Light & Shadow

Discrimination

XX WARNING Harsh language and terms are used in this chapter XX

Third POV

As the days cooled down and the month of August passed by, it was finally time for the last year of middle school for the nekos. It caused conflicting emotions for the nekos and their friends. On the one hand, they were excited for it to be last year at the dreadful school because then they could start training to be heroes, hopefully at UA, but on the other hand they were not very excited to go through a whole year of Yuki, his goons, and the mean teachers again. The other students at Aldera weren't as bad as Yuki and his friends but none of them ever did anything to stand up for any of them.

When Hizashi and Shouta drove the 4 kids up to the front of the school, they gave the teens all a reassuring look, telling them that they'd be back at the end of the day to pick them up. Other than Katsuki, the teens were nervous to enter the building. Izuku was the last to exit the car, Hizashi and Shouta had to get out of the car themselves to usher the neko out. Izuku wasn't being very vocal today which only added to Hizashi's desire to scoop the neko up and bring him back home for cuddles. Izuku finally climbed out of the car but let out a whine when he tightly hugged his parents.

Katsuki, Shoto, and Hitoshi gave the little neko a sympathetic look. Shoto started wringing his hands with a mixture of his own anxiety and his own desire to give the smaller neko comfort. Katsuki, noticing the movement from the youngest, wrapped an arm around the teen's shoulders, pulling him in with a tight but comforting squeeze. Hizashi and Shouta turned to face all of the teens together before the tall blond graced them with a bright smile, "Okay, now let's all take a deep breath and calm our nerves."

The nekos looked up at their dads, with teary eyes, who were still smiling softly at them. The 4 teens all took a deep breath, but when Izuku's breath hitched, it caused them all to start huffing out little laughs. "There we go," Hizashi said with his own laugh, "That's the kinds of faces we want to see on the first day of school, right?" "Hell yeah!" Katsuki shouted as the other 3 let out small nods.

"Now," Shouta started, getting the attention from the 4 teens, "I know we've had to deal with problems in the past and I'm sure we will still be dealing with them. However, this year I giving you this," With that, he handed each of the boys a small button fob, "If any of you need help or get into a situation you can't handle just click the button and it will alert us, and our friend at the police department. We will be here as fast as we can to help you." The 4 teens looked at their buttons in amazement before looking back up and nodding to show that they understood the hero.

"Alright, now get going. We checked with the school already and they told us that you all would be put in the same class so watch out for each other. We also asked that Yuki be put in the other class so hopefully that would limit your interactions with him." The nekos gave their dads happy hugs while Kat and Hito gave the heroes grateful smiles. They all waved to the adults when they heard the 10-minute bell and rushed inside.

They got into the classroom about 5 minutes later and by then the room was bustling with students already picking seats. At first, they found 2 seats next to each other in the back corner with Katsuki and Shoto's names on them but as they looked around for another pair of open seats, none could be found. They started wandering the room thinking that maybe someone sat in Izuku and Hitoshi's seats by mistake but the seats couldn't be found anywhere. By the time the four made their way back to the pair of assigned seats, the bell had rung and the teacher was walking inside. She was a tall and thin teacher, on the younger side as well, so the teens were hesitant to go up and ask for help in finding the missing seats. 

Eventually, everyone but Izuku and Hitoshi were sitting which made them stand out. "Please sit in your seats young men. I will not tolerate students who don't listen." Izuku started shaking as he tried to get his voice to work to tell him they just couldn't find their seats. Hitoshi hadn't even tried speaking up as teachers never reacted well when he spoke, even if he wasn't asking questions. "They can't find their fucking seats. We looked all over and their names aren't on fucking any of them." The teacher frowned at the cursing but didn't comment.