My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire

After everyone presented their hero names, with only Katsuki's being vetoed multiple times, Aizawa and Midnight left the room for a time so the students could consider the information they had been told, allowing some to talk about their lack of nominations and their various plans. Minoru, for example, instantly stated that he would be picking Mt. Lady's office once the day was done, while some of the others were surprised that some of the other students who made it to the final event of the Sports Festival, like Mina, didn't get any nominations. Izuku, however, spent most of the time going over the potential places that might have sent in the nominations he had received, as he would have to study them in detail before making his decision, even though his muttering and writing caused the others to smile and back away. Neither Selene or Celestia were surprised by this discovery, their brother was incredibly focused on what he needed to do so he could grow as a hero, all while they were interested in who might have sent in their own nominations.

About ten minutes later the pair returned to the classroom and the students returned to their seats, as there was more for them to learn before class was over, causing each of them to mentally wonder what else he might share with them before the day was over.

"Now class, your workplace experience will end up being one week, so where you pick is essential for each of you." Aizawa said, while at the same time Midnight stretched her arms, like she was getting stiff from just standing there, but he ignored her for the most part as he shifted some papers and held up what appeared to be a list of some kind for all of them to see, a list he had multiple copies of, "For those who received nominations, I'll be hand delivering your lists to you and you can pick from any of the agencies that are on them... for those that didn't receive any, well, I'll be handing you a different list that has the forty national agencies that are offering positions for this program, and you'll be choosing from them. Each agency is different and has their own strengths, so you'll need to pick wisely... everyone, I would like for you to hand in your decisions before the weekend starts, in two days."

Selene and Celestia weren't surprised by the first page of their lists, as Selene found that Mirko had nominated her and that Ryukyu had done the same for Celestia, though at the same time Celestia discovered Endeavor's name at the very top of her list, which wasn't too surprising given the power Sunshine gave her. While she thought about that both she and Selene took the rest of class to listen to what their classmates wanted to do, as some already had plans after looking at their lists, those who had nominations anyway, while both Aizawa and Midnight left, turning this into a rest period of sorts. Ochaco told Izuku that she had gotten one from an unlikely source, the battle hero known as Gun Hero who focused on armed conflict, and her reason was simple, her fight with Katsuki told her what she needed to work on and she figured that learning from Gun Head would help her improve. It was actually smart on her part, because while she wanted to be a rescue hero, like No 13, she also knew that a hero could be called in to fight with villains, so Ochaco wanted more open to her when when because a pro hero in the future.

Of the other students some wanted to fight crime, others wanted to focus on rescue and relief efforts, and so on, while only Tenya seemed disinterested in what was going on right now, and Shoto was staring at his list with his neutral expression, no doubt staring at his father's name on the list he had been given.

Eventually All Might, in his normal teacher attire, appeared in the doorway as the students were preparing to leave, arriving in a peculiar pose that he, for some reason, made sure to mention, no doubt playing into his 'I'm Here' persona or whatever it was, and, as usual, he was only interested in Izuku. From what the sisters overheard, since they insisted on trailing them to make sure he wasn't up to anything, another nomination had come in for Izuku, from a hero called 'Gran Torino', someone none of the siblings knew about, which was followed by All Might telling them that Gran Torino was his own master. Such a thing was all they needed to know about the situation, the unknown hero had seen the Sports Festival, recognized One For All, and decided that Izuku wasn't learning enough from his own mentor so he decided to step up and offer a hand, in the form of a nomination. What Selene found to be hilarious was that the Number One was absolutely terrified of his master, in fact he seemed overly worried about what this could mean, and for once it put a smile on her face to see All Might in some sort of pain or distress, not counting when she found out his secret before Izuku did.

Other than that there was nothing important about the day for the siblings to worry about, it was a normal school day, and they left without making any decisions on which heroes they wanted to work under for their field training, but when they emerged from the school building they found Endeavor, of all people, outside the main gate.

"Celestia, I would like to speak with you." Endeavor said, where Selene suspected that something was up and made sure that she and Izuku were headed home, as Celestia could catch up with them in no time, while at the same time it looked like the press were nowhere to be seen, meaning they were more interested in other news, and most of the students were on their way home.

"Endeavor, the Number Two. I am honored to have you seek me out." Celestia replied, which was the truth, it was strange for such a high ranking hero to care about a new hero trainee, even though both Mirko and Ryukyu were high in the ranks and were interested in Selene and herself, but she had to wonder why the Number Two was seeking her out now, "I take it you came to talk about the nominations?"

"Yes. Each agency can take two students each, for the first round anyway, and Shoto will no doubt take me up on my offer to experience me in action." Endeavor stated, where Celestia got the feeling that there was more to what he was saying than the words that were coming out of his mouth, since Shoto was standing nearby and seemed to be avoiding his father's gaze, which was when the flame hero held out a hand towards her, "Come, Celestia, join me and Shoto in our work... we can mold you into the perfect hero, and with you as the base we can bring about a hero that had finally best All Might."

Celestia stared at Endeavor for a few moments before the gears clicked in her head, she now understood what her brother must have learned before his match with Shoto, why he was so damned focused on helping Shoto at the expense of the potential of being beaten and knocked out of the tournament. He didn't want her, as a potential hero to train and raise up so the next generation would be good heroes, but he wanted to use her to beat All Might, in fact she was willing to bet that he was one of those who focused on Quirk Marriages, a method to strengthen or enhance specific Quirks. With that in mind she understood many things in the blink of an eye, especially since Shoto was the perfect balance of ice and fire, which meant Endeavor must have marred an ice user, a strong one at that, with the sole purpose of overcoming a problem with his fire Quirk. That meant he was only interested in Sunshine and nothing else, he wanted her for her firepower, and even then the hero no doubt had plans to try and get her to marry Shoto to make an even stronger fire Quirk, as if everyone was purely expendable in his quest to surpass All Might.

In that moment Celestia forced herself to keep a straight face, because she was disgusted with how Endeavor's gaze was so narrowed that he was focused on his own ego and his own desires, instead of helping others and fostering growth in the next generation, to the point that she almost felt sick just being in his presence.

"Endeavor... thanks for the offer, but I do need to think about it, like everyone else." Celestia replied, deciding not to say what was on her mind right now, since that might upset the hero that was in front of her, as she focused on a neutral path of sorts to this situation, causing her to turn for a moment as she started to leave.

"What is there to think about? No one else can give you the experience you need... the same applies to your 'mentor' and the one who teaches your sister." Endeavor stated, resting a hand on Celestia's shoulder to stop her from walking away, but in the next moment a shiver ran down his spine as he looked into her eyes, finding that they had changed to a vibrant yellow with a maroon color around them, with the dragon slits, with an intensity that forced him to let go of her, "V... Very well, have a nice day. Shoto! Why didn't you warn me about this?"

"Pretty sure I told you how intense she could get... you just didn't listen to me." Shoto replied, but he was secretly pleased to see his father so freaked out about Celestia, as it was something he had felt when he realized that there was more to her Quirks than what she had shown everyone in the past.

Celestia, on the other hand, decided to walk home and not worry about the train, she even texted Selene to make sure she and Izuku went on without her, even though it was odd that her sister understood her without asking any questions, letting her walk home as she digested what Endeavor had tried to do.

"Seems like the old bastard hasn't given up on that annoying dream of his." a voice said, where Celestia found a man, likely in his early twenties at best guess, walking beside her, though the newcomer had patches of purple wrinkly skin, the type that looked like he had been seriously hurt, in a number of places, while he wore a dark blue jacket with a high collar, a pale gray shirt, dark blue pants, and a white mask that covered his face, meaning he was likely heavily scarred, "You okay?"

"Yeah, I am... but I should be asking you that! Looks at you... what happened to your body?" Celestia asked, as she had never seen so much damage on a single person before, not even her brother came close to what she was seeing right now, and it made her wonder if he had seen a doctor or not with how much of him was damaged.

"I... had an accident when I was younger, and it affected me greatly." the masked young man replied, which was the story he told everyone that asked him that sort of question, though he refused to share the full story since he was saving that for his father, who he was ignoring for the moment since he was more interested in talking with Celestia, where the girl stopped for a moment as she took his right hand in hers, "What are you...?"

Dabi paused for a moment as he felt something in his nerved damaged body, he could see the faint sparkles of sunlight that were being drawn in by Celestia's Quirk, as All For One had described it in detail thanks to all of the information he had been able to gather so far, and it had an immediate effect. Most of his body was damaged in a similar manner, the flames that had eaten his body, enough to cause the damage that everyone saw, had caused all sorts of irreparable damage to his body, to the point that the good doctor was unable to actually heal him, much to his surprise and confusion. It was why he was seen as a walking corpse, there was nothing out there that could mend his broken and shattered body, it was a fact that he had come to understand and accept as he focused on his revenge against his father. It was why Dabi had been here, focusing on his father and less on Celestia, but then he had remembered his chat with All For One and decided to give her a chance, as it would be a good laugh for him before he sent the girl on her way.

That was his plan, but that was before Dabi FELT bits of his body that he hadn't felt in a long time, he could feel the nerves in his fingers mending under the healing power of Sunshine, it felt calm and soothing, as if the Quirk itself was combating the pain he should be feeling, and he even watched as his right pointer finger started to change color, before Celestia stopped as she huffed.

"There... is a lot of damage. I can only imagine the amount of pain you're in all the time." Celestia said, as healing was the one part of her Quirk that she wasn't used to using, so she could only mend a small portion of the young man's body at a time, a fact that meant it could take a long time to fully heal his body, but through continued use she might be able to cut down on that fact, "How are you feeling now?"

"I... you... that was incredible." Dabi replied, though he was in shock and awe over the fact that such a power existed, that he could actually find a Quirk that could mend his corpse-like body, to the point that he could actually feel things with his now restored finger again, it was simply amazing, causing him to realize why All For One had told him about Celestia.

"Thanks. I couldn't just stand there, leaving you in pain with all those injuries." Celestia stated, which reminded her of Izuku for a moment, her brother's body often moved on it's own, even when he didn't have a Quirk to fall back on, and now here she was, doing something similar with her own powers, "Sorry, I didn't ask you for your name, nor did I ask if it was okay for me to even do that. I'm Celestia Midoriya."

"I know, I saw the Sports Festival. I'm..." Dabi started to say, but in that moment he wondered how to introduce himself, as he had created his 'Dabi' persona to leave his past behind him, but yet through this one act of kindness, igniting the hope he had long since thought had died in the past, he wondered if he should use his actual name and come up with an excuse on why he didn't want to speak with his father.

"Toya Todoroki, right?" Celestia asked, where she could see that the young man paused for a moment as he heard the name, telling her that she had hit the nail on the head with her guess, even though she knew there was a lot of evidence to support it, especially since most of his inner damage was fire based and she had just learned about Endeavor being focused on Quirk Marriages to make the 'ultimate' fire Quirk, "Your accident is well known, plus there was my encounter with your... father... so it was easy for me to guess... but if you would rather use another name, to separate yourself from him, I'd understand."

"Well, I usually go by 'Dabi'... but you know what? You can call me Toya." Dabi said, there was something about Celestia that made him want to rekindle the old hope he had when he was just a boy, he couldn't explain it, and yet now he could see why All For One was so interested in her, because if this was what Celestia could do with little healing experience he could only imagine what she could do if she was fully trained, "Hey, do you mind if we exchange numbers? Maybe we can meet up for coffee, or some other type of drink if that's not your favorite, talk for a bit, and maybe do more sessions like this? You know, let you tend to my burned body?"

Celestia smiled and the two exchanged numbers without delay, as she was happy to be able to help Toya more even though he wished for this to remain their secret, he didn't want his family to know about his existence yet, causing her to nod before leaving to catch up with her siblings, causing Dabi to pull out his phone as he entered an alley.

"Hey, it's me. Yeah, I met her... I've got to say, her healing power is extraordinary. She might not be experienced, but she was able to fully heal a finger like it was nothing." Dabi said, holding out his hand for a moment as he stared at the restored finger that showed him the healing power of Sunshine, making him view that Quirk as a true marvel that was unlike anything else in the entire world, to the point that he understood why Endeavor and All Might were interested in Celestia, "We even exchanged numbers, so there will likely be a few more treatments in the future... and I've got to say that I'm actually looking forward to them."

I am happy to hear that, Dabi. Hisashi replied, which was good news for him and the others that were like him and Dabi, because if Celestia was able to master her healing power he knew that he might be able to return to his family in no time, he just had to be patient and let his daughter temper Sunshine's healing power with more experiences, Will you be coming by the bar, or do you have other things in mind?

"I think... I'll just take the day off and head to my hideout. I want to enjoy the hope that has faintly awoken inside me, instead of watching Endeavor all day." Dabi stated, where he found that All For One was fine with his decision, allowing him to end the call as he walked deeper into the alley and headed towards another part of the city, causing him to wonder how long it might take for Celestia to fully restore his burned body.

In the end, however, he let a smile appear on his face as he disappeared into the alley, as he was excited to see what sort of challenges the future had to offer the rest of Japan, and he knew that Celestia, Selene, and their brother would be eager to face whatever might be coming their way in the near future.