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Izuku was giddy with anticipation as he donned his uniform.

This was it!

As of today, he'd officially be a student attending UA!

When he finished his tie, he finally reached out and grabbed the jacket that was on his bed and donned it. As he did so he let out a sigh that he didn't even realize he was holding. Turning toward one of the many All Might figures that were located around the room, he gave it a shaky smile.

"I did it. I'm gonna follow in your footsteps!"

Walking to the door of his bedroom, Izuku opened it and stepped out into the living room. As his sister saw him, her eyes went wide before she burst out laughing.

"Izu! Your tie!"

"Wha- oh," Izuku looked down at his tie before his eyes drifted over to Himiko's. Face heating up, he rubbed the back of his head. "I've never had to do this before!"

With a soft chuckle, Inko walked over to her son and straightened out his tie for him. "I know you're just excited. You'll have to practice it later." Once she was done and smoothed it out she grabbed him and pulled him into a hug. "My baby boy is growing up so fast! I'm so proud of you."

"Thanks, Mom," Izuku said softly as he returned her embrace.

Once she pulled away, Inko turned her attention to Himiko, giving her daughter a similar hug before watching the two depart. The siblings quickly made their way to the train station and boarded their train. When they arrived at the station, they found Ochako already waiting for them.

"Good morning Dekkun!" Ochako waved as she rushed over to them. "Are you ready for today?

"Yeah!" Izuku pumped his fist in the air.

A few minutes later Atsuko arrived. Once introductions were made the group of four made their way to campus. As they approached the building the second years stopped and turned toward the first years.

"I'll see you after school," Himiko told her brother.

"Wait, after school?" Izuku froze.

"What about opening ceremonies?" Ochako asked.

Himiko gave the two a fanged smile. "I know what I said!"

Izuku watched Atsuko mouth a silent 'sorry' before the two girls retreated to the building, leaving a very confused Izuku and Ochako in their wake.

"What did your sister mean?"

"I'm… not sure," Izuku admitted. "She's been very tight-lipped about exams and certain lessons. Something about integrity and surprise."

"I see," Ochako gave him a nervous smile. "Well, it can't be that bad, right?"

"You're right," Izuku matched her smile with a similarly wavy smile. "Let's go find our classroom?"

"Yeah!" She replied a little too loudly.

"So do you think we got lucky?" Ochako asked as they approached the absolutely massive door to their homeroom.

"I guess there's only one way to find out…" Izuku said as he grabbed the handle of the door. Swallowing the lump in his throat, he pulled the door open and dared to look inside.

"Shit!" Ochako exclaimed from beside him.

There, right in the middle of the classroom, was Bakugo. He was leaning back in a chair with his feet propped up. Worse, he was arguing with that tall blue-haired student from the entrance exam over proper decorum.

The pair gave each other resigned looks before Izuku pointed to the back of the classroom. Ochako nodded in understanding, and they attempted to sneak in…

…however, their efforts were in vain as the blue-haired student noticed them immediately. Giving up on his argument with Bakugo for now, he rushed over to the doorway. "It's you two! You were the girl who was injured! And you were the one who figured out there was more to the test!"

"Yeah…" Ochako fidgeted awkwardly as her blush spread. "I'd rather not talk about that…"

"Very well then!" The student turned toward Izuku. "I wanted to apologize for my rude remarks during the presentation. I had misjudged you. You risked your score to save someone whom you had just met." He closed his eyes and bowed his head. "My name is Tenya Iida and I hope that our school year will be less tumultuous."

"I hope so too…" Izuku said awkwardly as he rubbed the back of his head. "I'm Izuku Midoriya. Nice to meet you."

"And you must be very talented as well," Iida said as he opened his eyes and turned his attention to Ochako. "Able to rescue him from falling out of the sky like that."

"I uh…" Ochako flailed awkwardly. "I just got lucky I guess, ehe…"

Fortunately, she was saved from further explanation as the group heard a voice behind them.

"It took ten seconds for someone to notice me."

Izuku and Ochako whirled around and looked down. There, lying on the ground was a scruffy-looking man in a yellow sleeping bag. As they watched he pushed himself upright, towering over the students.

"That's unacceptable if you want to be a hero." The man said as he unzipped the bag and stepped out. "In an emergency, a few seconds can mean the difference between life and death. Consider this your first lesson.

All of the students quickly hurried to their desks as the teacher picked up his sleeping bag and walked to his desk. Setting the bag down, he exchanged it for a box that had been hiding behind the desk and set it down.

"Here are your gym uniforms. I want you to put them on and follow me."

"But what about the opening ceremony?" The girl behind Izuku asked. She had shoulder-length pale blue hair, and her eyes were narrowed behind her glasses.

Aizawa gave the girl a flat stare, but she didn't seem to back down. "They're a pointless waste of time. The principal has given us a lot of leeway in how we run our classes, so we're going to do something more productive instead."

Without any more questions, the students slowly stood up and shuffled to the front of the room, each one receiving their uniform from Aizawa before they exited the room.

It didn't take long for everyone to change, and a few minutes later everyone had reconvened on the training field outside the school. There they found their teacher standing with a softball in his hand.

"Midoriya, you were the top score on the practical portion of the exam. Come here," Aizawa instructed as he gestured toward the painted circle next to him.

Nodding slowly, Izuku walked to the designated spot, pointedly ignoring the glare Bakugo was sending his way. Once he was in position, Aizawa casually tossed him a ball. "You've all done the standard physical assessment tests in middle school. Today we're going to be doing them again. What was your furthest throw in the ball toss?"

"About 50 meters," Izuku said, remembering the last time he took them was still early in the year.

"Hmm," Aizawa examined him. "Let's see how you do today. But unlike middle school. I want you to throw the ball with your quirk."

Izuku's face lit up. "Really?"

"Yes," Aizawa sounded annoyed. "The laws may be illogical, but because of them you've never had a chance to test your limits with a quirk before. That may be fine for normal people, but it doesn't fly for future heroes." He turned toward the rest of his students. "Starting today, you're operating under different rules."

"Mhm," Izuku smiled as he wound up.

Channeling a mere five percent of One For All in his hand, he threw the ball, watching it go flying. When he saw it disappear he turned his attention toward the teacher, who was holding a monitoring device. Seemingly satisfied by the results, he held it up to display the results: 620 meters.

"This sounds fun!" A pink-skinned student shouted.

"Yeah! It'll give us a chance to really go all out!" A tall boy with strange cylinders for elbows added.

"You think this is fun and games?" Aizawa asked as he glared at his students. "It's time for your next lesson. These tests exist to test your potential. The person who comes in last place clearly has none, and will be expelled."

A hushed silence fell over the class at the proclamation, before chaos broke out.

"You can't do that!" Ochako protested. "That's not fair!"

"You're in the wrong line of work if you want fair," Aizawa closed his eyes. "Let this be your second lesson: Society isn't fair. As heroes, it's your job to push back and fight the unfairness."

"Can he really expel someone?" An invisible girl, defined only by the gym uniform she wore, asked.

Aizawa opened his eyes and turned toward Izuku. "Tell them, Midoriya."

"Tell them what?" Izuku asked nervously. He had a strong suspicion of what Aizawa wanted him to do, and would rather not if he could avoid it.

"Your sister's in 2-B, isn't she?" Aizawa asked. "I'm sure she told you what happened last year."

"What happened?" Iida, taking the bait, asked Izuku directly.

Izuku felt the gaze of twenty pairs of eyes on him and his throat went dry. Swallowing to wet it, he began to speak. "Last year Aizawa– he expelled his entire class over a training incident."

"What?!" A tall girl with a long ponytail exclaimed. "I swore he was bluffing?"

Ochako looked a little pale as she asked her next question. "That– he did that?!"

"I did," Aizawa confirms, returning attention to himself. "Those kids weren't taking things seriously and I did Japan a favor by weeding them out early.

"But what about me?" Izuku heard the invisible girl speaking to nearby classmates. "My quirk is invisibility! It doesn't help with these tests!"

Izuku looked down at his own hands.

"This… isn't right," Izuku muttered. "Everyone tried so hard to get here…"

Suddenly his eyes went wide as he put the pieces together. Balling his hands into fists, his head jerked up to stare at his teacher.

"No."

"No?" Aizawa lazily turned toward Izuku to glare at him.

"You - you just said it!" Izuku exclaimed. "We should fight the unfairness of the world! And it's not right to expel someone before school has even started!"

"Yeah!" He gasped as he heard Ochako's voice. Stepping forward she had her fists raised. "We all worked so hard to get here!"

"I agree," the girl with pale blue hair and glasses added, "I didn't intend to apply to UA because I thought my quirk wasn't good enough. But seeing the students at last year's sports festival inspired me to try! If they deserve to be here, then so do I!"

Out of the corner of his eye, Izuku saw Iida hesitating for a moment before he also stepped forward. "I must also agree. While I understand a school of UA's status holds its students to a higher standard, this is going too far." He punctuated his statement with a sweep of his arms.

"Hmph." Aizawa closed his eyes and… was that a faint hint of a smile on his face? "I see." Opening them, he turned his gaze to the four students who called him out, landing on Izuku last. "You figured it out. Good."

"Wha–"

"It was a test?!"

"For real?"

"Yes," Aizawa confirmed. "Nobody will be expelled today. However, that doesn't mean you can goof off. If I find out someone's not giving it their all, there will be consequences."

Silence filled the air as the students felt the weight of his words before they spoke as one. "Yes sir!"

"Now then, follow me," Aizawa instructed as he led them toward the fifty-meter dash.

Izuku breathed a sigh of relief as he saw their teacher walking away from them, only to jump at the sound of Ochako's voice from behind him.

"Are you okay Dekkun?"

"Y-yeah," Izuku turned and gave his friend a shaky smile. "I just… wasn't expecting that."

"Me neither," Ochako shook her head before offering him a smile. "You were so cool though!"

"T-thanks," Izuku said, feeling the heat rising to his neck. Was this what it was going to be like as a hero? Receiving praise for simply doing what's right? He wasn't sure how he was going to handle it. "But we should get going. I don't want to know what Aizawa has in store for us otherwise…"

"R-right!" Ochako said, not wanting to find out either. Turning, the two took off to catch up with their classmates.

Despite the tension that hung in the air over the first two tests, eventually, the class started getting into it. By the end, a few students were even cheering each other on. When they didn't get in trouble, more students followed, and soon the majority of the class was getting into it, praising each other as students came up with new and creative ways to use their quirks. The encouragement eventually grew to the point that even those students whose quirks didn't help found themselves thinking about new applications for their quirks.

For Izuku, this was the first real test of his concentration. Sure he had been practicing channeling five percent of his power to a single limb for things like punches and kicks, but this was forcing him to practice under new conditions. He'd have to keep that in mind for the rest of the year.

And before they knew it, they were finally done with the tests. Gathering around their teacher, everyone watched in silent anticipation as their teacher raised the device. Holding one end out, he pressed a button, and a hologram appeared displaying everyone's scores.

1st place - Momo Yaoyorozu

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3rd place - Katsuki Bakugo
4th place - Izuku Midoriya
5th place - Tenya Iida

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11th place - Ochako Uraraka

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20th place - Toru Hagakure

Looking over the results, their teacher focused on the invisible girl. "Hagakure, I'm going to recommend additional fitness training for you. UA offers an after-school program for students. You don't want to be caught struggling when lives are on the line, do you?"

"N-no sir!" Toru said, visibly shaking but with relief in her voice.

"The program is available to the rest of you as well if you wish to improve further." Closing his eyes he dismissed the chart and lowered the device. "Now change and return to the classroom. There will be syllabi and other paperwork waiting on your desk, and we still have several presentations explaining all of the benefits UA has to offer this afternoon."

Izuku sighed in relief and turned to join his classmates as they returned to the locker room until his teacher called out from behind him.

"Midoriya, I'd like to talk to you."

"Y-yes sensei?" Izuku asked, turning stiffly toward their teacher.

"I saw you out there today. Why didn't you use your full power?"

"Full power?" Izuku repeated lamely.

"The entrance exam," Aizawa crossed his arms. "I saw what you could really do."

"Then… you know what happens when I go all out," Izuku said quietly. "Is that what you wanted me to do today?"

"What do you think?" Aizawa asked cryptically.

Izuku's brows furrowed as he looked toward the ground as he realized this was another test.

"I think you don't want me visiting Recovery Girl after every lesson."

"Hmph." A smile ghosted over Aizawa's lips. "But what if you're facing a foe where this level isn't good enough?"

"Then… I guess I'll need to go Plus Ultra?" Izuku said with a shaky smile.

"Good, it seems that oaf wasn't totally useless. That's all."

Izuku raised his head to continue, but he already saw Aizawa's back as he was returning to the building. Letting out a soft sigh, he shook his head. "I guess the teachers found out huh? Hopefully, it won't be a problem…"

Turning, Izuku began to walk toward the building, only to be interrupted a second time as Bakugo stepped out from behind a tree.

"Deku…"

"Just my luck," Izuku grumbled.

"I can't fucking believe it," Bakugo said as he stomped forward. "You really do have a quirk!"

"I told you–"

"And what a weak-ass quirk!" Bakugo crossed his arms and shook his head. "I feel bad for you, waiting ten years only to get… that."

"It's not weak!" Izuku clenched his fist as he took a step forward.

"To you maybe. But after spending so long being quirkless anything would seem powerful!" Bakugo had a smug look of superiority on his face. "It's still not enough to be a real hero like All Might!"

You're already a hero. Himiko's voice reminded him in his head.

"That's what you think… Just you wait!" Izuku declared, raising his fist. "I'm going to take this power and become a hero. Just like All Might!"

Quite literally. Izuku silently appended.

"Hmph," Bakugo scoffed dismissively. "I'd like to see you try. Just try not to embarrass me along the way."

"He won't," a new voice came from behind them. Turning, Izuku saw Ochako's face as she glared at Katsuki. "He'll surpass you!"

"Ha! That's rich!" Katsuki said. "Still conv–"

"What are you three doing?" Aizawa asked, his hair standing on end as he glared at the three of them.

"N-nothing," Izuku said quickly, placing himself between Ochako and their teacher. "Just… a disagreement is all."

"That better be all it is," Aizawa warned them before his hair fell back into a messy tangle. "Now get back to the classroom."

"Yes sir!" Izuku and Ochako called before the three made their way to the locker room.

After Aizawa dismissed them for the day, Izuku felt a gentle tapping on his shoulder.

"Sorry if I'm being rude, but I've been wanting to introduce myself all day!" The girl who sat behind him explained. She bowed her head. "I'm Kashiko Sekigai. Do you mind if I ask you a question?"

"N-no! What is it?" Izuku asked.

"Mhm," She gave him a faint smile as she nodded. "So I couldn't help but notice your last name is Midoriya and Sensei said you have a sister in class two. Is she the one with a shapeshifting quirk?"

"Yeah, that's Himi," Izuku said cautiously, unsure where this was going.

"That's great!" Sekigai replied with far more excitement than Izuku had expected. "Your sister's one of the girls who inspired me to apply to UA in the first place."

"Oh," Izuku's face lit up as he remembered her comments from earlier. "I remember that. I'm guessing the other one is Sakura then."

"Yes!" Kashiko smiled. "I always thought you needed a strong quirk to get in, but they showed me otherwise."

"What kind of quirk do you have?"

"It's called Chart," the girl replied proudly. Holding her hand out, a hologram of the classroom appeared in front of it with dots representing all of their classmates. Currently, two dots were blinking - she and Izuku, judging by their position. "It lets me search for and track people over a large area, as well as check on people's status."

"That's an amazing quirk!" Izuku stared at the diagram in awe, a dozen questions filling his mind.

"I agree," She said proudly. "But you can see why it's not a quirk normally associated with a UA Alumni."

"Yeah," Izuku nodded.

"But then I watched the sports festival last year and saw these girls with much more subtle quirks, like Chart, and they were competing as equals! So I decided to apply and here I am," She gave a smile as she waved her hand, dismissing her quirk.

"I'll let them know," Izuku said as he returned her smile. "I'm sure they'll love to hear it."

"Do you think I could meet them sometime?"

"Meet them? Ehe…" Izuku rubbed the back of his head as his smile turned awkward. "I'm sure they'd love to meet you but Himi…"

"What's this about your sister?" Ochako asked curiously as she came up to the desk.

"Sekigai wants to meet her," Izuku explained.

"Oh," Ochako said as she turned to stare at the other girl. "Just to warn you, she's a lot."

"She's not that bad…" Izuku said defensively.

"You're only saying that because she's your sister," Ochako giggled.

"Ehe…" He turned his attention back to the other girl. "I'll let her know? Usually, we meet up after school so I'm sure you'll run into her sooner or later. But not today."

"I understand." Sekigai nodded. "I'm looking forward to it!" Picking up her bag she gave a small wave to the two students. "See you tomorrow!"

With that Sekigai walked off, leaving Izuku and Ochako alone.

"Ready to go, Dekkun?" Ochako asked.

"Almost," Izuku said as he stood up and grabbed his bag. He piled all of the papers on his desk before shoving them into one of his notebooks, then placed everything back into his bag before shouldering it. "Now I am."

As the two were walking to the exit they heard someone call out their names. Pausing, they turned to see Iida approaching them.

"Midoriya, Uraraka. Would you two mind if I accompanied you to the train station?"

"Huh?" Ochako asked.

"What for?"

"I am ashamed to admit it," Iida began, appearing as if he had bitten a lemon, "but I have a wide gap in my knowledge. First at the entrance exam you ran toward the Executor robot to save Uraraka. It happened again today when you understood the lesson Aizawa-Sensei was trying to teach us."

"I just… wanted to do what's right," Izuku admitted. His eyes darted to Ochako and he saw her cheeks heating up at the mention of the exam.

"Precisely," Tenya delivered a swift chop to his palm. "You have a strong sense of right and wrong," He turned to face Ochako. "You both do. And you have internalized it in such an admirable way. If you do not mind, I wish to learn from the two of you."

"I don't mind," Izuku said awkwardly as he turned to Ochako. "What about you Uraraka?"

Ochako shook her head. "Me neither!"

"Thank you," He politely bowed to the duo.

"Think we'll have any more interruptions before we finally escape?" Ochako asked lightly.

"I hope not," Izuku said nervously. "Himi did promise to wait until tomorrow…"

Ochako laughed nervously as the three made their way out the door and began their journey to the train station.

Slowly, carefully, Izuku pushed open the door to his apartment and stepped inside.

"I'm ba– ack!"

Before he knew it, Himiko had tackled him to the ground and he was sprawled out in the entryway with her on top of him. "Yay! You survived Aizawa's silly test!"

"You knew that was coming, didn't you?"

Himiko's response was to give him a playful grin. "Fuwa may have told Emily who told us." She admitted as she scrambled off of her brother. "Besides, it wouldn't have been fair if I warned you and Uraraka that it was coming!"

"I managed to impress him at least? Or… I think I did?" Izuku said nervously as he pushed himself to a standing position. "He apparently knows that All Might's been training me though."

"I'm sure all the teachers know," Himiko pointed out.

"You're right," Izuku sighed. "I hope it doesn't cause any problems."

"I doubt it," Himiko laughed. "Maybe if you weren't so you."

"Thanks, Himi." Izuku gave her an awkward smile.

"Come on," Himiko hooked an arm around Izuku. "I'm sure Mom wants to hear all about our day!"

Letting himself get pulled along, Izuku couldn't help but smile at his sister's enthusiasm. Sure his day may have been a lot stranger than he expected it to be, but he couldn't wait to share it with his family.

AN: It's been a long trip, but we're finally here! Izuku's in 1-A properly, and we're ready for the kids to run into canon :D

I hope you all enjoy the newest addition to the class! Poor Mineta didn't make it this time.