himself harder than ever before after that damn Deku had shown him up in school.
Aizawa tossed him a ball with a strange little gizmo wrapped tightly to it, "Let's see what you can do. Go all out and use your Quirk. You're only not allowed to step from that circle. Give it all you got."
"Awesome. I think I'm going to like this class." Katsuki was starting to smirk as he stretched his arms, ''ll add a little boom to the pitch.' He wound up, before chucking the ball as with a roar, "DIE!" A massive explosion accompanied it, and it flew nearly out of sight with smoke rings from the explosion accompanying it.
'Die?' The class collectively thought, utterly puzzled.
It landed almost a kilometer away, and Aizawa showed them his reader. 987.3 meters. "It's important for us to know your limits. That's the first step in figuring out just what kind of heroes you'll be."
The class erupted, "Wahooo! This is awesome!" A literally pink girl with horns and golden eyes in black sclera yelled out, "I can't believe we get to use our quirks right off the bat!"
"Almost a kilometer? Seriously?!" A boy with straight, black hair, very strange-looking elbows, and a triangular smile showing all his teeth looked equally excited.
"The Hero Course is awesome!" A very short boy with what looked like round balls on his head yelled out.
The pink girl yelled again, "This is going to be so much fun!"
All of a sudden, a feeling of dread enveloped them, "Fun, you say?" Aizawa was staring at them. His expression hadn't really changed, but there was something about him that made it seem like a bucket of ice had been dropped into their gym uniforms. "You've only got three years here and you're thinking about fun? Alright then. If you're just here to have fun, then I'm going to make a new rule." Izuku was very much getting 'Trap Bot' vibes from their teacher, so he used his most-neglected ability – Telepathy – to sense out the man's emotions. He almost never used it because it really felt like an invasion of privacy and he wasn't sure he liked that. "The person who scores the lowest in these exams will be judged as hopeless and will be on a one-way train back home before the day is over."
Truth.
Cold, honest, brutal truth was all that was emanating from their teacher, and a shiver ran down Izuku's spine. Aizawa brushed his bangs back and had a strange smile on his face, his eyes wide and intense. He looked every bit a madman, "Your fates are in our hands. Welcome to the Hero Course."
"What!" Uraraka gasped, "But it's the first day and we're risking expulsion?! That's not fair!"
"Natural disasters… rampaging Villains… freak accidents… The world isn't fair, Ochaco Uraraka. Calamity is always just around the corner, and Heroes are the ones who correct that unfairness." He grinned again, "If you were planning on hanging out for the next three years, you're in for a rude awakening, kids. U.A. will do its best to put you through one hardship after another, because villains and disasters don't discriminate. The only way we can ensure you survive to be splendid heroes is by ensuring you are the strongest, so bring it on. That's PLUS ULTRA."
"Trial by fire, huh?" Iida took a sip from his drink.
Inasa laughed boisterously, "I'm getting fired up! Bring it on, sensei!"
Izuku clenched his fists, "W-we fought and b-bled to get here sensei! We're not going home without a fight!"
The rest of the class was looking determined, bolstered by their words. Aizawa smirked, "Good to hear. The demonstration is over, so let's get it on. First up is the fifty-meter dash." He turned and led them over to the tracks, 'They dispelled the aura of fear I created. Now they're all determined to pass. These kids are good.' The dashes were done in groups of two, one per lane. Aizawa called up the first two competitors, "Mina Ashido and Yūga Aoyama, step up."
The two were the pink girl and the blonde from the entrance exams with the strange belt. "I'm not going to lose!" Mina cried in determination. Her exotic look made her quite beautiful, despite how different in appearance she was. Her skin and hair were all pink of varying shades and she looked like she was pretty fit. She certainly had more muscles than most of the other girls. Her Quirk was Acid, which enabled her to project corrosive liquid from any part of her body. She could change the acidity and even viscosity with incredible precision. A side effect of her Quirk was her pink skin. The horns were from her father's side of the family.
Yūga on the other hand… sparkled. And he looked even cockier than Katsuki, somehow. He had perfectly-combed blonde hair that reached his neck. Izuku had already seen his Quirk during the entrance exams; Navel Laser. He was capable of projecting a sparkly, powerful laser beam from his belly button. He was able to alter distance and intensity freely. However, due to a birth defect his Quirk 'leaked' and he had to wear his belt pretty constantly to control it. Using it for more than one second caused his intestines to hurt.
His face seemed perpetually stuck in a flamboyant smirk, his mouth an upturned 'V.' He spoke an odd combination of Japanese, English, and French, "No Quirk is better for a Pro Hero than my fabulous Navel Laser. Watch closely everyone. Creativity will win the day here!"
He turned around and stood, whereas Mina was in the proper starting position for a race with her shoes off. The robot they were using to record results fired off the starting gun, and they were off like a shot. Literally in Yūga's case. He jumped into the air, tucked in his knees, and fired off his laser, which forced him back with the recoil.
At that point, Izuku stopped and stared. How the hell was a laser providing recoil? Light was massless and shouldn't do that! His mumbling kicked into overdrive and made several of his classmates look at him strangely.
Yūga's beam petered out and he fell to the floor at about the halfway mark, skidding and dirtying his gym suit. Mina was basically skating on the track with a really slick acid. She passed him without even a glance as he stood back up and repeated his shot. She still beat him by a good half second.
Mina: 4.92 seconds
Yūga: 5.51 seconds
To think; hundreds of years ago such times would have been seen as impossible records. Back when sports were still heavily regulated to be Quirkless, people trained for years in single disciplines and wouldn't have been able to overcome such times. Now? Fresh teenagers broke old Olympic and World Records routinely.
Yūga didn't turn, but he did turn his head to his classmates. His smug smirk was apparently permanent, "If I had fired off a second sooner, my stomach would have exploded." Everyone stared at him as if he were a weirdo.
The next group was Katsuki and Tsuyu Asui. Katsuki used his explosive Quirk basically like an afterburner. How he didn't just fall over was a mystery. He finished the race in 4.13 seconds, with Tsuyu displaying some incredible leaping ability and finished in 5.58 seconds. "Kero." The girl had sleek, extremely long dark sea-green hair that appeared silky. Her eyes were round and much larger than normal. Her mouth was wider than normal, and her tongue was very long. Her Quirk was simple in theory, but in actuality it was one of the most versatile Quirks Izuku had seen. Frog allowed her to do anything any species of frog could. Who knew what she would be able to do with some creativity.
Next up was a floating set of clothes – they literally had an invisible girl named Tōru Hagakure in their class – and Iida. Iida pulled up his pant legs revealing a thicker-than-normal set of calves, which quickly grew six pipes on each leg. He also rolled up his sleeves and two larger pipes grew on his elbows. Iida's Quirk was named Engine and he was capable of manifesting his tailpipes on his legs, arms, and back. Additionally, his limbs and sense of balance were incredibly strong. He was perfectly comfortable with kicking through the steel bots during the entrance exams and didn't feel even a twinge of pain when doing so. However, he needed fuel to power his Quirk; his drink of choice being orange juice. Carbonated drinks literally made him stall. This race was a forgone conclusion. He finished the race with an extremely fast time of 2.34 seconds. Hagakure was just a normal teenager who hadn't actually trained for things like this, so she had the worst time yet by far; 7.99 seconds.
"A-awesome job Iida!" Izuku hesitantly offered the boy a high-five, which Iida happily returned.
"Thank you, Midoriya. I'm quite eager to see how you'll do." Iida replied while sipping from his bottle.
And on it went. Kyōka Jīrō had fair skin, black eyes which sported an uninterested gaze, and short purple hair with asymmetric bangs. There were lighter, lavender-colored streaks in her hair that resembled soundwaves. Her most eye-catching features were her earlobes, as they resembled the plugs one would find on headphones. Her Quirk was the sound-based Earphone Jack and it did not really help her in events like these. As it only allowed her to project and amplify sounds in terms of offense, it wasn't ideal for these sets of tests. She still put up better numbers than Tōru.
When it was her partner Kaminari's turn, Izuku couldn't figure out if he admired the blonde's Quirk Storm or if he felt bad for the guy. He had a naturally stronger body which was a boon in the tests, but his real power was his body's ability to store and manipulate electricity. He could additionally control magnetism since the two forces were linked. He could absorb electricity from any source and even boost his own healing rate by doing so. On the other hand, he could not touch any body of water bigger than whatever was in his water bottle or he would lose control over his electricity and start frying himself and anything that happened to be in it. The poor blonde had to ground himself to something metal to even be able to shower comfortably. He couldn't go to the pool or any water parks because the more water he was in, the worse the shocks would be. After a certain point of immersion, he would be taking damage more quickly than he could heal and would become paralyzed. Rain always put him in a bad mood since it put his powers on the fritz. If he got caught in a downpour he would continuously experience rather painful shocks until he got dry. Additionally, due to his power he naturally set off things like fireworks. He was not allowed to drive or even be in a car because there was a risk of setting off the gasoline. He thanked his lucky stars every day that he instinctively could reign in his powers when touching other people, otherwise he would be electrocuting everyone with a handshake. He finished in just over Mina's time at 5.01 seconds.
Next up was Eijirō Kirishima – the red-haired, boisterous fourth-place competitor in the Entrance Exam who only missed taking home the bronze by a few points – with the awesome quirk Hardening. This really did nothing for him in a race, but the guy clearly put in the effort. He was fast and strong and the second they got to talking, he and Inasa became fast friends. He finished in 4.70 seconds.
Kōji Kōda had another sound-based Quirk named Anivoice, which allowed him to control any animal that could hear him speak. As he appeared to be mute from what they could tell – either that or he was shyer than Izuku pre-Phoenix-Force – he had to rely on his own strength. He had a strangely shaped head and a muscular build, which served him well. He finished in just over six seconds, long after Kirishima.
And then it was Izuku's turn with Mezō Shōji. The boy was incredibly tall and wore a mask, which was partially obscured by his long, silver hair which swooped in front of his face. He had his uniform cut off at the arms, because he had multiple appendages that could grow body parts and morph freely. He liked forming mouths on them to talk as well as eyes to get more vision. The Quirk was named Dupli-Arms. Shōji proved to be very athletic, running in at just over four seconds.
As for Izuku? He took one step and disappeared, his body reforming at the robot for it to measure him. His total time was .23 seconds. Everyone dropped their jaws at his insane record, and Izuku himself flushed bright red when everyone started praising his effort.
"Deku, YOU BASTARD!" Izuku winced as Kacchan's voice sounded off behind him, "What was that, shithead?! I thought your Quirk was telekinesis!" the explosive boy started… well… exploding and rushed forward, intending on fighting his rival who just had to keep fucking showing him up.
Only he never reached him. Several gray strips of cloth enveloped him and prevented him from continuing forward. He strained, trying to escape but was incapable of doing so, "What the? These things are so stiff. And why can't I use my Quirk?"
"They're special capture weapons made of carbon fiber and metallic alloys." Aizawa responded, and everyone took a step back. Their teacher's hair was levitating into the air of its own accord. A set of goggles were revealed on his neck, where his scarf had hidden it. "As for your Quirk… I've erased it."
Izuku gasped, "Oh my god! You're the Erasure Hero, Eraserhead! You can nullify other Quirks just by looking at someone!" The class started murmuring. Most of them didn't really know who he was since he hated the limelight. A few of them knew his name, though they had never seen him before.
Katsuki had stopped struggling, so Aizawa released him, "Don't make me use my Quirk to stop a fight again. I have dry eye."
'It's such a waste! He has an amazing Quirk!' The entire class had that thought run through their heads.
"Midoriya, Bakugo asked you a question. Will you answer so we can get the rest of this over with?" Aizawa
"Ah, I'm a psychic!" He said at a rapid pace, trying to keep from swallowing his own tongue, "So I can teleport among other things. I learned that one about three months after I started using my Quirk." Everyone started murmuring except for Bakugo, who merely began grinding his teeth together in fury.
"Everyone better watch out!" Inasa laughed energetically, "My man here has been training his butt off! You won't beat him with a half-assed effort!"
"That's so awesome!" Mina was jumping up and down near Izuku and exclaiming that he was amazing. She had a brilliant grin on her face and had her fists pumping in front of her. "So, you two know each other?"
"Yeah, we've been friends and training partners for a couple months now." Izuku replied, managing to keep from stuttering despite the pretty girl being so close. His face was still giving her skin a run for its money.
Aizawa quickly put a stop to it and had the next two – Hanta Sero and Minoru Mineta – at the starting line. The very short boy Mineta had the Quirk Pop Off. The weird grape-like balls on his head could be torn off and were incredibly sticky once they were removed from his head. However, Mineta himself could choose whether he stuck or was repelled by them whenever he touched them. As soon as the race started, he began tearing off his balls and throwing them on the track, bouncing from one to the other to the finish line. However, because he was so short, he lost in stride whatever gains he had from his Quirk. He lost to Hagakure at 8.22 seconds. A few minutes were taken to remove Mineta's balls from the track.
Sero on the other hand, shot off some adhesive tape from his elbows. His Quirk was – creatively enough – named Tape. The tape stuck fast to the ground, and he reeled himself in. He finished in 5.22 seconds. "Ahhh, not quite what I was looking for." He still had a strange grin on his face, showing that he had very large teeth. His black hair was sleek and ended in spikes. He had a pretty plain face and beady black eyes.
The next duo had everyone excited. One of them was a regular looking student except for his head which resembled a black raven. He ran extremely quickly with nothing but his own athleticism, finishing in 4.92 seconds. But Shōto Todoroki was the next person to steal the show. He had a very exotic look to him, though not as much as Mina. His hair was split evenly down the middle, the left side being red and the right side being white. He also had heterochromia with his right eye being gray and the other turquoise. A large, red scar dominated his face near his left eye. As soon as the starting gun sounded, a massive pillar of ice grew under Todoroki's feet and threw him forward. When he landed, more ice formed a slick path which he speedily slid on right to the finish. He didn't beat Iida, but it wasn't by much; 2.94 seconds total.
Izuku shot a worried glance at Inasa at that point, but his friend was boisterously cheering just like most of everyone else. Todoroki didn't really acknowledge them much, merely giving a nod to them as a group.
Izuku took careful note of the next two. Both of them were girls which hadn't happened yet that day, since boys outnumbered the girls in their class. The first needed no introduction; Ochaco Uraraka. She looked to be doing some breathing exercises, though Izuku wasn't sure why. She had a pretty amazing Quirk from what he had seen of it. When she opened her eyes, Izuku saw an extremely competitive look in them. Suddenly the girl didn't look carefree at all, unlike her namesake.
"This is going to be so lit, fam! Let's have a good race, neh?" Her partner for the race was a girl with fawn-colored hair and very pouty lips named Camie Utsushimi. She was a competitor for bustiest in the class and hadn't really appreciated the glances The Grape Boy was sending her way. She sent a friendly grin over to Uraraka, "Let's do our best, kay Ochaco-chan? I ain't getting sent home today, no way no how. For realizes though, so many hot guys in this class. That Deku guy is straight up fire. And his Quirk is awesome too!" She was also a bit of a hypocrite.
Uraraka almost lost her balance as she walked side-by-side with Camie, "Wha-wha-wha are you saying?!" She waved her arms up and down, "Is this the time for that?"
Camie giggled, "Oopsie, you're right. My b, my b." They both reached the starting line and took their places.
Uraraka shook her head and regained her determination, though her cheeks were still pink. A brief pink glow flashed through her, and she took her position. The gun went off, and they were both off like rockets. Both of them ran the distance in five seconds flat. "Boom shakalaka! She's on fire!" Camie licked her middle finger – half the boys (and some of the girls) in the class went beet red and Mineta almost had a nosebleed – and pressed it to her forearm, "Tssss, we're hot, Ochaco-chan." Uraraka only didn't go completely red due to the kickback from her Quirk. Was this girl completely shameless? Camie then turned to Uraraka and quirked an eyebrow in concern, "Hey, you okay?" Her strange way of speaking went away when she saw Uraraka looking pale.
"Y-yeah." Uraraka swallowed and straightened up, "My Quirk has a pretty crappy side effect. It makes me really nauseous when I overuse it and using it on myself is the worst."
"Aww, that sucks." Camie commiserated, "My Quirk isn't really a direct combat type or an enhancement type, so I had to work my butt off to get this hot, ya dig?" She gave Uraraka the peace sign, "I can make illusions – both visual and sound based – so I call it Glamour. It's lit and I'm straight grateful to have it, but it's not really useful here, ya know?"
"Wow, so you are just naturally that fast?" Uraraka gasped, "I had to use my Quirk to go that fast. You're really strong, Utsushimi-san!"
They arrived back and Izuku congratulated them, "Nice job, Uraraka-san, Utsushimi-san!"
"Hey, thanks fam, but you can call me Camie!" Camie winked at him, and his red came right back, "You were too hot out there. Can I have like, your contact info?"
Jaws dropped and Izuku started to stammer, "I-i-isn't th-that a little t-t-too early, Utsushimi-san?" His face was on fire. He was almost iridescent.
Uraraka watched as Izuku steamed, and felt she had to get her own words in, "Yeah, you were amazing, Deku-kun! You beat everyone!"
Izuku startled, "Deku?" The rest of the class started paying attention, and even Aizawa decided to allow the slight interruption.
"Ehh?" Uraraka blinked at him repeatedly, "Isn't that your name? I heard erm… explody boy say it." She rubbed the back of her head sheepishly, "Sorry about that, I haven't really been paying attention to names since I was so nervous about the tests. I missed it when Aizawa-sensei called you." She giggled nervously.
Izuku sighed, and everyone's interest peaked, "Well, that was actually just Kacchan being a jerk with a nickname when we were younger. I was a very late bloomer. I thought I was Quirkless until almost a year ago, so he called me that to say I was useless. My real name is Izuku Midoriya." He started mumbling by the end of it.
"So that's why he seems to confident one moment and then so jumpy the next." Iida had the realization spark through him.
One of the last two runners – Momo Yaoyorozu – was frowning as she passed by, "He must have been bullied when he was younger." Momo had a pretty awesome-looking hairstyle. Her hair was long and tied into a spiky ponytail. She had long bangs over the right side of her face which almost covered her onyx eyes. She patted Izuku on the shoulder as she passed by, in a minute show of support.
For once, Inasa was stone-faced, and glaring darkly at Katsuki. Izuku had forbidden him from starting anything, but he really hoped he got a chance to face this guy at some point.
"Salty AF." Camie sniffed and glared at Katsuki – who she figured must be this 'Kacchan' from the way he was glaring daggers at Izuku, "So not hot." The thought was mirrored by Mina, who was also glaring at Katsuki. She hated bullies.
"Fuck off." Katsuki snarled back and turned, walking away.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Uraraka cried out, before smiling brightly, "Still, I kind of like it though. It sounds like you shortened 'Dekiru.' You know, 'You can do it!' I think it could be a fun nickname instead!"
Izuku opened his mouth, before it clicked shut and he blushed, "Y-you know, wh-when you put it like that, it doesn't sound so bad." Uraraka smiled brightly at his response.
"As fascinating as this is, we have tests to run." Aizawa interrupted them and told the last two – Inasa and Momo – to line up.
Izuku stared intently as they got ready. Inasa merely took his position, but what Momo did made him go beet-red for the umpteenth time. She unzipped her top and shrugged it off, revealing a very mature physique and that she was definitely the most stacked girl in the class. She even had a nice and trim six-pack. Her black bra started glowing a rainbow of colors, and when it cleared she instead was wearing bandages which were tightly wrapping her chest. Her shoes also glowed and turned into perfectly-fitted skates. Finally, a small glow from each hand had two small tubes grow from her skin.
The gun sounded, and Inasa leapt forward. His body was perfectly parallel with the ground and he was spinning like a jet doing an aileron roll. Izuku goggled as he recognized it. It was a move straight out of Star Wars! Inasa crossed the line in 2.39 seconds, just barely losing to Iida. Momo on the other hand displayed some excellent speed-skating technique – maybe it was a hobby? – to pick up initial speed, before thrusting the two rods behind her and revealing them to be goddamn rocket boosters. She left a trail of smoke behind her and sped far past the finish line before the fuel ran out, and she had a bit of a sheepish look on her face when she finally skated her way back, "Sorry everyone. I used a bit too much."
"Perhaps, but you also took second place." Aizawa showed her his device, which was reading 2.22 seconds.
Momo smiled proudly while Iida clenched a trembling fist before him, "Third in my own event. How shameful!"
Izuku walked over to Inasa, who was grinning broadly despite taking fourth place, "Dude, did you seriously use the Sheev Spin?"
Inasa burst out laughing, but it was Camie who answered, "LMAO, was that it? I knew I saw that move before. That was straight up lit!" She gave Inasa a high-five.
Everyone but Inasa just had sweatdrop running down the side of their face as they shared a collective thought, 'Did she seriously just say 'LMAO' out loud?'
The first set of exams were over, and Izuku was already feeling bad for the Grape and the Invisible Girl. They were very clearly at the back of the pack. He hoped they managed to find an event to excel at. He made his way over to Momo – who had already gotten dressed again much to his slight relief as well as his slight disappointment – and asked her about her Quirk, "Y-Yaoyorozu-san. May I ask about your Quirk? You were amazing back there!"
She smiled brightly at him, "Thank you Midoriya-san, though I must say the same. I'm quite curious about your own Quirk as well." The class paid close attention as they followed Aizawa to the next location. "My Quirk is named Creation. Using my body's fat cells as a building block, I can create any non-living thing as long as I know and understand its molecular structure."
"H-holy! You must be a genius, Yaoyorozu-san!" Izuku exclaimed, and their classmates started murmuring as well. "That must have been a difficult compound to memorize!"
She grew slightly pink, "Thank you, Midoriya-san. Additionally, as long as it doesn't stop touching some part of my body, I can further alter anything I create. That was why I was able to change my bra into those chest-bindings but not the U.A. Track Suit. It does take a bit longer to do so and requires more concentration, despite the benefits. The second I let go of them or they stop touching my skin, whatever I create becomes a permanent object."
"Hmm, can you bring your creations back into your body when you don't need them anymore? That way you regain some of your stores?"
Momo blinked, putting a finger to her lip and biting it lightly. She didn't even notice Izuku turn pink at the cute action, "You know, I've never actually tried. I will do so promptly! Thank you for the idea, Midoriya-san." She gave him a warm smile and he turned red, starting to stammer. She giggled in response, finding it a bit endearing. She realized quite quickly that it must have taken the formerly-bullied boy a fair bit of courage to try to speak to her.
Their talk set off the Quirk discussions, with everyone chiming in on their Quirks and explaining some things about how they worked. Uraraka explained that when she first got her Quirk – the awesomely-named Zero Gravity – she could only turn off gravity on anything she touched with all five of her fingers. "That's why I always hold things with my pinky out." She told them with a blush. She further explained that about a year ago, she had learned how not to just turn gravity off, but also manipulate it. When she ran her race, she had done so by making herself weigh about thirty kilos. She could also go in the opposite direction. She got a little despondent as she explained that straining her Quirk too much literally made her sick to her stomach. Still, she put on a brave face about it and started giggling, "A couple of the Quirk councilors were telling me that I should change the name of my Quirk since it isn't accurate anymore, but I just like it too much."
"Zero Gravity is an awesome name Ochaco-chan! Ignore all those fuddy-duddies!" Mina clapped a hand onto the brunette's shoulder cheerfully.
By then, they arrived inside the gym where they were performing their grip tests. Not much of note happened here, since most of the students got decent scores at best and awful scores at worst. Izuku realized at this moment that he didn't have nearly enough precision with his Telekinesis. They'd worked so much on brute strength that Izuku couldn't really keep it completely contained for a test like this. He managed about eighty-nine kilos before he accidentally mangled the dynamometer and narrowly avoided a disqualification. Poor Mineta got an awful score of twenty-six, getting beat even by Tōru.
There were only a couple standouts. Shōji managed a monstrous five-hundred-forty kilo squeeze. He did so by creating multiple arms with his Quirk and doing one massive squeeze with all of them. When Sero asked him if he was a gorilla or an octopus, Mineta went and weirded everyone out by commenting that, "Octopi were sexy." It didn't think too long for everyone to realize what he meant, and he earned death glares from all the girls.
Katsuki actually got disqualified in this event, because he blew up the measurement device. Inasa managed an impressive eighty kilos, and Tsuyu managed about seventy-five by using her long tongue. She did request that it be sanitized first, thankfully. Mina had proved herself incredibly athletic already by beating many of the boys in the first test and continued that trend by getting sixty-eight.
But it was Momo who was proving to be one of one of the strongest people in their class, male or female. She completely blew everyone away by creating a functioning JAWS OF LIFE and getting an error reading. It took her a few minutes of reading from a large book she carried with her and quite a bit of concentration (as well as a bit of fanservice since she needed to remove the shirt again) before she was ready to create it. Once she did, it took her a few seconds at best and worked perfectly.
The next test was a fun one; the standing long jump. At this point the class had done away with alphabetical order and were merely taking turns and trying their best. A clear chasm was forming between the top and bottom of the class, where it was clear that many of them not only didn't have suitable Quirks for these types of situations, but also either hadn't tried or hadn't tried hard enough to make up for those shortcomings. Mineta had ranked last in every single test so far.
First up was Todoroki, who formed a massive pillar of ice that threw him straight into the air and long past the end of the sand pit. Momo was eager to show off and took off her shoes for her attempt. She grew long sticks from the soles of her feet and shot forward. In midair, she shed her gym shirt once again and grew herself a paraglider, gliding at a quick pace down to the ground. She too cleared the area by quite a distance. Katsuki – furious at his failure in the previous test – created a gigantic explosion with his feet AND arms which got him the farthest distance yet, and then proved his durability by not completely splattering on impact. He wasn't even injured.
Iida followed almost Iron-Man style, leaping long and far, using his engines to get a bit of extra distance. Inasa and Izuku decided to go as partners and make a competition of it. Izuku glowed emerald and a whirlwind engulfed Inasa as they both took off, getting way farther than even Katsuki had. They'd agreed beforehand that they would only use their Quirks again to land safely. Only their initial takeoffs were enhanced since otherwise they would just be flying. By the time they landed, they had cleared about a football pitch and a half.
Mina and Camie again proved their metal in this test. Neither of them had enhancement Quirks and they stillmanaged to clear the sandbox with nothing but sheer athleticism. Uraraka made everyone burst out laughing when she leapt into the air and started jogging inmidair with a giggling yell of, "Luigi!" It was totally worth the couple seconds of fighting down her nausea after she touched back down to see even their teacher Aizawa had cracked a smile. Tsuyu meanwhile had basically been made for this one. She leapt like her Quirk's namesake and almost tripled the length of the sandbox.
Really, the only thing bringing down the mood was the looming threat of expulsion. Izuku physically winced when poor Mineta – who could not use his Quirk at all because the jump had to be done in one motion for it to count. He therefore could not lay down some balls to use as a spring – performed an absolutely pathetic jump that didn't even cross a quarter of the sandbox. The rest of the class started feeling incredibly bad for the boy despite his obvious perversion. He had worked as hard as all of them to get here and now his short stature was clearly going to rob him. They were quite confused that he still didn't look completely and utterly discouraged. That confusion lasted until the next set.
This test really only had one really incredible score. It was finally Mineta's – one and only, unfortunately for the Grape – chance to shine. His short stature – and therefore low center of gravity – and Quirk was absolutely perfect for the consecutive side-steps. He created two 'bounce balls' using his Pop Off balls and kept rebounding off of them endlessly. He finally got a worthy score, and no one else really had a good time on this one.
The next was the softball pitch, which Katsuki threw a fit over not being able to try again on, as he felt he still could have done better. He sulked as Inasa and Izuku both went head-to-head – both one hundred percent back in training mode with All Might – and each cleared well over a kilometer. Izuku managed about a kilometer and a half. Inasa had them all blown away – "Get it?!" – by showing off his incredibly precise control. He not only chased the ball with a massive blast of spinning wind acting much like a bullet or a drill, but he also removed all airstreams ahead of it up until it got so far way he couldn't control it anymore. His ball landed two and half kilometers away. Everyone was sure that there was no possible way that score could get beaten.
And then Momo again awed them with her sheer ingenuity and mental acuity by creating a fully-functioning cannon with her Quirk. She helpfully also provided earmuffs for everyone. She angled it at forty-five degrees and fired. When the ball finally landed far, far away, Aizawa showed them her score. Six kilometers. "Holy cow Yaomomo!" Mina almost jumped on the more-reserved girl's shoulders, "That was amazing! There's no way anyone could possibly beat that!"
While everyone was congratulating her, she just had a cute, strangely-confused look on her face, "Yaomomo?" She looked adorable.
Finally, it was Uraraka's turn. She had her sweet smile on her face as she touched the ball and threw it. She watched as it went up. And up. She used her hand to shade her eyes to continue watching it. And watching it. And then there was a twinkle in the sky and Aizawa showed them the 'infinity' symbol with a deadpan look on his face. Uraraka flashed a brilliant smile and started hopping in excitement.
"She got infinity! How can anyone possibly win now!" Kaminari yelled with wide, twitching eyes, "How can anyone else get first place now? She automatically wins everything with a score like that, right?"
"No. When calculations are done I'll just give her a meter more than Yaoyorozu." Aizawa denied.
"Wow, does my Quirk really never turns off if I don't want it to?" Uraraka had settled down and put a finger near her lip while she thought. She looked as adorable as Momo had. She put the pads of her fingers together, "Release!" She said and waited to see if the ball would come down.
"It probably already left orbit, Uraraka-san." Momo commented after putting a hand on her shoulder, "Come on. No use watching for it now. It probably wouldn't even land around here. We have more tests to do."
They day finished quickly, with Iida beating them all – even Momo who had a bike – on the marathon running. The rest of the tests only confirmed what they already had established; the pecking order. "It would be a waste of time to explain how everything was calculated, since it was only your performances recorded. Let's just get to the final rankings." Aizawa muttered, before he clicked a button on his device and a holographic screen popped up.
In first place was a no-brainer. Momo Yaoyorozu had proved not only her ingenuity but the sheer versatility of her Quirk by placing at or near the top in nearly every test. Several of her tests such as the grip test and the ball throwing test were such outliers that her placement was a foregone conclusion.
Inasa and Izuku were next, being so closely matched after all of their training together and with All Might that they came in a virtual tie for second place. They both performed extremely well on all tests, never falling below fifth place (except for the grip strength test, in Izuku's case).
Todoroki was next in fourth place, with Katsuki finishing off the top five in a complete and utter rage. 'Fifth? FUCKING FIFTH?! Forget first place, I didn't even get second?! FUCKING DEKU BEAT ME!?' The explosive teen was boiling mad, and the only reason he didn't let off some steam was that he was sure Aizawa would punish him for it.
Iida came next much to his extreme disappointment, followed by Tokoyami, Shōji, Kirishima and Uraraka finishing off the top ten for the class. Mina was quite irritated about having been pushed to eleventh place and was sandwiched in between Uraraka and Camie. Kaminari. Tsuyu, and Kōji were the next ones on the list, and the remaining five were starting to sweat heavily. Sero, Aoyama, and Jīrō let out the breaths they were holding, and that left only Tōru and Mineta biting their nails. Mineta let out a loud, heartfelt wail as his name appeared in last place. "NOOOOOOOO! HOW WILL I EVER GET TO TOUCH SOME OPPAI NOW?!"
"Toad."
"Lech."
"You're disgusting."
"Totally lit if you think you're ever going to get any."
Each disgusted comment from Momo, Mina, Jīrō, and Camie in order shot a little arrow into the Grape boy, further depressing him.
"Oh, by the way, I was lying about expelling someone." Aizawa said in a tone that bellied a small amount of amusement. Half the class froze and turned dead gazes at him, snot hanging from their nostrils. He grinned broadly, "It was just a rational deception to get you to perform your best!"
"WHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTT?!"
"I'm saved!" Mineta sobbed out, so grateful he didn't even have it in him to be perverted.
Momo couldn't help the tiny little scoff that escaped from her, "Well of course it was. It should have been obvious if you just thought it through…" She mumbled to herself, "Maybe I should have said something?" She mused to herself.
'No… you're wrong there, Yaoyorozu-san.' Izuku swallowed as he once again used a small amount of telepathy, 'He's lying. He's definitely lying.'
"Anyway, we're done here." Aizawa told them as he turned to walk away, "Your documents about the curriculum will be back in homeroom. Make sure you review them closely. And don't lose them either. I won't be making copies."
Izuku grit his teeth and stepped forward, "Aizawa-sensei!" he called out. Aizawa turned at quirked an eyebrow at him. "I thought you said we were here to be Heroes! That there wasn't going to be any time to fool around and that U.A. was going to throw everything including the kitchen sink at us!"
"I did. What's your point?" Aizawa gazed at him dispassionately while everyone looked at the boy in confusion.
"So why are you coddling us now?!" He shot at the Erasure Hero, "We can handle the truth!"
"Deku-kun, what are you doing?" Uraraka asked him, putting a hand on his shoulder. For the moment, he ignored her.
Aizawa stared him down and Izuku didn't flinch. Finally, Aizawa closed his eyes and flashed a smile, "Alright then, Midoriya. Have it your way." He opened his eyes and rooted Mineta and Tōru's floating clothes with a heavy glare. Both students flinched and stiffened up in terror, "I was NOT lying about someone being expelled. In my time here, I've expelled a hundred and fifty-four students. Last semester I expelled my entire class in just under two weeks." Momo's eyes went wide and she took a half step back, covering her lips with her hand, "Understand this, the only reason you two are not going home today is that I see a meager amount of potential in you. If I thought you had no prospects at all, I would have cut you loose immediately. There is nothing crueler than letting someone chase around a half-baked dream." The entire class was shivering under his words, which doubled when he addressed them all, "And that goes for each and every one of you. If I feel you're slacking off and not being serious about your position here, I won't hesitate to kick you out."
He turned to Mineta, "You need to keep working on overcoming your stature, Mineta. Your Quirk certainly has its uses, but you can't be a one-trick-pony." He then faced Tōru, "As for you… your Quirk is similar to mine in that it has no direct benefits in combat such as physical enhancement. However, you haven't worked in the slightest to overcome your body's limitations. The only reason you didn't come in last today is because you have a naturally more athletic body than Mineta. If you had come in last, even your useful Quirk wouldn't have saved you. Like Mineta, I see potential in you, but you have to work at it. I better see you hitting the weight room and the track regularly. If Utsushimi can do it, you can too." He couldn't see it, but she was nodding rapidly, too terrified to speak.
He stared all of them down, and they all trembled before him, "Any questions?"
"N-no sensei!" The droning from his students sounded at him.
"Good. Have a good day and be prepared for tomorrow. If you thought today was hard, you won't be ready in the slightest for tomorrow's trials." He whirled around and walked away without a look back.
Several people had lost feeling in their legs and slumped to the floor, hearts racing and adrenaline pumping, "I-I was so sure." Momo mumbled as Izuku and Uraraka helped her up.
Except for a few who weren't affected by the speech and left quickly, it was a much-subdued group that finally made it back to 1-A.