Chapter 25
By the time Izuku got home he only had a couple of hours until school would start he had to quickly rush to get ready. Before he left he briefly saw the sludge villain incident on the news as well as a couple other incidents where heroes had captured and then lost a villain with a muscle enhancer quirk who got away killing several heroes and even more civilians including the Waterhose duo. As he left the house he had toast hanging from his mouth as he jogged to school.
Once Izuku got to school Hawks was sitting on the gate waiting with a large sack of Hero pins "hey kid have fun last night?" Izuku merely shook his head as Hawks patted his back. "I know the news was hard to hear. I'm actually surprised your at school today. I'm here with an offer. The HPSC wants to train you until your High school entrance exam for Shiketsu since that's in 6 months. So you in? Also wear this. I want to see their faces later" Hawks attached a small square camera to Izuku's helmet as well as several pins onto his school blazer. It took a moment for Hawk's words to get into Midoriya's head. Izuku immediately accepted once he realised but then said he'd need to check with his mom when he got home as he quickly ran into the school. Hawks shook his head "that kids great" as he waited for the police to arrive.
As Izuku walked into the class there was a tense air. He looked towards Hidé's seat; it was empty. Izuku sat down. Bakugo immediately moved towards Izuku for once not aggressively. "Izuku I'm sorry for your L…"
"Bakugo Katsuki to the principal's office" Bakugo was interrupted by the school announcement. As Bakugo left the room Izuku opened his desk and found two things. A note and a signed Allmight autograph.
He immediately went to the office where his principal and homeroom teacher waited. The principal stood up and on his entry Bakugo looked nervous. "You're not in trouble, we're here to say you did the right thing." Bakugo looked confused. "The quirkless abomination's decision to kill himself isn't on you, it shows the weakness of the quirkless. You did the right thing, you are strong, it's your right to put the weak in their place." Bakugo's face went from confused to unsure to absolute certainty in his actions. As Bakugo left the room the principal said "And Bakugo don't mention what you said to anyone your friends have already been told"
Bakugo snorted "those useless extras had better stay out of my way"
Once Bakugo returned to class he went to Midoriya's desk "I'm sorry for your loss. But you'd better not go to UA or I'll kill you"
Bakugo made an explosion against Midoriya's desk.
The class stopped when they saw Bakugo's form being launched into the blackboard who then fell to the ground unconscious. Hawks flew to the window when the crash was heard. "Kid what did you do?" Hawks was shocked that Izuku had just hit someone so hard it made a crater in the blackboard. But When he went to scold Izuku for it, the boy had a note in his hand. Hawks went over and took the note from Izuku reading it he knew why. It was a suicide note naming that boy as the reason. "Izuku stay calm" Hawks placed his hand on the kids shoulder
"He was my friend and that bastard killed him" Izuku had tears falling down his face as he fell to his knees. The majority of the class looked at Bakugo as if he had killed Hidé; with joy and envy. As Hawks was about to escort Izuku home the intercom called for both Midoriya and Bakugo at the office. Hawks followed the two once Bakugo got up.
As they entered the office Detective Tsukauchi and Eraserhead stood waiting.
The moment Izuku saw the detective his face went from sadness to anger
"Really Detective I didn't let you traumatise my friend so you bring a pro to intimate me. Bad luck for you I already know Eraserhead"
"You're Izuku Midoriya?" The detective asked with clear confusion under his breath Eraserhead heard "just my luck"
Eraserhead's eyes rose then returned to his usual scowl as he eyed Hawks and Midoriya "problem child, you know I wouldn't do that. What are you doing here Hawks?"
"You know hanging out with my favourite green bean, stopping him murdering someone the usual" replied the winged hero
"He what?" Aizawa could feel his headache getting worse
"Don't worry I'm sorting it Eraser" replied Hawks
Eraserhead responded in a deadpan voice "that doesn't make me feel any better"
Hawks shrugged his shoulders. "What're you two here for anyway?"
"Bakugo Katsuki I'm sorry but your father Masaru Bakugo passed away this morning from his injuries." Informed Tsukauchi with sympathy. As the usually angry boy started to cry while letting out profanities.
"Midoriya Izuku, I'm sorry if I had known who you were I would have informed you last night." Izuku began to cry "Midoriya Inko was caught in a villain attack while shopping with Bakugo Masaru. The villain killed her as she tried to give first aid to the Waterhose duo."
"Who was it?" Midoriya gritted out between sobs
"It was an S rank villain by the name of Muscular" responded the detective
"Midoriya no, you aren't going after him" stopped Hawks
Izuku looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself looking around for a moment "what happens to me now?" The innocence and fear of the boy was evident in Izuku's voice
"What do you mean Deku? Uncle Hisashi will get you" Bakugo was confused
"My dad died when I was 10." Barely a whisper under his breath he said "I killed him"
"We'll talk about that in private Midoriya so we can explore every option" Eraserhead said.
"First sensei and dad then Kyoka then Hidé and now Mom" Izuku fell to the floor being overwhelmed by everything that had happened in the previous 24 hours.
In his panicked state Izuku heard Bakugo swearing then he realised "Bakugo you knew?" Bakugo looked at Izuku on the floor. "That's why you gave your condolences. It wasn't for Hidé, it was for mom, wasn't it?"
"Why wouldn't it be?" Bakugo said as he left the office his mom had come to collect him from the front gate
Bakugo's words had knocked Izuku from his panic. Hawks lent over and hugged Izuku "Hey kid, is there anything you need?"
"I feel so angry and helpless and I I want to punch something" replied the grieving teen
Hawks looked towards Eraserhead in question "we can arrange that Midoriya. '' said the tired looking hero. They made a motion to leave the room when the principal made his presence known "Stop. Midoriya you have not been given permission to leave the school and you will be receiving severe punishment for your assault on Bakugo. Don't think your personal pity party will save you"
"Excuse me, this child has just lost his mother and you…" Eraserhead was cut off by Hawk's laughter.
"You won't be thinking about that soon" Hawks walked out cackling in a way that reminded Eraserhead of Nezu.
The police arrived within the hour and conducted an investigation into the school with the full backing of the HPSC. They had interviews with all students except for Bakugo and Midoriya. The badges Hawks had been handing out had miniature cameras within them the evidence was used to show several students being told it was good that the quirkless had been culled. They found out Hidé was the last quirkless student who had survived Aldera. It only took Tsukauchi an hour to arrest every home room teacher they had proof was involved in the abuse. They tried to arrest the head teacher but several lawyers from Detnerat had blocked their questioning. The same lawyers had prevented the questioning of several students and prevented any of their abusive behaviour going on their permanent records.
Izuku was taken by Eraserhead and Hawks to UA's mock city training ground; he was told to wait until Aizawa could get Cementoss to fix any damage the boy would cause.
As Izuku entered the ground and proceeded to destroy the vast majority of the city all while screaming in anger and grief. After Izuku had destroyed enough of the city for his quirk to enter his glowing form Izuku found himself creating shockwaves with each punch. At one point he used his earthquake attack punching the ground.
Izuku ripped a chunk of wall from a building when he was hit by a flashback.
