February 26th.

For Izuku Midoriya that date would come to mean many things. It was the date that he completed his training, the date that he obtained One for All, the date that he would take his first step into U.A. and make a name for himself. All of these events would change his life in ways he could only imagine. But, somehow he would only remember today as the day that he met her.

Nejire Hado.

Izuku stood panting at the entrance way of U.A., his limbs still burning from finishing the last bit of the beach clean up, and then running from his house to the train station, then the train station to U.A.. Was his heart beating from excitement or from being worked so hard? Probably both.

But now was his chance. He had eaten the hair - it was sour - and he hadn't even had the chance to test and see if he even had any power. Maybe that was why his legs were shaking so much? He wasn't the same as he used to be. The past ten months, that beach, and All Might's faith in him were proof enough. Now all he had to do was take his first step towards becoming a hero!

And he tripped. Crap. He was off to a fantastic start.

"Woah!" He heard someone shout from right beside him and a push on his shoulder. The world around him began to spin, and he caught a glimpse of her. Bright blue eyes that were just as shocked as he was, her smile was frozen in a tight grimace that had all of her teeth showing. Her long blue hair chased after her like the tail of a comet.

Ground.

Sky.

Ground.

Sky.

Ground.

"Oof!"

His hands hit the ground hard, barely bracing himself before he slammed down onto the girl. He hadn't even spoken to a girl before, not really at any rate. They tended to avoid or mock him back in middle school. But the girl that he was currently inches from was unlike any other he had seen before. With hair the color of the summer sky, and eyes like a drop of snow falling into a still, winter pond, she was beyond beauty.

And then there was her smile. In a word it was cute. In many more words, it was the kind of smile that he wished he could see everyday. A smile that was just genuine kindness and happiness, as though she had never had a reason to be sad, not even a single rain cloud in her life. In a way it told him that everything would be alright, in a way that All Might's smile simply didn't.

Where All Might's said, 'don't worry I am here.' Her's said, oh so softly 'don't worry, we can do it.'

"Woah, that was really close to being like something out of an anime." The girl looked from his left hand to his right hand as he felt her hand press against his chest. "Not that there's anything to accidentally grope or stuff like that. But, oh hey, the cement is cracked. Did you do that? Oh! I'm Nejire by the way! Nejire Hado! It's nice to meet you. What's your name? Are you going to try and get into U.A. too? What's your quirk? And why do you have that big bag? Are you going camping later?"

The girl was talking to him! To him! And smiling! And-and she said her name! It was Nejire! Hado! Nejire Hado! A girl told him her name and he didn't have to learn it from role call! This was amazing.

Wait she was staring at him. Didn't she ask him a bunch of questions. And what did she mean by groping? And nothing there? Wait cracked cement? He was finally able to tear his eyes away from her to look at the ground next to his hands. Fresh cement chips and a few cracks that hadn't been there surrounded his hands. He used All Might's quirk! Just a bit!

"I think I did." He nodded slowly and looked at her. "And Umm. It's uh. It's nice to meet you Nejire. I'm Izuku Midoriya. I'm going to U.A. I just grabbed my school bag. And umm, for my quirk. Well it's kind of hard to explain."

"Oooh, well if that's the case I wanna know all about it! When we both get in you should tell me all about it! Mine's called Wave Motion I can shoot waves of energy out of my body. But it uses my energy so I get really tired when I use it." Nejire hummed still staring him in the eyes.

This was by far the longest he had maintained eye contact with a girl and the longest conversation he had had with one. "That sounds really interesting, I'd lo-like! I'd like to see you use it sometime!"

"Sure! And you can show me your quirk! I bet it's super cool! Oh!" She tilted her head upwards to look at the entrance. "But can you let me up? I think we need to start going inside."

Huh? Oh right the exam. The exam! He shot up and offered her a hand up. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to fall on you like that and now we're going to be late!"

"Don't worry about it! I saw you falling and figured it would be bad luck if you fell on your first day so I tried to stop you but I ended up falling too!" He helped her up. Her hand was soft. She was shorter than him by a few inches and her long blue hair fell down to her skirt. "Now come on! We need to get in there! I'm from Dantoo Junior High, in Nagano. You?"

"Oh I'm from Aldera Junior High, in Musutafu."

"Oh wow that's pretty close! I bet it's fun living in a big city like this, there must be so many places and people!"

Before they could talk much more they were seperated by the seating chart, with her going down one hallway and him down another. It kind of felt like he just became best friends with her.

XXXX

They were in the same testing group! That had to be some kind of luck. Even if he still wasn't sure if he actually used All Might's quirk earlier when he tried to stop himself from falling on her, but now he had to. He just needed to clench his butt cheek and scream for justice! Or however All Might had said it.

He had been paying attention but his head was spinning too much to make sense of it!

At least he wasn't in the same group as Kacchan was. That would be bad.

He locked onto Nejire who was dressed in a dark blue tracksuit and doing some stretches. Even now she was smiling. He managed to take half a step before someone grabbed his shoulder.

"Why are you here?"

Crap! It was the glasses wearing guy that called him out for talking during the lecture! He was so scary! Crap! What was he supposed to say? "Hoping to interfere?"

Other would-be students began to mumble about him as well, saying that he was jumpy, that they couldn't believe he was here, and that with him here they'd have a better chance of getting in. Not that he could really blame them.

"Oh hey! Izuku!" Nejire bounced up over to them, her eyes full of sparks and her smile instantly put him at ease. "We're in the same group isn't that great? Oh is this a friend of yours I'm-"

"And begin!" Present Mic's voice boomed over the crowd. Everybody turned to look at the main observation tower where Present Mic could barely be seen. "What's wrong? The Test's Started! Run! Run! The die is cast! There's no countdowns in real life!"

The entire group ran for the entrance.

Except him and Nejire.

"Oh shoot! Hey Izuku! Let's work together! I'm sure if we both take down a robot we'll get points right?" Nejire turned to him smiling, before she started running after the rest. "Come on! Let's go!"

"Right!" He chased after her, still not sure what he would even be able to do against the robots. But he might be able to at least do something. He just needed to punch them. He had proof. However small it was that he could use All Might's quirk. He just needed to know how.

The other students were already fighting as they entered the city-scape. Numerous machines were already destroyed and still, others were making some students flee. They turned the corner and ran down a few streets until Nejire came to a stop.

One of the small robots roared around the corner, it's gears sparking as it charged at them.

Golden energy, like a thousand stars twinkling in the daylight emitted from Nejire's arms. She pulled it back gathering it into a nimbus and then threw her arms forward. The energy spiraled outward, crashing wildly into the ground and knocking up debry and smashing a car window before it slammed into the base of the robot, crippling it.

Nejire stood, shaking slightly before she placed a hand to her head.

He moved to support her and she smiled at him. "You okay?"

"Yea, I just put a bit too much power into that one. Got light headed." She pumped her fist and nodded. "Alright! That's one down! Let's keep going!"

"Right!"

Nejire managed to take down two more robots with her long ranged attacks before they made their way towards the city center. Part of him felt guilty that he was letting her do all the work, but most of him was worried that he wasn't getting any points. He needed to do something. Get one point on his own. But how? He still didn't know how to activate One for All.

The building behind them exploded as a colossal robot loomed over the tops of the building, it's red eyes glaring at them as it raised its hand up and smashed down onto the street. The shock wave sending cars and debris flying. Everybody was running. But he was frozen. Why couldn't he move?

Was he that afraid! His legs should be moving.

"Izuku!" Nejire pushed him as some debris flew towards them. Instead of hitting him, it clipped her shoulder sending her spiralling towards the ground as that monster loomed closer.

Nejire was in trouble. She was down for the count.

His body - just as it had done when Kacchan needed him - moved on it's own. Power surged inside of him as he took one giant step and flew upwards towards the mechanical beast. Pain tore through his body but he grit his teeth and clenched his buttox. And let his heart roar.

With a punch.

He didn't even touch the robot's hard metal surface. Just the air pressure alone was enough to make it crumple like paper. It was a shame that he was a good fifty feet up, and that his legs were now completely useless and his arm was now various shades of purple. And he was falling. High enough to probably die if he hit the ground.

Maybe if he punched the ground with his only remaining limb he'd be able to do something.

"Hold on!" He saw Nejire push herself up and scramble below him. She wobbled and that yellow energy began to gather again. Before he could say anything she sent a spiral upwards towards him. It was slower than before and with a wider arc. It was like diving face first into water without getting wet.

The force pushing him just enough to slow his descent while pulling him towards her. He really owed her a lot.

"You're awesome." She half muttered when he was a few feet off the ground. Then he fell, hitting the ground hard.

Nejire fell, landing on her back, limbs spread out like a starfish.

"Nejire?" He asked trying to crawl to her with his good arm. "Are you O-"

She was snoring. Well she did say her quirk drained her energy.

AN: Hey look! A new Nejire fic! Sorry I couldn't help myself. I just love writing her! Also, yes, you read that right. Nejire is flat. Why? She's 15, and making her a late bloomer sounded like fun.