Capítulo 2101: 31
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UA was abuzz with excitement. It had been announced this morning in the homeroom that the UA Sports Festival would be held. 1-A finished Art History Midnight dismissed them to go to lunch but waved Izuku over. "Midoriya, stay behind for a minute."
Izuku did his best not to roll his eyes as he said. "Sure thing Ms.Midnight."
Once the class was gone, Nemuri sat on the desk next to Izuku's and sighed. "So, how have you been? It's been a while since we talked."
Izuku smiled. "I'm fine. I've recovered from all my injuries, and my workout is going well."
Nemuri hummed. "How about you and your partners?"
Izuku flushed a bit, and Nemuri grinned. "Oh, some developments. Don't give me any grandbabies yet."
Izuku choked and glared at his mother. "That's not gonna happen any time soon."
Nemuri cooed, "but you want it to happen at some point. That's so sweet I can feel my blood sugar rising."
Izuku groaned as his mother chuckled and collected herself. "So how about the Sports Festival? Are you gonna go for the gold?"
Izuku sighed. "I... don't know. I wanna do good and get offers, but I don't know how far I'll get. There are some powerful people in my class, and I don't know anything about class B."
Nemuri ruffled his hair. "Well, no matter how bad you do, you'll get an offer from the person I know you wanna intern with."
Izuku quirked an eyebrow. "Who?"
Nemuri smiled and kicked her legs as she stared at her son, who stared back at her in confusion. Eventually, she huffed and pointed at herself. "Me. You can intern with me. Ever since school started, we haven't gotten to spend much time together, so the internships will be a good time for that. I can teach you more, and in our downtime, we can get some quality time in."
Izuku grumbled and looked away as he said. "Uh... well, you see. I was kinda thinking about... not going with you for the internships."
He tried not to look at the hurt look in Nemuri's eyes. "Aw, why not? You get into college, and suddenly you don't wanna spend time with me."
Izuku huffed. "Not true, I'm just busy. Maybe if I didn't have so much school work, I could leave campus and go home more often."
Nemuri chuckled but stopped and looked over as the door opened and Pony walked in. She glanced at them and said. "S-sorry, forgot my phone."
Midnight smiled. "No problem Tsunatori."
Once Pony was gone, Izuku snapped his fingers. "Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask before because of well... the USJ and stuff, but is it ok if I tell the class that you're my mom?"
Nemuri hummed. "They don't know? Wasn't there that whole magazine thing?"
"Apparently, I don't look much like the photo, so no one has said anything," Izuku said. "Tsu asked about my connection to you, and I told them I knew you from junior high when you would keep an eye on me, but I didn't tell them you adopted me."
"Uh... sure you can tell them. I don't think it really matters. If anyone gives you trouble or talks about favoritism, send them to me, and I'll set them straight." Nemuri said with a grin.
Izuku nodded. "Alright, thanks, mom. I'll see you tomorrow."
The two got up, and Nemuri hugged Izuku as she said. "See you tomorrow."
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Himiko woke up as she felt the air shift and her door closed quietly. There were one too many people in her room. They were quiet, which was impressive but not quiet enough. Himiko lunged from her bed and pinned the body to the floor as they yelped. Himiko put pressure on their arm and whispered. "Who the fuck are you?"
"N-no one... I'm sorry. Please let me go, and I'll never try this again." The voice was a boy, someone around her age probably.
"What were you trying to do?" Himiko asked.
They struggled, and Himiko put pressure on their arm. "Try to run, and I'll break your arm. Answer me."
The door opened, and light poured in. Himiko looked up as Warden turned the lights on. "Rush, would you care to explain why you're in Changeling's room after hours?"
Himiko looked down at the boy. She was right; he was around her age. He had rust-red hair and yellow eyes which looked terrified. "I- no, I uh..."
Warden hummed. "Changeling, release the idiot, and both of you come with me."
The woman didn't want for them to respond; she just started walking. Himiko made sure to step on Rush as she got off him and followed Warden. Rush caught up quickly and kept his distance from both women. Now that he was on his feet, she noticed he was kinda tall and lanky. Totally not her type.
Warden pulled a card out of a side pocket and tapped it against a scanner. The door opened, and Warden held it open. "Enter."
Himiko tensed as she entered the room and saw against the opposite wall was a woman sitting seiza on a cushion. What unsettled Himiko was the woman's black hair splayed up the wall like a spider's web with the ends of each strand digging into the concrete behind her. Himiko couldn't pull her eyes away from where the woman's eyes should have been.
Rush muttered something about how creepy the woman looked, and Warden smacked the back of his head as she closed the door. "Seer, is anyone else misbehaving tonight?"
The woman looked right at Warden, who was walking across the room. "No, ma'am, everyone else is in their rooms or out on a mission."
Warden nodded and turned to look at the duo she had dragged here. "You two are our newest members, so you don't know about Seer. She's our eyes here at the UHD; her quirk lets her see everything in the compound. During the night when you should all be sleeping, she's watching to make sure no one misbehaves like Rush."
Warden looked at Rush. "So next time you decide to carry out Twist's stupid orders, don't try at night."
Himiko glared at Rush, who fidgeted. "I- no, I wasn't. It wasn't Twist."
Warden scoffed. "Don't lie, boy. I know he's got you under his thumb. In fact, it seems like he's getting a big head these days."
Himiko felt her stomach drop as Warden walked over to a control panel and hit a few buttons. "I think everyone needs a reminder about where they are and who's in charge."
The PA system blared loudly and announced for all UHD members to converge in the main sparring room. Warden headed for the door and wordlessly motioned for Himiko and Rush to follow.
Within ten minutes, the nearly twenty UHD agents who were in the compound were gathered. Spread out between them were people dressed like Warden who wore helmets obscuring their faces. Warden herself stood in the middle of the crowd with a few feet between her and everyone else.
Himiko spotted a large man with graying hair looking very unhappy. Next to him were a few people and Razor, who was glaring at Rush and Himiko. Warden cleared her throat as she said. "Tonight, we had a little incident between our two newest recruits. It seems Rush tried to sneak into Changelings room."
A few people laughed, and a few more complained, but Warden's cold glare silenced them. "Though it wouldn't be right to blame either of them for this. No, this wasn't their fault. You see, Rush was acting on orders from Twist, who seems to think he runs my compound."
The crowd looked at the large man next to Razor. He stood and glared hard at Warden as he said. "I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't tell him to do shit. Stop fucking with us and let us get some sleep."
Warden's cold eyes flicked around the room as she said. "Twist, are you refuting what I said? This is my home, and I am kind enough to let you all stay here. You would be so rude to your host as to accuse her of being a liar?"
Twist stepped up and looked down at Warden. "Yeah, I am. I do the HPSC's dirty work all fucking day, and then you wake me up in the middle of the night cause some kids wanna fuck around, and you blame me? Fuck that and fuck you, Warden."
Warden sighed, and quicker than anyone could react, she pulled her baton from her belt and cracked Twist's knee with it. A sickening crunch echoed through the room as he dropped and clutched his broken knee while holding back a scream. Warden stared at him with no pity or remorse. "I would like an apology, Twist. Your words were quite hurtful and uncalled for so."
Warden planted her boot by Twist's face. "Lick it and say I'm sorry, ma'am. I didn't mean to say that."
Twist glared up at her. "Fuck you bitch. You're a psycho, and the only reason you're not one of us is because you killed everyone close to you!"
The baton came down again. This time it struck his ribs, and Himiko was pretty sure some of them either cracked or broke. Warden's eyes looked like empty glass. There was no emotion behind what she did or said. "Your daughter is starting high school, isn't she?"
Twist tensed, and the room got several degrees colder and quieter. "She's a beautiful young woman now. She really takes after her mother though she does have your eyes and your quirk. I hear her dream is to be a defendant. She doesn't want people to lose family because of a bad choice."
Twist looked at Warden with fear in his eyes as the unsaid threat hung over him. Slowly and while trying to keep himself from shaking, he licked Warden's boot and said. "I-I'm sorry, ma'am. I didn't mean to say that."
Warden hummed and clipped her baton back to her belt. "Razor, Mist, take him to the infirmary. Everyone else, go to sleep and remember this is my home, and I am letting you live here. Please be respectful of my rules and courteous of the other guests. Do that, and we'll all have a better time in the UHD."
Himiko felt a chill run down her spine as Warden took a second longer to look at her before walking off. Fear pushed Himiko's feet, and she got back to her room in no time. Once she was alone, she curled in on herself while pulling the blankets over her head. This place was hell, and if she took one misstep, the people she loved would pay the price. She needed to leave as soon as possible.
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Nezu hummed as he looked over several emails. Native was tracking Lord Explosion, and Mr.Brave was putting together a team to try and take him in. Sadly they wouldn't be able to get Aizawa on the team as he was already on a raid team for a recent quirk trafficking ring that had cropped up, which took precedence over a vigilante. Curiously an email popped up that was from a burner account. The email simply asked, 'how does a cat catch a rat when the rat is outside, and the cat is trapped inside?'
Nezu smiled and deleted the email before tapping away at his computer. Things were happening that he hadn't expected to happen yet. It was always so much fun when something unexpected happened in his life.
The dean of UA hummed happily to himself as he continued to work and ensure his school ran smoothly.
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Hawks rubbed his eyes as he sat on his favorite radio tower. This tower was nice because it was a blind spot in the Commission's network. He didn't know why or how, but whenever he was here, it was like they didn't exist, and he could pretend to be a normal hero striving for a better world instead of... whatever he had become. Most days, he certainly didn't feel like a hero, and ever since throwing Himiko into that pit called the UHD, he hasn't felt like much of a person either.
Hawks sighed and rested his head against the tower. Hopefully, before long, he would be able to get her out and somewhere safe. He had sent the message to Nezu, and now he just needed to wait for the sign. The message itself was odd, but it was something he had gotten from the rat during one of their very few meetings. The understanding being that if Hawks ever needed help, he was to send the message then wait. The number three just prayed that it wasn't some kinda test by the HPSC, and it turned out that Nezu was on their side the whole time.
Hawks stood silently and flared his wings out before stepping off the tower. He had work to do and appearances to keep.
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Several people sat around the common room of 1-As dorm as they listened to their American classmate give her theory that Izuku was romantically involved with Ms.Midnight despite having two girlfriends already. No one was sure if they should believe Pony or not. On the one hand, she had heard some odd stuff about their teacher wishing she could spend more time with Izuku and how they hadn't gotten to see each other much now that he was in college. On the other hand, it was Pony and her understanding of their language, which had improved, was still not perfect, and it was possible she just misheard.
The issue could be solved quickly, except Izuku and his girlfriends were out of the dorms right now. Hanta laughed. "Maybe they're all dating Midnight, and the four of them are on a date."
Minoru made a strangled noise before saying. "That bastard. He talks about how I act and then goes around snagging every woman he sees."
Denki flicked the purple boy's forehead and said. "Don't get yourself twisted up inside. We still don't know that's the truth. Sure, Ms.Midnight is really hot, and makes lewd jokes during class and kinda pushes her boobs out sometimes." Several people rolled their eyes, wondering where Denki was going with this. "And she sits on Midoriya's desk a lot... and she teases Ashido and Hagakure more than the other girls... you know Tsunatori might have a point."
Kyoka facepalmed, and Pony pumped her fist. "Kyo's Japanese tutoring has paid off. I found the truth of Midori."
Kyoka blushed as Pony leaned over and hugged her tightly. "Thank you so much, Kyo."
"A-ah, it's uh fine. You're my English tutor, so it's all fair." Kyoka said as she tried to ignore how close Pony was even after letting go. 'Why are all the girls in my class so friendly and so pretty and... fuck I'm spacing out.'
The punk refocused on the conversation as Ochako talked about how she thought there might be something else going on and how they shouldn't speculate since the last time they did that, it turned out differently than they thought. Momo agreed with her and steered the conversation onto other topics. Kyoka thought it was odd how quickly Momo jumped on the opportunity to not talk about Izuku and Midnight's relationship.
They didn't stay off that topic for long as Izuku, Mina, and Toru came back to the dorms, and Pony shot to her feet and pointed accusingly at Izuku. "Midori, what is your relationship with Ms.Midnight? Are you boning her for grades, or is it love?"
Half the room choked while the rest were too stunned to react. Izuku looked horrified, and his girlfriends quickly doubled over in laughter. Mina was on her knees, clutching her sides as she said. "I-is it true, Izu? Are you boning our art history teacher?"
Toru giggled and said. "I always knew something was up with you two." the invisible girl tried to hold back her laughter as she spoke. "How long has it been going on? Ever since junior high or is it recent?"
Kyoka sighed and rubbed her face. "Pony, we're gonna have to talk about... that whole thing later."
The American pouted before smiling. "Can we have snacks and watch movies in your room afterward?"
Kyoka stared at her for a moment before giving in to the sight of her big blue eyes. "Fine, but only after I explain why that whole sequence isn't something you should do."
Tsu ribbited. "I think she handled it quite well."
"Refocusing on Green," Kyoka said before looking back at Izuku, who was helping his girlfriend's back to their feet. He looked very done with today. "So Green, what's up with you and Midnight?"
Izuku chuckled. "So I didn't lie totally, and I got permission to talk about it. I met Nemuri in my last year of junior high, and she watched over me and talked to me sometimes. I guess she came to like me because she started training me. Then before high school, she adopted me, and I became her son. I've been living with her ever since. I'm guessing Tsunatori heard some of our conversation earlier today."
"She adopted you?" Ochako asked, and Izuku nodded as he took a seat.
"Yep. It took a bit, but I see Nemuri as my mom."
"How can you see Midnight as a mom?" Minoru asked, sounding devastated.
Izuku looked at the short boy and said, "Because Midnight's just an act. Nemuri Is actually pretty chill and honestly a bit of a slob. I mean, she turns into a mess when Hirooki flirts with her."
The room was quiet, and Izuku cleared his throat after a moment. "Uh, don't say anything about Midnight dating someone. That was a slip of the tongue on my part."
Minoru had seemed to go catatonic as he muttered about how wonderful sweet fantasies were being shattered one after the other. Denki poked him a few times before saying. "Holy shit Midoriya you broke him."
Izuku sighed. "I didn't mean to... so um, any questions, I guess?"
A few of his classmates asked about what it was like living with Nemuri and why she put on the Midnight act. Izuku answered them as best he could before picking Minoru up and saying. "I'm gonna go drop him off in his room."
Notes:
hey if you haven't seen it I posted a one-shot recently you should check it out.
speaking of One-shots I promised one for Hypno. a what-if and it is coming but... well it's longer than I first imagined it to be so I'm still working on it. I really like it and I can't wait for you to get to read it.
also been thinking I want to read a fantasy AU for MHA.
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