Authors Note: I know we all live for Dadmight, but I adore Dadzawa too. So here we go. I own nothing.
Problem Child
All Might knew he was in trouble when Aizawa gave him the look at the end of the first day of classes. It was a look that spoke of retribution and chastisement at the very least if not bloody and vicious murder. After all the students were safely off the premises All Might hid away in his office in hopes of avoiding Aizawa's wrath, but there was no avoiding it, as Aizawa opened the door to his office and closed it behind him, clicking the lock into place. He was holding a folder and his eyes were narrowed. He slapped the folder down on the desk and Izumi Midoriya's nervous face looked back at All Might. Aizawa took a deep breath.
"Why her?" All Might's eyes flicked up to Aizawa's face and he coughed, a small amount of blood painting his lips as he let his fully powered form slip away from him. The UA teachers knew. It had been necessary to allow him a position here, to allow him to choose and train his successor. To eventually retire from his place as the Symbol of Peace. Aizawa sat down in the chair opposite All Might, clearly still waiting for an answer. All Might sighed.
"When I first met her, she was dying." Aizawa raised an eyebrow, his curiosity almost overriding the fire in his eyes. All might continued. "I had been following a villain, a man made of living slime. The same one that later attacked young Bakugou causing some significant damage to a main street." Aizawa nodded. "When I found the villain he was wrapped around her to the point where I could barely see her at all. Just her eyes slipping closed. I got it off of her but she was unconscious by that point. For a minute I thought she was dead." There was a very pregnant pause.
"While I waited for her to wake up, once I was sure she would, I picked up her fallen bag. She had a notebook, I don't know if you've seen it yet. It's charred, with writing on the front." Aizawa motioned for him to continue. "I took a look in the notebook. It's filled with observations on heroes. Quirk usage notes, possible drawbacks, time limits, strategies, it's quite impressive really. But when she woke up. She asked me if she could still be a hero without a quirk." Aizawa's eyes widened in sudden realization, as if a puzzle piece he'd been missing had dropped into his lap.
"So she was quirkless before meeting you." All Might nodded.
"I told her she couldn't be a hero. I told her to give up her dream." Aizawa's eyebrows knit together but he didn't interrupt. "She didn't listen, begged me to explain. She ended up seeing me like this." He gestured to his small much more skeletal form. "I had to explain what happened five years ago. We went out separate ways, or so I thought. It turned out we were headed in the same direction. We both ran into the sludge villain after it had taken young Bakugou. She leapt out to fight it without a power. I saw her throw her backpack at the sludge monster and rush it, knowing that she had no powers, all she wanted to do was help." Aizawa nodded slightly, the fire in his eyes dimming.
"I saw myself in her. In her resolve. In her need to care for others. In her determination to do what was right no matter what. Her personal hero had told her not an hour before that she couldn't be a hero, that there was no way it could happen. But she tried anyway. There are days… days she reminds me of Nana." Aizawa frowned slightly, it wasn't often Toshinori spoke about his mentor. "They both have that determination in them." Aizawa nodded.
"She's determined, that's true enough. But she lacks control. She broke her finger during the physical tests. Just her finger. But she scored the same as Bakugou on that test. Only one person tested better than them on that test. And that was Uraraka." All Might nodded slightly.
"It's understandable. She's only had her quirk since the day of the entrance exam." Aizawa bristled.
"You gave her your quirk the day of the exam! It's no wonder she's been breaking bones! She has next to no control of it! You need to work with her." Aizawa stood up. "She's going to end up this years problem child if she's not careful." All Might flinched, he knew how Aizawa treated problem children. He had been known to expel whole classes before after all. Aizawa left the folder with All Might, he would need to know just how much training the girl would need. He stalked out of the room shaking his head.
