Izuku yawned as he walked next to Pony, Jiro and Tsuyu toward UA, reaching the gate. "So, something new that happened?" He asked, looking at the three girls.

"Actually, my mom said-" Pony started, before she was interrupted.

"Hey there, Midoriya!" A familiar voice saluted.

"Oh god no…" He whispered, before slowly turning toward Hiryu like a man with a death sentence toward the executioner, "Good… morning, Rin." He said, pretending he didn't notice Jiro badly attempting to hide her chuckle as a coughing fit.

"Good morning to you. Congratulations for winning the Festival. I have to say, it took me a while to discern why you decided to take such a public stand, but I believe I got it."

'There is no plaaaaaaaaan!' "You… did?" Izuku asked.

"Ah, Midoriya, I see you won't give up an inch of your plan, uh? Truly you are a great deceiver." He replied, and Izuku once again wondered if Rin looked at him and saw a completely different person. "But do not worry, your plan is safe. I won't interfere."

'Thank you. It reassures me to know that my imaginary plan can proceed. I will become an imaginary overlord of darkness in no time.' "Thank you."

"Thank you. I must say, your decision to intern with Miruko puzzled me for a bit, but I must acknowledge the preparations it took to make it happen. Why, first working in tandem with the League to make Nedzu worried enough he would have to change his plans for the festival. I suppose you used information from some of the Clan's Heroes to know in advance Miruko would be likely involved. Then, all you had to do was impress her, and voila, an internship with the Hero that doesn't do internships. Truly it was a spectacular level of preparation." He said.

'… Why does that make a modicum of sense?! How does that make a modicum of sense?! I didn't do anything!' "Ahah… I guess I should have expected you would figure it out." Izuku replied, knowing full well he was supposed to keep up a good relationship with Hiryu. Well, he also wanted a good relationship with as many people as possible, so he wasn't about to make him feel like an idiot.

"As a future heir myself, I had my own goals for the Festival, but I must admit you truly outplayed me. Amazing work, Izuku. Between that and the trap you laid for me in class 1-B just in the off-chance I chose to challenge you, you truly proved that the Green Valley Clan's leaders truly warrant their fame as intelligent men."

"O-Of course. My father put a lot of effort into that." Izuku said sarcastically, and this time Kyoka couldn't hold back the snort, while Pony just rolled her eyes.

"Naturally." Hiryu said, somehow unable to perceive the dripping sarcasm. Sen Kaibara, who had been standing next to him, seemed equally in awe, which Izuku found concerning. Was Hiryu gullible? No, that wasn't it. It was more that he was so convinced Izuku had an agenda, he was defaulting to assuming he was always working for it. It made sense, really. "Well Midoriya, we part ways." The man said, and Izuku noticed they had walked all the way up to the corridor where 1-A and 1-B stood, "Have a good day."

"You too." Izuku said, waving, before turning toward the three girls. "There is no plan."

"Of course."

"Naturally."

"Mh-mh."

The three all nodded and agreed, even if they didn't look convinced. "Girls, I'm serious, there is no plan."

"Of course, boss."

"Naturally, boss."

"Mh-mh boss."

Izuku groaned as he walked into the classroom.

"Good morning Midoriya!" Iida shouted the moment Izuku entered the class, "I wish to talk to you as our Class Representative!"

"Uh. Hi Iida. Is something wrong?" He asked. It was their first day of school after the Tournament, was there already a problem? Izuku had pretty much spent the weekend getting showered in affection and congratulations by his family, both close and extended. Sure he had been called 'Heir' so often he was starting to wonder if they suspected he was All Might's, but they were genuine in the pride they felt for his accomplishment, and in their congratulations for it. It had been a very nice change of pace, really, but it had left him with very little time to talk with his friends.

"Most certainly Izuku. You can't tell me that's acceptable!" Iida pointed to the class, and as Izuku walked inside he found himself joining a vast majority of the current members in staring eyes wide.

At first it looked like Masutaro was kissing air. Closer inspection – and the flying uniform sitting on his lap – told a very different story.

Izuku turned bright red – joining the majority of the class in that, though his reaction was still less marked than Mineta crying blood. Uh, maybe he needed to get his eyes checked, that couldn't be normal. Yaoyorozu was blushing wildly and trying to simultaneously not look at them and do just that. Tokoyami was trying to be stoic, but the image was ruined by Dark Shadow's thumbs up. Himiko was staring.

"M-Masuchan!" He shouted, "A-And Hagakure! What are you doing?! Why are you doing it?! And," He pointed at Masutaro, "How could you not tell me you had found a girlfriend?!"

"Well, we are kissing, because we want to, and… I… Kinda forgot, Izukun." Masutaro admitted. "Sorry, it was a really busy weekend."

"Now that isn't the point!" Iida said from behind Izuku, "You can't just exchange such marked effusions in this class. It's against the rules!"

"It's not, we checked." Hagakure replied, though she stood up. "We even asked a professor and they said to make sure we didn't go overboard and have fun."

"Who did you ask?" Izuku asked.

"… Now that isn't important."

Izuku rolled his eyes. "It was Midnight, wasn't she?"

"B-But Present Mic was there too! And also, again, this isn't against the rules!"

"It's inappropriate!" Iida shouted.

"It's not!" Masuchan replied, "This is… Hero training."

Izuku, Iida and the majority of the class stared at him. "What?" Izuku finally asked.

"Well, Izukun, consider this. If you were fighting a pair of Villains, what if they were husband and wife, or lovers, and started to kiss? You would freeze and leave yourself open. By showing you kisses beforehand, we are preventing tat from happening." Masuchan pointed out. Izuku heard Hagakure chuckle.

"Masuchan, that's not…"

"He has a point." Iida said with a nod.

"Iida no, he was-"

"Pardon me!" Iida said, bowing, "You clearly put great thought into this, and miss Midnight as well. Please, proceed to kiss further. I shall fetch you some lip balm to make sure you don't exert yourself too much. Preparation is important in all things!" He said, marching off.

"I can't believe that worked." Masuchan commented, before he gave a last kiss to Hagakure and she walked off to her seat.

"I can…" Izuku muttered. He considered Iida a good friend, thanks to both their chats and their lunches together, but the guy was really, really gullible. 'I could probably recruit him in the Clan for real if I wanted. Just tell him it's for a good reason and he would-' He frowned. Uh, talking with Hiryu had reminded him of the bet it seemed, but he wasn't about to drag Iida in the clan.

His thoughts were interrupted as Ashido barged into the class, almost kicking down the door. "Where are they?!" She shouted, Kirishima held from the neck under her arm, the redhead trying and failing to free himself from her grasp. "Where is the new couple?! I ran into Iida down the corridor, and he said we have a new couple! Also something about them training the class to resist the surprise of someone kissing? Explain!"

For a long moment, Izuku saw Masuchan hope no one would rat him out.

And then Himiko raised her hand. "Masutaro and Tooru are a couple now."

"AAAAAAAAAH!" Mina shouted, running so fast she basically teleported next to Hagakure, "Tell me everything!"

"Morning class-" Aizawa said, entering and then narrowing his eyes, "What is going on?"

"Sako and Hagakure are a couple!" Ashido shouted.

Aizawa looked at the two teens, suddenly blushed and looked away from each other. He groaned. "Goddammit…"

"I have brought the lip balm!" Iida said, stepping back into the class.

Professor Aizawa stood back up. "Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope." He muttered, rushing out of the room and slamming the door shut behind his back. Not two seconds later, Midnight entered with a large grin on her face. "Hello kids! Today I will be the one doing Homeroom!" She glanced at Iida. "Tenya, dear, hand the lip balm over to Sako and Hagakure, they will probably need it."

Izuku and most of the class laughed at that.

"Uhm, Professor, what is Homeroom about today?" Sero asked.

"Well, two things." She said, "First of all, the Internship." She stood up and, after quickly taking a roll call to make sure everyone was there. "All of you left a mark in the Festival, some more, some less, so you have received internship offers. The only ones that haven't received at least one are… Aoyama, Mineta and Shimura."

Aoyama and Mineta sighed. Izuku glanced at Himiko, but the girl smiled back at him. He sighed in relief. Hopefully, she really wasn't sad about the lack of internship offers. Midnight showed the rest of the class how many they had received. Izuku and Todoroki were at the top, with Izuku having received only three more than the Ice and Fire user.

"A lot of those are the same." Midnight pointed out, "Then we have Bakugo, Uraraka, and then cascading down the others." She offered, going down the list. Shoji was the one that had received the least, with only six, but Izuku sighed in relief seeing most of the class was being given a chance. "The three that haven't received any offer will be allowed to pick an agency from those UA had an agreement with. Here, I will distribute the papers." She said, handing them over. Izuku and Todoroki's was an impressive stack of over forty pages, while the others went from a few tens all the way to a single page, depending on the offer they had received. Then Midnight did a second round, distributing three more pages of school-connected Heroes to everyone, even if she pointed out that in general it was better to pick a Hero that had sent an offer if they could.

Izuku went down the list to the letter M. Sure enough, there was Miruko. He went through the remaining names quickly, but she was the highest-ranking Hero that had requested him to intern. And frankly, Izuku would have never said no to the idea.

He noticed Todoroki and Uraraka exchange a quick nod, and wondered what that was about, but before he could ask, Bakugo turned around. "Deku."

"K-Kacchan?" he asked. Uh, close friends or not, it seemed 'Kacchan' still was his default. Izuku wasn't surprised.

"… Good job, nerd." The teen said, growling and turning back around.

Uh?

Uh?!

Uh?!

-x-

Bakugo groaned, glancing at Raccoon Eyes as she gave him a thumb up.

Bakugo groaned again.

He had a problem, a serious one, and one he never thought he would actually have.

He… had a crush. Or two, more precisely.

It had taken him a while to figure out what was going on. Why back at the USJ he had waited, why he couldn't sleep as soundly since the mall mission, and why glancing at either Momo and Tsuyu- Yaoyorozu and Asui- Ponytail and Frog made him feel weird. Of course, he knew that was possible. He was a healthy teen with hormones and all that stupid shit. He just thought he could beat them into submission like everything else in his life.

Except he couldn't. Every fucking time those two girls spoke to him, something changed inside him. And so, after realizing that the whole 'crush' thing was distracting him, he had done the only thing he could think of.

He had spoken to Raccoon Eyes.

-x-

"Kyaaaaaaaah!" Raccoon Eyes shouted into the phone.

"Shut the fuck up, Raccoon Eyes! Explain what the fuck I'm supposed to do!"

"Bakugo, I'm so happy you are bi! I didn't know what I would have done otherwise! But you like girls too!"

"I only like girls!" He growled.

"… Of course. Of course. Yep yep. Totally. Anyway, what do you want me to do?"

"I want you to tell me how to stop those fucking feelings! They get in my way, I can't even study right! I keep thinking at the girls!"

"Kyaaaaaah!" Raccoon Eyes shouted again, and Bakugo growled, "Sorry. Anyway, why did you call me specifically?"

"I didn't. You answered Spiky Hair's phone and listened to out conversation. Where the fuck is Spiky Hair anyway?"

"I'm here!" Kirishima shouted, heard over the phone, "So manly Bakubro, you have a crush? That's amazing."

"It's not! How do I stop this?!"

"… Look, Bakugo, you don't really 'stop' a crush. You either go for it or hope it goes away."

"Fuck… And what should I do to… go for it?" He asked.

"Oh? Not hoping it goes away?"

"I can't! Fuck! When I see those two I lose myself staring at them! I realized only yesterday night, but it's been going on for a while! I need to beat this crush thing if I want to be number one, and waiting is not an option!"

"… This has to be the weirdest reason to develop a crush I've ever heard. But alright, here is my advice." Raccoon Eyes took a deep breath. "Be nicer to people?"

"What?!"

"You heard me. You want those girls to agree to date you? Be nicer. You are hot enough, Bakugo, and you are skilled at almost everything. Your personality though is utter trash."

"Ohi!"

"It's true. Look, the girls might like you or not, but right now, if they asked to actually date you, I'd help them, but I'd advise them to wait until you figure out what you want." She replied, "I want my friends to date nice people, Bakugo. So I'm giving you my help, but I. want you. To be. Nicer. Not a completely new personality, that would be you just faking it, but enough effort put into it you don't look like you are about to chop off someone's head with a bite. Alright?"

"… Alright." Bakugo sighed. He needed a way out of that crush shit. And this was different from middle school. He wanted… He felt attracted, for once. He knew that.

"Alright! Then I'm on board, Bakugo! Let's make your love life bloom!"

-x-

Bakugo groaned. Being nice to people. Yeah, he could do that…

"Uhm, Kacchan?"

"Shut the fuck up nerd!" He growled, and Deku yelped back.

Yeah, perfectly feasible… Fuck.

He sighed. Alright, maybe this was harder than he expected.

-x-

"And for the other matter…" Midnight continued once she was sure everyone had at least looked through both lists, "You are gonna come up with your Hero names!"

The class cheered, and Himiko wondered what she could pick. As she wondered that, she had a very sudden realization about where she was. She was a wanted killer, and yet… she was also there, in a Hero school, about to pick a Hero name. Hiding behind black hair, grey eyes, and enough physical changes to not be immediately recognizable, she was… free.

Or was she? Was the free one Himiko Shimura?

… And did that matter, considering Himiko Toga was a discarded identity? Considering that Himiko Toga was now just the person she was before Himiko Shigaraki?

Himiko Shimura was a mask, but it wasn't dishonest like the Himiko Toga that hid her Quirk. It was a mask worn for safety, not to fit in. Heck, they accepted her Quirk, and there were even a lot of friends that knew who Himiko Shigaraki was!

Maybe… Maybe Himiko Toga could vanish entirely.

"You ok, Himiko?" Uraraka whispered, "You aren't writing."

"Ah, right." She coughed in her fist, "I'm just… thinking, about stuff. Like… I never thought about a Hero name. What should I use?"

"I don't know. I'm mixing my Quirk and name, but you can do what you want. There are also Heroes that go by their name, if you prefer." She offered, "Maybe see what the others come up with."

Himiko hummed. Maybe just the name wasn't a bad idea.

-x-

"The Gasmask Hero: Mustard!" Masutaro declared proudly.

"Denied." Midnight replied, and Masutaro gasped.

"What?! Why?!" Masutaro shouted.

"While I accept the fact your name is… fitting, we can't have a Hero named after a gas used to commit war crimes."

Masutaro made to reply. Then he paused. "Uh, fair." He sighed, "Fine. Uhm… The Gasmask Hero: Fogman?" He tried.

"Are you sure? I can give you time to think about it more. It's not a bad name, but…"

"It's fine." Masutaro shrugged, "I like it enough."

"Well, it's done then." She replied. Masutaro nodded and sat down.

What was he doing? He was in a Hero school he hated, choosing a Hero name, and… he loved it. He loved the school that had allowed him to meet his girlfriend, loved the class where he had met his girlfriend…

You know, maybe he just really loved his girlfriend.

Was love a strong word? He… he liked Hagakure. A lot. That much was obvious. But Masutaro still felt uncomfortable, because he had to hide so much from her. She didn't know about his true name, his true history… She didn't know about the League.

He was lying about a lot of stuff.

Was that, acceptable, in his case?

He had to figure it out.

-x-

"The Bloody Hero: Himiko!" Himiko declared.

"Oh, not going to use a different name?" Midnight asked.

"I did try to come up with one, but- Wait, Bloody Hero is ok?" She asked, surprised.

Midnight shrugged. "Well, it might be a bit redundant with Vlad King, but there is nothing against two similar monikers. Blood Hero, Bloody Hero… those are fine." Midnight nodded, "But talking about the name itself, have you considered leaning more into your vampire looks?"

"I… What did you think?"

Midnight smiled, "The 1872 book Carmilla, by Joseph Le Fanu, is considered a precursor of Bram Stoker's Dracula when it comes to vampire fiction. Why not leaning into that?"

"Uhm… Bloody Hero: Carmilla…" Himiko tilted her head, and then nodded. "Alright!"

Himiko smiled looking at Izuku, who smiled back. She felt herself blush a bit as she went back to her seat.

-x-

Izuku was one of the last to go. Bakugo had been trying and failing to get a variation of King Explosion Murder approved, and Izuku was fairly sure he wasn't going to budge. After Iida introduced 'Engine Hero: Propulse', he knew all that was left was him.

'Small Might, All Might Jr… man, I wish I could do that.' Izuku thought, but aside from being embarrassing that was also… probably a copyright violation? Well, All Might could have handwaved it, but still he didn't feel comfortable about it.

Maybe a nickname. There was the option of using Deku, he supposed, but why would he do that? It was off the mark. Then… Izukun might have been cute, but it didn't really work for any image he wanted to convey as a Hero. And Boss… well that was less a nickname and more what he was to the girls. What did he want to be, as a Hero? That was the central question.

He wanted to be someone that saved everyone with a smile, like All Might. All Might who was brave – that was taken by Mr. Brave, and even before that by the legendary Vigilante-turned-Hero Brave – chivalrous – that was Fourth Kind's moniker – and…

He had a realization. That worked, right? He could use that. As for the moniker…

He glanced at Himiko. There was something she and All Might had in common. Something that made him realize why he admired one and why he l-l-loved the other.

That worked too.

He wrote it down, and walked up to the desk.

Midnight nodded, "That's… a very good one. The moniker is similar to one I know…"

"But not the same." Izuku pointed out, and she chuckled.

"I suppose Vlad King won't be the only one finding out they have competition. Well, that works. Congratulation, Smiling Hero: Valiant." She replied.

Izuku smiled toward Himiko, and felt himself beaming as she smiled back.

-x-

"Hello Valiant!"

"Hello Froppy!"

"Hello Valiant!"

"Hello Earphone Jack!"

"Hello Valiant!"

"Hello Carmilla!"

"Hello…"

"Shut the fuck up!" Bakugo shouted from the next table over to the group of friends sitting down, "And why are you all saluting Deku, anyway?" Ashido coughed next to him, and Bakugo grimaced, "Sorry. Why are you all repeating his name?"

"It's a cool Hero Name." Jiro pointed out.

"Indeed! It truly embodies the core concept of heroism!" Iida added, chopping the hair with his hand to underline the message, "It's a name of great valor!"

Himiko nodded, and Izuku's heart skipped a bit. Bakugo – the only one who hadn't managed to choose a name by the end – grumbled and went back to his seat.

"Alright, let's talk internships now." Pony said, "Where are you guys going?"

"I got an offer from Miruko." Izuku replied, and several people stared at him.

"Congratulations, Midoriya, an offer from the Number Seven is a great result."

"Ah! I got an offer from the Number Four, Best Jeanist!" Bakugo shouted, and Ashido coughed again in her fist, "I mean… Good… Job…" He managed to say through gritted teeth.

"Tokoyami got an offer from Hawks himself." Pony added, making Bakugo cough the water he had just started to drink.

"Well, if we go by rank, I think Todoroki and Uraraka won. They are going to Endeavor." Himiko added ("What the fuck?! Round Cheeks is what?!") "Uraraka told me earlier."

"I guess for Todoroki it's to be expected." Izuku mused, "I wonder how Uraraka caught Endeavor's attention."

"She mumbled something about floating and Kansai, but I'm not sure." Himiko admitted. "What about you guys?"

"I got an offer from a guy called Sir Nighteye." Jiro replied, "And it seems interesting. I was considering Death Arms, but, I don't want to take a spot from someone who didn't get offers."

"That's very nice of you." Pony replied, "I'm going to intern with Airjet. I want to learn to fly better using my horns, and he should be able to teach me."

"I'm going to an Underground Hero." Himiko said, "Kesagiri Man."

"The… Dark Mask Hero? Why him?" Jiro asked.

"Well, I asked mister Eraserhead to list for me all the Underground Hero that were in the list, and in the end it was Odd Eye or Kesagiri Man, and he thought the latter fits more, whatever that means."

"Good initiative, Himiko! You truly showed dedication appropriate for our class's Vice-Representative!" Iida complimented, "As for me, I intended to intern with my brother, but he is worried Hosu might not be safe with the Hero Killer still on the loose."

"Ah, that's unfortunate."

"It is. But! When I called him, he helped me look through the applications for speed-based Heroes. I think I will have a good time with Slidin' Go."

"And I'm going to Selkie's Hero Agency." Tsuyu explained.

"Great." Izuku nodded, "Well, to our Internships then."

"To our internships!" The others said, cheering.

-x-

Shinso and Ojiro walked into the meeting room, to find Fukidashi, Hana and Hatsume already sitting there, waiting. Along with them were Nedzu, Power Loader, Present Mic, Eraserhead, Vlad King and Ectoplasm. "Hello everyone." Nedzu said, when the two sat down, "We are here because of a very interesting offer we have been given, one that is leading us into discussing a few arguments. As you might know, The Hero Course will be sent to take part in various Internships in two days. They will be spending a week with Heroes, learning on the field."

Shinso nodded, as did Ojiro and Fukidashi. "Why is this important, sir? If I can ask." Ojiro quickly added.

"Ah, you see, you three have received an Internship offer."

The three blinked, and then looked at each other. "F-For real?!"

"Indeed. Two of you have been invited by the Number Six Hero, Crust." He said, pointing to Ojiro and Fukidashi, and Ojiro's eyes went wide, while Fukidashi's balloon turned spiky and an emoji with a mouth wide open appeared on it. "And the latter is you, Shinso. I admit, the All-Finishing Oracle Hero Agency owned by Mister Togaraki is quite a mystery, the owner being a small Underground Hero I didn't know until now – not surprising, given they opened the Agency a few months ago, apparently. Normally, we ask for at least a year of active duty, or exceptional results on the field, but mister Togaraki was guaranteed by Crust as an appropriate teacher for you, so we decided to allow it."

"Th-That means-"

"That if you will, we wish to allow you to take this offer. We were already discussing extending the offer to join the Hero Course by taking extra lessons, this simply puts you ahead of schedule. If you accept, of course."

Ojiro was already nodding, eyes wide, and Fukidashi's balloon was doing the same. Shinso nodded too, barely restraining the large smile on his lips.

A Hero had noticed him. He had put his name forward despite his so-called villainous Quirk. That was amazing! He must have been a great one to look past that!

-x-

Tomura smiled. "Something good happened, sir?" Kurogiri asked.

"I don't know, I feel like someone is praising me. I'm sure it's dad."

-x-

"As for you, Hatsume, Shindo, Detnerat has offered to take you in for an internship in their publicity and Support development department. It would be a good chance for you to make some field experience, so Power Loader and Ectoplasm, already agreed."

Hatsume's grin grew wide. "I accept!"

"I-I accept too…" Hana mumbled, and Nedzu nodded.

"Excellent, I'm glad to see so many people will get to obtain valuable field experience!" Nedzu said, "Now please, sign…"

Shinso was in a haze, as he signed the papers and was told to take the rest to his parents. He grinned. His first step toward being a Hero.

-x-

Two days later, Izuku was standing alone in the parking lot near his house. He had been told to wait there for Miruko to show up, since unlike the others she didn't have a Hero Agency and happened to be in Musutafu, so she could pick him up herself.

He had expected her to show up normally, but instead what appeared was a white and gold car, a large jeep that stopped in front of him. "Sup kid!" Miruko shouted, lowering the front right window, "You ready?!"

"Y-Yes!" Izuku replied, jumping in the car. He looked outside and waved one last time to his mom and dad. Miruko glanced at them.

"Don't worry! I'll bring him back in one piece in a week!" She shouted, waving herself, before driving off. She pulled up the window, started the music, lowering the volume after an instant where something Izuku assumed was heavy metal started playing at full volume, and looked at him, "What's up kid? You sound like you are thinking of something."

"Uhm, I kind of expected we'd be going on foot or by train." Izuku admitted.

"Ah! I could go by foot, but not on a long journey, and the train means I'm stuck where the rails reach. Nope, I mostly use my car to travel between cities. The Miruko Mobile, I call it." She sighed, "But so few people know about it, it doesn't even have merchandise."

"I could spread the word?"

"Do that. Now, here is the plan." She opened the car's GPS, that showed a map of Honshu with a course already planned for a few days. "We are going to Tokyo first, for two days. Then we turn around toward Shizuoka and spend a day there, two days in Osaka, two in Hiroshima, and then two days in Saitama. There you will take the train home.

"That's… a lot of jumping around. Pun not intended." Izuku quickly added, and she chuckled.

"It is, but that's how I do business. It leaves me free for my investigation too, without having to deal with jurisdictions." She explained.

"Investigation?"

"Yup. It's not really a secret, so I can tell you. I'm actually tracking down a big organization that I believe is behind many cases of drugs smuggling and weapons dealing around Japan."

'That sounds famili- oh no.' "Wh-Who is that?"

"Well, in Japan they are less known, so I doubt you would, but the name of this gang is Green Valley Clan." She explained, with a grin, "One day I will kick in the face of their boss." She said proudly, "And if the rumors are true, their heir is also a tough son of a bitch. Can't wait to beat them up to a pulp!"

"Uuuh, rumors?"

"Yeah, rumor in the underground says recently their heir was involved in some big operation. Apparently scared shitless everyone facing him and his bodyguards. They say the dude is a terrifying man that is more than ready to murder anyone if things don't go his way. This one goon I was talking with undercover said he was surrounded completely, and what does this guy do? He stabs a guy in the arm, and tells them that he will crush them all under his feet if they don't bow down and apologize immediately. Badass. Can't wait to destroy him."

Izuku nodded, hoping to god he wasn't sweating like crazy.

This was going to be a long week.

"He also apparently has a whole harem of bodyguards and girlfriends."

A looooong week.

(XX)

Ah, internships, what could go wrong? I'm sure Valiant, Carmilla, Fogman and Propulse in particular will have completely normal days. And I'm sure nothing weird will happen to Uravity and Shoto at Endeavor's Hero Agency. And Shinso is definitely going to a normal Hero Agency whose name is absolutely not made up to sound like a certain person's acronym. And Hana and Hatsume are definitely not working for Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc... I mean Detnerat Evil Inc.

So yeah, Hero Names were fairly funny to choose. Carmilla is apparently pretty common (I don't really read Hero Toga fics so I wouldn't know) and the reference is explained in the chapter itself, Fogman is a bit... simple but I don't think Mustard would put much thought into it really, Propulse is a pun on Propulsion and Pulse, which is fitting for fast boy (Metal Iida was a close second but unfortunately he doesn't have the extra gear Hatsume made yet), and then we have Valiant. Valiant is actually All Might's beta name (well, one of them) AND on top of that is also just a really good name. If you are wondering, Miss Joke is the Smile Hero, so that's who Midnight was referring to.
I actually toyed a bit with names like Green Valley Hero: Bossman but ultimately those were just... bad and OOC, wasn't going to give one of those to Izuku.

Miruko's white and gold car takes the main colors of her logo, which is the golden moon on white. This is the only trivia I'm giving on Miruko and her car this chapter.

I wonder what Tomura is doing. And how AfO's vacation is going.