"I, I don't know."
In just a few hours his life had taken a change so drastic he was still reeling, the shock of which was finally starting to sink in. He was in the past. Before he was born before his mom was born before All Might was All Might. There was so much he could change just by being here. What if he made things worse? What if someone he knew didn't get born because he changed one little thing?
What was he supposed to do? If he tried to keep things the same could he? What about Eri, she deserved a chance to grow up into an adult. But if he tried to change things could me make them better? Would his friends still get born? There were so many things to consider.
He looked towards Leo, showing more than a few teeth in what could be called a smile paw outstretched like he was holding the world in his hand. It was clear what the founding hero of U.A. wanted him to do, he wanted a chance to make the future even better, maybe things were already different, to different for his future to become real.
Eri was still sipping on the hot chocolate, stars in her eyes, as though it was the most amazing thing in the world. Just being here with her was going to change everything,
When he looked at Nana, a smile appeared on her face and she shrugged. This was the master All Might thought so highly of, he was right about at least two things about her, she had a wonderful smile, and she was beautiful. How different was the world now that they had met? "What should I do?"
"How should I know?" she raised a single eyebrow, her smile twisting into a smirk, that caused her nose to twitch. Her grey eyes shimmered with a life of their own it was so much like the look All Might had when he was trying to motivate someone. "I don't know what you should do, I barely know what I want to do let alone should."
"Oh, right, sorry," he forgot that she was about his age. Well, he didn't forget, she didn't look like an adult. "I just thought that since you taught All Might."
"That I'd have some sagely advise or something?" She elbowed him in the ribs, letting out a small chuckle. "Oh, well I know. You want to be a hero right?"
He nodded.
"Then do you think you could stop yourself from saving someone?"
No. Even when he tried to hold back, even when he knew it was dangerous his body just moved on its own. If he could save someone there was no way that he could just sit back and watch them.
"You can't can you?" Nana's hands pressed into the couch between them as she leaned in close her grey eyes wide and full of life. "Even if you knew that person was supposed to die, so I don't think you have much of a choice about keeping the future the same, so might as well try to help us and make the future better right? You are a hero aren't you?"
"Izuku is hero," Eri's soft voice struck like thunder making his heart swell with purpose. That was right, he was in the past. He could stop things like what happened to Eri from ever happening, stop Mirio from losing his quirk. Maybe, he could even stop some villains from becoming villains. There was so much he could make better.
"Well said, girls." Leo gave a purr that was half a chuckle, his paw extending across the table, hanging in the air waiting for him to take it. "What do you say Izuku? Want to join my school and step forth onto the path of a better tomorrow once more?"
There was no hesitation. Leo's great paw envolved his hand and they shook on it. What was he supposed to say? He was a U.A. student again, at least in spirit. "I'll do my best sir."
Leo's grip strengthed, and he pulled him halfway across the table, that purr turning into a growl that had his smiling lips twitching. "Brave men and women have been doing their best for generations. Our best isn't enough, we need to go beyond, we need-"
"Plus Ultra?" The words slipped from his mouth and brought a smile onto his face. "We need to go even further beyond, Plus Ultra."
"Plus Ultra?" Leo purred, releasing his hand and folding his arms and scratching at his chin. "I like it, that might be our new school motto."
"I can't take credit for it, it's what All Might used to say." He muttered flexing his hand, Leo had one hell of a grip.
"Well, now he can say it again when he attends U.A.!" Leo slammed both of his palms to his knees then shot up. "As for the here in the now. I'll get to work on your paperwork, accepting you into the school shouldn't be too hard, but would you be alright if I made you and Eri siblings? Only have to make one family form then."
"Wait, you're going to forge our citizenship?" How had he not thought of that as an issue before? What was he going to do for a house? And food? Or anything?
Leo shook his head, his great mane flowing like it was in a windstorm. "Only about two thirds of the population has proper citizenship, society is finally back in a place where they can start keeping track of things like that once again, despite movements to get everyone documented especially the kids, it's not uncommon for orphans to appear with little more than a name and no history, getting you two into the system won't be illegal. Besides keeping the fact that you're from the future a secret will make all of our lives easier."
"Oh, okay. Well, Eri, what do you say?" She looked over to him, it was easy to see the fear the still gripped at her. She was far too young to be so afraid. But she now carried that spark of hope Mirio had given her. "Do you want to be my little sister?"
"Does that mean Izuku is big brother?" Both Nana and Leo let out an aww at her overflowing innocence and purity.
He nodded. "Yea, I'll make sure you're safe."
Silence drifted between them, Eri content to just stare at him. Then she gave a small nod. "Kay."
"Well then, now that that's sorted out. Nana, take Izuku to your class. I'll uh, give him a note explaining things. Wait, first go see if there are any spare uniforms in the nurse's offices, then go to class, unless you're hungry, if you do, bring me back something. Eri too, I'll watch her. No need to thank me." Leo scribbled on a piece of paper and handed it to him.
It was a messy scrawl that looked like a child wrote it and barely legible.
"That should give me enough time to get the forms in order." His shoulders slumped, "And find a place for you two to stay," Shoulders slumped again. "And budget in two more mouths to feed." His paw fell onto his face and he let out a moan that turned into a growl, then into a cry. "There goes my nap for the day."
There was something unearthly about seeing a giant man throwing a tantrum about not being able to take a nap, but it was nice to see how human The Lion of Justice actually was.
"Oh quit moaning you overgrown pussycat." Nana stood, pulling him up by the arm. "Now come on, I don't want to miss any more class today."
XXXX
Construction provided the background noise as they walked, crews still working diligently on attempting to complete the glass structure, it was a testament to their skill that the building was still standing sixty years from now.
With the main building partially useable many of the classes and tech facilities were placed into temporary buildings that were moved from offsite, some still resting on their wheels as though they were ready to be moved at a moments notice.
The only thing that marked the Nurse's office from the other buildings was the large red cross that was splattered across the door frame, still wet as a gravity still had sway on the larger drops that made their way to the ground.
"So, how do you know Recovery girl?" Izuku asked as they neared the building. Trying to ignore the presence of armed guards that were watching his every move was rather difficult. History books claimed that the military was there to ease the public into allowing people to use their quirks for the good of society. But he couldn't help but feel like there was something more.
Many of the first heroes were from the military, so he should relax. Besides, it worked out for the best.
"Oh, she's our neighbor," Nana ducked under the guardrail then up, skipping the ramp altogether. "She used to heal Sora's wounds whenever he got hurt fighting thugs." Her smile brightened and her voice lowered. "Don't tell them but he has the biggest crush on her, I'm surprised something hasn't happened yet. Wait, are they a sweet old couple in your time?"
"I don't think so?" He hadn't even seen them in the same room, let alone ask them about it, it wasn't like every person that was around the same age knew each other right? It was a miracle that out of every person out of any possible age he ended up right next to her. He followed her lead and stepped up onto the ramp.
The door swung open, a giant appeared in its stead, so large that the person's head was obscured, somehow they managed to find a school uniform big enough to fit over him. The creature's hands were covered in a thick black fur and it's feet ended in two large hooves. It was holding a bag that looked comically small close to its chest.
"Remember!" Recovery girls voice echoed from inside followed by a grunt, "Because of your size you'll need to take three pills every six hours."
"Thank you," the giant squeaked its voice not fitting its massive body at all. A moment later the creature ducked down, revealing a large bull ox head. It's horns stuck straight forward nearly a foot were capped by tennis balls. The student gasped when he saw them. "Oh, I'm sorry, excuse me."
The Bull bowed, and tiptoed past them, still clutching the small bag in his hands. His posture was poor like he was trying to make himself as small as he could, eyes kept down.
The inside of Recovery Girls office it was pure chaos, boxes stacked to the ceiling dominated nearly half the room and the lone medical bed looked to be doubling as a desk for Chiyo as she continued to move the boxes. A can of red paint sat on top of a locker in the back.
"Welcome to The U.A. storage and box area, on aisle one you'll find boxes and a woman currently having her third mid-life crisis trying to figure out how on earth her life got her to this point." Chiyo slammed another box into place and blew a loose strand of her hair out of her face to little effect. She turned to them, putting on a smile that told the world she was sick of this and rested her elbow on a box. "Oh, Nana and half the reason why Nana was late, what can I do for you two? I hope you're here to help me make this place workable?"
"Uhh, no, Izuku's just here to get a uniform," Nana spoke for him but then flexed into a wink. "But I can move some boxes while you two play dress up!"
"You're a life saver," Chiyo grumbled pushing some of her long blond hair back into place. "And Izuku was it?"
"Yes, ma'am!" Hands at his sides he bowed at the waist. "It's nice to meet you ma'am thank you for your help ma'am."
Chiyo snorted and pointed towards the back area of the room. "Well aren't you a respectful one, come on the boxes with the uniforms are over here, while we're at it lets get your physical out of the way as well."
"Physical?" His voice cracked, only adding to the growing blush on his face. "Here? Now?" With Nana in the room, with an attractive woman?
"Yes now, all students have to get one, and Nana won't peak, she'll be busy moving boxes. And believe me you will not be the weirdest looking boy I've done this for today." Despite his protest, Chiyo pressed the edge of her clipboard into his back, forcing him forward and into an area mildly out of sight by a wall of boxes.
It was easier to get undressed in front of her if he pictured her as the nice old lady he knew she was. Height, weight, and a dozen or so other measurements later and he was still standing in nothing but his underwear while Chiyo scribbled notes like a mad woman.
"Why does it look like your hands and arms look like they've been broken and put back together about five times?" She prodded one of his scars he got from fighting Shoto and dragging it up along the break he got saving Kota. Her eyes grew cold. "You're not a pit fighting buddy of Sora's are you?"
Just how much of a delinquent was Gran Torino? "No nothing like that, I promise."
She hummed, as though deciding whether or not to believe him. "Then where'd you get them?"
"It's because of my quirk, I'm still learning to use it correctly," He muttered, trying to ignore the pen tracing yet another scar, he didn't even remember where he got that one from. "But I'm getting better at it, so I shouldn't be destroying my arms anymore."
"Huh-huh, so you got all these scars from learning to use your quirk," she sat back up onto her stool and folded her legs. "You must have been pretty determined to put yourself through that, but I'll make a note that you're reckless. And your quirk is what? Super strength? And it injures you?"
"Yes, ma'am." Did she know about one for all? "But it's not activated all the time, and if I go all that's when I hurt myself. So I can use it safely in moderations."
"Woah." He looked up to see Nana standing behind Chiyo, one hand on her hip as she looked him up and down. "Your face so doesn't suit your body."
He yelped, covering his body as quickly as he could before reaching for his shirt. "What happened to no peaking?"
"You scream like a girl," Nana stuck her tongue out. "And I'm not peaking, that would mean I'm trying to sneak, I'm observing, and I heard you talking about your quirk."
"Oh, what do you know about it?" Chiyo leaned back to look at Nan,
"It's basically like my quirk, but I have a hunch his has a bit more oomph." Nana flexed her muscle.
"Ahh, so his body can't handle all the extra power during activation, I'll make a note of that as well," More scribbling on her notepad. "Well then Izuku, that's about all I can do for you here, but I'd like to get some X-rays of your…." She paused pointing to his arms and legs. "Let's go with the whole body so I can be aware of any bones that are at risk of breaking again."
"Yes, Ma'am." He mumbled pulling his T-shirt on. "Oh, and the little girl I'm with is with Leo, do you think you could give her a check-up? She's been through a lot."
Chiyo sighed, "I better make sure that big fluffball isn't just lazing about watching those old Sentai shows again."
They left once he was fully dressed, his hero uniform contained in a standard shopping bag.
"Does, Chiyo know about One for All?" He asked barely over a whisper, trying to make sure there was no one that could overhear them. It felt so weird having so many people know about the quirk. How many more people knew about it?
"Nope, but she does know I have two quirks something she keeps a secret. Well kind of." Nana shrugged. "I think she's working on an explanation that will cover both of them so I can be more open about it."
"Oh," He blinked looking over the area once more. "So, what is your quirk?"
She smiled. "It's really cool, I can see Emotions."
"What? How?" Was that why people trusted her word so much? Or why she mentioned seeing his spark and Eri's fear?
"Well, it's kind of like seeing a bunch of colors around a person, kind of like a mood ring but it actually works. And the colors are kind of random like yellow is fear, but orange is courage, red is anger, but pink is love. The bigger that color the stronger the feelings. It's really useful for finding bad guys." She punched him in the arm sticking her tongue out once more. "So don't get a crush on me or else I'll know."
AN: Man, between Ms. Joke and Nana I sure am writing a lot of trolly female leads (And I love it). Anyways, hey look I gave Nana a second quirk. I call it Mood for All. OC character bio. (For the only one revealed this chapter, and my second anthropormorphic character I promise he's the last of them)
Ushimaru: Gentle soul in a giants body.
Age: Seventeen
Height: 7'7"
Weight: Small four-door car.
Quirk: Bullitude: He can do everything a bull ox can do.
Likes: Reading, silence, large open areas.
Dislikes: Tight spaces, violence, his glasses getting crushed.