Todoroki Sakura felt like she was torn between two worlds. It wasn't entirely her fault.

She had lived with Endeavor's abuse for years and never thought to question it, silently suffering because the man couldn't stand the fact that he always came up second-best to All Might.

As such, she had allowed herself to be mistaken for a rather feminine looking boy by the name of Shouto. After her mother was sent to live in a care facility because of the incident, the only one who bothered to call her Sakura anymore was her older sister.

Except...shortly after she woke up from being taken to the hospital to save her eye, she realized she had memories that shouldn't be there.

Memories of her older self, who was an incredibly bitter and isolated young woman who had fought tooth and nail against the way Endeavor had raised her to be, and who had found love but was too scared to take a chance on it.

Her older self had moved as far away from Endeavor as she could, and had gone on to become a hero in America. It was only after she made a name for herself that had nothing to do with her father that she had moved back (though not in the same house or prefecture as Endeavor).

That was when she met him. A man who had unofficially taken over the position All Might had left behind on his death.

Deku, the Symbol of Hope.

He was a quirkless hero who still managed to take out the villains and even held a legitimate hero's license. Seeing him in action, it was so easy to forget that he had never been born with a special power, and that he fought entirely with his mind and the inventions he made.

The first time she met him, she knew immediately that he didn't see her as "Endeavor's daughter". He just saw her.

It was only natural that when Sakura woke up and found herself in her much younger body that she try to figure out what happened.

The only explanation that made any sense was that she had accidentally got caught up in the blast of whatever experiment her secret lover was doing with the little girl he rescued that had a time-based quirk. They had been attempting to see if she could control how far back she could revert time and if she could move things forward, when the device she was testing on reacted badly and blew up.

Which meant she spent seven very lonely years until she was old enough for UA.

Unknown to Endeavor, there was one alteration she was going to make on her application. She was going to politely request that she be moved to the dorms and that they not mention it to her father.

Principal Nezu discreetly took her aside and was rather understanding that she wanted to be a hero without being in her father's shadow all the time. And since Endeavor could pay for it anyway, they subtly tacked on the cost of living in the dorms into the bill.

Endeavor was beyond pissed when he figured it out, but by that time it was too late and Nezu was more than happy to insinuate that the hero thought UA's ability to train his child was subpar.

Endeavor was many things, but an idiot was not one of them. He knew damn well the principal would have the press eating him alive if he tried to make his daughter move back because he wanted to retain his control over her.

At least she agreed to keep wearing the boy's uniform, if only out of habit. So long as she was wearing theuniform and didn't violate the privacy of the boys by changing with them, the staff would keep their silence on her gender.

She wasn't really looking forward to her class. She remembered that little pervert Mineta with far too much disgust. This time she wouldn't hesitate...she was going to freeze his balls and threaten to unman him if she caught him perving on the girls. With how small he was, it wouldn't be that hard.

So you could imagine her confusion when she realized that there were two faces she didn't recognize from her class in 1-A.

A hot headed teen with an explosive quirk, a really foul attitude and mouth to match. It wouldn't be until she heard his name that any recognition came to her.

And then only because Izuku would sometimes comment on his greatest regret while drunk off his ass, about being unable to help "Kacchan". Of the fact that he had only developed the Eraser Kitty after his childhood friend had been killed during a villain attack because the heroes had stood there and done nothing.

Todoroki stared at him in shock. Bakugo Katsuki had been killed in her original timeline. So if he was alive now and in her class, then what else had changed?

The other oddity was a teen with green hair that was listening to music while doodling something in his notebook. He looked really familiar, but that was about it. One thing she was certain of was that he wasn't in her class the first time either.

She kept her focus on the green haired teen. Mostly because the shade looked remarkably similar to his and she recognized the odd pendant around his neck as a mid-range Eraser Kitty.

So far the only sign Izuku had come back as well was the one-time use "Eraser Kittens" being made available to the police. As far as she could remember, those weren't developed for another three years at best.

She really, really hoped that she found Izuku soon. She needed his optimism.

"How did your first class of the year go?" asked Hizashi.

"Interesting. I think I saw the beginnings of a crush between Midoriya and Endeavor's kid," said Aizawa.

Hizashi nearly spat out his tea.

"Seriously?"

"He kept glancing in her direction and had this weirdly fond look in his eyes. Though she kept giving that Bakugo kid weird looks. Almost like he had a second head or something," said Aizawa.

Actually it was more in line with the expression one would get when they saw someone they thought was dead turning out to be alive. Though not the relieved look...the look was closer to the shock and disbelief expression one would get at a stranger being alive.

What Izuku hadn't mentioned was that in his original timeline, Bakugo died because of the Sludge villain. He also wasn't aware All Might had been present at the scene, but had kept back because he had already used up his time limit.

Though to be fair, Izuku only found that out when Toshinori happened to share the video that he had taken of the chewing out Izuku had given the heroes on the scene.

It was Izuku's lecture that had convinced All Might to make the boy his heir. Something he hadn't regretted once, especially after the showing of the entrance exam.

"So we might have some entertainment watching the daughter of Endeavor and All Might's heir dating? Fun," said Midnight, having walked in.

"Considering this is the same kid who basically alienated himself from damn near his entire school, and made the adults cry for mommy because he had a pretty solid case that would utterly destroy their school's reputation? I say we start the betting pools now on whether they date or not," said Hizashi wickedly.

"I know I'm going to regret saying this...but I second that," said Aizawa.

Toshinori walked in.

"What's this about Izuku's school?"

"It's like this...his old school was so eager to get that Bakugo kid into UA that they pretty much ignored the fact his ego was growing out of control. Izuku got tired of being his victim, so he came up with the Eraser Kitty. Add in the martial arts training he's been getting from Aizawa, and the kid didn't stand a chance," said Hizashi.

"I still can't believe he named them Eraser Kitty," said Aizawa exasperated.

"But it's such a cute name and easy to remember!" laughed Cementoss.

"I know, right?" said Hizashi laughing. "Anyway the teachers didn't like the fact that the 'quirkless' kid beat up their best bet to a UA admission, so they called Izuku and his mom in and threatened to suspend or even expel him. What they didn't know was that Izuku was tired of being mocked because his quirk manifested late, so he put up a whole bunch of hidden cameras and was even wearing a body cam during the entire incident."

"The kid straight up threatened to sue because he had video evidence going back three months showing they were doing nothing about the subtle bullying because he didn't have a quirk. And the videos all showed Bakugo being the main aggressor with the teachers and most of the students showing open approval for it," said Aizawa darkly amused. "The Principal damn near pissed himself when Izuku said he'd take the case to court and even make sure the media heard about the fact that the school administration allowed open harassment of a 'quirkless' kid and basically let public opinion trash their reputation."

Toshinori winced...and had to admit that was a pretty vicious move.

"In the end the matter was dropped, and the teachers spent a month trying to find the cameras before giving up and leaving him alone. And they couldn't ban the body cam because Izuku claimed he had brought it so that he could replay the lesson of the day to help further his studies, and because it doubled as a person protection device," said Hizashi amused.

"You're kidding," said Toshinori.

"A body cam's only purpose is to record events, nothing else. It's not illegal and anyone can get their hands on them for a little cash," said Aizawa. "Just like they couldn't take away the Eraser Kitty because he was using it as a passive defense against his classmates who harassed him for not having a special ability."

"I doubt they even knew about it," said Hizashi amused.

"I bet the kid would make a killing with them," said Midnight.

"He already does. He has the patent to the 'Eraser Kittens', which are one time use versions of the full thing and he sells them to the cops at a discounted price so they can hold villains with the type of quirks that would give them a lot of trouble. I heard some of the major villain prisons even pay for them for their more dangerous inmates, except those use the bioelectric power of the prisoners to stay on permanently. He pretty much paid for his school fees himself," said Aizawa. "Law enforcement loves the kid for it."

"Why not sell the full sized versions?" asked Toshinori.

"Because they're part of his personal arsenal. He didn't want villains to get their hands on the real thing and find a way to reverse-engineer it, or those more extreme groups that hate quirks to find a way to use it to permanently erase quirks off the map," said Hizashi.

"Normally I'd call him paranoid, but he made a pretty good argument for keeping the schematics for the Eraser Kitty under lock and key. With how many crazies are out there, he has a legitimate reason to be wary of them getting their hands on something that can do a wide-area nullification of quirks outside the ones that are physical."

Toshinori thought that one through and grimaced. He could already imagine the sort of damage SEELE could have done with a device like that.

"Besides, the kid is already making a ton of cash from the patents and other devices he's sold to heroes," said Hizashi. "That kid is a genius and his obsession with heroes ironically made him one of the best designers in the business. If he wasn't so dead set on being a hero himself, he'd have been snatched up by the support companies in a second."

On an unrelated note, most of the teachers who had contact with Izuku were all too happy to join in on the possible betting pool on if he would date Endeavor's daughter.

Once they had more to work on, that pool would change to "when", not if.

Izuku couldn't help but be struck by the fact that he had gone from the "lone wolf" of middle school straight to one of the most popular guys in class. It was a very weird feeling, to be honest.

To add to the weirdness, the girls absolutely adored him. It drove some of the guys (Mineta Minoru in particular) crazy, because he didn't seem to notice any of them and was firmly against any perverted activities.

"I still can't believe how dense Midoriya is," said Mina. "I mean half of us would jump at the chance to date a guy like him, and yet he doesn't see it!"

Ochako nodded at that, as did Toru.

Toru was now one of Izuku's biggest supporters, because he had given her a way to 'turn off' her quirk for as long as she wanted with no side effects. Her parents couldn't stop crying for hours once they realized they could properly see her again, and that she could now become invisible whenever she wanted. Best of all the device could be attached to a cute watch that she wore on her wrist. The device would stay powered by her natural electrical current and would remain on the underside of the watch, thus hiding it from any villains.

He had earned a ton of major brownie points with the girls because he commented on how now she could find a decent guy who liked her for her before he found out how cute she was once the quirk was off. The fact he said it without trying to hit on her, and made it sound like he was commenting on the weather was why the girls loved him.

Izuku was incredibly awkward around others, seemed to find the fact they wanted to actually be friends with him without trying to mock him rather weird, and was generally a nice person. Yes, he could be a bit snarky when he was tired or in a bad mood, but he made a point to stay away from the really hurtful comments and was pretty good at helping them with homework when they were polite about asking.

Ochako developed a mischievous look.

"Maybe he has eyes for someone else."

"Spill girl," said Mina seriously.

"Has anyone else noticed the way he looked at Todoroki-kun?"

"Figures...the best guy in the class and he's batting for the other team," said Momo mock serious.

"Why is it all the best ones are taken, villains or gay?" said Mina tiredly.

"Mystery of the universe," said Ochako.

"For that matter, why is it that Midoriya-kun is always so surprised we want to be nice to him without any ulterior motive?" said Momo.

"Because his quirk manifested rather late, so everyone thought he was quirkless and harassed him for it," said Tokoyami. "I overheared the question."

"So the reason he's surprised we want to be actual friends with him was because his quirk came in late?" asked Momo seriously.

"Apparently the teachers continously mocked him for his dream of being a hero and no one actually encouraged him. He originally planned to get promoted from the support class into the hero class, since he had an actual shot at that when All Might's secretary recognized the signs of his latent quirk," said Tokoyami. Seeing the looks he was getting, he shrugged. "We share an interest in pre-quirk books and comics. He's helped me to get copies of certain books I've been wanting and we happened to talk. I'm a particular fan of a poet by the name of Edgar Allen Poe."

"So what happened?" asked Ochako.

"There was an incident where he disciplined Bakugo for attempting to use his quirk on him to 'teach him a lesson', only to get his ass handed to him instead. The teachers didn't like that, so they brought them both to the principal's office with their parents and threatened to suspend him. Except Izuku had video evidence of what really happened, along with similar incidents in the classroom and other popular areas like the lunch room. He threatened to sue the school and have the press eat their reputation to shreds if they didn't back off. Apparently it scared the teachers into leaving him alone, and Bakugo insured the other students hated him for it as well because he found a way to neutralize their quirks," said Tokoyami. "From what Izuku said, they were angry because he found a way to defend himself instead of simply taking it, so he didn't have many friends in his age group."

The girls all looked at each other. Izuku was a really nice guy and he had taken Mineta to task when he busted the pervert trying to peep on them in the locker room.

They were all rather shocked, then darkly pleased when he walked up to Bakugo and literally paid the other teen to punt the pervert as far as he could. The farther he went, the more cash Bakugo made from the deal.

Bakugo made a killing and was more than happy to do it as many times as Izuku wanted to get the point across to the perv that harassing the girls wouldn't be tolerated. It was pretty easy money for the explosive teen after all.

They all silently agreed to make sure Izuku knew he had friends now and that using them was the last thing on their mind. He seemed like the kind of guy that would be a good friend to have that would support you later when you really, really needed it.