Toshinori's Choice

by Talespinner69

Toshinori Yagi realized that him letting down one person when said person needed him the most helped to usher in Japan's fall to Dabi's forces. But he is given a second chance when he wakes up in the past with all of his memories. Toshinori intends to do right by that person this time, but will that, on its own, be enough to prevent the bad future?

32. Chapter 32

Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia/Boku No Hero Academia, or any other property in this work that I did not make myself.

Toshinori's Choice

Chapter thirty-two: Confession

The top pro heroes in Japan led teams of first year hero course students over to the abandoned warehouse facility rumored to be a bed of activity for the villainous criminal organization now led by the disgraced former pro hero Endeavor. One of the teams heading in saw Mirko, the Rabbit Hero, leading Izuku, Todoroki, and Bakugo. "Remember boys, let the other pro heroes and I handle the big ones here. You and the other interns should focus on the smaller fry."

Bakugo scoffed in annoyance. "So the others and I can only fight the peons, while you and the other adult pros can fight the big bosses, up to and potentially including IcyHot's dad."

"Even I know better than to bring first years from a hero academy's hero course with me against end game level enemies," Mirko said, "Although I do have to make an exception when I bring you boys to help me with parlaying with Usagi if she and the rest of Dabi's Crew shows up."

Izuku nodded once, remembering the plan if Dabi's Crew shows up because they got word interests of Endeavor were here. Izuku looked around, saw the group led by Ryukyu the Dragon Hero, which consisted of Nejire, Tsuyu, Tokoyami, and Ochaco. Whereas Mirko's group would try to parlay with Usagi, Ryukyu's group would attempt to parlay with Felgrand. The two mighty villains in truth are the younger siblings of Tsuyu, Satsuki and Samidare. Trying to reason with and beseech the kids was considered the better option than trying to fight them.

Izuku hoped that the plan would work, especially for Ochaco's sake. The son of All Might still could not deny that he had fallen for Ochaco, his heart going out to her. What had made Izuku fall in love with Ochaco was her genuinely kind personality, combined with her generosity and what all she had done to contribute to helping to better things for the less fortunate people in Japan. All of that and more had made Izuku see that Ochaco was more of a hero than any other girl at UA, was more hero than most pro heroes he's familiar with. And Ochaco does have a cute as hell face.

Izuku was working on a plan where he'd confess to Ochaco during Christmas celebrations, and hoping like hell she'll say yes to him. Granted, Izuku realized that him confessing to Ochaco may lead to... some... annoyance from the people who took part in the betting pools, aside from Shinso and Aizawa, but the green haired boy still couldn't help but feel that Ochaco was, for all intents and purposes, the girl for him.

Izuku was snapped from his thoughts when Todoroki asked, "Hey Mirko, when are the pro hero teachers from UA coming in to help us?"

"As soon as we have the place secured," Mirko said, "Ingenium will send word to UA when us good guys have everything here under control."

"Shouldn't Aizawa-sensei at the very least have come along?" Bakugo asked, "I mean, his quirk would make dealing with villains here a hell of a lot easier, especially if Dabi's Crew shows up."

"The villains are familiar enough with Eraserhead that they'll target him the moment they see him," Mirko pointed out, "Either by slapping a quirk suppressing collar onto him, or keeping his attention occupied so he can't erase the quirk of another, or whatever the hell it is that Felgrand did to make Eraserhead's quirk not work. The villains may even get the idea to just kill Eraserhead."

Izuku could see how having Aizawa show up from the get go could make him a target, so saving him for later will help conserve what all the heroes can do to combat the villains. Izuku had no more time for thoughts as the signal was given for the heroes to all rush in and take down as many as what all villains they come across as possible.

The heroes did indeed come across a lot of thugs, among which were a few sidekick level pro heroes who followed Endeavor into villainy. Although the heroes had quality on their side as most of the opposition were just thugs throwing quirk power around, the thugs had enough quantity to make the heroes have to work hard. The teams had to split up and spread out to cover as much ground as possible, with the top ten heroes hoping things will go well.

To the surprise of Mirko's group, they were confronted by several thugs led by one of Endeavor's sidekicks. "Both Endeavor's son and All Might's son?" said the sidekick, "Oh ho ho ho, we have GOT to take care of things now!" The group of villains then proceeded to try and drag Izuku and Todoroki off for what they could only assume was working to get done what Endeavor wanted done to make him pleased. But Izuku and Todoroki did not go without resistance.

Mirko, along with Bakugo, fought the group as well. Tensei Iida, who saw what was going on, rushed in it help, backed by his team of Tenya, Shinso, and Sero. Kaminari and Kirishima, who both got separated from their groups due to the fighting, also ran in to help out. As such, the respective boys of the Deku-squad and Baku-squad, plus Mirko and Ingenium, were dragged off by a group of thugs working for Endeavor, being thrown into a large storage room that went as high as the multi-story tall warehouse facility itself.

...

Inside of that storage room, the hero students and two heroes saw crates stacked up high, as well as a walkway on which a number of thugs were waiting, looking down at the hero students and two heroes. "Well well well," one sidekick level villain said up on the walkway, "Look at what we got here. The respective sons of Endeavor and All Might."

"What the hell is it that you want?" Todoroki called up to the villains.

Shrugging, the sidekick villain called back, "Simple." Taking out a video camera, the sidekick villain said, "You, Shoto, are going to be killing All Might's son there, and you'll be using your fire to do so, as per the word of your father. I'm going to record it all on video for your father to see later."

"You fucking fuckers are as fucking sick as fucking fuck," Bakugo snarled

Arching a wry eyebrow at her explosive intern, Mirko said, "You're Mitsuki Bakugo's son, aren't you?"

Glaring right up at the walkway where the villains stood, Kirishima snapped, "Why in the hell is Endeavor so obsessed with Todoroki killing Midoriya?! What all does he hope to gain from seeing one of my classmates kill another one of my classmates?!"

"Casting away the shadow of All Might that even to this day still looms over Japan," the sidekick said as, at his gesture, two more sidekicks dragged out someone that they had taken hostage at a previous time, "All Might and his legacy had allowed for the other heroes of Japan to grow rather complacent, allowed them to laze about and get rusty. We're aiming to buff out the rust, to cast off All Might's shadow so that others can be in the spotlight."

The two pro heroes and eight total interns stood silent as they looked up and saw the hostage that was dragged out. Todoroki went wide eyed with alarm when he saw who the hostage was. "MOM!" Todoroki yelled upon seeing that Endeavor's villainous criminal sidekicks had taken his mom Rei as their prisoner.

"Yeah, we kidnapped her earlier with the intent to use her as bait to lure you and All Might's son out to where we can have you kill All Might's son while we film it," the first sidekick admitted, "But you all coming here saves us a lot of effort! Now then, I will make this as simple as possible!" The sidekick then walked to stand behind Rei, put the blade of a hunting knife to her throat; Rei was gagged, so she couldn't say a word, or scream, or cry, or make any verbal response really.

"Shoto, you will kill All Might's son, using your fire to do so," the sidekick holding Rei at knife point said, "If you or your companions here do anything that goes against that, then your mom dies, no ifs, ands, or buts."

Todoroki was about to bark at the sidekick that he, all of those who followed Endeavor into villainy, and especially Endeavor himself, are the height of madness. But he was stopped short then Izuku held a hand out to him. "Todoroki..." Izuku said, "...Do it."

Everyone there with Izuku looked shocked, Todoroki especially so. "Are... are you serious, Midoriya?" Todoroki asked.

Looking up at the sidekick holding Rei at knife point, Izuku called out, "If Todoroki does act as you want him, will his mom be allowed to go free? You aren't planning to kill her anyway regardless of what Todoroki does, are you?"

"Endeavor told us to honor the word we give to get Shoto to kill you as he wants him to," the sidekick called back down, "We will be letting Shoto's mom go unharmed as we say we will, provided that Shoto kills you by using his fire."

Izuku nodded once in understanding. Turning to face Todoroki, Izuku said, "I'm ready."

Todoroki was conflicted, as he was being made to choose between either his best friend living but his mom dies, or he kills his best friend but his mom lives. Seeing that Izuku was willingly offering to sacrifice himself, and the fact that Rei will be killed the moment any of the heroes tries to do so much as twitch towards the villains, Todoroki truly saw no other option. He pulled back a flame-cloaked fist, preparing to aim it right at Izuku's heart.

"...Before I do this, there's one question I want you to answer for me," Todoroki said, "Given that you will... will meet your end here... I figure it wouldn't hurt for you to tell me."

Izuku looked mildly curious. "What is it, Todoroki?"

"Who is the girl that you have feelings for?" Todoroki asked, eliciting a mildly embarrassed look out of Izuku, "I wanna know who it is, if only so that I know who to apologize to for killing you before you were able to confess to her properly."

Izuku was kind of embarrassed to have been asked that, but he realized that, as he was going to be dying there, it wouldn't hurt to reveal who it is he's in love with. He just hopes that she'd forgive him for not sticking around to tell her himself. "...Alright, Todoroki, I'll tell you," Izuku said. Taking a breath to steady his nerves, Izuku said, "It's... it's Ochaco."

"WHAT?!"

Izuku and everyone else was cut off by Bakugo exclaiming angrily at the top of his lungs. With all eyes turning to him, Bakugo snapped at Izuku, "Are you fucking kidding me, Deku?! Of all of the girls it could have been, you reveal that it's fucking Round Face?! Do you know how much money I had just lost out on getting?!"

"I knew it!" Shinso proclaimed, "I friggin' knew it!"

Tensei, with a curious look on his face as Shinso proceeded to do a victory dance, turned to Tenya and said, "Umm... can you explain this to me, lil' bro?"

"The UA student body was running a betting pool on which girl in the first year hero course it is that Midoriya has romantic feelings for, when word got out he has such feelings for either a girl in Class 1-A or a girl in Class 1-B," Tenya explained, then added while gesturing to Izuku, "And Midoriya here just confessed that his crush is our classmate Uraraka."

Tensei, with his curious expression persisting, asked, "Which girl is Uraraka again?"

Up on the walkway, the villain holding Rei at knife point said, "Umm... I'm not quite sure what all it is that you kids are freaking out about, but-"

"Zip it, you villain fucker!" Bakugo snapped at the villain holding Rei at knife point, "I still need to grill Deku here over how he just cost me a chance to win it big!" The villain holding Rei at knife point, surprised by how bold Bakugo was being, actually complied. Turning back to Izuku, Bakugo went on, "Seriously, Deku! Why the hell couldn't you have gone with Fister Girl instead?! I would have netted at least 15,000 yen in that case!"

"I'm just afraid of how the teachers will react," Kaminari said, "They also have a betting pool going on which girl it is that Midoriya likes, so when word gets out he likes Uraraka who exactly one UA staff member had bet on, a lot of the staff may get jelly towards that one teacher."

Looking at Shinso as the brainwasher continued to dance in victory, Bakugo said with a dry look on his face, "Chances are that the teacher who-"

*CRASH*

*ROAR*

Bakugo was cut off when a wall to the side was burst open from outside, and before anyone could stop it, a number of members of Dabi's Crew rushed in, including Felgrand in his dragon form. And speaking of Dabi's Dragon, he spotted where Rei was being held hostage. A mix of the villain sidekicks being distracted by Bakugo being pissed at losing a bet and the surprise from the sudden arrival of Dabi's Crew kept the villain holding Rei at knife point, kept all villains under Endeavor, from being able to act.

Felgrand swooped up and grabbed Rei away from danger, holding the woman close as he backed off to a safe distance as the others in Dabi's Crew that were with the dragon kept the minions of Endeavor busy. Felgrand set Rei down as most of the hero students, as well as Ingenium and Mirko, rushed in to fight Endeavor's followers. Only Todoroki, on Mirko's orders, went to try and secure the rescued prisoner from Felgrand.

"She's my mother, Felgrand," Todoroki said as he looked up at the dragon. Felgrand shrunk down from his dragon form, returning to his true form of Samidare Asui. He floated up a bit to untie the gag around Rei's mouth, allowing her to gulp in a greedy gasp for breath. The sole Asui brother then floated off to the side slightly to allow Todoroki to approach Rei and undo her bindings that were put on her by the minions of her husband.

After Todoroki got the rope off from around Rei's wrists, Samidare spoke up, "I figured that she was a mom." Todoroki and Rei both turned to look at where Samidare floated in place, flying because he placed a rule on himself to let him do so. "She looks to be the kind of person who is kind, warm, and welcoming," Samidare went on, "Someone who will always be there for her kids, who always knows how to make a kid feel better, how to make a kid feel... feel safe."

Todoroki could tell that Samidare had no ulterior motive for trying to keep Rei away from him. "You rescued her because she reminded you of your mom," Todoroki said.

"That and the fact minions of Endeavor were holding her hostage," Samidare pointed out, "But yes. I had already lost my mom, as well as my dad, to Endeavor's reckless madness. And that was before he became a villain." Gently shaking his head, Samidare went on, "I didn't want her kids to lose her because I was figuring she has kids, although I had no idea that you, Shoto Todoroki, would be-"

Samidare was cut off when Rei walked up to him and gently put her arms around him, drawing him into a warm, gentle, kindly hug. The kind only a mother can give to a child. Todoroki himself was also surprised by Rei's actions, but the two tone haired boy saw the look of touched surprise on Samidare's face. He actually relaxed, wore a somber look of nostalgia on his face, as he hugged Rei back. The feelings that Samidare was experiencing right now...

...He hadn't felt them since before he lost his mom Beru.

...

The villain sidekicks in the area that Izuku's group were in had been subdued and were now under the watchful eye of Ingenium, Mirko, and the interns with them. Rei also stood with the heroes, as they all stood opposite of the portion of villains from Dabi's Crew who showed up; Samidare of course, but there was also Spinner, Toga, Katsukame, and Twice whose quirk gave the numbers advantage needed to win the day here.

"Dabi got word that Endeavor was up to some stupid shenanigans here," Spinner said, "So we came by to see if the flaming sack of turds himself would be here. Endeavor's not in here, and word on the comm devices tells me he ain't anywhere here at the warehouse facility."

"We're getting word over our own comm devices that Endeavor's minions here are being rounded up, and that your fellows are actually helping to fight Endeavor's men," Tensei said, "Your fellows are avoiding attempts at capture, though."

"It's not all that nice of you to try and take us in when we're helping you," Toga pointed out.

"You guys are also villains," Mirko pointed out right back at Toga.

Gently shaking her head, Rei said, "I don't think they're too bad, Mirko. The boy who is floating in place is one of the biggest little sweeties I've ever met."

Todoroki turned his attention to Samidare. "Thanks for saving my mom," Todoroki said.

"I was able to notice it that the bad guys working for Endeavor seemed distracted when the others and I busted in," Samidare spoke up, "Did you guys occupy their time somehow?"

Sighing, Bakugo said, "Yeah, IcyHot here when he was being made to try and kill Deku had asked Deku which girl it is he's got a crush on, given everyone at UA wants to know which girl it is that Deku has a crush on. And it turns out to be Round Face of all girls!"

"He... means Ochaco," Izuku clarified, "I have feelings for my classmate Ochaco."

"Ah, you mean Ochaco Uraraka," Samidare said, "Yes, I am very much familiar with her." Looking right to Izuku, Samidare said, "You may not have any need to fret here, Izuku Midoriya. I got it that Ochaco Uraraka does indeed have feelings of romance for you in return."

"She does?" Izuku asked, sounding relieved and as if his prayers were answered.

Nodding once in the affirmative, Samidare replied, "Yes. Also, would you be able to tell me about the kind of person that your classmate Fumikage Tokoyami is? I got it that my big sis Tsuyu likes him, so I wanna be sure he's a good guy and not a lewd dirty pervery like Minoru Mineta."

"Tokoyami is one of the more gentlemanly guys in class, the polar opposite of Mineta's lewdness really," Tenya said, "Although Mineta ever since he came back to UA has behaved himself."

Samidare had a look of suspicion on his face. "...I just don't want lewd dirty perverts acting naughty towards my sisters."

"And that right there is a sign you're still a good kid," Tensei said as he took a step forward, "I also got it that, despite how you and your little sister want to get revenge on Endeavor, neither of you have any intention to kill him."

Gently shaking his head in the negative, Samidare said, "No, we want to make him pay for what he did. Endeavor can't pay for what he did if he's dead."

"So you want him to face justice," Tensei said, getting an affirmative nod out of Samidare, "That is good, that shows you and your little sister have good hearts."

Spinner shot Tensei a curious look and was about to speak, but got cut off when Toga said, "Hey Spinner, I got word from Dabi over our comm devices that pro hero teachers from UA are on their way here! We may get put through the wringer, especially since we didn't bring Usagi with us, nor did we bring any quirk suppressing collars or other such gear to throw onto Eraserhead!"

Spinner scoffed bitterly. "Then we're going to have to pull out." A bunch of Twice clones popped up to keep the heroes from going after the real Twice and other villains from Dabi's Crew. After that, all of the Twice clones collapsed into goop. Within minutes after that, Tensei got word over the heroes' comm devices that the UA pro hero teachers had just arrived.

At least some of Endeavor's minions were caught.

...

With everything settled and arrests being made, the group led by Tensei and Mirko were met up by Aizawa and Hizashi. Fat Gum, bringing Shoji and Tamaki with him, came over upon spotting Kirishima and Kaminari, who were assigned to him. "So Endeavor kidnapped his own wife with the intent to use her as bait to lure in Todoroki and Midoriya in order to make the former kill the latter with his fire," Aizawa said.

Nodding once, Mirko said, "That's it, Eraserhead."

"And Dabi and his followers all busted in to combat Endeavor's men," Hizashi went on, "With your group encountering Felgrand who saved Todoroki's mom."

Nodding once, Tensei said, "Yes, that is the case."

"Then Dabi and his followers took off when they heard UA pro hero teachers were coming because they didn't come sufficiently prepped to deal with me," Aizawa went on, "But not before helping to beat down on Endeavor's men, letting us capture most of Endeavor's men who were here."

"Six of his followers, including Burnin, were seen successfully escaping," Mirko said, "But aside from all of that, this was mostly a win for us."

Aizawa couldn't help but smirk in amusement. "Speaking of wins," began the underground hero, "What's this I hear about me and Shinso winning big time?"

Shinso, with similar amusement, said, "Yeah, Aizawa-senzei. When Todoroki was being made to try and kill Midoriya, he asked him which girl it is that he has a crush on, and Midoriya confessed that it's Uraraka."

"D'oh!" Hizashi scowled, "That means that Sho here wins the whole UA staff betting pool!"

Raising fists into the air, Aizawa said, "Yes! Fucking yes! I knew it!" Hizashi, as well as some of the boys aside from Shinso, all cried out in complaint over losing the betting pools. As for Izuku, he was relieved to get it that Ochaco, who he has feelings for, has feelings for him in return. There couldn't be anything that could ruin this moment for the green-haired boy.

---

The following day at UA, Nezu was having a staff meeting with the primary UA staff. "I still can't believe that it is Uraraka who Midoriya has a crush on," Nezu said as the meeting began, "I had it that it was bound to be miss Kendo since it wasn't miss Yaoyorozu."

"There is no predicting a teenager's heart, sir," Toshinori replied.

Sighing, Nezu said, "Well regardless, we ought to review the results of the mission that the remains of the current top ten led last night. All but six thugs working for Endeavor were captured at the sight of the mission last night. Various members of Dabi's Crew showed up looking for Endeavor but Endeavor himself wasn't present. However, Dabi's Crew did help the heroes with fighting all of the thugs of Endeavor before taking off."

"There's also how Endeavor's thugs somehow kidnapped Endeavor's wife," Aizawa said, "With the intent to use her as bait to lure out Todoroki and Midoriya so as to make the former kill the latter or else Endeavor's wife would be killed. This was all prevented because when Dabi's Crew showed up, Felgrand rescued Endeavor's wife."

"Unfortunately, it was Mirko's team and not Ryukyu's team who was there when Felgrand showed up," Sekijiro said, "Meaning that any attempts to reason with Felgrand would have been limited."

"At least we got further proof that Felgrand and Usagi aren't really bad," Snipe said, "They're just scared, alone children acting with what they were given in the only way they know. It's becoming more and more clear we need to help them rather than hurt them."

Aizawa nodded in agreement. "Todoroki noted the look on Felgrand's face when he was hugged by Todoroki's mom. It was a look of touched, somber nostalgia. Obviously the kid was touched to feel the love of a mom for the first time in a long time." The underground hero was hoping that Tsuyu will find success in bringing in her little siblings; from what little he knew of child raising from his brief time in working with Eri, Aizawa at least knew that kids need to know the love of a family, even if it is only one person, in order to grow and develop well.

As the meeting was going on, there was a knock at the meeting door. Curious, Nezu asked Aizawa to get it, and to Aizawa's surprise it was Kaminari accompanied by Kyoka. "Umm, sorry to interrupt anything, sir," Kaminari said, "But I need to, umm, report something troubling that I just realized."

Normally, Aizawa would simply ask Kaminari to save it for later, but he was getting a gut instinct that whatever it was that Kaminari had to report might be of vital importance. Aizawa then in both Kaminari and Kyoka. "Sho, is there a reason you let the little listeners in?" Hizashi asked.

"Kaminari has something to report, and I'm getting the feeling it may be important," replied Aizawa.

"Well according to Kaminari, it relates to how Felgrand is getting certain information that normally shouldn't be able to get off of UA grounds," Kyoka spoke up.

The rest of the meeting all perked up at that, with Toshinori saying, "You know how Felgrand is getting info that shouldn't be able to leave UA, Young Kaminari?"

"I don't know the exact answer, but I did come to a realization that may lead to finding an info leak," Kaminari said, "This relates to a conversation that I was a part of with Kirishima, Mineta, Aoyama, and all six of the girls in class with us. Kyoka was there so she can verify what I'm talking about."

Gesturing to Kaminari, Aizawa said, "Go on."

"In said conversation," Kaminari began, "We were discussing who Midoriya's crush could be, and during the talk Uraraka revealed that she herself has feelings for Midoriya. Similarly, Asui revealed that she's got it bad for Tokoyami."

"And this is relevant how?" Nemuri asked, still a tad salty that she lost out in the UA staff betting pool covering Izuku's crush.

"Only the ten people I had listed were in that conversation," Kaminari said, "And we told no-one outside of that group about it. The conversation happened a little more than an hour prior to the big mission we went on, and during that mission the group that was confronted by Felgrand was there as Felgrand revealed that he knew about Uraraka's crush on Midoriya, as well as Asui's crush on Tokoyami. The only way he could know is if one of the ten I had listed leaked the info to him."

The eyes of many of the teachers widened out of surprise. "...Yes, and when Dabi's Crew showed up," Aizawa said, "Edgeshot reported that they seemed to know a lot of details, mostly in regards to team layouts for the heroes. Dabi himself was heard saying he wanted to find Mirko's team, which Todoroki is a part of, and Dabi wants to get a hold of Todoroki."

Looking to Kaminari, Toshinori said, "You took a big risk to let us know the list of potential moles we have to deal with, Young Kaminari."

"I think it'd be wise to keep an eye on all ten of the persons I had listed," Kaminari said, "Even me. For all I know, Dabi and his followers could be getting the info out of me without me even knowing or realizing it. It that turns out to be the case, I am so sorry."

"I doubt they can get info out of you without you knowing or realizing it, Kaminari," Sekijiro said, "Although saying you ought to be kept on the list of suspects just to be safe does lend points to you being innocent, at least to your knowledge."

Looking to Kyoka, Hizashi said, "I'm surprised you aren't freaking, Jiro."

"I know I'm innocent," Kyoka said, "And I do agree with Denki here that this is something that needs to be addressed." The staff thanked Kaminari and Kyoka for their time before dismissing them. After the two were gone, the staff meeting all sat back down.

Sighing, Aizawa said, "Great, this is just great. Not only did we get more evidence strongly proving that there is a traitor in UA, but it's pointing to the possibility that it could be one of my students."

"This..." Toshinori began, "...This is indeed very troubling." The former Symbol of Peace didn't want to think it, but the new evidence really did push things in that direction. Gently shaking his head, Toshinori went on, "We ought to look into this pronto, sus out who could potentially be the spy in our midst supplying info to Dabi's Crew."

"We can't afford to go in guns a'blazin," Snipe said, "It might make the spy more defensive and likely to keep quiet. Hell, it may scare the rest of Shouta's students, creating an air of distrust that hadn't been seen since some of Shouta's girls reacted negatively to Shouta reading them the riot act."

Kaminari and Kyoka were called back and asked if they shared with anyone else what they told the staff yet. When Kaminari confirmed he and Kyoka didn't do so yet, the teachers all sighed in relief, right before Aizawa told them both to not tell anyone, lest an air of distrust is made again. Both of the students agreed before being sent back off.

The UA staff now had to figure out who the potential spy could be. By Kaminari's guess, it was either himself (he didn't dismiss the possibility it could be him without himself knowing or realizing it), Kirishima, Aoyama, Mineta, or any of the six girls in Class 1-A. That gave the staff a starting point on trying to subtly deduce who the spy is. But it would be hard, and not only because the teachers had to sus out a spy.

They had to sus out a spy from among their students.

END, CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

Author's notes;

This chapter sees the heroes go on a mission with the first year hero course students of UA, with Izuku and his party being captured and dragged off so that Endeavor's minions can make Todoroki kill him. Izuku confesses that it's Ochaco he's crushing on, and Bakugo's pissed off reaction due to losing a bet distracts the villains long enough for some of Dabi's Crew to show up, which includes Felgrand who saves Rei.

After Endeavor's followers are subdued, Izuku's group speaks with Felgrand's group, during which time Felgrand reveals info he could only have if one of ten members of Class 1-A told him. That, plus with how well Dabi and his men knew hero team layouts, is more evidence that there's a spy among the people of UA supplying info to Dabi's Crew. Things will continue into the next chapter, so stay tuned to see, among other things, Izuku and Ochaco begin dating.