"In latest news, the 'Hero Killer' strikes again! Last night in the midst of the attack in downtown Hosu that was believed to have been orchestrated by the League of Villains, yet another two lives were taken by the hands of the 'Hero Killer' Stain. Among the deceased were the pro hero Native, and one other individual whose identity has not yet been made public.

This attack is coming only a week after the pro hero Ingenium suffered serious, life threatening injuries at the hands of this masked murderer. Along with several other heroes who were also found dead at the scene. Not much is known about the man or his quirk. Or even his motivations for committing such heinous acts of violence. But residents of Hosu and the surrounding area are advised to remain vigilant. Any and all information pertaining to Stain's whereabouts should be reported to the local police as soon as possible." The voice of the reporter echoed throughout the lobby.

"This 'Hero Killer' seems to be quite dangerous." Katsuragi said as her and Midoriya made their way through the building.

"Yeah." The boy nodded nervously.

"From what I hear, Ingenium's hero career is over. That madman did quite a number on him. His younger brother is one of your classmates, right?"

"Yeah, I don't really know the guy. The only time I talked to him was after our match in Sport Festival."

"Well, I hope he's doing alright."

"Did you know Ingenium, Fubuki-san?" Midoriya asked.

"I ran into him a couple of years back when I was working a job near Tokyo. He was a very nice man and a top notch hero if you ask me. I'll admit that watching how Team Idaten handled their business was the inspiration for how I restructured the agency."

"Wow." Was all the boy said.

Just as they were about to head out the door, Midoriya's phone went off. The boy pulled the device out of his tracksuit pocket to see that it was group chat for his class.

~Class 1-B Group Chat~

Fist: Hey guys. Kan-sensei wanted me to tell you guys before the official word was put out. But the school is cutting our internships short. Today will be the last day. Your pros should be receiving a notification from the school by this afternoon.

Knife: What!

Beyblade: What!

Ball: What! Why?

Boxing Glove: Do you know why?

Cross: Might this have something to do with the attack in Hosu last night?

Skeleton: Isn't Tetsutetsu-kun over there? Dude are you alright?

Dumbbell: Yeah, I was already in bed when that all kicked off. I slept through it.

T-Rex: Yeah, that sounds about right. Good job Metalhead.

Mushroom: I'm glad that you're alright.

Lion: This is quite unfortunate.

Black: And lame.

Chameleon: Agreed

T-Rex: Monoma, is your icon really a chameleon? Talk about unimaginative.

Mushroom: It makes sense though.

Chameleon: I think it's rather appropropriate. However, let's not forget that Awase-kun's icon is a welding torch.

Welding Torch: Hey! I don't have anything to do with this shit!

Cross: Language.

Comic Book: There are way too many people in this chat.

Ghost: Agreed.

Fist: Back to the matter at hand….

Fist: Kan-sensei didn't tell me the reason. But all of us need to be home by tomorrow morning. And Monday we need to make sure that we're all in class.

Dumbbell: This blows!

T-Rex: This still sucks though. I wonder why the sudden change.

Knife: Someone probably did something stupid and all of us are about to get chewed out.

Chameleon: I bet it was one of those 1-A jerks.

Ball: Or Kamakiri finally went off the deep end and slashed someone in half.

Knife: You wanna fight me or something Tsuburaba?!

Cross: If you're going to argue, please do it in a separate chat.

T-Rex: My money's on Kamakiri!

Skeleton: Same

Black: Yeah...that sounds about right.

Ball: Dude!

Beyblade: Sorry dude. But you'd get dusted.

Beyblade: Or diced.

Ball: Really feeling the love guys….

Mushroom: This way too entertaining.

Welding Torch: This is way too much excitement this early in the morning. Do you motherfuckers even know what sleep is?

Skeleton: Says the guy who always passes out in the middle of Ectoplasm-sensei's lessons.

Welding Torch: It's not my fault that math is boring as all hell.

Apple: I agree.

Boxing Glove: Okay, I think it's about time we end this.

Lion: Yes, all of the necessary information has been relayed throughout the class. I'm sure that Kendou-san will keep us abreast of the situation if any further updates come to light.

Ball: Haha...you said "abreast".

T-Rex: Lol!

Cross: Grow up!

T-Rex: Don't be such a stick in the mud Ibara.

Comic Book: Goodbye everyone!

Knife: Deuces!

Apple: Have fun with your internships, companions!

Fist: And stay out of trouble! Let's not throw more fuel onto the fire.

Welding Torch: Man, you really are the "big sister" of the class.

Chameleon: Have a wonderful day.

Rabbit: I hope everyone has a good day.

Beyblade: Holy shit! Midoriya's alive after all. Now all we need is Kodai and Bondo and we'll have a full set. Lol.

Cross: Language.

Cross: I hope that everyone has a blessed day.

T-Rex: You guys are great.

Seeing as this was the final day of his internship, Midoriya was making it a point to absorb as much information as possible from Katsuragi. He had already learned a lot more than he expected from the heroine and he was grateful for her taking him on. But a part of him was sad that their time together was going to be cut short so soon.

"Well...this is unfortunate." The woman sighed as she stretched out on the ground in front of her student. "Cutting your internship short pretty much throws a monkey wrench into what I had planned for the week."

"Yeah, I wonder why the school decided to do it though."

"Who knows? Maybe something happened with that business in Hosu."

"I can't say for sure."

"Well in any case, we have to make the most of the remaining time that we have together. I was planning on working on your mobility and control some more. But we'll have to skip that for now."

"So what are we going to do?"

"I wanted to talk to you about your match during the Sports Festival. More specifically, that move you used on that Bakugou boy."

"Oh…" Midoriya's face shifted into an uncomfortable frown. Something like this was going to happen sooner or later. And no doubt the woman had a lot to say about it.

"To be frank, what you did could very well have ended that boy's life. But that's not what I wanted to talk about. A "force choke" as we call it is very high level move. It's takes a ridiculous amount of concentration and control to perform, let alone safely. The fact that you can do it was a pretty good indicator that you haven't even come close to reaching your full potential. To my knowledge, only myself and my sister have been able to do it."

"Seriously?" Midoriya questioned.

"Yes." The woman nodded. "When it comes to stuff like that, you're not using your quirk the same way as you would normally. Think of it in the same way as when you're trying to lift multiple objects at once. What you're essentially doing is creating a force field around a person's body and applying it to a specific area."

The boy tapped a finger to his chin as he thought about the explanation. "That makes a lot of sense."

"Everything we've done so far, including that, are pretty much the building blocks for one of my super moves, "Hellstorm". I was hoping to improve your skills a bit more before I showed you how to do it. But I don't think we'll get the chance."

"I don't think I've ever heard of it." He told her.

"Observe."

Midoriya watched as Katsuragi began floating in the air and placed herself a fair bit of distance away from him. Over the next few seconds, the woman lifted up a large sum of scrap metal in the nearby area and proceeded to use her quirk to create what he can only describe as a violent whirlwind of debris. It was certainly impressive by appearances alone. But even from where he was standing, the boy could see the woman straining a bit to keep it maintained. After about thirty seconds of this, she released her quirk and made her way back over to him.

"That was amazing!"

"Yes, it is."

"So essentially, you use the debris that you manipulated and created some type of barrier zone that allows you to move them as fast as you want. By applying the concept of the "force field" you don't have to worry about hurting your allies while keeping a villain contained."

"That's exactly correct." Katsuragi smiled. It impressed her how smart the boy was. This was his first time seeing it action and he was already able to piece together the basics of how it worked. 'I need to make sure that I do whatever I can to get this boy to join the agency once he graduates.'

"My sister created this move a while ago. She could do it on a much larger scale than I could, but even she had trouble with this when she first thought it up."

"Wow, Tornado was really something else wasn't she?"

"There's a reason why she made it to the rank of number four hero in the country. And it certainly wasn't her charming personality."

Midoriya paused for a second as he processed that statement. Unlike most top heroes nowadays, Tornado certainly wasn't the most pleasant person in the world. Much like her sister, the woman rarely ever made any public appearances outside of her hero work and even skipped out on the national ranking ceremony a few times. In fact, the only interview of hers that he can remember was the one where she called Endeavor a: "Muscle bound flame-brain who's too much of bitch even go outside when it rained."

"Excuse me Fubuki-san, do you mind if I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead."

"What was Tornado like?"

A brief beat of silence passed as the woman gazed up into the sky. In her mind, memories of her older sister flashed before eyes. Most of them were pleasant, while some...were not.

"If I were to be completely honest...she was brash, moody, hotheaded and impatient. She was disrespectful toward most people, especially to those she deemed incompetent. Growing up, she made it a point to never associate herself with people she thought were lazy or couldn't cut." The woman started while a not so pleasant memory crept into her mind.

"Dammit!" A young Fubuki slammed her fist into the dirt after her failure to land even a single blow on the short, green haired woman floating in the air in front of her.

"Come on Fubuki, I'm hardly even trying. We've been going at this for two hours and you still haven't managed to touch me!"

"I'm trying, okay! You're just too strong!"

"Those sound like the words of a quitter. How do you expect to get into U.A. if you can't even deal with something like this? We have the same quirk, so this should be something you can handle."

"Well I'm sorry we can't all be freaks of nature you are! You're a pro and I'm still in middle school for fucks sake!"

Tatsumaki's face shifted into an expression of absolute annoyance. "Y'know...if you were anyone else, I would've buried you under all this junk for speaking to me like that."

"I…I-I'm sorry." The young girl quickly apologized.

"Maybe if you spent more time training instead of goofing off with those stupid friends of yours you wouldn't be having such a hard time."

"At least I have friends." The girl mumbled under her breath.

"What was that?!"

"N-nothing!"

"I thought so." Tatsumaki folded her arms in satisfaction. "Mom and dad let you move in with me so that I can supervise your training. And I plan to make sure that you take full advantage of it. So get the fuck up and come at me again! And this time, I don't want to see you riding around on one of those car doors. The only way to improve your flying is by doing it. Stop trying to weasel your way out of putting in the work!"

"Okay." She told her while standing on two shaky legs before launching herself into the air.

"But above all else she loved being a hero and thought it was her duty to protect people. In her opinion, those with power should do whatever they can to keep others safe. She may not have been the most charismatic person in the world. But there was no denying that she could get the job done." The woman smiled.

"She sounds like a really interesting person."

"Just be glad you don't have to deal with having her as a mentor instead of me. I can't even tell you how many all-nighters she put me through when I was your age. She may have been stronger, but I'd like to think that I'm a far superior teacher." The woman laughed.

"Well I think that you've done a wonderful job so far, Fubuki-san. It's only been three days and you've already taught me so much. I'm honestly sad that we have to cut the internships short. I feel like I'm finally getting a handle on using my quirk in all types of ways." Midoriya said with an honest smile.

"And you still have a lot of room to grow. I was being serious the other day when I said that you could be on onee-chan's level one day. And you'll probably have a way better public image once you go pro. Assuming you don't let the fame go to your head."

"I wouldn't dream of it. I'm not in this for the popularity or anything like that. I just want to do what's right and save lives. I kinda want to be like you when I go pro."

"Just remember that I got first dibs on you after you graduate."

After a few quick laughs, the green haired duo wasted no time getting into their training for the morning. The first order of business was moving large objects while mid-flight. Midoriya was feeling pretty motivated before, but now he had even more reason to give it his all. He still had a long way to go before he could be the kind of hero he wanted to. But at least he finally had someone who he could look up to again.

Once their morning training session was over, the two telekinetics were waiting to be picked up. Unlike the previous two days, Katsuragi wanted to conserve their energy for their last patrol together.

The two didn't have to wait long before Ozehana pulled up to the junkyard in black sedan. This was his first time seeing the black haired woman outside of her hero uniform and Midoriya was now feeling pretty self conscious about his lack of muscle definition compared to the 'flame control' user.

"You guys look like you're having fun!" The woman smiled while she gave the two greenettes a wave.

"Thank you for doing this Ozehana-chan. I appreciate it." Katsuragi said.

"Don't worry about it boss, I was heading over to the agency anyway."

"Oh yeah…" Midoriya spoke up. "Fubuki-san did say that you were new to the agency, right?"

"Sure am! I transferred over a few months ago. And it's way better than the last place I worked at."

"Where was that? If you don't mind me asking."

"I was at the Endeavor Agency before coming here."

"Really?!" The boy's eyes blew open after hearing that. Even he knew how hard it was for a hero to get a job there. From what he's heard, the number two hero was extremely picky about who he allowed to work under him. Heroes from around the country would practically line up around the corner whenever a new spot opened up. This was his first time ever hearing about someone leaving such a well respected agency. "Why'd you come over here then?"

"Mainly because it's close to where I grew up." Ozehana responded. "But it's also because I prefer doing rescue work. I became a hero to save lives, not focus all my time on fighting villains and being Endeavor's personal clean up crew. Plus I get the chance to work with the local fire departments. And...working under him is not all that it's cracked up to be."

"Wow."

"Ozehana-chan is definitely someone you shouldn't take lightly. She might be the only person I've heard of that the number two hero recruited right out of high school."

"He only wanted me because I'm the only person that can snuff out his flames anytime I feel like it. Being there was cool and all, but he's terrible to work with."

"I can believe it." The boy said as his mind flashed back to his runin with the flame hero during the Sports Festival. If that quick interaction was any kind of indication, then actually working for the man must've been a nightmare. "So what made you want to go into rescue work?"

"I always wanted to be a hero like most people. But I was saved from a burning building by a firefighter when I was a kid. My quirk hadn't even come in yet and I was about to die before she got me to safety. Ever since then, that's what I decided that I wanted to do. And having a hero license meant that I could use my quirk to save more lives than being a regular firefighter." The black haired woman smiled.

"I can understand that."

With that, the group of three quickly hopped into the car to head back to the agency. Unfortunately for them, they ended up hitting a traffic jam along the way. And Katsuragi had no trouble making it known just how much she hated traffic jams.

It was easy to forget that there was no job too small when it came to being a hero. When you're used to seeing wide scale and overly dramatic fights on television all the time, you almost always miss the little things that heroes did to help out the common people. This was the lesson that Tokage learned as she carefully guided a young brunette boy out of a tall tree after he got stuck on one it's branches.

"There you go little guy." The 'lizard tail splitter' user smiled as she patted the youngling on the head and ruffled his hair.

"Thank you." The boy smiled back despite being embarrassed about this entire situation.

"Now remember." Edgeshot interjected. "I know climbing trees in fun and all. But in the future, try to make sure that you have a way down before doing something so dangerous."

"I will Mr. Edgeshot, sir!"

"Now run along and join the rest of you friends."

"Okay. Have a good day, heroes!" The boy bowed to them before running in the direction of a group of kids who were patiently waiting by a nearby bench.

"Good job, Lizardy." Blizzard told the girl with an approving grin.

"Thanks."

The group of heroes and interns were making their way through a semi-crowded area when they spotted the boy across the street. Midoriya had offered to handle the situation, but Tokage insisted on being the one to take care of it. So he let her have this small victory.

Seeing as this was their last time patrolling together as a group, Blizzard and Edgeshot chose a more relaxed route compared to their previous two outings. However, it just so happened that this particular one led them right into the middle of a street performance of a local pop group. There was a pretty sizable crowd from what they could tell. Meaning that they must've had a lot of fans. Overall it seemed like a rather peaceful day. That was until a loud scream from the other side of the crowd caught everyone's attention.

"Holy shit! He's got a bomb!" A male voice shriek in absolute terror.

The four of them turned their heads to see a wave of people suddenly running away from a plain looking man with black hair in a white trench coat standing next to the stage.

"You people will finally know the pain I've felt for all these years! Take it in folks, this is what true power is!" The man shouted in manic glee as he tore off his coat to reveal a vest that was absolutely littered with what looked like packs of dynamite attached to it.

'Is that…'

Time seemed to stand still as the man lifted up his right hand into the air and showed what could only be the detonator for the device attached to his body. Just when the man was about to press the button, his body suddenly froze and he was unable to move.

"Everybody get the hell out of here!" Blizzard shouted at the top of her lungs as she held the man in place. She didn't dare take his eyes off of him otherwise she'd risk breaking her focus. And that was the last thing she was going to do in a situation like this.

"Blizzar-"

"That means you too. Get as far away from here as you can!" Edgeshot cut Midoriya off as he glared at the two students. Part of the boy wanted to protest, but the more rational side of his mind didn't even hesitate to turn around and grab Tokage before flying away. Once two of them and the rest of the crowd were at a reasonable enough distant, the students kept their eyes locked onto the confrontation.

"Let go of me you quirky bastard!" The man shouted towards Blizzard.

'What did he just call her?' Midoriya and Tokage wondered simultaneously.

"Not on your life you maniac!"

"People like you are always getting in my way! You damn heroes and your flashy quirks think you're so damn noble don't you? Release me you bitch!"

'This guy's out of his mind.' Blizzard thought before turning her attention over to the masked hero on her left. "Edgeshot!"

"Hold him still. I don't want to risk setting that thing off." Was all the hero said while activating his quirk and launching himself towards the man. In the blink of an eye, red wire danced through the air before piercing the criminal's mouth and knocking him out cold. Once that was done, Blizzard decided not to take any chances and levitated him further into the air away from the crowd.

"Skywalker, Lizardly! Hurry up and call the police. Tell them to get a bomb squad over here. I'm going to keep this guy in the air until they show up!" She ordered the two students.

"On it!" The green haired boy answered back as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone.

While Midoriya was making the call, Tokage was steadily trying to get her heart rate back under control. The girl all but froze the second she realized what was about to happen. Sure, they were pretty far away from where the guy was standing. But if Blizzard hadn't reacted as fast as she did. She didn't even want to think about what might've happened. The girl may have a regeneration ability, but she was not looking to test the limits of that anytime soon.

In less than ten minutes, police, first responders and a few local heroes were on the scene and made quick work of disarming the man before securing him the back of on armored vehicle and transporting him to the nearest precinct. Fortunately, no one was injured in all the confusion and they were able to safely dispose of the vest without it going off. While Blizzard was busy speaking to the police lieutenant, Edgeshot took the time to check on the two students.

"Are you guys alright?" He asked in a concerned tone.

"We're fine." Tokage answered him.

"I'm starting to think that cutting your internships short is a good idea. You kids really shouldn't be exposed to this kind of thing. Luckily Blizzard was here or else that would've gotten ugly."

"No kidding." Midoriya let out a shaky breath. The adrenaline in his body was finally wearing off and he was trying really hard to not think about how close everyone came to getting blown to bits. He may have had to deal with Bakugou growing up, but that was way too stressful even for him.

"Do you think that guy has something to do with all of the bombings that have been going on across the country over the last few days? One of our classmates said that something similar happened close to where he was interning at." The girl asked.

"I can't say for sure, but it certainly looks that way." The number five hero folded his arms. "This is the second one in the prefecture. I read that there was another one this morning in Shimane."

"That's nuts."

"I'm also concerned about what that guy said before I knocked him out." The hero continued.

That was another thing that stuck out to the two students. The man called Blizzard a "quirky bastard" before being put down. Neither of them had ever something like that before. And all they could do was assume that it was related to the reason why he decided to strap a bomb to his chest.

A few minutes passed before Blizzard rejoined the group as the police took over the scene. News crews were starting to file in and the woman wasn't really in the mood to deal with that right now.

"I think we should head back to our agencies and let these two get ready to go." She stated.

"I agree." Edgeshot nodded.

"Did you learn anything?" Midoriya asked the woman.

"Nothing significant for right now. The lieutenant said that he's going to be handling the case and asked me if I could provide some help. Seeing as this might be connected to all of the attacks that have been going on, he wants to be as thorough as possible."

"I'll be joining you. Something like this is too big of an issue not to get involved and I want to provide my services where I can." The masked man added on.

"I'll send you his contact information later. For now we should go."

That was the last thing said before the group split up and made the journey back to their respective agencies. Before they left, Tokage let the Midoriya know that she would text him as soon as she was released. All the boy did was nod at this as he and Blizzard took off into the sky.

For some reason, Midoriya had a strange feeling in his gut about this entire situation.

"Well Midoriya-kun, I'm sad that you couldn't get the full experience of what being a hero is like. But I hope that you take what you've learned here these past few days and use that information well." Katsuragi looked to her student from across her desk. This would be their last conversation together before Midoriya made his way back home.

"I will. Thank you for everything, Fubuki-san." The boy bowed to the woman.

"Don't thank me, just make sure that you do well in class. I hope that you'll consider coming here again when you finally get the chance to do your work studies. But you shouldn't really have to worry about that until next year."

"So boss, are you ever going to give him his presents?" Ozehana asked in an impatient tone.

"Huh?" The boy looked up in confusion.

Without saying a word, Katsuragi activated her quirk and levitated two medium sized white boxes over from the nearby table. Receiving any type of gift was the last thing Midoriya was expecting from his mentor. And judging by how nice those boxes looked, whatever was inside certainly wasn't cheap.

"I was going to give these to you on your last day, but now we won't get that chance. Don't take this the wrong way Midoriya-kun, but your hero costume is pretty dull. I thought it would be a good idea to add some flair to your look."

"That and this gave her an excuse to go on a late night shopping spree with Lily-chan to buy some new shoes." Said Ozehana with a smirk on her face.

"Anyway…" Katsuragi coughed into her hand before opening both of the boxes. The woman proceeded to pull out two brand new jackets that looked way less opulent than the boy expected. They were rather simple in their design, both of them having large hoods and being long enough to stop at the midpoint of his thighs. One was black with green accents along the sleeves while the other had an inverted color pallet.

"Pretty cool, huh?" Ozehana smiled at him.

"Y-yeah." He nodded.

"We couldn't decide on which one to pick to we just ended up getting both. Both of these can be worn during warm or cold weather. They're very breathable and shouldn't limit your mobility. But don't think these are just a fashion statement. Both jackets are made of a material that's fireproof, water repellant and cut resistant. It's actually the same stuff I use in my hero costume."

"I don't know what to say." Midoriya blushed while looking over the jackets.

"Well you can try one on for starters." The woman shot back.

Midoriya took her up on the offer and quickly grabbed the green colored jacket before throwing it over his shoulders. Almost immediately he loved the way that it felt over his body and was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to move in. He could definitely see himself adding on of these to his hero costume.

"Man, now that you have that thing on you two really do look like brother and sister." Ozehana laughed. Earning an amused smile from her boss.

"Thank you very much for this, Fubuki-san!" The boy bowed once again.

"It was my pleasure Midoriya-kun."

"Well, I better be on my way now. Again, thank you for everything."

"Are you sure you don't want us to give you a ride? It's really not a big deal."

"No it's fine. You guys are busy and I don't want to be a burden."

"Well enjoy your journey back home and I look forward to seeing you again in the future. If you ever have any questions feel free to contact me."

"Yes ma'am." Was the last thing he said before making his way out of the building.

T-Rex: Hey what time is Blizzard letting you go?

Rabbit: She already did.

T-Rex: Awesome! Edgeshot cut me loose a few minutes ago.

Rabbit: That's cool.

T-Rex: So what do you have planned for the rest of the day?

Rabbit: Nothing really. I was just going to head back home and study.

T-Rex: Dude…seriously?

Rabbit: Yeah.

T-Rex: We should totally hang out!

T-Rex: We can chill over at my place.

The thought of going over to a classmate's house on a Friday night certainly wasn't the worst idea in the world. But when you take into account that said classmate was a girl. And one who made it her personal mission to tease him whenever possible. Midoriya couldn't quite bring himself to take the green haired girl up on her offer.

Rabbit: I'm not really comfortable with that.

T-Rex: Oh, alright then. Maybe some other time.

Rabbit: Didn't you say that you usually have your family dinners on Fridays?

T-Rex: Yeah, but my dad is working late tonight and Aunt Nemuri has something to do at the school. So it'll just be me.

Rabbit: Oh…

Rabbit: Well I don't have to be back home for a while. Maybe we can do something else?

T-Rex: Wow Moptop, are you really asking me out on a date? How bold of you.

T-Rex: ;-)

Rabbit: Nodsouhdfhfa

Rabbit: No that's not what I meant at all!

T-Rex: Whatever you say.

T-Rex: We can meet up at the train station and figure out what we want to do from there. Is that okay with you?

Rabbit: Sure.

T-Rex: Alright, then I hope you're ready for our second "not-date".

After meeting up at the train station and making their way over to the shopping center next to her house, Tokage and Midoriya decided to spend their brief outing at a ramen shop. Unlike their previous few times hanging out, the green haired teen was marginally more talkative this time around. Of course, Tokage was still the one leading the conversation. But she much preferred this to the usual one word answers and short replies.

"It still sucks that we had to cut the internships short." Tokage complained after taking a slurp of her noodles.

"Yeah." The boy nodded in agreeance. "Did you ask Midnight-sensei why the sudden change?"

"I did, but she was tight lipped about the whole thing. All she told me was that all of the hero course first years are going to be having some type of assembly when we get back to school on Monday."

"I hope nothing serious happened." Midoriya said with a worried tone.

"Aww, you look so adorable when you make that face. Have you ever considered working a part time job as a teddy bear?" The girl teased while pinching his cheek.

"T-Tokage-san!" Midoriya squeaked out. The boy's eyes quickly glanced over to he one of the workers behind the counter who was smiling at them and giving him a thumbs up.

"Sorry, you're just too cute."

"S-s-so do you act like this a-all this time?"

"No, but your reactions are just too fun not to mess with you!" She smirked.

Hoping to gain some type of control on this situation, the boy quickly decided to change subjects. "So…what kind of training did you do with Edgeshot? I never really got the chance to ask."

"Most of it was stealth training and helping me come up with a few new moves. He's a pretty awesome teacher. He even gave me a couple of books on reconnaissance and sneaking techniques as a goodbye present. What about you?"

"Fubuki-san actually showed me a lot of ways on how I can maximize my quirk. I'm actually looking forward to testing them out during class."

"You're lucky that you got to intern with someone who has the same quirk as you. I don't think that I'll ever get a chance like that since mine is so unique. The only people I have are my dad and my sister."

Curiosity got the better of Midoriya in that moment and he couldn't help himself from inquiring about what sort of quirks the girl's family possess. Tokage's ability was so unique that he had a hard time coming up with a combination that could produce such a versatile power.

"Do you mind if I ask what kind of quirks they have? I'm assuming that they're very similar to yours."

"It's no problem at all." She smiled before slurping up some more noodles. "My dad and my sister both have the same quirk, they call it 'dismemberment'. The both of them can detach their limbs and control them remotely like I can. My mom had a regeneration ability but it wasn't very powerful. It's where I get the other part of my quirk from."

"Had?" Midoriya asked in a curious tone.

"She died on the job when I was little." The girl answered with a straight face and neutral tone.

"I'm sorry to hear that…" Midoriya replied in a soft, almost apologetic voice.

"It is what it is." Tokage shrugged nonchalantly.

"How did- I'm s-sorry, I probably shouldn't ask you something like that."

"It's cool." She waved off. "She was a firefighter. From what my dad told me, she died saving someone on the job. Apparently she got injured during the rescue and her quirk couldn't repair the damage."

"Wow."

"Yeah."

"What kind of work does your dad do? You said he works a lot so it must be pretty important."

"He's an engineer at a hero support company. He's actually the one that makes all of Aunt Nemuri's hero suits, it's how the two of them met."

"All of them…?" Midoriya's mind flashed back to now infamous video of his teacher's hero debut and her…less than appropriate outfit. That one event was what caused the change in how much skin a hero could expose in their costume. Even nowadays, heroes needed to have written justification on any extreme elements to their attire.

"Yes, even her first one." Tokage giggled. "It's kind of funny, that whole thing made my dad kind of famous in the support industry. And Aunt Nemuri is still pretty pissed about it. But if you think that was bad, you should see what her costume was when she was still at U.A.. Now that one was doosey."

"I'll take just take your word for it."

"What about you? I've never heard you talk about your parents before. What do they do?"

"Oh…my mom's a legal assistant and my dad works as a welder in the U.S.." He told her.

"That's pretty cool. What kind of quirks do they have? They gotta be pretty good to make one as powerful as yours."

Midoriya let out a quick chuckle to hide the slight bit of pain he felt in his heart after hearing that. "Nothing special really. My dad can breathe fire and my mom has a telekinetic quirk kind of like I do. Except she can only pull small objects towards her."

"Weird, with that combination you think you'd get some type of fire manipulation quirk or something like that Ember lady who works for Blizzard has."

"Yeah...that would make a lot of sense." He awkwardly agreed.

Eventually, the two teenagers finished up with their meal and began making their way back over to the train station. Tokage insisted on walking her classmate all the way there, despite it being a bit out of her way. Midoriya didn't really have the heart to tell her no, so he just let her do as she pleased.

"Thanks for hanging out with me, Moptop. I really appreciate it." She smiled at him with her hands at her back as the two walked side-by-side.

"It was no problem at all, Tokage-san."

Once the two were right in front of the terminal, Tokage suddenly planted herself right in front of Midoriya. The boy's face instantly heated up at her close proximity and the girl seemed determined not to break eye contact with him.

"I'm going to hug now." She told him with a toothy grin.

"W-w-what?!" He blurted out faster than his brain could stop him.

"I'm going to hug you. I was going to do it regardless, but I thought I should at least give you a little warning."

"W-why?"

"Because I want to."

"That's not-"

Midoriya was cut off when the girl plunged herself into his chest and wrapped her arms around his body. Naturally, he had no clue what to do in the situation. Over the next few seconds the boy stood as still as a statue, while his entire head turned an even more furious shade of red. With each passing moment his brain turned to mush and his heart was ready to leap out of his chest. Was this something that friends usually do when saying goodbye to each other? He had no clue. He knew that girls were typically more expressive and "affectionate" with their friends than guys. Maybe that was just a normal thing for her.

"Psst, Moptop. You're supposed to hug me back." Tokage whispered with a playful grin. She was obviously enjoying this for multiple different reasons.

"O-oh...o-o-okay." He nodded as he robotically wrapped his arms around her. Another few seconds of this and he was worried that he would spontaneously burst into flames.

Eventually the green haired girl broke the friendly embrace and ruffled his hair with her hand. "We'll have to work on that." She laughed before turning on her heels and making the journey back home. "See you on Monday Moptop! Try not to dream about me too much!"

"Bye…" He whispered as he watched the girl disappear down the road.

Once he got himself in order, Midoriya quickly boarded his train back home and plopped onto the open seat next to the door. The hug from earlier was still fresh in his mind as he was absolutely certain that his face was going to remain flushed for the rest of the night.

As he looked back down at his metal briefcase containing his hero costume, the boy suddenly remembered that he had at least thing that he needed to handle over the weekend. Midoriya ran a hand through his wild green mane and started scrolling through his phone while looking up barber shops in the area.

'I wonder what kind of style I should get.' He thought to himself before leaning back in his seat and letting out a heavy sigh.