'I'm running so late today'

'Wonder if I remembered to turn off the stove'

'Man, look at that girl with the ginger hair. She's hot.'

These voices kept to sweep into the mind of a young woman whose nose scrunched up slightly at that last thought. She hated pigs. She let out a sigh while focusing on putting up her mental walls to stop the voices from assaulting her mind. It didn't stop them completely, but turned them into a harmless buzzing noise at the back of her head. Easy to ignore.

She continued on her way to school with her bag thrown over her shoulder. She went along her usual route to school. Soon though this route would be changing because her days as a junior high student would be coming to an end. Something she was grateful for. She was tired of junior high. Most of the kids in her class were annoying and small minded, and their thoughts gave her the worst kinds of headaches. Her next stop—if she could get in—would be U.A High. The school for kids like her wishing to be heroes.

While her dream isn't exactly to be a hero, she can at least learn better control over her quirk. That and if she had to have her quirk, she might as well help people with it. She hummed thoughtfully while knowing getting in wouldn't be easy, but she's really buckled down on her studies since she decided to go to U.A. Her grades were already pretty decent before that, but after her decision, she made sure her scores were perfect. And on her down time she trained with her quirk. She'll still need more guidance though if she wants to control them even better.

"I just hope those at U.A don't have such annoying voices." She said to herself.

She paused in walking when a particularly loud voice—though not mentally—reached her ears. She looked up seeing Tatooin Station, or rather one of its bridges had a large super villain rampaging on top of it.

"This was the last thing I needed." She said as she stared unimpressed at the villain. "I'll be late for sure if I wait around for things to clear."

Just as she said that Death Arms showed up to stop powerline tower that the villain had sent falling towards the public. Back Draft appeared as well to keep citizens back, which means if she wants to go forward to get to class that she'll have to go around somehow.

"What a pain." She sighed.

"Hey, Ayano!"

The girl—Ishida Ayano—turned to the one who called out her name. It was one of her classmates—Midoriya Izuku. He was the only one in her class who didn't drive her crazy with his thoughts. He was quiet both mentally and out loud.

"Oh, Izuku, good morning." Ayano said. "Running late as well?"

Izuku blushed slightly in embarrassment though nodded his head. His eyes were then moved to the action happening. When his face lit up, she soon realized she lost his attention. She turned to watch as he was as Kamui Wood joined the fray to take on the villain head on.

"I have to get a closer look!" Izuku said then looked to his classmate. "Do you want to come, Ayano?"

"No, thanks." Ayano said. "My perfect school attendance isn't going to be ruined after all this time. I'll see you at school though, Izuku."

He nodded then hurried to push through the crowd. Now Ayano needed to continue on to school, but going around is going to take time, so she better hurry. She shook her head wishing villains would be more considerate to kids trying to get to school on time. She didn't have time to think about it though, so she cut towards an alleyway to run the rest of the way to school. As she ran, she could still hear the fight going on behind her. Someday it'll be her who's fighting villains and keeping people safe. She'll show them…show them and herself that her powers aren't just some kind of curse.

Ayano sat in class silently looking out the window as their sensei stood at the front of class talking about their futures.

"So, as 3rd year students, it's time to start thinking seriously about your futures, and what you want to do with your lives." He said. "I could pass out some career aptitude tests, but—!"

He grabbed the papers off his podium while holding them up for everyone to see.

"Why bother?" He asked as some of the students' started to activate their quirks. "Ha, I know you all want to go on the hero track!"

He tossed the papers flippantly with a chuckle leaving his lips. The students cheered in agreement as they showcased their quirks. The only ones not to do so were Izuku, who had no quirk, Katsuki, who didn't feel the need to join in with his classmates, and Ayano, who rolled her eyes in annoyance. Why did they have to be so loud? Their loudness was already putting a strain on her mental walls, but she was still able to keep them at bay. She refused to go home with a headache today.

"Yes, yes, you've all got some pretty impressive quirks." The sensei said. "But no power usage in school. Get a hold of yourselves."

Then why did he practically encourage them to use their powers? Ayano didn't understand it.

"Hey, Sensei." Katsuki spoke up as he took his eyes off the ceiling. "Don't lump me in with this bunch of losers. I'm the real deal, but these guys will be lucky to wind up as sidekicks to some busted D-lister. Ha!"

His words, of course, started up an uproar from the others who were offended by his words. Ayano shook her head while wondering why they let Katsuki rile them up so much.

"Let's go!" He said. "I'll take you all on!"

He wasn't afraid of any of them, and could blow them all out of here literally. His words riled up the others even more. Ayano finally couldn't take it anymore, and turned to glare at her classmates.

"Why don't you all shut up?" She hissed aloud and mentally.

Many of them shuddered at her voice entering their minds since she purposely made her mental voice sharp like barbs. It made them all shut up though.

"Dammit, Aya!" Katsuki growled. "I told you not to do that to my head!"

He ran his hands through his hair as the thumping in his head started to fade away. He glared at the girl who looked at him in a manner that said she wasn't impressed by his glare.

"You know, Ishida-chan, would make a good pro-hero." One of their classmates. "With her telepathy, telekinesis, and psionic construction powers she'd be a pretty unstoppable force."

It was true that Ayano had a triple quirk all being psychic based powers. Having three separate powers didn't make her some kind of badass or super powerful. Most of her gifts had major drawbacks like her telepathy. If she can't focus well enough, she can't stop the voices from assaulting her mind, and it leaves her with major headaches. Sometimes it becomes so loud and chaotic it can knock her out, or make her other powers act up, which wouldn't be good for anyone. Katsuki scoffed as he looked away from Ayano.

"Well, like Bakugo, Ishida has impressive scores." Their sensei said. "They both have high chances of getting into U.A High."

Katsuki's brow twitched as he turned to glare at Ayano again. She put in an application to U.A High too? As their classmates murmured about their high ambitions, Katsuki's face twisted into a dark scowl.

"You applied too?" He asked. "I've never heard you mention wanting to be a hero, Aya?"

He hissed the name he used for her since they were children while wondering who she thought she was trying to get into U.A like him.

"I don't have to share my personal goals to anyone." Ayano retorted coolly. "Why does it matter? It's not like I could beat you out of getting in. Despite you're horrible personality, you have a powerful quirk that you have good control over. You'll surely get in. However, there's no rule against any of the rest of us trying to get in as well."

Katsuki's teeth grit together while feeling his hands start to smoke. This girl…she always knew how to rub him the wrong way. Ever since they were kids, and their parents used to make them play together. Or rather when his parents made him play with her since Ayano always seemed so lonely when she was a kid. Though they mostly argued instead of played.

"The problem is that I'm better than any of you!" Katsuki snapped. "U.A is supposed to be impossible to get into, which is why it's perfect for someone like me, not you!"

He then jumped out of his chair onto his desk meaning he was about to go into one of his rants. Ayano sighed wondering if he'd ever mellow out. Ever since they were kids, he had a loud mouth. Though it's gotten worse as they've gotten older.

"I aced all the mock tests!" Katsuki said. "As I said, I'm the only one at this school who has a shot of getting in! I'll end up more popular than All Might himself, and be the riches hero of all time! So you might as well dropout, Aya!"

"No." Ayano said calmly. "Now can you pipe down?"

Katsuki's hands started smoking even more as Ayano practically brushed him off. He was about to tell her that if she wanted that spot in U.A, she'd have to fight him first. However, their sensei cut in before he could.

"Oh yeah," He said casually while not even bothered by Katsuki's loudness since he was used to it. "Midoriya, didn't you want to go to U.A too?"

Izuku, who had tried to remain as small as possible, flinched as everyone looked towards him before they bused out laughing to mock him. Ayano wasn't surprised since she knew Izuku has always wanted to be a hero. She's even picked up on his thoughts more than once when he was planning his application form and his strategy to get into U.A. She then looked to Katsuki when he turned to glare at Izuku. Well, this wasn't going to end well.

As Izuku tried to defend himself, Katsuki finally made his move as he went up to Izuku's desk while slamming his hand down and causing a small explosion. Or rather small compared to his usual explosions. The move sent Izuku to the floor where he looked up in fear at Katsuki.

"Listen up, Deku!" Katsuki growled as steam rolled off him. "You're even worse than the rest of these damn rejects, you quirkless wannabe! You really think they'd let someone like you in when they could have someone like me?!"

Katsuki really seems to have it in his head that if anyone applies to U.A like him that they'll be competition to him. However, Ayano knew there are cases where multiple people are chosen from one school if they're talented enough.

"Wah! No!" Izuku said as he back peddled away from Katsuki. "You've got it all wrong, really! I'm not trying to compete against you or even Ayano!"

He then grunted in pain when his head hit the back blackboard behind him. He also felt his heart thump heavily since he trapped himself.

"You gotta believe me!" He continued on though. "It's just that…I've always wanted to be a hero since I was little. I may not have a quirk, but I can still try my hardest, can't I?"

"You'd never be able to hang with the best of the best!" Katsuki snapped. "You'd die in the exams! Defenseless, Izuku! The school's already crappy! Do you really want to embarrass it more by failing so hard?!"

Ayano shook her head while done listening to Katsuki bully Izuku. Using her telekinesis, she lifted Izuku's desk to move it in front of him to keep Katsuki at bay. The entire class turned to her as she stood up from her desk. Some murmured knowing that Ayano was getting serious when she stood from her desk before time to leave. She must have had enough.

"You've had your fun, Katsuki." Ayano said. "Now how about we return to our class's regular schedule? There's only about ten months until the U.A exams. Do you really want to waste the time you have left to prepare?"

Katsuki narrowed his eyes at Ayano, and she looked right back at him with her silvery-white eyes. If anyone didn't know her, they'd assume the strawberry blonde was blind. However, doctors once told her that her eyes were like this because of her quirk. She could see just fine, and she had her eyes calmly set on her fired up classmate. It was quiet for a second longer before Katsuki lowered his arms with the smoke disappearing from his hands.

"Tch, whatever." Katsuki said. "You and Deku aren't worth my time. Just know it's in your best interest to dropout of going to U.A, Aya."

Ayano said nothing since she didn't want to waste time in getting him riled up again. She just let him walk back to his desk then set down Izuku's. She waved her hand while helping the boy up with her quirk. He softly thanked her before returning to his desk while keeping his head down. Once the boys were seated, Ayano sat down as well. Class returned to normal with Ayano looking out the window again. Ten more months. She had ten more months to train. She could work with that.

"Finally it's time to go home." Ayano said as she walked towards the gate of the school.

She hadn't stuck around a second longer after the bell rang since her mental walls were crumbling from all day of trying to hold back the voices of her idiot classmates. Katsuki's voice had been the loudest, and usually his voice was just like his quirk—Explosive. So it usually busted down her walls easily—especially when he's in a bad mood. Which is usually all the time. And when he's purposely trying to break them, which he tried to do for the rest of class as if to get back at her.

"He needs to control that temper." She complained as she brushed back her short ginger locks.

Well, whatever. She might not have to deal with him once they get into U.A. Maybe they'll be put in separate classes. However, knowing her horrible luck that wouldn't be so.

"Hey, Aya!" His familiar loud voice called out.

She flinched because he had called out to her mentally as well knowing her powers would hear him. She turned to frown at him as he ran up to her with his flunkies trailing behind. He stopped in front of her while already having his eyes narrowed at her.

"If you're here to tell me to rescind my application, the answer is no." Ayano said already hearing his thoughts before he put them into words. "I have my own reasons for applying, and you won't stop me with threats, Kacchan."

Katsuki frowned while knowing Ayano would be stubborn. She's never given up on anything once she's set her mind to it. Even when they were kids, and she never backed down from a challenge. Especially after he said she couldn't do it or told her not to do it.

"Now, have a nice evening." Ayano said as she started to turn to live. "I do wish you the best of luck, Katsuki."

Ayano then nodded her farewell to his flunkies before continuing on her way. She wanted to get home to rest her head, and work on her quirk. Probably due some studying in between. As Katsuki watched her go, he felt his temper start to rise. Why couldn't she just stay out of his way?!

"Tch, fine, Aya!" He snapped after her. "Go ahead and take the entrance exams into U.A! Even if by some miracle you get in, you'll never be better than me! Do you hear me?!"

"Hard not to." Ayano called over her shoulder then raised her hand in the air to wave. "See you later, Kacchan."

She disappeared around the corner with Katsuki's hands clenching into fists. He wouldn't be outdone by her. He won't be outdone by anymore. He was going to be a pro-hero even more popular than All Might.

"Stupid Aya." He growled.

Ayano let out a yawn as she stood in line in a small café that was on her way home. She usually stopped by here every other day to grab a cappuccino since school could really wear her out sometimes. Today was one of those draining days. It didn't wear her out physically, but rather mentally. Not like her powers were strained, but more like she finally had it and was fed up with her classmates.

She just needed a pick-me-up if she wanted to get her through training with her powers and studying for her classes this afternoon. She might make it a double just in case. Once she reached the counter, she placed her usual order while pulling out her wallet as the elderly woman behind the counter told—Sancho-san—her grandson—Ren—to get her order ready.

"Already done." Ren said coming up with her order in hand. "Started making it the second you walked in. You do always get the same, Ayano-san."

He gave her a grin as he said this while placing her order down on the counter in front of her.

"What can I say?" Ayano asked as she set the correct amount of money on the table. "I'm a creature of habit. One of my many weaknesses."

It was true. If anyone ever wanted to get the jump on her, they wouldn't have to watch her patterns long to know when and where to do the deed.

"Well, it just good to see you, dear." Sancho-san said smiling kindly. "Are you studies still going well? And are you still planning on going to the U.A?"

Ayano gave a rare smile towards Sancho-san while enjoying the soft warm tone to her thoughts. The woman never had thoughts that were too loud or bothered Ayano, which is one of the reasons why she likes this café so much. And since no one was behind her, she supposed she had time to chat.

"Yes, ma'am." Ayano said nodding. "I already sent in my paperwork. I know it's still ten months away, but you have to give a lot of notice with these things. As for my studies, I'm keeping high scores, and am one of the top in my class."

Academia wise, Ayano scored highest in her class. Many accused her of cheating by using her quirk to get the answers out of their teacher's minds. That wasn't the case though. Ayano doesn't like getting into people's heads to begin with. Also she doesn't like relying on her powers too much. Besides, what kind of aspiring hero would cheat on school tests? Now she wasn't all noble or anything. She does sometimes use her powers in ways she probably shouldn't, but she tries to keep them out of school business.

"Good girl." Sancho-san said almost looking as proud as a grandparent would be of her grandchild. "You just keep doing your best."

"Of course," Ayano said nodding. "Have a nice evening, Sancho-san, Ren-san."

They both waved the girl off, and she stepped out of the café. She was about to take a sip of her cappuccino when a sludge like being went zipping passed her. Some of the sludge making up its body flew off to hit her in the cheek causing her to blink. She sighed with a slight look of annoyance on her face. Today was not her day. She turned to look at the blob thing as it ripped off a manhole cover before slipping inside. It put the cover back on as other people started murmuring about what just happened.

"What was that about?" Ayano asked as she flicked the slug off her cheek. "Villain on the run?"

Just then someone zoomed to a stop in front of her causing her short locks to whip around her. She frowned wondering what now as she looked to who stopped in front of her. She blinked once again—the second time in five seconds—when seeing a tall muscular blonde man with a very distinct hairstyle. Standing in front of her was the All Might. The greatest pro hero ever. The Symbol of Peace.

"Young miss!" He said looking down at her. "I am looking for villain made of liquid! Have you—?!"

"He went into the sewers." Ayano interrupted pointing to the manhole.

All Might—though smiling—seemed a bit taken back by her interruption before looking to the manhole.

"Oh, uh, thank-you, young miss!" He said in that boisterous voice of his. "Do not worry! He won't be running free much longer! For I am here!"

He then ran off while ripping the cover off the manhole as people gasped and awed at his appearance. He jumped in without hesitation, and honestly, Ayano was surprised his large, muscular body fit. She stood there a bit longer as many people murmured together in excitement.

"Man, I can't believe you spoke to the All Might!" A guy said from beside her. "You're so lucky."

Ayano didn't reply as she reached out with her powers to see if she could catch the thoughts of All Might or that sludge guy. She picked up scattered thoughts of a desperate villain who was trying to get away, and a bit of thoughts coming from who she was certain was All Might's. The thoughts were loud, and she recognized his voice. People's mental voices are the same as their physical ones, and it was nearly impossible to mistake his voice for someone else's. She frowned sensing they were getting farther apart than closer.

"He's going the wrong way." Ayano murmured. "That sludge villain…he might get away."

She looked down knowing it wasn't her place to do anything since she was still just a junior high student. However, if she didn't do anything and that villain got away, he could hurt innocent people. She wasn't sure if she could beat someone like him, but if she keeps track of him, she can do something to stall him once he resurfaces. That'd give time for All Might to catch up or for another hero to come by. She let out a grumble once she made her decision.

"This is going to be a pain." She said then turned to the guy beside her. "Here."

She practically tossed him her coffee, and he gasped while barely able to catch it. Before he could reprimand her for that, she was already running down the street following the voice of the villain as he continued to travel unground. She hoped she didn't regret this decision.

Ayano paused in running to take a few deep breaths. She was growing tired, and all she's been doing is following that villain. And he was still traveling underground. Would he just use the sewers to get completely out of town? She frowned hoping not then continued running after the villain while doing a sweep for All Might's thoughts. At one point, he got so far away that she couldn't track him anymore because he got out of her mental range. She was afraid that was the case now, but just when she was going to give up, she heard it loud and clear. He's getting closer. That was good. He might get the villain before he can resurface, which means less work for her.

"Please, catch up." Ayano murmured.

She then looked a sharp left to look down a pathway under one of the many bridges in the city. She heard that the villain had stopped when his thoughts became preoccupied with a sound he had heard. A sound that also reached Ayano's ears not her mind—it was loud laughter, which had her frowning in confusion. She squinted to look into the dark, and noticed a mop of green hair.

"Izuku!" She called.

The green-haired youth stopped laughing to turn and look at her in surprise. What was she doing here? Wasn't her home in the other direction? Before he could ask her, that villain popped out of the sewers, which had Izuku's eyes widening.

"A villain!" He gasped.

"You'll make a perfect skinsuit for me to hide in, kid." It hissed.

He made a jump for Izuku, but a clear wall made of psionic energy hit him hard to slam him against the wall. Before he knew what was going on, the wall expanded and changed shape to wrap around him like a sphere.

"What the hell?!" He demanded while trying to find crack in the foundation to escape from.

"Sorry, you won't be finding any cracks in something I made." Ayano said getting the thing's attention.

The villain turned to glare at the junior high student as she held up her hand with her palm facing him. The villain hissed and tried to thrash about even harder, but the sphere remained in place. Refusing to let him go.

"Stupid girl!" The villain hissed. "Once I get out of here, I'll make you my next skin suit!"

"I'll only let you out once a hero is here to take you down." Ayano said with firm resolve. "Now, I think you have a bit too much wiggle room."

She closed her hand a bit with her fingers curling. Her action caused the psionic shield to shrink, which forced the villain to curl up even more. She curled her hand closed a bit more, and it shrunk again. She continued doing this until her hand was completely turned into a fist, and the size of the sphere was about the size of a baseball. The villain had no more room left to move.

"Whoa, Ayano!" Izuku said. "That's amazing!"

He's studied her powers before, but never seen her psionic construction at work. He quickly grabbed his notebook to start taking notes. Ayano sighed wondering if this was really the time for him to be taking notes.

"Izuku, why don't you step away from the villain before you start taking your notes?" She suggested.

Izuku jumped a bit then realized she was probably right. He blushed a bit then went to walk around the villain to get to her. However, he tripped on his shoelace causing him to fall into the sphere, which had Ayano's eyes widening for a moment. She lost concentration for a brief second, and as the sphere hit the ground it cracked open like an egg.

"Damn." Ayano deadpanned knowing this wasn't good.

As the villain roared, Ayano used her telekinesis to jerk Izuku over to her causing him to cry out in shock. She let him go once he was behind her while knowing she'd have to get ready for a real fight. She was not looking forward to this at all.

"You've had it now, kiddies!" He shouted then rushed towards them.

Without thinking, Izuku, who felt responsible for the villain's escape, quickly put himself in between Ayano and the villain. She was about to ask what the hell he was thinking even if her powers already let her how. However, before she could get the words out, the manhole cover popped off loudly with a certain blonde hero shooting out of it. He was now between them and the villain who had come to a halt the second he saw All Might.

"So he finally showed up." Ayano said. "It's about time."

Izuku, who was speechless about seeing his favorite hero of all time, turned to look at Ayano with wide eyes.

"Are you saying you knew All Might was on his way here?!" He squeaked.

Ayano nodded her head as All Might turned to look at the two junior high students. He recognized one of them as the girl from earlier who told him where the villain went. Had she tracked him all the way here? How? Some kind of tracking quirk? He supposed it didn't matter though it was impressive she managed to follow the villain.

"You did well to follow this villain and keep him distracted until I could arrive, young miss." All Might said. "I will take things over from here. Please, stay back for your own safety!"

Well, he wasn't going to get any argument from Ayano. She'd rather not end up in the hospital because she ended up in a fight between All Might and a villain. With that in mind, she grabbed Izuku to drag him farther away as he kept making weird noises as he practically drooled over the sight of his favorite hero.

"Try to get yourself together, Izuku." Ayano said.

She then put up a psionic wall between them and All Might's fight as the hero faced the villain.

"I can't believe it!" Izuku said. "We're going to see All Might live and in action!"

Ayano will admit she's interested to see how the greatest hero of all time fights for herself in person. She kept her eyes focused on the fight while tuning out Izuku's muttering. The villain attacked first out of panic, and threw out a long slim arm at All Might. However, All Might dodged then reared back his fist as the villain threw out his other arm.

"Texas Smash!" All Might shouted then shot his fist forward.

His attack went flying towards the villain and once it hit the impact splattered the villain into pieces. The backlash of the attack sent a gust of wind back towards the two students, and half of Ayano's wall shattered like glass. It happened to be on the side that Izuku was on, and he went flying backwards to hit his head, which knocked him out.

"Oops." Ayano said. "Maybe I shouldn't have made the wall so thin."

Ayano then looked to the villain as he tried to scamper away while still in pieces.

"I don't think so, Pal." Ayano said.

She raised her hand while picking up the pieces of the sludge villain into smaller orbs. All Might tilted his head curiously while seeing that girl was the one picking up the villain. Some kind of psychic ability? Who was this girl?

"Ishida Ayano." She answered turning her eyes onto him. "Pleasure to meet you."

He stiffened a bit wondering if he had spoken aloud. No, he was certain he hadn't done so.

"You didn't." She said then held up three fingers. "You see, I have three separate psychic abilities. Telepathy being one of them."

"Impressive, young miss!" He said. "You are certainly talented. Now, how about we put this villain somewhere he won't escape?!"

He pulled out a soda bottle while holding it up as it if was the Holy Grail or something.

"But first it must be emptied!" He said in that heroic voice of his.

He unscrewed the lid then started chugging the drink. Ayano sweat-dropped though didn't comment out loud. This guy…he was a bit weird. It was like everything he did had to be done heroically. He was kind of goofy actually. Once he was done drinking he held out the now empty bottle towards Ayano.

"If you could please assist me!" He said.

"Okay?" She said while scratching the back of her head.

Just what did this day turn into?