Of Flames And Quirks And Harmony

CHAPTER 8: Quirk Apprehension Test

"QUIRK APPREHENSION TEST?!" everyone exclaimed in astonishment.

Ochaco Uraraka is a poor kid. Her parents owned a construction company but they weren't gaining much contracts. Which is the reason why she opted to become hero. Not noble, isn't it? She was in the industry because of the money.

Being a poor kid she is, she was used to slow and mundane things in life. But this? This is way too fast!

"But what about opening ceremony? Campus introduction?"

"If you want to be a hero, there's no time for that kind of leisure activities. You've all done it before, right? Reach a physical test without using your quirk," Aizawa-sensei shifts and faces the blond boy with crimson eyes. "Bakugo, you're first place in the practical exam, right? You're record in softball?"

Bakugo perked up. "67m." Oh, the handsome tripping guy.

"Now, try using your quirk," Aizawa-sensei ordered as he tossed the ball to the boy. "As long as you're inside that circle, you can do whatever you want."

He stretched his right arm, then threw the ball along with pumps of his explosion quirk and a shout of "DIE!!!"

"Die?" she parroted.

"Tsk, tsk," the yellow blond Aoyama beside her clicked his tongue. Oh, she remembered him. He was the laser boy from her practical exam. "You'd shine the wrong way with that brass attitude of yours," he said, looking at Bakugo

"First, understand your limit" their teacher lectured as they hear a beep. "This is how a hero gets a solid foundation," he added while facing the result of his throw.

"705m? Seriously?" Kaminari said in shock.

"What's this? It looks fun!" Ashido exclaimed.

"I can use my quirk freely? I love heroics!"

"Fun, huh?" their teacher said in a dead voice, which Ochaco can practically hear all of them gulp. "Then, let's up the stakes, shall we?" he smirked. "The one with the last points in all 8challenges will be expelled."

"HUHHHHH????!!!!!!"

'This is bad!' she thinks, her mind panicking. She can only nullify gravity, after all.

"Welcome to Heroics!" she heard their teacher say that snapped her out from her panicking.

'What should I do?'
"Strive to go beyond. Plus Ultra."

And thus the challenge to not be expelled begun.

They started with a 50m dash, which had Midoriya suddenly disappearing from the starting line and appearing at the finish line, earning him a 0.01second record, Sawada flying with fire thrusters from his hands as he laughed at Midoriya's unfair quirk, Bakugo propelling himself with his explosions, Todoroki sliding through his ice, Yamamoto shouting 'Jiro' and a dog who had 3flaming short swords suddenly appeared that he used as nitro, Iida using the engines on his calves to run at jet speed, Gokudera floating with some white platform, Yaoyorozu creating a motorcycle, Aoyama starting backwards and shooting naval lasers to push himself, and Dokuro making wings protrude out from her back as top notchers.

Yamamoto had received a weak smack in the head from Ojiro and an earphone jack at his side from Jiro. "Call us by our names so we wouldn't have to look at you every time you call your pet quirk," the 2 said.

Next test was the Grip, where Shouji Mezo had 540kgs.

And then the standing long jump, which was similar somehow to the 50m dash so it was them again who dominated the task.

In repeated sprint, Tokoyami Fumikage had himself be drag-pulled by his quirk, Dark Shadow.

Ochaco was trying all her might to mange being a middle scorer, if not third to the last.

And then softball, where it was her time to shine with a result of infinity, much to their astonishment.

"Whoa. Infinity range? For real?"

"Like, in the ozone layer?"

"Probably higher. I haven't released it yet," she enlightened Kaminari with a sheepish grin.

And another surprise was that Yamamoto deliberately asked Aizawa-sensei what the ball was made of. When told it was made of a special kind of fibered alloy, Gokudera spoke, saying "the shinai probably won't turn into Shigure Kintoki if you swing it with the handle out," to which Yamamoto just grinned. He unwrapped his bamboo sword, threw the ball up a bit, and swung his sword up. It turned into a real, steel sword. "Haha, I had to hit it flatly so the ball wouldn't be sliced in half," he said when he heard his result is 900m.

Gokudera clicked his tongue, muttering something about 'baseball freak', Midoriya shaking his head, while Sawada and Dokuro smiled at him as the rest of the class' jaws dropped.

When it was Shinso's turn, he muttered under his breath while looking at their teacher. "Just don't erase my quirk," he said.

And there she realized. She didn't recognize the Underground Hero: Eraserhead. That their homeroom teacher Shouta Aizawa is Eraserhead himself.

Shinso went in front of Bakugo. "Hey, Kacchan- wait, I can call you that, right?"

"What-"

The purple head guy smirked. "Throw this ball for me, will ya? Pump it up too." he said as he handed the ball to the blond .

Bakugo, now eyes glazed white, obeyed. He threw the ball up as he gave it a push with a small explosion.

"405.3m" their teacher announced.

Shinso shrugged. "Not bad. Thanks, Bomberanian." And Bakugo was back to his usual murderous scowling self.

"Next, Midoriya."

The called green head went up, took the ball, and suddenly it was wrapped in black smokey fire, along with his hand. He pitched the ball, fire not leaving his hand as they expected.

And then a beep. "397m."