"Ok, everyone. Thanks for your hardwork. Now I will announce the results, but before that I will tell you about the scoring system. Between those of us at the Heroes Public Safety Commission and HUC, we had a two-fold demerit system we used while watching you. In other words, we were evaluating you on how few mistakes you made in a crisis situation. Anyway, the names of those who passed are listed in order. Please check the list keeping those words in mind."

I looked up and saw my name at the top of the list. I sweat-dropped. I mean, I'm glad I passed and all. Aizawa and Gang Orca should be happy about that, but why was my name at the top?

I looked again and noticed nearly everyone in our class had passed. "Except..." I turned my head to see Bakugo with a dark blue aura...Kirishima grabbed my shoulders and shifted me back a little. I frowned. How did Bakugo not pass? I looked around and saw the wind guy, Yoarashi, freaking out. I'm not surprised that he didn't pass, not with the way he and Todoroki were flipping out at each other when we had bigger problems. I guess that means Todoroki failed too.

I sighed. We are never going to hear the end of it...

"Two of our best didn't pass?"

"You should rethink your abusive language. Words are important, you know."

I face-palmed as Bakugo glared at Kaminari and Kaminari looked like he might faint from fright.

"Shut up. I'll kill you."

"You're not helping, Kaminari..."

"I don't need your help! I'll kill you, too!"

I shrugged and walked away. "You know where I am when you calm down."

"Um, next we will pass out your results. They will give you a breakdown of your scores, so please like them over carefully. The cutoff score was 50 points. We scored based on a demerit system. You can see how many points were taken off for which actions all listed out on the printouts."

A man in a suit walked up to me and handed me mine. "Well done." I took it and frowned as he walked away. What did he mean by that?

"For those of you who passed, from now on, during emergency situations only, you may exercise authority the same as that of pro heroes."

I looked down at my paper and paled. What?! How did that happen?! I wasn't even doing anything. I should have failed!

"In other words, fighting villains, saving people from criminal acts or accidents..."

Mera's voice faded into the back of my mind as I stared at my paper. I stared so hard, the words and numbers become blurry and mixed together. I shook my head and breathed out a couple of times.

"Hey, so how you do?"

I looked up and saw the Shiketsu girl who had kept waving at me. "Uh, I did ok. I guess."

"Lemme see!"

I folded the paper quickly and placed it in my bra. That didn't stop her and she put her hand in and grabbed it. My face went blank and I sighed. "You know, you're as bad as Mineta..."

The girl opened the paper. "Who's Mineta?"

"Never-mind...Who are-"

The girls face lit up as she read the paper. "Ohmygosh! That is amazing! You must be so excited! He'll be so happy with you!"

I frowned. "What?"

She ignored me and kept talking. "And it'll be good to have someone on our side, don't you think?" She giggled, bouncing on her feet and holding the paper up to her face. Wait a minute...I recognize that action...I widened my eyes and gasped. "Toga?"

The girl's eyes shifted towards me and she gave a slight grin. She leaned over to my ear, folding the paper again and replacing it into my bra. "Tomura is going to be so pleased with his little sister. I think even Kurogiri will be impressed, despite his clear dislike for you. I think it's great. Now you can do what we can't." She pulled back, looking me straight in the eyes. "Now you can do Stainy's work in plan view." She pouted. "I'm kinda jealous. Oh well. I'll see you around."

She walked off leaving me staring after her. What the hell?

It was probably her quirk.

"It was definitely her quirk, alright..."

Walking outside, I was finally able to breathe. I looked around. He said he would be...I grinned, then sweat-dropped. Gang Orca was standing next a wall and surrounded by fan-girls. There were a couple of boys too. Heh, I bet he's loving that.

"-got this chance, do you want to do a joint practice sometime?"

"Huh?" I turned my head and a tick mark appeared. That Joke lady was talking to Aizawa again. I really didn't like that woman and I hoped he said no...

"Yea, that might be good."

Oh hell...I sighed and looked back at Gang Orca. It seemed he spotted me, but couldn't get away. I covered my mouth, laughing. I wandered over and leaned my shoulder on a pillar behind everyone. "Oh wow! Is that Kamui Woods and Mt Lady?!"

Everyone pivoted and took off looking for them.

"Thanks for that."

I grinned. "Oh yea. Like you weren't enjoying yourself, being fawned over like that."

"Not by them."

I felt my cheeks go red, and looked away. "Yea well. I know you well enough by now."

He chuckled. "You passed! That's great. How was your scoring? What do you need to improve on?"

I hesitated. "Probably need to do more teamwork, I'd reckon..."

He crossed his arms and gave me a look. "You need to work on teamwork?"

I nodded. "Yea. I basically let Todoroki do all the work in the first test, and the second test I was basically on my own the entire time."

"Helping at the first aid."

"By myself."

"Prioritizing the first aid when the villains showed up."

"I argued with that Shindo guy."

"But stood your ground and stayed because you knew that's where you were better off being."

I scowled.

"So, how did you really do?"

"Well..."

"Kitia!"

We both looked up and saw Doc waving. I frowned. "Uh, I think I should go. Can I talk to you later?"

Gang Orca nodded, squeezing my shoulder before he left. I walked over to Doc, who was leaning on his car. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm picking you up and taking you home myself."

"Home?"

"Well, back to campus. Come on."

I looked over at Aizawa. He saw me and nodded. I sighed. "Alright, so I don't need to tell Mr Aizawa. Let's go."

I got into the car and started away.

"So, how did you do?"

"I passed." I took out the licence card and showed him.

"Well done. Of course, I expected you to pass anyway."

"You have that much faith in me?"

"Of course. What kind of guardian would I be if I didn't?"

"Yea well..."

Doc looked at me briefly, then back at the road. "What's wrong?"

I shifted. "Nothing's wrong, per say..."

"Ok, so what's not wrong, then?"

I pulled out the bit of paper with my score on it. I folded it so only the score showed and passed it over. He quickly glanced at it, then handed it back.

"That's an impressive score. You're not happy with it?"

"It's not that I'm not happy about it, but I don't feel I should've scored that high. Not with what the tests were. I've showed two people my score. You and Toga."

Doc frowned. "Toga? That Stain enthusiast girl?"

I nodded. "Yea. She was there too. Heh. Turns out her quirk is transforming into people."

"That could be handy."

"Yea, but I still don't know if I can fully trust her yet. I mean, I'm even starting to doubt Twice's loyalty."

"Hmm. I see. Perhaps we should just stick to the four of us for now. And what about Dabi? What are we going to do about him?"

I leaned my head on the window. "Don't worry about him. He doesn't take me seriously enough for it to be a problem. Besides, he hates Tomura anyway. Spinner, Compress and Big Sis Mag...Them along with Kurogiri and Toga are big pieces on Tomura's chessboard. Yes, we'll stick with just us for now."

"You have become close with Gang Orca."

I frowned. "What are you implying?"

He shrugged. "Just that perhaps he would come in handy."

I sat up straight and looked at him. "Are you insane? He is the number ten hero. Do you seriously think he'll even listen to what we have to say?"

Doc shook his head. "Not us. You."

I stared at him, then settled back in my seat and closed my eyes. "You really are insane, Doc."

"Only giving you some ideas, Miss Tact."

"Terrible ones, Doc. Terrible ones."

That night back at the dorm, we were all sitting around, trying to relax.

"We've got regular classes tomorrow, huh?"

"There's no rest for heroes."

"But man, a lot sure has happened!"

"I will never forget this summer for the rest of my life."

"It'd be an amazing feat if you did..." I leaned forward on the couch, chewing my lip. I crossed my arms on my legs and put my chin down.

"Something's on your mind."

"Huh? Ah, yea I guess." I stood up and stretched. "I'm going to bed I think..."

"I'll come with you."

I glanced at Mineta, ready to tell him off, but something in his eyes stopped me.

"We'll come too. You're not going alone with him."

I sighed and headed up to my room, being trailed by Mineta, Shouji and Tokoyami.

When we got there, they closed the door and bailed me up.

"So, what's wrong?"

"You've been like this since the exam."

Mineta, surprisingly, said nothing and just watched for my reaction. I thought about it for a second, then sighed. If these three wanted to know something, they wouldn't stop until I spilled. I pulled out the results of the exam paper and unfolded it, handing it to them.

"I'm confused about it, that's all. I don't think I should've gotten that score. I don't get it." I sat heavily on my bed. "I hate being so different, you know."

"You're freaking out because you got a high score?!"

I sighed. "I'm not freaking out, Mineta, I'm just...Got a lot on my mind at the moment, I guess. This just doesn't help with how I'm feeling, that's all."

Tokoyami folded the paper and handed it back to me. "There's something else, isn't there? Something you're not telling us."

I sat with my head down, hair covering my face. What should I say? What should I tell them? I can't very well lie to them, they'd know.

"Yea. There is something, but..." I lifted my head. "I'm just not ready to say anything just yet. It's...a little painful."

"Well, you can tell us when you're ready. We should probably get some rest for tomorrow."

Shouji and Tokoyami left, Mineta stood at the door for a moment.

"What?"

He shook his head. "Something's up with you. I mean, really wrong. You need to tell someone." He hesitated, then stepped back into my room. "You know we're friends, right?"

I frowned. "We're friends?"

"I think of you as a friend, and because we're friends, you can talk to me. About anything."

I stared at him for a second. "Mineta..."

He waved his hand. "Just tell me when you're ready. I won't say anything to anyone." He walked out and closed the door.

What the hell?

Later on that night, I was laying in bed, wide awake. I growled and sat up. "Well, this is irritating. And nobody's awake to talk to."

I got up and put some clothes on, and my shoes. I opened the glass door to my balcony and leaned on the railing.

"Huh? Who's that...?" I squinted, hearing voices.

"-we going? We shouldn't be walking around in the middle of the night like this."

I frowned. "What the hell are those two doing?" I sighed and summoned my wings. I lifted myself into the air and made sure I kept out of sight as I followed Bakugo and Midoriya.

They didn't stop walking until they got to one of the training sites.

"This is Ground Beta..."

"This is the place where we had our first combat training, where I fought and lost to you."

I hid myself in one of the buildings windows higher up, so when Bakugo dropped his voice, I couldn't hear what was being said. What are they doing all the way out here?

"-No, since All Might came to town...Finally for the provisional licences...You passed, but I failed."

Midoriya said something, but I couldn't hear him. He had a much more quiet voice than Bakugo.

"Shut up and listen, damn scum!...You got it from All Might, didn't you?"

I gripped the window ledge. So, that's what this is about? A gift from All Might? Why would Bakugo care about that?

"...Your power...The boss villain apparently he could steal peoples quirks and give them to other people...Lost her quirk and can't work anymore...After you met All Might you changed...What All Might said after he beat the boss villain...All Might and that boss bastard knew each other..."

I leaned out. What? My Master knew All Might?! I let go of the ledge and quickly ran down so I was within hearing distance. I got to the ground floor as quickly as I could without being noticed.

"...who could do it, so it all connected to what you said about receiving your quirk from someone. I asked All Might about it, but he wouldn't answer me. That's why I'm asking you."

Midoriya stayed silent. What were they even talking about? I crept closer to the mouth of the doorway, staying hidden.

"Since you're not denying it, it must be true."

"What're you going to do with the answer?"

"You and I both wanted to be like All Might. That's how it was. Someone I always thought was just a pebble was acknowledged by the person I admired without me realizing it..."

I pressed my finger to the bridge of my nose. Seriously? This is all just because of All Might? Or more specifically, these two vying for All Might's approval? I sighed quietly. And here I was thinking this was going to be interesting. Then again, what 'gift' was Bakugo referring too, and what did that have to do with Midoriya's quirk? I blinked as I remembered something Midoriya said to me ages ago.

That's not true at all. I know of two people who could understand.

Who?

Well, myself for one.

You?

And one other person, but I can't tell you. He might tell you himself, I don't know.

Wait...So, he was saying he understood about being different because his quirk was this gift? He...got it...from All Might.

My eyes widened with realization. And my Master knowing All Might? Where does that fit into everything? My thoughts were interrupted by Midoriya's frantic voice.

"Wait, why does it have to be like this? No, this is bad. We're not supposed to be here. If we're going to fight, at least do it during a free practice or something."

I peeked out with a blank face. Bakugo almost had the same look. I shook my head and ducked back. Bakugo isn't going to actually kill you, mate. He wants to be a hero. Heroes don't intentionally kill people...Well, that's the way it should be anyway. I shook my head. Get out of my head, Stain!

I was testing your true motives. People show their true colours when they're on the verge of death. It's different, but their is desire. A warped sprout of of conviction living inside you. How will you bud?

You have desire. You have potential. What will you do with it?

You look evil sometimes, you know that?

I clapped my hands over my ears. Stop it!

It's ok, you know. I accepted you into this school to keep an eye on you. Too see what you were capable of. To guide you, if nescersary. The USJ Incident just reinforced my thoughts about you. You are a hero, despite how you were raised. You saved Eraserhead, Izuku Midoriya and All Might!

You have great potential, but without someone to guide you the right way, you could go on to become something...A force not to be wreckened with.

I shook my head and squeezed my eyes shut.

All Might? Worried about me? Seriously? I don't believe you. Tsk. Idiot.

I know you don't like me. I don't know why, but it's ok. It's ok, because I like you. I consider you a friend. I'm sure Ashido, Tokoyami, Shouji and Tsu do too. Perhaps the whole class does." He looked at me, still smiling. "You're not a bad person. I just think that bad things have happened to you. You were alone. Well, you're not now.

Perhaps you are confused. What should you do? Who should you trust? What, or who, should you become? What will you do, Kitia? When faced with that decision, what will you do? Principal Nezu is a kind person. He helped you from the start, did you know that? He allowed you into the school, regardless of knowing your history regardless of what you could possibly become.

Please stop!

You don't lack desire and conviction. You are like me. Go. Do what you need to do and I will do the same.

I didn't think you could possibly become anything other than what you going to become. But then, you came into the class and settled well. You made friends, you came to school, you attended classes. You continued to improve until I saw what potential Nezu talked about. I saw who you really are underneath all that self-doubt and questionable morals. You still have a long way to go on the road.

Which path will you choose?

I felt something snap in my mind. I opened my eyes and stopped shaking my head. I stared at the opposite wall and lowered my hands. The noises and shouting coming from outside didn't interest me anymore.

An explosion made me stumble and close my eyes from the dust and rumble, but other than that, I didn't move much.

There was another explosion after a lot of shouting. This one wasn't as close to me as before. I stood up straight, my whole body feeling like a dead weight. I shuffled one foot in front of the other. I probably should go back to my room...My wings appeared as I stepped out of the building and into the alleyway beside it. I vaguely heard All Might's voice, but I had no interest in what was being said. I started running and my wings wrapped themselves around me as I jumped, spinning in the air.

I landed on my balcony and tumbled into my room. I sat up, rubbing my head and looked around. My wings had disappeared and my head was now clear. What the fuck just happened?

I breathed out and stood up, closing the balcony door and curtain. I got undressed again and climbed into bed. Either way, I'm glad I wasn't caught by Aizawa.

I closed my eyes and smirked. Those two weren't so lucky. I don't envy them, that's for sure.

I opened my eyes as my phone started to vibrate. "Huh?" I picked it up and laid flat on my back as I answered it. "Hello?"

I sat up quickly. "Dabi? What the hell?"

"I don't trust Shigaraki."

I leaned my back against the wall. "Is that all? Why do feel that way, huh?"

"You know perfectly well why. He's childish and arrogant, and he doesn't have Stain's views."

"Hm. You think I do?"

He was silent for a second. "More so than your brother."

I sighed. "We're going to have to learn to trust each other, you and I. You also need to start taking me seriously. I might be younger than you, but that doesn't mean I don't deserve respect."

I heard him chuckle. "Of course. I heard from that crazy girl that you passed your exam. Well done. It might come in handy."

I blinked. "Did you...Was that a compliment?"

"I just say things how they are."

I grinned. "I can see that. So...?"

I heard a sigh. "Spinner is trustworthy, so is Big Sis Mag. Spinner keeps Mag in line. Toga is crazy, so I don't suggest trusting her at all. I don't like Twice. I'm still working on Compress. Kurogiri-"

"No." I interrupted him. "Kurogiri is Tomura's number one piece, and also his keeper. That's never going to happen. He hates me, and tries to get me killed every chance he gets."

"I see. And who exactly do you have, then?"

I narrowed my eyes. I knew exactly what he was trying to do. To bad he won't know who I'm talking about. "Dr Death, Hydro and Lio."

"Only those three?"

"'Only those three'. At least mine aren't League members." I muttered into the mouth piece.

I heard a scowl. "I'm working on it. You really are related, huh?"

I poked my tongue out.

"I can feel you poking your tongue out. Stop it." I heard him sigh. "Get back to sleep, you have class in the morning. I'll call you in a few days."

"Alright. Bye."

The line went dead. I stared at the phone. Well then. That was an unexpected conversation.

I grinned. Everything is slowly being pieced together, like a puzzle.