A/N: I've been addicted to a game lately, I won't say which game but it's a very addictive one... and no guessing... you will probably get this wrong. Also I'm saying this now, while writing the first part of the chapter I had forgotten the cliff hanger last chapter... so there's a lampshade with something Toshinori says during the chapter... anyways enjoy...
Chapter 27: Getting Ready For Internships
Toru stared at the triangle in her dreams. She wasn't sure how to react.
"A nacho?" asked Toru.
Bill face palmed.
"Seriously?" he asked, "Why can't you be like Endeavor's Kid and be secretly a raging conspiracy theorist?"
"So are you going to give me nightmares?" asked Toru.
"Actually I want to make a deal with you." Said Bill.
"What kind of deal?" asked Toru.
"I know you want to be visible." Said Bill, "I can give you that…"
"No." said Toru.
"COME ON!" yelled Bill.
"I was there when you told attacked the USJ." Sid Toru, "I heard what you told Midoriya… and I saw how badly injured you left everyone too. I won't work for you."
Bill looked at her.
"I guess I can't change your mind then." Said Bill.
Toru just looked at him.
He looked back at Toru.
"Tactical retreat!" yelled Bill.
He threw a pie at her that when it hit her exposed in entrails.
"Gross!" she yelled.
She then remembered something that they told her.
"All right! Time for some awesome dreaming!" cheered Toru.
A unicorn appeared and she rode it away towards adventure.
The next morning, Toru saw Izuku getting ready for class.
"So what happened?" asked Izuku knowing that Bill must have invaded her dream.
"He tried to make a deal where he could make me visible" she sighed.
"That's what happened with Uraraka." Said Izuku.
"So should I bet worried?" asked Toru.
"No… he hadn't gone back to Uraraka or Shoji after their first night." Said Izuku.
"That's a relief." Said Toru.
"Oh yeah." Said Izuku.
He took out a couple of headbands from his backpack.
"I made them for you!" said Mabel.
"Thank you so much!" said Toru.
She switched out her llama headband for a sparkle pink one with a heart on it.
"I figured you would want some more" said Mabel.
"It's perfect!" said Toru.
Nearby… several of their classmates were talking.
"I can't believe Hagakure is now a member of Team Zodiac." Mumbled Kaminari.
"Come on… it doesn't seem like something you want to join." Said Jiro.
"Oh come on they get to save the world." Said Kaminari.
"Yeah, and they have deal with a creepy psychopath." Pointed out Mina.
"You didn't see him." Said Sero, "Whatever he is, even inside Midoriya's body he's bad news."
"Oh come on…" said Kaminari, "Kirishima don't you want to join the team too."
"Yeah but that's because I saw that fight." Said Kirishima, "I want join because I want to take him down."
Kaminari was about to say something else.
"You know we can hear you right?" asked Mabel.
The group talking about it began to sweat.
Turned out Tenya, Shoto and Mezo had also arrived for class at this point so they heard this conversation too.
That day at lunch, the team decided to eat lunch together (well mostly… Izuku being unable to eat). But they talked about where they might end going with (though Izuku only had one choice).
"Wait you're thinking about Gunhead?" asked Izuku.
Ochaco nodded.
"I thought you wanted to be a rescue hero." Said Izuku.
"I want to learn other things." Said Ochaco, "You know to be the best hero I can be."
"I've also made my decision." Said Tenya.
"Let me guess you're joining Deku with your brother?" asked Katsuki.
"That was my intention the entire time to intern under him for my first internship." Said Tenya, "Then in the future ones I would try other agencies."
"He already told me." Said Izuku.
"I haven't narrowed down mine." Said Toru.
"I haven't either." Said Mezo.
"You do have all week to choose." Said Izuku.
"You do have a point." Said Mezo.
"I haven't picked mine yet either." Muttered Katsuki.
"I guess you didn't get anyone high ranked." Izuku half joked.
"No I got someone in the top 10." Said Katsuki.
Everyone stared at Katsuki in surprise.
"And you don't want to go with him?" asked Izuku shocked by this.
"It's not because you got second?" asked Shoto.
"No it's because of other reasons." Said Katsuki.
Mezo looked at Katsuki and remembered what he said during that break down when he confronted him.
He still didn't like Katsuki, so he kept quiet about it.
But Izuku at the same time didn't know the under lying cause knew he had to talk his friend about it.
"Kacchan! You shouldn't hold yourself back." Said Izuku, "Unless you have a good reason to you should take it."
"What would be a good reason?" muttered Katsuki.
"Well…" said Izuku.
"It's not him." Said Shoto, "He sent one to me and I doubt he sent any to any of the other students."
"It was Best Jeanist." Said Katsuki.
"Oh…" said Izuku, "I don't know if that's a good idea."
"There better be a good reason." Muttered Katsuki.
"Well I remember reading on a forum a while back that he tends to take interns and give them make overs." Said Izuku.
"I'm sorry… but what…" said Katsuki.
"Oh yeah I remember reading that too." Said Toru.
"Are you two serious?" asked Katsuki.
Izuku nodded his puppet's head while Toru nodded as well who realized that she didn't have to say she was nodding any more thanks to her new headband.
"Why would I lie about that?" asked Izuku.
"Why would he even want to give me a makeover?" asked Katsuki.
"You guys talking about make overs?" asked Mabel suddnely showing up.
"They think one of the heroes who made him an offer want to give him a makeover." Said Katsuki.
"Really who?" asked Mabel.
"Best Jeanist." Said Izuku.
"Yeah that sounds about right." Laughed Mabel.
"Why the fuck would he even want to give me a makeover?" asked Katsuki.
"It's not just about changing you on the outside but changing you on the inside." Said Mabel.
"Seriously?" asked Katsuki.
"You weren't on your best behaver during the Sports Festival…" said Tenya.
"You did kind of go nuts." Said Ochaco.
"He did go nuts during the cavalry battle, there's no way around it." Said Mezo.
"You attacked me out of the blue during the race." Said Shoto.
"You refused All Might's hug." Said Toru.
"Okay! I get it!" yelled Katsuki, "And that last one doesn't count!"
"Yeah… I'm the only one who can hug him." Said Mabel.
"What really?" asked Toru.
"Well… it's because he can't blow me up." Said Mabel.
"But yeah…" said Izuku, "I don't think Best Jeanist is a good idea."
Katsuki sighed, glad to have a valid reason in not choosing Best Jeanist, even if it was a weird one.
After school Izuku got ready.
"One of the teachers wanted to talk to me after school." Said Izuku not saying which one.
"Is it Power Loader?" asked Mabel.
"No." said Izuku, "I already talked to him telling which robot I wanted for my internship."
"See you at home then." Said Mabel.
Izuku nodded.
He went to the teacher's lounge.
As it turned out Toshinori wanted to talk.
"Young Midoriya, sorry I meant to talk to you yesterday, but I having a bit of an off day yesterday." Said Toshinori.
"It's fine." Said Izuku.
"So I heard that Ingenium offered you an internship." Said Toshinori.
Izuku made sure his puppet nodded.
"Iida told him about me after the Sports Festival." Said Izuku.
"I had heard." Said Toshinori with a grimace.
"He wasn't expecting Iida to do anything." Said Izuku, "But he did try to tempt Hagakure last night."
"I also heard she's a member of the team." Said Toshinori.
"A headband she bought had a llama." Said Izuku.
"Are you sure it's not an alpaca." Said Toshinori.
"No the price tag said llama." Said Izuku.
Toshinori nodded.
"It's a good thing that he made an offer I almost considered asking someone to intern you." Said Toshinori.
"Really who?" asked Izuku.
Toshinori shuddered.
"It's not important… you got an offer and that's all that matters." Said Toshinori.
"I don't think I want to know if All Might's afraid." Thought Izuku.
"Other than that… how have things been?" asked Toshinori.
"Well we had an official meeting finally…" sighed Izuku.
"What's wrong?" asked Toshinori.
"There's footage of Bill possessing Dipper." Said Izuku.
Toshinori was surprised.
"I knew that Dipper was only 12 when it happened to him… but seeing it…" said Izuku.
Toshinori sighed.
"I know plan A is getting my body back." Said Izuku, "But I'm starting to hope that we're able to complete the Zodiac… so he doesn't do this again to anyone else."
"It's understandable." Said Toshinori, "There are some villains that you feel like you have to kill."
Izuku looked at Toshinori.
"Even you?" asked Izuku.
He didn't answer.
"Besides Bill Cipher isn't a normal villain. Remember he will destroy everything." He said .
"I know." Said Izuku.
"There's no shame in it." Said Toshinori.
"Thanks." Said Izuku.
"Oh by the way I was wondering what robot suit you were going to wear." Said Toshinori.
"Rocket feet." Said Izuku.
"Oh that makes sense." Said Toshinori.
"Yeah." Said Izuku, "Also you might want to…"
"I will tell young Hagakure after interships." he expalined.
The next day they decided to have another meeting at Izuku's apartment under the guise of telling their parents (well for the most part, Ochaco lived alone) of eating dinner at a friend's house.
Izuku sighed knowing he would have to show Hagakure his All Might room.
She of course giggled as they went into the living room.
"This is my mom." Said Izuku introduced his mother to Toru.
"It's nice to meet you." Said Inko.
"It's nice to meet you too." Said Toru.
"But we really should get to business." Said Dipper.
They told her that the last three marks were the ones held originally, by Soos, Robbie and Gideon.
But they also had to show her that thing…
"I think it's time to show you the video." Said Ford.
"Video?" asked Toru.
"There's a video of when Bill possessed me. "said Dipper.
Inko nodded and took out the new laptop.
"Oh good you got a new one." Said Ochaco.
"Yeah… my decadents sent over some money." Said Mabel.
"I also edited the video." Said Dipper, "Got rid of everything but the part she needs to see."
"So there won't be an incident like last time." Said Mezo glaring at Katsuki.
"What happened?" asked Toru.
"Puppet show." Said Ochaco.
"Oh…" said Toru.
I was a girl thing after all and Mabel did tell her.
"You ready?" asked Dipper.
Toru nodded. And of course the video was shown.
"How old were you?" asked Toru after seeing it.
"12." Said Dipper.
"Wait…" said Toru remembering something, "He said something about planning something with your body that he wasn't going to with Midoriya."
Dipper and Mabel flinched when she said that. It was clear that Katsuki and Izuku knew about this.
"I'm sorry…" said Toru.
"It's fine… you had to learn about it sooner or later." Sighed Mabel.
"If I hadn't learned the puppet trick, Bill would have killed my body by jumping off a water tower." Explained Dipper.
"What?" the entire room who didn't know this fact practically yelled.
"You knew about this?" asked Shoto to Katsuki and Izuku.
The two nodded.
(Flashback)
It was a lunch time before Katsuki had finally started to hang out with them.
It was Dipper turn at playing bodyguard and Izuku knew that he had to ask eventually.
"Hey I was wondering… how do you know about if my body dies." Said Izuku.
Dipper sighed and told him about a letter that Bipper left and what was on it.
Izuku was shocked by this.
"So it's something that Bill was going to do to you?" asked Izuku.
"Ford also did some studying it and it's true." Said Dipper.
"I see…" said Izuku.
"We will get your body back… don't worry." Said Dipper.
Izuku nodded.
They would also tell Inko and Katsuki about this…
(End of Flashback)
The room became quiet after learning this.
"Okay… I think we can all agree that whenever we learn something about the triangle bastard it's going to fucked up." Said Katsuki.
"On the bright side… I asked for a bunch of videos that you might like." Said Mabel, "I get what Kacchan was trying to do, but it really shouldn't have been that video."
"Don't call me that." Muttered Katsuki.
Mabel became corporeal and clicked on a folder called "Levity videos". And clicked with the English label "Flaming demon head."
The video played and they watched a video from a musical festival. And then a horrifying head that resembled Stan that was on fire with the a sign that read "I eat kids" and everyone began to freak out.
Everyone who never seen this just stared at the screen with a mix of confusion, horror and some amusement.
"Stan… why?" asked Izuku.
"Well it's a funny story I decided to drum up support for the Shack at this popular music festival and it ended up going horribly wrong and freak everyone out." Said Stan who started, "Then I rebuilt the thing and turned into a sort of boogie man for hire. You know to get kids to do what their parents want."
Everyone in the room stared at him.
"I think what Bakugo said about Cipher applies to you too." Said Toru.
"And you haven't heard the list yet." Said Katsuki.
"Okay now's not the time for that." Said Stan, "Also it wasn't illegal… just getting it out there."
"Illegal?" asked Toru confused.
"We don't know everything yet but apparently Stan was a criminal in life." Said Shoto.
"Okay… seriously enough of that." Said Stan.
"Wait… is that why he's not allowed at school?" asked Toru.
"I'm allowed… I'm just not really wanted." Said Stan.
"But seriously we should get back to the topic of Bill." Said Tenya.
"Should I tell my parents?" asked Toru.
"It's up to you." Said Mabel.
"So none expect for Mrs. Midoriya none of you have told your parents." Said Toru realizing it.
"I feel unconformable telling them." Admitted Mezo.
"Yeah…" agreed Ochaco.
"I already worry Tensei." Said Tenya, "I don't want to worry my parents as well."
"I have my reasons." muttered Shoto.
"It's better if we don't tell Katsuki's parents." Said Inko.
"What?" asked Toru as it was Inko saying it and not Katsuki.
"I know his parents well… and it's better if they don't know." Said Inko.
"I see…" said Toru.
"There is something else we do have to talk about." Said Ford.
"What?" asked Izuku.
Ford presented his gathering theory and explained that last time they stopped him the symbols stopped appearing.
"That adactyly makes a lot of sense." Said Izuku.
"If we beat him out Deku's body before we find all 10 then we won't need to find them anyway." Muttered Katsuki.
"But what about the symbols?" asked Toru.
"They're just find new owners." Said Stan with a shrug, "Though are you are kind of stuck with Bill trying to torment you for the rest of the your life."
"Seriously!" yelled Toru.
"Sorry about this is…" said Ford.
"It's fine." Sighed Toru.
It was clear that topic ran out.
"I think I'll start dinner." Said Inko.
"Wait are we really eating dinner here? I thought it was an alibi." Said Toru.
"No… we're really eating dinner here." Said Tenya.
"Her cooking is really good." Said Ochaco.
"I'm not complaining." Said Toru.
Thankfully they figured out some lighthearted topics.
Namely all the videos that they had gotten to lighten the mood. Though they didn't watch them because it would lose their punch, but most of them were of a web series Mabel did when she was young.
Dinner also went well and everyone soon left with Ochaco taking most of the left overs.
"Are you sure it's a good idea for me to take all these left overs?" asked Ochaco.
"Don't worry it's fine." Said Inko.
Inko was also able to figure out the girl was having money problems thought it would be best to help her out.
"Oh and Hagakure if you ever want to eat dinner you're welcome anytime, just tell Izuku first." Said Inko.
"Thank you!" said Toru.
And the rest of the group left the apartment.
When they left.
"Is it just me or does it feel like they leave a lot out." Said Toru.
"It does feel that way but at the same time it feels like they have a good reason why don't tell us." Said Tenya.
"Considering all the fucked up stuff we keep learning he's right." Said Katsuki.
"He's right, whatever they're not telling us is probably better to ease into it." Said Mezo.
They all agreed and seprated and went to their various homes.
The next morning, the phone rang why Inko was eating breakfast.
She knew she had to pick it up as she was the only who really could.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hello Inko." Said the voice on the other end, it was one she had talked to a few times during the last year, "Is Dipper there?"
"He is." Said Inko.
She looked at Dipper.
"It's Marty." Said Inko.
"Oh thank you Inko." Sid Dipper.
He took the phone and went into Izuku room to take the call. He sighed as he put the phone on speaker.
"(Hey Marty)" he said in English.
"(Grandpa… can you please tell me why I got a call yesterday from Endeavor about a criminal using your DNA)?" asked Marty.
"(Uh…)" said Dipper.
(Flashback)
Dinner had just finished, it was a great event in Pines Manor. After all they were a very big family.
That was when the house phone rang.
No one was getting it.
Sabrina rolled her eyes.
"(I'm getting it.)" She muttered.
She went to pick up the phone.
"(Hello?)" she asked in English.
"(Is Martin Pines there?)" asked a voice with a Japanese accident.
"You want my father?" she replied in Japanese.
"Yes." Said the voice switching to Japanese.
"May I ask who's calling." Said Sabrina.
"Endeavor." Said the voice, "A hero from Japan."
"Oh you're the number 2 hero." She said.
She could almost hear him grumble.
She went back to the dining room.
"(Dad! The number 2 hero from Japan is calling.)" said Sabrina.
Marty grimaced as he was handed the phone
"(Why would the number 2 hero of Japan call?)" asked a woman in a very bright hero costume.
"(I really hope he didn't find out about Bill… because his son is Ice.)" said Sabrina.
Everything in the room became quiet when she brought that up.
Marty found a good place to talk to Endeavor.
"Please tell me this isn't about this year's party." Said Marty, "I'm not in charge, my distant cousin Marigold is this year."
"No it's not that… It's a case involing myself." Said Endeavor, "The thing is that for some reason the DNA came up as your great-great-grandfather."
"Explain." Sighed Marty already putting together the pieces.
He explained about his room and what happened twice.
Marty took a breath.
He knew there was only one way for this to happen and he clearly didn't have the whole story.
But he knew what the man clearly didn't know what was going on with his son…
So he decided to tell him the truth… expect the part about Bill of course.
"Okay… it sounds like you're being haunted." Said Marty, "I don't know if it's my grandfather's doing but it's probable."
"What." Said Endeavor.
"Look ghosts exists, monster ghouls, goblins… all of that is real… I've heard stories about real yokai in Japan. In fact my daughter is a witch. She doesn't like calling herself that, but that's what she is… maybe if my wife didn't give her the name Sabrina she would have embraced it." Said Marty.
Alienate him with the truth would be best.
"This is what I get for calling an old coot." He heard Endeavor mutter his breath.
"Fine don't belive me… but you will never find the culprit if you don't keep an open mind. Now if you excuse me I haven't had dessert yet." Said Marty.
He hung up the call.
He knew it was a weekday so he couldn't call Dipper as by the time he could answer a call it would be very at late night for him.
"(I'll call him tomorrow.)" he muttered .
(End of Flashback)
Dipper sighed.
"(Why are you haunting Endeavor?)" asked Marty, "(And please tell me it's a good reason… I watched the Sports Festival, I cheered on the 5 that we knew of at the time… I saw his weird rant… I know there has to be a good reason for this… If was just Stan and Mabel I'd know it would be because he's a jerk… but you and possibly Ford…)"
Dipper sighed.
"(Shoto is being abused.)" said Dipper.
He couldn't see his decedent but could almost feel the color draining from his face.
"(He hasn't given me the details, but he has all but said it… only Izuku knows what happened…)" explained Dipper.
Marty sighed, he knew about his family's history, it came with being the patriarch.
"(That makes sense…)" said Marty.
"(It took years for Pacifica to admit what the bell really meant.)" said Dipper.
"(I completely understand.)" sighed Marty, "(But be careful, even if you do that the backing of many heroes in both Japan and here he might find out…")
"(I doubt it)" laughed Dipper.
"(By the way…)" sighed Marty, "(Have you told Izuku yet?)"
Dipper groaned .
"(He need to know…)" said Marty.
"(I know… I know…)" sighed Dipper.
"(I'm sure Graunty and Grunkles are hounding you constantly so I won't do it… but still it's been more than a year… you do have legitimate reason for not telling him but at the same time…)" said Marty.
"(I thought you said you weren't going to hound me.)" said Dipper.
"(Hey I'm an old man I can contradict myself whenever I want.)" said Marty.
"(Whatever Marty…)" said Dipper.
"(I'll let you go… but still tell him…)" said Marty, "(Now if you excuse me I'm telling Marigold that Endeavor will never invited to the party… he'll have to be a guest of someone else if he wants to come.)"
"(Good to know.)" said Dipper.
Marty clear hung up had phone and Dipper sighed.
Later the day…
Durring lunch, Katsuki knew he had to come clean about something.
"You still haven't picked one." Said Izuku.
"The only one I know if Best Jeanist." Said Katsuki.
"Kacchan." Sighed Izuku.
"I need your help." Muttered Katsuki.
"Did you narrow it down?" asked Izuku.
Katsuki nodded and gave him a list of narrowed down names.
"I want to find better ways to use my quirk." He explained, "All of them has some sort of explosion quirk."
"oh okay." Said Izuku.
He sighed as he looked through the heroes he narrowed down and came up with three heroes that would be the best suited to helping with his quirk.
Of course while doing the work he went on a mumble storm.
Everyone who remained glass stared at him as he did it.
"Do you really not know who those heroes are or are you just being lazy?" asked Kaminari.
Katsuki glared at the electric user who slunk away.
"You really need to start paying to attention to other heroes." said Dipper.
Katsuki just grumbled.
However later that afternoon. Shoto asked to talk to Izuku and Dipper.
"You decided to go with him?" asked Dipper.
Shoto nodded, the him he was referring was his father.
"I have my reasons." Said Shoto, "Don't worry I'll be fine."
"If you're sure about it." Said Izuku.
"I already live with him…" said Shoto, "And with his sidekicks I doubt he'll train me that hard."
Dipper seemed to scowl at that wording.
"I already filled out my paper work." Sighed Shoto.
"I'm sure it will be fine…" sighed Izuku trying to look on the bright side.
"I know…" sighed Dipper, "Just if anything bad happens tell us."
Shoto nodded.
And soon enough t was the day that would all go to their internships. The entire class was in the train station.
"I'd like to remind everyone that you are expected to be on your behavior during this." Said Aizawa, "No to mention that you will be representing our school."
"You got it teach!" cheered Mina.
"You know to call me sir." Said Aizawa.
"Yes sir…" mumbled Mina causing most of the class to laugh.
And soon they all parted ways.
"So you have to wear your robot body there?" asked Ochaco noticing Izuku was wearing it.
"Yeah…" said Izuku, "For multiple reasons…"
"It's because of The Suit. Isn't is it?" asked Ochaco.
(Flashback)
Izuku was still on the train when someone got on and didn't care about The Suit.
The guy looked at him.
"So…" he decided to ask, "Did you lose a bet?"
"No…" said Izuku.
"Then why are you wearing that!" yelled the guy.
Izuku just sighed.
(End of Flashback)
"Some of them…" sighed Izuku.
"You know one day you're going to have put it on for us…" said Ochaco.
"We really have to catch our train." Said Tenya.
"You're right." Said Izuku.
"Good luck!" said Ochaco.
"Hopefully you won't kill each other by the week's end." Said Katsuki.
"I seriously doubt that will be the case." Said Tenya.
Katsuki just rolled his eyes at that response.
They all parted ways for their week. And littlie did any of them know that week was going to be something none of would ever expect.
Next Time: The internships begin with Team Zodiac starting theirs. Meanwhile after being knocked for more than a week, Stain finally wakes up at the bar that the League of Villains uses. What will happen? Find out next time!