Melissa had been with them for over a day and had just gotten back from a meeting with her father at the school. Aizawa and Yamada were getting some paperwork figured out at the school, so she'd decided to go home before them. She let herself fall down onto the couch next to Izuku and did her best to keep her composure but seemed to be on the verge of tears.

Her brother looked at her after sitting in silence for a bit. "I take it the talk with All Might didn't go great?"

She shook her head and was about to respond when Shigaraki Tomura strode into the house without knocking. "Hey noobs."

Eri heard him coming in and ran over at top speed with a big smile. "Tomu!" She sprinted down the hall and came to a sudden stop, sliding across the floor for the last bit until she was right in front of him. She then thrust her arm up with her pinky out. Tomura acted annoyed, but there was a tiny smirk visible.

He wrapped his pinky around hers for a second before taking his hand back. "Alright, that's enough of that, Player 2."

Melissa just looked on in confusion from where she sat in the living room with Izuku. "Uh, what was that? And who is he?"

"Oh, that's my other half sibling, Tomura Shigaraki." She nodded trying to remember the ridiculous family tree Izuku had shown her the day before. "And what they were doing is called pinky hugs. Basically, Eri loves hugs and physical affection, but Tomura very much does not like being touched, so they compromise by only hugging with pinkies."

"Aw, that's actually super cute."

"Yeah, the two of them get along so well. But he hates almost everyone who isn't her. Eri's both adorable and they have matching trauma, so he's claimed her as his younger sister and Player 2."

Shigaraki finally paid attention to the two of them. "Who's the NPC?"

Eri answered for them, her smile big enough to melt any heart. "That's big sis Melissa."

"Looks like an NPC to me."

Eri whined in response. "Noooo, she's player four."

He raised an eyebrow. "How is she even your big sister? Did Eraserhead find another stray?"

She continued to pout, "Me and 'Zuku aren't strays."

"You absolutely are. Don't get all sad looking, you know I'm one too, we have the same origin story. Anyways, new girl, whatever your name is, why are you here?"

Melissa hesitantly waved at him. "Like she said, my name's Melissa, I'm Izuku's half-sister, and Eri claimed me as being sister too."

"Wait one damn second. Her dialogue has an american accent and her avatar has blonde hair and blue eyes. No way you come from the Midoriya half. You're All Might's, aren't you?"

She nodded. "Yeah, I just found out pretty recently."

"I'd cry too if he was my father. You should kill him." Eri joined in with an enthusiastic, "yeah, beat him up!"

She stared at him in shock. "That seems a bit extreme. I am upset, but I don't plan on hurting anyone."

Before Tomura had a chance to tell her how lame that was, Eri cut in. "What made you upset?"

"It's stupid. I shouldn't even be upset about it. We talked for maybe a minute or two before he decided he needed to go be a hero and save my dad, and he left. I have no idea where he went or if he even knows where he's going or how long he'll be gone."

Izuku nodded and patted her on the back. "Sounds like he pulled his signature move. Sorry you got hit by it."

She paused and looked at him with confusion. "Detroit Smash?"

"That's actually his second favorite move, his favorite move seems to always be 'Abandon my Family'. He uses it every chance he gets."

Melissa chuckled and wiped a few stray tears from her eyes. "This is really weird. I don't think I've ever met people who openly dislike All Might before. I feel like I shouldn't be upset though. Sure he left, but he left to save my dad, which is really good. If he can bring my dad home then it's all worth it."

Izuku gave her a soft smile. "It's okay to be angry at him even though he does other things right. And I agree that he had a really good reason, but in my experience, he'd have left even if there wasn't one. He could have been your father at any point in your life, but he prefers to keep his distance from people for the sake of being a hero."

As she continued to cry, Eri crawled up onto the couch and gave her a hug. "It's okay, my momma didn't want me either and gave me away."

She then seemed to have an idea before running off and coming back with a plate, an apple, and dragging a blanket behind her. She held up the plate of apples to Izuku expectantly.

He smiled down at her and took the plate, knowing exactly what she was asking for. He activated Mood Blade and Weapon Mastery, creating a light blue spectral pocket knife in his hand. With quick and precise movements he easily carved the apple into slices that were bunny shaped. He then took the core and ate it with Iron Stomach active, which always made Eri giggle.

As he was chopping up the apple with the shimmering blade, Eri wrapped Melissa in the blanket before running off again. This time she came back with Shoebox the cat in her arms, placing the orange tabby on her lap. She ran back and forth through the house until she'd manhandled all five cats onto or around Melissa's body. She then took the plate of apples back from Izuku and handed them to Melissa, who was bundled up and covered in affectionate cats.

"There you go. Now you can't be sad anymore. This is what my daddy and papa do whenever I get sad."

She gives the little girl a smile and laughs through her occasional tears. "Thank you Eri." While it was very comfortable, she didn't have the heart to explain that it didn't actually make her sadness and frustration go away.

"You're welcome! 'Zuku likes to cuddle with me and the cats too when he gets sad, but he'll turn into a chair first so they can all fit on his lap with me."

"A chair?"

Izuku pouted in response. "It's a quirk I have. And it's a perfectly normal reaction. Sometimes it's just more comfortable to be furniture instead of a person."

The teasing and joking continued for a few minutes before he thought of something. "Hey Tomura, why'd you come over anyways? I'm glad you did, but you don't really visit unless you have a reason."

The man scratched his neck for a moment in thought as if he'd also forgotten why he was there. "Oh yeah, I was going to kill you, but then I got distracted by All Might's spawn and I totally forgot that was the quest."

Melissa looked horrified at the answer but Izuku had grown accustomed to Tomura's antics. "Huh, well, did you change your mind? You're not exactly trying very hard."

"Meh, I'm not feeling it anymore, the moment's gone. Plus, you'd probably just take my quirk if I got close, jerk."

Eri grabbed Tomura's pant leg and looked up at him with big teary eyes. "Tomu, why do you wanna hurt big brother?"

"I asked Sensei, I mean dad, why he treated Izuku like he was his favorite." He threw his hands up in the air in frustration. "And then he just explained why Izuku was a better son and said it was to encourage me or some bullshit. I can't kill him since he's dad, so I figured I'd kill Izuku instead. He can't be the favorite anymore if he's dead and I can go back to being an only child."

"Wowzers, there's a lot to unpack there kiddo." They all turned to see Yamada and Aizawa standing in the doorway, both looking more than a bit concerned.

Izuku was already on the verge of tears, it didn't take much to make him, Eri, or Melissa cry. "That's so awful. Why would he say that to you? He's always so nice and understanding with me."

Shigaraki just gave a deadpan stare at him. "Because you're his favorite. Which is stupid because he only found out about you like a year ago. He took me in 15 years ago and only started calling me son when you told him it was weird that he didn't! You were supposed to be some stupid pet project but instead you stole him from me!"

He grabbed a nearby table in anger and glared at Aizawa when it didn't disintegrate. "You can and should be upset, but using Decay on the furniture is still against the rules. Go outside if you want to break things."

"Fine! Let's go, Player 2." Eri held onto the back of his shirt and happily followed right behind him as they went to the back yard.

Melissa looked over at him. "I see what you mean now when you were talking about there being a lot of family drama. It's like a soap opera in real time. Um, no offense."

"Oh, none taken. My family is ridiculous. We should head out there and join them, I'm worried about him. I can barely believe our dad would say something so mean."

From behind him, the two heroes were very silent but could absolutely believe that the supervillain was capable and willing to pick favorites among his children and not bother to hide it.

All six of them had gone outside with the two chaotic siblings, partially just to make sure nothing important was destroyed. Eri watched on as her big brother turned a stone to dust and then threw the remains at the ground. Tomura looked over at Melissa and scowled. "You've had to deal with stupid bullshit too, so come break shit."

"Oh, um, I don't have a destructive quirk like you guys do, or any quirk for that matter."

"So? What's that have to do with being able to break stuff? Player 3, make her something to break shit with, since apparently this noob doesn't know how to do it herself."

Izuku activated Bell, making a decent size bronze bell in his hands and grabbed a sturdy looking branch off the ground. With a quick touch of Overhaul, he made an ax and handed it to Melissa. "Sometimes it can be good to let off steam. Maybe not all the time, but I think it can be really cathartic on occasion."

She gave a halfhearted swing, causing the bronze ax to bounce harmlessly off a nearby stump.

"You really are a noob. I can't believe I have to teach you how to get angry. First, think about all the people and things that ever hurt you. Think about the pain you felt and remember exactly who caused it. Then, you take all those feelings and let them out on whatever is nearest. Show her how it's done, Player 2."

Melissa had another moment of confusion of how and why this small child would be showing her how to be violent. Eri went over to the weed-filled rectangle that was once an attempt at a garden and started hitting the dirt and grabbing at the plants.

"Stupid bird-face-people. Stupid Overhaul. Stupid curse. Stupid experiments. Stupid villains that hurt people. Stupid momma selling me and not wanting me and being a bad momma." Her horn had started to glow, and that glow quickly spread to the plants she was hitting. The brown and half dead plants suddenly became greener before shrinking down until the small garden plot was nothing but dirt with small stones for a border.

The glowing came to a stop and she stumbled over to Aizawa and held her arms up. "All done. I'm sleepy now."

He scooped her up in his arms and brought her inside so she could take a nap. Hizashi gave Melissa a thoughtful smile. "It might seem weird for us to be okay with encouraging her to get angry. But she spent a lot of her life not being allowed to show anger and going through things she has every right to be angry about. As long as the destruction stays safe and controlled, then it seems like a healthy way for her to cope and learn to accept and direct her emotions."