She played with the two marbles in her hand absentmindedly, clicking them together and rolling them, while her other hand continually flipped and catched a small coin as she listened to the explanation of how the exam worked.
'This is it,' she thought, catching the coin. 'This is my chance to show him just how wrong he's been about me.'
A small smirk spread her lips when she thought of what his expression would be. Oh yes, she could see it clear as day, his fists clenched in rage, anger and confusion swirling in his eyes and explosions popping on his palms…
"And you!" she blinked, re-focusing on the one who had called, who was standing up and pointing at her.
"Huh?" she questioned, staring at the blue haired teen in confusion, ignoring the numbers floating about with the ease of long practice.
The teen puffed up like an angry peacock as he glared at her. "You have not stopped flipping that coin since you entered this facility! It is distracting and disrespectful of you to be so uncaring towards others taking this exam! So be quiet!"
She stared at him blankly, not that he could see it, as the teen sat down again and Present Mic started explaining what the fourth robot was for. Had she seriously just been reprimanded because she was flipping a coin?
She quickly put the incident in the back of her mind as everyone moved out of the 'facility' as it were and got onto the busses that would take them to where they would be taking the exams.
She looked over the bus from her place at the back, sighing in both relief and disappointment when she saw he wasn't there. Relief, because now she wouldn't have to worry about him trying to sabotage her. Disappointment, because now she couldn't rub the fact she was there in his face.
They arrived after a few minutes and she took her time getting off instead of running like almost everyone else were doing. She flipped the coin as her eyes swept over everyone there, studying her 'opponents'.
'Speed, agility, overheats if used too much,' her eyes rowed over the guy that had yelled at her and the numbers before switching to the next.
'Arrogant, flamboyant, uses his stomach in some way,' a blond guy with a stomach band.
'Nervous, pink pads on her fingers, gravity…' she blinked, focusing on that last one and giving a small smile when she realised it was the girl that had stopped her from falling face first into the ground, beginning to walk towards her so she could talk to her.
"Hold it right there!" she blinked, looking up at the glasses wearing teen in question. "I see what you're trying to do! You wanted to sabotage that girl, didn't you?!"
She stared at him, deadpan, for a bit, before dryly stating, "Did it not occurred to you that maybe, just maybe, I know that girl and want to, I don't know, talk to her?"
She rolled her eyes as the teen faltered slightly, turning around with a sigh. "Forget it. You have clearly already made up your mind about me, so I won't bother trying to change it. Good luck with the exam, Judgie."
She ignored the sputtering teen and went near the front, knowing she would need a head start.
"GO!" she didn't hesitate, shooting off in a sprint as soon as she heard the word, numbers and equations appearing around her much faster than before as she sped up her Quirk, eyes constantly jumping from one thing to the other as she came upon her first robot, a Two-Pointer.
'Scorpion tail, highly offensive, weak point lower spine, throw there!' she smirked and threw one of the two balls at the wall, dodging under the robot's tail and making it turn around, only for it to freeze as the ball hit right on the weaker metal of its lower back, allowing her to flick the off-switch that had been placed for stealth Quirks.
Smirk still painting her lips she picked up the ball and started running again, numbers and letters and calculations painting her vision as she took down robot after robot with the small balls and her coin, getting her to a little over 30 points when the Zero-Pointer appeared.
She gaped at the sheer size of the robot as people ran down the street away from it and she was just about to follow them when she saw the words 'Can't get free without help, death a strong possibility,' in the corner of her eye, making her head snap around and her eyes focus on the girl pinned under some rubble.
Right in the Zero-Pointer's path.
Her legs were moving before she even realised it and soon she was kneeling in front of the girl, eyes flicking over her and the rubble as she looked for a way to get her out.
"I-It's you," she glanced briefly at the Gravity Girl before going back to looking for a way to get her out. "That hoodie girl."
"Yep, that's me," she said dryly, frowning when she came up empty on ways to get her out. She stood up and looked at the robot slowly coming towards them, reading the many equations faster than most could, and she smirked when everything came together and gave her a plan.
"Hey, I'm gonna do something crazy, think you can catch me when I'm done? Thanks!" she didn't give the girl time to respond as she started sprinting to the side, taking her coin out and putting it in the small crack in the wall there before running back to the girl and putting one of her balls between two pieces of rubble.
"What are you-?!" she ignored the question and waited for the giant robot to get close enough.
'Not yet…' she thought, frowning as she waited. The robot raised its leg to crush them. 'Not yet!' she waited.
Her eyes widened. "Now!" she yelled, before lobbing the small ball at exactly the right speed at the robot's knee at the same time she jumped onto it's foot and started climbing it, the ball going into the gap between the kneecap and the shin.
She ignored to sounds of the ball ricocheting around inside the robot, focusing on moving to just the right spots at the right time until the robot swung its leg at the building next to it to try and throw her off. She smirked, clinging to the robot's hip, waiting until it was relatively still again before holding up her hand and catching the small ball that came shooting out of the gap between hip and thigh.
A surprised shout fell from her lips when the robot moved unexpectedly, barely holding on with one hand as she dangled from the hip. She grit her teeth and heaved herself up again, turning slightly and raising the hand holding the ball up and lobbing it at the rubble the girl was trapped under before throwing herself off the robot and towards the ground as the robot's head was suddenly thrown back violently.
She grinned as she felt herself slow down, craning her head to look down at the now free girl, who was holding her hands together in a triangle.
"Thanks for the save," she said cheerfully as her feet hit the ground, politely ignoring the fact the girl was now throwing up as she bent down and picked up the two balls that had just hit her foot, throwing them up and catching them again as the Zero-Pointer hit the ground with a deafening 'BOOM'
"And, time!" Present Mic's voice rang through the mock city the exam had taken place in, making her grin widen just a bit as she slowed down her Quirk.
"Sweet," she looked at the girl she had saved again. "Hey, are you alright?"
"Y-Yeah," she stuttered, panting. "I just overused my Quirk is all." her head snapped up to look at her in awe as what had just happened finally registered. "How did you do that?!"
She opened her mouth to answer but was cut off. "Are you alright dearies?" she blinked, looking down. She felt her eyes widen.
"You're the Youthful Heroine, Recovery Girl!" she called in excitement, grinning down at the short old lady.
Recovery Girl smiled at her. "Indeed I am dearie. Now, are you injured? Taking down the robot must have taken its toll on you."
She laughed softly, waving her off. "Nah, it was easy. Just give me back my coin when you find it please? It's my luck charm," and with that, she walked past the old Hero so she could take the written exam, a grin on her face.
"She's insane!" someone yelled, staring at the screen showing them a girl in block B climbing the Zero-Pointer.
"What the hell is she doing!? She has no reason to do that!"
"Are you blind?" Shouta, drawled, drawing the eye of everyone as he stared hard at the screen as the girl caught the ball she had thrown into the robot's leg. "Look at the ground you idiots."
They did and spotted the girl laying trapped in the rubble. "She's trying to save that girl?"
"Of course she is," Shouta mumbled, watching the hooded girl throw the ball in her hand at the ground before jumping off the robot as well as its head was thrown back by something. "The question is, how is she doing it?"
Nezu said nothing, staring at the girl who had somehow defeated the Zero-Pointer using nothing but a small metal ball. At least, to everyone but him. "It's her Quirk," the bear/mouse/dog said, drawing everyone's attention to him and the folder in his paws.
"What is her Quirk?" Midnight asked curiously, voicing everyone's question.
Nezu held up the folder. "Her Quirk is called Balance Eyes. It let's her predict the effects certain actions will have on a situation with almost 100% accuracy," Nezu pointed at the screen, which was now showing what the girl had been doing before she started climbing the Zero-Pointer. "See, right there. She's putting things where she needs them to be in order to take down the villain." a coin in a cracked wall and a metal marble between some of the rubble on top of the downed girl.
"What could those thing possibly do?" Cementoss questioned.
"Watch and learn," the Principal simply said, showing the villain kick the building the girl had placed the coin in down, the coin flying out of the wall at high speeds and ricocheting off the wall and towards the villain's head, hitting in the small point where its head met its neck and slotting in, throwing the robot's head back in the process.
As the Heroes present processed the seemingly impossible thing they just saw Nezu switched to where the girl had thrown the marble, the small ball hitting the spot right above where she had put the other one and splitting the stone in two, freeing the previously trapped girl.
"Amazing…" Cementoss breathed, blocky eyes wide in wonder at the extraordinary sight.
"What's her name again?" Midnight asked eagerly.
Nezu smiled. "Midoriya Kiseki."
"I'm home!" she yelled as she opened the door, bending down and taking off her shoes when it shut.
"Kiseki!" Kaa-san called, smiling at her when she walked into the living room. "How did it go?"
She shrugged as she pulled her hoodie off, giving Kaa-san a wry grin. "Well, I'm pretty sure I passed," she told her, barely able to keep the smugness out of her voice.
"That's wonderful Kiseki!" Kaa-san replied, though she could still see the lingering worry in her eyes mixed in with the happiness. "Why don't we celebrate with some katsudon?"
She perked up, grinning at Kaa-san and accidentally speeding up her Quirk, if the sudden increase in numbers were anything to go by.
"Kiseki," Kaa-san began sternly. "You now I don't like it when you speed up your Quirk like that at home. It's bad for you."
She grinned sheepishly and slowed it down, most of the numbers disappearing even if a few remained.
"Sorry Kaa-san," she said sheepishly. "It just happened."
Kaa-san sighed through her nose and shook her head, giving her a fond look. "Be more careful. I don't want you to hurt yourself."
She nodded seriously. "I will Kaa-san."
"Good," Kaa-san clapped her hands. "Now, about that katsudon."
She perked up again but carefully kept her Quirk slow as she bounced after her chuckling mother excitedly, the taste of her favourite dish already on her tongue.