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When it was first announced that the traitor of U.A. was discovered, Aizawa was relieved. When his friend and roommate Hizashi first suggested it, no one really wanted to believe him. Now with that open and the culprit caught in police custody, Aizawa had no doubt that Hizashi will be bragging about this for a while.
“Aizawa-san, may I have a word?” Nedzu, the principal of U.A. asked after the conference meeting he had so he could break the news of the traitor being caught.
“What is it?” Aizawa asked. He wanted to go home already and beat Hizashi home. The voice hero was on patrol right now for his hero work but Aizawa doesn't doubt that he knows of the traitor being caught already.
“In my office if you don't mind,” Nedzu cheerfully stated.
Shrugging, Aizawa followed the animal to his office where he was offered tea. Aizawa declined and sat on the couch for visitors, almost tempted to pull out his sleeping bag right there and sleep the rest of the day away.
“I know you and Yamada-san are quite close, roommates even correct?” Nedzu asked. Aizawa raised an eyebrow in answer which the principal took. “I won't beat around the bush with this then. Did you know that Yamada-san was the traitor?”
Aizawa looked at Nedzu as if he had grown two extra heads. Hizashi? He's the traitor?
“No,” Aizawa answered, unsure though if that was a true answer or if he was in denial.
Nedzu continued to speak some more but Aizawa couldn't hear him. Hizashi was the most pure hearted and loving person he knows. He has put his life on the line for so many people, himself included. Hizashi was a hero through and through! Or so he thought.
“Aizawa-san?” Nedzu asked the fifth time when he noticed the eraser hero was focusing more on his hands than his words.
“You said that the traitor is in police custody?” Aizawa asked.
“He is,” Nedzu answered.
“Excuse me then,” Aizawa said.
Without any other warning, Aizawa left the office and jogged towards the parking lot. He was still in denial as he ran to Hizashi's car. Even though Aizawa has enough money himself, he never thought about buying a car. There was too much traffic and it was simply much easier to take the bullet train. Hizashi was too caring though and hid his spear key just for Aizawa. He knelt down and reached under the car, feeling for the duct tape. Once he found it, he ripped it off and grabbed the key. Starting the car, he opened his phone and called Hizashi's cell.
“Hey there listener! Sorry I couldn't come to the phone right now, but just leave me you're name and number and I'll get back to you. And remember, go Plus Ultra!” Hizashi's voicemail greeted with the same hyper energy that was known to him.
“Hizashi, I just got told that you're the traitor of the school and I'm on the way to the police station. If this is your way of a joke, I'm taking your vinyls and letting my students use them as target practice. This is not funny,” Aizawa threatened.
After hanging up, Aizawa threw his phone in the passenger seat and book it out of the parking lot. He drove as fast as legally possible with only running one red light. Once he got to the police station, he saw some ambulance there and a couple of people coming out, clinching their ears. Cursing, Aizawa didn't turn off the car as he booked it out and went to the first police officer he saw.
“Where is the U.A. traitor?” Aizawa demanded.
The man looked at Aizawa with confusion as he kept rubbing his ears. A paramedic asked Aizawa to step aside just as another police officer called to him.
“Eraserhead,” Detective Tsukauchi called for him as he came out with a cat officer. “I didn't think you'd be here so fast.”
“Where is the U.A. traitor?” Aizawa asked once more as he went to the officer.
“Yamada-san has-” Detective Tsukauchi started.
“Is he the U.A. traitor?” Aizawa asked.
Tsukauchi gave Aizawa an apologetic look as he nodded. “Yes. We were able to take him to the station but just ten minutes ago, he used his quirk even with us taking his directional speakers away. Everyone was hurt and have some balancing issues which Yamada-san took advantage of. He grabbed his speaker and ran off before we could do much more.”
Aizawa took a small step back then as if someone hit him and in a way, someone had. Hizashi was so against using his quirk against civilians, always worried that he'll cause them some permit damage. Hell, when they did the exam tests he went easy on the two students and didn't try to fight them in hope that they would just give up. Or at least that's what Hizashi told him when Aizawa made fun of him for fainting.
“Most of the officers are out of commission, could you please help us track him down?” Tsukauchi asked.
Aizawa only nodded before going back to Hizashi's car. He turned it off, paid the meter fee, and then used his capture weapon to get to the tall buildings. If Hizashi was missing for only ten minutes, then Aizawa will catch him and demand why he lied to him for so long.
At least, Aizawa thought it would be easy. It was the busy day and no one had caught anything about Hizashi. The media was even already dragging his name through the mud, calling the once loved hero Present Mic a traitor to his own kind. That made Aizawa want to have a stern talking to the media for shaming Present Mic and calling him guilty without a proper trial, but he couldn't. They were already saying that he must have changed his appearance. Hints were even there for after an hour after his grand escape, a hotel room was burned and Present Mic's speaker was the only item they could really identify.
Now after searching for his friend for the last twenty four hours, Aizawa was heading back to Hizashi's car. He hoped that his phone was still in the passenger seat and that it held some charge. He wanted to call Hizashi again or his family to see if they heard from him. Just as he turned a corner, he bumped into a tall man wearing a hat.
“Sorry,” Aizawa absentmindedly said as he continued on his way, not caring for the stranger.
“No, I'm sorry Shouta,” a very familiar voice said softly.
Aizawa's eyes widen as he looked behind him for the man he bumped into but he was already gone. “Hizashi!” Aizawa called as he ran around the corner. He began to fight the crowd looking for the missing hero. “HIZASHI!” Struggle as he could though, Aizawa couldn't find his friend and he wouldn't answer him. In the end, Aizawa gave up and went back to the car. Unknowing to him that there was a black hair fellow sipping on some tea, watching him underneath a mole theme hat and dark sunglasses as Aizawa struggled to find his lost friend even though he was right there.