A new day arrived, but the excitement I felt the previous one, faded. My (e/c) eyes lost their shine, my expression was dull again... I felt the same as the beginning. It may be because of that explosion boy that I used to get along behind me or because Present Mic's class was freaking boring.

The moment I declined Katsuki's offer of walking me home yesterday was comming up to my mind again and again. I did it against my will, but I didn't want to be fooled again by him, only because he showed a bit of concern because of the train incident. I really enjoyed his company, but he wanted to get rid of me like that...

Still, the reasons of why he hated me weren't convincing at all. I took the chance to talk with Izuku about that the day before the first day of the U.A. Academy. Who better than his childhood friend to help me understand Katstupid a little bit?

I told him everything that happened between us and how he started to behave weirdly by the time the day of the entrance exam was coming. Izuku thought that the reasons why Katsuki hated me had no sense, and the crimson eyed boy is not a person who acts without thinking. My cinnamon roll of a friend ended up saying that Katsuki must be lying.

'If what Izuku said was true... Then, what is he hiding!?'

Again, a lot of questions were in my head at the same time. But fortunately, the bell for the break rang.

I went with Izuku, Ochako, and Tenya to the big dining room of the academia and sat in one of the tables with our meals. To be honest, that food was delicious, I didn't mind coming here to eat every day. Also, the prices were low! But even eating didn't help me to forget about Katsuki.

'I know I've decided to stay away from him but... why can't I stop thinking about that damn walking-grenade...?' I wondered while staring at the food blankly.

"What's wrong, (l/n)? You look sad." Ochako asked, her hand on my shoulder to catch my attention. "Uraraka is right, you haven't touched your food yet. Is everything OK?" Tenya also questioned.

I sighed tiredly, which made Izuku let out a sad laugh, knowing what was the problem. "I'm OK, guys... It's just that Bakugou it's mad at me and I don't know why..." I responded, still playing with the fork and without looking at them. "Kacchan despises everybody, but (f/n) and me are on the top of his list." Izuku tried to explain a bit.

"He is really problematic, I don't know how he wants to become a hero acting like this!" Tenya exclaimed while moving his hands like an angry robot, making me giggle. "Don't think about him (l/n), I'm sure everything will get better by the time!" Ochako cheered. "And don't forget that in the next class, All Might will be our teacher! I'm so excited!" At the moment she said the name of the number one hero, my eyes widened. I completely forgot about that, Katsuki was the only one in my head. "T-That's true! I forgot about it!" I exclaimed with excitement, too.

The three of them sent me a warm smile, they were happy that my mood changed. "Sure that All Might it's a true hero, only saying his name made you cheer up!" Ochako laughed, making me laugh, too.

'Finally, I need to thank All Might for saving me...'

- - - - -

All of the 1-A students stood in silence in their seats. At the same time that we were notified that we entered the U.A., we were also told that the person that almost everyone admires, the number one hero, All Might, was going to be one of our teachers. And today was the day he would make his first appearance.

The tension we were holding made us not be able to move any muscle, our eyes never leaving the door. 'I'm so nervous... I can't stop trembling.' I thought to myself while suffering.

"Stop shaking, rat. It's annoying." The oh-so-lovely Katsuki ordered. But I didn't respond, I was too busy concentrated staring at the door. He 'tsked', feeling ignored. "Oi, ra-..." "IT'S ME!! THROUGH THE DOOR, LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!!"

'Oh my...'

The voice I was looking forward to hearing exclaimed, cutting Katsuki in middle sentence. '... It's him...' Even if I knew this moment had to arrive, I couldn't believe my eyes. The person I admired the most was now in front of me, in front of us: All Might...

'There he is... I can almost touch him...' I thought. I was fangirling too much, but I couldn't be helped.

A lot of loud gasps and quiet comments could be heard at the same time while the number one hero positioned himself in front of the class. Me, on the other hand, was just staring at him with my eyes sparkling. 'All Might's so great! I can't believe he's really here!' I squealed internally.

He didn't lose any time and went straight to the point: All Might told us to go to Ground Beta, we were about to do something called the Trial of Battle and also, we were going to wear something special for that occasion.

Our costumes.

He pushed a button and from the wall emerged some kind of shelves where our costumes where. He gave them to us. 'So, here is created the costume design I sent, huh?' I thought while hugging the briefcase that contained it. I took a glance at my classmates and saw how excited they were, making me forget a bit about my nervousness because of what was going to happen next. 'This is another step forward to become a hero.' I gulped and then took a glance at my idol. 'When the class finished, I'm going to thank him, yeah...'

"C'mon (l/n)! Let's change!" Ochako said, bringing me back to Earth and stealing my attention. I nodded and followed her from behind. Of course, those red eyes that I always thought they were beautiful, never left my figure.

- - - - -

'I don't know how to feel, it's so dark here...'

"And don't forget! From here on out..."

'The only things that I'm able to hear are our steps and All Might's voice from afar...'

"... You're all officially..."

'But nothing matters now. I have to accept that the moment has arrived. After passing the tunnel before the entrance to Ground Beta, all of us are now...'

"... HEROES!!!" Our idol exclaimed as we showed up. "Alright! Let's see what you're made of, you embryos! It's time for the Trial of Battle!"

I was still shaking, but I tried to stay calm. I closed my eyes and clenched my fists, inhaling and exhaling deeply. 'Stop acting like this, (f/n), you wanted to be a hero, right? Then, here you are, already wearing your hero costume...' I thought. 'This is what you wanted... C'mon! Stay determined!' I encouraged myself, opening my eyes after that.

What I didn't expect was that Tsuyu would be just in front of me. "A-AH!" I jumped. "Asui! You scared me!" She took a step back. "Please, call me Tsuyu, (l/n). And I'm sorry that I scared you. It's that I noticed how your costume resembled a mouse and I got excited." I looked at her with a nervous smile. "It's OK, Tsuyu. You can call me (f/n), too. It seems that both of us wanted a costume that looked like animals." I commented, my smile never leaving my face. I noticed how her expresion brightened. "Yes! And you look so cool and professional, (f/n)!" She exclaimed with enthusiasm.

"Oh? Do you really think so?" I asked while rubbing the back of my head and she nodded. "I also think that all of you look so great!" I said as more classmates were looking at us.

My costume was composed of a cropped white shirt without sleeves, which only covered my chest. Also, I had an 8-bit red tie and black suspenders, whose straps made an "X" at my back, so I could place the scythe behind me.

All of it was covered by a double-breasted black jacket with long sleeves, also only covering my chest. The back of the jacket was similar to a frac's back. Moreover, I had some kind of yellow military shoulder pads and the back had four kinds of belt loops to place my scythe when I had the jacket on. So, the only thing covering part of my stomach was the suspenders.

Short red gloves which almost reached my wrists were envolving my hands. That would make easier for me to move my weapon. Also, I was wearing tight black shorts with a black belt. Some 8-bit red socks, reaching the middle of my thigh and black and white shoes, Converse's style.

And don't forget the military cap with the red mouse ears. Oh, and the red mask covering my eyes.

((A/n): A drawing of that description will be here as soon as I finish the editing. The design is also a bit different. (No more mouse ears or mask lmao))

((A/n)x2: this would be the final design's sketch tho)

((A/n)x3: and this was drawn by ii_serenaa on amino! Though that's her instagram so go and check her drawings!)

I thought that I did good with the design of my costume. I didn't want to look as a princess, a fairy or some kind of angelical thing. Neither something that made me look as someone that was knocking door by door saying that Death had arrived.

"Ooohh!! (L/n) looks like the boss of an agency of heroes!" Ochako exclaimed with a giggle, making me turn my head to her. She was with a blushing Izuku, probably because of how tight her suit was. "Woah, guys, your costumes are amazing!" I commented with a smile and they thanked me. I noticed how my green haired friend's costume resembled All Might and I laughed to myself. 'This Izuku...'

However, believe it or not, I really wanted to see the costume of someone in particular. I took a glance at my classmates, looking for Katsuki, but he found me before.

"Where is your tail, Commander Rat Scum?"

'Oh, here he is...' I facepalmed. I turned my head to the sound of Katsuki's voice, feeling annoyed at how he called me. "It's none of your b-..." I trailed off when I looked up at him.

'Ooooooohhh... Oh.'

I stared at him with wide eyes. 'Fuck this shit. He's fucking hot.' I thought with no regrets. I could notice how he was analyzing me from head to toe, too. I wanted to say something, but I was too occupied with taking some mental photos of him. "What's wrong, little mouse? Did the cat eat your tongue~?" He asked, sounding teasingly, taking me by surprise.

'Has he just... teased me?' I wondered, but I rapidly pushed it away. "I don't understand why do you come to talk to me, even if it's only to insult. I thought you didn't want to see me anymore." I stated with a serious expression, but I only gained a smirk from him. "Didn't you want me to treat you as a classmate? Well, here's your living hell." Katsuki responded, making me more confused.

"What the f-" "ALRIGHT, KIDS! LISTEN TO ME!" All Might's voice stole our attention and also made me forget about what I was going to say to Katstupid.

The number one hero explained what we had to do: there would be two teams of two people in each one on the battlefield. One of the teams will have the role of the villains and had to protect a nuclear weapon while the other will be the hero team, who had to reach the core. If one of the teams captures the other, they win. Also, we will have to do it inside a building. "I'll answer all your questions later. Now, let's see the teams!"

At the moment All Might said so, I began to sweat. Taking a look at my luck history, I had too high probabilities to end caught with the beast of the class. 'For the love of God, world, don't pair me with him...' I wished with my eyes shut.

"Team A: Izuku Midoriya and (f/n) (l/n)!" Informed All Might, making my eyes open wide at the same time that my lips formed a big smile. 'YUUUSSSS!! THANK YOU!!' I shouted internally, feeling relieved. I knew the pro hero was still announcing the teams, but I was too busy trying not to start to do the victory dance and make a fool of myself.

"Aah... I'm so lucky! We're together in this, (f/n)!" Izuku exclaimed. "YEAH!" I answered him with enthusiasm. 'I don't know who's the real lucky one here, heheh...'

"And the first two pairs to do combat, will be the following!" All Might said, making me leave my thoughts and start to pay attention again. "Pair D will be villains! And Pair A will be heroes!" He informed.

I looked at Izuku when our team was called. "Well, it seems that is already our turn. By the way, who are team D?" I asked, but he wasn't paying me any attention, his eyes were locked with Katsuki. "Uh?" I moved my head and also saw Tenya beside him.

"Let's give all our best! Midoriya, (l/n)! Bakugou and I are going to be hard to defeat!" Tenya encouraged the four of us. Now, the beast was looking right into my eyes with a death glare.

'OH, C'MON! HIM AGAIN!?'

- - - - -

Izuku and me stood in front of the building with a map, the both of us were scared. "It seems that we can't get rid of him, right?" I said with a nervous laugh. "H-H-Huh? W-W-Were y-you talking t-t-to me?" Stuttered Izuku, he was way more nervous than me. I got closer to him and brought my hand to his shoulder. "Don't worry, Izuku, you have me by your side." I said with a sweet voice, trying to calm him a bit and fortunately, I succeeded. "Thank you a lot, (f/n). We can't lose against him!" The green haired male clenched his fists after the last words. "Yup! You know, I really want to kick his ass..." I confessed while laughing.

"TRIAL OF INDOOR BATTLE: START!!"

At the moment All Might shouted the starting signal, Izuku and me entered the building stealthy. "Give me your hand." Izuku said quietly while trying to help me enter from the window. "Thank you!"

As we were walking, we kept quiet. We didn't really talk about a plan, the only thing that we were sure of was that we had to avoid Katsuki at all cost and go to the top floor to reach the core. "This place looks like a labyrinth." I commented. "That's tr-" "FOUND YOU!!"

"AH!" The both of us exclaimed at the moment we saw Katsuki turning the corner with his fist prepared to throw an explosive punch. "A sudden ambush!?" I quickly reached Izuku's hand and ran to get away from the explosion. "Thank you for your quick reaction!" He thanked me. "No problem." I responded while positioning myself into a fighting pose.

The green-eyed boy and I waited for the smoke to fade, so it would reveal where Katsuki was. 'I didn't expect less coming from him...' Though the ash blonde boy already descried us, sending a deep glare. He also noticed we were holding hands and 'tsked'. "Oh, Mr. and Mrs. Nerd, don't dodge me!" He ordered with a dark scowl.

Izuku and I were truly scared, adrenaline rushed through our veins. But we knew we had to stay calm if we wanted to win. "Stay close to me, (f/n)." Izuku said and I nodded, something that amused Katsuki, making him laugh. "DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH DEKU! DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT A WEAK SHIT LIKE YOU COULD EVER PROTECT HER!?" He shouted, making the green-eyed male to clench his fists.

"You nerd, you've been lying to me all this time... Making me think that you were quirkless when you aren't..." He started to make some explosions with his palms. "But even if you fooled me, my quirk is always better than yours!" A scary grin appeared on his face and I gulped. 'What's going to happen now?'

"C'MON, DEKU! LET'S SHOW THE LITTLE MOUSE WHOSE QUIRK IS STRONGER!!" Katsuki challenged.

'Show me?' I repeated to myself, as well as I noticed that the ash blonde male's attention was only on Izuku. "I'LL BLOW YOU AWAY! BUT JUST SHORT OF GETTING THIS INTERRUPTED!" Katsuki stated at the same moment he threw another punch at Izuku. But this time, Deku, grabbed his arm by his side and lifted the hot-headed boy, just to throw his body in front of him.

I was doing nothing, just staring at them in awe, I didn't know that Izuku was capable of that, neither Katsuki. Also, I felt that my presence there was out of place. This was the war between the two males. "Kacchan, you always lead with a big right swing! The notebook you blew some time ago... There, I wrote about the heroes I thought were amazing... And you are one of them!" Izuku shouted to him.

Katsuki was getting up, I noticed how he was looking at me. He was sweating a lot and by the way he stared at my concerned expression, I could say that he feared the impotence he was feeling at that moment. "FUUUUUUCKK!!" He yelled.

"I'M NO LONGER THE 'DEKU' YOU EQUATED WITH A WORTHLESS GUPPY... NOW I'M THE 'DEKU' WHOSE VIBE IS 'NEVER GIVING UP'!!"

Katsuki and I stared at the boy in awe. "Izuku..." I called and he turned his head to me with the warmest smile someone has ever sent me. "Leave this to me, (f/n). Go after Iida." He said almost begging, with tears in the corner of his eyes.

I knew what he wanted, I knew how he needed this battle. "Have fun until I reach the core, Deku..." I responded with a smile, too. He inhaled and exhaled deeply. "Thank you for understand it, (f/n)."

And with that, I prepared myself to run and jump over Katsuki's head. "NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, (L/N)! I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW I AM MUCH BETTER THAN THIS NERD!!" Katsuki shouted as he tried to cut my path, something that I predicted. 'I won't let you...' I thought as I summoned my scythe. I made a quick vertical swing to stop Katsuki from approaching me.

"HUH!?" He avoided the swing and made some steps backwards. Somehow, my face was close to his while doing the movement. "If I were you, I wouldn't dare to touch me." I stated with a serious face, a dark aura emanating from my body.

His expression had to be priceless, but I wasn't able to see it since I had already passed him. However, I could hear his loud swearing, a voice full of pain of someone whose pride has just been cut in half by a scythe.