Monday couldn't come fast enough for the first years students of U.A.'s hero course. After a nice relaxing weekend they were refreshed, recharged and ready to get started on their possible internships. Everyone was excited at the possibility of receiving offers. But the future heroes were just as nervous as they were anxious.
"Welcome back. I trust that you all enjoyed your break." Kan told the students as he set down an absolutely massive stack of papers down on his desk. "I don't see a point in making you guys wait. So let's get right down to business." He continued before activating the smartboard.
Internship Offers (Class 1-B):
Midoriya - 2,019
Kendou - 1,187
Shiozaki - 1,062
Tokage - 1,003
Honenuki - 894
Yanagi - 704
Tetsutetsu - 450
Monoma - 362
Shishida - 111
Bondo - 94
Tsunotori - 86
Awase - 26
"The offers are spaced out relatively evenly. But those who made it further in the tournament stage got the most. The only other students who received more are in 1-A." The blood themed hero simply stated.
"Ugh...that's so not fair." Tsuburaba groaned, throwing his head back in defeat.
"Man, I didn't get any." Kamakiri followed up.
"I guess it's only natural that Midoriya-kun and Kendou-chan got the most since they both tied for third place."
"I'm surprised they didn't get more." Shoda responded.
There was a brief pause as Kan handed out the lists of offers to all of the students who received them. Midoriya took a moment to sift through thousands of names and agencies of his own stack and was definitely surprised at what he saw. The most prominent names that stuck out to him were Endeavor, Best Jeanist and the dragon heroine Ryukyu. He was almost certain that any offers that he received would've been rescinded after his match, but apparently that wasn't the case. However, one name stuck out to him the most. The Blizzard Hero Agency.
Fubuki Katsuragi, more commonly known as "Blizzard", was a well known heroine based out of Saitama Prefecture. More importantly, she was one half of the Psychic Sisters. The telekinetic heroine was pretty popular a few years ago. But that was before the sudden disappearance of her older sister, the former number four ranked heroine "Tornado". From what he knew, the woman recently restructured her agency to focus strictly on rescue and recovery operations. Subsequently, this made her one of the more prominent rescue heroes in all of Japan.
While Midoriya was going through his list of offers, Tokage was doing the same. The girl was definitely proud of herself for how many heroes she managed to impressed. And she had no idea where to even start. When it came to her list, names such as Ryukyu and Edgeshot were the first to catch her eye. Even Midnight had put in a request for her, much to her own surprise. Before the students had a chance to think about it any further, Kan's voice brought him back to reality.
"Despite these results, you'll all be interning with pros. Those of you who got offers have until tomorrow to decide where you want to go. The rest of you will be assigned a pro hero and you'll be notified in the morning." The blood themed hero informed his students. More than a few of them smiling that they were still getting a chance to do an internship.
"Awesome!"
"Now, onto the next order of business. You all have to pick out hero names."
As if she were waiting outside the door for her cue, Midnight flamboyantly bursted into the classroom and made her way to the front.
"Midnight is going to be taking point on this. To be frank, she has a better affinity for this kind of thing than I do. So she'll have final approval over what you choose."
"What you pick today could be your codename for life. So you'd better be careful, or you'd be stuck with something utterly...indecent." The black haired woman stated in a seductive tone that surely wasn't appropriate for a class of high school students.
It didn't take long for everyone to get down the business and start brainstorming possible hero names. More than a few students were bouncing ideas off of each other. But for the most part, everyone had already decided on what they were going to choose.
"Alright, who among you is ready to share?" Midnight asked the class.
Unexpectedly, Tokage was the first to raise her hand and make her way up to the podium. The green haired girl had no trouble picking her name because she had already decided on one a long time ago. With as much confidence as she could muster, the girl presented her submission and showed the class her whiteboard.
"Lizardy!" She smiled brightly.
"Oh I love it~!" Midnight cooed after hearing this. Unbeknownst to all the students except for Tetsutetsu, this was actually the nickname that the R-Rated heroine used to call the girl back when she was a kid.
"Yeah, it's a good one." Kendou nodded.
With the official seal of approval, Tokage made her way back to her desk and let the others get their submissions out of the way. The class spent the next ten minutes or so presenting their names. Most everyone picked something that suited their personality or their quirk, such as Tetsutetsu who went with "Real Steel". Or Kendou who ended up choosing, "Battle Fist". The only one that left everyone confused was Shishida's submission, "Gevaudan". But after a quick google search, everyone agreed that it was pretty appropriate.
The final one to make his submission was Midoriya. The verdant teen nervously made his way up the podium and gave out a bit of sigh before speaking. "Honestly, I had a pretty difficult time picking this one out. But after thinking about it for a while, it seemed appropriate for what I can do. Even if it is a bit...misleading." The boy explained before showing his classmates what he wrote.
"Skywalker." He simply said as he waited for the others to comment.
"Oh, I like it. Very fitting." Midnight nodded with a smile on her face.
"It makes logic." Tsunotori said.
"Yeah." Awase agreed. "Since you can fly it seems like the perfect name."
"I feel like I've heard that somewhere before." Fukidashi's thought bubble spelled out.
"I thought he was gonna pick something weather related like his older sisters." Honenuki joked.
With that out of the way, the students were dismissed for lunch. Before leaving, Kan once again informed them that they had until tomorrow to choose who they'll be interning under. For the students who didn't get any offers, they were going to be assigned one.
"Man, best day of class ever!" Tokage beamed as the students of 1-B made their way out of the classroom to head to the cafeteria. Feeling quite proud of herself.
"I'll say, I still can't believe that you guys got over a thousand offers. Man, you're so lucky." Tetsutetsu groaned.
"Hey, 450 offers is nothing to sneeze at Tetsutetsu. At least you got more than Monoma-san."
"I guess." The steel quirk user agreed, but still not entirely satisfied with himself. "So have you decided who you're going to intern with, Setsuna?"
"No, I'm going to have to think about it tonight. What about you guys?" She answered.
"I'm going with Gunhead." Kendou told her. "He's a battle hero so it's more of my speed. Plus I heard he has a pretty nice dojo."
"I believe I'll be going with Kamui Woods." Shiozaki was next to speak.
"Seriously?"
"Yes."
"His reputation took a hit because of that whole "Sludge Villain" thing last year. Him, Mt. Lady, Backdraft and Dearth Arms had to put in some serious overtime after that."
"Yes, but he's also shown that he's repented for his folly and has done some wonderful things in the community since then. And our quirks are a good match." The vine haired girl stated.
"Still, Midoriya got over two thousand. I'm getting a headache just thinking about having to sort through all of that."
"Speaking of which…." Kendou looked around for a moment. "Where is Midoriya-kun? He always disappears during lunch."
"He said that he's not good with crowds." Tokage answered. Although, she herself wondered where the other greenette scurried off to during lunch. She hoped that after their "not-date" he would be more comfortable eating around others. But apparently that just wasn't the case.
While his classmates were enjoying their food in the school cafeteria, Midoriya was relaxing on the roof of one of the main campus buildings. Shortly after starting classes at U.A., the boy found out that students were allowed to come up here during their lunch period. As luck would have it, the place was pretty much empty besides himself and a few others that occasionally made their way up there every now and then. But he didn't mind it one bit.
The boy had grown accustomed to eating by himself ever since his days in elementary school. If he was being honest, this was one of the few times throughout the day that he could relax in between classes. Most of his time up here was spent powering through his lunch and jotting down notes in his latest hero analysis book. While the rest was spent collecting his thoughts and staring at the afternoon sky.
At the moment, he was still going over who he was going to do his internship with. The Endeavor Agency was already out of the question, so he tossed that one to the side. But the one that stuck out to him the most was the offer from Blizzard.
Logically speaking, it was the perfect place for him to go. Not only did him and Blizzard have similar quirks. She was rescue hero and very skilled at her job. Stories had been popping up over the last year about her intervening in crisis situations all over the place. And unlike a lot of female heroes nowadays, she didn't use her looks to garner attention from the hero tabloids and news sites.
The boy laid down and closed his eyes for a brief moment to further think about what he was going to do, but a bubbly female voice interrupted his train of thought.
"Yoo-hoo!" The voice called out to him. Midoriya jerked open his eyes and found himself staring into a set of sky blue orbs looking down at him.
Out of instinct, he immediately jumped up and backed into the nearby wall, Only for him to hit his head up against the concrete.
"Ow!" He groaned while clutching the back of his skull.
"You okay?" The voice asked him in a worried tone.
Once the blurriness settled, Midoriya finally looked up at who decided to intrude on his alone time. But immediately regretted it once he did. It was a girl. A girl with flawless skin, long flowing sky blue hair and eyes to match. She was casually floating about a meter off the ground and giving him a concerned look. Almost instantly, the boy's face heated up at the sight of this person and he suddenly felt his mouth go dry.
"W-who are y-you?!" He accidentally shouted while covering up his face. Mainly out of instinct but also slightly out of embarrassment.
"How's it going, Izuku Midoriya!" The girl greeted him in the same bubbly tone from form before.
"You know me?"
"Of course I do!" She smiled back. "I've actually been looking all over for you. I gave up on trying to find you and decided to come up here to look at the sky since my usual group of friends are busy with their work studies today. But low and behold, here you are on the roof of the school like your typical anime protagonist. Do you come up here all the time? Oh, did you fly up here? You know it's technically against school rules to use your quirk outside of class, right? Then again, I'm also breaking that rule since I'm using my quirk right now."
The green haired teen blinked a couple of times as he tried to process the word vomit that came out of the girl's mouth. Part of him was amazed that she could say all of that in one breath. And the other part wondered if that's how his own muttering sounded like to other people. "Who are you?" He repeated.
"Oh, I guess I haven't introduced myself yet have I?" The girl realized before floating over to him and extending her hand out. "I'm Nejire Hadou, third year. Nice to meet ya'!"
"H-hello." He greeted back before remembering what she said a moment ago. "W-why were trying to find m-me?"
"Because, I wanted to know if you were going to accept Ryukyu's internship offer or not. I asked her to send you one during the Sports Festival and she told me that she did."
"You...asked her?" He tilted his head in confusion. Who the hell was this girl and why did it sound like she had so much influence over the number nine heroine of all people?
"Of course I did! Ryukyu has a thing for people with flying quirks and you'd fit our group perfectly. I'm interning at her agency right now and she's been looking to take on another student. And then you pop up and blow everyone away with your moves. You have a telekinetic quirk, right? Have you always been able to fly? Ooh, how fast are you? Do you wanna have a race around the school? Can you do that thing where you bend a bunch of spoo-"
"Timeout!" Midoriya cut her off while holding his hands up in a "T" shape. "C-can you slow down, please."
"Oh, my bad." The girl giggled while literally twirling in the air. "I have a bad habit of saying whatever comes to mind."
"It's...fine."
"So anyways...have you decided on who you're going to intern with? I bet you got a ton offers. Especially after beating the son of the number two hero."
"I...still haven't decided."
"Aww, why not?" She asked him. "Are there too many to choose from?"
"K-kinda…." He awkwardly chuckled.
"Really? Well, who sent you a request? Maybe I can help you out, my little kohai. But be warned, I am biased."
It was at this moment that Midoriya was trying to figure out if this was really happening or not. Here he was, on the roof of the school, with some girl who he didn't know talking his head off without a care in the world. Either he was the victim of some elaborate hazing prank by his upperclassmen, or he just had the strangest luck. In any case, he needed to get a handle on the situation before something even more strange happened.
"I'm sorry, I think we got off on the wrong foot. Can we start over?"
"No problem!" The blunette smiled before setting herself down on the ground in front of him. "Like I said before, I'm Nejire Hadou. I'm a hero course third year and I'm here to convince you to join me at Ryukyu's agency. Plus, I just wanted to get a chance to talk to you. Not a lot people have quirks that allow them to fly like I can and wanted to ask you some questions."
"Okay…." The boy said with a quick sigh. "I'm Izuku Midoriya. I'm a first year, a-also in the hero course."
"Alright! Now that we've gotten our third introduction out of the way, let's get down to business!"
"B-but-"
"So, tell me about your quirk. Is it just plain old telekinesis, or can you do other things? I love asking people about their quirks. Mine is called 'wave motion'. I can turn my stamina into waves of energy and use them in all sorts of different ways. Besides flying, I can shoot out energy blasts from my hands and feet."
"That's sound amazing!" Midoriya blurted out before clasping his hands over his mouth. Now was probably not the time for his love of quirks to take hold of him.
"Oooh, you've got a curious mind just like I do, huh? I like you! We should hangout sometime and talk about quirks."
There were many different words that Midoriya would use to describe the girl currently sitting in front of him. Free spirited, scatterbrained, overly curious and airheaded were among the first. Obviously this girl had too much energy than she knew what to do with. But instead of pointing that out, the boy decided to answer one of her earlier questions.
"To answer your earlier question, Hadou-senpai. I think I already picked out what agency I'm going to go do my internship with." He told her. Even though it really wasn't any of the girl's business, he felt like giving her answer would help him end this conversation sooner rather than later.
"Who?" She leaned in a bit closer while waiting for him to tell her.
"S-sorry, but I'm p-pretty sure I'm going to intern at the Blizzard Agency."
"Aww man!" Hadou pouted while snapping her fingers. "I was really hoping to get you to join us. Hey, now that I think about it you and her kind of look alike. Are you two related? You both have green hair and green eyes. Oh, are you like the Psychic Sister's secret younger brother who's trying to make a name for himself without riding on their coattails?"
"N-no, I get that a lot. But we're not related."
"Oh, okay then." The said with another smile.
"I-I apologize for wasting your time and not accepting Ryukyu's offer. I know it sounds really bad to deny the chance to work with a top hero."
"Eh, no harm no foul." The blunette shrugged. By the grace of the universe the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. Midoriya never felt more relieved to go back to class than he did now. He may have had his daily alone time interrupted, but at least he was going to get a break from this mild interrogation.
"Have a good day, Hadou-senpai." Midoriya said with a low bow before making a beeline straight for the door.
"I'll be up here tomorrow! I still wanna know more stuff about your quirk. Have a good rest of your day, kohai!" The girl called out as he retreated into the building.
Hadou was about to start making her way back to class herself before something on the ground caught her eye. A couple of meters in front of her was slightly worn out notebook titled: "Hero Analysis for the Future No. 15"
'Oh no, he must've left this behind.' The girl thought as she picked it up. Curiosity ended up getting the better of her and she decided to take a quick peek at its content. And the free spirited teen was immediately blown away by what she read. She herself had a pretty big interest in quirks and heroes, but this guy took it to a whole different level. If his regular class notes were anything like this then he was probably an 'A' student.
Realizing that she was probably about to be late to her next class, the blunette decided to locate the teen at the end of the day to return the item to him. But not before getting the chance to check out a few more of his entries.
"Hey Midoriya! Some babe with blue hair was looking for you earlier." Awase decided to say out loud in front of everyone as soon as Midoriya walked through the door.
Across the room, Tokage's ears perked up this interesting tidbit of information.
Naturally, this caused the boy's cheeks to flush and he became acutely aware of how everyone's were now trained on him. Apparently the universe decided that he wasn't supposed to have an easy day today, so he tried to remedy this situation as soon as possible. "O-oh y-yeah, I know." Was all he really managed to say while scratching his cheek.
"Damn dude, we haven't even been at school for two months and you're already mister popular." Tsuburaba joked.
"Alright boys, that's enough." Kendou immediately scolded the two boys from the back of the room. "You guys should be worried about your grades more than girls."
"Ouch, low blow man." Tsuburaba immediately deflated.
Midoriya gave the girl a silent "thank you" before making his way over to his seat. However, he did miss the curious look that Tokage was giving as we walked across the classroom.
The girl was about to throw a teasing comment the boy's way before Ectoplasm came into the room and ordered everyone into their seats. "Alright students settle down. It's time for everyone's favorite subject, math! I hope you all studied over this long weekend, because today we're having a pop quiz!"
Tetsutetsu let out an audible groan before dropping his head onto his desk and resigning himself to his fate.
When the final bell of the day rang, the hero course students were quick to pack up their things and start making their way out of the classroom. As expected, most of the talk while the students were leaving was centered around the upcoming internships.
"So Moptop, have you decided on who you're gonna intern with?" Tokage asked the boy as she put away her dinosaur themed pencil case.
"Yes." He nodded.
"Who?"
"I'll be going with the Blizzard Agency."
"Really?" The stoic voice of Yanagi caught his attention.
"Y'know Midoriya-kun, you're really doing a terrible job at convincing us that she's not your older sister." Honenuki joked while joining the conversation.
"What about you guys?" The verdant teen deflected.
"I'll be going with Snatch, the Sand Hero." The lipless teen stated happily.
"That's pretty cool. He specializes in captures so it makes a lot of sense for you."
"Yeah."
"I still haven't decided yet." Yanagi was next to speak. "I'm surprised that Blizzard sent you a request. It's a good fit for you."
Midoriya swears that he could hear a slight tinge of disappointment in the girl's voice. But he wasn't too sure considering her monotone way of speaking.
"Yeah, I'm in the same boat." Tokage chuckled while patting the pale girl on the shoulder. "I'm gonna sort through my offers tonight. I think Metalhead said that he was going to go with Fourth Kind."
"That's pretty awesome."
The conversation ended shortly after that and the students began making their way out of the main building. However, right as they made it past the front gate a certain female voice made her presence known.
"Yoo-hoo, kohai!"
Midoriya and Tokage turned around to see none other than Nejire Hadou floating towards them. The girl was sporting a pretty huge grin on her face and holding something in her right hand.
'Holy mega-tits, Batman!' Tokage internally shouted at the sight of the well-endowed teen. Once the sea of sky blue hair finally registered in her brain she assumed that this was the student that was looking for her friend earlier.
"You left this behind after our chat! Sorry, I couldn't help myself and snuck a peek…or three. These notes are super awesome!" The girl practically shouted before landing on the ground in front of them.
On the inside, Midoriya was in the middle of experiencing a minor heart attack. He didn't even realize that he left the thing up there until this very moment. Suddenly his hands felt clammy and he had to stop himself from using his quirk to rip the notebook out of her hands. This was not good. Not good at all. No one else was supposed to look at those. He already had a bad enough reputation as it was so far as he was aware. He didn't want to imagine what would happen I people found out he created a profile on every student in his class.
"You know her?" Tokage arched a curious eyebrow him. Still wondering who this blue haired bombshell was.
"K-k-kind of." He stuttered out with a bit of redness on his face.
"Of course he does! He's my new protégé. Oh hey, I know you! You're that girl with the cool dismemberment quirk. How does that work? How far can you split your body apart? How long can you stay separated? Do you ever lose parts of your body? Oh wait, are you walking home together? Ooh, are you a couple? You two look really cute together."
While Midoriya quickly descended into a blushing mess, Tokage couldn't help but laugh at this girl. Whoever she was, she definitely seemed like the type of free spirit that she liked. Deciding to make the most of this opportunity, the girl played along with her inquiry.
"Y'know Moptop, she does have a point. We do look really cute together." Tokage grinned at him while batting her eyelashes.
The boy's blush further intensified while Hadou's eyes practically lit up at this grave misunderstanding that his classmate just created.
"Oh wow! So you two are dating? That's awesome! How'd you meet? How long have you been going out?"
"M-m-my notebook!" The boy dodged the questions and turned their focus back to the object in the girl's hand.
"Oh, right. Here you go!" She handed it back to him. "I was looking at it during class. You have wonderful observation skills. There's even pictures of all your classmates in their hero costumes. I got bored so I added myself in there. You should take a look at it."
Curiosity got the better of him in that moment and Midoriya immediately flipped the book open to its newest page. And sure enough, there was an entry about the blue haired girl on it. Granted, it wasn't anywhere near as detailed as his notes. But it was a pretty solid base to work off of if he ever wanted to add to it. Also, the girl took the liberty of adding a chibi version of herself in the middle of the page.
'What's this about?' Tokage wondered while trying to sneak a peek at the book herself. Only for Midoriya to immediately close it and stuff it away in his bag.
"Thank you, H-Hadou-senpai."
"Don't mention it. Anyways, I need to get going home. I'll see you later. Bye kohai, bye kohai's girlfriend." She said with a wave before walking off in the opposite direction.
"Well she seems…energetic." Tokage stated while watching the girl retreat into the distance. "I guess that's the "blue haired babe" that was trying to hunt you down earlier?"
"Yeah…" The boy sighed in a defeated tone while dropping his shoulders.
"So...tell me more about this notebook of yours."
"I-I-I will see you tomorrow, Tokage-san." Was the last thing he said before retreating down the road. His face almost an entirely new shade of red.
All the girl could do was give a confused shrug before heading off to the train station to catch up with Tetsutetsu. Whatever that was all about, she was sure that he'd tell her whenever he was ready. However, the mention of him having a page on all of his classmates did spark her curiosity. 'I wonder what he wrote about me in there?'
