That same night in the dorms, the mission squad met again. This time it was Hanta, Hitoshi and Tsuyu's team and Tenya and Ochako's team for Phase II of the mission to take over. After Katsuki, Izuku and Shouto's team succeeded in Phase I, they were able to move on to the next part of the mission.

Hanta, went over the details of their completed mission, Hitoshi and Tsuyu were standing behind him showing support. Everyone else was seated facing forward and looking at them horrified as Hanta spoke of the conversation he had with Y/n. Tsuyu and Hitoshi passing the printed pictures Hanta took of her back and arms, handing them around to each team.

Ochako without meaning to gasped loudly. "Is this..." she began to ask already knowing what the answer would be.

Aizawa motioned for Hanta, Hitoshi and Tsuyu to take a seat. This was Hanta's first-time taking point on a mission, and he could already see the damage it did mentally to the third-year student. He knew his students would only get worse as the mission progressed.

"Let's step out of the mission mentality for a moment. This is a lesson you all need. Being a hero is more than beating people up. We also must know how to talk with someone who is not just physically but mentally scarred. This semester principal Nezu suggested we have a class on psychology. Not only for the citizens you are saving, but for your mental stability as well." Aizawa glanced over at Katsuki who was fidgeting on his seat.

He didn't like to be put on the spot, but he knew some of this was for him as well.

"To answer your question Uraraka. Yes, these scars look similar to what Eri endured when she was experimented on. It's safe to assume for Y/n to get her quirk changed, she must have gone through drastic measures as well. Team Ingenium and Uravity, do you have news to share with the rest of the team?"

While Hanta's team gathered information by talking directly to Y/n. Tenya and Ochako were tasked to gather details on Y/N's hometown.

Once they were able to get the confirmation through a text Hanta sent them while he was still with Y/n. That in fact she was from Mexico. They found out what happened all those years ago from what they discovered.

While Tenya was explaining this to the team. Izuku felt warm air heat up his right side. Looking over at Shouto, he saw his friend with closed eyes and teeth gritted in anger.

When Shouto was handed, the photos taken of Y/n's scars – he felt furious. How could someone do this to her, and at such a young age too. And still keep doing it to this day?

Izuku reaching over, gently put his hand on his friend's shoulder, gaining his attention. He understood what felt. No one should be tortured this way, especially done at such a young age.

Shouto's heterochromia eyes clashed with emerald, seeing the same fire in his eyes.

Izuku has this gentle glint to his green eyes. They always seem to sparkle with tender and love. However, there are rare occasions where his eyes would lose their glimmer and were replaced by a deadly sharpness instead. A sharpness Katsuki showed in his vermillion eyes as he saw the photos as well.

"I know..." Izuku whispered to his friend, calming him down a little.

Tenya crossed his arms in front of him, while Ochako stood silently next to his side. "So far, what we found is not good. The whole town was burned to the ground. We called their hero association and were told the town was overrun by the cartel. Due to the number of villains in Mexico, the heroes from there were overpowered. The American Hero Association is helping in taking Mexico back. The people who inhabited the town are either declared missing or dead." Tenya with multiple copies of his report passed one to each group.

Ochako handed out a single sheet of paper to each group once Tenya was done with his part. The sheet of paper displayed a photo of a small h/c haired girl with big e/c eyes, smiling brightly at the camera. Full of biographic details of her life and information on her telepathy quirk.

Shouto couldn't help but to feel remorse for the small girl with a missing tooth in her smile.

Just like him, her childhood was stolen from her at such a young age. She looked so happy in that moment, having no idea what would transpire in her life later on.

He was close to crumpling the paper – anger boiling inside his veins. However, Izuku gently removed the piece of paper from his grasp before he could do anything to it. Studying the paper himself before he handed it to Katsuki once he was done.

When Izuku glanced up, he saw Ochako staring directly at him. "I was able to get information on L/n's original quirk. Registered under telepathy, like her mother at age four. Her father was registered under quirk-less. Since her little brother was too young at the time, he was not registered. So, we don't know if he has a quirk or not." Ochako stated, looking away from Izuku once she was done. "Hanta did you hear her speak to your mind at all, like the others?" She faced her other classmate now.

Hanta shook his head. "No, she didn't. She must have felt safe, she spoke directly to me the whole time. I asked her if she could show me images of that day with her mind, but she felt uncomfortable with it."

"Seeing the way, you came back man... I think it was a good idea she didn't show you." Denki patted his friends back.

Him and Eijirou were seated together, they were part of Phase III of the mission.

"That's so manly of her!" Eijirou rubbed animated tears away.

"Then, why would she only communicate that way with you three?" Ochako asked suspiciously, pointing to the top three of their class.

"Dunno, maybe she trusts us more than tape-arms." Katsuki smugly smirked.

He was sitting to Izuku's left while Shouto sat to Izuku's right. Everyone was split into their assigned teamed groups.

Katsuki could tell right away Ochako was jealous. She kept glancing in their direction throughout the meeting, and he knew for a fact it was not because of him or Shouto. She was trying to hide it, but Katsuki could see right through her.

He cracked his neck to the sides, annoyed. Annoyed for how Ochako was acting and annoyed for having to hold back on this mission. If he, had it his way, this would have been done long ago.

If he'd listened to Mina when she first asked him to interfere with Izuku and Ochako's relationship downfall. He would have been there when Izuku first met the young woman who lived in his mind since he met her. But unfortunately, he was busy that night.

Heavily sighing, Katsuki thought about what Hanta discovered of Y/n earlier today.

When Hanta came back from his mission he first went to Katsuki. His friends always went to him first for some reason when they needed help. It equally agitated and made him happy, even if he would never admit it.

Katsuki was ready to let Hanta have it when he first saw him for what he texted him, however, stopped when he could tell the black-haired young man was trying hard not to cry. He'd shown him the images without saying anything. They were in the soundproof room, where Hanta dragged him away from their friend group once he spotted the angry blond. Also playing the recording of the talk he had with the girl.

The whole time Katsuki felt close to exploding, his hands becoming extremely clammy for how angry he was. Hearing her voice break at certain times, even if he didn't understand the language, he knew she was hurting. From hearing her voice, he could tell she was trying hard not to cry as she explained everything.

When Hanta texted him the video of Y/n with the little boy in the morning, he felt his chest fill with warmth. Looking at her smiling down at her little brother made him feel things he would rather choose to ignore. He was working out with Denki and Eijirou when Hanta sent him the text and had to stop and hide in the restroom when he felt his cheeks warm up.

He figured when Hanta came back he would be cracking jokes and making fun of him because of how flustered Katsuki got. However, he didn't expect to see Hanta like this, it was the first time he's ever seen him on the verge of a breakdown.

Katsuki already knew, Y/n trusts him, Izuku and Shouto the most. He needed to make sure it would be either of them who saves her. He also didn't trust anyone else other than those two idiots, as he liked to call them and his close friends.

After Hanta almost broke down in front of him. Katsuki took his phone ready to show it to Aizawa and called for a meeting. He also called Eijirou, Mina, Kyoka and Denki to meet his friend at the gym to distract him somehow, while he took care of everything else. Hanta before leaving translated the parts that were in Spanish for him.

Katsuki already debriefed from the conversation between Hanta and Y/n. When everyone met up again for the mission, he pulled Izuku and Shouto to the side. Angrily telling them what was going on before anyone else knew. Briefing them quickly as much as he could before everyone showed up. They needed to come up with a plan to save her soon. He went over some of the details with them, letting out some "shits" and "fucks" along his rant.

Once he was done explaining, Shouto and Izuku were seething...

They were a good team, after all they were the Big-Three of their third year for a reason. After years the three of them worked the best together. Granted there were still fights between them. All teams fought, specially Izuku and Katsuki. Shouto was mainly the referee with his snarky comments or just deciding to ignore them both.

However, they've grown to synchronize with each other in a way the others haven't.

They've worked a lot together since doing their work studies at Endeavor's agency, the number one hero. They're also the strongest out of them all. Which meant, one would have to take point in rescuing their target.

"I suggest me, and the other two weaklings in my team take point in recovering her. Since she trusts us so much." Katsuki leaned back on his chair, already knowing someone in the room wouldn't like this suggestion.

"Dynamite, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. Since she's made contact directly with you three, we should keep it with people she already met and feels comfortable with. I would send Cellophane in as well, but we need his quirk to capture..." Fatgum's voice could be heard over the phone speaker.

He was listening to their updates by phone since he couldn't travel to their location all the time.

"But do you really need all three of them? If Bakugou is volunteering, he should go on his own right?" Ochako tried to reason with them.

Not only was she still jealous, but she was also nervous at having the three of the most troublemakers taking point for the mission.

"Just say you don't want Deku involved already." Katsuki smirked at the nervous babbling brunette.

"That's not what I meant! You say you're great at everything all the time. That you 'don't need help'" Ochako puffed out with trembling hands. She knew she was acting childish responding back to the explosive blond, falling for his bait. Letting her emotions get in the way of her mission. However, she couldn't control herself. "We might need a power-house too when infiltrating their base."

"Uravity is not wrong. If we send the three of you what's going to happen to the rest of us if our hitters are all rescuing?" Tsuyu asked in worry. She also wanted to smack the blond for making Ochako loose her cool.

"Everyone needs to calm down." Tenya stepped up waving his hands. "As class representative, I suggest we send Midoriya. He is the second fastest. I would suggest myself. However, you do have a point in sending someone she already trusts Bakugou. We need speed and strength..."

"I HAVE SPEED AND STRENGTH, HOTWHEELS!" Katsuki yelled irritated.

"Yes, but you also have explosive power. This facility goes underground as well. You don't want the place to crumble before we get to save her. As much as it bothers me, I cannot go either, my fire is dangerous in closed off spaces." Shouto stated, hating how he couldn't go himself.

However, his time would come to talk to her again. All he wanted at the moment was to keep her safe. He also agreed with Katsuki when he pulled him and Izuku aside when they first came in – the three of them have to work together to get her out of there.

"Though, I highly doubt they keep her with her brother. I volunteer to go after him." Shouto quietly mumbled, already coming up with a rescue plan.

"Todoroki, are you even good with kids." Denki asked him nervously.

"I believe so. Katsuki and I got experience when we got our provisional hero license our first year." Shouto replied calmly. Katsuki, Shouto and Izuku have been on first name basis for a while, with how close they were with each other now. Though, Katsuki would deny his brotherly bond with either of them – he still preferred to call them by the nicknames he gave them.

Katsuki involuntary shivered from the words of the two-toned haired young man. Remembering how the little devils, of the children they took care of one day, got on their nerves.

"I think it would be best if Icy-Hot does go. He can use his ice while rescuing to capture those underground too." Katsuki said while crossing his arms and leaning back on his chair. "I'll go with Deku..."

"But..." Ochako tried to interrupt him.

"To save the other girls underground. I promised her. Besides, if you do send your three hitters underground, the big boss will be there. We have a better chance at winning if the three of us go. While the rest of you extras save and cause a distraction on the top floor. We can win by beating those underground. My best guess is, underground they have their toughest guys. And you'll also have shitty-hair, tape-arms and dunce face with you..." Katsuki got up from his chair and stepped close to Ochako.

Izuku tried to step-in to help her. However, he was stopped by both Tenya and Shouto, by putting out their arms in front of him. He looked up at them confused only to be responded by Shouto shaking his head at him.

"Or are you saying my squad isn't good enough like Deku is?" Katsuki growled threateningly.

Ochako looked behind Katsuki's shoulder to stare at Izuku. "Um..."

"Kacchan?"

Izuku was utterly confused. His and Katsuki's relationship was better, but not like this. Katsuki has never stood up for him before. And right now, he was clearly drawing the line for Izuku when it came to Ochako since the green haired young hero, couldn't do it for himself. It looked like Tenya and Shouto agreed with Katsuki too.

If Izuku was going to get better mentally about their break-up, he had to let Ochako fight her own battles from now on. He couldn't keep opening the wound she left behind by being there for her.

Aizawa grunted and sighed heavy with annoyance, capturing his student's attention.

He knew of the drama unfolding in class 3-A. It was his job to know everything about them, this predicament was causing some unwanted drama within the class. Even if no one wanted to acknowledge it, they were each picking sides.

It would take a while for his class to go back to how they used to be.