I AM HERE WITH A NEW CHAPTER!
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TIME SKIP
They say alot can happen in a year or 2 give or take more then most would realize, from the smallest to the biggest of changes and events (both expected and unexpected especially) popping up in many ways.
This was something that the boys learned about a year after Izuku was diagnosed as being Quirkless.
What happened since that there, here's the story on this one:
Kurogiri and Tenko were very much correct about how their little brother was going to get treated because of the results from the quirk doctor, As the next day at school everyone learned of Izuku's "condition" and then things got bad after word, from the kids turning their backs on him to gossiping behind his back to some name calling and picking on him.
As for Katsuki Bakugo? Needless to say this news didn't make his attitude improve.
His temper got worse as time went by, he insulted and made fun of Izuku more than usual (much to the frustration of the green haired boys brothers who tell the Explosion boy to knock it off constantly)... but worse of all he never called Izuku his friend ever again and started to out right bully him, especially after during one incident, well two actually, that occurred within a few days after Izuku's diagnosis where it all started.
One incident was when he, his lackeys, Izuku and his brothers went to go explore a part of a forest that was off limits, a part of him at the time wanting things to go back to the way they were (or as much as possible) as he knew that getting angry at Izuku for being quirkless was not going to make things better, the other part of him wanting to rub it in their faces as he'd show them how awesome he was as they went to fight some make believe villains, Only for that to be thrown out the window as Katsuki himself fell off a log he was walking on and fell into a river below though despite how far the fall was he was all right without a single scratch though he was a tad bit sore from the rough landing.
Izuku, who got down there by climbing the rocks without getting scrapes thankfully and some how without anyone noticing, came to help Katsuki back on his feet as he offered him his hand, a look of worry on his face as he asked him if he was alright.
Izuku was worried about him, though Katsuki thought he was looking down on him. Izuku only wanted to help him, but the platinum blonde thought that he thought he was weak. It was an act of kindness from the green boy who had a big heart, yet the explosive boy took it the wrong way as he got very made and this made him snap.
In retaliation he unleashed his quirk on him in anger, not only scarying him but hurting him as he yelled in pain and was left with some small burn on his right side and was left in tears as he asked him why he did that. Katsuki pfted before he glared at him and said with his tone being that of rage, "I don't need help from a useless crybaby like you!"
This made Tenko and Kurogiri shocked, concerned and angry at the same time. The warp gate boy used his quirk to transport Izuku up to them while Katsuki climbed back up from the rocks as they worried and fret over him while glaring at Katsuki's lackey's who chuckled at this though they stopped as Kurogiri turned his head into the mist version of it and glared at them inflicting enough fear to make them stop.
His mist form, he knew this well, was both mysterious and some times scary to others. Which sometimes comes in handy for situations like this.
As soon as Katsuki was back on top, Tenko snapped at him as he yelled, "What's the matter with you?! He was only trying to help you yet you just attacked him like that for no reason, that is not nice! Say you're sorry!"
"Why would I apologize to someone who is the unfortunate little brother of two idiots who's brother a weak sibling who can't even take a explosion to the face without crying?" He replied in annoyance.
"Take that back you bully!" Tenko demanded.
Turning to the boy, returning to normal, Kurogiri pointed out, "You should never attack someone just because they want to help you! That's not-!"
"Shut up misty freak!" Katsuki shouted.
Basically, the trio argued for quite a while before Tenko and Kurogiri decided that they had enough of this nonsense and decided that they should leave taking Izuku with them as Kurogiri used his warp gate to transport them away, Katsuki calling them cowards as he and his lackeys left while laughing.
Though he never counted on getting in trouble as soon as he got home, needless to say his mother was upset with him and demanded that he apologized to Izuku for hurting him.
Upon seeing the Midoriya family in his living room, Izuku with some Band-Aids on him (thankfully none of his Burns would leave a mark not did any serious nor permanent damage and would easily heal within a day or two, he going to be okay) being hugged by his mother who shot a disappointed look at Katsuki, and both Kurogiri and Tenko were right by them as protection as they glared at him.
It didn't take him long to realize that the two older brothers had told his mom on him not long after they left the small forest area.
"You freaks! You two tattletaled on me!" Katsuki snapped at them.
Only to get swatted at the head by his mother as she glared at him saying, "They did not tattletaled you little brat, they were doing what any big brother would do for their little sibling! I don't tolerate you accusing them of telling lies as I know that these boys would always tell the truth! So don't you dare try to cover it up as I know that those burn marks could only have come from you from using your quirk on poor Izuku!"
"Shut up you old bat!" He argued with his mother only to get his ear tugged hard by her as she exclaimed, "Don't you dare talk to your mother like that!!"
Needless to say, again, While the Midoriya's watched with sweat drops on the sides of their heads flabbergasted, that the two argued for a bit before Mitsuki finally got Katsuki to, begrudgingly and reluctantly, apologize to them before his mother sent him up to his room, telling him to think about what he had done as she basically grounded him for the rest of the day before the Midoriya boys got a big hug from Mitsuki as she apologized to them and Inko about her son's behavior.
They all forgave her before she gave them some freshly baked sugar cookies as a way to apologise more before sending them off as they made their way home.
Her husband wasn't home at the time, but was notified by his wife as he promised her that he would have a strict talk with their son as soon as he got home from work that day. He may be more timid then his wife but he was also the peace keeper between them even if they tell him to butt out and he was serious as a parent to the Explosive son.
Then came the second incident a few days later, it was at the park, Inko had dropped them off as she was going to be getting some supplies at the tea shop close by.
Izuku, Kurogiri and Tenko had a fun time play with each other, playing freeze tag, simon says, acting like monkeys on the monkey bars, just laughed as they played in bliss, but that came to a halt when they heard a cry of pain.
Turning in the direction of the sound, they saw a boy around their age on his knees, tears in his eyes with some scuffs of dirt and some small scratches on him and a big bruise on his left cheeck as he held it while Katsuki and his lackeys stood a few feet away from him, big smirks on their faces.
It was obvious that he had hurt him.
Not needing to say anything, Kurogiri used his warp gate quirk to get him and the others over to the group. After going through they all appeared in front of the defenseless kid as their sudden appearance started them a bit.
"What do you think you're doing Katsuki?" Tenko asked him accusingly.
Having recovered from being startled he shot him a glare, "Get out of our way, you freaks, we're playing heroes and villains and we're the heroes, he's the villain we need to take down."
"How do you call actually hurting somebody as part of playing?" Kurogiri questioned him accusingly, narrowed glare aimed at him, "We've played heroes and villains before, and I am very well aware that it does not involve actually hurting the one playing the villain, nor do ones playing heroes hurt them just to spite them and look good in front of others with growing egos and selfish prides."
"Shut up you Misty freak! How would you know what heroes can nor cannot do?" Katsuki retorts, "Its his fault for being so weak while we are more stronger then he'll ever be!"
This only made the boy on the ground whimper and tear up more as he sobbed a bit more, flinching at this as the Explosion Kid and his gang laughed at him.
This made Izuku more upset as well as shocked, Katsuki acting like such a bully, laughing at others for them being weak and he being stronger than they were, and hurting them, It upset him as he teared up. It was bad enough that he was mean to him but to be mean to others?
"Why are you being so mean?! You're making him cry Kacchan. If you don't stop i'll uh...I'll stop you myself!" The young child exclaimed as he took on a fighting position. Despite his tears and how upset he was, even if he didn't have a quirk, he was going to defend this kid from him.
This stunned the two older boys at their little brother's reaction and response, not expecting this... but then again, when hasn't he done something like this? After all he had saved them not to long ago, and they all helped save hostages in the cafe incident (despite getting scolded for it). If he didn't stood up for somebody in need, they would be shocked.
Kurogiri and Tenko smiled at him, proud of him for being brave and defending someone once again.
Meanwhile, Katsuki with two other boys beside him looked dumbstruck by the greenette's decision before his open mouth morphed into an evil grin.
"You want to pretend to be a hero? You don't stand a chance without a quirk...Deku!"
He said threateningly as he and the other two used their quirks, him with his Explosion, one boy with giant bat wings coming out of his back and the other boy extending his fingers like branchy tentacles.
Upon this reaction, Tenko and Kurogiri knew what was going to happen as they got in front of their little brother and the other kid, defending them both.
As much as they wanted to use their quirks against them, they couldn't for several reasons, Tenko's quirk can really really hurt somebody or worse and they wanted to avoid that for one thing, the other mainly was because they were aware that they were not allowed to use their quirks in public and they didn't want to get in any more trouble than they already did with the cafe incident. And if Kurogiri just warped away then Katsuki would only be more angry for them running away and take it out on Izuku later, calling them cowards.
Besides, not every hero relies on their quirks mainly from their observation, like Eraserhead for example, while he can erase quirks he also has combat skills and is able to hold his own in battle as the villains are not just going to stand there doing nothing after their quirks are erased.
And besides still, Kurogiri had a plan, while the others didn't notice the slight glint in his eyes.
The the boys were battle position as the three attackers came at them.
While the older brothers fought the 3 bullies, Izuku stayed back as the kids last line of defense as smacks, explosions (which the brothers managed to dodge for most of it much to Katsuki's frustration), and thuds could be heard as the fight got more reckless by the second.
Sometimes the bullies would get past the two brothers and go straight for the little brother who is defending the kid who was still sobbing, punching and kicking him (though despite this Izuku did not budge an inch as he kept on defending the kid from the attacks) for a while until the two brothers came at the bullies knocking them away from him and the other boy as the brothers got the bullies to focus on them again.
While everybody else fought none of the boys really paid attention or even questioned why Kurogiri had only one hand in his pocket and use the other to fight, why was he fighting one handedly? The answer? Its was a part of Kurogiri's plan, which he was about to set in motion as he and also Tenko dodged a big explosion from Katsuki as the two were back to being in front of Izuku and the other boy.
"You're all dead you freaks, why won't you just admit that I'm better then you'll ever be and surrender?!" Katsuki exclaimed as he and his lackeys charged at them again.
But they never reached their targets as 2 voices were heard at once:
"KATSUKI BAKUGO!!"
Which sounded a lot like the mothers of Izuku and Katsuki as everyone stopped what they were doing and turn to the source of it, revealing that indeed it really was them that shouted that.
Inko looked Shocked and visibly scared and upset, As for Mitsuki... needless to say she was appalled and angry, ready to charge at him.
Katsuki paled when he saw them as he thought 'uh oh...'
Amidst getting spanked by his own mother while also getting lectured along with his posse very harshly, he realized that the warp gate older brother had one of his hands in his pocket for a reason as said reason being hiding him using his Quirk to bring forth both his and the Midoriya boy's' mothers here as the boys had explained what happened before the older women were brought here and before Mitsuki start spanking her son relentlessly.
If it were not for the fact that he was both a. with glowing red rear practically though you couldn't see through his black shorts, b. hissing in pain after the really harsh spanking you had received, c. being dragged away by his mother who was still pretty upset with him after she told his posse to go home and to think about what they have done or else she would call their parents on them, d. his "Auntie Inko" was comforting the boys including the boy who was hurt first in the ordeal while she gave him her "nephew" a stern and disappointed glare, and e. he would not admit it but he was terrified of his mother no matter how many times the two had argued she would always win the argument as she was scarier than him when she got angry, Katsuki would have thrown another explosive temper tantrum and pounded Deku, Decay face and Misty freak into the dust.
The boy, who was named Ken, thanked the boys for their help before he ran off to go find his mom and go home.
Aside from having dust and sand on their clothes, some minor burns and scratches too, Inko was relieved that all of her boys were not seriously harmed and were okay, thankfully she had finished buying the groceries she needed before her eldest adopted son open up a warp gate in front of her as she knew by now that if a warp gate opened up in front of her for any particular reason it meant that either her sons were about to go through it to meet her or the boys need her and couldn't come through the portal to bring her so she had to come through instead.
They all went home not long after and Inko got the boys cleaned and patched up
Needless to say, from there on out the relationship between the boys was, at best to describe, frustrating and very unstable.
Anytime Bakugo (as the boys would call him that now, thinking that calling him by his first name was too good him and only made people think that they were friends with him when clearly it wasn't the case) would bully any of them, someone else or izuku especially, Tenko and Kurogiri would report to his mother and their mother immediately about what happened, which always resulted in Bakugo getting scolded, yelled at, getting his ear tug or getting spanked and eventually getting grounded for his actions by his mom, and getting a lecture by his dad.
And it wasn't just him and his posse, due to their younger brother being quirkless, practically everyone around them such as their fellow classmates would be uncaring towards him and even call him weak or pick on him or ignore and brush him off whenever he had a problem and needed help and/or he was being bullied by other students.
Obviously, Tenko and Kurogiri would always get frustrated and even angry whenever it happened, no matter how many times they defended their brother and told everyone to leave their brother alone The bullying just won't stop, even when kurogiri would use his Quirk to bring a teacher over to their location and have them see what was going on so that they can stop the other kids from hurting their brother like he did with his mother and Aunt/second mom.
The vice principal was much more uncaring towards their brother much like the other kids were, however the principal himself was visibly upset with the other kids picking on Izuku (he was a good kid, he always follow the rules, he was always helpful, and his older brothers were very responsible as they always report to him about what was happening if they couldn't get any of the teachers to help in time) and it's not stopping, for he himself even though he was a late bloomer knew what it was like to be bullied and pick on all because everybody thought that he did not have a quirk and he simply could not tolerate that at all, he was especially mad when the vice principal was being very mean towards the kid like the other kids were and eventually the vice principal was fired after the vice principal himself what's found a. smuggling cigarettes and cocaine to school for personal uses (it's wrong even though he made sure to keep it out of the hands of any of the kids not wanting it to trace back to him) and b. threatened to expel izuku all because he was quirkless which made the boy very upset and cry and got his brothers to glare at him, yelling at him for that and telling him that their brother did nothing wrong as he had abide to the rules like the good kid he was which made the vice principal threatened to expell them too for their "reckless behavior and trouble making" which clearly wasn't true. After the vice principal was fired, the principal himself made a clear strict rule that bullying was prohibited, anyone caught bullying anybody would be reported to their parents and be grounded. Any student doing so further without stopping would get either expelled or be transferred to school for kids who had bad behaviors would get strict lectures on why bullying is bad.
Even though things got better, or at least more stable, in school, the principal still felt bad that he could not stop the bullying happening out side the school, but trusted Tenko and Kurogiri to take care of their brother and other kids from bullies like always.
Still, even though the bullying was finally stopped (much to Bakugo's temper as he couldn't put deku in his place with the wannabe principal sticking out for him), none of the other kids wanted to be near Izuku just leaving him alone, though thankfully he has Brothers with him to play with him and to look out for him so he wasn't completely alone, still it hurt him a lot that none of his classmates wanted to play or even befriend him, Kac-Bakugo (his brother's told him to stop calling him by that nickname as he clearly was no longer his friend and he was bullying him badly, which he knew, after sometime, his brothers were right) would always glare at him whenever people thought that he wasn't looking, but Tenko and Kurogiri saw it as they glared back at him. Because their brother was also quirkless, and they chose to stick by him no matter what, nobody wanted to be around the older brothers either and would either talk behind their backs or just simply ignore them, though this did not really bother the brothers as they knew that a. if they didn't want to be friends with them or their brother then it was their problem alone, and b. as long as they can keep their brother safe and that he was happy then they were happy.
Though thankfully, outside of school, Izuku was not entirely friendless as he and his brothers had Yaoyorozu and Kodai to make up for the lack of companions in his life.
Understandably, both of the girls were upset and shocked about how everybody had been treating Izuku and what he had been dealing with for a while along with his brothers due to Izuku being quirkless.
Yaoyorozu was seering with frustration while Kodai was teary eyes about it.
They were understanding and promised the boys that they would not abandoned them like everybody else did, and be there friends no matter what, they knew that just because Izuku did not have a quirk it doesn't mean that he was a parasite nor a nuisance to be around. Far from that, Izuku was very kind, friendly, polite, sweet, smart, and really fun to play with, why would they ever want to abandon him and his brothers?
Despite all of the troubles they faces, the Midoriya boys were happy with their mother and friends, that they were loved despite the obvious animosity that was being thrown at them because of the obvious (yet completely unfair and stupid) reason.
But then something happened to the boys that would change their lives even more than it already had about a year later:
It happened on a very heavy rainy day, well it wasn't raining before, earlier there was no rain though it was very cloudy that same day until only 10 minutes after the boys had arrived at the park did it start to rain pretty hard and fast. Kurogiri would have used his Quirk to warp him and the boys back home if it were not for the fact that he had suddenly started having a bad coughing fit and his forehead felt pretty hot to the touch, when the boys checked on him they realized that he had a fever. Earlier they remember that he did say that he was feeling a slight bit dizzy and cold, though that could have happen from having gotten out of bed knowing that drowsiness can also lead to dizziness at times and the temperature in the house was actually a slight bit colder than normal as inko had raised it a while ago because it was so hot but now the temperature outside was a cooling temperature thanks to the clouds so she turn the temperature back up to normal.
They felt stupid having not ask him further if he really was okay, he had assured them that he was all right, but clearly he wasn't.
There was no way that he was going to be able to use his quirk in his condition even if he wanted to as his fever caused him to be tired and weak, the boys would have to get their brother back home by themselves, Good thing Tenko had brought an umbrella just in case it did rain which it was now.
Kurogiri was slightly heavier than the other two boys despite having some muscle after doing lots of workout and training at the quirk gym for the past year and getting izuku to train with them so that he could get stronger and be able to defend himself more despite not having a quirk so they both had to carry him together with one of his arms around the other as Tenko did his best to juggle his brother's arm and the umbrella in one hand and Izuku was practically holding on to Kurogiri's body so that Tenko could hold the umbrella with a little more ease as they made their way home.
Puddles of water formed fast as there were lots of splashing from the rain hitting the ground especially the water puddles as the boys hurried as fast as they could to get home, it was too bad that none of them had the decided nor thought to bring their raincoats as they were already getting wet from The water puddles they were running through and the wind picking up a bit to where the rain was raining diagonally as the boys struggled to not only avoid slipping and falling on the wet pavement but also to try and keep their umbrella from getting blown backwards and broken from the harsh wind.
Kurogiri was moaning as he sounded as ill as he was physically, the second and third youngest knew that they had to hurry so that they can get home and call Mom as she was at work at the moment, hopping she could come home to help them.
Inko was mostly a stay-at-home mom as she mainly worked on her laptop at home doing work online, but on Tuesdays and Thursdays she had to go to work helping out at the supermarket, being a single mother to three children was not an easy task as she needed more money to provide for all of them and keep the house, though thankfully an occasion when they were strapped for cash to where they would not have enough money to pay for the apartment Uncle Tsunagu would provide them enough money to be able to keep the house and paid for it for a few months until Inko could get enough money to pay for the bills herself and whatever else they needed without needing to rely on him too much. Even though Tsunagu had offered to either let them live with him or let him take care of all the bills and such as being the number four hero and being the head of his own agency means that, because he does his job so well, he gets paid pretty well to the point where you would think that he would be one of the richest people in Japan (an exaggeration)... or at least in his hometown, Inko politely turned him down as 1: she was an independent woman and could take care of herself and the boys, though that did not mean that she did not need help every once in awhile 2: her work and her friends were in this town and it would be a bit too much to try and move to a new town, 3: moving to a new town is Rather pricey and, Lastly and certainly not least 4: she did not want to ask her friend/brother too much of him as he already had other things to take care of and she did not want to seem like a burden to him, even though he had assured her that she absolutely wasn't and neither were the boys.
They were hoping that their mother would have some free time so that she would have enough time to give them instructions on what to do and it wouldn't interfere with her work schedule as they knew that she need to get the work done and being distracted was a very last thing she needed, even if it was that one of her children was very sick right now, don't get them wrong she could take a day off but the boys knew that she needed the work so that they can get money to pay the bills and they wanted to show her that they can easily take care of each other if one of them were ill or hurt so that she can focus back on what she's doing without having to be worried about them... again, and have a little free time afterwards to spend with them.
As they past the Bakugo residence, Izuku and Tenko couldn't help but frown, even though Bakugo was a jerk and disliked him, they nonetheless loved their Uncle Masaru and Auntie Mitsuki, but the problem right now was none of them were at home at the moment as they had left yesterday to attend a co-workers funeral in the next one over and they wouldn't be back until tomorrow afternoon as they were invited to to go to dinner after the service and stay at a hotel for a while. Otherwise the boys would have asked them for shelter from the rain and to help take care of their brother until their mother got back, avoiding Bakugo as much as they could during that.
They would have gone to one of the stores take shelter and get help if it were not for the fact that they were closed around this time due to odd hours.
Suddenly a particularly strong gust of wind came out at them so hard that it knocked the umbrella out of Tenko's hand and the rain came down on them more harshly to where it felt like pebbles were ringing on them a bit hard.
To their dismay the umbrella with flying until it smacked into a telephone pole causing it to Bend in awkward way and break the umbrella by itself before it got blown away by the wind again until it was out of sight.
"Aww..!" Both of the boys wined in dismay and worry. Now what will they do now that they didn't have an umbrella anymore to try and shield their brother from the rain as they knew that this cold rain would not be and is not good for his already ill-health?
"Are you boys okay?" Called a voice as the boys turned around to source of the voice that sounded concerned.
It was a man who have to have been a bit older than their mother, and even maybe a little bit taller than her as to them he seemed like a giant, he had a pretty strong looking build in his body as his skin had fair skin but had healthy tan to it, his eyes were a deep electric blue, and his hair was the color of a bright sunflower as most of it was in an as unruly mess as Izuku's and had to long bangs that framed the sides of his face, in his right hand he held a bright red umbrella that looked much more bigger and sturdier than theirs and as for his outfit he was wearing a white shirt that was clearly a size too big for him, a black belt with a silver buckle that its decoration was in the shape of an eagle it look liked, long green cargo pants with pockets it looked pretty deep and the pants itself looks like it was a bit too big as well but was held up by the belt and he wore sturdy and kind of big brown shoes.
On his face was concern as he saw the boys dilemma, especially when he took note that one of the boys was both unconscious and being carried by the other two.
Kneeling down on one knee he went to placed a hand on the black hair boys head only to retract a moment or two later as he realized how hot it was meaning that he must have a bad fever.
Getting a closer look at the boys, he could tell that all of them were about around 5 years old, he did not think that they we're related as they all looked different from the other yet it seem like they were pretty close together like brothers. The boy that was being carried had short black hair, skin that looked a bit tan, wearing a long-sleeve black shirt, white vest, blue shorts and white running shoes. The boy carrying him by his arm had light blue short hair combed smoothly though was now getting drenched by and rain, his skin was white well pretty pale but fair otherwise, cherry red eyes, wearing gloves that seem to be missing its sleeves around the ring and pinky finger, a long sleeve white shirt, grey pants and red tennis shoes. And the last boy, who probably was the youngest as he looked slightly shorter than the other two boys who is carrying the black haired boy with both of his arms around his chest and, if it were not for the clear indication that he had worried etched all over his face as did the light blue haired boy as well, looked very adorable, he had short black/very very dark green hair with emerald green highlights and look just as unruly as his own hair if not maybe a bit more, emerald green eyes, Fair white skin with a little bit of a tan in there, small black freckles that were in the shape of diamonds and their being four on each side of his cheeks, he wore a dark blue All Might t-shirt, tan shorts and red running shoes.
Obviously the other two boys were trying to get their brother home before his fever got worse as the storm got really bad, now without an umbrella they had no shelter to shield their brother from the rain as it would worsen his health than it already was if they didn't hurry.
"Do you boys live near here?" He asked them, giving them concered but gave them an assuring smile to keep them calm, "Do you two need help getting home and getting your brother some help?"
Now even though that the three boys were hesitate and knew all about stranger danger, to be cautious and to not go off with strangers that they did not know, their caution being reasonable after the incident at the cafe a year back, for a reason that neither of them could figure out they could see that in his eyes, in his gesture, in his expression, in his smile and voice that seem to give off a sense of calmness and friendliness, a vibe that said 'I'm here to help you, please don't worry, you're safe', something telling them that they would be all right with him around.
Besides, he did not look suspicious nor mean looking or dressed weirdly, he seemed nice and he was offering his assistance to them, and, with their brother in his condition right now, it was better to accept the help then to turn it down and cause their brother to get even more ill.
The boys nodded to him before he carefully, as to not scare them, scooped up all the boys into one arm while carrying the umbrella in the other hand as he ask them for directions which they gave to him as they made their way to the route that led to their destination.
On the way there the man talked to the boys to keep them calm and distracted until they got there knowing that in this situation they would be very worried and might think of worst-case scenarios in a paranoid fashion which would not be good, during their talk he managed to get the name of each of the boys, the black haired boy was Kurogiri, the light blue haired boy was Tenko and the last boy who had green hair and eyes was Izuku Midoriya (he was the only one to say his last name as it seemed that the the two older boys, though one of them as he was conscious while the other wasn't though he could see that he was close to Kurogiri, were more cautious then their brother with giving the last name to someone they didn't know, which was perfectly understandable as he knew about stranger danger and all that, even though he would never hurt them or any innocent civilian he knew that the boys were just being careful, and that was okay.) and he told them his name.
Mainly they talked about their favorite hobbies, favorite colors, what they disliked, what they like to do in their spare time, Small talk questions like that until they reach their destination as the man held the boys close to him allowing his body heat to radiate off him so he could keep the boys a bit warm, warm enough until they arrived at their destination.
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Among all the things to occur today, with what happened recently as of the past year she thought that she would be ready for the unexpected like from helping out sort out heavy groceries Even though she was on break if they were short on staff to helping a customer to organizing a shelf pile that just got knocked over accidentally by a customer, to helping her son's with some trouble with school because of the bullying and with the trouble the Katsuki causes them, to name a few as there were too many things that happened within the same year before she adopted the two orphan boys, Inko was most certainly not expecting to get a phone call during her break from her house by a man whose voice she did not recognize only to hear that he was with the boys and taking care of her eldest son who has fallen ill with a bad fever.
Even though he assured her that everything was alright but knew and said that he knew that she would be worried and if she insisted then she could come home just know that everything was fine and well, her motherly instincts kicked in as she went to her boss and asked if she could go home for day as one of her sons was very sick and she wanted to be there to take care of him and her other Two son's as all of them were only preschool age and we're not old enough to take care of themselves yet. He agreed before she went to grab her things from the locker and ran out the door, thankfully catching a taxi as she came out and hitched a ride back home.
Concern, worried, fear, protectiveness of her babies, caution, suspicion, all those emotions and then some were spiraling inside her in a hurricane as she hoped that the boys were all right, that man over the phone was not someone who is going to do them harm and really was genuine in wanting to help them for the sake of helping others, that she was only just overreacting even though she had a right to, that overall everything was going to be just fine as soon as she got your house.
Thankfully it did not take too terribly long to get back to the house as it only took a 5-6 minutes though to her it still felt too long for her taste in this situation, after paying the driver, who thankfully didn't asked her about her behavior as she didn't trust her self to speak calmly right now, she ran straight to the complex ignoring the rain running up a few flights of stairs without stopping before she reached her door as she panted for a while before she caught her breath and took the key to unlock the door. Her phone in her pocket ready to end a text to Tsunagu and the police should things go array.
She did so slowly and cautiously incase it may've been a trap or something, when she did she could hear dishes clanking gently, knief chopping on a cutting board and she could smell some cooking, something pretty good as it started to make her mouth water and reminding her stomach that she didn't have much breakfast this morning as it growled slightly as she held it with one hand and and kept the other on the knob as she slowly closed the door behind her, carefully enough to not make a noise and alert anyone of her arrival.
She careful took her shoes off and put on her slippers as she could hear a conversation coming from the kitchen.
"..Is this enough garlic?" That was Izuku's voice.
"Yes actually, that should be plenty." Came the same voice she heard on the phone, sounding friendly, pleasant even, a male no doubt from the phone call she got at work earlier. "Now all we need to do it add the onion salt and let it cook for 10 more minutes."
"Okay!" Came the voices of both Izuku and Tenko as they sounded glad.
When Inko peeked from the corner she was at, she saw two of her sons putting dirty dishes away with help from a man she never met, the voice she heard before must belong to him.
The first moment she saw him, she could tell that he had a friendly vibe coming off of him, especially when he was smiling at the boys who smiled back at him, his body had a good strong build to it and looked both a little taller and older then her if she wasn't mistaken, his hair reminded her of sunflowers and his eyes were like blue electricity, he even had fair but nice light tan skin.
Her sons looked okay, no harm was visible on them, she could tell that they had changed clothes because they were wearing different ones before the rain started earlier today, they seem to enjoy his company too. Even Tenko which surprised her since he was still a tad bit more cautious around older men (specifically) he's never met before, unless they were heroes from what Izuku told him and his eldest brother. To see him act like this around this man really stunned her.
After getting the dishes done, the man then told them, "Thanks for the assistance, I'll take care of washing the dishes from here, in the meantime, Izuku can you help me put the unused cold products back in the fridge? And Tenko can you check on Kurogiri, see how he's doing?"
"Of course!" Both of the boys replied.
It was then that Inko decided to make her presence know as she cleared her throat, getting everyones attention as they turn to the source of what made that sound as Inko came out of hiding.
"Hi mom!" Izuku and Tenko chimed.
"Ah you must be the boys mother, am i correct?" The man smiled as he asked her.
Inko nodded, "Indeed I am, is everything ok?"
"Rest assured things are alright," The man told her as he went explain what happened after he met the boys, "After the boys give me directions we eventually arrived here at this house without any kind of trouble, thankfully there was a key under the doormat so we didn't have to worry about being locked out. As soon as we got inside, I asked Tenko to get some dry clothes for Kurogiri and Izuku to get a fresh towel so I could dry him off, and after that I told the boys to get into dry clothes as well so they wouldn't catch a cold as well while I took care of their older brother. After drying him and dress him into fresh clean dry clothes, i asked Izuku to get a pillow and blanket for him as i laid him on the couch and asked Tenko to grab a mini heater so he could get extra warm while I went to get a bowl of cold water and cloth for his forehead. Once he was situated and resting comfortably, I suggested that we make a soup for him so that he would have something warm and good to eat to help bring down the fever more, once he had his portion then we could all have some as well, a recipe given to me by my late mother, and I asked the boys to help assist me in that which they accepted. Speaking of which, it'll be ready in 10 minutes. I made sure to call you while we got the soup ready. And your boys have been very helpful to me, I can see that you have raised them pretty well."
Accepting this, Inko nodded, good to know that he had been responsible and took care everything. The way he spoke said that he was indeed responsible and serious, when he looked at her in the eyes they spoke the truth as well as the boy's nodded at this, which made Inko smile.
Inko then said, "Thank you, for both complement and for helping my sons mister...?"
"Yagi, Toshinori Yagi. And your name would be..?" Then man then asked her this.
"Inko Midoriya," She told him as she approached him as she extended her hand which he accepted as they shook on it, "Its nice to meet you."
"Likewise." He replied.
Inko then turn to Izuku and Tenko as she told them, "Boys, why don't you both go and check on your brother while I help Mr. Yagi clean up, sound good?"
"Yes mom!" Both boys said as they went to left the kitchenette to go over to the couch where their brother was on in the conjoint living room, leaving the adults alone to speak While they Worked.
"I'm sorry if I was, well I was technical, suspicious of you when I got the phone call." Inko apologize.
"No no it's ok," Yagi assured her as he shook his head, "Its alright, I understand why you would be. Any parent would feel the same way if they were in the same circumstances, I know my parents would and were back when I was the same age as your sons. I mean, if you were not suspicious of me in any way I probably would have been a bit worried, in that regard, what parent would not be suspicious or worried or both of a strange man calling them telling him that one of their kids was sick and was around all of their children right now? After all stranger danger is a very serious thing that should never be neglected."
"That is a good point, you sure know a lot about that."
"Well my parents wanted me to make sure that I knew of this kind of thing and what to do should something happen and kind of drilled it into my head, not literally but you know what I mean. They were strict but they were caring all the same as they were just worried about my safety and wanted to make sure that I was able to take care of myself and knew what to do in whatever sort of situation I may find myself in."
"Sounds like your parents raised you pretty well."
"They did, albeit they were tad bit more strict at times but it's only because they cared about me and didn't want anything bad to happen to me, hence why they also had me take self-defense classes should i find myself in danger and had me memorized all the emergency numbers should I get lost or something really bad happens."
It was then that Inko saw the sadness suddenly appear on Mr. Yagi's face as she frowned at this, and he kept using the past tense which can only mean one thing.
"Are you okay? Did something happen to them?" She asked him in concern.
He nodded as she replied with a sad smile, "I'm alright, its just... my parents died in a horrible accident when I was 10 years old, they were crossing the street when they were hit by a runaway tow truck. I was orphaned for a time after that as I didn't have any other family members, up until i turned 13 when I was finally adopted. Though before that I had to deal with some hardships as I was quirkless up until 2 months before i started high school when a quirk manifested Suddenly. It hurts to think about them as I miss them a lot, and to think about the hard times I had to face in the past before, but I keep their memories close to my heart, and push forward knowing that they would want me to and not live in the past. But at the same time, remembering where I started, remembering my origin, was what helped me to push forward and never give up."
"I'm so sorry." She apologized as tears for visible around her eyes from hearing that. She could not even imagine going through all that herself were she in his shoes.
"Its ok, you didn't know. Most people don't really, but it's fine."
"If you say so." She said, a bit unsure as she wiped her tears away.
Though she was able to relax as he gave her an assuring smile, he was strong on the inside as he appeared to be on the outside from what he went through, she could easily tell.
Just as they had finish cleaning the kitchen and putting everything away, the buzzer went off on the timer on the oven as it indicated that the soup was ready.
After pouring the soup into 5 bowls which were on a big tray with plenty still in the pot, the two brought it all to the living room as they came on the couch which sat Kurogiri as he was now awake and chatted with his brothers as they sat on the floor so that they could speak with her brother without being near him as they didn't want to get sick too and worry their mother more.
The boys Saw the adults as they looked up and smiled, soon they were all seated with the adults on the armchairs as they all ate the soup as they chatted, commenting that the soup was delicious which Yagi was glad about that, asking Kurogiri if he was alright which he was as he nodded, asking Inko how work was and such, just small talk as the Midoriya family enjoyed the company of Mr. Yagi who seem to radiate a vibe of friendliness, hope, safety and joy as they couldn't help but smile as he chatted with them.
Little did any of them know that from this encounter today it would lead to so much more in their lives to come.
