BNHA: Undying

"This is rather unexpected," Principal Nezu says before taking a sip of tea, peering at his guests over the rim. He places the cup down without a sound before folding his paws on top of his desk. "Typically, it is UA that informs the hero if the student they offered an internship to accepts. So having all of you suddenly showing up yourselves is an unusual occurrence."

Endeavor, the number two hero, huffs disdainfully. "Having a villain attending a hero school is also 'an unusual occurrence'. It should not come as a surprise that we would wish to see the situation for ourselves."

Mirko, the current number nine, snorts at the way he phrases it. "Hah! Let's just call it like it is," she leans forward with her elbows on her knees and her hands hanging limp between them. "Since Midosagi is enrolled in the hero course, he can get internship offers. I want him, and since these guys are here I'd bet they do too." She jerks her head towards the other three visitors sitting across from Nezu.

Gran Torino, the retired mentor of All Might, lets out a loud laugh at the rabbit hero's blunt assessment. "Of course I am! Bastard that he is, Yagi never told me he had a son! Talked about his daughter for hours, but young Izuku? Not a peep! Obviously I want to get to know him!"

"I wouldn't be so sure," Sir Nighteye, All Might's former sidekick says as he adjusts his glasses. "As you said, Toshinori never mentioned anything about a son, but spoke at length about his daughter. As such, we should treat his claims of being related to the Symbol of Peace with scrutiny."

Nezu shakes his head while holding back a sigh at the man's denial. "I can assure you, Sir Nighteye. The boy is All Might's son. All records, as well as All Might's own admission, leave no doubt of that."

Nighteye scoffs, leaning back as he crosses his arms. "And yet no blood test has been conducted." He raises an eyebrow at the principal. "That seems more than a little suspicious, I hope you understand."

Endeavor grunts. "I agree on that point, but my daughter attended school with both the boy and his sister. I was there when All Might was confronted about what happened to him when the boy was presumed dead, and he clearly stated that he is his son."

Gran Torino whacks Nighteye's leg with his cane, earning a hiss of pain from the man. "Stop being daft you brat. Yagi is an idiot who feels that being the Symbol of Peace is the most important thing in the world. Do you think a man like that would let people find out that he has a quirkless son?"

Nighteye's lips press together into a thin line, not a sound escaping him. He knows that the news would shake society's faith in their pillar. The prejudice against quirkless people is deep rooted and widespread enough that it's possible that All Might would lose his spot as the number one hero! It would embolden villains across the country, leading to an unprecedented rise in criminal activity.

If it's true that Midosagi is both quirkless and his son, then it would have needed to remain a secret for All Might to remain the Symbol of Peace.

That doesn't mean he has to believe it though. Especially regarding all the terrible things Midosagi claimed had happened to him while All Might looked the other way.

"Dude has his head so far up All Might's ass that he can't see anything else," Mirko waves Gran Torino's pointed question aside with a casual insult. "But we got side-tracked." She looks back at Nezu while leaning back in her chair. "What do I have to do to get them as an intern?"

"Hey now, I was here first!" Gran Torino glares at the female hero. "Respect your elders and let me get to know my godson!"

"Given my daughter already has experience in dealing with the boy, it would make much more sense for the two of them to intern with me," Endeavor counteracts with a reasonable statement.

"But I can see into the boy's future to ensure he does not cause any trouble during the week," Nighteye pitches in with his just as reasonable justification.

"The HPSC said I get dibs," Mirko smirks, getting glares from the men. "What? Got a problem with that? I'll kick all your asses!"

They seem to forget that Nezu is there, after that. Each of the 'pro' heroes argue as to why they're best suited to take Midosagi in as an intern for the week, as well as why the others are less suited to the task. The moment that Nighteye dismisses Mirko as 'a brainless barbarian' is the moment it devolves from an argument, into the four of them trading insults.

"Bitch, please. Like you have any right to call other people 'brainless'. You take months to get the smallest bit of proof that someone's a villain!"

"My agency primarily targets organizations, while you simply hop around your patrol route looking for somebody to kick."

"Ha! You're just jealous that I'm young enough that I can patrol! Where's your cane, old man?"

Gran Torino takes offense to that insult, even though it's aimed at Nighteye. "Disrespectful brat! I may be old, but I can still give the three of you young'uns the beating your mothers never did!"

Endeavor has to hold himself back from asking if things like that are more commonplace than his family's therapist made them out to be. He does not believe it would go over well with the assembled crowd. So, instead, he simply scowls at the three with an imperious expression.

One that attracts the ire of the less flammable hot head.

"You think you can sit there and things will work out for you? Like hell you're getting the brat! You can't even get a better rank!"

Endeavor feels a vein pop out on his forehead at the rabbit hero pointing out the one thing that will frustrate him no matter what.

"Please," he sneers, "you would not be nearly so high in rank if it were not for the filthy degenerates who worship the female form!"

Mirko gives the man a lopsided smirk. "Oh, so you're gay? That explains why you're always staring at All Might whenever the two of you are in the same place."

The sudden attack on the number two hero's sexuality is enough to get the sidekick and retired pro to stop their own bickering and gape at the number nine. And then Gran Torino bursts into loud guffaws of laughter. Even Sir Nighteye isn't immune to the smooth turnaround, snickering at the man.

Endeavor, meanwhile, maintains an undecipherable stare at the smirking Mirko. It takes a bit of time for the laughing heroes to calm down, but when they do they notice that the temperature seems to be rising. They look at the flame hero and see the lines crossing his costumed chest steadily growing brighter. Mirko doesn't falter though, continuing to meet the man's gaze without flinching even as sweat clearly drips from her face.

And of course Nezu, who has been watching the chaos with clear enjoyment, is pleased with the excellent timing his new visitor has to prevent another destructive fight from breaking out at one of his meetings and destroying the room. He clicks the button on his desk and the door swings open before the person can knock.

To the surprise of those gathered -but none so more than Endeavor- Shoko Todoroki walks in.

Dragging a fully encased in ice Katsuki Bakugou, a snarl of rage frozen on his face and a manic glint in his eyes. To the heroes, it looks like he was frozen mid-attack.

"Ah, Miss Todoroki! Would you care to explain what you are doing here with your frozen unpleasant classmate?"

The girl nods without changing expression. "He tried to attack Izuku again, so I decided that it would be easier if he was kept in ice all day instead of trying to stop the constant attempts throughout the day."

The principal nods understandingly while Endeavor suddenly looks very, very tired. "I see, I see! And what did Aizawa have to say about your actions?"

"He said that heroes do the right thing, not the easy thing," Shoko says immediately. "But in this case the easy thing was the right thing so I don't think that applies." She looks at the frozen student, and seeing the ice beginning to crack again, places her hand on it to apply a fresh layer to prevent his escape. "Though I do find it inconvenient that he's physically strong enough to break out of my ice even without his explosions. It's rather perplexing." It would be easier if she could make it thicker, but then he might get permanent damage. Not that she cares, but dealing with the backlash would be inconvenient.

Nezu looks at Endeavor, who sighs in acceptance, before turning to his other guests. "If the three of you wouldn't mind stepping out for a bit, we could continue this discussion at a later time."

Mirko shrugs, Nighteye scowls, and Gran Torino lets out a huff of air. But the three do get to their feet and exit, leaving Endeavor and the Nezu behind to try and explain to Shoko that -while understandable- she cannot freeze her classmates outside of combat exercises.

Nighteye doesn't even glance at the other two before he's striding through the halls towards the exit. They can practically hear his mental shout of 'I'll be back!' They exchange glances, and both gain mischievous smirks on their faces.

"You know… the rat never said we had to leave."

Gran Torino nods in agreement. "You're right there, young'un. If we left, how would we know when he's ready to talk to us again!"

Mirko looks up at the ceiling and taps her chin. "There aren't any seats out here for us to wait in, so we should probably go look for a place to wait."

Gran Torino smirks. "I used to be a teacher here, so I should be able to take us to the teacher's lounge. Of course, it's been so long that I might just get us lost and wind up at the kid's classroom instead."

"Oh no. That is definitely not what we want to happen," Mirko says in a monotone.

They stare at each other for a few moments before clasping hands and showing off wide smiles. With a pep in their steps, the two start their journey through the halls of UA to the 'teacher's lounge'.

"It appears we are lost," Mirko deadpans in a loud and stilted monotone while outside the large door leading into one of the first year's heroics classrooms.

"It does seem like that is the truth," Gran Torino deadpans back with an equally stilted monotone. "But we can surely ask those inside this completely random room where we can find our destination."

"You are a wise old man. The people through this door can certainly help us."

Despite being behind the older hero, Mirko is the one to open the door. She is not the one to react first after hearing a shout from inside the room.

"YEET THE GLOWING CHILD!"

Gran Torino jumps into the air just in time to catch a small girl wearing a red dress over a white, long sleeved button up. And like the voice said, the child is indeed glowing from the horn on the right side of her forehead, just in front of her long silver hair.

But before he can question what's going on, he too becomes engulfed in light.