Canon Fodder

CHAPTER 51 ENTRANCE EXAM

I had been debating leaving the Naruto world for the last few days. I had learned to open the first 2 limiter gates. My body had never been stronger. And my chairs was at a way higher level after my recent quest rewards. Naruto still had a way larger amount. But I felt I was above Kakashi level at least. 

I was tempted to go back to One Piece to try against the sea monster but I wanted to be positive I could beat it. It was time to use my World ID. 

Starting at the North door and working my way counterclockwise. There was Gantz which I was tempted to try my skills against, but not there yet. High School of the Dead, which I knew I could save more people with the gates, but there was stuff I needed to try out first. Then Naruto, One Piece, and a mystery door. 

The last door on the West wall I felt there was something important behind it. I had learned chakra and was learning Haki from the doors on the wall. I needed to find out if I could learn something else from this door. 

I tried to pull out one of my Door IDs. Nothing came. Standing in front of the door a window popped up. 

“Shit, should have tried this when I got it,” I grumbled. I’d had one for a month in Naruto World. I pushed Yes. A new screen appeared. 

“Awesome,” I said. That sealed the deal for me. I wanted to at least go in and get a quest to learn my quirk. If I was lucky it would be powered by chakra but I wasn’t going to hold my breath. I walked through the doorway. 

Black nothingness welcomed me. Then ever so slowly the sunlight began to illuminate the world around me. Gray bricks at my feet. I was in front of a large building. People walking around me I noticed many in the classic black Japanese school kid uniforms. 

As I looked around to try to find a mirror I noticed someone I recognized. His unruly hair resembled mine. His was green though, instead of the black mine was. I watched as he talked to himself. Then he tripped over his own feet. 

Flying through the air he began to float. The bob cut brown haired heroine raised her hands behind him, making sure he didn’t hit. A smile cracked my lips as she dropped him and they talked. Midoriya and Urahara. Their first meeting that told me all I needed to know. 

Turning around I was in front of the UA Practical Skill Exam testing building. This was the day I would have to test my quirk and try to get in at UA, the best hero school around. Before that though I needed to take care of something. I rushed into the building. Pushing through large doors I didn’t see a bathroom anywhere. 

I picked a random direction to go as students streamed into the auditorium. After turning a large hall I noticed the sign for the restrooms. Unfortunately a few paces away the pain began coursing through my body. Where before it had been sharp pins and needles stuck into my skin, this time it was dull pins and needles. 

Gritting my teeth I could feel my muscles and bones grinding together as a pain greater than I had ever felt before moved through my body. Sweat breaking out on my skin I cried out as tears streamed from my shut eyes. My muscles began to spasm forcing me to clench my ass through all of it so I didn’t loose control of my bowels. All through the pain I wanted to scream out louder but the only thing that escaped after the initial cry was a high pitched hiss. 

Then as quickly as it started it was over. I breathed in and out heavily. Sight coming back to me my muscles bulged with strength as I got up. Wiping sweat from my brow i stumbled to the sink. Staring at the mirror my memory was filled in. Where this process used to hurt, the Memory Meld was like a bucket of cool water, washing over my brain as I went through my memories. 

I was Weston Watanabe. I had just turned 15. I was 5 foot 10 inches tall. I lived in the neighboring area of Musutafu, Japan. I was an only child, I had a very work centric father at home…but my mother was dead. She had died in a villain attack some years back. A man they never caught. 

My hands gripped the sink as I felt the rage against villains. The porcelain creaked as I did. That single moment had pushed me to try to join UA. Despite my weak ability I was desperate to become a pro-hero. Desperate to find the man that killed my mom. I let out a sigh, I would deal with the killer later. Get my revenge soon enough. 

I noticed the bottle of water floating in front of my face. Instincts kicking in I swiped next to me. I hit invisible flesh. A woman’s voice cried out as I tried to grip whoever it was. 

“I just wanted to know if you were okay,” a sweet voice said. I tried to see what I was gripping but it wasn’t there. “C-Can you um let go.” Like I was hearing some echo I slowly realized it was an invisible girl. 

I quickly let go, stepping back as I did. “I’m sorry,” I stammered. “You’re invisible, right? Not a ghost?” 

She giggled cutely. “You really were out of it. I told you I was invisible.”

“Sorry, how long have you been talking?” I asked. 

“Since you stumbled in here,” she said. “Barely dodged you landing on me.” It was surreal to not be able to see her, but could hear her voice as if she was only a few feet away. She lifted the water bottle. “Not sure what happened to you on the floor there. But looks like you could use this.” 

I registered my parched mouth then. “Thank you,” I said. Reaching out I took it from her. “I’m sorry, no idea where I’m looking on you.” 

“My chest,” she said, but I could hear the smile in her voice. 

“Good, that’s where I wanted to look,” I said, continuing to stare there. She laughed loudly again. I looked around to study my surroundings. “That answers that question. I am in the girl’s bathroom. I’m sorry to bother you.” I bowed slightly. “I’ll pay you back for the water.” 

I walked over, trying my best to walk around her then was through the door. I joined the crowd as they trickled into the main area. “Are you sure you’re okay?” The voice asked. I turned to see she was wearing a backpack. I decided to stare at the backpack, imagining Reina’s rack as I did.

“I’m better,” I sighed. “I’m Weston Watanabe. You?”

“Toru Hagakure,” she said. 

“Want to sit together?” I asked. 

“Sure,” she said after some thought. 

I reached out to her. “So we don’t get separated,” I said. There was some hesitation, but I felt a hand grab onto mine. I began walking us into the stream of students. Below us was a large auditorium area. Stairs on either side of a massive seating area there were desks set up where students were sitting. I guided Toru and I to a couple of seats at the back. 

Students talked loudly as we waited in the dark room. “Where you from?” I asked Toru. 

“I live across town,” she admitted. “Trying to get into UA, like everyone else.” 

“Yeah, I live just outside of town,” I admitted. “So your power is to turn invisible? Anything else?” 

There was no answer. “You know I can’t see when you nod, right?” 

“I-I know that. Yeah that’s all there is to it,” she said. 

“Fun,” I said. “I can make things hot or cold.” The water bottle in hand I used my quirk to pull energy from it. The water turned to ice after a few seconds. Then pushing energy into it the ice melted back into water. There was more to it of course, but I got the general idea. I would dig into how it interacted with my chakra later. 

“Woah there,” I said to a person as they moved to sit in her spot. “My invisible ghost friend is there.” The person frowned at me but walked away. 

“I’m not a ghost,” she mumbled. 

“Sounds like something a ghost would say,” I said. “Maybe I stepped on a flower at your grave and you’re haunting me.” 

She giggled again. “Maybe I am. Think I should get gloves or something to wear?” I nodded. Thinking about it though I pulled my Chikyugi Necklace out of my Status Screen. 

“Until then you can wear this,” I said. I handed her the black chained necklace with the emblem of the pink Watanabe turned heart on it. She took it slowly, the necklace floating in the air I added, “Don’t lose it. It’s my most prized possession.”

“I can’t take this,” she said. 

“You’re borrowing it,” I said. “I want it back.” She slowly moved the chain over her head. The necklace nestled into where I assumed her breasts were. “Looks great on you,” I noted. “Very slimming. It’s like you’re not even there.” 

I could practically feel her eyes roll. “How many of these invisible jokes do you have?” 

“I don’t know. You’re my first,” I said. 

“Quiet down people!” A voice yelled over a microphone. I got the quest notification then. 

“Finally,” I mumbled as the announcer continued talking. He was a blonde haired man with a mohawk. He wore black leather clothes and a boombox-like choker around his neck. I knew he was some microphone hero, but I couldn’t remember his name. 

“Now pay close attention,” the announcer said at the stage below us. “We will be testing your mettle by running a 10-minute practice run at our replica city-district. You can take whatever items you believe will help you. Everybody gathers at the designated meeting area at the presentation, you dig?”

“How we will be conducting this exam is testing your hero work. We will be sprinkling ‘villains’ over the battlefield of the city-district. These villains will appear in 3 different varieties. Supplying point values to each depending on difficulty. Using each of your individual quirks, dispatch as many villains as you can. Your goal is to rack up the high score. There will be no attacking other competitors, or anti-hero items we have set up.”

“Excuse me, Present Mic!” A voice yelled from the center of the crowd. I looked down to see the black haired, straight laced guy from UA. I couldn’t believe he had the nerve to interrupt the announcer. I hoped I got a quest to make sure he wasn’t class president. I remembered him being really annoying. 

“On the handout we received there were 4 villains listed. Such an error would be the height of embarrassment for a top-tier national academy like UA”

“Calm it down there teacher’s pet,” Present Mic said from the front of the auditorium. “I was getting to that. There is a 4th villain you will encounter that is worth no points. They are giant road block villains that you are designed to be unbeatable. So make sure you stay out of their way.” 

“That’s enough from me. We will let the other examiners explain any other questions you may have. And remember everyone, as Napoleon Bonaparte once said, ‘a true hero never stops overcoming the misfortunes in life.’ What I mean by that is though you may not succeed in joining UA. I have faith you will all overcome whatever adversities you may face during the test and in life.”