Dark Knight of J.A

Chapter 3: Exam Day!

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Today, today is the day.

Today, I show the world being Quirkless isn't the same as being powerless.

Today... I take my first steps to becoming a true hero.

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"Master Bruce, are you sure you have everything?" The kindly, aging butler asks and I sigh.

"Yes Alfred, I have everything."

"Jumpsuit?"

"Yes."

"Goggles?"

"Yes."

"Belt?"

"Yes."

"Lunch?"

"Er... no."

"Here you go. And Master Bruce?"

"Yes?"

"You're super cool kid, and you'll ace the test!" Alfred says handing me a brown paper bag and pulling me in for a hug.

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"Wayne."

"Queen."

"Stay Out Of my way dipshit." Oliver says walking around me.

'Around, not through. That's a first. Maybe that means my luck is changing. Maybe I'll turn it all around. I'm gonna be a hero!'

Suddenly I trip over the sidewalk and my face goes falling towards the pavement.

'Or I could just die.' Suddenly a hand yanks on the back of track jacket, halting my descent.

"Hey, sorry for using my Quirk without asking." Says a beautiful girl with sparkling blue eyes, long raven hair, wearing a red hoodie and blue jeans.

"Ah, well thanks miss." I reply, and kiss her knuckle. My gentlemanly instincts kicking in.

"I-it was no problem." She says blushing, then rushes off.

"Damn... too forward?"

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After the written exam we all walk to an auditorium, where a blonde with a blue trench coat is waiting.

"That's Animal Man!" A short red haired kid yells out after spotting the pro and I take note of his fidgeting, possibly a sign of a speed related quirk.

"Alright Kids, today is the day you show us what you got! The exam is pretty simple, there are three types of robots, one pointers, two pointers, and three pointers. You take down each bot for that amount of points? Got it? Cool!" Animal Man explains as a Mario like figure goes through stomping enemies.

"Pardon me, Sir, but the pamphlet said there'd be four types of enemies. Is that just a typo?" I ask and The Animal Hero simply smiles and replies, "Good catch Examinee #52, there is actually a fourth enemy, but it actually counts for negative points, so avoid it at all costs!"

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After around ten minutes of prep time, to get changed, get support gear etc., we're all guided to certain gates. Behind which are arenas the size of small cities, which is actually what it looks like. While doing my stretches I notice that cute girl who helped me earlier.

'I should probably thank her again, and wish her luck.' I think and start walking towards her and a hand grabs my shoulder.

"Pardon me, but are going to bother that young woman? She appears to be in the middle of some form of meditation, it would be rude to interrupt her." I turn around and there's a tan young man with black hair, the a single bang is curled downward, he has blue eyes and is wearing a dark blue tank top and basketball shorts.

"Sorry Smallville, but I was just gonna thank for helping me out earlier."

"Sm-smallville?" He sputters our confused by the nickname.

"One, you have callouses on your hands, that means you train a lot or had an upbringing requiring manual labor, two judging by the Kansas accent I'm guessing it's the latter. So you're from small town in Kansas, hence Smallville, got it?" Just then the gates open up and the others just stand there, smirking I pull out my grapple gun and zip into action.

Spying a one pointer, a basic robot without any weapons I toss a Batarang at it and it slices right through the machine. Grappling off and perching on a rooftop I spy another robot, this time with a canon like arm. I throw two Batarangs, one to disarm the weapon, the second to destroy the bot, the first hit's its mark but the second misses cursing I grapple and slam my feet into the back of it, crushing it from the momentum.

'Three points, not gonna cut it.'

Racing off I tap the side of my goggles.

"Oracle how many are near me." I speak and a small crackle is heard.

"Hold on Bruce... there appear to be five 1 pointers, four 2 pointers, and two 3 pointers in your general vicinity." A female and robotic voice states over the coms. I grapple off spying my first three pointer, a bot with tread like feet and rocket launchers for arms, I throw a batarang at it, slicing the head in half.

'Damn it, at this rate I'm not gonna make it.'

"Eight Minutes Left!" The voice of Animal Man sounds over the arena.

Looking around I see a two pointer aiming at me. It fires off bullets and I growl, ducking to the ground, I wait for the spray to stop. I throw a batarang at it's arm, cleaving it off, running forth I tap a button on my gloves and small claws jut out from the fingertips. I jump over the robot and slice it's head off.

The redhead from earlier spins around in a circle generating electricity, he blasts it in the direction of a three pointer.

"Sorry man!" He sheepishly shrugs and I nod at him in turn. The speedster runs off leaving a trail of red lighting behind him.

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"Examinees! 3 MINUTES LEFT!" Buddy Baker's voice calls out and I snap out of my hunting mode and count up the points I have, about 30.

Suddenly the ground shakes and people start screaming, turning around I see the cause. A gigantic robot, taller than the buildings is coming right at us!

'Stay Calm Bruce... this is a school, they wouldn't kill kids.'

"HELP!" I hear a voice cry out and my gaze turns to the black haired girl who helped me! Looking at her I notice she's trapped under some rubble... right in front of the robot.

"Hold on Miss! I'm coming!" I grapple to her and start pulling rocks off her and grapple her toward safety.

"Th-thank you. I~ I thought I was gonna die." She cries and I hold her for a moment.

"If I didn't save you, I'm sure someone else would have, who doesn't want to be a knight saving a pretty damsel?"

She snorts at that, and I set her gently on the ground by the gate.

I see Smallville running towards the Zero Pointer and he punches it, obliterating it completely.

I hear another cry for help and I rush off grappling towards this new threat.

A young man with pointed ears is desperately trying to pull out a girl with the same style hair and ears. Running over, I help him pull her out and get them back to the entrance.

"You guys Alright?" I ask and the boy turns to his sister who nods in the affirmative.

"Good, hopefully I'll see you in class!" I grapple off after another yell for help, this time a deeper voice. 'Another yelp... why can't I stop, I could be getting points instead.' After pausing to think I realize why. 'A hero can't stand by while others suffer and he can help.'

"Hold On!" I cry out and have Oracle scan the upcoming situation, five kids trapped in a collapsed building.

"EXAMINEES! TIME'S UP!" Ignoring the announcement I continue on my way and yell for the teens to back away from the window. I kick the window in, and see a young African man who's skin glitters Metal impaled on a jagged piece of metal.

"Hey, Hey, pal stay with us!" I yell slapping him on the face and asked how this happened, a green skinned boy tells a dramatic story of how an explosion sent a piece of metal at the goth chick and Victor jumped in front of it, and the building collapsed.

"Oracle, send for help now!" I yell into the coms and talk Victor calmly, making sure he stays out of shock, after what seems like an eternity, help finally arrives in the form of Zatara the Magician Hero, who calmly unskewers the teen and says,"Leah." And Victor's wounds start closing.

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"Master Bruce, a delivery from J.A is here for you." Alfred say walking inside my personal gym and hands me a circular package. I open it up and it's a small metal disk. Suddenly the center lights up and The Shadow appears on as a hologram!

"Hey kid, turns out you aced the written portion with a 100%! However in the practical you only earned 30 points, which isn't enough... if that's all we were looking for! You did a crucial part of heroics, saving people! And those heroics inspired those students you saved to help others during the exam, and even after! Here we have a clip of that young woman you saved.

"Hi Mr. Animal Man... I don't know if this possible but could you give that kid with the grapple gun some of my points? I was really worried I wasn't going to make it, but he saved me... and I want to repay him!"

"Hey, don't worry kid, he did just fine!" Animal Man Says ruffling her hair.

"You see kid? Heroics is more than just flashy quirks and epic showdowns, it's about putting others first! And how could we An institute dedicated to molding young heroes overlook that? Hence we have a secondary category... Rescue Points!

Bruce Wayne- 70 rescue points!

Diana Prince- 30 Rescue Points!

Clark Kent- 50 Rescue points!

Victor Stone- 40 Rescue points!

We wanted to give you more... but that's the max, and this puts you at second place! Anyways Kid, I'm proud of both you and the progress you've made. I'll be seeing you in school... this is your Hero Academia!" With that the message ends and I jump up in excitement grabbing Alfred, shaking him.

"Alfred, I'm in!"

"I heard Master Bruce, and I'm proud of you kid." Alfred says pulling me in for a hug.

'Mom, Dad... I'm one step closer to being a hero!'

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Alright so in case anyone's confused, he saved Diana, inspiring her to attempt to give Bruce her points. Clark witnessing Bruce save Diana, helped a kid, which inspired Victor to hold up that building. And those five teens are the Titans. (Nightwing, Starfire, Raven, BeastBoy and Cyborg)

They'll be in class B, same with Zan and Jayna.

Next Chapter up soon!