"It's days like these that I love to walk." [Name] smiles, her coffee cup now nearly empty as she walked slowly up to her classroom. Ren gives her an annoyed look as [Name] once again pauses to peek into other's classes, of which were already in full swing.

"And on days like these, you should be in class." He sighs gaining a glare from his living friend. Ren crosses his arms in response narrowing his gaze as they begin walking again "You can jump through time and space, yet whenever you finish getting off a coffee high you can't seem to be able to do it."  [Name] rolls her eyes as she quickly flattens out her uniform, trying to walk faster as Ren quickly follows with ease.

"You should understand after being stuck with me for what, three years? That I hate this and school in general with a burning passion." she sighs sipping her coffee, her steps echoing through the empty halls ignoring Ren's hollow steps. [Name] attempted to continue walking before having an icy cold touch faze through her shoulder, sending a chill down her spine and forcing her to spin around to face an impatient Ren standing in front of a familiar door. "What?" she hissed clearly trying to ignore the obvious reason he got her to stop.

"Don't try me [Name], it's your classroom, it's your last day, just deal with it for the last time." He sighs annoyed, attempting to drag her over to the door but failing, his hand only phasing through her arm. [Name] stick out her tongue in his annoyance, but relents and go towards the door regret pilling up in her stomach. As the door opens she gains the glare of her teacher and a few other students as she made her way into a dull and dreary sight and into a small empty seat next to her distracted classmate. [Name] was settling down as her teacher began to regain attention from his class.

"C'mon class! You're middle school seniors!" he shouted gaining small amounts of attention from the barely responsive class. "It's time you started seriously thinking about your futures! I'll be handing out printouts on your desired life-courses!" [Name] lowered her head as the others became alert waiting for a cue to show off as he grew closer to speak of the inevitable."You all want to be hero's don't you!!" An eruption of quirks blasted throughout the classroom as [Name] hide behind her arms, wincing as a few stray quirks hit her head-on.

"Yes, yes, your quirks are all wonderful, but it's against the rules to use them during school."

"Sensei, don't lump me in with everybody else!!!" [Name]'s eyes shot to a loud-mouthed blonde who had just shouted out, "You can't compare me to these losers' weak-ass quirks, mine's a whole other level!"

"You've got a big mouth Katsuki!" her classmates screeched out anger booming in their voices. [Name] would've been tempted to shout out how arrogant he was along with all the other students but from past experience didn't want to even attempt facing the repercussions of that choice.

"Quiet ya goddamn rabble!" the teacher hissed in a futile attempt to calm down her raging classmates. "Oh yeah, I'd forgotten... Bakugou's shooting for U.A. isn't he?" a hush rested over the class for a moment before utterings of the true stupidity of trying to get into the school were.

"You mean the National-Level academy! Isn't it' entrance exam's difficulty rating as high as 79!!?"

"Yeah and super competitive to get in right!"

"You done running your mouth, idiots!? I got an A on the mock test and i'm the only one in this school who's got a chance!" Bakugou jumped onto the desk it's clattering causing [Name] to wince. "I'm gonna surpass even that "All Might" bastard as Top hero! And I'm gonna carve my name into the ranks of the higher bracket taxpayers!!" Ren stared at him jaw-dropped and was more than desprate to attempt to attack the guy if he attempted to get near [Name].

"Now that you mention it didn't Midoriya and [Name] want to go to U.A. as well?" the teacher spoke up slightly more relaxed as [Name] nearly choked on her coffee. Ren stared at her both concerned and amazed, stifling laughter, while her green-haired classmate was frozen in fear.

"You really went for it huh," He laughs, his previous attitude dropping as he took in what his friend was attempting but only ended up gaining a glare from [Name] "Don't worry I'll help, just didn't think you'd admit that you were going for it."

"Shut. The fuck. Up. Ren." [Name] hissed underneath her breath as the rest of the class burst out in laughter jeering at the startled boy next to her. Bakugou seemed to be personally offended by the fact that the two had even spoken of attempting to join the prestigious school. [Name] looked over to the shaking green fluffball as insults kept coming at him,

"Huh? Midoriya?! There's no way!" they laughed "You can't get into the hero course just by studying!" [Name] gave out a sharp sigh of relief, as bad as it sounded, it felt for at least a moment it felt good that she wasn't the sole focus of torment.

"And how's [Name] gonna get in? Rave on about all the fake people she sees or talks into the air in the hope it'll be scared away!" a boy laughed to the tensing of [Name] with Ren attempting to try to go at him, with little success. "For someone as crazy as I doubt she would even get into general studies let alone the hero course!"  [Name] hung her head and shame and annoyance when she heard someone speak in their defence. With wide eyes, she looked to see a shaking Midoriya attempt to speak his peace,

"Th-They got rid of that rule!" he stuttered "There's just no precedent..." Bakugou made a sharp turn, his eyes filled with burning rage. 

"Yo, Deku!" he screeched slamming his fists down on Midoriya's desk, sending the scared boy backwards from the impact of the miniature explosions "Forget the rejects! You're Quirkless! How can you even try to put yourself on my level?!" 

"No, wait, Kacchan!" Midoriya whimpered backing up against the wall as [Name] looked on hiding behind the ghostly presence of a Ren ready to attack anyone who came to close to her. "It's not like I'm trying to compete with you or anything! Honest! It's just that it's been my goal ever since I was little. And well..." he paused looking down. "You never know until you try." a weary smile crossed his face in a defeated manner as Bakugou continued berating him.

"Whaddaya mean until you try?!" Bakugou growled his rage intensifying "Are you taking the test for fun?! What the hell can someone like you achieve? You're Quirkless!" he hissed before turning to face [Name]. She winced as his fists slammed against her desk while everyone was concentrated on Midoriya "And you! How the hell do you think you can get in without getting locked up in an asylum?! Even Deku has a better chance of getting into U.A. then you do since at least he won't scream at things people can't see in the middle of the test! But aren't you a little old for imangiary friends." [Name] hung her head as Ren attempted to strangle him with no effect. With a defeated sigh, she sat down as Ren quickly accompanied her and attempted to give her a small boost of reassurance as they settled down to give in to her next class. 

***

With a crack of the neck and several cups of stored coffee, she had finally made it through her last day of torment in the godforsaken middle school that she no longer had to deal with and was one of the first to begin racing for the door. And only two steps away from her desk she felt an icy cold grip of her dead friend holding her back as everyone left and pulled her aside to watch over the notebook wielding student near her. [Name] gave Ren a quick glare before crossing her legs and hiding behind her desk. From the corner of her eye she noticed what Ren had forced her to stay for, a wild Bakugou was apporaching the distracted boy with his usual enterage. "We're not done yet, Deku." With no warning an annoyed Bakugou ripped Midoriya's notebook out of his grasp breifly looking over the cover of the notbook in disgust while the others gawked waiting for a new form of entertainment. 

"Give that back it's mine!" Midoriya shouted, leaving [Name] in a peaked sense of anger with a slight sense of determination to help... actually to get Ren to help since she already gave up on the fact of trying to confront Bakugou without getting hurt.

"What's that Katsuki?"

""For my future" ... Haha, for real!? Godamn, Midoriya!" the next act was severally uncalled for and took all her strength to keep her from tackling him and getting help from every ghost she could contact to rip him limb from limb. Bakugou staring directly down at the boy blasted the book to a crisp as he made his way to the window. Ren already knowing what was going to happen sat out on the ledge ready to catch anything that was about to fall while [Name] was bracing herself for the massive headache that would result in her attempt to make him physcial. 

"You know what they all say about all the top heroes? what they all had in common." turning to Midoirya as he flung the book out the window and into Ren's awaiting arms. "They could all say the same thing about their school years: "I came from an average municipal middle school, and I was the first! the only one!" And I wanna make sure the term "U.A. graduate" maintains the same level of gravitas. I'm a perfectionist by nature, you see. So what I'm saying is forget about U.A., little nerd." Bakuagou pressed his slightly smoking hand into Midoriya's sholder with an unnerving smile as Midoriya shook in fear and anger as Bakugou began to walk away.

"As usual he can't even talk back."

"Just leave him. He's such a sad sack that even now that he's a senior. He still can't face reality." 

Bakugou stopped as a grin crossed his face. "If you wanna be a hero that badly, there's a quick way to do it.. Believe that you'll be born with a Quirk in your next life and take a dive off the roof!" Midoriya's head turned to him with a mixture of pure rage and madness before biting his tongue as Bakugou made sure it stayed shut. "Got something to say" he hissed, leaving Midoriya mostly alone. 

"I'VE GOT IT [NAME]" Ren shouted making [Name] fall back clutching her head in pain as Midoriya looked at her startled. 

"Fine just throw it up quickly my heads already pounding..." she mummbled under her breathe as Midoriya became concerned. 

"[Name] are you ok- ow!" Midoriya winced as his scorched notebook hit his head, leaving him slightly stunned. 

"Goodluck with whatever your doing, C'mon Ren let's go before I collaspe." [Name] groaned as she stumbled out of the door as Ren did what little he could do with Midoriya watching on in confusion.

|Author's Note|

So halfway through writing this, I switched from using a translated version of the manga to a transcript of the anime dub (or possibly sub, it's not clarified) so if things seem to not line up then line up with the anime this is my reason for that oddity and no one cared about.