Hello all, sorry for the prolonged update, my job just kicked into a busy season due to the upcoming Black Friday and Christmas seasons, and I needed to make sure products were arriving on time. XD
There will be one more chapter of this story before I work and finish up the next chapter of "Bearer of the Light", so stay tuned for that. If you want to come to chat with me or get some sneak peeks at any of the stories I write, I am part of a discord community where I and a bunch of other authors hang out.
The link is as follows: discord. gg/ VvSJVsSE4n (just remove the spaces... stupid FFN)
Anyway, just a reaction to some more characters meeting back with Midoriya, where the 3rd chapter will give him a more "humorous" re-introduction.
Also, just FYI, if the editing and grammar aren't up to snuff atm, it's due to having lost my premium access to Grammarly for a bit as I adjust my budget to get the year once more.
Once I do get it back, I'll re-edit and upload the chapters affected by this.
Review time!
Digitalreaper360: Yea, the Big bad will be an interesting twist, given the various Elder Dragons that could show up :3
ProjectIceman: Thank you :D got on a Rise/Sunbreak Kick and thought "What if?"
Shin: Never saw the movie, nor will I ever see it, due to that director and actress's track record. (Honestly, she only gets acting jobs since her husband is the Director of them from what I've seen over the years)
So yea, that is more of a coincidence, but in MHW, it's pretty much in canon that random portals to different universes are a common thing (FFXIV and Witcher 3 collabs, as well as the Devil May cry series, Legend of Zelda etc.)
Firem76910: Polyamorous relationship, everyone wins.
JustJack: Awesome :D
Iron-slayer-dragon: Hope you enjoy the story.
tiguylerobot: Dunno if your pulling my leg here, but if you aren't... no... this doesn't have anything to do with Konosuba.
Errige: Haha thank you, and who says Izuku JUST uses SnS? ;)
Anyway, enjoy this next chapter.
Side note: Anytime there are () around speech, that means that the character is speaking in the native tongue in the MH world.
[I do not own the rights to My Hero Academia or Monster Hunter, they belong to their respected owners.]
Chapter 2
Warm Invitations
("You sure it will be safe for us here, Meowster?") Mochi asked, slightly curled up on himself as he padded gently behind Izuku, who was sporting a single towel over his waist and was leading him into the large shower stalls.
("It will be fine, Mochi… think of these like small waterfalls you can turn on and off.") Izuku smiled down at his Palico, pushing a curtain aside to let the small creature look about.
("Not what I was ref-murring to…") The cat said in a deadpanned tone of voice with a look to match, ("I was talking about the humans.")
Izuku paused turning the taps, staring ahead at the porcelain, while he often talked about his friends to the felyne before, but first impressions were important, and given how Mina treated Mochi during the arrest, ("... I trust them, Mochi, even if time has passed by and we have all grown and changed since we last saw one another.")
Mochi remained quiet, silently reaching a paw into the rushing water before purring loudly and then looking up at Izuku, ("Fine, I'll trust your judgment, Meowster. But you owe me for this!")
Izuku chuckled, nodding gently, as he went to his stall, "I know, the biggest fish I can find…" He stopped for a moment, thinking for a moment, "Erm… how about the tastiest?"
There was silence from the stall that held the felyne, the rushing water being the only sound before a grunt of a meow came from it, "Fiiine… Better be the best tasting fishy ever."
Izuku smirked to himself, before turning the knobs of the shower stall on and letting the cascading warm water flow down his tired muscles, grabbing the bar of soap given to him by Kirishima. As he let the water run down his body, Izuku slowly began to think more about the circumstances leading up to these events.
He was hunting the diseased Yian Kut-Ku in the "Gathering Lands", an odd ecosystem that housed many different climates and with it various quantities of fauna with some monsters interacting with one another that never would have in the first place. His target had been seeking out and attacking Commission teams that were investigating the area, and while he had just returned from the outpost of Elgado, where he and his Handler were sent to help with some particular investigations involving an affliction caused by what they called "Qurios".
Granted, most of the time he was putting down monsters that were being afflicted by the parasites, which he often didn't like to do, but the state they were in left him no choice, as tranquilizers did not affect the creatures. Regardless, once the issue was resolved, he and his handler returned to Astera, where after a few months out at sea, Izuku was ready to start his work once again.
He remembered the reports of strange lightning storms in the Gathering Lands, though they were initially written off to be possibly due to the Zinogre in the area, fighting in a turf war. But the frequency of such had given Izuku some doubt it was caused by such and from what the chief had told him, the city had been experiencing similar phenomena as well, which nearly made Izuku jump out of his chair and run out of the interrogation room. After he was calmed down by both Aizawa and Tsukauchi that there hadn't been any more reports of "monsters" appearing in other parts of the city, that the only lightning strike was the one in the memorial park.
His memorial park.
Izuku stopped soaping up his body, taking slow and steady breaths as the realization hit him at long last. Everyone had thought he had died, they mourned for him, and then went on with their lives.
Sure, Izuku wasn't naive enough to believe that his friends and family would think he wasn't dead and he knew they would have moved on.
Still, it did hurt him a little that no one even attempted to see if he was still alive.
That aside, when Kirishima had offered a place for him to stay at his agency, Izuku had to admit he was ecstatic. His former classmates were able to fulfill their dreams and even start their agency to help people.
And it wasn't a small agency either, as most of Class 1-A had banded together to start it up, along with a couple of members of their sister class from their graduating year as well. They are able to provide various heroes for specialized missions, from rescue operations to busting criminal organizations.
While not everyone in the class would join up, for one reason or another, Izuku could still be very proud and happy for what his friends had done in the seven years since his supposed "death", even Todoroki and Iida taking over their families own agencies and improving them after just shortly graduating. Granted, if Izuku remembered correctly, Endeavor's approval rating at the time had nearly tanked thanks to that little speech by his estranged son, the villain known as Dabi.
Rinsing himself off and heading out to the men's locker room, ignoring the cute and happy-sounding "meow-sic" coming from Mochi, Izuku came upon a small folded note beside the pile of towels.
After making sure his hands and lower body were dry before taking the paper, Izuku opened the note, reading it as the very wet Mochi waddled into the room behind him, ("What's that, Meowster?")
("A note from Kirishima… the guy with red hair.") Izuku corrected himself, as the smaller being wasn't the best with names for the first few times when meeting new people, ("Apparently, there was a bank robbery a few blocks away and they needed him, so he left us these towels and will get his clothes once he gets back.")
("Well, that's just purrfect…") Mochi grumbled, before climbing up onto the bench and reaching for another towel, ("So what do we do now?")
Taking the towel from the felyne, Izuku began to dry Mochi, doing his best to be gentle, but also make sure his fur was nice and dry, ("Let's get you dry first, and then find that break room we passed by earlier, I'm kinda thirsty and I'm sure Kirishima wouldn't mind us taking a water bottle or something.")
("He did say that we would have the entire place to ourselves, considering how late it is and everyone is either on a mission or already gone home for the day.") Izuku continued when he pulled the towel away, revealing a poofed-up Mochi, giving him a deadpanned look before beginning to lick himself to bring down his fur.
("Fiiiiine… but I wanna get the room ready, it only has one bed and I don't wanna sleep with Meowster, after what happened last time.")
("Hey, it's not my fault you got kicked out of my room.") Izuku frowned at his companion, who stuck its tongue out before it grew a smug smirk across its muzzle.
("Oh? Just like Meowster didn't expect to find the twin sisters waiting for you?")
Izuku blushed heavily at that, grumbling something along the lines of "Smug Felyne", ignoring the snickers coming from his partner palico as Izuku sighed heavily, ("Look, I apologize that happened, for the umpteenth time since then. But I doubt that will ever happen here.")
("Mrow? What makes you say that?") Mochi asked as Izuku began to head towards the locker room door, stopping for a moment with his hand on the handle.
("It's been seven years, it's clear they moved on, and besides…") Izuku spoke softly, a small smirk on his lips, though it was a little saddened thanks to the pain deep within his heart as he spoke, ("Who would ever have lingering feelings for a dead man?")
"You still love him, don't you?" Mina said from her seat in the break room of the agency, her body sinking into the rather fluffy and very pillowy couch, sipping on a bubble tea that she, Tsu, and Ochako had gotten before making their way back. Ochako had earned herself some mochi (paid for by Tsu and Mina, though she did protest against it), which she was now choking partially on, smacking her chest as she coughed with Tsu drinking her own and patting Ochako's back while listening to the conversation between the two.
After clearing her throat and calming down, Ochako looked at Mina, her brows furrowed while also blushing heatedly, "M-Mina! H-How could you-"
"It's easy to tell." Mina interrupted her friend, who looked at her with widening eyes, "Sure, I was bawling my eyes out earlier, heck, I'll probably be crying later because Midori is back. But you, Ms. Uravity…" The pink-skinned woman pointed at her friend and co-worker, who flinched a little from the accusatory look being given to her, "You are flat out denying it's him when it's been proven that he IS Midori."
"B-But he could be a Nomu or some kind of imposter!"
"Kero, considering the way they do those types of tests, as well as Mr. Aizawa's erasure, failed to end any sort of quirk that he may have been using, I'm going to believe it is Midoriya." Tsuyu said before she sipped her bubble tea, croaking softly at the gentle coolness of the drink before looking back towards the brunette, "I understand you are upset, kero, frankly, so am I."
"I would comment how you don't look upset, but I know better." Mina said with a smug smirk, earning her a dead-eyed glare from the frog girl before looking back to Ochako.
"As I was saying, I'm upset because of a couple of things, kero. One is that none of us tried to find any evidence that he survived the explosion." Tsuyu ribbited sadly, "I get that it's hard to make any sense of him being alive from the crater that was there, but we are talking about Midoriya, kero, the same boy who rushed out to face a villain quirkless, who constantly broke his bones with a Quirk that was alien to him that and by the end our first internship he had actual control over it."
"Then there was the training camp, where he nearly destroyed his arms to protect Kota from Muscular, and then raced off to make sure everyone else was ok, being healed enough to go mount a rescue operation for Bakugo."
The room grew silent as Tsuyu looked at the both of them, "Don't even get me started on the whole Yakuza incident with Eri, hearing Sir Nighteye say that Midoriya was destined to die, only for him to change that fate, and then there was the war, followed up by the whole leaving UA to protect us, kero… What I'm trying to say is that Midoriya is a survivor, and we should have tried to see if there was any trace of him."
"But… he's changed so much…" Ochako spoke gently, tears rolling down her cheeks as both Tsuyu and Mina moved next to her to hold her close, "And that monster he killed…"
"He must have had a good reason, Chako…" Mina spoke gently, hugging the woman close, "Even that cat… thing… said to trust him in what he did during the fight. Plus, this is Midori we are talking about; no matter how much he's changed, he's still the green bean of Class 1-A."
"Don't say it like that, Kero; you're making me feel old." Tsuyu quipped, earning a giggle from the other two, with Ochako sniffling to try and calm herself down.
"Thanks… to both of you, I know I have to accept he's back, and…" Ochako's cheery mood slowly down-spiraled as she leaned forward with her face in her hands with a look of despair as she remembered how she talked to him, "Oh god, he's going to hate me now!"
"Doubt it; this is Midoriya we are talking about." Mina smirked at Ochako, who slowly looked towards the pink-skinned woman, "Right now, I bet he's thinking of a way to cheer you up."
"Y-You think so?"
Just as Mina was about to answer her, a deep and masculine-sounding grunt could be heard coming around the corner towards the break room, causing all three women to duck down on the couch before slowly and silently peeking over the top to see who was at the agency so late into the night.
All their eyes widened to see none other than Izuku Midoriya, strolling into the break room while his head was partially covered with a towel and wearing the tightest looking boxer shorts they had ever seen, hugging against his hips and legs in just the right way to give the women a very enticing sight.
They could hear him hum gently as he made his way towards the fridge, draping the towel across his bare shoulders before opening the fridge and leaning down, inadvertently showing off his ass towards the couch, where the women had all different reactions.
Tsuyu was swallowing her tongue to prevent herself from croaking loudly and ending the show before them, while Mina bit her bottom lip and continued to ogle the returned young man's physique. However, both quirk-altered women each had a hand on Ochako's shoulder, whose face was beet red and "trying" her best to hide her face from the sights before her.
And failing spectacularly.
Watching the young man suddenly start to chug down a bottle of water, letting out a deep exhale after finishing the drink, Izuku tossed the bottle into a nearby receptacle, moving the towel from his head as he sighed gently, his long curls of green hair draped down his neck as he rested head against the appliance, "Fine mess you got yourself into, Deku…"
Slowly turning around, with his towel now draped around his shoulders, he could see the three sets of eyes looking up at him, partially hidden by the couch the three women were on. While his eyes were as wide as a deer caught in headlights, Izuku raised his hand, giving the three a small wave, "U-um... hi?"
"Hey yourself." Mina moved herself up, resting her head on her hand, smiling quite fondly with her black and golden eyes looking over his body with a sultry look to them, "Wasn't expecting to see you again so soon, Midori."
"A-Ah…" the green-haired boy gently rubbed the back of his head, blushing slightly with a big smile across his lips, "Y-Yea… Kirishima suggested I stay here since I can't exactly go back to my mom's or have any place to stay really."
"Oh? Remind me to thank him then." Mina said with a giggle, before looking back at the barely dressed young man, "Where is he anyway? This place was quiet when we came in."
"He left a note saying something about a bank robbery, not many details on it, but he figured it wouldn't take long and would give me some clothes to wear, considering the only thing I have is my armor and I don't have access to my trunk."
"Trunk, kero?" Tsuyu spoke up, her head tilted to the side as her cheeks were still a little rosy, her hand on Ochako's shoulder still to keep the heroine from floating off. Izuku simply nodded, beaming a smile at her as he nodded.
"Yea, my trunk that I store not only all my armor, weapons, and various materials I use for crafting, it's the number one thing a hunter can't leave behind at any time."
"And where is it, kero?"
Izuku sighed gently, starting to dry a little more of his head, and walked closer to the couch, making Ochako squeaky slightly while Mina's eyes widened and her smirk turned into a large grin, enjoying the eye candy Izuku had unintentionally been giving them, "It was back at my base camp, with my handler who watches over it as well help prep me on quest information and she cooks me meals when we go out on expeditions."
"Ooooh… 'she', huh?" Mina said with a mischievous smirk now on her lips, though there was a hint of something in her eyes that Izuku couldn't quite place as he nodded gently.
"Mhmm, we met shortly after she and the rest of the 5th Fleet came to Astera when a giant Elder Dragon named Zora Magdoros was making its way from across the sea." Izuku stopped at the back of the couch, holding his chin in thought, "that was… three months after I arrived."
"Elder Dragon? Fleets? It sounds like you were kept busy, kero." Tsuyu said her eyes locked onto his as if she was trying her best to keep them there, as Izuku nodded in response.
"You could say that, most days once the 5th came were spent researching and studying the various monsters, I'd go into more detail, but we'd be up all night-Uraraka!" the boy exclaimed as both Tsu and Mina hadn't realized that they had released their hold on the woman, who was now floating up against the ceiling, her fingers still over her face and red in embarrassment.
Before either of them could act, Izuku raised his hand to the floating girl as black tendrils flew out of the palm and lower parts of his arm, taking a gentle and careful hold upon Ochako before slowly bringing her back down to the couch, "Um.. you can release now."
Ochako blinked as she moved her hands away from her face, turning her head left and right to see the bemused look on Mina's face as well as the gently ribbiting of Tsuyu, tapping her fingertips together, and gasping from the small impact onto the couch, it was then the brunette noticed the familiar black tendrils around her body, holding her in places where it would give her ample support, but away from more sensitive areas. Watching it retreat to their user, Ochako's eyes met with Izuku's who looked at her with worry, "I'm sorry I used my 'Black Whip' on you, but I figured it would have been easier to bring you down instead of 'Floating' up there myself."
"Are you alright? You're not feeling nauseous or anything?" Izuku continued, fretting over his former classmate, which caused Ochako to blush more. Thankfully, she had been able to curb that little side-effect of her quirk during the third year at UA, there were still times it would flare up, but nothing as bad as it once was.
Granted, with her hands now not covering her face, Ochako could clearly see the 'view' before her now, her chocolate eyes slowly roaming over his body (noting the *many* scars riddled across his chest and arms, but also taking in just how built up the green-haired young man had gotten since the last time they saw one another.
And as her gaze slowly met his own once again, she could see the look of worry in his eyes, reminding her of all the times they spent together during that first year and a bit at UA. and as her heart began to hammer hard in her chest, the permanent blush on her cheeks grew larger as she kept staring up into Izuku's emerald eyes. Coming to the realization that she should have had back at the police station.
This was Izuku Midoriya.
Her first friend, the boy who saved her at the entrance exam, the one she had the longest crush on since the first year sports festival, and the young man who took his hero name from the nickname she had changed from meaning something horrible to one of endearment.
This was her inspiration, to improve herself as a heroine as she learned and trained when he was supposedly dead.
This was her Deku, despite the seven-year difference and what it had done to his body, and how it would feel to be pressed against-
'Oh no.'
Izuku tilted his head in confusion when he could see Ochako's face turning beet red once more, and before he or the others could ask, she immediately ran out of the room, shouting something about leaving her oven on. At least that's what Izuku could make out as Mina sighed heavily, shrugging her shoulders before going to chase after the fleeing brunette.
"Sh… she's still not upset with me, is she?" Izuku asked as he looked at Tsu, who was ribbiting softly and shaking her head, either at the way Ochako was acting or the rather dense question asked by the green-haired man.
In truth, it was both.
"No, kero… though it's still gonna take some time for her to come to terms with you being alive." Tsuyu said, slowly getting up off the couch, "It's getting late anyway, and we have an early meeting tomorrow morning."
"R-right, Kirishima did suggest I lock my room until the coast is clear."
"True, but also a shame." Tsuyu said as she walked past him, stopping at the door frame to look back at him, watching Izuku raise an eyebrow.
"A shame?"
"Yes, kero, just to make sure you don't disappear on us again."
Izuku's eyes widened, taking a step forward, "I-I promised I wasn't going to leave anytime at the Police Station, I meant it… I'm finally home, and I don't plan on leaving."
"Kero, that's good, though I'm sure I could make sure."
Izuku blinked at that statement, while it was true he still didn't know or understand how he came back to Japan, he would do his hardest to make sure he stayed, as much as he grew to care about his colleagues over in Astera, it never truly felt like home, even Kamura Village had some semblance of Japan to it, but it still not the same.
But his ever inquisitive mind pulled him back to what Tsuyu had just said, "And… how would you make sure?"
Izuku watched Tsuyu's body shift slightly, swaying her hips almost enticingly at him, "Kero, by showing you how well this frog can 'bounce', especially from how much you been showing off tonight."
Izuku's cheeks went atomic and his mouth dry from her statement, before looking down and realizing the state of dress he was in, a ribbit caught his attention as he could see Tsuyu eyeing him below his belt line with what could be a small smile on her lips, "Kero, good to see those "rumors" about quirkless men are true."
Smoke started to billow hard out of Izuku's ears, his face completely red and looking dead to the world as Tsuyu giggled at his reaction, fully knowing what had just happened.
Yep, this was definitely Midoriya.
"Thank you for coming as quickly as you could." Momo Yaoyorozu said from her chair, sitting across from her three guests before her, wearing a very respectful business skirt and blouse combo, "Would any of you like some tea?"
"I would, thank you, Young Yaoyorozu." Toshinori Yagi said with a smile, still looking as emancipated as he did those many years ago when the young heroine had tried to sit up from her chair to pour the drink for him. But, the much older hero raised his hand to stop her, "Now now, I'll pour it if you don't mind, you shouldn't be getting up as much from what your spouses had told us."
Momo sighed gently, resting her hand upon her enlarged stomach, pouting gently, "I'm sorry about them, they tend to be very protective of me and my health, which is very understandable… but even Denki is bending over backward to make sure I'm comfortable, and it can be a trifle… exhausting."
"As one should for their mate." Principal Nezu spoke up, sipping the tea given to him by Yagi, "And while I'm sure we could have a lovely conversation in regards to that, time is not with us this morning."
"Sadly, yes, and while I have a feeling it's about last night's events at the memorial park, shockingly I have not heard anything from those involved nor the ones who checked up on them, even Iida has been surprisingly quiet." Momo rested back against her chair, one hand under her chin in deep thought.
"Indeed, if the new Ingenium is being secretive about it, then there would be much cause for concern, but thankfully, we have our source, don't we Aizawa?" Nezu said as he sipped his drink once more, looking towards the final person in the room, who was resting against the wall and remaining silent.
The ever-tired teacher sighed heavily and looked towards the door, ignoring the stares directed at him as he buried the lower part of his face further into his scarf, "Even if I told you, I'd doubt you'd believe me without seeing it for yourself."
"And the plot thickens…" Nezu chuckled and smirked, sipping his tea once more, "Ah, an excellent brew, Mrs. Yaoyorozu… Golden Leaf?"
"Indeed, it's been helping me keep my emotions in check and not 'stress creating' at night." Momo said as she sipped from her tea, and before she could go any further, a knock at her door caught everyone's attention, "Yes? It's open."
Kirishima slowly opened the door, peeking in and smiling brightly to see everyone that needed to be there was present, "Morning Boss!"
"Kirishima, I thought I asked you not to call me that!" Momo pouted gently, sipping more of her tea, "Honestly, it's bad enough that the nickname has already spread to everyone else."
"I know, but I mean… you are the head of the agency, so you are technically our boss?" Kirishima said in his defense, still standing at the door with a raised eyebrow and crossing his arms over his chest, wearing his hero costume, which still looked similar to his original concept design from those many years ago, albeit with a few upgrades.
Momo sighed heavily, which caused both Yagi and Nezu to chuckle, the heiress returning to sip her tea before looking at her 'employee' and continued to speak, dropping the whole 'boss' issue for now, "Let's not get into it, and are you going to be the one to tell us what happened last night?"
"Ah right, sorry about the cloak and dagger stuff, totally not manly… but, I'm honestly still a little shocked myself."
"Well, Mr. Kirishima, don't keep us in suspense," Nezu spoke with mirth in his voice, amused by his former students' antics.
"Right, sorry sir." The pro hero "Red Riot" stood at attention, addressing the room, "First things first, outside of some collateral property damage, neither Acid Queen nor Uravity were physically harmed. However, the creature that caused all the damage was killed, not by them, and from what the police told me, the body is currently being housed in a secret location while the government and hero commission is studying it."
"Let us hope that whatever they are up to by studying it doesn't cause blow up in all of our faces." Nezu said from his chair, placing the tea cup and saucer back onto the desk, "Continue, Red Riot."
"Yes sir, so while it wasn't Uravity or Acid Queen that took down the beast, the person responsible and his accomplice were detained and questioned by the police. And um… he's the reason why we have been so secretive."
"It sounds like someone you know, young Kirishima." Yagi said as he also placed his cup and saucer on the desk as well.
All Kirishima could do was chuckle nervously, rubbing the back of his head, further confusing both the former number one hero as well as the young woman behind the desk, "Y-You could say that sir… I'll just... Go and get him, oh and try not to freak out too much. Best not to let the entire agency know yet."
Then he walked out, leaving them with that oddly cryptic warning as Momo held her cup close to her, gently sipping her beverage, "I've known Kirishima for seven years and I have never seen him being that mysterious, even when he was trying to not tell Mina about her surprise twenty-first birthday a few years ago." She took another sip as the sounds of two people could be heard coming back to her office, "Still, whoever this is, I'm sure they will give us a proper ex… plan…ation…"
Momo's words died in her throat, as the entire room temperature suddenly dropped several degrees, for standing before the three people in the room, wearing a Red Riot branded t-shirt and sweatpants, was one Izuku Midoriya.
The young green-haired man was staring back at the three sets of eyes in pure shock as they looked at him, turning to Kirishima, who simply smiled at him and nudged him forward.
Looking over the entire group once again, Izuku gently bowed towards them, before rising and smiling at everyone, "H... Hi everyone."
*CRASH*
The teacup within Momo's hand dropped from her grip, staring wide-eyed at her former classmate, and just as Izuku was about to rush over and help her, his view was suddenly blocked by a large object, holding him tightly and shouting, "YOUNG MIDORIYA!"
"ACK! A-All Might?!" Izuku gasped, seeing the much smaller Toshinori Yagi suddenly bulk up to his former hero stature and bear hug the poor young man, only to instantly deflate and cough heavily, some blood spurting out from the corner of his lips. When he was released, Izuku was beginning to fret over his former mentor, who merely placed his hands on top of the young man's shoulders, his grip strong as Izuku looked up at the gaunt, blue eyes of his hero.
"Young Midoriya… Izuku…" the old pro started to speak, trying to find the right words, ones that often he would wish to have told his successor before the fateful day when he thought he had lost him. But his words caught in his throat, as well as his mind going blank from the realization that Izuku was alive once more.
"Mr. Y-... Toshi." Izuku began to speak up, though he was smiling, the ever-present threat of tears began to build up at the corners of his eyes while he took a deep breath and then collected himself, his smile brightened with a sharp look in his eyes, "I am here!"
Everyone watched as Toshinori Yagi stood stunned from the sudden proclamation, no longer at a loss for words as he suddenly hugged Izuku once again, laughing wildly and just as boisterous as if he was fully bulked up, "So you are, my boy!"
Both men were laughing hard now, before the sounds of sniffling caught their attention from behind the desk as Yagi and Izuku turned to see Momo beginning to tear up, with Kirishima by her side and picking up the pieces of the fallen cup, once he had made sure the young heroine was fine.
*Sniff* "Mi-Midoriya… is it… is it truly you?" The still in shock and openly crying Momo began to say, creating handkerchiefs from her arms as Izuku smiled at her, slowly moving away from All Might as he nodded.
"Yes, it's me… you look amazing Yaoyorozu, and congratulations as well!" He beamed a smile at her, making Momo hiccup from her crying and trying to calm herself while also placing a hand on her protruding stomach.
"We thought… I thought…" Whatever she was going to say, the memories of what she had seen came flooding back to her from seven years ago, Izuku immediately moved to her side as he realized that Momo was one of the few members of his old class that had seen him caught in that explosion.
Just as Izuku was coming around the desk to try and calm Momo down, the door to her office burst open with a hardy kick of one Kyoka Jiro, or Kyoka Yaoyorozu, pro hero: Earphone Jack, and was snarling at the occupants of the room, "Alright! Which one of you made Momo ups…"
"Geez, Kyoka! Slow down would you?" Another voice, a male one, was coming up behind the still punk rocker-looking heroine, who was standing in complete shock at who was currently standing beside her wife.
"I get worried too, but you just can't keep jumping at every single time she gets upset, you remember how that upsets her." Denki Yaoyorozu continued to speak as he walked past her, a big smile on his face as he stood before Kyoka, "See? It's perfectly fine, Midoriya was trying to help calm her down-"
The blonde young man stopped in his tracks and speech, his brain finally catching up to what he had just said as he whipped around, eyes opened wide in shock and awe at seeing the green-haired formerly dead man standing beside Momo and pointed at him, "M-M-M-Midoriya?!"
"Um… Hey?" was all Midoriya said after a few moments of silence before the pro hero, Chargebolt, promptly fainted on the spot.