"Oh, we are gonna be so late, and it's all your fault!"

Eri Midoriya let out a loud groan of exasperation as she heard Katsuma whining in front of her, hearing his worried mutterings and wheezing as they ran as fast as they could down the street, trying to avoid colliding with anyone and send them falling to the ground. While at one point it would've been laughable that two people of such small stature could knock people over, but they'd been training for ten months now - Eri could probably knock over a fully grown man if she wasn't careful.

Behind her, Izumi was grumbling about something or the other, probably his own complaints about the small girl in front of her. It was still pretty early in the morning, with the sun hanging in the wintery sky, but they couldn't focus on that as they ran down the street towards school. As annoyed as Eri felt right now, she knew that Katsuma had a point - their middle school was still twenty minutes away on foot, so they couldn't exactly walk at a leisurely pace. And - okay, it was probably her fault they were going to be late.

Still though, she thought that Katsuma was being a little dramatic.

"It's not that big a deal!" She assured him as they moved around a man with a rhinoceros quirk, Izumi apologizing for his friends as they barely avoided knocking him off balance. "Yes, training took a bit longer this morning, but -"

"You're the one that wanted to do one more lap," Izumi grunted behind her as he raised a hand and brought it down on her head, making Eri yelp when she was chopped, "'one more five kilometer sprint across the beach', I believe you said."

"It was good for us!"

"We were finished and ready to go! And now we're going to have to sit through class all sweaty and gross!"

"Kota, one more lap wasn't going to kill us, the entrance exam is -"

"- literally in two months. I know that you're anxious, Eri, but -"

"I'm not anxious! You're just not taking this as seriously as I am!"

"Guuys ...!" Katsuma groaned ahead of them, stopping by the red light and hopping up and down anxiously, while Eri and Kota glared at each other and huffed as they crossed their arms and turned their gazes away from each other. "If we're late again the teacher's going to give us detention, and Mahoro will get our dad to ground me forever!"

"Okay, just cool down, Kats!" Eri tried to assure him. "If we're late, you can just blame me. Mahoro never gets angry at me."

"To your face," Katsuma muttered, while Kota snorted and Eri rolled her eyes. "Oh, god, I forgot that I borrowed Satsuki's textbook! She'll never let this go if I can't give it back to her before first bell, she's probably going to slap me with her tongue and -"

"Remember," Izumi smirked, "just blame Eri."

"Okay, yes, fine, you guys can blame me!" Eri threw up her hands in exasperation, "It's my fault, I made you run longer than I should've, I'm projecting my anxiety on you guys! Blame all your problems on the dumbo!"

"Okay, I will."

"Kota, I swear to god -!"

"That all you got, you hero trash?!"

SMASH

The three teenagers jumped at the sound of something breaking, and the sudden sound of several people screaming. Quick to look around and not noticing the light going green, they saw, coming from around the corner of the market, a large crowd of people screaming and running for the hills, as what looked like black leather whips chased after them, attempting to drag them back into the market.

They saw one of the tendrils grab at one woman's ankle and barely miss, the woman letting out several tearful gasps as she ran away, and then the tendrils turned their attention to the crowd beginning to gather up, grabbing at women's purses and trying to drag men further into the market while reaching into their pockets. The three teenagers were then aware of the sound of feet running around quickly, as though someone was running around very fast.

"Oh, jeez," Izumi groaned, shaking his head as he watched the crowd bat away the tendrils but not do anything else but watch, "looks like a robbery gone bad."

"Crap," Katsuma winced as a woman was dragged further into the market back by one of the tentacles, only being stopped by a few of the civilians grabbing her and stopping her from being dragged away, "I guess we should call the police? We can -"

"Wait." Izumi suddenly felt himself freeze up, feeling his eyes narrow as he looked at the smaller boy. "Crime in process."

"... a really good chance of people getting hurt." Katsuma's own eyes widened in horror.

"Chances of seeing a hero swing by are pretty high."

"She's a complete and utter dumbass."

Both boys paling in horror and frustration, they turned to look for the small white haired girl that would've been standing right behind them - but as predicted, she had completely vanished. Feeling their eyes widening in exasperation, they whipped their gazes back to the gathering crowd, knowing exactly what they were about to see as they saw Eri barging into the crowd, already trying to hop up to see what was going on.

"Are you fucking kidding me, you dumbass?!"

"Eri!"

The boys cursed after her, but still turned right around and quickly ran behind her, not trusting Eri to be smart and stay in the crowd - they remembered the many times that she jumped in to shout down villains or distract them, usually having to drag her away for the heroes to arrive and clean up after her. The last time that happened, she had been grounded to hell and back, but it was clear that it wasn't a lesson that she had learned at all. And now, Izumi was currently cursing her out under his breath, frustrated that his best friend was such an utter dumbass, while Katsuma let out a small groan of exasperation, and knowing that Mahoro and Satsuki were going to kill him.

Still, they were quick to catch up with the horned girl, pushing past several people to get to her. Thankfully Eri hadn't jumped in, but she was standing up on her tippie-toes to see what was going on, mostly due to her short stature. Izumi let out a small growl at the utter density of his best friend, but felt himself act automatically, grabbing her by the scruff of her school uniform and lifting her up somewhat so she could see. It was pretty much routine for them now that Izumi, the tallest of the trio, would lift Eri, the smallest of the trio, up to see whatever she wanted, and thanks to their training from the last few months he was a lot stronger, so it was easier to lift the much smaller girl. Katsuma, meanwhile, let out a worried hum at the late time but still stood up on his own tippie-toes to see what was going on.

The small plaza had pretty much been emptied due to the fight that had just broken out, except for about seven people moving around. The first and most obvious was the hero in red and blue being slammed right out the window of the jewelry store, making people scream at the sound of broken glass as the hero hit the ground hard and rolled away, groaning when he hit his head and making the crowd wince. Coming out right after him, several people wearing black long coats and leather laughed and cowed around, which indicated to Eri, Izumi and Katsuma that they were villains - rather loud ones, at that.

From the looks of the group, the first man who came out, the biggest guy with four tendrils of what looked like leather coming out of his stomach was the muscle of the group, grabbing the fallen hero and giving him a harsh squeeze, laughing in a mocking manner. From behind him came two twins, laughing and high fiving as they put two duffel bags full of jewelry around their shoulders, running around in circles at surprising speed - meaning that they were the getaway. Another two villains came out with their own bags filled with money and jewels, so they were just thugs. And finally, a woman with long red hair came out last, smirking down at the hero and looking around haughtily - which probably meant that she was the leader.

Eri was pretty sure that she was right about these villains - after all, she lived with three parents who knew the ins and outs of being a hero, they knew their stuff so she was pretty sure she did too.

"You done, little hero?" The leader of the villains sneered at the hero on the ground, hearing him whimper as he tried to keep his broken arm off the ground, and she went over to deliver another kick to his side, making the hero groan as he flopped onto the ground. "Or are you gonna be like every other hero we've come across today, and get yourself absolutely fucked?!"

"We own this town!" One of the speed twins shouted, hooting into the air. "Anyone else wanna mess with us?!"

"Come on you pieces of shit! Who wants to fuck with us?!"

"Oh, jeez," Izumi grunted, adjusting his hat and shaking his head while Eri studied them carefully, "talk about overconfidence - they're acting like they just took down Bakugou."

"Huh … and I think that's a newcomer," Eri noted, looking worried about the hero on the ground and glancing around, "he definitely should've waited for backup - he needs help."

"What do we do?" Katsuma asked in a small voice, glancing around. "I think someone's already called the police, but they're probably going to get away before they arrive if they got the two speedsters to help them out. What - ?"

"We won't have to do anything."

The boys blinked, and looked up at the horned girl being dangled in the air by Kota. To hear her say that they didn't need to jump in and do anything was more surprising than anything they'd heard today - it was as though she'd been killed and replaced by an imposter. At least they recognized the confident smirk on her face as she looked at the villains gloating and shouting into the air - she usually wore that smirk when she was confident that she was right.

"When I left for the sleepover last night," She felt herself begin to shiver, not from the cold but from excitement, "I remember Dad saying that he was going to be patrolling around these parts."

The other two boys felt their eyes widen as they realized what she was talking about, glancing back quickly at the cowing villains as they menacingly moved towards the hero to beat him down some more, just to prove their toughness -

- and then they suddenly heard the clap of thunder.

The villains blinked, hearing the familiar sound of something loud rumbling in the distance, and glanced at the sky, expecting to see dark clouds begin to gather - and seeing no cloud in sight. They wrinkled their brows in confusion, wondering where the thunder was coming from if there wasn't a cloud in the sky - and then felt their eyes widen in realization when they heard another clap of thunder, and this time not from the sky. Instead, they heard it coming from somewhere in the city.

"No," the woman whispered, looking left and right rapidly, "no, no, no, no, no!"

"God damn it!" The tendril villain was quick to spread the black tentacles around the small gang, everyone on edge. "Keep your damn eyes up! He'll be here any second!"

"Why?! Why couldn't it have been fucking Grape Juice?!"

"Just hope he doesn't bring the other bitch with him!"

The crowd had gone from nervous spectating to loud muttering, everyone practically vibrating with excitement as the sounds of thunder got louder and louder, indicating that the hero was coming closer and closer. The villains, who had smugly beaten down any hero in their path before, were now on the verge of either surrendering or running away, with only the ringleader looking somewhat determined as she tried to listen for the thunder, trying to figure out what angle he would be coming from. Eri, Izumi and Katsuma exchanged grins as they heard the sound of electricity coming closer, knowing exactly who was coming to kick these villains' asses from here to Kanagawa.

Suddenly, the thunderclaps sounded as though they were coming from the other side of the plaza, and everyone turned as they saw, far down the street, a flash of green lightning coming from around the corner, and standing on one of the light posts, glaring at the villains, was a hero in a green, white, black and red uniform.

"Oh, fu -!"

Before the villains could panic any more than they already were, in the blink of an eye, the hero suddenly leapt off the post, and a streak of lightning blasted down the street in the blink of an eye, above the cars and the crowd being backed up in the corner, and shot straight towards the villains. The biggest of the villains, who had been slowly backing away as though on the verge of shoving past the crowd and running for the hills, let out a shout of pain as, from within the lightning, another streak of electricity flashed out and struck him directly in the chest.

"Vivian!" The tendril villain shouted, and the leader of the villains whipped around in horror as her henchman was sent flying across the plaza before hitting the ground with a loud thud, groaning in pain as his shirt burned away from the strike. Not enough to kill him, of course, but enough to make him feel numb and stiff, unable to fight out a small gasp, Vivian was quick to look around as the living lightning bolt flickered around them.

"Guys, circle up!" She commanded, the minion beside her extending his tendrils around her waist. "Don't let him -"

Another shot of lightning blasted out before she could finish her sentence, and the only other thug who was still looking around desperately for the hero was sent flying, letting out a tiny scream as he was thrown over straight above the crowd, everyone looking up after him as he flailed through the air, and came down hard in a snowbank, blinking woozily.

Now, Vivian and her goons could only slowly back up in terror as the green lightning began flashing all around them, the formerly confident villains not sure where the next blow would come from or if the hero would decide to take them all out at once. Within the crowd, Eri, Kota and Katsuma cheered amongst the crowd, excited to see the pro hero pick off the formerly smug villains one by one.

However, before the villains could wince or try to figure out a way to escape, the green flash of lightning stopped flickering around them, slowing to a stop, and, floating in the air, the pro hero in the green, black and red costume floated in the air. Everyone watched as he looked at the crowd with a slightly confused look, before his eyes widened and his mouth, which would have normally been a large, assuring smile, thinned into a line.

"Eri! Kota! Katsuma!"

The three teenagers jumped a bit, and groaned when they heard the pro hero address them directly, Izumi slowly lowering Eri back to the ground (and privately thankful, too, his arm was starting to feel sore from holding her up for so long). They looked up guiltily towards the pro hero flying above them, who had crossed his arms and continued to look down at them in disappointment and maybe a tinge of amusement. The villains who had backed up in panic glanced between the hero and the three teenagers, blinking in confusion as the lightning hero turned to his daughter and her two best friends while shaking his head.

"What did I tell you guys about coming to fights?" Izuku Midoriya asked in a cold voice, evidently already knowing the answer.

"Uh ... don't?" Eri asked innocently, while Kota suppressed a snort despite himself and Katsuma studied his feet with a look of incredible guilt on his face.

"You'd be correct." Izuku nodded slowly, narrowing his eyes. "And where are you right now?"

"... walking to school?" Eri tried, giving him a cute smile in hopes to appeal to his softer side. "That we didn't know there'd be a fight near?"

"Isn't your school in the completely opposite direction of here?" Izuku shook his head at her, while the crowd laughed and cheered as Eri flashed him an innocent smile. It was such a recurring sight for fans of the pro hero, seeing the kind green haired hero with one of the most powerful quirks in Japan, scolding his small, white haired daughter. It had immediately endeared him to the public, seeing this tall man with the power to control one of the most destructive elements on Earth get into arguments with a little girl half his size, that paparazzi usually avoided going after Eri out of respect to the pro hero (that, and the last time one tried her mom had crushed his camera and threatened to end his career).

"Hey! Spark!" One bystander called out, interrupting the scolding and making Izuku turn to look at the young man as he pointed. "Those villains made a break for it."

Izuku jolted, blinking in shock, and quickly looked around, seeing the woman leading her four henchmen away as fast as they could, booking it down the street.

"Oh, crap! Looks like those twins have a speed quirk. Well, at least that'll be easy to catch up to, I just need to hurry."

With that quickly assessed, he was quick to look back at Eri, pointing at her while she tried and failed to suppress her laughter. "This is not over, young lady. We're talking about this tonight."

"Yeah, yeah," Eri nodded, then remembered something, and felt herself pout as she called up to her dad. "By the way, one of those assholes called Mom a bitch."

He looked like he was going to scold her for the language, but paused when he heard what one of the villains called his wife, and scowled.

"Which one?"

"Does it matter?"

"No, it does not." In another flash of lightning, with the formerly intimidated crowd now cheering their heads off, Izuku took off, but his voice carried over the sound of the loud explosion of sound. "But when they hear about this, you are so grounded!"

Once he was gone, Eri let out a small sigh, smiling at where her dad vanished with such obvious affection Izumi couldn't help but roll his eyes, although he had his own reluctant smile on his face - at least, until Katsuma grabbed both of their arms and began to roughly drag them away, making both of them yelp. He was almost as small as Eri, so it was always surprising to feel how strong he'd become thanks to Izuku's training.

"Ow, Kats!"

"Dude, what -?!"

"Guys! School!"

"Huh? Oh, shit!"

"Whoops!"


As he flew down the street after the fleeing villains, Izuku let out a small sigh at his daughter's idiocy (although he knew he couldn't really talk since he wasn't much better when he was her age), but before he could lose himself, he shook his head and quickly refocused. He had heard sirens coming when he left, meaning that the injured hero that had been on the ground would be looked after, as well as the two villains he had taken care of already. He knew that his lightning bolts had incapacitated them, meaning that it would take a while for them to get back up - and by the time they did, the police would be there.

But he couldn't focus on that now, quickly turning his gaze to hone in on the remaining four villains as they fled as fast as they could. He was quick to analyze the villains' quirks with a quick glance - the two twins whose quirks were being used to rush them down the busy street, the tendril villain wrapping his tentacles around them to keep them together, and the villain in the middle, the obvious leader of the pack holding what little money they had left.

Good. This'll be easy, Izuku smiled as he upped his ante a bit. Ten percent of his power would be what he needed to catch up.

"I'd slow to a stop right about now!" He shouted loud enough to catch Vivian's attention, making her turn and let out a squeak when she saw him flip off another lamp post, throwing his arm back and letting lightning curl around his gauntlet, preparing to shoot out a blast to slow them down.

"Left!" She screeched at her minions, and the two twins quickly changed their direction, going a sharp left. Izuku watched in shock as they turned towards a small crowd, hearing the sound of several civilians screaming as they were forced to dive out of the way of the rampaging villains. The twins ran as fast as they could, so anxious to get away from the pro hero they didn't notice a young mother with her baby standing in the way. The mother felt herself stand stock still, a deer in the headlights as she and her child were about to be trampled -

- only for Izuku to quickly zap down, grabbing her and the baby quickly and securely, and sliding both of them out of the way. Once he was sure that they were out of the way of the two twins with no regard to the safety of the civilians, Izuku let out a small grunt, and kicked out, moving his metallic boot in front of one of the twin's legs.

"AAH!"

With a scream, the twin that he tripped was sent flying out of the tendril villain's grasp, eyes widening in horror as he flailed in the air towards the ground very fast, but Izuku was quicker, grabbing him by the back of his shirt and jerking him back before he could become a smear on the road. From the way the twin in his grasp slackened once he had a firm hold on him, Izuku could tell that he had fainted in fear - and a good thing too, as he had glanced backwards and saw a police officer accompanying a hero towards him, meaning that this guy would be taken care of.

If he cared that his brother had been captured, the remaining twin didn't show it - instead of slowing down or even looking back, the other twin only increased his speed, dragging Vivian and the tendril villain with him down the alley, Izuku glancing down and spotting the support items on Vivian and the tendril villain's shoes that would've made it easier on them to be carried around. Izuku grunted, putting the unconscious villain on the ground none too gently, and then helped the woman up to her feet, smiling weakly at her crying and gratitude.

"I wish I could stay, but -" He gestured with his head towards the fleeing villains, giving her a dorky grin, and turned so that he could quickly blast back down the alley after them.

He knew that if he could take care of the other twin, then Vivian and the other villain would be easy to take down after that. They'd probably want to give up - he figured that the only reason that they weren't in police cars now was due to the fact that they thought there was a chance to escape. From what he had seen earlier, they stuck with attacking heroes they could group up on, and avoiding heroes that could move around them and hit back hard.

Not to mention the support items on their feet - he had a feeling he knew where those came from, and who supplied them.

As he streaked through the air after them, Izuku narrowed his eyes, staring at them as they shifted and moved through the cars, trying to get away from him as fast as they could. They weren't being careful, and it wouldn't take long for them to hurt someone. He needed to -

"Hey, are you busy right now?"

Izuku blinked at the voice that suddenly spoke in his ear, realizing who was speaking through his coms - and felt a small smile grace his face.

"A little bit," He grunted as hopped up and blasted off another building to continue to build up his momentum, waving to a few bystanders as they watched him soar by after the villains, "got a trio of villains trying to run away from me. They got one speedster and two tagalongs, and it's not going to be long until they end up running someone over."

"Huh. And where's that?"

"Hold on a sec - kinda hard to keep track of street names when I'm flying at - oh, okay, they just got into Chuo City, coming from the - west, I think."

"Oh! I'm there right now. Near Shinkamejima Bridge."

"Huh," Izuku smirked, hopping off another lamppost and shooting off after them, "well, they don't seem to want to slow down to talk to me. Would you mind helping me bring them to a safe stop?"

"Why, not at all, Deku - I think I can see you now anyway, I'll be waiting."

Izuku grinned at that, and threw his hand back, feeling lightning curling in his hand again, and this time got the chance to fling it directly at them. The speed villain squeaked when a bolt of lightning narrowly missed his head, and quickly jerked himself and his two buddies down the way, heading towards the bridge. Smirking when he realized that his plan to move them towards her worked, Izuku stopped blasting out at them and became content with just following them, soaring above them and watching as the two villains the speedster was dragging along turned to look at him with obvious panic in his eyes.

"Oh man - oh, man, Vivian, what do we do?!" The tendril villain asked in a whiny voice. "Vortex said to use the support gear only in case of emergency! I thought we were just going to be robbing and beating people up, not run into fucking Spark!"

"I know ..." Vivian growled, glaring at the hero following them.

"Vivan, what do we -?!"

"Shut the fuck up!" She screamed, raising a hand to smack him. "I'm thinking!"

She took a moment to look up at Izuku, and then felt herself blink. He was no longer attacking them - the shot of lightning at the twin had been a warning shot, she realized - which probably meant that he was being careful now, trying not to hit anyone.

Which meant … that was their advantage.

"Oneneki! Take us to the farmer's market!"

"Vivian?!" The tendril villain looked around at his leader as she felt herself smirk.

"Bastard back there won't want to risk innocent people getting hurt - so we take some hostages and -"

"Oh, crap! Vivian!" The villain with the speed quirk screeched, looking in the sky. The other two villains wrinkled their brows at the call, looking up at where their partner was looking - and felt their eyes widen as a large shadow fell over them.

The villains were so distracted by the lightning hero chasing them across town, being almost on top of them, they didn't notice that they had run in the direction of a heroine floating a large boulder above them, smirking as she moved to press her fingers together. Vivian only had time to regret all of her life decisions as the heroine in the black and white jumpsuit pressed her fingers together, and deactivated her quirk on herself and the boulder - and then moved to kick down, using her boots to kick the boulder down so that it soared to the ground where the villains were about to step.

The twin let out a scream as he tried to move out of the way in time - but that was only his undoing. They managed to dodge the boulder, thankfully, but in that instance he slowed down - and Izuku struck out, throwing lightning to hit the twin directly in the back. And that was how the three villains were sent sailing through the air, letting out screams as they were thrown over the side and falling directly into the water, landing with a large splash.

Letting out a small grunt, Izuku adjusted himself so that he didn't run into his help. Feeling himself smile as he turned his lightning down to a mere 5%, he grinned up at Ochako Uraraka as she landed on the sidewalk with a small grunt, moving to grab the boulder and float it again so she could throw it back into the lake where she had found it. By that time, the villains had swam back to shore, but were too exhausted and tired to even try to fight back as the police surrounded them with quirk suppressing cuffs, flopping onto the stone ground and coughing up water.

Once she got the rock dropped back into the water, Ochako turned around to give Izuku as he landed on the ground with a small huff, smiling up at one of his wives - he hadn't seen her since yesterday morning, so getting an unexpected team up was more than welcome.

"Sorry about the interruption," she teased lightly, and Izuku chuckled as he jogged over to her, "but I saw you chasing them all over town from where I was patrolling, so I decided to lend a hand. It was a little sad seeing them outrun a hero who's supposed to be an expert on speed."

"Okay, you can't really blame me for this one, I had a weak start," Izuku shrugged good naturedly, smiling down at her as he brought her in for a side hug. Over the years, he'd grown to be around Todoroki's height, and it always gave him a lot of pleasure to rest his chin on the top of her head - it still annoyed her when he teased her about it. "I saw Eri at the scene of the crime, and I had to scold her while these guys got a head start."

"Eri? At a crime scene?" Ochako blinked, then felt herself scowl. "Oh, my god, she's worse than you. She is so grounded."

"That's what I said. Oh, and by the way -" He pointed at the feet of the villains he was chasing. "- look at their feet."

"Huh … more support items. We should let -"

"Yep, I was just about to text her. I'm on top of things."

"That's surprising!" Ochako giggled. "You, on top of things - I'm shocked."

"It occasionally happens. I have my moments."

"Oh, I believe that."

Before they could exchange any more witty back and forths, probably with a lot more shots from Ochako than Izuku (hey, he could get her if he took a few minutes to think up comebacks), they were suddenly swarmed by reporters and paparazzi, the large crowd practically salivating at the opportunity of interviewing two members of Japan's most revered hero teams. Izuku, realizing that he didn't really have an out for this one (last time, he yelled that he had to save a baby from a tree and flew out as fast as he could, making him the laughing stock of the household for weeks), let out a small sigh as he turned to address the crowd with a stiff smile, having never gotten used to interviews even after practicing at school for years - but Ochako suddenly grabbed the back of his jacket, and pressed all five fingers against his back.

Izuku blinked in surprise as the two suddenly began floating up, blinking as his wife held him as though he were some stray kitten, grabbing the hood he wore and pulling it up.

"We'll be right back, everyone." Ochako smiled at the reporters, gesturing with her head towards Izuku. "We've just got something to talk about real quick. Official hero nonsense."

The crowd let out several teasing 'oohs' and laughter, some gossipers screaming that Izuku must obviously be in the doghouse, which made both heroes roll their eyes. Still, Izuku did nothing to resist as Ochako floated him up to the roof of the nearby building, not really bothered by the height as she dragged him over - it had been a long time since he'd been afraid of heights, plus having flown around for years while practicing with Ochako gave him a much stronger stomach for this kind of stuff.

Once they were out of sight of the large crowd, Ochako released her quirk and both fell to the rooftop, away from the photographers and yelling gossipers and cheering crowds. Izuku let out a small sigh of relief as he walked over to sit down on a vent, taking this chance now that he had slowed down at last to reach down and remove one of his boots - he felt a stone rolling around in there for the last few minutes, and hadn't had the time to get it out due to the high speed chase. Once he unsealed the metal boot with rubber lined on the inside (he needed to thank Melissa for that recent upgrade - it was much softer on his poor foot), he let out a small chuckle and glanced up at his wife as she played with her headgear.

"Honestly, thanks for that, I thought I was going to be swallowed up in reporters all by myself, we know what happens when I'm -"

He faltered, however, when Ochako finally slid her own visor up to her forehead, her brown hair being pushed up along with it, and turned around to fix him with a sharp glare, feeling his words die in his throat.

Oh, no. He did something wrong. She wouldn't be giving him the Danger Pout (as trademarked by his mom) if he hadn't. She put her hands down on her hips as she continued to glare daggers at him, seeing him wilt even though he didn't know what he had done wrong yet.

"So," she started, and Izuku gulped in nervousness at the seriousness of her voice. "You didn't come home at all last night."

"Erk." Izuku couldn't help but wince.

Oh. Oh, yeah. That.

"We have an agreement, Izu," Ochako reminded him, her pout getting dangerously more adorable by the minute - a clear sign that she wasn't in a happy mood. "You only get one night a week where you can pull an all-nighter. And you used that up Monday when you were visiting Musutafu. So why didn't you come home last night? Where were you?"

Izuku stuttered, staring up in fear at his wife as she walked over to stand directly in front of him, the Danger Pout in full force and leaving him unable to focus at all in between her pure anger and the utterly adorable look on her face - and then he let out a small sigh of defeat.

"I - I'm sorry, Ocha," Izuku shook his head, leaning forward and glancing at the ground. "Kacchan dragged me out to find some criminal who got away with three billion yen last night. It ended up becoming a chase around the city - he had some kind of teleporting quirk, he kept slipping away. Anyway, by the time we were done, it was like - four in the morning, and ..." he shook his head, feeling his eyes start to mist, "... and I ended up sleeping on the couch in the office. I'm sorry, I - I should've texted you."

Ochako continued to study her husband with narrow eyes as he physically wilted under her gaze, before she let out her own sigh too, and crossed her arms, glancing away.

"I get it," she conceded in a low voice, "I do understand, you were too tired to get home. But Izu ..." she knelt down in front of him, reaching out to cup his cheek and raise his face to meet her eyes, making him see the worry and concern written all over her own face. "All three of us agreed - only one day a week to overexert ourselves. We don't wanna get into the habit of overworking ourselves. That's what Toshi did, and look how that turned out for him. I love him like my own dad, but it's true."

"I know," Izuku muttered, and Ochako finally gave him a soft smile.

"Just ... at least let me know if you're not gonna make it home, okay? I was pretty worried about you - I was half tempted to get dressed and go out looking for you, Mina ended up having to talk me out of it when she told me that Eijirou told her that Katsuki said you were fine."

"Yeah," Izuku sighed, then tried to smile at her again. "I'm - like I said, I'm sorry, Ocha. You're right, I should've at least called you to let you know where I was."

"Jeez," Ochako giggled, bringing up her other hand to cup his cheek, rubbing his freckles, "You're not the one with the quirk that tells you when danger's coming from a mile away, and somehow you're the one who's always overexerting yourself. Why am I not surprised?"

Izuku couldn't help but chuckle at that, seeing Ochako give him a warmer smile, and leaned in to kiss her on the lips, Ochako immediately reciprocating and wrapping her arms around his neck. They disconnected, but she couldn't help but lean back in to kiss the corner of his lips, and then his cheek, her husband laughing a bit at the ticklish sensations.

She was very tempted to continue kissing him, but restrained herself - the last time they got a little frisky, some paparazzi with a camera quirk (not the one they knew, fortunately for him) caught a picture of them making out behind some alley, and they became the gossip of hero talk shows for a month, having to put up with a lecture from Tenya about fraternizing on the job, their wife's teasings, and Eri's surprisingly harsh judgement for a ten year old.

Still ... he did promise to spend the night with her, and he didn't. That earned her the right to toy with him a little.

"Well," She left out a small huff as she stood back up, wanting to bring his mood up a bit more by teasing him, "I guess since you are sorry about it, I can forgive you. It's just a shame, really - you missed out on what got delivered last night."

"Huh?" Izuku blinked, watching her lift her arms over her head and stretch out some kinks. "What'd I miss?"

"Well," Ochako lowered her arms and put a finger to her mouth, smirking down at him, "you know how Eri was staying over at Mahoro's so she could train with Katsumi and Kota this morning? It was just supposed to be you and me?"

"Uh ... yeah?" Izuku nodded slowly, a bit confused, and Ochako's smirk widened.

"Well ... the package I ordered a week ago came in, and I was gonna show it off to you."

Izuku blinked a bit, and glanced to the ground as he tried to remember what she ordered recently, trying to remember if it was some coffee machine they broke or some bed sheets - and then it hit him. Izuku's jaw dropped, whipping his gaze up to his wife as she ran her hands down her jumpsuit, knowing exactly what she was doing as she saw him connect the dots, and tried not to burst into laughter as he stood up abruptly from the vent, hopping on one foot to prevent the other bootless one from touching the snow on the roof as he blushed bright red.

"You - the - the -"

"Yep. The lingerie," Ochako teased, continuing to run her hands along her body, knowing cheekily that it was making him blush deeper and deeper. "The black one. Y'know, the form fitting one. I tried it on, and while I don't usually compliment myself when it comes to stuff like that ... hoo boy, did I look good."

"You - I -"

"It clung to every curve," she continued on in a musky voice, loving the despair on Izuku's face as she went into more and more detail, "it was so much shorter than I expected, only going down to the top of my thighs - and a lot more see-through. Not gonna lie, I've never felt sexier. And you, Mr. Big Superhero, missed me wearing that so you could hang out with Kacchan."

Izuku sputtered, staring at her as though she had just said that she had burned his All Might collection, before he sagged over, hunching his shoulders as he stared at the ground in disappointment. She couldn't help herself from laughing now, doubling over in giggles at how obviously sad he was that he missed out on the only night he could spend with one of his wives while their daughter wasn't home.

"I hate you," he grumbled, pouting. "I hate you so much."

"No, you don't! You loooove me," Ochako teased, walking over and wrapping her arm around his shoulders. Izuku replied by scooping her up, lifting her off her feet while she squealed a bit, laughing. Even Izuku couldn't help but laugh with her as he spun her around, almost tripping as he did it on one foot, before he dipped her and kissed her cheek. Giggling, Ochako reached out at an awkward angle to grab his boot, letting him put her down and put it on while she glanced over the balcony, hearing the reporters and paparazzi calling their names.

"Think it's about time we head down there," she sighed, sliding her visor back down as Izuku sealed the boot shut. "Oh, crud, I think I see Juko News over in the corner - who do you think they'll accuse you of having an affair with this time? Last time it was Tsuyu, and I think the time before that it was Mina."

"Maybe Momo this time," Izuku sighed, patting his boot and nodding in satisfaction as it automatically sealed shut, "I went out to lunch with her and Shouto last week, and I think someone snapped our picture when he went to the bathroom." He paused, and then asked, in a defeated tone, "Are you sure there aren't any patrols we need to do right now? Can't we just say we have an orphanage to build?"

"Deku," Ochako giggled, "we can't avoid the press forever. It sucks, but we gotta deal with them."

"I guess," Izuku pouted, and then shook his head and tried to fix his best smile on his face, turning to his wife. "How do I look?"

"Like you're constipated." Ochako bluntly stated, letting out a snort when he visibly deflated. "Well, I guess we better get down there and be our usual, charming selves. And figure out who we're apparently having affairs with. After you, Spark."

"Oh, no, Uravity," Izuku grinned at her, "after -"

BEEP BEEP

Both of them blinked when Izuku's phone went off in his pocket. She gave him a sideways look at carrying his phone while flinging electricity around, and he merely stuck his tongue out at her as he pulled it from his pocket, opening it and checking the text that was just sent to him:

WIFE #2

hey

i'm downtown right now, our boy's been busy

can you two come and help me wrap up?

txt tsukauchi

i'll love you forever

"She's back?" Ochako gasped, feeling a smile spread across her face as she leaned on her husband's shoulder to read the message better. "She's downtown?"

"I think so," Izuku nodded, feeling himself smile in both happiness and relief, "and she just gave us an excuse not to talk to the press. I love her so much."

"That's goddamn right. I'm going to kiss her stupid."

Both heroes chuckling, they waved guiltily to the crowd as they pointed away, and Ochako was quick to wrap her arm around Izuku's shoulder. As they'd done a thousand times, Izuku felt himself begin to float along with her, and pointed his hand to the ground to shoot a bolt of lightning, planning to fire them straight downtown to where their wife had just sent her GPS location while ignoring the disappointed groans of the reporters down below.

"So," Izuku smirked as they took off, "are you gonna give her the pout too?

"We at least knew in advance she'd probably be gone for three weeks." Ochako shook her head. "She kept us updated, unlike a certain someone."

"One night, Ocha, versus three weeks."

"... okay, yes, Deku, I'm going to give her the pout."

"Great."

"After we cuddle."

"Of course."

"And make out."

"Oh, yeah, obviously."


Vortex.

A villain touting himself as the next big villain of Japan. And for good reason, as well. A villain with the power to unleash devastating shockwaves on the ground once he touches his palm to it. Since he'd arrived in Japan four weeks ago, he had brought down three buildings with civilians in them, to devastating effect. He was an awful, inhumane monster.

And the worst part? He was smart, and why he was an actual serious threat. He was intelligent enough to build support items, donating them to villains in the making while making them promise to support him on his 'noble' quest to become Japan's new premier villain. He never stayed in one place at once, constantly on the move, leaving vague clues to throw off whoever was following him while arming thugs. He'd attack a building in Nagoya one day, and then the next, show up in Kyoto. He was difficult to track, and impossible to even fight.

Not that that stopped Itsuka Kendou from trying, the now twenty-three year old pro heroine letting out a small sigh as she stood on the rooftop opposite an abandoned warehouse, leaning against the wall just out of sight that no one would look up and see her. Behind her were a squad of police officers dressed up in riot gear, muttering to confirm details before her back up arrived, and she moved in. The small port that Vortex had set up in had been completely evacuated, workers standing outside the yellow lines set up by other pro heroes as quietly as they could.

Itsuka blew some hair out of her face from the wind, and raised a hand to block the rising sun in the distance. She'd been tracking Vortex for the last three weeks, trying to pick up his trail. Ordinarily, this would've been the responsibility of all three members of her team, due to the power of Vortex's quirk, but she had insisted she be allowed to investigate on her own, due to being the only one to properly get in a fight with the villain and see his face. Izuku and Ochako had protested, but she managed to convince them that she'd take care of him and be back in no time.

Which … made her finally finding him three weeks later a little bad. Forget that, pretty bad. Ochako was going to kick this guy's ass and then hers right afterwards.

While she had said that it was due to her being the only hero to fight him, there had been another reason, one that she didn't like in the least - the fact that, from what she found in his other bases around the country, that he had taken a particular liking to her and Ochako. As in, finding shrines dedicated to both of them, and papers that looked … very wet.

It was enough to make her shudder in disgust even now.

"Battle Fist," the commanding officer behind her requested her attention, causing her to turn around while pressed to the brick wall, "I've received confirmation from Tsukauchi - Uravity and Spark are on their way."

Itsuka nodded at that, unable to suppress a small smile despite herself, "Honestly, I'm a bit afraid of what'll happen when Uravity catches sight of me, but for now I'm just going to appreciate that they're coming. Do you have an ETA?"

"I'm afraid not," The officer shook his head, "but they're on the way."

Itsuka nodded, understanding, and quickly turned back around to look at the warehouse. If they wanted to do this successfully, and make sure the villain didn't escape, they'd have to be patient. Itsuka couldn't afford any other escapes from Vortex - the longer he was free, the more likely more corpses would be added to his already 'impressive' resume, and the more villains that would be armed with his weapons. And waiting a few more minutes for Izuku and Ochako to arrive would lessen Vortex's chances of walking out of here without handcuffs on his wrists.

So she would be patient, Itsuka sighed - and truth be told, a part of her wanted to wait just so she could have her partners behind her to back her up. She hated flying solo, it was always so lonely.

They only really had to wait two more minutes for the two heroes to show up, Itsuka taking up some time to confirm with the other squad helping evacuate the port's workers to wait for a bit. There had been a small gust of wind, blowing Itsuka's now long ponytail about, and she smiled as she turned to see the two heroes land with a grunt on the rooftop, dusting themselves off slightly before looking up.

All three of them knew that they'd have to remain professional in front of the police officers, but their eyes told a different story. Izuku's eyes plainly told her the relief and happiness he felt finally seeing her after three weeks, and Itsuka was sure to give him the same look, biting down her small smile. Ochako's, of course, was similar, although her cheeks puffing slightly indicated to Itsuka that she was in big trouble once this was over - which she didn't mind at all, Ochako usually made it a point to kiss her before she got started with the yelling.

All in all, however, the husband and his two wives were plainly happy to see each other.

"Welcome to the party, you two," Itsuka smiled at them as she leaned back up from where she had been hiding, offering a hand as a fist bump. Both Izuku and Ochako shook their heads at her dorkiness, but still offered fist bumps, although Ochako's was slightly harder than Izuku's.

"It's nice to be here," Izuku chuckled, although he quickly got his act together again and became more professional as he joined his wife near the wall. "Anyway, this is your operation, right? Or will it be a team thing?"

"To make sure things don't get overly complicated, I'll stay in command for now. I've got Lizardy and Rocketti working ground control, they'll be helping the other squad of police officers with the evacuations while we move in. Which means you two are my backup."

"Does that sound like a complaint I hear?" Ochako joked, joining their small circle while the police officers whistled awkwardly. "I thought you wanted the help."

"Oh, yeah - you two are pretty much all I need right now. I was hoping for someone quick, and you both are definitely quick. So," Itsuka leaned back so Izuku and Ochako could have their own peek at the warehouse, pressing herself against the wall Ochako so that the gravity heroine could lean down and take a look, "what do you guys know of Vortex?"

"Just what we heard from you and the news, and from what Detective Tsukauchi briefed us on a few minutes ago," Izuku shook his head, frowning. "Although I ran into a few of the villains he helped supply some support items with this morning, so I think I get what he's doing. Nice to finally see how far behind Melissa's inventions the rest of America's villains are."

"Yep," Itsuka nodded her head, also peeking out like her wife, "he's a foreign weapons dealer. He heard about all of our accomplishments over the last few years and thought he'd get his chance to swing by Japan to be the top dog. Apparently there's a lot of competition in America for who's the true big villain, and since the heroes there started to really come down on them, he'd figure he'd practice his Japanese and start causing trouble here."

"And Shockwave ..." Ochako trailed off, and Itsuka saw the wheels in her head turning. "It's powerful enough to knock down a building."

"The only silver lining of that, it's his biggest attack," Itsuka sighed, frowning, "so he can't bring down the warehouse on our heads immediately when we go in, or he'll risk being too tired to move out of the way. Bad news, though, he isn't like other villains who want the glory of killing top heroes, he knows when to fold. If he thinks he's at a disadvantage, he'll run. And he's really good at running."

"In that case," Izuku pursed his lips, "if he saw you or me coming after him, he'll try to escape as fast as he can."

"Yeah," Itsuka agreed, "which is why I have a plan."

"Okay," Izuku nodded, turning to her while the police officers stood at attention behind him. "Since you have experience with this guy, I'll leave the planning up to you. What do you have in mind?"

"Well," She suddenly had a look of disgust on her face, "I didn't mention this to either of you, but he's made it pretty clear through his little love letters what he thinks of me - and Ochako. Our boy in there can get pretty distracted by pretty women, and apparently he thinks that the two of us are the prettiest he's ever seen."

"... okay, screw the plan," Izuku grunted, while Ochako looked like she was about to be sick, "I'm just going in there and kicking his ass."

"Oh, we will," Itsuka chuckled, lightly patting his cheek, "but before we do that, we need to make sure he's all nice and distracted so we can cut off his escape attempts."

"And how do we do that?"

Itsuka smirked, and glanced over at Ochako. The brunette girl blinked for a moment, glancing between her husband and wife, and then caught on, letting out a small sigh.

"... you both are going to owe me mochi right after this."

"Sounds good to me, hon."


Five minutes later, Ochako grumbled as she walked towards the warehouse, shaking her head. She knew that Izuku was running across the rooftops, unpowered since hearing the sound of thunder on a cloudless day would let the villain know he was here, while Itsuka floated above the warehouse, planning to slam through the roof. Ochako, meanwhile, wasn't nearly as stealthy, walking up towards the large doors and intending to pull them right open. Thanks to a tip from a worker, they knew that Vortex would be working on something in there, and would be caught off guard if one of the objects of his lust waltzed right in.

Neither Izuku or Itsuka didn't want to send Ochako in there by herself, but if Vortex saw Spark or Battle Fist coming at him, he'd hightail it fast. Sending Ochako, who was commonly mistaken as the 'weakest' member of their team, would make the villain drop his guard and leave him open to an ambush.

Besides, Itsuka grimaced, it was like she said earlier. Vortex had made his attraction to her and Ochako, and his hatred of Izuku, quite clear. Seeing Ochako coming after him would definitely keep him distracted.

Grunting, Ochako opened the door to the warehouse, and stepped in. She glanced around at the hanging hooks, forklifts and excavators parked on the other side of the large warehouse, and various hammers, screwdrivers and crowbars scattered along the floor. But her attention was drawn to the man standing near a table in the center of the warehouse, holding a screwdriver as he played with some kind of purple and silver object on the wooden surface.

At the sound of the door opening, the man turned, and caught sight of Ochako standing there, silhouetted by the sun.

"Ah!" Vortex gasped, smiling widely. "The gorgeous Uravity, at long last. When on Earth did you get here?"

Ochako merely stood there, glaring at him. To his credit, he definitely would have been handsome if it weren't for several long scars dragging down his face, as well as his mangey hair and beard as though he hadn't bathed in weeks. He had a long coat on, accompanied by two pulsing metallic gauntlets slapped onto his wrists, probably to help him with his quirk. Ochako let out a small breath, but managed to keep her cool as she walked properly into the warehouse.

"I received a tip," she said flatly, glaring at the villain as he gave her a look she didn't like at all, "that there were sounds of machinery and something getting charged going on in here. And lo and behold, here you are."

"Here I am," Vortex smirked, leaning back with a swagger that made her roll her eyes. "the one and only Vortex. Now then, Uravity - actually, do you mind if I call you Ochako?"

"Yes," Ochako snapped, "I do mind."

"Well, Ochako," Vortex ignored that, making her eyebrow twitch and hearing Izuku grumble over the line, "I've been having a fun time playing around with your wife for the last few weeks - but there's something that I've been wondering, and she hasn't really helped me find an answer, so I was hoping that you could help me out."

"That right."

"That is right," Vortex nodded, letting his smirk slide off his face. "Spark."

Ochako could practically feel her partners roll their eyes over the line.

"You three are pretty famous," Vortex shook his head, "for all your little threesomes and the such. Two beautiful women, gorgeous and willing to flaunt it -" Ochako shuddered when she felt his eyes trail down her, "- and you're letting Mr. Mediocre drag you down."

Ochako felt her eyes narrow more. Itsuka was right - this guy was easily distracted by women. He couldn't even tell how close she was to whooping his ass. "I'm not really sure where you're going with this. Are you telling me to trade up with my husband?"

"Why not?" He sniggered. "You and Itsuka - you can do so much better."

"Sorry," Ochako said, her voice turning sweet, "but I'm pretty sure I can't."

"Nothing wrong with trying, baby."

"Oh, I wouldn't even if I wanted to. See - he's pretty much perfect already."

Vortex raised a skeptical eyebrow. "That right? What can he do that I can't?"

"Well, for one," Ochako smirked, seeing a small blur outside the window and knowing it was time, "you can't burst down walls."

Vortex blinked.

And then the wall exploded.

BOOM!

Vortex was quick to whip around, eyes widening when he saw Izuku explode through the wall and glaring a hole through his head. Letting out a growl, Vortex raised his hand, intending to unleash a shockwave and dig deep down to escape through the sewers -

- when there was an explosion above them as the roof caved in, and a line of Black Whip shot down to wrap around his arm. His eyes widened with glee, Vortex quickly whipped his gaze up to the ceiling.

"Ah! My other love is here too!" Vortex laughed, looking up to where the line had come from and seeing Itsuka floating above him with a glare. "Now we can all talk, like adults, about the obvious mistakes you two are making with this little parasite!"

With that, he used his unrestrained hand to slam down onto the ground, unleashing a wave of his quirk. Luckily Izuku and Ochako were quick enough to jump up, grunting when they were hit by the aftereffects of his quirk but not sent flying like he intended. Vortex was quicker, though, throwing his hand up towards Itsuka and activating the gauntlet he wore around his wrist with the press of a button, and felt his quirk explode out of him without touching the floor. Itsuka let out a gasp as she was hit by the wave of energy that sent her flying through the air, Black Whip momentarily vanishing and freeing the villain's arm.

Laughing with glee, Vortex whipped around and shot another blast of his quirk at Izuku, but the green-haired hero was much quicker, being sure to throw his palms up and feel his quirk activate, spreading up his arms and into the gauntlet. With a loud BOOM, lightning shot out of Izuku's palms and straight towards Vortex, the villain's eyes widening as he quickly dived out of the way, grunting as he hit the floor, and the lightning hit the other side of the warehouse. Letting out a small curse, Izuku leapt out of the way as Vortex shot another blast of his quirk at him, rolling through the air and towards Ochako.

As they'd practiced a hundred times, Ochako brushed her hand against her husband's arm, and floated him up. With his gravity vanished, Izuku let out a growl as he shot back out towards Vortex, flipping through the air and bringing his iron covered boot down against his arm. Out of instinct, Vortex threw his arm up to block the hit, which was exactly what Izuku had wanted - with a crunch, his boot smashed through the material of the support item and shattered it.

Growling, Vortex threw out a punch that connected with Izuku's side, making him grunt when Vortex applied Shockwave to the hit and sent him flying away, but Ochako was quicker, letting out a yell as she grabbed his wrist tightly. Vortex was about to turn around to flirt a bit more with the gravity heroine, but he felt his eyes widen as she ripped him through the air and threw him as hard as she could across the warehouse, slamming against the excavator.

Letting out a snarl, Vortex grabbed the vehicle tightly to prevent himself from flying away, and glanced at the ceiling - his support item had sent her several hundred feet into the air, but he could tell that Itsuka was flying back down at alarming speed, which meant that he needed to stop one of the two coming at him, and get out of here as fast as he could. With a grimace, Vortex raised the arm he still had a gauntlet on, and pointed it straight at Ochako as he fired. Unluckily for her, Ochako wasn't able to get out of the way in time, letting out a yell as she was sent flying back by the hit.

"Ochako!" Izuku gasped as his wife was sent flying, Ochako letting out a yelp as she was slammed across another machine, but luckily Itsuka had arrived just in time, feeling her eyes widen as she quickly flew down to catch Ochako before she could hit her head on any of the hanging hooks around the ceiling.

With a grunt, Vortex managed to get himself to get himself rightened up, glaring at the two heroines as he pointed his hand at the ground, intending to blow it up and escape.

"Look what you made me do," he complained in a growl, "I've been trying to be charming, but then you two just go ahead and -"

WACK

Vortex yelled as a hard fist struck him, breaking his elbow and making his entire arm feel numb as though he had been electrified - which, he realized with horror, was probably what happened. Whipping around, he tried to shove his gauntlet-covered hand into Izuku's chest, wanting to liquify his organs, but he became distracted when Izuku grabbed the gauntlet and pointed it away from him, the green-haired hero glaring a hole into the villain's head. And Vortex could feel another glare drilling into the back of his head as well.

It shouldn't be surprising, of course - he just hurt one of the members of Japan's most powerful hero team. He'd probably be lucky if he would be walking out of here alive.

Growling, Vortex struck out with his other hand, wanting to take advantage of Izuku holding on to him while weightless to throw his hand against the hero's face and make his brain soup, but Izuku was quicker, grabbing his other wrist and holding it away from him. Grunting, Vortex attempted to rip himself free, but Izuku held on tight, being sure to bore a hole into his head with the heat of his glare.

"You're not worthy of either of them!" Vortex yelled, feeling whatever patience he had finally vanish as he snarled right into Izuku's face. "You're nothing but a boring, plain looking moron! You're not worth Itsuka and Ochako's time!"

"Oh, trust me buddy," Izuku glared into his eyes, "I've done this song and dance a lot of times. They'll kill me if I get insecure about something so trivial after all this time."

"You aren't worth -!"

"If I'm going to be taking relationship advice, Vortex, it's definitely not going to be from you." Izuku growled. "You hurt my wife. I don't exactly take kindly to that."

"Neither do I," A voice said behind him, and Vortex felt his eyes widen as he felt a hand wrap around the back of his neck. Ordinarily he would be pleased that one of his loves was holding him, but he had a feeling that he was in a lot of trouble now.

Izuku smirked, and finally let go of Vortex's wrists, letting him float there. There was a part of Vortex that was screaming at him to get out of Itsuka's grip right now, but for some reason he stared in frozen shock as he looked up, seeing the large hole in the roof where Itsuka had entered and feeling his eyes widen when he heard Itsuka let out a huff -

- and then she promptly let him go.

Letting out a loud scream of terror, Vortex flailed as he rose menacingly towards the hole in the ceiling, realizing that he was about two seconds from being lifted very high into the sky with no way to come down without breaking all the bones in his body. With a loud, panicked grunt, he reached out and barely managed to grab a piece of the roof, holding on for dear life as the rest of his body rose out of the warehouse, letting out a fearful scream as he glanced down at the blue sky that waited for him if he let go.

For a moment, Izuku watched as Vortex flailed in the air, trying desperately to keep a hold on his piece of the roof, before he turned back to see Ochako walking over to Itsuka, the brown haired girl waving off Itsuka's anxious questions and assuring her that she was fine. Which was good - if Vortex had actually injured her, then he would've flown up to make sure the villain regretted it. Dearly.

… okay, that was getting to dangerous zones, Izuku, he shook his head. Calm down a bit, they were both fine. It was over and done with.

Soon, the two women joined Izuku, the lightning hero wrapping his arms around both their shoulders, and for a few moments they watched Vortex panic and flail in the air with a look of indifference, hearing the sound of the police squad behind them come in and gawk at what they found.

"So," Ochako smirked, "I should probably let him down, right?"

"Probably," Itsuka sniggered, "if he lets go he's going up, up and away."

"I mean," Ochako glanced to the side while Izuku snorted at her look of conflict, which of course made Vortex panic more and start screaming at her to let him down, "he did perv out on us. Pretty creepy."

"Oh, that's just the tip of the iceberg." Itsuka shook her head, frowning. "You don't wanna know what I found in his old bases."

"Ew."

"Yeah. So I think Mr. Number One Villain up there can figure out his own way down."

"I agree."

"Guys," Izuku shook his head, smirking, "as adorably evil as you two are being right now, I kinda want to just hand him over to the police and go about my day."

"Ah," Ochako pouted, "you're no fun."

"I'm not fun for wanting to make out with my hot wife? And my other hot wife?" Izuku chuckled, going a bit redder, "And then maybe watching both my hot wives make out?"

"..."

"..."

"Okay, okay, release."

"-aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAH!"

THUMP

"Oof. That's gonna leave a mark."


About ten minutes later, Vortex was dragged into the maiden by several police officers, growling under his breath and gritting his teeth as he was placed inside. From the looks of things, his infatuation with Itsuka and Ochako had come to a tragic end, mostly due to him growling about skinning them alive and wearing them as jackets, which didn't really get anyone's sympathy when they shoved him into the metallic capsule to place inside the police van to be taken to the new Tartarus.

Meanwhile, the police pushed the media away from the docks, stating it was too dangerous for them to be around since the attack on Vortex's hideout had damaged the pier somewhat, so they would have to ask their questions outside the port. Setsuna and Pony, who had handled the evacuation of the dock's workers, had taken one look at the throuple getting cozy next to each other and rolled their eyes, agreeing to take questions from the reporters while they properly had a reunion. Izuku had thanked both of them sincerely, promising to buy them dinner at some point ("Ha!" Setsuna cackled. "Free dinner! Hanta'll be crawling all over that!") and continued to lean against the back wall of the alley as the police moved the rest of the media away to ask questions to Setsuna and Pony.

The reason he was leaning on the wall just outside the alley, by the way, was because he was on the lookout for any reporters that may have snuck by. They didn't need to interrupt Itsuka and Ochako making out literally right beside him, Izuku chuckling and going a bit red as he looked around the empty port while Itsuka slumped against the wall, hugging Ochako close to her and looking a bit red around the cheeks as well. Once he was sure that no one was going to interrupt them, Izuku let out a small chuckle as he looked back on his wives, rolling his eyes at how enthusiastically Ochako was kissing their wife's neck.

"So Ocha," He joked, "when does the scolding begin?"

"Mm? Scolding?" Itsuka asked absently, letting Ochako cuddle into her shoulder while she kissed the top of her head. "Who's getting scolded? What'd you do this time?"

"I didn't - well, I did get scolded earlier actually," Izuku chuckled self-consciously, "but it's actually you this time."

"I wasn't aware that I did anything worth scolding," Itsuka giggled, letting Ochako hug her a bit tighter as she wrapped her arms around her wife. "I've kinda been working non-stop for the last three weeks, and it just got wrapped up ten minutes ago. I'm going to need a breather before I can get yelled at."

"Huh, that's funny," Izuku snorted, "because that's exactly why you're getting yelled at."

"What, about - ow!" Itsuka winced as Ochako suddenly tightened her grip around the orange-haired woman, squeezing the life out of her while Itsuka panicked and patted her back, feeling her eyes begin to bulge out of her sockets like a stress toy.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Don't break my back, woman, I need to - ow!"

"Three weeks!" Ochako whined, looking up and giving Itsuka the Danger Pout while she winced at the sight - it was clear neither Izuku or Itsuka were immune to the adorableness. "We don't see you for three whole weeks, only phone calls, and you don't think that deserves a scolding?!"

"I - okay," The orange-haired heroine winced, moving down to kiss her forehead like she knew Ochako liked, "I admit - OW! Chako, you're breaking my ribs!"

"Oh, no, you aren't being cute now! You can't get out of -"

"Er - honey?" Izuku asked innocently, smiling.

"Yes?" Two voices asked, one a bit tense and the other strained as the life was squeezed out of her.

"Sorry, I'm talking to Ocha."

"Yes, hon?"

"I think it's my turn to make out with Itsuka now." Izuku chuckled nervously, tapping at his watch while Ochako narrowed her eyes. "I know that you wanna scold her, but I kinda missed her. Can you wait ten minutes to yell at our stupid wife?"

"Deku, you're literally no better than her."

"But I already got scolded this morning!"

Letting out a huff, Ochako shook her head but still backed away, fixing Itsuka with a glare while the orange-haired girl chuckled weakly and rubbed her ribs. Still, the brown haired girl had no problems moving back to let Izuku take her spot, moving to where he had been standing while Izuku wrapped his arms around Itsuka to bring her into a hug. While they embraced, Ochako gave Itsuka another pout while leaning against the wall.

"You got ten minutes to think up an excuse, Suka," She warned, "and then I'm going to need an answer.".

"I ... will think … of something ..." Itsuka absently said, already being kissed stupid by Izuku.

Ochako merely huffed and went on watch duty, looking out as Setsuna and Pony detailed what had happened to the crowd, and the bus to Tartarus left with Vortex, intending to keep him there until a boat came to take him back across the ocean to prison. Thankfully, it didn't take long for the police to send the reporters packing and letting Setsuna and Pony head on to their own agency, which meant that Ochako had some time to look around the port before turning back to her husband and wife. Thankfully by that time, Izuku had given her all the kisses he needed, stepping back and leaving Itsuka with a dazed grin on her face.

Although, the smile faded when she glanced around and saw Ochako fixing her with a much more subtle pout, which made her sigh softly and straighten up off the wall, scratching her cheek.

"I ... don't really have an excuse for being gone for three weeks, Chako." She admitted, fixing up her uniform after Izuku made it a bit messy during their make out. "It was just - I don't know. It's not like it was anything similar, but hearing Vortex taunting us about how he'd be in charge of the criminal underworld … it just … brought up a few bad memories. I'm sorry."

Both Izuku and Ochako shared a glance, feeling their faces soften at her confession - they certainly understood that particular mindset, after all. It was one that even Ochako had a hard time getting rid of, even years later when all of their old enemies were either dead or in prison. So, feeling a bit guilty about giving her the Pout, both of them moved forward to wrap their arms around Itsuka and draw her in, the orange-haired girl feeling herself smile softly as her husband and wife enveloped her in a hug.

"I get it," Ochako sighed, kissing her cheek, "I do get it, Suka - but we were worried, you know? I know you called every day, but we need to see you. Eri missed you too."

"Yeah," Izuku said softly, kissing her hair, "I know that it's hard - with One for All and everything, you think you have a responsibility - but it's like I've told you a hundred times before, you're supposed to lean on us. Not go off by yourself and take on all the big evil villains in Japan."

"I feel like I'm supposed to call you out on hypocrisy or something, but I don't exactly have the moral superiority to," Itsuka giggled, nuzzling against both their shoulders. "You're both right - I'm just being stupid. I swear, no more big evil bad guys unless you two are there with me to help. Honestly, I probably should've let you two help out in the first place - we took care of him in like five minutes, that's three weeks of my life I'm never getting back."

"I won't argue that," Ochako laughed, and together, the three began moving out of the alley, wrapping their arms around each other and breathing in the cold air. "So, now that Vortex is down for the count - now what?"

"Well, since he's off to Tartarus, and eventually back to America," Itsuka shrugged as they exited the alley, strolling down the pier towards the road, "I'm currently out of evil supervillains to hunt down and arrest. Guess it's back to doing patrols with you two, fighting muggers and helping with any crisis that comes our way."

"That's ..." Izuku raised an eyebrow, looking at the orange-haired woman as Ochako nuzzled her shoulder, "... not a complaint, is it?"

"Nope!" Itsuka grinned. "That's what I love doing. Chasing Vortex ... god, it's taken years off my life. I'll be more than happy to get back to some form of normality."

"Normality, huh ..." Izuku sighed, feeling a soft smile grace his face as they walked towards the city to get on with their day - and then he heard his phone go off in his pocket again.

Both Itsuka and Ochako fixed him with looks as he pulled it out of his pocket ("He's going to short that thing out with his quirk one day, I swear to god," Ochako muttered), and checked the caller - and let out a small noise.

"Oh! Oh, man," he shook his head, and glanced apologetically at his wives. "It's Mom. I should probably take this."

Both Itsuka and Ochako brightened up at the mention of their mother-in-law, and nodded as Izuku answered the call and brought the phone to his ear.

"Hey, Mom!"

"..."

"Port of Tokyo? Yeah, that was us - Suka chased one of her leads there, she asked us to come and help her take care of it."

"..."

"Yeah, we're fine! No injuries - well, Ochako got thrown around some, but she's okay, we double checked her all over."

"..."

"Yep, she's not going anywhere, Itsuka's back. She's already got her scolding."

"Hi, Mom!" Itsuka called, giggling when she heard Inko calling out greetings as well.

"Yeah, she's okay. We were about to -"

"..."

"Oh, yeah, dinner tomorrow night would be great! If you want, we can invite -"

"..."

"Yeah, that was who I was thinking too. Okay, so I guess we'll see you then!"

"..."

"Yep, I'll give the girls your love. See you tomorrow night, Mom."

"..."

"Love you too. Bye!"

With that, Izuku ended the phone call, turning back to his wives with a large grin.

"Mom wants to have dinner tomorrow night. I don't think we mind hosting?"

"Not at all!" Ochako cheered. "I can't wait."

"Yeah, I thought I'd offer - Eri'll be grounded anyway, it's not like she can slink away to hang out with Mahoro and Satsuki."

"Huh?" Itsuka blinked. "What'd she do now?"

"Oh yeah, I caught her at a villain sighting this morning. Away from school."

"Oh, my god. Pretty soon no one's going to ask if she's adopted, because she's going to give us grey hair to match hers. I need coffee."

"We'll stop by Sato's," Ochako nodded happily, "then we can go home so Izu can have his nap."

"Huh?" Izuku blinked, looking around. "A nap?"

"Deku, you slept in the office. On that uncomfortable couch, probably. You need to sleep on an actual bed."

"Wait, what? Why was Izu sleeping in the office?"

"Oh, Bakugou dragged him around all night to catch a villain. He went to bed at, like - four."

"And you guys say I'm a workaholic."


Several hours later, as the sun set in the Tokyo skyline, they heard the front door quietly squeak open.

Izuku, Ochako and Itsuka blinked, glancing around at the sound of the door quietly opening, and hearing hushed voices as it gently closed. They were seated at the kitchen table, two boxes of pizza on the counter, and had been enjoying sitting down and talking a bit about what Izuku and Ochako had been doing for the last three weeks when they heard the sound of their front door opening, and then the sound of their daughter whispering.

"Okay," she said in a quiet voice, "the light's on, so just go right upstairs and I'll be right there. Hopefully it's just Dad home, so we can -"

"Not just Dad," Ochako called in her 'mom' voice, and all three of them smiled when they heard Eri squeak. "How about you come here for a sec, Eri? And Kota and Katsuma too, since I'm pretty sure that's who you're trying to sneak in."

There was a small silence in the home, with the three adults hearing a low grumble, before Eri walked into the kitchen, pouting and scratching her cheek as she put down her backpack, Katsuma and Izumi following her in while wincing themselves at Izuku and Ochako giving them small waves. However, Eri's pout didn't last for long when she spotted Itsuka sitting at the table, wrapped up in a blanket with her cup of black coffee and smiling at her, making Eri's jaw drop briefly before a wide smile replaced it.

"Mom!" She squealed, running over to embrace her mother, while Itsuka laughed and wrapped her own arms around Eri and hugged back just as tightly. Both Izuku and Ochako watched with smiles as the two hugged, while Izumi rolled his eyes and Katsuma teared up at the heartwarming reunion. "Mom, you big jerk! You don't leave for three weeks and -!"

"Not come home," Itsuka giggled, shaking her head, "I already heard it from your mom and dad. Consider me scolded."

Eri only squeezed a bit tighter before finally letting go and moving back a bit, blinking tears out of her eyes while Itsuka kissed her horn. While they hugged again, Izuku pointed out the second box of pizza to the three teenagers, mentioning that he figured that they would be around tonight anyway, and soon everyone was sitting at the table, eating in and laughing as Izuku and Ochako chatted with their daughter's friends, Eri taking a few minutes to cuddle with Itsuka.

"So you guys were running late this morning?" Izuku asked, wrinkling his brow in concern. "I told you guys - six laps in the morning, and no more after that."

"We know," Izumi sighed, shaking his head and grumping, "but the entrance exam is in two months. Eri figured one more wouldn't hurt, and ... I'll be real, I thought so too, that's why I ended up agreeing."

"We ended up getting detention," Katsuma slumped his shoulders, pouting. "Mahoro texted me that I'm grounded forever."

"I'll have Kacchan talk to Mahoro," Izuku chuckled good naturedly, "I'm not sure if you guys were aware of this, but she wasn't the perfect student herself when he was training her for the entrance exam. Plus, since she's his intern she can't exactly talk back. Anyway - I'm sorry, you guys, I should've been there this morning to watch you. I ended up getting distracted by a villain late last night, I was napping in the office. And don't worry - I'll head out to the beach with you guys tomorrow since it's your day off. The entrance exam is in two months, that's plenty of time to get you guys ready.

"But speaking of this morning," Ochako suddenly said, making Eri freeze when she heard the coldness in her mom's voice, "Deku said that he caught you three watching villains instead of going to school."

"... uh." Eri gulped, slowly moving back from Itsuka while her orange-haired mom gave her a skeptical look. "That - that has an explanation."

"Well, I'll be happy to hear it." Ochako smirked.

"Uh - I, um -" Eri gulped, glancing at her friends and feeling betrayed when they suddenly focused on their pizza as though it were a complicated math equation they needed to memorize, leaving her to the mercy of her parents. "- uh - Dad did it as a kid and he's a terrible role model?"

"Your dad was also stupid for doing it as a kid," Ochako shook her head, "and I had to drag him away from all of them. That doesn't mean you get to be stupid too, Eri. Just because your dad jumped off bridges, doesn't mean you get to."

"Wait -" Katsuma's eyes widened, "- did you jump off bridges, Deku?"

"It was one time," Izuku sighed, shaking his head while pouting, "and she's never let it go."

"Anyway," Itsuka rolled her eyes while Ochako stuck her tongue out at her husband, "I'm with Chako. Last time this happened, you ran into a gunfight with Aunt Momo and Aunt Mina. I thought Momo of all people yelling at you would've been enough, but apparently not. This means I'm leaving you to your mom's mercy."

"I, uh -" Eri chuckled nervously, going a bit red while Izumi and Katsuma glanced between each other, Izumi smirking and Katsuma gulping, "you, uh - you guys wouldn't wanna ruin a good night now that Mom is back? Right? Mom? Dad?"

"You're talking like I've never scolded you," Itsuka snorted, leaning back in her seat while Izuku and Ochako's smiles got colder. "I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy the show for once."

"Uh - uh - uh - b-but Kota and Kats are here! You can't scold me in front of them!"

"Kota, Katsuma?" Ochako asked sweetly, "Can you two please cover your ears? We have to shout at our daughter."

"I mean," Itsuka smirked, "as fun as it would be to hear you shout at her, we could punish her in a different way."

"Hm? What do you have in mind?" Ochako looked around while Eri went paler and paler - her moms teaming up only spelt bad news, with Izuku also trying to suppress a snort as he sat back and enjoyed the show.

"We could tell her our plans for tonight, after she goes to bed."

For a moment, Eri stared in confusion between her moms, their grins widening as they turned to look at their daughter, and Izuku let out a small 'oof' as he stood up to gather the dishes, giving an apologetic look to Izumi and Katsuma as they looked confused - but then Eri got it. Her red eyes widened and a look of complete and utter horror spread across her face as she suddenly sat up.

"N-no," She muttered, shaking her head rapidly, "n-no, don't - don't talk about that -"

"Why not?" Itsuka asked in a dramatic voice, flopping in her seat and holding her mug close to her chest. "It's been three weeks since I've seen my husband and my wife - several cold, lonely nights …"

"Shut up! Please, shut up!"

"Not being able to be held … or cuddled … or kissed ... " Itsuka continued to pout, unable to stop her small grin as she glanced at her panicking daughter, "... why shouldn't I have a night with them? Or talk about it, Eri? It's not like -"

"You're my parents! You don't talk about - about -"

"About what, Eri?" Ochako joined in, enjoying this punishment even more than the one she had planned as Eri grabbed two fistfuls of her hair while Katsuma and Kota finally caught on, going red and very quickly covering their ears. "Why shouldn't we talk about what we're going to do once you go to bed tonight? I thought you were a big girl, going up against several big time villains, you of all people should know that we -"

"No! No, no, no, no, no!" Eri groaned, covering her ears and falling to her knees while the boys behind her went redder. "Please stop talking about s - about s - se - you know!"

"Hm?" Ochako sipped on her drink, grinning widely. "What's that? Are you telling us not to talk about our sex lives, Eri?"

"Nooooo!" Eri whined. "Please! I'll never look at another villain again, please just shut up!"

The adults finally allowed themselves to laugh at Eri hitting her head against the table, and relented in teasing tehir daughter, with the added bonus of grounding her, which their daughter agreed to immediately it meant that her moms would shut up about having sex.

After that, as Izuku put their cutlery and plates in the sink, everyone had a good time talking about their days, with Izuku and Ochako unable to stop themselves from laughing about Katsuma getting smacked upside the head by Tsuyu's younger sister. Eventually, though, it was about time that Izumi and Katsuma went home before the buses stopped running, although Izuku and Itsuka did offer them alternative means of transportation.

"Guys, I can always fly you home, it's not a big -"

"No thanks," Izumi shook his head at Itsuka's offer, shuddering, "no need to puke up my dinner like last time, I'm good."

"Thank you for your offers," Katsuma gave both Izuku and Itsuka a small bow, "but you guys are already in your pajamas, we wouldn't want to make you get dressed again just to drop us off across the city."

Itsuka pouted at that, but shook her head and sighed. "Fine. But I'm still going to hug you guys."

"Oh, no, I - ooph!"

"Let go of me, Itsuka!" Izumi struggled in her tight grasp, going a bit red as Itsuka hugged both boys at the same time and found themselves unable to get out due to how freakishly strong she was, while Eri and Ochako giggled behind them.

"Kota's in his 'girls suck' phase," Eri teased, "never mind him."

"Shut up, Eri, girls don't suck. It's just you that sucks."

With that, the three teenagers disappeared out the door and into the night, Eri wanting to talk to the two boys about their plans tomorrow after training before they walked off to their bus stops. Itsuka chuckled as they walked down the snowy driveway towards the sidewalk, and closed the front door to prevent the cold wintery air from entering the home. She let out a small yawn as she stretched her arms above her head.

"I don't know about you two," She stretched, "and it was fun to poke fun at Eri, but I don't think I'm up to half of what we were suggesting tonight. How about we pop in a movie aaaand ..."

She trailed off, of course, because the moment she entered the kitchen she caught sight of her husband and wife standing at the window, against the wall so that they could hide out of sight. She blinked when she saw how anxious and excited they looked, as though they were waiting for whoever was going to be nominated for number one hero (even though that hadn't been a thing in a long time), and Izuku was slowly raising a hand to his lower lip to tug at it, making it clear that he was on the verge of mutter mode.

"Uh ..." Itsuka wrinkled her brow. "What're you doing?"

"Shh!" Izuku and Ochako shushed her, continuing to stare out the window. Itsuka let out a tired groan at their evasiveness, and moved forwards so she could take a peek, leaning a bit above Ochako and tickling her with her ponytail as she peeked out the window.

They watched as Eri, Izumi and Katsuma stopped underneath the light of the street lamp, obviously about to part ways. Izumi's face had turned weirdly blank, a bit redder than the cold air would've permitted, and Katsuma seemed nervous for some reason.

"So … what's going on?"

"Just - shush for a second," Ochako quietly said to her, staring intently at the trio as Eri talked to them about something.

"Wait for it," Izuku muttered, looking extremely nervous, "wait for it …"

And then, just as Itsuka was about to ask again, Eri suddenly leaned over and gave Kota a kiss to the lips. Ituska's eyes blew open, mouth dropping at her little girl suddenly kissing a guy out of nowhere, and let out a small sputter.

"Wha - since when were they -?!"

"Shhh!" Ochako shushed her again, continuing to stare intensely as Kota backed up with a blush on his cheeks.

"Okay," Izuku muttered, looking about five seconds from freaking out himself as his gaze slowly moved towards the other smaller boy, "that was Kota. And now …"

For another few seconds, they looked as Eri addressed Katsuma, who was also a bit red and muttering something - and then Eri leaned in to kiss him as well.

Inside, the two adults leapt back from their hiding spot at the window to freak out while Itsuka's jaw hit the ground, grabbing at the wall and pressing her face against the window in utter shock.

"I knew it!" Ochako pumped her fists in the air as she danced around the kitchen. "I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!"

"They're all dating," Izuku slowly realized, collapsing into his seat at the table with a look of shock and horror on his face, "our daughter has two boyfriends."

"I knew it!"

"That's - oh my god, now Kota and Katsuma are kissing," Itsuka groaned lowly, slumping down against the window and staring out the window in shock. "Since when was this a thing?! What did I miss while I was gone?!"

"I saw her kiss Kota last week," Izuku said blankly, staring at the kitchen table, "and - and then Ochako caught her kissing Katsuma a few days ago. We - we thought that -"

"Oh, god, we're terrible influences on our daughter." Itsuka muttered, moving to the table and slumping on Izuku. "She sees us being lovey dovey with each other all the time, and - that must have meant that she had no problem - no problem just -"

"Guys!" Ochako hopped up and down, much happier than her partners as they quietly held each other while she celebrated, "This is great! Oh, I gotta text the girls, they're going to freak out!"

"Oh, god, now we gotta give her the talk," Itsuka bemoaned, "times fucking two! She's got two boyfriends, that's even worse than us, at least we were too busy with villains to -"

The sound of the front door opening up again, however, was what shook everyone out of their funk, realizing that Eri probably wouldn't take it very well if she found out they were snooping on her. The white-haired girl entered the kitchen once again, her cheeks a bit red but a large smile on her face, and looked up to see Izuku innocently whistling while sitting at the table and reading one of his journals, Itsuka scrubbing at their plates with so much aggression it was like they did something to offend her, and Ochako was staring at her phone with a strange intensity.

"... what?" Eri asked, immediately crossing her arms and glaring at them with suspicion.

"Nothing!" All three of her parents squeaked.

Thankfully, they managed to distract Eri from her suspicions by asking her to dry the dishes with Itsuka, leading to them finally quieting down for the evening. While they washed the dishes, Ochako and Itsuka apologized for embarrassing Eri in front of her friends, but made sure to emphasize how important it was that Eri didn't get hurt before she even applied for UA. The horned girl did understand, and hugged both of her moms while Izuku sat back in his seat and blinked tears out of his eyes, ever the crybaby even into adulthood.

Once the dishes were finished, Izuku suggested a little movie night to celebrate Itsuka coming home, which was happily approved by all three ladies of the house as they didn't need to get to the beach until late tomorrow morning, so Eri could stay up a little bit. Once the girls were comfortable on the couch with their bowls of popcorn and a large blanket wrapped around them, Izuku returned from the kitchen, turning off the light to cast them into darkness as he turned on their large screen TV -

- and then a sudden bolt of pain shot through his leg, making him gasp as he stumbled a bit and grabbed the chair beside the couch to steady himself.

"Deku?" Ochako quickly looked around, eyes widening when she saw him reach down to grab his leg with a grimace. "Are you okay?!"

"I - yeah, I'm okay, just - ow," Izuku hissed, glancing down at his leg in confusion - until he suddenly blinked, and then let out a small smile as a sheepish grin came to his face.

"Izuku?" Itsuka asked in a worried voice as Eri also sat up. "What is it?"

"I, uh - I think I overdid it this morning while chasing those villains," He chuckled, going a bit red while Ochako gave him a pointed look. "I think I put too much juice into my legs when I was jumping off buildings. Sorry, guys."

"It's okay," Ochako said, although she still looked a bit worried, which prompted him to give her a soft smile.

"Ocha," he said in a quiet voice, "I'm okay. Honestly. I just overdid it a little bit."

Ochako looked up into his face, as though trying to see if he was lying - but once she saw the open honestly on his face, she let out a small sigh and smiled at him.

"Okay," she nodded, "but you're cuddling with us on the couch, mister, with your foot up on the table. No complaints."

"I wouldn't even if I wanted to," Izuku chuckled, and moved around so that he could sit down. Eri was quick to hop off the couch, letting Izuku take her spot, and sat in between his legs as he stretched his leg onto the coffee table. He felt himself smile and lowered his hand to pat his daughter's hair, and they started up the movie as Ochako and Itsuka cuddled into his sides, both of them taking his hands and slowly closing their eyes as they started watching their movie to relax for the evening.

Eventually, the pain faded from his leg, but Izuku felt his smile fade as he looked back down at it, feeling himself start to frown. He hadn't even realized that he had overdone it this morning - it had probably been when the one speedster twin nearly ran over that mother and her child. He had acted without thinking, moving as fast as he could to get them out of the way in time before they got trampled.

Still, he couldn't help but pout at himself. It had been a long time since his quirk had hurt him.

A very, very long time ...


The playground was on fire. Rain poured down from the sky, soaking everyone. Children were screaming, their parents yelling for them to get away from him.

His hands were numb. Kacchan was laying on his back, a red, bloody wound on his chest from where he had been hit.

His mom was running to him from where she had been blasted away, her own arm having the same red wound as Kacchan's as she cried out for him, trying to make sure that he was okay. The brown haired girl that had just moved in a day ago stared at him in shock as though she couldn't even believe what she had seen, as her own parents knelt beside her to make sure that she was okay, and to instinctively shield her away from him.

And Izuku, on his knees, stared at his hands in horror at what he did, rain beating down on him and soaking him to the bone.

This power ... his quirk ...

... it was ...

... terrifying.