"Now Mei if you don't let the medics take a look at your knee then I'm going to destroy your next baby" Izuku whispered into Mei's ear as she tried to lash out at the medics swarming her. Instantly she stiffened as she realized just how close her and Izuku actually were. An unknown feeling washed over as her cheeks burned as bright as her hair. Izuku seemed to be completely unaware of the lack of space between them as he looked her in the eye, a stern but worried look swirled in his eyes.
"Fine." Was as she could manage to mumble in response. Izuku patted her back and gave the medics the thumbs up as they went to work.
"Good, as soon as they give the all clear then we can go meet up with everyone." Mei smiled as her partner leaned against the wall of the destroyed hospital room they were in. She didn't expect him to leave her in fact there was no way Izuku was getting away from her for a long time, after all he owed her babies since he had obviously been working on his own while... while he pretended to be hurt? Mei still wasn't sure exactly what was going on, But as long as she had Izuku back she was happy with that. After what seemed like years the medics stepped back allowing Mei to inspect the cast wrapped around her knee.
"Mrs. Hatsume no serious damage was done to your knee, however we recommend that you stay off your leg as much as possible, when all this mess is sorted out we will provide you with a pair of crutches." The female medic smiled as Mei before getting a call on her radio and rushing out along with the other medics. Mei's face scrunched up in disgust at the thought of being stuck with such an annoying form of travel. She let out a yelp as she was picked up from the bed, Izuku hooked his arms underneath Mei and began to walk, unknowingly sending Mei's mind into a overload. Thoughts raced around her head, crashing around and leaving no time to be able to regain any control.
Did Izuku always smell like lime?
Was he always this strong?
When did his biceps get like that!?
Why is he acting so normal?
Wait why am I going crazy over this!?
Inwardly she was going crazy her mind was a mess, outward Mei kept her face blank as she stared up at her partner. She had never seen Izuku like this before, she never really took in Izuku as a person he was always just Izuku. Izuku glanced down and frowned.
"Hmm is there dirt still in my hair?" He blow at his bangs in annoyance, Mei felt herself smile.
"No, was just... it's good to have you back." Mei mumbled as they continued down the stairs in a comforting silence.
Izuku and Mei didn't register the stares that they were gathering from the 1-A girls as they began whispering about the two. Izuku gently placed Mei in a seat as an ashen blonde rushed up and stared at the boy in front of him disbelief still warring within him. Tears slid down Bakugo's cheeks as he stared at his best friend, his mouth opened and closed repeatedly but he was unable to find any words. Finally Bakugo pulled him into a tight embrace as his tears turned into full on sobs as he buried his head into Izuku's chest.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I thought I hurt you again." Bakugo cried out as he shouted to his friend. Izuku hugged him back a smile on his face.
"Shush, you did nothing wrong. You can't always be there to protect me Kacchan." Izuku soothed his best friend. Everyone else in the room looked away in respect for their classmates, no one judged Bakugo as he finally let his weakness show. After sometime Bakugo pulled away wiping the tears from his eyes. The pair nodded at each other as they separated, Bakugo sat back down with the rest of the students while Izuku opened the lobby doors signaling the Yuuei staff to come in, The pro heroes flooded in until finally Nezu entered last and jumped up on a desk in front of his students.
"I do believe it's time we gave you all an explanation. As you already know Yaoyorozu was found out as a traitor, she was under the employ of the League of Villains for how long that we can't be sure of until we question her. The heads of the league have escaped however this should come as a severe blow to their own operations. That being said, I understand that you all have questions about a plethora of things, I can imagine first and foremost being Mr. Midoriya here. Well the thing is that Midoriya has been working with us since the sports festival, he was never actually harmed, it was a very convincing fireworks show. In fact it is all thanks to Izuku that we were able to enact this entire plan." Nezu waved Izuku forward. "Without his actions and plans we would have been lead down the wrong path, I do believe though that you should do the honors of giving the details." The students shifted their eyes to the green haired boy in front of them. Midoriya cleared his throat before stepping up.
"Well it happened during my match with Shinso, My phone was sent me an alert that I set up whenever there was an abnormal readings from any of my equipment. After my match I saw that my helmet was reading an overflow of power, I went to check it and found that someone had put in their own modification to it. That lead to me reviewing the recording from the helmet itself and what I found was that Yaoyorozu had the one been to tamper with my equipment, further testing revealed the nature of the device. It was meant to kill me, she even left a note telling me who would have done it, naturally I went to Aizawa and Maijima with the findings." Both teachers stepped forward, Mei attempted to jump her sensei but Bakugo had already moved to hold her down. Both men nodded their thanks to the blonde before speaking.
"At first we went to get my student however Izuku stopped us and brought it to our attention that doing so would only cause an uproar and throw away our only advantage. Surprise." Aizawa looked to his colleague to continue
"So we went to the principal and the rest of the staff wit our findings during the recess, to no ones surprise the general idea was that we wanted to minimize any chance of harm or sabotage from the spy as quickly as possible, that's when Izuku came forward with the idea to let her plan succeed. At least let her believe that she had, the plan was to make her think that she had harmed him and gotten away with it. We weren't completely sold on the idea but Nezu backed him and the plan was set into motion." Power Loader stepped back and waited for his pupil.
"It wasn't very hard to make a convincing explosion while it being "Mostly" harmless, I have Mei to thank for that lesson in the workshop." Mei let out a shout of pride that was quickly silenced by Bakugo clamping his hand over her mouth. "Anyway. Once we had faked my injury they rushed a body double to the hospital while I was put into hiding, or more accurately Aizawa's house..." Izuku chuckled while throwing his hands up in feign surrender at the death stare the teacher sent his way. Bakugo and Mei couldn't hide the shock on their faces as they watched the ease Izuku interacted with.
"He's acting like he does when it's just us." Mei whispered to Bakugo. Bakugo nodded in response a sense of pride washing over him.
"After that it was a matter of tracking and spying on Yaoyorozu, which didn't prove to be hard with her being so high on her own success and ego she became sloppy and arrogant, with the help of my new and improved Cyclops MK II." The air shimmered beside Izuku and a sleek black drone appeared out of thin air. "We were able to come up with an easy method of spying on her, all of this lead to this night, where we sprang a trap to try and bring down the league. It all went well except someone couldn't hold up their side of the plans." Izuku sent a look out of the room, but no one questioned him as he stepped back.
Toshinori cringed as Midoriya glared at the spot he was hiding in the shadows, unable to do anything other than wait and hide, the number one hero hung his head in shame. Nezu let out a low sigh as he witnessed the exchange, he pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind, now wasn't the time for this. "Well that is the main bulk of what happened, if any of you need further details feel free to seek them after this ordeal, I do believe we are still out well after your bedtimes. I have already taken the liberty of having your parents contacted, they should be arriving shortly, however before that I would like to see Ms. Hatsume and Mr. Bakugo please follow me." The students exchanged looks as Izuku stepped forward and hoisted Mei up and followed Bakugo and Nezu out of the room, closely followed by their respective teachers.
Bakugo took in a deep breath as the brisk night air flooded his lungs, they moved behind a convoy of police vehicles to cover themselves from the media frenzy happening just beyond the barrier. Mei silently exhaled in relief when Izuku gently set on the hood of one of the cruisers. "Firstly we want to apologize for letting you two believe that we had failed you. Yaoyorozu wasn't the only one we were tailing, we kept close tabs on the both of you as well, knowing your relationships towards Izuku we thought it would be best if we ensured that you did anything reckless. Izuku himself figured that if anyone was going to act on impulse that it would've been the two of you." Bakugo and Mei sat in silence as they let the news sink in, Power loader stepped forward pacing a hand on both students.
"I was so glad that you decided to come to me with the information, it showed us that you two weren't acting as recklessly as we had anticipated, believe me when I tell you that it was a little more than relieving. It also showed us that we needed to take better care of the workshop locks." He sent a glare at his pink haired headache. "We never accounted for you to be able to get your hands on Midoriya's helmet. It was even worse when you almost blew yourself up, we almost intervened right then and there." It was Bakugo's turn to glare at Mei, who shrugged innocently at him.
"You're so getting a lecture when we all get home." he muttered before letting his anger fall. Aizawa cleared his throat.
"However Bakugo you do need to work on your sneaking and the art of disguises, Yaoyorozu made you instantly, that was why you never could get any info or dirt on her, she knew that you had been tailing her." Bakugo felt his cheeks heat up as his teacher chastised him, he hung his head in shame, his body went rigid as he felt a hand patting his head. "But still, good job. You did what was right." Bakugo felt goosebumps as he took in the compliment.
"Izuku!" a shrill cry rose up from the other side of the barricade, as a green haired woman forced her way past everyone and rushed in, followed by an ashen blonde and a pink haired woman. Izuku's legs wobbled as he saw his mother the trio let out a shout giving away their position, the mothers immediately made a b-line for their children. Izuku didn't bother to hide his tears as he hugged his mother, the two of them crushed each other in a embrace as if they would never see each other again. the others were in similar situations, the staff stepped back and smiled.
"You're okay, my baby I thought... I thought, that they." Inko couldn't finish as she devolved into sobs of happiness. Izuku cried into his mother's shoulder not caring about anything other than her in the moment.
"I'm sorry, I wish I could've told you, but we needed a tight circle, I'm sorry mom." Inko took her son's face in hers and kissed his forward.
"Don't apologize, you're okay and that's all that matters to me." The Midoriyas hugged again. Bakugo hugged his mother tightly as she rubbed his back, tears streamed down his eyes as the full weight of the night crashed in on him, like an all encompassing tidal wave, not knowing how to deal with it he just settled for silently crying in the comfort of his mother's embrace. Mei stared up at her mother with a bright smile, her mother just smiled back her legs unsteady as she used the cruiser for support.
"Why not settle for an accountant, instead of a this, it's much less dangerous." Her joked sounded hollow as it came out shakily. Mei threw her arms around her mothers neck and snuggled up next to her.
"Never, making babies is one of my loves!" She whispered into her mothers ear. Ichika laughed at her daughter's words, but also smirked.
"I can guess the other one. Well I am glad that my daughter knows how to pick a good one." Ichika snorted as Mei began trying to cover her mouth.
"Mom!" she growled under her breath as she wrestled her mother, she was unable to keep it up as her mother slipped through and rushed away leaving her daughter stranded. Izuku finally separated from his mother after his eyes felt like they didn't have anything left to give. A familiar yet different head of pink popped into his view, as a pair of scope eyes stared him down.
"So you're Izuku. I have heard a ton about you, Ichika Hatsume." Mei's mother gave a warm smile as she held her hand out, he took it noticing the death stares that Mei was sending their way, "Thank you, for always being there for my daughter... Just don't go making any biological babies with her just yet." She added the last part in a whisper as she pulled him in close for a hug. She walked away before Izuku could fully understand what she had just said to him. Once it finally registered Izuku's face began to turn bright red, he pushed his hair over his face masking his embarrassment as he shuffled behind his mother who had had joined in on the laughter, the tears from moments before fading away. Aizawa grabbed Izuku and pulled him aside from the group, unnoticed by the group as Mei tried to throw a wrench at her mother while Bakugo tried to get in the way and wrestle the weapon our of her hands. Aizawa stepped next to Nezu and looked at the young boy in front of him.
"You did amazing today, none of this wouldn't have been possible without you, who knows what would've happened if we had fallen for Yaoyorozu's trap. That being said, the matter of the offer still stands we haven't received your answer yet, we have the papers all drafted up all that's left is for you to sign them." He said his voice flat as ever, Izuku nodded he made no move to say anything, his mind swimming with everything.
"Mr. Midoriya it is quite alright for you to hold off on making a decision just yet, classes will resume Thursday and then we can have our tea then and discus it then. Til then give it serious thought, this is your future we are discussing after all, however tonight is not for that go be with your friends and family, til then." Nezu smiled at his student who nodded in response a grateful smile plastered on his face as he ran back to his mother. Nezu let a content overcome him before the exhaustion hit. "You know something Aizawa, tonight is probably the most he has smiled in a year or so." Aizawa nodded in agreement as they turned to go and deal with the mountain of paperwork that was forming from this event.
"A joke, that's what they take me as. "Oh look at how stupid she was believing that she had won. haha." I'll show them, just they wait." Momo growled to herself as she was guided through the hospital buildings. Cementoss and Ectoplasm flanking her while the squad of police officers walked her out of the ruined halls, the signs of battle scaring the walls and floors. Momo wanted so desperately wanted to break free of her detail and find wherever Midoriya and tear him apart. Her rage pumped through her veins like sludge, it kept her warm even as she knew that she had no chance of doing the act the quirkless bastard. No she would have to bide her time and wait, she took a deep breath finally forcing herself to calm down. She had done this to herself, she let her own arrogance cloud her judgement, Midoriya hadn't beaten her, no she had beaten herself, he was just getting the credit for it. Momo stared out the main doors of the entrance, her detail discussing something just out of earshot. The flashes of the frenzied media reminded her of why she chose this path, to spite her parents to shatter their world and not live in their shadow but to have them live in hers. She clenched her jaw, this wasn't her idea of having it happen but at least she would get something good out of the night. The officers returned and began escorting her out into the sea of waiting sharks hungry for their next big break. Momo let her wall of apathy drop as they stepped out, the response was lightning quick as the mob began shouting at the sight before them, one of the highest profile families' daughter in cuffs being taken to the vans where the rest of the villains had been put in. Momo began laughing hysterically as she bathed in the attention, she soaked in every bit greedily.
"Breaking news, Momo Yaoyorozu is being escorted into the truck that the other villains were just put into, what could this mean? Are there dark things in the Yaoyo..." The reporters shouts faded away as they past them and was replaced by other similar statements. Momo looked over into the lens of a camera and let an evil smile seep over her elegant features.
"This was all for you mom and dad!" she screamed as she was forced in the back of the vehicle. Momo just smiled as she rode the high, there was no way the world wouldn't wake up and talk all about her tomorrow.
When I get out I will tear your world from you Midoriya.
Shigaraki sat up from the bed he had been placed, the IV drip in his arm confining him to the room, he absentmindedly scratched at his bandages covering his burns. The drugs in his system kept him docile, not that he was in a condition to go on a rampage, no matter how badly he wanted to. In the end the plan had failed and his worthless spy got herself captured.
"We are moving all of our bases and assets tonight, tonight wasn't a total failure my young pupil, I got even more information about my target, and the weak link that was Momo Yaoyorozu has been cut. Now is the time to grow strong while the heroes are satisfied with themselves. We will find the right time to strike and this time we won't let anything go unaccounted in our plans." Shigaraki merely shrugged, it didn't change the fact that he had failed to kill All Might again. All for One placed a firm hand on him. "I know, he still walks and isn't dead but think about it, next time we will be sure to crush the pillar that holds up society when we target him. I assure you that."
The Midoriya household was lively, as the living room was packed. The Bakugo, Midoriya, and Hatsume families laughed and talked excitedly while their children all sat holed up in Izuku's room. Izuku finally free of his Doppelganger suit, now dressed in a black tee with a skull on the front and shorts on, he stared at his friends in a mixture of annoyance and happiness. Mei had opted to take one of his hoodies and made herself comfortable a his desk flipping through his notebooks on different designs. Bakugo sat across from Izuku leafing through one of his best friend's quirk analysis notebooks.
"You finally get me back and decide to take over my room as if you own it." He joked, Bakugo looked down from the comic and smirked at him.
"Says the dumb ass that's wearing my clothes." Mei let out a snort as Izuku looked down in shock and realization. "Dude while you were off playing super spy, me and Mei claimed this room as our own." she let a hum of agreement, his eyes widened sending them over the edge into full blown laughter.
"They didn't tell me that!" He cried in protest as they continued laughing at him. "You can't be serious, right? Right?" Mei pointed to the far corner of his room where he noticed a unknown pile of clothes on the floor. "Is...Is that your dirty laundry!" Mei cackled at him while Bakugo wiped the tears from his eyes and held his side as the pain from laughing increased. In time Izuku couldn't help but join in and laid back in his bed. After awhile the trio quieted down and settled into their comfortable silence Izuku's mind began to recall the meeting at Yuuei. Power Loader, Aizawa, and Nezu had taken him into a room and offered something that for the longest it was all he ever wanted even before Jiro had called him a hero and awoken his want for it again he had secretly wanted it still, to be a hero, to get into the Yuuei hero course, all he had to do was sign his name and he was transferred... So why... why did he he want to say no, his eyes drifted Mei as she sat hunched over his notebook pen in her mouth.
Honestly this has been my favorite chapter to write. I really feel like it's my best, also my longest but that's not important. I hope you enjoy it. I have now shown my pairing hopefully I don't murdered for it, I hope to do it right and want to ease into it. After all Mei strikes me as someone who never even gave any attention to anyone in a romantic way before. Also Izuku has been offered the chance to be a hero, but something (or someone) is holding him back. Anyway I hope you all have a wonderful time. Hope to hear from you all, I do read each and every review.