To be fair, when he entered the practical exam, Naruto was already in the Shinobi mindset. He didn't even count the number of Villain robots he killed and neither did he count the number of people he helped. It was as if he was being pulled back to the 4th Shinobi War. Kill as many enemies as he can, help as many allies as he can. But he was also thinking that he shouldn't be hoarding his kills. It was why he helped a few that he came across. Ironically, his Shinobi mindset helped him gain the most points out of every other people in the exam.

Still, he already found his Quirk's true limit that day. When he destroyed the Zero Pointer, his skin sizzled and though he pretended to be fine, in reality his whole body felt sore and his nerves felt as if acid had been poured on it. A familiar feeling, actually. That was how it felt like when Kurama possessed him back when he was still learning to control the Kyuubi's chakra. Naruto knew then if he had pushed himself even further, his skin will be burned off his face and he isn't sure if his Quirk will regenerate him like Kurama.

To be frank, Naruto isn't sure what he wants to do in this new life. He only latches on to be a Pro-Hero because Izuku needed someone that won't put him down for dreaming big. Sakura would hit him for running away from his own problems. But Naruto have never been good with internal problems. He's better at fighting external problems and so he focused on what he does best; not think about it and do things that can give result.

Like helping Izuku reach his dream.

He runs his fingers through his hair. When he was Hokage, he cuts it extra short so as not to look too much like Minato when they put his face on the mountain. In this life, he wears it long like back during the war. It is easier to hide the awkward positioning of his ears. He then straightens his new uniform. He never really like grey. They tend to make him look washed out. But there is nothing he can do about it. At least the red tie breaks the monotony. Also, who designs this uniform?

As he steps out, a flash and a click are the warning he gets as Minato takes pictures of him. Though the man is a bit skeptical about the path that Naruto have chosen, he is supportive. Naruto sighs before grinning and playing along with his dad as Minato takes more pictures of him. After a minute of posing 'heroically', Naruto laughs and pushes the camera down, "Enough already. I'm going to be late, dattebayo!"

Minato laughs, "My son is so grown up~! Your mother will be so proud of you~!"

Naruto playfully rolls his eyes as he grabs the wrapped up sandwiches and hugs the man before putting on his shoes. He miss his Shinobi sandals but after more than a decade in this world, he have gotten used to the boxed shoes. But he will certainly add those sandals to his hero costume. He is thinking of something that will make people think Kyuubi but also practical.

He looks up to see Izuku waiting for him at the elevator. It feels like a full circle. Here is where Naruto promised him that he can be a hero. Now he is already climbing the ladder of the world of Pro-Heroes. He hands the jittery boy a wrapped sandwich, "I bet you forget to eat again,"

Izuku accepts the meal as they walk into the elevator, "Yeah. Thanks!"

As they make their way to U.A, they can feel eyes watching them. Izuku only looks more jittery with all the eyes on him. Naruto is used to the staring. At least it isn't the suppressed just anger, painful grief, and disgust of his earlier life. Or the cold indifference of professionals. Or the lust and greed of his later years. These are more curiosity and casual interest, which is expected since they are students of a prestigious school with strict entry. Once they reach their destination, they starts walking around. Naruto pulls Izuku to the nearby map and takes a quick study before once again dragging the excited boy along with him.

Izuku stares at the big door, "Oh...must be for gigantism Quirk!"

Naruto casually opens the door to the sight of a familiar four eyes scolding Katsuki, "Don't put your legs on the desk! This is a very disrespectful behavior towards U.A! "

Izuku deflates beside him, "Great...the two people I wished weren't in this class..."

As he passes by the four eyes, Izuku is immediately confronted by the overly passionate and stiff boy. He can also feel Katsuki glaring at him in anger. Understandable as Naruto stole his 1st place on the entrance exam. Then again, Katsuki only focused on himself and no one else, completely missing out on the rescue points. Also, they ruined his long time ambition to be the only one from Aldera to enter U.A, so there's that.

As he takes his place, a familiar girl greets Izuku and Naruto hides a smile at that. His little broccoli is finally growing up and making friends. Is this what a proud father feels like?

"If you are to make friends, then scram,"

They look at the door to see a...yellow caterpillar lying on the floor just outside the door. Naturally, everyone falls silent as the man takes out a packet of fruit jelly, "This is..." He sucks the life out of the juice, "The hero course!"

Collectively like a hive of Kikaichu they all wonder; who the heck is this?

The man stands up and opens his sleeping bag, something that a small whisper in Naruto's head suggest to find one like a banana to switch with the yellow monstrosity, and steps into the class. In a glance, he looks like a homeless man with how disheveled his appearance is. But if he is here, then his appearance is more of a camouflage because nobody will look twice at the homeless man. The fact that he smells clean tells Naruto that the appearance is a deliberate choice on the man's part. His brain immediately go through the thousands of notes that Izuku had written through the years as he studies the Quirks of known Pro-Heroes and even Villains, under Naruto's encouragement, to be a better Quirk analysis. Only one man checks all the boxes and Naruto hides a smile, knowing that this man is exactly what Izuku need.

The man lectures, "8 seconds. That is how long it takes for you to shut up. Time is a precious resource. You lot aren't very rational, are you?" He then stands at the podium, "I'm Aizawa Shouta. Whether I will be your homeroom teacher is up to you. Pleased to meet you," While everyone is still fumbling around at the lazy introduction, he adds, "There should be a packet of U.A gym clothes under your desk. Change into that and then meet me at the field,"

After that, Naruto stands at the with the rest of his classmates on the school's ground. Aizawa reveals the reason he made them change; "Quirk Apprehension Test?!"

The girl that Izuku seems to be holding a crush for asks, "B-but what about the Entrance Ceremony?! O-or the guidance session?!"

Aizawa lazily replies, "Heroes don't have time to waste for nonsense like that," He looks at them, "U.A is known for it's 'freestyle' education system. That freedom even applies for teachers like me," At their confused look, he adds, "Softball throwing. Standing long jump. 50-meter dash. Endurance running. Grip strength. Side-to-side steps. Upper body training. Seated toe touch. You did all these in Junior High, yes? Your standard No-Quirk-Allowed gym test," He scoffs, "This country still insists on prohibiting Quirks when calculating the average of those records. Completely irrational, if you asks me. The Department of Education is just lazy," He then looks at Naruto, "Uzumaki! How far can you throw in Junior High?"

Naruto scrunches his nose at the attention turned on him, "They don't count me because I keep throwing it out of the field...or break a tree that have been there since the school was built. I'm completely banned from throwing things, dattebayo,"

What can he say? One of the first thing he retrained himself in is throwing things. Shinobi needs to be good at throwing kunai and shuriken through a thick skull if they can so when translated into mundane throws, it doesn't translate rationally.

Izuku nods in remembrance while Katsuki clicks his tongue in annoyance.

Aizawa hums, tagging Naruto a Big Problem Child, and turns Katsuki, "Bakugo!"

Katsuki glares, "71 meters,"

And that was his best sans Quirk. He have been having a completely one-sided rivalry with Naruto and it irks him that he still can't throw as destructively as Naruto. Seriously, who threw balls into a tree?! He have been trying to replicate the shit and still couldn't do it without his Quirk!

Aizawa puts Katsuki in a circle and hands him a ball, "Good. Now try it with your Quirk. Just don't leave the circle," He steps back with a calculator in his hand, "Give it your everything,"

Katsuki stares at the ball in his hand, looks at Naruto, before sneering. He pulls his arm back and adds his nitroglycerin sweat as much as he can before throwing it with an explosive, "DIE!!"

The wind from the explosion blows against the class as Aizawa waits for the ball to land. He then lifts the calculator, "It is important for us to know our limit," He shows Katsuki's result; 709.4, "That is the first rational steps to figuring out what type of heroes you can be,"

Naruto hums while the teenagers around him grows excited, finding excitement at going all out with the very thing that they were born with. He can understand their excitement but real world isn't so kind. Izuku notice his lack of excitement. Instead, his spine shivers at the look of focus in Naruto's eyes.

Aizawa quickly kills their excitement, "Fun? Exciting? You will be spending 3 years in U.A and you think this is all fun and games?" He eerily glares at them, "Very well then. Lets up the 'fun', shall we? Anyone who scores the lowest will be expelled," He sneers, "Remember about 'freestyle' teaching? That means that I as your homeroom teacher are allowed to expel you whenever I feel like it!"

Welcome to the Hero Course of U.A.

The girl Izuku likes argues, "What? But we just started! That is just unfair!"

Naruto rolls his neck, "Life's unfair. The Zero Pointer aught to have taught you that," They turns to him, "I mean, there is nothing fair about flash flood, is there? Or forest fire or earthquake. Number one rule about getting into this lifestyle?" He looks at her, "Nothing's fair,"

Aizawa hums, "Exactly. And us as Heroes have one job; restore order. So if you think that life as a U.A student will be like other ordinary school, just drop out. Because U.A is all about forging you through hellfire. So for the next 3 years, expect pain and more pain. That is what Plus Ultra is," He levels a look on them, challenging, "So use your own strength and overcome it all. Climb out of this hell and reach for the heaven!"

Naruto grins, his whiskers thickens, adding a feral quality to his expression as his blue eyes glows from his heating blood. His tail fluffs up as his ears pins down to his skull. He is ready to face this challenge before him. He might call Katsuki competitive but so does he. Except Naruto have a far better skill at controlling the competitively nature inside him.

Beside him, Izuku gulps but calms himself down. Sure, he can't really control One For All as well as he know he can. But he can use it without breaking apart like half a year ago. He nods to himself; he can do this!

Aizawa slowly calls out the name of his future students. When he comes to the name Uzumaki, he looks up. He knows from the Entrance Exam that Naruto can flash around like a yellow streak. And as expected, he starts glowing at the starting line, looking like a golden flame in the shape of teenage boy. When he dashes forward, the timer is just ridiculous. While the boy with the Engine Quirk takes 3 seconds, Naruto cuts it down 2 seconds and a half. But Aizawa have a feeling that he is only showing enough to make it look like he gave it his all. From what he remember about the Zero Pointer, the boy was steaming at the end.

He already know his limit.

Problem child #2, is doing well. Then again, the boy have been coming to U.A to be treated while learning how to control his dangerous Quirk for the Entrance Exam. He also learned from Yagi that Naruto have been training Izuku since young. As young as 4 years old. And from the look of it, Naruto know what he is doing.

For the grip strength strength, Naruto's grip strength reaches up to 800 kilos.

For every tests, Naruto breaks the record of his class. Being the #1 examine isn't an exaggeration for the boy. Aizawa also notice that he's not showing off at all. There is a strange maturity from the boy that his classmates lack. Certainly, this boy is going to be his Biggest Problem Child.

And finally, they reach the ball pitch test. Aizawa wonders how far he can actually throw without his Quirk since it is obvious that he have something of strengthening Quirk. From the record that he read, he grows stronger under the sun and at night, it resets to normal. If the boy wants to survive the Pro-Hero world, he needs to be able to fight even with his strength reset.

Naruto accepts the ball and looks at it curiously. He have always wondered how far he can really throw it. Nothing in this world is as heavy as those toad statues on Mount Myoboku and he can lift them easy. When he threw the car into the ocean, he was still trying to figure out his full strength using his Quirk. Honestly, his Quirk is like a mix of Kurama and Senjutsu. It hurts like Kurama's chakra when overused. But he grows stronger by adsorbing something from nature. In this case, the sun.

Naruto breathes in deep, finally moving for his statue-like stillness. Golden 'flames' flickers over his form, like when he first cooperate with Kurama fully. He pulls his hand back, lifting his front leg, and twists his body like when he slams Kurama to the floor. The ground under his cracks and folds behind him, the air cracks as he throws the ball through the sound barrier. Compared to Pein's Animal Path, the ball is light. Compared to the Juubi, it is ridiculously light. The things he suffered through makes this test a joke in comparison.

Aizawa blinks at the calculator and frowns, "Uzumaki. As rich as U.A is, Power Loader is going to be angry that you broke his ball,"

Naruto's flickering shroud disappears as he laughs, "That sounded so wrong,"

Aizawa opens his mouth, reruns what he just said, and sighs, "Can't calculate the distance because the ball's structure gave up mid-flight,"

Naruto bows his head, "Sorry about that, Sensei,"

When the test finally ends, Aizawa brings up the result for everyone to see. It isn't surprising to see that Naruto have his name on top. As they look through the result, the invisible girl starts sobbing. Izuku feels sorry for her since she only have her own ordinary strength to rely on as her Quirk is obviously her invisibility. But before anyone can comfort her, Aizawa states, "Oh and I lied about the whole expulsion thing," Aizawa explains with a shit eating grin, "It is a rational ruse to make your desperate enough that you pull out all the mental stops you built growing up,"

The students shouts, "WHAT?!!"

Naruto closes his ears, wincing at the loudness of their shout while the girl that took 2nd place says, "Isn't it an obvious lie? It isn't that hard to figure out,"

Naruto groans, "Not everyone have your brain, sheesh,"

Izuku winces, "Sorry, Naruto,"

While Aizawa tells them to go back to class for their schedules and curriculum sheets, Naruto's eyes linger on a familiar name just above Jiro Kyoka; Hyuuga Hinata. A painfully familiar name and...he looks to see the girl walking just behind him, a painfully familiar face. She is more beautiful than in his memory. Instead of the Byakugan, her eyes are literally like diamonds. She notice him looking and his flicks his ears, looking away with red cheeks. He quickly power walks to the classroom, his tail fluffing from anxiety.

Upon reaching the classroom, he picks up the things Aizawa told him about and stands up to leave. After all, it is a half day. Izuku quickly joins him, "I'm pooped..."

Naruto laughs, "Seriously? After all the stamina training we have been doing?"

Izuku grumbles, "It was mentally stressing, alright?"

Naruto suggest, "Why don't you train that with Malenia?"

Izuku snaps, "That's even worse! I'm sick of dying to her!"

"Midoriya!" They turn to see four eyes chasing them in a robotic manner. He greets Naruto, "Uzumaki,"

Naruto waves his hand, "Just call me Naruto. And this is broccoli,"

Izuku argues, "My name is Izuku!"

The boy nods, "Then please! Call me Tenya!" He then asks, "Do you mind if we walk together?"

Naruto shrugs, "I'm going to get lunch. You can join us if you want,"

Tenya smiles, "Thank you!" He then continues, "Honestly, Aizawa-sensei is truly something else! He managed to make me think; so this is how an elite school like U.A runs! Now I see that teaching can really take any form, even underhanded like deceiving your student!"

Before they can stop Tenya from continuing his ramble, a familiar soft voice calls out, "Oi!"

They turn to see round cheeks chasing them. Izuku immediately turns red at the sight of her. But Naruto's eyes are on the other girl being pulled along; Hinata. Great, just when he think he have time to compose himself before a possible reincarnated Hinata. Izuku's crush asks, "Hey you! Are you heading for the station?"

Izuku flusters around while Tenya answers, "Naruto have invited me to a lunch!"

The girl asks, "Can we join? Ah, my name is Ochaco! Uraraka Ochaco! And this is Hyuuga Hinata! You are...Iida Tenya. Naruto is famous. And you are...Midoriya...Deku?"

Izuku gasps, "Deku?!"

Ochaco tilts her head, "Well...that other guys, Bakugo? Didn't he call you Deku?"

There was that incident. When Izuku showed a remarkable physical prowess, Katsuki exploded and tried to confront Izuku. Just like Naruto already suspected. Fortunately, Eraserhead is their teacher so he managed to shut the boy down before he could do anything. Certainly a far cry from the Quirkist bias of Aldera.

Izuku explains, "My name is Izuku, actually. Kacchan call me that to...w-well..."

Naruto rolls his eyes, "He's a fucking bully is what he is,"

Izuku looks at him, "Naruto! They are going to be his classmates too! We shouldn't be talking bad about him!"

Ochaco hums, "I see. Sorry. But..." She smiles positively, "I thought Deku is short for 'dekiru', you know? Because you don't give up?"

Izuku immediately changes his name, "Hi, I'm Deku!"

Tenya stares at him, "Izuku!"

Naruto ends up giving his foxy cackle at Izuku's simple mindedness. As he watch Tenya lectures Izuku about standing his ground, a soft voice calls him, "Excuse me...Uzumaki-san?"

Naruto stops laughing to face his personal ghost. Hinata fidgets under his gaze, her familiar nervous habit of tapping her pointers giving him nostalgia. He asks, "Yes?"

She looks at him, looks at her tapping fingers, then looks at him again, "That is...y-you..." She draws in a deep breath and asks, "Why do you keep staring at me?"

Ah. She caught him. It isn't just after the test, he even stared at her during the test. He immediately noticed her in class when he entered it. But he pretended to be fine. Even so, he shouldn't be a creep around her just because she might be the girl he lost in another life. Clearly, she have no recollection if she is, unlike him. In the end, Naruto gives her something of a truth, "You looked like someone I used to know,"

Hinata blinks, "O-oh...I see..."

Naruto rubs the back of his skull before asking, "Want to join us for lunch? We can get to know each other better. After all, we are classmates since this day forward, dattebayo!" He grins at her.

Hinata's cheeks flood with red and she timidly nods, "T-thank you for the invite,"

Izuku is finally free of Tenya's lecture and greets Hinata, "H-hello,"

Hinata smiles at him as she softly replies, "H-hello,"

Naruto looks between the two timid people in front of him. He then blinks at Tenya and Ochaco, "There's two of them now. Help,"

Ochaco giggles as the two blushes at Naruto's tease, "But they are so cute! Like little rabbits!"

Naruto's expression immediately darkens, the red on the tip of his tail climbing up the length, growling with a feral hiss, "I fucking hate rabbits so don't call them that,"

Ochaco steps back from the sudden feral boy, "Eh? But they are so cute though? So small and fluffy?"

He growls, "A rabbit stole the love of my life. I'll never forgive them,"

Ochaco then asks, "So...does that mean you hate the Rabbit Hero; Mirko?"

He deadpans, "With the full hellfire of a billion suns,"

Tenya says, "That is just irrational,"

Naruto replies, "Emotions are never rational, especially hate,"

They newly made group of friends continue to walk, now discussing why Naruto irrationally hates rabbits.