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UA HALLS
Nemuri Kayama was currently humming as she walked through the halls holding a stack of recently graded papers and one unread booklet titled "Midnight Analysis" from her favorite student Izuku Midoriya. Nemuri just chuckles as she thinks about the easily flustered student in her gen ed class. one of the only 2 quirkless students in all of UA. He has such talent and drive but it's hidden in a layer of poorly hidden false smiles and broken dreams.
Poor child is always apologizing for things that aren't even his fault. His mental state is a bundle of nerves and he's constantly alert for any kind of retaliation from the other students at the slightest movement heading in his direction. She recognizes the signs of Abuse but she knows if isn't Izuku mother. he speaks so highly of her and Midnight has met the woman in person. She's much to good a mother to abuse her baby boy. That only leaves abuse from bullies and school teachers. nedzu is currently investigating Aldera Junior high on grounds of falsifying school records and child abuse. Their is no way at all Her precious little tomato red blushing Izuku is a violent, unrepentant below average intelligence, wanna be thug who sexually harassed and beat his classmates. Now she knew one person in the school who met that description to a T but she isn't sure If Shouta would even care.
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NOT TO APPLY FOR UA YOU FUCKING DEKU!" A loud and abnoxious voice Kayama recognizes as Katsuki Bakugo and instantly just like that her day just became shit.
"Kacchan I'm not in the hero course I'm only in general." Nemuri immediately recognizes as be favorite student Izuku voice before a loud explosion is heard curtain off his sentence with Izuku crying in pain as the sound of crunching metal is heard.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO APPLY PERIOD! YOU'RE STAINING MY BACKSTORY OF BEING THE ONLY ALDERA STUDENT TO BE HERE! SEEMS I HAVE TO TEACH YOU YOUR PLACE AGAIN YOU FUCKING DEKU!" Katsuki yells as the sounds of flesh hitting flesh are heard and Immediately Nemuri drops her papers and booklet rushing over and grabbing Bakugo by the arm and dislocating it at the elbow before flipping him over her shoulder and pinning his hands behind his back.
"Bakugo what the hell are you doing assaulting another student! izuku are you okay sweety?" Nemuri says as she looks at Izuku worried seeing his freshly made 2nd degree burn Making Nemuri growl.
"Hey get off me butch I'm supposed to be the one on top! I was only showing this quirkless waste of space it's place as a pebble in my path to being the number 1 hero!"Katsuki says as he is struggling to get Nemuri off him. the woman who is currently growling and uses her quirk to knock out Bakugo and go over to Izuku examining him.
"Izuku answer me please are you okay sweety?" Nemuri says one more time as Izuku is currently stunned silent at what just happened. He can't believe a teacher came to his defense. Looking at Nemuri he smiles a bit with tears in his eyes.
"Y-Yes, I'm okay! I just... you knocked Kacchan out for me?" Izuku asks as Nemuri looks at Izuku confused.
"He was assaulting you of course I was going to defend you sweety! now what was he going on about? I'll have him escorted to our in school detention center by the droids but then You and me are going to nurses office mister. Come along." Nemuri says as she pages for the security droids to come and carry the angry pomeranian to the schools detention center. That angry little shit will be expelled for this or She'll force nedzu's hand to have Aizawa removed from his position.
Picking up the tests and booklet she escorts Izuku towards the nurse who is currently helping a massive 7 foot tall blonde man who looks like he's only one with a checkup.
"Well your heart rate is fine and your newly implanted stomach and lung are taking well to the grafting. all in all you should be able to eat solid foods again in a few months! Oh Hello Nemuri! And who's this? Oh my poor thing come here little one." An elderly woman with a syringe shaped cane walks over to Izuku and pulls him along.
"W-Wait...i have to say this before you start. I'm quirkless." Izuku says as that stops the woman dead in her tracks. Looking back to Izuku and his burned red flesh and injuries she immediately knows what it means and The woman sighs before nodding.
"I 'Sigh' I'll get you a salt tablet and a cold compress" the old woman says shocking both the skeletal man and Nemuri who immediately speaks out in rage.
"Recovery girl you will heal my student right this instant! He has second degree burns that will permanently scar if not treated!" Nemuri yells as Recovery girl ignores her and hands Izuku the tablets and cold compress with a glass of water.
"recovery girl you must help heal him he is obviously more important than my simple check up!" The skeletal man says worried.
"S-She can't Mr uh...uh don't know your name. Kayama sensei... It's illegal for her to give any real medical treatment to a quirkless of my age." Izuku says popping the salt tablets and drinking the water before placing the compress to his chest.
"What do you mean it's illegal! You will heal him law or not recovery girl!" Kayama says worried as She immediately grabs Izuku shirt and pulling it off his body and instantly regretting the decision.
There all across Izuku's body are countless scars and wounds. burns, stab wounds, carvings of derogatory words and even brands. Kayama drops the clothes and takes a few steps back horrified at what she's seeing. The skeletal man kneeling down and placing his hands on Izuku shoulders.
"Young man, who did these horrible things to you? Tell me and I'll do my best to see they're brought to justice!" The man says as Izuku just looks down.
"No one would be charged, my mom and I already tried. The police started to ignore our calls. It's okay I'm used to it. I'm sorry to bother you all with this." Izuku says as Kayama kneels before Izuku and looks at him.
"this was Bakugo wasn't it! All of this! The brands, the cuts, the ... horrible lies in your back and all the burns! It's all from him isn't it?" Kayama asks as Izuku just nods.
"No one will do anything and the court case will be thrown out if I press charges but yes he did do all this. him and his gang back in Aldera. It's nothing new though. Can I go now? I'm gonna be late for my part time job at the Pet Cafe down the road if I stay here any longer." Izuku says as Kayama forces Recovery girl to heal Izuku despite their protests saying Kayama herself will pay any fine needed if necessary as it didn't matter since his health matters. As Izuku is shown leaving the school grounds after being healed and given a doctor's note Kayama slams the nurses office door closed openly screaming.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT! why did you only give Midoriya a salt tablet for such a serious burn before I offered to pay the fines?" Kayama says as the skeletal man beside her nods in agreement.
"I agree the is very unlike you Recovery girl what do you have against the quirkless?" The man asks as the nurse sighs.
"Nothing, I have nothing against them at all. sadly this is a school and I am a school nurse. I am legally only allowed to heal the children of this institution. And as of 4 years ago a new law was passed stating that any and all quirkless at the age of 10 are to be considered to be Fully grown and recognized adults. As such legally I am not allowed to administer medical aid of any kind without facing heavy fines and he in turn is legally obligated to inform me about his quirk status or he will be sent to jail for 5 years. poor dear." Recovery girl says as both heroes are in shock at this they didn't hear about that kind of new law going into effect. As kayama is going to speak Another voice pipes up.
"Is there a reason my best student is in the detention ward being seen to by medic droids for a dislocated elbow?" The homeless looking man asks as he stares Kayama down who angrily snarls.
"Yes shouta their is! He was assaulting one of my students and used his work on him! Katsuki then went on to physically assault him!" Kayama says as she glares at the man who used to be her friend.
"And where is this student? In the hospital?" Shouta asks more annoyed about being woken up then anything else.
"The student he assaulted was quirkless." Recovery girl says as the man merely stays silent before groaning.
"And you put my best student in our jail cell for something that meaningless? It shouldn't even be at this school to begin with. Kayama you're overreacting. undo the order keeping him in the detention center now!" Shouta says as Kayama holds her ground stubbornly glaring at the man.
"Shouta...im going to get you removed from here as a teacher im sick if your shit. I can't take it! That boy is hurt and you're more worried about the ego of your so called best student! No I will not undo it! I'm going to actively open an investigation into you, your class and Bakugo Katsuki's schooling record! Now get outta my sight I have a report to file and a student to visit." Kayama says as she leaves to report to Nedzu and give her report which takes a total of four rondo hours as she sighs and soon leaves the school grounds heading to the Cafe not too far down the street.
Pets Place Cafe
Nemuri comes upon a small but rather modern and interesting looking Cafe bakery named "Pets Place Cafe" as Nemuri walks in She sees Izuku currently at the register handling off a cup of coffee working hard as a familiar Tan skinned white bunny earned woman walks up to the register blowing a bubble with her chewing gum.
"I'll take the new carrot cake frapaccino extra cream and no whipp. Large" The woman says as Izuku writes the order down before the bunny woman notices the shelf of assorted collars and begins browsing the small selection of fancy leather collars and settled on picking up a black leather collar with mental spike studs. The bunny woman holds it up in front of her eyes as she lines it up in her vision to be around Izuku neck seemingly thinking of something.
"I'll also take this collar." the woman says as she holds it up making Izuku scan it.
"ok Carrot cake frap and the punk leather dog collar. That's going to be $16.49! I'm sure you're pet is gonna love it." izuku says as he smiles at the woman wearing the crop top grey hoodie and sweatpants.
"i don't have a pet yet." The woman says still holding the Collar and complimentary leash at just the right the right angle in front of herself to see it nestled around the boys throat to see how it looks.
"Whats that mean?" Izuku asks a bit confused before the bunny woman pops her bubblegum bubble and smirks.
"It means what time does your shift end!" The Bunny woman says much to Izuku confusion before he just goes to get her order finished as Kayama gets in line.
As time goes by It is soon Izuku's break time and the owner of the cafe, a nice woman with a bee mutation quirk walks out to cover for him. Kayama slips out of line and sits in front of Izuku.
"ms. Kayama? Why are you here?" Izuku asks a bit confused.
"im checking on you dummy. you barely got treated for your injuries and you just bolt off to this job? Izuku sweety I'm your teacher you can come to me for anything! Why did you get this job? You should be going on dates, hanging out with friends! Doing fun things not working. What's going on?" Kayama asks as she grabs Izuku by the hand and rubs it.
"My mother was transferred overseas by her company last week And since legally I can't get a babysitter being an adult in all by law I have to pay my own bills. I didn't have enough money to make rent this month so i got a job here. it's not all bad. Mrs Queen over there is really sweet and she hired me no question! She even treats me nicely and doesn't make me work too hard. She's strict sure but not rude about it! I started here because I needed it but i actually came to love working here. Besides, Dating? Friends? No one wants to be friends with or date a deku like me?" Izuku says as he takes a bite of his steamed white rice with steamed Brocoli, cilantro and lime juice with cream of mushroom soup and cooked turkey meat lunch bowl.
"izuku sweety we HAVE to work on that confidence of yours. you're so not useless. I mean I know that bunny girl and she seems really interested in you! She even asked when your shift ends.
"Who Rumi? No, she doesn't like me. She just teases me all the time. Theirs nothing like that with us. Besides I'm just...useless. I'd only let her down anyway." Izuku says as he sees Kayama grab his hands.
"Izuku you are not useless please don't listen to that egotistical little shit Bakugo! You're handsome, kind, smart and very, very sweet and attentive! You work very hard too! Don't sell your accomplishments short okay? Now tell me what's this nonsense about girls not liking you? You're absolutely adorable ans any girl would be lucky to have you! Spill." Kayama says as izuku sighs.
"Well... okay look in middle school since I was quirkless it was hard for me. I was always ignored by teachers who didn't and a geneless or Null outperforming their best students and I was constantly used as quirk practice... as you saw in the office. But one thing I thought i could have was a girlfriend. So I was super happy to get a confession letter in my locker... it said to meet my secret admirer in a particular park at a particular time so I went and even worse whet I was supposed to. When the time came for me to meet the admirer... no one showed up. I kept getting those letters every few days stating a reason why I was alone and waiting until finally i was told to meet on the roof of the school. Well, I got there and it turns out it was the most popular girl in school Mia Nakano. She was just waiting for me and as I took my first few steps towards her she snapped her fingers." izuku says as he continues eating and drinking for his lunch.
"when she did it Bakugo and his lackeys well... they pinned me down, Dislocated my arms and broke a few of my fingers and even burned my shirt. She told me of the notes being a prank and showing how useless and desperate I was. Telling me how no one worth anything even the repugnant Mutant quirked girls wouldn't dare touch me because of my deficient genes. She made sure I would remember my place as a geneless husk because she gave the others razors and told them to carve it into my back. It's why the word Null is there... no one will want me. I'm deficient, defective goods... no one will want a useless Null like me." Izuku says as he grabs his arms and looks away ashamed.
"My god Izuku, they didn't stop there did they? They kept going. What happened? I need to know so I can bring them all to justice!" Nemuri kayama says now fully in hero mode.
"They, ... They did continue. Mia didn't know because she left shortly after having Null carved in my back but bakugo and his lackeys wanted to make sure I knew my place and ensure no one would want tainted goods so... Well let's just say that theirs a reason I'm required to shower alone after PE without a teacher present." Izuku says as Nemuri immediately knows what he's implying and is horrified before gently hugging her favorite student.
"izuku I'm so sorry! I swear I'll do what I can for you and get those sick bastards brought to justice! In the mean time You are NOT a null. As I said you are wonderful! Now I know you know my hero persona Midoriya. I have a special App I created that I keep close to the chest and only reveal it for uh... "special cases" like yours. I am going to need your phone so I can download the app okay?" Nemuri asks as Izuku hands over his phone to his teacher. Nemuri quickly accesses her site and downloads the APK and installs it. As she hands his phone back the app loads and it's revealed to be a specialty anonymous dating app. izuku looks up at his teacher and is going to tell her to delete it but Kayama grabs his hands.
"Izuku this is an extra credit assignment from me to you for school okay? You are to fill out that dating profile, with nothing but the truth about yourself okay? And you are not allowed to call yourself Usekess, deku or anything bad in your profile okay? I want you to go on at least 5 anonymous dates with the women that match with your personality and write to me about your experience with them alright? It's a legitimate school project that will account for your title grade by finals okay? I'll leave you be for now but I will come to visit your apartment tomorrow morning. I am NOT letting you live in that apartment alone without you atleast letting me check on you okay?" Kayama says as Izuku is on the verge of tears from how much his teacher has shown she cares. Not caring they are in public Izuku hugs his teacher and softly cries a bit as Nemuri comforts him.
After he gets out his thanks Nemuri leaves the cafe and Izuku begins looking at the app he sighs and looks at his blank profile creation page and looks at the username.
"Hey firefly! Your lunch is almost over and ...What's up? You been crying sweety? Let me help you!" Izuku's boss Queen Bee says as she grabs hold of him in all four of her arms holding him close in a tender hug as she begins to hum while her wings beat rapidly. The strange act making Izuku smile and as he hears her humming resonate in her chest where his head is he feels warm and loved. He closes his eyes and hugs his boss back as she smiles rubbing his back..
"There there little Zuzu. Queen Bee is always here for you! Now you ready to go back to work in 10 minutes?" Izuku smiling at feeling refreshed because of his boss and her actions makes Izuku smile happily giving him a glow to his smile.
"Sure am Bee! I'll do my best! Thanks again for hiring me! I have to finish an assignment from my teacher and I'll gift rough to work!" Izuku says as he once again looks at be dating profile creation page. Seeing the username spot is only asking for something simple he types in his bosses nickname for him.
"Username: Firefly
"Age: 14"
"Quirk: Quirkless"
"likes: Heros, analysis, Chemistry, microbiology, Studying weapons, collecting merch Hero and comic based; (Common, uncommon, rare), pre-quirk Comics, movies, music, TV shows, movies and games, Reading, listening to music (Who doesn't?)"
"Favorite alone time activities or hobbies: Writing, Composing, Singing, Editing and posting music. Reading up on the occult and urban legends from around the world. Astronamy, Astrology, Tarot reading, star gazing, Piano and wine making and designing, sewing and creating clothes. (Was first required but became a passion project and hobby)"
"Strange habbits: Finding Weird taxidermy ie: "real" Jackalope, muttering to myself when excited, drinking water enhancers ex:Mio without water. Random quirk analysis."
"What new experiences would you enjoy trying: Drinking (gotta try it at least once), going to a night club, Invitation to a massive party, seeing a broadway musical or Ballet performance, Fashion show."
"What I look for in a girl: Kind, caring, emotional, dominant, stubborn, Tall or small, strong, submissive, elegant, high class, low-class, smart, passionate, mutant quirk or not, quirkless or not, I just want someone who shares atleast just a few of my interests so we can have common ground and even if we don't have much in common i'd like it for my partner to atleast try and experience things I like to do and I'll even willingly do the same! Who knows, Maybe we'll find that we had different things each other like to do we never knew we enjoyed."
With everything filled out Izuku hit confirm and dating profile was created. Just in time too as his lunch ended and Izuku headsntocthe front to finish his shift. unknown to him his profile on Nemuri's app gets silent hits as multiple people like his profile and soon a timer ticks down before his profile is able to be requested for dates. Izuku oblivious to the multiple pings around the area he lives, UA, and one particular place he doesn't even know exists yet as the women using Nemuri app all soon get pings from it noting a fully compatible match score of nearly 75% being the lowest of them all as quite a few are perfect 100% matches.
Izuku after his shift is soon leaving work to head home as soon enough directly behind him he feels someone slip something around his neck and give A very harsh tug that causes him to slip and fall backwards into the rather large and soft breasts of the one who put the thing around his neck. it was his customer Rumi and he sees the leash knowing now where the collar was as he feels it clamped around his neck.
"i told you I didn't have a pet "Yet" Didn't mean I wouldn't find one. you'll do nicely." Rumi says as she smiles mischieviously while Izuku looks a bit worried and swallows hard knowing it's going to be a long, long night for him.