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A couple that will go down in legend
Chapter forty-eight: A surprise double-date that has some kids tagging along
Given how much he has had to deal with as of late, Izuku hasn't had a lot of time to focus on his relationship with his girlfriend Mitsuki, who just so happens to not only be more than twice the green-eyed boy's age, but also the mother of Izuku's classmate Katsuki aka Kacchan, who is a bit older than Izuku. But luckily for Izuku, today was not only a day that he had to himself, but it was also a day where Mitsuki was free, after he called her and she confirmed it.
As such, the two of them decided to have a date day. Soon after Izuku was dressed and ready to go, he met up with Mitsuki, who came by to pick him up. The plan was simple; go to a nearby convenience store and buy some cheap snacks, Mitsuki shoved the snacks into her purse to hide them, then they would go see a movie that they wouldn't have to pay overpriced concession stand food prices for as Mitsuki would sneak the snacks in (this was something that Izuku still objected to on some level), then they would spend a few hours at the arcade.
Mitsuki heard that the high score she got on the dancing game was beaten, and she wanted to reclaim her hard-earned spot. "Fuck being number one on the Hero Billboard Chart JP! I want to be number one on the scoreboard for Dance Craze!" Mitsuki declared. Over at his hero agency well over a mile away from the arcade that Mitsuki and Izuku went into, Endeavor felt a shiver go up his spine, but he had no idea where it had even come from.
After their time at the arcade, Izuku and Mitsuki proceeded to relax at a nearby café, getting some nice coffees to enjoy. During that time, Izuku filled Mitsuki in on what all he had gleamed concerning how Aizawa, who is Izuku's homeroom teacher over at U.A., had recently gotten engaged to Emi from Ketsubutsu Academy. Emi, also known as the Smile Hero Ms. Joke, had long been saying to Aizawa that they ought to get married. Well, it turns out that Aizawa had finally decided to take Emi up on that idea.
Getting into detail about it here would take too much time, though.
"Yeah, I got a bit of it from Katsuki yesterday," Mitsuki remarked, "He also told me a story about how he told his girlfriend, the magic horse girl, about Eraserhead getting engaged, and that the magic horse girl proceeded to ask if there were any difference between a Japanese wedding and an American wedding. It was at that point in Katsuki's story that I remembered that the magic horse girl that he's dating is part American."
Izuku calmly listened to his girlfriend's story, deciding to wait until she was done for the time being to tell her a few corrections about Bakugo's girlfriend, Pony Tsunotori. As the green-haired cinnamon roll and the ashy-haired woman sat at the outdoor table and enjoyed their coffees, they heard a pair of familiar voices call out to Izuku. Looking over, Izuku and Mitsuki saw Tokoyami and Tsuyu come walking over to them.
To Izuku's piqued interest, the two were followed by Tsuyu's younger siblings Samidare and Satsuki. The Asui siblings and Tokoyami were all dressed in casual wear, although the sole Asui brother now wore a hooded long-sleeved shirt under his t-shirt that had the image of Ryukyu's dragon form on it. "Ah, Izuku, Mrs. Bakugo," Tokoyami remarked, "It's a pleasure to run into the two of you here. I take it that you both are having a nice time?"
"Oh yes, Mitsuki and I are really enjoying ourselves," Izuku replied.
"Hey sweetness," Mitsuki began, getting Izuku to turn to look at here. Jerking a thumb at Tokoyami and Tsuyu, the ashy-haired woman said, "I know that these two are classmates of yours over at U.A., but I have no idea who they really are as all who I'm really familiar with in your class is you, Katsuki, and Katsuki's quartet of idiots."
Izuku, after getting over the slight surprise of Mitsuki so casually referring to the Baku-squad as her son's 'quartet of idiots', cleared his throat a bit. "Mitsuki, these are Tokoyami and Tsuyu," Izuku said as he respectively gestured to them in order. Gesturing to Samidare and Satsuki, the green-eyed boy went on, "And these are Tsuyu's younger siblings Samidare and Satsuki."
Looking at the frog-like girl and the raven headed boy, Mitsuki said after a couple of seconds, "Why did you two bring a pair of kids along with you?"
"Because I couldn't leave them alone as there would be no one to keep an eye on them kero," Tsuyu replied, "Thankfully they both behaved themselves and allowed me and Fumikage to enjoy our date as much as possible." Looking to her little sister, Tsuyu went on, "Although that hasn't entirely stopped Satsuki for excitedly talking about something that's coming up."
Knowing what her big sister was talking about, Satsuki turned around to face her. "But big sis, it's a really big day for big bro!"
"And that's another thing," Tsuyu said, "You're more excited for Samidare's upcoming birthday than he is, and it's his birthday."
"What's this now?" Mitsuki asked, both her and Izuku's interest being piqued by what the frog-like girl had mentioned.
Sighing, Tokoyami explained, "Tsuyu is talking about how her brother's birthday is coming up soon. He will be turning eleven." Samidare, aware that he was the topic of conversation right now, moved to hide behind Tsuyu as he was nervous over everyone focusing on him. The sole Asui brother even gave off a bit of a moan that was half-nervous, half-afraid.
"Heh, sorry that I made the kid nervous," Mitsuki apologized, a bit of an embarrassed smirk on her face. Changing tune quickly, the ashy-haired woman went on, "But hey, the little dude is turning the big double-one! I take it he'll be having a big ol' birthday party with all of the usual birthday party fixings?"
"Ehh," Tsuyu remarked, "My mom wants to throw a nice party for Samidare's birthday, but she knows that she has to try to keep it more tame that what you're probably picturing, otherwise it would overwhelm him."
Shrugging in response, Mitsuki replied, "Meh, it's your mom's choice. Oh, you know what would make the party awesome for the kid? Rustle up a pro hero to show up at the party to give the kid some birthday wishes!"
Both Tsuyu and Tokoyami wore contemplative looks on their respective faces. "…Hmm, that does sound like something that I suspect Mrs. Asui would be willing to consider for the party for Samidare's special day," Tokoyami remarked, with Tsuyu nodding in agreement, "After all, pro heroes have been known to come by a kid's birthday party if their parents spring for it."
"Oh, if the kid's mom does spring for having a pro hero show up to visit the kid at his party, she should spring for Endeavor," Mitsuki recommended, "After all, he's the current number one pro hero, so having him show up is bound to-" Mitsuki suddenly stopped short when Samidare began to scrunch up a bit as he let out a panicked squeal. He was even shaking a bit out of fright. "…Is he alright?" Mitsuki asked, surprised concern in her expression as she pointed to Samidare where he hid behind Tsuyu.
The frog-like girl let out a resigned sigh before she addressed Mitsuki. "…Actually, having him of all people come by Samidare's party would actually ruin the day for my brother. He's actually very terrified of our country's current number one pro."
"Scary Fire Beard is a big stinky, and he is made of poop!" Satsuki declared firmly as she shook a fist in the air, "He's also really mean to big bro by scaring him a lot, so no way is he going to be invited to big bro's birthday party!"
"Is…" Mitsuki began, looking a bit unsure, "…Is there a pro hero that the kid isn't afraid of?"
"Oh yeah," Izuku remarked, getting everyone to turn to face him. "If I recall correctly, Tsuyu said that her little brother's favorite pro hero is Ryukyu." Nods from Tsuyu and Tokoyami told Mitsuki that the green-eyed boy was right on the money.
With an assured nod, the ashy-haired woman said, "Alright, then try to see if you can get her to agree to make an appearance." Crossing her arms over her chest, Mitsuki remarked, "But given that she's a pro hero, getting her to agree to make an appearance would be difficult. After all, this is a pro hero we're talking about. Getting any pro hero at all to agree to make an appearance at the kid's birthday party would be difficult."
Izuku exchanged some knowing looks with Tsuyu and Tokoyami before the three of them all turned back to face Mitsuki. "…Actually, it may not be as difficult as you may think for us to get ahold of her," Izuku remarked, "Of course, getting her to agree to come is an entirely different story as we have no idea what she'll say, but it's something we can look into."
"Ooh, ooh, you should get Mirko to come to the party!" Satsuki said, hopping excitedly.
"When your birthday rolls around and a party is thrown for you, we'll look into getting ahold of Mirko to see if she'd be interest in making an appearance kero," Tsuyu remarked, "But we're talking about Samidare's birthday party here, so we're going to be taking his preferences into consideration." The youngest Asui sibling let out a defeated 'aww' of complaint, which elicited a few chuckles from Mitsuki and Izuku, and even some from Tokoyami.
To their surprise, Izuku and Mitsuki found themselves accompanying Tokoyami and the Asui siblings on their outing. As the teens talked, Tokoyami brought up an incident at U.A. from a while ago where some second year gen ed course girls read aloud some entries from the personal diaries of various girls in the hero course. The raven-headed boy was about to get to a part that involved some teachers stopping the gen ed girls before more damage was done, but he was cut off when Mitsuki, having heard something, interrupted the conversation.
"Hold up there a minute there, Bird Boy," Mitsuki said, "Did you seriously mention that one of the girls whose diary was read over the school intercom at U.A. not only has a crush on my bae here, but claims she can pleasure him better than I can?!"
Izuku, with a troubled look on his face, let out a resigned sigh. "…Please don't go off the deep end with this, Mitsuki, but yes, all that stuff about Uraraka's diary being read over the intercom system is true. To be honest, I totally didn't Uraraka liking me coming."
"Wow Izuku, I had no idea you were so blind kero," Tsuyu remarked, making him turn to face her with a surprised look. "I mean, seriously. I was able to see that she liked you for so long. And it wasn't just me, either. Mina, Hagakure, Kyoka and Yaoyorozu were all able to see it as clear as day that Uraraka was in love with you. She still is kero, but now she's taken to beating herself up for not acting soon enough and losing you to another gi-"
"I'll kick that little bitch's ass if she so much as tries to take my bae from me!" Mitsuki swore vengefully, "Like hell I'll let some smarmy little **** who thinks she'd fucking do a better job than me just because she's younger than me sink her harpy talons into Izuku! I'll fight the little bitch on it if I have to!" The ashy-haired woman even threw a few punches into the air before her. "I'd like to see her fucking try and take a hit from me!"
It actually took the boys close to a minute to calm Mitsuki down, as Tsuyu would have helped them but Tsuyu had to keep an eye on her little siblings in case either of them freaked out due to witnessing Mitsuki's swearing of vengeance on class 1-A's gravity master. After the ashy-haired woman was fully calmed down, Izuku looked at her with an understanding but serious look. "I know that you only acted like that because you want to keep what you and I got going, but I have to ask that you not threaten any of my classmates just because one of them was revealed to have feelings for me."
"You'd be like Satsuki when she got in trouble because she pushed a girl over on the playground because said girl was talking to a boy that Satsuki likes," Tsuyu pointed out.
Satsuki, with a pouting expression on her faced, looked up at her older sister as she stomped a foot. "But I told Lily that I was going to play with Kota!"
The oldest Asui sibling let out a sigh, gently shaking her head. She then turned to return her attention to Mitsuki. "Mrs. Bakugo, there's no need for you to go so far as to threaten Uraraka. Besides, with all that Uraraka has been through, I doubt that she needs a woman a little more than twice her age threatening to beat her up."
Mitsuki looked like she was about to speak up, but she stopped short as she had a sudden realization cross her mind. The ashy-haired woman then proceeded to wear an expression of contemplation as she thought about something. "…Oh yeah, she's the girl whose mom was killed by someone," Mitsuki said, "Possibly connected to how the girl herself had been targeted for assassination twice but got away both times."
The ashy-haired woman looked up into the sky, cracked her neck a bit. Letting out a helpless breath, Mitsuki remarked, "Hoo boy, her mom was killed, and she herself had almost been murdered twice. The girl, as much as I may fear she'll try to steal my bae from me, deserves some sympathy." Turning to look at the teens and two kids, Mitsuki went on, "And to think that all of that shit happened because her parents pissed off the wrong fucker."
"What do you mean, Mrs. Bakugo?" Tokoyami asked, a mildly surprised look on his face as he and the others looked at her. The Asui siblings likewise looked surprised, although Samidare and Satsuki both looked lost and confused on the matter as well. Izuku, on the other hand, looked like he knew what Tokoyami was getting at.
Gesturing to the teens and two kids, Mitsuki said, "Think about it. That Uraraka girl was targeted twice because someone wanted to kill her, and then someone decided to up and kill her mom, which sucks since they succeeded on the first try." Crossing her arms over her chest, Mitsuki had a firm look on her face as she went on, "My gut's telling me that the Uraraka girl and her family must have pissed off the wrong bastard, because why else would the family be targeted so much and so often?"
"That's a theory that the pro heroes who are helping police with the case are working with, actually," Izuku replied, getting the others to turn to face him. The green-eyed boy closed his eyes as he nodded a few times in confirmation. "…All Might even got a few bits from his friends in the police force about how the pro heroes are working to try and come up with a list of people who would be potential suspects."
"I got it from Hawks, who employs me as an intern, that he has reason to believe who it was that murdered Uraraka's mother," Tokoyami remarked, "But he also has reason to believe that those he suspects to have committed the truly dark deed had no desire to carry it out at all, but rather they had been forced by some manner of circumstance to do so."
Tsuyu nodded in agreement with her boyfriend, a hint of firm seriousness in her normally unreadable expression. "Ryukyu is very keen on making sure that those who are trying to kill Uraraka won't be able to do so. But then again Ryukyu employs Uraraka, as well as Eunice, Nejiri-sempai and myself as interns, so you got to figure."
Gently shaking her head, Mitsuki said, "Well this is great and all, but the girl's still in danger until the guilty party's found and their ass is kicked."
"Big sis's friend will not be harmed." Everyone had surprised looks on their faces as they heard a young male voice spoke up. Mitsuki, as well as Izuku, Tokoyami, Tsuyu and Sastuki all turned to look at Samidare, who was looking up at the teens and the ashy-haired woman. "Ryukyu is protecting big sis's friend. No one can hurt her while Ryukyu is there keeping an eye on things, because Ryukyu is the greatest hero ever." Samidare gave off a bit of a smile, nodding once as he looked up at everyone aside from Satsuki. "No one can stop the greatest hero ever."
Izuku, his friends and Mitsuki all felt a bit more at ease, surprised that their worries over Uraraka's safety and well-being were being swept away by the reassurances of a young boy who was vouching for his favorite pro hero. Mitsuki was also surprised by what Samidare said as it was due to how it was the first time she had ever heard him speak. Tokoyami was also a bit on the surprised side as he's never heard Samidare say so much all at once.
Mitsuki, with a bit of a sincere look on her face, smiled a little as she let out an amused chuckle. ":…Heh, the kid here is right." To the group as a whole, Mitsuki went on to say, "That Uraraka girl is lucky that she has so many people looking out for her. It also helps that the pro hero that she and a few other girls intern under can turn into a dragon." Putting her hands on her hips, Mitsuki said, "I'd like to see any of the fuckers that are trying to kill the Uraraka girl deal with a fucking dragon who's hot on their heels."
"Oh I highly doubt that there would be any assailants left when Ryukyu is through kero," Tsuyu remarked, a hint of amusement in her tone.
After they had a fun-filled day with Tokoyami and the Asui siblings, Izuku and Mitsuki made their way over to the Bakugo house, where Mitsuki told Izuku that Katsuki would be chilling with his girlfriend who he invited over. Indeed, when Izuku and Mitsuki walked into the house, they saw Bakugo and Pony sitting on the sofa together, with Pony showing Bakugo a couple of pictures that she had on her smartphone while the TV played.
"These pictures I took at Halloween last year," the half-American girl explained, "Me and all girls in class wore costumes for Halloween party our class had." Swiping the screen on her phone, Pony said, "This Setsuna in dinosaur cost-" Pony stopped short when she and Bakugo heard the front door open. As such, they saw Izuku and Mitsuki walk in. "Oh, hi Bakugo mom, hi Izuku," Pony greeted.
"I see that you've been letting the magic horse girl ruin the butt groove I spent years working into my favorite seat on the sofa, Katsuki," Mitsuki remarked dryly.
Giving his mother a look as dry as what she had just said, Bakugo replied, "The cushions on this sofa don't form grooves." Gesturing to Pony, Bakugo said, "Anyway, Pony's showing me some pics she took of all of her classmates from Halloween last year, and each of them are in costume as some sort of whatever." With a look of mild interest on his face, Bakugo said, "Oh, you got a picture of what Shrooms was dressed as for Halloween? I bet I'd get a kick out of seeing what Kirishima's girl was dressed as."
"Kinoko was zombie for Halloween," Pony replied as she scrolled through the pictures and found one of Kinoko dressed as a zombie for Halloween; one sleeve on the mushroom girl's casual wear long-sleeved dress was torn horribly at the elbow but the two halves were still attached by a few scraps, one of Kinoko's stockings was torn badly near the top, and high-end costume makeup was used to help give Kinoko the necessary pale-skin and bloody scars to sell the look of an undead girl.
As Bakugo remarked how the job to make the mushroom girl look like one of the living dead was pretty good, Izuku turned to look at Mitsuki. "Oh, I have some pictures of what everyone in my class dressed as for Halloween last year," the green-eyed boy remarked, "Although you may not like what Kacchan dressed up as, given that he claimed it was the scariest thing that he could think of to dress up as."
Mitsuki, as she gave a 'pfft' while waving her hand dismissively, replied, "Oh like hell anything that Katsuki could come up with can scare me." Bakugo's Halloween costume didn't scare Mitsuki, so much as it pissed her off; the ashy-haired boy, according to Izuku, had claimed what he had dressed up as was the scariest thing he could think of, but it turned out that Bakugo had dressed up as Mitsuki.
Over in a certain shady location that's out of the way, the newly-reformed League of Villains were meeting with each other. After the epic fail that was the attack on the city that was launched by the now-defunct Paranormal Liberation Front, most of what remained of the command structure was from the original League of Villains. Seeing this, Dabi, who took over things after Re-Destro was shot in the back of the head and killed by an agent of the mysterious benefactor who had been providing funds to the villains, decided to reform the League instead of trying to continue on with the Front.
With Dabi were all of his fellow villains that he was able to bring with him; Spinner, Toga, Twice, Mr. Compress and Skeptic, the last of those five being from the Meta Liberation Army, formed the new League of Villains under Dabi's command. "I think that our first order of business is to look into expanding our ranks a bit," the blue flame villain remarked, "Nowhere near as big as the MLA, but I'd be happy with the numbers that Kurogiri, before he got himself captured, said that Shiggy had when they attacked the USJ."
Spinner, with his arms crossed over his chest, said, "That would put our desired goal at the sixty to eighty range. Somewhere between those numbers."
Nodding a few times in the affirmative, Dabi went on, "For now, we ought to do what jobs that our mysterious benefactor keeps sending our way." Dabi then turned to look at Mr. Compress. "You got any files containing job info from our Uncle Pennybags, Compress?"
"There are only a total of four right now, Dabi," Mr. Compress replied with a shrug, "Including that one where our mysterious benefactor wants us to kill-"
The dapperly dressed villain stopped when Dabi held up a hand, gesturing for him to pause. Lowering his hand, the blue flame villain said, "Yeah, I remember that specific job is still in the job cue that our benefactor lined up for us." It was unspoken public knowledge among just the members of the League that Dabi, along with Spinner and Toga who are fully on board with Dabi on the matter, doesn't want any of them to do the job that Mr. Compress was about to mention in detail.
Mr. Compress, the only one who is able to meet with the mysterious benefactor, has agreed not to let the man in on how none of the villains want to do that job. In fact, Mr. Compress gained a lot of respect for Dabi due to how he refuses to do that one specific job; the old leader of the villains, the late Shigaraki, would have the villains he led do any and all jobs that would come their way from the benefactor. A good number of the jobs the late decayer agreed to personally disgusted Mr. Compress, making him shake his head internally at his former boss.
Mr. Compress was glad Dabi was running things now, as Dabi had something that not very many villains still had in this day and age; standards.
Stretching his arms into the air, Dabi said, "Well anyway, let's get down to business. Compress, you said that one of the agents working for our benefactor is waiting to meet with us, right? Go on and bring him in." The villains were holed up in a bar that they found, and were in a back room, so Mr. Compress had to go out into the front and retrieve the agent. It took a bit of time, but the dapperly dressed villain led the agent into the meeting room.
Gesturing to Dabi, the agent said, "My boss understands that you're currently looking to fill the ranks here in your little League of Villains. That's why he sent me here to meet with you." Straightening himself out a bit, the agent said, "Believe it or not, my boss is currently organizing what he'll need in order to send some quality persons of interest your way. You'll have just the right muscle you need for your villain club two weeks from today at the latest."
"He's not intending on sending any of his personal men such as you," Spinner began as he crossed his arms over his chest, "Or any of his personal goons that he's thrown together to harass the Uraraka family, to join us here in the League, is he?"
"Oh no, the quality men that my boss has in mind will be tried and true villains, same as the lot of you," the agent replied, "Of course, whether or not you can get any of the men that my boss has in mind for you to actually join your League is up to you."
Toga, with a curious look on her face, asked, "Who all does Mr. Bennie have in mind for us? In fact, what is it that he's setting up to have his guys do?" The agent, with a self-amused look on his face, turned to look at the psychotic schoolgirl.
"You'll know when it happens."
END, CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
Author's notes;
I wanted to have a chapter with a lot more interaction with Izuku and Mitsuki, but this one ended up getting a bit mixed, even though a lot of what I mixed in is very much plot relevant to the story as a whole. I will try to put some more Izuku-Mitsuki interaction in the remaining chapters of this arc, as well as sprinkle in some bits here and there in the later arcs to come. But more on that business later.
Anyway, there's something that I realized in this story; after the divorce in the first chapter, Mitsuki has been able to get a new love life, and took said love life for quite a ride. But what about her ex-husband Masaru? Where is his love here? He's gotten pretty much no attention at all here, even though he's a strongly connected person to the history of Mitsuki. Well, we'll be seeing Masaru in the next chapter, as well as his new girlfriend.
And before any of you all say anything, no, Masaru is NOT going to go the same route that his ex-wife went down; Masaru's new girlfriend will be in his general age group, with only a couple of years difference at best.