Problem Child

Chapter 4

Yagi Toshinori was having a great morning. He got a full 8 hours sleep last night after going over footage from the sports festival, planning his discussion for his next class. He always checks his email before leaving for work, and finds a surprising one sent from Aizawa to the hero course staff and the principal of UA. The subject of the email is enough to stop him in his tracks: Midoriya Izuku.

Why would Aizawa be sending out an email about his successor? An email that was sent at almost four in the morning? Why would Midoriya be up that late and do something for Aizawa to notice?

Reading the beginning of the email causes him to choke on his blood.

'Midoriya Izuku contacted me after being attacked, and is now residing in the hospital. We believe the perpetrator to be his-'

Yagi can’t read anymore. Young Midoriya attacked? Who would do something like this? Was it a villain who saw him at the sports festival? With its national broadcast that would be his best guess. The students are an easy way to get to the school.

Has anyone told his mother?

Unsure, Yagi sets off for the Midoriya apartment almost immediately, dialling Nezu as he powers up into his All Might form.

“I hope you’re calling to let me know you’re on your way to work Yagi, school started almost 30 minutes ago.” The false cheer in his voice makes Yagi cringe, already dreading what he’s about to do.

“About that…… I won’t be able to make it in today. I have some other matters to attend to.”

“Other matters involving Midoriya Izuku?”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about!” What he had hoped to come out strong came out as a barely contained yell.

“Be careful Yagi, or Eraserhead will erase your head. HA!” The dial tone speaks volumes, and Yagi takes a big breath before leaping to the nearest building, making it to Young Midoriya’s building in no time.

He’s standing in the lobby trying to remember which apartment he needs to go to when he spots the green head of hair belonging to Midoriya Inko. Sighing in relief, Yagi heads her way and catches up by the time she exits the stairwell.

“Miss Midoriya! So good to see you. As you may recall, my name is All Might and I teach your son.” She startles at his loud voice and he inwardly cringes. Maybe he should tone it down a little.

“A-all Might! So good t-to see you again! What can I do for you? Is Izuku in trouble?”

“Umm in a way yes. He’s in the hospital right now, and I’m wondering if you know what happened.” She looks shocked and frown in the direction of her apartment before answering.

“Was he chasing another villain fight? The boy never knows when to stay away. Always writing in those little notebooks of his.” Her tone takes him back a little, but everyone reacts differently to this sort of news.

“No not at all m’am. It seems some sort of villain attacked him sometime last night. I’m not sure of the details. I didn’t finish reading the email before leaving to find you. I believe it had to do with the sports festival. Your son did quite well.” Inko is crying now, loudly and in the middle of the hallway of her apartment building.