Hello Y'all! Here's chapter 9! Thank you so much for the lovely reviews! I love reading them! PLUS ULTRA! And HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my American readers!
Minami swung her legs as she sat on top of the metal filing cabinet humming to herself, nibbling on some snacks Yagi had given her. She watched Izuku sweat as he dragged more garbage across the sand, despite the dropping temperatures that autumn brought. Since her injury, Recovery Girl had given her strict orders of no physical activity for a week until her ankle finished healing. As a result, she didn't really have much to do during the training sessions at the beach and had been taking extra tutoring lessons throughout the week instead, to her dismay. It was Saturday, and Minami had begged Toshinori to let her come to the beach with him just to get some fresh air, and to do something other than read or study. She had been feeling stir crazy all week at not being able to work out, and desperately wanted to stretch her limbs. With hesitance, Yagi agreed to let her come, with the promise that she do exactly as he say and not do any physical activity.
Toshinori carefully observed the children a few feet away, fully focused on them, and noticed warily that Minami had pulled herself up a very tall filing cabinet, like a cat on its perch. His electric blue eyes focused on her bandaged ankle peeking through the bottom of her jeans. He shook his head as he imagined a strong breeze blowing her off her perch, forcing her to land on her injured ankle, and immediately moved towards her.
"Come little Minami, I don't want you sitting so high up until your ankle is fully healed," reaching up and plucking her off of the tall multi tier filing cabinet, he set her softly on the sand. Minami whined at being moved, sensing a loss of what little freedom she had at that moment.
"Dadddddd, I'm fineeee. I don't want to-"
"Be quiet Minami, no more whining. You will do exactly as I say, that was the deal, remember? Now sit down on the ground where it's safe." Yagi finally snapped and raised his voice at her, losing his patience a bit at her pushing him relentlessly all morning to let her move around, despite agreeing to be immobile.
Hearing the change in Toshi's demeanor, Minami quieted immediately and looked down at her hands as Yagi set her on the sand, nervous to look her father in his eyes. Chancing a glance to his left, he could see even Izuku had stopped what he was doing to regard Toshinori.
Sighing, Yagi felt frustration rip through him as he raked his hand through his wild blond locks. He didn't mean to be so harsh on the girl; he knew she was just antsy at being house bound all week, and frankly he couldn't blame her. But he needed to do what was necessary to make sure she healed correctly, even if he had to be the bad guy for a bit.
Toshinori shuddered as he thought back to Monday when the accident had occurred. They had just finished their lunch break and he hadn't realized Izuku started moving garbage once more. He chose one of the largest items on the beach; a large industrial steel refrigerator. Knowing she wasn't allowed to move any of the garbage as that was Izuku's task alone, Minami had been there to pump him up and cheer him on in his attempt to drag the fridge with ropes. From what Izuku had explained to him in the chaotic aftermath, eventually he was able to get the appliance to creak forward, bit by bit, his strength having increased over the past months of training and clearing garbage.
However, the ropes had gotten tangled around his legs. While jerking his legs around and trying to get the ropes unwrapped, Izuku had tipped the fridge forward just enough to push it off balance, and cause it to fall forward onto him. Izuku was trapped at that moment, but Minami had seen what was happening from where she stood nearby and had moved quickly, using her quirk to propel herself over the sand and push Izuku out of the way. However, it hadn't been enough to completely clear herself from the steel device. The steel behemoth toppled over and caught her on her calf, trapping her underneath.
An ear piercing scream and hysterical crying had sounded across the beach and shook Toshinori to his core. The sound had snapped him out of reviewing the children's training manuals, blood spewing from his own mouth in shock, and caused him to phase into his muscle form, pinpointing the source of all the chaos almost immediately. When he arrived Minami had been trying to push the fridge off her leg with energy blasts, though they weren't nearly strong enough to move the thing. Izuku had been panicked at her side, trying to help pull her out from underneath the appliance.
Making quick work of the fridge, All Might flung it off of her and kneeled down to inspect the damage. What he saw made his heart stop. Her ankle was already black and blue and swollen, with some bone poking through the skin, and blood running out of the wound heavily, staining the sand beneath her ankle. Not wasting anytime, he immediately went into hero mode and carefully gathered her in his arms, keeping her ankle stable, while simultaneously trying to keep her calm in vain, knowing just how excruciating the pain must be. Izuku had been stammering questions and freaking out while explaining what had happened the entire time he gathered the girl into his arms. All Might could only utter one word to the boy with a grave and angered look on his face, the gravity of the situation sapping his normally patient demeanor.
"Stay!" he growled out at the boy, causing him to take several steps back at the tone, and All Might jumped into the air, heading straight for UA, praying that Recovery Girl was there at the moment. Minami passed out not long into the flight. He felt sheer panic rip through him, fearing she may have nicked an artery in her ankle and was losing too much blood.
Once arriving to UA he kicked in Recovery Girl's office door, startling the woman so badly she dropped a box of medical supplies she had been holding at the time, which spread all over the floor. Looking up from the mess, she had been ready to give an earful to whoever dared to break her office door when she took in the scene in front of her. The limp, unconscious girl in All Might's arms whose calves were coated in blood, and the look of pure panic on All Might's face.
"Bring her here, on the table, hurry!" Recovery Girl demanded at once. All Might rushed to lay Minami on the examination table in her office. Reviewing the injury, Recovery Girl gasped at its nasty appearance.
"My word All Might! What happened?!" she cried as she immediately went to staunch the bleeding.
"I….I don't know Chiyo, I just turned around and all hell had broken loose…." All Might stammered, not feeling like his normal confident self as he looked down at his daughter's blood that coated his left side and arm, feeling agonized over the thought of Minami suffering through a gruesome injury.
Recovery Girl had turned to give All Might a tongue lashing at being so absent minded when a loud moaning sound came from Minami, unintelligible words tumbling from her mouth at the pain that was shooting through her as she returned to consciousness, drawing the attention of both adults once more. All Might kneeled down and reached for her hand, giving it a gentle squeeze as his other hand smoothed back her bangs from her face.
"Papa's here, little Minami, everything's going to be alright," his voice cracked as he attempted to reassure her, allowing Recovery Girl to assess the damage on her leg once more. Minami's eyes cracked open and her head slowly turned to face All Might, tears leaking out from the corners of her eyes as she tried with all her strength to stay calm and quiet, but quickly losing that battle.
"Papa….Please….Make it stop…Please." She begged sobbing, grabbing his hand with both of her own and squeezing hard while she tried to stay still. All Might's heart broke at the pleading tone of her request, wanting more than anything to take her place at that moment. He leaned forward and pressed his forehead against her's, squeezing her two hands as tightly as he dared to with his calloused hand, reassuring her.
"We will my girl, we're going to make the pain go away, just hang on a little longer", All Might rumbled against her as he took a moment to glance at Recovery Girl, silently begging for her help. Recovery girl turned around with a syringe in hand filled with a clear liquid.
"It's alright sweetheart, we're going to make it all better," Recovery Girl crooned softly at the girl, gently gripping her bicep as she pushed the needle into her arm and injected her with the substance.
"This is going to make you sleepy so don't fight it, just relax now." Recovery Girl explained as Minami hissed at the cold liquid coursing through her arm.
Within 15 seconds of the injection, All Might saw a relaxed look spread on the girl's face as her pupils dilated, the tension draining from her body. All Might could feel Minami's grip relax completely in his hand. She sighed as she looked at All Might with a half lidded expression on her face.
"Why am I floating?" she murmured tiredly. All Might could only smooth her bangs back once more with his free hand.
"Chiyo, what'd you give her? She's completely out of it." He looked back at Recovery Girl with a shocked look on his face.
I twilighted her All Might, it's when a patient is in between consciousness and anesthesia. While I've already been able to confirm her arteries are fine and were not damaged, I don't feel comfortable putting her out completely until I can get a better idea of how much blood she has lost and what the extent of the damage is.
Bringing out two more syringes, Recovery Girl injected them directly into the wound. All Might couldn't help but wince.
"This will help to keep her leg numb from the knee down for the next several hours." Recovery Girl explained as she walked up to Minami's head and waived her hand in front of her face and snapped her fingers to make sure she was out of it. There was no reaction from the girl as she stared up at the ceiling, blinking slowly. Taking one of her hands, Recovery Girl placed an IV in one of her veins on the back of her hand and hooked up some pain killers to the drip. "I may have to do some minor surgery All Might, depending on how severe the injury is. You're welcome to stay, but you'll still need to be out of my way if that's the case."
All Might looked on with a worried expression, and ran his thumb over Minami's free hand, nodding his understanding to Recovery Girl.
Using surgical tools to hold the wound open, Recovery Girl poked around the injury, then washed the wound out and sprayed a coating of anti-bacterial agent to prevent infection. After several minutes of silence, All Might looked up and saw Recovery Girl removing the surgical tools from the injury and slipping off her latex gloves with a sigh.
"Good news, she's going to be completely fine; this won't inhibit her from becoming a hero. Minami won't require surgery; it was a clean break and there aren't any bone fragments or damaged tissue that need to be removed. She's lost a decent amount of blood, but it's not life threatening. She'll heal up to be as good as new, she's just going to be very sore and tired for a while." All Might released the breath he hadn't realized he was holding, laying his head down on the table next to Minami's in relief for a moment. He pulled his head back up as he felt Recovery Girl's small hand patting him comfortingly on his back.
"It's hard being a parent, isn't it? Much more stressful to worry about your child than it is about yourself. " Recovery Girl sympathized with All Might, "But that's why we're here, to pick our children back up when they fall. She's going to be ok All Might, it's a good thing you got her here as quickly as you did." Recovery Girl leaned forward and placed a big smooch on Minami's pale cheek and paused for a moment to look at her leg. All Might looked on as well, simultaneously fascinated and pleased as her bone cracked and popped back into place, the wound closing up, leaving only an angry red welt with some obvious swelling behind.
"She's used up too much stamina to heal the wound completely, I don't dare take any more energy from her right now. She'll be better off letting it rest for a week at the point I've currently healed it to. Then you can bring her back and I can finish the job after her body has completely recovered from all her training exercises." Recovery Girl explained as she removed the IV from the girl's hand, noting that her pain medication had finished up. She ran her fingers over the palm of Minami's hand after removing the IV, and looked up at All Might irritated.
"I can tell she's begun using her powers more. There are some burn welts on her palms. I'll give you a burn ointment she can use to heal the damage she experiences, but you'll need to be more careful with her, she shouldn't be burning herself over and over again like this."
All Might swallowed and nodded, feeling humbled that his girl was going to be alright due to Recovery Girl's expertise and powerful healing quirk.
Recovery Girl ran her hand up Minami's arm in a comforting fashion. Feeling the toned muscles beneath her fingertips, she smiled. "Overall, I can tell you're doing a great job helping to prep her for the UA entrance exam, and for life as a hero. She's much stronger and larger since I last saw her; you must be feeding her well." Recovery Girl smiled as she moved a stray bang from the girl's face, noticing she had finally fallen asleep due to the pain killers she had been administered from the IV. "Truth be told, I hardly recognize her as that little girl you first brought into my office back in the spring. It's amazing how fast they grow, isn't it?"
All Might smiled softly for the first time since the accident occurred. "Yes, she really has grown, hasn't she?" he looked down at Minami who was peacefully sleeping on the examination table now, taking in how much leaner she looked, and most noticeably her face was no longer round but had grown more angular, like a young adult.
Recovery girl had smiled back cheerfully at that, "Yes well, she's going to be quite the heart breaker with those looks of hers. If she doesn't already, I'm sure she'll have plenty of boys chasing after her in no time once she starts high school." All Might scowled at that statement,
"She doesn't need the distraction of boys right now; there will be plenty of time for that, much, much farther down the road."
Recovery Girl laughed heartily at that, wagging a finger at All Might's pouty look on his face, "Oh so I see you've already had a few encounters?" Recovery Girl giggled as she wrapped Minami's ankle with gauze and a soft cast, enjoying her time teasing the number one hero, before she put the girl's shoes back on and bundled Minami in her jacket so All Might could take her home. Looking up from redressing the girl, Recovery Girl grinned at All Might cheerfully,
"She's good to go, just don't forget to have her take her medicine for the next week, else that ankle will be bothersome for her."
All Might tenderly picked the sleeping girl up, cradling her against his chest as if she were a porcelain doll.
"Just take good care of her All Might, children are a handful, but most of all they're a blessing, especially this one," Recovery Girl patted Minami's good leg before sending the number one hero off.
Toshinori blinked and refocused back on the two children in front of him at Dagobah beach. Remembering what Chiyo said, he smiled softly and let out a sigh as he felt his anger leave him, reaching out to ruffle Minami's loose blonde hair.
"I'm sorry my girl, I didn't mean to snap at you. You just need to be a little more patient, and then you can move freely once more. We'll even do more practice drills with your energy blasts." Toshinori reassured her, smiling. The two children looked at each other and sighed in relief, feeling the tension leave at once as Toshinori's smile shined as brightly as the sun.
Yagi looked at the time on his watch and noted it was 12:30pm, time for lunch. Suddenly, an idea struck him.
"Let's all warm up over a bowl of hot udon soup at the shop down the street, and Minami you can tell young Midoriya here some more about Halloween and what you used to do in the United States to celebrate." The children looked at each other excitedly at the prospect of hot soup and nodded up at Toshinori eagerly. Yagi felt encouraged by their reaction and continued,
"Tomorrow is Halloween, right? Since you can't go trick or treating in Japan, how about we celebrate Halloween over a movie and some candy together tomorrow evening at our home with Young Izuku here?" Yagi smiled at the thought of the young children enjoying some downtime together. Plus, he really owed it to the young boy.
Toshi remembered how he snapped at the boy the day of the accident. He had returned to the beach with Minami bundled up after remembering he had told him to stay there and wait for him. After packing Minami up in the truck and making sure she'd be ok for about 5 to 10 minutes, he went down to the beach to check on Izuku and found him sitting on the sand with his knees up to his chest , sniffling. He felt guilt flood his entire being at the scene, knowing the fault lay mainly with him for not keeping a closer eye on the children; a mistake he won't make again.
He had reassured the boy that everything was ok and had apologized profusely, but Izuku had cried and fretted that Yagi had likely changed his mind about giving him his quirk, and had even insisted at one point in their conversation that he should give his quirk to someone more worthy. Toshinori balked at the notion and had assured the boy that was absolutely not the case, that he was still his heir for OFA. After reassuring him several times more with a hug and several hardy pats on the back, he had sent the boy home to relax for the rest of the day, confirming they would pick up where he left off the following day. Though the boy had been smiling through the remainder of his tears by the time they had finished up their talk, Toshi knew the entire situation had been a big blow to his confidence.
All in all, it had been a rough day for all of them, and they could use time off to just relax and regroup.
Plus, a little candy never hurt any, Yagi thought to himself smiling as the children engaged in excited chatter about Halloween while they walked to the nearest udon shop.
Yagi smiled while he opened the bags of Swedish fish and various chocolates in the kitchen as he heard the children's laughter from the living room. Pouring the assorted bags into one large bowl, he rounded the corner and saw the children wrestling playfully over the prime spot on the large recliner chair.
"Hey hey hey squirts! Take it easy there! I need that chair to make it through the night!" Yagi laughed as he set the bowl of candy on the coffee table. Minami gleefully bumped Izuku out of the chair with a strong kick from her good leg, causing the boy to tumble down to the floor. Izuku scoffed a bit and looked back up at Minami.
"How do you always do that? You always win!" he laughed as he rubbed the sore spot on his lower back.
"Cause I'm the daughter of All Might!" Minami grinned and flexed her two small biceps in mimicry of said number one hero standing right next to them.
Toshi laughed at the antics of the children, reaching down to help Izuku back up into a standing position, then snatching Minami in a head lock and tickling her side. She squealed at the contact and tried in vain to slip out of Toshinori's grip. Yagi laughed,
"Easy there kiddo! Don't let that head of yours get too big, you may be my favorite daughter, but Izuku is still my favorite student," Minami grinned at Yagi's comment, and responded back with a smart alecky comment.
"What do you mean I'm your favorite daughter? I'm your only daughter!" a hearty laugh erupted from Yagi at her witty comment as the tickling continued for a few more seconds until Minami gave in,
"All right all right! You win! Papa I give in!" she laughed, putting her hands in the air in surrender. Toshi stopped his tickling and released her, grinning. He looked over to Izuku who had a small blush on his cheeks at All Might's previous compliment. Toshi rolled his eyes good naturedly at him.
Heh, that kid is such a fanboy. He thought laughing to himself.
"Well have you two picked out a scary movie to watch from my collection of movies?"
Izuku held up the dvd case to Yagi.
"Yeah! We decided to watch The Darkness! It sounds really fun and scary!" Toshinori took the black colored DVD and turned it over to read the description on the back. He felt his eyebrows raise as he read it was about a demon that slept for 15 years at a time who only woke to feed on people for a period of 48 hours before returning to its slumber. It hid in the shadows of night time to snatch people up and consume their organs. Flipping the DVD back to the front, he saw it was rated PG-13.
I don't remember ever buying this movie before, seems pretty creepy. Hopefully it's not too scary for the children, but it is PG-13, and they're both 15… So it should be alright.
Putting the DVD into the player, the movie began to play ominously, and Toshinori took his place on the center of the couch, with Izuku sitting on the other end. Minami leaned over to turn out the light in the living room from where she sat cross-legged in the recliner chair, coating the room in darkness, save for one small light in the kitchen and the glow of the television screen.
Yagi grinned at the girl in the dark, "Are you sure you want to do that my girl? Could make the movie extra scary,"
The girl scoffed at Toshinori's comment, "I'm not scared of any dumb old movie,"
Izuku grinned at her comment while Toshi laughed at the girl's bravado, "All right little Minami, I believe you,"
As the movie progressed from multiple chase scenes, as well as scenes with the demon jumping out from the darkness to attack people, Toshinori noticed in amusement how Minami's bravery had begun to fail as she slowly migrated closer to him from across the room. Yagi noticed she first moved by sitting on the floor by the chair when the first person was killed, watching the scene with huge eyes.
Soon after, she moved to the floor directly in front of the couch. By the middle of the movie, she had finished her journey across the room by ending up on the other side of Toshinori on the couch. Toshi and Izuku laughed a bit as they noticed her watching the movie at times between the fingers of her hands covering her face whenever the demon appeared to take another victim.
"What's the matter Minami? Movie too scary for you?" Izuku teased with a smug look on his face.
Minami laughed and blushed, forcing herself to remove her hands from her face. "No! Of course not, the couch was just more comfortable," she giggled and rubbed the back of her head, feeling a bit embarrassed.
The sounds of clothes tearing in the movie drew their attention once more. Looking up, Toshinori's eyes almost bugged out of his head as he saw an impromptu love scene had started between the two main characters while they were hiding from the demon. The female lead's top had come off, exposing her large breasts fully. He began coughing violently at his surprise, blood dripping from his mouth.
Holy Shit! I thought this movie was supposed to be PG-13! was all the number one hero could think as he covered the eyes of both Izuku and Minami, a bright blush spreading across his cheeks as he watched the scene play out until he was sure it was finished. Pulling his hands away from both children's faces, Minami opened her eyes again and looked at the screen, seeing both characters under the bed sheets. Realizing what had just played out on the movie, Minami glanced at Toshinori and Izuku, her face feeling beat red. She sputtered a laugh at Izuku's huge eyes and tomato red face,
"Whoa…boobs…" Izuku muttered quietly to himself as he blinked. Toshinori couldn't help but chuckle at the awe-filled face of Izuku who had just seen his first pair of breasts, leaning over the ruffle his hair.
An unearthly snarl erupted from the movie as the demon came flying through the window on the screen, shattering it, to finish off the last two remaining survivors. Minami shrieked at the unexpected ending, burying her face into the couch cushion. She could hear Izuku snorting and laughing at her reaction.
Feeling the couch shift as a heavy weight was lifted, she could see the livingroom lights were turned back on from the corners of the cushion.
Removing said cushion, she looked up to see Yagi grinning cheerfully at the two children on the couch. Behind him, the credits were rolling on the television for the movie.
"Alright kiddos, time to wrap this up," Yagi gave a thumbs up to the two children. Minami groaned, knowing what that meant; time for more studying since she was still unable to exercise.
"it's ok Minchan," Izuku called her by her nick-named he made up for her, "We'll do some mock UA entrance exams together," Izuku clenched his fist as he became determined and grinned, "And go plus ultra!"
Minami's eyes snapped open as she gasped, laying in her bed. She felt a cold sweat go through her body as she lay there in the inky darkness, waking up fully from her nightmare. Rolling over, she took shallow breaths as she grabbed her phone. The white screen blinded her slightly for a few seconds; she squinted against it and saw it read 12:31am.
"It was just a dream, it's not real, there are no monsters…" she reassured herself quietly as she set her phone back down, though her hammering heart said otherwise. Attempting to swallow, she gagged as her tongue felt dry and stuck to the roof of her mouth.
Sliding out of bed, Minami tiptoed into the hallway of the apartment. The entire apartment was dark, save for one tiny light in the kitchen. Entering the dark kitchen, she filled a glass with water. Sipping the water, she turned around and walked halfway out of the kitchen, yawning and rubbing her eyes. Looking out into the living room, she gasped and almost dropped her glass, whimpering at what she saw.
"It's not real, it's not real, it's not real." Minami chanted softly to herself frantically, pinching her eyes shut for a moment. Opening them again tentatively, she could still make out a shape in the far corner of the pitch blackness of the living room. Whining, she felt her heart racing in her ears as she stared unblinking at the shape she saw. As she continued to look, she gasped as she thought she saw the shadow demon standing in the corner of the living room turn and look at her.
Stumbling to set her glass on the table, she limped quickly down the hallway to Toshinori's room, where the door was wide open. Peaking in, she could see the outline of him stretched out on his custom made king size bed to fit his long 7 foot frame, softly snoring.
This is stupid, I shouldn't wake him, this isn't real, it's my imagination…
Looking back, she could swear the shadow had gotten closer to her and she felt fear tingle down her spine, imaging a nasty winged creation like the one in the movie leaping out to rip open her chest and eat her heart.
Screw it! Minami thought a bit panicked as she padded over to the side of Toshinori's bed, she shook him awake as softly as she could, whimpering as her imagination ran wild.
"Papa…Papa!" she squeaked, gently shaking his shoulder. Toshinori 's soft snoring halted as he woke immediately, snapping his hand out to grip her wrist tightly as his hero instincts kicked in. Realizing there was no villain trying to harm him, but only his daughter, he released her wrist in an instant.
"My girl, what's wrong?" Toshinori's voice rasped as he coughed into his arm, reaching over to turn on his light next to his bed. Squinting up to look at Minami, he saw her standing next to him, trembling.
"I…." Minami paused and looked down, still trembling, feeling silly. Toshinori waited patiently for the girl to voice her thoughts.
"I… had a bad dream, and I went to get a glass of water, and saw a monster in the living room." She Sniffed, still feeling her heart hammering in her chest. She moved closer to the bed.
Toshinori sighed and scrubbed his eyes, groaning a bit as he forced his body to sit up on his bed, his large feet touching the floor. Minami worried she had made him upset.
"I'm sorry papa! I-"
Yagi interrupted her by hushing her and drawing her close for a hug.
"My girl…" he said softly as he woke up more fully now, rubbing her back with his large hand, then pulled back to look at her.
Minami sniffled some more as she looked at Toshinori, "I'm sorry, the movie was really scary…" Yagi hummed tiredly in agreement,
"It was scary wasn't it? Maybe a bit too scary, huh?" Toshinori agreed as he pulled her back in for another tight hug. Minami wrapped her arms around him, burying her face into the crook of his neck, savoring the feeling of safety.
"Can I stay with you tonight Papa, please? I…I'm still scared…" Minami's voice came out muffled from where she had pressed herself against him, worried he would say no.
Toshinori was silent for a moment while he thought about it, then made his decision after several seconds.
Would this be bad for establishing her independence? No, It couldn't hurt, and besides, if I send her off to her own room knowing she's upset, I won't be able to sleep...
"Of course little Minami. Now, let's go back to sleep," releasing her and scooting back on the bed, Yagi slid back under the blanket once more before lifting his arm and waiting for her to climb in next to him.
Minami wasted no time crawling into the large bed with Yagi, getting as close as physically possible to him, nestling herself against his chest. She felt Toshi's chest rumble as he chuckled at her while he reached over to turn out the light once more.
Wrapping both of them back up in his large blanket, Yagi could hear Minami sigh as she slipped back into the comfort of sleep. He closed his eyes as well, feeling the effects of sleep tugging at his mind when he heard Minami's small voice whisper to him,
"G'night papa, I love you." Toshinori smiled softly to himself as he laid there, wrapping his arms around the girl tighter at her response.
"Good night, little Minami, I love you too." Yagi murmured as he felt sleep take him once more.
Alright! Here's the end of this chapter! Next chapter will likely be the moment of truth! the UA entrance exam!
