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Standing on the beach were two familiar figures.
A devilish look crossed All Mights Face, “Eat this”
“huh?,” Izuku choked on his surprise. “It’s too different from what I imagined!” He yelled.
All Might’s grin stretched even wider if that was possible,“Now There’s no time you’ll be late to the exam!” He wheedled, smiling.
“come, come, come!”
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Izuku stared at All Might after he swallowed his hair. It had been one of the long ones from his bangs- why hadn’t All Might chosen one of the shorter side hairs?
to the right of his mentor’s head, a transparent information window popped up.
>>You Have Received 20 HeroBalls!!<<
>>20 HeroBalls have been added to your Inventory<<
“Well, My Boy! You must get going or you’re going to be late!”
Izuku started in surprise. He could figure it out later, was it part of the quirk? He started running home. He had to take a shower before he left!
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Later, during the physical exam when his hand dug into his pocket and flung what Izuku could only assume was a HeroBall at the trapped girl from before, he had reason to regret not dedicating a few brain cells beforehand.
>>Uraraka Ochako was Caught!<<
The HeroBall floated towards Izuku and he caught it in his hand, dumbfounded. He blinked. Suddenly the world vibrated as the Zero Pointer’s foot crushed the rubble that had moments before held the girl- Uraraka? Captive. Izuku started and ran away.
He hadn’t gone far when the Buzzer sounded for the end of the exam. The zero-pointer behind him powered down. Izuku sighed in relief.
He brought the hand holding the Ball that contained his fellow examinee to observe it. The outside was slightly different to what he remembered of Pokeballs which- he assumed? Was related to this— it had to be One for All, right? But then-
Anyway. It was pink, instead of red. Also, it had a few white stars on it.
“Anyone hurt?” Yelled a voice to the side and Izuku looked up to see Recovery Girl walking in his direction. He panicked.
How did he let her out of the ball?!
”Um!”
He blinked and Recovery Girl looked him over. He had an idea and shoved the Ball at Recovery Girl. She took it on reflex.
It started flashing red and a sound that was exactly like the Pokemon Center Recovery song played into the awkward silence.
The ball stopped strobing Red.
“Huh.” Izuku was on a roll here.
“Is this- a Pokeball?” Recovery Girl seemed intrigued.
“It’s- um, a HeroBall?” Izuku’s voice cracked. The Youthful Heroine looked at him with a raised brow.
“Um. One of the examinees- Uraraka,,?” He cringed.
The other eyebrow joined its twin on RG’s face. “Are you saying you have a person in here?”
”I think so?”
That thankfully halted any lecture.
” Young man if you don’t know how your quirk works after all this time-“
”I’m quirkless! Or- I thought I—“ he tried desperately to not stare at the label that flashed into existence above Recovery Girl’s Head.
>>> Recovery Girl Level 68<<
A green HP bar flickered into existence below it a second later.
“Well.” Recovery girl seemed to be out of her depth.
To add insult to injury Present Mic strolled up to the group.
“Heya There Listener!”
Izuku died. Just like- a little.
“So we were going over the tapes there a bit and we seem to be missing….” He trailed off as he saw the HeroBall, then his face lit up.
“You have a POKEMON QUIRK?”
”I DON’T KNOW HOW TO GET HER OUT!”
Izuku tried to breathe but the mortification was bad enough he was sure he would melt into goo.
A hand reached over his shoulder and poked the button on the front of the ball. It opened.
Uraraka reformed in front of the group. She was wearing a mostly white outfit with a pink visor and Astronaut boots. She looked super cool.
She had her arms up in front of her, her hands splayed as if she was about to attack. She Blinked in surprise.
“Oh hey you figured it out!” She threw out a thumbs up.
Izuku’s face flared pink in renewed mortification.
“I’m so Sorry!”
Uraraka’s face fell in surprise “Oh hey No you totally saved my butt and I heard you say you didn’t have a quirk before this! It 's no problem.” She smiled and bent down so their faces were level “That must be crazy getting a quirk in an exam like that! And you really had no idea? I wonder what the activation was!”
”Um. I’ve always been. “ His eyes skipped to recovery girl and Present Mic- Level 83 to - and he tried to keep from hyperventilating- EraserHead, lvl 91 “I’ve always been really interested in Hero fights, um. Strengths and weaknesses and fighting styles.”
Eraserhead hummed, before turning around and leaving. Present Mic snorted. “Well since that makes this a Quirk accident, however well done we should probably get you both checked out!” He clapped his hands together in apparent glee.
Izuku just hung his head.