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A couple that will go down in legend

Chapter forty-nine: Well now…that's going to make dinner awkward

Izuku was meeting his girlfriend Mitsuki over at her place for dinner, as the ashy-haired woman said that she was expecting a certain guest to be coming to dine with the two of them. Curious as to who this guest could be, Izuku decided to leave from where he was at a little bit ahead of time, so that he would have the time to pick up a little something to bring to the dinner. The green-eyed boy was able to get a since selection of dinner rolls and still arrive at the Bakugo residence about an hour ahead of the time Mitsuki gave him for dinner.

Walking into the house, Izuku was quick to spot his schoolmate Pony, from his class's rival class of 1-B, sitting on the sofa. Seeing the half-American girl gave Izuku the idea that the 'certain guest' would be Mitsuki's son Katsuki, aka Kacchan. The explosive teen himself soon appeared after returning from using the bathroom, but when Izuku asked him about it, he denied that he and his girlfriend were what Mitsuki was talking about. However, Bakugo did know the identity of the 'certain guest' who his mother was talking about.

And hoo boy, was Izuku thrown for a loop when Bakugo told him who the guest was. "Yeah, the old hag decided to be 'the bigger person' as she put it and invite my dad over," Bakugo said to Izuku and Pony, "She wanted to be cordial and try to maintain a 'friendly relation'. She also wants to see my dad's new girlfriend, who she heard he got recently."

"Your dad get new girlfriend?" Pony asked, sounding excited and eager to see the new love in the life of her boyfriend's father.

Whereas Pony was excited to meet whoever the lucky woman that was dating Masaru Bakugo was, Izuku was…not so much. It had nothing to do with meeting Masaru's girlfriend, but rather it had to do with meeting Masaru himself. "Umm, Kacchan," Izuku began, nervousness clear in his tone, "Does your dad know that I'm dating Mitsuki?"

"Pfft, I don't know," Bakugo replied in an indifferent tone, shrugging as he did so, "I guess we'll find out when he and his new girlfriend get here."

"Do you know who new girlfriend your dad get is?" Pony asked, a curious look on her face.

Gently shaking his head, Bakugo replied, "Sorry Pony, but I have no idea. My mom has no idea, and I highly doubt Deku here knows either." Izuku confirmed that he had no idea who it was that Bakugo's dad could be dating right now. As the three teenagers talked, Mitsuki walked into the living room, a slight hint of smug amusement in her expression that made it clear she was eager to show herself as 'the bigger person' in front of her ex-husband and whatever poor bitch that he had managed to convince to go out with him.

Clapping her hands together, Mitsuki said, "Alright kiddies, when my ex gets here, I want you all to remember that you have to act like the better person. I want to see Masaru feel uncomfortable in the house that I got from him in the divorce."

Pony, due to how Mitsuki was being a bit quick, got a little lost and had no actual idea what she had just said. As for Izuku and Bakugo, they both got the gist of Mitsuki's 'plan', which was the opposite of them being 'the bigger person' as Mitsuki said she wanted to show previously. Izuku was about to speak up to correct his older girlfriend, but he was cut off by the doorbell ringing over at the front door.

Mitsuki, letting out a delighted squeal that showed she was eager to piss on the shoes of her ex, dashed to the front door to answer it, leaving Izuku, Bakugo and Pony where they were. "That must be Masaru and his girlfriend," Mitsuki said as she reached the front door. Opening the door, the ashy-haired woman said, "Masaru, about time you and your-" Suddenly, as if out of shock, Mitsuki stopped mid-sentence.

The teens, curious about why Mitsuki stopped, walked over to see what had caught her off guard so much. When they got there, they did indeed see Masaru, who is the father of Bakugo and the ex-husband of Mitsuki. They also saw the woman that he was with, who undoubtedly had to be his new girlfriend. However, who Masaru's new girlfriend turned out to be shocked all the teens, especially so for Izuku.

Masaru was now dating Inko.

Dinner at the house was a bit of a tense affair for most of them. As it turned out, Masaru knew ahead of time that Mitsuki was dating Izuku because Inko told him, although he didn't know about it until he was told by Inko. As for Mitsuki and the teens, none of them had any idea that the brown-haired man was dating Inko who, while still a little bit on the plump side, was still very clearly making progress in losing weight to help regain as much of her health as she could.

"So…Mitsuki," Masaru began, trying to keep his tone as restrained as possible, "Inko tells me that you're now dating her son."

Mitsuki, similarly trying to keep her own temper under wraps, replied, "Oh yeah, Izuku has really made a mark on me, you know. But enough about me." Turning to regard Inko, Mitsuki said, "Inko, you never told me that you were in a relationship with my ex. How long has this been going on if you don't mind me asking?"

Inko, after chewing and swallowing a small mouthful of food, said, "Actually, Masaru and I ended up getting together sometime between Izuku and his class going to the United States for that field trip and the class's return from said field trip."

"So a bit before the monster siege on the city," Izuku said, drawing an affirmative nod out of his mother. Smiling, the green-eyed boy remarked, "Well I'm glad that you took the advice that Mitsuki and some other women have been telling out about trying to get back out there and to meet some new people after dad's funeral."

"Yeah, I did say you should look for new guys," Mitsuki said to Inko, "Granted, I'm a bit surprised that you ended up springing for my ex, but hey, he's still good, and I bet that he and you will get along swimmingly."

The green-haired woman nodded in agreement. "Oh yes, Mitsuki. In fact, Masaru is even helping me with staying on my diet and exercise regimen that Izuku, Katsuki and all of their friends got me on. Speaking of, as of this moment I am down twelve pounds since I first started." The others at the table cheered in congratulations for Inko. With a bit of an embarrassed chuckle, Inko then added, "He also reminds me to keep on top of my insulin."

"How did you manage to remember before?" Masaru asked.

Again with an embarrassed smile, Inko replied, "Oh, Izuku would remind me regularly, but he's busy with school over at U.A., and he lives at the dorms over there right now, so he's not able to remind me as often as he used to." At that moment, Inko looked over at Izuku, saw the look of mild, but firm, disappointment in his face.

Pointing at his mother with his fork, Izuku said in a dry tone, "You haven't been checking the texts that I've sent you regularly ever since I moved into the dorms at U.A., have you?"

Inko, with a surprised look on her face, said, "That's what all of those texts were about? Sorry sweetie, I thought they all had to do with you excitedly telling me all about how all of your teachers at school are pro heroes, especially All Might."

"No, it was me reminding you via text to keep on top of your insulin," Izuku informed his mother with a mildly resigned sigh, "And only one out of every seven of those texts mentions All Might in any capacity."

"Heh, knew it," Bakugo chuckled, "I had a feeling that you'd still fan-boy over All Might just like you always have, Deku."

Mitsuki gave her son a bop on the head, making him back off. "Oi, leave him alone, brat," the ashy-haired woman scolded, "Besides, in Izuku's defense, All Might is still very popular and highly respected, even though he had to step down from hero work and retire."

"There's a mural of All Might at the gym that I go to," Masaru remarked, "Inko saw it when she came along with me to work out there." As much as she was still ticked off at her ex, Mitsuki used the point that Masaru made as an example of what she said about All Might to be accurate.

Although the dinner, for the most part, was successful, Mitsuki still felt like she had been thrown around a boxing ring by All Might in his prime. Bakugo and especially Izuku couldn't honestly blame her, given that they were both thrown for quite a loop by seeing Masaru bring Inko over to the dinner and introduce her to all of them as his girlfriend. Izuku was also worried about how Masaru would react to him dating Mitsuki, but thankfully he handled it in a relatively respectful manner.

"So Deku," Bakugo began after he met up with Izuku in the common area of the 1-A dorm building the day after the awkward dinner, "My dad is now dating your mom." Letting out a bit of a troubled sigh, the explosive teen went on, "To be honest…I think that they're really great with each other. Your mom will be far greater with my dad than my mom ever was."

Izuku nodded in agreement with Bakugo; after getting the low down on how the marriage between Mitsuki and Masaru ultimately came to an end, Izuku came to a bit of a realization that a gentle person like Masaru and a…wild…person like Mitsuki ultimately weren't going to work out in the long run. The green-eyed boy hoped that things between his mom and Bakugo's dad will work out well, because otherwise things will get really awkward.

"Oh, Pony didn't say anything to anyone about your dad and my mom dating, did she?" Izuku asked, a bit nervous as to what Bakugo's response would be.

"As far as I know she shouldn't have," Bakugo replied, "Especially since I asked her not to tell anyone about-"

Bakugo was cut off when his squad, those being Mina, Sero, Kaminari and Kirishima, all came running over and gathered around the two boys, trapping them in the center of a group hug. "Yo Bakugo, Izuku," Sero said, "I heard that your dad and mom respectively are now dating! That sounds pretty awesome!"

"I saw the two of them together while I was out earlier, and asked what they were up to," Mina added, "They told me that they were dating, and I then proceeded to spread the news to the rest of our class! I also told the good news to everyone in class 1-B, and Pony confirmed it, then I even informed the Big Three about it, and some of the teachers as well!"

"DAMN IT, PINKY!" Bakugo yelled at the top of his lungs, but Mina and the rest of the squad were too happy and excited about the news concerning Masaru and Inko to be scared. Izuku for once could not blame Bakugo for getting so mad, although as always he wished that the ashy-haired boy wouldn't be so loud. It took the squad close to a minute to let Izuku and Bakugo out of the group hug, at which point Bakugo had to restrain himself from blowing up at Mina, as he legitimately feared he might for real destroy her over her being a blabber mouth.

Since everyone at U.A. and their grandma now knew about the relationship between the widowed Inko and the divorced Masaru, Bakugo decided to not even bother with trying to keep it under wraps. Instead, he shifted to gruffly saying 'whatever' when random persons at U.A. congratulated him on his dad finally finding someone new in his life. Izuku was a bit friendlier when similar salutations were extended to him by random persons at the top hero academy that Japan had to offer.

"I think that it's also great how your dad is helping my mom keep up on her diet and exercise regimen, Kacchan," Izuku remarked, "It shows a level of care on his part that tells others that he will be a supporting boyfriend to my mom."

Bakugo gave an indifferent grunt as he shrugged his shoulders. Izuku was a bit curious as to why the ashy-haired teen was being so reluctant to accept his dad being an item with his (Izuku's) mom. He wanted to press a bit, but was afraid on how Bakugo would react if pressed for a little bit more details. Izuku resolved to later find out in an indirect manner, by asking those that he figured Bakugo would confide in.

…

"Yeah, he's still steamed at Mina for spreading the news around the way that she did," Sero said as Izuku spoke to him and the rest of the squad after classes that day, "But I think that he's not going to do anything else other than the yelling that he already did earlier."

Izuku sighed as he realized that the squad weren't going to offer him anything useful in trying to figure out why Bakugo would be so uncertain about Masaru dating Inko. Figuring to just ask it directly, Izuku stated the question to Sero and the others, and surprisingly enough got an answer out of Kirishima. "…He told me that it's not so much him not liking it, but rather how he doesn't like how his mom is pissed about it and won't shut up about it." The crimson-haired boy crossed his arms over his chest, nodded once. "Yeah, that's totally what Baku-bro said to me about it."

Izuku was actually a bit surprised to hear the answer out of Kirishima; Bakugo was feeling uneasy due to Mitsuki not only having issues but being rather vocal about said issues from all appearances? The green-haired cinnamon roll did not quite know what to make of his girlfriend being so caught up in the life of her ex, where it with all due respect shouldn't be any business of hers. Izuku figured that the next time he saw Mitsuki, he needed to have a little bit of a sit down with her to discuss her reaction to her ex dating his (Izuku's) mom.

"Oh hey, sweetness," Mitsuki greeted when Izuku stopped by to see her the afternoon following the talk that he had with the squad about Bakugo's attitude, "What can I do you for?"

Figuring that he had to get this over with, Izuku inhaled a bit before he asked if he could come in. The ashy-haired woman was always glad to have her bae over, so she invited him inside. When he was in the living room, Izuku turned around to face his adult girlfriend and said, "Mitsuki, it has been brought to my attention that you have a couple of issues with the fact that Kacchan's father is now dating my mother."

Mitsuki's perkiness that came with seeing the surprise visit from her much younger boyfriend dropped a bit. "…Yeah, I can't really lie about it, Izuku," Mitsuki admitted, having the decency to sound mildly embarrassed about the matter, "Seeing my ex with Inko kind of threw me for a bit of a loop."

"Loop or not, I think that it would be best if you came to terms with whatever it is about my mom being with Kacchan's dad that bothers you and accepted it," Izuku said firmly, "Negative feelings from any of their friends might end up making their relationship sour."

The ashy-haired woman's eyes narrowed just a bit. "…You're saying that I should just accept it that Masaru is with Inko now?"

"They're clearly happy together, Mitsuki," Izuku said, trying to reason with the older woman, "Can't you just be happy for-"

"No."

The green-eyed boy stopped short mid-sentence when Mitsuki interrupted him, her response having a great deal to do with why he stopped with such a surprised look on his face. With Izuku looking at her in stunned silence, Mitsuki said, "I'm sorry, but the idea just…just bothers me. I mean, my ex is dating my best friend. There is so much wrong with that picture for me that I just can't wrap my head around the idea of accepting it."

Izuku could feel an annoyed throbbing forming in the back of his head. "Mitsuki…"

"I mean, come on!" Mitsuki went on, overriding her young boyfriend's attempt to cut in, "This is obviously some ploy on my bastard ex's part to screw with me! Why else would he show up with Inko around his arm? I mean, seriously! The hell gives him the right to date my best friend like-"

"YOUR BEST FRIEND IS MY MOTHER!"

Mitsuki stopped short when Izuku yelled at her, that being the only way he could get a word in since she was clearly trying to command the conversation. The ashy-haired woman stopped short with a look of surprise on her face as she looked at a moderately steamed-looking Izuku, who was looking steamed at her. "…As hard as it might be to believe Mitsuki," Izuku said after he caught his breath from having snapped at her just now, "Your ex-husband is not up to any kind of funny business. He genuinely wants to have a real romance with my mother. And that brings me to the main point here."

Izuku took a step towards his older girlfriend, his firm gaze unrelenting. "…This is my mother that we're talking about here. She's gone through a lot up to this point. She's had to deal with a hell of a lot more hell than what most people ever end up dealing with in their entire lives. I for one believe that she deserves to be happy." The green-eyed boy crossed his arms over his chest, keeping his glare on Mitsuki. "And if being with your ex helps to make her happy, then who am I, who are you, who is anyone for that matter, to say that she can't be with him?"

Mitsuki looked like she was faltering back from her stance on the matter, having been humbled by Izuku's words. He did have a point on how Inko deserved to be happy, deserved to find a new person to be happy with since Hisashi was killed in the line of duty in his job as an international spy. The ashy-haired woman had the decency to look ashamed of herself for even considering trying to stand in the way of Inko's happiness. Izuku saw that his words were having an effect on Mitsuki, so he relaxed a bit.

He nodded once before looking at Mitsuki again. "…They were both single before getting together, so there's nothing wrong with Kacchan's dad and my mom getting together. The best thing that we can do is congratulate them for getting together and be happy for them."

She had to admit that Izuku made a valid point, had a valid argument. Mitsuki felt more and more like dirt as the realization struck her that she could have potentially screwed up something really nice for her closest friend, especially since she had no real reason to screw up said nice thing for Inko. The idea of her ex dating her best friend still bothered her on some minor level, but Mitsuki resolved to not let it get such feelings get in the way of doing what truly mattered, that being congratulating Inko on finding another guy to have in her life.

Also, as the woman who had been previously been in any matter of realtionship with Masaru, Mitsuki would be able to give Inko a couple of tips on what to do to get the most out of bedroom shenanigans with the brown-haired man.

The following day over at U.A., Izuku was walking through one of the hallways alongside Tenya, Todoroki and Shinso. As the four boys walked, they were met up by Bakugo and his squad, minus Mina who was doing stuff with all of the other girls in 1-A. "Oi Deku," Bakugo began, "I got no idea what the fuck it was that you said to the old hag, but whatever it was it got her to stop bitching on and on about how my dad's dating your mom now."

Izuku nodded once in acknowledgement to the ashy-haired teen. "All I did was tell her that she ought to give my mom a chance to be happy."

"It's rather admirable that you would go so far to defend your mother's right to have a bit of happiness in her life, especially considering what all she's had to deal with," Tenya remarked to Izuku, "And within the last few months, no less. Your efforts are even more note-worthy given that you stood your ground against your girlfriend, who normally has a lot of control over the relationship from all observable angles."

The green-eyed boy simply nodded in agreement. "…As much as I respect Mitsuki, there's only so much disrespect from her towards others that I can tolerate before I feel compelled to scold her. I made that point clear to her when I told her off last night for trying to raise a stink over how Kacchan's dad is in a relationship with my mom." It was true; after he convinced Mitsuki to drop her hostility for the most part the previous evening, Izuku told her that if she was not able to respect others, then he honestly wouldn't be able to respect her.

Izuku feels that he can't honestly be in a relationship with a person that he can't respect.

Luckily for her, Mitsuki came to terms with how her ex was now dating her best friend, and was able to be happy for the both of them. It wasn't an immediate resolution for the ashy-haired woman, and there was still a wee bit of reluctance here and there, but overall Mitsuki was able to give Inko props for dating Masaru. The green-haired woman deserved to have some happiness in her life, and if being in a relationship with Mitsuki's ex helped to bring that happiness to her, then all the more power to Inko.

Who is to say who can and cannot be happy?

While Izuku and his classmates were discussing the newfound happiness between Inko and Masaru, a meeting of U.A. staff was going on over in Nezu's office. All notable members of the staff, with Nezu himself leading the meeting, sat around the large meeting table in the office. Even the four pro heroes who were recently hired for the secret job of providing additional security, those four being Mt. Lady, Ryukyu, Mirko and Pixie-Bob, were all at the meeting as well. It was indeed quite the gathering.

Straightening up some papers that he had, Nezu remarked, "Well the efforts of both the police and the pro heroes assisting them in rounding up the last of the villains and their allies from the villain siege on the city is going quite smoothly, thanks partly to the allies that had been made for hero society by the Commission. Out of the estimated two-hundred villains that survived the siege and escaped, the police and pro heroes who are assisting them have tracked down at least one-hundred of them."

The others at the U.A. staff meeting saw that bit of news as cause to cheer in celebration. "Well hot damn!" Snipe cheered, "We got about half of those mangy varmints already! The other half ought to be a snap then!"

"The police also have a few leads on a notable ally of the League, a person that they know only as Daruma," Nezu went on, "Supposedly, this Daruma fellow is behind the creation of those very terrible creatures known as the Nomu." A good number of the staff at the meeting all tensed up at the mention of those artificial monsters, enhanced humans that were all granted multiple artificial quirks and mutated beyond any recognition by the experimentation of the horrific All for One and his allies.

Many at the meeting who tensed up at the mention of the Nomus consisted mainly of those who had fought those nightmarish lab creations; Toshinori remembered the one he fought back during the USJ incident, Mirko recalled that one who she read about from the incident where Endeavor and Hawks fought and barely defeated it before the villain Dabi showed up, and those who were at the raid on the League of Villains base to rescue Bakugo recalled the Nomus from there.

Among the staff who were rattled by the mention of the Nomus were Aizawa and Hisashi, who both had very good reason to absolutely loath anyone who had a serious hand in the creation of the Nomus. If possible, both Aizawa and Hizashi would be very much interested in meeting this 'Daruma' fellow where it would just be the three of them in a locked room that wouldn't be unlocked until the two men had their fill of…talking…to Daruma. Let's just say that the talking that Aizawa and Hizashi had in mind wasn't exactly going to be of a friendly nature.

Straightening up his papers again after finding the file whose content he wanted to discuss, Nezu went on, "Unfortunately, select notable members of the villainous force that besieged the city are still at large. This includes most known members of the original League of Villains that attacked the training camp, although we have been able to confirm that they have been joined by one of the lieutenants from the Meta Liberation Army."

"It doesn't matter in the end, if you think about it," Nemuri remarked, "I mean, the police and pro heroes will round all of them up eventually, and when that happens, the sorry lot of them will be thrown into Tartarus." The eighteen-only hero crossed her arms over her chest as she wore a self-assured look on her face. "And when that's taken care of, then society will never have to deal with those villains ever again. I mean, this is Tartarus Prison that we're talking about here. It's the most heavily fortified and secure villain's prison in Japan, if not in the entire world. Mark my words, everyone. After we catch all of the remaining villains that escaped from the villains' siege on the city, they'll be locked behind bars for good."

Who could honestly blame Nemuri for her confidence? In all of the entirety of its history, there has never been a single prison break over at Tartarus; out of all of the villains to have ever been locked up there, not one of them has ever been able to escape. Much like the constant that Toshinori was back in his heyday as All Might, Tartarus Prison was considered by some as a sort of symbol of justice, as it kept those who worked against justice locked up.

Tartarus Prison was very much indeed a symbol of justice that would never be blemished.

END, CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

Author's notes;

This chapter, while also shedding more light on the Izuku-Mitsuki pairing, also covered one of the main side-effects of the soured relationship between Mitsuki and Masaru. I figured that, as the brown-haired man becoming single came about due to the nature of this story, that it was only fair to give the notion some cover. Also, there have been a lot of instances in stories that I have seen where Inko, being made single somehow, ends up back on the dating scene. Granted, she's usually paired with Toshinori, but I figured hey, since Masaru is single in this story, why not send him Inko's way? It's an unconventional pair compared to what's more normally seen, and if there's one thing that I'd like this story to be known for, it's unconventional pairings.

Speaking of unconventional pairings, the next chapter of this story will cover such a pair; I won't spoil the plot of the next chapter, but I will say that one part of the pair that will be featured will be Tenya, everyone's favorite glasses-wearing boy. Yes, Tenya will also get a little bit of love, and the person who he ends up with will catch a lot of you by surprise. I won't say right out who it is that Tenya will end up with, but I will provide a hint; he will end up with either a girl that's in 1-A, or a girl that's in 1-B. First correct guess that's signed gets a shout-out in chapter fifty.