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Nine months later

Naruto couldn't help but stare at Yuuei High School with wide eyes. Sure, it might had been three years since she came to this world but the buildings' structure could still amaze her. When she entered middle school, Naruto couldn't help but marvel about how much larger the school had been to the Academy. Now if she thought her middle school had been large when compared to the Academy; this place was a giant in comparison to the Academy. Her very first school was truly old-fashioned when compared to this world.

Seriously, this school looked like it could fit two Academy.

It would be a good idea for her to send her clones to look around the school when she passed the practical part of the exam. She really didn't want to get lost on her first day of school; it would just be so embarrassing if she had to ask a teacher, where her homeroom was.

"Fuck off, Deku!"

It seemed like Bakugou and Izuku are here, Naruto thought, twisting her head to look at her classmates. Bakugou had a scowl on his face as he glared at Izuku, who paled and quivered at the sight of their classmate walking towards him. If he hit the boy then she would punch him for being an ass. She curled her right hand into a fist, waiting for the boy to start swinging his arms at Izuku.

She blinked when Bakugou just walked away from their classmate, not even attempting to hurt him like he used to do. Naruto frowned and stared at her fellow blond, who just gave her a glare as a greeting. It was good that her classmate wasn't being his usual asshole self but it was also worrying if you asked her. In their whole middle school life, her blond-haired classmate had always targeted Izuku but lately he had been ignoring him. Ever since that incident with the villain, Bakugou had been ignoring Izuku.

It was almost worrying if you asked her.

Naruto shook her head and relaxed her hands before making her way towards the school's entrance. There was nothing for her to worry about. If Bakugou could control himself now then he could control himself when the exams begin. Yup, there was no need for her to be worried about her two classmates fighting during the exams. Although there was no point about her caring what those two do to each other. Naruto couldn't always protect Izuku.

Well she could but it would be a waste of chakra.

"Morning Izuku!" Naruto greeted when the green-haired boy gave her a small wave. "How are you feeling about the exam?"

"I'm feeling a little bit nervous," Izuku rubbed the back of his neck and the blonde could only shake her head. He frowned but made no comment. "What about you? How are you feeling about the exam?"

Shrugging her shoulder, Naruto smiled and answered. "Excited. I'm hoping this exam will be challenging enough that I want to use my quirk."

It was the truth because the blonde had only used her chakra when it came to experimenting with jutsu. With the villains being weaker than the ninja she had seen in Konoha, Naruto was very much capable of dealing with them with just punching them. Not once in her time here did she ever use her chakra in a fight. There had been a few times where she had been tempted to use it, but the memory of her own accident always stopped her.

Even till this day, she could still remember the hate in his eyes.

"Naruto if you don't mind me asking, what is your quirk?" Izuku asked her as the two of them took their seats beside Bakugou. She raised her eyebrow at her classmate, who flushed red. "Well you never really talked about your quirk."

"There is a reason why I never talk about it," Naruto replied as more kids started to take their seats. "I am not ashamed of my quirk but I like to keep it a secret."

Her classmate had an odd look in his eyes and the blonde wondered if there was something strange about what she said. Wasn't she allowed to keep her chakra a secret? She didn't want anyone to know about the extent of her powers, not when she had been using it to do her jobs and exams. There would be people demanding to know why she was abusing her quirk and they would be asking her boss if he knew about it.

The old man would be furious to know that she had been sending her clones to do her work and not herself.

"Whiskers, if you are not ashamed of your quirk then why keep it a secret?" Bakugou asked, drawing her attention to him.

Had he been paying attention to her conversation with Izuku? With the way, he kept his eyes fixed on the podium and his lack of greeting, Naruto presumed that her classmate had no desire to talk to them. She might have been wrong about her classmate not wanting to know them or maybe they were talking too loud that he couldn't just ignore their conversation.

"Because I like it," she lied, fixing her eyes on the older boy.

In her experience of being a prankster, people believed that not looking a person in the eye meant that you were lying. Even though she was very good in not revealing that she had been the prankster, Iruka-sensei had always known that she had been the culprit. When she finally graduated from the Academy, she asked her teacher about how he knew that she was the cause for all the pranks that didn't have her signia. His answer? She had always avoided looking him in the eye when he asked her if she did it.

With that knowledge, Naruto had learnt to lie with her eyes fixed on another person's eyes.

"Weclome to today's live performance!" A man yelled, snapping her from her train of thought. Naruto gawked at the sight of a spiky blond-haired man standing in front of them with a huge smile on his face. She glanced at Izuku, who looked like he was going to fanboy at the sight of the man. "Everybody say 'hey'!"

Three years ago, Naruto would have no problem of screaming the man's words back to him. She would have done it with a large smile on her face but she was no longer the same girl. Three years ago, Naruto would have been in Konoha with her friends. She would be happy to do it with her friends. Now, she was stuck in a world where her friends didn't exist. She was in a world where she couldn't accomplish her dream.

She could no longer be that same eager girl, who had no problems with being reckless.

Being reckless had been the reason why Naruto came to this world. If she had just taken the time to think about what her jutsu could do then she would never come to this world. She would have been back in Konoha, where she would have been trying to find ways to bring Sasuke back home. She probably would have gotten a promotion if she hadn't wasted three years in this world.

"Well, that is cool, my examinee listeners!" The man yelled and the blonde almost felt sorry for the man. The students just didn't have the energy that the man wanted. "I'm here to present the guidelines of your practical! Are you ready?"

Yes, Naruto thought, smiling wildly at the man's words. She was ready to show these people what she got. She was more than ready to show Bakugou that he shouldn't underestimate her. Just because she didn't want to show off her chakra, it doesn't mean that she was some weak little girl that needed saving. She wanted him to apologize to Izuku for destroying his notebook and for being such an asshole to him. God knew, he needed to apologize for his shitty behaviour.

"It's the voice hero, Present Mic." Izuku cried, looking so excited to see him that Naruto wonder if the boy was going to pee in his pants from the excitement. "I listen to his radio show every week. It's inspiring. I guess all the U.A teachers are pro heroes."

"Izuku, you can fanboy about this after the exam," Naruto whispered, shooting a warning look to Bakugou, who looked very pissed at their classmate's fanboying. The green-haired boy flushed a light shade of red at her words and the blond-haired girl felt almost bad for saying those words to him. Then she remembered that she didn't want any attention on herself.

"This is how the test will go, my listeners!" Present Mic said as the screen behind him lit up. "You will be experiencing a ten-minute-long 'mock cityscape manoeuvres'! Bring along whatever you want! After this presentation, you will head to your assigned testing location! Ok?"

Her ears began to ring when the man yelled out the last word and not for the first time in her life, did Naruto wish she hadn't been born with enhanced senses. Sure, there were times when it had been useful, but not when there was a person with such a loud voice. It made things harder for her to concentrate because all she wanted to do was put her fingers in her ear and ignore his voice.

The blonde forced herself to listen to him when he continued to speak.

"Each site is filled with three kind of fake villains," Present Mic continued. "Points are awarded for defeating each according to their respective difficulty levels! Use your quirks to disable these fake villains and earn points! That is your goal, listeners! Now of course playing the antihero and attacking other examinees is prohibited."

Yeah, she only understood one thing from the man's shouting and that was the fact she wasn't allowed to hurt her fellow examinees. Not that Naruto would do it because she wasn't that petty. Honestly, what would be the point of hurting the other kids? She had the unfair advantage of knowing how to fight. If there was one thing she could not stand, it was being in an unfair fight.

Although she did fight dirty when it was needed.

"May I ask a question?" An examinee asked, raising his hand up. Naruto raised an eyebrow when the boy didn't even wait till the man answered, before standing up. "There appear to be fewer than four types of fake villains on this handout! Such a blatant error, if it is one, is highly unbecoming for U.A, Japan's top academy! We are all here today in hopes of being moulded into model heroes!"

The blonde looked down at her hands when the boy said those words. She wasn't even here to become a superhero like everyone else. There was no reason for her to join this school's hero department but Bakugou's words irritated her. Just because she didn't show off her use of chakra, the bastard thought that she was weak. He just jumped to conclusion that her use of chakra was weak because she didn't boast about it.

Three years ago, the blonde would have boasted about her skills. She would have told everyone that she was the best of the best. During the chuunin exams, she told Kiba that she was the 'head bitch in charge'. She never hesitated to show off that she could do the shadow clones. Every single time, she would use her rasengan without considering her actions. It was because of her personality that she landed in this mess.

"Alright. Examinee 7111, nice job of catching the 'error', but the four-fake villain will get you zero points!" Present Mic answered, snapping her out of her train of thought. "Have you all played Super Mario Brothers?"

Super Mario Brothers? The blonde had never heard of that game but then again, she spent almost all her time either working, studying or researching on a way back home. There had never been an opportunity for her to play games. What could some video game offer her? Would it tell her how to go back home? No. Perhaps if she had been born in this world then it would be a whole different story.

These kids had it easier than her and that was a fact.

"It is kind of like a thwomp," Present Mic informed them, pointing to the screen. "Only one at each site! A 'gimmic' that will rampage around in close quarters! It is like a stage gimmic that need to be avoided. It is just like a video game."

If only a video game could have told her how to survive when she was a little girl. Seriously, how did video games show the reality of what the job asked for? She wanted to be a ninja because of the stories that she used to hear in the village. The stories she heard never spoke about how your heart would be ripped out when someone betrayed you. Did her fellow potential schoolmates understand what they were signing up for? Naruto asked herself as the examiner talked about the presentation that the school had and abut some hero called Napoleon Bonaparte, who said something about how true heroes overcome misfortune in life.

Naruto really doubt that Napoleon's words because she certainly didn't feel like a true hero with not being able to save Sasuke.

"Now let us move on to the main event! Plus Ultra!" Present Mic yelled. "Break a leg everyone!"

Nodding her head, Naruto stared at the piece of paper in her hand. There was no way she was going to allow herself to fail in these exams. She was going to prove Bakugou wrong about his thoughts on her. She was going to enter this school even if it killed her because there was no way that she was going to give up, when she came this far. She needed to make him apologize for every rude thing he said to Izuku.

She needed to prove herself that this wasn't another a mistake.

Naruto could only slip her hands into her pocket as she stared at the gates in front of her. Why did these people do everything so big? Was this really a mock city? Because honestly, the mock city that this high school had was even larger than Konoha, which was saying something. Then again, any city would be larger than Konoha. Her village was more like a large town with everyone knowing everyone. It was easy not to know anyone in this city, even now where she stood, Naruto didn't know anyone.

Shaking her head, the blonde made her way to stand beside a pink-skinned girl, who seemed like she would be the friendly type. The constant smile on the girl's face and the way she kept bouncing reminded Naruto of the time when she had been so excited to enter the chunin exam. She remembered how she couldn't stop talking about it to her teammates, who had just wanted her to shut up.

"So, am I the only one who just want to get this over and done with?" Naruto asked, shifting from one leg to one leg.

The pink-skinned girl shook her head and smiled. "No, I want this to be done and over with too. I have spent weeks worrying about this exam so I want this over and done with too."

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki but you can call me Naruto," Naruto answered, giving the girl a large smile. "What's your name?"

The pink-skinned girl blinked her eyes, stared at her before giving her a large smile. "My name is Mina Ashido and if I'm going to call you Naruto then you can call me Mina."

Even though it had been three years since she came here, Naruto still found it weird that people smiled at her. For as long as she could remember, she always had to work hard to get someone to smile at her. She had to beg to get attention, to have people not give her those cold looks. In this world, she didn't have to do it. These people didn't hate her because she had a monster inside of her. These people had no idea that she had a powerful demon sealed inside of her.

Yet she couldn't help but wonder if these people would still smile at her if they knew the truth. Would people still treat her like a decent human being if they knew about the Kyuubi? Or would they turn her away? She shook her head at her thoughts.

This was not the time to think about these things.

"And begin!"

Wait a second, did that loud bastard just tell them that the exams had just started?

"What is wrong? The test has begun! Run! Run!" The announcer yelled at them and the blonde couldn't help but roll her eyes at the man's words. "The dice has been rolled!"

Naruto grinned and nodded her head. "Hear that, Mina? It is time for us to kick some fake villains' asses!"

Not bothering to wait for her new friend's reply, Naruto charged passed through the gates. There was no time for her to hear what the girl had to say, not when her pride was on the line. If she failed this exam because of her damn stupidity then she would have to say the words that she would never mean. She was a lot of things but Naruto would never say words that she didn't mean.

She didn't want to start now.

Crash.

The blonde stopped running when a robot appeared in front of her. Without even thinking, Naruto slammed her fist against the machine and smiled when the machine exploded. How long had it been since she was able to destroy something and not worry about it? How long had it been she could finally punch something? For the past three years, all she ever wanted was to destroy things.

She had so much anger that it was time she let it loose.

Shaking her hands, Naruto began to weave her way through the modelled streets, destroying every villain that came her way. Was this really an exam? How the hell was this challenging? She couldn't help but ask herself as she destroyed the machines. Although these exams were a hell lot more challenging than her stupid Academy exam, which was pathetic when she thought about it.

Seriously a high school's physical exam was more challenging than her stupid Academy exam.

She stopped running when she saw a robot rushing towards a fallen examiner. Narrowing her eyes, Naruto kicked the robot in the back, sending it flying through the air. Were they really going to let a machine hurt some terrified kid? She couldn't help but asked herself at the shaking kid. While it might be true that villains didn't show mercy, it didn't mean that they could hurt some kid.

"T-Thank you," the kid stuttered.

Naruto blinked her eyes. "Why are you thanking me? You think I was going to let you get hurt."

"B-But it is an exam, shouldn't you be worried about yourself?"

The blonde rubbed the back of her neck at the boy's question. Should she be worried about herself? No. There was no point for her to care about her life. Unlike this kid, she didn't have a parent to go back home to. No one would miss her if she get hurt or died…but this kid was a whole different story. He was someone's kid and the blonde would never forgive herself if something happened to him.

"Just because it is an exam, doesn't mean that I can't help people," Naruto finally answered, shooting the boy a smile before helping him up. He blinked his eyes at her and stared at her like she was a weirdo for saying those words. Was it really hard to believe that she honestly wanted to help? She asked herself, watching the boy as he run away from her. Weren't heroes supposed to help people? Or did she get the idea wrong?

Rumble.

Rumble.

Rumble.

Naruto could only stand as the buildings around her began to crumble as a very large robot destroyed the arena around them. People were screaming left to right, running away as the robot came their way. She should run away. It would be a good idea to run away from a robot that would give her no point. It was the smart idea but Naruto never claimed to be smart.

How could she consider herself a ninja if she run away from a robot? How could she hold herself high if she decided to act like a coward? She didn't run away when facing Orochimaru. She didn't even panic when that snake swallowed her and she certainly tried to protect her teammates when that man attack. How could she run away when the people around her were terrified?

Taking a deep breath, Naruto channelled her chakra to her arm and leg and jump. This was reckless of her. She promised herself that she would never be the same girl of three years ago, but god damn it she didn't want to be the reason that someone got hurt.

It was with that thought the blonde smashed the large robot to the ground.

"It's all over!"

When Present Mic said those words, Naruto came to one conclusion:

She hadn't changed in the past three years.

"I bet you found the exams hard, Whiskers! I bet you and Deku suffered in these exams with your weak quirk and his lack of quirk" Bakugou sneered when she came out of the school gates with her bag over her shoulder. The blonde narrowed her eyes at her classmate, who had a smug look on his face. A part of her was really tempted to punch him in the face but god damn it, she knew hitting someone would never fix her problems. In fact, fighting just made things worse.

"I think I have gotten around forty points," Bakugou blinked his eyes at her words and the blonde smirked. "What? You think because I don't go around boasting my quirk that I'm weak. I'm more than capable of handling an exam as easy as this and second off, don't insult the kid that tried to save your sorry ass."

The boy growled at the mention of the sludge incident but the blonde just narrowed her eyes at him. Did he really think that she wasn't going to bring it up? Did he truly believe that no one knew who tried to save him? She had been working in a nearby café when she heard from some pedestrian about some insane kid trying to save some kid. In all of her time of knowing Izuku, she knew that he was the only one that could do this.

"Why the hell do you keep defending him?"

The blonde thinned her lips. "Why the hell do you hurt him? What the fuck does he see in you that makes him think you are going to be a good hero? You have a shitty personality…although I can't deny the fact that you are strong. You treat him like he is the dirt underneath your shoes but he still won't say a bad word about you. You even told him to go jump off a building if he wants to have a quirk! How the hell does that make you a hero?"

"And what makes you think you know what it means to be a hero?" He yelled. "Until nine months ago, you didn't give a shit about becoming a hero. Who the fuck are you to lecture me?"

'What do you know of my pain?''

'Please bring Sasuke back to me, Naruto.'

Not again, Naruto thought as the memories of her fight with Sasuke flood into her mind. Why must she keep hearing her former teammates voice? It had been three years since their fight. Three long years since she promised Sakura that she would bring Sasuke back. God damn it, Bakugou was right. What did she know about being a hero? She couldn't even call herself a ninja. She couldn't even bring her friend back home.

It was her fault that she was in this mess.

"You are right, I don't know what it means to be a hero," Naruto whispered, clenching her hands into a fist. "But I know what it means to be a good person. I know how strong words can be. Did you ever stop to think that your words could really hurt someone? Did you ever stop to think what would have happened if Izuku had taken your words seriously? Someone could have died because of your words."

"Deku would never kill himself," Bakugou snapped, rolling his eyes at her. "He knew I didn't want him to actually die."

'Do you know why I call you, Monster? It is because you killed my sister.'

'Don't you dare call yourself a monster, Naruto! Your name is Naruto Uzumaki!'

The blonde clenched her hands even harder as her childhood memories flooded into her mind. "I really don't know what people see in you. You think just because you have a great quirk that you can forget about people's feeling? News flash Bakugou but there are many villains out there. You know what are the worse villains? The villains that use words that hurt your feelings. A hero needs to be able to connect with people's heart. For goodness sake, stop thinking of yourself and think about other people!"

"And why do you give a shit?"

"I don't give a shit about you," Naruto yelled. "But it is fucking annoying that you think having a great quirk will get you far. Let me tell you something bastard, there are people out there with better quirks. There are kids out there that are younger than us but have a greater potential of becoming heroes. For goodness sake, start acting humble! It won't kill you!"

She blinked her eyes at her outburst and stared at the blond-haired boy, who was now narrowing his eyes at her. Why was she ranting at him? She didn't give a shit about him. Why should she bother with him? He was an asshole, who gave no shit about what people thought of him. He was just like Sasuke. Her teammate didn't give a shit that he acted like an asshole. He didn't give a shit about other people's feelings.

Naruto shook her head.

"There were rumours that Izuku and you used to be the best of friends," Naruto said, twisting her body away from him. She relaxed her hands. "I heard you abandon him the moment it became clear that he didn't have a quirk."

"Who the hell told you this?"

"I can't remember," Naruto admitted, shrugging her shoulder. "But you are not denying it."

With those words, the blonde gave him a smile and rushed towards the bus stop. If she waited any longer then the bastard was going to deny her words and Naruto didn't have the time for it. She still had her part-time job to go too and god knew that her boss would need her when one of their employers tried to call in sick. Still she hoped that the two could go back to being friends for Izuku's sake. She hoped that maybe Bakugou would try to make their friendship a little bit less complicated.

She prayed that Izuku and Bakugou would never end up with a friendship like hers.

She prayed because no one deserved to be hurt the way she had been.

A/N: Please review and tell me what you think about the changes in this chapter.