Whatever the teachers expected when they finally got word that the USJ was under attack, this was not it.
There were bodies, thankfully alive, on the ground groaning in a way that indicated they weren't inclined to get up and fight back.
The surprising thing was that the bodies of the villains that had attacked the USJ were the ones on the ground. Whatever had done the damage came at them with all the force of a hammer going at high speeds. They were too beaten up to even consider retaliating.
The thing was that the one who caused this much damage wasn't one of the teachers...this wasn't Eraserhead's style and Thirteen had next to no experience in combat as he preferred rescue work.
No, the culprit was the recently discovered granddaughter of All Might, Kurosaki Ichigo. Rather than try to stop her close friend, Orihime merely sighed and was already at work trying to heal the teachers who were apparently in shock at the sheer devastation Ichigo was causing by soloing the villains.
"What exactly is going on here?" asked Nezu, more than a little alarmed. Even All Might was stunned at the damage his granddaughter was causing.
"Ichigo took offense to the fact that villains deliberately targeted a class of children just to lure a pro hero out for what could only be a death match," said Orihime simply as she finished up with Thirteen. "The fact she had the element of surprise and the fact that her quirk is finally working well enough to be of use didn't help matters."
Ichigo looked rather bewildered at the way All Might tried to coddle her because of her age.
Being a teenager hadn't helped with the Soul Society who kept demanding more and more of her, so why were the heroes suddenly treating her like a child that needed protecting?
Orihime winced at the expression on Ichigo's face, and could already tell the principal would be having a long talk with them later. Ichigo would likely refuse to give any real explanation and Chad might very well attempt to hug the principal for being small and adorable. Which left her to give the adults a reasonable explanation for Ichigo's hair trigger reaction to the attack on the facility.
This was going to be a long, slightly painful talk.
In the hospital tent...
Recovery Girl was less than impressed with the fact Ichigo dove in after her quirk finally started to show signs of recovering from whatever she had done with it. And she made it known in spades.
Regardless of the fact Ichigo managed to protect the students long enough for the other teachers to arrive, the fact was that she might have done more damage with her stunt.
Unknown to Ichigo, Orihime was having an overdue talk with the teachers.
"Inoue-san, I believe an explanation is in order," said Nezu seriously.
Orihime winced...but she didn't try to cover anything up.
"Up until roughly five months ago, Ichigo has been part of a large group that took the fact that her quirk is similar to their own abilities as a reason to make her help deal with their problems. When her quirk was unable to work, they used it as a reason to drop her and pretend she didn't exist anymore, despite the fact they had been throwing her into life and death battles for the better part of a year," said Orihime.
It wasn't like they'd believe about the Soul Society, but pretending it was a very secret group that had similar abilities was potentially doable.
Nezu looked very unhappy about this information.
"What is the name of this group?"
"The Thirteen Court Guard squads, but they call themselves Soul Reapers for short," said Orihime. "One of their members was gravely injured during a routine mission and Ichigo helped her out...except she was unaware at the time that her help was considered 'forbidden' by their laws. When they found out what happened, they arrested and attempted to execute the member as a rogue but Ichigo stopped them and accidentally revealed a plot that would have caused a lot of death and destruction. Since the villain had made it clear he intended to target Karakura, including Ichigo's family, Ichigo decided to help out as a substitute member. However the final blow caused her quirk to malfunction, which was around the time they decided to pretend she didn't exist," said Orihime.
All technically true, without explaining about the afterlife or anything else they were unlikely to believe.
Nezu looked distinctly unhappy.
"I take it that Kurosaki-san was an major player in these events?"
"She was one of their strongest fighters and was often on the front lines against opponents that could kill her if she made a single wrong move. She had only minimal training against people with decades of experience," said Orihime. "She was quite close to several people who was on our side, so she was particularly hurt when they left."
All Might looked particularly upset about the fact his granddaughter very likely had PTSD and abandonment issues. It was clear there would be a number of issues that she would need to deal with in order to become a pro hero. Not that Orihime knew that at the moment.
"Is she a danger to herself or others?" asked Eraserhead.
Orihime shook her head.
"She's not suicidal, it's just that she's developed instincts more in line with a samurai than a hero. So long as her family and innocent civilians aren't being threatened, she'll be fine," said Orihime. "However if a villain comes after her or those under her protection with the intent to kill with overwhelming force, she won't hesitate to respond with equal force."
All Might winced. That could go rather badly if the press found out after the worst time. Just one look at the damage she did to the villains here would have them eating her alive.
Somehow he had the feeling she would work better as an underground hero like Eraserhead than a public one like himself.
Two days later...
It wasn't as bad as they thought...it was worse. Ichigo definitely had a mild case of PTSD (if there was such a thing). About the only good thing was that she wasn't suicidal or revenge driven, but she was unusually driven to dealing with overwhelming force with lethal intent.
She was also far too cavalier about going into a fight where there would be actual life and death situations without a second thought about her own safety.
While she did have the general mindset of a proper hero, it was clear that they had some work to do in order to keep her from accidentally killing villains. Regardless of how good she was in a fight, there were times when it wasn't a good idea to send teenagers into battle.
All Might certainly didn't appreciate the fact his granddaughter had been conditioned to be able to face overwhelming odds where she could get killed and not bat an eye at the whole thing. Or that she could produce an intent to kill and actually mean it.
It was past time he told her who he was and hopefully open up the lines of communication between them. Besides, he wanted to meet his other grandchildren too.
Meeting her grandfather face to face was pretty strange. And that was before she found out what his pro hero identity was.
"You have got to be kidding... my grandfather is All Might?" she said, face twitching.
Karin was going to have a field day with this and laugh her ass off.
Toshinori deflated back into his usual self.
"So Recovery Girl did know who you were. That explains why she didn't say anything."
It was pretty obvious why Recovery Girl kept silent...a hero like All Might had a lot of enemies, and almost as many people trying to get a piece of his fame and spotlight. A granddaughter showing up out of the blue was pretty damn suspicious.
"I understand if it's a lot to take in all at once."
"After what I went through because of Rukia and the others, finding out my grandpa is the number one pro hero for the past couple of decades is pretty tame. At least it's not Endeavor," said Ichigo.
She had heard things about Endeavor. Since she originally planned to be a hero anyway, she wanted to learn more about them. Endeavor was not only the second best hero, but he was also one of the worst. He had one of the highest number of civilian complaints and most of the insurance companies in the area he generally worked in had an "Endeavor clause" to get through the paperwork faster.
"Karin is going to laugh her ass off about this, and Yuzu is going to try and fatten you up the second she sees how skinny you are," said Ichigo.
"Your sisters?"
"The twins. Yuzu took over for mom after she died, and Dad went from mostly tolerable to a complete idiot that lives to embarrass the hell out of us," said Ichigo.
She pulled out the most recent family photo, taken after she got into UA. Isshin and the twins came to visit for the occasion and even Kon was in it.
Kon was just relieved Ichigo was a girl...no one questioned why a girl had a stuffed doll in her room. A few beatings was totally worth the view in his opinion. Ichigo even picked up a few fashion magazines for him to look at from time to time.
"The black haired one is Karin, and the other is Yuzu. The idiot is our dad Isshin, and the doll is Kon," said Ichigo.
If there was one perk to living in a world of quirks, it was that no one really questioned the fact that a doll was talking. Toshinori mostly blinked when the obvious stuffed animal came out of her bag and sat on her shoulder.
"So nice to be included for once."
"Bet you love the fact that no one will bat an eye to you when the principal is just as furry and small as you," said Ichigo.
Kon snorted. Nezu wasn't human either, so most of the teachers wouldn't look twice at him once they knew he could talk and was intelligent. If anyone understood what it was like to be experiments on and treated as less than human, it was him.
Ichigo gave Kon an annoyed look.
"Just so we're clear, if the girls find you in the locker rooms and find out you can talk, I won't stop them from using you as a punching bag," said Ichigo flatly.
"Worth it!" said Kon. Ichigo rolled her eyes.
"What's that about the locker rooms?" said Toshinori.
"Kon's a pervert. He has a habit of using his small size to peep on girls, but that's the extent of it. If he gets busted, then I'm not going to stop the girls from punching the crap out of him," said Ichigo flatly. "It's not like he has the ability to do anything else and really, he can act as a watcher for the locker rooms from the other boys since the worst he'll do is watch."
Ichigo would warn the girls about Kon, but would also make it clear that they were free to beat him up if he annoyed them too much. Unlike that obnoxious pervert Mineta Minoru from class B that Chad complained about, Kon didn't objectify women. He just liked to look...which was the only reason Ichigo tolerated him.
As it turned out, Ichigo had a lot in common with her grandfather. They both loved the pre-quirk classics, they both knew the same movies and book series.
The girls in the class took one look at Kon and then at Ichigo.
"So just to be clear, you have a perverted stuffed toy that likes to peep on girls," said Yaoyorozu.
"The worst he'll do is watch, and if he irritates you enough I could care less if you use him like a punching bag. He's used to it and as long as the core remains undamaged he can be stitched up."
"And we should allow this...why?" asked Yaoyorozu.
"Because the worst he'll do is watch and he's actually pretty good at spotting abuse victims. He can act as a watcher for our things in case someone tries to rip off the lockers or if one of the boys like that creep in class B I heard about manages to sneak in with any recording equipment," said Ichigo. "He just likes to look and he doesn't have the equipment to actually do anything."
"I don't like this," said Yaoyorozu.
"Again, I have no problems with any of you beating him up if he irritates you and he doesn't objectify women. He knows better. Most of the women he knows can kick his ass anyway, I just thought I should give you all the heads up in case you bust him in the locker rooms. Besides, I won't let him get any recording equipment since he relies on me to actually pay for it," said Ichigo.
"He's kinda cute, I guess," said Tsuyu.
"So...how did you meet a talking doll?" asked Izuku curious.
"I needed some specialty items, and a friend bought the wrong thing. The guy she bought it from came to take it back, but I decided I wasn't comfortable with him being destroyed just for existing, when the people who made him were only doing it to destroy evidence of a failed experiment," said Ichigo.
"Seriously?" said Yaoyorozu.
"It was an underground project with a lot of shady scientists with less than decent morals. The basic idea was to bring back dead heroes to fight villains, but the whole project was scrapped after the higher ups got the full details. Too much bad press for them to like. So they decided to destroy the evidence, completely ignoring the fact that they had actual artificial intelligence on their hands. Kon is the only known survivor of the project. Way I figured was that if it could possess a dead body, then it could possess a doll. He might be a pervert, but he has a strong respect for the sanctity of life and he's pretty good at getting people out of the line of fire with his speed quirk."
"Speed quirk?" said Iida.
"Like you he has some pretty strong legs. I know for a fact he's managed to jump from ground level to a third floor window in one move."
"And the teachers are okay with this?"
"Principal Nezu found him fascinating and once he made very sure there was no surveillance equipment he said that as long as the girls were okay with a slightly perverted watch-dog in the lockers they would allow it."
Kon was equally fascinated by Nezu. The two of them hit it off immediately...mostly because both of them knew exactly what it was to be subject to the whims of immoral human scientists who were all too happy to use them as stress relief.