once more to see you

Request

It was the day of the sports festival, and with the theory he had from yesterday fresh in his mind, it was time. Izuku burst open the tall wooden door to the principal's office. The whole school was busy with the tasks that come with hosting one of the biggest event in Japan, but the Chimera had always preferred being a spectating party. Nezu sat on his desk, cup of tea in hand, and a computer in front of him. "Can we talk, it's urgent." Izuku asked, staring straight into the principal's beady eyes. Nezu simply smiled his token cynical smile, "I'm very interested in what you deem 'urgent'. Go on." Izuku took a seat right across from Nezu. "I decided to talk with you now because of the window of time you will be alone, but my thoughts have been in motion much longer. I need your support, and the support of UA, to save the League of villains." Nezu's ear twitched. "The League of Villains? As in the group that attacked UA? Why would we save them?" Nezu asked, clearly intrigued rather than concerned. "I have discovered information about the members that point to them not being in command of their choices." Nezu sipped his tea, "Please elaborate." Izuku took a deep breath, talking about this would never be easy.

"The league is under the command of All for One."

Nezu blinked, the Chimera had already had his suspicion that this was the case, he wasn't considered a genius for nothing, but how did Izuku know? "There's more, but this is disturbing information, so if you don't mind I would like one other teacher to overhear this so I won't have to repeat it. Could you call in Mr. Aizawa." Nezu's eyes shined at the prospect of whatever disturbing information Izuku had found out, so he tapped into Aizawa's communicator, "Aizawa could you come to my office, leave Mic to take care of commentating." Nezu spoke into the mic. "Okay." The erasure hero knew better than to ask questions, Nezu watched on the security cameras as Aizawa signed to Present Mic why he was leaving and walked out the door.

The hero walked into Nezu's office, his eyes immediately landing on Izuku. Nezu smiled at the hero, "Aizawa, thank you for coming, take a seat, Midoriya here has some unsettling information about the league of villains that he would like to share, he requested your presence." Aizawa watched how Izuku clutched his notebook, how he shifted his weight from one foot to the other. "Okay, I'm listening." Aizawa said, queuing Izuku to start talking. "Before I get into the information I want you both to be warned, that this information could be triggering, may I continue?" Once both the superiors nodded, Izuku commenced. "The two men you saw at the USJ attack are Kurogiri and Shigaraki. From what I've observed Kurogiri is very loyal and probably has been some form of brain washed to serve Shigaraki. Whoever he was before Shigaraki, he doesn't remember." Aizawa was listening intently, it matched up with what he witnessed, but how did Izuku know so much?

"Now, Shigaraki on the other hand... his story is much more disturbing." Izuku knew this was most likely going to be the hardest part for him to talk about. "Let me be clear when I say, I'm only telling you guys this because it is important to the story, I would NEVER out someone without reason. Shigaraki is transgender, FTM." Aizawa screamed inside, he fucking knew it, he cursed himself for not following his gut and looking into it. "Shigaraki was 4 when his quirk manifested, he was already previously being abused and neglected by his father so he was in a very unstable state. Unfortunately this caused his quirk to go out of control. His entire family was disintegrated by the outburst." Aizawa winced at that, destructive quirks like Shigaraki's can become volatile very quickly, that wasn't something a 4-year old should have to go through. "It gets worse. His quirk destroyed almost everything he owned as well, leaving Shigaraki to roam the streets with barely a shirt on him. He was shivering and alone, with the burden of his family's demise on his shoulders. That's when All for One found him." Nezu and Aizawa watched as the air around Izuku turned deadly. "That disgusting shit raped him." Nezu twitched, and Aizawa, he was ready to kill. "All for One continues to be in Shigaraki's life, grooming him, threatening him, misgendering him, dead naming him, and I'm not sure if the sexual assault has stopped either." Izuku clenched his fists, nails digging crescents in him palm. "That man in dead." Aizawa spoke, his voice laced with anger.

Nezu put his... paw (?) on Aizawa's arm. "Aizawa, I think there's more. Calm down." Nezu said turning to Izuku, Aizawa didn't take getting told to calm down nicely, glaring at his boss, but shutting up when Izuku nodded. "Unfortunately there is. Since the attack, the league has new members, all of them young, and carrying too many problems. First we have Toga, who is recovering from an eating disorder, and has been disowned by her family because of her 'villainous' quirk, which involves blood. Second, We have Twice, I still don't know the specifics but because of his quirk he has a split personality, he has never received any help or therapy that I know of. Third, Dabi, if my theory is correct he is the son of a pro-hero who has gotten away with a quirk marriage and abuse. Then there is Magne, who is also transgender, MTF, and proud of it. I believe she was brought into the league because of the discrimination she went through. Fifth, Comepress, I haven't found out his whole backstory but he seems to have history is the performance industry, which is a dark place at times." He looked back at the older two, "That's all I know." Nezu's eyes gleamed, he kept his smile, but it was clear that he was a set off by the information by the manner in which he twitched. Aizawa looked disgusted, ready to kill, and concerned. Nezu spoke for the both of them when he asked "How did you find out this information?" Izuku smiled a sad smile. "Because Shiggy is my family. We met almost a year before the attack, he saved me. And it's my turn to return the favor, so I have a deal I must make with you." He says facing Nezu. "I need an assured place for the league to stay here at UA and I need heroes to hunt down All for One." Nezu's fur stood on edge, this was the most interesting thing to happen so far, it was very rare people asked such heavy requests. "And what does UA, or I, gain?" Izuku laughed. He hadn't expected the Chimera to be swayed by something like empathy. "Simple. In the time I've been here I've recorded the weaknesses and exact fighting styles of the Hero course students, I also have notebooks filled with the weaknesses of all the teachers and many Pro-heroes. I will hand them to you if you agree to my conditions, and you can't try and trick me, or take the notebook from my because someone I trust ready to upload every notebook I've written since a was 4 onto the internet for everyone to see if something happens to me." Izuku threatened. Aizawa was immediately on the edge this isn't what he expected from the kid who he assumed
was just a smart fanboy. Nezu smiled amused by the situation. "Deal."