Chapter 9: Day out part 3
"So, wait...the Robot Restaurant is the Red-Light District?!" Isabella asked in shock and disgust, which was shared by many of the American students.
They were now all seated in a large booth at a sushi bar
"Yeah...you kids didn't know that?" Mandalay asked.
"We just saw it on Discovery Channel before we left!" Natalie pouted. "The show never said WHERE it was! Ah poop!.I was looking so forward to it!"
Sitting beside Izuku and Ochako, Kota and Eri giggled at the Electricty girl's attitude, along with Reggie, with great ease and practice, patting her shoulder to calm her down.
"By the way, Bobby? This doesn't count as the sushi you ahve to get me!"
"You;re still holding me to that? Everyone knows now!" Bobby pointed out, both his arms currently in slings.
As it turns out, Bobby had ripped the muscles in his arms holding up the pillar at the mall; the adrenaline rush had simply delayed his body from feeling it until a few minutes ago
So in a manner of speaking, he was armless.
"He has a point; that does defeat the entire need of you needing sushi." Reggie reminded his oldest friend.
"Apologies, but I think I speak for many when I say...I'm lost." Ida interrupted, getting many nods of understanding.
"Before Star explained the whole Deku and Everyman saving Eri situation, Bobby probaly bought Natalie's siience with the promise of sushi, and no I did not use my Quirk to overhear, you three are very obvious." Odessa and Jiro said together.
Said trio blushed in embrassment, as did the two speakers.
"That's freaky and awesome." Kaminari noted.
"I take it that's not the fist time they've done something like that?" Jiro asked
"Pretty obvious if you ask me." Bakugo snapped.
"Bombing-Boy, please! We could make a TV show about these three!" Donna grinned.
"Triste, pero cierto." Isabella and Reggie noted, the rest of the Americans nodding in agreement.
A yawn escaped one of the forgotten students; Henry Ford, sipping on a soda.
"Gets boring after a while, ya know."
"Oooh! Do tell!" Hagakure begged.
"Then its for the scare at the mall!" Natalie quickly hollered to Bobby. "What were...you..."
She stopped abruptly, as Bobby looked down at his feet and the other Kirby students became saddened.
"Rachel?" Riley asked in concern.
"Rachel." Bobby admitted.
Many of the UA girls, alongside Ida and Yuga, gasped in shock, making the connection very quickly. Still, it needed to be said.
"Whose Rachel?" Ojiro asked, already knowing he wouldn't like the answer.
"My older sister." Bobby explained, a sad smile encompassing his face. "Walker White. The only sister who always believed in me. Kept me safe...heh. I remember this one time, when we were in Africa, this mad elephant started to rampage, nearly crushed me when I pushed some other kids out of the way. Rachel held taht foot up long enough for me to escape and then joined me. And she wasn't the strongest of my sisters by a long shot! Her Quirk was like a homing-firing, target setting thing. But still, she...Rach was amazing. All that mattered to her was that I was okay."
"She was always the nicest of your sisters." Momo noted as tears escaped his eyes.
"She...she died two months ago, during that gang war the chief mentioned." Bobby finsihed, clearly wanting to move on from this.
The mood at the table became downtrodden, and not just from the Americans; Jiro and Hagukure seemed to be almost just as effected as Bobby, and Terrance was fighting back tears.
"I had a crush on her, Kay!" He admitted quickly.
"She was married, had a cute daughter." Jiro reminded him. "But yeah, how could you not? A great singer, dedicated hero..."
"She actually inspired me to become a hero." Hagukure confessed, getting Ojiro to hold her.
"It's not the Quirk that makes the hero, it's the user. Never give up, kids! Like All Might himself says, only YOU can make yourself great."
"And look at me; can't even handle a few villains..."
"Us neither." Kirishima and Mina hung their heads in shame.
"Hey now." Dennis said. "Those guys are A-ranked! You guys did your best..."
He smiled weakly.
"Much better than we did." Natalie smiled weakly.
"At least until the Bomber." Nancy added, before covering her mouth in shock.
"Wait, you kids fought THE Bomber? Mason Jingo?" Mandalay asked in shock. "And survived?"
The Kirby students nodded hurriedly, now wanting to remmber more than nessacary.
Eri and Kota had rushed and hugged the young American boy, who was understandably shocked...but smiled.
"I...I lost my parents." Kota explained.
"I lost my papa and grandpa." Eri nodded, a weak smile on her face. She was clearly trying to be like Izuku
Bobby smiled at his former pen-pal before placing his head on the kid's head.
"Thanks, kids."
Many held back tears at the two kids' attempts to cheer up the hero-in-training, bur the mood was now lifted considerably.
As soon as the hug ended, Bobby's eyes widened.
"Wait." He said aloud. "I...I think...Yeah! I got movement in my arms aga..OW! Not too much! Not too much!"
In spite of it all, the tablemates all burst into laughs before Nancy, ever the 'proper lady' took the conversation back to the original topic.
"Well, we're definitely NOT going to that Robot Restaurant now!" Nancy assured all, Odessa and (of course) Reggie nodding in agreement,
"I might!" Terrance beamed without shame, getting glared at. "Surprised you're not raring to go, Britt."
"Why would I be interested?" Brittany smiled, nuzzling her cheek againsy Isabella's. "I got all the love I need right here and it won't cost me a thing."
"How the fuck...?" Bakugo started
"LANGUAGE!" The Americans and Mandalay said, pointing to Kota and Eri.
"One. More." Donna and Dennis glared at him, the boy slamming his knuckles into his palms while Donna created a string and made it look like she was strangling someone.
"...have they not yet been expelled?"
"Aw, Baku!" Terrance sarcastically cooed. "I thought we'd bonded."
"Ya do something like that here, there's no way any hero school would let you in!"
"His dad probably would've pulled strings to get him in." Odessa noted. "Mine certainly almost did."
"Recommendations?" Momo guessed, getting two nods.
By this time, the food came and everyone dug in...minus Bobby, who was trying to find a way to eat without arms and not look like a savage...but also apparently trying to get the kids to laugh at his attempts.
"I'll pay for the sushi I drop." He promised his host, who herself was stifling a alugh along with the others.
"Not anymore!"
Riley, with a fresh pair of Chopsticks and Eri on her lap, Riley picked up a Salmon roll.
"Here you go, Bobby. Say 'ahhh!" Riley cooed happily.
"Aaah!" a smiling Bobby obeyed, taking the roll into his mouth and smiling as he savored the taste. "Yummy!"
Eri hugged him again, and Bobby felt more movement return to his arms.
Mina and Donna, along with Mandalay and Reggie, picked up on this but did not comment. It was clear that contact with the little girl had healed the Quirkless boy, yet she was clearly not knowingly doing it, leaving one question:
'What the heck IS Eri's quirk?'
Not notcicing this and seeing an oppertunity to try a romantic staple, Ochako looked down at her own plate, picked up a Gyoza and turned to her boyfriend.
"Um...Izuku?"
"Um...Ochako?"
Izuku had done the same, albeit with a some chicken
With a blush on both their faces, they followed in suit, making several girls sqell with delight.
"Ew. Cooties." Kota gagged.
"Preach it, kid." Bakugo nodded.
MHPP
Shouto immediately was on edge yet excited when he got to his mother's hospital; visiting hours were almost done and he might be turned away. But still, after such a monumental day, he had to bring her up to speed:
Endeavour (sort of) apologizing? Fighting Foreign villains? Meeting American students? So much had happened in the last few hours, and while on the outside he was stoic as always, inside he was giddy with delight and exictment.
As long as he tried to see her, that was all that mattered. If not, he;d give her a call at the dorms or try and see her tomorrow.
As he neared her door, he could hear two pairs laughter; one was like a cooing dove, a lullaby almost. No doubt his mother.
The other was loud and sqwaky, very much male.
"You did not!" Rei gasped in between laughs.
"I did!"
Recognizing the voice and now somewhat at ease, Shouto opened the door to see his mother and Perry Grin laughing at a memory. A half empty bottle of sake and fresh bouquet of her favourite flowers showed the young hero-in-training that they had been there for a while.
"'Hi gay, I'm dad!'" Perry repeated, remembering when Brittany had confessed to him. "And she went 'Dad! I'm serious!' And I responded 'No, you're gay. It's Delvega, isn't it?'"
"You are horrible!" Rei laughed, punching him in the shoulder.
"I know! But come on, I'm a dad, I get to do that! Besides, Brittany is not at ALL subtle when it comes to what she wants. And she teases everyone all the time! It was as close to payback as I ..."
"Um, pardon me?"
The two adults turned to see the Half Hot Half Cold boy standing in the doorway, an amused yet clearly confused look on his face.
"S-Shouto!" Rei blushed, embarrassed her baby boy was seeing her like this. She quickly cleared her throat and hid her glass, straightening up as much as possible. "H-how are you doing? Did school finish early?"
Her son nodded and sat down beside her, smiling at her being far more jovial than usual.
"We had visitors today. In fact, the man here was one of them."
Mr. Grin followed in suit, chuckling nervously.
"I really should've seen this coming..." He muttered to himself, his mood suddenly dampening and his eyes darting around the room as if in search of a quick escape.
"How do you know my mother?" Shouto asked. "You're clearly close, but I sense no romantic..."
"Perry and I were the best of friends when we were younger." Rei explained, a little too quickly. "Before your father asked me to marry him, my family usually went to the states every summer. Honestly, I;m surprised your sister never mentioned him..."
"I..." Perry started, only to fumble, hanging his head in shame. "...I tried to keep tabs on Rei Heard some rumors about Endeavour and wanted to make sure they weren't true. But, then I became a father myself and... Well, ypu know the rest. On that note..."
The Falcon headed man promptly fell to his knees, placed his hands on the ground and hung his head in shame.
"Shoto...II...I...I am...I'm so sorry.."
The youngest Todoroki rose an eyebrow in confusion.
"I'm the reason you got scarred in the first place!" Perry said, apparently admitting to something. "I was the one on the phone with Rei amd your grandma that night! I was the one that asked the question that got you..."
"Stop."
Perry looked up, tears racing down his face.
"You couldn't have known and you wanted to help my mom. If anything, And like she's probably said, you were a father yourself then. A far better one than mine, too."
A smile appeared on their faces.
"I'm...actually kind of grateful. I may have gone about it the wrong way, but that night? Your apparent actions? They made me swear to never be like Endeavour."
Memories of his fight with Izuku played through his mind:
'IT'S YOURS! YOUR QUIRK, NOT HIS!"
Perry excused himsellf to clear off his tears, allowing Shoto to give his mom a summary of the day's events. Her attention was rapt with interest, especially when Perry's daughters and this Quirkless boy he had taken a shining too came up.
2 hours later. a knock came to the door.
"I'm so sorry, but visiting hours are almost done." A nurse apologized. "And Miss Todoroki, your sheets need to be cleaned."
"One minute, please." Rei smiled at the two men in the room; her best friend and her baby boy. Both were fine heroes. "You can come by tomorrow, right?"
"As soon as class ends." Shoto promised.
"Right after breakfast." Perry followed.
"Oh right! You have that date tomorrow night!" Rei remembered. "I'll do some research on her and help you chose an ensemble."
With chuckles escaping their mouths, Shoto gave his mother a kiss on the forehead and Perry gave her a hug before they left the room, shooting her a wave and thanks the nurse.
"Do you...need a ride back to UA?" Perry offered the half-cold, half-hot boy. "I may not be as fast as Hawks or cool as All Might, but I have it on good authority my flights are pretty awesome."
Ordinarily, the youngest Todoroki would turn down such a request; the trains were still running and Perry did have his own daughters to worry about. Two very cute daughters, one of which was a well known troublemaker and the other who was very attched to that boy Yayorozu was very attached to.
A funny feeling filled him whenever he thought of them together, despite him knowning that at most, they were like siblings. He had seen their eyes brighten whenever they saw each other and when they talked, Momo was a little more subdued and yet more open. Bobby himself seemed the same.
"You know?" Shoto admitted to the older man."I always wanted to see the city from the sky."
With a smile, Perry activated his quirk, transforming into a man sized hawk and letting his best friend's son hang on tight before he took to the skies.
MHPP
"Yeah, I heard on the train ride home. The kids are alright? Oh, Oh okay, good." Nerumi aka Midnight said on the phone as she entered her apartment, takeout in her arms. "How's Toshi taking it? Heh, give it a listen."
Nerumi shifted the phone so that her caller could hear what the man she loved was up to:
"WOHOO!"
The former #1 Hero was watching a report on the Mall battle, cheering on his successor and students, jumping all over the apartment as the news covered their attempts to push back a villain attack.
"OH YEAH! THAT'S HOW ITS DONE!"
"I'll call you later." Nerumi smiled, almost ending the call before her friend added something. "What? Oh? Oh my! Yes, I'll tell him. He is so getting teased for that! Ok. Bye Michelle. See you around."
She ended the call, let her hair down and cooed:
"Oh, Toshi?"
He stopped cheering long enough to take off her glasses and unbutton her shirt, letting her pheromones loose and calming him down as he fell into her chest.
"I take it you had fun catching up with Nighteye?" She teased, giggling when he nodded happily. Her thoughts turned briefly to the Midnight Boys; her sidekicks and aides from 10 years ago...roughly the same time as that Crawler and Pop-Step couple had popped up.
Nerumi made a mental note to get back into contact with her former sidekicks (they had formed a band, she recalled) before returning her attention to a now almost asleep Toshinori, whose head had moved from bosom and into her lap, a cute and shy smile on his face.
'Kami, this man will be the death of me.' The heroine thought to herself, keeping her squelling inside.
"He's doing great. Might even come over sometime next week." Tohsinori smiled brightly. "Now that neither of us is dying anytime soon. Izuku and Young Walker got off with a warning and ...heh, you should've seen Mrs. Midoriya when she learnt about her son and Miss Uraraka..."
This was a welcome sight for X-rated heroine.
For the past few weeks, she had watched the man she loved in worry and concern. On one hand, she was actually glad he had retired after defeating his arch-enemy; his health wasn't getting much better and he had left a hell of an impact on society. She knew for a fact Toshinori Yagi would be remembered as a legend.
But retirement from active duty had not come easily for him:
While he had attempted to distract himself by reading 'Teching for dummies' books, Toshinori had spent many evenings overlooking the city he had been tasked with protecting; not completely comfortable with retirement. Every tme a siren had blared or someone called for help, he'd rush to go and aid...and then remember he couldn't anymore.
But today, he had no such worries; his successor had once again proven to be a team-player who thought of the big picture and did his best to keep everyone safe and happy. And perhaps it was the nostalgia speaking to her, but she had a feeling Izuku and Bobby's recent deeds were the start of a new age; a time were there were TWO great heroes, like she heard Hawks believe in.
Speaking of Bobby...
"By the way, Michelle says you owe her students a slew of autographs."
Toshinori cringed in realization he had failed to show his appreciation to his fans; and visiting ones no less! Gran Torino would be so ashamed of him and mock him and hit hi...
He then realized Nerumi had cupped his face into her hands and was smiling the smile he loved most about her.
"What's on your mind, Toshi?" She asked knowingly.
A blush covered his face as he remembered Izuku's question:
'Can we expect mini-Mights some time soon?'
"Um, Nerumi? N-now that I'm retired..." He started. "I know we...um..."
"You want us to try and have a family." Nerumi smiled. "And seeing Michelle and Perry probably didn't help, right?"
He shyly nodded.
"I could stay at home and...I know I'm not the most handsome guy anymore and we'll have to pray they turn out like you, but..."
Nerumi silenced him with a finger.
"Toshinori Yagi. I love you. Hero or civilian, you are the one I want to spend my life with. And yes, I do want a family with you someday. When things are clear and cut."
Her eyes and tone turned sensual.
"But for now, you have to deal with...All Night."
Their lips met hungrily, and soon Toshinori was occupied from his self-hating. Instead, well...let's just saying he was beginning to have second thoughts on the unlikeliness of becoming a father.
"TO...KY...O...SMASH!"
And he would also be getting many, many, noise complaints.
(AN: I am sorry. And yet, not sorry)
MHPP
Michelle Star chuckled as she ended the call, happy for her old friend
"Um...Miss Star?"
The American Heroine then turned to see someone she hadn't been expecting; a former student of hers.
"Pony!" The teacher beamed, taking her into a hug.
Pony Tsunotori. Hero name: Her Quirk, Horn Canon, allows her to detach and launch her horns as projectiles.
"I saw what happened on the news." The girl explained. "is...?"
"No worries, Pony." Michelle assured her former student. "All the kids are fine. They even managed to push the villains back. They'll be here soon, you can stay here if you want. I know Riley would love to see you again."
"I'd like that too."
MHPP
He was still gobsmacked by it...and that's why he was doing this.
Tomura Shigaraki, aka Tenko Shimura, had been raised to be the symbol of Evil; this had meant learning the art of backstabbing, phrasing and reading people to get at the core of their character. It had meant knowing where and when to call it quits...and detecting traitors.
This brought him to Puppetress.
She was beautiful, intelligent and powerful. Ruthless as they came and more than able to make and clean her own messes. She came from great lineage and been born with a sliver spoon in her mouth, yet had risen above those in all her life.
On top of that, she had actually KILLED heroes. And brought suffering to her arch-enemy's life.
Him?
He was a nobody Sensei had found on the streets. His Quirk may have been perfect for villainy, but he was immature, impatient and learning. He simply stole and edited ideas. The one time he had done something original, Bakugo rejected him and the others
"...What do you really want?" He asked.
"Tenko?" Eniwa asked, surprised.
"So far you've been buttering me up. I've seen enough movies and read enough history, now's the point where you reveal..."
She cut him off, hints or anger and pain in her one eye as she used her Quirk to pull him towards her and force him into a chair..
"What if all I want is you? You see this room? I paid for it myself. I have more money I could ever spend in a thousand lives even without grandpa's inheritance. My plans are mere imitations and don;t go beyond a single country, yours are world-changers."
"But your..."
"My minions? That's what set this off?" She asked, shocked. "I've known two all my life and the other is a mercenary from a poor background, of course they follow me. Besides, yours are far more powerful than mine. And yet you strive to be better...God, I love you.''
Puppetress had beaten him to saying it.
"Your drive, your hate for heroes, your mad plans...you have been my inspiration, Tenko Shimura!"
Her passion and tone made it clear. She was telling the truth.
"I...um..."
"You don;t have to say it."
"Can...Can I show it?"
She smiled before pointing to the hand that covered his face.
"May I?" She asked. "This one seems more important than the others..."
She was nervous asking this. Something that he normally would've noted didn't fit a villain of her calibre. But not today; he understood; she had lost someone she loved too, but had nothing to remember her by. He did.
With a nod, Tomura saw and felt his father's hand lift from his face and float onto a nightstand.
"Now...show me." Puppetress challenged.
The two villains fell onto the bed before lust overcame the young man. His lips were rough, cracked and he moved like an animal. But there was no doubt how much he was savouring any contact with her.
Her fingers traced his body, which some would call it gangly, but she could feel muscle. Besdies, his looks were not what had drawn her to him
The door swung open suddenly, forcing them to cease as their guardians came in.
"...Oh my..." Kurogiri said, a blush appearing on his face before he diverted his glance
"M-milady, the messaging board has been set up. When you and young master Tomura..."
"I get it! Leave!" Puppetress demanded.
Chomp quickly closed the door, his face red.
"...Might I suggest that we go back to the bar, drown that image away and reminisce/lament on how fast they've grown up?" Kurogiri practically begged.
"Indeed." Chomp quickly nodded.
And that's just what they did.
Read and review, would ye kindly?
So, not exactly the best chapter in my opinion. I decided to move a few things forward to make up for the long wait to update and in an attempt to get more interest in the story / motivate myself to write more.
I swear, this will be the LAST angsty chapter in the story from her on out its action, heartwarming and comdey.
It may not be terrifying in the traditional sense, but...come on! Tomura getting a girlfriend as sadistic as him with the powerset of Doflamingo from One Piece? I defy you to tell me you're not even a wee bit concerned!
I was also planning on putting the seeds of two OC romances on the hero side; Tenya and Odessa and Bakugo with Kianna. However, aside from half of a conversation between the former and the idea of the latter, I had nothing and decided to push it back to later. I welcome suggestions for how they interact/come together.
If people REALLY want, I'll be happy to write an All Might x Midnight lemon/ one-shot series. I know they barley interact, but I like the idea of the #1 hero seeing a heroine who changed the world as well.
I am also thinking of (when it comes to DVD in my country) doing a fanfic version of the MHA movie with the Kirby students being involved. And finally, the prequel/ spin-off to the Pen-Pal verse's first few chapters are almost done.
THIS TIME I MEAN IT!
Keep safe and warm, have a great day.h it.
