The Yellow Brick Road

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His stomach rumbled uncomfortably, as if his voracious hunger was roaring in anger. The doctor who was sat in front of him was frail, he would not make a good meal, but he wasn't hungry anyways. All Might stood at the door, his rank and sick scent subdued by a patch stuck onto his torso-taken from the evidence locker of the police department, where they were used to cover up chemical smells in opiate production labs, and the odor of a rotting corpse. Though the smell was no longer powerful enough to leave Izuku shaking and whimpering, it was enough to curb his appetite, so while the doctor was asking him questions about his newly developed quirk, Izuku's mind wandered to guilty images of just getting a taste.
The detective-who went by Tsukauchi, Izuku had learned- stood in the corner of the office with a dangerous watchful eye, twitching at Izuku's slightest movement. As empathetic as the man was, he was damn cautious too.

After leaving the precinct hours ago, Izuku had been forced to spend his time being poked and prodded, force fed food he used to find delicious but just couldn't stomach anymore. They'd tried to take blood, but the needle broke before his skin did, so they switched to the equipment designed for people with quirks that affect their skin strength, like Cementoss. They got him an X-ray and an MRI. A saliva swab, an endoscopy, he'd been there all day, and finally they were done with him. All that was left was to hear their findings.
The doctor straightened the thick file of paperwork on his desk and cleared his throat as he set it down to open it and glance over the contents. Izuku sat on the other side of the desk. The doctor cleared his throat again, nervously Izuku assumed, he could smell the sweat on the man.

"From what we've studied about Mr. Midoriya, me and the research team have decided to categorize his quirk as a unique type of mutation. A mutation that has changed Mr. Midoriya's body into that of a creature that can only gain sustenance from a specific type of cell only present in humans, RC Cells. Within humans these cells are dormant and almost vestigial, but looking at Mr. Midoriya's blood, we can see them alive, and almost sentient. We aren't sure how this interacts with other parts of his quirk beyond nutrition. These cells are in a much higher concentration within his body, especially from the six new organs centered around Mr. Midoriya's lower back-"

"New organs?" Izuku interrupted.

"Yes, new organs, though they seem to act more like storage containers for the RC Cells. He has incredibly dense skin, we're sure not even bullets could penetrate it on normal circumstances, and even if they could, Mr. Midoriya has developed a rate of self healing not even Recovery Girl could compete with. A lot of Mr. Midoriya's baser instincts as we have observed seem to have been rewired to prioritize hunger, the severity of which can be measured by his one pigmented eye, that changes between normal and pigmented when he shows signs of hunger. His tongue, much like the rest of his body, has mutated as well. He can only find human meat tasteful, which most likely developed to help him avoid other sources of food, which have proven to be damaging to his body."

"So you're saying that he can only eat human meat, he's super strong, self healing, the like?" Tsukauchi questioned. The doctor nods his head. "So then how do you suggest we control this? Make sure he's fed?"

"Well yes. According to the readings on his metabolism rate, I'd suggest feeding him 8 ounces of meat twice a day, and if he's active I'd say around 12 ounces twice a day. I also suggest he'd keep a bottle of blood on him to drink throughout the day."

"And where do you expect us to get all of this?" The detective asked somewhat angrily. All Might nodded from the doorway in agreement.

"Well of course we'll be providing it, we are a government institution after all. I have the authority as an official quirk specialist to make these decisions. I've already got the paperwork approved. Since we've been informed that Mr. Yagi here," he gestures to All Might "has decided to gain custody of the boy until further notice, we'll be sending him home with packaged meals and blood to last Mr. Midoriya two weeks before you can come to pick up more. Keep them frozen and thaw when he's ready to eat them."

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