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

Todoroki(worriedly): ...Why is my name the title?

Endeavor: Hopefully for a good reason.

Dabi: Hm...

"Hello everyone and welcome to the sports festival! Can I get a Plus Ultra?!"

Mirko: Huh it's the Sports Festival.

Present Mic's booming voice could be heard even from the sidewalk outside the stadium and Izuku shook his head. Heroes.

Midoriya(panicking): Why is he there?!

Honestly, Izuku didn't know why they were still holding the festival this year after All Might had been killed on school grounds, but the principal had held a press conference a few days after the funeral announcing that it would continue as planned. Something about how with the symbol of peace gone, it fell to the rising generation to bring hope to the world, or something like that. Well, at least Izuku could get some good intel on the quirks he'd be facing in a few years. He wished he'd had that info before the USJ attack but, oh well, better late than never.

Momo: Oh no...

He walked past dozens of pro heroes as he went through the heightened security, but no one gave a kid in a t-shirt and jeans a second glance. He smiled and found his seat. Mastermind was here in their midst and the heroes would never know.

Tsukauchi(frustrated): He is right there!

Endeavor: And so are we.

His mom had been so excited when he told her a friend of his had won tickets and invited him to go. They'd never had the money to afford it before, but Izuku hadn't had a shortage of cash since he'd become a villain. Too bad his mom didn't know about his secret funds, hence the cover story. He wished he could have brought Himiko, but a suspected serial killer couldn't exactly sneak past security.

Toga: Aw. Ah well, I can still see it on tv.

Twice: Not the same as in person. Nah, it's totally the same!

"All right! Let's welcome in the students who faced a villain attack and survived! The same students that All Might gave his life for! Class 1A!"

Shoda: Why do I get the feeling that Monoma is still going to give them a hard time for that?

Monoma: ...I'm sorry? (everyone shot him a double take) What? Like I said, I'm not heartless. And if there's one thing I've learned from all this is that everyone in 1A has trauma for some reason!

Kendo: ...Well that's better than nothing I guess.

The stadium erupted into cheers and Izuku watched as the familiar students stride into the stadium. They looked vaguely uncomfortable... they probably didn't like the reminder of watching the number one hero die, it must have been traumatic. Izuku squashed the feelings of guilt that tried to choke him. They were heroes. They had been given everything in life just because of their quirks, while Izuku's life had been nothing but trauma. They deserved a little trauma after what they had put him through.

Watching All Might die in front of them was just payback.

Inko: He's still trying so hard to justify everything...

He was excited to see what the purple haired student's quirk actually was. He figured it was verbal response triggered, considering his defiant behavior at the USJ, but the question remained of whether it put someone to sleep like Midnight's quirk, or was somehow more involved. He was also excited for the half-and-half boy's quirk, since he was one of the few who managed to fight back during the attack, and against the Nomu too! Izuku smiled darkly as he watched Katsuki climb the steps to give the opening speech. There was always the possibility that Katsuki would be injured in one of his matches, but Izuku knew he shouldn't get his hopes up.