Deku let out a groan as he woke up inside one for all once more. He got up and looked around, not seeing anyone. "I guess she isn't asleep yet" He mumbled and began walking back and forth. "What to do, what to do?" He asked himself as he began muttering. "The heroes have taken everything in the facility that wasn't destroyed and they'll probably begin asking me questions about it tomorrow. I made quite the fuss with Eraserhead, so I can assume they will start with that. Then there is all the samples, machines, dead prisoners, nomus and my journals. They'll probably ask about the others who escaped, where they are and what the plan is" Deku muttered.
"Can't you just give up?" Uraraka suddenly asked, making Deku jump back in surprise. "Give up on everything I've done? No way. This is just a minor setback" Deku replied as he regained his composure. "Minor setback? You lost your main facility and you're stuck in Tartarus. You can do a lot of things, but even that is above your limit" Uraraka retorted. "We'll see. Being captured and losing my main facility was never a part of my plan, but I was never blind to the possibility. If my followers can follow orders, they'll be busy for a few weeks, implementing one of my contingencies. After that, I'll be out of this prison once the opportunity presents itself" Deku explained.
"You do well know that the heroes are all over your followers at the moment?" Uraraka wondered. "Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if they have already raided the first safe house I sent the others to" Deku replied. "Although…" He added as he became more remorseful. "I'm afraid of Eri at the moment" Izuku said. "She's strong for her age. I'm sure she'll handle it" Uraraka said. "It's not that. The night before I was captured, Eri had trouble sleeping. So I helped her go to sleep. She has had nightmares of becoming lonely again. Nightmares of me being taken away from her" Izuku explained with a saddened expression. "I promised her that I would never leave her. To always be there for her, and keep her safe" He continued. "I can't even keep that promise for 24 hours. What kind of father am I? Having to break the promise I made to my own daughter" Izuku said as small tears formed in his eyes.
"Izuku, you're far from a bad father. I know that Eri loves you more than anyone, she will understand and forgive you" Uraraka said. "Yeah, but sometimes I think it would have been easier if the world had been better and I wouldn't have to do all this" Izuku replied. "You don't have to. You can just walk away and live happily with Eri" Uraraka suggested. "No. I can't let the revolution down. It is everything I believe in, everything I've worked for. I know what I have to do, but sometimes that can be so hard" Izuku replied. "Only when I'm done can I relax. Retire, find somewhere remote and live in a cabin. Then I can give Eri everything she deserves, instead of the broken home she has" He explained. "But thank you Ochako. I hope that you too can find happiness" Izuku added with a sincere smile.
The two sat in silence for a while, admiring the view. "By the way, there is one thing I need to ask of you" Uraraka mentioned. "It is kinda difficult for me to do favours at the moment" Deku said. "Well, it isn't me who is asking for a favour. It's Bakugo. He wants to talk with you" Uraraka explained. "Oh. Kacchan" Deku said, his voice immediately turning sour. "What does he want?" He asked. "He only told me that he wanted to talk with you, he didn't tell me why. The teachers would never let him visit you. Unless you demand to talk with him for information" Uraraka explained.
"Why should I care?" Deku asked. "He is everything I hate. Him and All Might together, is every reason for why I want to destroy this society. A self-absorbed, self-righteous, narcissistic asshole who only wants fame, glory and money. Never caring about the ones they save, nor about those beneath them" He ranted on, with frustration rising up. "Bakugo has changed Izuku. When he began at UA he may have been the unlikable asshole you remember, but he is different. You've changed him" Uraraka said. "And if you don't want to do it for him, then do it for me" She pleaded. "Fine. I'll do it" Deku scoffed. "But if you're wrong then I'll-" He began, but was cut off by the dream ending. "Then I'll kill him" Deku mumbled as he sat up on his bed.
A few hours after waking up, Deku was transported to an interrogation room. The room had a wall in the middle, splitting the room in two, In addition to a very obvious one-way-mirror. With nothing better to do, Deku sat down in the chair on his side of the room and just stared at the mirror.
Then a man dressed in a tan trench coat and matching hat. "I don't get it. Why bother putting in a one-way-mirror? It might not have been known much about for 140 years ago, but today nothing is more obvious than a single mirror in an interrogation room. Why not just use a camera? It's not like there is a lack of them here" Deku wondered out loud. "I'm not here to discuss architectural design decision made by the prison" The man replied and sat down on the other side of the separating wall. "Now, Izuku Midoriya. I'll assume that you know why-" The man, but was cut off by Deku. "Don't use that name" Deku said harshly. "My name is Deku" He explained.
The other man gave a slightly puzzled look, but quickly dropped it. "What's your name?" Deku asked before the unknown man could say anything. "My name is of no importance" The man replied. "Really?" Deku wondered and leaned forward. "Because you seem very familiar. I know I've seen you somewhere else. I just can't quite place it" He explained with an unsettling smile. "I'm Tsukauchi, a detective for the police force. I was part of the raid that captured you" Tsukauchi said. "Oh! Now I know why you seemed familiar" Deku exclaimed. "You're a friend of All Might, aren't you" he stated, his expression suddenly becoming very cold.
Deku then smirked slightly as he saw the brief look of shock on Tsukauchi's face. "Anyways, go ahead with your questions. You'll know if I'm lying" Deku said, his expression changing to a confident smile. "Yes, of course" Tsukauchi replied and took out a notebook.
"Before your capture, you were seen extracting a glass tube with unknown contents out from the facility. Do you have any comment on that? Was it a project of yours? A new nomu?" Tsukauchi asked. "Nomu? You're insulting me. The contents of that glass tube is far more precious to me. More than you could ever understand. Something that All Might tried to take from me" Deku explained with a sneer. "And what did All Might take from you?" Tsukauchi asked. "Where do you want to start" Deku asked back. "When he broke my dreams? When his false ideals made me needlessly suffer through years of suffering!?" He ranted "Maybe when he told to give up when I stood on tall building after being told to kill myself earlier! Or maybe when he killed my mother!?" Deku yelled in rage.
Tsukauchi didn't reply and simply wrote something down. "All Might isn't perfect. He is human, just like the rest of us" Tsukauchi said. "I've seen middle schoolers with more sense that him" Deku retorted. "I'll have to respectfully disagree, but there is definitely some truth to that" Tsukauchi replied and wrote down more notes.
"Now, a girl was also spotted during the raid. And if I'm correct then that girl is the daughter of Kai Chisaki" Tsukauchi stated. "That girl has a name. Eri. And she is my daughter, not that monster's daughter. And trust me when I say that I will get back to her" Deku replied. "I see" Tsukauchi said and looked at his notebook.
"Do you know the current location to any of your followers, or have any information that could help locate them?" Tsuakauchi asked. "I have some information" Deku replied with a smirk. "But I won't tell you yet" He added. "So when will you tell us?" Tsukauchi asked and leaned forwards. "Once my demands are met" Deku replied. "What demands?" The detective asked. Deku leaned forwards as a smile grew on his face. "There is a few people I would like to talk to" He answered.
"He wants to what!?" Aizawa exclaimed into his phone. He did not expect to hear about this when Tsukauchi called him. "That is his demands. Hawks is easy enough. He's a hero that heavily participated in the raid. I can get him here by tomorrow" Tsukauchi said. "But why would he want to talk with Bakugo? As far as I know, he hates both Bakugo and All Might just as much. Why not ask for both?" Aizawa wondered. "I don't know Aizawa. But he refuses to share any more information unless he gets a meeting with Hawks and Bakugo arranged" Tsukauchi explained. "I know. I'll talk to him about it, but don't get your hopes up. I won't force my students into an uncomfortable situation" Aizawa said. "I understand" Tsukauchi replied.
Later that evening Tsukauchi received a phone call from Aizawa. "Good evening Aizawa. Have you gotten an answer from Bakugo?" Tsukauchi asked. "Yes I have. He agreed to meet Deku" Aizawa replied. "That's good news. Hawks has also agreed. So Deku will get his meetings within-" Tsukauchi said, but was cut off by Aizawa. "There is just one problem" He said. "What is that?" Tsukauchi asked. "Bakugo agreed too easily, like he already knew Deku wanted to talk with him" Aizawa explained. "You don't think that they work together do you?" Tsukauchi asked. "No, but I'm pretty sure of what happened" Aizawa replied. "How?" Tsukauchi wondered. "There is something about one for all that All Might hasn't told you about" Aizawa replied.
"So let me get this straight. Uraraka has had regular meeting with Deku in these dreams for two years now?" Tsukauchi asked. "Yes" Aizawa confirmed. "And Toshinori never told me, despite me being one of the leading detectives on Deku's case?" Tsukauchi asked. "He never told me about giving one of my students his quirks either if that helps. Not until Deku's slip of tongue and Bakugo's deductive skills forced him to" Aizawa replied. "Alright, so you think Bakugo asked Uraraka to tell Deku to arrange a meeting between the two?" Tsukauchi asked. "Yes. Hawks is probably someone Deku wants to talk to himself" Aizawa answered.
"I see. I still can't believe Toshinori never told me" Tsukauchi said with disbelief. "Don't blame him too much. I think we both know that he isn't always the brightest, and often lets emotions cloud his judgements. He probably thought about protecting Uraraka and her part in it. Believing that keeping it secret was the best course of action tough? That is debatable" Aizawa explained. "Yeah, he can be like that sometimes" Tsukauchi chuckled. "He only told me about one for all after knowing me for 10 years. And being friends for 6 of those years" He added. "Well now you know" Aizawa said. "Let's just hope that this meeting doesn't go sideways.
A/N: And so Deku's interrogation begins. And in the next chapter he will meet a few people. I don't have much more else to say. It's snowing in the middle of May and I'll have to perform outside on Sunday, for Norway's constitution day. That'll be fun. Anyways, I'm hoping you're all having a wonderful day. Goodbye.