A Second Life

The entire class was in a tense silent for one precious second before it erupted into noises of evident disapproval.

"THE LAST PERSON GETS EXPELLED?!!!" Uraraka questioned, extremely agitated.

"This is our first day here!! But even if it weren't...that's just too unreasonable!!!"

Aizawa wasn't one bit fazed by their dissatisfaction. He was chill, like a cuc.u.mber.

"Natural disasters...massive accidents...ego-mad villains...All kinds of calamities can happen when we least expect them. Japan's now positively drenched in 'Unreasonable'.

And it's our job as heros to reserve it all and restore reason."

Aizawa continued, his voice seeping a bit of instinctive terror to those who listened to it.

"If you're counting on friendly chat the local McDonald's after school, that's too bad.

From now on, for the next three years, all you can expect from your life in UA is one hardship after the next."

"This is 'PLUS ULTRA.' I expect you to overcome these trails and climb to the top. Time to step up to the plate."

The man said beckoning a finger at the students…

'The pressure is on...so this is UA's baptism...the pinnacle of the hero training...No choice but to give it all!' Iida braced himself.

'I could do better' Bakugou thought.

'....!!!!' Uraraka was fidgeting.

The rest weren't all calm either.

[Shouldn't display too much...questions would arise about my performance in the entrance exam... else they would know that I was holding back…]

Everyone was incited except for Midoriya who was turning into a nervous wreck.

{ TRAIL 1: 50m DASH }

Iida and Asui undertook the first dash with Iida completing it in 3.04 seconds, followed by Asui, who hopped in 5.58 seconds.

'Iida's like a fish in water…'

All the students experienced certain change in their results, like…

Uraraka : 7.26 → 7.15

Aoyama : 8.25 → 5.51

Bakugou : 5.58 → 4.13

Midoriya : 7.49 → 7.02

It was Sumire's turn. She took a deep. [I should not show much disparity from my performance but should also not be pathetic] She did shunpo. And the outcome is obvious…

Azumi : 5.02 → 0.12

"Eh!?"

"Seriously!?"

"How's that even possible!?"

"What the hell was that!!!?"

"Is it teleportation!?"

The class started shouting like they lost reason.

"Quiet!"

Aizawa gave a 'stare'.

[Is he also a shinigami? Or he is simply like that?]

"No, it's not teleportation. That is a movement technique I created, it's called Shunpo."

[Well, I modified the original shunpo, so that even humans are able to do it. I was an 'ex-shinigami'.]

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"What??!!!"

"I derived it from my quirk."

"!!!!" 'That's not human' (Author-san : You guys are right!)

"Let's quickly finish the rest, too. Hurry up and get over now."

'Man, I want to sleep...And Azumi, it's good that I placed her in the last for every test, this way their confidence won't be completely shattered...early on, at least.'

{ TRAIL 2 : GRIP TEST }

As yet, Shoji had the most shocking gap. 48kg → 540kg!

"Are you a gorilla? No, you're more of an octopus!"

Midoriya looked a little despaired at the discrepancy.

'56kg...not what I expected.'

Azumi 60kg → 542kg!

'How did she do that? With such thin arms?'

Accurately guessing their thoughts, Sumire answered, "I used my quirk. It can temendously increase my abilities as I want." [It's nearly negligible, though…]

'....'

'She's really a Demon?' Bakugou dreaded.

{ TRAIL 3: LONG JUMP }

Bakugou, Azumi and Aoyama shined or twinkled…

And Midoriya didn't, well...it was within normal range…'normal.'

Hence he was in despair.

{ TRAIL 4: SUSTAINED SIDEWAY JUMPS }

Mineta left everyone in dust, with his gr.a.p.e mochi?

Azumi just flash stepped sideways…

Midoriya was in utter despair, officially.

{ TRAIL 5: THE PITCH }

[I won't get the first in this. There's no way I'll beat the gravity girl's quirk here]

Uraraka removed any gravity acting on the ball and threw it. It was in the air for a long, long time. The score was a nice ∞.

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"INFINITY?"

"Holy shit! She got an infinity!!"

[I really can't beat that]

"Azumi, you next."

"Hai."

[Okay...control it...not too little and not too much] Sumire used spiritual pressure for the first time. The air around her felt a bit heavier. Everyone felt the faintest bit of oppression.

'Looks like what she stated in the form was true.'

>Flashback<

"Oh, what brings you here, Aizawa-sensei?" Nezu asked to the person who just entered his office.

"Nothing, just I had some doubt regarding a student's application." Aizawa stated dryly.

"What might it be?"

"This." Aizawa showed Sumire form which showed her details. What bothered Aizawa was the quirk. It was never seen or heard before.

"Ah, I asked her about it when she came to apply for the scholarship, you see."

"Scholarship?"

"Her both parents are deceased hence, she asked for it, sensei. She didn't fill it in the form?"

Aizawa was shocked since there were almost no orphans in the school. He was not in the wrong either. All the students who got into UA had the best quirks and people with such caliber won't remain as an orphan, for long.

"No, she just filled their names, and I couldn't possibly think of that…"

"That's okay, let's see what is troubling you now, shall we?"

"It's her quirk…"

"Hmm...that's an interesting quirk she got there."

"She is the freshman representative of the year, and from her performances, I thought she had super speed or something in that aspects, but this…?"

"Haha...Reiatsu. Even I was unable to comprehend it until she explained it.She had an interesting theory of her own, you know?"

"Oh?"

"She said the quirks are essentially the manifestation of 'spiritual-energy' or what we commonly call as-"

"Alpha genes."

"Then reiatsu would mean…!"

"Manifestation of spiritual energy or...alpha genes."

"Doesn't that mean she has almost all the quirks then?"

"Ah...that's an easy misunderstanding."

"I don't understand…"

"The reiatsu, according to her, allows to manifest 'her' spiritual energy. She said that she was able to 'manipulate' it."

"...That's not as easy as she makes it sound."

"Yes. That's why she was trying to achieve mastery over it, since a long time now, and the results are apparent. She's able to freely increase her physical abilities for now, 'passively'."

>flashback ends<

'Years and years of practicing secretly...I wonder what you're able to do…'

Azumi took a deep breath and threw the ball, leaving large gusts of wind behind.

The machine beeped, everyone was eager for the result. Aizawa smirked and showed them the data.

Everyone s.u.c.k.e.d a deep breath. Despite being used to the shocks by now, they were still awed…

'1548m' [okay, overdid it a bit but its fine I guess...it looks like I've given my best]

"She's definitely not normal." Kaminari, the Pikachu stated quietly. No one dared to deny it, all they could do was nod their heads in agreement.