The gates to U.A. had come into view, not that Izuku noticed. He was too preoccupied with the thoughts that raced through his head. Was his Quirk good enough? Did he train enough? What if he did not pass the exam and had to try for a late application to another school?

Shortly after Izuku entered the school ground, he felt the sensation of falling. Time had seemed to slow down, but the pavement still approached quickly. A moment passed before Izuku opened his eyes to see he had been floating a couple of feet above the ground.

"Are you alright?" Izuku flailed around briefly before he noticed the brunette standing beside him. She flashed him a smiled before she helped Izuku straighten out. Just as the girl pressed her fingertips together, Izuku's feet had returned to the ground.

"Sorry for using my Quirk without asking first," the girl said, "But, it might have been unlucky if you fell before the exams. Aren't you nervous?" Izuku nervously fidgeted with his shirt before he had found his answer.

"Uh- yeah."

"We'll just have to do our best regardless, right." The girl smiled before she added, "See ya!" Izuku had stood in place as he watched the girl walk towards the school building. A blush rose to his cheeks as he realized that he almost talked to a girl.

The lights in the exam orientation room turned on with continuous clicks. Izuku noticed who was onstage before the man had begun to talk. His eyes went wide when he realized he was in the presence of Present Mic.

"For all you examinees tuning in, welcome to my show! Everybody say 'Hey'!" Nobody responded, either because he said the last part in English or they just did not want to. The room had remained silent for a moment longer before Present Mic coughed in embarrassment.

"What refined listeners," Present Mic whispered before he said, "I'll give you the rundown of the practical exam, so keep your ears peeled. Are you ready?" Before anybody had responded, even though nobody would, he yelled yeah himself.

"As it said in the requirement section of the application, everyone here will be taking an urban mock battle. You can bring items you need with you to the battle center that you have been assigned," Present Mic said. Izuku picked up the paper in front of him and turned it over. It was an exam ticket, which had his picture and other information along with the location of his exam: Battle Center B.

"It looks like they don't allow friends to work together," Katsuki said. Izuku looked over at his card and noticed that he was in Battle Center A.

"You're right. Even though our examinee numbers are concurrent, we are in different areas," Izuku noted. Katsuki glared at Izuku before he pocketed his card. He gave a nervous smile before he directed his attention back to Present Mic, who had begun explaining the exam.

Izuku nervously placed a bandage on his finger as he exited the bus that brought them to the area for the mock battle. He had slowly approached the group of examinees before he stopped and slapped his cheeks. Once Izuku calmed down, he looked around the area. He noticed the other examinees had mixed reactions between determination and confidence. Before turning to face the large doors, Izuku saw the girl that helped him before.

'I hope she does well,' Izuku thought, 'It'd be nice to have an actual conversation with her.' As he had unintentionally stepped towards her, a tall blue-haired teen stopped him.

"She appears to be trying to focus, are you trying to disrupt her?"

"Of course not! Sorry, I-"

"Get started!" The examinees had looked around before the gates opened. "What are you waiting for? There are no count-downs in real life." Izuku noticed that he was already behind the others, as they all had run through the opening.

When Izuku caught up minutes later, he noticed the others had already defeated several robots. He looked around the damaged mock city street in an attempt to spot an active robot, which there were none of. He soon began his sprint across the city street, avoiding the heaps of metal in his path. Though he had stopped to pick up chunks of metal roughly the size of a softball.

"There are six minutes left, folks!" Present Mics voice blared from all directions, which Izuku assumed came from speakers hidden in the cityscape.

'I have to hurry!' Izuku thought. He knew his chance had been slim coming into this, but to not even get a single point yet was painful. If he did not see a robot soon, his hopes of getting into the Hero Course might as well dissipate. That might of also meant disappointing All Might, and Mirio as well.

As Izuku exited the alley he had entered earlier, he noticed another examinee with silver hair fighting a robot. Before he could turn to run in another direction, he noticed a robot with the number two painted on it as it rushed towards the webbed arm boy. Izuku froze in place before he drew in a deep breath, once he tasted the familiar bitter taste in his mouth he ran forward. A fire snapped to life and scorched the air before it hit one of the metal limbs.

Without any more hesitation, Izuku threw a softball-sized chunk of metal at the melted limb. The metal clanked against the limb. The robot began to run towards Izuku, however, the weakened leg gave out beneath it. As it crashed to the ground, he snapped another fire to life. The fire weakened the metal around its camera 'eye' before the last metal softball which had been surrounded by flames hit the camera itself.

Izuku pulled out a bottle of water from the small bag that rested across his chest. Half of it had been drunk before it was thrown at the opening in the robot. Sparks flew from the robot, it tried to stand on its remaining feet before it fully collapsed onto the cement below defeated.

Izuku had turned to see how the silver-haired guy was fairing but noticed only the defeated robot remained. A shaky breath was drawn in before he once more ran to find another robot. It should not be quite as bad now, since he now knew what he was doing.

Izuku began coughing as soon as the three-point robot fell to the ground. He chugged the last of his medicated water to soothe his scratchy throat, which only slightly improved how it felt. A smile had crept onto Izuku's face, as he began to run through the city once again.

'That brought me up to 16! A few more, if I could only get a few more.' Desperate thoughts had rung through his head as he ran passed countless destroyed robots. Rumbling had shaken the ground, causing Izuku to fall onto his knees.

"Two minutes remain!" Present Mic announced. Izuku quickly stood, trying not to get deterred by the shaking. He had run through an alley a bit North, and away from the rumbling. As he exited the alley, a black-haired boy was surrounded by two-point robots.

Izuku had drawn in a deep breath and snapped fires to life in the blink of an eye. One by one the robots fell to the ground after a leg of theirs bent at an odd position. The black-haired boy smashed each one as it fell. Once they were all defeated he had looked towards Izuku.

"Thanks, bro! I'm going on ahead, maybe I'll see you in the class."

Izuku smiled before he said, "Yeah, totally!" Izuku had watched the boy's back for a moment before he began running in a similar direction. He turned toward another alley, which had a robot or two inside it.

"There's one minute remaining!" Izuku pushed himself to run faster than he was, desperate to get any number of points before the timer ended. A shadow loomed over him in an instant. The second before he could react or even turn around, the sound of metal on concrete reached his ears.

Once Izuku finally turned, he had noticed the brunette girl from earlier in front of a three-pointer. She was kneeling on the ground, and her breathing was slightly laboured. Without a moment's hesitation, he ran to the girl's side.

"A-Are you okay? Thank you for saving me... again," Izuku stuttered. The girl had slowly looked up at him with a forced smile.

"Yeah, I'm fine," She said, "I'm just tired." Izuku scanned her body for injuries before he offered his hand to her. After he had helped her up, a buzzer reverberated all around them.

"Time's up!" Izuku froze in realization before he let out a sigh. Sixteen points were not great, but it might be enough to at least get him into General Studies at least.

"Let's get going... oh, I didn't ask your name," Izuku said awkwardly, "I'm Izuku Midoriya."

"I'm Ochaco Uraraka!" As soon as they had begun their journey back to the entrance, an elderly lady approached them.

"Are either of you injured?" she asked. Izuku looked at her dumbfounded before a cough ripped at his throat.

"A bit, actually," Izuku said, "I burnt my throat a bit with my Quirk."

"Come closer, dear," Recovery Girl said. Izuku nodded before he crouched down to her eye level. Her lips puckered before she kissed his cheek, as she did, Izuku felt his stamina fade a bit. He had coughed to clear his throat, and he did not feel the pain from before. His face brightened as he smiled at the elderly woman.

"My throat feels a lot better," Izuku said, "Thank you!" Recovery Girl smiled at Izuku before she handed both him and Uraraka some gummy candies from an assorted Haribo bag.

"Think nothing of it, but you should eat these gummies too." Izuku had nodded before he put them into his mouth before returning to the entrance of the battle site.

Izuku sat on the couch as he watched the news. He had not really been paying attention though, as he was expecting his letter from UA any time now. It would contain the results of the entrance exam, and if the examinee got in or not. That had been the only thing on Izuku's mind for the past week.

Pessimistic thoughts had overtaken Izuku's thoughts at points. He tried to push them aside, but they persisted nonetheless. Not that they mattered, since he had a couple of backup schools that were a good alternative. A knock at the door brought Izuku from his thoughts.

"Coming!" Inko said. Minutes, she came stumbling into the living room holding a letter in her hand. Izuku felt his heart race, this was it. His chance to either reach greatness in UA or somewhere else entirely.

"Izuku, it came! It's Here!" Inko said. Izuku had stood to his feet and brought his mother to the couch. His hand grazed the letter before he took it from his mother. The red seal that had the letters of 'UA' stood out the most about it. Both of them had looked at each other nervously before Izuku opened the letter. He set the hologram projector on the coffee table before it was turned on.

"Hello, it is I the principal of U.A. Nezu! I am here to give you the results of the entrance exam you took at our school, Midoriya Izuku. You did fairly well on the written portion of the exam, though there is plenty of room to improve. As for the practical portion of it, you got a total of 16 points which would not allow you to pass." Izuku's heart had dropped at that statement, and he saw his mother tearing up like he was. Just as the waterworks were about to begin...

"If that was all there was to this exam!" The duo had looked up at the projection once again with hope reignited.

"Since there was a hidden objective to this exam, you actually accumulated a total of 41 points." The hologram changed to show Izuku's results that read: Midoriya Izuku, Villain Points 16, Rescue Points 25.

"Rescue points were given to examinees by a panel of judges. The other basic ability besides battle we look at is the ability to help those in need, as a Hero should. Welcome to the Hero Course, Midoriya Izuku." The tears had fallen from Izuku's eyes at the news.

That night was the happiest Izuku had been in his life, which barely passed when he had gotten his Quirk. Inko happily made katsudon for supper that night in celebration of his success.