It had became a habit for Izuku for him to be the last one in class to pack up his books and other things due to him trying to squeeze in as much school work as he can to try and close the gap between himself and his classmates.
While doing so he couldn't help but over hear two of his talk about the school festival. Due to his current situation he knew he couldnt participate in the festival. Which was completely understandable but he couldn't help but feel guilty at not being able to help his fellow classmates with festivity's.
"Apparently 1A have planned to do a live performance for the festival I heard." Spoke Togeike in an unimpressed tone.
Agoyamato groaned while rolling his eyes "Gawd! Seriously? Are they that so perfectly talented they need more attention?"
Togeike shrugged her shoulders as she swung her backpack over one shoulder "Apparently they wanna lift everyone's spirits. Think they're doing everyone a favour."
Agoyamato shook his head "unbelievable. You've hung with them Midoriya. Where do you think they get off doing something like that?"
Izuku looked up in surprise at him suddenly being dragged into the conversation he was eavesdropping on. "Oh.. uh well... uh I actually think that they might actually want to help raise other classes spirits. I don't know them that very well but from my brief time speaking with them I think they genuinely care about helping when they can."
Togeike snorted rolling her eyes "Yeah sure. I recall not too long ago one of them literally trying blow you up."
Izuku rubbed the back of his neck avoiding their gaze "He's... the rare exception. And if you didn't notice the others actually stopped him."
"The others slowed him down. Shinso stopped him." Replied Agoyamato heading towards the door. "Catch next lesson Midoriya." Called out Togeike as they both left.
Izuku let out a sigh as he finished packing up "wow... they really hate the hero course."
"A tale as old as time."
Izuku looked up to see Aizawa standing in the doorway. Rather then question why he was there he instead asked "What do you mean?"
Aizawa proceeded to explain while leaning against the door frame. "Ever since the start of UA the Hero course has been in the spotlight. Gaining attention from everyone. Even today you can see my students aswell as Vlad kings are basically minor celebrities especially when the sports festival comes around. The other courses more specifically general studies get over looked and so naturally there's jealousy."
Izuku shouldered his pack in thought "That makes sense. Is there a reason you're here Eraser?"
"In school it's Mr Aizawa. And I came to collect you to have a talk with the principal." The underground pro replied.
Izuku slightly panicked "oh uh sorry Mr Aizawa and did I do something wrong?! Whatever it is it was an accident!"
Aizawa shook his head "Calm down you're not in trouble. But this is something somewhat important that needs you involved in the discussion." The 1A teacher then turned and began to shuffle off tiredly towards the principals office with Izuku quickly following along.
Soon Izuku found himself standing before Nezu who was sitting at his desk and Aizawa standing off to the side. "Ah Mr Midoriya. How have your lessons been treating you? Not to troubling I hope."
"Some are more difficult then others but I manage." Answered Izuku truthfully.
"Very good. But I will remind if you are having issues in learning we are more then capable of setting up some tutoring to assist you." Spoke the mouse... dog... bear thingy.
"I appreciate that... I don't mean to be rude but why am I here?" Asked Izuku no longer able to contain his curiosity.
"Well Mr Midoriya. I'm sure you're aware the school festival approaches. And a unique situation has occurred." Spoke Nezu Cheerfully.
Izuku blinked "Situation?"
Nezu nodded "Correct. Perhaps I'll let Aizawa explain."
Izuku turned to the eraser hero as he cleared his throat. "Eri has recently been allowed to have visitors and she asked to see three people. Mirio, Uraraka and You."
Izuku eyes widened as he spoke loudly "Me? She wants to see me? And she's okay?"
Aizawa nodded "Physical health wise she's fine. But as you're very much aware you're unable to see her."
Izuku visibly slumped hearing that. He knew he couldn't but that still didn't help the feeling and the need to see the little girl. Before he could start to feel sorry for himself Aizawa continued speaking.
"Mirio and Uraraka have already been to visit her. It was clear that Eri was disappointed that you couldn't see her. It was also observed that she's very disconnected on what it's like to be a normal girl. Especially on things like having fun and how to smile."
Izuku tilted his head in confusion "smile?"
Nezu stepped into explain "The girl has suffered and endured so much she had forgotten how to smile."
Izuku frowned hearing this. He mentally cursed Overhaul for all he'd done to her. Before his mind build up the anger Aizawa spoke again. "And so Uraraka came up with an Idea to bring Eri into UA for two reasons."
Nezu tilted his head at Izuku "Care to take a guess what reasons that could be."
"I swear he must enjoy fucking with peoples heads" thought Izuku before answering "I'm guessing one would be to go to the festival."
"Correct. And second reason is so she can see you again." Added Aizawa
Izuku looked between the two in confusion "But how? If I'm not in school studying or eating at the cafeteria then I need to be in Dorms under house arrest. That was the agreement of me enrolling here wasn't it?"
Nezu nodded leaning back in his seat "You are correct. However these a special circumstances. Little Eri needs help at find some happiness and you might be a key component in helping that happen. So for this once rare occasion we'll make some adjustments to our agreement."
Izuku couldn't hide the smile on his face at the thought of seeing Eri again "Thank you sir. But what are the conditions?"
"You'll be babysitting Eri while she's here for the festival giving her a chance to spend as much time with you as possible. Mirio will also be with you at all times. When Uraraka is completed with 1As performance she will also accompany you. Through out the event myself and the other faculty members will check in on you. This may seem over the top on keep an eye on you but this is also for keeping an eye on Eri in case she happens to lose control of her quirk again even though doctors say it's unlikely." Explained Aizawa
"Sounds reasonable don't you think?" Added Nezu
"Very reasonable." Smiled Izuku.
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Uraraka sat opposite Jirou and the others at the cafeteria with her cheek leaning on her hand as she was deep in thought trying to come up with an idea for the live performance.
"Could write a song?" Suggested Kaminari.
"Eh I don't have time and that's a lot of unnecessary pressure we don't need." Said Jirou shooting down the idea.
It was then Mina watched Izuku enter the room and voiced her thoughts "Why don't we ask the newly resident cinnamon roll for Ideas? His head seems to be swimming with them."
Uraraka raised a brow at her questioningly "Cinnamon roll?"
Mina nodded as she bit into her food "Yeah. I think that describes Midoriya rather well."
"Whatever. We can't think of our own ideas anyway so it wouldn't hurt to ask." Pointed out Kendo
"Kendo and Mina are right! Getting ideas from a fellow UA classmates will only help strength our task of helping them relax!" Karates chopped Iida.
"Hey Midoriya over here!" Called out Tsuyu.
The green haired boy looked over and approached the students of 1A "Hey guys. Did you need something?"
"We need inspiration to help Dazzle our peers" spike Aoyama rather dramatically
Jirou rolled her eyes at the supposedly French guy before turning to Izuku "We're gonna perform music for the festival but we're stumped for ideas. You got any suggestions?"
"Oh so you guys are doing live music." Said Izuku confirming what his classmates from general studies said.
"We are. Uraraka here will be lead singer." Spoke Mina with a grin. Uraraka groaned hiding her face in her hands. "I'm never going to forgive any of you for this?"
Izuku looked at her in confusion "What's the problem Ochako? You have a great voice."
Ochako turned red as she slowly lifted her head up to look at Izuku in shock horror "WHAT?! YOU HEARD ASWELL?!?"
Izuku jumped back in fear and cowered slightly "I Uh well Um m-maybe... p-possibly... I really enjoyed it." He spoke the last part quietly but everyone still heard it.
Uraraka continued to blush and look away from him as the two avoid each other's gaze "th-thanks."
"As fun as it is to see our beloved gravity manipulator do an impression of a tomato we need to focus on the subject at hand." Announced Tooru.
Izuku shook his head to refocus and immediately thought back to what the general studies students said. "Well. If you guys are committed to this plan you need to do it right."
All eyes turned to the new UA student with curiosity wondering what he meant. Seeing that he decided to explain "The other courses aren't exactly a fan of you guys. Or 1B either. Even though you say that you're doing this for them they don't believe it. They're convinced you're all doing it for yourselves as form of self promotion."
The others visibly frowned hearing this and even began to consider the thought of pulling out of the plan but Izuku continued "So you need to prove them wrong. Go Beyond and knock everyone off their feet. Plus Ultra!"
Uraraka and Jirou smiled at each other hearing Izuku little inspiration rant but Kirishima spoke up "But how do we prove we aren't being selfish."
Izuku put his hand to his chin in thought and glanced around the cafeteria for an inspiration for an idea. He looked around at all the courses and students as a thought came to mind "Well. Who said it just had to be only 1A performing?"
This gained a mixture of confused looks "what do you mean?" Asked Tokoyami
Izuku shrugged and smiled at them "Just saying. Might be other students in this school who might have musical talent that could be helpful for a performance. And if other courses saw there friends performing they're naturally wanna support them."
He watched as the 1A students processed his words and decided that he'd given them enough to think about and took the opportunity to get food from lunch rush before it was too late for him to miss out on a meal.
It was then Iida faced palmed himself so loudly it echoed through the cafeteria causing his classmates to cringe at the sound "Of course! What a genius idea. We recruit other UA students to perform with us. Everyone gets a chance to shine and help improve morale amongst the audience. Why didn't we think of that sooner?!"
"Because we needed that outside perspective to point us in the right direction." Answered Momo as she watched Izuku get himself lunch.
(A/N: Bit of a love hate relationship people got for this fic. But I focus on the love.
I had recently hit a very very dark point in my life where the pressure of the fires, drought and family problems had finally broke me. And so I wasn't sure if I'd get back to writing or not but here we are.
I enjoy writing this and it feels me with positivity and it's something I need at the moment.
Anyways Plus Ultra!!!)
