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Chapter 12: Quirk Assessment Part 1
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"Whoever gets the lowest average score in all 14 of these tests will be judged to have no potential and be expelled on the spot," Aizawa announced, the group collectively turning white.
“Huh?!” The class collectively yelled at the insanity of that declaration, Midoriya as stunned as the rest as he hoped that Aizawa was just messing around, as there was no way U.A. would give its staff that kind of power if anyone was expelled now; they'd have to wait an entire year to try and transfer to another university, and that's if any place would take them when they saw how they got booted from U.A. on the first day!
No, he saw it in the man's eyes. They might have been tired, but they held no humor, no deception…. 'He's…he's serious, someone's going home today…for good.' Even Hinata and (?) were stunned by this, Hiroyuki crying about how harsh it was. At the same time, Shigeru was silent. Still, even outside his mindscape, he could feel his animosity toward Izuku's new teacher.
"You feel it, don't you? The fear, the uncertainty? Well, get ready to feel that almost daily for the rest of your lives." Aizawa told them; reaching up, he combed his long, shaggy hair back so that they could see his maniacal smile, the man seemingly enjoying the dread he instilled in them. "Welcome to the U.A. hero course!" Several people took that moment to calm themselves and get ready for the coming tests; others seemed eager for them, confident that they'd not be the ones to be sent home.
Midoriya vowed he wouldn’t be that person, taking the feelings of those inside him and using them to harden his resolve. But that didn't mean others were as willing to accept such a harsh penalty as Uraraka stepped forward. "Last place will be expelled? But that's so unfair; it's our first day!" Others agreed with her.
“Oh, you say it’s unfair? Well, you’re right, it is.” Aizawa's blunt admission knocked the wind out of their sails. Now they wondered why he went through it and if he could see it was too harsh.
They didn't know that he went with it because it was too harsh. “But do you think natural disasters are unfair? What about big accidents? You think selfish villains care when and how they’ll strike? All these things can strike at any time, and few, if any, can predict when and where; life is filled with unfair things. A hero's job is to confront and reverse those unfair situations, saving lives and saving hearts."
His questions and the following statement kept them locked in as they listened, as none could refute them, least of all Aoyama and Midoriya, who knew firsthand what happened when heroes couldn't save someone when someone just had bad luck.
Looking them over, Aizawa saw potential—plenty of it—in each student there, from the ones who got in via recommendation like Todoroki and Tokage to others who just barely managed to pass the regular exam like Komori, Mineta, and Hagakure. They could go far in life with proper training and a healthy mindset. Still, that second one was the most important, and he was more than willing to be the harsh slap in the face if it meant they understood that.
"This isn't a job; it's a lifestyle that starts here. So, if you thought you'd get to just leave classes and hang out with friends at Colonel's, too bad. For the next 3 years, we'll do all we can to prepare for that lifestyle. One where overtime is common, injuries and death are an ever-present threat, vacations few and far between, and days could swing from helping old ladies cross the street to battling powerful villains and dealing with major accidents."
He wouldn't let them hold onto any delusions or exaggerations about the hero life that the media liked to focus on. To get to the point where pros like All Might, Endeavour, and Hawks sit, they need to understand the blood, sweat, and tears that will be shed. Heroes could work 12-hour shifts multiple days in a row and be called to act at any ungodly hour, regardless of whether they were up for it. Where danger could arise in the blink of an eye, and they'll need to always be ready to act to save lives and themselves.
But he saw potential in them, as in many that made it through U.A.'s infamously tricky entrance exams. Now, his smile turned a little less demented. "No, not just deal with, but go beyond. That is our motto, after all. So look at how unfair this is, and use that to fuel yourselves to overcome it. That's what it means to go to Plus Ultra." He gave them the challenge, and despite his grim words, he was internally happy to see how many took them to heart.
Tokoyami crossed his arms in thought, analyzing what they had been told. 'Hazing perhaps? No, this doesn't feel like that. Also, as harsh as it is, his words ring true. It makes sense that the top school would try and instill that early.' He thought, with Dark Shadow forming and leaning on his side.
‘We’ll just have to kick ass and not be last, simple as that.’ His quirk added, with the boy nodding along.
"Alright, demonstration's over; let's get on with this," Aizawa told them as he led them to the first of the 13 tests he had lined up for them: the 50m dash.
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The students were told they'd go in pairs of 2, with a robot at the end of the track set up to see their exact time once they crossed the finish line. Aizawa didn't seem to be working off any real list, as he selected two of them, Iida and a girl named Asui Tsuyu, to start.
Both got into position as the robot said, "On your marks, get set…go!" As soon as the call was given, Iida surprised most of them as he shot off like a bullet train. He had already crossed the finish line in what felt like a moment or so. "2.83 seconds." The robot started with the much slower but still remarkably fast Asui, hopping along and crossing the line with a time of 4.88 seconds. Having skidded to the stop, Iida looked back at the track with a frown but was still pleased with himself as he moved aside to make way for the next couple.
As he and Asui did so, Tetsutetsu whistled as he stood close to Ojiro and Midoriya. "He was made for stuff like this, wasn't he?" Tetsutetsu stated as the other two nodded.
"No kidding, if he was allowed to use quirks in high school, he would have cleaned up any running event with no problem," Ojiro noted as Midoriya watched Iida, a part of him wondering if he had met him before as his quirk seemed familiar, but he couldn't place the why.
"And odds are that they'll be tests that a few of us would be insanely suited for; that just means we need to give it our all….or be a little creative." Midoriya smiled when Aoyama and Yanagi were called up to bat. The Frenchman didn't get into a proper runner's stance. Instead, he looked across the way and seemed to think about something.
“You heard Aizawa-sensei use your quirks how you like, but he never said we had to actually run," Aoyama noted as Kamakiri looked at him like he was an idiot as Aoyama shifted to face the opposite direction. Kamakiri and the rest wondered what he was on about as the robot called out start. Aoyama's form burst in a dazzling array of light, briefly blinding Kamakiri, who cursed out in shock, the rest needing to do the same, with Midoriya having already lifted his hand to shield his eyes.
“Solar Beam!" The newly transformed Aoyama fired out two blasts of bright yellow sunlight, launching himself backwards towards the finish line as he had jumped up and crawled a little into a ball. Kamakiri raced to follow him, but Aoyama easily cleared the finish line long before his heteromorph classmate did. The robot called out his time as 4.67 seconds, with Kamakiri coming in with a time of 5.44 seconds.
“Dammit, what the hell was that? Did you have to fucking flashbang me?” Kamakiri marched to him.
Aoyama bowed to him, yet his smile remained in place. “My apologies, but I can’t control how bright my brilliance shines.”
Kamakiri snorted. “Ass.” Aizawa stepped in before things could escalate.
"Aoyama, it wasn't against the rules as it wasn't intentional, but if you can, remain transformed for the remainder of the test before you blind someone." He informed him that this time when Aoyama replied, it held a little more respect and seriousness.
“Very well, sir.” With that, the two were told to step to the side while another couple stepped forward to take the test. All while Iida scratched his chin in thought, his gaze on Aoyama, who went to stand with his friends—at least, he assumed they were friends.
“Interesting, so he’s a transformation type then? I had wondered about that.” He thought aloud, with Yaoyorozu looking his way.
“You know him?” She asked, with Iida shaking his head.
"No, I merely saw him at the exam but in this transformed state," Iida explained, as he had been in that zone with Uraraka and Aoyama but hadn't interacted with either of them. He would lie if he felt that Aoyama's showboating was a little annoying, as it went against what heroes were meant to be, at least the ones he had looked to. Still, he knew that the blonde could get results.
With the two on the track, the pink-skinned, pink-haired girl used her quirk to slide rather than run and managed to come out on top. The second person, a boy with a speech bubble for a head, was fast, but he couldn't match her speed. After her, Bakugo stepped forward along with one of the more polite members of their class, Shishida. Iida would deny that he took any joy in seeing Shishida use his beast mode to beat out Bakugo's time by 0.11 seconds. Still, maybe if Bakugo spent more time training, he would have come out on top.
"Midoriya, Todoroki, you're up next," Aizawa called, with the two responding. Midoriya, having seen what happened with Aoyama, shifted into his transformed state. However, once he did so, he noted Todoroki flinch away before the red-and-white-haired boy caught himself. Strange. Either way, Todoroki's reaction over his flames was superseded by a glare he shot his way, but he remained silent. Taking their spots, Midoriya crouched and waited.
He coated himself in flames when the go was given, with the lion's share around his legs. "Flame Charge!" He yelled as the intense heat of his flames supercharged his muscles, drastically increasing his speed as, like Iida, he shot forward, Todoroki following behind, propelled by ice shooting out of the soles of his feet. Midoriya crossed the line first with a time of 3.01 seconds, second only to Iida, while Todoroki glared at him as he came in with a time of 3.6 seconds.
“Your flames interfered with my ice.” Todoroki approached him.
Midoriya laughed, though he felt a little embarrassed, as he clapped his hands and bowed to his taller classmate, ignoring the voice that reminded him that he seemed one of the shortest guys. "Oh, sorry about that. I'll be sure to keep my distance for any other test."
"See that you do." Todoroki hardly batted an eye as he walked off, leaving Midoriya slightly miffed.
'Someone's rude.' He thought as he left the track to make way for the rest. He saw that they used their quirks in pretty innovative ways, as Kuroiro, a boy whose skin was as black as coal, took advantage of a passing cloud shadow to zip to the end in 5.12 seconds, while Tokage split herself into several pieces and for lack of a better word, flew to the finish in 5.54 seconds while a small blonde girl used her quirk and rode her horns to the end. However, she tripped as she landed across the line with a time of 5.6 seconds.
Others didn’t have a creative but simple, practical way of using their quirk, as Ojiro used his tail as an extra limb to push himself forward. It wasn't the most flashy, but seeing how he managed to get 4.81 seconds, it would be hard to argue with the results. Others like Tsuburaba didn't even use their quirks yet got a time of 5.17 seconds. When asked, he noted that his training with his quirk over the years meant he had a crazy lung capacity and got more out of each breath than most.
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Next up was the standing long jump; well, it was the weirdest when it came to rankings. The sand pit was 3m long, but 14 people cleared it quickly. Among them was Bakugo, who just blasted himself across; Aoyama, Tsunotori, who happened to be the blonde with the horns, and Tokage, who used a similar track to the 50m dash; Yanagi, who used her quirk to carry herself across, though she seemed a little drained by the effort; Midoriya and Shishida who merely cleared it through the strength of their legs and others.
Tsuburaba didn't even jump but used his quirk to make a solid air platform and walk across to which Aizawa stated, "He didn't touch the floor, so it counts' which had one of his classmates with a copy quirk just used the same trick. Midoriya made a note to keep an eye on him lest he try to copy his quirk and learn things he was better off not knowing. Still, with so many people sharing first place, Hagakure cheered as it meant that the scores for everyone else would look better because they only went as low as 26th.
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Next came the grip strength test. Aoyama's quirk offered nothing he could use, and as a result, he got a score of just 56.7kg, while their fellow dormmate Tetsutetsu, with his quirk, got a score of 252.3kg. When he saw it, he grimaced. "Oh yeah, now that's power!"
"Dude, I would say that's power." Tokage, one of the people Midoriya and Aoyama shared first place from the previous test, pointed towards three of their classmates. One of them, a yellowish-skinned boy with no lips, might have scored the highest of them all. How did he achieve such a feat? Well, he used his quirk to turn the machine he had been given to mud, and when he pulled, it came apart, which Aizawa just recorded as 'Undefined'.
Another was their multi-limbed beast of a classmate who used his 3 arms to score over 800kg. "That insane; you have the power of a gorilla or something?" One of their other classmates asked the giant with their smallest classmate, a boy with purple balls for hair, looking at the taller one in awe.
“Octoupus…are sexy,” The three decided to ignore that comment and turn to the final of the 3, that being Shishida, who bulked up once more but only managed a score a little over 490kg, leaving quite the difference between him and second place. Tetsutetsu felt a little disheartened when he saw other scores higher than his own as the girl with vine hair used her hair for her test and got a score close to 100kg greater than his own. In contrast, another used her quirk to create a robot arm to do hers, and got an even higher score of an exact 348kg.
"If it works," Another spoke up as she used her quirk on the device much like first place did. Still, instead of destroying it, she made it more significant enough to step into between where her fingers would generally go and use her entire body to press down on the trigger, getting a score of close to 400kg. Another, who introduced herself as Kendo Itsuka earlier, asked if she could borrow the other girl's enlarged device, the reason made clear when she activated her quirk, turning her hand supersized and then taking the test, scoring an even higher score of 483.4kg as narrated by Hagakure who happened to close by.
"Don't sweat it, buddy. So what if you didn't get the highest? We're here to train, right?" Midoriya patted Tetstutetsu’s back.
“Yeah…Yeah, you’re right!” The shark tooth boy regained some confidence in him, but then he realized something else. “Wait, have you done yours yet?”
"Thanks for reminding me. I got sidetracked by all the cool quirks on display." Midoriya smiled as he lifted his machine to do it, but he paused and looked off to the side, blinking a couple of times. He nodded at whatever thought he was having. Aoyama was the only one who had any idea what could be happening. “You might want to step back.”
“Why’s that? You going to do that spinning thing again?” Tetsutetsu asked, which Midoriya smiled at, though he mentally prepared himself for what came next.
“No, this would be more…electric,” He vaguely replied as Aoyama gave Tetsutetsu a knowing smile, the taller boy being confused by deciding to trust the two as they did just that. With some space, Midoriya closed his eyes and took a breath. “Bring bolts and thunder crashing down Date.”
With that command, his belt buckle responded, not with flames like before, but an explosion of electricity, a sound akin to a lightning strike echoing through the space, stopping all activity, even tripping some up as they fell over in shock, the same earphone jacked eared girl from earlier falling to her knees in pain from the deafening crash of thunder bouncing around the walls of the gym. All eyes turned to Midoriya, clocked in lightning, swirling around him like a snake.
A hand reached out from within the storm, and a yellow appendage covered with mustard-colored fur was before it to the side, displaying the lighting and allowing the class and teacher to take in what had become of Midoriya. Where he had been in his flame form since the first test, he had shifted to a completely new one; his skin was now a tan yellow, with darker mustard yellow fur around his hands and ankles with a thick bloom of white fur around his neck and upper chest.
His hair was the same mustard yellow, and erect cat-like ears were added atop his heat, replacing his human ones. This wasn't the only mutation he had undergone, as they could tell that his legs had become sleeker, closer to what a cat's hind legs would be like if only slightly adjusted for bipedal motion. His arms and chest were also bulkier, though not by much. That was all they saw as Aoyama erected a barrier of light that went as high as Midoriya's waist, one he adjusted to act like a mirror.
Midoriya didn't focus on that move from his friend; instead, his mind was on the electricity coursing through his body, making his fur stand on end as he willed it to greater levels, which that his arm and hand, already larger than his usual appendage bulked up even more as the lightning supercharged his muscles. With this added boast, he squeezed on the machine till it heard it beep.
“226.8kg,” Midoriya looked at the screen, his hand and arm deflating as he allowed the electrical boast to fade. "I was hoping it would be in the 230s, but this will do."
Aoyama clapped his hands, though he looked down amused. "Great work, Izuku, but perhaps you should adjust your pants…once you pick them up."
“What?” Midoriya asked, looking and saw that his pants had fallen, hitting him like a brick to the head; this form altered his shape enough that his shirt would be stretched, but that his pants would fall without a custom-made adjustable belt, one that he forgot to use. “Dammit! Did anyone see anything?” He scrambled to pick up his pants, embarrassed that he could have flashed his damn underwear; it wasn't helped by the fact that ever-sleepy Date laughing and telling him he wore a custom pair of tighty whities so no one could have seen his package
A redhead in his class was the first to pick his jaw off the ground as he shakingly pointed at him. “Dude…I don’t think anyone was focused on that…”
“What the fuck was that all about? I thought your quirk was that rabbit flame thing? You have more than one!” Tokage demanded, though her smile hampered any threat of aggression from her as Midoriya shifted back to his flame form, having pulled his pants back on.
He was about to rebut this and try to stem the attention he would get, but Yanagi beat him to it, tapping her chin as she recalled the entrance exam. “I had assumed so, as I recall seeing him have at least 2 others during the exam.”
"Wait, for real? Dude, that is insane!" Tetsutetsu turned to him, followed by others that wanted to know more about his quirk and what it could do, some already calling it bullshit as he could do much more than he could. Some more reserved students stayed back, though Bakugo was an exception as he couldn't believe his eyes. He had been shocked to see them during the exam. Still, as annoying as it was, it had been close to a decade since they last saw each other. Hence, the idea the quirkless losers he knew were just late bloomers who got their quirks when he wasn't around wasn't impossible to accept.
But there is a difference between accepting the extras with little power and seeing that extra display power they shouldn't have. That Cheesehead already showed off that tacky transformation which he bitterly accepted gave him a powerful ability, but how the fuck did Deku get a quirk that gave him 4 forms?! One fire and the other electricity?! “What the fuck, when did he…when they did quirks like that?” He asked himself, grinding his teeth together as he held himself back from charging in and demanding answers.
Dark Shadow, who Tokoyami had done the test for him, had been out the entire time, and while the light show of the transformation meant that he shrunk, he was able to see the entire thing. 'Fumi, there's another one, ' he noted through his mental link with his host.
‘What do they look like?’ Tokoyami asked, keeping his eye on Midoriya.
‘They look like you did back in high school, a little bit of an edge lord with clearly dyed blue hair tips, bright blonde hair, grey skin, and solid blue eyes.’ Tokoyami ignored that comment about himself and instead focused on everything else. Each time he saw Midoriya, he only added to his confusion about him and his quirk status.
‘Are they talking?’ Dark Shadow shook his head.
‘No, but they look like they will later.’ As he and his quirk spoke about this, Aizawa also had his eye on the boy, trying to figure out the Midoriya Izuku mystery.
‘So far, he’s shown off 4 forms, though there is still the mystery of why his quirk registry didn’t clarify the how or how many he has.’ Aizawa knew in his gut that it was suspicious that the boy didn't think he could do it when he updated his form; why hadn't he updated it since? Then there was the fact that he and Aoyama got their quirks around the same time, and from what Nezu could dig up, they had been close friends long before that.
No, there was something more there, but for now, he had little more than suspicion, and it wasn't like he would have too much time with the boys, so he'd have to leave some of the observations to the rest of the staff.
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Following this were the two press tests, starting with the bench press where Uraraka and the quiet girl with the size alteration quirk, Kodai managed to take it in a landslide as because of her quirk, Uraraka could just keep stacking plate onto the bar, then nullify its gravity. Once she crossed the 3 tons mark, Aizawa gave her infinity to save them time. Kodai wasn't as outrageous as she shrunk the weights and then tied them to the bar, with the girl deciding that 2.5 tons was enough of a flex before she stepped aside.
"It's not even close." Kaminari, who had been extremely eager to talk to him before, bemoaned as Shoji and Shishida, their physically strongest classmates, went through with the bench press. However, neither even got over a ton, with Shoji maxing out at 945 kg and Shishida at a much lower 685kg.
“He said to go all out.” Uraraka looked a little embarrassed by the situation.
Meanwhile, Kodai's face was passive, with little if any emotion on it. "I'm not sorry." Aoyama laughed at her lack of care for any bruised egos. Sound quality is not just for a hero but also for a person to have if you are worried about every time you upstage someone. How could you shine bright? Bakugo went up next with the others, looking ready to prove something. Still, as Aoyama predicted, there was nothing his quirk could do to help him, though being able to bench 110kgs was far from average. However, his mood got even fouler when he saw Kamakiri match that.
While they butted heads over it, one of the taller classmates with a gun dispenser-like head got 130kgs. At the same time, Iida, despite being a speedster, proved that his sizeable upper body wasn't just for show, benching 135kg. Shiozaki again used her quirk, with her vines lifting 340kg, well over twice what Iida could do. Midoriya went next, remaining in his flame form; he benched a little over 400kgs, enough to draw Bakugo's ire, but he kept his distance.
With Kendo and Yaoyorozu, it came as no surprise that both got high placements, as such a test was easy for Kendo. The girl got a weight higher than Midoriya and noted she could have gone higher if the bar was designed for someone with her quirk. The heiress made another machine, this time a robotic upper body with insanely bulky arms, to do it for her, and because of that, she got well over half a ton.
"I'm going to place as high as possible!" Tetsutetsu proclaimed as he got ready, the weights stacking into the bar as he lifted it and held it in place.
"And how are you going to top infinity?" a boy with dark hair asked one of their classmates.
"To infinity," Tetsutetsu started as the weights reached 600kg before finally settling at 620kg. "And beyond!" He roared as he slowly lowered it, the machine ready to catch it should his arms fail, but then he slowly raised it, repeating the motion another 9 times to complete his set. Once the bar was back in place, he got up. He roared, joined by a redhead from before, Kirishima, who embraced Tetsutetsu as the two got into a heated conversation about the finer points of weight lifting.
When it came to the leg press, the top 6 were the same as last time, though now that they could use their legs, both Sato and Shoji managed to get much better scores. Shoji got close to 2 tons, while Shishida got a little over a ton.
"You think she has a droid hobby?" Kaminari asked as he and Midoriya watched Yaoyorozu make another robot, this one a pair of legs, and had that do the test, the android, or at least part of one, managing a score slightly higher than her other one.
Midoriya shrugged. "Who knows, but I will say her quirk is incredibly versatile if she can create whatever she pleases."
"Does she need to do it through her skin though, as I thought it was strange before…" Ojiro added, as he had been a little uncomfortable be…well, comfortable the tall girl was with just disrobing before them all, as she would just remove her top, leaving her in just a sports bra, and then put it back on like it was nothing. A sight not helped by the fact that out of all the girls there, she was undoubtedly the most…developed.
While Ojiro seemed a little shy about it, Midoriya and Aoyama had got over it pretty quickly. After all, both had seen a girl topless before, Aoyama seeing multiple. Still, Midoriya kept it to himself that Yaoyorozu had a much larger bust than Saiko.
Not knowing what was going through his head, Hagakure shrugged her shoulders at the topic. "Wouldn't be surprised; at least her undoing her shirt means she doesn't tear it, though she could make a new one. Must save her a ton when she shops." She muttered the last pit, the group nodding as they did feel like another bonus to Yaoyorozu’s quirk. Hell, since she could pull out working machines, she could probably just make appliances or the parts that were hard to source should said part break.
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When it came time for the sit-ups, they were organized into groups of 8, each with a robot told keep an eye on them while Aizawa supervised the entire group. That first group was Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, Sato, Rin, Asui, Kodai, Shod,a and Hagakure. Once they all took position,theye were told to star,t and well, Hagakure didn't havethe best time.
“This sucks," She moaned as she threw in the tower, having only done 33 sit-ups, a number she just knew would be in the lower tier of their class and only added to her worries that she would be the one booted when the end came. The short and rather plump-looking Shoda stopped at 40 while Kodai, despite breathing heavily-remained expressionless as if her life depended on it and kept at it till she managed her 46th.
“Come on, Hagakure, they’re still plenty of tests!” Tetsutetsu cheered her on, Kirishima at his side as the two had become manly friends…whatever that meant.
Her mood wasn't helped by the fact that half her group was still going, with Asui only now stopping, but even then, she managed 67, more than double what she managed. "Yeah, but how many do you think being invisible will help me?"
"Except that last exercise, I've seen at least 2 others get lower scores than you," Aoyama told her, as he had been keeping a keen eye on everyone. Giving her an encouraging smile, he continued. "If you try your hardest, my lady, I'm sure you'll have many more days at this exemplary school."
“Flirt.” They couldn’t see her face, but they suspected that she wasn’t as bummed out now. Back with the remaining students, Awase had given up shortly after Asui, with Sato managing 82 before he decided that he had made his mark. Yaoyorozu was again surprised as, despite not using her quirk, the girl managed to get up to 94 before deciding enough was enough.
"Those core muscles weren't for show; that was impressive." Tetsutetsu praised as Yaoyorozu got up, recalling the times that they had seen her topless and how firm her mid-section had been, with just a smidge of fat to it.
"No kidding. She must be an Amazon or something, but she can just make her weapons." Kirishima nodded along, even ignoring how Todoroki managed the highest in his group by a wide margin, as he only stopped when he reached 152 sit-ups.
"The Next group will be Kendo, Kaminari, Midoriya, Tokoyami, Ashido, Shiozaki, Tsunotori, and Tetsutetsu." Aizawa called their names out, with Tokoyami noting that fate would place him next to Midoriya, the enigma.
"Oh man, I feel like those 3 are going to make me look even worse," Kaminari complained as he took his spot between Kendo and Midoriya.
"Worry not about what other men think, and focus on what good you can do," Shiozaki stated, her words calming as she calmly got into position.
“Oh-thanks!” Kaminari smiled at her encouragement, with the woman returning the smile in two. “You free after this.” Her smile fled her face faster then villains fleeing All Might at Kaminari’s laughable poor timing to make a move.
“No.” She didn't glare, but her words still carried ice to them, one that made it clear that whatever opinion she held about Kaminari had just taken a nose dive, a fact not lost on the guy as he slumped. However, he kept proper form as they waited.
‘Harsh.’ The group thought as one, but none spoke in Kaminari's defense.
“Start.” Aizawa gave the word, each being watched by a robot, which made the exercise a little bit weird, as the bots were the size of toddlers yet moved via tracks. As Kaminari had predicted, he wasn't in the best shape and got as far as 39 before he fell face-first and dragged himself off the mat. Tsunotori lasted a little longer, but at 48, she gave up and got up with a little more dignity than her fellow blonde. Tokoyami had tried to match Midoriya, Kendo, and Ashido's pace as they remained constant but found that he was far from their level as he had to call it in 53.
Ashido gave him a wink as he left and managed to last 76 before she took a breath and got up, high-fiving Kirishima once she rejoined the rest. "That was a new personal best." She cheered.
"Hey, who knows, by the end of the year, you'll break the 100s," Kirishima replied as the group continued to watch. Much like Yaoyorozu before her, Shiozaki remained strong and just barely lost out to Yaoyorozu's record as she stopped at 93 and calmly got up, accepting a towel from another bot to wipe her face before handing it back to the machine, which left to take it to wherever the laundry was cleaned.
The final three kept it well into the triple digits, giving their classmates a show as they were all visible taking heavy breaths and strained to rise. In contrast, the robots kept their feet planted, they kept going. Kendo was the first to throw in the towel as she went down and didn't get up. "That's it for me…132, not bad." She took some breaths to soothe her sore muscles, with Midoriya lasting just another before he stopped.
Tetsutetsu, on the other hand, seemed to take the fact he was the last one standing as a sort of second wind. "Yeah, come on, no pain-no gain!" He declared, which brought a tear to Kirishima's eye as Tetsutetsu quickly blew past Todoroki's record and kept going till he maxed out at 166.
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Trying a new thing where the author note that's normally at the top is moved down here, at least when I post on Patreon.
I have a problem; I know this is fiction, that I, as the author, have a large margin of where I can fuck around. You'll just accept it, but for some damn reason, I still feel the need to do far work justifying shit than I need to. I spent 2 DAYS just working on the chat of challengers, placing students on it based on their quirks, skills at this point, and mentalities before getting the averages to put them on a ranking chat…I need help. I only hope that my insanity led to a final product that you call like.
I also watched the second episode of Suicide Squad Isekai, and I'm LOVING it. That ED was as confusing yet amazing as I was told it would be, especially the parts with Waller. They'll really take the idea that this is a comedy and run with it.
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I admit that I didn't think this through. I was the one who decided that they'll need more tests to give a baseline of what they're like, but then I didn't think about how much time it would take to write all that. Even when I just focus on the notables of the test, there's still a lot of stuff to cover. Hopefully, the next chapter will be the second and final part of this.
