Jason breathed in the cold brisk air as he rolled his tense muscles. At his construction job he had been helping a new guy who been working the Buzz saw and he let the wood he was cutting go so he had to use his quirk to get the guy out of the way but he still got hit.
'Today is the day, all the work I have put into myself and my quirk will be tested today.'
Jason thought as he smirked and walked through the gates of UA. He wore a loose brown jacket that had some holes in it but it kept him warm so he liked it. A old Metallica band shirt was underneath it and his work pants along with boots. He carried a bag for his work out cloths since there was going to be a physical portion of the exam. Turning to look for Izuku he got to watch a funny interaction of him with a girl. Despite the confidence Izuku had grown he still stuttered when he talked to a cute girl. But Jason did have to give him some points because he got her to laugh before she walked off. When Izuku made his way over with a small blush on his face still Jason smirked and threw an arm around his shoulder.
"Getting rizzy with the baddies huh?"
Jason asked and Izuku gave him a strange look.
"What do those words even mean?"
"No idea, so it in some dumb US show."
"Never say those words again."
"Fair."
They walked into the exam and Jason noticed Izuku locking eyes with some blonde, the dudes red eyes did remind him of somebody though.
"Oh shit is that boom bomb bitch?"
Jason staged whispered to Izuku who snorted.
"Yes it is, that's Bakugo. Still hates my guts for some reason."
"It's probably cause you decked him in the face when he burnt your uniform two months back."
"That could not possibly be it."
Izuku gave Jason a dead panned look and Jason snorted then punched him in the shoulder.
"Good luck man, don't get stuck ogling pink cheeks kay?"
"I don't ogle people!"
Jason just laughed and walked off to go find his seat. Today he was in a good mood, Izuku had 5% of OFA and he didn't need to save for UA anymore. He could move back into his old house again that had working lights. Sitting down in the auditorium Jason people watched until he got bored and then started flipping through the pamphlet idly reading the info that was on there.
At some point Present Mic the hero came out and started yelling the info out so Jason just read along with the hero's enthusiastic yells. The Exam itself was easy, Izuku had happily tutored Jason over the months and Jason wouldn't tell it to Izukus face but he was a good teacher, he made dates and times easy to remember and equations just flowed through his mind. English was easy for Jason so he breezed through it and came to the last page of questions that made him pause.
*What is the difference between a criminal and a villain?*
That question caused his pencil to freeze, he hadn't expected a question like this on the test. But it wasn't like Jason to give an answer he thought the teachers would want. So he put down what he thought.
*A criminal is often a person who commits crimes of circumstance, such as in debt, homeless, or broke. This is not always the case but majority of the time they commit the crime because they need to or do not know of a better way to do it. A villain is person who finds joy in the distress of others, somebody who has no sympathy for human suffering. If given the chance to escape and commit the crimes again they likely will. Rehabilitation is possible but often not likely.*
'Hope they don't doc me for points.'
Jason snorted and a few people glanced at him, he waved them off and walked up to the front of the room to turn in his test.
"Finished little listener?"
Present Mic asked with his tall shiny hair and flashy grin.
"Yes sir, where should I wait for the next part of the Exam?"
Jason asked polightly and Present Mic thumbed off to the side after taking his test.
"Good luck kid."
"Thanks, I won't need it."
Jason smirked and Present Mic grinned at his back.
'Cocky one that, if he gets in Shota will be pissed.'
Mic thought as he got back to his round of block blast.
Jason stretched and grinned in the cold breeze, Today really was just going great for him! The heat was on today so he was well rested, no rats in his drawers and he felt double confident for this physical part of the test. Suddenly the doors opened and people looked at it confused but one person did not. Grinning like it was his lucky day Jason whooped and started sprinting in, There was no point in using his quirk at the start so he had to use the next best thing.
His irresistible charm… To fight robots… with no emotions… that want to squish him like a grandma does with there grand children… just more aggressive.
It was a work in progress ok?
Sprinting in robots burst from all sides with varying number points but all ready to launch missiles at the brown blur that was grinning like he was meant to do this all his life. Jason activated his quirk and a one pointer only registered a flash of red before he deactivated and slumped to the ground un moveing.
The applicants behind Jason gasped and a few pointed seeming to forget they were in exam due to the fact to them it seemed that one moment he was running the next the area was surrounded by what looked like heat wac=ves the next Jason is standing on its corpse with the wires in its neck torn out.
"Oh this is going to be fun."
A few heard him say before he dashed off into the testing center. The explosion of a wall nearby shocked them all back into focus and they scattered.
Jason spun mid air upside down over a robot and landed with his quirk activating with missiles coming incessantly from his body, in moment they were redirected and still crouching his quirk ended and the robots on either side fell in exploded scraps of metal. Looking up slowly at the next robots that surprisingly seemed to hesitate Jason said one thing.
"45 points, fifteen minutes left."
Izuku POV
Izuku breathed in deeply slowly pouring about 6 percent of his quirk into his body. It made his muscles ache but it was manageable. Like being sore after a work out. Or after a spar with Jason when he just appears- Focus.
Izuku grinned something he was more used to doing now.being friends with Jason was like throwing a baby into the deep end. You either sink or you swim, He kinda just became apart of your life. He was never rude unless needed he was always hiding something but he always seemed to care. He stopped egging Izuku on to punch Bakugo after he asked. Even if he did eventually do it a month later but that was beside the point. You just seemed to get caught up in his energy and confidence. Izuku once saw Jason inhale a fresh brewed pot of coffee then proceeded to have a calm and quite engaging conversation with a very concerned and confused barista about coffee beans. Izuku couldn't blame her, Jason walked with the confidence of a god. It was no wonder Izuku looked up to him. Heck it was no wonder he asked him for help in being more confident. He just didn't realize that what Jason would tell him was a lot more somber than he realized Jason would say.
See no matter what the conversation or question. Anything at all, Jason never mentioned the past, he deflected or just straight up ignored. He had once asked All Might about it and his mentor gave him a tired smile. A smile that had seen and done to many things in its life.
"My boy, people grow up very differently, some grow up pampered. Some grow up never struggling once in their life. Some grow up with nothing at all. But some people,.. they grow up to fast, they see and do things that nobody there age should do. Give Young Jason time, he is a good kid and will be a great hero. He will tell you in his own time."
The gates opened and Izuku was a blur, he was halfway through the first block before an applicant even step foot into the city. His smile was wide and joyful his hair flipping in the breeze as he smashed through any robot that came close.
Izuku rolled forward under a missile and grabbed the wheel of the one pointer and lifted it up and threw it at another one that was about to crush an applicant.
"Thanks!"
The girl called out and Izuku just smiled bright, but when the girl giggled at him he blushed furiously and dashed off to get the next robot. Hopping from building to building he scanned the area before grinning and jumping high into the sky and crashing down on the head of a three pointer knees first feeling like a teen tighten… or a robin… he did not have any idea why.
"Whew! 40 points, fifteen minutes left."
Izuku stood up and grinned his green track suit beginning to soak with sweat. Just as he said that he almost stumbled as the ground began to shake and the building start to crumble. Applicants screamed as they began running away. Izuku turned and gawked at the giant robot above him and he slowly muttered.
"What… The… F-"
Jason Pov
"Uck?"
Jason stood star struck for only a moment then jumped back to action as screams came from a collapsed building. He cursed as he shouldered through the door and found two applicants sitting there. One guy with flat black hair and weird elbows was knocked out while the other was a girl with pink skin and her leg was injured. Jason did not wait for pink alien to talk as he activated his quirk and hoisted there frozen forms up onto his shoulders and ran out as fast as he could. The moment his quirk ended the building began to fall behind them but a dozen supports opened up from the ground and hoisted it up.
"Good to know UA wouldn't have let you both get crushed if I hadn't grabbed you."
Jason smirked at the pink hair girl who nodded but seemed to weak right now to talk much. Placing them down nearby out of range of the Big ass zero pointer he stood up and stretched looking around to if there were any more robots. Another scream tore through the air and Jason tensed.
'Shit where!'
His gaze tore through the rubble at the zero pointers feet until it landed on an orange ponytail. Jason was running before he even knew it. But it did make him sigh in exasperation.
'This shit going to get me killed one day'
He thought to himself just as a shadow loomed over his head and he looked up. Only to see the fist of the zero pointer feet from his head. Instinct took over and Jason did not even activate his quirk, he just… Dodged.
A perfect text book dodge keeping all momentum while shifting all of his body away from the attack while still ready to dodge again. This time something strange happen, Jasons eyes flashed red again and time slowed… but not as much as before, The robots hand was moving about walking speed. But Jason did not see it in fact he was infant of the orange hair girl before he realized it and had hoisted the rubble off of her and picked her up. Then time resumed and Jason went a whole 4 inches off the ground as the robots hand met concrete.
"Time to go, my ex gets jealous."
Jason yelped and the girl with an angular face wore an expression of shock and confusion.
"Joking!? At a time like this!? Wait.. why did it work!?"
She looked genuinely worried for herself as Jason snorted,
"I am just that amazing, even had a quirk evolution back there and it only made me cooler."
The girl scoffed but chuckled at him so Jason took the win.
Izuku Pov
He blitzed between building going higher and higher. He had to get to the head.
He Had to Get To The Head!
His limbs burned as he had poured 10 percent into them but he did not care.
Urraraka was in trouble. And when people are in trouble? A hero arrives.
In one last burst he crested over the buildings and came face to face with the robot, his sleeve tore to shreds as his arm pulsed with pour. Jason was going to be so mad but he let the cup overfill and clenched his butt cheeks and screamed from the bottom of his heart.
"DETROIT…. SMASH!!!"
The punch sounded like lighting, the robot fell like thunder. Its face collapsed in on itself and fell back shattering buildings. To anybody with a sound or listening quirk they would have put earplugs in and noise cancelling head phones. Then moved to America the noise was that bad.
Izukus arm flailed helplessly but he hovered only a moment in air, he cursed himself as he began to fall. Pouring what he could into his legs he could make the fall he just had to fall correctly. How you fall correctly you ask? Well it starts with-
*SLAP*
Izukus face snapped to the side in surprise and he was suddenly floating a foot off the ground and Urraraka was pukeing rainbows off to the side as Izuku fell in a confused state.
"You… You slapped me? Uhhh… you puke rainbows?"