"Is he here yet sweetie?" Came a shout from down the hall.
"Not yet mom, I'll let you know when to come out." Was the shouted reply. Izuku knew this day would come. He had tried to prepare for it for years, but it's never the same when it's a reality. He had to seriously step up his game. This was one of the most important nights of his life.
A rapping on the door, broke him out of his thoughts. "Coming" as he got up, moving quickly to the door, he knew what to expect, who to expect. He knew their every strength and weakness, how he would need to act and react to this confrontation. Opening it, he saw his target. Standing off to the side, motioning, "please come in, she'll be right out. Let's wait in the living room, Sensei."
Tugging at his collar, a bead of sweat formed on his forehead. "Is that really necessary, Young Midoriya. I could just…" he started before being cut off.
"Wait in the living room, what an excellent idea. Let me take your coat, don't want you to sweat too much." He pulled his teacher, his idol into his apartment. Any other time, he would be ecstatic, but not tonight. Tonight he was the enemy. He had to be watched, any slip up and All Might would meet his doom. All Might, the number one hero, the Symbol of Peace, had to now impress his harshest critic, his number one fan and student. The boy of the woman he intends to take on a date tonight.
As the move into the living room, Izuku waves him to sit on the couch as he takes the chair opposite. He had moved the furniture to help emphasize the point he intends to make tonight. As he sits down, the advanced interrogation techniques kick in. First he just stares, waiting for his prey to succumb to his nerves.
On any other night he is All Might and could stare down villains towering over buildings, monsters that shake the very souls of mortal men, tonight he is Toshinori Yagi and he is terrified of a scrawny 15 year old boy. "So…" he coughs, "Is Inko ready?" trying to find something to start a conversation with.
"I see, you're already on first name basis then," Izuku coldly asked, his target needed to squirm, he had to prove himself. He couldn't answer the question, that was weakness he had to ask them, and get answers that was the most important thing, well the second most important. "When did that happen?"
Not used to this type of confrontation Yagi tried to slide back into his normal dialogue with the young man across from him, "Young Midoriya, I don't see how that's important," he tried to happily banter with his proclaimed protégé, not noticing the glare from Izuku, "We're going to have a lovely time."
"Oh, you are, are you?" Izuku couldn't back down, this was his mother after all. "Where are you taking her then?" he inquired. Too expensive and it will seem like he's trying to buy her, too cheap and he doesn't respect her enough.
"We-well, we were going to go dancing, Inko loves dancing," as he laid out his plans for the evening. "Not to a nightclub though." He quickly corrected. Something about the way he was being watched, it made him feel small, like he was being analyzed by a professional, he couldn't slip up, he didn't want to know what would happen then. "Then we would go to a restaurant, somewhere Italian." He waited for Izuku to nod, showing that he either approved or at least didn't disapprove.
"Yes, Italian is her favorite." Izuku unfolded his legs and leaned forward. "So how are you going to get there, I notice your suit is more form fitting, so I hope you don't expect to jump your way across town. She doesn't like heights." Izuku waiting for a flinch, finding none.
"Of course not." All Might began sweating, wondering if the AC was turned off or if he was really this nervous. He shouldn't be, he was All Might, but then again he's never had to speak to anyone like this before. "I got us a taxi."
"Oh, do you expect to not be able to drive." Izuku pulled at this thread. "Planning to do some drinking, maybe loosen her up?" this was a harsh question, he had to know. Her safety was paramount.
Yagi sputtered at this, "No no no, I won't, I mean we won't, unless she wants to, but then." He stammered out. Unsure how to answer this correctly. "I will not touch a drop, she is free to have as much as she wants, I will maintain control the entire time." He prayed this was enough.
"I expect control," He nearly growled this out, "She's not a heavy drinker, so a few might be all it takes, I expect you to be a gentleman." He placed his hands on his knees and took a needed breath of air, "because if you are not" he added darkly. "They will never find your body."
At this Yagi shuddered, before he could do anything, let alone say anything. Ms. Midoriya entered, "Oh Izuku stop teasing him, that's my job." She walked over and placed her hand on her son's head, ruffling his hair. "But thank you for looking out for me, my big strong man," she crooned at her baby boy.
"Mom, I have to be sure." He whined, trying his best to recapture the intensity he had previously displayed.
"Oh sweetie, it just Yagi," she walked over and took her dates hand. Pulling from the couch where he had been trapped before. "We are just going to dance and have some food, nothing more." As she grabbed her coat.
"I still have to make sure he's not going to do anything." He rounded, following the pair to the door.
At this she was in a fit of laughter, "Honey, we are both adults, we know what we are doing."
Izuku had to keep going, "I just need to be sure he's good enough."
Inko's eyebrows perked up, "Good enough for what sweetie?", she giggled.
Izuku blushed and looked down, "For you." He whispered, "You're all I have, you're my mom and you only deserve the best."
Turning to him, she pulled him into a hug, "Oh sweetie, that means so much that you would look out for me like that. I promise to be responsible and don't worry, I know how to keep a man in line." She winked at him. Taking Toshinori by the arm and leading him out the door. "Don't stay up to late, I know you have school in the morning." As the door closed, Izuku moved to the window to watch them climb into the taxi and take off. Once they turned the corner, he placed a radio in his ear.
"Mama bird is on the move, are all pieces in place." As he moved back to his room to grab his surveillance gear, specially made for underground heroes.
"Copy Hat Trick, Speed Freak in pursuit, maintaining cover, over." Came over the line.
"Second that, Chemistry and Ghost at Point Alpha, awaiting arrival. Over."
"Floater and Big Bang on standby, over."
"Copy, Hat Trick moving to provide extraction should the operation go sideways. Over"
Author's Notes.
Here it is, what you have all been waiting for. The beginning of the Inko x All Might, Date Night.
I am going to be slow and methodical with this. Like all romance, it must be measured, paced and simply succulent. I will have to compound that with an intense spy mission in the background as well.
These will be short parts, but they will all be taken over one night, broken up by locales and events.
Now to touch on a guest review for Chapter 8 of AMS.
To RandomDude. I was trying to make it seem like Kaminari, while not a perv like Mineta is still sort of the average teenage boy, so he see Midoriya who has performed well in class and seemingly is attractive, would like to know more of how he did that and if it's something that can be explained. In turn Kirishima was simply adding himself into the conversation, but I hope that it came across that Fumikage was just more curious on Midoriya's ability to form connections with people, since I kinda head cannoned that the more "monstrous" or "sinister" looking quirks tended to not have as many friends and that is why he tended to more secluded activities, like occultism.
Monoma was really the only one I was trying to make seem offensive about his views of the girls. But if I didn't get that across properly I'm sorry, I'll try better next time.
As for the bullying there are in fact a few more subtle ways to bully, I tried to hint that Todoroki is a bit of a hair trigger at his fathers Hero Name, which while the word endeavor won't come up to much in casual conversation, the students who speak a more proper dialect would use it somewhat, so he previously only had to deal with that word around his dad.
As for why no one intervened I had tried again to make it a little subtle. They are a hero school, learning to stop crimes, they are still children and bullying is something that is a sort of delicate situation, no punches were thrown, only harsh words so who should escalate and there is another important aspect. Dealing with Haters, not everything they do as heroes will get cheers, so dealing with negative reactions from people is also very important. Don't want a Superman where the moment someone says he could have done better he flies off to Antarctica to brood for a year or so. Monoma is in a weird way helping them learn, just punching someone who bad mouths you will get you in more trouble than them.
I do understand your point with the training, it's important they do spar to get better. But I'm pulling a page from the first Canon day. Aizawa mentioned that during his testing that most of them have been forbidden from using their quirks at school for sports and stuff. So he tested them so they could learn their limits in a sense. All Might's training doesn't make sense, after a single day of just testing the limits of their quirks they are no where ready to use them on each other in direct combat. Because officially using quirks without a license is illegal and they can't acknowledge any unofficial practice and training the students might have had. So it made more sense for them to treat everyone as if it was their first day and to have them go easy. I know that kinda clashes with the Entrance Exam I used, but most of the students didn't take the Combat test so using it on other people may be a new concept to them.
And lastly, no your barrage of comments didn't scare me off. I quite liked them actually. More indepth responses allow me to find new angles and try to make sure I maintain a level of quality that people can enjoy and allows me to also properly explain my reasoning and thought process when writing.
Also, leave some Brutal Reviews. I need to get better at schmoozing, since I am a hopeless dude, let's make sure I can put some tears in the eyes, one way or another.
