Midoriya: "Well this is it. Time to put our ten months of training to the test." he said next to Y/n.

Y/n: "Hell yeah, let's show 'em who we are!" he said while dripping confidence.

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-No One's POV-

A training ground they said. The "training ground" as they call it is just an entire city that no one lives in. The group of examinees stood in awe simply of the gate into the training ground. As Midoriya was trying to put on a brave face Y/n was looking around at the competition. The only people of note were a boy with six arms with webbing in between each an inch or two shorter then Y/n, a boy with some kind of blouse sweatshirt combination and a large belt with a lense of the buckle, the strict boy that scolded Midoriya during the orientation, and the bubbly girl from before the exam. Y/n noticed Midoriya staring at the girl and elbowed his shoulder to shake him from his thoughts as he stated his stretches.

Midoriya: "I should probably go say thank you before we start." he said, walking forward.

Y/n saw the uptight boy from earlier going to intercept Midoriya, but continued his warm-up waiting to see how it played out before jumping in. As he walked up and put his hand on Midoriya's shoulder it caused the boy to jump.

Blue haired boy: "It looks like she is trying to focus on the test ahead. What are you going to do? Distract her and ruin her chances to succeed?" he asked, stopping Midoriya.

As Midoriya started panicking about the accusation the other examinees began talking about the greenette. This caught Y/n's ear so he listened closer as they were writing Midoriya off simply from the incident out front and in the lecture hall. Y/n stood up straight and walked over to Midoriya's aid.

Y/n: "I'm sorry about the comotion my friend here has caused. You can all go back to your preparations." he said with a smile on his face and a menacing aura about him causing some to shy away from the scene. The blue haired boy looked Y/n up and down, unable to get a read on the larger boy now in between him and Midoriya before walking away.

Midoriya: "Y/n..." he said from behind his friend, causing him to turn around and meet his gaze. "You always stand up for me and I can't thank you enough for it, but I need you to promise me when we're in there you won't help me if you see me struggling." he said with a steely look in his eyes.

Midoriya: "Sink or swim, I need to do this by myself. I can't always rely on you to bail me out if I'm in trouble. Okay?" Midoriya asked with his hand out staring Y/n down. Y/n couldn't help but smile and grip his friends hand to make the deal.

Y/n: "I like this new you, Izuku. You got a deal." he happily relied with a firm handshake.

Present Mic: "Right, let's start! Get moving!" he shouted from on top of his announcer's tower as the doors opened.

Without a second thought Y/n raced to the front of the crowd before most knew what was going on. The only one with him at the front from the blue haired boy. As Y/n quickly studied him he saw tail pipes coming from his calves indicating some form of speed quirk.

Ten months ago Y/n would be at the tail end of the pack, where he hoped Midoriya was not, but because of Allmight's training he realized if he couldn't block everything he needed to be fast enough to dodge. All Might did this with the somehow effective training of hurling rocks at Y/n well, screaming dodge repeatedly until he could easily do so or shatter the ones he couldn't. Y/n was now much lighter on his feet then most people who are his size of 6 ft 4 in., but could still plant his feet quickly and take his stance.

Present Mic: "There are no countdowns in real battles. Run run run, listeners you're wasting air time here." he yelled.

As Y/n broke off from the pack to look for some faux villains to fight, he thought of what All Might said to Midoriya about using his new quirk.

Y/n: "You better know what you're doing Izuku." he thought as one of the faux villains broke down a wall ahead of him.

The robot was a meter or so bigger than him and moved around on a single wheel, an obvious weakness meant to be exploited. It had two belt-fed chain guns as hands with armor over the outward facing side with the number one painted on them meant to be it's primary form of attacks, as a balanced range and distance fighter he could easily take them out before they became a problem Y/n thought.

Robot: "Target acquired." it chirped out as it charged at the teen

Y/n: "Alright, show 'em who you are." he said his montra to himself as he took his stance. Y/n's fighting style was a mixture of kick boxing and moves he picked up from observing those around him that he could easily incorporate into his technique. He shuffled his feet to be shoulder length apart to lower his center of gravity, bent his knees to prevent them from locking up, and held his fists wrapped in tape a few inches from his chin to make it easy to both block and swing. Y/n waited for the bot to get closer because a wasted swing is an opening for the enemy.

Y/n: "Wait." he said in his head watching the robot storm towards him.

Y/n: "Wait." he repeated in his head as the robot got closer and begun to raise its arm to take a swing at the boy

Y/n: "NOW!" he screamed in his head as he slammed his front foot forward and delivered an uppercut to the air and a large spike made of the asphalt shot out of the ground and pierced the machine through the side of its chest under the arm that was reeled back effectively dispatching the bot.

Y/n: "One down, a shit ton to go." he said as he ran, dispatching robots as he went along and saving examinees that bit off more than they could chew.

After exiting an alley now full of destroyed one and two pointers, on to the main street Y/n saw the boy from earlier with the belt and sparkly hair backed into a corner by three of the two point bots and looking a little worse for wear. They walked on four claw-like legs with long necks and tails making it seem skorpion like in certain aspects. Y/n tapped his foot to the ground causing two fist sized stones to shoot up and float in front of him. He quickly took a stance, danced on his feet as he brought his fists up, and punched rocks in rapid succession hitting two of the robots drawing their attention.

Y/n: "Hey ya bucket of bolts, over here!" he yelled from a few yards away, distracting all three.

As the two charged at the new challenger he took a defensive stance and side stepped the robots' stingers as they lunged at him. When one of the stingers got stuck in the ground in an attempt to hit the fleet footed boy he took the opportunity and formed rocks around his right arm going from his forearm past his wrist into a large stone blade covering his hand. In one swift motion he waived through the legs cutting them as he went and finished by lobbing off it's head.

Y/n saw from the corner of his eye the boy took advantage of the distraction and used his quirk on the single bot still in front of him. He put his hands behind his head as a laser shot out of the lens on the belt, confirming Y/n's thought that it was for the boy's quirk. The laser burned straight through the two-pointer leaving it a smoldering pile of scrap. The last bot looked back at the laser boy before a large stone spike shot straight up through its abdomen destroying its power source.

Flamboyant boy: "Merci for the assist, mon amie." he said while pointing at Y/n.

Y/n: "Don't worry about it." he said waving it off and walking to the grateful party before a three-pointer rounded the corner locking on to the two.

As it fired a barrage of missiles Y/n jumped forward raising both arms as if he was blocking a punch making a large wall of stone form in front of the pair. As the boys took cover behind the boulder, Y/n came up with an idea and explained it to the boy next to him earning a thumbs up and a nod.

Y/n: "Alright on my mark." he said as he peeked from behind the rock waiting for the assault to end. When the salvo ran out and it appeared to be reloading they set the plan into motion.

Y/n: "NOW!" he shouted as he slammed both hands on the ground as he gritted his teeth and focused. Multiple large purple crystals rose from the ground around the robot in a circle. Sparkle boy shot his laser into the crystal in front of him causing it to refract through it and to the other crystals making them focus on the large faux villain piercing the thick armor melting the insides.

As the boys celebrated the victory of the makeshift plan the streets began to shake violently and buildings collapsed. After a few seconds of wondering what was going on other students started running past him and he looked at what was happening. What Y/n saw stunned him as a giant robot grabbed the corner of an office building and glared down the street towering over the battlefield. With a horrified look he immediately remembered what Present Mic had said.

Y/n: "That's the zero-pointer?!" he thought as he got up from the ground and stared with his jaw dropped.

The titan punched the ground in front of it making a harsh storm of dust and debris fly down the street forcing Y/n to cover his eyes as small shards of concrete tore past him grazing him and tearing his workout clothes leaving small cuts all over his body. As he looked up he saw the "obstacle" slowly moving down the street making the examinees that watched it and start running.

Present Mic: "LESS THAN TWO MINUTES REMAINING!" he shouted over the comotion.

Y/n: "I need to get away from this thing." he thought as he went to run. But life had other ideas.

???: "OOWWW!'

As he heard the cry of pain he whirled around to find the source. Y/n looked down the road to see the girl from earlier trapped under some debis sent flying by the robot. Before he could think, the world around him went still as he broke out into a dead sprint towards danger in the vain to help her. As he ran, the dust next to him cleared revealing Midoriya running to help as well.

Before he could get a word out Midoriya crouched down and jumped with such force it blew away all the dust in the area. With no time to think about it Y/n continued towards the colossus. As he got to the girl the robot was almost on top of her. With nothing else he could think of he reached down, ripping his shoes off and stomped his right foot in the ground, breaking through the asphalt. He pushed as much power as he could muster from what he had left and let out a guttural scream as jagged rocks shot out of the ground beneath the robot piercing through the metal treads shedding then to pieces halting it's movement completely.

As he did this Midoriya was flying through the air towards the head of the adversary as the veins in both legs and his right arm glowed with power as he reared his arm back to deliver a devastating blow. As the punch connected time seemed to slow down for everyone watching. The head of the metallic titan shattered as its face caved inward. The robot began to explode as it flew backwards from the incredible forces attacking it from both the top and the bottom. Onlookers were in awe of the displays of raw power given by the two boys in front of them. As the metal corpse hit the ground time seemed to return.

Present Mic: "JUST ONE MINUTE LEFT!" he announced as Midoriya started falling from the sky.

"He doesn't look like he knows how to land!" Y/n realized as he looked up to his friend helpless in the air. He tried to get up and run to try and catch Midoriya before he violently hugged the pavement, but couldn't get up because of his foot still being stuck in the ground and a shooting pain through it.

Y/n: "DAMMIT!" he shouted, finding himself unable to move or find the power to use his quirk to do anything.

Y/n: "Useless, useless, useless!" he kept berating himself as he closed his eyes to the world so he would not witness the death of his best friend.

As Y/n held his eyes closed expecting to hear Midoriya's screams abruptly stop. He instead heard a slap ring out. He opened his eyes to see the girl that was under the rubble had gotten herself free floating a piece of scrap as both her and Midoriya floating weightlessly in the air.

Brown haired girl: "Release!" she said as she put her fingertips together and her and Midoriya were placed on the ground.

As they were placed down Y/n finally managed to get his leg free and tried to run over only to hiss in pain as he put pressure on his foot. Determined to get to Midoriya Y/n hubbled over as fast as he could and fell to his knees close to his friend. He looked up to see the girl puking up a rainbow, but he was relieved to see she was relatively okay. He turned to Midoriya who was dragging himself away with his left arm. What Y/n saw made him want to lose his breakfast too. Midoriya's legs were twisted in the wrong directions and his arm was a deep purple as it dragged on the pavement.

Midoriya: "I still have a chance to get one point before-"

Present Mic: "And that's it.TIME'S UP!" he announced as he interrupted Midoriya.

Y/n: "What did he say? At least one point? There's no way." he thought as he stared at Midoriya with concern as he passed out from the pain. A crowd began to form around Midoriya and they started murmuring about nonsense insulting the boy.

Y/n: "Would you useless pricks either help him or fuck off!" he yelled at the crowd as he tried to stand and fell in pain.

Old woman: "Now, please calm down young man and try not to exert yourself." she said as she walked over with her cane that looked like a syringe and handed out gummies.

Random examinee: "Who's the old lady?" he asked.

Flamboyant boy: "That mademoiselle is the heart of UA, Recovery Girl. She's the reason UA can hold these kinds of exams." he said.

Recovery Girl: "My goodness you were hurt this bad by your own quirk sonny?" she asked the unconscious greenette. Suddenly she puckered her lips and kissed Midoriya's head, shocking all the examinees. Y/n watched as Midoriya's body glowed a faint green and his limbs began to right themselves.

Y/n: "Is he going to be okay ma'am?" he asked as she walked up to him.

Recovery Girl: "He'll be fine, he just needs some minor first aid and rest." she said as she kissed Y/n's cheek. He immediately felt the pain in his ankle vanish as he stood up slowly.

Y/n: "Thank you so much." he said with a smile and a bow.

Recovery Girl: "It's no problem dear, here have some gummies." she said handing him a fistfull of sweets from her pocket.

Y/n: "Oh, uh thank you?" he said as a sweatdrop formed on his head.

Soon all the examinees were ushered out of the school and Y/n waited in the infirmary for Midoriya to wake up. When he did he was too tired to walk on his own so he leaned on Y/n as they walked home. Inko insisted on Y/n saying over after hearing about how he hurt himself. He tried to insist he was fine, but she was not hearing any of it.

A few days later the three sat at the table enjoying the meal Inko made as she and Y/n talked about the exam. She was getting worried like a doting mother with every detail he gave thinking the exam sounded a little too reckless to which he agreed. The two talked as they ate, but both were starting to worry for Izuku as he had been staring at the fish he had in his chopsticks for a while.

Inko: "Izuku, snap out of it. Izuku?" she said worried about her son's strange actions. Y/n put down the fork he used because he had lived in Japan for more than ten years and still couldn't properly use chopsticks when he saw Izuku's blank stare that matched the fish.

Y/n: "Hey you okay bud?" he asked, putting a hand on Midoriya's shoulder to snap him out of his daze.

Inko: "Why are you smiling at that fish, Should I be worried about you honey?" she asked the boy.

Midoriya: "No, sorry. I just spaced out for a minute." he blurted out as he started stuffing his face. Y/n knew what was eating at him and decided to talk to him about it later when his mom wasn't there.

After the meal Y/n insisted on doing the dishes as he felt it only right as he commonly ate there for free. Midoriya sat on the couch staring off into space as he squeezed his hand grip. Suddenly a blue notebook that read "Neighborhood Circular" floated by Y/n's head making him follow it with his eyes to Inko.

Inko: "I know, waiting for the results is terrible." she said, trying to cheer up a very depressed looking Izuku.

Midoriya: "I guess." was all he replied.

Inko: "No matter the results just know I'm proud of both of you." she said with a smile on her face.

As Inko left to go get the mail, Y/n finished the dishes and walked over to the couch and sat down on the opposite end as Midoriya. The two sat in an uncomfortable silence while Midoriya started using the old dumbbell at his feet that Y/n had outgrown and given to him.

Y/n: "Izuku..." he said trying to break the silence. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked. Midoriya looked down before he started talking.

Midoriya: "Somehow All Might saw potential in me, but I failed." he said flatly as he curled his dumbbell. "I let all of us down so much." he continued. Y/n just sat there listening knowing he had to let this out. "I'm sorry, but I'll keep trying." he finished. Y/n went to say something but was stopped when the door burst open with Inko scuttling in with two envelopes in her hand.

Inko: "Izuku, Y/n look they came, you both got letters!" she said as she scrambled in. "There here, the test results!" she said as she held up two letters that bore the UA seal.

Both boys jumped up to grab the letters. Y/n thanked Inko for grabbing his mail for him and left to go open in his single apartment. It wasn't much, but Y/n liked it. It had three rooms as you walked in and left the entrance hall. There in the main living space was a simple and fully equipped kitchen Y/n would use at least twice a week so as not to burden Inko. Then on the other side of the room was a decent flat screen TV with a couch and an end table across from it. The bedroom was rather simplistic, the walls were covered in botany diagrams with a few hero posters scattered between, some would say it was similar to Midoriya and his Allmight memorabilia collection. One the balcony was a medium sized garden plot full of flowers and other plants.

Y/n sat down on his couch and opened the letter only to find a small circular disk. As he placed it on the coffee table in front of him it projected what appeared to be a hologram of All Might.

All Might: "Finally the last one, thank goodness." said as he wiped a bead of sweat rolling down his head as he turned his head to talk to someone off screen. "What, we're live?" he asked as he stood up straight and cleared his throat.

All Might: "Young L/n it is I, All Might, but I bet you knew that already." he said with a laugh.

Y/n: "So he's teaching at UA now. That must be why he was here in the first place." he reasoned in his head as he listened.

All Might: "You have no idea how many of these I've had to do today so I'll just cut to the chase." he said as Y/n had a sweatdrop on his head.

Y/n: "How is this guy the number one hero?" he mumbled to himself as the recording continued.

All Might: "For the written portion you scored impressively in the 80th percentile, but as you know it's not all about academics here." he said with his hands on his hips before he continued. "You scored a solid 32 point villain point during the practical, this alone would not be enough to earn you a spot in the hero course." he said as Y/n's heart sank.

Y/n: "Oh god. What am I going to do if I didn't get in? I have to become a hero...I get to make up for what happened..." he thought as he sadly thought back to his past.

All Might: "However" he said leaning closer than necessary to the camera, causing Y/n to return his attention. "There were hidden factors in the exam." he said as video of Y/n and the flamboyant boy fought off the group of robots together. "You knew there was a time limit but you put your score on the line either way to help those in need." he explained. "You were adaptable and quick on your feet." he said as it showed footage of the combination attack with the crystals. "You kept calm and made an astonishing plan when faced with a grave situation." he said as in it switched one last time to the zero-pointer. "And finally you did not even hesitate to help an injured person in danger." he finished off as the camera switched back to him.

All Might: "Because of your courageous actions the group of teachers proctoring the exam awarded you 41 rescue points, placing you in a tie for third with Young Uraraka!" Allmight inform the boy as the scoreboard popped up to show the top ten. Y/n was surprised to say the least when he saw Midoriya in 7th place with 60 rescue points. He looked up the board to see Bakugo in first with 77 villain points and 0 recuse points.

Y/n: "Why am I not surprised? I just don't see him actually saving someone in danger." he thought.

All Might: "Welcome Y/n, you made it, you are now part of the hero academia!" he said staring straight at the camera with his signature smile. "Your father would be very proud of you." he said as the message ended causing the boy to freeze.

Y/n: "Did...Did he know my dad?" Y/n thought as he was shocked at this idea. After a few minutes he shook the question away and pulled out his phone to text his aunt the good news. As he hit send he got a text from Midoriya confirming he got accepted too. Soon Y/n began getting ready for bed after watering his garden and layed down in bed staring at the ceiling.

Y/n: "Let's give 'em a show." he thought as he fell asleep.

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