Chapter 2

Shoto pulled off his shirt changing quickly into his sleep pants leaving his torso uncovered. He glanced in the mirror. The deep slash in his side was bandaged but the dark red dried blood was visible through the white, standing out against his creamy skin, broad shoulders and muscled torso. He'd filled out over the years from school to present, constant training and building up his body and stamina to keep up with Izuku, Katsuki. His shoulder had a bandage as well from another slice he'd taken that day. The corner of his mouth pulled in. Aydin was going to have a field day when she got into bed. Especially with how worried and in need of contact she had been earlier. Shoto walked to bed plugging his phone in and grabbing a pair of reading glasses off his bedside table he collected the book he had been reading and indulged in its pages waiting for Aydin to finish in the bathroom. He was already enthralled with his book when the door opened as Aydin walked out. He stopped reading but kept his eyes on the book. "Sho-chan, what are those?" She asked standing halfway to the bed glaring at him, her hands on her hips.

"They aren't serious, just a few scratches" he lied. Setting the book down with the marker in it. "You want to see don't you?" He stated she nodded sharply. He sighed, rolling so he was seated on the edge of the bed, closing his eyes, he pulled the bandages away.

Aydin walked over to inspect the cuts. She prodded making him hiss at the influx of pain. She just rolled her eyes, "Every time" she sighed, caressing his face locking eyes with him. "May I love?" She asked, straddling his hips placing her hands on his torso near both wounds. He nodded stiffly taking even breaths. Her eyes glowed a bright golden green as her quirk activated, Shoto's skin starting to knit itself back together, on his side and shoulder, the flesh obeying her command as she healed his wounds. His muscles swelling and the scar tissue that had been starting to build up again near his left shoulder decreased. Allowing him to not hear crunching noises as he moved it. Anti-autonomy or organic flesh manipulation was her quirk. If she had touched someone in the last 2 weeks she could force their body to do almost anything she wished, be it dance or lock up all their joints in their left side. She could bring you to your knees literally. Or she could coax a body to heal itself faster than normal or split apart. It was like losing all bodily autonomy. In a fight it could be devastating, during many a sparring match at U.A. she had won without making a single move, however she preferred to use it as a healing tool, her ability could cause a massive debate about how she should be regulated if she was a practicing pro-hero who fought crime.

He sighed as the stinging retreated and he was left as good as new. "Thank you Aydin" he smiled up at her warmly.

"Shoto, please be careful."

"I am careful, Love. But these things happen and come along with the job." He said pulling her further into his lap as he moved back onto the bed, leaning against the headboard. His hands danced under her sleep shirt; while her hands dropped lower and lower on his torso.

He groaned and turned off the lights before advancing, flipping over her getting ready to thoroughly enjoy the time between now and when they actually went to sleep.

When Shoto woke the house was empty, Aydin was already gone, as was Takea who had been dropped off at daycare. Shoto padded into the kitchen, opening the fridge to find a plate with eggs, rice, broccoli and bacon on it, as well as a note, "Swing by UA at 1 if you can, I have Katsuki coming in as well, its for my seminar course on hero theory we are discussing villain vs hero laws and how they hurt and help both heros civilians and set up villains for success." He pocketed the note as he pulled out his phone to check his schedule, he could make that work, if he remembered right, theory was first then she had the third years for practical hero training. He definitely wanted to watch that, as did Bakugo he was sure, the festival was coming up and any insight he had before making intern or work study offers the better.

He spent the morning in his study he was recounting the last week of Fais' activity, hoping something would help link them together. A hero was caught outside of the police station, with evidence in his pocket that he'd been using his quirk and fame for some rather unsavory and illegal fun. A villain who had been able to skirt around the laws for a while was dumped in town hall with a stack of incriminating records next to him. He poured through the logs, he read a solid five to seven other incidents that he could directly link to Fais. Including what had caused Shoto to chase after him, Fais didn't have a license so even though he was doing good work at times, he was also outside of the law. It made him a dangerous target, while part of him agreed that what Fais did was needed, he was doing so in a way that didn't allow for any responsibility on Fais' part. He'd seen him in an alley, he'd tied up another bad guy, the villain had from the look of it been going after a young girl, she had scratches on her face and slashes in her shirt and torso, luckily nothing too deep. Fais had been helping the girl to her feet, he watched as Fais had dusted the girl off and helped her out to the crowded street, exchanging a few words of advice before patting her on the back lifting into the air, floating back into the alley snatching up the villain. He'd asked the girl if she was ok, she had said she was fine now and that whoever that was had saved her from the scary man. That's when he acted, he'd darted after Fais down the alleyway, Fais slipped into the window of an old building. He thought he'd gotten the jump on him. Sadly he'd been mistaken, he dove through the window his ice slicking over the whole floor his fire cracking to life covering the whole left side of his body. He knew better than to be sure of anything when diving head first into a situation, but he hadn't expected to be hit as soon as he landed. He'd yelled in surprise as something torn into his side lacerating his skin and costume. He stumbled for a half second before regaining his balance and composure, another laceration whizzed by him, slicing into his shoulder. He looked up expecting to see Fais setting up to fight him instead he saw Fais whispering into someone's ear the villain from below, Fais had untied them, he was smiling. Shoto starred in alarm it wasn't a malicious smile, just a quiet warm one. "He was trying to rape that girl, oh and do watch out for his blades, he's quite adept at using them. We don't need another good hero going down for being over confident." Shoto quirked up an eyebrow, hadn't Fais noticed they both were stuck? He'd iced over their shoes and calves. Fais released the villain giving him a small push forward, much to Shoto's surprise when he walked through it like it wasn't there, phasing through solid ice. Then Fais sank into the ground himself phasing through the floor leaving Shoto occupied while he got away. He tallied the quirks that Fais had shown so far, flying through the air hinted at something element based, so did the ineffectiveness of his ice. Phasing through solid objects was a known one, it was his signature move, hence the play on words with his name also being Fais. But there was another Fais had shown off, some sort of control move, he'd untied a villain spoken to him and let him go and from the looks of it the villain had followed his orders. This was noteworthy if Fais had a body or mind control quirk too he'd have to be even more cautious when dealing with the notorious vigilante.

He walked through his old high school towards class 3-S the seminar room. He saw Katsuki sitting off to the side by the stage door. Both were in their full costumes, since they were coming in to help as guest pros they should go in as their hero personas to keep their cover. Well as much as they could, even though Shoto went by his own name. Even here there were secrets they had to be careful of, as far as the class knew he and Bakago were just alumni the school had asked a favor of. What they didn't know is that they were friends with their teacher who was just as powerful as any of the top heroes out saving the world. The side door burst open Aydin leaping through the door tackling the blonde haired man. "Aghhh get off me fucking puppet master!" Bakago yelled shoving at his friend's sides. Shoto chuckled watching the boy fight against the fiery woman who grabbed his face kissing his cheek. "Arghhh! Fucking move!" He yelled again finally managing to hurl the smaller of the two off him. She laughed twisting in the air landing lightly on her feet, she held out her hand to the grumpy blond on the floor, he snarled at her "not like it makes a bit of God damned difference now." He said clasping her hand letting her drag him up.

"Good to see you're still you Kacchan" she laughed clapping him on the shoulder. "So today the class is going to be a discussion among pro's and the class about the laws pros must abide by and how that ties their hands in fighting crime and helping people. How quirks are managed and allowed to be used in combat and public situations where civilians are present. The idea behind this is that after the class they pick a law that heroes must abide by and rewrite it to be more practical and helpful in the future." Aydin told them. "I just wanted you to be prepared, since they sure as hell will be. They are in their 3rd year, and are chomping at the bit to get out in the field, but still need some serious guidance. I'm going to go in and start class if you two can be quiet you can wait in the back." She said focusing on Bakago when mentioning the silent part.

"Ehh! Stop staring at me, I can be quiet!" He yelled only causing both Shoto and Aydin to raise an eyebrow at him.

"Right," Aydin said slowly, opening the door. "And remember they only know we were classmates, not that we are friends. They know I'm married, they know Shoto is married, but they don't know it's too one another." she said. "So be careful about what comes out of your mouth, Kacchan. I am not above making you do an impromptu showing of Swan Lake." She threatened, he glared back at her but also seemed to heed her warning.

Shoto stayed quiet relaxing against the wall as his wife ran back up the stairs to start her class. "God damned woman, Takea is gonna have a hell of a time being a regular teenager with her." Bakago seethed, Shoto just chuckled.

"Yeah, she really can put the fear of God into just about anyone." Shoto's lips quirked up into a smirk. "Even you."

"Hey, I never said anything about fear Icy Hot!" Bakago snarled but kept his voice low only adding to Shoto's bemusement. Bakago snarled again, cursing as he walked to a table with lapel mics and transmitters attached to them. He clipped on the mic, shoving the transmitter into a pocket. Shoto followed suit clipping the transmitter to his belt before returning back to the side wall.

Both of their ears perked up as Aydin explained to the class that the two pro's who were going to be helping with class were asked to come in as a special request from the principal since they were some of the top heroes the country had. They had been picked from her own graduating class to help the three of them have a more effective conversation that would benefit the class. She laid out the rules for them and how she expected them to behave as a class. She made it clear that these two had been kind enough to come in voluntarily; and if the students couldn't be respectful than she had no issue asking them to leave and get an automatic fail for the assignment that would be given at the end of class. She gave instructions for them to write down three questions and then pass the papers forward to the first person who would then place them into the bin at the head of the class. The class quieted to a hush out of fear and the new instructions she'd given. "Fear of God." Shoto said leaning lazily against the wall.

While Bakago cursed venomously under his breath. "How the fuck did you marry that woman she's like the exact opposite of you?"

"She is both so similar to me and so opposite that we seem to balance each other out." He mused, shrugging. "Strong willed, smart, confident, loving, compassionate," starting to list.

"Snarky, hyperactive, quick tempered, uncontrollable, conniving." Bakago countered.

"It's a balancing act." Shoto shrugged. "Just like you have with Midoriya-kun."

"Now with all the questions in, I'll bring out our two pros who will be joining us today for our discussion on hero vs villain theory and how the laws set forth by the council and government help and hurt our heroes, our villains and our civilians both those with and without quirks," Aydin quickly reframed the discussion topic, it was a necessary task since all the seminars were filmed and placed online for all the students and alumni to watch. Aydin Henkan's class was one of the most sought after electives. The hero course students were required to take it all three semesters of their third year. While it was open to the other course semester by semester, it had a very limited number of available spots. "Without wasting to much more of your time please join me in welcoming two of the top heroes in the world and U.A. alumni Ground Zero and Shoto." Aydin announced having switched to the lapel microphone she had been wearing earlier.

Shoto and Bakago climbed up the stairs and walked out onto the stage. Three tall chairs were in a half circle with the step up podium, which Aydin was perched on top of, always the unconventional teacher. The students exploded into ruckus applause for the two heroes as they walked to sit down with one of the school's favorite teachers.

Bakago walked over throwing himself into the closest seat. "Long time no see Henkan-chan." he mused looking up at her from his spot.

"Aydin-chan," Shoto said inclining his head, "It is good to see you again, thank you for inviting us."

"It's good to see you both again." she smiled at them leaping down from the podium landing lightly. She gave Shoto a quick hug, looking back at Bakago before deciding to leave him be, and sat down in the chair opposite him leaving Shoto with the middle seat. "So you both know why you were asked to be here, why don't we jump straight into the questions." Aydin said grabbing a paper out of the basket of questions. The other two nodded in agreement as Aydin turned to the class reading one of the questions on the piece of paper she had selected. "What has classified the vigilante Fais as a target, and do you agree with his actions?" Aydin placed the card on the table.

"Alright then diving into the deep end right away," Shoto mused.

"So it seems," Aydin shrugged raising up the card that had the question. "Alright Ground Zero your agency has been tailing Fais for quite some time now, you should have a pretty solid take on that one." Aydin opened the door leading Bakago into the discussion.

Bakago stiffened, thinking for a moment before picking his words carefully. He knew Aydin was the theory seminar course teacher for a reason, she had a knack for playing devil's advocate and making it sound perfectly reasonable. It was something he hated about her and loved. He knew she would be able to provide some excellent insights, he'd been toying with talking to her about his investigation for a while. But he knew that right now talking to her would come with a high risk of her making him look like an idiot at least once. He also was in an auditorium full of students and they couldn't go at the discussion in nearly the same screaming, cursing, beat the crap out of one another in the gym adult way that was characteristic of them. "Fais is dangerous because they have such a strong influence on the civilian and villain community, they're operating in a way that is very similar to Stain from when we were in school. But Fais also has no license as far as we've been able to tell. Since they stepped into the spotlight, many of the traits light up the same category that All For One did. Multiple quirks, one of which is some sort of persuasion quirk which brings with it a whole other host of legalities. They have a hierarchy system in place and absolutely none of them know Fais' true identity, or if they do are incapable of sharing it. It's on a level that keeps villains flowing into the ranks, heroes on edge since if they step out of line Fais has shown that they don't differentiate between heroes and villains; a bad person is all the same to them. The fact that they have a list of untouchable pros just recently came to light, and this only increased the support from the public. If you look at the acts they can't technically be classified under the normal crimes a villain would commit but they are still operating without a license" to Aydin's surprise Bakago was very candid in his reply, which is what she hoped for especially since this was an open discussion with her, Shoto and the entire 3rd year hero course students.

"So it sounds like you are agreeing with his actions but not the method? But are also worried because of the huge following," Aydin concluded.

"Basically. The direction Fais is headed in now isn't necessarily a bad one, in fact he's been helping bring in more crime than ever before, the council just doesn't want anyone to know that. Fais is also a major threat since if they turn to the path All for One took he already has a large support base." Bakago let a little more information out.

"Wait Fais has helped lower crime rate?" Aydin asked shocked, Bakago nodded. "And the council is hiding that?" He nodded again. "So to be a good person and stand up for those around us and those in need they are basically confining it to saying we need to own a license to make that call and be a decent human." She asked looking over at him, he just glared at her as she spun the conversation into a new direction.

"While I, and many other pros may disagree, sadly our laws tie everyone's hands a bit in this case." Shoto concluded shifting forward in his seat in case he had to grab the blonde who's hand was crackling next to him. Bakago looked ready to dive across the tea table in front of them at her. "Fais without a license is outside of the law. However not everyone has the same motives as Fais so keeping his success quiet is logical, to not spark copycats." Shoto continued "The reason we have the laws in the first place is to help manage the use of quirks so they aren't abused, or used in an inappropriate way, as heros we've been trained to use them."

"So if Fais was a licensed hero he'd be ok?" Aydin challenged the two heros in front of her.

"I'll have to ponder that one, cause I doubt if that were the case that he would have the same support, or even be able to achieve the odd level of peace he's maintaining now."

"If they were licensed it would be an entirely different conversation since one of Fais' quirks is of the persuasion or mind tampering variety. Our council, as you know personally Henkan-chan, has some incredibly strict guidelines and ideas on the subject, especially when it comes to body autonomy." Bakago mused diving into the conversation again, having recovered from Aydin yanking the proverbial rug out from under him, he was attempting to turn the tide and do it to her now.

"Of course," Aydin turned to the class, "alright can anyone in the room tell me the council's rules on quirks that use any type of physical or mental override allowing the user to gain bodily or mental autonomy from their victim?" Aydin asked, hands shooting up in the audience.

"As pertaining to the hero laws Quirks cannot be used publicly by any non-licensed hero. Quirks cannot be used to injure other persons under any circumstances without just cause and a hero license. Heroes quirks must be registered in the public database (can be changed). Quirks can be used for self-defense purposes when in distress or present danger. But as it regards to quirks with the ability to exert control over others the issue of consent is raised as well as the issue of power and where each party's actions begin and end causing quite the grey area, making it hard for those with body or mind control quirks to gain popularity or even obtain a license to begin with." the student she called on recited. Bakago's face twisted not even a stutter on her part, it was going to be hard to even remotely turn the tides on her in her own classroom.

"Ok so from that what are some obstacles that those with manipulation powers face?" She asked the class. Hands flew into the air all around the room, Aydin scanned and pointed to one of the general studies students.

She stood up. "Consent is the number one issue and what is authorized and what is not by the person who is being manipulated. This makes it a very large grey area and it can turn it into a pointing fingers, or a he said she said situation. Unless verified consent can be confirmed and that they know exactly what they are consenting too. But in the world of crime, using it to bring someone down is tedious, and can cause monumental backlash. Or even a finger pointing back at the hero blaming them, saying that the hero is responsible for the villians actions to bring up their popularity or numbers."

Bakago nodded "That is why it's such a difficult subject, most of the time we are unable to tell if those in the group have given consent or not, or if they are cognizant of what they are doing or if they are just messing with us. It very much is a game and right now Fais is winning it, they are very aware of the laws and are using it to their advantage. Other times Fais will use other villains then to fight heroes while they get away and then the villains with just stop fighting and allow capture. Which is another grey area in of itself."

"He is definitely, smart and has quite the understanding of how to work the system." Shoto confirmed. "He has definitely put thought into this and has a plan of how to work the system and manipulate the grey areas to gain support even when not in the law, sounds almost like he's taken your course here Aydin."

"Well they may have, their rise definitely fits within the time-line of when I started teaching here." She said, "but it also comes down to motive, is Fais doing this to create chaos? Prove a point, gain support before the next step or are they trying to do some good." Bakago's eyes widened with the new lead, "You'll have to ask the school for those records." Aydin reminded the blonde, he smirked nodding to show he understood her side comment to him.

This found the first question to be at a natural stopping point. Aydin picked up the basket and leaned over to Shoto, he reached in and snatched up a card. He read through it his lips curling in a frown his eyes showing a sadness that the other two instinctively knew meant this hit close to home for him, and that they should tread carefully. "While in school, could you ever see yourself where you are now and what made it possible for you to get where you are today?" Shoto inclined his head towards Bakago, wordlessly telling him to go ahead.

"I could, ever since I was little I could, I had my dream and nothing was ever going to get in my way in my mind. I still battle it out everyday with Deku and Shoto for that top spot, and the friendly rivalry we share has definitely made it an easier climb. But I could always see myself as a hero and I always knew I was heading for the top." He explained.

"That's true, in school you were always confident of where you were going, it truly drove the rest of our class to keep up with the rivalry you and Deku-kun had. Whether you knew it or meant to you both always pushed the rest of us to be better, work harder and to always be upping our game. Aizawa-san and I had an extensive conversation about it when I first started teaching here. For me, being in the class dragged me up to their level to a certain extent, but I always knew I wasn't destined to be a top hero. I'm much better at the strategy side, planning and theorizing than the fighting. I don't have a quirk that is suited for the top levels." Bakago snorted in derision at that comment.

"That is a load of shit Henkan-chan." He said quirking an eyebrow at her daring her to fight him on it. "You took me, Deku and even Shoto here out everytime we spared. You just didn't want to deal with the backlash of an autonomy quirk and the scandal of it being the top hero's quirk. I'm pretty sure even with you being out of the game for the last bit of time you could still take me out." He challenged.

"Well lucky for you then that I'm not you. I never saw myself in the role at the top I saw myself in the intelligence side, I saw the strategy and the end game planning, it's not that I won't fight, it's just that I find the puzzle of it all much more interesting. I'd rather build people into great heroes than be constantly subjected to scrutiny and the wrath of a council that has never been in the shoes of a hero with an autonomy quirk. I still have my license but you know I prefer to use my quirk in a support role rather than a take down setting."

"Says the hero who brought All for One literally to his knees" Bakago hissed. Whispers fired up all around the room as he said that. "See not even your students know or realize just how insanely powerful and incredible of a hero they have teaching them. Corpus Iuris, the hero who with a single touch can take complete control of her opponents body in all facets. Helping us bring down All for One because he underestimated what looked like mild speed and strength enhancement quirk."

"Careful, we have sparing after this I may just take you up on your offer… and we spared three weeks ago, you know I'm not rusty." She whispered, her mic flipping off for a few moments while she threatened the blonde, Shoto looked at Bakago amused by the proceedings, Bakago glanced over realizing quickly that if he dug this hole any deeper, he wasn't going to be getting any help out of it. "I may have helped with that but I hardly deserve all the credit. You, Shoto and Deku did most of the work, I was just a fail safe." Aydin said after turning the mic on again so the rest of the room could hear again. "It wasn't a conclusion I came to lightly though, when I was little I was set on that number one hero spot, but now I know that it's not a feasible dream and that I can still help and contribute but not in as direct a way as Shoto, and you do." Aydin finished.

Shoto sighed knowing it was his turn. "Honestly, no I never saw this because this originally wasn't my dream, it was my father's dream for me. The only thing I ever heard was number 1 or nothing at all. It took a lot of work and effort for me to be able to distance myself from that mentality since it was all I ever heard growing up. In school I had to learn how to be happy with what I wanted and who I was. Which is a difficult task with a father who is so controlling and has such a say in everything you do. While my father is still not happy, I'm finally able to not let his thoughts and motivations impact me. When I was younger, I thought I had to be at the top, I was forced into this and only in the last few years have I been able to truly come to terms with it and the demons that I shouldered and be happy with the choices that I have made for myself and my family." Shoto said "It wasn't easy but I found what worked for me. It would have never been possible without making the bonds I did here at UA. The people who you surround yourself with here will forever shape you for better or for worse and the people I found here, Ground Zero, Deku, My wife, Aydin, Creati, Red Riot, and Ingenium, they helped me become who I am and molded me for the better." he brought the conversation back to the question.

"I've found that to be very accurate, people shape to be most like the people they surround themselves with, and by the situations that they are put into and have dealt with in the past or are dealing with presently." Aydin used his confession as a springboard to change the topic a bit, and moving on from the delicate subject, knowing just how hard it was for him to talk about. Aydin and Bakago were shocked the stoic man had said as much as he did. "Many times people don't start off evil. Being a villain isn't an inherited trait it is something that is triggered or the people and situations you are in fashion that behaviour into you through years until a single thing or a chain of events cause them to snap, but everyone's threshold is different and it is constantly changing." Aydin said "The human mind is a delicate thing, and most of the time, our heroes and our villains have a lot more in common than anyone likes to admit, just look at our graduating year, Phantom Thief was in the hero course, and had some fantastic potential when he wasn't being an over competitive idiot, but he ended up falling into crime due to unfortunate circumstances just after graduation."

"I have to agree with that actually, I know that Aydin, alone has been a rock for me when I have felt things getting too overwhelming, whether she meant to be or not is another story. I've definitely appreciated having the support system that I do." Bakago said, "We all need the people around us and we all lean on one another it makes us stronger, look around you, no really do it," He waited as the audience glanced left and right, "These are the people you can lean on, they will understand you and what we go through better than any civilian, they are the ones that will always have your back, whether it be silently holding you up or in my case screaming at you in the library when you're being an idiot, while your boyfriend tries to hold you back and just ends up being dragged through the doors behind you." Bakago said looking pointedly at Aydin causing both her and Shoto to burst out laughing. "Cause honestly I needed both of those things at the same time." He said managing to lighten the mood considerably as the room laughed at the image. "Ok next question pass the basket IcyHot." Shoto rolled his eyes but held the basket out to Bakago. He reached in snagging a piece of paper uncurling it. "Interesting, we finally have a question that'll involve Henkan-chan probably stepping up to play devil's advocate against us." He smirked clearing his throat. "Currently in this day and age, our citizens are restricted by laws to only self defense in dire situations, but otherwise are left to fend for themselves and at the mercy of nearby heros. Recently we have seen an influx of anti-hero proposals, from disbanding the government assigned hierarchy entirely to expanding provisional licenses to citizens so they can help when a pro is nowhere to be found. What in your opinion is the best way to tackle this problem?" Bakago finished the question turning to Shoto and nodded for him to go first.

"I'd have to say at the moment with how things are written, that it puts all the pressure on the pros. The laws never define dire and have been known to come down harshly on those who defend themselves to and 'unnecessary' extent. I'd go with a more regulated schedule for pro agencies to be spread out more evenly and with time tables for patrols so the whole city is routinely covered." Shoto said.

"Oh yea lets just give the villains a time table for when to commit crimes, and which agency has what pros so they can coordinate quirks to get them an advantage." Aydin snapped sighing and shaking her head at the idea.

Shoto's eyes bugged at how fast his wife had soundly shut his idea down. He quickly regained composure countering back. "Point made, Aydin-chan. Then a constantly changing schedule that is randomized and the area covered by each agency switched around constantly."

"I don't think that tackles the base of the issue. And a schedule like that can be easily hacked and found out about still."

"No the issue is people don't feel safe, and want to have a safety net at all times." Bakago added. "I'd keep things normal since patrols are a normal thing it'd be strange to everyone if they changed. A hotline to standby pros would be an idea to play with."

"You mean calling the police? That basically does the same thing." Aydin was on top of them at every turn.

They kept throwing out ideas but they slowly realized just how much they were in her court and she had a massive home field advantage right now. "The majority of crimes take less than a minute to commit, if we had to call a number like we already do it won't change anything. Even if it went right to the on call hero, then you'd get fanboys calling, you'd get false tips to the wrong place. The police are at least trained in how to notify heroes of exactly the situation and where it is, civilians don't have that training, and trying to get a hysterical person to make sense is no easy task. It would create a longer wait time not a shorter one. 80% of the population already has a quirk but currently we can't use it, thus they are turned into bystanders; even if they have a quirk that could help. Or what about the people on the street that are hurt everyday, self defense is one thing but helping another person and being a good Samaritan is banned in our current laws. If we had the ability to use a citizen's arrest we could give power back to the people instead of making people wait for the hotshot pro to maybe show up and help. Not every crime is reported either and some at the time they are going on there is no way you could phone for help. There are times when people hang back and hold off and wait for a hero to come but none do, cause even with all the pros we have they still miss things they can't be everywhere. Pro heroes still have lives outside of their jobs, families and things that take their time outside of work. But if we had a law that allowed a normal civilian to use their quirk for self defense or to help those in need around them to keep their community safe, either until a pro got there or the police it would tackle the issue of safety. At no point would anyone be forced to stand up if they weren't comfortable with it since its a personal voluntary act. It would still have to have similar guidelines as the heroes do though but with the understanding that as citizens a council can not hold them to the same standards, while also acknowledging that people want to defend their homes and 'll give them something that doesn't rely solely on us heros to save everyone and everything. It gives some of the power back to them and pulls some of it off us when we can't be everywhere at all times." Aydin finished, looking over both men looking annoyed, Shoto looked exasperated on top of it. While Bakago looked ready to launch himself forward yet again. Shoto had a sneaking suspicion Aydin had locked his joints on him to keep him in place, as he turned bright red, and Aydin gave him a challenging stared down until he broke eye contact and visibly relaxed.

"Have I ever told you I hate it when you get on the devil's advocate train" Shoto said shaking his head. "All of those points are valid and I have to agree with most of them, however getting the council to loosen the reigns will be difficult and I don't think they will unless forced." Shoto said "They have a lot of control right now and allowing civilians to have different expectations would bring up a lot my case by case work and situations where they will get away with more than a pro which won't make pros happy either."

"True, but it will also force villains to think carefully because if they act it now isn't just a gamble of if a pro is nearby, it's also a gamble of a pro/good Samaritans are in the area, increasing the chances they are caught."

"You really though all of the angles out." Shoto smiled nodding his head in acknowledgment and agreement.

"I do teach this as a class." Aydin said smirking back at the man.

The class continued as they shifted between talking as a group and as just the three pros at the front of the room. The questions going from some being in depth discussions of theory to others of most embarrassing thing they had done and gotten in trouble for as a pro hero. Aydin laughed as the class was dismissed, it had been one of the best classes yet. It had almost been an insight into her living room and one of the conversations that they all would have had over coffee and dessert, minus Izuku, and with a lot less cursing between her and Katsuki. As they retreated to backstage Shoto relaxed no longer having to keep his hands to himself he gripped Aydin's hips spinning her as he tugged her back into his chest. She wrapped her arms around him smiling as she melted against the broad chest of the man whom she had supported for so long. A man whom she had coaxed out of the shell of a scared abused boy, into a strong and content man who now understood just how detrimental his father had been to him. "I think that went pretty well." Shoto mused, as her lips brushed his collar bone lightly as she hugged him back. "Even you two managed to keep your head about you without you two getting into a scuffle like normal." he smirked as Bakago grumbled at the dual haired man.

"You know Kacchan, you never told me that me screaming at you that one day in the library was what brought you back to center." Aydin said turning out of her husband's embrace as she lead the way back towards her office to get her stuff for the practical hero training course.

"Yea, something about you coming barging in literally screaming about how I needed to wisen up cause there were people around me who actually cared and running off like that was an idiotic and selfish move, all while dragging Shoto behind you is hard to forget."

"I wasn't dragging him." Aydin mumbled.

"Uhh yea, you were, he had his hands on you hips and was leaning away from you with both feet on the ground, it looked like he was on a pair of skis behind you trying to get you to stop from barging in." Katsuki laughed ruffling Aydin's hair.

"Watch it Firecracker, I'm still deciding if I should take you out or not at this next training exercise, especially after you nearly started a fight on stage with me." She sneered flattening her hair back down.

"Bring it Puppet-Bitch."

"Think you're funny do you, try it again and I'll have you riverdancing, Smokebrains."

"Riverdancing?! Is that the best you have."

"Would you rather tutu and Sugarplums?"

Shoto laughed as they walked the two old friends sniping back and forth as they made there way to the field after the quick pit stop at her office where she changed into her hero costume.

AN: Sorry for the wait, this chapter is quite a bit longer. Let me know what you think!