"I can't believe they won't let me leave the compound."
Mitsuki rolled her eyes as she looked at her adoptive nephew,currently she was in his kitchen cooking dinner with Katsuki's help; Izuku was currently sitting on the couch, absentmindedly braiding Yui's hair as she watched tv, "what do you expect? You were targeted by the leader of the league of villains; i'm surprised they're not trying to lock you down on campus."
Izuku sighed, "you're right, but I still hate it, I couldn't even go to Gin's release party."
"That rockhead really coming to UA?" Katsuki asked rudely, earning a slap from his mom.
"Yeah," Izuku said, "he and the ones we were talking to on friday."
"Well, if he can take people down like he did at the USJ then he better not slack!" Bakugo roared.
"How was he at the USJ?" Yui asked in confusion.
"He went in with the villains, turned on them when he met up with Deku there." Bakugo grumbled.
Yui blinked at that, "he...was a villain…"
"Was being the key term here." Izuku sighed, "we knew each other back in the day, got him out of a few tight spots. He had my back. "
"Well invite him over then." Mitsuki said with a grin, "we can have a cook out and everything!"
"It'll probably be after the training camp." Izuku sighed, putting his arms around Yui as she leaned back into him, smiling happily.
"Well then I'll make sure we have everything." she said with a grin, "now hurry up and come eat before this food gets cold!"
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The next morning.
Izuku yawned as he blearily got up, turning the alarm on his phone off as he sat up; rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Another day…" he sighed, staggering up towards his closet, within a few minutes he was dressed and heading for the front door, pausing for a moment when someone knocked. He opened the door and raised an eyebrow at seeing Mineta and Kaminari standing in front of his door, "Tweedle dee, tweedle idiot." he greeted with a smirk as they began to splutter indignantly, "what can I do ya for dorks?"
"We came by to see if you wanted to come to the school pool." Kaminari said with an easy grin, "get some training in before the camp."
"You guys just want to ogle the girls don't you?" he asked, crossing his arms.
"W-what!? No! What do you take us for?" Mineta spluttered.
"Idiots.' Izuku sighed, "Sorry boys, as much as I'd love to cool off in the pool, i already got something scheduled today, guess you'll have to find your innocent alibi somewhere else." with that he closed his door and locked it, then walked away.
"Damn, he was maybe the only one who'd actually listen to us." Kaminari sighed, " guess we can't use the pool."
"Yeah...where do you think he's going?"
"No idea...maybe he's going on a date with Yui." Kaminari wondered as they began walking down a different set of stairs.
"...wanna follow him?"
"...yeah sure.'
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Izuku stared at Hound Dogs office door, hesitating ever so slightly before sighing and knocking.
"Come in." a voice growled out, prompting Izuku to open the door and step in.
"Mr. Midoriya, how are you today?" the man asked, hands folded in front of him as the former delinquent walked in.
"Good." he muttered, looking around the office, noting the certifications and pictures of Hound Dog with other heroes.
"Have a seat, please.' the dog quirk user said, motioning to one of the cushioned chairs, "now, I know you have some...reservations on talking with a therapist."
Izuku scoffed as he sat down, "yeah, I don't need a shrink. I'm fine."
"Your episode during your final says otherwise,"
"It was a fluke, Nothing to worry about," Izuku said dismissively, "it won't happen again."
"We want to make sure it won't happen again."
"It won't."
Hound Dog sighed, "you don't know that for sure, what if this were to happen while you were in the middle of a real villain fight? Where lives are on the line?" he watched as Midoriya looked away from him, arms crossed, "i'm not here to force you to speak on anything, if you don't want to talk about certain things then we will leave them be; but that doesn't mean I won't attempt to breach the subjects. Understood?"
"Yes sir." Izuku mumbled.
"Good, now, let's talk about your childhood."
"It was shit-I mean...not good." Izuku corrected himself, making Hound Dog chuckle.
"You can use what language you want, young man, this is a safe space...now, do you want to elaborate on why it was shit?"
Izuku shrugged, "going from foster home to JDC and back, didn't exactly scream 'stable childhood', I couldn't rely on any of the adults outside of the JDC, and even then, it was really only Tatsumoto who had our back."
"You felt you couldn't trust anyone," Hound Dog noted, "was it the same for others your age?"
"For the most part…" Izuku hesitated, "I...I had friends that I relied on...well, they were more than friends, they were like family; I knew we weren't exactly the best people, but we had each others backs."
"What do you mean by 'not the best people'?"
"Come on man, you know my past..' he muttered.
"I want to hear your thoughts on your past, reports only show half the story after all."
"Right...well...we were pick pockets, we'd steal food, candy, wallets, anything we could to keep ourselves alive when we weren't forced into Foster homes." he ran a hand through his hair, "as we grew up we started lifting cars, I stayed out of that for the most part; but I know Gin and Saber would do it every now and then when times were hard."
"Did you keep in contact with your friends when you entered UA?"
"Not really…" he sighed, "we got separated after someone called the cops about us squatting in an abandoned building, you'd think they'd have better things to do then to fuck with us, but...anyways I didn't see most of them until the Mall Accident; I saw Gin at the USJ, but you know about that."
"How did you feel when you saw Gin?"
"I felt relieved," Izuku said honestly, "and scared, worried, we hadn't seen each other in three years, and the first time we meet up is when he's raiding my high school? I was half convinced he'd just attack me...but then he had my back, helped us drive the invaders off."
"Do you think, had things been different, you might have been with Gin attacking the USJ?"
"The thought crossed my mind...but I think if we had stuck together, I would've been able to convince him that raiding UA was fucking stupid."
"Mhmm...what caused the fall out? Other than the police raid?"
"...the Jones family." he muttered, "He got out with my help, he didn't come back."
"Tell me about the Jones's, what were they like?"
Izuku tensed, looking away from the older man, "they were assholes, what else is there to say?" he muttered quietly.
"What did they treat you like?"
"Like shit, can we not talk about this?" Izuku snapped, making Hound Dog raise an eye; Izuku sighed and leaned back, "I'm sorry, it's just...I don't like talking about that time." he grumbled, keeping his eyes averted.
"I understand, but you may need to talk about it to get to the root of the problem-"
"-the root of the problem is that I lost control and that it won't happen again." Izuku said firmly, "the Jones's are in jail, they don't exist for all I care, neither does that time."
At that moment, Hound Dogs watch began to beep, "that's the hour," he said with a sigh, "I want to see you again when you return from the Summer Camp, while I can agree that another episode is not likely to occur, I want us to touch base before I say for sure."
Izuku sighed, "alright, thanks Hound Dog."
"Please, Call me Inui."
"R-right." hee said, walking out and heading down the hall, unaware of a pair of eyes watching him as he went.
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The Next Day
Kaminari slowly walked towards the Charter Buses that would take them to the summer camp, guilt weighing heavily on his mind; he should have known better than to go snooping on one of his classmates, but he had listened to Mineta and he was sure whatever he heard Izuku yelling about wasn't something they should be overhearing.
So he steeled his nerves as he walked towards Izuku, who was happily laughing with Kirishima while Bakugo steamed over whatever they were laughing at him for. "H-hey Midoriya!" Kaminari called, making the fire user turn around, "Can I talk to you real quick…"
"Yeah sure," he said happily, walking a little ways away with his friend, "what's up?"
"i...I wanted to apologize." Kaminari sighed, "I...well, me and Mineta...after you left, we kinda...followed you."
Izuku's smile disappeared, "what?" he asked, a dangerous edge creeping into his voice.
"We thought you were going to go meet Yui," Kaminari whispered quickly, "we didn't think you were going to go see Hound Dog, seriously freaked me out hearing you yell-"
"-you heard!?" Izuku asked, his voice rising slightly.
"yes-No! We only heard yelling, no details I promise-" suddenly Kaminari was being shoved up against the bus, Izuku gripping the front of his shirt.
"Why the fuck are you following me in the first place!?" Izuku growled, his hands steaming slightly, "I don't give a fuck if you thought I was going to see Yui or not!"
"I'm sorry-" Kaminari struggled to say, feeling genuine fear as Izuku brought a fist back.
Suddenly Bakugo and Kirishima were grabbing Izuku, pulling him away from Kaminari.
"Deku! Calm down idiot!" Bakugo roared.
"Yeah man chill!" Kirishima added,
"Get off me!" Izuku snapped, pushing them away as their other classmates ran over.
"Midoriya! Why are you threatening Kaminari!? That is uncouth and not befitting a UA Student!" Iida shouted.
"N-no! It's fine." Kaminari said quickly, "i kinda deserve it!"
"What do you mean you deserve it?" Jirou asked pointedly, crossing her arms as she leveled a glare at Kaminari, "Midoriya almost threw a fire ball in your face."
"...me and Mineta followed him yesterday," Kaminari said, deciding that coming clean was the best thing to do, "secretly, and we saw something we weren't supposed to, private business of his...I really am sorry Midoriya." he said again, half pleading with the angry boy.
"What's going on?" Mineta asked as he walked up, feeling a chill run down his spine as everyone turned to glare at him, "o-kay…' he muttered, walking up to Midoriya, 'so, how was your talk with hound dog?"
Izuku immediately bristled, his hands steaming once more, but Kaminari beat him to the punch as he suddenly pounced on Mineta and began stomping on the boy.
"YOU CAN'T JUST BE THAT INSENSITIVE DUDE! HE COULD GET US IN SERIOUS TROUBLE FOR EAVESDROPPING AND I WOULDN'T BLAME HIM IF HE DID!" Kaminari snapped, moving away when Uraraka grabbed his arm and pulled.
"Kaminari don't!" It was wrong what you two did but you can't resort to violence-EEEP!" Uraraka squealed and jumped away as Mineta brushed his hand against her butt, looking slightly out of it."
"YOU SHITTY PERVERT!" Bakugo roared as he began stomping on Mineta.
"What's going on here?" Aizawa demanded to know as he walked up, making everyone freeze, "well?" he asked pointedly when no one said anything.
"Mineta touched Uraraka's butt and Bakugo...corrected him." Izuku said with a shrug, everyone staring at the boy in shock, all traces of anger were gone, and the boy simply looked tired.
Aizawa turned his glare to Mineta, "you just made your training time that much worse." he growled, "you'll be sitting up front with me."
"B-but-" Mineta started, only to shrink when Aizawa's scarf began to float.
"Everyone on the bus." Aizawa ordered, watching them all as they began to load the bus, suspiciously subdued.
"Izuku man, hey let me-" Kaminari started, only to stop when Izuku held a hand up, pausing on the steps.
"Just...just give me a bit to cool down," he muttered, not looking at Kaminari, "because I'm about five seconds from roasting someone."
Kaminari gulped and nodded, watching the other teen walk away as Jirou nudged him.
"Way to mess up dunce." she said.
"Yeah...I know…"
An hour later
Bakugo looked around him, feeling uncharacteristically antsy at the heavy silence that had settled over the bus, any good humor anyone had before loading the bus was gone, Izuku was glaring out the window, and all of his friends were sitting in an awkward silence; no one knowing what to say to the boy about what Kaminari and Mineta had said. Kaminari was sitting in the back of the bus, likewise staring out the window miserably with Jirou giving him concerned glances every now and then.
Bakugo stiffened as Uraraka let out a tired sigh, the gravity user was staring out the window, a sad frown upon her face. Bakugo began to reach out to her, then hesitated, pulling back as he glared down in his lap.
This is really starting to piss me off. He thought angrily to himself, stupid shitty Deku trying to kill shitty pikachu, what the hell am I supposed to do?
With a groan he pulled a piece of paper out, jotting something down real quick, "can't make things anymore awkward." he muttered, catching Uraraka's attention.
"What was that Bakugo?" Uraraka asked curiously.
"Here.' he snapped, handing her the now folded slip of paper, "read it, or don't. Whatever.'
"Um...okay…" Uraraka muttered, taking the paper and unfolding it, 'roses are red, violets are blue, I think you're cute and I hope you think I am...too…"
Uraraka trailed off, a steam puffing out of her ears as all the girls crowded around her.
"Oh my gosh that's so romantic!" Mina gushed alongside Tooru as Momo looked at the note.
"His handwriting is really atrocious." the heiress muttered as Jirou nudged Bakugo.
"You couldn't do anything less cheesy?" she asked, making Bakugo growl.
Stupid shitty deku, making everything so awkard, stupid me for thinking now would be as good a time as any to try, so fucking stupid- he stopped his internal monologue as the paper was placed back in his hands, making him look at Uraraka, who was still blushing furiously as she motioned to the paper.
Bakugo raised the paper up and read out loud, "hey fuckface wanna suck face…?" he trailed off, slowly crumpling the paper up as he stared straight ahead, then his hand shot out and grasped Uraraka, making her entire face light up a bright red as their classmates began to wolfwhistle and cheer the newly forged couple on.
"Hell yeah Bakugo! So manly!" Kirishima shouted as Izuku laughed.
"Dude was that impromptu?" Izuku asked as he nudged his friend, "you couldn't do better than a cliche?"
"SHUT UP NERD! I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO REJECT ME!" Bakugo roared, stiffening up when Uraraka leaned into him, giving his handa soft squeeze and making him smile softly.
"They're so precious!"
"Twas beauty that killed the beast."
Bakuchako is a go!"
"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!"
With the tension eased, the rest of the drive went along smoothie, with jokes and laughter all around until finally; four hours later, they pulled over at a small rest stop on the side of a mountain, only a few meters of extra dirt allowing them to stretch their legs.
"Where's the bathroom?" Mineta asked urgently as he danced from one foot to the other, while Izuku looked out over the guard rail, eyes narrowed as his ears pricked up.
"Can you hear it?" Izuku asked Bakugo as the explosion user walked over, hand going up to put a hearing aide in.
"You know my hearings for shit." Bakugo said gruffly, "what is it?"
"I'm...not sure, something bigs moving out there but-" he trailed off as another car pulled up, this one depositing two familiar faces.
"LOCKED ON WITH A SPARKLING GAZE!"
"STINGINGLY CUTE AND CAT-LIKE!"
"THE WILD WILD PUSSY CATS!"
"Holy shit they got the wild wild pussy cats." Izuku breathed, everyone stunned by the fanboy like reaction from the usually cool facade he wore, "I met them at a civic center event back when I was nine! They've been a top tier hero team for-" he was silenced by an oversized paw grabbing onto his face, claws pricking his flesh.
"Don't you finish that sentence boy!" pixie bob hissed, "i'm eighteen at heart."
"She's in denial…" Kaminari and Kirishima whispered to each other as Izuku pushed her off, still looking slightly star struck as he apologized.
"So, what are they doing here?" Sato asked as Aizawa sighed.
"They are here to help you all train your quirk, this entire valley is owned and operated by their team, which means-"
"Which-means you'll be able to use your quirks as much as you want!" Mandalay said, stepping forward, "which you'll be needing if you want to get through the forest of monsters."
"Get...through…"
"The forest of monsters?"
"Lets...get back on the bus.'
"Bad idea." Izuku said, diving over the rail a split second before the cliffside practically exploded, depositing everyone else down into the forest below.
Izuku landed painfully on his back, the air getting driven out of his lungs and leaving him gasping on the ground as Bakugo landed beside him.
"You idiot." he growled as Izuku finally took a deep breath.
"Better then getting caught in a rockslide." he wheezed as Bakugo helped him up. A rumbling in the ground had both turning towards the thick trees, "We got incoming!" Kirishima shouted, activating his quirk as a large rock monster sent Mineta flying back.
"Finally," Izuku growled, fists smoking, "a little Anger Management Therapy."
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Later that Evening.
Izuku staggered into the clearing alongside his classmates, his hands and forearms covered in minor burns as well as his pant legs being tattered, burnt ruins; Alongside him, the rest of his class looked just as ragged, with Bakugo doing his best not to show the pain he was feeling in his arm, and Todoroki suffering from minute frostbite as well as minor burns.
"You said...it would take us...three hours…" Hagakure huffed out, leaning on Mina as they approached.
"Oh, well, it would've taken us three hours." Mandalay said with a laugh.
"You still got here a lot earlier than we thought you would!" Pixie Bob gushed, "you were all great! Especially you three!"
Izuku tensed as the woman began gushing over them, doing his best to ignore her as he looked to a small child standing behind Mandalay, "so, who's the kid?" he asked.
"Oh that's my nephew, he's staying with us for a bit, Kota! Come say hi!"
Izuku stepped forward as Kota did the same, "nice to meet you, I'm Izuku Midoriya." he said holding his hand out, eyes narrowing as the kid tried to punch him in the scrotum; his reflexes saved him from the devastating blow, he added a bit of heat to his hand, making Kota squirm a bit, "usually you shake hands, not punch people in the dick." Izuku said dryly as Kota yanked Izuku out of his grasp, blowing on his hand as he glared at the fire user.
"I don't want to hang out with Stupid wanna-be heroes!" he snarled as he turned and stomped away.
"What a lovely child." Izuku drawled as Iida walked over.
"You shouldn't have used your quirk like that Midoriya! What if you had hurt him!" he reprimanded.
"Then he'd learn not to punch people in the balls." Izuku said pointedly while Mandalay sighed.
"He's right, Kota could have been nicer to you all...but that's not important right now, i'm sure you're all hungry.'
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"Ah! Now this is what the doctor ordered!" Kaminari sighed as he sank into the hot springs alongside the other boys, save for Midoriya who was taking a cold shower, stating he couldn't handle the hot springs after using his flames all day; "what do you think we'll be looking forward to tomorrow?"
"If today was any kind of indication, we will be hard pressed and pushed to our limit!" Iida said, moving his arm robotically, "so we should relax as long as we can. "
"And you know how we can do that?" Mineta asked, a perverted smile on his visage as he looked up at the large wall that divided the boys from the girls.
"Dude, no.' Kaminari sighed.
"How dare you even suggest it!" iida exclaimed as everyone else shook their heads at the purple headed boy.
"You cowards! I won't wait! These are my best years!" Mineta shouted as he reached up to pull off one of his balls, only for a rough hand to grab his neck.
"You already got three people pissed at you," Bakugo growled into Mineta's ear, "you sure you wanna push your luck."
"N-no…" Mineta stuttered out.
"Good, you even look at that wall again and I'll blast ya."
Kota watched them from the top of the wall, sighing when he sees Bakugo keep Mineta from climbing the wall, "Guess i'm done here." he grumbled, climbing down and exiting the springs through the boys locker room, stopping as he sees Izuku step out of the shower with a towel tied around his waist; the younger boys eyes widened at seeing the scars and brands that covered Izuku's body.
Izuku froze as he noticed Kota, then walked past the boy to his designated locker, pulling a shirt out and putting it on, "Isn't it past your bedtime runt?" he muttered.
"W-what happened?" Kota asked quietly.
"None of your business, that's what happened." Izuku said gruffly.
"B-but those look bad! Shouldn't we tell Mandalay-"
"It's none of your fuckin' business kid, so drop it." Izuku snapped, making Kota flinch back, Izuku sighed, and forced himself to calm down, "it's not something I like talking about kid," he muttered, " so leave it."
Kota hesitated, then nodded, walking out of the locker room as Izuku got changed.
"He was curious."
Izuku looked up, grimacing as Shoto walked towards him, "as was I when I saw them."
'At least you had the good sense not to push it." Izuku muttered. Leaning back against the lockers as Shoto began to change.
"True," Shoto said, looking to his friend, "but I can't force someone to face their past, not like you can."
Sorry for the long wait, I've been focused on getting my CLP for the last couple of weeks so I fell out of updating, but I'll do my best to start regular updates once more.
As an aside, I've decided to cut the number of rehab students from a full class of twenty to only nine, and will be giving the tenth spot to a deserving character,I'll give any last minute entries until the weekend and then I will no longer be taking OC's.
Until then,
Peace out.