No Rose is Without its Thorns

Ascension

Hello, Hello! Welcome to the next chapter of the story! This one is a bit short, and I apologize. Before we begin, let me explain some things. So, Izuku is 3 years younger than he is in the anime, but everyone else is their canon age. Just wanted to explain! Now on with the story! 

Izuku sat in the small waiting room, kicking his legs back and forth. He ignored the stares from the receptionists by focussing on a new poem he made after Nezu had somehow gotten an apartment without any money nor any form of ID. He was awestruck and saw it as a bit of a miracle. And thus, a new rhyme was written inside his head.

Sometimes,

When you least expect it,

The stars align.

Sometimes,

Even when you don't deserve it,

True hope will shine.

Sometimes,

When your heart is hurting,

Things pull through,

And sometimes,

When the night has fallen,

Dreams eventually do come true.

He must have said it aloud because the receptionist on the far righthand corner was staring at him as though he had grown a second head, and he felt his cheeks heat up. AT times, he wished he could just disappear from sight. He couldn't be stared at if they couldn't see him. If people couldn't see him, they wouldn't ask him for things. He wouldn't be able to hurt anyone if he was invisible. He curled his legs into his lap and pulled his knees into his lap. Nezu had said the meeting would only last around ten minutes, but that seemed to have been a miscalculation on his part, as it had been at least half an hour since he entered the large office with a man in a nice suit. The building they were in was absurdly huge and intimidating. Izuku had asked Nezu where they were, only to be met with a sly smile and a simple "my new job." Izuku didn't like it when Nezu acted like that; mysterious. He knew Nezu wouldn't ever do anything to bring him harm, but that didn't reassure him well enough. Izuku liked knowing all he could. After getting the new apartment, Izuku had pleaded with Nezu to get him into a new school. He wanted to learn about everything, whether the subject was considered boring or not. He had missed 2 full years of schooling, and thus he needed to catch up.

Nezu refused to send Izuku to a public school, however. The boy was much too smart to rub elbows with other snot-nosed 12-year-olds, and so Nezu decided homeschooling was the best way to go about schooling him. He soon found out that the boy was a fast learner, and so he filled Izuku with as much knowledge as he could take. Luckily, he sucked up all the knowledge easily and hungered for more, wanting to know all that Nezu could teach him and so much more. Nezu decided in order for Izuku to learn all that he could, he would need to attend the best school in Japan, UA. In order for that to occur as soon as possible, Nezu would need to be in control of the said school.

He wasn't really concerned about Izuku getting into a hero course, he would still receive the best education available even if he didn't. It really depended on what Izuku wanted. If he wanted to get into the hero course, Nezu would do his best to help him achieve that goal.

After they escaped the facility, Nezu vowed that he would help this child grow and succeed despite his background and his twisted quirk. He saw something in Izuku that he didn't in almost all other humans he'd ever interacted with, and he wanted to nurture it. He wanted Izuku to rise above his peers and persevere, which wouldn't be too difficult, considering how he was already learning things tailored for a second-year student in high school.