Chapters 20-22 Deleted Scenes

I was actually juggling quite a few ideas I tossed around for writing these chapters and ended up cutting quite a few short scenes as a result.

I originally tried to work on some scenes related to the assembly but decided that they were not really necessary with the way I had set the story up. I am trying to cut things lean enough that nothing drags too much. I never completely developed the scenes but I had some outlines ready.

Aizawa left Nezu's room. He couldn't say he was happy with the principal but the conversation was satisfying all things considered and Nezu had an assembly to prepare for.

The class attended the speech and when Hound Dog launched into his rant, Aizawa moves to try to stop it, able to understand what he was saying and now worried that U.A.'s spy may have Midoriya as a priority. Unfortunately, they don't see his gestures from the stage, nor does he make it in time to stop Vlad from translating the growls and snarls for the kids.

Shota felt mixture of negative emotions, as the assembly concluded in relation to the other staff members' comment on the fight last night. He was angry that Hound Dog and Blood King broadcasted about the fight to the whole student body like that.

But, that was secondary to the fear. How much did they know? Was it just a general report, or did they have footage of that fight? U.A.'s mole was still thriving and if it was a teacher, then footage would be dangerous.

Aizawa tells Hound Dog that the next time he wants to scold students in front of the whole school, come to him first. He then explained that the fight had been the result of issues he was going to be sending the kids to Hound Dog to work out. Now the man just brought unwanted attention to those students, both of which have social issues that they're struggling with.

Hound Dog's mortification was enough to calm him into to speaking enough to bark out an apology. He takes the opportunity to tell the man that he plans to have each of his students come in for a required post villain attack session. With Midoriya, Bakugou and anyone Hound Dog felt needed further counseling, would be set up for continuing sessions.

At this, Vlad frowned, thoughtfully, before stating, "You know what? Pencil my kids into that schedule, too."

Consider that last line minor foreshadowing for plans I have in the main story. I don't know how major but class 1-A is not the only one with kids who have PTSD issues. I can't help but immediately picture the unconscious kids in the woods, Awase having to carry Momo because she used her Quirk right up to death's door and Tetsu Tetsu getting shot multiple times, even if those things bounced.

Hizashi notices Aizawa's seating change.

After the assembly, Yamada noted that Nezu had immediately gone over to Hound Dog to discuss something with him.

He glanced toward the 1-A students, knowing like the rest of the staff, that the two students had been Shota's pupils. He was worried for the man. It had been a rough year for him and they're only now in September, not even halfway through the first year.

When Yamada arrived for 1-A's English lesson, he immediately noted two absent students and the relocation of another to one of the empty seats. He glanced at Shota, questioningly, but said nothing in front of the students. Yamada knew that if Shota made a change in the seating arrangement, there was good reason for it.

He could try asking his friend about it later, but knew his friend still might not talk about it.

So, remember that line in chapter 18 where Nezu was commenting about just showing up at the Dorm with Cementoss. Originally, that's exactly what I planned to have happen. He wasn't going to say a word to Aizawa. Just show up.

Izuku was cleaning the insides of the windows of the living room and Kacchan doing the same down the hallway when they noticed a couple of very recognizable forms up the path towards their dorm. Cementoss was walking their way with Principal Nezu perched on his shoulder talking in depth about something.

Izuku put down his spray bottle and rag and walked over to the door. Kacchan did, too. He was probably excited to get the hole in his room repaired.

The staff entered the building and Nezu gave one of his smiles that Izuku suspected was a forced thing, as most animals didn't really smile the way humans did. "Good morning, boys. How are your assigned chores coming along so far?"

"Fine," Bakugou said.

"How's Ground Beta?" Izuku asked.

"Everything is back in order and ready for the next training session," Cementoss replied. "The area was made with Quirk damage in mind. Still, that's not an invitation to use them at will."

"Sorry." Izuku said.

"So, why are you both here? I doubt this is just about the hole between my room and Kirishima's." Bakugou questioned, looking directly at Nezu.

Nezu smile dropped as he said, "Indeed. I want to speak to both of you individually in relation to last night's events. Most specifically some things you discussed with Aizawa during the conversations you had after the fight. He and I had a talk of our own this morning." Then, that smile was back. "There won't be any more discipline, I promise. I'm sure your Sensei has already taken care of that thoroughly." He looked between the two boys and said, "I think I'll start with, Bakugou. We can talk in one of the spare rooms upstairs. While Midoriya may go back to whatever he's working on and I'll talk after I'm finished with Bakugou. It won't take long."

Bakugou frowned but followed the principal to the elevator. The moment they were gone Cementoss stated, "he's here for more than a talk. If that were all he wanted, he would've had you come to the office."

"I'm sorry about making more work for you," Izuku said.

"Don't beat yourself up too much over it. Between the robots bringing supplies and my ability to set them in, we had all the damage repaired in about five minutes. Speaking of which, if I don't head up and let them in, they're going to get cranky." He paused expectantly with a small smile.

Izuku just looked up, unsure of what he was waiting for. Despite how much Izuku would love to ask about his collaborative construction work, he doubted this was the proper time to drill someone on their Quirk. He didn't know what the man was expecting, though.

"Were they built sentient, or did someone have a Quirk to make them that way?" Izuku asked, curious.

Cementoss paused, before stating, "I actually don't know. I haven't even thought about it, really." The man looked uncomfortable for a moment before he cleared his throat and said, "All right then, I guess I should get started. You should get back to your work, too."

"Yes, Cementoss-sensei." Izuku said and leapt to it.

He heard the man chuckle as he rushed back to the living room before pushing the elevator button and suddenly found himself wondering if Cementoss was actually lighter than he looked or if the equipment here had been reinforced for him.

'Probably not a good question to ask out loud.' Izuku noted as he picked up his spray bottle and rag in order to get back to cleaning.

Nezu and Izuku later go back upstairs to talk in Izuku's room.

This scene was partially written but has been removed so I can cannibalize it for the scene in the upcoming meeting for interactions between Nezu and Izuku.

I'm sure that the fact that I still use sensei here tells you that I was already working on it before chapter 14 came out…I've really got to go back and make those changes at some point…

I wrote this while trying to figure out how to flesh out chapter 20 without making a pointless scene. I couldn't flesh it out enough to feel comfortable using it. Shoto considered both how little he knows about Midoriya and Aizawa's declaration about the meetings with the school counselor, specifically what it means for him.

Shoto barely payed attention as they went off to the assembly. Not even when Class 1-B's blond kid who was always strutting around and challenging their class started talking about something. Not even when they took up their position to wait for the assembly to start.

What he did pay attention to was when Hound Dog started howling on the stage. This was the man he was going to be required to meet with in the near future.

Shoto had never dealt with therapists, before. His father felt that they were for people who were too weak to deal with their own problems. And he'd made it clear that Shoto was far from weak.

Shoto wasn't sure what to expect there. Before the dorms, he might've actually been scared, because if anything got out about what he discussed and reached his father's ear... Well, he had to go home at the end of the day.

Now, he didn't know. Maybe he should just focus on the villain encounters… Was he even allowed to talk about Stain? Wolfram? Kamino Ward was most certainly out. No one could know about that.

So, I was originally going to have Aizawa running around getting stuff done for lunch. I had also originally planed on having the conversation with Inko happen at the end of this day, at her house but instead pushed it back in favor of Izuku meeting Nezu.

Despite wanting to do nothing more than curl up into his sleeping bag until it was time for the afternoon classes, Shota knew he had too much to do. With one last longing glance toward the teacher's lounge, he instead turned toward Nezu's office again to establish what the rest of the staff knew about the fight between Midoriya and Bakugou.

Then, he would proceed to Hound Dog's office to schedule appointments for Izuku and Bakugou specifically and warn Hound Dog to expect several more first years in the near future.

And it wasn't like he was getting a break in the evening either. Not only did he have Shinsou's training, but more work afterward. He and All Might had agreed that it was best to approach Midoriya's mother sooner, rather than later. He should probably stop by the dorm, after he spoke to Hound Dog, and tell the kid to make sure his mother would be home that evening…

What a pain…

Then I fiddled with the idea of Aizawa actually taking a nap. Yeah, that didn't last long.

Finally, I decided to have the conversation between him and Present Mic. This was the first draft and was going to be tacked onto chapter 21 before I came up with the final version but I found what I wrote when viewing things from Hizashi's perspective was much more satisfying.

The Voice Hero took the chair and angled it so he could face Shota, since they both knew very well that he wasn't coming out right now. "I heard that you had some trouble with a couple of your kids fighting last night and I noticed a change in seating this morning. You don't usually change seating arrangements unless it's something serious. I just wanted to check in and make sure you're all right."

"I can't say much," Aizawa stated. A set of words that said more between them than the average person might hear. As an Underground Hero with a Quirk like his, Shota had quickly become involved in assignments that had to remain secret. Therefore, he quickly set up a distinction with his friends between 'won't' and 'can't'. If it were just personal, he'd use the first; if there was something more, he'd use the latter. Outside of Yamada and Nemuri, most people wouldn't even know the distinction.

"That big, huh?"

"Yes. I can say that last night I was made aware of Midoriya and Bakugou's history. They should never have been placed together and I plan on minimizing their contact for the time being and prefer that they be heavily supervised when they do."

Yamada nodded. "I'll keep that in mind for group assignments in my classes." Then he smiled and asked, "So, how's young Shinsou's training coming?"

"He's getting a handle on my capture weapon faster than I did."

"To be fair, you had to learn it for yourself. He has a great mentor to guide him."

Aizawa shrugged, and said, "It would be illogical to have him waste time, struggling on his own. He needs whatever edge he can get, especially with all of his potential classmates getting pushed harder than any group before them. If he's to keep up next year, he'll have to climb higher than I did."

Yamada sighed, and acknowledged, "This year has been an absolute mess."

Aizawa said, "And another thing; based on what I can't talk about, it's only just started."

"You sure?"

"Positive."

He and Yamada just stared at each other for a minute in silence, before the blonde stood and said, "You look like you need your sleep, more than usual. Whatever's coming, know that I'll help however I can."

"I know. Thanks." Shota waited for Yamada to slip out of the room before sliding back into the bag, quickly dozing off again, until the echoes of his student's voices down the hall, as they later approached and then entered the classroom, roused him.

During Lunch, I was going to have Todoroki, Ochako and Iida questions that rocks them to the core in their thoughts about Midoriya.

Todoroki stared down at his Soba as he listens to Iida and Uraraka talking about homeroom and Aizawa's demand that they all attend therapy. But the conversation must've shifted, as he stewed in his own thoughts, because he snapped into awareness when Iida mentioned, "I'm surprised Aizawa-sensei switched Midoriya and Kirishima's seating."

"I'm not," Shoto said, causing the other two to look at him. "Did you see how Midoriya and Bakugou were, last night?"

"What are you talking about?" Uraraka asked. "That's the first time I've seen them get along so well."

Shoto snorted. "As long as Midoriya's walking on eggshells around Bakugou." He started stabbing his noodles with his fork as the words left his mouth, suddenly no longer hungry. No, he was angry. "How much do we really know about their 'friendship'?" This time, when he pulled his fork back, a bunch of noodles were pulled with it, frozen to the utensil, he realized and set his fork down.

The other two students stared silently at him for a moment.

"Maybe, it's just something they don't want to talk about." Iida's statement sounded more like a question.

"What does Midoriya talk about?" he asked back.

"Don't be ridiculous, Midoriya always talks with us!"

I decided that no matter how much Todoroki thinks about these things, it would be OOC for him to bring it up with the others under these circumstances, both because he is socially awkward and because he respects Izuku's privacy way too much. So, this scene got scrapped very early in its formation.

And those are the deleted scenes for chapters 20-22.