Chapter 3
Arriving at the school grounds, we made a group and waited for instructions.
"You kids have been doing these physical tests since junior high, too, right? Physical fitness tests where you weren't allowed to use your Quirks. The country still uses averages taken from results from students not using their Quirks. It is not rational. Well, the Ministry of Education is procrastinating."
He then looked towards me, "Midoriya, you finished at the top of the Practical Exam, right? In junior high, what was your best result for the softball throw?" Aizawa asked.
"133 meters," I replied
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"....Then, try doing it with your Quirk." Aizawa said as he threw a softball towards me, which I caught with ease. "You can do whatever you want as long as you stay in the circle. Hurry up. Give it all you've got."
I walked to the circle as I began stretching to loosen up my muscles. I then covered almost the entirety of my body with armament, focusing on the muscle groups that would help me put maximum force into my throw. I could feel the wind blowing in rhythm with my armament as it rippled around my body. Stomping my left foot forward, I swung my right arm in an arc and released the ball at an angle that promised maximum distance the ball could cover.
Breaking the sound barrier, the ball flew at blindening speed and kept going beyond what our eyes could see.
"Know your own maximum first." Aizawa said as the device in his hand measured the distance. "That is the most rational way to form the foundation of a Hero." He held up his phone as it read 5396 meters.
Class 1-A gasped in shock.
"5400 meters? Seriously?" said a blonde student with a black electric bolt mark in his hair.
"What's this? It looks fun!" said a pink skinned girl with yellow horns and yellow eyes.
"We can use our Quirks as much as we want! As expected from the Hero Course!"
"It looks fun, huh?" Aizawa said ominously. "You have three years to become a Hero. Will you have an attitude like that the whole time? 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?!" Most of the students of Class 1-A shouted.
'Punished with expulsion?! If you get last place in all eight tests?' I thought as I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Then I understood what he was trying to do. As long as one wasn't last in all of the tests, they won't be expelled. So they just had to do better then one out of twenty to stay.
"We're free to do what we want about the circumstances of our students. Welcome to U.A.'s Hero Course!" Aizawa said as he moved his hair out of the way, showing his freaky smirking face.
Uraraka spoke up, "Last place will be expelled? But it's the first day of school! 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. Heroes are the ones who must bear the responsibility of balancing that unfairness. If you planned to go talk with your friends at the local McDonald's after school, then you're sadly mistaken. For the next three years, U.A. will do all it can to give you one hardship after another. Go beyond. Plus Ultra. Overcome it with all you've got!"
Iida Tenya took out his water bottle and began to drink, 'This is too serious to be hazing. However, this is the best of the best. There is no choice but to do it.'
'Oh I can't wait to blast everything in my path!' Bakugo thought
"All right, demonstration is over. The real thing starts now…. "
Test 1: 50-Meter Dash
The first test was the 50-meter dash. Two students will line up and race each other at a time. A camera like computer machine will read and measure each student's time, and the student that gets the fastest time will get the highest score.
The first two students lined up ready to race are Iida and a green haired girl with large eyes with features similar to that of a frog.
"On your mark… Get set… " then the machine made the sound of a gunshot signalling the beginning of the race.
Iida blasted off and was the first one to finish the race.
"3.04 seconds," the computer stated as soon as Iida passed the finish line. Shortly after, the frog like girl was able to cross the finish line as well.
'For 50 meters, I can only go up to third gear… ' Iida thought.
Name: Iida Tenya
Quirk: Engine- He has engines in his calves which allows him to move at super high speeds.
"Well, he's like a fish in water. He's certainly in his element. However, speed isn't the only attribute that is essential for a Pro Hero. It'll be worth seeing what others do.
"Ribbit."
Name: Asui Tsuyu
Quirk: Frog- Well, the name speaks for itself. She can do whatever a frog can!
Asui's 50-meter dash time was recorded as 5.58 seconds which is not too shabby.
"Lighten up my clothes and shoes... "
Name: Uraraka Ochako
Quirk: Zero Gravity- Anything she touches will become weightless, and she will have absolute control over. However, her drawback is that is she overuses her Qurik, she will begin to become nauseous.
The machine made the gun shot sound as Uraraka and a blonde student with a large tail began to race. The boy with the tail crossed the finish line in 5.49 seconds while Uraraka did so in 7.15 seconds.
"Alright! That's faster than I was in junior high!"
"Hmph, everyone you're not being creative enough. I'll show you what it's like to be allowed to use your Quirk!"
Name: Aoyama Yuga
Quirk: Navel Laser- He can shoot a laser from his bellybutton. But he's limited by the amount of time he can shoot continuously.
"5.51 seconds."
"If I shoot for more than a second, I get a stomachache."
"What the heck," thought the various students of Class 1-A.
"Looking at the upper limit of your Quirks and the room for growth in each result, it becomes clear what you can and can't do." Aizawa said as he looked at the last two students getting ready to race. They were none other than me and Katsuki.
"On your mark… "
I looked to my left and saw Katsuki glare at me but he kept his mouth shut.
"Get set… "
What else could I have done other than use armament?
"Explosive speed!" Katsuki shouted as he ignited his hands with explosives that allowed him to get a boost of speed.
"2.06 seconds"
Katsuki was shocked midway through the race as he saw that I had already passed the finish line before him.
"4.13 seconds"
He finished the race shortly after.
Name: Bakugo Katsuki
Quirk: Explosion- He can create explosions from the palms of his hands
"When I use both hands, the force disperses…" he looked towards me in annoyance. 'He's gotten better than before. It looks like I'm going to have to bring my A game or he'll leave in the dust!'
'There are seven more tests. Well, I can easily make it through them. But how should I improve my armament? I need to be faster and should work to get massive bursts of strength in shorter duration,' was basically what I had in my mind. Activating my quirk took two to three seconds. In a real life battle, a villain wouldn't give me a chance to so that I knew, so I made up my mind to train to activate my quirk without needing to concentrate on it. To make is more instinctive.
Test 2: Grip Strength
*BEEP*
"630 kg."
"Woah, you got a monster high score just like Shoji! What do you two guys eat!?" Sero said to me as he and Mineta looked a bit envious. I looked over to see a student who was also about 6'2 with tentacle arms get a score of 540 kilograms.
Test 3: Standing Long Jump
Like Katsuki and Aoyama who went before me, I was able to completely jump over the sand and land on the other side.
Test 4: Repeated Side Steps
Just like before, I used armament to perform side steps and got a decent score. The last person to go was Mineta and he got the highest score since he used his purple balls to bounce himself back and forth with little to no effort. I sweatdropped at the display as I wasn't expecting that!
Test 5: Ball Throw
Since I already did this exercise, I wasn't required to do it again. Katsuki got a score of 705.2 meters. He grumbled and fumed for not scoring more. He might have wanted to say something to me but refrained. Years of confrontations and losses on his part and regular exposure to my 'Conqueror's Will' might have influenced that.
A tall girl with a ponytail created a cannon and was able to fire the softball about 767 meters. Quite an interesting quirk she had. My inner nerd was practically begging for me to ask her more about it but I knew better than that.
When it was Uraraka's turn, she used her Zero Gravity Quirk on the ball and threw it as it kept on floating and floating until it became a twinkle star in the sky as it went into space.
Aizawa showed what his phone read, and everybody was aghast to see that it read a pink infinity symbol.
"Infinity?!" Class 1-A shouted
"That's amazing! She got infinity!"
"Well, I guess she got me beat in this test." I said as I sweatdropped and chuckled.
The rest of the tests were easy and really straightforward.
Fifteen minutes later, we all gathered around to check our total score. Suffice to say, I scored the highest, followed by that creation girl who's name was Yaoyorozu Momo. Third was a boy named Todoroki Shoto. Todoroki, that reminded me of a very selfish and unpleasant hero. Was he Endeavor's son? but he used ice, not fire. The boy had half red hair while the other half was white. Perhaps he had a dual-quirk?
Katsuki was fourth and he looked downright pissed. I hid a smirk as I knew his pride was hurt. He got shown up by three other people, one of them being me.
The grape kid, Mineta Minoru, was last and he soon went down on his knees and began weeping.
"Anyway, there won't be any expulsions, it was just rational deception."
"..."
"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted.
"Of course it was a lie," The girl with ponytail said. "I'm surprised no one saw through it."
Well, I had no mind of correcting her. Aizawa would have expelled someone if they were last in all tests.
"With that, we're done here. There are handouts with the curriculum and such in the classroom so when you get back, look over them." Aizawa then walked away without sparing anyone a glance.
Just as I was about to leave with everyone else, I sensed someone watching us, or more specifically, me. I wanted to inquire but decided not to as I had to get ready for the next class.