She idly checked her phone. Friends were sick, meaning she was alone at lunch today, greeeeat. Bad enough it was raining, but now she was all by herself in a crowded train with little to no space to breathe, let alone turn her head.
And there were a lot of passengers on the next stop, great, now she was going to be late too. Could her day get any worse. "Excuse me." If it did it didn't matter, seeing who just walked in. A blue haired cowlick that made it to the semi finals of the Sports Festival. "Sorry, don't mean to squeeze anybody."
"Oh no, you go right ahead! We'll make space for you!" The crowd suddenly created just enough space for the kid to at least stand comfortably. "You're Suzuki, right!? One of the top three at the sports festival?"
"Actually it was top four, Ibara also made it pretty far and Iida had to deal with something." Oh right … Ingenium attack.
"I can't believe a star is on this train."
"So much power in such a little body."
"Is he single?"
"Hey, hey kid!" A blue skinned woman rushed to the boy's front with a mic in her hand. "Your quirk is pretty similar to All Mights, is this the reason why he trained you before you started UA?"
"Yes, Bunny-sensei is a great teacher! I would have lost my fingers instead of breaking them if it wasn't for him!" Holy shit, that sounded serious! What type of quirk worked like that? Wait, Bunny-sensei?
"Oh that nickname is adorable." A woman cooed.
"That smile is even brighter than All Mights!"
"What if they're related!"
"Oh no, I'm not Bunny-sensei's secret love child. He just found me on the beach one day and I thought he was a scary zombie before turning into a scary bunny." That had to be the most adorable yet fucked up story she's ever heard.
"So why does your quirk registry still say you're quirkless?" It did? How did the blue skin woman know that?
"What's a quirk registry?" The confusion was adorable as hell, but the lack of sarcasm in his tone was super concerning.
The blue skinned woman blinked. "How … how do you not know this?"
"I don't know a lot of things." The boy nodded. "Oh, my stop!" Suzuki made his way off the train before anyone around him could voice any of their concerns.
"This rabbit hole just keeps getting deeper." The blue-skinned woman smiled feral, like she was a fox about to pounce on a defenseless bunny...great, she couldn't stop thinking about rabbits now.
==
"So many people actually recognized me! It was pretty freaky to be honest." The hidden gem of 1-A known as Hagakure spoke as Aoyama starred into the universal camera. "Everyone kept looking at me as I walked here. So different from how it usually goes."
"I know right, it's so cool!" Ashido squealed. "I noticed, my hands shaked, and pictures were taken!"
"You guys are lucky, I actually got ignored when I traveled." Jiro looked as if she was going to say something, but kept her mouth shut as Kaminari continued. "My fight with Hagakure wasn't that bad! She has the strength of ten men in those invisible arms of hers!"
"You think you have it rough, I kept getting patted on the back by kids who kept telling me 'nice try'!" Sero slumped over his desk in defeat. "I'm the guy everyone remembers to pity!"
"Nice try." Asui was unrelenting in her bluntness. "I'm just glad I was able to make it to the final round, even if I didn't do much during the Cavalry battle."
"You managed to beat Yaoyorozu, that was awesome!" Uraraka cheered on. "She's like, the smartest girl here!"
"Oh I wouldn't say I'm that smart." The girl in question pushed off the shiny praise, looking off. "If anything, Hagakure played it smarter."
"Nothing a little determination can't fix! I'm on fire baby!" Hagakure raised her arms in the air if the upward pointed sleeves were any indication. "We did it, Iruma-kun! Everyone is going to remember us from now on! I just wished I could've joined you instead of weed hair." The fire within the girl glowed brighter than his own twinkling. There was much competition in this class.
"It's fine, I'm just glad I could do what I did. You were so amazing Iida!" The boy smiled.
"Um, yes, thank you." The usually loud and focused student has been out of it. The news must have been rough, he saw it with his family on the tellie.
"All it took was one sport's festival and we suddenly became celebrities! UA truly is the best!" Mineta jumped for joy, undoubtedly thinking of nothing but perversion in the miniscule head of his.
"They called me manly! They all called me manly!" Kirishima shouted with joy, managing his own sparkles. Ah yes, disciples were some of the best things to have.
"Everyone, settle down." Oh, Aizawa had half the bandages he used to have. Progress to get rid of the horrid mummy look. "Now then, because you all did well, you've managed to get internship requests. Here is how they're currently designed." The man displayed the results of offers, the top being …
"How did Todoroki the one with the highest offers? He didn't even get to the semi-finals." Ojiro questioned as one of the top three students did indeed have the highest number of offers with over 4000 in total.
"Well he made a glacier, a pillar of fire, went toe to toe with Suzuki, and is the number two hero's son." Tokoyami spoke up. "Plus he's likely the more sane of our powerhouse trio."
"Bullshit, I'm completely sane!" Bakugo shouted like a madman.
"That's ridiculous." Todoroki spoke up. "Endeavor isn't my father." That was a new one.
"Then it's Bakugo, who won, got the most after … and Iruma somehow got very few." Uraraka noticed. "He only has ten! But he came in third! I got more offers than that!"
"It's probably because he acted insane." Mineta pointed out. "You ate your headband, you claim your quirk is haunted, and you broke your own bones just to see someone use fire."
"I know, I accomplished so much!" And Suzuki's smile and excitement made Aoyama's own gleaming look like a tiny candle being compared to the sun. "So what do internship offers mean?"
"It means you are going to be chosen by pro heroes to learn with them and see how heroes work in the field." A chance to be with an experienced star!? How incredible. "But before you make your picks, we have a vital hero informatics assignment."
"What!?" Most of the class freaked out, and he was one of them. They barely had the time to study at all since the first day of class. He wasn't a shining star when it came to academics!
"You'll be choosing hero names."
"YES!!" They all cheered out. Choosing a hero name, this would be incredible!
"Be quiet." They settled down, lest they spurn the wrath of their teacher once more. "Hero names are essential for when you eventually start patrolling, so take this class seriously…"
"Or they'll be hell to pay!" Midnight-bursted into the room. "Hero names are a once in a lifetime chance, a perfect way to show off who you are along with your sense of power!"
"So choose very … very … carefully." Aizawa spoke up. "Or it'll haunt you."
Suzuki looked thoughtful out of the corner of his eye, before speaking up. "Eraser Head is a lovely name!" The man, after attempting to hide his face with his own hair, took out his sleeping bag and slipped into it before putting himself in a corner. "Have a good nap! Hope you feel better."
"Iruma...you are a legend." Ashido laughed as the rest of the class, including Midnight-sensei, giggled at Aizawa-sensei's embarrassment. "So we just pick out any name?"
"As long as I approve of it. I'm handing out boards, so the moment you think of something, present it so that-"
"Done." Aoyama walked, taking in the gobsmacked gazes of his classmates, as they stood upon his brilliance. "My hero name shall be … The Shining Hero! I can not stop my twinkling!"
"Oh, so that's what a hero's name should be like." Suzuki nodded, accepting his brilliance first hand.
"Iruma, don't listen to him!" Uraraka chastised. "He obviously is gonna get called out now!"
Midnight looked his name over. "... Contract the can and not for Can't and remove the my and I. You'll get an abbreviation in no time, and that'll be great for your brand." Of course, overly long names were never sparkly, how did he not see that before!
"She accepted it!" Sero cried out. "What's next?"
Ashido now moved to the center stage. "I got Alien Queen!"
"Like the movie, no way, heroes already have to deal with copyright from Marvel and DC, you can't afford Fox as well."
"Foxes are pretty nice though!" Suzuki chimed in. "They keep you warm during the long winter nights in the woods when it's snowing, and as long as you don't smell like lunch, they'll only bite you once when you share a burrow."
"... We worry about you." Hagakure muttered. Class 1-B must have been dealing with something less troubling.
==
"Pony, I know you have trouble with japanese." Their teacher explained in English, something Kaibara never took up learning fast. "But the way you wrote your name makes it horse slut instead of horse girl."
"But those guys in I-D said I was doing it right."
"... So many classes need to be punished this year." The teacher muttered in the native tongue. "Look, why don't you try something involving flying around?"
The girl nodded, walking back to her seat. Sure, the class didn't get many offers, but enough to warrant this all the same. Also if 1-A was doing this then 1-B would follow, according to Kan. He wasn't helping Monoma's case.
"Don't fret, my little Pony, for soon, all of UA will know of the brilliance of Class 1-B! Just look at the offers that Shiozaki gained." Monoma turned to the chart that read off the names and the number of offers each student received. "Up to four hundred in total! That's surely more than the charlatans of 1-A have! The so-called 'best' of their class are two maniac morons and the son of one pro! She's naturally talented unlike them, so.."
The long-ass rant was cut off by Kendo chopping the boy's neck, stunning him unconscious.
"I believe I'm next." She said, walking up to the stand. "I plan on being the handy hero, Battle Fist." Ha, the pun was actually pretty good.
"That'll do well, you are very versatile. Who's next?" Shoda quietly makes his way up front, gently placing the sign up for 'Mines', all in all a pretty solid name.
"What about you, Ibara? What about your name?" Rin spoke from her seat, but the girl was looking at the door, clinging to her third place medal. "Ibara?"
"I stood side by side with my angel, I am equal to one of God's messengers...I'm too blessed to receive such a privilege." Fucking end him, all that religion crap was either going to give him an aneurysm or make someone stab her. Likely both!
"Shiozaki, you can talk all you want about your personal preferences another time, right now you should be more focused on creating a name for yourself." Vlad restrained his frustration and got the girl to focus on the topic at hand.
"Apologises Vlad-sensei. I shall do as you requested." She wrote something down on her board quickly and showed it off to the class. 'Maria'. He was certain there was a religious reference in that, but he was beyond caring at this point.
"Very well, you're done." This was honestly a joke, but one he couldn't afford to skim around. The rest of their lives were on this after all … oh, Spiral sounded cool! And no one else was thinking about it.
==
'If my cowlick is in a spiral, should that be my hero name?' Iruma thought seriously as he kept thinking of names. All of his friends had such cool and smart names. Tsu was Froppy, which was cute and friendly just like her. Maybe that's the route he should go with?
Uraraka had Uravity, which sounded super cool and matched her quirk. She did look like an astronaut, maybe he should get a theme.
King Explosion Murder was a cool name too, even if it sounded a bit scary to here the first time. Midnight-sensei probably thought so too, because she made Bakugo choose again.
Jiro's was just the name of her Quirk, Earphone Jack. Simple and straight to the point, which was more Iruma's speed in all honesty, but Bunny-sensei wanted his quirk to be a secret, so calling himself One For All was probably not the best choice to go with..But if he wanted a quirk name shouldn't he rename One For All? It was his after all. But that would take as much time as figuring out a hero name? There was so much to choose from. "Do you have anything, Iruma?" He turned to Ochako as Todoroki went up next.
"Not really, I've never been super creative before." He sighed, looking at his own blank board.
"You're not alone on that, dude. Look." Kaminari pointed to Todoroki's board, which was just his first name.
"I like it." That was all Todoroki said in his own defense. "This is who I want to be."
"At least Nejire mixed it up by adding chan at the end." Midnight-sensei didn't seem like a fan of Todoroki's choice. "It's fine for now, just remember that you CAN change your name eventually if you want...please...please consider it."
"Understood, as long as I don't have to add Todoroki." The boy nodded, walking back down. Hmm, should he just use his name? But that was boring, he wanted something flashy like everyone else, he worked hard after all.
"Invisible Girl!" Toru shouted, showing off her name. "And before you say anything, I checked it, it's public domain, so there's no copyright to worry about!"
"You go girl!" Midnight shouted. "That's the UA spirit." Really? Maybe he should try a name involving what his quirk does … charge em up … passon … bone breaker? Oh that last one actually sounded kinda cool.
"Really, another one?" Midnight groaned as Iida went next, and like Todoroki, it was just his full name.
"I understand if this sounds confusing, but there is a name I wish to use that signifies everything I want to achieve as a hero." Iida explained. "Until I am worthy of it however, I will not take on another name other than my own." Wow, super serious. But Iida was super worthy, he was really smart and trustworthy.
That also gave him another thought. "What do I want to achieve?" He wanted to quit his crappy jobs and support himself for a change, but did that really sound like a good reason to be a hero? Why even have a reason to be a hero, hero's just helped people. You don't need a reason to do that.
"Don't worry about it too much Iruma-kun." Toru said with a comforting pat on the back. "Even if you have trouble figuring it out, you just need to go out there with that adorable determination you have!"
"Determination?" Bunny-sensei did keep saying he had that, but did he really? He just wanted to stand out and win, just like how he wanted to help people. Was that what Determination was? Just wanting to do something and doing it? No … All Might in the USJ was determined … going against Todoroki even when he wanted to stop from pain was that … he wanted more of it.
He suddenly got an idea and began writing it down. "Suzuki, it's your turn." Iruma nodded, and got up in front of the class.
"What's he going to pick? It has to be something manly!" Eijiro cheered.
"No, it should show just how adorable he is!" Toru claimed loudly.
"It should be something that just screams 'you can do it!'." Ochacko chimed in.
"Never thought I would say this, but Bakugo's nickname for him would be appropriate." Momo suggested.
"If he calls himself Deku I will kill everyone in this classroom then myself." Such a jokester.
"It's gotta be something crazy and unbelievable." Ashido spoke out.
He placed his board down. Something that held everything he felt fit about him. "The Assisting Hero: Kettei!" It was his determination. "I'll keep this going, no matter what!" And he'd see it through.
==
Kurogiri flew over the rooftops, a bit worn out, since he's been doing this for FIVE FUCKING HOURS! You'd think a serial killer would be easy to find. But nope, the underground had nothing other than the search radius of a HELLHOLE CITY full of heroes!
Now his entire body was twitching out of irritation, lovely. He needed to bring out one of the big bottles later. He hasn't needed them lately, with Tomura being so introspective. In fact his bar damage has decreased by a solid seventy percent. His pride in the young master was suppressed by the need to fulfill his duty. Finding a piece of hay in a stack of needles would be much easier.
And it's not like he's just going to go into a random alley and hear-
"Another fake down, but the work is far from over." A raspy voice could be heard from the dark corners of one of the shadier ally's of this filthy cesspool of a prefecture.
… Was thinking 'Come and get me heroes' but that works too.
Kurogiri warped closer, peeking his head out to see the commotion in question. The hero killer stood over the corpse of a pro hero, a lower scale one as well. Perfect, he found him! Now to make introductions. "Hello there."
This was met by a knife to the face. He was made out of mist, so that didn't do anything. "Who are you? How did you sneak up on me?" He spouted an inner monologue outloud and expected no one to hear him?
"My name is Kurogiri. I am a representative of sorts for the League of Villains. My master wishes to have a word with you."
"You can forget it." The man scoffed, blade lowered. "This city needs to be cleansed. I won't join some group of punks taking on highschoolers."
"You misunderstood me." It seemed he needed to take action fast. "I wasn't giving you a choice." He spread his body to the entire ally and engulfed the man before he could protest a single word. A few seconds later he was gone. Transport complete … and now the young master was alone with a pissed off killer hellbent on killing … not his best plan in all honesty.