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It Took A Village - Dark Trial I

It should have been a good day. It was supposed to be a good day.

And yet it was not to be.

It would all begin with the pair of mothers that were Inko Midoriya and Mitsuki Bakugou, on their way to visit the esteemed place of heroic academia known as UA. And the reason for this visit? To see a certain little unicorn of course.

The two women had their minds occupied with typical nana and auntly things, namely fussing over Inko's adoptive granddaughter who lived on the UA campus. Said fussing would be soon be the furthest thing from their minds.

Everything seemed fine when they first arrived, the students scattered around the dorm without a care and engaged with their own leisure time. Inko's son Izuku greeted his mother and honorary aunt cordially, just as could be expected of such a well behaved boy, but things would quickly turn away from uplifting and cheerful when Izuku called for young Eri, the unicorn of the dorm.

Normally a visit from her adoptive grandmother and aunt would elicit smiles and joyfulness from the young girl but it was clear at a look that she was feeling anything but that. She slowly walked up, no smiles to be found. Instead a sad frown adorned her face and her eyes looked filled with sorrow. It just wasn't right for her to look so sad.

"Hello Nana." Eri barely spoke above a whisper, further growing the seeds of concern in Inko's mind. "Hello Eri. It's nice to see you again." Eri said nothing, just giving a slow nod and kept looking forward like she wasn't really there in the first place.

Izuku spoke up, breaking up the increasing tension just a bit. "Eri why don't you give your Nana a hug?" A soft "okay" was all the response that was given before the young girl gave her grandmother a hug. It wasn't like her usual hugs though, seeming as though she was doing a highly rehearsed type of hug and was simply going through the motions.

It was simply baffling. Why was dear little Eri acting so withdrawn and sad? There had to be a reason for it. But that wasn't the only shocking thing to happen.

Bakugou had made his way over, scowling as he ever did. "Hey kid." he said at an even, almost soft tone. He continued once Eri looked up at him. "There's an Ohranger marathon about to start. Want to watch it?" Eri gave a slight nod and in a move that would surprise anyone who knew the explosive teen in the slightest he offered her his hand and led her over to the couch, almost tenderly one might say.

That would lead to a dam of confusion bursting wide open. "Okay what in the world is going on? Eri looks like someone just shot her dog and that brat of mine is actually acting civilized. What is going on here?" Leave it to Mitsuki to get right to the point.

Izuku sighed, knowing this was going to come up sooner or later. He looked over at Eri on the couch, still looking downtrodden. "Follow me. There's a bit of a story I have to share." The two followed after the green haired boy, silently dreading what they were going to discover.

They were right to do so.

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"WHAT?!"

That would be the response Mitsuki gave when Izuku explained what had Eri in such a dreadful mood.

As Izuku had explained it the villain Overhaul was trying to press charges against the very police department that had overseen his arrest. Claims were made that he was deliberately left with minimal security, thereby enabling the loss of his arms at the hands of the League of Villains. Said claims sounded absolutely absurd but the case was making headway for whatever reason. And that was only the start of this misery.

"You mean to tell me that... that... monster is actually trying to get out of jail!" Izuku shook his head at his honorary aunt. "No, that's not going to happen. His crimes should see him in Tartarus for the rest of his life." Izuku sounded more like he was hoping that would be the outcome than being certain of it. But he was snapped out of his funk by his mother.

"Is that why Eri is so sad today?" The question should have been expected but it still startled Izuku, who looked at his mother. "You might say that. Everyone who was involved with the Overhaul case is being summoned to court. And that includes Eri."

Inko and Mitsuki stood silent for a moment, processing what they just heard. Then Mitsuki gained a look of pure rage on her face. "Are you kidding me?" She spoke in an ice cold tone to contrast the burning fury on her face. "Does anyone know what that monster did to her? How he tortured her? Does no one know what they're asking that little girl to go through?" "That's exactly why they want Eri in court." The ash blonde woman stopped her tirade at that.

"Overhaul's case is based on the idea that the police officers and Pro-Heroes knew what he was doing to Eri when we rescued her and his legal team is trying to make it out that because of that he was deliberately left vulnerable for the League of Villains to attack."

Both women looked on in shock at him. Mitsuki would break the silence. "There's no way. There's no way this can actually be happening. After everything he did... to Eri... to those Pros... there's no way he should even be seeing the light of day." Inko was much of the same mind but her thoughts soon focused on the trauma this was causing for her granddaughter. "Oh poor Eri. Having to suffer like this. She's so young... and has been through so much already..." The green haired woman was about to start tearing up over what her white haired granddaughter was going through.

The three soon made their way back to the living room where Eri and Bakugou were watching their Sentai show. But young Eri's heart just didn't seem in it. There was no wonder in her eyes. No excited copying of the heroes' battle cries. No joy. She just sat there watching the show but not truly looking like she was watching it. Just sitting there listlessly as the world went on by her.

It was just a sight that would break your heart.

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The two mothers eventually left the esteemed halls of UA, having tried and failed to lift little Eri's fallen spirits just a tiny bit. It was disheartening to say the least to know what that poor girl was suffering through. Inko thought long and hard about what could possibly be done to help her granddaughter. And by the time she got back home she knew exactly what that should be. She got her phone and dialed in an all too familiar number, waiting for an answer. When she finally received one she spoke the words that would tip the scales from darkness to light.

"Hello Hisashi..."

To Be Continued

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