"Good luck, Tami-tan! You got this!" my friend, Sakura, cheered.

I smiled as I looked back at my friend, Sakura. She had always been much shorter than me, but she was way prettier than I was since her parents let her wear make-up. Even though we were all wearing the same uniform that was only different for those of us who needed some sort of alteration, she still managed to make sure she could stand out as her dark hair was tied in a green ribbon.

We weren't friends because I wanted styling tips or anything. I was fine not having my face touched with chemicals or making sure my hair was perfect. Sakura and I were best friends because she was the first person who would talk to me when I first moved to Japan. She was the first person to call me Tami-tan. If I had things my way, everyone would just call me Tami, but moving here to Japan, well, I learned a lot of people liked adding stuff to the ends of names to show how close they are. I had to get use to it, even if I wasn't a fan.

My first day in Japan taught me a lot. The biggest lesson was to keep to myself and keep my big mouth shut. True, I was six at the time, so the transition should've been easy. It wasn't. My immediate family left the rest of my family behind, which was hard being how close I was to some of my cousins, aunts, and uncles.

Why would we move to a place where we knew no one? The answer was simple. I was born with a Quirk, something that was pretty rare in the small town I was born. Being Quirkless back home was normal. But that was only at home as anywhere else in the world it was rare to be Quirkless. Being Quirkless wasn't necessarily a good thing. That's because a Quirk is a power that a person can use.

I think the best way to explain it was through my little brother's favorite comic: Arachnid-man. It was a pretty old comic taking place in a Quirkless world, but he loved it as the hero was a normal guy until he was bit by a spider. That spider caused him to grow eight legs, and he could do anything a spider could do. That's how Quirks worked, except you didn't need an animal to bite you to get one, nor did you have to physically change. Usually, at the age of four, a child's Quirk would appear. A lot of people who had really cool Quirks, like having the ability to create fire or having super strength, could move on in becoming heroes.

Of course, I was the only one in my family to have a Quirk. That meant my family had to work mediocre jobs. It wasn't that they weren't capable of having a good job, but how can you be a doctor when some people had the quirk to heal or be a construction worker when you can literally sharpen and harden your arms to do the same job as huge machines can? Quirks gave people a huge advantage.

Not having one meant you just had to work harder.

I held my fist towards Sakura and gave her a small smile. "Don't show off too much in your group."

Sakura laughed. "Out of the two of us, it's your Quirk everyone should worry about. You're going to make it into U.A. for sure."

Her fist tapped mine before she ran towards her group for the exam. When she was far away, I felt my smile fade.

How was I going to tell her?

~*~*~*~

I looked up at the challenge that lied ahead of me. A huge wall was all that separated everyone else and me from the exam. Once that door opened, we would be expected to do our best in the exam to show everyone we were more than capable of being heroes.

The entry exam was simple. For every "villain" we took down, we would gained one, two, or three points, depending on the kind of "villain" we took down. The people with the most points would have a chance of getting into the school. This is all with the written exam playing a key role in it as well. A student has to do well on both.

For me, all I would have to do was gain one single point to make it. At least, if people got the average amount of points as people did at other schools in years past. The higher the score, the better chance I have of getting in. The written exam was weighed a bit more. If a person were to score higher on that, and fairly low on the entrance exam, then that person would have a better chance than someone who did the opposite. No matter what, a person still needed to score at least a point on both to get in. Zero points on one exam was all it took for a person to not be accepted into the school.

"Hi there!"

I jumped, quickly turning around to see a boy my age standing there. Well, I guess everyone around me was my age. It was just that this guy looked more like his age. With Quirks, it was a bit hard to tell how old some people were. At least, I thought it was hard to tell people's ages. Some people, you could look at and think they were a toddler, only to realize they were actually much older than you.

This guy looked normal, but not as in Quirkless as much as it was that he looked his age. I mean, his orange eyes literally seemed to be glowing as he looked at me, something that I had never seen before. Other than that, he just looked like a normal kid: something that was different from most of the people waiting outside the gates that lied ahead of us, waiting for the exam to start.

His hand shot out in front of him. "Name's Kaito Oba," the boy introduced himself, "but you can call me Kaito. Are you excited to get started with this exam?"

My eyes widened as I stared at his hand for a moment. All it was was a hand. There wasn't anything really to it. I looked back up at him, noticing his orange hair spiking out in every direction; his orange eyes still glowing as he gave me a huge grin.

"I don't bite, promise!" Kaito exclaimed.

Once again, my eyes trailed to what was going on around us. I could feel the sweat beading down my forehead. No one tried talking to one another, almost as if they were all robots, waiting for the task at hand.

Why would this guy try to talk to me? It wasn't like I was anything special. My arms tightened at my side as I could feel my shoulders rising a bit. Was this part of his Quirk? Like, was he trying to make me more anxious than I already was or something?

Just how long until this exam starts?

"Please don't tell me you don't want to make friends like the others? I know this is a new academy opening, and it will be tough getting in, but it would be bad if we all started on the wrong foot, don't you think?" Kaito pointed out.

I bit my lip. He was so sure of himself making it into U.A. The school wouldn't accept many people. Even then, it's not even half of what was in this group, and there were four other groups.

What made U.A. so special if it was a new high school? Well, many of the top heroes planned working here part time. The principle of the school must've been good friends with them if he was able to pull that off. I mean, all the other high schools had maybe one or two of the teachers being heroes, and none of them were top heroes either.

Having a whole school filled with them only guaranteed that this school was the one to get into, yet only a very small percentage of the people here would make it in.

"Even if one of us doesn't make it in, we can still stay in contact and hang out every now and then," Kaito said.

I raised an eye-brow. Was this guy serious? Why was he talking to me of all people? I looked down, seeing my short blonde hair sticking in front of my face before I tucked it behind my ear. There wasn't anything strange or special about me. At least, not until I've used my Quirk.

Wait, could he see through that? Maybe that was his Quirk that he could see other people's Quirks and could use them to his ability.

"So, what's your name?" he asked.

My name?

"T-t-tami-tam, I mean, T-tami," I stuttered.

Gosh, if I could use my Quirk right now, I would, but that would be wasting it.

"Tami," the boy repeated before his smile grew even wider. "I take it your friends call you Tami-tan, huh?"

My eyes widened. How did he know? Was he a mind reader? Of course! That had to be his Quirk. I needed to stop thinking in case he realized my game plan for this. If one person found out what I was doing, then I'd be screwed. I'd be a huge embarrassment. My family would be so disappointed in me.

"Hey, watch it. Can't you tell you're making the girl uncomfortable?"

We turned our heads to see a boy with brown hair, but not the kind of brown hair that my brother had. The more I stared at it, the more I started to question if it was actually black. While I looked at him, I made sure I memorized his features, just in case I'd need it later on in the exam. His skin tone was a bit darker than most people who lived here, almost as if he had been stuck outside in the sun all day. My eyes weren't really concentrating on that as much as they were concentrating on the bulging muscles that tried to break free from the green jumpsuit we all wore.

Seeing those muscles, I knew exactly what Quirk he had: Ultra Strength. It was a fairly common Quirk that doubled a person's regular strength, but seeing him reminded me of someone I couldn't quite put my finger on. It didn't really matter as I had to make a mental not to stay away from him during the exam. His Quirk wasn't one to be taken lightly.

One hit was all it would take from this guy to utterly destroy me.

I didn't have time to try and slip away as an arm wrapped around my shoulders. I froze at that very moment. Someone was touching me. Correction, a boy was touching me.

How do I react? How do I react?

Never had I wanted to start this exam so fast in my entire life.

"Of course not! Tami-tan and I are going to be the top students at U.A., aren't we?" Kaito asked before giving my shoulders a squeeze.

"I-I-I," I stuttered.

"Listen up!" a voice called from the front. I felt my body relax as Kaito let go of my shoulders and turned to see what was going on. With all the heads in front of me, I couldn't see who was there, but I did know that the exam was about to start.

At least I wouldn't have to worry about Kaito or that tall guy after all of this. There was no way we would all be getting in here. It would be some weird accident if that happened.

Besides, only sixteen percent will be able to make it in this year. After that, the chances of getting in will drop tremendously. I was certain a school like this will only accept the best of the best someday. I wouldn't be surprised if all the students here would become top heroes before they graduated.

This was only the first year. People had high expectations of what U.A. High would turn out.

"On my whistle, you will have ten minutes to tear down as many villains as you can. Remember, some villains are worth more points than others, but be careful. Get ready, get set—"

There was a short whistle causing everyone to sprint through the gates.

Everyone but me.

Author's Note:

Hey everyone! I'm so happy you all have decided to read my new story! That means so much to me, thank you! Please, feel free to share your thoughts throughout the story.

If you've read one of my stories before, then you may know I try to end all chapters with a question. Even though this my very first Boku No Hero Academia fic, I figured I would do the same.

Question: If you could have a Quirk, what would it be and why?

And, in addition to these chapter questions, I'll also have a character spotlight. So, here we go with our first one!

Character Spotlight: Raiden Yamamoto
Quirk: Ultra Strength
Likes: Tamales

That's all, so take care!

Song: Peace Sign from BNHA