Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 11 - Drag me into nowhere

Kan eyed the snowy white cat that sat on Nezu's lap, staring at the television screen intently.

"I wasn't aware you had a pet, sir."

"Ah, she's Midoriya's cat." Nezu turned to the teacher, "She followed Midoriya here again and he didn't have time to bring her home."

"Sounds like this happened before." Kan noted that Nezu said "again".

"Quite a few times. She's pleasant company." Nezu grinned, choosing to omit the fact that Midoriya brought her to school pretty much every day.

Reiko purred at the praise, and Kan hesitantly reached his hand out to pet her. Reiko froze, before cautiously sniffing Kan's palm, before she let out a purr and rubbed her head against his palm.

"Well, it seems like the second event has ended." Thirteen spoke up, eyes trailing to the seemingly affectionate feline, "Do you think Midoriya will want her back?"

"Perhaps." Nezu stood up, as Yamada and Aizawa bantered over the loudspeakers as they announced the lunch break. He placed Reiko on the ground, and made his way towards the stairs, making his way towards the cafeteria, Reiko trotting along beside him.

It took a much longer time for the teachers to reach the cafeteria from their position in the stadium, and when Nezu was close to his destination, he found a boy which he recognised as from being in Midoriya's class to be running in the direction opposite that of the cafeteria.

He didn't seem to notice either or Nezu, and the boy nearly kicked Reiko had the cat not lunged out of the way in time, his foot barely nicking her tail. Reiko hissed as the boy ran away and turned the corner, and Nezu didn't even have time to call out for him to stop before he was gone.

"Well... that was interesting." Nezu muttered, as he continued on his way to the cafeteria, Reiko hissing the direction that the boy had run in.

"Bad. Bad human. Hurt Izuku."

Nezu kept that in mind as he finally reached the entrance to the cafeteria, and finding his way blocked by Tensei's little brother.

"Ah, Principal. I was just going to find Aizawa-sensei. I'm sorry for blocking your path!" Iida yelped as he immediately jumped to the side, standing perfectly straight.

"No problems." Nezu replied, "May I ask, why are you looking for Aizawa?"

"Well... I would like to report a boy who pushed Midoriya to the ground, insulted him for being quirkless, and then insulted Shinsou for his quirk when he tried to stand up for Midoriya. He ran out of the cafeteria after calling Midoriya a monster and a freak." Iida bowed at a perfect angle of ninety degrees, purposefully lowering his voice when he mentioned the last few words.

Nezu seethed internally, "Alright. I shall deal with it. Do you know who it was?"

Iida shook his head, "I apologise. I do not know his name. I just know that he's around my height, and he has grey hair and yellow eyes."

The same guy who had run past just now, Nezu noted. "Alright. I'll call Shinsou and Midoriya later to decide a suitable punishment. Please enjoy your lunch and the rest of the Sports Festival."

"Thank you, sir." Iida nodded, before he turned around to join Uraraka, Shinsou and Midoriya at their table.

Nezu followed behind him, before he picked Reiko up gently and deposited her on Midoriya's lap.

"Your cat. You can leave her with Aizawa or me before the third event."

Shinsou blinked at the cat, and Reiko leapt up onto the table, careful to avoid knocking over Midoriya's drink, as Midoriya looked at her in mute, emotionless confusion.