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Centuries

Entrance Exam

Higurashi Kagome blandly listened to the master of ceremonies, the professional hero, Present Mic, as he welcomed the potential U.A. students. She hadn't been planning on applying to the prestigious hero academy, had wanted to apply to a normal high school. She had, had enough excitement in the feudal era to last a lifetime. But it was Shippo's unexpected reappearance in her life that had disrupted her plans.

The fox demon had shown up at her shrine one week after she had been sent back home and the well had closed for good. And he had been the one to persuade her to at least apply to U.A., especially since she would be lucky to get into any school with her grades.

Shippo himself had started masquerading around as a hero, calling himself the Crimson Kitsune. (She couldn't help but laugh when he told her this.) He surprised her by keeping his heroics pretty low key. She had expected the opposite from him.

Kagome perked up when Present Mic's voice was suddenly amplified.

"Now pay close attention, listeners! We'll be testing your mettle by running a ten-minute practice run at our replica city-district," he said, announcing their test.

Kagome raptly listened as he explained the rules. It seemed simple enough, taking out robots for points. Though robots would be new to her. And she wondered how her quirk would fare against them. Attempting to formulate a plan, she was distracted when one of the potential students spoke up. He was a rather serious looking teen, who Kagome thought needed to lighten up. And when he called out another student, she narrowed her eyes in annoyance at him. He definitely thought way too much of himself.

"Now let's move to the main event! Plus Ultra!" Present Mic yelled, ending the ceremony as he finished with, "And may you all suffer gladly the trials to come!"

Kagome followed the crowd to the nearby changing rooms. They didn't have much time to prepare before heading to their designated area. She quickly changed into a simple pair of grey running pants, and a green track jacket before heading to her start point.

She hung back a bit, watching her competition. She was fascinated by all the different quirks, as her own was confusing to her. When she was in primary school, her quirk had manifested as the simple ability to make barriers. But after her time in the feudal era, her abilities grew and her priestess powers melded with her quirk.

A loud blast nearly knocked her off her feet. Looking up, she saw a blond male arguing with a few of the other test takers. There was something familiar about him. He shouted a few expletives while angrily glaring, and that's when it clicked.

Grinning, she made her way to the ill-tempered boy.

"Kacchan," she said, grabbing his attention. He turned his heated glare on her and Kagome could only smile wider. He definitely hadn't changed. "Long time no see."

"What are you doing here," he rudely asked, turning away from her.

Kagome giggled and said, "Obviously, I'm applying. No surprise seeing you here."

"Whatever, just stay out of my way."

She rolled her eyes and punched him on his arm. "I see you're still rude as ever."

"Tch, and I see you're still as annoying as ever," he shot back.

"Is Izuku-kun here," she asked, genuinely curious. Becoming a hero had been Midoriya's greatest dream, and she couldn't see that changing. He may not have had a quirk, but he was relentless. And Kagome greatly admired his spirit.

Katsuki exploded. He roughly grabbed her arm and said, "Don't mention that quirkless dumbass!"

"Aaaand start!"

Kagome and Katsuki looked up towards Present Mic.

"What's the matter!? There's no such thing as a countdown in a real battle! Run! Ruuun," he shouted. "Consider the baton tossed!"

Kagome and Katsuki instantly took off. Kagome wrenched her arm free, and they pushed past each other and the other test takers.

The other boy was ruthless in his destruction of the robots. Kagome would have taken off in a different direction, but the damage Katsuki was causing could have easily been harmful to others. So she followed after him, keeping the debris away from others as she took down a few of her own robots.

She had just taken down one of the targets when she looked up and saw the ill-tempered boy take down a rather large robot. The tumbling mass of metal was crumbling down, and quick. There were too many other students around, none who seemed to pay too much attention to what was going on. Acting quick, she raced to the middle of scene and threw up the biggest barrier she could muster.

Kagome bit her lip in concentration, as sweat dripped from her brow. She wasn't used to using her quirk so much and so rapidly in a small amount of time. When she was sure everyone would be safe, she dropped the barrier and collapsed on a piece of the robot. But when she saw Katsuki walk past, she regained her energy.

Marching up towards the other boy, she roughly shoved him against a nearby wall.

"What the hell, Kagome," he yelled, attempting to push past her.

"You're such an ass. You need to be more careful," she angrily scolded, sharply poking his chest. "You really could have hurt someone."

"They don't deserve to be here if they can't protect themselves," he callously replied and stalked off.

Kagome was about to follow when Present Mic announced that the test was officially over.