2 Days after the Joint Training

"There is something I want to tell and show the two of you," Izuku said as he pulled out a notebook and put it on the table. "I started working on this after the joint training because I want to help a few of my classmates get better with their quirks."

"There's a lot of information in here, Young Midoriya." All Might said as he went through the notebook. He was surprised at the notes Izuku wrote of how to help his classmates with their weaknesses. "If this gets into the wrong hands, the results will be perilous."

"I'm well aware of that, All Might. But I'm pretty sure my classmates would have trouble reading my coding," Izuku admitted. "Once I'm done helping them with their quirks, I'll give it to Principal Nezu for safekeeping."

"Very well." All Might trusted his successor.

"Why are you showing us this?" Kacchan asked.

"Because I trust you two and I have written down ways to help you with your Explosions in the cold, Kacchan."

"Let me see it." Kacchan said.

Izuku opened the notebook to his rival's page of improvements. "You actually almost didn't have a spot in this notebook but since I noticed that in the Joint Training, you were holding back. I'm guessing since it's cold now, you don't secrete as much sweat as you usually do." Izuku admitted while Kacchan took pictures of his notes.

Izuku showed the two blonds what he has planned for Uraraka. "These are gloves that I drew for Och- Uraraka when I saw how she blocked that piece of metal with her gauntlet. I want these gloves to be durable enough not to injure or break her hands. I want to give these to her as both a birthday and thank you present for saving me when Blackwhip went out of control."

"Did you almost call Round Face by her first name?" Kacchan asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Um… no, that's not it and d-don't call her that." Izuku said nervously while Kacchan and All Might were looking at him with smirks. He was cursing his big mouth. He turned a few pages to show a page on Ojiro's counter to his weaknesses. "Anyways this is the tail armor I drew for Ojiro. After seeing what Tsunotori and Kaibara's quirks did to his tail, it reminded me of the Hassaikai raid when I was fighting Chisaki and my iron soles stopped his spikes from almost going.. through.. me."

Izuku's voice faltered at the last three words. His hair covered his eyes as he looked down. All Might noticed the change in his successor's demeanor.

"My boy, when was the last time you saw Hound Dog?" All Might asked in a concerned tone.

Izuku sniffled as he brought his head back up. "Two weeks since you know."

Katsuki wanted to ask what was wrong but he knew that this was something between mentor and mentee.

"I'm okay, All Might. Don't worry about me." Izuku said as he listed off things to help Kaminari and Todoroki. "I'm not done with drawing the support items but I hope to get the gloves done before Uraraka's birthday."

"Who else knows about this notebook?" All Might asked.

"Right now, it's the two of you, Todoroki, Hatsume and Power Loader. Todoroki knows because I showed him the page on how to improve his quirk. Hatsume and Power Loader know about the notebook so Hatsume can create the support items." Izuku said. "You have no idea what it took for me to get Hatsume to not spoil anything. I mean she's no Ashido but still."

"Do I want to know?" All Might asked.

"I agreed to be her testing dummy for any of her 'babies'." Izuku said regardless as he tried not to shudder in fear.

"Why do you have a drawing of your hero costume in here if it's to help us with our quirks?" Kacchan asked.

"I want to make a costume for Eri as a Christmas gift," Izuku said. "I'm so busy with doing this, I don't have time to ask Yaoyorozu to create it for me. Kota already has red shoes. I feel like a bad big brother if I don't do this for Eri."

"My boy, you are going to be a wonder for the young ones when you become a pro." All Might said with a hearty laugh.

"You two make me sick." Kacchan said.

"Says the one whose first fangirl squashed him with her illusion mantis," Izuku snarked.

"Shut up, you damn nerd!!" Kacchan yelled, making Izuku and All Might laugh.


December 21

Tenya needed to borrow something from Midoriya and went to his room. He didn't know that Midoriya went to the Nighteye Agency to ask about the Work Studies because he was on his run. The class rep knocked on his friend's door. "Midoriya, are you in here?"

When the greenette didn't answer, Tenya opened the door. He thought it was best to get it for himself. He looked inside and didn't see Midoriya.

'He must be training or occupied right now.' Tenya thought.

As he walked into the room, he saw a notebook on the table, 'Hero Analysis for the Future #15'. Tenya didn't want to peek but his curiosity got the best of him. He opened the notebook and found Uraraka on the first page.

Everyone in the class knew about Midoriya's quirk analysis habits so seeing a detailed description of Uraraka's quirk shouldn't have surprised him. But what he saw in her weaknesses shocked him.

-Break her hands-

Why would Midoriya write that down under her weaknesses? And it wasn't just Uraraka. He saw the weaknesses of Todoroki, Bakugou and Ojiro.

Why would Midoriya write this information down? Why would he need it? Except for-

Tenya took a few pictures and walked out of the room. He didn't bother looking through the rest of the notebook or do what he came to Midoriya's room for. His entire resolve as a friend disappeared and was replaced with a class representative and a leader. As a class representative, he had a responsibility to protect his classmates.


"That is…a very strong claim, Iida." Aizawa breathed out once he got over his initial shock. He was shocked to see that Iida texted him saying to meet urgently. He was more shocked at Iida calling the problem child a traitor. "Are you sure? You know I won't accept something until I know all the facts. Especially for something like this."

"I can assure you Mr. Aizawa, I am quite sure, even I don't really want to believe it myself. I believe this should be enough evidence to prove it." Iida stated, holding out the notebook to his homeroom teacher. "It makes sense since he has acquired the new quirk out of nowhere as well."

Aizawa took the notebook out of Iida's extended hand and flipped through it. His expression remained neutral, his eyes slightly widened seeing the weaknesses. After a few moments, he closed the notebook. Just like his student, he ignored the support items and the improvements a few pages after the weaknesses.

"I can now see why you would make this claim, Iida. You were right to bring this to my attention. I will take this to Principal Nezu. You can return back to the dorm." Aizawa told him.

Iida nodded firmly. "Understood sir."

Aizawa then slipped the notebook into his pocket. "Good."

As he watched Iida walk away, Aizawa couldn't stop thinking about Midoriya being the traitor; he had to be. It made so much sense: the constant villain attacks, how he seems to survive multiple villain encounters against impossible odds, the new quirk that suddenly appeared.


Izuku returned to the dorm from the Nighteye Agency. He went to his room and immediately came back down in a few minutes, looking hectic.

"Hey, have any of you guys seen a notebook that said 'Hero Analysis for the Future #15'? I can't seem to find it."

Uraraka shook her head. "No, sorry Deku. I don't think I saw a notebook like that. Is it important?"

While Izuku was talking, he didn't see Iida giving him a look of disgust. Only Todoroki noticed and was asking himself why Iida was looking at Midoriya like that.


"No." Nezu said. When the chimera got a text from Aizawa for a meeting with the teachers, what he was not expecting was that the erasure hero was accusing Midoriya of being the traitor due to the quirk that was shown in the Joint Training. If All Might was here and Nezu didn't mean the emaciated form of Toshinori Yagi, he meant the Symbol of Peace in all of his glory, the underground hero would have to pray for his life.

"Sir, you have to see that Midoriya is the traitor. How else can he get a quirk so easily?" Aizawa asked.

"Aizawa, It has been four months since All For One had been incarcerated and there are no reports of any person missing a quirk that emits black tendrils like Midoriya has." Nezu stated. He didn't know how to explain to the erasure hero that his student has a two century old quirk that was once held by All Might and seven people before him that is now sentient due to quirk singularity and will also allow him to manifest the quirks of the late six previous users. "I had a discussion with him after I saw the footage of his match. When he was facing off against Mr. Monoma, he said that Bakugo was the reason behind All Might's retirement and Midoriya's quirk reacted to his anger hearing that."

"He could be lying to you. What about the villain in Nabu Island? He had multiple quirks."

"From what I obtained from the Safety Commision involving that villain, the quirks he had stolen were from pro heroes: Hydra, Scanning, Bullet Laser and Air Wall. He also had a weather manipulation quirk which I believe was his original quirk. He also stole a cell activation quirk that belonged to one of the Nabu Island inhabitants. He had no quirk that emitted black tendrils. You're picking at straws here, Aizawa."

Snipe put his hands up. "Hold on, partner. I get your concerns because the kid gets in trouble a lot. But I don't know if you know this since you had your head bashed in at the USJ and you were unconscious, so you didn't see what I saw. Shigaraki was this close to usin' his quirk on Midoriya. Why would the League kill their own mole?"

Vlad King nodded. "Snipe has a point, Eraser. Now that I think of it, Midoriya was in the Flood Zone with Asui and Mineta. If the warp villain knew your students' quirks, they would have placed Asui in the Configuration Zone."

Before Aizawa could say anything, the blood hero continued. "Then there's also the attack on the camp. Mandalay said via Telepath that the League was here for 'Kacchan' and your kids said that's the nickname given to Bakugo by Midoriya. If he is working with the League, he would have saved his own hide by not revealing any information."

"I agree. After what I heard from Mandalay, little Kota seemed so distressed when Midoriya went to the hospital for his broken arms. It seems impossible for Midoriya to get away scot-free after such an attack, especially from a villain like Muscular who is notorious for tormenting his victims and he killed Kota's parents." Midnight said.

"It could all just be a front." Aizawa argued.

"Sho, the listener has been through a lot. He watched Nighteye die." Present Mic said to his best friend. "It's impossible for him to be the traitor."

"Didn't Shigaraki appear at the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall before the attack on the camp?" Cementoss asked.

"Midoriya was questioned by Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi after Ms. Uraraka reported the whole thing," Nezu stated. "Ms. Uraraka ran away, leaving Midoriya alone. That was when Shigaraki appeared and had his hand around Midoriya's neck, one finger from disintegrating him. He threatened Midoriya, threatening him not to panic otherwise he would kill twenty or thirty people before a Pro showed up. When Midoriya agreed, Shigaraki was talking to him and venting to him on his frustrations that the Hero Killer was taking away his spotlight. When Midoriya mentioned that the Hero Killer was inspired by All Might, that's when Shigaraki was having his little meltdown. He gripped Midoriya's throat a little tighter and that was when Ms. Uraraka finally appeared, causing Shigaraki to retreat. Nothing more and nothing less."

The teachers except Aizawa looked at Nezu in shock. Midnight shook her head in disappointment. "To think that Midoriya was held hostage in broad daylight and nobody noticed."

"Tell me you don't actually believe that?" Aizawa asked in a deadpan tone.

"Aizawa, I saw the statement given by Midoriya. Detective Tsukauchi used his Truth quirk and confirmed the whole thing," Nezu stated. "Why are you so bent on believing that the boy is the mole, Aizawa?"

Aizawa took out the notebook from his pocket and handed it to Nezu. "I obtained this and I went through it. Midoriya has written down the weaknesses of his classmates."

The teachers looked shocked that Midoriya would do such a thing.

Nezu knew that Midoriya transferred One For All to Bakugo at Nabu Island to stop the villain. Somehow One For All returned to Midoriya, nullifying the transfer between the two teenagers. Now the quirk is evolving as it reached Quirk Singularity and Midoriya begins to manifest the quirks of the past users. If he truly is working for All For One, One For All would have rejected him the privilege of the quirks of the past users, hypothetically speaking. Nezu read the notebook and at first he was shocked at the weaknesses of Midoriya's classmates but he counted only five of the students in the notebook. As the chimera flipped the next few pages, he saw Midoriya's costume on another. When he continued to go through the pages, he saw gloves for Uraraka and tail armor for Ojiro. He saw a portable Sharpshooting disc for Kaminari. He saw ways to counter the weaknesses for Todoroki and Bakugo.

This is no traitor. This is a boy who wants to help his classmates to the best of his ability. A boy being wrongfully accused by his own teacher.

Nezu sighed as he closed the notebook. "Aizawa, tell me. Did you read the whole notebook?"

"Yes." Aizawa said firmly.

"Is that so?"

"Yes." Aizawa repeated with the same firmness. "I have read enough to believe that Midoriya is the traitor."

Nezu was disappointed in the erasure hero and shook his head. "If that is what you believe. Unfortunately Detective Tsukauchi is currently busy and will be going to the States to see his sister for the new year. When he returns to Japan, we will have him question Midoriya to confirm if he is the mole or not. Until then, we will hold off the work studies as this will be considered as a proper investigation and Aizawa, you will not mention any of this to your students."

"But the evidence clearly shows that Midoriya is the traitor. We need to report this to the Safety Commission."

"The same Safety Commission that wants our hero students to be soldiers to make up for the current heroes?" Nezu asked. "If the Safety Commission hears that Midoriya is accused of being the mole, they will end his hero career before it begins. I will not allow this to happen."

"But.."

"Aizawa, the answer is no. Midoriya is not the traitor." Nezu stated firmly, interrupting the erasure hero. "If I find out that you went to the Safety Commission behind my back, you will have both your licenses revoked. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir." Aizawa looked among his colleagues and friends with a hint of desperation. "Tell me you're on my side on this."

"Sho, you're my best friend but the listener has a heart of gold. He wears his heart on his sleeve. He saves everyone even if it means breaking his bones, especially a child whose quirk rewinds something to its original state. Do you really think someone working for the League would throw their own life away for the people they're working against over and over? You're smarter than that. Midoriya is selfless and the embodiment of self sacrifice but he's no traitor."

"I believe that Midoriya is innocent." Midnight said.

"I want to catch the mole as much as you do. But Midoriya seems like a good kid, especially what he did at the camp. Plus there's a proper way to do this and this notebook hardly counts as evidence so I can't take your side." Vlad King said.

"I wish to stay neutral in this situation." Cementoss said.

"As do I." Ectoplasm said.

"Sorry partner. But I'm stickin' with what I saw and what my gut is tellin' me. I don't think Midoriya is the traitor." Snipe said.

"Fine then. Don't come crying to me when the League attacks the school." Aizawa got up from his chair and left the room.

Nezu sighed. He locked the door with a button so Aizawa couldn't come back inside. "Now that that's out of the way, I'd like you all to read this from the front to the back and leave no page unread."

Vlad King was the first one to read the notebook. At first he was surprised to see the weaknesses of Midoriya's classmates written in the notebook. But then he got to the page of the counters and support items and saw the tail armor for Ojiro.

"Tsunotori's horns and Kaibara's gloves did a lot of damage to Ojiro's tail." The blood hero said. "The tail armor would be smart: Lightweight and durable. 'Inspired by my iron soles'. I don't know what occurred that made him think of this but it works."

The other four male teachers read the notebook and saw what Aizawa forgot to read. "I was right. The listener would never betray his friends." Present Mic said. "But sir, why didn't you show this to Shota?"

"Aizawa had his eyes set on the traitor accusation since the attack on the camp. You know when he sets his mind to something, there is no stopping him. When this is is done, he'll be reprimanded."

"Midoriya is an incredible artist. I see his concerns because if that piece of metal hit Uraraka's hand instead of her gauntlet during the joint training, her hand could have been broken." Midnight then smiled. "Midoriya really cares about her. The gloves as both a birthday present and thank you gift. When is Uraraka's birthday?"

Nezu took out the files of the students in Class 1–A in the tablet he had in his possession. "Her birthday is on December 27."

"Uraraka's birthday is in five days," Midnight said in shock. "The drawing of the gloves doesn't even look finished. Shota, what have you done?"

"We must keep this away from the rest of the student body. If they catch word that Midoriya is being accused of being a traitor, this could spread and ruin him." Nezu stated.

"Yes sir." The teachers said in unison.

Vlad King knew he had to tell his class about this because Eraser looked like a man on a mission. If he can accuse his student so easily, then the chance of telling his students Midoriya being the mole was very high.


Katsuki didn't know what to expect when he'd been forced out of his sleep by a text from Four Eyes at midnight but it sure as hell wasn't this. When he walked into the common room, he saw that everyone was there except the damn nerd. Four Eyes was telling everyone that he had found out that the so-called traitor was Deku. Katsuki was so enraged that he couldn't stop himself from yelling.

"You think that Deku is the traitor?!" Katsuki shouted.

"Bakugo, stay quiet. I don't want to alert Midoriya." Four Eyes said.

"No! Bullshit!" Katsuki snarled. "He always risked his life for us. He risked his life for those brats at Nabu Island. I risked my life for those brats. Do you think a villain would ever risk their life for brats?"

"How do you explain the new quirk?" Four Eyes asked. "He could have gotten it from All For One."

Katsuki glared at Four Eyes. He knew he had to explain it in a way that doesn't end up with him revealing One For All. "Do the fucking math. I'm the only one in this class who was face to face with All For One."

"Iida, we all saw how Midoriya had no control over that new ability. All For One is incarcerated in Tartarus for the last four months and Bakugo is the only one here who has seen him up close. There is no possible way that Midoriya could have been given that quirk." Icy-Hot explained.

Nobody saw the look of discomfort on a certain person's face when the dual powered boy said that.

"It could be a hidden quirk or ability."

"If it was a hidden ability, he would have used it a long time ago." Icy.. Todoroki countered.

"But you never used your fire until the Sports Festival, Todoroki." Grapetain pointed out.

"I never used it fully because I wanted to reject my father. I only used my fire to melt my ice." Todoroki retorted. "Midoriya broke his arms and fingers to show me that I was being stupid and stubborn. Do you think someone who would betray us would do that, especially for the son of one of the top heroes?"

"That doesn't prove anything." Glasses countered.

"Do I need to remind you about the Internships, Iida?" Todoroki asked. "If it hadn't been for.."

"Todoroki, that's enough. If I can't make you believe that this quirk proves that Midoriya is the traitor, then I believe these well." Four Eyes said while Todoroki glared at him. The former took out his phone and sent them something.

When Katsuki opened his phone, his eyes widened as he went through the pictures that the extra sent. He recognized the page on Round Face from the nerd's notebook. 'Fuck! Glasses has his notebook.'

"Where did you get these pictures, Iida?" Shoto asked, trying not to get angry at Iida because he recognized the weaknesses in the notebook that Midoriya showed him. The notebook that shows how to help him use both sides simultaneously.

"When I was in Midoriya's room earlier, I found a notebook on his desk." Glasses stated. "I took the notebook from his room and gave it to Mr. Aizawa."

"You took Deku's notebook from his room and gave it to Aizawa?!" Katsuki asked in disbelief. "Why?!"

"That's trespassing, Iida." Shoto said. He was angry that the notebook that was going to help him and his classmates was being used against his first friend. "Is this why you were glaring at Midoriya when he asked if any of us saw his notebook? Do you think he's the traitor because of this?"

"Todoroki, he has your weakness in this. You have to see that he could use this to exploit you." Iida countered. "You as well, Bakugo . I simply made sure that he does not write anymore of our weaknesses to give to the League."

"You fucking idiot." Katsuki snarled. "Do you really think he would exploit our weaknesses? He wrote these to help us."

"Bakugo, if he wanted to help any of us with counters to our weaknesses, he would have written them down."

Katsuki and Shoto looked at the class rep like he was insane. 'There are improvements and support items in the back pages of the notebook. What is Iida saying?' Shoto thought.

"He was with Shigaraki at the mall. Who knows what could have happened in that time?" Yaoyorozu asked rhetorically, interrupting Shoto's train of thought.

"Do You think that they planned the attack on the camp?" Round Face asked. "How else would Shigaraki know where Deku was in the mall?"

"What the fuck, Round Face?" Katsuki said, shocked that the brunette would say something like that about someone she considered a friend. "Do you really think Deku would plan something like that, especially kidnapping me? Are you serious?"

"Midoriya's the only one in our class that calls Bakugo by that nickname, Uraraka." Todoroki pointed out. "Mandalay said it during the message she relayed. Do you really think that if he would betray us, he would use Bakugo's nickname? You saw his arms. The only villain there with the power to take on Midoriya was Muscular."

Before anyone could say anything, Todoroki continued. "He saved Kota at the camp, who wore red shoes when he and the Pussycats came to the dorm. Mandalay said that Kota chose them himself. He looks up to Midoriya like a big brother just like how I look up to mine."

"Todoroki has a point. I don't think Midobro could be the traitor." Shi- Kirishima said.

Raccoon Eyes looked at her boyfriend like he grew a second head. "Eiji, do you really think he's innocent?"

"The fuck does that mean, Raccoon Eyes?" Katsuki growled. "Of course the nerd is innocent."

"Think about it. Midobro is the only one who calls Bakubro 'Kacchan' so that's how we knew that the League were after him at the camp. He went with us to save Bakubro at Kamino and there's the Yakuza raid, he fought to save Eri. He had every chance to avoid the League or turn on us and could have told them that we were at Kamino but he didn't." Kirishima pointed out.

"Kirishima, you can't…"

Kirishima interrupted Glasses. "No. I refuse to believe that Midobro would turn his back on us. He's a real hero and a real man."

With that, Katsuki knew he could trust his red-haired friend. Nobody else after Kirishima decided to defend the nerd. Not Arms or Crow. Not even Ponytail. Not even Round Face. They really thought Deku could be the traitor.

"Yaoyorozu, what do you think we should do?" Glasses asked Ponytail.

"I believe it's best that until Mr. Aizawa confirms Iida's suspicion of Midoriya being the mole, it's best to avoid any interaction with him." Ponytail said.

Katsuki looked enraged when everyone except Todoroki and Kirishima nodded in agreement. He stood up from his seat. "No. Fuck that. I'm going to wake Deku up right now and he's gonna tell you why he wrote what he wrote in that notebook."

"Bakugo, you will not wake up Midoriya or I will report you to Mr. Aizawa." Glasses ordered.

Katsuki gave Glasses an incredulous look. "Are you threatening me?"

"No but your behavior is rather suspicious."

Katsuki sneered at the taller boy. "When this is over, I hope you're ready to lose him as a friend. Then you'll realize how much you fucked up."

"Bakugo, why are you like this? You would be the first person to ignore him since you always complain about his creepy stalker notebooks." Sparky pointed out.

"I've known him since we were four. He's been doing these since he was four. The nerd doesn't have an evil bone in his body. If you really think that he's gonna betray us, then you're bigger idiots than I thought. I'm fucking done here." Katsuki walked out of the common room to go to the elevator.

Shoto got up from his seat as well and started to walk out of the common room.

"Todoroki, where are you going?" Yaoyorozu asked.

Shoto turned around to look at his classmates with controlled rage. Everyone felt the temperature in the room drop several degrees. "If you're all going to sit here and think that Midoriya is guilty, that he would betray us after everything he has done for us, especially after what he did for you, Iida then I have no reason to continue being your friend." With that, he left the common room to go to the elevator.

"Should we tell class B about your suspicion, Iida?" Yaoyorozu asked.

Iida shook his head. "No, I don't see any reason to. Until Mr. Aizawa confirms it, there is no need to tell our sister class about this unless Midoriya decides to associate himself with them."


When everyone departed from the common room to their rooms, Uraraka had a lot of questions in her mind. As soon as she got to her room, she let out the breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. As soon as she thought of the notebook, she rushed to the toilet, dry heaving over the toilet bowl. She couldn't believe Deku had written such a horrible thing. She clutched her chest as she thought of some of the possibilities of what he could have done with that information.

She called him to her room when she had nightmares after Sir Nighteye died. He hugged her while she held him and he gave her comforting words. But this whole time, it was all a lie just to make her feel weak.

Deku was never her friend. He was using her. But she had doubts because she knew Deku. She was conflicted between what she saw of her weakness and her friendship/crush with Deku.

He saved her when she was stuck under debris during the Entrance Exam. He punched a Zero Pointer.

Or she thought she knew him.


SPOILERS!!!!!

'No No No.' Yuga didn't know what to do or say. This was not supposed to happen. All For One was locked up in Tartarus. He and his parents were safe from that monster. But now Iida was accusing Midoriya of being the mole. Yuga sat there while everyone agreed to avoid Midoriya except Bakugou, Todoroki and Kirishima and he nodded to avoid suspicion but in his heart, he felt this weight. He's a coward for letting this happen. But now he could only hope that Monsieur Aizawa would deny Iida's accusations and say that Midoriya is innocent.


The next morning, Izuku came downstairs for breakfast. "Good morning you guys." He said with a bright smile. Nobody said good morning to him which made him frown.

"Good morning, Midoriya." Todoroki said.

"Todoroki!" Yaoyorozu scolded the dual haired boy.

'Why is Yaoyorozu scolding Todoroki for saying Good Morning to me?' Izuku thought in confusion.

Todoroki ignored Yaoyorozu. "How was your night?"

"It was good. I was talking to my mom. She called to check up on me."

Todoroki smiled. "I'm glad. She must care about you a lot."

Izuku smiled back. "Yeah she does. What about you? Have you written a letter to your mom lately?"

Todoroki nodded. "I'm sending one off today to wish her a Merry Christmas."

"That's great. I'm glad she's doing well."

"Morning Deku." Kacchan greeted him.

Izuku felt shocked to see Kacchan greet him. "Morning Kacchan."

"Hey Bakugo, we have a seat for you." Kaminari said, pointing to a chair.

Kacchan glared at Kaminari. "Shut your trap, Sparky. I'm going up to my room after I get breakfast."

Izuku grabbed his breakfast and went to sit with his three friends. They got up from the table without saying anything and moved to another table. The green haired boy didn't know what to say. He didn't see it but Todoroki glared at the three of them before he went to sit down at the table with Izuku.

This continued for the whole day when Izuku tried to talk to his friends. They walked away without listening to him. Katsuki thought that at least Kirishima would talk to the nerd but he also walked away. He knew that Raccoon Eyes had something to do with this.

Shoto was angry that nobody knew that this was affecting Midoriya. Even when he tried to hide it, Shoto knew that his friend was getting upset by this from his posture. He refused to leave Midoriya's side even if most of the class was telling him to avoid the green haired boy.

Izuku did not come downstairs for breakfast the next day. Shoto filled two bowls and went up to Midoriya's room.

Shoto knocked on the door to the best of his ability and called out to his friend. "Midoriya, are you in here?"

The green haired boy opened the door. "Morning Todoroki, what are you doing here?"

"Breakfast."

"I'm not hungry, Todoroki."

"Are you going to let them stop you from eating because they're ignoring you? You shouldn't neglect your health."

"Shouldn't you eat with them? They're your friends too."

Izuku saw a look of anger flash through Todoroki's eyes. "You're also my friend, Midoriya. You didn't leave me when I was in trouble so I'm doing the same for you."

Izuku sighed and let Todoroki into his room. The former took a bowl and sat on his bed to eat. The latter sat in his friend's chair. "Thanks Todoroki. This is the first time I've seen you this serious."

"What are you talking about? I'm always serious about these things." Todoroki said in his monotone voice.

'I figured.' Izuku thought and chuckled. Little did he know that today would not be the last time that his dual haired friend would be doing this.


Enigma. That's the word to her that describes Izuku Midoriya. When it comes to powerful quirks, she always believed that the users let the power get to their heads. Examples of that are Endeavor and Bakugou. Even Yaomomo seemed a little stuck up at times. It's probably because of her money status that she finds the taller girl so vexing sometimes. She can be so uptight as well as Iida.

But seeing Izuku, nobody would think he has such a powerful quirk. He's always so quiet and timid, down to earth. She didn't think much of him at the time since they were in different classes. She didn't even know who he was but who would have thought that she would soon have a crush on him?

~

The first time she saw Izuku was at the Sports Festival. He won first place in the obstacle race and like the other forty-one contestants, she saw Izuku as a target when he was placed with ten million points which seemed a little excessive especially with over competitive first years. Like most of the teams, she went after Izuku's team but unfortunately her team got taken out after they were electrified by Kaminari and stuck in place by Todoroki's ice. For that, she was rooting for someone to take the latter down in the one on one battles. Izuku's team got fourth place in the cavalry battle while she offered her team's spot to Team Tetsutetsu after Ojiro and Shoda opted out, getting her a look of awe from Izuku that she was not aware of.

In his first match with Shinso from General Studies, she noticed that Izuku was suddenly walking out of bounds when suddenly a gust of wind appeared and he stopped before his feet went over the line. He then judo-flipped Shinso out of bounds. Then the match where she was rooting for Izuku. In his match with Todoroki is where she felt both awe and worry which would soon be the beginning of her crush on the green haired boy.

Each time Todoroki sent a wave of ice towards Izuku, the green haired boy would destroy the ice with a flick of his finger which broke in the process. This continued to the point where he used his broken fingers and then broke his left arm. 'Midoriya, what are you doing?' Itsuka thought in fear.

She didn't want Izuku to beat Todoroki like this. Not at the expense of his own well being. She knew at this point, Izuku was on pure adrenaline. If his power was this destructive to his own body, that means he didn't use his quirk during the obstacle race or the cavalry battle or barely during his match with Shinso. She was impressed he limited himself like that which surprised her.

The two opponents were having a stand-off until Todoroki started to use his fire at full power, shocking everyone in her class including her. 'Midoriya.. no.. Izuku, this was your plan, wasn't it? You didn't care about winning this match. You wanted to make Todoroki use his fire.' Itsuka thought as she felt something well up in her chest.

At that point, she didn't care about who beat Todoroki. She had a newfound respect for the green haired boy. Cementoss created five walls to stop Izuku and Todoroki's final attacks but the walls got destroyed, creating debris added to the wind pressure from Izuku's attack and buffeted everyone in the stands.

"I can't see anything!" Setsuna exclaimed.

"How powerful are these two?!" Tetsutetsu yelled out.

After the smoke cleared, Midnight declared Todoroki the winner while Izuku was knocked out against the wall. The green haired boy was carted off, likely to Recovery Girl's office. Itsuka got out of her seat and was ready to see him until she saw his classmates talking about going to see him. She cursed herself for even hoping to get a word in with Izuku. She went to the bathroom and splashed water on her face. 'I don't know why but seeing Izuku be that inspiring, it makes me want to get to know him better. What am I saying? It's not like I'm going to see him again.'

~

Itsuka cursed herself out for accepting Uwabami's offer for the Internships without doing any research on the heroine though she wondered how many offers Izuku got. The offer ended up with her and Yaomomo in a hairspray commercial and being the Snake Heroine's entourage during patrol. Half of her hoped that when it aired, Izuku liked the commercial and the other half.. hoped that he didn't see it. Later that week, Yaomomo got a message in her class group chat that Izuku sent his location from Hosu.

Yaomomo revealed that Todoroki was also there and that he, Izuku and Iida were safe from the Hero Killer who was arrested. She felt it was a little weird. Ingenium was attacked in Hosu. Iida's mood changed. The Hero Killer was in Hosu and now Iida, Izuku and Todoroki were there. She hoped that Iida didn't want revenge for his brother's attack.

~

She soon found herself eating her own words about seeing Izuku again. She found out from her neighbor in Chiba and her senpai, Tamaki Amajiki, a third year in UA's Hero Course and a member of UA's Big Three about the practical exam for the finals. During lunch, she saw Monoma intentionally elbow Izuku in the head. When she was walking over there to bring Monoma back to his table, the blond was insulting Class A so she knocked him out. After she was done apologizing for Monoma's actions, she decided to reveal the information she had involving the final.

"So I was listening. I know you're all worried about what's going to be in the big final practical. I heard it's going to be combat against robots like the Entrance Exam." Itsuka admitted.

What? Really? How do you know that?" Izuku asked.

"One of my friends who's a few grades up filled me in." Itsuka jabbed a finger at her chest. "I know, cheating. But oh well."

"No, I don't think so." Izuku said as he put his hand to his chin and started muttering.

'This is unexpected.' Itsuka sweatdropped.

Monoma began to regain consciousness and insult Class A again. Itsuka landed another chop to the back of his neck and called him an idiot as she walked away, dragging him along. She turned around seeing Izuku talk to his friends.

'Unexpected but cute.' Itsuka thought with a smile.

It turns out that the teachers were expecting the first years to have a sense of false hope about what was going to be in the Practical Exam. Her class was going to be going against one of the teachers as their final exam in pairs. Everyone in her class passed except Monoma who at least got to go to the camp.

~

The League of Villains attacked the training camp and apparently their target was somebody named Kacchan. When she saw Izuku's condition, she was worried because he had control over his quirk now but it was like back in the Sports Festival. She finds out that Bakugo was taken by the League. Then three days later, Yaomomo told her that she went with Izuku, Iida, Todoroki and Kirishima to rescue Bakugo which went successful.

~

No thanks to Monoma, she was signed up for the Beauty Pageant at the Festival thanks to that stupid commercial. But she was lucky that Reiko was helping her because dresses weren't really her thing. During her performance, while Itsuka may have ripped her dress, she saw Izuku in the crowd with an adorable little girl in his arms. She didn't know that he had a little sister. While she didn't win the Pageant, she won something else.

~

When the Pussycats came to the dorms, Itsuka saw the change in Kota's attitude towards her class. During the camp, he looked like he despised all of them but now he didn't have that same look of disgust. She remembered seeing on the news that Muscular killed his parents, the Water Hose Heroes and remembered seeing the villain at the camp. She figured that Izuku must have saved Kota from Muscular at the camp, which caused his arms to look all beaten up. 'A hero through and through, Izuku.'

What surprised her was that along with the heels of the female members and Tiger's shoes were a pair of red shoes that looked oddly familiar to the ones that Izuku wears. When Itsuka asked Mandalay about the red shoes, the leader of the cat team said that Kota specifically asked for them, causing the boy to freak out. Itsuka giggled at the fact that her crush has another fan.

~

Then in the Joint Training, Izuku manifested a new ability. It was so scary the way he was crashing into everything. Itsuka would not call herself the jealous type but seeing Uraraka rush in there to save Izuku made her pout. Then Ashido asked Uraraka if she hugged Izuku hard, making the brunette go red which made Itsuka realize she had competition. Uraraka likes Izuku but she was deflecting from the pink skinned girl's question.


December 23

After she was done eating breakfast, Itsuka got a text from Vlad King to meet him outside.

"Were you followed?" Vlad King asked.

"No sir."

"Good. The reason that I called you out here is to tell you that Midoriya is being accused of being the traitor."

'Izuku, a traitor. No way. Not possible.' Itsuka's eyes widened in shock. "That's not possible. Tell me you don't believe it."

"No Kendo." Vlad King said, making his student sigh in relief. "There are too many things that don't connect for Midoriya to be the traitor. This needs to stay between the two of us since there's an investigation going on. I'm telling you because there's a chance that Eraser can tell his students about the accusation since he's the one that brought it up."

"Well I'm not turning my back on Midoriya. I want him to know that this class rep is here for him." Itsuka said confidently.

"Good. When we were in the faculty office yesterday, Eraser pulled out one of Midoriya's notebooks and said that the kid wrote down the weaknesses of his classmates."

"Midoriya doesn't look like the person to exploit his classmate's weaknesses."

"It looks like that at first glance, but It's not. When Principal Nezu asked him if he read through the whole notebook, Eraser said he read enough."

"That's not really much to go on."

The blood hero nodded in agreement. "After Eraser left the office, Principal Nezu said and I quote, 'Read it from the front to the back and leave no page unread.' When we read the notebook, it turns out that Midoriya wrote down ways to counter those weaknesses and even drew support items for certain classmates."

Itsuka looked surprised. "That's actually helpful. I didn't know he could draw."

Vlad King nodded once more. "Midoriya can definitely draw. Midnight was impressed with his drawings of the support items."

"So what do we do now?" Itsuka asked.

"Tell everyone that classes will continue after Christmas and that the Work Studies will be put on hold. But don't tell them it's because of the investigation."

"Yes sir."

As Itsuka walked back to the dorm, she couldn't help but be pissed at Aiwawa. How could he think that Izuku is the traitor? He saved Kota. He beat Muscular. You don't fight someone you're working with to save a child. But either way, 'I'm here for you, Izuku.'

"Hey prez, is everything ok?" Setsuna asked, approaching her best friend.

"Yeah, I just got a call from Mr. Vlad. He said that classes will continue after Christmas and that the Work Studies will be put on hold." Itsuka partially lied.

Setsuna looked baffled. "That's unexpected. I thought we were going to start the work studies after seeing our families. Did he say why?"

"Not really," Itsuka lied.


December 24- Christmas Eve

Tenya received a text from Aizawa in the morning.

Mr. Aizawa: Have everyone gather in the common room. Except Midoriya.

Tenya: Yes sir

Tenya created a group chat and added everyone in there except Midoriya.

Tenya: Mr. Aizawa has requested me to inform you all to gather in the common room. Excluding Midoriya.

In a few minutes, everyone was in the common room.

"Do you think Mr. Aizawa is going to reveal if Midoriya is the traitor?" Yaoyorozu asked.

Bakugo looked disgusted. "Once Aizawa does say that he's not the traitor, don't be surprised if the nerd hates you extras."

"Don't worry. Midobro is too nice to hate us. Once we get the news that he's not the traitor, everything will go back to normal." Kaminari said.

Todoroki glared at Kaminari. "You ignored him for forty-eight hours and you say that things will go back to normal?"

"Todoroki, please don't create more tension than there already is." Yaoyorozu said.

After a few minutes, Aizawa walked into the dorm and found the nineteen students in the common room.

"Good. You're all here."

"So is he the traitor?" Hagakure asked, not wasting any time.

Aizawa glared at the class rep. "I should have told Iida to stay quiet about this but I understand he wishes to keep you all safe."

"Keep us safe from someone who's not against us." Bakugo grumbled.

"Bakugo, you don't know that," Ashido said.

"The hell you say, Raccoon Eyes?" Bakugo growled at the pink skinned girl.

"Enough." Aizawa silenced the two heroes in training. "I know what you're all wondering and with the evidence given to me, it's likely that Midoriya is the traitor."

The students were talking among themselves except Bakugo, Todoroki, Kirishima and Aoyama.

"The notebook is not evidence. It barely counts as evidence." Bakugo growled. "Actions speak louder than words and his actions always spoke the loudest. He saves everyone even if it costs him his life and you think he's the traitor."

"Midoriya is not the traitor, Mr. Aizawa." Todoroki said with a glare. "A traitor would not do what Midoriya has done for me, for us. He saved Kota, destroying his arms. He warned us that Bakugo is the one that the League is after. Does that mean anything or you're going to let fear blind you?"

"I know it's hard to believe but you have to see that he has written about your weaknesses. As your teacher, I cannot take any chances." Aizawa argued.

Most of the class believed Aizawa, knowing that the green haired boy was always so kind, offering smiles and support. But he was also always watching, muttering and writing down in his notebook. They believe they now know the truth. He is working for the League of Villains.

"However, Principal Nezu doesn't believe it so there will be an investigation and until then, classes will continue after Christmas and the work studies will be put on hold."

Katsuki, Shoto, Yuga and Eijiro were glad that there was some hope left in this madness.

"I assume that everyone here is responsible enough to understand that Midoriya cannot find out about this, or else it will compromise the investigation. You are not to tell him or anyone else under any circumstances or there will be extreme consequences, does everybody understand?"

Everyone nodded except the four that believed in Izuku and heard the sound of the elevator doors opening and the said boy's voice. "Good morning, Mr. Aizawa. Is there something that I missed that I was not aware of?"

The majority of the class turned to Midoriya's direction and were giving him cold glares or looks of disgust except a few that were acts. Todoroki who continued to glare at his teacher. Bakugo looked irate as he looked down at the floor, his fists clenched. Kirishima and Aoyama didn't look in Midoriya's direction.

"No. This has nothing to concern you, Midoriya." Aizawa said as he gave the green haired boy a cold glare himself.

'Forgive me, Midoriya.' Yuga thought.

'I'm sorry, Midobro.' Eijiro thought.

'I'm sorry, Midoriya.' Shoto thought.

'I'm sorry, De- Midoriya.' Katsuki thought.

They were not the only ones apologizing to their green haired classmate. They were ashamed of themselves for staying silent and not being able to do anything for him. Four were conflicted.