109 Chapter 109: Performance Review Part 2

"Well Koda, I have to say your stay here has been a treat," Izuku told the large boy in front of him.

"Hmmm." Koda nodded. The poor boy looked horribly uncomfortable and was trying(and failing) to look Izuku in the eye.

"Kei in particular has really appreciated your presence here. She does love animals." Izuku told him.

"Hmmm," Koda muttered.

Izuku paused and looked at the boy, seeing how horribly uncomfortable he was, and gave him a reassuring smile. "You know what. You can go."

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"Well, Sato out of everyone here, you're in competition for being the biggest help," Izuku told him.

"Thanks! I tried my absolute best you know." Sato smiled. "The kids deserve at least a good meal after everything they've been through."

"Putting aside your cooking, which is amazing by the way, you've also helped out with sparing matches, heavy lifting, and of course, you've taught many of my children how to cook," Izuku told him. "And honestly, while Ochaco and Mina are the favorites among most the kids, I think you're Fuku's favorite. Which is a big achievement, considering her trust issues."

"It's an honor! She's a great kid you know. Always trying to make stuff for her friends. And she's a real hard worker too!" Sato told him. "Best student I've had…although I haven't really taught anyone cooking before I got here."

"Well from what I hear, when Fuku focuses on something nothing will stop here. I'm actually a bit concerned she might pull a me, and overwork herself." Izuku said.

"Ah, I'm sure everyone else won't let that happen," Sato told him. "They're all good kids, that look out for each other. And after what happened to you, they'll be on high alert with stuff like that."

"I hope so." Izuku sighed, before refocusing. "Well back to your performance, like I said. You've done an excellent job. And I'm sure the kids will miss you greatly when you leave. I hear your parents run a bakery, I'll have to pay them a visit."

"Ah, you'd love it! My folks are even better at cooking than me! Those kids'll be in for a treat!" Sato said.

"Well, now I definitely have to pay them a visit," Izuku said, before extending his hand out. "Well, I think that's all I have to say on the matter, please continue to the good work while you're still here. And of course, you're always welcome here if you ever wish to pay us a visit."

"Thanks! I'll keep that in mind." Sato said, shaking his hand. "Don't worry, I'll give it my all!"

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"Well, Shoji. You've done a good job at moving things around." Izuku told him, trying to come up with things to say.

"You don't have to force yourself. I know I haven't exactly been a strong presence here." Shoji told him. "Anything I've done here could have been done by one of those giant apes."

"That's not true. They can't clean, or hold anything fragile." Izuku explained. "You're quirk makes cleaning the blood and flesh that gets all over the place much easier thanks to you."

"Out of context that is a horrifying sentence." Shoji pointed out.

"Yeah. But that kind of thing happens a lot around here." Izuku sighed. "Anyways, don't underestimate your value. Cleaning can be an absolute pain without you. With that said, you're dismissed."

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"So Jiro you…" Izuku tried to think of what Jiro did while she was here. "Uhhh. I heard you and Kaminari taught Ken and Otoko how to play instruments."

"Yeah, it was no big deal." Jiro shrugged.

"Umm…you also helped Sansan with her vibration resistance training. That's great." Izuku added.

Vibrations were another one of Sansan's weaknesses.

Whatever hydrokinetic ability that allowed Sansan to move her body, was rather weak. Meaning that Sansan could only really move if there was no strong resistance.

Meaning things like vibrations, shockwaves, and even strong winds would leave her without control of her body.

She was trying to find ways to combat this, which Jiro was a key factor in.

"I mean I just stood there and blasted sonic waves at her, still not that big of a deal dude," Jiro said, casually.

"Well, I'm sure she appreciates it," Izuku told her. "Uh, keep helping her out."

"Will do boss," Jiro said slightly sarcastically. "Anything else."

"Um…not really." Izuku couldn't really find anything else to discuss. "You're free to the go."

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"So Sero. I'd like to thank you for all taping off restricted areas. That's likely saved me a lot of time and money." Izuku told the odd elbowed boy.

Whenever an area needed to be restricted, normally because it needed to be repaired, Sero would put up his tape around the area, as a sign that no one should enter those areas should be entered without express permission from Izuku.

"Well, it's the least I could do you know. Gotta help out where you can." Sero said. "I mean, other than this the swinging training is the only thing of note that I did here."

"I think the swinging training was very useful. Mobility during a fight, or even during a rescue can be key." Izuku brought up. "Villains can't hurt you if they can't touch you."

"That's what I'm hoping for," Sero responded, laughing a bit.

"I'd appreciate it if you could teach them more about using the environment," Izuku told him. "It's a very important part of a fight, and there are few people who make use of it better than you."

"Well, when life gives you lemons." Sero shrugged.

"Ok, I think that's all I have to say here." Izuku stuck out his hand, which Sero shook. "Keep up the good work."

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"So how'd we do boss!?" Dark Shadow asked, floating up to Izuku, while Tokoyami sat behind him.

"Well, most of what you've been doing is training with Kiba and Kai," Izuku explained.

Izuku wasn't exaggerating, most of Tokoyami's contribution, besides being another set of hands, was his sparring matches with Kiba and Kai, and those two specifically.

This had to do with the fact that Dark Shadow had two issues when it came to being a sparring partner.

If the fight took place during the day or in a well-lit area, then really any of the kids could overpower him.

However, if it took place during the night or in a poorly lit area, then the kids could be in serious danger, seeing as Tokoyami may not be able to stop Dark Shadow before he does real damage to the kids.

The only exceptions to this rule, were Sansan, Netsu, Ken in his Heatblast form, Kiba, and Kai.

Sansan, Netsu, and Ken weren't really fights. Dark Shadow couldn't really hurt Sansan so that was a pointless spar. And Netsu and Ken both beat Dark Shadow really easily.

Meaning the only ones who could get anything out of a spar with Dark Shadow, was Kai and Kiba. Although he would have Netsu nearby to stop the fight.

"I apologize that we couldn't be more useful during our time here," Tokoyami said, giving an apologetic bow.

Izuku was starting to really get tired of hearing that.

"It's fine. Getting good sparring partners for Kai is a pain. It's good for Kiba to fight someone above her in strength. She needs experience in that department." Izuku told him. "Other than that, another set of hands is always useful."

"And we have 2 sets!" Dark Shadow said enthusiastically.

"That's right," Izuku said. "Now, I think that's all we needed to go over, you two are free to go."

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"I want to say again, Todoroki, how sorry I am, for what Yonda did," Izuku said to start off the meeting.

"It's fine. I'm getting over it." Todoroki told him. "Now are we going to get onto the review?"

"Ah. Well, there's not much to say really." Izuku told him. "There was the incident with Kiba, but given you…lack of experience with people, and the incident later with Yonda, I'm not going to hold that against you. Other than that, all you did was laundry, which I appreciate don't get me wrong. I know how painfully long and tedious that can be. But there isn't much to discuss."

"Alright, in that case, am I free to go?" Todoroki asked.

"Yeah. Thank you for your time." Izuku told him. "And once again, thank you for now suing me."

"I don't think I could. If I told my father about what Yonda did, and that it resulted in me finally using my fire, he'd most likely send you a check." Todoroki said.

"Well, if you need anything. Anything at all, remember that the Midoriya Foundation owes you a favor." Izuku told him.

"I'll keep that in mind," Todoroki said, before taking his leave.

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"Well Hagakure, you've done a good job at keeping up morale alongside Mina, and helping out during lessons," Izuku told the invisible girl.

"Well, I try my best!" Toru said, repeating the same thing Izuku had been hearing all day. "But I really wish I-"

"Please don't say you wish you could do more." Izuku slumped onto his desk. "I've had to hear that over and over again. You guys did fine! You lightened the load a lot and let me recover from my collapse! Thank you!"

There was a brief moment of silence, as Toru was stunned by Izuku's sudden outburst.

Eventually, however, Izuku picked his head back up. "I'm sorry for that, it's just…today has been kind of stressful. I'm not used to being…the boss you could say. And I'm not really used to other people saying things like that."

"You don't like other people devaluing themselves?" Toru asked, raising an invisible eyebrow. "Well imagine how your mom and Uraraka feel."

"Oh. Right." Izuku realized his hypocrisy. "I guess I do say stuff like that a lot too. Is that how they feel when I say it? I really owe both of them an apology."

"Ok. But a piece of advice, after you apologize, don't keep apologizing." Toru told him.

"Thank you." Izuku groaned, picking himself up to continue to the review. "Overall, you've done a great job, thank you for your help. You're free to go."

"Wow that was short…come to think about it these have all been pretty short," Toru noted.

"I'll be honest, I have no idea what I'm doing," Izuku admitted. "I just figured this was something an employer should do, and tried it out…I don't think it's going too well."

"Ah, well. At least your trying." Toru tried to reassure him. "And that's what really matters."

"Thank you Hakakure. Keep up the good work." Izuku told her.

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Izuku and Shinso stared at each other for a while, neither of them knowing what to say for a while.

"...I'm willing to bet you forgot I was here at least a few times," Shinso spoke up.

"...Your not wrong," Izuku admitted. "But I guess that's desirable if you want to be an underground hero. Right?"

"Yeah, sounds about right," Shinso responded.

And then the silence returned.

Shinso is another person whose contribution could be summed up as "another pair of hands." And given Shinso's tendency to not stick out, Izuku really did have a hard time remembering he was here.

"If you're not gonna say anything, I'm just gonna go," Shinso said, getting up to leave.

"Yeah, that's…that's probably for the best," Izuku told him.

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"When I first heard you'd be coming to work here, I was…a bit worried Mineta," Izuku explained. "But, you've done a great job of keeping your less…admirable traits hidden from the children."

"Well, I tried to stay away from them as much as possible," Mineta admitted with little shame. "Can't slip up, and let them hear something they shouldn't if they're not around me, to begin with!"

"Well, at least you're aware of it." Izuku sighed. "Other than that, you've done a great job helping out with the paperwork. Now, I think we should address the elephant in the room."

Mineta winced, "Do you mean the Gatcha thing?"

"Yes, the Gatcha thing." Izuku deadpanned. "As much as I'm not happy about my children getting addicted to gambling, part of me felt like this was inevitable. It only takes one of them to learn about these games before it spreads to the entire house. At the very least you gave me the chance to nip any bad spending habits in the bud and lay down some ground rules about these games. And give them a good lesson about spending. If anything I'm less upset about you introducing them to these games and more upset that you didn't give them a proper warning about how these games can affect them. Or at least tell me that you exposed them to this."

"Well, I didn't really think it was a big deal at the time." Mineta shrugged nervously. "Although in hindsight, yeah probably should have given you a heads up. Sorry."

"Just think about the consequences of your actions in the future," Izuku advised.

"Got it, boss!" Mineta said.

"Alright, with that said, you are free to go," Izuku said.

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"So then, Yaoyorozu I have to say you have been an enormous help in keeping everything organized," Izuku told the last member of 1A(except technically Bakugo but he wasn't here). "And you've been a massive help in clearing up the paperwork. You've gotten through it as fast as I normally do!"

"It was a shock to see how fast I managed to get through it all," Momo admitted. "When I first saw the stack of papers I'd have to work through, I thought it would take me weeks. But after a couple of days, they were done…unfortunately they were swiftly replaced with an equally dense pile of papers."

"Yeah, when you're dealing with an operation as massive as this one, the paperwork never really ends." Izuku sighed. "Even on my end with the massively reduced workload you guys afforded me, the papers just kept coming. Ugh. But back to the review, I also have to thank you for helping out with the lesson plans, and tutoring. As well as Nara's personal lessons. It means so much to me that these kids are getting a good education."

"Yes, I was wondering if you had a replacement teacher in mind for when we leave?" Momo asked.

"Well…yes actually," Izuku answered tentatively. "I have my eye on someone. They're not someone who'd be expected for me to hire, so I'm more confident that they are not an assassin. However, the reason for them being unexpected is the same reason I'm a bit apprehensive to actually hire them."

"Are they dangerous?" Momo asked, looking a bit worried.

"...I don't think so," Izuku answered, sounding unsure. "But they have the potential to be, and I have to find a way to check their intentions before I let them anywhere near the house."

"Can't you just hire a normal teacher?" Momo asked.

"They sent a child assassin after me Yaoyorozu." Izuku reminded her. "Whoever is after me, wants me dead. Badly. And is willing to use almost any tactic to achieve that. And if I were them, I would want to get my best men, set them up as teachers, and then have them kill me when they get here. And of course, to make sure they get hired, they would make it so they have the best resume, make them look the most appealing. So I can't afford to have a normal hiring method."

"Well, I've never had assassins after me before, so I suppose I can't really comment on that," Momo replied, still not sounding convinced. "Just please be careful that in your attempts to avoid these assassins, you don't end up falling prey to unrelated dangers."

"Fair enough." Izuku nodded in agreement. "Thank you for the advice Yaoyorozu. You may take your leave."

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"Why did I think that was a good idea!" Izuku groaned as he slumped into his couch, with a face full of remorse. "I've never had employees before! How was I supposed to review them!? Did I go too easy on them!? Was I too harsh!? What was I supposed to do!? What was I supposed to say!?"

Listening to Izuku vent, on the couch opposite to him, was his mother. Smiling patiently. "I think you did fine for your first time Izuku. These kids were all doing their best, and none of them really needed to be told anything in particular."

"Then what was the point of this!?" Izuku asked.

Inko shrugged. "There are lots of pointless things in business Izuku, things like this just kind of happen. Don't worry too much about it, it's not like it took a lot of their time, well except for Mina, but that was important."

"I guess. Still, I feel bad about calling them for something pointless." Izuku sighed. "I guess I could give them another pay raise."

"Izuku you can't give your employees a raise every time something slight inconvenient happens," Inko told him. "If you do something you think slightly inconveniences your employees, stop. That's it."

"Well…if you say so." Izuku sighed.

"Oh, and Izuku. I wanted to tell you I'll be leaving around the same time the U.A. students do." Inko explained.

"Really!?" Izuku asked, looking a bit startled. "It feels like we barely talked."

"Well, we've both been busy," Inko told him. "And we both know I'm not exactly one to stand out, unlike Mitsuki. I wish I could stay longer but, I have work to do. I've seen the finances here, and I'm more sure now than ever that I need to grow my business as much as possible."

"That's…fair." Izuku sighed. "I'm gonna miss you, mom."

"Oh. Sweetheart." Inko got up, walked around the table, and hugged her son. "I'm not gone yet, how about we go watch some of those All Might movies together like we used to?"

"...You know what. I'd like that."

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"Alright, guys! Listen up!" Mina shouted to her entire class, who had all gathered together. "We don't have long until we leave, so we need to do something special! Let get the party planning begin!"