"Alright, you may begin the test."Zuko flipped the front page and looked at the questions before sighing. He breezed through the entire test as he expected the test to be easy as he studied for it in the last 10 months, plus he had an actual hero with him for help.Zuko was the first one to finish and stood up to turn it in. The examiner looked at him with a smug look on her face as she grabbed his paper.
"Are you sure you want to turn this in now? You have 45 more minutes to finish the test. I highly doubt that someone that actually wants to attend U.A. will take so little time on a test." She said.Zuko didn't say anything as he nodded and went back to his seat, not caring about the words she said. He noticed several other people snickering at him, while others looked at him with condescending looks. He felt nervous with all the looks he was getting, but he felt really confident in his answers as the next 45 minutes, people were turning in their tests while giving zuko looks as they passed by his desk. After the last person turned their test in, the examiner left the room with the stack of tests, and soon, people were talking about zuko and how he basically rushed through the test, or so they think.
"He rushed through the test..."
"Well, one less person that isn't fit to be a hero..."
"What an idiot! I'm so glad that I took my time on it, I have a chance of passing it!"
Zuko sighed as he fiddled with his thumbs, waiting for the exams to be graded and the grade to be announced. The intercom came on and told everyone to report to the auditorium near the entrance of the building. Everyone grabbed their stuff and went to the designated area, laughing and joking about stuff, while others were talking about the top scores on the written test.Zuko noticed the snickering faces of people as he walked by them, and decided to ignore them even though his heart was pounding from all the attention he was getting. Once they reached the destination, they were asked to be seated by the chaperones.Zuko noticed the examiner of the room he was in and saw her looking at him with a dismissive attitude, she then nudged a couple of her colleagues and pointed to him. They all started to laugh as several others were chuckling.Zuko just sighed as a spokesman walked up to the stage.
"The results of the written portion are as followed, out of the 600 people that took the exam, only 350 people passed the exam." Gasps were heard as the expressions of people varied from smirks to grimaces to fear as they heard the number of people that passed.
"Out of the 350 people who passed, only a single person got a perfect score on the exam."Zuko turned and saw a guy with glasses looking smug at the spokesperson. He was telling a couple of his friends and the people around him that he got the perfect score, and people believed him.
"I know who he is, he's the boy that was top honors in his junior high, and even had a powerful quirk. People already were talking about him being the few to receive a perfect score on the written exam."Zuko turned back towards the spokesperson as he shuffled the cards and stopped at one.
"Alright, the person with the perfect score is..."
"ME!" "Zuko Midoriya."
The boy's smug grin quickly disappeared as he heard the name of the person that got a perfect score. Midoriya looked at the man in surprise.
" zuko Midoriya, would you please come to the stage?" Zuko sighed as he stood up, causing several gasps to be heard in the auditorium. The green-haired boy made his way to the stage, noticing all the looks he was getting, especially the look the arrogant boy and his examiner.
"No way..."
"He's the guy that finished the test first..."
"It must be a joke, there's no way..."
"Maybe he cheated or bribed his way..."
Midoriya arrived of the stage and shook the man's hand. The man smiled as he handed zuko a piece of paper stating that he got a perfect score on the exam and gave him a medal. He patted the boy on the shoulder.
"I heard you finished the exam in less than 10 minutes, and yet, you got the perfect score on it. I'm impressed with your studious behavior, young man. I can already tell you'll go for in life at U.A. and be a fine hero. Congratulations,zuko Midoriya, you pass the exam."Zuko smiled and shook the guy's hand before walking out of the auditorium, still feeling the malice of all the people in there. He sighed and looked at the paper stating his success and grinned before waiting for the next exam to begin. He felt energetic as the sun beamed down on him, calming his nerves and giving him excitement as he ran around the school, taking in the rest of sights of U.A. and its massive center building where all the classes were. He stood in front of it and smiled as he walked around the campus some more, seeing people walking in and out of the building, from students to parents.