Chapter 43: Utunama

A/N: Sorry for not updating yesterday. I forgot and fell asleep.

""Hello Izuku, Watanabe," Nedzu welcomed cheerily, "I must say I was pleased to see the fight between 1A and All Might. He was holding back but even then he was pushed quite hard,"

"All Might told you?" Watanabe asked.

Nedzu shook his head and pointed to one of the many monitors lining the room, "CCTV cameras," he grinned, "I must say though Izuku, your strategies are splendid!"

Izuku grinned proudly, "Thank you sensei. By the way, did All Might tell the teachers about All For One yet?" Nedzu shook his head, "He is waiting for Aizawa to come back so he can tell them all at once. I am glad you are making him do it though. Torino and I have tried again and again unsuccessfully for him to tell someone else about All For One so that he wouldn't have to bear the brunt himself, but he never listened. I doubt he will tell his secret today considering how angry Aizawa was when he came in today,"

"Huh, I thought Aizawa sensei was at home to rest?" Watanabe said.

"He was but he came in to yell at Yagi after he heard what you all did. Recovery Girl had to call Aizawa since he's the actual homeroom teacher and he was not pleased. He's overseeing the training with Cementoss to make sure things don't get out of hand," Nedzu explained and added, "I'm shocked he came in though. I thought he was still terrified at the prospect of me teaching,"

"Um sensei, you're sure it's alright for you to teach right? Some of the other teachers had mixed reactions too," Izuku said anxiously.

"Oh, don't worry. It will be perfectly fine," Nedzu assured with an eerie yet confident smile, "Now let's get down to business and discuss the fall of Utunama middle school," Nedzu switched to his teaching tone.

"Holy shit, you actually took them down within a day!" Watanabe had stars gleaming in his eyes until he remembered cursing and smiled sheepishly "Sorry sensei,"

Nedzu chuckled, "Quite alright. I understand your shock but I have a lot of connections that enable me to speed up the process,"

"Does connections matter so much? As long as you have the evidence, you can still take down the villains right?" Izuku asked naively.

"You can but it will take longer. For example, I used my connections to ensure the court proceedings took place that very day," Nedzu clarified.

"Now, let's talk about how I took down the school," Nedzu rubbed his hands, "But first, two points to remember. Unlike Aldera, we have no inside information and in the case of Aldera, Tsukauchi took several days to compile enough evidence to get a search warrant. In this case, lacking evidence, I couldn't get a warrant and couldn't hack into their database and get their footage,"

"So then how did you do it? I thought you did it so fast by hacking into their CCTV tapes or something like that," Watanabe confessed.

"Well, you aren't entirely wrong. I did take the help of CCTV footage," Nedzu points out.

"Did you illegally hack the school?" Watanabe asked.

"No, the evidence couldn't be used in court then," Izuku pointed out.

Nedzu cleared his throat and the two returned their attention to him, "As I was saying, while the school camera footage was off-limits for me, the public cameras can be accessed due to my hero status," Nedzu's eyes gleamed, "I sent footage from nearby traffic cams and street cameras to the police and they identified the bullies caught on footage,"

"That easily?" Watanabe asked unbelievably.

Nedzu nodded, "Sort of but there was still more to do. You see, normally bullying in public is punished by notifying their school and guardians. While we had footage of several counts of bullying which would lead to community service, the police were confused as to whether they should issue a warning or detain the culprits,"

"Why were they confused?" Izuku asked, "They have the footage,"

"The bullies were not issued a warning before so detaining them would be breaking protocol," Nedzu explained, "Eventually they called in the parents to issue a warning for now,"

"And that's it?"

"Of course not," Nedzu laughed, "You see while the bullies were getting their warning, one of them arrogantly pointed out that their school never punished them. That statement was enough for the police to obtain a warrant to search Utunama and the rest was just court proceedings,"

"Did they get punished?" Izuku asked hopefully.

"The teachers had their teaching licenses suspended and 6 months of community service. The bullies were issued a warning and sent to mandatory counseling to improve their behavior," Nedzu said, "Utunama, while neglectful wasn't as abusive as Aldera so it's a fit punishment," Nedzu addressed Izuku who nodded slowly.

"And that is it for how the school was taken down. Any questions?" Nedzu asked.

Watanabe raised his hand, "You only got the public camera footage because you are a hero but Izuku and I don't have the credentials. How would we have done it?"

"Good point. I can't think of any ways you could do it remotely while following the law. However, you could have tailed the bullies and caught footage with your phone, and given it to the police. The results would have been the same,"

"But sensei, how would we know who the bullies are? Isn't this an external takedown?" Izuku pointed out.

"It is. But something must have prompted you to investigate. In this case, it was Hitoshi so you would have had to tail multiple targets until you found a bully. A bit more tedious but the result is what matters," Nedzu smiled.

"Does Hitoshi know yet?" Izuku asked.

"He might have heard it from his classmates at Utunama but I have asked Aizawa to discuss the situation with him. I also scheduled him to meet with Hound Dog. He probably doesn't need too much help. His only problem was not having good friends which seems to be fixed," Nedzu said warmly to the cousins, "A weekly basis is required I think, unlike Watanabe here," Nedzu teased.

"Well so does Bakugou. The sessions are really interesting since Hound Dog also tends to go off the rail,"

Nedzu nodded politely. Just then, there was a knock on the door, "Come in," Nedzu ordered. The door swung open revealing Aizawa, "Problem children. I assume you are having lessons with Nedzu,"

"Mhm. It's really fun," Izuku smiled innocently.

"Well, you should start preparing for the sports festival with your classmates. I will need to plan several parts of it as well so we will meet again after the festival," Nedzu explained their schedule.

Izuku and Watanabe nodded, knowing there was a reason for the sudden dismissal, "Bye sensei," Watanabe said politely as they closed the door behind them.

Aizawa waited as the footsteps departed down the hall and then sat down, "I explained the situation to Hitoshi and he was happy to hear what happened. He asked me to thank you too,"

Nedzu nodded, "Tell him it was no problem and to talk to the teachers if he needs anything else,"

Aizawa nodded curtly and the two sat in an uncomfortable silence. Both knew about the conversation that would be taking place and waited for the other to speak.

Finally Nedzu sighed. He still had to plan the events and it was better to get it over with, "Can I help you with anything else Aizawa?"

"Isn't this an act of favoritism, training All Might's golden child," Aizawa asked, clearly unimpressed.

Nedzu's eyes widened slightly. He had not expected him to start like that, "So All Might told you all about everything,"

"Yes, and he also told me that he passed on his quirk to Midoriya,"

Nedzu sighed, "Yes,"

"Don't you think it's ridiculous to think that only one quirk is capable of ending all evil as if everything will become normal after All For One is dead!? And worse yet, you are pinning this entire thing on a kid!" Aizawa slammed his hand onto the table in anger.

Nedzu's face didn't waiver, "Yagi didn't know All For One is alive at the time of passing on the quirk. None of us did. Yagi was simply passing on his quirk to someone quirkless to allow him to become a hero. Because he saw that Izuku would always try to do good,"

Aizawa growled slightly, "That may be. But it doesn't mean you should teach only Izuku, just because he is All Might's so-called successor,"

"Aizawa," Nedzu said calmly, "Why do you think I'm teaching Watanabe?"

"Because he's Izuku's cousin,"

"No, it's because he's smart. That's why I'm training Izuku too. Because I see the potential of his intelligence. He could very well replace me and All Might," Nedzu argued back, "And in Watanabe, I see someone willing to do good no matter what. Someone who knows how to manipulate people but won't be corrupted,"

"If so, why only those two? Why not everyone else?"

"I already said I'm going to do take a foundational class to teach all of the students,"

"You did, but only after Midoriya pointed it out. Why not before? Why are you so interested in them? After seeing that All Might had an ulterior motive, I'm sure you do too," Aizawa said confidently earning a grimace from Nedzu.

Nedzu frowned slightly. He didn't want to give up their identities but Aizawa was trustworthy and their homeroom teacher. He deserved to know, "What I am about to tell you, cannot leave this room. I trust you and I trust the teachers but if this gets out, the pressure on Izuku and Watanabe will make them crumble,"

Aizawa was a bit taken aback. He hadn't expected Nedzu to concede so easily but he nodded fervently, eager to know.

"You remember the article that came out a year back, leading to Aldera's downfall and the entire education system reform?"

Aizawa nodded, not liking where this was going, "Storm is Izuku and Chaos is Watanabe. That's why I wanted to teach them. I proofread their article and knew their potential. I admit I was stupid to only teach those two while students like Yaoyorozu, Iida, Kendo, and Hatsume are present but that's the reason,"

Aizawa stared at him, horrified and impressed that the two cousins had written such an impactful article, "But how did they get you to," he started mumbling until realization dawned, "All Might,"

Nedzu nodded, "Now that it's all clear, are we alright?"

Aizawa sighed but nodded, "Thank you for being honest with me,"

Nedzu nodded with a smirk, "Is that an appraisal I hear?"

Aizawa twitched, "Whatever. Do you need help to plan the festival?"

"That would be appreciated. I would prefer Yagi be here too, he does have a lot of experience,"

"All Might won't be ready for about two days," Aizawa cracked his knuckles menacingly.

"You beat him up because he gave his quirk to Izuku?" Nedzu asked in disbelief.

"No, I kicked him to the infirmary because when Midoriya first asked whether he can be a hero, he said the quirkless can't be pro heroes and told him to become a police officer. Only after the sludge did All Might change his mind,"

Nedzu stares at Aizawa with shocked eyes, "You didn't know?" Aizawa asked with surprise.

"No, I never asked him the exact timeline of events," Nedzu replied and crushed the pen in his hand.

"It was an idiotic thing to say when I fight quirkless and intelligence doesn't depend on a quirk. The other teachers were pissed too,"

"I'm sure Yagi was looking out for Izuku's physical safety," Nedzu reasoned.

Aizawa's face darkened, "Would you please stop defending that idiot whenever he does something stupid? Just because it was done with a good outlook doesn't mean it was right,"

"I'm not defending him," Nedzu started, slight menace in his voice, "I understand why he said that and will let it pass but if he does something as stupid again, his two days at the infirmary will seem like heaven to him," Nedzu threatened darkly.

Aizawa laughed maniacally in agreement.

Meanwhile outside, the teachers were trying to eavesdrop, "Majima, what are they saying now?" Mic asked.

"I think... They are agreeing with each other... And laughing evilly," Majima gulped as did the other teachers.

"We're screwed,"

A/N: Thus Aizawa slowly defects to the chaos.