Hello everyone! I tried really hard to get this done early on in the quarantine. But here we are. This chapter is in very plot heavy, Except for that one little blip in the middle. but I hope you do enjoy what I have. And no I will try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. Sorry for stealing a gram or are. And that enjoying guys, gals, and non-binary Pals.

How they were all able to cram into the hospital elevator, Shoto didn't know. Looking at his siblings, the youngest Yukitomo could tell that they were all nervous in one way or another. Dabi, who was holding the small vase of flowers that their mother (rindou, her favorite) was tapping his foot so hard and fast, Shoto thought he was going to wear a hole into the ground. Natsuo kept pulling at the collar of his shirt as if it was too tight, even though he was dressed in a loose t-shirt and jeans. Fuyumi was biting down on her lip, and Shoto was pretty sure it was going to start bleeding.

Looking down, Shoto noticed that his own palms were sweating a bit. He shoved them back into his pocket and told himself to calm down. It was just his mom. He had already seen her, he knew what would happen. Shoto chalked it all up to still not being used to seeing her yet.

When the door of the elevator finally opened, and all four of the siblings let out a breath they didn't know they were holding. Slowly they were filling out into the hallway one at a time. Soon enough, they reached the door to their mother's room. They all looked at it, afraid to grab it as if the handle would bite them. Finally, Shoto grabbed the knob and pushed the door open.

Their mother was sitting at the small table in her room when they got in. At the sound of the door opening, she looked up. The biggest smile broke across her face at the sight of all four of them.

"Hey," Shoto said, not knowing what else to say.

"Hi," Mom said, standing up to hug him and his siblings.

She reached him first, it was a quick embrace that Shoto loved every moment of. Then she went on to Natsuo, who looked afraid that he could crush her if he held her too tight. She smiled up at him and said, "You've gotten taller and stronger, it seems."

"Yeah," Natsuo said, his voice almost muttering, "I filled out a bit."

Their mother smiled at that, and then her gaze fell on Fuyumi, who seemed stiff and rigid. But all that melted away when she was given her hug.

"My little girl," Shoto could hear his mother's voice say.

"Hi Mama," Fuyumi said, wrapping her arms around the other white-haired woman. Shoto could now see how similar his mother and sister looked to each other.

When their mom let go of Fuyumi, she turned to Dabi, who held out the small vase to her.

"Got you a little something," he said, smiling as she took it in her hands.

"They're beautiful, Touya," she smiled, taking a moment to admire them before setting them down and moving to reach arms wrapped around Dabi's neck. A smile that seemed a bit out of place broke across the eldest Yukitomo's face. Dabi seemed to be visibly calmer being around their mother.

Once she let Dabi out of her hold, she turned to all of them and said, "Well, don't just stand around. Sit, sit. Tell me everything that's going on in your lives."

So they did. They all sat around their mother's tiny hospital room. Surprisingly Shoto was the first to begin talking. Telling his mo about the final exams and Shiki coming home the next day. Then it was Dabi's turn, only talking about work, don't give them any on the secret boyfriend, even after Shoto and Natsuo's annoying antics. They also found out that their mother knew everything about Dabi's secret boyfriend, and Shoto could help but laugh when Natsuo muttered something about throwing middle child tactics.

Then it was Fuyumi's turn. She told their mother about his students and how some of their Quirks were coming in.

"I was in the middle of a lesson," Fuyumi said, "And halfway through, one of the kids in the back row just started floating up towards the ceiling. And I'm pretty sure he wasn't even aware of it! When I turned around, I almost screamed because there was a floating child, and there wasn't one before."

"Where are you able to get him down?" asked Mom.

"It took a while, and parents had to be called, but with time we did get him down," Fuyumi said, sounding tired from just retelling the story.

"How you manage to put up with ankle-biters all day is beyond my knowledge," Dabi said, sitting back in his chair.

"Well, I have more patience than the three of you combine so…"

"Hey," Natsuo said.

"Oh, don't 'hey' we all know it's true."

Shoto looked up at the sound of his mother laughing as she turned to Natsuo and asked, "What about you, dear? What's my boy been up to?"

"Just got done with the final," Natsuo said, "It was hard, but I'm glad it's done now."

"Well, that's good," she said, "Your birthdays in three days, isn't it? Are you going to do anything?"

"I asked for two things," Natsuo said, "Cake and food. That is it."

"It's the same thing you asked for every year," Fuyumi said, nudging his younger brother to shine.

"That's not true," Shoto said, "We went to the beach a few years ago for Natsuo's birthday."

"Oh yeah," Natsuo said in rebrace, "Dabi got attacked by a bird. Then try to set it on fire."

"That bird had it fucking coming," Dabi snapped.

The siblings kept going back and forth, sometimes their mother cutting in to add something or tell her own story of her time with the other residents of the hospital.

The whole scene in front of Shoto felt strange but not unwelcome. When he was younger, he never got to spend time with both his mother and his siblings together. It was nice to see. Nice to be a part of it.

"We should do this more often," Dabi said, a smile slowly creeping across his face.

"I would like that," Mom said, placing her hand over Dabi's.

"Good, we'll make it happen," Dabi said, "Right, guys?"

"Absolutely," Fuyumi said.

"Definitely," Natsuo nodded in agreement.

Shoto smiled and said, "That would be nice."

XXX

Taijo fixed the collar of his jacket as he and Toga followed Grain to finally meet this Shigaraki character. Maero had begged all morning to come with him, but Taijo put his foot down and said no. He knew very little about the League of Villains, and even though Taijo thought there was nothing cuter in the world than his pet threatening others, he simply couldn't have it for this meeting.

Shynah was also meant to come with him. But his entitled little cunt of a sister hadn't even bothered to show up. Taijo was told that she had gone to Kyoto for the weekend. Fucking bitch. The one time he needed her here, she was off doing what the fucking ever.

The man sighed, lit a cigarette, and asked, "We there yet, Grain? I didn't come all this way to walk."

"Get a hold of yourself," Gain told him, "We're nearly there."

"I am a man of little patience," Taijo reminded him, "And I've been waiting for weeks now. Really Grain, my drive could have dropped me off if you would have just given me the real address."

"Not how it works," Grain said, "You know that."

"Not to sound like a toolbag, but these shoes cost more than anything I've ever given you in terms of payment," Taijo said, "Hate to wear them out so soon."

"Relax," Grain said, trying to reassure the crime boss, "This is it right here."

Looking at the building in question, it wasn't all that impressive to Taijo. Admittedly you didn't want your home base to be visible to onlookers and the law alike, but still, you could hide and still maintain appearances. The bar, when this so-called League of Villains, only had a dying neon sign, and that was it. It looked sad, and Taijo can't think of a situation where he'd ever walked into the place on his own. If that's what these guys were going for, then they did a good job.

Getting to the entrance of the building, Taijo tossed aside his cigarette as Grain turned to him and Toga and said, "Wait here till I call for you both. Got it?"

Toga was bouncing up and down, "I'm so excited! I can hardly wait!"

Grain chuckled and said, "Just wait here for a sec."

Taijo crossed his arms. He never liked waiting, and he'd been doing it for weeks now. From inside the bar, Taijo could hear voices. Then Grain's hand came and beckoned them in.

Stepping into the bar, Taijo eyes landed a man who had to be Shigaraki. The man's silvery-blue hair was messy and unkempt. His skin was dryer and player than it was in the pictures on the news. The dead dismembered hand that covered his sat there, only revealing his eyes.

He wasn't much, Taijo thought, lit another cigarette.

"Oh, the handyman!" Toga cried, "You're friends with Stain, right? Right? Let me join your League of Villains!"

At the sight of them, Shigaraki began to shake with rage. "Get them out!" he braked, "I don't want to put up with some brat and a toolbag."

A man behind the bar, who was dressed well and seemed to have a body made black misted, intervened to say, "They came all this way to visit, so at least hear them out Tomura Shigaraki."

The younger man let out a growl, and then Grain gestured to Taijo, "I'm sure you hear of him before, but this is Taijo Hayabusa, Leader of the Demegawa Gray Skulls."

Taijo pulled away from his cigarette and smiled, "Greetings and salutation."

"He and his group are known for many robberies and murders over the past few decades," Grain went one, "But the Hero Killer's ideology-"

"What can I say?" Taijo shrugged, "It spoke to me."

Toga was still bouncing when it was her turn to be introduced.

"This young woman," Grain began, "Her face and name were kept out of the media, but she's on the run as the suspect in a series of deaths by blood loss."

"I'm Toga!" the blonde said, "Himiko Toga! It's hard to live. I want to make it easier to live in this dumb world! I wanna be like Mr. Stainy! I want to kill ! So please let me into your League of Villain handyman!"

Taijo could tell that Shigaraki was still unimpressed with them, but he did have time to win this man child over, and he had to get to work.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to get down to business."

"And who are you to demand that?" Shigaraki asked.

"I'm not demanding anything," Taijo said, holding up his hands, "I'd just like to make sure no one here wasted their time."

The man put out a cigarette and went out, "I strongly believe that you and I could truly help one and other. You new to the field or begin a group of villains that people stay up at night worrying about. However, there are certain parts to what you do that can look, simpatic, shall we say?"

"What would you want?" Shigaraki asked.

"Simple," Taijosaid, "To be in association with you. Equal partners, we could say. In return, you get some resources from me. Anything from money to medical. It starts out slow, of course, can't go full nosedive in with my group. Just to the way things are set up, I did make that rule. Over time we become interwoven and reap the benefits of each other triumphs."

"What do you mean to start off slow?" the villain asked.

"I mean, at first you get me and my best fighters. Maybe some medical assistance. Around six months, if I see working with you has been worth it, that's when finances can come into the equation."

"Why won't we get that from the beginning?"

"I told you that's not how this little song and dance works," Taijo said, "But rest assured you're going to be winning at all times working with me on this."

"What if I don't like that?"

"Tough shit."

Before anyone could really tell, Shigaraki lunged for Taijo, who reached for his gun, followed by Toga pulling out her knife willing to cut anyone. The mist man behind the bar had used some sort of wrap Quirk to keep them all from killing each other. Taijo hadn't fired any bullets and was the first to pull his arms. The barman whispered some to Shigaraki in, most likely to calm him down.

"Whatever," Shigaraki said to him, walking away and straight out the door.

"Where are you going?" Grain asked.

"Shut up!" the man yelled, slamming the door.

When he was gone, the mist guy asked: "Would it be alright to give you an answer at a later date?"

"You, his secretary?" Taijo joked, "I guess that will be okay."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a business card. It had the Gray Skull crest on it. A falcon with its wings spread wide rests atop of a skull with only one glowing eye.

"Call me when you've made your choice," Taijo said," Sooner you do so, the more willing I am to negotiate."

Taijo turned to Toga and said, "Still need a place to crash, kid?"

"Sure!"

"Come on then. I need to swing by my weapons guy. Need to grab things. Maybe get you a new knife. The thing you got there is just sad."

XXX

Shoto was not planning his day to start with finding out his classmate had been attacked by villains at the mall the day prior. Because of this, Shoto spent the whole ride to the airport crammed in Baba's old pick-up texting his fellow students to see what had happened.

According to them, what had happened was, Midoriya had run into the head of the League of Villains, Tomura Shigaraki. The mad man had threatened the hero in training and then seemed to let him go after asking a few questions.

"Is he all right?" Baba asked as Shoto told about the whole thing.

"I think so," Shoto said, looking through all the text he got.

"Call him if you want," the older woman said.

"I will," Shoto said, "But, I'll do it tonight. Give it time to blow over."

Baba only nodded and turned right toward the exit that led to the airport. After spending an ungodly amount of time trying to find a parking spot, the two made their way into the airport.

Once they got to the pickup point, Shoto kept his eyes peeled for his childhood friend. Looking over at Baba, Shoto could tell she was also getting anxious to see her grandbaby again. Then they both saw her, a little thinner and taller than the last they saw her but other than that same old Shiki. Same black hair and bob cut. Same brown eyes. Same black jeans and yellow hoodie.

Shiki just then noticed them too, and the biggest smile broke across her face. Once she reached them, she dropped her bag to the ground and wrapped her arms around Baba, who returned her embrace.

"Hi Baba," Shiki smiles into the other woman's hair.

"Hi baby," Baba said back, pressing her lips against Shiki's temple.

When they let each other go, Baba placed her hands on Shiki's shoulders and said, "Well, you've grown. I trust you've been fed well."

"Yes," Shiki said, playfully rolling her eyes, "Jeez Baba, if I did know any better, I'd think you'd be accusing the school of starving me."

"I can't help but worry about my baby," Baba said.

Shiki laughed when she noticed Shoto.

"Hey," he said, hands shoved into his pockets and a small smile across his face. The black-haired girl smiled back and wrapped her arms around the white-haired teen's neck.

"Freezer Burn," She said, "It has been too long."

"Missed you too," Shoto muttered, hugging his friend back. When they pulled apart, Shiki ran a hand through Shoto's snow-white hair and said, "This is my first time seeing it cut in person."

"Is it really that bad?"

"Nah, you still look like the gods' gift to all androphiles," Shiki said.

"Aren't you hilarious?" Shoto said dryly.

"Man, I've missed teasing you in person."

"All right, you two," Baba said, "There will be plenty of time for you two to poke fun at one and other on the car ride home. Let's just get to the car, shall we?"

"Yes, Baba," the two teens said and unison, as Shiki grabbed her bag and Shoto volunteer to take her suitcase.

After lodging up all Shiki's bags and the three of them crapping into Baba's truck, they drove off towards home.

"My jet lag is so bad," Shiki groaned, resting her head on Shoto's shoulder.

"Well, may this will help cheer you up," Shoto said, handing Shiki the carefully wrapped box which held her gift.

"Oh. My. Gods," she said, "You two are the best!

"You like it?" Baba asked, smiling.

"Love it," Shiki said, pulling the jacket out of the box. It was a letterman style jacket to go with the one that Shiki had been given by her school back in the US. Besides the white sleeves and cuffs and collar lining, its navy and the back had a phoenix and sakura. Also, on the front, Baba had sewn the number 13, Shiki jersey number.

"It's so beautiful," Shiki muttered," Thank you, guys."

"We found it at that shop down by the post office," Shoto said.

"How was something this nice at that place?" she asked, still admiring the jacket.

"Not a clue, baby girl," Baba said, "But be thankful we got it."

"Oh, I am," Shiki smiled, "Can't wait to wear this.

"It's summer," Shoto said.

"I don't care, Mr. Walking-air-conditioner," Shiki said, "I look good in long sleeves, and I'm willing to suffer."

"Careful," Shoto said, "Or you might not have your human air conditioner.

The teens kept going back and forth, Baba only chucking at their banter.

Soon enough, they reached the apartment building. Shiki and Shoto took all the bags out of the truck, so Baba could go park. Walking into the Kitabayashi apartment, Shiki let out a heavy sigh and said, "I've been gone for so long the apartment has a smell to it."

"What?" Shot said, still taking off his shoes.

"You know. Every house has a smell, but you can smell your house because you live there. That's what I mean."

"Oh," Shoto said.

They both walked into Shiki's room, placed the bags on the floor, and the both of them flopped onto Shiki's bed.

"Ah, I've missed my space!" the black-haired girl said, stretching out like a starfish.

"Oh, really?" Shoto said.

"Don't sass me, Heatwiser."

"Did you spend every second since hearing about me using my left side to think of fire/heat nicknames?"

"Pretty much," Shiki said, sitting up.

"Shiki, Shoto," Baba's voice called, "Come out here."

Doing what they were told, the two friends went back up into the central area of the apartment to see Baba and the rest of the Yukitomo siblings. Shiki smirked and then took a running jump into Natsuo's arms.

"Sup Vanilla Ice?" She asked to hug him.

"Not much," Natsuo said before setting Shiki back on the ground, "Dude, what are they feeding you? You weight like a fuck ton now."

"It's called having muscle," Shiki said, resting her hands on her hips. She then turned to look at Dabi and Fuyumi and said, "It's good to see you guys again."

"It's good to see you too," Fuyumi said, giving Shiki a hug as well, "Was your school year good?"

"Yeah, I guess so," the black-haired girl said. Turning her gaze to Dabi, Shiki said, "Rumor has it you have a secret boyfriend. What that about?"

"Oh my gods," Dabi said, rolling his eyes.

"Come on, I've been gone for almost a year, I need details."

"Good luck getting them," Shoto muttered, "We've been trying for weeks now."

"Oh, I can make him break," Shiki said, smiling wickedly, "We all know I have my ways of making people talk."

"And that right there is why I have not missed you," Dabi said.

"Alright, everyone calm down. Dinner's ready," Baba said.

"Oh my gods, is that nikujaga?" Shiki asked, craning her neck to look into the kitchen.

"Yes, I made all your favorites," Baba said with a smile.

Shiki smiled and rushed to the table, followed by Shoto, who had noticed that Baba had made a small batch of cold soba for just him.

"Do you all have any idea how long it's been since I've had real Japanese food? The answer is too long," Shiki said, getting her second helping of nikujaga.

"So, how was America overall?" Natsuo asked.

"Good," Shiki said, "My English lessons were super fast-paced, so language wasn't a big deal. California was a lot warmer than I thought it would be."

"Like bad?" Shoto asked.

"Nah, but everyone was like "in the winter it's going to get so cold," and then when winter came, I was like, y'all there not even snow. What are you talking about?"

"Did you just say 'y'all'?" Shoto asked.

"Yes."

"Get out."

After dinner and dessert (dorayaki which Shiki was also super pumped to have again,) Shiki got up from the table and said, "Wait right here. I'm going to get all the gifts I got you guys."

"Gifts you say," Nastuo called as Shiki ran into her room.

When Shiki came back out, Baba had placed everyone in the living room and had headed back into the kitchen to make some tea for later.

"Here's your first one, Baba," Shiki said, placing her gift down on the counter, "There's some more I'll give you later."

"Thank you, baby," Baba said, smiling. Shiki then turned to the Yukitomo siblings and said, "One for Dabi, Fuyumi, Natsuo, and Shoto. If you don't like them too bad, I spent money, so you have to like them."

Shoto laughed and watched his sibling open their presents first. Dabi had gotten a book on the history of tattoos and tattoos across the world.

"Even if ya' don't read it, it's a little something to put on your coffee table at the shop," Shiki shrugged.

"Oh, I plan to read this," Dabi said, studying the cover of the book.

"Dear gods," Natsuo gasped, "You've done the impossible. You've gotten Dabi to read a book!"

"Ah! The prophecy was correct!" Shiki cried, "They said it could be so, but they were wrong!"

"Alright, that's enough," Dabi said, glaring at the two of them.

Fuyumi's gift was new, and it was all nine seasons of an American soap opera the Fuyumi used to watch when she was in middle school before it was taken off the air.

"Is this the whole series?" Fuyumi asked.

"Yep, it's the whole thing sub and dub in Japanese," Shiki said, "Got it from this guy who sells DVDs outside 7-Eleven a block from campus."

"Sounds shady as shit," Dabi said.

"Name a situation where buying the whole DVD series of 'A Moment in Forever' translated in Japanese that isn't shady."

"Hear of the internet?" the raven-haired man asked.

"Smartass," Shiki muttered.

"Shiki," Baba called from the kitchen, who was studying the new ceramic teapot that Shiki had given her.

"Sorry, Baba," Shiki called.

"Oh gods, this is amazing," Natsuo said, looking at his gift, which had been three t-shirts.

"Ya' like em'?" Shiki asked.

"They are amazing."

Shoto looked to see one that said 'Sun, Surf, and Sea,' another that read, 'my memes are the freshest' and the one more that was…

"You bought me a wolf shirt," Natsuo said, "Kid, you're the best. I'm going to wear this every day now."

"You will not," Fuyumi said.

"Try and stop me."

"I do your laundry," the white-haired woman said, "I can and will stop you."

Natsu held the shirt to his chest and said, "Bold of you to assume that I remember to give you all my shirts to wash."

Fuyumi rolled her eyes and sat back in her chair.

Finally, Shoto opened his present, which was a black sweatshirt that read, "If you find my best friend, keep her. She's loud."

"This is the most accurate assessment of our friendship ever," Shoto said.

"Rude," Shiki said, but there was a smile on her face telling Shoto that she wasn't really upset.

As the night went, one Baba brought in tea and anpan. As ten o'clock rolled around, Shoto said goodbye to his siblings, and after Shiki gave Baba the rest of her presents, the pair of teens retreated to Shiki's room.

"I do have one more thing I wanna give you tonight," Shiki said. She reached in her bag, pulling out one unwrapped box.

"That's for your brother's birthday," she said, setting it aside before heading back to dig through her bag.

"You didn't get him more meme shirts did you?" Shoto asked.

"That is for me to know and you to suffer in silence wondering about."

After a minute of digging around, Shiki finally pulled out a pretty big box wrapped in light blue tissue paper. It was pretty hefty, and Shoto looked up and Shiki and asked.

"What did you get me? A bomb?"

"Nah, I couldn't fit that onto the plane," Shiki said, "For really thought, it's a little package of things I got for over a year."

"A little package?"

"Shut up and open your gift," Shiki said.

Shoto did, and when he saw the first item, he looked at Shiki and said, "You did not."

"I restrained myself and only got you one."

"You bought me a rainbow flag," Shoto said, pulling the whole thing out, "What am I even going to do with this?"

"Hang it in your room," Shiki said, "I got a lesbian flag for my dorm room, and here that gonna hang on the wall. Do you not like it?"

"No it's great, I just didn't expect it," Shoto said, setting it down. Looking through the boxes, he saw an assortment of other things like snacks and trinkets. But what grabbed his attention the most was…

"'How to Get a Boyfriend in 12 Steps or Less'?" Shoto asked.

"Honestly, I think you need that now more than ever," Shiki said. Shoto playful kicked Shiki off the bed, but she grabbed him in time to pull the white-haired teen with her. They both landed with a thud, and Shiki broke into a laughing fit.

"You're crazy," Shoto huffed, getting back up, offering Shiki a hand.

"Yeah, but you love me," Shiki chirped, getting back on her feet.

"Jury's still out," Shoto said.

After they both calmed down, the two teens put on their pajamas and put on Your Name. Halfway through, Shiki said, "So you know what I've been thinking?"

"Oh, I'm scared," Shoto muttered.

"Hear me out," Shiki pleaded, "So I get you're going to the training camp thing. However, I wanna get to know these so-called new friends of yours."

"What are you saying?" Shoto asked, raising an eyebrow up.

"Let's have a roof party," Shiki said.

"Roof party?"

"Yeah. We can get food and stuff and go on the roof, and maybe if we're lucky, we could fire off a few firecrackers."

"That definitely brakes the apartment agreement."

"Who cares!"

Shoto shook his head but thought about it for a minute. It would be nice to introduce his oldest friend to his new ones. And a small stress reliever before training camp. After thinking about it, some more Shoto finally said, "Let's do."

"I can not wait for this."

"That doesn't place reassurance in me."

"It's not meant to!"

So I had to go on to the wiki to see what exactly Fuymi's intrested out the one really like soap operas. So that's why that was there. I hope you all like Shiki, I was worried some people might find her to be too annoying, or generic. Sometimes I have trouble conveying exactly the personality I see character having onto paper correctly. Anyway I hope you enjoy and remember you can always come and talk to me at my tumblers. Until next time!