After being lead into the weird underground base and being choked out by a complete stranger, I awoke with a major headache. Sitting up made it worse and the room began to spin. I closed my eyes and tried to ground myself and focus on where I was. I could feel warm sheets covering me and my head was resting on a pillow.

I was in a bed.

I opened my eyes again to get a sense of the room I was in. A fog covered my thoughts and made thinking and analyzing difficult. Get a grip, Asuga. I forced myself to sit up and survey the room. It was all a blended gray shade. Slowly, I could make out concrete walls and the metal frame of the bed I was laying in. The only other furniture in the room was a small wooden bedside table.

As soon as I gained the strength, I got out of the bed and made my way to the door. It was solid metal with nothing but a knob and hole near the bottom to allow small items in and out. First things first, I tried to see if the door was open.

I twisted the knob and pushed slightly. KREEEEE

The door swung open to the main room where I was choked out. I made eye contact with each of my kidnappers as they sat on a couch on the opposite side of the room.

And, as any normal human would do, I casually walked over to the entrance and tried the door there.

"Ah," I turned back to the group, "You lock the exit from the inside too."

The girl who led me into the hideout sprung up from the couch and my body tensed. "Hey! Look who's up!" She made her way over to me with a spring in her step. She hopped in front of me and held out her hand. "I don't think we got formally introduced, the name's Mika!"

I looked at her hand and back up to her. "Just Mika?"

"We don't do family names here. Just whatever you like." She reached her hand out farther with a big smile.

I reluctantly shook her hand and quickly retracted my own. "Call me Asuga."

"Sure! Welcome to our humble abode, Asuga!"

"Kirika?" Todoroki broke me out of my trance.

"Huh?" I sat up, remembering where I was.

"You looked concerned, I wanted to make sure you were alright."

"Oh, yeah I'm good, just zoning out."

Todoroki nodded and we went back to more silence.

"By the way," I said, "I never thanked you for saving my life, did I?"

Todoroki looked at me funny. "What do you mean?"

"Back when I collapsed in the middle of the night."

Todoroki gave a small exhalation of air. It was barely audible but subtly resembled a laugh. "Ah, yes, I remember that. You're welcome, I'm just glad I was fast enough."

"Well, I'm glad that you were down there or else I don't know what would have happened to me!"

"Ah, well… I suppose it was lucky." Before I could ask why, a group of UA students walked in.

"Hey, guys!" Momo waved as Jirou, Asui, and Shoji followed her. After grabbing refreshments, the group told us all about how they single-handedly conquered a whole group of girls gunning for them.

"Nice job!" I smiled. I loved to hear happy stories from others. It made me feel better that they could tell those instead of sadder ones.

"What about you, Kirika? Ribbit. Did you go with Todoroki?" Asui asked.

"Heh, no, we didn't." I rubbed the back of my head with a meager smile. "I finished on my own."

"Cool. How long have you been here anyway?" Jirou asked.

"Hmm… not too long, I'd say. Maybe fifteen minutes or so?"

"Wow. Do you guys know who finished first? I've been scoping out who might be competition in the next round." Shoji asked as he surveyed the growing crowd.

"Well…" I gave a small smile and a laugh. "I can tell you who finished first…"

"Wait… you're kidding, right?" Jirou's jaw dropped.

I beamed. "Nope, I was the first one in here!"

The group congratulated me and then we fell into more casual conversation.

"Have you guys seen any from UA fail?" I asked.

"Nope, but we were also in a building most of the time, so it's possible. We make six, so more than a fourth of the class."

"Hopefully we can all make it," Jirou said.

With that, another group came into the room. Six very recognizable students. Bakugou, Kirishima, and Kaminari came in followed by Midoriya, Uraraka, and Sero.

After them, little by little, the rest of Class 1-A trickled in without a single student missing. After that, It was time for the second part of the exam to begin.

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I hope you enjoyed the chapter! The next WILL be out on Sunday! If not, something very bad has happened to me. I hope you all understand that the amount of work I have to do for things in and out of school is very hefty. I'm not being inactive and not publishing on time because of laziness or forgetfulness! I just have a lot on my plate and I hope you all understand and that it was worth the wait. I understand that Asuga's backstory is confusing and choppy, but bear with me. Feel free to read it again so you understand it!

Peace!