Invisible Strings | Katsuki Bakugou

Code names

"Yeah, me too!", Kirishima pointed at himself, grinning.

"You wouldn't believe what a bunch of elementary school brats yelled at me!", Sero slammed his head on his desk when Tsu brought back the not-so-nice 'Nice try' the kids told him.

"Here we are being celebrities again!", Denki talked to Mineta.

"This school is amazing!"

The door slid open and Mr. Aizawa made his way into the class, greeting them with a tired 'Morning'.

Lenora's index popped to the teacher, "Oi! No more mummification!"

Aizawa sighed loudly, pinching the bridge of his nose, "How many times should I tell you this is not how you talk to your teachers, Shimizu?"

"Sorry, sir. I'll reformulate this..."

"Please, no."

"Your bandages are gone, sir. That's good news!"

Aizawa stared at the girl for some seconds before finding the calm to answer, "The old lady went a little overboard in the treatment. Anyway," he changed the topic, slamming a pile of papers on the cathedra, "the class today is hero informatics."

He stopped talking, watching how all the students' faces twisted, thinking already for the worse.

"You need code names. It's time to pick your hero identity."

The class cheered, all jumping up from their seat. Aizawa activated his quirk, scaring them so badly that they all returned back to a sit position, leaving him to finish talking.

"This is related to the Pro Hero scouting that I mentioned the last time we had a class together," the teacher rolled his still bandaged wrist, "normally, students don't have to worry about it since the second or third year, but your class is different. In fact, by extending offers to the first year like you, Pros are essentially investing in your potential. Every interest can be rescinded if your potential raised down before graduation."

"So we still have to prove ourselves, over and over?", Hagakure asked, receiving a nod from Aizawa.

"Now, here are the totals for those of you who got offers", Aizawa pressed a button on a remote, turning on the electric board.

Len widened her eyes in surprise. 4278 offers. For her. 4278 Pros Hero offered.

"Usually they're more spread out but this year there's a pretty big gap."

"HUH! LOOK HOW MANY FOR LENORA!", Mina pointed at the board.

"This is not fair!", Kaminari tilted his head backward dramatically.

"Len and Bakugou's are the opposite of the Festival's placement!", Kirishima noticed.

Sero chuckled, "They're probably too scared to work with a guy who needed to be chained at the end."

That made Katsuki snap, "WHY THE PROS WOULD BE SCARED? THEY'RE JUST WEAK!"

Len was still staring at the board, her brain couldn't wrap around the fact that she was so high in the ranking. Aizawa let them all have their moment, his eyes drifted to Lenora, who was strangely calm. He could sense the excitement she was feeling just by looking at her glimmery eyes.

"Despite these results," Aizawa regained their attention, "you're all interning with Pros, got it? Even those of you who didn't get any offers."

The atmosphere was now lighter.

"We're all interning?", Izuku asked, hope flowing inside him.

"Yes. You already experienced a fight with real villains but it'll be still helpful seeing Pros at work up close in personal."