Chapter 3
The day of the UA entrance exams was upon them. The Eternals of the Domo were all wishing him good luck, except Thena. Thena just looked at him and said, "Win."
The feral smile he gave her made Kingo take a step back.
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The gates of UA were impressive, just not as impressive as he thought they would be. Maybe having Sprite show him the cities of ancient times spoiled him a little when it comes to architecture, who knows.
The written exam is a lot easier than he thought it would be considering UA's status as the best school in the country. He even has time to add a full paragraph to the section on morals and hero law and the question on his view of hero society.
The auditorium is filled to the brim with hero hopefuls. Izuku can barely repress a fanboy-ish squeal when he sees Present Mic walk to the stage. The hero proceeds to explain to them the practical proportion of the exam along with its four types of robots. Although a rude examinee thought it would be a good idea to interrupt the Voice hero and complain about the pamphlet or something. Soon enough he's on a bus heading for his exam city.
The bus stopped at the entrance of a fake city. How the hell does UA afford all of this. I sure as hell hope this isn't where all our tax money goes, he thinks to himself. The examinees all get off and start to stretch to prepare for the upcoming strain on their muscles and quirks. The second Present Mic yells out "START!" Izuku is off like a shot.
Using some of Makkari's speed to rush into the city, he completely demolished a poor three pointer that was unfortunate enough to stand in his way. From there he fired off blasts of cosmic energy that, while still much weaker than Kingo's, still destroyed the two robots they hit. Then he grabbed one of the metal plates from the remains of his first victim and, using Gilgamesh's strength, threw it like a disc towards an unlucky two pointer that just so happened to catch his attention.
Distractedly, Izuku noticed the arrivals of the other contestants and decided it was a good time to change areas and find more robots. He couldn't run as fast as his deaf mentor and friend but he was more than fast enough to outpace everyone else and get to a deserted area in a few seconds. The dozen or so robots that littered the street where he stopped all zoned in on him, the red light of their cameras glowing dangerously.
"Let's have some fun shall we?" He materialized twin cosmic swords and spun around, cutting off the head of the one pointer that tried to sneak up on him. The robots all decided to jump him at the same time. He ducked under the rocket of a three pointer and rolled out of the way of a two pointer's tail. He brushed his hand against a three pointer and turned it into a puddle of water before slamming his hand against the water and freezing it into spikes that skewered a handful of the automatons. He threw himself away as a two pointer's tail smashed the road where he was crouched not ten seconds ago.
"Well that was rude." he commented under his breath. Before grabbing the offending tail and, summoning Gil's gauntlets, spun the metallic beast around and cleared the area around him by anihilating every unlucky fuck to be caught in his improvised two pointer helicopter spin. Luckily no other contestant had made it to his location yet so the flying robot corpses didn't hurt anyone. Taking the opportunity presented to him, Izuku began desecrating in the destroyed robots remains and fashioned himself a nice little shotgun with the lasers and rockets he salvaged using Phastos' power.once again he noticed some of the other examinees made their way to him while he was tinkering. His watch told him he still had ten minutes left to get the most amount of points possible before the end of the practical. Looking around he barely had the time to speed towards a lavender haired boy and catch the metal fist of the one pointer about to crush him. He disintegrated the bot before turning around to check on the teen.
"You alright?" he asked.
Hitoshi nodded and swallowed back hi sheart that decided lodging itself in his throat was a good idea. "Yeah, thanks for the save."
"No prob." The greenette looked at him for a second before speaking again. "I'm guessing you don't have a physical quirk?"
Hitoshi scowled. "No, it's a mental one. Not really effective against these hunks of junk." he kicked the ashes of the former one pointer. He was waiting for him to ask what his quirk was but was surprised when he was given a shotgun-ax.
"Here, I have a physical quirk so I don't need it. Do you want it?" Izuku offered his newly fabricated baby to the teen, who seemed to look at him with something akin to wonder and awe in his eyes as he was handed the weapon.
"Are you sure?" Hitoshi asked unsure. People were never this nice without wanting something in return.
"I literally just dusted that bot and you're asking me if I'm sure? Yes I am. Take it before the exam ends or else we'll both fail," he joked before thrusting into the boy's hands. "Cock it and press the trigger to shoot it like a shotgun, if you don't cock it then it'll just shoot normal energy blasts. The ax head is for if they get too close. Good luck." and with that the greenette vanished down the street and tackled a blonde boy to get him out of the way of a three pointer's missile.
Hitoshi turned to the two pointer approaching him and cocked the gun before aiming at the things body and pulling the trigger. The recoil almost sent the gun flying into (and possibly breaking) his nose, but it didn't. He readjusted his grip before making his way down the street shooting at the automatons and saving some of the other examinees.
Back with Izuku, he was busy saving a boy with a rock shaped head quirk from getting flattened by a three pointer. He turned the hand into roses before punching a hole through its chest and ripping out the wiring. Then he grabbed the entire thing and chucked at a lone one pointer heading in their direction. The contestants cleared out of the area seeing as it was the last bot on the street.
The cosmic wielder helped the boy up and he thanked him using JSL. He seemed surprised and delighted when Izuku answered in the same language. Dashing away to find more robots to destroy, he was stopped by the ground beneath him shaking. In the middle of the city he could see a veritable behemoth of a machine rising from the ground. It was tall enough to tower over some of the buildings but still be dwarfed by the mini-skyscrapers. Izuku channeled a bit more of Makkari's speed into his legs and ran towards the robot. He saw every other contestant running away from the fabled Zero Pointer but didn't stop. If a machine of that size was rising from the ground then it's more than likely that the debris from the buildings it crashed into on it's way up either injured or crushed someone and he was going to make sure there was no one there before either making his way out or transmuting the giant to dust. He doubted he could do it without passing out because of how much he already used his powers so many times in so little time but he'd be damned if someone got hurt because he ran away like a coward.
Once in the main street of the city he could see the Zero Pointer heading for him and the other examinees running to the exit at the end of the road. He sped around and looked for anyone who might've been knocked out or trampled during the stampede to get away.
"Help! Please! Anyone, help!" a female voice screamed from down the road.
Izuku looked over and saw a brunette with a bob cut and debris pinning her leg down. He ran to her and kneeled beside her.
"Hey, hey," he called to her softly. She looked at him with tears in her eyes and some snot running down her nose. "I'm going to get you out alright?"
She nodded shakily and pointed to her leg. "It's crushed, i can't move. Please fon't leave me. I don't want to die!" she grabbed his arms in a vice grip.
"You're not going to die, i promise." he gently (or as gently as he could anyway) pried her hands off his arms and placed his hand on the piece of rubble crushing her leg. "This is going to hurt," he warned her before turning the debris to water. She cried out when the water hit her wound.
"Now, let's get out of here shall we?" He picked her bridal style as gently as he could without jostling her injury and sped away.
Ochako thought she was going to die. Her leg was crushed under the debris from a building and the Zero Pointer showed no sign of stopping, she was terrified. But then a boy appeared, she couldn't see him very well because of the tears blocking her vision but she immediately grabbed him like a lifeline. Everyone else had ignored her cries and pleas for help and abandoned her to be crushed under the titanic robot but this boy didn't. He said something about getting her out but she didn't hear him, she just didn't want him to leave her to die like the others. Then water hit her injured leg and she cried out at the sudden shock in temperature and pain that seized her injured leg a moment later. She could vaguely feel herself being lifted and the street blurring around her before being gently deposited on the ground and passing out.
Izuku gently placed the injured brunette next to the lilac haired boy he helped earlier on a sidewalk a ways away from the still advancing Zero Pointer.
"Watch over her," he ordered the teen before vanishing back to the giant robot's path.
"HEY, UGLY!" he yelled at the machine. It stopped and looked down at him, seemingly curious as to what a puny human was doing insulting it.
"YEAH I'M TALKING TO YOU, YOU STEAMING PILE OF SHIT!" Apparently he went too far with that last insult because the behemoth raised one of its hands and tried to crush him into a Midoriya pancake.
Channeling as much of Gilgamesh's strength as he could into his arms, Izuku caught the palm of the hand. Unfortunately the pressure and weight of several tons of metal beats novice Eternal and the greenette was ford into a crater. His legs were shaking as he tried to prevent himself from being squashed by Phastos' wet dream. With a scream he mustered every ounce of cosmic energy he could and forced it into his muscles and arms. He couldn't tell you what happened next, all he remembered was a flash of light and darkness claiming him.
From where he was Hitoshi could clearly see what was happening. The helpful teen from before just dropped an injured girl at his feet, basically threatened him to watch over her (he doesn't care what anyone says, that tone of voice was clearly promising retribution if he failed at his task) and then sped away, back to the Zero Pointer that literally everyone else was running away from. He could see the Zero Pointer raise its arm and slam it's hand into the ground, causing vibrations strong enough he could feel them from where he stood. Then, after a few moments, the Zero Pointer started glowing gold and exploded into glowing white particles that exploded into the air