Getting into the prestigious hero school, UA, was something that Reina Uchida never thought would happen to her. Especially from the likes of a recommendation letter. She hadn't planned to go to a hero school, let alone become comfortable enough with her quirk to become a hero. The time and date of the examination for those who wanted to apply, however, was marked on the calender her foster mother, Himari, used in the kitchen.
A very select amount of people knew about her quirk and it's uses, so she had her suspicions on those who'd want her to attend UA. Whether it was to get her to fully escape from her past or to simply learn more about her quirk and use it for good. Reina couldn't deny the hunch that her foster mother had been a part in getting her into UA. Though, she was quirkless, she had many connections after she decided to take care of Reina.
Reina sighed and pushed a stray piece of unruly dark blue, almost black, hair behind her ear, lost in thought. If there was anyone who could convince UA to admit her, despite her past, had to be one of the pro-heros Reina owed everything too. It only left three people, so it would be fairly easy for her to figure out who it was once she arrived to the first day of class… That started in only in hour.
A soft knock on Reina's bedroom door interrupted her thoughts and her foster mother's voice echoed from the other side, "Hun, are you almost ready to go?"
Reina uncrossed her legs from under her and lifted herself off her bed, "Yeah, I just have to get some stuff together, I'll be out in a minute." She spoke through the door, walking up to her dresser and grabbing her sacred pair of gloves.
Standing there for a moment, she fixated on her hands and pursed her lips with disdain before shaking her head and slipping the gloves without a second thought. Reina then turned to look in the mirror, making sure she at least looked somewhat presentable. She wore the blue-green short skirt that was a part of the required uniform with black leggings underneath that were long enough to be tucked into her black leather combat boots.
Her top half was covered with a black turtleneck that went nearly up to her chin, a white button up shirt on top with a wide red tie and the supplied grey blazer with blue-green accents thrown on top. She didn't bother to button the jacket as she tucked the sleeves into her gloves that reached a few inches past her wrist.
She quickly tied her hair up in a low, messy bun, with stray hairs framing Reina's face and a few tucked behind her ears. She almost scowled when she looked at her own eyes, ones that were a dull blue, almost grey that used to once be filled with color.
Reina couldn't deny that she was excited to have the opportunity to go to UA and learn to harness more of her quirk and train harder than before, but she was also terrified. She'd only used the full extent of her quirk a handful of times and about half of them were on accident. She refused to ask or let anyone help her with her quirk, even though she was warned that it was dangerous. And she wasn't stupid, she knew. That's why she didn't deny the admission to UA in the first place. If she was going to let someone help her grow stronger, it was going to be at the most prestigious hero school.
She didn't let herself have any other second thoughts as she grabbed her backpack and slung it over her shoulders, leaving her room and jumping down the stairs three at a time.
"Good morning Reina! I packed you a lunch if you want to bring it for today, and I'll have dinner ready by the time you get home. I bet you'll be very hungry and tired after your first day!" Himari excitedly babbled on as she held out a lunchbox for her to take, which she grabbed gently.
Reina flashed her a small smile, "I might be a little later tonight, I have to talk to some people after classes." She hinted at figuring out who her recommender was, and to be frankly honest, Reina was positively sure that her foster mother knew who it was, but Reina didn't want to pry her to tell her.
There was a short silence between the two of them before Himari placed her hands on Reina's shoulders, "I am very proud of you, you know?"
Reina's lips pursed together before responded with a soft, "I know." Before Himari removed her hands, letting her foster daughter turn away and leave their small apartment. She inwardly sighed as she hoped that Reina going to UA wasn't a mistake.
It wasn't too difficult to find classroom 1-A. The door towered obnoxiously over Reina as she slid the door open to reveal the classroom. Taking in the room, almost all the other students had seemed to arrive, though it was still quite early. Almost all of them were already amongst talking to each other and Reina made no thought as she shuffled to a seat in the second row, next to the wall.
She sat down hastily, crossing her legs underneath the tabletop, her gloved hands wringing together nervously. She wasn't used to being exposed to new places very often. Either being confined either in her room, her foster mother's apartment or the makeshift training ground she had found in a cluster of abandoned buildings right outside of town.
"Take your feet off of that desk now!" A strong voice echoed from behind Reina's desk, disrupting her from her thoughts. Inwardly sighing, she glanced over her shoulder to see a tall muscular boy with black hair and rectangular shaped glasses, his hands placed on his hips in an authoritative manner. His gaze looked down at a smirking blonde-haired boy sitting behind Reina, his feet propped up on his table top.
"Huh?" The blonde-haired boy scoffed back and brought his arms up behind himself to prop up his head, causing Reina to raise a brow at the boy's obliviousness, or what seemed like obliviousness at first.
Smoke almost seemed to erupt from the black-haired boy's ears as he continued to scold the blonde-haired boy, "It's the first day and you're already disrespecting this academy by scuffing school property you cretin!"
Reina directed her gaze back to the front of the room, glad she had already been leaning forward, trying to avoid being dragged into the useless argument that was going on behind her. She could easily tell the black-haired boy obviously had come to a prestigious middle school, raised to be a hero his entire life. The blonde-haired boy, however, seemed the other wise, full of egotistical-anger.
"You're kidding me right? Your old school put a stick up your ass? Or were you born with it?" The blonde-haired boy barked back and Reina rolled her eyes, bringing up her gloved hand to rest her chin on.
The black-haired boy was about to fire back, but took in a deep breathe, trying to calm himself then spoke in a calmer voice, "Let's start over, I'm Tenya Iida from the Somei Private Academy."
The fire didn't leave the other boy's eyes, "Somei, huh? So you must think you're better than me? I'm going to have fun tearing you a new one!" He yelled, standing up and pointing at the other boy, Tenya, offensively.
Tenya breathed in dramatically, his expression changing back into one full of surprise, "You would threaten me? Your own classmate? Are you sure you're in the right place?!" He asked incredulously, his arms waving around.
The blonde-haired boy scoffed, getting ready to fire back when suddenly the two of them went silent, there gaze turning to the doorway of the classroom.
"It's him…" Tenya muttered.
The whole class, including Reina, turned to look at the boy. He had messy dark green hair and dark green eyes to match. He had a smaller frame but it wasn't hard to tell that he was strong. Quickly, the boy's face overcame with horror, seeming like he didn't do to well under the attention that was about to crush him.
"Uhhh hi!" The boy blurted out loudly, obviously not knowing what to do with everyone in the class's eyes on him.
"Good morning!" Tenya declared, equally as loud as the nervous boy in the doorway. He immediately stalked forward, his hand held out, "My name is Tenya Iida and-"
"Yeah, yeah, I know!" The boy held his hands up defensively, his eyes slightly closing and cut him off with a sweat drop dripping down the side of his face.
He faintly smiled, but almost failed at doing so, "I'm Izuku Midoriya, it's super nice to meet you." His voice trembled as his eyes widened when a girl with brown hair also came up to him.
Reina exhaled, tuning out the conversation as she brought up a gloved hand, placing a finger under her turtleneck to let in a bit of cool air. She wasn't expecting the classroom to be accommodating to what she was wearing, with all the additions she had to make to the uniform so she had as little skin showing as possible.
It wasn't like she had a choice anyways, it was her quirk, not her. If anything, the people who knew about her power would be understanding of the difference just to limit the unexpected use of her quirk.
Reina moved her arms so they crossed over her stomach and leaned back in her chair, staring at the point of the wall that met with the ceiling. There was only three people who could've gotten her into UA, and they full well knew the extent of her abilities and if they were willing to take the risk to-
"Hey! Your damn head is in the way, move it!" An enraged, overly loud voice came from the desk behind Reina and she pursed her lips together, closing her eyes, hoping the boy would just leave her alone if she ignored him. But that would turn out to be fruitless.
The blonde haired boy growled in annoyance when Reina refused to respond or give any indication that she had heard him. He stood up with a huff and stomped his way to the front of her desk, slamming his hands down on the tabletop.
He growled again when he came face to face with your closed eyes and yelled, "What are you taking a nap or something?! Open your damn eyes and look at me!"
Reina didn't want to give him any satisfaction that he could order her around, causing her to slightly open one of her eyes to glare at him, before closing it right back up. She wasn't engaging, she was only trying to mind her own business. But then again, the hot-head was really putting her on edge. What she didn't expect next was how far the hot-headed boy would go to get her to listen to him.
His rough hand suddenly shoving her shoulder shocked her, but it wasn't the initial shove that startled her, it was the brief graze of his arm against her bare chin and suddenly her peaceful thinking was torn away and all she could see was black and red.
Rage. Pride. Envy. Determination. Darkness.
Reina's body moved without second thought, she wasn't anticipating the dark energy from the boy surging through her, so she grabbed his arm, tucking it under her own and immediately flipped him over so his front side faced the ground. She took his other arm quickly, and placed her foot planted against his back, roughly pushing him up against the floor, tapping him into an uncomfortable arm lock in front of the entire classroom.
The feeling passed almost as soon as his arm wasn't touching the bare skin of her chin, but there the boy laid still, in absolute shock over what Reina had just done to him. But in no time the boy was up and at her once again, struggling against her hold.
"WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! LET GO OF ME YOU BASTARD!"
"Don't you ever think about touching me again, got it?" Reina muttered at the boy, giving him one more shove into the ground before letting his wrists free of her gloved hands. She couldn't let the boy think she was weak, and if they were having first impressions on the first day of class, she might as well let everyone know that nobody needed to mess with her. Of course, it was for both her safety, and others.
As soon as Reina let go of the boy, he immediately shot up, yelling more insults towards her as the class only seemed to watch the two of you. Before Reina could even act, Iida was able to grab the blonde-boy by the arm, preventing him from advancing towards her. The next thing that happened caused Reina's blood to run cold.
"Alright, that's enough." A gruff voice came from the back of the room, "Katsuki Bakugou, Reina Uchida, if you're just here to make enemies then you can pack up your stuff now."
The hair's on Reina's neck stood up straight as she recognized the voice coming from behind her, it was an unmistakable voice that she'd never forget. There was no way it was a coincidence that she was in his class, let alone UA. If it wasn't for the recommendation letter...
Of course it had to be Shouta Aizawa.