The Villains Hero

by makoto x chelia

Kenji Mikami, caught between two worlds. Villainy, and Heroism, born from a Villain Father, and a Hero Mother. Choosing to go down the path of a Hero, was hard when no one believed in him. However, that changed the day he met another boy who also was told he couldn't be a Hero, and their story begins now!

36. Fighting your Hero!

Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

LoamyCoffee; Yeah, very good shivers!

hellspam; Yeah, it's going to be quite the emotional fight. Ooh Hikari's gonna be quite serious in this fight. That scene will be in a future chapter when we get closer to that arc. Yeah, Yami's here, and we're going to be seeing quite a bit more of her in the coming arcs. Yeah, there will be flashbacks about how they met in the future.

Arkraith; Thanks very much. He was busy distracted by Shoto at that time, and because Aizawa was too far a distance to try and freeze, Momo assessed the situation, thought about that, but ultimately went with the ice wall so he couldn't get by so easily, or see them to erase their Quirks.

ShadowUzumaki55; That's how it is after all~ And yeah, they certainly are~ They did yeah, they showed their stuff! Yup, Mina's come along way, and it's going to play into a future arc too. They did yeah, they admitted how they feel, and are going to be going forward together. Ooh yeah, Vitality is going to be a tough fight.

KarmaChaos5; Yeah, she's really growing to trust some of the class members, with encouragement from Kenji and others. Yeah, quite the change, we'll see why it was changed in an arc coming up, and yeah, she took 6th place kiss! Yeah she was nervous, but with encouragement from Kenji and her own intelligence, they managed to win the fight! She is quite powerful, and what she does for All For One, we are going to see in the future. It is like that. Well, lets say Kenji's going to manifest them, but they're going to be extremely different to control.

Guest 1; Yeah, she's slowly growing closer to the class, and yeah, she's quite the scary woman. Yami's a little taller than Tsuyu.

Guest 2; That sounds great to me! And those stats look good to me, makes sense with the Quirk she has.

Guest 3; She could just do that within his group.

Guest 4; I don't see why not, it would be pretty fun~ Those sound like awesome ideas!

Guest 5; It seems Eri's cuteness can even cause Katsuki to feel like being nicer in her presence~ Ooh yeah, it's going to be a difficult battle, on a number of different levels. They have plans, but planning can only take you so far. I don't see why not, it could be a good fun little segment~

Guest 6; Me too, I wish I could draw like an expert, but anyone's willing to do it, I'd love to see it.

Ragna; Cool suggestions, and why would Jiro say that?

Silver crow; I'm glad! They are quite adorable together huh~? Yeah, we could see something like that~ Hehe, they allowed their imaginations to run wild it seems~ She was yeah, we saw some good development from Mina, and her pushing her relationship with Kenji forward. She is yeah, Eri and Katsuki are gonna bond. Maybe she would yeah~ Momo stepped up her game after everything that had happened! Ooh yeah, Yami's quite bad ass, and sweetly scary. She did yeah, Kamui Woods didn't see that coming. It could be, it could be something else all together, we'll find out soon enough~ Well, I wont spoil what will happen on their first meeting. Maybe he could, he is his grandson so he'd probably be inclined to think like that. Yeah maybe~ I'll have to catch up soon. Not really a fan of it. Yeah maybe~ Well you never know what's going to happen~

AlphaOmega; They have yeah, they quite like Eri~ And she's quite attached to Kenji~ It's going to be a hard battle, Hikari's no pushover. We'll have to wait and see, Yami's gonna be quite the character as we go forward.

Guest 7; Yup, they're gonna have to fight as hard as they can, for some it's going to be quite difficult. It'll be described in this chapter.

Neonlight01; Ooh yeah, they definitely rose quite high! Putting their best into it, Momo managing to move forward past some insecurities that lingered. Mina also showed her smarts and her strengths. That's Hikari for you, she's quite taken with Eri~ Yeah, it's going to be quite the hard battle, on a number of levels. She's quite proficient in it yeah, and quite powerful. Hehe, seems Irina's quite popular with a few people~

Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!

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Fighting your Hero!

"Kenji sweetheart...what happened...who did this to you?"

Hikari bent down towards her son very young son as she came to his school, and saw her sons clothes ruffed up, a cut on his face, and bruises appearing on his arms.

He had...been attacked again.

She was assured by the school that he would be safe, even after changing schools.

"People...parents said I was...infecting their children...and hit me...to get me away...everyone hates me...no one...wants to be...my friend...the adults...want me to go away..."

Hikari pulled her son into a hug, and gave him a comfort that no one else ever would. She knew her son didn't lie, he couldn't lie with her Quirk since she'd sense his deceit through his emotions, but she sensed nothing but honestly, and that tore her up.

"It's okay if you don't have any friends...because I know you'll find a group of really good friends one day. These people that hurt you are bad people, but they can't hurt you anymore, we'll find another school, don't worry. I'll make sure they're punished for doing this to you sweetheart."

Though she said that, Hikari could see why he looked unsure.

The world being against him like that.

She wished that she could take away his pain.

To take away everything that had hurt him before.

But, she didn't know how she was going to do it.

She wished that she could be stronger, and make the world see that her son was the best...

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"Ken-chan, your thumbs bigger than mine."

Hikari snapped out of her memory when she saw Kenji doing a thumb war with Eri, with Katsuki looking on curiously.

Seeing Kenji playing a game with Eri, and others watching on, made her see that her son had truly come along way since the beginning when he wasn't cared about by anyone other than his family, and now seeing this, only made her happy. But they still had their fight coming up, and there was something that she needed to show him.

"That's because I'm bigger, means I win~"

"Ken-chan, that's not fair."

Kenji chuckled, seeing Eri's face pouting.

"I suppose it isn't, I'll let you win sometimes Eri-san."

"Yes!"

Hikari adopted a soft smile, as All Might came towards her.

"So, your battle is right after mine, are you ready?"

"I'm ready." She responded with an outstanding smile on her face. "I just hope Kenji's ready. I'm going to help prepare him for anything that might happen in the future."

Hikari continued to watch Kenji play with Eri, and the others talking to Kenji, laughing with him, the memory she had seemed so distant now, seeing how far he had come from the childless target, to someone who was quite liked by his class. She just wished the rest of the world followed.

All Might stretched his arm.

"It's time for my match now."

"Good luck Toshi-kun~ Don't hurt them too much~"

All Might showed his signature smile, and gave her the thumbs up.

"You got it!"

Hikari flexed her arms as All Might left, Izuku following behind but not before Kenji and Ochaco said "Good luck!" making him smile.

Katsuki on the other hand sighed deeply.

"Great, time to work with Deku..."

"Go on Kacchan, do your best."

Kenji encouraged the young woman, who smirked.

"I don't need luck Ken. I've got this. You fought that damn Nomu by yourself, I'll take down All Might myself."

Kenji wished that she would see teamwork with Izuku would be good.

"Either way, do your best."

Katsuki casually kissed Kenji on the lips, Eri's cheeks turned slightly red, and then Katsuki walked off.

"K-Ken-chan, you kissed Kacchan..."

"That's right, it's because we're in love Eri-san."

"Love...? Is love good?"

Kenji released a chortle, giving a bright smile.

"Very good."

Eri tilted her head in wonder, while Hikari continued to smile behind them.

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The time had come and Katsuki and Izuku's match was underway. Katsuki was striding ahead of Izuku, and the young man didn't know what to say. Seeing Katsuki wasn't going to listen to him, it was painful and how they were going to progress.

Kenji himself, watched on with Shoto, and surprisingly Tsuyu, sat on his lap, Jiro sat beside him and Momo on the other side with Eri sitting between himself, and Momo and held onto his hand. Toru, and Mina were resting so they weren't there to see what was going on with the fight.

He could see how Izuku was struggling with speaking with Katsuki or not. She was just ignoring him and wouldn't say a word at all. Katsuki herself was ignoring Izuku as they walked through the city together.

His eyes went towards All Might who seemed to be taking it easy for the moment.

"All Might knows he can beat the pair of them. Even with weights added, they simply don't have the power to face down an All Might type person right now. But, they might have a chance if they work together...come on Kacchan, you can put aside your feelings and work together."

"She's not going to work with him. They will end up failing because they can't work together."

Shoto spoke up, Tsuyu however placed her finger to her mouth.

"I don't know, I think she might."

Shoto wasn't sure, and Kenji wasn't sure either.

He hoped that she would. But he didn't know if she was going to work with him or not.

"I don't know either...Tsu-chan, you think that she would?"

Kenji asked her, and Tsuyu shrugged her shoulders.

"Even she might come to realize that she would see the benefits with working with Midoriya-chan, even if she doesn't like him."

Kenji could see that.

But as Izuku got closer, and tried speaking with her, all she did was brush him off.

"Kacchan, we should work together. Usually, I'd say that we would assess the combat situation of the Villain. But with All Might, there's no way that we would be able to win, so we should run away together."

When Izuku tried speaking to her, Katsuki brushed him off by saying "Get lost." and continued walking forward.

Izuku was deterred for a few moments, before he ran closer to her once more and got beside her.

"All Might is probably waiting for us on this main road. We should take another route."

"I'm not going to run away. I'm going to blast that smile off his face. Ken fought that strong Nomu...I can fight All Might myself."

Katsuki said with a stony expression.

Izuku furrowed his eyebrows, as he walked closer to her.

"No, we should avoid fighting him in anything that it takes."

"Shut up! I'm going to toy with him until time is nearly out and knock him unconscious for real! I already said, Ken fought off a beast that even Pro's would find difficult...I wont fall behind him, and let him be taken away...no way, I can do this without you!"

Kenji's eyebrows lowered.

"Ken-chan, why is Kacchan not being kind to Deku-chan?"

Kenji tilted his head to Eri kindly.

"Kacchan has complex feelings when it comes to Deku-kun, she finds it hard to believe that Deku-kun can be strong, among other things."

Izuku however spoke up.

"It was true that Ken-kun fought and defeated a Nomu, but even Ken-kun knew that it was too dangerous and he nearly died for it! We have to work together to fight All Might!"

Katsuki turned around to Izuku, and went to hit him...when she remembered Kenji, pulled her hand backwards, and walked away from Izuku.

"Just because you think you're getting stronger, you can't tell me what to do. You wont be able to catch up to people like Ken and me! He should be here beside me, not you!"

"Even then! Ken-kun would want us to work together! Why can't we ever have real conversations!?"

"Because you aren't Ken! Now leave me alone you idiot!"

As Katsuki yelled that out, Kenji noticed All Might taking a stance once more. His hand tightened, and his feet planted on the ground. Then, he punched forward, and unleashed a hailstorm of air pressure which ripped through the area.

It smashed windows in buildings, and it tore through the ground as well. Izuku and Katsuki were powerless, and were caught up in the strong air pressure, blowing them away and knocked them down onto the ground, dust spreading out everywhere.

"W-Whoa Ken-chan, he's so strong..."

Eri spoke with wonder, Kenji folded his arms, nodding a single time.

"You're right, he's very strong, they need to work together Eri-san."

"Will they Ken-chan?"

Kenji couldn't answer that.

"Teamwork...are you sure they're going to do it Asui?"

Shoto questioned once more, and Tsuyu just stared at the place where Katsuki and Izuku were. Kenji himself just looked on and prayed that they would be able to come out of this safe and sound, though he was worried about what was going to happen.

As the dust settled down, All Might stood before them. The buildings had been wrecked, and some were even broken. Katsuki however looked on with a bloodlusting expression on her face, and seemed to be rather excited about the fight before her.

"If you think this is an exam and not a real fight then you'll be sorry." All Might yelled out, stomping on the floor, and a gust of air brushed past Katsuki and Izuku. "I'm a Villain now Hero's. Remember that. You better come at me with everything you've got! I wont hold my punches!"

All Might declared, and Izuku looked worried. But Katsuki, despite feeling the intimidation of what he was doing, wouldn't back down, and she gave her strongest looks, Izuku began running backwards, but saw that Katsuki wasn't moving.

"Kacchan move!"

"Don't tell me what to do!"

She yelled out, as All Might charged forward strongly.

She placed her hand outwards, and light began gathering there.

"How about a Stun Grenade!?"

Katsuki unleashed her blinding light which even took All Might off guard. His eyes were caught with the light for a few seconds, and it gave Katsuki the chance to move closer, and fly towards him, but All Might anticipated this, and grabbed Katsuki by the face with his large hand.

She didn't give up though, and began launching explosion after explosion within his face, and didn't hold back on the strength. Kenji had to mentally praise her for even doing something like that. He knew that he wouldn't be able to do something like that.

"It isn't so bad Young Bakugo. But you're not seeing something Young Bakugo, and you wont see it with an attitude like yours either!"

Kenji grimaced, as All Might slammed her body into the ground and looked to be suffocating her. She had to stop her explosions because of the impact, and Izuku looked on with a nervous expression. He didn't want to attack All Might, and he didn't want Katsuki to suffer either.

But then All Might took his hand off of Katsuki's mouth.

"That blast was nothing more than a sting." Katsuki breathed out hard, as All Might's eyes went towards Izuku who seemed to be panicking. "And where do you think you're going?" Using his impressive speed, All Might flashed behind Izuku who's eyes broadened exponentially. "Don't think I've forgotten about you Young Midoriya! Are you going to leave your teammate here and run away!?"

Izuku felt more panic entering his system. He briefly thought about Stain and Reaper, and how scary they were. And he also remembered what Reaper said about forming teams and being together in a team is better than being alone.

Izuku then ran his Quirk through his body and propelled himself upwards. All Might however saw that Katsuki was coming at him from behind.

"Do you think that's going to work?"

Katsuki, exploding herself through the air, and Izuku, lunging backwards, collided with one another, and fell down towards the ground. Kenji grimaced at the sight, Jiro did the same thing and folded her arms.

"It seems that even though they are apart of a team, there's no real teamwork there at all. If we do that Mikami-kun then we wont be able to get past your Mother. There's only two ranks between the two, and your Mother is...scary and now seeing this fight is making me worry as well."

Kenji could understand what Jiro was saying and he honestly wasn't sure about what he was going to do with his Mother during their fight as well.

"Yeah...but, they aren't in sync with one another. Kacchan wants to defeat All Might, and Deku-kun wants to run away. Deku-kun looks up to All Might as a God figure almost, while Kacchan does the same, but she wants to surpass All Might with her powers. If they continue not working together, then they aren't going to be able to win the fight."

Momo and the others could see why he thought that and it did make sense. Momo and Shoto learned that during their test as well, about working together as a team and not being so distant with one another.

"Ken-chan, I'm worried...a-are they going to be okay?"

Eri showed worry that a child would, so Kenji comforted her.

"Of course, All Might wont hurt them Eri-san."

"Are you sure...? They seem to be in pain..."

"Yeah, they wont get too badly hurt, I promise."

Eri looked relieved.

Katsuki got off the ground, and began walking towards All Might once more.

"Kacchan, we can't do this. We have to run away from All Might."

"Don't talk to me. I already said that I am fighting him, and don't get in my way. That's what it means to be a Hero Deku."

Izuku's eyes broadened and remembered a time when Katsuki was cheering for All Might, a reason why he admired her, and her skills as well. But it also brought confusion to the young man and what he should do as well.

"Kacchan, we have to at least-"

"Leave me alone!"

Katsuki yelled out, but All Might came from up above.

"I have a special gift for you young Hero's!"

Riding on what seemed to be a piece of metal with bars across it, All Might plunged downwards, and pinned Izuku between the bars. Katsuki barely had anytime to react, and went to set off an explosion, when All Might nailed her in the stomach with his fist, and blew her body upwards through the air.

In said air, she spat out bile, which made Kenji's eyes lower.

"Kacchan..."

Seeing someone he loved in pain wasn't exactly easy for him. It was painful, and he didn't want to see her in such a state, and it made him mad that All Might would punch her so hard that she would spit out bile like that.

Izuku yelled "Kacchan, are you okay!?" but she didn't answer. She landed on the ground and her hands shook as she tried to get up. But the punch was harder than she had expected, and she wasn't sure on how she was going to win now.

All Might walked closer to Katsuki who was struggling to her up, as Izuku desperately tried to stand up.

"I know why you're angry Young Bakugo. The thought of Young Midoriya growing stronger...and also getting left behind by Young Mikami, isn't that right?" Katsuki's hands tightened. "But, when you're a novice, you will grow faster. But you have much room to grow. And Young Mikami would tell you this as well, about his rate of progression. Why it seems like he's shot up is because nearly all of his life, he held back half of himself, and now using all of himself, might seem like he's grown stronger, but he's realizing his full potential, and you as well, have amazing potential. And I don't just mean your Quirk."

Katsuki gave All Might a dark expression.

"Shut up...if I'm so bad that I have to get help from a weakling like him...then I'd rather lose! Ken fought that beast on his own...and if I can't fight you on my own, then I'll never be able to protect him...I'll never be able to save him from that man!"

All Might was surprised, and so was Izuku.

Katsuki was angry...because she didn't think that she'd be able to keep Kenji from All For One, and his Father. And having seen Kenji face down the powerful Nomu, at least a little bit, brought about her own inferiority complex about how she wouldn't be able to fight with Kenji and stand beside him, and to add insult to injury, with Izuku as well, who she considered inferior to her.

But then Izuku shot forward, and punched Katsuki right in the face while saying "Don't you dare say you'd rather lose Kacchan! Lets win this together!" and sent her flying across the road, bouncing off said road, before he grabbed her body and ran down an alleyway, surprising everyone.

Surprising All Might who couldn't believe Izuku did that, Katsuki for the same reason, and Kenji who sat there with wide eyes, twitching eyebrows, and the colour left his face.

"H-He punched her in the face...I-I really should be pissed off...but, he's kinda making her respect him...yet that's my girlfriend so I really am pissed that he hit her...ugh! Damn it all! He punched my Kacchan!"

Momo gave Kenji a curious look as he grabbed his hair, and pulled it.

"Hehe, well it's good to know if anyone ever hits us, you'll become angry Ken-chan~"

"Damn right I would! Anyone ever hits anyone I care for then I'd be angry! Yet I'm happy for Deku-kun for standing up to All Might and Kacchan yet pissed that he hit her! Ugh! I don't know what I'm supposed to feel right now! I'm torn..."

"Ken-chan has torn feelings."

Eri stared kindly, Kenji nodded "Yup, that's right..." and watched as Katsuki hit Izuku in the head, forcing him to drop her to the ground.

Kenji placed a hand over his heart, and didn't know if he could take this much longer, seeing his friend and girlfriend in pain like this. It felt like a test for him now rather than just them to endure seeing the people he cared most for in such a bad situation.

"Kacchan, I really can't think of a way for us to beat All Might. We have to make a clean getaway from him. But before you give up, we can at least try using my power. You can't say you're okay with losing! You're you because you never give in. It's something both you and Ken-kun share...you both never stop trying your hardest. The most amazing Hero always wins. You've been saying that since we were kids. How can you give up now?"

Katsuki was getting more and more angry.

She was feeling her anger…

But also something else as well.

Katsuki yelled and punched towards Izuku...but she punched the side of him, and set off a small explosion. Izuku looked on with worry, but Katsuki began speaking slowly, trying to keep her anger at bay.

"Listen to me you little nerd. I wont say this again. All Might's speed is insane. No matter where you try and hide, there's no avoiding fighting him. Ken also realized it when he fought that Nomu, you can't hold back against him for even a second. He wont be stopped by anything other than a full powered attack. You saw it with Ken, didn't you!? How he fought so damn hard...but, I bet right now, he's looking at me and wanting me to work with you...he realized it before me about this damn fight...I hate you, I really do hate you...but, we have to work together damn it!"

Kenji put on a smile.

He was so happy that Katsuki finally said it.

That she was going to work with him.

Izuku also looked thankful that she would work with him now.

Then they got to work and began making a plan. Kenji wasn't sure if she would be able to pull it off with Izuku, but he was glad that she was at least trying her best now, and would work with him even if it pained her to do so.

"Ken-chan, are they working together now?"

Kenji chuckled, petting Eri's head.

"It seems so."

Eri held onto Kenji's hand tightly and watched it happen before her eyes.

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Then they enacted their plan together.

All Might ran through the streets, looking for Izuku and Katsuki together.

"Where have they gone now? Would Young Midoriya try for the entrance?"

He wondered to himself, only for Katsuki to leap out from an alleyway.

"Come on All Might! Give me a fight!"

"That's supposed to be a sneak attack?"

All Might turned towards her, and went to grab her, but she set off an explosion in his face, and forced herself backwards. She used another explosion to put some more distance between the two of them, while hating what she would have to do.

"DEKU! DO IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!"

She yelled at the top of her lungs, and Izuku came out from behind, wearing one of Katsuki's gauntlets, ready to aim it at All Might himself. Kenji could see the unsureness in Izuku, but he was willing to do this to pass.

Izuku got into position, as Katsuki set off an explosion below her, propelling her into the air.

"SHOOT IT NOW DAMN IT!"

"Yes Kacchan!"

Katsuki demanded, and Izuku, with his finger on the trigger, pulled said trigger while crying "SORRY ALL MIGHT!" and set off the explosion that nearly dislocated his arm itself, blowing him backwards, and he couldn't believe that Katsuki carried one of those around with her and used them a lot, and it didn't do this to her either.

"Run you idiot!"

Katsuki yelled above him, and Izuku nodded, turning around, gathering his Quirk around him and shot off towards the exit together with Katsuki.

Kenji looked relieved that they were finally working together as they should.

Showing that they could do it together, and had what it takes to take down some enemies.

All Might behind them, was relatively unharmed. But he was surprised by what they did together.

"A compromise of running and fighting. I hadn't expected something like that. They also limited the damage done to the city by aiming it at places I had already demolished. I think I taught them to do that in their very first combat training."

All Might looked on with a proud smile.

Seeing the pair doing what they did together.

Even if it was against Katsuki's wishes to do so.

She did it, and now they were making their way to the exit of the area.

They knew that they couldn't take All Might. Even Katsuki had to admit that they couldn't do something like that. So while running away together, she held a pained expression on her face. Yet, she looked determined as well.

Kenji also noticed that as they ran together, All Might's body was going through something. He could see with his eyes, and he guessed that it was because of what was happening with his Quirk, or lack of Quirk now.

Kenji noticed something else as well.

The fact that even though All Might's attack came from the middle of the city, as they got closer to the end of the city, the buildings were still effected by what happened.

"It doesn't look like All Might is chasing us. Did the explosion really knock him out?"

"Of course not you idiot! You're the one who keeps crying about the fact that he is impossible to defeat! There's no way an attack like that K.O'ed him. When he comes back, then it will be my turn to blast him to hell!"

"Interesting, will you now?!"

All Might flashed between Katsuki and Izuku and said that with his signature grin.

Katsuki's eyes widened, she hadn't even predicted that he would be there.

Her hand went up with the remaining gauntlet, but All Might punched her, and destroyed the gauntlet, and he punched with his other hand, knocking back Izuku who tried to attack him from behind, forcing Izuku near a wall, but stopped within inches.

"Da-Damn, he's really fast...I hadn't even seen him coming."

Momo muttered, Kenji nodding.

"Yeah, I don't know how they're going to be able to do this."

"Ken-chan, I'm worried for Kacchan and Deku-chan...All Might seems too strong."

"He's very strong, but they can still make it if they try their best."

He relieved Eri's worries, while All Might faced Katsuki.

"Because I'm a Villain, it is time for you Hero's to take a nap!"

Kenji grimaced as All Might got close and his knee met Katsuki's face. Kenji winced as her body went high into the sky, and smashed against the third floor of a building. Kenji wouldn't be surprised if she was knocked out from that hit.

Izuku rushed towards her, but All Might grabbed him by the arm, and dragged his body upwards.

"I'll get you All Might!"

Katsuki came out of the building, and shot for All Might. All Might didn't say anything as he span around and slammed Izuku against Katsuki, embedding both of them into the ground where Kenji placed a hand on his forehead.

"Damn, he's not going easy on them."

"I'm glad that it wasn't me that's fighting him though ribbit. I don't think I'd survive."

Tsuyu grimaced as she said it.

Kenji himself wasn't sure if he would be able to survive an All Might assault either. Cuffs or not, All Might was a crazy opponent and he could see that even with the cuffs, they weren't making him much weaker.

"Hey, isn't it wonderful? You are cooperating with one another. Sadly, that's not enough for me."

All Might placed his foot on Katsuki's back, and forced her downwards, while he still held Izuku with his large hand. Neither had any idea what they were going to do. Even Kenji didn't know what they were going to do now.

Katsuki on the ground thought about what she could do.

Against All Might's overwhelming strength and speed, it seemed hard for anything that she could do against him. There wasn't really much that she could do right now. She couldn't win. The fight seemed impossible for her to win.

She thought about what Kenji would do in this situation.

Fight.

Flight.

She didn't know what he would do.

She also thought about what Kenji felt when he fought All Might, and now could understand what he did during that fight. About All Might's power, and how it would be nigh impossible for them to win in a one and one fight…

But, it didn't always come to power to win a fight.

Even if the fight seemed crazy.

Izuku who was trying to get out of his grasp, All Might could see the worry that was on Izuku's face.

"What kind of face is that Young Midoriya?" All Might slapped Izuku away, and he hit the ground, harsh. "Trying to get away from me by using maximum fire power, then make a run for the escape gate. It wasn't a terrible strategy, I have to admit. But now I've destroyed Young Bakugo's gauntlets, there's no way you'd be able to use that again. This is over."

That seemed to ignite a rage within Katsuki.

Her fires were burning and she wouldn't be losing to All Might. She couldn't lose to All Might, she had to show herself that she could do it...and she had to do it for Kenji, showing how powerful she could be as well.

"Shut up!"

Katsuki twisted her hand upwards, where All Might stood on her, and unleashed a powerful explosion. Surprisingly, it pushed All Might backwards to the point where it allowed Katsuki to actually stand up.

She then grabbed Izuku and growled "Get ready to fly!" and turned towards the gate.

"I don't like the idea of running, but with the crap we're in right now we don't have any other choice!"

"W-Wait don't do it!"

Izuku pleaded, but Katsuki didn't listen.

"Now dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Katsuki launched Izuku with an explosion. She also felt a throb in her arm from overusing her Quirk like she was. But she didn't give up, and continued running.

Izuku sailed through the air, and thought that he could get the upper hand, but All Might saw his chance as well.

"New Hampshire Smash!"

All Might cut through the smoke, and launched his body towards Izuku's. His back collided with Izuku's back, and Izuku's mouth widened along with his eyes, letting out a pained cry and his body slammed down onto the ground, bounced upwards, and hit a nearby bus, before settling down onto the ground.

Katsuki used her Quirk to explode herself into the air, while Kenji prayed that they would be alright. She got close into the air to All Might, and placed her hand outwards. Kenji could see that the excessive use of her explosions was wearing on her quite a lot. But she still didn't give up, and powered her explosions.

"I can't give up now! Isn't that right All Might!?"

Katsuki released her explosion point blank range towards All Might while Kenji hoped that she would be alright.

"She's done two of them now..."

Momo murmured, Shoto nodding her head.

"Yes, it seems that she's rather determined to not give up. But even if she's like that, she can't fight against All Might like this."

Her body was sent backwards, while Kenji looked on and saw that she was in pain, yet she still didn't want to give up either.

"Deku! Hurry up and go already for God sake!"

Katsuki yelled out, and Izuku went to stand, but he felt pain through his back, and was brought to his knees.

Katsuki landed on the ground, gripped her hands together, and ran forward.

"Even if you are still learning to use your pathetic power, I can move better than you! So you better make yourself at least a little useful!"

Katsuki rushed towards All Might, and then aimed her hand upwards towards All Might, unleashing explosion after explosion. But as she did, Kenji could see that she was growing increasingly tired from using her Quirk like that. The pain in her arms were real, and he wished that he could do something to help.

But, he was glad that she was being a team player now.

That she wasn't just ignoring Izuku and was fighting as hard as she could.

All Might noticed that Izuku was heading for the gate slowly, so he turned towards him, and jumped.

But Katsuki came from the left, and got before him, launching an explosion. But All Might dodged the explosion, grabbed her face, and slammed her head down onto the ground, Kenji tightened his hands at such a sight.

"Damn it All Might, stop doing that to Kacchan."

Kenji was worried, as he saw Katsuki's eyes flickering open and closed.

She had been knocked out, and Izuku had already realized it as well.

"Ken-chan, i-is she okay...? Her eyes a-are closing..."

Kenji relieved Eri's worries with a fleeting smile.

"Yes, she'll be alright, she just needs to rest soon."

Eri was still worried for Katsuki though right now.

"It's time to sleep now, Young Bakugo. I might be a Villain, but I'm still your Sensei."

Katsuki, with what little strength she had left, placed her hand on All Might's wrist, and set off a very small explosion. All Might grew with surprise at the sight.

"Go...already you...damn nerd...I'll keep fighting...I'll break myself...like Ken...he fought...until there was...nothing left...and still fought...even as he bled...even as he nearly died...he still fights...and as...his girlfriend...I couldn't...do any worse...than him...so I'll...keep doing this...just get out of here...already..."

Katsuki, in a desperate attempt to stop All Might, bit into his hand. Though it didn't do anything, All Might was impressed with what she was doing and how she was able to continue fighting. Izuku however, couldn't just run away, and knew what he would have to do.

He launched himself towards All Might, and his hand tightened.

"Get out of the way All Might! Smaaaaaaaaaaaaaash!"

Izuku punched All Might in the face with enough force to push him backwards. Kenji watched as All Might kneeled down and Izuku grabbed Katsuki. She was already unconscious by the time that he got towards her.

"It's over, they've won."

Kenji spoke up, surprising the others.

"What do you mean?"

Tsuyu questioned, only for Kenji to see All Might's body smoking. He knew what that meant.

"All Might wont be able to catch up to them now, it's over and done with. They've done it!"

Kenji cheered as Izuku and Katsuki went through the gates, passing the exam. The others began cheering like Ochaco, and Tsuyu and the others. Kenji smiled lightly, he was proud of both of them…

But now he had his own fight to deal with, and that fight was with his Mother, Hikari Mikami, the strongest challenge he would have.

---

Kenji went towards Katsuki, and Izuku to see if they were alright with Eri since she was worried about Katsuki. Izuku had back pain, but he was conscious, yet Katsuki was passed out on the bed. He didn't know what he could do for her, he wished to heal her, but he had his own match to deal with and that match was his Mother.

"Hey Deku-kun, you alright?"

"A-Ah, my back hurts...b-but yeah, I'm alright..."

"I'm glad. And you stood up to Kacchan as well...though you did hit her as well..."

Izuku's face dropped when seeing Kenji's narrowed eyes.

For a second, he looked exactly like Reaper which was terrifying.

"I-I'm sorry! I wont hit her like that again!"

"Hehe, no worries~"

Izuku breathed out slowly.

He then drew the curtain to give Izuku some privacy as Ochaco came to see him.

He sat down next to Katsuki, and brushed her face while Eri looked on with worry. Katsuki groaned, and her eyes opened. His eyes met her own, he then came closer, and gave her a kiss on the cheek, making her blush lightly, while his fingers and her own intertwined with one another, Eri jumped onto the bed, and hugged onto Katsuki.

"I'm so glad you're okay!"

Katsuki looked down at Eri, and gained a surprisingly soft smile, using her free hand to pet her head.

"I'm alright Eri, don't worry about me, I'm as tough as nails."

Kenji lightly smiled at the girl.

"You passed Kacchan."

Her face lifted upwards.

"I'm glad..."

"Yeah...but, you put yourself in danger Kacchan...it worried me...and what were you talking about protecting me anyway? I thought we agreed to protect one another."

Katsuki's eyes went down, and didn't make eye contact with him.

However, he placed his hand on her face, and drew her eyes towards his own.

"Tell me. You're not worried about my dear old Granddad, are you Kacchan?"

"...Not just that, I don't want to lose you Ken...you, I see you growing in strength, I know you are going to be strong...even if you're the Grandson of that crazy whackjob...I don't want to lose you Ken...and I need to be stronger...I saw you taking on that Nomu and I couldn't..."

"Kacchan, you did amazing today, you stood up to All Might, and fought even when you were near unconscious. It's that reason I admire you much Kacchan, and why I love you as well."

Katsuki adopted a smile, and her hand placed on the side of his face, while Eri muttered "Ken-chan loves Kacchan, it's so nice." making both Katsuki and Kenji smile. He came closer towards her, and hovered above her body. Her hand stroked down his face, and his eyes and her own met one another in a loving embrace.

"Damn fool, you have your own match Ken, you can't stay here with me."

"I know Kacchan, I'm going in a minute. But I had to come and see you before I left for my fight."

Katsuki's hand stroked Kenji's face, and gave him a small soft smile, as his eyes reflected her.

"Such an idiot. You better win Ken, no matter what. I wont accept you losing."

Kenji chortled.

"But of course Kacchan, leave it to me. But, I'm kinda nervous...it's my Mom I'm fighting, I don't want to hurt her Kacchan."

Katsuki could understand that.

She'd probably be the same if she was him.

"I know, but she's not going to pull back, so you can't either Ken. You have to fight her."

"I know..."

Kenji crawled into the bed next to her, and laid his head on her chest while Eri sat on the other side of Katsuki and held onto her hand. She looked between Eri and Kenji, and couldn't help but smile.

"When you're in your exam, I'll take care of Eri." Her eyes went towards Eri. "You're alright with that, right Eri?"

"T-Though Ken-chan is my friend...I also want to stay with Kacchan too, since she's so strong..."

Katsuki lightly petted her head, Kenji gave a thankful smile.

"Thanks Kacchan."

Katsuki shook her head, petting his head.

---

At the exam area, Kenji and Jiro found themselves in a woodland area. It was huge, like a national park. There was a lake that was on the left hand side of the large area, and the gate was before them, at the end of the park filled with trees.

"Of course it would be nature. We're in her element."

Jiro grimaced.

Kenji on the other hand thought about fighting his Mother.

He thought that he had steeled himself.

But now that he was there, and they would be fighting, he wasn't sure what he would do against her.

Izuku, Katsuki with Eri sat on her lap, and the others watched as Kenji and Jiro stood together. Katsuki bit her lower lip, and hoped that he would be able to fight off his Mother.

[Then the match begins!]

"Mikami-kun! Lets go!"

"R-Right!"

Kenji and Jiro began running together towards the exit.

"Since she can feel us wherever we go, there's no point trying to hide and sneak attack, right?"

Jiro asked her partner, who inclined his head.

"You're right. Her sensing ability is on a completely different level to what I can do, there's no way we would be able to get past her. We'll just have to go for her and hope for the best. Our only advantage is that she can only tell approximately where we are, so if she can't see us then we could gain an advantage."

Though Kenji said that, he wasn't so confident in his ability to actually win against his Mother. She was powerful. Even without nature around her, and now that there were thick trees around her, she was able to use any of them to her advantage.

Hikari at the far side of area where the gate was, placed her hand outwards, and closed her eyes. She was in her Hero costume which consisted of a skin tight pure white body suit with a rose design in the middle of her chest, expanding across her breasts. Around her waist, was several capsules which contained seeds inside of them, the colour of the utility belt containing the seeds was gold and at the front, where it clipped on, was the design of a flower. She wore white boots that come up towards her knees, but split off into a V shape as it neared the knees.

"Seems like I have to begin now dear."

Hikari sent out her life Quirk, and it pulsated through the area. The others watched as the life spread forward, and around the area. Since her eyes were closed, she could see where she was going and what was going on through her Life Quirk.

The others watched as a tree on the left of Kenji extended their branches, became hands and stood up.

"I've got this Jiro-san!"

Kenji placed his Death hand outwards to shoot down the tree with as much power as he could muster within seconds…

But he stopped when he thought about his Mother.

If he shot it down, then it would go to his Mother and cause her pain.

Because they were connected, it would happen like that.

He also thought about how he fought Irina and at the time, caused her pain without realizing.

His hand shook around and he couldn't…

He just couldn't harm his Mother.

"Mikami-kun!"

Jiro dived, and knocked Kenji down to the ground as the large tree fist came for Kenji's body. The large fist smashed against the ground and actually made a dent in said ground, the others grimaced.

"T-That could've killed them!"

Izuku yelled out, Katsuki however sighed.

"She wouldn't kill her own son, idiot. At most, it would've just hurt really bad."

Momo had to agree, but she did see that Hikari didn't hold back either. It was as if she was going to play the Villain.

"Kacchan, is Ken-chan okay? He seems a bit different..."

"He'll be fine, just watch Ken closely."

Eri nodded, looking towards Kenji with her worry.

They skidded across the ground and the tree monster casually turned towards them.

Shoto noticed something.

"He hesitated against firing at the tree...why would he hesitate to do that?"

Shoto didn't quite understand it, but Tsuyu did understand and lowered her eyes.

"It's because it is his Mother, who he only had for so long. The woman who raised him...he knew that if he shot that tree down, then he would cause his Mother pain. No matter how minor it is ribbit. His Mother, he loves her, yet, he can't force himself to hurt her."

Tsuyu explained as Jiro took out her earphone jacks and stabbed them into the tree. Using her vibration abilities, she caused the tree to shatter from the power that she had, and Hikari winced slightly.

Then his Mother came flying downwards up above, on her Angel wings.

Hikari clicked her fingers, and vines came up from the ground, wrapping around Jiro's earphones as she tried to attack, stopping her movements.

"You have to be quicker than that sweetie."

With lightning speed, Hikari embedded her foot into Jiro's torso. Jiro's eyes widened at the impact, and she spat out bile as she was flung through the forest. Her body slammed against a tree, making the leaves fall down as she fell down, clutching her stomach.

Kenji looked towards Jiro, seeing her in pain, turned to his Mother.

"I wont let you hurt Jiro-san!"

Kenji allowed ethereal wings to appear beside his feet, and he shot off towards Hikari.

He coated his arm in Death, and Hikari placed her hand outwards to form chains.

"Death Arm..."

Kenji's hand went to strike down his Mother...when he remembered something.

---

A young Kenji, having needed the bathroom late at night, went towards it. The young boy was covered in bandages, due to what happened that faithful night.

But once he was finished, he heard some noise's coming from his elder brother's room.

It sounded like crying.

So, he went to go and investigate.

Having lost his sister not long ago, he suspected that Daisuke was the one who was crying...

But when he got there, he peered through the crack of the door, and saw that it was his Mother, who was in fact crying.

The room, had been emptied.

And there was a single note.

"Daisuke...I've lost nearly everyone...Irina...Daisuke..."

Hikari held the note within her hands, and tears fell onto the note, devastating tears.

Without even conveying with words, Kenji knew the truth.

Daisuke had gone.

And he was completely devastated, tears unable to stop flowing from his eyes, silently crying, and his Mother openly sobbed.

He wished he could take the pain away...but, he already felt that he had caused too much pain for what happened to Irina, and now Daisuke.

He felt like, he had done this...

His Mother's tears...he wished he'd be able to stop them, but he couldn't.

So, he vowed, he'd try his best to never burden his Mother again, for the pain she was going through right now, he wouldn't add to them.

---

Kenji's eyes snapped out of the memory when his Mother's chains wrapped around his body, bringing him up into the air.

"Aaah!"

The chains wrapped tightly around his body and made him wince, Hikari however showed an expression that wasn't usually like her...it was one of cold intentions.

"Why did you hesitate to strike me Kenji? You're the Hero, and I'm the Villain. If you hesitate against a real Villain, then how could you ever survive?"

"T-That's not it Mom!"

He cried out, but Hikari remained strong.

"I'm not your Mother right now Kenji!" Kenji broadened his eyes. "I'm the enemy. You see me as your Mother, you'll never progress. What if you see Irina again? What if she attacks someone you care for? Would you see her as Irina or would you see her as the enemy attacking your friends?"

"T-That's..."

Kenji didn't know the answer.

He couldn't understand what he would need to say.

To call Irina an enemy…

To attack Irina to defend his friends…

To attack his Mother to win during an exam…

To cause her pain…

"I asked to be the one who fought you, to teach you a valuable lesson Kenji. In your life, you'll have people turn to the dark side...I had it with your Father, with Grim Reaper. Seeing him as a Villain...breaks my heart. But if he endangers anyone I care for, then I attack that person without even holding back! Because he's not my husband in that moment! He is the enemy that needs to be stopped! Right now, I am the enemy that needs to be stopped! If you don't stop me, then I could hurt your friends even more! If Irina comes back, and tries to harm you, even if she doesn't want you, you'd have to stop her."

Hikari raised her arm, and tossed Kenji towards a tree. She sent out her life, and grabbed the boy with the tree familiar. It wrapped around his body tightly, and squeezed him hard, making him let out a cry.

"M-Mikami-kun!"

Jiro, despite being in pain, stood up, and plugged in her earphone jacks, sending out a sound wave.

"Heh, seems like you've worked out a good thing."

Hikari winced as the sound pierced her eardrums. Then Jiro rushed forward in that moment of confusion, and tried to strike down Hikari.

But she shot up into the air, and directed her hand to the tree, launching Kenji at Jiro.

Jiro went to move, but Kenji created a life platform in the air, and hopped over Jiro's body, landing near her.

"Jiro-san, are you alright?"

His question was met with a small nod.

"Yes but..."

Jiro looked towards Hikari who was looking on strongly.

Hikari then placed her hands outwards, and from around Kenji and Jiro, the trees began to take shape of monsters, and lift themselves out of the ground. Their fists tightened, and Hikari looked on with a smile on her face.

"Welcome to my world. If you think you'll leave, think again. The only way for you to walk away from this is if you come for me ohohoho."

Aizawa's eyes widened, and only said "The Beast has returned." and left looking ill, All Might with little strength he had, looked at Hikari laughing and shuddered saying "She's going serious." while grimacing.

Kenji and Jiro grimaced, as the tree monsters charged for them.

Rather than fight, they made a tactical retreat to regain the ground.

"It seems like he's going through a lot..."

Tsuyu muttered, and had to think about what was going on with Kenji right now.

"Jiro's not going to be able to do it alone. She needs Kenji-kun to give her assistance."

Shoto expressed her thoughts, and saw that Jiro and Kenji were running away from the monsters coming for them.

"Come on Ken, you've got this...you can do this..."

Katsuki looked on with a worried expression.

She didn't want her boyfriend to fail the exam while she had passed.

"Ken-chan..."

Eri placed her hands together in a prayer like state, hoping he would be okay.

---

Kenji and Jiro ran towards the lake, thinking that maybe they could do something. They dodged a fist that came down, but it shook the ground which made Jiro fall down to the ground.

"Come on Jiro-san!"

Kenji announced,as they ran together.

Hikari slowly walked towards them with the tree carrying her body.

"Kenji, Jiro-chan. If you don't fight me, then you wont be able to win against me. Running isn't going to be the best thing to do. You either have to fight me, or make a break for the gate. But, this world is under my control, I rule over everything here."

Jiro and Kenji looked towards Hikari, and saw that she was animating more and more nature around her. Hikari wasn't messing around, she was truly going for them no matter what.

"We wont give up!"

Jiro yelled, and sent out her earphone jacks towards the tree Hikari was on.

But Hikari pulled the tree backwards, and avoided the earphone jacks.

"Good try but it wont work!"

Hikari sent a fist towards Jiro with her tree monster.

Kenji looked between his Mother and Jiro.

If Jiro got punched then it would cause her a lot of pain.

Gritting his teeth, he got between Jiro and Hikari, and turned his Death and Life into a shield, blocking the fist, which shook the barrier, and the Death travelled up the tree, rotting it away, Hikari winced at the feeling, and hopped off the tree as it crumbled down, and while that happened, Kenji grabbed Jiro and jumped to the water, but surprised her when he began running across the water while holding her in his arms, his Life and Death energy being around them, and under his feet.

"Mikami-kun...how are we doing this?"

Kenji chuckled awkwardly.

"I'm killing off our gravity just enough to make the area around us light enough for my Life to propel us so we run across the water without breaking the waters surface and moving fast enough that we're only touching the water for less than a second. I wasn't sure if this would work, this is the first time I've done this, but taking into account various things like our weight, the gravity that would weigh us down among other things-"

"You did complex calculations, that's what you're saying, right?"

Kenji nodded his head with an awkward smile.

"Yes that's right. It's difficult, but it's better than going back there, we need to put distance between us and Mom."

"To do that on the fly, that's quite cool."

Jiro was quite impressed.

Even Shoto was, and murmured "That's quite ingenious." while Eri was amazed.

"Ken-chan can run on water!? Ken-chan is amazing!"

Katsuki smirked down at the young girl.

Jiro then she saw that the tree monsters were following them, and were going into the water, while picking up large stones and throwing them at Kenji and Jiro who used his Quirk to leap to different parts of the lake to dodge the stones, causing huge ripples in the water, he thought his Mother was smart to change the standing body to a more unstable one.

"Ooh come on! Stop attacking us like this!"

Jiro yelled out.

Kenji knew that this wasn't something they could deal with.

Fighting all of them at once...it was going to be difficult.

And then there was his Mother as well, who was great at hand to hand fighting.

Kenji then placed his hand upwards, and formed light with his Life.

"Over Life, Shining Life!"

Kenji's hand lit up with his Life, like a flash light, and shined into Hikari's eyes.

She closed her eyes briefly, she hadn't expected something like that.

"Ooh yeah! That's it Ken!"

Katsuki cheered, she was glad that Kenji was finally using her mind. It was a technique that didn't cause damage, yet it was a technique that could be used to help escape for the moment and blind the enemy. It was like her stun grenade technique, and she was glad that he used something like that.

"Even though he's done that, Hikari-sensei is still very dangerous..."

Toru spoke up, and the others couldn't deny what she was saying as well.

"I know, we've seen first hand what she's capable of." Momo spoke up. "Ken-chan and Jiro-san might not have a chance to overwhelm her in terms of physical fighting. But, they might have a chance to get out of the gate if they work together. As long as Ken-chan is willing to hurt his Mother..."

Momo expressed her true thoughts.

It all came down to Kenji using his powers against his Mother.

"Ken-chan can do it, I believe in Ken-chan." Eri spoke up, surprising the others around. "Ken-chan can win, Ken-chan saved me...Ken-chan wont give up. Even if Ken-chan has to fight his Mommy, Ken-chan can do it."

Tokoyami showed a surprised smile, but then nodded.

"Yes, I agree with the young girl, Mikami wont give up so easily."

"Lets support Mikami together because he's so manly!"

Kirishima added while thrusting his fist to the sky.

When Hikari opened her eyes...they had gone from the water.

"Damn, they managed to escape...cool."

Hikari smiled out.

---

Kenji and Jiro were a little distance away, running through the forest.

When they got a good distance between them, Kenji placed his hand downwards, and sent out a Death burst, killing off the trees, and plant life around them so Hikari couldn't animate them to attack Jiro and Kenji.

Jiro breathed slowly, as her eyes went towards Kenji.

"Mikami-kun, we need a plan to deal with your Mother. Clearly, she's very strong, and I don't know if we would be able to defeat her in this kind of environment. She's literally walking in her own element."

Kenji leaned downwards, and sat on the ground.

"I know, but I don't know what to do...I don't know if we should make a break for the exit, and try and get out. Or we go and confront her...or we do what Kacchan and Deku-kun did together, and gave a distraction and then make a break for it...our plans from before were to distract her, but being in this area, she's got eyes everywhere, we have to think of ways to stall her."

Jiro could see that it still was weighing on his mind heavily.

She could understand that.

But she also needed Kenji to fight his Mother.

"Mikami-kun, I know that she is your Mother...but, we have to fight against her. We have to make sure that she's stopped."

Kenji didn't want to let Jiro down.

It was just as important to her as it was to him to make the exam theirs, and win against her.

"I know Jiro-san...I know...I'm sorry...it's just...they really picked the right person...anyone else, and I wouldn't be hesitating...even if it was All Might who's a Hero I look up to...but, this is my Mom, who is my true Hero...she's someone I want to be like, the kind gentle Hero who'd always save others while smiling and healing not just their wounds, but their hearts too. All of my life...when I was sad, when I was being bullied, abused, when I was scared, she was there, and gave me a smile, and told me everything would be alright, comforting me and gave me love like no one else did...and I saw my Mom crying about other members of my family...my sister, my brother...my Father. I promised myself I'd never cause my Mom pain, I'd never add to her troubles...and now…I have to cause her pain to help us pass the exam..."

Jiro bit her lower lip, but decided something.

She walked closer towards him, and grabbed his hand, surprising him.

"Jiro-san..."

"Y-You know, I've been watching you since the beginning of the school year. I saw you standing up to your Father...when I could see that he was your biggest fear...you were there for all of us, you stood up for all of us. You protected us at the cost of your own safety. I know that this is your Mother...but, she knew that this would be difficult for you. She knows you've got it in you to harm her, to help others pass...and if you can harm the person you love more than anything to help others...then she knows you'll be a worthwhile Hero! Because, I know you can be a Hero Mikami-kun! I...I am inspired by you to be a Hero after seeing everything you've done...not just for me, but for the others in the class. Midoriya, Yaoyorozu, Todoroki, Ashido, Kirishima, and even Bakugo too."

Jiro admitted at the end while blushing lightly.

"Jiro-san…"

Jiro poked her fingers together shyly.

"Mikami-kun, you're smart...you're very smart, and already, I saw you during the Sports Festival coming up with amazing plans. You came up with plans that caught even Yaoyorozu off guard, and even deceived the League of Villains at the USJ. If you can do that...then your Mother can be caught off guard. And you're not your Father. I understand that it's a huge worry for you, since everyone keeps comparing you to your Father, but you're not your Father, or your Mother, you're just you, and who you are, is someone I find to be amazing. Lets do this together, lets rock your Mom's world, and show her how strong we are, together."

Kenji looked upon Jiro, and could hear her passion in her words.

How strong she was being.

And in turn, he felt inspired by her words as well.

He didn't realize that Jiro had much trust in him like that.

He wouldn't let her down.

"Jiro-san...I understand...yes, thank you Jiro-san. Lets take Vitality down together."

Jiro adopted a small smile, nodding her head strongly.

"Right, lets do this Mikami-kun."

Kenji and Jiro moved closer and began discussing a plan.

---

Hikari casually began walking towards their position. She also saw that the area she went into was dead. Kenji had killed off the life around them so even she couldn't bring them to life anymore.

"Smart, he's thinking more tactically now."

Hikari beamed out.

But she still had her little army that was behind her.

She looked around the area, and then cupped her hands.

"Hey you guys! Time is running out you know!? If you don't come out soon, then you'll lose the match, is that what you want?"

Hikari called, but she didn't get a reply.

She knew they were around there somewhere, but they weren't revealing themselves which she thought was rather smart.

But then she turned her head to the side, as a deafening sound wave erupted out. It washed over her ears, and made her grip her ears in slight pain.

"Giving away your position! I thought I taught you better than that Kenji!"

Hikari fluttered her wings, and shot in that direction.

However, when she got there, she saw that it was just Jiro's boots on the ground, emitting the sound waves. Jiro's earphone jacks were plugged into them, but they were going under the ground so she didn't know where they were.

Hikari blinked with confusion by what was going on…

But it made sense why they were only her boots. They were hiding where they were and still attacking. She guessed that Jiro probably thought of that considering it was her Quirk, and she was right.

It was Jiro's idea to do that.

"Death Arm!"

Kenji jumped down from the tree, and coated his arm in Death.

He came close to Hikari's body, and aimed for her chest.

His eyes met Hikari's who placed her arm upwards to block.

Kenji could feel his body tensing up.

But he didn't stop this time.

"Haaaaaaaaaah!"

Kenji swiped his arm downwards, and hit Hikari's own arm, leaving a small wound to appear on her body.

"Nice move Kenji, you actually hit me. It seems that you've had a change of heart and have decided to attack me. Good, that's what I want."

Hikari looked at her wound, and then repaired it like it was instant regeneration along with her outfit, Kenji's eyebrows twitching.

"It seems that your regeneration abilities are as great as ever."

Hikari giggled, and pulled at her costume.

"It's thanks to my Hero Costume. I can instantaneously heal any injury on my body due to it being skin tight like this. It spreads through my body, and can help me transmit my Quirk to any place around my body, isn't it good? My Costume is made from cells of my DNA, so I can control it to grow back like I'm healing it, and it gives a good protection, and I can even make it grow and heal places it isn't covering so I don't have to place my hand to my wound, isn't it amazing?"

Kenji saw Hikari get into a hand to hand fighting position as her tree monsters came running towards them. Hikari smirked at the sight, and went to send a punch towards Kenji, but the boots of Jiro emitted a deafening sound wave so Hikari shot into the air.

Hikari looked down to see Kenji jumping up towards her body. His hand lit up with Life, and created platforms in the air, and managed to pull closer, only for Hikari to fly around his body and appear before him.

"Hikari Kick!"

"Gwaaaah!"

Hikari slammed her foot into Kenji's back faster than he could even think. In the trajectory of the landing boy, he headed for one of the tree monsters which outstretched its hand to grab Kenji.

He winced at the sight, only for Jiro to pop out of hiding, holding what appeared to be a bomb.

Hikari gave it a suspicious look, then realized what it was.

"Ooh no!"

She announced with worry, and flew down rather fast. But, Kenji shot a beam of Death for the bomb, as Jiro threw it towards the centre were the trees were, and when connecting together, the bomb exploded, and a large wide area of Death erupted outwards rotting the trees down into nothingness, Hikari let out a cry and pain etched onto her face.

"T-That was a bomb...?"

Eri spoke up with a confused face.

Izuku however explained what was happening.

"Ken-kun was telling me this, and how Hatsume-san made them. Like how Kacchan's Bracer's can be used to store sweat, this is storing his Death Quirk which can be contained because the materials used for the bomb itself is made from Ken-kun's own cells like Hikari-sensei's Hero Costume, so it wouldn't disintegrate while holding the power and can shoot off a more powerful than average wave of energy that Ken-kun is using to take down Hikari-sensei's tree servants!"

It made sense when Izuku explained it.

Using it on the tree monsters made sense, it allowed them to harm Hikari, and to also take down her forces at the same time. Even Hikari was surprised by what was happening and couldn't deny that it was a good idea.

Once the blast died down, Kenji bounced off the floor, and rolled down in the mud, getting dirty.

Jiro rushed towards her boots, putting them on, while Hikari's wings fluttered in the air.

"As long as you can't fly Kenji, you wont be able to catch me up here."

Kenji knew that was true.

Time was ticking down.

Fighting Hikari even with weights on was very difficult.

He couldn't get her up in the air, she could move faster than either of them, and their skills weren't working.

That's when Kenji stepped forward.

"Jiro-san, you go towards the gate. I'm going to hold off my Mother."

"Mikami-kun, that's..."

"It's alright, I worried you, let me make it up to you now and hold off my Mother the best that I can. I've got an idea, don't worry, I'll catch up. Get a head start."

Kenji sent a volley of Death towards his Mother who flies out of the way, Hikari then flies at him at super speed, appearing before him with her leg going for his face. However, before it could, Kenji kills off the gravity around him and jumped upwards, with no gravity weighing him down, he jumped rather high, appearing above Hikari.

Jiro looks on with worry, and hated it.

But, she turned around and began running for the gate, tears in her eyes.

Hikari however giggles, and grabs his leg, shocking him immensely.

"I thought that you'd do that. I do know you very well my son."

"You're right, but did you know about something my Father taught me Mom?"

Hikari drew a blank, only for Kenji to place his hand towards Hikari, and sent off Death close range. However, this Death didn't touch her, and only surrounded her head like a bubble with the Life energy surrounding that, containing Hikari in said dome, and Hikari noticed something different.

The air around her...wasn't going into her lungs.

"Over Life and Death, Air Annihilation!"

Kenji was killing off the very air before it could reach her mouth, which gave Kenji enough time to deliver a speeding kick to Hikari's torso, her eyes widening in shock and she was sent towards the ground.

Kenji then turned around and shot for the exit.

Using wings at his feet, he shot through the air in small bursts. And creating platforms in the air, he was able to cross a good wide range distance.

---

He soon saw Jiro running for the exit, as fast as she could, so he jumped downwards, and joined her.

"Mikami-kun! You're here! Thank God!"

"Yeah, but what I did is only going to distract my Mother for no longer than a few seconds! We have to run as fast as we can!"

Jiro nodded, and together, they ran as fast as they could possibly go together.

The exit soon came into sight, and they both smiled with relief.

"Not long now Mikami-kun! We're nearly there!"

Kenji nodded…

But then his face fell.

"No!"

He turned behind him, having sensed what was coming, and saw Hikari appear behind them.

He placed his hand out to send out his Death, but Hikari nailed her foot into Kenji's stomach, who was flung into a set of trees. He broke through the trees, and then his body slammed against the floor before hitting a stone, which cracked with his body hitting it.

Jiro gasped, and plugged in her earphones into her speakers, and went to send out a sound wave, but Hikari shot to the air, avoiding the sound wave, and then placed her hands outwards, her hands began glowing white.

Surrounding Hikari's body, the Life aura grew and expanded. Around her, rather than the trees themselves, it was the leaves on the trees that began to glow, and were being plucked off the tree, and went towards Hikari.

"H-Holy crap, she's going to use her stronger moves..."

Toru grimaced, though because she was invisible, no one could see her worry.

The others could see that it was very dangerous, the leaves began to spin around Hikari, and Hikari began to slowly rotate clockwise, the leaves following her until a sphere of leaves was surrounding her body.

"Only Pro Hero's would be able to deal with that kind of attack!"

Mina cried out, she didn't want Kenji to lose his fight against his Mother, and the same with Jiro.

"I don't know how they're going to get out of this. I've heard that Hikari-sensei's leaf attacks are supposed to be deadly...there's no way that they will be able to dodge all of those...It's one of the reasons she was made into the Number Three Hero, her precise skill to control each leaf all at once, and take down most Villains in a single shot."

Izuku's fears were shared by the others.

"Ken-chan..."

Eri expressed worry, seeing what was happening.

Kenji tried standing up, but because of the beating his body had, even healing him took time. Hikari was more adept at using the Life Quirk than he was at his own Life side. He could feel pain running through him.

He saw Hikari in the sea of leaves, dancing around her, along with her wings shining.

Her beautiful white wings.

He never was able to manifest his own.

No, he could but he couldn't ever use them for more than a single burst…

And Jiro was in danger right now.

"Time to say night-night."

Hikari directed her hand downwards, and the leaves shot out towards Jiro's body, who couldn't move in time, they shot at Jiro like bullets, and her sound wasn't doing anything to help her stop the onslaught of leaves.

He wanted to help her…

Desperately…

But he didn't know what he could do.

If he used his wings on his feet, and propelled himself forward, then he'd be taken out, and then Jiro would soon follow, so that wouldn't help.

"Damn it..."

Kenji spat out, hating that he couldn't do it.

Then he remembered something from his Mother.

---

A very young Kenji and his Mother Hikari were in their backyard, and Hikari had manifested her beautiful white Angel wings behind her. Kenji looked super excited to see his Mother's beautiful white wings, and clapped again and again.

"Mommy is an Angel! I wanna be an Angel too!"

Hikari giggled as Kenji tried to manifest wings on his back.

However, as they grew from his back, he tried flapping them, but a single burst was all he could manage before they disappeared completely from his back, and he fell down onto his butt, making Hikari giggle even more.

"Mommy...I don't understand...w-why can't I do it…?"

Hikari bent down towards her son, and placed a hand on his head, giving it a gentle rub.

"This technique is very difficult, I've spent a long time making it Kenji. And even when trying to perfect it, it was highly difficult."

"But...how did you do it…?"

Hikari fluttered her Angel wings, Kenji watched on with amazement.

"You see my baby, our Life Quirk can connect to anything living, even your own body, we can connect to that and like we do plants, we can shape our life energy or vitality if you like into barriers, chains, and even wings to fly. With this technique, your drawing our your own vitality to the surface but rather than give it to another life form to manipulate it, you give it to yourself, giving it shape, and lifting your body through the air. It takes concentration, and zaps stamina, but in return, it can make your movements faster, and allow you to fly. But the trick is, you have to be at harmony with yourself. You have to keep yourself balanced, any doubt and it will be difficult to control it since if you're unbalanced, then your vitality is too."

"Erm..."

Hikari allowed a cute laugh to come out of her mouth.

"When the time comes up, I know you'll do it. Hey, maybe you'll add in your Daddy's Quirk too. You shouldn't aim to be an Angel Kenji, you should aim to be a Nephilim."

"Nep...Neph..."

"Nephilim."

"What does that mean Mommy?"

Hikari picked up her son.

She fluttered her wings, and shot into the sky.

Kenji looked down at the ground, and saw it becoming smaller and smaller, exciting him even more.

"It means you're the best of both~ Because it means you're the son of me and your Daddy too~ Aim to become a Nephilim Kenji, because you're the best of me and your Daddy."

"I'm the best of you and Daddy?"

Hikari placed a kiss on her sons cheek, making him blush with embarrassment.

"That's right baby. One day, I know you're going to shine and allow others to shine, just like your Daddy did for me."

Kenji looked towards his Mother, and saw her smile towards him.

To become more than an Angel.

To become a Nephilim.

---

Back in the present, Kenji remembered what his Mother said so long ago.

He closed his eyes, and thought about what he'd been through.

He had come along way since then.

He had loved, lost, and suffered.

Yet, he had good times as well, the people in his life that he loved, and that loved him.

He thought about his Father, and how he had denied him for so long...denied himself.

But now, he understood what his Mother was saying, he couldn't deny himself, he had to be stable, accept himself.

He wasn't his Mother...

He wasn't his Father...

He was a Nephilim.

"W-What's going on?!"

Izuku cried out, seeing a flash of Life and Death erupting from Kenji's body. Growing from his back, was a white wing, and a black wing from his Life and Death side respectably, they looked like wings of a dove from the Life, and a crow from the Death, his body then flew upwards into the air.

"My God..."

Shoto muttered, seeing how...beautiful the wings behind Kenji were.

The white wing, and the black wing, looked beautiful.

Even Katsuki was amazed by what she was seeing right now.

Eri whispered "So beautiful..." while looking at the wings with teary yet happy eyes.

Hikari looked towards her son, and saw what was happening, and she smiled.

"You finally begun accepting yourself...well done Kenji."

Hikari smiled, as Kenji announced "Over Life and Death, Nephilim!" and flapped his wings, shooting his body faster than Hikari thought he would go, grabbed Jiro's body off the ground and flapped once more, shooting up into the air, as the leaves pierced the ground.

Jiro's arms wrapped around Kenji's neck, and looked up to him.

"An Angel..."

Jiro smiled out, but Kenji chuckled.

"I'm not that pure. Nephilim, that's what I am. The Samsara Hero Nephilim."

Tsuyu placed a hand over her heart, remembering when she suggested that name to him, and she was glad he was using it.

"Kenji-chan..."

Tsuyu murmured out, very happy.

Momo looked so happy right now, seeing what Kenji had done and knowing how hard it would be for him.

Hikari looked on with an impressed face, she couldn't deny that seeing her son like this brought a smile to her face.

"Heh, seems like you truly are half me and half your Father, huh."

"Yes, that's right...I realized something, what you said back then. I was trying to force the Life out my body without accepting all of myself, that's why I couldn't manifest them for more than a single burst, and I'm not just a Life user, I'm a Death user too. I had to connect to all of me, not just half of me. I denied half of myself for so long, I didn't want to end up like Dad, so I couldn't be at harmony, but now, after everything I've been through, I realized that I don't have to end up like Dad, or you Mom, I can be me, and half of me is you, and the other is Dad, so I'll use my Life and Death wings to fight you!"

"That's true sweetheart, you were unbalanced for so long, now you've begun accepting yourself, you're more at peace which is what is needed for this technique." Hikari placed her hand outwards and the leaves reacted. "But, it doesn't mean you can stop me! You've only just manifested them, you wont be able to hold that form for long!"

Hikari sent the leaves out like bullets, but Jiro and Kenji's body sailed through the air, at speeds that even Hikari was surprised at. He zigzagged through the air, avoiding the leaves as he went along as well.

"Like this, there's no way that I'll be able to attack normally. It's very taxing to keep the wings up, maybe I can last a minute before these wings will disappear. Mom must have immense stamina to keep these going, along with using her Quirk to connect to other things and use them. I need to end this quickly before I run out of time. I'll need Jiro-san's help."

He concluded within himself, dodging all of the attacks from Hikari by flying fast through the air.

He then leaned towards Jiro's ear.

"Jiro-san, I need you to attack when I get close, okay? Like this, I can't attack normally, but together, we might be able to get the cuffs on her."

Jiro breathed slowly, but she nodded, and got herself ready.

"Leave it to me Mikami-kun, I'll do my best. But I need my heartbeat to be higher...I need to do something to increase my heartbeat..." Jiro looked towards Kenji as he moved left, avoiding a blast of leaves that cut through the ground. Then she thought of something. "M-Mikami-kun, there's one t-thing that w-would g-get my h-heart r-racing...i-it would be o-okay if I d-did it, r-right?"

"Yeah, anything to help us win the fight."

He replied, not really knowing what she was thinking.

Jiro then blushed a cute pink colour, and looked at his lips.

She could feel her heart beat increasing already.

Then she took Kenji by the face, and shouted "SORRY FOR THIS!" and overlaid her lips onto his own lips, shocking everyone around.

"LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBES!"

Katsuki screamed, frightening everyone that was around.

"W-Whoa, k-kissing in the middle of a fight..."

Izuku gushed out, while Ochaco's eyes went towards Izuku, and blushed even more.

"E-Even though they're fighting, Jiro-san's so bold and has shown her affection for Mikami-kun...I-I wish I could...w-wait! W-Why would I need to confess to Deku!? N-No! I wouldn't do anything like that at all! W-Weird..."

Ochaco could feel her own heart beating, and couldn't stop the feelings she felt.

"H-Holy crap! She kissed him! D-Does that mean I'm the only one who hasn't!?"

Toru cried out, Katsuki, Shoto, Momo, Tsuyu, and Mina all gave her weird looks.

Toru then cried even more, realizing what had happened now.

Eri looked shy about the kiss between Kenji and Jiro, and looked down shyly, Katsuki gave her a sly smile.

"Something wrong Eri?"

"Ken-chan...is kissing..."

"Yeah, he's kissing that girl huh. But, don't forget, I'm his main girlfriend."

Eri cocked her head in confusion.

Hikari's face lifted upwards, and she beamed happily towards the two.

"Awwwww, another member of the harem, check!"

Hikari giggled out happily, Kenji's eyes widening as Jiro continued kissing Kenji.

Then Jiro broke away, and couldn't face him, but gave him the thumbs up, indicating that her heart was going insane inside of her chest right now, which was good for her Quirk.

Seeing that and could feel his own power fleeting, he shot for Hikari fast. Hikari sent out waves of her leaves. They went out like spirals, so Kenji dodged left, and right, barely able to dodge them.

Then one of them managed to cut deep into Kenji's arm, Jiro gasped.

"M-Mikami-kun..."

"D-Don't worry, I'm alright. Lets do it!"

"R-Right!"

Kenji shot for Hikari, who went to form a dome of leaves around her, when Kenji appeared before her.

"No way, you're so fast..."

Her eyes widened, and went to stop them, when Jiro plugged in her earphone jacks into her boots, and aimed them for Hikari.

"Have this! Heartbeat Fuzz!"

Hikari's ears were pierced with the sharp sound of Jiro's Quirk, along with the sound waves being so strong that Hikari's body was actually blown away from them, and sent crashing towards the ground, Hikari's eyes rolling as she bounced off the ground.

But still, she shot up quickly, only for Kenji and Jiro to be right on her form, and Jiro sent out her Quirk once more. Hikari winced at the feeling, but she formed a sword of leaves within her hands, and took a stance.

"N-Not bad but I'm healing as fast as you're piercing my ears!"

Kenji landed on the ground with Jiro going a good distance away and aimed her Quirk right at Hikari, continuing the constant sound waves at her, as he dropped his wings, and took out a seed. The seed grew to be a vine sword, and Kenji coated his Death around it and he said "Over Life and Death, Killing Vine Sword!", clashing blades with his own Mother, while Jiro continued sending out her Quirk, forcing Hikari to heal her ears from the sharp sound.

"That's great! They're forcing her to use her Quirk more and more! With the added weights, they might have a chance to cuff her!"

Izuku cheered out, as Hikari cleaved through Kenji's sword with her own since the leaves were sharper than Kenji's sword. However, the Death aspect of the sword transmitted to the sword Hikari carried, and disintegrated the leaves into nothingness.

"Sorry Mom, but I'm being serious here too!"

With the continuous healing that she had to do with her ears along with using her Quirk in different ways, she could feel the effects of her Quirk weighing down on her.

"I have to take out Jiro-chan. Can't deny that this is rather a fun fight to go through. They're working together in great tandem. But, I can see that Kenji's getting tired. If he continues on, then he's going to pass out. Sorry my boy, but I have to do this to show you how to be stronger than you are."

She turned to Jiro, and shot for her, but Kenji appeared before her, and sent a kick towards her, so she raised her leg, and kicked his own, sending out a shock wave of air around them, breaking down the ground.

But Hikari's strength pushed through Kenji's and blew him backwards.

Kenji skidded on the ground, and panted, feeling the weakening of his body from overusing his Quirk.

Jiro watched as Hikari ran at her in a speed that she wasn't sure she'd be able to keep up with.

But Kenji jumped in and allowed his Death to shoot for Hikari, the young woman jumping backwards, only for Kenji to place his hand on the ground.

"Over Life and Death, Earth Spires!"

Combining his Quirk together, he shot off spires of the earth right towards Hikari. Hikari inhaled slowly, and shot off into the sky with her Angel wings, Jiro however kept following her with her Quirk, forcing Hikari to heal her ears more and more, one slip, and she knew that it would be over.

Hikari panted, and then shot for Jiro once more, but Kenji got in her way, and sent a swift few punches towards Hikari, but she used her expert martial arts, and blocked each punch that Kenji sent her way, and then grabbed his arm.

"Sorry my son!"

Hikari swung her son around and slammed his body down onto the ground. The others grimaced with the cracking sound they heard, Hikari didn't hold back.

She went to move, but she felt a tug at her hand.

From her hand, she saw that Kenji was holding onto her, despite his eyes opening and closing.

He was holding onto her for dear life.

He was already past his limit, and still, he was doing what she wanted, and that was fighting his hardest.

"I-I wont l-let you b-beat us Mom..."

"Hehe, I know my son. You've done well. Right now, you aren't at my level, but you're doing very well, you came up with a great plan with Jiro-chan, no one can blame you for anything today, how you fought and how you are still holding on even now."

Hikari forced his hand off her own, but Kenji's body lifted upwards.

Even when exhausted, he still was going to fight her.

On shaky legs, he sent a fist at her weakly, though she moved to the side, avoiding it, and sent her own at his face, knocking him down to the ground with a heavy heart.

But even then, he still got up, and charged for her.

"Have this!"

Kenji swung his fist at her body.

But before he could reach her, his energy seemingly left him, and he fell down to the ground.

But, he grabbed her ankle and held onto her tightly, and wouldn't let go.

Hikari looked down towards him.

"Well done Kenji, you did amazing."

She smiled out.

Then she felt Jiro coming from behind her, and went to move...when realizing that she couldn't.

Looking down at her body, she saw that the earth had formed around her body, and even trapping her hands.

"W-What!?"

"Sorry Mom...had a little power left."

Hikari gasped as Kenji passed out, seeing his arm bleeding with wounds on it, and his hands on the ground, the remnant's of his Life and Death showing that it was him who used his Quirk to trap Hikari.

She tried to get out of the earth, and by the time she shattered the ground, Jiro sent a sound wave at her, catching her off guard just long enough for her wrist to be cuffed by Jiro with the opening Kenji made with his Quirk.

The others stared on with disbelief.

Jiro managed to cuff Hikari's wrist, and brought it to her other wrist, stopping her from moving.

"Oh my God..."

Shoto muttered, Momo clapped her hands together.

"Amazing teamwork you two!"

"Ken-chan did it, yes Ken-chan!"

Eri supported Kenji adorably.

"I don't get it, how did they do it? Hikari-sensei is above them in technique and power. They were on the defensive the entire time."

Katsuki rolled her eyes at Mina.

"Don't you get it Alien? Lobes sound attack forced her to constantly heal her ears, while Ken came at her, again and again, forcing her to use more of her stamina, not allowing her to get near Lobes. I saw it...they chose to cuff her when she was distracted by Ken trapping her as she let her guard down, believing he didn't have enough power. Truth is, he pushed himself further than he should. See, his arms are torn from the Death Quirk, and he's lost his stamina from his Life Quirk."

At Katsuki's explanation, Izuku understood what she was saying and it made sense.

"Kacchan, is Ken-chan going to be okay? H-He's bleeding..."

Katsuki lightly petted Eri's head.

"He'll be fine with some rest. His body also has an advantage of healing at a faster rate than normal peoples due to his Life Quirk."

Hikari's widened eyes went towards Jiro who was smirking towards her, while panting.

"Mikami-kun's and my plan, was never to beat you in a fight. We knew that you'd never let us win so easily. That's why, we exploited the weakness of your Quirk."

"The weakness..."

"Like Mikami-kun, using your Life more and more zaps your stamina. By me constantly bombarding you with sound, you had to constantly heal your ears so you weren't deafened, therefore wouldn't be able to react to us faster. Mikami-kun was also using himself to force you to fight more and more. Along with using your Quirk to control the tree monsters, to fly, and to surround yourself with those leaves and attack. You were exhausting yourself slowly but surely, and when realizing I was coming for you, Mikami-kun pushed himself beyond his normal limits, to give me a chance to cuff you. Before, we made this plan in case we couldn't escape you. Mikami-kun knew of your capabilities, and the amazing stamina you had, even showing how you still could fight, but we weakened you just enough for you to be trapped long enough by Mikami-kun for me to cuff you."

Hikari was amazed.

She didn't even think they'd exploit this weakness so well.

And she hadn't expected Kenji to go so far as to wreck his body so much to give Jiro that chance.

Hikari smiled happily, and began to laugh.

"Well, it seems that I was caught by this team...you two pass the exam. For amazing team work, communication skills, your determination even in the face of a stronger enemy, you managed to catch me off guard."

Jiro collapsed to the ground and was very relieved.

Hikari looked towards her passed out son, and smiled beautifully.

"Well done Kenji, you did it, and you as well Jiro-chan….you two definitely have great teamwork."

Jiro smiled wildly, while Hikari hugged her son tightly.

They had passed the exam together.

It was a long tough road, but this was another step for Kenji and Jiro into becoming Hero's.

---

After that was finished, Kenji returned home with bandages on his arms Eri while feeling exhausted, showing her to her room.

When she stepped inside, Eri looked around in amazement.

"It's so pink Ken-chan..."

"Yeah, this room belonged to Irina...well sort of anyway. This was her room in our old house, Mom made this her room to keep her stuff here." He surprised her, bending down towards her. "But, I have a feeling that Irina wants you to have this room. Everything in here you can play with, all for you."

Eri looked around at the different toys on the shelves, and colouring books, and even saw Pikachu on the bed which Kenji had placed on there before showing Eri to her room, her eyes lighting up, and hugged onto it tightly.

"Ken-chan, Hikari-chan was talking about Irina-chan in your fight might hurt you. Is Irina-chan bad?"

Kenji walked over to the young girl, placing his hand on top of her head, relieving her worries.

"It's a little complicated. Irina's not bad, but she's being forced to be with someone who's bad, and she might have to do bad things to me if she is ordered to do so."

"L-Like Chisaki forced me to be with him? Like that Ken-chan?"

"Yeah, like that. It's not her fault, she doesn't have a choice. If she doesn't do it, then the bad man might hurt her or those she cares for."

"But Ken-chan saved me. You'll save Irina-chan, right?"

Kenji adopted a soft smile on his face.

"I'm going to do my best to save Irina."

"I know Ken-chan will do it, since Ken-chan saved me. And today, I thought Ken-chan was the coolest."

Kenji chortled at Eri's childlike, yet endearing words.

"I'm the coolest huh?"

"Yes, Ken-chan is a Neph...Nerp..."

"Nephilim?"

Eri nodded shyly.

"Yes, Ken-chan is one of them. Ken-chan, can I become one too?"

Kenji released a simper.

"If you want to Eri-san. You can be anything you want to be."

Eri's face slowly lifted up, and while it wasn't a smile, Kenji felt her gratitude all the same.

She then continued to look around while he walked to the doorway once more, and watched Eri be happy.

Kenji then felt something come behind him, and saw his Mother standing there with a smile on her face.

"Just finished talking to the police, and the Hero's, Eri-chan's going to stay with us. We'll have to find out what her Quirk does...but that can wait right now."

Kenji looked towards Eri with a happy smile.

"I'm glad, I'll make sure she's safe, no matter what." His eyes went towards his Mother who looked at the room with a sad expression. "Are you sure about this Mom? I know that this room meant a lot to you..."

"Well, it does yeah, but this sweet girl is going to need somewhere to sleep, and I can't think of a better room, besides Irina was someone that took care of her, my daughter is still a good person. But, what I said today Kenji, is true. If Irina does come back for you, even if she doesn't want to, she will have to face you as hard as she could, I wanted to prepare you...because it was the same for me, when your Father turned to the Villains side. I know now why your Father did what he did, but I didn't want you to go through the pain I went through, but that reality is before us. I can't always keep you safe, but I can always try my best."

"I see...I understand Mom, and thank you, I'm ready now."

"I'm glad. You're growing up so much, today I saw huge growth from you, not from just fighting me, but saving and keeping that little girl there safe, and while to most it might not seem much, but you accepted yourself today, all of you, which is why your wings finally came to be. I'm so proud of you spring breeze."

Kenji gave her a bright smile, which she returned.

"I love you Mom."

"I love you too sweetheart."

Hikari hugged her son from behind, and watched Eri take out a doll, noticing something written on it.

"Ken-chan, this ones named Nejire-chan, who's that?"

Kenji chuckled lightly, moving closer, and sat down beside her.

"That's Irina's best friend. They used to play together all the time."

"Irina-chan's best friend...? Like Deku-chan is your best friend?"

"Yes, that's right. So Eri-san, Mom just told me, you'll be staying with us now. Is that okay?"

Eri's eyes welled up, and she leaped into Kenji's arms, hugging him tightly.

"Staying with Ken-chan is the best... but Ken-chan, what do we do now?"

"We can do whatever you want Eri-san. You're free."

Eri looked up towards Kenji, and he saw a ghost of a smile on her face. It wasn't a true one, he could see that she still thought of Chisaki, but with the Mikami's, Eri's heart was slowly unlocking, and allowing her to be what she was, a normal little girl.

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Meanwhile, as that was happening, Yami casually tinkered with some devices on a workbench within a darkened area, and began singing a song that was very creepy.

"Careful what you do~ Because God is watching your every move~" Her eyes shifted to a television screen, which showed an image of Izuku. "Taking things from our family~ I shall have to punish you~" She cracks her neck, and shoots her Death through the television. "Then you have to die~ Giving back what's rightfully my Grandsons~" Her eyes shift towards All For One who was hooked up to a bunch of medical equipment. "Here you go dear, this will make you more comfortable."

She placed the device on top of his head, covering his disfigured face.

"Ah, this does make it easier for me to move."

"I'm glad. Leave all your technological needs to me." Yami replied with a simper. "That boy, Izuku Midoriya, reminds me of that bitch Nana Shimura. The only good thing she ever did was bring about Tomura through her child."

"Nana Shimura, been a while since I thought about her."

"And lets not think about her anymore. Scum is where she belongs." Her eyes shifted to another image of Izuku on a monitor. "To think that All Might chose that child over our Grandson, it brings annoyance to my heart." All For One began laughing while Yami smiled gently, yet with a hint of sadistic undertones. "My darling, I've brought you a good number of candidates for Quirk's for our dear Kenji to inherit. Some strong ones and some that could be used for future Nomu's."

"You are a good woman. Also, about why I sent you away. Did you find it?"

"Yes, I found that particular Quirk after extensive detective work, and mixed with another's DNA, we will make sure our shining boys are ready to take over our legacies, and Kenji definitely would love to be on our side. I'm working together with your doctor, and it should be finished rather soon."

All For One couldn't help but smirk.

"That's good Yami, I can always count on you."

"That's right, you can count on me dear." Yami beamed, holding onto his hand. "Also, while in America, I found something rather interesting out that could help you with some goals, and helping our darling Grandson rise to the top right now."

All For One raised his hand to her face, and lightly petted her, making her smile.

"You don't say?"

"Yes, if we're going to be a family, we have to make sure that the annoyances of our family are taken care of. That's why, I've thought about obtaining this item, at least the blueprints, then you and our darling Grandson can kill All Might together, and rule over this world together with Tomura, what a lovely dream that is."

All For One chuckled darkly.

"That does sound good. My Grandson's first kill should be the man opposing our family. It would be poetic, the boy he feared would turn evil, is the boy who will kill him, and his apprentice, and then we shall rule together as a family."

"Yes, ruling together, as one big happy family. Me, you, Kenji and Tomura, how perfect that would be."

Yami smiled enchantingly, but behind that smile, were very dark intentions...

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End chapter!

So, we got two important battles this chapter! Izuku and Katsuki vs All Might, and Kenji and Jiro vs Hikari! Together, after much back and forth, Izuku and Katsuki managed to get away, and pass the exam! Though Katsuki revealed her insecurities at seeing Kenji's growth, along with the fear of All For One taking him away.

Kenji also went through a lot this chapter, seeing as he was facing his Mother, and how emotionally challenging that was due to her being the only one on his side for so long, though thanks to Jiro, he managed to overcome that difficult barrier along with being able to manifest the wings his Mother was famed for, but with his Father's power added in, though that form is difficult to manage and can only use it for a brief time.

Hikari on the other hand doesn't hold back, and gave her son a run for his money. Though they couldn't overpower Hikari, Kenji and Jiro gave it their all, using their plans and Kenji pushing his body beyond what it was capable of to trap her, and give Jiro the chance to cuff her!

Eri seems happy now that she's gonna be staying with the Mikami's! And it seems Kenji's Grandparents are up to no good, but what they're doing, we'll see more of in the future!

Next chapter, it's off to the mall and Kenji's got some surprises waiting for him there!

Kenji; Momo, Himiko, Katsuki (fem), Mina, Shoto (fem), Toru, Mt Lady, Midnight, Tsuyu, Jiro, Mei, Nejire, Itsuka, Ibara.

Izuku/Ochaco.