UA was closed for three days following the Sports Festival and all the drama and horror that unfolded from it, And in those three days, the world changed for the worse.

The Hero Public Safety Committee underwent an immediate investigation, revealing to the public that not Jinko to having been interfering in Hero School affairs (something he had no rightful control over) as well as a villain organization of sorts, but the real source of Hawks' quick rise to the top. Luckily for his allies, Jinko had kept nothing to outright link them to him, so theories began spinning.

Jinko's secretary was quickly promoted to her boss' position and swore to clean things up, revealing all the secrets she knew of at the time at a press conference, more promised later.

Hatred for Izuku blew up all over the web, chat rooms calling for his expulsion and jailing in the deepest parts of Taratrus, even after it came to be knowledge his blood had saved Shoto Todoroki's life. While some pointed out other such fights in the history of the Sports fest, it did little to dampen the hate the draconic boy would've felt if he bothered to check the web as he recovered.

One semi positive note was that Riddler's murder and streaming was not left unnoticed; several Pros tried to triangulate his or his followers positions, but with no success

And then of course, there was how the League if Villains moved forward….

SANCUTARY

"It would've been better if you never loved me..."

How could he have been so foolish? Those were the thoughts Kotaro Shimura currently thought as he stared at the letter given to him by his late mother, the woman he had been holding onto resentment toward for almost his entire life ever since she gave him up to be a Hero.

But now he could finally see from her note that there was more to her side of the story. Still, the life full of warmth and happiness she had hoped he'd have had never come to be and he knew it now. He had installed fear into his own children, hurt his own son in a fit of unjustified rage, and now the family he had wanted to keep safe wanted nothing to do with him.

"No more of this."

He didn't need to look to see his wife and in-laws come into his study. He could already feel their disappointed looks.

"I went too far...how are they?"

"We're through with your rules, don't you dare raise your hand to him. Our family deserves to be happy." Nao snapped. She would no longer allow her husband to dictate her children's choices, she should have stepped in sooner and right now, she'd make sure he knew this.

"It wasn't supposed to be like this..." Kotaro softly said.

Nao glared as she left, her parents giving their son-in-law a somber look before heading downstairs to check up on Tenko. Kotaro sat down in his chair, burying his face in his hands as a single tear went down his face.

He stayed like that for the next few minutes before hearing the sound of crumbling dirt. Curious, he headed downstairs and out into the backyard when he saw it. His son, Tenko, was screaming in terror and agony as everything around him crumbled and decayed, the half-disintegrated, half-flayed body parts of his entire family scattered around.

"FATHER! HELP ME! I'M SORRY!"

Kotaro could only watch in fear as his son came closer toward him in his maddened state. Fear overtook him and Kotaro, in his blind state of panic, tried to keep his son away with the nearest thing he could find.

He ended up striking Tenko across the face in his efforts and froze in horror as he realized he had hit his son again but he couldn't stop now. He needed to get his son under control from this horrible nightmare.

"Tenko, please stop!"

Tenko felt his face, a fresh cut across his lip before glaring at his father with all the hatred he could muster and pounced forward, grabbing Kotaro's face in his hand.

"DIE!"

Kotaro was pushed to the ground and felt his entire body being torn apart and then darkness, his last vision being his son smiling like a deranged animal as he put both hands on him, everything crumbling around him...

"AAAAAHHHHH!" Kotaro screamed as the light returned to him. He felt like his body, once torn apart into chunks, was now stitched back together. Now, a new pain was filling his form.

"What happened? Where am I?"

He was stuck inside his head, watching his body being cut open and stitched back together like a macabre Frankenstein. It was then he found himself being wheeled through some kind of lab and then placed in a chamber of sorts.

"Why am I being imprisoned?! RELEASE ME! WHERE IS MY FAMILY?!"

He cried out in agony as his body felt like it was being burned alive inside and out. Soon, he felt mechanical parts being jammed into him, his skeletal structure being changed, his muscle tissues tearing and mending at a rapid pace, his entire body being played with like clay.

Soon, he found he was now clad in heavy black, white, and red armor as a helmet was placed over his head. A musical melody playing in his head.

"What is that melody?"

Kotaro screamed again as he then felt a new invasive force being forced inside him like molten copper being poured down his throat and flowing through his veins. Electricity crackled around his body, machines surrounding him were crushed into themselves as if gravity was increasing on them, radiation was pouring off him like ethereal flames, and the atomic structure of other machines was being broken down bit by bit.

"HOLD IT TOGETHER! HOLD IT TOGETHER! HOLD IT TOGETHER! HOLD IT TOGETHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!"

"GRAVITY, ELECTROMAGNETISM, THE STRONG AND WEAK NUCLEAR FORCES!"

"It's all too much to hold onto..."

"The understandings of the universe itself...endless possibilities...VIOLENCE."

An explosion echoed around him as he found himself floating in outer space, staring into the endless void as the stars seemed to spin, almost hypnotically, the music in his ears growing to a deafening volume.

"THE UNIVERSE IS SINGING TO ME!"

"WHAT IS THAT MELODY?!"

He then flashed back to his childhood, his mother smiling at him, then at his family, all together in one of the few times they were happy together. Soon, they all crumbled into atomic particles, the entire world falling apart until it was nothing but himself and the infinite void of darkness.

"Freedom...Imprisonment...It's all an illusion..."

"Ah, I see he's finally been awakened." All for One smirked as he, Dr. Ujiko, Kurogiri, and Tomura waited for the new arrival.

"Who's he, Sensei? We've already got Endeavor's wife." Tomura asked.

"Oh, my dear boy. Did you really think your beloved sister was the only one brought back to life?" Dr. Ujiko chuckled, wagging his finger as Tomura saw a tall figure crash down, making a crater on impact. Despite the entrance, the four villains barely flinched.

"Yeah, cool, Superhero Landing. What else can this guy do?" Tomura said sarcastically.

The figure rose, revealing it was clad in white, red, and black armor, its face obscured by a mask that covered the entire head. It floated just a few inches off the ground as sparks of electricity flickered off parts of its body.

"Tomura, I'd like you to meet...Omega!" All for One proudly said as he turned to his protoge. "But I think you remember him by a different name."

Omega's helmet unfolded into separate plates, revealing a face Tomura could not mistake. Despite the corpse-grey skin, tar black eyes, amber pupils, and the hand-shaped scar across his entire face, it was unrecognizable.

"Father..." Tomura couldn't help but smile. "Guess you got your wish after all, huh?"

"EM ESAELER!"

The shout took the decayer by surprise by a bit, but he glared at what used to be his father, reaching to teach him a lesson.

"Actually Tomura, Ujiko has another surprise of two for you." All for One announced. "Why don't you go and check on them while I…enlighten your father on certain matters?"

His interested peaked, Tomura did as his master asked, flipping the former Kotaro off as he left the room, leaving the legendary supervillain with his latest toy.

"Hello, Sigma. We never met face to face, but I know a great deal about you. Allow me to introduce myself: Your lovely wife would know me as the man who brought Tenko home on that fateful day; Ichiro Shigaraki….At least before I upgraded to the new body you see before you. You may call me 'All for One.'"

Sigma, standing in place, just glared at the man, but the glare was gone the second he heard the next words:

"I'm the one who killed your parents."

Sigma's eyes widened under his visor. Killed? Both of his parents? He knew his father was killed, Nana told him herself…but her as well?

"So, finally beginning to understand?" All for One asked. Leaving no time for a response, he continued. "Yes, I killed dear old daddy first; buried him under rubble after aiming for your preschool. Then, your mother, foolish woman that she was, tried to raise you until one of my followers got very close to your school. Then, she did the one sensible thing she ever did in her life: Put you up for adoption, just months before I killed her. It took me decades to find you after that, to make sure she didn't follow in her husband's footsteps and pass One for All onto you. A good thing she didn't; considering your rather pitiable life, you've probably been the easiet to kill of them all. All Might, the one who your mother gave her quirk too? He's the reason I had to change bodies."

The supervillain suddenly paused, then smirked again.

"Ah, there it is: the despair of realizing you lived your entire life based on a petty misconception. Beneath the success story and the anger, you're just a toddler lashing out and wailing for mommy. I'd laugh if it weren't so pathetic…"

He let out a chuckle before leaving the room.

"I'll leave you to stew."

And thus, Kotaro Shimura, unable to move or ven speak, went in a state of maniac sadness. A state that would leave him vulnerable to manipulation….

(A few minutes later)

"Ujiko, I don't know why you allowed Crane of all people to help us." Curator mused to his colleage. "We could've asked for Midora, that Rouge Gem, Cash…. ANYONE! And you chose the fool that feeds off fear!"

"Yeah, I mean, I love some good old suffering myself, but he's…." Bear-Head started.

"Well, would you rather him working for any of the other surviving members of our social circle? Say…Belos or Aizen?"

"….Point made." Curator sighed, just as a sudden chill feared the air and another character entered the room. "Ah, happy you could join us, Mrs…."

"Freeze will do." The woman formerly known as Rei Todoroki said. She now wore a power suit that covered her arms and legs, while her entire upper body was covered in a mini iceberg, only revealing the basic outline of her feminine figure, and showing two glowing red eyes.

"Nice to have an elemental powerhouse in the party." Tomura said as he walked on in, giving Freeze a courteous bow. "I am sorry for how you came to be here, Mrs. Freeze."

"As long as I get to destroy Enji, all will be fine." Was all the cold woman said, opening her had to create a small ice sculpture of her children. Her face saddened as she gazed at her creation. "…I can only hope you three will come to forgive me, and pray you'll see why I'm doing this; to ensure our fate befalls no one else."

A sad silence filled the room before Tomura cleared his throat.

"So, doc? Sensei says you have a surprise or two for me?"

The doctor smiled, pressing a button on his desk. In walked a lovely young woman of chalk white skin wearing a headgear and carrying a sniper rifle.

"The final and best product of my restoration attempts." The mad scientist grinned. "Maybe not as powerful as your sister or Sigma, but with a true assassin's will: She's our own Lady Nagantn and has all her memories, both before and after death. Tomura Shigaraki, allow me to introduce you to Nao Shimura; AKA White Widow."

But Tomura knew her under a different name:

"M-mom?" Tomura asked

White Widow gave the young man in front of her a confused look before her eyes widened and she covered her mouth to hide her sobs.

"T-Tenko?"

SANCTUARY

"I truly do appreciate you accepting my offer, Mr. Haimawari." Nedzu explained over the phone, delighting as Mamako petted his head as she happily helped the newest members of the UA family into their new 'ootfits', as one called them.

"Hey, if its coming from you, I'd be an idiot to turn you down." Koichi Haimawari, AKA The Skycrawler, AKA the Crawler, AKA Kind Man, smiled on the phone as he, from his hotel room, began unpacking a suitcase. "That and with Celebrity's latest scandal? Going back home would be nice. And you're sure…?"

"We have another Staff member who made a request like your own." Nedzu assured the young man. "Besides, my wife is delighted at the idea of another mother in the employ and Midnight misses her cute little kohai."

Koichi chuckled at the rodent's words.

"I should warn you; the Sancutary kids can be a little rough."

"They just need some help and another teacher who can help." Koichi assured Nedzu. "That and someone to teach them some self control."

"A task we believe you'll handle quite nicely." Nedzu finished. "See you in a few days, rest up."

"Thank you, sir." Koichi smiled, ending the call as the hotel's bathroom opened, revealing a young woman with pink hair in a robe that did little to hide her large belly.

Kazuho Haimawari nee Haneyama. Formerly known as the freelance idol Pop*Step, now wife and love of Koichi's very complicated but happy life, along with the mother of his child.

"Everything okay, Koichi?" She asked.

"I should be asking you that." Her husband said, a worried look on his face. "You're the pregnant one whose moved halfway across the world with her idiot husband…"

Kazuho took Koichi into a hug.

"We're moving back to where we came from, and Nedzu put us in this Honeymoon suite for a few days while covering all expenses." She reminded her husband. "I've still got four months to go and you, are about to become the best teacher these kids have ever had. And remember; I was a vigilante too! Now, lets try this again…Everything okay, Koichi?"

"Perfect, Kazuho." Koichi smiled sweetly, taking his wife into a kiss before placing a kiss on her belly. "You don't give mama too much trouble, okay?"

Kazuho chuckled at her husband, at least until they both felt something.

"They moved!" The couple beamed happily, hugging and kissing before rushing to phone someone special to both of them.

"Yup?"

"Sensei, the baby moved!"

A gruff chuckle filled the other end.

"I'll let your mom know."

SANCTUARY

Meanwhile, at the Sanctuary Dorms…

"RAAAAARGH!" Michiru and Masato roared together in anger and annoyance, shaking the living room of the dorm, which was scattered with papers and clippings. They were not alone in their annoyance, all of Class Sanctuary had spent their two days of rest trying to find anything in Jinko's collected notes (procured by Nedzu).

The reason for this was two-fold: It was a Detective work assignment…and the Riddler had sent each of them an URL that lead a message:

SINCE THE KITTY'S LEASH WAS YANKED, LETS SEE IF YOU CAN SOLVE THE CASE: 'WITH THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG AND THE TIGER IN THE TRAP, WHAT HUMANS RISE FROM JINKO'S LIPS THAT FLAP?'

And as you can probably guess, it had not been going well.

"This is literally the LAST of the notes your dad managed to snag and not ONE thing about whoever Riddler wants us to find!" 21 groaned to Masato as she flayed a paper in his face. "Kami, I need a Frappuccino! Ulqi!"

"Yes, dear." The stoic young boy said, excusing himself and producing a notepad. "Any requests?"

After the others gave their requests, Yuno found something.

"Hey, Penny?" She asked. "Is there any way for you to connect to a device and make an image bigger?"

"Certainly, friend Yuno." Penny beamed, opening her hand to take whatever device Yuno had in mind. The pink haired girl handed the bio-droid her phone, and from Penny's eyes came the image of a split screen between Riddler and Jinko.

Melissa spied what Junko had been on about: the ring Riddler had been holding.

"Zoom in." She asked, Penny even enhancing the image to reveal the tiger on the ring, as well as the little knob atop it. "Any way to see what's inside?"

"Not without the actual ring, sadly." Penny groaned,

"Gimme a sec." Masato asked, activating his Sharingan to see through the ring. It wasn't the clearest, but he did see something NOT mechanical inside. "Luz? Izuku? Get ready to draw!"

The two in question raced to blank sheets of paper, pencils at the ready as a second Masato suddenly appeared before both shouted:

"MIND TRANSFER JUTSU!"

After a moment of shock, Luz and Izuku began to hurriedly draw the inside of the ring with the others overlooking them, except for Melissa who realized something: She dashed back to the discarded notes, tossing page after page until she found what she was looking for: The single worded message Riddler had taped too Jinko:

HUMARIZE

She then looked over to Rorimoya and asked:

"Can I see the riddle, again?"

The spaced-out girl handed her computer to the One for All user, who compared the note to the riddle.

"Humans Rise…HumaRize!" Melissa announced, her eyes widening as she realized and got everyone else's attention. "Jinko was working with HumaRize!"

"…..Who?" Sho, Lucy, Spinel and Rorimoya asked, but they went ignored as Melissa took out her phone, went to Riddler's URL and input her answer.

"I think Maman mentioned that name a few times…" Nui mused.

"Yeah, dad did too…" Akira added.

The response was immediate:

'A LITTLE LONGER THIS TIME, EVEN WITH MY LITTLE HINT? STILL AT LEAST YOUR MINDS ARE STILL SHARPER THAN FLINT. NOW THAT YOU KNOW, HOW WILL YOU BOW? IN DEFEAT OR VICTORY, WE SHALL SOON KNOW. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.'

The URL then crashed and vanished.

"…So, who or what is HumaRize?" Izuku asked, speaking for many.

"That can be explained and researched later."

The kids all turned to see Nedzu and Mamako walked inside, happy smiles on their faces

"Come on out, sweeties." Mamako cooed softly as four small individuals came into view. All of them were little girls.

The first girl had long silver-blue hair, apple red eyes, a horn protruding from the right side of her forehead and was wearing a raggedy dress with bandages around her arms and legs.

The second girl had shoulder-length light pink hair that curls inwards with a fringe that reaches just above her eyes and a small ahoge at the top of her head. Her eyes were bright green and oval-shaped with prominent eyelashes and wore a simple black dress with a white ribbon at the front, along with white folded-down socks and black shoes. She also wore two black hair ornaments with bright yellow embellishments that resemble small horns on the sides of her head.

The third girl had white-lavender hair in ponytails and blue eyes. Her attire consisted of a white capelet with a fur collar, a pink blouse, a white frilly skirt, and pink doll shoes. Her hair was tied into pigtails, each adorned with three dark blue beads. She also had white horns and a thin purple tail with a round fuzzy tip.

The final girl was the youngest of all of them, seemingly being no older than 1 or 2 years old. She had purple eyes and long, silver-colored hair that has purple strands in the front. She wore a yellow sleeveless dress that reached just below her knees and was barefoot.

"AWWWWWWW~!" Spinel gushed. "THEY'RE SO CUUUUUUUUUUTE!"

She was not alone in this reaction; practically all the female students, yes, even Lucy, cooed at the four little ones. The boys smiled warmly, minus a slightly battered Ulqiorra, who seemed to be in a daze.

"What the heck happened to you?" Himiko asked.

Ulqiorra simply groaned as he remembered what had happened:

2 minutes earlier

The pseudo couple had returned with coffee for their classmates when they spied their matron and her husband coming in.

"Oh! Principal Nedzu! Mama!" 21 gasped. "Is everything…?"

"All is fine, sweetie." Mamako smiled as she took a third of the order. "Here, let me help with that."

"We just wanted to check on you kids…and introduce you to some new tenants of the Sancutary dorms." Nedzu smiled, pointing to four little girls.

"H-Hello…." The one with a single horn managed.

"Hello." The four horned one nodded dully.

"Hi!" The redhead waved as the baby followed in suit.

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"Oh….dear…Kami….These…cuties! ULQI!" 21 suddenly hollered, taking the four children into a hug. "We're! Adopting!"

The girls were surprised at this but did not actually object to the sudden hug. Mamako and Nedzu cooed at 21's motherly insticnts.

"We do not have the funds nor time to support even one child." Ulqiorra started, only to find himself pulled in close to an annoyed 21's face.

"Then it looks like SOMEONE needs to get off his pale butt and get a JOB so we CAN pay for all of them!"

"We are mere students, 21." Ulqiorra tried to explain, but he went ignored as 21, with a Ki orb in her hand, demanded:

"GIMME THE BABIES!"

Present time

"….I would prefer not to talk about it." Ulqiorra sighed, grateful when his regeneration began to kick in.

"Everyone." Mamako announced. "These are Eri-Chan, Kana-Chan, Anya-chan and little Alas Ramus."

"H-Hello…." Eri managed to weakly wave.

"Hello." Kana nodded dully.

"Hi!" Anya waved as the baby followed in suit.

"They'll be staying with us for the foreseeable future." Nedzu explained. "Not only for their own protection, but to help you kids better manage and handle yourselves around children. That and we think they'll be of great aid in comfort therapy."

While still in awe of the four adorable kids in front of them, the class DID pick up on what Nedzu had said.

"Why are they in danger?" Lucy asked, readying her vector arms. Nazuna and Michiru began to change into their beast modes as Himiko and Yuno produced blades….

"We're not sure of the specifics just yet." Mamako explained, turning to Akira. "However, we DO know that they were saved from an abusive man by your older brother, Akira-kun."

The world of the delinquent style hero went quiet for a minute or two.

"Wait…Takeshi saved you girls?" Akira asked them in shock. "MY Takeshi? The guy who tossed me and Sorara out when we disagreed with him? The Takeshi who let bullies run rampant in our schools just so that HE could beat them up and then take their territory? THAT Takeshi?!"

"Mon Dieu, he sounds like Satski…" Nui mused.

"Yup! And he killed that jerk Overhaul too!" Anya beamed.

"It was scary, but good riddance." Kana followed. "He even directed us here."

Akira, still confused by all of this, decided to push it to the side: A real man helps those who need it first, then takes care of himself.

"You're all so pretty!" Anya beamed at the girls before turning to the boys. "And you all look cool….Like Bondman or One Piece characters!"

The boys all chuckled at this. Soon, the dark mood of Riddler was all ut forgotten as the children interacted with the students: Alas Ramus was passed around and giggled at everyone, especially Crona, who manifested their sword and suddenly swore to NEVER ALLOW HARM to befall the baby.

Anya made her way around the room, gently patting and hugging the kids, telling them it would all be okay and they were heroes.

Kana stayed at the back, mostly watching the other three, However, she smiled when Spinle tried to make her laugh at funny faces and found herself looking at Masato for some reason.

Most notably, Eri locked eyes with Himiko and Izuku, the unicorn girl made her way over to them.

"You were hurt..like me." She realized, eyes tearing up. "No one helped you…"

The two took Eri into their arms and hugged her gently, Izuku even clearing her tears and Himiko nuzzling the girl's nose before tickling her.

"But now these aren't the only new additions to our group!" Nedzu smiled. "Everyone, it's time to introduce yourselves finally!

Izuku, Luz, and Emi's eyes widened in realization when they saw Tetsuo come in, along with 15 other teens.

"Tetsuo-Kun!"

Tetsuo smirked, also recognizing the three he had run into a week ago.

"Hey, surprised to see we're goanna be classmates. Actually, come to think of it, it was probably obvious."

"Everyone, please introduce yourselves to your new friends!" Mamako cheerfully said.

"What, no talking stick?" Spinel noted.

"Guess I'll go first since I've technically met a few of them already," Tetsuo said. "I'm Tetsuo Shima. I was once part of a small biker gang known as The Capsules but then I awakened my Quirk and was taken by the HPSC. Luckily, the Big Cheese managed to pull some strings and get me here. My Quirk is [Psychokinesis] and I basically can-do shit with my brain."

The next one was a boy with lavender hair, sleeveless black hoodie with separated sleeves, grey bandages covering his hands, and a black skintight bodysuit with footwraps yet no shoes. He was carrying a long black and purple Ruyi Jingu Bang Staff and the most peculiar thing about him was his six macaque-style ears, three on each side of his head.

"I'm Tang Yun, my Quirk is [Six-Eared Macaque]. I basically have the powers and abilities of Sun Wukong's arch-enemy." The boy introduced, rubbing the back of his head. "My brother, Tang Xuan, is a Hero-In-Training at Ketsubetsu High. I like chocolate pudding and I hate people treating me like a pet."

The third was a hulking brute of a young man who rivaled Akira in size. He wore white and black armor with orange accents and a golden helmet that was mostly all visor. He was completely silent before a holographic image of a girl appeared beside him.

"Hello, my name is Sophia! Humanity's companion! And this is Maine!" The hologram introduced herself and her host. "He has no Quirk but he was cybernetically enhanced with this powerful suit of armor that comes with all sorts of enhancements that I help manage for him. I can also assist any of you with whatever you need help with!"

"Damn, I think he might be bigger than you, Akira," Masato noted as Akira hummed and nodded.

The fourth new student was a stout and chubby boy with messy black hair and glasses. He wore an ordinary black high school uniform.

"I'm Kohta Hirano, a former student at Fujimi Academy. I came here because I had a calling to be a Hero and considering I've been bullied a lot; I want to become stronger. My Quirk is [Gunsmith] and I can basically summon any gun into existence. If it shoots, I can summon it."

The fifth was a boy with pure white hair and blackened nails. He wore a form-fitting black bodysuit with cutouts and his left eye was black with a red iris. He also wore a leather gimp mask that bore a lipless mouth with large, gnashing teeth, much like a restrained asylum monster.

"I'm Ken Kaneki, my Quirk is [Ghoul]. It makes me four to seven times stronger than the average human and grants enhanced senses and a healing factor. I can also generate these things called 'Kagune' that can take the form of a blade from my arm, wings, tentacles, or tail."

Lucy, Toga and Rorimoya were greatly interested in Ken.

The sixth newcomer was a boy with light purple hair and large matching eyes with visible dark undertones beneath them. He had a short, thin figure and a baby face. In his arms was a teddy bear with a stitched mouth, eyepatch, and vest.

"I'm Kanato Sakamaki, third-oldest child of the Vampire King, Karlheinz. My Quirk is [Necromancer], and I can manipulate shadows and darkness to do whatever I want. I can even create monsters from them. I like sweets and my Teddy, don't even think of taking him away from me."

Seras gave Kanato an inquisitive look; she remembered her master mentioning Karlheinz a few times while he was training her. Sadly, due to her master's rather…unique sense of humor, she wasn't sure if he had been singing the man's praises, demonizing, or outright mocking him. She'd have to ask him to be upfront with her about that later. At the same time, she was glad to see another Vampire style hero and made a vow to become friends with him.

The seventh newcomer was a girl with auburn hair and amber eyes. She also wore green military-style armor and had her arms replaced with metallic prosthetics. Standing by her was a small, white dog-like creature with black eyes, ears, and a nose that stood on its back legs.

"Pleasure to meet you! I'm Seryu Ubiquitous and this is Koro! He's part of my Quirk, [Hekatonkheires]! He fights alongside me and can also help me transform my arms into all sorts of weapons! I hope to fight in the name of justice and defend the innocent from those who would take advantage of them!"

"I like her!" Nui beamed, sensing a kindred spirit in Seryu.

The eighth new student was a girl with pale skin, black hair in a bob, a light dusting of freckles across the bridge of her nose, purple-grey eyes, and her body was concerningly thin. She had a stylized black wolf tattoo on the top of her right hand, the mark of the private mercenary company known as Fenrir. She wore a brown tie, white button-down blouse, brown pleated skirt, black stockings, black shoes, and tan fingerless gloves.

"Mukuro Ikusaba, the Ultimate Soldier of Fenrir. My birth Quirk gave me a special radar-like sense, kinda like what you see in games like Assassin's Creed, it's called [Eagle Sense]. Fenrir had a benefactor that infused me with two extra Quirks; [Regeneration], and [Pain Suppression]."

"I've read about those guys! They managed to stop an uprising in Nicaragua!" Kohta beamed before shutting up when he saw Mukuro's gaze briefly turn to him. "S-Sorry, ma'am..."

Sho suddenly appeared between them.

"He meant no harm. And don't worry about being judged. I was third in command of the White Clad, after all."

Mukuro rose an eyebrow, half impressed and half not believing Sho's words.

"And I'm the Firestarter." Izuku announced.

All of the new students gave the draconic boy a shocked look. Like his own class, they seemed to find it hard to believe such a worrisome looking boy had destroyed a third of a city. Still, this seemed to ease Mukuro, who showed the slightest hints of a smirk.

The ninth newcomer was a slender, sinewy, and light-skinned woman. Her attire conveyed that of a common street punk with slight jester motifs. Her most noticeable features were her tattoos of stylized clouds, pink eyes, and natural blue hair.

"What's up, y'all?! My name is Jinx! My Quirk is [Hype] and it allows me to amplify the power of myself and others around me. It works great when I want to make a big bang!"

Masato rose an eyebrow; already seeing why his parents had brought Jinx in.

The tenth new student was a young albino girl with snow-white hair, pale skin, and red eyes; even her eyebrows and eyelashes were white. Her hair was very long and reached down to her knees. She dressed in a white, skin-tight bodysuit decorated with red circles and stripes and with her toes and heels sticking out.

"Hello, I'm Shiro! Nice to meet you all. My Quirk is [Original Sin] and I can basically do all sorts of cool things with my blood. I was a former test subject of this place called Deadman Wonderland but I managed to break out."

Crona tensed for a moment; recalling that their….'caregivers' had at different points considering sending them to Deadman Wonderland, which apparently paid quite the pretty penny or hefty yen for Blood Quirk users before the CEO was indited for violating human rights.

The eleventh newcomer was a tall girl, roughly around 6'10, and was also quite well-muscular. She had silver-white hair and red eyes as well as piercings on her ears. She wore a zip-up tracksuit, gloves, and sneakers.

"Hey, I'm Noi, the younger cousin of Mushroom Mage En. I actually was born with two Quirks; [Elixir] and [Genome]. The first allows me to control the biological structure of my own and other people's bodies and the second one lets me transform into nine different monster-like forms or just change parts of my body into those parts as well."

Izuku and Toga's eyes widened: Another Double Quirk user…and this one natural?! Noi spied this and smirked, giving them a wave, which they returned.

The twelfth newcomer was visibly large, with protruding hips and stumpy legs, a large bust, chubby rosy cheeks, a perky nose, cheery eyes, pouty lips, and a rounded chin. She had short caramel hair and despite her wide frame, was quite attractive all the same.

"Howdy, I'm Ellie. Used to be part of the Hodunk Bandit Clan before my family decided to go straight and narrow. My Quirk is [Siren], lets me do all kinds of crazy mind tricks, kinda like little Tetsy here." The woman introduced herself with a charming Southern drawl. "Need anything fixed up, I'm your gal, cuties."

"Don't call me Tetsy." Tetsuo demanded but went ignored.

The thirteenth new student was a girl with a fair complexion, blonde hair, and wide emerald green eyes. She wore a hooded jacket that resembled a Nun's veil and was playing with a red yo-yo.

"Hiii~! I'm Bridget, pleased to meet you all!" The girl introduced herself with a wink and a peace sign. "My Quirk is [Unlimited Colors] and I can use magical alien color powers! I can also kick butt with my yo-yo, see?"

Spinel bounded over and let out a child like coo of interest.

"Sweet little Bridget was born in a village that believed in a curse where twins of the same gender would bring bad luck. She was originally born a boy but her parents hid her true gender since she had a twin brother. However, she felt more comfortable as a girl and transitioned." Mamako explained.

"She's here on the recommendation of UMA Hunter: Goldlewis Dickinson, who took her under his wing for a time," Nedzu added.

"Oh-Ho-Ho-Ho~! Aren't you forgetting someone?" Haughtily spoke a girl with brown hair, and green eyes, and dressed like a duchess from a fantasy RPG. "I am Katarina Claes and my Quirk is [Mage], it allows me to use magic just like you see in Final Fantasy, I dare say I'm quite adept at it~!"

"You don't need to play the Villainess persona, Katarina. You are among friends here." Mamako said gently as Katarina blushed and fidgeted shyly.

"Um...if you'd have me, I'd be glad to be friends with all of you..."

The fifteenth new student resembled a humanoid axolotl salamander with bright blue eyes, a scar over one of them, a blue sweater, black pants, and black boots. In his hand was a fusion of a curved staff and a pen.

"I'm Axol and my Quirk is [Art Magic], anything I draw comes to life and I can have it fight for me!" Axol introduced. "I am also skilled in Ninjutsu and was brought here by recommendation of The Ninja Hero: Edgeshot!"

The final student was a girl with pale skin, red hair, black eyes, a stoic expression, and wore a black dress with a white cravat. She gave a curtsey to the others.

"My name is R. Dorothy Wayneright. I'm the apprentice of Roger Smith and my Quirk is [Adaption], I can adapt to anything I'm exposed to, provided I have subtle information in order to properly adapt to it. Not only can I alter my body to adapt, but I can manifest any item I might need for the adaption if it exists and is a real-world object. I enjoy playing the piano and I like cats."

Himiko's interest in Dorthy was peaked, due to their similar powers. Seeming to pick up on this, Dorthy nodded to Himiko.

"Well, you all get aqcuianted, I need to get started on dinner!" Mamko beamed as she headed to the kitchen.

"And I'll be helping!" Nedzu followed his wife.

For a minute, there was silence before Amity stepped forward.

"Hello everyone. I'm Class Sancutary's Class Representaive, Amity Blight, yes those Blights…"

"And I'm her Vice Representative, Izuku Midoriya!" Izuku quickly followed despite his nervousness, which was noticed. "Please, let us all get along!"

Everyone looked at Izuku, then light laughing overtook the room. Tang made his way over and put a hand on Izuku's shoulder.

"Relax, draggy! We all saw what you guys did at the Sports Fest, so we know how tough you are. Sides, us 'monsters' gotta stick together, so…."

Ken made his way over and offered Izuku a handshake before spying Himiko.

"I'm taken."

"So am I, and its not that." Ken assured her. "I can sense blood Quirk users…and you have…"

"Long story." Himiko smirked. "Which can be shared over a spar with you and Dorthy."

Maine suddenly lifted up some papers and from his helmet, displayed it to his fellow newcomers.

"Those hypocrites." Dorthy sighed, getting some eyes on her. "Roger has faced off against them before."

"And they tried to recruit me years ago." Melissa confessed, getting shocked gasps. Maine put a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"They helped in the conflicts I fought." Mukuro glared.

"My mom died because of them." Akira confessed, fighting back tears of the memory…

"So, who are they?" Sho asked again.

"A bunch of self-haters who think Quirks will lead to the end of the world, so they're out to destroy them,"

Eri and the other kids tensed at this and raced towards Izuku and Amity, who were quick to comfort them.

"T-they're like Kai…!" Eri whimpred, burying herself into Izuku's neck as he shushed her gently.

"Why were you looking into them?" Jinx asked.

"You know The Riddler?" Luz explained. "He's been sending us riddles and well…"

Seryu growled

"Such a monstrous villain…! But he shall face our justice soon enough!"

"Be nice if we knew what they were going to do…" Spinel mused, trying to keep Anya and Alas Ramus calm.

"I can access all networks. Gimme a sec." Sophia explained.

"Allow me to assit!" Penny offered, placing a hand on Maine's helmet and soon, they found something from the HumaRize official website; A REVOCS report labeled 'Hairless Heroes'.

"M-m-Mama?" Nui asked in fear.

SANCTUARY

Suddenly, classes resumed with an assembly to introduce the newest members of the Sancutary program.

"WHOA, THAT'S A LOT OF NEW FACES!" Mineta hollered, his attention mostly focused on Mukuro, Dorthy, Jinx, Katarina and Shiro. "ALL SINGLE! I GOT A CHANCE!"

"No." the girls all said, getting some laughs.

"Sir, are you sure….?" Vlad started.

"The newbie'll start day after tomorrow." Nagant smiled, enjoying Midnight happily texting away with her 'kohai', offering baby name suggestions.

"NOW, BEFORE WE BEGIN, YOUNG TODOROKI HAS SOMETHING HE INSISTED ON SAYING." All Might announced as he helped the tired looking two powered boy to the microphone.

Izuku's heart sank at the sight of Shoto: The past three days had been hell for him; nearly killed, brought back only for his mother to vanish and the world learning the truth of his family situation?

His classmates all looked at the draconic boy in concern. Melissa and Himiko both reached to comfort him, but someone beat them to it.

"It's okay." Ochako cooed. "It was an accident."

"But I…" Izuku started, only to pause when he saw Ochako holding his hand.

"It's okay." Ochako assured him. "And if it helps? My parents are on your side."

THAT got everyone's attention: It was one thing to see Izuku as a reason their business was more successful (and still teaching their daughter to see the tragedy of his life), but to be OKAY with him gong on a rampage on TV?

"Daddy thinks you were channeling Maximus from Gladiator. Mom thinks it was John Wick." Ochako explained.

"…Your parents and you have Pre-Quirk movies?" Izuku asked.

"Yup!" Ochako beamed, making Izuku smile ever so slightly.

"My, my, my!" Katriana gasped with a smile, many other of the newcomers sharing her delight. "Is there a hint of…?"

"Yes!" The other students beamed, making Izuku and Ochako blush, break their hand holding and focus on whatever Shoto was saying:

"I am sorry for my disrespectful actions." Shoto said plainly. "Not only did I 'half ass', but I belittled those around me who have siffered greatly. And before anyone asks, yes. I do forgive Izuku for what he did. It was a sanctioned fight and while powerful, none of his moves were lethal."

Someone stood up and walked over to the half hot, half cold boy.

"You. Me. Gym. All out." Katsuki demanded.

Shoto rose an eyebrow.

"Need to show you your limits." Katsuki said. "I got way more experience being hit by flames then Izuku. Sides, this way we can tell who deserved to win…"

"Technically, there was no winner of this year's Sports Fest." Aizawa pointed out.

….

"THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT?!" Mineta shouted.

"Internships!" Nedzu beamed!

SANCUTARY

At lunch, the classes sat together, partly so everyone could meet the newbies.

Despite his showing, Izuku surprisingly did get a few internships: Ryukyu, Endeavour, Gunhead and Gang Orca all expressed an interest in him. Izuku was leaning towards Ryukyu, partly because Ochako had gotten an offer from her as well, along with Himiko…

Suddenly a heaping plate of Katsudon and Mochi appeared.

"One day dispensation." Masato explained, pointing to Ochako, who was suddenly across from Izuku. "And before you ask, it was 21, Amity and Momo's idea."

Both blushed as music suddenly began to play: They turned to see Jiro, Nazuna, Amity and Spinel playing slow, soothing music as Luz prepared some small orbs of light and Fumikage and Crona lowered the lights.

Leaving the two cinnamon rolls to their meal, the two in question began to eat, their fingers and chopsticks touching a few times.

"Should we be doing this?" Kohta asked. "I mean, they are cute together…"

"How else is the ship going to sail?" Seras asked.

"Okay seriously, what do boats have to do with romance?!" Akira demanded.

Back to the table, Izuku took a deep breath, as did Ochako.

"Ochako/Izuku. Oh, I'm sorry! No, no, you first!"

Izuku took another breath.

"Ochako? I…I really like you; you're nice, strong and you're not scared of me. But, I also know that I have no idea how to…date…Like I said, I really do like you! My chest warms up whenever I see you in a good way…. Whenever I see you smile? It makes my bad day a good one. When you stood up to Chivalrous Visor? It was the best part of the whole Festival….But I want you to be the best hero you can be, and…"

"Izuku?" Ochako cut him off gently. "Can I just say something? I became a hero to became rich to help my parents' business. But when I met you? I saw someone I could tell is going to be a great hero…And it scared me. But then you started talking to me and…whenever we're together, it seems heavy but light, in a good way. And don't worry, I have no idea ow to date either…And I'm going to have words with Amity, Momo and 21 about this later!"

The trio whistled innocently.

"But…" Ochako said, taking Izuku's hand into her own. "Whatever happens? I want to be in your corner."

"And I want the same for you." Izuku responded.

A quiet silence overcame them before their foreheads touched…and they fed each other a piece of mochi.

"….So….They…?" Katsuki asked, confused.

"Not yet, I think." Himiko said to her boyfriend with a smile. "But? I think whatever they have now? Its good for now."

SANCTUARY

Even as the car pulled up to the daycare, Takeshi making plans to sabotage Ragyo's plans. Not because he completely went against them, or because he loathed her as a human being. Those did play parts, but no.

For the 23 District Project and his own Project Damacles to work, the damage of her plan would need to be limited to certain areas.

But right now, that didn't matter. What mattered was solving these three riddles before his second last stop today. Riddler had somehow hacked into his phone and sent him the following:

'What does a Turkey do when he flies upside down?'

This one was easy: He gobbles up.

'I am depended on by all, especially at the beginning. I'm round but not always around. I can give life as easily as I can take it, and spring is part of my day. What am I?"

This one had taken him a second, but he figured it out: A mother.

'From clothes I come despite my small, ugly size. As much as I create, many ignore and hate. What am I?'

This one was also easy, a silkworm. Put the answers together and the message was clear: Gobble up the mother silkworm.

But again, right now that didn't matter. No, Takeshi's final errand was much more important.

"Sorry I'm late." He explained to the staff member, a young girl named Yanagi Sakoshita. "Traffic is murder this time of day."

"Not a problem, Rai's in the sandbox with Tsuki and Sumire." The caregiver smiled. "And he's been a little gentleman all day."

A smile crossed Takeshi's face when he heard that. The smile grew when he saw the remaining three kids at the daycare: One he recalled being the little sister of his idiot brother's girlfriend, the other like that one frog student at UA, and finally….!

"Daddy!" A miniature version of Takeshi raced forward, a happy grin on his face. Takeshi knelt and took his son into a great big hug, stifling a chuckle "Bye, Tsuki! Bye, Sumi!"

The two girls waved goodbye to their friend, just as Sakura Hinako and Tsuyu Asui arrived. Sakura paused and gave Takeshi a look, but he mostly ignored it.

"Dad?" Rai asked. "Everything okay?"

"Not a problem buddy, it can wait." Takeshi assured his son. "Lets go get dinner and see that movie."

SANCTUARY

Ochako went home tired but happy. Sure, she and Izuku were…unsure about what they were, but it felt good to say all that and see him smiling. She ended up letting Amity, 21 and Momo off the hook, mostly because Luz, Himiko and Michiru had offered her advice on where to go from here; apparently they had had points like this in their relationships.

That and Melissa and Mei ended up taking her out for coffee after school to thank her for being so nice to Izuku and Tae had bought her some extra nice groceries.

Ochako's plan was now to eat something and hit the hay. Only, something was off….

"That's weird…" She mused as she stepped into her apartment. "I know I locked up before I left. And mom and dad went back this morning.."

She stepped inside, looking around for something out of the ordinary. Nothing….

Until a hand clamped over her mouth and another around her waist, pinnig her arms to her sides.

"Sorry cutie. But I hate screaming." A sneaky voice sneered as they sank into the dark.

When Ochako next opened her eyes, she was in a room that screamed 'uber rich', with tape plastered over her mouth and her kidnapper kneeling to a striking beautiful woman with white and rainbow hair…and a cruel smirk on her face.

"Excellent work, Kuroi." Ragyo Kiryuin smirked as she knelt down, cupping Ochako's chin. "You may not see it yet, young lady; but you're about to help me save the world."

Under her gag, all Ochako could do was glare.

"Rei? Get her into her Regalia."

"As you wish, Miss Kiryuin." The tanned woman in aviator glassed nodded as Ochako's kidnapper, Shihai Kuroiro, in a cowled uniform, brought his kidnapee to her feet and dragged her away.

SANCTUARY

Meanwhile, on I-Island, a private plane had been given clearance to land and park outside the limits of the island. Stepping out of the plane was a man in a classy white suit and wearing a black skull mask with black gloves and neatly polished spats.

"Zsasz, you got everything?" The man asked his best friend, lover, and right-hand man, a man with tally mark scars decorating his body and wearing a navy blue jacket with no undershirt, showing his scars in full view as well as pinstripe pants, spats, and shaved white hair and a beard.

"Indeed, Roman. The contacts have been sent, the preparations are set up ahead of schedule, and Machine Head has already set up the big score." Zsasz smirked as Roman Sionis, the notorious American Crime Boss known as Black Mask, chuckled.

"Good, because word on the grapevine says that those brats at UA are goanna be taking a little vacation here...and the Firestarter is goanna be with 'em."

"What do you intend to do with him, Roman?"

"I'm gonna break him, Zsasz. I'm gonna show him how much the world hates and wants him dead...and then I'm gonna make sure he suffers. Whoever brings him to me alive...gets to live their best life!"

Taking out a contract, Black Mask chuckled cruelly as it was shown to be a hit he was posting for Izuku himself.

Izuku Midoriya

The Firestarter

Wanted Alive Or Close To Death

Reward: $10,000,000

To be Doubled if he suffers enough!

Devil Dragon Stand Knight A/N:

And now we have a grand total of 40 students for Sanctuary to rival the collective of both Class 1-A and 1-B...for future reference.

The newcomers are as follows

1. Tetsuo Shima (AKIRA)

2. Tang Yun (Dislyte)

3. Maine/The Meta (Red vs Blue) (With Sophia from Persona 5 Strikers)

4. Kohta Hirano (Highschool of the Dead)

5. Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)

6. Kanato Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

7. Seryu Ubiquitous (Akame Ga Kill)

8. Mukuro Ikusaba (Danganronpa)

9. Jinx (Leauge of Legends)

10. Shiro (Deadman Wonderland)

11. Noi (Dorohedoro)

12. Ellie (Borderlands)

13. Bridget (Guilty Gear)

14. Katarina Claes (My Life As A Villainess)

15. Axol (SMG4)

16. Dorothy (The Big O)

I hope you like these additions, there were several others I had planned but alas, I had to whittle it down to these sixteen finalists. Don't worry, some of those characters will still be making appearances later in the story!

Also, we got quadruple cuteness in Eri, Anya Forger from Spy x Family, Kanna Kamui from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, and Alas Ramus from The Devil is a Part-Timer!

But the biggest shocker is Tomura Shigaraki's father, Kotaro Shimura, appearing as an Expy of Sigma from Overwatch! Only instead of just Gravity, he also has access to all four of the Fundamental Forces! And not only that, but Black Mask is here and he's planning to put a hit out on Izuku! What could come from this, I wonder? You'll just have to wait and see in the chapters to come!

Alright, Mrotrax, take it away!

Mrotrax A/N

HAPPY PRIDE WEEK!

40 troubled kids are now on their way to becoming the next great heroes; I'm looking forward to the challenge of balancing them all along with the considerable cast we have already.

DDSK and I have been planning to have a Black Mask arc in one of our stories ever since Otaku Hero, so I'm looking very forward to when we get to that. Without spoiling to much, it promises to so far be one of the most emotional and dark arcs of the story, perfectly encapsulating what a writing mentor of mine once said:

'The best way to test a character is to show how much they can suffer and persevere.'

Lack of a sympathetic backstory aside, I liked the Clancy Brown version of Mr. Freeze and am delighted to see Rei become a gender bent version of him; Geten now has serious competition for best Ice Quirk user. Plus, it'll be interesting to see how she interacts with ither characters. I did include some of the TAS Freeze into her.

And more family drama/tragedy to befall poor Hana when she meets the newest members of the League. Luckily, with four adorable little girls as surrogate sisters/daughters, I think she'll pull through.

And finally, thoughts on the IzuOcha development?

In the meantime, next arc begins the action packed 'Life Fibers' arc (different name pending), wherein we see Ragyo do her worst. But I can assure you all that in 2-3 chapters (we're sorting that out) she shall receive a GLORIOUS defeat.