Chapter 5:

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Strangely enough, a short woman was in the room, casually typing on her computer as a mouse sat next to her, bouncing his knees excitedly.
    "What the hell...?" Wolf grumbled, confused. The mouse quickly turned to them and smiled.
    "Well hello there! My name is Nedzu! I am this schools headmaster! I take it, you two were the ones they found in the lab?" Nedzu asked. Wolf and Dragon eyed each other curiously.
    "Can we trust him?" Wolf asked. Nedzu just smiled bigger.
    "Of course you can trust me! I am blunt, and truthful. Lies are very unbeneficial in a trusting relationship, aren't they?" He grinned. Wolf just stared at him.
    "You... can understand me?" He asked. Nedzu just nodded. "Dragon what do I do. This... is new."
    "Don't ask me! I don't know!" Dragon defended.
    "Hello Nedzu!" All Might grinned. "I take it you can understand the wolf boy?" Nedzu nodded.
    "Of course I can! And of course you CAN'T. Human brains are far too unadvanced to understand animal speech. Now, shall we get you two situated?" Nedzu asked, quickly changing the subject and turning to Dragon and Wolf.
    "Situated... for what?" Dragon asked.
    "Well, to be moved into UA of course! I would love for you two to be in our hero course!" Nedzu continued smiling. They both stopped and just stared at him.
    "... what?" "...what?" they asked at the same time. Nedzu just started laughing.
    "Before any of that though, we need to get you both stitched up! You seem hurt. I can see your limp, Wolf. And Dragon you look pretty bad too," Nedzu casually commented. "You can trust everyone in this room! We're all heroes, after all!"
    "... I don't trust the shiny guy..." Izuku grumbled. Nedzu just looked at All Might.
    "All Might, please leave. It is clear you are a main cause of their paranoia, so it would be better if you weren't here right now. Aren't you supposed to be on patrols?" Nedzu asked. All Might just looked at Nedzu.
    "Why do you say that?" All Might asked, his face morphing into a frown.
    "He's hiding something... he seems much bigger than he is." Wolf snarled. Dragon quickly patted his head.
    "Hm... I think so too," Dragon said, turning to All Might. "What are you hiding?" All Might flinched at both of their gazes on him.
    "U-uh..." he trailed off.
    "It's fine All Might! Everyone in this room already knows!" Nedzu said casually. "Don't keep up the act!" All Might just sighed as he morphed to his small form and coughed up a small bit of blood.
    "Called it..." Dragon mumbled, yawning again.
    "Oh dear, Dragon is it?" Nedzu asked. "Are you tired? We could leave you and your friend here to rest while we sort out everything else." Dragon and Wolf both eyed the principal suspiciously as Dragon got off Wolf's back, and Wolf transformed back into a human form.
    "Oh, a human form? Interesting..." Nedzu mumbled to himself. "Anyway, shall we leave you to rest before we continue our chat?"
    "... how can we trust you?" Wolf growled. Nedzu looked at him and smiled.
    "What reason would I have to lie?" Nedzu shot back.
    "If you plan to hurt or take advantage of us," Dragon returned. Nedzu nodded.
    "Fair enough not to trust me. Let us continue this chat later, and you two can sleep. Recovery Girl will watch over you to make sure you're alright. She is a nurse and you can trust her." Dragon and Wolf both cautiously looked over at the little woman in the corner of the room.
    "... fine," Dragon sighed. "We'll take shifts sleeping. I watch you, you watch me?"
    "Sounds good," Wolf replied. Nedzu just looked between the paranoid teens and sighed.
    "Well then, tell Recovery Girl when you feel well enough to talk. Then, we shall continue our conversation, alright?" Nedzu asked. They cautiously nodded. "Then sleep well!"
    With that, everyone except the old woman left the room, and they were left alone.
    "... you think we can trust them?" Wolf asked. Dragon shrugged.
    "No idea..." he trailed off, yawning again.
    "If you're tired, I'll take the first shift. Maybe I'll try to talk to the old woman. See what she thinks," Wolf suggested. Dragon nodded and layed on the bed while Wolf sat on the side.
As soon as Dragon was asleep, Wolf turned to the woman and watched her curiously. She turned back and looked at him.
"Do you need something dear?" she asked kindly. Wolf just shook his head. "Alright. If you need anything, just ask. You can trust us, you know. We're all heroes."
"... I don't even understand this 'hero' concept..." He growled to himself.

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