My Hero Academia: Graduation

Chapter 22: The Day of Internship

The young adoptive parents waited until young Eri was off to school. Izuku's mother was the one to take her, due to their busy schedule often making it difficult to take her themselves.

"Okay. Now what was it you wanted to tell me? Did you have a nightmare or something?" Ochako asked.

"Do you remember me coming to bed last night?" Izuku asked.

"No not really. I was fast asleep when you finally came in. What time did you sleep, Izu-kun?" She asked.

"I'm not sure... But something...happened..." He trailed off thinking of the villain who attacked him.

He knew where they lived. He may even be able to come back and see if Izuku told anyone about the incident. What he did to the hero, he could do worse with Ochako or Eri. There's no telling with villains. Even if this one seemed more empathetic in some ways. For instance, Izuku was knocked out by his own Quirk no other good Samaritan would know to carry him back to his specific apartment, get inside, and put him in his bed.

"Honey?" Ochako's addressing him snapped him back to reality.

"S-Sorry. I saw something last night on the rooftops so I went to investigate... I must've been so tired that I don't remember coming back." He said.

"Thankfully you did. Do you remember what you saw?" She tilted her head in curiosity. Not many things would trigger her husband to just run off and investigate a rooftop...unless it were something like a hero or a villain spying on them.

Izuku did his best to give as much truth to her as he could without giving her more to worry about than they already had. They'd been married not even one year and both had much to learn, even with the extra years dating in high school. Although Izuku hated lying, especially to his loved ones, Ochako already had enough stress to deal with being a caretaker for Eri, an aspiring professional hero, and wife to another professional hero with the same amount of balancing competition and selflessness.

"I-I'm not sure... I chased after them but I never saw them..."

"Did they happen to hit you on the head or something? You seemed to have a bad headache earlier. I'm just glad it's not a migraine, sweetie. That wouldn't be good for a day like this." Ochako said, planting her palm on his forehead.

Izuku responded with a warm smile and a light blush in his cheeks. He loved how much she cared for him but it concerned him at the same time, as her husband and best friend. As heavy of a sleeper as she was, it wasn't every night she would get good sleep and much of it was due to the stress they faced daily.

He quickly realized what she said. "Wait, what did you say? What's today?"

Ochako giggled. "Izuku silly. It's the first day of the International Heroes' Festival! And the first day of internships too!"

Izuku felt immensely better. He perked up and joyfully grabbed Ochako by her waist, twirling her around their kitchen a couple times before setting her back down on her feet.

She responded with more giggles and a tight hug around him. "This could be our chance, Izu." She whispered against his neck.

Izuku hugged her back. "It's going to be the best day of our hero lives."

"Second best." Ochako smirked. "My favorite was when we got married."

Izuku blushed deeper and gently broke their hug, much to her disappointment, made audible with a small whine.

"C'mon, Ochako. We first have to get ready. It's almost time!" Izuku said. He clutched her hand in his own and dragged her to their bedroom.

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Izuku had kissed Ochako goodbye and parted ways with her at the train station. She was assigned to a patrol for the first half of the day. Izuku was told to join once he picked up his intern from UA. Unless the situation grew unpredictably dangerous, internships were still being held, if not for the later portion of the day and forward.

UA and other schools agreed that internships be held at this time for the students to experience the festival and see how heroes from all around the world do it. Izuku couldn't agree more.

He waited for his intern's train to arrive, bearing his iconic green costume. It had gone through several alterations throughout his years with One For All. With the addition of the Quirks of its past possessors now flowing through his veins, it was difficult at first. But now he had practically become a one-hero army.

The public only knew about a select few. Mainly his All Might energy and his Black Whip. Those closest to him knew about the others. But only Ochako knew completely about One For All. It was the biggest jolt in their relationship to date. Yet she was understanding and she loved Izuku then as she does now. She never thought less of him for it and appreciated it. However it made his past seem far more depressing to hear for her connecting the dots.

The train now arrived with super speed. Among the first to step out was the young half-Hispanic boy still in his UA uniform. He rushed through the crowd and threw his arms around Izuku.

Almost as quickly, he let go and jumped back. "Sorry about that... It's good to see you, Deku-sensei!"

"It's great to see you, Hansuke-kun! How have your classes been?" Izuku asked already with a proud smile, expecting his unofficial pupil to give a positive response.

"They've been.... alright. Pretty good!" He chuckled nervously.

So not very positive.

Izuku nodded. "Well, that's good at least. Do you have your hero costume ready? We have to report in soon."

"Hm? Oh yes!" Hansuke tugged his backpack off and dug inside. He pulled out a suit with mixes of purple and light blue, making sure Izuku sees at least the portion he held out before putting it back in. "We'll go drop off your bag and get going. Make sure you change into your suit. We have a big day ahead of us. I mean prison-break big."