After the explanation by Izuku, of the events that transpired three weeks prior to the present day, Aizawa wasn't even sure what he should be feeling.
"So let me know if I got this right, the Quirk Doctor you and your mom visited, told you that you have a possibility of having two quirks, both mutations and none like your parent's quirks. And then the next day in the park, you fell and found your injuries completely healed after the glow, so you came to the revelation that you have a type of healing or regeneration quirk", Izuku nodded and waited for Aizawa to go on, "Then the same night you awoke to feeling of a strange aura around you, that you haven't felt before, and saw purple lights and sparks dancing around your whole body"
"Y-Yeah"
"Shocked from the sudden surge of power, you accidentally flicked your finger and three concentrated lightning bolts struck your home, demolishing it and resulting in the passing of your mother, but you were unscathed..?", Aizawa hoped that this was all some caffeine induced vision as Izuku nodded again, afraid of his answer.
"P-p-please don't l-l-leave me Mr. Aizawa", Izuku said in between muffled cries, clenching his fists and burying his face into the man's chest. Shouta took a second to regain his composure and after comforting the kid, he said in a low voice, "Hey it's alright, I am not going to leave you for something you couldn't control, it's gonna be alright"
After some time, Aizawa found Izuku visibly relaxed in his arms, "Okay kid, it seems that you have an incredible uncontrollable quirk, and judging by your reaction, you haven't gotten your Quirk counseling yet", Izuku simply nodded in wonder, "So, what I want you to do is change your clothes, we will go to UA and get those things done, as well as get a needed medical evaluation, alright?", Izuku understood what he said and took a moment to register the statement.
"Wait... THE UA HERO SCHOOL! That's where All Might graduated! So cool!", Aizawa was stunned as he watched a complete 180 in the boy but was glad that the kid didn't let himself drown in a memory he wouldn't want to have.
Izuku and Aizawa were standing outside the gates of UA Highschool, 'This never fails to amaze me, even after all this time' Aizawa thought, reminiscing his young days as a hero in training.
They walked through the lively halls of the school, it all poured like godly energy in Izuku's eyes who was practically glittering at the site like it was a showcase, until they finally reached a huge door that said, 'Principal Nedzu'.
"Okay kid, here we are, now then, if all the years I studied here told me anything, the Principal can come off as... a little scary, but he means well" Aizawa said as he rubbed his temples, clearly not wanting to see the damn rat again.
"Woah Mr. Aizawa! You were a UA student too!?", Izuku asked, practically beaming at the fact that he was in UA and with a hero that graduated from this institution no less. The tired hero had to cover his eyes from the bright light the kid was giving off.
"Yeah kid, now come on, let's go", Aizawa said opening the door.
Izuku saw an odd Bear? Mouse? or Rat? The humanoid looking person was sitting on an oversized chair wearing a suit. Judging from the clean and neat office looking room, the boy quickly came to realize that this indeed is the Principle, "Good afternoon Principal Nedzu, I am Izuku Midoriya", Izuku introduced himself.
"Hey Nedzu-san, great to see you after all this time", Aizawa said nonchalantly. Walking towards the chairs in front of Nedzu's desk and motioned Izuku to sit on one as he sat on the other.
"Hello Young Midoriya, it's nice to meet you, Greetings Aizawa, wonderful to see you again", Nedzu said while closing his laptop. The door opened to show a short old woman in an oversized white coat draped over a standard doctor's uniform. But what frightened Izuku was the huge syringe she carried around as a cane.
"Ah there you are, Young Midoriya go with a recovery girl to perform your tests, Aizawa and I will have a little chat", Nedzu said, waving a paw to Recovery Girl.
Izuku looked up to Aizawa hesitating and looking for confirmation, Aizawa nodded and Izuku left with Chiyo for his Quirk and Medical evaluation.
"So that's the child you mentioned who was responsible for the devastating incident that was caused a few weeks ago? I must say, Weather Manipulation is a rather rare quirk as it is volatile, and to top it off, he seems to be a dual quirk user, if I remember correctly?" Nedzu asked Aizawa as he poured tea for him.
"Yeah, the subject of the night is still a painful to be brought up with him, he gets nightmares about his mother almost everyday, but he's holding up. As for the quirk, yes it is quite rare, and according to him, he has a Healing or Regeneration Quirk, said he healed from a wound when he glowed green" Aizawa said, accepting the tea.
An hour flew by as Aizawa and Nedzu caught up with each other, when the door opened rather harshly and a worried Recovery girl stepped in.
She placed Izuku's test results on Nedzu's desk "Well this sure seems interesting..." Nedzu hummed, "What is it, Recovery Girl?", Aizawa asked, trying to keep his composure. Whenever something catches Nedzu's attention, it's either a good or bad sign.
Chiyo sighed and explained "Izuku's quirk factor definitely shows that he holds two quirks, however, it seems that the second quirk is bound to the first quirk", "Meaning?", Aizawa inquired. "Without the first one, he won't be able to use the second quirk, but that's the part that stumps me, I don't know exactly what order they are in or how they work inside his body and not overload his brain, I also noted that the "Healing Quirk" is a part of the second quirk but it seems that the full extent of his quirk is somehow blocked by some biological firewall", she said trying her best to impart the knowledge she just received.
Nedzu after completely reading the report, gave a glance to Aizawa who was still trying to comprehend the information, suddenly an idea came to his mind, "Bring Young Midoriya to the Main Field, we can safely test his quirk there", Aizawa was about to raise his objection when both the Principal and Recovery girl were already making their way to the field.
After reaching the training ground, Nedzu himself went somewhere else while Recovery Girl reasonably distanced herself, patiently waiting for the test to begin. Aizawa was relatively near to Izuku, while he reluctantly agreed to test the boy's capabilities, Aizawa stood by so that he could cancel out the boy's quirk if he went haywire.
Nedzu's voice flared on the Ground's speaker system, "Young Midoriya, I want you to focus on your power and try to use it at the absolute minimum, don't worry, our dear Eraserhead will take over if things go out of control, we'll be monitoring things from here"
Izuku nodded to Aizawa and focused on the aura of energy, trying to access its power.
Aizawa and the others were dumbfounded when the kid's whole body got surrounded by purple lightning, with noticeable purple veins started forming on his skin, and then it started raining lightly. The once sunny day turned into a cool feeling one in a snap of a second, but what was really shocking was when the veins on the kid's skin intensified. Izuku slowly lifted off the ground, and after another few seconds when he was about 10 meters high, the sparks around his body increased as a single lightning bolt struck just in front of Izuku. That was the moment Aizawa sprung into action, erasing his quirk and catching Izuku's unconscious falling body.
After placing Izuku in a bed in the Nurse's office, Aizawa glared at Nedzu, "I told you this was a bad idea", Nedzu was about to say something when Chiyo interjected " Both of you take a look at this, I think i found the relationship between his Quirks, you see here, these are his his cells when he was just causing rain, and the very minor thunderstorm. Now this is what is really alarming, you see when he suddenly lost control and caused that lightning strike, his body's cells were severely deteriorated and that's where the other quirk comes in. It is not a healing quirk per say, but rather a Cell Activation quirk. Which replaced the deteriorated cells with new ones, which is a blessing in disguise, if not for the second quirk. I am not sure what would have happened to this boy"
Aizawa and Nedzu were both relieved and petrified of what the kid was capable of, "It seems Young Midoriya has an extremely dangerous quirk, now that I have seen it from my eyes, it seems it would be best if he comes here on every weekends to gain control over his quirk, as it is now it can cause massive catastrophe if this power went into the wrong hands, also Aizawa it seems the kid trusts you and as you are the only person who can protect Izuku and the others from his own quirk, It would be wise to keep the boy", Nedzu stated while going over the test results.
Aizawa thought it over, " To be honest, the kid's growing on me, but sir you know I have my hero work, not to mention as an underground hero, I certainly do not make enough money to sustain the expenses for the both of us".
Nedzu thought it over, "For now, for the protection of the citizens as well as this young boy, UA will fund his every need, and as for the hero work, I was going to ask you, Yamada and Kayamanto come and teach here at UA, but that won't be for another three months, so until then leave the expenses to us and take care of that boy".
Aizawa was stunned that the principal was going to such lengths to cover for a boy he barely knew, "That seems reasonable", he sighed and accepted Nedzu's offer.
"Excellent, I knew you will accept it Aizawa, your apartment is being remodeled as we speak, I hope you will also accept the teaching offer when the time comes, this had been an exciting experience Aizawa, give the boy my regards, I have to attend a teachers meeting, farewell!", Nedzu said as he waved and exited through the door.
"He had already set up a bank account, as soon as you called, I don't know why but he seemed exceptionally caring about this kid", Chiyo informed Aizawa as she checked Izuku's vitals.
Aizawa was relieved but was intrigued at the attention Izuku was getting from Nedzu, he shrugged and picked up the sleeping Izuku and carried him home.
It had been Five weeks since the incident, and one morning after having breakfast with Izuku, his phone rang. He looked at the caller and resisted the urge to throw the phone at the wall and burn it down to its last atom. He picked up the phone and nonchalantly said, "Hey Mic", winced as he prepared for the loud voice, "Hello Shouta! How are You!?".
"I am fine, now tell me what is the reason for your call", Aizawa said, already done with this conversation, "Oh come on Shouta can't a friend call to say hello?".
'I am too sober for this shit'
"Shut up and get to the point", he heard a chuckle on the other side as Present Mic said, "Just wanted to tell ya that Nemuri and I won four FREE Pizzas! So we thought of coming over your place and eating it there"
"Listen Hizashi there's-", Aizawa was cut off as Mic exclaimed, "No way Shouta! We ain't listening to any of your excuses! It's been far too long since we hung out!".
"We just met 5 weeks ago, where you and Nemuri got into a fight over her weight and while chasing you around, she wrecked my apartment", Shouta deadpanned.
Laughter just came out from the phone, "Oh come on Shouta don't be like that, five weeks is a long time and to be frank, there's nothing you can do to stop us!".
Aizawa sighed as Mic hung up, he looked at the table and saw Izuku drawing, he smiled a little and tried to think of the benefits of them coming over, 'The kid probably deserves some distraction from all the shit he faced'.
Izuku looked at him shyly, as Aizawa smiled and complimented, "You have good drawing skills kid", Izuku blushed a little at the compliment and handed Aizawa the drawing.
The drawing was of a green haired lady smiling beautifully as she carried a small greenette in her arms, Aizawa's heart clenched, he figured Izuku must be missing her mom.
Aizawa looked at Izuku who had teary eyes as he said, "M-Mr. Aizawa?", Aizawa gave Izuku his attention and hummed, "Will..Will I continue to live with you? I-I want to stay with you! I d-don't care where we live, just...just please don't send me away, I-I will be good!", Aizawa's heart crushed at the thought of denying him, but he didn't want to leave Izuku to someone else. The child had grown too attached to him, and the same goes for Aizawa too, then he remembered Nedzu's words. Sighing in defeat he rolled with it, "Okay, I'll try my best".
The smile on Izuku's face was enough to brighten his day, as if on cue, the doorbell rang and Izuku said, "I'll get it", he jumped off and ran to the door excitedly.
He opened the door with a smile and said, "Hello", the other two at the door froze at seeing a child inside their hobo of a friend's house as he gestured, "Come in", with a cheerful smile.
Nemuri squealed loudly, lifting Izuku in the air saying, "Awww! What a cutie!", she rubbed her cheek against his as she brought him inside. Izuku looked at Aizawa pleadingly and mouthed 'Help' as Aizawa chuckled lightly.
Hizashi on the other hand did this, "NOOOOO! DON'T TELL ME YOU HAD A KID AND HID IT FROM US! SHOUTA HOW COULD YOU!", Mic shouted, immediately annoying Aizawa.
"Hizashi shut up, and Nemuri you're scaring him", she put him down pouting as Izuku ran straight and hid behind his leg.
Hizashi finally getting over his shock asked, "Shouta Explain", Nemuri agreed, Aizawa sighed as he gave them an explanation of the events that occurred five weeks prior to this meeting, they both nodded and then he looked at Izuku and said, "Go on kid, introduce yourself".
Izuku came forward and said with a radiant smile, "Hello, my name is Izuku Midoriya and I am five years old", the guests chuckled as Nemuri cooed over him, then Hizashi said, "Heyya little listener, My name is Hizashi Yamada and I am the pro hero Present Mic!".
Izuku had stars in his eyes, "Woah! So cool!", and Midnight introduced herself, "Hello cutiepie, My name is Nemuri Kayama and my hero name is Midnight".
Now Izuku was jumping with excitement, "You're a hero too! Awesome!".
"Now now, Izuku why don't you go and draw something while we talk for a while, okay?", Aizawa intervened with a small smile.
Izuku nodded and said, "Okay", as he skipped away, Aizawa heard a snort and saw Midnight and Mic struggling to hold their laughter, finally letting the dam open Hizashi said between laughs, "Who knew Shouta would get attached to a child!?". Midnight also laughed but suddenly grew a serious look and inquired, "But seriously, what do you plan on doing with him Shouta?".
Aizawa's face turned grim, "I don't know, I have grown too attached to the kid, I don't want to let him go, but how am I supposed to raise him? Although Nedzu had said he will take care of the expenses, I am no parent material and you very well know we heroes are in constant danger".
Aizawa sighed and Present Mic chimed in "Why don't you ask him Shouta?".
"Believe me I did and he wants to stay with me wherever I go", Aizawa told them.
"Then take him in, you can do your job and we will take care of him at nights for you, don't worry, do what your heart says and remember whatever decision you take, don't regret it later", Mic advised.
Midnight nodded and said, "True, your life is dull Shouta, maybe Izuku is what you need and can be good for you to feel like a family, just think about it while we set the table".
Aizawa thought deeply as he replayed every moment he had in the past 5 weeks with Izuku and how happy he was. Then he imagined a life without him and saw nothing but nagging emptiness.
Aizawa made a decision, he will adopt Izuku as his own tomorrow. 'Maybe things will get interesting'.
Notes:
Heyyaa Folks, gtm here
again a big thanks to our editor Notthismfcker96 for his amazing work.
Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, there is much to come and will be updated frequently.
This is my first Fanfic constructive criticism is welcomed..
Next time
Izuku's official statement to police
Will Aizawa, Yamada and Kayama take Nedzu's offer?
and
TIMESKIPS!