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Week 14 (Internships - Part 1)

Make a Choice

The Sports Festival ends with a bang. While some of the students don't feel as though they displayed everything they wanted the Pro's to see, a large number are satisfied to a certain, agreeable extent. Ochako is still buzzed, not quite believing that she truly came out on top, flustered and fired up when people around her praise her performance.

In 1-B, Juuzou is constantly getting bombarded with praise by his classmates, who are so happy for him, and assure him that he did them proud, standing on the podium for all of 1-B – and, of course, for himself.

Shouto approaches Izuku at the start of the week, though he only says good morning before returning to his desk. On the other hand, Tenya comes in ten minutes later than he usually would, (still twenty minutes early), has been locking himself in his room outside of school, and his smile is strained whenever he wears it. Both Ochako and Izuku express concern for him, but he waves it off. They chalk it up to grief.

Aizawa, during homeroom, announces that internships are coming up. A one-week interval where students learn from a pro. Pro Heroes will have seen the Sports Festival, and they will send an invitation to whomever they want. Should students not get picked, they will intern with a member of staff from U.A. With that, he shows a list of everyone, (in 1-A), who was sent an internship request, and how many.

Todoroki Shouto: 1,201

Uraraka Ochako: 1,079

Iida Tenya: 786

Ashido Mina: 635

Yaoyorozu Momo: 598

Kirishima Eijirou: 521

Aoyama Yuuga: 427

Hagakure Tooru: 201

Tokoyami Fumikage: 198

Sero Hanta: 167

Kaminari Denki: 154

Midoriya Izuku: 19

Immediately, there's quite a bit of outrage. Izuku assumes they're mad they didn't get a request, but then–

"Midoriya got fourth place!" yells Tooru, hands flailing in her rage. "I lost to him, so why did I get more!?"

Yuuga frowns, "As a matter of fact, I lost first out of everyone, yet I received more than Hagakure-san and Midoriya-kun?"

While Izuku tries to assure everyone that it's fine, because it's better than he was expecting, Shouto speaks up and says, "No." Izuku goes quiet. In fact, the whole class does, as Shouto speaks. "I suspect I got the most due to being Endeavour's son. But, while Uraraka beat me, you were the one to push me the hardest. It doesn't make sense for you to get so little."

To hammer the final nail, someone says, "It ain't right." To that, Izuku's far too taken back to say anything. Not when it's Bakugou saying this. While Bakugou doesn't add anything else, Izuku falls quiet. In the back, Eijirou nods at this change in attitude.

See, all throughout the Sports Festival, Bakugou had no choice but to watch. To watch as Deku, as Midoriya, proved exactly why he's thriving in the Hero Course, while Bakugou was unable to do anything but wallow in his own self-misery. Watching Midoriya give his all, watching others return it, watching people win in all these gratifying ways, was nothing less than superb. And Bakugou, a wannabe hero, was left to watch. A bystander.

It was pathetic.

Aizawa drags everyone's attention to him once more, explaining that, even if they were impressed, the Pro's will look at people they can actually hope to train, unless they're high-profile. While he doesn't agree with the miniscule amount of requests Izuku received, there's nothing they can do about it. The class finally calms down, though many are still ruffled by it.

Those who received requests will have them emailed to them, while everyone who didn't will have this week to decide which member of staff they'll intern with. Bakugou included.

However, with the internship, it's likely the hero will have the students patrol with them, if only to watch how pro's act in combat. As such, it's about time the students begin to create a hero persona, should they wish to go Limelight. Aizawa announces that, once again, they'll collaborate with the management course to work on this.

Who are you?

With the management course, Izuku and Saki paired up once more. They go through the steps, first with how Izuku wants people to view him. It's a loaded question, despite being so small.

Does he want the general public to see him as a strong hero? Or does he want them to see him as a mark of safety? Maybe he wants the villains to see him as a threat, or even underestimate him? Ultimately, however, his mind goes back to Saki's question from weeks ago. What does he want to achieve through being a hero?

He wants to save people. He wants to save people who can't save themselves. He wants to save those quirkless kids, so they cannot be branded by 'kyou', so they can look up to a hero that looks like them.

"I want to inspire hope," he says. "Hope that people can be saved, that someone will save them, even if it's not me. Hope for their own future. That's what I want people to see in me: hope."

Saki smiles, writing his response down, already jotting down some ideas, especially with the future she saw in him. Speaking passionately in front of all those people, holding that little girl in his arms.

The next step is figuring out how he wants fans to view him. If he wants to be seen as strong or approachable. Izuku thinks about it, really wanting both, but if he's to inspire kids, then he would like to be approachable first and foremost. He wouldn't want people to avoid him for any reason, especially if he could change their lives.

Their session goes on, Saki getting to know more about Izuku and his goals, writing down and crossing out many ideas, before they decide to put it into practice. They don't do anything about his costume, as it's both appealing and practical, but they do go through faux interview questions.

She makes Izuku introduce himself until he's speaking with his whole chest and no longer stuttering. She makes him answer personal questions without divulging any actual information.

"Do you have any family in heroics?"

"I consider my mother my greatest hero," Izuku says, heart beating rapidly.

"Why did you become a hero?"

"To save lives, of course!"

"Were you the kid involved in the Sludge Villain attack!?"

"I– Wait, how did you– OW!"

Saki pinches the area between his thumb and pointer finger. "I did some research on my own. You have to be prepared for unexpected questions. Now, were you the kid involved in the Sludge Villain attack?"

Izuku rubs his nose, but collects himself soon enough. "I was present…?"

"Again."

"I was present during the attack."

Time goes on, everyone going through similar steps, and this happens throughout the week, with 1-A, (and 1-B), spending time with the management classes to better their hero personas and learn how to act as a public figure. Bakugou, in particular, has difficulty, his partner regarding him as too dismissive to be seen as likable. Mezou also has trouble, seen as stand-off-ish. Denki and Mina have a habit of distributing too much information.

Decision

Everyone who has requests go to Momo's dorm, (though 'dorm' isn't the appropriate word for what's basically a flat/apartment), in the living room, each of them with their own appliances, and Ochako borrowing Momo's tablet due to being more convenient. Tenya is strangely quiet, sifting through his requests without speaking once.

Shouto, though already knowing who he will go to, sits with them. Well, he sits next to Izuku and says nothing, but the fact that he's there at all is an improvement to his previous behaviour.

Izuku, naturally, is the go-to for advice and information regarding unfamiliar heroes. Though, there are still a few they look-up instead. Not even Hero-Maniac Midoriya Izuku knows every hero in existence, after all.

Momo eventually decides on the highest-ranking female hero in her list, Uwabami. Izuku ponders on this, but he supposes that Momo could be wanting to see how Uwabami locates disaster victims, so he doesn't say anything.

Eijirou decides to go with Fourth Kind, which Izuku agrees with, knowing that Fourth Kind is adept at close-combat, which Eijirou would benefit by learning more of.

Fumikage then reveals that Hawks sent in a request for him, which greatly surprises him, as he didn't get far in. Nevertheless, it's a great opportunity and many in the room are jealous that he was picked. Dark Shadow holds it over all their heads.

Izuku asks Tenya who he's going for, and he quietly says he will intern with Manual, stating that he admires Manual's perspective on heroism. This, however, doesn't convince much of anyone, though he let it go, not wanting to push Tenya.

Everyone chooses theirs, and Izuku goes through the nineteen requests he has. Most aren't wouldn't be very compatible with him. Quite frankly, he has no idea how to check if they really want him, or if they want fourth place in the Sports Festival. He can't tell by their hero persona alone, as he's come to realise after the management classes. There's every chance they're secretly discriminatory, even if they act like they're not.

Then one name catches his eye. There's not really any reputable ones in his list, mostly people who are either desperate for a U.A. intern, or people he's not sure he can trust, being quirkless and all. But one name is pretty popular at the moment. He saw their debut, and he's even interacted with them in action.

Mount Lady. Why she's sending him a request, he has no idea, but he at least has some semblance of her personality. Out of everyone in his list, she's honestly the best option at the moment. So, he goes for her. He will intern with Mount Lady.

Ochako is still struggling to decide, and that makes sense, considering she's gotten over a thousand requests. There's a bunch who she could intern with, but she has no idea what she would want to learn from them, especially when many probably only want to brag that they got the student in First Place. She stews on it, throughout much of the week, until Friday hits. The deadline, and she has no idea who to choose. Izuku gives a lot of advice, going through many of the best options, but she's still not sure if they're suitable.

Then Aizawa approaches her, face twisted for some reason. "We've received one more request for you. She had to get her license to intern you, so that's why it's so late." He sends the form, and Ochako chokes. As does Izuku, who stands by her side, peering over her shoulder to look at her phone.

Just like that, Ochako has her answer. She's interning with Miruko.

Notes:

Hehehe, that's right!! Miruko was the woman watching Ochako's fight. Her reasoning will be explored later

Oh, poor Tenya. Nobody wants to feel like they're intruding, without realising that intruding will, in fact, be key to saving him

I love involving other courses for things that make sense. Of course the management course would be the perfect place for the hero kids to learn how to handle the media!

Yeah, Izuku's going with Mount Lady. No, Minoru is not going with Mount Lady, as he didn't get far enough for her to request him

Conclusion:

Students choose their internships

Before then, they are introduced to the management course to learn how to act as a public figure

Izuku interns with Mt. Lady

Tenya is suspiciously distant

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