The same day, UA University
It was like a usual day for the occupants of this prestigious university, a recent crop of students were admitted just few days prior and it was time to discuss the plans of their country-wide anticipated event, 'The UA Sports Festival', concerning that matter, the principal had invited their most hardworking teacher to discuss some specifics for the event.
Aizawa Shouta, the newest homeroom teacher of one of the fresh batch of students, was sitting in front of the rat in the principal's office. He was originally supposed to teach his previous class 2-A, or 3-A now, but as it turns out there is a special someone in his newly selected batch who needs peculiar attention, a person whom Shouta had dubbed as a 'Problem Child'. So, while Nedzu wanted to discuss the sports festival, he also wanted special arrangements to be done in the light of said problem child.
"So Aizawa, this wouldn't be classified as favouritism, yes?" The intelligent humanoid principal spoke from his overly large chair at the other side of the table as he finished informing his teacher about the alterations that were in order.
"As long as a couple of other children get to enjoy this benefit, it's fine."
Nedzu furrowed his eyebrows and took a sip of his hourly tea, he had offered it to his colleague but the man refused, saying he was a coffee person. "I was there on the first day, during your routine quirk assessment tests, I got to say, telling someone that they can't become a hero with their quirk is quite harsh on your part, Shouta."
Aizawa sighed, he knew he shouldn't have said that to the kid. "It's better they face the reality here, rather than in the real world. While I still stand by my decision of telling him that and expelling some of his classmates, the kid's creative. He surprised me on more than one occasion and that's not an ordinary feat. As a matter of fact, he is the sole reason I even considered your requests, his drive is not something I get to see everyday. It's not like me to abandon a class after a year or two."
"I know and we all are truly grateful that you did, with the proper training, we might be looking at the next top ranked hero…"
As they chatted on about how to deal with the odd number of people in the new 1-A, amid their conversation, Nedzu's phone rang.
He saw the ID and chuckled. "Speaking of top ranked hero-" He thought out aloud and answered the call.
"Greetings All Might! I hope everything's alright, do you want me to patch you through Chiyo?" It was a common occurrence for them, since Recovery Girl had refused to pick up Toshinori's calls, the man would have to go through the principal himself to reach her.
Aizawa grumbled at the mention of the number 1 hero. He was all for the symbol of peace thingy, but according to him, heroing should be just about bringing justice to people and keeping them safe, not being a glorified celebrity. It was the reason he became an underground hero, well that, and to avoid the spotlight.
"Good afternoon principal Nedzu, I hope I am not interfering with your work!"
After Yagi's words, the rat took a glance at the tired teacher and then back at his phone. "Nope, not at all."
"...?" Shouta stared bewildered at the rat, wondering what the hero wanted from him.
"I-I see, I have called to inform you some of the developments about 'you know who' and some info regarding TY's health!" The team had suspected that there were several moles inside the police force and since then they used to communicate in unsimplified words.
"Go on."
On the other side of the line, while All Might was trying and failing to form metaphors to describe the situation, Nighteye snatched the phone and answered. "Greetings Nedzu, Mirai this side, it would be best if you'd come here to discuss these matters. Please bring Chiyo as well."
The rat was baffled to hear the ex-sidekick's voice from the other side, since their divergence wasn't pleasant to say the least… He did catch some unspoken urgency in the said hero's tone, so he didn't question it at the moment and replied firmly. "Sure, we'll be right over!"
The humanoid animal put the phone down and his demeanour changed into an uncharacteristically serious one, he addressed the teacher in front of him after consuming the leftover beverage. "Aizawa, would you like to go on a field trip!?"
All of them had decided to include the said 'Erasure' user on the secret of 'All for One', since they feared that if the man managed to stay alive. Aizawa could play a key role causing his demise, however he was kept in the dark about the 'One for All' part of the story... for the time being.
The ravenette caught his drift and agreed. "Sure."
A couple of hours later, teens' apartment, Tokyo
An intensely blushing greenette was sitting alone on the couch in front of the running television, for the moment he forgot about everything that the day had in store and comprehended the fact that there was a girl taking a bath in his apartment and will be wearing his clothes, a girl who he admires and from the looks of it, the feeling might be mutual.
'But she wouldn't like me... right?'
The uni-hornette was quite nervous, he practically suffered a nosebleed when he accidentally pictured the muscular silhouette of Rumi taking a warm shower, with the water creeping it's way all over her perfect bod- 'NO! BAD IZUKU! Contain yourself! Mom didn't raise you like this!' He consoled himself while trying to divert his attention towards the other occupants in the apartment.
"Oh come on Bakubae, just a bite! You don't know how delicious the uncooked batter is! Please!" The fawnette exclaimed while trying to snatch the bowl of cake-mix from Katsuki's hands, while the other boy kept turning around to not let her intentions come to pass.
'Seems like they get along fine, in middle school Kacchan wouldn't even let a girl near himself, but this… certainly clears some of my doubts!' The greenette internally chuckled.
After another 10 minutes Izuku noticed some rustling sounds coming down the hall, he concluded that the girl might have bathed and has now collected her clothes. He turned off the news after being satisfied that during the report of yesterday's incident, the four of them weren't going to be mentioned. He glanced at his left and was baffled to see Camie sitting on the marble counter and chatting with the ash-blonde while the boy had something he had never seen on his face...
A blush.
'And I thought yesterday was a weird day!' As much as he wanted to eavesdrop on the two teens, the uni-hornette had bigger problems. No one was answering his calls, neither the school nor his parents. He set the device down in defeat and leaned back on the couch, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
As if on cue, the front door of the apartment flew open, with enough force to damage it's hinges
The two teens watched in horror as their seething mothers stepped in, while one was cracking her knuckles the other was still half-faint.
"Hey Izuku, thank you for the bath! Should I hang this towel in your room?" Came the words of a now cleaned rabbit-girl as she seemed to be coming through the hall in the living room.
"Oh, shit." The boys said in unison.
Around the Same time, Might Tower
Toshinori and his ex-sidekick were sitting on one side of the table while the UA staff was before them. The two pro-heroes had just finished explaining to them about yesterday's incident and to say they looked worried, would be an understatement.
"So, he's back." The newest member of these meetings broke the silence, he was also aware of Yagi's injuries and his reduced hero-time, so he was aware of what this meant for their hero-society.
"Yes, and he's preparing. My guess is he lost most of his stock due to the injuries, quite similar to how I lost my ability of prolonged hero-form."
The rat was listening intently to the conversation, thinking on what should be the appropriate step forward, after taking a moment to himself he chimed in. "At the current moment, I don't think he is capable of defeating you. His preparations would vouch for that, though the one thing that would turn all the odds in his favor is that purple 'Warp' quirk you mentioned."
The lean-hero adjusted his glasses and glanced at the tired hero-teacher. "If it comes down to battle, I think we'd have the edge, as long as he doesn't know of Eraserhead's presence. But, we still have to devise some sort of strategy moving forward."
"From what you people have told me and the injuries All Might sustained, this wouldn't be a good sign for the next generation of heroes..." Aizawa pinched the bridge of his nose while the other occupants silently nodded.
"Speaking of the next generation, we believe that there is still hope. All Might and I encountered a group of students during the incident."
The principal's eyes widened before he could ask about the details of the said students, the raventee questioned. "What do you mean children? What were they doing at the fight club?"
Nighteye glanced at his comrade and after getting a subtle green light, he continued. "Two teenagers of Isamu high were having a fight in the tournament, well, not a fight… a beatdown-"
Before he could continue the Youthful heroine sighed. "Those poor kids."
"Oh, Sir meant they were beating the rest of the crowd by themselves!" Yagi corrected.
Nedzu smirked. "While I would not condone such actions, that's pretty impressive."
Mirai coughed and re-gathered their attention. "Yes, a girl and a boy of 15, at first I was thinking of turning them in and informing their school, but they are the reason both of us are in front of you today."
With that the hero duo explained in great detail as to what actually went down in that abandoned parking lot and what was his intentions. Their expression changed throughout the story, the visitors paled when they heard that a car was just a second away from crashing into Toshinori, Chiyo threw her cane at the big oaf for choosing the secret over his life. They were content when they heard that the highschooler saved him and that a certain uni-horned teen reverted Mirai back to optimum health, twice...
They were utterly stunned to see the stern hero Nighteye, admit that a mere child proved the uncertainty of his quirk.
"Are you sure that the doctor said his quirk was 'Rewind'?" The intelligent rat inquired.
"Yes, we were quite baffled as well." Sir confirmed while taking a sip of hot tea that was presented to them as soon as the story ended.
"I can't believe such a quirk exists." The ravenette spoke while rubbing his eyes and reluctantly gulped down his beverage. 'I am a coffee person. How do they even drink this stuff.'
There was a moment of awkward silence when suddenly, Recovery girl who had been relatively quiet throughout their conversation, shot up from her seat and raised her injection stick into the air while exclaiming.
"I CALL DIBS!"
"Bu-" All Might was cut off.
"Nuhh-uhh, no one has any say in this matter, it's been ages since I have encountered another student with a healing quirk, while it's volatile and I am partly willing to share him with Aizawa, none of you will even think about being his mentor!"
Nedzu could feel Chiyo's restlessness, it's true that healing quirks are extremely rare, so while she has worked with a few 'self-regenerative' ones, teaching another healer for her would be an old dream come true. Since her duties at UA required her to be constantly present at the institution, she rarely got the chance to visit medical schools and interact with children of her kind and the fact that a minute number of healing quirked students preferred the medical field, rather than heroics.
"I believe this would be a capital idea! With Recovery Girl's help, Midoriya would turn out to be much resourceful for our university, not to mention he could help ease some load on our dear Chiyo!" Nedzu chimed in.
"Before you people get to any conclusions, why would a healer of his caliber want to take the heroic route, the kid can be the best doctor in the whole world." Aizawa spoke up his thoughts, if he were being honest, he could smell another problem child coming his way.
"We asked him about it and he seems to be dead set on becoming a hero." Toshinori was about to continue when Mirai picked up where he left off of.
"I believe his words were 'I think saving someone is the coolest thing anyone can do. I want people to see my fearless smile and feel safe and be just like All Might!'"
"That's an admirable goal, we're quite fortunate he thinks this way." The rat perked up while grabbing a set of papers that included the quirk registry of Midoriya.
"Yes, but we have a problem." Nighteye began while motioning today's newspaper towards the staff.
"This is troubling, seeing as how All For One was interested in these students and the fact that he has a warp quirk, these children are no longer safe at Isamu high or in Tokyo for that matter." Aizawa stated while he deadpanned at the first picture of All Might shining his million dollar smile.
Toshinori sighed. "Yes, we actually called the principal of the school and that issue isn't any longer viable, while he is still willing to let Bakugo and Utsushimi continue their studies, the man has effectively expelled the other two. Their scholarship has also been cancelled and they should receive their official notice tomorrow. They also uncovered some past records of Usagiyama." After seeing the look of confusion on their faces, he continued. "The Rabbit girl..."
The Rat instantly remembered that case. "She's the trouble maker from Osaka, apparently she was expelled from her middle school for the same reason and then was homeschooled by a wealthy family from Hiroshima... The Utsushimi I believe."
"Yes, all of them are connected to each other, Bakugo and Midoriya are like siblings, quite similar to Usagiyama and Utsushimi.. I leave it to you Nedzu-san. Though I am afraid separating the two of them will not be an option, and considering what we would be asking of Midoriya, it seems we owe them much more than a proper schooling." Mirai completed, leaving the fact that they will be asking Izuku to heal All Might between the lines.
The intelligent humanoid picked up on the recent uncharacteristic alterations in the ex-sidekick and quite frankly he could understand him, the world needs it's symbol, at least until the next one is ready...
"Then it's settled, we should not waste precious time sitting here and waiting for him to abduct them, we'll go to their residence and ask their parents to relocate to Musutafu and from this day onwards, UA will be responsible for the education of these four next generation heroes." Nedzu announced while searching through the files and acquiring the addresses of their apartments.
"I don't think it'll be that easy-" Shouta began.
"IZUKU! / KATSUKI!" The mama duo screamed as they barged in their apartment.
Mitsuki was stumped to see her son sporting a furious blush while talking to a fawnette, he wore a cherry red apron and both of them had cake-batter stuck on their faces, the couple of teenagers darted their attention towards the newly entered occupants and separated, forming as much of natural distance between them as they can. Camie hopped off the kitchen counter and stood beside the ash-blonde who was looking as pale as the milk he used in the preparation of the cake.
As if on cue, the rabbit-girl came running in the living room insearch of the yelling and at that point Inko noticed the clothes she was wearing, the 'T-shirt' and the shorts, the faint blush on her face and the blood-red cheeks of her son, her eyes shut off and she fainted... yet again. Mitsuki caught her from falling on the floor and carefully placed her on the chair beside her.
That's when it happened, both the older Bakugo's and the whitette's eyes widened when the realisation hit them. They recognized each other from the incident that happened eight years ago.
Mitsuki caught how uncomfortable the Rabbit-girl became and caught her drift that she didn't want the others to know... yet? She gave her a subtle nod and moved to the kitchen to give her son an earful.
Izuku knew his mother fainting wasn't an infrequent occurrence but he was still worried about her, since he could do nothing at the moment he quietly sat in his place and waited for the events to play themselves out. Rumi silently came towards the couch and sat beside him, he noticed how perfectly the clothes suited the girl, while the t-shirt was loose and seemed pretty comfortable for the girl, her hair was kept loose and had a hint of moisture, the shorts were a little tight and he could feel them stretch due to her thick thigh-...
"Izuku!" Rumi exclaimed as she caught the rag doll body of her friend.
After a minute of trying to wake the greenette who was now completely out of this world, she laid him down on the couch and sat herself on the adjacent chair.
"Don't worry, it'll pass. It's hereditary as you can see." Mitsuki had collected a decent amount of information from her son about the situation and came to talk to the Rabbit-girl. "So while they are recuperating, why don't we talk?"
Some time earlier, Might Tower
"Yes, Eraserhead is right. The boys are actually from Musutafu and the girls from Hiroshima, since they were on a scholarship, only the four of them are living in Tokyo while their parents are back home. We would have informed this to you over the phone but the moles make it difficult for us to communicate. I am preparing a private channel for such conversations but it'll take a few months to get it up and running." Sir informed while offering them the home address of the respective families.
"It's fine, I'll contact a couple of teachers and have them get the consent from their parents and then we can take them with us, however for the girls it is listed here that Utsushimis are legal guardians for Usagiyama as well, since they have that private network, we won't have to take a trip to Hiroshima."
Nedzu reached in his vest pocket and took out his keypad cell-phone, it was strange as to why would such an intelligent being with love for technology use an archaic device, they just shrugged and waited for the rat to continue,
"HEYYYOOO principal Nedzu, what can I do you for?" The loud hero answered.
"Hello Yamada, last I checked you taught english yes?"
"Ahh, hehe I was just… Uhh..sir... I have to get to a class, how can I help you"
"That's better and need I remind you, I know the timetable and I also know that you're currently sitting across Kayama in the teachers lounge, watching that soap opera both of you love and were talking about your new classes."
There was a pause from the other side, while the rest of the occupants deadpanned at him to get to the point. "S-Sir, a-are you here? I-If you're not then HOW DO YOU KNOW! Nemuri I am scared, hold meeeee!"
"As a matter of fact I am not, now set the phone on speaker and both of you listen carefullyz"
Taking a moment, Mic seemingly did as asked, "H-Heyy Nedzu-san!" The voice of an R-rated heroine came through, giving him the assurity that they were in fact on speaker-mode.
"Listen carefully, I have an assignment for both of you, I will be mailing two addresses, I want you to go to these residences and inquire about their wards, and when you meet the parents call me on this phone and I'll talk to them. Understood?"
The teachers knew better to not question him and complete the task provided to them, so while they were curious, they picked up on the urgency in his tone and relented to ask further. "Yes sir!" Both said in unison and the rat ended the call.
"Alright, one more to go!" Nedzu stated in delight and opened his laptop to talk through the Utsushimi network.
After a minute of two the voice call was picked by someone who seems to be an assistant of the family. "Hello Nedzu-san, how may I help you?"
"Greetings Matsuda, I would like to talk to the lovely couple."
"O-Oh sure, l-let me patch you through!"
There was a beep that followed a change of voice from the other side, after a moment the greeting came through.
"Good evening Nedzu-san, I hope you're in good health." A voice of a woman flared through the laptop's speakers.
"Yes I am, I hope the same for you two, though it's afternoon here... am I correct to assume you're out of the country at the moment?"
"Yes we are, we're trying to get this new client, this would be our second biggest deal, second to UA itself"
As it turns out, the Utsushimis owned one of the finest hero-costume and support items company there is, just a few years ago they closed the deal with Nedzu and if he were being honest he couldn't have found anyone better for his students and staff. In the early years he had to send contracts to multiple companies for different supply needs, but thanks to the enormity of this firm, all their needs were fulfilled by a single company.
"That's marvelous, I hope you all the best for that, but I am afraid I am not calling solely for the pleasantries." Nedzu's tone grew serious and it seems that the other person noted it.
He let the mood change and continued. "I am calling here regarding your daughters, if the data I have is not wrong, Usagiyama is legally your adopted child?"
"Yes, she's a wonderful child, we treat her as our own, but once the adoption was done, she insisted on keeping her last name, we didn't mind, so I am aware of why you felt the need to confirm it."
"That's quite admirable of you, am I talking to both of you?"
"No, I am truly sorry sir, but Ryuga isn't here at the moment, I hope you can still share what's up."
While Nedzu was hoping to talk to both of them, he knew Bridget here was more responsible than her husband, so he continued. "I don't think you've read the national daily newspaper of Japan, but here Usagiyama and one of her friends was a part of an incident occured yesterday. Now, before you start worrying, I must inform you that all of them are perfectly fine, but we have a bit of trouble regarding the villains who attacked."
The lady Utsushimi gasped. "Don't tell me, Rumi crashed another fight club? Heh, she's still the same..."
While Nedzu expected some anger in her voice, he rather noticed the presence of utter nostalgia and a slight bit of worry.
"Yes, the fact of the matter is that they were targeted by the villain though a warp quirk and acknowledging his intentions, we're inclined to believe that he'll be going after them again and in the light of said 'Warp-quirk', it's virtually impossible to trap him."
After another gasp, the rat could sense a bit of panic setting in the woman's mind. "Oh dear, what do you suggest Nedzu-san? Should we consider relocating altogether?"
"That wouldn't be necessary, myself and Majima are already working on an anti-warping field to cover UA's campus and as such I am proposing to move them there, UA university will personally guarantee highschool education to your daughters."
There was a slight pause at the other side, which was a bit unnerving for the rest of the occupants of the room. "Normally, I'd have to discuss such matters with Ryuga, but seeing as we're on the clock, you have my permission to do whatever you deem necessary, but please Nedzu-san... protect them from harm. We'll be back in a month and we'll visit Musutafu at the latest."
The intelligent rat formed a humble smile. "Of course, our doors are always open for both of you." He spoke and ended the call after bidding her farewell.
"Well, that was easy." The husky-self of no.1 hero commented after gulping down his afternoon pills.
"Since we have their consent, I propose that myself and Aizawa go to their residence and bring them here." Mirai stated while the tired hero grumbled in his capture gear.
"That would be smart, Chiyo, would you like to accompany them?" The rat asked.
"No, I'll be visiting Midoriya. These two men can surely handle a couple of teenagers."
"..."
Without uttering a word both heroes left the premise, Nighteye had both the addresses on his phone so they didn't have to carry any files.
"Now, let me see if those two made any progress." The intelligent rat spoke while dialing the phone contact of the R-rated heroine.
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Parental visit, part: 2
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