Villainous Quirk, Heroic soul

Chapter 4: Allies

A/N I know that the story is progressing slowly, but I promise it will pick up next chapter. Thank you all for taking the time to read my fic!

As soon as Tsukauchi had taken a couple steps away from Izuku's room, she slumped against the wall and slid down. This was in no way how she expected her day to turn out, but here she was, starting another case for someone who's already fallen victim to some of the worst the world has to offer.

Recovery Girl walked up to her and placed a hand on her knee, looking at her with worry. "How are you feeling dearie?"

Tsukauchi looked at her for a couple of seconds before looking away. "I'm fine, just a little tired."

"For someone with a lie detecting quirk, you are a terrible liar." With slight annoyance, but still worried.

"Don't worry about me, you have patients that need your attention." Recovery girl hit her on the head with her cane. "Hey! What was that for?!" She said.

"For being an idiot. You obviously have something wrong with you, and I'm going to help. Now you can either talk about it, or I drag you to a room for a THOROUGH examination." Recovery Girl huffed in annoyance.

Tsukauchi let out a deep sigh, she forgets how Stubborn Recovery Girl can be. But she knows it comes from a place of caring. "I'm worried, ok?"

Recovery Girl's expression softened. "We all are. These kinds of things are never easy."

"It's more than that."

Recovery Girl gave a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"I mean I'm not sure if I'll be able to build a case against Chiaki. Which will make getting Izuku out of that house much harder if she tries to fight it." Said Tsukauchi frustrated.

Recovery Girls expression fell. She wasn't wrong. Abuse cases are never simple, there is always a bunch of 'he said she said' involved, and it doesn't help that based on what Izuku told them, it could turn into one persons word against many. But she couldn't give up, or let Tsukauchi give up either. And she knew just how to light a fire under her. "So does that mean you're just going to give up?"

Tsukauchi looked at her, clearly insulted. "Of course not! I'm going to do everything in my power to get him out of there." Her face fell again. "I'm just not sure how I'm going to be able to do anything."

"You did it during the Murisaki case. So why not now?"

"That was different. There was a clear trail of evidence and proof against Murisaki" Tsukauchi argued.

"Pfffft, you only say that now because that case is shut. I remember when you spent that first week pounding your head against the wall trying to find even a scrap of proof." Rebuked Recovery Girl. Tsukauchi opened her mouth like she was about to argue before shutting it again. "Exactly. This case won't be easy, just like the Murisaki case. But you didn't give up then despite that pretty much everyone was against you, including All Might."

Tsukauchi looked deep in thought as she Remembered everything about that case. It was easily one of the darkest cases she had ever investigated, only beat out by the All for One case. Both of them are truly evil. "You know that was one of the few big fights I had with her. She argued that there is no way Murisaki was a bad guy, that he wasn't that kind of person. Heck, you were one of two people that stood by my side during that investigation. I really do appreciate you and Gran Torino for that."

"I know, you've told us a million times.... each. But I do remember that argument. It got fairly heated. I'm Glad Izuku wasn't around to see it. I'm also glad that you two reconciled." Said Recovery Girl as she saw a smile show up on Tsukauchi's face.