The next few days were strange. Hitoshi had just met his parents for the first time and yet seemed more uninterested in them than Shouta could ever have imagined.

He'd gone around the house with the same level of interaction he always had as if a life-changing revelation hadn't just occurred.

Shouta knew they'd have to bring it up themselves if Hitoshi remained so casual about the whole thing because the Shinsou's certainly weren't looking at the situation with the same lack of interest, they wanted to see their son, and potentially even wanted to take him home with them.

He and Hizashi had briefly brought them up in conversation at dinner but Hitoshi again hadn't shown much interest, the teenager seeming far more excited after finding out they'd be picking their hero names the day after.

So Shouta dropped it, for now at least.

Aizawa walked into the classroom and Hitoshi could barely contain his excitement for what they were about to do.

"We have a big class today on hero informatics. You need codenames, time to pick your hero identities."

The whole class erupted in cheers.

"This is related to the pro hero draft picks that I mentioned the last time we were in class together. Normally students don't have to worry about the draft, not until their second or third year actually, but your class is different. In fact, by extending offers to first years like you, pros are effectively investing in your potential. Any offers can be rescinded if their interest in you dies down before graduation though."

"So what you're saying is we'll still have to prove ourselves after getting recruited?" The invisible girl asked.

"Correct. Now, here are the totals for those of you who got offers."

Aizawa clicked the remote and the board lit up with names and numbers.

Hitoshi didn't pay it much mind knowing that with not even being allowed to train there was no way they'd let him-

'Hitoshi Shinsou – 1 Offer'

What?!

"In past years it's been more spread out but there's a pretty big gap this time. Despite these results, you'll all be interning with pros, got it, even those of you who didn't get any offers. You already got to experience combat with real villains during the attack on the USJ facility."

Hitoshi winced, retreating back in his seat wanting to be anywhere but in the room.

"But it'll still be helpful to see pros at work; up close and personal, in the field, first hand." Aizawa explained. "These hero names will likely be temporary but take them seriously or-."

"You'll have hell to pay later!"

Hitoshi jumped as Midnight shouted from the doorway.

"What you pick today could be your code name for life. You better be careful or you could be stuck with something utterly indecent."

"Midnight is going to have final approval over your names, it's not my forte." Aizawa began climbing into his sleeping bag. "The name you give yourself is important; it helps reinforce your image and shows what kind of hero you want to be in the future. A codename tells people exactly what you represent. Take All Might for example."

"Shinsou, may I borrow you at the front to create some lovely name signs for these wonderful hero names we're going to hear?" Midnight asked.

"Uhh sure." He walked to the front.

"So, have you picked one for yourself Shinsou?"

Hitoshi nodded as he turned the board round to reveal the name written in purple marker.

"I want to be Mindjack which could be, hmm…" Hitoshi thought for a second before he raised one finger towards his head, swiping his hand over his eyes to represent control.

The class copied the name sign.

"Ohhh that one's cool!" Ashido commented.

"Yeah, you're awesome at name signs, Hitoshi!" Uraraka smiled.

"I love it!" Midnight grinned. "Do you have one for me?"

"Eraserhead and Mic use this." He closed his hand in a fist in front of his mouth before opening it, extending his arm out and blowing softly, imitating her quirk.

"Amazing!" She swooned.

The French kid was up first with some name about twinkling. The length of his chosen name proved a challenge.

"Maybe…" Hitoshi closed his hands before opening them twice in two short 'twinkle' like flashes before swishing his arms past each other in a graceful movement which ended in an open-palmed x shape.

"Magnifique mon ami!"

Pink girl's got rejected so frog girl was up next with 'Froppy'.

He mimed the motion of her tongue with a sweep of his arm extending outwards before finishing with his hands in front of him pointing downwards as she sometimes stood.

She nodded her approval.

"I like it, Hitoshi, thank you."

After that it was Kirishima with a name that was apparently inspired by an old hero.

He signed RED with a straight finger moving in front of his bottom lip before clenching his fists in front of his face and bringing his arms down in a motion similar to Kirishima's hardening pose.

"Dude that looks so manly!" He complimented. "Thanks!"

A girl whose name he was still to learn came next with 'Earphone Jack'.

He put his hands over his ears imitating headphones following it with a finger towards each ear in one short movement.

"Hell yeah, I like it." She gave him a high five.

Then it was the guy with arms with 'Tentacole' which he simply signed with his extended arms and his hands rotating upwards.

"Looks good to me."

Then tape boy which he stole from a comic throwing his upturned wrists forward to simulate the tape.

"Sure."

Guess he was still a dick too, good to know…

Tail boy went with 'Tail Man' a completely original idea all round. He used his arm at his side to simulate a swishing tail.

"Simple and easy to remember, thanks."

Another person he didn't know was next with 'Sugarman' which again proved a challenge.

"How about?"

He raised each arm one by one in a flexing pose.

"Well strength is my quirk so that works great."

"PINKY!" The pink one screamed.

He raised one finger at a time to mimic her horns.

She squealed and bundled him in a hug.

"THANK YOU!"

"Stop screaming." He smirked as she walked off.

Pikachu was next with 'Chargebolt' and Hitoshi realised he was spending far too much time with Kacchan to have this many nicknames for people he barely knew.

He raised a finger and swept up his body before cupping a hand as if holding a lightning bolt and imitated a throwing motion.

"Dude you made me look like Zeus, I love it!"

Next was invisible girl who went with… 'Invisible Girl'. For this he simply made two sweeping motions in front of himself to imitate nothing being there.

"It's so mysterious, thank you!" She also squealed.

After that it was another girl whose name he didn't know with 'Creati'. He held one hand flat with an open palm upwards imitating a book before using the cupped hand facing down on top of it. From there he turned his cupped hand the right way up as if presented a created item out to someone.

"That's amazing, thank you Shinsou, I'll make sure to learn it along with those of my classmates."

Todoroki was next with 'Shoto' so he used the sign Zuku had been using of a hand with one finger pointing up in front of the face; a small rotation of the wrist to point it towards 'the red side of his hair' before rotating in the other direction to point towards 'the white side of his hair'.

"Thanks." Was the simple response before he took a seat.

Bird boy was an easy one with Hitoshi throwing out each arm one by one representing vast wings.

"To the point, perfect."

Pervert came after with 'Grape Juice' and Hitoshi simply imitated him removing a ball from his head and holding it out.

"I suppose it'll do."

Hitoshi rolled his eyes.

Yet another person he didn't know came next and their lack of verbal announcement left him having to look at the board to see the name 'Anima'.

He imitated an elephant's trunk with his arm for the first beat of 'A', brought up claws with his hands on the beat of 'Ni' before following with a wave-like motion with both hands in front of him for the beat of 'Ma'.

The kid nodded with a nervous smile.

"King Explosion Murder."

Hitoshi burst out laughing at Kacchan's name suggestion.

"What's so funny, Purple Hair?!"

"No." Midnight simply answered.

"Oh come on!"

Uraraka was next with 'Uravity'. He swished his hands down to his sides and up slightly to imitate zero gravity.

"Eeeeee thank you!"

The girls we so squealy!

Emergency exit was next with 'Tenya', again he used the sign Zuku had already been using of one arm going forward at his sides and the other going back to imitate running.

He knew something bad had happened during the sports festival, Aizawa had been on the phone with a near hysterical sounding woman. He hadn't tried to eavesdrop but he'd overheard him talking to Yamada about someone called Tensei having been injured by a villain. They'd both been pretty shaken up by it so it had to be someone they were friends with.

The usually incredibly polite class rep simply offered him a small nod before returning to his seat.

"Okay, who's next? Midoriya!"

Zuku walked up.

"My hero name is Deku."

Kacchan smirked.

"Of course it is nerd!"

Hitoshi smiled.

"That one's easy, I stole this from Kacchan, the question is which one do you want me to use?" He teased.

"You have two?" Kyoka asked.

Hitoshi shot a cheeky grin to Kacchan as they tried not to laugh.

Zuku shook his head.

"I hate you both." He smirked as well.

Hitoshi put his fists to his hips, extending his elbows out into an All Might 'I am here' pose before putting his fist over his heart.

"Deku."

Kacchan erupted back on the scene a few seconds later.

"LORD EXPLOSION MURDER!"

"That's basically the same thing…"