The Next Day

Dagobah Municipal Beach Park

Musutafu, Japan

"I swear, the trash in this place seems to multiply!" Izuku roars under his mask as he lifts a broken piano of all things out of the trash pile before tossing it into the other sides. "Whoever did all of this should be ashamed of themselves! Who in the right mind thinks that it's okay to do this!?"

Izuku grunts before pulling out a bent fridge, something Izuku wouldn't expect to see, and tossing it right on the piano, breaking it even further. Izuku sighs before getting away from the trash pile and taking off the mask, squinting his nose in disgust and putting on his mask again.

"I start to regret having advanced senses. The stench is too much for my nose!" Izuku exclaimed before deciding to open his stats.


[Name: Izuku Midoriya]

[Age: 14]

[Level: 36]

[Title: Monster Hunter]

[HP: 5100]

[MP: 837]


Strength: 55 (5)

Agility: 57 (6)

Health: 54 (5)

Sense: 51

Intelligence: 56 (4)

Available Stat Points: 12


[Passives]

[???]

[Tenacity - Lvl 1]

[Basic Sword Technique - Lvl 1]

[Mana Proficiency - Lvl 1]

[Active]

[Observe - Lvl 1]

[Sprint - Lvl 1]

[Critical Strike - Lvl 2]

[Mana Blade - Lvl 1]

[Power Throw - Lvl 1]

[Fireball - Lvl MAX]


"Hm...what should I use my stat points for...?" Izuku mutters before deciding that he'll put 2 into his Strength, 2 into his Agility, 2 into Health, and the rest into his intelligence. He knows it'll help in learning more magic, and he can't help but drool at all the possibilities.


[HP: 5350]

[MP: 978]


Strength: 57 (5)

Agility: 59 (6)

Health: 56 (6)

Sense: 51

Intelligence: 62 (4)


"Well, that should be good enough," Izuku mutters with a satisfied nod. He suddenly hears a yell from the distance before looking at his back, barely able to dodge a pink blur trying to tackle him out of nowhere. "A villain!?"

"You thief!" Izuku yelps before he notices a girl with salmon pink dreadlock-styled hair with yellow eyes, wearing steampunk-style goggles on her forehead, rubber gloves, a black tank top that hugs her cleavage tightly, loose trousers, and a belt full of mechanic/engineer tools. "How dare you steal my baby-making material?"

Izuku expects a lot of things, but the girl's words aren't one of them. This caused Izuku to be blue-screened before a heavy blush covered his entire face.

"B-baby making!?!" Izuku asked with wide eyes as the girl, seemingly oblivious to Izuku's blushing face, nodded.

"Yeah! This junkyard is full of it! Just look at this!" She said before pulling out an untouched monitor. Izuku looks so confused before he finally puts all the pieces together. The goggles, the belt full of tools, the grease scent coming from her.

"You're an inventor?" Izuku asked for confirmation, which the girl grinned widely and nodded.

"Yup! I create tons of babies using all the baby-making materials I can find here!" She grinned before glaring at Izuku. "And there's no way I'll let you steal everything away!"

"I...I don't have any intention to steal these. I was just cleaning the beach." Izuku said with a sweatdrop.

"Oh, okay." Izuku sweatdrops again from how fast she changes her demeanor. He wisely steps back as she's too busy looking for more material, pulls out his phone, and sees the time. He puts his phone back and runs back home, leaving the crazy girl alone.

After everything that happens, he's very skeptical towards anyone who's not mentally right. Especially since he has to deal with Bakugou for 10 years, he rather not risk it. Hs still love his life, thank you very much.


Later

On The Way to UEIS HQ

Estimated Time: 31 Minutes

"No new news for these few days..." Izuku mutters as he looks at his phone. After these few days, there is no news about weird things other than heroes being 'attention whore'. He can't help but slowly lose his 'heroes worship' mindset after all the things that happened these several days.

"I rather not think too much about it..." Izuku mutters. "I wonder what will I do for the internship. We only did paperwork yesterday..." Izuku quietly snorts, remembering what happened yesterday when Kirishima fainted while doing the paperwork.

"Hey!" Izuku perks up when he sees a man run off while holding a wallet. They were quite far and Izuku couldn't help but notice people merely watching, some just recorded the whole scene. Izuku growls in disgust before he extends his hand and catches the man's head, lifting him. The man starts to panic before he thrashes around, hitting Izuku's arm but only for him to yell in pain.

"Oh, thank you!" Izuku looked and saw a girl with auburn bob-styled hair, wide innocent auburn eyes, and permanent blushes on her cheeks wearing a plain shirt and pants. "I thought he'd get away with my wallet."

"No problem. I just did the right thing, instead of just watching..." Izuku said, subtly jabbing at every passenger, who refused to make eye contact.

"I owe you a lot." The girl said with a wide smile. Izuku nods before taking the wallet off the man's tight grip with ease and giving it to the girl. "My name's Ochako Uraraka, may I know your name?"

"Izuku. Izuku Midoriya." Izuku said as Ochako's smile widen. Then, they heard a muffled yell and they turned to see the man still struggling on Izuku's iron grip. Izuku sighs before hitting the man's neck with a karate chop, causing the man to go limp.

"D-did you kill him?" Ochako asked in fear. Izuku shakes his head, secretly touching the man's neck to check for his pulse.

"He's just unconscious." Izuku turns to face the rest of the passengers. "Anyone got a rope?"

"Umm, I do." A young boy with light brown hair raises his hand, holding a rope before giving it to Izuku. Izuku smiles gently before using the rope to tie the criminal, making sure he can't escape.

He will not admit he made the rope a bit tight for shamelessly trying to steal money from a girl his age. He doesn't care what the man's reason behind stealing is, stealing from a child is a big no.

"Again, thank you," Ochako said while bowing. Izuku merely waves it off.

"It's nothing. I just did what a decent human being would do." Izuku said, subtly jabbing at everyone again. He took great pleasure when he saw the passengers flinched.

"You deserve a proper thanks...I don't know what will I do if he gets away..." Ochako said while holding her wallet.

"...make sure you keep your eyes on your wallet. Not everyone is willing to help if it doesn't benefit them." Izuku did another jab, causing the majority to flinch while Ochako, oblivious to everything, nodded.

"Thank you, sir." Izuku winced before scratching his cheeks.

"I'm only 14..." Izuku said as Ochako gasps.

"Oh, god! I'm so sorry! You look so much older!" Ochako apologized as Izuku winced again.

"Y-yeah...puberty did this to you," Izuku said.

"Well, I hope I can see you again, Midoriya-san!" Ochako said before writing something on a piece of paper and giving it to Izuku. "Hope to see you again!"

Izuku looks at the paper and he bluescreened. A girl just gave him her number. Just like that...


Train Station

Chiba, Japan

"...how did it happen again?" Izuku owlishly blinks as his phone has a new phone number, his cheeks are now pink.

"So, Izu-bro?" Izuku looks at Kirishima who gives Izuku a wide grin. "Who's the lucky girl?"

"..." Izuku merely pushes Kirishima's face away as he laughs.

"I can't believe it! What did you do to get a girl's number!?" Kirishima asked.

"...catching a thief trying to steal her wallet. No one did anything to stop him, just watching on the sideline." Izuku replies as Kirishima frowns.

"No one?" Izuku shakes his head. "Geez, people these days are so unmanly."

"Yeah..." Izuku said as they walked into the UEIS HQ, with some of the employees welcoming them. Izuku notices some of the employees glaring at them, causing Izuku to sigh internally.

As they walked into the office, they saw Gang Orca welcoming them with the rest of the members in there.

"Welcome, Midoriya, Kirishima." Gang Orca said warmly as both boys nodded with a smile. "I hope you don't mind, but we never exactly properly introduce you two to everyone."

"Oh, right..." Izuku rubs his cheeks in embarrassment, remembering that the incident was because of his fight with Mirko. Mirko seems to be embarrassed as well, as she huffs with a light blush on her cheeks.

"Well, I would like to properly introduce our new interns, Izuku Midoriya," Gang Orca gesturing to Izuku. "and Eijirou Kirishima. They're the first children who were involved in the gate incident. Well, the ones we manage to discover..." Izuku blinks. Does that mean there are more that they haven't found? With how the incidents were hidden from the public, Izuku thinks that it might be possible that they might've missed some.

"Hmm...I wonder, what's your magic, kids?" Izuku can't help but frown at how casually Godzillo asked the question. It was too much like how people in Aldera ask him. "Don't get me wrong, kid. I would like to know about it since you're now an intern and we would like to see how to improve it."

"Well, I was told that I turned into a humanoid lion after the Gate Incident," Kirishima said while rubbing the back of his head. "I never try it though, not without supervision."

"...for me, I was turning into a literal RPG character," Izuku admits, causing everyone to blink. "You know how most RPG games have status windows displaying their levels and stats, right? Well, I got those. I can improve my stats in some way, and even got skills or passives on boots."

"...Midoriya, what the fuck?" Mirko mutters, voicing everyone's thoughts while Izuku shrugs.

"Don't ask, I still trying to figure out how these powers work," Izuku said. "There are daily missions or in some rare cases, emergency missions. Each rewards me with different things. But...the missions aren't exactly worth it. Like one of them forces me to kill people or else I'll die." This made everyone froze.

"...the Lizard's Tail." Izuku nodded, confirming Gang Orca's words.

"Yeah." Kirishima pats Izuku's shoulder, who nods in gratitude.

"...this is getting more and more complicated." Gang Orca said. "Is there a loophole to avoid it?"

"...I don't know. The majority of my missions were nothing but daily quests, giving me a workout routine." Izuku said as Mirko deadpans. "There are things I still figuring out."

"...very well. Thank you for being honest." Gang Orca said as Izuku nods. "Now, I have to admit, I was planning to let you two go through sets of trials to see how strong you are, but given what happened yesterday, I think we can all agree Midoriya should be exempt from this."

"...if you don't mind sir, may I go through the trial?" Izuku asked. "I rather not make people think I got special treatment."

"...very well." Gang Orca nodded. "Your trial is to clear a low-level dungeon alone or together. One of us will supervise your trial. Just remember, the trial is just a way to gauge your current strength. So, don't worry about failing and getting fired. We're not those kinds of people."

"..." Izuku and Kirishima looked at each other and nodded. "We'll go through the trial together."


Later

Dungeon

Chiba, Japan

"Well, this is gonna be interesting," Izuku said, changing his clothes into casual wear while Kirishima wore a pair of gauntlets, a gift from Gang Orca to interns.

"I'm fucked." Kirishima mutters.

"Why don't you try to activate your magic?" Izuku asked as Kirishima froze before looking at Izuku.

"B-but...what if I lose control?" Kirishima asked.

"I'll help you snap out of it," Izuku said as Kirishima looked at Izuku, before nodding and closing his eyes. Izuku waits in anticipation while watching Kirishima try to transform, but to his confusion, nothing seems to happen.

"U-umm..." Kirishima mutters, seems embarrassed. "How did you do it?" Izuku face faulted, forgetting that Kirishima only did it while he was unconscious.

"...um, try to visualize yourself growing lion's features, like manes, claws, etc?" Izuku suggested. He heard how most transformation quirks did it by visualizing what they're transforming into, so maybe it's the same for magic?

Kirishima follows Izuku's suggestion, and to his surprise, he does it. His hands grew larger and sharp claws extended from his fingertips. His tail grows longer, his muscles grow larger, long red manes grow out of his head, his fangs elongated, his red eyes have slits, and his face turns into a lion. Izuku was a bit surprised when Kirishima's furry body had black stripes on it. Does that mean Kirishima turns into a wereliger instead of a werelion?

"Uggh..." Izuku snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Kirishima's grunts.

"You still there, buddy?" Izuku asked as the wereliger nodded.

"Y-yeah...just...I feel an unusual amount of aggression from inside me..." Kirishima mutters, rubbing his head.

"Tell me if you're losing control," Izuku said as Kirishima gave a shaky thumbs up before they both looked at a group of kobolds swarming the area. "Kirishima, I think we found targets for your aggression."

"Yeah..." Kirishima can't help but show a feral grin before charging towards them. Izuku can't help but be shocked at how aggressive Kirishima becomes as a weretiger, cutting the kobold's limbs one by one, slicing them in half, even to the point that he bit one of their heads off.

"...yeah, I think both of us need those therapy sessions," Izuku said with a sweatdrop before summoning a huge fireball and launching it toward a group of Kobolds charging at him.

[Congratulations, Fireball Skill - Lvl MAX has evolved into Fire Missile - Lvl 1]

"...sweet!" Izuku said before pulling out [Balmung] from his inventory and charging towards the army of kobolds.


Later

"You think Edgeshot will stop the trial?" Crust asks Gang Orca.

"He's done this ever since we started the group, remember? He knows how to keep them alive." Gang Orca reassures his old friend.

"...you shouldn't have brought them here. It's not something kids like them should get involved in." Crust said, disapproving of Gang Orca's choice.

"It's either I brought them here or HPSC brings them to their sides." Gang Orca said. "And we know how messed up they are." Crust frowns, but doesn't say a word. Suddenly, something was tossed out of the portal, causing both heroes on edge. To their surprise, it's the decapitated head of a Kobold chief, with claw marks on its left eye, and its tongue was cut off.

From the portal, Kirishima, who's still a wereliger, walks out with a wide grin. Both heroes can't help but sweatdrops at Kirishima's fur covered in blood and multiple comically large bumps on his head. Izuku also walks out of the portal, his fist smoking as Edgeshot also walks out. His mask hides his expression, but his wide eyes tell them everything.

"There's...a lot of things...I need to write it down on the reports because it's too much." Edgeshot mutters, slowly regaining his composure. "Kirishima needs to learn more how to control his anger, as he almost loses control several times if not for Midoriya..." Edgeshot sweatdrops while mentioning it. Behind him, Kirishima turns back to human, his hair remains red while the mane remains, but much shorter. His hands are now covered in furs with claws on his fingertips, and his tail now has black stripes on it.

"As for Midoriya, he's too good for being a rookie. Anyone who thinks his fight against Mirko was a fluke should toss that thought out of the window." Edgeshot bluntly said, making some of the employees flinched.

Izuku and Kirishima look at each other before giving a wide grin on the others. Gang Orca looks at them before nodding.

"Well, I can say that you both managed to clear the trial. Something that no interns or new employees have ever done." Gang Orca said as both boys' grins grew wider and they bumped into each other.

To be continued