Ch. 5

Even though he knew UA was huge, had seen pictures of it, he still couldn't keep himself from gaping at the buildings before him.

Giant glass towers that looked like they should be office buildings protruded from the ground. There were others around him, also taken aback by the intimidating size of the high school. There was also the occasional aspiring hero who had gotten used to the size, and were now giving him odd looks. He wondered why?

Oh yeah, the suit.

He thought, having momentarily forgotten he decided to show up in a suit for an exam you were expected to fight in. Either way, even if the test ended up being something unrelated to combat, he would succeed, and become a hero. He clenched his fist, a confident smile reaching his lips, and a determined light appearing in his eyes.

His own self-encouragement was cut short by a loud slap on the back. "HEY, IZU! I'm PUMPED to DESTROY all these other fucking NERDS at this exam! How about you!?" Yelled the familiar voice of Kacchan, garnering more than a few hateful glares from people within hearing range. Which included just about anyone entering UA for the exam.

Izuku ignored all the attention they had, and smiled at his childhood friend. "Of course I'm ready for the exam, Kacchan! You do know that we have the written exam first, though, right?" He asked, slightly worried that he was just a bit too pumped up for this, considering they would be sitting in desks for the next hour, answering questions. Only after that was finished would they proceed onto the practical phase of the exam.

"Of course I know that, Izu! I'm not a dumbass! Besides, we both know this won't be a problem for either one of us. The only question is which one of us will get first, and which of us will end up in second." Said Kacchan, before walking off towards the entrance of UA, leaving Izuku to ponder the challenge he had just been given.

It only took him a second to register the challenge, and he knew he would have to give his all in this exam, just so he could really blow Kacchan out of the water.

"Wow, that guy was really something, huh?" Said a voice from behind him, this time unfamiliar. Izuku turned around to see a girl with short, brown hair framing a face with large eyes and what seemed to be a permanent blush. Her fingers looked to be padded, perhaps due to her quirk. She had a slightly nervous smile on her face.

As if just noticing that he was there, she looked to him, "Oh! Hi, my name is Ochaco Uraraka. Nice to meet you." She said, looking absolutely chipper. "Anyways, good luck with the exam." Said Uraraka as she walked off, waving at him for the first few steps.

With that odd encounter over, Izuku figured he should get on his way to the exam room. As he walked, he idly noticed a slight bump with his Mind's Eye, easily stepping over it. He wondered if he would have tripped over it without Mind's Eye?

…

Izuku found his seat among the multitudes of people. It was directly next to Kacchan, he supposed it was based off of the middle school you attended. It would make sense, it would save a large amount of time, as opposed to individually assigning seats, even if it were at random.

He sat down next to his friend, "So, how do you think you did for the first part, Kacchan?" He asked, already knowing what the response would be.

Kacchan scoffed, as if offended by the question. "What a stupid question, Izu. Of course I fucking nailed it! And I know you did too!" He somehow shouted quietly, a scowl on his face. "It was easy as shit! Whatever they have for the practical won't be a problem either, I'll just fucking blow whatever the fuck it is into goddamn smithereens!"

Izuku just smiled at his friends crass wording, he was far too used to it for it to affect him. Just as he was about to start another conversation, all the lights died down. Two spotlights shone down on the stage as a figure made itself known.

Izuku could of course recognize the Pro-Hero Present Mic, in his black leather, a speaker around his neck, and wild blonde hair. It was amazing that he could casually see someone so famous, just at the entrance exam of UA. It just goes to show how prestigious the high school is.

"HELLO EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO TODAY'S LIVE SHOW, FEATURING HUNDREDS OF ASPIRING HEROES. CAN I GET A 'YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH'!?"

The crowd was silent.

"TOUGH CROWD, HUH? NO MATTER, I WILL NOW TELL YOU ABOUT THE PRACTICAL EXAM THAT I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! LET ME WARN YOU, THERE ARE ROBOTS!" This declaration caught some people's attention, most becoming stressed, some becoming determined, and a few who sparkled in anticipation.

It was a simple system, thought Izuku. Robots marked with a '1' were easy, and worth only a single point. Robots marked '2' were of medium difficulty, and worth two points. Finally, robots with a '3' were the most difficult, and, following the pattern, were worth three points.

"EXCUSE ME!" Shouted someone in the crowd, a well built boy with glasses and blue hair, "In the pamphlet it clearly states there will be four robots. I sincerely hope this was not a blunder made by the prestigious UA Academy! Also, YOU, with the suit, if you are not here for the hero examination, please leave!" Said the boy as he pointed in Izuku's direction. Izuku might have wondered if he was the one the boy was referring to, but he doubted anyone else showed up in a suit.

Before the slightly embarrassed Izuku could relieve the boy of his worries, Present Mic took over. "WOW! WHAT A PERFECT SEGUE! I ASSURE YOU, YOUNG MAN, EVERYONE WHO IS HERE IS RIGHT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. AS FOR THE FOURTH ROBOT, IT IS SIMPLY AN OBSTACLE! THAT'S RIGHT, IT ISN'T WORTH EVEN ONE POINT!FOLLOWING THAT LOGIC, MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS." Yelled Present Mic one more time, before directing them to separate buses. They had to ride the buses just to reach the testing area.

Izuku noted his test area as 'Site B'. Kacchan would be going to 'Site A', he guessed it was to avoid cooperation with people from the same school.

After reaching the testing area, he noticed the girl from earlier attempting to calm herself down. He started walking over, wanting to help her calm down, after all, she seemed like a nice enough person. However, before he could take his fifth step, a hand fell on his shoulder. Following the arm up to it's shoulder, then making his way to the face, Izuku recognized it as the boy who interrupted the speech.

"Excuse me," he started, moving his hands robotically, "If you are here to disrupt the other test takers, I would like to kindly ask you to leave." Finished, the young man, who had engines for calves, politely bowed toward him.

This initially took Izuku by surprise, as he came off as a strict and cold person. Judging a person so quickly was probably wrong in the first place, thought Izuku, changing his assessment of the hero-to-be in front of him. Perhaps he was just a stickler for the rules. Izuku would have to get to know him better before anything conclusive was decided.

Just as he was about to respond, he was once again cut off by Present Mic. All he said was, "SSSSTAAARRRRTTTT," before going silent again.

Reeling from the initial shock, Izuku was still able to recover slightly faster than his peers, and flew into the city, already searching for the middle of the testing site. Behind him, he could hear Present Mic yelling something at the others, who had yet to move.

Swiftly landing on the top of a cement building he considered the middle, Izuku closed his physical eyes and widened his Mind's Eye. The steel constructs were made painfully obvious to him, walking masses of carbon and iron, with a scant few other elements mixed in as well. There were hundreds of them, some roaming around solo, others gathered in large groups.

Either way, it didn't matter to him, as long as he could sense them, they were within his control. At the edge of his sense, he felt a robot break down from another examinee. It made him realize he should probably get started.

Focusing hard, he finished this in the most efficient way possible. Separating his mind and zeroing in on each individual robot, Izuku ripped them apart.

Not in the way one might imagine, with a tear, rip, or something similar. No, this reached down to the molecular level, covalent bonds between elements being ripped apart, all at once. The robots simply disappeared from the view of an outsider, they disintegrated. All they were now was a floating mass of unbonded elements. It was anticlimactic, yes, but also the quickest way to get this done.

Wait, thought Izuku, how will everyone else get points?