Stuck In the Middle

by MicroManaged417

This is an IzuJirou/DekuJirou pairing story. The idea behind it all is a song by Tai Verdes, and it's centered around the concept of two friends realizing the struggle of trying to be in a relationship after being friends. You can lose each other both romantically, and platonically if things do go wrong. But maybe the two will overcome the fear of losing one another.

31. SITM: Two Heroes

WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS SOME INSTANCES OF THE NSFW VARIETY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

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"I-Island?" Izuku questioned looking at the man as he peered back through the rear view mirror of his all black sedan. "You mean that super advanced moving island!? Of course I've heard about it!"

All Might smiled, "I expected nothing less of you, my boy! Always a diligent analyst."

"You mean total nerd?" Kyouka voiced through her phone's text-to-speech, causing the greenette to blush and pout rather angrily at her. She attempted to laugh, only for her throat to disagree entirely with her actions. The greenette beside her smirked rather smugly at that.

"That's karma. Besides, it's not like I'm the only one who's invested in it! Heroes from across the globe are excited, let alone the hero enthusiasts and scientists that are gonna be present!" The greenette exclaimed. He was about to go on one of his famous muttering fits before a jack pressed up against his lips to shush him.

"Well, it's good that you're well informed, Young Midoriya." All Might started, taking a turn down a street before continuing. "I just wanted to let you two know that I hoped to invite you there when I go. Since your summer break starts tomorrow I was hoping that I could have you two tag along to learn a thing or two, and meet an old friend of mine."

"WAIT YOU-" Izuku started, before pausing as Kyouka winced at the presence of a loud noise. Giving her an apologetic expression he continued; "Y-You want to take us to I-Island!? This sounds too good to be true!"

"Yes, well I thought it would be a good experience for the two of you as you may have business there in the future as pro heroes." The blonde explained, smiling as Izuku's eyes glistened with amazement while Kyouka just smiled at the fact that he was happy.

"It is a pretty cool opportunity, I think we should go." Kyouka conveyed through her text-to-speech once again. Izuku nodded in excitement before his expression changed to one of worry.

"Oh, but Kyouka isn't fully healed yet… I-I don't think it would be good for her to travel." He expressed, turning to face her with fear that she may harm herself even more if she went somewhere as crowded as I-Island.

"Well, you two are gonna go see Recovery Girl tomorrow to finish Young Jirou's treatment, correct?" All Might started, "Well, you two will need some formal clothing for an event late into the night. I've even heard rumors of a dance, so perhaps you two could attend and really wow the crowd!"

Izuku and Kyouka both blushed at the man's lighthearted teasing, though Kyouka wasn't entirely against the idea. "W-Well, I guess if that's the case we could go clothes shopping after visiting Recovery Girl and make a whole day out of it? Th-That is i-if we're allowed to go, and even then we don't even know when this event-"

"It's in two days, so you'll have tomorrow to prepare."

"-...W-Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt, right? A-Are you okay with going Kyouka? I-I know you probably don't want to see me nerding out the entire time." Izuku continued, glancing back towards her after All Might's interruption.

The purple haired girl cupped her chin as she thought it over. On the plus side she could see her boyfriend smiling and having a good time, but at the same time it would be pretty crowded and loud. Weighing her options she figured that the pros outweighed the cons, and nodded in agreement. Hell, a dance with her boyfriend, as cheesy as it seemed, sounded like a romantically perfect night to have together.

The two men smiled brightly before the car came to a halt, they had arrived at Jirou's place of residence. "Oh! We're here, Kyouka. I'll get out with her so we can explain everything to her parents."

"Alright, kid. You two be safe, and don't forget to get some clothes for your romantic dance!" He teased once more, causing the two's faces to heat up once more, turning to glare at him. Unfortunately after the two had exited the car he had already driven off and they couldn't give that old man a piece of their mind.

"Geez! Let's just go talk to your parents, I assume we should lead off with the injury?" Izuku questioned, receiving a nod from his temporarily mute girlfriend.

"I'm really hoping your dad doesn't freak…"

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"YOU LET MY DAUGHTER DESTROY HER VOCAL CHORDS!?" Kyoutoku shouted, reaching his hands out to strangle the greenette before being stunned by both women present, jacking him straight in his ears. "GAGH!"

"Geez, you never get tired of being loud and overprotective, do you?" Mika questioned, scowling down at her now twitching husband.

"I-It's one of my many great virtues!" He grumbled from the floor of the Jirou's living room, causing a vein to pop up on the youngest Jirou present. Izuku merely felt a bead of sweat roll down his forehead as he laughed awkwardly. It wasn't like he was almost choked out by his girlfriend's father, no definitely not.

"W-Well, we had separate exams, s-so I couldn't really oversee her. B-Besides, she did what she felt was best a-and ended up winning in true hero fashion! Sh-She was so cool!" Izuku stated, praising the now blushing purplette beside him. "Sh-She'll have to go see Recovery Girl tomorrow to finish up her treatment, b-but I'll go with her s-so you won't have to worry."

"Thank you for looking out for her, Midoriya. But I'm surprised you didn't have your fair share of injuries. The way Kyouka pins you, you seem to like getting hurt for the sake of others." Mika commented, placing a finger to her chin in reminiscence of her daughter ranting at one point about him being in the hospital after his encounter with the hero killer. Thank god Endeavor was there to save him.

Izuku shot a quick glance at Kyouka who looked away hastily in an attempt to avoid the subject entirely. That must have been before they talked about thing's, right? "W-Well, I was careful when fighting All Might-"

Kyoutoku shot up from the floor, both him and Mika staring at the greenette in shock. "YOU FOUGHT ALL MIGHT!? AND WON!?"

"W-Well, yeah. I-I had to pass the test, a-and with my teammate w-we were able to catch him off guard and handcuff him-"

Now Kyouka's interest was piqued. Izuku and Bakugou had successfully captured All Might!? Weights or not, the man was extremely powerful, and they were able to actually catch him off guard and handcuff him!? That was near impossible!

"Wh-Why are you guys looking at me l-like that..?" Izuku questioned, glancing between the three Jirou's as they stared at him in awe. Kyoutoku cleared his throat and brought himself to his feet as he turned to his daughter.

"Kyouka, remind me to never threaten this boy again."

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"W-Well, I should probably get home. I-I have to make sure my mom's alright with me going to I-Island as well, b-but thank you for having me as always mister and misses Jirou." Izuku said, putting on his red hightops as he went to exit the Jirou's home. The two would hum in confirmation before heading back into their living room, leaving Kyouka and Izuku alone before he had to leave for the day.

"I'll be seeing you tomorrow, Kyouka. Let's try and have some fun, yeah?" Izuku said, receiving a nod from his girlfriend before a deep blush set in on her face. A lone jack extended from her ear and tapped her lips to signify what she wanted before he departed.

Izuku blushed. "K-Kyo, your parents…" He protested, only causing the girl's brow to furrow in annoyance. "B-But-"

He couldn't even finish his sentence as Kyouka coiled her jacks around his neck and swiftly pulled him in for a kiss despite his protests. Sighing, the greenette kissed back before pulling away with a light blush dusting both of the teen's cheeks.

"Even while injured you're pretty cheeky, you know that?" Izuku commented, causing the girl to smirk rather smugly. "You're seriously spoiled."

Kyouka stuck out her tongue teasingly before kissing the greenette on the cheek to send him on his way. Rolling his viridian eyes, he smiled and exited her home. Now the only thing left on his agenda was getting his mom to agree to let him go on this trip…

"...She's totally gonna freak." Izuku mumbled to himself as he made his way home. His mom was never really a fan of Izuku going out on his own, but as he got older she allowed him to go out more and more, though to go on a trip with his girlfriend and a man regarded as the number one hero?

That may have been a bit of a stretch.

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"I don't see why you wouldn't be able to go, I think your teacher's right. It would be good for you to get the experience if this is really what you want to do with your life."

'THAT WAS SURPRISINGLY EASY!' Izuku shouted internally as he stared at his mom in shock. Why did she agree that easily!? "A-Are you sure? Not to seem like I don't want to go, but normally you'd be against this sort of thing, Mom…"

"Well, truthfully I think it would be good for you. Besides, it's not like you'd be unsupervised, you'd be with Jirou-san and the literal number one hero." She explained, ruffling her son's mound of curly hair gleefully. "Besides, seeing you excited about this reminds me too much of your father. Just promise me you won't get into any trouble on this trip, okay? Focus on the educational parts of this."

"Of course, mom! I wouldn't want to worry you too much." Izuku expressed, removing his mothers hand from his head with a smile on his freckled face. "Oh, and that reminds me! I-I have to go out with Kyouka and get some formal clothes. Th-There's apparently an event we're invited to, but we have to dress up."

"Oh, but what about-"

"I'm not wearing dad's old striped suit." Izuku interrupted, his mother feeling rather dejected at his immediate protest to her incomplete proposal.

"Oh, you're no fun! I think you'd look rather nice in it…"

"Just because I look like dad does not mean you can use me for nostalgia, Mom." Izuku berated jokingly, patting his mother on the back as her dejected expression made him feel rather guilty.

Inko sighed. "I suppose you're right though, you don't need to always be compared to him. I'll give you some money so you can really wow Jirou, I bet she'd love to see you in a suit!"

Izuku's face tinted with red for the umpteenth time of the day. "W-What? N-No, she wouldn't, i-it's just a suit."

"Oh poor Izuku… You'll never understand the appeal of a well dressed man. Though that should have been evident by your shoes." She teased, pointing over to his red hightops that were laid by the entrance to their apartment. Izuku frowned, though Inko only laughed at her son. "Oh, that reminds me! I got a call from Mitsuki today, and she told me the strangest thing."

Izuku tensed. Did Bakugou spill the beans about the exam between All Might? "O-Oh really..? W-What did she say?"

"She said that your little friend Kacchan had asked me how I was doing! It's been years since he even asked about us, I was so surprised!" She explained, looking up at the ceiling in thought as it truly was perplexing that he had even asked someone how they were doing.

"...H-Huh…" Izuku mumbled, the guilt from his exam today beginning to crawl back on his conscience. He practically assaulted Bakugou during that exam, although that wasn't what had bothered him. It was the fact that he had just done what Bakugou had done to him for years, and honestly… It had felt good, and that weighed on him.

Perhaps this trip would be the perfect getaway from it all.

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"Now remember, don't go shouting your lungs out! I won't help you if you do!" Recovery Girl instructed, waving her cane threateningly as some extra insurance to her statement. "You make sure your little girlfriend here doesn't hurt herself, and gets plenty of lozenges if she needs them."

The two teens blushed and nodded in confirmation. "R-Right, I'll try not to go crazy or anything. Thanks again, Recovery Girl."

"Don't mention it, Dearie. Just don't make it a regular occurrence like this one." She stated, pointing to Izuku rather crankily with her cane. The greenette rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly as Kyouka pointed and laughed at him after being called out by the granny in front of them.

"Wouldn't dream of it." She stated, clearing her throat before rising to her feet. "We should probably get to the station so we can get that formal wear, right?"

Izuku nodded, quickly pulling out a cough drop from his pocket before handing it to the purplette. "Yeah, l-let's get going. See you after summer break, Recovery Girl!"

The woman nodded and waved as the two left, watching with a smile on her face as Kyouka took the cough drop from Izuku with an appreciative smile. Seeing the two of them interacting was always a breath of fresh air, though perhaps she could account that to a single factor.

"Ah, young love."

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"So what are you thinking of wearing?" Kyouka questioned, leaning her head onto the greenettes shoulder as they rode the train. She still had her small cough drop soothing her rather sore throat, but talking wasn't as straining or painful as it had the day prior. Recovery Girl really did work miracles, and they were glad she was such a useful asset to hero society.

"I'm not sure. My mom wanted me to wear one of my dad's old suits, but I turned that down real quick." Izuku informed, reminiscing about the night prior with his mother. "I'll have to just look around the store and see if there's anything I like. What about you?"

"Well, I'm not really used to dressing fancy at all, so I guess just a simple dress? I doubt anything would look good on me though." Kyouka responded, causing the greenette's brow to furrow in annoyance. He lightly chopped her on the head as he pouted.

"Stop saying that, that's my girlfriend you're talking about." He practically demanded, though it was rather joking… For the most part. "If you really don't know then I'll help you pick something out, but I bet anything you wore would look amazing on you."

Kyouka playfully rolled her eyes, "You're only saying that because you're a total sap. I just don't think any of these 'form fitting' clothes would work for me. I'm petite, remember?"

"Tsu's literally shorter-" Izuku contested before being interrupted by Kyouka.

"Tsu has a hunch back, I don't want to hear it. Plus I'm talking about my body in general, not my height. I-I'm not really made to show anything off…" Kyouka admitted, looking down at her lap out of a mixture of shame and embarrassment.

Izuku stared at her with concern in his heart. Her own insecurities really pulled her away from truly seeing just how beautiful she really was, and it hurt to see her always battling those kinds of inner thoughts. But Izuku would not falter; he couldn't just stop short and leave her like this.

"Kyouka, that's not true. You know that's not true… You're like a vibrant lavender, a patch of beauty in an otherwise bland field, and there's so much more to you compared to anything else around you." Izuku started, interlocking his fingers with her as she glanced up at him from her place resting on his shoulder.

"Just by being yourself you brighten up my world, and I don't know if I'd be here now without you. E-Embarrassingly enough I-I had even thought you were gorgeous before we started talking in middle school. You were like a gem in the bland, yet rough rocks being thrown at me everyday… You're stunning, Kyo. In every sense of the word. I couldn't help but stare at you in amazement even if you tried to push me away from doing so." He continued, finally turning to face her with a strange light in his eyes. It was, cheesily enough, the light of his love, though Kyouka couldn't exactly read it.

The train had finally come to a halt. They had arrived at their destination and as the couple exited the station Kyouka could feel the heat rising to her face. How was he so sickeningly sweet!?

"...How do you do that..?" Kyouka questioned, her tone becoming quiet as she hid her eyes in her bangs.

Izuku quirked a brow, "Do what?"

"Just… Always know what to say, o-or how to make me feel better?" The purplette questioned, her red face becoming apparent to Izuku. The greenette smiled, interlocking their fingers once more as they walked down the street to their destination.

"Y-You ask me that a lot, a-and the answer never changes." Izuku started, lightly gripping onto her hand as she continued to spazz out due to embarrassment. "I-I just speak my truth. It really is j-just how I feel about you, Kyouka. Honest."

Kyouka went to argue, though came up short in anything she could use to refute his claim. "You win this time."

"Win what?"

"None of your business! You're an evil sweetheart!" She shouted, pointing her jacks threateningly at the green haired victim-to-be beside her. Her throat however didn't agree with her actions and she ended up having to cough a tad violently.

"H-Hey! What does that even mean!? I-Is it a bad thing or-" Izuku started, preparing another cough drop for her before a jack struck him right in his eye. How could Izuku have forgotten, his girlfriend's embarrassment was volatile.

"I said none of your business!"

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"Did you really have to hit me in the eye? I have to see to pick out these clothes, y'know." Izuku commented, shuffling through the rack of dress shirts that sat in front of him. Kyouka stuck out her tongue playfully as she picked out a black shirt in the greenettes size.

"Eat shit, cabbage patch." She retorted, nudging her boyfriend's side teasingly before holding the shirt out in front of his torso to size him up. "You know if anything good came out of that mall trip a while back, it's that you look real good in black."

"So you admit you were checking me out back then?" Izuku teased, though Kyouka didn't falter and practically shoved the shirt into the greenettes arms.

"Never denied it, you looked really hot in black leather. Honestly when you were dressed like that I thought an undercut would've made it ten times better." Kyouka countered, smirking as Izuku attempted to sputter out a response, his face heating up as he couldn't piece his words together. "You're even cuter when you sutter."

"I'm leaving to find clothes now!" Izuku shouted out, his embarrassment brimming over the boiling point. Kyouka giggled at her boyfriend awkwardly stomping away before she opted to glance around the store for a dress.

"Guess I should at least try to find something… I still doubt I'll find something that suits me though." The purple haired girl mumbled to herself, making her way towards a row of dresses that hung idly. Most of these dresses would seem way too… Not her style. Everything was either in overly bright colors, or they were rather… Questionable for a girl to wear. At least in her eyes.

"Excuse me, miss?" A voice called from behind her. Turning around it was revealed to be one of the store assistants. "Do you need some help finding anything?"

Under normal circumstances she would refuse help like this when offered, but sitting here trying to search through these kinds of dresses by herself was going to be a complete pain. "A-Actually… Yeah. I'm really trying to find a dress that suits me because I'm going somewhere a bit formal with my boyfriend."

The female assistant smiled, "Ah, so he was your boyfriend. I saw that green haired boy enter with you." The woman commented, pointing to Izuku who was now holding up a white waistcoat for him to inspect. "I assume you want something to really impress him, right?"

Kyouka blushed, "U-Uh, yeah. S-Something like that. I-It's just hard to find something that looks good on me."

"Oh please, I doubt that. With your slim figure I bet something that accentuated your legs would really wow your boyfriend. I think we have a few selections of dresses that aren't…" She paused, gesturing to the array of dresses in front of the two of them. "These. Honestly I don't like them either."

"They're either too girly, or too… Revealing." Kyouka added, the two women sharing a laugh before the assistant gestured for Kyouka to follow her.

"Come with me, I think I have the perfect dress to impress him. I'm sure you'll love it." The assistant informed, leading Kyouka away. Izuku watched the two women wander off, and although it had interested him to see what she would be up to, he had to try on this suit that he picked out.

'I wonder what she's going to get…' He thinks to himself before stepping into the changing room with the clothes he had picked out draped over his arm. He made quick work of getting the suit on, and looked himself over in the mirror.

The greenette was adorned in a three piece suit, with a white blazer, waistcoat, and dress pants. Underneath he was wearing the black dress shirt that Kyouka had picked out for him, and his white tie shimmered with a viridian paisley pattern. Despite his normal issues with his appearance, he honestly thought he looked rather nice. Aside from his rather plain face and messy hair- He really thought about styling it before the event at I-Island.

"I guess I should get Kyouka's opinion…" Izuku mumbled to himself, stepping out of the changing room before being met with Kyouka, dress in hand, and with a very red face.

The assistant beside her put a hand to her mouth as she laughed rather teasingly, "Oh my~, he cleans up nice. I'm a little jealous." She stated before holding a tissue out to the purplette beside her. "Your nose is bleeding, Miss."

Kyouka's face flushed as she took the tissue from the assistant, "A-Ah, sorry! Y-You look really good, Izuku. I was just a little shocked."

"O-Oh, d-do I? I-I was worried with my messy hair it wouldn't look all that good." He replied, looking himself over once more in a nearby mirror. The suit had really made him look surprisingly handsome despite his rather boyish features, in Kirishima's terms he looked "Manly".

"Yeah, but your hair…" She mumbles, reaching out and ruffling his already messy bush of hair. "It suits you. Keeps you looking pretty cute."

Izuku blushed, "I really wish you wouldn't call me that…"

"You gonna stop being cute?"

"...I don't even do anythi-"

"There's your answer. Now out of the way, I've got to try this on." Kyouka intercepted, attempting to shove the greenette out of the way. Izuku held out a hand to stop her and looked down at the dress in her hands.

"Can't I see it?" He questioned before the store assistant had stepped in to give Kyouka the opportunity to enter the changing room.

"Not until she puts it on. We had her pick out the perfect dress, wouldn't it be a waste to not see her with it on first?" She questioned as Kyouka slipped into the changing room. Izuku frowns but relents himself to sit over on the bench nearby.

"Yeah, alright. Don't take up too much time though, Kyouka. I still have to change back into my clothes." He informs, taking a deep breath as he leaned back on the bench.

The greenette laid in wait, glancing around at the store and it's patrons as he continued to wait for his girlfriend to come out of the changing room and reveal her dress to him.

He was beginning to grow antsy, impatient even as he fantasized about what kind of dress she could have been wearing. He was anticipating that she would come out looking like a goddess and he knew that he wouldn't be able to handle that.

Izuku then heard shuffling in the changing room and his heartbeat began to spike. Was she about to come out? He wasn't sure if he could handle seeing her in a dress, he could hardly even handle seeing her in her normal clothes, what made him think this was a good idea!?

Suddenly the curtain to the changing room opened and out stepped his purple haired lover. Izuku could feel his heart stop and he swiftly rose to his feet as his eyes widened in awe, his jaw hanging agape. He could have sworn he was seeing an angel, and his eyes were sending the signal to his brain that he was on cloud nine.

Izuku stared with a deep blush on his face, "Kyouka… You look…"

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Somewhere in California, the day seemed normal. Almost abnormally peaceful as birds soared through the sky and civilians came and went across the streets on American soil. It truly was a day like any other, and as such there would always be your run of the mill-

"VILLAIN!" A voice rang out as an explosion erupted from a bank near a main street filled with many innocent civilians. Through the massive smoke a massive six armed, sharp-toothed, pale teal skin colored villain came bursting forth. Riding him was a normal human sized male with a red skintight suit that covered his face, a long pointy nose, and bags of cash behind him.

"A villain! RUN!" Civilians shouted, dashing for safety as the behemoth of a man charged through the street, disregarding anyone's safety if they dare get in it's way. Not even the cars were safe.

"I'll be taking this money free of charge! This heist was just way too easy!" The lankier blonde haired villain exclaimed, laughing maniacally in pride as the duo made their escape with their racks of cash filled in bags.

"Bro! The cops!" The massive six-armed man informed, looking forward as a large amount of cop cars piled in to create a traffic stop in order to force the villains to halt.

Suddenly two American heroes, Cow Lady and Electoplant appeared from the rooftops, readying themselves to defeat said villains. "Stop right there, villains!"

Electoplant began to surplus Electricity through his body before discharging it straight towards the two men, turning to his partner as he did so. "End it, Cow Lady!"

Rushing towards the villains she transformed into her cow form, preparing herself to strike the men with a devastating punch. "Come quietly you two!"

"Like hell we will!" The blonde man exclaimed, shifting his arms into rocket launchers before firing off a round of missiles at will. Seemed to be the explanation for that explosion prior, his quirk was powerful.

The missiles flew towards the heroes, blasting them back before the remaining barrage struck the blockade of the police. Already there were many lives at stake and these two villains were going to cause an uproar, though situations like this seemed to be a normal occurrence.

Leaping from the side of a building past the wreckage of cars the two brothers continued on their warpath, thrashing cars aside and continuing to play as though they were above everything. That they were the ones in control.

As the two descended towards the ground, a family of three braced themselves to be smashed to bits along with their car as the villains began to fall closer and closer to them, but before they could get any further a man leapt into action, activating his quirk as he flew fist first into the behemoth's abdomen, launching him and his blond haired brother back quit a few ways away.

"It'll be alright… Why?" He questioned, pausing as his blue letterman blew along with the blowback wind from his punch, turning to the family behind him with a smile as the fire from the police car wreckage flared up behind him. "BECAUSE I AM HERE!"

"Who the hell-"

The blond haired hero turned back to face the villains with a confident smile on his face, cutting him off before he could even finish his sentence. "Just a hero from Japan who happened to pass by!"

"Then I'll just have to be the one to send you back home..." The ash blonde villain started, transforming his arms into the same cannons from before firing off another barrage of missiles towards the Japanese hero. "IN A COFFIN!"

The Japanese hero smirked, crossing his arms as the missiles neared him. As they reached a certain distance from him the man swiftly and precisely flung his arms forward, creating a strong enough gust of wind to change the direction of the missiles until they collided together, creating a massive explosion behind him.

His power was immense and as he smiled with pride at his display of power he turned his attention back to the villains before him, "And you said you were going to send me home in a-"

Whipping his head forward, the hero's jaw dropped as the villains were now making a break for it after his display of strength. There was no way in hell that they were going to let some hero catch them, not after one of their greatest heists yet!

"Damn you two are fast! Get back here!" The blond man shouted, watching as the two villains made their escape, jumping from rooftop to rooftop so they could gain some distance between them and that strangely powerful Japanese hero before landing back onto the roads beneath them.

Suddenly a bright red, super advanced formula one looking vehicle launched past the wreckage of cars, pulling up beside the Blonde hero. "You're getting ahead of yourself, Toshi! Slow down, man!" The brunette driver scolded.

The man now revealed to be Toshi only pointed at the escaping villains, "Sorry, Dave, but those villains are getting away! Follow after them!"

Dave sighed, "Your body moves before you think, as usual! Hold on!" He instructed before deploying a screen and activating something from the steering wheel of the vehicle before blasting off after the now escaping villains.

The car continued to speed down the street as Dave deployed drones to lock onto the villains location, barrelling after them at top speeds. "I've got a lock on them, get ready, Toshi!"

The monster sized villain turned around as it noticed that the advanced vehicle was chasing after them, "Hey! A car is following us, I think it's that hero!"

Turning around the ash blond man riding the monstrous villain beneath him confirmed that yes, in fact, there were heroes chasing after him and his brother.

"Damn heroes! Why don't you buzz off already!?" The man exclaimed, firing off a round of rockets from his arm as Dave and Toshi trailed behind them. Nearby civilians screamed in terror as the missiles sped past them, but Dave had accounted for such an occasion as he activated a device on his vehicle.

From the side of the car a missile of their own fired out, though as it exploded it was revealed to contain a special concoction of explosive resistant bubbles, and made quick work of nullifying the fired explosives, encasing them inside of said bubbles.

"What the hell!? What is with you persistent heroes!" The villain exclaimed, slamming his fist down onto his brother who had seemingly tanked the hit as if it were nothing. David checked his watch as they continued to chase after the villains, the duo were running out of time.

"Toshi, I don't mean to alarm you, but we're going to be late for class! Better make this quick!" Dave exclaimed, nodding to his companion as if giving him the go ahead to truly fuck some shit up. Toshi smirked.

"I'm on it!" He exclaimed before he leapt onto the hood of the vehicle, launching himself into the air after the villains as they had begun to move onto the rooftops once more.

"You just don't give up, do you!?" The villain clad in a red skintight suit exclaimed, pointing the barrels of his cannon arms at the now airborne Toshi and firing.

"Detroit…" All Might started, winding his arm back as he readied himself to throw a rather devastating punch in order to deflect the missiles once again. "SMAAAASH!"

Once more the wind force from the man's punch had knocked the villain's attack away, forcing them to crash into one another, and as a massive tuft of smoke formed he leapt through it, flying past a villain as he dived towards the now descending villains.

What Toshi didn't expect was for the villain to have anticipated his pursuit. He had fired off three more missiles, all on a pathway for Toshi, and he had no time to distance himself from the missiles, he just had to deflect them as is!

Throwing out another Detroit smash the missiles deflected and collided into one another once again, engulfing the blonde in a mass of flames as he curled himself into a ball in order to protect his flesh from the explosion.

The villains smiled triumphantly before their expressions changed to ones of fear as Toshi rose from the smoke now clad in his hero costume as his clothes had burned to ash. And he was back with a vengeance. (That was his favorite jacket after all).

'I'll end it with a move named after your home state, Dave!' All Might thought as he flipped around in the air, gaining torque for his fist as he reeled it back.

"California…" He started, nearing the villains whose eyes were now widened with fear. If there were going to be heroes like this around, there was no way that them, nor any other villains for that matter, would stand a chance against him. "SMASH!"

The villains then felt the full force of Toshi's punch, reeling with pain before being slammed into the street beneath them, warranting them completely defenseless as nearby civilians watched in amazement at the now defeated villains. Money rained from above, but none dared try to snatch it as the most powerful hero most had ever seen stood at attention on the rooftops, laughing in confidence at his victory.

The only question that people had at this point was; who was this man? And how was he so powerful? Luckily enough, Dave, the driver of the red supercar, had appeared to answer their questions.

"His name is All Might!" He informed, smiling with pride as he watched the onlookers stare at the man in bewilderment. "He's a hero exchange student from Japan."

Many of those present had heard of many hero names, but none as confident and as boastful as he. Many could feel within their hearts that this would be the change of an era, a new beginning for hero society and it was all thanks to…

ALL MIGHT!

---

"...All Might...All Might! ALL MIGHT!" A certain greenette's voice rang in the blond man's ear, forcing him to arise from his rather pleasant dream of the past, now being face to face with the excited faces of Izuku Midoriya and Kyouka Jirou.

"...Hm? What is it you two?" The man questioned rather groggily as he rubbed his rather sunken sky blue eyes. The couple excitedly pointed outside of the window, silently telling the number one hero to take a look.

"We're here, look!" Kyouka exclaimed as all three of them gazed outside of the plane's window. There before their very eyes was I-Island, the very same island dedicated to heroes and quirk research. The island that these two teens were allowed to visit thanks to the connections of a heroic old man.

"Wow! It's so amazing that this whole island is man-made! Just think of all the heroes from around the globe that are present today!" Izuku commented as All Might and Kyouka smiled at the boy's nerdy excitement.

"Well, it's good to see that you two are so lively." All Might started, ripping off his brown leather jacket before expanding into his muscle form. His hero costume appeared through his clothes; he must have worn it underneath. "As exhausting as this is, I don't have much of a choice... You two should get changed into your costumes as well, you got permission from the school, correct?"

"Yes sir!" Izuku confirmed as the duo held up their hero costume briefcases. Izuku then turned to his girlfriend with a courteous smile, "Ah, you can go first, Kyouka. You'll take less time than me to change, my stuff's pretty heavy duty after all."

"Alright, I'll make sure to be quick. Don't nerd out until I get back!" Kyouka teased playfully as she took off with her briefcase into the plane's bathroom.

"Can't promise anything!" Izuku replied back as the door to the bathroom closed behind her. All Might then turned to the greenette as a question had popped into his mind.

"That reminds me, I know I tease you two, but are you guys actually..?" All Might questioned, trailing off. Izuku could feel his face flush at the question that his mentor had just asked him. It was true, neither Izuku, nor Kyouka had actually explained their relationship to him at all, so he must have just been going off of assumptions at this point.

But that did bring up the conversation that Kyouka and him had about their relationship in regards to telling people. Even if it was his mentor, Kyouka wasn't exactly ready to let the whole world know that they were together, nor did he really blame her. The embarrassment would be hell, and on top of it there'd be a whole cringy congratulations that his mentor, being the old man that he is, would probably give the two of them. And Izuku really didn't want to have to sit through that, especially since his voice was rather… Projective and harmful to Kyouka's hearing.

Turning to his mentor he shook his head, "A-Ah, no, i-it's nothing like that, All Might. Sh-She's a really cherished f-friend, a-and I really w-wouldn't be here without her."

"Ah, okay. Sorry if my assumption made you uncomfortable, it's just that you two have been calling each other by your first names for awhile now-"

"N-No, it's fine! I get it, trust me. W-We're practically inseparable." Izuku interrupted, waving his hands dismissively so that All Might would get the hint and drop the subject. He realized now that actually talking about his relationship with Kyouka openly (And trying to lie about it) was a lot harder than it seemed. To make matters worse he had just realized that he had accidentally said something sweet again, and he really didn't need Kyouka hearing that and calling him a sap again. "Oh, b-but please don't tell Kyouka I said that-"

"Too late, I heard everything; you're a sap. Honestly it makes sense that you smell like maple syrup with how SAPPY YOU ARE!" Kyouka berated, appearing from the bathroom to give her boyfriend a proper teasing. Izuku felt his blush spread to his ears as he quickly grabbed his suitcase and dashed for the now free bathroom.

"NOT A SAP! LEAVE ME ALOOOOONE!" Izuku shouted as he poured One For All throughout his body and dashed off for the bathroom in order to escape the teasing that he was about to endure. Kyouka merely laughed at his flushed expression and sat back down in her seat as All Might stood before her.

"You two put on quite the show together!" All Might's booming voice exclaimed, joining her in her laughter as Izuku ran off with his face redder than a tomato.

"E-Eh? What's that supposed to mean?" Kyouka turned to face All Might as her face reddened in fear of whatever he could have been implying with that statement. Had he figured out that they were dating? Did Izuku's lie not work? She should have known that he wouldn't be able to lie to All Might of all people.

"Well, I mean to say that you two are a duo. A pair. It's as Young Midoriya said, you're inseparable, and I'm honestly very happy to see that my successor has someone like you by his side. It honestly makes me a bit envious, I never really had anyone like that when I was learning to become a hero." All Might stated, rubbing the back of his neck as he delved a bit into the memories of his past. His memories of his mentor, and his time with Dave. His life was a lonely one up until he moved to America, and honestly it was much lonelier right before his move.

"What was it like for you growing up?" Kyouka questioned, her interest piqued as All Might had never really talked about his past, let alone his time in school. "If you don't mind me asking, that is."

"Well, to be completely frank it was very similar to Young Midoriya's. At least from what I can infer about his childhood." All Might explained, sighing as he looked back on his past, particularly before he had even obtained One For All. "While it was a tad more normal for Quirkless people to be around, I was still ridiculed everyday for my dreams of heroism. It seemed hopeless, and every day I would be reminded of it… I suppose that was why I sympathize so heavily with Young Midoriya. I too know what it's like to feel like the whole world is against you and your own dreams. Though in my older age I became jaded and forgot all about that sort of drive that I had when I was young, and it was him and my mentor that had reignited the flames within me."

Kyouka's eyes widened. All Might had more reason than she thought to entrust this sort of thing to Izuku. He saw himself in him, but not only that, he knew the hardships of growing up quirkless and gave someone a chance. He did the only thing he could, and saved Izuku from going down a path that he would have inevitably regretted.

"But y'know I think he could have been better off than me even without becoming my successor. He had you, and I think that he could've been just fine with that. All Might started, turning to face Jirou with his piercing blue eyes becoming visible under the shadow of his brow. "You have no idea how thankful he is to you, I'd say it's even more than he is to me!"

Kyouka froze for a while, having her heartbeat spike as her face flushed an even deeper red, "Y-You really think so..?"

"I know so!" The man confirmed, placing his overly large hand on the top of Kyouka's seat with his wide signature smile. "Ahhh, but talking about my past really makes me think about everything. Heroes were only just beginning to get controlled by the government, and society was still running rampant with quite a lot of villains. Those dark times had done a lot of harm, but I like to think only good things came from it."

"What was it like for you back then?" Kyouka questioned, trying to move away from her own embarrassment by learning more about the man that was claimed as the number one.

"It was hard to say the least. Villains had taken my parents' lives at an early age and ever since then I had vowed to become a hero, a symbol of peace in order to change society for the betterment of my home. Of the world that I was forced to live in. Heroes were scarce, and I wanted to change that by becoming a symbol." He explained, his smile faltering as he thought back at his parent's murder. Such good people falling victim to villains… It hurt him to think about. "Sorry, thinking about it just makes it a little harder to keep the gags and smile going. But I hope that answers your question, Young Jirou."

"Yeah, honestly… I never knew how deep this whole 'Symbol Of Peace' thing ran for you. I gotta say I see you in a different light now." Kyouka started, before rubbing her ears in pain. "You're still loud as all hell, though."

"A-Ah, right. Sorry about that." The old man replied, rubbing the nape of his neck as he bowed apologetically. Suddenly the doors to the bathroom opened and out stepped Izuku Midoriya clad in his hero costume.

For those in the back, Izuku's hero costume was rather simplistic in design. He was wearing black cargo pants with a red utility belt and his signature red hightops, his top was a viridian color with a teal lightning streak running from his left shoulder to his right hip, and a black leather jacket overtop. His accessories outside of that were a comms unit fashioned on his ears to appear almost like rabbit ears, black metal knuckle gloves with the knuckles being the same red as his shoes and utility belt, and his metallic mouthguard fashioned to look like All Might's signature cheshire grin.

"H-Hey, just got done. What did I miss?" Izuku questioned, stepping out of the bathroom as he adjusted his gloves.

"Nothing, All Might was just telling me about his past. He's a lot more like you than I thought." Kyouka answered, patting the spot next to her as Izuku sat back down, claiming his spot beside her. "I think we're about to start our descent anyway so we should get ready."

Izuku smiled, "Right. Let's have some fun!"

---

As the plane came to it's descent and landed at the airport stationed on the quirk research island, the trio would make their way out of the airport and onto a… Conveyor belt of sorts.

"What is this, some kind of moving sidewalk?" Kyouka questioned as she stepped onto said device. The platform would begin to move the three of them onward as a few scanner-like devices began to make preparations.

"I would assume it's some kind of conveyor belt? But a moving sidewalk sounds more interesting." Izuku commented, watching as the robots began to scan the three of them. Suddenly images of their profiles and their school ID's would appear before them, and Kyouka blushed as she caught Izuku staring at her ID photo.

"W-Would you quit staring, All Might is right there!" Kyouka whispered, punching Izuku in the arm to gain his attention. The greenette blushed as he rubbed his arm, he couldn't help but get caught red handed, but could she blame him? It was his actual first time seeing her ID photo.

"I've got a question for you two!" All Might exclaimed, causing the two teens to jump in fear. Had he just heard their conversation!? "Why do you think I-Island was created?"

The two sighed in relief before pondering the question for a minute, with Kyouka deciding to give her answer first. "Wasn't the island originally created to research quirks and actually figure them out?"

"That is a part of the equation, that's a very great answer, Young Jirou!" All Might commended, giving a rather animated thumbs up to the purple haired rocker before turning to the greenette beside her. "Anything to add, Young Midoriya?"

"Well… I suppose it would also assist people who need help controlling their quirks. Civilian support items as well as things that are common use for heroes in their day to day labors." Izuku noted, his nerdy analyst side coming out as he cupped his chin in thought. "Not only that, but they are furthering research on the history of quirks and how they will act in the future."

"Er… Exactly, actually. I'm surprised you were able to gather all of that, Young Midoriya." All Might commented as sweat dripped down the side of his forehead in awe. Normally the greenette would stutter out some nervous response, but to be so informed… He must have done his research.

"O-Oh, was that too much? I-I've been really delving into analysis and information lately. I-I wanted to learn as much as I could about this place before we got here..." Izuku replied, rubbing the back of his neck as he laughed nervously.

Cough "Nerd." Cough. Izuku shot a glare towards the purplette as she tried her best to hold back her laughter. The moment was just perfect, she had to!

The trio soon after, found themselves outside of the airport, getting a real view of I-Expo. Around them were many different heroes, scientists, and celebrities of the like. Water fountains that displayed the word, "Welcome" stood at both sides of the group and they could only watch in amazement and bewilderment at the fancy technology that this island was more than accustomed to.

Kyouka and Izuku's eyes sparkled in awe at the sheer vibrance of the expo. Many different colors, and all sorts of commotion was happening around them. Honestly they had no idea where to start!

"I can't believe there are so many people here when the island isn't even officially open to the public." All Might commented as he looked onward to the massive crowds of people around. Literal orbs would fly above them in the sky carrying groups of people to different locations, it was like a technological utopia!

"But getting to see all of this is amazing! This is seriously a once in a lifetime opportunity, and we-" Izuku started before turning to Kyouka with a bright smile on his face. "We get to be a part of this! Isn't it exciting!?"

"Of course! Imagine the support gear they could be developing for heroes here! This place even existing is making history!" Kyouka added, becoming excited as Izuku's pure joy had begun to infect her. "Look over there! They have a freaking composer!"

"Unlike on the mainland, people here are free to use their quirks as they like. It's quite impressive!" All Might stated, watching as groups of civilians began to show off their quirks on the main path into the expo. "Apparently there's even a few attractions here that encourage it."

"Oooo! We should try those out, maybe you can finally show me the rest of these moves you've been developing." Kyouka commented, nudging Izuku's arm as he blushed and tried to laugh it off.

"M-Maybe, but I-I wouldn't count on it, half of them a-aren't even performable, th-they're just ideas…" Izuku uttered, averting Kyouka's gaze as she began to glare at him out of annoyance. It's been weeks and he's still been trying to keep this new "Gem style" to himself.

All Might cleared his throat, drawing the teens attention back to him. "Well, we should head to the hotel first and get settled-"

"IS THAT ALL MIGHT!?"

Suddenly crowds of people had begun to swarm the number one hero, leaving Kyouka and Izuku to watch in annoyance as he simply laughed and smiled at the mass of attention that he was getting. What an egotist.

A vein popped up on Kyouka's forehead as she scowled at the blond man. "Are you serious? Of course he's happy about all of this. What about the hotel!?"

"I-I guess we should just go a-and meet up with him later, I'm sure he'd be fine with it." Izuku responded, running his thumbs through the straps of his yellow backpack as he turned around, gesturing for Kyouka to follow.

"Do you even know where it is?"

"W-Well, All Might gave me the address just in case this sort of thing happened. That or one of us got lost." Izuku answered, walking off with Kyouka in tow as they left their teacher to deal with his swarm of fans and supporters.

"You mean if you got lost." Kyouka corrected, smirking as the greenette pouted in playful annoyance.

"I wouldn't get lost! I'm the one with the addre-" Izuku countered, his brow furrowing in annoyance as Kyouka teasingly placed a jack to his lips to silence him.

"Trying to defend yourself is only going to end in more teasing. You of all people should know that." The purplette informed before jumping and squealing in surprise as Izuku quickly pecked her jack. "That was a cheap shot!"

"Your fault for attacking me first! That's what you get!" Izuku retorted, snatching Kyouka's hand and pulling her closer to him as she almost ran into someone. "Crap! Be careful, you've gotta watch where you're going."

"Kinda hard when someone decides to get bold on me." Kyouka mumbled, rolling her eyes as she intertwined her fingers with Izuku. "Let's just get to this hotel, I don't need anymore of this public harassment."

Izuku's eye twitched in playful annoyance, "You've been harassing me!"

---

"Ah! Here you two are, you're booked for two rooms. A one bedroom suite for a Yagi Toshinori, and a two bedroom suite for an Izuku Midoriya and Kyouka Jirou. That would be you two, correct?" The receptionist questioned, causing the two teens to stare at the man with bewildered expressions on their faces.

"U-Uh, no. It should have been a one bedroom suite for each of us, are you sure there isn't some kind of mix up?" Izuku questioned, urging the receptionist to check again.

"No, we've got in our systems that it's a one bedroom suite, and a two bedroom suite booked. We could try to move you two into separate rooms if you'd like?" The receptionist answered, clacking away at his hardlight keyboard as the proper bookings from their system appeared before them in a hologram.

Kyouka quickly covered the greenettes mouth as a deep blush appeared on her face. This was her only opportunity to actually get to be alone in a room with Izuku without parental interruptions! This could be her chance to confess!

"No! W-We'll just make do with what we have, th-thank you." She interrupted, causing the greenettes eyes to widen as his face grew hot at the mere mention of the two of them sharing a room. Sure they had slept in the same bed once before, but that was due to circumstances! This was a different kind of situation entirely; she was doing this by her own volition!

Kyouka then dragged the greenette along to the elevator where she finally released her hand from being overtop his mouth. The greenette took a deep breath before he spoke, "What are you thinking, Kyouka!? W-We're teenagers, we can't just share a room!"

"W-Well, i-it wouldn't have been the first time we've slept in the same room! Hell, w-we slept in the same bed at one point. This is nothing, right?" She defended, failing to realize what exactly had happened that night they shared a space.

"K-Kyouka, do you forget the 'shower incident'!?" Izuku retorted, his face reddening at the memory of seeing her in a towel that was almost a bit too small. "We can't just share a room!"

"Well, excuse me for wanting to be closer with my boyfriend while we have the chance!" Kyouka countered, her brow furrowing in annoyance as she backed away from the greenette, looking down at the floor as she truly began to feel guilty about doing something she thought would benefit the two of them. "Besides, it's not like I'd mind if it were you seeing me…"

Izuku's face flushed as he heard Kyouka mumbling, though as the purplette realized what she had just said she too felt her face grow hot in unbridled embarrassment.

"U-Uhm… I-If it w-would really make you happy, then…" Izuku started, taking a deep breath as he took a step closer to his girlfriend. "I-I don't mind it. L-Let's just t-try to control ourselves so nothing happens."

"W-What are you telling me that for? I-I'm not just gonna-"

Izuku quickly cut her off, "I-I'm saying it for my sake. I-I'm afraid of sharing a room b-because I don't know i-if I can hold back at all."

Kyouka felt her jacks tangle in embarrassment at the greenette's implications. As she stared at his bright red face, however, she could tell that he was completely serious. Kyouka then felt her face redden even more as a thought passed through her mind.

'If given the opportunity… Would he? With me?' She pondered before the doors to the elevator opened on their floor with an audible "ding" noise snapping her out of her rather embarrassing thoughts. Her blush deepened.

"L-Let's just get to the room and we can figure… Stuff out afterwards." Kyouka mumbled as the two exited the elevator. Izuku nodded in agreement and the couple awkwardly made their way to their room in relative silence.

Upon opening the door to the room the couple was met with a rather bland room with pale green walls, 2 beds with black comforters, a desk, and a large flat screen TV mounted on the wall. There were two other doors to the room, one of which was a closet, and the other led to an all-white squeaky clean bathroom.

"This place seems almost too fancy." Izuku commented, causing Kyouka to quirk a brow at her boyfriend's statement.

"What? Have you never been to a hotel before?" She questioned, locking eyes with the greenette who only averted her gaze as a long silence took over the two of them once more.

…

"Oh my god, you've never travelled before, have you?"

"I don't see how that's so weird, w-we just never really had the time-"

"Izuku. Your dad is literally an artist, a popular one at that. How the hell have you never travelled anywhere?" She pressed further, tilting her head in confusion as she threw her bag down onto one of the beds.

"W-Well, he lived abroad. A-All we got from him growing up were some checks in the mail and the occasional letters on the holidays. M-Me and my mom just…" He paused, looking for the right words. "Never really went anywhere. We were fine staying where we were a-and I never really wanted to go anywhere aside from the hero museum- Though there was that one time I suggested America so I could get a tour of the school that All Might attended when he moved to-"

"Stop! I don't want to hear the mumbling!" She interrupted, covering her headphone-covered ears as Izuku slumped onto the bed beside him. "What matters now is that you're doing it, and I'm determined to make this trip worth it! Now…"

Kyouka then took the headphones of her hero costume off her ears and wrapped them around her neck as she seated herself right onto Izuku's lap, wrapping her arms and legs around him as she gazed rather playfully into his eyes. Izuku's blush obviously became increasingly worse.

"Kiss me."

"A-Again with this? C-Can't you just ask normally?"

"Izuku, I had to sit and hold myself back that entire flight because someone didn't want to try and sneak off with me while All Might was sleeping." She countered, scowling at the tomato-faced greenette who merely looked away in guilt. Though really? Sneaking away from his mentor just to makeout with his girlfriend? What was he, a delinquent? (Yes, yes he was).

"B-But, Kyouka-"

Kyouka glared at him, quickly shutting him up as she gripped tightly onto his wrists and moved his hands around her… "Lower Back". Izuku could feel the steam begin to emanate from his face as she inched closer and closer to the greenette's face.

"Kiss. Me."

Izuku groaned, "...W-Why are you like this?"

"You did this to me. Besides, what am I even doing?" She questioned before feeling Izuku's grip tighten as his eyes narrowed enticingly.

"...You're being r-really tempting." He mumbled softly, gently placing his lips over hers as he moved his hands upwards, slowly rubbing the small of her back as the couple sighed simultaneously in bliss. Instead of allowing himself to fall victim to her rather rough temptations he would control the flow of their intimacy and keep things as mellow and "innocent" as possible.

Kyouka hummed in delight as she felt the greenettes lips against her own, a small smile growing across her lips as she felt Izuku use his hand to catch one of her dangling jacks while the other continued to rub small circles in her back. It was soothing to be in the greenettes embrace, but even moreso to feel him kissing her and slowly twirling her jack around his finger… It was nice. Oddly calming.

At the same time, however, Izuku was feeling the same. Oddly calm at how Kyouka gently played with the large curls and waves of his messy hair. It was soothing to be in the moment locked with her lips and having her run her fingers gently through his bush of green hair, fluffing it as if it were a pillow. Although his freckled face was hot with embarrassment, he couldn't help but be at peace. Perhaps it was because he was with her, or maybe it was just that he truly loved her that much.

Kyouka pulled away from the kiss, though Izuku wasn't quite ready to end things yet. "Still-" He kissed her. "Think-" Two more. "This-" Kyouka dragged on one final kiss with Izuku before pulling away, panting to catch her breath. "-Was a… b-bad idea?"

Izuku's brow furrowed in annoyance, "I think you're a bad influence." He grumbled before leaning in to capture the purplettes lips, halting as his phone rang. Kyouka's eyes narrowed as Izuku quickly glanced down to his pocket.

"Ignore it."

"You know it's All Might. W-We have to stop here…" Izuku stated, quickly pulling his phone out of his pocket as he gave her one final kiss to her tender lips. "W-We c-could continue later tonight… I-If you w-would want to, of course."

Kyouka pouted but nodded reluctantly in agreement. "Fine. But I better get that dance too."

"Do you seriously want a cheesy romantic dance?"

Kyouka's eyes twitched in annoyance as her face flushed, "Is there a problem with that!?"

The greenette snickered as he went to answer his phone, "No, it's just cute. Though I hope you know I haven't slowdanced since I was 5."

"Good, that just means you'll lead. I-I've never danced before..." She commented as Izuku rose from the bed, answering the phone as All Might's voice boomed through the device. The purplette sighed as she placed her headphones back overtop of her ears, adjusting her hair with her hands so as to not give away how "rowdy" they had gotten prior.

Though was it really that strange for her to want to share a dance with the greenette? It's something she had never experienced before, and what better way than to do it with the guy you love, right?

Kyouka only hoped nothing would interrupt that dance.

---

"Ah, sorry for getting caught up with the public! But I'm glad you two could meet me here, I have an old friend that we're going to meet up with!" All Might informed as the two teens approached him. Kyouka quirked a brow at the mention of the number one being able to have friends.

"You have friends?" She questioned, coming off a lot harsher than intended. The greenette beside her quickly covered his mouth with both hands as his eyes grew wide and he held back a spontaneous chortle. That comment was so harsh and spontaneous that he couldn't help but almost burst out laughing despite the fact it was his mentor she was talking about.

All Might's smile fell and both teens quickly stood at attention out of fear, opting to stay silent so that they wouldn't be scolded by an enraged All Might.

"Oi, what's that supposed to mean?" He questioned, pressing the two for an answer, and only receiving an awkward silence. "You two-"

"Uncle Might!" A rather cheerful feminine voice called, causing the trio to turn their heads to an approaching… Pogoing blond woman. She looked American, and very… Bouncy. She already seemed bubbly like a certain brunette from their class.

All Might swiftly leaned down to the two teens as the woman approached them, "Just a reminder. Tell them nothing of One For All, got it?"

Kyouka rolled her eyes as she and Izuku nodded in confirmation, "Seems kinda obvious, it is one of the biggest secrets in the world…"

Suddenly the blond woman would leap into All Might's arms and the man would swing her around as if she were the lightest thing he had ever carried. The two would laugh in joy and both Kyouka and Izuku stared at them as if they were crazy.

"All Might… D-Do you have a brother? Why is she calling you uncle? Is she the friend you were referring to?" Izuku questioned as the man placed the rather young looking girl down.

"Oh! No, this is my friend's daughter, Melissa Shield!" All Might introduced, stepping aside so that the couple could get a good look at the woman before them. She was quite attractive, though Izuku didn't really have a thing for American girls.

Kyouka on the other hand could only notice how the girl was more… "Bountiful" than her. And to be frank? She was not a fan of how she was "inspecting" her boyfriend with her eyes.

"Ah! So you must be the one who invited us, thank you so much!" Izuku greeted politely, removing his glove before holding his hand for a handshake. "I'm Izuku Midoriya, a-and this is my friend Kyouka Jirou. We're both students at UA."

Melissa took quick notice of the scars on the greenettes hand before shaking it. Were they drawbacks from his quirk, or were they just from battles? She had heard about the many events that the first years at UA had to be victims of, but was it really so severe that even the students were suffering long-lasting injuries?

"Well, it's very nice to meet you two!" Melissa replied before losing control over her own curiosity and unconsciously dragged a gentle finger across the greenettes scarred knuckles. Izuku looked down at her hands in confusion as Kyouka's face heated up with rage. SHE WAS CARESSING HIS HAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER!

"O-Oi!" Kyouka cried out, slapping Melissa's hand away before she could even process what she was doing. "W-What the hell are you doing to him!?"

Melissa's face flushed and she waved her hands around dismissively. "O-Oh! Nononono! I-I was just curious about th-the scars on his hand. I'm so sorry!"

Melissa then pointed to Izuku's de-gloved hand, and Kyouka visibly relaxed. Izuku had never seen Kyouka so quick to snap on someone, but to be frank it wasn't really a pleasant feeling to have some stranger practically caress your hand out of curiosity. He could only imagine how bad it was for her being his girlfriend and all.

"I-It's fine! Don't worry, Kyouka, take it easy." Izuku said, turning to his girlfriend and placing his hands on her shoulders. The purplette would shrug his hands off and roll her eyes as a light blush dusts her cheeks.

"S-Sorry, Melissa…" Kyouka mumbled, attempting to bow slightly out of respect, though Melissa would quickly stop the purplette before she could.

"It's fine, it's fine!" Melissa assured, patting the girl's shoulders with a bright smile on her face before leaning in to whisper, "I'd do the same thing if someone did that to my boyfriend."

Kyouka's face erupted with a pink tint, "I-I- Y-You- W-We're not-"

"Anyways, I've got to say I really like your guys' hero costumes! It looks like you guys match, it's pretty cute! Though he doesn't have any support items." Melissa complimented, looking over the couple's costumes as the two of them were trying their hardest not to explode with embarrassment at her "Cute" comment. And what? Did Izuku need support items? "What's your guys' quirks?"

"I-I have a power type emitter quirk. I-It's called stockpile, th-the more I build muscle the stronger it is." Izuku explained, his constant rehearsal of answering that very question making him seem a bit more robotic than he'd like. Kyouka would note that he looked like Iida, and she'd have to make fun of him later for it.

"My quirk's called Earphone Jack, and well…" She started, extending one of her jacks and wriggling it around in the air. "I can do this, and plug them into any surface for surveillance, or I can pump my heartbeat through them for offense."

"Wow! You guys have some really impressive quirks!" Melissa complimented, staring at Izuku's arms in particular as they must have suffered a great deal of damage from the force of his quirk if the Sports Festival was any indication of how powerful his quirk was.

Kyouka caught on to what Melissa was looking at, and despite her desire to tell her to keep her eyes to herself, she remained silent. Though the purplette would make it a point to keep an eye on her.

All Might coughed, letting his presence be known, and silently trying to help relieve Kyouka of her suspicions for a little while. Sure she and Izuku might not be dating, but it was pretty obvious that their feelings weren't just as friends… Right? And despite being the number one hero it really felt like these kids made it a point to ignore that he was there entirely. Honestly, it hurt his pride.

"Melissa, it's about time we get going." All Might commented, causing the blonde woman to shoot up in realization.

"Oh, I'm so sorry! I got distracted…" She replied, rubbing her neck as she laughed a little out of embarrassment. Just like Izuku she tended to zone off into her own little world when interested in something. For her it would be her love for hero support gear. "Follow me guys, I'll take you to my dad's lab!"

The trio nodded and followed after the girl as she snatched up her pogo stick, and started walking towards what they assumed would be her father's lab.

Speaking of which, who was her father?

---

"I AM HERE, SHAKING WITH JOY AT OUR REUNION!" All Might shouted as the man posed in front of his long time friend, David Shield. Meanwhile, Izuku was having a metaphorical aneurysm at the mere sight of the man responsible for changing all of quirk research, and above all that he was the man who invented all of All Might's suits!

"You gonna be okay there, cabbage patch?" Kyouka questioned, watching as Izuku shook with amazement. He was filled to the brim with excitement, but he was trying his hardest to hold back from nerding out in front of everyone present.

"I-I'll be fine..!" Izuku replied, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists as he shook with excitement.

"T-Toshi…" David uttered, appalled that his friend from Japan had made his way all the way to the expo thanks to Melissa… This truly was a gift!

"I came all this way just to see you, Dave!" All Might exclaimed, lifting his friend into the air in glee before placing him down a bit too rough, causing him to fall back onto a nearby table. "Are you happy to see me!?"

"Y-Yeah, of course!" David replied, still in shock that his friend was really here in the flesh.

"So? Do you like your surprise? Did I surprise you?" Melissa questioned from behind the massive hero, a wide smile gracing her lips as she stared down at her father.

David couldn't exactly put how he felt about everything into words. Truthfully, he was just in awe… Not out of confusion or anger even, he was just feeling way too happy! It wasn't everyday that he got to see his best friend, let alone at his own home!

"I-I'm at a loss for words! I'm so happy to see you again, Toshi!" David exclaimed, bringing himself to his feet with a little help from said friend.

"We both have Melissa to thank for this, but man… How long has it been?" All Might questioned, the smile on his face growing with glee as David's face twisted to match it.

"Gosh, I don't even want to think about it! We've been getting on in years, aren't we?" David joked, sighing as he thought about just how old they really were. It was a bit scary to think about it, but nostalgic at the same time. The good times he had experienced in his life, and just how All Might had come to affect him in his younger years.

The two men shared a laugh at David's little comment. Sure they were getting old, but it was more of a pleasant realization of just how much life they had lived.

"Man, I'm glad I could see you again, Dave." All Might expressed as he came down from his laughing fit with Dave. The brunette man nodded in agreement; it truly was a blessing being able to see his friend again. "Ah! That reminds me, I have some people I'd like you to meet!"

All Might stepped aside to reveal Izuku and Kyouka behind him. Perhaps they were students of his as they were adorned in some rather shotty hero costumes… Must have been the first years from UA.

"They're my students, Izuku Midoriya, and Kyouka Jirou. You two this is David Shield, one of my closest friends-"

"I know who he is! Professor David Shield!" Izuku exclaimed as he shot forward and took the man's hand, shaking it a bit too viciously. Kyouka only watched amused as his inner nerd finally revealed itself. "You're a top scientist in quirk research who's received a Nobel quirk prize! You were All Might's partner when he was in America, and the creator of every single one of his hero costumes! From his young age until now! I never thought I'd get to meet you in person, but it's an absolute honor, sir!"

David chuckled at the boy's passion, "Seems like I needn't introduce myself! It's a pleasure to meet you two as well."

"Likewise, sir. Do excuse my friend for being such a spaz." Kyouka commented as she yanked Izuku back by the color of his costume, causing those in the room to laugh as he fell to the floor. He was definitely a well informed lad, but his analysis definitely showed some promise.

All Might suddenly used his fist to cover a small cough, not going unnoticed by Kyouka and David. It seemed that his muscle form was running out of time and he'd need to rest and recharge before continuing at the event tonight.

"Well, it's been nice meeting the two of you, but I really want to catch up with All Might." David informed, giving a fake excuse to get everyone out of the room as he nodded for his assistant to leave the room as well. "Melissa, can you show these two around I-Expo while I catch up with an old friend?"

"Oh yes, of course! Come along guys, I'll show you all the cool spots!" Melissa declared as she gestured for the couple to follow after her. Izuku went to question if all of this was really okay, but Kyouka quickly dragged him away before he could say much more. Not that he wasn't allowed to know what was really going on, but it was better if he just shut up and rolled with it.

As the room emptied out, All Might collapsed to the ground, coughing and hacking up blood as he reverted to his skinnier form. David quickly made his way to All Might's side in worry, he knew that his condition was bad, but for it to be reaching these kinds of levels… It just seemed unnatural.

"Thanks… Dave." All Might said gratefully as he took slow deep breaths to calm his raging lung. "My time limit is much shorter than it was before…"

Dave nodded in understanding, though this was another reason why Dave was so happy to see his friend again after years… All his research, and now perhaps he'd finally be able to do something about All Might's condition.

Perhaps now he could save his friend.

---

"So what do you want me to refer to you guys as? First name? Last name? Any kind of nickname?" Melissa questioned as the trio made their way out of David Shield's massive laboratory.

"Jirou works fine for me, though my hero name is Earphone Jack." Kyouka mentioned as she placed her hands in her jacket's pockets.

"I-I guess Deku works fine for me, i-it's my hero name a-and an old nickname." Izuku added as he continued to follow the blond so that he didn't unintentionally wander during a muttering fit or something of the likes.

"You sure?" Kyouka questioned, turning to Izuku with concern laced in her expression. She was sure that he was getting over being called Deku, but to have Melissa call him that right off the bat? Was he really okay with that?

Izuku nodded as he gave her a reassuring smile. The old nickname didn't really bother him anymore, in fact he was more happy being referred to as that as it was a name he was determined to turn into something greater.

"Deku, huh? What an odd nickname…" Melissa commented as the trio finally made their way out to the expo center. "Well, just refer to me as Melissa! Is there anything that you guys might particularly be interested in seeing first?"

"Maybe-" Kyouka attempted to suggest before a large roar was heard in close proximity, and upon investigation it was revealed to be the Monster Hero: Godzillo!

"Ah! It's Godzillo!" Izuku exclaimed with excitement laced in his tone as he watched the massive lizard-like hero stomp around the expo center. "Wow, there must be thousands of heroes here!"

"Yeah, many of the pro heroes you see here are actually invited via sponsors in order to show off their new gear, or just sign autographs and the likes!" Melissa informed as both Izuku and Kyouka nodded in amazement. It was pretty cool to see so many pro heroes in one place! (Outside of investigations and villain raids).

"Wow… All these heroes with their support items. Is everything they get made on the island?" Kyouka questioned as the trio continued their walk to their first unknown destination.

"Actually, yes! Handfuls of scientists pride themselves on researching heroes' quirks and making them the best support items that they can muster! It's pretty interesting!" Melissa answered.

The trio then found themselves in front of a rather tall modern-looking building. Looking around at the people entering and exiting the building it seemed to be quite the popular attraction.

"Ah, we should check out the pavilion! If you guys like support gear, this will definitely interest you!" Melissa noted as she pointed at the large building before them. They didn't really have much of a choice, but perhaps while there they could see something rather worthwhile.

Entering the pavilion they were greeted with a tall glass pillar filled with water, and a few floating orbs. These people must really value their floating orbs on this island. Looking around, even the main hall was filled with many different trinkets and contraptions made specifically for the purpose of helping heroes save the day, either through assisting their quirks, or helping them do tasks that they couldn't normally do.

"Woah, 'Zuku look!" Kyouka called, gesturing for him to make his way over to her. Right before their very eyes was a multipurpose flying machine that could also dive deep into the oceans in any attempts of ocean rescue. "This thing is huge, it's like a submarine that can fly!"

"If you like that you might like this diving suit that can reach up to seven thousand meters in the deep sea!" Melissa added, bringing the couple towards a suit that resembled a fish that could be found in the deeper portions of the ocean. How fitting. "And over there we have a helmet equipped with thirty-six different sensors hooked up to things all around the island-"

"I am not letting you put that on." Kyouka stated, forcibly grabbing the greenettes face as she turned his head away from the device's direction. Being able to see things all across the island? Just imagine what kinds of things he could have been allowed to see! She wasn't going to let that happen.

Melissa giggled at the two's antics, "Hehe! Interestingly enough, everything here was created with my father's patent! All these creations were made with the sole purpose of helping heroes save the day… It's so amazing!"

"I have to say that's something we can agree on." Kyouka noted, showing Melissa a small smile of comfort as she dragged Izuku along. The greenette was unfortunately wanting to go and look at everything, and she wasn't about to let him waste time like that. "You must really respect your dad, though who can blame you."

"Yeah, my dad's amazing. He's always been my role model ever since I was young." Melissa stated, smiling in admiration as she thought of her father and just how hard he had worked to be where he was. How hard he worked to make her happy.

"Wish I could say the same, my dad's kind of a loser." Kyouka commented, reminiscing on the many times that her father had been put in his place whenever he tried to act out, or act a whole lot tougher than he actually was.

"I'm sure he means well. He's your dad, it's his job to look after you."

Kyouka looked over at Izuku as he stared at the many different inventions passing by them, a small frown adorning her lips as she considered the possibility that maybe her father would never truly come to like Izuku. At least as far as she was aware. "Yeah… I guess so."

"Huh? Did you say something? Are you okay?" Izuku questioned, snapping out of his trance as he felt Kyouka staring at him. Inspecting her face he noticed the visible frown on it, causing the greenette to snap into "boyfriend mode". "Kyo, what's wrong?"

"A-Ah, nothing, nothing! Just thought about… I-It's nothing, sorry for worrying you." She mumbled dismissively before Izuku took a hold of her hands, gently running his thumb over her knuckles.

"You sure? You can tell me if you need to." Izuku assured, smiling a bit playfully to lighten her mood. Kyouka couldn't help but match his smile as a light tinge of pink dusted her cheeks.

"Yeah, I'm alright... I feel better already, thanks to you." She replied, squeezing Izuku's hands in reassurance. The couple would smile at one another as they locked eyes, the rest of the world seemingly disappearing as they got lost in their own little pocket.

"Ah, you sure seem like you're having fun, Deku."

All three teens swiftly whipped their heads around to face a rather familiar brunette staring at them with a rather annoyed smile on her face. It was none other than Ochako Uraraka.

'YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!' Kyouka shouted internally as the brunette made her presence known. Why the hell did she have to show up and ruin their moment!?

"U-Uraraka!? Why are you here!?" Izuku questioned as he stared at her, horrified that she was seriously on the island with them like that. Wasn't she supposed to be broke as hell!? How the hell did she get here!?

Suddenly another voice was heard, "So you two were having some fun there, no?"

Whipping their heads to the other side, there stood Momo Yaoyorozu with Katsuki Bakugou being dragged along by his collar, growling angrily as if he looked like a damn rabid animal. How the hell was he letting her do this to him!?

"Bakugou!? Yaomomo!? Why the hell are you two here too!?" Kyouka questioned, her face growing more appalled by the fact that she had willingly brought Bakugou along with her.

"I mean you two did look like you were having fun…" Melissa added, joining in on their classmates' little joke. Both Izuku and Kyouka's faces grew hot with embarrassment, but luckily they'd be saved by a raging Bakugou.

"God damn it, Ponytail! Can you fucking let me go!?" Bakugou shouted, yanking himself free as he brought himself to his feet. Momo was having none of it and matched the blond's angry tone and expression.

"Would you shut it! I brought you here as my guest, the least you could do is be grateful and see the expo with me!" She retaliated, quickly shutting the blond up. She smiled with pride as her ability to control the blond had definitely improved. "We can check out that villain trial test later, we both know you'll beat the record, Bakugou."

"You're damn right!" The blond exclaimed before locking eyes with a certain greenette. "Deku? The hell are you doing here?"

"Ah, well him and Jirou came with All-" Melissa started, being interrupted by one of Kyouka's jacks pressing against her mouth to silence her.

"He got invited for winning the Sports Festival, and was able to bring me along. We're just sightseeing at the moment." Kyouka explained, giving Melissa a look that meant, "Don't mention a damn thing about coming with All Might".

"Yeah, sightseeing by making out with your eyes." Bakugou stated, making a gagging motion with his finger before Momo gave him a light chop to the top of his head. "OI!"

"Ka- Bakugou, seriously it isn't like that!" Izuku attempted to explain before the rising guilt of what he had done during the final exam hit him in his chest. Kyouka made quick work of catching onto the greenettes discomfort, and made a mental note to ask him about his pensive behavior towards the blond later. "Ah, nevermind…"

"Are these your classmates? They're certainly a rowdy bunch!" Melissa commented, laughing softly at their antics.

"Yeah, you could say that. From right to left we have Ochako Uraraka, Katsuki Bakugou, and Momo Yaoyorozu." Kyouka introduced, pointing to each individual person as she said their names. She then turned to them and crossed her arms rather annoyed.

"What are you guys doing here?"

---

The students of UA, now including Melissa, were now seated outside at a restaurant so that they could sit and chat more comfortably. Melissa's treat.

"So, to answer your question from before, my father owns stocks in I-Island and as such we were invited. I'm only here to represent them, but I was permitted to bring along two people, and one of them obviously had to go to Bakugou here." Momo informed, gesturing to Bakugou as he angrily sipped away at a random cold beverage. His gauntlets sat beside him on the ground so as not to get in the way as all three newcomers were also adorned in their hero costumes.

"I was only able to get my invite by a chance game of rock, paper, scissors…" Uraraka added as she looked away in shame. Under normal circumstances she truly had no shot of coming here, so she was glad that she won the opportunity to be here.

"Of course it was by chance…" Kyouka mumbled, snatching and taking a sip of Izuku's drink, the greenette only able to watch in sadness as she took it from in front of him.

"Did you say something, Jirou?"

"Nothing at all." She quickly replied, taking another sip of Izuku's drink as their friends could only watch and laugh at Izuku's saddened expression. "I'm honestly just glad it's only you guys and not the whole class…"

"Here's a replacement beverage, sir." One of the waiters said, placing a brand new drink in front of the greenette. Before he could enjoy his beverage, however, it appeared that there was one, no, two rather familiar faces standing rather proudly in front of the group.

"Wait, Sero? Kaminari? What are you two doing here?" Izuku questioned as Kyouka slammed her head onto the table and groaned. Of course they were here too, just her luck.

"Let's just say I needed the money, so when Kaminari said that he had found job opportunities I jumped at the chance." Sero explained, placing his carrying tray in between his bicep and torso.

"Oh? What do you need the money for?" Izuku questioned, mentally counting how much money he should give to his classmate as a tip just to help him out.

"Weed." He replied bluntly.

His classmates (Excluding Bakugou) stared at the tape-quirked boy in bewilderment. Mainly due to the fact that he just openly admitted something like that so easily; it was appalling.

"DID I HEAR MENTION OF ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES!?" A voice shouted out from a distance, rapidly approaching at mach speeds. That could only mean one thing… It was Iida. The total prude of the class. It wasn't really that much of a shock to find that he was here seeing as his family was one of the prestigious hero families, though that did make Izuku wonder… Was Todoroki here?

"No, you must be hearing things. How could you even hear something like that from so far away?" Sero responded, tripping the approaching four-eyes with relative ease as a wide grin graced his lips. Messing with people was always the best source of entertainment for him, and watching Iida's face skid across the pavement was comedy gold.

"Fair point…" Iida mumbled with his face in the concrete below. Bakugou failed to hold back a snicker, though Momo was no better as she used her hand to cover her mouth before the laugh could come out.

"That's what you get four-eyes!" Bakugou exclaimed as he howled with laughter, disturbing a few of the other patrons, though he couldn't care less. The rest of his classmates just stared at the two of them in bewilderment. Despite their different personalities, they must have had the same sense of humor.

"Bakugou! You shouldn't laugh!" Momo exclaimed as she too was failing to hold back her own laughter.

"U-Um, I don't think you can really talk Yaomomo…" Uraraka pointed out, watching the two of them shaking as they attempted to hold back their laughter. Melissa could only watch in amusement as the students from UA put on quite a show!

Izuku and Kyouka watched their classmates begin to bicker and argue playfully as normal. It was nice to see everyone having fun, but truth be told Kyouka was not a fan of their alone time getting interrupted, and Izuku was a tad upset about it as well. But hey, what can you do?

"Izuku, remind me that if we are to ever go anywhere again it'll be somewhere remote where civilization doesn't exist." Kyouka whispers to the greenette who's sipping away at his new beverage.

"We can't go to the moon, Kyouka." He replied, causing the purplette to groan in annoyance. It was surprising that none of their classmates were paying any attention to them, but the small metaphorical space where they could talk to one another was appreciated.

"But whyyyyy?" She whined, laying her head on the greenette's shoulder as they watched their classmates' antics. She was only half joking, but on the off chance that they got another chance like this, she wanted it to just be the two of them alone together. Is that too much to ask?

"One day we'll go on a trip together, just us. I promise." He whispered, tilting his head to nudge her slightly before fixing his attention back on his classmates. Bakugou seemed to finally grow tired of just sitting around and wanted to get to the quirk test area.

"You sure?" She questioned, rising from his shoulder as their classmates who hadn't had part time jobs rose to their feet in order to satiate the raging pomeranians lust for glory.

"I'm positive."

---

"33 Seconds! You've taken over eighth place!" The female announcer broadcasted to the crowd, revealing the new eighth place holder to be Eijirou Kirishima! The whole class really must have been on the island, and Kyouka dreaded it.

"Kirishima!? The hell are you doing here!?" Bakugou shouted, leaping down from the rail to confront his redheaded friend.

"Oh, Bakugou, everyone! What's going on, I came here with a few of the others." He informed, smiling wide enough to show his shark-like teeth. "You guys here to try out the villain simulation trial?"

Bakugou snarled, "Of course! Outta the way, Shitty-Hair, I'll show you how it's done!"

"My hair is not that different from yours!" Kirishima exclaimed before being shoved aside by the blond. The remaining students of 1-A sighed in annoyance at the blond's crude attitude, but Melissa could only laugh at how rowdy he was. These UA kids are a real blast!

"You got this, Bakugou!" Momo shouted, a prideful smile on her face. Bakugou looked back at the ravenette and smirked before turning back around to ready himself to take the top spot.

"Seems we have a surprise contestant!" The woman exclaimed nervously as the blond seemingly disregarded the official sign up for the event. "Now, brace yourself! Ready…"

"GO!"

Bakugou immediately shot off, using his explosions to propel himself from one robot to the next, successfully destroying each robot in quick succession without any sort of hiccups with his massive explosive power. The boy was moving at his top speeds, making sure to dominate the competition, and he shouted out in order to make them understand, "DIE!"

The rest of the class only grew increasingly concerned at the blond's warcry, excluding a very proud and excited Momo. Seeing him act as rough as he could, and be as "gracefully violent" as he was, she was understandably quite hyped to see the boy in action. It was why she liked him after all.

In a matter of seconds there were no other robots standing and the blond had returned to his starting position. The crowd went wild, and the announcer was left in awe at his impressive record breaking time.

"This is amazing! He cleared it in fifteen seconds!" The announcer exclaimed before waving a hand to the proud pomeranian. "We have a new first place winner!"

"You should totally beat his time." A certain purplette whispered to her boyfriend as she smirked fiendishly. Izuku's eyes widened as he turned his head to face his scheming girlfriend.

"No! I'm not trying to die today!" The greenette exclaimed before Kyouka turned to face him with an evil glint in her eyes. He did not like that look in her eyes, but before he could protest the girl had shoved the greenette into the arena, causing Bakugou and the announcer to turn to look at him in both anger and surprise.

"HAH!? You're gonna try to beat MY time, Deku!? I'd like to see you try." Bakugou challenged, stomping towards the greenette with a rather humorous angry expression on his face.

"Wait, no, this is a misunder-"

"AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CHALLENGER! WILL HE BE ABLE TO BEAT THE NEW FIRST PLACER'S TIME!?" The announcer broadcasted, causing the crowd to go into uproar, and unfortunately forcing Izuku to participate in this trial.

The greenette turned back to Kyouka who smiled down at him devilishly. Of course she would do this to him. Sighing, the greenette walked up to the starting point, getting into a runner's stance while activating One For All throughout his body, being sure to only amass up to eight percent.

"You better win, Izuku!" Kyouka shouted, challenging the greenette to show everyone what it meant to be top of your class. The greenette merely rolled his eyes and put his game face on. Now was not the time for distractions.

"Ready…" The announcer started, raising her arm into the air to signify that Izuku gets ready. The greenette closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm his racing heart before reopening them and truly beginning to feel his strength flow through his body. He was more than ready for this. "GO!"

Izuku shot forward in the blink of an eye, winding back his fist as he braced himself to strike the first robot, making sure to keep an even distribution of eight percent of One For All throughout his body in order to not break himself.

Izuku's fist slammed into the robot, breaking it upon first contact, and before the robot detonated he was already shooting off for the next. Robot after robot could be heard exploding as Izuku came through and striked them only once.

Izuku was seen only as a green blur as he made his way across the entire hazardous field, and before anyone could get a real read on his speed and power he had already finished the course and stood at attention at his original starting point.

The green haired boy raised his head into the air and took another deep breath as the stadium fell silent. It appeared that he had finished the course in the blink of an eye, and as the announcer checked the timer her eyes nearly bulged out of her skull.

"T-Twelve seconds…" The woman exclaimed, appalled by the results. Not only had he beaten Bakugou's record, but he beat the theoretical highest score someone could get without a speed based quirk. This was astronomical! This hero to be… What exactly was he made of? Better yet, what was his quirk!?

"Deku…" Melissa mumbled thoughtfully. Sure the greenette would have been talented, but to this extent? It seemed almost impossible! Not only that, but his quirk… It truly was similar to All Might's. Was that why he had come here with the number one? Was he some sort of second All Might? WAS HE ALL MIGHT'S SECRET LOVECHILD!?

"THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT, IZUKU!" Kyouka shouted pridefully, a smug smile gracing her lips as she turned to the BakuMomo couple. Bakugou merely grumbled aimlessly while Momo pouted rather playfully. She knew Izuku had the capabilities to beat Bakugou's score, but she wasn't going to let that be the end of it!

"Don't even think about it, Ponytail." The blond interrupted, halting her before she even suggested that he try again. "At best I could tie with that… Let him have the victory. He deserves it."

Momo stared at the blond appalled. Was he really going to back down right just like that? What had made the blonde so willing to not go after the greenette's throat like he normally would have? Did something happen between the two of them that she wasn't aware of? Could it have been during their finals?

"You're damn right he does." Kyouka commented, causing a vein to pop up on the blond's forehead. Her comments were really starting to annoy him. What was with her and acting like such a damn extra!? What confused Kyouka the most, however, was the fact that Bakugou wasn't actively trying to challenge the greenette to a fight afterwards in order to secure his own superiority. What exactly happened during that final exam?

"If you're so confident, why don't you go out there and try it, ears!? Or are you too much of a dickrider to hop off of Deku's and do shit on your own!?" He shouted, attempting to step towards the purplette angrily, only to be stopped short by Momo pushing him back. Kyouka's expression contorted to one of pure rage and animosity as she grit her teeth and felt her eyes strain in annoyance.

"Y'know what, maybe I will!"

"Good, do it! Or maybe you're just not cut out for it?" He antagonized, before the purplette snapped and leapt over the railing, startling Izuku who was still standing out in the field.

"K-Kyouka, I know what you're thinking, but maybe-" He attempted to speak before a jack slapped the shit out of him. That was when Izuku knew that he needed to get the fuck out of there, and using One For All, he leapt back up to the stands.

"Bakugou look what you've done! Now she's upset!" Momo berated, yanking on the blond's ear, though the blonde stayed silent and watched as she made her way to the starting position.

"Are we sure she's gonna be alright?" Melissa questioned, watching in worry for the purplette. Izuku only shook his head.

"Kyouka is one of the scariest people I know. This is going to be over before you know it, but it's gonna come at a cost to the surrounding buildings." Izuku answered, pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance at the blond's deeds. He had thoroughly screwed the competition.

"Wait what-"

"GO!"

Suddenly a massive soundwave erupted from the purplette's boots, causing even civilian passersby to cover their ears at the volume of her attack. Before anyone could even realize what was happening, the ringer to signify the end of the event rang, and Kyouka's time was displayed on the screen. Five seconds.

"HOW'S THAT FOR DOING IT ON MY OWN, HUH!? HOW'S THAT FOR BEING CUT OUT FOR IT, YOU DAMN DEMOLITIONIST FREAK!?" Kyouka shouted, pointing at the blond as she went on her tirade. All of their classmates stared at her in utter shock, and Izuku merely shook his head. This is just what happens when you egg her on.

"I see what you mean by 'scariest person you know' now." Melissa commented, propping her glasses up on her face as she stared at the raging purplette in awe.

"Yeah, she's a force to be reckoned with. Honestly, it's my favorite part of her." Izuku mumbled in response as a light pink tinted his cheeks. Melissa smirked at the greenette rather smugly before looking down at the greenettes scuffed metal knuckle gloves as an idea popped into her mind.

"Knew it." A male voice rang from beside the two locked in conversation. Turning their attention to the side they noticed a certain dual-haired boy snacking on… Watermelon?

"Todoroki? When did you get here?" Izuku questioned, tilting his head at his friend munching away at his inconspicuous fruit.

"Watermelon." The boy replied, taking another bite of the aforementioned fruit before actually giving a response. "Around the time that Jirou put you and Bakugou in your place."

"She didn't-"

"Didn't what?" Kyouka's voice interrupted from behind the greenette, a scary aura surrounding her as she glared at the greenette with a wicked smile. Melissa simply backed away from the couple as Todoroki offered her some of his inconspicuous watermelon. "Go on, finish your sentence."

"...No. I feel as though I've made a grave error." The greenette replied as he narrowed his eyes at his lover. Looking behind her he noticed that Bakugou was getting berated by Momo as Kirishima, Iida, and Uraraka watched in awkward amusement. It was karma after all.

"Eat shit, Green. I'm totally better than you."

"That may be so, but-"

"Eat shit."

"Kyouka-"

"EAT SHIT!"

"Kyo-"

"EAT SHIT!"

Izuku paused for a minute as he thought of something he could say to snap her out of it. It was a bit of a stretch, but embarrassing her would probably work.

"...It's pretty hot to see you act so feisty." He commented, blushing slightly as the words came out of his mouth.

"EAT SHI- Wait, what?" She questioned, her face erupting into a deep red hue, her face resembling that of a tomato as she could've sworn that steam was being produced from her face. Izuku sighed in relief.

"Anyways!" The greenette exclaimed, turning to the rest of his rowdy class. "Everyone, it's getting to be that time! Those of us who are headed to the event tonight should get ready for it."

"No way in hell am I-" Bakugou started before getting hit in the back of the head by a baton created by the blond's ravenette companion.

"We'll be there, and I'll make sure of it." Momo informed as Bakugou scowled in annoyance.

"You can't make me go anywhere, ponytail."

"That may be so, but would you rather me go alone? I want you to come! It'll be fun, Bakugou." The ravenette encouraged, causing the blond to roll his eyes and click his teeth in annoyance. What was so good about a formal event with a bunch of snobs?

"...Fine." He replied, mumbling as he looked away from the now explosively vibrant Yaomomo. Honestly, it was seriously weird how she was able to get him to work with her, though Izuku could chalk it down to him actually liking the girl.

"Oh, that reminds me! We should head back to your other two classmates, I can get them invited to the party!" Melissa informed, turning to Izuku and Kyouka. The couple looked to one another and shrugged, it wouldn't hurt to actually invite the two of them, right?

Right?

---

Hanta Sero and Denki Kaminari, normally some of the most rambunctious members of the 1-A classroom, were now sprawled out in front of their place of labor. It wasn't even the official opening of the cafe, and they were already feeling the brunt of the workload. The restaurant industry is so rough!

"Sero, Kaminari, get your asses up." Kyouka called, approaching the two boys with Izuku and Melissa on either side of her. The two boys glanced up from their slumped positions as they watched the trio approach them.

Rising to their feet to greet their classmates, with the new addition of Melissa Shield, they were greeted with two small pieces of paper. Upon closer inspection the papers turned out to be invitations to the I-Expo reception party tonight!

"Woah, where did you get these!?" Sero questioned, glancing between the three of them gratefully.

Melissa stepped forward, "I had extra, so please feel free to use them and come to the event tonight for all of your hard work!"

Sero eyed the woman, "Are you a goddess?"

"No, but she's damn well close to it!" Kaminari exclaimed, attempting to glomp the woman before getting kicked in the "family jewels" by none other than Kyouka Jirou herself.

"You deserve that one." Sero exclaimed, smirking down at the writhing blond with a small chuckle. Kaminari simply responded by foaming at the mouth and making gurgling noises. Damn those boots hurt.

"Anyways, would you two come with me before the party tonight? I have some things that I want to show you guys." Melissa stated, turning to the couple behind her with a suspiciously innocent smile gracing her lips.

"Well, we really should be getting ready…" Kyouka replied, with Izuku nodding in agreement, but upon seeing the blond girl's saddened expression she sighed.

She was probably going to regret this later. "...I guess we can spare some time."

---

"And this…" Melissa started, using a retinal scanner to open up a door, "Is my lab/workshop!"

Melissa had decided to give the two a tour of her school, and while it was a very nice building of education, they really failed to see what was so important that they had to impact their time like this. They needed to be getting ready.

"It's very nice, but not to sound rude or anything, but we are pressed for time, Melissa." Izuku innocently informed, pulling out his phone to look at the time. They didn't have any more time to be sightseeing.

"Right, right! Sorry, I just got really invested in the tour." Melissa apologized, bowing her head slightly before rummaging through one of her drawers. "I actually have some things for you two, call it a welcoming gift!"

"Eh?" Kyouka questioned as Melissa pulled out a small red wristband, swiftly placing it onto the greenette, and removing his glove before either of them could protest to it. "Hey!"

"Don't worry! Press this button here." Melissa instructed, pointing to a small button on the underside of the device. Doing as instructed, Izuku pressed the button and before his very eyes, what he assumed were nanobots, swarmed his arm. A construct looking like red athletic tape wrapped around his forearm and knuckles, and the couple couldn't have been anymore confused and bewildered.

"Melissa… What is this?" Izuku questioned, turning to look at the blond after inspecting the fully expanded… Gauntlet?

"I call it the Full Gauntlet." She explained, gesturing for Kyouka to come and take a closer look at it as well. "I made it after seeing Uncle Might's power. I made it so that it can take the full power of his punch 3 times, cool right?"

"Yeah, but why are you giving it to Izuku?" Kyouka questioned, taking the greenettes arm into her hands as she inspected the gauntlet. It was lightweight; it almost felt like it was absolutely weightless. And to top it all off the design was sleek!

"Well, after watching your run in the villain trial, I thought it would be perfect for you. I can tell you got those scars on your hand from the full power of your quirk, so… It's yours." Melissa started, smiling at the greenette before turning to the girl beside him. "And now for you. It's only a blueprint right now, but I'd be happy to send it to your support company if you'd like?"

Kyouka looked down at the gauntlet that Melissa had created. If it was going to look and work like anything like this, she was more than down to use it.

"I'd be insulted if you didn't."

---

"Crap! I can't get this freaking tie right!" Izuku mumbled as he struggled to fix his tie. After all those hours of practicing, he still can't do it right!? "Kyouka, how are you doing in there, are you alright?"

Izuku had called out to the girl due to her being in the bathroom of their hotel room. They had opted to change in the different spaces of the hotel room, and Kyouka had coincidentally decided to "freshen up". In actuality she was screaming internally while staring at herself in the mirror. Something about this dress just didn't sit right with her.

"Kyouka? Are you okay?" Izuku asked once more, walking over to the bathroom door with a messily large knot on his tie, knocking gently to try and get a response from her.

Taking a deep breath she slapped her hands onto her cheeks. 'God damnit, Kyouka! Now is not the time to be insecure, you are going to go out there, woo your boyfriend, and get that dance!' She thought, staring at her makeup-covered face in the mirror. 'And possibly even confess your feelings to him if the mood's right…'

Taking one last deep breath she forced herself away from the mirror and threw the door open, nearly hitting the greenette directly. "Woah! Watch it!"

"A-Ah! Sorry, sorry! I-I was…" Kyouka started, stumbling over her words as she took in the greenette's dashing appearance. Outside of his tie that is. "I-I started feeling a bit… Insecure."

The greenette's expression softened, though his face couldn't help but heat up at the sight of her. She was wearing a strapless layered salmon and black ruffle short dress with a white ribbon belt tied to appear like a rose. As for her accessories she was adorned with a white rose hairpin, a black choker, and black heels. She was stunning.

"Kyo… You look absolutely gorgeous." Izuku mumbled, grasping small strands of her hair gently before moving it to cup her cheek. "You look good in white..."

Kyouka snickered at the greenette's light comment, "So do you… Though you can't help but mess up your tie, can you?"

Izuku chuckled awkwardly as Kyouka took action and fixed his tie so that it sat neatly on his suit. He looked so handsome all dressed up like this. Kyouka took a mental note to have him dress up for her again in the future.

"Can you blame me? Maybe I like having you do it." He joked, warranting one of her jacks to flick him on the forehead. "Ow!"

"That, or your completely incompetent. But maybe that's what I like about you." Kyouka commented teasingly, causing the greenette to pout.

"I'm pretty sure I'm smarter than you."

"You may be booksmart, but socially you couldn't handle ordering your own food." Kyouka continued, patting the greenette on the head as she now stood a tad closer to his height due to her heels.

"I take offense to that statement." Izuku stated, huffing in playful annoyance as he headed for the door to exit their hotel room. As the door opened it was quickly shut and Kyouka's arm was extended and shown to be the culprit.

Izuku rolled his eyes and turned to face the purplette, who was now in closer proximity. "Really? What is it now?"

The purplette blushed and looked away as she spoke, "Listen, w-we're gonna be out there awhile, a-and I know we won't be able to do much while we're there, but-"

Knowing where she was going with her statement, the greenette quickly interrupted her by crashing his lips against hers, wrapping his arms around her waist as he fully savored the feeling of her lips.

"Mmm~.." Kyouka hummed as Izuku pressed her body against his own, deepening the kiss for a moment before finally pulling away.

"Is that gonna be enough to hold you over?" Izuku questioned, giving the girl a small smile as he released her from his embrace. Kyouka whined as he let go, but nodded reluctantly. She'd be able to get some more affection from the greenette later, so this should be enough.

"Yeah, I guess… Are you ready to go?" She replies, intertwining her fingers with Izuku's as he reaches for the doorknob with the other. Izuku smiles warmly and nods.

"Yeah, let's have some fun tonight."

---

"I don't think I can do this." Kyouka exclaimed as she and Izuku waited on the elevator to reach their floor. The girl was now beginning to have second thoughts and it was getting really bad for her. She felt as if she might have been having a panic attack and Izuku had no idea what to do.

"Kyouka, what's wrong? Is there anything I can do?" He questioned, careful not to put his hands on her so that she wouldn't freak out and start spazzing.

"I want to go back… Th-This dress, I-I just… I-I-I can't." She complained in between deep breaths. Try as she might, she couldn't quite get her breathing under control and she felt tears begin to form in the corners of her eyes. She really wanted to do this with Izuku, and now their night would be ruined because she couldn't handle going out in this stupid dress! Damn her and stupid, ugly, flat-chested-

There was a sound of fabric moving through the air, and before she could process what was happening, Izuku had draped his blazer over her shoulders and placed his hands on either side of her face, snapping her out of her panic.

"It's going to be alright. If you don't like it then at least feel comforted with my jacket." He stated gently, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with his thumb. He made sure that she locked eyes with him, and without saying anything else she understood.

She understood that it was going to be okay. She understood that she didn't need to feel bad. She understood that she didn't have to force herself to go out there and be looked at by their classmates. She understood that Izuku was going to be there for her no matter what, and that she wasn't a burden. That he wasn't going to be upset with her. He just wanted her to be okay. That's all he ever wanted.

"Are you alright now? Do we need to head back? Just say the word." Izuku commented, giving the girl a quick peck on the lips to help bring her focus back onto him. She didn't need her mind wandering.

Kyouka leaned further into the kiss before stepping away and gripping onto the greenettes Blazer that was now draped over her body. She gave a small smile before facing the greenette once more.

"No… No, I'm okay to go now, thank you." She mumbled, her jacks coiling idly as her cheeks heated up. "Thank you… Really, I just… I-I love..."

Both teens' heartbeats spike, what the hell was she just about to say!? Izuku's eyes widened in shock as he locked eyes with her once more. He needed to hear what she was about to say!

"I-I love…" She stuttered, looking away from the greenette's eyes as she felt her will to say what she wanted to say fade away. "I love that you always do this for me… That you're here for me like this."

Ding!

The two teens quickly separated as the doors to the elevator opened, revealing only a small portion of their class was present. The class present consisted of Iida, Sero, Kaminari, and Todoroki.

"H-Hey you guys." Izuku greeted rather awkwardly, Iida stomped towards the greenette with a judgmental expression on his face.

"You're late. As the class president you should-"

"He's off duty! Back off!" Kyouka interrupted, holding her jacks threateningly in front of the bluenette. Iida then backs away as he looks at the girl in fear. He was already aware to not get on the girl's bad side. "Seriously you act as if you're the morals committee when we aren't even in school."

"It's fine, Kyouka." Izuku said, intervening before the purplette got too heated. He then turned to face his bluenette acquaintance once more, "Where is everyone else though? I thought the others were going to be here by now…"

"They're late as well. Seriously what happened to attending as a group…" Iida mumbled, pinching the bridge of his nose as Izuku laughed off the boy's slight frustration. He really was way too stiff. "Hopefully they arrive soon. The partys going to start soon."

Ding!

The group turned their attention back to the elevator as the doors split open to reveal Ochako Uraraka, in all of her vibrant and bubbly glory. Her off-shoulder dress was white with pink straps that hung below her shoulders, and pink frills on the torso. To go along with her dress she wore black stockings, a white floral hairpin, a pearl necklace, and crimson red ribbon lace heels.

"Hey everyone! Sorry I'm late..." She apologized, greeting everyone as she made her way towards the group. Just as she made it there the elevator dinged once more, revealing that Momo had arrived by herself, but... Where was Bakugou?

The ravenette was wearing a light crimson dress that flowed down to about a little above her ankles. To go with the dress she wore white flats, a white ribbon belt tied to appear like a rose, and a pale pastel yellow floral hair clip that held back her ponytail.

"You have no idea how hard it was to convince him to put on a suit… Bakugou told me to go on ahead and he'll meet us at the party when he's ready." Momo revealed, crossing her arms in annoyance as she scowled at the memory of arguing with the blond to just come along with the class. For some reason he seemed so against it, but the only explanation that she could get from him was, "Dekus there".

What exactly happened between the two of them where now they would be avoiding each other like the plague? Now her interest in the matter was piqued and she couldn't help but want answers.

Turning to stare at the greenette in thought… Had Midoriya done something? No, it was more likely that it was Bakugou, but the possibility was there. Izuku wasn't an innocent soul, that was proven when he, Todoroki, and Iida decided to take on the Hero Killer. The only thing she could think of was their fight with All Might, but they had won, did they not? Shouldn't they be celebrating? Momo just couldn't wrap her head around it, and Bakugou was no help. Perhaps she'll have to ask Midoriya himself.

"Woah, she's totally pushing up her boobs-" Kaminari whispered to Sero before the tape-quirked boy used said quirk to silence him. Kaminari's muffled disapproval was drowned out as the rest of the class went to greet the newcomers.

"You seriously need to learn to shut up, Kaminari." Sero commented, giving an apologetic glance to Momo who was still deep in thought, staring at Izuku Midoriya. Quirking a brow he turned to the purplette beside the greenette to see if she had noticed, but she was none the wiser. He would've told her, but he wasn't one to stir up drama. That, and it was none of his business.

"Don't worry about it, we're just glad you guys finally made it!" Izuku replied to the two newcomers, waving softly in tandem with Kyouka as they approached the circle.

"Yeah, it's my first time wearing clothes like this, I'm not sure how to feel about it… I actually had to borrow this from Yaoyorozu." Uraraka commented, looking at her outfit once over as she approached Izuku. Kyouka took a small sidestep towards the greenette while trying her hardest not to look as annoyed as possible. She hated to admit it, but that dress really did her justice, something that she couldn't really say for her own outfit.

"Ah, yeah it's apparently Kyouka's first time dressing formally too, but look at how great she looks!" Izuku replied, completely ignoring the brunette attempting to fish for a compliment, instead passing it off to his girlfriend beside him.

Izuku stepped away from her to gently lift his blazer off of her, giving the other's a chance to get an actual look at her dress, and by god did she look stunning. Kyouka felt heat rise to her cheeks as the compliment left Izuku's mouth, though it only worsened as he lifted his blazer off of her.

"W-Wait, Izuku-"

"Wow! Jirou, you look amazing!" Momo commented. She seemed to snap out of her train of thought just in time to get a good look at her friend's dress. She looked amazing, and she could tell with how Izuku kept trying to keep his eyes off of her, that he truly felt the same.

Uraraka scowled for a moment before putting on a rather awkward and fake smile. She really couldn't believe that Izuku completely disregarded her like that. "E-Erm, yeah. You look great Jirou."

Wait, why was she getting angry? All he did was compliment another one of their friends, why did that matter? Sure she might have had feelings for the greenette, but that's not an excuse to act jealous or be mad when he's being nice or genuine with someone else. They weren't even that close, not like him and… Jirou.

Snatching the blazer from the greenette and placing it back on her shoulders, she felt herself begin to relax. "Th-Thanks guys. Uraraka, your dress looks really nice on you."

Uraraka seemed to have brightened up at the girl's compliment. Yeah, there was no way the brunette could be upset with Kyouka. Above all else, they were friends, and they were friends with a certain greenette that she had feelings for. But that did pose the question… Who did Deku have feelings for? Would she ever get the real answer from him?

Ding!

The elevator went off once more, sliding open to reveal the final member that they were waiting for, Melissa Shield. The blonde came dressed in a blue strapless dress with a white and black frill skirt, and a black ribbon belt knotted to look like a flower. Seemed everyone was going for floral designs tonight. Melissa had opted to go without her glasses for the night, and tied her hair up in a loose ponytail with a black bow, and a red hairband. To top it all off she wore white ribbon lace heels and painted her nails a bright red. She even wore light makeup.

"Oh, hey! What are you guys still sitting around here for? The party's starting soon!" Melissa called out to everyone as she jogged her way over to the group. In heels. Americans were scary. The group went to greet the girl as she approached, but as soon as she reached them the strangest thing happened.

The Island went into lockdown.

---

Heroes and many big names in quirk research gathered at the party. Some invited, and some were cunning researchers at the peak of discovering different ways to better society. And at the peak of it all stood one lone man, David Shield.

"Let's have a few words from our number one hero, All Might, who is visiting on such a momentous occasion!" The announcer stated, welcoming the number one hero onto the stage. All Might froze with a small glass of champagne in his rather large hand and turned to look at his best friend questioningly. "Please come up here and lead us in a toast!"

"Dave… Why wasn't I informed? I could have prepared something." He mumbled as his friend gave him a small shrug. He was well aware that the man hated to give speeches, or do any kind of public speaking at all despite his position, but in this instance David wasn't going to be much help at all.

Sighing, All Might handed his friend his drink to hold as he made his way onto the stage and took a hold of the mic from the initial speaker as everyone gave the man a round of applause, a standing ovation if you will. All Might held serious respect in the quirk research community, but not only that, his pro hero peers loved to see him do his job, for once he arrived all would be alright. Why, you might ask? Just because he was there.

"Well, thank you all for having me here tonight!" All Might started, smiling down at the crowd around him as the room went silent. "Well, I'm not very good at formal speeches, but I'd like to start by-"

Suddenly a large beeping noise would emerge, and the screen behind All Might displayed a large red blinking emergency logo. Some threat must have activated I-Island's security system and put the whole island into lockdown. That, or there was something nefarious afoot.

"Attention citizens! This is an announcement by the I-Island security system." An automated voice rang throughout the entire island, alerting all outside civilians and those who were present at the formal event tonight. "We have received a report from the security system that an explosive device has been placed in the I-Expo area. I-Island will now be in high alert mode. Any residents and tourists should return to their homes or lodgings immediately. Those who have come a long way should go and wait at the nearest evacuation center. Anyone that is still wandering outside after ten minutes shall be arrested without warning. Please refrain from going outdoors."

"What..?" All Might mumbled as he watched the alloy security coverings for the windows shut all around the room.

"In addition, most of the main buildings will be sealed off by the security system." The security system finalized as armed guards entered the main hall, guns at the ready to harm any attendee that dared to stand up for themselves. The guards were adorned in all black military grade gear, and white masks with an odd black design that looked like ink splotches to cover their faces.

The guests all began to grow into a panic as they froze in fear. They had the right idea to fear for their lives as these guards weren't here to only threaten them. Suddenly a man entered the room with a white trench coat, and an iron mask with black mesh underneath to better hide his identity. His hair was long and a deep crimson, though his hazel eyes and villainous smirk sent a clear message of his intentions: Nothing but evil.

"It's just as you heard." The man started, two lackeys who could be inferred to be his right and left hands trailing behind him as he stepped towards the center of the room. Many of the other guards got into position to get the guests on the ground for their own safety, though even that wasn't assured for them. "We have taken over the security system. Don't even think about putting up a fight, especially you, All Might."

The man pointed a finger lazily to the screen that abruptly displayed camera footage of the civilians attempting to evacuate the premises. The robotic guards stood at attention, ready to gun down any of them so long as they got the command from the head honcho in front of them. All Might's smile fell as he restrained himself from leaping at the man in order to strike him down with all of his might.

"Try anything and those robots will start baring their fangs at the public, and we wouldn't want that, now would we?" The villain taunted, smirking in pride as he bested even the greatest hero to be seen within this day and age. "Everyone on this island is now a hostage. Including you- Oh! And just for good measure-"

Suddenly illuminated blue restraints shot out and swiftly wrapped themselves around the heroes as they sat helpless with no proper way to really take down the villains without civilian casualties. All Might tried his best to fight against the restraints, but suddenly a gunshot rang out in the middle of the crowd, forcing the number one hero to halt his attempt at saving everyone.

The head villain made his way onto the stage as he pointed a gun up into the air, the barrel still smoking from the last shot that he had fired up into the ceiling. "Don't move! Take even one step, and I'll kill everyone here before you can even count to one."

The crowd began to grow uneasy, and All Might could do nothing to comfort those that truly needed him most. There was no real way to get out of this as everyone was truly in danger, the only way to get through this now was to lay in wait and allow the villains to do what they will and want.

"Shit…" All Might cursed under his breath as he sat still within his restraints, his piercing blue eyed gaze burrowing into the side of the masked assailants' heads.

They would definitely pay for all of this.

---

"Because of that security alert, I don't have any signal. We're essentially trapped here for now." Todoroki commented as he pocketed his phone. It seemed that the island's security system had cut off any forms of cellular/radio communication. They were sitting ducks until the proper authorities had everything taken care of. Or so they thought. "Even seems like all the reports are being blocked."

"Yeah, but doesn't this seem odd to you guys? Something about this whole situation doesn't sit right with me, I mean why would someone have any reason to call in a bomb threat if it meant locking everything down?" Izuku questioned, cupping his chin in thought as he stared down at the floor. Truly something about this was suspicious to the greenette. "Even the elevator doesn't work…"

"If anything they'd probably be trying to lock people inside of something with a flawed idea like that." Kyouka commented nonchalantly as she tugged on the blazer that laid over her shoulders. Izuku's eyes suddenly grew wide with concern as a thought crossed his mind. And boy did he hope he was wrong.

"Melissa." Izuku started, turning to face the blonde as he grabbed her attention. The greenette then took a few steps towards the blond as his serious expression told her that she needed to listen to what he had to say. "Is there some other way up to the main hall? I need to know now, I don't think we have any time to lay in wait anymore."

"Wait, you can't seriously be thinking we're dealing with a planned attack, can you?" Sero chimed in as he finally removed the tape he had placed over Kaminari's mouth.

"It's just a theory, but with how sudden this all is… I have no reason to doubt my instinct. Right now I think we could be trapped in this building for an explicit reason." Izuku explained, before turning back to Melissa. "Please, Melissa. I need you to lead us up to the main hall if you can. All Might's there with a bunch of other heroes, surely they'd be up to something with a high security alert like this."

"No, I think Deku's right… The security system wouldn't go into high alert mode over something explosive. This is a science island." Melissa added, cupping her own chin in thought before nodding to Izuku in agreement. "I think we should go up and check on everyone. There's a glass roof to that room, I think we'll be able to peep into the event through there just to see if everything's alright."

"Please don't tell me we have to fight villains again…" Kyouka groaned as Momo patted her on the shoulder reassuringly.

"I'm sure it couldn't be that extreme, right?" Momo asked rhetorically, attempting to ease her purple haired friend's nerves, but to no avail.

"Yaomomo, with all due respect, you have no idea how good that cabbage patch's intuition is. It's more than likely that he's right, especially when it comes to stuff like this. He's like some boy genius when he feels like it." Kyouka expressed as she turned and stared at the greenette discussing their plan to get up to the main hall. "Honestly, it's kinda scary…"

"Kyouka!" Izuku suddenly shouted, causing the purplette to jump in alert.

"Y-Yeah? Do you need something?" She questioned in response, holding a hand to her heart as Izuku had successfully scared the living shit out of her.

"I need you to come with us, if we're going up above the main hall we won't be able to hear much. You think you could help with that?" Izuku questioned, smiling as she nodded in response. The greenette then turned to Melissa with a determined expression on his face. "Alright, lead the way, Melissa."

The group moved as a lone unit, silently following Melissa who led them up to the main hall. Peering down into the hall the group was swiftly greeted with the sight of armed guards, civilian hostages, and even the pro heroes had been restrained. It seemed like the entire island's security system had been taken over, but they had no real way of knowing what their goal was, or what they could do to help… They didn't have hero licenses.

"They even captured All Might…" Kaminari mumbled in fear as he viewed the crime scene before them. Turning towards the green haired "leader" Kaminari desperately needed some form of guidance or reassurance. "Hey, Midoriya, what are we going to do? You can come up with something can't you?"

Iida shook his head., "No, there's not much we can do without hero supervision, and seeing as the heroes are restrained, getting that is near impossible… Only thing we can do is to lay in wait for heroes from the mainland."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that." Izuku remarked, pulling out his phone as he began to point it's flashlight towards All Might's face, turning it on and off discreetly so that the villains wouldn't notice. "Come on, All Might…"

Flashing the light for a few moments, the greenette began to grow impatient and flashed the light directly into the number one's sky blue eyes, causing him to finally turn his head slightly in order to see his students standing above him, staring in worry. He was deep in thought and failed to realize them, but now they had his attention.

'Young Midoriya..!' All Might thought as he locked eyes with the greenette. He watched as Izuku turned his head and gave a small nod to one of the other students, he couldn't quite make out who but he assumed it was Young Jirou.

The situation at this point was dire. David and his assistant had been taken away by the man in charge of these armed guards, and there was no real way for him to escape and save anyone.

"Can you hear me..?" All Might whispered, watching as Izuku gave the man a thumbs up. If anything he had to inform them of the situation and keep them safe above all else. "Good. The villains have taken over the tower, as well as the security system. Everyone on the island is a hostage as of right now. All the heroes have been captured as well. You need to lay low and wait for all of this to be over. It's not safe for you all."

"...And he wants us to lay low. It's not safe for us to try and act." Kyouka echoed All Might as she retracted her jack from the roof of the hall. Izuku's eyes narrowed in annoyance at that final statement. Not safe? When has being a hero ever been safe? They needed to act now and save everyone, otherwise there could be dire consequences. The heroes were out of commission and them, the heroes in training, were the best shot they had at protecting the people.

Izuku's brows furrowed, and Kyouka quickly caught on to what the greenette was thinking. She wasn't going to let him jump into action so hastily. "Izuku, we should listen to All Might. These are armed guards, not quirk crazed villains. If we try and act-"

"But we have to! We can't just sit around and let everyone's lives be in danger. I can't let everyone's lives be in danger. We have to do something." Izuku intercepted, turning to look at her with his intense expression before turning to stare back at All Might. The man was more than aware with that look on his face, it was the same look as whenever he was trying to act heroic. As foolish as it was, he had no way of stopping the greenette. Izuku was going to jump into action no matter what.

"You idiot!" Kyouka whisper-shouted as she yanked the greenette closer to her by his collar, the other's present about to intervene before being stopped by Momo. "What about you!? What about us! Do you think your life should be in danger in their stead!? No! I want to save everyone just as much as you, but I also don't want to lose anyone!"

"Are you doubting our capabilities? We are more than capable, I know that you know that. Come with me, or don't, but I'm not leaving things as they are. I have to save everyone, I can't let anyone stop me." Izuku retorted, swatting Kyouka's hands off of his collar as his face turned more apologetic. He hated having to be like this with her, but he stood firm in his decision, and his will was unyielding.

She couldn't stand that sorry look on his face, it just infuriated her to see Izuku rushing into danger once again without giving it any second thought. He lied to her. He lied when he said he would do things smarter, that he wouldn't do this again. That he would come back to her, oh how she could see it now… The headlines of a green haired student from UA being lost in a hero attack. But she couldn't deny him. She wouldn't deny his dream, not now, and hopefully not ever.+

"You fucking…" Kyouka started, angrily trailing off before winding her arm back and slapping Izuku as hard as she could with a long tear building up in her right eye. Wiping the tear away she scowled at the greenette who stared at her in shock, along with the rest of the class. "You're a fucking asshole, Midoriya! I'm not letting you go by yourself, but so help me god if you get hurt I will drag your ass out of the depths of hell just to shove my heel into your eye!"

She couldn't deny him this. After seeing him for years be denied his chances of being a hero she couldn't be the one to deny him again, but she truly couldn't bear to see him out there hurting himself again for the sake of others. She couldn't stand idly by as he risked his life, but by god she couldn't deny him his dreams. She couldn't deny the person who tried to give her everything in the world and more. She couldn't deny the boy she loved as much as it enraged her, and hurt her… She just couldn't bring herself to do it.

"Th-That's perfectly fair…" Izuku mumbled in response as he rubbed the cheek that she had just struck so ferociously. Watching the purplette stomp away angrily as the rest of the class followed after her he could only think of one thing. And what bad timing it was to be thinking about it.

'I didn't know I could be more in love with her.'

---

"I genuinely believe we should still listen to All Might. This is going to be dangerous, perhaps it would be better if we escape." Iida voiced as the group gathered back at the elevators to formulate a proper plan.

"No, Midoriya's already dead set on this, and honestly I'm right there with him." Todoroki commented.

"If I may, I think Deku's onto something. If there's even a slight chance that there's something we can do, I think we should take the risk." Melissa added as Uraraka and Momo nodded in agreement. They had enough training to at least regain control of the tower without having to face off with any of the villains.

"You already know I'm with you. But remember what I said." Kyouka threatened, glaring at the greenette in annoyance as he awkwardly laughed it off with the looming fear of her trying to strangle him weighing on his mind.

"Iida, I know you just want everyone to be safe, but the islanders would be safer if we at least did something." Izuku encouraged, placing a hand to the bluenette's shoulder. Iida sighed and hummed in agreement, Izuku was right. They had to try their hardest in order to ensure the safety of the public, and of the heroes that were trapped in the main hall.

"I'm all for it, but I don't know about him…" Sero chimed in, turning to the panicking ball of electric mess beside him. "I think he's having flashbacks of being used as a human taser."

Kyouka suddenly delivered a swift kick to the blonds head, "MOVE YOUR ASS, SHIT FOR BRAINS! WE'RE MOVING!"

"Seriously, how have you survived?" Sero questioned Izuku, turning to the greenette with a concerned expression on his face. Izuku merely shrugged.

"I think it helps that I don't get on her nerves that ofte- Actually, no, no I do that a lot… I'm not really sure. I guess she just tolerates me." He replied, cupping his chin in thought as the two boy's watched her essentially assault Kaminari. "Anyways…"

Izuku then turned to Melissa, "I'd appreciate your help in this. You're the only edge we have over the villains seeing as you know the ins and outs of the tower. Think you could get us somewhere where we can gain control of the island's security system?"

The blonde nodded, "Of course, you can count on me! Besides, I'm the only one who could properly override the system."

"Great! I'm glad we can count on you Melissa." Izuku thanked, unknowingly upsetting his already raging girlfriend as he gave Melissa a grateful smile. She had a collective anger towards many things at the moment, one of which was the greenette's safety, but now their relationship was added back onto their list. She didn't like that smile he was giving her, nor did she like how close she was to him. This whole thing was seriously beginning to stress her out more and more.

"Kyouka. Are you alright with all of this? I'm not going to do anything until you give me your go ahead. You hold the key right now." Izuku questioned, wanting one final confirmation from his girlfriend that she was going to be okay with all of this.

"Oh, so now you decide to listen to what I have to say-"

"Kyouka."

"...Fine. Yeah, it's fine. J-Just, please be careful? For me? How about for your mom?" She questioned, attempting to urge the boy to rethink this whole thing one last time, but to no avail. Once again it was shown that the greenette's will was unyielding.

"I'll do my very best to keep myself, and all of you, safe." Izuku answered, giving his girlfriend the smile that she could never say no to. Once again, she couldn't help but let her thoughts slip out as she sighed.

"Always a hero, Izuku… Always a hero." She mumbled, pinching the bridge of her nose in annoyance.

"And so are all of you." He replied, ignoring the fact that her statement wasn't even welcoming any sort of response. "We signed up for this the moment we chose heroism to be our profession. I want to save everyone, and I know you all do too… Would it really be right for us to do nothing?"

"Deku's right. We have no other choice." Uraraka chimed in, balling her fist as she too had found her resolve to join in. "We'll just have to do it without taking them head on like at the USJ."

"I'd be letting someone down if I didn't at least try to give these villains what for!" Momo joined in, nodding along with Uraraka as she too found the courage to join in on the plan. It wouldn't sit right with her if she didn't prove herself to be as strong as she truly could be; as heroic as she wanted to be. "I'm with you, Midoriya."

"Then…" Izuku started, clenching his fist and gritting his teeth into a rather forced confident smile. He turned to Melissa to give her one final nod of reassurance.

"Lead the way, Melissa."

---

"How many of these floors do we have to climb?" Kaminari whined as he and the others had seemingly begun trekking their way up the stairs for quite some time.

"About 200. The room at the top of the tower is what controls all of the security on I-Island, so we'll be at this for a while." Melissa responded, wincing in pain as her feet were beginning to hurt due to her heels. Kicking them off she continued on, not letting her pain be the thing to stop her from reaching the collective goal of saving the island with everyone else. "If we're going to save everyone without fighting, hiding like this is our best bet. It's unfortunately the quickest route without the elevators.."

"Me and Iida could speed off ahead, but unfortunately we're unaware of what they could have been doing up there. They may have set up a few traps." Izuku uttered, not even being phased by this amount of cardio as he had been through much worse when training with All Might. Climbing a few hundred, maybe even thousand, flights of stairs was a piece of cake, right?

As the zygotes reached the 80th floor, they unfortunately came across quite the disruptive roadblock. One of the staircase's many shutter doors had been activated and unfortunately now they had no way to stealthily get up to the 200th floor.

"Are you serious..!? What are we gonna do?" Kyouka questioned, turning to Izuku for some kind of guidance as he and the many others took this moment to stop and catch their breath, Kyouka included. "Can we break it down?"

"I'm afraid not. That would only alert the villains that we're on the move. We may not be able to go much further than this…" Melissa informed, her tone sounding dejected as everyone began to look towards one another for some sort of plan.

"We may just have to alert them... It'd be less high-alert if we opened a door from one of these floors, right?" Kaminari suggested, gesturing towards the door leading to the 80th floor that they had attempted to pass by. "Wouldn't that be our best bet?"

"But alerting them would mean that we may have to fight. Our odds in that may be even, but we know nothing about these villain's quirks." Momo argued, shaking her head in disapproval as she crossed her arms. "I'm not liking our odds…"

"True, but we have some of the top fighters in our class. Including you, Yaomomo." Sero chimed in, gesturing to Izuku, Iida, and Todoroki respectively. Izuku's brow furrowed in annoyance as he skipped over the person who could literally beat him in a fight, Kyouka.

"Wait, that's it!" Izuku exclaimed, snapping his fingers as an ingenious plan crossed his mind. "Kyouka, you can disrupt electric current, can't you?"

Kyouka raised a brow questioningly, "Yeah, what about it?"

"I need you to try and disrupt the electrical current long enough for us to get through the door without setting off the alarm. Think you can do that?" Izuku questioned.

"I-I can try, but wouldn't an outage alert them quicker? Though these villains aren't very smart, you'd think they'd be using the cameras in this stairwell just in case…" Kyouka questioned in response, looking to Melissa for the proper answer.

"No, I believe the circuit will shut down and power will resume on the relay for the door 2 minutes afterwards. It'll simply look like it shorted before resuming as normal. I doubt they'll even investigate it." Melissa informed, giving a nod to the two teens. The class looked amongst each other as they nodded in silent agreement that they had no other choice, and if the villains were to discover them… Well, then they'd be forced to fend them off.

"Alright, then I guess it's my turn to step in." Kyouka mumbled, hyping herself up slightly as she approached the door's maintenance panel, which was conveniently situated beside the door to the 80th floor. "Everyone brace yourselves to run through as fast as you can, I'm not one hundred percent sure how this is going to play out."

Kyouka's earjacks extended to the maintenance panel, and the purplette took a slow deep breath and closed her eyes to focus. This was there one shot at getting through her and continuing the mission to save everyone, she had to do this. She absolutely could do this. Izuku and the others were relying on her.

Kyouka could feel the beat of her heart slowly begin to pick up the pace. The thumping reverberated in her ears before she opened her eyes and shot the vibrations straight through her jacks. Small sparks could be seen coming from the device, and after a small moment of quiet the device shut down and Kyouka turned to her classmates.

"Go! Now's our chance!" She instructed, retracting her jacks from the maintenance panel as she and the other's bolted their way through the door, with Izuku leading the charge. As everyone got through the door a sense of relief began to wash over the teens, it seemed their intuition and teamwork was finally being put to good use, and they had just proven it.

"Wait… Midoriya! The cameras just turned to us, they know we're here!" Momo shouted, staring at the ceiling where a camera with a flashing red light had activated and, just as Momo had stated, turned towards the group. The villains were watching.

"Kyouka! The cameras!" Izuku shouted, before a sudden sound of metal creaking alerted the students to metal blast doors closing around them in an attempt to block them from moving any further. Izuku and Iida were not going to let themselves get trapped like that!

As Kyouka quickly took out the cameras, Izuku and Iida both shot off to deal with the rapidly closing blast doors. Izuku gained a head over Iida as he used 8% of One For All to shoot past the bluenette. One of the doors was about to close on him, but the greenette curled into a ball in order to slip in between the doors.

"Full Cowling… Malachite Split: Polished!" Izuku proclaimed as he shot his legs out on either side of him, successfully forcing the doors to slide back open with a split kick to each closing panel, breaking the panels in the process.

Iida then shot through the now opened door as he used the boost from his calves to swivel on his toes in order to slam one of the side doors open with relative ease, unfortunately the damage they had dealt was quite severe, but it was for the greater good. Or at least that's what they told themselves.

"Let's follow after them!" Sero instructed, the others nodding in agreement as they too made a dash for the forced open doorways. Kyouka ran to catch up with Izuku, and as she reached his side she nudged him with her arm.

"Malachite split?" Kyouka questioned teasingly as the duo made their way into what appeared to be a greenhouse. "Are all of your moves gonna be named like that?"

"And what if they are? Are you judging me?"

"Not at all. I think it suits you, 'Emerald Savior'." She continued, causing the greenette to blush before the class heard a door begin to slide open. Everyone froze before rushing to hide in the shrubbery, with Izuku essentially tackling Kyouka into a nearby bundle of bushes and shrubs. "I-I Tzuku what-"

Izuku's scarred hand suddenly covered her mouth and the purplette discovered that her back was pressed against the greenette's torso, both her arms were crossed over her chest, and Izuku was trying his hardest to silence her. She had no way of escaping, though now she really didn't want to as she listened to the approaching footsteps of two armed guards. Well, that and she now had an excuse to be close to her boyfriend in front of the others.

"Stay quiet, let's just hope that they pass by us…" Izuku whispered softly into his girlfriend's ear, unknowingly sending shivers down her spine with how softly he spoke in her ear, with how close he was to her, and how gentle his breaths felt against her neck. It was thrilling to be experiencing this with him, though the time and the place was less than preferred. Kyouka could definitely feel the glare she was getting from a certain brunette, yet at the same time she couldn't care less about what she thought.

"We know you're there you brats! Show yourselves!" The burlier of the two shouted, glancing around the greenhouse as he snarled angrily. Izuku slowly lifted his hand from Kyouka's mouth as he eyed the villains with his heart beating out of his chest. "Hoh? So you finally show yourself?"

"What the hell are you on about? Damn idiots." A familiar anger filled voice countered. Momo and Izuku swiftly peeked over the shrubbery to see that their suspicions were right. Katsuki Bakugou had made his way onto the scene. "Get out of the way. I have people to meet up with, shitheads!"

"As if you're getting out of this alive!" The heftier villain exclaimed, beginning to grow in size as he activated his transformation quirk. The man had transformed himself into a strange massive monstrous creature, and was ready to charge the boy head on.

"I'd like to see you try to kill me!" Bakugou challenged, crackling tiny, yet fierce explosions in the palms of his hands. The blonde was wearing a crimson dress shirt with a white tie. Overtop of that he had on a black waistcoat with a white floral design stitched onto each hip. Of course the blonde had to make sure that he looked good enough to satisfy "his girl" so he matched the waistcoat with his pants, and wore white dress shoes. To finish it all off the boy opted for a pale pastel yellow pocket square in his waistcoats breast pocket. "Bring it on!"

"You little shit..!" The monstrous man shouted, charging the blonde head on in order to catch him off guard with his speed.

Bakugou smirked, blasting himself out of the way before using his opposite hand to propel himself back towards the villain and firing off a massive explosion right in the villain's face. Upon the blowback of the explosion the villain had no time to guard and was swiftly blasted a few feet back, stumbling around due to the blow and having a hard time recovering.

The taller and lankier of the two lackeys scowled in annoyance. They didn't anticipate that this kid would have a powerful quirk, but now that he was distracted with his teammate he had a chance to catch the blond off guard.

The villain then outstretched his massive webbed hands, activating his quirk which sent out what appeared to be pressurized air towards Bakugou. Unfortunately for the villain, the attack never reached as a massive mountain of ice shot through the shrubbery, successfully protecting the unsuspecting bomb-boy.

"Hah!? Todoroki? Who asked you to save me, I had this under control, icy hot bastard!" Bakugou berated, as the peppermint haired boy made his presence known to the villains.

"Right. I'm just providing a little backup, don't worry." Todoroki commented, ironically wishing that he was eating watermelon instead of helping Bakugou of all people. Seriously, talk about being ungrateful.

"Tch, whatever." Bakugou grumbled angrily before spheres of ice came shooting out of the mountain of ice Todoroki had just created.

'His quirk…' Todoroki thought as he swiftly dodged another blast of compressed air.

"You won't get away with blasting me around like that, brat!" The larger villain shouted, charging straight for Bakugou for the second time. Scowling, the blonde continued to bombard the man with more and more explosions, using his mobility and quick trajectory switches to overwhelm him, but it still didn't seem to be enough.

"For fucks sake! Why won't you just…" Bakugou started, launching himself into the air as he began to twist around rapidly, using his quirk to propel himself all around. Everyone in his class knew what move he was going for and quickly bolted away from the scene, alerting the skinnier villain to their existence.

"There's more of you!?" The lankier villain questioned, quickly dodging a blast of fire by a hair. "Would you buzz off!"

"Not until I get my watermelon." The dual-haired boy replied nonchalantly, glaring at the villain as if he were committing one of the most heinous acts of standing between him and his desired fruit.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?" The man questioned before a massive explosion shook the entire greenhouse. Turning to gaze at the explosion he had come to realize that the blonde kid had swiftly incapacitated his associate with a howitzer impact. "C-Come at me then! I'll kill you both!"

The man extended his hands once more, attempting to beat the two by using the only move he knew how. Todoroki swiftly dodged it, but Bakugou delayed his reaction enough so that the man got a strange liquid on his hands.

"The hell's this..?" The webbed fingered villain questioned, staring at the two boys before shaking in fear at Bakugou's malicious smirk.

"It's my sweat. It's basically nitroglycerin, real explosive stuff." He explained, smiling as Todoroki swiftly caught on and fired a massive ember towards the man, successfully causing the nitroglycerin to ignite and blow the man up in mere seconds. How he wasn't dead, nobody would ever know. "And that's what you get for thinking you could best me. You're worse than trash."

"Bakugou!" Momo shouted, rushing the boy and enveloping him in a tight embrace. She was more just grateful that he made it out of the fight, but more than that he actually came to meet everyone for the party tonight, despite the villain attack underway. "You came!"

"E-Eh!? Wh- Dumbass! I said I was coming, ponytail, you got somethin' wrong with your ears!?" Bakugou shouted, attempting to hide his own embarrassment with anger and frustration as he tried to push her away gently. "W-Would you quit it, we're gettin' stares!"

"I-I know, I know! I was just kinda worried you wouldn't show up when you blew me off before, a-and then the villain attack and-"

"God, would you shut up! I didn't come here to hear you whine! We're dealing with villains, and what!? Shape up, Momo! We got shit to do!" Bakugou berated, blushing as his own fiery red eyes delved within her own onyx black eyes brimming with tears. "Quit cryin'. We're supposed to be heroes, ain't we?"

Momo's eyes widened in surprise. 'That… That was the first time he called me by my name.'

The ravenette felt as if her heart skipped a beat when he called her name. She couldn't put together a sentence, whenever she tried nothing would come out of her vocal chords. She was appalled, and yet silently ecstatic that Bakugou had finally dropped the nickname. That there was progress.

Bakugou knew he was no good at giving people kind words, nor was he a gracious man, but above all else he wanted to do the little things for her. He wanted to fix his behavior for her and that, in the future, would include fixing whatever relationship he had with Izuku Midoriya. Even if he had no idea how.

"You…" She muttered, trailing off as she stared at the boy with wide eyes and a light blush dusting her cheeks. "You're right. I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me… Thank you."

Bakugou placed his hands inside the pockets of his pants and sucked his teeth in flustered annoyance, "...Don't mention it."

"If you two are done giving each other googly eyes, can we get moving?" Sero chimed in, interrupting whatever moment they were having. The two swiftly turned to the boy scowling, though their faces also couldn't hide their embarrassment from being called out.

"Yeah, just kiss already." Kyouka added, rolling her eyes as she dusted a few leaves off of her dress nonchalantly. Bakugou turned to her with a vicious glare, but Momo simply brushed their teasing off as her face grew hotter.

Izuku glanced around the greenhouse to think of some kind of plan to get out of here. "Geez… These guys already know we're here, but if we try to move more aggressively they may start attacking people."

"Well, we can't just sit here and wait for them to come to us. It's more likely that we'll be captured." Iida chimed in, joining Izuku in his thought process as they weighed their options. "Melissa, was it? Is there some way we can reach the top floor?"

"Yes, but none of us could fit in the vents… I think our best bet would be to just go at it as aggressively as possible. We can think about the damage to the building later on, but you two have already shown that you're more than capable of breaking down the blast doors." Melissa instructed, cupping her chin as she looked through a mental map of the area. "I don't think they'd use citizens as leverage against us either. They don't know that you all are heroes in training, they probably just think you're dumb kids trying to defend yourselves."

"You have a point. They came at us with no idea of our quirks, maybe they truly don't know who we are… Alright, I think I have a plan." Izuku informed, gesturing for his classmates to huddle around to listen to what he had to say. "Starting off with our safety, Kyouka, you'll have to destroy the cameras as we move past them from here. They'll have no clear idea of where we are if we all just go around destroying the doors at random. They'll grow more panicked and be sent into a frenzy to regain control of the building, but in that chaos we'll be sneaking up to the top floor slowly, but surely."

"It makes sense. We'd definitely be taking "confusing the enemy" to a whole other level. What do we do if we encounter one of their foot soldiers?" Todoroki chimed in, questioning if they should "make first contact" or not.

"Take them down quickly, but don't go maiming people." Izuku instructed, gaining a nod of approval from Iida before the entire class turned to a certain ash blonde.

"WHAT!?"

---

The teen's plan moved relatively smoothly, breaking through floor after floor and essentially playing hide and seek with the villainous group that was after them. The students of UA, however, were all beginning to reach their limits. Villain after villain, guard bot after guard bot… Their exhaustion was beginning to catch up to them and it seemed as though that was the villain's plan.

Soon the students found themselves in a large room filled with enormous advanced servers, which many of the smarter students in the class presumed worked the entire system on the island.

"Can we… Can we break here?" Kaminari requested, panting as his head was feeling rather frazzled, and his lungs desperately needed to ease up. "I don't think I can go much longer."

"I don't think we've got much of a choice! Heads up everyone!" Iida exclaimed, getting himself into a stance as hundreds of security bots rolled into the room, ready to attempt to bring them down posthaste.

"How many times are these damn drones gonna show up! We're not gonna be able to get past them like this!" Bakugou snarled, slamming his hand into the robot before letting out a massive explosion to send the many behind it back.

Kyouka watched as the forerunners of her class fought with all that they had. Kicking back a robot, she turned to Izuku in hopes that maybe he would give some instruction or advice, but he was too busy being overwhelmed by the many security drones that had swarmed him. In fact, everyone was beginning to get pushed back more and more until Kyouka realized that she needed to do something. She had to make a sacrifice she really didn't want to.

"Izuku, Melissa! You two need to head straight for the top of the tower, you're our best bet at winning this!" Kyouka instructed, jamming her jack into one of the drones, successfully causing the machine to explode as she coarsed her heartbeat through them.

"What!? Kyouka, I'm not leaving you here!" Izuku argued, blasting a row of robots back with a fierce kick much stronger than before due to his anger that Kyouka would even suggest such a thing. Ever since the USJ, Izuku promised himself that he wouldn't allow himself to get split up with her like that again. Not in a situation where he couldn't make sure she would be safe.

"Izuku, we can handle ourselves here. Please, just get going so not all of us get caught." Kyouka countered, stepping towards the greenette as she found a break in the mass of drones that surrounded them. "I promise you, I'll be fine. Trust that I will come find you after you reset the security system with her."

Izuku stared deep within her eyes as he truly took in their situation. Their classmates were getting tired, and before all of them could even reach the main room they'd probably be captured. They needed to split up, that much was true, but he didn't want to go and leave Kyouka on her own. He knew that in time she and the others would get overwhelmed and eventually be captured, but he also knew that he had no other choice than to listen to her.

Izuku sighed, activating the full gauntlet that Melissa had prepared for him. "You better hold on until we do this. I don't want to see you get captured, alright?"

Kyouka smiled warmly at the greenette, giving him a nod as he rolled back his arms in preparation of what he was about to try.

'Three of All Might's punches, eh? Let's see about that.' Izuku thought as he clenched his fist and winded his arm back for a full thirty percent strike of One For All. "Melissa! Get ready to run!"

The blond nodded before turning her head towards a certain brunette. "Uraraka, I need you to come with us! I have a plan!"

As the brunette hummed in confirmation and joined the two in their preparation Kyouka could feel a tinge of annoyance strike her. Izuku was going to be alone with two girls that outdid her in looks? This really wasn't going to help the stress that she was already feeling from this fight, but… It was for the greater good. She trusted that Uraraka would prioritize the mission, and not decide to flirt in the middle of a crisis. At the very least the girl was better than that, or that's what Kyouka liked to hope.

"Kyouka!" Izuku shouted as a wave of drones neared him and the two girls behind him. Kicking back a drone of her own the purple haired rocker turned to see Izuku glancing back at her as he prepared to face the wave approaching. "Do your thing."

"Right!"

Izuku Midoriya smirked before throwing his fist straight in front of him, making direct contact with one of the drones before a massive split in the drones around them erupted, scattering hundreds of parts and some in-contact drones around the server room. Even the blowback of the strike was enormous, sending a gust of wind pressure throughout the room, forcing some of his classmates to shield themselves from being knocked to the ground, and the greatest thing about this was that his arm hadn't even broken. The Full Gauntlet worked like a charm!

Izuku grabbed the two girls behind him before the robots could have time to recover and swarm them again, and shot off with eight percent of One For All, dashing for the door that would lead them to a temporary safety.

The students prepared themselves for another wave of the incoming drones, and although he really didn't want to look back, he couldn't help himself. Watching all of his friends fight for their and others safety caused a feeling of pride to spread throughout the greenette. What surprised him most was Bakugou, he was really working together with everyone else while maintaining minimal damage to his surroundings.

"STAY STRONG, EVERYONE!"

The rest of the students would silently acknowledge the greenette's request, continuing to battle the drones surrounding them as their classmates went off to find a way to stop this onslaught of drones.

"I… I can't anymore…" Momo stated, clutching onto her stomach as she reached the limits of her own quirk. The girl had already created a cannon in order to help blow back a few of the drones, and on top of that she created ammunition for it, but her body had no more lipids to spare and she felt herself growing more and more fatigued. She couldn't even see properly without her vision growing blurry.

She soon felt herself lose her balance and almost as if in slow motion, she collapsed. Sero quickly caught on to what was happening to the ravenette, but had no real means of getting to her as he was busy restraining a horde of drones with his quirk, the only one who could make it was…

"Bakugou!" Sero shouted. The blond turned to him rather angrily at his interruption of his focus, but upon seeing Momo near the ground he got the idea and quickly propelled himself to her, catching her before her body could hit the ground, and gently putting her down as she took long labored breaths.

"God dammit… You overdid yourself, moron." He mumbled in annoyed concern. "We need to find a way to get these fuckers off our backs… Half n half! go after Deku and the others! They need the manpower."

"What about you?" The dual-haired boy inqueried, using his ice to trap a wave of drones as he prepared himself to head after them.

"I'm gonna kill these fucking things!" The blond shouted, turning to an incoming onslaught of drones as Todoroki made his way out of the room. He really just hoped that Bakugou wouldn't damage the servers, but knowing how he was a natural born fighter, he'd figure something out. He trusted Bakugou.

Even if the blond was a total asshole.

---

Izuku and the others continued to make a break for it, even after hearing the many explosions from the server room, Izuku had to grit his teeth and continue on without looking back. He had to resist the urge to go back and fight with them.

"We have to keep moving, Deku. If we get captured, the others staying back would have been in vain." Uraraka commented, unfortunately feeling the same as Izuku. She too wanted to go back for them, but they had no choice but to move forward and stop the drones from the source as fast as possible.

"Right. I-I know… I'm just worried." He mumbled, continuing on as images of Kyouka getting captured, hurt, hell even killed swarmed his mind. He was afraid of what would happen to the others, but he knew that they could hold their own. They were students of UA, just like him.

They continued on, eventually finding themselves outdoors after listening to Melissa's directions. There were large fans on the left side of where they had exited the building from, and Izuku and Uraraka were understandably confused.

"This is the wind power generator system." Melissa explained, walking in front of the two heroes in training. "If we go up through the main tower they'll probably have a horde of security drones waiting to ambush us. We'll just have to reach the top floor from here."

"All the way up there?" Izuku questioned, surprised at just how high up the door to the top floor really was. "I don't think I could jump up there unless I broke my legs…"

"Well, that's why I brought Uraraka. She can float us up there safely." Melissa replied, smiling at the brunette warmly as Izuku realized that he should have figured that out much sooner. Uraraka could see Melissa's hands shaking in fear, but Melissa couldn't let her fear stop her. This was their only option at this point and they had no time for second guesses.

"Right! Just leave it to me!" Uraraka declared, nodding in understanding as her expression changed to one of determination. "Melissa, you'll want to hold on to Deku."

"Eh?" Izuku chimed in, believing that he hadn't heard her right until Melissa wrapped her arms around the greenettes neck from behind. Izuku's face erupted into a deep crimson hue. "EH!?"

Before the greenette had any time to protest the two were suddenly made weightless by Uraraka and were sent soaring into the air on a course for the top floor. Unfortunately, just as the two had made liftoff, a door on the opposite side of the wind generator system slid open, revealing a horde of security drones had found them, and were going to capture Uraraka!

"Crap! Uraraka, release your quirk and make a break for it!" Izuku shouted, watching as the security drones grew closer and closer to the brunette. Uraraka shook her head and stood her ground. She couldn't let the mission end like this!

"I can't, you guys have to get up there and save everyone!" She shouted in reply, bracing herself to be captured as the drones skidded their way towards her. The drones reached closer and closer to her until a massive mountain of ice encased the mob of security drones, forcing them to deactivate.

Ochako suddenly felt a cold breeze behind her, and as she turned her head she saw it was none other than Shouto Todoroki himself, with the addition of frostbite on the right side of his face. "Need a hand?"

As he spoke, his breath appeared visible through the cold mist of his quirk, and Ochako could feel herself shiver. Perhaps it wasn't at the temperature, and instead at how close he had gotten to her without even realizing.

"Todoroki! How is everyone else holding up?" Izuku questioned, smiling down at his dual-haired friend who mainly thought of watermelon on the daily.

"Bakugou's gone berserk, but it seems like he hadn't destroyed the servers yet, so that's a plus. Yaoyorozu collapsed after overuse of her quirk, and Kaminari shorted himself. Other than that, everyone's holding up fine." The boy explained in response, giving the greenette a small semblance of relief as he and Melissa had finally made their way up to the top floor.

"Release!" Uraraka uttered as she dropped the duo down on the platform. "Go and save everyone you guys! Oh, and thanks for the backup Todoroki."

"Watermelon." He replied, slumping his shoulders as he had to continue on without tasting on the delicious treat that was ninety-two percent water. Uraraka was more than confused.

"What?"

---

Izuku kicked the door to the top floor open, revealing a hallway that would inevitably lead to their true destination. Upon stepping through the threshold Izuku swiftly dodged a swordlike object swinging right in front of his face. The greenette realized that they must have sent more armed guards after them and pushed Melissa out of the way in order to keep her safe.

"You damn kids! Stay out of the way!" The rose gold haired man exclaimed, slashing his sword-arm down onto Izuku's full gauntlet as the greenette used it to protect himself from the slash that could have harmed him.

"Shut it! What are you villains after!?" Izuku countered, pushing the man back as he rose back to his feet. The man charged him once more, readying himself to strike the boy with both arms.

"Don't try to act like heroes!" The man exclaimed, quickly approaching the greenette. Izuku sighed and poured One For All throughout his body. If this guy wasn't going to talk then he was a useless asset and needed to be dealt with.

As the villain raised his arms to strike the greenette Izuku took the chance at his lack of defense and delivered a swift eight percent One For All kick straight to his groin, causing him to halt all motions at the introduction of unequivocal pain. Even Melissa winced as Izuku went straight for a cheap shot on the villain, though it was effective enough.

"Out of the way." Izuku exclaimed harshly as the man fell to the ground unconscious and foaming at the mouth. The kick to the family jewels had left him seeing stars and stripes. "Melissa, let's hurry."

"A-Ah, r-right…" She replied, looking down at the now unconscious villain before looking back to the greenette in fear. She made a mental note that Izuku was a brutal fighter before following him.

The duo made quick work of heading towards the control room, with Izuku quickly dispatching the villains that approached them just as harshly as the man before them. He didn't care about anything other than getting them out of the way so that he could save those that he cared for.

The two found the door that they needed to enter, and unanimously made the decision to sneak their way in just in case the villains were waiting in there already. The two of them knew that they'd have the strategic advantage if they could catch the villains off guard, but what they saw next they never could have been prepared for.

There before them was David Shield, commanding his right hand to open up one of the vaults. A vault that contained one of David Shield's most valuable inventions. A vault that they couldn't have gotten into prior.

"Dad..?" Melissa mumbled underneath her breath as she watched her father and his assistant. Izuku could only spectate in silence as the two men were seemingly conspiring something here. What was David Shield doing here in the storage room?

"Do you think the villains brought him here to do something?" Izuku questioned, whispering under his breath as they watched his assistant make his way back to David. Melissa's eyes widened in fear at the safety of her father.

"We have to save him!" She uttered, her face and tone laced with worry. Izuku sucked his teeth, but nodded in agreement. The others could hold their own for just a little bit longer, surely.

Crawling closer the two were soon able to hear what the two men were talking about. David pointed to his left side, beckoning his assistant towards a vault. "I was able to unlock it. Go to block 1147."

"O-Okay!" The assistant replied, jogging over to said vault before pulling it open to reveal a steel briefcase. "You did it professor! It's all here, safe and sound!"

David turned to his assistant with a bright smile at the news. The briefcase contained a rather odd device. The device was a headpiece, though it's function was unclear. Neither Izuku, nor Melissa could infer what the device was, but they both had the same question: Was this what the villains were after?

"Thank god… I have finally gotten it back after all these years!" David exclaimed pridefully as he tried he released a breath he hadn't realized he was holding. He had gotten what back? Was he behind all of this!? "This device and research data are the only things I would never give away, not to anyone! Never."

"It seems everything's been going according to plan…" The assistant stated, sighing as he made his way towards the stairs down to the main floor. "It seems like the villains are doing well, too."

'Wait… What..?' Izuku thought, his eyes widening in rage as he realized that this whole thing was a setup. David had endangered the lives of everyone, and for what!? For his own selfish gain!? The greenette clenched his fist in anger as David's daughter, who stood beside him, walked into the view of the two conspiring men.

"Dad… What's going on here?" Melissa questioned, making her presence known. David turned to his daughter in shock, before Izuku stepped in front of her, making a straight charge for David Shield.

"BASTARD!" Izuku shouted, grabbing David by the collar of his shirt and lifting him up into the air angrily. "YOU DID THIS! YOU'RE THE REASON THAT ME AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES!"

"H-Huh? W-Wha-"

"YOU PAYED VILLAINS TO COME HERE FOR YOUR OWN SELFISH GAIN AND NOW ME AND ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN RISKING OUR LIVES IN ORDER TO SAVE YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THIS ISLAND! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?" Izuku shouted, trying his hardest not to strike the professor with all of his might. He had to sit idly by and watch his friends endanger their lives in the line of battle, only for this "battle" that they had been fighting to be a fake setup this whole time, and it infuriated him to his utmost limit. "DID YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF YOUR DAUGHTER? OF THE PUBLIC? YOU ENTRUSTED VILLAINS TO DO THAT? "

"B-But, I only hired them so-"

"YOU HIRED THEM SO YOU COULD WHAT!?" Izuku interrupted, shaking the man violently as his daughter could only watch. She wanted to stop the man from doing this, but she too had to watch as him and his friends risked their lives to save everyone. To keep everyone safe. "YOUR SELFISH DESIRES AREN'T WORTH RISKING THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE, YOU IDIOT!"

"Deku, don't. It's not worth it." Melissa started, taking a step towards the greenette until he slammed the professor into the wall behind him. "Deku! Sto-"

"WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE!?" He shouted, interrupting the blond as he scared everyone in the room with the volume and animosity being brought out in his voice. "WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IF SOMEONE DIED!?"

"W-What!? N-No one should have been in any real danger-"

"BUT THEY WERE! WE WERE!" Izuku interrupted once more, slamming the professor into the wall again before Melissa stopped him by placing a hand on the greenette's shoulder. "I-I… I could have lost my class. I-I could have lost All Might… I could have lost her. And you thought all of this was for the greater good!?"

Izuku loosened his grip on the professor, letting the man slump to the ground as Izuku stared at him in utter disappointment. Tears had built up in the corners of his eyes, and as much as he didn't want them to fall in front of such an idol to him, he couldn't control it. A lone tear streaked down his face as him and Melissa stared down at the man, the room falling silent.

"I can't believe you did all of this just to get that device back… Dad, I-I… I don't even feel like I know you anymore." Melissa chimed in, appalled at her father's actions.

"The professor was only trying to get back what was stolen from him!" David's assistant stated, attempting to defend the professor's actions. "This groundbreaking invention that mechanically amplifies quirks, he was only trying to get it back!"

Izuku's eyes widened, "Amplifying quirks..?"

"Yes, it's still in testing, b-but with this device, unlike many of the quirk boosting drugs in the black market, quirks can be amplified without affecting the body." The man explained, as Izuku's face contorted back to his rage. His glare sent shivers down the spines of everyone present in the room, and Izuku could feel that he was losing himself. All of this struggle for an illegal device?

"And what if that device got into the wrong hands!?" Izuku questioned, demanding an answer with his presence and will alone. Everyone was shocked to see such a change; such a change in demeanor from the nerdy green haired hero in training that they had witnessed just earlier today. Now he seemed as though he could kill a man if pushed far enough. "You hired villains! People who would want that device for themselves, and you just hired them to come in here!? What if-"

"I wouldn't let them have it!" David interrupted, scowling at the greenette for even suggesting such a thing. "The device, it's… It's for All Might! He's slowly losing his strength, even his quirk! And we can't just not have a symbol of peace anymore! Imagine what that would do to Japan! To the world!"

Izuku came to the realization that all of this was because of him. The reason why David would have been so concerned over All Might losing strength is because of him. It's because of him becoming the next user of One For All that All Might is getting weaker. It's because of him that David felt like he had to step up and do something for the number one. For his friend. Izuku indirectly was the cause of David's actions.

"If I use my device I can-"

"He wouldn't accept it." Izuku spoke, his rage and animosity seemingly dissipating in an instant, and all that was left was the face… Nothing. They couldn't get a read on what the greenette was feeling, but he seemed… Empty in a way. "All Might would never allow this sort of thing. He wouldn't cling onto a false hope like this. He wouldn't want you to do all of this for his sake."

David opened his mouth to argue, but deep down he knew Izuku was right. He knew All Might wouldn't have approved of any of this. He knew that All Might would have wanted nothing to do with this. He knew that very well, and yet… Why did he do all of this? Why did he decide to try and keep up the status quo?

"I-I…" David trailed off, looking down in shame. "I don't know what to say… The villains, they were supposed to be fake. A-And I did this… I put everyone's lives in danger… I'm so sorry, Midoriya. Melissa. I-"

"Oh, but it was an act." A sudden voice started. All members present in the room turned to investigate the new face, only for David and his assistant to widen their eyes in shock. It was the villain that they had hired. "An act pretending to be 'Fake' villains."

"YOU!" Izuku shouted, charging One For All throughout his body at his comfortable cap of eight percent. Izuku recognized him as the man that had been in the room with all the trapped heroes. He must have been the man in charge of this whole operation.

The man smirked as he raised his hand to make contact with the metal wall, suddenly causing the nearby guard rail to wrap around the greenette's body, forcing him to be pinned into the same wall that he had pinned David Shield to moments prior. How ironic.

"Deku!" Melissa called, attempting to jog over to the greenette as he struggled as hard as he could against the restraints. Izuku shot a quick glance at Melissa in order to get her to stop. It wasn't safe for her to try and save him right now.

'So he has a quirk that lets him manipulate metal…' The greenette concluded, continuing to struggle against the restraints. He could feel them beginning to loosen, so all he'd need to do is wait for the right opportunity to make his move.

"Sit there quietly for a bit." The villain taunted, smirking devilishly at the now trapped Izuku before turning his attention to David Shield and his assistant. "Sam, where is the device?"

Suddenly David's assistant rushed down to the man, bringing the device stored in the briefcase with him. Everyone in the room watched in shock as Sam handed the briefcase over to the villain, and David could only mutter a single question. "Sam… Why?"

Same paused as he tightened his grip on the briefcase. "Y-You tricked me, Professor… I worked for you for so long, and yet you let your research be halted too easily! The honor and renown we were supposed to receive was stripped away from us! If I didn't get at least some money… Then was it all really worth it?"

"Well said, Sam. As promised, here's your reward." The villain said before holding his handgun out in front of Sam's chest and firing, hitting him directly in the shoulder. Everyone watched in shock and fear as Sam fell to the ground, thriving in pain as he clutched his now bleeding shoulder.

"W-Why? This isn't what I was promised-"

"Promised?" The red-haired villain questioned rhetorically, raising the gun up towards the man's head as his smile widened sadistically. "I don't think so. This is supposed to be your reward. A swift death."

Another gunshot rang throughout the room, though now a different body hit the ground. David Shield had rushed out in front of the gunshot, taking a bullet through the left side of his torso before falling onto the ground, joining his assistant as they both hissed in pain from the holes in their bodies.

"MMM!" Izuku shouted, muffled by the metal rail that covered his entire body. Both him and Melissa could only watch in fear as David laid on the ground, bleeding from his torso.

"DAD!" Melissa shouted, rushing towards her now injured father, only for her to be striked down to the ground by the but of the red haired villain's pistol.

"Melissa…" David whispered breathlessly as he watched his daughter slide across the floor after being struck down by the villain. "You bastard..!"

"Oh? So you feel like playing hero now after everything you've done?" The villain questioned, taunting David as he stepped on his wound. The brunette winced in pain, but grit his teeth in an effort to hide it. "You fool. You can't escape just how badly you've fucked up! You are the sole reason for this, you have nothing else to blame but yourself. You're the villain of this story. No matter what, the crime you've committed will never disappear. You're the same as us. Enjoy being the cause for the ruin that is about to be your life."

The villain raised David Shield into the air and smiled fiendishly before knocking the man out with a swift pistol whip to his head. The redhead then turned to his lackey and handed the now unconscious professor to him.

"Oi, Take him away." He instructed, sighing as he watched the professor's daughter attempt to crawl to him while tears streamed down her face.

"Give him back..!" She demanded weakly, as the masked man pointed his gun straight towards her. "Give my dad back!"

"Let me think about it…" He replied, pretending to think it over before his sadistic smirk returned to his face. "No. Enjoy whatever afterlife awaits you, little girl."

Izuku suddenly shot out of his restraints, his face contorted in rage as he winded his fist back and poured everything he had into his arm. "Emerald Shatter: Raw!"

The villain quickly activated his quirk, constructing a wall from the metal floor that laid beneath his feet in order to protect himself from the boy's attack, yet as soon as the greenette's fist made contact with the wall it broke apart and the two men locked eyes.

The man felt fear shoot through his spine as he saw the intensity within the greenette's hostile gaze. Izuku was more than ready to put this man into a new realm of unconsciousness, yet the villain could only feel absolute bloodlust and fighting spirit emanating from the boy. What kind of will did this wannabe hero have to make even a psychopath feel fear!?

"I WON'T LET YOU KILL ANYONE!" Izuku shouted, landing back on the ground as he grit his teeth in pure rage. "Melissa, the security room! I'll handle things here!"

The girl snapped out of whatever trance she was in after watching the greenette move at speeds she couldn't even fathom, and quickly shot up to her feet, making a b-line for the security room. The redheaded villain's hazel eyes widened in realization as he extended his arm in order to stop the girl before she could reach it. If All Might and the other heroes were freed, they truly didn't stand a chance!

"After her!" The villain instructed, his lackey before turning his attention back to the greenette, but the boy had vanished, glancing around the room he noticed that Izuku had swiftly launched the villain's lacke straight into the wall, knocking him unconscious in the process with a swift punch to the man's abdomen.

Suddenly massive metal tendrils shot from the opposite wall from Izuku as the villain activated his quirk, slamming the greenette into the wall behind him as Melissa successfully made her way into the security room. The villain exhaled in relief as he finally pinned the boy down for what he assumed was for good.

"And stay put." The man commanded. He scowled as he could still hear the greenette struggle, and made the quick decision to leave the tower as soon as possible. Suddenly a loud sound rang from throughout the storage room, signifying that the security system had been reset, Melissa had succeeded in what she needed to do. "Shit, she already got it back to normal! I need to get out of here."

The villain swiftly lifted David Shield's body off of the floor and quickly made his way out of the room in order to reach his destination: The helipad at the top of the tower.

Izuku laid in the wall as he bashed his fist against the rocks locking him in place. Each strike was becoming stronger than the last and soon the greenette poured forty percent of One For All throughout his body before his next attack.

'Stronger… I have to be stronger!' He thought as images of Kyouka flooded his mind. Images of times where the couple were at their happiest. Images of them living their lives to the fullest. 'Stronger… For her! For everyone!'

The greenette threw one final punch before bursting from the wall, collapsing to his hands and knees as he took long deep breaths. His vision became blurry, it was nauseating. Izuku forced his eyes shut as he tried his hardest to calm and relieve his pain-filled body.

'In… And out. Let the adrenaline flow…' Izuku repeated inside of his mind until the pain subsided and the greenette could finally bring himself to his feet. 'Move Izuku, MOVE!'

Izuku took one final deep breath before shakily bringing himself to his feet, his eyes growing intense as his body screamed at him to stay down, but Izuku wouldn't listen. He couldn't listen, instead he unconsciously forced his body to pump adrenaline through his veins.

'You have to keep going! Do what you can, Izuku!'

---

Melissa watched from the security room as Izuku limped his way through the halls of the tower, chasing after the villain as he still had David Shield as a captured hostage. She couldn't stand idly by and watch as Izuku moved to save her father in her stead, he needed help!

Pulling out her phone she quickly dialed All Might's number, shaking with adrenaline as she waited for the man to pick up.

"What's wrong Melissa?"

"UNCLE MIGHT! Dad's been taken hostage by the villains, and Dekus is moving after them! He's injured, you have to help him, please!" Melissa explained, shouting into her phone as she continued to watch the greenette limp after the villains.

"Don't worry, Melissa." All Might instructed, comforting the blonde as his footsteps could be heard through the phone. "I will go after him. Don't you worry!"

All Might then hung up the phone and continued to charge forth, though his heart still worried for his student- No, his students. Izuku and the others were fighting for their lives, and now this was what could shift the tides of the battle. They had to do what they could.

'Stay strong, Young Midoriya! I'm on my way!'

---

The villain speed-walked his way through the helipad, throwing David onto the helicopter waiting for him as he climbed on right after him. "We need to hurry, the heroes are going to be after us and I want to be gone before then."

"What about everyone else?" The pilot questioned, only to be silenced by the red haired villain slamming his hand onto the side of the helicopter.

"Forget them! Fly us outta here!" The man demanded once more, flashing his gun in an attempt to force him to fly off. The pilot made no further efforts to question his boss, and started up the helicopter. He valued his own life more than a couple useless questions.

"Kill… Me…" David mumbled as he slowly began to regain consciousness. The man was at his absolute lowest point, and the guilt he felt from everything that he had done had him wishing for nothing else but death. He failed everyone, even his daughter… His flesh and blood who he had sworn to be the role model of. He failed All Might, his best friend. And most importantly he failed the future generation. He became jaded and failed to follow his dreams.

"You'll get your time to die when I allow it. For now I'm just going to add a few more sins, and then you'll be allowed to meet your end, professor." The villain informed, smirking devilishly as he watched the man begin to sob. Even at his lowest, the professor could never obtain what he truly wanted.

There was a faint popping sound coming from the entrance to the roof, and as the villain turned his head he would notice that it was the green haired runt from before, rolling his shoulders as if he… Did he just pop his arm back into its socket?

"You're gonna have to hold off on your departure, villain." Izuku stated, jabbing out into the air a few times before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. Reopening them he scowled at the villain as he began to compose himself. His anger was gone, and now all that was left was determination. "We need to have a small chat about you giving me Professor Shield."

"I have no reason to conversate with you, boy." The man countered, challenging the boy with his own psychotic expression. "I'll kill you both when I desire it! And the name's Wolfram, remember it when you're begging for your life!"

"Seems you're no fan of being civil!" Izuku rebutted sarcastically, pouring One For All throughout his body as he watched Wolfram step out of the helicopter to face him. "Regardless, I'm gonna need you to hand him over. I don't plan on begging."

"Really!? You really want to save this man after what he's done!?" Wolfram challenged, smiling as he watched the greenette hesitate. "You know I saw what was happening to you and your friends, I saw what he had caused. I watched you seethe with rage at the professor's actions, I know you hold animosity towards him! No hero, or ally to a hero would do what you two did, but I can offer you salvation!"

"Screw your salvation, I'm taking the professor whether you like it or not!" Izuku shouted, shaking his head to get the questioning thoughts of Wolfram's salvation out of his mind. "I know what the professor did was wrong, but he did it for a worthy cause! You're the reason that my friends and everyone else on this island was in danger. You're the reason that the professor is in this situation now, and you're going to be the reason for your own downfall. I'm going to kick your ass, and save the professor!"

"You're going to save a criminal?" Wolfram questioned rhetorically as he slammed his hand down onto the ground beneath him, activating his quirk and sending out metal tendrils out to assault the greenette. "I'd like to see you try, brat!"

Izuku threw his fist forward as the first metal tendril reached him, shattering it at the impact of his eight percent Emerald Shatter. Izuku continued to build momentum, moving faster and faster as more tendrils shot out after him, but he wasn't going to let them stop him. Not again.

The greenette bounded around from each moving tendril, dodging and destroying them as they reached him in an attempt to get closer to Wolfram and put an end to this, but it seemed that there wasn't a stop to the villain's attacks, each time he dodged a tendril or destroyed one there would just be another in its place.

Izuku was beginning to grow more and more frustrated, it felt as if he wasn't getting anywhere, but he couldn't give up. He couldn't stop. He wouldn't stop, not until he had saved the professor. "You can throw your attacks at me all you want, but I won't rest until I save him!"

"What the hell are you saying brat!? I'm gonna crush you before you even get the chance to get close to me!" Wolfram challenged, smiling as he watched the greenette slip up and lose his footing before a tendril slammed into his torso and launched him a few yards away. "Give up! You can't beat me!"

"Would you shut up!" Izuku shouted, rising to his feet once more before blasting off towards Wolfram once again, using his absolute maximum of ten percent of One For All to increase his speed and power. "I will save the professor because that's what heroes do! They save people who need it, and do it with a smile!"

Three more metal tendrils shot out from the ground, heading straight for Izuku as Wolfram was now scrambling to defeat the boy before the security system fully boot back up, but to no avail. Izuku destroyed the first tendril to reach him with relative ease, smirking as Wolfram's face contorted to confusion. Did he just get stronger!?

Izuku swiveled around the second tendril, using his arms and the added mobility from the torque to launch himself off of the tendril and onto the next. The greenette then dashed forward at top speeds on a course straight for Wolfram as he winded his arm back for a powerful blow.

As Izuku neared the villain the man held out his handgun and pointed it directly at David Shield, forcing Izuku to stop completely before being blasted away once more by one of the metal tendrils created by Wolfram's quirk.

"Must be so inconvenient being a hero… You have to save every pathetic life, and for what? To feel good about yourself? To be successful and make money?" The man questioned rhetorically as Izuku laid flat on the ground, thriving in pain. "Seems like a worthless ambition to me."

David watched as Izuku struggled to rise back up, he felt too weak to do anything, and the adrenaline in his system was beginning to fade. His pain was slowly returning to him and he couldn't find it within himself to move anymore, but he had to! He had to save the professor!

"What… What do you know..!?" Izuku shouted weakly, using his fists to force himself back on his knees. Wolfram watched in disappointment as the greenette found his way back up once more. He should have stayed down.

Suddenly a tendril erupted from beneath Izuku, forcing the greenette into the air before two more slammed together from either side of him, with him being in the middle. Izuku could feel his bones crack, some even shattering at the impact as he hacked up blood and felt himself growing weaker and weaker.

One For All began to fade from his body as he fell and Izuku opened his eyes to see the night sky. The world almost seemed like it moved in slow motion as he stared up at the sky. What was he doing wrong? What could he be doing differently in order to be better? What could he do to be better?

'I wish Kyouka were here… Being in her arms would feel so much better than this." Izuku thought as time began to move as normal and the greenette felt himself slam into the ground beneath him, his body thriving in pain as rubble cluttered his body. He could feel rocks in areas he didn't want to describe, and cuts littered his already broken body. He took a slow shaky breath as he closed his eyes and felt the pain coursing through his body. 'Agh… My suit's ruined.'

David watched as the greenette's body slammed into the ground and winced. He knew how much pain he was in, and he knew that it was his fault that this young boy was hurting himself. If only he wasn't so weak… 'I'm sorry, Midoriya… You were the only one able to snap me out of my delusions, and I still failed you.'

"Get us out of here." Wolfram instructed his pilot as they finally took off after the red haired man believed he had officially dealt with Izuku Midoriya. The helicopter would make it a few meters into the air before a sudden shaking forced the pilot to take evasive actions and keep the helicopter from spinning out of control.

Looking down at the source of all of this was Izuku Midoriya, back up on his feet once again and more determined than ever to save the professor. He wasn't going to let Wolfram take the professor, he couldn't face everyone if he just let the villains win like that. He wasn't going to let them get the opportunity!

Just as all of this was happening Melissa had found her way out onto the roof and watched in horror as her father and Izuku were now a part of what could be a terrible helicopter crash! "Deku!"

"Give the professor back!" Izuku shouted, holding onto the helicopter for dear life as he turned to face the professor. The man was restrained with bits of metal, but it was nothing that couldn't be broken away easily he figured as he held his hand out to the man. "Professor, take my hand!"

"You certainly are a hero, but a stupid one at that." Wolfram stated, the evil smile on his face falling as he held a gun out to the greenette's face. "Don't say I didn't give you a chance at survival."

One again the world seemed to move in slow motion, and Izuku saw his life flash before his very eyes. Images of his youth appeared before him, and even images of times not too long ago flashed in his mind. The horrible lifestyle he used to live, and the more than pleasant present that he was living through now… He was happy.

'Ah… The suffering was worth it. I think I lived a good life, but my only regret would be not living long enough to have a future together.' The greenette thought as he raised his full gauntlet up to defend himself. 'I'm sorry, Kyouka.'

Suddenly David Shield tackled the man aside as he fired, causing Wolfram to miss his shot on Izuku, yet unfortunately the greenette was still doomed to plummet to the ground as he lost his grip on the helicopter. The greenette's eyes grew wide, but he couldn't help but smile as David watched the boy fall from the sky.

'I knew you weren't that bad, Professor.' His face spoke, causing the professor to tear up as he watched his last hope of freedom wither away. The least he could have done was save a young man's life, and he hoped that one day his own would be saved in the same light. He at least did something good before his life became dedicated to sin and working for villains.

'You showed me where I was wrong. I'm so sorry we couldn't have spoken to each other more, Midoriya… I'll remember you.' David thought as he was violently shoved back onto the ground of the helicopter by Wolfram. The helicopter had begun to steady out and they were soon to depart once more. 'Tell Melissa, I love her… I'm sorry your dad's such a fool.'

Izuku slammed into the ground for the second time that night, though his body now felt numb. Even his mind was empty as he watched the helicopter begin to take off. He had failed, and he was too in pain to even think of a proper way to come back. He needed a plan, he needed some way to get back up there and save the professor. He couldn't let his life become absorbed with villainy after saving his life.

'Huh… It's ironic really. I'm a hero and yet all I do is get saved…' Izuku thought as Melissa made her way into the greenette's peripherals. Tears were streaming down her face, and it was then that the greenette's brain kicked back into overdrive. 'What should I do..? I have to keep fighting!'

"Deku!" Melissa shouted as she made her way to the greenette, looking down at him as blood poured down from his head.

"God dammit! Give him back! Give the professor back you bastards!" Izuku shouted as he rose from the rubble, his piercing glare fixated on the helicopter as it began to fly further and further away. "YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM, DAMN IT!"

"This isn't the time to grow frustrated, Young Midoriya!" A familiar, booming voice called out from seemingly nowhere. "THIS IS THE TIME TO SMILE!"

Izuku's eyes widened in surprise, yet his heart grew to feel at ease now that he heard that familiar tone. He smiled as tears built up in his eyes, and finally for the first time of the night he truly felt that everything was going to be okay. And ironically it was because All Might was here.

The man shot up from the side of the tower, his red, white, and blue costume moving with him as a blur as he shot into the sky, sprawling his arms and legs out to create a massive gust of wind strong enough to cause the helicopter to begin to spin out of control.

"It's fine now. Why?" All Might questioned, his cheshire grin widening as he let his famous phrase escape from his lips. "BECAUSE I AM HERE!"

"All Might…" Izuku whispered breathlessly as his dwindling hope burst back throughout his mind, reinvigorating the greenettes' will to keep moving. To continue on and do what he did best; saving those that needed it.

All Might's booming laugh erupted from his throat, comforting those in mortal danger, and sending fear and anger throughout the villains causing said danger. "I'm going to need my friend back from you villains!"

All Might then turned his attention back onto the villains and used the force of stretching out his limbs to boost himself towards the villains. With one mighty blow the man destroyed the helicopter keeping his friend captive while simultaneously saving him before the explosion could even leave a scratch on either of them.

Izuku watched as his mentor shot through the air and saved David. His acts of heroism always had a way of inspiring Izuku, but now even as his body felt like it could crumble he felt as though he could take on the world. He felt like that very man could be him someday, and sitting here groveling wasn't the way to be. It was just as All Might said, now was the time to smile.

All Might quickly landed onto the ground as the remaining pieces of the helicopter came crashing back down onto the helipad, exploding as it made contact with the floor. The number one hero gently placed down his injured friend swiftly disposing of the metal restraints around his wrists as Melissa made her way over, with Izuku limping right behind her.

"Dad!" She shouted, kneeling down to her father as he laid in the arms of his long time friend. Oh how thankful Melissa felt now that All Might had finally come to save the day. She was so glad to see her father relatively safe and sound.

"Melissa…" David called weakly as he reached out to his teary-eyed daughter. "I'm so sorry… I-I'm sorry, I-"

"Don't say anything more, Dad." Melissa instructed, placing her father's hand onto his wound, helping him keep pressure on it so that he didn't bleed out. "I forgive you."

"You're still a heroic man, you know?" Izuku chimed in, finally reaching the group as he gripped onto his arm and limped his way over. "You saved my life, Professor. Thank you, I take back what I said about you."

"No, Midoriya. You were right." David replied, looking at the boy with a weak smile. "You don't have to take it back at all. I've learned from you."

All Might's smile widened. He was more than glad to see his student, and his best friend beginning to get along. "Everything's going to be fine now."

Everyone smiled at All Might's comforting words. Izuku could feel himself beginning to regain a bit of his strength as he took a deep breath and closed his eyes in relief. "I'm glad."

David's eyes grew hazy due to his own blood loss, and as he stared at his long time friend he realized that All Might- No, Toshinori, deserved the truth of all of this. "Toshi. I-I have something to tell you."

"Hm? What's the matter, Dave?" All Might questioned in response, watching as his friend hesitated. This must have been something serious, but surely it couldn't be that bad could it?

"I'm the reason the villains were here." David started, looking away from his best friend as his sky blue eyes grew wide in shock. "I hired villains to come here and help me steal an old project of mine that I had created in order to help you and your quirk, but… They turned rogue and ended up trying to steal the device for themselves. I-I've failed you, Toshi. I'm sorry, I was selfish… I just wanted to uphold the status quo without even thinking about what you might have wanted, and I ended up endangering the lives of everyone."

All Might froze as he took in the information. His friend had worked with villains? He worked together with them to commit a crime, a crime that he would burden himself for the sake of his standing as the symbol of peace? No, he couldn't approve of such a thing, but he knew why David worried. He understood why David would have been so upset with the way things have been standing.

Turning to his green hair student the two shared a look of silent understanding of the matter. David had no knowledge of One For All, he had no knowledge of why his quirk was dwindling, and even earlier when All Might was examined by the man…

Toshinori couldn't find it within himself to tell him the truth.

---

Toshinori laid in a pod, stripped down to his boxers and resting in his skinny form as instructed by David. The two had just finished getting rid of the others so they could speak alone, and David urged the man to come with him so that he could get a reading of his quirk numbers.

The blonde man was hesitant as he was already quite aware of the results that would be shown to his friend, but seeing as it would bring the brunette some sort of peace of mind, he was more than willing to allow him to examine him in the name of science.

"This won't take too long, Toshi, I promise. Just sit there and keep your breathing normal, I've strapped a breathing mask on just in case, but it shouldn't be too hard for you." David instructed, smiling as he received a thumbs up. The professor couldn't help but gaze at the injury that rested on his friend's left side, the injury that had stolen the future of his career from him.

"How have you been feeling since the last time we spoke? You know…. Regarding your injury?" David questioned, turning away from his friend as he forced himself to stare at the screen processing his results. He heard his friend sigh thoughtfully as he remembered the exact moment he felt himself impaled by All For One.

"It's been… Hard. My breathing is shallow, and I can't eat some of my favorite foods anymore, but I get by just fine. Other than that, not much has changed, I'm still the same old me. Just a helluva lot older, heh." Toshinori commented, chuckling at the lighthearted jab at his age catching up to him.

David smiled, "Right, right… But how do you feel about your situation? I know it must be stressful for you."

"You would think that, but really…" Toshinori started, pausing to think about the smiling face of a certain green haired boy. "I'm hopeful for the future. I think things will be just fine, and I'm truly optimistic about that. I think when my time's up, the world won't be ready for what comes next, but it will truly be a sight to see."

"I assume you're talking about your students?" David questioned, chuckling as he saw his friend nod. "I really wish you wouldn't say that, though. I'd hate to see your time run out as the symbol of peace. Just the thought makes me feel uneasy."

"Don't be so fearful, Dave. I'm getting on in age, and you and I both know I can't do this forever. That's why I opted to train the next generation of heroes. Someone in that class of mine will surely replace me, hell they may even do a better job!" Toshinori comforted, taking a slow deep breath as he felt his breathing mask begin to let air flow into his nostrils for extra support. Having one lung did have it's difficulties.

"No one could do what you do, Toshi… You're amazing." David mumbled, deep in thought of his friend's words. How could he even suggest someone being equal to him? It was near impossible.

"I wouldn't be so sure." The blonde replied, smiling at his friend's lack of perception. If he had really thought about it he'd figure out why he brought two of his students to I-Island with him. They were the closest things to surpassing him, yet he was the only one aware of it.

A sound rang from the professor's computer, indicating that the device had finished the process of looking over All Might's quirk numbers, and displayed them to the brunette professor who looked over them quite swiftly.

David stared at the results, appalled that his numbers could even reach this low. How was this possible? The man was practically losing his quirk, this just couldn't be natural! "Toshi, be honest with me, what is going on here? Why are you quirk numbers going down so drastically!?"

Toshinori stared at his friend in silence, prompting the man to continue, "Even if you were seriously injured in your fight against All For One, to suddenly get these numbers… It's just not natural! What in the world happened to your body? What is happening to your body?"

All Might coughed before he spoke, taking a second to fix his breathing. He truly wanted to tell his friend the truth, to tell him the secret of One For All and how he had passed his quirk on to Izuku Midoriya, but he couldn't. He couldn't endanger his friend's life with the knowledge of his quirk. He didn't have the strength to."You know when you've been a hero for as long as I have, your body is bound to fall apart at some point."

David clenched his fist in frustration as his brow furrowed along with it. "At this rate… At this rate the symbol of peace will be lost, Toshinori. You know that the only reason Japan's crime rate is at six percent is because of you. Other countries stay at a stagnant twenty percent… Honestly, there are many times I wish you just stayed in America."

Toshinori listened as his friend let out the worries that resided in his heart, feeling guilt for being unable to tell him the truth. To tell him the reason why he had to return to Japan. Rising to his feet, Toshi made his way over to his friend, placing a gentle hand to his friend's shoulder, silently hoping his apology would get through to him because truthfully he too wished that he could have stayed in America. He too wished he could have escaped his responsibility.

"There's no need to be so pessimistic, Dave." Toshinori started, giving his friend a reassuring squeeze from his hand on his shoulder. "There are many capable pro heroes, and many that support them just like you. And not all hope is lost, I can still be All Might for a few hours every day-"

"But it's possible that another villain similar to All For One could appear some day!" Dave stated, interrupting his friend as he looked down at the ground in thought. His mind was filled with worry of what was to come in the future.

"Dave." Toshi called, snapping his friend out of his spiraling thoughts. "For the sake of when that happens, I have no intentions of stepping down from being the symbol of peace."

All Might's face then turned serious as he began to think about the future, and the plain face of a certain student flooded his mind. 'Besides, there is still hope… I have someone that can bring to the table exactly what you are looking for, Dave… The will of One For All, and the symbol of peace lives on within him. Him alone will bring about a new era…'

'I'm sure of it.'

---

All Might stared at his friend in a mix of disappointment and guilt. He frowned at his friend's admittance, but truly felt as though he couldn't blame the man for his actions, and neither could Izuku. The man only wanted to do what he felt was right, and unfortunately in doing so he caused danger to show up at his doorstep.

"Dave, I-"

Suddenly a metal tendril shot from the ground, swiftly striking All Might in his right side, launching him a few yards away. Izuku watched in horror as his teacher was knocked aside like he was nothing before wires and coils rose from the crackling fires of the helicopter crash, wrapping around David Shield as he was hoisted into the air.

"All Might! Professor!" Izuku shouted, shifting his gaze between the two men as Wolfram rose from the flames of the explosion, hoisting himself into the air with metal that coiled around his lower half. More metal wiring and coils began to rise up with the villain as David was soon lost in the sea of tangled pipes and wires.

"That Sam…" Wolfram started the invention that mechanically amplified quirks resting atop his head, glowing to signify it's activation. "He told me All Might's quirk was declining, but he's still as powerful as ever!"

"He's using the professor's device!" Izuku exclaimed, his eyes widening in fear as the man towered over him with his metal mountain hoisting him into the air, the flames from the explosion continuing behind him.

All Might brought himself to his feet as he now was quite a few yards behind the greenette, coughing up blood due to a mixture of over usage of his quirk and the smoke from the flames. Having only a single lung caused his tolerance of smoke to drop significantly.

"Shit! My time…" All Might started, bending his knees as he prepared to go for another lunge towards the now superpowered villain. "You don't know when to give up, do you!?"

As the hero lunged towards the villain he winded his arm back, priming for a Texas Smash. Wolfram swiftly raised his arms into the arm, using his now boosted quirk to create a strong reinforced wall from the ground in order to protect him from the hero's attack.

All Might's fist collided with the wall, and despite everyone's expectation of the wall breaking upon the impact, it unfortunately held on, caving in slightly as it tanked the strike from the number one. Gusts of wind would be produced from the strike, but to everyone's surprise that was all, even All Might was confused beyond belief. How could a simple structure of metal not break against the pressure of his powerful attacks?

"What!?" All Might exclaimed, his eyes widening in shock at the fortified structure tanking his punch. Izuku shared the sentiment as fear began to set back in the greenette. All Might was being pushed back, this really wasn't good!

"What was that attack? That was so pathetic, 'number one'!" Wolfram taunted, using his quirk to send out metal tendrils from the wall he created that knocked All Might back down to the ground. The wind force from Wolfram's attack caused the flames on top of the tower to be extinguished and now the tower fell silent as the dust from All Might's impact with the ground cleared.

Metal began to rise into the air, swarming around and colliding into the already massive structure that held Wolfram into the air. Everyone present watched in awe as the power of David Shield's device was displayed, Wolfram's quirk beginning to grow stronger and stronger as he let loose all the power he could muster from his quirk.

Stretching out his arms, Wolfram sent dozens of his metal tendril attacks straight towards the number one hero, forcing the man to make quick short dodges all around the chaotic floor that now seemed dangerous to tread. No longer was the flat helipad, now the ground beneath everyone was sharp wires and bits of metal scattered unevenly on the ground, forcing them to watch every step they took with the utmost caution.

'I can still take him down- No! I have to defeat him!' All Might thought as he lunged towards the villain once more, swiftly being intercepted with a metal tendril, forcing him to slam his fist right into it in an attempt to get himself closer to the red haired villain.

Struggling as he might, All Might just wasn't strong enough and soon found himself being pushed back by Wolfram's attack, eventually being forced straight back where he started; The ground. The environment around them continued to shift and change to Wolfram's will as Melissa would soon come to find out.

The blond felt the ground beneath her shake before pipes and wires brought the slab of metal she was standing on into the air, causing her to lose her balance and only fall to the ground. Fear had stricken her to her core as she felt herself slip into a groundless state of freefall, her life flashing before her eyes before she soon felt herself quickly enveloped into someone's arms.

"Melissa! I've got you!" Izuku shouted as he leapt towards the blond, saving her before she could come close to hitting the ground by pouring One For All throughout his body. Looking back towards his mentor Izuku began to see a sight he had feared. Due to the overuse of One For All, All Might was out of time, and he was struggling to keep his strength. He was weakened significantly. 'All Might… You're at your limit!'

As Izuku watched his teacher struggle, Wolfram began to cackle maniacally before launching more of his metal tendrils towards the already struggling All Might. The tendrils slammed into the weakened man, trying as he might to hold them back, they were too strong.

Izuku continuously leapt around the wreckage of the helipad, attempting to find a safe place to set Melissa down in order to assist All Might, but everytime he hit the ground a metal tendril would come after him instead of All Might. No where was safe, and there was no way to help one another no matter what. The two One For All users felt their options growing slimmer and slimmer by the second.

Wolfram smiled as he sent dozens more of his metal tendrils towards the number one hero. "Would you hurry up and die already!?"

"ALL MIGHT!" Izuku shouted as he watched the tendrils grow closer and closer to his mentor. The world began to move in slow motion once more as Izuku lost himself in the feverish thoughts of what was to come. He feared seeing his mentor crushed by the weight of Wolfram's attacks, but above all else he felt helpless. He couldn't assist his teacher.

'...Move! Move, Izuku! MOVE!' He shouted internally before the tendrils would suddenly be halted by ice encasing them, forcing them to a halt via frosting.

Wolfram grew confused, but found himself required to shield himself as a certain blonde found his way into the air, right at the redhead's blind spot and fired a round of explosives directly above him. "GO TO HELL!"

Izuku, finally being able to land on the ground, set Melissa down and she ran off to find safety as Izuku inspected the scene. It appeared that Bakugou and Todoroki had made an appearance and were ready to assist in the battle.

Bakugou's arm began to twitch in pain as he reached the limits of his explosions before shifting his rage-filled gaze to the weakened All Might. "How can you get beat up by such a lame ass villain? HUH, ALL MIGHT!?"

All Might's eyes widened as he heard the familiar raspy voice of the hotheaded boy from his class, "Young Bakugou!"

Todoroki and the rest of the class would soon reveal themselves from the stairwell entrance to the roof, with Todoroki using his flames to rid himself of the frostbite littering his body. "While you still can fight, defeat that villain!"

"Everyone…" Izuku muttered, his eyes beginning to water as he saw that everyone, while some were seemingly more beat up than the others, were relatively okay. Especially a certain purplette. "K-Kyouka…"

The purplette smiled at the greenette, before her face contorted into a frown. The boy seemed heavily damaged, he was holding onto his damaged arm as blood poured from an injury on his head, and he could hardly keep his left eye open as it grew more and more swollen.

"Izuku, you…" She trailed off, readjusting her hold on Momo as she supported the ravenette as a favor to Bakugou. "You're hurt. Again."

Izuku winced as he heard her words, but now wasn't the time for this. He needed to finish what he started. He could deal with the consequences of everything afterwards.

"We'll have to talk later. I'm sorry…" He replied guiltily as he turned back around to face Wolfram as Todoroki joined him by his side, showing Kyouka an apologetic expression.

"We'll take on the metal scraps. Jirou, defend everyone else." Todoroki instructed as he primed himself for a difficult fight. Izuku and Kyouka simultaneously nodded in understanding as they too readied themselves to fit into their respective roles as heroes.

While hearing his students' determination All Might could feel himself being reinvigorated by his own motivation. Strength began to surge back through the massive muscles of the number one hero and he soon found the power to push back the massive mounds of metal restricting him.

Izuku, Bakugou, Todoroki, and even Sero worked together to crush the metal tendrils that the villain was sending out towards them. Individually the students did what they did best to assist All Might as much as they could. Izuku punched, Todoroki froze, Bakugou exploded, and Sero used the rubble around him, and his quirk, to break the tendrils to smithereens.

"With everyone so determined, I too have to go beyond my limit!" All Might exclaimed, punching the metal before him into tiny fragments before launching himself directly towards the villain responsible for this mess. "That's right, Go Beyond Plus Ultra!"

All Might, along with the powerhouses of UA (Plus Sero) were destroying the metal tendrils left and right, now with relative ease due to the power of determination and will! All Might launched himself from one shattered tendril to the next, gaining more and more momentum as he swiveled and pivoted himself through crevices, using the wind force of his strikes to propel himself faster and faster.

The man was moving at speeds unimaginable, and even Wolfram now was having trouble keeping up with the reinvigorated hero. All Might continued forth, breaking each tendril in his way with powerful blows before eventually making enough of a gap to blast himself through, straight towards the villain. An opening had finally revealed itself.

Wolfram attempted to protect himself by using three separate tendrils to slam into the massive muscle powered man, but to no avail as the blonde hero crossed his arms into an "x" formation right until he was about to make contact, uncrossing them swiftly and creating a massive white light with his attack. "CAROLINA SMASH!"

Wolfram guarded his eyes in the presence of a bright light. If he couldn't see how he was supposed to fight the literal number one hero of Japan!

Unfortunately, All Might planned for Wolfram to shield his eyes and swiftly lunged towards the villain once more, winding back his arm for another powerful strike. "Prepare yourself, villain!"

To everyone watching the fight seemed as good as over, and with minimal injuries! (At least to everyone but Izuku). Everyone watched in anticipation as All Might neared the villain ready to take him down for good, but then…

Hundreds of wires and cords shot out from the wreckage of the ground, binding all of All Might's limbs and body. Everyone's eyes widened in fear as All Might was forced to a halt and Wolfram couldn't hide the fiendish grin that then adorned his face.

The man's body began to seemingly mutate, his skin shifting to a bright glowing red as his eyes began to glow a bright purple color. He was no longer the same man, and as he spoke, even his voice had adapted to the new change presumably caused by David Shield's device.

Wolfram gripped his hand around the neck of the number one, strangling him, "Prepare myself? You should take your own advice, you muscle-headed moron."

'What is this..?' All Might thought as he struggled to fight against the new strength that Wolfram was presenting. His attacks… Even his physical strength shouldn't have been able to reach this level. Wolfram suddenly clenched his hand around the blond man's left side, clutching his hand directly around All Might's injury, forcing him to hack up blood as he stared at the villain in shock.

There were only a handful of people in the world who knew of All Might's injury, and the only one who would have used that knowledge against him was… His eyes widened in shock as he yelped out in excruciating pain, his thoughts shifting to the face of the only man he knew that would plot something such as this, 'All For One!'

"All Might!" Izuku shouted in worry as he attempted to dash over to his mentor in order to assist him, only for a sharp pain to shoot through his injured arm and force him to his knees. Everyone fighting was beginning to grow increasingly overwhelmed and were being forced back away from the number one.

All Might watched as the arm that held onto his throat continuously bulked up more and more. This was no enhancement from the device, or even of his own quirk, this guy had multiple quirks! 'A muscle enhancement quirk? All For One was behind this!'

All Might grit his teeth in anger as his suspicions had been proven correct, All For One truly had returned and was back on the move, and it all started with this guy and the League Of Villains!

"You look like you finally got it. Yeah, I got a call from that man as we were planning for this whole thing. He said he wanted to work with us, and when I asked him why, you know what he said?" Wolfram started, leaning closer to All Might as a wicked smile adorned his glowing red face. "If All Might's friend said he wants to have a hand in something evil, of course I'd want to help in order to crush him! It's a real shame I won't be able to see his face twist in pain for myself!"

All Might scowled at the retelling of All For One's plans; of course he'd want to use this to cut deep within the psyche of the number one hero, but All Might wasn't weak! He wouldn't allow such a thing to phase him so heavily!

"So you finally stopped smiling, eh?" Wolfram taunted, smirking as he grew satisfied that he had truly broken the number one hero's ideals. The villain cackled maniacally as he forced All Might back by slamming a metal tendril into his abdomen while continuing to restrain his limbs with the wires from before.

All Might continued to try and fight the forces of metal restraining him, but to no avail. He just wasn't strong enough to free himself, especially now that Wolfram had revealed the assistance he had received from All Might's worst enemy- No, One For All's worst enemy.

Izuku and everyone else present watched in horror as wolfram constructed two massive cubes, forged from bits and pieces of the random technology and metal scattered on the outside of the tower and slammed them together with All Might pinned right at the center of their collision.

The nightmare only continued further as more and more cubes were constructed and added on top of the already presumed crushed man as Wolfram continued to laugh sadistically. But Wolfram still wasn't done, after he was satisfied by the man being crushed by the massive metal cubes, he raised his arms into the air. "Farewell, All Might!"

The spectators watched in horror as massive spikes shot from the ground, impaling the mass of metal containing the number one hero, and nearly mentally solidifying for everyone watching that the number one was no more, but a certain greenette wouldn't allow it.

Izuku felt the rage from before flood through his system once more as adrenaline and One For All instinctively poured through him once more. Truly, Izuku didn't know why his body had begun to force him to move after not listening to him time and time again, but now being a spectator to his hero nearly being defeated he couldn't help but act without a second thought.

"Save him, Izuku!" Kyouka shouted as she watched Izuku's face contort to the very glare that caused even her to fear the greenette. "You can't let him die..!"

Suddenly, in a bright flash of green electricity, the massive cluster that had been impaled was shattered to bits before anyone else could even fathom what was happening and a familiar greenettes voice called out his move, "Full Cowling Emerald Shatter: Polished!"

All of Izuku's classmates watched in amazement as Izuku got right back into action, freeing their teacher from his containment with a scarily intense expression on his face before the duo themselves flung right back into the rubble of the helipad while simultaneously flinging debris straight at Wolfram, successfully catching him off guard.

Kyouka turned to the impact crater as she watched the dust clear in anticipation to see if they were alright, only sighing in relief as she heard the two men begin to cough at the increased dust that was filling their lungs, and the groan of her beloved green haired moron.

"I'm SO getting tired of you, Wolfram!" Izuku's voice was heard through the dust as it began to clear, his classmates now beginning to get a glimpse of the beat up greenette. Turning to All Might as the two men simultaneously brought themselves to their feet. "Are you alright, All Might?"

The blonde man nodded, "Yes, I'm fine. What about you, you've been fighting for quite awhile, I don't think you should keep going."

"I have to." Izuku started, dusting his suit off after throwing aside his white vest with a weak smile adorning his face as he turned to face his mentor. "I wouldn't be a hero if I quit now. A hero saves those in trouble, no matter what!"

All Might was taken aback by the greenette's words before he smiled. There was no getting through to this kid, and his heroic drive was inspiring. It brought hope to even him, but the man wasn't sure if it was because of his drive, or just because of his will to do right.

"Izuku, you better kick his ass!" Kyouka shouted as tears pooled in the corners of her eyes. She watched from a distance as the greenette and All Might turned to face her. Her lips shifted into a wobbly smile as she tried her hardest to fight back her tears. "I-If you lose, you know what happens! My heel, your eye!"

All Might chuckled, "Looks like you don't have much of a choice. Do you think I could ask for some assistance, My boy? It does appear like I'm in quite a bit of trouble."

Izuku nodded, charging One For All throughout his body. "Of course, sir! I would be honored!"

The two men smiled at one another and shared a lighthearted fistbump. They both understood that now was the time to go all out, this was the beginning of the end of this whole debacle. They needed to finish this, even if they had been fighting all night, now was the time to pull out all the stops.

The two men then turned back to the massive mountain of metal protecting Wolfram feeling more determined than ever. All Might and Izuku stood tall as the rest of his classmates could only watch in their weakened states, but they all knew that this fight was going to be intense.

"Let's do this!" All Might instructed, as he and Izuku simultaneously got into stances to prepare themselves to charge the villain. "Are you ready, Young Midoriya!?"

Izuku nodded, a confident smile gracing his lips as he felt the support from Kyouka's words warm his heart. Despite her disapproval of his injuries she wanted him to win. She needed to witness him come out on top for herself. "Yes, Sir! I'm more than ready!"

The two men shot forward as Wolfram began to recover, absolutely livid that Izuku had still been trying to ruin everything that he had worked for. Why couldn't he just stay down!? "Worthless little brat! You're nothing better than trash! Just give up already!"

As the man fully recovered he activated his quirk once more, creating more of those cubed clusters of metal that he flung towards the duo rapidly approaching him. Bakugou, scowled as he dashed forward and outstretched his pain stricken arms, "You just don't know when to give up, damn scum!"

The blond fired explosion after explosion, disintegrating the cubes as they were flung toward the One For All users. Rubble fell from either side of them, but they wouldn't let that distract them. At this very moment the duo were dodging purely by their own instinct and intuition, moving to the side if rubble flung towards them, and breaking anything that came at them head on.

Wolfram groaned in annoyance as he waved his hands, creating more metal tendrils that he'd attempt to stop the rampant duo, only for them to be blocked by Todoroki waving his hand as he activated his left side in order to create a massive mountain of ice to shield Izuku and All Might from Wolframs attack.

"I won't let you!" Todoroki shouted as the tendrils collided with his ice mountain, scowling as he activated his left side in order to reheat his body. Izuku silently thanked his friends as he continued to rush forward ahead of All Might as the man leapt into the air to split off from the greenette.

Forcing the man to split his attention would make quirk work by overwhelming him, and on top of that the duo were at near equal strength. Wolfram truly had his work cut out for him if he wanted to beat these heroes, but working together the mentor and student were unstoppable.

As All Might departed from the greenette's side, he was met by countless metal tendrils shooting out to cut him off, but each time they reached him he obliterated them with the full power of his Detroit Smashes before speeding on to the next.

Watching All Might and the greenette working simultaneously to throw him off infuriated Wolfram. On one end he had All Might swiftly dispersing of his attacks as if they were nothing and on the other he had this speedy kid blasting all around them as if they were nothing and he was getting sick of it!

The red haired villain angrily constructed a massive cube to fling at All Might, and as the structure reached the man he punched it with all of his might and speed, causing it to crumble and seemingly superheat itself at the sheer force of All Might's punch. The metal was nothing against the number one's mighty strength!

On the opposite end of the spectrum with the man's disciple, the greenette was using his nimble body to accelerate to speeds even faster than All Might, dodging any and all of the attacks that Wolfram had thrown at him. Everyone watching would witness an emerald streak of light flash around rapidly as the green lighting crackled around his vicinity.

"You're all speed and nothing else!" Wolfram exclaimed, slamming a metal cube similar to the one he had just launched at All Might directly in the greenette's path. Izuku knew that he couldn't waste his last full powered punch on this stupid metal brick, and instead divised a much more efficient way of dealing with this obstacle.

The greenette used his momentum to launch himself into the air as he poured his increased limit of ten percent throughout his body, outstretching his legs as he impacted with the massive cube, causing it to cave in with relative ease. "Full Cowling Jade Bullet: Polished!"

Izuku's successful dropkick only slowed him down for a moment before he was back to rushing onto the tendrils that were sent towards him directly after he had shattered the last construct that Wolfram had sent his way. This time Izuku wasn't going to let Wolfram best him. He now had backup from the number one hero!

Both Izuku and All Might mounted one of the metal tendrils and made a swift dash towards the villain, ready to take him down with everything they had. All Might started out running ahead of the greenette, but soon found that Izuku began to outpace him, and now he was the one staring at the greenette's back.

'He's… He's moving even faster than me at full strength! Young Midoriya, you really are a marvel!' All Might thought proudly as he and his student moved as one in order to fully overwhelm the villain and beat him for good!

Everyone watched in amazement as Izuku moved even faster than the number one himself. Was this what being the next number one took? Was Izuku really even at his full potential? The greenette was accomplishing feats no other person could have ever dreamed of reaching, and he made it seem so easy! He was a shining hope in times like this where all else seemed futile.

Kyouka could only slightly make out a confident smirk adorning the greenettes face as he and All Might moved closer and closer towards Wolfram. 'Go Izuku… You can do this!'

Growing angered by the duo gaining closer to him Wolfram raised his arms into the air for the umpteenth time of the night, using the full power of the quirks he had acquired and boosting them with David Shield's device in order to create a massive super cube constructed of metal scraps and torn pieces of the tower that they stood upon.

"To overcome the crisis in front of you…" All Might quoted, signalling for Izuku to join him in their build up of strength, will, and determination as they both prepared for a devastating punch in order to destroy the massive cube.

"With everything you've got…" Izuku continued, joining All Might in completing the quote as they both smiled like their ideals and dreams had inspired them to do.

"And save people with everything you've got! That is what makes a hero!" The duo finished, holding their arms back in tandem as they readied themselves to destroy the obstacle before them.

"I'll destroy you all along with the tower if that's what it takes!" Wolfram shouted as he sent the massive construct flying towards the two heroes soaring towards him at mach speeds.

"DOUBLE... DETROIT SMASH!"

A blinding white light flashed brightly upon the duo's attack colliding with the massive cube. The two of them struggled against the construct in order to reach Wolfram, as Wolfram kept his arms outstretched, trying his very hardest to force them back with all of his might.

A massive shockwave erupted from the collision and powerful gusts of wind began to flow wildly in the vicinity, even causing some of the spectators to fall over or shield themselves from the pressure of the strength put on display by mentor and student.

The One For All users put everything they had into destroying the obstacle. Their combined strength and force caused tears and rips within their clothing as they forced their power to shine through and destroy the construct blocking them from Wolfram, blasting straight through it with all of their might as it shattered into pieces.

Due to fighting with them for so long, even with the help of David Shield's device, the two heroes had backed Wolfram into a corner, causing him to overuse his quirk as pain shot through his arms. He had lost his grip, and now an opening had appeared for the heroic duo.

The class watched as mentor and student blasted off past the rubble of the massive construct created by Wolfram, and from the bottom of their hearts they couldn't help but to shout out in hope. Hope that had been placed within them by the actions of Izuku Midoriya during tonight.

"GO! YOU CAN DO IT!" Kyouka shouted, watching pridefully as her boyfriend shot through the air with the number one hero, finally getting a true chance to shine brighter than anyone else and take down the villain.

"ALL MIGHT!" The other members of the class joined in, shouting in hope that their teacher could really pull through and go beyond!

"Midoriya!" The other powerhouses of the class called, (Yes, even Bakugou) hoping that their words would get through to the greenette. "BEAT HIS ASS!"

Visions of a streaking light appeared before the two men, signifying the lineage of power gathered from One For All and their predecessors. The duo could feel strength overflowing within them, unsure of whether it came from their shared quirk, or if it were the words of the ones surrounding them that gave them power.

'We have to go beyond!' Izuku thought as he charged one hundred percent of One For All throughout his gauntlet-covered arm as the visions of the lineage of One For All ended and he was brought back to reality. "Go beyond…"

All Might's smile widened as he heard the famous words from the prestigious school that the both of them prided themselves with attending. "That's right! We must go beyond…"

"PLUS ULTRA!"

The two men used wind pressure created by their free limbs to shoot towards Wolfram at mach speeds, a blinding light following behind them as the world began to move in slow motion for Izuku. He somehow could perceive Wolfram's face making out an expression of fear and regret as he attempted to shield himself with whatever metal he could.

'Ah… now you understand how we felt.' He thought as his smile widened. 'You could have been such a better man… Your quirk was pretty cool.'

The world then began to move like normal and a massive shockwave shook the tower as Izuku and All Might's fists simultaneously collided with the metal mountain that Wolfram had created, immediately eradicating whatever shield Wolfram attempted to make for himself as their power dug through the depths of the constructs and striked Wolfram down with a flashy, yet mighty blow!

The attack was so strong that the Full Gauntlet laid on Izuku's arm shattered upon contact with Wolfram's abdominal, but the greenette didn't care. He could only feel the rush of adrenaline as he smiled heroically at his and All Might's victory.

David Shield awoke as he was freed from his captivity inside the massive mountain of metal, the sun rising over the horizon as an already bright object flew before him in a pose reminiscent of a certain friend of his. Izuku Midoriya.

'So that kid, huh?' David thought as he viewed the greenette's dazzling splendor and glee as he took down the villain with his mentor. 'That's fine by me, Toshi…'

"Did they do it..?" Momo questioned as she brought herself to her feet with the help of Kyouka. The purplette smiled and wiped a stray tear from the corner of her eyes as she responded.

"Yeah… Yeah, they did it. They beat the villain..!" She replied, feeling her tears becoming uncontrollable as they began to stream down her face. "Thank god… Izuku, you idiot..!"

Bakugou smiled as he heard everyone beginning to celebrate Izuku and All Might's victory as the sun continued to rise. Todoroki smirked after bearing witness to the blond's smile, causing the blonde to look away in annoyance.

"Tch!" He uttered, turning away from the dual-haired boy as he stomped his way over to his raven haired… Associate. "You better not be too weak to walk back to the hotel."

"No, but I'm a bit too tired…" Momo admitted, causing the blond to suck his teeth in annoyance. She gave the blond an apologetic glance, but the boy simply rolled his eyes and stepped a bit closer to her to whisper in her ear.

"When everyone's gone, I'll… I-I'll help walk you back." He informed before walking towards the stairwell entrance to wait for this whole thing to be over.

Kyouka watched the two with a smile on her face before she came to the sudden realization that Izuku was still out there in the rubble somewhere. "Shit, Izuku and those other two are still out there!"

Melissa widened her eyes as she too came to the same realization and she and Kyouka jogged off to search for the men lost within the rubble of metal scraps.

Rising from said piles of metal scraps, Izuku took a deep breath as he wiped off the dried blood that laid on his forehead. As the greenette collected his thoughts, he came to a sudden realization of just what had really happened. "Holy crap! I-I beat him! I fought with All Might for real! Push comes to shove, this was the best day ever!"

"Jirou! He's over here!" A certain blonde shouted as she pointed towards the greenette. Suddenly loud metal crushing could be heard before the purplette appeared above the same mountain of metal scraps that Melissa stood upon.

"Izuku!" She called, sliding down the heap of metal before running over to the greenette as he brought himself to his feet.

"Kyouka! Oh man, am I glad to see-"

"You fucking jackass!" She interrupted, punching the greenette as hard as she could, knocking him straight back down onto the metal rubble that sat beneath their feet. "What the hell did I say about getting hurt!? You're being too reckless, idiot! You idiot! Idiot! Stupid idiot! Stupid dumb idiot! Shitty reckless idiot! I hate you!"

"I-I'm sorry…" Izuku replied, muffled due to him laying face down in the rubble of metal and concrete. He would've tried to stand back up but he was too exhausted and not willing to get laid out again. "I should've been more careful…"

"You're damn right, you idiot! Stupid idiot!" She continued to berate as her tears from before returned and she yanked the greenette back to his feet. "I-I was so worried…"

Izuku seemed to tune out the rest of the world as he watched Kyouka try to fight back her tears. It seemed at the climax of all of this her emotions began to run rampant and she couldn't help but let the tears fall.

She sobbed and hiccuped as she laid her head onto the greenette's now bare chest. Izuku felt her tears stream down his torso, and he unconsciously enveloped the girl in a tight embrace. A silent apology that he'd use to atone for his own recklessness.

"I'm so sorry… I'm okay now, I'm sorry for worrying you." He apologized, feeling Kyouka's arms shakily wrap around him as the couple ignored the eyes of onlookers.

"Y-You… You stupid asshole..!" She berated, sobbing in between words and shaking. "I'm never letting you leave my side again!"

"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else." The greenette whispered, rubbing small circles in the girl's back as she began to slowly calm down. David stared at the scene with Toshinori by his side as he tied some cloth around the man's gunshot wound. They were too far to hear the couple's conversation, but David could tell just how gentle and caring the boy was.

"He's such a caring boy…" David commented, turning his attention back to the now weakened Toshinori, thinking back to how passionate he was for his friends that were in danger. "He's that replacement you were speaking of before, isn't he?"

All Might smiled, "I didn't want to say it directly, but… Yes. He shows much promise, I'm sure you've seen it for yourself, haven't you?"

David nodded, seemingly coming to a decision as he watched Melissa join the couple's conversation. Those two were the future legacy of what he and Toshinori had built. They are the future of the world, and one day they were destined to work together. Who's to say they couldn't start a bit early?

"Give him my contact info." David stated, surprising All Might as he gave him a questioning glance. "I want him to use my support company if he's going to be the next symbol of peace. He'll need the best equipment humanity has to offer."

"Are you sure? He does like to break in his costumes quite a bit…" All Might revealed, chuckling as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. David turned back to the greenette who conversated cheerfully with Melissa as he comforted the crying purplette.

"I've never been more certain."

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The group was soon evacuated from the tower, and the general public was left wondering what had truly happened that night as everyone was to be treated medically before being allowed back to their lodging and homes. The police would conduct their investigation after everyone was treated and a press release would be planned to reveal what happened that night.

Izuku was the one most injured from the villain attack, but a mixture of adrenaline and a surprising appearance from Recovery Girl, who had shockingly been on I-Island this entire time, had him back in tip top shape faster than Recovery Girl could have smacked him with her cane. Unfortunately, due to the requirement of an investigation, everyone was forced to remain on the island for an extra day, obviously free of charge thanks to David Shield.

The rest of their classmates contacted those present during the villain attack as soon as they were able, but Izuku and Kyouka opted to depart from their social lives for the night- Er, morning now as the sun was rising, and rest in their hotel room. They had enough people bothering them today, and just wanted to be alone.

"I'm so glad Recovery Girl was here… But man, those police screenings just add onto the fatigue!" Izuku commented, walking beside Kyouka as they made their way back to their hotel. Kyouka nodded with a blush on her face as Izuku's torso was out in full display for the world to see.

Izuku was suddenly halted as his blazer was shoved into his chest. "Oof! Hey, I thought you said you weren't gonna hit me anymo- Oh. Thanks, Kyo."

The purplette rolled her eyes. "Don't mention it, idiot. Let's just get back to the hotel so we can rest before we have to leave tomorrow."

"Yeah, alright…" The boy started, slipping the blazer on as he sighed thoughtfully. "I can't believe the night got ruined like that… I'm sorry we couldn't have had our dance."

Kyouka's face flushed, "You're really thinking about that stupid dance, now!? It doesn't matter anymore, I doubt you would've actually done it anyways."

"But you were looking forward to it. I feel bad that we couldn't at least get something out of last night…" Izuku continued, looking down in guilt as they made their way to the hotel. Entering the hotel they noticed that the lobby was empty; the silence was deafening, yet comforting in a way, and the lack of people to judge them or stare was greatly appreciated.

"It's fine. I don't need a stupid dance anyways..." Kyouka argued, nudging the greenette's shoulder with her head as she looked away sadly. She couldn't hide the fact that she was looking forward to it, but after the events of tonight she couldn't really think about such a selfish desire without feeling guilty. They fought for their lives tonight, now wasn't the time to try and have some cheesy romantic dance.

"Mm…" Izuku hummed as they entered the elevator. The couple sat in an uncomfortable silence as they rode the elevator all the way up to their floor. Kyouka would occasionally glance at the boy's face, noticing the expression of deep thought present as he seemed to be constructing some sort of idea.

Izuku felt a small pang of guilt wash over him while he stood deep in thought. He didn't mean to turn to silence, but he let his mind wander with possible solutions to the current conundrum of their ruined night. Always a hero, Izuku wanted to go above and beyond for his girlfriend. He wanted to make it up to her in the best way possible.

Reaching their floor the couple slowly made their way to their room, sighing in relief as they closed the door to their room behind them. They two stood and looked over the empty room for a moment, taking in the scenery of where they'd rest for the night before Kyouka decided to break the silence.

"Well, I think I'm just gonna change and get some rest for the night." She informed, stepping over to her luggage that she had left in the room before Izuku quickly caught her wrist. "Izuku? What are you doing, let go."

"Not yet, just hear me out." The greenette started, pulling his phone out of his pocket. "We can still have that dance. I'm not going to let our night end as a total bummer."

"Izuku, it's morning."

"I know what I said!" He replied, his cheeks flushing in embarrassment as music began to play from his phone. Something slow and classy, something that they could have their dance to. "I just… I know you really wanted this, despite what you say. So can I have this dance?"

"Pfft! Hahahaha! You're so corny, Izuku, what's with that?" She teased, giggling softly as she took his hand and interlocked her fingers with his. "...Thank you, though. You really do always know just what to say. I'm really lucky to have you in my life."

"I think I'm the lucky one," The greenette started, smiling warmly at her as he tightened his grip around her hand. "You give me strength, it'd be wrong of me not to pay you back for it."

Izuku placed his phone down and guided Kyouka into the proper form. "Don't be worried if you step on my foot, just try to match the sway and motion of me and the music. Close your eyes and listen, I'll guide you as carefully as I can."

Kyouka hummed in understanding as she rested her chest against the greenette's chest, closing her eyes as instructed as she listened to the slow rhythm of the music, and the tender beating of Izuku's heart. She felt herself step and sway along with the music unconsciously, but every motion or thought felt so natural and surreal.

The way Izuku's hand would squeeze hers to signify that she needed to take a step, the gentle thumping of his heart, and the way her head rested perfectly on his chest… Kyouka could safely say that this was the life she truly hoped to have in the future. Being with the greenette like this, loving him like she did… This was all she wanted.

As the purplette took a breath she caught a whiff of the familiar scent of maple. Even after such a gruesome battle, his cologne stayed stagnant as his primary scent, and she couldn't help but be surprised at just how strong it really was.

Opening her eyes and tilting her head to stare at the greenette she repeated a simple phrase, hoping that the greenette would be able to understand her thoughts on a deeper level. She wanted so badly to convey this message to him with words, but her nerves would never let her, even in a perfect moment like this.

'I love you, Izuku. I love you so much it hurts.' She thought, watching as the greenette's face turned to her right as the music ended, halting their dance. The couple stayed like that in each other's arms, gazing into one another's eyes as the light from the sunrise illuminated their faces.

Unfortunately, Izuku wasn't telepathic, but he too shared the same thoughts. He wanted to tell her. He needed to tell her, but his nerves always got the better of him. How could he convey something like this properly?

Izuku rid himself of his thoughts as he gave her that gleeful smile that she loved to see before speaking. "How was that for your first romantic dance? Was it everything you'd hoped it'd be?"

Kyouka nodded, "It was everything I wanted and more… You work wonders, y'know that?"

"I-I wouldn't go around saying tha-" He started. Swiftly being cut off by Kyouka capturing the greenette's lips with her own. The greenette was understandably shocked, but wasn't one to leave his girlfriend hanging as he returned the kiss with as much vigor as she had displayed.

Izuku waited for when the purplette would pull away, but the moment never came. She didn't want to split apart from the greenette, she felt herself grow into a feverish state of wanting the greenette more than ever, and each time she split apart from him for air she'd crash right back into his lips, thus creating, and repeating, a cycle.

Izuku's mind began to grow increasingly hazy as his hormones began to run rampant. Sure they had a few "Makeout Sessions" here and there, but never had they proceeded for this long. It was a surprise to say the least, but it wasn't necessarily unwelcome, it felt… Nice to have his lips be stolen by the girl he loved. Though he feared if this continued he'd lose all ounces of self control he had left.

Izuku tried to pull away from the girl, just in order to talk some sense into her, and to warn her, but she simply followed after him, forcing their lips to stay intertwined before the couple found themselves falling onto one of the beds in the hotel room.

Kyouka had her hands at either side of the greenette's face and the two locked eyes with one another as they tried to catch their breath. Their faces flushed, but Kyouka was urged to pick up where they left off. Something in her mind was screaming at her to be as close as possible to the greenette, something she assumed had to do with her teenage hormones.

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The light "smut" is gonna start from here. You have been warned.

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"K-Kyouka, hold on, okay? W-We should calm down, a-and not t-try to be too hasty-"

"Do you dislike this?" She questioned suddenly, gazing deeply within the greenette's nervous eyes.

"N-No, that's not what I'm saying at all, I-I just d-don't want us to go too f-far and regret something later." Izuku explained, averting Kyouka's gaze anxiously as her eyes were having the effect of attracting the boy even more. "I-I feel like I might lose c-control of myself…"

Kyouka felt her face grow hot at the greenette's confession, and pulled away from the greenette, sitting in his lap and allowing him to hoist himself up with his elbows. She was now the one averting her gaze, staring into the greenette's exposed chest as she thought carefully of her next words.

She felt a presence of fear forcing a tightening sensation on her heart. She was afraid of what an out of control Izuku might look like, but at the same time this was what she wanted. The many times that the couple had been intimate had never really gone beyond standard kissing and the occasional accidental groping. She wanted to go further, but if she really continued with Izuku would she be able to handle it? Would he even really want to go further with her? Would it really be okay if Izuku lost control? And what did losing control even mean? Did he want to do it with her!? Did… Did she want that with him..?

"I-I…" She mumbled trailing off. Izuku obviously couldn't hear her, and the girl grew frustrated before repeating herself. "I-I said I don't care! Lose control if you have to, I-I just… I j-just want to be a bit more intimate than usual…"

"Kyouka…" Izuku mumbled, appalled by purplette's confession. His cheeks continued to portray his embarrassment with their red hue, but what he was feeling was much stronger. It was akin to a lust-filled butterfly feeling in the pit of his stomach. "A-Are you sure? Y-you know what that means, d-don't you?"

There was a pause of hesitancy before the girl nodded. She knew exactly what further intimacy entailed, and although she was frightened by it, she trusted that Izuku could make her feel comfortable, maybe he could even make her feel better than she could have ever imagined. Better than she could have felt on her own.

Izuku swallowed the nervous lump in his throat before nodding in understanding. If this was something they were both okay with, then he was more than willing to comply.

Izuku opted to take the lead, and brought his lips to Kyouka's own, gently interlocking them as he wrapped his arms around her back and pulled her closer into him, deepening their osculation. Izuku couldn't help the feeling of cingulomania, he wanted to feel her in his arms. Perhaps even further than that, he wanted to feel her, he wanted to feel the parts of her that they themselves were too afraid to even discuss.

'She feels warm…' Izuku noted, shutting his eyes in a mixture of anxiety and excitement. The greenette brought one of his hands up to caress her cheek, causing a shiver down her spine as his hand brushed against the tip of her jacks. 'And so soft too… It's almost like she's fragile.'

"Ah~! Izuku, y-you know they're sensitive, d-don't just play with my jacks like that… I-It feels weird." Kyouka proclaimed, pulling away from the kiss as Izuku rubbed his thumb across the girl's ear in a daze. He then leaned closer to her ear and whispered.

"Do you want me to stop?" He questioned breathlessly as he placed a gentle kiss on the girl's neck. Kyouka shivered as she felt the greenette's breath on her neck and the tender kiss he laid on her oh so sweetly. "Just say the word."

Kyouka bit her lip and wrapped her arms around the greenette's neck, pulling him closer to her neck as she exhalled in bliss. "N-No… Keep going. Please don't stop…"

As the girl pulled him back in, Izuku swiftly followed her instructions and began to kiss along her neck. He didn't really know what he was doing, but he sure as hell was going to follow his instincts as it definitely caused some sort of positive reaction from her.

Suddenly Kyouka's eyes shot open at the new sensation of Izuku suckling on her neck, gasping in shock as she felt the warm sensation of Izuku's mouth laying all over her neck. "W-Wait, Izu… It'll leave a mark-"

Izuku grunted in annoyance in response, completely ignoring her warning as he continued, moving his hands downwards in order to get a handful of his girlfriend's ass. Kyouka was frightened by the greenette's bold new attitude, but couldn't help but feel both enticed, and pleasured by it. Embarrassment be damned, these sensations were way too new and overwhelming to stop.

Kyouka gripped onto the greenette's hair as she felt herself begin to quake uncontrollably at the new sensation of pleasure being given to her by her green haired boyfriend. The only real question she had was how he was able to make her feel this way, wasn't it supposed to be his first time doing this? Or was it just that it was him that made this feel so good for her?

"Mm, Kyo..?" Izuku questioned, pulling away from the girl's neck with a smirk as he noticed that he had, in fact, left quite the mark. Kyouka hummed questioningly, still in a bit of a daze due to the loss of Izuku's lips against her neck.

"Hm? Huh?" She questioned, snapping out of her thoughts as she tilted her head back towards the greenette with a red face. "Y-Yeah, what's wrong?"

"N-Nothing's wrong, i-it's just c-could I, um…" Izuku replied, trailing off as he chose his words carefully due to his own anxiety and embarrassment. It didn't help that most of the blood in his mind was running elsewhere. "C-Could I see..?"

"S-See? What are you-" She started, before catching Izuku's eyes quickly shifting down to her chest. Realizing what he was insinuating the purplette's face erupted with heat, both out of embarrassment and insecurity. "Y-You want to see them? W-Why th-there's not much to look at…"

"I mean I am the only one shirtless here, plus I-I've always kinda wanted to see them…" Izuku confessed, averting his girlfriend's appalled gaze as he felt his face grow increasingly warm. "I-I mean can you blame me? I'm dating th-the most beautiful girl I've ever seen… How c-could I not be a l-little curious?"

Kyouka couldn't form any sort of response. She was too embarrassed, but worse than that was she was afraid of disappointing Izuku. She knew she didn't have much going for her in the chest department, and she was afraid of the greenette's reaction to seeing her. Surely he'd be just as disgusted as she was when she looked in the mirror, right?

'No… No, that look on his face… He wouldn't give me that look if he was grossed out by me. He wouldn't be dating me if he was put off by it.' Kyouka thought as she stared at the greenette's embarrassed expression. 'Besides, I did want to take a big step here, I have to learn to be more comfortable… I have to at least try.'

Kyouka placed a gentle kiss on the greenettes turned cheek before nudging him with her extended jack in order to get him to face her. "...Fine. I-I don't get why you want to see so bad, but since it's you…"

Kyouka reached for the top of her dress, but was swiftly halted by Izuku's hand being placed over her own. "W-Wait, if you don't want to-"

"N-No, no! I'm alright, i-it's fine." Kyouka reassured, waving her free hand in dismissal. "I want us to do this. I-If I need to stop, I'll tell you."

Izuku slowly nodded in understanding as he released the purplette's hand, fixating on her top as she slowly began to pull it down. Slowly but surely the girl's top was pulled down, revealing her petite, yet perky breasts, right in front of the greenette's very eyes.

The greenette tried his hardest to hold back the blood that tried it's hardest to force its way out of his nose. Izuku stared at the girl's bare chest, taking in the sight and burning into his memory as he grew increasingly aroused with an idea popping into his head.

"W-Well?" The purple haired girl questioned, urging the boy to say something, anything. That and having him just stare was beginning to make her feel more and more anxious.

"A-Ah, sorry, i-it's just…" Izuku started, gulping in nervousness as he reached his hands out towards her chest. "C-Can I?"

Kyouka hesitated before giving the greenette a small coy nod. Izuku took the invitation, slowly placing his hands over her chest, giving them a light squeeze and causing Kyouka to let out a small moan due to the temperature of his hand. "Ah..!"

"A-Ah! Sorry, d-did that hurt?" Izuku questioned, swiftly retracting his hands as he stared at the girl in worry. Kyouka's blush deepened as she shook her head, now having to explain that it was quite the opposite.

"N-No, it's not that, i-it's just… Y-Your hands are kinda cold." She revealed, guiding the greenette's hands back to her chest as she shyly looked back into his eyes. "Go ahead, i-it's fine…"

Izuku's eyes narrowed in focus as he crashed his lips to Kyouka's in an attempt to bring her comfort as he continued to lightly squeeze the girl's breasts, he was well aware that this was new to both of them, and he wanted her to feel as comfortable as possible.

The greenette pulled away from the kiss, still hovering over his lips as he mumbled something under his breath, knowing that Kyouka would hear, "You're so beautiful…"

"D-Don't be so sappy…" Kyouka mumbled, exhaling in joyful delight as Izuku moved to attack her neck, grunting in disapproval as he embraced the purplette firmly.

"No, you're beautiful, Kyouka. Even more now that I've gotten to see you." Izuku whispered, gently kissing her cheek before giving the purplette a warm smile. "Thank you, I know this was hard for you, but I want you to know that you're gorgeous. You're still as beautiful as ever, Kyo."

"...D-Do you really mean that? You're not put off by this?" Kyouka questioned, gesturing to her bare chest, becoming more insecure as she pointed out it's size.

Izuku shook his head, "No, honestly y-you kinda have the adverse effect… I'm more attracted to you."

"...Are you saying you were aroused because of me?" Kyouka questioned, her blush deepening as Izuku nodded coyly, confirming her suspicions. It was true that she had felt something poking her, but she figured it was just the belt he had worn for his pants. "Ah… This is too embarrassing..!"

"I-Is that so?" Izuku questioned rhetorically as Kyouka hid her face in her hands in embarrassment, her jacks coiling around aimlessly. "W-We took a big step today. I think i-it's good that we t-tested the waters a little to at least see where we stand with this stuff…"

Kyouka paused before nodding in understanding, "I guess… I do get what you mean at least. I-I'm sorry that I'm so… Blargh, with all of this."

"D-Don't be, I-I'm just happy when I get to be close to you." Izuku stated, pulling Kyouka's top back over her chest before giving her a tight and warm hug. "Like this. This is more than enough for me, if it's enough for you."

Kyouka smiled as she nestled into the greenette's chest, listening to his heartbeat after placing a kiss on the boy's cheek. "Yeah… Thank you, Izuku. Though I do want to do more, just… be patient with me."

"Kyouka, I'm more than willing to wait until we're ready. No matter how long it takes, I'll be by your side as long as time allows it." Izuku replied, giving his girlfriend a light peck on the lips before laying down on the bed that they sat on, bringing her down with him as he did so. "Speaking of time, we've got one more day before we have to go back to the mainland. Anything you want to do?"

Kyouka shook her head, "Nah… I think I'd rather just lay like this with you for the day. Does that sound like a good plan?"

Izuku smiled, "Yeah, yeah I think that sounds perfect."

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And that's it folks, the long awaited Two Heroes Chapter!

I really don't know what to say now, this took me a whole month to really put together, and I made it as long as I could.

Talking about what happens in this chapter, we have some much needed development and interactions. We see some of All Might's past, David Shield wanting to establish some kind of professional relationship with Izuku, and Momo wanting to figure out just what exactly is straining Izuku's and Bakugou's relationship. But let's not forget the most important of all, Izuku and Kyouka's intimacy has begun to move forward drastically.

With this whole project my main focus was giving the characters as much development as possible as well as establishing dynamics and "Cliques" that are to come up later on.

This chapter took me a really long time, and I'm so sorry for that, but I'm proud of my efforts and I really hope you all enjoy this and are just as proud.

I'll see you all for the next official chapter of SITM whenever I get to it, and please keep an eye out for some new fics and onshots that I'm going to be putting out in the coming weeks.

Once again, thank you all for being patient, and I hope you've enjoyed this. For sneak peaks and snippets of future projects, please join the IzuJirou discord server: /BhTv6R57CG