The meeting was still a bit tense, but otherwise went great. Eri really kept the mood high. She was all cheery and this rubbed off on the alphas. But it had to end at one point. The boys were brought back to their rooms.
Izuku thought about the different emotions he went through today. He wanted to lock up this beast for good! He didn’t want to hurt his friends anymore! Why was it so damn hard?
Eijiro was contemplating about the meeting too. He was still so angry at Izuku for no real reason. Katsuki was his friend, but not his possession. Katsuki wasn’t an object. It wouldn’t be right to claim him. He felt really bad for kissing him. He had remembered the incident. How was he supposed to look at his friend again? It was Eijiro’s first kiss, and he guessed it was the same for Katsuki.
Eijiro felt so god damn terrible that he stole that from him in such a brutal way. Would Katsuki be able to forgive him? He didn’t remember the incident where he was on his best friend, trying to forcefully mate him, however. It was still too blocked out by the fog. God, he wanted to apologize so badly to him. But he was so scared, that he would lose control again.
Hitoshi sat on the cot in his room and thought about the day. He had to hold himself back all the time. He was clear for the most of it, but the beast was tugging at his nerves. Always trying to overpower him. It was so damn hard to fight. It would be easier to just let go and let himself get swept away. But he couldn’t. He knew that he couldn’t! His parents were still there. The little pup had a great effect on him. When she was around, he could relax a little, the beast would rest. It didn’t want to scare the little one.
But still, it was so hard … But he had to fight! They were waiting for him! He leaned his head back against the wall and closed his eyes. He thought he saw a flashing lighting strike in his mind. Yeah, he wanted to go back …
Shoto meditated again. He was sitting on the floor, criss cross applesauce. Meditation really helped him to keep the beast under control. He was good at suppressing things. He did it all the time, but the beast was even for him a hard to tame.
He was sick of being in here. He was most of the time clear, at least for the last few days. He didn’t want to be here anymore. I wanted to see his friends again. But on the other side, he knew that he was still dangerous to them. He was so ashamed of himself for attacking the others. Would they even want to be his friends any longer? He guessed not. The things he did were too terrible.
All Shoto could do was waiting, and trying to be good and non-threatening. He wanted to go back. That’s why he had to control himself.
The meetings went on for a few more days, and with every meeting, the alphas became more and more relaxed around each other. There were no significant problems with Shoto, he seemed to be the most controlled. And he seemed to enjoy the company of the others. Hitoshi didn’t seem to mind it anymore. But Izuku and Eijiro still were kinda aggressive. They were working on it however.
Eventually they would let the alphas go into the room alone, without Eri. They wanted to see their reactions. They seemed a bit tenser, and they stayed as far away from the others as far as possible, but no one lashed out, which was again a huge success.
But, now they had to test, how they reacted to unmated omegas. They didn’t care for Aizawa at this point anymore, but when asked, they just answered that he already had a mate. The scent was not good.
So, the teachers decided to ask a few students, to help them out.
Katsuki was surprised when Aizawa came to the dorms and asked some of the students to come with him.
He was currently sitting in the teachers lounge, with him were Tenya, Ochako, Mina, Denki, Kyoka and Momo. Midnight, Present Mic and Hound Dog were also here.
“So … what is the matter?” Tenya asked. He seemed kinda nervous.
“Well, a couple of days ago we made huge progress with our four problem children” Aizawa started.
The others gasped, they were relieved to hear that they were on a positive way. “What happened?” Ochako asked she had tears in her eyes.
“We brought them together! They were in one room for the first time since the incident. There was a short quarrel between Kirishima and Midoriya but with the help of Eri, they actively chose, not to fight anymore!” Aizawa kept is expression as neutral as always, but they could hear in his voice, that he was excited about that. “The next meetings were uneventful too, even when Eri was not around.”
“That is so good to hear! I am so glad, that you tell us.” Tenya said. “But why do you tell it just to the few of us, and not the whole class?”
“Because we want you to ask something first” Midnight answered. “They are still not able to go back to their normal lives. You see, they don’t react to Aizawa in a bad way any more.” She continued.
“But, when we asked they said he’s already mated, so they are not interested in him.” Hizashi chimed in, he had a very serious tone this time.
“We asked specifically you seven, because you seemed particularly close to the alphas.” Hound Dog growled a little while talking. “Would you like to assist us, and would you be willing to meet the alphas face to face? We need to test, how they will react to unmated omegas. If they still see them as … prey.”
The girls gasped. Katsuki’s eyes widened. “So we are lab rats?” he snarled.
“To be frank, yes. We wanted to ask you first, because you are their friends, if you don’t want to, we will ask someone else. It is not a problem. We know that they did some really cruel things, especially to you, Bakugo. So it would be understandable, if you don’t want to meet them.” Aizawa’s tone was serious.
“Fucking hell, no! I want to see them! Count me in.” Bakugo answered.
“Yes! Me too!” Ochako exclaimed.
“And me three!” Mina added.
“I want to help them too!” Momo sounded determined.
“But wait! Why would you choose me? I am not ‘that’ close to any of the alphas!” Kyoka sounded a little bit confused.
“Yeah, and why am I here? I am not an omega?” Denki was really surprised that he was here. He wanted to help his friends, sure, but what could he do?
“And also me? What is your reason behind that decision?” Tenya asked, moving his hands in the usual manner.
“Well, Jiro, you might be not so close to one of them, but Kaminari is close to Shinso, right? And you hung out with him too, in the past” Aizawa explained. “But the thing is Shinso might not react to Kaminari, since he is a beta. So we brought you.”
“And for you, Iida, we want to see how they react on an alpha who is a peer. We might have a problem with Midoriya” Midnight said.
The students froze. “W-what problem?” Ochako asked.
“He alpha commanded betas and even other alphas, right? He is not strong enough to do it to older alphas, yet, but the fact, that he is able to control alphas at the same age or younger is … very concerning.” Hound Dog explained.
“Yeah, we wondered about that. How is that even possible?” Tenya remembered the pressure of the command. It was a very unpleasant feeling. After that, he felt even worse for putting Katsuki through something like this.
“Well, it is an extremely rare occurrence. In these days even more than back then” Aizawa started. “It almost never happens. Alphas are already on the top so there shouldn’t be anything that could top that, right?” He asked rhetorically. “But there is a something that even alphas have to obey. Something so rare, that it seems more like from a fairytale.”
The students were on the edge of their seats. Whatever this was, it didn’t sound good. And Izuku was supposed to be such a creature?
“They are called ‘Prime Alphas’” He continued. “They are extremely powerful creatures, able to command not just omegas, but betas and alphas too. In the past two hundred years there were only a handful of Prime Alphas.”
“One of them is well known to all of you” Hizashi said. The students looked confused. Suddenly, All Might entered the room.
He had a very serious look on his face. “I am a prime alpha. Or at least I was it. I wouldn’t know if I could still do it. My injuries weakened me greatly.”
The students were stunned. All Might was a prime alpha? But Katsuki thought, that it made sense, yeah. This was why All Might was always so great …
“My archenemy, All for One is a prime alpha too.” He added. His expression was unreadable.
Katsuki shuddered by the thought of All for One. He never wanted to see this man again.
All Might sat next to Aizawa. “From what I could see, Young Midoriya is most likely a prime alpha, but his abilities are not well enough trained, yet. But if we let this continue, he will become one of the strongest heroes.”
“Oh, this would be really great.” Ochako mumbled. “He could subdue any sort of villain without much trouble.”
“Hm, yes, he could do that … And from what we learned, we will need him, as a prime alpha.” All Might was very pale. Whatever he had to say seemed to weight on him.
Katsuki’s stomach twisted when he saw how stressed All Might was. “What’s the matter, All Might?”
The former number one pro hero looked up. “Tomura Shigaraki was bitten too, about three months, before the students.” After this bomb dropped, everyone was silent. Mic, Midnight and Hound Dog were as surprised as the students. Aizawa had known it beforehand.
“From what our informant said, he was able to control other alphas to varying degrees. And he seemed to have made contact with the alpha that escaped during that night. If that is true, then we need a prime alpha to stop Shigaraki.”
Katsuki’s stomach turned even more. This freaking bastard was one of those even bigger and buffer alphas? What the fuck was with this shit? He clenched his fits. And that weakling Deku, this stupid little nerd that didn’t even had a quirk, was one of the strongest creatures? How was that fair? He could feel rage bubble up inside of him.
“What about the others? They were bitten too!” Momo questioned.
“No, they are not prime alphas, at least they don’t show any signs.” Aizawa answered. “So, what do you say? Do you want to help?”
“Fuck yeah, count me in! When do we get to see them?” Katsuki growled. He tried to suppress the rage.
The others agreed, too. They were eager to help their friends out.
“We can go now. They are already waiting …” Aizawa mumbled and stood up from the couch. He was crossing his fingers that this would go well.
