Chapter 8 - Quirk Apprehension Test

The first trial was the 50-meter dash.

The first to go was Tenya, Asui Tsuyu, and Hiroto. Crouching down and getting ready, Aizawa blew the whistle.

*pfft*

The moment Hiroto kicked off the ground and dashed forward, he had already crossed the finish line, standing there leisurely with the same indifferent look on his face. Everyone just stared wide-eyed as Tenya then caught up and crossed the finish line.

Aizawa read out the time that was recorded, "Hiroto - 0.97 seconds! Tenya - 3.04!"

The class erupted into chatter, as they couldn't believe Hiroto's speed.

"What the hell was that? I didn't expect him to have a speed quirk! That's crazy fast!" Denki Kaminari said.

"Yeah, I thought that Tenya would've been the fastest out of us all, but I guess not. Who would have thought that Hiroto would actually be that fast." Eijiro Kirishima added.

Shoto Todoroki narrowed his eyes at the display, but refrained from saying anything, while Mina just clapped her hands.

"See? I told you that he was crazy." Mina said. "Don't be fooled by his appearance."

"Yeah, you weren't kidding…" Kirishima said.

Everyone nodded their head, while Bakugo just clicked his tongue in annoyance. Aizawa only looked at Hiroto for a moment before continuing on with the test.

...

Trial 2: Grip strength test.

Holding the grip test in his hand, Hiroto gave a light squeeze, and then…

*crack*

"Uhm…" Hiroto muttered, looking towards Aizawa and said with a guilty expression, "I don't have to pay for this, do I?" He raised the broken grip machine.

...

Trial 3: Standing Long jump.

With a simple leap, he crossed the entire distance and landed on the other side of the sand pit.

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Trial 4: Sustained Sideways Jumps.

Getting into position, Hiroto then suddenly blurred, leaving behind perfect afterimages that made him seem as though he was just standing in 5 different places at the same time.

"Uh… That's enough…" Aizawa said, stopping Hiroto from perhaps entering a different dimension with the speed he was going at.

The others at this point had started to go numb from Hiroto's performance.

...

On Hiroto's turn, he got up under everyone's close observation. Turning to Aizawa, he asked, "If anything happens to the ball, I won't get into trouble, right?"

Rubbing his head, Aizawa sighed and said, "It'll be fine. Just throw the ball at your best."

Hiroto paused for a moment, then nodded and ȧssumed his throwing stance.

Off to the side, secretly watching the trial was All Might. For some reason, he had a bad feeling,

Aizawa stared at Hiroto and used his erase quirk on him, however, it had no effect whatsoever.

Hiroto narrowed his eyes, causing his entire demeanor and appearance to change. When seeing this, everyone had one thought in their mind.

"From soft boiled egg to hard-boiled…"

Swinging his arm upwards, Hiroto put a bit more effort into throwing the ball at best he could, releasing it as his arm reached its peak.

*VROOOOSH*

"Why do I even try anymore…" Aizawa muttered to himself as the dust that was kicked up settled down. 'I can't even erase his quirk… Just who the hell is this kid?' The results were similar to Uraraka, showing the infinity sign.

Everyone just stared dumbly at Hiroto, who went back to his soft boiled egg-like look and stood off to the side.

Kyoka Jiro nudged Mira and said, "When you said he was crazy strong, I guess you really weren't kidding."

Mina could only shake her head with a wry smile on her face. Even she herself didn't expect Hiroto to be this crazy, making every trial basically unmeasurable for him.

Izuku looked at Hiroto and felt quite complicated. Although he knew that Hiroto was strong, but, seeing it for himself once again left him quite conflicted.

'If it was him… If he had 'One For All', wouldn't he be a lot more powerful… and make better use of it?' Izuku thought to himself.

All Might saw this and could practically read Izuku's mind from his facial expression, causing him to shake his head. "Midoriya boy, you're going to need a lot more courage and some pride to push forward and fully inherit One For All."

Katsuki, of course, clenched his teeth but didn't say anything. Who knew what he was thinking about. (A/N: Except for me hoho)

The rest of the trials went as expected, and when it was Izuku's turn the events turned out as expected. Aizawa used his erasure ability on him and went on to do his speech.

After that incident, the rest of the trials continued one after another, with Hiroto topping all of them.

"Time to present the results," Aizawa said, taking out a tablet that showed a hologram of everyone's ranking throughout the entire class. Not before he added,

"Oh yeah, the whole "Expulsion" thing was a lie. It was a logical ruse. To pull out your best performances." Aizawa said with a smug face, looking so proud of himself.

"Whaaaaaaat?!" Tenya, Uraraka and Izuku cried out in surprise.

Momo shook her hand and said, "Of course that was a lie. It should've been obvious if you just thought it through."

She then turned to Hiroto and nodded, causing Hiroto to think to himself, 'Huh? What the hell did that nod even mean?'

"Well, since he's practically the strongest here, I guess it would be obvious that he knew beforehand." Hanta Sero said, gaining nods from the class.

'What the hell? If it wasn't for the fact I watched the anime, there was no way in hell I would've known.' Hiroto thought as he looked at the ranking shown in front of him.

Going from 1st to 20th.

Momo Yaoyorozu

Shoto Todoroki

Katsuki Bakugo

Tenya Iida

Fumikage Tokoyami

Mezo Shoji

Mashirao Ojiro

Eijiro Kirishima

Mina Ashido

Koji Koda

Rikido Sato

Tsuyu Asui

Yuga Aoyama

Hanta Sero

Denki Kaminari

Kyoka Jiro

Toru Hagakure

Izuku Midoriya

'Well, that's to be expected I guess.' Hiroto thought to himself as Mina approached him.

"Wow, you really did great today. Getting 1st place overall in the class, and not just that but in all of the trials as well. Well, I guess you tied with Uraraka on the softball pitch." Mina said as Momo, Shoto, and Bakugo's ears perked up.

"It doesn't really matter to me," Hiroto answered since he didn't really have any results from the past to compare to unless you count the time before he became bald…

Aizawa then spoke up as he walked away, "With that, it's over. Your curriculum sheets are back in the classroom so give them a once-over." Aizawa said, before handing Midoriya a slip to head over to recovering girl.

After he left, everyone stood around aimlessly. Mina said to Hiroto, "I guess this makes you the strongest in our class then."

Everyone turned to look at Hiroto, and seeing his trademark simple look, couldn't help but think to themselves, 'Someone like that… is the strongest in our class…'

"Tch, don't get so full of yourself." Katsuki clicked his tongue, "Just you wait, I'll topple you from 1st place, so don't get too comfortable now, egg head."

'Why do you have to insult my head…' Hiroto thought, just shrugging at Katsuki's words. Then, Todoroki walked up to Hiroto and confronted him.

"Although you're in 1st place, I'll do whatever I can to surpass you," Todoroki said in a cold voice before walking off.

Hiroto just thought to himself, 'This is going to be a bother…'

...

Ending the first day of school, Hiroto left the school and headed towards the station. Since him and Katsuki are neighbors, they headed back at the same time.

On their way home, Hiroto asked him, "Who do you think is the strongest in the class? Besides me… and you." Hiroto quickly added the last part before Katsuki went ballistic.

Katsuki scoffed and said, "That half-and-half bastard I guess. In a fight, there's no way I would lose to him."

Hiroto simply just nodded, as Katsuki then spoke up with an anger-filled voice, "That damn Deku… I can't believe that he hid his quirk from me this whole time. That fuċkɨnġ nerd!"

Hiroto simply stayed silent and let him rant. Sometimes, it's better to just let a little kid vent out his frustrations all at once.. The two parted ways when they reached their home, ending their first day of school.