Path to Becoming a Hero

Chapter 1

From Deku to Duke

All men are not created equal, that one line is what drives the society that Izuku Midoriya lived in, a society where your status in life, whether intended or not, is determined by the power one possesses, a power that is unique to that person or that person's family, that power is called a quirk. Quirks are now the norm in the society and as such heroes have come about and soon the term heroes became a job to many, for other people it became less of a job but the underlining tone was still there, that the term hero has lost most of its original meaning, but how long will that last?

Since he was first told his quirk was supposed to manifest, Inko Midoriya, his mom, became nervous when it wasn't happening, so his mother took him to a specialist on the subject and told him the reason why he wasn't developing a quirk, he would never develop a quirk, that was how it was. Over eighty percent of the world now has a quirk, but that twenty percent is one of the people that don't have life so good, as time goes on and the advances of quirks go up, the more people that are powerless are looked down upon and some are bullied because of them being quirkless. One of the many reasons that Izuku is no longer friend with Katsuki Bakugo is because Bakugo went from being his young grade school friend to becoming Izuku's tormentor because he found out the boy was quirkless and so started calling the boy Deku, a worthless nobody in his eyes.

Izuku never lost hope though, going on to watch heroes, admire them, and even started and completed several journals for the future, hoping beyond hope that he could be a hero even without a quirk, study fighting maybe, workout and build his body muscle up to match it. That came crashing down when All Might, the number one hero told him that he can't be a hero without a quirk, his hopes and dreams were shattered after that, told that there were some villains that can't be fought against without power, his quirkless state would hindering him. Then a sludge monster attacked and held Bakugo hostage, and despite what the boy has done to him, Izuku couldn't just do nothing, so he jumped into the situation and tried to claw the boy out of the danger, despite him being powerless and quirkless, but they were saved by All Might.

For Izuku it was another reminder that he was powerless, that he would never be a hero, that is until All Might came before him on his way home to give up on his dream and told the boy his secret, told of how the boy inspired him to act to save them, and told him that he could do it. All Might would from that point on train up his body to be able to handle and contain his quirk, One For All, a quirk that can be passed from wielder to wielder, making a workout regimen for the boy and training up his body until he could handle that huge power load and not blow up.

To work out Izuku was told to clean the trash off the shores of Dagoba Municipal Beach Park, it wasn't too bad, training for ten months straight until he was strong enough to receive the quirk of the greatest hero ever, seven months have passed now and it was only three more until the deadline. The deadline was actually the entrance exams for the UA high school, the top hero school in the country that produced the world's greatest hero, and Izuku could already feel the great strength he was already feeling from the constant moving of trash on the beach piece after piece.

Izuku was cleaning today as well, this day was a special day though, because this day was the day he saw something after lifting a refrigerator into a truck to take the trash away, what he saw was something shiny, sparkling on the reflected sunlight that hit the water just right to shine. Picking it up, Izuku noticed that it wasn't just any ordinary object, it was a mask that reminded him of a wolf's head, it must have gotten caught on something on the bottom of the fridge and just now got loose enough to be seen by anyone who was paying attention to what was around them. It was black in the base color, pale gold, almost white, eyebrow lines above the eye hole that left the eye, between the eyes at the top of the bridge of the nose and even the actual eyebrows open to the view of everyone to see, the golden edge at the corners of socket only enhanced the fact. Golden teeth with sharp fangs appeared to be what occupied the mouthpiece of the fancy design, would only accent whatever mouth would be behind those teeth to give off an intimidating appearance, only solidifying the idea that this was a mask was expensive and pricy to everyone. The final noticeable feature that submitted this fact was the two ruby red eyebrow lines just above the brow furrow with a purple jewel shining just above them at the bottom of a golden indent that curved around the top of the mask's head, all in all the mask didn't fit in the dump.

"Come on young Midoriya, move it," All Might yelled from behind him to get him motivated before seeing the mask the young boy held, "what is a mask like that doing in a dump," he asked as he went from all muscle to being a skinny skeleton thin looking man with hollow eyes.

"I don't know, I just found it on the bottom of the fridge I just moved," Izuku stated as he turned the mask over and over trying to see any kind of markings of ownership on it but found nothing, over his shoulder All Might was doing the same thing and didn't see anything either.

"I guess it was stolen and placed there by a thief," All Might guessed and the young boy looked to him, "sometimes a thief hides his loot before capture in a place that the authorities won't look for, trusting the place not to be disturbed, sadly it looks to be recently put there, I'd say eight months."

"That means he was caught and got a long sentence if he hasn't come back to pick it up yet," Midoriya theorized, his mentor nodded as they went back to looking over the mask, "it doesn't appear to be tagged with markings of ownership, do we turn it over to the police to find them?"

"Normally yes, but this mask is a very expensive object, someone could easily con us if they neglected to file a missing report if the police say they found a mask like that, so let me ask the police I trust to check the missing items list, in the meantime take it home and hide it," the man said.

"You sure, because this seems really expensive, what if I get mugged while walking home from the beach, not all of the roads are seen from all angles, I could easily be mugged and robbed, not to mention the house isn't the most secure place in the world, if someone finds this thing then…"

"Shut up," All Might interrupted him before he could ramble any further, "just don't tell anybody and you won't get mugged for a valuable position," he chopped the kid in the head for his idiocy, "we're done for the day, so go on and head home, keep that mask safe until I tell you to."

All Might walked off after that leaving the young boy to head home by himself, putting the mask in his backpack and making sure it was secure, he headed home and after saying hello to his mother and telling her how tired he was, he went to his room and went to bed to sleep some. This was one of his rare days where when he got home he could just go to sleep without any extra workout, even he knew that if he overtaxed his body too much then there would be no hope of this workout program succeeding, so he'd never become a hero like he wanted. He wasn't too tired though to keep looking at the mask that he found, it wasn't really all that hard to see how expensive it looked, it had a sort of appeal to it, almost like it was coxing him to do something, he didn't know what and as he kept staring at it he felt so sleepy.

As he fell asleep though the mask's eyes looked to be about to glow, but he didn't pay attention to it and just let his hands fall with the mask and it seemed that the mask fell in a way that it landed on his face, as if the mask itself guided it to land when the boy dropped it while he drifted off. So he was unaware of what the changes to his very being had gone through, unaware of what actually happened to him himself, because that night he died, Izuku Midoriya died as the mask sucked his life-force from him and replaced his body with a form truly befitting a being he turned into.

The being had learned his lesson from previous hosts, make it to where you are the only one in there instead of just him, this in turn unclouded your mind and made it to the point where all your memories were fine and intact so that he could remember who he was and what he can do. It also helps that the inner spirit that his own spirit fought against wasn't the exact opposite of himself, meaning that the conflicting wills didn't fight inside him and 'tangle the wires' so to speak, and so the only will inside the body beneath the mask was his own will. It also helped that there were no mental or physical barriers that he had to get past, if the host was strong willed enough, or stronger than him physically, than he would not be able to do this and would be forced to be consumed instead of the one he hoped to consume, thankfully he was stronger. There was an added bonus to this as well, now this being could fully take the memories of the one he absorbed and gain intelligence of his surroundings as well, or since this place had what is called 'quirks', he could actually allow himself some freedom that he hadn't thought of before.

The next morning

The next morning the being awoke at the crack of dawn with a snap of his eyes, he set straight up with no effort and looked around the room he was now in, it was the same as his memories he got from the boy, so he swung his legs off of the bed and let his armored feet hit the floor. To avoid suspicion, he'd have to change out of his dark armor and possibly alter some clothes the boy has to better fit his own taller and more warrior-like body, but first he had to put on an act, he stood from the bed and let his weight shift from foot to foot to test his body. If he was right he'd be able to play the part of the boy well enough to trick that blonde oaf into giving him his power, but he had to do it without any flaw, thankfully he was good at everything he tried, but he'd never tried acting before so he had to rehearse a bit, so he did.

Though he'd obvious change a few things, such as this 'Kaachan' who needed to know that this new 'Deku', wasn't going to be bullied so easily, he didn't look up to this boy who thought he was all that because he knew the truth, he's less than a speck of dust on a grain of sand on a beach. The boy's own nervousness was also something that he'd have to change, gradually at first, then when he got into UA, change drastically to show how serious he was at being a hero, giving him more freedom to do what he wants once he has this hero license and then leave this place. After he traveled with Merrick for some time he's gotten use to travelling and would like to see what all has changed over the many years since then, especially now that this world has advanced somewhat with the introduction of powers wielded by most of the planet's population.

So he practiced and practiced by sitting down cross legged in the floor of his room and did mental image training, this was common for warriors that knew that mental training to hone their mind's eyes were more effective in combat than those that only focused on their physical attributes. So he used that to his advantage and went through mental training quickly before allowing himself to leave his room, it took some time but he eventually became accustomed to the way that the boy was seen as and developed a nice plan to ensure his survival, that was the hard part over with.

So he made sure to take off all of his dark armor and began to put on a pair of pajamas that the boy was seen wearing, they were far to small for him and if he was attacked they would only hamper his movements, but forced them on and made himself look as if he was panicking. This was a key point to his plan, which was to present himself as Izuku Midoriya who suddenly developed a quirk that turned him into a wolf-like monster coated in dark grey fur and turned his eyes from green to amber, so he walked out looking panicked, and went to his 'mother'.

"Izuku, sweetie, your breakfast is getting cold," Inko called to her son as she began to fix up a breakfast for her son, though she was concerned with the amount that he requested some odd months ago, she eventually got used to it and was always ready to serve the large helpings.

"Um, mom," the being said in the most timid voice that he could muster and watched as she jumped and turned to him since she didn't recognize the voice that he now had, he put his hands up, "mom, it's me, Izuku," he was sure to widen his eyes and show her his fear to help out.

"Izuku," she said unsure before getting a good look at his clothes, she had seen him where those pajamas often, she dropped the ladle in her hands and let it fall to the floor with a clank as she ran to him and embraced him, "oh my baby, I'm so proud of you, you've finally gotten your quirk."

The being hugged the mother back and smiled, she then decided to begin altering his clothes, first was his school uniform, then she used that opportunity to go out and buy him a few new clothes, when asked what he prefers, he told her dark clothing to accent his dark fur, she agreed. Most of his wardrobe now was nothing but black and dark grays, a few pieces of white and silver though to just experiment with in case he got bored of the dark clothing, this was fine with him, and it was a good reason to him, at least that is what he voiced, he kept it just in case though.

The next day was another training day and when the being went to Dagoba Beach and met with All Might, who looked to the dark figure strangely, as if wondering who he was, so imagine his surprise when the being said, "All Might, it's me, I know I look different, but my quirk finally activated."

All Might turned to his muscle form in shock, "what," he bug eyed for a moment staring at him in shock at such a quirk activating, "incredible, is that quirk a mutation type," he asked approaching his trainee and walking around him, inspecting him to see what all he looked like everywhere.

The being chuckled, "yeah, it looks like it," he said as he lifted his arms and looked around himself as if he was seeing it for the first time, "though I don't think it's just a mutation type, it almost feels like a presence in my very being is pulling, trying to get me to use it and see what it is."

"Then do so, you'll be in a safe environment as long as I'm around, and as the symbol of peace and a pro hero, I can contain and perform emergency first aid if need be, so feel free to try pulling on this presence," All Might told him, he wanted to see what the quirk was as well. In truth he was also very curious about something else as well, the boy developed a quirk after being quirkless for so long, and while it isn't actually uncommon for late bloomers to develop one, it didn't mean that it came without cost of some sort, mainly their mental health.

"Very well," the being looked inward as if searching for something, waiting a few moments before bringing out his dagger flute, All Might looked shocked to see him summon something from the energy, since usual mutation quirks just offer some attribute enhancements, but this was new.

"Nice summoning young Midoriya," the symbol of peace gave a nice thumbs up at his student's achievement, then thought of a way to voice this next question, seeing as the boy's quirk didn't actually have an opening for him to eat, "how are you going to get nutrients if you can't eat?"

If he had a visible mouth, the being would frown at the man, "I think I have an idea," he said as he concentrated that same energy into his mouth, this was a trick he rarely had to do since his kind didn't eat in the traditional sense, cracks formed in where his teeth were and split apart. Eventually those cracks allowed him to open up part of his wolf face to where he could swallow food, then he closed his 'mouth' and looked to All Might, "it seems as though this energy, for lack of a better word, is able to be manipulated in different ways, I don't know how to use it though."

"Then that is what we'll work on, while getting rid of the trash we'll work on developing your quirk and seeing what all it can do," All Might stated before they began working on cleaning the beach, the being was able to go faster, longer, and lift more than Izuku could, so it went easier. With these factors in mind he cleaned up more in that day than in a month of Izuku cleaning the beach, and he didn't mind it, because when All Might wasn't' looking he'd eat some of the pollution cause by the trash, he was still that type of being after all.

Next school day

At Aldera Junior High, the class was in a buzz, while nobody really cared about Izuku because of his quirklessness, that didn't mean that he went unnoticed, so when he was late or absent from school, he was the talk of the school because despite everything else, he was never late or absent. This would be the first time he's ever been late to school since Katsuki Bakugo has ever known him, or absent seeing as how he hasn't gotten there yet and if he wasn't coming now then he'd not come at all, but that is when the most unexpected thing to ever happen happened right then.

There was a knock on the door to the classroom and it was when the teacher went to open the door to see who it was that his eyes bugged out, he was handed some forms and with a quick overview of them, he went back into the classroom and faced his class with a smile at the news. "Class," the teacher began, "I have some wonderful news for everyone, as you're aware, Izuku Midoriya was thought to be quirkless, well I've just received news about an astonishing development, his quirk has finally manifested itself and as such he has gone through some changes." The class began to mutter about itself at having the formerly quirkless boy get powers, though some were confused about it coming out this long in his life, but they didn't question it since quirks are still being studied and this could be the case, "now please welcome Izuku Midoriya."

In stepped what could only be described as a monster wearing the standard uniform for their school, a dark grey furred wolf monster coming in with his face like that of a completely solid black wolf mask, his eyes changed from green to amber and a foot long dark silver horn on his forehead. His feet were covered in black combat boots, his pants were black as well, his top consisted of a white button up shirt under a long black sleeved collard button up jacket, his hair went from green to silver, coming out behind his wolf mask-like face now, he looked so epic now.

"Hello, nice to see everyone again," his voice even changed to a gravelly like voice that sounded like he was growling as well, his amber eyes turned towards Katsuki Bakugo and he said, "nice to see you as well Kaachan," he said in the best friendly voice he could, it ticked the young boy off.

"CUT THE SHIT DEKU," Bakugo yelled at what used to be his childhood friend, "if you think you got some quirk that makes you less useless than before, it still doesn't matter, compared to me you're still useless, got that Deku," he asked as he glared at the being clad in dark colors.

"Whatever you say Kaachan," he said to avoid a confrontation with the boy, though there was no nervousness there, which didn't go unnoticed by said boy, but he couldn't really do anything about it, the only thing that he could do was sit there and watch as everyone flocked to him. They asked what his quirk was, what all he could do and how he got suddenly got it, his answers were, "don't have a name for the quirk yet, I'm trying to figure that out, and I've been training my body up in private to learn physical combat to get into UA, that's all I know about it."

His answers just pissed Bakugo off even more, "what does that matter, you think you can just get a quirk and now you can get into UA, there is still three months to pass, and everyone else has had years to get a handle on their quirks, why try when you're still going to fail Deku," he asked.

"Doesn't matter if I fail, all that matters is that I try, and if I don't get into UA, there are still other hero schools out there, the best is just one option," the being said back calmly and in that ruff voice, other students who would have laughed now nodded in acknowledgment at the statement.

Of course that just pissed the boy off more, and when it came time for the school day to end, Bakugo was going to confront this new Izuku after school, but before he could the other boy just left after the school day ended, leaving as quiet as a whisper, "dammit," Bakugo yelled out. That was the way for the rest of their time in the school, after the being would come and they would have class together, it would just disappear from sight when Bakugo tried to get a hold of him to talk, eventually he gave up though and decided to ignore his former friend instead.

Month later

It was now a month after that and All Might in his true form was walking out of his truck and heading to the beach, if he was right then young Midoriya should already be here ready to work as well, though why the newly wolf looking teen was doing just sitting down was beyond him. He was just sitting there on a trash pile with his right arm propped up on his right knee looking out over the clear beach, "wait a minute," All Might suddenly said and ran to the edge where the entire beach was seen and it was all clear, not a speck of trash was anywhere to be seen. "Hey, hey, holy crap kid, you even cleaned up outside the area I told you to, seriously, there's not one speck of trash left on this beach, and we still have two months left, you exceeded y expectations, holy… stinkin'… supercrap," he exclaimed while going to his muscle form.

"I guess that my body became stronger than what we though when I got my quirk, I was able to speed up the process by a lot of physical work then, and so now we can focus on me and my quirk instead of building up the physical body," he said as he jumped down to the beach.

"Excellent work, I had not thought you could do it in such a short amount of time, so now I have a present for you before we begin to focus solely on your quirk, it is time to pick a name out for your quirk, we can't just leave an unidentified quirk user running around," All Might informed.

"I already have that figured out, I've read some about a legend about beings that can do close to what I can do, horned beings called orgs, though since I only have one horn I though we could call my quirk duke org instead," the being suggested, at least that was not fully a lie about it.

"Awe, using a legend to name your quirk is interesting, it gives you extra weight to any achievement that you get and also makes you have to live up closer to that standard, are you sure," All Might asked and the being nodded, "then do you also have a good hero name ready?"

"I do," this was when the being should actually be given out some red flags to people, but this era of quirks seemed to have just covered the entire world in its own history and made all others almost inconsequential, "my hero name will now be Zen-Aku," the now named Zen-Aku stated.

"Good and evil eh, I get it, a play on the saying that good and evil are two sides of the same coin, very nicely named young Midoriya, or should I say, Zen-Aku," All Might put his hand out and the duke org took it and shook it, "you will be a wonderful successor to my power young man." The number one hero now reached up and plucked a hair from his head, "someone told me this once, there's a difference between being lucky and deserving, one's an accident, the other a reward, never get the two confused, take that to heart, this gift you earned with your own valiant efforts." He held out the hair strand to Zen-Aku, "eat this," there was startled confusion in the duke org's eyes, "to inherit my power, you've got to swallow some of my DNA, that's how it works," now the due org understood, he focused his energy and opened his mouth as he took the hair and ate it.

When he ate he felt the power surge through his body, anyone else not accustomed to energy of any type would not notice, but Zen-Aku did, he took the energy in stride and felt how powerful he was now, the combination of every other quirk that One For All has accumulated in that moment. The power was almost too much, if he was anyone else he would not be able to control the influx of power properly, but this was just an energy like any other, energy that he knew how to channel and manipulate at his will thanks to his years of training under his belt, it was incredibly easy.

"Now that you have my power we will begin to practice controlling it and your own quirk, first separately and then together," All Might stated as he walked the middle of the beach and left Zen-Aku to walk calmly to a few yards in front of him, "now let us train in this power of yours."

UA Entrance Exam

That had been two months ago, safe to say that Zen-Aku had already mastered the power of himself and has gotten a handle on One For All enough to be able to truly use forty percent, yet has pulled back on the power and has only let All Might know it was fifteen percent. To All Might he is now able to use his energy to summon his crescent blade and shadow phase from sight to travel great distances, ad that to his ability to use One For All and he'd be able to become a licensed hero sooner than expected, if he was at all lucky.

Now though he was in the place to make sure that he had that opportunity, UA High School, walking up the pathway to take the entrance exam to get into the school, and thanks to his time as playing Izuku, and his life as Zen-Aku, he knew exactly how to go about passing the tests. The written part of the test was easy to pass, while on his path of redemption with Merrick, they had become adept at 'hero work', so he knew the answers such as detain the villain quickly, ensure the safety of the civilians, and those type of questions, for the technical stuff he had Izuku's memories.

Now though was time for the practical and he was now sitting in the large auditorium beside his least favorite person really, someone who was so far removed from what a hero actually should be that it made him sick, but knew how to act when he growled, "what are you hero for Deku?"

"I thought I told you Kaachan, I'm going to be a hero and so I'm taking the entrance exam to get into UA, I've trained for months with my quirk and now I think it's ready to be tested in an exam like this," Zen-Aku stated and got a 'damn Deku' as the grumbling reply to the statement from his right.

The lights soon turned out and a large screen came on with the UA symbol on it, "what's up UA candidates, thanks for tunin' in to me, your school DJ," a man with yellow hair and a voice amplification type gadget came out, "c'mon and lemme hear ya," he roared to the crowd. His response was nothing at all, "keeping it mellow, huh, that's fine, I'll skip straight to the main show, let's talk about how this practical exam is gonna go down, okay, are you ready, yeah," he roared again with enthusiasm and again he was met with silence, absolute silence. "Like your application said, today you rockin' boys and girls will be out there conducting ten-minute mock battles in super-hip urban settings, gird your loins, my friends, after I drop the mic here, you'll head to your specified battle center, sound good," Present Mic asked them all.

"I see, they're splitting us up so we can't work with any of our friends," Bakugo muttered as he looked at his ticket and then to Zen-Aku's and got a look at where they are, the duke org did the same and saw that he was right, though to be honest it didn't matter to him regardless.

"Okay, okay, let's check out your targets, there are three types of faux villains in every battle center, you'll earn points based on their level of difficulty, so better choose wisely, your goal in this trial is to use your quirk to raise your score by shredding these faux villains like a mid-song guitar solo." As Present Mic said this a small animation played on the screen that showed a representation of what they would be doing, it wasn't really hard to guess after that, "but check it, make sure you're keep'n things heroic, attacking other examinees is a UA no-no, ya dig?"

Then stood a boy with glasses and blue hair, "excuse me, sir, but I have a question," a light shown on him, "on the printout you've listed four types of villains, not three, with all respect, if this is an error on official UA materials, it is shameful," he gestured to said handout. Then he put it down and put his fist to his chest, "we are exemplary students, we expect the best from Japan's most notable school," he brought down that fist and raised another, "a mistake such as this won't do," the boy said, impatient isn't he, nobody ever said the explanation was over.

"All right, all right, examinee number 7-1-1-1, thanks for calling in with your request," on screen came the fourth villain, "the fourth villain type is worth zero points, that guy's just an obstacle we'll be throwing in your way, there's one in every battle center," on screen a video animation played. "Think of it as a hurdle you should try to avoid, it's not that it can't be beaten, but there's kinda no point, I recommend my listeners try to ignore it and focus on the ones toppin' the charts," that part of the screen went off and turned back to the UA symbol, the test was easy to pass. "That's all I got for you today, I'll sign off with a little present of a sample of our school motto, as General Napoleon Bonaparte once laid down, 'a true hero is one who overcomes life's misfortunes,' mm-hm, now that's a tasty soundbite, you ready to go beyond, let's hear a PLUS ULTRA!"

They were all given the go ahead to go to the lockers and change into some workout clothes, so Zen-Aku changed out of his junior high uniform and changed into basically the same exact thing, black shoes, black pants, black shirt, and the only thing different was the lack of white undershirt. He was in battle center B, meaning he was paid with the boy that complained about the possible mistake, others were there too, but they didn't stand out to him, he popped his neck a bit and then crossed his arms as he watched everyone else prepare for what will be a big trial for them. He just had to get through this with only some effort, the problem was that zero pointer, there was obviously something different about that part of the exam, why pose something like that if it had no real value, this was to test their combat, so what exactly would a zero point bot give them.

"Right, let's start," Present Mic called out and the doors suddenly opened and while the others looked up in question, Zen-Aku shot forward, if he waited for the teacher to get done explaining, then he'd never get to see what he can do with his power as high as it's been in years.

Soon a green robot crashed through the wall of a building, it had one red eye, shields on its arms, machine guns, a single wheal for mobility, and a one painted in white, but in a flash it had no head from a crescent shaped blade summoned by Zen-Aku, as it was destroyed he kept running. If he went through the city in a straight line he would have ran to the center, meaning the largest amount should be there, scattered but there, and on the way he'd see more villain bots that he could dispatch, which was easier than what he thought, the one pointers were incredibly weak. The two pointers were the same color as the one pointers, but they had four legs and a tail while the head was long necked and had two eyes on both sides of it's head, so he quickly brought out his blade and made a downward slash that split it in half and ran right through it when done. The three pointers looked like big tanks with two five holed rocket launchers on top, big heavy arms, three eyes, a slit face mask looking bottom part of the jaw, and three wheals, the first of those was taken out by a horizontal slash from left to right as it too was passed.

"That's six points in twenty seconds," Zen-Aku commented to himself as he kept running before looking back and saw that some were splitting up and going in every which way to find villains to destroy, so the duke org looked forward and shadow phased through the city they were in. Soon he found five three pointers along with eight two pointers and ten one pointers, they seemed to be in a guarding formation ready to take anyone on in a circle, "they could make it less obvious," he commented, he stopped shadow phasing and ran at his normal speed.

The bots all saw him and the ten one pointers began to charge, the two in front began to open fire on him while the four behind got ready for him to charge by implanting their wheals in the ground and aiming at him, the last four dashed at top speeds for a close ranged onslaught of rubber bullets. Zen-Aku brought his dagger flute out as well while he charged them, the two that were firing upon him were easy to predict where they would be firing so he was able to make it to a street lamp and cut two spikes out of it with his crescent blade before spin kicking them at the two. Of course they couldn't do anything other than take the hit and explode, causing smoke to envelope them giving him enough time to throw his dagger and take out the first one that was rushing him, he sent the dagger back with his energy and spun just as the second one was upon him. He slashed diagonally from left to right and split it in half before bringing it back down diagonally as well while turning to his right just as the third was there ready to fire at him, and then with a quick stab being him to the left of his head the fourth one spasmed before falling apart. The last four fired at him then and he shadow phased past them until he was right on the middle two, summoning his dagger flute again and bringing his blades down vertically while flipping cut them in half, he landed with grace right before turning and throwing his dagger to his left. The dagger destroyed the one pointer ready to fire at his side while he brought out and stabbed the final one pointer through its heart that was aiming for him as well, it buzzed and spasmed before shutting down as well, Zen-Aku turned to look back at what remained of the guard.

The eight two pointers were a bit more wide spread, two were on the building's sides aiming their tails at him, two more on the opposite side doing the same, one was on the building roofs on each side while the last two were on the ground, all buying time while the big surprise was waiting. Zen-Aku began the charge by hopping up to one wall of the building and then hopping to the other before reaching the first of the two on the left side buildings, he sank his fingers deep into the concrete of the building and swung with only his arm strength to kick the two pointer in the air. He let go of the concrete in his grip and stabbed the bottom of his crescent blade in the head of the second two pointer before jumping as the first two pointer was falling between buildings, with a spin in mid air the bot was cut in half as it fell, the two on the other side were now his target. With a stab of the bottom of his crescent blade, the heart of the lead two pointer was pierced, he didn't take it out as he jumped, slicing through the metal of the first one until there was no more and he was on the second one, with a simple turn of the blade the second two pointer was dead. Dead from a pierced head that went through it before he flipped and jumped up to come face to face with the two pointer on the roof of the right side set of buildings, it tried to hit him with its tail but was grabbed instead and thrown over his shoulder to the opposite building. I landed directly on the two pointer on the left side building roofs, Zen-Aku jumped and with a flash of shadow he phased and split them open with a horizontal slash, he jumped back until he landed on the road in front of the last two bots between him and the three pointers, he charged. One tried to stab at him with its tail but was dodged before a knee hit its head and had the base of its neck chopped off, killing it, the last two pointer was then slammed into the ground with the severed head of the two pointer head that he held with his left hand, it died soon after the beatings began.

Now all that was left was five three pointers, they were supposed to be the strongest, so they all charged him in a straight line, Zen-Aku thought it was now time to let something loose, he swung out his crescent blade and the top and bottom part of the blade slid past the handle some. He began to swing it in an infinity symbol motion, letting the blade be coated in the pale yellow energy of the attack before letting the energy go in small bursts, but still large enough to do some large damage, "crescent wave," he called out and the waves of energy did what it did. That being sending wave after wave of pale yellow energy shot out in crescent shapes and sliced through the three pointers and into the machinery, destroying it over and over until they exploded one after the other, then there was nothing left of them except scrap metal there.

Keep in mind he did all of this in just another minute of the exam after spending thirty seconds getting here taking out some bots along the way, so by his estimate Zen-Aku should have close to sixty points in this exam, clearly above others that are getting close to his location as he can tell. He's hearing some get close to the center, so if the UA faculty watching the exam was smart, they'd deploy their secret right about now, so he shadow phased to one of the taller buildings to get a better look at what it was they would be facing off against in case a large strategy was needed.

His prediction was proven right when the sound of rumbling could be felt and heard as the center exploded and up came a large skyscraper level green beast, head as big as a building, arms and legs able to crush anything it touched, all on tank-like rollers that crushed all beneath it. "Well that is one way to liven up a test," Zen-Aku commented, he looked down and saw the other examinees running away from that thing, morons, this is part of the exam, overcome a challenge like this, not because there is no reward for it, but because that is what a hero does.

"Ow," he heard a girl scream out, he looked down and saw a girl with coconut brown hair in a track suit lying on the ground, her foot trapped beneath rubble, the zero pointer slowly moving its way towards her with each passing moment that the others were running for their lives in the exam.

With a growl he acted in a haze of movement, while all the others were running away, they saw the one wolf-like monster running to the large beast of a robot with nothing to gain and nothing to lose if he ran away, they stopped and stared at him running and a few noticed what he did. They saw a girl in the rubble about to be squashed, yet they didn't act, only stood there and watched as the wolf monster ran in and let his body glow brightly for a moment before he was to the robot monster's head, within a single moment he was before the monster ready to fight.

Zen-Aku used One For All to get to the robot's head faster than his shadow phasing would allow, but now that he was up here he brought back out his crescent blade and flipped and channeled both his power and One For All into his blade and with a mighty yell, vertically slashed downward. The result was the biggest crescent wave he'd ever produced that not only split the behemoth's head in two, but also the entirety of his body, in one smooth motion the entire thing was cut in half and he was saving a young girl from dying in this mock battle practical exam, he was a hero.

He was in mid air now and he began to fall fast, but he twisted his body gave the examinees a little show, he went from falling feet first to falling head first, he looked to the sky and spread his arms out and with the manipulation of his org energy glided a bit until he was safely to the ground. He slid back a few feet and then stood to his full height, looked around and saw everyone's shocked faces, then he turned his back to the destroyed villain robot and began walking slowly to the entrance, walked as if taking a stroll as the exam was called to a close.

Week later

Zen-Aku was at his house, well, Izuku's and his mom's house, but since he was posing as Izuku he thought he might as well call it his own, him and Inko were eating dinner, she cringed a bit as she watched him eat, still not used to that opening of his mask part, creepy to her but needed for him. After the comfortably silent dinner, he went to his room again and began working out a plan on how he was going to have his dark wolf armor sent in to be his hero costume, he could do many things, smuggle it in, send in his form with the exact designs he wants, but what of the material. His dark wolf armor isn't just for show, it's functional and fit him and only him perfectly, made of the strongest of all material, his own soul, it was a piece of him that can never be destroyed as long as he too lived, able to remove like any other armor, but was as existing as him.

A knock came at his door and Inko stepped in, panicked, "a letter, Izuku, they came, Izuku look, you got a letter, they're here, your test results from UA," she panicked her reply and fumbled a bit as she gave it to him and then left to give him some privacy while he read the results.

Zen-Aku set at his desk and opened the letter calmly, taking out a small device before setting it down flat on the surface and let the projection of whoever the person giving out the results would appear in, he just didn't expect the damn thing to be All Might of all people coming on the screen. "Booya, I am here as a projection now," he said in a yellow suit, " I know it's been a while but with great power comes a great amount of paperwork, my apologies young man," he bowed a bit, "the truth is I didn't come to this city just to fight villains, you're looking at the newest UA faculty member." Someone off screen to get his attention and after a quick discussion about how many he had to do, "you scored one hundred percent on the written test, first one to do that in a long time, and you got sixty combat points in the practical exam, and also scored several rescue points as well. Given to those who showed a helping hand to others, you scored an added sixty rescue points," well that was new, Zen-Aku thought that maybe since he'd gotten enough combat points he'd be given the minimal amount of rescue points, but he's not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. "You have passed the exam," was it just him was some inspirational music playing in the background, they must have thought that there was a need to do that, All Might stuck out his hand, "welcome Izuku, you have made it, you're now a part of the hero academia," well Zen-Aku made it.

A/N: I'm thinking of having a Zen-Aku/Tsuyu pairing, but tell me what you think about that idea and feel free to tell me if you want something else instead.