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“Well, this isn’t the underworld.” Was all Shouto said when he saw the glittering gold building he was in. He looked to his right and saw a goddess he did not recognize, except she had green eyes that look familiar.
A voice on his left said “No fucking shit, Todoroki.” someone said in a very Bakugou voice.
The woman on Shoutos’ right turned toward them with wide eyes. Her black hair somehow seeming to defeat gravity as it slowly floated away. “Kacchan? Shocchan?”
Shouto grabbed the woman's hand as soon as he realised it was Izuku in the goddesses body.
“This is so cool!” Someone said from Apollo’s body which was bouncing like a kid in a candy store.
Bakugou, who was in Athenas body, answered Izuku and Shouto’s curiosity by saying, “Calm down, Sunshine. It’s just Olympus.”
The redheaded god/ reincarnation let out a squawk and started going on about how this is Olympus .
Beside him he heard a soft gasp from Izuku, “No. way! I’m actually taller than you right now!”
Shouto looked down to try to get an idea of who he switched with and quickly learned that Persephone really loves switching with him. “Enjoy it while it lasts, Izu. Also, don’t walk if it is at all avoidable. Katsuki can because he and Athena are the same height, but you and I have had some change in leg length, so walking really is a no no.” Izuku nodded understandingly.
“Now,” A booming voice said from a throne across the room, “you all are probably wondering why we are all here since the solstice is not yet here.” The entire room muttered with agreement.
That’s when Shouto saw Hades, he was dressed in a fashionable dark chiton that appeared to be made of shadows. The god was also sitting in a throne that was fashioned of a dark gem and had gold details. When Hades noticed Shouto’s gaze, he waved the teen up.
Immediately, Shouto shook his head “no”. The god seemed to be annoyed with this answer, as he turned to his little brother and said, “Zeus, before we get started, I must request our wives move up here. I think it’s odd to have two kings sit without their queens.”
Zeus, who must have just noticed Hera was not next to him, made a grand arm gesture to his wife and said, “Of course, brother. Hera, come and join me. Persephone, my daughter, go join your husband.”
Fear filled Izuku’s eyes as Shouto Indicated for them to stand. Since he was more adjusted to walking at this height, the Persephone boy lead the other across the grand floor to the queens thrones which were thankfully next to each other.
Once the normally green haired boy was in his seat, Shouto went over and quickly gave Hades a kiss on the cheek. The smile that the King of the Underworld gave told Shouto he was playing this role well.
In his lush green throne, the teen was faced with the sight of around 400 deities, minor and major alike. The major deities all sat up front together. They were all chattering amongst themselves as they waited for what was most likely a meeting.
“All right everyone, let’s get started.” Zeus announced in his booming voice that made it clear that he is the god of thunder. “Tonight we need to speak on the fact that two of you,” He glared at the more major god area in the audience, “have been fighting relentlessly and need to stop before someone else's reincarnation gets killed.”
Katsuki, ever the egotistical idiot, stood up and said, “Yeah! Go and fuck off Ares!”
It seemed no one in the audience was surprised that Athena had switched with her favorite reincarnation. What surprised them was when Apollo rose and said in a different teens voice, “Blasty, please don’t get in a fight with these nice and very powerful people.”
The rest of the deities started muttering amongst themselves as Zeus and Hades looked between them, trying to figure out what was going on.
“Sunshine, stay out of this.” Bakugou shouted as he got out of his seat and went up to Ares. “Call off your goon, asshole. I don’t care why the fuck you gods keep fighting, but either you leave me out of it, or I will kill every single one of your reincarnations.”
Ares Laughed. Kirishima’s hand and forehead made contact. And there was a collective gasp at the outright threat the blonde gave to the god of war.
The man, who was 195 centimeters of pure muscle and short black hair, towered over the 170 cm goddess. “You better watch your back kid. I’ve seen how you act, and you ain’t any better than the worst of mine. One of these days, you’re gonna get into another battle with mine, and none of your little friends will come and help you, you little piece of shit asshole.”
Let’s see if I can change my voice now. Shouto thought as Kirishima and Izuku stood and shouted to contradict Ares. First he whispered to himself and was pleased to find that he sounded almost exactly like Persephone. Probably because we are in such a high magic place, or she has a different voice box than mortals? He didn’t have time to think about that before he called, “Ares!”
The entire room fell silent as he stepped down to the floor in flowy motions he hoped passed for the goddesss. Once he was in the center of the room, he called, “Please come down here.”
The man looked pissed as he stepped down from his seat into the empty space in the center.
As the god came down, Shouto tested what spirits he can bring. He was pleased to find a lot and a lot of big stuff.
Soon the god was towering way above the small goddess’s form. Ares got closer as he said, “What is it, little sister?”
“Stop this rudeness. One of mine watches out for Bakugou, so I think you are quiet stupidly uninformed about your statement. Now, I think that until you learn to be polite to your fellow god and their weaker reincarnations, you should leave. So please, get out .” Shouto lifted his hand and a herd of about 100 squirrels came out of the ground and the audience and started all dog-piling on the God as he screamed and ran out of the meeting area.
Once the man was out of the room, Shouto blessed the squirrels as he sent them to the underworld.
Silence. Not even a cough or breeze broke it until Zeus spoke. “Persephone, you know the rules. No using your power against another god. Especially not one of the leaders.”
Hades rose from his seat, his jaw might as well have been on the floor. “Brother, I don’t believe that was my wife’s power. I think Ares just got shown up by a very special boy.”
“But but but…” Zeus sputtered, “She sounds normal.”
Shouto went up to the King of the Gods and laughed. “You’re right.” He said in the man before him’s voice. Then in the goddesses voice, “I am very good at shifting my voice, just like Persephone.” He changed back to his normal voice, “Usually I can only do it when I use a special skill of mine, but I think the magic here made me able to do it without creating my own magic.” Shouto shifted to look at Izuku, “You try it, Izu.”
“Is it… Wow. This is weird.” The Hera reincarnate said in a voice that sounded just like Katsuki.
The reincarnate of Hades looked to the king before him and said, “Hello, sir, I am Todoroki Shouto. Reincarnate of Hades and Persephone. Now, please excuse me and my boyfriend, but we need to get back home. We gave his mom a bit of a scare when getting called up here.”
The Gods all watched in shock as the two boys closed their eyes and were replaced by the Goddesses they have come to know.
Back in the house of Midoriya, Inko sat shaking on the couch while Shouto and Izuku were in the sitting chairs across from her.
“Izuku, what.. Why… how?” She stammered as she stared at the boys.
Her son got out of the chair and grabbed her hands as he tried to calm her down.
Shouto, deciding that he was the only one that could answer the question, as Izuku looked as shaken up as the lady, stated, “From time to time I switch places with one of my gods. Today was Izuku’s first time and Hera wasn’t exactly as polite about it as I am.”
Inko promptly fainted with a little whimper. Izuku caught her and picked her up. “Nice going. You need to learn to tell the truth lightly, Shocchan.”
“How about we discuss what happened once we get her into a bed. I’ll make sure she has a nice long peaceful nap.”
Together, they got the green haired lady into her bed and once she was cozily dreaming of some of her favorite memories with Izuku and her husband they left the room.
Izuku sat down and looked at Shouto, “Squirrels? Really, Shocchan?”
“I needed to get Ares out of there before he killed Bakugou, you looked tense and there were a lot of squirrels. It just all made sense.” Shouto said as he shrugged and sat down next to his boyfriend.
The pine haired teen let out a little laugh, “It was pretty funny.” He grabbed the others hand as he asked, “So, what’s next? I know we need to protect Katsuki, but we don’t know when and so…”
Shouto angled himself as he looked at Izuku, “I really have no clue what is coming next, but whatever it is we can take it on together. And with the rest of the class of course. You ready for whatever may come our way?”
“Definitely.”
They shook hands and smiled.
“You know, Shocchan, I think Zeus looked ready to scream when you spoke in his voice. It was awesome!”
“Yeah, but not as amazing as when he realized you weren’t his wife.”
The two went on to chatter about their little adventure which tapered off into a conversation of their favorite funny memories, Izuku had more than Shouto of course.
The two had no idea what may be coming, but they were ready. Together they would take on whatever may come. Especially if there were squirrels.