Flames of Hope

Chapter 33

"Inasa! We need to go, like now, fam." Said boy throws a wave and leaves. As they leave, another person comes to the class, this one wearing a friendly smile, offering a hand saying;

"It's so good to meet the famous Class 1-A of U.A!"

Instinctually, Izuku lunges forward, meeting the hand, plastering a fake smile of his own –

"It is nice to meet you to..." Getting the hint, the boy answers.

"Shindo Yo."

Leaning to the boy's ear, Izuku whispers threateningly in his ear.

"You may fool my classmates, but you cannot fool me. Your smile doesn't reach your eyes. You better watch your back."

Going back, he sees Aizawa scowl as a woman with an orange bandanna comes over;

"Eraserhead! Marry Me!"

Izuku smiles at Shouta, knowing how much Ms. Joke gets on his nerves and scoots away to let the man deal with her himself. The class looks on in confusion before Izuku fills them in;

"That is Ms. Joke, she used to have an office close to Eraserheads, sometimes worked together."

Pushing Ms. Joke away, Mr. Aizawa turns to his class;

"Righty. Be prepared for anything. Good luck."

Breathing in, Izuku walks into the stadium with his class following behind him as they enter a large room with a stage at the front. Five minutes pass and the lights begin to dim as a man who looked as tired as Mr. Aizawa stepped out;

"I don't know why I'm here... Oh... Right. Well then, welcome to the Provisional Licence Exams. Due to the rise in villain activity instead of the majority going through, only 100 examinees can go through now. The first test is to take down people with markers. Lit up three markers and you're through. First 100 people to complete this goes to the next round." The man explains dully.

With that, everyone gets into groups to prepare and the spectators leave to the stands to watch. Izuku scans his family; all of them had nervous determination written on their faces and looks to Yaomomo, giving her, a nod and she steps into the centre –

"Everyone, I think we should come up with a plan to deal with this. I propose we stick together to make sure all of us are covered." Shouto perks up;

"If I am in a group, I run the risk of injuring them with by powers. I think I should go alone." Izuku adds –

"We should also be careful; the other participants know our quirks due to the Sports Festival, but don't worry, we have come a long way since then and they won't be able to survive!" the class nodded and a horn sounds off, the room walls around them falling as the ground lifts up into the large arena around them.