Chapter 33: Hero Names And Internship Offers

(Chikyu Trivia: Chikyu's favorite musical genre is phonk)

As I woke up today and did my daily things before school like showering and brushing my teeth, I finally noticed something from my consumption of the demon soul.

That energy that had been entering my body before after I consumed the demon mind still felt the same, but I felt something else along with it. It was a command that I had no reason to think of, but it just came to mind. So, curious, I decided to go along with it and made the command.

"Izikhali"

As I did so, neon purple energy gathered around my body and stayed there like a blanket of energy.

"This must be magic", I thought to myself. I couldn't think of anything else that it could have been, especially when Kindan had been hyping up the soul as containing the secret to controlling the energy I had been absorbing.

Doing the same command that I made to bring it out, the purple energy went back inside my body.

I'll experiment more with that after I get back from UA today. However, I did notice that I passively felt more attuned to the world. I could notice some really small details even more than when I consumed the demon mind, which already allowed me to notice the very air that people breathed. Now I could see individual nearly microscopic details on things if I focused hard. I could see almost every detail on every bristle of my toothbrush, for example.

Finishing with the morning necessities, eating breakfast, saying goodbye to Kota, mom and her team, I ran to school, this time going at my new casual speed, which was still five times faster than my previous one.

Because of this new speed, he arrived way earlier than he normally did. In fact, this was the first time that he wasn't the last one to arrive. When he arrived to class, only three students were there by then: Shoji, Tokoyami and Jiro. They turned their heads when they heard the door open and were surprised to see that it was Chikyu.

They were also surprised at the new look he had. He was more slender, but he still retained his muscle.

(A refresher on what he looks like now if you've forgotten)

But their attention was soon drawn to the white parts of his hair. He used to wear red wraps that covered them, but he thought that it would be useless to keep using them, as they were fully visible to anyone now, and he knew it would be more suspicious if he suddenly just covered large amounts of his hair out of the blue.

He had an explanation ready though. He would say that he had been stressing over going into a rage similar to the one he did during the attack on the USJ, as well as the sudden extreme expectations placed onto him thanks to winning the Sports Festival getting to him, to the point where Marie Antoinette Syndrome occured.

Everyone had been told about the rage that Chikyu was in during the USJ attack by Aizawa, as he thought it would be crucial for them to know about it should anyone try and antagonize him into a fight that he doesn't want.

Chikyu took his seat and waited for other students, going onto his phone in the meanwhile. He soon got a message from Shoji.

Everyone in Class 1-A had to have each other's phone numbers, and the same went for them and their teachers. Aizawa explained that the main purpose was a combination of having the option to help each other with academic work and calling for backup if you're placed into a scenario where you have to fight but aren't confident in winning alone. However, he stressed that it was extremely important that their priority in that case should be calling the teachers since they're Pro Heroes and would be able to provide better assistance than fellow students thanks to experience.

{What's with the new look and hair? -Dupliarms}

( These { } will be used to indicate text dialogues. Also, on the right will be the username of the ones texting, and almost all of them will be the names of their quirks.)

{The new build is thanks to a type of training I was trying out, I'll explain the hair later when everyone else is here, but only if Aizawa asks. Otherwise, I'll just be making class longer than it needs to be. -Geokinetica}

{Alright. Also, you're here much earlier than normal, but you definitely still ran, cause you were still breathing a bit harder than normal when you came in. -Dupliarms}

{I'm faster now thanks to the new build. -Geokinetica}

{Ah, gotcha. -Dupliarms}

As they waited, more and more students arrived, until finally, Aizawa himself arrived and class started.

"Before I announce what I need to, I noticed something. Chikyu, what's with the new look? Your body and hair look different than they were before. I know that isn't hair dye, it looks way too natural.

"The new body look is thanks to a new type of training I was trying out, and it finally yielded results. The hair is because I've been stressing out a lot from the even bigger expectations that I've got now after winning the Festival. I've also been worrying about flying into a rage again, so that's added onto the stress."

After a few seconds of silence, Aizawa nodded and moved on.

"Well, today is a really important day for two reasons, but we'll get to the second soon. Because the first thing up is-"

"Hero Names!", Midnight interrupted, bursting through the door.

The gaze of several less controlled students immediately locked onto Midnight and her choice of clothing, while most others were indifferent.

"The fact that someone like her is allowed to teach acting and dressing like that is a sign that things here are more lax than they seem. It's not like she needs to act how she dresses around teenagers, but she chooses to.", Chikyu thought to himself.

(Canon speech about hero names and their importance)

As the students got to thinking of their hero names, Chikyu had come up with one.

He wanted his name to relate to his quirk, Geokinetica. And after a while of thinking, he came up with one that he was satisfied with.

When he was called up to present his hero name, he showed what he wrote.

Okami.

"Ah, the Shinto god of the earth! Fitting for your quirk, and it just screams "I'm powerful!"! Nice work!", Midnight commented.

Chikyu nodded and went back to his desk.

When everyone finished presenting their hero names and Midnight left, Aizawa said that there was still one more important thing. He then showed the names of them along with a bar next to it, Chikyu having the longest bar.

(Canon speech about hero offers and having to pick one)

Chikyu had gotten the most offers, but he wasn't going for the most popular heroes. He was going off of the knowledge had gathered on every name he knew from videos, data sites, wikis, and rumors.

Eventually, he found a name that belonged to one of the few heroes he liked.

The Tidal Hero, Ryujin.

(This is the hero that I came up with based on the suggestion of Mr0Rabbit!)

He was fairly high on the hero rankings, but that wasn't why Chikyu chose him.

Ryujin had a history of teaching people with elemental based quirks, including ones based on earth. He was also the leader of a team called Elementalists, and the two other members were previous students of his.

He also knew that Ryujin dealt with lots of serious villains, and a large part of him hoped that during his internship, he could tag along on one such case. After all, one of the best ways to grow is to face a powerful adversary.

Satisfied, Chikyu took Ryujin's offer paper and presented it to Aizawa so that he could sort out the rest.

A few hours later, school ended.

As they were going to go to the places today, Chikyu ran back to the lodge, told the news of the internship to his mom, her team and Kota, got the few things he would need such as toothpaste and spare clothing, and ran to the train station to catch the train to the prefecture.

Later, he had arrived, and he stood in front of Ryujin's hero agency: Tidal Force.

It was time to start soaring.