Bound by Blood.

Secrets.

Shouta Aizawa stood outside Nezu's office, patiently waiting to be let in. The rat had something important to tell him, however he had to wait until the other staff members had gone home.

"Mrooww?"

Aizawa immediately snapped to attention. His students had been spreading rumors about a car on campus, and it looked like they were correct. Sitting in front of him was a small, tabby cat.

"Mrooww?" The cat mewled again.

Aizawa quickly checked to make sure no one was watching him, and tried to grab the cat. Only to get his face scratched.

The cat ran off, disappearing from sight within seconds.

'Why am I destined to love things that hate me?' Aizawa thought whilst a scowl crossed his face.

"Aizawa, you may come in now." Nezu called out.

Moments later Aizawa was seated directly across from Nezu, and the tabby cat.

'How?' Aizawa silently questioned. He could have sworn that the cat went in the other direction. And why was it sitting on the desk next to Nezu? Did Nezu have a cat? Is this what the meeting was about?

"Aizawa, it is no secret that you are by far my favorite amongst the staff." Nezu began. "As such I would like you to take over UA Academy once I retire. Consequently, there are some things that you need to be made aware of."

"Right?" Aizawa replied, not liking where this conversation was heading.

"There are many things that you will need to learn, but we have two years to teach you all of that. Right now, I wanted to introduce you to UA's front line of defense."

Mere moments after Nezu had finished speaking, black smoke rose off of the cat and flooded the room. However, just as suddenly as the smoke appeared, it dispersed leaving a small child-sized figure in the cat's place.

"So, Aizawa. Like cats do you?" The stranger asked, a smirk crossing his face.

"Aizawa, this is Izuku. Izuku this is Aizawa." Nezu said, introducing the pair of them. "Izuku is a demon, an old one at that but not overly powerful. Well, not overly powerful by demonic standards, he could well and truly wipe the floor with the entire faculty."

Aizawa didn't know what to say. Demons weren't real, and yet Nezu wasn't the kind to lie. Especially about this stuff.

"If you don't believe it, I could always show you." Izuku replied. It sounded like such an innocent suggestion, and yet there was something sinister behind it.

"I think I'll take your word for it." Aizawa replied. He really didn't want to test fate today. "Also, two years? What's that about?"

"Oh, All Might messaged me telling me that he found a student to personally coach. They will be old enough to enter UA in two years. I simply do not wish to be around for that."

"So you're just going to leave me here to handle that?"

"Yes. When you're in charge then you get to make these decisions, but for now I'm still in charge."

~~~

All Might looked over to his pupil and felt a flicker of pride shoot through his chest. It had only been four months since they started training together, and yet she had come so far so fast.

She already had a fine balance between school life and home life, something which All Might still struggled with to this day. Then there was her near perfect control and handling of her own Quirk.

'Should I tell her about One For All yet or do I wait?' All Might pondered.

"Is something wrong? You've been staring at me for a few minutes now?" Young Yaozarouzu asked.

"You've got ice cream on your nose." All Might replied, before turning his gaze back to the menu.

Whilst the young girl wiped her face clean, All Might came to a conclusion. He would wait before telling her about One For All. They had two years to train together before she entered UA.