Sore. Izuku was sore, muscles he didn't even know he had hurt. He was determined to make Thursday a lazy day to end all lazy days. He and the girls limped downstairs at about 11am. After devouring food and water like rabid animals they had all collapsed onto the couches in the common room with one thing in mind; rest.
Several hours of lounging about later Izuku was still sprawled on the couch but with two added guests. Yuki and Eri had joined him and were currently half asleep on his chest while he rubbed circles into Eri's back and scratched Yuki's mane causing her to purr like a mac truck.
Rumi, Ochako, and Kirishima were yelling at a recorded mma fight. It was Rumi's favorite fight of all time and had seen it countless times but she was entranced nonetheless. An incredibly muscular man kicked his opponent in the head so hard that they had to carry him out on a stretcher.
Rumi jumped from her seat cheering, "Right leg, hospital; Left leg, cemetery! That's why you don't fuck with Mirko Cro Cop!"
Himiko, Mei, and Tsu were snuggled together under a pile of blankets on the other couch while watching Rumi and Ochako with amusement.
All together it was exactly how he had envisioned his day going.
"I smell romance! Something happened, didn't it!?" Mina questioned from the kitchen.
"We joined the polycule, ribbit," Tsu deadpanned.
"THAT WAS AN OPTION!?" Mina shrieked as she grabbed Toru and shook her, almost spilling her girlfriend's drink.
Nejire knelt next to him and placed a hand on Yuki's back to gain her attention. "Baby, we have a meeting with Hound Dog soon to talk about yesterday," She said in a whisper.
"mmmm…can Sissy come?" Yuki asked, voice heavy with sleep.
"Mmhmmm," Eri answered just as sleepily.
Izuku laughed at the apparent sisters, jostling them more awake.
Izuku turned to Nejire, "I didn't think to schedule an emergency session with Hound Dog, I figured we would talk about yesterday during our regular Saturday session. We can come, if that's ok with you."
"I would love that, and Yuki seems to want it as well," Nejire commented with a smile aimed at her daughter currently sprawled across his chest. "She sure has warmed up to you fast."
He sat up while holding the barely awake girls close to his chest. "Let's get ready girls," He said, causing them both to whine in complaint.
It was the next day and they were about to load onto the buses that would ferry them to his mom's domain in order to learn more about rescue; the unforeseen simulation joint, or USJ for short. He and his girlfriends were the only ones that had gleaned that from Aizawa telling them they were to do rescue training today.
After changing he made his way to the buses to see Iida trying to line everyone up to board the buses as efficiently as possible.
Izuku just walked past and got onto the bus while saying, "If Aizawa-sensei isn't worried about it then neither am I."
Iida followed him onto the bus, in an attempt to persuade him to his way of thinking no doubt, but stopped when he saw the layout of the bus.
"Oh…" Iida said in defeat before simply plopping into a seat. The layout must have been different from what he was planning for.
Izuku pulled out his phone to check the news articles while waiting for everyone to board the bus. Bakugou silently sat at the very back of the bus in a plain gym uniform.
"Trigger related crimes on the rise." -swipe-
"Where did Lady Nagant disappear to after being cleared of involvement in the suspicious suicide of former HSPC president?" -swipe-
"How Quirk Singularity theory may be proven true sooner rather than later." -swipe-
"BREAKING NEWS: Massive surge in villain activity in the Mustafu area, All Might spotted on multiple scenes but the attacks keep coming with no sign of slowing. Expect heavy traffic in the area as All Might gets the situation under control."
"What are you looking at, ribbit?" Tsu asked as she sat next to him.
"The news, it looks like All Might will be late to our class if he makes it at all. He's cleaning up villain attacks all over Mustafu," He said, showing her his phone.
"Can't other heroes take over?" Tsu asked.
"Yes and no. The news is saying that he'll be handling everything and placing everything on him. There's also way more attacks than normal, it's almost suspicious how many there are," He explained.
"He shouldn't have to do everything, even if he is All Might," Tsu said, irritation coloring her emotions but not her tone.
"I agree, what are they going to do when he inevitably retires?" He asked hypothetically.
"I hadn't thought about that…" Tsu said, worry coloring her emotions this time.
He placed a comforting hand on her knee and squeezed genty. "Don't worry, when we graduate we'll pick up the slack," He said, making a fist with his other hand.
Tsu smiled at him and ribbitted happily as she leaned into him. Ochako sat on the other side of him with Himiko hanging off her arm.
"Oh myyyy~" Midnight cooed as she entered the bus.
"Hi, Mama. Tsu and Ochako joined our polycule the other day, sorry I haven't told you until now," He said, causing Midnight to gasp in excitement.
"Wait, why are you here?" He asked after coming to the realization that her presence was odd.
Midnight placed the back of her hand against her forehead dramatically, "My own son doesn't want me around anymore! I always wondered when your rebellious phase would show up."
Used to his Mama's antics he only sighed in exasperation as a response.
Midnight blew a raspberry, "You're no fun. I'm here in case Eraserhead needs back up," She said in a half truth to avoid Izuku's lie detection and to not worry the students. She turned her attention to Ochako and Tsu and grinned. "How do you two feel about having children?" She asked mischievously.
Ochako blushed so hard he was worried she would float up to the ceiling. She hid her face behind her hands and answered simply, "Yes"
Tsu was unfazed however as she answered blunt as ever, "I want a school of tadpoles, ribbit."
Midnight cheered and began furiously typing on her phone while giggling like a maniac, no doubt informing Inko and Anan.
Izuku's curiosity in Quirks reared its head. "Tadpoles?" He asked, fascinated.
"Me and my family had tails when we were young, Satsuki still has hers," Tsu explained.
Izuku stared off into space trying to picture a young Tsu with a tadpole tail as everyone within earshot cooed at the image.
"I have a need to see baby pictures," Himiko said exactly what he was thinking.
"I have a need to see babies!" His Mama crowed.
"After graduation, ribbit," Tsu said, still unfazed.
Izuku was lost in his head at the image of freckled little Tsus with curly hair running around with a sibling with a round face, curly brunette hair, and a permanent blush mixed with freckles.
A moment later Rumi and Mei joined them as the last to board, their lips slightly swollen.
"Sorry we're late, I was…helping Mei into her armor…Ya, that!" Rumi said, not fooling a soul.
"Ya! Definitely weren't making out!" Mei 'helped'.
Izuku rolled his eyes at how obvious his girlfriends were as the bus finally took off.
Shortly after getting underway Kirishima moved seats to sit next to Bakugou and asked, "How ya feeling?"
"Tch, just leave me alone, Shitty Hair!" Bakugou growled.
Kirishima was undeterred however, he playfully elbowed Bakugou in the arm and said sincerely, "Aww, don't be like that, we were all worried about you."
Bakugou didn't say anything but Izuku could feel his surprise at the sincerity, it actually worried him a bit at how shocked Bakugou was at a classmate caring about him.
After a thirty minute bus ride the students of 1-A, Nejire, Eraserhead, and Midnight exited the buses to see a massive dome shaped building with golden letters on the front that read 'USJ'. They entered the building to find Thirteen waiting for them, back-dropped by the enormity of the facility. Their large yellow sneakers stood out in stark contrast to the astronaut costume they wore. It was a well kept secret that his mom loved and collected sneakers, they had an entire closet full of collectible editions back home.
"Hi, Mom! New shoes? They're super cool, I love the velcro strap!" Izuku greeted, excited to finally be taught by the best rescue hero in the business; his mom. He was only slightly biased.
Thirteen waved to the class before answering, "Hi, Izuku! Thanks, they are new!" He didn't need to see their face to know they were smiling.
Ochako grabbed Izuku's arm and squeaked, "It's Thirteen! They're mah favorite Hero!" before lowering her voice to an excited whisper, "Introduce me, introduce me."
Midnight sauntered up to Thirteen and kissed them on their helmet before whispering something to them.
Thirteen looked right at Ochako and said with a distorted voice, "You must be, Uraraka." They looked at Tsu and continued, "and you must be Asui. Welcome to the family, both of you!"
It looked like Ochako's software had crashed, she was staring blankly ahead for several silent seconds before shakily saying, "Am ah dreamin'? Someone pinch me."
"OUCH! Not there, Rumi!" Ochako yelped as she massaged her butt.
Rumi shrugged and gave her girlfriend a shit-eating grin. "Instructions unclear."
"Where's All Might?" Aizawa-sensei asked Thirteen.
"You haven't seen the news? Mustafu is in chaos right now, he's putting down villain after villain but they just keep coming," Thirteen whispered.
Midnight smirked. "Well it's a good thing that..," she adopted a ridiculous mockery of All Might's signature pose, "I AM HERE!"
"PFFT!" Thirteen laughed at their wife's antics. "Izuku does it better," They said, betraying him.
"Do it, Izuku! Come on, come on, come on!" Midnight pleaded before she began chanting 'Do it' over and over again, Thirteen, Rumi, Himiko, and Mei joining in. The rest of the class was looking at him clearly confused, none more so than Ochako and Tsu.
He regretted ever showing them his All Might impression.
"Fiiiiiiine," He whined in defeat.
He turned away from the class and molded his face like clay with his fingers before turning around quickly with an uncanny impression of the number one hero. "I AM HERE!" He boomed.
Nearly everyone began laughing hysterically, Mina going as far as to snort. Todoroki just looked confused, Aizawa-sensei looked like the very image of 'Does not get paid enough', and Bakugou was red faced as he metaphorically smothered his laughter with a pillow like he was trying to collect life insurance.
"It's quite unnerving." Iida said
"Have you..shown the girls..that!? You gotta..show the girls!" Nejire said, gasping for air as she floated above the class.
"How does your face even do that!?" Kaminari asked
"I'm gonna pee!" Mina choked out between laughs.
"I can't breathe!" Toru wheezed as she flickered from visible to invisible with each laugh.
"Doesn't that hurt, ribbit?" Tsu asked.
"HNNG!" Ochako 'said' as she hunched over clutching her midsection.
Rumi laughed and slapped her thigh hard enough for it to echo but didn't even flinch.
After everyone collected themselves nearly a full minute later Thirteen cleared their throat to gain everyone's attention.
"Let's see…before we get started, let me say one thing..er..two, or-" Thirteen started.
Midnight fake coughed. "Several," She whispered before fake coughing again.
"SEVERAL things!" The space-case hero clarified before continuing, "Some of you may be aware of my Quirk, what you might not be aware of is how easily it can kill," They said, sucking the levity out of the conversation in an instant. "During your battle trials you were made all too aware how easily a Quirk can kill or maim. This is something you must be especially aware of while using your Quirks to rescue since the people in danger will likely already be gravely hurt. That's all, thank you for listening!"
After a round of applause Aizawa said,"Alright let's-"
The lights encircling the dome flickered, a blast door slammed close over the exit, and Izuku's Danger Sense all but forced him to look at the fountain in the center of the facility. Eraserhead, Thirteen, and Midnight whirled to look as well, their years of experience shining through.
A swirling purple vortex appeared and began expanding in size.
People began streaming out of the purple mist, there had to be almost a hundred of them! A man wearing severed hands all across his body and covering his face like a macabre mask exited the apparent portal. He was quickly followed by a hulking, beaked abomination with an exposed brain. It had to be twice as tall as All Might, it had scars in its black skin where its hide had failed to contain its bulging muscles. The mist dissipated and reformed into a sharply dressed humanoid shape with glowing yellow eyes.
Even from here Izuku could taste the rancid meat flavor of the red-eyed man's malice. The other two beside him were perhaps even more worrisome. They were…wrong…the beaked one had no emotions at all while the incorporeal one's emotions were just as intangible as its body…truly nothing but empty dolls.
The man with the severed hands held his arms wide and said with a cruel voice, "Looks like the fodder are doing their jobs."
"Alarms aren't triggering! Communication to the main campus has been severed! Simulations aren't responding!" Thirteen yelled as they typed away at a panel in the forearm of their suit.
"Is this part of the test?" Kirishima asked, a little worried.
Eraserhead pulled his goggles into place over his eyes. "No, those are real villains. Midnight, with me. Thirteen and Nejire-chan, protect the students."
"Something is wrong with the two next to the guy with the hands! They don't feel human at all," Izuku warned.
"I don't think they're even alive…and that big fucker is as dangerous as All Might…" Rumi warned as well, her ability to size up an opponent leaving her shaken.
"Noted," Aizawa said as he leaped down the stairs with Midnight at his side.
Thirteen marched up to a pillar and pressed a hidden button revealing a secret panel. "Going analog! Flares away, telegraph S.O.S. sent!"
Nejire floated up, her spirals building in power, her face without a trace of her usual mirth.
"Shouldn't we evacuate?" Sero asked, worried.
"No, they could be trying to flush us into the open where more villains could be waiting in ambush," Nejire refuted, their senpai showing why she was one the big three.
"Quirk usage to defend yourself and others is granted. .Line," Thirteen growled in a manner he had never once heard from his mom before.
Most of the class was understandably scared.
His emerald eyes glowed as confidence rolled off of him and into the others like the tide coming in, the sensation building with each wave.
He and his classmates readied themselves to fight for their very lives.