When his mother died in an accident and the only people he considered family couldn't afford to take him in, 8 year old Izuku Midoriya ends up being in the right place at the right time and gets taken in as a ward of UA. Now 15, Izuku joins UA as part of the Support Course and quickly gains reputation as the School Cryptid.

Katara is 18 and the Southern Water Tribe has held an uneasy allegiance with the Fire Nation for the last 100 or so years. When Katara's tribe goes through a food shortage, Katara takes it upon herself to make sure they survive. She agrees to enter a competition where the young Prince Zuko will choose a wife out of 35 women. Katara promises herself she only has to last a day until a truce she can't ignore is offered, and now Katara is in it for the long haul. A Zutara! Selection AU. More couple tags to be added as they appear.