Izuku told the girls he'd be an hour at most, and Yaoyorozu's expression had instantly brightened. To her, that meant opportunity. In her head, she had this perfect vision of teaching Eri to swim and then having her help her "daddy," learn the same thing when he got back. And so, as quickly as he could, Izuku sprinted through the apartment, leaping off the balcony and onto the head of Karkinos, who had halted his search of the city to assist his Liege in a speedy Gate job.

Esil and Igris had gotten home moments earlier, but Esil was the designated body guard of Eri, so for now, Izuku had only his trusty dragon and knight. They were only two out of his five-hundred strong army, but they were also two of the strongest, so he'd finish it quickly, right?

"This feels like a Red Gate," Izuku muttered forlornly to himself and his two Shadows as they stood/floated on the rocky terrain of what appeared to be a volcano. He sighed bitterly, "I thought I was making the correct decision. I thought if it was only an hour or so that I had to spend clearing an A-Rank Dungeon, then Eri and Yaoyorozu could handle it. Well… it looks like the Universe is slapping me in the face for choosing Hero work over family, but I suppose there's nothing left for me to do now. I just have to throw my all into this and clear the Dungeon as quickly as possible."

As he finished his thought, the ground erupted, spewing forth dozens of lava golems, their glowing red eyes locking onto Izuku.

"The rest of my army is stuck outside the Gate looking for Bakugo, but I did upgrade my Intelligence to the point where I can Save 672 Shadows and Extract 851, which means…" Izuku smiled, reaching out and crushing one of the Golems with Dominator's Touch, "Which means, I'll just have to start a new army with you guys."


[You have Leveled-Up!]

[You have Leveled-Up!]

Time wore on too quickly. With each passing, "Arise," Izuku was increasing his forces and speeding up the completion of the Dungeon, but he also drew ever closer to the two hour mark, in turn, only making him more frantic.

68 Lava Golems: Elite Grade, 40 Obsidian Beetles: Elite Grade, 34 Greater Fire Spirits: Knight Grade, and 20 Lava Titans: Elite-Knight Grade had joined Izuku's fight against their own kin and they slaughtered them with brutal efficiency.

All things considered, it was a pretty easy Dungeon. Though it was an A-Rank that had been boosted by the effects of a Red Gate and was likely at a low S-Ranking, Izuku's only trouble with it was time. After slaying the twenty-first Lava Titan he received a message.

[You have obtained Ingredient Item: Lava Heart.]

"Another crafting item… am I going to receive a new recipe soon?"

[Item: Lava Heart]

Item Class: S

Item Type: Ingredient

A living beating heart extracted from one of the Illian Volcano's Titans. It contains unbearable heat and unfathomable strength within itself.

"It's way too powerful to be part of something as simple as a consumable potion or something. Is it going to be part of a weapon… armor? Or will it serve me no purpose other than selling it off for a huge chunk of change?" He shrugged, wondering what he should do for the girls to make it up to them as he shoved the item back into his Inventory.

[You have entered the Boss room.]

Izuku was struck with an intense wave of hot steam as the lava spewed up from inside the volcano. He was lucky that the Olympian armor seemed to resist the heat well, otherwise he would've been burnt to a crisp by now.

[The Hottest Existence, Fire Spirit Ifrit.]

Like the Lava Golems and Titans, Ifrit appeared to be a being made out of molten rock and obsidian. But unlike them, it had not taken on a humanoid appearance. Instead, it emerged from the lava as nothing more than a blob, eight limbs and mandibles taking form as it began exerting its shapeshifting powers.

"Ugh, I hate spiders."

"KRAAAA!"

[Skill: Infinite Strength has activated.]

Ifrit didn't even have the time to recognize that Izuku was in its face before he blew it off with one punch. Unfortunately, while this stumbled the fiery arachnid, it didn't seem to do anything more than superficial damage and its face was reformed within a few seconds.

"Hmm, so I guess this is what it feels like to fight my Shadows."

Of course, Ifrit wasn't the same perfect soldier that Izuku's were. It had a weakness, like all monsters.

"Karkinos, aim for the abdomen."

[Skill: Divine Retribution has activated.]

Karkinos's beam of pure energy tore through the spider's backside and slammed into the mountain under it, decimating everything in his path and melting it more than it was already melted. The real target had been the Villain's magic core, which controlled its entire being. If it was destroyed, there was no way it could survive.

[You have slain the Dungeon's Boss.]

[You have Leveled-Up!]

[You have obtained Enhancement Item: Ifrit's Blood.]

[You have obtained Ingredient Item: Malleable Obsidian.]

"Another ingredient and even a new type of Item!"

[Secret Crafting recipe discovered!]

[Item: Evolution Core.]

Item Class: SSS

Item Type: Magic Item

Triples the strength of all magic abilities. If this item is held while the Shadow Monarch uses Shadow Extraction there is a 100% chance that the target will evolve into its next species Rank.

Ingredients:

1x portion of Seraph's Blessed Ashes

1x portion of Ifrit's Blood

Malleable Obsidian

Lava Heart

World Tree's Fragment

Orb of Avarice

Shadowsteel Fragments

"SSS?! A guaranteed evolution? Like what happened with Esil evolving from an Angel Noble to a Seraph and Beru to a High-End Nomu? There's no way I can miss out on this." Izuku quickly scanned over the ingredient list before realizing he was only wasting more time in here. "Shit… I've gotta get going." He ran over to Ifrit's body, "Arise."

[Would you like to use Seraph's Blessed Ashes to enhance the Extraction?]

[Would you like to use Ifrit's Blood to enhance the Extraction?]

"Hmm, two different enhancements at the same time? How strong would this guy become? It says I only need one portion of each to make the Evolution Core, and I've still got two portions of the Seraph Ashes and three of Ifrit's Blood."

Izuku hesitated for just a moment before answering yes to both.

[Greater Shadow Spirit, Fire Type Elite-Knight Grade has evolved into Shadow God of Fire Commander Grade.]

"Just one Grade below Beru!"

"My Liege," The fiery-red Shadow took on the appearance of a human and knelt before Izuku, "It is my honor to join your ranks. Please, give me a name."

"He speaks too! I was right! Commander Grade and up allow Shadows to speak!"

"Hmm, I don't see anything wrong with Ifrit, do you?"

"If it is your will, my Liege, then I will gladly accept any name you assign." His voice was surprisingly heavenly.

"I don't want a yes man for this part! I wanna know if you like the name or not!" Izuku sighed inwardly, "Ifrit it is."

[Ifrit Lv. 10 Commander Grade.]

"I look forward to serving you."

Izuku nodded, "And I'm excited to see what you can do, but for now, I'm afraid we've got no time for experiments," He called Ifrit and the other 163 new Shadows back as himself and Igris boarded Karkinos, who shot forwards, heading straight for the exit.


If there was one thing Izuku was grateful for in this situation aside from the items, Shadows, and such that he had obtained from the Gate, it was that the Villains from that Gate didn't have blood. Or rather, they didn't have blood that stained clothes. Their blood was closer to lava, so thankfully, Izuku only had a few burn holes in his clothes instead of a hoodie stained red or green or purple from blood. It wouldn't do good to apologize to his new family with blood-stained clothes.

As he got closer to his penthouse door, he began hearing a lot of commotion from the inside and for a moment, he panicked, but the loud voices were not distraught or angry. If anything it sounded like a bevy of laughs.

"But it sounds like there's more than-" Izuku chuckled lightly as his Sense Stat picked up the other presences, telling him exactly who was inside. He opened the door, hearing his mother's high-pitched voice of excitement coming from the kitchen.

"Looks like he's back," Miruko said, her ears picking up the door.

Right on cue, Izuku strutted into the dining room, Sakura, his mother, Miruko, Eri, Momo, and Nejire sitting at the table, a wonderful smell emanating from the plates. "Uh, sorry I'm late everyone."

"Daddy!" Eri hopped out of her seat and into Izuku's arms, allowing him a sigh of relief, she didn't hate him for what he had done. "Mommy taught me how to swim today!"

"Did she? That's awesome! You'll have to show me tomorrow!" Izuku looked back to the table, absolutely shocked to see his upperclassman and Agency partner there. His mother and sister weren't that much of a surprise, after all, Yaoyorozu did say she wanted to invite them over for dinner one night.

"Miruko. Senp-" Nejire waved him off before he could finish the honorific.

"UA is shut down, so for now, I'm just Nejire, not your senior!"

"Ah… okay. So… what brought you guys here today?" Izuku fumbled his words for a minute, worried that the question would come off as offensive, but neither seemed to mind.

"Your girlfriend did," Miruko answered, "She invited us and your family."

"She… did?"

Yaoyorozu nodded, "Miruko's going to be our partner for the foreseeable future and Hado called the Agency number earlier asking if she could apply, so I invited them both and said we could talk about it over dinner."

Izuku's eyes widened, "So the Agency is ready then?"

Miruko nodded, "Everything's worked out. Until you're eighteen, I'm the Agency President, you're the Vice-President, and Yaoyorozu is our necessary third member. I've also gone to the trouble of hiring a secretary to handle the business side of things. Although, even I didn't expect anyone to try and join the Agency so soon. Aside from bubbly here, we've got about thirty other applicants, most of them from UA, but we've also got some Pros looking to join."

"T-Thirty?! Pros?!"

"The names of Miruko and Izuku Midoriya attract a lot of attention, especially when that involves an Agency," Yaoyorozu answered. "I invited Hado because she was the first to seek out an application."

"It's just Nejire, Yaomomo!" Nejire exclaimed cheerfully, already choosing her own friendly nickname for Yaoyorozu.

Izuku sat down, Eri taking her place on his lap. "It seems like a lot happened while I was gone."

"A lot can happen in two hours, sweetie," Inko said with a smile.

Sakura finally burst out, having held it in long enough for the "adults" to get through their business, "Izu! This place is humongous! You can get me a place like this right?!"

"Uh…"

Inko saved him, "Nope! You're staying with your mother until you graduate!"

"Awwww."

Yaoyorozu handed Izuku a plate piled high with food, "Here, I figured you must be hungry."

"Thank you." Izuku couldn't find a trace of disappointment in her eyes at his failure to return in time, but he still felt a pang of guilt and vowed to talk to her later about it.

"You're welcome!" Miruko barked out as he began digging in, slightly confusing him.

As he swallowed his mouthful, he asked, "You made all of this?"

She nodded proudly and Yaoyorozu backed it up, "As much as I hate to admit it, she's a much better cook than I expected her to be."

"What do you mean you "hate to admit it?"" Yaoyorozu only offered a small smile in return.

"So I heard that All Might is finally going to officially announce you as an S-Rank!" Inko excitedly clapped her hands together.

Izuku nodded, "People have been basically just assuming up until this point since I was able to beat something the other S-Ranks couldn't, but it was never official. Making it so will definitely help with the reputation of our Agency."

"Speaking of which," Miruko raised two fingers, "There are two issues still regarding said Agency. And since we've got the first applicant right here, it'll be best to establish a standard for the first issue right now. What are our terms for accepting a Hero into our Agency?"

"We could base it off of their amount of Gates cleared… or maybe what school they came from."

Miruko shook her head, "Gates cleared is stupid, since people get carried through Gates all the time just to fill the necessary ten-man requirement and with UA closed, the only other Hero schools are for Rank Bs and below. We need something practical to test them."

"Why doesn't daddy just fight them! Then he knows for sure if they're strong!"

Miruko once again turned down the idea, "Sorry kid, but your dad is way too strong to test anyone other than the top Heroes of this world."

"Actually," Yaoyorozu said, beaming at Eri, "It's perfect!"

"Did you not just hear me? He can't fight them because they'll be like flies next to him, it wouldn't be an accurate assessment of their power."

"He can't fight them, but he's got an army of Summons all at different Rankings. If we can estimate their strength compared to the person applying, then we can give them a fair enemy."

"Hmm… Since they regenerate we'd have to say that any strike that would be fatal would count as a win."

"Makes sense, the only real trouble would be making sure the Summon and the applicant are fairly matched," Izuku added.

"After dinner, we should all head down to our Agency's gym and test out what would be a good opponent for someone of her caliber."

"We have a gym?"

Miruko smirked, "I had the feeling you'd need a lot of space to test out your new Summons, so I made sure to request it. It did take up quite a pretty penny though, so I hope you don't mind."

Izuku shook his head, "Not at all, in fact, I'm glad that you made that decision."

"Well then," Inko began, "I suppose we should get started on the dishes so you can all get to work." But before she could stand, a Shadow snatched the plate from in front of her.

"In this house, I refuse to let you do any labor," Izuku declared jokingly, "Besides, it's not that late, we can stay and chat for a while longer before leaving. Is that okay with you, Nejire?"

And so, as Nomu that once attempted to kill as many humans as possible did the dishes, Izuku caught up with his mother and sister, while Nejire and Eri laughed back and forth with each other.

It took another two hours before Inko genuinely excused herself and her daughter as it was getting late and the latter had school the next day.

"Alright little one," Izuku said, picking up Eri from his lap, "It's long past your bedtime."

"What?! No! I wanna see Nejire-chan fight!"

"She's already taken up that Nejire-chan nickname, huh."

"Eri, it's la-"

Miruko interrupted Yaoyorozu, "You should probably let her come along. After all, if you put her to bed, she's just gonna lay there, thinking about the exciting thing we're about to go do."

"Yeah! Aunty Miruko is right!" Miruko's bunny ears folded down happily as she heard the title of endearment.

Izuku sighed, but decided that Miruko was right, besides, once they left, what was going to keep her in bed? "Well, I could always just have Esil watching her to make sure she didn't try to go and play, but still, I suppose it's better this way." He changed direction from Eri's bedroom to the balcony, "You're lucky that you both are hard to resist," He said to the rabbit girl and his daughter. "Hmm, Karkinos works pretty well for transport, but… I do have someone new amongst my ranks that might have some potential."

"Come Forth."

Ifrit rose from the Shadows, his red accents standing out in the darkness of the night. "My Liege."

"Another one that talks!" Yaoyorozu said with surprise, "I guess taking that Gate was worth it!"

Izuku shook his head, "I shouldn't have left you two for it though. I am sorry about that."

"I understand why you did it and as long as it's not hurting Eri, then I'll never hate you for something like that. It is our job after all."

He nodded, tears nearly rushing up alongside his emotions, "I really did get so lucky didn't I?" Turning his attention back to Ifrit, he asked, "You shapeshifted back inside the Gate, do you think you could do that again, but as something that flew and could carry all of us?"

"It would be my honor." His nondescript humanoid shape disappeared as he stood and backed away from the five on the massive balcony. His arms stretched wider and wider, a thin membrane beginning to emerge from the top of it and spread down. He got down to all fours, his head and neck extending out to form a more draconic and defined head as a tail sprouted from his backside. Within no time, they had their very own wyvern, one with far more room for passengers than even Karkinos.

"Alright, pile on everyone! Esil, you're on Eri duty."

The Seraph emerged from the darkness and scooped up the girl, wrapping her in two of her wings. Any one of the people here could survive a fall from terminal velocity, but only Nejire could fly, so even if Eri fell off Ifrit and they dove after her it would be a rough landing for the girl. Esil on the other hand was perfectly suited for safely carrying the VIP onboard the wyvern.

"Wait… Your species name was the God of Fire. Aren't you going to burn us if we sit on you?"

Ifrit's dragon head shook and a voice escaped his throat, "As the God of Fire, I can exhibit perfect control over my own body heat, you do not need to fear for yourself or anyone else, my Liege."

"Well in that case, let's get going!"


Their Agency's gym was much like the one at the Association, weapons locker and all, though it was currently empty.

"Oh I nearly forgot," Izuku said, turning to Miruko, "You said there were two issues to still take care of. One was the entrance exam, what was the other?"

It appeared Miruko was in the same boat, as it took her a moment to recall the issue, "Ah, the second issue is what we're going to name the Agency. People are already applying despite it not having a name, but a name is definitely important. Ryukyu's name for hers is the Dragon Agency, which is pretty simple, but it's effective, we could always do something similar."

"Like the Shadow Agency."

"Could be, but I think people might enjoy something a bit more complex."

"My Liege," Beru spoke out, suddenly appearing from Izuku's Shadow.

"What? Did you find Bakugo?"

"We have a few leads, but I actually arrived to give an idea for a name."

Izuku tilted his head, kind of weirded out by the situation, but also curious, "What might that be?"

"The Thanatos Agency!"

"The Greek God of Death?" Yaoyorozu raised an eyebrow, "Isn't that a bit too on the nose?"

Izuku smiled, "I kinda like it."

Beru bowed, "I am honored that you enjoy the name. I will depart once more to continue the search if you allow it."

"Actually, would you mind sticking around for a minute? As the highest Ranking Shadow in the army, you are acquainted with the strength of all of my Soldiers, right?"

"Oh yes my Liege."

"Then do you think you could assign an equal opponent for her," He said, pointing at Nejire.

Beru stroked his chin with one of his hands as he examined her aura, "She is on the lower end of what humans consider S-Rank. That would mean a high-Level Knight Shadow or low-Level Elite-Knight would match up to her quite well."

"Wow, I think I've been greatly underestimating just how strong my Elite-Knight and up Shadows are."

"If the six Heroes you took were any lower of a Level I would recommend them, but they hold a substantial edge at their strength. Smokey, Tank, Hyo, and Tusk, as well as your three High Orc bodyguards, are also too high of a Level to be considered an equal opponent for her. In fact, Tusk and Hyo are on the verge of Captain Grade. All of the Shadow Nomu from my nest are Knight Grades, but are too low Level to handle her one-on-one. Which leaves your options at one of the normal High Orcs, a Lava Titan, an Angel Knight, or one of your Magicians."

"Nejire is a magic type, so High Orcs, Lava Titans, and Angel Knights are out." In Izuku's mind, the High Orcs and Lava Titans would become easy targets for Nejire's airborne energy attacks and the Angel Knights were too good at getting up close and personal, with their wings they would shred her too easily. "My Magicians finally reached Elite-Knight Grade, so I suppose this would be the opportune time to test them out."

"Come Forth."

A robed figure emerged, floating just above the ground, fire magic dancing around in its palm. Its robe seemed longer than when it had been Knight Grade and as Izuku knew personally, it had acquired some new Skills.

Nejire was thankfully dressed in some pretty casual clothes, so they wouldn't impede her movement too much. As she stepped onto the wide reinforced platform, the Magician followed suit on the opposite side.

"Nejire. If you can knock my Summon out of bounds, or destroy a part of his body that would be considered a fatal blow, then you will be accepted into the Thanatos Agency."

"Oh, so it's decided already?" Miruko asked, somewhat peeved he hadn't checked with her on the outside, but on the inside, she had to admit that she liked the name.

"If my Summon appears to be about to land a fatal blow on you, I will interrupt it and it will be declared your loss. Just like your rules for him, if he knocks you out of bounds, you lose. Flight is allowed, just so long as you don't fly over the boundaries of the platform." The others retreated to a railing on the "second floor" that overlooked the battle area as Izuku asked one final question, "Are the rules clear to both parties?"

"Yep!" Nejire exclaimed, clearly excited to get this started.

The Magician nodded to his Liege.

"Then on my marks… Begin!"

Simultaneously, the two parties conjured their most basic attack. Nejire calling up her spiral yellow energy and the Magician creating a condensed ball of fire in both hands. Their magics discharged simultaneously, the Magician's traveling significantly faster as the two projectiles collided on Nejire's side of the field. The winds from the explosion lightly brushed Izuku's hair as the first exchange concluded.

"Woah!" Eri exclaimed, "So cool!"

Miruko chuckled, "You ain't seen nothing kid."

"I might lose out in firepower, but just floating around like that makes you an easy target!" Nejire's body charged through the smoke and dust kicked up by the explosion.

As the spiral energy of her Quirk propelled her forwards, originating from her feet, she charged up another attack with both her hands.

The Magician threw another fireball, which she easily dodged by lurching to the right. He continued to lob his attacks, but within no time, she was too close for him to hit without hurting himself.

"All done!" Nejire's building energy blasted outwards, slamming into the wall behind the Magician as he disappeared. "What?!"

[Shadow Magician is using Skill: Shift.]

The Skill Shift allowed the user to teleport a short distance instantaneously. It couldn't take people with it, but it was a great tool to prevent the Magician from being struck while conjuring up a spell. Ranking up to Elite-Knight had granted him this unique Skill.

[Shadow Magician is using Skill: Detection.]

Izuku had originally thought the Detection Skill was for nothing more than detecting enemies cloaked with Camouflage or Stealth, but as it turned out, it served a much deadlier purpose. In targeting someone with the Skill, the Magician became perfectly locked onto their three-dimensional position in space and had no trouble predicting their movements or throwing attacks.

"Hmm, Beru said one of these Magicians was an even match, but… I'm starting to think this thing is way too strong for something I got as one of my first Summons."

Of course, Nejire was no pushover and had quickly ascertained that her opponent teleported away. Using her propulsion, she shot straight up into the air, just barely avoiding a fireball. As she spun around to locate the Magician, she was greeted by the sight of him creating some sort of fire lance.

[Shadow Magician is using Fire Magic: Sun Javelin.]

"Coil!" Nejire shouted, the spiral energy emerging from her hands turning into a spring of sorts that wrapped around the javelin as it rocketed towards her.

The Magician tilted its head, seemingly impressed by the use of her powers to rob the kinetic energy from his attack. Those weren't the only tricks up his sleeve, however. He had used both of his Skills already, but his proficiency in Fire Magic allowed him to conjure up plenty of varied attacks and thanks to Tusk who had trained all of the magic-type Shadows personally, this Magician had a whole host of attacks prepared.

[Shadow Magician is using Fire Magic: Sun Spots.]

Half a dozen yellow circles appeared behind the Magician and they began rapidly spitting out low-intensity fireballs. Nejire was just barely able to keep up with dodging and countering them by spreading her attacks wider than before.

"Stick to the attacks you've used so far. You're getting too varied for her to keep up," Izuku directed to the Shadow telepathically. He knew that restricting his Shadow meant that if Nejire won, then technically, she could still be weaker than the Shadow itself. Unfortunately, his Shadows were simply on another level with their variety and ability to adapt.

Beru, who had been sticking around so far, felt a pang of pride as he watched one of his Liege's Shadows fend off the woman, who this world considered strong, with relative ease.

"Fine! I'll go all out too!"

Izuku cringed inwardly at that statement, "You're going to be the only one going all out."

Up on the second floor overlook, a cheery voice interrupted the group's focus on the fight, "Hiya boss! I didn't expect you guys this late!" A woman, maybe twenty years in age with a business suit and shoulder-length fawn-colored hair walked up to them.

"I didn't expect you this late, Camie," Miruko said, addressing the Thanatos Agency's secretary and business manager.

"Well, I've been busy sorting through all the applicants and putting them into piles according to their Ranks and potential." She giggled, "You know me, I can't rest until everything's perfectly organized."

"Well… that is why I hired you."

"I… Oh. My. Gosh." Camie rushed over to Esil, who was holding up Eri to see the fight, "Aren't you just the cutest thing ever!"

Both Esil and Eri were slightly taken back by the woman's excitable and hyper personality.

"This is Camie Utsushimi. She's a C-Rank, but she's got no interest in the fighting part of a Hero life, so she got a business degree. She seems kinda ditsy, but she's surprisingly capable."

"Hey! That's not that nice boss! Calling me ditsy." Camie pouted, but no one could tell if it was a teasing pout or not. Changing the topic like a flip of the switch, Camie directed her attention to the fight, "So is that like, the other boss's strongest Summon or something? I didn't watch much of the Jeju Island broadcast."

Yaoyorozu shook her head, "Compared to some of his other Summons, that Shadow is weak."

"Seriously?! But it's like… fighting the Nejire Hado like it's no big deal." Camie leaned on the railing, "She's considered one of the most promising up and coming Heroes in the entirety of Japan. She was expected to become a Top Ten Hero almost immediately out of High School."

"Yeah. Well, Izuku's Summons aren't exactly normal."

One of the Sun Spot shots grazed Nejire's side, scorching straight through her clothing and burning her flesh. Her midair balance faltered and seeing the opening, the Magician conjured another Sun Javelin, throwing it with all of his force. Unfortunately for him, that was exactly what she had been waiting for.

The last time the Magician threw his Javelin, Nejire noticed a small break between his next attack. She assumed correctly that condensing that much fire magic into one spear forced even this illogically strong Summon to take a breath.

Instead of stopping the Javelin with her own power, Nejire used the power built up in her hands, the power that the Magician had assumed was for an attack, and propelled herself forwards. Her intense velocity just barely scraped by the Javelin, it's yellow flaming body cutting a small nick on her cheek.

Landing just behind the Magician she spun around, "Full Output!"

She had landed too quickly for the Magician to even consider his Shift Skill and before he knew it, the yellow energy was slamming him into a wall on the opposite side of the gym.

Knowing that she had won, Nejire collapsed to her knees, sweat pouring down her face like a river. She would've fallen onto her face, but Izuku was there to catch her, pouring a stamina recovery potion into her mouth, "Drink this, you'll feel better."

Nejire gratefully downed the liquid, expecting it to be some sort of energy drink, but instead of taking a moment to pick her up, she felt like all the exertion of her previous fight was gone. It was magical to say the least. Nejire smiled as she collapsed back onto her butt. She was no longer fatigued in any way, but it just felt good to sit. Well, she was sitting until Beru walked up to heal her burn mark and scratch on her cheek.

"EEEEK!"

Beru responded to the shriek the only way he knew how, "KIEEEEK!"

Izuku just facepalmed as he pulled a potion from the store and sent Beru to search for Bakugo once more.

Then, in a more dignified manner, he offered her the potion and said, "You did good… Welcome to the Thanatos Agency."


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