It had been nearly ten minutes since Izuku left Mei and the latter was starting to freak out. The uncertainty of both the people she loved was driving her mad and all of Nezu's tea did little to calm her raging imagination, which for once was working against her.
Though when Mei's phone went off it was both a blessing and a curse, first Mei was overjoyed to see who messaged her but on the other hand she'd been so shocked she'd thrown her teacup into the air, which Nezu luckily caught and was now fawning over.
Mei chuckled before checking her phone.
Izuku direct message
Mei :Izuku
Mei: IZUKU ARE YOU OK, IS RAI OK, ARE YOU BOTH ALIVE?
Sorry to disappoint, it's Venom not Izuku :Izuku
But both are ok :Izuku
Mei: Thank Rai
Mei: Wait what happened, why is Izu not messaging me?
Long story short, we found Rai close to dying, the shock and infection from the wound got him. The kid used me to heal him but in the end she collapsed from the stress :Izuku
Mei: Oh... so she's ok?
Yes :Izuku
Mei: And Rai?
Alive but still branded :Izuku
Mei: So WHY haven't YOU fixed it? :)
Ah- well you see... I have a perfectly good explanation for that :Izuku
Mei: Please... explain
If we remove the brand and they come for Rai again, I'm not sure he'll survive another branding :Izuku
Mei: ... ok
Mei: Why aren't you back yet
I have a man in critical condition and an unconscious girl, I really don't think translocating is going to be good for them :Izuku
Mei: ...fine
Time elapsed 5 minutes
Mei? :Izuku
Time elapsed 5 minutes
MEI :Izuku
Mei: I'm here
I'm ten minutes away, what took so long? :Izuku
Mei: I told Nezu and he rushed me to recovery girl. He promised me that bending the rules this time is ok, so come here when you get here
Got it, eight minutes then you can hug the kid :Izuku
Mei: Venom?
Yes Mei? :Izuku
Mei: Thank you, for everything you've done, for me, for Izu, for our dreams... I never said it before but you are the best parasite I've ever met
... :Izuku
You're welcome :Izuku
BUT I'M NOT A PARASITE :Izuku
Mei: Pfft, I'm messing with you, hurry uuupppp
Glad to see you're no longer mopey, be there soon :Izuku
Mei looked back up smiling for the first time the news dropped. Nezu noticed and relaxed but didn't let up with his preparations, if he was lucky all this life support would be unneeded but he knew his place in the universe, underneath a never ending series of unfortunate events.
The door burst open a few minutes later and the large figure clearly identifiable as Venom walked in with a black veined Rai, cradled in his arms.
'Over here Venom, this bed.' Nezu said standing next to the prepped bed
'Got it rodent.' The chimera flinched, 'What's with all the machines.'
'Just in case.'
'You don't trust me?'
'I've learnt it's better to be overprepared than caught off guard.'
'Wise words rodent, wise words'
At this point Izuku decided to wake up and automatically take control, just as Rai was placed down onto the bed.
'IM AWAKE'
Nezu chuckled, 'I can see that, now please sit with Mei, I want to talk with you three about a few things.' The two girls glanced at each other before occupying the other prepped bed, Mei snuggling into Izuku's lap, letting the green heads hair run across her face. Nezu smiled, for once in his long life, he genuinely smiled, no malice or world domination... just happiness.
'Now what I'm going to ask... it's going to be a lot but with the dorms coming in, in under a week, me and Shota need to know a few things, ok?' Izuku nodded and Mei just pointed towards the greenete, agreeing with whatever Izuku did. 'Good... now my one and only question... what are the rules?'
Mei glanced up at Izuku who looked down questioningly. Mei understood and nodded her eyes so Izuku could explain. Izuku understood and took a deep breath.
'Rule number one, when not somewhere safe with people we trust, I wear Venom and am known as Venom.'
Nezu nodded, 'Who are these people may I ask.'
'Me, Mei, Rai, David, Sir and Meli when I see her again. You and uncle Shota are two new additions.'
'Please continue.'
'Rule number two, stay away from all forms of public anything, healthcare, transport, police. If not possibly and are drilled for answers about me, stick to the story.'
Nezu nodded again, 'Would you mind telling me the story.'
Izuku nodded, 'Izuku Yagi turned up on our doorstep while on death's doorstep, we healed her, helped her and know everything about her and her past. Any more information is currently not available and if you want to get more you need to prove yourselves.
Nezu nodded, 'Rule 3?'
'When in legal or public trouble call Rai, physical trouble call me and confrontations Mei.'
Nezu chuckled, 'Why Mei for confrontations.'
'BECAUSE I'M SCARY' Yelled said girl
'My scary bean.' Izuku replied
Nezu sighed, 'Please don't tell me you've been using the internet.'
'No, Mina calls be and Mei the bean couple so I'm now green bean and Mei's scary bean.'
'Rargh' Mei growled
'See?'
Nezu chuckled, 'I see. Now any more rules?'
'Two more. Rule four, we can only agree to share my identity or the rules if me and someone else on that list agree, or the majority of that list agree if I'm not available.'
'The final rule?'
'Rule five, anyone who touches Mei in an inappropriate way dies by either me or Rai.'
'I see, add me to that list.'
'Of course uncle!'
'Good, now you two are exempt from all lessons today and this room will be all yours, Chiyo agreed. Now rest, you four will have a lot to talk about when Rai wakes up.
The two girls nodded at the ratgod made his way out of Chiyo's office, making sure the door was locked behind him and the only key was secured around his neck.
'It seems we have another puppet master working behind the scenes again' He hummed walking towards his office, 'Or maybe HE'S still alive... dear god if HE is, I hope Izuku can end the threat more quickly than the man who crippled him but got crippled in the first place.'
His door swung open and he made his way to his desk.
'Actually thinking about it, that Nomu seemed to hold multiple quirks from the reports. This links Shigaraki to him... and since Izuku took the man's hands, I can only assume Shigaraki was some sort of successor. Dear god, I don't know who to be more scared of, All for One Izuku when she finds out that it was that man who forced the law.'