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Shifting Tides

Summary:

Izuku was struggling in a group home and trying to attend UA as the first quirked animal. What is this? A cat obsessed pro hero is keeping an eye on him?

an: I plan to update this weekly on Tuesdays and this is my first fan fic so please be patient with me

Notes:

My friend beta read this

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Chapter 1: The exam

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Izuku was nervous. The UA entrance exam was today and felt so unprepared. He would be the first quirked animal to attend a hero school if he got in. So yeah he was pretty damn nervous.

The gates were huge and there were so many people. Izuku made sure he was in his human form as he crossed the threshold of the UA campus.

First he had the written exam then the physical. He walked over to exam site B and sat in a row in the middle for Aldera students. He checked the seat number before sitting down.

As the rows around him filled up with students, Katsuki walked and checked his seat number. He scowled as he plopped down in the seat next to him.

His ears tilted down, laying flat on his head. Izuku did not like how loud Katsuki was.

Present Mic walked up onto the stage in the front of the room and yelled “CAN I GET A YEAH?” Izuku yelled along but promptly realized he was the only one. He stopped yelling.

Present Mic quickly moved on and explained the physical and written exams before test papers were passed out. He quickly began answering questions and finished at the halfway mark.

Izuku decided to go over his answers again and double check them making sure all of his answers were correct. He turned in his paper and headed to the locker room to get ready for the physical exam.

Not long after he finished changing, more people came into the locker room to change as well.

He made his way to the physical testing site and began stretching. Other people probably from other testing sites were already there. No one else was stretching

He wouldn’t be surprised if the UA exams had a high injury rate. There are probably a lot of broken bones and torn muscles. It’s good they have Recovery girl on staff.

The site is filled with more people. One has pink skin and horns. He wonders if her quirk is related to her pink skin or is it just a mutation. He hears her laugh.

“My quirk is acid, so I don't think my pink skin is related. My name is Mina Ashido. What's yours?”
“Izuku Midoriya.” He replies quickly

“We should be friends, here give me your phone.” She announced.

He gives in and hands her his flip phone dejectedly.

“Holy shit you have a flip phone! I didn’t even realize they still made those.”

He laughs as she typed something in and hands him his phone back. He puts it in his bag and set it on the ground.

He hears Present Mic yell go so he goes. Everyone takes a second to realize that the exam has started and follows after him. He jumps over the first robot he sees and shifts into a bear landing on top of it and crushing it.

He proceeds to destroy many other robots using similar methods.

As he reaches the 40 point mark he hears stomping and sees people running away. He begins to follow the crowd but then hears a loud scream.

He turns and runs towards the large robot shifting back into a bear. He lifts the large piece of concrete off the girl and carries her to the side and shifts into a human.

“Are you okay? Does anything feel broken?” He voiced worriedly.

“No but I think I sprained my ankle.” She replies sounding mildly disappointed in herself

“You did the best you could. Getting hurt doesn’t make you weak” he says as he waves down Recovery girl “What’s your name? Mine is Izuku Midoriya.”

“Ochako Uraraka. I hope we can be friends.” She suggested sound less upset with her performance.

Just as he replies affirmatively, Recovery Girl arrives “Where are you two dearies injured?” “She has a sprained ankle but I’m not injured.” He gestured towards her ankle that was hurt.

Recovery Girl kisses Uraraka's hand as the brunette jokes “You're looking at my ankles you fiend! We just met” Izuku cackles at the funny reference to the dark ages.

He knocks on the door to the group home, hoping that they will let him in. The door swings open and a quirk suppressing collar is shoved on him. He shrinks back into his cat form.

The woman grabs him by the scruff on his neck and tosses him in a cat carrier in the corner of the room. Great. Absolutely utterly fucking fantastic. He has to spend the rest of the night in a box.

He drifts off with the hope of making it into UA.