Chapter 8: Work Studies Are a go
It was an average day of classes. There was still the talk of work study. A few students had been selected to join specific internships, like Izuku, Ochako, and Kirishima. Izuku and Ochako were walking home after classes.
"You're really getting a handle on Shoot Style," Ochako said, "Plus you're using 40% of 'the quirk' now?"
"Yea, pretty soon I might be using 100% full power," Izuku said, "And that's saying something. But hopefully I won't break my arm bracers while doing so."
"Why worry about that when you can improve on your tech?" asked a familiar voice.
The two of them turned around to see…. Melissa Shield, and Ritchie Russo.
"Melissa, Ritchie!" Izuku said.
"Nice to see you again Midoriya," Ritchie exclaimed while giving him a high five.
"Deku, who are these two?" Ochako asked.
"Oh these are people I met during my internship with Star and Stripes," Izuku said, "Melissa Shield is a gifted inventor and Ritchie has the quirk of a spider."
"And no, I don't shoot webs from my ass," Ritchie said.
"Wait, how did you two get to Japan?" Izuku asked, surprised.
"I took a plane, got a passport, spent a hell of a lot of money getting all of that and here I am." Ritchie told him. "How've you been?"
"I've been pretty well""
"So , how does it feel being the most famous person in the world?" Ritchie asked, "When you admitted you were the Deku who stopped a villain attack at 11 years old, I was mindblown."
"I'm not that famous," Izuku said.
"Have you seen the big screens in America? I mean, shit! They're even making a movie about you starring Tom Holland!" Ritchie told him.
"They really should do one about you Ritchie," Melissa said.
Melissa then approached the shorter boy and did something surprising to Izuku. She kissed Ritchie on his lips and he returned the kiss.
"Wait... did he finally confess to you? I thought he was going to wait for so long because he was oblivious to the fact that she'd like you so he was going to possibly wait till after some war or something!" Izuku said as he looked towards the reader, being well aware of what he was referencing.
"We've dated since the last book, I just confessed off-screen," Ritchie admitted
"Ohhhhh, I gotcha." Izuku said. "Of course, Kacchan and I are still trying to get our friend Shoto to confess to his crush but he's SO DAMN DENSE!" Izuku shouted towards Heights Alliance, looking towards the window of Shoto's dorm.
"LANGUAGE!" Iida shouted while doing a lap.
The 4 of them heard triumphant laughter.
"I am here! Waiting to ambush young Midoriya on his walk home from Class!"
It was All Might who ran over to the group of 4. Melissa ran over to him and jumped into his arms, as he spun her around.
"Uncle Might its been forever!" Melissa said.
"Its good to see you Melissa," All Might told her with a smile on his face.
"I'm really glad I got the invitation to come here! It will be an honor making support items at U.A."
"Well I almost didn't recognize you. When did you get so grown up?"
"Well I am 17 now. Much heavier than the last time you saw me?"
"Oh I think not!"
All Might then raised her higher as she giggled. Izuku watched the two of them talking.
"Uncle Might?" Izuku asked.
"Well, I'm a good friend of David Shield, and his daughter saw me as an uncle figure."
"I see. So what brings you by All Might?"
"I have invited you to partake in my Work Study!" All Might said, "And I think you should come along too Melissa! It will be a great chance to see what life is like in Japan!"
"It will be an honor!" Izuku said with a smile.
"Same here!" Melissa said with joy in her eyes, "I can't wait to tell Papa about what I'm doing."
Izuku then went to the common area where Katsuki and Shoto were playing Ping Pong. The two of them were hitting the ball pretty hard, pretending they were kung fu masters. Katsuki decided to kick it up a notch. He added an explosion to his hit. It sent the ball, AND the paddle, flying and hitting a window. Katsuki looked up in shock.
"...You have smashed the window of Transparency..." Shoto said
"Anyway... Get your hero costumes." Izuku said, "You're both invited to join me on my work study with All Might!"
"Well alright then!" Katsuki said with a smirk.
Later on the three of them were in their costumes outside of U.A Campus. All Might was there watching them.
"Welcome to the All Might Agency," All Might said with a smile on his face, "It will be an honor to have the three of you, along with Melissa on board for this session."
"The honor is all mine Uncle," Melissa told him before turning to Izuku's friends, "My name is Melissa Shield, mechanic and gifted inventor of Support Items."
"So you're the one who made that glove for Deku," Katsuki said, "I'll admit , you're damn smart'"
"Well, shall we?" All Might asked.
Everyone shouted "Yes sir!"
Later on the three of them were in the city listening to All Might talk about how patrols usually work. They would be going around , seeing who needed help and doing small requests. Izuku saw an elderly lady at a tree.
"Ma'am, can I help you?" Izuku asked as he walked over.
"My cat Mr Tiddles won't come down,"
"I can help with that." Izuku then floated up to where the cat was and held out his arms to it.
"Here kitty ki- AH!"
The cat latched onto Izuku , hugging his face , as he floated back down towards the lady with Mr Tiddles.
The old lady smiled , "Thank you sonny"
"No problem, ma'am." Izuku said as he was glad that she got the cat off of his face.
Shoto was going around seeing who needed help, when he noticed a man trying to get some ice for a cooler. Shoto promptly made him an ice berg.
"Will this be enough?"
"You kidding this is plenty!" The man said, "Thank you young man."
All Might approached the boy.
"That was a nice thing you did, Shoto," All Might said, "However there is one thing I suggest you do next time."
"What's that?"
"You should flash those pearly whites when doing some kind of favor for people, as it will make them feel welcome around you."
"But I don't have any pearls on me."
"I mean you should smile more. Especially around the ladies. They'll drop dead when they see you."
Shoto's face turned pale.
"...My smile will kill women?"
All might sweat dropped " That's not what I meant…"
Izuku was on a phone call with Ochako.
"...And then there was the time where I helped an old lady whose cat got stuck in a tree ," Izuku said.
"Aww, Deku sometimes you're too nice for your own good," Ochako told him, "But that's why I love you."
"How's your work study going?"
"Well... I STOPPED A GIANT WHILE USING MY QUIRK! You really should've seen it, Iwashavingsomekindofadrenalinerushandswoopedinandsavedthedayandthenryukyutoldmeiwasdoingsowell-" Ochhako went into a muttering phase.
"Sweetie, I think you caught the mutters."
He heard a crash. There were a few low class robbers going around and looting from a store.
"Alright, finally some excitement!" Izuku said, "I'll call you back. I love you Ochako."
"I love you too Deku!"
Izuku then went over to where the trouble was. He saw a few crooks.
"Well, looks like you guys need to be taught a lesson," Izuku said, "I kindly ask that you put your arms in the air."
"You'll just have to make us," the first crook said, "Just because you're some big shot doesn't mean we'll listen to you."
He had some kind of quirk that allowed him to turn his fingers into claws. His two men followed his lead.
"Now unless you want scars on your face, I suggest you move," the first crook said.
Before anything could happen, the two other crooks found themselves tangled in strings… actually, webs! It was Ritchie who jumped down, sporting a new look!
"Wow Ritchie, nice moves," Izuku said.
"Thanks, I mean I could've stuck the landing a little better, but it's just the suit, nah the suit is great," Ritchie said.
"Well it looks really good , Melissa seriously outdid herself," Izuku said.
The two of them heard distant rumbling. They looked to their left and saw what looked like a mechanical Minotaur heading their way. Izuku and Ritchie jumped out of the way. A fire started. Izuku saw a little girl who was wondering around looking for her parents. Izuku jumped in the way and held onto the girl as the flames passed through. However, neither of them were affected by the flames. It was as if he was absorbing them.
"Ok I think we're-" Izuku began.
A car was being pushed towards them. Izuku put his hands forward to catch the car. However the car stopped in its tracks and was pushed back a bit.
'Could these be new quirks within One For All?' he thought.
The hatch opened up, revealing a familiar foe.
"Hey Deku, its me!" he said.
"Rhino?" Izuku asked.
"That shipped has sailed unfortunately. You can call me Minotaur! And I got a few new tricks up my sleeve."
"Well so do I/ The only difference is, I now have a quirk. And unless you wanna be a new test subject, I ask you to put your hands in the air."
"NEVER!" Minotaur shouted, "I crush you, I kill you! I will destroy you!"
"You want me to come over so you can kill me?"
"Yes!"
"I'll be right there!"
Minotaur pushed a button on his suit, and rockets came flying out. Izuku jumped in the air, doing a cross chop, destroying the rockets before they could hit anything.
"Now what was that threat… again?"
Izuku saw Minotaur running from the fight. Izuku heard the sound of an engine. It was Melissa driving her own personal car.
"Looks like you got ahead of yourself Izuku!" Melissa said, "From what Uncle Might told me, you tend to move before thinking!"
"Let's catch Minotaur," Izuku said.
The two of them were following Minotaur. He looked in his monitor and saw them.
Minotaur laughed "Following me are they? Well not for long!"
He fired more missiles at the two of them.
"Deku!" Melissa yelled out
"On it!"
Izuku jumped up and started flicking his fingers, releasing blasts of air destroying the missiles.
'Delaware Smash! Air Force!'
A few more missiles were fired. However they were caught in some kind of bubbles and exploded. This was one of Melissa's features.
"Got that from Papa!" Melissa said as she looked at the readers.
One more missile was aiming for civillians. Izuku decided to try that thing he did before. He put his hand forward and attracted the missile away, throwing it in the sky before it exploded. Izuku kicked up Full Cowling up to 50% and dashed in front of the villain as he was still running away. Fortunately there were no civillians around, so he could go out if needed.
"Looks like you got a death wish buddy!" Minotaur said.
He picked up speed and started running towards Izuku. Izuku channeled up more power and went to 60% while having the Full Gauntlet on. He started with a 50% punch from his right hand to the Minotaur's stomach. He then prepared for a hard punch with his left hand where the gauntlet was. Fire started to form around his arm.
"Delaware Detroit… SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!"
He punched the villain so hard he flew at a building, and his mechanical monster malfunctioned. The villain was stopped. Izuku stood on top of the giant beast victorious since he managed to catch the bad guy. Dozens of fans walked up to him and praised his heroics. Melissa looked at him and smiled.
"Just like Uncle Might," she said.
Later on, Izuku was walking with the others talking about his triumph.
"And then somehow I managed to stop the car from coming towards me," Izuku said, "It was as if I was using Mom's quirk or something."
"Well… from what I remember, there were no users of the quirk who had that kind of power," All Might said.
"Well All Might I think we-" Izuku began.
His eyes started glowing. Katsuki noticed it.
"Deku what's wrong?" he asked.
His question was answered by a little girl running until he saw Izuku. She collided with the boy's legs, hugging him tightly.
"Hey... are you ok?" he asked.
"Please... don't let go..." she said.
