Chiyo waited as the boy slowly woke up. Such raw power … she'd have to beat up Yagi for being a moron again. Maybe call up Gran Torino to really drive it in. What was the idiot thinking giving the quirk to this poor boy on the day of the test? Probably told him all he needed to do was clench his butt and yell smash.
The groan confirmed the boy was coming back to the land of the waking at the very least. "Does anyone have the number of the robot that punched me?" He asked.
"Specifically robot 2469. Powerloader spend a lot of time making sure they're in tip-top shape." She rhetorically answered. "I'm guessing Toshi didn't explain much to you before the exam?"
"Bunny-sensei?" She had to hide a chuckle for that little tidbit. "Well no, he found me on the beach, asked to train me, told me to sign up for the hero course of UA, and after a couple months of what just seemed like normal work I got really buff. He told me to eat his hair and that I would soon clench my cheeks and yell something. After that I learned I fight robots and went running around cause they gave them guns and rockets. Why give them guns and rockets!?"
Because villains have much much worse. "Then I see a girl in trouble and jump, then I'm flying as I punch the thing which is super cool, but then I become a noodle and then-" He froze. "Oh no, I'm not supposed to tell people!"
"I already know. Guess Toshi didn't tell you about the people you can trust either." She was DEFINITELY giving Gran Torino a call later for that alone. "Well as long as you can promise me not to use your power so recklessly like that in the future, I can set you on your way."
The boy nodded, before looking pale. "Oh man, now I need to pay for hospital costs. I already spent a lot trying to work up tuition."
"Ah...You're still at U.A. You're in the nurse's office of the school." Recovery Girl explained. "You don't have to pay anything. I'm just here to make sure you're able to keep walking."
"Really?" The blue haired boy looked down at his casts. "This doesn't hurt nearly as bad as it did, you're a really good doctor, thank you." He sent a very innocent smile for a guy who just destroyed a zero pointer with a single punch.
"Don't mention it, sonny. I'm just doing my job." She reassured him with a smile of her own. "Now best be on your way. You'll get your results back within the next week or so."
"Oh, I don't need to know. I didn't get any points. Guess I'll give Bunny-sensei his quirk back since I failed." The sad look on his face almost made her want to spill the beans. It didn't look right to see this kid frown.
"Actually I hear … Bunny-sensei." She was going to laugh so hard with Nedzu after this. "Is busy this week, you'll probably have to wait until school starts to see him again." Because he was prepping to be a teacher after all.
"Oh, good for him. Glad to know he's busy with something other than me. I can think of a good apology card or something while I wait."
==
Iruma checked his parents' mail, as always. "Bills." He tossed that onto his pile. "Bills." Once again, onto his pile. "Grandparents." Onto his parents pile. "Advertisement." Onto the bonfire. "UA." Onto the-wait a second. He double checked, confirming that yes, it was a letter from UA, their symbol on it and everything. "Huh, seems a bit fancy for a rejection letter."
Oh well, those hard working teachers probably put a lot of time and effort into mailing each rejection, so better to not waste their time by throwing it out. He'll read it all no matter how much it would sting to know he let Bunny-sensei down.
Taking the knife he always carried in his pocket, he opened it up carefully, and something round and slightly heavy fell on the ground. "Huh, what's this?" Some metal disk? Okay, that was different, but it confused him immensely. The disk shot a laser in his eye. Ah, evil disk! He threw it against the wall of his tent, which fell to the ground as Bunny-sensei was up on a screen. Wow, TVs have become so advanced nowadays!
"BOOYAH, I AM HERE, AS A PROJECTION!" Bunny-sensei? Why would he..oh right, he was famous. He appeared on T.V all the time. This was probably a talk show he hosted or something. "I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE, YOUNG SUZUKI, BUT AT HEART, I'M AN ENTERTAINER AS MUCH AS I AM A HERO! I'VE BEEN FINALIZING MY PLANS TO TEACH AT U.A THIS COMING YEAR!"
"Bunny-sensei's going to be a teacher? That makes sense." Maybe training him was some sort of warm up before he did it for real. Maybe he was going to find someone powerful at U.A and he just needed Iruma as a sort of testing dummy for his methods. Nice to know he was useful to him after all.
"NOW I WANT TO PERSONALLY GIVE YOU A MESSAGE ON-I'm sorry?" Bunny-sensei began talking with a hand. "I have to do HOW many of these by the end of the day?" More hand movement. "Then why didn't you tell me before? We have multiple teachers. Why am I the only one to-forget it. Let's move on."
Bunny-sensei moved to some sort of chart that was blank before pointing back to him. "I suppose you've been anticipating your results." Not really, he knew he failed already. "I won't lie, your test results for the written exam were...much to be desired….no, I'm not going to tell him he got the lowest score in U.A history..crap, you're going to edit that part out right?" He thought he was going to fail because he didn't punch important robots, he never considered math would be his downfall.
"Now as for the practical portion of the exam, you failed to score any villain points." Right, he failed. "If that was all there was to it!" There was more!? But they never told him more. "Take a look at this girl here." Bunny-sensei showed a picture of the round faced girl from the exam.
"Excuse me, i'm here to ask about that one kid. Blue hair, noodle arms, cute cowlick on the top of his head?" He had a cowlick and noodle arms, it must have been him! "He saved me and still didn't get any points during the exam. I was wondering if it was possible for me to give him some of my own?"
Someone...wanted to give him something? Something he didn't even have to say please for? What new spawn of madness was this? She didn't need to give him anything, she said please and he helped her like any normal person would.
"Such a kind and noble soul. Even though you aren't allowed to transfer points, she didn't need to! You see, we keep something on the down low for occasions like this. Rescue Points! For true heroic acts of saving others!" Why didn't they tell him he could get points by helping people?
"Don't worry little listener. Both you and the little guy are going to be okay." Shouty mc guy said to the girl before the screen went blank again, before revealing a chart with lots of numbers.
"Ochako Uraraka:40 rescue points! And Iruma Suzuki:120 rescue points! Breaking the previous record of rescue points once held by me! You're first place in the exams!" He was first! This was awesome, he would have to thank everyone for being in danger. Or would that be stupid?
"Take heart, Young Suzuki! U.A is now your HERO ACADEMIA!"
This...this felt good. He feels like he should be more excited about this… but he only did it because Bunny-sensei asked him too. Iruma tried out for the school because it would help him. Oh well, he was able to succeed in something after someone placed all their trust in him. That was good enough.
==
Toshinori watched his successor run up to him. "Bunny-sensei!" Well at least it wasn't All Might. "Thank you, I got you a card!" The boy handed him a card, the words 'sorry I failed you' crossed out with 'thank you for believing in me'. It sucked he couldn't have just told the boy he passed when he wanted, but contract.
"No need, young Suzuki, you did spectacularly on your own. No need to thank me." He waved his hand modestly.
"No, really, thank you! There's not a lot of people who put so much faith in me for something so important without asking for a cut of my salary. You're the first person that asked me to improve myself for something."
"Well they've never seen the well of potential that I did that day on the beach." He laughed. "Tell me boy, how does having a quirk feel?" He learned the boy was quirkless a month in, and while he at first felt pity, it instantly vanished, feeling disgusted in himself for thinking like that of such a kind hearted soul.
"It feels like when you over fry chicken and make all the bones super crunchy and brittle." That … was a new metaphor. But he could work with this.
"Then you need to learn how to cook the chicken better, less brittle and just right. If you master that, your bones won't break."
"So I need to learn how to cook chicken in order to be a hero?" The boy said seriously with a hand on his chin, putting himself in a 'thinking' position. "Fried chicken tastes pretty good, but it's not that healthy, maybe grilled or baked would be better.."
"N-no, it's a metaphor. It means learn how to control the power without breaking yourself, like I did." He should probably learn to be more direct with how literally this kid took stuff.
"Oh, how was it for you?" Young Suzuki asked with innocent eyes.
"Go ahead Toshi, it's been a hot minute, you've got this."
"You really think so, master?"
"Of course, the first punch is always raw instinct, just let the power flow!"
"Alright then, here we go!" CRUNCH. "AAAAHHHH!"
"And that's your first lesson, your arm breaks if you overcharge it. Torino, you're up, let's knock some combat sense into him."
"I learned it instantly." He shivered. "No worries. You'll have all the time at U.A to focus on controlling that power. Rome wasn't built in a day, you know."
"It wasn't? I mean, it would be silly to think a whole city could be made in a day, but quirks actually do make this possible. In fact, how did an entire city get built in U.A? The school's bigger than it looks on the outside."
"We have a guy who's great with stone and another great with machinery, they work well together." Besides their 'building speed rivalry', which sometimes got out of hand. Like that mechapocolypse incident. So many deceased bots. "Now then, let us get some more training in, Young Suzuki! "
"Is that All Might!"
"So cool!"
"Run fast, very fast Young Suzuki!"
"Yes sir, Bunny Sensei!" He didn't look that much like a rabbit, right?
==
Kaminari watched as the (probably) two biggest assholes in the class argued with each other. "Refrain from placing your feet on these tables, you mouthy delinquent!"
"Still haven't removed the stick up your ass since the last time, haven't you?" The louder asshole leaned back with a shit eating grin. "I'm assuming you were born with it along with the silver spoon in your mouth? I'm going to have a fun time tearing you a new one." Asshole yes, but brewing with confidence.
"I'm not..fine...I admit, I may have gotten us off on the wrong foot since our last encounter. Let us start all over. I'm Iida Tenya, a former student of Somnei Academy."
"A private school!? I was just guessing about the silver spoon, looks like I hit the mark dead on you entitled extra." Wow, he didn't think engines and eyebrows could connect so well with twitching. It was like a visible annoyance.
"Wow, they make these doors really big." A new voice entered the room, and the new guy it came from had this big wide eyed expression. "Do giants go to this school?"
"Hey, I know that cowlick from anywhere! The one punch guy!" A cute brown haired round faced girl said right from behind him. Wow, he would have to ask her on a date later.
"You?" The blond asshole asked, sparks forming with a snarl that screamed danger.
"You?" Asked the blue haired asshole, genuine surprise.
"Suzuki?" Asked a cute jack girl with this tomboy look to her and nice purple hair with these sharp eyes.
"Oh, hey there. I'm Iruma Suzuki, I never got your name." Suzuki offered a hand to the round face.
"Um, Ochako Uraraka, nice to meet you." The girl blushed vividly. Great, first day and he already lost a girl.
"Oh, I'm Tooru Hagakure!" A floating pair of the school uniform suddenly appeared right between them. "I never got the chance to thank you again for helping me during the exam! I owe you one, Iruma-kun!"
"It's no problem, thank you for letting me see you. I didn't even know about the rescue points but they're the reason I passed." He laughed.
Oh, the blue hair asshole was walking over, looking very serious as Suzuki tensed … then bowed. "Please forgive me Suzuki, I thought of you as a delinquent, but you have proven yourself to care about every student in strides! I have much to follow in your example!" Oh, so not an asshole, just super strict.
"Oh..that's alright. I was just trying to act like I thought a hero should act. Being a hero means helping people who are in trouble, right?" The blond asshole clicked his tongue, but he didn't see why.
"Everyone in your seats" Spoke … a caterpillar?
"Ah, a homeless hobo!" Suzuki cried and fell back. "Everyone protect your pockets! You don't know if he's armed!"
Kaminari went out in full blown laughter at that. It was quickly silenced by the man's hair floating up with a red eyed gaze. "I'm your homeroom teacher, Shoto Aizawa." Oh shit. He was already on the shit list on the first day of school. At least he wasn't alone. Suzuki looked like a decent detention buddy.
Everyone took their seats after that, Suzuki looking completely horrified, still watching the teacher with a bit of mistrust. Guess he didn't fully believe him.
"It took you nine seconds to calm down, clearly you all need to shape up. So to see where you're at physically, we're going to do some physical training." This was just getting worse by the second wasn't it.
==
Aizawa waited for the problem-class to approach, clearly not understanding how screwed over they were. Except for that Suzuki child, he was afraid, but for the wrong reasons all together. The moment he made his presence known, his first instinct was to prepare for an attack and shield himself. There was something he could work with, if the entrance exam didn't show off a major, MAJOR concern regarding his quirk.
"Now then, let me tell you something you all should be completely aware about. I am not your average teacher, and you are in a hero course. You will not have fun or normal school activities, such as Orientation, unless I believe they are either practical, or required for you not to commit suicide from mental strain."
"That's possible?" Suzuki muttered, still having that fearful aura surrounding him. "Schools are more dangerous than I thought!" He should've paid more attention to the low written exam scores. This level of naivety was hard to watch.
"Now here we're going to determine how strong you can be with your quirks, since your middle schools are illogical and prevent any form of usage." He saw the way that Bakugou's eyes widened, something to look into. "Katsuki Bakugou, you scored the highest amount of Villain Points during the Entrance Exam, how far could you throw in middle school?"
"Sixty-seven meters the last time I checked." The explosion user said with an eye roll.
"Sounds good, but you can do better. Enter the circle and use your quirk to throw this ball." He tossed one to the blonde. "Anything's allowed, just stay inside the circle.
The boy looked it over, tossing the ball up a few times to test its weight, then sparking the other hand with various stages of ignition. The kid knew what he was doing at the very least. Bakugou winded up his ball, and threw it as hard as he could, an explosion taking place. "DIE!" With a somewhat disturbing yell to boot.
"Die?" The entire class said in usion as the ball soard farther and farther. He got a beep on his phone.
"This is what you'll accomplish if you manage to push yourself." He shows them a score of 705.2 meters.
"That's so many!" Shouted Kirishima, eyes sparkling with some form of amazement. "Super Manly!"
"Alright, no holding back on our quirks!" Sero yelled while raising his arms.
"This is going to be super fun!" And Ashido said the line that broke the camel's back.
"Fun? You think the next three years are going to be fun?" He got their attention back, the beads of sweat piling on their heads making it evident that they knew they screwed up. "Alright, how about this for a little fun? The student that places last after all events will be immediately expelled on the spot."
"What the..you can't do that!" Uraraka shouted like a little child. "We just got here! We all passed the entrance exam, that's not fair!"
"If you wanted fair you shouldn't have tried being a hero." He stated, making them shut up. "You're all working towards being people who run into the most unfair of situations. Natural disasters, crooked villains, hostage situations. You won't find any form of fairness here." He let them all settle.
"But clearly this is against the rules!" Iida stated, clearly not understanding the situation.
"The teachers at UA are free to run their class as they see fit. Even physical violence is allowed, which Blood King has used for outspoken students that refuse to bend to rules." He shut the boy up. "Also you all laughed and called me a hobo, I'm feeling a bit petty." Not really, but it was nice to make them think he was.
"Ahhh, sorry, sorry, sorry!" Suzuki was bowing rapidly to everyone. He wondered if this is what Kalego dealt with on a daily basis.