A/N: Wow - Alright this took a lot longer than I expected it to write... But in my defense I rewrote the whole thing several times until I felt satisfied and then had to break it into 3 chapters because it was like, 20K words. So good news is you guys will be getting the next 3 chapters rather quickly!

So - for this chapter I chose two songs that I feel fit with Leo's character and overall backstory perfectly.

The first one is called Puppet - Mary's Theme. You'll see why this is so fitting I'm sure, over time it will make more sense throughout the fic also.

The other I chose was Wake Me Up Inside by Evanescence. This song is like - pretty much Leo's mind and how he was saved by the Midori twins, turned to lyrics.

On an unrelated note, Its 3:25AM and I hafta be awake in 5 hours. Yay for fanfictions, am I right...? Aaah my sanity.

Anyways! It was fun regardless of the overly extra amount of effort placed into it, so the lack of sleep is worth it!

I hope you enjoy this chapter!

I'll say it again: All humans are not created equal. Me and my twin brother understood that much more than most people. But if anyone at our age could be said to have understood it even more than us, it would have been the kind yet dangerous boy we met on that fateful day two years later.

Two years had passed since the day Izumi was told she was quirkless, and to say that in those two years, things have changed, would be a total understatement.

Around a month after their father left, their mother had legally changed their last names to "Midori" for some reason that wasn't explained to them, but they assumed it had to do with the strange state of their parent's divorce.

Izumi's brother, Izuku, had become much more tempremental as time went on, which was a complete 180 from his previously shy, submissive, and timid self from when they were four.

Katsuki had quickly started treating Izumi and her brother more and more coldly, eventually he was considered to be their top bully. He no longer spoke Izumi's nickname with the fondness he used to, instead, Nezumi had turned into more of a blatant hatred filled insult whenever he would bother to say it.

Their mother had even less time at home now due to her having to take up a second job to cover the expenses of being an only parent with two children, but she still somehow managed to make room in her busy schedual for them none the less.

One of the things that did seemed to remain a constant though, was that their mother, Aunty Mitsuki, and Uncle Masaru had still managed to remain close friends regardless of their children being constantly at odds.

"Zuku-Nii... Is it really necessary for you to get so angry with Katsu-Kun all the time? I mean... I get that he isn't as nice to me as he used to be but still... Couldn't you just ignore him instead of losing control and setting fire to stuff like that every time? Mommy said that she has already had to pay a lot of money for damage bills from the school..." Izumi, now six years old, was walking down the road towards the shopping district with her twin brother after they both had left school for the day, Izuku was sporting a few bruises as well as another damage bill addressed to their mother for a swingset he managed to set aflame and disintigrate during recess. Izumi sported a scolding frown in his direction as she tried to reason with the boy, parts of her sleeves having been charred and her pig tails messed up from the earlier scuffle between Izuku, Katsuki, and the BakuSquad that she tried (and ultimately failed) to break up.

"Come on, Zumi-Chan... You know just as well as I do that Bakugou was never nice to begin with. The fact that he is acting progressively worse the past two years is just all the more reason to be angry! And it's called losing control for a reason. If I could help it, I wouldn't go setting things on fire all the time like that. Instead of complaining to me, you can blame Bakagou for always starting it." Izuku grumbled in response to his sisters attempt at peace making.

"Well... I think he is still a good person deep down... You may not see it, Zuku-Nii, but there is so much about him to be admired. I'm sure he will also be a great hero like me and you one day, so why don't you just try and call a truce or something? Maybe we could all become friends again..." The young girl sighed out, knowing full well that being friends with Katsuki again was nothing but wishful thinking at that point.. But even so, she didn't want to lose hope on her estranged best friend.

"Heh. Even you have to admit that that's impossible. There is no way he would even consider something like truces or friendship. Not with you, and definitely not with me." Izuku's frown somehow got more defined as he said that.

"... Words have power, and Optimism is key... It doesn't hurt to hope, Zuku Nii-Chan." There it was, Izumi's signature motto for when things got tough. Izuku couldn't help but smile a bit at that, somehow she always knew exactly how to brighten his mood, no matter the situation. Maybe that was her quirk? That or tears, perhaps emotions in general was her quirk and they never realized? huh...

Izuku started muttering to himself on that train of thought, which Izumi picked up on and let out a giggle in response.

"Hehe! There you go again, you're so silly, Zuku Nii-Chan! If I had a quirk, it would have shown itself by now. My personality couldn't possibly be the result of a quirk. In fact, I think I'm like this specifically because I know how it feels to be so powerless." Izumi shot that possibility down without hesitation, the end of her sentence being tinted with the hidden sorrow that laced her voice.

"Hey, Zumi.." Izuku placed a gentle hand on his sister's shoulder, before his sentence was abruptly cut off by something knocking into the two of them with force, causing them both to topple over backwards.

"UWAH!! What happened? Why did we-" Izumi questioned the strange occurance as she slowly sat up while rubbing the back of her head, before stopping suddenly when she spotted a young boy, who looked to be around the same age as them. He was trembling in fear with wide eyes as he also started pulling himself up off the ground, "Huh? It was you who bumped into us?"

The boy's eyes somehow widened even further at the sound of Izumi calling out to him, and he stumbled back desperately, trying to stay out of their reach.

Upon further inspection, Izumi noted the boy had shoulder length, light blue colored hair, that was perfectly straight and smooth looking, and cut into a medium bob style, longer in the front than it was in the back, with bangs that were cut to rest evenly just above his beautiful glossy crimson red eyes. His skin looked like it could have be made of porcelain, what with how flawless, fair colored, and soft it looked.

"H-Hold on! You're hurt!" Izuku spoke up this time, aproaching the boy again before bending down to inspect his scraped up knee.

"NO! Stay back!" The boy warned him harshly, his eyes glaring daggers as he continued to inch backwards away from them.

"It's okay.. We promise we won't hurt you! We just wanna help! at least tell me your name, maybe we can help you find your mommy or daddy?" Izumi tried to reassure him, but he only shook his head more violently, before stiffening up suddenly as shouts could be heard coming from the alley that he had appeared out of.

"MONSTER!"

"DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!"

"THAT BRAT IS DANGEROUS! DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BOSS'S ARM WHEN THE KID TOUCHED HIM?!"

"HE'LL PAY FOR THAT ONE!"

The twins eyes widened when they heard what the group of men were shouting as they got closer, before looking back at the boy cowering in front of them. They could smell the somewhat familiar scent of smoke and hear the sound of something sizzling, before they glanced downwards and saw the boy was missing a shoe, and the ground beneath his bare foot was being melted away from the direct skin contact.

"So your quirk melts things that touch you? I see.. Those men sound pretty mad, lets get you out of here! I'll go find your shoe, Zumi-Chan, can you help him walk? Let's bring him home until we can find out about his parents so those men won't find him. Maybe mommy can help him better than we can." Izuku nodded to Izumi as he spoke, and she nodded back in understanding, before holding a hand out to the boy.

"It's okay, you have gloves on, right? So you won't burn me, let us help you, please?" Izumi's soft voice seemed to finally convince the boy, and he hesitantly nodded, before taking her hand in his.

"I'll meet you there, Zumi-Chan! Let mommy know I may be a bit later than usual if she asks!" Izuku turned on his heel and ran down a neighbouring alleyway in search of the shoe, probably taking a different route to try and avoid the angry sounding group of men.

"Okay, be careful, Zuku-Nii!" Izumi called out to him, before wrapping the scared boy's arm around her shoulders and helping him walk on one leg back towards their neighborhood.

Later that Evening - Midori Residence

"Mommy... Why hasn't Izuku-Nii come home yet..? He should have been here by now.." Izumi's voice was quiet and fearful as she looked up at her mother, who looked just as worried for her son's safety as Izumi was.

"I dont know, dear. Some heros are out looking for him right now, so I'm sure they will bring him home safe and sound... Please Don't cry, Izumi. The boy you brought back with you looks like he is blaming himself... Perhaps you and him should play in your room and maybe you'll be able to cheer eachother up some?" Inko suggested, putting on her best brave face and steady voice for her daughter's sake. She had done her best to help the boy that her daughter had brought home, but when she tried cleaning his wound or bandaging it, he would just freak out and yell at her, and then the supplies would just melt on contact.

Izumi nodded sadly, before holding her hand out to the boy again with a small comforting smile. "Let's go play in my room, I have lots of All Might toys that I could share with you!"

The boy hesitantly took her hand again, and she helped him walk up to her bedroom, before sitting down on the floor with him in a way that assured his foot wouldn't touch the ground.

"Hey, now that I think of it, you never told me your name!" Izumi did her best to sound cheerful despite the situation as she pulled out one of her All Might action figures. Optimism is key...

"...Kaibutsu..." The boy answered flatly after a few moments, looking down at his hands numbly as he did so.

That name gave Izumi pause, "K-Kaibutsu..?" She couldn't believe that he would have such a name.. Who would name their child something that literally means "Monster"? Her brows knitted together as a frown tugged at her lips, it felt like the longer she knew the boy, the more she didn't understand him.

The boy nodded his head slowly in affirmation, sparing a curious glance at the toy Izumi had been holding in her hand.

"Well.. You must have come from somewhere, right? Is there anything you can tell me about your parents at all? Like, their names or where they live? Maybe they have a phone we can call?" She tried approaching the matter at a different angle, seeing that the topic of his name was making him visibly uncomfortable.

"I... I don't know.. I only remember the past two years of my life, and I've been running away from people and homeless ever since I first woke up back then, so I don't really have anyone I would consider parents, I guess? I don't really have a given name.. At least, not one that I can remember. But usually anyone who does come near me calls me 'Kaibutsu'.. So I guess you could say that's all there is to me." Izumi gasped at the revelation of his circumstance, the toy dropping from her hand in her shock and clattering to the ground, completely forgotten. When she finally processed all of what she was told, the tears that she had been desperately holding back for her brother's sake had finally started to spill over, but this time it was instead for the boy sitting in front of her. Her heart ached for him, and she instantly felt a strong connection with the boy..

Monster..

What a horrible thing to call someone... And she couldn't help but get the feeling that this boy genuinely believed that he was one..

Nighttime - Midori Residence

There was a knock on the door that could be heard clearly throughout the silent apartment, causing Inko, Izumi, and the boy that was still with them to jump from their seats and run straight for the door, opening it with haste in hopes of seeing Izuku on the other side.

"Inko Midori, correct? My name is Naomasa Tsukauchi, I'm a detective from the police department, I was called in for a report of a missing child named Izuku Midori. Please rest assured, we have found him, but he was taken to the hospital for a check up, seeing as he had several injuries due to a run in he had with a group of small time thugs that we have successfully apprehended. Would you mind coming with me? I will take you to him now. I also have a few questions for the children standing behind you, so if you will, please bring them along with you." A rather plain looking man wearing a cream colored trench coat and matching hat greeted them, getting straight to the point with a calm and professional smile on his face as he did so.

As Izumi listened to the man speak, she felt herself sigh in relief to know that her brother was okay, apart from just a few injuries. She visibly relaxed as tears once more started to fall from her eyes, this time in happiness.

The boy beside her that called himself Kaibutsu, who was also showing signs of relief for Izuku's apparent safety, suddenly stiffened up again when the detective asked them to come with him for questioning.

"Ah, I almost forgot, the young Midori boy said that I should give this to the child that is with his sister, apparently he ran into those thugs while searching for it, and told me that it seemed to be very important for containing the child's quirk." The detective reached a hand into his suitcase before pulling out the matching boot that the boy had been missing. He timidly accepted the shoe, carefully placing it back on his foot, before hesitantly stepping both feet back onto the ground, letting out another relieved sigh at the fact that nothing melted when he did so.

"Of course, Detective Naomasa-San! Allow me to grab a few things from inside and I'll be right out with the children, thank you so much for finding my baby boy!" Inko smiled brilliantly with teary eyes at the man, before softly closing the door back and heading to the kitchen in a rush to grab her bag and pack some snacks for the children.

Izumi looked over to the boy with a bright smile of her own, giving his hand a reassuring squeeze when she saw how tense he had become, before her mother walked back to the door and they left the apartment together with the detective.

At The Hospital

"IZUKUUUUUUU!" Inko wailed her son's name loudly as she full on tackled him into a hug at first sight. He felt the wind get knocked out of him at the force, but smiled at her none the less. It was a good thing his mother was small for an adult her age, otherwise he would have felt that one a lot more.

"Mommy!" Izuku shouted happily, wrapping his small arms around his mother.

"Z-Zuku Nii-Chan...! U..UUWAAAHH~!" Izumi quickly joined the hug, sobbing loudly as she did so, before the three of them suddenly noticed that the silent boy that had arrived with them was watching it all happen with curious wonder hidden beneath his otherwise emotionless eyes, as if he didn't understand in the least what was going on.

Did this child seriously not know anything about affection..?

Inko quickly pulled the boy into the group hug as well, the tears still flying as she did so, not letting go of him even as the boy stiffened up in fear for a moment at the sudden contact.

Detective Naomasa smiled kindly at the four of them, before he sat down on a chair next to the hospital bed and pulled out a notepad and pen.

"If you don't mind, Midori-San, I'd like to ask the three of them some questions now. It shouldn't take too long." He addressed Inko politely, before turning his attention back to the children as the hug was reluctantly broken off and Inko stepped back. "Thank you, now, first things first, what is this young man's name?" The detective asked them.

Izumi stepped up to answer this one, having a feeling that the boy wouldn't want to explain the painful memories - and the lack there of, for a second time in the same day. She told the man everything the boy had told her, including the name the boy had given her, and by the time she was finished, Naomasa had replaced his usual polite smile with a deep frown.

"I see... Kaibutsu, you say..? So he has amnesia, and a seemingly dangerous quirk that he can't control, which is likely not registered in the system.. And it also seems he has no where to call home, and no one to claim guardianship of him... I'm afraid based off of this information, we will likely have to take you to a nearby orphanage, young man. It would be against everything I believe in as a law enforcer to just allow you to leave here and go back to such a dangerous way of living. Especially at such a young age.." He concluded, his frown growing further at the unfortunate outcome.

"N-No! that won't be necessary, Naomasa-San! I will claim guardianship of him.. He seems to have taken a liking to my two children already, and after hearing everything he has been through, I just can't allow myself to let him be sent off to some orphanage. I will adopt him." Inko spoke up instantly when she heard the detective's conclusion, making the twins eyes go wide and sparkle happily, while the boy's eyes also went wide, but for him it was with shock.

"Hmm, well, I have no protests against that, it's a much better option for his sake if you are willing to adopt him. And it would bring me much better piece of mind to close this case with a happy ending. I'll go ahead and get you some adoption paperwork to fill out, give me one moment, ma'am." The detective nodded to her, before grabbing his notepad and suitcase and showing himself out.

"Mommy, so does this mean he will be our brother too?!" Izumi asked excitedly, absolutely ecstatic about the prospect of having another brother, especially since she had grown to care for him and connect with him so much in such a short amount of time.

"Of course, Izumi dear! I'm adopting him after all, so that means he will be my child from now on as well. That makes him a brother to both of you, so please continue to treat him kindly!" Inko replied happily to the excited girl, and both her and Izuku let out a celebratory cheer, before hugging the boy in question once again.

This caused him to stiffen up in fear from the contact again. That would definitely take some getting used to on his part... But it wasn't like he hated it..

"Oh! But wait! You said he was called Kaibutsu, right? I don't think that's a very nice name to have... Why don't we give him a different name?" Izuku suggested thoughtfully, tapping his chin with his index finger as he started trying to think of one.

The boy's eyes sparkled at the idea of having a new name of his own, given to him by his two new siblings-to-be. He watched in wide eyed excitement as the twins both sat silently for a moment in thought, before Izumi smiled brightly again and hit a fist into her open palm cutely, making an "O" shape with her mouth as realization of the perfect name finally hit her.

"Oh! How about Leo?! We can call him Leo Midori! Since we don't know his birthday, we could always make today his birthday, since its the day of his adoption!" Izumi offered the idea to them, her eyes shining in a way that suggested it held a deeper meaning beyond just a name.

"Leo? I like that a lot! I'm glad it didn't end up being something like 'Mighty Boy' this time. You seem to be getting better at this, Zumi-Chan." Her brother smirked with a knowing look, clearly referencing something from way back when, in order to tease her. "What's the reasoning behind the name though?" Izuku questioned her, picking up on that meaningful look in her eyes.

"Well..." Izumi blushed a bit at her brothers teasing words, before choosing to ignore them in favor of answering his question. "Someone told me one day that I could be a top hero, He said I was a lot like the leader of the Chinese Zodiac, which is a Nezumi. I always loved being called that... Even now, after everything, the real meaning of that name hasn't changed for me. I am Nezumi, Leader of the chinese Zodiac and Aspiring #1 hero. So, that made me think just now... I'm sure he would also want a name with such a strong positive meaning behind it, if it makes me happy, I think it would make him happy as well... After all.. I feel like me and him are similar in a lot of ways. And since we will be brother and sister from now on, why not also name him after a Zodiac? I didn't want him to be named after a zodiac that came later than mine, since in my opinion he is also worthy of being #1. But calling him Nezumi would get confusing... So, I chose the name of Leo the Lion, Leader of the Western Zodiac and Ruler of the Sun. But... Y-You don't have to use that name if you don't want to..! It was just a thought is all.." Izumi explained her reasoning behind the name with great enthusiasm, but as soon as she finished and felt the room's intense gazes on her, she suddenly became self concious and blushed a bright red as she stuttered out the last bit of her sentence unsurely.

"Leo... Leo Midori..." The boy repeated the name to himself fondly, as if trying it out, before the first traces of a natural smile that he had ever shown them finally spread across his face.

"It seems he likes it, Zumi. But... Am I the only one getting a sense of Dejavu from this?" Izuku asked with a sweatdrop, smiling back at him warmly none the less.

"Hehe, I have no idea what you're talking about, Zuku-Nii~" Izumi responded slyly with a giggle, Knowing exactly what he was referencing again, before their mother finally spoke up on the matter.

"I see, well, if he agrees then I see no problem with that name, I like it also, in fact." Inko felt warmth spreading in her chest as she spoke her approval and the small boy nodded shyly in agreement.

A few minutes later, Naomasa walked back into the room with a packet of adoption papers for Inko, and tipped his hat to them politely once she signed them all and filled in Leo's new name, before the man smiled and departed with the papers in hand to file him into the system back at the Police Department, leaving the four family members with his cat like asistant to take them home.

The Following Week - 2nd Grade Classroom

Izuku and Izumi were both sitting quietly in their assigned seats, wide excited grins on both of their faces that weren't usually present during their time spent at school. Today was the day that Leo Midori would be introduced to the class as a new student, and they couldn't be happier to have their brother with them in the same class. The only issue there was...

"HAH?! LEO MIDORI?! THE FUCK IS THIS, SOME KINDA JOKE?! DEKU AND NEZUMI DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SIBLINGS! THAT WOULD BE A DAMN NIGHTMARE! DON'T BE SO DUMB, SENSEI!" Katsuki Bakugou, the one person that was known for causing most of the Midori's classroom issues. Izuku saw that one coming a mile away...

"Hello.. I-I'm Nezumi-Nee and Zuku-Nii's adopted brother... My name is Leo Midori.. It's.. nice to meet.. all of you..?" His self introduction ended in a frightened squeak and he paled as he felt everyone except the twins glaring at him intensely. Was it something he said...?

Once Leo formally introduced himself to the class, Katsuki could be seen visibally snapping in anger. What the actual FUCK was going on here?! Brother?! Adopted?! Since when?! And did he seriously just steal Izumi's nickname from Bakugou?! Oh hell no! And what the fuck is with those clothes?! Why isn't he in uniform, if he is gonna be in the school too?!

Leo's eyes met with a snarling Bakugou's, and they widened in fear at the very clear hostility the angry blonde was showing towards him. He quickly looked down at the floor, before hurrying to his seat behind Izuku.

Class proceeded as usual after that, other than the strained glances that their classmates and teacher continued to shoot their way, and the actual freaking HOLE that the three siblings could feel being boored into the back of their heads by a pair of obvious angry ruby irises.

2nd Grade Classroom - Lunch Time

After several agonizingly slow hours of the same awkward silent tension during their morning classes, Lunch had finally arrived. The three siblings breathed a heavy sigh of relief as most of the attention was finally directed away from them in favor of the food their classmates were now fully invested in.

"N...Nezumi-Nee... Zuku-Nii... Why was everyone staring at us for so long..? And the one with the spikey blonde hair and red eyes looked really mad at me... Did I say something to offend him..?" Leo timidly addressed his brother and sister with his worries, his eyes constantly scanning around them out of paranoia.

"Eh, Don't even bother with that guy, Leo-Kun. He's always angry. Just stay away from him, and if he comes around to mess with you, then you can stand behind us. We'll protect you." Izuku smiled reassuringly at the scared boy, before patting the top of his head gently.

Apparently even though skin contact will melt away anything and everything, touching Leo's hair didn't seem to have the same effect. Izuku and Izumi had concluded after that discovery, that it must be a quirk that had to do with his blood. After all, Blood didn't go to the hair, but it did go to the other areas that seemed to be affected... They knocked out the possibility of it being a fire or heat based quirk during a few experimental misshaps that happened over the weekend, and since it was probably something that ran in the blood, and caused things to melt instead of turn to ash, they assumed it must be an acidic poison based quirk that was only present in his blood, which would naturally spread it's effects throughout his skin as well, obvious by the fact that any skin contact with something other than the clothes he was wearing would end up in a complete melted disaster. It was also apparent that as of current, he couldn't control his quirk at all, nor could he deactivate it, try as he might. Until they figured out how, it was just something they would have to learn to live with. After they figured all that out, the three of them deicided to name his quirk "Poison Body" and registered it that morning with their mother before arriving at school.

"The others were probably just surprised that we had another sibling is all. Plus they are pretty much followers of Katsu-Kun, so when our family name came up it was bound to happen. He doesn't really... Like us, all that much.." Izumi frowned sadly as she explained that, looking down at the ground as she thought about her estranged best friend's behavior the past couple years.

"That's an understatement, Zumi. Bakagou absolutely hates us." Izuku corrected his sister with a scowl, his eyes now also scanning the room, looking for the resentful boy in question.

But speak of the devil and he shall appear. Quite literally..

"Oi! Deku, Nezumi." The blonde's angry voice could be heard coming from directly behind them, causing all three of them to jump. "Tsk, who the fuck is this extra? You never told me about this, where did he even come from? And why does he not have to wear a uniform like the rest of us? Are you looking down on me or something, thinking your above the rules?!" The final question was directed at Leo himself as Bakugou glared daggers at the boy.

"And why the hell would we tell you of all people about something like that, Bakagou?!" Izuku shot back angrily, his temper already starting to flare up.

"He can't wear the uniform like we can, Katsu-Kun. It would just melt off of him if he tried... His quirk is difficult to control, so if he takes off the clothes he has on now, anything he touches would melt away before we could stop it. Mommy adopted him last week after he ran into us.." Izumi tried to explain calmly, hoping to ease her used-to-be friend's anger before it got out of hand.

"Hah?! His quirk melts shit?! What's he doing with a quirk like that if he can't even control it properly! It's totally wasted on him! Damn Midoris! either you don't have one at all, or you can't handle the one you've got. The whole lot of you piss me off!" Bakugou stomped his feet, his quirk crackling threateningly in his palms as he only seemed to get angrier at their responses.

Leo stayed completely silent as he listened to what Katsuki had to say, tears building up in his eyes at the angry boy's words as he glared darkly at the ground from beind his protective siblings.

"Shut up, Bakagou! As if you have room to talk about control, you can't even control your own hot headed temper! So how can you have the right to say anything about controling our quirks?!" Izuku snapped back to Bakugou.

"Or lack there of." Katsuki growled in response, shooting a pointed glare at Izumi for emphasis. "If you're going to use that logic, then what about your temper, huh?! You lose control of both your quirk AND your temper! At least I've got a handle on one of the two, Deku!" Katsuki was absolutely fuming now, not even bothering to stop his palms from damaging things around him.

"I SAID, SHUT THE HELL UP, BAKAGOU! YOU KNOW NOTHING! YOU CAN SAY NOTHING! I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU THINK DIED AND MADE YOU KING, BUT YOU SHOULD REALLY LEARN YOUR PLACE!" Aaaand there he goes... Izumi sighed as she watched helplessly as a few desks around them disintigrated into green flames. No control at all, neither of them... She face palmed at the sight, before turning around to face Leo.

"Don't listen to him, Leo-Kun. He doesn't really mean what he is saying... I'm sure you will be able to control it eventually, and then you can join me and Zuku-Nii's hero agency when we all grow up!" She smiled brightly at her saddened brother, giving him the same encouragement that her twin had given her that had gotten her through the last two years of seemingly never ending struggle.

Leo looked back up into his sister's eyes, taking a moment to process her words, before he let a small happy smile spread across his lips. Being a hero with his siblings, huh? That sounded like the best idea he had ever heard in his life. At least, what he could remember of his life that is. He let out a small giggle as Izumi rubbed the top of his head affectionately, while their brother and Katsuki continued to butt heads, before finally being broken up by the teacher.

Bakugou Residence - After School

Bakugou was pissed. That was an understatement. In fact, he couldn't remember a time in his whole life that he was as pissed as he is now.

Deku and Nezumi show up to class one morning grinning like fucking idiots for the first time in years, and next thing he knows, another Midori sibling is slapped in his face. On top of that, he was calling Izumi by HIS nickname! Only Bakugou should have the rights to use that name with her! He was the one that gave it to her, after all!

To add icing on top of the cake, the three of them start talking about being heros with their own agency together as if Bakugou wasn't even there after their fight had been broken up. No way in hell would any of them make it as heros!

Fucking Deku... this was all his fault. First he puts it in Nezumi's head that she can be a hero without a quirk, without even bothering to consider the fact that it would likely get her KILLED in the process, then he adds some newbie extra into the picture that thinks he has some kind of higher rights over Nezumi just because of a few adoption papers.

Tsk... Fuckin' Midoris... They never learn. No matter how many times Katsuki had tried to beat it into Deku and Nezumi that they shouldn't go the hero route, they always just bounced right back. It's not like he wanted this! He didn't want it when he practically demolished his friendship with the one girl that he could never seem to get off his mind. He didn't want it when the other side characters in the class decided to follow his example and bully them. That was supposed to be only his privilege! And even then, its not like he enjoyed doing that! It was for her own damn good!

He absolutely HATED how things were now, but he knew full well that he would hate it even worse if she, or even her useless brother ended up getting themselves killed! Every time he even considered the possibility of Izumi dying, he would see nothing but red and the rage would just boil out of his control. Damnit!

He kicked a rock across the road in front of his house in his state of anger, cursing loudly to himself as his hands blasted with his quirk involuntarily when he let his train of thought run in that direction. What the fuck was the point in dwelling over that crap now anyway? It wasn't like he could change anything now, after everything. It was too late to fix things. And even if he could, he doubted his pride would allow him the pleasure of doing so properly.

In the end, it seemed this was how things were meant to be... That was the conclusion he managed to bring himself too, and honestly? That just pissed him off even more...

To Be Continued In Chapter 3: Poison and Quirk...