Hello and welcome to the 8th chapter of the story! It's booming as we're nearing 20,000 views, and we are currently at 16.5k views, awesome! Thanks for all of the support for this story, can't believe it's this many!

Although...no one answered the question from the last chapter, so most likely you guys don't want a question for each chapter. If you do, then please answer the question from the previous chapter, or don't then that'll let me know you guys don't want questions.

Anyways. here are the responses to the reviews!

THENINJAOFCOOL: Yes, finally! They are a couple!

Hardcasekara: Man, you really must not like Bakugo, and yes, there will be minor pairings in the story, just don't know who will be paired up with who.

shadowdragondanny: Thanks for reading!

bladetri: :P

Giltlawyer9000: I have not thought about that, although if I did put it in the story, it'll probably be named something else.

niftyguard: Thank you very much!

Toonami4Ever: Thank you for reading and the compliment!

Batman1998: It was pretty hard to not put them together, but they're together now. Although, I feel bad since she's going to be seeing him in the hospital a lot.

Meazm: Yes he is one, and thanks!

Ekurman: I'm glad that you feel that way, and please continue to read this story!

You10: I'm glad you liked the moment, and thanks for the compliment!

Moneyman27: Thank you for the compliment!

If you would like to have your review responded to, then please put them in the latest chapter.

If you have questions and or critics you would like to give me, feel free to do so.

Anyways, here is chapter 8!


Chapter 8: The Moments of Festivity

The screen once again scrolled through numerous events, creating tension among through group of contestants. Midoriya felt sweat drip down his spine as he felt nervous about the next event, seeing the screen slowly slow down until it landed on the next event as the massive crowd bellowed with excitement. Midnight smirked as she saw the event and waved her whip to the students.

"The 2nd event of the festival is the Cavalry Battle! Such a great event for the crowds! Here are the rules!" The Pro-Hero turned towards the screen as it changed to a picture of All-Might being carried by Thirteen as the vanguard and Present Mic as the rearguard. Point values were issued towards each of the members of the team, and then a total score was off towards the side. Midoriya looked at the image and started to visualize what was about to go down in the event, and ended up with plenty of scenarios, but almost all of them had a similar characteristic, he was targeted out of the gate. He bit his thumb as Midnight continued on with the explanation for the event.

"Teams will be 2-4 people, meaning there will be 10-12 teams on the field. The rider will have these headbands that will display your cumulative score for your team. The objective is to have the most amount of points within the time limit, if your headband is taken or your team falls down, you still have time to gather points. Contestants that make their opponents fall on purpose will issued a warning, 2nd time is immediate disqualification. As for the point values..." The screen switched to the point values of each of the places, starting with 42nd with 5 points.

"If the pattern continues, since I'm 1st, my point value should be 210. However, the purpose of the Sports Festival is to stand out amongst the group, plus being in 1st place is a major disadvantage in events like these. The constant targeting will be an issue, and the fact that point value system seems sketchy. If what I believe is to be true, my point value will be something desirable like 750 to 1,000 points, even 2,000. That's still pretty low than what I'm actually feeling..." Midoriya watched as the screen scrolled up as it gave the point values, and then it got to the top 3 scores, with Bakugo having 200 points and Todoroki 205. The green-haired boy gulped as it finally went up to 1st place, but didn't display a value. Midnight smirked as she grabbed everyone's attention as she then held her whip, pointing it at Midoriya.

"And for Izuku Midoriya, who placed 1st in the Obstacle Race. His value is...!" The screen then displayed his score, causing Midoriya's eyes to bulge out of its sockets.

"10 million?!" Midoriya exclaimed as he felt bullets of sweat began to form on his back as he stared at the screen incredulously, and then bit on his thumb, hard.

"I see, so that's the condition I have. So my suspicions were correct, but it seems a bit extreme for my value to be that high. I'll expect that I'm the target for everyone as if they succeed and grab my headband, it's guaranteed 1st place for that team. Another problem is team composition, since my value is so high, people will avoid teaming up with me. Also, I'm being stared at..." He looked around as everyone looked at him.

"I see..."

"Since his value is so high..." Everyone's stares became hostile as everyone began to paint him as the main target for the event. Midoriya then looked at Midnight, who had a devilish grin on her face as a timer appeared on the screen for 15 minutes.

"Alright, you've got 15 minutes to find your team composition. Ready, and go!" Midnight yelled out as everyone scrambled to find their partners, and Midoriya sighed as nobody was around him in a 10 meter diameter, which he wasn't surprised as he sighed and stayed focus. He saw a lot of people around Bakugo as he placed 3rd in the race and was pretty powerful, and after a couple of minutes, saw that his team consisted of Ashido, Sero, and Kirishima.

"Ashido has her acid that can deteriorate, Sero can use his tape as a sort of rope for pulling in, and Kirishima for defense. That's not a bad team at all." Midoriya thought as he continued to search with 8 minutes left. After roaming around the area he then saw Todoroki's team, which consisted of Iida, Kaminari, and his girlfriend. He didn't think to much of it, but he admitted that the team composition was very dangerous.

"Iida for speed, Kaminari for attacking, and Momo for insulating and defense. And Todoroki's ice for a good measure. That team will be very difficult to handle, but it shouldn't be all that bad, because Todoroki's refusal to use his left side. That means, I can use that to my advantage. Now, I need to find some team members..." He was brought out of his thoughts and turned to see Uraraka smiling at him.

"Let's team up, Deku!" Midoriya felt happy that she wanted to join him, and that also went well with some of his strategies, but above all else, she was his friend. He nodded and she smiled as they continued to search for more people to join up with 5 minutes left on the clock. Midoriya saw that people were beginning to wrap up their team compositions, causing him to grow more tense, not noticing the figure approaching him from behind.

"Hiya, 1st place!" Midoriya jumped in surprise and yelped. Once he calmed down, he saw a girl with symmetrical pink locks and goggles on. She had all sorts of gadgets on her waist belt as she moved her goggles up, revealing her yellow eyes to him. He was intrigued as instead of pupils, she had crosshairs at the center. She had a huge smile on her face as she got uncomfortably close to him as she examined his entire body.

"I was wondering if I could be on your team. Since you're in 1st place and going to get all the spotlight, I'd figured that being on your team will help me showcase my babies to the world! Oh, name's Mei Hatsume, please to meet you, Muscles." She said as she was behind him, feeling his body, causing him to lose all sense of feeling while Uraraka was yelling at her to stop. After that, Hatsume showed off several of her gadgets, including jet packs, which Midoriya recognized them as the one's the the Pro-Hero Air Jet uses, which got the both of them into a friendly conversation, much to Uraraka's confusion.

"We still need 1 more person, and if my luck is great..." Midoriya wandered off until he saw a familiar figure watching the rest of the teams. Once he reached his target, Midoriya began to explain the role that he was going to play for his team.

"I see, so you want me to focus solely on defense. Very well, Midoriya, me and Dark Shadow will join your team." Tokoyami said, causing Midoriya to smile as the 2 of them made their way back to Hatsume and Uraraka as there was just 2 minutes left. Everybody had their teams ready and were waiting for the final countdown. Midoriya exhaled as he was trying to calm his nerves, but suddenly felt his consciousness being warped to somewhere away from his body, and began to panic as he didn't know what was happening.

"Calm down, young Midoriya, I mean you no harm." The boy turned and saw a woman in her mid 30's with flowing black hair and piercing blue eyes. It seemed like she was glowing as she had a tiara with a sun on it, and much to his surprise, saw Dazzling Mirror and Regalian Sword with her. The mirror was floating to her left and the sword at her hilt. She smiled at the boy and ushered him to come closer, and Midoriya slowly made his way over to her, slowly piecing the clues together, until he got to her. His eyes widened as he figured it out and started to stutter before hastily dropping to one knee and bowed to her.

"You're Lady Amaterasu, I uh..." Midoriya couldn't formulate a complete sentence, causing the Goddess to chuckled and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Please rise, my champion." She said, her voice flowed along as her white robes flowed and with the wind that appeared out of nowhere. He felt incredibly small but followed her instructions and stood up, seeing the smile on her face. He then looked shocked at her.

"Wait, what do you mean champion?" He asked as he then looked around the place that they were in, only to see an endless amount of white and it was very bright in there, but his eyes adjusted to it. He then fixated his gaze back towards the deity, finally noticing that she was taller than him by a couple of inches. She sensed his sadness, and laughed softly as she found out why but she then cleared her throat and looked at the boy.

"You're considered my champion since your quirk allows the use of my powers over the sun. Although, I would like for you to be my actual champion." Midoriya's eyes bulged as he heard her proposition and started to overwork his brain to the point of burnout, but she stopped him as she touched his shoulder, sending calming waves throughout his body. He felt his nerves loosen up as her calming presence slowly cleared his mind until he was able to think clearly.

"Why do you want me to be your champion, Lady Amaterasu?" Midoriya asked as he looked at her, confusion all over his face. She smiled towards him and turned around, the winds began to pick up once more.

"I believe that you are worthy for my blessing. Your heart for protecting others and sense of justice is what got my attention, however, it was the use of your quirk is what caused me to finalize my decision. You used 'my powers' to help those around you and the self-sacrifice is what made me chose you as my champion. I'm pretty sure you felt a surge of power when you figured out to combine both sun and moon rather than seeing them as different anomalies." She said as she created 2 chairs out of light and sat down in one, while motioning for Midoriya to sit in the other one, which he did.

"Yeah, I felt the surge of power, but also saw 2 hands press on the barrier when I figured that out. But, wait...you were one of those hands, weren't you?" He asked her, causing the corners of her lips to turn upwards. She nodded as she placed her hand on his hand, and he felt the same power as he did when he created the barrier.

"Wait, then what 'bout the other hand?" He asked, and then saw Amaterasu flinch at the question, as he felt the temperature suddenly drop and the air around them was beginning to feel more depressing than anything he had ever felt, not even when he was told that he was going to be quirkless. He looked concerned as the Goddess looked down, her demeanor changed into a depressed state.

"You'll...meet him eventually, but let's not get into that...For now, let's focus on the matter at hand, now tell me your response." She looked at the young boy, who was in deep thought, but he already knew his answer well before she had asked him to give his answer.

"I accept, mi'lady." Midoriya said, and blushed slightly as he felt weird for saying that word. Amaterasu smiled as she stood up and motioned for him to do the same. She began to hum as her entire body began to glow brightly, and the winds began to pick up, forcing Midoriya to shield his body.

"This immense power...!" He said as she then fired a beam of light that hit Midoriya right in his chest, causing that spot to glow brightly as he then felt the surge of power flow through his body as he felt even more powerful than before. After a couple of seconds, the glowing began to lessen as Midoriya looked at his body, and checked himself to see if something was wrong. After he concluded that there was nothing wrong, he turned to his patron and saw her smile. All of a sudden, he was pulled into a hug from her as she embraced him warmly, and he then slowly reciprocated it. She broke away from him and smiled.

"My champion, it is time for your return to your body. Make me proud." She said as Midoriya felt his conscious return back to his body. He opened his eyes and looked around, seeing the arena and all the teams gathered in a circle as he saw the timer had gone down only by a minute. He looked at his hand and saw that there was a symbol of a cherry blossom on the back of his hand as it slowly disappeared. He clenched his hand as he waited as the final minute was counting down.

"I am the protector of man and this country, young Midoriya. Now, that title will carry on to you as well. Make use of that power, and banish the evil that would dare harm the innocent. My champion, protect this world." Amaterasu said in his mind as it was now 10 seconds until the event started, and felt the flow of energy course into his body as he felt the warm embrace of the sun, almost as if it was smiling and protecting him.

"Are you ready guys?" Midoriya said to his teammates. Uraraka nodded as she looked straight ahead, following Midoriya's every command and the plan that he came up with. Hatsume gave him a thumbs-up as she held the remote in her hands and her goggles over her eyes. Tokoyami nodded and Dark Shadow appeared, giving Midoriya a thumbs-up as well. He felt calm as the final countdown was upon them, and he concentrated energy into his entire body and it slowly enveloped the entire team, causing all of them to be shocked, but saw that Midoriya was doing it.

"This is...a protective field around us!" Tokoyami said. Midoriya nodded as his eyes changed, but this time, instead of the orange-yellow tint by itself, now it had a small outline around his iris, making it look like a mini sun.

"3, 2, 1...The Cavalry Battle begins...NOW!" Midnight exclaimed, causing the crowd to roar with cheering, and just as Midoriya predicted, almost all of the teams went straight for him as a barrage of attacks came directly at them. Midoriya held his hands out and a pulse of lunar energy washed over him as he sprung multiple barriers all around him and his team. The attacks from the other teams were blocked by the barriers, and some of them were even absorbed, Uraraka gave Midoriya a smile as they used the commotion that the barriers caused to move out of their original area to get some breathing space using Hatsume's jet packs and Uraraka's zero-gravity. Midoriya noticed that he was still being chased by Toru's group as Jiro used her boot speakers to slow their progress and unbalance them, but Hatsume stopped her by throwing a device that short-circuited the boots which earned Midoriya a few spew of curses from the ear-jack user.

"Good work Hatsume! Your gadgets sure are amazing!" Midoriya said to the inventor. She looked up at him and smiled widely, and then quickly pressed the remote in her hands to deploy a shield that blocked an attack from an opposing team. Tokoyami then took the initiative to block incoming attacks and used Dark Shadow to gain some distance from more teams. Uraraka then released her quirk as they were now on the opposite side of the area from where they started, seeing that Midoriya's barrier had trapped Bakugo's and a couple other teams. He scanned the area, seeing that everyone wasn't focused on them for the time being.

"Alright kids, 10 minutes left!" Midoriya looked shocked as the starting time was 30 minutes, meaning that they've been dodging and weaving around other teams for 20 minutes, which showed as both Hatsume and Uraraka were panting while Tokoyami had beads of sweat coming down his forehead. He felt a little bit tired to, but he clasped his hands together and tugged at his energy. A beam of light came from up above and engulfed the team, basking them in the rays of the sun and restored their energy and got rid of their fatigue.

"Wow Muscles! Was that your doing?" Hatsume said as looked at Midoriya, her smile was unwavering. He nodded and then turned to Tokoyami and Uraraka, who had intrigued looks on their faces.

"The ability to remove any negative conditions on the body such as fatigue and sickness, I'm once more impressed on your quirk's abilities, Midoriya." Tokoyami said as he then began to watch out for incoming groups. Uraraka noticed that her nausea was gone and she felt completely fine.

"My nausea's gone...Wow! Deku, your quirk is amazing!" Uraraka said. Midoriya smiled, but then noticed that the fighting going on in his barrier grew more and more intense, which forced him to released it as it was draining him of his energy because it's taking damage. He exhaled as he then saw Bakugo's group going straight for them, which caused Midoriya to sweat-drop.

"DEKU!" Bakugo yelled out as he jumped from his group and fired off an explosion, but Tokoyami blocked it. Sero then used his tape to reel in Bakugo as the 2 teams were watching the other for any movements.

"Uraraka, Hatsume, now!" Midoriya said, and the 2 girls nodded as the jet packs powered up. They barely managed to dodge an attack from Todoroki as his group joined in.

"5 MINUTES LEFT!" Present Mic's voice boomed over the loud cheering. Midoriya felt nervous as he had to deal with Bakugo and Todoroki, plus any other team should they try and face the other 2.

"Damn you, icy-prick! Deku is my target!" Bakugo yelled at Todoroki, who just looked at him before sending shards of ice at the blond, but were easily taken care of by Ashido's acid. Soon, both of them were staring each other down as both were ready to duke it out, but that gave Midoriya just the amount of time he needed as he motioned once again to his team members and with Midoriya's ability to mask the sound of anything, was able to successfully escape the dangers.

"Tokoyami, up front!" Tokoyami quickly blocked an attack that came from Class 1-B's Ibara Shiozaki, the vines dancing around Dark Shadow as they tried to get past the sentient, but was unable to as Midoriya launched several blades of light that severed many of the vines. Dark Shadow then was able to get rid of the rest. After a brief scuffle with Class 1-B's Tetsutetsu, they managed to repel their attacks and retreated away from all the action. However, Midoriya felt something wrong.

"Hatsume, do it now!" The pink-haired girl looked confused, but did so anyway and pressed the button, causing the jet-packs to activate and they quickly dodged to the left. Midoriya saw Todoroki's team zoom past by them, and tried to grab the headband around his neck, but the green-haired boy sent a small ray of light that stopped him from grabbing it. Both teams were looking at each other, but Midoriya saw Iida's engine had stalled, so he took action and shoot several rays of light at the group, but Yaoyorozu created a mirror and reflected the attack, sending all over the place, even hitting a couple of teams in the process.

"I should've figured that Momo would come up with that, can't say I'm surprised." Midoriya said as he felt a presence behind him and quickly launched a wave of light, hitting Bakugo's chest dead on, sending the blond flying, but Sero managed to catch him and then flung him straight at Midoriya. The blood-lust on Bakugo's face was apparent as he was getting ready to rip Midoriya's face off. But, Midoriya was ready as he quickly parried the fist so that it directly came into contact with Bakugo's face, and then used that momentum from Sero's throw to throw him at Todoroki's group.

"Tokoyami!" Midoriya yelled, and he nodded, sending Dark Shadow to block attacks coming from Ashido, Sero, and Kirishima. Uraraka used her quirk to foat Hatsume's bombs over to Todoroki and released them once they got close enough, alarming them. Yaoyorozu tried to deflect them while Kaminari tried to short-circuit them, but it was too late as the bombs exploded, covering all of the a substance that stuck all of them together. Midoriya sighed in relief and smiled at Hatsume, but then noticed the glare that Todoroki was giving as he then saw the flames that emerged from his left side.

"TIME'S UP!" Present Mic boomed over the intercom as everyone stopped what they were doing. The flames on Todoroki's left side vanished as the fire-ice user looked at his left hand in surprise, but noticed that they were still stuck in the substance that Hatsume made, and Bakugo was spewing out profanities as he was stuck to Yaoyorozu's mirrors. Midoriya sighed and jumped down from his position, stretching his limbs to loosen them up.

"That was amazing, Deku!" Uraraka said as she patted his back, hard. He couldn't help but smile as her infectious personality was too infectious, but he didn't mind it one bit. Hatsume was looking over her gear, looking kind of depressed that some of her gear was damaged or destroyed from the event. Midoriya noticed the sudden drop of temperature from the eccentric girl and went over to try and comfort her.

"Look, Hatsume, I-!" Midoriya was cut off as he was suddenly grabbed by Hatsume, her face was beaming with happiness and excitement.

"Wow! I'm extremely impressed that you managed to keep 1st place, Muscles! And, I got amazing data from my babies! You've helped me out so much, and I had a blast using all of them! I'd even like to be a personal inventor for you!" Midoriya's eyes bulged as he looked at her with confusion, all the while her huge smile on her face never leaving her face,

"R-really?! Hatsume, w-why would you s-say that?!" Midoriya stuttered out as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. Hatsume cocked her head to the side and smiled.

"Why not? I feel like you're going to be something big in the future, so, I'd like to use now as an opportunity to present my babies to the world. Plus, it helps you out as I can upgrade your uniform and anything else you need made to better suit your hero career, not a bad agreement, eh?" Hatsume said as she leaned forward right into Midoriya's face, causing him to blush and backed up. He did think about her proposition, which he saw no drawback whatsoever, plus she is petty amazing with her 'babies'. After thinking about it for a couple of minutes, he looked at her and nodded. Hatsume grinned widely as she clasped both of his hands and shook them.

"Thanks, Muscles! I'm sure this relationship will be crazy good!" Midoriya chuckled nervously as he almost started to regret his decision, but held it back for a later date. Tokoyami stood there as he looked around the arena, seeing the teams all waiting around for the results of the event. Midoriya rubbed his forehead as he sighed exasperatedly from the conversation with Hatsume, but was happy that she would help him out. He then saw the substance that the inventor made begin to dissolve, and soon after, it was completely off of Todoroki's group. Midoriya felt the glare coming from Todoroki, but didn't pay heed to it as he saw Yaoyorozu, Kaminari, and Iida walking up to him.

"I must say, you caught me by surprised as you dodged my burst of speed. I'm very impressed by that, Midoriya." Iida said as he pushed up his glasses. Midoriya put both of us hands in front of him and shook them.

"Oh! That was nothing, Iida! I'm more interested with that burst of speed you pulled! You traversed about half of the stadium in less than a couple of seconds, that's really fast!" Midoriya exclaimed, causing the glasses boy to smirk as he rubbed his nose. Kaminari chuckled as he slung his arm around Midoriya and Tokoyami.

"I must say, you 2 were amazing out there! And even Uraraka and that other girl you had were pretty amazing as well!" Kaminari smiled as he looked at the 2 of them. Midoriya chuckled at his friend's actions as he then looked at Yaoyorozu, who had a solemn expression on her face as she looked at Midoriya. But, he just smiled at her and walked up to her.

"Hey."

"Hey..." Midoirya looked at her as she turned away from him, causing him to cock his head to the side in confusion. He placed his hand on her shoulder and turned her around, seeing her worried expression as she didn't meet his eyes. He looked at her and sighed as he figured it out and looked at her.

"Look, I'm not mad that you joined Todoroki. I know you have your reasons of doing so, and I respect that. Plus, I was really amazed on how you thought up of using mirrors to counter my solar powers." He said as a tinge of red appeared on his cheeks as he turned to the side and scratched his cheek. She looked at him stunned before chuckling softly and smiled at him. After that, it was uneventful as people were chatting it up with other people, except for Bakugo as he was yelling out curses at Midoriya and Todoroki for beating him once again. Midoriya just sighed in annoyance as he noticed that the intercom came back on.

"OKAY EVERYBODY! Here are the scores! In 1st place...TEAM MIDORIYA! 2nd...TEAM TODOROKI! 3rd...TEAM BAKUGO! AND 4th...TEAM SHINSO! Those be the 4 teams that will advance to the final event of the Festival! EVERYBODY GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THEM!" Present Mic said and right after that, they were all told that lunch will be served in 10 minutes, so everyone made their way to the cafeteria. Midoriya felt relieved as his stomach was grumbling since he didn't eat breakfast and was about to join Jiro and Tsuyu as they were the closest after everyone mixed in together. He was talking to the 2 of them, but then felt someone place their hand on his shoulder and pulled him back, causing the 2 girls to be alarmed. The green-haired boy looked back and saw Todoroki.

"Midoriya, come with me." He said and walked away, causing Midoriya to look at him in confusion, but reluctantly followed him. Jiro and Tsuyu looked on with worry, but Midoriya assured them that nothing wrong was going to happen.

"Jiro, can you tell everyone that I'll be a little late to lunch?" He asked her, which she nodded. He sighed in relief and began to increase his pace to catch up to Todoroki. They traversed the stadium until they reached one of the exits and he leaned on one of the walls, and Midoriya took the other side as he waited for Todoroki to talk.

"I'm going to be blunt about this, are you All-Might's bastard?" Todoroki said, causing Midoriya to look at him in confusion, but he shook his head slowly which garnered a sigh from the fire-ice user.

"You know my father, Endeavor, the #2 hero. He hates All-Might to the point where he wants to take his spot as the #1 hero, but has always been out-shined by All-Might. He will do everything to gain that position, and that's what he did. You've heard of inter-quirk marriages, correct? My father bought her hand in marriage and bared a bastard child for the sole purpose to 1 day, overthrow All-Might and become the #1 hero, that child is me. After a couple of years after I was born, my father put me through grueling training, and my mother hated that to the point where seeing my left side caused her to go insane and threw boiling water at my face. This side of me put my mother through so much pain...I hate it..." Todoroki gritted his teeth as he clenched his fist tightly. Midoriya didn't know what to say as he just stood there. After a couple of seconds, Todoroki looked at Midoriya with a serious look.

"This Festival will help me send a message to my father, I reject his power and the side he gave to me. The power that hurt my mother, I reject it. I will defeat you and win this festival with just my ice to prove that I don't need his power. I will reject everything my father stands for..." Todoroki announced and began to walk away from Midoriya. Many thoughts were rushing through the green-haired boy's mind as he didn't know what to do, but his body did.

"Wait, Todoroki." The boy turned his head and saw Midoriya jogging up to him.

"Look, I won't pretend to understand what you went through as a child, but I can relate to that as my childhood wasn't all that great either. But, right now, let me be blunt. I think your resolve for winning this is a bunch of pitiful excuses." Midoriya said uncharacteristically in in a monotone voice, almost mocking in a way. Todoroki suddenly turned his entire body and gave Midoriya the biggest death glare ever, but it didn't waver the green-haired boy.

"...What did you say...?" Todoroki growled out as he glared. Midoriya stood his ground and turned to the side and sighed.

"I said exactly what I said. Your reasons for rejecting half of your quirk is utter nonsense, pitiful excuses that won't cut it on the field. You say you will win, but that half-asses resolve won't get you your win. You won't defeat me, hell, you won't even win against Bakugo with your weak resolve. Give it up, Todoroki, your weak." Midoriya said callously as he turned around and walked away from the heterochromia boy, still feeling the glare that Todoroki was giving. As he turned the corner and walked for a couple of minutes, he suddenly collapsed to his knees as his heartbeat was skyrocketing. He felt bad for saying all of those harsh things, but Midoriya felt it was necessary to do so. After calming his nerves for a bit, he remembered how cold he was to the boy, which sent shivers down his spine. He sighed as he then gained a look of confidence as he figured out what he wanted to do.

"I will help you, Todoroki." Midoriya then made his way back to the cafeteria and saw Yaoyorozu waving at him. He smiled and went to grab his lunch from Lunch Rush and walked over to see Iida, Uraraka, Kirishima, and almost all of Class 1-A, and right next to them was Class 1-B. He smiled when all of his classmates waved or said some greetings of sorts and then looked over to Class 1-B's Itsuka Kendo and waved at her, which she reciporcated, and then turned to Shiozaki and waved to her as well, receiving a nod. He knew them from a couple of class representative meetings, and he had a group chat for the class representatives, so he had a couple of interactions with them.

"What happened with Todoroki, Midoriya?" Jiro asked as she looked at him while playing with her food. Several people turned to him with worry, but he waved them off as he sat down next to his girlfriend.

"All we did was chat for a bit, nothing to worry about." Midoriya briskly said, but Yaoyorozu caught on to his hastiness and narrowed her eyes at him, but didn't pry as she knew that what ever him and Todoroki talked about, he wanted it to be a secret. She let it go as she unconsciously moved closer to him, smiling a little as she felt safer around him. Her actions, however, didn't go unnoticed by Ashido, Iida, Jiro, and Tsuyu. Ashido had a smirk on her face and was about to question it, but was at the receiving end of Iida's emotionless look as it told her not to ask, which she grudgingly obliged and huffed in her seat.

"Anyways, what do you think the last event is going to be?" Sero asked as he looked at Kirishima and Kaminari. Many people were also wondering that question.

"Apparently, it's going to be something a 1-on-1 battle, like last year was a pool-noodle fight. But, anything can go from here on out, man! I'm so pumped for this final event!" Kirishima said excitingly, and many people agreed. Midoriya looked at his hand and clenched it as he remembered his talk with Todoroki, the look of pure hatred for his father was surreal. But, even knowing the reason, Midoriya wasn't going to give up on getting 1st place. He then looked over and smiled as he saw his friends all bustling with happiness and laughter that butterflies where in his stomach.

"My champion, I would like to speak with you, if that is alright." Amaterasu's voice filled his mind. He looked around and saw everyone's focus on Kaminari and Kirishima, so he felt like it was a good time.

"I would be honored, mi'lady." Chuckling can be heard in his mind as his patron was chuckling at his antics.

"Please, don't call me that. If you would please, call me something like 'Mother' or 'Mom'. I feel like those are acceptable names." Midoriya could hear the laughter in her words, but they were also genuine as he pondered her words for a second.

"Wait, you've never had a child before?" All of a sudden, he felt immense depression as he knew that Amaterasu was about to reveal something big.

"Well, I did have a child, but my husband...killed her...so..." Midoriya felt pretty guilty for even asking that question to her as he felt like her depression was directly involved with her husband, and he couldn't help but hate him for doing that to her.

"I see, well, please don't be sad...mom." Midoriya felt embarrassed for saying it, but he felt like Amaterasu was a motherly figure for the 2 hours that he had met her. He felt like her heart was genuine, and since she was his patron, why not? Having another mom shouldn't hurt, right?

"My champion...no, my son...I couldn't ask for a more perfect son. As of now, I, Amaterasu, adopt you, Izuku Midoriya, as my child. Please, use my powers and your quirks to make this world a better place. Oh! I forgot about why I wanted to talk with you, son. I would like to give you this as a gift from a friend of mine." He felt energy in his palms as he held them out. All of a sudden, a small rabbit appeared on his hands, it's sleek white fur and green eyes made it seem like the most adorable thing he had ever seen.

"Although we are of different origins, me and the Chinese goddess Chang'e are really good friends in this world. She wanted to give you the Jade Rabbit as a way to show her appreciation and to help you on your future endeavors. Even though you don't have a similar link that me and you share, you both are still bounded by the moon. She also wishes you good luck as your adventure had yet to begin." Midoriya looked at the small rabbit as he then looked around him, seeing that none of his friends could see the rabbit, which was a relief to him. Then, he saw the rabbit slowly transform into jade as it was now a necklace, which he put on and watched it disappear.

"Is that all, mother?" Midoriya still felt awkward for calling her mother, but he didn't mind it a bit. He still loved his real mother a lot, and he wasn't trying to replace one with the other.

"Actually son, there is one more thing I would like to give you. A sort of...power-up, to put it in lamest terms. It is called divination, the power to temporarily transform into a god. However, please, be careful in using it. This power is very dangerous, and should only be used when you really need to. You are powerful, but even with your power, you will face opponents much more stronger than you. Utilize both of your quirks, and train to have the ability to protect this world. Oh! And do please give this to your girlfriend, I would like for her to have it. Anyway, I'm counting on you, do your best, my son. Farewell, for now.." Midoriya felt her leave his mind, and he sighed before feeling something in his pocket. He then felt a tap on his shoulder and saw Yaoyorozu looking at him with a worried expression.

"Are you okay? You've been spacing out for quite awhile now." She asked. Midoriya looked at her, before remembering the thing that Amaterasu wanted to give her. He replayed her words to him before looking at her with a serious expression on his face.

"Hey, Momo, can we talk for a moment?"


And done! Another long chapter! Anyways, as of releasing this chapter, we just hit 17,000 views! I am very happy to see that this story is very successful! Thank you to all!

As for the story, how did I do? Do you like that Amaterasu is now Midoriya's mother? I had that idea for awhile, and to me, it makes sense. And, just for future notes, THIS WILL NOT BE AN ACCURATE DEPICTION FOR ANY OF THE DEITIES that I will be putting in for the future, so please, don't complain because I didn't depict someone wrong. So, don't complain, okay? This is a fanfiction after all, don't necessarily see the point in complaining about incorrect information...

Next on the list is...special chapters! You know, for like Christmas and New Year's as they're approaching closer and closer with each passing day! Would you guys like to have these special chapters, or nah?!

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please PM me or put it in the reviews on the latest chapter, so that I can respond and get back to you as soon as possible!

Please, continue to support this story, I really enjoy making chapters for you guys! I love every single one of you...but not in that way!

Anyways, please and thank you!

I will see all of you, in the next chapter!

Plus Ultra!