Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time

by Guardian-Sigil

One would think that in a world where everyday people possess impossible abilities nothing would really be a surprise. Izuku Midoriya, who upon the age of four was diagnosed as quirkless, was denied of his dream of become a hero that can save everyone with a smile. But fate gives him a chance; allowing him access not to one but a universe of powers and abilities.

32. Ch:31 Into the Deep End

Hey everyone, it's time! You will all finally find out who Izuku is interning with! (See I do keep my promises).

THAT SAID. For full disclosure I didn't pick Izuku's internship off practical reasons. I picked his internship based on how fun and entertaining it would be for me to write Izuku with a certain pro hero who in my opinion does not get enough attention in fanfictions.

*Again the choice was not meant to be practical, instead the choice was out of a sense of fun for me to do. And I think it'll be worth it considering that this ended up being 70 pages long!

*Heads up I will be introducing serval new characters and at times I will suggest that you google search said characters. This chapter is sort-of a cross over and I will explain more at the end.

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Ch.31 Into the Deep End

The wielder of the Omnitrix looks out ahead of him with fire in his heart, excitement in his eyes, and the wind to his back. All pushing him to step forward to start his Internship.

'I can't wait to get started.'

With a skip in his step, Izuku Midoriya marches forward across the oceanside boardwalk. The concrete boardwalk runs alongside the ocean water with a barricade of dolos intercepting the incoming waves. A few seagulls glide about following him along as if he's going to feed them other than that the boardwalk is empty as it stretches forward to his destination.

Nothing could go wrong; it's a beautiful sunny day, the ocean's nice and calm, and there's no one in sight to disturb his peace. If anything it's all a sign: a sign that this internship is going to be great!

After all it is off to a great start.

"I'LL MURDER YA!"

Goodbye, peaceful day and hello…death.

Like an undersea monster a Great-White Shark bursts out of the sea, flying up and over the dolos before its…feet smash into the ground right in Izuku's path; startling the boy so bad he falls backwards dropping his suitcase.

Izuku cowers as the humanoid Great-White villain turns and glares down at its next meal, and in short, the shark is very disturbing to look at.

Imagine a muscular man wearing a shark for a body-suit with the head of a shark as a helmet sitting over his head, which is located as part of the shark's mouth. Seriously, the most disturbing part of the villain's features is that his eyes are a pair of black slits within the shark's protruding red gums and rows of sharp serrated teeth right underneath. The villain has long finned arms with sharp-serrated claws at the end, his shark-like body is a dark navy-blue with a pale white underside, and he's wearing black shorts with a shark teeth-patterned belt.

[AN: Google Search: Oumagadoki Zoo "Fuka"]

All in all this guy just screams "killing machine."

Izuku pales at the sight of all those sharp teeth, just one bite from those things would tear right through his arm.

The Shark sneers down at the quivering boy. "Ya look pretty tasty. I'd bet you'd make a fine snack." He swings his lanky arm back. "RAHH!" He swings down but Izuku's fight or flight takes over forcing him to scramble away just before the serrated claws could cut his head off.

Izuku quickly scrambles to his feet and throws his backpack to the side, gripping the Omnitrix.

"Oh, no ya don't, shrimp!" The Shark charges forward and slams his head right into the boy making him shout out in pain.

The Shark, with Izuku pinned in place against his head, charges and throws them both up and over the dolos.

The groaning greenette pushes himself away from the Shark's head and kicks away just before they both plunge into the cold Pacific Ocean.

Izuku can only watch as bubbles and water rushes over his head, and the sensation of water in his lunges forces him to choke, losing the little air he had.

In a hurry not to drown Izuku slams down onto the Omnitrix and the blinding green light forces him out of sight.

"Ah…" Ripjaws sighs with relief, thank goodness for gills.

"Haha, look at that. I could go for some fish sticks."

Spinning around Ripjaws spots the giant-shark man swimming in place giving him a several-rowed tooth grin.

Feeling more confident and not so out of place in the water Ripjaws growls back. "Who you callin fish-stick…fish-stick?" Okay, that wasn't his best comeback, he can admit that.

The Shark's grin somehow widens more as if his own mouth will tear through his own skin. "I like ya, ya'll be fun to tear apart."

Ripjaws glares right back, positioning his tail fin as to make a quick getaway. "No need at this rate your looks will kill me first."

And just like that the Shark's sneering comes to a swift end. "RAHH!" The pissed off shark-man torpedoes through the water making a beeline for the aquatic alien, his mouth open and ready to take a chunk of flesh off his prey.

With just as much agility, Ripjaws torpedoes upward, swerving around the charging shark allowing him to swim right by.

The Shark quickly circles around and charges again.

Not one for a frontal assault at the moment, Ripjaws quickly dives down and takes off with the dolos to his right and the open ocean to his left with a narrow sandbar below him littered with some trash and seaweed.

The Shark sneers. "I love a good chase." And with that he kicks it into high gear, then out of nowhere he gains a sudden burst of speed, and pretty soon he is on Ripjaws' tail.

Ripjaws gasps before desperately trying to speed up. 'I'm going to need a bigger alien!'

He spots a drowned semi-trailer on the ocean floor. Scrambling for cover he dives inside and out the other end, slamming the doors shut before taking off.

Shark crashes right through the heavy metal doors, bashing them to the side with his thick hided head. "Ha, ha, ha!" It did little to slow the behemoth down.

Ripjaws dives down allowing the Shark to zoom past his head, nearly taking it with him as he swipes at him. Ripjaws rushes away, following the sloping shallows into more open sea just as the Shark circles back around.

With some time to spare Ripjaws takes cover within a rock quarry, within the rocks are crevices and holes just big enough for the Piscciss Volann to slide right into, thankfully the cavern inside is wide enough for him to move around in.

'Okay, Izuku. Pull it together.' Leaning against the course rock, Ripjaws pants until he brings his breathing under control. 'Did I lose him?'

Gliding over to the nearest hole Ripjaws warily pokes his head out to have a quick scan of the area and possibly find out what happened to his attacker.

"RAHHHHH!" An animalistic roar echoes as the villain's massive maw snaps in front of the unguarded Ripjaws, nearly biting his head clean off.

Ripjaws scrambles backwards, his heart racing, and his hand at his throat as if to make sure his head was still attached even as the Shark's head thrashes trying to break his way into the den.

The thrashing Shark sneers at the cowering Ripjaws. "Come on shrimp. Let me have a taste. Ha ha."

Ripjaws snarls but with his heart racing and having been shaken to his core he is no fighting shape right now.

Knowing he's got his prey cornered, the Shark pulls his head out from the hole leaving Ripjaws alone within his cramped, empty, and dark space.

While trying to get his bearings, Ripjaws adjusts himself so he can peer out of a nearby crack in the rocks and he spots his enemy circling the rock quarry like the Great-White Shark that he is.

The Shark is smiling, enjoying his hunt immensely as he circles around and around just waiting for his prey to crack. "Take your time, shrimp. I've got all the time in the world."

'And I don't…' Ripjaws gulps before sinking further down making sure he's hidden away and unable to be reached. 'Alright what do I know: there's a psychotic Shark Quirked cannibal that wants to bite my head off, for some reason, there's no people around so no one knows I'm here, I don't have any of my gear and they're too far away to rely on, and…I've probably only got six or so minutes left before I time out and then…' Ripjaws holds himself as the image of his human form being torn apart by a shark plays in his mind. 'What I need is a plan.'

With literally no time to waste, Ripjaws carefully gazes into the ocean blue figuring he might as well take in his surroundings. Maybe part of this rock quarry could get him close to shore, it can't. Every time he sees the circling villain, he flinches thinking he may get a chunk of his flesh chewed off.

And so he keeps looking until he spots it, a chain leading from the ocean floor to a large buoy at the surface. Okay so there's that but he needs something else, something a bit more useful. And so he scans the horizon using any crevice, crack, or hole to peer through.

'There!' There in the distance not too far away from the buoy is a sunken fishing boat!

It's small, torn up, and has clearly been there for a while but it may just have what he needs.

Swimming over the nearest crack Ripjaws watches closely as the Shark ever so slowly swims just out of sight. 'It's now or never!'

He darts out of the rock quarry, exposing himself, with only his speed and brains at his disposal.

"There ya are!" The Shark immediately chases after him, but he's got to swim up and around the rock quarry. "Let's draw some blood! Rahh!" With a mighty roar he torpedoes through the water right after his speeding prey.

Ripjaws can't afford to look back or to even taunt back, he has to stay focused on his task, his eyes scanning the fishing boat over and over for any sign of what he needs: but all he can see are a few yellow barrels, an empty harpoon gun, some weak looking rope, and that the fishing boat was apparently named the "Orca."

But with his speed and his ever-analytical eyes, Ripjaws spots the very thing he needs to win, and the sight brings a jagged-toothed smile to his face. Even though he's got a lunatic shark encroaching on him at a very fast rate.

With his mouth wide and ready Ripjaws chomps down and tears right through the chain holding the anchor down.

The Shark opens up his jaws nice and wide, readying to deliver a killing blow, but without losing momentum Ripjaws snags the broken anchor and swings it around with him as he adjusts himself and propels up towards the surface!

"What?!" The Shark quickly tries to adjust his trajectory, spinning around and spotting his prey high tailing up towards the surface. "I'm not done playing with ya yet!" And with his fins at his side he rockets up after him.

Ripjaws actually smirks at the sight of the Shark's chasing. 'Like a fish chasing a lure.' The smirk stays put even as the Shark creeps closer and closer so much so that Ripjaws' tailfin can flick the monster's nose.

With mighty bursts of speed both fish men jump out of the sea with the Shark's maw wide open to swallow the alien whole. "You're chum!"

"Not yet I'm not!" With as much courage as he can summon Ripjaws spins around and launches the anchor right towards the beast's jaws.

The anchor hooks around the rows of serrated teeth and the sudden heavy weight pulls the Shark down giving Ripjaws plenty of room. He throws the end of the chain which wraps around the villain's arms and torso, before Ripjaws manages to catch it in midair just as they hit the water. Taking advantage of the situation and the chain in hand Ripjaws swims back, tightening the chain around his foe, binding him in place.

"You little shit!" The Shark begins to thrash about and Ripjaws can feel the chains loosening under his grip. "I'll murder ya!"

Ripjaws snickers. "Good luck with that!" With the chain in his claws Ripjaws torpedoes upward, pulling the Shark along with him as they both breach the water's surface.

Ripjaws grips the nearby buoy and uses it to swing his bound foe around in the air. The chain wraps around the large buoy reeling the shark man in with it. Ripjaws releases the chain and dives back into the water as the Shark's heavy hide slams into it, his entire body chained up and locked in place thanks to his wrapped and twisted binds.

The Shark gasps finding himself immobilized. "No, no way."

Ripjaws lifts his head out of the water. "Man I reeled in a whopper!"

"A whopper, huh?" For some reason the villain decides to give a maniacal grin at the assumed victor. "Haven't you ever heard of the one that got away?"

"What?"

Ripjaws soon has his answer as the Shark's building muscles thrash in place, his teeth grinding together, and his claws clenched tightly at his sides. "Sorry, shrimp. But I'm no one's prey!" With a screeching roar, the Shark breaks right out of his binds, the chains tear apart as the buoy breaks apart under the intense force of pressure, pipes, screws, and chains shower down as the giant beast bares his fangs and claws before leaping up and over towards his target.

He can already smell the blood in the water. "RAHHH!"

Ripjaws has no chance of escape, his guard was down, he's exhausted, and the Shark's moving far too fast. All he can do is stare as a pair of massive jaws greet him, the villain's serrated claws at his sides, and a massive being crashing right for him.

"I'LL DEVOUR YA!"

"That's enough."

*SKREEEE!*

Pulses of screeching sound waves crash right into the two fish men throwing them of course from each other as their entire bodies scream in pain under the high frequency attack.

The breached Ripjaws screams, grabbing his head as the pulses continue. "Ah! What is that?!"

The Shark man is in a similar state. "It's him!"

Soon the piercing soundwaves vanish, and a deep and authoritative voice greets their ears. "Fuka, you went too far, as usual."

The Shark, or rather Fuka, grimaces and actually looks scared as he gazes up at their interloper. "But-"

"Enough. You know I can't stand excuses."

Fuka cowers, sinking his head further into the water.

"Now then."

The ringing in Ripjaws finally gives away and after a good shake of his head he peers up at the newcomer, and by extension his savior. "G-Gang Orca?!"

Yup the national ranked tenth hero, Gang Orca, is here! Standing tall with his arms crossed atop his very expensive looking speed boat, his black sleek cape billowing behind him making him look even larger and more intimidating, especially to those below him.

Gang Orca is a tall, well-built man whose body has the features of a killer whale thanks to his mutant-type Quirk, Orcinus. His hero costume consists of a white suit with a high collar. The collar reaches all the way to his chin and it is decorated with diamond shapes that are made to look like teeth. This goes with a pink tie made to look like a tongue is coming out. His whole persona just screams gangster boss, and one that's more than willing to do his own dirty work.

Gang Orca's piercing red eyes tear into Ripjaws as if he's figuring out how best to filet this fish.

Ripjaws' maw tightens as the pro hero's attention falls upon him, his instincts screaming for him not to move like he's standing in the presence of a dangerous predator.

"Izuku Midoriya." Gang Orca reaches out his black clawed hand. "Welcome, to my agency. I hope you're ready."

It takes the morphed boy a moment to form a response. "…For what?"

He's not sure but he's pretty sure that the pro hero smirked at him. "To be thrown into the deep end."

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"That was a test?!" shouts an astonished Izuku.

Gang Orca glares down at the boy. "Did I stutter?"

"N-no…"

"I can't hear you!" roars the pro hero.

"No, sir!"

"There we go."

After pulling Ripjaws and Fuka out of the sea, they all rode back to shore, grabbed the boy's belongings, and then followed the boardwalk down to a little dock just outside Gang Orca's agency.

"I like to test all those that come to work under me." Gang Orca continues as Izuku hops off the speed boat. "Gives me an idea how they react in unforeseen situations and under intense pressure."

Izuku nervously points to the Shark. "And him…?"

Gang Orca gestures towards the Shark man. "This is one of my sidekicks, Fuka. I apologize for his…outburst in the end." His menacing red gaze makes the shark man tremble. "Clearly someone needs to be disciplined."

Fuka turns away, his jaws shut tight, and if he could sweat then he definitely would be.

Gang Orca turns his attention back on the U.A. student. "But you were never in any real danger though." After all he'd step in if need be, and he did.

But part of Izuku isn't so sure. 'Is that…true?' His green eyes shift over towards the large shark man.

Fuka notices the kid's prying eyes, and he doesn't take too fondly of it. "Ya got a problem, shrimp?"

"N-no!"

Fuka snickers but immediately shuts his trap when Gang Orca's eyes narrow at him.

The pro hero adjusts his tie and readdresses the boy. "Well whatever the case you show some real promise, but that's to be expected. I wouldn't have sent an offer if I didn't think you could handle yourself."

"T-thank you, sir!" Izuku bows. "I look forward to working with you!"

"Good, that's just what I like to hear." Gang Orca turns his head towards his sidekick. "Maybe you can learn something from him, Fuka."

Fuka frowns. "Tch."

"Well Midoriya, welcome to my agency." Gang Orca raises his claw, gesturing to the very large building complex behind him. "Also known as the Ushimitsudoki Aquarium."

Izuku's eyes widen as he finally takes in the massive building before them.

He's only ever heard of the Ushimitsudoki Aquarium never did he'd think he'd get a chance to be here considering how far from home it is, and how expensive it can be. And now it's clear why that is. The Ushimitsudoki Aquarium is like a castle with a grand staircase leading up to its entrance lined with marble pillars, towers range from each corner of the property and a massive glass dome sits atop looking over this ocean kingdom. From what Izuku's read the Ushimitsudoki Aquarium is one if not the best aquarium in the world, it houses more species of aquatic life than any other aquarium in the world, and plus it's also utilized as Gang Orca's own agency. Apparently, he took over years ago when the last curator was forced to leave his position. Izuku isn't too sure on the details, but whatever the case this is the place he'll be interning for the week.

Gang Orca and Fuka lead the boy up the stairs and inside their world class facility. And somehow it seems even bigger from the inside with massive tanks surrounding him from every side, corner, and even ceiling, it's like this place was designed to make you feel like you were underwater. Every tank is filled with hundreds or thousands of fish species. They all range from the colorful and graceful, to the ugly and alien, from the cute to the scary, and from every environment on Earth; any aquatic animal you can think of is here.

"It's quite the collection isn't it?" Gang Orca sounds proud as he observes the boy's reaction.

"I'll say." Izuku continues to awe at all the exhibits trying to take in as much as he can from each one. "But where are all the visitors?"

"We don't open for another hour. Didn't want the general public to be in a panic when a shark villain attacks a student." The pro jabs a clawed finger at his own sidekick who doesn't appreciate the insinuation.

Izuku nods in understanding. "Fair point."

And so the three continue through the aquarium with Izuku trailing behind as he continues to observe the displays, his eyes hoping from one thing to another as he strolls past a narrow stretch of the aquarium lined with a large wall of glass between him and the saltwater.

As he strolls past, he fails to see a pair of black eyes trailing his movements. "Keke ke."

Izuku freezes in place, his senses telling him that a disturbing presence is nearby. So with a lot of trepidation, he shakily turns in place and finds a rather disturbing sight.

A human face with a deranged toothy grin is pressed against the opposite side of the glass. "Keke ke. You seem fishy." Her grin turns dark and threatening. "I don't like fishy people."

"Wah!" Izuku leaps away from the glass mainly because that smile is seriously giving him the creeps.

As he leaps away, he gets a better look at this newcomer.

They're…a mermaid? She seems to be in her early twenties, with a slim figure, black eyes, wide grin, and pink hair that floats about in the water like a sea anemone. The upper half of her body is human but her lower half of a fish with a long slender tailfin like that of a tuna. Speaking of, she's wearing a tuna skull-like helmet with a spine running behind her, and the bony fins hang off the bottom of the helmet like long earrings. She's also wearing a black halter top with matching arm bands around her forearms that have a row of sharp fish-spines poking out from them. Finally, a wide silver belt is wrapped around her waist covering the area where her human-half meets her fish-half.

[AN: Google Search: Oumagadoki Zoo "Tekka Maki"]

The mermaid's grin widens her sharp teeth on full display like she's found a little guppy to tear into. "We don't like fishy people creeping around."

Izuku shakes his head in denial. "I'm not fishy!"

"Yes, you are." Her mad grin never fades, and she presses her face against the glass even more, it creaks and bends as if she'll break through it if given the chance. "No one's supposed to be here. And that makes you fishy."

"Enough." Gang Orca retraces his steps, even with his hands in his pockets he still holds an air of danger around him. "I see you met another of my sidekicks. This is Tekka Maki, she handles much of this facility's security."

"Oh, is that so." Izuku shyly smiles at the mermaid. "It's nice to meet you, then…"

Her dark grin remains unchanging as her black eyes stare right at him, making him very uncomfortable that she isn't reacting or responding.

Gang Orca places his massive hand on the boy's shoulder. "Tekka Maki, this is Izuku Midoriya. He's the one interning with us for the week."

She continues to stare at him, her hair floating about in the water like a sea anemone, and her toothy grin unflinching. "Oh! I forgot, keke ke!" With a shove her face pops off the glass screen.

"Forgot?" There's an underlying threat in Gang Orca's voice as the mermaid somersaults in the tank. "I've been giving each of you reminders for days."

"Keke ke! I can't remember important things like that."

Gang Orca's claws tighten around the very concerned Izuku's shoulder, but his predatory glare doesn't seem to have any effect on the bubbly yet creepy Tekka Maki.

Izuku sweat drops. 'And she said I was fishy…'

Without warning Tekka Maki gasps her eyes lighting up just before she slams back into the glass, pressing her face against it and once again making Izuku jump. "Wait, so who won?!"

"Um…?"

"Your test! Did you kick Fuka's tailfin? I'm assuming you did."

Fuka doesn't appreciate her assumption. "Whaddaya say, merbitch?!"

She turns away from Izuku, her dark grin returning as she glares at the approaching shark man. "I bet it was super humiliating, to be beaten by such a fishy brat."

"He didn't beat me!" Fuka slams his claws against the glass, thankfully it doesn't break, but it makes enough of a piercing screeching that it makes Tekka Maki flinch back. "I actually won our fight!"

Gang Orca unceremoniously drops the truth. "He had you bound and tied up."

Fuka gasps at the betrayal.

"Keha, haha, keke!"

"Stop laughing!" Fuka slams his head against the glass. "I'll rip ya to shred is ya don't shut it!"

"Make me!" Tekka Maki pulls her eye lid down and sticks her tongue out before taking off further into the tank and out of sight.

"I will!" roars Fuka before running off too.

Both Izuku and Gang Orca watch on in silence as they both take off for who knows where.

The greenette nervously smiles up at the pro hero. "They seem like a…fun bunch."

Gang Orca looks down at him and then back up, silently considering his description. "Sure."

Izuku's pretty sure he only said that to be polite.

"Follow me." Gang Orca turns and begins marching away.

With one last look towards the tanks, Izuku quickly jogs after him. They march in silence even as they enter and wait for the elevator that takes them several stories down. Izuku can only nervously look up at the hero but the hero doesn't acknowledge him clearly wanting to get to their destination first before they speak.

Fortunately for Izuku it's not a long elevator ride as the doors slide open revealing a large circular room.

The room is dark, cold, and smells of sea water like a dark trench only illuminated by dim lights. The large circular room is encircled by a narrow moat, above the moat are grates with streams of water flowing through them. At the center of the room is a large wooden table. Atop the table there are stacks of papers, a few cups, and for some reason a pair of anchors with chains sit atop of it. Maybe they're there for decoration, or maybe for…negotiations.

But it appears they are not alone there's someone already seated at the table going through forms and reports.

Gang Orca marches into the meeting room, and his sidekick immediately takes notice of his presence. "Leave us."

"Aye, sir."

The sidekick rises, grabbing his forms before heading out.

This sidekick, like the others, has very similar characteristics of an aquatic animal, specifically as a Japanese spider crab.

Overall he has a normal human's body shape but his head is the carapace of a crab with a pair of long-armored legs protruding out his shoulder blades, at the ends of the legs are thin sharp claws, whereas his own hands look more like a crab's body with thin legs in place of his fingers. He's a thin man, with a steely ever-present glare. His uniform would get a certified pass by Iida because of how clean, pressed, and professional it is. His top reminds Izuku of a bellhop's uniform that's white in color, and navy-blue colored lined with golden fabric, and gold-colored epaulette on his shoulders. His uniform's cuffs are the same aesthetic of dark blue with gold-colored lining whereas his boots are a solid baby-blue.

[AN: Google Search: Oumagadoki Zoo "Dholak"]

Izuku isn't a hundred percent sure but he's pretty sure the crab man was eyeing him as he passed them by. But his eyes were nothing but dark seemingly empty slits. If anything he may have been trying to intimidate the young lad. And it worked.

Gang Orca takes a seat at the head of the table in the biggest and most expensive black-leather chair there is, overlooking the entire meeting room and making Izuku feel like he's in the presence of a real mob boss. "Tell me."

Izuku straightens as he stands across the table not wanting to upset the hero in any way.

"What is it you want to get out of this internship?"

"Sir?"

Gang Orca hates repeating himself. "Don't make me ask twice."

Izuku frowns in thought. 'What I want to get out of this…?' Well in a way it's the reason he chose to come here in the first place. "I… have all these transformations but each one is different with their own weaknesses, abilities, and even biology." He eyes the Omnitrix knowing full well that there's even more mysteries yet to come. And with each new surprise, or alien, he needs to be able to utilize each and every one of them without fail, especially if he gets one, he is unfamiliar with. "I want to be sure I can utilize each and every one of them to the fullest. But I'm not sure how to go about that." Sure he can practice his fighting skills, but he needs more than that. There's got to be something he's missing. "I did my research before picking my internship. You and your many sidekicks have such unique Quirks, and with such vast knowledge of so many…foreign creatures I thought this would be the best place to help me." Plus with a disposition for fighting and training underwater, Izuku can get some practice by maneuvering in a place that can simulate a lack of gravity. After all astronauts train in water before they actually go up to space, so why shouldn't he do the same?

Gang Orca leans forward, considering the boy's reasoning. "I see, I appreciate your honesty, and might I add it's good to see you've got a good head on your shoulders, most people these days have a hard time admitting their faults. Often or not they fail to see how their best advantage could also be their weakest point. That said, I think there's more we can offer you here."

Izuku raises an eyebrow, he can only wonder what Gang Orca's referring to.

"Your test revealed a lot to me." Gang Orca places a clawed finger against the side of his head as he leans to the side. "You're quick, strong, and most importantly smart all good qualities to have in a hero."

Izuku puffs out his chest, his pride swelling up to hear such compliments from a pro hero.

"However, at the level you are now there's a good chance a villain can still gain the upper hand over you."

His heart drops as his mind recalls what had occurred less than an hour ago. He can still smell Fuka's breath as the shark man lunged at him with his jaws wide, in those few seconds he was able to count the rows of serrated teeth, each one wanting to pierce his flesh.

Gang Orca continues. "I believe you can be quicker, stronger and smarter."

That immediately makes Izuku's spirit rise.

"To be a hero you cannot just rely on your strength or Quirk alone. One must use all of their tools at their disposal." Gang Orca leans forward eyeing the boy with such intensity one would think he was trying to kill the boy with a mere look. "Like a beast of the sea one must use all their senses, skills, knowledge, and abilities to the fullest if they wish to survive. The accumulation of all these things will determine whether your someone's prey or the predator."

Izuku repeats the words just under his breath. "Predator…or prey."

"While you are here there will be no hand holding, no coddling, and certainly no heart to heart bullcrap." Gang Orca points a black claw at the greenette. "You will take every order without question, you will be punctual, and we expect you to do everything at a hundred percent." Now here comes the gut punch. "Anything less, and I will terminate your internship."

The instant he said it, Izuku knows he's telling the truth. He means it one hundred percent, guaranteed.

"You may have come in second in the Sports Festival, but that means squat here. If you saw yourself as the big fish back at school, then forget it, that time is over. That was a pond compared to what awaits you. You've been thrown into an ocean full of predators and you better be ready to fight your way to the top of the food chain." Gang Orca rises out of his seat, towering over the boy making him feel like a minnow in the presence of a killer whale. "As of this moment, you are nothing but a shrimp. A lowly spec that's only purpose is to be chewed up and crapped out by the strong." Essentially, he is at the bottom of the pecking order. "If you don't like it then show me what you really are."

Izuku, defiantly, glares right back trying to match the hero's intensity. "I will!"

"Good, because you start now."

"Yes, sir!"

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'This is not what I had in mind.' Izuku grumbles to himself as he plops the wet mop onto the ground and begins scrubbing.

"Ya call that mopin'?! I sure hope ya don' wipe yar ass like that!"

Izuku slouches over, trying his best to remain respectful and polite. 'What a day: first I get attacked by a shark, threatened by a mermaid, and now…I'm being bossed around by a walrus!'

Yes, after Gang Orca's declaration he tossed Izuku aside, literally, to work under one of his sidekicks, Kaizou. The boy didn't even have the chance to change into his costume instead remaining in his school uniform and only allowed to remove the blazer so as to not ruin it.

Kaizou is in charge of the aquarium's entertainment branch and so after acquiring a new hand he got Izuku to work by mopping up one of their many stages for shows and educational features.

He's a giant of a man and yeah, he's essentially a bipedal walrus with brown leathery skin. Huge white tusks, and giant bushy mustache of whiskers. All he's wearing is a giant pair of back pressed-pants, giant shoes, and a mask with goggle-like eye holes above his nose.

[AN: Google Search: Oumagadoki Zoo "Kaizou"]

"Circles! Ya gotta mop in a circle!" Kaizou swings his flipper-like arm around; it would be funny if he wasn't being reprimanded.

"Don't worry, I'll get it."

"Ya better! We don't need no shrimp ruining the show!"

Izuku sighs in defeat. "Got it, sir."

And he gets right back to moping as Kaizou glares down at him inspecting his work.

Unbeknownst to them standing just behind the entrance to the stage area, Gang Orca's crustacean-like sidekick watches on observing Izuku's miserable form.

And the sight is oh so amusing to him. "Gishigishi."

The oblivious and unsatisfied Izuku lets out an exasperated sigh as he continues to mop away. 'I wonder how everyone else is doing…'

---

Far away, near the center of Tokyo there's a prestigious building that's white in color with large glass walls. And within its walls a top ranked hero evaluates their newest member.

"To be perfectly frank, I don't like you very much."

"Huh?" Katsuki Bakugou scowls, the last thing he came here for was to be ridiculed.

The pro hero turns to face the young man and Bakugou is able to get a good look at him.

He is a tall, slim man with an unnaturally long and flexible neck. He has rather long blonde hair which he wears combed drastically to the left, covering his left eye. His hero costume consists of a pair of jeans, a denim waistcoat with two large breast pockets, and a denim dress shirt with a very high collar which covers his face up to just below his nose. He wears two belts, one around his collar and one around his waist, and short dark brown boots with thick gray shafts and soles.

"I know full well why you chose my agency." The top ranked hero, Best Jeanist, eyes Bakugou, examining his reaction. "Because I'm one of the top five most popular heroes." Specifically, he's ranked as Number 4 under All Might, Endeavor, and Hawks respectively.

The fully costumed Bakugou scowls. "Hey, look, you're the one who made an offer for me."

"Yes." Best Jeanist is exasperated as he slicks his front bang to the side. "Recently, all my recruits have been perfect little angels," he flicks a finger at Bakugou. "so you certainly stood out. I watched the way you fought at the Sports Festival." And he took a particular interest in how much destructive power this child holds with his Explosion Quirk alone. And the display was rather distasteful. "You have a good handle on your powerful Quirk, and a decent grasp of its application as well. You're an outstanding talent. I'd say you're already good enough to take on as a sidekick." But the praise stops there. "However, you do have a fatal flaw. You believe you're the best, and you display that belief without regard for how it reflects on you or your image. You have a ferocious nature."

Bakugou's teeth grind together in anger, anger because the prick is right. Everything he said was right no matter how much he wants to deny it all. But what's really grinding his gears is that this know-it-all prick had him pegged before they could even meet.

"Don't tell me you brought me here just to give me a lecture!" He stomps forward ready to get in the jackasses' face. "Ah-" Before he can even take another step, he finds his arms tied up and bound together, even his legs are pinned against each other. Within a few moments he knows he's been immobilized. By what? String of all things.

"I have to correct people like you. It's part of my duty to society."

Bakugou glares at the strings, unable to comprehend how something so thin and flimsy is keeping him from moving.

"Heroes and villains are cut from the same cloth."

The mad blonde glares up at the source of the threads, Best Jeanist.

"So your job here is to watch me." The sleeves of the hero's costume have been thinned away as the string tightens around the boy. "I'll show you what makes someone a hero." That's a promise.

The very confused and very pissed up Bakugou growls, his arms struggling to break free. "What in the hell are you doing?"

"Isn't it obvious? I'm educating you on becoming an exemplary pro." replies Best Jeanist ever so smoothly like it's obvious. "That includes being aware of the way you speak, your appearance, controlling your emotions, your morals." Basically he wants to correct everything about the U.A. student.

And said U.A. student does not like that, not one bit.

"There are countless things you need to learn, but in the brief period of one week, I will stitch these things into the fabrics of your being."

Bakugou's red gaze boars into the hero's head; he knows this hero means every word and he's not going to give this prick the privilege of changing who he is, not after all that bullcrap.

---

"This sucks." groans an exhausted Izuku.

His knees are sore after only a few minutes of scrubbing the bathroom floor. Apparently Kaizou thought it'd be necessary for him to use a brush and get on his hands and knees to scrub the floor rather than using a mop. Something about making sure Izuku won't miss a speck of dirt on the floor. Thankfully he's scrubbing the employee bathroom meant for the sidekicks rather than the public restroom, but it's still far from glamorous.

Either way it's been hours since his arrival and Izuku's done nothing but clean and be worked to the bone by Gang Orca's sidekicks all across the Ushimitsudoki Aquarium. He's been tossed around by one sidekick to another, from Fuka to Kaizou and even to Tekka Maki; each one putting him through one ordeal after another.

In truth he thought he'd be doing more hero-related work with Gang Orca and be treated as a student, rather he's being treated like any old intern; the only thing missing is that they haven't sent him off to make a coffee run. Actually a coffee run would be so much better than what he's been through so far.

##########(Flashback)#########

First, Fuka hauled him down to the loading dock at the rear of the property. There he had him hauling heavy cargo off into different parts of the aquarium.

"Come on ya're moving so slow!" shouts the very frustrating-to-work-with Fuka. "A fucking slug can move faster than ya! Pick up the pace!"

Four Arms is desperately trying to keep his cool but it's becoming increasingly difficult; he's got one giant crate up in the front being carried by one pair of arms while also carrying two little crates in his two other arms.

Four Arms pouts mumbling to himself as he stomps forward, trying not to collapse under all the weight. "You could help, you know."

"WHADDYA SAY!?"

"Nothing!"

---

"Give it some more juice!" shouts Kaizou.

"I'm trying." grumbles a frustrated Feedback, his tendrils latched into a pair of spotlights.

He's trying to keep them running while some of the technicians run to go and repair a generator. So for now Feedback's got to stand here and keep the lights going while a show performs down below.

Apparently, these spotlights need a lot more electricity than he first thought and as such he can't move or even peer down at the show below. He thinks there's some sort of performance with a seal but they're a little too far up for him to have a proper look.

"Give it some more juice!"

Feedback reels back as more electricity surges through his tendrils.

---

"A little twist here. A little twist there." Grey Matter wiggles his little grey hand inside the broken spinning filter, bits of sand break free from within floating into the filthy water.

Grey Matter fans away the sand as it floats up to his face, he doesn't need that stuff getting into his gills. This filter system is already filthy enough as it is. But why is Grey Matter inside a filtration system?

From where? From inside the actual filter itself. Apparently, it got jammed up from the inside and it just so happened that Grey Matter happens to be the perfect size to squeeze inside and fix it for them, he can also breath underwater so that's a plus.

"There we go!" He pulls his hand away just as the filter begins to spin again, the last of the debris breaking away. 'Hang on…' Grey Matter eyes the increasingly spinning filter, he can feel the water ever so slightly flowing towards the speeding contraption. 'Ironically…I didn't think this through.'

And before he knows it, he gets swept away in the sudden current of water. He fights against it with all he's got but it's no use.

"Wahh!" Grey Matter gets pulled right into the filter, spinning around along with the filter before being shot up the pipe leading into the tank.

Grey Matter gets spat out into the exhibit, fresh clean water filling his gills and a sigh of relief graces his lips now that he's out of danger. "Phew."

It's such a relief that's over, that thing was so filthy it's good to be out. "Huh?"

Wait, where is he anyway. He's inside one of the freshwater tanks but which one was it?

Spinning around Grey Matter turns deathly pale when he realizes which tank, he's in; the piranha exhibit.

"Ahhh! Help!"

Tekka Maki sits atop the open top of the tank, her creepy grin widening as she watches Grey Matter desperately trying to evade the swarm of flesh-eating fish. "Keke ke."

---

Heatblast would be sweating if he was physically able to. He's deep in concentration holding his hand firmly with a single finger out as he carefully welds two pipes together.

'This…is harder than it looks.' He's really trying to keep this compressed flame from going too out of control; he's sure that if he caused a fire then Gang Orca would deal with him himself, and he doesn't need that.

And so he keeps at it, trying to focus on the task at hand.

---

Fuka, Kaizou, and Tekka Maki are all seated and going over piles of paperwork.

A rush of wind and the doors flinging open alerting them to XLR8 who zips right into the underground meeting room.

The speedster pulls out a little notepad and begins reading off the orders. "Roasted Turkey and Avocado BLT on asiago cheese bread?"

"Keke ke. That's mine!" shouts a grinning Tekka Maki, swinging back in her seat with her hand outstretched behind her.

In a blink of an eye XLR8 drops a bag right into her open palm before zooming back to the entrance and reading off the next order. "New England Clam Chowder Soup?"

Fuka doesn't even look up, he just holds his hand out offhandedly. "Here."

XLR8 is nothing but a blur as he drops a bag of food into his giant clawed hand.

"Ancient Grain, Arugula, and chicken salad?"

Kaizou lifts his head and waves his flipper. "Mine, obviously!"

XLR8 speeds over and unceremoniously drops the bag right onto the table.

"Phew." XLR8 wipes his forehead after such a long run.

They sent him to pick their orders from a restaurant that was over fifty miles away. But he's back with about two minutes to spare on his time limit too no less.

Fuka browses his bag but stops and peers up at the U.A student. "Where's my soda, my Diet Dr Kelp?"

XLR8 pales as a horrible sensation seeps in

"I forgot it!"

---

A squad of Dittos, each decked out in miniature scuba gear, are busying themselves by scrubbing away at the massive glass screen from within the tank itself. That task doesn't seem too complicated, if it weren't for the inhabitants of said tank.

While most of the Dittos are busy cleaning away, they only have to deal with the occasional curious fish swimming by. However, one Ditto decided to take a ride on a graceful Manta Ray through the large open tank.

At least he's having fun, because another trio of Dittos are definitely not having a lick of fun. Instead three of them seem to have gotten into a wrestling match with a very angry and territorial Giant Octopus, and they're not winning.

---

Big Chill's chest inflates as he takes a deep inhale and then he exhales, releasing a gentle yet large wind of cool freezing air.

Much of the tundra-like exhibit drastically cools down, snow even forming across the ground and parts of the pool water freezes. A chorus of penguin calls cheer in response, the cute flightless birds were extremely uncomfortable thanks to the cooling system breaking earlier that day.

Big Chill takes a moment to appreciate his handy work, as he does one of the smaller penguins waddles up and cuddles against his cool leg thanking him for his efforts.

"Well," Big Chill leans down and gives the little bird a gentle pat on the head. "At least someone appreciates me."

---

Izuku grins, wiping the sweat from his forehead as he examines the newly mopped aquarium hallway.

It's a mess, sure it's mopped up but there's puddles of water everywhere, he used too much water and apparently too much soap!

"What do I do?" He grumbles pushing back his disheveled hair.

His eyes light up as an obvious solution pops into his mind; followed by his hand on the Omnitrix and him disappearing in a flash of green.

"Terraspin."

The Geochelone Aerio hops up, his limbs forming into fans. With his spinning limbs Terraspin glides through the hallway, generating a strong enough wind to wipe away the excess water.

Terraspin comes to a stop as he reaches the end of the once wet hall, his stump like feet plopping onto the ground before his feet slip right from under him, it appears he missed a spot.

The turtle-like alien ends up falling onto his back, wobbling in place as he tithers side to side. "Dang it."

Terraspin throws his arms forward trying to sway himself to his feet; after a few attempts he knows he won't be getting up any time soon.

Terraspin sighs, accepting his fate, as a curious sea turtle swims by the nearby glass wall.

Terraspin peers over as the sea turtle eyes him curiously. The morphed Izuku plops his fin against the glass, parallel to the sea turtle's beak. "You understand my pain, don't you?"

########(End Flashback)#######

"Finally finished!" Izuku cheers as he practically skips out of the employee bathroom, dropping the brush and bucket into the cleaning supply cart.

"Y-y you must b-b be the new g-g guy." states a gurgly voice.

"Yes, indeed!" responds a gallant yet disciplined voice. "Be sure to behave yourself, Sir Devilfish."

"I w-w will, Ikkaku."

Izuku spins around to see two figures approaching from down the hall both of them are wearing the same white uniforms to that crab guy from earlier. And like all the other sidekicks they too resemble an aquatic-animal counterpart.

The first guy, Izuku assuming is Devilfish, is an octopus of all things. Well nearly his whole body is human except for his head which happens to be the body of a common octopus that's grey in color and only has about two tentacles available. He's a slender man who walks with a permanent slouch like he's constantly sneaking around corners and spying on others, his fingers are long and slim, curling together like he's cooking up some kind of scheme.

[AN: Google Search: Oumagadoki Zoo "Devilfish"]

The second sidekick, Ikkaku, walks with a purpose, the human-bodied man stands with his head held high; his head so happens to be that of a narwhal's head with a broken tusk. Or so it appears, the rest of his long tusk is strapped to his back like a spear being carried by a respectable warrior. He's wearing the same white, blue, and gold uniform as Devilfish and the crab, but with orange gloves around his hands.

[AN: Google Search: Oumagadoki Zoo "Ikkaku"]

The narwhal headed man raises his gloved hand in greeting. "Hello, there young man." He makes a big show of bowing. "My name is Ikkaku!"

"Oh, uh, hi!" responds Izuku not expecting such a pleasant greeting. "I'm Izuku Midoriya."

Ikkaku springs up. "It's a pleasure to meet you! Please seek me out if you need any assistance!"

"T-thanks…" Izuku shyly accepts the offer. 'This guy…sort-of reminds me of Iida.' He's got that same disciplined and strict mannerisms.

Ikkaku gestures to his fellow sidekick. "And this fine fellow is Sir Devilfish."

Devilfish's tentacle-like fingers wring together as he gurgles out a hello. "H-h hey, j-j just call m-m me Devilfish."

"Um, hey…" Izuku gives a curt nod, he's really having a hard time making out any emotion on the octopus' face but like with Tekka Maki there's an air of creepiness around him.

"Tell us, young man!" Ikkaku jabs his hand towards Izuku. "Why are you covered in suds?"

"What?" Izuku grabs his messy hair and a bit of suds drip down between his fingers and arm; when did he get soap in his hair? Well anyway. "Oh, I, uh, was cleaning." He gestures towards the employee restroom.

Ikkaku nods his narwhal-head in understanding. "Oh my, but do tell, why do you look so exhausted?"

"W-well, all the others have been working me ragged since I got here. Haha…" Izuku laughs nervously, praying that these two won't do the same.

"Ah, I see." Ikkaku turns to Devilfish, both share an understanding look like they can relate to the boy's predicament.

"N-n not surprising." adds Devilfish.

Izuku blinks, what does he mean by not surprising? "What was that?"

"Never you mind that." Ikkaku smiles radiates that of an adult addressing a small child. "Tell you what, I think you've more than earned a break by now. Why not take a rest and explore a bit of our world-class aquarium?"

Devilfish steps behind his partner, eyeing Izuku like he's someone to be suspicious of. "O-o or you c-c can hang out in the b-b backstage areas."

Izuku steps back from the pair, for some reason he just feels like that Devilfish guy is going to pull something shady. "Uh, is that okay?"

Ikkaku is quick to respond. "Of course it is!"

---

"Thank goodness." breathes Izuku as he plops himself onto the ground, his legs dangling off the edge of the concrete dock.

After getting permission to take a break via Ikkaku, Izuku set off for a quiet and peaceful place to rest. The loading dock area appeared to be empty and with the calming breeze of the ocean he figured it was the perfect place to hide out for a bit.

Sure he thought about exploring more of the aquarium, but a lot of guests have arrived filling the place up to near capacity. And after being so high in the ranking for the Sports Festival there's no doubt that if he went inside, he'd be swarmed by fans.

So here he is, hiding out in the solidarity of the loading dock.

Izuku takes a moment to examine the place, it's big with only the portion nearest the aquarium having a roof over it; the rest is out in the sunlight, outstretched into the ocean shore.

The loading dock consists of four separate loading ports all leading into the ocean, strewn across the area are large metal crates, plastic barrels, chains and ropes, tools, and machinery. There's only one boat present in the entire place and it's Gang Orca's super expensive speedboat.

A juvenile grin graces Izuku's lips. "This is great." He sounds perfectly at peace glad to finally be having a break. 'But what is this place's deal?'

He hasn't even seen Gang Orca around all day, sure he's high up on the rankings so he gets called away on all sorts of business all across the country, but Izuku was really hoping he could at least tag along. But he's been pawned off to the other sidekicks who are getting a real kick out of putting him through some humiliating tasks. If this keeps up…he won't have any real progress; all his classmates will outpace him at this rate.

But what can he do? There's got to be something.

"Hmph. Lazing about on the job, typical of a welp such as yourself."

Izuku doesn't recognize that voice, but the scrutinization sure does sting.

A uniformed figure stomps out from the shadows, their hands in their pockets as they tower over the boy. "And the boss had such high hopes for you."

Izuku spins around to address the new arrival. "It's you."

It's that lanky crab guy he saw when he first arrived. "The names, Dholak." Dholak spits. "Don't forget it you little shit."

'What is this guy's deal?' Izuku smiles trying to remain polite. "I…I won't."

"Hmph." Dholak leans his head back, glaring at Izuku through the dark empty slits he calls eyes.

'Maybe I should just leave.' Izuku, unhappily, gets up from his spot and begins to walk away from the hostile crab.

A thin armored leg, pierces into his path cracking the cement just before the U.A. student's feet.

Said student is scared stiff, his eyes locked onto the spear-like appendage that was only a few inches off from stabbing his own legs.

Even so he chokes back a frightened yelp. "Hey, um, d-do you mind moving your…" His eyes lock onto the thin sharp claw at the end of the long-thin appendage. "leg?"

"Yeah, I do mind."

"Oh…" Something's wrong, very wrong, yet it's somewhat familiar.

For Izuku this feels like… old times. It feels as if Bakugou himself is glaring down at him, wanting to hurt him and beat him into the ground. Izuku's being targeted and Dholak is not going to just let him walk away.

Not one to go straight to fisticups Izuku remains calm knowing that he has to at least try to defuse the situation. "Well in that case-"

Dholak doesn't even give him the chance to calm the situation. "I bet you think you're top shit after the Sports Festival, playing with your kiddie friends and thinking you're number one."

'That's…not at all how I think.' Izuku internally grumbles to himself, he then puts on the best I'm-no-threat smile he can muster. "Well actually I didn't come in number one, I was in second."

An irk mark appears on Dholak's forehead. "Are you calling me stupid?" His voice is dangerously low.

Clearly Izuku's comment had the worst effect possible and he's well aware of it, he needs to fix this, now! "I meant no offense! I'm sure you're very intelligent." Izuku begins bowing back and forth, apologizing for whatever it was that offended the crabby sidekick. "I'm sorry for overstepping! I didn't mean to offend!"

Dholak's extended leg retracts, folding up above his head as to be ready to strike again. "First you call me stupid. And now you're pitying me!"

"No!" Izuku is getting more and more desperate, this guy really is just looking for a fight. "I swear, I'm not!" Seriously he's begging for mercy. "I'm only here to learn! And to work hard while doing it!"

"Work…hard."

Uh, oh.

If Dholak's anger was a quiet flame before then it's a raging inferno now, even if he keeps his voice at a moderately hushed tone. "You worked hard? Gishigishi, don't make me laugh." His piercing gaze stares right into the boy's very soul. "You haven't been working hard at all."

Okay, now that stung. "Excuse me?"

"I've been observing you."

Izuku's blood goes cold. "What?" Just how much of a creep is this guy?!

Dholak raises his crab-bodied hand and stretches a thin finger at the boy. "The others may have been working you around the clock, but you have yet to really work for your place here."

Izuku frowns, not sure what this guy could mean.

"If you're not willing to work for the right to be here." His dual pincers begin to windup. "Then you're not worth our time." His eyes widen as a brilliant idea pops into his mind. "You know what kid. I think I'll just get rid of you."

'Get rid…of me?!' Izuku instinctively reaches for the Omnitrix, finding comfort that he can defend himself if he has to. 'He can't do that…can he?'

Dholak strikes, launching his extended lance-like limb right toward Izuku's head.

"Woah!" Izuku falls back as the lance attack zooms over his face. 'That was close…!' And terrifying, those legs of his have a far greater reach than he first thought.

"Don't you get it?"

Izuku props himself off the ground as Dholak retracts his extended pincer.

"You're not walking away from this." Dholak adjusts his collar as his pincers click together. "Not unless you beat me."

Izuku pushes himself onto his feet. He doesn't fully understand the situation, and maybe it's too late for reasoning, but he just has to be sure if this is the right course of action. "Is this a test?"

Dholak throws his pincers forward, his long legs clashing together in front of him like a pair of swords. "No."

Okay, then. At least Izuku knows that this is the only way out.

Dholak glare intensifies. "By the end of this fight. I'll have you crying for mercy."

Izuku grips the Omnitrix, activating the dial face, he'll show this guy that he is here to work hard, no matter what he says.

And so with no other options available, Izuku slams down on the alien device. "Lodestar!" The Biosovortian howls as he readies himself for a fight. "Okay crab cakes, if you want a fight." He raises his own pincer towards his challenger. "Then you got one."

"Gahh!" Dholak strikes, launching his spear-like leg forward.

Lodestar spins away evading the attack.

Dholak throws his other claw forward but Lodestar quickly magnifies a tin sheet to intercept the attack. Unfortunately, the thin metal sheet does nothing to stop the oncoming attack, breaking through the metal sheet like paper before slamming right into Lodestar's chest.

Lodestar is thrown back, groaning in pain, as he's thrown against the aquarium wall.

Dholak retracts his extended claw as he charges forward, his claws poised to strike. "Prepare for a world of pain!"

Acting fast, Lodestar magnifies a nearby chain and flings it forward just as Dholak springs a spearing claw forward. The flying chain wraps around Dholak's outstretched crab-leg, Lodestar then magnifies the end of the chain, tightening it around the appendage. With a firm grip on his foe Lodestar, using his magnetic beam, swings the chain around and flings Dholak into a wooden crate smashing it to pieces.

Lodestar releases his hold on the chain. "Had enough?"

"You bastard." Dholak rises out from the broken boards like a zombie out for revenge. "You're going to regret that."

Dholak throws his claws to the side and swings them forward into nearby stacks of crates, barrels, and other supplies throwing them all forward at the U.A. student.

Lodestar thrusts his arms forward releasing a magnetic pulse, but it does very little only affecting the screws of the crates, and a few other smaller metal objects but the rest of the projectiles just keep on flying toward him.

"Seriously?" Lodestar easily bats away the projectiles, the only real threat are the empty plastic barrels but those are just nuisances if anything else.

As Lodestar swats away the last barrel something thin and red in color fires straight for his head, the alien instinctually flinches and just in time too as Dholak's extends claw grazes his cheek and impales itself into the cement wall.

Lodestar gasps, sweating profusely from how close that strike is, his head is only a hair away from the sharp appendage; it was that close. 'He…he used the debris as a cover to launch another attack.'

"You're not taking this seriously."

The very wary Lodestar's eyes trail down the extended claw towards its source who's readying his opposite claw and giving him one of the darkest glares he's ever been on the receiving end of.

"I told you, you're not walking away from this." Dholak continues not moving his lance-like limb from its place. "Not unless you fight back. Understand?"

He does.

Lodestar's lips straighten as he pries himself away from his spot, marching away from the extended lance as it reacts again. "Fine then."

Lodestar swings his arms and releases a massive magnetic field that swallows up everything that enters its radius: pipes, chains, screws and nails, crab cages, and anything else that's made of metal. "Think I'm taking this seriously now, crab cakes?!"

Dholak, admittedly, looks a bit nervous as all those magnetic items swirl around Lodestar's form.

Swinging his arms up and over his head, Lodestar throws the swarm of metal at the sidekick. The metal projectiles shower down on the crab, but Dholak is far more agile than Lodestar had predicted.

Dholak weaves his lanky body between the projectiles, using his elongated longs to swat and parry anything that gets too close.

As more projectiles come flying, Dholak uses his elongated legs to springboard himself up into the air, high above the projectiles.

Lodestar gasps as his foe twirls up in the air, curling his lance-like claws around his body. "Crab Screwdriver!" Dholak begins to spin like a giant drill as he races down towards Lodestar.

With that much speed built up, Lodestar has barely any time to dodge. Throwing his own body to the side as the drilling attack impales the ground, breaking the cement on impact and causing enough of an impact to throw Lodestar down.

Lodestar wastes no time to spring himself back onto his feet as Dholak prepares his next attack. "Rahhh!" Lodestar roars at the top of his longs as he aims a magnetic pulse right at a pair of anchors sitting nearby.

The chained anchors rise and fly forward crashing to Dholak, forcing him back and he uses his legs and claws to block the strikes. The anchors fly up and begin to dive bomb the crab man, who parries each one away but Lodestar, not one to give up, doesn't relent. He swings his arms back and forth, side to side, manipulating his magnetic beams to repeatedly launch the anchors back at his target.

Dholak continues to parry, and swerving out of the way of the anchors, so Lodestar decides to change things up.

An anchor dives in from above and Dholak steps out of the way as the heavy metaled object smashes onto the ground, rooting it in place.

Dholak eyes the anchor just before the second anchor smashes into the ground behind him. 'What's this brat up to?'

He soon has his answer as the chains attached to the anchors rise and dance around him.

"What?!"

The chains spin and wrap themselves around Dholak, pinning his pincers, and body in place.

Lodestar smirks at his handy work. "Sorry, but you can't get rid of me so easily."

Dholak growls. "Evidently not." He struggles against this bond trying to wiggle around to gain some sort of leverage. "But you're still not off the hook." One of his claws manage to get around one of the chain links.

His sharp powerful claw presses down on the chain, the chain link cracks and then snaps away under the crushing pressure. "You welp! I'll tear your arms from your body and serve them to Fuka!" With one chain loose it's only a simple matter for Dholak to break free from his bonds entirely.

"Is that so?" Lodestar remains defiant as a massive metal trailer floats above his head.

While Dholak was breaking himself free, Lodestar got to work at acquiring his latest weapon.

"Take this!" Lodestar throws his arms forward and the massive trailer goes flying right for the crab man.

Dholak does something rather unexpected. He doesn't flee, or even try to dodge, instead he runs…straight towards the flying trailer.

Dholak leaps forward, clapping his crab-legs together and thrusting them forward like a massive lance. And like a lance the piercing pincers stab themselves right through the massive projectile. Dholak spins his body around as his pincers pierce through the trailer making a hole big enough for his lanky body to slip right through with no issue. His pincers break through the other side, before swinging apart and making a huge gash in the side of the trailer allowing Dholak to leap out like a beast breaking from its cage.

Lodestar gasps, his jaw dropping as Dholak lunges at him and the trailer crashes into the ocean.

"Special Move: Pincer Assault!" Dholak's crab-legs thrust forward in rapid succession, striking the alien multiple times within a single second.

Even though he's only using two crab-legs, for Lodestar it feels like he's being impaled by a hundred spears all at once. Each one striking him with such force he can't even react to defend himself, throwing him into a daze.

Dholak swings one of his lance-like appendages back and then swings it forward. The limb crashes into Lodestar throwing the young alien towards the opposite end of the loading dock.

Lodestar's head bounces off the ground, aching and groaning with a sharp pain as he struggles to get up. "That…really hurt."

His whole body is wobbling as pieces of his magnetic body form back together. Even though his body can repair itself doesn't mean he can't feel pain, and it sure does hurt, a lot.

"Giving up?"

Lodestar grips his side, as he glares up at the calm and practically unscathed Dholak. "No way…"

"Very well." Dholak twirls around his lance-like pincers rising and preparing themselves to deliver another Pincer Assault.

Lodestar turns and aims his magnetic pull towards the largest mass of metal nearby: Gang Orca's very own speedboat. The speedboat rises out of the water like something out of a fairy tale, floating up into the air and over Lodestar's own head, water dripping from its frame and splashing down around him, casting a foreboding shadow over the alien.

The two foes glare and size each other up, waiting for the other to make the first move, the tension building all the while, each of them on their toes for the inevitable clash between warriors.

Dholak loses patience and goes in for the kill, moving with incredible speed as he races forward. "Pincer Assault!"

Lodestar howls as he launches the speed boat forward and it comes flying down towards Dholak who throws his own pincers forward to meet the attack.

"Narwhal's Horn Dance!"

Seemingly from thin air, or more accurately from the ocean, Ikkaku leaps in the way of both attack and moves with such astounding speed as he grips his tusk of a spear, swinging it and thrusting it around at the oncoming attacks.

Somehow Ikkaku is able to move his spear around with such grace and speed that he not only intercepts and blocks Dholak's Pincer Assault but with a few well aimed slashes he slices up the speedboat allowing it to crumble and break apart and shower around him. Ikkaku doesn't so much as blink to the falling debris, he just stands firmly in place blocking each strike with a stern look on his face.

"That's quite enough you two." Ikkaku aims his tusk-spear at Dholak.

Lodestar, glad to see a friendly face, stands down but he keeps his gaze on Dholak in case he tries to pull anything fishy.

Dholak however is more concerned with the interruption. "What's the big idea?! You're interrupting my match!" Dholak's pincers click together threateningly. "Why are you even here?"

"I t-t told h-h him."

Lodestar looks around but he doesn't see the source of that gurgly voice. Dholak and Ikkaku however both look up towards the top of the wall. Lodestar follows their gaze and sure enough, Devilfish, is clinging to the wall like a spider using his suction cups to remain in place.

'Was he there the whole time?'

Dholak assumes the same thing as Lodestar, but he turns his glare back on the narwhal headed sidekick. "Move out of my way, you bastard."

Ikkaku smiles definitely. "Oh my, I'm afraid I cannot do that."

"And why not?" Dholak points an accusing finger at his fellow hero. "You know the rules, I'm not overstepping my place here."

Ikkaku nods. "Although that may be correct, you must understand that this young man is unaware of how our agency works and thus I find that he is at a great disadvantage."

Dholak clicks his tongue. "So, what? Life ain't fair, so why should I? If he doesn't know how the world works, then I can't be blamed for his naiveness."

Ikkaku humphs. "You bring up some fair points, however, I see it differently." His gaze hardens and with a swish of his tusk-spear he directs it at his coworker. "Besides I think you've made your point already. Don't you?"

Dholak hates this, he really does, his eyes shift from Lodestar back to Ikkaku, considering how to go about his next move. He could fight them both but…even he knows when to draw the line.

"Fine, have it your way." His legs fold together and rest at his sides.

Ikkaku smiles with approval. "I thank you good, sir."

Dholak throws his head defiantly to the side. "You and I both know that I'm not good."

Lodestar finally relaxes, letting out a huge sigh of relief. "Thank you, Mr. Ikkaku."

Ikkaku smiles at the lad. "It was my pleasure, Sir Midoriya." He sheaths his tusk-spear onto his back.

Lodestar eyes Dholak as if he's going to try and attack him again. "Um, Mr. Ikkaku can you tell me what…that was all about?" What rules were they talking about?

Ikkaku instantly understands the question. "I'd be more than glad to answer your questions. However, let's get you patched up first. Shall we?"

"Um, sure."

Ikkaku happily leads Lodestar towards the exit as Devilfish slides down from his perch.

Dholak's piercing gaze never leaves Lodestar as Ikkaku leads him away and into the aquarium.

Devilfish caustically approaches his fellow sidekick. "W-W was that r-r really necessary?"

"Yes. It was."

---

"There we are!" Ikkaku backs away from the hospital bed. "Feeling better, are we?"

Izuku examines all the bandages and wrapping on his body, thankfully Lodestar's regeneration ability is top notch, but it wasn't enough to cover all the scratches, bruises, and punctures.

"Yeah, much better." Izuku smiles up appreciating

Currently both Izuku and Ikkaku are in the aquarium's infirmary. It's a narrow room with a lot of dividing currents between each bed. Strewn across the walls are cabinets full of medical supplies.

"Keke ke, Dholak really gave you a good thrashing. Keke ke."

"Wah?!" Izuku screams nearly falling off the hospital bed in surprise.

"Ah, Lady Maki." Ikkaku smiles up at Tekka Maki who had sneaked into the infirmary when they weren't looking. "What brings you here?"

Tekka Maki grins creepily from atop the nearest hospital bed. "Oh, nothing I just heard that this fishy creep got his ass kicked."

Izuku sulks into his seat. "I won't say I got my butt kicked…"

Tekka Maki smirks letting Izuku know that she doesn't see it his way.

So knowing he won't get anywhere, Izuku finally addresses the reason he's even in the infirmary. "So, why did he want to attack me like that?"

Both Ikkaku and Tekka Maki peer at the boy curiously.

"I mean, Dholak really seemed to have it out for me. Why is that?"

Ikkaku shakes his head. "There's no telling what goes through that man's mind. But I do know one thing about him."

"And that is?"

"He's far too impatient."

"Impatient?" Izuku blinks, tiling his head to the side. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Well you see." Ikkaku grips his chin, deep in thought about how to best explain this. "Dholak has some high aspirations. He wishes to climb the ranking here as quickly as he can, and he'll challenge anyone who threatens his goal."

"But why target me?! I'm just an intern."

"Even so you are an intern from U.A., an elite school for the brightest future heroes."

"True…" Even Izuku can't deny the elitism there is when one attends U.A.'s Hero Course. "So, Dholak sees me as a potential threat to his…ranking especially if I decided to stick around after I graduate."

"Precisely!"

"Huh? But what does fighting me have to do with this ranking thing you're talking about."

"Ah, well you see it has to do with-"

"It's because of the system!" Tekka Maki unceremoniously cuts in, interrupting Ikkaku's explanation.

Ikkaku peers around her shoulder looking very dejected. "You interrupted me…"

Izuku leans away unsure about the creepy mermaid. "System?"

"Yeah!" Tekka Maki grins wildly more than happy to explain. "You see there's a sort of ranking system here and it's crazy."

"Crazy? Crazy how?"

"It's just crazy!" She shouts this out like it's the most obvious thing ever. "Here!" She holds up a scroll of paper with drawings of various sea animals on it, like that of a food chain.

Izuku eyes the partially opened scroll curiously. 'She just so happened to have that on her?' "Think of this place as a food chain, alright." Tekka Maki points to the top image first, which just so happens to be a picture of a killer whale. "On the top there's the orca." The greatest predator of the sea. "Then there's a walrus, a crab, a narwhal, great-white shark, a beautiful tuna!" Her eyes gleam as she gestures to herself. "and a…fishy octopus."

Izuku quickly realizes that the images are a parallel to Gang Orca and the standing of his sidekicks.

"Then there's regular fish."

Izuku lights up. "Oh, that's me."

"Nope." Tekka Maki extends the scroll showing even more links in this food chain. "There's plankton, there's single cellomites."

"And then there's me…?"

"I'm getting there."

Uh, oh.

"There's coral, there's rocks." Her wicked grin graces her lips. "There's human feces, and then there's you."

And there he is, at the very bottom there's a poorly drawn version of Izuku. The only way to tell that it's him is that the drawing has freckles and is colored completely in green. Honestly, if she said a five-year-old drew it then he'd believe her.

'That's…messed up.' The frowning and very insulted Izuku turns to Ikkaku for a real explanation. "That's not right is it?"

Ikkaku shrugs his shoulder and gives Izuku a rather sheepish smile. "In a way it is."

That was not the answer Izuku was looking for if his stunned face is anything to go by.

Ikkaku continues. "For you see this food chain represents the sort of hierarchy of our facility."

"Hierarchy?"

"Yes, the higher you are up this food chain the more respect, responsibility, and authority you wield."

Okay, this is starting to make some sense.

"Really?"

"Yeah!" Tekka Maki butts right in getting right up into the teen's face. "But there's only one way to go up the rankings."

And just like that everything clicks into place for Izuku. "And that's…to fight?"

"Yup! Keke ke!"

Izuku turns back to Ikkaku. "But why?"

"Simple, think back to the food chain." Ikkaku raises up Tekka Maki's chart. "Sir Orca strives for strength, cunning, and ability out of each of his underlings. So, in order to foster our skills he's developed this system that drives us to challenge ourselves and each other. And we can challenge anyone, anywhere, at any time."

'Oh, okay.' Basically it's like a never-ending tournament. You can lose as much as you can win as long as you beat someone of higher rank, and the higher the rank the more benefits you gain.

"And because of my potential Dholak thought it best to assert his place now rather than later."

"Exactly!"

"Woah!" Tekka Maki awes. "You're like really smart for someone so fishy."

Something else crosses Izuku's mind, something rather important about his whole internship. "Wait, so is this why Gang Orca isn't personally overseeing me?"

Both sidekicks respond simultaneously. "Exactly!/Yup!"

Ikkaku explains further. "Why should the top predator of the sea have to interact with the lowest of the low of the food chain? When the orca is more than capable of taking on any of the strongest beasts the sea has to offer."

Make sense, orcas hunt literally anything: seals, sharks, dolphins, and other whales! They don't bother with…with "shrimp." No wonder Gang Orca called him shrimp; it was his way of telling Izuku where he stands.

So, in a way Dholak was actually somewhat right about Izuku, too. He said that the greenette wasn't working hard for his place here and that's true. He hasn't done anything to prove that he can compete with the others, literally. All he's done since arriving was do what the others ordered him to do.

Seeing the disgruntled expression on the boy's face, Ikkaku figures now is a time to intervene. "It's already getting pretty late. Why not get some rest for the remainder of the day."

"Huh?!" Oh, no they're pitying him! "I don't need to rest!"

"Yes you do." chastises Ikkaku. "You've been attacked twice today and worked to the bone. So, the best thing to do now is rest up and be ready to work even harder tomorrow."

"Um, okay I guess…" Izuku slumps down in his seat, he would rather be useful or learn something from all this but what can he really say? "Are you sure it's okay."

"Yes!"

"Besides," Tekka Maki chirps in. "we got to attend a sucky meeting right now anyway so no one will bother you." Her wicked grin returns as a dark thought crosses her mind. "Of course there's always the option of doing the night shift."

A shiver runs down Izuku's spine just thinking about working in a dark, empty aquarium with prone to violence sidekicks walking around does not sound like a fun idea.

"I think I'll just…go to bed."

"Excellent!" Ikkaku gives a big thumbs up. "Hang in there Sir Midoriya, tomorrow will be a better day."

"I sure hope so…"

"Keke ke."

---

Izuku sighs as he plops down on his temporary bed, but the thin mattress provides little comfort after such a grueling day of hard work.

The rest of the guest room is no better, it's small, cramped, and cold with only enough room for a bed and for Izuku to have his stuff sit nearby.

Izuku slumps down on the thin sheets and mattress, feeling rather unsatisfied about how his first day as an intern went. He doesn't feel like he's made any real progress; afterall, all he's done was be bossed around by the rest of the sidekicks. He needs to get stronger, improve his powers, and so much more but he can't do that if he's cleaning and helping with maintenance! Heck, he hasn't even received any guidance from Gang Orca himself, the one he's supposed to be interning with.

Ikkaku's words pop back into his mind: "Why should the top predator of the sea have to interact with the lowest of the low of the food chain? When the orca is more than capable of taking on any of the strongest beasts the sea has to offer."

Izuku plops his head down on the pillow. 'It…sort of make sense. I'm just a shrimp and by definition I'm not worth Gang Orca's time.' That sort-of makes sense. 'But what can I do to change that, hm?'

As Izuku ponders about what to do he recalls his conversation of Ikkaku about this place's strange ranking system: "Sir Orca strives for strength, cunning, and ability out of each of his underlings. So, in order to foster our skills he's developed this system that drives us to challenge ourselves and each other. And we can challenge anyone, anywhere, at any time."

Izuku stares up at the ceiling considering those words. "Challenge anyone, anywhere, and any time…" Suffice to say that is an interesting system they got here and by winning in those challenges one can gain respect, responsibility, and authority.

"Respect…" Izuku mulls over that word like it has some greater meaning.

'Wait!' And like that a lightbulb goes off in his head as he jumps right off the bed in a fit of excitement. 'If I have such a low ranking then all I need to do is raise it up!'

His smile falls away as another problem occurs. 'But…that means I got to fight professional heroes, even if they are sidekicks, they have far more experience than me so I'm at a major disadvantage. So challenging them one at a time would take too long, even if I can defeat them by the time, I do my internship might be over.'

Now this is a predicament plus if he did defeat any of the sidekicks, they can always challenge him too and push him down further in the rankings.

What Izuku needs is a way to climb the ranking quickly, to gain Gang Orca's respect and tutelage…

'Wait…I can challenge anyone, at anytime, anywhere. I don't have to go in a specific order, do I?' A sly grin slowly forms on Izuku's face as a brilliant, and arguably stupid, idea forms in his head.

---

Gang Orca is seated at the head of the table looking down at his sidekicks as they go over mountains of paperwork: both for hero work and the aquarium. Kaizou is going over his own notes while Ikkaku pays close attention while taking the minutes of the meeting, Fuka looks absolutely bored out of his mind as does Tekka Maki who looks like she would rather be anywhere but here. As for Devilfish, well it's hard to tell with his expressionless face.

Dholak is standing at the opposite end of the large carved table reading off several requests for their agency's assistance across the country.

Dholak scans the list of cities that have requested their presence. "There's been a few requests namely two: Geonosis City and Ho-"

"I am here!" Izuku bursts through the doors like a cowboy looking for a duel.

Everyone, but Gang Orca, reacts snapping their attention up at the boy.

Dholak quickly spins around, his pincers clicking together in annoyance. "What the hell are you doing here?!"

Izuku inhales, calming his nerves knowing he has to be brave right now. "I heard there was a meeting tonight."

Dholak's glare hardens. "And who told you about that?" His voice is dangerously low as his pincers prepare themselves to strike.

Meanwhile, Tekka Maki shifts her gaze away, whistling softly and acting like she didn't hear a thing just now.

Izuku marches forward, trying his best not to shake under Dholak's steely gaze. "That's not important. What is important is that I have business here, too."

"What kind of business?"

Izuku peers past Dholak to the real hero of this agency, Gang Orca.

The pro hero remains rooted in his massive leather chair, leaning to the side with his hand propped up acting like Izuku isn't even in the room. But whether the case Izuku knows for a fact that he's listening.

And so Izuku takes a deep breath before explaining himself. "This place runs like a food chain, right?"

Fuka scoffs. "You bet it does."

Izuku nods. "So if I understand it, I'm at the bottom of it, right?"

Tekka Maki snickers. "Keke ke. That's right."

Izuku's green gaze locks onto Dholak's. "And the only way to climb up the food chain is the fight for it, correct?"

Dholak scowls, not liking this child's tune. "Correct." His pincers slowly extend out towards the boy until a pincer is clicking near each of his ears. "So, what? You want a rematch?"

Izuku keeps his gaze forward, not reacting to the sharp pincers hangout near his face. "No." Izuku leans his head to the side so he can take a look at his real target. "I'm challenging him." And he points right to his intended opponent.

It must have been a really bold, and stupid move, because each of the sidekicks gasp in horror even Dholak looks a bit horrified, taken back by the sudden astonishment.

Izuku stands tall, not regretting his decision. "What do you say?" He glares right up at the head of the table. "Do you accept my challenge, Gang Orca."

Gang Orca remains unmoving, uncaring, like a statue unaware of what's around him. Perhaps it's his way of saying that the little shrimp isn't worth his time.

"Are you a dumbass?!" Dholak screams in outrage. "No! You are a dumbass! Who in the hell do you think you are?! You don't stand a fucking chance against the boss!"

Before Izuku can defend his answer Ikkaku shoots up from his seat. "Sir Midoriya, although your bravery is commendable, I must highly recommend that you stand down."

"With all due respect, sir." Izuku's gaze never leaves Gang Orca. "I will not."

Dholak growls. "Why you little shit."

Tekka Maki snickers. "Keke ke. I'm liking this kid more and more."

Devilfish isn't so sure. "H-H he's got a d-d death w-w wish."

Fuka grins. "Good, shows he's got a backbone."

Dholak still isn't getting it. "But why? Why challenge him?!"

Izuku never peels his jaded eyes away from his target. "I need to get stronger, as quickly as I can. And if that means I have to take on the most dangerous predator in the sea then I will." Besides if he goes pro then this may be an everyday occurrence. "Heroes have to fight dangerous villains all the time, some even stronger than they are, if I can't accept that possibility now than I shouldn't even be here." His fists clench at his sides, driving him to fight on. "So what do you say Gang Orca? Do you accept my challenge?" He aims his fist towards the pro hero. "I will fight you, to be on top of this food chain!"

Dholak had far enough of this bullshit. "YOU SHUT YOUR TRAP YOU LITTLE-"

"I accept."

An immediate hush rushes through the underground meeting room, like if someone just paused a movie without any warning. Every single one of them slowly and hesitantly gaze up towards the head of the table. Where Gang Orca has actually straightened out in his seat, his head held high as too look down on them all with his piercing red gaze.

Dholak looks from the boy to the pro. "B-but s-sir he's just-"

"A child? Yes. But a child who is willing to put it all on the line." Even though Gang Orca is speaking rather calmly, there's just this air of danger emanating off of him. "Midoriya, I accept your challenge."

Izuku nods.

"However, this is not the place for it."

Izuku blinks, he was kind of planning to fight here and now.

"There is a far better stage for us to duel." Gang Orca rises from his seat. "Just remember this boy." His red eyes shine with bloodlust even through the dark damp chamber. "You've brought this upon yourself."

"I'm well aware of that, sir." Izuku's instincts are screaming for him to run away and live, but he bites back holding his ground. "But I've been told that I can be rather reckless."

Izuku isn't sure but he could have sworn that he saw Gang Orca smile, if just for a split second.

---

A few minutes later Izuku finds himself standing in the middle of a massive auditorium under the starry night sky glimmering through the massive glass dome high up over their heads. Izuku examines the rest of the auditorium, they are surrounded by massive bleachers in this dome shaped auditorium. But Izuku himself is standing on a floating platform in the middle of this massive place, the rest of his surrounding being a massively deep pool of sea water. There are a few more floating platforms scattered in the water, but they are way too far away for Izuku just to jump to.

Apparently, this auditorium is where the aquarium put on their more exciting and bigger performances. But it being so late the only audience members are Gang Orca's sidekicks, who aren't going to miss out on this show. After all it's rather exciting to see a killer whale out on a hunt.

Speaking of, Gang Orca stands across from Izuku on another floating platform not too far away from his own.

Izuku nervously smiles at his foe. "Is…is this the part where you ask me if I want to back out?"

"No." Gang Orca's red gaze shines with deadly intent. "There will be no backing out from this." He raises up his clawed hand, adjusting the cuff of his sleeve. "I fully intend on devouring you."

'He…doesn't mean that, literally does he?' Izuku shakes his head trying to ward off the nervousness and fear seeping in, he can't back down if he fails, he won't get anything out of this internship.

"Go on then."

"Eh?" Izuku blinks.

Gang Orca gestures at Izuku's watch. "Go on, I will allow you the chance to transform before we begin. In fact, as to give you a fighting chance I'll allow you to strike me three times before I am allowed to retaliate."

Izuku frowns as he grips the Omnitrix. "Do you really think that's necessary?"

"Yes." Gang Orca tenses up, his muscular build bulging as he takes a firm stance. "You are nothing but a shrimp after all. It's not like you'll actually hurt me." He flexes his claws as his black cape billows behind him. "Go on then, I'm waiting."

Izuku frowns, he knows when he's being insulted and it sure does sting, but he'll show them what he's got. And with that he disappears from sight as his entire body is enveloped by green energy.

"Water Hazard!"

Izuku examines his alien form. "Been a while since I used this one."

Gang Orca cups his chin. "Ha, a shrimp like transformation for a shrimp. Talk about fitting."

Water Hazard's eyes narrow as he aims his hands backwards and leans his upper body forward. "This shrimp packs more of a punch than you realize."

Streams of water burst out of Water hazard's palm, blasting straight into the water behind him. The pressurized jets of water roar before exploding with power propelling Water Hazard forward into the air. Water Hazard begins to spin generating a whirlpool like jetstream behind him making him spin faster and faster like a flying torpedo.

"DEEP-SIX TORPEDO!"

As the name suggests, Water Hazard spins through the air like a torpedo fired right out of a battleship, a spiraling mass of water propels him forward, crashing and thrashing the water below as he aims for his target.

Said target remains rooted to his spot, not even flinching as the raging torpedo races towards him, and inevitably crashes into with such force that one would think a real torpedo may have gone off inside the aquarium. Water showers down as waves crash and rip through the massive pool.

"You call that a special move?"

Gang Orca is totally fine, unscathed, and rooted to his spot. Even his business attire and cape are without a single tear.

As for Water Hazard, he is currently down on his knees, that attack having done quite a bit of recoil damage to himself. "How did you…?"

Gang Orca glares down at the boy. "I said I wouldn't retaliate, I never said I wouldn't defend myself."

Water Hazard's eyes narrow as he retraces the attack in his mind. 'That's it!' He gazes up at Gang Orca with awe and fear as he realizes how it is, he survived that attack.

---

Watching from the bleachers, Fuka turns to his fellow sidekicks. "What the hell is he talking about?"

"Orcinus." responds Dholak.

Fuka didn't quite catch that. "What?"

"The bosses Quirk, dumbass." spits Dholak. "Just before impact he released hypersonic waves to intercept the strike."

Tekka Maki frowns. "I don't get it."

Dholak sighs, exhaustedly. "Basically he made a sonic shield to block the attack."

Both Fuka and Tekka Maki awe. "Oh!"

"Idiots…"

---

Water Hazard has come to the same realization and now he's at more of a disadvantage. Unfortunately, that special move of his really is a double-edge sword.

"What's the matter?" Gang Orca towers over the shrimp. "Realizing how useless your efforts are?"

Alright, time to kick this up a notch.

"Rahh!" Water Hazard dunks one hand into the water as he aims the other right at Gang Orca. "Try this on for size." Water rushes into Water Hazard's dunked hand, vacuuming up into his body.

"FIRE FLOW!"It's like a volcano of water just erupted from Water Hazard's raised palm as tons of pressurized water explodes forth.

Water Hazard's new special move strikes Gang Orca head on. The pro generates another sonic shield but even that's not enough to cancel out the tsunami of water rocketing towards him.

The hydroblast slams into Gang Orca and even with a sonic shield. The blast crashes into him at a continuous rate slowly pushing him back towards the edge of the floating platform.

Gang Orca has his arms raised, blocking the water but the pressure is too much and it breaks through his defense allowing the water to crash and burst out when it collides with his frame.

Seeing his opening Water Hazard cuts off the water and charges right for Gang Orca as water rains down all around them.

"Ahhh!" He throws his fist forward and it slams into Gang Orca just as the rain ends and a harsh silence follows as Water Hazard holds his pose.

His fist shakily pushes against the side of the unfazed Gang Orca's face, unmoving and not affecting him whatsoever.

"What the hell was that?" Gang Orca snarls even as Water Hazard's fist grinds against the side of his face.

Water Hazard's eyes widened in fear he had honestly thought he would have packed more a punch. But it looks like all he did piss off his opponent, specifically he pissed off a killer whale.

"That was three attempts." The calm yet subtle bloodlust in Gang Orca's voice is palpable. "Talk about pathetic I thought you would have more in you. Guess U.A.'s not educating you properly." The killing intent radiates off the pro hero as he ever so slowly reveals his fangs, glaring into Water Hazard's very soul. "I'll teach you what a real attack looks like."

---

Tekka Maki grins creepily. "Keke ke. He's in for it now."

Devilfish crowns as he slouches in his seat. "P-p poor k-k kid."

"He's chum." adds Fuka.

---

The rage-filled Gang Orca grabs Water Hazard by the head and before the boy can react, Gang Orca slams the alien into the platform, cracking it and making a decently sized dent. "Regretting your decision yet?"

Water Hazard grabs at Gang Orca's hand, struggling to break free from the deathgrip, and chokes out an answer. "I'm…considering it-Gah!"

The death grip on his head tightens as he's lifted up only to be smashed right back into the ground, cracking it even further, and then again, and again, and again. Water Hazard's shell echoes every time he's slammed into the platform, groaning in pain as Gang Orca's grip never weakness around him. Gang Orca lifts him up one more time and roars as he throws him down again, the impact smashes through the floating platform causing it to implode and break away plunging both fighters into the water.

Gang Orca's grip loosens as they're plunged into the cold saltwater. Taking advantage of the situation, Water Hazard aims his palms right for Gang Orca and at such a close range he unleashes dual water streams. The blasts push Gang Orca away giving Water Hazard some much needed breathing room.

Or so he would think, because peering up Water Hazard is surprised to find Gang Orca missing. He's gone?

As he scans the massive pool for his foe, said foe slams into him from behind plunging him deeper down into the depth.

Water Hazard is spun downward, struggling to regain his balance. But just as he gains it back a black massive blur strikes him again, and again, and again from different directions, throwing him around the water like a ragdoll.

Somehow between each strike Water Hazard manages to get a good look at his attacker, Gang Orca. Despite his large build, business like suit, cape, and lack of fins the pro hero is swimming about the massive pool like he's flying through the air moving with deathly grace as he torpedoes through the water.

Water Hazard takes aim, but Gang Orca gains a sudden burst of speed as he charges forward and slams his body into Water Hazard, slashing him as he goes by.

The assault continues as such with Water Hazard getting thrown around while trying his best to at least weaken and defend himself from each blow.

'I can't endure this forever.'

Bam another hit!

'Grrr, I need to halt his moments.'

Bam another hit!

'But what can I do?' Water Hazard's gaze follows Gang Orca as he circles around and charges in again, slamming into his body once again.

But even as he's thrown to the side, his mind holds on to the image of Gang Orca circling around. 'Maybe…'

As the pro hero circles away to make another run, Water Hazard quickly gets to work. He thrusts his hands out but instead of generating jets of water, water begins to swirl towards his palms.

Gang Orca begins to turn, about to strike again.

Whether it's fear or bravery, Water Hazard isn't sure but whatever it is, it gives him the boost he needs, and the swirling water suddenly explodes with energy.

Gang Orca's torpedoes forward, his mouth shooting open, displaying his fangs, but he never gets a chance to aquante his fangs with Water Hazard's flesh as a massive whirlpool booms into existence.

"TSUNAMI VORTEX!"

Gang Orca is completely swallowed up by the raging whirlpool generated by the U.A. student's own sheer will and strength. And it shows as he gets whipped and assaulted him from all sides, trapping him in place.

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"He got him!" cheers Tekka Maki. "He really got him!"

"Way to go lad!" cheers Ikkaku.

Dholak isn't so sure. "You may want to hold your applause."

The other sidekicks settle down, knowing full well that this fight is close to finished.

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Water Hazard would be grinning if he had lips as he concentrates on keeping the whirlpool going. 'I've got this.'

*SKREEEE!*

A piercing screech emanates from the center of the vortex, clashing into Water Hazard.

"Ahhh!" Water Hazard screams as the piercing frequency waves break through his armor and attack his nerves from within and bring an end to his whirlpool. 'That was…'

"My echolocation." As the waves and currents wash away Gang Orca floats in the water, his cape making him look even bigger and more intimidating as it waves behind him. "I can generate sound waves to attack my enemy's nervous systems, paralyzing them in the process." His claws shimmer in under the moonlight. "And allow me to devour them at my leisure."

And it might as well be true as Water Hazard struggles to even move a finger, his entire body feeling rigid and stiff like he's been petrified.

With his prey immobilized Gang orca rockets forward, snapping his jaws wide open, and while at full speed he chomps down onto the alien's side dragging along into the depths.

Gang Orca thrashes his head, speeding through the water, disorienting his victim.

Water Hazard screams and cries as he's thrashed about, trying desperately to break free of the massive jaws. But there is little hope of escape, the jaws are shut tight and if he didn't have such an elite exoskeleton, then the killer whale definitely would have ripped out several chunks of flesh by now.

The thrashing continues and Izuku is glad he skipped out on dinner because he'd definitely would have spit it back up by now. But even with his body begging for mercy and his stomach churning, Izuku's own mind remains sharp as ever, remaining calm as he examines everything about his situation: his paralysis, his opponent, and how they are speeding about in this massive pool.

'Come…on…'He tries with all his might to move anything: his fingers, his feet, anything at all. 'Dammit, there's got to be something I can do!'

Gang Orca makes a sharp turn away from the tank wall, in his thrashing he almost didn't see it. And Water Hazard did not fail to notice the folly.

He tries to will his body to move, still nothing, but he can feel something else. His body may be immobilized but that doesn't mean his powers are completely unusable.

And so with literally no other options, Water Hazard actually manages to unleash a pair of water jetstreams. And they have the exact result Water Hazard was looking for.

The jetstreams make his arms flail about like an unhandled waterhose, firing and whipping at all directions, and as a plus throwing Gang Orca off course.

Gang Orca's jaws loosen, not enough to escape, but a bit as he struggles to regain his balance only for a water blast to aim in a different direction and throw him off course once again.

This goes on for some time, to the point that the sidekicks are debating whether to jump in after witnessing all the water blasts gushing out from the surface above.

As his arms whip about, Water Hazard notices that his arms are regaining some sense of movement again, he can control them. 'Guess all the motion jolted them back to normal.'

So acting on instinct alone, Water Hazard aims his hands down and fires off blasts of water that take him and the off-balanced hero rocketing towards the surface.

"Rahhhh!" Water Hazard screams in defiance as both he and his opponent breach the surface, flying up into the air as he continues the water blasts.

The sidekicks gasps and rise from their seats as they watch these two beasts fly higher into the air, well past their heads.

Gang Orca's eyes widen with genuine surprise as Water Hazard glares down at him. Water Hazard cuts off the propulsion, bringing his hands together and over his head before slamming them down on the hero's own head. The strike hits hard, hard enough that it breaks the killer whale's hold.

Water Hazard pushes himself away as they slowly begin to fall back downward.

"I'm going to finish this!" He throws his hands back, spinning in place, as torrential water streams spiral out behind him propelling him up towards his opponent. "DEEP-SIX TORPEDO!"

Gang Orca hastily produces a sonic wave in hopes of shielding himself from the special move. His piercing screech certainly has an effect, but it can't do anything about the momentum his opponent's already built up, nor can he brace himself while in midair.

He truly is a fish out of water.

And so the Deep-Six Torpedo explodes out as the spiraling Water Hazard smashes into his falling form. Water explodes out, raining down on the entire auditorium, pool, and sidekicks who are all in awestruck of the display of power before them.

Two heavy objects crash down onto the same floating platform, kicking up the water around them in massive waves before settling down.

The sidekicks all stand, watching, with bated breaths unclear about the outcome but wanting to know how it turned out.

Water Hazard is breathing way too heavily, kneeling on the cracked platform, completely drained and in incredible pain. 'That's it…I did it…I actually did it!' He didn't think he actually could, but he actually did. He came out on top!

"I gotta admit, that was a nice show, shrimp."

Water Hazard's blood goes ice cold as the waves finally settle down. He has the horror of witnessing Gang Orca standing before him. His suit is tattered and scratched sure, even his cape has a tear in it, but even so the pro hero himself looks fine and unaffected. If anything he looks even deadlier than before.

'No…' No way, his attacks, his hard work was all for nothing.

And to add salt to the wound, Water Hazard disappears behind a veil of red light and a weak and dejected Izuku Midoriya takes his place.

Knowing his opponent doesn't have any fight in him left, Gang Orca stomps forward dragging out Izuku's inevitable demise until he's towering over the boy like a leviathan that's risen from the depths of the Earth.

Izuku shakily gazes up at the monster, accepting his fate.

Said devil of the deep lowers his gaze down at the inferior being, his head held high as to look down on him. "For putting up such a valiant effort, I shall spare you. But only if you concede to defeat."

The huffing Izuku lowers his gaze as for a brief moment Gang Orca actually thinks he's going to accept. But he couldn't be further from the truth. As Izuku shakily pushes himself off the ground and onto his wobbling feet.

It takes him a few seconds to get his balance, but even so he tries his best to stand tall in front of this monster, glaring up at him with a spark of fire in his jaded eyes.

Gang Orca understands. "Very well then." And so he slowly raises his sharp talons into the air to deliver the finishing blow.

Izuku winces shutting his eyes tight as he awaits for the inevitable maiming.

However rather than a blood gouging, a massive pat on the head is what greets Izuku instead. "Eh?" Izuku blinks up as Gang Orca continues to pat his fluffy hair.

"Well done, Midoriya." praises Gang Orca. "You exceed all expectations."

Izuku's brain is momentarily fried with only one word able to register out from him. "Eh?!"

Gang Orca removes his hand. "Don't you get it yet?"

Izuku manages to shake his head.

"I wanted you to show me your worth and your spirit." responds Gang Orca. "And it clearly worked."

Again. "EH!?" Izuku screams out in confusion. "What do you mean?!"

"I mean I wanted to see just how far you'd go for the sake of progress."

Izuku calms down, finding that answer to be reasonable. "But, but what about all the errands and chores?!"

Gang Orca actually does have an answer. "All on purpose per your needs."

"My needs?"

"Yes, remember what you said when you first arrived?"

Specifically, how Izuku wanted to learn how to utilize each and every one of his transformations to their fullest. And this instantly recalls in Izuku's mind.

Seeing his knowing expression Gang Orca continues. "I had my sidekicks oversee those tasks in order to give you the chance to train your various powers." But to be sure Gang Orca continues. "Unloading the crates increased your four-armed form's stamina, powering the lights increased your capacity to store even more electricity, avoiding the piranhas gave you a better sense of evasion, welding helped you learn how to focus your flames, running errands improved your multitasking and attention to detail, as did cleaning the tank as well as helped with your team coordination."

Izuku thinks on it and after mulling it over he has to admit that Gang Orca was right.

"I even had Dholak oversee your progress and wait for the best opportunity to illuminate you on our system here."

"Wait…" Izuku snaps, shouting at the top of his lunges. "You mean you ordered him to pick a fight with me?!"

"Yup, I sure did." The pro hero sounds a little too proud about that fact.

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Ikkaku eyes his coworker. "Pray tell, is that true Sir Dholak."

Dholak nods. "It is. But I'd be lying if I didn't say it wasn't personal."

The other sidekicks frown at him, except Tekka Maki who's too busy laughing at Izuku's dumbfounded expression.

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"We needed to give you a push, to make you fight for the right to be here." Gang Orca places his hand on Izuku's shoulder looking at him right in the eye, not with malice but with respect. "And you certainly more than showed us that."

Izuku can't believe it. He, he really impressed them, didn't he? And looking back on it, he can agree that all those chores were not in fact a waste of time but a means to an end. A means to get stronger.

"T-Thank you sir!"

"Please, don't call me sir." Gang Orca waves his hand. "You're working under me now kid, so call be boss."

Izuku blinks. "Working under you?"

"Yeah, starting tomorrow you and I will be doing some real hero work."

Izuku's entire face lights up like a kid waking up on Christmas. "Are you for real?!"

"Yes, I am real. Hahaha!"

The sidekicks all groan at the obvious dad joke, but Izuku is still too excited to even react to it.

mine now so call me what's appropriate.

Gang Orca smiles down at the boy. "So, tell me. Are you ready to see what it really means to be a hero?"

Izuku smiles up with a fire in his heart. "You bet, boss."

"Good."

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Izuku suddenly becomes shy as he remembers something else. "Oh, yeah, I sort-of…broke your…speedboat."

"Oh, that happens more often than you think. Who knew allowing your sidekicks to fight anywhere at any time could cause so much property damage?"

Izuku…isn't sure how to respond to that.

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Meanwhile in the dead of the night, a tall slim figure stalks his way through the dense woodland. Silently gliding from tree to tree like a ghost in the wind.

Eventually the figure jumps down to the ground, without so much as a twig snapping under their feet. No one is in sight, only the moon plays witness as the figure steps out from the shadows.

The hunter is tall and slim, wearing high-tech purple armor across his entire body. He has purple pads covering his central joints, a belt, and four central lines on his helmet to provide outlines for his face.

The hunter roaches down, stalking forward deeper into the woods until he comes across a shabby looking outhouse.

The bounty hunter is definitely smirking from behind his helmet as he eyes the outhouse, the entrance to Japan's Plumber base, with high interest. "Tysa ndetu eadr srreeda."

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And there you have it, Izuku's internship has officially begun. Now I'm sure a lot of you have questions, probably the same ones so I we're going to do something different. Below I will ask myself the questions you all probably have for me and then I'll answer said questions. Okay, here we go:

1. Why did you have Izuku intern under Gang Orca?

Answer:Simple, I really like Gang Orca. He's got a cool design, a cool gimmick, and orcas are my favorite animal. So, yeah, I knew from the moment I began to plan out this story as a whole that I wanted Izuku to intern with Gang Orca. Plus having him as the internship won't interfere with later arcs (i.e. Overhaul Arc).

In truth if I had to choose an internship for Izuku that made practical sense I probably would have gone with Hawks, but pairing Izuku with Gang Orca seemed more fun for me to write, which it was.

2. Who were those sidekicks? Are they OCs?

Answer: Those sidekicks are not, in fact, OCs. They are from the manga series "Oumagadoki Zoo" a series created by the author of MHA himself, Kouhei Horikoshi.

I really liked that series and wanted to reference it somehow. Especially because Gang Orca was actually a villain from that series along with the rest of the "sidekicks." And I was reading his manga before I began writing, so when I made the overall outline for this fanfic, this manga was still in my mind and so I wanted to include it. So basically this chapter was sort-of a crossover between two of Horikoshi's own works.

Fun Fact: Uwambi is also from this series, and a lot of other characters from Oumagadoki Zoo were beta versions of MHA characters we all know and love today: Hawks, Bakugou, Tamaki, Shigaraki, Overhaul, and others.

Check it out if you can, but warning the series never finished due to low sales, but it did lead to use having MHA so "when one door closes another one opens."

3. Why wasn't a new alien introduce?

Answer: I did think about introducing a new alien in this chapter: Brainstorm, AmpFibian, Jetray, etc. (They will be included later) But I thought against it because it would have been shoehorned in and I have a set of important rules for how, when, and where to introduce aliens and doing it then could have broken said rules.

Besides I already promised you guys one new alien already and they will be introduced next time. So get excited!

Also I wanted to use this chapter to give Izuku's aliens some more needed attention and screen time, especially those that didn't get a chance to show off during the Sports Festival: Ripjaws, Lodestar, and Water Hazard.

4. What does Water Hazard's special move "Fire Flow" mean?

Answer: "Fire Flow" is a bit of jargon used in firefighting meaning "the amount of water being pumped onto a fire." So it made sense and it sounded cool.

5. What's going to happen next?

Answer: Next time Izuku goes out on patrol with Gang Orca where the hero will show Izuku how to be a hero. And after that, in the following chapter, we'll jump back to Ochaco one last time before the big event. (2 more chapters and then he'll have Stain).

Anyway I hope that these clarified a lot for you and if not please feel free to leave a review and ask away for any more clarifications. I really hope you enjoyed this chapter and if not I'm sure the next one will be more your style. Thanks for reading.

*Warning next chapter may take more than a week to be written.

Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.30:

Aztec 13: This chapter is awesome we get to Ochaco internship with Grand Torino, and it is great seeing her learn more about her powers and what she can with them and we see what others are doing during their internship, I'm so excited to see who Izuku chose for his internship, please continue.

CreateGunner1209: I'm glad you liked it, I've been anticipating that chapter for a while so I wanted it to be good. Anyway I hope this chapter was able to satisfy your curiosity on who Izuku's interning with.

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Atom king: This chapter is a great one we see the 1a class leaving to their internships, Ochaco heading towards grand Torino, the reaction that Izuku give when she told him that All might recommended grand Torino to her is great, showing that he still respect him, but dang it so close on to who Izuku chose to intern under curse you train operator, all seriousness though I can't wait to see Izuku who chose.
Now by the looks of it events of the internship seem to go by same way like main story like tsuyu training, I do like that Ochaco is learning to control her zero gravity field, to use in one area she picks, rather than a whole place, but not only that it seems she lean how to thown somekind of energy ball fill with one for all that awesome I can imagine her using those spheres to fight distant enemies though I am curious before she discover she use the gravity spheres on her hands she was surrounded by a big one now my question is could she use that like a force field to protect herself?
also it looks she's learning more about all might past like his predecessor, can't for All might to tell Ochaco happen to his mentor and her fight with all for one.
This is again is a great chapter, can't wait to see Izuku adventure at his internship.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks for the great review and I'm glad you understood Izuku's reaction to whom Ochaco was interning with and how she got it. To answer your question, she will eventually figure that out. Just to give you a hint (not really a hint), Ochaco is supposed to be a parallel to Gwen. Also I hope you liked my choice for Izuku's internship.

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Guest: You jerk I been wait for week who lzuku internship is

CreateGunner1209: Sorry, not sorry. I just couldn't resist teasing you all like that. But I do hope the wait was worth it in the end.

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Guest: Oooohhh this was GREA. I'm really curious to see how you have Torino react to Izuku whenever they meet. Will he be suspicious of the him as well? Can't wait to see.
And I'm really curious to see who Izuku interns with.
And I wonder what hawks wants to ask Tokoyami

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I thought it was a great chapter too. You'll have to wait for that reaction a while longer but we will get there.

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Guest: Jimmy Johns Delivery is the greatest name in existence. Please let that be a thing

CreateGunner1209: Sorry it was a one time thing. But who knows maybe I'll reference it from time to time.

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Guest: Bueno, si tengo que esperar, esperaré, sorprendeme!
Buen capitulo

CreateGunner1209: Well I sure hope that I surprised you! And thanks for the review.

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LightSword: Sorry I think there was a bit of a misunderstanding, Snorecupine is the canon transformation for Argit's species he just never made an appearance in any of the shows but he is confirmed to exist and that is his official name. But it's fine if you don't want to include him since there is no official art yet for this transformation.

CreateGunner1209: Oh! Thanks for clarifying. And thanks for understanding my reasoning.

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Shark: Dang and I really wanted to see who Izuku was interning under. This chapter makes me want to see how he'll react to All Might being quirkless and giving Ochaco a quirk even more

CreateGunner1209: Hey, I hope this chapter was worth the wait. Did my choice of internship surprise you? Was it good? Was it not? Please let me know.

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Space Dwarf: New chapter had me clenching and yelling Smash in my heart! Are we going to see anymore Argit or those guys? Will the Stain video attract more Ben 10 esq villains to the League of Villains? Also I have a suspicion that Ashido is an alien

CreateGunner1209: I want to include Argit more, or I'm at least going to try. As for the Stain video…well I suggest you stick around and see because you will have your answer eventually.

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SilverKirito: So Ochaco's trainning with Gran Torino was worse than the original story, her becoming the gwen of this story and makeing us wait next chapter to know who deku intern... I have to say well played author well played.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks, I couldn't resist teasing you all. But I sure hope the wait was worth it. Did my choice of internship surprise you? Was it good? Was it not? Please let me know.

Also thanks for catching that Ochaco's supposed to be the Gwen of this story. At least via her powers.

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Ben10nMHAfan: This is a good chapter, like that your giving characters their own spotlight like in MHA example Ochaco, reading how she is still learning how to control her gravity powers getting new abilities with the boost of OFA is always interesting and for some reason reminds me of the game 'Gravity Rush' if you have heard of it?

As for the Eraserhead Quirk theory I came up? Sure go ahead and use that idea if you want, (might need to edit it to make to make it easy to understand) still would like the idea if not only Eraserhead Quirk can works on some Aliens (those with Emiter types) but have different side effects on some different species as well. Wouldn't work on advance Tech obviously.

Now for the part of asking questions that you can answer them or not.

1. Will you be indroducing the Porcupine and Crocodile brothers (whose Mom is Quirkless) and introduce Wrestling that use Quirks as well as other Sports? (I can imagine it's a thing)

2. Clancy the BugGuy who... Is a Homeless guy who can control bugs, I'll leave the backstory to you

3. In MHA not only does Humans have Quirks but some animals maybe Nature have Quirks as well, will the Lake Monster from summer vacation and Fungai monsters from Ben10 be apart of it?
Thinking the Poachers that hunt Quirk animals would be interesting.

4. Alien Human Hybrids, What do you think of them? I Personally don't like Idea of them existing because I'm pretty sure that's not how human genetics work, then again maybe those with Quirks with similar structure to aliens can crossbreed with. *shrug shoulder*

5, last one. Celestialsapians, hope you don't mind if I make a suggesting but I was thinking that the Celestalsapians be treated as a Myth, legends of powerful beings that can warp Space, Time and Reality, how ever no living (or unliving) beings has ever seen them not even a Higher-Race of Aliens so most of them in Galaxy think they don't exist and nothing more than a Myth.

For Alien X, reason it is name that is because 'X' usually means 'Unknown' so in other words "an Unkown Alien" which I think goes well with the Mysterious vibe.
How Omniverse went with "taking God-like beings to court and get sued by a Galvan Lawyer" kind of too silly for me.

And that's about it, hope see it in the next chapter.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks for the great review, I'm so thrilled you enjoyed Ch.30. And yes I have heard of Gravity Rush but it has been sometime since anyone's brought it up.

And I'd be happy to answer your questions, but if something borders on too spoilery then I'm not going to answer it. Sorry.

1. I will not be including the brothers, I did consider it considering I do want to do a wrestling based chapter later on. But I never really enjoyed the brothers, they didn't carry much forward so I'm going to go down a different route.

2. I know who Clancy is and I have plans to give him a chapter. Also I'm leaning towards an eco-terrorist backstory but we'll see.

3. The Lake Monster (A.K.A. the Kraken) will be making an appearance but I wasn't really going to say if it's a result of a Quirk or not.

4. Alien Human Hybrids…can you explain? Do you mean something lik the Plumber's Helpers (Piece, Helen, etc.) or like the Rooters (Forcfully altering a human's DNA)?

5. That would be cool, but Alien X is an alien that I won't introduce until the end game. Namely because of how…goddly he is.

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Guest: Keep going you are about to pass My Omnium Academia and soon reach up top my alien academia end of the year

CreateGunner1209: Thanks and I will!

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BlueRanger-Lyric: Wow, this was an awesome chapter, I honestly didn't expect Uraraka to get that kind of development with One For All, it certainly was nice to see what she would get from her internship, I do look forward to seeing what she does next, but honestly I'm even more excited to see what Deku is doing and who he's interning with, hope to see the next chapter soon

CreateGunner1209: Glad you enjoyed Ch.30 and what it had to offer. I really hope you enjoyed this chapter too.

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DeadCool14: This is a long ask/review first I wanna say that I've readig this for the past few days and it's so amazing and so funny and I hope that you keep updating it. First I have some questions about the aliens, first can you please introduce Bloxx soon? Because I can't believe there wasn't more screen time in Omniverse for an alien Lego gorilla XD. I think that you should use Upgrade, Rath and Humungousaur in Izuku's and Bakugou's fight against All Might (if you're gonna keep it like that) mainly because Rath would do that thing of jumping on All Might and bite is head XD, Upgrade could merge with Bakugou's gaunlets and Humungousaur because... Humungousaur's cool.

And now I wanna ask about villains.
So since Izuku already has Water Hazard and Terraspin does that Aggegor is not gonna appear?
Is Malware gonna show up? And will he kill Feedback? (speaking of Feedback are we gonna get the Feedback up line? And his theme? It's Osmo Band - You Need To Stop btw)
Is Albedo gonna show up too? And will he have his chili fries addiction or will t be changed with katsudon XD? Because that's Izuku's favorite food (Also fun idea for him, you could make him Mikumo Akatani, Horikoshi's prototype design for Izuku, this is his him post/176973093749/bnha-concept-art-from-horikoshi-including-one-of (keep scrolling down to see his suit too) also will the Omnitrix stay as the original design or will it change?
And last thing, is Thirteen actually Azmuth's girlfriend that left him after he build Ascalon? Yeah I know you wrote that they have blood but hey, Galvans are smart she could have made a very human like robot with a "Quirk".
So sorry if this bugs you you don't have to answer all or do what I said if you don't want to, they were just suggestions. I hope you update soon, good luck :3

CreateGunner1209: Thanks for the review and I'm more than happy to answer your questions.

Okay so just to clarify but every single Ben Ten alien up until Omniverse will be included at some point. (That includes Bloxx) But I have a set of rules that determine when, where, and how each alien is introduced and I am going to stick by these rules no matter what.

So even though there are some aliens that would be great for certain arcs, events, and/or battles. It does not guarantee that they will even be in Izuku's Omnitrix at that point.

That said: Upgrade, Rath, and Humongasour are on their way.

Aggregor…I may include him, but he won't be having an entire arc to himself. He may just have a different goal in mind. But I'm still not sold on including him quiet yet.

Malware will be making an appearance eventually and that's all I'm going to say about him, in order to avoid heavy spoilers.

As for the Feedback theme… 1. I didn't know that was thing until now so thanks for enlightening me. 2. I think that next time Feedback shows up you can just play the theme as you read. It's hard to include music in a written fanfic. (Although I did try in a past work).

I want Albedo to show up but I want to introduce Azimuth first. And I might include the katsudon addiction. Also for Albedo's design…I was thinking of going with the villain Deku design.

And No Thirteen is not Azimuth's girlfriend. Thirteen is 100% human.