Second Day of Internship - 3:00 PM
"C'mon! Try harder, Shirakawa!" Oro exclaimed as Mato tried to punch him.
"It's not my fault if you're too fast for me," Mato said.
"Anyway," said Oro while blocking Mato's fists. "Do you have a hero costume?"
Mato stopped. "Yeah, but I never used it at school, and its design sucks."
"Why don't you go take it?"
"Because I have no idea of where it is."
"I'll call U.A., and they'll deliver it here."
"Okay, do it."
Oro grabbed the phone and dialed U.A.'s secretariat number.
"Hello, Oro here. I have here a certain Hideki Shirakawa who forgot his costume at school. Can you send someone to bring it to my house?"
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15 minutes later
Someone knocked at the door.
"Thanks for the delivering!" Oro said, grabbing the suitcase. "Keep watching me on the TV!"
Oro closed the door. "Here you have, your hero costume!"
Mato opened the suitcase and saw his hero costume.
"It'll be strange," he said. "I've never used it."
"There's always a first time for everything!" Oro exclaimed.
Mato quickly put on his hero costume.
It had a sleeveless black suit that showed Mato's shoulders, a hinge used to close the suit, a big collar similar to Dabi's, and amphibious shoes.
(Yeah, I stole my hero costume design from Dabi's outfit, aside from the sleeveless suit... forgive me, bro, I ran out of ideas.)
"You look heroic in that costume!" Oro exclaimed. "Did you take inspiration from someone?"
"No," lied Mato. "This design is 100% mine."
"Fine, now let's train!" Oro cracked his knuckles. "Try to hit me, but this time, use the 100% of your power!"
"Yeah!" Mato said. (I have to try to spread darkness through my whole body... just like Izuku's Full Cowling...!)
Mato's body got wrapped in darkness. "Dark Manipulation: 50%!"
"Little by little, Shirakawa," said Oro.
"Yeah," said Mato. "On guard, Oro!"
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Third Day of Internship
"Dark Punch: 75%!"
SBAM!
Mato punched the wall with force.
"Nice punch!" Oro exclaimed. "But don't destroy my house, please!"
"Like you have financial problems!" Mato turned and delivered another powerful punch to Oro. The hero blocked with the palm of his hand.
"You're getting better!" Oro said. "Not only are you managing to use your Dark Punch at its fullest, but you're also managing to use your Quirk in every part of your body, things you couldn't do until three days ago!"
"You're right on this," Mato sighed. "But I want to improve even more."
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Fifth Day of Internship
Mato was sitting on his bed. Oro had finally conceded him a bit of rest. Suddenly, Oro called him from the other room.
"Hey, Shirakawa! Come watch the TV with me!"
"Why should I?"
"They're showing Izuku, your friend with whom you live!"
Mato widened his eyes and jumped off the bed. He reached the room.
"What are they saying?"
"They say three high schoolers fought a villain and ended up hospitalized."
Mato looked at the TV. "Izuku, Shoto, and Iida?"
"You know all of them?"
"Yeah."
Mato grabbed his phone. "I gotta call Shoto. I want to know the details."
Mato called Shoto.
"Hey, Hideki, what's up?"
"What happened?"
"What do you mean?"
"I heard what happened on the Tv. Did you really fight a villain?"
"Oh, so the news already spread wide, huh?"
"Yeah. I want to know the details."
"We fought a villain, yeah. We won, but ended up hospitalized."
"Do you know the name of that villain?"
"Stain, the Hero Killer. He wore a blindfold on his eyes and used swords."
(Stain... you motherfucker...)
"Really? How are you and the others?"
"I'm fine, nothing serious. The only one badly injured is Iida."
"I'm glad."
"Where are you now?"
"Still in Musutafu. I'm training under Oro's wing."
"Oh, so you joined his agency..."
"Yeah."
"Anyway, we'll return to Musutafu in a while. Wait for us."
"Okay, bye. Say hello to Izuku and Iida for me."
"I will, bye."
"Wait, has Stain been arrested?"
"Yeah."
"Oh, that's great."
Mato closed the call.
"What did he tell you?" Oro asked.
"Nothing irreparable, they'll return to Musutafu in a while."
"I'm glad your friends are okay."
"Yeah, me too."
"Want to keep training?"
"Sure. This time I'll use the 100% of my Dark Punch."
"Just don't break your bones."
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End of Internship
"Well, what can I say, Oro?" Mato asked. "Thank you."
"Don't thank me," smiled Oro. "Come visit me whenever you like, I'm sure you'll become my assistant in a short time!"
Mato nodded and turned. (Finally, I can return home.)
(Finally, I'll eat Inko-san's meals, and at school, I can see Mei-chan every day... I really missed this lifesty-)
"WHOAAAA!" A portal created under Mato's feet. He ended up in Yokohama and banged his head on the floor.
"Ouch!" he shouted. "What the hell..."
In front of him, there wasn't Shigaraki, nor Dabi. Not even Toga. In front of Mato, there was All For One in person.
"Hello, Satoru," he said. "Sorry for the abrupt entrance, but I gotta tell you something with the utmost urgency."
"Speak up," said Mato, massaging his head.
"What have you discovered so far?" All For One asked.
"Izuku Midoriya has One For All, All Might is losing his strength, and in U.A., there are way too many girls."
"And what does this last point have to do with it?"
"Nothing."
"Anyway, you should know that Class 1-A and yours are going to the Training Camp, right?"
"Yeah, Shoto told me."
"Really? You have friends there?"
"Of course! You asked me to befriend someone from 1-A!"
"Tsk, nevermind... the question is..."
"Yes, I'm in."
"What?"
"You were going to ask me if I wanted to join the invasion at the Training Camp, right?"
"...Yeah."
"Fine, I'm in. But I want to add one condition."
"What?"
"If we manage to win, you have to reward me. Decided by me."
"What do you want?"
"Your Quirk. I want All For One."
All For One remained shocked. "W-what?"
"You heard me. You've always seen Shigaraki as your successor, haven't you?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I want to be your successor. I want your Quirk."
"...Fine. I'll give you my All For One, but only if you do something nobody else did during the invasion."
"Deal."
"You know that if I pass down All For One to you, you'll slowly gain all the Quirks I've stolen, right?"
"I don't care. It's even better."
"That's a deal, then. If you are the MVP of the Training Camp, I'll give you All For One."
"Thank you... Zen."
"Don't call me by my name."
"Uh, shut up, no one's here!"
Chapter 24 - End