Toshinori frowned as he walked back into the apartment. He knew that Inko would still be in the bathroom, he could smell the scent of her stomach's contents lingering in the air. He wanted to gag a little at the scent but what bothered him was what Shouta and Inko were talking about. He wanted to snarl, his eyes glowing red as he tried to think what it was that they were hiding from him.

Shaking his head, Toshinori knew that he shouldn't be upset. Shouta was madly, deeply, in love with Hizashi. There was no reason for them to be swinging around with the other. Shouta wouldn't cheat on Hizashi and he knew for a fact that the boy wasn't into women.

Looking at the bottle of ginger ale in his hand, he knew that this could help settle her stomach, but he was rather curious as to what it was that they were hiding from him. He knew that he had to find out what it was that they're hiding from him. But how?

Not like they were going to come up and tell him now.

Taking a deep breath, Toshinori made his way over to the door and gently knocked on it. "Inko, I brought you something, I hope it helps your stomach." He said softly, yet he still felt a little sad knowing that they were hiding something from him. Whatever it was, he didn't like it and he could feel that protective/possessive instinct within him telling him to rip Inko away from Shouta. Though at the same part, he knew that Inko wouldn't forgive him if he did such a thing.

"Thank you Toshi." Inko said with a smile before accepting the bottle and sipped at it slowly. He couldn't help but be curious as to what it was that she was trying to hide from him, but knew that he couldn't force it.

"Your welcome my dear." Toshinori said, frowning a little as he gazed at her before making a way toward his chair and sat down. Turning his blue eyes onto Shouta, he calmly said "So, what did you learn about… this…" He gestured to his chest, to the way his heart would still beat within him. Though, by now Toshinori had grown used to such a feeling.

"From what research I have gathered, both from the journals and from online and based on what you told me I do have an idea. But, the journal sadly didn't tell me about your condition but it did shed some light on what Mr. Midoriya told you."

Toshinori looked over and saw that Inko was staring at him with wide eyes in confusion. He gestured for Inko to sit with him, he felt his possessiveness taking its hold on him, and he wanted to hold her for as long as he could. Inko seemed a little nervous but gave him a faint smile before joining him on the chair, only for him to wrap his arms around her chest and nuzzled his nose at the back of her neck.

He dragged his lips across the bare skin of her neck which made Inko shiver. The young man stopped himself before he bit her. Right now was not the time to think of feeding from her. "So, what did you learn?" asked Toshinori.

"Well, the only difference about your heart beating again, is that well, compared to the other people you have bitten you bit them by force so to speak. You never wanted anything from them but your blood. With Inko, it seemed that maybe you could have taken something other than her blood. Whatever that thing was, it allowed you to gain a heartbeat, to allow you to sleep, to almost allow you to be human again."

Toshinori couldn't help but frown a little at that. It did make a little bit of sense, but at the same time it just made him wonder what it was that allowed him to change like this in the first place. It all just seemed so, surreal and odd to him. "What about the princess? Did she write anything strange or odd?"

"Well, based on what the princess wrote, she's had dreams about a different person and a man that was with her. At least if you count that as strange." Toshinori frowned a bit at that. What did that mean in the first place? "When she met you, long after she started to have these dreams she saw that you looked so much like the man in her dream. The thing that attracted her attention the most was your eyes."

"My eyes?" asked Toshinori with a frown.

"Yes, it seemed that you and the man had the same eyes… she kept talking about how they seemed like a storm was brewing within their depths." Toshinori looked at Shouta in shock at this. "When she saw you, she saw the same thing as she had mentioned in her journal many times. God, I found it amazing that she only had one journal." Shouta muttered the last part as he rubbed at the back of his head with a sigh.

"But, what does that mean?" asked Inko.

"It depends, have you ever had dreams before? Any kind of dreams that you can recall before ever meeting Toshinori?" asked Shouta.

The blonde turned his gaze onto Inko as he was rather curious himself. Did she ever have dreams like this before with him in it?

"I had dreams, but I guess after seeing a therapist, I blocked out most of the images from my mind. Now all I see are dreams of my ancestor with some man named Yu and another named Toshinori…"

"It wasn't me was it?" asked Toshinori.

"No, her son. In one dream, where she was singing at some forest…"

"Was it the song that you sang to me?" asked Toshinori.

"No, this one was different, sadder…"

"Did it look like this?" asked Shouta as he showed Inko the lyrics that he had written down. Toshinori remembered the lyrics that Shouta was writing down about, thinking that maybe Inko's family had said something about it long ago. Inko though, he felt surprise fluttering its way into his chest as he saw her hands trembling as she held the sheet of paper. "Inko?" called Shouta, not sure what it was that was wrong with her.

"This was in my dream. She sang it, feeling pain, loneliness, loss, regret…" Sniffing the air, Toshinori smelled tears and sat himself upright more as he carefully shifted himself to get a better look at Inko. She was crying.

"Inko!" Toshinori looked concerned as he rubbed at her back. "What do you mean you saw this in a dream?" He asked in confusion.

"She was in a forest, holding some kind of letter wondering why you never told her about it… and… and… she was crying so hard that she fell to her hands and knees crying." Inko said sobbing loudly. Toshinori pulled her into his arms, forgetting about his own problems for now as he just held onto her hoping that he could get her to stop crying. "She blamed herself for you disappearing. Thinking that if she had stayed that you would have still been around! That you and she would always be together and was still waiting for you to come back to her!"

"Shouta?! What's wrong with her?!" shouted Toshinori.

"I don't know!" Shouted said in confusion and concern.

Toshinori wrapped Inko up in his arms as he rubbed her back. She tightly gripped at his shirt as her body shook with sobs as she cried out whatever pent up emotions she had in her heart just flow out. He had no idea that such a thing could have effected Inko like this. Was she already feeling her ancestor's emotions? Or was it just the build up from all the dreams leading to this break down.

"Toshi, you're crying too!" Shouta cried out.

Frowning, he reached up and touched at his cheek and frowned a little. He felt the tears streaming down his cheeks. Yet, he knew that these weren't his tears alone. These were Inko's tears showing upon him. "I'll be fine, go make some tea." Toshinori commanded.

Though Shouta seemed to be rather… hesitant about getting tea. It made Toshinori rather curious as to why that would be. There had to be a reason for this, but now was not the time to figure this out! "Shouta just get her something that will calm her! Please!" He pleaded to the raven haired man. Shouta sighed and pushed himself up as he went to the kitchen. It made Toshinori wonder what was causing all of this. "Shouta, what do you think made Inko break down like this?"

"I can only give a theory." Shouta grumbled as he came back with some… milk? Toshinori gave him a bland look. "Hey, this is the quickest thing I could get, give me a break here." Toshinori let out a soft sigh as he tried to let out a soft sigh. "Anyway, the theory is that while Inko is comfortable in a dream, as the emotions that are floating around there do not belong to her. But when revealed to her at face value, the emotions seem to overwhelm her until they pass."

"But…"

"She will relax. Just give her time is all Toshi." Shouta whispered.

"Fine."

It had taken the better part of an hour until Inko was finally able to calm down. Yet, tears still streamed down her face, as well as Toshinori's due to their bond. He couldn't help but wonder what it was that was causing this but he knew for a fact that he couldn't stop what happened to Inko but he knew one thing for sure. He would always feel what Inko felt even if they weren't his own. If Inko cried, tears would show.

If she was angry he would look feel it and would easily snap at anyone that was near him. If she was happy, her usual self of course, he would feel rather bubbly. It was a lot of trial and error when it started but Toshinori felt like he was starting to get the idea on when something was wrong. Though he knew that something was wrong. These feelings that he had felt through her seemed wrong.

They were hers, but at the same time not. As if they belonged to another but someone who was still connected to Inko regardless.

"Inko, are you okay?"

All she could muster was a nod. Letting out a soft sigh, Toshinori turned to Shouta and nodded to him to continue where he had left off. "Okay, it seems that both Inko and the princess were experiencing dreams. From what I have found, I believe they are called 'Spirit Dreams'." Seeing their confused expression, Shouta rubbed the back of his head as he let out a soft sigh. "I guess you can say that uh… 'Spirit Dreams' are like visions of a past life. So far it seems that only Inko has had these dreams, as for Toshinori since he hadn't been able to sleep until recently, we have no idea."

"Why do you suspect Toshinori would have these dreams?" asked Inko.

"Because according to the journal of the princess and you, you both had dreams of a different version of yourselves with a man that always have the same eyes as Toshi, the only difference with you Inko is that you really did see Toshinori as he isn't a reincarnation like you are."

"Wait what?" Toshinori said with a frown on his face.

"Oh, I didn't get to that part yet." Shouta muttered before yawning. "Inko is a reincarnation of the princess. Much like how the princess herself is also a reincarnation. I guess that's why Mr. Midoriya said something about a family curse. This has been going on for years it seems."

"What do you mean?!" Shouted Toshinori, who seemed to snarl as his eyes glowed a deep crimson.

"Ah right." Shouta sighed softly before looking at them. "Whatever this is, whatever these vampires want… the sword, you, Inko, the princess, your turning and even your quirks like what Mr. Midoriya said, they are all connected to the curse."

"But, he only mentioned about the curse connecting One for All and All for One." Toshinori whispered in confusion.

"Yes, which are old am I right?"

"Uh… yeah?"

"Think about it… you mentioned to me that no one ever knew about the quirks themselves but past users am I right?"

"Yeah, that's what Nana told me." Toshinori said with a frown.

"Hm, perhaps part of that truth was left out after all."

"What?"

"The Midoriya line goes really far back, didn't you find it weird how all the users of One for All, only seemed to be in the work for the Midoriya's until you?" asked Shouta with a frown.

"I… I have but…"

"But what?" asked Shouta.

"I just never questioned it." He muttered with a frown.

Toshinori turned his gaze to Inko with a frown as he tried to think on what Nana had told him all those years ago. He remembered her telling him that past users never fought All for One. Though, he wondered if that was all she really knew, if that was all she had ever been told in the past. If there had been past users, what could it mean for him? There had to be more but he wasn't sure, there just had to be something that he was forgetting but what could it be!?

Tightly shutting his eyes, the young man felt like he was so close to remembering something but he just had no idea what it was that was causing all of this. Covering his eyes in his hand, Toshinori knew that he was so close to learning what it was that he was missing yet, he was still so far from grasping it.

"Toshi, don't force this. If you do it'll only hurt you more." Shouta whispered gently.

He looked up with a frown on his face as he let out a soft sigh. He knew that there had to be something that he could do. Yet, he just wasn't sure what it was, but knew that there was something there. Wait a minute… "He spoke to me once, saying something like he was surprised that I was chosen again."

"He must have met your past life, or one of them." Shouta whispered.

"But, that's the thing… Nana said that she never heard of the past users face him but the original…"

"Hm…" Shouta hummed softly before crossing his arms in deep thought. "That makes me wonder… give me a second." He whispered before making his way to his laptop, causing both the blonde and green haired people in the apartment to stare at him in confusion. It was as if they themselves couldn't understand what it was that was going on here. Inko herself found it rather confusing before tilting her head up at Toshinori.

"I think I have a theory, the lord that turned you, he had a younger brother yes? The one that in a way helped to create One for All right?"

"Yeah, but never learned what happened to him." Toshinori pointed out with a frown.

"Interesting." Shouta muttered before letting out a soft sigh as he typed away. Inko herself was a little confused. Toshinori didn't even understand what it was that was going on with this, but somehow reincarnation was involved with this. Yet, he couldn't help but wonder what more there was to it. "I found some old stories that seem to involve the lord himself." The blonde frowned a little at that. What would that mean, he knew that there was nothing about the lord and his brother when he was getting the power, but otherwise the only thing he knew was that the younger brother created the quirk, that he had hoped to stop his brother but from what?

What was the older brother trying to do? That was the one question was starting to spiral around in his head.

"I think I found something else." Shouta mumbled before causing the others to look up at him in confusion. "I found an old painting that was found years ago, kind of odd that it wasn't ever named or anything but it seemed that the founder of painting wanted to keep this a secret but there have been leaks about it everywhere."

"But why keep it a secret? Not to mention this is really convenient here." asked Toshinori.

"They say looking at the original painting itself is cursed. Whoever looked upon it, would always disappear to never be seen again." Shouta whispered softly before looking and saw Toshinori's bland expression. "Plus, I'm finding it rather odd as well…"

"How do you find all of this stuff?"

"I have connections."

Toshinori just gave him a bland stare.

"What? You don't know what kind of connections I have, for all you know I could be part of an underground mob that is really a secret hero faction." Toshinori just stared at the raven haired man some more. "Just trust me on this Toshi, come on!"

Sighing loudly, Toshinori pushed himself up, Inko though refused to let go of him. He gave her a soft smile before kissing her forehead as he whispered to her that everything would be okay. Carefully, he made his way over to Shouta after setting Inko on the chair with a smile before making his way over to the computer and saw the picture and he frowned a little at that. "Shouta, I can see the man that turned me but who is that guy next to him?" asked the blonde in confusion.

"That must be his brother, he does appear rather sick and frail." Shouta whispered.

The man had pale hair, almost white. Or was it a faded blonde? He had no idea, though as he gazed at the painting he frowned a little as he saw the man a little more. He was indeed sickly looking, looking so weak and frail. As if a simple gust of wind would blow him away. His white hair brushing against his shoulders and even his eyes looked a little sunken in, and his cheeks for that matter but not overly so.

"Wait a minute…" Shouta whispered, causing Toshinori to look down at him in confusion. "I have an idea, Inko come here for a second."

Inko pushed herself up from the chair before making her way over to the two men who was standing there by the computer. The young woman tilted her head as she poked her head between the two men as she stared at the image itself. It was rather strange to have Inko looking at the pictures, but she knew for a fact that there was something wrong with this image. "He… kinda reminded me of Toshi when he was so weak and frail."

He blinked in shock before getting a closer look at the image. Toshinori narrowed his eyes in to focus on the image and couldn't help but stare in shock. "It… look he has fangs, just like Yuugure." Muttered Toshinori with a gasp.

"They were both vampires, the original vampires." Shouta whispered in shock before looking up at Toshinori and Inko with shock on their faces. "But…" Shouta began, causing the two to stare at him in confusion. "If that is the case, then how did he die? If he's a vampire he should be immortal so not be able to die."

Toshinori wanted to punch at the wall, they were so close to answers yet no matter what he just couldn't figure it out. It seemed that there was always something that seemed to get in their way. So far, the only thing that connected to him was that the man and him seemed to be similar, and Inko was a reincarnation and that had been happening for a while but why that family only?

He turned his gaze back to the image and frowned as he stared at the sickly man who had to have been the original owner of One for All. So what did that leave for him? What did that mean in the first place? Shaking his head, the young man had to think on what he was to do, what he had to do? There had to be something that they were missing here but what could it be?

"Toshi?" Inko whispered, causing him to look down at her with a stare of concern.

"Yes?" Toshinori said with a frown on his face as he tilted his head at her. Why was she looking like she had seen a ghost or something? That couldn't be right, he himself had seen a ghost, and that was something that was the most concerning besides this whole situation. "What's the matter?" He asked with a frown.

"The man looks so much like you. I think, you're a reincarnation of him." Inko whispered in shock, causing the man to stare with wide eyes. Was that why Lord Yuugure said that he had met the man before? Did that mean that they had met in another life? Rubbing at his head, Toshinori tried to think, if that was the case why didn't he remember anything from a life? Any kind of life really? There had to be a connection to this as well, a reason for his not remembering a past life.

"That's what I was thinking." Shouta whispered before looking at the man with a frown on his face. "If I have anything to go by, I suspect that whoever saw this painting, they weren't just taken, but the lord took them so no one learned the truth of who he was until special events, such as the manor burning down." That did make sense, so was that how he had an army at his disposal? Did that mean that he was working on another army again? If so, then when will the attack be?

Shaking his head, the blonde was thinking that he was looking at a puzzle than a simple picture. A puzzle that was so far from being solved. Groaning, the vampire mumbled "I think we are overlooking this stuff. We seem so close to answers but so far away at the same time." He sighed softly before looking at Inko as he tried to think on what more they could do.

"Look, just leave the research to me alright? You two need to enjoy your lives instead of trying to figure this out with me. All I can figure out is that both of you are reincarnations. As for how many times I'm not sure but I think this has been going on for a while." Shouta whispered before letting out a soft sigh as he looked at Inko for a brief moment as he whispered "You need to relax alright?"

"But." Both went to say, only for Shouta to hold his hand upward to silence them.

"No, but what I will promise you is that if I can find anything else I will alert you, either of you." He whispered the last part before letting out a soft sigh. Toshinori couldn't help but frown a little in confusion, he knew that there was something else that he had to do. There was something else but he just couldn't figure out what more he could do at this rate. It just seemed that no matter what, there was always something blocking their path.

Sighing softly, the young man turned to Inko as he saw that she still trembled at the memories, at the emotions that were flowing down from her very soul. A soul that had been reborn a few times but Toshinori knew, that he had to enjoy the time that he had with his girlfriend, the love of his life. If he kept obsessing over all of this then he may end up with nothing. Groaning once again, the young man turned his eyes to Shouta as he said "If you find anything else, such as how I was turned please let me know?"

"Actually, I have a theory on that as well. Though I don't if it's solid evidence." Shouta muttered.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you said that at first you thought it was a bite that turned humans into vampires. But it wasn't the only thing. You were bitten and then were given blood in return." Shouta muttered, causing Inko and Toshinori to blink at him in confusion. "What if the transformation is a mixture of give and take? He takes blood, then gives it, though why he had chosen you to be turned and not be under his power is rather strange. All the other vampires are under his control, so why not you?" That was a good question, though he couldn't help but be rather curious about the whole thing. Why wasn't he controlled? Was it because he had no memory, because he was immune to mind control or was it something more?

"Ugh this is killing me." Toshinori mumbled.

"Toshi, maybe he's right. We can't think about this at all times of the day." Inko whispered, causing him to groan at that. He knew that she was right, and knew that he had did have to live his life with Inko but what could he do? Turning his eyes to her, he knew that he had one other question for her at some point, and that was to figure out what she was hiding from him. For now, he'll leave that alone he just wanted to enjoy a nice day with Inko.