Elsewhere, Elsewhen - mhaxkny crossover fic

Pseudo Class 1 Z

It was the day of the entrance exam that Yamada was reminded of how cruel kids tend to be sometimes.

The poor man walked over to the six's dorm to say his good mornings, in his full hero costume instead of his normal civilian wear, only to be laughed at by Zenitsu and Genya.

Inosuke called him a bird and the two lost it even more.

So, Present Mic was noticeably in a gloomy mood when he talked to the new hero hopefuls to brief them about the practicals, and more so when no one replied to his cheer.

Amongst the crowd, though, one Midoriya Izuku was smiling at his phone as he texted his new friend.

He has been training under Tanjiro for a week, not really enough to master the breathing style he was given, but enough to get the fundamentals, and Izuku was a very fast learner. It was enough for him not to strain himself as he finally, finally, finished up cleaning the beach in record time, hours before the entrance exam.

He is sore, he is tired, but he is still breathing.

Tanjiro did also promise, once he got into the hero course, he'll teach him a much advanced version, constant concentration breathing, which is beneficial in the long run. He was told the breathing styles can get him to be much faster and can control his blood flow so he can think clearer in a fight, as well as help with injuries.

He didn't really get it at first, but the more theories he has to back it up, the more it makes sense.

Izuku tends to break things down to its fundamental form. The breathing technique taught to him by Tanjiro basically controls the intake of oxygen in the bloodstream. Making someone stronger and more durable and less to experience fatigue if they breathe right. If you're skilled enough, your breathing can even slow the blood flow to your wounds and direct it somewhere else, as well as to stop poison from flowing all throughout your body.

Tanjiro was cheering him on for his theories and was a bit sad his teacher wasn't there to confirm it, but he's proud of him.

Thanks to his limited training on breathing, Izuku was much more confident.

"And you are there! The guy with the curly hair! Your muttering and phone usage is very much distracting!"

Or not.

Izuku muttered an apology as he ducked down, sending a quick reply to the long message Tanjiro sent (Izuku can't manage to make him stop putting 'Sincerely, Kamado Tanjiro' in every text, although he removed the sincerely part, so he thinks it's a win) saying that he needs to focus on the exams and pocketed his phone.

Present Mic explained the 0 pointer and before he knew it...

The exams began to start.

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"It was unbelievable!"

Tanjiro sat down on a chair in the common room, Nezuko asleep on his lap as he listened to Midoriya on the phone.

"I blew it!" Midoriya cries. "All your hard work over me is wasted! All because I didn't have enough training! I'm so sorry!"

Tanjiro shakes his head. "Oh come on now, Midoriya-san, be optimistic! I'm sure you'll get in!"

"How?" Midoriya sniffles. Tanjiro can hear rustling on the other side, he was probably hiding under the blankets. "I may have passed the written portion but I got a big fat 0 on the practical! How can I even be a hero if I didn't even take down at least one!"

"Yeah, but I heard you took down the big guy! The zero pointer?"

(Yamada came bursting into the common room that day, talking about a teenager that took down the 0 pointer with a single punch. He was extremely impressed. Tanjiro asked what he looked like and when green was mentioned, he already knew who it was. Sadly, though, Midoriya didn't mention any powerful quirk and he was injured because of it. So he was worried)