Many students had a look of fear on their faces before gritting down with determination. A few had unchanging facial expressions. Katsuki just looked excited. One such exception was the shortest student, a midget with giant grape like balls for hair had a different kind of emotion than all of them. At first glance, people would think the student had gone into a state of shock that there was no facial expression, or that he was very calm. Instead, the reality was that the boy was daydreaming. What was his dream exactly?

'I want to be a teacher here!' thought the boy as he mentally drooled at what he could do with such power. He was already imagining himself sitting on a throne with high school girls were dressed in bloomers and such while serving him. He was promptly slapped by Tsuyu, who would tell what he was thinking.

(I honestly still don't get how Mineta made into U.A)

Ochako decided to voice her opinion on the matter. "Don't you think that's a little unfair, this is the first day."

"Life isn't fair, we're here to make heroes, not to play around while people are in danger. So if you're not serious, drop out now."

This made the class nervous but they steeled their nerves and became determined to pass this exam.

Trial One: 50-meter dash

Shota began call students up two at a time to the starting line, going by ascending student number. This, in turn, helped introduce who they were as they got to the starting line.

First up were Mina Ashido, the pink-skinned girl, and Yuga Aoyama, the blonde hair boy with perfectly combed hair and a rather giant belt. Izuku recognized him from the Entrance Exam, one of the students he 'saved' by distracting the robot.

"Let me show you all just how dazzling my Navel laser is, and just how creative I can be." boasted Yuga with a French accent in his words.

He turned around, his back facing the track while Mina got into position. As soon as the robot said start, Yuga jumped into the air.

"Like this!" laughed Yuga as he fired a laser beam from his navel, propelling him forward far faster than Mina could run.

However, one second after using it, Yuga stopped, letting his momentum carry before hitting the ground. He quickly got back up after Mina already passed him, who was using her Quirk Acid. She had taken off her shoes so as to be able to shoot acid from her feet, which she used to skate across the track. Yuga managed to get back up after falling and propelled himself to the finishing line once more, though not before Mina finished first, getting a record of 5.25 seconds while Yuga got 5.51 seconds.

The second pair to go was Tenya Iida and Tsuyu Asui. Being a contest of speed, Tenya sprinted across the finish line in 3.04 seconds while Tsuyu, despite speed not being her best, managed to get 5.58 seconds, hopping across the finish line.

The third pair up was Ochako Uraraka and Mashirao Ojiro. Ochako immediately began using her quirk to lighten up her clothes and shoes. Mashirao launched himself forward with his powerful tail as soon as it started, running when he landed before launching himself once more with a powerful wack of his tail, getting a time of 5.49 seconds. Ochako finished in 7.15 seconds, managing to shave off a good 0.11 seconds off her old score.

The fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh pair all also went up, comprised of Denki Kaminari, Eijiro Kirishima, Koji Koda, Rikido Sato, Mezo Shoji, Kyoka Jiro, Hanta Sero, and Fumikage Tokoyami, all getting varying times from 5.20-7.18 seconds.

It wasn't until the eighth pair the students would be in awe after Tenya's speed. Shoto Todoroki, a male with a rather unique appearance that would cause many females to swoon, and Toru Hagakure, the invisible girl, were up, and at the sound of the horn, Shoto blasted himself forward with an ice pillar he created. As he began descending down, he created an ice slide, allowing him to slide across the finish line in 3.15 seconds. Toru, despite not having a Quirk to help her go faster in any way, managed to show just how fit she was by crossing the finish line in 6.24 seconds. The only real way they could tell she crossed the line was because she was wearing clothes.

Finally, it was Izuku and Katsuki's turn. The two of them gave each other a small glare before getting into position.

Katsuki used his explosions to accelerate himself forward, earning him a time of 3.95 seconds.

However, this was overshadowed by Izuku, who dashed forward before flinging his arms out forward, grabbing the ground before flinging himself forward in one burst.

"2.95 seconds." announced the robot recorder.

"Damn, he's strong and fast." muttered Eijiro.

"That's manly!"

Momo revealed to them all that she would not be outdone, creating roller blades and a high powered fan on her back to accelerate her to the finish line, getting a time of 3.02 seconds. Mineta Minoru, though having a short stature and a perverted mind, used his quirk by grabbing four balls on each hand and threw them in a line on his path. He quickly bounced on each one, jumping forward as fast he could while also throwing even more down the lane, getting a time of 7.21 seconds, the worst out of all of them. It was rather unlucky just because of his stature.

Trial 2: Grip Test

Izuku was wrapping his arm around grip area, going round and round, tightening every time and increasing his score before finally stopping and gripping it, getting a score of 720kg. The only ones who would come remotely close were Shoji with 640kg, Sato with 580kg after consuming sugar, and Momo, who created an industrial-grade clamp to get 700 kg.

Trial Three: Standing Long Jump

Izuku watched as the students tried to use their quirks to aid them in this, going two at a time again. The only ones who had excelled beyond the other students, for now, had been Aoyama and Tsuyu. Though he was intrigued at Koji Koda, who had called in a flock of birds for him to jump on and carry him forward. Izuku watched Tenya almost clear the sandbox, using his engine to propel him farther forward. Ochako barely cleared it, though almost throwing up as she did so. Shoto was another one who easily cleared by blasting himself off an ice pillar again.

"I believe he's the other recommendation student via practical." said Momo as she was also waiting for her turn. "Of course, considering whom his father is, it is to be expected."

Izuku blinked as was about to ask who that was when he heard his name called up. Katsuki was already revved up and blasted his way past the sandbox. Izuku, however, had to ask if he was allowed to slingshot himself.

"No." replied Aizawa. "You can extend your arm onto the ground after you jump like Sero did with his tape quirk, but not before."

Izuku frowned, as he wanted to try something different.

A few seconds later, an idea hit him. He quickly inhaled as much air as he could, suddenly inflating himself to the surprise of others. He slowly twisted his body once more, this time with only 4 rotations. Then he jumped as high as he could while positioning himself so his head would be facing down, and exhaled. The sudden release of air from his mouth managed to gain enough force to propel him clear out of the sandbox while spiraling forward.

"Urg, that's going to be a bit of cleanup."groaned Aizawa as he saw grains of sand scattered all over the ground.

Momo also managed to clear the sandbox by creating springs beneath her feet as well as a makeshift glider on her arms.

Sadly, the worst score was Mineta, who could only bounce on his ball in the initial platform, and having no forward momentum as well as a small body, did not get far.

Trial four: Sustained side jumps

Mineta made up for some of his failures by creating clumps of balls next to him and kept bouncing off them with ease, thanks to his short stature. Izuku managed to handle it with ease as well, as his rubber body did not feel the strain as most people did.

Trial Five: Ball Throw

Since Izuku had done it already, he was excused from doing it again. Surprisingly though, he ended up in third place on this event. Ochako had gotten infinity on her throw, while Momo created a cannon and fired the ball into the distance, getting a score of 2.8km. Katsuki growled in anger as he only managed to clear a score of 760.2 m, even with his recent increased training.

Trial Six: Endurance Run

Though seemingly simple, Momo blew the competition by creating a motor scooter along with a solar charger on it. Even Izuku, Tenya, Katsuki, and Shoto's stamina were no match for her.

Trial Seven: Seated Toe-Touch

Though Tsuyu showed how flexible she was due to her quirk, Izuku blew the competition out of the water when he showed he could bend all the way down and back up in a complete rotation. Aoyama tried to flashy show-off but instead embarrassed himself by accidentally dropping his belt and pants.

Trial 8: Sit-ups

This one ended up being rather purely physical, as nobody had any quirks that could help them get a better score, except for maybe Shoto, who created a small film of ice to keep himself from sweating. Katsuki glared at Izuku as he matched him going up and down.

Soon, the trials were all over, and everyone was nervous for their results.

"I'll be posting scores up now." said Shota as he fiddled with his phone. "The total is the aggregate sum of each of your scores. Reciting them one by one would be a waste of time and energy, so I'll be disclosing them all at once."

With a tap on his phone, it projected a screen with their ranking. While most started from the top, Izuku started from the bottom.

1. Izuku Midoriya

2. Momo Yaoyorozu

3. Shoto Todoroki

4. Katsuki Bakugo

5. Iida Tenya

6. Fumikage Tokoyami

7. Mezo Shoji

8. Mashirao Ojiro

9. Eijiro Kirishima

10. Mina Ashido

11. Ochako Uraraka

12. Koji Koda

13. Rikido Sato

14. Tsuyu Asui

15. Yuga Aoyama

16. Hanta Sero

17. Denki Kaminari

18. Kyoka Jiro

19. Toru Hagakure

20. Minoru Mineta

Most of them looked at Mineta in pity as his soul seemed to leave his body.

"Oh yeah, that whole expulsion thing? I lied."said Aizawa.

"Ehhhhh?!" nearly everybody shouted except for Momo and Izuku.

"Well of course it was just a ruse." said Momo in a serious tone.

"M-Maybe we should've said something." said Izuku as he started rubbing the back of his head nervously.

"Well then class is dismissed for today, get some rest cause it'll only get harder from here on out." said Aizawa as he left.

Everybody got changed and started heading home.

"Well today was eventful." said Izuku as he sighed.

He heard Momo call out to him.

"Izuku! Hold on for a moment, I was wondering if we could have lunch together."

"Oh sure!" said Izuku as he smiled. On the outside Izuku was calm but on the inside he was freaking out.

He then saw Uraraka and Iida walking towards them.

"Ah! Midoriya there you are, you are truly incredible even though you're quirkless."

"Yeah you were awesome out there Deku. And you're power is really mysterious." said Uraraka as she put her fist in the air.

"Um... Uraraka, did you just say D-Deku?"

"Yeah I did say Deku, like that screaming blonde hair guy said, isn't that what the D. in your name stands for?"

"No, actually to Kacchan Deku means worthless." 

"How rude, to call a fellow classmate by such an insulting name." said Iida as he did his hand gestures.

"You shouldn't let him call you by that disgracing name, you're far from worthless." said Momo as she frowned at this fact.

"Even if I try, he wouldn't stop." said Izuku as he let out a sigh.

Uraraka seeing this started to wave her hands frantically and started to apologize. Saying that she didn't mean know that's what it meant, she went on to state that to her she kinda thought it sounded like Dekiru, meaning you can do it.

"Oh, ok then. You can call me Deku is you want. Thanks for changing the meaning Uraraka!" said Izuku as he blushed a little.

This in turn caused Ochako to start blushing as she started stuttering.

"W-Well if y-you're letting me c-call you Deku, t-then you can call me by my first name "Ochako" to make it fair."

"O-Ok then."

Momo just stared in slight jealousy.

Izuku then decided to change the subject as he asked them if they wanted to eat at his place. Iida said that they wouldn't want to intrude in his home but Izuku insisted saying that the meal will be on him.

"Now come on, I want my meat and katsudon!" said Izuku as he ran on ahead of them. Momo and Ochako giggled at his carefree and happy going attitude and followed him while Iida was confused but ran after them anyway. From here on out, their days at U.A would only get harder.