To say that Mashirao Ojiro was surprised, would be a complete understatement. To say that he was in shock, would just be scratching the surface. No, the term he would use to describe his current state would be, that he was in complete awe. One moment, he and some other six or so examinees were about to seamingly be crushed by multiple chunks of debris. All coming from a part of a destroyed building caused by a faux villain. They all felt as if the ground had suddenly disappeared, causing them to fall a total of… only a meter and a half from the ground? Whatever the reason, they were all currently standing many meters away from where they once stood. Not a single speck of debris getting to any of them. Turning to their side, they all saw whom they thought was their savior. Or at least, who Ojiro believed was their savior, for he was witness to what the girl was capable of.

Valerie stood tall next to the other examinees that she had just saved. Opening a portal beneath their feet and transporting them next to her, so as to save them from being crushed by the actions of the zero pointer. However, she was frantically shaking, her breathing wavering every now and then. It was already bad enough for her that she was using her powers to help the other examinees escape one at a time, but to use her abilities to rescue around half a dozen people all at the same time and teleporting them to a considerable distance no less? It was a miracle that she was still conscious, let alone standing up.

Unfortunately for her, she doubted that she could have the ability to move from the spot she was currently standing. Which was pretty bad, considering that the zero pointer started to head towards them. Most of the examinees all started to resume their attempt to flee the mechanical behemoth, others, till shocked at barely being crushed by debris, remained unable to move. Ojiro and one named Sen Kaibara, saw the blue girl grinned her teeth. Trying to lift her hands and conjure whatever of her power remained to escape the faux villain. The two boys decided to try and help her escape, for they had the feeling that she would be unable to do so on her own.

Thankfully for the teenagers, there was no need to do so.

"And… TIMES UP!" the voice of Present Mic said.

As if on command, the remaining faux villains, as well as the giant robot all stopped moving. All of the kids in the area sighed in relief, no longer needing to flee for their lives. Valerie herself did as well, the adrenaline in her body finally disappearing, allowed herself to fall on her back with her arms spreading out. The two boys hurried to stand by the girl's side, who thankfully, was still conscious. The only thing that did conderned them, was the fact that she was breathing heavily and seemed to be a little pale.

"Are you ok?" Ojiro asked.

"M-Me?... I t-think… A little tired… and out of breath… I think I'm a little dizzy too… But other t-than that I'm f-fine…" the girl awkwardly said, looking up at the two boys. "I-I'm just happy that you e-eight are ok…"

The two boys looked at each other, showing a level of concern for what they heard.

"Um… there's only two of us." Ojiro told her.

"Oh… so that means there's no pink unicorn either?"

"There's no pink unicorn." replied the other boy.

After that revelation, the trio all remained in an awkward silence. Around five minutes passed until Sen decided to end said silence by addressing the blue girl that still remained on the floor.

"You know, we've actually met before." hea said, surprising the blonde tail-man and filling the hybrid with dread. "If it helps you remember, it was at a McDonalds and it involved a smoothie."

"... Can someone bring more robots… p-please?" the girl bashfully requested.

Thankfully for her, it seemed as if the universe heard her plead. For just as she said that, some medic robots came by to take her to the infirmary.

"What kind of fucking psycopath thought that throwing dead-robots at a bunch of teenagers could ever be a good idea?" Robbie asked himself, standing in front of the near melted head of the zero pointer that had attacked his ground.

Once they had heard the call that the exam was now over, Robbie decided to breathe in relief. Allowing the flames to die out, he changed back to his human form, his clothes turning back as well. He had already gotten used to some of his abilities, but Strange had warned him that he still needed a bit of time until he could properly use… whatever it is that he used, properly. The master of the mystic arts had told him that his ability to conjure normal flames and chains were, in a way, still somewhat normal abilities at his disposal. Yet, to change into that form, meant that he allowed some of the arcane energy to flow in his being and empower his already incredible might.

Still, that boost of power did not come free. The use of magic came at a cost and the stronger the magic, the higher the cost. And to a body that was still getting used to such energy, the cost was noticeable. Even if it was still not true hellfire, his insides felt like they were on fire. His muscles were sore beyond belief, his head hurt as if someone had used his head as a baseball. Stephen had told him that over time, his body would become more capable of handling said energies. Something about building a form of magical antibodies or something? That part didn't make much sense to him.

Almost twenty to thirty meters away from where Reyes was standing, there were multiple examinees. All watching in awe and amaze at what they had just witnessed. The colossal, mechanical menace that had forced them to flee and run as if headless chickens, had been taken down in mere moments. And by a single person, no less. To no one's surprise, they all started to murmur amongst themselves. All sharing their own opinion to the events that had unfolded in front of them.

"Holy shit, man! Did you see that?!"

"Dude turned that zero pointer into molten scraps!"

"Nevermind that, did you see him getting smacked into a building?!... And then he just got up like it was nothing!"

"Speaking of, what happened to him? Guy went from looking like some roguish dude to… whatever the hell that was!"

"It was probably some freaky quirk."

"Well, whatever it was. I do not want to mess with him."

"But why did he decide to fight the zero pointer? There's literally no point in it!"

"Probably wanted to show off to the teachers watching, or something."

Those, among a plethora of other ideas were talked among one another as the boy started to recover for the display of power that he had done. Yet, one boy did not agree with said ideas. The same boy that had thanked Robbie for saving him, was currently questioning whether he truly did it to show off. While he was thinking of that, somewhere on ground A, an ash-blonde boy stood tall and proud over the destroyed bodies of the faux villains. He looked at his work and grinned.

"Heh, was that the best they could do?" the boy asked, wiping some of the sweat from his forehead. "Too bad that shit pointer was on the other side of the ground. Because otherwise, I would have blasted the giant tincan sky high by myself!"

The other kids from his ground, all looked in awe at the boy. For ten minutes, he was nothing but a feral beast, unleashed on the mechanical enemies that they had in front of them. He was nothing if not efficient, swooping fast and attacking with a might that had no equal among the examinees of ground A. The boy of the explosion-base quirk had amounted more villain points than anyone in, not only his ground, but of all the grounds. Blasting the robots away as if dried leaves on an autumn's day. There was no contest as to who had vanquished more robots to oblivion.

"No way… that guy's insane…" a girl said, looking at the pile of faux villains and the prodigious boy.

"No kidding… I think he destroyed most of the faux villains of the ground by himself." another boy noted.

"Y-Yeah… I think we already know who's getting accepted to U.A…"

"And with a quirk like his, why wouldn't he?"

More and more murmurs were heard throughout the fake city. Some were in admiration at the prodigious teenager and his stupefying skills. Had he been a little more tactful in his approach at interacting with the other examinees whenever that occured, then perhaps there could have been a couple more girls blushing at the boy. Others were of jealousy and spite. Cursing at the fact that he was born far more talented and better equipped than they were, even on their best days. A couple were of impotence, seeing themselves as lesser and ill-prepared for the path that they had chosen. Yet amongst all of these different opinions and feelings, one thing remained the same and that was, the acknowledgement of the boy's strength.

Katsuki Bakugou heard them all and smiled. For his entire life he has been praised by his impressive and powerful quirk. Yet, he was more than just that. Day and night, in health or illness, the boy always strived for the number one spot in everything. The best grades, the best at sports, they were all things that he earned. With buckets of sweat, sore muscles or bloodied knees. And today, in front of scores of other kids his age, all from around the country and beyond, his hard work started to pay off. Once again, he was being acknowledged, his strength, his effort, all of them were recognized. Ever since he was a child, he had the philosophy that a hero always wins, always strives for greatness and victory. Well, if that turns out to be true, then he was already the making of a hero of global acclaim.

Is as if he could already hear the cheers and praises already. A small peak to a future that may be. One in which he stood tall above everyone else, acclaimed by his power… like him.

"No matter how much trouble he's in, he always wins in the end!" the voice of a young, confident and happy child rang in his mind.

For a moment, the image of a child, from a memory far in the distance, could be seen from the corner of his eyes. He could be no older than six or seven. He remembered that day damn too well. The day some fourth graders bumped into him and started a fight they thought would be easy. They were wrong. For despite a couple of bruises, a bloodied nose and crying eyes, he remained on his two feet. Because in his eyes, the most amazing hero always wins, no matter what. And so, he won.

He heard the praises that were thrown at him by the other examinees, his fellow students of pass time, his old teachers and of course, the ones from a boy of curly green hair. For a moment, there was a small snarl in his face that would have intimidated the other kids of ground A had he been facing their way. The flashes of the day in which he, after wandering with two of his friends after class, was attacked by a sludge villain of sorts. He tried to fight back, to beat the villain, to win… yet, he could not. The only thing he was able to accomplish that day was a fire on a small street. And then, when everyone was watching for a hero to save the boy… he rushed in to help him.

Katsuki frowned at the memory of him risking his life to save him, in spite of him being powerless. At the end, the two of them were rescued by their childhood hero, yet, while many would have been thrilled about the idea of such events occurring in their life, the ash-blonde was annoyed. Annoyed that someone like him, had to ever depend on a quirkless and powerless idiot for anything! And to top it all off, he was here today as well?! Thinking he had a shot at this?! That he could one-up him?!

Well think again!

He was going to be the only one from their crap of a school to reach the top! He'll become better than Endeavor, or Hawks, Best Jeanist, even the likes of Sunfire would be nothing to him! He'll be the one to reach All Might's level and surpass it and there's not a damn thing in this world that can deny him that… right?

"Wow… I'm really high, aren't I?" asked Annie to no one in particular. "I guess… I really didn't think things through, did I?"

Still clinging to the side of the zero-pointer's head, it felt as if she could extend her hand and touch the heavens. Never has she been this high… well, at least in this manner and on her own. Just before coming to Japan, she and her family did eat on top of the Empire State building, but that was different. Back then, she didn't feel any sign of danger, for she knew that next to her, were the rest of her family. Her mother, who despite not having powers had, at the moment, a bracelet that allowed her to tap to a fraction of her father's powers. Her sister, who despite any issue they could ever have, would not hesitate in jumping to save her or her brother. And of course, her father, who has swung those very streets ever since he was just fifteen years old. Soaring over the capital of heroes with the grace that only a spider-totem could display. There was no worries back then, instead, she simply relaxed and calmly ate with her family as she gazed upon the sight in front of her. Watching over the streets with such awe, that it made her ever the more impatient to earn her web shooters, so that she could experience that beautiful image over and over again.

Now though, she was starting to believe that maybe she could have asked for a pair of her own. But nope, instead she had to be too stubborn and claim that she would not use one until proving herself by passing the entrance exam. It's not the height that had her worried, as stated before, she has been higher. But the fact that she was at such great height by herself and with no reassurance that she could come out walking on her two legs if something were to happen. Like, for example, if the robot suddenly tipped over, for example. Why is it that people that are considered genius always tend to make the dumbest of decisions?

"Ok… let's… let's just go down nice and slowly…" she told herself, descending at a snail's pace, which made Annie let out a dry chuckle. Spiders were known for being quick and precise, yet here she was, moving at a pace of a creature known for being the opposite of them. That and also because she remembered how, even though it was a bit uncommon given the fact that they were mainly insectoids by nature, spiders would eat slugs and snails if given the chance.

She was already halfway down the robot, when a small breeze passed by ground E. Despite not posing any threat to her or the stability of the robot she was clinging to (otherwise her spider sense would have alerted her), she instinctively stopped and increased her hold on the robot. Fearing that it could make her lose her grip and make her plomote to the ground. Or worse, making the robot tip over.

"Stupid wind… scared the heck out of me." she said. Once the breeze was over she resumed her objective of getting to ground's level, not before berating herself on the way. "Why did I think that this was a good idea?... I'm at least ten stories high, stupid, stupid, stupid… your lucky nothing bad happened, you could have gotten yourself hurt doing a stunt like this… great, not only am I talking to myself, but I'm starting to sound like my parents… Is this hereditary? This is hereditary, it probably came with my inability to keep quiet or something."

Once she was at a safe distance to the ground, she let go of the robot and allowed for one of the four fundamental forces of nature to do the rest. In other, more mundane words, gravity. Landing on the ground on her two feet, the red-head allowed a sigh of relief to escape her body. One would think that being the daughter of a man that hurls himself at greater heights than that would mean that it wouldn't have been troublesome for her. But apparently, that didn't come with the packet.

Once she managed to compose herself, she, for some reason that she could not explain, heard the sound of someone's jaw falling to the ground. Turning around, she saw Hershey dude, staring at her wide-mouthed. Annie couldn't help but to awkwardly chuckle and did what she and her family (or at least those with spider powers, excluding uncle Kaine) were best known for… crack dumb jokes.

"Heyyyyy… you should probably close your mouth, you know? Well, that is unless you want to snack on flies or something… Not that there's something wrong with it or anything! I mean, one would think that I would be ok with that, but it's not like- I mean, yeah me and my family do have a bit of a small affinity with spiders and the likes, unlessyoudidn'tknewthatinwhichcaseIjustmessedup. And yeah, I sometimes do talk with spiders and all, but…" she was saying, but then stopped when she realized what she was doing. "... I'm rambling nonsense, aren't I?" she asked, receiving a nod from the boy with thick lips.

"... Dude…"

"Um.. last time I checked, I wa-... you know what? I think I'll just keep quiet and not make a comment that'll make me look, Jar Jar Binks levels of dumb."

"DUDE!"

"Wow, no need to shout bud! I'm not over twenty-five meters above the ground!... anymore at least."

"You just chucked that two-pointer at that thing like it was nothing!"

"Come on, you're exaggerating."

"And then you climbed it like it was just some random rock wall!"

"Actually, I slipped a couple of times on the way up. The thing did move a bit and I was understandably pretty nervous."

"THAT WAS INSANE! ARE YOU INSANE OR SOMETHING!?"

"Starting to wonder that, to be honest."

"I mean… wow, I'm kind of-"

"Speechless?"

"Yeah that!"

"Well, I guess this would be the part where either of my parents would say something like 'it's only natural' or like… Well I don't know."

Annie was feeling somewhat odd at being praised like this by others her age. Not like it didn't happen before, it's just that… well, it was different before. Usually she was compared to her elder sister whenever she did something good, even if whatever she did was something that Mayday hardly did when she was her age. The last time she remembered being praised like that with her sister not being a factor was back in the day when Stephanie Kim complemented her in her soccer skills. She was about one of her few friends that she made back in elementary school. An older kid that she used to look up to, she thought that they could be friends for life. But sometimes things aren't always what it seems.

Not wanting to let the silence in the air go for any longer, Annie opted for some small talk. And hopefully, she will be able to not say something dumb.

"Hey Hershey dude, what's with the Hershey that you were eating back then? I didn't know you could bring a snack with you. I can probably go for one as of now."

"Well… it's part of my quirk. It's called sugar rush and in simple terms, I get stronger five-fold. I need to consume at least ten grams of sugar to activate it and I can extend the amount of time by three minutes by eating another ten grams of sugar." the boy told her.

"Oh, that's kind of neat… Like, I'm sure eight year old me would have loved to trade powers with you, you know?" Annie commented, because in all honesty, she knew of a decent amount of kids that would have loved to have some kind of superpower that allowed them to eat a lot of candies. "I mean, eat a sweet and have super strength? What's not to love?... well, unless you're diabetic… you're not diabetic, are you?" the New Yorker asked.

"Um, no."

"Cool, cool, cool… Do you know if that can be like, a problem in the future, or something?"

"I uh… never really thought about it. As far as I'm aware, the only drawback is that i get like, dumber the more sugar I diggest."

"Oh, well… look on the bright side, I can think of at least twelve variations of your powers that are not as… nice. Or even appropriate to be honest."

"Is that so?"

"Just for reference; number nine in my list is cardboard. Not the tastiest thing out there."

"Yeah, I guess." the boy said. His response was followed by an awkward silence between the two of them. The only thing that could be heard was the wind blowing gently across ground E and, if one listened closely, the chatter of some of the other examinees that were not that far from where the two stood. The boy looked at the New Yorker, who seemed to look… off? "Um, is everything ok?" he asked her, snapping her from her trance.

"Uh, oh yeah. I'm fine, it's just that… Well, now that I actually have some time to think about things, I'm… guess I'm a little nervous about the exam and all, you know? Kind of wondering if I'll be able to pass." Annie replied, much to the confusion of the boy.

"You're kidding, right?" the boy asked the red-head. "You just took down a giant robot all by yourself! Why wouldn't you be able to pass after doing that?!"

"Well, for starters, that thing was worth zero points. And looking back at things, I didn't really destroy as many faux villains as I probably should have." Annie told Hershey dude her worries. "Besides, me and a friend of mine think that there's probably some kind of trick to the zero pointer."

"Wait, really?!"

"Yup. For all intents, no one was meant to even try to fight that thing. Which in hindsight, probably explains why it was worth zero points." Annie started to explain her hypothesis to the boy. "Well, whatever the reason is, I'll have to wait to find out."

It was only then when a bunch of medic robots came to attend to anyone that was injured and to ask them all to return to the changing rooms. Annie looked around to see how everyone was doing. For what she was able to tell, most of them were ok. It seems like there were no major injuries, only a couple of scrapes and bruises. Thankfully, it didn't seem like anyone was severely injured.

"Well, I think that's our cue to leave."

"I guess." the boy replied, turning to the girl. "Ah, by the way, I didn't get your name. I'm Sato Rikido."

"I uh… name's Anna-May, but if you want you can call me Annie." the red-headed told the boy.

"So… is May like your… last name or something?"

"I um… sorry, but the thing is… Well, I rather not say just yet, you know?" Annie answered, a little nervous. "I uh… I have to go. It was nice to meet you, Rikido. Hopefully we can meet later." she said, quickly taking her leave and leaving Sato behind. "Wonder how the others did." she thought as she was finding her way towards the exit.

"Can we all agree that that was terrifying as heck?" Kamala asked the people that she was carrying.

"Yup"

"No kidding."

"I think I'm going to hurl a little."

"Okay, on that note, can you like, get off of me?"

And as she said that, the kids that she had on her back all started to get off of the inhuman. One of them wasted no time to run to as far as possible and emptied the contents of his stomach near a pile of rubble. Making the rest of the kids to look away, a little disgusted.

"Well, I'm glad he didn't do that while I was carrying him." Kamala said in relief. She later on looked towards the opposite direction from where she was running towards.

Amidst the battleground that was filled with metal scraps, ruble and what else. Only a few ten to maybe twelve meters away from her, was the giant green robot of death that their lovely Dj, as Annie had put it, claimed was nothing but a mere gimmick. Something like a Whomp from super Mario or anything similar to them. Well, that was not the case! That wasn't a gimmick or a Whomp, that was a raid boss at minimum! That was basically the equivalent of sending a bunch of newbies to fight Dark Animus and expect not to get horribly murder!

Soon enough, the zero pointer, as well as the few remaining faux villains that were still around, all started to retreat, relieving the kids even further. Shortly after, multiple smaller robots came by to offer their assistance to any and all of the students that required medical assistance. Most were fine safe for a couple of bruises and other small injuries. One passed by her, so she just called it and pointed at the boy that was still throwing up not that far from her. The medic robot then proceeded to go to where the boy was, leaving the inhuman behind.

"Huh, that's odd." one of the kids said.

"What?" asked Kamala.

"Well, I heard that one of the reasons that U.A can get away with these kinds of things, is because of the fact that the pro-hero Recovery Girl was part of the faculty." the boy noted, surprising a couple of the other examinees that were within ear-shot. "I thought that she would be here, you know? Then again, I guess she would only be in one of the grounds had something serious happen."

"That makes sense. I mean, so far the only injuries around here, are pretty minor at best. It wouldn't make sense for her to show up unless it was actually required." a girl from nearby mentioned.

"Wait, wait, wait, go back a little bit. Did you just say that Recovery Girl was a faculty member? As in, the Youthful Heroine: Recovery Girl? Man, she's like, an old school pro-hero, isn't she?"

"Wait a minute, is she still being called the Youthful Heroine? Isn't she like… I don't know, a billion years old?!" one of the boy's said, only to have his foot stepped on by the same girl as before. "What was that for?!"

"Rude." was the only thing that the girl said.

"Dude, you never bother a girl about her weight or her age. That's just common sense." the other boy said.

"Alright, sorry. Happy now?" the boy asked, but the girl still didn't turn to face him.

"Okay… excluding that, what now?" Kamala asked.

"Don't know. Probably get back to the bus that got us here or something." the other girl asked. "I mean, it's not like we have better things to do now."

And so, Kamala and the other examinees walked towards the bus, however on her way there, she couldn't help but to think about the difficulty of the exam. The written portion was already bad enough as it was, but having to battle big scary robots for the practical portion? She was already assuming that the others would have had no trouble whatsoever. Like, come on; one had some weird skull-fire magic powers, another one was apparently trained by the Avengers themselves and had awesome teleportation powers and the other one was the daughter of freaking Spider-Man for crying out loud!

Even Shinso had better chances of getting in. Even if he wasn't the toughest looking guy around, he had an awesome and useful power and was more likely to pass the written exam than her.

But as she was thinking that on her way to the bus, on ground G, already on the bus sat Hitoshi Shinso all by himself. Well, not exactly by himself. He was sitting next to a tall guy with dark hair that was in the shape of a pompadour as well as having a really big chin. The guy in question looked mildly annoyed, or disappointed perhaps? He didn't see much of him back on the exam to be honest, but for what he saw, was that he was having a bit of a hard time when it came time to find faux villains to beat. Not like he was any better, he was having a hard time trying to find a way to even beat them.

It also didn't help that they were sharing the ride back to U.A grounds with a bunch of smug kids that were already calling victory.

"Man, with the amount of points I got there, there's no way I'm not making it to the hero course!" said a boy with animalistic features.

"I was a little scared at first when the zero pointer first came. But I still think I have a shot at this." said a girl with glasses and short hair.

"I do admit, they caught me by surprise at first, but someone as strong as myself is passing this exam with ease!" said a blonde boy with a black lightning-shaped streak on the left side of his hair. He then turned to face some of the girls that were sited close to him and put on a smug face. "Hey ladies~! Just so you know, I'm not seeing anyone. You know, in case any of you feels like wanting to get to know this future top hero!" he said while pointing to himself, much to the annoyance of the females of the bus.

"Tsk. You probably fried your brain back there if you actually believe that." said a boy with pale yellow-green skin with a green mohawk and a pair of mandibles.

"Oh, lord! Please heed the prays of this humble sheep of yours! I beg of you to shed light to the aspirations of this faithful servant and make them a reality!" said a girl with green vine-like hair that seemed to be covered in thorns.

Those comments, among others chatters filled the vehicle, much to the annoyance of the boy with the big chin. Who cursed a little under his breath.

"Had a rough time back there, too?" Hitoshi dared to ask.

"Yeah, and they're not making it any better. Just hear what they're saying! Already assuming that they're getting in!" the boy complained, looking at his hand and closing it tight while frowning. "They think that they're some big shots already just because their quirks are oh so flashy and all!... if only I had one like that too…" he softly said, the anger dissipating, replaced by sadness.

The boy of purple hair looked at what the boy had said carefully. He was right, this exam put the people with flashy quirks front and center while leaving everyone else behind. He should know, for he was among them. Bad enough that his own quirk was villainous in nature, but the fact that it wasn't as combat oriented as others didn't help out. He was just about innerly cursed as well, until a few memories flashed before him.

"If you think that I'll judge you then don't worry. I'm not that kind of person."

"Come on, you have to admit that it is kind of cool. Just think about it. Some baddie takes hostages and no one knows what to do. Then, out of nowhere you come in, throwing jabs at his hair cut alongside a few 'Your mama' jokes and when he talks back to you, BAM! He's suddenly under your control. You tell him to free the hostage, the day is safe and who knows. Maybe you could tell him to do an embarrassing dance as punishment before the police takes him away."

"Well, yeah I guess. But you haven't done that. Besides, you're planning on going to U.A. Someone that does that can't be a bad person."

"I bet you could become an awesome hero. I can already tell that you're one of the good guys."

He saw her, giving him such a bright smile that told him that she believed in him. A girl that in all honesty, was probably better than him in most ways. Heck, she was probably better than most in this bus! Part of him felt like she was destined for greatness and if not the case, then she would simply grab destiny with her bare hands and make it that way. And yet… she chose to believe in him… she chose to encourage him… she chose to be his friend, his first true friend.

"Well, let's not assume things already." Shinso told the boy, taking a little by surprise before the purple-haired boy turned to the window of the bus. "Who knows, maybe we'll get lucky or something…"

Maybe it was wishful thinking, maybe he should just accept the reality that lay in front of him, but hey, he could dream, couldn't he? He could hope, and the only thing that he was hoping right now, was the hope that he could accompany her and the others in the hero course…

That he wouldn't be left an outcast again.

For that and other things he hoped.

"I didn't think that the kickback would be that much." Midoriya thought, tiredly looking at his right arm.

If not for Recovery Girl using her quirk on him, he would still have both a broken arm and both of his legs. As far as first days goes, this is probably not that great. The boy was tired, wanting to simply go back home and get some sleep. Part of it was because of the fact that quirk of the Youthful Heroine had the drawback of tiring people that it was used on, since it forced the energy of the body to accelerate its own healing. But it was mainly the mental strain that was with him about right now.

After literal months of working his everlasting fiber in cleaning the beach to train his body and become a proper vessel for One for All. Not to mention inheriting the power just that morning, he was simply exhausted. Which is why he was the last to properly get change and get out of the changing room that he was in.

It also didn't help that there was a decent amount of kids, all bracing about how they would become the next big hit of U.A. Truth be told, the idea of filling terrified the boy. He had no villain points, despite having defeated the zero pointer all by himself. He would probably be a little bit more hopeful if not for the fact that he was but one out of three that accomplished such a feat. And with his luck, the others probably did better than him. His only hope was that the writing portion would somehow make it up, but that was probably asking for too much.

He felt bad because of it. All Might, his hero, he who he thought the world of, had trusted him. He was to become the next Symbol of Peace, he revealed his greatest and most sacred of secrets and granted him his own power… only for things to go like this?

He exited the building as he was thinking this, heading for the main gates so that he could leave and clear his thoughts. As he was walking towards the main entregable, he suddenly heard someone call for him.

'That can't be right', was what he was thinking. No one calls for him unless it was to either beat him up or make fun of him and that was something mostly Kachan would do. And he has been staying away from him ever since the sludge villain incident. Which is why he opted to ignore it and kept on walking. But once again, that same someone called for him. Even more surprising, it sounded like a… female voice?

Okay, now he knew that whatever thing was going on, was probably something bad right? After all, when was the last time that a girl has addressed him?... Well, outside of just this morning, that is. Once again, he opted to ignore it and kept on walking. Yet, the voice decided to persist.

"Yo, broccoli boy!" she called once again.

Nicknames? Well, at least this one wasn't as insulting as the others that he has heard before. On the brightside, this one was said in a friendly tone, surprisingly. Izuku decided to turn around and saw the girl that stood up for him back at the auditorium. She was waving at him, while walking towards him. Something that made the boy of green hair pretty, pretty nervous.

"U-Uh… H-H-H-H-Hi!" he stuttered, making the girl chuckle a bit. Action that made Izuku blush out of embarrassment.

"Geez, you really are not good at this!" Annie said, arriving next to the boy.

"Y-Yeah… I guess I'm not…" Izuku said, scratching the back of his head and looking down on his feet.

Annie saw his shift in nature and her expression went from a happy one, to a curious neutral one. "Everything ok? You seem tired." she asked him.

"Yeah, I… Well, I kind of got hurt during the exam. Recovery Girl healed me, but because of how her quirk works, I ended up drained almost completely." Izuku told her, remembering how he ended up breaking both an arm and a leg. "To be honest, the only thing I want to do right now, is get some sleep."

"Um, who's Recovery-Girl?" Annie asked, snapping Midoriya out of his tired state. Replacing it with one of utmost shock.

"Wait, you don't know who Recovery Girl is?!" he asked her, with widened eyes. "... also, I don't know why, but for some reason it feels like you said it wrong."

"... how did I say the name wrong?" she asked with a confused look on her face. "Also, New York, remember? Or did you hit your head during the exam?... I'm actually serious about that one, now that I think about it."

"She's a well known pro-hero known for her healing abilities!"

"Oh, you mean like Elixir?"

"I don't know who that is."

"... Well then, it seems like we're in the same boat."

After that, the two remained silent, with Izuku specifically not sure what to say. Annie on the other hand, decided to look through her stuff and pulled a small note pad and a pen. He was about to ask why she did that, but it was when he actually took a deep look at the girl that a new question arose. When he looked at her carefully, she had a couple of small bruises over her face. Not many and not that serious, after all, he only noticed them when he decided to actually take a deep look at her. She also had a bandaid on her left cheek. Izuku then saw how Annie started to write something on the note pad that she had at hand, and saw that her left hand was covered in bandages. How did he miss that one? Like, sure she has a long sleeve jacket, but that would have only covered her forearm, not her hand.

"A-Are you ok?" he asked.

"Huh?" Annie replied, only for her to notice that the green-haired boy was looking at her left hand. "Oh, this?"

"That and… well, the other stuff…" he said, shyly pointing at the small bruises all over her face.

"Don't worry, it's nothing. I just hit one of the robots the wrong way and kiiiiinda sprain my wrist because of it." she said, much to the worry of the boy. "Don't worry, I'll get better in like a day or two. Three tops!"

"B-B-B-But… you should go see a doctor! A sprain is not something that you should wave off as if it was nothing!"

"Calm down pal, I heal fast, this isn't as big of a deal as you're making it out to be."

"Still, you should have seen Recovery Girl."

"Ugh, fine I'll go see a doctor later! Happy, dad?" she said half-jokingly, much to the embarrassment of the green-haired boy. But upon realizing what she had said, her mood dropped a little, something that the boy was quick to notice, but Annie shook the feeling off even quicker. "Sorry, didn't want to sound like a kid. I'll… I'll go see a doctor later, okay?" she said, this time her voice being softer than before.

"N-No, I uh… I shouldn't have -"

"No, it's cool. You were just trying to help, I uh… I appreciate the gesture." she told him.

"I uh… ok." Izuku said. "... B-By the way, h-how did you get those?" he asked, pointing at her facial bruises.

"Oh, I uh… kind of got smacked to a building." she answered, much to the horror of the boy. Annie chuckled at his reaction and rolled her eyes. "Don't worry, I'll tell the doctor all about that too."

"Oh, t-that's good… did it hurt?"

"I mean, I got smacked to a building. I'm pretty sure that that's something that's supposed to hurt." she said, chuckling a little when she saw Izuku realizing that and looking like he was about to smack himself in the head for saying that. "Don't worry, I can take a hit. I did get a small cut on my cheek, but it wasn't that serious. I only have this bandaid because that medic robot was pretty persistent. Besides, it's not like I broke an arm and/or a leg or two, right?" she said, making the boy give an awkward laugh

"W-Well, probably not as persistent since you didn't go see Recovery Girl." he said, only to almost smack himself for saying that again. "N-Not that-" he was trying to say, but was stopped when the girl ripped the page of the note pad that she was writing on and handing it to him.

"Here." was the only thing that she said.

The boy looked at the girl confused, but seeing as she was insisting for him to grave the piece of paper, he decided to do so. When he looked at and saw that she had written her name (or at least her first and second name) and… and…

"I-I-I-I-I-Is this what I think it is?!" he nervously asked, his face turning red.

"You mean my phone number? Yep." she replied, making him turn an even deeper shade of red. "I did say that I was going to give it to you, didn't I?"

"... DID A GIRL SERIOUSLY GAVE ME HER PHONE NUMBER!?"

'This must be a dream', was what was going over his head. He talked to a girl at the entrance, got another one to stand up for him before who knows how many kids, used his newly acquired quirk and then had one of those two girls giving him her phone number?!... He's dead.

That was the only explanation that he had. He died ten months ago, killed by the sludge villain and in his final moments, his mind transported him to a world where he could achieve his dreams to comfort him in his final day on the land of the living. That was the only explanation, right?... Except, it wasn't.

This was actually happening, it was happening to him. He didn't die, against all odds, he survived. He met his idol again who told him that he could actually be a hero. He trained for ten months to prepare his body to inherit All Might's power. He met some stranger that cheered him on and told him that he was expecting him at U.A. And now… he was having two girls helping him out, being friendly with him and not judging him at all.

Is this how his life's going to play out from now on?

"I'm going to wait for a couple of friends, so I think you should go and get that sleep that you were referring to." she told him, so as to not make him wait more than he should. "You seem like a nice guy, you know? Give me a call one of these days, maybe we can hang out." she told him.

"Y-Yeah… I'll do it." he said, folding the piece of paper and placing it in one of his pockets. "W-Well, I guess… see you around." he said, waving at her.

"See you around Izuku." she told him, as he turned around and started to walk away, with a smile on his face.

If this is how his life's going to play out from now on, well then, he could get used to it.

"W-Who was that?" a tired shy voice asked her.

"Isn't that the guy that got called out back at the auditorium?" asked another voice.

Annie didn't have to turn around to know who they were. They were Valerie and Hitoshi and she was already sure that next to them, stood Kamala and Robbie.

"Yep."

"What were you talking about?" asked Kamala.

"Oh, you know. Stuff. Gave him my number too." she said, taking them a little by surprise. Mainly Valerie, who was blushing at what she had said.

"Y-You did?!" asked the shy blue-skinned girl.

"Yep."

"Why did you do it?" asked a curious Hitoshi.

"Oh, what is it? Could it be that you guys are jealous or something?" she joked.

"More like we feel sorry for the guy, knowing that he now has to put up with you too." Robbie told her.

"Please, you guys can't live without me and you know it!" she declared. "Besides, he seemed like a nice guy. He probably needs a friend or two. God knows we're on the same boat." she told him.

"Well, he did seem like a nice guy." Kamala said.

"I guess." Hitoshi said.

"Um… h-he has nice shoes…" Valerie commented.

The only one that still remained in silence was Robbie. Something that Annie was quick to notice.

"Anything to add to the conversation, Sunny-Boy?" she asked.

"... Only that I still feel sorry for the guy, now that he has to deal with you." he joked.

"Whatever, let's just go and get something to eat. I'm starving." Annie said.

"Of course you are." Robbie said.

"I mean, I could probably go for a double portion of Falafel if you ask me." Kamala said.

"I-I'm a bit hungry too." Valerie commented, making Robbie sigh and turn to Hitoshi.

"Have I ever mentioned that I'm glad you're somewhat normal?" he asked the japanese boy.

He in turn, smiled as he looked at Annie, the other girls and then Robbie himself before answering.

"I don't know man. I think it's more like we're somewhat weird and not the other way around." he said.

"... You know what? Fuck it, any sense of normality in my life died a long time ago. And meeting you people just butchered it beyond repair. We're all a bunch of weirdos!" he said.

"Yep and I wouldn't want it another way!" Kamala said, with a smile.

With the declaration of them being a bunch of weirdos now out of the way, the five kids all started to walk away. But not far from the entrance of the building, a brunette looked at what had happened and smiled.

"Thank goodness he seems ok." she thought, relieved that the boy of green hair looked better than when she last saw him. She was also glad that that red-haired girl took some of her time to talk to him. She seems like a nice girl to talk to.

But now that one of her worries was out of the way, she needed to do something else. She needed to go and see if she could help the boy of green hair the same way he helped her.

… Even if it meant ruining her chance of getting in U.A.

It's been around a week since the entrance exam.

After the exam and after eating something, the group of five all headed to their respective homes. Ever since then, they have barely talked to one another. The nerves and anxiety of having to wait for the results of the exam were eating them so much, that they just unspokenly agreed not to talk to one another so as to try and ease their anguish.

Key word being try.

Despite that, they were all still feeling like they were slowly sinking in quicksand or something. Knowing that eventually, they will be swallowed by the earth itself without them being able to do anything about it. Their only salvation was a rope to descend from the heavens or something so that they could pull themselves out. And in this weird analogy, the results were the rope.

Right now, Annie was simply lying in her bed, staring at the ceiling of her room, with the only sound that filled the atmosphere being Speedy chewing on something. For a moment, her head turned to her nightstand, where her phone was. Looking at the cracked screen of her phone, she was debating on whether or not to call them. Maybe one of them just got their results, it wouldn't hurt to ask right? But if that's the case, what if the results say something that's not what any of them wanted?

Maybe she shouldn't… but if that was the case, then they would surely appreciate their friends to be with them in their worst moment, right? She surely would.

But what if they take it the wrong way? What if they take it as pity or something?

Maybe it was best to wait.

That was the debate that the young girl found herself in. Which would have no doubt gone for more hours if not for the fact that her thoughts were disturbed. By who? Who else but her sweet and lovely big sister, who called for her in the most gentle and caring way possible.

"ANNA-MAY! GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE QUICKLY! AND BY QUICKLY I MEAN THAT YOU BETTER BE HERE BY YESTERDAY!"

Well, either she just discovered that Annie had accidentally dropped her toothbrush to the toilet, or she was calling for her to tell her that she won the lottery or that she was engaged with both Chris Hemsworth and Henry Cavil at the same time with LeBron James making the ceremony official or something.

… Good thing she had already written most of her will.

Walking towards the living room, she saw Mayday, looking at her with eyes that looked like a mix between Gollum and Jack Torrence.

"Well, it was nice knowing you everyone."

"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?!"

"What do you mean 'took you so long'? It's barely been two minutes at most."

"I TOLD YOU TO GET HERE QUICKLY!"

"What is it with you today? Is it that time of the month already, or what?"

"WHAT DID YOU SAID?!" the elder Parker sister yelled, making the younger one gulped and shiver in fear for saying something so idiotic.

"I-I-I mean… have I ever told you just how much I appreciate your presence in this family?" she sheepishly asked, terrified of what her sister might do to her.

"What is going on here?" Mary Jane asked, entering the room with Benjy in arms.

"IT'S-"

"Mayday Parker, I had to deal with three Karens yesterday at the boutique. My head is killing me and I sure as heck am not going to spend the next half an hour calming your crying baby brother down because his older sister decided to yell for no reason. So either lower your voice, or you're going to be dealing with a very, very irritated mother all day long, do I make myself clear?" she asked with a stern voice that scared both girls more than that time that they watched the Exorcist at three A.M with their uncle Kaine.

"S-S-S-Sorry mom! Won't happen again!" Mayday promised their mother.

"That is nice to hear." the mother replied. "Now, care to explain, the reason behind all the shouting?"

"Oh right!" she said, turning to her younger sister. "The results of the entrance exam for U.A just got here!" she said, showing an envelope at hand.

"WHAT?!" Annie shouted, rushing to her sister's side, as Mary Jane sighed.

"I swear, sometimes you two don't make my job easy." she mumbled.

Whatever, she was going to let it slide, if only because this was something important to Annie… that and the fact that before Benjy could show signs of crying, Gog came into the room with a bunch of clothes all over his head, which made him laugh. He probably ran into her closet when he heard the screaming or something.

Walking to where her daughters were standing, she looked how the two were staring at the envelope with the U.A seal.

"Well, aren't you going to open it?" she asked her.

"S-Should I?" she asked.

"Last time I checked, that's the only way you can learn what a letter says." she said.

"Y-Yeah… you're right…. Mayday open it." she said, handing her the letter.

"Wait what?"

"You're right, I need to burn it. Quick hand me a lighter or some matches."

"You are not going to burn anything young lady, do you hear me?" MJ said.

"Yeah, what am I thinking?" she asked, only for her to look at their interdimensional pet, who has just freed himself from the clothes that were on top of him. "Gog, here! Eat this!"

"What?!"

"Okay, this is getting ridiculous, give me that!" an annoyed MJ said, grabbing a hold of the envelope.

"Wait no!" Annie said, as she gripped the envelope as well.

"Why don't you want to open it then?!" the mother of the Parker siblings asked.

"Because!... because… I'm afraid…" she said

"Afraid of what?" Mayday asked.

"... of not making it… of failing… that I'm not good enough…" she replied, her voice lowering as the words left her mouth.

Mary Jane's gazed soften when she heard that. "Oh honey…" she said, letting go of the envelope and placing her hand on her daughter's left cheek. "Look sweety, this may sound bad, but sometimes you fail. That's the reality of things, as hard as it is to accept." she said.

Annie heard the words of her mother and looked down on the ground. But then, her mother kept on talking.

"But, sometimes you do make it. Sometimes, you do get to win. But you won't know unless you try it, unless you're willing to accept the fact that maybe you'll fail… You won't know it unless you take the first step." she told her in a comforting manner. "Besides I know for a fact that you are getting accepted."

"How do you know?" Annie asked.

"Are you kidding? I've lived with enough hero drama for most of my life for me not to tell when someone is hero material. And whether your father and I like it or not, you have what it takes to be one of the best." she told her, with a smile. "I mean, this is supposed to be a hero school. They will be pretty stupid if they were to not let you in." she told her.

Then, she remembered the last thing that her father had told her before leaving for Japan.

"You girls, along with your brother are my pride and joy and I know for a fact, that U.A will get lucky to have someone as splendid and bright as you as a student."

She let out a small smile to form, taking a firm grip at the envelope with both her hands, she looked at it and the logo of Japan's number one hero school. She took a deep breath and started to open the envelope with trembling hands. Both her sister and mother both placed a hand at each of the girl's shoulders and smiled at her. Benjy also smiled at her older sister and even Gog gave her a thumbs up… well, it was probably more him telling them that he managed to free his head from a Christmas sweater more than a show of support, but she was going to take what she could get.

Once opened, she pulled out a letter and to her surprise, some sort of… was that a cup holder?

She decided to take a look at the object up close and once she did, she found that it was not a cup holder. No, no, no it was… a futuristic cup holder! Or some weird science thingy.

After looking at it for a couple of seconds, she decided to place the futuristic cup holder on the table and just when she did… it turned on?! Futuristic or not, since when did cup holders lighted up?! Was this something that Japan does? A thousand questions filled her head, but they were all silences when the light generated a hologram before their eyes.

Since when did schools start to do that?! Is this a Japan thing to do?!

Well, one thing's for sure, at least Benjy seems to enjoy the light show… then again he also enjoys when someone shows him anything that's shiny and makes weird noises. After a second or two, the hologram showed what looked like a set of some game show with the logo of U.A in the background… ok, seriously what is it with Japan and their over the top… everything?!

"Hey, hey, hey, how's it going my lovely public!" Present Mic suddenly popped into the picture… hologram… whatever!

"Oh great, he's one of the loud ones, isn't he?" Mary Jane sighed.

"How's it going Hype Girl?! I'm sure that you've been itching for this day to come, haven't you?!" the pro-hero asked, making May and MJ look at the young red-headed weird.

"Hype Girl? What's up with that?" her sister asked.

"I uh… kinda pulled a mom back there." she awkwardly said.

"I'm sorry, a what now?" Mary Jane asked, making the two sisters flinch. "Care to tell me since when was that a thing? And what does 'pulling a mom' means exactly?"

"Uuuhhh… please tell me there's a forward button in that thing!" Mayday begged her sister, who was trying to find said button, or anything to avoid the awkward explanations with their mother.

"Don't think I'm letting go of this that easily!" she told them.

Thankfully for the two sisters, the message finally started to continue.

"Anyway, in all honesty I wasn't supposed to be doing this little message of ours. But the big guy was starting to get his throat a little sore from doing this a couple dozen times or so, so a few of us decided to help out." he explained, making the three women wonder just who exactly this big guy was supposed to be. "And seeing how your message had yet to be recorded, I offered to do the honors of doing it myself!"

"Yippy." Mary Jane said, with no enthusiasm whatsoever.

"Anyway, we have scheduled to meet, so let's jump right to the details. Can I get an okay?!" he yelled while striking a pose. However, the entire room stood silent, with their expressions either being that of confusion or just plain annoyance.

"Um… okay?" Annie said.

"This may be a recording, but I'm sure that you and I are in the same boat Hype Girl!"

"Annie, don't encourage him." Mary Jane said.

"Okay, where was I?... Oh right, the results!" he said, clearing his voice before continuing. "Let's just get this little bit out already! You killed it in the written portion! Seriously, it wasn't even close! You and some other kid, not only have the highest grades of any foreigner student that we ever had, but some of the highest, period!" he said, making the young girl smile as well as the rest of her family. "I mean, the fact that you score that high even with a language barrier?! Props dear listener! Why, I remember when I was your age, I got so nervous that I ended up writing my name in a question that I couldn't understand. AND IT WAS A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST! Can you believe that?! Someone like me pulling that kind of jiggery-pokery at fifteen?!" he laughed.

"I don't know, I think I can actually picture it." Mary Jane said with a smile.

At the same time as this was going on, somewhere else on Musutafu, Kamala and Nozami Aikawa were also looking at the results of the inhuman girl from Jersey.

"With the explanation as to why I'm the one recording the message out of the way, let me just state that your grade in the written portion of the exam was average, maybe a little above average. But then again, the fact that you had to take the test on a language not native to you probably had to do with your results." said a human that resembled a big cinderblock to a certain extent.

He was Ishiyama Ken, or as most people would probably know him better; the pro-hero Cementos.

"I guess I should have listened to Annie and Robbie then." Kamala said, with a bit of humor.

"Don't worry miss Khan, while some could say that your results in the written exam weren't exactly noteworthy, that all changes when we look at your feats during the practical exam." the pro-hero said, getting the girl's attention.

"No way, no way, no way, no way, MY WARDEN IS A GENIUS!" Yu shouted, after hearing that Robbie had the second highest score out of any foreigner that has taken the U.A entrance exam.

"GENIUS, GENIUS GENIUS!" Gabe yelled, joining Yu in their mutual celebration, much the embarrassment of Robbie.

"Would you two keep it down?! These kinds of things are the exact same reasons as to why the other tenants complain about us!" he told the pair.

After calming down a little bit, the trio decided to turn their attention to the message once more. And good thing they did since the one in the recording, a pro-hero named Vlad King, started to speak again.

"Congratulations are more than deserved. This is quite the impressive feat young man. You should feel proud of what you accomplished." the blood hero congratulated him. "Now, as for the practical portion of the exam…" he said.

Meanwhile, at the small state owned by Tony Stark, Valerie, Nadia and Jarvis were all in the living room, listening carefully to the message from U.A. The teacher in question was the pro-hero Snipe. Who, as Nadia pointed, looked like some kind of steam-punk cowboy.

"You obtained a total of twenty five villain points during the practical side of the exam. Along with your respectable grade during the written portion that should be about enough to have you accepted to U.A." he said, to the relief of the blue girl. "I must say it was quite impressive, especially considering that your abilities are not the most combat ready and fall more in the category of support more than anything else."

"Congrats Val!" Nadia congratulated her adoptive older sister, hugging her with all the strength that she had.

"T-Thanks… but, I'm not sure if I actually deserve it…" she said, looking down on the floor. "I-I mean, I heard that there were some that got about twice the amount of points that I did… I-I'll probably be staying at the general course or something… " she said a little let down.

Both the young genius and the butler looked at her expression with sadness in their eyes. They wanted to say something, but then, the message kept on talking.

"However, there is more to the practical exam than just beating up robots." said the pro-hero, getting everyone's attention. "After all, everyone can throw a punch at someone else. But this is a hero school… so tell me, miss Van Dyne, what kind of hero school would we be if we were to turn a blind eye to the very action that defines the essence of what it means to be a hero?" he said.

Soon, the screen that was behind the teacher lit up and showed two words written. It probably had to do with how the practical test was graded, since one of the words was villain. But it was the other word that surprised Valerie.

" ...R-Rescue?" she read out loud.

"The practical test was not graded solely on villain points. And we did not say anything about this particular part of the grading system, because we knew you would do it immediately." he said, to the confusion of the two girls. "Now, I'm sure you must be asking yourself, if rescuing people is part of the essence of what it makes a hero, then why would we not tell you about it? The answer is quite simply, because a hero rescues people, not because someone told him or her to do so, but because that's what they do. That's their nature and because it's the right thing to do. We wanted you kids to realize that on your own, because that's what it means to be a student here. And it looks like you figured it out." he said.

"No… way… Annie and Robbie were up to something when they mentioned the zero pointer!" Kamala exclaimed, after hearing what Cementos had said. "Oh for the love of… how did I never consider that before?!"

As for Robbie, back in his own apartment, he stared at the hologram for a couple of seconds, before turning to face his legal guardian. who by the looks of things, seemed to have seen this coming. Considering that she had quite the grin on her face.

"Y-You knew about it, didn't you?" he asked her.

"Maybe~!" she replied with a mischievous laugh.

"With that being said, I must congratulate you for being able to see through things on your own." Vlad said, getting the boys attention. "You could have gone out of your way and destroyed more faux villains. After all, that was your instructions, yet time and time again, during your time at the exam, you opted to aid your fellow examinees whenever they needed. Even if some of them did not thank you in a proper manner."

"You can say that again." Robbie said.

"These points were not just earned by the same means as the villain points. They are awarded, only given to those that were chosen by a panel of judges, whom graded your actions appropriately!" the pro-hero said.

"And now, my lovely listener, the time you've been waiting for… IS AT HAND!"

Anna-May Parker

Villain Points: 35

Rescue Points: 41

Valerie Vector Van Dyne

Villain Points: 25

Rescue Points: 50

Roberto Reyes

Villain Points: 41

Rescue Points: 33

Kamala Khan

Villain Points: 35

Rescue Points: 22

"Y-You're kidding… I got that high…?" Kamala asked, looking at her position on the board.

"Young girl, you've proven to be quite the… magnificent individual." Cementos said with a smile.

"Holy…" was the only thing that Robbie was able to say, looking at his placement.

"I believe I've already stated just how impressive this is." the blood hero said, smiling at the camera. But for him, it felt like he was smiling at him.

"Wow! You got third place!" Nadia congratulated the blue girl, who remained in schock.

"Congratulations, miss Valerie!" Jarvis told the girl.

"Second place, alright!" the pro hero shouted.

"That's awesome Annie!" the elder of the Parker sisters said, wrapping her arms around her younger sister.

"Not just awesome… it's marvelous!" their mother said, with Benjy happily chuckling and clapping at her sister's accomplishments.

And so, the pro-hero and teacher called for their attention once more. He extended his hand up front and told her 'Come… '

Cementos rose his hand towards the young inhuman, and with a smile uttered the words 'Come… '

Vlad allowed himself to smile even wider than before and extended his hand at where the boy was. And with pride in his voice, said 'Come…'

Snipe tipped his hat towards the child of the Avengers before extending his arm to her. And with acknowledgement, said Come… '

"... Come, young Midoriya… " the symbol of peace said, extending his hand to the once quirkless boy. Tears running down his faceas he heard the words that he never expected to hear. "This is your hero academia!"

Inside his room, having almost accepted the fate that others always told him was his, sat Izuku Midoriya. Against all odds, despite all the bumps in the road, he sat in his room, hearing his childhood hero utter the words that he always wanted to hear.

"Y-Yes!" he said, his voice breaking, for the joy he was feeling was incalculable.

And as he started to wipe the tears in his eyes, he could have sworn to have heard a 'Well done, my boy' and smiled.

"Congratulations, miss Khan! You earned this!" Cementos told the inhuman from Jersey.

"I expect you here soon, mister Reyes!" Vlad told the dual-eyed boy.

"Well done, miss Van Dyne!" Snipe told the human hybrid.

"Congrats Hype Girl… this is all on you!" Present Mic told Annie.

And so, everything was silent for a bit. And after some silence, the families of all those who passed cheered.

"I did it, miss Aikawa! I actually did it!" Kamala celebrated, her eyes already preparing to release the tears that were already forming in her eyes.

"You did sweety! I'm proud of you, as I'm sure your parents will be too!" the elderly woman told the happy girl.

"Congratulations Robbie! I knew you could do it!" Yu screamed, tackling Robbie with a hug, with tears of joy and pride in her eyes.

"Robbie, Robbie YAY!" Gabe said, also hugging his brother as best as possible.

As for the young boy, he remained stuned for a moment. Then, what had happened sinked in. He did it, he passed the exam. And so, he smiled, letting a small tear or two run down his face as he hugged back Yu and Gabe.

"Y-Yeah… guess I did…" he said, closing his eyes as he let the moment last as long as possible. "Guess… guess I can be a hero, after all."

"You did it, you did it, you did it, you did it, YOU DID IT!" Nadia screamed, celebrating the victory of her sister.

"... I-I… I-I…" the girl tried to say, but stuttered every time she tried to say something. So she turned to Jarvis, who was smiling at the girl. "J-Jarvis… d-do you… d-do you think that t-" she was trying to say, but was interrupted, when a hand was placed on her shoulder.

Looking up, she saw that it was the beloved Avengers' butler, smiling at her. "Miss Valerie… I'm sure that they'll be static beyond words." he said.

Valerie heard what he said and cried. She cried tears of happiness and joy and smiled. Being hugged by two of the most important people in her world.

Annie stood silent after hearing what she heard. She did not say a thing. Simply turning the hologram off and without a word, walked towards her room. Both her mother and sister looked at this in confusion.

"Annie?" called her mother.

"Hey sis, are you ok?" asked Mayday.

Annie stopped walking and without turning, answered. "... Y-Yeah… I-I'm fine…"

"Are you sure?" Mary Jane asked her daughter.

"D-Don't worry mom… I-I was just… going to my room…" she said, finally turning around, to reveal her smile and watery eyes. "I just… I'm going to get my phone… I need to call dad!" she said, letting a few tears fall down, yet giving out a big smile.

The two older women smiled and nodded at the girl. Annie did as well and started to walk to her room again, not before catching a glimpse of both her mother and sister celebrating like crazy. She chuckled a bit and afterwards, brought her hand to her chest. She felt her heart beating as well as something else. A sense of pride, of achievement.

She was happy.

This was her thing.

And she couldn't wait to tell her dad about it.

She couldn't wait for the first day of school and for her to be able to spend it with all of her new friends. She felt like this was only the beginning. And she hoped for things to get better and better from that moment onwards.

Meanwhile in another part of the city, a student looked at the message that came from U.A. The student heard the message clearly. And the student had a couple of tears running down. And what was the message?

That he managed to get into U.A.

Next Chapter: First day of School.

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