A/N: Are we all okay? The support I've been receiving for this story is incredible! I'm super proud of how this it is going and I'm glad you're all enjoying it. I'm working my hardest to make this fun and entertaining to read, so with that said, how about we start this chapter with Mina?

Another thing quickly; for whatever reason, I finished this chapter and when I opened it to publish it, nothing was there, hence why it's taken longer to upload. Sorry! :3

Enjoy!

Monday. Mina was half looking forward to this, half dreading it. After Izuku was relieved from the hospital and departed from Mina she hadn't seen him, be it intentionally or by accident, the two hadn't met each other or really even texted that much. She wasn't too surprised by this as, after the battle with Melodyne, she wanted him to be resting and she didn't have any intentions of interrupting his well-deserved rest.

However, without him to talk to or hang out with, things were boring. She tried to meet with Tsuyu, Uraraka and some of the other girls, but studying seemed to be at the top of all their priority lists.

Today was Monday though and, although she wasn't what you would call a Monday person, she was excited for today. Why was this? Because rumour around the Class A-1 group chat was that today, they'd be choosing Hero names.

Now, not everything that was said in the group chat was true, especially if Toru was the one who announced it first, but something about this felt true, she couldn't help but feel like it was this time. But, if anyone was going to know for sure, it was Izuku. So, she fired her green-haired friend a message before taking to getting herself ready for school.

Pulling off her fluffy, pale yellow pyjamas she shoved them under her pillow before changing out of her underwear and throwing them into the wash basket. She grabbed her phone from her bed and quickly turned it on to check for a response from Izuku; still, there was nothing.

So, she continued getting ready, pulling on a simple black pair of underwear she grabbed her uniform from its hanger and quickly changed into it, shoving the blazer into her bag, grabbing her phone and jogging out of her room, down the stairs and into the kitchen where the rest of her family were, already eating breakfast.

"Thanks for waiting." She remarked sarcastically, grabbing the lunch her mother had already packed for her and pushing that into her bag. Things were already getting quite tight in the hectically coloured backpack but, Mina being Mina wasn't going to let that stop her, although she was starting to worry about bursting a seam or something.

"Breakfast is on the side." Her father perked up, glancing at her from over the top of his magazine before going back to whatever article he was reading.

"Mina, how many times have I told you to just wear your blazer to school? Or at least wrap it around your waist, your gonna break your bag if you're not careful." Her mother warned, giving the pink-skinned Acid user a stern look.

"I know but it's soooo uncomfortable..." The teenager complained, throwing her arms around in a 'stroppy toddler' manor before grabbing her toast from the side.

"How was Izuku yesterday? We saw what happened on the news, it sounded pretty bad." Her father perked up, putting the motorcycle magazine face down on the table and turning his attention to his daughter.

"He's fine, he'll probably have a few little scars on his face but other than that, he seemed okay." She explained. She hadn't told him herself, but she was actually really surprised by just how tough Izuku was. He was slammed in the side by a beam of energy and thrown a good fifty feet. He dodged and weave multiple attacks and he detonated another energy beam, and the only injuries he got this time were a few cuts and bruises. Her mother didn't say anything and simply sighed with a troubled look on her face.

"Don't worry, I promise he's okay. Not like you to worry about a boy." Mina remarked with a sly smile before taking a bite of her jam and toast and starting off into the living room where she could message Izuku in peace.

"Good morning Ashido, sorry I took so long to reply to you, I hope it's not too late. Yeah, Toru was right about choosing hero names, I asked All Might on our run this morning and he confirmed it. We'll also get a little info on our Hero Agency Internships, so I'm really excited." Was Izuku's late and wordy reply.

Mina smiled to herself and quietly laughed down at her phone screen before swiftly and flawlessly tapping a reply to her nerdy friend.

"Awesome! I'm really excited too! I haven't really given a hero name much thought though, it hadn't really crossed my mind before." She admitted before putting her phone on the arm of the chair and wolfing down the rest of her breakfast after realising the time.

Hero names. She wasn't lying when she said she hadn't given hero names much thought. In fact, the thought hadn't crossed her mind, period. There were a few things that sprang to mind off the bat, names like 'Corrosion', 'Meltdown' and 'Acid reflex', but they seemed more like villain names than hero ones, and she didn't want to go her whole hero career sounding like the very thing she would be fighting against. Izuku probably had a page or two of names he wanted to go by and one of them, she was willing to put money on, was going to be something like All Might. The thought made her giggle, the thought that he was trying to live up to the number one hero. She didn't doubt his abilities and, with an amazing Quirk and strong determination he had, he probably would do it, but maybe that was naive.

Finally, the school gates were in sight and it brought a huge wave of relief over her. The sight of most of the students still hanging around outside and going about their own business was the reassurance she needed to show she wasn't as late as she expected. She wasn't really interested in anyone else though, there was only one person she really wanted to find, and that was Izuku. She wasn't completely sure why but deep in her being she felt an irresistible urge to see him. She had been ignoring it for the most part, but it hadn't gone away.

"Mina!" A soft, excited female voice called, pulling her from her thoughts. Toru and Tsuyu were making their way over to her with Toru's right sleeve moving rapidly as she waved her invisible hand over her head.

"Oh... Tsu, Toru, Hi!" She smiled, her face faltering before she processed the situation and skipped over to the two. "You haven't seen Midori yet, have you?" She asked hopefully, bumping into Tsuyu playfully to which the Frog Quirk user didn't really give much of a reaction.

"Not today we haven't." Tsuyu replied with a thoughtful expression.

"Eh, okay." Mina replied carelessly with a shrug as the three friends headed up towards the main entrance to the academy.

"Did you see the news?" Toru asked. Mina assumed she was talking about Melodyne and Izuku and nodded.

"Yeah, I went to the hospital and waited for him to wake up." She replied with a sigh.

"Although I think it was a little foolish, it was really brave of Midoriya." Tsuyu said with an admiring tone.

"Taking on a villain all by himself is pretty cool though, don't you think?" Toru asked enthusiastically as they headed into the school and began navigating the halls to their class.

"It is cool, really cool. I doubt many of us could've done it." Mina replied with a smile, to which Toru invisibly nodded. Tsuyu on the other hand looked like she disagreed a little.

"I'm not sure. I think Todoroki, Bakugo and you could've done it." The Frog Quirk user replied with a thoughtful expression.

"You think so? I can see why you'd think Todoroki... And even Bakugo, but me?" Mina asked with a laugh, although secretly she was quite flattered.

"Well... Yeah, I think so. You can create some really strong acid and you're really acrobatic, I think if you and Izuku were to fight together, it could be really effective." Tsuyu explained, still with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"Fighting together huh?" She asked in a whisper, looking down at the floor with a pondering expression.

So, the class was beginning, and Izuku just couldn't sit still. His mind was racing, and his heart was pounding, he was beyond excited for this. Over the years he'd given a hero name more than a healthy amount of thought, but none of his ideas were really 'original' or 'heroic'.

A hand full of ideas he'd come up with when he was about four or five came to mind and a buzz of embarrassment awoke in his stomach. He was hoping some of the other students would give him a little boost of encouragement in the matter, but with Uraraka eager to keep her name a secret until the time came and Iida in a slightly quieter mood, he hadn't really had many conversations about the subject.

Mina on the other hand still hadn't shown up. This could've been for one of two reasons; either she was running late or was simply standing around outside the classroom and had lost track of time. But as these thoughts were going through his mind, the one and only Mina Ashido came through the door with Tsuyu and Toru at her sides.

A slight feeling of ease came over him at the sight of his pink-skinned friend and a small smile spread across his face. Almost immediately, Mina's gaze also found its way to Izuku and the two shared a short but obvious stare from across the room.

Safe to say at least two other students in the class had noticed this, but Mina being Mina didn't care a bit, breaking away from her friends and dashing over to Izuku before slamming her hands down on his desk and leaning in close to the greenette's face.

"Midori! I was wondering where you'd gotten to." She beamed, leaning her head in her hands without a care in the world for who'd noticed. Izuku on the other hand was in a slight panic. His face was getting redder by the second as he frantically glanced around the class to see who'd noticed. A little wave of relief came over him when he realised Bakugo was arguing with Kirishima about something unimportant and hadn't noticed.

"Y-Yeah... I've been here. What about you, I thought you'd got lost or your train was cancelled." He replied, gulping nervously, and sitting back in his seat to try and increase the distance between their faces, if only by a small amount. "

Nah, I never get lost." She giggled, wafting her hand at him to which Izuku slowly nodded in response. "Oh, I meant to ask you, did anyone speak to you on the way here?" Mina asked excitedly, pushing herself closer to Izuku's face again, shocking him out of his daydream.

"What? Oh... Yeah, I had quite a lot of people come up to me, even in the rain." He replied with a light chuckle.

"Right! I had so many people talking to me on the train!" Mina exclaimed with a beaming smile which, as usual, managed to infect Izuku like an out of control virus because, after a few seconds, he had just as big a smile on his face. Then someone else came into the room. Aizawa, his usual expression of thunder and his darkened eyes sat half closed as he wondered into class and up towards the lectern.

"Morning." He grumbled simply, turning to face the class with a blank expression. Mina muttered something in a panic and quickly dashed towards her seat before Aizawa could notice.

"Good morning Mr Aizawa!" The class replied in a hubbub of noise.

"Mr Aizawa, your bandages are gone. I'm glad." Tsuyu perked up with a small smile on her face. This was true, Izuku hadn't noticed straight away, but Aizawa was now free of what had felt like could've been his tomb of bandages. However, he still didn't look that cheerful about walking up this morning.

"The old lady went overboard with her treatment." He replied, scratching his cheek as he spoke. "More importantly, we're having a special hero informatics class today." He announced, quickly changing the subject, and scanning his tired eyes across the class.

A few murmurs came through the class after that; Izuku overheard Kaminari whispering to Kirishima as to whether this could be another quiz or not. A quiz wasn't that big of an issue to Izuku. He'd managed to catch up with his studies as best he could after the events of the past few days and was prepared for such a thing. He'd gotten a good hold on hero laws and other such things that'd recently been covered, so a test wouldn't be that unwelcome.

"Code names." Aizawa added quietly, his expression unchanging. The whispers now became sounds of confusion as everyone directed their attention back to the homeroom teacher. "You'll be coming up with hero names." He sighed, rolling his eyes at the fact he had to put in the effort to elaborate.

"We're gonna do something exciting!" Mina announced before proceeding to jump up from her seat and throw her arms in the air, quickly joined by the rest of the class who cheered along with her. Even Izuku was relieved and cheering, which surprised him a little. Maybe Mina was rubbing off on him more than he expected.

Quickly though, Aizawa's eyes illuminated an ominous red and his bandage scarf quickly elevated from his shoulders, to which the class quickly settled down and Izuku nearly pulled himself through the seat.

"This is related to the pro hero draft picks I mentioned the other day. The drafts begin in earnest in the second and third years, after students have gained experience and can become immediate assets to the pros." Aizawa explained, his outburst quickly cooling off as he returned to his careless seeming self.

"In other words, for them to extend offers to first years like you shows that they are interested in your future potential. However, these offers are often cancelled if that interest dies down by graduation." He continued, leaning forwards on the lectern, and resting his chin against his linked fingers.

"Adults are so selfish!" Mineta hissed, beating his fist lightly against the table. Izuku both agreed and disagreed with Mineta; Sure, the fact that offers would disappear if interest died down sucked, but it also made sense, sometimes the best thing to be is selfish, even if he didn't really understand why.

"So... We'll have to prove ourselves once we get picked?" Toru perked up with a curious tone in her voice to which Aizawa simply nodded.

"That's right; and here are the totals for those with offers." He added blankly, pulling a remote from his pocket and clicking one of its buttons towards the blackboard. Quickly a chart began to form itself down the scratchy looking space.

Izuku scanned desperately down the chart as name after name appeared down the board, but his stomach quickly dropped. His name wasn't there, and neither was Mina's. A few other names were also absent from the chart, but his and the Acid Quirk users were the two he noticed. Todoroki and Bakugo had thousands of offers and Izuku? None. It was a blow to the stomach stronger than Melodyne could ever have dealt.

"Midoriya, you didn't get any!" Mineta announced, lightly shaking Izuku by the shoulders with a tone that sounded just as amazed and shocked as a lot of the class felt towards the absents of the greenette's name. "They're probably scared of you 'cause of the crazy way you were fighting." He added thoughtfully.

Thinking back on it this made perfect sense and the words of Aizawa to him on the entrance exam quickly came back. He had been so focused on helping Todoroki make his power his own, he neglected his own opportunities. The feeling he'd had whilst talking to Uraraka came back to him now. He'd shown himself not as an asset in combat, but as a liability and it sucked. No, that was a grave understatement.

"Keeping these results in mind, whether or not anyone asked for you, you will all be participating in internships with pros." Aizawa muttered, his eyes fixed on Izuku as he spoke.

"Internships?" He questioned, the negative feelings he'd had quickly fading to the back of his mind.

"Yes, after USJ you all had first-hand experience with just how powerful some villains can be, but now this is your chance get first-hand experience with pros in combat." Aizawa elaborated.

"That explains the hero names!" Rikido exclaimed with an enthusiastic smile.

"Things are suddenly getting more interesting." Uraraka added, clapping her hands together.

"Well, these hero names are still temporary, but if you're not serious about it-." Aizawa started again before being cut off by another voice.

"You'll have hell to pay later!" it announced. Izuku instantly recognised the voice before even having to look at who was about to walk in.

"Midnight!" Some of the more perverted students of the class hollered as the seductively dressed pro hero made her way into the classroom, her arms behind her head and her chest pushed out for all to see.

"These names could be names that stick with you; it'll be what society knows you as, so having some jokey 'trying to be funny' name won't help you in the slightest." She continued, making her way towards the front of the class and to Aizawa, who edged away slightly to allow her to take his place behind the lectern.

"Well, that's that. Midnight will be validating these because I'll apparently be too critical." Aizawa sighed, grabbing his sleeping back from the floor and wrapping himself up in it before taking his place on the floor to nap.

"Now then! Hand around these boards and pens and get to coming up with a name. Be creative!" Midnight beamed, clapping her hands before retrieving a stack of whiteboards and a bag of pens from under the lectern and handing them to the first people of each row.

Now the time to pick names was upon him, the pressure of it all quickly crashed down onto Izuku's shoulders. This name would have to be creative, original, meaningful, and powerful. When he was younger the only names he came up with were very clearly meant to be like All Might's, but that was when he was five years old, now he was sixteen and this name was going to be a serious thing that sat with him for the majority of his hero career. A few names came to mind and first, although none of them were names he really considered to be fitting names.

Looking around the classroom his eyes fell back to Mina who was already scribbling something down on her whiteboard. He'd given this enough thought, but in the wrong way.

"You may come up and present them when you're ready." Midnight added, plucking everyone's attention from their intent thinking states.

"We're presenting these!" Kirishima exclaimed, dropping his board to the floor. Although not as verbally, it was clear everyone shared this anxious feeling, everyone accept Mina, who seemed excited at the mention of presenting their hero names. Izuku was excited about presenting his name, but he had to come up with one first.

Slowly but surely, students of class 1-A began making their way hesitantly up to the front of the class, presenting their names and being told whether or not they were suitable. So far, the only people who'd had to redo their names was Bakugo and surprisingly Mina, quite understandably too. Mina had gone for the name 'Alien Queen', which reminded Izuku of the 'Alien' films, which he hated. Then there was Bakugo; If a hero came to rescue Izuku with the name 'King Explosion Murder', he'd probably let himself be killed since the feeling it gave him was that he'd end up that way anyway.

Still though, Izuku racked the deepest parts of his mind. "Meaningful... Meaningful..." He repeated under his breath, tapping the end of the whiteboard pen on his chin as he stared down at the blank board. There was one name on his mind that had been given meaning by someone who also meant a lot to him but... Would he want to be called that for the rest of his career? Yes, it was a risk he wanted to take, no one besides those in his class knew the original meaning of this name anyway, so this was his chance to make something of it.

"Pinky!" A recognisable voice called out, grabbing Izuku from his thoughtful trance. It was Mina, showing off her hero name with a beaming smile that made Izuku's insides flutter. The name was perfect for her, cute, unique, personal, it ticked every box and by the triumphant look on her face, she knew she'd nailed it. As Mina made her way back to her desk her eyes fell onto Izuku, who hadn't realised how much he'd been staring at his pink-skinned friend. Quickly he averted his gaze to the desk and felt his cheeks begin to heat up.

"Hey, see somethin' ya like?" Mina asked, diverting her path towards Izuku, taking her place stood beside him with a proud smile on her face.

"N-No... I mean yes! W-Wait... Sorry." He stuttered, sighing, and sharing a laugh with Mina.

"Ya know, ya really bad at that." She replied, still giggling a little.

"Y-Yeah, I know. I like your hero name." Izuku complimented, changing the subject from his word vomit to his point of interest.

"Yeah? It's something my dad came up with years ago. Pretty cute huh?" She asked, smiling down at him with her hands cupped under her chin.

"It is..." He muttered with a light chuckle. To this, Mina made a small sound that sounded both shocked and flattered, her cheeks turning a slight lilac. Izuku was slightly shocked by this. He was expecting her to make a mocking joke that'd fluster him but instead, it seemed to be her that was getting flustered, and that surprised him, then again, Mina looked pretty cute when she got flustered.

"Aww, your too sweet. You come up with anything yet?" She quickly replied with a smile, shaking herself quickly to try and play off her small phase of speechlessness.

"Well... T-There is one but... I'm a little naf on the idea still..." He replied nervously. Mina's expression turned curious as she leaned on the table with a smile on the face.

"Can you tell me? I could help you come up with something." She offered with a smile.

"No, it's alright, I wouldn't want to bother you with it." He replied with a small blush on his cheeks.

"Your loss." She joked with a large smile, ruffling his hair before bouncing off to her own desk. Hearing how Mina got her hero name was reassuring, reassuring because it showed that the names didn't necessarily have to sound intimidating or heroic and it eased a fair bit of anxiety Izuku had with this who scenario.

And so, with this new motivation in his stomach, he began to write his chosen name down on the whiteboard before hugging it close to his chest to hide it from prying eyes. He wanted to wait until he was called up to present it to the class. that way it would give him time to ease his anxiety a little. His nerves were at a peak now as Uraraka, second, to last before Izuku, headed up to the front to present her name.

"Uravity." She announced with a timid smile on her adorable, rounded face. This lifted a bit of weight from Izuku's shoulders and a smile spread across his face. Not only did he love the name, but it also made sense of how she'd come up with it. Her name mixed with her Quirks name, it was simple and yet so unique.

"I love it, very cute! Come on Midoriya, your last up so make it count." Midnight complimented with a smile before turning to a nervous Izuku and beckoning him up to the front of the class.

"Good luck Deku." Uraraka muttered with a cute smile as she headed past him and returned to her seat.

He was ready, ready to show everyone the real meaning of the name he'd been ridiculed by for so long. Bakugo's attention noticeably peaked when he heard Izuku getting up from his desk and making his way up to the front of the class, the board still clutched to his chest and his breaths slightly shaky.

"M-Midoriya!" Mineta exclaimed as Izuku flipped his board around and rested it on the lectern for everyone to see.

"Are you really okay with that?" Kaminari asked, firing an awkward glance at Bakugo, who's expression was turning more and more to a blazing glare than he'd ever seen before.

"You might be called that forever you know..." Kirishima warned, worried for his strength type classmate. Izuku knew this of course, and he was thinking about it quite heavily as he made his way up to the front but again, this was his chance to show everyone what this name means to him.

"Yeah..." Izuku started with a sure tone, smiling reassuringly over at his classmates. "I didn't like this name until now. But someone changed the meaning of it and that had a huge impact on me... It made me really happy." He elaborated, smiling down at the board before turning his gaze up to Uraraka, who's smile was beginning to grow out of control across her face.

Mina shared this expression too, obviously for a different reason; she seemed prouder than anything, almost like she was watching a child learn to ride their bike for the first time, it was cute.

"So, this will be my hero name!" He beamed, now scanning across the class as he hit his board against the lectern a little to emphasise the name.

"Deku!"

A/N: Hey all. I'm really sorry this chapter took me so long to write. As I said I did have it finished, but when I logged on the next day, all my work was gone. That sucked! Also, I'm really sorry this chapter was short, but I would rather give you all something to read than make you wait ages for something that is mainly a filler 0w0

But luckily the chapter is here and completed. I wanted to try and keep close to the canon even if only a little, but I also changed it up slightly. This is mainly a filler but after this, things will start getting a little more interesting ;3. I'm still really enjoying this story and I'm super glad you're all enjoying it too. I'm also using Word to help correct some of my grammatical errors so, hopefully, chapters will get a little cleaner and more refined.

Anyhow, if you enjoyed this chapter, please let me know with a follow, favourite, and review! I really appreciate it and I love you all! Take care!

-ElliottChap.