Chapter 8

The police arrived and took Izuku to the hospital whilst the pro's did the paperwork for the events and explained the situation. It was decided that Izuku wouldn't be held responsible for the event nor would he have any negative repercussions due to the event from the police at least.

Izuku hadn't shrunk; he stayed at 10 ft in height. None of the instant villains had returned to normal. Izuku was unconscious for two days.

Ingenium had gotten to the hospital in time and would be able to return to hero work in a couple of months once his exhausts had returned to normal shape.

Endeavor had very few injuries other than his ego at being knocked out by a 10 year old child.

As Izuku woke up he saw the white lights of the hospital roof. He looked around the room and saw his mother sleeping next to his bed with doctor Shiba on the seat next to her.

"Try not to wake them kid" Izuku turned as he heard his mentors voice

"What happened? Did the bee sting me? Am I allergic to bees?" Izuku started to mumble as he tried to sit up "What?! Why can't I move" he said worriedly.

"Calm down kid. You're in hospital, you were a victim of a villain attack" Izuku calmed down a little.

Knuckleduster explained everything that happened. Izuku began to panic when he found out that he had grown bigger. Fatgum had rang midway through the explanation and told Izuku he'd get him new shoes before he left the hospital.

Doctor Shiba and his mom woke up shortly after and after calming down Inko and preventing the flood of tears the doctor had explained that they would be getting even more sessions. Knuckleduster and doctor Shiba left shortly after the explanation, leaving the parent and child together.

Hisashi rang up around midnight worried he had heard about the incident and wanted to check on them. They spent hours on the phone.

In the morning the heroes Eraserhead and Midnight came into the room. Inko went to give Izuku his notebook knowing what was coming. Izuku sat up ripping the straps that were holding him down and began to fanboy about the two heroes. Midnight was used to such reactions so was only nervous due to the last interaction the two had. Aizawa however was concerned he'd never had fans before. The giant suddenly acting like a small child was an unusual sight for the underground hero. When the boy began to analyse both his and Midnight's quirks pointing out both their strengths and weaknesses he realised how terrifying the boy would be.

Once the boy had finished fanboying the two heroes began what they were there for. They informed the boy about how the media had painted him as a villain and he'd need to be careful due to the backlash of the event. Apparently his previous school had given statements about how he abused the other kids and even put some in hospital until he was kicked out. The heroes Fatgum, Knuckleduster and Endeavor were there when he was released from hospital. Both Fatgum and Knuckleduster laughed openly at Endeavor's reaction to Izuku's fanboying and even Endeavor let out a small chuckle when he realised how innocent the child was even if he dwarfed Endeavor and even Allmight in size.

As they left the hospital Izuku had never felt more alone; he had stuff thrown at him, people shouting and the media throwing accusations at him of being a monster. No one had died in the incident but there was a lot of damage done to both property and businesses. As he got in the car waiting for them Endeavor stayed behind saying he had something to do but would visit to check on the boy later in the day.

Endeavor stepped back from the car and a burst of flames made the media take a step back.

He agreed to answer a few questions.

"Endeavor, are we safe with someone like that on the streets?" Asked a blue skinned reporter

"We are this event was nothing more than a child being attacked by a villain and being used to cause destruction. The boy wants to be a hero and help those who can't help themselves"

"How can something like that be a hero? he could have killed someone." Said another reporter

"But he didn't kill anyone. He was a victim. They could have targeted anyone. The ones who are at fault are the ones who drugged him" replied Endeavor

"What caused this event?" Said a smug reporter

"There would appear to be a villain that uses the drug trigger to cause permanent mutations in quirks; they are responsible for this and every other case of instant villains so far. It causes rage in the victim followed by a large increase in the quirks ability. The boy it was used on has just been the most powerful to be caught up in this villainy so far"

The questions continued moving away from Izuku and towards the trigger ring.

When Inko and Izuku returned home Inko went to sort through the mail. Izuku found his first issue due to his new size. He had to crouch to get into the apartment complex and their apartment.

As Inko went through the mail she noticed that there were several letters addressed to Izuku. Thinking they could be postcards from his father, she gave them to Izuku. Izuku was excited that if it was his dad he'd usually get more information for his quirk notebooks and if it were his grandparents he might get some money. As he ripped open the envelope a letter fell out with large red words on the front. The word villain on the inside Izuku was called a demon that would destroy everything it said how he should die for being a monster. Every letter addressed to Izuku was like this variation on how evil he was; how he should die and the world would be better without him.

Endeavor originally decided he wouldn't visit the Midoriya's but decided he should at least check on the boy. Endeavor had realised that from their brief encounter that the boy could become the next Allmight with his strength. He also realised that he'd need to increase Shoto's training although Toya wouldn't like that. Endeavor knocked on the door to the apartment and he couldn't figure out how or if the boy had fit through the door.

When he was let into the apartment he saw the large child sitting on the floor crying with a bunch of letters around him. The hero picked up a letter and read through it reading the hate mail. The hero was angry he turned the letter into ash and burned all the others as well. He checked on the child unsure of what to do to help. The hero left after giving the boy some comforting words when the kid asked if he could still be a hero "You didn't have control over yourself. Although you may never become number 1 anyone can be a hero your previous actions don't matter"

The number two hero knew that the boy's route to be a hero would be hard and even worse now that he's done a villainous act even unwillingly; kids and adults for that matter were so quick to decide who would be a villain and who would be a hero.

Over the following couple of days every hero involved made statements saying that Izuku was not responsible for what had happened. Ingenium's statement hit Izuku the hardest as he was standing in a full body cast.

The letters stopped after a few weeks but during that period they had received more than 30 letters that Izuku insisted on reading. It was too much for such a young child and he quickly fell into depression.

Izuku began putting a fake smile on his face. He was used to being stared at by people at school due to his size but the new glares he received on the streets was scary. People would sometimes throw stuff at him so it wouldn't hurt physically but his clothes would often be torn or stained from the rubbish thrown at him.

His Mother, Fatgum and Knuckleduster noticed his mood but thought he'd get better once it was out of people's minds.

One of the events Fatgum took Izuku to had a large crowd. When Fatgum saw the crowd's reaction to Izuku and saw the boy's smile keep on his face he knew it was bad. The BMI hero stopped taking Izuku to his events with crowd's and began taking him to do activities in the more shady areas, where people would be less hostile towards the child. The two became regulars at local karaoke bars as well as going to arcades. It gave a noticeable change to Izuku but he was still depressed.

Fatgum was concerned having had self harmed at a similar age due to his own depression from bullying about his size but he realised that with Izuku's regular checkups if he did begin to they'd find out very quickly and could get him help.

After Izuku's first day back at school Izuku was especially down; his classmates had started calling him a villain; only a couple of mutation quirk users were even willing to sit near him. The teachers previously kind now had hate filled eyes looking at him. The teacher's wouldn't help him in class if he had questions and his quirk supervisor seemed putout by his mere presence. As he arrived home he went straight to his room and sat on his bed crying. How'd his life get like this?

Izuku pinched himself to try to make his headache go away. He drew blood from pinching so hard. He wanted to punch the wall but being so strong meant he couldn't do much to release his anger. He decided to find somewhere that he could be in solitude for a while and came up on takoba municipal beach. It was a large beach that was used as a flytipping spot along with the ocean currents washing up all sorts of rubbish. He loved it no one would go near which means no one would glare at him.

Over the next few months Izuku would withdraw further from his mentors and his mother. He knew that they all knew he was depressed but he also thought he was already a burden to them.

While walking to school one day, trying to avoid the looks people were giving him, Izuku wasn't sure about what to do about the bullying at school. Izuku promised his mom that he would tell her if it got too bad but "it wasn't that bad yet" he thought. Izuku continued his internal debate until he reached his classroom and decided that he'd have to tll his mom. on the desk lay several white chrysanthemums and a single red spider lily. more than half the class was telling him to kill himself and the spider lily is the hell flower. The teacher, even if she was slightly afraid ofIzuku after the event, wasn't a monster and the six kids who had been caught placing the flowers were expelled after their parents were called in.

The teacher had to do an assembly and explain how many people have very destructive quirks and all it would take is a mental manipulation quirk to cause havoc the teacher used the example of what would happen if Allmight or endeavour were controlled they could destroy a city with ease or how Izuku was a victim of a similar event but it could have been any of them. It helped a little; a couple of people came and apologised to Izuku for how they treated him but most kept treating him with the same level of disdain as before. At lunch break Izuku rang knuckleduster to get his view on the situation. Before the boy had finished talking about the flowers, Knuckleduster had already attached Inko to the phone call. All Izuku heard was "On my way" as Inko hung up. By the end of the week Izuku was removed from the school.