Powerless - A My Hero Academia/ DC Crossover

Chapter 10: The Gauntlet

How did Izuku keep getting into these messes?

All his life Izuku tried his best to stay out of trouble. Usually, however, trouble would find him, and it was almost always in the form of Kacchan. The constant bullying from his childhood playmate and his cronies only encouraged others to look down on him, not only by his other classmates, but sometimes even his teachers. Izuku was treated like he was broken. A freak in a world where freaks were the norm.

As he stared down the terrifying Gauntlet before him, he realized that no matter how many times he tried not to stand out, it was inevitably his destiny to do so. And if that was his destiny, then he was going to stand out above the rest of them.

He was going to surpass them all.

"The time starts now," Said Aizawa, starting the timer on his smartphone. "Get to it."

Izuku wasted no time. He sprinted at full speed down the path of robots. Immediately, they all locked onto his location and began their attack.

"He's done for!" Shouted the pink skinned girl.

"I don't approve of this kind of hazing," Said Iida through gritted teeth. "But I suppose we have no choice." Uraraka could hardly bare to look, but didn't dare turn away.

Two zero-pointer robots advanced on Izuku. They were the exact same make as their giant counterpart from the entrance exam, but roughly the same size as the other robots. In unison, they swung their robotic arms at him with great speed. But Izuku saw it coming, deftly sliding under the attack, and effortlessly springing to his feet, continuing his sprint. As he did, a scorpion robot speedily crawled towards his position and thrust its massive tail at him. Izuku leaped into the air above it, landing atop the end of the tail, and ran down the other end, without batting an eye.

More robots were waiting for him. They began to fire projectiles at him: rubber bullets and dummy rockets. The explosions from the guns and rockets as they fired echoed loudly throughout the building. "That's insane!" Shouted the red-haired boy. "Sir, you have to stop this!" Yelled the tall girl with the large ponytail. Aizawa ignored them, focusing on Izuku.

Izuku had anticipated the weapons. Even though they didn't use them in the exam, they didn't look like they were for show either. He flipped into the air and landed into a series of handsprings, the rubber bullets passing narrowly behind him as he stayed one step ahead of the robots' guns. The rockets were trickier, but Izuku had an ace up his sleeve.

He ripped off the shirt of his tracksuit, revealing his hidden utility belt wrapped around his waist. Aizawa blinked in surprise. So, He thought.You're evening the playing field. Smart.

Izuku pulled an explosive batarang from the belt, throwing it into the launcher of the rocket robot. Beeping for a few seconds, it exploded, destroying the launcher and knocking the wheeled robot next to it off it's balance. As it fell to the floor, its gun fired into another robot in its path, the rubber bullets pounding unrelentingly into its optical eye until it cracked and burst, disabling it.

"Holy crap," Said the boy with electric blonde hair. "He's beating them."

The group cheered as Izuku made his way past the final robots and leaped onto the conveyor belts in front of him. They were going at intense speeds, and Izuku struggled to keep up. Aizawa pressed a button on his smartphone, and giant pendulums began to swing towards him.

Izuku flipped left and right, successfully avoiding the pendulums and maintaining his speed on conveyor belts. Reaching the end of the conveyor belt, the last pendulum swung towards him. After ducking to avoid it, he leaped upward and pressed his feet into it as it swung back, using the momentum to launch him forward to the next part of the course.