Midori the Wife
Summary: Sequel to Midori the Rabbit. With her emotions unstable but her mind focused on her goal Izumi Midoriya refuses all romantic connections to pursue her dream. After a tragic accident during hero work she wakes up in a reality she doesn't recognize.
Chapter 1: Comatose
The second semester of her second year was coming to a close, and Izumi Midoriya had had enough. Todoroki and Bakugo even though she'd made her feelings perfectly clear nearly a full year ago had done nothing but bicker, complain, and continue to compete with each other. It would have been fine if the final goal was to be at the top in hero rankings, but the truth of the matter was because she'd left her relationship decision indecisive they'd used that excuse as a way to show each other up.
She could just leave them both to stew around each other and ignore them, but the sad fact was that the three of them had all been assigned to the same hero agency as temps, and to make matters worse they were assigned the same stupid mission which meant they'd have to work together.
She gave a heavy sigh and looked over her shoulder. She'd taken point on this seeing as she'd had the most experience of the three of them on field training. Their costumes had changed over the year, Bakugo's was less demolition man, and more sleek. The jumpsuit was sleeveless in bold green camo to match his gauntlets and instead of the elaborate eye piece that made him look like a rooster, he wore a black eye mask that was cut erratically around the eyes like an explosion. His blonde hair had been cut but still spiked all over, and his body had grown nearly a full foot in length without losing any of that attractive muscle. His current hero's name was Ground Zero.
Endurance was Todoroki's name. He'd chosen it at the beginning of their second year to represent all the chaos and tragedy he'd endured both in his first year as a hero student, and in his life under the suffrage of his father. His costume was a full black body suit, flames depicted on his left sleeve, ice on his right, and thick gold straps across his chest with pockets for devices.
"You know patrol would go a lot more smoothly if you two would be quiet for a few minutes." Izumi grumbled.
The two of them paused their bickering to look at her.
"We're debating a gameplay. We have to be on alert for those gang members." Todoroki tried to rationalize and quickly backed off at Izumi's disapproving look. "Sorry."
"They wouldn't have to be on alert because the sound of you two arguing is gonna warn them way ahead that we're on the lookout. We're not well known as of yet despite our experience, but that doesn't mean they won't treat us like regular heroes and take us out with a surprise attack."
"Don't lecture me, Usagi." Bakugo complained. "It's all your fault I have to work with this bastard. Your attempts at making us friends is futile, we're never gonna get along no matter what you do."
She sighed. There he goes, assuming again. Why was it he always thought her the manipulative type?
"What are you talking about, Kacchan? The fact you two joined the same agency as me was definitely not my idea." She suddenly felt so tired. She paused her walk and yanked her mouthguard off "I'm thirsty, I'm gonna go get a drink. You two wait here and try to act like professionals"
"She's been hanging out with Yaoyorozu and Iida too long." Todoroki pointed out as he watched her cross the street to a convenient store. "She's even starting to talk like them."
"She's changing too much. She's not the girl I knew." Bakugo crossed his arms and leaned against the brick wall. "I guess that's our fault. We forced her to grow up."
"I wouldn't say forced. She is focusing on what she really wants. What she really wants is to be a hero." Todoroki looked at his hands. Still, Bakugo had a point. Last year Midoriya had been so sweet, friendly, opened. With the second year coming to a close she was cutting off parts of herself that were in essence the things he loved about her. "We shouldn't cause her anymore trouble. At the very least, let's try to work together."
"Tch, yeah, whatever Icy Hot."
~Inside the convenience store~
Izumi grabbed a water bottle, an energy booster, and because she could feel a headache coming on she added on a package of Excedrin as well. Boys, she thought with a grimace, boys and dating and all manner of swirling emotions was exactly why she'd left everything from last year in the lurch. For a full year after that day they'd done nothing but make her feel guilty and selfish for choosing the way she did.
She was done with it. She was done with love, with kissing, with relationships, all of it. She had one goal, and that was to become All Might's true successor. She would become the symbol of peace in the world and make him proud. Smiling now she popped pills in her mouth and guzzled down the water. Then came the explosion.
The blast shot sky high, people screaming and panicking as debris and fire rained down from above. Bakugo and Todoroki suddenly went on high alert as the convenience store Midoriya had stepped in suddenly went up in flames.
"USAGI!" They shouted together in dual horror. The villain came out of the smoke and shadow laughing, his hands juggling grenades.
"Boom! I just love that sound… and the people screaming… let's hear some more!" He bit the end between his teeth and tossed the next grenade across the street. Bakugo leapt up snagging it in the air and directing it upward and out of harm's way. Todoroki used his ice to zip across the street and froze the villain in his tracks. As Bakugo landed he stepped straight up the struggling villain and punched him unconscious.
"Bastard Villain! Todoroki!?" He turned to his partner running over to help pull victims out of the heap. Todoroki helped the store cashier down from the rubble. Ambulances arrived along with the police and backup heroes. Panic tightened his chest as he pulled apart rubble his eyes searching for only one face. When Todoroki caught sight of her mouth guard he dug deeper… and finally pulled her free.
"Usagi!" He used her hero name as civilians were around. "Wake up…" He felt for a pulse. "She's alive… but her head's badly bleeding. Stay with us, Usagi!"
"Get this piece of shit villain out of my sight before I kill him!" Bakugo told the police before running over. "Usagi, wake up! Oi! Don't die damn it!"
Izumi groaned her vision blurring as she looked up at the faces of her partners.
"Ka...chan… Sho...to...mnnng."
"That's right, we're here," Todoroki held her upright and Bakugo yanked his top off to press against her forehead to stop the bleeding. "Stay with us, Usagi. I promise if you stay with us we won't fight anymore. We'll get along won't we Bakugo?"
"Yeah, we'll do everything together, start an agency together… best friends for life from now on!" His hand shook as he saw the blood pooling into the green of his shirt. He gave Todoroki a grim look.
Izumi had to smile even as she felt the world go dark. "Heh… liars…" her voice was weak and she lifted her hands up to touch both their cheeks. "...but I love you both." Her eyes fluttered closed and the last thing she heard was their dual cries of panic.
"IZUMI!"
The ringing in her ears from the explosion filled her head. She could no longer feel any pain, but just a dull throbbing ache in her skull and neck. Darkness surrounded her, and she was afraid. Afraid that this was all she would know now, this emptiness, this darkness… was this true death? Why was it so… lonely?
The ringing increased and she whimpered. She thrashed and clutched her ears crying.
"Kacchan! Shoto! Someone help me!"
She woke with a start, gasping for air and sitting straight up in bed. The ringing was her alarm clock and she turned around to shut it off. Her vision blurred from the bright light coming from the window, but she could groggily make out the path to the bathroom.
"Ugh, what a dream. That was frightening." She held her head remembering how it ached. She stumbled out of bed. "So realistic. Heh… freaking Shoto promising to be best friends with Kacchan if I didn't die. Oh even at the brink of death he can make me laugh… he's so-" she opened the door to the bathroom.
Todoroki paused brushing his teeth to look in her direction. Her vision may have been groggy but she could clearly see he wore nothing but a towel around his wait. "NAKED!"
She slam the door shut blushing bright red. She shook her head and backed away running fingers through her hair. She looked around, her vision clearing and she saw the room. She recognized nothing aside from a few of her keepsakes. The bedroom was huge like a suite, with a king size bed, large boudoir and cedar chest and even a vanity mirror.
"What the hell?"
"Izumi?" Todoroki opened the door wiping his mouth clean of toothpaste. "You alright?"
"Huh? Yeah that is.. Where- GOOD LORD WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES?" She covered her face hiding her blush and keeping her from seeing too much of him. It was then she also realized all she wore was an oversized shirt and she quickly jumped into bed and hid under the covers.
Todoroki raised a questioning brow. He slipped on some pants and then sat on the edge of the bed tugging the covers down.
"Izumi, what's gotten into you? Are you running a fever?" He bent down and lay his lips on her forehead to check for a fever. The motion of it made her heart skip like crazy. "You are warm… maybe you should stay home today. I'll tell Katsuki you're feeling ill."
"Ka...tsu…ki?" Was he talking about Kacchan? She watched him walk around the room and finish getting ready. She slowly sat up keeping the blanket around her legs so no more was exposed. "Um… Shoto… why are you wearing a suit?" She'd never seen him in one before… he looked so grown up in it… taller, older… wait did his hair get longer?
"Hmm? Oh, I forgot to tell you. I'm handling some legal business for the agency. Katsuki thought it was better that I deal with them since I'm better with people than he is." He picked up his watch and one of two gold rings from the nightstand and slipped them both on. He took the other gold ring and sat on the edge of the bed to pick up her hand and slip it on her finger.
She stared at it in true disbelief. It fit perfectly on her finger, and glinted in the sparkling light of the sun.
"I know it's still new, but try not to lose it, okay Mrs. Todoroki?" He smiled at her and before she could respond he kissed her full on the lips. It lingered soft and sweetly there, the taste of him familiar and yet somehow brand new. The sensation shocked her so much all she could do was sit there and stare while he stood and left the bedroom.
Izumi shook head to toe, she stared down at the gold wedding ring in question and jolted up out of bed and straight to the vanity mirror. The moment she saw herself in the mirror… the longer legs, the fuller body, the hair messy tangles around her face and she flipped out.
"Mrs… TODOROKI!?"
~Shoto~
Shoto never got tired of seeing that amazed and almost embarrassed look on Izumi's face. They'd only been married for two weeks, and he knew the sensation of it was still fresh. He was still trying to get used to it himself. It had taken nearly a decade of patience, and dedication, but he'd gotten her.
For a time it seemed certain Izumi would eventually choose Bakugo, given their history, but in the end she'd chosen him and he was grateful for it.
He walked into the office and greeted their secretary with a quick wave and smile before making his way up the elevator. The sound of Bakugo's booming voice let him know his partner was already in and hard at work.
"And I'm telling you, you stupid old hag, I'm not paying for some stupid new insurance plan! I've already got enough coverage with the deal my partners and I made with your competitor so STOP CALLING ME!" Bakugo slammed the phone down. "Tch, business people, I can't stand them." He glanced up from his desk and scowled at Todoroki. "Bout time you got in, I've been waiting over an hour for you."
"Sorry, some things came up." He took a seat across from him at his own desk. "Izumi's feeling sick, so I told her to stay home."
"Did you knock her up already?" he asked crudely. "Fast work."
"Don't be an ass, it wasn't that kind of sick. She was just acting… strangely. Spaced out, flushed, a little disoriented. Probably backlash from the Jenkin case."
"I told you she shouldn't have gone out on that case alone. As strong as she is, she's still a woman." Bakugo pulled out a cigarette and stood up holding it out. "Light me up, would yah?"
"What am I, your personal match?" Nevertheless, Todoroki tapped his finger on the end of the cigarette and got it smoking. "You really should quit smoking, it's bad for you."
"Shut up, you sound like your wife." Bakugo walked back to his seat and tossed his head back against the cushion of it. "So Izumi seemed really out of it, huh? What did you do to her, last night?"
Todoroki grunted in response, his own face flushing.
"Nothing special."
It was the tone of the response that had Bakugo raising a brow. He slowly pulled the cigarette out of his mouth.
"Oi.. are you serious? You guys are married for crying out loud. Why haven't you had sex yet?"
The fact that Bakugo caught on quickly to his underlying meaning made Todoroki's back tense up. They'd been friends way too long, and rivals even longer.
"We never got a chance to go on our honeymoon because she got that call from Gran Torino, and we've been working nonstop ever since so neither of us has really had the energy."
"There's always energy for sex, to hell with this." Bakugo flicked his cigarette out the window and he stomped over to the desk and sent the legal papers to flames. "Forget the stupid meeting, and go fuck your woman!"
"Damn it, Katsuki, what the hell? Those were important documents!"
"If I know you, you've got extra copies tucked away somewhere. I'll call the lawyer assholes and reschedule the meeting. You go home and see to your wife. This is an order from your boss."
"We're partners, Bakugo, I'm not your underling. You can't tell me what to do."
"Oh no?" He picked up the phone started dialing. He waited a minute and smirked confidently at him. "Hello there, maid-san… is Mrs. Todoroki available? Tell her it's Katsuki Bakugo."
Shoto gasped and made a reach for the phone but got a blast in the face for his troubles. He hissed and flexed his hand ready to freeze the phone, but the maid's voice came on the line again.
"Pardon me, Mr. Bakugo. Mrs. Todoroki seems to be under the weather. She refuses to come to the phone. May I take a message?"
Bakugo's eyes narrowed and he looked at Todoroki.
"How bad is she?" He asked narrowing his eyes on his partner. "Oi, Stupid Maid I'm asking you how badly is she sick? She never refuses to talk to me! Screw this, I'm coming down there!" He hung up and then grabbed his jacket.
"Let's go, stupid jerk."
"Oi! Katsuki!" Todoroki grabbed his briefcase and rushed after him. "What happened?"
"You tell me! For the first time in years, that stupid rabbit is refusing to answer the phone. Something's off, and we're gonna find out what. You better pray it isn't your fault!" He jerked a finger at him. "You may be her husband but I'll still beat the crap out of you."
"I didn't do anything…" Shoto loosened his tie, and he looked down. At least… he hoped not.
~Back with Izumi~
She'd found some clothes to pull on. The simple jeans and tank top gave her some security and she pulled her hair back in a long tail. She had been tempted to remove the ring, but found she couldn't bring herself to do it. Dream or not, it was wrong. Dream or not she was married to Todoroki.
Married… she was married. When? How? Why couldn't she remember anything?
In search of answers she'd stumbled around the room. She found pictures of people and events she didn't recognize. Newspaper articles from villain dealings she didn't remember performing and her phone, which luckily had the same passcode she always used. She scrolled through her contacts and pictures. Everyone from class was still listed under their hero names, but she hesitated calling anybody. Everyone was working heroes now weren't they. They wouldn't have time to answer her panicked questions about the past.
Still… she could at least call Uraraka. Uravity was listed in her favorites so that must mean they talked a lot. Taking a deep breath to gather her courage she hit the dial button and held it to her ear. She jolted when someone said hello after the first ring.
"Um… um hello, Uraraka-chan?"
"Urara- oh.. You must mean Ochaco. Just one moment please." There was a brief pause and Uraraka's voice came on the other line.
"Hello?"
"Ura-chan…" happy tears spilled down her face. "You don't understand how happy I am to hear your voice!" She sniffled. "I don't know what's going on… I remember a villain, and an explosion, and Sho-chan and Kacchan talking to me but-"
"Midori-chan? Is that you? What happened, you sound so panicked. Are you in a hospital? Where are you at?"
"I don't know… some weird alternate universe I don't understand! Everyone's older, Shoto and Kacchan are partners and Shoto calls him Katsuki, I'm married to Shoto, and I saw him naked for the second time in my life…"
"Calm down, Midori, you're not making any sense. Where's Todoroki-kun?"
"At work," she sniffed. "I think… but I don't know where that's at. I'm so confused." She held her head. "Help me, Ura-chan!"
"Alright, don't worry, I'm on my way. You're lucky Tenya and I are in Tokyo right now. We'll be right there." She hung up. Izumi stared at her phone and the only thing that ran through her mind was.
"Tenya?"
Yay! I've been waiting so long to post this story! So the winner of the poll was TodoDeku! Yay! I hope you guys will enjoy it! I will also be posting the first chapter to the BakuDeku arc entitled "Midori the Mama." Look forward to it!
Next Chapter: A lifetime of memories.