Chapter 10
The dust slowly fell onto the ground, a silhouette starts to appear, the large frame was the only hint that could be seen and told what was behind the heavy veil of scattered dirt.
"K-Kacchan-" He chokes out once the body of Nomu becomes visible, holding onto the villain.
Izuku didn't know what he felt in that moment, it was like hands were pulling him down onto the ground, his body going numb as the realization that his best friend, Kacchan, was … could have been broken on the ground, the only thing that stopped his body from flying away was the wall.
Still on the ground, not breathing.
Gone …
But he hears the surprised noise, a very distinct one, one that can only have come from his friend. Because Kacchan doesn't get surprised easily. He turns around to find a very confused Kacchan looking at Nomu. He couldn't help but jump at his friend, hugging him tightly.
"I-I t-thought you got hit."
"You think I'd get hit you shit for brains." He mumbled, still staring ahead. They all turn to the wall, where he originally thought that Kacchan's body was laying, and instead found All Might, holding his hands in a basic defensive possession.
"Do you not know how to hold back." The man scowls, breathing heavily with blood trailing down his chin. Izuku gulps.
"It was to rescue my companions, I had no choice." The blue haired man says, Izuku glares as he distinctively remembers him admitting to wanting to murder said companion. "I mean earlier, bounty kid there,"
He points at him, causing Izuku to blink in surprise.
"He was going to use his quirk on me, I've seen his full force, I know I'd probably die if he really did attack me. But what can we do, violence for the sake of others makes it admirable, right? Number one hero?"
Izuku looks down at his hands, feeling something stir inside him, but he couldn't dwell inside his mind as he found a gloved hand covering his own. Looking up, he found Kacchan staring at him intently.
He didn't know how to react, no words formed in his mind as Kacchan's intense glares was pointed at him.
"You're just a device to repress violence. Violence only breeds violence. The world will know this once we kill you!"
"That's preposterous." Both All Might and Izuku say, but the child's voice was a whisper. The blond stood up, pulling him along and obviously ready for a fight. He looks to the side and finds that Todoroki was watching them. The bi-coloured haired teen turned to watch their enemy.
"We're five against three." He announces, everyone understood his intention. Izuku raises his hands slightly, letting it glow with his quirk.
"Kacchan already exposed the fog guy's weakness, you guys can take him on. We can't get close to the one with the disintegration quirk, but I can with my own quirk."
"These guys are crazy, but with an equally crazy plan, we can definitely back up all might." Kirishima comments, his arms hardening at the same time and ready to jump into action.
"No!" Everyone's attention was snatched by Al Might, walking up to the villain and raising his hands to block them from moving. "Run away, I will take care of this."
"You would have been in trouble if I hadn't done anything." Todoroki says, his face doesn't give away any feelings.
"That was a different story, young Todoroki. Thank you." All Might told the teen. For a split second, Izuku could see surprise flash through the half-covered boy before his face could return to normal.
"But it's fine. Just watch as a pro gives everything he's got." Izuku doesn't think that it would be necessary for Todoroki to stay and watch, especially if his father was the second top hero. He might have grown up watching his father. Surprisingly, Todoroki nods and relaxes his pose to continue watching.
Exasperated, by his action, Kirishima follows suit while frowning. Izuku couldn't relax, too anxious to let his step-father fight through this with a gaping bleeding wound on top of his weak spot.
"All Might, you're bleeding, and you've already-" He stops, feeling like hitting the wall with his head. He almost gave his weakness away, in front of villains none the less. The man slightly turns and smiles at him, giving him a thumb up. He internally sighs and looks down, reaching out for his friend's hand.
"Nomu, Kurogiri, get him. I'll deal with the children." The pale haired man said. Not a second later, he ran towards them, Kirishima grimaces.
"We have to do this after all!" But Izuku kept watching All Might, and witnessed the moment his power raised up. It seems that Shigaraki felt it as well, since he stopped running to them and turns.
All Might disappears from sight an reappears punching Nomu.
To be blunt, all four of them freak out in the first few seconds of the shock wave that has emitted from that one single punch.
His feet, having no advantage such us standing on the ground, was the reason he was swept away in that instant. His hand was the reason Kacchan was also swept away as he was suddenly pulled back from holding onto him. Fortunately, Kacchan digs his fingers into the ground with his free hand and holds them both down.
Izuku could still see Kirishima clearly, even with the smoke and intense current surrounding the area. The red head flailed for a few seconds before stomping on the ground, creating cracks. Todoroki by his side has opted to cover his leg with ice and stick in the same spot, never moving away in the first place.
Izuku then tries to see what was happening, but all his eyes could pick up were All Might and Nomu's body stuck in one place, their hands were everything but immobile. The punches were too fast to see but so hard that every one of them is felt all around them, like an earthquake waiting to just burst.
"This monster is made to withstand me at 100%," Toshinori yells, stomping forward.
"Then I'll force you to surrender from beyond that!" If it was even possible, All Might stats punching even faster than before, forcing Nomu back. The creature was starting to subside, not able to keep up. The punches were getting harder evident by the fact that the air could cause damage to them now. However, Izuku forces himself on the ground with his quirk, looking at the scene with wide disbelief.
Every punch, every one of them is precise, and every one of them was more than 100% of his powers. Even as he bleeds, even with his injury being critical.
Dad is –
He sees All Might does an uppercut to Nomu's chest, hurling him upwards. But All Might follows by jumping. When they were high enough, he grabs onto Nomu's legs and barrels him down, creating a crater, effectively cutting off the harsh winds.
Izuku lets out a breathless laugh as he starts floating up, not believing what he was seeing.
All Might lands down, causing the crater to deepen further.
"Hey villain, have you heard these words?" He yells, not sure whether it was targeted to Nomu or the hand covered villain.
To everyone's surprise but Izuku, All Might's eyes shone a bright intense blue, the first time anyone ever saw his eyes.
"Go beyond! Plus Ultra!"
With one finale punch, he hits Nomu and effectively blasts him away. The creature hits the side of the dome in seconds, destroying it and creating a hole in its wake.
Dust floated above everything, Izuku grins wildly at the tall blond in the middle of the battle scene.
Dad is so cool!
"I-Is this some comic book?" He hears the astonishment Kirishima's voice as he floats closer to them. "It's like he nullified the shock absorption with brute force."
"And he's scared of my mom." Izuku blinks and turns around to see the shocked look on Kacchan's face, he was sure only he had heard what he said. "I should be scared for mom …"
Todorki doesn't say anything as he stares at the hole in the dome.
Izuku then changes his focus to the blond as the dust starts to finally settle. He stands up and bumps his chest as a sign, grinning at him. Izuku starts to tear up.
All Might turns around to face the villain.
"Now … I'm sure you'd like for use to end this soon."
"We've been completely overwhelmed." The villain starts shaking, leaning forwards. He then starts scratching his neck uncontrollably. Izuku felt shivers running up his body. The irritated mumbles coming out from the lead villain was illegible and had no meaning to anyone hearing it. It was but strands of mismatched madness.
"Tomura Shigaraki! Please calm yourself. Look at All Might's injury, he was definitely weakened," The mist guy obviously understood what Shigaraki was saying as he tries to soothe him.
Suddenly, Shigaraki stops itching.
"Besides, the children appear to be frozen in fear," Something clicks in Izuku's mind as he noticed how no one is moving. "And we still have underlings we can use. There are likely a few minutes before reinforcement comes. If you and I worked together, we still have the chance to kill him."
"That's …" Shigaraki starts speaking. "That's right … that's …. We can still do it, we have no other choice but to do it. The last boss is in front of us, there's no save feature to bring us back here. We have to do it."
0o0o0
Kirshima turns around and gasp audibly, Katsuki turns to see what caused the reaction, and gulps audibly.
"Guys, we got to fight here." The red head says, Todoroki was about to join but stops to drag his green haired class mate away from the main fight.
"Midoriya, we need to-" The words fell flat as he noticed the bright glowing green eyes on his face. The memories of the battle played in his mind, seeing the same intensity of the glow on only one other person. He spies a glance on the number hero before glowering and running to the others.
If his deductions were true, then Midoriya doesn't need help. Besides, he could provide all the man power needed.
It was a real shock, never knowing the eye colour of the number one hero, him being such a public figure and all. Yet he never knew his eyes were blue, none the less how much force was hidden behind them. Midoriya's eyes weren't any weaker, it glows with the same raw power and determination in them.
So it wasn't much of a surprise that when the villains jumps up to All Might, ready to grab his face, that Midoriya only lefts his arms and does a swiping motion, resulting into the two to be blasted back and away from the pro hero.
However, no one realized that the wrap villain would open a gate as they fell, and open the second gate behind Izuku himself. The leader fell through and a second later, re-appeared behind their green haired classmate, reaching out to his head.
Todoroki couldn't reach him in time.
Todoroki watches in slight horror as the hands got closer to the unknowing teen.
He hears the maniacal laughter coming from the villain, sounding mad, demented and out of control all at once.
He could see Izuku's shock as he tries to swiftly fly away from them.
But he knew it would be too late.
That's when a gun shot rang, Shigaraki yells in agony. Everyone looks away to where the shot came from, and he sighed in relief at what he found.
"Sorry everyone! Sorry we're late! I gathered everyone available and came here."
The Yueei staff were at the gates, gathered together looking angry and ready to fight. The class rep was also there, huffing madly and proclaiming his return. It was obvious from far how relieved he was.
In that moment, all the villains tried to attack the entrance. Before anyone could run up the stairs however, Present Mic walked to the front, his expression looked ticked off and starts to-
"YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Todoroki was glad that Present Mic had an aiming system for his quirk. His own voice destroyed the stairs and effectively immobilized at least a third of the mob. Another hero that he hasn't yet jumps, multiplied and starts to attack anyone Present Mic missed.
The pro hero Snipe continues shooting at multiple directions before focusing back to them, the bullets missed him and Izuku but hits the villains. Izuku took this opportunity to fly above the gunning range and snatch him away. Kirshima was hollering in glee, while Katsuki continues to bomb anyone getting closer to them.
The teachers split up into attacking formation.
If the battle field could be described as anything, it was organized chaos, tinted with explosions and destruction everywhere.
At first, he was going to yell at Midoriya for swiping him off the floor, but was eternally glad once he sees Number 13's quirk being directed to where he stood moments ago. Sucking the villains before disappearing.
He lands on his feet further away, Midoriya gasps in pain clutching onto the contraption on his leg.
"Midoriya!"
"It's okay, it just disintegrated and was left in a sharp shape." He said wincing before letting his hand glow and yanking the sharp edge. "I didn't know why I didn't notice it before."
They both look up to see All Might standing in the same place looking at where the villains disappeared to. Scrunching his nose, Todoroki guessed that All Might thought it was a missed opportunity to catch them.
0o0o0
The first thing Izuku did was break down crying. Todoroki didn't know how to react, he didn't even know what to do as he tries to calm Izuku down. That's when Kacchan jumps at their side grabbing onto Izuku's hand, pushing Todoroki's face by his other hand, and kicking Kirishima by the legs.
"You stay out of this stone hinge." He demands from the red head, Izuku chokes up.
"T-That's m-mean Kacchan." Todoroki sighs and looks at the heroes gathering the villains and escorting the rest of their classmates outside.
"It's good that many of the teachers are here, it means that the school wasn't attacked like we initially thought."
"Yeah! And it was so cool watching all of them fight up close." Kirishima gushes, successfully pulling Izuku away from crying.
"I-It was."
"Man, you had us worried, I thought you're hurt or something, I mean, look at your legs, what happened there …" Kirishima slowly trails off as he looks at the hacked Braces.
Izuku's heart stops for a second before finally letting go of his quirk and dropped his whole weight on Kacchan. The blond made an 'oomph' sound, and almost tipped back from the sudden mass. Yet he stood his ground and was able to carry him.
Izuku started crying again, harder than before.
"Whatthefuck! Izuchan, stop crying!" Kacchan rages, but he couldn't stop.
"E-Everyone k-knows." He yelled, tightening his hold on his friend. Kacchan stops his rage for a brief second as he processed what he just heard.
"W-What?" There was a sudden fear in his voice, and he couldn't tell how his face looked since he had his head over his shoulders.
"T-They all know! They all saw it, everyone saw it! Everyone's going to mock me, o-or worse!" Izuku sobs. There was a worrying silence hanging over them, Kacchan didn't say anything, causing him to sob louder.
He was surprised when he felt hands moving under his knees bringing them upwards. He knew then that Kacchan was doing a bridal carry, so that Izuku wouldn't face the other two.
"Listen, you piece of-"
"Kacchan …" He chokes up but the blonde continues the insult anyways.
"You saw him fight, so don't ever fucking think that he can't take care of himself. Understand?" He said in a menacing voice.
"Whoa there bud, we get it. I'm not bad mouthing him. Midoriya could probably beat me anyways." Kirishima said grinning, raising his hands. They were all startled when they hear a voice above. Looking up, they find the hero Cementos looking at them.
"While it is great to find you all mostly unharmed and alright, it is better to join your classmates at the gates don't you agree." He then looks at Izuku and frowns before sighing.
"Your dad is going to kill us if we don't get you to a hospital."
"Wha-"
"His dad?" Kirishima asks, but Cementos only smiles and pushes them away gently.
0o0o0
Naomasa has expected his day to end up in many ways.
He expected to go to do grocery shopping after his shift.
He expected getting ditched with the grave shift by Tamakawa, since the cat quirked man had a date tomorrow night with a rather fetching cat eared woman.
He honestly expected a murder case in third avenue, what with all the tension forming in that area.
He did not expect to get a call from Yueei claiming to have over 100 villains attacking them, and in need of as many officers available to collect them.
Tamakawa looked visibly shook by the number of people that they needed to interrogate. He was afraid for he knew that he would be the lead investigator in this matter, not the feline of a man. Sighing, he went to the children to calm them down and try to move them to class. He was interrupted by a green haired child – which reminded him of Inko – as she asked about their homeroom teacher.
Sighing in defeat, he called the hospital for his status and watched as the students deflated. Eraserhead and Number 13 were left in a horrible state after all, so he understood why they were saddened by the news. So, he updates them about the rest of their teachers, seeing them finally relax.
He was however, paralyzed in fear once he realized something as he went through the list of names.
Izuku was in this class.
Looking up, he searched through the heads of teens to find a very distinct ash blond boy, growling at the back.
"Katsuki-kun?" He asks, the head turns, and he sees a simmering pot of anger staring back at him, dark red eyes showing anger.
"No way, how bad could Bakugou's attitude be that an officer knows him?"
"I know right." His classmates start to talk, and he couldn't help but send him an apologetic smile, but the teen scoffs and turns around.
"Can you come here?" Surprisingly enough, the teen did oblige and walked up to him. Correction, he stomped his way to him.
"What is it, Naomasa-san."
"Where's Izuchan?"
"…"
"Don't tell me he's the injured student?" he asks, fear was now starting to crawl up his voice. Katsuki looks down in shame, confirming what he already thought.
Oh god.
No wonder the child was angry. No wonder Katsuki was everything but calm and serene. This was a child who has promised himself to protect his friend from everything at the age of five, and he has been there to witness it happen. And to have him injured must have left the blonde devastated inside, only hiding it with anger.
Reading through the papers again, he noted that Izuku was moved to Recovery girl for a leg wound and shock.
"N-No, don't tell me- Is he alright? How big is the wound?"
"Who fucking cares?! He's still hurt! Fucking Deku had to jump into action and act like a hero, he had to be a shit head in the onetime where we actually need his stupid oversized brain and got himself hurt." He puts a hand on his shoulder, calming the blond by a bit.
"Katsuki-kun …"
"He got hurt." He growls, his shoulders hunched and slightly shaking, not easily noticed, but he already had his hands on him, so knew.
"How badly?"
"The asshole villain ruined his brace and they cut his leg. It wasn't deep."
"So he hurt himself, not a villain." He reasoned with him, the blond took a moment before relaxing as he let the words sink in. "Izuchan is clumsy you know."
"Yeah …"
"Is that a reason to get angry?"
"… Yes, the dweeb can't take care of himself." He huffs but smiles for a split second.
"Good, now," He said loudly to let the children listen. "Everyone, please follow your class rep to your classroom. Officer Tamakawa will accompany you there. You'll give your statements once your parents are present."
A brunette girl with a bob cut bristles, the teal haired girl that asked him about their teacher pats her on the back. They both stayed in place as everyone walked away, leaving him with Katsuki and the two.
"What do you need, Angel face, croaky voice."
"Bakugou-kun is very rude." The teal haired girl said, the brunette rolls her eyes.
"I wanted to talk to detective-san."
"Is there a problem?"
"Y-Yes. My parents live in another region; they can't get here fast enough …" She said, twiddling with her fingers, the other girl tilts her head.
"My parents are out of country for work and I take care of my younger siblings. Could I possible give my statement now so that I can go home early?" She makes a ribbit like sound. Sighing, he took out his note pad as he starts taking her statement.
0o0o0
Ochaka looks up at Katsuki, whom seems to have finally calmed down. When he came out with Kirishima and Todoroki, all three looked very subdued at what happened. That's when everyone realized that Izuku is missing.
Once Mineta asked, Bakugou simply exploded in fury. Todoroki made a wall of ice separating him and the short boy while Kirishima snatched Mineta up and ran away from the explosive blond.
When the detective came, and asked for Katsuki, it surprised her. She knew his attitude was bad, but she at least thought that he was a good enough person not to end up in trouble with the law. The familiarity in which the detective called out for him told the exact opposite of what she thought.
That is, until Tenya spoke up.
"That's detective Tsukauchi, the one we talked about that day in the cafeteria when the press has infiltrated into the school." He said, nodding. Her eyes widen in surprise and she looks back to the two.
"Wait, he's Deku's uncle?"
"It seems so. I think that he did not receive the news of his nephew being injured, and noticed his absence."
"Wait a sec, Midoriya's uncle? Him?" They turn to the loud electric user, Kaminari. He looked surprised. "You know, now that you said it, they do kinda look the same."
"Huh? Oh, you're right!" Ochaka and Tenya turn in surprise to find Ashido. "They both totally have this bland face."
Ochaka looks at the detective and noticed that, just as Ashido has pointed out, the detective does have a bland look on his square shaped face.
"Oh my god …" She whispers.
"They both have this out of focus look too." Asui suddenly comments. Ochaka couldn't help but nod in agreement. "I think the detective knows Bakugou since he and Midoriya are childhood friends."
They were interrupted when the detective asked them to go to class. But Ochaka suddenly had felt faint when he announced that their parents are coming. Her parents couldn't come all the way to her school, not with their already busy lives.
Asui pats her back in understanding, reminding her of when she told her about her own parents traveling the world.
So when the detective started taking her statement, she glared at Bakugou.
"What?"
"Why didn't you tell us?" She asked, the blond scrunches his nose, taking a moment to understand what she was talking about, and then scoffs, looking away.
"Deku didn't want anyone to know, it wasn't my secret to tell."
"But … why?"
"Why? Have you ever seen a disabled hero?"
"…"
"Yeah. Everyone was already trying to discourage him since we were kids. He decided not to tell anyone. That's why he tried his damn hardest to get those braces. Just so no one figures out the truth."
"But now everyone knows."
"And they're going to treat him differently. That's exactly what he's afraid of."
"… Why are you telling me this? Shouldn't you be all flaming anger and brat-ness?"
"I'm telling you, because Deku likes you and Robot Freak," He growls. "And he'll be devastated if you guys start to treat him like fragile glass."
"You treat him like fragile glass."
"I'm different."
"Yeah, you're his romantic interest, of course Deku would let it slide." The moment interest left her mouth, his hands went up to flames, his eyes directed to her, sending a barrage of hate.
"That is not true."
"Listen, Bakugou. I respect you for your strength, and for the fact that you care for everyone. But you have to understand that different sexuality isn't discriminated as much as it was before-"
"You're missing the whole point you little-"
"Katsuki-kun." He was cut off by Detective Tsukauchi. They both turn to find him giving the blond a look of disappointment.
"Your father will be disappointed."
"Who fucking cares?!"
"Izuchan will, I think that he'll care along with your parents, don't you think so too?" He said, raising a brow. Bakugou huffs, but shuts up anyways. Detective Tsukauchi nods in appreciation and starts moving, the blond following behind. Ochaka sees Asui leaving them and waves her a goodbye. She waves back as she starts following the detective.
"I'll take your statement along the way, since the bus already left with the rest."
"Can I visit Deku?"
"Deku- For god's sake, did you really made that nickname popular?" He asks Bakugou, who doesn't answer as he looks away.
Before they rode up the police car, another officer stops them. The officer moved away for a bit as they started whispering in harsh speed. Detective Naomasa frowns and shakes his head, obviously giving an order. The other officer nods and runs away.
In the car, Bakugou speaks up. "What was that about?"
"It's about my job." The detective bluntly told him before sighing. After a few moments, he says "By the way, you can't come to see Izuku. I don't think his parents would like their time interrupted with him."
0o0o0
Inko, in all her rationality, could not leave her two boys alone for the next day.
Izuku might have complained constantly, but she has put her foot down and forced the two in bed rest, or more aptly described, living room couch rest where she could observe both of them at the same time.
She has fussed, took care, and checked up on them more than five time by afternoon. It seems to have set off Izuku, who was already in distress by what happened yesterday. It caused the chain reaction of Inko getting even more worried over them, causing more stress for Izuku.
And the cycle continues.
She did not mean it, causing her son such obvious discomfort. But the idea of her son almost getting so close to being-
She ends up cuddling her son while leaning on Toshinori. Those two, she sighs. Those two will cause her untimely demise just from worry alone. While her husband didn't complain loudly, it was obvious that his injury was uncomfortable as it is, and she tried her best to move her weight away from it. Yet he insists on hugging her in place as well.
"Mom, I'm alright."
"You were crying non-stop yesterday." She finally snaps before covering her face with her hands, not knowing what to do now. The chores were done, dinner was already being cooked, she has made sure the bedding was perfect. Her hands were tireless as she finally gave up and collapsed on herself, completely staying quiet.
This apparently concerned Izuku.
"Mom?"
"You two are hurt." She finally says after a long worrying amount of silence. "I just don't know what to do."
Her son finally looked down in shame for causing so much grief to his mom.
"You two are both hopeless." They left up their heads to look at a very amused Toshinori, the fondness leaking from him could be felt easily.
"Sometimes, I don't know what to do with you two. It's overwhelming really."
"Toshi!"
"It's just … you should both realize by now that you're both alright," Here, his hug tightens over her as he gives them a small tiered smile. "It's amazing really, Izuku was an amazing fighter. The only reason he got hurt was because he was he carelessly broke off his brace instead of keeping his leg in a stiff possession. Clumsy and absent mined as usual."
"I'm not clumsy!"
"He is kind of clumsy." Izuku gapes at her before huffing and crossing his arm in dissatisfaction, causing her and Toshinori to laugh loudly at him. Once the laughter died down, they stayed in comfortable silence, only when the sun was down and the birds settle did someone break the silence.
"Izuku, my boy, you do realize that you have to tell to your friends the truth." Toshinori said, something in her son's pose tightens, his breath getting ragged before calming himself. She found herself hovering her hands over him, in case he wasn't taking this as well as he was acting.
To her relief, he did relax, and then looked up to them.
"I … I'll tell them … that I can't walk."
"That's not it, honey." She told him softly. "They're your friends, and they probably feel betrayed that you never confided in them."
"B-But- No one ever confides with their weakness. The only two people who admitted their weakness were Aizawa and Present Mic sensei. I'm not strong enough to admit to having weaknesses."
"Like it or not, Izuchan, they're your friends." This shuts him up for a moment before huffing. "Would you like it if Katsuki-kun did the same thing to you? Keep such a big secret like that?"
"… I'll feel betrayed."
"Don't you think they'll feel betrayed as well? Both that Ururaka and Ieda, right?" Her son bursts into laughter once she pronounces their name. She blinked in confusion before looking up at her husband. She found him hiding a chuckle in, now she was the one who felt betrayed.
"What is it?"
"It's just, their name is Urarak and Iida. You pronounced them wrong." She didn't begrudge him of his laughter, as she enjoyed that big wide smile that was on his face.
Finally, something went right today.
0o0o0
It was the moment of truth, he sighs as he looks up at his friend.
The height difference was noticeable this time around. Kacchan looks down showing his usual poker face before giving him a reassuring smile. They finally arrived in front of their school, only this time, Izuku was in his wheelchair.
His step father couldn't drive them to school, he needed to get there earlier for a meeting with Uncle Naomasa concerning what happened two days ago. Accordingly, leaving them alone to walk to school. Kacchan must have felt my anxiousness, for he kept stalling more than usual, buying treats from an early vendor and stopping to smell some flowers.
As If Kacchan ever willingly stops to smell flowers. So, of course he would figure out how his friend was trying to calm him down. It was nice, no police officer bothered them on their way like usual, but as they got there, his mood soured.
They saw more students as they got closer, and most of them noticed them by now. He would look down, and he was sure that Kacchan was glaring at everyone who would dare give them a glance.
"Hey, aren't those two from class 1-A that got attacked?"
He could already hear them talking.
"Are you ready for the music?" His blond friend asks, and he nods slowly. Just as they entered the building however, the were stopped by non-other than Hitoshi, who was chewing bubble gum by the door.
"For hero department students, you both sure are slow."
"What, you jealous, Neko junkie?" Kacchan goads him once more, just like always. Hitoshi snorts looking to the side.
"Says McXplody pants."
"For your information, my quirk comes from my hands, but I pride over my man hood as well."
"Truly? I thought it came from deep unsated insecurities."
"Why you-"
"Can you two please be civil with each other. Honestly, I never understand where this came from." He cuts in, knowing full well that his request will work for two days before they end up fighting again.
"McXplody pants might destroy your handles if he reigned in his temper for too long." Hitoshi jabbed as they walked up the elevator. Even with him looking to the front, he could tell that Kacchan's hands were twitching, ready to prove how right Hitoshi's words were.
"And how about you? Did you mind controlled another cat?"
"It is for the same reason I do not try to mind control you that I don't do as such with cats or other creatures." Hitoshi pauses, gives Kacchan a sympathetic look and boldly says.
"It's animal cruelty."
The moment the elevator closed its door, the alarm buzzed loudly as an explosion erupted inside, probably freaking out everyone outside as the elevator stopped mid-way.
He sighs. These two were hopeless.
It was no surprise really, that when they got out of the elevator – with the help of his quirk only – that they met up with an unamused Present Mic.
"Do you three realize the panic you just caused?" He demands from them, his usually happy nonchalant tone gone. Izuku looked down in shame as Hitoshi rubbed the back of his neck, his other hand in his pockets while looking to his side. Kacchan of course, grumbles.
Seeing that there was no point in reprimanding them, he gave Kacchan detention. When he exclaimed how 'bag eyes' was in on it too, Present Mic took out his pad from somewhere – how many pockets can you hide in tight leather jackets? – and showed a video feed of them in the elevator.
"His detention will be handed out to him by his homeroom teacher. Now, you two go to class, I need to talk to Midoriya-kun in private." They complied without causing any more scene. Izuku looked up in worry at his English teacher, before the man smiled tiredly and took his wheelchair's handle.
"Don't worry about missing out class, I'll get you there before it starts."
"Present Mic-sensei, w-why is it that you need to speak with me?"
"Don't be so timid my cute little student!" He said cheerfully in the familiar and emptying hallway. Some students sent a look their way before acting like they didn't once they realized that a teacher was accompanying him.
They ended up in the teacher's lounge, the teachers were obviously in class by now. Once the older man sat, he took a long breath before smiling at him.
"I wanted to thank you, Midoriya-kun."
"Huh?" Izuku did not understand what was going on. Why was Present Mic thanking him?
"When we took your statements, I figured out how everything went down. Everyone agreed that you came in swooping down with Aizawa-kun." He said, Izuku looks up at his teacher to see him take off his visors, a look of gratefulness was all he could see from him.
"You children might not realize it by now, but we teachers also value each other's lives, I more so towards Aizawa. To put it more bluntly, our relationship is akin to you and Bakugou-kun."
"W-What?"
"Silly, right? Your old boring teachers have friends." He said jokingly, acting in what he might have thought a hip manner. Will, surprisingly enough, Present Mic was hip for a guy in his thirties. Just not all the time. He gets overexcited when he talks about music, overwhelming anyone who was listening.
"I can see why Aizawa is fond of you." Izuku flushes from the compliment. "And I can also see the reason why All Might and sweet old Recovery girl get frustrated with you. I mean, really?"
This time, Izuku splutters.
"Now you're getting the whole staff putty in your fingers."
"I-I didn't mean too!" Izuku says embarrassed, but present mic shrugs.
"That's the whole charm, little dude." He said winking before standing up and walking to the door, Izuku following behind. "And now, they're all going to think you're like your father, a helpless little forest animal that needs help and protecting."
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…
"What?!"
0o0o0
Ten minutes after Katsuki came in, Izuku did. While the whole class were sitting in their chairs all laughing at the fact that Iida-kun was trying to get them there when he was the only one who wasn't seated, they all continued to abandon seat the moment their dark-haired friend came in … on a wheel chair.
It was obvious how over-whelmed he got by the way he was sputtering and trying to speak up unsuccessfully.
Ochaka decided to save him, shouts for everyone to calm down. Everyone's attention now averted to her, and Iida walking up next to her, she tried to think of the perfect way to phrase her question. Katsuki walked over behind Izuku looking ready to fight anyone if they upset him.
"Y-You need a wheelchair?" She finally asks, Izuku looks down, his hair hiding his face yet his ears betraying his emotions with how red they were.
"Y-Yes."
"You didn't tell us …" She said after a pulsed silence. Izuku slumped even further into his wheelchair.
"I … thought everyone will call me weak, and try to force me out of the hero course. I thought no one would want to be friends with me …"
"Deku-kun." She sighs, and kneels down in front of him, she held his hands and forces him to look at her.
"Do you know what was my first impression of Deku-kun?" She asks, he shook his head, causing her to smile.
"He's a hero." She said in confidence, that seems to have clicked something in her friend as he starts smiling.
"Really?"
"Totally!" Kirishima buts in, breaking the mood completely. Everyone sent him an annoyed look before he continues. "Dude, you totally pulverized that Nomu character. Then, you slapped the living hell out of the Shigaraki one. How many people can say that!"
The excitement must have done something to the others as Todoroki also spoke.
"You did kind of slapped them."
"Midoriya did create a whirlpool when we were surrounded by those thugs." Asui spoke, her finger was on her mouth as she looks up in remembrance.
"And you were like superman, flying back with everyone." Satou surprisingly spoke up.
"Well, I don't know about any of you, but I thought Yaoyorozu was awesome, she kept making weapons non-stop, that must have been exhausting. And Jirou was like, the second coming of Present Mic, only with less hype." Denki exclaimed, getting a hit to the shoulders by Jirou.
"Yeah, I guess you were awesome too." She admits dully, but Denki grins none the less.
"Class rep looked cool too, when he came in with the pros, you kinda looked like them." Hagakure surprised them with her soft voice, she seemed to be twiddling her fingers as well.
"You know, let's all agree that everyone acted like a hero that day? Now can we forget this sap and forgive Deku for not telling us the truth?" Katsuki spoke up, shutting up everyone. After a beat of silence, Izuku sighs in defeat.
"I understand if everyone hates me-"
"We forgive you." Yaoyorozo spoke, everyone turned to her.
"Be it as it may, we are a team now, our class. It was understandable why you didn't tell, you were probably bullied for your disability before coming here and decided to hide it. This must have been why you were in the recommendation list, the recommended students take a specialty test, but you probably felt like they were making an exception for you and decided to go do the normal test."
No one knew how close to the truth she was.
"As long as a secret like this doesn't come to harm anyone else, or themselves, we can always forgive each other."
"So cool Vice Pres," Seto said, clapping loudly with his smile attached to his face. "You're still the coolest headed out of all of us."
This garnered agreement in the class, she coughs, apparently enjoying the praise.
"So we all agree? No one will discriminate anyone in our class, only we can annoy each other, and if anyone tries to hurt us-" Yaoyorozo was cut off suddenly.
"Dazzle them with my looks to trip them." Aoyama announces, only to be cut off as well.
"We band together against them." Ashido yells.
"I'll tell all my rabbit friends to annoy them and eat their bento." Koudo said sheepishly. Someone squealed at the fact that someone has a rabbit in class, but she couldn't find out who it was as someone else spoke.
"We shall shroud them in an unescapable darkness." Tokoyami adds in.
"We can torch them?" Bakugou said in much more enthusiasm than what was considered healthy.
The vice representative sighs, already done with everyone's attitude.
"So, any more dark deep secret that would help to know in battle?" She finally asks, Ochaka did feel sorry for her. Iida raises up his hands as he speaks.
"My glasses are easily broken."
"Iida-kun, why not use contacts." She told him, but he shrugs.
"I like how I look with glasses." She chuckles at his reason.
"Well, I can only lift up to three tons … for now!" She yells in enthusiasm.
"Dark shadow is stronger at night, but I can't control him as easily." Tokoyami says.
They were surprised when Todoroki raises up his hands though, causing everyone to be silent as they look at him.
"I just needed some peace and quiet." He said, achieving it easily, but it only lasted for a few seconds.
"This idiot goes goof when he uses all his electricity in one go." Jirou says, laughing at Denki as she covers her mouth in mockery. He gave an indignant yell.
"You electric and fire types are so easy to trigger."
"Hey?! Why did you lump me with this dead beat!" Katsuki yells at her, Denki seemingly joining in the rage.
"My quirk only gives me a tail, so I really got in with my martial arts skills." Ojiro pipes in, ignoring the escalating fight happening between those three.
"Wow, really? That's so cool, against so many flashy quirks too!" Izuku finally spoke up, something bright entered his eyes as he did. Ojiro smiles proudly, nodding.
Ochaka sighs in relief, the sobering suffocating mood of the class has finally disappeared as everyone starts talking about their quirk.
She was pushed away though by their red headed classmate, asking Izuku something.
"When Cementos kicked us out, he said something about your dad. Does your dad work with heroes or something?" That freaked both her and Izuku at the same time. Her for the simple fact that she knew the truth about Deku's dad, and didn't know an easy way to help him.
Deku must be freaking for the same reason as well, but they were both saved by Iida.
"His father is a teacher here in Yueei."
"Cool, that means your dad's a pro hero, right? Why didn't we see him?" Kirishima asks, Izuku gulps.
"I-I mean, you can't know a teacher's name unless it's your homeroom teacher, that's Yueei's rules, right? So he might have actually taught us without knowing, or we didn't have any classes with him yet, next semester or year." She buts in, Izuku looks very relieved at her intervention. Kirishima thought it over for a moment and nods in agreement.
"You're probably right. Man, it must be so cool having a pro hero for a dad and a detective uncle. Getting all the inside hero news so easily, no wonder you know everything about every hero." He compliments him, making Izuku blush.
"Mom doesn't let us talk about his work, so not really. And Uncle Naomasa's too busy these days to come and tell us about what's happening, he's probably going to get a team soon as well …" Izuku mumbles in worry.
The door opened with a loud thud, making everyone jump in surprise.
At the door, stood a man wrapped entirely in bandages. But the only distinct feature that could tell them of who he were his red dry eyes peeking out at them with annoyance.
"Disappointing, none of you moved to your seats yet."
"Aizawa-sensei!" Everyone shouts.
AN:
This simple author has been procrastinating everything they need to do. d(￣▽￣o)
I'll be honest, this fic might update every two/three weeks from now on. We all know this by now, everyone gets busy at this point of the semester. I also do volunteering work and I am a part of an event (Kind of, I'm one of the artists and kind of – somehow, don't how honestly – made up all the contests), added with college, it's getting harder to update every week.
Please understand and forgive me.
On the other hand: The new season looks awesome! ≧ω≦ Everyone's motion looked so smooth and expressive, I think I fell in love with this anime again.