Sup everyone. I'm here again with another chapter, which I hope y'all enjoy. Let me know what you think. Also, I'm going to go ahead and call it - this fics will have Izuku and Rumi as a couple (maybe others, unsure yet). Y'all really love her - which is good, cause I do too.

Anyways, on with the show.

Chapter 4: An Assassin's Entrance Exam

Izuku walked into UA's auditorium, quietly taking his seat and exam number. Frowning, Izuku realized that he was sitting next to Bakugou, who simply huffed. Ever since the incident with the Sludge Villain, Bakugou had more or less left Izuku alone, though on occasion he had growled at the green-haired hero-to-be. Both boys sat in silence as Present Mic - which, under normal circumstances, would be cause for Izuku to start mumbling - explained the rules of the entrance exam.

Both boys looked at the forms they had been handed, and noticed that they would be at different test sets. "Hmph." Bakugou grunted. "They're probably doing that to ensure people from the same school don't collaborate." Izuku nodded, standing and walking towards the exit.

"Deku."

Izuku turned his head and side-eyed Bakugou, who was moving towards another exit. "Don't fail. I want to be able to crush you in U.A."

Izuku nodded, continuing his movements. "You too...Kachan."

Toshinori Yagi sat in the observation room in his buff form, eyes roaming the screen. After his meeting with young Izuku Midoriya, the blonde haired man had been on the lookout for someone to take One for All and his mantle. While he had talked to Sir Knighteye and met Mirio Togata, Yagi was...unsure about giving One for All to the boy. Sure, he agreed that the boy would be a great Hero and had a charisma that was similar to his own.

But that was the problem. After having a conversation with Gran Torino - and remembering his own conversations with his teacher, Nana Shimura - Yagi came to the conclusion that his successor had to be fundamentally different than him. Togata...wasn't. Sure, the boy had his own quirks that differentiated him from the Symbol of Peace, but everything else seemed...too much like him. Worse, it seemed manufactured. He had no doubt that Young Togata did legitimately want to help others and wanted to be an amazing Hero...but it also seemed like he had been groomed.

Yagi didn't want that. He remembered how he had been the one to approach Nana about the need for a Symbol of Peace - it hadn't been a part of One for All. Yet, it seemed like his closest friends had been trying to perpetuate the legend of All-Might and deify the man...actions that Yagi did not approve of. He had explained to Knighteye that, eventually, society would need to move on to someone better than. Someone who could fix any problems that he had left behind.

Knighteye had yelled at him, calling him a fool, and that, if there were problems caused by the ideals of All-Might, then it was well worth the price of having a Hero like him continue to be around. All-Might had walked away from that meeting very disturbed by the words spoken from his former sidekick, and had actually asked Nezu to pull Young Togata's work study away from Knighteye's agency. The boy had complied, though both of the adults could see he was bothered by it.

Yagi, in an effort to make it up to him, had taken the boy under his wing - not for One for All, but in an effort to help Mirio discover who he was, without anyone else telling him who he should be or how he should act. Slowly but surely the young man was coming around - he was still smiling, but his awful jokes had died down.

Shaking his head, Yagi focused back on the entrance exam, looking through the screens to try and find any candidates worthy of One for All. Making small notes about various individuals - he saw some helping others get mentally prepared, others who seemed extremely calm and collected, others who seemed to be shaking with excitement - Yagi froze when he saw a familiar mop of green hair.

Izuku breathed in deeply as he stared at the gates that led to the testing site. He had made a quick sweep of the others in his group, and he was not impressed. Many of them looked too nervous or too cocky - traits that could get you killed in the field.

'Stop that.' He mentally scolded himself. 'They don't have the training you have, so of course they wouldn't be acting like you.' Shaking his head, Izuku noticed a bob of brown hair that looked...familiar. Moving slightly closer, Izuku saw a familiar face.

(Earlier that day)

Izuku gave a small smile as he walked through the gates of UA, equal parts eager and ecstatic to be at the school he had dreamed of coming to for years. As he walked, he noticed a small stone that could have tripped him. Instead, Izuku took a slightly larger stride to get over it…

And was slapped in the face, his body immediately losing its connection to the ground, floating in midair. Ignoring the slight stinging sensation in his cheek, Izuku floated in the air, trying to navigate his body back to solid earth.

"OhmygoshI'msooosorry!" A panicked, accented voice came from his side. "Release!" With that, Izuku felt gravity return and quickly maneuvered his body so as to land in a crouched position. Standing up, Izuku looked at the origin of the voice, finding a girl around his age with brown hair, who was pressing her hands together.

"I'm really really sorry, but I saw that rock and thought you might trip over it, so I used my quirk and-"

"It's ok." Izuku said, cutting her off, a little weirded out by the rapid stream of words. 'Huh, so that's what it's like.' Out loud, Izuku continued speaking. "You thought I was in danger and acted. That's already the sign of a hero."

The girl blushed and stammered a little more. Turning, Izuku waved over his shoulder as he continued walking towards the school.

(Present)

Izuku was able to quickly move through the crowd - dodging a tall boy with glasses and blue hair that seemed to be going around and lecturing others about 'proper etiquette' - and soon stood beside the girl. Tapping her on the shoulder, and breaking her out of another little mumble session, Izuku gave a small smile.

"Oh, it's you!" She exclaimed, a small smile forming its way onto her face.

"Yes, it's me." Izuku said, getting the girl to giggle a little. "Are you all right, you seem...nervous."

"I am." The girl admitted, pressing her index fingers together. "It's just...this is a big exam and I need to do well."

"I'm sure you will." Izuku assured her, his smile still present. Though he had consigned himself to becoming a killer, Izuku would never lose his inner light - the desire to help others. 'I may not be able to be a Hero like All-Might, but that doesn't mean I can't be a good person.'

"Thanks!" The girl said, extending her hand. "Good luck to you...ummm…Greenie."

Izuku chuckled at that, deciding to tease the girl a little. "Then good luck to you too...Bob-cut."

The girl's eyes narrowed playfully. She opened her mouth to retort, but any and all further conversations were cut off by a large mechanical groaning. The gates had opened.

Before they had opened fully, Izuku activated Soru and rushed through the crowd, before running as fast as he could into the makeshift city.

The others in his group simply stared at his back, unable to fully process what was happening. They were shaken out of their stupor by Present Mic's booming voice.

"WHAT ARE YOU ALL WAITING FOR?! THAT KID HAD THE RIGHT IDEA! MOVEMOVEMOVE!"

As one, the crowd of would-be students pushed through the gates, following Izuku deeper into the city.

In UA's control room, the teachers sat and viewed the various monitors, looking at the students and scoring them for their actions. Many of the teachers were absorbed in a conversation about the makings of a good Hero. There were however, stragglers.

All-Might was one, as he watched Izuku destroy all the robots in his way with various Rokushiki techniques - mainly using Rankyuku to shred them in half. All-Might was still highly conflicted about allowing the boy to continue on his chosen path. He wanted to save him, to prevent him from becoming a monster. 'Heros need to be symbols of light and hope. While those symbols may differentiate from each other, they are all the same. Except,' All-Might mentally growled 'for that accursed Anti-Hero system.'

While All-Might was deep in thought, two others watched Izuku with great interest. One was Sekijirou Kan, or Blood King. He immediately noticed the boy's abilities and quickly jotted them down. 'The Rokushiki.' He internally mused. 'Been awhile since I've seen those abilities. Guess I know where he's aiming for.'

The final individual was one Shota Aizawa, aka Eraserhead. He too had noticed Izuku's use of the Rokushiki and had immediately pulled the boy's file. Narrowing his eyes at the information, Aizawa noticed two things. One, the information was heavily redacted. And two, the boy was Quirkless. 'What the hell is going on?' He thought.

All three men were shaken from their thoughts as their principal pushed the big red button on a nearby console.

Izuku sighed as he walked calmly through the city, carefully avoiding the chunks of destroyed robots and debris. He had been keeping track of his point total, and according to his calculations, he should have around 66 villain points.

'Seems like that's more than enough. Good thing too, my muscles are starting to ache.' He thought before the ground shook and a mighty crash was heard. Turning, Izuku ran towards the cause of the shaking, avoiding students who were fleeing.

Izuku stopped when he saw the cause of the ruckus. A massive robot, taller than any of the buildings, stood in front of him - the 0-Pointer. 'The type of power that would be needed to destroy something like that…' Izuku shook his head, knowing that he didn't have that kind of raw power. He turned and began to leave, satisfied that he had done enough to pass, when he heard a girl's voice.

"Someone...please help!"

As if on instinct, his head turned and he saw, pinned beneath fallen rubble, Bob-cut. In a flash - similar to when Bakugou was being threatened by the slime villain - Izuku was by her side, kneeling down.

"Are you alright?"

"Greenie?! I...mostly. My ankle is a bit busted, but I should be able to get out of here in time…"

"Which isn't at our side…" Izuku remarked, his gaze narrowing and turning to the 0-Pointer. He knew he couldn't generate enough power to disable that monstrosity - his Rankyaku was effective against the smaller machines due to their lighter armor, but he could tell that the amount of defensive platting this monstrosity would prevent any real damage.

'Think!' He yelled mentally, his mind frantic though his face betrayed none of this. 'The most offensive move I have is Ranyaku, but the basic one is too weak...wait, that's it! Rankyaku works by moving the leg at super speed! But, if I move my whole body at super speeds, then extend my leg...it could work!'

Turning back to Bob-cut, Izuku gave her a small, reassuring smile. "Don't worry. I'll take care of that, you just focus on getting out."

With that Izuku leapt into the air, kicking out at the space beneath him, the Geppo technique forcing him higher. Eventually, Izuku reached a height that was just above the 0-Pointer. Tucking his body inward - and not even beginning to question how he was still in midair - Izuku forced his body to spin.

Faster and faster he spun, until his body was one big blurry ball of green and black. The other testers stared up at him - some in amazement, some scoffing, some confused - before one sharp eyed individual noticed that something was sticking out of the spinning ball. Then, before anyone could react, a mighty roar caused everyone to freeze.

"RANKYAKU: MIDORI NO KAMA!"

With that, a massive, crescent shaped glowing blade flew out of the boy's leg, it's target just below it. The blade cut through the head of the 0-Pointer like a hot knife through butter before continuing onward. The blade dispersed itself soon after reaching the chest, but by that point the damage had been done. The 0-Pointer was sparking and wobbling, almost ready to collapse or explode-

"TEKKAI: SAI!"

When suddenly, Izuku penciled his body together, like a child leaping from a cliff to water below, a slight glow traveling around his body. He dropped like a stone, his body picking up speed before colliding with the remaining parts of the 0-Pointer, forcing the behemoth mech to collapse in on itself, while a crater formed under the shatter pieces.

Nobody moved, nobody spoke, nobody did...anything. Until Present Mic's voice rang out, stating that the exam was over. Several of the testers began to shuffle towards the exit, some taking looks back at the hole. One blue haired student, who was mentally beating himself up for not acting, as another had died due to his inactions, ran towards the hole - careful to avoid the debris scattered on the street.

Upon arriving, the blue haired student panted and bent over, wanting to see the boy's broken body - if nothing else, then to pay his respects - but was quickly shocked by what he saw.

A hand was sticking out the hole, waiving around seemingly trying to get some attention. Then a voice rang out.

"Can someone help? I think my legs are broken...yep, definitely broken...ouch."

CUT! Another one bites the dust.

I would like to thank my fantastic beta, LordGrevious, for helping with this. He just published his first MHA Fic - The Analytical Hero: Deku - so y'all should go check that out.

Translations:

Rankyaku: Midori No Kama - Loosely translated it means Tempest Kick: Green Sickly/Scythe.

Tekkai: Sai - Iron Body: Drop.

As always, let me know what you thought, constructive criticism is always welcomed, thank you all for your support, and I'll see you next time.

TheSaintsFollower, signing out.