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Authors Note:
HAMMAR!!!!!!!
(That's not a typo, by the way, that's a meme, you should check out Tank Toleman, Nerd Gym Trainer, the man's an Icon.)
By the way, "Puckish Rogue" isn't his hero name (I don't think, I actually still haven't decided, though "The Sanguine Hero: Puckish Rogue" actually doesn't sound that bad...), It's foreshadowing for the Rogue's Dagger, and a nod to his non-malicious mischief.
And now, at the gates of Battle Center B, Síat stands poised next to four of his future classmates (though he doesn't know that yet), Iida, Uraraka, Shoji, and Aoyama, along with many other hopeful applicants.
He has pre-forged a blood maul that rests on his shoulder like a demolition worker holding a sledgehammer.
He looked down at the little brown-haired girl with the round face. 「You look nervous, lass. You're going to do great, breathe.」 She looks just like my little sister... But with brown eyes...
The gate began to open, and Síat shoved through it.
Iida sputtered. 「They haven't said to-」
Present Mic's voice cut in. 「WHAT ARE THE REST OF YOU WAITING FOR‽‽‽ YOU THINK VILLAINS ARE GONNA GIVE YOU A COUNTDOWN‽‽‽」
Iida bolted in. 「Once again, I find him infuriatingly more correct than me!」
Síat rounded a corner.
Three 2 pointers stared him down.
「TARGET ACQUIRED」
「OPEN FIRE」
A torrent of rubber bullets pelted his outfit, which had rapidly solidified.
When the wave ended, Síat grinned. "Ceart go leor... Mo sheal..."
「A CRITICAL ERROR HAS OCCURRED」
Síat leaps forward and smashes the closer bot's head into its torso.
「CRITICAL DAMage sustaaaaiiiiinnnneeeed...」
He spun and swung his maul, knocking another bot's head into the third.
The third staggered back. 「OWW... WHY DID THEY PROGRAM ME FOR PA-」And Síat's hammer once again made a torso swallow a head.
"What's that, ma, like 18 points?"
19, sweety, the big one's a 3 pointer.
"Thought the big one was 0 points..."
"FORE!!!!!"
Síat's maul swung down at a bot next to the stairwell he was standing on, knocking its head clear across the street.
"Right, 25. Kinda feeling a little lied to about the big o-"
The entire mock city shakes, and a building down the way crumbles as a massive skyscraper of a bot simply walks through it and turns down the street.
Examinees are bolting. Síat turns to do the same...
「HELP!!!!! SOMEBODY!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!」
A tendril shot out of each of Síat's shoulders, and flung him back. He spun in the air, fist raised. He saw it, the little round faced girl pinned beneath a slab of rubble, trying to touch it with her hand, and seeming to struggle to reach it with that fifth finger...
"Oileán na Smaragaid SMASH!!!!!!!"
The 0 pointer lay just on the other side of the arena border, a large spray of blood coating its caved in chassis, where the maul became mist after pushing it this far.
Síat skidded to a stop and lifted the rubble, grunting with effort, and threw it to the side.
「It's alright, lass, I've got you...」
He gingerly lifted Ochako into a bridal carry, wincing at her swelling ankle. 「Right, little bit, you're not walking on this.」
「TWO MINUTES REMAINING, LISTENERS, BETTER KEEP UP THAT MOMENTUM!!!!! Also, kid, I don't care that that was 0 points, that was pure Rock and Roll! Shouta, that's the examinee I was telling you about!」
A loud sigh that was cut short by the mic feed clicking off immediately followed.
「You should put me down, you can still ge-」
Síat cut her off. 「I've got twenty five points, I've got time to make sure nothing attacks you while you're injured, lass. You're my ward until you're home safe, clear?」
A three pointer rounded the corner, and locked optics on Síat. 「NO THANKS, THIS UNIT CHOOSES LIFE.」 It promptly turned and rolled away.
Ochako's eyes widened at the bot's apparent capacity for fear. 「C-crystal...」
Tap Tap Tap
Recovery Girl was so tiny... And...
「It's remarkable how many of these Japanese people look like my family members, seriously, you put her in an attorney's uniform, she's a dead ringer for my gran.」 Síat stood carefully and brought Ochako to Recovery Girl.
「You're a menace, you know?」 Ochako giggled.
「I'm really more of a puckish rogue...」 (epic foreshadowing...) Síat knelt in front of Recovery Girl. 「She had a bit of a mishap with a chunk of building, I think she needs one of your...」 Síat caught himself. All Might isn't here. 「healing touches.」
「Mmm. And you?」
「Nothing a nice Kamo Nanban Udon bowl or some boiled bone marrow won't fix. Doubt your quirk can fix this particular issue, I've spent a fair chunk of blood, and while my quirk replaced it instantly, I need nutrition to make up for what it used to do that.」
Recovery Girl gives a rare smile. 「Good to see a prospective student who knows his limits.」
Síat chuckles. 「Trust me, I'm still reckless, I just tend to listen when my body tells me it's operating at reduced capacity.」
Recovery Girl huffs and kisses Ochako's ankle. 「Better than nothing, I suppose. But if you're in my office in the first week of school, I'm thumping you with my cane.」
Tap Tap Tap
Síat watches her go as Ochako's leg heals, then looks down at a suddenly drowsy girl in his arms. 「Aye lass, where do you live?」
Ochako's eyes widened a little. 「Mie Prefecture... It's a two hour train ride from here.」
「Right, you're not taking a two hour train ride alone while drowsy. I'm coming with you.」
「You don't have t-」
「You aren't sleeping on a train for two hours without protection, there's creepy bastards on trains.」
Ochako's eyes mist a little. 「O-okay...」