I Choose You! The Road to World Champion

Chapter 3 - A Fateful Encounter

End of the Day.

Izuku was packing his bag, getting ready to go home after visiting their teacher as he was asked to. He was about to put in his notebooks into the bag when Bakugou was approached by Bakugou and his friends.

"DEKU!" Bakugou exclaims, walking to the boy. "What do you think you're doing applying to UA?"

"I'm applying for Academia and not the Hero School like you, so there is a very low chance of us ever crossing paths if that's what you're worried about." Izuku answers, putting the last of his books in his bag.

"Look, I'll tell you this once, give up on that dream of yours. There's no way you'll even pass the UA exam!" Bakugou tells him.

"I don't know what you get out of any of this, I never have. And you've told me that many times. And I don't need to pass the UA entrance exam. I just need to get 40 points in the entrance exam, a 90 on the written test and pass the pokemon doubles battle that they use to test our trainer ability. But I'm sure you know this already." Izuku tells him as he puts his bag on.

Bakugou squares up to Izuku, not that it helped since Izuku was a few inches taller than him and due to the years of training at the Dojo, was decently jacked. "You really think they'd take you in as an Academia student? You? A quirkless quack of a human?" Bakugou scoffs. "Just give up."

"Look, it's clear you're itching for me to respond in some way that makes it so you can hit me." Izuku says calmly. "So I'll do you a favour. Drop by this address at 7. If you want to fight, we can do that there. The only rule at the Dojo is no quirks, but I think I can get sensei to make an exception for you." Izuku says handing the boy a card to the Dojo. "Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to meet Mr. Yami."

Izuku pushes past Bakugou's friends and heads to the staff room. Knocking at the door, he enters once Mr. Yami lets him in.

"You wanted to talk to me sir?" Izuku asks the teacher as he follows him to his seat.

"Not here. You mind if we go out of school for a little chat?" Yami asks him, grabbing a few things from his desk.

"Uhh okay. I've got some time before I need to go to the Dojo anyway." Izuku answers as his teacher guides him out of the school building and to a bench in the playground.

"I saw your career form. You want to apply to UA's Academia program." Yami says as he turns to Izuku.

"Yes sir. And before you ask me to withdraw my application, I've looked it up, there's no clause that prevents quirkless people like me from applying." Izuku tells him.

"I wasn't going to do that." Yami answers with a small smile. "I actually support you and think it's a really good idea. With your analytical skills, you'd be among the best once you become an adult."

"Th-thank you sir." Izuku responds, blushing slightly at the compliment.

"Now, the reason I wanted to talk to you was regarding your behaviour in class." Yami tells him. "And I know you don't instigate anything, but you react. I don't want to see you fail to reach your dream son, so for the next few months, just try and ignore the others."

"Maybe you could ask the others not to trouble me?" Izuku asks his teacher. "Maybe then I won't react and it'll be good for everyone."

"Midoriya... Just try. It'll good for your career and future. I don't want you to waste your entire life because of some idiots in school." Yami tells him as he gets up. "That's all I'm going to say. You can leave now. I'm sure you've got places to be."

"I'll think about it sir." Izuku mutters as he walks back to his home. Izuku took the usual route home, walking through the underpass on his way when he heard a manhole open behind him. Izuku pays it no heed and continues to walk through the underpass wondering about his conversation with Shinso from the morning about his ideal pokemon team.