Chapter 49: Internships (2)
~Ren Y. POV~
[Hiroshima, Forrest, Mirko's Place, Japan]
Before I could finish my words, a kick came towards me from inside the house aiming for my head. Dropping the suitcase that had my hero outfit I jumped back outside and sidestepped the attack obviously from the hero who I'm now going to intern for.
[Observe].
[Rumi Usagiyama Lv.? Pro Hero
Description: Rumi Usagiyama, also known as Rabbit Hero: Mirko has taken a slight interest in the gamer from the tales of the former Pro Hero O'Clock calling in a favor to give his student an ass whopping. He promised her an interesting sparring partner pushing the two to their limits as she saw his battles against Shoto and Bakugo igniting her fighting spirit.
Rumi's Quirk [Rabbit] gives her the attributes and abilities of a rabbit. This grants her incredible leg strength, allowing her to jump and kick with extreme force; she can even destroy large chunks of the ground by thumping her foot. She also has excellent hearing thanks to her rabbit-like ears and possesses animal instincts that alert her to nearby danger.]
Oi! This is called fucking abuse!!
But soon, I heard the brown-skinned woman say as she had her knees bent to attack once again, "Oh? Interesting brat!"
Turning my attention towards her Rumi is a tan-skinned woman of average height. She has narrow red eyes with long, defined eyelashes, and straight white hair reaching her thighs with bangs that extend to the left of her face. While slender and curvaceous in frame, she also sports a lean, athletic, and well-defined build, especially in her arms and legs. From her Quirk, Rumi has long white rabbit ears pointing upwards above her head, along with a small and white round tail, giving her an overall resemblance to an albino rabbit.
Her hero costume consists of a sleeveless white leotard with dark purple trim around her shoulders and waist, a wide yellow crescent moon design over her chest, and a single thick metal plate wrapped around her midriff.
She wears purple thigh-high boots to compliment her leotard, with more plating around the heel and toe areas, making her feet look like those of a rabbit. She also has a pair of thick, white gloves on her hands with long cuffs, sporting small triangular protrusions around their edges.
Most would find themselves happy to have a chance with her. Me?
*SWOOOSH*
Aiming for another kick to the head, using my [Attract and Repel] to maneuver around, not wanting to be knocked out, kept her assault as I evaded. That made the crazy woman in front of me smile, "Nice dodge, kid! Awareness of one's surroundings is one of the most important things for a solo hero!"
Flexing the muscles in her thighs with enough force to push away the loose dirt and gravel around her feet, Mirko added in a confident tone, "But the absolute, most important thing for any Hero to possess is raw power! Since you dared to accept my internship, your only options are to fight or run! Try the latter, and I'll chase your sorry ass!!"
*BOOOM*
Without waiting for my response, Mirko charged toward me as I didn't bother responding to her in words. But with the almighty power in this world… the power of 'LOVE.' (Love is an acronym for the level of violence).
*VUMMM*
Activating my [Attract and Repel] and summoning my halo ring, I smirked at her, coming straight towards me like chocolate lightning. Her kick soon met my repulsive force head, causing a shockwave to erupt, blowing the nearby dirt and gravel away.
*WOOOOOSH*
I was countering her power with my repulsion force. However, that feral grin widened slightly as she said, "Good! I've seen what you were able to do in the sports festival, and if you couldn't have dodged or countered a simple kick like that, I might've already sent you back. After all, I have no use for a weakling…"
Raising an eyebrow, staring into her red eyes was she trying to rile me up? Or provoke me? I honestly have no idea if that was her intention and if it was that definitely didn't work.
Unless you know me, getting a rise out of me isn't anything new. I returned her taunt with my own with a smug expression on my face and said straight to her face, "Why should I hate those who are beneath me? I only feel pity, Miss Easter Bunny."
She only grinned further still taunting me as she responded in a proud tone demonstrating her strength, "You're powerful from what I could tell, but that doesn't mean I won't test you. Don't think that kick was all that there was because dodging my weakest attack should be no difficult to a student of your caliber."
Taking off my shirt into my [Sub-Space], I did not want to have my clothes ruined in this fight as I spoke cheekily, "Hope you don't mind if I take my shirt off. The last thing I need is for our fight to escalate to rip it apart. Besides, that how do you know about old man Knuckleduster?"
When I asked the question, I knew the answer, but she did give me a reply, looking at my body with light approval and explaining in a curt tone, "I owe the guy a favor way back before he lost his Quirk. But judging from your body, I can see you've worked very hard. Muscles in all the right places and nothing unnecessary like those idiot bodybuilders. Guess the old man taught you well."
She said with a slight nod as I asked in a curious tone where to continue from here, "So, how exactly are we going to do this?"
She soon gazed at my hero costume suitcase on the floor as she glanced at asking, "First off, are you sure you don't want to change into your hero costume? Fighting with what you have on now could limit your physical abilities."
My hero costumes? Nah. I have to know the limits my body can handle and I planned to get up and personal for this fight to get better acquainted creating my fighting style.
But fighting half-naked is probably something I don't want. So, I told her in a blunt tone, "My hero costume would be of no use in my fight, but I would like to go put on my workout clothes."
I told her which resulted in a nod. Ultimately Mirko ended up bringing me inside her spacious house and showed me where I could change. She left me to do so, but not without telling me to meet her in the forest outback when I was done.
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[Hiroshima, Forrest, Japan]
Now wearing some workout clothes, I faced Mirko in the middle of the forest that was close to her home. That was when Mirko spoke, holding up a small timer explaining the rules, "All you must do to pass my test is stay conscious for the 10 minutes that I'm attacking you. If I knock you out within the time limit, then you could pack your stuff and leave. And don't worry, I'll naturally pull my punches, but don't expect me to go so easy on you."
The challenge sounds easy enough. But considering she's an agile fighter like me it sounds a lot more difficult than one would think.
But I grinned at such a challenge imposed on me as I taunted back in a confident tone, "In that case, you better not underestimate me, rabbit, you'll probably find yourself to be the one on the floor unconscious before you realize it."
That only made her have a feral grin on her face as she stuck the device on the tree in a confident tone, "A brat with so much confidence. I like you! But I'm not underestimating you kid, but after seeing your power at the Sports Festival, I can tell that it won't be enough. When you hear the timer sound off, that's when we start."
So that's what it was, huh? Just wanted a battle and who else than the one who won the Sports Festival against crazy odds.
Taking into position, I smirked, getting the chance to see how I stood against the heroes of this world. Not gonna lie I'm somewhat excited to test out my limits.
*BEEP*
*CRACK*
The ground below Mirko cracked, and she lunged towards me. Activating my [Bio-Electric Aura] and [Full Cowl], I'm gonna enjoy this very much. I wonder how my clones are doing right now…
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~Ochaco U. POV~
[Okinawa, Ryukyu Agency, Tokyo, Japan]
*Swirl*
Exiting from the portal, thanks to Ren-kun's assistance in viewing the building of the Ryukyu Agency, he leads me inside, making me nervous, "Come on, Ochaco-chan, we better not give a bad impression in front of Ryukyu."
Hearing that, I exhaled as I spoke, getting determined with this chance, feeling pumped up in a determined tone, "You're right, Ren-kun! We have to do our best for our internship with - "
"Oh, Ren!"
I froze seeing a girl I know nothing about hugging Ren in front of me. She seems to be a hero working in Ryukyu Agency getting a bit too personal to him…
But he seemed to know her as they disengaged from the hug, Ren greeted her in a friendly tone, "Nejire-chan! So good to see you again! Been a while since we met up like this huh? How are things."
Another rival appears. It's hard enough that the girls in our class are sort of like our class president for saving us from the villain attack in USJ but also managing to win first place in the Sports Festival.
Not only that, but it was also thanks to him that I got many pro heroes interested in me. I know well enough thanks to his help showing off my Quirk, it managed to attract the attention of Ryukyu, one of the top 10 Pro Heroes in Japan!
But I put that side down since I must focus on why I'm here. To learn everything that I could, Ren spoke up, gaining my attention and introducing me to her in a friendly tone, "Hey Nejire-Chan, this here is a friend of mine from UA. This is Ochaco Uraraka, also known by her hero's name, Uravity."
Nejire-chan came closer, extending an arm as she asked me a series of questions in a happy tone, "Hi, Uravity! I'm Nejire-Hado, a third year at UA! What's your quirk? How are you friends with Ren-kun? Did you try his cooking it's good, almost like Lunch Rush!! Are you two dating?"
I was baffled by her series of questions. But I shook her hand, offering a friendly smile as I responded but blushed at the last mention, "Nice to meet you too, Nejire-chan. I hope we do well to work together in the future - wait what was that last part?"
She nodded her head as she was about to speak up, but someone else intervened with an elegant tone of voice, "You can stop Hado-chan. I believe you two came from my internship, yes? Uravity? Power Ranger?"
My eyes widened seeing the No.9 top Pro Rank Hero Ryukyu a woman with chin-length blonde hair, which she wears swept back with a headband, a long fringe over the right side of her face, covering her eye. She has thin, yellow, inward-tilting eyes with slit pupils and notably sharp teeth, these aspects are purposefully reptilian as a reference to her Quirk.
Her hero costume consists of a dark red, traditional qipao with a pale green scale trim around her shoulders, which seems to only be slit on the left side, with yellow claw patterns on the bottom and smaller ones around her neck. She wears knee-high boots and a strap around her exposed thigh.
She wears long, almost sleeve-like white gloves that nearly reach her shoulders, with higher tabs on the outer sides, and they expose her hands from the wrist. She wears a matching green headband with four large, pale purple claws attached, covering the right side of her face, and a set of small black dragon wings protrude from the back of her head, with several gold spiked cartilage piercings decorating her left ear.
I greeted her respectfully as she smiled, turning her attention to Ren as she asked in a curious tone with a raised eyebrow, "And you must be this Ren-Kun Nejire mentioned a while back. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. Although I would've preferred if the original came…"
He rubbed the back of his head as he sheepishly replied in an honest tone about the clone being sent here with Nejire blushing from the background, "Hahaha… funny story about that, madam. The original is currently having to pass Mirko's test, now surviving her attacks in 10 minutes."
Ryukyu took a light pause before she laughed, letting a tear come as she spoke in a casual tone, "Hahaha! You're quite an honest little man. I like that. Especially with your abilities, let's get you and her to the test. You both shall be sparring with my sidekicks to see where you stand."
I only nodded, with Ren curtly nodding his head. I must make sure to learn everything I can from this encounter and to learn how to fight.
My match with Toga was an eye-opener for me. She took me down without much effort that it stinged and I don't want to be the weak link in class… I must get better at learning as much as I can from both Ren and Ryukyu.
This is My Hero Academia. I can't fall behind, and I have 1 week to get closer to him! For I, Ochaco Uraraka, have a dream…!