"Hey, Denki."

"Yeah?"

"Why do you want to be a hero?"

"Isn't it obvious? I want to help people."

"..."

"You should be a hero too, Raichan!"

"Me?"

"Yeah, a hero? Your Quirk's really strong, you know!"

"I'm not sure."

"Why? Do you not want to help people?"

"...I don't want to hurt them."

"Well, if you don't want people to be hurt, that's why you protect them from villains!"

Villains.

Heroes.

Which one should she pick?

"Hey, hey! Raichan, get up! We have our Entrance Exam today! Wake up!"

The bundle of blankets on the bed scrunched up at the sound of the voice. Denki stared at the bed for a while. He walked up to it and prodded the bundle. "Raichan. Wake up."

"I'm asleep," the bundle muttered.

Denki poked it again. "No, you're not. Wake up."

"Go away and let me sleep."

Denki didn't relent. "Raichaaaaaaaaaan!" he drawled loudly, jumping on her bed and jostling the bundle of blankets. "Get up! Do you want to be late!"

"If being late means I get to stay in bed, then yeah."

"Raichan!"

"..."

"Raichan!"

"..."

"Raichaaaaaaaaaa-"

"Fine. Just get off my bed."

"Success!"

Raiden ended up kicking Denki off of her bed and tossing him out of her room, slamming the door shut after him. With a huff, she went about her usual morning routine. Taking a quick shower, brushing her teeth and getting dressed, and smoothing out her damp, blue-streaked black hair. She pulled on a pair of black leather gloves and grabbed her bag.

By the time Raiden showed up in the kitchen, Denki was just putting his shoes on. She scarfed down the breakfast set out for her.

"Good luck, you two," Kaminari Aiko said. As the matriarch of the Kaminari family, Aiko remained very supportive of the dreams and ideals of the two under her care. The blonde woman was also the one to save Denki from Raiden's clutches whenever he pushed too many of her buttons.

"Thanks, Mom," Denki said from the door. "Raichan, let's go!"

"I'm getting there, Denki," Raiden said with a huff. She slung her bag over her shoulder and grabbed the bar of dark chocolate that Aiko held out for her. She slipped her shoes on and walked out of the door.

"Good luck!" Aiko said again, waving them off.

Denki smiled back at his mother. "Thanks!"

The family lived fairly close to U.A. High School, so Denki and Raiden were able to walk there on their own. Raiden bit into her dark chocolate and winced at the bitter flavor. "Bleh," she said. She looked over at Denki hopefully.

Denki shook his head. "Nope. On any other day, sure, but not today. We have our entrance exam!"

Raiden sighed. "Yeah."

Denki peered at her curiously. "Why aren't you more excited?"

"Well, it's just an entrance exam, right?"

Denki gawked at her. "How could you say that?! This isn't just some entrance exam! This could determine our entire future! It determines our entire future, and you say it's just an entrance exam! Are you not even scared of failing?!"

Raiden shrugged, a bland look on her face as she ate the dark chocolate. "No, not really."

Denki made a very exaggerated pose of frustration. Raiden only rolled her eyes.

"Are you scared?" she asked.

"Of course I am!" Denki cried out. "Why wouldn't I be?!"

Raiden tilted her head at him, realizing that he had finally reached the panic stage of the process of attending a new school. She sighed and poked his cheek.

"Don't be," she said. "You're strong, so just show them that you're strong. You'll pass. I'm sure of it."

Denki stared at her with teary eyes. "Raic-!"

"But if you don't, I'll kill you. I'm not going to U.A. by myself."

The image was shattered, and Denki began to sulk as he walked by Raiden, who finally finished her chocolate. She glanced at Denki's depressed form and smiled softly.

When they finally arrived at U.A., Denki marveled at the building. "Wow! It's so big!"

Raiden nodded. "It is, isn't it?" She tilted her head as she observed the building.

This was the place where heroes were trained.

Trained to help people. To aid people when they were in need.

To fight villains.

Raiden clenched her fist and took a deep breath. "Alright. Let's go."

Just as Raiden was going to step forward, someone bumped into her. She turned around, surprised to find a timid-looking boy with dark green hair.

The boy yelped. "I-I-I'm so sorry! I just spaced out because I was so nervous and I didn't see where I was going and I accidentally bumped into you and I'm such a clutz and I just blank out sometimes like-"

"Hey, hey," Raiden said. "Calm down. It's fine. No big deal, honestly."

The boy calmed down when he realize he had been rambling. Denki smiled widely at him in way Raiden recognized to ease the by's nervousness.

"You're here for the Entrance Exam?" he asked. The boy nodded.

"Which one?" Raiden asked.

"The Heroics Department," the boy muttered nervously.

Denki's smile widened. "Cool! We're taking that one, too. Who knows, we might even be in the same class if we all manage to pass." He held out his hand. "I'm Kaminari Denki." He looked at Raiden pointedly.

"Kaminari Raiden," she said.

The boy seemed to hesitate before taking Denki's hand. "I'm Midoriya Izuku," he said.

Denki clapped Midoriya on the back. "Well, Midoriya, good luck on the exam! Try your best!"

Midoriya nodded, a small smile creeping up onto his face. "Thanks!"

Raiden beckoned to Denki. "Let's go. We have an exam to take."

A/N: I realize I don't do a lot of author notes on a lot of my stories, so I'll try to be more interactive with the community and readers out there.

Also, what a great way to get more words onto the story!

This is a story I've wanted to do for quite a while now, but I've just never had the will to write it out. There's also the issue with my terrible confidence in my writing.

Oh well.