Chapter 5: Confiding in Daedalus
Kacchan pounded his fist on the principal's door. "Open the fuck up!"
"Kacchan, calm down, please?" Izuku asked, wringing his hands nervously.
"No, this has gone far enough," Kacchan hissed, continuing to pound on the door.
"Really, it went too far when they all started isolating you," Shouto pointed out. "If one more person decides to do anything to you, they're going to learn how much ice can hurt." Before Izuku could react to that, the office door opened.
" What ," Aizawa hissed. "You've literally been gone for like 10 minutes."
"They destroyed Izuku's room," Mei said.
"Fucking totally trashed it and stole stuff," Hitoshi added.
Aizawa turned back to the other people in the principal's office. "I'm gonna go check this out."
"Oh, field trip!" Nedzu said as he appeared in the doorway. "It's been a while since I've been out to the dorms, anyways."
"I wanna come on the field trip!" Mic said, joining the growing group.
Aizawa sighed and slouched his shoulders. "It's not a field trip, Hizashi. We're going to investigate the destruction of Midoriya's dorm room."
"Oh!" Nedzu said, climbing up Aizawa's body to rest on his shoulder. "Let's turn this into a full dorm inspection!"
"We could say that we're investigating rooms to look for any details of a possible traitor," Aizawa offered.
"Can we also change rooms?" Hitoshi asked. "I feel like we should be on the same floor at this point for safety reasons."
Aizawa sighed again. "This case is getting ridiculous."
"I'll have a new floor plan drafted up by the time we reach the dorms," Nedzu placated. "Are there any specific requests besides you four being on the same floor?"
"Of the girls, it's really only Mina, Momo, and Jiro who still talk to us and sometimes hang out with us. Whether that puts them on the same floor or the one below, I don't care," Hitoshi suggested.
"The dipshits that hang around me are still chill, too," Kacchan huffed as they all began walking down the hallway, Aizawa handing Nedzu a tablet as Mic closed the office door before catching up with them.
"I don't think Mineta should be on a floor with any girls," Izuku added weakly.
"Has he done anything that we should know of?" Mic asked.
"We've caught him trying to sneak into the girls' area several times when on snack runs," Shouto said with a grimace.
"Why haven't you told the teachers about this?" Aizawa asked, glaring at their group.
"We told All Might," Mei said, pulling some tools from her pockets and fidgeting with them. "He was out and about first when we found a chance to bring it up. He said he'd take care of it."
"Yes, well, we'll have to look into that it seems," Nedzu said, ears twitching in what Izuku assumed was annoyance.
As they approached the dorms, Aizawa stopped, turning to the group. "Okay, you all go up to your rooms and start packing. We'll talk to the rest of the class about the situation. Ask Momo to go with you and see if she can make you some boxes. Otherwise, we already requested some to be sent over."
"Thank you Sensei," Izuku whispered, leading the group in.
"I'll get Momo and meet you at Izuku's room," Hitoshi said, stepping away from the group.
Izuku nodded and led their group up the stairs, stopping at the top to wait for the others. He didn't hear the teachers come in until Momo and Hitoshi were already climbing the stairs behind them.
"Wait up!" Jiro called out, running up the stairs to catch up with Momo and Hitoshi as they reached the top of the stairs as well.
"Do you need something, Kyouka?" Momo asked, turning to her friend.
"I want to help, too," Jiro said, playing with her ear jacks. "I heard what the teachers said outside and Sensei let me come up with you."
"Alright, let's get this over with," Kacchan said, stomping towards Izuku's room.
"Jiro," Shouto said as they followed Kacchan, "do you know what happened to Izuku's room?"
She shook her head, looking apologetic. "Sorry, as soon as class was over I started listening to music so I could focus on my homework."
"What happened to your room?" Momo asked Izuku.
Instead of answering, Izuku stepped up to his door and unlocked it. Despite their efforts to clean, the room was still trashed from their search of the missing journal. Jiro and Momo gasped at the mess.
"Someone broke in and tore the room apart," Mei said. "Stole at least one journal as well."
"Who would do such a thing?" Momo asked, stepping into the room.
Izuku shrugged. "Could be any of the people that think I'm the traitor. But, we're all moving rooms now."
"Oh, do you need me to make boxes?" Momo asked, already unbuttoning the bottom of her shift to leave her stomach bare.
"I would really appreciate it," Izuku said, nodding with a soft smile. "Aizawa said that he's having boxes sent over, but he still has to explain everything to the class."
"Is everyone changing rooms?" Jiro asked as Momo began producing boxes.
"Nedzu made up a new floor plan, but he didn't show it to us, so we're not sure. You two might be moved up to the fourth floor with us, or maybe the third floor. We're all just kinda taking over Katsuki's floor," Hitoshi explained as he and Izuku began placing notebooks into the boxes. Kacchan and Shouto were building the boxes and Mei was folding the bedding to make it easier to carry.
"Gives me a chance to redecorate," Jiro said with a shrug. "How should I help?"
"Can you wrap the figurines? There's paper and stuff under the bed," Izuku requested, looking up from the box he was closing.
"Got it!" Jiro said, heading over to the desk as Mei brought some wrapping paper over and started to help her wrap stuff.
"I wonder if I could switch out my bed if we're all moving," Momo pondered.
"Getting too cramped?" Kacchan laughed.
"Your room is regal," Shouto said. "Though, I can understand wanting a different room design. Mine is practically an exact replica of my room at my dad's."
Momo nodded. "Yeah, my room at home is a lot bigger, so I wasn't expecting the bed to be too big, but I'll have my parents send me a new bed and take my old one. That way I can actually have people in my room to visit."
"Ooh! Can we have girls' nights?" Mei asked excitedly.
"Of course!" Momo said, grinning widely. "I'd love to!"
"That's all the journals, Zu," Hitoshi said, turning from the bookshelf that was finally cleared out besides the figurines.
"Can we put some music on?" Jiro asked as she closed the box they were working on.
"Huh?" Izuku asked, stopping his scan of the room to see what else needed to be done. "Sure, I don't care."
"I have a playlist that I know you and Izuku like," Kacchan offered, pulling out his phone.
"What about the rest of us?" Shouto asked, looking up at Kacchan from where he was sitting cross legged on the floor next to him.
"Like I know every single person's music tastes?" Kacchan asked with a scoff. He found the playlist and put it on, turning his volume up and setting his phone on top of the bookcase so that everyone could hear the music, but it also wasn't in the way.
"Okay, looks like it's just the figurines and posters," Hitoshi said, starting to carefully take the posters down that hadn't been defaced.
"Thank you all for helping me, seriously," Izuku said, moving to the wall to join in taking the posters down.
"It's no problem at all, Izuku," Momo offered, rebuttoning her shirt and moving to help wrap up the figurines.
"As long as you help me, too," Jiro said with a shrug and a smirk.
Izuku smiled as he shook his head. "We can just do one room at a time and all help each other, how about that? It'll go faster if everyone gets help."
"I'm fine with that," Hitoshi said, nodding.
"Same," Shouto said.
"I'm not moving rooms, so there's nothing else for me to do," Kacchan scoffed.
"Neither am I since I'm already on the same floor as Katsuki," Hitoshi said.
Izuku smiled at his friends as he took the last poster down and wrapped it into a tube before putting a rubber band around it. "Let's leave it all here and move to the next room. The others still have to clear out their rooms before we can even move anything up."
The group nodded as they left the room and headed up to the next floor where Jiro's room was.
Nedzu held up a paw as Shouta went to enter the dorms behind his students. "Not yet, Aizawa. Give it a moment for them to all go upstairs."
Shouta sighed as he pulled his foot back and waited for his old teacher to give him the go ahead to go into the building.
"Go on," Nedzu said after a couple minutes.
Shouta opened the door and they all walked into the dorm common area where several students were looking towards the stairs with distaste. They could just barely see Jirou running up the stairs calling out to the others.
"They'll be informed by the others," Nedzu said with a shrug when Shouta sent his boss a questioning look.
"Alright hellspawn, gather up. We have an announcement to make," Shouta called out, gathering everyone's attention. Several of them looked startled by the two teachers and principal that stood in the doorway causing Shouta to sigh in disappointment. They all really needed to work on their situational awareness.
The class quickly came to attention and gathered in the common room, some coming from the connected kitchen area.
"Iida, would you please gather the rest of your class besides the group with Midoriya?" Nedzu asked.
Iida nodded and raced up the stairs. The sound of him running around gathering students could be heard until he went up to the third floor and more students entered the common room from the stairs.
"Is this about Midoriya, Sensei?" Kaminari asked, twisting his fingers together nervously.
"We will explain everything once everyone has gathered," Shouta said with a sigh. "It is illogical to repeat everything twice."
"Midoriya looked really upset when he left earlier and when he just came back," Kirishima pointed out.
"Yeah, and the others looked absolutely pissed," Mina chimed in.
"Language, Ashido," Hizashi reprimanded, causing the girl to blush and bow her head as she muttered her apologies.
The rest of the students were suspiciously quiet on the topic of Midoriya as they waited for the remaining students to gather with them. It's only a couple minutes later that Iida returns with the last of the students: Satou.
"Alright," Nedzu said, clapping his paws together as Iida and Satou settled down, "now that everyone's here, we have some important news to share with you all."
"Is this regarding the traitor that the HPSC made a broadcast about?" Sero asked, slumped on one of the couches against Kaminari. The rest of Bakugou's friends, if they were all still friends, were squished on the couch together.
"It is indeed," Nedzu answered before returning his attention back to the rest of the class. "As we have been conducting our own investigations, we have deemed it necessary to search each of the students' dorm rooms."
There was a rise in chatter as everyone decided to voice their opinions about that at once. Shouta sent a quirk-activated glare at the students which caused them to all quiet down, knowing that if they didn't, they would come to regret it the next time they had a heroics class.
Nedzu chuckled as the students fell silent. He patted the top of Shouta's head, getting him to drop his quirk as he sent a disgruntled look at his boss. "Ah, let's get back to the point without any more interruptions, shall we?" The students received a cold look from the principal's beady eyes. Shouta could see several of the students give off visible tremors at the look and he could barely contain his eye roll. "Now, not only will we be investigating each of the student's dorms, we will also be changing the rooms that everyone is in. This is a simple preventative measure that I don't believe I need to get into the details about."
Several of the students looked away from the principal and Shouta gave Hizashi a look to which he nodded in agreement, pulling out his phone.
"Now, we already have the new dorm layout set up. We will begin our investigations on the fifth floor and make our way down," Shouta explained in a deadpan tone. "As soon as your room has been cleared, you will be allowed back in the building to pack up your room with a supervisor. Until then, you will all return to the classroom and await your summons."
"We're not even allowed into our rooms?" Mineta shrieked.
"The only possible reason that you would wish to return to your dorms is if you would have something to hide." Shouta shot a glare around the class before settling red eyes on Mineta. "Is there something you need to hide, Mineta?"
"N-no, Sir- Sensei," Mineta said, stumbling over his words and only cementing the fact that they were going to find something they wouldn't like in his room, whether that be regarding the traitor situation or not.
"Either way, you are all, from here on, out not allowed within the building. This is an active investigation zone," Nedzu said, hopping off of Shouta's shoulder and cackling as Detective Naomasa walked into the common room, several Heroes and officers behind him.
The students jumped into action all at once, most of them filing out the doors, but a few hurried to start throwing questions at the adults, and there were even a couple that tried to race to their room. Shouta jumped up onto the coffee table and shot out his capture weapon, encasing both Mineta and Kouda as they raced towards the stairs as Midnight came in and released her quirked gas on the students screaming at him, Nedzu, and Hizashi.
Within moments all of the students were outside of the dorms headed to their classroom in various states. Most, those who had listened in the beginning, were simply walking to the classroom with an Ectoplasm clone guiding them. Mineta was being led by two cops as he wore quirk suppressant cuffs. Kouda was reunited with his bunny who he'd been racing off to get and walked with the rest of the class. The students who fell unconscious to Midnight's quirk were being carted away on the med bots.
"Well that was an absolute mess," Shouta sighed as the dorm door closed and the officers turned to face his group expectantly. "Let's clear out the first set of rooms and try to get this done with as soon as possible."
"I would like to take a couple officers with myself to clear out Midoriya and his friend's belongings if you don't mind, Aizawa," Nedzu interjected.
Shouta waved him off. "Do what you want. Naomasa can go with you due to his quirk. Hizashi with me. Officers, figure out how you're splitting up and meet me up at Floor 5, boy's side."
"I'll inform Todoroki that his room will be searched before he's able to pack it as well," Nedzu added as an afterthought.
Shouta nodded once before turning towards the stairs, his husband running to catch up with him. They ascended the stairs together, pinkies linked as they went to investigate each of the students' dorm rooms.