Puppetry

10

Kuroza's internship goes relatively smoothly, the only thing of note was a purse snatcher that got stopped pretty quickly by her. On the third day, she and Edgeshot are on a train to Hosu City, him having an interview, something about an idea he had about merging agency's with others, she wasn't paying attention, and she'd just hang out backstage while he had the interview. "H-hello? Are you Edgeshot?" "I am, yes" Kuroza opens one of her eyes, having heard the teen start talking, "Could I have an autograph?" "Of course" Edgeshot writes his signature in the teen's notebook, "Umm... who is she?" "This is my intern from UA, her hero name is Puppet Master" "Sup" "You go to UA?" "Yeah" Kuroza fully sits up, "C-could I have an autograph from you as well?" "Sure" She writes her hero name down beneath Edgeshot's. "Thank you" "No problem" The teen goes back to his seat, and Kuroza leans back in her seat, shutting her eyes again. "Did you not go to sleep at a good time last night?" "No I did, I don't have much else to do right now" "That is true, but keep an eye out once we get to Hosu, I've heard rumors of the Hero Killer being there" Kuroza thinks for a second, "Oh that idiot..." "Hm?" "I have a classmate who's brother got attacked and crippled by the Hero Killer, and he chose Manual's agency" "Manual is stationed in Hosu" "Exactly" "I see what you mean... you worry he is after revenge" "Yeah. I may not exactly get along with him, but he is my classmate" "That is at times a struggle pros face, there are those who are not the nicest, but are often one of the first to call for a pro. It is our job to save everyone, regardless how they treat us" "I know, which is why I request permission to use my quirk to protect him if I'm correct" "Permission granted. You are allowed to use your quirk to protect your classmate from any danger he may have gotten into" "Thank you sir"

The train eventually makes it to Hosu about mid day, and the two walk to the studio that his interview will be at, and while Edgeshot preps to go on air, Kuroza goes backstage. "Sweet... donuts" Kuroza grabs one of the donuts as one of the crew members come in, "Hey" "I see you found the donuts" "Was I not supposed to take one?" "Nah you're fine, just don't eat them all" "I won't" Kuroza makes a small snack plate and goes to find somewhere to sit down, and takes her phone out, to play some games while snacking on the food. During the interview, Kuroza hears the newscaster and Edgeshot mention her, by her hero name of course, "So, that girl that was with you when you got here, who is she?" "Her hero name is Puppet Master, she's my intern from UA for this week, she would have been here with me on stage but since this interview was planned before I was told I was going to have an intern, that didn't work out" "So she's a UA student?" "Yes" "Do you know anything about the villain attack on UA's 1-A class?" "I do not. All I'm aware of, other than anything has been made classified to heroes only, is that an up and coming villain group  made the attack to make their name known" Something about how that woman asked that question rubbed Kuroza the wrong way, the tone of voice... that was someone wanting to know more, but not for reasons most do, that was the tone of someone curious about this classified information, while most just assume that it was something that the villains learned about UA which is how they were able to pull off the attack.

The newscaster woman continues to ask varying questions to Edgeshot, about his plans for his agency, about Kuroza and how she is as a hero, and every now and then going back to the villain attack on UA. After the interview Edgeshot and Kuroza meet back up, "Something was weird about her, she seemed way too interested in the villain attack on UA" "I agree. I don't want to make assumptions though, she could very well be a civilian interested in what happened" "I know, I was saying" "Don't stress it Azugo, even if it something worth worrying about, it is not something a first year student like you will need to worry about" "I know, I won't worry too much. Geez, it got dark out fast" "Yes, the interview lasted quite a while, sorry" "Nah it's fine, what now?" "Now we should make our way back to the agency, I apologize but I believe that it will be a very late night for you" "Not the first time I've stayed up late, and if need be I'll sleep a bit on the train" Edgeshot nods and the two start walking back to the train station when Nomu's appear out of portals all over the city, "Nomus... what's going on?" "Shigaraki must have something planned, focus on helping the civilians. I'll start with the Nomus" "Alright!" Kuroza runs off to find people to help, staying in the general area as Edgeshot. She looks around at how much chaos has happened in such a short time, and her mind flashes back to when her dad died, "No... I have a job to do. I won't let this effect me" She encounters a car flipped upside down with a child inside crying, she crouches down to the broken window and see a kid about 8 crying and trying to get his mom's attention, who seemed to be passed out, "Hey, kid, can you listen to me for a second?" "W-who are you?" "Name's Puppet Master, I'm a hero student, can you get unbuckled, or is it stuck?" "I-It's stuck..." "Okay, don't freak out, I'm going to cut the seatbelt, okay?" "Okay" She takes a dagger out and after a bit of trying gets the seatbelt cut, and helps the kid out of the car, "Help my mom please!" "I will" She feels the woman's pulse, still feeling it, and sees that she has a cut across her cheek and forehead, most likely from the glass.