Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 165 - The innocence yours to consume

"I'm so sorry about all of this..." Fukukado sighed, settling down into one of the chairs in the school cafeteria, "If I had known that the first years would be like this..."

If Aizawa were to use one word to describe this week at Ketsubutsu, he would say that it was a disaster. Fukukado's students were alright, but Midoriya's old classmates were just plain terrible. He had been keeping an eye on those kids whenever he could, and while he could stop them from making snide remarks every now and then, Aizawa was getting reports from the other UA students, and even from the Ketsubutsu second years, whenever one of those spoiled brats did something to make fun of Midoriya.

Aizawa wasn't against teasing in general; he had been the butt of way many jokes that Yamada and Shirakumo liked to pull while he was in high school, but those pranks had been harmless and funny, and there was absolutely no malice behind them.

These kids were actively poking fun at Midoriya, making fun of him and putting him down for being quirkless. No matter how much Midoriya proved himself... all they would do is judge him based on his genes. It was terrible.

"I know it's not your fault, Joke." Aizawa sighed, as a young lady with short, black hair placed three drinks on a tray that was on the counter. Kan thanked her, before he grabbed the tray and brought it back to the table.

"How the hell can you drink coffee at this time? The lady at the counter looked so confused when I gave her the order." Kan grumbled, as Aizawa grabbed his iced coffee off the tray. Fukukado had ordered some lemon tea, while Kan himself was having some soda.

"Ah, don't worry about it." Fukukado laughed, taking a sip of her tea, "Her name is Yameru Toki. She's a new hire, from about a month ago, since the previous worker retired due to a back injury, and having to take care of children. She's still getting the hang of things around here."

"Are you sure it's safe to be hiring new staff at this point in time? Some unknown villains could use that opportunity to sneak into hero schools, especially since Ketsubutsu Academy, unlike UA, doesn't just purely hire pro heroes who have already gone through multiple checks by the government."

"That's what I tried to tell the principal... I guess that's what happens when you have a school that didn't originally start with a Hero Course, but was in an optimal location and grew popular enough that a Hero Course was added." Fukukado sighed, and leaned back into her chair, "But I don't think Yameru is bad, per say. She's clumsy, and forgetful, but she's really skilled with knives, so she's really handy to have around... at least, according to our cook; he's getting old, and she's far more efficient with slicing up meat and fish and anything other things they need to cut. I don't think she's as good as your little quirkless green bean, though; I think if he ever wanted to quit being a hero, he could always become one of those cooking stunts men."

Aizawa narrowed his eyes, "What on earth are you trying to say, Joke?"

"Aren't we getting a little off topic here?" Kan shook his head, taking a sip of his soda, "I... honestly... I didn't know what I was expecting. We knew it was bad... imagine what it was like when there weren't any teachers who were defending him."

"Why do you think Nezu destroyed Aldera?" Aizawa sighed, "Those schools failed. Their families failed. And it might be too late to change them in high school."

Fukukado groaned, "I purposely put him in the class with the nicest homeroom teacher. Yuaka is a nice and friendly guy, but honestly, he's too soft with kids. I can guarantee that he's nice to your kids, but he can't whip our students into shape either. And I can't do anything about the other subject teachers, since the lessons rotate around, so they're all bound to meet Midoriya a few times this week."