What The- (MHA Chatfic... Sorta)

Chapter 9: Entrance Exam II

There were three other people already here besides Izuku. Erasure Head, Power Loader and the pink haired girl he ran into that morning. The first two were at the front of the room and the girl was waiting at her own station for the exam to start.

She was fidgeting with her hands and looking at every item around her workspace, so Izuku assumed she was really excited to get to work. Izuku was too but when he got to his workspace, he ran into a small problem. He was too short. Izuku had the height of a nine year old and these benches were meant for fifteen year olds. Not exactly the best combination.

He could still work, but it'd be uncomfortable. He wouldn't be able to do his best if he could hardly see what he was doing.

Izuku sighed and made his way to the front of the room. He stood next to Erasure Head for a few moments, waiting for the man to notice him. The older man was standing with his eyes closed, obviously exhausted, and if it weren't for his breathing being a bit unsteady, Izuku would've assumed he was asleep on his feet. Though, he was still surprised when he wasn't noticed, but simply tapped the man's shoulder.

"What is it?" Erasure seemed a bit startled as he turned to Izuku, but quickly suppressed it.

"U-um, I'm a bit too short for the benches." His eyes went from the child in front of him to the tables and he understood what Izuku meant. Power Loader was the one who responded, though.

"I've got a step-stool in the other room if you want."

"Y-yes please."

He left the room, leaving Izuku with Erasure and the other examinee. Erasure looked like he was going to start speaking, but thankfully Power Loader came back into the room holding a wooden step-stool in his hand. He walked up to the two and handed it to Izuku.

"T-thank you, Power Loader-san." Izuku took the little stool from him, feeling a bit embarrassed and just wanting to head back to his bench before he either got red in the face or passed out from being around two of his favourite heroes.

"No problem." He smiled at the boy behind his mask and Izuku went back to his workspace. Just like before, other examinees all filed in and went to their respective workstations. The exam started five minutes later with Power Loader explaining the rules. The room was a bit smaller and had less people, so he didn't need a microphone or anything to be heard.

"Alright, listen up!" He started with a clap. "You have three hours to design and build your own support items! You must choose a hero you like and think carefully about how you could improve their costume, gear, or add your own items! Please take into consideration durability, materials, function, looks and usefulness! You all have blueprint materials, tools and materials already at your stations but if you need something specific, feel free to ask me! Your time starts now!"

Izuku quickly found some empty blueprints and a pencil and hopped up on his step-stool to put them on the bench. He heard the person next to him snicker, but ignored them and got to work. The first thing he needed to do was choose a hero. Of course, he went with his favourite.

Izuku used what knowledge he already had on Erasure's quirk, fighting style and costume to think about what he could need. The biggest issue he had was dry eye, so Izuku decided to work on that. He also could've decided to do something about the fact that it was easy to tell when Erasure's quirk was in use from his floating hair, but that could easily be fixed if the man bothered to tie it up.

Glancing up at the man, he saw him on his phone, probably watching the hero course exams.

Izuku had two options: he could either make him some better quality eye-drops or a new pair of goggles. He chose the latter, seeing as Erasure used those in combat more. Izuku quickly designed something that fit his costume and thought of what he needed to make them.