The Immortal Hero: Phoenix

Chapter 12: The Truth Comes Out

Following the Incident at the USJ, U.A was all over the news and the villains; Shigaraki and Kurogiri had become infamous. The News hadn't mentioned any students by name, but had reported that two teachers and a student were badly hurt, with the student nearly dying. Class 1-A knew this was Izuka, and was also a lie; she HAD died, but they couldn't report that for obvious reasons. Aizawa and Thirteen had been taken to hospital and treated. Thirteen had the lesser injuries, mainly lacerations across their back and upper arms, but thankfully, their life wasn't in any danger and they were expected to make a full recovery. Aizawa-Sensei was a different case; his arms were smashed to splinters, his face was fractured and the bones around his eyes had been badly damaged, which might eventually cause his eyesight to deteriorate, though he was also expected to recover.

Unsurprisingly, school was cancelled. The USJ incident happened on a Thursday, so the students had Friday and the Weekend off to recuperate. What minor injuries Class 1-A had were easily healed by Recovery Girl, and their stamina was quickly restored after some rest. Inko Midoriya had gone ballistic after hearing Izuka had died and Toshinori had been injured by Noumu, but she'd stopped scolding them long enough to cry and fuss over them. Izuka wasn't exactly grounded, but she was kept inside for the three day break, her mother begging her to take it easy. Thanks to the girls in class, Izuka's number had circulated and now everyone in class had it, so Izuka spent her weekend chatting with them and texting, promising to reveal all on Monday.

Now that it was Monday, Izuka was pacing around the den, her parents and Katsuki watching with amusement. "I knew my quirk would probably come out eventually, but I didn't expect it to be our fourth day of class! I've got no idea how to explain everything!" Izuka complained.

"Just tell them the truth. There's no need to hide it now." her mother offered.

"There's no point either. Froggy worked it out pretty damn fast." Katsuki added.

"That's not what I mean!" Izuka said, sitting down with a whine, "How much of the truth can I tell them?"

Toshinori smiled softly; "Agent Nest will be coming to class today to get everyone to sign non-disclosure agreements. He'll stop you if you start to say anything classified."

"But... what about you?" Izuka said quietly, "I don't like lying to my friends; they were all so worried about me! I've gotten scolded by all of them at least once for not telling them... can I tell them you're my dad?"

The Pro paused. He wanted to just say no, but in the grand scheme of things, discovering Izuka was his step-daughter was probably less surprising than discovering she was immortal. It's not like it could put any more of a target on her; her Phoenix and Evolution Quirks already made her the Number One Target of everyone who knew!

"There will be conditions." he said sternly. "You can tell the class about our relationship but NOT about One for All. Also, if you tell the other students, I'll have to be harder on you in class to show I'm not being biased."

"R-Really!? That's great! Thank you Papa!" she squealed happily, lunging forward to hug the man.

Toshinori chuckled, hiding a grimace as Izuka brushed against his wound. The Battle with All for One had knocked him down to 70% of his true power, but Noumu aggravating the wound combined with him forbidding Izuka from healing it had further reduced him to 50%. All-Might could still safely use half his power, and if he was willing to risk his health, he could boost himself to 100%, but there was a time limit and if it expired, he couldn't fight at all until his stamina returned.