Midoriya And The Masked Matador
Disclaimer:
Boku no Hero Academia is owned by Kohei Horikoshi and Bones
Street Fighter II is owned by Capcom Co. Ltd.
Hello and welcome to another experimental fanfic of My Hero Academia, in which a new inspiration popped into my head in an unexpected way, which happened in a sudden way, and this new inspiration would be different from the ones I upload recently.
This all started when I was re-watching some anime movies that were released in the early 90s after downloading them, and there I came across a certain anime film that was popular during the early 90s towards the late 90s, which you already guessed…turns out to be the 1994 anime film Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, which was released way back in mid-1994.
When I first watched it via VHS way back in 1996, it was only available in American edited dub, so I was INNOCENT at that time that I didn't know the difference between the US and Japanese versions, until playing the South East Asian version on the PlayStation One in 1998, but when the Street Fighter Alpha The Animated Movie was aired on AXN-Asia, for the first time it was aired in Japanese audio with English subtitles, and there I began to make comparisons and soon came to appreciate the Japanese dubs, as the voice acting had more emotions than the American dub.
Fast-forward in 2024, where I was able to find a site and downloaded the Street Fighter II The Animated Movie in UNCUT form, in Japanese audio with English subtitles, and there I DISCOVERED that the rumored SHOWER SCENE with Chun-Li was shown, and after re-watching it a few times, it made me appreciate the original Street Fighter II, as well as I missed the Street Fighter games in anime-style 2-D graphics, as today, via Street Fighter VI, sports 3-D graphics which I gradually got tired of.
As I discovered and downloaded a PlayStation One emulator and installed it on my smartphone I was able to play Super Street Fighter II, and while playing as Balrog (aka Vega, the guy with the mask and claws), the scene where he fought Chun-Li at the animated movie suddenly played into my head, and from there it inspired me to come up with making a fanfiction.
Given that I'm doing some My Hero Academia fanfics I thought of having him take on Midoriya given that the two would move quite fast (thanks to Midoriya's One For All Quirk, as well as using Full Cowling), hence I decided to try an experiment and see if this would click with the fans of My Hero Academia and Street Fighter II.
Since I'm going to borrow elements from the said-animated movie, I might have Yaoyorozu and Kendo join in, and have either one of them have an encounter with our MERRY matador.
Lastly, as this is set in Japan, our MERRY matador would be addressed by his original name – Balrog, since I find it quite fitting.
Well then, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 1: Prologue
Ten years ago…
The scene shifts at an apartment, where a five-year old boy, sporting green, curly hair and having a freckled face, is watching a live footage on his computer, where several pro heroes are seen doing heroic deeds like stopping crime and saving people. The little boy is so fixated that he aspires to become a hero himself when he grows up.
The boy is identified as Izuku Midoriya, and he appeared to be an avid fan of pro hero All-Might. As the little boy is watching in awe and admiration, his mother, Inko, smiled as she felt that her son has found inspiration, and there the little boy told his mom that he wants to become a hero like All-Might, which his mom smiled and said he would one day become one.
"Mom! Look!"
"Yes?"
"All-Might is amazing, right?"
"Yes, izuku."
"Can I become like him?"
"I'm sure you would."
"I'm going to become a hero when I grow up!"
"Yes, Izuku."
-x-
But one day Izuku was surfing the internet where he got into YouTube and decided to browse the latest online videos, where he came across a live festival that took place in Spain, where a live bullfighting video was just uploaded, and out of curiosity Izuku surfed the Wikipedia site and began researching on bullfighting, where he found some information regarding the said subject:
Bullfighting.
Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations.
There are several variations, including some forms which involve dancing around or leaping over a cow or bull or attempting to grasp an object tied to the animal's horns. The best-known form of bullfighting is Spanish-style bullfighting, practiced in Spain, Portugal, Southern France, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Peru. The Spanish Fighting Bull is bred for its aggression and physique, and is raised free-range with little human contact.
The practice of bullfighting is controversial because of a range of concerns including animal welfare, funding, and religion. While some forms are considered a blood sport, in some countries, for example Spain, it is defined as an art form or cultural event, and local regulations define it as a cultural event or heritage. Bullfighting is illegal in most countries, but remains legal in most areas of Spain and Portugal, as well as in some Hispanic American countries and some parts of southern France.
After reading the article Izuku went back to YouTube and began watching the live bullfighting event that was being Livestreamed from an unspecified city within Spain, and though fascinated at first he began to feel sorry at how the bulls are being treated and how they got maimed before being killed off, and Izuku was somewhat shocked at seeing the audiences' reaction as they were cheering for the bullfighter involved.
Inko came and saw it and she dissuaded her son from patronizing such scenes though Izuku assured to his mom that he doesn't like this kind of event that involves killing an animal that doesn't normally pose a threat to people, which she was relieved to hear this as she is worried that Izuku might develop a fascination towards something this violent and controversial event.
"Really, Izuku?"
"Yes, mom…I'm not really into this kind of thing. I mean…why the need to kill a bull in front of the audience…?"
"Oh, thank goodness…"
"Mom…who came up with this in the first place…? And why are people there cheering in killing a bull in front of them…?"
"Well…it dated back a long time ago…"
"?"
"And it's like this…"
"?"
-x-
However, as fate would make itself apparent, the Midoriya family, specifically Inko and Izuku, learned from a doctor that Izuku is Quirkless, and told Inko that they should just give it up, and accept the fact that Izuku is just an ordinary boy and can never become a pro hero, which Inko was in disbelief, asking the doctor how is this possible as she and her husband possess Quirks.
However, the doctor said that Izuku is one of the rare cases where he is born Quirkless and tells her that Izuku should just become an ordinary citizen, attend an ordinary school and live an ordinary life, and tells her that this is how life is, nothing more.
Izuku is heart-broken at this as he feels that his dreams will never be achieved and Inko consoled her son, seeing that he is depressed at this and apologized to her son, though all he could do is cry silently at this as he is forced to face the harsh truth and reality.
"M-mom…"
"Izuku…?"
"C-can…I…still be…a hero…?"
"Izuku…"
"…"
"Oh, Izuku! I'm sorry!"
"…"
"I'm sorry!"
-x-
Elsewhere within the globe…
The scene shifts somewhere within Spain where you can see that a certain area is bustling with many people, mostly the wealthiest ones as they are seen flaunting their wealth and status as the upperclassmen of the social circle, and it is shown that the place in question turns out to be Madrid, which the main capital and most populous city of Spain.
The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU. The municipality covers 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi) geographical area.
Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about 650 meters above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic, and cultural centre of the country. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters.
While Madrid possesses modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets. Its landmarks include the Plaza Mayor, the Royal Palace of Madrid; the Royal Theatre with its restored 1850 Opera House; the Buen Retiro Park, founded in 1631; the 19th-century National Library building (founded in 1712) containing some of Spain's historical archives; many national museums, and the Golden Triangle of Art, located along the Paseo del Prado and comprising three art museums: Prado Museum, the Reina Sofía Museum, a museum of modern art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, which complements the holdings of the other two museums. Cibeles Palace and Fountain has become one of the monument symbols of the city.
The next scene shifts to a mansion which houses a family of nobles, where you can see that a teenager, approximately 15 years old, is standing there as he is awaiting his parents to come down as he and his parents are set to attend a social gathering for the financially and the social elite amongst the nobles within Madrid, though there is something about this teen that seemed to have a bit of a troubled backstory.
The teen, a tall, strikingly handsome young man with long hair that is braided into a ponytail which is blonde, is dressed like a modern-day aristocrat, saw his parents come down from the stairs; his mother was beautiful whereas his father, who turns out to be his stepfather, was not good-looking at all yet he is wealthy and has a high standing amongst the socially and financially elite.
"So you're ready."
"Hello, son."
"Father…mother…"
"Good. We are to depart immediately, so no slacking."
"Just do as he tells you, son."
"Yes, father…mother."
"Good. Now let's get going."
"Okay."
"Okay."
It is revealed that this teen was born to a privileged noble family in Spain. For reasons undisclosed, their financial and social status dwindled following the death of the teen's biological father, causing the teen's mother to remarry for financial security. While the teen's relationship with his stepfather was quite tense the two somewhat got along and this kept the family stable for the time being.
As the years passed by, the teen gradually entered the young-adulthood as he is now 19 years old, and there he continue his life as an aristocrat while growing up to the arts of hunting, and later as he matured, the person, identified as Vega Fabio la Cerda, studied bullfighting, a cultural tradition, finding the sport more exciting and honorable in being able to dispatch his prey up close with his own might.
His trainer was impressed at Vega's progress and said that he really has a talent in bullfighting though Vega said that he consider this a side hobby and that there are things he wanted to learn more, and his trainer encouraged Vega to follow whatever he desire, which earned Vega's respect.
"You know…try something that might attract your interest."
"Really, sir?"
"Yeah. Here in Japan you might discover something that you may not find in your native country…since you were born in Spain…"
"I see…"
"So follow whatever your heart desires…"
"Yes, I'll do that. Thank you."
"No problem."
"…"
Afterward, he came across a stall at a popular mall where he accidentally saw an English-translated manga about a character based on the series, Strider Hiryu, and out of curiosity he bought it and started to read it, and the seller offered him to buy a DVD which featured the anime version of Strider Hiryu, which the young-adult accepted and secretly watched it at the mansion, where he became fascinated after watching the anime, where it shows how GRACEFUL and nimble Strider Hiryu moves, which he discovered that the movements were based on the Japanese art of ninjutsu, and there he became inspired.
There he decided and went to Japan, and managing to find the right trainers, he began studying and learned the art of ninjutsu, a style he believed meshed well with his natural grace and agility. Combining bullfighting with ninjutsu, Vega wondered what to do next until a stranger, who happened to witness Vega's secret training, invited him and there Vega went into an underground cage fighting circuit, where the stranger told him that he can hone his talents, as well as earning money, which further piqued Vega's curiosity.
"Really, sir?"
"Yeah. Aside from earning some pocket money, you could excel in fighting. Though you may look a bit slim and dashing, you might have the moves and grace."
"Oh…?"
"Yeah, I mean it. You should give it a try. Who knows? You might get something out of it."
"I see…"
"So what do you say?"
"Lets see…"
"It'll be okay. You got nothing to lose…"
Vega accepted the offer and began doing underground fights, taking on some of the best underground fighters while managing to keep his activities a secret, and he quickly became one of the best.
However during his stay in Japan he finds himself rather fascinated about the pro heroes and their exploits, and while he is impressed in seeing All Might in action, he soon finds himself grimacing at the sight of the ones that caught his attention, which includes:
- Wash
- Kamui Woods
- Edgeshot
- Death Arms
- Yoroi Musha
- Shishido
- Centipeder
- Fourth Kind
Vega questioned why the PHYSICALLY LESS APPEALING pro heroes are being revered, in which a passerby told him that whether a pro hero is good-looking or not, as long as he/she maintain the top ranking within the Hero Billboard charts, some UGLY-LOOKING pro heroes, such as Hound Dog, would remain popular amongst the masses, which made Vega wondering what kind of mindset people have these days.
"Are you serious…?"
"Yeah."
"I can't seem to fathom why people these days would root for some UGLY ones…"
"Hey…everyone has preference…"
"Are you serious?"
"Well…that's how everyone feel these days…"
"Such a bunch of barbarians…they don't know how to appreciate beauty…"
"Heh-heh…"
-x-
After spending a few more weeks, Vega returned to Spain, and as he entered the mansion he was greeted with an unpleasant surprise that stood before him. His mother laid dead on the floor while his stepfather stood there showing no remorse where it is shown that he beat up his wife before VIOLENTLY smashing her head against the wall, killing her on the spot. The wall has blood smeared and on the floor near his dead mother's head
"Mother…! You…what did you…?"
"Hmph. Serves her right."
"What…?"
"Its her fault to begin with "
"Why…why did you…?"
"You wish to know why…?"
"Why did you kill her?"
"Fine! I'll tell you why!"
His ugly stepfather admitted that he murdered his beautiful mother because he felt she did not respect him, tells his stepson that he will follow his rules or else he would be disinherited and be evicted from this very mansion, and Vega in anger and retaliation, Vega killed him in return, using his recently-acquired skills to overpower the guards before killing his stepfather.
Though he managed to clear his name by proving that he killed his stepfather out of self-defense and proved that it was his stepfather who is the true culprit, the incident warped his mind, and he developed a dual personality: honorable nobleman by day, sadistic murderer by night. It also triggered Vega's obsession with beauty as a wonderful trait, as well as his belief that ugliness is something evil that should be purged.
As a result he secretly became a villain by adopting a costumes Identity and began a covert villain lifestyle that happens mostly at night while maintaining a daytime façade to keep up appearances as a BENEVOLENT aristocrat and noble.
-x-
At the same time during Vega's growing up years, Midoriya's status as a Quirkless became known to his neighborhood, and neighborhood bullies uses their Quirk to torment him, mentally, and physically, to the point of badly injuring him, and as a battered and bleeding Midoriya lay on the ground, the bullies are ready to inflict more harm on the hapless boy, seeing that he could not fight back due to lacking a Quirk.
"Hah!"
"Look at that!"
"He really is Quirkless!"
"He couldn't even retaliate!"
"You're a loser!"
"You should commit suicide!"
"Yeah, you're a failure!"
"A trash!"
The bullies then began kicking Midoriya so hard that negative emotions began building up, as the bullying continues, and at one point one of the bullies began to kick their target on his BALLS, causing him to scream out in pain, and the bullies laughed at this and tells him to scream even more, as it is music to their ears.
They kicked him there even more as they taunted him for being a geek who couldn't stand up for himself and for being an otaku whop is nothing special.
"Hah!"
"Take that!"
"And that!"
"You Quirkless brat!"
"Just stay down and die!"
"Stay at home and never come out!"
"You'll just be a punching bag!"
"And we'll be enjoying it!"
This made Izuku's childhood life unmemorable and Inko tried hard to make her son realize that all is not lost and that she is sure that something good is bound to happen and that a bright tomorrow awaits him and he shouldn't give up on life.
Inko's love for her son proved to be the factor that made Izuku hold on and persevere the challenges that came and he fought the misfortunes that tried to pull him down, and so far he is able to move past the fact that he is born Quirkless.
-x-
The present time…
Several months ago, just a few weeks after the Provisional Hero License Exams, nearly all members of Class 1-A passed and got their provisional hero licenses, with Shoto Todoroki and Katsuki Bakugo being the only ones who failed, and a few days later Class 1-A, sans Todoroki and Bakugo, scrambled to find a way to intern under a hero agency in order to participate in the upcoming Work Studies.
Ochako Uraraka and Tsuyu Asui got interned under Ryukyu courtesy of Nejire Hado, while Eijiro Kirishima got interned under Fat Gum thanks to Tamaki Amajiki, which the latter and Hado are sidekicks to the aforementioned pro heroes, while Midoriya is struggling to find one and contacted Gran Torino, only to be turned down, yet the elderly pro hero told Midoriya to talk to All Might, saying that he can introduce Midoriya to Sir Nighteye's agency.
Through All Might and Mirio Togata, Midoriya got interned to Nighteye and along with Togata, as well as with Uraraka, Asui and Kirishima, with Hado and Amajiki, they conducted a surprise raid on the Shie Hassaikai hideout in order to rescue an innocent child identified only as Eri, and though the battle was chaotic and life-threatening, the heroes persevere, but it comes with a heavy price.
Nighteye was mortally wounded, and despite Recovery Girl's efforts, he could not be saved, and as All Might arrived, he and Nighteye reconcile, just as a weeping Togata urged Nighteye to live, reasoning that he has a lot to learn from the pro hero.
"Sir! Please! Don't die!"
"Togata…"
"You got to live!"
"…"
"Please teach me more! I have a lot to learn from you!"
"I…"
"Please, Sir! Fight! Live!"
"…"
Nighteye comforted his sidekick as he uses his Quirk, and told Togata that he will become a fine pro hero, and as Nighteye glanced at Midoriya and uses his Quirk, he stared wide-eyed as he discovered something, and realized that Midoriya is about to encounter a situation in the future, and attempted to give hints, but his body gave out and he mentally hoped that Midoriya would be prepared as the road leading ahead would surely test Midoriya's resolve.
As Nighteye passed away, everyone inside mourned his death, with Midoriya and Togata being affected the most.
-x-
A week later, after a careful deliberation, Nezu had to make a decision and announced that Work Studies would be temporarily suspended, which somewhat disappointed majority of the UA students who were looking forward to participate, and during this time, Yaoyorozu comforted Midoriya after learning of what happened to Nighteye, and assured to her classmate that everything will be okay after he, Uraraka, Asui and Kirishima saved Eri.
"Midoriya…cheer up."
"…"
"Its okay. It's not a total loss…"
"How so…?"
"You defeated that organization…and saved a little girl…surely that would count. I'm sure that Sir Nighteye would be pleased with that…"
"I…guess you're right…"
"So please don't feel depressed."
"O-Okay…"
Midoriya slowly smiled as her words helped him and thanked her for the encouragement, which she nodded and said that it is okay, and several days later Yaoyorozu and the rest of Class 1-A were introduced to Eri, and several days later, after the success of the UA School Festival, particularly the concert that Class 1-A made, which saw Eri REGAINED her smile and freed from Kai Chisaki's influence, Midoriya was overjoyed and he thanked Yaoyorozu for the inspiring words of encouragement.
Now he feels that things are going to be better as he looks forward to what lies ahead as the current year is approaching its end, as a few months later it would be Christmas.
-x-
As the Christmas season is ongoing, the scene shifts at UA Academy, where teachers, under Nezu's instructions, announced that Work Studies would resume and thus students scrambled to find which pro heroes are available so as to avail this special course in order to earn more credits for their curriculum as well as to earn more experience to prove themselves.
During the Work-Study, students are treated as Sidekicks, and in some cases, as Pro Heroes. Under the guidance of the Pros, the students are allowed to uses their Quirks in emergency situations, and they can be dispatched to disaster areas to aid the relief effort and join the fights against villains. The students must work in their respective agencies for at least a month, and they will be remunerated for their work.
In this activity, any student of the hero's course can participate regardless of the year, provided they have obtained their Provisional Hero License. First year students have a harder time since they still have a lot of classes, so they will also rack up a lot of absences, needing supplementary classes to be able to continue on this path at the same level as their classmates.
The students must use their networking connections from the Sport Festival to secure their work-studies. Due to it not being part of a class, but an activity that is done at the discretion of the student, those who weren't scouted at the sports festival would have a hard time lining one up to begin with. Originally, individual agencies recruited on their own, but there were many complications with trying to get U.A. students to join and opted for this method.
For some of the UA Academy students, they were excited as they would get to work with some of the popular pro heroes so as to be noticed by the public as well as they get to fight villains in order to prove their mettle as well as to obtain experience from their training, which the students are eager to find hero agencies with good track records.
"Work studies have resumed!"
"For real?"
"Oh yeah!"
"I'm going to fight villains again!"
"We got to choose which top agency we should intern with!"
"Me too!"
"Oh I'm so excited!"
"Same here!"
As this developed, Class 1-A are scrambling to which hero agencies they want to go to, as they are looking forward to work with the pro heroes, and are confident that they would learn a lot and would benefit in workout alongside with the heroes as aside from gaining experience they would also get to battle villains of different types besides the League Of Villains, which Class 1-A have encountered them in the recent months though only twice
"Work Studies are back!"
"Oh yeah!"
"Looks like we're about to get busy!"
"Are you going to work with Mount Lady again, Mineta?"
"Heck no! Anyone but her!"
"What about you, Tokoyami?"
"Likely I'll intern again under Hawks..."
"Good luck!"
Soon it is revealed that some of the first year students, Class 1-A and Class 1-B, were able to join with some well-known hero agencies so as to begin their work studies, and there it is revealed which agencies the first year students went to, which are:
- Fumikage Tokoyami went to Hawks' Hero Agency;
- Eijiro Kirishima, along with Tamaki Amajiki went to Fat Gum's Hero Agency, with Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu joining.
- Ochaco Uraraka, along with Tsuyu Asui, through Nejire Hado's recommendation, went to Ryukyu's Agency.
- Tenya Ida goes to work for Manual.
- Kyoka Jiro and Mezo Shoji go to work for Gang Orca.
- Denki Kaminari, Hanta Sero, and Minoru Mineta, along with Ibara Shiozaki go work for The Lurkers.
- Koji Koda along with Manga Fukidashi go work for Wash.
- Setsuna Tokage go work for Majestic.
- Mina Ashido, Yuga Aoyama and Toru Hagakure go work for Yoroi Musha.
- Mashirao Ojiro, Rikido Sato, along with Jurota Shishida and Nirengeki Shoda go work for Shishido.
- Neito Monoma and Pony Tsunotori team up as they work for an unidentified pro hero.
- Yosetsu Awase and Hiryu Rin team up as they work for an unidentified pro hero.
- Kinoko Komori and Shihai Kuroiro team up as they work for an unidentified pro hero.
- Togaru Kamakiri, Sen Kaibara and Kosei Tsuburaba team up as they work for an unidentified pro hero.
- Juzo Honenuki and Yui Kodai team up as they work for an unidentified pro hero.
- Reiko Yanagi went to work with an unidentified pro hero.
- Kojiro Bondo goes with a glue tube head hero.
As this developed, Izuku Midoriya is seen walking the hallway as he is still undecided, due to some factors that were beyond his control, and thus he is facing the possibility that either he would miss this opportunity or he would be randomly be recruited by some random and/or unknown hero agency, as a brief flashback shows that Gran Torino won't take him in after explaining to Midoriya that he is busy assisting the police.
At the same time Nighteye Agency won't be able to accommodate Midoriya as they are busy with paperwork whilst Centipeder is struggling to keep the agency going following Sir Nighteye's passing.
As Midoriya is pondering, he came across Yaoyorozu and the two classmates greeted each other, and there the latter asked if he has chosen which hero agency he would intern to, which he admitted to her his situation, which she also revealed that she too is facing a similar situation, as well as admitting that going back to Uwabami would not be a good idea for her.
"Huh? You sure you wouldn't want to intern again with Uwabami…?"
"Believe me…that's the last thing I ever wanted. I don't want to end up getting disappointed like what happened before…like appearing in a TV commercial and all…"
"I see…"
"What about you, Midoriya? Are you sure you don't know anyone besides Gran Torino or Centipeder?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Cheer up. I'm sure that UA might arrange something for you…"
"Yeah. Hopefully the same goes for you."
"Thanks."
As the two chatted, both started to develop a rapport and wished that they would find a hero agency so as they would be able to participate in the work study program, which Yaoyorozu said that she got envious that majority of their classmates got offers from several pro heroes, and she wondered if there is a pro hero who would take interest in her, which Midoriya assured to her that a pro hero would recognize her talent and Quirk.
"Its okay, Yaoyorozu. I'm sure a pro hero would take interest in you."
"Really?"
"Yes, really."
"I see. Thanks for trying to cheer me up…"
"I'm sure that a pro hero would scout you. Just be a bit patient."
"Fine."
"So we're good?"
"Yeah."
As the two chatted, they were joined by Itsuka Kendo, and there she greeted them while asking if they got invited by a pro hero, which Midoriya and Yaoyorozu admitted that they haven't received any offers, which Kendo said that she too hasn't received one either, and lamented that they might miss it out as the work studies required that they need to receive an invitation from a pro hero or else they would be stuck at class for a week or so, which Midoriya and Yaoyorozu nodded in dismay.
"I see…"
"How dismaying…"
"Yeah, it sucks…"
"Then it looks like we're stuck in limbo…"
"I hope not…"
"From the looks of it…it looks like we're…"
"Lets wait for a while…maybe we might receive a last-minute invitation…"
"Midoriya's right, Kendo. Let's be a bit patient…"
"Fine…"
However, an unexpected situation took place as a Shota Aizawa came and glanced at the three students, seeing that they looked less enthusiastic given that they were the only ones not receiving an invitation from a pro hero, and he can understand their discouraged morale, and there he told the three students to head for the principal's office immediately, which Midoriya, Yaoyorozu and Kendo glanced at each other in bafflement and asked Aizawa what is going on, wondering if they did something wrong.
"You three. To the principal's office."
"Huh?"
"Us?"
"Seriously? Why would the principal…?"
"No idea. He just told me to fetch you."
"Uh…"
"This doesn't bode well…"
"For real…?"
The three students blinked their eyes as Aizawa said that he has no idea why Nezu summoned them but he advised the three to head there immediately in order to find out the reason why they were summoned, which Midoriya, Yaoyorozu and Kendo glanced at each other before reluctantly complying seeing that there is nothing else for them to do here given that there are no classes at this time.
"Its best that you head there now."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"And be ready for anything."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Okay."
After that the three students are on their way to Nezu's office and there they waited until the secretary opened the door and motioned the three students to come inside, saying that the principal is waiting for them inside.
Inside the principal's office, the three first year students sat on the couch as Nezu stood in front of them, displaying his usual cheerful self and there, Midoriya, Yaoyorozu and Kendo wondered why they are being summoned, as they were sure that they didn't break any school rules, or say anything that would put the academy in a bad situation, and they await what the principal would say.
There Nezu went straight to the point, telling them that he is aware that they haven't received any invitation from a pro hero, which the three students nodded in acknowledgement, and there the principal also said that given that Class 1-A now only has two students, with Kendo being the sole Class 1-B member left behind, he told the students that they won't be having classes for the entire week, as he informed them that the UA students and the pro heroes they were interned with would be involved in a World Mission, meaning that they are set to leave Japan by next week, hence Midoriya, Yaoyorozu and Kendo would have to stay at Heights Alliance until the pro heroes and the interns return.
The three first year students nodded grimly as they realized that they would be stuck at Heights Alliance and have nothing else to do other than wait for the week to pass, and are ready to depart seeing that there is no point staying here but Nezu said that as compensation, as well as not to make them stay idle for the entire week, he told the students that he made some arrangements so that they can have work studies here in Japan, surprising the three Class 1-A members.
"Yup. You will have work studies here for a week."
"Huh?"
"Eh?"
"Seriously?"
"Yes. You won't spend the week doing nothing…you will be interned under a pro hero."
"Whoa…"
"This is good news…"
"Indeed. Now we have something to do..."
While the three students were excited, they began to get serious as they wondered which pro hero would be willing to take the students in given that almost all of the top pro heroes are set to leave Japan along with their interns, and there Nezu glanced at the door, where an unannounced guest came in, surprising the students as the one who entered turns out to be the current number three pro hero - Best Jeanist.
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Much later, at the Class 1-A dorms within Heights Alliance…
The scene shows that most of Midoriya and Yaoyorozu's classmates were surprised by the fact that she and Midoriya would intern with the current number three hero, and were impressed at the current events, which they encouraged them to go for it as this is a chance that they can't ignore.
"For real?"
"Work studies with the current number three hero?"
"Are you really sure, Yao-Momo?"
"Yeah, I am."
"You sure are lucky…"
"Now I feel jealous…"
"Way yo go, Yao-Momo!"
"Thanks…"
Likewise, Bakugo sarcastically advised Midoriya not to tick Jeanist off after telling him of his experience when interning under Jeanist following the Sports Festival, which Midoriya assured that he won't get into trouble with Jeanist, and Bakugo nodded before smirking, telling him to be prepared as Jeanist is sure to apply his STYLE OF HAIR MAKEOVER, causing Midoriya to imagine the hairdo Jeanist gave to Bakugo following the internship.
"…"
"Heh, looking excited now, Deku?"
"Uh…"
"Its best if you stay at his good side…"
"Well…"
"Though 8 doubt you'll regain your old hairstyle once the work studies ended…"
"Uh…"
"Heh-heh-heh…"
Kirishima and Sero snickered as they too imagined it as well and told Midoriya not to tick Jeanist off though they said that sporting a new hairdo wouldn't sound bad as it might attract some cute girls, which Midoriya cringed a bit
"Its going to be okay, Midoriya!"
"Yeah, so look forward to it!"
"Yeah…"
"I'm sure that Jeanist would make you a REAL MAN!"
"And it might attract a lot of hot chicks!"
"Uh…"
"Sero's right!"
"So look forward to it, Midoriya!"
"O-okay…"
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, as the first part mirrored Midoriya's early childhood though I added some original contents by giving Midoriya a glimpse about bullfighting before discovering that he is Quirkless…
Then there's Balrog's origin and his eventual descent into becoming the matador of menace…
And lastly we fast-forward towards the work studies where it diverges a bit by having Midoriya intern under Best Jeanist with Yaoyorozu and Kendo joining in…
Preview:
The next chapter kickstart the story as Midoriya, Yaoyorozu and Kendo begin their work studies under Best Jeanist…in which Midoriya comes into conflict with a mafia sub-boss, and this prompted the gangster to hire OUTSIDE HELP as a contact of his recommended a SPANIARD superstar after seeing Midoriya in action…
See you next month…
Reviews are welcomed, but needed…