Chapter 46:

(And here comes another chapter! I'm excited to write the stuff with Shoto & Lucas @ Endeavor's internship. Anyways, u got nothing to say. I DO want ur opinions every now and then, tho. I want to improve my skills and for that, I often would need criticism. And I'm glad for a lot that I get. Anyways, enjoy!)

Aizawa had walked his class to the train station to make sure they had everything they needed. The crowd around Class 1-A seemed to really be amazed at the pros-to-be. "Remember, you don't have permission to wear them out in public yet, and don't lose them or anything." Aizawa warned, and Mina was the first person to respond! "Gotcha!" She said, which made Lucas jump, "Speak properly! It's "Yes, sir," Ashido." Aizawa scolded her. Mina looked down in despair for the embarrassment. "Yes sir." She said, "Make sure you mind your manners with the other heroes, during your internship." Lucas looked to his side a moment. He was SERIOUSLY hoping to tell Endeavor off and call him a monster, but he needed to be polite. Papa and Sensei taught him not to vent frustrations like that. "Now get to it." Aizawa had said to Class 1-A.

All the students said "Yes, sir!", except for Tenya. Shoto and Lucas watched as he began to walk away. Lucas looked a little worried, he saw Tenya looking at the Hosu City train schedule, and that's where the Hero Killer was last sighted. Where Ingenium…

Lucas decided to run to catch up with him, and he saw Izuku & Ochaco had the same idea. "Iida, wait!" Izuku said, which made Tenya stop.

"Hey, if you ever wanna talk or anything, just let us know." Izuku urged him to, with Ochaco nodding her head. "We're friends, right?" Izuku asked. Tenya turned to them and still smiled, "Yes." He simply said, before walking off.

The three of them stared as he walked off. Lucas looked upset, "I-I'll be back." Lucas said, running off to see him.

"Tenya!" Lucas shouted, and his classmate stopped in his tracks again. "I…I…I know what you want to do." Lucas said, putting together all the pieces. "Sakai…" Tenya simply said.

"Promise me!" Lucas said, grabbing his arm and turning him around. Tenya could see that Sakai's face was filled with genuine panic, and sadness.

"Promise me that you won't…I don't want you to be so caught up in this feeling you have..." Lucas said, Tenya just simply smiled again, putting his hands on his shoulders. "Sakai, I'm going to be fine. I promise." Tenya said, "Don't keep your train waiting." Lucas watched as Tenya walked away. The boy could tell by the look of his friend's smile, he was still going to do it. "I'm begging You…to keep him safe." Lucas thought to himself, feeling a moment where he could pray. Lucas was hesitant to leave Tenya with the current state he was in, but he had no choice but to leave. "Lucas, are you okay?" Shoto had asked. "I-I'm worried about him…" Lucas said, scared.

(In Hosu City…Sorry, we prolly won't jump into Izuku's side of this arc just yet)

"On a normal day, I just wait for client calls to come in. Not really exciting. But things've been fairly hectic here lately." The Pro Hero Manual explained. "So you're using street patrols to suppress crime." Tenya surmised, looking around the city. "Yes, exactly! Man, I kinda can't believe Ingenium's little brother is interning at MY agency." Manual said, waving at a few fans, "I'm sure you had offers from Pros with much bigger followings than mine." Tenya looked to his side.

It's clear what his intentions were at volunteering with Manual. "The Hero Killer. So elusive he's managed to avoid capture for his deplorable crimes." Tenya's glare furrowed underneath his mask, "I know that I might not find him. But still…" Tenya then replayed the moment of Tensei's retirement in his head.

"I have to try to track the villain down. Because I can't forgive him for what he's done." Tenya's voice kept breaking as he thought to himself. His anger towards the Hero Killer now knew no bounds. He was going to make that man PAY for crippling Tensei!

(Meanwhile)

"So…You must be the ones who attacked UA." Stain said to the two men in front of him, and the voice coming from the tv screen. "And you wanna recruit me to build up your little group again." Stain realized that was what the blue haired one was doing. "Yeah. It'll be great, you've got so much experience." The blue haired man—Shigaraki said. "And what's your plan?" Stain asked, needing to know what their intentions were. "For now? I really just wanna kill All Might. I like to destroy anything that pisses me off." Tomura explained, pulling up a picture of that Izuku Midoriya kid as an example. "Game over." Stain's glare had sharpened like his katanas. "I was a fool to think you could offer me anything." He said to them, "It turns out, you're the type of this person I hate most in this world." Tomura and Kurogiri looked confused at that sentence. "The goals of your "league" are those of a child." Stain stated, getting his weapons at the ready. "What meaning is there in killing if you don't have real convictions?" Stain asked the blue haired one.

"The Hero Killer Stain. Tomura Shigaraki cares only about wanton violence, so we brought this man in to guide him." Kurogiri said, believing that they had made a mistake. Stain pulled out his blades, "Master, should I step in?" Kurogiri asked, "Let it happen." His master had said. "It's possible this is the only way he'll learn anything. He needs to think about the ways he must grow." The man behind the screen went on about Shigaraki's ability to mature. Realizing that only then will he reached his full potential.

(With our green-haired chap)

Izuku's experience with his mentor was an unexpected one to say the least. All Might had told him that his old teacher was looking to offer him an internship. When he got here, he thought the man was dead, dealing with dementia and then it had gone right into a test to see how far he had come with One For All. All Might's teacher Gran Torino had explained that his admiration for his idol was in fact a shackle, and Gran Torino could sense the discord in his mind. All this led to the conclusion that Izuku's movements were stiff. All this information left Izuku in thought while he waited for his mentor to return. "I believe One For All is more special than it is. Is that what's making my movements stiff?" Izuku then replayed his fight with Kacchan as a reference to how he handles One For All in the past. "What does "stiff" even mean?" Izuku then decided to look at this a different way and asked himself what makes a movement more flexible. Izuku then thought of Kacchan's ability to mobilize his explosions as a boost and Lucas's adaptability to each given fight he's seen him in. He gasped, grabbing his Hero Analysis Journal No. 13. "I know! How I think about, One For All—those big smashes are like special moves!" Izuku wrote down his thoughts and recalled the time he saw All Might use his power. "Why didn't I notice it then? Now I see…Quirks are just extensions of our bodies. So then…I need to start thinking of One For All as being a part of me." Izuku had smiled, "That's it, I get it!"

Gran Torino had stood outside, listening in on the boy figure out the dilemma. "Well, at least he's mentally adept and forward-thinking. For a kid." He thought to himself. "But I already knew that from the festival. You found a good one, huh, Toshinori? Or should I say, All Might?" He asked in his head.

(Meanwhile)

"I've been waiting for you, Shoto. You're finally ready to walk down the path of the mighty." Endeavor had said to his son, smile on his face. "I have no intention of following any path you've created. Only I can decide my future." Shoto said, boldly and profusely.

"Heh. Is that so?" Endeavor asked, "Yes, that's correct." Lucas said, staring Endeavor with an angry look in his eyes. Enji didn't know what to make of this mystery student, when he picked him up, he was very timid, and the discussions about his Quirk were almost vague. "Ah, yes. Before we go into pressing matters, I must say it is nice to meet you, Mr. Sakai." Enji had adressed the blonde boy.

"I was given the rundown of your Quirk by your teacher, and I'm pleased to say I'm happy you've decided to intern with me." Endeavor explained. "I see. But I'd like to further discuss one thing?" Lucas asked. "Pardon?" Endeavor looked confused by how the boy was acting intimidating. "Let me put things bluntly, I and Shoto are here to learn how to handle our strengths, and that's what we signed on to your internship. Not for any of YOUR benefit." Lucas bluntly said.

Endeavor was confused by how this boy was presenting himself. It didn't seem arrogant or smug, but rather…just inner rage. "What on earth happened to this boy's attitude…he seemed very timid when he was picked up. How are YOU the same one who could fight hand-to-hand against my Shoto…" Endeavor had thought himself, listening to Sakai go on.

"As Shoto mentioned, his destiny is his to tread the path of. As his friend, I'm gonna help him all I can. I expect you to do the same, as his PARENT. If a detestable person like YOU can even call himself that, that is." Lucas had said, which shocked Shoto to hear him say. He could see that being near Endeavor made him angry and he was able to stop being shy to speak his mind.

"I'm impressed by your ability to speak honestly, Mr. Sakai." Enji said, genuinely impressed, "Even that off-handed insult was blunt of how you feel. I will do my part to assist you, so long as you keep your communication with me open." Enji explained to him, "Still...the nerve of this child…who does he think he is?" He thought to himself, still getting a little annoyed at that insult. That child has no right to talk about how he is as a parent, especially when he knows so very little of him. "You both should go get ready. We'll be going out." The Number 2 Hero said, which made the boys perk up. "Where to?" Shoto asked.

"It's time I show you what it means to be a hero." Endeavor explained to his son, "Now then, go change and we'll discuss further details."Lucas and Shoto went to go change into their attire.

(After they changed)

Shoto and Lucas had changed into their hero clothing, and saw Lucas put the hood up. "What WAS that? I've never seen you so temperamental towards someone, before." Shoto said, recalling all the times Lucas was either polite or mediating a fight, and then comparing that with his mild aggression towards Endeavor. Watching Lucas get mad at someone like that was worrisome, somehow.

"I'm sorry." Lucas simply said, "It's fine. Don't make things difficult for yourself. I appreciate your protectiveness, but I don't want to see you suffer for it on the internship." Shoto explained, "R-Right. Sorry. It's just…I can't imagine someone growing up with a man like him. My dad was always protective of me, so…I can't imagine someone NOT doing that for you." Lucas explained, "And after learning what happened, I…I hate him." Lucas said, admitting how he felt.

"Try to control that hatred, then." Shoto said to him, "Don't let it cloud your judgement. When your emotions can be out of control, so could that affect your strength of power." Shoto said, realizing all the times he was emotionally vulnerable and it led to accidents here and there.

"O-Okay…" Lucas nodded, taking the advice to heart, but chuckled. "You sound like Sensei." He said, quietly.

"So, we're more than likely heading out for patrol. Keep on guard, a lot of things are unpredictable." Lucas gave advice in return, "Right. Thanks." Lucas then thought of changing the subject to a lighter topic. "Maybe we'll hear from some of our classmates during the internship. Each experience with the pros should be something to take consideration of, no?" Lucas asked, "I'm not sure about that. For now, let's focus on OUR time." Shoto had said. Lucas then nodded. He was going to be ready for this.

"I'm not here for glory, or riches. I'm working to help a friend out and serve the community. There's no heroic quality that can beat selflessness. It's why I'm gonna work hard to be a hero." Lucas then said to himself, getting ready for the trials to come.

(Day 2)

Izuku had a rough night after Gran Torino had gotten home. He had practiced manifesting One For All and believing it was a part of him while he practiced how to walk kick to scale two buildings in an alleyway. "Good morning! What's wrong? You like beat." Gran Torino walked in and saw Izuku's tired face and his body covered in scratches and dirt.

"Well…I was training on my own yesterday and went too far." He said, almost quietly. "I tried to take everything you said to me and put it into practice, but it was no good. Heh." Izuku rose his hand and realized he still had a long way to go. "It's your first time trying, so it's to be expected. That is how training works." Gran Torino consoled the boy, "Of course, I suppose All Might can't wrap his mind around that. He was pretty much able to use One For All right off the bat, so I taught him in a very different manner." Gran Torino explained, explaining that Toshinori already had the boing going for him, as well.

All of that information made Izuku perk up. He wanted to know how All Might must've been as a student, "Whoa, All Might as a student, huh? Come on, what was he like back then?" He asked the Pro, "Hm? Huh…It was all combat training for him." Gran Torino explained, which shook Izuku to his core. He recalled his mentor looking completely TERRIFIED of when he had given Izuku his internship. "No wonder All Might was so scared of this guy!" He thought in his head.

"The training was difficult, but I couldn't hold back on him. He was entrusted to me by a sworn friend who had just passed away." Izuku realized who Gran Torino was talking about, "Oh, All Might's predecessor?" He asked, "So, can you tell me anything about the guy?" Gran Torino looked back at the green-ette in confusion. He gasped, and looked at Izuku like something was incorrect about the question. Their conversation was halted by a ring of the doorbell, "Package for you!" A deliveryman shouted.

"I-I'll take care of it for you." Gran Torino looked on as Izuku helped with the package. Toshinori has not yet told the boy about the Seventh Holder, the man surmised.

"Got it. Thanks!" Izuku said, shutting the door. They had opened the box and in it was a microwave. "A microwave?" Izuku asked, Gran Torino looked happy. "Yeah, for some reason, mine broke yesterday." He said, not remembering his first training session with Izuku. Izuku remembered he crushed it when he was bouncing around the room. Izuku just smiled, cringing a little. "I can't tell if he's being serious or not." He thought to himself. Gran Torino rubbed his hand on the microwave, "So, whaddya think, how 'bout we eat some of that frozen food I bought? It'll be good!" He encouraged. "But, the only thing you bought was dessert!" Izuku pointed out, "What can I say, I like the finer things in life." He said.

(This brought the haunting memory(to me) of how the Abridged handled this whole situation from part of the anime. Two words: Fish. Cakes)

Izuku looked at the microwave and thought about his Quirk once again. "Using my Quirk needs to be as easy as taking a breath. Thinking about it objectively, everyone else has had 15 years to get into that kind of mindset."

Izuku then thought of how he had only gained One For All only recently, and he knew that time would not wait for him to go slow and learn. Izuku was unsure why, but part of him was thinking about his and Lucas's training.

(Flashback)

Izuku watched as Lucas trained with a staff, "So, do you think you could handle someone with a staff alone?" Izuku took notes on where Lucas would hope to strike with his Bo stick. "I mean, it's possible if you know what you're doing. Sensei was the one who taught me how to wield it, and he often told me I should know how to handle all my bases." Lucas explained, "It seems like a lot, though." Izuku had pointed out, not only does Lucas have to account for hand-to-hand combat, he's learning how to control his powers, and use a weapon. "Learning three different ways to fight isn't easy, but it's vital to not be a one-trick-pup." Lucas said, blushing when he realized what he said.

"Let me guess, Principal Nezu called you that?" Izuku asked, but laughed. "D-Don't laugh…B-But…Yeah, I never really thought about it as three different ways of fighting." Lucas explained. "Papa told me a good way to view the training was a way of learning how to use extensions of myself. Like, it was part of my body and I learned how to hone all of it…" Lucas said. "I'm sure if we can figure out how you could fight. One For All wouldn't be so difficult to use, anymore." Lucas said to him.

(End of flashback…this…isn't shoe-horned in, right?)

Izuku then thought of those words of his friend, "At any rate, in order to draw out more than five percent of my power, I'll need to put in the kind of commitment I did on the beach." Izuku said to himself, "Lucas said he viewed his training as learning how to use the extensions of himself, maybe if I can find a good way to visualize that, I'll—" Izuku got cut off by the ding of the microwave. "Oh, yeah, look at those delicious babies." Gran Torino said, excitedly tapping the table. "Come and get 'em while they're steamin'." Izuku still looked lost in thought, "My time is limited. What do I focus on?" He muttered under his breath. "Why the long face, boy?" Gran Torino asked, in a chipper mood. "Just focus on these pipin' hot pastries for now." He said as he picked one up and tried to take a bite. When he tried to chew, his teeth were hurt. It was like the pastry was hard as a rock, or rather…Still frozen!" Gran Torino said, which shocked Izuku. "Ah—No way! I'm positive that I microwaved them like it said to." Izuku said, not sure what happened. "What're you an idiot?!" Gran Torino had said, angrily. "You stuck a huge plate in there, didn't you? If you do that, there's no room for it to turn. So only ONE part of it gets hot." Gran Torino explained, "Have you never done this before?" He then asked.

Izuku was nervous and started to sweat nervously. "Oh, ours isn't the turning type, so, no, I guess not. I'm sorry that—" Izuku then gasped in realization, realizing what to do. "I've got it!" Izuku had said, "Whoa. Gran Torino!" Izuku had said, "I see now! This frozen pastry in my hand is me!" He explained, which perplexed the retired Pro. "No, it's not. Are you okay?" Gran Torino asked, unsure of what the boy was prattling on about. "Uh, I don't mean literally. I'm not really a dessert." Izuku explained, nervously and putting the pastry down. "But I get it. Up until now, I've just been summoning One For All. Only when I really need it. In the places I need it." Izuku described it as like "flipping on some kind of switch."

"But if I do that, my reaction time gets slower and slower with every move. Which means…" Izuku began to brace himself, "I shouldn't be flipping the switch off. I just have to leave the power on the whole time. Imagining the energy that used to be focused in one place, spreading throughout my entire body!" Izuku tried to use One For All and he began to flow it through his entire body. His veins and muscles began to glow orange, Gran Torino looked on and smirked, "Didn't take him long to figure that out. Good." Gran Torino thought to himself.

"I need One For All's power surging through all of me, continuously! The five percent that I can use!" Izuku lifted himself up and green lightning began irradiating off of him. "Visualizing a pastry in the microwave is pretty boring, kid, you sure you're okay with that?" Gran Torino asked. "All Might said that about my egg already, and it was fine with me." Izuku said.

Gran Torino threw his walking stick away, "So tell me, can you move in this state?" Gran Torino asked. "I don't know for sure." Izuku had paused through some of his words, trying to control his powers. Gran Torino smiled, "Wanna give it a try?" He asked his new intern. "Yes! Let's do this!" Izuku said, confidently.

(And we done for now! I'm glad I could get this out before Thanksgiving, but I hope u guys love it! I know Lucas telling off Endeavor will probably seem odd, but remember that Lucas was raised to be an honest kid, so it makes sense that he speaks so clearly and honestly about his goal and his intentions, and how he feels about specific people.

Just one more question, watching the fantasy outro was funny, and it gets me wondering what D or RPG Class would Lucas fall under? I have him as some sort of Mage or even a Wizard. In FF cases, I'd say like a mix of a Dragoon & Red Mage. Just some thoughts, y'know? Lemme know what you guys think.

Anyways, I'll keep praying for u guys and I hope u guys have a happy Thanksgiving! God Bless and stay strong and awesome!)

Psalm 27:13-14 KJV:

13. I had fainted,

Unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

14. Wait on the LORD:

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.