After an event in her early adolescence that changed the entire trajectory of her life, and in how she viewed her quirk, Hitomi Kanetsukabe was ecstatic to find she'd been admitted to UA's hero course.
Her high school life was just beginning, and sh...
A/N: The side stories have officially been posted! I uploaded the first chapter yesterday, which was a special for Halloween :) Just check my account to find it!
I'm really excited for these next few chapters, because we'll finally see my third OC! If you already follow Hitomi's account on Instagram, you probably already know who I'm talking about :)
She makes a small cameo this chapter, but she'll be an important part of the exam later.
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(Have some supplementary info on Nari! I made this back in August, but I kept forgetting to include it until now.)
It had now been a week since then, and before Hitomi knew it, their bus had arrived at the provisional license testing facility.
Hitomi stretched her arms as she stepped off the bus, taking in the large building before them.
Takoba Arena, they said it was called...
As Aizawa gave the class what he considered a motivational speech, the bluenette felt her nerves begin to flare up, the feeling in the pit of her stomach reminding her of the sports festival. Midoriya must've noticed her stress, because he looked at her with concern once Aizawa finished talking.
"Kanetsukabe-san? Are you okay?"
Hitomi gripped the straps of her backpack, clenching her jaw. "Just nervous, as usual."
"Oh! ...Well, I don't know if you've heard of it already, but there's this superstition where if you write 'person' on your palm three times and eat it, it should calm you down if you're feeling anxious. Maybe that can help?"
"Hm, I think I saw Mineta doing that back at the sports festival..."
Let's see...
She held up her palm, tracing the kanji for "person" with her finger three times before placing her hand on her mouth, pretending to eat the imaginary word. She felt her shoulders start to relax, her anxiety settling a bit.
Huh. That kinda worked!
Her ease was short-lived, as a boy wearing a particular hat jumped in between Kirishima and Kaminari, interrupting their chant of "Plus Ultra!" to join in. Hitomi jumped at his shout, hearing another voice close by.
"You shouldn't just barge in on other people's huddles, Inasa."
"Oh no!" The boy moved his hands to his side abruptly, Hitomi realizing he was about to bow. "I am very..." He bent down way farther than she expected, smashing his head face first into the pavement. "...extremely sorry!!"
Hitomi yelped, his over-the-top nature kind of freaking her out.
"Wait, that uniform..." the bluenette heard Jirou say. Hitomi turned to look at it, not noticing anything particularly special about it.
