Author's Note: Hey everybody and happy March to all! This is the continuation of the last chapter I posted last time and tackles the interrogation of Wild Wild Pussycats + Kota by Detective Naomasa regarding the aftermath of the fight at the woods. How will Izuku explain to the young boy about the death of Water Hose duo? Also, the fateful encounter between Izuku's dad and Katsuki at the hospital is up next. Get ready to have McAssWhoppin by the Big Daddy, Kacchan HAHAHAHAHA! Just kidding *whispers* No, I'm not!

Shoutout to Hardcasekara for helping me out! You're awesome!

Enjoy reading!

Atonement

"The first time I was brought back from the dead, it was to save me with a purpose and consequences. But then, I saved the boy in which I do not regret that which must be done."

Date: September 15 (7 days after the Deathsinger incident)

Time: 5:30 PM

Location: Interrogation room at undisclosed Police Force station

"And so, they had their final clash, the violent one at the mountains as my brother passed out from his injuries. I was the only one who witnessed their fight, detective. The Deathsinger's true form frightened me he was mercilessly beating Muscular with all his might which lasted a bit more before he was finally finished him, almost buried with a bed of rocks and dirt." Mandalay looked down while playing with her fingers.

"He stopped and observe the villain if he was finally down for a few moments. I saw stains of blood and dark bruises on his hands. He was breathing heavily before looking up at the dark skies and shouted his battle cry. I believed it was done and I had no idea if Muscular was still alive or not until our little nephew appeared to him, pleading with a cry, begging Izuku to stop…."

Flashback

Izuku and Muscular POV

"I cannot know if I was corrupted by this kind of power, but at least my choices were not asinine."

Man down and unconscious from brutal attacks by the Deathsinger. Izuku observed him for a moment to check if he was really passed out…..or dead? He let out his final say, bidding farewell to Muscular.

"You're right. Killing you won't bring the young boy's parents back…..but it still felt good."

The trembling and crying Kota Izumi made a sudden appearance at Izuku, looking at the green-haired but with his demonic transformation.

"P-Please, M-Mister….j-just stop….stop fighting…I-I've seen more than enough..!"

Izuku's eyes widened as he glanced back at the frightened boy. He felt guilty for letting him witness the fight between him and Muscular, but he did keep his promise to him that no one will ever hurt him. He looked down before deactivating his quirk for not scaring him too much and walked closer.

"My appearance may have frightened you, but make no mistake: I am on your side, and we fight to the bitter end." He tried to reassure Kota by making a slight smile, a genuine smile which is the rarest thing he does ever since he was brought back to life, bowed his knees in front of him, and placed his hand on the other's shoulder.

Kota backed away a bit until he felt the warm hand on his shoulder, he shut his eyes sobbing.

"I mean no harm to you. I am a friend who saved you from the monster. You can call me 'big brother' if you want and I promise you that no one will ever gonna—" He got interrupted and sensed that a group is coming at them. He knew the scent of them and it seemed that other members of the league are about to enter the mountain. Hearing voices from a yelling school girl finding her fellow colleague and smelled smoke coming from the blue flames at the skies. He mumbled.

"Toga and Dabi are here…"

He quickly stood up and quickly rushed at the injured duo and cupped their cheeks.

"H-Hey you two…this place is not safe here. The enemies are coming. Can you breathe properly? Stand? Walk?"

Kota was behind Izuku while looking at his relatives with a worried face.

Tiger was not responding, but his pulse is normal. Mandalay on the other hand faintly opened his eyes and mumbled.

"W-Wha- What's happening? I-I can't…move my legs…"

"Tch…" Izuku shook his head with disappointment before looking around the woods and said.

"I have to get you three out of here. I know a safe place away from the forest."

"W-We can't…go with you…t-the heroes will…rescue us…"

"No. We don't have much time. That guy beside you is bleeding as his pulse starts to go slow. Hey, kid. Take my hand. We're going somewhere far away."

Kota had no choice but to hold Izuku's hand and slowly nodded at him. "U-Uhmm…okay…"

He let out a loud whistle as the flock of ravens, twelve of them appeared and flew around in circles at them casting his quirk to transport them to unknown place….his safe house.

Present

Mandalay glanced at her sisters, Tiger, and Kota before returning his look at the Detective while telling the story.

"We were badly injured as he said that enemies are approaching, so we had no choice but to follow him. He has some sort of recall or teleportation quirk with the help of his ravens."

The Detective jotted down some important notes, including the quirk that Izuku has.

"Cutting this story short, we arrived at his safe house, more like a big bunker hidden outside. He treated our wounds, gave us medicines to ease our pain, and told us to rest for a couple of days as the incident is still fresh on the local news. I made my sisters worry after the incident as signal jammers are placed inside the bunker I couldn't even make a call or message."

"Anything he told you aside from staying in a safe house and recover?"

"We followed his plea to stay as he said that the League of Villains was tracking us." Tiger answered.

"How did he get that information?"

"He told us everything confidential when he used to work with the organization and that task was one of their hit lists. They wanted to eliminate anything related to the Water Hose duo, they even included our defenseless little nephew."

The Detective nodded and took some notes before asking.

"Regarding the confidential, he told you guys about, did he tell the truth about the death of Water Hose duo?"

Mandalay and Tiger looked at each other and nodded at the detective.

"Tell everything you remember, then."

"The Deathsinger used to be a captain of the Vanguard Action Squad under the same organization. Their group was given a task by his boss to gather intelligence and files from the government. They did successfully steal the information they needed until the Water Hose duo caught them leaving. Izuku, the captain commanded his members not to fight back and dodge the attacks as much as possible as he wanted not to kill or hurt somebody and it wasn't included in his objective. But then, the duo hit Muscular hard on the face, especially his right eye. He told that Muscular got furious and doesn't want to get ordered by a brat no longer, resulting him to leave his colleagues and fight back. And so, that incident happened, resulting from the death of his parents. Their task may be finished, but he felt anger, pain, and disgust that he was held fully responsible for what happened. Right now, we've all heard about the Deathsinger's true motives on live television before his clash with All Might, he did mention that his last said task is also one of the reasons why he left the league and decided to be a lone wolf for him to have solitude and atonement for his sins…."

With all the important details he wrote on his notebook, his penmanship drastically changed and it looked like a medical prescription from a doctor. He let out a slight giggle.

The Wild Wild Pussycats, including Kota, blinked at the detective and tilted their heads. "Is there a problem, sir?

"O-Oh-! Uhh…" He rubbed his temples and let out a nervous chuckle. "To think that I have half of the information from you all, it seems like I can't understand my writing on my notebook. A-Apologies…" ^^"

"That's the sign of you getting old~!" Pixie-bob laughed. "Like, you should get a girlfriend or something!"

"Says someone who is in her thirties—" Ragdoll mumbled but smacked by her sister.

"I AM EIGHTEEN AT HEART!"

The Detective calmed them down. "Please guys, stop. Did you guys forget that our interrogation is recording with a camera in front of you?" They later on apologized.

"My interrogation ends soon and I would like to ask Kota Izumi some questions. I hope you don't mind talking to him about his experience with Izuku." He now glanced at the boy who is a little shaky.

"E-Eh?! M-Me?! W-Well…U-Uhmmm.." He blushed and looked away from the detective, making the rest of the party chuckled a bit for being cute and adorable.

Naomasa rubbed his temples, trying to be good with kids like him like it's a rare thing to interrogate children in his experience as a detective. From his pocket, he gave the boy some chewing gum and candy. Kota gladly accepted it and thanked the man. "T-Thank you, sir."

"No need to be afraid here, Kota. I don't bite. I am very curious about your side of the story. H-How did the Deathsinger treat you after being saved from the forest? What was your reaction when he told you about your parents?"

With those questions throwing at him, he remembered what Officer Sansa said. He closed his eyes for a moment and took deep breaths before letting out an answer.

"I-I uhh….I punched him in the balls…".

The pro-hero group couldn't help but to snort and laughed like hell. The Detective's left eye twitched with annoyance.

"Well, uhh…that was unexpected, coming from the son of the Water Hose duo…" He tried not to laugh as he jotted something on his notebook. "Officer Sansa told me that you're the first person who wants to prove Izuku's innocence by being a witness. Aside from punching his uhh…'ding-dongs', do you have anything else to tell?" ^^"

Kota, later on, looked at him with a blush, wanting to get serious this time.

"It was more than punching him in the balls…I-It went like this…." Kota chewed some vanilla flavored bubble gum before started speaking.

"Three days after he saved me from the big scary man at the forest, we were still at his safe house and he treated my relatives' wounds. He's good at patching up injuries and everything. At first I thought he was scary and intimidating, but later on..U-Uhhmm…" His anxiety levels went up again so he paused for a moment by closing his eyes and took deep breaths before he resumed.

"H-He's actually a nice guy….a friendly person" He nodded. "He wanted me as his little brother though… he treated my relatives and I nicely, but he sometimes gets serious for example like uhh….he's doing work inside the bunker…"

The Detective raised his eyebrow. "What kind of work, Kota?"

"I-I don't know, sir. But all I saw full of papers and notebooks inside his room. He has a laptop too to use for work. I asked him if what he is doing and he told me that he's doing analytics and daily journal… There are also guns and other equipment I can't even describe."

"I see. Now that explains his sudden attacks at U.A... He knows every pro-heroes and villains backgrounds. Their quirks' strengths and weaknesses. He also has a knowledge of every student especially at hero course students." He jotted and made arrows trying to make a concrete connection on his notebook.

"When Izuku told you about the loss of your parents, how did you feel, Kota?"

Big brother Izuku talked to me one-on-one inside his room and told everything about my parents' death. There was this story when his group completed their task, he commanded them to go back to their hq and he…he returned back to the scene where he checked my parents' condition like checking their pulses. M-My mom and dad opened their eyes and looked at him saying their final death wish. They do not even have an idea if he is a member of the league they were facing at…"

"P-Please…y-you and our last relatives…The Wild Wild Pussycats…look after to our only son. T-Tell that we love him and we…we will always watch him until he become a hero…he'd always dreamed of…"

Kota let out a tear on his eyes and wiped it with his wrist before looking at the Detective. "After he told the truth, he knelt down his knees and sincerely begged for forgiveness, crying. Inside of me was telling that he felt sorry after all the crimes he did and so I cried too before I got grabbed for a tight hug…from my big brother…."

Naomasa let out a sigh as he closed his notebook and nodded.

"In the midst of our interrogation, I used my Human Lie Detector on everyone, but my senses were telling me that you guys are really telling the truth so I decided to deactivate it." He stood up as he commanded Officer Sansa to stop recording.

"Does this mean the interview is over, sir?" Ragdoll asked.

"I've gathered some of the important details during our interrogation so yes, it is finished."

"Finally I could finally go home and reeeeest~!" Pixie-bob stretched her body and yawned, letting out a moan like a kitty.

The rest of the group and Kota stood up and offered a handshake to the detective and the officer, thanking them. Kota, on the other hand, looked at the detective and asked.

"U-Uhmm..detective sir? I would like to ask a question…"

"Hmm..?" He glanced at the young boy and smiled. "What is it, kid?"

"I-Is….big brother Izuku in good condition? Is he alright? C-Can I visit him?"

Naomasa ruffled Kota's hair and chuckled a bit. "Yes, Kota. He is currently under hospital arrest at a hospital, but he is still unconscious according to the doctors. Don't worry, I will visit him once again tomorrow to check on him and I will get back to you once he is awake. Okay?"

Kota pouted a bit and looked down. "O-Okay…"

He later announced them that he will start his interrogation with the Deathsinger once he is awake and stable and thus, ending their private agenda.

Hisashi Midoriya and Kacchan POV

Time: 7:00 PM

Location: 10th floor, Musutafu Medical Center

"U-Uhh...can I help you, sir? Is there a problem?" He asked in a calm manner.

Hisashi made an intimidating look and a creepy smile before walking towards him.

"I know what you did...you'd really thought I didn't know anything, huh?" He placed his hand on other's shoulder with a tight grip, making Katsuki's eyes widened and froze while looking at the man.

"And you even confessed your love to my son? After what he went through? Hmm?"

The teen's eyes widened a bit and later realized that he was facing at Izuku's dad.

"U-Uncle Hisashi…? O-Oh...my God..."

The warm and later hot hand on the ash blonde's shoulder made his forehead drip a cold sweat while looking at the man.

"If you have heard stories from your mommy and daddy when you were a little kid about the infamous 'Arson' 16 years ago, he would've toasted you alive in this hospital…right here and right now?" Hisashi smirked before letting out a chuckle.

"W-W-W-Wait…wha-what? Y-You were a…villain?" He backed away as the man wouldn't let go of the grip on the other's shoulder.

"My faithful and loving wife Inko and my little cute broccoli Izuku were the reasons I stopped being a villain and my wrongdoings in the past. I did my time, savoring peaceful atonement for my sins. I wish you could do the same, Katsuki Bakugo" He let him go as Kacchan looked down for a moment, remembering again on what he did to Izuku back then…without his childhood friend's father guiding him.

Hisashi laughed a bit as he ruffled the ash blonde's hair. "Come on, I was just joking! HAHAHAHAHA! You really think I would McAssWhoppin your ass and drag you to the streets?"

Katsuki twitched his left eye and grunted. "What do you really want, old man?!"

"He let out his final laugh and later smiled at him. "Before we visit my son, I just want to talk to you….about him…everything."

The mood changed around them as Katsuki nodded slowly. They found a waiting area, same floor, but a bit far away from the room number Izuku's currently staying in. They sat together and both of them looked down on the floor. Hisashi started the conversation.

"My son, Izuku….he was not quirkless than you'd ever imagined. My wife and I decided to keep his quirk hidden."

Katsuki gasped, eyes widened before looking at the father. "W-What are you talking about, uncle?"

"He was very ill when he reached the age of three and we found out that my quirk had been shared to my son in which he couldn't handle or control the quirk properly, causing him to have a high fever and countless convulsions. We'd been bringing him to different hospitals to cure him and also have second opinions. And when the doctors told us the solution….they need to inhibit his quirk from growing otherwise his health would get worse. We had no choice but to follow the doctor's orders. This quirk once questioned my identity if this really either a curse or a blessing. Until today, I've always been blaming and feeling sorry myself, after I made him suffer like this.."

Katsuki finally understood the father's story about Izuku and decided not to answer. He felt really guilty for the bullying he gave to his childhood friend for he really had no idea. He'd always thought that he was just shy to show his quirk to everyone because he would always think the competition and his quirk is stronger than his explosion quirk.

He, later on, stood up and faced at the father before bowing, giving his deep and sincere apology on what he did to the past.

"I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I DID TO YOUR SON!"

He bowed twice while shutting his eyes, making Hisashi looked surprised on his sudden action. He let out a gesture to stop.

"You know…I should be the one apologizing to my son…after I left him barely with a word when I flew to Europe and work.. After he went the struggles and sufferings without a father beside him. Y-You don't really have to apologize, Katsuki—" He got interrupted.

"P-Please!"

Hisashi startled while observing him.

"I've been wanting to do this since the loss of your son and now he came back to life with a purpose! I will prove to you and Aunt Inko that I'm a changed man and no longer the stubborn shitty brat you've always been thinking of! I-I really want to make up with Izuku and start over again! Please, sir. I want your blessing for I love your son!"

"K-Katsuki…y-you…"

"I've watched the presscon that our school want him to study at U.A. and he's currently under protection by both school and police force! I will help him continue his education when he agrees to the negotiation between him and the police force. I will do whatever it takes to help him recover, protect him from the villains and be with him no matter what!" He did again his final bow with his tears falling on the ground as he waited for an answer…a verdict from the former infamous 'Arson' now Hisashi.

"I-I…Uhh…I've seen more than enough…" Hisashi stood up and made a serious look before giving a pat on other's shoulder.

"If you really are the person who keeps promises and sworn yourself to protect my son, then I guess you've already proven yourself. A fine matured young Katsuki. This is what I want from you." He let out a smile and a chuckle.

Katsuki wiped his tears with a sob, countlessly thanking the old man. "I will never go back on my word, sir! Thank you, old man!"

Hisashi in his early forties rubbed his temples. "I-I'm not even old yet, brat!"

Author's Note: Finally cutting this chapter because next time….it's the final verdict, rehab, and the visit! :D I'd feel bad if I let Hisashi kick Kacchan's ass so I decided not to. LOL Let me know your thoughts by leaving a review and I'll see you next time! Buh-byeeeeee!