First try at a real story on this site, I've been here for years and never really given it much of a chance but hey lets see what happens. Give me your criticism your thoughts your ideas I want to hear it all!

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"Go AWAY!"

"W-Wait! Stay away from that thing!"

"S-Some kind of beast!"

"Leave my friends ALONE! You big ugly MONSTER!"

"Don't go any closer! Get back!"

"It must be a new villain!"

"STOP!"

Adachi's eyes snapped open, gasping for breath as he sat up. The young boy took a moment to gather himself, before sighing heavily and looking towards the alarm clock. Which only made him release another grown of discomfort. Whelp, there was nothing for it. He had to get up, and get ready. Today was the big day, the day he and his friends friends find out what they can really do. And find out if they have what it takes, to make it into the Hero Academy.

"Kaiji?" A knock sounded at the door, his Dad's voice ringing through, "You okay? I thought I heard something..."

"I'm up, its fine." The the young boy assured, smiling faintly at his fathers concern. Always happy to be reminded of his care, "I'll be out in a minute."

"Alright!" He answered, leaving the door after a moment and leaving him in silence once more. His smile vanished quickly, and his thoughts returned to that nightmare, "Why now?" He wondered, standing up from his bed, and looking out the window to watch the rising sun, "Why am I remembering that now?"

Pushing it aside, Kaiji quickly made his way to the bathroom to get washed up and ready for his big day. The young boy had been training for this, preparing to show the world what he could do and prove how tough he was!

There were always doubts, Kaiji wasn't exactly a fit young man. Sure he was tall, already six feet at his young age, but he looked like a twig. He was thin, pale with long lanky limbs, with not a single hair on his head. You'd think he had some kind of ghoulish quirk, if not for his almost glowing blue reptilian eyes, and the long forked tongue.

He finished washing his up, and after brushing his teeth he made his way down the hall to the kitchen. When he opened the door he blinked and quickly moved forward, the young boy grabbing the tea pot for his father. The older man was having trouble leaning forward in his wheelchair to reach it. He shared many of Kaiji's facial features, though he lacked the reptilian aspects and certainly wasn't as thin.

"I had it." He said, though not in an angered way.

Kaiji smiled and poured him a cup, "I know, you gonna be home today?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I might be late," He shrugged, taking a seat at the table and starting to prod at his breakfast while his father rolled up across from him, "Friends and I are thinking of heading to the arcade to celebrate after the exam."

He frowned slightly, "You know you shouldn't count on victory so early, these exams are tough."

Kaiji sighed a little, "Yeah I know Dad... But I mean, if you could handle it..." He trailed, grinning at him.

"Oi, your old man was quite the hero back in the day." He warned, wagging a finger at Kaiji.

The young boy laughed, "I know I know... Just poking fun..."

His Father sighed lightly, "Just... Be careful, alright? All three of you." He added with a chuckle.

Kaiji nodded his head, "We will Dad, thanks..."

. . .

There was still plenty of time, before they needed to head to the UA for the test. And so, Kaiji made his way to the station, to meet up with his friends and get there early. It was a quiet morning, their district was never crazy busy and it had a lot of local business, no massive commercial buildings that flooded the streets with traffic. Kaiji always liked early morning walks, despite his aversion to the cold...

"Kaiji! About time Slowpoke!" The abrasive, excited tone of his friend shouted from above, "What took you so long? I almost left without you guys!"

"I'm surprised you could even get up this early Kirishima!" Kaiji shot back with a grin, ascending the steps to join them.

"Oh ha ha," Kirishima rolled his eyes, waving him off, "You ready to go? I wanna get there early, maybe get some practice in and loosen up!"

"Isn't your quirk all about hardening?" The light, friendly voice of their third member sounded as she walked up the stairs behind Kaiji.

"You know what I meant Mina!" Kirishima barked loudly, as both Mina and Kaiji laughed.

"Alright come on," Kaiji said with a grin as the train pulled up, "Lets get up there, maybe go over stuff on the way? I mean... We don't actually know what we are up against." He shrugged, waiting for a few people to step off the train before stepping on, Kirishima and Mina following behind.

"Good idea I guess, it will at least fill some time." The red headed boy nodded, taking a seat beside Kaiji, Mina taking the opposite side. The three were all dressed in athletic clothes, or just the kind loose stuff you'd wear for a workout, all wanting to stay freely mobile during the tests.

"Alright! Run down!" Mina declared, "I spit acid! I can secrete from my hands too, and I've gotten really good at sliding around on it!"

"And don't forget that mean right hook," Kaiji chuckled, "Last practice you nearly knocked me out cold! But yeah, you've got Acid, and Kirishima can harden his whole body, like an unbreakable shield." He added with a grin to his confident companion, "That'll be awesome, both your abilities are great!"

"Don't sell yourself short Kaiji," Mina smiled at him, "Your transformation stuff is really cool!"

"Yeah, I mean," Kirishima started, "You can harden small pockets of scales on your body, and they're almost as tough as my hardening! And that transformation is way better than my quirk, way more flashy and impressive!"

"Heh, now who's selling himself short?" Kaiji chuckled, blushing a bit as he leaned back in his chair, "Yeah, I guess we've all got good quirks, I think we'll all do fine... And hey! Even if only one of us make it, we're going out to celebrate afterwards!"

"Yeah!"

. . .

Things from there got a bit dicey.

An hour later, we were about to be split up, and taken to different areas for our own tests. Dividing the students to minimize the chance of friends working together. It made sense, no favoritism between candidates... This was a contest, after all, and hundreds, maybe thousands were competing.

"This sucks," Kirishima sighed shaking his head, "So much for standing strong together..."

"Yeah, things might get a bit harder with us alone," Mina noted, "And some of these other people look pretty tough."

"Hey, come on, I mean..." Kaiji started, though his smiled nearly faltered when they both looked at him, "W-We... We can do this!" He assured nervously, "You guys are both amazing, not only your quirks but you're great fighters! I know you'll... W-We will all pass this test!" Maybe he wasn't the most confident sounding motivational speaker, but wanted his friends to feel better.

Kirishima smirked, crossing his arms, "Yeah, I am pretty great..." He answered, sarcastically smug, "Look, I'm not giving up any time soon, so why don't we agree that... No matter what, we are all passing this test!"

"Yeah!" Mina nodded, "Even if we're apart, we've got each other strengths with us... Or something, I don't know I heard something like that in a movie!" Mina blushed nervously laughing, the other two young boys joining her.

As the laughter started to die down, and they all knew they only had a moment before they had to go, the fiery young man stuck out a fist, "Let's make a pact, right now! That we'll find a way to stay together! Through this exam, and beyond!"

Kaiji looked at his hand in surprise, such an act was not like him, "Uh... Wow, Kirishima I... I'm in!" A grin spreading across his unsure lips, as he bumped his fist with his friend.

"I agree, from here on out we are together! We're all gonna become great heroes!" Mina beamed, sticking in her hand as well, "Lets DO THIS!"

After a few goodbyes, and promises to meet up once this was over. The three close friends parted ways, and headed for their testing grounds. Kaiji's smile fading shortly after leaving them, as his own doubts began to sink in.

"With my transformation I should be able to take out these bots but... Will it be enough to compete with others?" He wondered, wincing a bit as he thought of pushing it, maybe going further than- "No, I don't need to be the best, I just need to pass... I can do it! For Kirishima and Ashido, for my friends!" He stopped before his gate, swallowing nervously as it began to slowly open, "And... For you dad."

"Don't waste time Folks! GET IN THERE AND KICK BUTT!"

The voice of that ridiculous DJ hero sounded over the speakers. And instantly the games began, a horde of would be heroes charging into the city. Kaiji nearly tripping as he started running, begin to pant in just a few moments, cursing himself for not changing early. Whatever, he would just have to deal with it now and use his skills to handle this.

As the crowds charged forward, he slid to a stop. Turning his head he picked up on something, sticking his tongue out he smirked. Tasting the air like a snake, he could smell something nearby and burst down the nearest alleyway getting off the main street. As he reached the end, he tripped. Stumbling forward but also falling right under the swinging arm of a green mech.

"Agh!" He yelped, rolling across the ground to try and get some distance, "A 1 pointer..." He smirked faintly, steadying his nerves, "Alright tough guy! Let's go!" He started forming the light blue scales over his arms, nails growing sharp.

The Bot charged, taking a heavy swing at him as if to brush him aside quickly. Kaiji braced, raising both arms it took the blow sending a shock wave through his body as he winced, "Ngh! Take THIS!" He lunged with his clawed hands, shredding the light metal surrounding the bots body, exposing its sensitive inner workings. Kaiji quickly ripped through the wires, and the machine collapsed, "Nice! 1 point already!" He grinned.

"Maybe I can do this without it..."

. . .

Outside of the testing grounds, in the observation room the Teachers were watching. Judging the performances carefully and putting up rescue points when applicable. But as it went on, one of the experienced heroes blinked in surprise.

"Those eyes... Isn't that Colossus' kid?" Midnight asked cocking an eyebrow.

"Kaiji Adachi, that's right..." Another responded, "But it doesn't look like he picked up his father's Quirk, mostly his mothers."

"What a shame..."

. . .

Kaiji kept going, shredding the bots he could and racking up a modest amount of points. As the timer started counting down, he was seeing fewer enemies and more wreckage. There was one young boy, he was absolutely decimating the competition. Unleashing furious explosions and demolishing the machines with little effort.

Kaiji knew it would be best to steer clear, but just as he was about to go chasing another bot scent a tremor shook the streets. Kaiji's eyes went wide, as an eruption of dust and debris spread through the area, blinding him momentarily. But as it began to clear, he was met with the sight of other candidates running away.

"What is... Where are... Why-" His voice hitched, as his eyes locked onto the the towering, mean green machine rolling up the streets, "Th-That's..." His mind flashed back, to that young man who stood up and pointed out a missing enemy description during the exam briefing, "THAT THING ISN'T WORTH ANY POINTS!?" He exclaimed.

"That's right! So RUN!" A young girl with green vine hair shouted as she ran past him, "For your own safety!"

Kaiji blinked, noticing she was carrying a bunch of knocked out candidates in her vines. Maybe they were hurt in the blast when that thing appeared? Either way, she was right. He needed to steer clear of that big bot, or he could get seriously injured! And it wasn't even worth any points...

"Aaagh!"

Kaiji stopped, looking back towards the sound. He gasped, spotting a young boy, someone his age trapped beneath some fallen rubble from one of the buildings.

"S-Somebody!" He looked very tired, bags under his eyes, with some wild purple hair, "I think my legs broken! I can't get free!"

"They wouldn't let someone die during these exams right?" He reasoned, hesitating for a moment. His eyes darting between the boy, and the machine rolling up the street, "Dammit!"

"Its fine." Kaiji assured himself, as he raced towards the boy, "I've got 28 points... That should be enough to at least get me in... I hope!"

"Aaagh!" The boys gasps of pain halted, as he looked up at Kaiji, "H-Help me out of here!"

"Hang on!" He replied, taking his hand and starting to pull, earning a pained cry from the boy, "S-Sorry sorry! Uh..." He looked at the mound of rubble, all that was laying on the boy was a wooden archway, the problem was that one side was completely buried by concrete connecting to the rest of the building! And the robot was only getting-

"LOOKOUT!" Purple hair shouted, yanking on Kaiji's leg to make him fall as a 1P Bot took a swing. Narrowly missing before being blown away by the white haired boy. Kaiji watched, gasping as the explosive propelled boy blasted away Robots left and right, completely ignoring the giant! "H-Hey!" His attention immediately returning to the trapped boy, "You've gotta have a quirk that can get me out of this... Right? Hurry! That thing is almost here!"

"I-I... Right, I can, just hang on!" He stepped back, taking a deep breath and tossing aside his shirt. Kaiji clenched his fists, and his teeth tightly, "Ngh! Grr... Aaagh!" The young boy roared out, body buffing up, filling in his thin frame with muscle and nearly tearing apart his loose shorts. The transformation didn't end with muscles however, his bones were shifting and blue scales were forming all over his body. Covering most of his form while his face contorted, growing forward and forming a long muzzle. It was covered in armored plates, only tiny air holes so he could breath. His neck grew longer, legs bending while his fingers and toes grew sharp claws. A thick, powerful tail slamming the ground behind him as it grew, His back now lined with rows of sharp scales down his spine all the way up to the top of his head.

"Whoa..." Purple hair muttered as he watched.

"Now then..." Kaiji had wasted time changing, and the bot was almost on them. He quickly grabbed the archway and started to lift it. But as it began to rise, something snapped and more debris fell upon him. He raised both arms, shielding the other candidate until it ended, the stones harmlessly shattering against his tough scales. Kaiji stepped back, surveying the building, "No good... This thing is way too unstable, if I go tearing out the wall to free this guy, he'll be crushed anyways! Which means..."

"H-Hey! What are you doing! Where are you going!" Purple shouted, watching as Kaiji took some steps back. The massive lizard man turning and facing the machine now.

"Hey!" Purples head snapped the other way, that girl with the green vine hair was running back towards them, "Run! You have to RUN!"

Kaiji looked back at her, "Thank goodness, with her here..." He couldn't speak in this form, his armored face plates sealed his mouth shut, one downside to this transformation. But, he knew she would understand, he simply pointed to the purple haired boy before taking off towards the machines base.

"I know I'm not strong enough to stop you... But I can at least slow you DOWN!"

He slammed into the base of the machine, claws digging into the metal as his feet dug into the street. The slow moving machine came nearly to a stand still, as Kaiji pushed harder against it. His feet were being pushed slowly into the street, his claws sparking against the asphalt. His muscles burned as the machine kept grinding against his body.

"I-I've never tried my power against something this big, or heavy before!" He cringed in pain, daring to look back, seeing that the girl with the vines for hair had almost gotten Purple free. Using many vine constructs to support the structure while she pulled away the debris! "They're almost out! C-Come on... Hurry hurry HURRY!"

. . .

"Oh my," The diminutive Principal chuckled as he watched for a brief moment, "Seems young Adachi at least retained some of his fathers immense strength..."

"Yes, his mother was certainly never that strong."

. . .

"HE'S OUT!" Kaiji's eyes widened, the girl with vines running as she carried purple hair away from the scene, "Run!"

"Don't need to tell me twice!" Kaiji turned tail, about to use the bot to boost away when suddenly he felt a sharp pain in... His tail? Looking down, he felt himself being tugged to the ground, "MY TAIL GOT RUN OVER!?" His narrowed reptilian eyes bulging out of his head as he was slowly dragged down, "NO! Not like this!" He frantically struggled, but just as it was reaching the base of his back-

"TIIIIIIMES UP!"

The Robot ceased movement, and Kaiji slumped to the ground, "I... I'm ALIVE!"

He felt a great swell of pride in his chest, as he laid on the ground panting. Slowly reverting to his human form as he caught his breath. Only opening his eyes at the sound of footsteps, it was the Vine Girl! And she was helping Purple hair move around, "O-Oh its you two..." He said, sitting up slowly, "Your leg doing alright?"

"It hurts, but the official said the doc can heal me quick..." He answered, smirking at him, "Thanks for the help, both of you... Name's Hitoshi Shinso." He greeted.

"Oh, don't thank me, I barely did anything." Kaiji chuckled, standing up, "I'm Kaiji, Kaiji Adachi, and also, thank you for helping." He added, looking to the Vine girl.

"Oh please think nothing of it, any real hero would do the same! Just like you did!" She beamed, a real ray of sunshine smile, making both boys sweatdrop, "My name is Ibara Shiozaki, a pleasure to meet you both."

"Thank you Kaiji," Shinso nodded with a smile, "You really saved my butt, I owe you one big time."

Kaiji smiled, waving him off before the three began some idle chatter. That lasted until Recovery Girl arrived, and helped out anyone who was injured. Kaiji released a sigh of relief, knowing he had at least taken the first step. Sure, he didn't score the most Villain points, but he felt like this was the first time he got to really use his powers for something important!

And now, he had to find his friends, and celebrate!

Alright first chapter done yaaaaay!

Not sure if this one ran a little long... Maybe that's good? Bad? Iunno, anyways thanks for reading! Tell me what you thought!