Hero Team: Rainbow Storm

Chapter 3: Entrance Exam

As All Might looked down at the sheets of all the students taking the entrance exams, his eyes stayed glued to just one name on them. A name that belonged to someone he had caused an enormous amount of pain. A name that caused a self loathing within himself that no amount of super strength could get rid of. Midoriya Izuku. The boy whose life he had utterly destroyed, and now, as far as he could tell, another chess piece in the ongoing match against All For One.

The past ten months had been some of the worst in his life, if not the worst. Everytime he went out in his muscle form, saving civilian after civilian and defeating countless amounts of villains, it all felt as if he didn't deserve any of it. He didn't deserve the praise, the fame, the admiration, the compensation. Nothing he could possibly do could make him deserve anything when he had convinced a child to jump off the very same roof he stood upon.

A part of All Might, the despicable, selfish part of himself, wished that Midoriya Izuku didn't pass the exams. It wished that the young boy hadn't been training in the last ten months and that he would fail. That way, Yagi Toshinori would never have to confront him, and he'd hopefully be able to forget about his sin in favor of finding a suitable candidate to inherit One For All.

But to wish failure on Midoriya was a disgusting thing, and so he pushed those vile thoughts away, instead hoping that the boy would be able to fulfill his dream. A dream that he himself, the supposed symbol of peace, had crushed less than a year ago.

***LINE BREAK***

Midoriya Izuku didn't know what to feel when he walked into the exam room. The obvious first thought was that the room was huge, with a great many participants in it. If Izuku had to guess, he would say that there was close to a thousand just in this one room, and since there were four exam rooms… well, the math wasn't difficult to calculate.

The second thought was more of an onslaught of emotions than it was an actual coherent thought, and that came from the sight of Bakugo Katsuki sitting somewhere near the middle of the room. It seemed that even after all the time that Izuku hadn't seen Bakugo, he was still able to easily spot him anywhere. The spiky ash hair and the slouched yet angry posture left no doubt in Izuku's mind that it was him.

In the moment that the short wind user saw the explosive teenager, he felt… not nervous, which in itself was strange. There were so many feelings flying around inside of him that it was hard to pinpoint exactly what he felt, but the best word that came to his mind was driven. Driven to prove to Bakugo that he deserved to be here, that he belonged in U.A, and most of all, driven to prove the same things to himself.

Bakugo possessed a level of skill that Izuku knew many others their age did not. He had an amazing and versatile quirk, and he had a natural talent for athletics and the more physical aspects of being a hero. He had a drive that was almost unmatched by any other, and years of training to fine tune both his quirk and his athletic abilities had made him in an ideal candidate for the countries top hero school.

No, Izuku had no doubt that Bakugo would be accepted into U.A. He would probably be one of the top contenders for the number one spot on the practical exam. That wasn't what Izuku was worried about in the slightest. What worried Izuku, what kept him up at night even today was that even if he could contend with Bakugo, even if he could show all the judges that he was good enough to get into U.A, would it truly be a victory? Did he deserve to stand alongside everyone here, deserve to stand alongside Bakugo, alongside Mina and Eijiro, with a quirk that didn't even belong to him.

Electing to push those thoughts away, Izuku made his way to his seat, just a couple rows down from Bakogo. Mina and Kirishima both had to go to different exam rooms, so the green boy was all by himself while he did this. If his two friends had been with him when he entered, he was sure that they would have noticed something odd with him, and knowing them, asked about it. And he in turn, not wanting to lie to them any more than absolutely necessary, would probably have told the two of them that it was Bakugo who had been one of the causes of immense pain in his life.

And after that, the most likely thing to happen would have been them trying to beat the life out of the ashy haired boy. So maybe, in a way, it was a good thing that the two of them weren't in the same exam room as him. Still, it might have been nice to have their support right before the exams were about to start.

The written exams were handed out by some unknown administrators, and after just a couple minutes, the exam began. There was nothing interesting about it, and after the three hours it took to complete it, Midoriya Izuku could say with confidence that he had passed. Written exams were never difficult for him, and when it came to the hero section of the test, Izuku didn't think he had ever gotten through a test section as fast as he did that one.

After the written exam, the students were allowed a one hour break that the administrators suggested they use to eat a small snack. This was not only to allow the students some rest before the practical, but to allow the staff to prepare everything and perform last checks for the practical exam

"I can't believe that it's finally done!" Mina exclaimed as the three of them sat in one of the hallways not too far from their exam rooms. "It's done, and now we can finally relax! No more last minute study sessions, no more using our lunches to review chemistry formulas, and no more stupid libraries! From now until U.A starts, it's all training!"

Izuku had to give her at least a small laugh in return. He'd be lying if he said that he enjoyed all of the studying they had been doing in preparation for this exam. And if nothing else, Mina's excitement and enthusiasm was contagious.

"You're damn right it is! Nothing but fun from here on out! Hey, we should go to arcade to celebrate! We haven't had the chance to go out and just have some fun in a while. Let's do it, no training!" Eijiro said.

"W-Well, that's a good idea and all, but shouldn't we wait until we're certain that we've passed the exams before we celebrate. I mean, I'm pretty confident that we'll have passed the written exams, but the practical exam is still the one that everyone is always worried about."

"Izuku, relax." Eijiro said back to him. "We're going to do just fine. I'll bet that not a single other person here is as well prepared for the practical exam as we are. And if we get put into the same exam, then just imagine how easy it'll be. Trust me, Team Rainbow Storm is going to kick everyone's ass!"

"But Eijiro, they try not to pair students from the same school into the same exams. It's pretty unlikely that we'll be in the same exam."

They would be put into the same exam, but it wasn't coincidence, and it wasn't a mistake.

***LINE BREAK***

"Welcome everybody to my live show! Everybody say HEY!"

Nobody said hey.

"Tough crowd! Whatever! I'm gonna give you the rundown on how this exam is going to play out! ARE YOU READY!"

If anybody was ready, they didn't express it. In fact, the only person making any sort of noise was Izuku, who was busy mumbling and fanboying to himself over the fact that it Present Mic that was giving them the instructions on their practical exam! Izuku would be hard pressed to find something that would make this day any better. This was causing some concern from those who were seated nearby him though, as many of them were wondering if the mumbling was voluntary or not, and just how quickly could he speak!?

"Now pay attention, we're going to be seeing if you've got the skills to pass a ten minute practice run at one of our replica city-districts! You're allowed to use whatever equipment you want, just gather at your designated location after my amazing presentation, ya dig!?

"Now, there's going to be loads of faux-villains spread out all over the replica cities, and each of these is going to be either a One, Two, or Three Pointer! It's up to you to use your quirks to take out as many of them as you can and reach a high score! Also, you're not allowed to attack other competitors directly! That's gross anti-hero stuff and it'll get you an automatic fail, ya feel!?"

Izuku could feel himself nodding as he continued to mumble the rules to himself and what they could possibly mean, when there was suddenly a disturbance from above him.

"Excuse me!"

From only three rows above him stood a tall and muscular boy with short blue hair and narrow glasses, a very stern expression on his face as he looked towards Present Mic. "On the handout that we received, there are very clearly four types of villains listed! If this is an error, then it should be a huge embarrassment for a top-tier school such as U.A!

"And you!" the boy continued, this time looking directly at Izuku as he said that. "Stop mumbling to yourself! We're trying to pay attention! If you think U.A is just fun and games, then leave at once and spare the rest of us!"

If Izuku could have one wish right now, it would be for him to suddenly fall into a whole in the floor and never rise up from it. The embarrassment that he felt from being called out on his annoying habit made him want to run out of the room and never return to the school ever again. Had he really been mumbling to himself at a time like this!?

"You make a good point there kid, so let me explain!" Present Mic said, his sentence directed towards the boy who had yelled at Izuku. "The fourth type of villain is a Zero Pointer! It's a bigger villain that goes crazy and is much harder to defeat than the other villains! If I were you, I would do my best to avoid that guy! Now, everybody make your way to the test sites and GET READY!"

***LINE BREAK***

'Holy crap, this place is enormous!'

As Izuku stood by the gates of the replica city-district, he really had no choice other than to be in complete awe of the sheer size of it. One had to wonder how the school even had enough space for these replicas, but Izuku chose not to question it too much. Instead, his mind was swirling with thoughts and ideas on how he should take on these robot foes.

If Izuku used his Wind Control on the right areas of the robots, that should be enough to be able to knock them over, and hopefully that would cause them to break. If not, he had been working on a more offensive move with his wind, one where he made it move narrow and fast, so that he could try and cut things. He could use that to cut areas of the robots to destroy them. And if neither of those worked, Izuku just might be able to push his wind to lift them up and drop them. All good ideas in theory, but Izuku wasn't sure if he'd be able to use the last idea effectively, and he wasn't sure how useful trying to cut metal with wind would be.

Izuku was dressed in dark green track pants that clashed horribly with his red high tops, though Izuku was unaware of that, and a simple black t-shirt for his top. It was cold, with it still being mid February and all, but Izuku hardly noticed the cold in his excitement. Others around him were dressed similarly, though most wore track jackets as well, and many of them had clothing that was presumably adapted for their quirks. For example, the stern boy from early had pants that only went down to his knees, showing off some engine exhausts in the back of his legs.

"Izuku!" he heard from a bit from behind him, and as the green haired boy turned around he could see Eijiro running towards him, dressed in an all black tracksuit, with a couple of white lines here and there. It wasn't really difficult to see his friend considering that he had decided that the perfect way to make his debut into U.A was to start spiking his red hair. It had come as quite the shock to the other members of Rainbow Storm when he had showed them only three days ago, but Izuku had to give Eijiro credit. It certainly made him easy to spot.

"Eijiro, are you in this exam as well?" Izuku asked the boy when he caught up with him, causing the red head to smirk.

"No, I skipped out on my exam to come here."

"W-W-WHAT!? Eijiro, you need to go back to you exam right now, they're gonna kick you out if they find that out!"

"Relax, dumbass, I'm just messing with you. Of course this is my exam."

Izuku couldn't help but feel embarrassed at the laugh that he received from his friend, but it only took a second for him to begin laughing with him as well.

"You had me worried there for a second. We haven't trained for so long just for you to flunk out by sneaking out to see me."

"Maybe that's exactly what I trained for, Izuku. I spent seven months of my life working my ass off just to get here and purposely fail. My evil plan has finally come to pass!" Eijiro exclaimed, putting on his best villain voice as he did so. Izuku couldn't help but laugh even harder. That was, until he felt a firm hand grasp his shoulder.

"Can you two not see that the people around you are trying to focus on the upcoming task. I already told you, if you're here for a laugh, then you should just leave now."

Both Izuku and Eijiro turned to see the same boy that had told that to Izuku during the exam instructions, though Eijiro want aware of that.

"Hey man, what's the deal? We're just having a bit of a laugh before it starts, no big deal. It's not like you're the one in charge around here." Eijiro said back to the boy

"I may not be in charge, But I am concerned for everyone else's wellbeing. We have all been working hard to get to where we are, and so nobody should have to put up with anything they shouldn't want to."

"If you ask me," a voice started from behind the stern boy. "You're the one who's making a bigger distraction for everyone around you."

The three boys all turned to look to the newcomer to see Ashido Mina herself standing behind the one that was busy telling off Izuku and Eijiro. She was dressed in a light blue tracksuit, complimenting her pink skin and hair beautifully. Her arms were crossed, and she looked just a little annoyed at the boy making her friend's life difficult.

The boy looked around the four of them to see many people looking at them, noting that the girl was correct, there were more people looking at them then before. He gave a wince at that, but the stern expression never left his face.

"Yea, maybe before you go preaching about distracting others, you make sure to not make it worse."

Mina's final words seemed to put the mystery boy in his place, and he walked away without another word, though he did look severely put out.

"Hell yea, way to put a dude in his place, Mina! That guy was totally unmanly."

"T-Thanks for helping out, Mina."

Mina just gave her two friends a trademark Ashido smirk before she walked up to the two of them, giving both Izuku and Eijiro a playful punch on the shoulder.

"Well, you know, can't have anyone mouthing off Team Rainbow Storm. We made it this far, and I'm not gonna let anyone tell us that we should leave now."

Mina's words got both of the boys to smile a bit before Eijiro decided to bring up some concerns.

"So guys, elephant in the room and all, but how the hell are we supposed to pass this? I mean, it's not like we can pair up and have team points, this is a test marked individually. I know we're all strong and whatnot, but if we can't help each other, then what do we do?"

The three sat in silence for a second before Izuku, having the brain that he does, thought of something.

"Maybe we get marked individually, but there's no rules saying that you can't help other contestants. The only rule about interacting with other contestants is that you can't attack them directly. The way that rule is phrased is probably meant to mean that if you wanted, you could even indirectly prohibit other contestants from being able to participate.

"A good plan would be for us to stick close to each other, take care of the One and Two Pointers by ourselves, and then team up for the Three Pointers, alternating who gets to deal the finishing blow for it. But that means that we'll also need to get deeper into the city at the start. The villains closer to the entrance are going to get cleaned out quicker, and we need as many as we can get if we're all going to have enough points to pass."

Eijiro and Mina thought the plan over, their faces showing that they understood what Izuku was saying, before they looked up towards each other and nodded. And right as Mina was about to say something..

"START!"

Everyone turned to Present Mic, who stood smiling on a tower above all of the students. Noticing their confused faces, Present Mic continued. "What are you waiting for!? There ain't a countdown in a real battle, get moving you lackies!"

All of a sudden, it seemed that everyone around the three of them was moving, causing them to stumble for a bit before they found their footing and started running themselves.

'This isn't any good!' Izuku thought to himself as he noticed that they weren't getting anywhere with all these people around them. 'We need to get further in now!'

Izuku thought of an idea, but he knew that it was one that neither of his two friends would be incredibly fond of. Out of nowhere, he grabbed Eijiro's left hand and Mina's right.

"Hang on you guys!"

And that was the only warning that the two of them got before Izuku used Wind Control to speed him up and he desperately dragged Mina and Eijiro further into the city. They screamed as they flew almost comically, but Izuku kept a hold of them until he spotted a Three Pointer just a street in front of him.

"Mina, use your acid to melt the villains foot! And Eijiro, if that doesn't destroy it, punch the hell out out it's head!"

Izuku let the two of them go, and though disoriented, they got the job done.

'Alright, Kirishima has three points, and it hasn't been one minute yet. Not ideal, but it's probably not the worst! But we need to keep moving.'

It was as he was thinking that that Izuku noticed a large shadow, and turned around to see a Two Pointer towering over him. His reflexes kicking in, Izuku used his wind to jump up to the head of the villain, and with a swing of his arm and all of his concentration, focused his Wind Control into the narrow slash he had been working on. It took a second, but as Izuku was gracefully falling towards the ground, he saw the head of the robot slide off it's body, along with the rest of it.

'Great, my wind slash is able to cut right through them! That's two points! They must have made these robots using some weaker material, maybe a combination of'

"Midori!" Mina shouted towards him, breaking him out of his thoughts. "We have to keep moving!"

And move they did. With fewer contestants in the area with them than there would have been at the start, the three of them were able to take the majority of the villains that they came across. A quick slash of sharpened air, some acid to the legs, or some hardened punches to the legs and head, and by the time four minutes had passed they had around 70 points between the three of them. Twenty five for both Eijiro and Mina, and twenty for Izuku.

"SIX MINUTES LEFT!" The three of them heard over the speakers, causing the three of them to focus more on the task, knowing that although it seemed like plenty of time, they had no idea what the scores of the other participants were. A few seconds after the announcement and they came across another Three Pointer.

"Izuku, you take this one!" Eijiro said, already having rammed into it, causing the villain to lose balance. With a quick breath, Izuku jumped up and slashed his arms twice at the robot, causing two deep cuts in its neck. A second later and the machine turned off, defeated.

"Thanks Eijiro!" Izuku shouted, before quickly taking care of another two Two Pointers in the same fashion, noting that his two friends were doing the same, both taking out One Pointers. That brought the total to twenty seven points for Izuku, and twenty six for his friends.

The three of them kept going into the city, getting a couple more points between them all, before the noticed something.

"We've been going the wrong way!"

Apparently, instead of heading further towards that back of the city like they planned, they must have gotten turned around and ended up nearer to the entrance, at least relatively. The main clue for this was how many more people there were in this area of the city, and the rapidly decreasing number of villains.

"THREE MINUTES REMAINING! EVERYBODY SAY YEAH!"

"We need to turn around, we're not going to get nearly as many points here!" Mina suggested, worry clear on her face. But as they looked around them and saw that the other participants were starting to get the same idea, it became very clear that they didn't have the time. They needed to use these last minutes to scrounge up whatever points they could.

They saw a two pointer, but just as Mina was about to throw her acid on it, the same boy from earlier came running in out of nowhere, going faster than when Izuku had dragged them deep into the city. With a swift jump and kick towards it's head, he destroyed it, claiming the points for himself.

"That's forty eight!"

Hearing someone else's points only caused more anxiety for Izuku, and as he, Mina, and Eijiro started desperately trying to scrounge up as many points as they could with what little time they had, he only started to feel worse about himself.

"ONE MINUTE AND THIRTY SECONDS!"

"Everybody run!"

When Izuku heard that, he turned towards where the sound came from, and felt the need to kick himself. Before them stood the Zero Pointer, and by god it was huge. Huge enough to dwarf everything around it, being at least twice as tall as the buildings around it. Really, Izuku had to wonder just how he missed it in the first place. But… what was that just by it's foot?

"Izuku, we need to get going now!" Eijiro said next to Izuku, just looking at the frozen boy, before he turned his gaze to where Izuku himself was looking. His eyes widened as he did so, as did Mina's when she saw it to.

There was a girl trapped in rubble, about to get crushed by the robots foot.

"Eijiro, you get to her as fast as you can and protect her! Use your hardening ability to hold up the foot before it crushes her! Mina, I'm going to you to the villains mid section! Use the strongest acid you have and try to melt it from there! I'll go up to the head of the robot and try to use my wind to get rid of it's head!" Izuku yelled, only waiting for the red head to nod before he picked Mina up bridal style and used his wind to rush towards the villain.

Eijiro ran as fast as he could towards the robot, getting right where he needed to be just in time to activate his quirk and brace himself as the foot came down on him. He was able to hold the robot up just fine, though it was no easy task. Above him, Izuku had just dropped Mina off as close to the robots mid section as he could, before proceeding to jump up to the head. Mina prepared the most corrosive acid she could manage, feeling the stinging in her hands begin to get immensely painful before she threw it onto the villain, watching the effects for a second before preparing another batch.

While Eijiro and Mina were busy performing the tasks that Izuku had assigned them, Izuku was busy performing his own, desperately slashing his wind again and again at the head of the Zero Pointer in an effort to deactivate it. He was getting there, but he knew that Eijiro wouldn't be able to hold the villain up for much longer, and Mina's acid, however corrosive it was, could only affect a little area at one time. He needed to destroy this machine faster.

"Izuku!" he heard Eijiro scream from the ground. "I can't hold it anymore! If you've got a backup plan, now would be the perfect time to use it!"

Izuku panicked for a couple seconds, before steeling himself and jumping just a bit aways from the head of the robot. Using Wind Control, he was able to make himself hover, though it was unsteady and Izuku knew that he wouldn't be able to hold it for much longer.

Eijiro had done his job of keeping the villain from crushing the mystery girl. All Izuku could hope for was that Mina's acid had done a good job of weakening the structure of the villain, and to hope that his own, borrowed power was enough to finish it off. And if Izuku could trust anyone to get the job done, it was Mina. And so, taking a deep breath while he hovered high in the air, Izuku mustered all the strength he could, drawing back both of his arms, and muttered a silent prayer to whatever god existed or might at some point exist.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

And released all of the power he had at the faux-villain, completely tearing the top half off the body thanks to the acid that Mina had applied to the middle of it. The top half of the machine hit the ground with a loud crash, but the lower half stayed put, and Izuku knew why. Using his wind to lower himself to where he had left Mina, Izuku landed gracefully next to her. Without warning, he picked her up again and jumped down.

"Eijiro, Mina is safe!"

Once Eijiro heard that, he used the remainder of his strength to push the bottom half of the machine off of himself. It took more effort than the boy even thought he had, but he was able to do it, and the villain fell behind him along with its other half, deactivated. And as Izuku placed Mina on the ground, both sporting blushes at the position they found themselves in, he couldn't help but smile. Hero Team Rainbow Storm had just saved their first person, and the two of them didn't even realize it.

"AAAAAND TIME IS UP!

And just like that, all three of them realized what position, and kicked themselves for forgetting about it. Once they had saw the brown haired girl in trouble, they had all forgotten about the points that they were supposed to be collecting.

"Holy hell, did you see that?"

"Those three took down the Zero Pointer like it was nothing,"

"Did they come together, or were they just a random group?"

"Man, if I had their quirks, this whole exam would have been way easier."

As everyone around them was looking towards the trio, many voicing their thoughts on how Izuku, Mina, and Eijiro did against the monstrous machine, Tenya Iida was thinking many of the same thoughts, though those did not take priority,

'They're all missing the point. Those three jumped in to save that girl even though there was nothing in it for them. If this hadn't been an exam… would any of us had done the same thing? And could that have been part of the exam?'

And as we watched the three of them help the girl up from the rubble, he was sure it was.

'I see! And if the test is really designed like that, then that means that these three…'

***LINE BREAK***

"Izuku, cheer up. It's already been a week. You don't need to worry. I'm sure we passed just fine, and the letter will come soon enough."

The fact that Mina had used his actual name rather than the nickname that she seemed to love should have made Izuku feel happy, put his mind at ease. Mina only used his name when she was being serious, and she could always be trusted when she was serious. But for some reason, her using his name only made him feel as if she was trying to comfort him, protect him from the blow of failing the one shot he had to get into U.A.

"I know, but we still don't have any idea of what the other students got. That boy already had forty eight by the time the Zero Pointer showed up, and that was all by himself. Some of others probably got a lot higher than that."

Eijiro nodded beside his friend. "True, but our points aren't anything to laugh at either. I mean, you had what, thirty nine points at the end of it all? I had thirty six, and didn't you have something like thirty eight?" the boy got a nod. "I bet we're fine. And if we're not fine, we can always take the Shinketsu High exam next week, or try for the Gen Ed course at U.A."

Izuku knew that his friends were right, that the three of them were probably fine. But a part of him didn't want it to be fine. That part of him, a huge part of him, had wanted to take the exam by storm, him and his friends getting the top scores in the school. Not just to show everyone that they deserved to be there, but to also prove to himself that his doubts didn't have a base.

To prove to himself that he deserved to stand alongside everyone else, even though he was quirkless.

"You know what would cheer everyone up?" Mina said mischievously, gathering the attention of the two boys easily. "Going to Midori's house and having a killer dinner!"

Izuku faltered at that.

"You only say that because you love Inko-sans cooking. Seriously, why don't you just tell your mom she's bad at cooking, or try to cook yourself?"

"You don't think I've tried!? No matter what I say, she refuses to stop cooking! Says it's her job as a housewife. If she's going to take the housewife role so seriously, I just wish that she was as good at cooking as Inko-san."

"We all wish that, but that doesn't mean that we should take advantage of her that way!"

Izuku couldn't help. He simply had to laugh at the respect that those two help for his mother, as well as her cooking. Respect she truly deserved.

'They're right, there's nothing to worry about. Even if we didn't get into U.A, there's still plenty of options for us.'

"I'm sure my mom would love to cook something for us."

"Hell yea!"

***LINE BREAK***

The letter came while the four of them were having dinner.

Midoriya Inko was always so happy to have Mina and Eijiro over, and the two of them were always happy to be there as well. In some way, to Izuku at least, them being over always made it seem like the big, full family that he had never had. He loved his mother with all his heart, but with his father being out of the picture for as long as he could remember, and having no siblings of his own, Izuku always felt like there might be something missing whenever he sat at the dinner table. But with Mina and Eijiro over, they were always able to fill that hole.

So why did the letter have to come when they were all having a great time?

"Are you sure you want to open it now? I mean, Eijiro and I can leave if you want. Check out our own letters when we get home."

Team Rainbow Storm had decided to move to Izuku's room once he had received the letter. Ever since Izuku had lost faith in All Might, something he had still neglected to tell his friends about, his room had changed drastically. Gone were all the posters of pro heroes, the All Might covers on his bed, the numerous action figures. Instead, drawings and notes detailing the basics of his quirk littered the walls of his room, as well as the desk. Poorly done drawings had been made about potential hero suits. And on his floor were sets of weights that had been steadily increasing in weight over the course of ten months.

"No, I want you guys here. I mean, we all got similar scores, so it'll probably the same news for all of us."

The two friends nodded, and with a deep breath, Izuku opened the letter.

"I AM HERE AS A PROJECTION!"

"AAAH!"

The three hopeful students screamed in shock as the loud voice came suddenly from a metal disk that had fallen onto Izuku's desk.

"I-Is that All Might?" Mina asked?

"Does that mean that he's going to be teaching at U.A?" Eijiro added.

Izuku, despite his personal feelings about All Might, didn't have time to completely process the information, too focused on whether or not he was accepted.

"Yes, as you can probably guess, I have accepted a teaching position for the hero course at U.A, so I look forward to seeing you in my class!"

"Yep, that confirms it!"

"Now, Midoriya Izuku, you passed the written exam with flying colors, and you received thirty nine villain points in the practical exam. Now, this is just enough points to allow you entrance into the school, but I have some even more exciting news for you!"

"Hell yea, I told you that we would get in no problem! U.A here we come!"

"Quite down Eijiro, we need to hear the other news!"

Izuku sat silently. He had been allowed in. All Might said just barely, but he was in. Finally, his dreams were coming true. All his work had paid off, and now he was on his way to U.A, the best school in the country.

"The school has been informed that you, along with Ashido Mina and Kirishima Eijiro, plan on taking the hero team test and courses that we provide. However, because you are only first years, and first years never take the courses, U.A elected that a secret test was needed for you three to prove to us that you are capable of taking the courses. This is why all three of you were placed in the same practical exam.

"We were pleased to find that you and your friends performed remarkably, not only working together brilliantly as a team during that exam, something which hardly anyone ever thinks about, but also when you three were faced with another secret part of the test. You see, villain points weren't the only points that you could get from this exam. This exam also take rescue points, and when you three jumped in to save that girl you each earned the highest amount of rescue points the exam could offer, sixty!

"And so, not only did you earn the privilege to enter the hero team courses, you, Ashido Mina, and Kirishima Eijiro have also earned a phenomenal score in the practical exam. Observe!"

And as the All Might projection extended his left arm, a list showing all the participants and their overall scores appeared. And right at the top, taking up the first three slots, were their names. Midoriya Izuku: 99 Points. Ashido Mina: 98 Points. Kirishima Eijiro: 96 Points. And right below their redheaded friend, a name that only Izuku recognised. Bakugo Katsuki: 77 Points.

"H-Holy shit…"

"Yes, you and your friends earned the top three spots of the exam by a landslide! Welcome, Midoriya Izuku, to U.A!"

And as suddenly as the projection turned on, it turned off, leaving the three friends speechless. Sure, Mina and Eijiro had expected them to get in, but none of them had thought for even a second that they might have gotten the highest scores in the exam.

"Holy shit."