Coexistence

Holding Demons

Ochako POV:

It's been a few days after the incident at the USJ with all of us still a little shaken from it. Thanks to a little help from Mr. Arima, we were able to make it so he ended up walking into the incident to capture Midoriya's dad Chimera. Since he doesn't die that easily like most Ghouls, he's being held in a maximum security cell as deep down as Cochlea can put him. As a safety measure as well, Principal Nezu had us put in dorms since the Ghoul organization known as Aogiri Tree saw all of us and would be able to take us out outside of the reach of the school without difficulty. Since this would hinder a lot of plans, he also allowed the members of Truce to travel in and out of the school so long as they don't cause harm to the students. I think the one that's shaken the most by this incident though, is Midoriya himself.

"Hey Midoriya?" I glance into the room we share to see him looking into space with a look as if he wasn't there. "Midoriya? Earth to Midoriya?" "...Huh?" He looks over to me to finally acknowledge my attempt to get his attention. "Everyone's downstairs. You still good to do this?" "Y-yeah. Let me just get a little coffee or something." He walks away with it known he's on the verge of losing it. "Ok. Just don't overwork yourself." I say this silently as I follow him downstairs. Since the whole incident at the USJ, I don't think he's slept an hour total in the night. He feels it's his fault his mother lost her arm and that everyone almost died because of his father. But when he comes back from using a restroom, I notice him very shaken up. One day, I heard glass break in the bathroom to see him over a sink with the mirror shattered and pieces in his fist. It's starting to scare me. He was scary when he went crazy on his dad before, but I'm afraid he may completely lose it soon.

Once we were in the common space, us, the class of 1-A, Truce, and the staff of UA were all in the room. Izuku sat down with a coffee in his hands and takes a few sips before starting. "I'm sure your all wondering why I'm actually in UA. Well, the answer is that I wanted to use it as somewhere to establish cohabitation with Ghouls." "That's bullshit!" Bakugou speaks up first. "And the fact I didn't kick the bucket isn't? You all saw how messed up I was. I'm actually surprised myself I lived through that." Everyone was quiet before Iida spoke up. "That man you said was your father. Why did he try to kill you?" "Because I'm a failure that he wanted to get rid of." Everyone was confused at this. "*sigh* My fathers side wanted to create the most powerful weapon they could, so the chose to mix and match specific Ghouls to make the perfect chimera type. Most Ghouls are categorized by four different kagune styles. Depending on where the kakuhou organ is on their body, it derives them as an Ukaku, Bikaku, Kokaku, or Rinkaku type. But if two different kagune type Ghouls have a child, their's will be a mix of the two."

"So, you and your dad are a mix of all four then?" Sero speaks up for Midoriya to nod. "He was the perfect product, but he wanted more. So as a way to gain more power, he made a one eyed Ghoul with forcing my mother into having me. When I was 3, that's where things went kinda sick." "Yeah right. Your probably just a pus-*SMACK*!" We look over to see Uta sipping coffee with his kagune out. "There are children in the room. I would advise you to stop cursing." "To answer your question Bakugou, have you ever been tortured before? Have you ever had your fingers cut off, hands ripped off, organs pulled out in the most painful fashion, impaled in your eyes, and have maggots crawl around the inside of your skin to eat at your flesh!?" This comment disgusted everyone. "Didn't think so." He turned around to crack his fingers with his thumb.

"So how are you a failure? You seem pretty successful to me." Ojiro asks this in confusion. "I didn't break. You see, these torture methods are to break that little line of sanity Ghouls have to become the ultimate killing machine. He had similar methods done, but the ones my father did to me far surpassed what was done to him. He even made me count backwards from a thousand in sevens to keep my conscious in to feel every cut, rip, and bite done to me." "How is that even possible though? Ghouls shouldn't be able to do such acts with their RC cells so high." Tokoyami states this with Midoriya making a disturbing face as if he just killed someone. "RC suppressants. Their used in Ghoul autopsies and feel horrible going into the body. Literally felt like hot magma was being put into me. But needles can't puncture the skin. So they need to place it through one area that is soft tissue even for Ghouls."