It's currently 11 PM when I'm finishing this chapter and I can't sleep hahaha, this time I'm including all the reviews from chapter 15 since there seems to be a lot of questions :)
Harleking31 chapter 15
So, new reader. Long story short, I devoured your chapters in one sitting.
I can only say once thing.
MORE! GIVE ME MORE!
Also minor errors here and there, but nobody is perfect. Plus everybody is apparently telling you the same, I didn't want to bang my head against the same wall as the others.
Also also, I hope your anxiety is getting better.
I think that's all. See you next time!
Talk about being angry, I'm probably sure you thanked yod when you finally found the story with the elements you were looking for ^^ kinda hard when it's filled up with Fem!IzukuXKatsuki at the moment hahaha (NO OFFENCE TO ANY OF THE WRITTERS WHO MIGHT FEEL CONCERNED OR OFFENDED BY THIS YOU ARE ALL GREAT GREAT GREAT !)
ImGolden chapter 15
I'm beginning to wonder how Stain will fit in and what his views on izuku are
I haven't thinked about this yet sorry :/
ImGolden chapter 15
This story touches a lot on discrimination of the quirkless, in ways that I haven't seen in the anime(only watched up to the end of season 3). While I'm pretty sure cenentoss would stop the fight between katsuki and ochaco, the situation it put izuku in was fantastic writing on your part as well as the consequence in the letter. I hope you update soon, I'm on the edge of my seat!
I was frustrated honestly, when I saw Cementos stop the fight between Izuku and Shoto in the anime I knew it was just some sort of excuse to say "oh look he stopped the fight before Izuku got hurt so he lost"
Of course Izuku couldn't win technically and this build up more character but ... it just felt stupid, now from my point of view Celentos is responsible for making Izuku lose when Shoto would have been blasted away by One for All, in fact Izuku would have probably been fine as the ice would have absorbed more energy.
NotYetAnAuthor chapter 15
this is GREAT. i really want Izuku to go up to Nezu and just show him his quirk and then force him into going back into one of the heroes classes.
No :)
zharshoul chapter 15
I could actually see them doing this in cannon. They are absolutely lawful neutral in the MHA and do not care about "good" and "evil" as we know it, only about law and order.
YES !
zombiekins5948 chapter 15
Sue this fucking school. Go to the other one. I hope izuku get revenge
He will.
ProjectIceman chapter 15
"I can feel your anger. It gives you focus. It makes you stronger."
"Do it." XDD
But seriously, it does feel like Izuku is turning out like Anakin. And the fact that AfO looks like Darth Vader is not lost on me lol
I support an anti-hero role if Izuku goes that route. The agenda most of these heroes are throwing is disgusting to me.
Palpatine being Present Mic
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(CRINGEEEEEEE)
LewtonSpoons chapter 15
Love this story so far if you could kindly post the next chapter now so I don't have to wait I'd appreciate it
if I was eventually paid to writte perhaps I would :) but I don't want nor need to so you will have to wait about a week or more ^^
NyaNyaKittyFace chapter 15
Ok this chapter gave us a DEEP look into the darker side of hero society and the mentality of it. I'm honestly surprised. I did not think that things would go this way. I wish we could have seen the conversation Nezu had with the other hero's in regards to how to handle Izuku. I'm betting many were pushing for a harsher punishment with this was as far as Nezu was willing to allow. I'm also curious as to how much of Endeavor's influence was involved? I REALLY want to know what All Might thoughts of the situation.
Though why DIDN'T Midnight nor Cementos stop the fight? You'd think that as teachers they'd know about Bakugou's temper and attitude. This is a fight being broadcast to all of Japan Mx yet they just let a teenage brutally beat someone in front of thousands!
OH! And then there was the fact that Aizawa erased Izuku's quirk. I doubt he can sense when he succeeds or fails, but that does bring up the question was he aiming at Izuku or did he mean to erase Bakugou's? If Izuku then why?
I love that all the other students quit the tournament. It's a good way of saying they won't stand for society's bullshit anymore.
It was SO SATISFYING to see Bakugou get the SHIT STOMPED out of him in that...I wouldn't call it a fight...beating(?)...massacre implies a form of resistance. Slaughter. It was a slaughter. A WELL DESERVED one. Not I'm not saying Izuku should have killed him. Despite how much I absolutely loath him, I don't think Bakugou deserves to die. Endeavor in the other hand, I'd CHEER if someone spills his blood.
I am worried about Izuku's mental state though. He would have killed Bakugou if he had t snapped out of it.
Is Izuku the only one suspended out is Bakugou being punished as well? I can't imagine Recovery Girl not pushing for it, Norma only that I'd be surprised if she didn't inform Nezu of what Bakugou did before the match. I can't see Nezu choosing not to deliver his own punishment.
Oh also the internships will be happening soon. Will Izuku he excluded from that? If so, I wonder how he'll be there to save Ida.
Wow this is long an I didn't even go over everything I wanted to say!
It's alright, It's okay, it's alright, it's okay~
You're not a demon, there's a reason~
You behaved in that way~
It's alright, it's okay, it's alright, it's okay~
And I believe, yes I believe that you will see a better day~
It's alright~
Ooh, it's okay~
Ooh, it's alright~
Ooh~
-"It's Alright" by Mother Mother
Oh ! Now that you mention it ! I was looking for the term "internship" EVERYWHERE ! But I couldn't manage to find it, so it has been replaced by what I could find on the wiki being "Work-Place training" or something similar, it was weird.
Katsuki will get a punishment later, and so will the other students but for now the staff has to deal with the outside world.
Also they didn't stop the fight because Katsuki has a secret quirk called "I'm a villain-herotobewhichwaspreviouslyabullyofthemaincharacter" which renders anyone near him unable to act when he is being violent to someone ... excepted the main character of course (cringe intensifies)
Shout out to RushAlias for providing me about 1500 words of interview between one of his OC and a bunch of pro heroes !
Scarease chapter 15
Why is he getting punished for defending Gravit girl ?I would thought ones getting punished would have been the referees for not stepping into fight that was getting to violent .
As Nezu I would look at Cemento and Midnight with anger nor actions not of hero ,teacher or a moral referee .You have shamed the school and yourselves with such actions .2 more acts like that or mess ups and you will be fired or ableist suspended to reflect on your actions .
Check above ^^
StickyFingaz chapter 15
This is amazing, I'm really looking forward to the next chapter... I'm still a lil confused about why Midoriya doesn't have a minor quirk that can't be detected, just in case yk? Still the plots amazing and i can't wait for more
All for One is already undetectable ... what else do you want ?
Fallout-Man101 chapter 15
Something tells me AFO and Inko are going to flip when they learn about Izuku's suspension from U.A. I personally am hoping for a scene where Inko goes and demands a reason as to why Izuku deserves suspension while Katsuki gets of scott free or maybe AFO giving Midnight a phone call as Izuku's 'father'. (after all she probably wouldn't have ever heard his voice and wouldn't recognize him)
Otherwise the chapter has been good and I am glad Izuku is slowly starting to accept his quirk and I am glad he is using them for the right reasons. I am seriously wanting to see the faculty meet next chapter to get their reasoning for the suspension as they aren't idiots (at least not all of them) and I am genuinely wondering why they have went along with this as I don't see them protecting Katsuki's behavior under normal circumstances.
Maybe they see Izuku's lack of a quirk as a liability that will get him killed and are trying to dissuade him to protect him from getting hurt? or maybe It's that Midnight's desperately trying to salvage her dignity by throwing the quirkless kid under the bus to avoid criticism that she should have stepped in sooner, who knows?
The grammer of the chapter has indeed improved from the last one although their are still spots here and there forgive me if I seemed stuck up about the last chapter I didn't mean to seem that way my only interest as a commenter has been to support you and help you improve.
It's okay ^^ you just broke my pride.
MorningGale chapter 1
I love a story that makes you want the good guy to turn bad, and be almost completely justified in doing so. Struggling to not be bad in a world that's trying to make you the villain.
Aren't we all like that ?
Necrogod chapter 15
Thanks for the chapter!
No u.
OnThotPatrol chapter 15
interesting hes moving to a different class
It hasn't happened yet !
Legomasterlord chapter 15
Me when Izuku saves Ochaco from Katsu-dick: FUCK YEAH! IZUKU IS DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!
Me when Midnight is being a bitch to Izuku and removed him from the last event: FUCK YOU MIDNIGHT! He did something right!
Izuku from my story: I can justify that. I would do the same if I were in his place, though Inwould probably get him off of her, maybe give her a Quirk before anyone could see my interference.
Me when Izuku gets his letter from UA: ...
Izuku from my story: Um... Boss?
Me: I'm about to lose my top.
Izuku: Boss, just take a deep breath, and then go to the Dream Chamber and do what you think is fit.
Me: Thanks Izuku. I'm probably about to make about 100 realities, all of which Bakugo dies in by either me, Izuku, or Ochaco. I'm pissed at UA and I think I might explode soon. :)
Izuku: Fuc-
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
Shallot: Haha, he's pissed!
I always love to get your reviews, it helps me to see what reaction most of my readers get ^^
Mr ChubbySnorlax619 chapter 15
Man, they are just pushing Izuku. I can not wait when he really shows his true power. Ultimately whatever path Izuku chooses I know he'll be justified in doing. Whether it's a hero, villain or something in between. Can't wait for more, keep up the great work.
Izuku will be using All for One sooner than you think :) spoiler ahead at the end of this chapter.
JohnnyHandsome chapter 15
Izuku slowly realizing the hero world isn't what he thinks it is, Building up to the point where Izuku is going to be a Anti-Hero is going to be exciting
Calm down my friend ! You don't become a anti hero just like that.
One for Inspiration chapter 15
Wow talk about a let down at the end. From what I gathered when izuku made his speech at the beginning he thought every pro hero took it all to heart. Now all but two of the UA staff are going to support him. Even then their power base is shrinking. The principal and Recovery Girl.
Could be worse.
Nagisa Tr chapter 15
Why doesnt he follow in his fathers footsteps.
It would be so easy to annihilate everyone with the 9th generation overpowered quirks he can steal.
All Might or even Mirio with one for all couldnt stop him.
he would just need Overhaul and eris quirks to end them both.
It hasn't been genetically proved ! (Yet)
zukuzuki chapter 15
comme tu est français je préfère parler fr bref:Trés bon chapitre mais ne soit pas biase dans te ecrit psk meme si ces un AU et que les perso sont OOC ne transforme pas la fic en un "tout le monde le deteste sans raison" montre les raison pourquoi tant de haine envers les Quirkless parce que sinon on pourra resume ta fic en 4 mots "Society bad,Izuku good" tu peut utiliser la théorie "Quirk Singularity" pour explique leur haine par exemple brf TRES BON CHAPITRE MAIS NE SOIT PAS BIAISÉ
Tkt je suis pas "biaisé" ^^ juste frustré et apeuré pour X et X raisons mais tout va bien je me laisse aller :)
LitchKing chapter 15
I call bullshit. It should be Katsuki who recieves that letter, not Izuku
Hold by beer.
Anon chapter 15
Incredible! So many writers in this fandom follow the same song and dance plot line when it comes to stuff like the sports festival, but you completely and utterly mangled it with zero hesitation! Izuku taking initiative, finally no longer content to just take it (for better or worse) is incredibly gratifying, and despite him being so strong now you're still creating these intense stakes of Izuku's bleeding heart (and those that it inspires) conflicting with the institution of heroism (and the monsters they make). I've got no clue where this is gunna go and I mean that in the best way possible.
I don't have any either, I mostly writte what's coming up into my mind and what I would REALLY want to see as some sort of experiment.
RushAlias chapter 15
damn. This is like Peter Parker levels of bad luck. Oh yeah. Flare and Gregar are gonna definitely have fun brutalizing several of them because of this.
I expected as much. The quirks weren't out right visible and while we didn't get a grand finale for the tournament this technically counts as one so I'm all game.
I'm curious as to how the hero killer arc might go because due to how the plot looks I can assume Izuku might agree with Stain's ideals to an extent now but he may still be opposed to killing.
At the very least the idea of using All for One as a substitute for killing might actually be better. If he strips them of there power then they lose their ability to be a hero without technically being maimed or killed.
Stain gets rid of false heroes while Izuku starts to build up his quirk supply. However the long term effect is that as the heroes fall then the villains rise, in which case Izuku might also need to strip away there powers as well...at least the more dangerous villains. Gentle Criminal might get a pass but some others like Muscular should definitely be de quirked
Yup, I'm not sure yet how the whole hero killer arc is going to get introduced so I'm delaying the schedule by dealing with (spoiler) first hahaha.
"I admit I really hoped you would beat him up during the festival but I guess it was way more satisfying than being restricted to simply pushing him out of bounds"
"Y-yeah I guess ... S-Sensei what happened in the end ? Nobody told me how the festival really ended "
"I admit even I lost track of the situation, I understood that some contestants weren't present and that half of the fights had been cancelled, at this point Bakugo should have been the winner but he only fought once and let's just say that the result of his only fight was unclear"
"I don't understand ... Ochaco los-" on second thought she didn't, Katsuki didn't bring her out of bounds and neither did Ochaco, Izuku clearly interrupted the fight "oh ... that's why, I'm in serious trouble"
"... I could always help" Offered All for One.
"H-help ? But how ?"
"Well if you really are in trouble with the school I could always have a small "discussion" with the director ... yes, I will offer my help to your mother-"
"W-WAI-WAIT IT'S FINE ! I-I mean, surely I can do this on my own !" Sensei laughed out loud.
"Don't worry I won't kill anyone ... tell me Izuku, your father is working overseas right ?"
"...yes ?"
"And he never called you or your mother since you were young"
"... yes"
"That's the perfect cover then ! If U.A. ever ask for a "legal" representative I can be your"
Izuku stared blankly at All for One "Y-you ... Sensei I-" he sighed "Why do you have to be so akward ?"
"Akward ? I'm very serious, I do not want to say anything bad about your mother but I'm almost certain she has never participated to a parent teatcher meeting or any kind of similar event" All for One didn't need to ask if this was true or not, he felt Izuku's blood pressure changing for a second.
"... Fine, you will have to deal with my mother but you can be my "fake" dad if you want"
"Much pleased"
Izuku and All for One reached the household around 8 PM, Inko wasn't furious nor scared but she was still slightly frustrated, still Izuku earned a hug for his performance and for being him.
As soon as he entered he smelled the katsudon, judging by how strong to odour was her mother had finished to cook about twenty minutes ago and the table was all ready for them.
They spent their time discussing about what happened during the festival and making fun of some pros, mostly about their costume or a catchphrase. Of course Izuku and All for One avoided at all cost the subject of Katsuki, in fact none of them knew that Inko had already been contacted by Mitsuki after she learnt that her son was retrieved in the middle of nowhere by an ambulance, apparently a "villain" savagely attacked him.
Inko didn't really care about Katsuki, however Mitsuki was still hurt so the situation was different. It was Katsuki's fault after all, Inko had discovered what truly happened when she saw Izuku coming back, he probably didn't get all this dust on his regular clothes during the sport festival.
"-And then he would scream Excelsior ! This man was a true wizard in his time-"
Someone knocked at the door interrupting All for One, everyone at the table exchanged glances before Izuku decided to stand up and walk at the door.
When he opened no one was here but a letter had been dropped on the ground, there was U.A.'s seal on it and something solid inside ... another hologram ?
Izuku went back in the kitchen and placed the letter at the center of the table.
"... You aren't opening it ? I mean, we could leave it here and say that we never found it" proposed Inko trying to defuse the situation.
"I just picked it up and whoever dropped it must have been watching "
"Well, then open it"
Izuku opened the letter, just like the first one U.A. had used some sort of super glue, he tried to avoid completely breaking it but the hologram projector inside dropped on the table and switched on.
Unlike the first one there was no hologram, simply the voice of the principal himself speaking.
"Izuku Midoriya, after the recent incident during the sport festival, you will be suspended for the next two weeks, you won't be attending classes and there is no need to recover your delay as there is an hight probability that you will be switching classes" Izuku didn't expect this when he opened the letter.
...
"I'm going to murder someone" started All for One.
"Wait it's not finished listen" indeed the projector was still playing audio.
"I insisted with other members of the staff to give you a fair trial, what I said before isn't really confirmed, but you are definitely suspended at the moment. When it comes to switching classes I can't do anything, the teatchers have to decided together. You will have to go to U.A. in a week at 7 PM, we will be holding a disciplinary council, until I remind you that you do not have the right ro be present at U.A., you are not allowed to wear the uniform and not allowed to follow any classes even via the help of another student ... As a principal I am restrained but as a friend if I may say I want to let you know that what you did wasn't wrong from my point of view"
The message ended here.
"I'm ... I'm not expelled that's a good point right ?"
Both Inko and All for One didn't react "'Izuku, sweet hearth ... it's- ... it's bad, very bad ... This isn't going to end up on a good way and even if you can stay at U.A. AND stay in the hero course this will be on your profile and ... and-" Inko started sobbing.
All for One raised his head and after a moment he completed her "No agency will recruit you, the government, the medias ... it's like being marked for life"
"Oh ... what should I do ? I can't reject the fault on Katsuki"
"No no, it will just make things worse, at this point you can only let things happen ... unless ... you are still minor, a relative from your family has to be present in a way or another during this "council" I could help"
"You just said "present" and it's not like you can just step inside U.A."
"I have a "tool" as some police officers may say"
"... a tool ?"
All for One sighed "A phone if you prefer ... I regret being old"
Inko and Izuku were staring at their guest, Inko was utterly confused and Izuku considered simply bringing his mother and do something normally for once.
Around the same time, Nedzu's office
"They can't do that !" Toshinori in his skeleton form stood up in front of Nedzu lost in his thoughts.
"But they have all the rights to do so, and they intend to win this "trial" ... the medias didn't go easy on them, Midnight and Cementos are invited to a talk show in a few days. I told them to deny of course but they replied- well Midnight replied that "As professional and hight ranked heroes" they know prefer how to deal with their image"
"That's stupid, even I have a few managers to keep an eye out for this side of the job ... what about Aizawa ?"
"He will be here soon, I called him"
"I asked if he-"
"He wanted to expel the boy on his first day, he didn't even want to let him go during the entrance exam ... I just want to be clear with him, if Aizawa is going to be present at the council then-"
The door swung open revealing Aizawa still wearing his goggles "Sorry I'm late, something happened near the school and I was called to scout, I had to get information before coming here"
"What happened ? It wasn't a villain attack or else the medias would already be present" deduced Toshinori.
"A student was attacked"
Nedzu raised his head and looked at Aizawa "Who ? Not Izuku right ?"
"I thought it would be him too but no, it was Katsuki Bakugo"
"Katsuki ?!" They both asked surprised.
"Is he alright ?" Asked All Might.
"He was brought to the closest hospital, he is unconscious for now but he is "fine" it could have been worse, apparently whoever attacked him didn't plan to kill him, if I'm correct he was ambushed in a park and he tried to defend himself, there is a lot of damage mostly explosions he probably used his quirk"
Nedzu crossed his arms "the medias must not know anything about this, we don't need to start a social war ... make sure Katsuki doesn't yell too much about it when he wakes up, Toshinori, you should call your friend Naomasa"
"On it" All Might was already texting.
"Anyway ... did you find the villain ?"
"For some reason no, believe it or not but this one place in the city is a dead angle"
"No CCTV ? No one passing by ?"
"Half of the shops are closed and I wonder if the trash are picked up at least once a month ... it's not even close from his house why would he go here ? It just doesn't make sense at this point and I do not want to spend my nights seeking deeper into this mess. Forget it, what about Midoriya ?"
"The others didn't tell you anything ?"
"I left at the same time most pros did, I tried to catch some of my students for a severe correction but they all left before I could do anything"
"I guess you do not consider that what Midoriya did was-"
"No he was right, technically, but my job is to keep my student out of troubles, so if they get caught I'm the one supposed to make sure that they do not try again" Aizawa fell into the sofa as if he just had a really long day behind him.
"Izuku might be expelled if you can't convince your colleagues" Nedzu made Aizawa stand straight up.
"... Really ?"
One day later, SAKURA TV's studios
"Good Morning World and welcome to everyone's 5th favourite hero talk show. I'm your hostess Flare Dragun and joining us today are two of the teachers of U.A. the most prestigious hero academy in the world...depending on who you ask. Well without further let's welcome the 18+ heroine, Midnight and the man who any construction company would want, Cementoss." There was a mixture of applause and boos from the live studio audience as the two heroes were introduced but either Flare didn't notice or didn't care. Midnight and Cementoss however frowned briefly before plastering a fake smile on their faces.
"Thank you so much for having us Ms. Dragun." Midnight answered.
"Please call me Flare. Dragun is much to formal especially for this." The hostess answered.
"So anyway...let's get into the meat and potatoes of this." She told them. "The U.A. sports festival tell me about it." She asked them.
"Um well what exactly do you want to know?" Cementoss asked.
"Well what are your thoughts on the whole shebang." Flare told them.
"Well it went by very well for the first 2 events but coming down to the end we had a few 'hiccups' during the mini tournament." Midnight answered.
"I know I was a little disappointed too but I will admit it was nice to see that U.A. has so many promising young heroes." Flare added.
"Well we except only the best." Cementoss added.
"I know I mean the quirkless underdog was the talk everywhere. I'll tell you right now he's definitely gonna be a fan favourite when the time comes." Flare told them. She could see the quick change in the expressions on their faces. Smirking she decided to add some more fuel to the fire just to see how big a blade she could get.
"Ah yes Izuku Midoriya. The boy with no quirk who overcame all odds and made it into U.A. and then went 'Plus Ultra' and dominated the sports festival for the most part. I'll tell you right now there are many people out there right now who are outright inspired by him for over coming all the odds and not just the quirkless but also the ones without any flashy quirk." She told them, "it was unfortunate though that he got disqualified, but I suppose that is to be expected, can't have heroes who break the rules running around so I'll admit, it was necessary that he be disciplined right there for his actions."
"I'm glad that you agree with our..." "I wasn't finished." She interrupted the heroes, her tone losing the friendly edge it previously had.
"Izuku Midoriya was able to make it on to the field and interrupt a rather brutal fight between two of it students Ochaco Uraraka and Katsuki Bakugo. Right after he interrupted the fight he was in cases in several pillars of concrete by Mr. Cementoss here in less than 10 seconds. Now I know that U.A. does things a little differently compared to other schools and the students especially those in class 1-A are exceptional individuals but I went to several professional doctors and they themselves claimed that if Izuku didn't stop the fight then Ochaco Uraraka would have suffered injuries that would have been permanently damaging to her. So tell me why did neither of you stop the fight before it escalated to that extreme. Why did a young boy have to do it when the pros couldn't? Are you trying the simulate the dangers of hero work by allowing them to suffer the same brutal beatings you all take? Or were you under the impression that her injuries were not so severe, in that case shouldn't you all be more medically trained so you could assess those situations more accurately." Flare inquired. All eyes were focused on the two heroes who struggling to find a plausible a response. Flare herself wanted to see how they got out of this one. She knew better than anyone how influential the media was but she was no fool, she was well aware of how heroes needed to save face and could lie, exaggerate and omit details.
"I have no idea who's professional opinion you got but I assure that our own medical staff assured us that the damage was not so severe." Lies. The professional the hostess had talked to was Recovery girl herself. Nezu ever the sly chimera had specifically booked the heroes for her to put through the wringer.
"Very well, I'll trust that given how top notch U.A. is that the staff can assess and handle those types if injuries." Flare responded.
"On the next question. What about Katsuki Bakugo? What do you have to say about his actions?" She asked... "I heard that he was attacked by a villain yesterday. It's a real shame but I suppose it's to be expected." Flare answered unapologetically.
"Excuse me." Hook
"Our student was attacked by a villain just yesterday." Line
"How can you say something so insensitive." And Sinker.
"Pardon my rudeness but that wasn't insensitivity." Flare told them." You're student almost brutalized a young girl who is also a student. Even if you say that it's to help show them just how brutal the world of heroics really is...there are individuals who would think his actions to be more villainous than heroic." Flare answered. "Why the whole idea of the tournament could be seen as a villainous exercise than a heroic one. Heroes should only use their powers when absolutely necessary and must he held accountable as such for each and every injury. A tournament to demonstrate that should be structured around the idea of only incapacitating the opponent or getting then out of bounds and should penalize them for every injury they cause there opponent. No doubt he had a firm grasp of his powers as he so clearly demonstrated." The girl singled to one of her colleague who brough up a clip from the fight. "That kid was not fighting to throw her out of bounds he was fighting to hurt her and you two just stood by and did nothing." She told them.
"And you know what...that might very well be the reason he got attacked." She told them as she made another signal. The image of the hero killer appeared onscreen. "I'm sure you know who this is or at the very least have an idea. But for those who don't this is the Hero killer Stain." She told them. "Stain is a serial killer who has been targeting heroes who aren't exactly the ideal kind. The ones who he deems are false heroes or pretenders. Some wound up dead, some injured. We've interviewed some of the survivors to try and figure out what his idea on an ideal is...that kid doesn't fit it." She told them. "On top of that...Stain has developed a following of sorts, so while Stain himself may not have targeted the kid then maybe someone who follows his ideals did in which case they decided to teach the kid a lesson...or at least that's my theory." She told them as she rocked back in her seat. And checkmate.
Midnight was about to respond when the director told them to wrap it up. Flare didn't even take notice of the heroes she quickly gave the viewers her closing remarks.
"One last thing. A wise man once said that the greatest hero stories all start when there legs just move on their own. When saving somebody is just a basic instinct. I think that wise man was right." She didn't know if Izuku was watching but she'd hope if he did that the little quote would make him feel better especially if the info she got from her sources were true.
When the director motioned that the camera were off, Flare prepared herself for the fury of the heroes right next to her. It was as expected. Midnight and Cementoss were furious and often criticized her own work and position. She'd heard all before. "The press interfering in the matter where they shouldn't be and only cause trouble for the heroes." Same story different delivery every time.
"Are you done?" Flare asked the heroes with a bored expression. She knew very well what the assumptions they made on her were but she didn't care. She would meddle either way after all that's what heroes do.
"You know a lot of the times heroes often say that the press is just looming for the next biggest scoop." The hostess told them. "And I'll admit most of us are..but I'm aiming for something a little bigger than just the next scoop. I'm aiming to ensure that the criminals pay." She told them.
"If really care so much then you should let us do our jobs." The heroine told her. Flare merely chuckled a bit.
"Let me rephrase that. I'm interest in making the 'white collared' criminals pay." She told them. "The criminals who ruin people's lives through...legal means. The world who hide amongst the sheep, the demons who look like Angels...and the villains who hide behind the mask of heroes." She articulate the last part very clearly.
"I'm gonna interview the parents of some of the children later." She told, no warned them. " I'm curious as to what I may hear from them." She told them.
"Are you threatening us?" Cementoss growled.
"Threat...why would I do that. I need to verify what the parents think of the whole situation so I can ensure the parents of future students whether they apply to U.A. or not. A lot of people are asking because now there worried for there own children and whether they should send them to U.A. or send them elsewhere. Most of them seem to only stay because All might and Best Jeanist went there and All might is also teaching but eventually those parents faith will wane and then not even All might will be able to save you."
Izuku had been asked by both Inko and All for One to avoid getting out and to avoid watching the TV or check any kind of social network.
First because he might encounter a journalist or someone else who asks too much questions and second because it might drag down his moral.
So at the moment he was stuck in his room, Ochaco tried to call him but he didn't answer, Nedzu had been clear, he couldn't have any contact with his classmates as long as it was related to the sport festival of the hero course.
The missed calls didn't help, Ochaco texted ... A LOT.
"I heard about what happened at the sport festival, I'm fine thanks to you, are you alright ?"
No response
"According to Kirishima Katsuki was attacked yesterday ! That's terrible. When are you coming today ? Are you late ? Should I tell Aizawa ?"
No response ... izuku didn't understand how she could still have any pity for this guy.
"Aizawa told us why you weren't present today, I'm so sorry, I understand now why you aren't responding, but I'm sure you read everything anyway, we are all with you"
Everyone excepted Katsuki of course, Izuku didn't know what happened to him, he didn't dare ask Ochaco of course, he wasn't supposed to know Katsuki had been attacked after all ... at least until she told him.
Still he was tempted ... he just had one question ... one question wouldn't hurt right ? So he typed.
Ochaco was stuck on her phone, she was bored, Izuku wasn't answering and all her classmates didn't have to mood to do anything after Aizawa informed them of the events following the sport festival.
Suddendly her phone vibrated, she just received a message from Izuku.
He was asking "What exactly did Aizawa told you ?"
She immediately started answering, she remembered evrything ...
Two days ago
Ochaco had been waiting for Izuku until Aizawa showed up, Izuku had never been late since the first day of the year, and he wasn't answering either, something was wrong.
"Alright, first as you can see I do not have bandages anymore, this doesn't mean I am healed and you can overstep your boundaries a bit more than before ... second we have the results of the sport festival, right when it was finished we received offers from various pro heroes"
He took out a remote from a drawer and pressed a button, a screen appeared, it was displaying the names of various students in the class along with a number next to them.
"This numbers represent the amount of offers each of you received" Momo raised her hand "Yes ?"
"Sensei, I do not understand, what are this offers ?"
"Oh ... well for the next few weeks you will be getting "work-place experiences" after the sport festival pro heroes and agency owners spot the most talented and offer them a chance to be on the field. If you do not see your name on the board then do not worry, I have plenty of offers to give you all"
Katsuki was at the top with 1437 offers, Shoto was right behind but with only 1289, Ochaco heard him mumbling something about his father, he didn't look happy.
Ochaco had only 345 but it was already a lot, only Katsuki and Shoto really came out of the pot ... but Izuku wasn't even on the list, she was about to ask for him when someone else interrupted Aizawa.
"Sir, are those results proportional to our position in the sport festival ?" Asked Denki unsure.
"I admit it's a but different compared to last year. I shall remind you all that most of you didn't even fight during the last event and contributed to it's cancellation" He glared at some student, he would have liked to punish them but Nedzu wouldn't appreciate "In fact you asked this at the right time, I just remembered" of course he didn't forget "I have another announcement to make. For the next week Izuku Midoriya won't be present"
As Aizawa finished his sentence he was already shutting off the screen and taking out a bunch of paper sheets.
"W-wait why ?" As a class president Momo needed to know why, obviously Izuku wasn't seek, what kind of teatcher would casually tell a whole class that one of their comrade won't be present for the next week ?
"He is suspended, today we will be-"
"WHAT ?" Yelled the whole class earning a sigh from Aizawa.
"As if it wasn't obvious, can we get back to our program now ?"
"Sensei you cannot just tell us Izuku is suspended without explaining why !" Protested Kirishima.
"He interrupted a fight and attacked one of the contestant are we done ?" Obviously no one would let him work until he clearly give an answer "Fine ... I'm not giving names but various teatchers started a disciplinary council in order to suspend Izuku and have him moved into general education, so until then he is not allowed to be present and he won't receive any offer either"
"That's unf-"
"We aren't here to discuss whether or not it's fair, if you have something to say go tell the principal I do not want to be held responsible"
Present time
She only learnt about Katsuki later that day when his mother contacted Kirishima so he could help Katsuki to recover from his absence. Ochaco sent the whole explanation to Izuku, after a minute he was typing again.
"I'm sorry, the principal told me I wasn't allowed to communicate with other students to follow what happen during classes, I won't be answering until the council is passed but you can still text to me I read everything ^^"
Ochaco chuckled, the smiley at the end was simply too cute.
"Great ! I'm sure Aizawa sensei was just trying to look neutral but that in reality he is supporting you, perhaps he didn't wanted to talk about this right now. I don't know how you feel about Katsuki, honestly I would say he deserves what happened to him."
Izuku smiled lightly, if some entity was tempting him to enjoy Katsuki's pain then he was definitely weak willed to resist ... he didn't care that much. He wasn't naturally a bad person so he guess it was okay, according to Sensei ghost exist ... weird.
Anyway ... he won't get any offer ? And by the time the council is done it's not like Aizawa will give him any ... great, he will spend two weeks without doing anything if he even manages to stay in the heroic course.
Ariumu hospital
Naomasa had been called by Aizawa the last night, he was supposed to interrogate one of All Might's student, also the symbol of peace was supposed to come along to "ease" the discussion.
Toshinori was already waiting in front of the door, he could hear people yelling inside.
"What's happening ?" He immediately asked as he approached from the door.
"Mother-Son discussion ... about food ? In fact they keep changing subject and putting the blame on the other"
"Please tell me he isn't ways like this"
All Might sighed "That's his temper ... any news ?"
"Aizawa was right, the park has been cleaned but at least five years prior to this event however I do not know if this is linked to our case, it wouldn't make any sense-"
The door swung open, Naomasa barely dodged it.
"Oh I'm so sorry sir, are you alright ?"
"Y-yes, thank you, I am detective Naomasa" he showed up his badge "I need to speak with your son in order to find who did this to him"
"Oh, of course, I'll be right back I have to find some coffin or else I'm about to have a mental breakdown" Mitsuki went downstairs leaving All Might and Naomasa.
They entered the room, Katsuki was awake and he didn't seem to be exhausted or weakened despite the massive bandage over his face, Toshinori couldn't tell if it was inflicted by Izuku or the villain.
"Good morning Katsuki, I am detective Naomasa, and this is Toshinori Yagi, he is a representative for U.A. I have a few questions to ask you"
Katsuki mumbled something they couldn't hear "Make it quick" he just answered.
The detective and All Might grabbed a pair of chair and sat in front of Katsuki's bed, Naomasa took out a pencil and a notebook just in case.
"Fine, first I would like to know what you were doing in this park at such an hour, your house is pretty far away from this place"
"Why do you want to know that ? It's not your fricking business"
"You will have to collaborate with us, we have to find out who attacked you"
"It was this f***ing Deku !" Katsuki yelled back tapping his fist against the hospital bed.
"Deku ?" Naomasa stared at Toshinori who seemed confused.
"Deku deku m.. oh yes ! But-but it's ... Midoryia ?" All Might looked at Naomasa, expecting to know if Katsuki was lying or not but the detective was now taping his pencil against his notebook.
"You are saying that one of your classmates attacked you in the middle of the night ?" Naomasa knew who was Izuku Midoriya, he had been watching the sport festival with some of his colleagues as if it was some sort of national event so he witnessed the incident.
"I JUST TOLD YOU IT WAS HIM !" Katsuki seemed out of breath.
The detective stood up and gestured for Toshinori to do the same "We will stop here, sorry for disturbing you" he quickly left the room it seemed like the boy wanted to say something else but anything could anger him so Naomasa didn't want to push this interrogation further.
"So ? It can't be true right ?" All might asked impatiently.
"My quirk tells me he is lying clearly, but not everything is false" in fact Naomasa's quirk didn't "talk" but with all those years he ended up conceiving about four different kind of reactions.
Truth, Lie, Half truth/lie and finally Convinced.
He couldn't tell whether or not Katsuki was convinced, usually the feelings is distinguishable despite how close it is, it's like drinking water from two different places, almost the same taste yet different.
"So Izuku didn't attack him ? ... Naomasa I'm supposed to report evrything back to Nedzu, what am I going to say ?"
"Nothing for now ... I ... yes perhaps I should go and interrogate Izuku too, perhaps he will know why Katsuki mentioned him, do you know where he lives ?" Toshinori nodded and took out his phone.
"I'm calling Nedzu"
Two hours later
Izuku decided to draw a bit, he considered to redesign his costume to make it adaptable to most kind of quirk, in the future he might want to avoid getting it destroyed over and over again, then he received a phone call from Sensei.
"Izuku Midoriya, yes ?"
"Ah ! I was wondering if you were still sleeping"
"It's 2 PM"
"Oh ... my mistake I was checking the EU clock ... or perhaps it's the- nevermind, I think I found an alternative if you do not get your offer-"
"W-wait h-how are you even aware about this ?"
"You never read the program of your school nor the journals ? It doesn't matter, do you have five minutes ? You should probably take a pen and a book too ... oh and avoid takling about this to your mother I don't want to scare her-"
"Does it mean it is illegal ?"
"It is, highly indeed, but I'm sure you are interested anyway"
"No" Izuku expected All for One to keep trying to convince him ... "Alright fine go on"
"Excellent ! You do know who is Sir Nighteye right ?"
"Yes he used to be All Might's former sidekick-"
"And the one who brought him to me five years ago" Izuku's breath rhythm had changed and All for One felt it, he was going too far of the subject "Nevermind, I have heard that a lot of things are happening in his sector, a Yakuza clan is back in business and they are developing some sort of drug, I have my sources Izuku and ... and I think they are using someone to make it, or rather their quirk"
Izuku looked at his phone, he had to check if it was indeed All for one calling, at this point it made no sense, why would Sensei tell him this ? Unless- "You are interested by this person's quirk right ?"
"... how did you come to this conclusion ?"
"I'm probably the person you trust the most, when you want something you are ready to do anything to get it, especially when it comes to a quirk, so you are interested by this quirk ... I do not know why but it sounds really important, and also-"
"I'm not asking you anything, I just suggested that this area was very active and that perhaps you might witness a lot of fights as you like to-"
"Sensei, why do you need that quirk ?"
...
"I-" At the same time the door of Izuku's bedroom opened.
"Sweetheart ? There are people at the door, they are from the police, it's about Katsuki" Inko and Izuku exanched a nod.
"I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to-"
"I heard, forget about this if are not interested" Sensei hung up, Izuku stared at his phone and sighed, now the police was here to ask questions about Bakugo, perhaps Mitsuki told them that they were "best friends" or something ... ignorant fool.
Izuku go out of his room and walked to the kitchen, there he found his mother offering coffin to two man, one he recognised from the U.S.J. and the other was- Izuku froze.
"A-a-" he brought his hands to his mouth.
The others stared at him, finally the detective asked "Are you alright ? Is something wrong ?"
Izuku put down his hands "S-sorry, dust probably, I recall we met after the U.S.J. even if it was short"
"Yes we did, I'm detective Naomasa and this is Tohsinori Yagi, he is a representative from U.A." At the same time he accepted a cup of coffee.
All Might took the lead "Are you aware about what happened to Katsuki last night ?"
"Y-yes ... Ochaco Uraraka, one of my classmates told me" Izuku had this same sensation, the detective quirks kept triggering like some sort of seismograph.
The detective spoke again "We need to ask you a few questions, we talked to Katsuki earlier this morning and he said you attacked him yesterday, and that makes you a suspect no offence"