"How in the heck am I supposed to choose from this many Pros…" Kaori grumbled to herself as she stared down at the lengthy list sitting on her desk. Now that everyone had chosen their Hero names, they had been given different lists depending on how many drafts they got, or a list of different agencies looking for interns for those that didn't receive a draft pick. When she had realized that countless agencies were looking to scout her, Kaori had felt an immense swell of pride and confidence following her last couple days of doubt and self-reflection. Now, she was lost as to how to choose only 1 from such a gigantic list of Pros. Should she go for someone as high as possible in the Hero rankings? Or search for someone with a Quirk as similar to hers as possible to maximize her learning potential?

"Having a hard time deciding, huh?" Kirishima's voice broke Kaori from her current train of thought as she whirled to face him with a slightly surprised expression.

"What?" Kaori blurted out, her eyes wide like a deer staring in the headlights of an oncoming vehicle.

"Woah, didn't mean to startle you there. Just seeing what kind of offers you got." The red-haired boy threw up his hands in defense as he backed up ever so slightly.

"…Sorry about that." Kaori replied as she rubbed the back of her head with an uneasy look. "I'm just not sure how to choose who to go with for my internship. I wasn't expecting to get this many offers from Pros, and now I don't know what the best way to decide is. I want to get better as using my Quirk to help people, but I don't know if that means focusing more on using it to fight, or to focusing on using it to rescue them when they're being attacked."

"…Aren't those kind of the same thing, though?" Kirishima asked with a tilt of his head, a perplexed look on his face.

"Not necessarily." Yaoyorozu's voice came from behind Kaori, causing the other two to turn their heads to the girl in question. "What Kaori likely means is using it to intervene directly or using it to get people out of danger from a distance. It's similar to the fight-or-flight response. Does she focus on honing her fight response to deal with a Villain directly, or hone her flight-response so that she can get people out of danger using her Quirk at a distance to get them away from the threat as quickly as possible." Both of them gave Yaoyorozu a stunned look for a few moments before shaking themselves of their surprise.

"I mean, yeah, that's pretty much it exactly." Kaori stated with some awe in her voice. "But even if that's the case, how am I supposed to choose between those two choices when I've dealt with both at different points in time?"

"Well, it's obvious." The ponytailed girl responded nonchalantly. "You work on both at the same time."

"...Does that even work?" Kirishima responded with a quirk of his eyebrow. "I thought the point was to focus at one thing at a time."

"Normally, it is. But that's because the vast majority of Quirk's can only really be used in one way or the other. Not everyone is given a Quirk that allows them to respond differently depending on the situation. Take your Hardening for example." Yaoyorozu gestured to Kirishima as she continued. "Given the nature of how it works, it's clear that it's better suited to deal directly with a Villain by blocking their attacks and throwing back punches of your own. It can't help people from far away since it only affects your own body." Her focus then shifted to Kaori as she gestured to her instead. "Kaori's Projection allows her to either fight someone at a distance or from a different angle, but it also allows her to grab people at a distance and pull out of harm's way if she's able to act fast enough. In her case, she would likely need to master knowing when to use one or the other, rather than focusing on her fight response or flight response individually."

"But how many Pros even have Quirks that function like that?" Kaori asked as she glanced back to her long list of names and agencies. "And even if that does narrow down my list, how would I choose from whoever is left?"

"Well, at that point it would be obvious that you go for a Pro that is as talented as possible at both rescuing people and fighting Villains. Having someone with the most success or experience in those fields together would be the best choice for who you choose as your mentor."

Kaori's head turned back to her list with a frown on her face. "But, I barely know who any of these Heroes are, let alone the kinds of Quirks and successes they've got. I spent nearly six years ignoring the profession as much as I could, so how am I supposed to know the best person to go with? I don't exactly have a walking encyclopedia of knowledge at my fingertips…or anything…" Kaori's eyes slowly turned to the person sitting in front of her as he spoke with Uraraka, who had waked over as the two spoke about getting stronger and their experiences in the Festival. It was with a solid conviction that Kaori reached forward to tap the boy on the shoulder as he finished speaking about how he was an air chair technique to constantly work out the muscles in his body even while in class.

"Midoriya."

The green-haired boy in question turned around with a look of sudden surprise at the tap on the shoulder followed by his name being spoken. "Yes?"

"I need a hand with something and I was hoping you could help me with it for a few moments."

Midoriya's face continued to read confusion as Kaori finished her statement. "I mean, I'd be glad to help, but I'm not sure how much help I would be depending on the subject."

"I need a hand figuring out the best Hero to train my Quirk with from the list of drafts that I got."

"Oh." His face took on a slightly more serious look as he reached over towards his knapsack and pulled out a few worn looking books from within. "Well then in that case, let me see your list." As he reached over to grab the sheet of paper that Kaori started to pass to him, his eyes shone with a sudden realization that caused him to pause for a moment. "Hang on, what part of your Quirk did you want to focus on?"

"Using it to fight Villains as well as rescue civilians from a distance if I can't get to them quickly enough."

"I'll use that as a reference then when I compare the different Quirk's then."

"Don't you need the details on my Quirk though?"

"Oh, that won't be necessary, Kaori!" Uraraka chimed in from off to the side where she had stood silently watching the exchange. "Deku's been writing down stuff about our Quirks since before the Sports Festival. He probably already has a lot of the workings of your Quirk figured out by now."

Kaori turned to look at the boy with a mixture of shock and fear. "Wait, seriously?"

The sitting in front of her scratched the back of his head awkwardly as he finished putting all of the books and papers on his desk. "It's more of a hobby, really. It helps me keep track of all of the different Quirks that exist in the world whenever I come across a new one. Like how yours is a mutation on a Gigantification Quirk from your father and another Quirk from your mother that gives it the properties it has. I haven't seen a Quirk yet that would explain how you're able to project your enlarged body parts to another place, but it's likely some sort of Quirk based on mimicking the human body in some way."

Kaori could only blink with her jaw slack as Midoriya single-handedly managed to describe her mother's Quirk with very little deviation despite not knowing about it directly. It was obvious why he wouldn't know about it since it wasn't one that would likely ever be seen in the Hero Industry, but to discern that much simply from studying her own talents was…actually terrifyingly impressive.

"If anyone can figure out the best Quirk suited to training yours, Kaori, I'm sure that Deku can do it!" Uraraka's vote of confidence clearly had an effect on Midoriya as a shaky smile appeared on his face, however Kaori barely noticed that as she noted another thing that changed about Midoriya the moment Uraraka had voiced her praise of the boys particular…hobby. Namely, the blush that had graced his cheeks for a brief second before he turned and started to pour over the books and papers as he devolved in a continuous outpouring of mumbling.

Maybe it was Yori's own incessant flirting over the years that had trained her to it or just that brief second she had noticed his entire demeanor changed. But it was clear that there was something different about the relationship the two of them shared. But that wasn't her business. They were friends and classmates going to a school looking to be Pro Heroes in the future. What they did beyond that was their own business, not hers.

Now if only Bakugou would stop glaring back at them and yelling for them to be quieter.

Kaori took a deep breath as she stood in the train station waiting for the train that would take her to the agency she would be interning at for the next few days. The last week had practically been torture as Midoriya had narrowed down her over 200 names to a much more manageable list of 20-30 Heroes and agencies to do research on. He had stated that he wanted to be polite and leave the final choice to her instead, and tried to play it off as nothing special that he had eliminated over 75% of the list in less than one day. Kaori had been immensely grateful as he had handed back a much shorter list and left only to be stopped by All Might as he went to leave the classroom before the two went off to talk somewhere.

"Nervous?" Mina asked with a casual elbow to Kaori's side and a smirk, to which she replied with an elbow back of her own.

"And you aren't? These are some of the best Hero's in the business looking to try and teach us more about the business and improve us for the future. How could anyone NOT be nervous about that?"

"I dunno, I think I'd be more nervous about someone else here having to juggle going to U.A. with a girlfriend." The pink girl giggled as she used her other elbow to poke Kirishima in the side with an even wider grin.

"I already told her I wasn't interested, Ashido! Why do you have to keep poking at that?" Kirishima groaned in annoyance as her stepped away from Mina slightly.

"Because it's fun, that's why."

"Oh, leave him alone Mina." Kaori playfully swatted at the girl with a grin of her own from her amusement at seeing Kirishima trying to avoid being made fun of…again. It had been like this ever since the weekend when Kaori had introduced her friends from before U.A. to those she had made since going to the Hero School. "I already told you that Yori is a compulsive flirt given the ego she has from a Quirk that lets her read surface thoughts. She used to torment a LOT of the boys from junior high about it whenever she found out that they had crushes on her. She even said she knew that Kirishima wasn't actually interested when she had read his mind. She just likes messing with people."

"I've gotta be honest, the feeling of her poking into your brain like that still makes my skin crawl a little." Kirishima squirmed he shook his head slightly with a look of discomfort. "It's like a really small worm crawling through your brain or something."

"Eh, you get used to it after hanging out with her for a while." Kaori replied casually. "To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if she looked getting into a job as a counselor or something given how useful it is to learn the truth from someone when they try to lie or not speak at all."

"But wouldn't she need a Hero license or something to do that? I thought that using Quirks without a license was illegal?" Mina asked as she turned to face Kaori, likely now satisfied with tormenting Kirishima for that day.

"Other people can use their Quirks for work if they go through the right channels for it. My mom works all kinds of jobs on a visa due to how her Quirk works. Yori could get something like that if she wanted to use her Quirk without having to fight bad guys for it. She could even work as a private investigator or detective or something if she wanted to. It's not that uncommon."

"You know, you never did say what kind of Quirk your mom has, just that your dad had the typical Gigantification." Kirishima stated as he walked closer to the two of them, though his eyes occasionally wandered to Mina with a slight frown to which the girl replied with an exaggerated look of surrender. "How close was Midoriya's guess the other day."

"Almost exactly on the ball, in all honesty. It's genuinely freaky that he's so smart when it comes to Heroes and Quirks. I swear it's like a second Quirk aside from that Strengthening one he has." Kaori shivered slightly as she remembered how eerily accurate the boys guess had been as well as how much he knew about the Quirks of their classmates. "Anyways, my mom's Quirk lets her effectively duplicate the motions and skills of another person for a set amount of time after she watches them perform the actions. Take a martial artist for example. If she were to watch a martial arts tournament one day and then the next day suddenly be mugged by someone and needed to defend herself then she could recall in perfect detail the moves that she saw the previous day and use them on the person attacking her. Though she usually just uses it for different hands-on types of jobs that she can do after watching someone else perform the task she needs to work on. Sometimes it requires her just doing one thing numerous times which can leave her mentally drained from boredom, or duplicate a more complex set of tasks that leaves her drained because of the sheer amount of information she needs to keep a hold of to do the task. It's rare that she has a day of work where she isn't tired out from one thing or the other depending on the task."

"So the whole human mimicry thing was right then? Dang, Midoriya's good."

"Good thing he doesn't have an ego like Bakugou's or something, or it would have gone right to his head in an instant." Mina stated with a thumb gestured back towards the blonde in question, thankfully out of earshot to save them all from the verbal attacks that would have returned their way.

"Hey, cut the guy some slack." Kirishima casually shrugged his shoulders. "He's not so bad once you get to know him."

"Aside from his loud mouth and overinflated ego? What else is there besides the fact that he's waaay too quick to throw his Quirk around like a battering ram?" Kaori replied with a frown on her face as she glanced over at the boy in question for a brief moment.

"He just…has a different way of reacting to things. He's taking the Hero Course just like us and he's still human. He's not all bad."

"We're fine with you wanting to hang out with him, Kirishima, we can't force you not to. But it wouldn't hurt him to maybe temper his attitude a little and try to act nicer from time to time." Kaori stated as he gave Kirishima a look of concern.

"Just…give him a chance, okay?" Kirishima replied with a pleading look towards the two of them , though it was directed more at Kaori as Mina had at least worked with Bakugou once in the past and knew a little of how to handle him thanks to Kirishima.

Kaori sighed before giving the boy a nod. "I'll try."

"You're late." A calm voice stated from a nearby desk as Kaori walked into an office-type building following her train ride to where the agency she would be attending was.

"Sorry about that, I must have gotten the directions a little messed up when I put them into my phone to get here. I'm really sorry about that."

"It doesn't matter. She'll be waiting for you up on the third floor. Go there and she'll tell you what's expected while you're here for the next few days."

"Thank you." Kaori bowed in thanks before entering a nearby elevator and pressing a button for the third floor. As the doors started to close, she could barely make out a few final words from the person at the desk as they turned to face her for an instant.

"Just make sure you don't get turned into another of her so-called "weeping angels"."

"Wait, what?!"

Kaori felt incredibly nervous as the elevator dinged for the third floor and the metal doors slid open. As she walked into the room, she immediately noticed how open it was aside from a desk at the far end with a chair facing away from her and towards the windows looking out onto the street.

"Ex-excuse me, I'm here from U.A. about an internship? My name is Kaori Nomi and-"

"I know who you are." A feminine voice came from behind the chair as Kaori slowly approached the desk. "And I'm glad that you chose me as your mentor for the next little while. I hope my sidekick down at the front desk didn't bother you when you got here?"

"No, they were…fine." Kaori thought back to the final words that had been given to her as the elevator had closed in front of her. "They WERE being a little weird though."

"That's fair, given how I've handled some interns in the past. There's been a few girls in the past that have come in with...different expectations than what they end up encountering when they get here before leaving in a hurry." The light sound of rushing air filled the room for a moment following Kaori's words, much to her confusion. "For the record, I am sorry for this." Kaori's eyes widened in shock as the voice that had been speaking before came from directly behind her.

She barely began to turn around before she felt her body forcefully pressed into the ground in front of her. Both of her arms had been pinned in an instant in some sort of hold that Kaori wasn't familiar with, as well as a hand pressing her head towards the floor so that she couldn't look around or anything to use her Quirk. She tried to struggle for a few moments, but it was in vain as she was unable to move, giving up shortly after realizing that there was no way she would escape the hold. As her body went slack, she felt the weight that was pressed against her body suddenly disappear as she heard the sound of rushing wind once again, the chair over by the desk shaking slightly as she got to her feet.

"It looks like we've got a decent amount of training and practice to drill into you from your reaction time. Had I been a Villain you would have been dead in an instant."

"How was I supposed to fight back when I was attacked so suddenly?!" Kaori snapped as she brushed off her uniform. "I can't fight something I can't see especially when I can't use my Quirk unless I'm looking directly at something!"

"Therein lays your problem." The feminine voice stated calmly as the chair turned somewhat and a young looking woman got up from the seat and started to walk over to Kaori with a smirk on her face. "You're only looking with your eyes and not with the rest of your senses."

"…I don't think you get how sight works." Kaori deadpanned.

"Oh, I know how it works just fine. But by focusing on one sense at any given moment, you limit your reaction time."

"You aren't making any sense though, I just explained how my Quirk works."

"…They weren't kidding when I asked about you." The woman crossed her arms over her chest as she smirked at Kaori. "You really are your father's daughter."

Kaori's eyes widened in surprise once more as her arms went slack at her sides. "Y-you knew my dad?"

"Kinda hard not to. I WAS one of his teammates once upon a time. Or did he not tell you that?"

Kaori could only stare in shock with a slack jaw as the woman in front of her placed both hands on her hips and simply looked at the stunned girl in front of her with a grin. THIS woman had used to work alongside her father? How had she not known that? Why had no one told her ahead of time? Regardless, Kaori realized that she had likely been just as much lucky to be here as she was cursed when she walked into this building. After all, the last thing she had expected to hear was that she would be interning with someone that had worked alongside her father a long time ago.

Let alone the #7 Pro Hero: The Everywhere Heroine: Blink.

Surprise! The little bonus I had for everyone was another chapter ahead of schedule! To be honest, I had originally entertained doing both of these reveals in the same chapter, but there was no way it was going to be cohesive in any fashion. So instead I chose to release this chapter within a few days following the regular update to get this particular event out of the way and onto the internship themselves. Points to anyone that is able to discern the not-so-subtle reference I made towards the end of the chapter. I couldn't resist with the way their powers work.

Anyways, hope you all enjoyed this little bonus and I'll see you all again in a couple of weeks for the actual internships and events that transpire during that time for Kaori.