"Robbie! You go there and kick ass, you hear me?!" screamed Yu Takeyama from her car, much to the embarrassment of the boy in question.

"Just keep walking. Act like you don't know her." he muttered to herself, while trying to avoid the embarrassment his legal guardian was causing him.

The date was February the 26th. Why was that important? Because that date was the date of U.A's practical portion of the entrance exam, of course!

On this day, hundreds, if not thousands of teenagers all across the country (and even a couple of foreigners like himself) were currently standing in front of U.A, the number one hero school of Japan. A school that quite frankly, deserved the praise that it gets. For this school taught some of the greatest bigshots of Japan itself. For only 1 out of 300 applicants get the privilege of being accepted into its hero course.

All Might, the man who magnanimously declined a National Honor Award. The number one ranked hero of Japan, as well as the country's own Symbol of Peace. A hero who has even been hailed by nations as a man that belongs to be among the pantheon that is the Avengers.

Endeavor, the flame hero and Japan's very own number two pro-hero. A man, who's flames were described as 'a raging blaze that consumes everything within its path' by the demons of Musphelheim when they tried to invade the shores of Japan during the War of the Realms. The man who holds the record of most solved cases in the history of his country and who was considered to be a threat to the Skrulls' plan of infiltrating Japan's government many years ago.

Best Jeannist, the fiber hero. Japan's third best ranked hero and the man that has won the Best Jeanist award (which apparently is a thing) for eight years in a row. A pro like no other, who nurtured his quirk from what was at first, a rather poor and weak quirk, to the powerhouse that it is today. Someone, who has been credited for exposing and dismantling many HYDRA operations that could have plummeted the nation into chaos.

It seems like graduating from U.A, is a requirement for becoming a great hero. For the halls of that school, nurtured not only the greatest heroes of the country, but some of the most recognized on a global scale. To study there is a privilege like no other in this part of the globe. There was only one way someone could even attend such school.

And that way was to earn your place there.

Even those who had connections had to prove themselves in order to study at U.A. Like the members of the Argos, who had to earn a spot in the legendary crew of sailors that set course for the mythical golden fleece. The hero aspirant needed to earn their place in the hero course of U.A.

No pressure, right?

Suddenly, Robbie felt an arm surround him. When he turned around, he saw the arachnid red-head grinning at him.

"Robbie my amigo! How've you been doing? Feeling the tension in the air?" asked Annie.

Robbie simply took a hold of Annie's jacket and carefully pulled her hand from him. "Guess you could say that. A bit nervous, but nothing that I can't handle. How 'bout you?"

"Oh, I'm nervous alright. I'm shaking like a leaf during a windy autumn day." she joked, although the boy had a feeling that she means what she says.

"Maybe it's not so much that you're nervous, but the fact that you're not wearing what one would call, warm clothes." commented Robbie.

They were still in winter and a bit early in the morning, the temperature was still pretty low. Or at least, Robbie considered it to be low. Granted, he grew up in a place where it was so hot, that if it were to rain lightly (light rain in California, like that could ever happen), the water would be warm enough that one could feel like they were in the shower after someone flushed the toilet. What Robbie was wearing was not something that he would consider a heavy coat or anything like that, but it was something that would be normal to see on cold windy days, that was without including the red scarf that he had as well. In contrast, Annie was wearing wasn't anything like that. She was wearing a pair of jeans and what looked to be a short-sleeved purple shirt beneath a green light jacket.

"Please, I'm a New Yorker. This breeze is nothing compared to the snow days that we get there." she scuffed at Robbie's comment. "You know what snow is, right? You know, that white thing that falls from the sky on really cold days?"

"I know what snow is web-head."

"Just making sure. I mean, I'm inclined to believe that a sunny boy like you probably feels like you're in the middle of the south pole right about now." quipped the red-head.

"And I'm inclined to believe that a cold-loving yankee like you would melt, not five minutes after being exposed to the sun of a mild day in California." retorted the dual-eyed boy.

"... I'm actually a Mets fan, so that shouldn't really apply to me."

"Really? A Mets fan?"

"Let me guess, you're a Dodgers guy?"

"Baseball is not my favorite sport, but I do follow the Angels every now and then." he said, noticing that the arachnid girl chuckled a bit.

"The Angels? Really?"

"And what exactly is that supposed to mean?" he asked the girl while frowning.

"What? No, nothing… I mean, at least it's not the Phillies of Philadelphia, but you do you, 'kay?"

Robbie was about to reply to the girl's comment, but stopped when he saw two people approaching them. The first, was the purple-haired boy Hitoshi Shinso, wearing what looked to be a school uniform and a scarf, similar to the one that Robbie had right now. The other was the fanfiction fangirl Kamala Khan, who was wearing a long sleeve yellow shirt, a green coat and a ushanka (those fluffy and floppy hats that people relate to Russia) on top of her head.

While Hitoshi was by himself, Kamala was with two other kids. The first one was a girl with pink pigmentation, pink hair, yellow eyes and a pair of horns. Both the arachnid girl and the hell-racer boy put two and two together and deduced that she was the famous Mina Ashido that she spoke of last month or so. The other one though, was definitely new. He was a boy with black hair that was around shoulder-lenght. Aside from that, the two were kind of able to see that the boy had red eyes and... where those shark-like teeth?

Kamala quickly bid farewell and good luck to the two of them. Soon, she and Hitoshi were right next to the duo of Annie and Robbie.

"Hey guys, how's it going?" asked Kamala.

"... See, even she knows the benefits of warm clothes." Robbie told Annie.

"... Did we miss something?" Kamala asked.

"Oh, stop being a baby Reyes"

"I'll take that as yes." said Hitoshi to the inhuman.

After Annie and Robbie finished their discussion of if the weather was cold or not, the two soon properly greeted the japanese boy and the inhuman girl. The four then proceeded to have a bit of a small talk about whatever topic that came to mind. They could have headed for the building if they wanted already, but they were still missing one person in their group. They could spare a couple of minutes more.

After a few minutes, a really, reallyfancy car parked in front of the building. The car, that looked like something from a collector of vintage-like vehicles, grabbed the attention of pretty much everyone in school grounds (with the exception of Annie and company). From it, Valerie stepped out and thanked the driver, which was no doubt Jarvis, before he drove back home, not before wishing the girl good luck. Valerie herself was wearing a pair of black pants, a white shirt and a really nice dark blue jacket that was accompanied by a red scarf that had a few yellow accents running down. The blue girl, once she noticed ust how much she was getting from everyone, quickly grew nervous and flustered. Thankfully for her, she quickly noticed her group of friends, all either waving at her or signaling to her to join them, which she quickly did.

"You know? For someone that can teleport, you're awfully late." quipped Annie, making Valerie blush a bit out of embarrassment.

"S-Sorry." she apologised.

"She's just pulling your leg, don't worry." Robbie said, making the blue girl feel more at ease. "Besides, it's nice to see that Parker's the only cold-loving weirdo here."

"W-What?"

"I'm starting to believe that you're the kind of guy that asks for hot chocolate in summer or something."

"Great, this again." complained Hitoshi as Kamala filled Valerie in what they were talking about.

"O-Oh… W-Well, it's a bit windy today."

"See?"

"B-But I wouldn't say that it's cold or anything in the likes of it."

"See?"

"Can we all agree that you two are acting like little kids and get on with it?"

"I vote yes to that." Kamala quickly backed Hitoshi in his statement. "By the way, nice jacket." Kamala complemented Valerie.

"T-Thanks, Nadia helped me in choosing what to wear."

"Well, then I believe she did a good job." said Hitoshi.

The five then turned and faced the building that stood before them. For some reason, the building seemed bigger than before. They were definitely in a mix of both anxious and trepidation. Still, deep down they knew that they could pull it off.

"Well, now that the gang's all here, let's head in." Annie said, receiving a nod from everyone else before they started walking towards the building. "So, Pony, the niece of that Texas lady that I told you about, said that she was going to be a bit late. You guys notice someone that you know?"

"A couple of kids from my middle school, but nothing special or anything like that." said Hitoshi.

"There's Mina… or Ashido… whatever. She presented me with a friend of hers named Eijiro… or is it Kirishima?"

"The boy with the black hair?"

"Yeah, him. How about you Valerie?"

"Umm…" Valerie started to look around. She wasn't really expecting to see someone that she knew since she wasn't that social. But then, she noticed a certain boy with black hair somewhere in the distance. "N-No! No one at all!" she nervously said.

"Okay… I think?" noted Annie, turning to Robbie. "Got anything sunny-boy?"

"Let's see…" he said, starting to look around the place, when suddenly they heard a weird noise.

"Are you okay?" asked a girl with brown hair that was standing in front of a boy with green hair that was floating. She then helped the boy back on the ground as she put her hands together. "It's my quirk. Sorry for using it on you without asking, but it's a bad omen to trip and fall." she said, smiling.

They could see that she was saying something about being nervous or something, which was pretty understandable. The boy in question, that was recognized by one of the teenagers, was trying to talk back to the girl… or at least, that's what they thought those weird noises were trying to accomplish.

"Good luck to the both of us." said the girl, waving at the boy as she walked away.

As for the boy… well…

"I talked to a girl!" he thought, even though he didn't actually talk.

"... So, we can all agree that we're at least not as bad as him socializing, right?"

"Yep."

"Yep."

"Si."

"M-Maybe?"

"Good enough for me." she said, resuming her walk towards the inside of the building. "Come on guys. Let's get inside before Robbie here freezes or something." she joked.

Robbie of course, replied and soon enough, their previous argument started again. Much to the annoyance of the purple-haired boy.

"Alright people! Welcome to today's live performance! Everybody say 'Hey'!"

"Hey!" screamed a hyped Annie, much to the embarrassment of most of her friends who were sitting next to her.

"It seems like we have quite the listener, don't we?!"

"You sure do, music man!" she replied with the same energy as before.

"Heh! I like your style already, hype girl!" replied the man with blonde hair, shades and speakers in his collar.

"S-S-S-So many people -a-a-are looking at us!" Valerie whimpered, for a good chunk of the kids in the auditorium were all looking at them due to Annie's previous actions.

Robbie himself sighed at the behavior of his two friends. He did find it a little weird that Kamala, the all around super fangirl, did not follow into the red-head's footsteps. He turned to face her and saw her smiling and whit sparkling eyes that were directed at their compere.

"Oh my god! That's Present Mic!" she exclaimed, although to her credit she was still trying to control the volume of her voice. It wasn't quiet enough to be considered a whisper, but it wasn't audible enough to be considered a yell or something like that. "I can't believe that the voice hero is going to be a teacher here, I used to listen to a podcast of him when I was learning japanese!"

"... Hey Shinso, I don't normally say these kinds of things. But thanks for being somewhat normal."

"Feeling's mutual Reyes." replied the native boy to the foreigner.

"Listen up, dear listeners! This is how the test will go!" Present Mic stated. "You'll be experiencing ten-minute-long 'mock cityscape maneuvers'! Bring along whatever you want! After the presentation, you'll head to your assigned testing location!" he said, as the screen showed a diagram in which a large rectangle that read 'Current Location' split into seven smaller boxes that were labeled from 'A' to 'G'. "OK?!"

"Ok!"

"That's the spirit, hype girl!"

"Robbie, pinch me."

"Goddammit, not you too." Robbie said, complaining at the attitude of the fangirl, the shy girl and the 'hype girl' as she was being called.

Hitoshi, on the other hand, hummed at what the voice hero said, looking at the papers in front of him. "I guess that's made so that people that know each other can't help each other out?"

"Makes sense to be honest." Robbie said, backing up what the quirked individual had just said. Noticing that all five of them were assigned to different sites from one another.

"Now, each site is filled with three kind of faux villains. Points are awarded for defeating each according to their respective difficulty level!" he explained, as the screen changed. Now showing the silhouettes of the different types of enemies all around the model of a city. "Use your quirks to disable the faux villains and earn points! That's your goal listeners! Of course, playing the anti-hero and attacking other examinees is prohibited!"

As Present Mic was about done with his explanation, Robbie took a look at the sheet that he had, which included the information that they were all given by the pro-hero. However, there was something that caught his eyes. Unlike what Present Mic had told them, there were four silhouettes in the paper. The hellfire-infuzed boy found it a bit odd. He had a hunch that this was no mistake and that this was something that will become relevant later on. He was about to raise his hand and ask about it, but someone on the other side of the auditorium beat him to the punch.

"May I ask a question?!" asked a boy who raised his hand as he stood up.

The boy seemed to have a uniform much different from the one that Hitoshi was wearing. If they all had to take a guess, he was probably from some sort of private school. He had a veish color jacket with a golden pin in the left side of the collar of said jacket and a white shirt with a striped blue necktie. He himself seemed to be rather tall, had black hair, squared features in his face and a pair of glasses that had behind them… red eyes?... blue eyes?... it was pretty hard to tell from afar.

"There appear to be no fewer than four varieties of faux villains on this handout! Such a blatant error, if it is one, is highly unbecoming for U.A, Japan's top academy! We're all here today in the hopes of being molded into model heroes!" he shouted, showing the handout in the air and pointing his finger at the aforementioned foth faux villain.

"Geez, this guy's so uptight that he makes Cyclops look relaxed in comparison."

"Cyclops' not that uptight." Annie told Kamala.

"And you with the curly hair!" he shouted as he turned around and pointed at the boy with green hair that they saw before. "You've been muttering this whole time… It's distracting! If this is some sort of game to you, then please leave immediately!"

"S-Sor-"

"Man, take a pill why don't you?" said Annie, getting everyone's attention, much to the misfortune of her friends (especially a certain blue shy girl).

"A-A-A-Annie!" cried Valerie.

The boy turned to Annie and already serious demeanor grew more so, to the point that he was basically glaring daggers at Annie. "And you, it's more than obvious that you take this as no more than a mere joke! I must politely insist that you leave at once!"

"Oh, so you can be polite, huh? That's a surprise." she quipped once again.

"E-Excuse me?!"

"I mean, I'm just showing to our lovely DJ that I'm just as excited to be here as he obviously is. Plus, seriously? You're calling that kid out because he's muttering?"

"As stated before, he's distracting the other applicants that, unlike you two, are taking this seriously!"

"Please, it's obvious that he's just nervous. A reaction that is not only natural, but far from being isolated to him." she replied. "I mean, I have a better hearing than average and what I've been listening to, aside from our lovely and badass hero teacher, is a couple of kids tapping their feet in the ground, biting their fingernails and chewing very obnoxiously. Yet you don't see me calling them out and bringing them to the front to become a laughing stock or anything like that, do you?" she told him, taking him a little bit by surprise.

"I… well, I-"

"Plus, you talk about politeness and distracting others, yet not only did you decide to make a scene, but you straight up insult U.A? As in, top hero school in the country, with only around a 2% acceptance ratio U.A? Real classy dude."

Once she said that, muttering started to fill the auditorium as the eyes of the boy widened. "That's preposterous! I did no such thing!"

"Pretty sure you did when you decided to just assume that the fourth faux villain in the handout to be a blatant error unbecoming of U.A."

"... I mean, when she puts it like that…" said one voice in the auditorium.

"Here, let me show you how you should have done it." Annie said, clearing her throat and turning to face Present Mic. "Oh, excuse me Present Mic sir, I do have a similar question. Now, I'm sure that a school as prestigious as U.A, whose staff includes such great heroes as yourself, could never make such mistake. So could it be that there's something to the fourth faux villain?"

"Indeed! Quite the astute observation, examinees 7111 and 18119! You see, the fourth faux villain is worth zero points! He's more of an obstacle! Ever played Super Mario?!" he asked both Annie and the glass-wearing boy. "It's kind of like a womp! Only one at each site! A 'gimmick' that'll rampage around close quarters!"

"So you're saying that we shouldn't put that much thought into them?" asked Annie.

"Correct-o!"

"I see. Thanks for answering my question then." thanked Annie as she, alongside the glass-wearing boy took their respective seats. All while around them, people commented that it was indeed just like a videogame.

"Has anyone told you that you have a big mouth?" Robbie asked the girl, who merely shrugged said comment down.

"I guess it's a hereditary thing."

"C-Could you please not do it often?"

"... I only promise to give it a thought."

"That's all for me! I'll leave my dear listeners with our school motto! The great Napoleon once said; 'True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life'. Now then, are you all ready to go beyond your limits? Let me hear a Plus Ultra!"

"Plus Ultra!... whatever that means."

"That's the spirit! Well then, good luck! Break a leg everyone!"

And so, the applicants all got up and started walking towards the locker rooms to change into more adequate clothes for the practical portion of the exam. While doing so, they all started to talk among each other about the test. Of course, Annie and company were no exception to this.

"We can all agree that there's something else behind the zero pointer, right?" asked Robbie.

"Don't know. Maybe it is just a gimmick." answered the inuman.

"I'm with Robbie, there's probably something fishy." said Annie.

"Well, we'll see when the time comes. But, any advice on how to actually do this?" asked Shinso.

"Don't look at me. Yu didn't mention a thing."

"W-Well… I had a talk with Janet yesterday…"

"Really? Did she tell you something that could be of use?" asked the inhuman.

"K-Kinda…"

"Well, go on. I'm sure that any advice coming from an Avenger has to be useful." the arachnid girl said.

"... S-She told me that… no matter where I'm in… the most important thing to do is to try and act like a true hero from the very beginning."

"... So, that means we have to beat each other up, look like idiots and then act all buddy-buddy once everything's being resolved?"

"That's not what she meant and you know it, Parker."

"Kidding. Geez, calm down sunny-boy." Annie assured the boy. "... Act like heroes from the get go. That does sound like a good advice to me." she said, with a smile.

"I guess. Well, Shinso and I are off to the men's locker room to get change." Robbie said as he and Shinso started walking away.

"Good luck girls." replied the boy with purple hair as he followed the dual-eyed color boy.

Once the boys were gone, Kamala too suggested to do the same. Valerie nodded, although she was quite nervous, knowing that she had to change while in the presence of other people made her face turn into a shade of red. Annie chuckled and was about to follow her friends, when she spotted someone. It was the green-haired boy from before, all alone and muttering to himself. Remembering how, had she not stepped in, he could have been laughed at, Annie decided to tell Kamala and Valerie to go on ahead and that she would catch up to them later. The two girls, although finding it a bit odd, did not object and nodded. Once the two left, Annie approached the boy to ask if he was oky.

"Hey there!" she said, greeting the boy and startling him a little bit.

"Eh? Oh, y-you're that girl from before." he said.

"Yeah, I just want to see if you're okay." Annie said, offering the boy a friendly smile. "Well then, are you?"

"Oh, y-yeah I am. T-Thanks for what you did earlier."

"Don't mention it. I don't like to see people getting picked on and this isn't the first time I did it." she said, offering the boy a handshake. "Name's Anna-May, but you can call me Annie."

"Um… I-I'm M-Midoriya Izuku…" said the boy of green hair, accepting the handshake. "B-By the way, y-you didn't tell me your last name."

"Oh… um… it's um… I think I'll keep that one to myself for the time being, sorry Izuku." she told him, making him blush a little bit. Which thankfully for him, went unnoticed by the red-headed. "Just call me Annie, I don't mind. 'Kay?" she said, smiling while taking both her hands to her hips.

"Y-Y-Yes!" he awkwardly said. "First, I talk to a girl and now another girl is telling me to call her by her first name while also calling me by my first name?!" he thought, wondering if he, for some reason, was hit by a truck and sent to another world without him remembering it.

Annie then giggled a bit, which brought Izuku's attention to the girl once more. "Man, you sure are a nerve wreck. Kind of reminds me of a friend of mine. She's also very timid and rambles at times."

"Oh… um, y-you don't sound like you're from around."

"Got that right. I'm from the good ol, U.S of A. More specifically from the city that never sleeps." she told him, which did surprise the boy quite a bit.

"You're from all the way to America?!"

"Yep."

"Wow… I'm actually a little fascinated by the country. Sometimes I daydream of visiting America one of these days." he admitted, only to regret it not five seconds later. "D-D-Did I just admitted to a girl that I just met that I daydream of visiting a foreigner country?!"

"Neat. If you ever go through that, give me a call. I can give you a tour through the big apple if you want." Annie told the boy, surprising him even further.

"Y-You mean it?"

"Sure! Here, let me give you my number if you want." she said, as she started to pull out her phone and shocking young Midoriya even more.

"I talked to two girls and not only is one of them insisting on me calling her by her first name while calling me by my first name… BUT SHE'S ALSO PLANNING ON GIVING ME HER PHONE NUMBER?!" he thought, actually wondering if he wasn't imagining things.

Annie finally pulled out her phone, which Izuku noticed had the screen cracked, but suddenly frowned when she turned it on. "Shoot, it's kind of late." she said, making Midoriya realize that indeed a decent amount of time had passed already. He then saw the foreigner girl return her phone back to her bag. "Sorry for taking too much of your time. I guess we should head to the locker rooms already."

She then started to walk away, not before she turned to the green-haired boy, and smiled while waving at him. "How'bout I give it to you after the exam?" she told the boy. "Good luck!" she told him as she finally ran towards where she believed the women's locker room were located.

As she did, Midoriya suddenly remembered something that happened earlier in the day.

It was very early in the morning. The sun had just risen up and the birds started to sing their melody.

Somewhere in the Dagobah beach of Musutafu, were two individuals. One was Midoriya Izuku, a once scrawny teenager that, for ten months or so, has trained his body to the point that he obtained quite the amount of muscle mass. The other one was a bulky, muscular blond man with a smile so bright, that it could guide ships to the mainland even among the thickest of mists on the darkest of nights. The Symbol of Peace himself, Toshinori Yagi. Or as he's better known, All Might.

Something that many could consider a surprise, was that the beach had no traces of trash. What once was the equivalent of a junkyard with sand and water, returned to its original self of a beautiful beach with an awe inducing view of the ocean. The reason, one may ask? Midoriya.

He has spent the last ten months cleaning the beach all by himself. The reasons were, not only to give to the community, but to build his physique so that he could become a proper vessel for his hero's power.

One for All.

A sacred torch that has been passed down from bearer to bearer. Each time growing stronger and brighter than before. A near mystical power that has been used for good since its inception. And now, it was Midoriya's turn to carry said torch. However, the way that he did was… not how he expected things to go through.

"O-Okay… I ate the hair…" he said, thankful that he has yet to eat breakfast. For no doubt, he believed that it would come out if he did. "I don't feel myself transforming…"

"Of course not! You need time to digest it! You should be starting to feel something in a few hours." said All Might to his successor.

"Gahh… I'm so nervous. Gotta get home, take a shower, eat some breakfast…" Midoriya started to say as All Might looked at him before speaking up.

"You may be a proper vessel, but… you were put in a hurry. You've had no time to get used to your power… prepare for some real kickback." he said, as Midoriya turned to him. "No time for a delayed explanation, but know this… wait, I think I'm forgetting something else." he said, taking his hand to his chin.

He was planning on telling young Midoriya something. It wasn't about One for All, but it was still something he deemed important for the young boy to know. After a couple of seconds thinking, a lightbulb appeared on top of his head.

"I got it!" he said, turning to his successor. "Young Midoriya, have you by any chance had the time to look at the news recently?" he asked the boy.

"Eh… um, no I don't think I have. Actually, I don't think that I have seen the news a lot since we started training." he said.

"Understandable! After all, you have been giving your 110% to prepare to receive my quirk!" said All Might, with his smile on his face, yet despite the fact that said smile was still there, he did grow a bit serious. "Lets just say that… I recently found out, around a month or so, about a couple of possible applicants that are planning to enter U.A."

"Is that so? How?"

"I'll tell you, on another time. For now though, I want to tell you a bit about them." said the Symbol of Peace to his protege. "But before that. Let me ask you this, young Midoriya. What do you know about the students that go through recommendation?"

"Recommendation?" repeated Izuku, as he started to think about it. "Mmm, let's see... What I know of them is that, unlike the rest of students, they go through a different kind of test. I also heard that, like the name implies, they get through by being recommended by very important individuals."

"That is correct, my boy." congratulated All Might, as he then took it from where Izuku left off. "The people that are able to give recommendations are indeed very important. From U.A graduates that had an impeccable record and top grades, very, very important heroes that can even include the likes of the top ten, to of course, important and very wealthy families. Most of the time, they're connected to some kind of leading company."

"The top ten? So, for example, if you wanted to. Could you get me in through recommendation?" asked the young vessel.

However, the Symbol of Peace shook his head in denial. "I'm afraid that that's not how things work my boy." he said, as he then began to explain his reasoning. "You see, while it is true that you need to have, either an important individual or even an institution vouching for you. You yourself also need to be very good at what you do."

"I don't get it."

"Let's put it like this. U.A students are already considered to be the elite of the hero course, right?" asked the hero to the boy, who nodded in agreement. "Well then, if that's the case. Then the recommendation students could be classified as the elite of the elite!"

"R-Really?!" asked the boy, as All Might nodded.

"Indeed! Not only do they need to have connections, but they also need to be quite talented as well! That's actually how some students from your standar middle school can also be able to get in like that!" Toshinori started explaining to the boy. "There are some that have proven themselves so talented that their school itself vouch for them!"

At that statement, Izuku's eyes widened. He knew of a certain ash-blonde boy with an explosive quirk that could be considered a natural prodigy. The best of grades, a powerful and flashy quirk and a drive like no other to reach the top. He was definitely someone that, no doubt, their school would praise to no end. So why was he not being given that same treatment? Granted, their school was not that noteworthy, actually, there were some (like the aforementioned ash-blonde boy) that tended to refer to the school as a complete dump, so that could be taken into consideration. But even if that wasn't the case, could it mean that the recommendation students are on another level of power to even Bakugou Katsuki?

Never in a million years did Izuku thought such idea could even be possible.

Shaking the thought away for a moment, the boy decided to ask his mentor/idol something. "Um… excuse me, All Might." he called out, getting the attention of the blond man. "N-Not that this isn't interesting or anything like that, far from it… b-but… Well, I was wondering where are you going with this?"

"Ah, my apologies, young Midoriya. You're right, I must have got caught in the moment." he said, clearing his throat and starting to tell him what he meant to do since finding out. "What I was trying to say was that these applicants that I found about are definitely something else."

"What do you mean?"

"To put it bluntly, they have connections that have never been seen in the history of U.A! And if they are anything like the people that are vouching for them, well…"

"S-So you're saying that they might be the best of this year's recommendation students?"

"That's the interesting bit." said All Might, chuckling a little bit. "They have everything to get through recommendation, yet are taking the normal entrance exam like you are!" he said, almost cracking up and laughing all together.

Izuku on the other hand, had a different reaction. To learn of a group of people his age possibly more talented that his childhood friend was already shocking enough. But now, not only is he learning that there might be a couple of applicants that stand out even among the elite of elites, but that they're all taking the normal entrance exam as well?! Suddenly the memory of a certain roughish looking guy that he met two weeks ago popped in his head. That guy not only told Izuku that he was rooting for him, but also that he and a group of friends of his were all planning to get into U.A. Could it be that him and his friends are the people that All Might are talking about?

… Nah, that would be way too convenient for him and he already has the number one hero of Japan as his mentor. The chances of him meeting one of these super elite kids before getting in U.A should be near impossible if what All Might is saying turns out to be true.

What did make him curious was though, maybe more than anything else, was the fact that All Might said that they have connections that had never been seen before in the history of U.A as a whole. Just what kind of connections did they have? A company perhaps? But Izuku couldn't think of any company in Japan that could cause the Symbol of Peace to give such a statement and he didn't think that more global companies like Stark Industries or Alchemax would ever think of recommending someone… A hero perhaps? But the only way for that to work, said hero or heroes would have to be within the top ten of Japan or similarly.

For the way All Might was talking, the chances of being a hero of the top ten weren't that likely... Maybe a foreigner? The first heroes that came to mind to the young boy that could fit that criteria and were relatively close by were the members of Triumph Division and Aero. Triumph Division was mainly a Philippines team, but on many occasions, have ventured to the deference of the east side of Asia. Plus, its members are quite frankly, very impressive. Red Feather, the leader of the team in particular, is easily on par with the top ten of Japan. Some even go as far as saying that outside of Endeavor, he's the closest hero of all of Asia to reaching All Might's legendary hero status.

Aero on the other hand might be considered a bit of a stretch. She's not as experienced as the aforementioned Red Feather, with her only being a hero for around five years at most, but she's still as capable as any other pro if not more. The wind mistress of Shanghai, she has proven herself to be so good at her job, that despite being mostly a solo heroine, has proven to be, not only a great ally to Triumph division and the Agents of Atlas, but has been consider to be on par with China's top heroes, the Chinese People's Defense Force. That's without mentioning the fact that the very first time that she ever worked with anyone, was with the legendary armored Avenger himself. Speaking of, it is rumored that Tony Stark himself has gone as far as giving her the status of Avengers-Adjacent. Something that rarely occurs on this side of the globe.

"Um, and who are they anyway?" asked the boy.

"As much as I would like to tell you, I rather want it to be a surprise to you for the time being. I'm telling you this because I want you to remember that your path towards U.A will not be easy. There will be all kinds of students, some far more talented and skill than you are as of now. But… I also want it to be a motivator, my boy."

"A… motivator?" asked the boy as All Might nodded.

"As I said, there will be all kinds of students attending at U.A. Most of them will strive for the top, but that does not mean that you can't learn from them as well." he explained to the fanboy. "These super elites that I'm telling you , are very different from the others. As such, I want you, my boy, to try and learn from them as much as possible. Trust me, they're likely going to be an interesting lot. But for you to do that, you must first pass the exam! So tell me fanboy, do you have what it takes?!" asked All Might, as his voice boomed within the boy's head.

Midoriya looked at his idol with a bit of doubt. Sure, he did just say that he earned his newly found power. But deep down, doubts still linger within his heart. For a long time, he was told that a quirkless nobody could never amount to nothing more than to be the spectator in someone else's story. A mere bystander, whose life would be nothing but the definition of mundane. For a moment, the question took presence in his mind, does he really have what it takes?

But then, the image of a legend telling him that he did have what it takes to be a hero appeared before his very eyes. When he was at his lowest, when others told him that he was reckless all the while a certain somebody was being praised and called brave, he recognized him. Then, another image appeared before him as well. This time, of a beach, only two weeks ago. That day, a complete stranger, who he had never seen before, looked at him and told him to hurry up, because he was rooting for him to get into U.A.

"Yes sir!" said the boy with confidence accompanying his words. For how could he say no when he had two people looking out for him? That acknowledges his efforts and actually has expectations, high expectations at that of him?

The answer was obvious. He couldn't, for he had to live up to two different people and was not planning on letting them down.

The Symbol of Peace looked at the boy and smiled. "That's more like it!" he told him.

And so, the boy left, not before the Symbol of Peace told him one last thing.

"U.A… there sure are a lot of interesting people here…" Izuku thought, seeing the girl walk away.

He soon took his leave as well, not without smiling first. His idol, a complete stranger that is rooting for him, a strange girl that wished him the best of luck and another that stood up for him while others ridiculed him… He has truly been blessed.

U.A Ground A

The applicants were all loaded to different buses, all of which took them all to different parts of the school's property. It didn't take them long before they all arrived at their respective grounds, all of which were in a model city… Well, the model would be an understatement. The model was as large as any other city that they have been to. Amazing everyone, but mostly the Americans, who all had their jaws dropped to the ground.

While the title of the best hero school on the planet was still up in the air. There was no doubt in their minds that U.A definitely takes the cake for the flashiest of them all.

As the students all got down from the bus, they all went to their respective waiting areas. Among the midst of boys and girls, all coming in different shapes and sizes (quite literal) there stood one boy, with blond-ash hair and red eyes, looking at all of the competition. People all around him murmur to each other while looking at him. Ten months ago, the boy found himself being trapped by a sludge villain, yet not only was he able to resist the threat of being taken over while the pros all tried to find a way of freeing him. But he ended up being rescued by the number one hero of Japan himself.

They were probably talking about that day. Whether it be about how it was said that he kept the villain at bay, the fact that he was rescued by the Symbol of Piece or even the fact that multiple pros that were there actually offered him a place in their agencies, basically begging the boy to remember them once he graduated. He didn't know and didn't care. Let them talk whatever they felt like now, soon enough he was going to be the only one of these losers to get into U.A. And once there, well…

"I'm going to wash these fucking extras out!" the boy thought to himself with a grin in his face.

He won't let anyone get in his way of becoming the greatest of them all. To surpass All Might himself! Not that glasses-wearing rich boy, nor that red headed dolt! And especially…

Especially not him…

This story was going to end one way and only one way. And that was with him, standing above everyone else! He was going to make sure of that and there is no power on Earth that was going to stop him!

Ground B

There he stood, shaking to his core as he looked at the faux city in front of him. There was only one thing that he could think of…

"So big…" Izuku thought.

The boy was no longer wearing his middle school uniform, but rather a cian tracksuit. Nervously he looked around, seeing the many faces of the other applicants. He saw a blonde boy that was wearing some kind of belt, another moy with a mask and multiple arms spreading as if they were wings, among many others.

"Why is everyone so confident?! Aren't they nervous or something?!" he thought looking at them all, acting with little to no care at all. But suddenly, he remembered what happened at the auditorium.

"Please, it's obvious that he's just nervous. A reaction that is not only natural, but far from being isolated to him." he suddenly heard the voice of the red-headed American in his head. "I mean, I have a better hearing than average and what I've been listening to, aside from our lovely and badass hero teacher, is a couple of kids tapping their feet in the ground, biting their fingernails and chewing very obnoxiously. Yet you don't see me calling them out and bringing them to the front to become a laughing stock or anything like that, do you?"

"Maybe they're only putting in a mask or something… like they're hiding their inner doubts or something like that…" he thought, trying to make himself feel at ease "... Either that or they're just blindly too full of themselves. I mean, some of them even got equipment to match their quirk, so that probably helps"

As he kept on looking, he saw a familiar and (hopefully) friendly face. It was the girl that stopped him from falling. The brown-haired girl no longer had her coat or scarf, but rather a track suit of her own. It, being mainly black and white. Trying to summon some kind of confidence, he decided to walk towards her.

"I've got to thank her for earlier…" he thought, prepared to do so.

Unfortunately for the green-haired boy, a certain someone with black hair and glasses also happened to be in the same ground as him and also ended up seeing what he was trying to do. So, he walked towards the boy, put a hand on his shoulder and stopped him from going any further.

"He's here too!" thought Midoriya, looking at the boy, who was now wearing skin tight blue clothes that were similar to the one that cyclists wear.

"That girl appears to be trying to focus. the boy told Izuku. "What are you doing here? Are you taking the entrance exam to interfere with everyone else?" he asked.

"N-N-No, of course not…" he awkwardly said.

"Look, it's that kid that was about to trip at the entrance."

"Oh, you mean the guy that was trembling so much that some girl had to intervene to bail him out?"

"Man, what did she see in him for her to do that?"

"Look at him, he's so nervous!"

"I guess that's one less rival to worry about!"

Midoriya heard as everyone took turns to take jabs at him. "Guess they must all feel lucky that I'm here, huh?" he thought to himself and part of him did not blame them for thinking that. Then, he noticed that everyone was practically making fun of him, not one person was standing up for him. "Could they be on other sites? I wonder how they're doing?" he thought, thinking of a certain roughish looking boy and the New York girl.

Ground C

Valerie stood by herself, being eaten by her nerves as she looked around at the other applicants. There were a lot of them that looked so confident, as if their place in U.A was already guaranteed. There were a few, that like her (or probably less like her) were also visually nervous. The gates in front of them, lead to an artificial city that was so large and detailed, one could practically call it an actual city.

Valerie, was currently wearing the P.T clothes from Avengers Academy. They consisted of a pair of black pants and a dark grey shirt, with the logo of the school on both the side of her right leg and the front of her shirt. With the logo of the Avengers in the back.

As she was starting to look around, she spotted a certain brown-haired boy that she encountered in a fastfood place. Naturally, she freaked out. "Oh come on!" she whimpered.

The boy ended up turning and saw Valerie looking at him. Seeing this, Valerie freaked out once more and turned around. Praying to as many cosmic entities and actual gods that he ignored her.

As for the boy…

"Uh, it's that cute girl. M-Maybe I could ask her out after the exam?... Well, that is if she doesn't freak out and runs off like the last time. Wonder why she did that? The smoothie thing was an accident, not like I was mad at her or anything." he thought, looking at the shy blue girl. "Okay, Sen! Let's show them what you're made of!"

Ground D

Robbie stood there, alongside the other examinees, all looking at the artificial city. He was somewhat nervous, but was able to hide it. He was wearing a long-sleeved grey shirt and a pair of dark blue pants. He was thinking of what Strange told him a long time ago. Of the offer of a better life and a chance to do good. Of becoming into someone that his younger brother could look up to.

Ever since that fateful day, ever since he went to hell and back, he has been waiting for this moment. This was the best way to make sure that he and Gabe could have a better life. For him to repay the good doctor, Yu,Mr. Wakeford, Lisa, everyone that ever believed in him. That's without mentioning the new friends that he has made. Thinking of it all, his right eye suddenly started to glow and the temperature around him started to rise if only by a bit.

"Let's approve this bitch!" he told himself.

Ground E

"And here I thought the Danger Room was overkill." Annie said, looking at the fake city before her. "Then again, it could just be really flashy."

Annie, who was wearing a pair of black pants and a red shirt with a white logo of the X-Men, looked around her. She saw a mix-bag of students that looked to be, either really cocky, somewhat nervous, or something in between the two. She couldn't find anyone that looked remotely familiar to her. Whether that be Pony, or that Izuku, or glasses or that girl from the main gate. She did wonder how he was doing Of course, she also thought about her friends, but wasn't that worried about them... well most of them anyway.

Robbie and Kamala would be fine, she was sure of it. One of them seemed to be able to control magic fire or something like that. Kamala was basically a combination between Ant-Man and Mr. Fantastic. People like them could be more than capable of taking care for themselves. Valerie and Hitoshi on the other hand…

Valerie's a sweet girl, had a kick-ass power and despite looking like a frail flower, was stronger than the average person. She ventured to say that she was stronger than some athletes. But unfortunately, she's also very timid and shy. It was obvious that she sometimes underestimated herself and was afraid that people could try and take advantage of her kindness. Hitoshi on the other hand was a smart guy with a very interesting and useful quirk… in theory. Unfortunately, he wasn't the most fit of people, that's without mentioning the fact that his powers would probably not be that good in this kind of situation.

"... You worry too much Annie. They're all grown ups that can take care of themselves." she told herself, feeling that in no time, the exam will begin. "They'll pass the exam. So try and make sure you don't fall behind."

Ground F

Kamala, who was wearing dark blue pants and a white and blue jacket with a yellow thunder-like logo in it, was preparing herself. "Okay, Kamala, you got it. This is what months of junkyard training and all those courses at Avengers Academy were leading up to." She told herself, breathing in and out for a couple of times, until she felt somewhat more relaxed. "You got this, right?"

Ground G

Shinso looked at the other kids around him. He saw a pallet of people that could turn their bodies into some kind of material, to people that could, either manipulate or generate elements. Only one thing crossed his mind.

"Maybe I shouldn't have skipped Annie's invitation to work out." he said.

All the kids were reading themselves. Some were nervous, others were confident. There were those that underestimated their skills and looked down on themselves, while there were others that had such an ego, that they already saw themselves as the next big hero, with only a few if any of them capable of backing such claims. The air became thinner, the children's nerves grew exponentially. They were only waiting for the signal, that signal that would tell them all to go all out. Seconds felt like years and minutes like an eternity. And suddenly, out of nowhere…

"And… BEGIN!"