It had been almost an hour since Midoriya had been brought in to heal when Aizawa had took off to debate the question on his mind while Midnight went to deal with the other children.
Nezu had been watching from his office, mainly on Midnight as she stormed into the room. There was no sound on the security camera's, but it was clear she wasn't exactly being quiet as she dealt with them, more than likely bringing up exactly what she knew based on the reactions of each student.
Three of the boy's seemed to pale, looks of worry and likely despair crossing their faces. The principal wanted it to be for the greenette but knew it was more likely they were simply upset they had been told by Midnight that they would likely never be heroes if this was how they treated others.
There was one child right at the front of the pack though, a blonde boy with spiky hair and a manic look in his eyes who had started to tremble, before suddenly he seemingly exploded on midnight. (Only figuratively, thankfully.)
Nezu had no idea what he said, but whatever it was certainly hadn't done him any favours with Midnight, who had responded to it by knocking him out with her quirk.
Sighing, he'd turned to the phone beside his desk, pulling up the child's phone he'd been given and scrolled through the contacts. It hadn't took long to find one labelled 'Mom' which the bear-mouse-hybrid clicked on, holding it a few inches away from his more sensitive ears.
It was answered almost immediately, with a worried voice coming through.
"Izuku?! Where on earth are you?! My heart can't take you wandering off-"
The principal flinched at the loud volume, though he couldn't blame the woman. He felt rather bad for her, still he also would have liked to retain half-decent hearing at least.
"Miss Midoriya, please wait. I am not your son." He explained quickly, causing the other side to go silent. "I am principal Nezu, from U.A. high school."
"U-U.A!? What's going on!? Why are you calling, is Izuku alright?! Is he-"
"Miss please, I will explain, just give me a moment." He assured, and once there was silence again he began to talk. "Like I said, I am from U.A. high school and there was an incident outside about an hour ago. I assure you now, your son is absolutely fine but he was hit by a car drove by some villains."
"He was…. He was…."
A crash on the other side caused the principal to perk up in worry. Had she fainted? Before he could ask though a groan got his attention.
"He was hit by villains?"
It was so soft and scared, and it hit the hyper intelligent creature all to suddenly how terrifying it must be for her to have a son without powers so obsessed with heroics.
"Yes I'm afraid so, but our school nurse Recovery Girl quickly made sure nothing came off that. As for why he was here, it appears he gave into peer pressure from his other classmates about visiting this place."
"Bakugou…" The woman muttered, none to fondly.
"Yes I'm afraid so. The other students are currently being reprimanded by a pro, however for his own sake we need to keep Midoriya in the infirmary for a while to make sure he heals properly. Of course, this is something to discuss in person, so I hope I'll see you up here soon. You know the way?"
"Yes, yes of course! I'll be up as soon as I can!" She said, her head nodding practically audible.
"Thank you. May I know your name, and appearance so we can let you in when you arrive?"
"Inko. Long green hair, admittedly a little on the bigger side."
"Thank you. I'll see you soon." Nezu said before finally hanging up, and turning his attention towards the camera's once more. He noticed Aizawa had every single teacher in some kind of discussion, drawing up a schedule of some sort.
Zooming in, he could just barely make out it was who could spend some time with the kid over the course of the week, to 'judge' him. Admittedly, the principal did get a kick out of that.
"So how is he doing?" Aizawa asked, as he walked into the infirmary. He got shushed by Recovery Girl, and he stopped seeing her gently rubbing the greenette's head.
"Just went to sleep, poor dear. Most of that energy he had earlier was just delayed adrenaline, and nervousness from meeting us." She explained, before pointing the notebook at the end of the bed. "Fell asleep showing me his notes on that new pro, TerraBrawl."
"The earth manipulating hero?" Aizawa asked with a raised brow. "I thought he was pretty obscure…"
"He is, but this kid still found out." She said with a fond smile, before moving away and picking up the note book to give to the man. "If you thought he was smart before… Just look at Midnight's page, or mine. Pages 27 and 64 respectively."
Complying, he flipped over to his colleague's page and began to read aloud, though quietly.
"Midnight:
Quirk: Somnambulist. (Her quirk let's her create a pheromone that puts people to sleep. Is not lethal even in large doses, fortunately.)
Combat style: Stealth and head-to-head combat.
Additional notes: Attractive, well liked, best at crowd control.
Equipment:
Whip - Midnight wields a whip in combat and she is skilled in wielding it. She mainly uses this as a means of hurting villains though reviewing footage of her fights I think she could use it as a tool to grab things as well with the way It curls.
Ultra-Thin Fabric Suit - She can only spread her sleep-inducing aroma from exposed skin. The law states that a Hero costume can't expose too much skin, so to make up for this, she wears a suit made of material that she can easily rip through.
Thoughts/ideas/Ect.: I like Midnight's quirk, it's super ultra cool like Kacchan's but is less destructive! It's an amazing hero quirk because no one gets hurt and nothing gets damaged by it which is great for avoiding collateral!
I wish she would be more creative with her uses for it though, she mainly just knocks out people before they can fight her and rarely uses it for a lot more, even when using her super moves. She could do so much though!
She's used it a few times to control panicking crowds but a much more useful extension of this could be restricting villain's movements! If she trapped a villain and spread her sleeping gas to specific area's she could control exactly where they went and give her a massive upper-hand!
I also want to know if it's possible to contain it! It could be invaluable is she could for both her and her allies, trapping it in things like little smoke bombs so they don't have to walk into a fight! (Note to self, try to replicate gas at least in future, maybe could serve as a tool in place of a power.)"
Silence rang out for a moment after that, before a voice spoke up.
"How the hell did I never think of that?!"
Despite what the two woman claimed, the scruffy pro did not shriek like a little girl. He let out a dignified yelp of surprise.
"How many times, be quiet!" Recovery girl berated, before turning to Aizawa. "So what do you think?"
"He... makes some really good points." He admitted, taking a seat by the bed. "And while I still have no idea how I feel on this whole quirkless hero thing, at least he has the reasonable idea to try to create advantages for himself like tools. Is that the only example?"
"Seeing as it's titled 'hero notes for the future', I should think not." The nurse said with a shake of her head, before turning to the younger woman in the room. "So, you never thought of crowd control?"
"Maybe in passing but never even occurred to me to try to trap some of the gas. How old is he again?" She checked, surprised by just how well written the notes were. "Nine? Nine years old and he has some better ideas for a quirk I've had for over twenty."
"Maybe having an outsiders perspective helps towards that." Aizawa theorized, before turning to her. "So, what is happening with the other kids?"
"Well, I gave them the truth in no unclear terms: If they don't pull themselves together and stop attacking innocent people, they have no future in heroics." She said simply. "Most of them just were quite but the Kacchan one… I never expected to be a called a 'Fuckmonkey bitch' in my life but here we are. I had to knock him out to be safe, but I think it's obvious he has to be at least banned from U.A."
"Right." Aizawa nodded, scratching the back of his neck with a sigh. "I talked with the others. It wasn't as straightforward as I wished it was… We all agreed that seeing as he's going to be stuck here for a while, each of us should meet him and see what we think after that."
"That makes sense. And what do you think now?" The r-18 hero pondered, crossing her arms.
"I have no idea."
Silence fell over them once more, as they were caught up in their thoughts. It wasn't until a few minutes later that a noise outside caught their attention to someone walking down the hall.
A moment later, the door slid open wide revealing the principal along with a plump woman with worried green eyes and long hair. It didn't take a genius to figure out who she must have been.
"Ah, Miss Midoriya?" Recovery Girl asked, and the woman nodded nervously as she walked in. The nurse beckoned her over and the mother let out a sigh of relief as her eyes settled on her baby boy, who was sleeping just fine. As she took a seat beside him, stroking his face Aizawa decided to take the opportunity to speak up.
"I was there when he got hit, and was the one who took him up here. He woke up a little while ago, but he seemed very… exuberant, when he recognized us." He said, causing a small smile to grace Inko's face.
"I'm not surprised, he absolutely loves heroes. I hope he didn't give you any trouble at all over it?" She asked, and they shook their heads, Midnight in particular rather over doing it.
"Not at all! He's an absolute sweetheart!" She gushed with a smile. It then faded however as she met Aizawa's eye. "Though, I think there's something we should speak with you about."
"Two things really." Nezu interrupted, ignoring the pro's glare at him over it. "Firstly, we learned a… lot about young Midoriya's past. More than we really had any right to know, but none the less this has lead to a few things to discuss of rather vital importance."
At that, the woman looked back at them concerned.
"Mainly, over the Bakugou child and your son's rather… dangerous dream." Nezu explained, being careful with the look he was getting from the woman. "First, Bakugou. How much are you aware of how he has treated your son?"
"I know it was rather bad when they were children." She said softly, looking away. "They used to be best friends but… Katsuki became a rather violent kid. Though I started to see less bruises, but maybe only because they were better hidden. Izuku would never let me see him right after school, always going to the bathroom and getting changed first. I always worried but there was no way I could really check…."
"Miss Midoriya… Please take a look at your sons arms."
The woman complied, lifting up the shirt's sleeve. She let out a small, horrified gasp at the burn she saw.
"All signs I believe point to this being fairly recent." Nezu explained sadly, paws behind his back. "As well as that, considering a dream your son had earlier, that had him talking in his sleep…. It doesn't seem to far-fetched to presume Bakugou is the culprit."
"Oh Izuku…."
"And it's for that reason, and the way he reacted earlier to miss Midnight that… I'm putting out a call to ban Katsuki Bakugou from all hero schools." He said, getting a shocked and surprised gasp from Inko, looking up. "That is, unless he attends a therapist regularly, along with anger management classes and can get approved by them both in time to lift said ban. I do not like taking a child's future away from them but It would appear if I do not enforce consequences upon these actions, no one will."
"I… I understand." Inko nodded, unable to say anything else. How could she, with what she was looking at? She didn't want to do it her friend and her son but…
Izuku came first.
"As for his dream, if you would please follow me for a moment." Aizawa cut in, standing up and walking towards the door. After a moment, Inko followed him out and down the hall in case the boy woke up.
"I know it's dangerous… and not feasible…" She spoke up, before Aizawa could say anything looking down. "Last time he asked me….. I couldn't bring myself to say anything because I knew the answer would crush him… but I know…"
"You know? Funny. I don't." Aizawa commented, getting her to look up surprised. "Quirkless hero is a phrase that sounds insane, but then again a long time ago Super powered police would have sounded insane as well and look where we are in the world today. I'm… conflicted on the practicalities of this but…Your son has done more than most kids with quirks do to prepare."
She was silent at that, mouth falling open in surprise.
"More than likely, he will be stuck her for the next week, as he heals. After some discussion with the other heroes…. If you approve, I'd like for him to meet them and to see us in action, so that we may come to a decision ourselves on if a quirkless hero is feasible."
"You… want him to meet a bunch of pro's?" She asked, both a tone of happiness and amusement in her voice. "I uh… that might be a lot of autographs."
"We'll make do. I cannot say what will have to happen just yet should we decide it's possible but we hope at least if we decide it isn't, these visits can at least serve as an apology to him in that event." The scruffy pro said, rubbing the back of his neck. "All I need is for you to agree to it."
"…All his life, all Izuku's wanted is to be a hero. It terrifies me…. But…. If this is really the opportunity he may need for it… then I won't refuse." She said simply, meeting his eye. "I can't take his dream away from him, no matter how much it worries me."
"Thank you." The man said, not even sure what he was thanking her for. He turned, still gesturing for her to follow. "In that case, shall I show who he'll be meeting and when?"
"Yes please." She nodded, catching up. "Will I need to return home after this? The train here isn't cheap for adults and I don't exactly want to leave my baby in another city."
"Not at all, we can set up a place for you to stay temporarily." The pro waved away the issue, opening the door to the teacher lounge where people were gathered. "Firstly, he'll be meeting Cementoss and Present Mic tomorrow…"
To say Izuku was excited was an understatement, he was rocking back and forth in his bed constantly unable to get up because of Recovery Girl's orders and grinning like an idiot.
When he'd woken up, rather quite early that day he had to be reminded where he was by Recovery Girl. Once he realized that, and realized the other teachers were gone because they had classes he'd ended up hitting his head in frustration.
"I completely forgot to get their autographs!" He'd exclaimed, upset only for the nurse to point to the bedside table beside him. There were pictures of each pro he'd met except Aizawa with their signatures.
"Shota put his in your notebook, he can't have too many photos of him getting out after all." The nurse had to explain to him, while he launched into an amusing spiel of a million thank you's and bows. "Your mom is here as well, sleeping in a spare room in the teacher's dorms."
"So, I can go home then today?" he asked, only to be met with a shake of the head.
"Not yet I'm afraid. You may be healing but I want to be sure there was nothing I missed. However, I will let you walk around the school provided you're accompanied by Midnight or Eraserhead." She explained, smirking at the excited glint in the child's eyes. She couldn't help herself. "And I hear a certain other teacher is excited to meet you as well."
"Huh?! Another pro?!" He asked, smile growing blindly bright. "That sounds so cool! But… why would a pro want to meet me?"
"Well why wouldn't they?" A new voice spoke up, causing both child and elder to jump as they turned to see Aizawa had sneaked in at some point. "You're a smart, well-mannered and reasonable kid with a lot of little interesting quirks, funnily enough despite being quirkless."
The greenette blushed at that, smiling.
'ohmygodohmygodohmygod Eraserhead is praising me!'
"You utter dolt! Don't scare me like that!" Recovery Girl barked at the lanky pro, annoyed. "I don't have the heart for it!"
"Sorry. Just wanted to be here for this." He smiled with a creepy grin that didn't suit his face.
"For… oh no-" Recovery girl groaned, causing Midoriya to tilt his head in confusion before suddenly the door banged up.
"HEYA! WHERE'S THIS LITTLE LISTENER I'VE HEARD ABOUT?!" Present Mic practically screamed as he walked in, before suddenly a cane flew through he air and hit him square between the eyes. "Ow! Hey!"
"Keep it down then, you idiot!" She complained, making Midoriya giggle as his eyes sparkled.
"Woah! Was that your RGA throw?!" he asked, grin somehow grin yet still wider.
"Ah, good eye, dearie." She said, patting his head which he seemed to enjoy quite a lot, almost unconsciously leaning into it.
"RGA throw?" Present Mic questioned as he sat beside her.
"Recovery Girl Aim Throw!" Midoriya supplied instantly, unable to help himself. "it's super cool because she was mainly a healing hero but she got into a lot of fights will she was still active! So she became really skilled with throwing weapons! Her aim was on par with Snipe's!"
Then, suddenly his eyes went wide as he realized who he was talking to while the nurse basked in the praise.
"Oh my god! You're Present Mic!"
"Keen eye, indeed." Aizawa muttered sarcastically, getting hit with a cane for it.
"I listen to your show everyday on the way to school! I usually have to listen to them a day out though." He explained, getting a grin from the blonde.
"Aha! A loyal listener!" He cheered, reaching into his pocket. "Shame about the timing then but hey, a listener is a listener and that much I can't complain about! And here, for a little listener got to have something good!"
As he said that, he pulled out another photograph with the blonde's picture, signature written on it. The squeal the child let out was still more dignified that Shota's shriek in Recovery Girl's opinion.
"Ohmygod thank you thank you!" He said, about to go into a bowing fit again before Recovery Girl stopped him. Present Mic meanwhile was wide eyed. 'How can a kid be this cute?!'
"Now kid, I don't want you getting cooped up in here and my class are currently away due to Internships, so I set up a few things over the next few days." Aizawa explained, masking the full truth. "Mic, why don't you explain what we're doing today."
"Right! Well, you see Kiddo, me and another pro, Cementoss usually practice together down in one of the practice cities. Seeing as you're such a fan of heroes and all, I thought you might get a kick out of seeing us practice." The man explained, and for just a moment Midoriya's brain shutdown.
"R-really?" He asked, just to be sure he wasn't being pranked and the loud pro nodded. "Thank you so, so much! I'd love to!"
"No problem kid!" The blonde said with a thumbs up, before making his way over to Aizawa and whispering in his ears. "If anyone hurts that kid I'm going to shout them to pieces."
"Get in line."