Author's Note: This chapter is dedicated to James Birdsong. Thank you for your kind review! :)

Chapter 45: Ace

"News," William asked when he took control, transforming into his own form at the same time.

Aizawa, even though he was expecting it, still flinched slight at the sudden change. To the pro's embarrassment, William caught his action and smirked at him in amusement. The tired pro had to hold in a groan of frustration.

"Yes," the principal said as he seemingly pulled files from thin air—but William could tell were that they were really hidden in Aizawa's scarf. "I've been looking into Aldera Junior High since we last spoke. I demanded all of their reports and camera footage for the time you started the cursed school until the time you graduated—of course I didn't reveal that information. I've already went over the information they gave me, and I saw that one of our students was one of your main instigators."

Here he gave William a stern look for withholding that information, but the raven and purple haired man stayed aloof.

"Why did you not inform us that Bakugou was involved," Nezu asked when he realized that William wasn't going to volunteer the information.

"The brat wouldn't have wanted me to," William said simply with a small shrug. "I've already dealt with the Pomeranian—non violently might I add—and since then, he's stopped harassing us."

Nezu nodded thoughtfully, but Aizawa was annoyed. Maybe he should have a talk with the explosive teen?

"I see," the mammal stated. "We won't expel him, but we will probably need to have a talk with him and his parents."

William hummed and said, "Can you at least make sure he knows that we didn't report him or in anyway inform you or sensei about his involvement?"

"If you believe it will help," Nezu said, and William nodded.

"Have you considered what you want to be done with Aldera Junior High," Nezu asked and William smirked.

"Yep," William said, popping the 'p'. "But, it'll need to be done after the sports festival. We don't want it to be lost in all the media craze, do we?"
All three sadist smirk in glee, and Hitoshi shivered in second hand fear. He was so relieved that their 'game' wasn't directed at him.

"You know," Aizawa thought as he smirked. "As long as the two aren't after me maybe this will be fun."

The tired pro saw the tapes too, after all, and he couldn't wait for the principal and William to get their hands—or paws in Nezu's case—on the perpetrators.

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The next day found the two teens back in their workshop.

That morning they finally had their driver's test. Both of the dual haired teens were ecstatic and couldn't wait to show Inko their new licenses when she got back home from work. No more trains!

They were both working on their projects, and Hitoshi was excited to see that his animatronic was almost complete. All he really had to do was put in the memory chip.

"You know," Izuku said nervously. "You're going to have to speak to William at some point."

"...I know," Hitoshi said with a tired sigh. "And, I'm not mad at him or anything."

"Could've fooled me," Izuku muttered dryly and Hitoshi shot him an annoyed look.

"It's just...," Hitoshi said slowly and then he trailed off.

"Just," Izuku pressed as he stopped what he was doing and looked at Hitoshi.

"I'm still just trying to process everything," Hitoshi sighed.

"I get it," Izuku said empatheticly. "It was a lot of information to unpack. And, we didn't even get to tell you what happened at the USJ."

Hitoshi groaned at that reminder, and Izuku snorted in amusement.

"The point is," Izuku said. "I think what you need to do is talk this out. Tell each other what you feel and all that jazz."

Hitoshi laughed at Izuku's statement and the green eyed teen bopped him over the head playfully in retaliation.

"I'm being serious," he snapped.

"I know," Hitoshi sighed, still chuckling. "Alright. I'll give it a shot."

"That's all I ask," Izuku said with a small smile.

Hitoshi gave him a small, hesitant smile in return before he put in the memory chip.

Izuku was now completely focused on his friend, realizing that he had finally finished his first animatronic.

The little guy opened his bright emerald eyes and Cipher, who was cleaning unused equipment, squealed and ran towards his new brother.

"Hello," the yellow and green bunny chirped as he bounced on the balls of his feet in his boundless energy. "I'm Cipher, your new brother! Toshi, what's my new brother's name?!"

Hitoshi chuckled at the little bunny's excitement and the new animatronic's confused hopefulness.

"Ace," Hitoshi said as he looked over the animatronic. "Your name is Ace."

Ace was in the form of a cat. Like Cipher, Ace's base color was white. However, on his face there were aqua and orange stripes. The small cat was around three feet tall. His hair was a pale orange at the roots—as well as his ears—and bleed into a sea blue. His tail was stripped pale orange and sea blue.

Ace was wearing an orange knit sweater with two golden stars on the front, chestnut brown shorts, tan loafers, and yellow knee high socks with orange stars. He wore an orange choker with a yellow star, and yellow and orange bracelets. On the top of his head he wore burnt orange sunglasses—the frames in the shape of a star—with the lenses in a light red tint.

"Welcome to the family, Ace," Izuku said with a small smirk.

Ace smiled widely and Cipher gave the new animatronic a big bear hug.

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The rest of the afternoon was spent introducing Ace to the apartment and introducing him to William, Springtrap, and Inko.

William, of course, congratulated Hitoshi on completing his first project; causing the violet eyed boy to blush a bright red in embarrassment. Izuku, however, could see that the violet and red haired teen was also glowing with happiness at William's praise. This greatly relieved him. Hopefully things will be fixed soon.

Inko, of course, found Ace to be extremely cute. She, along with the rest of their odd family, watched in amusement as Cipher drug the still shy animatronic around the apartment; talking a mile a minute.

The poor little guy must have been lonely.

Eventually, both the little animatronics found their way back to Inko and the teens.

"How was the tour," Izuku asked as he snickered in amusement.

Cipher was still bouncing on the balls of his feet.

The little guy had boundless energy.

"It was fun, Zuku," Ace whispered quietly.

"That's great, Ace," Hitoshi said with a small, fond smile as he gently ruffled the kitten's hair.

Izuku smirked at his fluffy haired friend. The violet eyed teen always teased him on the way he treated Cipher, but Ace has already gotten him wrapped around his little kitty fingers.

"We hope you like it here," Inko said as she smiled sweetly at another one of her boys' amazing creations.

She was still amazed with how smart they were and what amazing things they could create. Cipher was a little sweetheart, and she was sure she would adore Ace as well.

Ace just beamed at them sweetly as he fidgeted in shyness.