A/N: Hey guys! I'm uploading this on a Friday, which means that hopefully I can draw up pictures for the upcoming chapters over the weekend. That's really all for this author's note.

Oh, one more thing! As promised, I've provided a link in my bio where you can access the pictures that go along with the chapters, as well as links to my AO3 and Wattpad accounts. Head there so you can get a better vision of what Hitomi looks like, as I originally wrote this story with the intent that pictures would accompany it.

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It had been three weeks since the entrance exam.

Hitomi scoffed as she finished thumbing through the mail from that morning, the lack of a UA logo starting to piss her off.

She threw the stack of letters onto the kitchen table, grabbing her phone to head back upstairs to her room.

Her mother looked at her as she walked past.

"Still nothing?"

"No… you'd think a high and mighty institution like UA would at least send a rejection letter, but no. I guess they can't even do that."

"You… you can always go to another school."

"I know… it's just frustrating I spent all that time training and preparing and UA doesn't even have the guts to tell me they don't want me. Do they do that to all the students who don't pass…?"

Hitomi's mother tried to give her daughter a reassuring smile. "I'm sure they don't. Maybe it just takes a while for the letter to arrive?"

"That letter was supposed to come two weeks ago!"

Hitomi sighed, stopping at the bottom of the staircase. "...it doesn't matter. I'll just file for a transfer to Nari's school, they'll definitely have a hero course there. At least then there'll be someone I know there."

"Hitomi…"

"I'm going upstairs to read up on Nari's school. Just have Toku call me when dinner's ready or something."

As she walked up the stairs, Hitomi's jaw clenched. She knew she shouldn't have been so cross with her mother; it wasn't even her fault. But she couldn't help but be so unbelievably frustrated about the silence she was getting from UA. Even if she was rejected, she would have at least liked to have known her score.

Apparently UA wasn't even going to give that to her.

It had been a few hours since Hitomi had checked the mail, but the tranquility of her room was interrupted by her younger brother slamming the door open.

"HITOMI!"

She swiveled around in her desk chair, ire in her voice as she spoke. "Would you please stop slamming my door open?! You're going to make a dent in my wall if you haven't done that already!"

"Yeah, whatever," he panted, leaning against the doorframe to catch his breath. "Jeez, you in a bad mood or something? You've got- Mom sent me up to get this to you."

He held out an envelope with an emblazoned wax seal on the front.

It was from UA.

Hitomi's eyes widened, getting up from her seat. She gingerly picked up the envelope, holding it as if it would crumble in her hands as she sat back down slowly at her desk.

"Mom says to come down after you open it; dinner's ready."

"Yeah, yeah, of course." Hitomi seemed as if she was off in her own world, not noticing Toku as he left the room and the door clicked shut.

All she could do was stare.

She almost didn't want to open it, spiteful of the fact UA had taken so long just to send her rejection letter.

Might as well get it over with.

She tore off the top of the envelope, a small metal disk falling out along with a folded piece of paper.

"I AM HERE AS A PROJECTION!"

Hitomi's heart felt like it stopped at the sight of the No. 1 hero in all of Japan: All Might. Why is this with my rejection letter? Is he with UA?

Hitomi watched in confusion as All Might bowed.

"Young Kanetsukabe, I am deeply sorry to inform you there's been a mix-up in our system, and I wholeheartedly apologize on behalf of UA for taking so long to get this message to you."

A mix-up…?

"As you're probably aware, UA acceptance and rejection letters were meant to be distributed a week after entrance exams," All Might said heartily as he straightened himself, "but I'm quite sure you've noticed already you never received yours.

Let's take a look at the scoreboard!"

All Might swung his arms around elaborately to point a remote he was holding at the screen behind him. Hitomi tried to quench the hope building in her chest as All Might pressed a button.

The screen changed from the UA insignia to an image of a scoreboard, showing 11th to 20th place. Hitomi's eyes scanned the board, before focusing on 16th place.

Hitomi Kanetsukabe.

Hitomi felt her breath hitch.

"Racking up a score of 24 villain points and 27 rescue points, for 51 points total, you've placed 16th in UA's entrance exam, earning you a spot in the hero course!"

But gray eyes were staring at the points in 17th place.

"But you weren't the only one to get 51 points.

You tied with another student; normally, when there are ties, the two to tie would be included in the top 36 for our hero course. However, due to some system error, you were not included in the top 36 and the entire score roster moved up one place, meaning 17th place took your spot and so forth."

Hitomi deflated. I knew I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up.

"I regret to inform you the staff at UA did not notice the error until after letters were distributed. That means students were officially enrolled in their respective courses by then."

Hitomi could only look down at her lap in shame, not wanting to hear the rest of the recording.

"However, do not lose hope young Kanetsukabe!"

Her head snapped back up.

"The teachers saw the potential in the power and versatility you demonstrated with your quirk, not to mention your score on the written exam was exceptional. The principal decided it would be best just to enroll you in the hero course as one additional student instead of going through the trouble of shifting students around, or dropping you entirely! After all, the more heroes in the making, the better!"

Hitomi couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Congratulations, Young Kanetsukabe. I expect to see you at UA in April.

PLUS ULTRA!"

Hitomi stared at the wall in front of her as the recording shut off, processing everything she'd just heard.

Holy shit.

Hastily getting up from her desk chair, she stumbled through her room, wrestling her door open before sprinting down the stairs.

"MOM! DAD! GUYS!"

A/N: Although doubtful and full of spite at the beginning, Hitomi finds she got in! How she'll interact with her classmates at UA is the question. :0