Friendly Foreign Dimensional Exchange Student Spider-Man!: Academia

The Last Internship

"Hey girls, check this out."

A teenage Rumi Usagiyama and her friend Nakiri Shizune react to a young hāfu Korean boy of similar age. Shohei Pak wears a similar U.A. uniform like the girls, having short-length messy black hair and light blue eyes. He is fixated on his phone as they walk towards the school entrance, each with their school bag.

"Seems the Sports Festival made Yu and Rumi go viral." He shows them an online video with highlights of the U.A. Sports Festival for third-year students.

They see the beginning of the Obstacle Race, where right as the race began, Rumi leaped up high and double kicked Yu Takeyama's face while in giant form. It helps the rabbit girl get a monstrous head start but causes Yu to fall to the ground with a tremendous crash.

"I'm pretty sure Takeyama is haunted by that." Postulates the small tanuki girl still watching the video.

Not wanting to see the next highlight, Shohei is about to put down his phone until the rabbit girl grabs his arm.

"Nope, this I gotta see." Rumi proudly demands.

The following footage showed to be a multi-team-up type battle where each group had their own-colored headband. Where Rumi dragged Shohei with her as he flailed like a flag, and the well-recorded audio delivers his screams while she's laughing and grinning widely.

Rumi laughs aloud. "Now that's a highlight!"

"You realize you may have turned me into a laughing stock too?" Asked the embarrassed boy.

The rabbit girl responds first with a few pats on his back. "C'mon now, thanks to me we both made it to the top sixteen."

"And then lose quickly in the first knock-out tournament match, against you…"

"Well, congrats again on the top three, Rumi." Nakiri speaks up to her classmate; she then looks back to the school entrance. "Media twelve o'clock."

The two friends look in the same direction as the small tanuki girl. "Seriously? We haven't graduated yet."

"This is actually common for Hero Course third years from what I heard." She explains to them.

"Well, I say bring us more!" Rumi proudly calls out. Her loud voice catches the media's attention. Seeing Rumi and Shohei coming closer springs them into action.

"Hey kids! Smile to the camera!"

"Make a combat pose for us."

"Rumi, Shohei, a pic with the both of you?"

The cameraman keeps filming the woman reporter, with the two hero course students going through the entrance from the background. Nakiri knows she's too short to be seen by the camera, not that it mattered to her since she is studying in General Education.

The rabbit girl is enjoying this. "Ha, loving this early stardom!"

It wasn't the same for Shohei. "Don't let this go over your head, Rumi."

They are now close to the school's entrance doors until they hear the repeated camera flashing sounds and a woman asking for an interview from the entrance they just passed. The three students look behind to see the media have now surrounded another hero course student. Ryuko, Dragoon Hero: Ryukyu, this sudden change is not taken well by Rumi, who glares.

"What the hell! That old bitch is interviewing dragon girl and didn't include me?!"

(x)

The sound of the bell bursts out from the speakers signaling the beginning of today's school day. The conversing 3-B hero course students switch to being silent and seated in their respected chairs. The classroom entrance slides open to reveal a tall, thin middle-aged man with neck-length, shaggy pink hair and purple square-frame glasses. He has a noticeable cross-shaped scar on his forehead. His clothing is a full-on tracksuit with white at the top and navy blue at the bottom.

He looks at the students in delight. "Morning everyone!"

"Good morning, Hard Style." All the twenty students respond.

Hard Style arrives at his table and opens the laptop that is already there. "Now then, according to the school, your performance at the Spring Sports Festival was the best compared to your previous two which means your offers from various Pro Hero Firms has risen as well."

Most of the teens smile at that. "And I'm also proud to announce, which is rare for a hero course, that all twenty of you have offers!" He ends with an arm stretched thumbs-up, and the entire class cheer aloud.

"That's awesome!"

"Does that mean we're the best third years in U.A.'s history?!"

"Three long years, worth it!"

The teacher continues. "This shows that your overall performance in these past two years hasn't stagnated or dropped at all. Meaning many agencies are still keeping an eye on you. Congrats everyone, I'm very proud of you."

"Which means we're the class winners against 3-A, right?" Immediately ask Rumi anticipating his response.

"Well… unofficially, yes."

"Hell yeah! Take that Cheiko!" She cries outstanding up from her chair.

"Okay, settle down Bunny Girl." Instructs Hard Style, who shows to prefer calling his students their hero nicknames.

He then drags and taps the touchpad of the small computer as the chalkboard behind him displays a digital screen underneath it. "Here, for the last time, are the counted offers from all your emails which is ranked of course. And if you checked your inboxes, you may already know the numbers."

All eyes are on Rumi and Ryukyu with disbelieving shocks, and various surprises rang out from seeing the results. With Takashi, called Buster Hero: Air Jet, being the first to speak out. "What the? This gotta be some mistake!"

Ryuko Tatsuma: 4123

Rumi Usagiyama: 4118

Yoshiro Hashimoto: 2556

Ken Adachi: 1806

Sasaki Hisoka: 824

Shohei Pak: 784

Bunko No: 676

Tamotsu Mikami: 360

Susumu Shishido: 301

Takeo Adachi: 272

Hiro Date: 108

Takashi Marino: 68

Sakura Yamasaki: 20

Shig Terada: 14

Nagano Reiko: 7

Masami Sekiguchi: 3

Shiro Otani: 2

Hokuto Mikami: 1

Jurou Murano: 1

Yoshiko Kawamoto: 1

"I preferred they used your hero names instead, but oh well." Hard Style turns around to face the digital screen. "As you'll see, the ones who made it to the top four have the highest choices to be drafted, similar spread in Class 1-A. But usually, it's always the sports festival winner with the spotlight, but not this year." The teacher explains happily, then eyeing the two female students in the top two. Both are seated next to each other in the front rows of the seats.

"Well thank God I at least got an offer, that was embarrassing…" Hokuto, also known as Compass Kid, is face down on his desk.

"Rumi was close by just five? Even though Ryuko won?" Asks Ken in the middle rows, his hero name is Mr. Brave.

"Makes sense honestly…" After saying that, Shohei knows all eyes are on him, including his hāfu friend next to him in the front rows with Ryukyu. "We all saw that final match: It was long, intense and so neck and neck. Either one could have taken victory or even a draw."

The rabbit student reacted with a mildly annoyed grunt while the dragon girl remained silent.

"I agree Relaxer, it was very exciting. Now as usual, your internships will begin next week." Hard Style reached under the front desk and pulled out several forms. "I will be handing out the lists with the offers from the Hero Firms. From there, select the one you want to go with the most, you can look over your emails before you make your choice. Make sure to pick the one you feel fits best for you, or simply select the only one you have." He reached under again and pulled out another different group of sheets. "If there are those who might dislike the offers your given, this list contains ten different Hero Agencies who have agreed to take on any interns in our U.A. class. You have until Friday to submit your choice."

He leaves his table and begins handing out the various sheets to all the students, row by row. "And remember, no matter how many you have gotten, the fact that all of you received offers shows that our hero society sees a lot of potential in each and every one of you. If done well, many most likely will offer you again for Hero Work Studies and even hire you as sidekicks right after graduating. This is your last year to prove yourselves to everyone and finalizing your heroism future."

(x)

After homeroom, the rest of the classes were primarily theoretical until lunchtime began. Rumi and Shohei were the first to leave as they both headed to the cafeteria.

"Going through all those emails will be impossible…" She walks with a slanted upper body and arms dangling.

Her friend places his hand on her shoulder as comfort. "We just need to look at the offers from the top ranked heroes to make it easy. Although, I think we should…"

"And there they are!"

He halted his train of thought as they reacted to what was in front of them. The shout of Moe Kamiji, nickname Burnin is standing close by, apparently waiting for them.

"Two of 1-B's future big shots!"

Shohei is confused from hearing Burnin's words, and he points towards the rabbit girl. "Uh… don't you mean her and Ryuko, Moe?"

"Nah, don't cut yourself short. You're one of the eight who made it to the final round, so you count. Besides you and Rumi are now semi-famous according to the news."

"Rumi!"

Then the three of them look behind Burnin to see a furious Cheiko, also Snake Hero: Uwabami speed walks and arrives next to her flame-head 1-A classmate. Her raging eyes are aiming towards the rabbit girl.

"Yeah, what?"

Uwabami shows all five fingers of her hand towards the 1-B student. "That makes five, five times you used Yu as a fricking springboard!"

"I can count, snake head." Rumi responds without care.

Cheiko's hands change to fists. "For the last time: it's Uwabami! Yu has been humiliated through morning, do you have any remorse inside that selfish rabbit brain of yours?!"

Rumi is unperturbed by those harsh words. "Don't blame me with how easy of a target she is."

"Why you …" Burnin stops the gorgon by grabbing her by the waist. Some of the students from other courses see the commotion that is happening in the hallway.

"Careful Cheiko, we can't cause another scene here and get in trouble again."

Rumi is already getting tired of this, so she decides to take the opportunity and leave. Shohei following her. "I'll beg for forgiveness the next time you beat me. Bye medusa!"

(X)

"Seriously Rumi…" The rabbit girl stops the chopsticks filled with her vegetables moving towards her open mouth after hearing her close friend; both students are seated at a four-chair table in the cafeteria. "Are you really going to graduate with hostilities all set up for your future pro hero life?"

She rolls her eyes. "She started it."

"But I too think you should apologize to Yu." Shohei retorts as he takes his first bite of lunch.

Rumi points her fork at him. "We're in a competitive course, so no taking things lightly."

"Look…" He gulps his food before continuing. "I'm just saying we're gonna start as sidekicks, so you'll need to be ready for teamwork. Eventually you will no longer be relying on me."

"Umm… who said we'll split up after graduation?" Her question raises an eyebrow from her friend, in which he raises a question himself.

"Are you suggesting we get hired to the same agency?"

"And why the hell not?!" She responds in excitement. "We've been the one of the best hero class duos of U.A. and we already have invitations from a few agencies. So, I say let's keep this up and together we'll become pro heroes in no time!"

Shohei ponders while holding his fork with a piece of marinated beef. "Hmm… you may have a point; it does seem like we do great when we're always together."

"How's it going future pros?" The sudden voice of the General Education student Nakiri jolts both hero students.

"Uh, what's up?" The small tanuki girl asks, confused.

Rumi and Shohei struggle with their words. "Oh, it's… nothing, glad you came… heh, take a seat."

"Yeah, e-enjoy your food."

A slight smirk was the reaction of Nakiri from their responses, but she lets it slide and places her meal tray of Ramen and Gyoza on the table, and takes her seat right next to Rumi. "So, what's the results of your total intern offer count guys?"

"Well Rumi here is second place close to Ryuko while I'm sixth." Responds Shohei.

The tanuki girl looks at her childhood friend in surprised joy. "Wow! Well done bunny, guess your defeat wasn't that painful."

But that support wasn't enough to dilute the annoyed sulk of Rumi. "I should have won…"

Before eating her meal, Nakiri gets her phone and begins taping it. "Anyway, me and my classmates found out that both your popularity today isn't only due to the sports festival."

"What you mean?" Rumi asks her tanuki friend.

"Check it out." Nakiri shows them the screen of her phone and presses the play button to begin a video of a news story reported by a young Daikaku Miyagi.

"This morning the police have confirmed that with the help of Yoroi Musha and Snatch, they have recently apprehended the supposed mastermind of a failed terrorist attack on Ginza orchestrated by members of the Creature Rejection Clan six months ago."

While the three watched, they saw footage of nighttime where an escorted man has his identity hidden to a police station, then showing amateur videos of civilians filming the Pro Heroes taking down individuals with skull-like masks on.

"Attempting to cause many casualties as possible on the district that night with explosives and guns, the Pro Heroes and a few Provisional ones had successfully thwarted this attack in the nick of time resulting in only several civilians suffering non-threatening injuries. While the only deaths were a few terrorists who committed suicide at the scene."

"Well, Shohei, it's quite something to see your Aromatherapy in action." Says Rumi.

One of the videos showed Rumi holding by the shirt an unconscious masked woman letting go of her assault rifle and Shohei having his bare hand on the face of a very relaxed man with explosives on his chest.

"Eventually, most of the people who were secretly CRC members that helped plan and prepare this attack have either been arrested or committed suicide. This recent arrest of the man who was also the current leader of the CRC, could finally signify the conclusion to a long manhunt on those who tried to attempt the worst possible terrorist attack in this country's history. Including the possible downfall of this infamous group who terrorized the nation for many years."

Nakiri shuts the screen to black, placing the phone back in her shirt uniform. "It's so amazing to have friends who're also minor celebrities here and outside of school. Seems I'll have a lot of work to do to keep your fame high and stable."

"Guess that's what Moe was talking about. So, you really gonna graduate as our personal assistants?"

"Well duh, who else but the one that's been with you guys the most."

"I guess." The boy gets up from his seat. "I'll be back, I'm getting another ice tea."

It's now just the two girls remaining at the table. For Nakiri, it's an excellent opportunity to answer some questions. "So, Rumi, have you decided which agency to go to?"

"No idea, I haven't yet checked my school email with those thousands of messages in my inbox." She responds with a bit of food in her mouth.

"Will you try to have an internship with you and Shohei again?" After seeing her close friend hum and nod, she kept going further while smiling mischievously. "You really want that cute boy to be close to you as much as possible, huh?"

That last question causes the rabbit girl to cough the last of the food in her mouth, immediately getting her glass of water gulping all of the liquid from it. Leading next to a couple of aching pants. "What the hell you saying?!"

Embarrassed, Rumi refills her glass and takes on more of the water. "You know real reason is because we are perfect partners that we get amazing results. So why change if our way has always been working well?"

"Does that mean you guys are thinking about being sidekicks in the same agency as well?"

"Well… yeah… our team duo is very good… so why not do the same professionally." Rumi tries to show behaving normal, but Nakiri can see that her friend has fully erect rabbit ears and hides the nervousness. She can guess, this rabbit girl is now secretly conflicted on her current relationship with the hāfu Korean boy.

"Hey, I'm back." The sudden call of Shohei, now holding a bottle of ice tea, is heard by the two, seeing him arriving and going back to his seat at the table.

"So Shohei, how's the internship selection going? Are you thinking of choosing the same one as Rumi's? Nakiri's question causes the boy to widen his eyes a bit.

"Well… if it's possible sure, that depends if we got the same offers."

Rumi wanted her childhood friend to stop these embarrassing questions right now, but she couldn't force Nakiri to stop, which could be rude and possibly make the tanuki girl desire more answers from them. That is until she remembered something from right after class.

"Umm… Shohei, I believe you wanted to say something to me about our internships?"

He looks at her in confusion. "What exactly?"

"C'mon you know? What you were about to say to me right after class ended?"

Shohei silently wonders what Rumi is referring to until his brain lights up, figuring out what it was. "Ah, right. What I was trying to say before was that: I think we should choose an internship with a specific theme this time."

"What do you mean by "a specific theme?" Asks Nakiri.

"Our two previous internships where the usual patrolling, fighting crime and catching villains. I think we should try out other areas of heroism to have a good understanding of how other heroes and the authorities deal with problems in their own ways."

"Like what, interning in a rescue or investigative type agency?" Rumi questions next, while already not convinced with Shohei's idea.

"Exactly, we already have the experience on the type of heroism we want to do. So, I believe it's good to understand in real life how different pro hero types do their work, since it's likely we'll be in situations where we'll take part in rescuing and investigations."

She shrugs. "Whatever, guess we crisscross our long list of offers and see which one suits us within your idea of a heroism theme."

"And I'll help you guys out." Announces Nakiri with her hand up.

(X)

It's a clear sunny day. The usual late-afternoon patrol within her schedule will eventually, one day, be the very last.

The Senior Pro Hero and private investigator Yaeko Umeko, one of few who does not have a hero nickname. Has her trademark elegant grey trench coat, a white wide fedora, and black leather gloves.

She stops close to a pedestrian crossing, taking the time to look around the street; she will eventually no longer go around doing her heroism and detective work. But before Yaeko could begin preparing for her retirement, she had to do one more personal job before it all ended.

She opens a GPS app, and it shows a map with some green dots moving around a simple detailed map of the city. Most are traveling at a slow pace while one is not.

Yaeko redials one of the numbers she calls frequently. She waited while the phone repeatedly rang until hearing the sound of air flowing through the call.

"Hi lady detective, Is it joint patrol again?" Speaks the young man's voice.

She reacts with a bit of chuckle. "Not today kid, just want to know how you doing."

"Great! My long work is really working out for me. If this keeps up, I may become an awesome Pro Hero myself."

"Really? That's some amazing news to hear, mind if we meet to tell me in detail?" She asks in awe.

"Sure thing… oh, sorry I need to hang up, there's a fight happening on my street and they're using Quirks. Call you back."

"No problem, Majestic, see you later." Both hang up their phones.

Yaeko stopped at a pedestrian crossing and rechecked her GPS app, the green dot that was still not moving caught her attention. She presses the small circle to reveal the name Skywalker, working in Shishido's hero agency. He has a Quirk that helps him jump on air. But this dot has been motionless for quite a while, and he should usually pass by her patrolling territory at this hour. As the light turns green, the citizens walk along the road while the detective doesn't move. She decides to contact him; after several rings, the call directs to a voice message.

(X)

Unlike when they were at the school grounds, no one in the streets of Ikebukuro district was eying Rumi and Shohei with their luggage and hero costume case. They are walking towards the hero agency they decided to intern, which took them until the deadline to make a decision. After exiting the train station, a few from the crowd recognized them. Both had

"I swear… if we begin with paperwork all day, I'll kick you and Nakiri." Threatens Rumi as she stares at Shohei.

"I'm certain Ms. Umeko won't do that, her email did say she has a program especially for us hero types. We wouldn't have received an invitation to her agency if she didn't have one."

As they continue towards the Pro Hero agency, Rumi hears some scuffling coming from their direction as the sounds come closer towards them. Shohei notices that his close classmate has stopped, and her rabbit ears are fully upright. "Something wrong?"

Instead of answering, they both see a long-haired woman with a trench coat is jaywalking on the road, which has no vehicles moving as they are all waiting for the traffic light to change green.

Rumi recognizes to her surprise that it's the senior pro hero they are going to intern. "It's her!"

"What?" Shohei sees the woman in question, with no warning, he sprints to catch up with her, surprising Rumi.

"Hey, wait!" The rabbit girl eventually catches up with him as the two students run with their baggage weight.

"Ms. Umeko!" Shouts Rumi to the detective.

The senior woman stops so they can catch up to her. They arrive, panting a little.

"Hello… Ms. Umeko, why… are you running?" Shohei asks her.

The detective looks at her phone with the GPS app still functioning. Then back to them with a slender, raised eyebrow. "My interns I assume. Follow me, I'll explain along the way."

All three continued their running as Yaeko explained what she was doing around the street. They arrive close to a short skyscraper where according to the GPS, Skywalker's tracker is still signaling on the very top of the building.

"Bunny Girl, can you carry me to the very top up there?" Yaeko asks her young female intern.

Rumi first answers with cracking her fingers and smirks. "No problem."

She leaves her baggage to Shohei and picks up the Pro Hero by piggyback. "I'll come back for the luggage first and then you, okay?"

"Sure." Right after he answers, Rumi starts high jumping with Yaeko from one building to another, catching the attention of a few citizens.

Rumi makes one last substantial jump to land perfectly on the building's roof. She and the hero detective look in shock at the motionless body.

He is lying on the ground backside with his mouth and eyes open. His phone laying close to him. His forehead has an apparent hole in the center, and behind it is a large puddle of dark red liquid.

The rabbit girl is horrified by what she sees. "What the fuck…?"

The hero detective removes herself from Rumi's piggyback and moves closer to the body. "Calm down and concentrate. Bring down your luggage and Shohei."

Bunny Girl reacts with a wide-eyed nod and jumps down towards the street. Yaeko gets some latex gloves inside her coat, putting them on, and with her small, powerful flashlight at the ready. She begins the early investigation of the crime scene.

Yaeko touches the ground and activates her quirk; her blue pupil becomes black like the iris. She looks around to see the black color of Skywalker's footprints and the whole backside of the body by lifting the arm from the ground. They indicate that he landed on this roof and walked a bit until stopping. Based on the last set of footprints and where the body had landed. The detective deduces that right after the sidekick gets shot, he lands at a short distance backward due to the force of the projectile. She gets her small flashlight and looks inside the pierced hole, understanding that this object had went through in and out of the skull.

"Holy crap! Is that a dead hero?" The hero detective turns around to see that both U.A. students have arrived, including their luggage.

"A murdered sidekick to be exact. This person was called Skywalker, he just got shot by a possible expert shooter or a villain with a projectile-like quirk." Yaeko looks down at the killed Skywalker.

"Me and the police have been investigating the recent mysterious murders of a few fledgling Pro Heroes and popular sidekicks who had suffered similar tragic fates just like him. Our research has found that according to the press and pro hero experts, they would have become future top pros in the nation based on their statistics."

She crouches down closer to the body. "We believe we are dealing with someone who has a specific M.O. They do research and target heroes who could possibly rise up to be the best of the best and kills them from a far distance. This man here was one of many we believed could be a potential target."

"So… does that mean… we are dealing with a hero killer?" Rumi concludes with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Correct, and now, this is their ninth victim." The hero detective gets out her phone and looks for a specific contact, and presses the number to make the call.

"So, we'll wait here until the police arrive?" Shohei asks Yaeko.

"Yes, they're on their way and now I'm calling Lion Hero: Shishido, this was one of his sidekicks."

Hey, so...

I'm sorry for the delay in this chapter update. Most of the summer, I lost my writing groove again and needed to concentrate on my RL. Most of September, it took a long time to finish this chapter, and the same went for the revisions with LD.

For now, this is the beginning arc about a part of Mirko's past and how it connects to Zaru's and IKN's FFDESS. I hope the next one doesn't take too long to work on.

Hoped you all enjoyed it!