Shouto, Midoriya and Iida sat in a hospital room together. Iida had a cast on his arm, Shouto was halfway to falling asleep and Midoriya was indiscreetly glancing between Iida and Shouto. Shouto merely hummed, his eyes flickering over to Midoriya's, "You think I should tell him, don't you?"

"I mean, how else are you going to explain what just happened with Dash? " Midoriya replied, "That's not easily explainable. Maybe if you used Windy it might've been."

" Windy ? For fighting Stain? Midoriya have you gone mental?"

"I'm just saying it could've worked in a way."

" Dash ? Windy ?" Iida finally spoke up, "What are you two talking about?"

Midoriya and Shouto glanced at each other before Shouto remembered something, "Wait, before I explain anything, where's Kero?"

"Kero went with your teacher," Midoriya said, "I think..."

"You think ."

"Who's Kero?"

"Wee eellll, you see Iida..."

Shouto merely shrugged, "It's just magik, you know?"

"Magi k. "

The face Iida made to the response of that to those statements were hilarious.

~~~

Tsukauchi, Gran Torino, Aizawa, Sansa, Yue, Kero and the highschoolers were all in a room. Kenji quickly informed them, "Yes I was informed of your rather... magical situation."

Shouto just stared, "Okay."

"However this doesn't exclude your acts of vigilance. Using your quirks to fight the Hero Killer was uncalled for-"

Shouto interrupted him, "But I had permission to use my quirk from Yue."

Yue nodded in confirmation, "It's true, Shouto's clear."

Kenji merely brushed it off, "As I was saying, those who don't have clearance-" Midoriya and Iida flinched, knowing this conversation was for them. "- we're willing to let this slide this once. " A sigh of relief was collectively let out, "-with a few consequences." And once again, Iida and Midoriya collectively stiffened.

"Your teachers are going to lose their teaching license, and no, that doesn't count Aizawa, it counts Gran Torino and Manual," Kenji said, "Second, you'll not be allowed to take internships with these teachers again after this incident. Third, you'll be attending afterschool lessons for why this was incorrectly done."

Midoriya's lips fell into a thin line, "But why was it wrong? We saved someone. If we weren't there, Stain would've killed Native."

"He nearly succeeded whether you were there or not," Aizawa said, "The hero was bleeding out, if it weren't for Kero and Todoroki, Native wouldn't be here today. So not only did you use your quirk, you failed at making a good plan."

Midoriya wilted at that.

"Shouto was authorized in using his quirk, the ideal plan would've been him holding Stain down as you two got the hero away and got help," Yue contributed to Aizawa's analysis, "Though, as we see, it didn't exactly pan out like that."

"Do you really think I would've left Todoroki alone??" Midoriya looked appalled at the fact, "Not that he's not strong, but he was barely holding it together with Stain."

Shouto sighed, "It's fine. What's done is done, let's just get the questions over with." He was tired and didn't have the patience for this.

Kero flew over to him and landed on Shouto's head as a silent reassurance, "The kid's right. They're probably all tired, we should wrap this up quickly."

Kenji paused, probably comprehending the fact that Kero can talk before replying, "Right. Tsukauchi here will collect your statements while Aizawa gives you the accurate outline of your punishments. After that, you're free to go, but you don't have the internship during the rest of the week. You'll either spend the rest of the week at UA, or you'll spend it at home."

The boys nodded in understanding as Sansa got up to leave. "Have a nice day."

~~~

The three boys were still in the hospital room together.

"My hand received a lot of damage," Iida said, "It'll be hard to use now."

"Nerve damage?" Shouto asked, "Isn't it recoverable?"

"Yeah, isn't it? Is your hand okay, Iida?" Midoriya asked, his eyes reflecting his concern.

"With a surgery I can have full function! However, I shall not do it!"

"What, why?"

"I have to become a hero first! This is a memoir to when I put you guys in danger," Iida's face morphed into a face of stone hard determination, "A memoir to let this not happen again."

Midoriya related. His quirk was eventually going to break his bones beyond repair, he wanted it to be a memoir to something important too. "You'll become a good hero, Iida!"

Shouto nodded his head in agreement, "We all will."

"Yes, we will!"

~~~

Shouto's anger came in a bit late. It came in after he had a good nap because apparently he was too tired for proper emotion before. But he knew he was unreasonably angry. Kero seemed to notice immediately as he looked up from Shouto's phone, "You mad, kid?"

Shouto sighed as he replied, "Yeah, pretty much. I get that Iida was greiving over the loss of his brother's profession, but everything that he did was so stupid. There were better ways to go around his issue. Did he actually think he'd survive that encounter after his brother barely made it through?"

"I dunno, kid," Kero replied, "When someone's heart is filled to emotion, their brains tend to disappear." And that Kero knows , he's seen it happen with Sakura, and that alone was enough experience.

"You're thinking about Kinomoto-san, aren't you?" Shouto asked, "Did she ever do anything like that?"

Kero just stared, "How do you know I was thinking about Sakura?"

Shouto shrugged, "You had that look in your eyes. You miss her don't you?" Shouto, surprisingly, has never heard a lot about Sakura, Kero tended to not talk about her until directly asked or making a comparison. Shouto didn't really mind, it was obvious that Sakura had made an impact on Kero that Kero didn't talk about. And again, to Shouto it was okay, everyone processes grief differently.

"Yeah," Kero admitted, "I do miss her. Not that you're not good or anyth-"

"You're allowed to miss someone you loved Kero," Shouto related to what he said a lot, after all, his mother was still gone from the house.

"L-loved?" Kero sputtered, "She was a menace!"

That's what Kero said, but the fondness in that statement was unbearably obvious, "Whatever you say, Kero."

There was a silence before Shouto spoke up again, "How was Sakura like?"

Kero's face had a small smile as he recounted Sakura's personality, "She was way too kind for her own good. She was also kinda stupid at times... stupid as in she was in love with a damn brat. I don't get why she liked that dude. Kid, if you ever fall in love, choose someone worthy..."

Shouto spent the rest of the afternoon listening to his former cardcaptor's tales.

~~~

It was the 5th day of his 'internship', although Shouto was currently at home. He wondered how everyone was doing. With nothing to do, he decided to do the traditional fortune telling with the cards.

"Doing it again, kid?" Kero perched on his shoulder.

"Last time I did it was during the Sports Festival," Shouto shrugged, "Might as well see if the cards can tell me something. This year has been very eventful, and honestly, I hope it doesn't continue."

"You and me both," Kero perched himself on the windowsill, "Speaking of this year, how are you doing? Those things aren't exactly easy to forget..."

Shouto hummed, "I'm fine, or I will be anyways, I'm just worried about the others, Kero."

"You're not the only one, kid."

~~~

When everyone returned to school, it was immediately filled up with chatter.

Shouto walked in and was quickly greeted by Momo. "How was your internship?" Momo asked.

Shouto put his bag on the clip attached to his desk, "It was okay. It's actually confidential. You?"

" Confidential ? I don't get how you can say that so casually," Momo replied, "My internship was boring."

Shouto shrugged, "Maybe boring is better."

"I'm just saying that if you look at it, the Hero Killer makes a lot of sense," Kaminari said.

"What the heck, Kami?" Ashido stared at him in pure disgust, "You like the Hero Killer?"

"No! I just- don't you think what he was fighting for was kinda cool?"

Then Iida walked in.

And the class got washed over by a tense silence until Iida broke it, "Kaminari, I don't think Stain is cool at all."

Kaminari laughed nervously, a blush creeping onto his cheeks as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, "Right, sorry."

"Please refrain from talking about the Hero Killer again," Iida chopped the air, "He has been detained, there's no need to now."

"Okay," Kaminari looked like he really wanted the conversation to end.

But it seems Iida didn't get the memo as he was going to continue but got interuppted by Aizawa-sensei, "Sit down, Iida. Class is starting."

"Y-yes, sir!" The student was being himself again, the Iida they all knew, that left the class with a brighter atmosphere.

Except Aizawa quickly took a seat in the corner of the classroom as All Might came in, "Get your hero costumes and get to training ground Gamma!"

"Oh, I wonder what activity this is-" The chatter in Class A started up again.

~~~

To Shouto, this seemed like a perfectly normal day. The activity was announced and it was a race. Shouto felt a bit giddy at this fact, he had this activity in the bag.

Sero was a force to be reckoned with, especially with the terrain they were just in. Shouto found it impressive, but the real MVP was Midoriya.

Midoriya had improved immensely during his internship, having Shouto wondering if he was already left in the dust. Midoriya surpassed his previous limits and is still going to the newly made ones. Shouto finds it admirable how hard he works.

Kero shifted in his bag and Shouto could tell that he was thinking the same thing. As Shouto entered the locker room, he saw the boys pointing something out.

"We need to cover the fucking hole!" Bakugou said, "I don't want to see people naked, that shit's gross as fuck."

"I don't know Bakubro-"

"We should have common human decency," Iida pointed, "Cover the hole."

"What's going on?" Shouto asked.

"Dunce Face found a fucking peep hole."

"We should tell Aizawa-sensei then cover it then," Shouto said, "It's the most respectful thing to do."

"See, Dunce Face, no one wants to see that shit," Bakugo exited the room, most likely to tell Aizawa.

Shouto agreed, he truly didn't want to see through the hole.

~~~

Shouto scrolled through Musutafu News, seeing if there's any article that catches his eyes.

"What'cha looking for, kid?" Kero asked, perched on his shoulder.

"Nothing..."

"...just have another bad feeling, Kero."