"Perfect! I feel right at home in a noisy hangout like this! Right, Bakugo?"

"If you say so."

"It's not that bad."

After fleeing the library and comforting the crying child, Eijiro, Katsuki, and Y/N had taken refuge at the diner in front of the station. Sunday afternoon was past peak business hours, but the place was still packed with customers. Conversations filled the air, so the trio didn't stand out so much in this crowd. A waitress walked over and asked for their order.

"The serve-yourself drink bar, with unlimited refills! For all of us!" Eijiro answered cheerily.

"Your treat, right?" Katsuki questioned, who was slumped down in the booth.

"You bet! Long as you take this tutoring seriously like Y/N!"

Y/N smirked with pride and Katsuki glared at her.

"You think I can be bought with a few drinks? As if."

"The drinks are just over there you guys." the waitress said with a service industry smile.

She left, and Eijiro shot up.

"I'll get the drinks."

"Are you sure, Eijiro? Don't want you to spend." Y/N asked.

"Yes, I'm sure. Don't worry. So, what're you having?" he said turning to Katsuki.

"Cola." Katsuki replied.

"Y/N?"

"Hm... Apple Tea. Tell them if they have a cold one."

"You got it!" Eijiro said, heading for the drinking bar.

Y/N and Katsuki stayed there in silent when another customer spotted Katsuki and walked over.

"If it ain't Katsuki!"

"Huh?" Y/N tilted her head in confusion to face them.

She saw two other boys - one with black hair rife with cowlicks and another with long hair parted down the center. They started chatting with Katsuki as if they knew him.

"Never thought we'd run into you here, man."

"Hey, we saw you in action at the Sports Festival!"

"Ugh, just shut up already!"

"Do you know them, Katsuki? Are they friends of yours?" Y/N asked, catching the boys' attention.

"Woah! You're the girl that beat up, Katsuki!" Cowlicks boy said, making Katsuki growl. "You're pretty cool out there!"

"Wow. She's a hottie. You're the Dinosaur Whisperer, right? Nice to meet you!" Center Part said.

"Nice to meet you guys as well." Y/N said.

"What's going on here? Friends of yours, Bakugo?" Eijiro asked, coming back with the drinks as he noticed the two boys.

"Oh, another U.A. kid." Center Part said.

"Yeah, we hung out back in middle school. Now hurry back to your own table, you two." Katsuki spat bluntly.

"Oof. Icy cold, man."

The pair reluctantly stood up to leave, but the grinning Eijiro had other ideas. Even though he's against of having the boys check Y/N out, he'll keep an eye on them.

"Naw, sit back down, guys!"

"Yeah. It's rude enough to get to know Katsuki's old friends." Y/N said.

"Huh? You sure?"

"Of course. I bet you three have plenty to catch up on?"

"No. We don't. What about your studying?" seethed Katsuki.

"Oh, almost forgot about that."

"Not even for a few minutes? Why not? You gotta treasure the friends you've made, dude!"

"Yeah, I would like to know how you even got to make friends." Y/N smiled.

"What the hell? You two seem, like, way too nice to be friends with Katsuki." Cowlicks said, practically blinded by Eijiro's noble aura and Y/N's kind smile.

Katsuki, Y/N, and Eijiro all responded at once.

"What's that s'posed to mean, you?"

"Bakugo may have a bad attitude and a nasty mouth on him, but he's a man's man who's jsut following his convictions!"

"He may be stupid, annoying, reckless, and loud, but if you just get to know him better and get used to his shitty personality, he's a good and sweet guy on the inside. I'm pretty sure he's hiding his true personality."

Katsuki swiveled towards Eijiro and Y/N and glared, blushing a bit from Y/N's words.

"Don't start with those mushy crap, you two!"

"Yup. Same old nasty mouth, it seems. Even when someone's complimenting him." Center Part said, who seemed to be remiscing. This got Eijiro and Y/N curious.

"So what was Bakugo like in middle school, anyway?"

"Was he a braggart?"

"Hey!"

"Hmm... Pretty much just like this?"

"The most arrogant AND braggart guy you ever met."

"Yeah, thought he was the center of the universe."

"You jerks looking for a beating or what?" Katsuki said, clenching his fists.

"What's this? A future hero is no more than a violent thug?"

"Shut up! And outta my way, you extra."

Katsuki shoved Cowlicks aside and stomped off toward the drink bar to refill his glass. Y/N took a sip of her apple tea with ice from her glass, watching him leave as she wondered if it's too far.

"Actually, he almost seems to have chilled out a little since middle school." muttered Cowlicks, once Katsuki is out of earshot.

"Yeah. Maybe?" agreed Center Part.

"Back then, he seriously would've hit us for saying that crap. ANd he wouldn't have been caught dead tutoring someone."

"For sure. U.A. must be something special to change him like that... So? How's Katsuki behaving nowadays?"

Eijiro thought for a moment.

"Like I said earlier, I guess? What you see is what you get, which is why I like hanging out with the guy. Plus, he's got real talent. Everyone can admit that, at least."

"When I first met him, I took a liking to his determination and wanted to make a friend with him because he's cool."

"Hey, putting two and two together, you both must've been in the same class as Midoriya, right?"

Cowlicks and Center Part glanced at each other and mumbled, "Well... Yeah, actually."

"We knew Katsuki was a shoo-in, but Midoriya? Getting into U.A.? Not in a million years..."

"Huh? Why's that?" Y/N narrowed her eyebrows.

Cowlicks forced a smile and scratched his head like he had something to hide.

"Truth is, we picked on Midoriya, like, all the time... We thought he didn't have a Quirk, see."

"So when he revealed all that power? I was like, 'Woah.'"

"Seriously. We saw the whole Sports Festival on TV, and we had goosebumps when he crossed the finish line in first place. That was just nuts..."

"Yeah..."

There was a note of regret in their voices. Something uncomfortable about their expressions, too. Eijiro and Y/N were about to lecture them to those who picked on others for no reason, but at the same time, they weren't about to when people who clearly felt remorse over what they'd done. That was up to the one who'd been bullied.

"I bet Midoriya would love to hear that! He'd probably be blushing like heck right about now." Eijiro said.

"He would most likely forgive you and never hold grudge." Y/N said.

"Uh-huh. Probably." Cowlicks said.

"He was always a decent guy." Center Part added.

The two seem relieved, and they started talking a mile a minute, as if a great weight had been lifted from their hearts.

"Anyway, don't tell Katsuki I said this, but Midoriya was on fire in the tournament too! In the battle against that, uh, icy dude!"

"Never could've imagined Midoriya duking it out with someone, but there he was. He sure showed us."

"He does surprise me sometimes." Y/N nodded.

"Right? When he fired back after that one hit, I was like, 'Holy crap!'"

"Gah, Midoriya came so close! We might've seen an insane battle between him and Katsuki if he'd made it to the final round!"

"That would be very intense and scary at the same time." Y/N added.

"What's that about Deku?"

The three boys and a girl spun around at the sound of Katsuki's voice. Their friend was back, drink in hand, with one eyebrow twitching furiously at a dangerous angle.

"An insane battle? Deku? Keep the fan fiction to yourself! You blind or something? Maybe a few good explosions'll get you seeing straight again!"

"Cool it, Bakugo!" Eijiro implored.

"Woah, woah! Katsuki! Breath in and out! And chill!" Y/N stood up from her seat.

"Once you all shut the hell up, sure!"

"Same old Katsuki, huh... At least when it comes to Midoriya!"

"Don't you fucking say his name!" Katsuki screamed.

"Relax already, Katsuki."

Center Part and Cowlicks scrambled to escape Katsuki's fists while Eijiro tried to get between them all and Y/N tried to hold him back by pulling the back of his collar. In the process, the table rocked and sent a glass to fall, but Y/N with her quick sense, caught them all with her hands and her tail. She sighed in relief and noticed the other diners were starting to stare from Katsuki's anger that was past the point of pacifying.

"That one boy looks familiar..."

"Ah, he's from U.A.!"

"And that business with the sludge villain?"

The whispers from the peanut gallery were just more fuel to Katsuki's fire.

"Shut up! You extras need to pipe down and keep shoveling that crappy slop into your grub holes!"

"Excuse me, sir."

The hand that clamped down on the shoulder of the screaming Katsuki belonged to a stern-looking staff member. Her name tag identified her as the manager.

"I'm afraid you're disturbing the other guests, so if you could keep the noise level down..."

If words alone were enough to quell Katsuki's rage, the world would be a more peaceful place indeed.

"Buzz off! I'm a guest too, y'know!"

"A guest who bothers other guests is no guests of ours. And we do not serve 'crappy slop' at this establishment."

Just as Katsuki was about to retort, Y/N placed the glasses down on the table and took a quick jug on her apple tea and wrapped her tail around his neck to keep him quiet.

"We're so sorry. We'll leave, right now."

With that they are out of the diner.

"So sorry that you guys have to get involved in his mess.." Y/N apologized.

"It's fine. Gr-great catching up, I guess!" Cowlicks said as he and Center Part fled the scene.

Y/N then released Katsuki whose face was turning blue and he wheezed, breathing in and out. She glared at him and grabbed him by the collar as she shouted,

"What the hell, Katsuki?! Not only the library, but the diner?! How long are you gonna control yourself?!"

"How long?! If you jerks just had to bring up Deku! Hang on... It's all Deku's fault, really!"

"Oh, now you're blaming Izuku out of all people? When it's clearly your fault that we kicked out twice! You really need some anger management class!"

"And get myself to see everything is all cupcakes and rainbows! Bleh!"

"That's not what I meant! For your information, there's one class that I learned since I have much more experience than you, it's called RESPECT!!!"

Eijiro doesn't know what to do to stop this fight. But he can't get in between them because they're too powerful and strong and he's afraid his Quirk won't shield him from harm. He looked around for any solution when his eyes went wide and his face went pale to see something coming straight towards them with one step at a time.

"Uh, guys...?"

"LIZARD FREAK!!"

"PORCUPINE HEAD!"

"Guys..!"

"NO, YOU!"

"NO, YOU!!"

"YOU!!!"

"YOU!!!"

"YOU!!!"

"YOU INFINITY!!" Y/N smirked, making him growl and his vein to pop out.

"GUYS!!!!!" Eijiro finally shouted.

"WHAT?!" Katsuki and Y/N spun and glare at him.

"LOOK!!!"

Eijiro pointed to where he saw. They looked and boy their face was pale as they are now face-to-face with the T-Rex who's already close to them as they huffed out from their nose with the teeth showing. It had scars on its neck, jaws, and upper back.

Everyone that are in the diner quickly put the sign that says 'CLOSED' as everyone who are outside stood still like a statue as the rest ran away, screaming for their lives. Y/N, Katsuki, and Eijiro stood still, knowing they can't move a muscle. One wrong move, and they're a goner. The T-Rex stared at them with scary eyes. It glanced at Eijiro and Katsuki before it gave them a piercing roar.

They all covered their ears. They can't stop shaking at the sight of the king of the dinosaur. Looks like Katsuki's wrong about being a king. T-Rex then glance at Y/N who flinched and started sniffing her as her hair was blown from its nose. Y/N gulped, knowing she stand no chance against something this big, even though she's a hybrid and strong, there are other dinosaurs that are stronger than her. T-Rex felt the familiar smell of the Indominus Rex that it fought against long time ago. Oh, forgot to mention that T-Rex is a female. Yeah, shocking.

She stared at Y/N as their eyes meet. T-Rex could tell that she's different from that Indominus Rex that nearly killed her and all the other dinosaur kind. She gave Y/N the indimidation stare as Y/N not wasting time showing her red glowing indimidation eyes. Katsuki and Eijiro don't know what to do and they can't do anything stupid that involves the T-Rex eating them alive. T-Rex then glance away from the stare, making Y/N sigh in relief. T-Rex glances at the boys to Y/N again before doing something unexpected. She nuzzled Y/N on the head with her snout and then walked away with a loud stomp.

Once she's gone, Katsuki and Eijiro let out a breath they didn't know they hold in. They look at Y/N with worry as her face was calm until she broke down.

"Oh, thank God!"

"...What?" the boys thought.

"Whhooooo!! That was scary! My heart!" she gasped out. "I mean when I saw the T-Rex I was like, 'That's it! I'm dead!'"

"What?! You mean, you're scared?! I thought you can handle that dinosaur like you have with other dinosaurs!" Eijiro exclaimed.

Y/N inhaled and glared at him.

"You're CRAZY."

"Ack! Y-You're right. That was stupid."

"....Fuck.." that was the only word Katsuki said.

Y/N and Eijiro looked at him to see him very scared as his whole body shook, but he kept a straight face to never show his fear.

"Are.. are you afraid of the T-Rex?" she smirked.

This snap him out of it.

"What?! No! Are you an idiot?! No way!" he shouted. "I'm done with this study shit! You're on your own shitty hair with Y/N!"

Katsuki stomped his way to his home. Y/N and Eijiro stared to where he was gone and look at each other.

"Let's forget what we saw. I'm too tired of all of this. Want me to help you?"

"Y-Yeah. I was starting to understand what you said earlier in the library and could use a few more help."

She nodded and they both head back home as well.

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After three days of written exam, it was finally over.

"Pencils down, everybody." Aizawa said. "The last person in each row, collect the answer sheets and bring them here."

"Thanks, Yao-momo!" Mina cried out to Momo who was collecting the papers.

"I didn't leave anything blank, at least!" Denki cried out.

Y/N sighed, cracking her fingers by interlocking them together and bend them. She then shook them to relax her fingers. Y/N was okay with her answers as she managed to answer them correctly while double checking.

"Good job, you two." she said, making them smile sheeplishly.

Y/N looked back at Eijiro who smiled at her and gave her a thumbs up for her help. Finally, it paid off.

And then, it was the day of the practical exam.

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"Now, we will begin the practical exam." Aizawa said, standing in front the students who are in their costumes with the other teachers.

Y/N is in her same casual ninja outfit with black shoulder pads that are used for football and black knee pads. Her new costume is still working and upgrading.

"Of course, yours is possible to fail this exam. If you want to go to the training camp, then don't make any stupid mistakes."

"There are a lot of teachers..." Kyoka pointed out.

"Odd..." Y/N said.

"I expect that you all have gathered information ahead of time and have some idea of what you'll be doing."

"We're fighting robot warriors like at the entrance exam, right?" Denki threw his head back with a wide grin in his face.

"Too bad!" a muffled voice said came fron Aizawa's scarf.

It moved and wiggled to show the mouse Principal Nezu with his paw out.

"For various reasons, the exam will be different starting this time!"

"Different?"

Principal Nezu used the end of the scarf as a rope to slide down.

"From now on, we want to focus on person-to-person combat and hero work, and stress teaching that is closer the actual fighting. So... we'll have you form teams of two to fight against one teacher!"

This shocked all Class A students.

"Against... the teachers?" Ochaco stuttered nervously.

"But there are a few other more surprise we would like to show you before Aizawa proposed on which team and teacher to fight against. You guys may have heard a lot of dinosaur incidents on news, right?"

This gained their interest, even Y/N. Principal Nezu then signaled them to bring them. The sound of the truck was heard and they revealed the dinosaurs in the back. The students gasped to see the sight of the real dinosaurs in person as they roar or play around.

"While you fight against the teacher, you have to rescue the dinosaurs. Don't worry. They're fine and won't harm you. Unless you harm them, it will be hard for you to pass. Learn to cooperate with them."

"Rescue..."

"Dinosaurs...?"

"Awesome!!!!"

"In addition, the pairs and who each pair will be against and save have already been decided. These were determined at my discretion based on various factors, including fighting styles, grades, and interpersonal relationships." Aizawa said. "Here they are: first, Todoroki and Yaoyorozu are one team, they're fighting me, and they're rescuing the baby Apatosaurus. And Midoriya, Y/N, and Bakugo are a team,"

Izuku and Katsuki exchanged shocked glances, as Y/N sighed, knowing this will be hard since Katsuki clearly hates Izuku's guts.

"...and their opponent..."

The number one hero dropped from above in front of the trio.

"I... will do it!"

"All Might?!" Izuku and Katuski exclaimed in unsion.

"Well, shit...."

"And they're rescuing the Stygimoloch or should I say Stiggy, Y/N.." Aizawa said, raising his eyebrow.

Stiggy headbutted the wall that's keeping her in. Yes, she's a female. Y/N gasped in happiness to see her and Stiggy roared at her, happy to see her too.

"Work together to beat me, you three!" All Might grinned evilly, giving them chills.

Fighting the Symbol of Peace will be brutal and painful... T-T