"It took you eight seconds to be quiet. That's eight seconds wasted," The caterpillar rolls around and reveals the face of a truly dead inside man. He had long, unkempt black hair, black eyes, and pale skin.
"Sorry if I was contemplating how I got high when I saw a human sized caterpillar in the middle of the hallway," Nariko calls out, making the man glare at her while drinking from a jelly pouch.
The man crawls out of the sleeping bag and slouches into the classroom, dragging the bag with him. He stands behind the podium and gives a lazy bow.
"I'm your homeroom teacher, Aizawa Shōta. Nice to meet you," The man drawls, digging through his sleeping bag. "It's kind of sudden, but put this on and go out onto the field." He holds up the UA PE uniform.
"I like him!" Nariko thinks, grinning widely. She follows after her classmates and grabs a uniform, grabbing an extra small.
"You're the electricity girl from the entrance exams! Your Quirk is so awesome!" A 15 year old girl with pink skin, curly pink hair, and gold eyes exclaims while they walk towards the female locker room.
"Thanks!" Nariko beams, slightly surprised by the sudden exclamation. "I'm Kaminari Nariko."
"Ashido Mina. I hope we can be chaotic dumbasses together!" The pink skinned girl states with a mischievous grin. Nariko giggles and nods her head.
"UA won't know what hit 'em," Nariko jokes, making Mina laugh. A floating uniform skips over to the two and squeals.
"Kaminari-chan, I love your socks! They're so cute!" The floating uniform compliments, making Nariko smile brightly.
"Thank you! Someone donated a pack of them to a thrift store and they weren't even out of the packaging!" Nariko says brightly. "I wanted to wear the pink ones, but it's against UA's dress code." The trio of girls walk into the female locker room.
"I'm Hagakure Tōru! We should totally go shopping together! Thrift stores are so underated," The invisible girl says cheerfully, the yellow haired teenager beaming at the invitation.
"Of course Hagakure-chan!" Nariko answers just as cheerful as the invisible girl. Nariko squeaks in surprise when she walks into someone.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking at where I was going," The short teenager says, looking up at the 15 year old girl she ran into. She was a little more than a head taller than Nariko with long black hair pulled up into a spiky ponytail, slanted black eyes, and fair skin. She smiles softly down at Nariko, making the yellow haired teenager avert her gaze bashfully.
"It's alright. I probably shouldn't be standing in the middle of the entrance," The black haired teenager says, moving out of the way. Nariko grins up at the taller girl and walks towards one of the lockers.
"I'm Yaoyorozu Momo. Your introduction earlier was incredibly... interesting Kaminari-chan," The taller girl says, making Nariko giggle while she takes off her cardigan.
"Thank you, Yaoyorozu-chan! I love to make entrances," Nariko says as she takes off her uniform.
"Isn't it against dress code to not wear the UA jacket?" A girl, only an inch taller than Nariko, with short, dark purple hair, dark purple eyes, and fair skin points out while she starts taking off her uniform.
"Yep!" Nariko answers cheerfully, not giving any care about the dress code. She never did and she never will.
Nariko grins brightly while she stands with the rest of her class. She makes sure her gym jacket is tied around her waist tightly so her pants wouldn't fall. Damn her small stature.
"So what are we doing that'll be leagues better than being forced to attend orientation, Aizawa-Sensei?" Nariko asks excitedly, leaning on the balls of her feet. The black haired man gives her an unreadable stare.
"You all will be taking a test that will tell me how well you are with your Quirk. A Quirk Apprehension Test if you want to call it something," Shōta answers dryly. Nariko raises her hand, jumping up and down. Shōta sighs heavily and gives her a glare.
"Will it be like the stupid physical tests we were required to take in junior high? Ooh! Also, love your style! Is it homeless hobo zombie?" Nariko asks, Eijirō elbowing her side with a wide-eyed stare.
Shōta glares heavily at Nariko, mouth slowly turning into a scowl.
"I can already tell you'll be problematic in my class," Shōta states with no emotion. "Yes. Think of this as a physical test, but you are allowed to use your Quirks."
"Thanks!" The yellow haired teenager accepts her teacher's answer with a bright smile.
"Since you're so eager," Shōta takes out a softball and tosses it at Nariko, "what was your highest softball throw in junior high, Kaminari?"
"55 meters," Nariko answers without missing a beat. It's the personal record she's tried to beat ever since her first year in junior high.
"Stupid for slacking!" Nariko scolds herself quietly while she pushes up the sleeves of her cardigan.
"Try it with your Quirk. Stand in the circle over there," Shōta instructs while pointing to the white circle behind him. The short girl smiles brightly and skips over to the circle. She hums softly, tossing the softball up and catching it.
"What should I do... I could increase the velocity..." Nariko continues tossing the ball between her hands, stopping in the middle of the circle.
"Hurry up," Shōta says impatiently. Nariko rolls her eyes and continues thinking. Small tendrils of electricity appear from her hands and start surrounding the softball. The softball goes up into the air higher, yellow electricity leaving a tail behind it. It stalls in the air, Nariko grinning widely.
"'Your electricity can make things faster. It takes a lot of control to keep your electricity compacted into the object you want to go faster while you 'charge' it.'"
"Should be enough." Nariko sighs and holds her hand out. The softball falls and lands in her hand.
Nariko immediately pulls back her arm and throws the softball as hard as she could, adding a bit more electricity. The ball flies through the air, leaving a yellow streak of lightning in its wake as it goes. The streak quickly starts to disappear while the ball starts to descend. A few moments pass before a small beep sounds through the air.
"Oh~! 924.437 meters's a decent number, yeah?" Nariko asks, glancing at the tablet in Shōta's hand showing her softball throw distance.
"Surprising. You're too carefree about any of this," Shōta states. The yellow haired teenager giggles and shrugs her shoulders.
"Probably!" Nariko skips back over to the class and gives Mina, Eijirō, and Hanta a bright smile.
"This is gonna be so awesome!" Mina exclaims, Nariko humming in agreement.
"'This is gonna be so awesome', hm?" A terrifying grin grows on the tired man's face. "Then, whoever takes last place will be expelled."
"My wig is snatched," Nariko says with wide eyes. "Expulsion? On the first day?!"
"Bakugō Katsuki, you're next." Shōta tosses another softball towards a 15 year old boy with spiky blonde hair, crimson red eyes, and fair skin. The boy huffs smugly and catches the ball with one hand.
"Your Quirk is so manly, bro!" Eijirō exclaims. Nariko blushes and scratches the back of her head with a bright smile appearing on her face.
"Thanks Kirishima-kun! I bet yours is just as manly," Nariko says brightly. Eijirō laughs nervously and waves his hand in dismissal.
"Nah. I can only harden my body. It's nothing special, like yours or Ashido's," Eijirō says, hardening his arm as a display of his Quirk to Nariko.
"That's so cool!" Nariko compliments, bothered by Eijirō's low opinion of his own Quirk.
A loud explosion stops Nariko from saying anything more. She yelps in fear and immediately goes down to the ground, hands over her ears.
"DIE!" The blonde shouts loudly as his explosion makes the softball rocket into the air. Nariko lets out a large breath, taking her hands away from her ears.
"Jesus H. Christ! Could you have at least sent out a warning before you yeeted the damn softball?!" Nariko bursts out, sitting on her knees.
"Me walking up was enough of a warning!" Katsuki snarls angrily.
"Me walking up was enough of a warning~," The yellow haired teenager mocks Katsuki, "I didn't know what your damn Quirk was, genius!"
Nariko slowly stands up and takes a deep breath. She glances at the tablet their teacher was holding while letting out the breath.
"Nice distance. Your Quirk's cool, by the way," She compliments, running a hand through her hair.
"You're gonna say that shit after mocking me?!" The blonde exclaims, Nariko rolls her eyes and nods her head.
"Well yeah," She answers with a shrug, "I just did."
"Why you–"
"If you two say another word to each other, I will expell both of you right now," Shōta cuts through the tension. Katsuki growls under his breath and stomps his way towards the class. Nariko crosses her arms and stays quiet.
Shōta glares at both of them before calling out the next name, resuming the test.
"Nope. Nothing's wrong Nariko. Your hands are not trembling. Focus on the ground. The ground hurt you. Bad ground." Nariko balls up her trembling hands, clenching the fabric of her cardigan.
"–alright, Kaminari-chan?" Tōru's voice pierces through Nariko's thoughts, making her jump. She looks up and blinks a few times before smiling brightly.
"Oh, yeah. I don't like sudden loud noises. They hurt my ears," Nariko explains while messing with one of her ears.
"Good luck during the test, Hagakure-chan!" Nariko adds with a thumbs up.
"You too, Kaminari-chan!" Tōru says, taking the hint to drop the subject.
Nariko hums a quiet tune while she starts stretching her arms.
"I've got to focus. I refuse to be expelled right when I've taken the next step to helping my family." She thinks to herself. Determination burns bright in her gold eyes. She do everything to the best of her ability.
Yo. Hope you like the new chapter! Bye!
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