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astraymetronome · 3 years

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Chasing a Tail of Wonder

Summary

He wasn't trying to get in trouble this time! It just seems to follow him everywhere, he’d been minding his own business and now this happens!? Come on! How come he always seems to attract it! He'd be surprised if his teachers didn't hate his guts at this point!

Though, waking up in a box and being significantly shorter wasn't something he expected after an encounter...

Things have been far too peaceful and some of 1-A miss the normal shenanigans! Plus this trope is too stupid and cute to pass up!

Notes

Inspired by The Frustrating Ordeal Of Not Being Known (Beyond A Tail And Whiskers) by Otaku6337.

Please be aware that I wrote the Summary before the actual story, so I apologize if some things don’t make sense. It’s kinda like a writing prompt, anyways, enjoy! It's been worked with on and off for a month or so with a two-week break... So keep that in mind as well.

You’d figure that at this point it would be an inside joke between the class. It was, in all honesty, but this was getting out of hand. He was fine with acting on the occasion about a situation. Pretending to be upset about something or to act as a problem. Izuku had managed to get some chuckles and smiles out of Aizawa so he wasn’t complaining about anything. He’d been asked to head up to a nearby gas station to get snacks for the Dekusquad since it was movie night and his turn to buy stuff.

He didn’t mind having to go get anything, it was simply an excuse to focus on himself for even a couple of minutes. Walking was nice, Aizawa had given him permission, as long as he got back within 15 minutes, so he had about 5 minutes to grab stuff and the rest was walking. He was halfway there before he heard some noise to his left. He gave it a quick glance, the deepness of the growing black was slightly intimidating but he chose to ignore it, now wasn’t the time.

He had spent the walk there racking his brain about what they wanted, and possible alternatives for the snacks in case they didn’t have them or were out. He didn’t think much of the shuffling behind him as he moved. His mind seemed to prioritize it once he felt something rough brush the back of his neck. He turned around quickly as his hand moved to his neck feeling the back of it. He felt uncomfortable at the warm liquid he felt removing his hand quickly. He looked at his fingers, recognizing the crimson he was all too familiar with. He winched and took his hoodie hood and threw it over his head. He was quick to push it against his neck as he kept his eyes on his surroundings.

He saw someone move in front of him as he swallowed his nerves and got into a defensive stance, prepared to fight. He saw something jump out in front of him as he put his arm out and shoved them away. He watched as a hand grabbed his wrist and the woman, his attacker, grinned at the action. He pulled his hand away as she took a step back clearly not needing to do anything else. He felt dizzy as he put his hand to his head, shaking it quickly as he glared at her. “What did you do?” He asked, clearly giving up on getting away, wanting information from her instead, if he ran then the chances of finding him were worse.

All she did was smile as he fell to the ground, catching himself as he looked up. “I needed some of your blood for it to work, thank kami you ignored me.” She said as her eyes gave a yellow glow, they had cat-like slits as he felt everything go black.

Izuku has no idea if it took him so long to get up, all he was aware of was it was dark and he was inside some form of the box he sat up feeling a little off as he looked around, clearly confused. “What… What happened?” He asked himself, instead of hearing his voice he listened to sloppy meows and yowls. He looked around immediately, feeling his hair stand on his ends as a hissing sound rumbled through his throat.

He quickly started to look around, shouldn’t this be darker? He shouldn’t be able to make out the fact he is cardboard by sight alone. The smell and feeling against his feet were making it obvious. He could feel something touch his foot as he sat back down, quickly sitting up as he looked around trying to see it. He saw the lack of any feet simply instead having small little paws as he brought his hands up to look at them, instead of another set of dark paws. He was quick to get onto his feet moving to walk before he faces the plant. He sat up quickly as some panicked chirps and mewing squeaks escaped him. He looked behind him at the feeling of something moving to try and sit kinda at his back legs. He had a long fluffy tail that faded from a dark brown at the tip to a cream closer to his body. He looked at himself, the amount of fur and his pattern told him he was a cat, he also had an idea of his breed, turns out that listening to Aizawa talk about cats was helpful.

He was a Ragdoll Tabby mix, probably a rare sight, but he knew full well he didn’t want to be seen. He was quick to push against the box’s flaps with his face. He nuzzled his nose through a gap, he could tell it wasn’t taped down as he pushed and maneuvered the starchy package out of his way. He propped himself up immediately feeling the rain in his fur, he thought it felt humid in the box... This was worse. He stood up on his hind legs, his tail swishing around in the box like a duster as he sniffed the air, this was getting easier. It took a second but the moment his weight shifted he tumbled from the semi-dry placement and onto the wet pavement. It was dark out, Izuku didn’t need much to tell him that, the lack of traffic sounds, no cars zooming past, no walkers. The sky was dark as well but it would have been a lot louder. Izuku wasn’t sure if his clothes had shifted with him, or if they were left behind but he knew they were most likely taken by his attacker.

Izuku gave an upset growl as his ears pinned back, of course, he’s the one to who this always happens! It’s nothing new, he wasn’t even sure of where he was as he glanced around. He was only a couple of blocks away from the store! The woman who attacked him didn’t even bother taking him far away. His ears immediately perked back up at the realization as he traded his anger for determination. He glanced up at the sky, the sun was already down, so it’s been at least 30 minutes since the moon's placement at most... An hour and a half. Aizawa should be in the area! He didn’t bother trying to be sneaky, he was a cat, and no one gonna think much about a cat! Though... Now that he thought about it... How was he gonna tell Sensei it was him? Was this permanent?!

A panicked little meow escaped him as his determination was short-lived. He looked around a little as he continued to try and head in the direction he remembered, ignoring the growing shiver as he was drenched. He knew Aizawa would stay out looking for him even in rain, they’d both probably need hot towels to not get a cold or something. He finally made it to the store noticing the lights were still on. His eyes lit up when he noticed a mirror, he trotted up to it pretty quickly looking at himself, as he thought, he was right about the given breed. He was glad his eyes were still green and that his eyes didn’t change with him, he wasn’t color blind at least. He could see in the dark, which was a little confusing but he wasn’t gonna complain.

He moved to hop up onto the brick next to the window. He looked inside, trying to see anyone he recognized, and his eyes immediately lit up at the sight of familiar faces. Present Mic was talking to the storeman and Aizaw was checking around everything. Midoriya didn’t even think before he jumped from the window to get under the area by the door so he could shake a little. He was quick to get the water out of his fur, he was still pretty wet but at least he wouldn’t drip. Izuku started to try and push at the door, it allowed cats and he was the size of a kitten, a little over 6 months from his growth appearance. All he wanted was to get inside and get to Aizawa, so he started to get closer to the door. It had a stopper that kept it open a little. He could fit his head inside, feeling the cold of the store and removing his head. It’s either wait out here and start to warm up or go inside and get cold... He’d take his luck inside.

He had to twist and maneuver himself around to squeeze inside, he may be small but the gap was pretty tight. He took a couple of steps in and shook again, licking at his paws on instinct. He then snapped from the thinking and instead moved to rush over to Mic’s legs starting to meow as he looked up. “Sensei! It’s me! I’m down here!” He said despite knowing the teacher would only hear a cat. The blonde looked down, his eyes said one moment as he gently started to scratch behind Izuku's ear, immediately he felt like melting into it. Damn, who knew to pet actually felt great. He snapped out of it as he moved from him to try and spot his teacher. He noticed him after a moment and trotted over to him. “Aizawa!” He said quickly, the teacher looking over in his direction at the slightly distressed sound.

The teacher seemed to blink for a moment as Izuku headed over to him. He crouched down in front of him and put his hand out for Izuku to sniff. He didn’t bother, knowing the man wouldn’t try to hurt a cat even if it tried to kill him. He pushed his head into the hand immediately starting to involuntarily purr at the familiar contact.

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Aizawa didn’t know what he was expecting, you let the Problem child out to go do something, and 30 minutes later he still hasn’t returned. So he headed up to the area only to find his student's phone on the ground and not Midoriya, he would have rather seen his student unconscious right here than missing. He rushed over to the store, crashing inside with a huff as he swallowed nervously. “Hey! Have you seen a green-haired boy come in here? He’s short, 5’5”, bright green eyes?” He asked, a head shake being the man’s only response.

He held the phone up in his hand, pushing his student’s phone into his pocket as he pulled up his own. He needed to call ‘Zashi.

The blonde showed up pretty quickly, he had informed him that he told the students to keep an eye out for Midoriya, but they weren't allowed to leave the campus, a safety precaution brought in after the Training Camp and Bakugou’s kidnapping. “I knew I should have fucking walked him! I swear when we get him back I’m gonna fucking put a tracker on this kid!” He said quickly. This kid was always in trouble but he knows he doesn’t do it on purpose.

“Shota... He’ll be fine, go check where you found his phone, I'll see if the store owner has security cameras. The attacker probably walked past the place.” He said as he took a couple of steps inside. The black-haired hero then immediately pivoted on his heels to go check the area. He found nothing out of the ordinary, it was going to rain soon, so he needed to check for any blood or anything that could show signs of a struggle. He was near an alley, the attacker either came from there or pulled him into it. His student could be there, knocked out.

Aizawa held his weapon at the ready as he sneaked in. He was aware of everything around him, the sound of a trash can rattling stole his focus as he got closer he removed the lid quickly, and a tabby cat with bright yellow eyes fled the area in a rush. He was a little confused but continued to look. After a second his brain took a moment to think, what was so important that the cat would have gotten stuck inside? He peeked inside as his heart immediately jumped to his throat, he recognized the plastic that stuck from the wallet. He lifted it up pretty quickly opening it up, Midoriya’s money had been stolen, he knew full well that the boy would have just given it up in order to keep from a fight but with his missing status it was looking more like he had been kidnapped, and the kidnapper took his money as a constellation prize since nothing else was missing.

Shota groaned to himself as he put it in his pocket as well, he couldn’t find him, so being abducted seemed like the most logical explanation. He headed back to inform Mic of his finding and to hopefully get some good news on the security cameras. The rain had started to pour shortly as he entered the store looking up to see Mic arguing with the owner in English.

“Mic?” He asked as he got closer to them seeing how upset his husband was. He knew that the blonde liked having the boy in his class but he didn’t think it would trigger his emotions. He’d always sit and listen as he ranted about the writing and Midoriya’s practically perfect English. He had theories that one of his parents spoke English and had been teaching him from a young age but never finished the teaching. The boy was fluent to the point it seemed like a native language so it surprised him to find out he’s never left Japan. The boy had a bit of a darker tone to his skin than most of his classmates, he wasn’t the only one who didn’t look like they were purely Japanese.

Mina’s father was from Africa, Aoymada’s parents were actually French, and he was just born in Japan. Bakugou’s mother was half German, and Midoriya’s mom had some Native American in her, they didn’t know much about Midoryia’s father but he lived in America. Though the green-haired boy’s skin tone and ability to understand Spanish made them believe his dad was Puerto Rican or of the sort.

“He won’t show me the feed! We need to see it to help determine what happened.” He told him with a huff. The black-haired man looked over at the stranger who had his arms over his chest, a content looks on his face. It’s possible he was involved in the kidnapping...

“Keep working on him Yamada, I’ll work on looking around the store. Maybe he dropped something or is around. He’s more formidable than we think.” He told him before walking over to start looking around. He couldn’t destroy anything, despite the growing urge to do so. He simply went ahead and peeked through everything and checked the back door, during his double-check he heard the door jingle. Looking over, nothing came to his eyes so he returned his attention to the shelf. He looked over as Mic stopped his yelling. He noticed the cat by his feet trying to get his attention.

Shota was just about to get to his feet and pick it up before the creature instead rushed over to him. He looked down and started to pet the fluffy thing. “You sure are a talkative thing.” He said with a little smile to the mews and other various sounds it made. The purring gave him time to look for a collar. Instead, he found matted fur and a still bleeding scratch on the back of its neck. He sat up and looked around a little, noticing the wrap on one of the shelves. He whistled to get the owner's attention, pointing at the bandages. Hizashi put down ten dollars and the owner nodded.

He noticed how the cat didn’t fight against the wrapping, considering it was so young and had probably never used it before. He just was trying to get the bleeding to stop and it seemed to work as he scooped the small thing up, giving a confused mew at the motion.

Aizawa was glad this fluff ball showed up. He wasn’t forgetting about Midoriya but it was keeping him calm and such as being scratched under its chin watching as it leaned into the contact. Mic looked over at the black-haired man with a bright smile on his face as he turned and gave a smirk. “He has a camera that faces outside. It should have sight down to the corner.” He told him as he smiled. Aizawa held up the cat with a little smile, before commenting on the information.

“Hear that?” He asked it before turning away and sighing. “Just a little longer Midoriya.”

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You’d figure that his eyes would give him away, turns out he can’t really do that when the man never makes eye contact with him. Izuku was a little annoyed at being carried around but he knew better than to cause unnecessary stress and a new problem for his teacher, considering the man was so worried about him. At the mention of his name, he was quick to sit up and crawl onto the tall man’s shoulder moving into the cloth as he peaked out of it trying to get them to pay close attention to him. Aizawa didn’t even react to his action, just letting him do so as he started to go and meet up for the feed.

I’m right here Sensei! Am I really that different?! He rolled his eyes, his tail swishing around in annoyance. He gave a little huff and pushed his head out of the fabric, he hadn’t realized how much it smelt like his teacher. It was pretty relaxing since he was basically surrounded by the smell of a man he recognized and knew was safe. He didn’t know people had individual smells, he knows Aizawa owns cats, but he could make out their own smells without even knowing them. It tells him he’s safe, that this man owns cats and knows how to keep them happy and healthy.

It took a little but eventually, they found one that showed something. It showed himself walking, the tension in his shoulders was obvious from such grainy footage. He felt a growl rise in his throat as the woman began to show up on the screen. Her eyes were colorless but he knew the piercing yellow that made him want to hide. He felt a hand on his back, claws coming out pretty quickly in response, but he pulled them back once he felt them dig into the skin below. Sorry, sir... He said to himself as he released the flesh and fabric.

The black-haired man turned to look at him, seeming a bit concerned about his response to the woman. He felt himself get removed from the warm area as he was scratched at, purring immediately from the contact. He kept his eyes open watching the teacher as he held him in front of him. After a moment he put his paws out, placing the front two onto his nose. He watched the dark spears he had as he felt them stare into his own vibrant ones. He blinked a couple of times, keeping his paws on top.

He watched as he was moved, giving a noise as his paws were taken from the hold. He felt like he wasn’t stable, trying to grip him with his claws. He felt himself being moved around, observed and shifted in order to gain information. After a couple of minutes, he was returned to his hiding area. He listened to his two teachers as Aizawa made a comment. “Turn back the recording.” He asked.

Once it was returned they noticed the woman dragging the unconscious boy into the alley after about 5 minutes, leaving with a box and walking past the store. He got them to go back to when he was attacked, noticing the reaction with his neck and the boy's concern and such, they could barely make out the sight of three cuts on the back of his neck, deep enough to bleed, but too shallow to cause permanent damage or any scars. Izuku could make it out, just barely as he pushed his head out of the mass of fabric and gave a little meow. “Do you recognize it? Please tell me you do, I at least want to be acknowledged.”

The man looked over at the cat, his eyes purely focusing on the creature's neck. After a second as the video continued he saw her walk past again, holding the box, before he removed Izuku from the scarf again.

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Aizawa wasn’t sure of what to do, the video wrote out what had happened, the boy was attacked and he couldn’t have been left in the alley so he was either kidnapped or taken somewhere else. This cat showed up, with the same injury his students had, and from the same direction, as the villain did. He looked down at it, matching his gaze with its bright eyes. A meow, seemingly in response, his tail, swished around. He was quiet for a couple of seconds putting a hand on the bandages, the cat wasn't stopping him. This wasn’t the usual behavior of an animal, they liked to hide when wounded, keep people they don’t know a way and refuse to be picked up.

This cat was calm, clearly comfortable, small, and overwhelmingly trusting. Its estimated age and origins should have removed most of those assets, a street cat would be horrified of him. Being picked up or even near a person would have caused a feral reaction and not a friendly one. The cat started to squirm in his grip, trying to get down. He listened, letting it carefully land on the ground, then watching as it pawed at the door. Mic looked confused so he simply shook his head and followed it into the main area after opening the door.

The cat was constantly checking behind it to make sure he was following, it squeezed out the door and he followed, opening it instead. It watched the rain, peering back at him before jumping into a sprint and running in the direction the woman went. Shota followed quickly, not reacting to the strangeness or the glances he was given, no doubt the cat checking to make sure he was still following. The cat stopped shortly, by a box that it pawed at. Inside was Midoriya’s clothes, his shoes, and some space that had cat hair and showed the cardboard.

He could make out blood, on the cardboard and the clothes, though it was watered down. He watched as the cat jumped inside and started to paw at the clothes and then sit up as it looked up at him. He crouched down and spoke as he ruffed the cat’s head, messing up the wet fur. “What the hell did he get into..” The cat reacted with a little growl at the statement, moving over to him and putting its forepaws on his thigh, and biting at the wallet in his pocket, he pulled it out, the cat immediately biting and trying to pull it from his grip.

He let go, letting it go with what it was doing, it probably had an intelligence quirk. He watched as it opened it and pulled the hero card from its placement, being surprisingly delicate, before tapping its paw on the name. He blinked a little as Mic finally caught up, putting an umbrella over him and the cat as the blonde spoke. “What's going on Eraser?” He wasn’t surprised about this, Yamada hadn’t noticed what he had.

“I think this is Midoriya.” Aizawa was never one for easing people into statements, but the cat’s meow in response was enough for him to be one hundred percent with it. He put his hand on the animal's head, scratching behind his ears, and receiving the sound of a purr in response to his action. He would have expected Izuku to have been more uncomfortable at the contact, but this form probably made him more susceptible to the likes of a cat.

“I knew those eyes looked familiar!” The blonde quickly said, causing a glare from the black-haired man and the kitty. He quieted down quickly putting his hands up in defense as he spoke. “Sorry, I got too loud.” His voice was calmer and seemed to be fine by his student as he stepped forward and sat down in front of him, looking up in a way to the motion being held. Mic listened, lifting the fluffy thing up.

Shota looked over at him with a little hum as he stood up as well. He brought his hand over, petting his head before waving Mic to follow. “We need to get going, it’s best if we start to head back. We can ask questions later.” He said in a far more relaxed tone than normal. He knew it sneaked out but he didn’t mind, his problem child was safe so he wasn’t going to complain.

It was a short walk back to the dorms, well the teacher’s dorm. Midoriya had moved from Yadama’s grip to Aizawa’s shoulders as they got closer, clearly to hide from the unwelcoming mob of teachers and a couple of students.

Shota didn’t mind him, the boy wasn’t hurting himself or causing him any trouble so it was fine, as long as he didn’t fall or pull on the scarf. He could hear quiet purring and feel fur up against his neck, the warmth of the figure was nice compared to the cold and rain. The slight shivering was concerning but he wasn’t surprised, it had been raining and he’d been out in it for a while. He walked over to Midnight as she waved him over, next to her were Iida, Todoroki, Kirishima, and Momo. He looked at his students, he could tell the others must have convinced Uraraka to go to bed since it was later now.

“Eraser! Did you guys get Midoriya?” She asked, Aizawa could feel the small cat move at the sound of his name, clearly sitting up to pay more attention, his tail slipping from the fabric and showing behind him.

“Yes, we found the little listener!” Mic quickly added having to keep his laughter buried at the sight, the students quickly looked around for a glimpse of the familiar green hair unaware of his presence.

“Where, Aizawa-Sensei?” The redhead questioned as he looked up, the mentioned man hid a smile behind his scarf as he felt some shifting, bright green eyes peering from the darkness as a fluffy face pushed through the fabric.

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The walk back was calming, Izuku was so relieved to have been found out, they knew he was himself, well mentally himself. He gave up one Yamada-Sensei’s hold, it wasn’t very nice to be held to someone’s chest like a baby, so he jumped over to Aizawa, the man didn’t even flinch when he did this, it was probably common with his other cats. His shoulders were broad enough that he could comfortably curl upon them as he hid in the fabric. Being so hidden was so comforting for some reason, he normally preferred to stay around others or alone, he couldn’t help but purr as he curled up in the dark. He was using some of the man’s hair to hide the more pale bits of him.

His neck hurt, he knew the reason why, and honestly just wanted it to stop. The teacher’s skin was warm in comparison to the surrounding air and other objects. His hair had a constant smell of cranberry that was undoubtedly non-noticeable when he was normal, it was a bit of a surprise since he hadn’t pegged the man as a fruit guy. Midoriya couldn’t help but yawn as his ears picked up at the sound of his name, Midnight-Sensei having spoken. He sat up and managed to keep a lookout, seeing familiar faces feeling his purr increase on instinct at the warm sight. His brain didn’t really process the blonde's words, only able to infer them from Kirishima’s response.

He nuzzled his head out of the fabric as he made eye contact with the speaker, he smiled to himself before speaking even though they couldn’t understand. “I’m right here!” His words were simply meowing as he saw Midnight start to laugh. They looked at each other, completely dumbfounded as Aizawa put his arms up, Izuku crawling into the warm skin with zero hesitation as he was comfortably held.

“Iida, go get Koda. I do not care if he is asleep, he needs to translate.” He said as he held him close. He pushed his head into the hand, noting the little sigh that escaped the older male as he petted him. The teen blinked in response, giving a nod and rushing in the direction of the dorms before Mic called out to him.

“Walk him to the teacher’s dorm please Tenya!” He didn’t hear any response, guessing it was a wave or thumbs up as he felt the hold on his shift as Momo nervously messed with her shirt. Izuku looked over at her, his tail swishing as he put a paw out and meowed in her direction. The teacher eyed him, seemingly understanding as he waved the girl over.

She listened, taking steps closer before he moved to wiggle from the man's grip and maneuver into her. She tensed as he did so, but Aizawa didn’t pull him away. He seemed to know, or at least understand, what he was doing. A meow left him as he spoke, even if they couldn’t understand. “Momo, you can just pet me if you want.” After a moment his mind went fuzzy as she finally gave in to the advances and scratched behind his ears.

Izuku came to her grip still, noticing how much calmer she was as she handed him over to Koda. His eyes widened as he immediately scrambled up, hopping onto his shoulder as a laugh left the quiet boy and those who witnessed his desperation. After a moment the larger teen spoke, surprising him at how clear it was. “You.. are Midoriya right?”

“Thank Kami! I was worried they’d start to treat me like an actual cat if I hadn’t pulled them to my stuff.” He spoke actually feeling heard for once as a smile crossed the familiar face.

“It’s Midoriya all right.” He said, a relieved sigh coming from everyone in the room as he turned to face the lot of them, his ears perking up as Yamada shooed the other’s out. They left after plenty of convincing and his own promise to let them pet him tomorrow if he was still like this.

“Okay I need you to tell us what he says, Koda,” Aizawa told him, getting a nod before turning his attention back to the animal on his shoulder. Izuku watched him, his tail swishing around on his shoulder blade as he spoke. “Alright, how did this happen?”

He sat up at the question, looking at Koda as he spoke to the translating teen. “I was hit by a quirk, I don’t remember most of her details but her hair was black and her eyes were this bright yellow. I think she needed my blood in order to use it as well as touch, that would explain why she cut me and the wrist contact.” He entered a bit of a ramble that the other boy didn’t bother trying to explain.

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“Alright, anything noticeable about her? Other than the eyes?” Shouta asked, watching as his student moved down from Koda’s shoulder and instead onto the couch behind him, easily giving a little jump to make it. His little look back paired with a sound clued him in on the fact it was an apology, especially when the quieter of the two used sign language to respond.

His student spoke again as he looked to Koda for translation only to have started speaking without any prompting. “No, but I think her quirk allows her to turn into a cat as well, she just needs to use the same form of approach, cut her hand then grab her own wrist, and then she’s good to go.” He nodded as the cat sat down. He walked closer to Midoriya, putting his hand on his head to pet him as the boy nuzzled into the contact with a purr. His dark eyes looked in the direction of the student who simply watched the exchange, guess he didn’t say anything.

“Good job kid, I'm glad you didn’t go seek out a problem this time.” He said with a smug chuckle when the boy responded with some form of growl that quickly melted into a purr as he scratched behind his ears. Koda had started to quietly laugh as he turned to the black-haired man, quickly sharing his words.

“Midoriya was gonna get on to you before you hit a soft spot.” He said honestly, he was glad to see his student smiling before the boy quickly added to the statement. “A soft spot basically makes a cat's mind go a little numb, he’s okay though just in a bit of bliss,” he said with a shrug as the teacher scooped the melting warmer mass in his arms, keeping a gentle motion behind the mentioned ear in order to keep defiance to a minimum as he looked over at his shy student.

“Head to bed, we can finish this conversation in the morning.” He got a quick nod from his student before they headed out as he headed in the direction of Recovery Girl’s room. When Midoriya disappeared they basically told her to stay as a safety precaution. It wasn’t really needed at this point, but he’d at least as the wound cleaned.

He’d stopped the petting after a moment, it didn’t really matter since the boy still acted like a limp pool noodle, a purr still resonating in his throat. “Eraserhead, you better have a good reason to be coming in here with another cat when your student is still missing.” Her voice was overwhelmingly stern as he held the cat up and blinked his eyes open. As soon as Midoriya recognized the woman he moved closer to the teacher, not out of distaste for her but more due to the fact of her scolding him when he was normal, this size would make it easier.

The teacher laughed at the cat as he put him on the cot before looking at her. “It’s Problem Child. Transformation quirk, she turned him into a cat.” He said honestly as she nodded and sighed as she stepped closer to him.

She sighed as she noticed the bandage on his neck and turned to the man. “Three scratch marks?” She asked calmly as her head tilted and she started to remove them getting a bit of defiance as the boy moved away from her grip and such.

Her quiet words of ‘Stop Squirming’ were quiet as he responded, “Yeah, I wrapped it, he’s a little squirmy on people making contact with it. I think Kota said he’s a bit influenced by the quirk, he acts a bit more like a cat.” She seemed to understand as she waved him over.

Shouta listened as he headed over and pointed at his back. He put his hands on the boy's back to hold him down, a bit of a hiss leaving him. “Hush it, Problem Child, we aren't gonna hurt you. Chiyo just needs a good look at your wound.” He watched as eyes quickly turned to look up at him. His eyes seemed more feral than anything as the bright green met him again. His tail moved around very upset as he growled a little, no longer fighting them as the older woman removed the bandages. It wasn’t bleeding anymore, but she could feel a bit of heat coming from the wound, either infection is a thing from the quirk or he was getting an infection as she moved and let go of the cat.

Aizawa let go of him too, watching as the boy took a few steps back before sitting again and wincing as he moved his head. The bandages had definitely been keeping the pain down. “Shouta, we need to disinfect it, he’s getting an infection I don’t know how this will correlate to when he’s back to normal so it’s best to clean it now.” He nodded in response as he crouched down and made the cat look at him.

“Kid,” He started, the eyes turning to him, they had a softer look to them as he glanced over, sitting down on his feet basically becoming a loaf. “We need to clean your wound, it’s for your own safety.” A meow was all he got in response as the boy laid his head down a little, it made the wound bleed a little more but at least it was not clogged with an underlying infection.

Recovery Girl got to work quickly, cleaning it despite the couple of protests the boy couldn’t keep down at the stinging and such. Once he was wrapped back up she gave him a head rub before removing the contaminated bandage and glove to throw away. Once her hands were clean she sighed and looked up at him. “Make sure he eats, keep the wrap on all night, and bring him back around noon for a new bandage and another check.” he nodded in response as he picked up the boy before she handed him multiple half-cut painkillers. “These should be the right size to help him. Give him one every 8 or so hours, and hide them in with food since he can’t really swallow it.” The man nodded and moved to start heading back to his dorm.

The pros were used to Eraser bringing in strays though he wasn’t surprised when, once he had brought Midoriya in, the teen hissed in response to Midnight’s approach. He held in his laughter as the boy scrambled up to his shoulder to hide in the scarf as he felt him bury his nose in fabric. The woman looked offended as she crossed her arms over her chest, he figured by now she’s figured out why cats don’t really like her. “I figured he’d at least be a bit more trusting!”

He sighed and waved her over, getting the woman to follow him into the kitchen, he placed down some stuff from the cabinets and snagged a small container for the meds. He then spoke to the woman as he started to put the meds away. “Cat’s noses are sensitive, so your quirk is more noticeable.” He told her as the cat's head peaked out, he could tell Midoriya was trying to show that was the truth.

“Can you get out some of the leftovers? I’m pretty sure Problem Child missed dinner, plus he needs to take medicine.” She nodded in response as she moved to the fridge, the cat jumping onto the counter and sitting down politely. He looked over at him and gave a bit of a smile before speaking to his student. “Does chicken and rice work for you?” He was given a nod in response and sighed as he started to crush up the half pill a bit more, just to make it easier on him.

Midnight moved and went ahead and slid the warmed-up food over, he put the medicine over the top before waving his student over. He was glad to see he was simply just eating and not caring for the painkillers inside. He pets his student's back, getting a loud purr in response as he simply ate. He finished up most of it before not being able to eat anymore. He didn’t care for the wasted food, glad he had finished the medicine that had been added. Ectoplasm had entered and gently ruffled the top of the animal's head, not aware of the student’s situation.

“So, what are you calling this one?” He asked as he grabbed a cup of water from the sink. Shouta looked over as he scooped his student up, watching as his student scrambled into the scarf and on his shoulder.

“Midoriya.” He said simply, the cat’s meow and the puzzled look on Ecto’s face was enough to make him smirk. After a hot moment, he spoke up, bringing a hand to scratch under the fluffy thing’s chin. “He was hit with a quirk, Chiyo is gonna do some research to figure out who got to him. All we know is how she activates her quirk and a bit of her description.” He said simply as Shouta patted the other male's shoulder.

He walked past him heading up to his given room, Coffee might be upset about having another cat around but the brown fur ball can handle his student for a couple of days. He pushed his door open, Hizashi calling out to him as he peeked around the corner. The mentioned cat was by his feet before she looked up, probably smelling his student. “Sho, how’s the listener doing?”

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It didn’t take much for Izuku to notice the new smell, he’d eaten what Aizawa had given him, making sure to get the bits that had the meds since he really wanted to get the pain under control. Hiding in his scarf was very calming, it gave him a warm safe feeling that he could barely keep his purring down and quiet. He knew his teacher was being calm and surprisingly gentle with him at this size. It was very confusing as he sighed and just nuzzled into the crook of his neck for warmth. He was purring as his tail swished around a little before he heard Mic.

How much time had passed since he’d hidden away? He poked his head out and looked down at the cause. Midoriya noticed the cat, she was a dark brown color and clearly had short hair but overall a very pretty cat, looking up at him as she spoke. “You smell like one of dad’s students.” He watched her as his sensei nudged him to move, so he listened, leaving the shoulder and being placed on the floor by his teacher.

The other cat took a few steps closer so he went ahead and hid behind Shouta’s legs, he looked at her and up at his teacher who looked down at him. “Kid, she’s not gonna hurt you.” He said calmly, moving his leg out of the way and leaving him be. The teacher left for the kitchen and, as much as he wanted to follow, Izuku simply sat down and looked over at her debating if he should speak or not, but she beat him to it.

“I’m Coffee, does he just call you kid?” Coffee seemed polite, he’d give her that, but he also didn’t wanna risk getting hurt while he was like this. He took a few steps closer, she didn’t seem like a threat and he sat down as she got closer.

“Y-yeah, it’s better than being called Problem Child.” He watched her ears perk up as he mentioned the clearly familiar name. She walked closer to him, sitting down right in front of him. She was a lot bigger than he was as her tail moved around and such, she seemed to be smelling him as she brought her nose onto his head.

She moved her head back and then responded, “So, is this some form of power thing? I mean, I remember something about one of Dad’s students being able to talk to animals, but not turn into one.” He looked up, feeling her trying to figure it out as she started to walk around him, noticing the bandages as she sniffed them.

“A-ah, yes and no? I was hit by a quirk, I'm Midoriya Izuku.” He told her calmly as she moved away from the area and instead went ahead with licking behind his ear. He flinched from the unexpected contact before she made him loaf on the ground.

Coffee was purring as she continued stopping to speak, “You have an infection… Some blood is in your fur so I’m cleaning it up.” He looked over at her as his ear twitched and he felt embarrassment flood him as his tail swished. “You need to take better care of cuts and such, kid.”

He was quick to add to her statement, “Hey! I couldn’t do anything! One moment I was normal, the next I was waking up in a box.” He said as he moved to head into the kitchen, but his steps seemed a little sluggish as sleep started washing over him like a wave. He watched as his teacher took a few steps over to him and as he was picked up, pretty quickly trying to get onto his shoulder. Everything got fuzzy after that, turning black after even he doesn’t know how long.

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Aizawa wasn’t very surprised by the lack of trust Izuku had for the other cat in the room. His student wasn’t very trusting normally and cats are known for being territorial so the reaction was all but denied. He left as he heard Coffee start a “conversation”, at least what he assumed to be one. His eyes immediately found his husband, moving to wrap his arms around his waist as he buried his head into his neck. He should have expected a situation like this at some point, Midoriya just attracted problems and never got a proper break when he tried, but he was at least glad he came out of it with just a little infection.

Yamada turned to look over his shoulder as he noticed his husband's grip. He brought a mug over, which was quickly received by the black-haired man. “How have you been holding up?” He asked as Shota started to chug down the liquid. That seemed to be all of the answer the blonde needed as he continued. “Well, you never told me how Midoriya is.”

“The kid’s gonna be fine, he has the start of infection so Chiyo put him on some stuff just in case after cleaning it. He’ll probably pass out soon, I honestly just hope he’s not under something when he does.” He told him pretty quickly as he put the now empty mug down, reaching for the pot. His husband swatted his hand before putting it to the side.

“If he’s going to bed soon, then you don’t need to be drinking coffee. One cup is enough love.” Hizashi said as he started to pull his hair up. Aizawa wanted to fight out of the contact but he didn’t really care, it would be easier to go to bed with it anyway. He moved to get a juice packet from the fridge before he saw the tiny ragdoll enter the kitchen. He couldn’t help the smile at how sleepy he looked as he scooped up the cat. Izuku moved to try and get by his neck so he helped the teen before he fell asleep.

“He’s out like a light, might be best if we let him curl up on the couch. Coffee will keep an eye on him.” He told the blonde when he noticed the other cat looking up as he held his student. He walked over into the living room and took off his scarf, if she liked to curl up in it then it might bring his student some peace as well. He placed it down and slipped him inside of it as Coffee hopped up to join. He couldn’t help but spot the couple of licks she gave his head before curling up around him.

“Aw... She's like a mom!” He listened as his husband peeked out and turned off the kitchen light. “We should let them sleep, it’s late. Let’s go to bed, Sho.” He looked over to have his cheek kissed by his husband as he sighed and nodded.

“I swear if he doesn’t sleep all night, I’m gonna be upset,” Aizawa said, making sure Coffee heard it, maybe she could keep him asleep when the meds wore off. He followed his husband's pull and moved to head to their room as he basically moved to curl up in bed. He really should shower, but it’s late and he can always do that in the morning. He snuggled into his husband’s form, a small smile forming as he felt Hizashi’s hold. It stayed so firmly, not even slipping away as he felt sleep overcome him; without a problem for once.

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It took about 2 more days before Izuku returned to normal. The entire time he was a cat, he couldn't help but cling to the pro who found him. It was a lot easier to help to be touch starved as a cat since he basically just had to walk up to someone and they'd drown him in attention. A large number of his classmates just wanted to carry him around, he ended up just staying on Aizawa’s shoulders the entire time they had class or when the pro napped.

He would visit Yamada and Aizawa’s place since the time he spent as a cat seemed to give him a general understanding of Coffee. He basically knew everything she needed and the pro wasn’t sure if it was that he could talk to cats now or if it was simply because she babied him when he was the size of a kitten. Anytime he sat down or she caught the way he smelled she’d curl up in his lap or try to get over to him.

Hizashi was pretty sure she imprinted on him, basically adopting their student as her kitten despite the fact that he was human and not exactly a child. Midoriya didn’t seem to mind, she worked wonders on his mental state. Coffee managed to help him be a bit calmer and less anxious. It was nice to see his student become more open with what was on his mind and stop flinching when he was approached by a teacher or peer.

It took less than two weeks for him to get dragged into another situation, after all, Izuku is still a problem child. Whether or not he’s a cat or a human.

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