Unlikely As It May Seem (An Izumina Fanfiction)

Ch. 19: Preparing for Work Studies

A/N: Going to be doing a bit of a time skip here, and introducing some more important characters and arcs. Hope you enjoy.

The rest of the week progressed fairly normally with the class, with almost each person that wanted getting a chance to use the 'plus ones' from Izuku and Mina. Of course, the pair did get to enjoy their own time together, and the 'double dates' seemed to go well. Momo and Todoroki had joined the ranks of 'official' couple, while Iida and Uraraka seemed to make steps, though hadn't reached that stage yet. The same was said for Shoji and Hagakure, but seemed to be slightly closer to it than Iida and Uraraka.

Of course, the exception to those who were happy with how the week had been was Mineta. It was weird, and everyone noted how much of a shift there had been in him since Izuku and Mina had announced their relationship to the class. It reeked of jealousy, but there was something more to it. He had even stopped associating with Izuku for the most part. Everyone shrugged it off though, figuring he just needed time to acclimate.

It was now Monday again, and they were back in class. Aizawa was in the middle of lessons when he turned to the class.

"As you know, there has been much discussion on whether or not to allow you First Years to participate in Work Studies," he said. "I won't repeat what I told you a few weeks ago, but know that there are agencies interested in taking you on. After a long discussion, it was decided that, yes, you would be allowed to participate. Though it won't begin for another two weeks, to give you time to speak with agencies to see if they'll take you.

"Bakugo. Todoroki. This gives the two of you the time receive your Provisional License, of which the make up is next week. I would go ahead and say have something lined up for when you pass, but let the agency that accepts you know there is chance you won't be able to participate. I'll be passing out the forms that you'll need to take to your chosen agencies that, if they're interested, they'll fill out for you to submit to the school." After passing out the forms, he wrapped up in his sleeping bag while he let everyone go over the forms and have discussion among themselves. Mina motioned Izuku over to her.

"Hey, Izu! Any idea who you'd do the Work Study with?" she asked him. He thought about it. Mirio had approached him some time ago about introducing him to Sir Nighteye, but that was only if Izuku had gotten permission to do so, which they just had. The real problem would be seeing if Sir were even interested in taking on Izuku.

"Well, Mirio wanted to introduce me to this one Hero, Sir Nighteye. Ever heard of him?" Mina gave a look of thought.

"Sounds familiar, but not really sure." Izuku nodded. "Is that who you're thinking about? Do you think he'd take us both?" She smiled. She know she wanted to do the Work Study with Izuku, and he wanted to as well. They had both expressed that interest already. There was only one problem with doing it with Sir Nighteye.

"I don't know if he's up for taking on a new Intern, let alone two, but we can find out." He smiled to her reassuringly. "And, if he's only willing to take on one, I'll turn it down so I can be with you. So, let's look at some other options." With that, the rest of their conversation continued on about possible choices.

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A few days later, Sir Nighteye had straight up refused taking on any new Interns, much to the dismay of Mirio. However, he did say that he would be willing to work alongside any agency that did take Izuku on, as he was interested in observing the boy's growth. He just couldn't bring himself to take on the extra workload, especially with what he called a very sensitive case he was working on.

Izuku and Mina did find an agency that was willing to take not just the two of them on, but also Momo, as she had insisted Todoroki continue honing his fire skills with his father, Endeavor. What was even more surprising was what agency had done it. Izuku and Mina had originally put them down just to ask, not believing they would be up for it, but the Wild, Wild Pussycats were more than welcoming to the three students.

Most of the other students went back to the agencies they had learned under after the Sports Festival. The only real exceptions seemed to be Mineta and Kirishima. No one was certain where Mineta went aside from some lesser know agency, while Kirishima interned with the Hero Fatgum.

Todoroki and Bakugo passed the retest with flying colors, and Bakugo decided he'd go back to Best Jeanist. He hadn't been overly pleased with the internship (mostly on his end), so decided to actually give the Number Four hero his full attention. Though he passed the retest, there was a lot he felt he had to learn about more than just fighting Villains if he was going to be a well rounded out Hero.

Soon enough, the start of the Work Studies came around, and Izuku and Mina were on their way to the Pussycat's Agency, which just so happened to be in Musutafu, which meant they wouldn't be that far from the school. They were both excited, if not a little on edge about what to expect. But, they'd find out soon enough as they had arrived at the Agency.

As they walked in the doors, they were met with two very familiar faces. One was Tomoko Shiretoko, formerly the Pro Hero Ragdoll. She had her Quirk stolen from her by All for One, an event that caused Izuku much grief. He knew the feeling of being Quirkless. Of feeling like you couldn't contribute. But, from what he understood, she had been taking it in stride and doing what she could to help.

The other person was Kota Izumi, the nephew of Shino Sosaki, or Mandalay, as most knew her. They both looked up from the conversation they appeared to be having when the three UA students walked in. Kota was the first to make any move, as he quickly hurried over to Izuku.

"Izuku! You're here!" he shouted excitedly. The boy had changed a lot since Izuku had rescued him from Muscular. Whereas he was still hesitant around a lot of Heroes or Heroes-in-training, he was warming up to the idea because of people like Izuku. He was about to talk more to Izuku when he looked over to Mina and Momo. His face got a little red as his eyes caught Mina's.

"I'm gonna go let Auntie Shino know you're here," he said, before quickly departing, with a speed that would put Iida to shame. Izuku looked over to Mina curiously, and caught her and Momo stifling a giggle.

"Do I want to ask?" he said. Mina told him about the first night of Summer Camp, when Kota had stopped Mineta from peeking at the girls, and then accidentally flashing Kota when she thanked him. The brief thought caused Izuku to turn red, but luckily any further thought was broken off as Tomoko approached them.

"You guys can head on up," she said, smiling to the trio. They returned the smile as they made their ways to the elevator to take them to meet up with the Pussycats.