Chapter 20: Interns In Turns
After class, Doko received his extremely exhaustive list of agency offers. It was like a medieval scroll of paper, several feet long and covered with the tiniest print imaginable.
"Doko?" Mina asked. "Your face looks...dry."
"I think my eyes are glazing over..." he mumbled. "What about you? Where are you going?"
"I don't know yet. But fifty is more than enough to choose from. Someone who sounds cool...hmm..." she returned to scanning her list.
"I'm gonna intern with Selkie, ribbit," Tsu said, leaning forward. "He and his crew work on a boat. I'd like to go someplace with water, y'know."
"What about you, Sero?" Mina called to the tape user teasingly. "Which of your two offers are you gonna take?"
Kirishima and Kaminari both laughed. Sero, surprisingly, laughed too. "Well, one of them is from Kamui Woods, so..."
Midoriya's jaw dropped. "Kamui Woods wants you, Sero? That's amazing! He's super up-and-coming, and is predicted to be in the top charts at year's end..."
The green-haired boy began to babble, but then Shoji interrupted him. "Midoriya? Could I ask you something about this?"
"Huh? Yeah, sure." Midoriya walked over to Shoji's desk. The multi-armed boy was holding his short list of eight offers.
"Reflector Hero Agency...what kind of place is that?"
Midoriya tapped his chin. "Well, Reflector is a heroine who can turn objects she touches into mirrors. She's really good for stealth situations..."
Shoji nodded. "I see. I believe I'll take that offer."
"Oooh, Shoji-kun!" Hagakure sang, spinning towards his desk with a twirl of her skirt. "Stealth sounds good! And Reflector is one of my idol heroines! Please, please let me go with you!"
Shoji's eyes widened under his silver bangs. "I don't see what's stopping you."
"Dang, you guys are interning together?" Kaminari scratched his head. "Ugh...maybe I shouldn't have declined the third round...maybe now I'd have offers! As it stands, I'm stumped!"
"I don't think you'd have gotten any if you'd fried your brain on live television, though," Jiro giggled.
"Shut up about it! Where are you gonna go, anyway?"
"Death Arms."
"Man..." Kirishima leaned toward Shoji. "It's a shame you're not coming with me to Fourth Kind. Since, you know..."
"His Quirk is that he has four arms?" Shoji finished dryly.
"...well, yeah...haha..."
"I received an offer from the number three hero," Tokoyami piped up from the back.
"Whoa!" Uraraka exclaimed.
"Hawks?" A dazzling glow formed in Midoriya's eyes. "Oh man, Hawks is..."
"Do NOT start babbling, Deku..." Bakugo seethed, interrupting his fanboying. "I'm having enough trouble focusing on this damn list as is."
"But...his agency is all the way down in Kyushu..." Tokoyami muttered.
"Dude?!" Mina waved her arms like a maniac. "Who cares? It's the number three freakin' hero!"
Right as she said that, something caught Doko's eye on his own list. His jaw dropped.
No way.
...
"Where will you be going, Koda-kun?" Momo asked the quiet boy pleasantly.
Koda's mouth opened and closed rapidly, then he held up a finger that meant wait. He leaned over his desk and scribbled down a name in pen. Then he held it back up for her to see.
"The Wild Wild...Pussycats?" Momo made a face. "Koda, I..."
The boy turned red and made low squeaking noises, unable to find the words to explain himself.
"Yaoyorozu, don't get the wrong idea!" said Midoriya. "The Pussycats are a rescue team who work out in the wilderness! Perfect for someone like Koda-kun, who doesn't like fighting and whose Quirk works better outside!"
Koda blushed and nodded eagerly.
Momo sighed. "...Sorry for misunderstanding..." she sank back into her seat, and looked at her mediocre thirty-offer list again. Koda was my partner in the battle trial, where I was able to win handily...but he's just intimidated by me. What's so intimidating? Since that trial, it's not like I've done anything notable at all...
Katayama had praised her, but that was before he'd gone on to win the Sports Festival...surely he realised that she wasn't better than him now.
...
Meanwhile, Uraraka was explaining to Sato, Midoriya, and Ojiro why she was going to Gunhead's agency. Iida remained silent, quietly filling in one of the offers from his own desk.
The class began to clear out. "Catch up, Katayama!" Sero called to him, as he and Hagakure left the room.
"I'll do so," he called back.
Then, he turned to look toward the back of the room. Good, he was still there.
Doko walked up to the boy's desk. "Todoroki," he said.
Shoto looked up, having clearly been shaken out of deep thought. "What is it?" he asked neutrally.
"Your father...sent me an offer." Doko held up his list, which read in circled pen, Endeavor Hero Agency.
For the first time outside of battle, Todoroki showed genuine surprise. "He...my old man..." Then, his eyes narrowed. "I see what he's doing now..." The comment did not seem directed at Doko, but just as an aside, so Doko chose to ignore it.
"Do you think it'd be okay for me to accept? You know Endeavor the best of anyone I could talk to."
Todoroki sighed. "He isn't number two for no reason. You would probably learn a lot."
"So I should take it?"
"Well, maybe if..." Todoroki grimaced, as if he was really struggling with something.
"Hey, man." Doko knelt down in front of his desk. "It's okay. You already told me about all that stuff, so just...say it. You know that I'll get it."
"The problem is that my old man also sent me an offer," Todoroki spilled like an exhale, "and I was planning on taking it."
Doko raised his eyebrows. "Oh cool. We can train together then."
"No, that's not..." Todoroki took a deep breath. "Don't you see what he's doing? He saw how much you challenged me, how well you provoked me into using my fire like he wanted. So he wants you there to, in his mind, help me reach my full potential. He's using you, Katayama."
Doko's Quirk curled up in malice inside his stomach. "So..." the warping boy muttered, "Endeavor doesn't actually care about my abilities, or my future?"
"I mean, probably not."
Doko looked back up, steeling himself. Purple eyes met two mismatched ones. "If what you're saying is correct, then I can't think of a better way to fuck up his plans than just going there and training cordially, as comrades. What do you say?"
Todoroki looked surprised for the second time that day.
...
"Alright, remember..." Aizawa warned them on the platform. "These are workplaces you are going to. Behave in a professional manner. That means you, Ashido."
"You ain't gotta worry about me!" Mina flashed him a grin.
"Speak properly. This is the exact sort of thing that is unbecoming of a pro."
Mina wilted. "Yes, sir..."
The group began to scatter, headed towards various platforms. Mina flashed back to their conversation in the group chat last night.
It had gone something like...
Hanta: obv im going to kamui woods. there aint a better option.
Toru: i think u will do rlly well there, sero-kun!
Hanta: o yeah
Hanta: arent u and shoji goin somewhere together
Toru: yep!
Mezo: The pro heroine Reflector. She requested me but also accepted Hagakure.
Toru: was there ever any doubt?
Doko: i just imagined that in your smug voice
Toru: shaddup
Mezo: Hagakure's pride isn't misplaced. Reflector is a stealth-based hero. Anyone like that would be foolish not to recruit an invisible girl as a sidekick.
Doko: how rare are invisibility quirks anyway?
Toru: rare, but not as rare as warping ones hehe
Toru: speaking of which, where ya goin katayama-kun?
Doko: ...
Hanta: oh god
Mina: go on, spit it out.
Doko: i may or may not have been recruited by endeavor
Doko: me and todoroki are both going
Hanta: WTF?!
Toru: OMG katayama thats awesome!
Tsuyu: won't it be weird to intrude upon a father-son dynamic, though?
Doko: dont worry, got it covered
Mina: i thought you and todoroki had bad blood or somethin.
Doko: nah, we vented a bit to each other in the infirmary after our match. we cool.
Mina: i guess that explains why you said hello to him in class
Mina: and then HE SAID IT BACK
Doko: where are you going for yours mina? made a decision yet?
Mina: switcheroo
Doko: idk why i asked i have no clue who that is
Mezo: Switcheroo is a male hero that can switch the placement of any two objects. He's more of a combat hero.
Tsuyu: that's a weird place for you to be going mina
Tsuyu: didnt you say you got a lot of offers from rescue agencies?
Mina: yea, but switcheroo just seems really cool!
Back on the train platform, a part of Mina was grateful that her friends hadn't pried further after she had dismissed the questioning with an excuse. But on the other hand...
Do they really think I'm that shallow? That I'd just go somewhere because the hero seems cool?
She'd chosen Switcheroo for one reason and one reason only: because Doko had wiped the floor with her.
As a hero in combat, Mina knew her options were limited. She had physicality and a potentially fatal Quirk. But what did it matter when her opponent had so many more options at their disposal?
Switcheroo's Quirk was a lot like Doko's, and based on footage she watched, he used it in a fluid, environment-based way that was almost like an art form. You wouldn't guess that someone who can just switch the places of two objects they touch would be great in combat, but Switcheroo was just...creative.
And Mina wanted to learn how to get creative.
I lost to Todoroki, and then Doko. I won't lose next time.
She closed her fist and boarded her train.
...
Mezo Shoji and Toru Hagakure arrived in front of a very out-of-place looking structure.
Shoji looked down at the address on the form, and then back up at the building. "This...can't be it."
It looked like a carnival funhouse. The walls were bright and garish red, with frightening green and blue swirls that seemed to jump out. And none of the structure was built with straight edges; everything was round and curvy. Stuck in between two drab office buildings.
Toru giggled. "I think it is. No one but a popular pro hero would be allowed to have a building like this in the middle of the business district."
The two of them walked in...and surprise surprise, they found themselves in a wide hallway, surrounded by mirrors on all sides. Shoji saw his many arms get reflected over and over. Toru obviously saw nothing but her clothes.
Ahead was either a physical desk with a receptionist or a reflection of one. The two of them walked towards it carefully. When the receptionist looked up, she smiled. "You must be Lady Reflector's pupils."
"Yep!" Toru chirped. "I'm Toru Hagakure, and this is Mezo Shoji!"
Shoji bowed. "It is a pleasure to be here." Toru wondered if he was getting uncomfortable with her personality. If so, he'll just have to deal with it!
The receptionist pointed in a direction that seemed to be another hallway, also surrounded by mirrors, and skinnier. "Lady Reflector is waiting for you in her office."
The two of them slowly made their way around the corner, Toru bumping her arm on the wall. She whispered out a little "ow" and rubbed her arm.
Shoji gave her a glance as they walked toward a solid door in the distance. "Are you alright?"
"Fine." One downside to being invisible was not being able to see cuts and bruises, and how bad they were. Toru has nothing to go off of but pain.
"This is...disconcerting," the tall multi-armed boy confessed, his eyes glancing around at the many reflections of themselves. "The hallway is not very wide, either. I feel cramped."
"Well, bein' six foot two and havin' more flesh than most people will do that to ya!" Toru joked. Shoji remained silent. Sigh...he's already tired of me.
They entered the office and both let out a sigh of relief. Only one wall was a mirror; the other three were normal. The one at the back was a window.
In front of that window was another desk, where a tall, twiglike woman with silvery hair reclined, legs crossed. She was dressed in a leather biking outfit, skin-tight. Hehe, my boobs are bigger than hers. Toru kept that thought to herself.
"Welcome, young ones." The woman's eyes were the same silver as her hair. "I requested Shoji upon noticing some untapped potential, but I am glad that you have decided to join us as well, Hagakure." She stood and appraised them.
Both students bowed. "Thank you for having us," they both said.
"You can forgo the formalities for now. First, I want to ask you both...how much do you know about my operation?"
"I certainly didn't know it was in a funhouse," Toru blurted.
Shoji raised his eyebrows in alarm, but Reflector only laughed heartily. "Yes, the papers often call me an enigma. A stealth hero that likes to stand out. But what does it matter if criminals know when I'm coming?" She grinned sadistically. "They still won't see me when I arrive."
Both students gulped nervously.
Reflector put her hands on her hips. "Well? Anything else you know?"
"I confess that I had to ask a classmate of mine for information about you," Shoji said. Toru assumed he was talking about Midoriya. "But he said that you often are the first to enter a hostile area on large group operations. Drug busts, mafia raids, that sort of thing. You're a scout."
She nodded. "That's right. And looking at the two of you..." she bit her lip. "...I think I see the potential for one of the greatest stealth combinations the hero world has seen in years."
Toru glanced at Shoji, who glanced back despite not knowing where she was looking. The invisible girl could feel an excited smile grow on her vanished face. It was hard to tell how Shoji looked behind the mask.
"But anyway, before we do anything in the field..." Reflector clapped her hands. "Let us see what you can do. I shall take you both up to the second floor. To the labyrinth."
Toru shuddered. Labyrinth?
...
Hanta Sero looked up at the building, and then down again at his phone. This must be the place.
It was a very nice apartment complex. Kamui Woods did not yet have a hero agency of his own, but considering how quickly he'd been shooting up in the rankings, there was no doubt in Hanta's mind that he'd be getting one soon. And if I can get in his good graces now, before that happens? I'll be set.
"Excuse me?"
Hanta turned, surprised. Approaching him from the sidewalk was a girl he recognised. The girl with the vines from Class 1B, Ibara Shiozaki.
"You are from Class A, are you not? Are you here to intern with Kamui Woods?" she asked him. When she blinked, her long eyelashes seemed to flutter.
She's pretty, Hanta thought guiltily. He fought the heat in his face and gave her an easy smile. "Yep! I'm Hanta Sero. And you're...Shiozaki?"
She nodded. "That's right...oh!" She gasped. "You remembered my name but I didn't remember yours...oh, I feel so bad now..."
"Huh? Oh no, it's fine!" Hanta waved his arms frantically. "I'm not upset. We both got out in the first part of the third round, but your match was a little more...notable..."
"Ah, now I remember." She gave him a look of pity. "You were the poor boy who faced the ice user."
Don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
Hanta winced, as a flash of anger and frustration passed through him. She's nice, but she just pities me like everyone else. It was almost worse like that. At least his classmates had ribbed into him a little. He understood that kind of behavior, and it made it easier to keep up the smile. The easygoing persona. But...pity?
"You know," said Shiozaki, "now that I recall, you nearly restrained him, didn't you? It was a close thing." She smiled. "Imagine how differently things might have gone from there."
Hanta's eyes widened in surprise. He couldn't stop the blush from forming this time. "Well..." he tried to brush off how much her comment had affected him. "I'd have probably lost to Midoriya in the next round anyway."
"You know, I requested you two in the hopes that you wouldn't just stand around and talk all the time," said a new voice.
Both students whirled to face Kamui Woods, who was walking toward them.
"Welcome, Sero and Shiozaki."
"Thanks for having me!" Hanta made a quick bow.
"You are most kind," Ibara echoed solemnly, bowing for significantly longer.
"Now, let's get inside," said Kamui Woods.
The two students followed him back toward the apartment complex, which was made of multiple buildings. Each one had a flat that took up an entire floor. Kamui Woods led them to one building and then up the stairs. "I have the fourth floor flat," he told them. "I apologise that I can't instruct you from an agency, but that is a little bit beyond me at the moment. The flat is spacious enough to accommodate us for the time being."
For the time being? Hanta wondered what that meant.
"I was glad of the extra money I received from doing security for your school's festival. There wasn't a lot of time to watch the matches, but I caught enough of a glimpse of both of you to know I would make an offer. I made a few other offers, too, but I guess those students had better places to go." He arrived at the door and began to unlock his apartment. "What made the two of you choose me, I ask?"
"Our Quirks are similar," said Shiozaki, folding her hands.
"You were one of two offers I got, and I didn't recognize the other one," Hanta said bluntly.
Kamui turned to give him a look. "I appreciate the honesty. In fact..." he took pause, and then opened the door. "...it makes me all the more glad that I requested you, Hanta Sero."
...
Koji Koda got off the train platform and looked around frantically.
"Koda-kun! Over here!"
He whirled. A very pretty woman with a blonde ponytail and civilian clothes was waving at him, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
Koji angled his head and eyes down and walked toward her, his mouth taking on its trademarked sickly look. She's so pretty and intimidating aaaaah she'll expect me to talk I can't I can't...
"I'm Pixie-Bob!" she declared when he got close enough. "They told me you're not much of a talker, but that's okay! It just means you're a great listener, right?"
Koji nodded. He supposed that was true.
"Well, if you'll just follow me to the car..."
As they left the station, some people gave them looks. Pixie-Bob drew the eye with her loud personality, and Koji felt himself shutting down. Just gotta get to the forest, and I'll be fine!
"Oh, I'm just so excited to have a student with us! It feels like I'm young again!" Pixie-Bob sang with a laugh. "I wonder if people think we're dating, Koda-kun."
Koji turned tomato red and shook his head frantically.
She laughed again. "Okay, sorry for messing with you. It just seemed kinda easy." She winked and stuck her tongue out as they arrived at the car.
On the drive, Pixie-Bob talked more.
"Sorry that it's a bit of a trek out here. This isn't even as far as our mountain camp, though. Going out there for an internship would be insane, with all the back-and-forth. Yeesh."
"It's alright," Koji squeaked, and the Pussycat raised an eyebrow. "I don't mind...the distance."
Her eyes filled with hearts. "Oh my god. Your voice is adorable! And with your Quirk connecting you to animals and all...you'll be a popular hero with kids!"
Koji blushed deeply. "Th-thanks..."
"And of course, depending on your performance, you could always join us Pussycats. We could use a bit more cuteness on the team. We're already cute, of course. Don't you dare say that we aren't." She suddenly took an intimidating air, and Koji could only nod in frightened agreement.
"But you are familiar with what we do, right? You don't have to answer, I'll explain anyway while we've got the time. The Wild Wild Pussycats are a rescue team, specialising in mountain and wilderness operations. My Quirk moves land, which is great for clearing debris. My partners all have Quirks that are similarly suited to our job. And you, Koji...with your power, the possibilities only widen!"
Koji couldn't help but smile at that.
They turned onto a winding forest road, and around twenty minutes later, pulled up to a fenced-off property. The building itself was in a grassy clearing, but surrounding it were woods.
Pixie-Bob parked, and the two of them got out of the car.
Suddenly, Koji was set upon by music and sparkles, and bright colours flashed before his eyes. WHAT the...
"Lock on with these sparkling gazes!" A flash of brown, red, and yellow cane swishing past.
"We've come to lend a paw on help!" Spinning green, green and yellow.
"Coming our of nowhere..." an intimidating presence growled.
"STINGINGLY CUTE AND CATLIKE!" They all shouted, and suddenly they were posing in front of him, three of them. "We're the Wild, Wild Pussycats!"
Koji's mouth fell open in shock. Pixie-Bob pouted. "It's no fun when you guys do it without me."
The brunette straightened herself up. "Ah, it's alright. You'll get another chance with all the students later on." The woman seemed to notice Koji. "Oh, haven't you heard? We're going to host both UA's first year hero classes at our more remote training camp during the summer."
"And that's a secret, by the way! So don't tell your other classmates!" The green-haired one chimed in.
"Or else..." the man growled. "I'm Tiger, by the way."
"And I'm Ragdoll!"
"And I'm Mandalay." Mandalay seemed to be the leader, as she came up to greet him. "Don't worry about their threats. It IS a secret for now, but you aren't the type to go talking around, are you?"
With nothing else to do, Koji just shook his head.
Mandalay beamed. "Good!" Suddenly, her face changed, and she peered around the side of Koji to the side of the car. "Kota, stop hiding back there! Come introduce yourself!"
Koji turned and saw a little boy in a red cap. He looked angry about something.
"That's okay..." Koji whispered to Mandalay, trusting her intrinsically. "He doesn't have to if he's shy..."
"Nonsense. Kota, come meet Koda. See, your names are even similar! He's training to be a hero, you know."
Kota's eyes widened...and then he spat, storming back into the building.
Ragdoll gasped. Mandalay set off after him. "Why, you little...get back here this instant!"
Koji wilted. He already doesn't like me. He felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see that it was Tiger.
"Don't worry about the little brat," the big man said. "Let's focus on how you can help us."
Koji's eyes widened.
"We were waiting on you two to get here, actually," Ragdoll added.
"What is it?" asked Pixie-Bob.
"There's a kid lost up near the cave entrance," Tiger said gravely. "A little girl."
...
Upon arriving at Switcheroo's agency, Mina was directed to a room at the back.
She opened the door with a creak. "Hello...?"
The light from the hallway cast a bright triangle into the room, but other than that it was dark. Mina could barely see rows of high shelves on the edge of her vision.
Suddenly, she heard a light switch turn on, and threw a hand over her eyes, blinded. The buzz of fluorescent overheads hit her ears.
Blinking, Mina lowered her arm and looked around the room. It was a massive space, with a wide thoroughfare down the middle and rows and rows of high shelves.
"Ohmygod!" she spilled. "It's like the warehouse from Indiana Jones!"
The person on the other end of the thoroughfare chuckled. "You know of Raiders?"
Mina beamed. "Yep! It's one of my favourite old movies, from the same era as Alien! Are you Switcheroo?"
"That I am." His hair was orange and cut in a fade, his eyes a pale green. He was taller than Doko, but built the same way - lanky but with broad shoulders. He wasn't wearing his hero costume.
"I'm glad you're here, Ashido. I sent offers to both you and Katayama, hoping you'd come together, but...this is acceptable. No doubt he got an offer from a hero much higher in the rankings than myself."
Mina's eyes widened. "You wanted us to come...together?"
"That's right. Your match was the one I found the most interesting." He was walking closer to her all the time, hands in his pockets. "You put on a good show, but there was no denying it...you felt hopelessly outmatched, weren't you Ashido?"
Mina's lip quivered. "I..."
"It's alright." Switcheroo smiled reassuringly. "Katayama is a person you admire, isn't he?"
She nodded, sniffling. "There's these two other boys in my class. They clearly have a past, you know? One of them gets super angry at the other one, while the other one gets really flustered and frightened...but power-wise, they're super close. The only time I've seen the second guy stand up to the first guy is in battle. He...admires the first guy, but he also wants to beat him. And...that's how I feel about Doko."
"First name basis too, eh?" Switcheroo winked. "Maybe all that talk for the cameras wasn't just talk."
Mina blushed lilac.
"But I didn't recruit you both in the hopes of stoking that...well, maybe if it seemed beneficial. Love is a powerful motivator, after all."
"I don't love him," Mina corrected quickly. "It's just some silly crush."
"Whatever the case, I didn't just ask for you both because I thought you'd be cute together. I wanted Katayama because his power..." Switcheroo turned to one of the warehouse shelves, reached into a crate, and pulled out a tennis ball. "...is like mine."
He activated his Quirk on the tennis ball, causing it to glow orange, and then threw it away toward a wall. Then suddenly he dashed forward and touched Mina.
Reality turned inside out. She blinked, and just like that, she was slumped against the far wall, while the tennis ball bounced up and down on the floor space where she'd just stood.
Mina's jaw dropped. "You can use your Quirk on other people, just like that?"
Switcheroo nodded. "I can only assume from watching the festival that Katayama thought he was unable to do it, or perhaps he feared killing someone by accident?"
Mina nodded.
"Just like him in his match against Todoroki, my abilities developed further in moments of high stress. But now, switching people is like second nature. I don't even worry about it anymore." He began to toss the tennis ball idly up, letting it fall back into his hand each time. "I wanted to help Katayama develop that further. Also, during all his matches he began to grasp the quick strategy that people with emitter Quirks like ours must use. Using displaced concrete to drop on someone's head, or even turn their ice against them…the possibilities of interacting with objects like that...is endless." He suddenly threw the tennis ball at Mina, and then knelt down and activated his Quirk on one of the floor tiles.
Suddenly, the ball flying at her was replaced by the much larger tile, and Mina slid sideways to dodge, spraying a graceful arc of acid that destroyed the tile cleanly. A bit of it landed on the floor and fizzled.
"Sorry for the damage," she said with a wince.
"That's alright." Switcheroo picked the ball up off the bare square in the floor where a tile was missing. "I did attack you unprompted, after all. But my point is that Katayama won't just unlock new evolutions of his abilities. He's slowly starting to think of new ways to use his already existing ones in a more tactile, kinetic way."
"That's what I saw you do on the videos!" Mina blurted. "The way you fought...was like a dance..."
"Oh, are you a dancer?" he grinned. "Actually, yeah, enough about Katayama. The reason I wanted you, Ashido...is basically the same, actually."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Just in that I can teach Katayama new strategies with our emitter displacement-type Quirks..." Switcheroo's eyes glowed. "...I can teach you everything you need to know about countering them."
…
Elsewhere, Tsuyu Asui set off on an aquatic journey with Selkie…
Best Jeanist began his taming attempt of Katsuki Bakugo…
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu and Eijiro Kirishima received a rude awakening from Fourth Kind…
Fumikage Tokoyami arrived in Kyushu…
Kyoka Jiro set out on patrol with Death Arms…
Momo Yaoyorozu and Itsuka Kendo filmed a commercial, much to their chagrin…
Ochaco Uraraka began her sparring with Gunhead…
Izuku Midoriya knocked on an old man's front door…
…and Tenya Iida went to Hosu, the place where he would exact justice.
Sorry that this chapter was mainly just setup! Next time, you'll receive payoff for all the cliffhangers in this chapter (except the italicized ones which are all just from canon). Sero and Ibara training with Kamui Woods! Koda joining the Pussycats on a rescue! Shoto and Doko going to Endeavor together! Mina, Shoji, and Hagakure training with my OC pros!
This is what I meant when I said I wanted to widen the focus. In canon, the internship arc is one where we lose sight of a lot of minor characters. Obviously I'm not covering everyone (missing Aoyama, Kaminari, Sato, and Ojiro) but it did help that the friend group I decided to form was mostly made up of people who didn't get their internships covered in the manga or anime. The only exception is Tsuyu, who got her own filler episode. So I won't be covering stuff that already happened in canon…except in the instance where things have changed, like at Endeavor's agency. Doko is now there with Shoto, so obviously you will see what happens there.
The reason for all this is because the main characters of MY story are the side characters in the canon story. Midoriya and Kirishima and the rest of the major canon characters will be re-integrated in a canon divergence that I have planned in the next couple of chapters, but for now…I'm just writing my main cast of six. Minus Tsuyu. Plus Koji Koda, because I have something planned for him. And also Ibara's there too, because I really enjoyed writing her in the sports festival.
The OCs are Switcheroo and Reflector. Switcheroo can switch the placement of any two objects by touching them, although he has to touch both of them within five minutes. He can't hold his Quirk active, fly across the country, and then switch two objects hundreds of miles apart. Reflector turns any objects she touches into perfect reflective mirrors. You'll see more of these in action next time.