Stop right there, if you haven't already played the game Astral Chain dont read any further, for you will be hopelessly lost. Just go onto YouTube and watch somebody play through the first two chapters of the game and that should give you everything you need to know about the other half of the source material.

All was calm in a hospital in Musutafu, Japan. Until a rather large man, with spiky white hair and blinding blue eyes, burst through the door carrying a small two year old girl in his arms.

"Daddy?" the small girl tried to gain her dad's attention, but was ignored aa the father was focused on not tripping.

"Not now Akira" he managed to huff out, he had to stop to regain his breath.

Akira persisted her father "But daddy" her persistence only further annoyed her father.

"What is it?!" he yelled out in the middle of the hospital, to which Akira simply pointed at a window, the room behind it housing tens of children.

The man stared longingly at the room, looking for his child. He finally managed to track it down 'Izuku Howard' the nametag read. Maximilian Howard silently covered his mouth with his gruff hand as he was almost brought to tears by the sight of his son.

Max felt three clashing emotions at tthat moment; overwhelming joy at the thought of getting to raise his own child, dont get him wrong he loved Akira to death, but she was dropped off at his doorstep when she was only two months old, it would be nice to raise one of his own blood. The second emotion was boiling rage, because if himself was anything to go by, soon a small squad of humanoid robots known as legions would be coming to kill him, and there wasnt a single thing he could do to stop him. The final emotion was sadness, for he knew that eventually his kids heart was going to be shattered, every kid wants to be a hero, but that dream was impossible without a quirk or for Max, his legion of legions, after all; even if men did get quirks, he'd be damned if he let either of his kids put themselves in danger by becoming a hero.

Max was brought out of his inner dialogue by the tiny fists of his two year old daughter hitting his leg "Daddy, I wanna see the baby" she pouted. He chuckled and lifted his daughter back into his arms, not even entirely sure when he put her down in the first place.

Akira marveled at her tiny little brother, she placed her hand on the glass, as if trying to reach out towards him.

After a few minutes of just staring at Izuku Max spoke "C'mon Akira, your mom is going to watch over you while I go on patrol". His Daughter beamed at him, practically vibrating in his arms as they left the nursery.

Inko Howard was having a rather peaceful sleep, giving birth to Izuku took almost everything out of her and her nap was the only solace that she had gotten all day.

Emphasis on 'Was'

Unfortunately for her, Inko's husband decided to burst through the door in the middle of her serenity, destroying it for the foreseeable future.

Max's lips crashed onto her cheek and he began to apologise profusely "I'm so so so so so sorry. A few aberrations grabbed a bunch if civilians and pulled them into the Astral plain, and then once I had rescued them, a huge gorilla of a Chimera showed up and that took forever to deal with" the love of his life cut him off by kissing him back.

"It's completely fine, I was ok on my own" Inko reassured him.

"That's great, now I have another patrol yo get to. I'll see you tonight" Max began to head out if the room.

Inko was flabbergasted to say the least "Wait you just got here and you're already leaving?"

Her husband turned back to her, he had been trying to get out of the room as fast as possible "Well with Akira and now Izuku, I need to take as many shifts as I can. Plus there could still be more aberrations out in the open, and the longer they're in our world, the more unstable the dimensional barrier between us and the Astral plain gets" this was only half true, the main reason he was going out was to meet up with an old friend of his.

"You better be back soon" his wife glared at him.

"Since when have I ever taken a long time to come back?" Max questioned jovially, his wife shot him a look that asked 'Do you really want to back that horse'.

Kikai Hatsume sat on a park bench, gently pushing the stroller that housed her three month old daughter.

"Kikai, I have a favour to ask of you" a voice came from her left.

Kikai turned to look at the person who had asked her to meet them at the park, Maximilian Howard, and broke into a manic smile "What is it you need me to make? Grenades, more time bombs, or what about another X-baton mode" she bounced excitedly at the thought of building more equipment for her friend.

"Wrong, I need another X-baton" he shot down her giddiness in a second.

"Oh, anything else?" Kikai asked hopefully. She saw him suck in a breath and she realized that something was off

"Yeah, I need a second Legion catching set" Max stared down at the ground.

"No, absolutely not, I have a child to look after now. I cant help you, goodbye" she stood up to leave, before Max grabbed her wrist.

"Please" he fell to his knees and begged "Those things are going to come for Izuku eventually, and my legatus cant hold anymore Legions. Once they're...done with him, they'll move on to random civilians"

Kikai was going to refuse again, when she fully registered what he had said "Did you say 'Once they're done with him'?"

Max nodded meekly. 'Another male?' Kikai questioned to herself, that was a rarity indeed, the male species didn't exactly evolve with their female counter parts. When quirks first appeared, scientists quickly realized that only women gained them, then without explanation; more and more children ended up as females, the male population dwindled and now they only made up 20% of the population. No, they were not legendary to see, but it was certainly rare to find one.

Kikai soon caved into Max's pleas.

"Fine" she shoved the stroller into Max's hands "It is going to take me four weeks to complete your order, and then I'm going to take a week to recover energy. You are going to take care of Mei during that time period" she walked off before he could argue with her.

Inko was relaxing in her hospital bed with her daughter in her lap, watching an old superhero movie from the early 2000's.

Her husband quietly came through the door... backward, something was definitely off about him. "Max?" she beckoned.

Max flinched and quickly turned around to face his wife "Hello honey, light of my life, the only thing keeping me going. Did I ever tell you how beautiful you are?"

Oh yeah, he was hiding something "Not unless you're trying to get me to cave in on a decision that you know I'd be against on any other circumstance" she fakely smiled.

Max stepped to the side and revealed a stroller carrying a sleeping pink haired baby. Inko's eye twitched "Why do you have another child, Maximilian?"

Max shuttered at her using his full name, and quickly explained why he had another baby with him.

Inko pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed "I guess it cant be helped, we'll take care of her, me and Izuku will be out of here the day after tomorrow, I expect that you'll be able to handle the girls until then?"

Max beamed "Of course I can, I'm not incompetent"

"That's highly debateble" Inko retorted.

Max sat down in the chair beside the bed and watched the movie on the tiny hospital TV screen. It was gonna be a long week

Hey, Hi, Hello there. This is 100% the longest opening chapter that I've ever fucking written, holy shit. There isn't really much to say here other than thanks for reading, this has been a crazy month; a semi-rewrite of Eridium, DEKU X MACHINA, this story, and another story pretty soon, at least by the new years eve. That's it for now, happy belated Christmas.