Chapter 1: A Fated Meeting

All men are not created equal.

A sentence that one Izuku Midoriya was all too familiar with. Being Quirkless throughout his entire life, he never thought that his life would amount to anything. At least, that's what everyone that played a major role in his life had told him. His teachers, his peers, even his friend Kaachan has told that he was nothing without a Quirk. Kaachan had even giving him "advice" by saying he would be better off taking a swan dive off the school's rooftop. However, the one that hurt the most was his favorite hero.

All Might. The number one hero in the world. The legendary Symbol of Peace. And more importantly, Izuku Midoriya's hero. After first meeting each other, All Might told him what he had heard his entire life. That the young boy cannot be a hero. However, that opinion quickly changed when young Midoriya, a boy that has been put down his entire life, headed straight into danger to save his childhood friend from a slime creature that had taken him hostage. After All Might had stopped the villain from killing young Bakugo, the events of the day had affected him more than he ever thought they would. He now knew he had finally found the one. The one to carry on his legacy.

Now, in his true form, he stared down at the young green haired boy. The boy, who had been told all his life that he would amount to nothing, had finally heard the words he had been waiting his entire life to hear.

"You can become a hero."

He also heard words that he threw him through a complete loop as well. Something he would have never thought possible.

"I deem you worthy of my power; my Quirk is yours to inherit." The skeletal man had just proclaimed.

After hearing the sentence that just came out of the mouth of the number one hero, Izuku went from crying tears of joy to extreme confusion. The Symbol of Peace saw this change in demeanor and proceed to explain that his Quirk, One for All, was unique due to the fact that it was able to pass down from user to user. And All Might had chosen young Midoriya as his successor. However, it was never as simple as it seems. Midoriya would have to train his body in order to handle the immense power of One for All. And without a second thought, the young boy accepted the man's offer to train him.

(X)

Two Months Later

"Come on Young Midoriya, I know old people that are able to do better than that!" All Might had declared to his protégé.

The training regimen that All Might had created for his student was to clean up Dagobah Municipal Beach Park. The beach was once a place where families could take their children to play in the water during the summer break when schools were out. Now, it had been reduced to a trash pile, and it was Izuku's job to clean up the entire beach. And after two months of hard work, some progress had been made. It was hard to tell due to much trash is actually covering the beach, but it still made a huge difference.

"I am trying my hardest!" replied Young Midoriya, who was currently having trouble pushing a washing machine. Despite him trying his hardest to move the run-down appliance, his efforts were only rewarded with a face full of sand. Seeing that his successor attempts were getting him nowhere, Yagi Toshinori decided to cancel out his buff form.

"Alright kid, I can tell when someone is at their limit. Training is over for today." Toshinori had hoped that this news would give Midoriya a sense of relief. Instead, he was met with a look of disappointment. "Kid, I know you are having doubts about yourself. But I want you to know that you have made some serious improvements since I first met you." It was this statement that caused Izuku's ears to perk up. "Hell look around, you've put a decent dent in this huge trash pile. Even though your body gets tired, your spirit keeps you going. That, that's what makes you worthy of One for All." Hearing those words caused Izuku to feel like he was meeting All Might for the first time all over again.

"All right, enough sappy motivational talk. It's getting late, you better head home before your mother starts to get worried." And with that sentence, the two began to go their own separate ways.

As Izuku was walking home, he began to get lost in his own thoughts. 'You know, when I have done my hero journals, I have only focused on the heroes that reside in Japan. Maybe I could start focusing my efforts to some pro heroes that are in different countries. It might be interesting to compare them to- 'His stopped his train of thought as he accidently ran into someone. Realizing his mistake, Izuku began to apologize at a rapid rate. "PLEASE FORGIVE I WASN'T WATCHING WHERE I WAS WALK…" He stopped as he soon as he realized that the person he ran into was not actually a person. It was some kind of monster with a white upper body with needles poking out all over the place.

Izuku fell to ground, frozen to the core with fear. He was riddled with so much fear that he could not even scream for help. The creature began to walk slowly to the boy currently laying on the floor. All Midoriya could think about was how this is could be the very end of him and all the people that he was leaving behind. However, that fear was some alleviated as he heard new voice.

"Oh no you don't!" The monster felt a hand on its shoulder, and the creature was suddenly pulled away from its defenseless victim. A fight began to break out between the new party and the fiend. The mysterious person swiped at the creature with some kind of weapon that looked some kind of drill. The newcomer was fast and powerful, so much so that the monster could even a hit on him. It seemed as if the person had enough of this fight, as he placed some type of bottle into the weapon which seemed to initiate some type of finishing move.

READY GO!

The person got into a stance as the drill began to spin at a rapid pace, causing a red type of energy to encompass the weapon. The third party then slashed at the monster, causing a decent size explosion to go off.

VORTEX BREAK!

Izuku couldn't help to think that Kaachan would be pretty pissed that someone else besides him made something explode. The now victorious person looked at his now defeated foe and he proceeded to pull out a white bottle and turned the top of it to the creature. It began suck away the energy that the monster was giving off, and Izuku's surprise, it was turning it was turning the creature into a human wearing some type of medical garment.

Midoriya now looked to his savior and he finally was able to get a good look at him. The person was wearing an asymmetrical red and blue costume. His left leg had white spring wrapped his calf. He was also wearing some kind of device on his waist with a lever on his right side. The device had two bottles inserted into the front of it, one was red, and the other was blue. However, the thing that stood out to Izuku the most was the eyes of the helmet that his savior was wearing. His left eye was in the shape of a red rabbits' head, while the right eye was in the shape of a blue tank.

The costumed individual then turned to the newly liberated captive. Not a word was exchanged between the savior and Izuku. Izuku wasn't sure whether or not the costumed individual was going to attack him or not, but he didn't need to find out as the former monster started to speak. "Where…Where am I?" Midoriya turned his attention to the confused man as he started to get up. "It's okay, you're safe." Izuku said as he made his way to the man. "He saved you."

"What the hell are you talking about kid?" The man said with a perplexed look on his face. "Isn't it obvious, I'm talking about- "Izuku was not to finish his sentence because as he turned around to face the costumed person, he saw no one was there. He had disappeared without a trace. Seeing that left Izuku with one question that he was pretty sure he would never get the answer to. That question being, 'Who was that guy?'

(X)

Eight Months Later…The Day of The Entrance Exam 8:40 A.M.

Izuku never told anyone about that night. He wasn't sure as to why he never revealed that incident with anyone. He had a theory that he was simply hallucinated the entire ordeal and that the cause of it was the extreme training he and All Might had done the past months. However, that wasn't Izuku's main concern at the moment. He was too focused on the fact that he was about to take the biggest test of his entire life.

He was able complete to his training and received One for All…by shallowing a piece of All Might's hair. His stomach had grumbled while thinking about how disgusting that act was. As he stood in front of the halls of U.A. High, Izuku couldn't help but feel some type of pride in the progress he had made in the past ten months. However, that pride came crashing down as he heard an all too familiar voice being addressed his way.

"Outta my way, Deku!" Izuku turned around to see his oldest friend/bully walking his way. "Kaachan!" The green haired boy quickly exclaimed. While Midoriya was kind of glad to see his friend, Katsuki Bakugo was feeling an entirely different emotion. "Don't stand in front of me. I'll kill you." The blond-haired boy issued this threat to his oldest punching bag without a care in the world. Izuku tried to wish him luck, however those words fell upon deaf ears.

After recovering from a slight panic attack, Izuku Midoriya began to take his first steps to becoming a hero…or at least that was his plan before tripped over himself. As he began to fall Izuku thought to himself, 'This is how I die.' However, before he hit the ground, he somehow was stopped as he floated above the ground. He started to freak out a little bit before heard a high-pitched voice talking to him.

"Are you all right?" Izuku turned to his left where the voice was coming from. He saw a brunette girl with blush on her cheeks. He was too entranced by her beauty to even say anything. She then helped him get back on his feet. "It's my Quirk. Sorry for using it on you without asking first. But it'd be bad luck if you fell, right?" The girl had said, with a smile that made Izuku feel warm inside. "I guess I'll see you later. Good luck on the exam!" And with that statement, the girl began to walk towards the school. 'Did…did I just talk to a girl?' Was the only thing on Izuku's mind.

"You okay?" Izuku heard a new voice talking to him. He turned to see who was talking to him. He saw a boy around his age with black hair speaking to him. "Oh…I'm-I'm fine, thank you for asking." Izuku quickly exclaimed. "You looked like you were about to take quite a nasty fall, luckily that girl was able use her Quirk to catch you." The black haired then began to ponder to himself. "How exactly does her Quirk work? Is she able to manipulate an object's gravitational field, or does she have the power to cancel out gravity itself? What's her limit, or does she even have a limit?" As the boy was questioning how the girl's Quirk worked, Izuku couldn't help but get a sense of déjà vu to himself and his hero journals. The black-haired teen then noticed that that Izuku was staring at him. He began to apologize profusely. "Sorry, I just happened to get excited whenever I get to think about Quirks and the science behind them." The boy then got a curious look on his face as he looked at Izuku. "Do…Do I know you from somewhere?" The black-haired teen questioned. Izuku also felt as if he knew the boy as well. He felt so familiar, but he wasn't sure where he knew him from.

The answer to that question would have to wait for another day, as a boy with auburn hair then called out to black-haired teen. "OI, SENTO! HURRY UP!" Izuku and the boy turned to look at who was calling to them. "Calm down you muscle head! I'll be right there!" The boy, who Izuku now knew was called Sento, quickly yelled out. "Sorry about him. Good luck with the exam!" And with that sentence, Sento walked towards the school. All that was on Izuku's mind was one simple question, 'How the hell do I know that guy?"

(X)

Inside the auditorium where the Hero Course Exam Orientation was taking place, Izuku began to make his way to his assigned seat, he that the boy from the gate was sitting in front of him…while Bakugo sat next to him. As he sat down, the lights of auditorium cut, then a single spotlight drew everyone's attention to a blonde man wearing shades and boombox like device around his neck. Upon looking at him, Izuku instantly who it was. "Oh my god, it's the Voice Hero, Present Mic! I listen to his radio show and podcasts every day! I wonder how high he can make his or how mumblemumblemumble." As Izuku was muttering to himself, he could overhear the other boy doing the exact same thing.

"HEY THERE LISTENERS, WELCOME TO TODAY'S ORIENTATION! LET ME HEAR YOUR GUYS' EXCITEMENT!" The pro hero had exclaimed hoping to get a cheer that could be heard from across the other side of the country…Only to be met with an awkward silence. "WELL, I'M JUST HAPPY TO GET A DECENT SIZED CROWD! ANYWAYS, I AM HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU GUYS WILL BE GOING UP AGAINST TODAY!" The voice hero seemed to take the silence in a pretty good stride.

"IN A COUPLE OF HOURS, ALL OF YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO ONE OF THE MANY TRAINING FACUILITIES WHERE YOU WILL FACE THE PHYSICAL PORTION OF THE EXAM! AFTER THE WRITTEN PORTION, YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO A MOCK CITY SCAPE WHERE IN A MATTER OF TEN MINUTES, YOU WILL TRY TO RACK UP AS MANY POINTS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!" As Present Mic was explaining everything, a screen that was behind him turned on to help illustrate his point, as a mock city and outlines of four different types of robots with points attributed to them appeared on screen. "THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF ROBOTS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DESTORY, WITH POINTS BASED ON HOW DIFFICULT THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN, ONE POINT BEING THE EASIEST, TWO POINTS BEING MEDIUM DIFFICULTY, AND THREE POINTS BEING THE HARDEST! IN ORDER FOR YOU TO PASS, SHRED THESE ROBOTS LIKE AN AWESOME GUITAR SOLO! IF YOU ATTACK ANY OF PEERS; THAT'LL GET YOU AUTOMACTICALLY DISQUALIFIED, NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS, YA DIG?"

As Present Mic was winding down his presentation, a voice cut through the crowd. "Excuse me sir, but I have some questions!" The spotlight then made its way to a tall student with glasses. Seeing this Mic said, "Hit me!" The student stood up and began to ask his questions. "On the handouts, there are four types of robots listed, but yet you only talked about three of them. With all due respect, if this is an error then it is a great disservice to not only us but to the reputation of U.A.! We are the most exemplary students, so we expect the best from Japan' most notable hero school!" As he was explaining this, he then pointed to Izuku and Sento. "And you two! The two of you have been muttering this entire time, stop it! If you can't bother to take things seriously, just leave! You are distracting the rest of us." This statement caused Izuku to hang his head in shame. As he did this, he heard the boy in front of him talking to himself, "I thought I broke that habit, oh this is the worst."

Present Mic was quick to things back on topic. "Examinee No.: 7111. Thanks for calling in with your request," he said giving the boy in glasses a quick thumbs up. "The fourth villain type is worth zero points, and will only serve as an obstacle for you to avoid, kinda like a video game, ya dig?" After receiving his explanation, glasses boy quickly took a bow and sat down. "That's all for today young listeners! Now I'll leave you guys with a special gift. A sample of our school motto! The great hero Napoleon Bonaparte once said, 'a true hero is one who overcomes life's misfortunes.' So, are you guys ready to go beyond? Let me hear you say PLUS ULTRA!" Present Mic raised his fist triumphally hoping for the greatest plus ultra the world had ever heard…Only to be met with the familiar sound of silence.

(X)

The written portion of the easiest part of the whole day. The hardest part of day was yet to come. After a quick twenty-minute bus ride, a large group of examinees were dropped off in front of Training Ground Beta, one of the many massive mock cityscapes on U.A. grounds, to conduct the practical exams. The day had warmed up a little bit, so Izuku could right that off as the main reason as to why he was sweating. However, it could be due that he was more nervous than he has been his entire life.

'Okay, this is it. Just got to score some points, then I get closer to accomplishing your dream' Izuku thought to himself. 'Easier said than done.' The greenette began to look at the other examinees and wondered who his future classmates would be. He saw many different types of people like a tall boy with tentacle-like arms, a blonde boy with an ornate looking belt, a boy with bright red hair, and…the girl that saved him from falling earlier. As he saw her, he realized that he never actually thanked her for saving him. He had to make it up to her, he started to move over to her, only for him to be stopped as heard a voice talking to him.

"She looks like she's concentrating in her preparation for the test." Izuku turned around to see the tall boy with glasses. 'Oh no, he's here too?' Izuku thought to himself. "What do you intend to do?" The boy began to ask. "Distract her and ruin her chances of success, just as you attempted to earlier with the audience in the auditorium?" The other examinees began to stare at the ordeal currently unfolding, and some began to snicker. As he noticed the others staring at him, Izuku felt as if he was being written off as useless, like his entire life. Izuku was about to give up, until the boy he encountered at the front gate decided to stand up for him…by bowing to the tall boy.

"Please, forgive us." The tall boy was taking aback the apology. "We did not mean to interrupt the orientation with our muttering. It's just a nasty habit we have been trying to break for a while." Somehow, the boy with glasses had actually bought that. "J-Just don't distract anyone else during the exam, okay?" And with that, he went about his way. The rescuer turned around to the Izuku and gave him a thumbs up. "Seems he bought it; you're welcome by the way. I guess I'll see you around." The boy then started to head to the gate of the fake city, as the whole ordeal sunk into Izukus' brain, he realized that had the chance to get the answer for a question he had since the beginning of this morning. "Th-Thank you! Who are you, and how do we know each other?" Hearing this question, the boy realized that he never gave the greenette his name, so he quickly rushed over to the boy and held out his hand for a hand shake. "Sento Kiryu's the name, and for the last part of our question, I have no idea. Sorry, I wish I- "Sento never got to finish his sentence as a loud voice cut him off.

"LET'S START!" Everyone turned their attention to a concrete guard tower, and they saw Present Mic at the top of it. "GET MOVING! THERE ARE NO COUNTDOWNS IN REAL BATTLES! YOU'RE WASTING TIME!" After everyone had a collective 'Oh Shit' moment, everyone scrambled into the fake city. The tall boy with glasses took off like a bullet, showing off his impressive speed-based Quirk.

'All right Izuku, you can do this' Midoriya was giving himself a mental pep talk. 'You can't lose here. You have All Might's power flowing through you; although you don't how much power you truly have. Just focus on the One-pointers first, then you can maybe get some Two-pointers.' With his actions now planned, Izuku turned a corner to make it come true…However, as he turned the corner to see a group of five Two-pointers standing together. When he saw the group, Izuku stopped moving as he filled with pure terror. The group of killer robots saw the boy standing there and began to walk towards him. "TARGET ACQUIRED: COMMENCING ATTACK" The leader of the robots had said in a garbled, terrifying voice. Izuku couldn't even run away, no matter how badly he wanted to, he was that petrified. He knew that it was fake, but he couldn't help but flashback to the incident that happened eight months ago. He felt like it was the end.

That was, until he heard some kind of mechanical noise that was completely different from the robots. "What the- "

ARE YOU READY?

That loud announcer voice had helped to cut the tension in the air. Izuku soon heard a very familiar voice from above him.

"Henshin!"

The next thing he knew, a figure came falling down from above landing between Izuku and the robots. A cloud of dust had risen up from where the figure had landed, and as he started to get up, the mysterious voice continued its announcement.

FULLMETAL MOONSAULT!

RABBITTANK!

YEAHHH!

With that announcement done, the figure started to attack the Two-pointers. He kicked the leader of the group with an insane amount of force that he caused it to be launched to the other side of the street, causing it to hit a building and explode. He then kicked the head off another robot, he then punched through the eye of another Two-pointer, and he proceeded to tear out the wiring of the robot causing it to shut down. The figure then finished off the last two by tricking one of the robots to use their weapons on the other one causing another explosion. He finished off the last robot by kicking through its neck, essentially decapitating it.

The figure stopped to take a breather. "Ten points, not bad if I do say so myself." The person said, admiring his handiwork. As heard the person speak, Izuku recognized that it was Sento. Sento then turned his attention to Izuku. As the dust settled, Izuku saw who had saved and was shocked to see who it was. Standing there, was a person wearing an asymmetrical red and blue costume, a white spring wrapped along his left calf, a strange device on his waist with a lever on its right side, and red rabbits' head on the persons' left eye, and a blue tank for the right eye.

That's when it clicked for Izuku.

He now knew where he knew Sento Kiryu from.

The incident from eight months ago.

Sento Kiryu was the masked person who saved him.

Even though he was wearing a helmet, Izuku could tell that Sento was having the exact thought as him.

After what felt like an eternity, Sento decided to break the silence.

"So that's how we know each other."