Pro Hero Animia

Chapter 10 (Re-Write)

Started re-writing on December 9th 2021

Sorry for posting this a little later than usual. I have an announcement so check that out in the end notes.

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Seeing Iruka spend the next few days made Hizashi realise that, although shy, she was incredibly friendly and sociable. She managed to see Nanami again and by day three the older had become a constant thing in her life. Sometimes Shouta or Hizashi himself would bring Iruka to watch Nanami's class do their practicals or have lunch with them whether that be outside or in the teachers' break room.

Near the end of the week, Shouta had brought up his own education as well as Iruka's. His fiance decided online classes would be the way to go allowing for some kind of flexibility between their other jobs. Iruka's education wouldn't be able to be as flexible.

As much as Hizashi would love to, neither he nor Shouta would realistically be able to homeschool Iruka. It would also be best for her if she could socialise with kids her age instead of hanging around adults and teenagers.

Deciding where Iruka would go to pre-school was harder than it should've been. On one hand, she could go to pre-school with Tensei's little brother but that required tons of transportation between prefectures. On the other, she could go to the nearby pre-school and logically that would be the best choice but Hizashi didn't want her to go to school without a singular familiar face,

Unfortunately, they couldn't delay the decision much longer. Iruka's recovery had been going so well and it was pretty obvious that after getting the green light from her doctor Iruka would eventually need to go to school. The school year had started 2 months ago making her a little late to the party. Not just that but her general knowledge was that of a 3-year-old. Of course, that wasn't something Hizashi worried about too much, not when she soaked up everything like a sponge. Especially when that knowledge came from Nezu or Ryo.

The family (Hizashi doubts Iruka wouldn't be a permanent fixture in their lives) of three went to the local pre-school to scout it out. Like many pre-schools in Japan, this one also doubled as a daycare. Not that Hizashi wanted to leave Iruka here for the entire day but it was a good option in emergencies. The headteacher Ms Osu was as welcoming as Hizashi had expected. After the tour around the school, Iruka got even more excited and really that's all Hizashi needed for him to cave and allow Iruka to go to school.

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Iruka was practically vibrating with excitement. She woke up to no scary dreams, instead she woke up to the smell of freshly made pancakes and fluffy cats in her bed. She'd been excited about school since the day she first heard about it. She's also loved all the stories she's heard from her Aunt Nem and Nami-chan.

Hizashi, unfortunately, had to head into the agency before he went to UA so he couldn't follow along and send Iruka off. So with goodbyes and many promises of listening to her stories they went their separate ways.

Iruka has walked around the neighbourhood, whenever Shouta goes on his jogs or when Hizashi goes to get groceries, the route they used was different and that made it all the more exciting.

The excitement merged into nervousness upon seeing all the other people walking toward the school. All the other kids that weren't Nami-chan's size instead were just about her size. Each being a different kind of loud. Their voices and laughter were bouncing around everywhere making Iruka grimace.

"You doing ok there kiddo?"

"Is l-loud."

"You have your earplugs in your bag right?" Thankfully Iruka nodded allowing Shouta to help her put them on.