Chapter 2

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And so began the worst ten months of Izuku's life. He worked out muscles he didn't even know he was aware existed. And if that wasn't bad enough, Kacchan had way too much fun blowing him up. It hurt less and less each time, but getting knocked around by the concusive force still sucked. He did extra work outs when he could, usually while he studies for the entrance exam. By the end of the ten months, most of the beach was clean and he was positively ripped. All Might showed him the before and after photos. It was a big difference.

Izuku can't help  but cry a little. "I can't help but feel like this is cheating. You've helped me so much."
All Might's infamous smile softens. "Believe me, I felt the same way when I was your age. So, I'll tell you what my predecessor told me. This is the farthest thing from cheating. You've worked hard and earned this beyond a shadow of a doubt. You deserve this, more so than anyone. Now," he plucks a hair from his head "eat this!"
Izuku is beyond confused. "Wha?"
All Might pushes the hair towards his successor. "In order to pass on One For All, you need to eat my DNA. Now quick, the exam is in a few hours."

'Wow.' Izuku  up at the massive gates. 'UA.'
Kacchan walks last him, breaking him out of his thoughts. "What are you eating for nerd, it's UA."
Izuku laughs. "I know. Just soaking it in." He takes a deep breath. 'My first steps to graduating and becoming a hero. These will be the best and worst years of my life, but nothing will get in my way.' He takes a step and trips over his own foot. 'Except maybe that.' He quickly transforms in order to keep from breaking his nose, but he never hits the ground. Rather, he floating in the air.
Twisting a round he comes face to face with a brunette. "Hi. Sorry about using my quirk on you. I just thought it might be bad luck to fall down before the test."
Izuku waves away the apology. "Don't worry about it. Thanks by the way. I'm Izuku Midoriya."
The girl presses her fingers together, a pink glow emanating from the before Izuku is set down on the ground. "Ochako Uraraka. This is nerve wracking huh?"
Izuku sweat drops, remembering the copious amount of responsibility he has as of an hour ago. "You have no idea."
Uraraka smiles. "Anyway, good luck." She quickly enters, leaving behind a smiling Izuku.
"She's nice I hope she gets in."

"Wassup listeners, and welcome to the practical exam! Can I get a 'hey'!" Bakugo and Izuku are the only ones to respond. Mic points at the two. "Now that's the enthusiasm I'm looking for! I'm here to explain the rules of the practical! Are you ready!?" Once again, only Bakugou and Izuku respond. "I like you two!"
While Mic explains the rules, Izuku mutters about his various qualities, with Bakugo occasionally providing his two cents aboit his lost recent episodes. Eventually, a blue haired examinee stands up. "I have a question! You say we are facing three enemies, but this paper clearly states there are four! This kind of mistake is a mockery of such a prestigious school such as UA! And you two!" He points at the protagonists. "You've been muttering this whole time. Knock it off. It's distracting."
Bakugo goes to attack the blue haired guy in a blind rage, but Izuku puts a hand in his shoulder while glaring at the other examinee. "If he loses, he'll eat his words, if he gets in, you'll have your chance." Accepting his friends words, Bakugo settles for trying to magically gain kaservsion by halting at the back of the blue haired students head.

Mic's energetic smile falters a bit. "I said there were three types of point based enemies. The fourth is merely an obstacle to slow you down later. Please sit down." The stuck-up examinee bows, mildly humiliated before sitting down. "Anyway, that's enough out of me. Go out there and break a leg everyone! Plus Ultra!"

They arrive at the testing ground, Izuku standing shocked at the sheer size of it. He was in a simple tracksuit, Pershing the other participants. Most had faulty obvious quirks, some even had support items. During his mental note-taking, Izuku sees the Uraraka trying to psyche herself up. 'It's that nice girl. She seems nervous. I should try and give her some advice.'
He makes his way towards her but is interrupted by the same guy as before. "She looks like she's trying to focus. Are you going to try and sabotage her in some way?" He simply brushes off the guys hand and ignores him, leaving the poor guy too in shock at the blatant disrespect to follow after him.

"Hey, you alright?" Uraraka turns to see Izuku, a kind smile on his face.
She smiles back, if a bit forced. "Yeah, just nervous."
"What's your quirk? I never asked before."
Not seeing a problem she told him about it. "It's called Zero Gravity. Anything I touch with all five fingers breaks the laws of physics and negates the effect of gravity. I can release the effect by putting my fingers together. If I go over a certain weight or do it too often I'll get sick though."
Izuku strokes his chin in thought before snapping his fingers. "You were planning on lifting robots and dropping them right?"
She looks confused at the relevance. "Yeah, why?"
"You'd go over your limit too fast and have to take frequent breaks. It's a decent strategy, but not great fir large groups like this. You should try grabbing pieces of debris and rubble abd using them like projectiles or hand held weapons. That way you'll only have to use your quirk a little bit at a time and get some range. Of a robot has its back turned as well you could use a rock or something to trigger the self destruct button it has."
Uraraka blinks slowly, registering the word vomit that was just unloaded on her bedjrecstars light up in her eyes. "That's a great idea! I can't believe I didn't think about that before. Thanks, this'll make getting points a lot easier.
Before Izuku coukd respond, the gates to the fake city open up. "And begin!" Taking that as his cue, he rushes ahead of the other examinees.

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