"You're pretty good at getting yourself into trouble," Tsukauchi was leaning against a police car as Thirteen's covered body was lifted gingerly into the ambulance. "And yet, even as an E-Rank, you're pretty good at getting out of those same situations." He gave Izuku a small smile. The two stood off to the side of the rest of the class. Everyone was getting questioned, but only Izuku was getting special attention.

But Izuku wasn't paying much attention to the detective. Instead, his eyes were pulled to Thirteen's corpse, "A Quirk like hers. If I could Extract that…" Izuku nearly slapped himself right in front of Tsukauchi as he realized what he had been thinking. "There's no way I could do that… I'd be no better than a gravedigger."

Tsukauchi noticed his clenched jaw and narrowed eyes, "Don't worry. You're not in trouble."

"Huh?"

"As much as it annoys me that you didn't tell me, you're not a false Ranker. So far, you've only used your Reawakening to save people." He took off his sunglasses and wiped them on his suit, "I don't think I need to tell you that isn't a bad thing." He sighed, "But we're still left with too many questions. They said they were here to kill All Might… but of all people, why was Thirteen singled out? How'd they get that many Gate and Human Villains to band together?" Tsukauchi paused for a moment, realizing that the boy he was talking to was just sixteen. "Sorry, I shoul-"

"Maybe… she knew something about them that we didn't. If that information was important enough to them… then…" Izuku trailed off, his point made.

"Then if that's the case, it brings up the question… what did she know?"

Shigaraki grumbled as he stepped out of Kurogiri's Gate, coming to a rest at their hideout, an old renovated bar hidden from the masses. Taking a seat, he growled out, "Get me a drink Kurogiri." The Shadow man bowed and slipped behind the bar, his form now more humanoid than before.

Left of Shigaraki, an old Tv crackled to life and a dark shape with no features appeared on the screen. "Tomura."

"Master… The Largest Fragment didn't show until it was too late. A boy… killed the Nomu and we were forced to retreat."

"Mmm… I heard you killed Thirteen as well, was there a reason for this?" the raspy voice mused.

Kurogiri poured the clear liquid into a small glass for Shigaraki, "She began to sense that 'something' inside of me, the Mana screaming to escape. I couldn't allow any information to leak."

"I suppose there's no helping it then. Now… does this boy you mentioned have a name?"

"Izuku Midoriya," Shigaraki responded.

"Antares," Kurogiri interjected, "I believe you may know him by another title."

"Oh?" The voice asked, "What might that be?"

"The Greatest Fragment of Brilliant Light: Ashborn."

The next day, class was… animated, to say the least.

Izuku almost stumbled back as he opened the door, greeted by a hail of shouts and raucous conversations.

"Did you guys see the news!" Hagakure, a brunette with lively blue eyes, shouted, "We were all on screen! I got so nervous that I forgot to turn myself visible again!"

"At least you didn't get caught making a weird face," Kaminari bemoaned. Upon walking out of the USJ yesterday, he was caught with a drooling, limp face, apparently a result of his Quirk."

"For real," Kirishima agreed, "How did Mineta even know they were filming us? He had that perfect smile for the entire time on the news."

"What can I say? I'm quite photogenic." Mineta smirked, finally noticing as Izuku walked in, "Well well well, it looks like the Demon Lord finally shows himself."

"D-Demon Lord?" He glanced back to Yaoyorozu, who gave him a small wave and a shrug.

Asui was the one to answer to his ridiculous title, "We saw those Summons of yours all bowing to you."

"It made you look like some sort of King… or at least an evil one."

"Speaking of you Summons Izuku," Ojiro began, flashing a thumbs up, "Thanks for the backup!"

"Yeah, I suppose I should thank you too. After all, me and Yaomomo were so busy protecting this dummy that we barely had time to fight," She teased, pointing at Kaminari.

"Hey!"

"It really was nothing!" Izuku stammered out, overcome by all the attention. "I wasn't even sure if anyone would need my hel...p?" He trailed off as a dark, shadowy, bird-like creature got up in his face.

He flinched back and Tokoyami apologized, his feather head lowering, "He didn't get to see your Summons yesterday and he's quite interested."

"Please?" The bird croaked out, wringing his hands together in a comical pattern. Unlike Izuku's Shadow Soldiers, Dark Shadow had a rougher, less solid body.

"O-Oh. Sure!" Izuku's palm aimed itself at the ground and dragged upwards, as if pulling out his Shadow, "Igris."

The knight appeared beside him with a swirl of darkness, still clutching both the Angel Wing sword and his own Shadow sword. Izuku's neck craned up as he realized something, "Did… Did you get taller?"

Igris looked down at his Liege, noticing the change in his height and bowed his head, as if attempting to make himself shorter.

"Does the System make them grow as well? I mean, his level is higher."

[Igris Lv. 29 Knight Grade.]

"I think Smokey's Grade increased after hitting Level 30, so Igris is pretty close to Elite Knight Grade then."

"Woah, I wish my Summons were that strong," Kota whispered to himself from the back of the classroom as he lamented his weaker abilities. In truth, Kota's powers were pretty unique. He could call upon any earthly animal whose power was slightly enhanced. Of course, not even all of Kota's Summons combined could so much as scratch Igris, their power differentials were simply far too vast.

"Take your seats," A voice growled out from the door, causing Izuku to jump and even Igris faltered for a moment, having not sensed Aizawa's approach. Izuku sent Igris away and practically jumped into his seat.

"Yesterday was shit, but there's no time to dwell on it. There's something far more important in the coming days."

Izuku could feel himself leaning forwards with the rest of the class.

"Something more important than a Villain attack?"

"Do you think they attacked somewhere else?!"

"Is this about Thirteen?"

The last comment caught Aizawa off-guard and his impenetrably bored expression flinched for just a moment. "It's regrettable that we lost her, but it's also not the job of you students to worry about her death. Her family and friends are taking care of her funeral, and Tsukauchi is investigating any reasons the attackers would have to target her." He shook his head, "What I'm talking about could possibly define the rest of your Hero careers. The Sports Festival."

The students slumped back slightly in their seats. The Sports Festival was indeed an exciting time for them. As an event that was broadcasted to the nation and even other parts of the world, it was a great opportunity to get some of the spotlight.

"Scouts from all sorts of Agencies around the country will be watching you. If you do well enough, you might just start the very beginning of your Pro Hero career."

In a somewhat anticlimactic turn of events nothing came after that announcement and the class was forced to go back to their normal homeroom activities. Izuku, meanwhile, was scrolling through his System status.

Level: 74

Strength: 142

Vitality: 94

Agility: 125

Intelligence: 144

Sense: 106

[Mana: 3043/3043]

[HP: 19734/19734]

"I Leveled Up quite a bit, but my Stats still went down. I guess I forgot just how much I relied on the Shadowsteel armor. Should be thankful that I didn't have to dismiss any of my Shadows though."

His mind began to wander as he thought back to his encounter with Shigaraki and Kurogiri, "The one that could create the Gates… he acted like he knew me… like he could sense that my power wasn't normal. He couldn't be part of the System too… could he?" Izuku shook his head, "No, the System has created problems for me to solve, not massive roadblocks like those two." He continued through the memories, coming to a moment where he had been asked a simple question.

"You… what's your name?"

"And I answered them truthfully." Had he not been in class, Izuku might've smacked himself, "There's almost never any Villains that escape from Gates and Human Villains are so uncommon, I didn't even think about what I was doing." For the rest of the day, Izuku was out of it, drifting into semi-consciousness as he began to become overwhelmed with guilt. "I should visit mom today and maybe even up the Shadows on Sakura."

"Midoriya?" Izuku jumped as a hand laid on his shoulder. He spun around, Yaoyorozu was there, her lips pursed and her eyes wide. "Are you okay? You've barely said one word all day."

"Yeah… I was just… um… thinking I would go visit my mom in the hospital today."

"Then as long as it doesn't bother you, I'm coming with," She declared forcefully.

Izuku stared for a moment, "Huh?"

"The last time you looked this upset, you got separated from our Raid Party and nearly got killed by some E-Rank Villains."

"Oh… yeah." Izuku smiled wistfully. It wasn't necessarily a good memory, but to be honest, the best memories of his time as an E-Rank was when he got hurt and Yaoyorozu insisted on fawning over him until he was fine. "Alright."

This time it was Yaoyorozu's turn to freeze up, "Huh?"

"I'd be grateful for the company and… well you're gonna need to meet my mother sooner or later, right?" He joked without a smile.

"Hi mom," Izuku said as he entered the room, pulling up a chair for Yaoyorozu, who was standing in the doorway, unmoving, "I brought a visitor today. Sorry it's not Sakura, she's been a little busy lately. I've done my best to keep her out of trouble, but she's… well she's Sakura." He turned back to Yaoyorozu, his eyes calm, but the inner turmoil showing through easily, "Momo Yaoyorozu, I'd like for you to meet my mother, Inko Midoriya."

Snapping back to reality, she remembered her manners and bowed, introducing herself to the frail woman. "Is it… it's not…"

"The Eternal Slumber. Her body couldn't handle the strain of Mana flowing freely through the world, so she simply fell asleep." He scoffed, "Out of all the people I knew, she seemed like the least likely to succumb to it. She was always so lively. Then, she started getting more and more tired. We knew what it was of course, but it took us weeks before we finally woke up from our denial. I barely got to say goodbye."

"So that's why…"

"Yep. The only way to keep her alive was Villain Cores and money. Two things I didn't have much of."

Yaoyorozu fidgeted in place for a moment, suddenly feeling remorseful. She had decided to never use her Quirk for monetary gain. Not just to save the balance of the economy, but to show her parents that she wasn't simply a tool to produce whatever they wanted. Now though, she felt like she had been selfish. She could've saved Izuku so much trouble had she just been selfish for this one person.

"I don't have to worry about that now. The System has given me the means to keep her well taken care of. It's not all bad news."

"Can she… hear us?"

Izuku shook his head, "The doctors told me that Slumber victims are like coma patients, they can hear some of what goes on around them, but… I did my own research. It's just to comfort the families."

"Thank you, Miss Midoriya," Yaoyorozu began, her head bowed low, "It's regrettable to say, but your son is much like your daughter, he's far too attracted to danger. But… without him, I would've died several times over, and I never would've found my true resolve. We may have met under some pretty imperfect conditions, but I wanted to assure you that even if he doesn't look after himself, I will."

Izuku wiped away a small tear, "Thank you. It's been so long since… since anyone else really talked to her. I felt like I was going crazy." He hiccuped out a small sob as Yaoyorozu suddenly hugged him from behind, her warm body enveloping the sorrow he had held back for Sakura and for himself.

"It's okay. You're not alone anymore."

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