Kei was tired as all hell, slumped over her desk with her arms folded to cushion her head as she dozed. She had to come in extra early in order to fill out some paperwork due to some sort of mess up when it came to her placement. Apparently she had managed to tie with someone and instead of bumping someone off that had a lower score, that didn't happen. She wasn't sure if she believed that or not but when she got a message with a U.A pass attached, she was extremely confused. It was more likely that they had miscalculated her scores and couldn't bring themselves to kick someone out that they had already agreed to take in whilst not wanting to tarnish any reputation if someone figured it out. Her parents, however, were ecstatic that she would be getting in as Kei had not bothered to apply for any other classes. She felt if she didn't pass the exam then she might as well go to a different school where she'd actually learn stuff she wanted to do instead of being stuck in another class for not being good enough.
Now Kei would have matched her parents emotions at being accepted if they hadn't left it until the day before to tell her. While they were amazing people and she loved them dearly, sometimes they just didn't go about things the best way and thought that leaving it as a surprise would be better. She appreciated that they had prepared everything for her in advance, but she had promised some of her online friends that she would spend half the night gaming with them. The school she had thought she was going to didn't start for another week as it was the next city over. She couldn't bring herself to break her promise with them and honestly she had been looking forward to that night, so she ended up staying up late. She wasn't a morning person and she certainly didn't like doing paperwork when it was someone else at fault.
Kei Honda didn't think herself of anything special so she didn't complain when she heard that she had not been excepted at first. With pale blue hair and deep blue eyes she knew she didn't look all that normal compared to before quirks started appearing. Certainly not with the fluffy dog tail that had a slight shimmer in a certain light. That was thanks to her quirk. She was all about crystals and the way she could use them could be seen as powerful, but compared to other quirks she had seen in the test she didn't think it to be that great. Other than that, she did have a little muscle and her senses were a little more in tune than someone who didn't have a sense enhancing quirk. That was also partially thanks to her quirk but it was more from her father who she prayed no one would find out about since he was a little embarrassing.
When she heard footsteps approach her lone desk at the back of the class, she peered over her arm. She had almost thought she had overslept and a teacher was about to have a go at her for napping in class, instead she saw the uniform for the academy and she relaxed slightly. Glancing over to the clock she confirmed that the class wouldn't start for a good while yet. While she was usually pretty upbeat and easy going, low amounts of sleep and Kei never went well together.
"While being early to class is admirable of a good student, sleeping is not."
At the voice, she sat herself up as she covered a yawn with her hand. She had to tilt her head to be able to match the guys gaze, him being a little taller than what she had been expecting. Just the way he held himself screamed rich boy and his words let her know he was a goody two shoes. It wasn't that she minded, she just hoped that the entire class wouldn't be like this. Either way she had a little more bite in her voice than she wanted, but she was grumpy.
"I'm running on four hours of broken sleep right now. Poking the bear here. But if you're that concerned, make sure I'm up five minutes before the starting bell."
She slumped back onto the desk without waiting for any more words from the guy. Whether he was surprised or not she was unsure as she could no longer see his face. Though after another moment, she had noticed he hadn't made an effort to move. Without lifting herself off the desk again, she sighed and stuck her hand out. She was grumpy, not entirely rude. It did take a little but she had remembered her manners at least.
"Inoue Kei. I'm here by mistake and I've been here for a few hours so forgive me if I'm not in the best of moods." She mumbled, face still firmly planted onto the desk.
It took a second but he did eventually shake her hand, introducing himself and Iida Tenya. When he let go, her arm returned to its position on her desk as she made herself comfortable once more. She doubted she would get much more shut eye as people would be arriving soon and it would get too noisy. She gave a grunt in a response to hearing his name, not making any further effort to converse with the guy. It didn't stop him from wittering on further as she was the only other one there for now. Something about the academy and rules and how she, whether class had started or not, should make an effort to stay awake. Or something along those lines anyway. She had tuned him out once she knew his name, waving him off when he started complaining. It was only when someone else walked in that he finally left her alone and she was allowed to finally doze off once more.
Kei wasn't able to get much shut-eye before loud voices woke her up again. She was thankful people had left her alone and it had seemed she had managed to sleep through most of the class arriving. One or two of the seats were still empty but it seemed like everyone else was there. She had the only desk on the back row, it was obvious that they had stuffed the desk in since the other desks were further forward than what she had seen in the other rooms. It didn't help her mood as it did make her feel excluded even though she knew that it was an odd case. Classes only usually had 20 students each to make it easier for people to pair up.
The argument closer to the front of the class involved the same tall guy from earlier and some spiky haired kid with his foot on the desk that she swore she had seen on the TV before. Judging from Tenya's earlier behavior it was the other kids foot that was the problem. At least she was awake now, it wouldn't be much longer before the class started so she was oddly grateful for the noise. Now in a much better mood. The argument didn't seem to be ending any time soon and there was only a few minutes left before class was supposed to start. If Tenya was as much of a goody two shoes as he made himself out to be, he would have noticed and sat down. He must have been too engrossed in this heated debate.
That was until the door opened and a head fully of dark green hair peeked around the corner. He looked a little familiar too but then again she was good at remembering faces so it was likely she had just seen him in the street before.
As the two spoke, a girl joining them a moment later, Kei amused herself by looking around at the class. There certainly seemed to be a wide range of abilities and... was that a floating uniform? Oh, no. The girl was invisible. That was interesting. There were many different colors even though everyone was in uniform, it amused her, even though some people had the same color hair they were a different shade or variation to the next person. One girl even seemed to be the embodiment of the color pink. She was going to have fun with this class after her mind realized not everyone was going to be like the first classmate she had met. Though judging by the chatter between the students, she knew she would be getting along with some of the guys better than the girls.
It took some self control to prevent the tail behind her waving like an excited dog. New frie-
Why was her teacher a caterpillar? Wait, no, another mistake. That was a sleeping bag. Either way her attention turned to the tired looking man with long dark hair as he stepped out of the sleeping bag. She thought she had heard something that she hadn't seen. As he spoke, he didn't look happy to be there, or was that just his permanent expression? He looked how her mind felt at that moment, exhausted.
"I'm your homeroom teacher, Aizawa Shouta. Pleasure meeting you."
It didn't sound like a pleasure. He rummaged around his sleeping bag before pulling out what had to be their P.E. outfit. Did he like crawl here in that thing? The image of the teacher slithering down the hallway in his sleeping bag sent a shiver down her spine. Of course Kei already knew who he was as he had been in the teachers lounge when she went to do paperwork.
"Where these immediately and then shove off to the P.E. grounds."
Everyone did just that, standing up from their desks to go collect their new kit before heading to the changing rooms. Even though Kei had only been accepted at the last minute, they still had all the uniforms for her that fit her perfectly. They either had a fast turn out for their uniforms or they had a large stockpile somewhere.
It wasn't long before everyone was outside, grouped together as they waited for instructions on what to do next. There had been a little idle chatter in the changing rooms as the girls introduced themselves to whoever they hadn't had the chance to yet. Of course Kei didn't know anyone thanks to her napping but they all seemed pleasant enough.
Kei watched as their teacher explained what was going on. They'd all have to complete a set of activities, quirks allowed, in order to test what their current limits were. She knew this was so they could all work out a starting point and what people needed to work on. Basically it was another load of tests. Aizawa brought Bakugo up in order to set an example of what they could do. Said boy got himself ready to throw, stretching his arms before drawing one back.
When the boy went to throw, there was a loud sound, wind rushing through the group of students. Bakugo was explosive in every sense of the word it seemed. But Kei's eyes were on the ball, jolting slightly as it flew through the air. Her eye twitched before she shook her head, shaking herself out of the one thought that went through her mind before forcing herself to pay attention to their teacher once more. Though she couldn't stop the excited wave of her tail. Her mind was in turmoil as she forced herself to stay rooted to the spot. Usually it wasn't this difficult. It was only when she heard complaints from the other students when she tuned back in.
"The kid who ranks last gets expelled!?"
Well wasn't that just lovely. A thought of guilt passed through her for a moment. Was it her being there that did that? Or had she just missed something important? Perhaps just to make this a contest? No, there was no look on their teachers face that gave anything away to what the reason might be. He had to be serious and that was seriously worrying. To expel someone that had already qualified for being here?
"And it's our job as heroes."
She had not heard about any of this in her meeting during the morning. Well, she supposed if she had heard that then she would have just left then and there. She didn't want to endanger someone else's chance at becoming a hero if that's what it meant of her being there. Then again she was doing that the moment she signed up for the place so she couldn't complain.
"From now on, for the next three years, all you can expect from your life at U.A. is one hardship after the next."
Kei oddly found herself thinking that this was actually fair. It would be exactly the same when they leave the place after all. Aizawa was just replicating that. A villain wouldn't go easy on someone just because they were weak. Possessors, as she liked to call them, like the slime villain on the news would take advantage of the weak after all.
"This is 'plus ultra.' I expect you to overcome these trials and climb to the top. Time to step up to the plate."
This would certainly be an interesting time here. Inoue Kei knew she would have a good time. If she could pass this trial at least. This truly would be wonderful.
A/N: Yay! New anime I gotten into! Now sorry this isn't an update to my One Piece fanfic instead. I got myself stuck on that one and need to work out what to do (basically I went off track with what I wanted to do and it messed me up.) That and I'll be using this to get me back into writing.
Kei is my precious new child but I'm still working out some kinks to her character. I do have her all planned out on my toyhouse account but I keep changing things. To stop me from changing her too much, I decided just to go straight into it. And I've nearly finished the anime so I want to pace myself.