Chapter Text
It's been three days since the events of the screening, and there hadn't been signs of a new screening since.
The members of Class 1-A have been unable to spend much time out in public for very long periods of time, the stares and whispers too much for them to deal with. Their parents have thankfully managed to avoid similar nonsense since most of them haven't been shown on-screen yet, but Midoriya Inko had to go back to working online full-time now unless it was something that HAD to be done at her workplace.
Her boss was thankfully understanding to her situation, so it wasn't any issues for her. Still, it was rather annoying how reporters and journalists would try convincing her to force Izuku or Shoko into coming in for an interview. She nearly cursed at a blue-skinned woman with lavender colored hair for how she asked such terrible questions.
Still, not all things were bad for the them. Many students from their year had come to them in order to apologize for hating them, most of which seemed genuine. Watching Tsuyu get decayed on-screen probably helped them realize how stupid all of them were for believing class 1-A ENJOYED being attacked by REAL villains.
Still, the class did appreciate the apologies, even if most of them were secretly still a bit angry at their fellow student body. Because, again, it took watching Tsu almost getting MURDERED to be shown on-screen for their classmates to think they might've been a TAD traumatized from the USJ.
-0-
Endeavor was in a bad mood as he patrolled, turquoise blue eyes glaring at anyone who so much as looked at him, so all his sidekicks were being particularly quiet and keeping out of his way.
The reason for his bad mood was because Shoko had changed her number without his knowledge! Fuyumi and Natsuo also refused to tell him what her new phone number was. Now, this wouldn't be a problem since he does pay for her phone, however, it seems that someone (All Might, it MUST have been All Might!) had bought her a new phone and was paying for it now.
'I have messed up greatly, I admit that. But this childish behavior is unacceptable of you, Shoko! That boy needs his grandfather around!' Endeavor thought to himself, silently wishing there was a way to contact his youngest daughter. Ever since the screening, even Fuyumi has turned a bit cold towards him, even if she did keep polite whenever he called her.
Of course, Shoko being rebellious and not allowing him access to his grandson wasn't the only reason he was pissed. He had already gotten lawyers ready to absolutely destroy Ming and send his ass to Tartaus, but he found out someone already killed the man! He couldn't even go after the rest of the family, because the villain killed all three of them!
There were of course, more members of the Ming family, but they were not direct descendants of the Glowing Baby, and they all lived simple civilian lives in comparison. Endeavor was many things, but going after innocent civilians who were only connected in the most basic of relations to people he went after? He wasn't that kind of man.
Just as he was contemplating how to find the little shit that took his revenge, he felt his neck tingle as something filled the air, something familiar. The sense that something would happen at any moment, just like when Madam Discord appeared.
Endeavor immediately tensed his body up and activated his Quirk, flames roaring orange and hot as he prepared himself for a fight. Civilians around shifted and moved away, also sensing that feeling of anticipation in the air.
The once bright blue sky darkened for merely a moment, a sound similar to thunder crackling three times before someone who wasn't up in the sky earlier appeared. The only distinguishable thing that could be seen of the person from such a high distance, was their long crimson red hair.
"Oh god! Are they falling?!"
"Someone catch them!"
Endeavor activates his Quirk on his feet and climbed up one of the buildings, jumping up in time to catch the falling figure. He landed on the street successfully, ignoring the cheers of the civilians around him to observe the person he carried.
"Shoko?" He asks in confusion, the young girl in his arms being an near identical version of his youngest child. If you ignored how she had all red hair and green eyes. Along with no burn scar on her face.
"Excuse me?" The young girl in his arms asks, blinking at him in confusion for a moment. Green eyes narrowed at him, a look of pure disgust and disdain forming on her face. "Ah... you wouldn't happen to be Endeavor, right? Like... Todoroki Enji, Endeavor?" She asks.
"Yes?" He responds, taking a look over at the clothes the girl was wearing. It looked to be a sleeveless red body suit with a indecently low-cut that showed her cleavage, with flame accents along the sides of the suit. Wrist guards were on her wrists, along with what looked to be a cooling pack on her back. Black boots finished the look, the girl clearly being a hero student.
Who was this girl? Was she a version of Shoko that inherited only his fire Quirk? Where did the green eyes come from? If she hadn't inherited either his or Rei's eyes, then she should've inherited the brown eyes of his father.
The Shoko lookalike looked around curiously, frowning in confusion. "Oi, did you see two girls who look like me? White hair and grey eyes, or pink hair and your blue eyes?" She asks bluntly, starting to swing her legs slightly since she was carried bridal style.
"Two gir—" Enji pauses for a second, quickly connecting the dots. "Are you from the future? Who's your father?" He questions instead, figuring this must be Shoko's daughter. One of three daughters by the sound of it. He doubted Fuyumi would want her children to become heroes, nor did he think Natsuo would.
"So that's a no then?" The girl rolls her eyes before jumping out of his hold. "Oh well, gotta go find them then. Can't let them have ALL the fun."
"Hold on young lady! Where do you think you're going?" Endeavor says, grabbing the girl by the scruff of her neck and lifted her off her feet like a naughty kitten picked up by its exasperated mother. Even more so since the young red-head's body instinctively went limp. Her grandfather easily lifted her to eye level with an angry glare, which was swiftly returned with equal annoyance.
"I can't allow you to just wander around by yourself. Something bad could happen to you." Endeavor tells the teenage girl, even if he had quite the strong feeling this grandchild of his could defend herself.
"Are you suffering memory problems already, old man?" His granddaughter questions, a vein forming on her forehead. "Being around you is more dangerous than being by myself. Mom's lack of a childhood and clear daddy issues can attest to that. Along with Obaa-san being in a mental hospital because of your bullshit."
Endeavor's eye twitched at the disrespect coming from the child, hating the future she must have come from. Shoko even poisoned his own GRANDCHILDREN into hating him?! He would have a hard time ending his youngest daughter's ridiculous grudge against him. He didn't know about Ming! He would provide the therapy she would obviously need from such a traumatic event, but trauma was no excuse to be such an ungrateful brat towards him!
"Do you speak to your mother with that attitude? No granddaughter of mine will show such disrespect towards her elders!" Endeavor says, throwing the girl over his shoulders and ignoring how she yelped in surprise.
"Get your hands off me! This is kidnapping!"
"Not if it's done by your own grandfather! Stop this childish squirming! I need to get to know my granddaughter! Along with learning why YOU were chosen to time travel when you're clearly still in school!"
"FUCK OFF YOU—!"
People watched in shocked silence at the duo, not wanting to interfere with the time traveler who was cursing out the number Two Pro-Hero, the young girl kicking and pounding her fists on the man's back and chest.
"D-Did he just call her granddaughter?" A teenager whispered softly to his friend, watching as the teenage girl created a flaming knife and attempted to stab the Number Two Pro-Hero. In the face.
"Just keep walking man, getting involved won't do us any good." His friend tells him, grabbing him by the shoulder and dragging him off to school.
-0-
For an hour every morning, Eri was allowed to leave the compound to play in the grass. The grown-ups said it was because a child needed fresh air and sunlight in order to stay healthy, something about this weird thing called a vita-min D.
They hadn't told HER, of course. But Eri was used to the grown-ups talking about her as if she wasn't there. As if she was a dumb slug or something.
The exception to the routine had been because of the screens that appeared a few days ago, the little girl having been dragged back into the compound by Overhaul. She still had the bruises on her arm, but they weren't as dark as they were before.
Today, she was crouched down on the ground and making a grass crown, there not being much else to do since not even flowers grew here. She has tried asking one of the Shie Hassaikai members to play with her in the past, but she'd stopped after they gave her the first couple looks of disgust and annoyance.
'Jii-Jii and papa used to play with me, even if Jii-Jii couldn't play long,' She thought to herself, tears forming in her eyes at the memories.
Feeling the intensity of the glare of Overhaul from behind though, she forced her tears back, not wanting to suffer even more pain than usual later on.
She tensed up further when she saw from the corner of her eye the usual policeman enter the compound.
It's happened a couple of times now, always the same man with the cold eyes. She kept far away enough that she could never hear what the policeman would speak to Overhaul about, but she knew the pattern. The two would talk for a bit before Overhaul (more often than not, it was Chronostasis though) would take money out of their pocket and give it to the policeman, who would touch his cap and give a smile.
Eri looked away and continued playing. She was right next to the high wall of the compound, in the shadows of the trees. It was her favorite spot because even when the grown-ups were watching her to make sure she didn't try escaping again, she was half hidden anyway.
But this time, Eri noticed something odd had appeared on top of the wall. At first, she assumed that it was some weird pink bush or tree but there was no vegetation on the other side of the wall. She knew it because Overhaul insisted on it, not wanting anyone to be able to climb.
Soon, what she had mistaken to be some weird form of Sakura tree, appeared to be hair, and a face, a familiar face that looked similar to the pretty girl that appeared on the screens. Other than the hair, she had two turquoise eyes and no scar on her face.
"Ne ne~ Eri-chan, do you want to leave?"
The little girl blinked her eyes at the pink Sho-chan (she pretended that sometimes Ms. Sho-chan and Mr. Nozomi would bust into the compound and take her away, be her new mommy and daddy, but then she felt selfish because Touya-chan deserves all the attention. He was a good child, not a cursed one like her) wondering why she would want to help her.
"But I'm..." Eri starts to say, but stops herself.
'I'm cursed.' she didn't say, because she was afraid the pink Sho-Chan would leave if she knew that she brought misfortune to everyone around her.
"Don't be silly Eri-chan, you can leave with me and my Nee-chan," the pink Sho-chan said, smiling down at her in a way that made a funny warm feeling form in her chest. Like back when her papa and jii-jii would smile at her. "But if you want to leave, it has to be now."
Eri looked back at Overhaul who was escorting the policeman over to the gate to leave, then back at the pink Sho-chan, who was still waiting for her answer. She was too young to truly understand how incredible and slightly insane this entire situation was. In fact, she vaguely remembered her Jii-jii used to tell her something about not following strangers.
Still, she knew one thing: if she stayed here, then Overhaul would hurt her again.
Even if she was cursed, even if she deserved it, she didn't want anymore pain.
She nodded, not daring to voice her wish out loud.
The pink-haired Sho-chan jumped from the wall and into the compound. She landed with a fluid and nice grace, like those women in the weird skirts that danced on their toes. Ballerinas, she remembered her papa called them. The pink Sho-chan knelt down with her back to Eri, silently asking for her to climb on for a piggyback ride.
Eri obeyed immediately, the little girl glancing down and noticing the bright red shoes on the pink Sho-chan's feet. She wrapped her legs around the girl for extra support, trying to ignore the beating of her little heart.
Eri didn't dare to look back, not wanting to end up making eye contact when Overhaul eventually saw them.
The pink Sho-chan used the tree to climb over the wall, and Eri saw an identical looking girl waiting for them. She had white-hair that was cut to her chin and grey eyes though. She could see that the pink Sho-chan must've pushed over the wall by a big thing of ice.
"HEY!" Overhaul suddenly screamed just as pink Sho-chan was half-way on the other side of the wall, making Eri flinch. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"
But the pink and white Sho-chan didn't react to his scream, the white Sho-chan making a slide made of ice that the pink Sho-chan used to get down with Eri.
Then, the white Sho-chan grabbed the pink Sho-chan by the waist and started to slide away, leaving ice in their path.
"This is very stupid Sakura, this better work," the white Sho-chan told the pink one, the now named Sakura letting out a laugh that sounded a bit insane to Eri's ears.
"It will, don't worry Yuki-nee! We might not have Kazuya with us, but the plan will still work!" Sakura chirps, eyes twinkling in a way that made Eri nervous.
-0-
The pure bloodlust to murder the two little brats that took Eri away prevented Chisaki Kai from screaming in impotent, undilated rage.
After only chasing the three brats down for an hour, Kai was down four members of the Shie Hassaikai. Chrono had died from a streetlight being sliced down by the pink-haired brat, which hit him headfirst and killing him on impact. Nemoto hadn't survived when the white-haired brat froze the entire street around him in ice, causing him to slide straight into a fast-moving truck. Katsukame had fallen down a sewer hole, and Rappa had got hit in the face by tear gas the pink brat had, resulting in him ALSO getting hit during rush hour traffic.
But the worst part was how the pink-haired brat cackled loudly at each successful attack, while the white-haired brat had a blasé expression on her face. As if the Looney Tunes way his members died was nothing to be ashamed about.
Chisaki was so pissed at how he lost so many members, he didn't notice the pink-haired brat throw an overly filled trash can his way. Not until it was nearly to him already.
His body jerked back in order to avoid that disgusting abomination of germs getting all over him.
His feet wasn't able to get the message in time.
As he crashed onto the asphalt and bounced back several times, leaving blood and trash over the ground, he realized something.
He wasn't going to just kill those brats. No, he would keep them alive for as long as possible, and everyday until HE died, he would turn them into different pieces of abstract art. The pink-haired one had those Quirkless shoes, he would also keep her alive to see if he could use her for his Quirk Erasing Bullets.
A tall woman wearing dark sunglasses and dressed in a long-sleeve and jeans ran over to him, her purple hair in multiple tight braids that was tied back in a ponytail.
"Are you alright sir? Do you need a doctor?"
The Yakuza leader stumbled back to his feet, the feeling of warm blood dripping down his face and a pulsing pain in his head. He didn't think he had a concussion, but even if he did, he wouldn't risk using overhaul on the street.
"I'm going to torture those little bitches and add their screams to my playlist," Chisaki growled.
"Excuse me?!"
Chisaki had no time to waste on some stupid civilian asking questions, so he went back to chasing after those child-stealing brats.
It didn't take long to back the brats into a dead end of a random alleyway, frost and ice covering the shivering white-haired brat to show she clearly overused her Quirk. Eri looked at him with wide eyes of fear, but she should've thought of that BEFORE she ran off with these two girls. He was going to torture these brats in front of her everyday to curb any more ideas of escaping from her mind.
Just as he was about to overhaul these brats, he felt a rough tap on his shoulder. He felt a vein pop on his forehead at the interruption, swiftly turning around to overhaul whoever dared get involved, not caring of any casualties that would lead back to him anymore.
The last thing he saw before he turned to stone was the woman from before, but what he believe to be tight braids weren't braids at all.
They were snakes.
-0-
Hayashi Hebi glared at the stoned man in front of her for a second, although covered her slitted yellow eyes quickly so she could look at the three children cowering near the wall. She also patted down her snakes, not wanting to scare the children.
What looked to be twins stared at her with wide eyes of surprise, a small child covered in bandages staring at the stoned man for a long moment. Just as she opened her mouth to ask them what the hell was going on, the pink-haired twin laughed.
"Holy shit, that worked out better than expected! Thanks Ms. Hero!" She says, even as she could pick up on the frantic heartbeats of all three children.
"Hello ma'am, this is Eri-chan," the white-haired twin introduces the bandaged child, rubbing at her arms furiously to try generating warmth. "She's the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss who got put into a coma because of this guy..." she gestures towards the man Hebi stoned. "... and he experimented on her to create Quirkless bullets in an attempt to bring back respect towards the Yakuza, and also because he's an idiot who believes Quirks are some kind of sickness that most of the world developed. Even though I'm not sure that's how sicknesses work."
Despite how far-fetched that story sounded, it certainly explained why this asshole said he planned on torturing these two girls and why Eri was covered in bandages. Also explains that nauseating scent of antiseptic and blood that completely covered the small child.
"... We should probably go to a nearby hero agency then. It won't be far." Hebi tells the children, going over to the white-haired twin and pulling her close. The poor thing was shaking like a leaf and clearly needed several blankets and hot drinks.
"Since you're a hero, can you see if we can get into UA? Eri-chan's quirk is reverting living things, so it's pretty unstable right now. Having Easerhead around her will be good." The pink-haired twin says, moving Eri so the child was held in her arms instead of clinging onto her back.
Hebi hummed in response, pulling out her phone. "I'm not a hero, but I am supposed to work at UA starting today. I'm sure Principal Nezu won't mind a few surprise guests." She says.
That was of course, the understatement of the century. Hebi knew very well that her former mentor would be laughing at the chaos and eager to meet what had to be time travelers. She wasn't dumb, she saw the similarities between Shoko and these twins, although their youth showed that they must've time traveled without consent of their parents or the heroes of their time.
Hebi looked down at Eri, the child's big red eyes looking at her with awe and whatever it was that small children had to make adults be willing to lie, cheat, and steal for them.
How could she possibly say no to that cute face?
-0-
Nezu stared at his former student/UA's new therapist, one twin on each side of her. A slumbering toddler sat on Sakura's lap, while Yukiko was wrapped up in so many blankets that only her eyes and nose were shown. The teenage girl was asleep too, likely a side effect of overusing her Quirk.
"...I'm guessing neither of you were planned on being the ones to time travel in order to help get rid of Madam Discord?" Nezu says, Sakura looking a bit nervous at being called to his office.
"Haha... no, we weren't. But, to be fair, the adults were arguing way too long about who should go to deal with her. Touya-nii wanted to go, but everyone knows how he gets when somebody hurts his family—" The young girl says, nonchalantly waving her hand. "—And our brother-in-law already time traveled ahead of us, so it's not like we'll be by ourselves. Although I'm pretty sure he might've ended up in a different country by accident."
Nezu stared at Sakura curiously, wondering if the child truly was so nonchalant about revealing so much about the future already. "I see... did you bring any identification or even have a plan before time traveling?" He asks.
The long silence that came about was answer enough, along with Sakura avoiding his eyes on purpose. "Your tenacity to defeat Madam Discord is admirable, but it was reckless and foolish of you both to—"
"You three."
"Hm?"
"It's three of us. I have no idea where Kazu-nee went, but we time traveled together. So it's the three of us." Sakura explains, swinging her legs lightly.
Nezu sighed at those words, although couldn't help the amusement from forming. "So it was three hero students who recklessly time travel to the past, one of which ended up displaced from an entirely differently location than the two of you, no plan, no identification cards, and not even a slight idea of where Madam Discord could be?"
"Well... we brought our school IDs." Sakura says, pulling out from her baggy black pants two UA Student IDs, which Nezu could see said they were in Class 1-A of their timeline. "Kazu-nee has her own, but she's in 1-B instead."
Nezu's lips twitched as a wicked idea formed on his head, already imagining how Aizawa would react to having to deal with two more students in his class. Especially two time travelers that were related to Midoriya and Himura if their IDs had anything to say about it.
Yukiko snapped awake when Nezu burst out into loud cackling, turning to look at the woman who had introduced herself as Hayashi-san earlier. The woman didn't look fazed whatsoever by the chimera's mania, seeming like she also wanted to burst out laughing.
'This is what I get for babysitting my two Imoutos.' Yukiko thought to herself, sending a glare towards Sakura. 'Okaa-san is so gonna ground us when we come back.'
-0-
All for One and Dr. Garaki were in the lab, the Underworld's Boogieman watching in silence as the scientist continued to work on their latest two Nomus.
Anger threatened to burst from his chest, remembering what those two agents from China claimed before he killed them. His little grandson had a husband. A husband twenty years into the future, but a husband all the same.
Any plans of molding Touya into a future successor of his had gone down the drain by now, All for One not planning to let his adorable grandbaby out of the family vault now. His poor baby, seduced by a wicked man and tricked into marriage.
'Why couldn't those two have been more useful? A NAME would've been enough for me to start killing off any brat that shared it,' All for One thought in despair. All he had to go by was a Six-armed mutation (even then, he had a strong feeling that wasn't the only part of that cradle-robber's Quirk) yellow eyes, and the fact Touya's husband was a smoker in the future.
"Master, are you still thinking about the fact Touya gets married in the future?" Garaki asks immediately, not able to focus due to how strong his boss' murderous aura was right now. "By the sound of it, Touya was at least twenty or twenty-one years old by the time the marriage took place."
"Nobody in their twenties make good decisions," All for One says immediately, remembering how young and naive twenty year olds were. "Twenty is practically a baby still. I bet that disgusting man groomed sweet Touya and tricked him into marriage." He snarls, able to see it so clearly in his mind. "That cradle-robbing bastard."
Dr. Garaki briefly wondered if he should point out All for One married his wife when SHE was merely twenty-four years old, which—due to how old All for One was—counted as cradle-robbing as well. In comparison, the age difference between Touya and his husband (who was reported to look in his mid to late twenties, although who was to say due to how Quirks or genetics worked) was nothing. Since the scientist didn't have a death wish, he pushed that idea out of his head before his boss thought about torturing him for pointing that out.
"People in their twenties do dumb things," Dr. Garaki says instead, taking off his dirty gloves and patting his boss on the back sympathetically. "I'm sure the marriage between the two won't last long. It's a miracle it lasted a few years." He reassures, even if he highly doubted the marriage was ANYTHING like how All for One was imagining.
"That damned brat is good at hiding his tracks, I'll give him that," Hisashi begrudgingly admits, having sent more agents to China to hunt the man down, but to no avail. It was like chasing down a ghost, which made sense considering the lack of information he had on him.
'I'll find you, so enjoy your freedom while it lasts.' Hisashi thought, accidentally breaking a Nomu tank by activating one of his many telekinetic quirks in his anger.
-0-
The excitement of moving into a dormitory with all his classmates on UA campus had Kaminari practically bouncing off the walls of his home. He ran around the entire house, giggling as his mother mimicked him, his dad watching the two in amusement.
"We're so proud of you, Denki," his dad told him, standing up and ruffling his hair affectionately. "Make sure to call us at least once a week, alright? Everyday for your mother since, we all know how she gets."
"My baby boy is all grown up, I can't believe it!" Kaminari's mother says, tears in her eyes. She wrapped her son up into her arms, nuzzling in his shoulder. "You be good at those dorms, okay? Help out with baby Touya as much as you can."
"Watch out for that Bakugo and Jirou kid, also." His dad added, pulling his wife and son into a hug so it would be a group hug.
Kaminari rolls his eyes at his parents, although enjoyed their warmth and affection since it'll be awhile 'till he saw them again. "I will, don't worry. I doubt those two will be allowed to cause any trouble, so they won't be too mean." He reassures them.
"I know, but still, just be careful. I don't want you alone in a room with that Bakugo boy, he seems the type to make fun of your Quirk despite not understanding it." Ms. Kaminari says, eyes tearing up at the thought of Bakugo getting angry at her son and bullying him. "That Kirishima that your friends with seems like a sweetheart, so stay with him."
"He is, honestly." Kaminari smiled.
"Pretty handsome too, don't 'cha think?"
"Otou-san!"
While Kaminari got teased by his father, Jirou studied the email sent to her. It was a personal email by the Principal warning her about her behavior, along with a request to speak with the new school therapist about her behavior on-screen as soon as possible.
Seeing herself on the screen, how she acted, double-checking how she treated Kaminari in middle school, watching the reactions, and listening to her parents brought her behavior into sharp focus. She wanted to defend herself. Claim that it was all in good fun and that she didn't mean to actually hurt or offend Kaminari. She couldn't, though. Her stomach churned as she truly thought about how she treated Kaminari in the past, even if it never got physical before. Already people online have started writing mean things about her, how she must be a villain just waiting to happen because she pushed Kaminari towards the villain at the USJ without any hesitation.
"I'm not a villain," Jirou mutters to herself, clenching her fists. She stared at the computer before her and repeated herself, "I'm not a villain, I just need to be better. So I can be a hero whose actually worth a damn."
She would need to work on herself first, become a better person first and foremost, but she would succeed. She would be a hero and a good person despite what the naysayers claimed.
During Jirou's vow, Iida packed up some of his belongings while his brother teased him.
"Going to go and enjoy being an uncle full-time?" Tensei laughed. Iida glanced at the gift box he'd planned on giving Touya for his birthday, before glancing back at Tensei.
"Yes. Midoriya and Himura deserve all the help they can get. Raising a child is no easy matter." Iida glanced at the other toys he bought and then at the ones Tensei got. "You seem invested in helping too."
"Kid is going to be hanging around UA right now; they're going to spoil the shit out of him." Tensei laughed. "I'm just making sure he ends up liking speedsters more."
"He might prefer mutations," Iida reminded his brother.
"I know. It's why I got a couple of my old sidekicks' merch." Tensei pointed at a plushie that looked like a pitch-black mass with a white mask, which was one of his former sidekicks called Enigma. "Still. Speedsters are best." Iida shook his head at his brother.
"That will be his decision, although animal mutations might be his thing since he has that chimera toy of his," he pointed out to his older brother before turning back to packing. His mind focused on the dorms. He would get to spend more time with his friends, get to know them better, help out with Touya, and just strength their bond.
He started packing just a bit faster. While he did, a young man packed with shaking hands.
Aoyama glanced up at his mother, who'd been on the phone for a bit, getting advice for him from his sister and her children. Learning about the latest toddler toys and games. Gifts for Midoriya and Himura and their son. Their boss was interested in them. As in the terrifying man Shigaraki dealt with, as in a criminal.
As in All for One, the Boogeyman of the Underworld that gave him his Quirk. Something he didn't know up until middle school, He'd been a late bloomer, he thought. No, his parents told him. In exchange for his future potential as a spy, he was given a Quirk as a favor to the years of service his parents gave All for One.
The guilt of already spying on his classmates turned his stomach, but he's thrown up at least twice by now due to the fact he would be keeping a particular close eye on those two specifically and their innocent child. The thought of poor little Touya getting hurt made him sick to his stomach, but what could he do? If he said no, his Quirk would be forfeit. Disownment could occur after, not to mention Aoyama didn't know if his siblings would take him in. He was never able to see them very often, only on special holidays. They were all so much older than him after all, had their own families too.
So the boy felt stuck. Perhaps he could give a hint to his classmates or teachers? But he can't imagine what would happen to his dear Mama and Papa due to his incompetence. So he was stuck. To say a word would lose him his family, a burden he could not bear, along with his Quirk's loss. He could not do it. Thus he would obey.
As Aoyama ended running to the nearest bathroom to throw up again, Sato finished the batch of cookies he'd made for his future classmates. Simple sugar cookies with royal icing, cutting them into fun shapes. He hoped everyone in class liked them, but he hoped Midoriya and Himura especially did. Seeing the shit they've had to deal with, it just broke his heart. Sato couldn't imagine living anything like they had since he grew up with a fairly decent Quirk and loving parents, so he hoped showing them a bit of kindness would help them out even a little bit.
Sato wanted to be a hero to make people happy. To have them be able to love and laugh, even for just a few minutes. Kinda like All Might actually, even if he wasn’t a mega fanboy of the man like how Midoriya was.
Sato packed up the cookies, eager to see his classmates again, while Yaoyorozu nervously looked over the items the servants packed for her. Would it be too much? Too little? She felt nauseous with worry. Seeing the small rooms of the Midoriyas household reminded how her own home couldn't be normal, and the school was providing furniture, so she just focused on clothes and other items, with the help of the servants anyway.
Yaoyorozu wrung her hands together. All the attention from the screens was terrifying, but it also pointed out several concerns with her behavior. The arrogance she displayed from time to time concerned her, especially since she had been so unaware of it in the first place. But she was thankful the others didn't seem to mind too greatly. Hopefully she would learn to quit being so arrogant in time, she didn't want to offend her friends.
It was enough for her to scramble, trying to find all of her things and be a good friend. Some of her classmates may not be what she's used to, but living together would surely get her used to their antics easier!
As Yaoyorozu hoped, Koda quietly gathered his things for his rabbit, smiling at the thought of Touya meeting Chibiusa again. The baby was so cute in his excitement, even if he was a bit rough. It was understandable due to his young age, but he could learn to be more gentle.
The memory of facing off against villains so early in their highschool career terrified him, even if he wasn't alone at the USJ unlike some others. Yet the memory also burned something in him. A fire crackled in his stomach as his heartbeat sounded in his ears. They would be a hero. He had been brave enough to call upon the rats to help defeat those villian.
Koda paused in packing, staring at his hands. He wondered if maybe he could do better with his Quirk, something difficult for him since it required lots of vocal exercises and being willing to socialize with animals he normally wouldn't socialize with. He would be willing on pushing through his boundaries.
Unless it was about bugs, a thought that caused him to shudder. Bugs was the one kind of animal he wanted nothing to do with.
Mineta sat silently on his bed, his bag already packed up and ready to go. Things have changed so much for him these past few days, from the screens, to his parents being arrested and him being sent to live with Midnight and her girlfriend.
He had secretly thought that Midnight and her girlfriend would've mistreated him, because he apparently was the bad kind of pervert, but they've been nothing but kind to him. The worst thing they've done to him was force him into watching a few documentaries about the mistreatment and objectification that women face over the centuries.
That had opened his eyes to how he treated women. While he didn't think of them as only being useful for breeding or stupid stuff like that, he still objectified them and claimed they liked it when he did it. He was raised to believe that girls liked it when he made comments on their bodies, but now that he thought back on his behavior, he couldn't help but shudder.
"Mineta, are you all packed up?" Mineta tensed up at the sound of Midnight's girlfriend's voice, although relaxed when she knocked on his door instead of barging in.
"Y-Yes, I'm all done!" He answers, going over and opening the door to let her in. The young boy couldn't help but blush slightly at how pretty the woman. "Sorry ma'am."
"No need to apologize sweetheart, you can take your time." Keiko says as she smiles down at him, that only making his blush worse. Could you blame him though? She was beautiful woman with long dark purple hair and gentle purple eyes behind a pair of square glasses. She was also very tall, with long legs and a busty chest that not even her modest clothes could hide completely.
Midnight had very good taste in women, he has to give her that.
He quickly averted his eyes away from her chest, remembering what Keiko and Midnight said about staring at women like that. "So um... you mentioned that you were making me a new hero costume a couple days ago?" He asks, not thinking of any other topic to say.
On the first day of his stay, Keiko had sat him down by the table and basically interrogated him about his costume. She asked for name of the designer, and name of the company, along with asking to see any references he wanted for his costume.
When he had asked, she explained how terrible his hero costume looked, especially when she saw what he had wanted it to look like in the first place. She said that while his original idea for a costume wasn't too bad, (she actually said it was pretty good considering he was just a high school student) she was pissed that the designer of his costume gave him a giant diaper for pants. And a SCARF. She then rambled about how dangerous capes and long scarves were, albeit to herself.
"Oh, yes! Your costume I've actually already finished," Keiko chirps, eyes shining in what Mineta could only describe as eccentric delight. "I'm also working that Invisible Girl's costume next, along with that Yaoyorozu girl. The Invisible girl's a bit difficult for me, but thankfully my old mentor is more than willing to help me with the fabric."
"Your old mentor?"
"Oh yes, she's done costumes for Invisible Quirks before. Nothing ridiculous either, like having the poor child run around naked." Keiko's pretty face twisted into a sneer, reasonable now that Mineta actually thought about how impractical that was. "But it will still take awhile to finish. Just before those Internships of yours start, I believe."
"That's good," Mineta agrees, wincing as he remembered how Hagakure apparently was completely naked during the USJ. Her feet must've hurt a lot from walking around without shoes. "Can I see my costume?" He requests, barely able to finish his words before Keiko suddenly grabbed his hand and led him into her office.
As Mineta was taken to the fashion designer's office, Hagakure hummed cheerfully as she packed her bags, remembering the email she received from Midnight-sensei just the day before. It was a simple message, explaining that Midnight-sensei had someone who could create a better costume design for her, just that Hagakure had to wait until just before the Internships for it to arrive. Midnight-sensei even send out some concept drawings to give her an idea of what she'd be getting.
She told her parents about those designs, showing them on her computer what they looked like and everything. Both of them were really happy with the designs, her mother gushing about how cute they were, while her father grumbled that he was happy she wasn't going to be running around naked anymore.
As she remembered how sternly her father told her to set ground rules on the kinds of clothes she wanted to wear, another teenager was going through a mini crisis.
Ojiro grew up being taught about traditional values. That sounded bad at first, but things like honor was a very important thing in his family, along with manners and always helping others when he could. He was taught to always treat women with respect and kindness, no matter how rude they acted towards him, and that he should never strike a girl unless it was in a sparring match or she was a villain. His parents fully believed it and encouraged him to follow those ideals.
So Himura's trauma was one of the most disgusting things he could imagine as a fellow human. He couldn't understand why Ming would ever do such things to Himura, especially with their huge age gap. Even more so since they had a marriage arranged by Himura's own father, who didn't seem concerned with such things like the natural power imbalance between them.
His own parents were arranged in an omiai marriage, but it was a consensual relationship between the two, and his mom and dad got married at twenty-five and twenty-seven respectively. Even then, they waited until they were both in their thirties to have him.
So yeah, a human like Ming made absolutely no sense to Ojiro, and honestly, he didn't WANT to understand. Himura had trusted and clearly cared for him (might've even had a crush on him since that was a common thing for young girls to get around older people, especially if they came from broken households and this was the few times they've received positive attention from someone that wasn't family) but Ming only saw Himura as an easy way to get his rocks off.
Didn't even bother to wrap a condom on himself either, letting Himura deal with the consequences while he ended their marriage arrangement and fucked back off to his country. All while Himura was only thirteen.
Ojiro winced when his tail accidentally smacked his lamp off the nightstand and it broke from his rage, quickly shouting out an apology to his parents and ran to get the dustpan and broom.
No matter, that was in the past now. Ojiro might not know how to be around little kids, especially babies, but he would be proud to help around with Touya. Even with stuff like diaper changes.
Meanwhile with Tokoyami, the poor teenage boy was suffering from a problem with Dark Shadow.
"They'd like them!" Dark Shadow complained loudly, attempting to stuff packs of chocolates in Tokoyami's bag.
"We barely know them, Dark Shadow! We can't just give them things out of nowhere. Perhaps bringing a treat-"
"Touya-chan likes chocolate! Think of how happy he'd be!" Dark Shadow points out, that causing Tokoyami to give in. The Quirk was very excited to see Touya again, seeming to have grown attached to him almost instantaneously. It might've been because Touya was at the age where a dark shadowy being SHOULD'VE scared him, but he had been very alright around Dark Shadow. Touya even smiled at them briefly!
As Tokoyami continued to rein in Dark Shadow, another classmate was getting things as well. Though for Sero, it was more his Abuela shoving things at him rather than him choosing to get anything.
"You're going to those dorms today, right? I made food for your friends, they're all too skinny! All those kids are too skinny! Especially Midoriya and Himura!" The elderly woman shoved tupperware filled with delicious food into his arms. "Make sure they eat lots. Himura has to eat lots of food so she can keep that bebe healthy."
"I will, thank you Abuela." Sero promised even though he figured he'd probably be a blip on her radar. She had other things to worry about after all, although he would be more than willing to babysit Touya if she needed a day of rest. Having plenty of primos that were at least ten years younger than him definitely taught him all he needed to know about small children.
Plus he fully agreed with his Abuela. All of the other kids seemed skinny, or at least they needed more food than they got. Sure they were all training to be heroes, but he didn't find it unlikely that some of them might be skipping meals. Especially Himura, he had a feeling her dad had her on some stupid diet plan to give her the 'perfect physique' or whatever nonsense like that. She likely wasn't following it thanks to Mamadoriya cooking for her, but it never hurt to give some more snacks.
As Sero took the food made by his Abuela, Shoji quietly packed his things. The tall teen didn't have much, the boy just not seeing much point in filling his room up with a bunch of junk. His family has had to move around a bunch due to bullying and discrimination he ended up facing as a child, so it was just better for him to keep things as minimalistic as possible.
It was different at UA though, Shoji was glad to say. He could tell the majority of his class would step in if anyone tried bullying him due to his mutation. His family were supportive too, all eager to see him rise in the rankings and hopefully show others that just because he looked scary, doesn't mean he actually was scary. Shoji hoped he would succeed in that endeavor. Even more so since meeting Touya, how the small child accepted him so easily despite his scary looking mutation... actively reaching for him too...
He scared people. Shoji knew that. He wanted to be a hero, to show he could still help people. To show mutation Quirks weren't bad.
He promised himself he would. A promise echoed by Ashido as the pink-skinned girl packed her things. Music blared in her earphones as she packed up, ignoring the rambunctious sounds of her siblings being loud. It was morning time after all, so everyone was getting ready to go to school or work. Something rather difficult when everyone misplaced their things or had them borrowed by another sibling.
"Mina!" The voice of her older sister screamed as her earplug was tugged off, causing the hero student to jump. "Did you take my hairbrush again?" Her older sister Miyuu asks accusingly, glaring as if already knowing the answer.
"I think Aiko-chan might've taken it," Mina answers honestly, remembering seeing their little sister combing her damp curls quickly, nearly tripping down the stairs in her rush.
"Ugh, that little brat! Thanks Mina," Miyuu says before running out her room and screaming out their sister's name in an annoyed tone.
Humming to herself, Ashido turned her mind toward the future. She would get to see Touya again today! She couldn't wait to see Touya and set an example for him. Plenty of kids used to make fun of her skin color in elementary school, so hopefully Touya wouldn't face the same problem with her around. Ashido the Alien Queen would be there to support him! Like an cool auntie!
Uraraka made her own plans of being an auntie, the girl packing her few belongings that she owned in the tiny apartment her parents rented for her so she was closer to UA. Her parents had send her some extra money and suggested some gifts to buy Touya, taking advantage of the fact they wouldn't need to pay for her apartment now that she was moving to the dorms to do it.
"Toys and clothes that are fireproofed are pretty expensive, so even with the money we send, it might only be enough for two or three things." Her mom told her through the phone, guilt in her voice for not being able to provide more money for her daughter to use to spoil Touya.
"That's okay Kaa-chan! You and Tou-chan send enough for me to spend," Ochako reassured her mother immediately, not liking how guilty her parents always felt for never being able to spoil her as much as they wanted to. "You and Tou-chan worry about yourselves. The dorms will provide everything for me from now on."
"Okay baby, make sure to eat lots and work hard at school!" Ochako's mother reminds her cheerfully. "I know me and Tou-chan have some habits to save money, but that doesn't mean you should follow our methods. Some of them are pretty unhealthy."
"Ah... alright Kaa-chan, I won't." Ochako says, not mentioning the fact she used to try eating only one meal a day to save on money. At least until she absentmindedly told Himura-chan, who immediately took her grocery shopping with her sperm donor's Black card.
"That's my girl! Have fun at school baby, make sure to help out with Touya-chan any way you can!" Her mother says before hanging up. Ochako smiles in amusement, before going back to packing.
She was so excited, moving into the dorms with her friends, being able to spend more time with Touya-chan, all while having a bright future. She was so happy everything was going so well for them!
This thought was echoed in Asui, the frog girl letting herself get group-hugged by her entire family one more time. They were still pretty freaked out about seeing her nearly die on-screen, Samidare and Satsuki being especially clingy with her.
"Can't you stay Nee-chan? What if something happens?" Satsuki asks, the little girl pouting adorably in anger. The little girl had taken to sleeping beside Asui at night, the poor thing waking up with nightmares of something bad happening to her precious Nee-chan.
"Kero. Don't worry Satsuki-chan, I'll be careful." She reassured her baby sister, making sure to give her an especially tight hug. "Call me whenever you need anything. Maybe you can come over someday to play with little Touya-chan."
"Really?!" Satsuki asks, eyes widening in excitement. She didn't have many friends at school since she was pretty shy, so she was eager to make friends, even if Touya was still a little baby.
"Yup. And Otou-chan is staying at home for work now, so someone will still be taking care of you and Samidare-chan while I'm away." Asui adds, glad her father finally managed to find a way to work from home instead of traveling.
It might be a bit selfish, but Asui was glad she would finally be able to be a kid without worrying about her younger siblings. She knew her parents didn't mean to make her mature so fast by having her take care of her siblings at such a young age, but that didn't mean she didn't end up missing out on stuff she should've enjoyed as a kid. With how things were going now, she would finally be able to hang out with her friends and spend more time to be a kid though.
She could already see them hanging out, spending time together, helping with Touya, playing games. Even as Asui hugged her siblings, she couldn't wait to leave. She'd miss the younger two, but friends just filled her with so much hope. A similar hope flickered in Kirishima as the boy bounced around his room, packing everything he could.
Kirishima was so excited to live in the dorms with all his classmates! They were all so manly, especially Midoriya and Himura! Bakugo was the only one he worried about, but like his mom said, maybe he COULD change the blonde by being his friend. Growing up in an environment like Aldera definitely fucked Bakugo up, but they were all still kids, they could change.
Of course, he wouldn't want Bakugo to really be around Midoriya or Touya though, even if that might be a bit unfair. Midoriya was understandable since they just had too much trauma and a difficult past to ever be close with each other. If they ever did become friends again, he knew it would take many years of healing and discomfort for the two to ever even begin to trust each other.
As for not wanting Bakugo around Touya... he didn't THINK Bakugo would hurt a literal baby, but he's been proven wrong before. It was unmanly of him, he admits, but babies were like, super delicate and stuff. Even if Touya was nearly a year old, weren't things like shaking him still lethally dangerous for him? Not to even mention how babies who grew up in broken homes didn't develop how they were supposed to, and he didn't want Bakugo possibly affecting Touya like that.
While Kirishima wondered if he was being overly harsh about Bakugo, the said mentioned explosive blonde glared as he finished packing up his stuff.
He had received an email by the Principal saying he was supposed to immediately go to the new school therapist at least four times a week starting from today, something that pissed him off so much that his parents came running from his pure unadulterated rage-filled scream.
Why did he have to deal with more time spend in a shrink's office when he could be out training to be the Number one hero?! Because of fucking Deku and the stupid screens?! It had made him so mad, he and his mother ended up in a screaming match that lasted an hour due to him protesting against going to that shrink's office.
This was all Deku's fault! He was the reason that Madam-Whatever-Bitch went back in time. He was the one who was such a pussy he couldn't handle a bit of roughhousing!
When he had added that to the screaming match with his mother, the old hag had practically broken the sound barrier due to how high pitched her shrieking about how he did more than 'roughhousing' with poor Izuku.
So what if he used his Quirk on Deku. If he wanted to be a hero, he had to suck it up like a man! Heroes were tough! Not crybabies like him!
'Being a hero doesn't mean sucking up to people assaulting you with their Quirks.' Some voice that sounded a lot like his dad pointed out to him in his head, but Bakugo merely used his Quirk and began to destroy some useless junk in his room. He'd already proven himself! Look at the USJ! He was a total badass! Who was the Principal to force him into going to a damned shrink's office everyday after school?!
As Bakugou threw his temper tantrum about how things were all Izuku's fault, the said mentioned green-haired boy was eagerly recording Touya and Shoko.
"Come on Touya-chan, can you try walking for mama?" Shoko encouraged him, sitting a fair enough distance away from her son that he would be forced into moving closer to her in order to snuggle.
"Mama!" Touya shrieked eagerly, the infant attempting to pull himself to his feet. He managed to stand up by himself, chunky legs wobbling as he stood up. However, the babe lasted only a few seconds standing up by himself before his weight was too much and plopped down on his bottom.
"Good try Touya-chan, you stood up all by yourself!" Izuku cheered his son on, ending the recording just as Touya began to eagerly crawl straight into Shoko's arms.
"Goo!" Touya repeated happily, sky blue eyes sparkling like stars as he nuzzled into his mama's chest. Shoko smiled softly as she wrapped her around Touya, pressing a gentle kiss on the crown of the baby's head.
"That's right baby, very good. Mama and papa are so proud of you," Shoko praises, even as she had to shut her eyes due to the infant beginning to glow. "Angel, you're glowing again. Gentle, gentle." She reminded him, not even twitching as Izuku went over to them to sit down and join in on the cuddle puddle.
Touya made a whining noise just as Inko and Yagi entered the living room, the two adults pausing upon witnessing the sweet scene. Inko let out a muffled squeal before she pulled her phone out and took a photo, showing it to Yagi, who nodded in approval.
Izuku reached a hand around Shoko and slowly began to run his hand gently from the top of Touya's head to his chin. He repeated this movement a couple of times before their son was lulled to sleep, the glowing stopping as the Touya entered dream land.
"Where did you learn such a trick, young Midoriya?" Yagi asks his successor in a quiet voice, shocked at how quickly the baby passed out. Aww, Touya jerked his bottom lip out slightly as he slept. Like a pout!
"My dad showed me a video of him doing that to me when I was a baby. Since it worked on me, I thought it would work on Touya, and it did!" Izuku says happily, although his cheeks flushed lightly as he remembered his father teasing him about being a cute baby ducky back then. Thankfully that call had been when Shoko was out of the room, so thank goodness for small mercies.
"I should definitely try doing that trick too whenever Touya is being difficult during nap time." Shoko says, although frowns lightly when she noticed how Yagi and Mrs. Midoriya paled at the mention of Izuku's father.
'What's up with them?' Shoko thought to herself before deciding to change the subject. "Yagi-sensei, Mrs. Midoriya, are we all ready to go to the dorms?" She asks, already having their bags packed, just waiting for the adults to be ready.
"Yes, that's right!" Inko chirps, clearly happy with the change of subject. "Me and Toshinori-san can carry your bags since we already put our things in the car." She says, going over and grabbing Shoko's bag of things carefully, while Toshinori did the same with Izuku's bag.
"Thank Okaa-san, Yagi-sensei," Izuku says with a smile, standing up from the floor and grabbing Touya's baby bag. He then carefully helped Shoko get up from the floor, the two just barely avoiding waking Touya up from his nap.
As the four began their way towards Yagi's truck, Shoko felt her phone vibrate in her back pocket a couple of times. The teenage girl waited until she placed Touya down into his car seat, buckling the infant in before pulling her phone out to see what it was.
It was a text, catching her attention.
Natsu-nii: [Todays the day you're moving into those dorms, right?]
Natsu-nii: [Don't be afraid to call me or Fuyumi if you get stressed from sharing a dormitory with all those people. It can be pretty stressful the first couple of weeks.]
Shoko couldn't help but stare at the text messages from her big brother, this being the few times they texted each other at all. What should she say?
[yes, we're moving to the dorms today]
[I will, don't worry. I'm more worried about Touya than anything.]
[He's sociable, but this is the second time he'll be moving somewhere new]
Natsu-nii: [Try arranging your rooms similar to how they were arranged in the Midoriyas place. It's what helped me feel less homesick by arranging my dorm room into looking similar to my room at home.]
Shoko scooted in the middle seat in the back as she reread their conversation. She didn't sound rude, right? Natsuo seemed to have understood what she meant. The last time there was a misunderstanding between her and Natsuo that almost prevented them from enjoying a nice time at a cafe together.
"What's up Sho-chan?" Izuku asks curiously as he sits in the seat next to her, shutting the car door behind him. "Is that your Nee-chan?"
"No, it's Natsu-nii. He texted me to say that if the move is stressful, that he and Yumi-nee are open to call," Shoko answers, showing her phone to Izuku. "Did I do good? Last time, I almost ruined a brother-sister bonding day without realizing." She says, frowning at the memory.
"It looks good to me," Izuku smiles at the girl, finding it cute how she worried about causing a misunderstanding. "It's cute that you and your Nii-san are talking. Neither of you got much chance growing up, so I'm happy you're connecting." He says honestly.
He didn't have any siblings, so he couldn't imagine how painful it must've been to be isolated from them. So seeing how Shoko and Natsuo tried to connect was really beautiful to him. Especially since they didn't have to worry about Endeavor keeping them apart anymore.
Izuku watched in amusement as Shoko's cheeks flushed pink, even as a small smile formed on her face. "Natsu-nii likes coffee. It's so small, but I'm happy to know that about him." She admits softly, that melting yet also breaking his heart.
"Buckle up Young Midoriya, Young Himura!" Yagi reminds them from the front, that snapping the teen parents back to focus.
As Izuku buckled up, he silently wondered how the future would go. No matter what happened though, he vowed to protect Shoko and Touya.
No matter what.