Chapter 12: A New Confidant

As the portal to the bar closed, Shigaraki was powerless to contain his anger.

"FUCK!" He yelled much to the annoyance of Kurogiri. "How? HOW? We had everything planned! How in the fuck did we lose?!" He tried to stand up but considering the fact that a good portion of his body was riddled with bullet holes, it made it hard for him.

"I wouldn't recommend that you do that." Gentoku, now out of his Night Rogue form, calmly stated as he poured himself a drink. "You try to move with those bullet holes in you, and there's a good chance that you'll bleed out all over this fine establishment."

"Oh, now you decide to be helpful." Shigaraki stated back to his comrade. "Where was this side of you during the attack?"

"Excuse me?" Gentoku asked, with a hint of anger in his voice. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"Yeah, you heard me." Shigaraki quickly barked back. "You made a big deal about your Smashes and your Guardians, but yet in the end, they didn't amount to SHIT!"

"And you believe that's what caused us to lose? Maybe it has to do with the fact that it became very clear that you had no idea what you were doing!" Gentoku yelled.

"Oh! OH! You believe that I was to blame for this?!" Shigaraki snapped back.

"Gentlemen…" Kurogiri tried to calm the situation, but his pleads went underheard as the two continued to argue.

"I'm saying that's one of the problems that brought us here!" Gentoku yelled, about ready to transform back to Night Rogue.

"Then tell me, great Night Rogue, what exactly was the other problems?!"

"You hired a bunch of amateurs." Everyone turned to the source of the new voice. Gentoku was shocked to see his cobra themed comrade casually sitting at the bar, waiting for their dick measuring contest to be over.

"Who the hell are you?" Shigaraki asked the new party member, who quickly got to his feet with a pep in his step.

"Name's Blood Stalk, pleasure to meet you!" He gleefully said as he held out his hand to the lying on the ground pale man. Blood Stalk quickly retracted his hand. "On second thought, I would rather not be turned to dust, or get blood on my suit. It would be really hard to explain to the dry cleaner and I don't want to kill him for explaining what happened to him. You get what I'm saying, Shiggy? I can call you Shiggy, right?"

Shigaraki and Kurogiri remained silent at the rather…unique way he presented himself.

"What exactly did you mean by 'hired amateurs'?" Kurogiri questioned the curious third party. Blood Stalk was very quick to respond.

"Now don't get me wrong, your boy Giran is pretty good at his job. But the problem is, he was looking in the wrong direction. He was looking at the cheapest of the bunch to hire. The fact that they came in underprice is usually a tell-tale sign that they don't know what they're doing. You really want to make a difference? Maybe next time, try asking your buddy for some actual supervillains, that'll make a really good difference."

"It wasn't just that…" Shigaraki stated as he looked at his wounds. "Our intel was wrong…It said that All Might was weak…But he's still as strong as he ever was!"

"No…He is most definitely weaker." A voice came from the television. Hearing the voice, Shigaraki instantly bowed, forgetting all about the pain that was currently troubling him.

"Master…" Shigaraki whispered out.

"Oohh! A mysterious voice coming out of the television! It's the first time I'm seeing something like this in real life!" Blood Stalk exclaimed as he watched with a newfound curiosity.

"What happened to the Nomu?" A new voice from the television asked the pale man.

"There were too many…complications…" Shigaraki managed to mutter out.

"Complications? More like your pupil here got his ass handed to him on a silver platter." Blood Stalk teased, but his attempt to prod the young boy went unnoticed. "Just ignore me I guess." Stalk whispered to himself, sounding really dejected.

"Ignore him master, he is a fool." Shigaraki answered to the television. "There was a student. His power…the only other being I could even compare him to is All Might. His strength and speed were unlike anything I had seen before." The voice from the television remained silent for a second, before letting out an amused chuckle.

"I see…Fear not my friends. This…This was just a momentary set back. Next time, we will bring in those with the experience to face the quote-on-quote heroes once again. And then, the world will truly know of our existence." The voice calmly stated. Blood Stalk then raised his hand.

"They aren't able to see you." Gentoku quietly whispered to his ally.

"Proceed…Blood Stalk, wasn't it?" The disembodied voice spoke out. Blood Stalk gave Gentoku the one finger salute as he approached the television.

"Oh, great disembodied, menacing voice coming from the television!" Blood Stalk exclaimed as he mockingly bowed before the television. " With what just happened, I can only ask one question…Where exactly does our relationship lie? I want to know if I should get myself prepared to go out on another one of these outings." The voice feel silent once again.

"Are you kidding me?" Shigaraki suddenly asked. "With the way things went today, it's clear you won't ever-"

"We'll be in touch." The television stated before turning itself off. Leaving Shigaraki stunned.

"We look forward to working with you gentlemen again." Gentoku said as he exited the bar. Blood Stalk looked at the pale man for a good couple of seconds, before following his ally.

"Ciao, Shiggy." Was all he said as the cobra themed villain exited the building.

(X)

"Can I have everyone gather around?" One of the policemen asked the group of students outside of the U.S.J. They did exactly what he said, much to the delight of the detective. "My name is Naomasa Tsukauchi, I'm a detective with the police department. Now the reason why I asked you all to gather around is so I can perform a head count and see who exactly is injured." He went around the group, checking off the names of everyone that was in attendance. Eventually, it became clear that two students were missing from the group. "It looks like Izuku Midoriya and Sento Kiryu are absent."

The students began to murmur to one another about where exactly their classmates could be, before Cementoss came up to offer an explanation. "I guess I should have mentioned it to you children. Your friends were injured pretty badly, so we immediately sent them to Recovery Girl to…Well, recover. I'm sorry that I failed to give you this information."

"Speaking of injuries, how are Mr. Aizawa and Thirteen?" Tsuyu asked the detective with a finger on her chin.

"Oh, they were taken to the hospital." Tsukauchi explained. "Their injuries put them into a critical state, but it shouldn't be life threating. They should be up and at them before you even know. Now, we put a call out to your parents, so they should be here shortly to pick you all up. Can I ask you all to please go back to your classroom?" The students complied and began to head back to class. Tsukauchi walked over to Nezu and whispered something in his ear, to which the creature gave a subtle nod, and the detective headed off.

"Boy, today really sucked." Tsuyu commented.

"Look on the bright side," Sero commented, "We got hands on experience fighting bad guys! I figured we would have waited a couple of years for that to happen."

"Still didn't make it any less terrifying." Ochaco noted.

"Figured a couple of extras like you couldn't handle it." Bakugo said. "I faced those shitheads head on. You should all take a page out of my book and learn how to handle yourselves."

"You ever get tired of jacking yourself off?" Banjo whispered to himself. Jiro slightly giggled at the comment. "Hey, do you think you could?"

"Keep your little secret?" Jiro said in a hush tone. "Yeah, you helped saved our life, so I say we're cool. You worried about your friend?"

"Sento?" Banjo questioned. "Nah, my boy is as tough as nails. He can handle anything."

(X)

"Ow!" Sento hissed out as Recovery Girl applied the last of his bandages to his chest.

"Oh, quit whining!" Recovery Girl quickly barked out, causing Sento to jump in his bed a little bit. "You only got a mild concussion and a few cracked ribs. You got the better of it, compared to those two." She said as she pointed her can to Izuku and the bony true form of All Might. There was an awkward silence between the three of them, before All Might finally spoke up.

"Look kid, what you heard between the two of us was something that was supposed to be secret. So I would appreciate it if you kept this between us." All Might quickly explained.

"Oh no, I completely understand." Sento said as he nervously rubbed the back of his neck. "It would make sense that you would want to keep the fact that you have a son a secret." Sento opened his eyes to see Izuku giving him a shocked expression, while All Might spat out a small amount of blood. "…He is your son, right?"

"No. / I wish." All Might and Izuku stated at the same time, although Izuku was a lot quieter than his mentor.

"What would make you think we're related?" All Might asked Sento.

"Well…The two of you have pretty similar Quirks in their function and looks. But looking back on it, I should have realized that they were a little too similar." Sento sheepishly answered.

"The truth of the situation is…a little more complicated than that." All Might answered. Sento raised an eyebrow at what exactly he said. All Might let out an exasperated sigh.

"My Quirk is called One for All. It has the unique ability to be passed down from one user to another that they deem worthy. I tried long and hard to find a person that I could deem as my successor, but unfortunately, I really couldn't find anyone that really met up to my standards. That was until I one day came across a young man, who ran into danger to save his classmate, not even caring that he could have died. And it was that day, that I chose Young Midoriya here as my successor." All Might as he placed his hand on Izukus' shoulder. "Now then, any questions?"

Sento looked like a deer in headlights after the explanation. It also didn't help that he wasn't blinking at all.

"Is-…Is he alright?" Izuku asked.

"HOLY SHIT!" Sento finally exclaimed.

"I think it finally hit him." All Might stated to his pupil.

"Do you realize what this means?!" Sento asked the two wielders of One for All. Before they could even say anything, Sento continued to ramble on. "A Quirk that is able to be passed down from one person to another has been unheard of! This is unprecedented! I mean, this is comparable to the Quirk Singularity Theory! Hell, this could be even bigger than that! I'm THE FIRST OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO HAVE DISCOVERED WHAT ALL MIGHTS' QURIK IS! But how exactly does it work? How exactly do you pass down One for All? Is it based upon a touch? Does it mean your memories are also transferred as well?" Sento then looked at the boney form of All Might. "OH GOD! IS HE GOING TO END UP LIKE THIS BONEY VERSION OF YOU?"

"What? No!" All Might said, rather surprised. "I got this form due to a fight that I went through with a rather formidable foe." He then pointed to his ribs. "Half of my respiratory organs were due to that fight, and so, I can only maintain that muscular form for a couple of hours."

"Oh." Sento replied.

"Look if you have any questions, Young Midoriya here would be happy to explain it all. After all, you two are going to be spending a whole lot more time together." All Might explained.

"Y-Yeah!" Izuku excitedly stated. Only for him and Sento to realize what the Symbol of Peace just stated. They both looked at him in a quizzical fashion. "Wait, what?" Izuku asked.

"Yeah," All Might stated, "He's going to help you get One for All under control."

"…Wait, what?" Sento asked.

"Did I stutter?" All Might asked his students.

"No, no! It's not that, I am just extremely confused by why you would want me out of all people." Sento calmly stated.

"Why wouldn't it be you?" All Might questioned, which caused Sento to raise an eyebrow at that statement. "During the written portion of the Entrance Exam, do you know what you got?" Sento slowly shook his head. "You got the entire thing right! Only a few people have actually gotten that high of marks in the history of this school. Principal Nezu, who's one of the smartest beings I have ever met, was even impressed by that fact. Not only that, your analysis of Young Midoriya during the Combat Training was spot on! Plus, you even said yourself that if you got more information of how exactly it works, you could more than likely figure out a way to get it under control. Now is that chance, Young Kiryu. Do you accept this great responsibility?"

Once again, Sento's entire body went rigid, but he quickly shook off those feelings as he looked at All Might with a new determination in his eyes. "I accept."

All Might gave him a small smirk. "I knew you would, kid." He then turned to Recovery Girl. "Are they allowed to leave yet?"

"It all depends on whether or not he can walk." Recovery Girl stated as she pointed to Izuku. Izuku momentarily freaked out, before calming himself down, and proceeding to try to stand on his own. Luckily for him, he was successful. "They can go." Recovery Girl replied.

As Izuku and Sento were exiting the room, All Might waved to them. "Don't let me down!" The two of them gave him determined nods and exited the room. After a few minutes, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in." Recovery Girl called out, which Naomasa Tsukauchi took as a sign that the coast was clear.

"Sorry I didn't come in sooner, I accidently overheard those last parts, and I figured it would have been best if I accidently put them in shock over my relation to you." Tsukauchi stated. All Might let out a small chuckle.

"It's okay, I'll be sure to introduce you to them some other time. How were the other students?" All Might questioned.

"Besides a few scratches and bruises and being a little shaken up by the experience, they're fine." Tsukauchi quickly explained.

"What about Aizawa? And Thirteen?"

"They're at the hospital getting treated for their injuries. Luckily, their wounds weren't lethal."

"I should have been there sooner. If I just realized that something was up sooner, then we wouldn't be in this situation."

Tsukauchi was quiet for a moment. "It's not your fault. Just be glad you arrived when you did. Had it not been for you and your coworkers, who knows what kind of condition those kids would have been in." All Might just had a small smile on his face.

"Those kids…I had doubts about me taking up this job at first. But, if I didn't accept this role, I wouldn't be able to see them grow before my very eyes. Those kids…Those kids are going to be more than great heroes."

(X)

"He made you eat a piece of his hair?" Sento questioned Izuku. As they walked the halls of U.A., they were discussing One for All, so that way Sento could try to come up with ideas of how to better control it.

"H-He explained that I would only be able to receive One for All if I swallowed some of his DNA." Izuku stated. Sento thought about it for a second.

"Guess it could have been worse." Sento concluded. "He could have made you swallow some of his blood."

"Or his sweat." Izuku quickly added.

"Or his spit." Sento also added. The image of All Might spitting into Izukus' mouth made the two students shudder in response due to how gross it was. "Now then, how exactly do you activate it?"

Izuku thought about it for a second. "I have to really concentrate on what body part I want to use it on, and then it just manifest itself." He then looked to his hand. "I use it at 100%, it's the only way I really know how to control it. But if I use it…Well, you say how I ended up during the Entrance Exam."

Sento thought back to that time, and how Izukus' legs went in completely opposite directions. He then stopped as he thought back to a small chat that he had with Izuku on the train. Izuku noticed this and looked at him in confusion. "Midoriya…Were you born Quirkless?"

Izuku face shifted to one of sadness. "I…Yes." Sento was about to say something, but Izuku kept talking. "When…When I was four, the doctor told me that there was no hope that I would ever get a Quirk. I was…disappointed to say the least. All my life, I wanted to be like All Might so badly, but news just destroyed that hope." That was when Izuku started to tear up. "Once people started to find out, they were so cruel. My teachers didn't care that I was being bullied. They seemed to encourage it. I…I was told plenty of times to just throw myself off the roof, so that way I could get a Quirk in the next life." The only sound that was heard was the sniffling that Izuku was doing.

"…I heard about a kid that was Quirkless at my school, with green hair." Sento suddenly said, shocking Izuku. "I heard about all the bullying that he went through. And just how bad it was. If I had known…" It was Sento who was now tearing up. "All the time I was there, I couldn't help but feel guilty for not being able to help…I wanted to help so badly…But I so scared. Scared of how much worse I could have been treated if I helped. The name calling, the dirty glances I got, the amount of money that was taken out of my wallet, the…the beatings. I let my own personal fears outweigh what really mattered in that situation. I-…I'm so sorry. I'm sorry that I wasn't there to help you. Can you ever forgive me?"

Izuku was stunned at what he heard. All this time, he thought Sento to be above his level, with not only how well he got along with the others, but also with his own fight with that organization. But it turned out that he was just like him. He had been beaten down by those he used to call his classmates. He had been berated for just existing. He was…broken. And now he was acting for forgiveness. Not for his actions, but his inactions. And it was clear that this was weighing on him very heavily. Izuku knew what he had to do.

"Kir-…Sento…I forgive you."

Hearing that, both students broke down, not in sadness, but in relief. Relief that what they just experienced only helped to strengthen the bond that they had. They were more than just classmates now…They were truly friends.

After taking a few minutes to try to compose themselves, the two students continued on the walk out of their building. As soon as they exited the building, the two were shocked to see that there were people waiting for them. Banjo, Tenya, Ochaco, Kirishima, and Mina had been waiting a while for the two to recover.

"Took long enough! Glad to know you two are alright!" Banjo exclaimed as he stood up and enveloped Sento into a bear hug. Once he set Sento down, he carefully slipped two unpurified fullbottles to Sento.

Izuku was about to speak up, but he quickly overwhelmed as Ochaco hugged him. The group was shocked to see this happen. Izukus' face was about the same shade as Kirishimas' hair. Ochaco realized that the group was staring at the two of them, so she quickly stopped the hug.

"G-Glad to see you're okay." Ochaco stated as she looked away from Izuku, trying to hide her own blush. Mina silently expressed joy over seeing the sparks between the two.

"Indeed! It is great to see not only our friends, but also our Class Representative in great condition!" Tenya explained as he gave his patented hand motions.

"T-Thanks Iida." Izuku muttered as the group started to leave the school grounds.

"Yeah! We can't have our Class Rep in a hospital bed. I mean, how else would you be able to keep the class under control?" Kirishima questioned said Class Rep. "Oh, Midribro! Nice job spotting that cloud guys' weakness. Plus it super cool of you to throw your in danger to save All Might! It was manly as hell!"

"O-Oh! T-Thank y-you!" Izuku stuttered out, still not used to the idea of receiving compliments.

"Just glad to see you two alright!" Mina exclaimed. She then leaned over to Sento. "We got to have you in one piece, if you still want to get together with Yaomomo." Sento was silent as a response. "Are you guys still on for tomorrow?"

Sento threw up an eyebrow. "What exactly do you mean by that?"

Mina looked confused for a second, then realized what he was talking about. "Oh right! You guys were still getting healed when that happened! Well, they gave us the day off tomorrow, so I took it on myself to make everyone feel better and I invited everyone to a fun day out tomorrow! You guys in?"

Sento and Izuku looked at each other, and Sento just shrugged to him. "I think we all deserve a break after what happened today."

"Great! It's gonna be so much fun!" Mina exclaimed. "Can I be called the official Class Party Planner?" That statement caused Sento to stop for a second, which also caused Mina to stop. Then Sento smirked.

"As the Class Representative, I officially name Class 1-A's Party Planner." Sento answered, which caused Mina to squeal in excitement. The rest of the walk was filled with just small talk, and one by one, the group started to disperse.

"This is me." Izuku stated as pointed to his apartment building.

"Huh." Sento remarked. "I'm actually not too far away from you. I'm only a few blocks away, actually."

"Really?"

"Yeah, my guardian owns a café and we live above it. I-I've walked by this building a hundred times, how the hell have we've not run into each other before?" The two students were quiet for a couple of seconds. "Oh well, see you tomorrow?"

"Wait." Izuku suddenly said, causing Sento to stop. "Since we are now…I don't know what term to use. Friends, partners, allies-"

"I would say this more like an Obi-Wan and Anakin/Luke type of situation." Sento cut in.

"I-I wa-was w-wondering if y-you wa-wanted t-to…"

"…Are you asking me if want to see your place?"

"YES!" Izuku shouted, causing Sento back off a little bit. "Sorry! I never really asked anyone that question before!"

"Oh no. I completely understand!" Sento said. "Uh, yeah. After everything is done with tomorrow, I can come by."

"G-Great! See you tomorrow." Izuku said as he headed inside. As he was riding the elevator, he had a starling thought. How was his mother going to react to this? He figured the best way to tell her was to just be upfront about it. As he reached his door, he took a deep breath, and opened it. "Mom! I'm-"

"Izuku…" Inko replied in between cries as she instantly hugged him. "I was so worried. My baby boy faced off against villains. I didn't know what to think. But you're alright. You are alright, aren't you? Are you hungry? Do you want to head to bed?"

"Mom, I'm okay." Izuku said as he tried to get some breathing room. "Um…Tomorrow, my classmates are having a little get together, which I said that I would go to. And then, when that's done, I'll be here right away…with my…friend." Upon hearing that statement Inkos' eyes slowly widened. And more tears were slowly coming in. "Oh no…" Izuku whispered under his breath, as Inko quickly pulled him back in for a huge hug.

"MY BABY HAS FRIENDS!" Inko screamed in-between sobs.

(X)

Sento wasn't sure what was going to greet him as he entered the café, but after all the events that occurred today, he just hoped it wasn't anything grand or over the top. As he entered the door, he saw Owner, Misora, and Sawa waiting for him. Once he was inside, there was hesitation on what the three of them would do. They stared at him for a couple of seconds before Owner decided to break the silence that hung in the air.

"Welcome home." He said as he gave his adopted son a reassuring smile. Hearing that Sento gave an unsure smile of his own. He was then surprised as Misora ran up to him and enveloped him in a big hug. Sento wasn't sure what to do with his hands, so he just kept them in the air. Once she decided to break off the hug, she smacked him in the back of the head.

"Never do that again." She stated. Sento was once again confused by her statement.

"I-…I am so confused right now. What do you not want me to do?" Sento questioned.

"To not get attack by villains again, dumbass!"

"…Did you forget who you're talking to?"

"Sorry, what's she trying to get across is that she was worried about you." Sawa interjected. "Welcome back kiddo." She said as she hugged him. She then turned back to Misora. "Don't you have something to say?"

Misora looked away in anger, but eventually, she caved in. "I was worried for you." She muttered, which caused Sento to have a shit eating grin.

"Aw, you actually care about me. That's so sweet!" Sento mocked to her.

"Enough about that. How you are?" Owner questioned. "I suspect that you would probably want to head to bed early."

"I would…After I show you guys this!" Sento remarked, as he unveiled the five new fullbottles on the counter.

"Whoa!" Owner remarked. "That's the most amount of fullbottles you ever got in a day!"

"But-…doesn't that mean…" Sawa started to say, but she didn't need to finish the sentence as it slowly began to sink in for everyone in the café.

"Yeah…They were there." Sento started to say. "The Smashes, the Guardians, that ba-…Night Rogue. That's what he calls himself."

"At least we know the bastards' name." Misora commented.

"…And his partners' name as well." As soon as Sento said that everyone turned to him in shock. "He had a partner. Blood Stalk. He was…weird to say the least. One minute, he wanted to kill me. The next, he gave me information on what the villains were up to."

"Do you think he's a possible ally?" Owner questioned, with a weird tone in his voice.

"I…I don't think so. He said he gave me that information because of he's own personal reasons. And he gave me this." Sento explained as he put the Rocket fullbottle on the counter. "I think he was trying to play both sides for his own personal benefit…Which means he's the one to really keep eye on."

(X)

"Welcome home, Ms. Yaoyorozu." The butler stated as he open the door for her.

"Thank you, Eiichi." Momo said as she entered the main entrance to her home. As she entered, a questioned started to burn inside her head. "Where are my parents?"

Eiichi had a rather sad look on his face. "Unfortunately, your father is still away for business. As for your mother-"

"Darling?" Momo looked to where the voice came from and was more than happy to see was atop the stairs.

"Mother!" Momo said as she ran to the arms of her mother. They embraced for a minute, before Tamiko pulled away to get a better look at her daughter.

"Are you okay?" She asked as she cupped her daughters' face. "When the school called me, I was-…I didn't know what to think." She said as tears started to well up in her eyes. "I was scared that you might have…" Momo took her mothers' hand into her own.

"I'm sorry that I made you feel that way." Momo said as she caressed her mothers' hand.

"It wasn't your fault." She replied. "I'm sorry your father isn't here. I tried to reach him, but you know your father. Once he hears about this, I'm sure that he'll call you the first chance he gets. I'm so sorry, my darling."

"It's okay." Momo stated. "If it's alright with you, I would like to head to bed early."

"Of course." Tomiko replied as her daughter started to make her way up the stairs. "Momo…" Momo stopped as she heard her mother call her name. She then looked at the woman, who now had a bright smile on her face. "I love you."

"I love you too." Momo said as she headed to her room. After she got changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed. She tried to fall asleep, but her mind was racing as the events of the day just kept playing in her head. There were too many questions that just kept springing up, too many events that may have changed things for her. She looked at her alarm clock, she had been lying in bed for 2 hours.

She knew that she needed to talk to someone about this. She knew what she had to do as she grabbed her phone.

(X)

Sento laid in bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to fall asleep. But unfortunately, he wasn't able to as the events of the day played out in his head. All Might and his true form. Izuku and what he told him. Him now knowing about One for All. Blood Stalk and Night Rogue working with those villains. And how Blood Stalk showed a weird interest in how both him and Banjo would get stronger. It was too much to handle.

He then heard his phone starting to vibrate. He reached over to grab it and saw that someone was calling him. He thought nothing of it at first, but then his eyes slowly began to widen as he read out the name of who was calling him. Momo Yaoyorozu. He slightly freaked out a little bit, but he then tried his best to compose himself, and answered the phone.

"Hello?" Sento asked.

"Hi, Kiryu. Is this a bad time?" Momo asked.

"Um…No, it's fine. What's up?"

"I just…I just needed someone to talk to. You know, about the events of today."

"Yeah. It was…I don't even know how to describe it."

"A total shit show?"

Sento let out a small chuckle hearing her say that. "Yeah, that makes sense. Say, was that the first time you used those words together?"

"…Maybe." There was a small silence between the two students. "Sento, can I ask you something?"

"Um…Yeah, what is it?" Sento asked as he felt nervous about what she was about to say.

"That man…Blood Stalk. He talked about you like he knew you. How did you think he knew about you? And why were you so…I guess the appropriate term would be furious at him?"

Hearing that question, Sento wanted to tell her everything. About him, about his fights, about the villains, about the fullbottles, about…everything. But there was a part of him that knew the truth. If he told her about everything, there's a chance that he'll bring her into a world that she'll have no chance of getting out of. A target would be placed on her, and he couldn't put more people at risk.

"I-…I wish I knew. Maybe they got my information from when those villains stole the data they needed to plan the attack. I guess I lost my temper because my classmates became hostages on school grounds, and I felt powerless to stop it. I guess those feelings just got the better of me." Sento said, as he felt guilty for lying through his teeth. He became nervous as she fell silent.

"That seems plausible." He let out a small sigh of relief. "I also want to apologize to you."

Sento raised an eyebrow at what she could mean by that. "What do you mean?"

"I wasn't there to see if you were alright. My mother wanted me home as soon as possible, so I must apologize for that. It sounded like you went through quite a beating."

"Oh no, I completely understand! You don't need to apologize for that."

"…I also want to apologize for not being a greater help to you. I wanted so desperately to go with you to help Aizawa. But…"

"But what?"

"I…I must be honest with you, there was a part of me that was scared to go with you. I was afraid that with we went together, there was a good chance that we might have been killed. But now I know that you survived, but it meant that you got severally hurt."

"Yaoyorozu-" Sento tried to say, but she continued.

"I just now wondered what could have happened if I was there."

"Yaoyorozu-"

"Maybe you wouldn't have been hurt. Maybe we could have taken down those villains, and they couldn't have slipped away. Maybe-"

"Momo." She stopped as soon as she heard her first name. Sento took a deep breath. "You don't have to apologize for anything. Just because you felt those feelings doesn't mean you're weak, it just shows that you're human. I mean, there have been moments where I have doubted myself more than once. But they're just that, moments. Eventually, I had people to help me realize that I'm more capable than I thought. I know that we barely know each other, but just know that no matter what, I'll be there to help you realize that you are also capable." After he finished saying that, Sento couldn't help but be impressed with himself.

'Damn, where has this side of you has been?' He thought to himself. Although, he thought that maybe he went a little overboard on his speech, because Momo remained silent. He was about to speak up, but then he heard what sounded like sniffling on the other line.

"…Thank you. I needed that."

"I…Um…You're welcome." There was once again another silence between the two students.

"I have another question. When I was leaving Ashido mentioned something about getting everyone together for a day out, or something along those lines. Are you…Um…going to be there?"

Sento felt his face heat up a little bit. "Um…Yeah. Yeah, I'll be there. Are you going to be there?"

"…Yeah. I'll be there. It's getting late, I'm going to head to bed."

"Oh, uh. Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Good night Yaoyorozu."

"Momo."

Sento did a double take. "I…What?"

"I think we have gotten to the point where we can address each other by our first names. So, just call me Momo."

"Oh…Well if that's the case, good night Momo."

"Good night…Sento." Hearing that, Sento waited until she hung up, and set his phone down. He closed his eyes and proceeded to go sleep with a smile on his face. That night, he would have one of the most peaceful nights of sleep he had in a long time…

…The same couldn't be said for Misora. Normally, she would have pretty nice dreams or no dreams at all. But this, this was more than just a nightmare. It was too clear, too detailed, too vivid for it to be any regular nightmare.

A city caught in a monstrous storm, being destroyed.

A giant tower, seemingly being at the center of all of this destruction.

A black hole, sucking up the inhabitants of this city, and its buildings.

But the detail that scared her the most, wasn't a something, but a someone. A person, that she could only describe as having a black and white armor on the top and red and blue armor on their arms and legs, with snakes for eyes, who gave the sense of being evil incarnate, laughing at the carnage unraveled before him. His laughter died down, as he slowly turned around to face her, and he slowly pointed to her.

"Your world…is next…"

She woke up in a cold sweat. She wanted to scream, but she couldn't find the strength to do so. She quickly got up to go to her bathroom to throw up and splash cold water on her face. After a few seconds, she finally found the courage to look at herself in the mirror. As she looked, many different thoughts were racing through her mind. The main one being what the hell she just she chalk it up to a nightmare, but there were too many factors to write it up as that. Was it a nightmare or…

Memories?

Some major things are coming to this world. And if I'm going to be honest, after finding my rhythm writing this story, I can't wait to write it! I don't really have major news, so it's onto the preview!

Next time on Hero of Love & Peace: There's finally time for relaxation for Class 1-A. A fun day out leads to the Class learning a few things about Sento and his rather 'eccentric' family. Plus, it's time for a training montage, as Sento and Izuku start to learn a little more about One for All.