My Hero Academia: The Next Generation

Chapter 26: The Faculties Suspicions.

Slipping in and out of consciousness... Really sucks. I barely have time to process anything that happens in the seconds to minutes i'm awake. Only thing I've been able to collect is that it's been roughly a day and a half since the situation at Akane's apartment. All I ever see is either the walls of the nurses office or maybe the occasional visit from a friend that I barely end up remembering them even coming.

Though this time it was different. This time i'm actually staying awake. I looked around the room in a confused daze, no one was here at the moment and it seemed like it was about midday. Soon, I heard the door to the nurse's office open. Groggily I turned my head to see who was coming in, as expected. It was Nurse Juyami.

"N-Nur..." I winced, letting out a slight wine. It hurt so much to talk right now, I weakly reached up to my neck. Feeling it wrapped in clean bandages, thankfully Nurse Juyami heard the noise I made, she immediately stopped what I was doing and came to my bedside.

"Shhh, just relax Nosido. Okay? it's going to be very difficult to talk right now so save your energy..." I stared at her for a few seconds before giving a slight nod. Carefully she adjusted the bed so I was able to sit up in a comfortable position, while she did I took it upon myself to admire the view outside. The nurse's office had a really nice view from the windows, after she finished adjusting my bed. She went over to her desk and picked up the phone off of it, I couldn't make out much of the conversation but I'm pretty sure she called Principal Iida. And as expected, my assumptions were right. Ten minutes or so after the call, Principal Iida stepped inside. Though oddly, along with him came in Deku and Shot-Sensei.

I looked at the three with a confused face before Principal Iida went over to Nurse Juyami, whispering something in her ear before she then stepped out of the room.

"H-Hell...o..." I struggled to get the words out, wincing from the pain of speaking as Deku stepped over to my bedside.

"Hello, Nosido... How are you feeling?" I gave a slight shrug towards him, I felt pretty crappy but at the same time it wasn't too bad. Deku nodded slightly before standing up, looking over at Shoto before Shoto spoke to me.

"Why were you with Akane..." I felt my heart drop, I already knew where this was going and there was no way I was getting away with lying. My muscles tensed up as I tried my best to speak.

"I-I was meeting with him for fun reasons... Honest... Though.... I have given them information before against my will... Only once..." Shoto had his eyes locked with mine, he stared at me for a solid minute straight before he looked over to Principal Iida.

"He's telling the truth, I can tell..."

"Well that's good at least... But what do we about this? hmm?" Iida had has arm ppinted towards me. "He has betrayed UA. For all we know he could still be working with the league."

"I'm sure he isn't. I've been training with him for awhile now, he wouldn't willingly want to work with them."

"And I'm supposed to believe that! He could be lying to us right now! He was trapped with them for days, with how easily he seemed to have escaped. He had to have cut a deal! He should be at the very least be expelled!" Shoto began to glare at Iida, he was processing what he wanted to say next. Glancing down towards me, I simply looked up at him with a mostly blank expression. I had already accepted in my mind if I was going to be expelled for this, I would deserve it anyways.

"If he really was working with them... Why would they try to kill what would be a very valuable asset to them?" Iida froze for a moment, taking a quick glance at me before looking back at Shoto.

"It could be part of their plan, Shoto. Your letting your mentoring relations with him get in the way of your rational-"

"My relations aren't getting in the way of anything! You listen here." Shoto stridely stepped over to Iida, gripping the tie he was wearing tightly and pulling Iida's face close. "Think back to us when we were at UA, we had no idea what was going on whenever the league attacked. We had no choice in what was happening." Shoto then pointed to me before he continued to speak. "He is in the same damn boat as us as we were back then. So lay off, alright? He is not a traitor to this school..."

"T-Todoroki..." Shoto turned his head to look at Deku, Deku had a look on his face that was telling him to calm down. Todoroki let out a soft sigh before letting go of Iida and stepping back.

"Sorry... Your right to have your suspicions. But he shouldn't be expelled..." Iida straightened his tie and adjusted his glasses, taking a long look at me before letting out a low sigh.

"Then I won't expel him... But i'm at least going to call a detective to get better answers from him, I know someone specifically who could be pretty useful..."

"That's reasonable... Thank you Iida, now could you two step out please? I want to talk with Nosido for a little bit before I leave." Deku and Iida nodded, both of them stepping out of the room while they murmured to each other. Shoto stared at the door as it shut before he looked at me. "Your lucky we got to you in time... You almost died..." Shoto's expression was a little more relaxed now as he came and sat down in the chair next to my bed.

"I-I kno-w.... I'm so sorry S-Shoto-S...Sensei." I looked down at the floor, I felt ashamed that I couldn't defend myself that night. I'm a hero in training, I should be capable of that.

"It's alright Nosido, you were facing foes much stronger than you..." I remained staring at the floor, I still felt like shit. It's not okay, I need to be good at defending if I want to be a hero. That's the whole thing they do, defend others.

"I need to improve more..."

"Yes, you do... But that's okay... Nosido, look at me." I took in a slight breath of air, turning my gaze to look at Shoto as his eyes were locked with mine. "It's okay to lose... Not every battle is going to be a victory, do you understand?" I nodded a bit, blinking slightly but keeping my gaze on him. "Look... I wasn't always great at what I did either, it took me a long time to get anywhere close to where I am now. You'll go through that same thing, you want to know why?" I nodded, sitting up more in the bed to show I was attentive. "Because you have great potential to become a hero... No, not just potential. I know you can become one, you have been through so much already and yet here you are. Alive and kicking, still pushing through the bad to keep seeing the good... You even convinced Akane, a villain. To turn good... Not many can say they accomplished that."

Every word Todoroki was saying was really hitting home, I never got much encouragement like this. My parents always tried their best but their obligated to cheer me on, it's different when someone that isn't in your immediate family cheers for you to keep going. I was starting to tear up a little, but I quickly wiped them away. Smiling at Todoroki.

"T-Thank... You..." A slight smile formed on Todoroki-Sensei's lips as he nodded, getting up from his seat.

"Well... I need to get going, I have a patrol to do... Rest well, Nosido." He bowed slightly to me before turning and stepping out of the room. I couldn't help but feel rejuvenated after that talk. I looked down at my lap for a few moments in thought, before then staring out the window at the scenery outside. Taking this time to get some much needed relaxation time.