The Immortal Hero: Phoenix

Chapter 6: U.A Entrance Exams

Two more years pass following the Moncalama Incident, as the battle with Muscular was dubbed, and Izuka and Katsuki were prepared to enter the U.A Hero Program. The past two years had been hectic, with Katsuki upping his training to insane levels and taking part in All-Might's super muscle training, while Izuka trained her quirks and took part in numerous Junior Internships with many different Heroes and Agencies.

In the aftermath of the Moncalama Incident, Izuka ended up in the national news for her actions in saving Water Hose and being instrumental in the defeat of Muscular. When people got wind that she was the same girl as the All for One kidnappings, the story went from a local story to one that covered Japan. People began to recognise her in the streets, and many said they'd be cheering for her in the future. The Mari Town police force had given her an award for her Heroism, and the Japanese Government had ratified it by extending Izuka the Medal of Peace, the award for Civilian Heroism. Such an award had always come with a Recommendation to every Hero School in the country, so Izuka was finally able to publicly acknowledge that she was going to U.A on a Recommendation, she just couldn't say that she'd technically had that recommendation for three years already.

Nezu had only continued to tutor her for another year, until she was fourteen. He had stopped when Izuka had passed a prospective College Entrance Exam that Nezu had gotten from a friend. If Izuka wanted, she could go to Tokyo University when she graduated, though admittedly, her scores were average for a successful applicant, but considering she was fourteen and not eighteen/nineteen, it was an amazing feat. Instead of tutoring, Nezu set her a series of revision books so she could maintain her intelligence until she started her U.A Schooling. With all the extra time this gave her, Izuka threw herself into Quirk Training, Medical Training and finding a creative outlet, something that Doctor Miragi had highly recommended to her during their now quarterly sessions.

Izuka and Katsuki tried numerous different creative outlets together; singing, instruments, poetry, sculpting, drawing, painting and even dancing. Katsuki had been awful at singing anything but Heavy Metal, and his drawing, painting, dancing and poetry skills were all very average for a teenager, but to Izuka's surprise, Katsuki was insanely good at sculpting and playing the drums. Izuka had a little figurine of All-Might in his civilian form that Katsuki had made for her, and it was extremely well done and made like an action figure, using proper modellers paint and plastics. Katsuki had even made a couple of figures of Izuka herself, one that he sent to Kota for the boy's 5th birthday (Kota couldn't understand why Izuka didn't already have her own merchandise) and one that he secretly kept to himself.

Izuka on the other hand, had proven to be more skilled at singing, dancing and drawing. She could hold a tune quite well, and her combat training and agility made dancing a fun experience, but it was drawing she really excelled at; her note books were no longer filled with childish doodles of Heroes, but well-done sketches of their profiles and even some action poses that wonderfully captured the Hero's fighting style.

In Quirk Training, Izuka had advanced a lot, having gained control of her flames and One for All that she hadn't imagined was possible. Even her Link Quirk had been practised with Recovery Girl, and Izuka discovered she could re-establish any link she'd made with a person without actually having to touch them again, though it seemed that unlike the direct method, the recipient of the link could rebuff her, which resulted in a nosebleed and a crippling migraine for the poor girl. She'd learned that the hard way when she'd tried to reopen a link with Tomura or Kurogiri, in hopes of finding them for the Heroes. At least Taka and Konako had been happy to hear from her directly again. Izuka went to see them once a year since the incident, spending a week of her Summer Break with them as Hero Experience.