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↳ chapter 17

I walked to school, holding Kai in my hands. I dropped him off on the alley where I found him, in case his owners we're looking for him. But for some reason, he had come back to me, so I was going to drop him off at the pet shelter nearby. When I had reached, the shop attendant recognized me from the U.A. Sports Festival, and cheered me on. I was slightly puzzled about the fact that he knew me, even though I came in third. Usually, people only paid attention to first place and the runner up, right?

Clearing my head of the thought, I walked to school, humming a tune under my breath. Suddenly, some kids came up to me and addressed me as 'the girl who got third'. Wow, the sports festival had gained me a lot of attention, huh?

I finally reached the school, managing to reach after thanking everyone who stopped me to talk to me about the Sports Festival. I sighed in relief as I ran past the school gates so as to get rid of all my admirers. Finally, I reached the class, which Iida was already sitting in his seat diligently. My gaze softened towards Iida, since he was to rush home due to a family emergency. I approached him slowly, but he got to the matter before I did.

"Yumé-san, I am terribly sorry for worrying you about my older brother. He's fine, and I once again am terribly sorry for causing you unnecessary concern, " he apologized, bowing his head. I chuckled at the boy's kind gesture.

"It's fine, you don't have to apologize. All that matters is that you're fine, " I said.

"Oh, and by the way, call me Sakura, " I smiled at the boy, heading to my seat at the back of the class.

"Only if you call me Tenya, " he replied, returning the smile.

I turned around and gave him a thumbs-up, placing my bag down on the floor gently. I pulled my chair from under my desk, sitting down on it and waiting for my classmates patiently. Slowly but surely, students began streaming into class, discussing the thing we all had on our minds, the attention we got from the sports festival.

"I know right! Some random kids came up to me today and congratulated me!" I said.

However, as soon as Aizawa-sensei entered the class, we all scurried back to our seats. Now, our sensei was no longer sporting his mummified look.

"For today's Hero Informatics Period..." Aizawa-sensei trailed off.

"You will be picking your hero names, "

We all sighed in relief at finally doing something hero-like. Aizawa-sensei informed us that the nominations from the Pro Heroes this year were more akin to expressions of interest in our potential futures, then showing us the tally of nominations. I was extremely surprised at the number of nominations I had. Todoroki came in first with 4123 nominations, Bakugo came in second with 3556 nominations, and I came in third with 3354 nominations. I didn't expect to get so many, since all the attention was on Bakugo and Todoroki anyway. But since I had a warp quirk, it would make sense why people wanted my quirk. Soon enough, after all the boring chatter from sensei, he introduced Midnight, who would be evaluating our hero names. We had a total of 15 minutes to pick our hero names.

"What's your hero name going to be?" I asked Shoto, who was sitting next to me.

"It doesn't really matter to me. I think I'll just go with my name, " he replies in a bored tone.

"Why don't I pick your hero name? What about... Icy Flame? No that sounds too lame... What about Peppermint boy?" I smirked.

"What about Hand Crusher, since you practically crushed Izuku-Kun's hand?"

Shoto rolled his eyes at my antics, quickly scribbling down 'Shoto' on his card. I pouted, and thought of my hero name. What was something that would be a cool hero name? Suddenly, a cool idea hit me. I immediately scribbled it down while my friends we're presenting.

"Yumé-san, how about you present yours?" Midnight asked.

I nervously went up with my card and flipped it around for the class to see. On the board, I scribbled on 'Shadowstep: The Teleportation Hero'. I cringed, waiting for everyone to say how dumb it was.

"That's great!" Midnight complimented, giving me a small boost of courage.

"Thanks, " I managed to utter out, before quickly scurrying to my seat.

Finally, Izuku went up to the present. When he flipped the board, it had the word 'Deku' written on it. I smiled knowingly to myself in pride. It was the hero name that Ochaco had come up with for him, and I was happy that we were able to change his views on the name.

After formulating our hero named, Aizawa-sensei informed us that our hero training would be one week long. I tuned him out, looking at my choice of heroes to work with. Groaning in annoyance, I threw my paper up, not wanting to do this internship.

"I'm going to apply for my father's workplace,"

I fell back in my chair. My soul figuratively left my body when I heard those words. I had practically died. I jumped up from my position.

"You sure you're okay with that?" I asked.

"I can learn many things from him. He may be not too good of a father, but he is still the number 2 hero, and I might as well take advantage of that, " Shoto replied with a well thought out response.

"Jeez Shoto, you're really thinking this out, huh?" I pondered.

If my friends we're all taking this seriously, perhaps I should too. I scanned my list for the heroes who asked for me, and I stopped at one of the names. Number 3 hero, Hawks. I definitely knew who I was registering with. By the end of the day, I turned in my choice. The place on my application was Hosu City.

  Well, time to head off the Hosu City I guess.