We made our way to the training grounds and waited for the girls to join us. When they did, I waved at Momo while smiling. This in turn, caused a smile of her own to show.
"Alright students, we are going to have a test to assess your Quirks" Shota says while looking out over the grounds.
"What?! A Quirk Assessment Test?" the majority of the students almost scream out, which causes me to rub my ears in pain.
"But orientation, we're going to miss it" Uraraka says.
"If you really want to make the big leagues, you can't waste time on pointless ceremonies" Shota says, which causes some of the students to gasp and take a step back.
I look over to Momo and see her keeping a cool head. I give her a thumbs up before he continues "Here at U.A. we're not tethered to traditions. That means that I get to run my class however I see fit."
He turns around giving us a hard look and says "You've been taking standardized tests most of your lives, but you've never got to use your Quirks in physical exams before."
He hold up his phone which shows 8 lines of text. "The country is still trying to pretend we are all created equal, by not letting those with the most power excel. It's not rational, one day the ministry of education will learn."
He turns and looks straight at me saying "Midoriya, you managed to get the most points in the entrance exam. What was the farthest distance throw with a softball when you were in junior high?"
I pause a bit and ask "Umm… if you are talking about without a Quirk, then it would be 135.36 meters."
He stops and looks at me a bit before asking, "Why did you mention without a Quirk, when you aren't allowed to use your Quirk in tests?"
"Well…. I wanted to show a new friend of mine my Quirk and i needed something to throw, so she made one of those" I say explaining myself while pointing at the ball in his hand.
He looks over at Momo and then back to me before saying "I see the creation girl…. How far did it go?"
"560.84 meters….. but that was when I entered Junior High" I say.
"What?!" I hear from somewhere beside me "that's insane!"
A couple other student clamor a bit, but before it could get out of control Shota yells out "Alright, that's enough!"
After the students quiet down a bit he continues "Midoriya, let's see how far you've gotten since. Step into the circle and anything goes as long as you stay within that circle."
He walks up to me to hand me the ball and then I walk to the middle of the circle to stand. Better this time, I think to myself.
"Go on, your wasting our time" Shota says rushing me.
I breath in and out and then activate Full Cowling at 30%. After feeling One For All coursing through my body, I wind up and throw the softball as hard as I can.
After releasing the ball, a gale follows it causing everyone's hair is blown back behind them. The ball quickly rockets through the air and leaves our eyesight.
"All of you need to know your maximum capabilities" Shota says before a beep sounds out and he turns to us holding up his phone. "It's the most rational way of figuring out your potential as a pro hero."
I turn to look at the number displayed and I'm a little stunned at what it says. 1,261.89…. Wow that's even higher than my first test at this. I wonder…. does control allow me to produce even more force with One For All? A thought for later I guess, I think to myself.
"Whoa 1,261 meters, that's just… impossible!" Kaminari yells out.
"I wanna go!" Ashido yells out happily and then says "that looks like fun."
"This is what I'm talking about, using our quirks as much as we want" Sero says.
"So this looks fun huh?" I hear Shota say, which at first worries me. Remembering how everything went before I relax, then I look over to Momo and give her a nod before stretching.
"You have three years here to become a hero" Shota says before asking "You think it's all gonna be games and playtime?"
He grins and says "Idiots, today you'll compete in eight physical tests to gauge your potential. Whoever comes in last has none and will be expelled immediately."
"Huh?!" I hear from everyone around me.
"Like I said, I get to decide how this class runs, understand?" he asks while lifting the hair out of his eyes with his left hand. "If that's a problem, you can head home right now."
"You can't send one of us home" Uraraka " I mean, we just got here. Even if it wasn't the first day, that isn't fair."
"Oh and you think natural disasters are? Or power hungry villains hmm? Or catastrophic accidents that wipe out whole cities?" Shota asks while letting his hair fall down to cover his face once again.
"No! The world is full of unfairness. It's a hero's job to try combat that unfairness. If you wanna be a pro, you're gonna have to push yourself to the brink. For the next three years, U.A. will throw one terrible hardship after another at you."
"So go beyond, Plus Ultra style." He pauses for a bit before continuing his speech "Show me it's no mistake that you're here."
I turn my head while stretching and see Iida pulling out a sports bottle. Huh… I wonder what Iida has in there, I think to myself while everyone else starts stretching.
"Now then, we're just wasting time by talking. Let the games begin" Shota says as he leads us to the first test, 50-meter dash.
"We are starting off in pairs and going by seating arrangements, first up is Aoyama and Ashido" Shota says.
Ashido gets down and takes position while a machine sounds out "Runners on your marks."
Aoyama turns around and says "Since we are first, I have to dazzle the rest of the class with my splendid performance, monami."
"Ready?" it sounds on that sound Aoyama jumps up and a pop sounds the start. He fires off a laser from his belly, shooting him forward while Ashido runs to catch up.
Unfortunately the laser doesn't last and Ashido passes him as he tumbles to the floor. Getting up he jumps and fires another laser propelling him to the finish line. Stumbling for a while before standing up.
All things considered it wasn't half bad as he got 5.51 seconds, which Ashido was faster by .34 seconds.
Iida and Asui went next getting 3.04 seconds and 5.58 seconds respectively. After that Uraraka and Ojiro went next. They got 7.15 seconds and 5.49 seconds respectively.
This went on for a while until it was Kacchan and my turn.
We went up to the starting line and Kacchan said "Don't hold back Deku!"
I nodded and ran Full Cowling at 30% waiting for the start signal. Pop, and off I went running down the way to the finish line. I reached it quite quickly and I hear "2.34 seconds."
I wait for Kacchan to finish and he ends up with 4.13 seconds.
After that was the grip test, which I ended up surpassing Shoji by quite a bit scoring 865 kg compared to his 540 kg.
Standing long jump came after and most of us passed through that one except for Mineta.
Repeated Side steps came next and Mineta surprised everyone else by excelling in that test, but I ended up coming pretty close to his score on that one.
The Ball throw ended with Uraraka surprising my classmates with her infinity throw. I got a similar score to the one I showed already and Kacchan got 705.2 meters.
The distance run had me and Iida leading the pack, while the toe-touch had Momo and I getting high score. For sit ups Ojiro, Kirishima, Sato did Quite well, but I ended up coming in first for that as well. At the end of it all we were all breathing a bit heavily.
"Alright, time to give you your results. I've ranked you all from best to worst, you should probably already have a good idea of your standing already. I'll just pull up the whole list, it's not worth going over each individual score." Shota says while tapping his phone, which causes a projection of our ranking to show.
1st Izuku Midoriya
2nd Momo Yaoyorozu
3rd Shoto Todoroki
4th Katsuki Bakugo
5th Tenya Iida
6th Fumikage Tokoyami
7th Mezo Shoji
8th Mashirao Ojiro
9th Eijiro Kirishima
10th Mina Ashido
11th Ochaco Uraraka
12th Koji Koda
13th Rikido Sato
14th Tsuyu Asui
15th Yuga Aoyama
16th Hanta Sero
17th Denki Kaminari
18th Kyoka Jiro
19th Toru Hagakure
20th Minoru Mineta
Yes, i think to myself while pumping my arm into the air, I got first place. Too bad about Mineta, but Shota wasn't being serious.
"Mineta. Since you got last place, you are hereby removed from the hero program" Shota says shocking not only me, but Momo as well.
"Sir, I thought that was just a rational deception!" Momo yells out.
"In some ways it was, but he has shown he is not fit for my class" Shota says while taking out some paper and writing something on it before walking up to Mineta. "Here take this to the teacher of class 1-C, tell him I want to see him later" he says handing Mineta a note.
What the hell just happened? I ask myself. Wasn't he supposed to be kidding? What happened? I spend the rest of the day thinking about what happened.