Last two chapters have been rather intense and violent. Lets see the aftermath of that whole mess.

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Comments:

Flashyyyyyyy: I added a list of Midoriya's current quirks at the end of this chapter.

draven32: Every plan and idea I have written down was written before canon brought the traitor back to the story, so I don't have any plans on how to use that information yet, beyond the obvious of Izuku being traitor/spy in this story.

Dsman: He is the figurehead of what society sees as good in quirks and models their expectations and evaluation of quirks on and the whole mother thing has permanent psychological effect on Izuku. Also if Kirishima had also explosion he could just launch himself as a missile.

Notsae: I'd like to have more of those too, but they have to fit the story. Besides some UA related scheming it will be bunch more chapters before Izuku's villain persona makes his next major appearance.

AnimeFan13579: There might be some things that MLA and this Izuku could agree on, but Izuku isn't about absolute freedom to use any quirk however you feel like and mla seems to lean towards bit more chaos and strongest rules system that Izuku would definitely not support. Wouldn't want to be a quirkless kid in a country mla had taken over.

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Chapter 23: Aftermath

Izuku grimaced as Recovery Girl kissed him. That was seriously how her healing quirk worked, literally kissing injuries away while also making him even more tired than before.

"What are they teaching you this year? The second day and I already have two patients with hardly any skin left that isn't burnt, cut or bruised."

"There wasn't much our so-called teacher could do from a distant monitoring room, especially when the school does nothing to vet its students before making them battle each other."

"While I agree with questioning how some of the classes are run around here, not many who manage to enter UA hold such a negative view of it."

"I didn't come here because I like the school," Izuku said, "and everything I have seen so far hasn't exactly changed that."

"I see. Well, it seems you didn't seriously break anything but I am a little worried about the hit you took. Concussion or other hidden head trauma are still a possibility."

"Wouldn't your quirk treat that too?"

"Possibly, but it has limits. You should already feel the stamina drain. Also, the brain is quite a complex and finicky thing. Never can be too sure about injuries to the head. It is probably nothing but to be sure it would be best if you weren't alone for 24 hours. Is there someone who can stay with you overnight?"

"I live a…" Izuku started, but stopped to smile. "Yes. I think I can arrange that."

"Now if you don't get any new symptoms by this time tomorrow everything should be okay, but come to me or visit a hospital if you notice anything. You really should be more careful with quirks you have no experience of."

"Yea, well it is kind of hard to get any practice on many quirks. There aren't many people who would offer their quirk for practice. The only… one I've gotten to keep came from a villain. I can take quirks, not copy them."

"I know how your quirk works. As the nurse, I am expected to know how students' bodies work in case it impacts their medical needs. You'd be surprised how much even the simplest mutation can impact a person's treatment. I'm not so old I would mix your and Monoma's quirks."

"Monoma's?" Izuku asked.

"You haven't met him yet? I guess they put him in a different class. He's another new hero course student. Apparently, he can temporarily copy other people's quirks."

Izuku did his best to maintain a neutral expression. The quirk copier was indeed at UA. His father would be happy. Izuku briefly wondered what kind of person this Monoma was. There were some, even if few, people at UA he'd rather not take quirks from so he'd have to find a chance to test Monoma's personality.

Since Monoma wasn't in Izuku's class he had to be on the other hero class 1 B. Izuku wondered what kind of opportunities there would be to make contact with them. Did the two classes have common lessons or training?

"Well, I have done what I can right now. There's a shower so you can wash out the blood and whatever else you have gotten on yourself. Be careful. The freshly healed parts of your skin can still be sensitive. And please change clothes. I'm sure some of the girls wouldn't mind but most people would not consider that an appropriate attire."

"I will. Thank you," Izuku said, blushing a bit at the last comments and got up. He grabbed his bag with his school clothes and headed to the bathroom adjacent to the nurse's office. Taking off the hero costume, it didn't even feel like a piece of clothing anymore. He'd need to get tougher fabric for the next one.

He took a moment to check on himself in the mirror. Any injuries that would have been visible once he got properly dressed had been healed by Recovery Girl's quirk with only some red tint, dust and drying blood left on his skin. He let the regeneration quirk out of the cage he had forced it into and soon felt much better and fresher, not even as tired as he had been before. Headache and dizziness he had started developing also disappeared.

At least Recovery Girl had been competent in her diagnosis, but since he couldn't tell people about his quirk enhanced healing, he still needed… had an excuse to have a sleepover.

Combining the rapid healing with a shower and he was like a new man, as if the day's training had never happened, at least physically. A dark part of his mind couldn't help but wonder how long it would take Bakugo to feel as good.

He shoved his ruined hero costume into his backpack and headed out. He still should have had time to catch the last match. He stepped into the corridor only to meet Aizawa leaning onto the wall outside the nurse's office. He looked even more tired than usual if that was possible.

"Are you feeling alright?" The hobo looking teacher asked.

"Pretty much," Izuku said and paused, "Recovery Girl thinks I shouldn't be alone till tomorrow."

"How are you going to arrange that living alone?"

"I…" Izuku stopped. "How do you know that?"

Aizawa turned to face him and sighed.

"I was briefed by principal Nezu before the school started," he said and paused for a moment. "I won't lie to you, many people are concerned for your quirk's potential for evil."

Izuku looked at him for a moment and continued walking.

"Right. Blowing people up is all okay but being even able to threaten their quirks…"

"We both know it is not just that, or at least I hope you do. There are definite biases colouring people's views of your quirk but that does not change the potential power it could grant you which exceeds pretty much any other quirk."

"So, either I am too powerless or have too much power to be treated with basic human decency. Don't try to teach me about biases."

"Maybe, but sometimes biases have reasons, good or not. In this specific case," Aizawa paused. "There has been one other person who could do what you can."

He was really going to talk about it. Izuku tensed. He could have feigned ignorance, but Tenya and Hitoshi already knew that he knew about the man. Izuku sighed and prayed he wasn't being incredibly stupid.

"Are you going to tell me about All For One?"

This time it was Aizawa's turn to stop and face Izuku who didn't return the gesture, finding the floor ahead of him much more interesting.

"How do you know that name?"

"I suddenly got a quirk unlike anything I had ever heard of that everyone hated," Izuku said after a few seconds. "I spent months trying to find anything about any similar quirks to prove them wrong…"

He paused.

"Wasn't exactly happy about what I found. I think I some part of me believed they were right. Then me and Tenya had to do a history assignment on him at Soumei. At least by then I had the Dragon Blade and people didn't know about my real quirk. If they did, it might have been worse than Aldera after that."

"I see," was all that Aizawa said.

They were quiet for a moment.

"So, the principal fears I could be another All For One and somehow knows how I live."

"He and All Might had an investigation on you after you met Nezu last year. They shared basics with me before the semester started."

"Sounds like violation of privacy. Should I call my father's lawyers again?"

"I wouldn't recommend doing that. As registered heroes they have certain investigative authority and I doubt your father's influence exceeds them."

"I doubt they want me to know any of this, so why are you telling me?"

Aizawa put a hand on Izuku's shoulder. Izuku shuddered, but resisted the instinct to react violently like with All Might. Aizawa gently pushed him forward. They started walking again.

"Because I agree with them you could be a dangerous villain," Aizawa said and Izuku tensed. "I simply disagree on the reason. You aren't the first one to suffer for how people view your quirk. Unfortunately, that shows in the crime statistics. At least to a degree those biases are a self-fulfilling prophecy. The difference is that unlike most of them you will most likely have the power to change this country, for better or worse. Which one depends on you."

"And that is why you are telling me all this?"

Aizawa sighed.

"No one is born a villain any more than a hero. As a teacher part of my job is to make sure none of my students turn into one, regardless of how they were treated before. If you want to help people in a similar position, you can, but do it right. I will try to be the non-prejudiced teacher you probably never had. Starting with the truth seemed like a good start."

"So, mister rational deception, thinking that threatening to destroy people's dreams is fun wants to act trustworthy."

"It was…"

"Spare me your excuses," Izuku cut Aizawa off.

Neither spoke for a long while until Izuku finally broke the silence.

"What does All Might have to do with all this?"

"All For One was his enemy for a long time."

Of course Izuku already knew that, but how much was he supposed to know? The research he had found hadn't really addressed what happened to his father.

"What do you mean?" He asked. "All For One ruled literally a century ago. I don't pretend to like All Might, but I wouldn't call him that old."

"I don't know many details myself, but apparently All For One got some kind of life extending quirk. He only died six years ago in a fight with All Might."

Izuku struggled to contain the rage bubbling within himself.

"Midoriya?"

"Figures he would have killed the only other person with the same quirk."

"If you are wondering if you could have learned more about your quirk, don't bother. All For One wasn't someone you'd want to meet."

If Aizawa had only known.

"You don't have to like that idiot," Aizawa said, "but it better not impact your studies."

"Huh?"

"I am talking about All Might. It is pretty clear how you felt about him even before that idiot set you and Bakugo against each other during the battle training. The principal let us know about what happened to your mother."

Izuku's hand swung up to grab Aizawa's arm on his shoulder, but the pro hero was faster and Izuku found his own wrist tightly squeezed. It did nothing to the stare he gave the man.

"You have not earned the right to talk about her."

For a long moment Aizawa stared at him without a word and Izuku responded in kind. Eventually he released Izuku to facepalm and push his hair up.

"Seems I have more work to do than I thought. Unfortunately, there is a more urgent matter."

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"Where are we going?" Izuku asked, looking around.

"Principal's office, Bakugo is already there. I expect the two of you to not kill each other while we discuss what happened during the training."

"You are the ones that allowed him into UA in the first place. Does this school actually care about anything but a person's fighting talent and quirk?"

"There is a background check process with police and previous schools' records actually. Both of you came out clean."

"You actually trust the previous schools to tell you the truth, Aldera especially? When was the last time any school told you anything that got a student refused?"

Aizawa looked at Izuku, a question in his eyes.

"Having a student go to UA, let alone the hero course, is one of the most prestigious achievements a school can have. Why would they give that up just because said student is a violent bully with anger management issues and an ego so big the neighbours complain about the shade? Especially when most of the bullying for years was targeted at a useless quirkless kid and then someone who everyone feared anyway. But I guess UA can't be expected to figure that out before putting people in combat training with potentially deadly quirks. You are too busy investigating people whose quirk the principal doesn't like."

"Then that should be corrected."

"Bit late for that. You should have expelled him as soon as he tried to attack Toshi, at the latest."

"Toshi?" Aizawa asked.

"Hitoshi Shinso," Izuku clarified.

"If you think those actions went unnoticed you are wrong. Not every matter is dealt with in front of the students. Today however, the principal wants to hear from everyone involved."

Aizawa stopped as he spoke and Izuku realized they were standing in front of the principal's office.

"One more thing," Aizawa said more quietly than before. "I am not supposed to tell you many of the things I did, so keep quiet. It saves both of us trouble."

Once Izuku nodded Aizawa knocked and opened the door. Izuku wasn't sure whether to frown or smile as he entered since Bakugo was present, but so were Tenya, Hitoshi, and Tokoyami, still in their hero costumes, seated on a sofa on the side of the room opposite Bakugo. Principal Nezu was sitting behind his desk and gestured at Izuku to step in.

"I am glad to see you looking so healthy. Are you feeling fine?"

"Still aching," Izuku lied. "Recovery Girl thinks there could still be a risk of concussion or something. She doesn't want me to be alone before tomorrow. Have to ask someone to come visit."

He was speaking in a tone suggesting this was a bad thing, but at the end he glanced at Tenya and Hitoshi who showed a discreet thumb up. He barely reached the sofa and was sitting between the two when Bakugo, whose arm was in a sling, blinked and seemed to notice his presence.

"Give back my quirk!"

Izuku froze for a moment, then turned as a tired expression made its way on his face. Fears of the past were gone. Bakugo was standing on the other side of the room. His eyes were empty and his ever-present arrogance had been covered by a strong tint of desperation. Still, his hands were up and open in the exact way as when he was prepared to use his explosions or threaten Izuku with them. Even now Izuku could imagine small explosions sparkling on those hands despite the power of that quirk flowing within his own body now.

"He stole my quirk! Make him give it back! No, expel that villain!"

"Bakugo," Nezu said with a threat in his voice that was unbecoming of his small stature. "The word expel is relevant to this discussion, but not when it comes to Midoriya."

Bakugo stared at the principal for a moment, surprise in his eyes, but it quickly reverted to confusion and there was an increasingly angry tone in his voice as he spoke.

"He stole my quirk. I… can't be without my quirk."

"I used mine in an exercise where use of quirks was explicitly allowed," Izuku said, "and you lost the privilege of me caring how you feel over the past decade."

"Give it back."

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in," Nezu called.

Present Mic opened the door and stepped aside to let a fuming Mitsuki Bakugo inside.

"What did you do now you brat!"

She hit the younger Bakugo on the head as soon as she got close enough. Izuku barely held back a smirk. Aizawa on the other hand rubbed his forehead in disappointment, or perhaps he was now just expecting to have more work to do.

"I did nothing!" Bakugo screamed back, some life returning to his eyes. "That villain stole my quirk again!"

"Again?" Aizawa asked.

"My quirk first appeared when Bakugo decided he needed a punching back to vent his frustration for not getting a high enough score in an exam," Izuku said and for the first time met Mitsuki's eyes.

"Something about how if he had to put up with his mother's reaction, I should also suffer. Of course, I was the villain for accidentally taking the star student's quirk. I guess I should have thrown a jar of nitro-glycerine at him instead and it would have all been okay. At least that's what everyone seemed to think about him."

There was a long silence. Mitsuki was visibly shaking as she kept looking at her son and Izuku several time, as if unsure who to be angry at.

"Principal," Aizawa said suddenly, "don't you find it curious that while Midoriya's first use of his quirk war clearly recorded, the other things he has described never came up in school records during Bakugo's pre-admission background check?"

"I do. Young Ida and Shinso brought up the same concern, although they can only provide second-hand information."

Nezu looked at Izuku.

"Anything they have said is the truth," Izuku said. "They know more about Bakugo's… villainy, than his own mother."

"How dare you say that! How would they know anything about MY Katsuki?!"

Izuku stared at her for a long time. The silence was only interrupted by the younger Bakugo's angry huffs.

"Let's just say my father jokes about how much money he has saved on therapy thanks to them," Izuku responded.

"Ahem," Nezu interrupted the following silence. "While this is a most serious matter, we cannot take formal action on it until a proper re-background check is conducted."

"Formal action?" Mitsuki asked.

"Being a hero is not just about the physical ability to do the job," Aizawa said. "We teach combat skills and quirk use that could easily be used to kill. Filtering out unstable or overtly violent people is a key part of the admission process that overrules any other grade or exam, or at least it is supposed to."

"Reconducting the background check automatically renders your son's admission to our school probationary until a new admission decision can be made based on the results," Nezu said.

Both Bakugo's stared at the principal in shock.

"Of course, that is a separate matter from today's and yesterday's events."

"Yesterday's?" Mitsuki asked. Her loud anger was gone and her voice a little more than a whisper.

"Aizawa," Nezu said.

"During his first two days at this school your son has caused disturbances in class, made illegal threats and physically attacked or attempted to attack classmates on more than one occasion, and I had to personally restrain him and erase his quirk to stop an assault on Shinso here…"

"That vil…!" Bakugo shouted.

"Shut up!" Aizawa responded. "Today he completely refused to cooperate with his teammate, disregarded the goals of the training scenario, seemingly only interested in injuring Midoriya, continued fighting even after being defeated according to the rules of the exercise, and in doing so used clearly excessive and potentially deadly force against the direct order of a teacher, causing not only significant property damage, but high risk of injury or death to himself and no less than three classmates, Midoriya especially. Several of the actions I have listed qualify as not mere breaking of school rules or bullying, but prosecutable crimes, potentially including attempted first-degree murder."

"You bet they are," Izuku muttered in the following stunned silence. After a few seconds Aizawa continued.

"After his actions yesterday, I recommended to the principal to not proceed with expulsion or other similarly severe actions, as I thought we could offer him the proper and unbiased guidance he has clearly not received before at school or otherwise. Considering today's events and the new revelations of his past I now retract that recommendation. My responsibility as teacher is to guide and protect my students, it is not part of my job to monitor violent criminals or teach such people combat skills."

"You have to be kidding. Just because Midoriya has had… issues with Katsuki and his friends obviously speak for him, that doesn't..."

"Miss Bakugo," Nezu interrupted. "While your son's past actions are currently only his word against Midoriya's, his actions in this school have numerous witnesses including mister Aizawa along with video recordings. As for today's training, there is plenty of evidence to justify both disciplinary hearing and for safety of the students a suspension until said hearing can decide on final consequences."

Before Mitsuki could deny her son's actions, Nezu tapped a button on his computer's keyboard and a video started on a large screen hanging from the wall of his office. Multiple windows on the screen displayed various camera views, including that of both teams' points of views during the exercise. Mitsuki held a hand on her mouth witnessing the brutal fighting and her son's roar as Izuku tore the quirk out of him.

Then she saw Izuku very clearly bind Bakugo with the capture tape and Bakugo refusing to accept defeat despite All Might's orders.

"I WILL KILL YOU!"

The recording ended when Bakugo's giant explosion wiped out the cameras.

"As you can see, the evidence proving your son's actions occurred is not in question."

"But… Well obviously, he was acting in distress. Obviously what Midoriya did has a severe mental impact. Last time Midoriya took Katsuki's quirk, he wasn't himself for days. Sometimes he was just staring at the wall."

"That argument would have more value if his behaviour before losing his quirk didn't seamlessly fit everything he did after," Aizawa said. "Frankly, you blaming Midoriya's use of his quirk is disgusting, especially since your own son seems to have been raised with absolutely no concern for his quirk's potential to cause harm."

"I agree with mister Aizawa," Nezu added. "As for losing his quirk, while I find your son's possession of such power dangerous, we do not have the legal authority to have someone's quirk permanently removed. He would have gotten it back long ago had he not acted as he did. Midoriya?"

"I'll return the quirk once he's not shouting, making threats or standing like he is ready to attack me." Izuku pointed at one of Bakugo's hands that was down but tense and open, ready to blow up if he still had his quirk. "I don't want explosion in my face as soon as he has his quirk back, or in anyone else's."

Izuku's voice became much lower and colder with the last part. Aizawa and Tokoyami looked at him for a moment. Aizawa then grabbed his capture weapon with one hand, making parts of it seemingly float as he stared at Bakugo, letting the implication hang silently.

"Fine," Izuku said and got up. He walked to stand in front of Bakugo and slammed his palm on Bakugo's face with disdain. He would have genuinely liked to keep the quirk and not just to give it back to Bakugo, but this wasn't the right time for that. With the deed done, he took several steps back without turning his back to Bakugo. The garbage fire in question stared at him with venom showing attacking him was an option, but soon he looked at his very much not exploding palm and then Aizawa, whose hair was standing as he stared at him.

"Thank you Midoriya. You and your friends can go. The lesson is likely ending already but see if All Might has any final words to share."

Izuku turned away without a word while Tenya gave enough bows and thanks for all of them. They walked out of the office and a few meters down an empty corridor Izuku stopped to leaned his back against the wall.

"Are you okay?" Tenya asked. "You should see Recovery Girl again if…"

"It's not that. It's been a long day and now… that."

"At least the school is finally taking things seriously with Bakugo," Hitoshi reminded.

"I hope so," Izuku said. "As long as he doesn't get to hurt you guys."

"That seems to be your central concern and the shadow in which you walk," Tokoyami said. Izuku raised his eyebrow, now remembering there was a fourth person present. He straightened his back, not relying on the wall to remain up.

"What do you mean?"

Tokoyami glanced at Tenya and Hitoshi.

"I believe you are not opposed to discuss personal matters with them present," he paused, but Izuku did not contradict him. "Do they know how much darkness you are prepared to embrace for them?"

Tenya and Hitoshi glanced at each other.

"What… do you mean?" Izuku asked.

"I turned back as soon as Bakugo set off that large explosion. I heard what you said to him and had no doubts about your seriousness." Tokoyami nodded towards Hitoshi and Tenya. "Do they know you would rather kill than risk their safety?"

"Do you have to put it like that?"

"Izuku?" Tenya asked calmly, but with a tone that demanded an answer. Izuku sighed.

"Bakugo threatened to beat and destroy me once others saw things 'like he did'." Izuku paused. "Then he threatened to do the same to you two."

"Oh, he went there," Hitoshi said. "I know what you meant by darkness now Tokoyami."

"You do?"

"Obviously. Izuku is a great friend but there are buttons you do not want to press with him. You should have seen him when some drugged-up thugs tried to stab me… I'm surprised Bakugo came out in one piece without Tenya there. What did Izuku do?"

Tokoyami opened his mouth but closed it again and glanced at Izuku. Dark Shadow even peeked his head out to be between the two. Izuku nodded slowly.

"He welcomed Bakugo to fight him, but threatened to kill him with his own quirk, slowly, if he ever came after either of you."

Tenya shook his head in disappointment as Izuku shrunk next to him. Hitoshi on the other hand looked at Tokoyami with a more neutral expression.

"Sounds about right. I would have done the same if I could."

"Hitoshi!" Tenya gasped.

"Wouldn't you?"

"Of course not…. I mean I obviously share the same fundamental sentiment, but you can express it in less violent ways."

"Such dark comradery. I am jealous," Tokoyami said. Izuku blinked.

"Jealous?"

"Yes, you might have walked on the cliff above the blackest darkness, but to do so willingly for others, and not be judged by them is comradery I have yet to witness."

"Hey!" Dark Shadow shouted.

"Except for you of course. Our fates are tied."

"Yes, and that better not change," Dark Shadow said and looked at Izuku. He responded with a tired stare.

"I am not going to take you away."

"You better not," Dark Shadow said and withdrew back within Tokoyami. They stood there for a moment.

"I guess we should go listen to what the so-called number one has to say."

"I have noticed you don't appreciate All Might much? Has he done something to you?" Tokoyami asked. Izuku drew a quick breath but Tenya stepped in front of Tokoyami.

"That is a discussion we should not have here. There are things that are painful and not to be shared with everyone. Please restrain yourself from pushing this topic."

"I… understand, I forgot your earlier warning, my apologies."

"Don't worry about it," Izuku said. "Let's just go."

After that incident they walked in silence towards the training grounds until All Might wooshed past them, not even stopping to check on them. Izuku wasn't interested in talking to the man, but one would expect a teacher to check up on a student he last saw injured heading to the nurse.

"What was that?" Hitoshi asked.

"All Might," Izuku and Tenya said simultaneously.

"How could you tell? I didn't even see him before he had already passed us," Tokoyami asked.

"If you can't see something coming in a battle you cannot dodge it," Izuku said and shrugged. "Plus, Tenya's quirk is speed based, so it probably also impacts his perception. The rest of us have to manage with training alone."

"I know what you are thinking," Hitoshi said, "and I'm already feeling sore."

"Just because we need to have a sleepover doesn't mean you can skip on our training."

"I know I know, pain first, movie second, no coffee before morning."

"I got a new fancy espresso machine," Izuku said. Hitoshi's expression brightened.

"I don't think so Izuku," Tenya interrupted. "You said Recovery Girl wants you to be monitored in case of concussion. I cannot allow you to strain yourself until we can be confident of your health."

"But-" Izuku started.

"No buts. We will escort you home and make sure you don't endanger yourself."

Izuku stared at Tenya for a long time. Unlike with Bakugo or even All Might, this time he was powerless to fight back.

"Fine," he agreed, "but don't think that will let the two of you off easier."

"Such mastery of the dark," Tokoyami said and looked at Hitoshi. "I do not know how your private training usually goes, but you have my condolences."

"Thanks."

"If All Might has left the training area, there is no point for us to return there," Tenya noted. "We should head to the dressing rooms and prepare to go home."

"Sounds good," Izuku said. "I'll wait outside the door so Toshi can't escape."

Izuku made sure to reach his arm over Hitoshi's shoulders to emphasize his point. They met the rest of the class near the dressing rooms. Shoji was the first to notice them, followed quickly by Kirishima at the front of the group.

"Hey, if it isn't Midoriya! You look a lot better already."

"I feel a lot better, at least physically?"

"Huh?" Kirishima wondered as they reached the group and joined them, walking towards the dressing rooms.

"Don't worry about it. Today has been a long day."

"Okay, if you say so. Sorry you missed the rest of the lesson. It was so cool. Our class has a ton of strong people, and the rest of the week might be even better."

"What do you mean by that?" Hitoshi asked.

"Well…" Kirishima paused when he realized who he was responding to. Izuku's stare hardened like he had taken the redhead's quirk. After a few seconds and a blink Kirishima continued responding at least. "We are going to see the USJ. All Might told us Friday will be rescue training instead of combat and he will teach us there too. Isn't that cool? Fighting villains is cool and all, but saving people is the manliest part of being a hero."

Kirishima raised his arm, holding his fingers together and hardened it into something akin to a stone sword. For that last part Izuku forgave Kirishima for his earlier transgression, partially at least. However, thanks to still having his arm on Hitoshi he felt Hitoshi shake a bit and he quickly looked away from Kirishima. Kirishima didn't notice as he kept talking. It took a few seconds for Izuku to remember the thug with a hardened sword arm he had almost killed.

"Hey, where's Bakugo?"

"In the principal's office," Izuku said and smirked as he positioned himself between Kirishima and Hitoshi, "with his mother and Aizawa."

"That sounds serious," Uraraka said.

"It better be," Izuku corrected. "Anyway, what did you think about Toshi's fight?"

"It was impressive that he beat Todoroki. After some convincing he told us how," Yaoyorozu said. "The quirk you gave him supports his own very well. He was simply unlucky to fight Shoji."

"I still can't believe you could just give him a second quirk, still kind of creepy."

"That means he can have double the manliness."

"He will be hard to beat in battle, kero."

They finally arrived at the dressing room. Izuku stayed outside, leaving Hitoshi trapped with the new questions people had. As soon as he was alone Izuku took out his phone to find messages about the call he had made on his way to see Recovery Girl and his father mentioning it was okay to have friends over, meaning it was okay to skip his training for the evening. Hitoshi was the first one to step out though, considering the chatter it might not have been just because of his simpler costume.

"Toshi," Izuku said without even looking at his friend, "how do you feel about Kirishima's quirk?"

"What do you mean?" Hitoshi asked, but Izuku responded with his 'I already know so don't waste time pretending' look. Hitoshi sighed.

"It's not really Kirishima's quirk, just how he used it. I suddenly remembered the exact moment that guy was going to try to stab me with his. I know it's stupid. Just a couple of days later I was fighting UA robots, but somehow it being a real situation and there being more of them... I think I froze for a moment. Not very heroic of me, wasting all that training only to freeze up at a moment like that."

"Don't beat yourself up for it too much. A real danger has a shock effect that you can't get from regular training. Has anything similar happened before?"

"I… may have had nightmares a couple of times."

"I know what that is like," Izuku said. "But with the issue of Kirishima's quirk you should work on how you feel seeing similar quirks. It would be bad if you had to team up with Kirishima and lost focus from seeing his quirk," Izuku's eyes shifted just a little past Hitoshi. "A bit like how he hasn't been too judgemental but still hesitated to respond to you."

"And how would I do that?"

"Exposure without danger, for the both of you," Izuku responded and yanked Hitoshi's shoulder to make him turn and face Kirishima. The redhead had joined them in the corridor in time to hear the important bits. He and Hitoshi stared at each other for a moment until Kirishima grabbed Hitoshi's hands and started talking way too fast and loud, apologising and promising he would not do the thing near Hitoshi and offering to help.

The redhead wasn't necessarily bad. If he could see past the biases of the society around him and help Hitoshi, then he was going to get lots of points in Izuku's eyes.

Izuku checked his messages again while the scene was going on and more students started joining them in their regular school uniforms. By the time Tenya managed to change from his overcomplicated armour and joined them, rest of the class was already done and chatting. Not feeling enthusiastic for any more discussions with unpredictable topics, Izuku started walking, unintentionally setting off the motion of the entire class. Tenya followed closely, but Hitoshi fell behind with Kirishima, who had hardened his arm for the exposure Izuku had prescribed.

Yep, he got bonus points, lots of them.

Izuku's phone beeped with another message which he glanced at and sighed. One more thing to endure today, just one more. He leaned closer to Tenya and whispered.

"Stay close and be ready to cover your ears."

"What…?" Tenya started but Izuku faced away without any more words. They came around the building to the front yard just as the Bakugos stepped out of the front doors. Katsuki had a stunned expression on his face but the way he bit his teeth together revealed the anger bubbling inside. His mother was in tears that could have almost impressed even a member of the Midoriya family, if he cared anymore.

"Why is she crying?" Uraraka asked.

"Her failed parenting has finally caught up to them," Izuku said as he kept walking, not giving the Bakugos any more than a glance.

"That is not a very nice thing to say."

"I have no obligation to be nice to anyone. It needs to be earned."

"Midoriya!" Mitsuki shouted. Izuku kept walking without giving her even a glance. Mitsuki kept talking, sounding like she was closer with every following word.

"How can you just walk away after… They just suspended Katsuki, all but promising to expel him after an investigation!" She shouted. The class members present collectively gasped. "Do you understand what that means? I know he had bullied you, but this will destroy his future, all of his dreams. Look at me!"

Izuku kept walking, not acknowledging her at all.

"You have changed since you moved in with your father. You have become colder. What would Inko think? She wouldn't have let you turn out like this."

"Uh oh," Tenya said.

Izuku stopped. Sparks of fire flickered around his twitching hands.

"Kirishima," Hitoshi said quietly behind Izuku, "stand in front of her and harden as much as you can."

Izuku drew a deep breath.

"What…?" Kirishima started asking.

Izuku breathed out and turned to face Mitsuki with a stare so cold even Todoroki's ice couldn't match it.

"That won't be necessary," he addressed Hitoshi and Kirishima. "I've prepared for this. Couldn't trust the school to take care of things."

Without breaking his stare Izuku raised one hand and pointed at the gate where two large expensive looking black cars had been parked. One had a single man in a suit standing next to an open door. The other had at least as finely dressed a man and woman standing next to it with the woman holding a black folder under her arm.

Mitsuki turned to stare at the duo of expensive lawyers instead of Izuku and started visibly shaking.

"No, no…"

"You had one warning, a whole year to correct the results of your parenting. Ba… Katsuki could have gotten away with everything he did over the last decade just because I would have rather not even thought about him ever again. You wasted that chance. Katsuki has not changed a bit," Izuku paused, "and he threatened my friends."

Tenya grabbed Izuku's shoulder but didn't say a word.

"So, step out of that gate and face your futures."

List of Midoriya's current quirks because it was requested:

All For One (public)

Dragon Blade (public)

Vibration (secret/villain, but most commonly used secretly in combination with Dragon Blade.

Super Regeneration copied quirk, (secret/villain)

Hellfire Arrow (public, kind of. He pretends it is just another technique for Dragon Blade)

Venomous Nails (secret/villain)

Calm Mind (secret/villain)