An Unlikely Extra
"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution."
— Albus Dumbledore
(Y/n)'s P.O.V.
Time skip
We had a few other tests left before we could conclude the quirk assessment test. The problem was that in the last few tests, my disapparation would become useless. So I had to rely on my physical strength. I wouldn't say that I really have that ideal body fitness for a hero, but I wouldn't say I'm that bad. I'm still a hero in training and it's still my first day, so what can you expect?
When it was time to receive our final result in our test, I was beginning to feel anxious. Of course, I knew for a fact that I wouldn't receive the 21st place, but I didn't want to be placed anywhere below 10th place. My ideal place for me to be satisfied and happy would be at around 5th place and above. But even if I didn't make it there nor neither in 10th place, I'll still be satisfied. I had fun today and that's what's important to me. Despite feeling anxious, I still could not wait to get my final result.
Aizawa-sensei stood in front of us with tired and dry eyes, behind him was the gym Gamma. To my right side I stood next to a boy, with weird elbows that could dispense tape, whose name I learned to be Sero Hanta. On my left however, was none other than Todo-kun. He was silent and probably not at all nervous or anxious about receiving his result. I wish I was like him at this moment, calm and cool.
But that wasn't the case, on the outside, of course I looked calm and cool just like the King of ice himself, however on the inside, I was panicking, but just a little bit. I didn't understand why I was anxious, I just was. To calm myself down, I thought back to how Midoriya-kun was doing as of right now. Midoriya as of currently was fidgeting in his place while holding his injured finger as if that would stop the pain that he was feeling.
I could see sweat drip down from his forehead as he closed his eyes from the pain he was feeling in his finger or was it from his anxiousness. He was probably panicking so much more than I am right now. 'I feel a bit bad for him. There's no denying the fact that even if he has an extremely powerful quirk, he would still get placed in last for getting the lowest scores in all of the tests except for the ball throwing test.' I thought to myself a bit saddened when the fact dawned on me that Midoriya-kun might be the one who Aizawa-sensei will expel.
"Let's quickly announce the results. I simply summed up each test's scores. Since it's a waste of time explaining." Aizawa-sensei began as he pulled out from his pocket what looked like the strange device he used to record us in the tests. "I'll just show you all. Remember that whoever placed last will be expelled." He finally finished as he clicked on something on the strange device that he was holding then suddenly an image appeared before us with our results from the test in it. I was amazed by this. 'Is this what the muggles call a hologram?' I thought to myself curiously as I began to search for my name in the result board.
1st Place - Yaoyozorou Momo
2nd Place - Todoroki Shoto
3rd Place - Bakugo Katsuki
4th Place - Iida Tenya
5th Place - (L/n) (Y/n)
6th Place - Tokoyami Fumikage
7th Place - Shoji Mezo
8th Place - Ojiro Mashirao
9th Place - Kirishima Eijiro
10th Place - Ashido Mina
11th Place - Uraraka Ochaco
12th Place - Koda Koji
13th Place - Sato Rikido
14th Place - Asui Tsuyu
15th Place - Aoyama Yuga
16th Place - Sero Hanta
17th Place - Kaminari Denki
18th Place - Jiro Kyoka
19th Place - Hagakure Toru
20th Place - Mineta Minoru
21th Place - Midoriya Izuku
As my eyes finally landed on my name. A huge relieved smile beamed on my face, satisfied that I reached 5th place. ‘I passed, I’m satisfied… Although it would be preferable if I had reached a higher place than 5th. I guess not reaching a higher place is fine too.’ I thought. As my eyes began to scan the other places in complete boredom.
I felt pity for Midoriya-kun as soon as my eyes landed on his name in the last place. I turned my head back towards him and I felt my pity for him grow bigger. He held his head down in shame and disappointment as he closed his hand with an injured index finger, with his other hand, he wrapped it around his wrist. A dark shadow casted over his eyes as he began to hold back his tears. Before I could do or say anything to make him feel a bit better, I was cut off by a startle from a certain navy blue haired boy.
“Excuse me, Aizawa-sensei!” Iida-kun yelled out as he raised his hands in a straight line like a robot.
“What is it?” He replied back in an annoyed tone or was that tiredness?
“There must be something wrong. On the hologram it says that there are 21 students, shouldn’t that be a mistake? U.A. only accepts 20 students per section in the Hero course. Then why is there an extra student?” He questioned
‘They only accept 20 students per section in the Hero course? It is weird that they have an extra student. Oh Salazar, I already know who that person is, bloody Hell. Let’s just get this over with…’ I thought
“There were a lot of people in the entrance exam and recommendations who had a lot of potential, however just as Iida said only 20 students are accepted per section in the Hero course. But this year, there’s a student in this class who took their practical exam first before taking their written test. Supposedly U.A. wasn’t going to accept them because of how late they were, but then seeing as their quirk has so much potential the principal decided to accept them and put them into class 1-A.” Aizawa-sensei finished, which made me completely silent.
"Oh…" I mumbled quietly
“I understand sensei! But who is it?” He questioned in pure curiosity.
As Aizawa-sensei's eyes moved to lock with mine, I immediately turned my head away avoiding his gaze. Turning his head towards me I still refused to look at him. I knew very well who he was referring to and I would much rather prefer to not let it be obvious who it is, for it would just be extremely embarrassing.
As soon as Aizawa-sensei turned his head towards me, everyone else followed. Well I guess Aizawa-sensei just made it obvious who that particular student is. I just hope that he doesn't actually verbally confirm it. Everyone staring at me feels disgusting… But if I were to say whose stare gave me the most extreme feelings it was most likely, Todo-kun.
But that was probably because of the fact that he was literally standing beside me. Despite being used to people staring at me I still hated being stared at. I could feel the hairs on my nape rising and goosebumps appearing on my arms as an unpleasant feeling of cold washed over me. Can we just get this over with everyone? You've stared at me long enough. It really feels disgusting...
"The extra student is…" He paused for more than a moment making the scene unfold in front of us even more dramatic than it already is, "(L/n)..." He lazily as he practically rolled his eyes in boredom
"Thank you for answering my questions sensei!" Iida-kun said to Aizawa-sensei in gratitude as he did a perfect 90° bow like a robot.
'Well, there goes my hope for Aizawa-sensei not verbally confirming it's me who's the extra student. Thank you Merlin for being on my side.' I thought to myself sarcastically as I almost rolled my eyes in habit.
The class began to whisper amongst themselves, clearly they were whispering about me being the extra student. Although I'm not quite sure whether or not what they are whispering about me is good or bad, I could hardly care for that. Because who cares if I'm the extra, I got in this class despite initially I wasn't supposed to be accepted in this class. They accepted me because they saw a large amount of potential in me so they decided to accept me.
And that's something I should be- no. It's something that I am extremely proud of since it's something that's not easily achievable. So turning my head to face towards the hologram board in front of me, I hid my proud expression well with a neutral face as if nothing had happened. This was my way to show to everyone that I don't care that I'm the extra student.
Crossing one arm just below my chest, while my other hand began to play with my hair as if I was bored and I didn't really take into account that Aizawa-sensei just announced to the whole class. If I'm being completely honest, which I am. I wasn't that much shocked to hear that I am an extra student and not only that, but that I also almost didn't get accepted into U.A. just because I took the written exam a bit too late.
Aizawa-sensei turned his head back towards the class with a tired expression. Honestly, it's starting to become a bit annoying how Aizawa-sensei looks so tired. Sensei please get enough sleep, I don't want you to suddenly pass out in the middle of discussion just because you didn't receive the needed amount of sleep that your body requires. Or maybe I'll be happy with you passing out since we won't continue discussions then...
Then with a sadistic smile, sensei spoke the words that a particular green haired boy was dreading to hear, “The expelling part is a lie.”
"Huh?" Most of the students said out in shock as their eyes widened and their pupils became tiny.
It took a second for them to completely soak in the information given to them. But once they soaked it in.
"Huh?!" The students screamed out in shock, especially Midoriya-kun and Iida-kun.
"Who knew I'd have an arse teacher this year?" I mumbled
"It was a logical lie to make you use your quirks fully." Sensei taunted us.
The thick tension that had been growing since sensei announced that the student placed last soon began to disappear with a relieved sigh that left from the class’ mouth. Relief washed over me as I looked at Midoriya-kun from the corner of my eyes. 'Good job on getting past this test… I hope you pass the others as well.'
"Of course it's a lie, duh. It's not hard to figure out." A weird ponytail girl spoke out.
"And no one asked for your opinion." I said out loud as I looked at her.
She glared back at me at my retaliation. To which I looked down at her as I held my head up high, and to top it off I even smirked. 'Just so you know, I'm not sorry for letting that slip past my mouth. This will be the last time something like that slips through hopefully… But first of all don't imply that we're dumb just because we didn't figure out that it was a lie. Despite not saying the exact words, I could already tell that you're looking down on us. Don't look down on us. Especially me…! Second of all, just because sensei lied about expulsion doesn't mean that he can't and won't do it.' I thought with venom.
As I turned my head to face forwards I caught the reactions my classmates were giving me. They stared at me in shock, especially Mina. 'I guess she'll confront me about that later or hopefully she’ll forget about it. I could easily hex her to forget it if I really wanted to avoid the question.' A thick tension that grew between me and the black ponytail girl quickly disappeared as I chose to ignore it. After a few seconds everybody's reactions turned back to normal and even my mood turned back to normal.
"I was kind of nervous." Sero-kun, who was on my right side, said to Eijiro-kun, who was right behind him.
"I'll take on any challenge!" Eijiro-kun replied back to him as he clenched his right fist in a very manly way.
"Same Eijiro-kun, despite it making me a tad bit nervous. I had an extremely pleasant time." I joined in their little conversation.
"Tch…" I caught Bakugo saying as he turned his head.
Aizawa-sensei tapped something on the strange device that he was holding, and the hologram disappeared suddenly. ‘Woah! Wicked!’ I screamed in my head as I stared in awe at how the strange device Aizawa-sensei was holding works. I quickly wiped off the excitement on my face just as soon as it had appeared. To some people who may have noticed this might have thought that I look weird, crazy or even stupid, but I could hardly care about it at this point.
"We're done. The curriculum is in the classroom, so take a look at it." Aizawa-sensei said as he just walked away, undramatically.
“Huh? That’s it?” I questioned mindlessly, but someone replied.
“Yes, that’s it. I suggest that we follow behind sensei quickly and keep our mouths shut. It’s best to keep our mouths shut and not speak our minds so carelessly.” Todo-kun clearly targeted his words at someone special.
“Arse…” I whispered quietly in English back at him, so quiet that I’m sure he wouldn't have heard it.