[Silence]
It was quiet on the train, well, as quiet as it could be on a train. There was still chatter amongst people and the prerecorded voice that plays on the intercom for whenever the train departed from or arrived at a station, but Sora had blocked those out of his head. Under normal circumstances, it would be because he's nervous about the internship, but it wasn't really a normal circumstance.
Ever since Tenya was acting a bit out of character, Sora was concerned about his friend. It also didn't help that Izuku had told him that Iida was interning at Hosu, the place where his brother Ingenium was attacked. The fake smile he saw at the station almost an hour ago was also a bad sign. He didn't want to think about these things, but something in his gut was just telling him that this whole situation wasn't good.
He ended up snapping out of it when he heard the intercom say that they arrived at his destination. He got off the train and walked across the unfamiliar city that he was in, hoping that he wouldn't make a wrong turn on his way to the Nighteye Agency.
"Just focus on that Sora." He whispered to himself as he continued walking. "Think about how you're gonna make friends with this Sir guy. Besides, Tenya said himself that we'll talk later. You've never broken a promise before, you won't any time soon." He gave himself a pep talk to calm his nerves as he continued walking. Thankfully for him, he did not make any wrong turns and he made it to the front of the Nighteye Agency.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Professor Aizawa Theme]
He walked inside and the building interior was...pretty normal. Sora didn't really know what he expected when he walked in, but it seemed a bit underwhelming that a Hero Agency looked like a stereotypical business office. Then again, this is just the entrance. Maybe if he explored a bit, then he'd find something. He kinda had to, to be honest. Nobody was in the room.
He took a few steps forward and began to look around. The only thing that he could describe about this place was the excessive amount of windows there were on the front side of the building. That, and a potted plant near the entrance, with a spiral staircase in the middle of the room, and a door leading to what was probably a back room. He decided to take the only path available and walk up the flight.
The second room was much like the first, very plain and bland, except for some furniture and another back room, with nobody there. The third was also the exact same, but there was a coffee machine on a table nearby the furniture. The machine was used, so Sora knew that somebody was here, but he was also starting to wonder if he actually did make a wrong turn.
The fourth floor had provided some luck for the Keyblade wielder, as he saw somebody in this room, going through some documents. In order to make a good first impression, just in case this guy works for Nighteye, he politely walked over to him. The person didn't notice Sora yet, but the boy definitely noticed a specific detail about this guy.
His head was literally a giant centipede. Everything else about him looked normal. Regular body, normal looking hands. His business suit looked like any human could wear it. It was just his head that was different. One would think that Sora would be used to this, as his classmate Fumikage has a human body and a bird head, but Sora saw Donald every day when he got the Keyblade. And he doesn't remember making any bug faced friends to get used to the sight that was this guy.
Before he spoke to the man, he made certain to fix his face to a more calm, yet inviting one. He then spoke up. "Excuse me sir."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST U.A. Corridors]
The centipede headed man looked up from the documents in his hands and then spoke up in a bizarrely high pitched voice. "Hmm? Can I help you young man?"
Sora's face immediately changed from calm to stifled. He really wasn't expecting that voice to come out of this guy's mouth. The Keyblade wielder then realized what he was doing and corrected himself as fast as he could, hoping that he didn't accidentally hurt this person's feelings. "Um...right. Uh..." Sora began to talk. "I'm looking for a Sir Nighteye. I was told this was his Agency and I'm here for the internships."
"Ah, so you're the student that Sir put out an offer for." The man spoke again, noting Sora's struggle to stay professional, despite his voice. "Sir should be in his office. Take the stairwell you came from up one more floor, go to the second to last hall on the left side and you'll find his office down that hallway."
Sora, who was struggling to hold his laughter, just uttered out. "Thank you." before he walked off. He waved to the guy in a friendly manner, and then saw him reciprocate the action towards the boy. It seemed like they were now on good terms, hopefully. Once he got up the stairs and out of the centipede man's sight. He covered his mouth and wheezed in them, still trying not to laugh at that interaction. It was really hard not to. He took a moment to correct himself once more and then continued on.
He got to the fifth floor and noted the large amount of hallways on both sides. The guy said it was the second to last hall on the left. So he turned left and saw that he still had a good amount of walking to do. As Sora began walking once more he could just barely see a vending machine at the end of the hallway, as well as a bench. Maybe before he went to meet with Sir, he could sit and calm himself down, maybe get a drink to help with that too. As he was thinking about that, another person turned the corner and noticed him.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Unwind]
"Huh?" She said aloud. "Who are you?" She definitely looked more like a Hero with the way she was dressed, though the big thing to note about her was the blue...everything. It was basically Mina, but blue instead of pink. At least her voice was normal.
"Oh." Sora noticed her and replied. "I'm Sora. I'm here for the internship with Sir Nighteye."
"Ohhh. So you're that kid Lemillion was talking about." The girl mentioned. "Do you know where you need to go?"
"Yeah. A centipede headed person told me that his office is on the second to last hallway on this side." He answered.
"Oh. So you saw Centipeder." She noted. "Could you tell me where he is? I need to get some documents from him."
"Oh, sure. He's one floor down, in the room you walk into from the staircase." Sora told her.
"Thank you, Sora. Oh, before I forget, I'm Bubble Girl. I'm one of Nighteye's sidekicks, along with Centipeder." Bubble Girl informed him.
"Nice to meet you Bubble Girl." Sora smiled and extended his hand out, offering a handshake to the sidekick.
She took his hand and replied "Likewise. I hope Sir takes a liking to you."
Bubble Girl then walked off, leaving the Keyblade wielder to take what she said at face value. That comment basically told Sora that this first impression was really going to matter. Whoever this Lemillion guy was seemed to like him, and because of him, Sora was now here. He really wished that he knew what that Lemillion person said about him though.
He finally made it to the second to last hall and turned the corner. A single door was down that hall, waiting to be opened up and stepped through by Sora. The boy took a deep breath and walked down the hallway. He reached the door and stopped right in front of it. Beyond this door was Sora's next step to becoming a Hero in this world. Time to take that step. He grabbed the door handle and pushed it open.
[Silence]
About 30 seconds before that. Inside the room, Sir Nighteye was just finishing up with watching the First Year tournament of the Sports Festival a second time. The first time he had watched it was when his Work Study Student, Mirio had talked up Sora to being similar to the boy. During that time, he watched Sora's actions. Sir was seeing how physically capable he was. The boy was definitely talented, as well as creative with his quirk. And considering the brief amount of time his upper body was uncovered, allowing Nighteye to see the damage he had underneath, the boy clearly already had some experience that helped him become that strong.
This second viewing was to scan his personality, primarily to see if the nice guy persona he's showing was genuine or not. Even though Heroes are a necessity in this day and age, a majority of people do it for the wrong reasons, and thus, don't actually enjoy the job, or the work they have to put in to get what they want from it. Sora was clearly part of the minority. He smiled and laughed and seemed to have fun with everything he was doing, though still staying focused enough to accomplish his goals, getting serious when he absolutely had to, and even helping everyone he could during the games and tournament matches.
Sir decided to go back to his paperwork now, seeing everything he needed to about…
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Closing Ceremony]
The door to his office had just slammed open and Sora had bursted in with a totally real confident smile on his face, announcing "I'm here for the internships!"
[Silence]
Three seconds of awkward silence went by, then Sir broke the silence. "I take it you're supposed to be Sora?"
"Yes Sir!" The Keyblade wielder replied, keeping his totally confident smile on as he didn't move. "Where do I start with the interning?"
"You can start by taking a seat." Nighteye pointed at a chair in front of his desk.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Among Kosei]
"Oh...right. Of course." Sora said as he let go of the door handle and began strutting in a totally confident, not stupid looking way towards the chair.
"Close the door behind you." Sir pointed out.
"Got it!" Sora turned around and did that, then once again strutted his way over to the Pro Hero with a definitely not forced look on his face. He then sat down and began to look around the room, now noticing All Might...everywhere...literally. He thought to himself. "And I thought Izuku was a fanboy."
Sir got the boy's attention when he began speaking again. "So you wish to learn from me. What persuaded you to come intern at my Agency?" Normally, Nighteye would tell him to calm down and not be so tense, but the former sidekick decided to test this boy's endurance. How long could he keep this obviously forced confidence up?
Sora took a few seconds to reply, remembering what he was told earlier by Bubble Girl. "From what I got, I heard that you were interested in me. I had gotten the attention of a sidekick of yours, named Lemillion."
"Lemillion is not a sidekick of mine." Sir immediately corrected the Keyblade wielder, causing a single sweat to drop from the boy's face.
"Oh, well. I still had to have gotten your interest somehow." Sora tried to save his comment. "Why else would you have sent me a request?"
"Because if I recall correctly, you received exactly 13,358 recommendations. Eight of which are from third to tenth highest ranked Heroes in this country. I simply followed the crowd." Nighteye stated. How he managed to get this information was unknown to Sora, but he couldn't focus on that, because Sir continued talking, now adding a glare that made Aizawa's stare look like puppy dog eyes. "So why me specifically? Is it because I was All Might's former sidekick, and you thought you could get on my good side because he's your teacher?"
"Huh...No. Nonononono." Sora was doing his best to keep a straight face once more, but it was even harder than before. "A friend of mine was helping me go through my recommendations, and he told me that you would be the best pick to learn how to be the Hero I want to be."
"And what kind of Hero would that be?" Sir slouched forward intently, waiting for the boy to answer his question.
"Multipurpose." Sora answered.
"And your definition of Multipurpose?" Nighteye ordered.
"Uh...rescue, combat, support...you know. All around?" Sora was starting to break.
"You want me to teach you how to be a Multipurpose Hero, yet a very important factor to being a Hero isn't even part of your definition of that word?" Sir questioned.
"I...I'm still a student, so there are still some things I need to learn." The Keyblade wielder's smile was cracking.
"This is basic knowledge." The Pro told him.
"Some people...don't learn as fast as others?" The boy replied.
"I don't teach slow learners." Nighteye stated.
Sora was just barely keeping it together. This conversation was just about as bad as his first talk with Toshinori, and that's saying something, because he broke the world order in that conversation. He has never been backed into a corner this badly from someone's words alone. How the heck was he gonna get out of this? Just then, the door to the office opened once more.
[Silence]
"Heyo, Sir." The voice came from someone that Sora was not expecting at all, as he turned to see a very familiar third year from his school enter the room. "Sorry I'm late. I spilled a drink on my hero costume and had to..." He noticed who was sitting in front of Nighteye. "Sora?"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Dogimagi]
"Mirio?!" Sora broke his character, got up and ran over to Togata.
Both of them ended up talking in unison as they asked each other "What are you doing here!? Huh?! Wait, you first...Gah!"
Sir just looked at the two of them. There was no questioning that these two were alike. He got both boys' attention back when he took out a seal and stamped his desk loudly. The two boys then on instinct had stopped talking and stood in attention, slightly catching Nighteye off guard, since he wasn't expecting Sora to do that, but he didn't question it. He got out of his seat and then spoke up once more. "You forgot to knock, Lemillion."
"Oh I did, huh. Sorry about that." The third year apologized.
That last word made Sora look at his friend in shock as he connected a few dots. "Wait. You're the guy who told him about me?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah." Mirio sheepishly remembered. "It happened a few hours after I left campus on the day we met. I had to report to Sir about my suit getting patched up and then I ended up talking about you for a while."
"Wait...then...huh?" Sora was just confused. "He said you weren't his sidekick...but you work for him. Does that not count as being a sidekick?"
"Lemillion is a work study student under my Agency." Nighteye explained.
"Wait...so is the work study like...the internships...or?" The Keyblade wielder was trying to figure this out.
"It's a step above internships, but below being a sidekick." Togata told him. "You'll do them when you get a provisional license, so don't worry about it until then."
"Guh...Okay." Sora replied, his brain clearly fried from all this new info he got in the span of a minute.
"Back to the matter at hand." Sir once again got their attention. "Sora, what exactly are you expecting me to teach you while you're here?"
"Uh...well...anything that you think I need to improve on, or know." Sora said. "I don't really know a lot, and the stuff I do know, I only know a little bit."
"That's very vague. Could you be a bit more descriptive?" Nighteye recommended.
"Uh...I...Uhh..." The brown haired boy tried, but failed to think of a more descriptive way to put it.
Sir adjusted his glasses and instructed. "We're going to the first floor to have you change into your Hero uniform. After that, I'm going to see what I need to teach you."
"Uh. Yes sir!" Sora responded as he followed Nighteye out of his office.
"Mirio, you'll come with." The Pro added.
"Yes Sir!" Togata energetically said as he followed the two.
As the three of them went down the stairs, Nighteye had noticed his two other sidekicks and signaled them to follow him to the first floor. Once they got there, Sir let Sora in the back room, which turned out to be an entrance to two locker rooms. Once Sora got himself suited up in his gear, he followed the group back up the stairs to the second floor and the five of them entered that back room to see that it was completely empty.
[Silence]
Sora was wondering what this place was, but then got his answer when Bubble Girl asked Sir "So what are we gonna be doing in the training room today?"
[Play KH BBS OST Struggle Away]
Nighteye looked at Sora and said "Since our temporary addition can't verbally express what his strengths and weaknesses are, We're going to let his actions show us." He once again adjusted his glasses and got in Sora's face, explaining the situation. "You're going to be put through four different assessment tests that will each cover the four fundamentals that make a true Hero. Depending on how well or horrible you do on these tests will determine what you'll be learning throughout the week. Understand?"
Sora was a bit nervous but replied with. "Yes sir. I understand."
Nighteye got out of Sora's face and looked at the others. "The first test will be timed single combat against a gauntlet of enemies. Go stand on the far side of the room and wait."
"Got it." Sora complied and ran over to the other side of the room, waiting to start.
"Your first opponent will be Bubble Girl." Sir said, signaling her to walk forward and face down Sora. "And the fight will start immediately."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Combat Training]
Bubble Girl didn't waste any time and ran forward, activating her quirk, making bubbles come out of her arms and legs, letting them trail behind her as she went for her target. Sora was a bit startled that the fight was starting right away, but had enough time to summon the Kingdom Key and get in a defensive position. Bubble Girl was right in front of the boy and he went for a downward swing, only for the blue skinned fighter to veer to the side and grab his arms, using both of their momentum to push the boy into the dozens of bubbles, but not before she made one right in front of his face and a bunch more around the two.
Sora couldn't close his eyes fast enough and the bubble ended up popping in his eyes, blinding him for now. Sora then felt other bubbles popping on him, but they weren't hurting him at all. This was probably all she could do with them. He just needs to trust that his other senses can get him through this. Sora then took a deep breath through his nose and ended up catching a whiff of a foul smell. So now he's blinded and his nose is gonna be useless in this bubble swarm. Who knew that bubbles could be so dangerous.
Sora held his breath and decided to cast Fire around himself. The heat had popped the bubbles around him, while also keeping his opponent from attacking him for a second. He then casted Water and launched it directly up. He heard footsteps and waited for his moment. He just barely dodged Bubble Girl's attempt at a sneak attack and grabbed her arm, tossing her to the side before the Water spell came back down, Sora slightly opened his eyes and when the water splashed his face, the stinging was gone. He could see again, and noticed that Bubble girl was already trying to blind him again, but he wouldn't let her do it again.
He once again casted Fire around himself to get her to back off, but he then jumped backward and casted Blizzard in a spread shot style like he used to do when he first learned it. Several small ice crystals went flying in multiple directions and froze a majority of the bubbles in front of him. One of them also hit Bubble Girl and dazed her for a second. Sora wasted no time and repeated that action a few more times, freezing all the bubbles in the room and letting them drop to the ground, shattering on impact.
The room was clear of bubbles and Sora activated his flowmotion to blitz around Bubble Girl, grab both her arms, trip her and then pin her to the floor. He looked up at Nighteye and waited for his call.
[Silence]
"Acceptable." He judged. "Go back to where you were and wait."
Sora did as he was told and got off Bubble Girl, running back to the spot he started at, while still holding his breath, at least until Bubble Girl made another set of bubbles to cover the bad smell with a much better one. Then he finally decided to breathe.
"Up next is Centipeder, and the fight will start, when he says it does." Sir stated, letting his second sidekick get himself ready.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Obstacle Course]
After about ten seconds of preparation, the sidekick said "Begin."
Sora used his flowmotion to close the distance and attempt a first strike, but Centipeder surprised the boy, revealing his arms to also be extendable centipede limbs. Both arms were circling around Sora, and were closing in really fast, but the Keyblade wielder was quick thinking enough to use his still activated flowmotion to launch himself to the ceiling and avoid the attack. He then launched himself back down behind the sidekick and was getting ready to attack.
Centipeder noticed Sora in time and swung his arms around, in an attempt to knock the boy off course, but Sora ducked under the first arm and then skidded his shoes on the other, until he was right in the sidekick's face. He went for a thrust, but Centipeter unraveled his head and wrapped it around Sora's weapon, pulling it away and throwing it to the side. The boy then backed up and reached his hand out to call it back, but his opponent wrapped one of his arms around Sora's and pulled the boy in. Centipeder then wrapped his other arm around Sora's body multiple times and managed to constrict the Keyblade wielder, but not for long.
Sora focused and then managed to break free of Centipeder by going into Second Form, forcing the limb to unwrap thanks to the force of the form change. Sora then resummoned the Kingdom Key and while Centipeder was still shocked from Sora breaking loose, the boy took the time to cast Ragnarok. A few dozen bolts went straight for Centipeder, but the sidekick managed to bring himself back into reality fast enough to get out of the way. He thought he was safe, but the bolts followed him. He kept veering and dodging, but no matter where he went, he couldn't outrun all the bolts. He was so busy focusing on the projectiles, that he didn't know where Sora was, and that was his last mistake during this fight.
Sora watched closely and when Centipeder went for one more dodge, that's when he went into action. He used his flowmotion one more time and went to where the sidekick was going to be, then he swung the blade into Centipeder's side, forcing him back into the danger zone, with no chance of getting away. The bolts that were left had hit their intended target, but Sora wasn't done. He got close to Centipeder and then used Stun Impact to daze him long enough for Sora to then tackle and pin the sidekick's arms and head to the floor.
[Silence]
"Good enough." Sir stated. "You should already know what to do."
Sora got up and went back to the spot he started at once more, waiting for his next challenger. The Keyblade wielder was expecting it to be Nighteye.
"Lemillion." Sir started. "You're up."
"On it." Mirio replied, walking forward and getting into position. "Gotta say, after what you did to Sir's sidekicks, you might actually be a good match."
"Wait. I'm fighting you next?" Sora wondered. "I thought you wouldn't be fighting at all, or at least would have gone first."
"Most people would think that." Togata admitted.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Iron Battle]
"Start." Sir announced.
Sora decided to go for range this time, since every time these guys got close, he got caught off guard. He casted Fire and then watched. Mirio stood there and did nothing. Sora was confused, but then remembered what Togata's quirk was when the fireball phased through him and hit the wall.
"You know. I forgot you told me you could do that." Sora commented.
"Went for the chest huh?" Mirio noted.
Range clearly wasn't an option, so Sora ran towards Togata to try close quarters combat. He went for a swing, but once again, Mirio just stood there as Sora's attack went through him. So just attacking in general isn't going to work. Sora backed up when he saw Togata move, but was surprised when the blonde student zoomed right into his face and went for a punch in the stomach. The Keyblade wielder just barely managed to veer himself out of the way and roll on the floor for a second. When he stopped rolling and looked back to where Mirio was, he was gone.
Just then he saw a shadow behind him and looked back to see Togata, throwing a punch directly at him. Sora couldn't get out of the way and tried to defend himself with the Keyblade, but Lemillion just phased through the sword and landed a strong punch to the stomach. Sora felt some wind get knocked out of him, but he could still retaliate. He casted fire around himself to try and get Mirio to back away, but instead, Togata phased through Sora and through the ground.
Sora pushed himself up and then jumped away from where he was. He saw Mirio phase back up to that spot and dashed towards him. He went for another slash, but Togata saw him and phased through the attack again. The third year then went on the offensive and attacked Sora again.
This time though, Sora watched what Mirio did to see how to counter. Togata had phased his feet under the floor and then he angled himself before he proceeded somehow managed to launch himself towards Sora. The Keyblade wielder then went to defend himself with the Kingdom Key and watched as Mirio phased through the blade and went for the stomach a second time. Sora used his free hand and braced it against his stomach and when the fist landed, it hit Sora's palm instead.
He could feel the hand, but that was it. Everything else was untouchable. Sora closed his hand and pulled himself back, pulling Togata with him. While the third year was surprised at how fast Sora caught on, he still saw the first year's next attack coming as Sora went to slash the face. Mirio phased through it and then phased himself through Sora once more.
Sora decided to stay where he was this time and wait. He saw Togata come back up where Sora would have been if he did the same trick as last time. So Mirio is attacking based on how he fights and is trying to predict where he would go next in order to take him out as fast as possible. The two of them fight very similarly, as Sora does the exact same thing. He watches and finds openings or patterns during fights and then counters accordingly.
In the background Sir and the sidekicks were observing the fight and Nighteye seemed a bit intrigued at how fast Sora was able to catch on. Bubble Girl was a bit annoyed at how compared to her fight, this one was much closer. And Centipeder was impressed at how well both of them are at fighting, despite being just students.
[Silence]
Sora and Togata both stayed in place for a second, then Mirio broke the silence. "You definitely caught me off guard there with that counter."
"I've fought things that could phase through stuff before." Sora stated.
"If that's the case, then how come you aren't winning right now?" Togata pointed out.
"Because you're better than the others I fought." The Keyblade wielder told him as he unsummoned the Kingdom Key and replaced it with Oblivion.
The two were about to continue, but then Sir stated "We'll stop for now. I've seen and heard enough."
[Play KH ReChain Of Memories OST The 13th Floor]
The both of them looked back at each other and then stood down. Mirio then complimented his opponent. "Gotta admit. That was pretty cool how fast you caught on to my fighting style."
"Well, I fight the same way." Sora told him. "I find patterns in people's fighting style and then find an opening to counter."
"Nice." Togata replied as he held out his fist towards Sora, who then bumped it with his.
After the group left the room, Nighteye then spoke to Sora, still looking as cold as ever. "Combat is clearly something that I don't need to teach you. So let's move on to the second assessment test."
"Got it, Sir." Sora responded
[Silence]
After about 20 minutes of preparation, Sora had 5 ballistic dummies laid on the ground in front of him. The boy was wondering exactly what this next test was, but then Nighteye spoke up. "During the Obstacle Course of the Sports Festival, I noticed that you deliberately put yourself in harm's way a few times to help out fellow competitors. The first instance was when you pushed a student out of the way and took the force of a falling 0 pointer robot head on, and came out unscathed. The second was when you helped another student escape the minefield by carrying her out of it." The Pro looked at the dummies. "You know how to get people out of danger, but rescue doesn't end there. You also have to know how to treat anyone who gets wounded from the action. Most of the time, you'll have seconds, maybe a minute at most to do it before you have to get back into the fray to rescue others."
Sora had understood the logic and said. "Got it, Sir." Since he doesn't have access to the Cure spell, and Moogle doesn't have the materials to synthesize any healing items right now, so it would be best to learn basic medical skills. The only stuff he currently knows is basic CPR thanks to Tidus showing him once, and how to tend a broken leg thanks to the rescue training at U.S.J. He doesn't know anything else though.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Hero A]
"Then get started." The Pro ordered. "The first dummy has gone into cardiac arrest and you have no tools to help them. Do what you can in the next minute to help them."
Sora immediately went into action and remembered what he learned from Tidus. He placed one hand on the center of the dummy's chest, then placed the other on top, interlocking the two together with his fingers. He kept his arms straight and leaned over the dummy, using his body to push his hands down, pressing the chest in half a second.
He continued to press the chest at that speed over and over again as hard as he could for the next minute and then he heard Nighteye say "Time's up." He then pointed to the next dummy and said. "The second dummy got hit in the head by falling debris, and you only have twenty seconds to treat it with a water bottle and a rag."
Sora got to work and wet the rag a bit, cleaning off the fake blood on the dummy's head for the first ten seconds. He then wrung out some of the fake blood and wet the rag again, placing it on the dummy's head before time was up. This was the best he could think of in such a short time.
Sir then pointed to the next dummy. "The third dummy sustained major burn injuries from a fire and you only have what's on you to treat them for the next thirty seconds."
Sora summoned the Kingdom Key and casted Water in front of him and instead of hitting the dummy, he opted to hit the floor next to the dummy and let the water splash itself on the it, rather than hit it head on with a water blast. He then casted Blizzard in front of him to cool the area around them. He made sure that the water didn't freeze and let it soak on the dummy for the entire time.
Nighteye directed Sora to the next dummy. "The fourth dummy suffered multiple cuts to the face, including the eyes thanks to a broken window. You have fifteen seconds to tend some of the cuts."
Sora used the first five seconds to remove the glass on the eyes carefully, then he quickly removed the rest of the glass that was on the face and around the dummy for the next five seconds. The last five seconds, he wiped the fake blood off of the dummy's eyes and then casted fire around himself to use the heat to dry up the rest of the fake blood during the last five seconds.
Sir went to the last one. "The final dummy suffered a broken bone in the forearm and you only have a small roll of tape to work with. Figure something out in forty five seconds."
Sora took the tape and looked at the broken arm. Nothing was sticking out, so he just needed to keep it from moving. He got creative and cut some of the tape into pieces, then started wrapping a long strap of tape around the wrist and over the far shoulder. He then did the same thing again from the elbow to the far shoulder and then once more from the elbow to the other shoulder. He then used the rest of the tape to cover what he could, creating a makeshift sling in the time he had.
Nighteye inspected each of the dummies and told Sora what he did right and wrong. "With the first dummy, performing CPR was the correct thing to do, but you pressed down on the dummy so hard that you broke off the ribs in that area. Don't push with all your strength, just hard enough to compress the chest by two to three inches. Cleaning the blood off of the head of the second dummy was smart of you, so you could see how big the wound was, but just leaving a wet and partially bloody rag on the injury was not a good idea. With the third dummy, water on major burns was a stupid move. That just makes it worse. Involving the fourth dummy, drying up the face was also stupid. You would have permanently damaged the victim if you did that to them. And the last dummy, making a sling was a good idea, especially in the short amount of time you had. That one was the only one I can see working perfectly with the time and materials you had."
So Sora was okay on two of them, terrible on two of them, and great on one. So he's below average at best when it comes to tending injuries without a cure spell or healing item. He was a bit down that he didn't do too good, but that just made him more determined to both learn this stuff, and figure out the cure spell as soon as he could.
[Silence]
"You can pull people out of the action, but when it involves tending to the wounded, you'll need practice." Sir said. "Now that I know what you need to work on in rescue, we'll move to the third assessment."
"Understood, Sir." Sora replied.
The five cleaned up the area and then left to go to another room. Nighteye instructed Sora to wait outside the room while the four of them prepared the third assessment and after about another 30 minutes of waiting, Sir and the others came out. "You can enter the room now." he said.
Sora did as he was told and walked in the room. It didn't look like a place to test a Hero's skills. It just looked like a normal office with a desk and chair, bookshelves, potted plants, a rug, and a few posters hung on the wall. Pretty normal office stuff, except for a single camera on the ceiling in the far corner of the room. The Keyblade wielder turned to Nighteye and asked "Um...what exactly is this assessment?"
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Bubble Girl, Centipeder and Mirio exited the room while Sir held up a dark brown key in his hand. "It's simple. Once I leave, I'm going to lock the door behind me and test your deductive skills by having you look for the spare key in this room."
"Wait, huh? detective what now?" Sora replied.
"Judging by that response you might be in here for a while." Nighteye noted. "You have a time limit of one hour and before you try to unlock the door in any other way, the camera in this room is connected to a security system that I can view on my phone, which I will be using to monitor you."
Sora was completely lost at this point, and not just because of Sir's vocabulary. "Wait, what exactly does this have to do with being a Hero? Is it like when you escape a Villain's lair or something?"
"I told you before, I'm testing your deductive skills." Nighteye repeated. "Not every enemy has a Quirk that makes them physically powerful. There are quirks that make a person's intellect exceed that of a normal person, and in some cases even higher than that. Or there are Villains that successfully escape a crime scene but fail to cover all of their tracks. And while you can sometimes run into said foe again by coincidence, that hardly happens, and the best Pros tie up all loose ends, or at least as many as they can."
Sora nodded, still confused, but not as much and Sir continued. "Some Pro Heroes can conduct investigations and in almost every case, said Hero will undoubtedly find an object of interest. I can't create a fake crime scene that can be solved in an hour, so doing a simple scavenger hunt for a spare key to get out of a room you're locked into will suffice. If you want to be a multipurpose Hero, then you need to know how to do things like this as well."
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Sir then turned around and walked out of the room, but before he left he added one more rule. "And one last thing. Don't break anything here or make a mess either." He closed the door and Sora heard it lock.
Sora didn't move for about five seconds, silently questioning what the heck he just got himself into. So now he either has to find a hidden key that unlocks the only exit, or he's stuck in here for an hour looking like an idiot on a camera. He cupped his chin and began using his head. "If I were a scary looking business man, where would I hide a spare key?"
The boy decided to check inside the desk, though he doubted the key would be there, he should at least check to get it out of the way. He opened the closest drawer and inside was some stacked documents and some pens. After fidgeting around the drawer, there wasn't a key. He moved onto the next and inside that one was a few binders and folders. More fidgeting around and once again, no key. The last drawer had a bunch of blank sheets of paper and some ink containers. After yet another round of fidgeting, nothing. Sora expected this much, but at least he knew for certain that it wasn't in a drawer.
He looked under the desk to see if maybe the key was strapped on the bottom of it, but that was not the case. So the desk obviously wasn't where it was at. He looked at the clock and noticed that it actually took him 15 minutes to do that. Though he still had 45 more to check the rest of the room, he was surprised that it took him that long to check one place. Choosing to not waste any time he calmly yet quickly walked over and checked the chair, feeling every part of it for any kind of metal aside from the screws, but no dice.
The Keyblade wielder got up and then decided to try the rug, he rolled it up and checked the dark brown floor, but nothing. When he was unrolling it back to the way it was, he looked at the bottom of the rug to see if the key was maybe on there, but he was once again proven wrong. Once the rug was back to the way it was he looked back at the clock once more and saw that another ten minutes went by. He had a little over half of his time left.
He got up and went over to the potted plant, first checking the surface of the soil and even shifting the first layer to check if it was maybe put in the dirt, but it wasn't there. He then checked the plant itself, moving and slightly shaking the leaves and branches, hoping that a key would maybe fall out, but all he got was a few leaves falling off the plant and some dirt on his gloves. He tried one last thing with the plant and if it wasn't here, then he'd move on. He lifted the entire thing up and checked both under the pot and on the floor where it was, seeing that it wasn't there. He put the potted plant back and moved on.
He went to the closest poster and carefully removed it from the wall, checking to see if it was there. The last time Sora looked for something in an office, it was found behind a portrait, and a poster is kinda the same when it comes to wall decorations. However, unlike in Radiant Garden, there was nothing behind it. Sora put it back on and went to the only other poster, checking that one to see if it had anything. Alas it was not so.
Sora looked back at the clock and noticed that it took him another ten minutes to do that. He had 25 minutes left and by process of elimination, the key had to be somewhere on the bookshelf. Whether it was inside a book or somewhere on the actual shelf remained to be seen. The boy took a few seconds to look at how many books he was going to have to move and realized that he might be here for a while. He took a deep breath and then got started on the top. The key wasn't on top of the bookcase so the top shelf was next, after about ten minutes of flipping through book pages as fast as he could as well as checking the shelf itself, it wasn't there. He tried his luck with the middle shelf, and after another ten minutes, nothing. All that was left was the bottom shelf, but it had just as many books as the other two and Sora only had half the time he needed to check. He went through the shelf and picked up the pace, flipping through two books at once and choosing not to put them back to save time. Doing that barely managed to give him the time he needed to check all of them and the shelf, but he didn't find the key.
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He then heard a voice say "Sorry Sora, but time's up." It was Mirio sticking his head through the door, before he then phased the rest of himself, costume and all inside the room. "I guess we know what else you gotta work on, huh?" The blonde boy quipped before walking over to the corner where the ceiling camera was and grabbing the key placed on the floor.
Sora just looked at Togata and sighed as he facepalmed. He didn't notice it before but the floor and the key that Sir used were the same color, so why wouldn't the backup key be the same color? "I was checking in all the places where I would think someone would hide something, and all this time, it was just laying on the floor, right under the camera."
Mirio tossed the key over to Sora, who caught it and after helping the boy put the books back on the bottom shelf they walked together towards the door. "I guess sometimes things are just hiding in plain sight." Lemillion said, hoping that it would make Sora feel a little less bummed that he didn't complete the task.
The spiky haired boy looked at the Third Year student and shrugged his shoulders. "I guess so. Even though I was hoping that I could do this, I was never really good at this sort of stuff, heck usually it was one of my friends who did the mystery solving while I kinda just watched." He commented as he remembered all the times that Goofy cleared things up for him, like Mulan being a girl pretending to be a boy, or when they discovered that Ansem wasn't actually Ansem the Wise, and a few other things too. Great memories.
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Sora unlocked the door, put the spare key inside one of the desk drawers and then walked with Togata back to Sir's office, there Nighteye was waiting for them.
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"Your deductive skills when it involves searching for objects of interest are amateur at best." The Pro stated. "Now I know what I need to teach you, which brings us to the final assessment." Sora kept a determined look on his face as he awaited Sir's instruction. "This final test will show me whether or not you are worth putting any effort into teaching in the future. It is the most important aspect of being a Hero, especially during this time." He adjusted his glasses and looked directly into Sora's eyes as he stated "Heroes need to be beacons of positivity that shine their positive energy onto those who look up to them. They must be a light that shines hope and happiness into the hearts of the innocent and must be unwavering against the threats they fight against. So for your last assessment, you need to prove to me that the 'Positive Hero' isn't just a title. Make me smile or better yet, laugh during the time we have together, and if you do, then I will guarantee that you will learn how to be one of the best Heroes."
Sora took a few seconds to make sure he heard that correctly and he summarized to Nighteye "So, the final assessment is that you want me to make you laugh to show that I'm a positive Hero?" After Sir nodded, Sora's face changed from serious to excited as he then said. "This is the best assessment of the bunch! Why didn't we start with this one?"
Nighteye was surprised and slightly confused by that response, and noted "I take it that you think it will be easy to do so, based on that response."
"Huh?" Sora replied. "Oh no, I doubt it's gonna be easy, but unlike the other tests you had me take, I get to just be myself on this one. And honestly, I'm really excited and now determined to see you crack a smile before the internships are over."
Sir walked over to Sora and placed a hand on his shoulder, looking him in the eyes as he said "Then you better be ready, because this assessment starts now."
After many setbacks whether it was drama, family planning, failure to come up with a way to write a certain portion of the chapter, or just not being in the mood, Chapter 29 is finally out. Sora's internship with Sir has officially begun and the next chapter will cover the rest of the day as well as start off tomorrow. Sora is also now on good terms with the sidekicks of Nighteye. Not only that, but his lessons are set and nothing is going to change them. Lastly, Sora is now on a mission to make Sir laugh or at least smile, so that's gonna be fun. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and until I decide to upload again. ;)