Momo Yaoyorozu, daughter of the powerful and wealthy Yaoyorozu family that is one the top companies of Japan

She currently in Musutafu city walking the sidewalk she looking a way to find her mansion then she takes a shortcut

As she ran she was unaware of the a few streets punks who look at her when she passed them. They all looked each other then started to spread out and follow her.

By the time Momo was about to reach her mansion two of the streets punks block her way

"Hey there little miss"

Momo know what this is and was about to run away,until three more streets punks appeared from behind and blocked her

One of the streets punks in front he grabbed Momo by her cheek "Well ain't you quite a beautiful not superising from a Yaoyorozu"

This other guy hand then grabbed Momo waist then traced their way down her thighs "fine as silk"

The other behind her snicker "Ey Boss how about when we done having some fun with her we ransoms her to her mommy and daddy, we can some big stacks from for sure"

The Boss agree "Good ideas then let's begin that fun" as he reached forward for Momo chest

Momo was frozen in fear she wasted to activate her quirk make a quick escape but her eyes caught the sight of knives in the pocket the men behind her but not the one in front of her so she took action

Swiftly she quickly kicked the man in front of her, in the dick causing him to let go men behind her were quick and sprinted forward but the man behind her were quick and grabbed her wrists before slamming her to the wall

The man got up while holding his crotch "Oh feisty one l like that" then man quick backhand Momo in the face

"You don't fuck with me" said the man as he was about to hit her again

A sound of sprinting footsteps can be heard and a silhouette can be seen approaching them. In a flash of a second, Izuku jumped in with a double flying kick to the man's face before landing on his side on the floor and getting up.

Izuku watched as the man and his gang approached him

"You cost us a lot of Money, you fucker. Prepare to pay"

Izuku put his stance again and Protected Momo

Then, the boss of the gang charged at Izuku with a punch, to which lzuku effortlessly slipped under and slick kick his leg

Izuku quickly ran in and punched the man with a right hook, a left hook, and then quickly does a right uppercut before swinging his right arm back down to do a right backfist that sends the man collapsing on the ground.

Izuku then jump over, and quickly kick on the guy's face before putting his arms up "Who else wants to try!?"

The other men charged at Izuku, who started to beat them up one by one. He does a high kick to one, before spinning around and hit the one behind him with his right elbow, and then flipping over to finish with the left. He was then punched by a man, but he quickly countered back with a powerful headbutt that stunned the man, to which Izuku started with a standard rush combo that ended with the same right overhand punch.

Another man cracked his knuckle "I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye.", but was swiftly drop-kicked by Izuku.

He then blocked a couple of punches before grabbing them during an opening, quickly grabbing his arm and performing a judo throw that throws him over his shoulder and onto another man who is trying to attack him.

Izuku then does a sidestep backwards to let the two men charging him to collide into each other, before grabbing the one that hasn't fallen to the ground by the collar, punched with a right hook, and then followed with a left-handed slap that slammed the guy down to the side of a wall.

By the time Izuku got back to his usual nerd senses, all of the menacing men were on the ground and begging formercy already.

"Please... We learned our lesson...Let us go..." said the disgraced and injured leader as he scuttling away while his men follows.

"Are you oh ok miss?" Said Izuku

"Umm yes lm oh ok thank for help me" said momo

"No problem" Izuku give his smile and Thumbs up and start to running on different way

Before Momo say something to her savior he running

"Wait!! I need to know my savior name" as she walk to her mansion

"I hop l can meet him one day" thought momo as her Front gate close

At Entrance Exam

Izuku had gotten to U.A. early because, as Guy-sensei said, the early bird catches the worm, and he'd catch a thousand worms if it meant he'd get the chance to become a Pro. So, he was here outside of the tall, blue barred U.A. Gates. The blue metal bars gleamed under the bright morning sun as the gates were spread open wide, welcoming all potential examines inside - welcoming him inside. But he hadn't entered - not yet.

He'd not admit it to anyone, but he was more than a little nervous and anxious. It mixed with the excitement to create a prickly mess of his emotions, and he knew he needed to do something to take his mind off it, so he checked himself over to make sure he had everything.

Izuku was dressed proudly in his dojo's forest green gi and his usual black trainers on his feet. His hands and wrists were wrapped in thick white hand-wraps up to the middle of his forearms, and he felt the lighter-than-usual weights around his ankles. Guy-sensei had let him cut the weight around his ankles by half to 200 pounds per leg, which he wouldn't have done if today wasn't so important.

"Uhm, hello?" A feminine voice called.

Izuku looked to his left to see who was trying to get his attention and was struck speechless by who he saw.

His first thought was of the color pink. but because the girl with the horns sticking out of her head was yellow. Her skin was as pink as her hair, which was as pink as her outfit - her middle school outfit and lighter pink leggings. The only difference was her black shoes and her black and yellow eyes. And no, he didn't mean that she had an injury, but that her eyeballs were black with yellow irises that shined like gold. It was amazing.

She was so cool.

"Are we allowed to go in yet?" She asked. She looked confused and hesitant; her eyes kept going from him to the gates. He pushed his amazement to the back of his mind and focused on the right now.

"Oh, yes," he said and smiled shakily. "You can go in. It's still early, so I'm just standing...here. Standing."

Saying it out loud made him feel silly and even more embarrassed.

Now, the girl probably thought he was weird for standing outside like this when he could've gone in. But, to his amazement, the girl didn't call him weird or walk away. She giggled like wind chimes, and Izuku felt a little sense of accomplishment fill him. He didn't know how he did it, but he made someone laugh without even trying. He was better at this 'socializing' than he thought.

The girl's giggles died down, and she looked more...comfortable. Less hesitant and nervous like he felt.

"Well, I'm going to go in," she said. She took a deep breath, like she was preparing for something, looked up at the gates, and then took a step back next to him. Now, one became two standing outside the gates.

Izuku couldn't blame her, really, but didn't know what to say either. They stood next to each other in silence for a few moments. If she wasn't right here standing on the sidewalk with him, he'd think she wasn't there for as quiet as she was. Maybe her confidence extended only as far as one question. It wasn't like he was any better. If he didn't feel like an idiot before, he felt like one after the next two people walked through the gates and into the school.

Okay, he had to do something about this. He wouldn't stand out here forever.

"So,"

"Okay,"

They both stopped at hearing the other try to speak, and Izuku didn't know what about the situation was funny, but he couldn't help but crack a smile and laugh a little. The pink girl did the same, and it was like whatever awkward spell was broken.

Izuku remembered his manners. "I'm Izuku Midoriya. And you are?"

Her smirk shifted into a wide, toothy smile and she held her hand out to shake. "The name is Mina Ashido, but you can call me Mina," she introduced cheerfully.

Her cheer proved to be infectious, and Izuku felt himself feeling more comfortable with her. "Nice to meet you, Mina. You can call me Izuku," he said. He dithered before deciding to be bold. "Are you, uh, are you nervous about the exam as well?"

The question slipped out cautiously as he could make it. He didn't want to assume, but by how Mina was acting hesitant (like him) he'd guess she was nervous about today (like him). He wasn't sure if it was appropriate to ask someone that, but he didn't know what else to say. Maybe he wasn't so good at the 'socializing' thing as he thought.

"I, uh, yeah. Only a little," Mina answered, and every part of him felt relieved. "Are you?"

Izuku nodded and looked back towards the gates. "Yeah, I am," he admitted truthfully, and it felt good being honest about it with someone who seemed to understand. "It's just - I spent so long preparing for today. Now that it's finally here, it's a little..."

"Daunting?"

"Mhm. Daunting."

This was U.A. The top hero school in Japan who toted graduates like All Might, Present Mic, Mirko, and so many other top heroes. He would be one of possibly hundreds of people taking the exams today, basically competing against them for a spot in the Hero course. It was crazy when he thought about it like that. This was bigger than any competition he'd been in before for more than one reason.

"It's like," Izuku suddenly spoke up. "My dreams are coming true, but I'm worried that I'll not have what it takes to make them come true."

He didn't know why he said that, again, but he did. He wasn't sure what it was, maybe he was desperate to get it off his chest, but Izuku felt comfortable talking to someone who was just as nervous as he was.

"Yeah, I get you," she said to his shock. He thought he'd been talking gibberish. "I trained harder than I ever had for today, just working hard y'know? But it's like this little doubt that makes me wonder if what I did was enough."

Izuku nodded silently in support of that, feeling moved speechless by her admission. He hadn't expected that and something about it made him respect Mina a lot more.

"You shouldn't listen to unreasonable doubts in your head," a flat as a sheet of paper voice spoke up from behind the two of them.

The duo turned to see a tall, slim older man with messy shoulder-length dark hair and a five o'clock shadow. His face was angular and his eyes looked bloodshot. Combined with the grey baggy clothes, long scarf, and steaming cup of something in his hand, he looked like he just rolled out of bed.

"What do you mean by that?" Izuku asked him. Who was this man and why was he talking to them should've been the questions he asked because - stranger danger, but perhaps he was a staff member? Or here for the test too?

The tired-looking man took a big gulp from the steaming cup of what smelled like coffee.

"I mean, don't listen to your self-doubt. Either you make it in, or you don't. No use in wasting your time thinking about it standing outside," the man told them with all the bluntness of a hammer.

The man swirled his cup of coffee and started walking into the school not waiting, or possibly caring, for their response. "I knew I shouldn't have put this much creamer," he muttered as he passed them.

Speechless, Mina and Izuku had nothing to say to him until he had already disappeared inside the school.

"Did he just..." Mina started to say then stopped, her head cocked to the side like a confused puppy. "I feel like he just called us stupid."

Izuku didn't say anything, too busy thinking about the man's direct verbiage. Maybe calling them idiots was a little rude, but he did have a point about not listening to the self-doubt. Izuku remembered Guy-sensei saying something similar about not letting his internal doubt douse his inner youthful fire, and his sensei was rarely wrong. But to hear it from some random, tired-looking man was shocking in a way Izuku needed it to be.

He couldn't let his doubts get in the way of what he was trying to accomplish today. No sir! Guy-sensei would be ashamed of him, and Izuku couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in himself too. His flames of youth had never burned brighter than today. Like the man said, either he made it or he didn't. There was no use thinking about it.

"He's right!" Izuku said.

"That we're dumb?" Mina looked startled, and Izuku was quick to correct himself.

"Wait, no, not that. Just, he was right in saying there isn't a point to standing here being too scared to go in," Izuku offered as an explanation.

Mina crossed her arms and humphed. "I'm not scared just... nervous. Yeah, I can go in whenever I feel like, like right now. Come on, Izuku," she said and grabbed his wrist. "We'll show him we're not idiots."

Izuku was too shocked by her grabbing his wrist to resist being pulled through the gates and into the school. It barely registered in comparison to the soft, pink hand wrapped around his wrist. Nobody had ever done this to him before, and he didn't know what to do, so he went along with it as they went to the waiting area with the other examiners.

Since it was still early, the two of them didn't have much of anything else to do but talk. So, he got to know her better. He quickly learned that once Mina started talking, she could go on for a long time. He spent more time listening than anything else, But that was fine with him. This was one of the first people he'd met that was willing to talk to him.

He learned a lot too. For example, Mina loved dancing, fashion, shopping, natto, okra, and romantic movies. She disliked bullying, and her dream was to become a hero she and her grandmother could be proud of.

Izuku couldn't help but think how youthful her dream was. It was, in a way, like his own dream. Their youthful goals connected them together as Guy-sensei might've said if he were here. He told her about the dojo and talked about his sensei, and she actually looked interested.

Eventually, though, the time had come for the Entrance Exam to begin.

(Time skip)

Examiners! Time is up! Please place your pencils down and leave! For people taking the hero exam, please head down the hall to the room at the end of the hall, and find your seat!" Loudly announced the pro-hero overlooking the written exam.

Complying with the hero, the majority of the people present stood up and started walking towards the door, and Izuku held his breath as he stood up, his sight was being drawn to a girl. Doing his best not to look over at the girl,

Izuku hesitatingly turned around, his emerald green eyes being attracted to a girl directly behind him, who looked disappointed and was playing with her dangling earlobes.

For the third time that day, Izuku felt everything around him face away, so he could focus on the lone girl, who obviously looked upset about something, her small frame looked even smaller as she hunched her shoulders over. Izuku felt his heart skip a beat, her purple hair erotic looking, enhanced by her dangling earlobes that looked like jacks, which went well with her pale skin.

"She look sad" whispers lzuku "l remember Guy-sensei tell me about if a young woman who sad give a good laugh"

So lzuku he walk over the girl

"Why did the chicken cross the playground?" Interestedly hummed Izuku, as he slowed down and stared at the girl, blushing in embarrassment as he did so.

"What? Me?" Confusedly gawked the girl, blinking rapidly as she stood up straight, both of her hands rocketing down to her side, before focusing on Izuku. "Uh, why?" Slowly questioned the girl, she didn't look as sad anymore, confused more so, despite the huge blush on his face.

"To get to the other slide." Cheekily finished Izuku, wanting to throw himself in front of a speeding car, since even by his low standards, that was cringe.

"Ha! Hahaha! Oh my god! That was so lame!" Loudly laughed the girl, crossing her arms across her stomach as she did so, earning the attention of everyone present, as she wiped a tear that had formed in her eyes. "I needed that, thanks dude." Relievedly sighed the girl, shaking her head from side to side, but despite that, she was smiling like a fool.

"Hello am Izuku Midoriya what your name?"Confidently asked Izuku,

"Jirou Kyoka." Dismissively snorted Jirou, though she was blushing as she dismissed him, which was something at the very least.

"See ya around." Confidently chuckled Jirou, jogging onwards, her bag rustling as she did so, while Izuku stood there

(Time-skip)

There were a ton of them, so many heads that Izuku didn't even try to count them all. He stuck close to Mina as they were directed into a large auditorium with a giant screen above the stage in front showing the U.A. logo. As they entered, people were handing out blank white cards to each of them and told not to lose them, which was odd, but Izuku didn't question it and took the card. He and Mina sat next to each other in the middle of the auditorium and waited as everyone else found their seats.

"So, what do you think they are going to have us do?" Mina asked him excitedly, basically bouncing in her seat. "Do you think we're going to have to fight some monsters or a teacher! Oh, oh, oh," she stuttered and her eyes got wide, "or giant killer robots?!"

Before Izuku could answer, a new, unfamiliar voice interjected and asked curiously, "You think they're going to have us fighting giant robots?"

Izuku and Mina paused and looked to their right and were greeted by a girl. Izuku reasoned she was around their age, but she had dark moss green collectively reaching just below her shoulders aside from a short clump that hangs in the center of her forehead and she had upturned dusky green eyes with long lower eyelashes, and notably long and pointed teeth.

Mina wasted naught a second to answer his question. "I mean, it is just a guess. This is the practical exam, so they would have us doing something that was a little bit more fighty-fighty and kicky-kicky, right?" She asked the new girl and added a shrug.

"That makes excellent sense, Mina! Yosh, your deduction skills are top-notch!" Izuku praised and she preened. He wasn't sure himself about the event himself, but what Mina said made sense.

"I agree with you," the new girl said. "Sorry, I have yet to introduce myself. I am Setsuna Tokage"

She extended her hand out to shake, but her hand split up floating around in air lzuku reasoned that it had something to do with her Quirk.

"That's so cool!" Mina was awestruck as she took in the hand"

"Is that your quirk, Setsuna?" Izuku couldn't help but ask, equally as starstruck as Mina. Despite not having one of his own, Quirks would never fail to amaze him.

Setsuna nodded his head. Then, to both Izuku and Mina's surprise, she split her head levitate through the air "Yes, it is my Quirk, Lizard Tail Splitter. It allows me to split up my body into as many as 50 pieces" she said.

"Whoaa," both Izuku and Mina said at the same time.

"What about you two?" Setsuna asked them, "What are your names?"

She questions broke them out of their amazement. Mina spoke up first, "Hi, I'm Mina Ashido, but you can call me Mina. It is nice to meet you, Setsuna," she greeted.

"And I amIzuku Midoriya, but please call me Izuku," Izuku followed up. "It is also a pleasure to meet you!"

Setsuna gave them both a teeth smile. "It is also a pleasure to meet the both of you, Mina and Izuku,"she said "What are your quirks, if you do not mind me asking?"

Mina's eyes lit up. "Oooh, me first. My Quirk is Acid," she held out her hands for Setsuna and Izuku to see. She noticed him and held her hands for both of them to see. "I can secrete acid from these bad girls right here," she clenched her fists, and both of them leaned away quickly, not wanting to be too close to any kind of acid.

Mina giggled at their reactions and put her hands down. "I'm not going to demonstrate it, you big babies," she turned her attention to Izuku, "You're turn, Izuku."

The situation he was in struck Izuku like a kick from Guy-sensei. He was going to have to explain to them his Quirk? Maybe he didn't have to? Sensei had told him lying was wrong, but if he didn't answer, then it wasn't exactly lying, right? Izuku worried because he knew what happened when he told people the truth that he was Quirkless.

(Flashback)

He was back in middle school. It was the first year and first day at a new school closer to where he now lived with Guy-sensei. It was his chance to start new away from where he came from.

The teacher had them all come to the front to introduce themselves and their dream to the class. One by one, students went up and introduced themselves, and most had the same aspirations.

To become heroes.

It went by fast. Faster than Izuku would've wanted. His dread hadn't gone away like he wished it would. If anything, it got worse. Eventually, it was his turn to introduce himself, and he was terrified. His insides felt like curdled milk that had been left out in the sun for too long, but he knew he'd have to go up there and introduce himself. Maybe she said the wrong name, and he still had time to get himself together.

She repeated his name, and Izuku felt no different. Slowly, he rose from his seat and began what felt like a death march to the front of the class. He walked as slow as he possibly could, but he couldn't stave off the inevitable.

Eventually, he made it to the front of the class where everyone waited for his introduction. Faces, so many faces, leaned forward in anticipation to hear what the new kid had to say. Excited and eager for something. He wanted to throw up. Maybe if he did, he'd be excused.

Slowly but steadily, Izuku gathered whatever scraps of courage and confidence he could find and tried to settle his heart.

Izuku felt a soft hand on his shoulder and he jolted. He snapped back to see who it was, and it was the teacher smiling kindly down at him.

"It is okay to be nervous or scared," she said soothingly. "Just breathe and try your best, alright? We're all friends here."

He took a deep breath, just like she said. And another after that. Friends? Could these people be his friends? He could hear the murmurs begin.

"He's a scaredy-cat," he heard.

"I wish he'd just hurry up."

"Maybe he can't speak."

"You think he's, y'know, slow?"

"Maybe he doesn't have a dream?"

A dream. He had a dream. To be a hero. At that moment, his terror slipped away as he realized something, how could he become a hero if he was too afraid to even say so? Too afraid of how people would react? Heroes were fearless and brave, and if he wanted to be a hero he had to be those things as well!

Emboldened, Lee straightened up and poked out his chest, just like he'd seen All-Might do, and smiled wide, just like he'd seen Guy-sensei do, and was brave.

"I am lzuku Midoriya, and I am going to be the first Quirkless Hero in the world!" He proclaimed to the class as confident as he could.

At first, there was silence, and Izuku felt great. He'd done it!

Then, the class erupted in uproarious laughter. Everybody from the front to the back was either giggling or full-blown laughing. Izuku smile cracked and fell from his face.

The teacher moved forward and tried to get the class to settle down.

They-they were laughing at him; the whole class was laughing again. Guy-sensei said to hope it'd be different, but it wasn't. It was the exact same thing as before. The laughing kids barely listened to the teacher's attempts to get them to calm down.

His chest burned with red-hot anger, and he felt tears begin to form in the corners of his eyes. He tried to stop them, wipe them away before anyone could see, but it didn't work. He sniffled and scowled down at the classroom floor as his tears began to fall. He clenched his fists at his side until they shook and his nails bit into his palms.

They didn't believe him; they never did. Nobody but Guy-sensei believed he could make his dream come true.

Izuku sniffled again and wiped at his eyes as the laughter continued despite the teacher's continuous attempts to get it to stop. His anger boiled over until he couldn't take it anymore.

"You all watch! I'm going to be a wonderful Hero just like All Might Endeavor and Mirko and, and - just you wait! I'm going to become the best hero in the world without a Quirk!" He yelled through his tears.

He didn't wait to see how they reacted to his words as he dashed out of the classroom. He wasn't sure if he heard the teacher call for him or not, but he wouldn't have stopped anyway. He had to get away from all the laughing. He'd become a hero, and he'd work hard for it! Guy-sensei believed in him, and he believed in himself! That's all that should matter.

Right?

He made it to the bathroom and dashed in. He threw open the door and slammed it shut behind him and locked it. He tried to calm himself down using the breathing technique Guy-sensei showed him, but a sob came through instead. Then, it was like the floodgates were opened and he was powerless to stop them.

Izuku slowly slid to the floor, back against the door, and began to cry heavily. Why him? They always laughed at him and his dream.

They always, always, laughed.

(Flashback end)

"Soooo, you gonna leave us hanging here or what, Izuku?" Mina's voice snapped him out of his head.

Izuku smiled weakly at her and found himself feeling a grim sort of confidence. The kind where you knew something bad was probably about to happen, but couldn't do anything but face it. He had to face this, their reactions to hearing he was Quirkless. Maybe...maybe it wouldn't be like all the other times.

"Um, actually, I -," he began but was ultimately cut off.

"GOOD MORNING EXAMINEES!" An absolutely booming voice roared to the crowd. The lights in the auditorium flickered like a light show as somebody rose up from below the stage. There was even a little smoke.

Once the person was all the way up, the lights returned to normal, and everyone in the auditorium could see who it was.

On the stage stood a tall man with spiky, swept-back blonde hair that kind of looked like the backend of a bird. He wore a studded leather jacket and pants that suspiciously looked like leather too. He wore a pair of large sunglasses and had headphones around his neck. Everyone in the auditorium gasped in surprise and excited chatter. They all knew who that was!

"It's Present Mic," Izuku said in amazement as he leaned forward in his seat, previous trepidation forgotten in the face of such a well-known hero and stylish Pro-Hero.

"Whoa," Mina said as she leaned forward as well. "He's so fashionable!" she squealed out with stars in her eyes.

Setsuna side-eyed her two star-struck peers and shrugged she shoulders. Her was more of a
Godzillo fan herself if her was being honest. Now, if her was up there? All bets were off.

"Let's get that blood pumping!" He roared into the microphone. He dipped the microphone like it was a dancer and pointed a finger to the crowd, "Everybody say HEY!"

As amazed as they were, it was still an auditorium filled with teenagers. So, no one was willing to be the one to make what they thought would be a fool of themselves. A moment passed, and only one student responded back.

"HEY!" Izuku cheered back from his seat and raised his fist in excitement. The man's energy was youthful! How could he not reciprocate it?

"Alright! That's what I like to hear! I'll be quick and present you with a rundown of the Entrance Exam. Are you guys READY?!"

"YOSH!" Three guesses as to who that was and the first two don't count.

"I love it! Aww yeah! Let's get down to business," he said, and the lights dimmed again. The screen shifted from the U.A. logo to a picture of robots?

"Welcome applicants to the U.A. Entrance Exam! Listen closely because I'm only explaining it once. The Exam will consist of a 15 minute mock battle in one of our battle centers. These four robots that you see on the screen represent our scoring system. They are 0, 1, 2, and 3 point robots respectively," He explained to them. "Your goal is to take down or immobilize as many as you can to earn enough points before time runs out. Of course, attacking other examinees and performing any other unheroic acts is prohibited!"

"What's the point of the zero pointer? Why have it when it is worth no points?" A voice asked. Izuku ignored his first instinct to look for the person who asked the question, though, he had to admit he was thinking along the same lines.

Present Mic's smile grew larger. With a flourish of his hand, he pointed in the direction of the person who asked the question.

"That is a great question that I have an answer for!" He lowered his hand and on the screen behind him, the zero-point robot took over completely. "The zero pointer is to act as a sort of obstacle; an unknown type of enemy that will challenge you unlike the 1, 2, and 3 pointers would. It is not unbeatable, far from it, but it's up to you to decide what to do when confronted by it, my young padawans," he said, trying to sound mysterious.

Izuku didn't know what to make of that last part. What did the zero pointer mean for the exam? He brushed the thought of it aside. Like Present Mic had said, there was no incentive to defeat it, so Lee would avoid it and focus on the robots worth actual points.

"I got that reference!" A voice said.

"Hey! Star Wars fans unite! How bout that last movie? Wait, I'm getting off-topic. Are there any more questions? No? Yes? Doesn't matter!" He barked out a laugh. "My time with you all is up anyway! Best of luck to you all and remember to try your best and go plus...," he tapered off at the end, setting it up for the crowd.

"ULTRA!" the auditorium full of potential heroes boomed in response.

Hizashi rolled his eyes underneath his glasses. Oh, so they'd go for All Might's phrase but not his. Tch, teenagers.

Izuku felt something vibrating inside of his gi. He reached in and pulled out the blank card he was handed in the beginning. The card vibrated like a phone until the letter G appeared on the front.

He looked over to Mina and Setsuna who were looking at their cards as well. He connected the dots easily then.

"What does your guys' say?" He asked the two of them.

Setsuna flipped her card to him and Mina. It read 'C.' "I have gotten arena 'C' I believe. What about you, Mina-san?" Her one eye focused on the pink girl as she flipped her card to show both of them.

"I got 'G'," Mina answered.

They both then turned to Izuku.

"Where are you going, Izuku?" Setsuna asked him.

Izuku flipped his card to show them the 'G', and Mina squealed in excitement.

"Yay! We're in the same arena!" She cheered. "That means we can be on teams and help each other out," she realized.

Izuku winced a little at that. He wasn't sure that was against the rules or not, but it wasn't something he wanted to do.

His thoughts must have shown on his face because Mina deflated like a balloon with a tear. Her smile fell faster than a bag of bricks, and Izuku heart twisted in his chest. No, he didn't mean to-

"Oh, you don't want to work together, I get it." She said, her previous excitement gone with the wind. "That's fine, I guess. I shouldn't have just assumed like that."

Mina turned back forward without a word and stared straight forward. The entire shift in her demeanor left Izuku flat-footed and unsure. How did he tell her that, yes, he did not want to work with her, but he had a good reason in his mind.

Izuku needed to prove that he could do this by himself, on his own power. He did not expect such an issue to arise.

Present Mic smiled wide once more before stepping down, and from there, the auditorium began to disperse. The trio got up and began to leave with the sea of examinees towards their designated battle arenas.

Setsuna turned to the two of them. "Do your best pinkie and Freckle"

"Best of luck to both of you,"said Izuku a nod, "Setsuna," another nod. With that said, Setsuna headed towards her arena and melded into the sea of bodies.

That left Izuku with Mina in an awkward sort of silence. Maybe it was only awkward for him because Mina seemed to have no issue with the quiet between the two of them as they walked to their testing arena.

He wondered what she was thinking. Did it have to do with him and what he said? Did he hurt her feelings? But what did he do wrong? Guy-sensei had not prepared him for such social challenges on the first day of meeting someone.

Eventually, they got to the entrance of the testing grounds. It looked like a makeshift city with tall buildings and streets. Izuku was one of the ones in front with Mina still quiet next to him.

He looked at her as she thought in silence. It was getting more than unbearable, and they were about to begin the Exam. He did not want to go forward without having been honest with her. Sensei always said honesty was the best policy and that the truth set you free.

"Look," he began, and Mina eyed him from the corner of her own. "I wish to take the Exam by myself not because I think bad of you, Mina, but because I wish to prove to myself that I have what it takes."

There was a beat of silence before she spoke up.

"Hmph," she huffed, but a small smile grew on her face. "I can understand that. I just assumed something, but it doesn't matter because you're right! Heh, don't think you're the only one here with something to prove. I bet I'll destroy way more of those dumb robots than even you," She challenged, full of bravado and brimming with confidence.

Izuku smiled wide, feeling some excitement bubbling up in his gut. "Then let us have a friendly competition. Most robots defeated wins. I wish you the best of luck, Mina."

Mina scoffed and flexed her arm dramatically, small pink biceps bulging. "You see these puppies? You think I need luck with these?"

They shared a laugh before quieting down and facing forward. The Exam was bound to start any moment now, and Izuku needed to focus - the same as Mina.

He would get in there and destroy as many robots as possible. He could do it - no, he would do it. Lee had been preparing for today for years. He wouldn't fail; he couldn't afford to.

Without a countdown or warning, a loud "GO!" was blasted out of the speakers, and everyone scrambled into the battle arena. The U.A. Entrance Exam had officially begun