Sekai Hero Academy, one of the first hero academies to emerge out of Japan once quirks became a natural phenomenon. Since the entrance of U.A's golden age of popularity after producing top notch heroes such as All Might, Endeavor, and Endeavor, Sekai Hero Academy has slowly dropped in the ranks to the #7 spot. Despite not being as popular as a school such as U.A, Sekai still stays relevent in the topic of best hero schools with its production of heroes instilled with traditional values of what it truly means to be a hero at its deepest roots.

A hand came slamming down visciously silencing the electrical time keeping device, with the amount of time he has done that throughout the year you would think his alarm clock would have broken by now. The boy rose from his bed, eyes still closed as he looked forward at what was his dresser before letting out an lenghty yawn. One after another he opened his eyes, starting with the left before rising out of bed reaching into his red Pajama shirt and scratching the back of his shoulders.

Today was the day, the entrance exam for Sekai academy in which he had been anticipating for many years to come. Oddly enough the blonde was not nervous at all for this day as he had been preparing for the past 3 years. I guess that is what happens when you approach a task with a chip on your shoulder.

Damian made his way towards his dresser and picked up a frame picture of him and his older brother that was sitting on top of the piece of furniture. At first his face was a little distressed as he stared at the photo but it soon turned into a bright and wide grin. The boy had already packed for the exam the previous night before, snacks, water, exam papers, as well as a change of clothes. He wanted to be well prepared for this exam, when it comes to Sekai Academy the exam is never the same everytime, from year to year it changes signficantly in criteria as well as location. This year it would be taking place in Shinto Village on the country side.

Shortly after falling into deep thought, Damian washed up in the bathroom as well as ate breakfast before grabbing his bag and keychain before heading out the front door. The time was about 6:45, he had about 20 minutes to kill so why not pay him a visit? It was still a bit dark outside as he walked through the dimmly lit streets though it didn't bother him much, he has made this trek so countless times in the past 3 years at all hours of the day. As he walked he came across an iron fence with a small section of it cut open, big enough for the boy to fit inside. Damian slipped right through without hitch, a smile slowly becoming plastered across his face, for once he was in a good mood for his visit and at last he arrived at his destination.



Damian took a seat infront of the gravestone with his legs curled up, "Today is the day that I take over where you left off, I think its funny because most of the people I went to intermediate school with asked me why attend Sekai? Why not go to somwhere like U.A or even Komei Academy but it was much deeper than that. The teachings that you instilled in me, the way you you were apart of this community, was something like a role model...an inspiration to us all...

The boy grew quiet as he sat in front of the grave, it felt as though he was in his own bubble as the early morning mist created a shrowd around him making everything but the grave clouded.

”I want to learn from the same school that you attended and walk in your footsteps.”

Damian got back up onto his feet as he prepares to say his goodbyes but was soon interupted by a familiar voice.

”Damian? Are you around here?” a bright phone flashlight could be seen dancing around in the fog, as the voice came closer , the flash got brighter.

”Yeah I am right here Biron”

Soon enough the flash became unbearably bright as it was shone right in Damian’s face before it was turned off.

”I figured you’d be here, we should start heading to the train station. The earlier we get to Shinto the better.”

Damian let out smile in agreement, it was time to go accomplish his goals. He was thankful to have Biron by his side while doing so, at first it was unsure whether or not Biron would even attend a hero academy. As dependable as he is, his major lack of confidence holds himself back from his true potential.



The train station looked like something out of a movie, the dim lighting mixed in with the morning fog gave place such a mysterious vibe. It seemed as though Biron wasn’t having it just by the look on his face.

Soon enough the train to Shinto village had pulled. The two boys boarded the train taking a seat near one of the exits.

”I’m going to take a short nap, wake me up when we reach our stop.” and just like that Damian was off to sleep.



The boy could feel a slight nudge, ”Damian wake up, we’re here.” Damian woke up, a bit discombobulated, as he looked outside the window of the train all he could see were lush green hills. A smile soon appeared on his face as he took in the change in environment.

”Shinto village”

After disembarking from the train, a dirt trail played the role of their guide as they made their way to their destination. Damian had decided to check his phone for time, it was about 7:38, as he looked up in the top left corner of his phone he could see he only had one bar of cellular connection.

”Stick close by Biron, the reception here isn’t too good. It’s best we don’t get lost.” Once the two made it into the village it was easy to tell apart the examinees from the village inhabitants. The examinees all were young with fresh clothes while the villagers were equipped with worn clothes.

”Lets ask for directions Damian, I don’t want to get lost”

Damian looked at Biron and shook his head,”Nonsense! All we have to do is follow the other students, we’ll be fine!”

Damian began to scout around for someone who seemed as though they knew exactly what they were doing. Soon enough his eyes lit up and Damian took off in a fast speed walk right behind them with Biron following anxiously.

What could possibly go wrong?

It was earlier in the morning and the sun just succesfully managed to pass the horizong, coating the city-landscape in the beautiful morning-athmosphere that this region was known for and the mechanical blinds in the room of a particular boy were slowly opening up to let in the fresh sunrays of the morning into the room. As the room lit up, the pure-white, almost sterile looking walls began to become visible, just like the almost enormously large television that was hanging on the wall to the right of the windows, right above a white cupboard with all kinds of different technological devices, like a blu-ray disc player, various game-consoles and a music station which was connected to two large speakers which were each located next to the flat-screen that was positioned in the center.
On the opposite side of the room, positioned in the center, roughly at the same height as the telivision was the bed which Jason Akizuki was sleeping in. The sheets' design consisted of a white background and one large blue eye in the middle of the blanket, while the pillow was entirely blue with a design that could best be described as "Digital" or "Futuristic".

As the blinds were opened, beams of sunlight began to hit the face of the guy that was sleeping beneath the blankets. The blinds were actually controlled by his digital alarm clock sitting on the nightstand next to his bed. It was a selfmade device which did not wake him up with noises, but rather by opening the blinds and let the light do its thing. Luckily for Jason that plan had always worked out for him so far.
He slowly opened up his eyes and immediately turned his head to the right, since he was laying on his bed and his windows were left of him, to escape the light that was shining directly onto his eyes. After recovering for a few moments, Jason opened up his deep-blue eyes, which were a strong contrast to his almost silver-white hair and looked at the screen of his digital clock, displaying the current time in light-blue numbers. It took his sleepy brain a few moments to process what he just had seen and he closed his eyes again. Eventually though, they shot open quickly and he even set up, throwing the blankets off of his upper body. "The entrance exam!" He shouted out into the room.






Roughly at the same time as that was happening, in a vastly different part of the town, a gorgous melody began playing, accompanied by a voice similar to that of an angel. At least, that is the way the wikipedia page described her, obviously having been edited by some kind of fan who was overly into her. The person in question, obviously, was none other than the famous online songstress and idol, Izumo Hatsue. With her youtube channel having over three million subscribers, one could argue that she indeed reached a wide audience. But now she was ready for the big stage she thought; Izumo was ready to become a hero.
Where was the singing coming from? It was Izu's daily vocal training while taking a shower in the morning. Everyone sings in the shower, even an idol like her was no exception. "...And she's got something IIIII dooon't... to you~~~"

The bathroom where she was taking a shower in right now was actually connected to the room she slept in. If someone was to rock such a complicated hairstyle like Izu's, having your own bathroom was kind of a necessity. Sometimes it took her an hour just to get her outfit right!
Her own room reflected her interests rather well and made it quite obvious just how much she was into music. There was a large mixer in the middle of the room connected to two E-Pianos and a multi-screen computer setup which she used to compose and work on her songs. Though there were no other instruments actually present in the room, but there was a massive stack of paper in one corner of the room, curiously enough.
So much of her space was dedicated to her music that her bed was rather small and just mindlessly placed in a corner of the room. Its only purpose was to be a resting place for Izumo, so it did not need to have more space dedicated to it.
The only other special feature about her room was a massive walk-in closet which contained all the different outfits that she either wore daily or needed for music-videos.

It would only be a few minutes more until she was done showering...





Only 15 minutes the boy woke up, he was already downstairs and eating his breakfast. He was wearing a grey hoodie-jacket with the symbol of a drawn white eye in the middle, with the text "Placebo" beneath. It was his favorite piece of clothing and surely on an important day such as this he'd be wearing to feel as comfortable as possible.
While the boy was shoving his cereal into his mouth, spoon after spoon, and occasionally taking a bite out of his french toast, he was using his phone to text a friend of his. Will be at the train station in 15. Afterwards he would finish his breakfast while watching the early morning news on the livingroom telivision.

A few minutes later, when he was done eating breakfast, he started to pack his rucksack for the day. While he packed some common stuff like a bottle of water, some food and some sheets to take notes on, there were some rather unusual things too, like four different digital clocks, two wristwatches and two different tablets, among other things. It was easy to see that he had a special passion for technology and the likes.
Once he was done with all the things he needed for the day, he grabbed his purse, phone and headphones and then made true on his promise and left the house to head towards the trainstation.






Still being in the bathroom, the girl was just finishing up styling her hair while looking into the mirror. As she was doing so, she decided to give herself a quick pep-talk.
"Alright Izu... you got this. You've faced bigger challenges than this, this is nothing compared to the la-" Suddenly, her phone played the all too familiar tune that it would play when she received a message. This time however, it was so sudden that it actually stratled Izu. Because she was so surprised, she actually dropped the Scrunchy which she was using. "A-Ahh!"
The small shriek-ish scream was quickly stopped by herself placing a hand on her mouth. Even though noone saw this, her cheeks were blushing slightly. "Pull yourself together Izu... come on."
The girl checked her phone to see the message "Will be at the train station in 15." to which she replied Okay!~:3
Afterwards, the idol finished up her hairstyle with the last remaining scrunchy.



Even while eating breakfast, which her mother had so lovingly prepared for her, Izu's hands were shaky and, sadly for her, there was noone in the house to calm her down as her mother had just left for work herself. She was really looking forward to meet her friend at this point, she was sure that he'd calm her down like he had done so many times before. Luckily for Izu however, she was practically living next to the train-station which allowed her to leave her house only shortly before the train would arrive.

After her rushed breakfast, Izu quickly grabbed her bag and left the house, locking up behind her. Since she was so nervous about the whole thing, she had already prepared everything the day before like a proper student always should!... according to her mother.

On the outside, her outfit was quite cute. A brown coat on the outside which covered up the white buttoned-up shirt beneath and a striped Blue-green-ish bowtie on her kneck together with a silver pair of headphones. Red ribbons decorated her hair and helped the scrunchies to hold the two pigtails in place. Below her waist she wore kneesocks which went up to her thighs and shoes to match the outfit. The striped skirt that was around her waist obviously had matching colors aswell!
The beg which she was carrying over her right shoulder while walking towards the trainstation had two chibi plush versions of two of her co-idols on her youtube channel and live appearances, they looked quite cute as was expected from an idol like her.
The contents of the bag itself were mostly standard. A bottle of water, a thermos flask filled with green homebrew tea, a lunchbox which was lovingly crafted by her mother. The only somewhat exceptional thing were the rather large amount of white, empty sheets of paper accompanied by a set of ten pens.

In any case, she would arrive at the trainstation soon.







Finally, both would arrive at the train station at the same time. Jason from the nothern entrance and Izu from the southern one.
As they walked up to one another, Jason having his hands in the front pockets of his jacket-hoodie and Izu wlaking while staring at her phone, they eventually noticed one another.
The cheerful idol flashed him a bright smile and walked up to him to give him a hug. Naturally, jason accepted it. "Are you ready?" she asked curiously after they had finished their hug as their train rolled into the station next to them and the wind that it caused made both of their hair move.
"As ready as I can be. You?" he replied.
Izumo nervously scratched the back of her head with an awkward smile and closed eyes. "You know me, I am never really ready."
And with a laugh, both boarded the train.

The train itself was relatively void of other passengers so they were able to grab some comfy seats right as they walked in. Not many people seemed to be wanting to get to the same destination, it was quite far off after all, especially from the view of a city-inhabitant.
Even though the drive itself was rather long, both were able to pass the time quickly by conversing, chatting and calming each other down ahead of such an important deal like the entrance exam. After all, laughter is the best cure for nervousness.



Eventually, the train arrived. The female voice announced it through the speakers so it was hard to miss.
"Next stop, Shinto Village. Please exit the train on the right side and make sure to not leave any obje-..." That was when both of them stopped listening. After all, they already knew everything they needed to know.
It soon came to a halt and the teenagers left the train in anticipation.
"Here goes nothing." Jason noted while walking next to Izu along the bewildered dirt-path that lead to their destination and the ground for the entrance exam.
"Mhm." Izu replied quietly with a nod.
Jason would check his phone, as he so regularly does, only to notice that there was barely any signal there, if any at all. Izu saw it too, looking down on his phone and quietly acknowledging it. As the tension grew for both of them, their conversions decreased in numbers as they left themselves to their thoughts in order to mentally prepare for what was ahead. This was reflected in their facial expression, as even the normally so cheerful and friendly smiling idol now had a neutral, concentrated expression on her face.

It was a few minutes later when they entered the village that one of them broke the silence. Izumo had enough of being silent and, after both of them were able to take the surrounding area in, decided to speak up.
"This village is pretty and all... but where to next? Everything here looks broken and run down..."
"Let me check my notes again."
So now both were standing basically in the middle of the street as Jason grabbed the backpack from his back, placed it in front of him to take out the sheet that was given to them with all the information they needed and began to read it to gain more information on where to go. Meanwhile Izu was looking left and right nervously.
"Are you sure we are right? This place is eerie."

”Damian we’ve been following these guys for quite some time, I think they might be more clueless than we are, besides we should try some other methods of finding our way around.”

Damian took his attention off the trio of teenage boys they had been tailing to address his whiny friend, the boy let out a sigh out of fustration as he was also fed up with following these guys as well.

”Alright lets ask around for directions, if that doesn’t work then we might have to use our quirks.” the boy said as he turned back around to find that their ‘tour guides’ vanished without of trace, leaving both Biron and Damian in the shopping district without a trace.

”Well that plan was a total bust.” the boy said slumping his body forward, feeling defeated. It may have not exactly been the best plan but at least it was a start. He had never planned that he’d actually have to work towards the starting line.

”Lets go Dame, we can ask the clerk in this store for directions .” the chubby boy said.



When the two entered the shop, immediately they looked at each other. Just by looking at their merchandise sold there they already knew this wasn’t just any store found in your local town. The whole shop was riddled with wooden carvings of creepy statues And as you walked it was almost as if their eyes followed your movements. Even the lighting in the building added onto the unholy theme of the establishment as the lights flickered. Immediately, Biron was already spooked. So much so that he stood extremely close to Damian to the point where his breath could be felt on the boys neck.

”Hey! Hey! Back up dude.” the boy said giving Biron a light shove causing him to trip over a statue.



Damian turned to Biron with an annoyed expression, as much as he loved Biron the guy was such a baby. ”How do you expect to be a hero if you’re scared of a dusty old shop.”



Immediately, Damian felt a paralyzing chill go down his spine. It sounded had came from all directions, making it difficult for the two boys to pin point it’s origins. Damian turned his body around to find a culprit but as soon as he took his eyes of Biron he heard a high pitched shriek.

”GAHHH”

the blonde quickly whipped his head around to see his friend gone without a trace. Damian began to feel a cold sweat, the boy attempted to tightened his fists as an a way to cope with his fear.



The voice was near, so close he could feel the hairs on his neck begin to stand up. Immediately the boy turned his head to find an aged woman hanging upside down from the a cobweb attached to the ceiling. The look on Damian’s face said it all.

”Holy shit.”





Interactions: Nearby - Izumo Hatsue, Jason Akizuki


So many strange smells the boy said as he couldn't help but clench his nose, Marius had been used to the city life as well as the man smells which accompanied it. BUT THIS...this was a new animal, the smell of dirt and grass being so pure was something completely new to him. Mostly because he wasn't used to the naturally lush and rich environment.

[Quirk - Lycanthropy ]

( Marius has enchanced physical abilities such as enchanced smell, strength, and agility, a long with instincts (some that he isn't proud of) similar to that of a wolf. He is even capable of taking on a werewolf transformation further boosting his physical abilities but at the cost of making him becoming more brutish. )

The boy had been wandering through the village at a rather slow pace as he decided to take the time to discover the area a bit as he was still here. That was until he smelled something that really caught his attention, it was coming in the direction of a girl with blue pig tails as well as a blonde boy. -sniff- -sniff-,She-no whatever was in her bag smelled good, really good...was that turkey? Marius had started to cut through the crowd and make his way towards the girl, the closer he got the more his animal instincts took over.

Why have I suddenly began crouching the way a predator stalks its prey

Marius had dipped his body down slightly and made his ears droop down to cover his presence more, soon enough he had reached the point where he was a couple feet in front of this stranger and he dared not take an inch further once he finally came to his senses. The boy has a common tendecny where he sometimes succumb to his instincts causing him to act out.

What the hell were you thinking? You didn't even know what you would've done once you got got close! You know you wouldn't dare talk to a girl in a million years.

The boy had now frozen in place, crouching position and all as he fell deep into thought. He couldn't do anything but stare as he layed his eyes upon the girl, she was pretty attractive.

Make that 10 million years.

Marius had now been staring for a couple minutes, still crouched, and house now even began to garner some attention. So much so that the boy next to her may have even noticed that Marius had been sitting there for some time.

"This seems to be the right place."

Jason took another look around their position, letting his eyes stroll over the many partially broken down buildings which almost made this place look like a massive set of ruins. If this location wasn't specified in the informative sheets they've received, Jason would've never even thought about going there, Izu surely thought the same thing. However, despite the eerie athmosphere surrounding them there were also occasionally other people who were roughly about the same age as Izu and Jason, implying that they were indeed right.

"Well..."

Izumu took out her phone to check the time. The case of the phone was a blue case with a white clef on the back and added cat-ears on top of the case. her eyes gazed upon the screen as it lit up, only to let it disappear in her bag again a short moment later.

"We still have a little while until everything starts so I figure we should just wait?"

Jason answered that question with a nod of his own. Both were less talkative than they usually were when being with one another. After all, They've known each other for over ten years at that point. Their friendship even helped benefit them as Izu was able to use Jason's knowledge in technology, since he just was that tech-savvy, in the early days when she tried to become an idol. He was the one who showed her how to do her sound, showed her what equipment to buy and was always by her side when she was doing important steps in her career. However, as it was usual for childhood friends, there was never any romantic interest in one another. They just were really good friends!
The silver-haired boy crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"I don't like that we don't know what kind of challenge awaits us."
Jason said to break the weird silence.
"Yeah, they never tell that beforehand. We are supposed to be prepared for the unprepared or something, as it is common for heroes."

Even Izumo would have much rather prepared more beforehand, but the lack of knowledge proved to be a problem for every student who wanted to attend the hero school, and everyone would have to overcome that obstacle.

While both of them continued to converse, talking about the exercise and everything else surrounding the situation (The city, the other people, their expectations regarding their time at the school and more) someone decided to creep up on the group of two (hopefully) soon-to-be students. A canine boy had crouched and frozen in place beneath both of them, not letting his eyes off of Izumo. While they were talking they barely paid any notice to him, it was only after a few minutes that Jason would finally notice the odd behavior.
Since the canine boy was crouching behind Izu's back, the silver-haired boy had to lean to the side in order to acknowledge him directly. Jason stared at him for a few seconds before awkwardly talking to Izu again.

"Izu... it seems that we have a ... code CF here."

The code CF was one of the many codephrases they thought of in case anything related to her idol career happened. Naturally, given the way the canine was staring at Izu, Jason assumed he was some kind of socially awkward fan who didn't dare to talk to her. Hence the code "CF" (=Crazy fan).

"Oh?"

The idol girl turned around aswell to face the new person whom both of which had not seen before.
She was used to dealing with strange fans, naturally an idol like her couldn't just react negatively to any awkward or weird approaches, that would quickly result in backlash all over the web! Even weird fans like this guy would have to be treated well by Izu, as tough as it was. Therefore, Izu gave him a wide and cheerful smile, one that was so typical during her on-screen and on-stage appearances.

"Can I help you?"
She asked cheerfully. Obviously they couldn't have known that he was after her sandwich, it was reasonable to assume that he was a fan since the've dealt with similar situations before. Jason did not smile as cheerfully as Izu did, he kept his arms crossed in front of his body and gave the new boy a sceptic look.

Interactions: Izumo Hatsue, Jason Akizuki


Shutupshutup SHUT UP!, the pups ears twitched as he overheard the boy revealing his wearabouts to the girl next to him. The boys heart began picking up in speed as he prayed to the heavens that the girl didn't turn towards his direction. DONT TURN AROUND DONT TURN AROUND! Alas his psychic powers had failed him as the girly turned to him, flashing her pearly whites and giving the pup a warm smile. Immediately, Marius's cheeks flushed red and his began thumping so hard that he thought it was going to jump out of his chest. The boys ears flopped even further now and the amount of anxiety he was feeling was clear in his eyes. You just had to go for the turkey sandwhich huh?, Marius eyes darted back and forth between the pretty girl and the boy who was with her...who was giving off a somewhat wary vibe. Why is he giving him such a strange glare, WAS HE STARING AT HIS GIRL FOR TOO LONG?! As these thoughts raced through the boys mind, he hadn't realize the awkward amount of time that had passed by with him not saying a word to this girl. On top of that a crowd was beginning to form around the 'circus act', even so much as hearing nearly all of the comments being said about him. It's sad to say it was something he was used to as he grew up.

"Is that boy okay?

"He seems pretty frightened"

["Its pretty rude of him not to reply to a pretty lady"

"Wait...is that? Izumo Hatsue?!"

Soon the crowd erupted into shouts and cheers as they noticed the appearance of the idol, so much so that they began to crowd around her, in the process picking up Marius unwillingly. NONONONO! Soon enough he was pretty much sandwhiched in the crowd, how much more can things not go his way. All of this over a stupid sandwhich! It was hard to pick apart what the kids were saying as it seemed to come out as a bunch of nonsense with everyone trying to attract Izumo's attention. While most of the kids wanted an autograph or picture of some sort, there were a few who had even offered their assistance in locating the starting line for the Sekai Academy entrance exam.






"Your Arachne!, the spider hero...well X-hero" the boy shouted in excitement as she hung in the air suspended, inches away from pouncing on the boy. The spider lady's frown turned into a small hmph as she somersaulted onto the ground. Arachne was a rather aged hero, similar to that of Gran torino though she didn't succumb to the shrinking. "I'm surprised a child like you would even know who I am.. Damian had a wide grin on his face as he began to fanboy a bit, "of course I do, you were a hero that my...m-my late...brother looked up too. You were strong, crafty, but at the same time gentle and aware of your environements extremely well." "Indeed, unliked that over the top, destructive man that every seems to idolize, All might." Arachne walked passed Damian and picked up the statue that was Biron had knocked over. "Might I ask you who your brother- Pharaoh, his name was Tyson Miyamoto though..." there was a hint of sadness in his voice that Arachne had sensed, the old ladies widened a bit in rememberance at the sound of that name. "I remember that fool, an overly joyous fool...with a righteous heart, I remember the day in which I seen he had passed. It is indeed sad to someone with such passion and youth to go before me, a washed up hero, and old hag."

"Yeah..."

The room had became awkardly silent, the sounds of muffled noises and movement could be heard coming from the ceiling though it was difficult to pin poin at first for Damian as he looked anxiously from side to side trying to discern where the sounds were coming from. "Um, miss Arachne...could you please release my friend? If it isn't too much of a hassle." the lady pulled on a peace of silk that was completely undectable by the two kids which released Biron from the ceiling. "WAAHHH!"

I gotcha buddy! Quickly, Damian raised his hands up and outcame from each of the sleeves on his hoodie came 2 cloth like appendages, 4 in total. The appendages stretched out and wrapped around Biron stopping him from crashing down into the floorboard of the store. As each of the strands of cloth held Biron in the air by each of his limbs, each of the pieces swayed gently from side to side.

[Quirk - Mummify]

(Damian can summon 10 cloth like appendages from his back each being equally as strong as steel. Each of his appendages are prehensile and capable of picking up items as well as people too. The cloth like appendages on his back can reach a maximum length of 20 ft as well and can be used for an assortment of tasks as well.)
"Why didn't you release him safely?" the boy asked as he safely placed his friend on the floor, Arachne simply picked up the statue that was on the floor and turned to the boy what may have seemed like something rude was really her just testing the boy. "Why didn't I release him safely? Well...you didn't ask me to." she said with a straight face. "Was that supposed to be a joke?" Damian was beginning to get a little fired up. "Relax boy, I was only giving you a simple test. His reaction speed was alright, for a novice, he also manage to save his friend without hesitation interesting.

"There is only one reason why you two would be in this village, you are looking for the entrance exam for Sekai academy. Its obviouis with your brother being an alumni of the school. If you wish to find the exam starting line then you have to travel far in the opposite direction of this store." Damian turned to Biron with a grin, "See I told you we should've asked for directi- "DON'T EVEN START DAMIAN!". Arachne had began to get more annoyed by the two kids, the twitching of her eyebrow was a dead giveaway.

While Izumo had to keep up her cheerful persona when facing the public, since she had to keep up the role and impression of an idol wherever she went, Jason did not have such a burden. He was able to stay wary of the situation and had no need to show a certain face to the public at all, since his face was barely known after all. He was seen with Izumo here and there naturally, but he had no cult following like Izumo did. But even he knew what kind of weird and, occasionally, dangerous people existed in this world that other famous people had to deal with before, which usally did not end too well, so he knew that it was better to be save than sorry and kept up his intimidating expression. Luckily for the both of them and unluckily for the anxiety-riddled canine boy, it seemed to be working. A bit too well in fact since he was not even able to get a single word out when they were facing him.
Izumo on the other hand waited patiently for the guy to answer, or rather, do anything at all. Keeping up her warm smile she'd make sure to keep eye-contact, not knowing just how much worse that made it for poor Marius. Though even for her this situation slowly became quite awkward and the people around them who were noticing it were really not helping either. What made it worse was that the crowd around them was full of teenagers, people who were naturally Izumo's main audience so she was just praying that none of them followed the kind of scene she caters to. "This is drawing too much attention!" she thought to herself. Even Jason realized the amount of people that were gathering, luckily it were only roughly about 8-10 people.

Eventually, the worst case scenario occured.

Someone screamed out the name of Izumo. "Are you alri-" she said just a moment before she was interrupted by the shouting. Immediately the same roughly 8-10 people gathered around her and Jason quickly and simply pushed the unknown canine boy away from them in a cruel fashion. Obsessed fans were the worst. Jason instantly positioned himself in front of Izumo to block off anyone who tried to get too close to her with a stern expression whereas the idol herself raised her arms up and tried to calm everyone down.
"E-Everyone please! I will gladly sign whatever you want to, but I am here in my free-time so I would highly appreciate it if you could give me my privacy?"
And so, Jason began directing traffic. Both had already forgotten about poor Marius...

It took them a while but eventually everyone was satisfied as they had received an autograph and a picture with the idol herself! Naturally, on each picture she did a cute pose like a peace-sign for example with a wide and cheerful smile to fit with her idol-persona. Since these fans were all aspiring heroes, they understood that they needed to respect her privacy and personal space which is why they were satisfied after an autograph. "Everyone!" Izumo shouted out to the group of people who were now standing gathered in front of her with Jason next to her. "Thank you so much for all your support! It is thanks to you that I am able to keep going despite all the hardships in my way. Fans like you are the reason why I exist! So please..." Izumo closed her eyes, widened her smile and put her right hand on her hip with her elbow extended outwards and then proceeded to push out that hip a little for a more idol-esque and pretty pose. Her left arm wandered into the air and showed a thumbs up above her head with the arm fully extended.
"Do your best in the exam for me!"
The way she talked directly to the chance with her cute voice, combined with that cute/sexy posed cause the crowd to roar out with a loud cheer.
"Yes Izumo!!! Thank you!!
The idol gave them all a wave and then proceeded to step away from them together with Jason.

Eventually both were around the next corner and away from the preying eyes of her fans. Finally she dropped her smile and sighed out.
"Why does this always happen..."
Jason sighed out in relief too. "You have too many fans Izumo. But..." he mustered her and gave her a cheeky smile.
"Don't pretend like you don't like the attention."
Izu in turn replied by sticking out her tongue teasingly and playfully with a soft smile. "Duh!" and then, both laughed it off happily.

While they attempted to escape the fans' eyes, they did not even notice where they went precisely. For better or for worse they ended up next to a familiar face without even noticing it...
Right next to them was that dog-boy from earlier! They did not even notice him as they were laughing and talking, so mayhaps he still had a chance to escape them before they noticed him? Despite the fact that they were standing practically next to him, they were too focused on the fans initially to really notice him, but that would soon change.

Interactions: Nearby - Izumo Hatsue, Jason Akizuki


Marius was soon swamped by the mob of crazed fans, sure he was no longer suffering from dreaded embarassment but now he had a new problem at hand. "AHHH!", the boy shouted while reaching out his hand dramaticaly as if someone was going to pull him out of this predicament but he was wrong. Soon enough Marius was swallowed up the the crowd of crazeds fans, bouncing around suffering a bit of blunt blows before being aggressively shoved to the outside of the mob. Marius landed on the ground with a hard thud, he had took a couple of good hits while he was in that madness though the mild pain on his body would disappear soon enough. The young pup looked down at his clothes which had been stained dirt from when he hit the ground, his ears drooped too the side once again as he saw the condition his shirt was in. "Wow" he said before getting onto his feet and trying to brush off as much dirt from his body as he could, "the nerve of some people."

Soon the boys ears twitched as he heard the sound of laughing and gigglign approaching, at this point he was pretty much tired of social interaction and wished to be alone. The voices were approaching rather quickly and soon enough they caught up to him, and to his luck it was the same pair that caused the outbreak. Marius's ears perked up as he looked over his shoulder and stared at the two, his eyes were still fearful but also hid a bit of resentment. As he stared at the pair there was a short moment of silence before the pup turned his head forward and lowered his body onto all fours taking a defensive stance, the boys pupils began to dilate, fangs began to sprout from his mouth, and his nails tranfromed into razor sharp claws. Even his build bulked up the more he became in tune with his feral instincts.

Marius let out a few warning barks as the two got closer, both predatorial in sound. ”Stay away from me”, the boy backed up a few steps before breaking off into full sprint putting on display for the two an impressive show of athleticism. With two powerful pushes from his legs, Marius was near the end of the alleyway and preparing to bank a left turn as be made his way to the exam site thanks to his heightened senses. As he made his way, a trail of finger prints and footprints we’re left behind for the two to follow if they dared.



With dumb and dumber escaping the grasps of the former hero, they were now tasked with making it to the old village square, I am going to get a vantage point real quick to see how far exactly we will need to travel." the blonde said as he extended his arms outward, the same cloth like appendages seeped through the sleeves of his hoodie before grappling onto a nearby building and pulling the boy to the roof. From higher up he felt a nice breeze that caused his hair to sway, Damian made sure to leave some appendages anchored onto the roof to act as a safety harness. The boy took in a deep breath as he made his way over to the highest point on the building, a smirk of excitement clearly plastered on his face. The boy scanned the horizon shortly before his eyes widened at a point of interesst in the distance, towards the edge of the village northwest of his location he could see poor quality buildings in the distance which could definitely fit the descripton of broken down and ravaged. With his destination now marked the boy made his way to edge of the building and safely returned back to Biron who had been waiting patiently. "So?"

"We're heading northwest, lets hurry up and get there so we can scout out the comp"

With that being said Damian broke out into a speed walk with Biron following.

Both of them had barely noticed how they had approached the same person who so awkwardly caused the scene that lead to the fans swarming them in the first place. However, once they had noticed the shy guy, both Izumo and Jason stopped in their tracks as the unknown boy seemed to take on a rather defensive and agressive posture. While they couldn't really expect what was about to happen, Izumo decided that she felt really bad for what had happened because of her popularity, so she wanted to apologize to him as awkward as he was. The girl reached out a hand toward him and was about to say something when-
"Hey there! Sorry about what ha-"
Then he started transforming and barking. Izumo was frightened by the sudden and drastic change of tone. So much so that she let out a small squeeling noise and pulled her arm back! "E-Ehh!"

Naturally, as it was common with Jason, he immediately stepped forward and in front of Izumo, raising his arms protectively. They had encountered so many crazy fans already together that Jason was used to having to protect Izu. Not that she couldn't fight for herself but he felt obligated to care for his year-long best friend. With an intense expression, one that was showing that he was not willing to back down at all, Jason stared at the much more intimidating than before Marius, before he decided to run away, making sure they understood that he wanted to be left alone.

Once he was gone, both Jason and Izu let out a sigh of relief which was followed by a few seconds of silence. This encounter was enough to get both of their hearts racing, Marius surely made an impression on them. "T-That was something..."
Izumo eventually said to break the silence.
"It sure was." Jason added. Only a moment later he suddenly gave Izu a smug grin. "I have seen a lot of somethings and boy let me tell you, this sure was one of them."
Izu replied by looking him dead in the eyes with a neutral expression. "Quite meme-ing, we have to find the"
Though once Izu had turned around she couldn't help but smile. Even in these situations, Jason always knew how to cheer her up.
"Whatever you say Ma'am."

Afterwards, both went on their search to the starting point of the exercise. They didn't follow the tracks left behind by Marius since his warning was quite clear and another confrontation would be less than favorable, he had made that much clear. Luckily for them, the rest of the search was relatively uneventful It took them about 15 more minutes until they had arrived at a larger plaza where dozens of students were already waiting. They both agreed that this must be the place... now to wait until the exercise begins. Until it would start, both just idled and chatted about the upcoming task ahead and their different strategies. They rehearsed some fighting techniques of one another and helped each other out in analyzing weaknesses and the like. One could say that both got really invested into this whole hero ideal, and Jason really seemed to brighten up in this conversation.

Interactions: ???


Once a good amount of distance was placed between himself and the two other test takers, Marius decided to stop and a take a short break to calm down. He leaned against a warn down building and clenched his chest, begging for his heart beat to slow down as he slouched over. He quickly turned his body, placing his back against the building in which he shortly slid down onto the floor. He took a deep breath before throwing his hands against his face before silently sulking to himself.

"Why?"

He questioned why his quirk worked in that manner, upon activation his personality would flip and he'd turn into an aggressive beast, a monster that he was honestly afraid of. It was another side of him that when released it instilled fear in not only him but those around him, the way that boy looked at him was proof. He looked at him as if he as crazy and that wasn't even close to Marius being at his worst, though the girl on the other hand seemed much more startled then frightened. The pup took his hands away from his eyes to look up into the sky and take a deep breath, the physical changes that he had equipped during his short transformation began to revert back to their original state. The boy slouched his head back down towards the ground before holding his legs in a fetal position, his eyes drifted from the ground towards his watch which had been broken when he got trampled in the mob.

"Oh gre-...THE TIME"

He nearly forgot about the exam which was going to begin soon, Marius leapt from the ground and frantically looked from left to right trying to figure out which direction he should go in. He then paused remembering to use his senses, Marius closed his eyes in order to direct more focus onto his nose, the pup inhaled the aromas that surrounded him before sprinting left.

I can still smell the turkey!

Marius began running on all fours, increasing his own speed as he made haste towards the entrance exam area.




In a cloud of smoke, a white haired man appeared at the center of old Shinto village square. The pro known as Houdini captured everyone’s attention as he made his entrance, the excitement on his face was clear as surveyed the area of all the partcitpants before greeting the examinees.

“Good morning examines, I hope you had an easy enough time making your way over here. I am the pro hero known as Houdini and I will be overseeing your exam this year.”

Houdini placed his right hand in the air before flicking it, like magic a red 3 of diamonds playing card appeared in between his index finger and middle finger. The man threw the card swiftly onto
the ground and from it a foldable table, chair, as well as a briefcase had appeared. Houdini slid behind the table taking a seat while simultaneously opening the briefcase.

“If everyone can neatly form a single file line, I will begin to get all participants checked in and accounted for before we begin the Sekai Academy entrance exam”



Marius was beginning to close in on the exam area, his ear perked up at the manly voice he could hear in the distance. The only thing blocking him from reaching the exam was large wall that separated the abandoned village, it towered at about 15 feet in the air. Marius felt a bit daunted for a split before a voice popped into his head.

I can make it!

The pup lowered his body and began to pick up in speed, once he was about 25 feet away from the wall Marius lept onto the side of a house situated near the old shinto village border before vaulting over the obstacle. As he lept off the house, he his finger and footprints on the side of the building. His eyes grew wide as he cleared the wall. Though what waited for him on the other side was a rather large bush in which the boy ended up kissing.

"AH"

were the only words he said before disappearing into the bush, his yell could be heard from quite a few students that were situated on the outskirts of the square whom quickly whipped their heads around questioning the sound, only to find no culprit. After a few seconds of searching they surrendered and moved to checking in with Houdini.

"Lets go check in."

Marius took a moment to gather himself, other than a few twigs stuck in his hair he was pretty much fine. His ears perked up at the voice of some girl who was most likely talking to a friend, saying that they should go sign in.

Marius peeked through the bush that he was in to check if the coast was clear, he already attracted enough attention today and didn't want to be popular for another 'public event'. Once he believed that there were no eyes facing his direction he hopped out of the bush and cleaned himself off.

"Is that you Marius?"

The boy froze in place as he heard his name called out by a familiar voice, his feet grew cold and he dared not turn and face the person who had called him out.