Summer is coming, sun is shining, parliament voted 188 to 8 in favor of Nato and it is time for your next chapter to come out, so I guess this week has been tolerable. I hope you like Aizawa pov chapters.

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Comments:

Hmm Xst: If its between midnight and 7 am when you read this, go to bed. It is easier to get up in the morning if you have something you want to do right after that.

Dsman: Someone does.

BradenTrivett: The Vibration quirk is easy to forget considering Izuku usually only uses it in combination with the Dragon Blade, but it really plays into the idea of Shirokumo/Izuku as Tomura's brother.

GgeorGge: Okay I really want to know what in the story gave you that idea?

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Chapter 34: Who Was He?

"Please come in," Nezu called as soon as Aizawa's still bandaged arm brushed against the door. Aizawa pushed the door open with his body, refusing to show any of the pain for simply pressing lightly against it.

As soon as he saw the group gathered at the meeting room, he also started getting a headache. Nezu and All Might weren't unexpected or concerning on their own, but All Might was in his powered form and with the detective Tsukauchi present there was something more serious going on. Considering the recency of the USJ attack and regular visits by the detective at the school since then, that still wouldn't have been too bad. That is if they hadn't also been joined by the dog-headed Chief of Police and two other pro heroes, Kamui Woods and Death Arms.

Aizawa was going to need more coffee by the time this meeting was over.

"Please tell me you are here because of a breakthrough in the USJ investigation."

"Unfortunately it is quite the opposite, and what discoveries there are, raise some questions that will interest you as well."

"Is this related to last night's battle at the villain hospital?"

"Yes. Nomu, the creature you fought at the USJ, was freed by an unknown attacker with several weaker Nomus, and the villain with a mist-like teleportation quirk helping him."

Aizawa's still healing bones suddenly ached even more.

"And that isn't the worst part. You should sit. Recovery Girl will have my tail if I hinder your recovery."

Aizawa didn't fight the suggestion. Sitting down was a great relief and despite how he presented himself to the students he wasn't about to go against the old lady. Nezu maintained control of the meeting as Aizawa sat.

"I am sorry to disrupt your respective works by asking all of you into this meeting, but there are reasons to believe we are facing a far greater threat than might be immediately obvious even from the two recent attacks. While the creature called Nomu captured at USJ has been liberated by the villain, the police and hospital staff had time to conduct experiments and especially dna tests on it. During the USJ attack the leader of the villains, called by the name of Shigaraki, referred to it as an artificial human. Based on the tests this is not the case. Rather it should be described as a former human."

Nezu paused, giving everyone present time to process the information.

"Do you mean…?" Death Arms asked.

"Yes, whatever that creature was, it used to be a human, a small-time villain to be exact." Nezu placed a photograph of the man on the table.

"That is horrendous," Kamui Woods commented, "and to think there are several more of those poor souls."

"That we know of," Nezu added, "and that is not the most disturbing thing we have discovered. Already during the USJ incident we discovered that the creature had at least two quirks in addition to its immense strength, and neither of these matched the registered quirk of the original person. Additionally, the person who freed it appears to poses at least two quirks himself, perhaps more."

"Is that even possible?" Death Arms asked.

"Yes," Aizawa responded and turned his head to look at Nezu. "Is this why you wanted me to be involved in this meeting?"

"Partially, you are also a part of this due to your own encounter with the creature."

"What are you talking about?" Death Arms asked.

"Previously you asked if it is possible for people to have more than one quirk, ones they weren't born with. It is. We already know of one quirk that allows its wielder to take quirks from others and if they so choose to also give those quirks to other people."

"Hold on," Death Arms said. "I've seen the news. Do you really have a student…?"

"Who can do exactly that, yes," Aizawa finished.

"Are you saying one of your students…?"

"No," Nezu quickly responded. "We think it is something, someone, even more dangerous. Over the generations since quirks first appeared, we are aware of only one other person capable of doing what we are talking about. We believed him to be dead, but with the discoveries of this Nomu we must consider the possibility of that not being the case."

"So now you think All for One is alive, and involved with this league of villains?" Aizawa held back a groan, his head hurt more just thinking about the possibility.

"That seems possible," Nezu confirmed.

"All for who?" Death Arms asked. Aizawa sighed.

"All For One, it is the name of his quirk that he has adopted," Nezu said. "He is the most powerful and dangerous villain we are aware of since the emergence of quirks. All Might, you tell them."

Aizawa dozed off, sinking into his own thoughts as All Might explained who All for One was to the uninformed in their group.

"To think someone so despicable can exist," Death Arms said. "Then again, with a quirk like that, him becoming a villain is obvious. I wish the government did more to control villain quirks."

Aizawa's head perked up, as did his hair as a side effect of his quirk.

"What?"

"What did you just say about quirks?"

"I said villain quirks should be controlled better, or at least those people should be monitored better."

"Because you don't like the quirk they are born with? Before you answer, remember that we were talking about a quirk of one of my students."

"I haven't forgotten. You might want to re-evaluate your student selection principles."

"We do, but to the opposite direction to what you are suggesting. I find it difficult to believe I am hearing such prejudicial ideas from a supposed professional hero. Even the staff here might not be perfect, but we definitely need new screenings to eliminate people like you from the admission."

"You dare…"

"Enough!"

Nezu might be small but when the usually calm principal raised his voice everyone shut up.

"Death Arms, as much as I'd like to destroy you in an academic debate on this topic, that is not what we are here for. That said, I will not allow attacks on our students, including verbal ones."

"And what do I care what you want? Have you even considered that kid might be involved? Hell, maybe he's the one who attacked us. That villain was small enough to still be a high-schooler."

"You didn't even see him," Kamui Woods said, holding his temper much better. "He knocked you out before you ever had the chance to."

Death Arms gritted his teeth.

"That doesn't change the fact I'm right, as you and All Might both know."

"I can't deny that. They are about the same size as far as I could tell," All Might said, looking unusually meek as he glanced at Aizawa. "Though Tsukauchi has already investigated him, so I don't think he is directly involved."

"Like you thought All for One was dead?" Death Arms asked.

"What do you want?" Aizawa asked.

"We should question him. Test if he is involved."

"And how would you do that?"

"Doesn't the detective here have a lie detector quirk? Also, that villain had some kind of healing quirk. Have you ever seen that kid injured?"

"Yes," Aizawa said. "Would you like to see the recording?"

"I'd like to see it myself. It's school day right now isn't it? Get him here and we'll see what we can find out."

"You will not harass my student just because you got beaten. People like you have already made his life difficult enough. It is hard enough to earn his trust as things are."

"This is a bit more important than your class. Chief," Death Arms turned to the Chief of Police, "you have to agree."

The dog-headed man seemed thoughtful for a moment and then sighed. Aizawa felt a headache coming up.

"Considering the threat this League of Villains poses, especially if they are tied to All for One, we have to investigate every possibility. I don't want to suspect detective Tsukauchi's abilities at their earlier meetings, but the boy hasn't been questioned about this matter directly."

"Do you actually have any evidence or way of identifying the villain other than having the detective ask about it from everyone you suspect?" Aizawa asked.

Tsukauchi's and the police chief's expressions turned darker. Tsukauchi was the first to talk.

"Unfortunately they didn't leave much evidence behind. The villain was fully covered with a face covering, including a voice changing helmet and gloves. We hoped to get a blood sample from the floor where he was shot but, well..."

"Well what?" Aizawa asked.

"Before we got to take a sample the teleporting villain opened a small portal to that place and poured enough strong chemicals through it to cover the entire floor. We couldn't even try to get a sample before the fumes were ventilated out and investigators don't expect to get anything usable. The only samples we have come from some of the Nomus. Their identity might give us some clues but…"

"So, you can only make accusations without even being able to prove anything."

"That is why he needs to be investigated," Death Arms declared. "If he wasn't involved and has nothing to hide, he shouldn't have any issues with it."

"That is not true," Aizawa said, "and that is an excuse tyrants use when they want to trample on people's rights."

Death Arms gritted his teeth, but the Chief of Police raised his hand in front of the hero before he could say anything more.

"I understand your concern, but we are not talking about violating anyone's rights or accusing your students without evidence, at least I'm not. However, questioning him is within our authority and even if there are no indications of his involvement, his knowledge about this All for One quirk can be valuable."

"Why are you trying to convince me if you have already made the decision?"

"There is another concern," Nezu interrupted. "Midoriya doesn't know about All for One. Him learning of All for One and our investigation could lead to a negative reaction. I'd like to keep that part secret."

"He already knows," Aizawa interrupted. "He's known about All for One since before coming to UA."

"Really," Death Arms said, "and how is that?"

Everyone in the room stared at Aizawa and the big headache had finally arrived. The painful silence continued for a long time. All Might seemed strangely tense, like he wanted to say something.

"Aizawa," Nezu said in a quiet voice that caused Aizawa goosebumps. "I too would like to know the answer to that question, and how you know about what Midoriya knows."

"He told me."

"I find that difficult to believe considering the distrust he has shown."

Aizawa sighed.

"You wanted me to guide him and earn his trust. To do so, I needed to show a little trust myself. Trust goes two ways, so I told him about your investigation and about All for One, or at least I tried to. Apparently, his old school had a history assignment about the man."

"I doubt that. I didn't even know about him," Death Arms said.

"That is your problem. I haven't confirmed the claim, but another student went to the same class. I haven't wanted to involve him in this. That might be the fastest way to get on Midoriya's bad side."

"I understand what you were seeking," Nezu said, "but I am disappointed you gave away such information on your own. Without that we could at least control how to give it away."

"Actually," All Might said with timidness that didn't fit his massive frame. "I… might have had a similar discussion with him."

"At the risk of sounding like the principal," Aizawa said, "I find that difficult to believe. The kid hates you."

"I know, and I doubt I made things any better, but there was something I had to talk about. He," All Might glanced at the visiting heroes, "saw something I needed to address. I can confirm he already knows about All for One. Aizawa is also right that questioning him due to nothing but his quirk will not go over well, and I cannot be present."

"Why is that?" Kamui Woods asked. All Might looked more nervous than most people would expect the number one hero to be capable of.

"I cannot afford to… 'piss him off' right now for… reasons, and he might be more responsive to questioning if I'm not around anyway."

"Are you all afraid of this kid or something?" Death Arms asked.

"We are afraid of failing him as teachers like every school before has done to him," Aizawa said. "If the police want to talk to him, we can't stop you, but it will be on you, and if you don't do everything exactly by the book, the kid has enough lawyers to make the UA legal team lose sleep."

"I would have to agree with mister Aizawa," Nezu said. "If the police request access to him in writing, we'll bring him to you. The rest is up to you. We will monitor the questioning of course. My official position, though, is that I do not recommend it. For the rest of these matters, I will have a separate discussion with All Might and Aizawa later."

Both of the hero teachers had shivers go through their spines, knowing that a lecture was sure to occur at a later time.

Nezu had the chief write up a formal request. Unfortunately getting Midoriya from class fell on Aizawa, which is how he found himself interrupting Present Mic's lesson.

"Midoriya, come with me."

The glare his request got in response was enough to tell him this was going to get ugly. That glare only softened a little bit as Midoriya passed Hitoshi Shinso, who whispered something as he went by. Putting the trio in the same class was probably the smartest thing Nezu had done in a long time, and the principal was a certified genius. Midoriya stayed quiet barely long enough for the classroom door to close behind him and Aizawa.

"What do you want?"

"Nothing, but there are other people who want to talk to you, and I'm not allowed to tell the police no on this matter."

"Why would police want to talk with me?"

"Two reasons," Aizawa responded, "your quirk might give you valuable insight on a matter concerning the USJ investigation, the Nomu more specifically."

Aizawa paused for a moment, but Izuku wasn't having any of it.

"And the second reason?"

"The Nomu was broken out and taken by someone with multiple quirks, supposedly about the same size as you. The heroes who were…"

Aizawa stopped and turned to look at Midoriya who had fallen behind. He was looking down so Aizawa couldn't see his expression, but slowly the kid's hands stopped shaking and squeezed into fists.

"So," he said, "any time police run into someone with strange quirks they are going to come for me."

Aizawa sighed.

"No, I hope. However, they now have two cases of villains with multiple quirks. Nezu and All Might… On the second day of school, after your fight with Bakugo, we talked about All for One. I told you he is dead."

Midoriya tensed visibly.

"We aren't so confident about that anymore. Considering him and you are the only examples we know of quirks being transferred between people... I know you are capable of being smart and logical. If you were a police officer or a hero involved with this, wouldn't you want to talk to yourself in this situation?"

Midoriya didn't say anything, but as Aizawa was waiting for a response he got it from the kid's body language. His fist loosened and most of the tension in his stance disappeared faster than Aizawa thought possible. The only sign of the rapid change to a less perceptive person was a slow long exhale as Midoriya brought himself under control. Aizawa had to give the kid credit for achieving that despite the obvious emotional baggage he carried.

Though as Midoriya raised his head, the look in his eyes was worryingly empty, to the point of being downright cold.

"Get it over with," was all he said. Aizawa nodded and they walked the rest of the way to the meeting room the others were waiting in. He opened the door and stepped aside, preferring to let someone else become the target of Midoriya's ire. It happened faster than he thought.

Midoriya was barely two steps in when he froze still and a blade of blue hot fire flashed into existence next to his hand, shaking like he was struggling to not use it. Aizawa couldn't hold the kid back in his injured state but quietly prepared to use his quirk. The others in the room weren't quite as calm. At least two chairs clacked against the floor. Midoriya raised his arm to point at someone with the blade.

"WHAT… are they doing here?"

Recovery Girl had better prescribe Aizawa more painkillers after this.

"Midoriya!" Nezu commanded more forcefully than Aizawa had heard the principal talk in a long time, but Midoriya didn't budge. Nezu quickly calmed down though.

"What might be the issue with our guests."

"Existing," Midoriya responded through gritted teeth. "Daring to call themselves heroes. Being here."

Midoriya's Dragon Blade flashed seemingly even hotter. A branch from Kamui Woods stretched across the table at a blinding speed to tie up Midoriya. Midoriya stepped aside and cut the extending branch three times in less than that many seconds.

"You have a strange idea of talking, Eraserhead."

Aizawa muttered things under his breath that would normally endanger a teacher's career if spoken at a school and stepped into the room. The first thing he did was to use his quirk, not on Midoriya though, but the pro heroes across the room. The extended tree branch didn't disappear but stopped moving.

"Eraserhead, what the hell?!" Death Arms shouted.

"I could ask you two the same," Aizawa said. "Sit down."

"Don't bother," Midoriya said and turned towards the door, but Aizawa placed himself in the way. Midoriya engaged him in a staring contest and held his own, despite that being Aizawa's specialty.

"Sit," Aizawa said.

"What are they doing here?" Midoriya seethed.

"They were the heroes at the scene when the Nomu was taken."

"They might have been there, but they are not heroes."

"How dare you, you brat?!" Death Arms interrupted. The look in Midoriya's eyes told Aizawa the hero was simply throwing more dynamite into the fire. Midoriya finally broke his stare to redirect it at Death Arms.

"Heroes risk themselves to save others. Fake heroes let others die to keep themselves safe. You didn't want to take the risk of fighting an enemy you couldn't beat in a single punch, so you just watched him murder someone."

Aizawa looked at Midoriya, ready to erase his quirks if needed.

"And what do you know about being a pro hero?" Death Arms asked.

"More than you, apparently."

"You…" Death Arms stepped around the table and towards Midoriya but was stopped by Kamui Woods' branch grabbing him.

"We are not making any progress like this," the wooden hero said.

"I agree," the Chief of Police nodded. "Perhaps you two should step out for the moment. We can handle the questioning."

Death Arms gritted his teeth but didn't fight the chief.

"Fine, but don't let that villain kid play you."

"Get. Out," Aizawa commanded. He sighed in relief as the door shut behind the two heroes. Afterwards he found Midoriya looking at him.

"Any other issues, problem child?"

Midoriya stared at him quietly for a long moment.

"No, not yet."

"Then sit down so we can get this done."

"Okay, you too. This can't be good for your recovery."

"Then try not to strain my mental health."

"Depends on them… I'll try."

After those words Midoriya, finally, sat down. To be safe, Aizawa sat next to him. Tsukauchi took a seat opposite to the kid with Nezu and the Chief of Police. Someone at least had to stay on the kid's side when everyone else was literally facing against him. The Chief of Police spoke first.

"I apologise for the behaviour of our hero companions… even if it wasn't unilateral or completely unprovoked, woof."

"Oh, it was plenty provoked, by them."

"Could you explain in more detail? Clearly something is happening between you three that I am not well-informed on."

Midoriya was quiet for a few seconds, looking at the table until he seemed to get his emotions back in check, surprisingly quickly considering the storm of emotions they had just seen a glimpse of.

"Why don't you ask your detective, or the principal. From what I've heard they've been poking their noses in my private life. This meeting isn't the first time I've been harassed for my quirk, including by people in this room."

"That is quite concerning to hear, detective?"

"Uh," the detective hesitated and glanced at both Midoriya and Nezu before his shoulders slumped and he faced the chief. "We have conducted an investigation on him for…"

"It was my decision," Nezu said. "We have already discussed the matter of All for One. After learning of Midoriya's quirk I had to investigate the matter and his background."

Midoriya huffed but kept whatever he was going to say to himself.

"And our hero companions?" The chief asked.

"They were the hero responders at the incident where Midoriya's-" Nezu at least had the decency to pause to give Midoriya a sad apologetic look, "where his mother was killed."

Aizawa wished his arms weren't still broken and wrapped up as he couldn't properly comfort his student who was literally shaking next to him. He could only watch as Midoriya had to calm himself down. Nezu gave him a moment before continuing.

"The performance of Death Arms and Kamui Woods in that battle was… less than impressive in the moments leading up to the… end result."

"I see. I'm sorry to hear that. You have endured much for such a young age, and yet we are here to put you through more."

"So either don't or get on with it. I'm missing class."

"We'll try to be brief. There are two reasons we asked you here. Considering the concern that has been raised concerning the villain All for One, whom you appear to already be aware of, we are hoping to find out if you can provide insight on the quirk by the same name."

"And the other?" Midoriya asked.

"The Nomu creature from the USJ incident was freed by a villain. Based on eyewitness statements the person had multiple quirks and was about your size."

Midoriya said nothing. The chief cleared his throat.

"As our leads on the matter are limited, we must look into every possible lead, especially if we are to discuss with you more on the matter. Therefore, we request that you submit to two tests."

"What kind of tests?" Midoriya asked.

"First, we want to question you with detective Tsukauchi and his quirk. I believe you are already familiar with it."

Midoriya nodded.

"We would also, with your permission, like to cut a small wound on your hand."

"Do what?"

"Well, according to All Might's observation," the chief said, making Aizawa tense as he mentioned the number one. Midoriya stayed quiet. "The attacker appears to possess some sort of a rapid acting healing quirk. Demonstrating a lack of one would be the easiest way to counter the suspicion raised by Death Arms and All Might."

If he really wanted to convince Midoriya he should have been more careful with the forbidden names.

"Pretty sure you can't make me."

He met the chief in a staring contest for a moment until Aizawa sighed audibly. If he didn't want to spend the rest of the day here, he had to use his secret weapon.

"Midoriya," the kid looked up at him, "Shinso has expressed interest in my capture weapon. If you cooperate, I'll give him private lessons to see if he could learn to use it."

Midoriya stared at him for a few seconds.

"He has mentioned liking that, just not confident at being able to use it even if I got him one… It could save him if he couldn't brainwash an enemy," Midoriya said and paused. Then he raised both his hands, lighting his Dragon Blade quirk in one of then, though much smaller than usual, like a burning dagger. Others by the table had barely enough time to yelp as he cut and burned a long gash across his other hand without even flinching, and all for private lessons to someone else Aizawa had considered giving anyway. Midoriya held his hand up for the trio in front of him to see.

"Satisfied?"

"Yes," the chief said after watching the very much not healing wound for a few seconds. Tsukauchi got up for a moment and retrieved a roll bandage from his jacket which Midoriya accepted despite his still very much unfriendly expression. Tsukauchi returned to his seat and waited quietly, long enough for Midoriya to wrap his hand. He held his own hand between them as his quirk required physical contact. Midoriya was about to reach out with his healthy hand but seemed to change his mind at the last moment and reached out with his barely wrapped injured hand. The detective's own hand was stained by some blood as they met. Midoriya sighed, losing some of his tension.

"Midoriya," Tsukauchi said, "were you involved in an attack at the villain hospital?"

"No."

"So, you didn't have a role in freeing the Nomu?"

"No."

"Are you involved with the villain known as All for One?"

"No."

Detective Tsukauchi waited, looking thoughtful for a long time before letting go and leaning back.

"Something feels strange, probably because of how he is feeling about all this, but I couldn't detect a lie."

"So, you are going to stop with these accusations?" Aizawa asked.

"Unless something else comes up," the chief responded, "I can't say the same for Death Arms though."

"I don't see any reason to care about what he thinks," Midoriya said. "Now what do you want to know."

"First anything you know about having or giving someone more than one quirk."

"Right, first thing is to be careful about it. Getting more quirks can be… harsh. For me it has gotten better after a time, but that could be because of my quirk. I've never even tried to give anyone more than one extra quirk. All Might also warned about that based on what he knew about All for One."

"But you have given someone an extra quirk?"

"T… Hitoshi…"

"His classmate," Aizawa added.

"… He has his father's quirk now, which I did at his father's request, and we've both had Tenya's, he's another classmate and friend, we've had his quirk to deal with Eraserhead's 'rational deception'."

"What do you mean by that?" The chief asked.

"It is not important," Aizawa said, "a test for the students."

"I see. So given the ability to transfer quirks, someone having two of them isn't really an issue then. No need to turn them into Nomus."

"Seems so," Midoriya said. "I think it might depend on the quirk. Hitoshi had no issue getting his father's quirk, but their quirks were already similar and related. He could probably handle his mother's quirk too, but… I haven't wanted to risk testing it. Even I myself haven't had the chance to hold more quirks than that.

The chief wrote some notes before continuing.

"Other than this Hitoshi, have you used your quirk to give anyone else quirks other than their own."

"Not permanently. Hitoshi is the only one right now with two, and just so you know neither of those is a healing quirk, even if I'd love to get him one of those considering this school's inability to protect its students."

The coldness in Midoriya's voice as he said the last part came as a not at all unclear warning to everyone in the room.

"We have no reason to suspect your classmates. That won't change the problem that our enemy has fighters with multiple quirks in addition to multiple of these Nomu creatures."

"That I can't help you with… unless you want to confiscate their quirks."

"That is… an interesting idea, but I'm afraid the law doesn't even know such a concept."

"Well, that is your problem. Is there something else you wanted from me, any other part of your job you need a high school student to help with?"

The dog faced chief's expressions were difficult to read but there was definite tension there in response to Midoriya's last comment.

"Working with the police is an important part of the work of a hero. Rather than a disruption you should see this as a learning experience in addition to providing your knowledge to help catch these villains who tried to kill you."

Midoriya didn't say anything to that. The chief waited for a moment before nodding.

"We still need to discus matters here, but I think you two can go."

Midoriya got up without a word while Aizawa at least gave a nod to the chief and then followed Midoriya out. The kid tensed right at the door, looking at the two heroes waiting in the corridor, but Aizawa kept moving and pushed Midoriya with his body to keep moving before the kid could start another incident. Midoriya's eyes never left the death stare he was giving to Death Arms. He held up his cut and burned hand, even pulling the bandage off. That actually startled the pro hero.

Aizawa remained quiet until the two pro heroes had gone back into the room.

"Midoriya. Go see Recovery Girl about that wound before getting lunch. Don't worry about being late from class if you need to."

"Are you sure you don't need to see Recovery Girl? You don't sound like yourself," Midoriya asked.

"I am being serious, and Recovery Girl will have my head if she blames me for your wound."

"It is your fault. You better not forget your promise."

"I won't," Aizawa sighed, "Shinso can start training today after school if he wants to. The rest depends on him."

Midoriya nodded and walked away from Aizawa. Rather than staying on the main hallway all the way to the stairs, Izuku soon turned to a smaller corridor. There was a secondary stairwell that way, but something felt strange about his choice in direction, so rather than going on with his business Aizawa approached the corridor, applying all his experience to move without a sound.

As he glanced into the side corridor, he saw Midoriya leaning against the wall with one hand, breathing heavily enough for the motion to be visible from the back. Either his emotions were an even greater challenge, or he wasn't controlling them as well as he seemed to. Aizawa didn't have the time to decide what to do with this information as a new sets of steps drew his attention."

"Teacher," Tenya Ida greeted as he stopped a few meters away. Unsurprisingly he was accompanied by Shinso. More surprisingly they were followed by Kirishima and Tokoyami, though the latter seemed to have been dragged there by his sentient quirk that stretched out to the duo up front.

"You came looking for Midoriya," Aizawa stated. There was no question or uncertainty in his voice. "Perhaps that is for the best. Saves me the headache. He is right there. Make sure he doesn't skip his visit to Recovery Girl."

Aizawa nodded towards where Midoriya was struggling to hold himself together and walked past his friends. He stopped next to Shinso.

"Shinso, your special lessons start today. Go to the sports field after hero class. No need to change away from your costume."

He continued walking, leaving them behind.

"What classes was he talking about?" Ida asked.

"I have no idea."

"Shouldn't you ask him?" Kirishima said.

"No… I'll just ask Izuku."

There was a short pause.

"Again?" Ida asked. So, this wasn't the first time.

"Again," Shinso answered. "What did they put him through this time? You two stay back."

Aizawa stopped to lean against the wall as soon as they disappeared behind the corner. If something like this had happened before it could happen again and as their teacher, it was another headache he needed to be ready for.

"What happened to him? Who should I tear apart," Dark Shadow's voice rang over the others.

"Kirishima, Tokoyami… what are you doing here?" Izuku wheezed a little as he spoke.

"They tagged along with us," Shinso said. "More than two people can be worried for you at a time. You don't have to talk in front of eve… what happened to your hand?"

"Don't worry. I cut it to show I don't have a healing quirk."

"You did what? Why would…?"

"Because police encountered someone with multiple quirks and one of them was healing."

"That wasn't everything was it?" Ida asked.

"No… Death Arms and Kamui Woods were there."

"The pro heroes?" Kirishima asked. "Why would that make you…"

He fell quiet like someone had flipped a switch. It lasted for a while before he spoke again.

"Eh, maybe we should go… leave you three alone."

There was another pause until Midoriya spoke.

"No… no, since you are already here it's fine."

"Just don't ask too many questions," Shinso said, "and remember that those two 'heroes' being there was not easy for Izuku."

"Okay, if you say so."

"And don't talk about what you saw here."

"Our lips are sealed," Dark Shadow said.

"You don't have lips. Neither does Tokoyami," Midoriya said, sounding tired despite the joking comment.

"Oh r

"Still, thank you."

"I understand the situation was difficult for you," Ida said, "but we should really go to the nurse's office. That wound must be painful."

"Worth it," Midoriya said. "Oh right, Toshi, remember how you said you were interested in Eraserhead's capture weapon?"

"So that's what he meant. I know I'm going to hate the answer, but what has my extra training got to do with you cutting yourself? I just need to know for the talk we are going to have with mister Aizawa."

Aizawa left the wall and walked away faster than before.