Secrets

All Might

"Kirishima, Ashido, Todoroki, and Midoriya, can you guys gather everyone and tell them to meet me down here immediately?" Aizawa asked. The group immediately got off the couches and headed for the elevator's. Aizawa sat next to a sulking Bakugo with a sigh.

"Don't beat yourself up kid." He said towards the blonde.

"How am I supposed to protect him from himself?" Bakugo asked with tears forming in his eyes.

"You can't." Aizawa replied. "Imagine how he was feeling when he woke up from his coma and found out what you did."

"We weren't really friends at that time." Bakugo spat.

"Maybe not." Aizawa shrugged. "But you guys still cared for one another. He probably felt as helpless as you do now. You can't do anything to protect someone from themselves. The only thing you can do, is be there for them when they are ready to open up. I'd never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad it was Midoriya. He is turning you into a fine young man. Which will one day, make you a fine young hero." Aizawa said with a small smile. "Right, problem child?" He finished off his speech as students began piling in. Aizawa climbed onto the table and began counting head.

"Okay, everyone is here." He said aloud when he counted 20.

"We are still waiting on Akio." Sero mumbled from the back of the group.

"Everyone look around at your class mates." Aizawa said. Everyone took a minute to slowly look around the room. "These are your 20 classmates, and the only 20 students I will be teaching for the next three years." Aizawa said with a small smile. Everyone wore huge smiled and faces filled with relief when they realised what he had meant. "Jiro and Kaminari, I believe Private Investigator will want a word with you when he gets here." He said while looking at the two.

"Wait, private investigator?" Mineta questioned nervously.

"Yes, in a few minutes, this place will be crawling with cops and everything else." Nezu said while walking to the scene. "You will all listen and be respectful. Got it?" Nezu said happily. The class all showed small smiles in return. Some of them were confused as to what the hell was going on, other's kind of knew.

"UA has made a mistake letting certain people into our school." Nezu began. "I can assure you we took every precaution when it came to the safety of our students. Your safety is our primary concern. With that being said, Kirishima, Ashido, Todoroki, Kaminari, and Jiro. Please have a seat down here. Bakugo, the police want your help up stairs." He said while looking to the pouting blonde on the couch. "Midoriya, All Might wants to have a word with you in the conference room." He said towards the green haired man. Midoriya wanted to be excited, but he knew it wasn't about his quirk. He had been avoiding All Might since Tanaka came back. Now it was time to finally face him. Midoriya frowned as he knew he wasn't ready to do it. "Everyone else, please go outside and let the police do their jobs." Nezu said, finishing up his speech. Every student moved to their designated area.

Midoriya sluggishly made his way to the school. How am I supposed to tell him that the person he chose for his successor used to be a criminal? Midoriya questioned himself on the small walk. I did terrible things to good people. How can I actually become a hero like this? He questioned as tears fell freely down his cheeks. He made his way to the conference room, completely lost in thought. Before he knew it, he was standing in front of the door to his designated spot.

He took a deep shaky breath before sliding the door open.

"Ah, Midoriya." All Might said in a sad voice as the green haired man walked inside, shutting the door behind him. "Have a seat kid, I made tea." All Might said while gesturing to the seat across from him. Midoriya quickly sat down in his usual chair before looking up to All Might.

"I don't even know where to begin kid." All Might whispered as Midoriya lowered his head in shame. "I guess I'll start with Tanaka." He said while taking a sip of his tea. "I looked into some of the things you did while being black mailed. You didn't some bad things, but nothing too terrible." Midoriya's head snapped up. "I wish that it didn't happen, but it did." All Might explained. "You did a good job at keeping everything to the minimum."

"How can you say that?" Midoriya asked as tears fell down his face. "I am a terrible person for the things I've done."

"No Midoriya. You were a kid who made mistakes because you were being black mailed. You did what you had to do." All Might paused while looking to Midoriya. He was a complete mess, his eyes were red and puffy from crying, his hair was still fresh with bed head and he looked like he hadn't been getting enough sleep for a month.

"I'm not going to lecture you and tell you that you did wrong. You already know that. You went around to each individual person you hurt and said you were sorry before making it up to them." All Might explained.

"It still doesn't change the fact that I did terrible things." Midoriya mumbled in embarrassment.

"No, it doesn't. But you made it up to them. Which is more than I can say about a lot of other people. Don't let them get you down Midoriya. You have a good head on your shoulders. We are going to try everything to keep it that way." All Might said with a small smile. "Next, I am a little hurt that you didn't tell me about you and Bakugo." All Might said sadly.

"How did you know?" Midoriya asked in surprise.

"When things started getting really bad with Tanaka, Aizawa thought it was best to inform myself and Nezu of the situation." All Might explained. "Don't be mad at him. He did what he felt was right as your teacher."

"I wanted to be the one to tell you when I was ready." Midoriya said sadly.

"And I appreciate that." All Might said with a smile. "And lastly, I was informed of your 'incident' on your arms." All Might sighed while looking to the ground. He was ashamed at himself. How could nobody realize that a student was feeling that bad about themselve's? "I want you to know that we are going to do everything in our power to bring back the light in your eyes. We are going to do everything we can to forever keep you safe." All Might said as tears started to fill his eyes. "I think I can speak for all the teachers when I say this. I'm sorry we failed you." He said while lowering his head in shame.

Midoriya stared at the man in front of him in shock. Is All Might actually crying right now? Midoriya questioned to himself.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you All Might. You probably regret picking me as your successor." Midoriya said sadly while looking to the ground in shame.

"Not even a little bit Midoriya." All Might said with a sad smile. "You are still the best person for this quirk." He smiled.

"T-thank you All Might." Midoriya cried out as tears fell freely down his face.

"Izuku!" Someone shouted while sliding the door open.

"M-mom?" Midoriya questioned with tears still in his eyes. Inko rushed over to her son before hugging him tightly.

"I'll be in the dorms. Feel free to join me when you are done." All Might said awkwardly to Midoriya before taking his leave.

"Mom? What are you doing here?" He questioned nervously. Inko didn't say anything as she knelt in front of her soon with tears pouring down her cheeks. She took a deep breath before rolling up one of his sleeves. He knew what was coming. She paused as she looked at every scar on his arm before crying loudly.

"Mom.." Midoriya's voice trailed off.

"I'm so sorry baby!" She cried while squeezing the life out of him. "I should have seen how much you were hurting! I failed as a mom, I failed you!" She wailed loudly. Midoriya's heart was broken. The one person he never wanted to hurt was his mom. She had done such a great job at raising him pretty much by herself.

"No mom. I failed you." Midoriya whispered sadly as tears continued to roll down his face.