Sir Nighteye's Internship
It was early morning in the U.A. dorms on a Saturday morning. All the students were hanging out in the common area talking about what internships they were taking after getting experience with them during their trips. RJ was looking at a list of all the pro agencies accepting internships.
" You still haven't decided where you wanted to go, RJ? What about that Gran Torino hero?" asked Hado who was stretching on the floor.
" He's pretty busy right now so I have to find someone else," said RJ, still reading the list.
" Why don't you intern with me with Endeavor?" asked Todoroki who was eating breakfast.
" Seriously!? I wouldn't expect your father to accept anyone other than you. I forgot you did the provisional make up. Did you get your license?
" Yeah. Those Shiketsu students were there too. Anyways, if it's my recommendation I'm pretty sure he would let you in. What about you Bakugo?"
" Huh? Like I'd join… Well he is the number one hero. That means there's going to be a lot of fighting villains, right!? I'm in!" shouted Bakugo sparking his hands.
" Maybe. I'll let him know later today."
" The number one hero and the top three in Class 1A in one agency. That's a powerhouse!" said Kaminari.
" I wouldn't go that far…" said RJ before being interrupted.
" Hell yeah! The gap between these two and me is too large. I'll show everyone I'll be the next number one!" shouted Bakugo standing on the couch.
" It's too early for this…" said Sero with an annoyed look on his face.
RJ walked back to his room and saw Aizawa walking down the hall too.
" Jamal. About the internships. Mirio Togata wants to see you alongside All Might," said Aizawa.
" All Might!? But I kind of agreed to intern with Todoroki and Bakugo at Endeavor's agency," said RJ.
" Well go meet with them and hear what they have to say. Might change your mind."
" Yes, sir.'
Break room
" There he is! Problem Child! How was your trip!?" said Mirio was sitting in front of All Might.
" It was fun… and scary. What's going on?" asked RJ taking a seat next to Mirio.
" Togata here is currently doing his work-study under Nighteye," said All Might.
" Nighteye? Whose that?"
" You don't know who Sir Nighteye is!? He was All Might's old sidekick!" shaking RJ violently.
" Eh! You had another sidekick!? I thought David was your only sidekick!"
" I don't blame you for not knowing since he worked behind the scenes. I was hesitant to let you join at first but I think it would be good for you. What do you think, young Togata? Does RJ have what it takes to work with Nighteye?" asked All Might.
" Hm? Why me? You could talk to Sir Nighteye yourself y' know. He's always talking about you," said Mirio with his arm around RJ's shoulders.
" I have no right to face him. It's… complicated."
RJ and Mirio looked at All Might with confused looks on their face wondering what happened between him and Nighteye.
" Well then… What kind of hero do you want to be?" asked Mirio to RJ surprising him.
" … A hero who wants everyone to smile in the end. Not just me. The greatest hero to ever live," said RJ with a determined look on his face.
" That's quite a goal. I've got no reason to deny you!"
" Really!? Thank you! I have to go tell Todoroki I changed my mind."
As RJ ran out of the room with Mirio following behind him, All Might was thinking about the time he first met RJ and if he didn't meet him that day, Mirio would have gotten One For All.
' I don't regret it one bit,' thought All Might smiling.
U.A. Dorms
" Hey, Todoroki! I'm sorry but I had another internship opportunity pop up so I'm going to go with that one," said RJ panting for air.
" That's fine. Bakugo is still in," said Todoroki.
" Like hell! I'm not staying with Icy Hot alone!" shouted Bakugo.
" Weren't you just boasting about working with the number one hero earlier?" asked Kirishima.
" … Dammit! Next time don't make promises you won't keep!"
" I'll miss you too, Kacchan!" said RJ in a soft voice.
" Shut up!"
" That reminds me. I'm meeting with the pro hero Fat Gum tomorrow. Amajiki came to me to intern with him," said Kirishima.
" Amajiki? I'm surprised," said Ashido, thinking of the easily embarrassed student.
" Heh. To be fair I went to his room begging him to go today."
" I have to make a good first impression. I'm going to go train," said RJ running to the exit of the dorms.
" You're not getting ahead of me! I'm coming too!" shouted Bakugo running behind RJ.
Later That Night- Villains' New Hideout
The villain Twice was driving a man named Chisaki, aka Overhaul, to their villain hideout to talk to Tomura Shigaraki. Twice spotted Overhaul at a commotion where some villains robbed a convenience store and somehow merged into their getaway truck which crashed. Overhaul agreed to meet with Shigaraki.
" This place is unsanitary. This is your place of operations?" asked Overhaul.
" This is the rendezvous point. We don't trust you enough that much," said Twice opening the door.
" Gimme a break. This place is dirty. I'm gonna get sick."
" Don't worry. Everyone here is already sick anyway."
Twice opened the door into the bunker with some of the members of the League of Villains sitting in the back of the building being Toga, , Shigaraki, Muscular, and Mustard.
" This guy famous or something?" asked Muscular who was polishing his fake eyeballs.
" My master showed me pictures a while back. He's Yakuza. The young head of the Shie Hassaikai," said Shigaraki.
" What makes him so different from us?" asked Toga.
" Sounds like just another villain to me," said Mustard.
Compress explained to the two about the underworld and how it was controlled by multiple organizations. As heroes came to the scene these organizations began to disappear. The remaining organizations are kept under strict surveillance so no problems would occur.
" So you barely scraping by? Why us? Shouldn't you be celebrating with All Might's retirement?" asked Magne.
" All For One's loss is a way bigger deal than All Might's. Emperor of the Darkness who ruled the underworld. He was like an urban legend to my generation. We thought he disappeared or died then shows up now, locked up in Tartarus. Both sides are leaderless now. Question is… who's up next?" said Overhaul catching Shigaraki's attention.
" Are you challenging me? You're asking the guy knowing damn well who his master is. That will be me," said Shigaraki.
Shigaraki gloated about having all the pieces to annihilate the hero society with the villains standing by his side. Overhaul asked if Shigaraki had a plan which set Shigaraki back a bit. Overhaul mentioned about Stain and Moonfish getting captured so easily by some high schoolers in their first year. Shigaraki was becoming irritated by Overhaul mocking him calmly and asked him and the rest of the villains to join him since he had a "plan" in place.
" Get the hell out. I work only for my master," said Shigaraki with Muscular pushing him to the side and forming his muscle fibers.
" Sorry mafia boy. You heard the guy. I'm here because I wanna live free! I had a talk with a friend about the chains of society keeping people down! We get to decide where we belong!" shouted Magne pulling Overhaul towards her using her magnetism quirk and hitting him on the head with her magnet.
Overhaul tapped Magne's arm and she started to swell up. Her upper body was blown up with blood spraying all over the place with the villains shocked at what they just scene in a blink.
" Just remember, you made the first move… Ugh… I hate this part with the filth," said Overhaul, rubbing the blood off of his clothes and Compress jumping towards him.
" No, Compress!" commanded Shigaraki.
" No! I have to seal this guy away!" shouted Compress who touched Overhaul but his quirk wouldn't activate after getting hit by a bullet. " Why isn't my quirk working!?"
" Don't touch me!" shouted Overhaul blowing up Compress's right arm.
" This guy is the real deal!" shouted Muscular before his muscle fibers went back into his body. " What the hell? My quirk."
Shigaraki dashed towards Overhaul and dodged a bullet that was coming his way. Overhaul noticed and called one of his guards to block Shigaraki's attack. Shigaraki touched the guard and immediately turned him into dust. The other members of the Yakuza gang burst through the building to back up Overhaul.
" That was a close one, Overhaul. Lousy shot," said Chrono with a magnum in his hand.
" I wanted this to be a peaceful conversation League of Villains. Looks like that won't happen right now. Both sides lost one today. Let's take five. We owe you an arm though," said Overhaul walking out of the building through the large hole created by the other members.
" I'll freaking kill you!" shouted Twice.
" Can I stab him, Shigaraki? I'm going to stab him," said Toga, holding up her knife to her neck.
' What the hell is this bullet?' thought Muscular taking the bullet shot into him out of his arm.
" Leave him…" said Shigaraki, not trying to cause any more trouble.
" No! He has to pay! I'll take responsibility!" shouted Twice.
" Twice! Calm down! You wanna die too?" shouted Mustard putting his gun away.
Overhaul threw a business card down on the ground as he exited, telling Shigaraki to meet with him when they all had calmed down. Shigaraki picked to card up and went out the back exit to look for another hideout for the League of Villains.
The Next Day
" This is Sir's Agency. I forgot to mention that Amaya is interning here too," said Mirio pointing at the building.
" Amaya? Oh the masochist," said RJ remembering her introduction a couple of weeks ago.
" Now if you don't want to be turned away at the door you have to make him smile."
" What?"
" Trust me! First impressions are everything. Make him laugh or smile and you're in!"
' I'm a funny guy in the shower. That's about it,' thought RJ.
They walked into the building and headed to Nighteye's office. RJ was mentally preparing himself while standing in front of the door with Mirio right behind him. RJ opened the door and saw something disturbing.
" More! More! It tickles!" shouted Amaya getting tickled by a tickle machine in Nighteye's office.
" Looks like I need a machine that doesn't make her feel good," said Sir Nighteye.
" What the hell is going on…" said RJ looking at Nighteye and Amaya while rubbing his eyes.
Sir Nighteye turned around and looked at RJ with a hard glaze as if he was staring into his soul making RJ flinch.
' Sir Nighteye! All Might's sidekick. Humor? I got it!' thought RJ.
RJ summoned Water Puma who was still a small size and it jumped in front of Sir Nighteye.
" Water Puma. Form All Might!" shouted RJ.
Water Puma reshaped itself into a form of All Might flexing as if it was an action figure.
" What's this? Are you making fun of All Might boy!?" said Nighteye with a death glare in his eyes.
" Huh? No no no… I wasn't…" said RJ before being interrupted.
" This wrinkle is placed in the wrong spot you cat," said Nighteye picking up Water Puma who was still formed as All Might.
" Eh?"
Water Puma went back to its original form and dispersed.
" You're finally here. I'll look past your mistake behind me. I've heard a lot about you and watched your performance at the Sports Festival. I can expect you've grown since?" asked Nighteye.
" Yes, sir! I have been training both my quirks extensively since then and confident in my abilities," said RJ saluting.
" No need for that. I would like to talk to you alone. Mirio and Amaya can you excuse yourselves?"
" We'll be right out sir," said Mirio, getting Amaya out of the tickle machine.
" I wonder what other torture machines he has!" said Amaya.
" We need to help you with your "problem."
Mirio and Amaya walked out of the office so RJ and Nighteye could talk about the internships. RJ took the seat in front of Nighteye's desk.
" So you're All Might's successor?" asked Nighteye pouring a cup of tea.
" Huh? You know about All Might's quirk?" asked RJ.
" Of course. I was there at the… incident. When I heard that he chose a middle schooler to have his quirk, I was baffled and disappointed. Then I saw you at the Sports Festival and was surprised. I've heard a few things here and there of your improvements since then."
" Really? This is an honor to be acknowledged by two of All Might's sidekicks."
" Two? Oh, David. He told me a lot about him. Well then...about the internships. You will gain experience in this internship to strengthen both of your quirks but most importantly controlling One For All. You'll receive pay just like any other internship and you will also lose some class time so you will have to make up those.
" I will do any and everything you ask! I'll gladly take this internship!" said RJ handing over the internship form.
" I was pushing for Mirio to receive One For All, but I'm expecting a lot of things from you."
" Mirio?" said RJ with a confused look on his face.
Mirio and Amaya walked back into the office after hearing Nigheye telling them to come back inside.
" So RJ's in!?" asked Mirio.
"Welcome to the team!" said Amaya, shaking RJ's hands.
" I… I look forward to working with you!" said RJ still thinking about what Nighteye just said about Mirio.
" Now let's get business," said Nighteye, bringing out some files.
" Already!?"
Nigheye spread some papers all over his desk with pictures of people with plague masks.
" The Shie Hassakai is what we're investigating. Their young head, Chisaki, has been making some strange moves lately," said Nighteye showing a picture of Chisaki.
" Yakuza. I've heard of them. Are they like non-active?" asked RJ taking the picture.
" This Chisaki guy has been recruiting a lot of people recently. He even made contact with the League of Villains yesterday," said Amaya.
" We have no evidence of any wrongdoings so we can't label them as villains. We're here to investigate criminal activity. We don't want any attention coming to us. Mirio and Jamal will patrol this part of town while I and Amaya will investigate their actual gathering place. Change into your hero costumes! We move now," said Nighteye.
" Yes, sir!"
Mirio and RJ were patrolling and were catching the eyes of some civilians as they were wearing their hero costumes.
" Cool costume!" said a civilian taking a picture of RJ.
" Thank you!" said RJ. " This is different than it was in London."
" It's different because you're actually doing hero work as an intern. Teachers aren't holding your hands for this. This is the real thing!" said Mirio pumping his fists rapidly.
" That's an interesting dance you got there."
" Oh, that's right! What's your hero name? We have to call each other those names."
" Tidal Wave. You?
" Lemillion! I want to save a million people. I'm not there yet so it's Lemillion.
" That's very creative. I like it… Eh?"
" What is it?" asked Mirio after RJ stopped walking.
A little girl ran into RJ and fell on the ground after running out of an alley. A man in the shadows was walking behind her.
" Oh! Are you okay? You gotta watch where you're going little girl," said RJ reaching for the girl who quickly backed away. " It's okay! I'll pick you right up."
" Now you know you can't be giving the heroes problems," said the man known as Chisaki, aka Overhaul, coming out of the alley.
' No way…' thought RJ looking up at Overhaul.
" Let's go home, Eri," said Overhaul.
Hey guys sorry for the long wait. It's been crazy lately with everything going on right now. Y'all stay safe out there. We're finally at the Overhaul arc. Hooray! I have a new cover art that features RJ and Eri in what happens in later chapters. I'm pretty sure you all already know. If you want to see more of my artwork you can check me out on Pixiv - RJamal. Next chapters will come out more quickly I promise. See you guys next time.
