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Izuku could honestly say seeing something like this close up is somewhat exciting, and also a bit terrifying.

While Death Arms prevented a large metal beam from hitting civilians below, Backdraft was keeping people back, and Kamui Woods, the rising star hero, took on the large villain.

Then came time for him to actually make his move.

"You can do it, Kamui!" A group of fangirls said.

Okay Izuku understood that, but literally drooling over him was too much.

However, Kamui instead jumped away.

"Now!"

Then...

"CANYON CANNON!"

A massive woman came through and hit the criminal with a flying kick, knocking him away to the ground unconscious, as she then hit the ground landing on her feet.

She rose and went over to the villain.

"Wait...is that..."

"OMG, it's that new heroine, Mt Lady!" Replied another fangirl.

Mt Lady had apprehended the criminal as she turned to the civilians with a smile on her face.

The media, the male reporters that is, were trying to get photos.

Despicable pervs.

"You know it's rude to photograph me at a time like this. As for this criminal, everything is now under control."

The reporters obviously ignored her clear annoyance and continued on.

In truth, Izuku had suspected she would be ogling for the cameras, but, that wasn't the case.

She and Kamui seemed to work pretty well together, he suspected they'd be paired up more often in the future.

After Mt Lady shrank down and the criminal was handed over to police, Izuku decided to get her to sign his notebook, she seemed pretty nice.

He also decided to do this for the other heroes on scene.

Death Arms had seemed a bit annoyed about it, but gave in.

(Aka, couldn't deny the precious bean)

Backdraft signed without any issue, seeming more neutral about it.

Kamui was a bit tougher, as he gave in, though it took a few requests.

Then Mt Lady was pretty easy.

"Oh, hello. Who might you be?"

"Midoriya, Izuku Midoriya. I was on my way home, but then I saw all this. Um, I think you and the others were pretty cool." He said nervously as he nearly sweat dropped.

"Well thank you, but it is our duty as heroes to protect those who cannot defend themselves from criminals like this. I assume you want me to sign your book?" She smiled gesturing to his book.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot already."

"It's fine, hand it to me and I'll sign it."

And so after she signed it, she returned it and bid him goodbye for now.

Though Izuku had a big question he had to ask someone, any hero at this point.

"Wait."

She stopped and turned as he called out, then stood in wait.

"I have a question to ask and...I'm worried about the answer."

She nodded slowly.

"Your question?"

He took a deep breath.

"Can a person without a quirk, a person like me, become a hero?"

The air was tense after that.

By this point only Mt Lady, Kamui, Death Arms, and Backdraft, and Izuku himself were still in the street, which had been blocked off for repairs.

Kamui had moved to speak, though Mt Lady had put up a hand as if to silence him.

She walked over and put a hand on his shoulder, and smiled.

"Midoriya, quirkless or not, anyone can become a hero, all you need is the drive to become one."

...

"He finally gets it, he'll never be a hero."

"One can't be a hero without a quirk Izuku , honestly, you have the most ridiculous of dreams."

"A hero? A quirkless wonder like you?"

No, what she just told him had contradicted what many others in the past had told him.

He had grown to actually believe those words, but, hearing from Mt Lady, a hero with a quirk, telling a quirkless person like him, that he could be a hero regardless.

It felt like a weight lifted from his shoulders.

"I-I...."

He started to cry so he covered his face in embarrassment.

"What is it?" She asked with pure concern and slight curiosity.

"Nothing! It's just...you're the first person to ever say that to me."

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Yuu Takeyama froze up.

"Nothing! It's just...you're the first person to ever say that to me."

What?

Did the child have no friends?

What of his family? Did they not encourage him?

That statement itself was greatly concerning.

She decided to put her smile back on her face, asking about it now wouldn't work, it would likely just scare the boy away.

"Well, no matter the opinions of others, always follow wherever your heart and dreams take you, Midoriya."

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This day has been...the best day of his life.

Izuku had been used to everyone making fun of him, picking on him, singling him out as a quirkless wonder.

But...the rookie hero, Mt Lady, a pro hero with a quirk, had told him, a quirkless person, that he could be a hero.

It felt so liberating to hear.

After he'd gotten home earlier, mom had berated him, and called him an utter disappointment, per usual, and he ignored her, something he'd never done before.

He was riding on a high and not even she was gonna bring him down.

He would show them!

He would show his mother, Kacchan, and all those others!

And he'd prove to them and Mt Lady, whom he now looked up too so much, that he, Izuku Midoriya, the quirkless wonder, would become one of the greatest heroes.

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Well, his high was officially a low.

A few days later, his homeroom teacher had, very intentionally might he add, outed his choice of going to UA.

His classmates, minus some girl with glasses and a boy with a shaved head and wings, just laughed and picked at him for it.

Kacchan had predictably lost it.

In the end, he'd blown up Izuku's hero analysis journal no.13, and sent it flying out a window.

But what really set him off were Kacchan's next words.

"If you wanna be a hero, there's another way to go about it. Why don't you pray for a quirk in the next life, and go take a swan dive off the roof of the building." 

Izuku...had frozen.

Kacchan just told him to kill himself.

...

At this point, he just might.

Besides no one cared, except for Mt Lady, but Izuku had only just met the rookie hero.

He knew Kacchan was bad, but, he never expected this.

At that point, Izuku lost any sense of being kind or polite to him anymore, hearing that from the other was...too much.

He smiled a rather dark smile as he glared at his former childhood friend.

Said boy made small explosions in his hand as a threat.

"What? Got something to say?"

"Why yes I do Katsuki, frankly I'm sick of you, sick of this, sick of my mother, sick of everything. You quite frankly disgust me the most. Perhaps my mother has been rather neglectful in her duties as my parent, but she never once told me to kill myself, unlike you, who is just an absolute asshole beyond redemption it would seem. You wouldn't even feel guilty if I did it would you? Just guilty that you could get caught and go to prison for suicide baiting. Well Katsuki Bakugou, I'm done with you, and everyone else here minus two people, so here's an idea for you, go fuck yourself in hell you quirkist, egotistical, power hungry bastard."

And with that, he left, leaving a stunned Bakugou and his two goons in his wake.

After retrieving his notebook from a small coy-fish pond, he gave up on the idea of suicide, what would be the point?

Besides after his outburst with Katsuki, he wouldn't give any of them the satisfaction.

Then after walking into a dark underpass, he got trapped by some sludge villain.

He struggled, but knew it was pointless.

The villain said some things he couldn't make out, before Izuku felt his pants being slowly removed along with his shirt.

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No! No! No! Death was better then this! This wasn't happening! It wasn't!

And he suddenly blacked out before his thoughts could race further.

He awoke however long later, his...oh...that...really happened?

He found himself wrapped in a blanket before looking up, and the face of All Might stared down at him with that trademark smile.

Normally he'd be ecstatic, but after realization hit that he'd been...raped...he didn't have the energy.

"Oh thank goodness! You had me worried there!"

"Where's the villain?" He asked in a blank tone.

All Might patted two bottles on either side of his hips.

"Already dealt with! But when I arrived I came...too late. He was already...and...you were unconscious. My sincerest apologies." 

Izuku already knew that.

Then they talked a little before All Might had to go.

But Izuku spoke up, his tone, again, blank.

"Can a quirkless person like me become a hero?" 

A rookie hero had told him so, then surely All Might would too right?

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Wrong.

"I'm sorry but no. You'd only be a liability without a quirk, you need to be more realistic in your goals. You can't be a hero without a quirk young man."

And the Symbol of dream destruction had left.

Izuku was not even shocked, in fact, he was beyond pissed off.

The symbol of peace was a quirkist bastard, Izuku was more than intelligent enough to pick up on that.

Okay, if that's so, he'll be setting fire to all his All Might merchandise then.

Then he just cried to himself.

To have your dreams affirmed by a hero, a rookie at that, but then destroyed by the no.1 hero, was a rollercoaster.

The man, he noticed, also didn't get him proper medical attention, to be the number one hero of Japan, he was rather neglectful.

"I recognize you. My goodness, are you alright?" 

He looked up from where he was crying to see Mt Lady, a smile on her face but there was obvious concern.

"No." Was the obvious response.

Mt Lady visibly frowned, clearly wondering what was wrong.

Why is he here?

Why is he not in his clothes? Where are his clothes?

How'd he get here?

What happened?

But most importantly...

He's not okay.

"Tell me." Yu asked him softly.

"I was on my way home from school. An...old associate, of mine destroyed my hero analysis book, the same one you signed, and so I went to recover it, and was on my way home after that. Then this sludge villain appeared and, he trapped me. Then he...I blacked out. I...felt him rip off my clothes, and I...I know he raped me. He raped me...." 

Yu just immediately hugged him.

This poor boy, he's so precious, why did it seem like everything was against him?

...

Oh right, because he was quirkless.

Yu hates how some in hero society viewed the quirkless.

Which hero society was so flawed now that Yu was already thinking on whether or not she'd remain as a pro hero.

"A-All Might came...but I'm guessing he didn't arrive until...while it was happening."

Yu backed away as she nodded.

Wait, but, then he should be at a hospital getting looked at, not still sitting here in such a condition.

"After he...saved...me, I asked him the same thing I asked you and..."

Yu had a sinking feeling.

"He said no and that I'd only be a liability, and that I had to be realistic."

Then Yu looked at him in utter shock.

...

Which quickly turned to fury.

She was going to kill that bastard.

For one, he was late to the scene for whatever reason.

Two, he didn't adhere to proper procedure concerning a rape victim, or victim in general.

Three, he'd crushed the boy's dreams.

Four, he left the scene without notifying authorities or another pro hero.

Five, he was a quirkist asshole.

Need she go on? Probably not.

"Well, first we'll get you checked at a hospital before anything else."

"They won't see a terminal case like me."

"They will if they don't want their hospital smashed in."

Midoriya actually snorted at that, something small, but genuine and it was there.

"O-okay."

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Okay, Midoriya hadn't been exaggerating, the hospital was full of quirkist bigots.

She had to resist the urge to gigantify and tear the hospital apart like it was some kind of Lego set.

They had immediately changed their tune after she showed her hero license and demanded they treat him unless they wanted a lawsuit and negative media attention on their hands.

She stayed when they checked him over too, considering she didn't trust them not to bullshit her, so she was going to verify it herself.

Yu also called detective Tsukauchi so as to get a statement, and given she suspected the man was a friend of All Might's due to gossip she heard, she has a feeling he wouldn't be happy.

"What is your name?"

"Izuku Midoriya"

Truth.

"Your age?"

"14 sir."

Truth.

"What school do you attend?"

"Aldera Junior High."

Truth, also some bitterness in the way he said the name of said school.

"Your parent's names?"

"Inko and Hisashi Midoriya."

Truth.

"Could you give me a summary of today as well as...the incident."

"Well a former friend of mine destroyed one of my journals, and after I promptly lost it with him, I went to retrieve it, then I headed towards home."

Truth.

"And this friend, their name?"

"Former friend sir, and Katsuki Bakugou."

Truth.

What happened there?

"You say he destroyed your journal?"

"Yes, he did. After which he told me quote "pray for a quirk in your next life, and go take a swan dive off the roof of a building".

Truth.

The detective's blood began to boil.

"Could you describe this...Katsuki Bakugou."

"A self absorbed, quirkist, power hungry asshole who thinks himself superior to everyone else. Forgive my language."

Truth.

"Okay we'll come back to that later. But now, pertaining to the incident."

"Well I was walking home when a sludge villain trapped me. I tried getting free but it was no use. I was suffocating. He was saying something I couldn't make out, and before I blacked out, I felt him rip off my clothes, and while I was out I...he raped me."

Truth.

Okay, he had someone to hunt down and 'interrogate', aka, murder.

"When I woke up there was a towel covering me and All Might was there, trying to wake me up I guess."

Truth.

"After that I asked about the villain and he told me he got there too late while it was happening, but the villain had been incapacitated."

Truth.

Toshinori was late to the scene? What the actual hell?

"Then when he was about to leave, I asked if a quirkless person like me could be a hero and..."

The detective had a VERY bad feeling...

"He said I'd only be a liability and that I had to be realistic."

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Truth.

...

What.the.fuck?

That's it, Naomasa Tsukauchi was gonna kill Yagi Toshinori.

Had he known the man was quirkist, he'd never have been friends with him.

"Then he just left."

Truth.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!"

Naomasa was never one to lose his temper, but this was just over the line.

Yagi not only failed to properly assess the situation and get the boy medical aid following a rape in progress, but he also had to crush the child's dreams? Just because the boy had no quirk? Really?

That did it, Yagi Toshinori was dead and didn't even know it yet.

Tsukauchi would be telling Nezu about this later.

"No. Then Mt Lady arrived after that, and I told her some of what I told you."

Truth.

"Sorry for my outburst. Erm...your mother was notified yes?"

"I called a few times and texted a couple, never heard back. Not that I'm surprised" the last part was more said under the boy's breath, but Naomasa heard it anyway.

Truth.

That was concerning.

"Midoriya what do you mean by that?"

The boy froze, suddenly seeming all happy.

"Oh no, nothing like that, she doesn't abuse me or anything."

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Half-truth.

"Your lying about something Midoriya."

"Eh?"

"My quirk is called lie-detector, so I know when someone is lying to me. Your being half-truthful in that statement, but not fully. so what is the whole truth."

The boy just sighed and seemed to give up as he shrugged.

"Nothing physical."

"Does she abuse you verbally?"

"Yes, all the time."

Truth.

That was even more concerning.

"She'll ridicule and insult me and call me a failure and a disappointment, but other than that nothing physical occurs."

Truth.

"Midoriya what about your dad?" Mt Lady chimed in with her face just filled with worry at this point.

"Not around anymore, went missing after I was diagonsed as Quirkless."

Truth.

"Do you have anyone else you could stay with?"

"Auntie Mitsuki and uncle Masaru, but they're Katsuki's parents so I don't want to live with him."

Truth, and Naomasa agreed.

But they had to figure out something, the boy could not stay with his mother annymore.

"Does anyone at your school know of all this?"

"No, and they wouldn't care, to them I'm just Deku, a waste of space."

Truth.

Okay then, Aldera was added to his list.

"Except these two students, a boy and a girl. They never stand up for me, but they don't participate in the bullying, and they're only ever nice to me."

Truth.

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind. Do let me apologize for everything you've been through, I'm sure it is far too much to handle alone, but, we will help you. Since we know you're clear to leave here now, I think it unwise for you returning home to your mother after everything you've told me, and I won't place you near your primary abuser either. But I'm not sure where..."

"I'll take him."

Naomasa stared at Mt Lady, who looked far beyond determined.

"I...are you sure?"

"It's more than fine Tsukauchi!"

They turn to see a certain...creature.

One paw raised with a jovial smile on his face, and up next to him were pro heroes Eraserhead and Present Mic.

"Am I a bear? A dog? Or perhaps a cat or a mouse? Well, all that matters is that I'm the principal of UA!"

"I haven't had enough sleep for this."

"You never get enough sleep Sho."

"I will rip out your vocal chords Zashi."

"I knew you loved me!"

Naomasa only chuckled lightly at their antics.

"Hello Nezu, Aizawa, and Hizashi. I assume you heard of the situation?"

"Indeed, and I've already drawn up the papers for adoption."

"Huh?" Midoriya seemed excited yet dumbfounded.

"My apologies young Midoriya, but I've been keeping an eye on you via Eraserhead here. You caught our eyes months ago, and something seemed rather odd, so I had Aizawa-kun investigate. Yes, he snooped around Aldera as well as around your home, and uncovered all the abuse you've gone through. Following your first encounter with Mt Lady I had a feeling she would be the one to ask to take you in, so I had all evidence sent to child protective services, and they drew up adoption papers for this occasion."

The paper was given to Naomasa to look over, who nodded in approval before giving it to Midoriya, who looked shocked, yet in a good way.

"Is this for real?"

"Yes Midoriya-kun!" Nezu chirped happily.

"So I wouldn't have to...deal with any of it? Anymore? I could be free?"

Naomasa did not miss Aizawa's dad instincts show briefly before he resumed a blank expression.

"Nope! You would become the adopted younger brother of one Yu Takeyama, aka, Mt Lady."

"If you want it Midoriya, if not, I will not force you, but I can't allow you to go back to that school or that horrid excuse of a mother."

Midoriya smiled in her direction before looking to each of them, then back at the paper.

Then he took the pen and signed without an ounce of hesitation.

"As for All Might, do not worry, I'll be dealing with him later." Nezu said with a smile that promised death and destruction.

"He's plotting murder." Mic said.

"No! Death by destabilized quirk." Nezu then laughed like a madman.

Naomasa gulped, well, Toshinori was definitely fucked now, if he wasn't before.

Aizawa sighed, looking done with everything.

"How did we get hired to work under Satan?"

"I have no idea." Hizashi shrugged and grinned.

Midoriya looked...happy, considering everything.

Naomasa smiled at the boy, who only smiled back with the brightest smile he'd ever seen.

...

"If anything happens to him, I'm killing all of you and then offing myself." Yu suddenly said.

"Agreed." Aizawa (Dadzawa) said.

"Same girl!" Hizashi nodded.

"I certainly agree with this sentiment!" Nezu smiled again, and again, one promising death and destruction.

"Same." Naomasa added.

And that day in that moment, the Midoriya protection squad was officially established.

Chapter Text

So it was only two days later.

Things moved fast.

Very fast.

Izuku had officially become the adopted younger brother to Yu Takeyama, and had moved into her apartment with her.

It was small, but neatly kept and adorable, honestly he liked it better than where his mother lived.

Speaking of whom, He'd get his other belongings from her house tomorrow.

Then everything turned a bit chaotic, courtesy of a certain chimera.

Aldera Junior High and the other schools Izuku had gone to before were all busted due to being facilities which secretly but not so secretly, drilled quirkism into the young minds of their students.

Most parents had been shocked and pulled their kids from those schools immediately, and the police and pros moved in.

Apparently the staff got busted for having copies of a book pertaining to the Meta Liberation Army, so they were arrested for not only quirkism and other things, but also for domestic terrorism.

Izuku had asked that Katsuki not be arrested in the raid on Aldera.

Which had severely puzzled everyone involved.

He gave Naomasa the explanation that he did hate Katsuki and that the spiky haired blonde was partly to blame, but that he would give him one chance at redemption, plus he could show Katsuki how wrong he'd been later.

If Katsuki failed to redeem himself, well, no matter, Izuku could rub his future success in the blonde's face later on.

Naomasa had reluctantly agreed, and he also said they weren't going to arrest the two other students Izuku had spoken of.

Aldera Junior High had mysteriously caught fire hours later, and the firefighters never arrived to put out the fire, though it only remained to that structure.

Izuku suspected Aizawa was behind it, not that the man would confirm or deny it.

But Izuku wasn't complaining either way.

So now Izuku would be homeschooled for the rest of the year, and afterwards would be tutored personally by Nezu himself.

Yu hadn't been against it, though she questioned Nezu's goals.

Not openly of course, even she knew better than to openly question Nezu, he was both feared and respected by many others aside from the UA Staff.

Yu was very nice, very patient, very level-headed, and just a good person in general.

She was like an actual family member already, meanwhile his mother...

Ah yes, his mother.

She'd been on her way to the airport when she was caught, having bought a one-way ticket to Seattle, Washington, USA. 

She was charged with child neglect, verbal abuse, and surprisingly, tax evasion.

Auntie Mitsuki was notified and apparently hadn't been very happy, shouting something about thinking to know someone, and asking if Izuku was alright.

Police had told her he was fine and staying with a pro hero, one who could be trusted, and was being well cared for now.

She had been notified of Katsuki's behavior, and unsurprisingly, she had been beyond pissed.

Izuku knew she was probably whooping her son's ass right now in fact, the woman and her husband cared a lot about Izuku, as if he were a second son to them.

Chances are, Katsuki was probably in literal hell.

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Well who's Laughing now?

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Alien queen: don't forget I know where all of you live.

Alien queen: 🙃

Alien queen: ...

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So ten months had passed, things had been more than good.

Izuku and Yu had grown pretty close already, having an inseparable sibling like bond.

Kamui Woods and Death Arms also visited occasionally, and even they couldn't seem to help but treat him like the most precious thing in the universe.

Izuku also spoke to his new group of friends in the chat all the time, and was happy he had actual friends now.

He also got back in contact with auntie Mitsuki, and kept in touch with her and uncle Masaru as well.

Katsuki apparently hadn't changed, not that this surprised him, but honestly at this point he didn't care about Katsuki anymore.

Also in those months, Mt Lady had been training to get an apparent teaching license for whatever reason.

He later found out she was offered a position as a teaching assistant at UA by Nezu, and she had accepted, and proceeded to immediately train to get a license.

She got it pretty easily and quickly.

Apparently she could assist any teacher in any subject of her or Nezu's choosing.

Izuku had easily passed all courses in homeschool, actually he aced them all.

After getting a test, he discovered he had an IQ of about 305.

...

Well crap, no wonder he was so intelligent and could easily analyze quirks.

This apparently made him one of the smartest people in the world as of right now.

Though Nezu maintained the position of number one, which was obvious, the principal of UA was probably the smartest being on the planet.

But anyway...

Izuku decided he'd still go into the hero course, but he was unsure if he would be accepted due to his quirklessness.

He was no idiot, he knew the HPSC were quirkist bigots, Nezu had confirmed as much.

Though he suspected Nezu would place him in the top class anyway, Nezu had already put in a recommendation for Izuku personally, and he'd come to know that the school board almost never challenged the principal's authority, they feared him too much to even think about it.

Also an incident had occurred.

That sludge villain that raped him had escaped from custody and went on a rampage.

Apparently Katsuki was taken hostage by him.

Yu had been one of the heroes responding to the scene, along with Kamui, Death Arms, and Backdraft.

Apparently they couldn't really do anything but wait for a different hero with a quirk suited to the situation, but they kept the villain enclosed and the fires contained.

Truthfully Izuku felt like that was karmic justice, Katsuki deserved worse, but that was a close second.

All Might later arrived and defeated the villain, and saved Katsuki.

Who had apparently gotten praised by a sidekick on scene about his quirk, well that would do nothing but further fuel his pathetic ego.

Death Arms had scolded the sidekick for that, and Katsuki was taken to a hospital for a checkup.

Other than that...

He and Yu spent the past ten months training, but also cleaning up Dagobah beach.

Honestly pollution was so sad, and just...why? Such a beautiful place turned into a trash heap.

Thankfully they got done by the end of ten months, so the beach was as good as new now.

Oh, and given his recommendation by Nezu, Izuku didn't need to take the practical UA entrance exam, now he was only required to take the written portion.

...

Unfortunately, Nezu had warned that All Might would be a teacher there now, which pissed them both off to no end.

They weren't mad at Nezu of course.

Apparently the commission and the school board thought it a good idea to have the Symbol of Peace as a teacher at UA, which Nezu expressed his disagreement in, to no avail.

The one time the school board overruled Nezu, though Izuku had a feeling Nezu would make them pay severely for that later.

Thankfully Yu could apparently help with the class that All Might taught, whatever it was, so that was a good thing.

Another good thing? He'd get to meet his new friends in person as all applied to UA as well.

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Okay, his time at UA was going to be interesting.

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The written exam was a breeze, for Izuku at least.

He was confident.

He'd seen Bakugou while there, but he just ignored the other's very existence at this point.

Afterwards, he met a boy named Tenya Lida in the cafeteria, where they went after finishing the written exam.

He seemed a bit uptight, but otherwise he was nice and cool.

Oh, and he also met two of his friends, Tokoyami and Ojiro, in person, for the first time.

Tokoyami had a bird like head, but Izuku thought it made him look cool.

And the whole "revelry in the dark" and all that just totally fit him.

Ojiro was different.

Decently masculine, although he didn't seem closed off from feelings or such like some men who preferred 'masculinity over femininity'.

Also...a small (not so small) issue, he was hot.

At least Izuku thought so.

Ojiro was also very nice and much more easygoing, and decently talkative.

Then there was a girl named Uraraka.

She seemed like she was attracted to him at first glance, but Izuku did not swing that way, not at all, even if he was flattered.

She was genuinely nice though.

Later they all left for the practical, while Izuku left for Nezu's office.

Upon arrival, the office was empty.

...

That's not suspicious at all.

"Ah Midoriya-kun! Since you won't be needing to take the practical, consider this your practical exam, find me within the next thirty minutes. It doesn't matter how you do, but locate where I am hiding within that time frame." Said the principal's jovial voice over the loudspeakers.

Ah, hide and seek eh?

Well, weren't many places to hide here.

Places such as closets and underneath tables and desks, or the floor, were too obvious.

Hm...

Aha, already gotcha Nezu.

Though Aizawa-sensei did say that because of that, he'd be speaking to class 1-B's homeroom teacher, Vlad King, and getting him transferred there.

Apparently there was a boy Aizawa preferred having in his class rather than Mineta, and Nezu being Nezu, had already approved of the transfer if Aizawa-sensei seemed so certain it would happen.

Anyway...

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Izuku dreaded today.

Why you may ask? Because it was As-All Might's, first lesson in Foundational hero studies.

Yu would be present though, meaning she'd step in if need be, and no doubt Nezu was watching through the cameras.

"I AM...COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!" said the idiot himself making a grand entrance.

Most of the class seemed ecstatic.

But Ojiro, Mina, Hagakure, Kirishima, Tokoyami, and Jirou seemed to notice that Izuku looked far from.

After being given a rundown and told to get into their costumes, the group confronted him on it.

"Spill."

"Eh?"

"There's a reason you're pissed that the no.1 hero is teaching us, so spill." Mina said looking ready for her tea.

Well no point in keeping it in now.

So he told them everything, minus the rape, only going as far as to call it an attack.

By the end even Tokoyami and Ojiro no longer looked like their normal selves.

"Dark shadow is feeling ravenous."

Izuku blinked.

"Don't do or say anything, I won't if he won't."

"He better not if he values his life." Jirou said with a frown.

"And his balls." Mina added with a evil smirk.

"No, no cutting of the balls." Izuku said sternly.

"But..."

"No cutting balls...yet."

"Fine, I'll be patient."

"Thank you."

"Who can deny such a precious and innocent Bean like you?" Ojiro chimed in.

Izuku had never blushed like that at such a statement, but found himself rather flustered by that coming from Ojiro.

As for the costumes, Izuku had issues with multiple of them.

Mina's, Sato's, Koda's, and Todoroki's were just...they just did not have enough vibrance or color.

He could swear Toru was naked aside from gloves and boots, though she could be wearing a bodysuit that was invisible along with her herself.

Momo's was almost exposing her breasts completely, like really, who the hell designed her costume? Pedophiles? He'd speak with Nezu on that later.

Kirishima's left him shirtless and too exposed even despite his quirk.

And Lida's was armor that was not a good combination to have with his speed quirk.

Meanwhile there was All Might, already proving an incompetent teacher.

Unable to take the heat of multiple questions at a time.

Then came teams for an exercise, really, confident in your own poor skills as a teacher?

Izuku got paired with Jirou as the hero team, and they were up against Bakugou and Lida as the villain team.

Safe to say...

...

...

...

He took that chance to embarrass the hell out of Katsuki.

In the exercise, it was clear Bakugou would immediately break off and come for Izuku, and he used that to his and Jirou's advantage.

Jirou used her superb hearing skills to determine Bakugou's location, and they easily plotted a course around him.

Izuku vented.

Ah, Among us had actually come quite in handy for this exercise.

Jirou headed directly for Lida and the bomb.

Upon arrival, Lida seemed to be ranting on about Bakugou, Izuku felt sorry for him, but then he'd noticed Jirou arrive.

Unfortunately he failed to see that she was a diversion.

By the time he had though, Izuku had already acquired the bomb, and All Might announced the hero team as the victors.

After that, they went back to the observation room, where All Might asked who the MVP was.

Momo answered.

"I believe Midoriya is the MVP of this match. He coordinated several contingencies before entering the villain's domain, and when Bakugou split from Lida to come for him based on a rather foolish personal grudge, Midoriya used that wrong move to his team's advantage. Through it all he ensured his teammate's safety and well being as well as his own, and they quickly and proficiently secured the bomb with no errors."

All Might seemed to keep his smile a bit more forced on now.

"Uh...correct, but the others did a great job too..."

He was interrupted, surprisingly, by Todoroki.

"The others did horrible."

All Might seemed taken aback by the blunt statement.

"Rather Bakugou did, while his teammate was only at fault for not counting on a diversion from Midoriya and Jirou. However as Yaoyorozu said, Bakugou let a personal grudge lead him, and it ultimately led to his team's rather sad defeat."

"The hell did you say half-and-half?!" Bakugou exclaimed angrily with an irk mark over his head.

"I'm saying you're an imbecile who allows his ridiculous personal issues to dictate his body."

"Okay that's enough you two. Though they are correct Bakugou, you cannot allow a personal issue you have with someone to control you in such a situation, especially if the fate of an entire city is at stake and potentially millions of lives are at risk." Yu chimed in a bit sternly.

"I suppose you have a point, right! And now we will continue our exercises!"

The rest of class earlier was alright, and Yu made sure Bakugou never got a chance to even speak to Izuku, another plus.

Though All Might kept him back a bit after class.

Which had him a bit confused and annoyed.

"Ah, young Midoriya! You certainly caught my eye in class today!"

"Wow, pedophilia much?"

"Nonsense! I merely wanted to congratulate you on your efforts in class!"

Izuku was getting annoyed even more though.

"So? Why me? Plus, we already met before."

All Might looked confused.

...

Which started to piss him off because...

"You DON'T remember me?"

"I'm afraid I do not recall..."

Okay, he was about to yeet this man.

"I'm that quirkless kid whose dreams you crushed, and whom you left behind at the scene of a rape without giving proper medical attention."

All Might suddenly seemed to recall, though looked confused again.

"Oh wait, but...how'd you get into the hero course? You should have gone to..."

Izuku lost his temper at that moment.

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK I 'SHOULD' HAVE DONE! I'M SICK OF PEOPLE TELLING ME WHAT I 'SHOULD' DO! FRANKLY I KNOW YOU'RE NOTHING MORE THAN A QUIRKIST ASSHOLE AND IT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW!"

All Might almost seemed to flinch, good.

"Hey Izuku, what's going on? The others are waiting."

They both turn to see Jirou, looking between them both.

"Nothing, I was just discussing some things with All Might, let's go." He said, and with that he left with Jirou.

"Hey."

Izuku turned to Jirou, who shook her head.

"Don't even pay him any attention. Also...about the...I'm sorry."

"It's okay, just don't..."

"I won't say a thing about it, it's your secret to tell."

"Thanks Jirou."

"No problem."

Catman is online.

Nezu is online.

Mt Lady: pfft...

Chapter Text

A week passed, and school at UA was going well.

Minus All Might teaching there and being an idiot as usual.

Izuku also met a few of the other staff members, Thirteen, Vlad King, Snipe, and Hound Dog.

Apparently they all thought he was precious, even Vlad, which was apparently a big deal given Midnight had said he was usually on the stricter side.

Hound Dog seemed big, and intimidating, and though he could have a temper sometimes, he was just a big teddy bear otherwise.

He was also the school therapist, ironic considering it seemed he also needed therapy.

Lunch one day was...interesting.

He had been sitting with friends, Lida talking about his older brother Ingenium.

Yes, Izuku had learned how not to fanboy.

Suddenly the alarms went off, intruder alert it seemed.

That is until Lida had managed to get through the crowd in the halls and announce it was only the press.

Though after speaking to Nezu soon after, Izuku suspected villains, considering the entrance gate had been destroyed, he suspected a five point decay quirk.

He relayed the suspicions only to his closest friends, the rest of the class remained unaware, for now.

Then soon they were taking a bus to the USJ.

And made conversation on the way there.

"Hey, Deku-kun. I was wondering..." Uraraka began.

Izuku interjected.

"Please don't call me that."

"Oh, why? Isn't that what Bakugou calls you?"

She seemed genuinely confused from what he could tell though.

He turned with a very fake but dangerous smile towards said other boy.

"That was just him calling me a useless nobody."

Lida was on him in a heartbeat with criticism.

"You really use those terms for him? That is very un-hero like of you Bakugou."

Mina frowned and shook her head.

"Not cool."

"Don't need your opinion extras. Everyone knows Deku is just some..."

"What was that, Katsuki?"

Izuku's tone and expression, to everyone else, was one of pure innocence and confusion, but Bakugou clearly understood a potential death threat.

At least he was somewhat competent.

"Tch."

"Mm."

"Anyways, just call me Izuku or Midoriya."

"Ah, okay." Uraraka smiled.

"Midoriya-kun?" Tsu chimed in with a question.

"Yes Tsu?"

"I don't think we've ever seen you use a quirk yet. So I was wondering, what is your quirk?"

Izuku just shrugged.

"Oh that, I don't have one."

Ah, silence.

"Wait, so you're quirkless?" Sato asked, though his voice held no disgust or anything, just confusion.

"Yes. Is this going to be an issue?"

"No, I'm just kind of surprised." Sato answered.

"Quirkless or not, you shine like a diamond mon ami." Aoyama joined in.

"Yeah dude, the fact you're so smart and strong without a quirk just makes you manlier! My quirk lets me harden my skin, but I can't do much otherwise." Kirishima chimed in.

Izuku was not about to have that from one of his definite friends.

"Eijiro stop. Much like Ojiro-kun, while not 'flashy', your quirk is very effective and can prove quite helpful. Example, you have a situation where someone has a civilian at gunpoint, and you're right there on scene. With your quirk, you can easily jump in between them, activate your quirk, and easily deflect the potential bullets, to a point of course. Then example for Ojiro. Without his quirk, while still effective in combat, without his tail he is without an advantage because his tail isn't something that can be restrained as easily as Ojiro himself, which gives him a possible way out of any restraints."

Momo nodded in agreement and approval.

"Indeed. And the fact that quirks are more promoted for...flashiness, is quite ridiculous in entirety. Why promote them in such an unproductive way when you can use that quirk to help others and save lives? Many heroes nowadays care only for fame, money, or glory. Many, but not all. Though the fact you have such negative thoughts on yourself and your own quirk is concerning Kirishima, if you need to I will always be here should you need anyone else to talk to." She smiled.

Kirishima nodded in acknowledgement.

"Thanks, and I guess you're right."

Bakugou clearly had something to say,  but chose to remain silent for now.

Kaminari gestured to him with annoyance.

"Mm, I don't know about Bakugou, I mean with his personality."

"The hell did you say dunce face!?"

"See?"

Sero nodded in agreement.

"Well, he does make it difficult for others to like him."

"Say that again tape dispenser!"

Kaminari smirked.

"Accurate. And unintended compliment."

Sero rolled his eyes at Bakugou.

"Capullo."

"Cabrón." Izuku added with agreement and a smirk, Sero appeared quite surprised that he could speak spanish.

"¿tú hablas español?"

"Hablo español con fluidez desde que tenía doce años." Izuku replied.

Sero nodded with a grin.

"I'll keep that in mind."

While most of everyone else was utterly lost on what was said, Izuku and Sero just started laughing.

Well only Mina, Ojiro, Toru, Tokoyami, Kirishima, and Jirou knew Izuku could speak Spanish (and multiple other languages unknown in quantity).

"Wow, you guys should teach me Spanish sometime, I only know a little." Kirishima said.

"What do you know in Spanish?" Sero asked.

"Let's see, Soy un idiota que besa culo."

Izuku almost choked on air at that.

"Eijiro...no." he said, nearly failing to contain his amusement.

Aizawa-sensei, surprisingly, turned his head to stare with slightly surprised eyes at Kirishima.

"I'm sorry, you're a what?"

"Eh? Someone told me that meant 'I need your help'."

Sero blinked.

"No dude, that literally translates to 'I'm an idiot who kisses ass'.

Kirishima did a double-take.

"I'm sorry what?"

Aizawa just sighed in exasperation, though also relief knowing the boy was just innocently oblivious.

"You problem children will be my doom."

And as soon as he said this, he saw Midoriya looking at him with what was now an infamous smile.

And he knew he was right, doomsday was upon them all and it was already too late.

Upon arrival, they'd been greeted by Thirteen, another of Izuku's top ten favorite staff members.

Aizawa questioned where All Might was given he was supposed to be there.

Thirteen held up three fingers, and Izuku, somehow, figured it out.

Nezu had hinted to All Might's quirk and its limit, so it was easy really.

Present Mic: TRAMP?!!😱😱😱

Present Mic: WHAT'D I EVER DO TO YOU?!!😭😭

Chapter Text

Buffmode: ...

Playwithfire: mm...

Playwithfire: in the meantime...

HUNKclone: I-

Sensei: I was somehow unaware of the rape, I'll be dealing with that agent who neglected to inform me of that later, but I knew of the encounter itself.

┐(￣ヘ￣)┌

Sensei: ...

Buffmode: ...shit you got a point.

Chapter Text

It had been about a week, his newfound...guess he could say friends, who were villains, were also a big, chaotic, and dysfunctional family to say the least.

Walking up to the gates of the school, Izuku steadied himself. No doubt Nezu was watching through the cameras like always.

Solidified when he made it to the gate and they immediately opened, Aizawa rushing to him, his usual blankness replaced with fear and concern for his student.

"Problem child!"

"Aizawa-sensei I'm alright."

Said man just checked him over regardless.

Finally, after a while of checking him over for any potential injuries, the man looked at him.

"Jesus kid, everyone was so damn worried, minus one."

Izuku already knew who that was.

"I don't care if All Might doesn't see me as important. Could we go in now?"

Aizawa nodded and brought him to the school's entrance and they entered as the gates closed.

They were immediately greeted in the hall by almost all the other teachers.

"Oh my goodness Midoriya, are you alright?! They didn't hurt you did they?!" Midnight was in mamabear mode.

"I'm okay. They didn't hurt me, which was strange, but I'm okay."

Okay not true, he had just discovered things had not been as they appeared and that the two most wanted villains in Japan and potentially the world were his father and adopted older brother.

It was a lot.

While glad to have his dad back, he was also kind of left in shambles and very angry.

Mainly towards All Might.

"They didn't?" Ectoplasm questioned with some confusion.

Snipe and Vlad seemed a bit sceptical, but their worry over their student superseded their scepticism.

"No. They mostly just questioned me and afterwards they let me go. I'm lost myself, but I didn't care, as long as I got back here that's all that mattered."

He lied, not so much questioned as...starting to get to know them and bonding with them, particularly over trauma and their pasts.

Nezu seemed to be the only one clearly not buying his explanation, even so the chimera didn't want to press into it, figuring it best that Izuku himself tell him when he felt comfortable.

"All that matters is that our student has returned to us safe. Recovery Girl please check him over just to be safe, then he can go to the dorms."

"Dorms?" He asked Nezu.

"We all felt it best to implement a dorm system so the students can stay on campus during the school year. A better way for us to keep an eye on you and ensure the safety of all the students." The principal answered with his usual demeanor.

Okay made sense.

"Your friends have all been worried for you, Ojiro, Mina, Kirishima, Jirou, Tokoyami, Hagakure, and Sero especially so." Vlad added.

Izuku felt kind of guilty about that, but he did not think he could explain things to anyone here yet.

Nezu would likely be the only one to remain calm and rational.

"Okay, I'll be glad to see them again too. Oh, and Thirteen-sensei?"

"She's fine kid, she's just recoverin' now, waiting to come back to work. She was really worried 'bout ya too." Snipe said, his tone softer than usual.

"I'll be sure to check in with her, oh, and nee-san, and Kamui, and Keizo." Izuku said with a sigh.

"Who's Keizo?" Midnight asked, a glint of curiosity in her concern filled eyes.

"Oh, Keizo Kobayashi is Death Arms, I just call him uncle Keizo."

"Ah." She nodded in understanding.

After that, and running into Cementoss, Power Loader, and Hound Dog, and them fretting over him for a bit, he got checked out at the nurse's office, and Aizawa took him to the dorms when he was cleared.

Upon entering the common room, he saw Sero, Mina, Ojiro, Hagakure, Kirishima, Aoyama, and Shoji sitting around on the sofas, talking, not noticing him yet.

"Do you think he's alright?" Shoji asked, though not knowing Izuku that long, he found the very presence of Izuku Midoriya a comfort, and wanted to befriend the greenette, though his abduction put a damper in everyone's moods (minus a certain blonde who seemed glad the boy was gone, and a purple haired perv who didn't really care).

"I don't know." Ojiro sighed sadly, "I just saw him and... couldn't do anything, not a damn thing.".

"Mashirao it's not your fault." Toru tried to comfort her childhood best friend.

"Then why do I feel so fucking powerless?"

Okay, Ojiro swearing was...new, and not good considering Izuku had never heard him of all people swear before.

"I honestly feel the same, even though I wasn't right there." Kirishima agreed.

Aoyama placed a comforting hand on the red head's arm.

"Il ira bien, crois-moi."

Sero just didn't look right without his usual grin on his face.

"¿A qué mierda nos acaban de arrastrar?"

Though as Uraraka and Lida entered, they noticed the teacher and missing student in question.

"Oh my gosh! Midoriya-kun!"

This seemed to somehow reach everyone's ears, as everyone came out to the common room and rushed over to him, something reminiscent of all the teachers.

"Are you okay?!"

"Where'd they take you?!"

"Did they hurt you?!"

"They didn't did they?!"

"How'd you get away?!"

Aizawa activated his quirk, red eyes glowing at the others.

"Do not...swarm him, like your some kind of media insects."

He deactivated his quirk and blinked.

"From what we know, they took him to their base, wherever it is, questioned him, and then released him. Why or why they did so with him unharmed we do not know at the moment. But all that currently matters is that he is back safe and sound, and we will ensure this never happens again." He said.

"Hai Aizawa-sensei!" Was the simultaneous reply.

After that he was left with his fellow students and friends, while Aizawa left back to the school itself.

Entering the staff room, Shota found the other staff members, all of them, were present, minus Thirteen who was still recovering.

Otherwise, Nezu, Snipe, Midnight, Vlad, All Might, Mic, Cementoss, Power Loader, Ectoplasm, and Mt Lady.

Hound Dog and Recovery Girl stood off to the side.

Death Arms, or Keizo, had taken Thirteen's place for now, despite not having a teaching license, it was only for a short period and Nezu felt that given his close relationship with Midoriya, Keizo was good with kids, despite his slight temper.

Thankfully it was mostly directed at All Might, who currently sat in his shrivelled de-powered form, with bandages all over his sad excuse of a body, along with bruises.

Oh how that massive ambush on him in his house last week had proved quite...appealing.

But for now, while still very tense, everyone was at least civil with him seeing as he was, sadly, one of their co-workers, whether they liked it or not.

But according to Nezu, this was strike one, he had two left before Nezu threw the book at him, no matter what the commission had to say.

Shota knew Nezu had blackmail on the commission, and given that, well, it was Nezu, he didn't question how, and frankly he'd be happy if whatever it was destroyed the commission.

...

But back to more important matters.

Shota took his seat and the meeting began.

"Excellent, now let's begin. As we're all well aware, an attack occurred on the USJ last week, and Midoriya-kun was taken. Thankfully he has returned to us safely, and none of the other students were harmed."

Nezu had a more serious look now.

"However there is the matter that we do not know what questions the villains had for him when they kidnapped him."

Snipe hummed in thought, his mask concealed any expression.

"They could've been askin' about us, defense measures, quirks..."

"Perhaps, though we cannot be sure until Izuku himself tells us." Mt Lady pointed out.

All Might chimed in.

"There is also the matter of Shigaraki. According to Ojiro and Tokoyami, he expressed a great interest in Midoriya-shonen."

"How so?" Midnight asked, not caring about All Might, rather what information he could hold that could put the pieces together.

All Might seemed reluctant, extremely so, to answer, and seemed almost pale, but with a look from Nezu, he sighed, clearly resigned.

"They heard the villain mention...All For One."

...

No one spoke.

This was clearly a very delicate and grim topic now if AFO was brought up.

What the hell would AFO want with his problem child?

"Does that mean..." Keizo began.

"That he is still alive?" Ectoplasm finished.

Nezu looked more grim than before.

"Given his quirk, I would not count that to be out of the equation. Though if he is, why would he be interested in Midoriya-kun? Of all possible people, why Midoriya?"

"Well obviously not because of a quirk, but, then why? Perhaps his intelligence?" Cementoss said, though not in an offensive way, it was merely a suggestion.

All Might seemed to have another idea.

"Spill it All Might." Shota said flatly as he stare at the Symbol of Peace.

The man narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Is it possible that if he is still somehow out there then...could he...could he have recruited young Midoriya as a spy?"

Though everyone looked at him like he'd really lost it.

"Are you serious?!" Majima exclaimed in disbelief, being the first to break the very tense silence.

"Midoriya would never betray us like that." Snipe added in agreement.

'never willingly' Shota couldn't help but think in his head.

While he knew Midoriya would never do such a thing, if he did, no way would it be so willingly.

"The fact you would suggest that is rather concerning." Hound Dog said with a frown.

Nezu raised a paw.

"While I agree with your sentiments, we cannot discount the theory entirely."

Mic nodded.

"Good, because since it's obvious, there is a traitor in our midst isn't there?"

Everyone looked a bit baffled.

"Someone had to inform the villains of All Might being at the USJ, even the media weren't aware of that."

"Mic stop this." Midnight ridiculed his suggestion.

"Why? You know it's true."

Snipe waved his hand in a motion to stop.

"We can't just start suspecting our students, much less each other, right now. If we do we'll tear each other apart on the inside and end up destroyin' ourselves in the process. For now we should focus on the fact our students are now all safe again, and we can keep a closer eye on 'em."

Nezu nodded in agreement.

"Indeed. Also the Sports Festival is coming up, and so our focus must be on that at the moment."

Everyone agreed.

"We will set this all aside for the time being, until such a time where it can be brought up again. We will keep our eyes and ears open should anything be brought up, especially from Midoriya-kun, are we all agreed?"

It was unanimous.

Currently Izuku sat cuddled up next to Sero, who didn't seem to mind and everyone continued their conversations.

Bakugou was staring at him though, which while Izuku wasn't intimidated, he was feeling uncomfortable from it.

Ojiro looked a bit jealous, which Izuku thought looked kind of hot on him. Though he seemed content in knowing Sero didn't hold any kind of romantic feeling or show romantic affection towards Izuku, although they hadn't known each other long, Izuku would classify Sero like an older sibling.

"Detective Tsukauchi came in and questioned us after the USJ. When we mentioned you were taken he seemed to be almost out of character." Uraraka said.

Of course he would be, despite his job keeping him busy all the time, Tsukauchi did keep in touch with Izuku and his sister, so he had bonded with Izuku himself.

"I'd expect as much, he is essentially a family friend now." Izuku replied.

"Well we were all worried." Uraraka continued.

"Minus two jackasses." Sero glared briefly at Bakugou and Mineta.

"Honestly I don't care, if they dislike me so be it." Izuku said coldly as he briefly looked at both before returning his attention to everyone else.

Momo spoke after that.

"I for one was also greatly worried for your well being. When you were taken I...I felt as if I'd failed. I am the class president so the safety and physical and emotional well being of all of you is also my responsibility, yet, I could do nothing." She said looking down sadly, seeming on the verge of tears.

Izuku admired Momo's great sense of duty and how she feels so compelled to help her classmates and ensure their well being.

"Please don't feel guilty Momo. I should have gotten Ojiro and Tokoyami and just ran away in an opposite direction. In truth, I feel it my own fault for being taken." Izuku said with a sad smile.

"Course it is, quirkless wonder like you couldn't possibly defend yourself. Frankly would've been better if-"

Bakugou wasn't able to finish as he found himself wrapped up, his face and upper body with tape, and also Ojiro's tail.

Sero was standing now, and Ojiro was next to Bakugou with a murderous glare that really didn't fit him.

"No vuelvas a abrir tu puta boca hacia él, la próxima vez no nos detendremos en inmovilizar." Sero said a bit darkly.

Izuku already knew where that would go.

He sighed.

"Please don't, El no vale la pena."

Although he appreciated them standing up for him, Katsuki Bakugou was not worth getting in trouble for.

Sero looked at him and back to Bakugou, and then took a deep breath before releasing Bakugou from his tape, and Ojiro reluctantly released him as well.

"Avísame si dice una cosa más."

Izuku nodded.

"Te lo prometo, serás el primero en saberlo."

Sero nodded and sat back down.

Immediately moving to comfort Izuku like he were a younger sibling, which pretty much everyone picked up on.

He didn't really understand the silent nod and communication between Sero and Ojiro.

Sero may not know much, but he knows he despises Katsuki Bakugou.

Bakugou is quirkist clearly, but he's a total asshole regardless, one Sero doesn't see changing his ways at this point.

He had a new soft spot in Izuku.

When Sero looks at him, he sees a younger brother, not a friend or lover.

He remembers one of his younger brothers getting bullied to the point where he tried to commit suicide by drowning himself in the bathtub just because he was quirkless, just like Izuku was.

Thankfully the suicide attempt failed as Sero and his mother had gotten into the bathroom to get him out in time and call emergency services to get him to a hospital.

This happened only three months ago, that sibling, Hato, was only seven.

He was still in a rehabilitation facility, it would be one more month before he gets released.

Safe to say he gets protective over certain people, particularly the quirkless and younger children.

Which only fuels his hate for Bakugou.

Judging from his attitude alone, Sero doesn't know how he got into U.A, you'd think Bakugou would have a record with that explosive temper.

He'd ask Izuku later about that, all that mattered was making sure Izuku was okay.

'disgusting, a disgrace to society and, dare I say, evil.' Mashirao mentally thought as he stared at Bakugou.

No secret many in 1-A clearly disliked him, though a few like Shoji, Tokoyami, Tsu, and Koda remained neutral towards him, for now at least.

Ojiro, Mina, Sero, Lida, Kirishima, Toru, Jirou, Uraraka, Denki, Sato, and hell, even Momo and Aoyama did not like Katsuki Bakugou at all, and it was clear now that he, Sero, and he noticed Momo and Kirishima, hated the spiky haired blonde now, especially given his insulting of Izuku.

Mashirao found Izuku to be attractive in the most adorable ways, he liked the way his head would tilt to the side slightly to show interest or confusion, like a precious puppy or cat.

He loved the laugh that could restore life to the entire universe (in Mashirao's opinion).

He loved the green hair and eyes, those flawless emerald eyes.

But most of all, he loved Izuku's outgoingly kind nature, his encouragement, his comfort, his intelligence, and his very presence.

Mashirao never felt that way before.

Back in middle school he questioned his sexuality, given he'd never been attracted to a girl before, not even his best friend Toru as some speculated.

He figured it out in sixth grade, he had a long lasting crush on a boy in his grade.

Toru enjoyed teasing him over that and when he would get a man, while he would tease back asking when she'd get a woman, as he knew she was a lesbian, she didn't exactly keep that a secret.

But Izuku Midoriya was, not just a crush.

He liked Izuku.

No.

Maybe too soon but, given how much of Izuku he can describe even thus far, he'd dare...

He would dare say he loved Izuku.

If you asked his parents they'd probably think he was pulling one over on them.

Not that they could judge, considering he had three parents, two dads and one mom, and yes it was a polygamous relationship.

Mashirao only wanted Izuku so far, he only had eyes or the heart for Izuku.

And this only further solidified his growing resentment towards Bakugou, Izuku's former childhood best friend.

A best friend doesn't stab his other best friend in the back over something the latter cannot control.

So what if Izuku was quirkless?

Mashirao thought it made him all the more perfect.

And it seemed that everyone else thought so too, minus two who will no longer be named because they don't deserve that courtesy.

All he knows is he would do anything for Izuku Midoriya, anything.

And if Bakugou crosses the line one more time, well, Mashirao can't trust himself with what he may do next.

Katsuki could only glare at these two extras, whoever the hell they are.

He felt a rage seeing tape dispenser holding Deku like that, comforting him like that.

His Deku.

...

Or at least, should have been his.

This extra dares holding what belongs to him.

Then this tail guy, who the hell even is he?

Katsuki knows one thing, they can't beat him, not even both combined, not even all these fuckers combined.

He is the supreme here, they are just his lowly lackeys in the end.

He'll impress Deku eventually, he knows the nerd will come back to him then, he's always followed Katsuki around like a worthless but adorable puppy begging for a treat.

He'll make the nerd see that he is supreme, and then Deku will want to be his and only his.

Then him and his Deku will show these extras how things really are, won't even know what hit 'em.

Ha, a shitshow worth watching.

Katsuki has always had it bad for Deku, since middle school. Seeing the nerd so vulnerable, so...submissive, is just...perfect.

Now he just needs to make his image of the future come true.

Though given Aizawa-sensei says the sports festival is coming up, he'll have the perfect chance to show the nerd he should always be by Katsuki's side.

Tape dispenser and his lackey won't make it in the festival, they'll get out immediately.

No way would Deku be impressed by them.

As if.

No, in the end Deku will be by his side and later, under him, both literally and figuratively, just like it always should have been.

And then Katsuki will be number one like it was always destined.

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After class with Aizawa was over and said man wrapped up in his usual sleeping bag, everyone spoke amongst themselves.

Mainly about the sports festival which would start today.

"I'm so excited! To show off our skills like this will be big!" Uraraka said excitedly.

"It will certainly be good to show the world what we are capable of." Lida agreed.

"I may opt out of this." Izuku added.

"What? But, why?" Mina questioned.

"Not because of my quirklessness, but just because I don't particularly care for it honestly."

"To be fair, the commission uses this mostly for publicity and their own gain, they don't much care about our showcases." Momo nodded.

"Do they ever?" Jirou mumbled with a frown.

"Besides, as we all know we get internship offers following the festival's conclusion. Though I've already got my sister, Kamui, and uncle Keizo with offers off the record, as well as Nezu, so I'm not worried about offers." Izuku added with a smile.

Shoto maintained a blank look.

"Then one less opponent for me. Which is good, because objectively I am stronger than you."

Okay, why that attitude?

Izuku maintained a fake smile as he looked at Todoroki.

"Picking a fight over nothing? Are you serious?"

"You may have had the number one hero in your corner, but it wouldn't have been enough."

Izuku started to frown as his eyes became dull at the mention of All Might.

"I will only say this once, I have no affiliation with All Might, nor do I want any. The fact you would say something like that is rather immature and ridiculous in itself. Never mention All Might to me again, clear?"

Shoto seemed unaffected, but on the inside that surprised him. Strange, something must have happened because Midoriya had a very negative reaction to him mentioning the symbol of peace.

"Very well." Came the flat reply, though Izuku noticed a twinge of surprise in Shoto's eyes.

There was a knock at the classroom door as Bakugou had been about to exit as class was over.

Opening it, they are met with a large group of students outside, Izuku easily sees they are from 1-B and maybe a few from 1-C.

"The hell is this?"

For once, Izuku would agree with Bakugou.

"Could you all please move? You're blocking the doorway and we do have classes to attend." Momo said with a slight frown although trying to be polite.

"So this is the famed 1-A? How ridiculous, you'd think you people would be much more humbled."

A purple haired boy came up to the front, Izuku noticed his attitude was similar to Aizawa, strange and curious.

Hm, he would throw a fit if they weren't related in some way.

"What is your problem? No offense, I'm just purely curious." Izuku asked, mostly curiosity in his tone but some annoyance.

"See? They think they're better than us, class 1-A is-" a blonde started to say, though Izuku looked at him with his usual smile which sometimes meant good things, and other times not so much.

This was of the latter.

"Funny seeing as your clearly inciting a rivalry right now. We do not think we're better than you, but if this is how all of you act, then we surely are."

His tone not holding malice but rather sincerity.

A girl with a ponytail chopped the blonde on the back of the neck rendering him unconscious.

"Do forgive me, Monoma never knows when to keep his mouth shut. Itsuka Kendo, Class 1-B's president, please accept my apologies on their behalf." She smiled nervously.

'she's basically class 1-B's sister huh?' Izuku thought.

"That's quite alright, we are unfortunately not strangers to such troublemakers." Momo said, briefly looking at Mineta and not Bakugou, mostly because the latter knew when to shut up and mind his own, and the former was just a perv.

Kendo promptly dragged Monoma away.

While the purple haired boy watched the scene for a moment, almost smirking, before his attention went back to the others.

"Hm, Hitoshi Shinsou, and please forgive us for having taken to Monoma's little charade. I should say though that the sports festival presents us with a chance. If one of you doesn't do so well, but one of us does, the school board might see it fit to transfer us to a top spot in 1-A." He said.

Izuku nodded, understanding it was no longer really a confrontation.

"Tch, please, you're just scoping out the competition, sizing us up. Frankly I don't have time for you extras, out of my way." Bakugou said as he pushed past them.

Typical Katsuki Bakugou.

"Forgive him, he's just an asshole all around, but not all of us are anything like him, I assure you." Izuku smiled.

"It would seem so." Hitoshi replied, as he stared him down, clearly evaluating if that statement was true, which, it is.

"Well, we accept your apologies and hope you can forgive us for Bakugou's unacceptable behavior! And we wish you the best of luck that you will do well in the sports festival!" Lida said with his usual hand chops.

"Good to know that you haven't let things get to your head, see you at the sports festival." Hitoshi replied, before departing, and most of the other students following.

Momo sighed.

"It appears someone is trying to cause trouble with us and the other classes, we can't let this deter us, we shall let this fuel us to push on." She said in determination.

Everyone agreed to those words.

They all departed.

Izuku walked in the halls with Sero, Mina, Uraraka, and Lida, and they ran into a boy.

He had a couple of his books scattered around, clearly someone had been bullying him or something.

And Izuku was the first to assist.

"Oh, let me help you."

"Huh? Oh yeah, thanks."

After helping him recover his books, the question nagged at his mind.

"Um, did someone bully you or something?"

The boy shook his head.

"No. My boyfriend just got a bit agitated today over something and...well as you can see..."

'boyfriend eh? Is he abusive? If not physically, there are other types of abuse.' Izuku thought to himself.

"Sorry, Yosetsu Awase, just call me Awase. Thanks for helping me here."

"Izuku Midoriya, and it's no problem."

Then Awase sped off.

"Do you think..."

"I would not assume so, unless we actually see otherwise." Lida said seriously.

Uraraka added.

"Hey, do you think his boyfriend is that blonde boy from earlier? Monoma?"

"If so, I feel bad for him, Monoma's clearly a cabrón." Sero nodded.

Oh, definitely, especially since it's clear Monoma loves creating a fight.

"Well in any case, do any of you want advice on your quirks for the festival? I could give you some tips."

Today wasn't a particularly good day, Neito was in a particularly foul mood, demanding sex that Awase would not give him.

He'd much prefer keeping his virginity right now.

Well...

Neito was an ass at times, but, he did love Awase.

Didn't he?

Lately though Neito seemed so bent on having a personal vendetta with class 1-A.

And it had already changed him...for worse.

Nowadays Neito had a very short temper, and he and Awase rarely ever spent time together.

Also he could've sworn Neito was cheating on him as he'd seen him covering up bite marks on his neck yesterday evening, ones Awase hadn't left.

In truth, he'd lost faith in this relationship, if it can even be called that at this point.

He'd go to Kendo about it, she always had good advice, and so did Tetsutetsu, whom he knows had feelings for him initially, but gave up after finding out about him and Neito.

Both had supported him in pursuing Neito, though neither really liked the blonde.

While not yet fully, his eyes were now open.

"Bed, now."

"Yes daddy."

Neito was used to this from the spiky haired blonde from 1-A.

While he didn't like Katsuki himself, the other was a perfect screw, so that was all that mattered.

Meanwhile Awase was just becoming more of a pain in his side, always hovering over him and pecking him on the cheek.

Always asking where he's been or who he's going to see.

He'll reply by saying he's going to see one of the other teachers for tutoring, or Hound Dog.

Which wasn't entirely a lie, he had been going to Hound Dog, talking to the therapist about his parents, who frankly didn't give a shit about him.

Awase didn't need to know about the new meetings taking place between him and Bakugou, this was purely for his own pleasure.

It was nothing more than a casual arrangement, and clearly the feeling was mutual.

Now he planned on how to cause a rivalry between 1-A and 1-B, and this time Kendo wasn't going to stop him.

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Having gotten permission not to compete in the festival, Izuku now sat in the stands just watching.

The first part entailed an obstacle course.

How interesting, who will make it through?

Present Mic was being energetic as usual, and Midnight was the umpire.

Todoroki was in first, Bakugou close behind, also Sero, Lida, and Ojiro.

"You must be Izuku Midoriya."

Izuku turned to his right to see a tall, slender, stern looking man in glasses sitting beside him.

No, this was Sir Nighteye, All Might's former sidekick.

"Izuku Takeyama."

"Hm, you're nothing All Might described you as."

"Not that he would know." Izuku said with a smile, though his tone bitter.

Nighteye picked up on this, turning to him with a blank expression, though his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Interesting."

After a moment of silence.

"You don't seem particularly...fond, of him." Nighteye continued flatly.

"I have my reasons." Izuku replied.

Nighteye nodded.

"I take it you've seen it then, how he really is, or can be?"

"If you mean a quirkist and homophobic hypocrite then yes."

Nighteye blinked.

"I was unaware of the homophobia, but otherwise you're correct in that assessment."

"Am I right in assuming this is why your relationship with him soured?"

The question was asked by Izuku as the students made it to the minefield.

"Mainly, yes. However there was another reason."

"..."

"All Might became obsessed with the idea of...perfection. He tried to be perfect at everything he did, even basic everyday chores, and also held any acquaintances or friends to such a regard. If we failed to meet his expectations, we were cut out of his life, personally and professionally. He just saw me as a massive flaw. Given I can see potential futures with my quirk, I saw a very negative one for him. No matter how much I emphasized it was purely hypothetical, he would not have it. Though he also became more obsessed with All For One."

"The top villain?" Izuku inquired, already knowing but Nighteye didn't need to know that.

"Correct. He was convinced the man was dead following their fight. However, everyone else, the other pro heroes around him knew better. But, he discredited us, fabricated up stories in doing so. Making him seem more like a hero for uncovering and exposing 'conspiracies', and making us lose any influence or power we had as heroes ourselves."

Izuku snorted, watching the large screen as Bakugou and Todoroki fought for first place in the first round.

"All Might is the reason I've become a little distrusting of heroes. I've never expressed this feeling to any of the teachers or my fellow students, but it's true. I was raped before I came here, that sludge villain. All Might couldn't have arrived at a worse time. I was unconscious so I was not aware I was being raped, though I recalled it after I awoke."

He noticed Nighteye looking genuinely shocked out of the corner of his eye, but he didn't call the man out on it and continued.

"You know after that, I asked him if I could be a hero without a quirk..."

"You can." Nighteye interjected, his voice not entirely blank as before, possessing a twinge of sympathy.

Izuku nodded but said nothing on that.

"He told me no. That I had to think realistically, and said I'd just be a liability to others, then left. And left me, a rape victim, at the scene of the crime without getting me proper medical attention."

"I knew he was an imbecile, but not that bad. Hypocritical bastard." Nighteye muttered to himself.

Seems like everyone hates All Might lately.

"After that...I just mostly lost hope. I'd met the rookie hero, Mt Lady, the day before and asked her that same question, and she told me I could. I figured if she said that, then surely All Might would say it too? How wrong I was. She found me after that, actually took me to a hospital and took care of me, and here we are now, I'm her adopted younger brother, and she is now a teacher here herself. You know, they say never meet your heroes, but in my opinion, it depends on what hero you meet."

Then silence.

All as the competitors rushed towards the stadium.

Nighteye finally spoke after a while.

"Then your parents aren't around? Or do not care?"

"My mother didn't, though she's in prison now. As for my father, it's...complicated, and a story for another time."

The hero nodded in understanding.

The competitors reached the stadium, Todoroki taking first and Bakugou in second.

Followed by Lida, Sero, Tokoyami, Tsu, Ojiro, Aoyama, Tetsutetsu, Kirishima, and so on and so forth.

Nighteye turned to him again.

"I appreciate the time you've given me. I assure this remains strictly confidential, and just remember, heroes aren't made by the set standards of society, they are made by making the most morally correct choices."

Nighteye offered a handshake, which Izuku accepted, and trusted the man would keep this between them.

After that, the man left.

'hm, nice to meet you Mirai Sasaki. Things should move along very intriguingly now.'

This as Todoroki was declared the winner of the first round, and Midnight began giving the rules and guidelines on the next part of the festival.

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BigSis: 😌💅💅💅

Vlad: ...

Hound Dog: ...

Midnight: ...

Midnight: y'all are fucked up fr.

Aizawa: ಠ ͜ʖ ಠ👢👢

Uncle K: wtf...is that???

Midnight: damn you Shota...

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Ah, the 1 v 1s.

This would be interesting.

Izuku now had Ojiro sitting to one side, and Uraraka on the other.

Uraraka he noticed seemed to have gotten over her crush on him, which he was grateful for.

The first match was Todoroki vs Sero.

Sero caught Shoto off guard, wrapping him in tape before then trying to sling him out of bounds.

Todoroki quickly recovered, sending a lot of ice to trap Sero, though it had the effect of freezing half of miss Midnight's body.

Honestly so careless.

Todoroki was called the winner as Sero was immobilized.

Afterwards, Sero sat with them, clearly feeling the after affects of being frozen over, as well as disappointed.

"Hey." He began.

Sero turned his head to Izuku as the latter spoke.

"No importa quién gane, lo único que importa es el esfuerzo que le pongas."

Sero smiled a small smile, he couldn't help but feel better at Izuku's comforting words.

"Gracias, eso realmente significa mucho para mí."

Izuku nodded.

"¿Cómo eres tan agradable?"

That came from Ojiro, which took them both by some surprise.

"You know some Spanish?" Izuku asked in curiosity.

Ojiro grinned.

"I've been taking some online classes recently, from reliable sites, so I do know a little now." Was the reply.

"¿Sabes?" Sero asked with a raised brow.

"Sí." Ojiro replied, which satisfied Sero.

The trio turned their attention to the next match.

Being Denki vs Ibara.

Izuku knew Denki would likely be overconfident.

"Who do you think?" Sero asked.

"Honestly, I'd say Ibara."

"Why?" Mineta asked, kind of butting in from a seat behind them.

Izuku ignored that in favor of just answering a question.

"I can clearly observe that Kaminari-kun will be quite overconfident in himself here. As far as I know, Shiozaki Ibara's quirk lets her use vines, from her hair, to attack or subdue enemies. I'd guess it can also absorb electricity." Izuku replied, certain of the outcome.

Sero sighed.

"Damn, so just a bad matchup for Denki then."

"Indeed."

And just as he predicted.

Denki tried using his electricity to shock her into defeat, but Ibara summoned her vines and easily deflected the electricity, then the vines had trapped Denki, who was in his dumb state now, and Ibara continued on.

"Man, he could've shocked her, and her clothes might have split apart."

That comment from Mineta had Izuku turning to give him that smile which promised death.

"Don't ever make a comment like this around me again, am I clear?"

"Okay man chill! I won't!"

Izuku was satisfied, for now, so turned his attention back to the matches.

"Hombre, a veces das miedo."

"Lo sé."

Ojiro just chuckled at the exchange between Izuku and Sero.

"I think I'll go explore a bit, be back soon." Izuku said, rising and then slowly walking away.

"Hey, text us if you need us." Ojiro called out.

"You'll be the first to know."

Walking the halls, Izuku stopped suddenly.

Larger, louder footsteps.

Hm...

Please not Ass Might, not right now.

...
...
...

And...

Ah, not any better...

Endeavwhore.

He'd recognize him anywhere.

Said man noticed him as he turned the corner.

"Oh, you're Izuku Midoriya."

No shit Sherlock.

The man had the nerve to block his path.

Nezu would enjoy causing chaos later.

"Izuku Takeyama, not Midoriya." He corrected, but it was ignored.

"I can see you seem close to Shoto."

"We are cordial." Izuku replied cautiously and truthfully.

He and Shoto weren't friends, but they were more than acquaintances.

"Well, he will be pushing for the top, for utter perfection. When he was born, with his half hot half cold quirk, I knew I had the best chance. The perfect weapon against All Might, one that will surpass him. I cannot afford for him to have any mistakes, or...distractions, along the way, as such, I request you just leave him be as I assume you've mostly been doing."

Boy, this man really wasn't all there.

Ironic how he was similar to All Might, when it came to perfection.

Izuku frowned as he looked up at Endeavor, who had a neutral expression.

"What the hell is wrong with you? Do quirks matter that much more to you than your own children? Your sick idea of perfection? A perfect weapon? You're one of those people I despise to the core, the very lowliest filth to walk this earth. It's quite ironic how much you yourself despise All Might, yet you two are so much alike in your ideals of total, flawless perfection. Tell me, what even are actual human lives to you, Enji Todoroki?"

Endeavor's expression shifted into some shock, before turning to annoyance.

"Listen here boy..."

"No, you listen. You're the kind of person who should never have been given the rank of #2, because access to such power and influence has only ensured no redemption will be possible. I'm sick of heroes in this society thinking they can go running around for the fame, the money, the glory, or for the hell of hurting people or causing collateral damage along the way, a society of heroes who leave victims on scene without sparing them a second glance because they don't give a shit. Your kind disgust me, and I will revel in knowing your day will soon come."

Endeavor was growing angrier, his flames threatening to explode on Izuku, who was unfazed.

"You little-"

"Oh, do please attack me. I'm sure principal Nezu and the U.A. staff would love to know you are in fact a child abuser. Do it, show the world who you really are, Endeavor." Izuku opened his arms wide in a 'come and get me' motion, he was just waiting to see if Endeavor would do it.

Not that he was afraid, Nezu really would destroy the man if he did lay a finger on Izuku.

Endeavor seemed highly tempted.

...
...
...

Nothing.

After about ten minutes of the two staring each other down, Endeavor raised a hand as if to strike him, to which Izuku only grinned.

Was he crazy? Well, he is Nezu's student.

Then suddenly the flames went out.

Ah, so caught.

"I suggest you leave the grounds Endeavor, otherwise I will not be responsible for whatever happens next." They both turned to see Aizawa, red eyes glowing as he glared at the #2 hero.

He then blinked, allowing Endeavor's quirk to be returned, but he had the sense to know to leave, so he exited.

Izuku walked over to him.

"I understand you're trying to expose him problem child, but never do things like that again."

"No promises sensei."

Aizawa sighed, so done with everything.

"Gremlin child."

Later Izuku was pulled aside by Shoto, who proceeded to ask him the dumbest question.

"Are you All Might's secret love child?"

...

What?

"If I was ever the child of such a large incompetent ape, I'd disown myself faster than All Might could punch someone into the sun."

Shoto seemed a bit taken aback.

"Definitely not."

"Yeah, where did you even get that idea?"

"Sorry. While not fond of the symbol of peace, it was just a question that wouldn't leave my mind."

"Why was that question there in the first place?"

A good question.

"I don't know, I have many different theories." Shoto replied blankly.

Ah, a conspiracy theorist? Hm, some could actually be plausible, so maybe this wasn't entirely strange or negative.

"Have you ever heard of quirk marriages?"

Okay, such a massive change of topic.

Shoto proceeded to tell him the whole story that he already suspected.

About the quirk marriage to get the 'perfect weapon'.

Though Rei being driven to insanity by Endeavor wasn't a surprise either, it would just be more evidence.

Also child abuse.

He'd be speaking about this to Nezu again later.

Afterwards, Izuku told Shoto that the flames were not unique to Endeavor therefore it was Shoto's quirk, not his.

Shoto seemed to mull over his words, but otherwise it ended there.

Then later, as Sato was about to face off against Shinsou, Ojiro had pulled him aside to give advice.

He'd warned Sato that Shinsou had asked him something during the calvary battle, and after he started to reply, his mind went blank, though after he'd been knocked into, he came to.

Izuku theorized Shinsou had a brainwashing quirk that required the user to ask a question and the one targeted to respond, a question response type.

Sato seemed to heed that warning, as he decided on not falling for it and staying quiet whenever Shinsou asked him anything.

Then the match.

Shinsou, as predicted, was attempting to use his quirk to brainwash Sato, though the latter didn't fall for it and easily pushed him out of bounds.

Izuku knew by the way Shinsou carried himself that he had been bullied for his quirk back in middle school, he would notice a fellow student having been bullied, or anyone in general.

Then a match between Kirishima and Tetsutetsu.

Which proved...funny honestly.

Their quirks were so similar, both having some type of hardening quirk, the same introduction for their match, similar personalities, everything.

Plus the match ended up being a draw, so an arm wrestling match was held.

Ultimately Tetsutetsu fatigued, so Kirishima won in the end.

Izuku started to feel like they were twin brothers, whether they knew or not, it would just make sense.

Lida vs Ibara?

Lida pushed her out of bounds before she could use her quirk.

Then Lida vs Mei.

Lida won, though not by how you'd think.

Mei spent the whole match showing off her inventions, and then stepped out of bounds giving Lida the win, the latter being annoyed and kind of embarrassed about all of it.

Momo vs Tokoyami?

Tokoyami pushed her out of bounds, much to her disappointment, Izuku would talk to her later.

Both Sato and Lida lost their matches against Todoroki.

Kirishima and Tokoyami lost theirs against Bakugou, though Eijiro held out for a decently long time before he lost.

Then Uraraka vs Bakugou.

Interesting.

Despite not being much of a physical combatant, Uraraka proved quite a challenge for Bakugou.

In the end, she tried but ultimately failed to use a super move on Bakugou, who simply used a massive explosion to block the incoming rocks and such.

Uraraka ultimately just fatigued.

After which, Bakugou was declared to move on to the next round, though not before, shockingly, complimenting Uraraka when Mineta had more so insulted her.

"Losing like that to him, how weak is she?"

Bakugou looked at him with a raised and rather unimpressed brow.

"What about that girl was weak?"

That was some shockingly high praise from him.

Mm, if only Izuku would've heard him say something like that a long time ago.

Then it came to the final round.

Todoroki vs Bakugou.

"Who do you think?" Jirou asked, speaking up for the first time in a while.

"I'm hoping Todoroki, but I do think Bakugou will pull off a win." Izuku sighed sadly, getting the feeling Shoto was going to hold back using his fire regardless of the earlier conversation.

"I hate to think it, but I agree." Ojiro frowned at the thought of Bakugou winning this thing.

Then it proceeded on.

Todoroki, as predicted, didn't use his left side, which Izuku could not help but frown at.

And Bakugou wasn't holding back like Shoto was.

Which, ultimately, led to Todoroki getting knocked out and out of bounds.

Miss Midnight used her quirk to put Bakugou to sleep, and soon declared him the winner of the festival.

While applause sounded throughout the stadium, Izuku and almost everyone else in 1-A frowned.

Well this would do nothing for his already immeasurable ego.

"esta perra."

Izuku nodded to Sero's words there.

Well, this would end fun.

...

Scratch that.

Ass Might was presenting the medals.

While Bakugou was chained up and muzzled.

Izuku would have felt sorry for him given that encounter with the sludge villain.

But after everything that's happened, he felt the blonde more than deserved it, and frankly deserved far worse.

Izuku ignored anything All Might said and at this point was just ready to leave.

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Momo: Indeed, there is no reason for you to ever consider that option.

Tsu: ???

Toru: will you join the Midoriya Protection Squad?

Denki: always.

Mina: one of us.

Ojiro: one of us.

Toru: one of us.

Jirou: one of us, somehow against all odds, Kaminari has done it.

Kiri: one of us.

Sero: one of us.

Tsu: ...this is interesting, even if just a bit disturbing. Kero.

Tokoyami: once one has joined, there is no leaving, there is only darkness and the shadows of despair.

Denki: well damn, our supreme emo.

Momo: ...