After departing from Odd Jobs and wishing Asta good luck, Izuku found the Kurosaki Clinic easily enough again. When he entered it, like that first day, Miss Orihime greeted him cheerfully.

"Ichigo is waiting for you, Izuku," said Orihime, smiling brightly. She looked to be eating some very strange food combinations.

"Thanks," said Izuku, bowing his head slightly. He went to Ichigo's office. He knocked on the door to be polite and heard the orange-haired man call him inside. Izuku entered the office. Today, there were books everywhere. And Ichigo had a big scowl on his face. "Hey, Mr. Ichigo, are you ok?"

"What? Oh, this is just my face," said Ichigo, waving off his concern. "Glad you made it. Gin can read people pretty well so we send newbies to him and then he figures out where they'd be best."

"Teaching assistant, huh? I remember that you said that you taught the ones who were still kids when they died," said Izuku, finding a seat under the piles of books.

"Yeah," said Ichigo. "I also teach some of the adults who never got a proper education, if they want to learn new things."

Izuku nodded. "It'd make sense if mostly everyone here spent most of their life fighting."

"Exactly," nodded Ichigo. "I have a few people that help me out but they are usually off doing other things. So, today, I wanted to give you some books on teaching and books to help you brush up on some subjects. You can read those in your spare time."

Izuku nodded, hands itching to have a notebook and pen. As if reading his mind, Ichigo produced a notebook and a package of pens. Flushing he took the items, but asked, "How'd you know?"

"Yagi told me," said Ichigo, pleasantly. "Anyway, right now I'm going to tell you about the students I have. I'm gonna also tell you about my adult students too."

Izuku opened the notebook and pulled out a pen. "I'm listening."

"Great, I'm going to start with my most difficult student," said Ichigo, eye twitching. "Lambo is one of Tsuna's Guardians. Lambo is a teenager, very belligerent and lazy."

"Poor Mr. Tsuna," said Izuku. "Wait, is he the one with the horns?"

"Yeah," said Ichigo. "Lambo's struggles the most with math. Science is his strongest subject, surprisingly. And he won't read anything, so that's a challenge."

Izuku tapped the pen on his chin. "Education is optional for everyone, right? Then, he doesn't have to do it, if he doesn't want to."

"Except Tsuna ordered him to get a proper education," said Ichigo.

"Oh," said Izuku. "I remember Tsuna mentioning something about his Guardians, but I didn't ask what that meant."

"Tsuna was a mafia boss," said Ichigo.

"I'm sorry what? I thought Tsuna ran something called the Vongola Familigia," asked Izuku, confused. Tsuna, a kind, gentle man, couldn't be a mafia boss, no way.

"What did you think Familigia meant? It's slang Italian for a crime family," said Ichigo, amused. "Although, Tsuna managed to change it into a vigilante group and used its forces for good. Anyway, Lambo was Tsuna's Lightning Guardian and Tsuna had been responsible for him since he was five."

"Okay, that makes more sense," said Izuku, relieved. Then again, Tsuna wouldn't have been here with his Guardians if they were bad people. "So, Lambo is bad at math, hates reading but is good at science."

"Yup," said Ichigo. And thus, Ichigo continued telling Izuku about all his students. They ranged from superheroes, ninja, demon slayers, detectives, retired soul reapers, magical girls, pirates, adventure hunters, wizards and witches and of course, aliens. Izuku's head was swimming with the amount of kids and adults that never got a chance to have an education because they were too busy saving the world. Granted, Izuku had been a Pro-Hero with a singular focus, but he got a regular education alongside his hero training at Yuuei.

"It's sad, isn't it," said Izuku, after Ichigo finished.

"What's sad," asked Ichigo.

"That there are kids that never got to live their lives, who never got to grow up," said Izuku, shaking his head.

Ichigo frowned. "It's rough. I'm not gonna lie. Some people just don't have the luck to live long lives. Granted, I have no room to talk because I died three times."

"Are you serious," yelped Izuku. "How did you manage that!?"

"Well, when I was fifteen, I took up a soul reaper's offer of borrowing her power to protect my family and took a sword to my heart. Thankfully, the power transfer worked, due to my unknown lineage at the time. And there was a time where I got a hole in my chest trying to save, well, I was trying to save Orihime," replied Ichigo, making a pinched expression. "My will to protect her sort of activated something in me and I survived. And the third time I died was what got me here."

Izuku stared at him. Sure, Izuku had been close encounters with death before he actually died, but that was just ridiculous. How strong was Ichigo? It was truly baffling.

"If I think about it too much, I get depressed," said Ichigo, after a moment of Izuku just staring at him. "I'd rather take a hundred deaths than fail to save someone."

And that was something that Izuku understood. He broke his body over and over again to get stronger so that he was able to protect everybody. "I get that."

"And how are you doing with everything," asked Ichigo. "Being reunited with familiar faces must be strange. Have you been making friends?"

"It's weird and I'm still processing, so having things to occupy my time is a good thing," said Izuku, sighing. "Me and Asta are definitely friends. And he's a good guy."

"Good, but remember that I'm here if you need to talk. Or you can talk to Naruto, if he makes you more comfortable, or even Tsuna," said Ichigo, nodding. "Or if you don't want to talk to any of our ugly mugs, Orihime has always given me good advice."

Izuku grinned. "I'm happy to know that there are people I can talk to here." Except, the person that Izuku always sought out for advice or anything was Kacchan. He hoped Kacchan wasn't too mad at him. Izuku'd find out when Kacchan died (hopefully, a long time from now). "So, I've got the names and information on the students. And books to read. Now what?"

"I'm gonna send you to collect Hotaru and Chibiusa's homework, since they are my easiest student to handle. Tell them to be here tomorrow morning, the usual time," said Ichigo. "I've got everyone else. Also, get some lunch for yourself too."

"Okay," said Izuku. He put his notebook, pens and the books Ichigo gave him in the bag that had come with the outfit that Tsuna gave him. "I'll see you later."

Izuku departed from the Kurosaki Clinic and headed to Miss Makoto's Jupiter Cakes, as he was told that was where Hotaru and Chibiusa spent most of their free time. He wondered if he should get a cake to bring home to Nana and All Might. Jupiter Cakes was nearby Kurosaki Clinic, not too far from the Uzumaki Ramen Stand. He didn't realize that he passed the place many times.

He entered the shop. There were some strange people eating sweets and cakes at the tables, from six-foot tall extremely muscled men who barely fit on the chair to beautiful, ethereal women to non-human creatures who sat on the table while they ate. Izuku went to the counter and found Miss Rei there.

"Well, hello, Miss Rei," said Izuku. "I'm here to pick up Miss Hotaru and Miss Chibiusa's homework for Mr. Ichigo."

"Hey," said Rei, nodding. She turned her head and yelled in the back. "OI! Someone get the kids! Homework hand-in!" Several of the customers snickered, as if this was a regular occurrence. "Oh, shut up, JoJo, Yuuko!"

"Never change, Lady Rei," said one of the giant muscled men.

"Ahh, reminders of home," said the pale, very long black-haired woman. "All the yelling and fussing."

Izuku didn't say anything, as he heard the tell-tale sign of running. From out of the kitchen, there was a pink-haired girl (Chibiusa) and a raven-haired girl (Hotaru). The pink-haired girl asked, "Awww, where's Ichigo?"

"Sorry, he sent me today," said Izuku, politely. "I'm Midoriya Izuku, it's very nice to meet you, Miss Chibiusa, Miss Hotaru."

"He's new here," said Miss Rei, explaining to the two girls. "Be nice to him."

Both girls stood and bowed. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Izuku."

Izuku laughed awkwardly. "You can call me Deku. Do you have your homework?" The girls nodded and handed over some folders. "Mr. Ichigo wanted me to remind you that you have lessons tomorrow morning."

"We'll be there," said Hotaru.

"Yes! We will," said Chibiusa. "Ichigo is the best!" Izuku couldn't but smile, reminded of Eri, his surrogate little sister.

"Oi, brat, I told you to call him properly," said a high-pitched voice, exiting the kitchen with a tray of bunny shaped sweet buns. She was a blonde woman with her hair in meatball buns. "He's Mr. Ichigo to you. Have some respect!"

"Aww, shut up, Mama," said Chibiusa, rolling her eyes. "This is my mom, Mr. Izuku. Tsukino Usagi, Sailor Moon."

Usagi smiled brightly at Izuku. "You're going to be helping Ichigo out, huh? Good luck! Say, did you eat lunch? I'm sure Mako can make you something."

"Not everyone is as obsessed with food as you," said Rei, scoffing and rolling her eyes. But then she said, "Mako likes cooking so if you want something to eat, she can make it."

"Thank you very much," said Izuku. "I'll take you up on your offer then."

Izuku had lunch with the Sailor Scouts, Chibiusa's dad Mamoru, a man named Jonathan Joestar (known as JoJo), and the witch Yuuko. It was interesting to say the least. Miss Makoto's food was amazing. The fact that she operated a bakery, but also knew how to make amazing savory foods was impressive. Everyone was very welcoming, though Yuuko gave him some strange looks that reminded Izuku of some sort of pity but also knowing something that Izuku didn't.

After lunch, he returned to the Kurosaki Clinic to hand over the two girls' homework to a very annoyed and stressed Ichigo. He was complaining to a very sympathetic Orihime that "Morro went off on his own again, that kid!" Izuku spent the rest of the afternoon helping Ichigo grade homework and then starting one of the books. Orihime joined them in the office, telling funny stories that made Ichigo smile and Izuku laugh.

The easy companionship and love between Ichigo and Orihime was precious. He saw it with Naruto and Hinata too. It was good to see that some people didn't lose their significant other. He didn't know how he'd have handled a separation if he had a partner like that in his life.

Before Izuku knew it, it was nearing dinnertime.

"Come back tomorrow morning and you can sit in the lessons with the kids tomorrow," said Ichigo. "We have night lessons with the adult students, tomorrow night too, so bring some food."

"Got it," said Izuku. He made a note to ask Nana to make him a couple of lunch boxes or if he could use her kitchen. He bid the Kurosaki couple goodnight and headed out. He decided that he was going to stop at the Uzumaki Ramen Stand for a bowl of ramen before heading back to his temporary house with Yagi and Nana.

He spotted Asta from a block away entering the stand. Izuku quickened his pace, wondering how Asta's day at the Son Farm went.

"Evening, Izuku," said Naruto, placing a bowl in front of Asta. "What kind of ramen do you want?"

"Chicken, please," said Izuku, sitting down. "Hey, Asta, how was your day?"

"Great! I'm getting into the swing of farm work again," said Asta. "Mr. Goku's super nice. I think he's kinda lonely though."

"Ah, yeah, Goku is definitely lonely," said Naruto, sighing, as he placed a bowl of chicken ramen in front of Izuku. "He's also irritated that he can't go training with Vegeta."

"He mentioned that," said Asta, nodding. It seemed that while there were some that were lucky to have people they knew with them, others were not so lucky like Goku and Gintoki. "So, how was your day, Izuku?" Asta took another slurp of food.

"Good, very informative," said Izuku. "Mr. Ichigo's very thorough. I'm sure that I'm going to be occupied with students soon. It's strange that I have never seen myself as a teacher, but I'm reminded of my great teachers from Yuuei. So I hope I do well."

"You two will be just fine," said Naruto, smiling, giving them tea cups. "Make sure that you take time for fun things too. There are movie theaters and game shops and things. And everyone's got a story here that we don't mind telling."

"What's your story, Mr. Naruto," asked Asta, curiously.

Izuku nodded. "Yeah, you weren't a ramen chef to get here."

Naruto laughed and scratched his cheek, making him seem more youthful. "It's a long story, boys. Fair warning."

"Who has a story that isn't long," replied Izuku.

"Yeah, yeah," said Asta.

"Alright," said Naruto. "Tuck in to your dinner and I'll start the story."

Notes:

Cameos:
Kurosaki Ichigo and Inoue Orihime from Bleach
Sawada Tsuna and Lambo from Katekyo Hitman Reborn (mentioned)
Tsukino Usagi, Hino Rei, Chibiusa, Tomoe Hotaru, Kino Makoto from Sailor Moon
Jonathan Joestar from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Ichihara Yuuko from xxxHolic
Morro from LEGO Ninago
Uzumaki Naruto from Naruto

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