Traumatized

Chapter 33

IZUKU POV

"Alright everyone, quiet down." Pops stood in front of the class half asleep. "We have a lot to cover today. First all of you will be participating in internships next week."

The class erupted into excitement at the idea of getting to do real hero work. Pops had to activate his quirk to get everyone quiet again.

"Alright, thanks to the sports festival some of you have been scouted by a few different agencies."

Pops clicked a button on his remote and on the board a list appeared with our names and the number of heroes that showed interest in us. To no one's surprise the Todoroki and Bakugo had the most people interested in them. It made sense that those who placed high in the tournament would have more people showing interest in them. Reading through the list I found my name with a mere fifty hero's interested in me.

"Huh more than I expected if I'm being honest."

"As you can see some of you didn't get any interest shown in you. Luckily you still get to participate in the internships. We have a list of Hero's that are more than happy to take on interns. You have till Friday to decide on who you're going to intern with, I highly recommend you take this seriously."

We all received individualized packs with the names of different heroes and agencies that we could intern with. Flipping through the pack I saw a few names that surprised me. Edgeshots agency was on my list, but the biggest surprise was seeing Nighteye agency.

"Now with that taken care of we can move onto the next part of our class."

The door opened to reveal Ms. Midnight. "Today you will be choosing your hero names."

Once again the class erupted into excitement. I shook my head as I went back to looking through the names of potential agencies.

"Why would Edgeshot be interested in me? He's the number five hero in Japan and as far as the world knows I'm a quirkless kid... that being said I did finish tied for third in the sports festival. Maybe he saw something he liked. Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea, he would be able to teach me a few new tricks."

I was brought out of my inner monologue by Yaomomo handing me a white board. I looked at her surprised for a moment before remembering what we were supposed to be doing.

We were given some time to write down our potential hero names. No matter what we chose Ms. Midnight was going to have the last say on our names. The room was quiet; only the faint sounds of dry erase markers could be heard. Everyone had been thinking of potential hero names for their entire life. I was no exception, but for me there was only one name that seemed appropriate.

"Alright, who wants to go first?"

"Wait, we have to present our names to the class?" Kaminari sounded nervous.

"What's wrong, is someone shy?" I stood up and made my way to the front of the class. I shot Kaminari a glance as I passed him. "If you're too embarrassed to say your name in front of friends what's gonna happen when you have to say it to the people who are waiting for you to mess up?"

"That's enough Midoriya." Ms. Midnight sent a glare in my direction. "Let's hear what you've chosen."

I turned my board around revealing my name. I saw a bunch of confused looks, a couple intrigued ones, and one annoyed Bakugo. "My hero name is Anemoia."

"Very clever." Ms. Midnight gave me a smile.

"I'm sorry, but what does that mean?" Kirishima scratched his head confused.

"It means nostalgia for a time you've never known." I took my board and started making my way back to my desk. "As the quirkless hero it only makes sense that I'd think fondly of times when there were no quirks."