"You've finished interrogating all them, haven't you, Tsukauchi?" Nishiya asked, settling down into his chair in Midoriya's room. Aizawa and the other UA teachers had been called away for a meeting, and Hakamata had gone back to his room to rest, leaving Kamihara, Sakamata, Takeyama and Nishiya in Midoriya's room.
"Yeah..." Tsukauchi nodded, "Most of them talked about the same thing. They picked Yaoyorozu up from the hospital, went to the Nomu Hideout, Ryuto sought them out, and led them to the building that Midoriya was in. There's other details... but it's not something I can talk about now. I need to discuss this with the rest of the police force and the Hero Commission... and maybe talk to the doctors and maybe a few psychologists."
Nishiya's phone vibrated, and he fished it out of his pocket, "Crap... Ryukyu is asking about the kid... She's been curious about Midoriya since that USJ incident... I can't just ignore her... that'd be rude...what do I tell her?"
"I was thinking of asking her to take a shift as well, tell her that I'll contact her sometime." Tsukuachi stated, scribbling down some notes in his notebook, "I don't think I should ask Jeanist for help... he's still injured..."
"He'll be in the hospital for a few days anyways... and he'll most likely be visiting All Might and Midoriya." Sakamata replied, "Especially after what we know about Midoriya, and that the League actually tried to kill him... we failed to save him. We're all guilty for not being able to protect him. We're lucky that the press hadn't caught wind of Midoriya's condition... that, coupled with the loss of the Symbol of Peace... hero society as we know it would crumble."
Hakamata stretched, before making himself comfortable in his wheelchair. He didn't exactly need it, his ribs were healed but the doctors had been stubborn that he put as little pressure on them as possible, at least until he was discharged. Hakamata was restless, dammit, as most heroes were when they were stuck in a hospital. He just wanted to go out, find some villains, and kick some butt.
The three members of the Pussycats just had their shifts before he popped in, and they had left once Kayama arrived to visit Shiretoko. Kayama ended up looking through some essays as she sat at the table, occasionally looking up to check on Midoriya, who still hadn't moved a single bit since he had been admitted. Shuzenji had said that with so many healing quirks, Midoriya should wake up in a few days if there weren't any serious complications, but Kayama couldn't help but be worried about the green haired boy.
They were being joined by Tensei, who was just fooling around with his phone, smiling to himself as he typed away.
"What are you doing?" Hakamata asked curiously, watching as Tensei let out a small laugh.
"Nothing. My little brother is spamming me with messages asking about Midoriya. They also have a class chat, apparently, and everyone is worried about the cute little green bean. Shouta is in it too, cause he's the homeroom teacher, and he just sent me a couple of screenshots; Bakugou's swearing so much it's hilarious. Did you know that his nickname in the chat is King Explosion Murder?"
Kayama snickered, "Did you know that he actually wanted that to be his hero name?"
"I expected as much..." Hakatama shook his head, "I had him for the internships. I was hoping to change his brash attitude... but he's a stubborn one."
"Ha. He really must be something if even you couldn't change him." Tensei grinned, "I guess -"
The beeping from the heart rate monitor suddenly sped up, and all three heroes snapped their heads in Midoriya's direction.
"I think... we should get a doctor..." Tensei mumbled, pressing the button on the wall that was installed for that very purpose.
It didn't take too long until a doctor and several nurses entered, moving closer to the bed to check on Midoriya. Kayama, Hakamata and Tensei moved aside to give them space, when the green haired boy suddenly sprung to life, promptly kicking the blankets off and nailing the doctor in the chest.
The doctor fell down, startled, as Midoriya shook his head, clumsily fiddling with the oxygen mask on his face. He hastily ripped it off, his breaths coming in fast, before violently ripping the IV drip and all the other wires that connected him to the monitoring machines off.
"No, don't get close to him!" Kayama yelped, as a nurse tried to move in to calm Midoriya down, before Midoriya merely turned in her direction and lunged, clamping his teeth down onto her arm. They fell to the ground, and the green haired boy weakly staggered to his feet, looking around the room, before lunging for the door.
How he knew the door was there, even with his eyes being covered with bandages, no one knew.
"Nemi! Your quirk!" Tensei yelled, putting himself between Midoriya and the door. He grabbed onto Midoriya's arms, trying to restrain him as gently as he could, but the former vigilante whipped his leg out, kicking Tensei in the shin. Tensei winced, "Come on, Nemi! It doesn't matter if you knock me out too, just... oww! Come on, Midoriya, calm down, please?"
Midoriya had just bashed his head into Tensei's face.
"Cover your mouth!" Kayama ordered, lunging forward. She concentrated her quirk as much as possible, before releasing a potent cloud of sleeping gas that enveloped both Tensei and Midoriya. Tensei was out like a light, but Midoriya kept struggling. He weakly attempted to push himself up, but Hakamata activated his quirk, restraining Midoriya's clothes as gently as he could while pulling Tensei out of the cloud of sleeping gas.
Kayama squatted down, unsure how to calm the boy down, but despite having inhaled her sleeping gas, Midoriya stuck his neck out. He would have clamped his teeth down on Kayama's hand if she hadn't pulled away in time, and she could only watch, helpless, as Midoriya slowly succumbed to the chemicals and passed out completely.
Hakamata was trying to calm his racing heart as he deactivated his quirk.
"That was terrifying." He admitted, watching as Kayama picked Midoriya up and deposited him on the bed, before lifting the much heavier and bulkier Tensei up, "A panic attack?"
"Most probably... He also had a panic attack when he woke up from the USJ incident... but I didn't think he'd have the strength or the energy to knock people over." Kayama sighed, "Come on, let's get out and let them check on Midoriya."
"What about Ingenium?" Hakamata asked, as Kayama easily slung the knocked out Tensei over her shoulder.
Kayama weakly snorted, "This guy? I can carry him no problem. We used to live pretty close to each other until I moved to Musutafu, and I always had to bring this guy home whenever he gets wasted, which is pretty rare, to be honest, and listen to Tenya ranting about him getting drunk."
She quickly opened the door, letting Hakamata exit the room, before carefully placing Tensei on a bench that was located just outside the room.
"Tensei will be out for... maybe an hour? Two hours at most, I think. Midoriya should be out for a bit longer, since he inhaled more of it. That should give the doctors sufficient time to check on Midoriya, and maybe heal him up a bit more before my quirk wears off." Kayama sighed, taking out her phone, "I'll inform the others."
Midoriya found the beeping noise in the room... very annoying. It was better than Shigaraki constantly talking about something or another as he disintegrated the boy, but still...
Wait... beeping...
I'm in a hospital.
Realisation struck Midoriya, and he heard someone, a male, getting close to him. He hastily pushed the blankets off him, he always hated those damned things, and punched the male.
I can't see...
No not again please no please -
There was something on his face, and Midoriya clawed at it. He didn't like it, he never liked anything to be covering his mouth and nose.
I can't breathe -
Why can't I breathe!?
He ripped the damned thing off, before noticing that there were other things being stuck under his skin uncomfortably. He hastily ripped them off, before noticing another presence.
Midoriya didn't care anymore; anyone in a hospital was malicious, they would hurt him, they only hurt him -
He instinctively bit down on whatever was in front of him, pushing both of them off the bed.
He wished that he were in the infirmary in UA instead. At least, he knew his way around the room, and the smell of antiseptic wasn't so strong and nauseating.
"No, don't get close to him!"
Midoriya whirled around, there was someone talking, but he was panicking too much to make out what was being said.
There was a door, he could sense the metal that made up the handle, and the first thing he thought of was to escape.
He lunged for the door, only for someone to block his path and grabbed onto his arms.
No no no let me out please -
Midoriya desperately lashed out with his leg. Bashing against the bars while under the hands of the League didn't seem to work, but what other choice did he have?!
He felt another presence moving towards him, and he could smell the anesthetic in the air.
Don't make me sleep again, I don't want to sleep -
The smell of anesthetic suddenly grew stronger, and Midoriya panicked even more.
Please stop, please, it hurts, I don't want to hurt -
Midoriya desperately tried to escape from the cloud of sleeping gas, only to find that he couldn't move his limbs at all.
No, please, move, I can't move, it hurts -
Please, not again -
There was a person in front of him... the same person that made the sleeping gas stronger. He desperately lunged in his restrained state, missing completely. Midoriya could feel his senses slowly dulling, until he could no longer feel anything at all.
"Tsukauchi filled me in about Midoriya's... condition." Tatsuma nodded, "He woke up two hours ago, huh."
"Yeah... Apparently..." Snipe groaned, "Pulled a couple stitches as well; I heard from Midnight."
"Someone tell the hospital to get cushions for the benches, those are not comfortable." Tensei grumbled, having just woken up from Kayama's quirk.
"Has Nezu come around? I figured he'd be on of the first to demand to see his cub." Tatsuma asked, and Snipe shook her head, "Nope, he's been busy with the Hero Commission, the dorm system, and a ton of other things. And as much as he cares about Midoriya... he has no choice; he's doing everything he can to keep UA running smoothly despite all the setbacks."
"Yeah... the commission can be like that at times... but things have been hectic since All Might retired." Tatsuma gave a dry laugh, "Anything I should look out for?"
Snipe sighed, "I really don't know. Midoriya keeps to himself a lot... and while I think that he's opening up to his classmates, we teachers really don't know too much. Sorry."
"No problem... I was told Present Mic and Edgeshot will be here too."
"Yeah, Mic's running late cause of a villain... and Edgeshot's at the lift. The Hero Commission practically ordered all heroes to be more active to show that we're still strong despite the loss of All Might, though those who participated in the rescue were cut some slack for a few days. I have to patrol in around half an hour; I need to leave soon." Snipe replied, and Tensei raised his hand, "I literally spent my time passed out, I'm joining you guys."
"Ingenium, that's not your fault." Snipe sighed, but Tensei merely shrugged, "Hey, this kid talked my little bro out of trying to seek Stain out. I owe him this much, at the very least."
"Yes, and the said kid was also somehow able to keep up with Stain and aided in his takedown." Tatsuma added, "I've heard about that. He's an interesting kid, that's for sure. And Nezu adopted him."
Snipe shrugged, "Pretty much. I'll be leaving now, see you."
"Alright, see ya." Tensei yawned, and waved, before pushing the door open.
Tatsuma walked in, and looked down at the green haired boy lying limply on the bed, before sighing, "We really need to meet one day when you're not injured."
Tensei gave a dry laugh, though it sounded very much forced, as they heard footsteps. The door was pushed open, revealing Kamihara, "So... he's awake."
"Well, he was. Nemi had to make him sleep again when he panicked and lashed out." Tensei mumbled, "Trust me, he still packs a serious punch in that state. He kicked me in the shin, and it still hurts."
"Honestly, he doesn't look like he can do much in that state." Tatsuma admitted, but Kamihara merely shook his head, "I'm not surprised. You weren't there when we found the kid. He can be terrifyingly determined when he's pissed off."
"If he can scare even you, then that's impressive." Tatsuma patted Kamihara on the shoulder, and though the Ninja Hero seemed a bit annoyed, he didn't do anything to stop her; Tatsuma was just like that sometimes.
It was around ten minutes until Yamada burst into the room, panting, "Sorry... late... villain... had to go to the police station... and traffic... I ran here..."
"Cool down, Zashi." Tensei quickly tossed him a bottle of mineral water, which the Voice Hero gulped down eagerly.
"Whew... thanks, Tensei. But didn't your time slot end two hours ago?" Yamada asked, wiping his mouth, and Tensei shrugged, "I literally spent my shift passed out. Does it even matter?"
"What about Tenya?" Yamada asked.
Tensei snorted, "If he knew that I had to look over Midoriya, he'd be demanding to follow me here to check on Midoriya. I still think they deserve to see Midoriya; they were the ones that found him after all."
"And he may attack them too? Did you think of that? I don't think he's full aware of what he's doing." Kamihara asked, but Yamada cut in, "They aren't in trouble, right? They didn't break the law."
"As far as I know... they're not in any legal trouble, but their parents have been informed of their actions, and I believe that they, as well as Eraser, are obligated to deal with them." Tatsuma replied, "You are right in saying that they didn't break the law, but it was still very dangerous of them to be there without anyone's knowledge."
"Tch. Shouta would probably just give them detention or make them clean the dorms or something. He acts tough, but he's a softie when it comes to kids, well, kids that have potential and that he can tolerate." Tensei cracked a smile.
The beeping suddenly sped up again, and Tensei froze, the other three heroes snapped their heads in Midoriya's direction.
"Already? I thought Nemi said that he would be out for longer!" Yamada hissed, "Call the doctor again?"
"What else can we do?" Tensei quietly snapped, "Ryukyu, block the door, he's probably going to try and escape again."
Midoriya hastily ripped the oxygen mask and the IV drip off again, and while Kamihara didn't think that he should use his quirk to temporarily cut off Midoriya's blood supply and knock him out, he didn't know how else to stop the boy from panicking and tearing himself apart.
He quickly folded his body into a thin blade, Midoriya somehow dodged Kamihara's attempt to knock him out, before Tatsuma changed her arms into their dragon form and grabbed onto Midoriya, carefully pinning the boy's arms to his side, trying her best to restrain Midoriya without harming him. Midoriya snarled, viciously struggling in her grasp, before desperately attempting to sink his teeth into Tatsuma's hands, though it was ineffective against Tatsuma's tough scales.
It didn't take too long for the doctors to arrive, and they quickly injected a sedative into Midoriya's system while he was trapped in Tatsuma's grip, and waited as Midoriya movements slowed down, though it still took a few more minutes until the sedative completely knocked Midoriya out. Tatsuma gently placed Midoriya on the bed, before stepping back to let the doctors look over him.
"This isn't good. There has to be something to stop him from panicking like that." Tatsuma shook her head, as a nurse ushered them out of the room.
"This isn't a problem, in most cases." The nurse admitted, "Usually, the patient wouldn't have enough energy to act out like that. But... according to Recovery Girl and several other doctors, he still has barely recovered any energy at all, so we have no idea at the moment how he's even able to move, let alone attacking. Something traumatic must have happened in the past for him to act out like this. Do you have any ideas, or has he acted like this in the past?"
Tensei, Tatsuma and Kamihara turned to Yamada; he had the most contact with Midoriya since he was teacher in UA.
Yamada frowned, "As far as I'm aware... the same thing happened when he woke up from the USJ incident. All Might, in his skinny form, was in the room, as well as an Ectoplasm clone. They blocked the door as well... and Nezu had to coax him out when he hid under the bed. He tried to bite All Might as well, though he seemed to get agitated if someone got close. He was hospitalised once when he was nine... but we don't really have the details about that."
The nurse sighed, "The one where he fell off the school roof? His medical records did say something about that... but there's no details about it either. We'll try our best... we really haven't encountered a case like this before..."
"I guess he must really hate hospitals then." Tatsuma muttered, as the nurse walked back into Midoriya's hospital room to talk to the doctor, "Though how on earth did he know where the door was if he couldn't see? I can understand him being able to fight people blindfolded, since he fought that Shinsou kid in the Sports Festival, but a door?"
Yamada shrugged, "At this point, we've stopped questioning how he does anything, and we just accept that Midoriya is a very unique kid that needs more love, care and affection. "
"Accepted, that's valid." Tensei spoke up, before glancing at Tatsuma and Kamihara as they looked at him in confusion, "What, I don't know him well, but I like the kid too, okay? Also, Ryukyu, I didn't know you could do partial transformations."
"It never occured to me until I met Midoriya, as Void, two years ago." Tatsuma admitted, "He suggested it, and I tried it out. Pretty useful when my dragon form is too big for a room."
All the heroes that had encountered Void before, except Enji, were told of his identity; they had a feeling Enji would be really pissed off that Midoriya was a vigilante. Most of them were surprised that the analytical vigilante was a mere teenager instead of a super small adult, but none of them questioned it.
The heroes fell silent, before turning towards Midoriya's door.
"This is a huge problem." Sakamata muttered, crossing his arms, "He's woken up five times already, and each time, he panicked and attacked, and had to be restrained and sedated. This isn't healthy."
Hakamata leaned back into his wheelchair, "What else can we do? Let him out of the room hurt himself more?"
Chatora had been unlucky enough the last time Midoriya woke up, being the closest to the door. Midoriya had kicked him again, but he clearly didn't have the power that he had when he fended off the League.
Shuzenji shook her head, "It's not just that. Midoriya's shown to have some sort of awareness of his surroundings... and he either doesn't recognise us, or he doesn't trust us enough. And before you talk about Reiko and Ryuto, I asked already; they say that pets are not allowed."
Nezu glanced at Yagi through the tablet that Shuzenji had brought; he was in his office sorting through a few massive piles of paperwork.
"Nezu, he trusts you the most, can't you come?" Aizawa asked, but Nezu shook his head, "In a few days. I'm trying to finish everything as soon as possible before I visit. UA is one of the best schools in Japan, and that just means more meetings, more paperwork, and more security checks."
Yagi asked, "What about the kids? Can't they visit? They were the ones that found Midoriya, after all, I think they deserve to check on him."
"Midoriya would probably attack them too." Nishiya pointed out, but Nezu paused in his writing, before continuing.
"Actually... I think that it's less likely for Midoriya to attack them. He's started opening up to him... and he is more comfortable around his peers than he is with the teachers and other heroes that he's never really met before." Nezu stated, scribbling away at the papers, not even looking at the screen, before putting the paper in another pile.
"But all of us have met him at some point, as Void." Tatsuma pointed out, "He should know that we're not going to hurt him."
"The police are still investigating the League's actions against Midoriya, and we don't know if they did something to make Midoriya much more wary of his surroundings and more likely to lash out." Shuzenji spoke up.
"Wouldn't that mean that Midoriya is more likely to... you know... attack them as well?" Kamihara frowned.
"I didn't say he wouldn't; he might, but the chances are much lower." Nezu replied, "Aizawa, I suggest you inform them that they can visit, only because they saved him and Midoriya might be more comfortable around them. And warn them that Midoriya might panic and lash out."
Shuzenji sighed, "I also have some other news... the doctors were considering using physical restraints if this keeps up."
"I don't think that's a good idea. The kid was cuffed when we found him." Kamihara grumbled.
Aizawa internally facepalmed, and shook his head, "That makes sense, but it's definitely not going to work with Izuku. After being restrained by the League for so long, the last thing you would want to do would be to restrain him again."
Shuzenji nodded, "That's what I said too. But pretty much all the other doctors and nurses agreed that he should be restrained. Not to mention that the doctors have tried everything else, and restraining a patient to prevent harm to the patient or the caregiver is an actual proper protocol as a last resort. I tried my best to talk them out of it, but they're going forwards with the restraints."
Nezu sighed, "That is going to backfire so badly."