Toshinori felt a little uneasy. He knew that Inko was safe, that much was for sure but at the same time his wolf was pretty much pacing from within him. As if it hated the very idea of being apart from her. Taking a deep breath, he hoped to calm down his wolf.

It just felt as if there was something more to it than what meets the eye. As if, the attack wasn't just at random but there was something more to it than that. He just couldn't be sure as to what it was.

Shaking his head, the young man looked at the time, seeing that it was still pretty early in the day, so he had some time for coffee before grabbing his suit and going back out on patrols. Really though, he wished that he could just stay at home and stay asleep. The wolf within him wanted out and it wanted to run around, maybe even run to Inko but again he couldn't risk that. What if his wolf scared her off?

Groaning, he dug the balls of his palms against his eyes and whined. Sounding all too much like that of a dog. Nana of course didn't help much either, his wolf thought of her as a mother and honestly, Nana was the closest thing to a mother that he had and he wanted to call her 'mom' but at the same time a part of him was afraid to do so.

But why?

Why was he scared of calling her mom? Hell, her and Torino… uh… Sorahiko were more of his parents than anyone else in the world but still, there was that lingering fear that resided in him. It made him think differently, as if he had no right to call them his parents no matter what they said. It just didn't seem right and that was what scared him more than anything else.

Letting out a soft sigh, the young man sipped at his coffee after it was brewed, keeping it black today. He was too tired and exhausted and needed the pick me up. Yawning loudly, Toshinori could feel his fangs poking out and he groaned a little more. He wished that his fangs would stay hidden and look more human but sadly, that wasn't going to happen. Turning his gaze at the clock, he sighed softly and chugged his coffee, almost yelping at the hot feeling as it ran down his throat and whined.

Making his way to his bedroom, he quickly stripped out of his pajamas and put on his hero suit on, then threw on a hoodie and baggy pants over it. At least this way he would be able to make a sneaky get away should he feel like his wolf was getting a little agitated from the press. That was one thing that he couldn't allow to happen. No one knew that 'All Might' had a secondary quirk. All they knew, was that he had some kind of quirk that no one could ever truly explain.

Though, that was also assuming the wolf even counted as a quirk in the first place. That was something that had always confused him, more than that weird herb that was used on him the other night at the bar. Whatever that was, it had calmed him down for the most part, almost like some kind of catnip but for wolves. It was, rather interesting that is for sure.

He knew that Shouta, and of course Nana were going to look into it and hopefully they'll find what it was that was thrown at him. Even now he could still faintly smell it, even though he was in human form, it still had a calming scent to him.

Having recalled that Shouta, and even Hizashi smelled it and they couldn't smell anything. To them, there was no scent, but to him it was a scent that he would know all too well. He couldn't really explain it, but it was a scent that he knew from long ago, a scent that he couldn't really remember, but at the same time, it also had a mixture of Inko's scent, which was enough to calm his wolf down to the point that it was… docile.

Covering his face, the young man wasn't sure what it was that the herb had caused of him, but what he did know, was that it was just another mystery to add to his many others.

Taking a deep breath, he looked at the time and frowned a little before shaking his head. He knew that he would have to make sure that he got to his patrol before they wondered where he was. Sometimes, being a hero was rather difficult, but at the same time rather worth it to make sure that others could be happy, could feel safe and have some kind of support. Something that he always wanted to be.

From the moment that he knew what a hero was, the moment he had discovered who he wanted to be… well, it was what he wanted. To help those in need, to help those who couldn't help themselves. Now, here he was. The number one hero, a symbol of peace and he was having the time of his life… at least, that's what he was telling people at the very least.

No one knew the truth about him, there were even a few things that even Hizashi and Shouta didn't know about. Not even Nana, or Sorahiko. He was… rather sad, lonely and feeling… empty? As if he had some kind of void within his heart. He didn't know what it was, what the cause of such a thing was but he couldn't help but think… Did it involve his parents in some way? His biological family that he had no memory of?

Shaking his head, Toshinori didn't think that it would matter in the first place. Yet, he just felt like there was a part of him missing. A part of him that he just couldn't figure out and he hoped that somehow, some way, Inko was the link that he needed that would connect him to that past. To that part of him that he so desperately wanted to learn. "I should get going, maybe I'll be lucky and learn something new today." Toshinori said to himself, the faintest trace of a smile appeared on his face before disappearing.

Sighing softly, the young man walked out of his apartment before bulking up into his hero form and went about on his patrol.


Inko hummed softly as she started to make her way over to her café. It was rather odd, she had only just met Toshinori twice and yet there was something different about him. Nothing bad but, different. She couldn't help but gaze up at the sky as she tried to think on what that 'difference' really was. It just seemed as if she wouldn't be able to figure that out but, at the same time… Inko felt like she met him somewhere.

It was his eyes.

There was something there in his eyes, just under the surface that told her that she had seen eyes like that before. But couldn't remember where it was. She was sure, that if she had met someone like that before, she would have remembered eyes like that. Eyes that reminded her of a thunder storm, eyes that held some kind of deep pain that even he didn't understand.

Eyes that held more than what he even knew about himself. It was a feeling that she couldn't really understand, but she just felt like she had met him. But, she just couldn't put her finger on where that could have been in the first place.

Letting out a soft sigh, the young woman walked down the street as she let out a soft hum. It was a song that she could recall rather well. A song that she would listen too with her friends when she would go out and not have to worry about catering and the like.

She couldn't help but smile at the thought of making people happy with her treats. Though, now that she thought about those treats, she'll have to make some at treats for that one pro hero. What was his name again? Right, Eraserhead.

It was rather silly how he would act when she would give him his treats. His eyes would widen, looking so innocent, full of energy and it was rather adorable to say the least. He almost reminded her of a child on Christmas morning opening his presents. Inko couldn't help but giggle at the first time she had ever seen that man's expression when she had pretty much gone to shock as she had never expected a man that looked so tired, exhausted and rather rugged? To even have a look that even came close to such an expression.

So, when he had asked her if making cat treats was only a temporary thing, she said no, if he wanted her too she could keep making them for him when he came in. Of course, she had told him ahead of time, to make sure that if he was coming in to give her a couple hours or when his break was so she would have those treats ready for him.

Now, he was one of her best customers, as was the other hero that would come in with him now and again. Present Mic she believed he was called.

Yet, after all of that more heroes started to come in. More to see what kind of treats and snacks she had along with tea. It was rather surprising that she had so many people want to come into her café of all places already and it made her happy to know that her business was doing so well right now. Letting out a happy sigh, the young woman looked over and smiled that the crossing light was on. Making her way across the road, the young woman frowned a little in confusion as she thought back to something that had happened at the café.

Shaking her head, the young woman let out a soft sigh, she should be happy that her business was thriving but at the same time it left her overwhelmed sometimes. She knew that she had to get some more help, but she wasn't sure who would be able to help her. It just seemed that she had needed more and more workers lately with the demand for either treats or teas.

It was rather overwhelming but she just hoped that she would be able to get the help that she would need for her café and soon.

Looking up at the sky, Inko couldn't help but frown as she saw Toshinori's smiling face in her mind's eye. The sky, when he seemed so concerned about her safety there was no storm within their depths, but a calmness to it. As if he was the calm before the storm would hit. Yet, when he was angry the storm would appear within their depths, she couldn't help but think about such captivating eyes, even when they would turn yellow, it made her think of a hunter, a feral creature that would hunt for their prey until they got what it was that they wanted.

Inko couldn't believe that eyes like that… belonged to Toshinori of all people. Though then again, it was hard to say since again she didn't know him very well yet.

Then of course, there was the woman that was with him when he saved her. Who was that woman? She seemed close to Toshinori but it felt… different. She just couldn't really explain what it was. It felt like more than a friend, but less than a lover. Whatever it was, she had no idea but knew that she couldn't, and shouldn't pry into someone else's life.

After all, Toshinori seemed to prefer to keep some things to himself. No, more like he was more of a guarded person. As if he would do whatever it took to keep his secrets, secrets that he felt like the world itself couldn't hide, couldn't protect. That only he, himself could keep such secrets to himself, and make sure that that was how they remained. Secret.

She couldn't help but wonder, what kind of life Toshinori had lived for him to give off that kind of aura. It was rather odd, but not in a bad way. More like… interesting perhaps. Inko knew that maybe, if he felt comfortable enough around her that he would share something with her, but knew that it wouldn't be any time soon.

Soon, the ground started to shake, causing Inko to wobble on her feet. Falling over, she looked up and saw that a building was starting to collapses on itself. Looking like a fire had started up in some kind of apartment building, causing it to fall over. Inko looked over and saw a few people already starting to run from the building, wanting to get away from how the building was starting to fall apart.

Looking down, Inko saw a little boy running from the building, trying to get as far away as possible, yet it seemed that he was having some trouble from running from the building.

Soon, he seemed to have stumbled over, a part of the building had fallen it seemed and pinned him down by his ankle. He cried out in pain, causing Inko's heart to clench. How could this have happened to an innocent child?

Pushing herself up, the young woman rushed toward the child, noticing how everyone didn't even bother to stop to help him. No, they just kept running past them and it made her sick to see such a thing, did they have no heart?!

Making her way to the boy, she heard him crying and pleading for help. His red eyes met with hers, eyes pleading for help and filled with fear. "Please help me." He begged.

"It'll be okay, don't worry." She said, her smile gentle and assuring. Though really, she had no idea if they would be able to get out of this. Inko looked down at the boy and saw that his leg was indeed pinned down by what appears to be two bits of rubble. One overlapping the other keeping it pinned upon the boy's poor foot. Frowning, Inko grabbed onto one of the large rubble chunks and tugged at it. Managing to pull it off of him thanks to counter balance.

Though it was still terribly heavy.

Looking down at the poor boy, she heard him sniffling, trying to stop himself from crying. She couldn't help but stare at him in concern before letting out a soft sigh. Where were this boy's parents? Didn't he have anyone in the first place?

Shaking her head, the young woman managed to grab onto the second rubble chunk and managed to pull it off of the poor boy as she said "Don't worry, I'll help you get out of here." She quickly wrapped her arms around him, the boy clutching onto Inko tightly, as if he was afraid that she would disappear from him. Running her fingers through his sky blue hair in the hopes of calming him, Inko knew that they had to keep running.

"I'm scared." He managed to cry out, burying his face against her shoulder. Inko could feel his tears soaking through her shirt causing her to frown a bit. Of course he would be scared, he was hurt, and they were still far too close to the apartment building.

Inko tripped and let out a yelp. Managing to twist her body around and land on her side so she wouldn't crush the poor boy under her own weight. Looking up in confusion, the young woman saw a part of the building crumbling off, and falling toward her and the boy. Inko couldn't help but scream and call out for help.

Tightly shutting her eyes, burying her face against the boy's blue hair, the young woman waited for it all to end. Waited… waited… and waited.

Yet nothing happened.

Blinking slowly, the young woman couldn't help but look up in confusion and saw a man standing above her. One of the chunks of the falling building had fallen indeed, but he got in the line of fire so to speak, and had used his body to shield the two of them from any of the building falling upon them. Inko couldn't help but notice that he was wearing a tight suit. Clinging to his muscled form like a second skin. From the waist up, his suit was red with white lines going from his chest to his shoulders down to his bicep. The white line on his chest though just looked like a normal circle. While around his forearms, the suit was yellow with what appears to be two dull spikes.

Next she noticed was the yellow belt that had a steel buckle that seemed to have red eyes and a yellow bang that almost resembled a V, like someone's brow. She also noticed his yellow boots that had a red stripe along his calf.

But what she also noticed, was his eyes. Hidden by shadows so she only saw the blue pupils that seemed to light up the darkness. They looked down at her, the wind blowing his blonde bangs that were slicked up, into a V shape. While the rest of his hair was just slicked back behind him.

Inko felt like she had seen him before.

"Don't worry now, why? Because I am here." He said with a big smile. Though, when she notice him throwing his shoulders back, knocking the rubble off of him. Staring at him with wide eyes, it was then that Inko noticed the blue cape that almost seemed to wrap around him, as well as her and the boy in a protective blanket.

The hero, grunted as he tossed the stone aside and looked down at them. "Allow me to take you away from here. It's too risky for you to run on your own at this rate." Before Inko could even reply, the hero lifted her and the boy in her arms and rushed the two of them away from the burning building. He looked at the two of them and couldn't help but stare at Inko. Blinking a little as she stared at him, her face tinting a soft pink as his gaze seemed to linger on her a little longer than it should have.

"Will you two be alright?" He asked softly.

"Yes, I… I'll be fine. Thank you." Inko said.

He nodded his head before setting Inko and the boy down on a bench, a safe distance away from the building. "Stay here, they'll want to make sure that you are both alright. The paramedics are on their way. I'll be back to check up you both." With that, he took off toward the building. Most likely wanting to make sure that no one else was still inside, nor in danger.

Yet, she couldn't help but feel like she had seen him before but also… wondered why his gaze lingered on her like that? It just didn't make sense, but at the same time she couldn't help but look down at the boy. He hadn't really said much of anything since before she fell.

"Are you okay?" asked Inko.

"My leg hurts." He whimpered. Understandable really, he had been trapped for a while there.

"Don't worry, it'll be okay." Inko said with a smile on her face. Dear lord she hoped that it would be alright.

Inko didn't know how long they had waited, but she knew that it had felt like hours. That much was for sure, letting out a soft sigh, she looked down at the boy and noticed that he shook. Most likely from the pain that was in his leg. She couldn't help but hold him closer to her chest. Running her fingers through his sky blue locks as she said "Do not worry, I'll protect you."

The boy nodded his head before peeking up at Inko, tears clung to his lashes, and it made Inko's heart break a little seeing such pain in a young boy. "What's your name? I'm Inko."

"I'm Tenko…" Inko heard him say, giving a soft smile before shifting him so his legs hung over the side of her lap.

"Well Tenko, I'll make sure that you get back to your mommy and daddy safely okay?" She said with a smile.

"They're gone."

"Gone?"

"They went bye-bye." Tenko said with a sniffle, tears rolling down his cheeks. "They put me in a different home." He said softly, choking up on his words. Inko frowned a little. So, he was an orphan and had been put into the foster care system it seems. Rubbing his shoulder, the young boy looked up at her as he said "They didn't like me…"

"What do you mean?"

"They thought I was weird and… scary. Do you find me scary?" He asked with a frown.

"Of course not, I think you are a sweet little boy." Inko said with a bright smile on her face. Tenko gave her the faintest trace of a smile before laying his head on her shoulder. Most likely exhausted.

"Excuse me miss?" came a rough voice, causing Inko to look up and blush a little as she saw the hero from before standing in front of her. He scratched at his cheek in a nervous fashion as he said "If you can, would you carry the boy to the paramedics? I'll escort you of course so no one hurts you. Or, if you'd like I could carry him and you can get yourself looked after as well-"

"Okay." She cut in, saw that he was starting to ramble. Most likely nervous about something though she couldn't be sure what it was. "Come on Tenko." Inko said, getting up only to hiss in pain and fall back down onto the bench.

"Miss? Are you okay?" The hero said in concern, his hands held out as if trying to catch her and… were those claws? He pulled his hands back as if he noticed something and had them hiding behind his back.

"I think I hurt my ankle." Inko said with a frown on her face.

"I see. Hold on." He carefully took a hold of the boy and shifted so he rested on the crook of his elbow before reaching out and grabbing a hold of Inko and did the same with her. "There we go. I can carry you both over there and get you both looked at." He chuckled a little before making his way over to get Inko and the boy tended too.

"Thank you so much… um…"

"You can call me All Might." He said with a boom of a laugh.

"Thank you All Might." Inko said with a smile before turning her gaze to Tenko and blinked at the boy. He looked up at the hero with a tilt of his head, as if trying to figure something out about the man. Tenko ended up wrapping his arms around the hero's neck and buried his face against his chest. Inko had to admit, it was rather cute to see, though she wondered why he did that.

If people had hated Tenko, she was sure that he would have slight trust issues yet he seemed to trust All Might without a second thought. Unless it was because he was a hero, that would make some kind of sense.

Once All Might brought them to the paramedics, he carefully set Inko down first before setting the boy down carefully onto the gurney. Though it was then that she noticed his hands, they didn't have claws anymore. Where did they go? Or was that her mind playing tricks on her? Looking up, she wanted to thank All Might again for helping her and Tenko only to stop dead in her tracks for a moment. His eyes, they weren't blue anymore but a soft yellow. They didn't glow but remained hidden in the darkness that surrounded his eyes.

"All Might?" She whispered softly. Causing the hero to look at her in confusion. "Your eyes are yellow."

He seemed to have gone into shock before his eyes closed and he gave out a booming laugh. "Yellow? I'm sorry my dear but my eyes are blue." He said with a chuckle. When he opened his eyes once again, Inko saw that they were indeed, blue and not the yellow that she had thought that she had seen. "I mean, after all a lot of people notice me for my blue eyes."

"I thought it would have been the muscles and the bunny ears." Inko said, causing Toshinori to all but cough in shock. That made Inko giggle a little.

"What? Bunny ears? Where?" All Might said with a frown on his face.

"Yeah, your bangs, I mean yes I first thought of them as a V but another look and they kinda remind me of bunny ears." Inko said with a giggle.

The hero just stared at her for a moment. As if he was in some kind of shock before he started to burst out laughing. Inko was happy that she hadn't insulted the hero in anyway. Though she couldn't help but think about what it was that she had just seen. She was sure, that she had seen claws on him, not to mention yellow eyes.

But they had vanished so quickly. So…

Either she had gone crazy and lost her mind.

Or this hero had another quirk that no one knew about.