There were few things that could get someone moving faster than All Might, but Inko was sure that what had just occurred would be part of the list. That thing being told that her son had jumped off a building.
Her heart pounded in time with her footsteps as she tore through the street towards the hospital, fortunately close by to her apartment. Her hair whipped in the wind, accidentally smacking one or two people as she passed.
Soon enough she almost tripped as she practically forced the hospitals front doors off their hinges with her quirk, an unintentional strength boost coming from her quirk.
A blue haired nurse turned with a look of surprise, having been walking by. "Can I help you ma'am-"
"My son! I got a call- s-saying my son fell off a b-building!" She explained quickly, voice quivering as tears started to form in her eyes. "H-he was brought h-here. Where is he!? Where's my i-izu-zuku…."
"Ma'am, please, take a deep breathe." The nurse instructed quickly, setting down the box she had been carrying and walking over to her. "Try to calm down a little-"
"Calm down!? My son is-!" Inko began to shout but the nurse placed a hand over her shoulder. It glowed and suddenly Inko felt… lighter. Like her worries were floating away….
"Please ma'am, you need to control yourself. I'm using my quirk so that you can talk to us, calmly." The blue haired woman explained, leading the mother over to a seat. "Now please, tell us your name."
"Inkooo Mmmidoriiiya." She said, voice slurring and the nurse let go in surprise. Suddenly all her worries came rushing back and her eyes went wide as she saw the look on the nurse's face. "W-what?! What is it?!"
"You're the mother of the regeneration child?"
"The… wait the what?" She asked, cocking an eyebrow confused. The nurse just turned from her, flagging a doctor down. "What do you mean regeneration?!"
"I um…. Well it's hard to explain." The nurse said apologetically, as an older doctor with short grey hair walked along. "Doctor Toju, the Midoriya child's mother is here."
"Ah, miss Midoriya." The doctor greeted, but his voice was solemn. "I wish I could say it's good to meet you but in these circumstances…."
"Circumstances? What circumstances?! What's happening with my baby?!" The green haired mother demanded as she stood up, and Toju let out a sad sigh.
"Before all else, allow me to assure you of one thing miss Midoriya. Your child is alive, and recovering." He explained quickly, and inko let out a sigh of relief, however she still held onto so much worry. Cause so many questions still ran rampant in her mind. "However, I'm afraid there are complications."
What?
"You see… well… please come with me. I can't allow you to see your child yet, as they are still adjusting and need time to process but I can explain to you what you need to be prepared for." He said simply, walking towards an office room. Inko followed, absent-mindedly wondering if she would ever be as anxious in her life again as she was right now.
As they walked in, the man took a seat behind a desk and she sat across from him. Looking up, he wore a quizzical look.
"Before I explain, I believe it would be best for me to inquire about something. You've grown up believing your son is quirkless, correct?"
"Well, yes. He never showed signs of my telekinesis or his father's fire breathe so-"
"Wait, neither of you possess regenerative quirks?" Toju asked, face becoming shocked and the woman shook her head. "Well, talk about your outliers."
"H-huh?"
"You'll understand soon enough. Please, continue. Tell me about how he grew up if you could, it might be invaluable information for the case at hand."
Inko frowned, looking down. Regaling tales of Izuku's past, aside from spending time with her would never ever be something she enjoyed. Still, if it meant helping him.
"Well, I suppose the first real way it affected him was with his friend. A little blonde boy names Bakugou."
Missing the doctors shocked look, she began describing Izuku's past for the next half an hour, making sure to include any and all-important details she could think of.
Midoriya tilted his-
Her?
Oh screw this, their head as they looked into the bathroom mirror. Those purple eyes stared back, leaving them with so many questions. Their eyes travelled down to their body and a light blush came onto their face.
In their old body, they would have been a wildly blushing wreck but now she wasn't quite as embarrassed to admit…
They were a fucking snack.
Midoriya still didn't know what to think about being a girl now, but they couldn't deny that they hit the jackpot in terms of attractiveness. Her bust wasn't cartoonishly oversized but nor was it overtly modest, sitting at what the now blonde believed to be a C-cup. (You live with only your mother for your entire life, you learn a few things about the opposite gender. Same gender? Or sex…. Oh god that whole debate was going to be a fucking nightmare.)
Shaking their head, they twisted their body and continued to let their gaze wander. Her butt wasn't particularly big, but still had just enough to cause a few people to stare.
The real wonder were their thighs. They genuinely wondered for a moment as They looked at them if they were a similar size to All Might's biceps. At the thought, they let out a small giggle without meaning to.
Then they stopped smiling almost immediately as another thought came to them.
Midoriya turned on the sink and began to splash some water in their face, shaking their head and looking back into their new eyes once more as they turned their thoughts to a… concerning question.
'What now?'
The suicide attempt had been down to the fact he didn't have a quirk, and was completely useless. But with the reveal that they did in fact have a power, that reasoning was gone.
Of course, one would expect the self-loathing thoughts to still be present, that their would still be a risk of them wanting to die. Yet… Since 'She' had woken up, she'd only really had positive thoughts about herself, mainly over how she looked.
Shaking their head, they looked down to the sink as they took a breathe and that's when they noticed it. Their hand was glowing.
"What the…" She muttered in surprise, lifting it up and inspecting it. It felt warm, yet it also felt like something was tickling inside. Her eyes wide and she let out an impressed whistle.
And as they did, along with the wind that blew out so to did a wispy stream of the same green energy. Backing off slightly, she watched as it dissipated into thin air.
"Ooookay…" Midoriya muttered backing off. "Should probably go talk to the doctor about that."
Before she could do that though, something Queally important came up as she felt a pressure near her crotch and blushed much heavier as she realized something else.
'Oh god, how do I pee?'
All Might was quiet as he continued to sit around in the waiting room, quiet and concerned. He's seen the green haired woman who had burst in, Inko he heard she was called and watched as the doctor the blonde knew was working on Midoriya escort her away to an office.
He knew it was the boy's mother, and he cursed his luck quietly. He knew he would have to talk to her immediately, but it wasn't exactly a task he could face comfortably.
Fend off an armada of villains alone? He could do that with a hand tied behind his back!
Tell a mother you were likely directly responsible for her child attempting suicide? He'd probably prefer succumbing to his injuries.
Still, he resolved himself to talk with the woman at first opportunity and face the consequences. In the mean time though, he still had to wait on her getting out the room.
As he sat quietly with his thoughts, the doors slid open again and he turned briefly, noting it to be two teenaged boys. To his surprise, they seemed to have bits of the slime villain on them as well, though they weren't injured.
Trying not to be obvious about his staring, he watched as they walked up to the front desk and one of them, who had long straight hair, began to talk to them.
"Hello? We were wondering what happened to KatsukI Bakugou. We were attacked by a villain, but he was the only one who had to be sent here…" He explained simply, while the other teen, who had messy hair with a curly lock at the front began idly inspecting a list of some kind.
"Ah, well I'm afraid he won't be receiving visitors at the moment, but he's alive for now. Doctors are doing everything they can to heal him, though it seems his injuries are proving to be quite severe." The receptionist explained, looking for too disinterested and bored for someone who was giving such kinds of news to people.
"O-oh, ok. I guess we'll just-"
"Dude! Midoriya's in here as well." 'Curly lock', as Toshinori temporarily dubbed him said grabbing 'Long' by the arm
"Wait what?" Long questioned, following his friends gaze. "What the crap is he doing in here- Oh shit. Dude, remember what Katsuki said?"
"Oh…" 'Curly locks' face went green, as he turned to meet his friends gaze before turning to the receptionist. "Is Midoriya receiving visitors?"
Annoyed, the receptionist pulled up something on her computer and let out a snort. "Yeah, she is but you'll have to wait. Go sit beside the blonde guy over there."
"Wait, she?"
"You'll see."
With that, the two confused teenagers made their way to the seat. As they approached, Toshinori meet their eyes. "Hello, you two."
"Um, hi?" 'Long' said, raising a brow. "Do we know you?"
"Not exactly, but I'm a-" He was about to say friend, but caught himself at the last moment and swallowed. "An acquaintance of young Midoriya. I noticed what I believe was this Bakugou friend of yours come in earlier and I couldn't help but overhear you two…. May I ask what exactly Bakugou said to him?"
The two friends looked between one another, before turning back sheepishly, 'curly lock' rubbing his arm. "Um… Midoriya and Katsuki…. They used to be best friends as kids, but then… well we found out Midoriya didn't have a quirk."
"And this made a difference because?" The blonde asked, raising a brow. He knew how hypocritical he probably sounded, but he chose to ignore that at the moment for the sake of teaching a lesson. 'Curly lock' began to say something but the blonde cut him off. "And do not just say, because he was quirkless. Tell me exactly what makes him any different from someone with a weak or cosmetic quirk."
The two boy's remained silently at that, and All Might sighed. "It's not even true that he is quirkless."
"Wait what!?" 'Long' asked, looking up shocked. "What do you mean he isn't quirkless?!"
"It would appear he simply had quirk that would require he came to the brink of death first before it could manifest. At least that means I can infer he probably didn't take much physical abuse." The blonde sighed, but then the two teens shrunk back further and the pro had to take a breathe to hold onto himself. He glared at them, and demanded simply. "What did you do?"
"It wasn't just us! It was everyone!" 'Curly lock' gave up immediately, 'Long' turning to him with an incredulous look. "No one thought a quirkless kid like him should be allowed with the rest of this, because Bakugou said so. Said he needed to be taught a lesson that he could never be hero."
"And the teachers did nothing about this?!" All Might asked, starting to feel his blood boil. They both shook their heads.
"No one liked to get on Bakugou's bad side, and the teachers all kind of shared the same views anyways. They only care about the students if they can make the school look good."
"Well, this has been quite the revelation." All Might said through gritted teeth, gripping his chair seat. "Alright, here's what you two should do."
"Huh?"
"You are going to go in before me, when Midoriya starts accepting visitors. You are going to go in, and you are going to apologize for everything you have done to them." The blonde said, with a tone that made it clear there was no room for debate. "At that point, Midoriya can decide what to do with it. Either way, I'd recommend you two keep the hell away from them after that."
"Um…. Alright sir." The two nodded. They weren't sure what it was, but despite the blonde's frail nature, he still had an aura that demanded respect and made his threats seem credible. "A-anything else?"
"Yes, actually. Let the school know they will be getting a visit from a pro hero soon." He said simply, causing the two boy's to look at him in surprise.
"A pro? Who?"
"Well now, that's going to be a surprise." The blonde said darkly, tuning away from them.
Midoriya cursed under their breathe as they scrubbed away at the bathroom floor, blushing quietly.
'Note to self, make sure you are never sitting at an angle like that in future.'
With that, they threw the toilet paper they was using into the toilet and flushed before washing their hands. Midoriya quietly tried to ignore the fact they had had to touch a woman's parts even if they were her own to do that.
Her head was already on the verge of exploding and one thing that hadn't changed with her regeneration was her embarrassment over the opposite- The same….
Over woman!
Groaning, they made their way over to the bed, sitting down and looking for the remote. Before they found it however, the door opened and in walked Toju, holding a bowl of Katsudon.
"Oh! Hey doc." She greeted, tuning to face him. He nodded at her and smiled softly. "What's up?"
"Your mother is here, Midoriya." He explained and her eyes went wide. 'Shit! Did not think about how I was going to explain this!' "I will let her in, in a moment if you are ready but first I wanted to check if you were alright? Any symptoms at all?"
"Actually…. Yeah." The blonde nodded, lifting up a hand. "Was in the bathroom- Super awkward, I won't lie- and I saw my hand glowing green. When I was inspecting it, I kinda let out this green smoke from my mouth as well."
"Interesting…" Toju said, placing a hand to his chin. "It's possible that was excess regeneration energy I suppose. If you have just finished, maybe your body has to high an amount to properly contain. Perhaps it's simply a matter of making sure the regeneration is a success."
"You think so?"
"It's just a theory of course, I'll call down and get someone to come check on you soon so we can actually start to determine some facts about your qurk." Toju explained, walking forward. "In the meantime, here you go. Though I warn you, you might be disappointed."
"Huh? I mean I've heard hospital food isn't great but-" Before they could finish, the doctor laughed.
"Actually, that's made to your mothers standards. Apparently she brought some with her that she had been cooking." Toju explained, though his smile then faltered. At the reveal it was their mothers, Midoriya tore into it immediately, placing the pork cutlet right into her mouth.
Her eyes went wide, and just as fast she spat it back out into the ball. "What the hell was that?! Posion?!"
"Nope, just the same dish you've always had I believe." The doctor sighed. "You're body has changed in many ways, it seems including taste buds."
"Oh great, so my new power makes awesome food taste like dog crap?" Midoriya grimaced, looking up.
"More like, just means you'll have to experiment with food again to find what you like." Toju shrugged, before meeting her eye. "Now, do you think you are ready?"
"….As I'll ever be."
Inko's mind was racing a million miles a minute once the doctor had finished explaining to her what had happened. She didn't know how to process it.
How COULD she process it? Her only son hated his life enough to try to end it, and it was sheer luck he was even still around.
The reveal he had a quirk had really thrown her for a loop. For a second she almost demanded to know what kind of horrific prank show she was put on. The doctors eyes however had conveyed that what he was saying was truthful and Inko just….
She just shut down, leaning back quietly. Her son was alive, but wasn't quite himself anymore. Hell, he might not even be a he anymore.
The doctor had made one thing very clear, as he had began to make his way to the room.
"Your child may still be alive, but until we know how regeneration truly works, I'm afraid your son as you know him might still be dead."
She just nodded quietly, as a solitary tear started to make it's way down her cheek. She got up, and slowly began following the man, grabbing her bag. As she walked, she had a thought.
"Doctor?"
"Hm?"
"I um…. I have some Katsudon in my bag. I was getting worried before I got the call and was going to head out to see if he was still at school. I understand if not but it's his favourite food so…. I was thinking it might be good to try giving it to him- er… her…"
"Well…. Normally I would refuse but considering the situation, the information that could come of it might be quite useful." Toju nodded and the woman began taking out the bowl that was wrapped ever so tightly in foil and tinfoil so as to avoid spilling on anything. "Alright, give me just a minute. I should do a quick check up now that she's been up for a while anyways."
With that, the doctor took the bowl, unravelling it and walking inside. Inko quietly leaned against the wall, putting her ear near the door and listening in. She heard the doctor talking first and then…
"Oh hey doc, what's up?"
Her jaw dropped. It was so…. Different. Inko stumbled back slightly as her throat dried. Something about hearing it just…. It just made it all so real and her eyes began watering once more. "Oh Izu…."
It wasn't a bad voice, in fact it was almost angelic, though had an underlying tone of mischief in it. It was quite endearing, had it been someone else's.
But with Izuku, it made Inko so confused. She was still trying to come to grips to this day, that he had been quirkless…. And now it had all changed again.
Shaking her head, she hit her fist again her leg. 'Stop it! Izuku needs you now, get yourself together Inko!'
"Miss Midoriya?" Toju asked, walking out the room and she turned to him. He gave her a sympathetic smile as he took in her features. "They're waiting."
"T-thank you." The mother nodded, walking into the room as her breathing became shaky. She stayed looking at floor as long as possible, to try to repair herself. "Izuku?"
"H…hi mom…." Came that voice, that nervous voice that suddenly reminded her much more of her son. She looked up, and let out a small gasp as she took her in.
Where, by all means their should have been a green haired, green eyed nervous boy in front of her, there was instead a gorgeous young woman with blonde hair and….
"I…. I… is…. Is it really you Izuku?" She asked, still unable to believe her eyes. The girl nodded, walking forward.
"Ye-yeah. I was surprised as well, but… better than looking like an eviscerated puddle I suppose." At that, the older woman shuddered and flinched and the regenerated girl frowned. "Sorry, I should have thought."
"I… I don't know what to say." Inko admitted simply, turning away and walking to the wall, unable to keep looking at the younger Midoriya. "What even are you now?! A she? Are you still a he? Or are you just going to go by they? What if you change again?! What if…"
"Mom…" Izuku interrupted with a sad gaze, getting the woman's attention and anything she had to say died in her throat as she met those vibrant, scared purple eyes. Those brand new eyes, that held a spark in them. And yet… "Please… I don't…. I don't know. I just… Before anything, I'm your child right?"
Silence hung between them for a moment, and Inko stared into those eyes. Eyes that by all means were completely different…. And yet
They were still Izuku's eyes. Still held the same energy in them, the same spark, the same everything. She walked forward, throwing her arms around the teen. "Oh Izuku…. You will always be my child."
"Thank you." The younger Midoriya said simply, wrapping her own arms around her mother. "I love you."
"I love you too. No matter what you change into, I love you sweetie."
Anyone who looked in at that moment, would see nothing more than a child and their mother embracing one another tight as tears rolled down their eyes. But that's all either of them needed.
It was such a small assurance, and yet it let them know one thing.
Everything was going to be alright.
