Redemption

Welcome, Shouto.

Everyone in class 1-A was in the common room when the doors opened and Present Mic came through with Aizawa who had Nedzu on his shoulder. All Might and Ectoplasm followed closely behind them. The teachers walked over to a couch and sat down. Nedzu climbed down from Aizawa's shoulder and sat on his leg instead.

"As you all know, we have someone coming in today. He will be here in a few minutes. I would like you all to know that he is easily disturbed and has dangerous natural reactions, as I am sure Aizawa has told you."

"Yeah, that was a fun experience," Aizawa grumbled, feeling the bandages on his back.

Nedzu continued, "He has multiple mental disorders. A few to list off are OCD, anxiety, depression, and Borderline Personality Disorder, and C-PTSD. He also has hallucinations and panic attacks so watch what you do around him.

"As you know, he was somewhat associated with the League of Villains. His brother, Dabi, was killed 3 weeks ago by a low ranking hero named Bulletproof. I'm sure Aizawa told you this information as well. However, he did not tell you that Dabi and Shouto are pro hero Endeavor's sons. Shouto went missing and was presumed dead. Dabi was thought to have killed his brother. Shouto shared some information with us while he was in the hospital. While it is still pending if it is true, he and his brother were abused along with their mother. Endeavor apparently called it training but quite obviously, it was most anything but.

"We will bring detective Tsukauchi in to interview him and if we find Shouto is telling the truth, we will be opening a case against Endeavor and we will be housing him here. No charges will be pressed against Shouto. He did do things wrong, and could have taken a different path to show his ideals, but he has potential. Which is why he is going to be here. He was not a villain, he just stood by the only thing he had left to call family." Nedzu ended his speech when the doors opened again and Midnight walked in.

"He's here. The police want to know if you want guards to come in as well," Midnight said, standing at the doorway. "He doesn't seem dangerous but we might want to take extra precautions," Nedzu nodded and Midnight walked back out the doors. They waited a few more minutes before the guards walked in followed by the police and Shouto.

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From the looks on everyone's faces, Aizawa thought they would ever think Shouto would look so much like them. They probably didn't. He was wearing black torn skinny jeans and a black turtleneck... And a pair of black Converse which made him look like a regular emo teen and not a mentally unstable child that was associated with the League of Villains, save for the color. The gloves fit right into the outfit. The policemen sat him down in a chair and the guards stood beside him, hands on their holsters, ready to draw their tasers if it came to it.

Shouto seemed to stare blankly into space, face expressionless and turned toward the floor. Some of the students in the room started shifting uncomfortably in their seats, Bakugou sitting as far away from him as he could. Shouto looked up at Aizawa, hetero-chromatic eyes seemingly boring into his soul. They were full of hatred, sadness, grief, yet emotionless all the same.

The silence stretched on, seemingly forever, the two only staring. Finally, Shouto spoke.

"Why am I here?"

"You're here to learn about being a hero, kid," Aizawa said, deciding to look at the floor rather than Shouto's face.

"I don't want to be a hero. Heroes are corrupt. Endeavor is a prime example. He's even the number one hero now. I'd rather you lock me in a mental hospital like he did to my mother than learn to be a fraud," Shouto said and the room filled with thick tension.