As it rained outside while the train made its way to his station, Izuku Midoriya stared down at his phone screen with a frown etched on his face. Even with the fond memories of spending time with Uraraka and Momo the past two days fresh in his mind, his mood was soured over one being in particular.

Iida.

The blue haired boy had yet to text Izuku back the past few days, even though Izuku knew he had seen his multiple messages. Izuku was worried for his friend's mental health after what had happened during the sports festival. Izuku had texted him to see how he and his family were doing, and if he could come to see them. Tensei was like an older brother to Izuku, so he was worried to death over the state his old teacher was in.

That wretched Stain, harming those close to him. If Izuku believed in vigilante justice, perhaps he would've gone out to look for him. But the greenette wasn't taught to believe in such a thing. His mother, teachers, and All Might were sure to drill the fact that 'vigilantism was bad' into his head. But if for whatever reason their paths would cross…there was no telling what Izuku would do.

"Isn't that the kid from class 1A? The one who won the sports festival?"

"I-I think it is! Do you see that hair? That's gotta be him!"

Izuku froze at the whispers and felt probably every pair of eyes in the train on him. Looking up, he blushed to see that he was right. Everyone was staring at him in aww.

"Uh, hi?"

(10 minutes later)

"Damn lipstick." Izuku hissed to himself, furiously rubbing at his cheeks to get rid of the pink and red marks that had left behind by his…fans? Wow, that was surreal to say. He had fans now!

The poor boy had been attacked by almost everyone in the train car, with many wanting autographs and selfies, and others wanting more…personal things. While he was embarrassed by all the praise, he had thanked everyone for their support and promised to become number one…and then the lipstick came.

Why wasn't it coming off?!

"Good morning Midoriya!" A familiar voice called out, causing his eyes to widen. Izuku turned and watched as Izuku, in a green poncho, ran towards him. "Why on earth are you walking so slowly?! We'll be late!" He warned while running past the greenette. Surprised, Izuku ran to try and catch up to his friend.

"But there's still five minutes before the first bell!"

"UA students should always arrive 10 minutes early! Don't you think?" He asked, before speeding off at an incredible speed, leaving Izuku behind him.

With a sigh Izuku himself began to go faster himself, hoping to catch up so the two could speak before class.

(UA)

As Izuku and Iida placed their belongs in their lockers, Izuku was thinking of a way to approach the touchy subject that was Tensei. Should he come right out and ask how he and Iida was doing? Should he ease and work his way into asking? Should he ask Iida how he was doing before asking about Tensei?

"Midoriya?" Iida asked, breaking Izuku out of his thought process. The greenette stared at his friends back as he closed his locker. "I wanted to apologize."

…What?

"Apologize? What for Iida? You haven't done anything wrong." Izuku said, genuinely confused. Iida took a deep breath and sighed.

"You've been texting me for days now and I never responded. You've been worried about me and my brother and I ignored you. It wasn't fair to keep you worrying and in the dark regarding his current state, especially since the two of you share a history together." Iida informed, sounding regretful his not letting Izuku know how he and Tensei were doing. He turned and bowed. "I'm deeply sorry for worrying you, and humbly ask for your forgiveness!"

Izuku was stunned, and stared at his bowing friend with wide eyes. While yes Izuku was worried for the two, it wasn't as if he was mad or annoyed with his speedster friend. Perhaps he should've waited and asked him in person how everything was going?

"There's nothing to apologize for Iida." Izuku informed with a smile, placing a hand onto the bluenettes shoulder. This caused Iida to rise and stare back at Izuku with a confused expression. "You and your family have been through a lot this past week; it makes sense that you haven't responded to my texts. You needed time to heal, and you needed to spend time with your family. I completely understand. Just, try not to ghost me next time, ok?"

"Of course Midoriya! You have my word!" Iida exclaimed, bowing yet again and causing Izuku to sweat drop.

"C'mon, let's get to class before the bell rings."

(Class 1A)

Before Aizawa arrived, the classmates were discussing their experiences with fame and fans this last weekend after the sports festival. Selfies, interviews, autographs, they all were practically celebrities…except poor Sero, who was mocked relentlessly by elementary school kids.

The chatter ended once the door opened and revealed Aizawa, looking as tired as ever. Everyone sat in their seats while saying good morning, watching as he trudged into the room. He was no longer a mummy thanks to Recovery Girl, but the kids could see he still had a scar under his right eye from the USJ incident.

"We have a big class today, on hero informatics." He announced before yawning, making him miss most of the class freeze in fear. Was it a pop quiz? Something about hero laws? Some other third thing?! "You need codenames. Time to pick your hero identities." He informed, replacing the worry most felt with excitement as the classroom erupted into cheers.

"This is totally awesome!" Most shouted in unison, but when Aizawa's eyes flashed red, those shouting immediately quieted and sat down. All eyes focused on him as his hair started floating down.

"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 yet; not until their second or third year at least. But your class is different. In fact by extending offers to first years like you, pros are essentially investing in your potential. Any offers can be rescinded if their interest in you dies down before your graduation."

That caused some fear and worry to spike in some of the class. Imagine being given an offer by a hero and/or agency you love and have dreamt about, only for it to be taken away due to said hero being bored of you? That would devastate most and crush others.

"So what you're saying is we'll still have to prove ourselves after we've gotten recruited?" Toru asked, causing Aizawa to give a nod of confirmation.

"Correct. Now, here are the totals for those of you who got offers." Aizawa said, while pulling out a remote and pressing a button.

On the chalkboard behind him a screen popped up, and began showing the names of 1A students who were given offers, followed by the amount of offers given.

Todoroki was at the top with over 4,000 (4,123 to be exact). Not only did he show his power and make it to the final round by only using his ice, he was also the son of the second ranked pro hero Endeavor. Many wanted to have him to show off and use him as bragging rights.

Izuku was second and also had over 4,000 offers, but was beat by Todoroki by a mere 20 (4,100). Izuku had come in first place in all three rounds of the sports festival and ended up winning. Defeating the son of the second ranked pro hero, who had been dominating the one on one battles had caused many to take interest in him.

Bakugo was third with over 3,000 offers.

Following those three, in order, were Tokoyami, Iida, Yaoyorozu, Uraraka, Kirishima, Kaminari, and finally, Sero.

"In past years it's been more spread out, but there's a pretty big gap this time." Aizawa informed.

While those who were given offers sighed in relief (Izuku and Momo), many were shocked and saddened that they hadn't gotten a single offer. And some only showed confusion while looking at the offers. Todoroki was above Bakugo and Izuku? The two who made it to the final round? The one who had actually won the whole thing? Who stayed on top during the whole thing? That didn't make a lot of sense to them!

But for Todoroki, it did. He was Endeavors son, a pawn most heroes wanted to show off. They didn't want him for his power, just for bragging rights.

"Despite these results, you'll all be interning with pros. Got it? Even those of you who didn't get any offers." Aizawa stated, causing those like Mina and Jiro to perk up in surprise and happiness. So they weren't going to be left out? Awesome! "That's why you all need hero names. Your hero names will likely be temporary, but take them seriously or-"

"You'll have hell to pay later!" Midnight shouted as she slid the door to 1A open. This caused some of boys like Kaminari, Sero, and Mineta to grin as the R18 hero walked in and 'struting' her stuff. "What you pick today could be your codename for life. You better be careful, or you'll be stuck with something utterly, indecent."

"She's got a good point. Midnight is gonna have final approval over your names. It's not exactly my forte." Aizawa stated, flashing back to when he was in UA and had to do this. She didn't really care at the time, so it was up to Present Mic to make a name for him. And thus, Eraserhead was born. "The name you give yourself is important. It helps reinforce your image and shows what kind of hero you wanna be in the future. A codename tells people exactly what you represent. Take All Might for example."

As dry erase boards and markers were passed out throughout the class, everyone began to think about their potential hero names. Like Aizawa said your name reinforces your image and shows the world the type of hero you were. It had to be appropriate (obviously) and short and sweet, something that didn't take more then 10 seconds to say.

After a few minutes Midnight asked who would go first, causing many to panic due to not knowing they were going to present their names. Aoyama was up first, and had chosen the name "I can no stop twinkling". A (very) long name that had many sweat drop. What made them sweat drop even more was when Midnight shortened it down to "Can't stop twinkling" and approved it.

What followed were hits and misses of various hero names. While names like "Alien Queen" and "King Explosion Murder" were denied, other names like "Red Riot", "Froppy", and "Uravity" were accepted and approved without question. Some had opted out of using a hero name and were with their actual names, like Iida and Todoroki.

Izuku's hero name of choice had raised eyebrows, but was accepted. For now on he'd be known as "Deku".

After a while class ended, with three students without a hero name (Bakugo had five different names shot down). The class were then handed papers that listed off their offers, and were told to hand them in before the weekend.

The class began to discuss when they were planning to go, but after a while the door slid open, and long blond hair peaked.

"Yo Midoriya! The big man wants ya to see!" Present Mic informed, causing many to turn to the greenette in confusion. He shrugged, and got his papers, and followed the loud teacher. This left many to wonder why All Might wanted Izuku.

(All Might's office)

"I've seen your list of offers and I must say I'm impressed Young Midoriya! You got nearly as many as I did when I was attending UA!" All Might informed with a proud smile, causing the greenette to blush and rub his head bashfully.

"It's kind of overwhelming. I can't decide where to go, there's just so many choices!"

"And that's not all." All Might informed, causing Izuku to tilt his head in confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"You've got two more offers: one that just came in and another I had Aizawa erase from your list. I didn't want the others to see it." All Might stated, while pulling out two pieces of folded paper from his suit. He unfolded one and placed it on the table facing Izuku. "I was made aware recently an old friend of mine made contact with you. You remember Fury, correct?"

Izuku's eyes widened in shock. Fury? The guy who had broken into his home and knocked Kacchan out? They were friends?!

"You're friends with him?!"

"I am, yes. You see back when I was starting out, Fury offered the same deal to me as he did you. I accepted and worked alongside several other up and coming heroes. After a month I asked Fury if I could leave and he allowed me. We've been friends ever since."

"He offered you a part of his team?"

"Yup! Let me lead and everything. Of course at the time I wasn't too keen on working in a group, so I left to better myself as a hero so I wasn't always relying on someone's help. Sometimes in the hero world you can't rely on someone to back you out of a dangerous situation, you have to power through yourself."

That made sense. You can't always rely on others to help, because there's a chance no one can get to you in time. But Izuku's head was still spinning from this information. They were friends? And All Might had accepted his offer?

"I had Aizawa erase the offer from your list because it's supposed to be a secret. I didn't want anyone else knowing about this, and I apologize for doing such a thing. Not for your…other offer." He sighed, his body starting to shake in fear and shocking Izuku.

'Why's he shaking?!'

"A-Another o-old friend and t-teacher of m-mine. His-His name's Gran Torino, a f-friend of my predecessor. And s-someone else who knows of One For All. H-He taught here when I was a student, and was my homeroom teacher." All Might said while shaking like a leaf, the couch itself was moving from his shaking.

'How scary is this guy?!'

"And I-I think you should go with him." All Might stated, his shaking finally calming down.

"Huh? But why?"

"You see while I watched you compete in the sports festival, I noticed something. You relied heavily on your arms and shield. When I was young I also relied heavily on my arms, but after a nasty fight my left arm was broken and I was unable to use it. Gran Torino convinced to start using my legs for combat, just incase my arm was ever broken again in the middle of a fight. I'm not saying it'll happen to you, but we both know if you accidentally go above your current One For All power usage, you could very much break your arm in the middle of a fight." All Might informed his reasoning, while pulling out a smaller piece of folded paper and sitting it on the table. "Ultimately it's up to you, but please remember what I said. It's always a good idea to have a trick or two up your sleeve."

Izuku nodded in understanding, before taking the two papers and leaving. He had a lot to think about.

(Two days later)

"Who would live in a place like this?" Izuku asked himself, staring at the old and worn down building that Gran Torino apparently lived in. "I mean I know he's a retired pro, but you'd think he would live in a nicer building." Izuku said, walking up the steps and knocking three times at the door.

Izuku thought long and hard and agreed with All Might. Hero work was dangerous and anything could happen. If his arms were indeed broken in a fight and no one was around to help, he'd be defenseless. Maybe using his legs would prove to be a good idea after all? Plus this was All Might's former teacher and he knew about OFA! This was sure to be an amazing week!

When no one answered Izuku opened and door and addressed himself. While staring into the darkened room, his eyes widened in surprise at the body laying on the ground, red liquid surrounding him.

'Is-Is that ketchup? And is he breathing?'

"Uh, do you need some help?" Izuku asked.

Gran Torino looked up from his position on the ground and smiled.

Izuku's instincts told him to run, but he ignored them.

What's the worst that could happen?

(A few things to note and questions to answer. I decided to keep Todoroki at the top internship offer wise because it makes sense, being the son of a famous hero gives more clout than winning the sports festival. Someone asked how Izuku had so much money in the date chapter of him and Uraraka and the answer it simple: alimony. His mother and father split a few years after Izuku's birth and his dad pays alimony, and gives a little extra for Izuku specifically.)