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Binding the Galaxy Together
Chapter 21 – The Results
Ten minutes had come and gone and thus that was it. This year's entrance exam was over and done with. All over the testing sites a lot of kids were feeling really nervous about their performances. In the case of Katsuki Bakugo he was quite the opposite. As the ending buzzer blared throughout the mock city he was in, his hands were smoking and an animalistic smirk was on his face as he looked back at the mechanical carnage he himself was responsible for. While everyone else had run away from that worthless giant, he took the opportunity to press his attack more and found another cluster of villain bots to blow to smithereens. To him, anyone with a brain should have known that was the best thing to do. The giant was worth nothing so leave it the hell alone and just keep upping your score. All the others who ran away, which was pretty much everyone, were just wimps not worth his time. Just like always.
Rubbing his hands dry, Katsuki took a few more moments to admire his literal handiwork before turning around and confidently walking to the exit.
"That's how a real top hero shows his worth." He thought to himself out loud as he slipped his hands into his pants pockets. "It's like I always said. No one else around can contend with me. Not even you, Deku. If anything, this test should remind you where you belong; as my stepping stone towards greatness."
As Katsuki left the battle area he was sure of two things. Number one was that he had bagged first place in this test. Number two was Deku had utterly failed and finally learned his place at the bottom of the food chain. He was so confident about both of those things that he completely ignored the chatter of the other kids saying people were posting on social media about some kids taking down their zero pointers.
"Holy crap did you see that kid's attack?"
"It'd be kinda hard not to. He took out that zero pointer with one blow!"
With the chaos finally over, everyone else in area B was grouped around the unconscious broken form of Izuku still reeling from the sight of his devastating punch that leveled the gigantic mechanism.
"It's weird though isn't it? Outside the gate he seemed so shy."
"Maybe he was just trying to make us think that so he could trick us."
"Well the joke's on him if that's the case. Didn't you hear him? He only got seven points."
"Yeah. And he didn't even use his quirk until the last minute of the test."
"He didn't? But why? It's so powerful. If he had used it I'm sure he would've come out on top."
"Not like it makes any difference now. Still though, I can't deny that was a pretty sweet move."
While everyone else voiced their thoughts out loud in conversation, one student, the tall blue haired boy who called Izuku out in the auditorium for being a distraction, was keeping his own thoughts safe inside his own head.
'None of them understand what he really did.'
His gaze went from Izuku over to the side where Ochako was trying to get herself off the broken robot part she was on.
'He barely scored any points at all during the test. Yet he threw away his chance to get more…just to save that girl.'
His eyesight turned back to the green haired teen on the ground as he began to realize how big of a mistake he made when he judged Izuku minutes ago.
'He had to know his score wasn't near sufficient enough to pass, how much time he had left, and how dangerous doing such a thing would be. But he didn't let that stop him. Out of everyone here, when a real threat presented itself all we did was…'
The tall boy's own actions came flashing back into his mind as he realized just what it was he had done. He clearly saw Izuku was rendered immobile at the sight of the zero pointer. He could have easily changed direction to help him make an escape. Yet all he did was turn and run away leaving him to whatever his fate may have been.
The bespectacled teen felt himself filling up with shame as he replayed the moment over and over in his mind.
'I…surely if this weren't a test…I would have acted as well!'
He spent a few more moments trying to reassure himself of that statement's validity until something caused a new thought to replace it.
'Wait a minute. The test. The judges. There was no way they could have not seen that.'
"Deku…"
His train of thought was interrupted when he heard the girl say what he assumed was the boy's name. She had one hand to her stomach and the other one was wiping her mouth clean as she slowly stumbled over. Once Ochako could clearly see the state her friend was in up close, that pace quickened and she was no longer paying her stomach or her hurt leg any mind. Her thoughts were overflowing with worry as she got onto her knees in front of Izuku's body and frantically looked him over time and time again.
"Oh my god. Oh my god, Deku. What…what happened? Why are you so messed up?"
Nervously, both of her hands hovered above Deku's body contemplating whether or not she should move him to get a better look or let him stay in that same position out of fear of hurting him further. His arm just looked so blackened it was like one large bruise from his shoulders to his fingers. The way all five fingers were bent looked like something out of a crime scene photo. When she saw that his legs looked the exact same way, she almost wanted to puke again.
"Alright, well done all of you. In my book every single one of you are heroes."
At the sound of a new voice coming onto the scene, Ochako looked up to see a diminutive elderly woman approach wearing what appeared to be her own version of a hero costume mixed with a doctor's coat. Her tone was so sweet and comforting, but that big syringe she was using as a walking stick made a chill go up a few people's spines. Though that vanished as she put some gummy bears in a few kids' hands as she passed them by. Then she got to Izuku and stopped. She could clearly tell the girl behind him was more than upset by this boy's current appearance and who could blame her. This boy looked like hell.
'Oh my, sonny. What on earth happened to you? It's like his body isn't used to his own quirk.'
Ochako just looked at the old lady wondering what she was going to do to help Deku. Her first thought was she was going to use that big syringe of hers to inject something into Deku's body.
"Gimme some sugar."
Not once at any point during her thoughts did Ochako consider the old lady puckering up her lips and stretching her mouth down to Izuku's head to plant a kiss on his head. Suddenly the brunette's cheeks began to burn as her face went red from the action this miniature woman made.
"Uuuuhhh….what the hell are we watching?" One of the examinees asked.
Ochako very much wanted to know the same thing. Right now.
"You're looking at a school nurse in action." The French kid from before with the belt replied as he dramatically pointed to the old lady.
"That there is the one and only reason U.A. can have such dangerous exams such as these. The Youthful Heroine: Recovery Girl."
As her lips pulled away from Izuku's body, the green haired boy began to glow in a dim green aura. Ochako had no idea what was happening until she saw Recovery Girl's quirk take full effect. The darkened skin on Izuku's arm began to return back to its original color while his fingers and legs bent back into their proper formation.
"Her quirk is a tres magnifique dose of healing power. See there? One touch of her power and that boy is being saved months of recovery time."
Overhearing the boy's words made Ochako relax a little. Watching Izuku heal so rapidly in front of her made her relax a lot more. When the green glow went away, Izuku still wasn't moving.
"He should be fine now, sweetie." Recovery Girl said to Ochako. "He just needs to rest a little bit in my office."
Then she turned to address the rest of the group in the area while a couple of small robots began to approach with a stretcher to load Izuku onto.
"If anyone else needs immediate healing let me know. If not then I need to get moving. Apparently someone in area F took out their zero pointer single handedly too and needs assistance."
Ochako shot right up when those words reached her ears. Once "area F" registered, she started to panic knowing full well who it could possibly be. As she began to ask Recovery Girl some questions, the tall glasses wearing kid kept his eye on Izuku as he was rolled away on the stretcher.
'This is U.A. High…they never do anything without reason. So…was there a reason for that zero pointer other than what Present Mic led us to believe?"
He kept those thoughts running in his head as the rest of the group cleared out from the exam area to go home. All any of them could do now was wait for the results and hope for the best.
Pain. That was the first thing she felt upon returning to the world. As she began to stir around, Camilla slowly began to regain her four out of five senses. Touch was working. She could feel soreness from head to toe. A very sterile scent confirmed her smell was working though she had no idea where it was coming from. Hearing was good too. She could hear the very faint sounds of someone taking light steps a short distance away from her. Other than that the room she was in was very quiet. Taste, her mouth felt quite dry and that left quite the interesting taste in her mouth. It was like she had just woken up in the morning.
Only it didn't usually hurt this much to try and lean her body upright.
"Ow ow ow…" She hissed to herself as let her head fall back to the pillow.
The moment she tried to bend her body at the waist, every muscle fiber from her torso upwards began to burn and forced Camilla back down to her back. The residual effects of that huge force push had left her entire body so worn that even twitching a finger or toe hurt so much. The young Jedi was practically rendered immobile. After taking in a few breaths and letting the muscle burn subside, Camilla began to reach out with the Force to try and get a grasp on where she was.
Slowly the outlines and shapes of various objects around the room she was in began to become clear. Tilting her head to the side, she could see the wall, the window, a couple chairs in the corner, and a small table in between them. Then she slowly turned her head to the other side and there she saw on another bed, a person with nine glowing lights in their body.
"Izuku?"
Indeed it was her friend on the bed next to hers. She couldn't really sense any emotion off him though.
"Izuku?"
She repeated his name again trying to get an answer back but all she got in response was some deep breaths. She correctly guessed he was asleep and was about to try and wake him before a door opened up and a small set of footsteps could be heard entering the room.
"Oh good you're awake."
A gentle sounding elderly voice came to Camilla's ears. Her vision picked up the shape of a very small woman with her hair tied back entering the room with an oddly shaped cane. Judging by her emotions, this woman didn't seem to have any ill intent.
"Where…where am I?"
"You're still in U.A., dearie. You're just in the nurse's office. You can call me Recovery Girl and I'm going to get you up and moving again."
"Nurses office?"
That explained the sterile smell. She was in a medic's office. Makes sense now she wakes up here after she passed out in the street. She only had one question now and turned to look at Recovery Girl as she approached.
"Honestly I'm quite surprised. You took out your area's zero pointer robot by yourself and sustained no serious injuries to yourself other than quite a bit of muscle strain. Since your stamina was so low I couldn't use my quirk to heal you lest I risk killing you."
Camilla was about to ask her question but then she was curious about another thing.
"Your quirk?"
"Mhm." Recovery Girl nodded with a smile. "My quirk is simple. I plant a kiss on your body and it speeds up your body's healing process. But it's powered by your natural life energy. If I were to use it on you while you were sleeping it would do more harm than good. Nothing I can do about it, that' just how the body works."
Not wasting any more time, Recovery Girl puckered up and her lips extended out towards Camilla's forehead. At first the blind teen had absolutely no idea what to say to the odd sensation of someone planting their lips on her head. Or that this woman's mouth was stretching. When it was fully retracted, Recovery Girl just stood back and watched as her quirk took effect on the girl's body. Camilla could definitely feel a good amount of the burn and strain on her muscles start to fade away. She leaned up once more to sit up and this time she made it though there was still a fair deal of pain there, as was evident with the grunts she made as she swung her legs out over the edge of the bed. She made a move to stand up to go over to Izuku, but then a bout of dizziness caused her to fall back.
"Whoooaaaa…woozy."
"I told you. It takes your body's own stamina to make it work. Give it a minute or so before you try standing."
Camilla rubbed her head trying to make to clear the fog in her brain.
"Is Izuku going to be alright?"
Recovery Girl was now looking at this girl quite confused. Not that she was asking about the other person in the room with them, but that a clearly blind person knew someone else was in the room with them and knew exactly who that person was. She had gotten his name from Ochako as he was taken out of the mock city and to this office. A short while later, Camilla was carted in and now here they were. When Recovery Girl looked her over and opened up her eyelids, one of the last things she expected to see were a pair of blind eyes. Yet there they were, milky, grey, and completely nonfunctional. But the body language of this girl and the way she was looking around the room definitely gave the impression that she could still see something.
'No eyesight yet she knows that boy is in here? What kind of quirk does this girl have?'
As much as the elderly medic of U.A. wanted answers about Camilla's sight, she answered the question first.
"Midoriya here is going to be just fine. Good thing too. That girl outside is worried sick about the both you. Taking on the zero pointers like you did while brave can be very nerve wracking for others you know."
Upon hearing that, Camilla sharpened her senses again the best she could and felt the presence of another outside the door. It was Ochako. And she could feel her immense worry. Worry for both Izuku and her. Suddenly she felt guilty for being one of the sources of her friend's distress.
"I couldn't just stand there and do nothing. That thing could've hurt some of the others. So I acted."
As she looked down at her own hand, still feeling sore while moving but not as much anymore, she recalled the act itself. That giant Force push. She didn't know what was going to happen by fully letting herself dive into that vast pool of Force energy she constantly feels on this planet. All Camilla knew was she could use it and that's just what she did. While it worked in her favor. It also had quite a big drawback.
"It's commendable you wanting to protect others." Recovery Girl interrupted her thoughts. "That's the whole reason this school exists. But I don't want you and this boy here to become regular visitors to this office should you get accepted."
When she turned her head again, Camilla aimed her gaze back to Izuku. Her eyes were focused solely on the lights in his body that represented One For All. His main green light over his heart was as bright as a star in the night sky and the others spread throughout his body were nearly on the same level. Finally Izuku fully looked like the same person that Force vision showed her months ago.
That vision was another thing she wanted to think about considering she met another person from it during that test, but she shelved that thought as Recovery Girl approached her again.
"Now don't go trying to run a marathon anytime soon. My quirk is working but it's gonna be sometime before the soreness in your muscles completely dissipates. I'd take it easy for about a day and you should be good as new."
"Of course, Miss Recovery Girl."
Camilla agreed in full and Recovery Girl seemed to accept it. A little while later, Izuku woke up and everything was explained to him via the elderly hero. After gushing a bit over Recovery Girl, Ochako came in and there were hugs exchanged between her and Izuku, and then her and Camilla. Then both the ninth bearer of One For All and the Jedi gave Ochako an apology for making her worry so much about them. She accepted it without much effort. As scary as it was to see Izuku that banged up and Camilla being carted in not long after, she figured it would be a good start to getting used to seeing stuff like that. Heroes have to get used to that after all.
Recovery Girl did want to ask a few questions about Camilla's quirk. But now that she was with her friends, she figured those could be asked another time. So after the Padawan collected her gear and her jacket, she and her friends left U.A.'s campus careful to make sure no one other than her two friends caught a glimpse of her eyes. Since Izuku and Ochako didn't have anywhere to be today afterwards, they opted to just go to his house. Throughout the walk there and even the train ride, it was mostly in silence. There were people around and they didn't want to risk accidentally bringing something up that shouldn't be brought up around the wrong pair of ears. Camilla even kept her head down the entire time. When they were finally off the train and it was just the three of them walking together through the streets to the Midoriya home, then they talked. Camilla had been wanting to ever since they left as she sensed Izuku's negative feelings the whole way.
"Alright so what happened to you, Izuku? What did you do to end up in Recovery Girl's office?" The Jedi asked.
Gripping the straps of his backpack tighter Izuku told the full truth about what happened during his and Ochako's exam. When he was done, Camilla was quite shocked.
"One For All had that big a backlash on your body? Didn't All Might warn you something like this could happen?"
"Apparently he did." Ochako was the one to answer and didn't seem very happy. "And Deku still used it anyway despite having no control or any idea how to properly use it."
"I couldn't just leave you there!" Izuku shouted louder than he meant to.
Ochako reeled back as Izuku did something he rarely did; raise his voice.
"I…I wasn't going to use it. I was just one second away from running like all the rest. But then I saw you there on the ground unable to move. The moment I saw that…my body just moved on its own. It was the sludge villain incident all over again but instead of Kacchan, it was you. I just….I couldn't just let that thing kill you, Uraraka."
The pure sincerity in his voice could be read by both girls. Ochako couldn't help but feel touched that she had a friend who was willing to stick himself out there on such a level to save her life. Izuku really was one of those rare types of people who didn't care about the consequences to himself so long as everyone else was safe. Though the circumstances that led him to being that type of person made her angry. Even though Izuku clearly had friends now who cared about him, being bullied and written off day after day throughout most of his life still left him with a huge feeling of low self worth.
As she unclenched her angry fists, Ochako stopped walking and threw her arms around the green haired boy and squeezed him as tight as she could.
"Thank you for saving my life, Deku."
Not that the hug was unwelcome, it was just unexpected. Izuku's eyes went wide upon contact and he started to babble something for a few moments about how close Ochako was to him. There was getting no closer than this in terms of physical contact. Well…save for one but he was certain Ochako would never have those kinds of feelings for him. Throwing that thought into the deepest recesses of his mind, Izuku slowly put his own arms around Ochako's body and returned the hug.
"You're welcome, Uraraka."
All the while, Camilla was watching these two embrace each other so caringly. She couldn't help but smile as their positive energy was infectious in a sense. As the two pulled away from the hug, the two of them flashed each other soft smiles before picking their steps back up.
"At least that will be something to look back on. After all, I only got a measly seven points."
Ochako winced as she remembered how low his score was in the end. For Camilla, this was new information. She hadn't bothered to ask them what they scored because she honestly forgot for a moment there even was a scoring system in place. Since she couldn't see the numbers painted on the robots she destroyed, she didn't keep track. Ochako and Izuku were a different story. They couldn't help but keep track. Reflecting back on his story caused Camilla to feel a heavy amount of self doubt and disappointment coming off her friend. Swiftly, she rested a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Don't count yourself out just yet, Izuku. Despite how badly you hurt yourself in the process, it doesn't take away the fact that you performed something incredible out there. For all we know there could be something more to this test than what was presented to us."
"Camilla's totally right!" Ochako chimed in with an energetic smile. "We're not gonna know for sure until we get the results right? So let's not dwell on it tonight. Let's just go to your house, enjoy some of your mom's yummy food, and figure out one more thing together."
"Yeah and what's that?" Izuku wondered.
Ochako answered first by gesturing an arm to Camilla and speaking to her.
"What did you even do to get yourself this sore?"
All throughout the trip from the school to the street they were on now, Ochako and Izuku both took notice that their alien friend was walking very stiffly in an attempt to not aggravate her overexerted muscles. She still winced in pain every few steps and didn't do that good a job to conceal it.
"Yeah what did you do?" Izuku now asked. "Even Recovery Girl's quirk couldn't work fully on you."
Camilla let a sigh loose knowing an explanation was coming but was careful to make sure she could sense no one else around before a word got loose. When she was certain it was clear, she spoke.
"Well, remember how I always tell you two this planet is drenched in a very large amount of Force energy? Much more than any other world I've been to?"
The rest of the walk to Izuku's house was spent explaining what she did to the zero pointer and how she did it. Ochako had her jaw dropped as the Jedi explained just how powerful she can be when she lets this world's Force energy flow through her unabated. Izuku was scribbling down notes in his book as fast as he could to add more into his entry on Camilla and the Force. That book was growing low on free pages thanks to his entries on Ochako and Camilla. Though most of it was thanks to the latter and every bit of information he could get about Jedi culture and what one with the Force was capable of. Camilla was hesitant to let Izuku keep that around but did so under the promise that he never let anyone who didn't know about her in full see it. He agreed to it swiftly.
Once she was done explaining, Ochako groaned out that now she had to watch over both of them to make sure they didn't do anything too crazy with their newfound power from here on out. Camilla just waved her off saying she was being overprotective and had to let her and Izuku figure things out before chastising. After all, it was the first time both powers were ever used in such ways and the circumstances that led to it were unforeseen. Begrudgingly, Ochako let it slide but still kept to her word that she would keep an eye on them to make sure they didn't go too overboard. Both of them relented replying in unison, "Fair enough." Then they went into the Midoriya home to tell Inko about how the tests went.
Seven days passed. Seven unforgivingly long days dragged out as Izuku, Ochako, and Camilla all waited to receive their test results from U.A. in the mail. Neither Present Mic nor any of the other teachers said how long it would be until the results were mailed out so they were all in the dark. Not even the Jedi could see into the future clearly enough to get a glimpse. Despite that, the three of them tried their hardest to keep themselves calm and collected. Ochako kept to her sword training with her bokken to stay occupied and Camilla did the same alongside her meditation and other training. The only one of the trio having any real problems was Izuku.
Throughout the week he had tried to get in contact with All Might but the number one hero was off the grid. No answered called, no reply to any of his text messages, no nothing. His mother tried to reassure him that she was proud of him just for trying out but it did little to help. Inko could feel her heart crack as she watched Izuku come home from school during the week barely saying a word to her. As much as she wanted to be there for her son, she knew she had to wait just like him for those results to come in. But she was more focused on another thing.
Her son had a quirk. Izuku was 15 years old now, well past the age where kids normally developed quirks. Yet during the exam, one sprang to life inside his body. Sure it left him a broken mess according to Camilla and Ochako but thanks to U.A. High's incredible staff, he was back to normal within moments. For that she was eternally grateful. It still didn't stop her from fainting when she heard it the first time though. When she asked how something like this could even be possible, Izuku said something along the lines of genetics developing late and being triggered under a time of severe stress. When he saw that Ochako was about to die that was what did it. Inko hadn't remembered when she had been so happy. She thought her son was already amazing for attempting to become the first ever quirkless kid to go to U.A. but now he had a quirk that would allow him to stand on the same level as his potential future classmates.
Of course, that would be only if he got in.
In all seven of those slow days, Izuku's mind could only focus on the low score he got on the practical portion. Everyone with a brain stem knew that even if he passed the written test with the highest score, it meant nothing if he performed so poorly in the mock battle. All he could do at this point was wait for the results to come and tell him what he already knew. Izuku was sure it would be the hardest night of his life. Ochako and Camilla would go on to be great heroes while all the training he did with All Might would go to waste.
"A letter! Izuku they're here! They came! You got a letter!" Inko frantically said as she opened the door.
A little alarmed at her mother's tone, Izuku turned his head to see her on her knees just past the door to their home and holding an envelope in her hand.
"Your test results from U.A.! They're here!"
Sure enough, that envelope had a wax seal in the shape of the U.A. High logo keeping it closed. Sighing, he took the envelope and closed himself behind his bedroom door. It was time to rip the band aid off.
A few minutes prior, just down the street, the mailbox of a different apartment closed and the buff rabbit woman who lived in it took her own mail out of the box. After locking it back up, she swiped through the contents to see if there was anything interesting.
"Crap, crap, I don't need some dumbass coupons for a shitty pizza place I'm never gonna try, crap, oooohhhh. Here we go."
Once she saw the U.A. logo and Camilla's name on the front of the envelope, Mirko smirked. Finally they were here. As she put it and the rest of the mail under her arm, she fished out her phone and sent a text to Ryukyu letting her know about it. The dragoon hero did say she wished to be there to see the results along with Camilla if it was possible. The same went for Nejire but Mirko didn't have her number saved in her phone. So Ryukyu or Camilla would have to be the one to message her. Right as she walked into her apartment and closed the door behind her, Mirko got a response back from the number nine hero saying she and Nejire would be there shortly. The rabbit hero figured as much. Since both of them could fly, travelling was pretty easy for them.
The white haired hero dropped the mail on the living room coffee table and went to the closed door of Camilla's bedroom. She knocked once.
"Hey, Martian Girl. You got mail from U.A."
There came no answer.
"Didn't you hear me? I said you-oh let me guess."
Mirko didn't bother knocking again and just turned the knob. When she opened the door her suspicions were confirmed. Camilla was in there, she was just not all there at the moment. Barefoot, with a pair of grey sweatpants and a black tank top on, the young Jedi at on her bed cross legged and with her hands clasped together as she took in deep breaths. The only thing giving the room some light was the shine coming from the holocron floating in front of the meditating girl's body and producing an image of another Jedi master. Rather than a human, this one was not human. He was rather short, had a can, and had long pointy ears. Mirko remembered Camilla had called him by name before but for the life of her she couldn't recall what it was. IT started with a "Y". She knew that much.
The rabbit hero was about to try and stir the Padawan from her sense of peace but stopped when she saw R3 standing right next to her bed, fully activated and going back and forth between looking at his owner, and the holocron. Smirking, Mirko thought of an idea.
"Hey, tin can."
Suddenly R3's head rotated again and the single eye was directed right at the doorway where Mirko stood. He sounded off with a couple beeps and Mirko didn't have a clue what he said as per usual.
"Think you could get her out of it? Her test results from U.A. just got here."
Knowing full well what Mirko was talking about, R3 shook in place and released a quick sentence comprised of fast paced beeps and chirps before rolling slowly over so he was positioned in front of Camilla. Then a small panel on the right side of his body opened up and out popped one of the astro droid's many tools. The two prongs on the end of the device sparked for a moment before a strong electric shot out of the prod and hit the bare skin of Camilla's foot.
"EEEEYOWCH!"
Her concentration now broken, the Jedi was fully conscious again and she immediately began to rub her foot where she was just hit with a strong shock. Mirko's laughter filled the entire apartment as she watched the kid practically jump out of her seat at the sensation and Camilla just scowled at the droid who caused it.
"R3, how many times have I told you not to do that?!" She cried as she flexed her toes.
The sounds that came from R3 in reply sounded way too similar to laughter. Even through bleeps and chirps Camilla could tell that, like Mirko, the droid found the reaction quite amusing.
"Laugh it up now. That little shock may have just bought you some new accessories courtesy of Nejire."
That right there was enough to make R3 stop and protest in astro droid language against such a ridiculous idea.
"Oh don't complain. Besides, you may look more appealing with a nice scarf and a few stickers."
The smile on Camilla's face may have been a bit too big while she said that. R3 kept on beeping something along the lines of never going outside again if Nejire so much as came near him with the intention of giving him a new look. The redhead ignored him and looked over to Mirko who was calming down herself from her own fit of laughter.
"Is there something you need?" She asked the rabbit woman.
Finally done laughing, Mirko wiped a tear from her eye and held up the envelope addressed to the Jedi.
"Your test results finally came. Ryukyu and Hado will be here in a few minutes."
Nodding and growing a little excited, Camilla reached out her arm to the floating holocron and it then the corners of the cube floated back into place and twisted shut before flying back into the Padawan's waiting palm. She placed it on her nightstand then stood up and off her bed. Her foot still tingled a bit but she could still walk, albeit a bit weirdly for a few steps. R3 was watching rather amused at the walk as he followed the two out of the room and into the living room. When they were out in the living room, they both sat on the couch and R3 parked himself beside it while Mirko told Camilla about this wannabe villain who tried to carjack someone to make a getaway from the cops earlier today. It was a rather short story since she stopped the guy by slamming her powerful legs down on the hood of the car. But luckily the car was insured so the owner wasn't too mad. Sure he wasn't happy about having to take the bus to work for a while but all in all, could've been worse. At least that's what Mirko believed.
Shortly after that story, the door was knocked on and Camilla pulled it open with the Force. A second later, in walked Nejire and Ryukyu, both of them wearing casual outfits and slipping their shoes off by the door. The blue haired teenager was practically bouncing as she rushed in and saw the envelope from her school sitting on the table before in front of her.
"Oooooooh! They really are here! I'm so excited! Are you excited, Camilla? Because I know when I was waiting for the results to come I was excited and nervous too! Did you take walks to calm yourself down? No I bet you meditated all the time didn't you? Or maybe you and Uraraka-"
*ZAP!*
"OW!"
Nejire was so caught up in asking questions she didn't even notice R3 roll over and stick his prod out to fire another shock into Nejire's leg. Camilla was quite annoyed with her droid for doing such and Mirko was laughing up a storm again.
"Oh man! I'm really starting to like this robot, Ryuko! Watching him zap people is funny." Mirko said to Ryukyu.
The dragoon hero just rolled her eyes and walked in the rest of the way to sit next to her fellow pro.
"Rumi, you are exhausting sometimes." She murmured.
Camilla shot a glare to her droid for a moment before she looked to Nejire.
"That's it! Nejire, you have my permission to accessorize R3 how you see fit!"
Rubbing her leg, a huge smile burst out on Nejire's face as she began to envision the droid in front of her in an entirely new paint job. The look was enough to make R3 back up and away in fear.
"Alright!"
Ryukyu raised her voice just a little bit and everyone, droid included, aimed their gaze to her.
"How about we put aside the possible makeover for R3 and get to opening up this envelope? I'm sure we're all curious about what's inside."
That was something they could all agree upon. Nejire walked around the table and took a seat next to Ryukyu still rubbing where R3 shocked her.
"Are you really that curious?" Mirko asked. "I think it's kinda obvious she's in."
"You never know. U.A. is notorious for throwing in unexpected curveballs. Nezu practically thrives off it." Ryukyu retorted.
Nejire nodded knowing what her mentor said was true. Mirko just shrugged still thinking Camilla had it in the bag. But Camilla herself, she suddenly grew very nervous by that. Nezu was known for throwing curveballs? What kind of curveballs? The test was pretty straightforward. Go in, break robots, don't get killed. What more was this test if not just exhibiting abilities in a fight?
"Either way, we're not gonna know until we know." Nejire said as she picked up the envelope and tossed into the blind teen's lap. "Go on, Camilla. Open it up."
Nejire was as giddy as a child on Christmas morning as Camilla handled the envelope and felt around for where it was supposed to be opened. With a shrug, seeing no point into delaying any further, she began to tear the envelope at the corner.
*RIIIIIIIING! RIIIIIIIIIIING!*
Then her phone began to ring from her pocket and she stopped what she was doing. Poor Nejire looked like she was about to burst while Mirko just looked annoyed.
"Don't answer it. Just let it ring." The rabbit hero said.
"You know I can't do that." Camilla reached into her pocket and answered the phone. "Hello?...Oh hey. Hold on."
She held the phone out in front of her and traced her thumb down the keypad until she found the button she had memorized as the speaker button. With a small tap from the phone, she pressed it.
"Izuku you're on speaker with me, Ryukyu, Mirko, and Nejire."
As Camilla put the phone down on the coffee table, the stuttering voice of Izuku could be heard coming through the phone's earpiece.
"Oh uh…h-hey everyone! I..I didn't mean to interrupt anything.
"You're interrupting nothing, Midoriya. Nejire and I are here because we both wanted to see Camilla's test results for ourselves." Ryukyu politely replied.
On the other side of the call, Izuku let loose a big sigh of relief.
"Oh. Alright. I just wanted to ask Camilla if she got her results but I guess that's already been answered."
The ruby haired girl nodded as she gripped the envelope with both hands.
"I'm holding the envelope right now. I haven't opened it yet."
"Mine's right in front of me." Izuku's tone dropped down to a noticeably fearful one as he said that. "I don't know if I have the heart to open it."
Camilla could sympathize for Izuku in this matter. Everyone there could. They were told Izuku's final score of the test and now they were uncertain about what the boy's future at U.A. would even be. If there was even a future there to begin with.
"I mean…should I even bother with opening this up? I'm almost positive I know what it's going to say."
"Almost positive isn't entirely positive, green bean." Mirko said. "We all know you gotta open it up eventually."
Izuku knew she was right. The results were right there and he had to open them to find out. Even if he was right and he didn't get in, he had to face the music waiting for him inside that envelope. Thinking of an idea, the sole Jedi on Earth spoke.
"Okay how about this? On the count of three, we both hang up, open up these envelopes and we don't each other back for….uhh….Nejire how long do you think this will take?"
"I'd give it about ten minutes." The blue haired girl said.
"Ten minutes?" Camilla directed the question to the phone.
"Ten minutes." Izuku said a moment after.
"Alright. On three." Camilla began to count down. "One….two….three."
Simultaneously both of them hung up and Camilla grabbed her envelope to tear it open. She fished around for a letter but instead she brought out some weird round shaped contraption. The Jedi tilted her head confused as to what she was holding while R3 was beeping up another question.
"Don't look at me, R3. I don't know what it is. Nejire what is this?"
"Put it down in front of you." She instructed.
Shrugging, Camilla placed the small disc down on the table in front of her. Once she did, something in the device triggered and a light began to shine from the top. A light only four out of the five occupants in the room could see.
"Why hello there! I am here as a projection!"
Even though she couldn't see the holographic screen that was being projected right in front of her, that voice was unmistakable to Camilla.
"Is that All Might?" She asked anyone.
"Yeah it's him." Nejire answered just as surprised.
She wasn't the only one. Mirko and Ryukyu both knew about the personal touch U.A. liked to put into their result letters, hence the holographic message. But they were expecting someone like a teacher or even Principal Nezu to be the one on the screen before them. What was All Might doing here…and what was with that gaudy yellow suit he had on?
"No lollygagging from me in this message! Let's get right into it! First off, you're probably wondering why you're hearing my voice instead of a well known U.A. teacher. Well that's because as of recently, I have joined the school's illustrious staff! That's right! Say hello to the newest teacher of U.A. High School's hero course!"
That little bit of news threw everyone there, droid included, for a loop.
"Hold on a sec. The big guy himself is gonna be teaching at U.A.? Hado, did you know about this?"
Nejire rapidly shook her head.
"No. This is news to me."
She shut up right after that wanting to hear more.
"Moving onto your test results now. I'm happy to say, young Sharro, that you passed the written portion of the exam quite nicely. While it's true every hero must be able to use their body effectively in battle, a strengthened mind is just as important. Your score showed you have just that. Principal Nezu wanted me to pass along a message that he was quite impressed with your oral answer to the final essay question."
That made Camilla smile. Knowing that her answer went over well with the principal of the school made her feel quite happy.
"Now then, let's go over your practical exam. I know you may not be able to see this but I have a feeling you'll be around people that can. So for your viewing pleasure, whoever you may be, a highlight reel!"
The All Might on the holographic screen turned around and pressed a button on a tiny remote in his hand which made another screen show up. On this one, Camilla was seen in the mock city slashing through the mock villains with ease and combining those moves with quite a few displays of her Force abilities. Pushing the robots, throwing them, even throwing her lightsaber and calling it back like a boomerang. As Mirko, Ryukyu, and Nejire watched the young Jedi in the middle of a fight, all three of them were quite impressed. This was the first time they had seen her fully in a battle since the day she first landed and helped stop that villain with the armored car. And that was before her training. Now here she was, wielding both swords in her hands and utilizing every skill she had in her arsenal to up her score.
"Suffice it to say you gave everyone quite the show of your power combined your swordsmanship and managed to rack up a whopping 68 villain points in total!"
68 villain points. Nejire, Mirko, and Ryukyu were quite impressed with that score. Not many people get that high up on the board when it comes to villain points. Based on the jovial tone All Might was using, Camilla was hoping that meant she was in.
"But that isn't where your score ends."
Suddenly she grew a tad more nervous as she heard that. So there was something more to the test? The three humans next to her kept their eyes forward having a pretty good clue what the number one hero was talking about. R3, who also didn't have a clue what All Might was talking about, chirped a question to his master but was shushed by the four girls.
"While being able to take down villains and holding your own in a prolonged battle are important parts of being a hero, they aren't however the most important. That title belongs to saving others!"
All Might on screen pressed a button on the remote again and the screen he controlled changed to show Camilla again. This time she was shown lifting a huge chunk of fallen debris off what appeared to be a floating pile of clothes. The outline of a body could just barely be seen under a light coating of dust. Then she picked the invisible person up and ran her to safety. Ryukyu and Nejire were smiling as they watched the Jedi do what a hero should when it came time to do it. Mirko was as well as she flashed back to day one with this kid. When she could have bolted to get away from them, Camilla instead stayed behind to make sure that man that was injured got help. That was the right mindset. Saving people was always more important and throwing fists.
After that the screen cut away to show Camilla and the zero pointer robot in the same frame. At least what could be seen of the thing was shown. For a few seconds it only showed the young Padawan with her arms outstretched and seemingly doing nothing at all. Then came the moment she launched that giant Force push at the zero pointer and sent the thing careening back.
Now Camilla had told all three of the others there with her about what she did. How she tapped fully into this world's immense Force energy and used it to give her power a mega boost before launching it at the giant robot. Hearing it was enough to drop the jaws of the two pro heroes and the second year hero student. Seeing it was a completely different. Even though they suspected they might see it when All Might brought up the highlights, it was still an incredible thing to witness. There have been so many different types of telekinetic quirks Ryukyu, Mirko, and Nejire have seen collectively. Some of them were even extremely powerful ones. But they had to admit it even if it wasn't out loud. Those powers didn't hold a candle to the limitless potential that was the Force. The one wielding it was a testament to that. Never before had they seen someone as young as Camilla use a power like this to lift practically an entire street and throw it with seemingly such little effort.
"Holy crap, kid." Mirko whispered.
After the zero pointer exploded on screen, the screen with Camilla on it flickered away and All Might turned his face back to the camera.
"In the grand scheme of things, you had an opportunity to try and get more points with what would be considered a great obstacle for others still in play. But you didn't choose to do that. Instead you chose to put yourself in front of the biggest threat with the sole purpose of making sure everyone else was safe. And that's exactly what the hero course is all about! That's why we have these! Rescue points!"
Nejire smiled knowing she was about to see another big number here. Mirko and Ryukyu were certain of the same thing but Camilla was confused. Then she remembered that Izuku mentioned that they would be constantly watched by hidden cameras during this test so people had to see everything they were doing.
"A panel of judges sits by and judges you for heroic deeds that are more than just stopping villains! And once again you racked up quite a score! Camilla Sharro, you scored 57 rescue points! Not only do you pass the test, but it's my pleasure to inform you that first place is undeniably yours with a grand total of 125 points!"
All Might pressed the button again and this time, a small chart took over the screen showing the top ten scores of the test. Sure enough, there was Camilla's name at the top with her score listed. Right below her was Katsuki Bakugo with a score of 77 villain points yet no rescue points. Nejire and Ryukyu were beyond impressed with that score but Mirko was looking at the numbers with a huge amount of satisfaction. This was exactly what she was hoping would happen. Camilla didn't just pass the test, she dominated it.
The young Jedi herself was silent and unmoving still taking what All Might said into her brain.
"Congratulations, Camilla. You have made history today in more ways than you can imagine. It is my esteemed pleasure to welcome you into the hero academia."
Camilla's jaw hung open for a few more moments after the hologram had snapped away. From around her, Ryukyu had a very pleased smile on her face, Mirko was sporting an "I knew it" smirk, and Nejire was smiling so wide her mouth had to fall open.
"…..I did it….I'm in."
Slowly she stood up in her place, turned to her friends behind her, and let her happiness come exploding forth as she threw a triumphant fist into the air.
"I got into U.A. High!"
The moment she yelled that out, her Force senses tingled and she braced herself for a tight embrace from Nejire which came a moment later. Even though she wasn't much of a hugger herself, Camilla still decided to go with it this time and hugged Nejire back too happy to try and push the girl off.
R3 began to rattle back and forth in place as he bleeped out in excitement for his master's success while Ryukyu and Mirko stood up.
"Oooooooooooooooh Camilla! You and I are gonna be schoolmates! I'm gonna be an upper classman to the first ever Jedi student!" Nejire was over the moon.
"Congratulations, Camilla." Ryukyu complimented. "You've certainly come a long way."
"And now you're gonna go even further." Mirko added on. "But don't expect it to be as easy as that entrance exam was. U.A. is not known for going easy on students."
This came as no surprise to Camilla. As she parted from Nejire, she looked confidently to the two pros before her.
"I know it isn't. This entrance exam was a clear indication of that. But I'll remember that day in and day out."
The two pros nodded seemingly satisfied with that response. Before they could say anything more, the phone rang and Izuku was calling back and she answered it right there. At first Camilla was afraid Izuku was going to say he failed but to her happiness, he didn't. Taking out the zero pointer with One For All was what secured his spot in the hero course with a total score of 67 points. 60 of them were rescue points alone. He got sixth place overall with Ochako scoring high enough to get fourth place. When the call turned into a three way call, all of them went on about hoe happy they were to be accepted and how they were surprised they all made it into the top ten. Congratulations were thrown towards the Jedi for scoring first but she threw hers right back to them for passing. While they talked, Nejire picked up the envelope and pulled the paper out of it to look at a certain part of it. Then she walked back over and asked Izuku and Ochako to look on their letters that came with the holo message to see what class they were in. To their delight, they were all in the same class. Class 1-A.
"This is amazing!" Ochako cried. "We're all gonna be together!"
"I know. It's all so much to take in." Izuku could barely even speak.
"Let's meet up tomorrow and celebrate! We're all gonna be heroes!"
Ochako's excitement could not be contained and no one really wanted to try to do so. After everything they had done, all the work, the studying, the pain they had endured, this was a moment and a feeling well earned as far as the two present pros plus Nejire were concerned.
"Let's do it. I'll see you both tomorrow." Camilla assured her friends.
"Done deal! I'm gonna get back to my Mom and Dad for tonight though! Good night, guys!"
"I should probably go out and let my Mom know too. Good night, Uraraka! Good night, Camilla!"
"Good night, you two."
The phones were hung up once again and Ryukyu and Nejire took that as their cue to leave. Once they were gone, Camilla returned to her bedroom with R3 in tow. As she thought more about what was lying ahead of her now, she let her mind think back to what she had to go through in order to get to right here right now. The Jedi, the Clone Wars, and the day she was betrayed. For so long she felt like she was so lost and alone even with Ryukyu and the others to help guide her and teach her about this world she landed on. Even with a goal in mind there was still a part of her that felt like she didn't belong. And it was still there even now in this moment. But she was letting it not get to her as she let the moment be what it was supposed to be; a happy moment.
As she looked back to her bed, she called over her master's lightsaber with a pull from the Force and held it gingerly in her hands. With one hand she gripped it, feeling the grooves of the grip against her palm while memories of Larek Morlev fondly filled her head. The Force opened up the window allowing the evening breeze to sweep through while Camilla let her thoughts wander.
'I really don't know if you can hear me right now, master. But if you can then I want you to know, I did it. I'm still here and I haven't given up. I'll take your teachings with me to U.A. and become a hero. But more than that, I will be a Jedi that you can be proud of.'
Oh how badly she wished he could be here to say something. Thinking more of that, R3 came up to her side and noticed the sword in her hand and bleeped out another sentence.
"He would call you crazy for throwing a whole street. You know that right?" The droid said.
Of course Camilla knew he was right. But at this moment she didn't care. She was just so happy that she put the saber down and hugged R3 right there, happy that even though it was just her and him together on this planet, they had found a place for them to be.
In the solitude of his room, Katsuki Bakugo had just finished playing the results of his own acceptance message from All Might. He knew what was supposed to happen. He was supposed to be reveling in his victory right now, knowing that he was at the very top. But as he sat on his bed, he didn't feel victorious. He was angry.
No. He was seething.
It had started out so well. All Might appeared and began by telling Katsuki that he passed the written part of the exam with flying colors. Of course he did. That test was barely worth his time. Then came the important part. The number one pro then complimented Katsuki on his battle prowess before giving him his score. Seventy seven villain points. It was a new school record. He had done it. Like he always said he would.
"I'm happy to say second place is yours!"
Then that sentence was said. All at once, Katsuki felt like the walls around him had turned into glass and were about to shatter.
The scoreboard went up and just as the big guy said, there was his name next to a big number 2. As All Might finished fully welcoming the boy into the school, Katsuki's eyes went up just a bit to see who had stolen his first place spot from him. What he saw made his blood boil.
Camilla Sharro: 68 villain points 57 rescue points
That blind bitch. She got first place? But how? She destroyed fewer villains than he did! What were those dumb rescue points and what made them better than him?! She didn't earn this win! You win by beating those dumb villain bots and he destroyed the most of them! Yet the number one spot, his spot, was taken from him by someone who didn't deserve it. And if that wasn't enough to make him nearly blow a blood vessel, the name he saw a few spaces down sure got him close to it. The one next to the number six.
Izuku Midoriya: 7 villain points 60 rescue points
This wasn't right. Not a single part of this was right. That worthless nerd wasn't supposed to go to U.A. to apply. He specifically told him not to. Yet he did it anyway and not only passed but ended up in the top ten? What kind of bullshit was this? He wasn't supposed to succeed in anything? Deku was weak! Powerless! There was nothing that he had that made him hero material in the slightest bit! Top that off with his first place spot being stolen from him, Katsuki was becoming a very dangerous concoction of rage to be near.
"That no-eyed bitch….Deku…..YOU BOTH ARE DEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAD!"
"KATSUKI , SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
"BITE MY ASS, HAG!"
A/N
And there we are! Exam arc is over and done with! Next chapter we're headed to U.A.! Also once more if you head over to this story archiveofourown you'll see some art of Camilla based on when she was sick during chapter 18! And guess what! More art will be posted next chapter too! Until then, see yall!