Bakugo's POV
I can't help chuckling at my nerd, sure he sounds like a little kid but he just sounds so cute. It's not lost on me what all our teachers are thinking about us either, Zuki tends to leave his mind open to me all the time and it's kind of interesting to see/hear. Seriously All Might you ship us? Nezu; I shiver at his ramblings and do my best to block it out. I really rather not hear his theories on how we might have accidentally combined during adult activities. Which did NOT happen at all.
Deku came up with the idea based on All Might's ability to grow to his hero form and shrink to his small form. After we talked about it for weeks we decided to see exactly how right or wrong we were. It resulted in many headaches, literal headaches.
I groan out loud, speaking of headaches. My head feels like it is splitting now. How did we let ourselves time out again? Oh right we didn't want the villain or the police to see us separating. It took everything we had to stay together until they walked out.
Why is the halfs' hero name bothering me so much? Shoto. Really a child could do better than that. You know what fuck it. By the end of today we will have at least two if not three names for him to choose from. I refuse to let him cause me more trouble than he already has with Red.
"You have ten minutes before we leave for the dorms and our beds," I growl loud enough for them to hear. Deku is already out for the count but that's okay it's not like I can't handle a few questions.
"How did you know it wasn't me?" Nezu questioned immediately. Damn straight to the point.
"Your eyes are black but Toga's were brown. Don't know if that was her quirk wearing off or not but we knew it wasn't you and she was most likely but it was the knife that gave her away. It could have been anyone if not for the knife. Next."
"How did the knife give it away?" Eraserhead asked next, I looked up to see him holding the weapon in question. They must not have bothered taking it because it didn't actually cut any of us. Dumb asses.
"Smell it, it reeks of blood. Yet it is polished and smooth. She probably uses blood to clean it or some nasty ass shit. Next." I'm getting bored but they aren't really giving me hard questions.
"How did you smell it from where you were?" All Might this time.
"Deku and I are still two people our senses get magnified a lot when we use that move. Everything from sight and smell to pain." I can't help letting a shiver run through me. If a baby would have hit us while we were like that we could have crumpled, if we weren't prepared. At least I would have, Deku's pain tolerance is ridiculous. If he can stand so can I.
"When you say pain-?" Nezu started.
"No. We will not answer that. Next or I leave now." I cut him off. Deku has a literal notebook for each hero and villain; their strengths and weaknesses the pros and cons of each and how to take down each one. He is a slave driver when it comes to studying this kind of information. He has had years to develop methods for each one and it's scary how easy each pro can be taken down by a quirkless kid. Each plan is formed using absolutely no quirks at all.
He let me destroy my own notebook only after I had each and every detail memorised. Something about never wanting me vulnerable for even a second. I love him but he is terrifying.
"Why won't you answer?" All Might again, I tried not to roll my eyes but failed.
"There is literally one person who could actually defeat us and you think that we will just tell him how? Sure he is a good guy now but what about in the future? Can you say that there is nothing that could stop you from turning?"
"I would nev-" All might started.
"So you're telling me that if they had Deku and I were knocked out with blades at our throats and the only way to stop them from killing us is for you to hurt another hero that you wouldn't?" I glared at him. Yeah it was an unfair question for an unfair situation. But it was still a possibility and he had to understand that.
"I see." He hesitated before looking back up at me again. "Young Midoriya has had quite the impact on you. That is a possibility I had never considered." I roll my eyes again. He is so lucky I still see him as my hero, Deku and I both do.
"Two minutes so last question," I remind them. I'm not fucking around I'm going to carry Deku and ignore anything else they have to say on the matter once the time limit is up.
"Who are Eri's parents?" My head snapped up at that question. I glared at Eraserhead and sitting up I picked up my boyfriend, I turned around and left. I ignored all other questions and I don't give a damn about what the others had to say. Not anymore.
"Deku," I only said his name, my voice wasn't even that loud, but his eyes were wide open as if I had set off an explosion instead of saying his name. We use our own quirks and leave finding Eri with Present Mic, we pick her up saying we were going home for what was left of our weekend. Not that there was much left, just the rest of today.
Eri was happy enough seeing Nana Inko and my parents. She was a bit surprised when she found out she was staying home this week though.
"Why Papa?" Her big eyes looked like she was about to cry and it broke my heart.
"Well you know how Daddy and I had to use 'The All Might'?" I asked her and she nodded all serious like, making it hard not to be proud of her.
"We just need to make sure the school is safe again before you come back." She looked like she was about to cry still so I went on. "Plus Uncle Aizawa is asking who your parents are again. We need to keep you safe. Do you understand?"
I watched as understanding seemed to light up her eyes. If they found out Deku and I were her parents they wouldn't let her come back at all. So staying home just one week wasn't so bad after all. Not if it meant she could come back.
"Okay Papa," she sniffed but her tears remained where they were unshed until she was ready for them.
When it was time for Deku and I to leave for school again the next morning, fuck it all I'm going to miss her. As if she read my mind she jumps into my arms where I can hold her tight. I barely even noticed Deku crying as he held onto us as well.
"Look Eri," Deku started after I put her down and I turned away to wipe away the tears that were trying to leave my eyes. "If anyone tried to take you or hurt you or our family you have my permission to use your quirk. Look at me. I'm serious, we can say you lost control. I don't even care so long as you all stay safe. Do you understand?"
She finally lost control and cried and fuck it all I swear it's contagious because somehow I had wet steaks running down my cheeks. We all said our goodbyes and Deku and I had to clean our faces before we left for school. Our hands tightly clasped as we walked, it wasn't long before the school was in sight. We didn't even look up as we passed the school gates, we didn't bother to respond to our names being called out. I don't even know who all they were, I just didn't care.
It wasn't until we were sitting in class and Eraserhead asked, "Where's Eri?" That I just couldn't fucking take it anymore. I don't know exactly what happened next, only that tears were streaming down my face and my desk was flipped over. Deku was holding me back, his green lightning cracking over him helping him. What I do know were the words that came through my teeth.
"It's all your fucking fault! She can't be here and it's all your fucking fault!" I was screaming and explosions were involuntarily being set off from my body as I sobbed. "Eri's not here and it's because of you." I finally collapsed on the floor, my chair somehow halfway across the room as I cried in Deku's arms, his quirk still fully activated against me, but I just didn't care. Time seemed to both go by in a flash and stand still, my knees hit the floor. Hard.
I just don't care that Eraserhead looked shocked, frozen in place. I don't care that everyone but Red had flinched to the outer walls away from me. I don't care that Red had joined Deku trying to hold me down as I sobbed. Least of all I don't care that my quirk was going haywire setting off explosions, hell if there would have been any water in the room I couldn't even begin to guess what would have happened.
All that I cared about was the fact that my little Eri wasn't here. Why can't the world just be safe? Why can't she just be safe? Is it even normal to feel this way? I love her, she is my daughter, that I understand. I want to explode anything that could cause her harm, hell I understand that. I'm protective, cool.
But why does it feel like my very being is being tortured just by the thought of her getting hurt? Why does the thought of her getting hurt because I couldn't protect her destroy all my rationality? Why do I feel so hopeless?
Aizawa's POV
"Who are Eri's parents?" The words were out before I knew it. It looked like Bakugo would get whiplash from how hard he snapped his head up to glare at me. Why did I ask that? I already know that she was adopted by his parents but it was like a part of me needed to hear him say it. That he was her brother.
Instead he just walked out of the office ignoring both All Might and Nezu, not that I could blame him. We all knew that she was a special case. She needed to stay with me for almost a year because she couldn't control her quirk at all. But why did Bakugo take it so personally?
Red and Todoroki are dismissed and Midnight comes into the office with Vlad King. Just great.
"So you're telling me a student knowingly attacked Nezu and you let him walk out of here?" His voice grates on my nerves but of course he doesn't stop there. "He should have been expelled at the very least he should have gotten detention."
"So you would rather Toga run around pretending to be Nezu than know you were wrong?" I narrowed my eyes at him. "Because that is exactly what would have happened if they didn't react the way they did."
"Of course not, don't twist my words." That didn't stop him from looking away clearly embarrassed by the implication.
"Now now everything worked out didn't it? Besides both boys already have their licenses so it's not like they could get in trouble for arresting a villain while they were committing a crime anyway." Midnight tried to soothe us.
"Crime? What crime? The way I understand it they just ran into the office as if they owned the place and started strangling someone everyone thought was Nezu." Vlad King hissed.
"Do I need to remind you of the knife that would have killed me or the one aimed at one of my students?" I stand up ready to storm out of the office. My students don't deserve this kind of interrogation, they deserve to be rewarded, not threatened.
"Aizawa is correct. They sensed a clear threat, investigated it and weighed everything they knew before acting. They reacted and conducted themselves better than most pro heroes." Nezu replied calmly, it's unbelievable that he was found tied up in a storage closet not even 12 hours ago with the way he was sipping on his tea.
"You can't keep giving these kids extra privileges like this. If any over student would have done this they would be getting a lecture and at least a detention." Vlad King was red in the face at this point.
Then he seemed to swing himself at me but really he just turned too fast to keep his balance. "And another thing! Since when have you ever cared for your students? You normally expel your students before they get half way through their first year. Now all of a sudden you have not only your entire class at almost the end of their second year but you gained an extra one too?"
My eyes glowed red and my hair and scarf started floating unnaturally. "I don't pass students who won't make good heroes." I try to pull myself back from the rage that was building up inside of me. If he didn't back off soon I was going to give him a lesson in manners.
"Right!" He scoffs at the idea, "You are only willing to teach those with potential." The sarcasm in his voice had my blood boiling.
"Well I don't have half my class dying during their first year after graduation now do I?" I hissed at him. I know that was below the belt but damn it all kids are meant to be protected not lined up and gunned down. If they have to inherit the villains of today I need to make sure that they are prepared for the villains of tomorrow.
"You son of a bi-!" he started but the door to the office flung open catching both of our attention.
My husband came in smiling happily. "The boys just picked up Eri!" He continued to grin as if he knew a secret. "They went home for the day. They said they wanted to spend the day with family. Who would have thought those two would grow up so much this year?"
He stood and looked around he saw Vlad King and I in defensive positions and All Might and Nezu behind us. "Do I want to know?" He asked after letting out a sigh and rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Nevermind, I don't. Nezu did you need us for anything?" He asked looking behind me before I could even bring myself to respond.
"No, I think we are done here," Nezu sets his cup down and stands up from behind his desk. "I think we all need to go home and rest, after all we still have classes tomorrow."
"Great Shota we should have our own family night. We can pick up a movie and order in, lord only knows that Shadow misses you terribly." My blond was practically vibrating with excitement.
At first I frown but seeing his energy and excitement dragged a small grin to my face. "Hisashi Yamada, what are you up to?" I try to grumble as he drags me out by the hand he managed to grab.
"You'll see~," he sang as he pulled me away.
***
The next morning came far too early but for once I was able to sleep for more than just 2 hours at a time. The new sleeping pills I got from Recovery Girl must actually be working.
I walk into my classroom and prepare for the day and when I'm done I crawl into my sleeping bag for a few extra minutes of sleep.
When the bell rang I crawl out again and start attendance but before I even say the first name. I realise that the room is stone quiet. I looked up to see all of my students with erect backs, feet flat on the floor and hands clasped on their desk, all but two. I see Midoriya and Bakugo slouching and both look like they just came back from a funeral.
That's when I noticed it. Eri isn't here. I scan the room and sure enough she is nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Eri?" A feeling of dread was already consuming me. My stomach felt like it now rested on the floor between my feet but that did nothing to prepare me for Bakugo's outburst;
"It's all your fucking fault! She can't be here and it's all your fucking fault!" He screamed his throat already raw and explosions were being set off almost randomly. I don't see how he could have been controlling them considering the amount of damage he was doing to himself.
"Eri's not here and it's because of you." He collapsed on the floor, his chair unable to catch him went flying back by the sheer force of him falling. He cried in Midoriya's arms, his quirk fully activated against him, he still landed on his knees hitting the floor hard.
I was speechless, shocked couldn't even begin to cover how I felt. Eri isn't here? She's gone? Why? All I did was ask who her parents were. That couldn't have been it could it? After all this time it was no secret that the hero association were still trying to figure out who had adopted her. I know because I have told them more than once. Not wanting them to think I was sneaking around when it came to her safety.
"Why now?" I croaked it not even realizing that I said it out loud. The rest of the class had taken refuge against the walls as my problem child screamed and cried in front of me. Red, using his quirk, pinned his arms from the front as Midoriya held him from behind green lightning cracking over all three of them.
I finally snapped out of it and activated my own quirk finally bringing an end to the explosions but not too the screaming crying boy that Eri called Papa. She has everyday for months now and looking at Midoriya and Red I could see that they were no better off. All of them handling their grief in the best way they knew how. Midoriya crying internalizing it, Bakugo setting himself off although unintentional and Red. My God poor Red. He was just talking Bakugo's explosions but now that my quirk was activated I could see that he was letting himself take the beating. It was like he needed the pain.
Dropped in front of my three problem children and before I even knew what was going on my arms were open and all three of them were bawling in my arms, clutching at me like a lifeline. My clothes were soaked from their tears but I didn't care. I didn't even notice my own tears streaming down my face.
I looked up and told Iida to go to Recovery Girls office and tell her we needed her here in the classroom. Everyone else was dismissed for the day. I watched as my students packed their things and left and it wasn't long before Iida came back with Recovery Girl and I dismissed him as well.
"But sir-,"
"No buts. You all have to learn to handle your own emotional health. Tell me what good of a teacher can i be as i am now?" I cut him off to ask. He remained silent but I didn't stop there. "Look in a mirror and tell me that you can actually study properly the way you are now." My comment shocked him and he accepted a mirror from one of his classmates. He was able to see the crying mess that he was for himself.
How did I get such a messed up group of students? They each had their own problems yet they each strived so hard to save the day for someone else. To be someone else's hero. Recovery Girl examined all three boys and healed them from the injuries caused by the explosions.
She never asked what had happened nor did she lecture us. I don't know if it was the fact that I was struggling to keep my composure as well or not. She left telling us that Bakugo should not be left alone because his quirk would probably set off again causing more damage to himself.
How did we end up in Yagi's office?