MHA/BNHA react to For The Want of A Nail by Clouds part 1

Heroes: (*@&#$!

Villains: Yes!

Jana: Language!

"What is this world coming to?" Mistuki exclaimed, "Just last night that Mastermind gave the heroes the slip. Put a hero in the hospital too, from what I heard."

Mt. Lady(whispering): Please be okay, Kamui.

Kamui(quietly): I will, I promise.

"It's just terrible! I wish that they'd just catch him already, it's nerve wracking every time I turn the news on now. I'm so worried for Katsuki when he starts UA!" Inko fretted.

(everyone winced at that, even the villains, and Inko started crying again.)

"Yeah right, like some weak !@$# like Mastermind could beat me!" Katsuki said, "They should have sent stronger heroes to the raid. The reason that hero got hurt was because he was weak!"

Bakugo: Oh, shut up other me!

"Shut up, brat! Don't go speaking ill of the injured like that!"

Izuku played with his food and tried not to react. Dinner with the Bakugos was always difficult, having to act natural with Katsuki so his 'friend' wouldn't have any reason to kill him, but it was even harder when he was the topic of conversation. Izuku wanted more than anything to smirk and take credit for his crimes, or even kill Katsuki right here and prove that he wasn't weak, but he was smart enough to realize how stupid that would be. He'd just escaped a hero raid with his identity intact, he wasn't about to go giving himself away now. It still didn't make it any easier to navigate this conversation.

Kaibara: How do you think he'll react when he realizes how close to death he's been?

Shinso: Explode, probably.

Bakugo: Shut it, eyebags!

"Well, I'm just grateful that it didn't end up any worse..." Masaru said quietly.

Mitsuki(stilling): Masaru stop talking please...

Inko looked at him like he'd grown a second head, "He got away and a hero was injured, how could it have gone any worse?"

Masaru set down his fork and looked at Inko, "According to a friend of mine with the police, a huge crowd gathered shortly after the raid began and they were worried Mastermind would take hostages. We're lucky he just disappeared."

Izuku's head snapped up as the cogs in his brain started turning. Hostages , he thought, now there's an idea.

Everyone: Oh no.

Mitsuki: Masaru...

"Did you enjoy dinner with Katsuki's family? You're kinda tired tonight."

Izuku nodded, "Yeah, it was great, as always. It's just... I'm kinda tired. I think I'm just gonna go to bed early."

Shigaraki(laughing): He's going to come up with something really wicked isn't he?

Kurogiri(trying to figure out if Shigaraki meant evil, cool, or both): Most likely.

Inko looked at him with concern, "Don't you want to watch the news?"

Izuku just shook his head. It'd all be about the failed raid, anyway, "Goodnight Mom."

Inko looked like she wanted to protest, but pity won out, "Ok, Izuku, Goodnight."

Spinner(sadly): It's going to be so sad when she finds out.

Dabi(glancing at Inko who's still crying): Yeah.

He shut his door and immediately went to his desk and opened the untraceable laptop he'd gotten from Giran. Hostages. It was such a simple idea, but it would be extremely effective. Because the first rule of hero work was to prioritize the rescue, any time a hostage was in danger, the heroes would have to do whatever was necessary to keep the hostage safe, rather than catch the villain. But who to take? Izuku sighed; kidnapping civilians and holding them somewhere just wasn't practical. As $@#&* as his life was outside his villainy, it still existed. He didn't just have an underground bunker somewhere to keep hostages fed and alive for an indeterminate amount of time. If only he could just threaten to kill more heroes if they caught him or something, but then he'd be caught and wouldn't be able to kill them.