"Denki."

"Yeah?"

"I don't think I can be a hero."

"Eh? Why?"

"..."

"Raichan?"

"It's just-"

"What is it?"

"My parents say that there are things I can do better at."

"What things?"

"..."

"Do you want to do those things?"

"..."

"If you don't, then don't. No parents should force their child to be something that the child doesn't want to be. If you want to be a hero, then be a hero! Just be someone you want to be, okay?"

"..."

Spring.

Time for the school year at U.A. to start.

In the Kaminari household, up in the room of Kaminari Raiden, there was a bundle of blanket on the bed that had yet to move despite the new day.

And then the door was kicked open, and Kaminari Denki let out an ungodly shriek to wake up the person wrapped in the blankets.

"RAICHAN, GET UP! WE HAVE SCHOOL, AND THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LATE!"

The pile of blankets twitched and seemed to scrunch up in the corner of the bed.

Denki didn't relent and full on jumped onto the pile. "RAICHAN, I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL YOU'RE UP!" He jumped up and down, and a groan was emitted from the bundle. A pair of glowering eyes peered through an opening.

"Denki..."

Denki paused, a knowing look crossing his face. "Oh no."

"GET OUT!"

The boy was promptly thrown out of the room, the door slamming shut behind him. Denki rubbed his head, sighing. "Well, as least she's awake. Morning people are scary." He shuddered as he walked away.

Raiden scowled, but she managed to crawl out of bed and force herself through her usual morning routine. She pulled on her new U.A. uniform and frowned at her reflection, finally deciding to wear black leggings underneath the skirt. She pulled her gloves on and stormed out of the room. She calmed down by the time she reached the kitchen, but not enough to not pull hard on Denki's cheek.

"Mph! Raichan!"

"Hmph."

Raiden's bad mood finally disappeared after she had finished her breakfast. As for Denki, his panic mode had set in, and he was anxiously bolting around the house looking for anything that he could've forgotten. She crossed her arms and sighed.

"Denki, you didn't forget anything. Let's just go."

"I know, but-"

"Do you want to be late or what? That's what you were screaming when you woke me up."

Denki winced, but he set down the couch pillow he had been looking under. "Fine. Alright."

Hikaru and Aiko waved the two goodbye as they left. Aiko had pressed kisses to their cheeks, making Denki squirm with embarrassment and Raiden turn pink.

Finally, they were off.

"Wow, I can't believe we're actually going to U.A., Raichan!" Denki exclaimed with a smile on his face. Raiden nodded, her gaze downcast. Denki looked at her, concern flitting across his features. "You okay?" he asked.

Raiden looked up. "Oh, yeah. I am. It's okay."

Denki frowned. "If you have any conflicting feelings, just tell me, okay? This is what you want, right?"

Raiden paused, looking at her gloved hand. She took a deep breath. "I want to be a hero," she finally said.

Denki beamed. "Then let's go be heroes!"

Sure, it was easy to get to the building, but finding the classroom?

That was something else.

Denki all but flung the enormous door open. "We found it!" he exclaimed, panting.

Raiden walked up behind him, not even winded. "So we did," she said. She scanned the classroom, recognizing the tall boy with glasses from the Entrance Exam, the one who spoke up in front of everyone. There a lot of unfamiliar people there, and Raiden found herself dreading the moment where she would have to introduce herself to them.

"Greeting!" the boy with glasses said, walking up to Denki and Raiden. "I am Iida Tenya from Soumei Private School! Nice to meet you!" Iida gave a stiff bow.

Denki rubbed the back of his neck. "Hey. I'm Kaminari Denki, and this is-" Denki turned, only to find that Raiden was missing.

"Eh? Raichan?" Denki said. He took a step back out of the classroom, and found Raiden stepping away from the door. "Raichan, what are you doing?" Raiden only shook her head, peering shyly into the classroom. Denki sighed.

"This is Kaminari Raiden, my sister," he said, beckoning to her. "Don't mind her. She's a bit shy and doesn't like introductions very much."

Iida bowed again. "Nice to meet you!" he exclaimed once more.

Raiden flinched at his loud voice, her usual cool demeanor gone.

Denki frowned. "Not so loud, please," he said. "Come on, Raichan. You should go find your seat."

Raiden her seat quickly enough. Fourth row and on the far left. Denki sat two seats away from her diagonally. Beside Raiden was a boy with a black, bird-shaped head. He seemed quiet and reserved. In front of her was a girl who was completely invisible, and behind her was a diligent-looking girl with black hair tied up in a tall, spiky ponytail.

Sitting in the seat next to that girl was someone Raiden felt she recognized. A boy with two shades of color in his hair, the left red and the right white. His eyes were heterochromatic, and he seemed reserved. What was most interesting was the burn scar over the left side of his face.

A Todoroki.

He suddenly looked at Raiden, and she automatically turned away. Bored, she lay her head on the table, waiting for the day to start. She watched as Denki interacted with several of their new classmates with a smile on his face.

Eventually, the door opened, and a familiar person stalked in. Raiden recognized him from her Entrance Exam. The boy who wrecked several robots with explosions coming from his palms. He had a nasty scowl on his face, and his uniform was sloppily placed together. He sat down two seats in front of Raiden, leaving the seat between them empty. Right away, Iida and the boy started arguing.

With a sigh, Raiden turned away, and brought her arms up to cushion her head. She felt like going to sleep.

Bit by bit, the seats were filling up with more classmates. Finally, with only two more empty seats left, the door opened, and she happened to look up.

It was the green-haired boy. Midoriya Izuku. A look of anxiousness crossed his face when everyone stared at him.

Iida immediately went over to Midoriya with an introduction. "Greetings! I am-"

"Ah, I overheard," Midoriya nervously said. "I'm Midoriya Izuku. Nice to meet you."

Iida went on to say something about Midoriya knowing the true intent of the exam, with Midoriya's body language clearly saying that he didn't know it at all.

Shortly after that, the last member of the class, a girl with short brown and rosy cheeks came in behind the boy and began excitedly talking with him.

Finally, a dull voice that Raiden recognized spoke up. "If you're just here to make friends, go somewhere else. This is the Hero Course. Get your act together."

Raiden looked up when a ragged man stood up from where he was wrapped in a yellow sleeping bag. "I'm your homeroom teacher. Aizawa Shota. Nice to meet you."

Aizawa pulled out several white and blue track uniforms. "This is sudden, but put these on and get to the field."

"A Quirk Apprehension Test?"

Raiden found it very interesting.

Aizawa beckoned to the explosive boy. "Bakugou. How far could you throw a softball in middle school?"

Oh. So that's his name, Raiden thought.

Bakugou shrugged. "Sixty-seven meters."

Aizawa tossed a softball to him and pointed to a white circle on the ground. "Throw it again. This time, use your Quirk. You can do anything as long as you don't leave that circle. Don't hold back."

Bakugou stretched his arms for a bit before winding his arm back.

"DIE!"

An explosion erupted from Bakugou's hand, propelling the ball forward with a distance he wouldn't have been able to do otherwise.

"Know your own maximum first," Aizawa said. "That is the most rational way to form the foundation of being a hero." He held up a tablet with the final score, and everyone was shocked to find that Bakugou had thrown it over seven hundred meters.

So this was the Quirk Apprehension Test.

"And by the way. The person with the lowest score gets expelled."

Raiden hissed and snapped her head toward Denki, conveying a silent message.

If you get last, you will not be forgiven.

Denki gulped.

A/N: There are still twenty students in the class. I kicked out Mineta. Raiden sits where he would've sat before.

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