Dad Problems

Confessions

"Unbelievable, uncle. Do you have any idea how dumb you were?" Catching and rounding up all the villains on the island, Izuku had found out from them that they were hired by David Shield, his own uncle to take control of I-Island temporarily and use the chaos to steal an item he was working on. "On what planet did you think this was a smart idea?"

"Izuku, please understand that we didn't hire real villains-"

"You actually hired real villains. They weren't just some random off the street slobs that were looking to make a quick buck. They were real villains wanted by the US Hero Board. Because of your actions, you nearly put this island and all its inhabitants into a situation that could've hurt them." Now realizing what he did, David held his head down realizing he may have made a terrible mistake. "What were you even planning to do that you'd stoop this low to do?"

"...My research on this island was to find a way to enhance quirk factors through means that do not harm the body. A way to bring out someone's latent potential to help make fighting crime a little easier on heroes. I found a way to succeed, but it cost me most of my budgeting for the project. If I couldn't succeed, the people offering would kick me and Melissa off this island. I didn't want that to happen to her. She's happy here. Not only that, but All Might's recent tests came in. He's on the verge of no longer being able to be a hero anymore."

"So you did this for both Mel and DadMight."

"Yes. You know for a fact that if All Might was to no longer be among the heroes, crime rate will rise. It's happened all across the world in the past years. Because of that, Melissa she..." David didn't want to finish his sentence since Melissa had lost her mother at a young age and grew up without one most of her life.

"Uncle David. You had to have known putting this together that you won't get away with it."

"I know. And I was ready to go to jail if need be. I just...I wanted to help your father one final time. If he remains a hero, then maybe-"

"DadMight will step down from heroism in at the latest, less than three years. He made that point very clear when I chose the path I did."

"What are you talking about?" David looked at Izuku as he began cleaning some dirt out of his nails and explaining.

"All Might has been around for a very long time. He's a great hero, an idol, a symbol. But that doesn't make him immortal. He's human like you and me, which means he gets hurt, bleeds, grows old and dies like us. Do I like thinking this morbidly, no. But this is the inevitable thing we need to see. Instead of preserving what is bound to die off, why don't you preserve the legacy left and make sure the world grows from it. I mean, did you even think about what would happen when Mel found out? Did you think what would happen when dad found out!? What if this didn't work also? What if you did all this effort succeeded and got Dad-Might to use the device and it didn't work. DID YOU EVEN PLAN FOR THAT TO HAPPEN!?"

Realizing more how poorly his decision was, David held his head down. "I'm sorry, Izuku. I...I just wanted to help. I never wanted anyone to get hurt."

"I know. I know you had the best intentions you could doing this. All you wanted to do was make a world safe for the people. Safe for Mel. But even though you wanted to do good, that doesn't change the fact you almost caused a lot of trouble and almost committed a serious crime. Because of that, I have half a mind to report you right now to the authorities and revoke your privilege to work on this island along with facing criminal charges." This struck David where it hurt most knowing he was no different than the villains the man he wanted to help would put in jail. "But...That would hurt Mel and DadMight more.Since this was stopped before you actually did something bad, nobody has to know about it. We can both walk away from it like it never happened and I don't have to report something like this since the situation is resolved now." Izuku got up and started walking towards the door. He stopped however to give one final thing to tell David. "DadMight said he was going to retire when I got on the scene. This was going to be his way of saying 'I leave the safety of everyone to my son' and prevent more crime from happening. Nobody else knows about this since it was meant to prevent more unease from happening than should. I'm sorry that we couldn't tell you. But hopefully this gives you some peace of mind knowing the world is in capable hands after All Might is off the scene." Izuku left David Shield in his thoughts, understanding he was in the wrong and should've never done what he planned.