Hey, guys! BD and Sora are here with another chapter of 'Emerald Rabbit's Warren.' In this chapter, Izuku comes to terms with his fate and accepts the girls to join his warren. Later, a day off with Ochako doesn't go exactly as planned for Izuku when an unexpected visitor arrives. Next, Tooru and Yuyu go shopping and bring Kyouka along when they learn some information that could threaten the harem. Mishaps, misadventures, and hijinks continue. Enjoy!

Ear Blister! (Part I) (Izuku x Kyouka/ Emerald Beats)

Izuku knew there were plenty of boys who would love to be in his position. He was standing in a room filled with attractive young beauties. Each was gifted with skills and talents that he had the privilege to know first hand, at least with most of them. The harem lords were blessing him, especially since he had come to terms with this budding gift. A gift he didn't ask for but was sent to him, the only thing he needed to do was sign for verification.

He sat on the bed silently, twiddling his thumbs and minding his own business. The girls wanted take out and it was Momo's treat. Nigerian, once again, was their food of choice. As they feasted on their barbecue suya with the exception of Eri as she doodled in her coloring book and munching on apples, his mind was feeling compacted. This wasn't making any sense to him. Less than an hour ago, he felt he walked into an intervention, if not an ambush. Eight girls, all sharing one thing in common - their love for him.

This whole stillness is unnerving for him, it felt like the girls were purposefully drawing out the tension, avoiding addressing the elephant in the room. Izuku was expecting the girls to be mad at him or to Mei and Nejire, but everything is seemingly fine and the boy couldn't help but feel that it might be a trap.

At least they won't do anything too bad with an innocent (sort-of) child such as Eri here, right…? Right?!

"Onii-chan! Onii-chan! Look what I've colored." Izuku's thoughts dissipated when seeing his tiny-horned damsel dangling her coloring book to display. It was a picture of a bunny rabbit that she colored in red and green. "Can you see I drew it in the colors that you normally wear?" She displayed her shining little teeth. "See? See? It even has a cape!"

His rabbit ears flopped over his human ears. He was glad no one could see his tail shaking. Typical Eri, knowing when to create a smile on a person's face. He patted his thigh, instinctively making her sit on his leg. He took hold of the coloring book. "That looks nice, Eri-chan!" He pointed to the page. "And look, you even colored inside of the lines."

She clapped ecstatically. "Thank you, onii-chan! I've been practicing! Daddy told me if I can color ten pages like that, he would give me a whole dollar!" He poked her stomach, which incited laughter from the happy-go-lucky child. "That tickles," she said happily.

"Tell you what, for five pages, I can give you five whole dollars," he replied, displaying a smile to the teen. "What do you say?"

The white-haired child gave a salute. "For you, big brother, anything!" She reached over and hugged her big brother. The emerald child returned her warm embrace. "By the way, I like your bunny ears! They're so fluffy!" She whispered in his ear before she pecked him on the cheek. He blushed, lightly patting her back as she hopped out of his lap and returned to his desk to resume coloring. The horned child was such a good little girl, it warmed his heart to see how far she had come from the first days after the raid on the Yakuzas and Overhaul. The price might have been steep that day, but to see Eri being happy was worth it and Izuku would do it all over again.

"Dang, shoot!" Tooru replied, snapping her fingers for missing the photo worthy event. "Just a few more seconds and I could have got the perfect shot." She had her phone out, ready to take the cutest picture possible, but missed her chance.

"Aww, c'mon. Leave them be. We got plenty of time for that." It was Kyouka that was speaking. Munching on suya and tweaking her guitar strings, she watched the entire moment between Izuku and Eri. A father figure he was and a future father he was going to be, she thought with a secretive mischievous grin. "What you need to do is work on that plate before it gets cold. A few extra pounds wouldn't hurt you."

Hagakure 'stuck' out her tongue. "As if! A few extra pounds on my chest, yes! But on my thighs, no! I want to be cute and adorable, and not on display at a zoo. I am no manatee!"

The purple rocker chick was taken aback. "Right~! Wow! Insecure, much!" She turned away from Hagakure and resumed tweaking her guitar strings.

Tooru grumbled cutely and if she was visible, others would have seen that she was pouting.

Mei pleasantly smiled at the sight of little Eri. It was just a mere coincidence that Aizawa asked Nejire to babysit for the afternoon as he was busy walking with fellow faculty and staff. Also, both girls needed protocol in case Izuku took last night's advice literally. If so, little miss Eri was great insurance and a better way to make things go smoothly. What insolent ingrate would resist the charms of such a little gem? the steampunk teen thought to herself.

"He gets cute when he is nervous." Mei spoke to Nejire softly.

"Shh!" Nejire replied cautiously. "Uiet-qay bout-ay Eku-day!" She communicated in Pig Latin, then jerked her head notioning at the round-face teen staring daggers at Mei.

Although the warren has formed, it wasn't officially authenticated. Earlier this morning, she and Nejire met with the girls at breakfast (at their headquarters) to confess about last night. Admittedly, Ochako 'kinda' got a little angry, shouting expletives and slurs regarding the Grease Monkey. In return and in her defense, Mei too 'kinda' got a little angry. After the 'brief' commotion, the girls came to a consensus. Not to be brief, but the 'little' bout between Mei and Ochako could be easily compared to Momo's battle with Saiko. Fortunately, they were not in a cold environment and it was too early for any finks to call the police. The girls gave their teachers the impression that they went for an early morning run.

The other girls were also angry at the pinkette, but none as much as Ochako. Obviously they all had vengeful thoughts, but Momo and Tsuyu, being the voices of reason, kept the others at bay and stopped the little dispute along with Nejire before things went too far. Luckily almost nothing broke in their secret spot!

Curiously, the girls weren't as angry with Nejire as they should, rather they were more annoyed and frustrated with her. It's attributed that it's hard to be angry at the cutesy shockwave moe as well as Nejire genuinely and profusely apologized to the girls, Ochako in particular.

Once things settle down, the girls agreed to go talk to Deku after classes as Mei and Nejire told them that he has something important that he wants to talk about and the others figured that he wanted to address this whole situation. It was an easy matter to get into the boy's room. Ochako just had to ask All Might for his copy of the key with the excuse of wanting to put a small gift for him and without questioning the skeleton-like man did with a happy smile.

Right now the girls were sharing a meal to further ease any possible tension before getting down to business. It certainly was a godsend to have Eri here so Izuku wouldn't be unnerved and stressed in the meantime, plus getting to see how good Izuku was with children in such an adorable fashion was a welcomed bonus.

"Uraraka, relax, will ya?!" It was Mina that spoke while sitting beside Ochako on the floor. The alien pinkette knew that this truce would be an uneasy alliance. It was good enough that Ochako had to share him with her 1-A classmates. Now, with the Grease Monkey and the cutest moe of UA? As long as she could remember, there was an unrecognized rivalry between her and Mei. Something in her heart should have known that Mei would find a way to drive herself in that wedge to have fun with her Bun Bun. She kept telling herself to calm down but it was easier said than done.

"That Grease Monkey better be grateful that Eri-chan is here or else, there would have been a live news report of a crime scene," said Ochako as she slurped her milk tea loudly. "I wonder if Mei would look like spaghetti or fettuccine if I tossed her out of the window."

Tsuyu softly karate chopped the brunette's head. "What did I say about going violent, ribbit?" She clinked her chopsticks while grabbing some more of the suya. "We've made peace and promised ourselves to work together for the sake of Deku's happiness, remember?"

"I don't recall signing any treaties," interjected Ochako, displaying octopus lips. She stuck out her fingers. "I was fine with you…and Mina…and Moes." She paused, sighing heavily when registering the numbers of girls her man had slept with. She puffed her cheeks, wanting to explode but had to remind herself of her position. "I've told her NOT to mess with my man and does she listen? Hell no!"

"In her defense, she didn't know those drinks were fermented, ribbit," replied Tsuyu while arching an eyebrow. "If anything, an honest mistake?!"

"Drunken bodies, sober thoughts," retorted Ochako. "That bitch knew what she did." She snorted loudly before being karate chopped once again by Tsuyu.

"Relax, Ochako, ribbit! You're going to give yourself a heart attack." She took another bite of her suya. "He is your man. It is obvious that he wants you. You're like the head maiden of this warren."

"And this warren thing. What in the heck is this warren thing?" she replied upsettingly. "I said I didn't mind the fact he was blowing off steam, but never did I think we were creating some organization."

"You're thinking too hard," replied Mina. "You can tell that this is hard on him, too!" She used her chopsticks, pointing at him discreetly. "Any boy in his position would have loved this. By this time, most guys would have pulled off their pants and then here comes the orgy. But instead, we are eating dinner and talking between friends." She perched a smile. "Trust me, girlfriend, learn how to relax. We know that's your man."

Ochako wasn't moved by those answers. "So, you're cool with the fact that you guys can sleep around with him. I mean, you guys are my friends and I am accepting it…day by day." She gripped her fists. "But Grease Monkey and Jailbait? When will it end? Have you guys forgotten about those fashion models we're beefing against?"

Another karate chop was met by Tsuyu. "Calm down, Ochako, ribbit! We don't have amnesia. Yes, we are preparing for the Beacon girls. And, no, rather you know he is around the comfort of friends versus foes." She nodded to herself. "Think about it. The kid is a novice and still has to learn how to walk on his own two feet. If he wants to take charge, then he has to make us."

Mina swallowed her dinner. "Agreed! Midoriya must learn how to put us in our place. Anybody can get tamed. Even a lesbian can fold from the power of the dick, it is all about confidence and knowing the right moves and…" She blew into Ochako's ear, making her shudder. "...the right spots!"

Ochako squeezed her eyes shut. Nothing would bring her greater joy but for all of them to disappear. It seems like everytime she has alone time, she gets cuckold. It seems like the gods were testing her and if they were, then they knew she was going to fail.

"Onii-chan! Onii-chan! Check out my latest drawings!"

The brunette watched the happy-go-lucky imouto rushing to Izuku's lap, displaying her coloring books. "On the lines, see~?!" The horned child showcasing all of her teeth of her accomplishments. "And look, onii-chan! I did my own drawing."

"Well, let me see?" The rabbit teen took the coloring book to see Eri's artwork.

"It's a picture of me as a bunny rabbit too!" Eri raised her hands on both sides of her head, imitating the shape of rabbit ears. "I wanna be a bunny rabbit like my onii-chan!"

"Really? You wanna be a rabbit like me?" He asked his little imouto/kouhai. Eri nodded fervently. "Heh. I always thought you'd be a little unicorn." Izuku smiled warmly as he pointed at Eri's horn.

"I could be both! A bunny-corn!"

Izuku laughed heartily at Eri's adorable cheerfulness as he patted her head.

Tooru squealed in sheer ecstasy of this precious loving moment. "I don't care," she interjected, alerting the group, if not the world. "Stay right there, you two! This is definitely a picture worthy moment!"

Eri happily hopped on Izuku's lap and showed her pearly whites while embracing her big brother. Izuku made a peace sign and happily displayed Eri's drawing to the group. It was met with oohs and ahhs while many took pictures of them. Were this any cuter the girls would be suffering a sugarly overload. It took effort for the two moes in the room to not try to hug Izuku and Eri tightly as if they were plushies.

"Sooo cuuuttteee~!" Blood seeped out of Tooru's nose as the cute factor was going into overload. She averted her eyes away from them. "This is too much! Too much! I could like just die from diabetes!"

Nejire was giddy like a jolly schoolgirl. Flashes upon flashes of pictures from her phone and camera. "I am going to make a calendar for this! These would sell like hotcakes." Her face was redder than a sweet potato and blood was also seeping out of her nose, dribbling onto her blouse.

"Ohh~!" Tooru slid in a squiggly motion to the moe. "Let's exchange pics!"

"One better! Let's start a business!"

"OOHH!" Tooru shook her butt happily. "We can sell these babies for $29.95!"

"We're gonna be rich!"

POW!

Tsuyu and Mei karate chopped Nejire and Tooru respectively on their heads. Nejire did her trademark pouting, rubbing her head from the slight pain. Tooru's thought bubbles displayed anguish and pain before she parted ways from the group.

"Sorry, guys, but give Deku some space, ribbit!" Tsuyu said before momentarily scanning her nails, noticing a slight hangnail. "At least give him a chance to take this all in." She displayed them the white-eyed emerald rabbit with his head slumped backward.

Eri tugged Izuku's sleeve concernedly. "Onii-chan? Onii-chan?!" She turned to Nejire. "Onee-chan, is big brother taking a time out?!"

"It appears so. But don't worry, he'll be fine!" Nejire replied, still feeling the tingling in her head. "Say, Eri sweetness. Come sit on my lap. I got some games you can play on my tablet and some yummy apples." Eri's eyes widened when hearing that her aneki had apples. Like a speeding bullet, she darted to Nejire's lap. Nejire inserted wireless earbuds into her otouto's ears. She found a suitable, friendly, educational game to keep Eri's attention. "Now, sweetness, don't take off those buds until I give you a tap on your head." She demonstrated the signal to Eri. "Okay?!"

"Okay!" Eri cheerfully replied. She grabbed the tablet and proceeded to play her game. It was a good moment to get to the heart of the matter and thus not have Eri to listen to a non-child friendly conversation.

With the kid distracted, it was safe to say that they could finally get down to business. Ochako stood up front and center of the girls. She gave them a glare, studying and observing them. From their position, she looked like a teacher reading the audience. Tsuyu knew that Ochako succeeded as the boss of the operation, the queen of this warren. The look in her eyes indicated the severity of the situation. After all, the frog girl knew that once the warren was established, so was their position and their hierarchy.

"Okay, listen up!" Ochako set the tone for a serious dialogue. Both hands were on her hips, head straightforward, body positioned like a statue or one of those soldiers overlooking the palace. "We all know why we are here today."

Even before the group came together to the secret spot they knew that they would eventually have to sit down and discuss with Izuku about what to do with this situation. It was essentially an unspoken deal between the girls of Class 1-A they would all end up sharing the young Alpha Faunus, even if no one wanted to acknowledge it due to each wishing to have him all to themselves and no one else, it was hard to accept that such wish wouldn't be possible. However, as time went on it became clear that this might be the only way that would lead to the best outcome, it could be arguable that this was inevitable all things considered.

Tsuyu and the others waited patiently to hear the next set of words coming from Ochako. However, she knew something was a bit off with her. Her fists were balled up, her eyes were straight ahead but directionless, and her legs were shaking uncontrollably. The frog vixen knew the obvious - Ochako was nervous. The deal was unspoken and a consensus was met to share him but it didn't mean Ochako was a hundred percent. Recalling the words of wisdom from her: "just because one accepts something doesn't mean they have to like it." She scratched underneath her nose, waiting for Ochako to dialogue their intent.

The words couldn't come out. Her mouth was open but nothing was audible. Was she really accepting this? Was this how the eastern Europeans felt about sharing communal property? She didn't view Izuku as property but at the same it was like sharing custody with an ex-spouse. Her stomach was bubbling. She was swaying her hips back and forth nervously. She knew once she said this to the girls, then the warren was official - Izuku not only belonged to her, he belonged to Momo, Tsuyu, Mei, Mina, Nejire, Tooru, and Kyouka. It was a tough pill to swallow considering going through with this, let alone actually doing it.

Ochako then felt a warm hand lacing around her fingers. Standing beside her was her boyfriend, who quickly recovered from his faint. He stood firmly, keeping a tight grip around her, his emerald eyes made his message clear without having to say a word: let me speak first.

The gravity girl nodded without question and Izuku then glanced at the rest of the girls with a calm expression, he took a deep breath before speaking.

"Hey, everyone. As Ochako said, we all know what we're here for, so no point beating around the bush. These last few days have been… well a chaotic mess. Never would I have dreamed of something like this ever happening to me, so many amazing and beautiful girls one after the other seeking out my affections…It's the thing that most would dream of. Of course, I'm not like other guys, heck before all of this I wasn't a total klutz when it comes to girls, even now I'm still struggling with it." He rubbed the back of his head slightly bashfully.

"Not to mention that such a dream became twisted when each and everyone one of you started competing with each other for me, becoming more and more aggressive towards each other to the point of becoming borderline yandere all because of jealousy, envy and your deep-ingrained desire to have me. It led you to hurting each other, your relationship as friends, even affecting our class' reputation and possibly risking our futures negatively."

The girls of Class 1-A became slightly crestfallen, feeling shame and regret over their misdeeds towards each other, their classmates and most importantly their precious Izuku.

"I know why all of this happened, why this situation got as bad as it did… It was because of… me. I'm what caused all of you to go so crazy, and as such I must take responsibility." Izuku said solemnly, putting a fist on his chest. The girls felt a pang when hearing this, but Izuku raised a hand and continued speaking before any of them could argue against it.

"And before any of you say that it isn't my fault, that it was yours, you're actually half-right. However there's a lot more that you need to understand, I do have a part in this whole mess besides being the object of your affections. You guys know that I'm not like other Faunuses, even other Alpha Faunuses. I'm an Unknown Alpha Faunus, but you don't know why I am classified as such beyond being made like this because of a Dust accident.

"You see, it's not just that transformed into a Faunus, my body also mutated because of the Dust, giving me a unique trait other Faunuses don't have. From my sweat glands, a pheromone-laced scent is produced which affects any susceptible female into seeking me as her mate. In other words the way I smell makes girls and women want me. And girls with animal traits or female Faunuses being more even susceptible.

"And the potency of these pheromones is linked to my own sexual drive, which as you might be aware by now is quite high because I'm an Alpha Rabbit. It gets to the point it sometimes hard for me to not think of something lewd, so the hornier I am, the hornier I make you. And the longer you're affected or the more sexually frustrated you are the more likely it is for any of you to grow more desperate to the point of becoming unhinged and beserk; which as we know now leads to potentially dangerous consequences."

As Izuku explained, the girls were eye-widened as it all sounded so… unreal and absurd. However, as the boy continued to explain, things actually started to make all the more sense. Why ever since his transformation the girls got progressively closer and intimate towards him, why he made them so aroused (with Tsuyu getting in heat for example), the fantasies and desires to be with him, the animosity towards each other and why started to act so… out of character.

"So…what you told yesterday…was it all really true?" Nejire asked. She still remembered what Deku told her to try to dissuade her, but at the time she didn't believe any of it. But now that her mind is clear she realized what the others did, that what Izuku was saying was in fact the truth.

Izuku nodded in confirmation. The girls went quiet as they took in this information.

"But, even if that's true, we-!" Tsuyu tried to argue, but Izuku cut her off.

"I know. You all love, genuinely love me. I could feel how real your feelings for me are, even if you guys could have gone a better way to express yourselves." He said this with a slight deadpan expression, most of the girls sheepishly as they knew what Izuku was referring to. "Regardless, it really touched me to know that you feel this way towards me, being horny, crazed or not. But that's all part of the pheromones' effects too. They change the way you feel about me, whatever positive feelings you had towards me prior they increase exponentially when affected, and they remain as such even if no longer heavily affected." Izuku explained further. "That's why those that weren't that close to me or even didn't interact with me that much became so drawn to me all of the sudden." The girls didn't argue against this as much as they wanted to deny it. They were aware how off it was that girls such as Nejire or Kyouka, who weren't at all very close towards Izuku, became so enamored with him in a matter of weeks or even days.

"I've been going often to Recovery Girl's office for her to help me out with this so I won't be making every girl and woman around me be affected and risk provoking a yandepocalypse, but so far there's no real way of getting rid of these pheromones. The only thing I can do is accept them as a part of me and learn to keep them under control. Although to do that I…" He continued until his cheeks turned red and his gaze moved to the side bashfully.

"You have to keep your sexual needs satisfied, correct?" Momo guessed correctly as she and the others immediately understood where Deku was going with this.

"Yeah…" Izuku confirmed before looking at the girls again. "If my hormones are under control, so are my pheromones." He rubbed his red cheek. "But I think I don't need to tell you the issue when doing so, right?"

There was no need to explain that as the girls thoroughly understood by now that Izuku was hard to sexually satisfy due to his nature as a Alpha Rabbit Faunus, not to mention his new wild side due to his animalistic instics makes him quite the beast in terms of love make and thus pretty much impossible for a single girl to be enough for him. He is just that virile for any of them on their own or even two or more!

The girls, blushing profusely, shook their heads in denial and let Izuku continue. "I didn't ask for any of this, with having good friends, a girlfriend and becoming a Hero and making my dream of saving people with a smile like All Might would have been enough for me. However, it seems that no matter what I do, I can't escape from this fate and trying to do so only leads to a lot of hardships that could have been avoided if I came to realize this any sooner. I… We caused a lot of problems for ourselves and those around us because I didn't accept what I became and what I had to do. Not anymore, I'm not running away from this, I'm putting a stop to this right here and now. If the only way to make things right is becoming this 'harem lord', so be it, I'll accept it." He declared with determination in his eyes.

"However I just want to make one thing clear, I care deeply for you, even with everything that's happened between us, for some reason I feel a certain connection with most if not all of you, a bond between us, that's why I can't be mad at any of you. As twisted as it was, everything you did for me was out of genuine love for me and I can't help feeling flattered. If we're going to do this, then we'll make it right, making something real. I want to be able to get to you all of you intimately and be able to reciprocate the love you all feel for me.

"I don't want this to be born of pure lust and be reduced to booty calls and casual hookups. I want this to be a real relationship between all of us. But you need to understand this, I'm just one guy and I won't be able to give you all the attention you all deserve and I won't be able to fulfill all of your expectations, but I'll try my best. So… Now that you know all of this, I ask you: Are you ready to be a part of this warren? I'm willing to go through with this, but it'll be selfish of me to impose such a thing on you, that's why I'm asking you if you really want this. I'll understand if some of you don't want to go through with this, then truly I won't be mad as this is such a big deal and certainly something hard for most of you to process. So…what do you say?" He asked the girls with the utmost sincerity.

A strong pregnant silence ensued between the group. This was certainly their toughest proposition that they have faced in their young lives. They knew what they had to do… but it didn't make it any more easier. Sharing versus singularity was the question in many of the girls' heads. Girls like Kyouka wouldn't describe herself as a sharer. It was a fair contrast compared to her parents' days as entertainers and their groupie love, but those were the old days. Tsuyu was willing to compromise. Ranks didn't faze her, learning that first hand with her position in her courses, slow and steady was her goal. Obtaining the prize was the ultimate endgame. Tooru just wanted to belong. She was virtually a wallflower, having no choice but to stand out due to her invisibility. Being a moe and flirty had to be it to make herself known. She never addressed it often but it wasn't easy being her and being noticed made her feel useful.

Tsuyu coughed, breaking the silence. Crossing her legs and hands on her lap, she tilted her head to Deku. "I have to say, ribbit! You have given us a tough proposition." She extended her hands, weighing out her options. "Keeping this consensus of being part of this warren and sharing affections or battle for your love, even if it ends deadly. Like smoking on your dead opp deadly, ribbit?"

Izuku became a bit confused by her vernacular, but got the jist of her questioning. "In a word, yes! The universe has been basically throwing me all signs that this might be the only way to set things right. But like I've said, I am not holding anyone back or keeping you hostage. I am tired of the battling, the friendly fire. We are all in this together."

"I see, ribbit." Tsuyu replied, nodding in comprehension. "If that is the case…" She reached into her pocket, pulling out her cell phone. "I call dibs on Saturday evenings."

"Heck no," interjected Ochako, exclaiming and pointing at Tsuyu. "Saturdays are exclusively mine." She crossed her arms. "No takesy-backsies!"

Mei centered herself between the dueling best friends. "Girls, girls! What did we say about having a consensus? This is for Deku's happiness! We're all winners!"

Ochako pouted. "Sorry!"

Tsuyu nodded. "Yeah…sorry! Sorry that I am going to take Mondays!" She gripped her fists tightly, raising it in the air. "Why have a weekend when he can get the start of a great week, me! The best part of waking up~!" The latter she said melodically.

"I'll have Wednesday," responded Nejire gingerly. "Yuyu and I are going shopping anyway. I need a strong hand to get a hope chest from the furniture store. Then we can shop for rings…promise rings!"

"You're about to have two rings," retorted Ochako. "One for your finger and one around your damn eye!"

"Okay, okay, ladies! Settle down!" Izuku interjected. Yep, his gut feeling was spot on, he might have to be the mediator of the girls until they learn to get along, which… might take a while. "Before we start arguing how to properly distribute my time between all of you, there's one more thing I need to say to someone really special to me." He then turned to face straight at Ochako.

"Ochako… There's something I want you to know." He said to his precious girlfriend as he took both of her hands. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." He apologized deeply and honestly.

"You're sorry? But, Izuku-"

"I'm not talking about all this." He shook his head in denial. "I'm sorry that I wasn't the man you hoped I would be. I really, really tried to, I would have been the happiest and most lucky guy in the world to be with, only you." His grip on Ochako's hands thighed slightly. "However, it wasn't meant to be, the more I fought back the worse things got for all of us and deep down somewhere inside of me, I knew that I changed and that I could no longer settle down with one woman, it was a part of me that I tried to fight back and repress, but I can't go on like this or else things would keep getting worse and worse for everyone, that's why I have to accept this fate, not just because I want it or even need it, but primarily because I have to for everyone's sake."

Ochako remained quiet as her eyes remained fixed on Izuku's, her hands still holding on to his.

"We all had our part in this mess, things that wouldn't have happened if we only understood this sooner, but there's no point in dwelling in regret for that. However, there's something I regret, something I feel solely responsible for… And that is what I made you go through, I know that ever since we started our relationship things became harder, for you most of all, you suffered a lot and it wasn't fair that you were the one most affected and I can't help but feel that it was because me and I can't forgive myself of that, for making the one person I love the most go though such feelings of pain and loneliness when she was only seeking be loved and happy. That's why I'm so sorry, Ochako, for not being the Deku you love anymore and putting you through all of this." Izuku apologized again with a dejected expression, he bowed down his head to her.

"Izuku…" Ochako uttered, not knowing what else to say.

"It's because I love you so much I have to be absolutely honest with you. Out of all of you girls, I can't ask you to stay with me, it would be the most selfish thing I ever asked. I won't lie and say that I'll change, because I can't go back to how I was even if I really, really want to. And even if I might try to make it better for you by saying that you'll be the favorite, the special one, at the end of the day you won't be the only one but one of many. So knowing this, do you still want to stay with me? Can you accept me as I am now?" He asked her. If he was man enough he would have asked Ochako to leave him for her sake as he no longer felt worthy of her.

The boy suddenly felt Ochako embracing him tightly, her face buried in his chest. "...I do, Izuku. I don't care if I can have you all to myself, for you I'm willing to do anything as long as I know that you love as deeply as I love you, to know that I'm special for you… It's enough for me." She declared softly as she snuggled her face on his chest. Izuku's eyes widened in surprise. "I don't want anyone else but you and only you, Izuku. And If staying with you means sharing you with other girls, then that's fine with me, really it is. For the longest time, deep down, I knew that I wasn't woman enough for you, that I could take care of you on my own, but I didn't want to accept it. But now I will, no matter how hard it would be for me, I'll deal with it as long as I can be with you." The gravity girl looked her beloved boyfriend in the eyes, her right hand caressing his cheek affectionately.

Izuku felt his heartstrings move. "Ochako… I…" He then embraced Ochako back tightly. "Thank you… Thank you so much. I promise I'll do my best to make this right, make you happy, make all of you happy." He was grateful to the bottom of his heart.

"Izuku, I think I speak for everyone when I say that it'll be enough for us that you try to be the best possible boyfriend, right girls?" Ochako smiled sweetly before turning to the other girls, who nodded in response with smiles on their own. "It might be hard to get used to this, for all of us to get along with this deal, but we'll make this work, together."

"Right… Together." Izuku nodded with a smile on his face. "Then, it's official, right my teapot?"

"That's my Bun Bun." Ochako nodded back at him before looking at the others. "From now on Izuku Midoriya is not just my man, but our man!" She declared. The girls cheer happily. "You better take good care of all of us." Ochako winked at Izuku.

"I will!" The boy nodded with determination.

Giggling filled the room, interrupting the wholesome moment between lovers and friends.

"Boom! I domed you! Shouldn't have backdoored me earlier, you putz!"

"Man, I'm the master! I can drop shot, go ace, and come with the clutch!"

"Oh, heck no! You're such a noob tube!"

"Going camp, camp, camp, camp! If you don't get this killshot, getting cracked won't be the only thing you should be worrying about. I have my sources, noob!"

"How does it feel to get your snot box rocked by a girl who can barely tie her shoes?"

Nejire's wandering eyes returned to the little damsel sitting on her lap. Eri, now sporting sunglasses, was on Nejire's tablet by Call of Duty. The tiny-horned girl was nodding and sipping her apple juice while fighting her opposition.

"Eri-chan!? What in the world? This isn't educational." She was astonished, surprised, and shocked that this little girl went from coloring to painting her weapon with blood. "How were you able to get this?"

Eri paused the game and turned to face her big sister. "What do you mean, onee-chan? Knowing strategy, hand-to-eye coordination, and gearing to beat Russia's butt is educational. It wasn't our first time beating them, we can do it again. Hey ho! And for the record, I am six and I can read." She resumed playing the game. "Now if you excuse me, I am on campaign mode." She hissed loudly. "Boom! For the money! Thought you know pain?! I came from Overhaul! You little punks don't know the meaning of pain! Hehehe!" The latter of the conversation was met with a sinister grin.

Everyone blinked twice dumbly. Even now it was hard not to forget that Eri wasn't the typical six-year-old little girl due to her hellish upbringing.

"What else is she hiding in her backpack?" Yaoyorozu asked, wondering at Eri's eccentric behavior. "I didn't think they made energy drinks for kids."

"Probably Ms. Joke put it there. She knows how to make Aizawa-sensei cringe, ribbit." Tsuyu answered, scratching under her chin.

"Not to mention that she would like to score good points with her future daughter." Kyouka commented.

"Um… Izuku, sweetie?" Ochako said awkwardly.

"Yeah?"

"Now that we know how easily you can 'charm' other girls, should we worry about Eri-chan?" She pointed at the small child playing her violent video game blissfully unaware of what was going

"No, not at all!" Izuku shook his head in denial. "She'll be safe… until she hits puberty, but by then things will have been long resolved!" He explained with a sheepish grin as a teardrop appeared on his forehead. "Hopefully… I think my mind would snap if Eri-chan developed a brocon/senpai fixation on me!"

"Lord knows!" Ochako wrapped her arms tightly around her man. Looking at Eri, she smiled gleamingly at the little damsel. "Say, Eri-chan! Let's give that game a little rest and go out for some ice cream?"

Those penetrated through her earbuds. She quickly took them out and slid the tablet to the side, hopping out of Nejire's lap and ran to the round-face teen. "Ice cream!? Did you say ice cream?" Like a spider monkey, she crawled onto Izuku, going around his waist before settling at his back all the way to his shoulder.

"Ice cream sounds fun!" Kyouka said as she stood up to stretch. "It would be a great way to celebrate this…warren!" An unfamiliar, yet uneasy word at first, but she would get the hang of it.

Mina nodded in agreement. "Banana splits to share with my beloved! Ahem! I mean our beloved!" A teardrop appeared on her forehead as she grinned sheepishly.

"A Root Beer float for me." Tooru added. "Or a Neapolitan ice cream sundae with golden sprinkles. No! Root Beer! No! Neapolitan! No! Root Beer! No! Neapolitan! No! Both!"

"The Golden Valkyrie for me!" Momo rubbed her hungry tummy. "And I know just the place to go. Plus, they owe me a free dessert after the waitress they had was being such a bi…a witch!" She had to remind herself that Eri was present.

"You mean that soul crusher, M.? Sol Marron?" Mei interjected. "Great thing, I am coming there." She flexed her muscles. "One word, that's all!" She kissed her muscles, flexing them once again. Working as a mechanic and technician leads to a lot of moving heavy boxes and stuff, good for working out the arms!

"It is a good thing I am there to not let that happen," replied Izuku, displaying a teardrop. Eri was happily fondling his fuzzy rabbit ears. "Alright, ladies. Shall we go?"

It was met with a strong resounding response with raised fists. Ochako grabbed his hand and they led the group out of his dorm. Nejire was quick enough to grab his other hand, sticking out her tongue at the grease monkey. Mei stared daggers at the moe, but it mattered not as she looked forward to having fun with Deku in the future, and giving Nejire another reminder of putting her in her space. Especially since she knew all of the moe's sweet spots to make her wet.

As they were approaching the elevator, Ochako couldn't help noticing something protruding inside Izuku's shirt. She tugged his shirt sleeve. "Sweetheart, I couldn't help noticing what is inside of your shirt?"

Izuku let out of her hand and reached inside of his shirt. "Oh, this is my lucky quarter! I made it into a necklace after chasing that bird that stole my quarter yesterday."

Mei chimed in. "Boy, did he jump leaps and bounds to get that quarter back."

"He finally caught the bird after jumping off the bridge near the creek," responded Nejire energetically.

Ochako puffed her cheeks. "Seriously, baby?! Over a quarter!?"

"Hey, a crime was committed and as a future Hero I strived to stop it!" Izuku said passionately before raising his finger. "I didn't find it too kind for that little flying rat to take it anyway. He's lucky that he didn't get dealt with!" He scoffed under his breath. "Besides, it isn't about the quarter. It's the principle! It's the principality!"

"Are you even sure that bird was a he?" asked Ochako. "It could have been pregnant!"

"Can I just be a hero just for a moment?" replied Izuku with an arched eyebrow. "The quarter was kidnapped and in distress. Just let me be great and live my fantasy!" His life has been really stressful and will remain as such for quite a while, he has the right to take whatever small victory he can get!

She patted his back. "Okay, hero! For that, your reward is a parfait to split with me!"

"I'll appreciate that, thank you!" He grinned at her.

"If you get the fruit at the bottom, make sure it is stirred with a strong rod!" Mei came beside Ochako, blowing into her ears.

"You're toast!" Ochako released his hand and ran toward the grease monkey. Mei sprinted toward the staircase. "Save that energy when I kick your ass!"

Izuku shook his head, knowing that this warren would require plenty of adjustments and lots of patience. He shrugged his shoulders as he and the girls chased after the rivals vying for his affection.


A week and a couple days later….

According to the weatherman on television, the precipitation was snow for the next several days. Izuku stared from his window of the sheets of snow that blanketed his campus. Sipping hazelnut coffee and listening to the weatherman, these have been unseasonal low temperatures and possibly record breaking. The teen wasn't fazed as he enjoyed the cold and the snow, more reasons to bundle up in bed, catch up on a good book or manga, and watch television. It was Saturday morning and all activities were canceled due to the snow depth. It didn't matter for the teen as Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, When They Cry, and Negima! were on tap for this morning. He even had Snowfall, The Wire, and Goodfellas downloaded to switch up. It was great to have varieties.

"What are you doing so early and out of bed?" The cooing noise of Ochako was alerting him. Admittedly, he knew she was a light sleeper. Can't even go to the restroom without her checking up his whereabouts. Holding his The Office novelty coffee cup, he leaned against the window, crossing his legs and looking at sheer beauty. Unkempt, messy brown hair covered her eyes. Faint smell of honeysuckle emitted from her soft skin. Her nightgown was nowhere to be found, just a blanket to cover her nakedness. He could see her feet popping out of the covers. The sheets were barely clinging to the mattress. There were some adjustments with sharing a twin but they were making it work. He forgot for a moment that she was staying last night.

Yesterday after class, he and All Might went to Recovery Girl's office to do his usual check-up. Afterwards, he was needed with Gran Torino and was brought back to Endeavor's Hero agency. At the establishment, a deal was made that Deku will have weekly private training with certified trainers. Izuku was pleased to be chosen to be part of this opportunity. As reminded by Endeavor himself, this arrangement wasn't considered a 'leg-up' for admittance to an apprenticeship. It was just a favor from old friends.

After practice, he had a nice quiet dinner alone. He talked with his mother as she dished out her usual ups-and-downs of motherhood, married life (or lack thereof), and updates concerning his father. She briefly mentioned Auntie Kali and Uncle Ghira's plans of visiting Japan in the future. The plans were tentative, which relieved him as the last thing he wanted was to reopen old wounds. Especially if those old wounds have yet to be healed. After dinner, Ochako stopped by with DVDs and cake. Cuddling up with plates of chocolate cake and watching chick flicks made Izuku's night easier as he knew he would be asleep before ten o'clock. Unfortunately, sleeping was for naught as Ochako found sexual techniques to keep her Bun Bun awake.

It was a wonder how he could function with only three hours of sleep.

"I'm amazed, baby, that you are awake." He looked at his smartwatch, a quarter after nine. "The way you worked my body, I am surprised I am not sore." He squatted momentarily. "It is very important NOT to skip leg day!"

"And the way you worked my body," she retorted to her Bun Bun. "I am surprised my gynecologist hasn't called me in for a routine exam."

Izuku bit his tongue, trying his hardest not to laugh. Finishing the rest of his coffee, he crawled back into bed. Upon crawling into the blankets, he was met with the warm, naked embrace of his beloved, getting on top of him. He welcomed it, grabbing her supple ass, cupping and rubbing it gently. He inhaled sharply, wanting to smell the afterscent they gave each other last night.

"Nyaa!" She purred like a skittish kitten, wanting nothing more than being around her master. Izuku adjusted himself, spreading his legs so her leg could get in between his. "You know how to make a girl feel good, my Bun Bun!"

He kissed her forehead, playing with her hair. "No, you!" He inhaled her fragrance when burying his nose into her hair. "I like this." He kissed her again. "The two of us, alone. No one to break in, pry, just basking in the moment with my number one gal!"

She kissed his collar bone below his chin. "This does feel good." She said, concurring with him. "I wouldn't go anywhere. Just enjoy the day, watching movies, ordering take-out." She gave an alluring look. "Without any underwear."

It incited a laugh. "Talking dirty?"

She shook her head in disagreement. "Nope! Talking dirty would be piping me down with that thick cock and making my pussy flood and saturate the sheets."

"Oooh~! I like the sound of that." He cupped her ass tightly, slightly inserting his hand into its fold. She hissed pleasurably from the contact. "Hiding my treasure in your hidden temple where no one could find it, not even Jacques Costeau!"

"Oooh~!" Ochako cooed, breathing onto his skin. She kissed him on his chest. "I like the sound of that." The duo looked into each other's doe eyes, taking this moment to enjoy this happiness.

Today will be another amazing day for Deku, a day to relax and spend all day with his No.1 mate. The last 9 days were also pretty great, all things considered. After the celebration of the Warren becoming official, the group went to the Secret Spot (Yes, Eri was still with them, but ignorant of what was happening).

They argued about what to do next, some like Mina thought that it would be fun to have an orgy at night, while Kyouka and Tooru were insistent of 'getting their turns' with the emerald rabbit, they were a little upset that they were the only ones that he didn't sleep with and wanted to rectify that.

Deku agreed, but he thought that first he should reward Ochako for all the troubles with a proper second date. The other girls were a little upset about it, they understood. Agreeing that by Monday the proper rules of the harem would be implemented.

The following day, after classes, Izuku and Ochako enjoyed a nice hangout in a nearby cafe before returning to enjoy a movie together… which quickly escalated to sex. Poor Ochako was really needy there.

Ochako made the most out of her three remaining days as Deku's sole girlfriend doing all sorts of normal couple things. The boy even treated her with expensive sweets and a new smartphone (she guesses that he asked Momo for money as she knows that Izuku still didn't have his allowance. Neither is it hard to guess how the emerald teen intends to 'repay' the raven-haired girl.)

Come Monday of the next week, the Warren will officially start. The rules were simple:

1) Deku is the alpha and his word is the maximum authority. If he says he's not in the mood and wants to be left alone, the girls ought to listen and do as he says. They are not to pressure him if he feels like he can't meet them.

2) The girls are now a sisterhood of sorts, they have to get along, otherwise Deku can 'ground' them with no time with him, a good way to keep them in check in case being a mediator doesn't work. So far it hasn't got to that.

3) The girls in the Warren will be allowed to spend a day of the week with Izuku. Through an impartial game of coin flip, it was decided that Momo will have Mondays, Mina will have Tuesdays, Kyouka will have Wednesdays, Tsuyu will have Thursdays, Tooru will have Fridays and Ochako will have Saturdays.

The tricky part was what to do with Sundays as Mei and Nejire were the ones left, so after a bit of debriefing both girls agreed on sharing the day under the argument that the others live in the dorms and thus are the ones that spent more time with Izuku. The two of them weren't exactly happy about it, but had to learn to deal with it.

There were some groans and complaints from the others as Ochako will have a whole day to be with Deku all to herself, but nothing went too far. Momo was the least upset with this agreement due to her 'unique' circumstances.

4) If a disagreement is met with the choice of obtaining Deku, then other options include drawing straws, catch the quarter, rock-paper-scissors, or chopsticks. However, Deku had to sanction this decision to rearrange the order and all girls had to agree to it as well, but so far most seemed fine with this current setup, and any attempt to dispute against it would be pointless.

5) A girl has the right to ask to spend time with Izuku in groups with no problem if two or more agree to it, in case Deku or one of the girls wants a thresome or orgy, or simply spend the day with him in a group. Also Deku has the right to ask for a day off if he feels too tired or is too busy.

6) For Mei and Nejire, the two of them can either spend the day with him together or split in half. If one of them is not available the other can take the full day.

7) While Ochako is the 'Queen' of the pack, Deku will try to give a fair and proper treatment to his other lovers, however they shouldn't be surprised if he shows favoritism towards her.

8) They all must keep the Warren a secret for now.

While Izuku is no longer disturbed at the idea of having a harem and wouldn't care what other people might think of this, there might be complications if others would find out, especially since they're all teenagers with one of them about to turn into a legal adult.

That and Izuku could get in huge trouble with All Might and especially his mother if they were to find out. He plans to tell them someday, but not right now as he must think of how to let them know in a way that they would understand and approve. In the meantime, for the rest of the public, Ochako is his only girlfriend. It didn't sit well with the others, but they understood the situation, especially after letting them know how volatile Inko can get with things relating to him.

And with that the rules were set and so Deku's life as a harem lord began. His first week with his new girlfriends was fairly nice and calm as he asked to take things slow as everyone accommodates to this new lifestyle.

Surprisingly, he also wanted to spend a few days without having sex. Mostly because Ochako was super clingy with him last weekend due to 'wanting to make up for the lost time.' While bummed and frustrated, the girls accepted. Ochako apologized to them for 'milking Izuku dry' in a span of 4 days. Anyways it doesn't hurt taking a break and enjoy normal, non-sexual interactions with the girls every once in a while.

While most of the week was busy for everyone in Class 1-A, Deku managed to spend time with his girls after classes.

On Monday, he and Momo enjoyed a nice afternoon with tea and scones after a study session.

The week prior Deku learned that Shouto was fully aware of what was going on with him and the girls due to Momo telling him. Both of them talked calmly and civilly about it, Shouto had told him that it was fine with him if Deku wanted to form a harem, he even said that if anyone deserves it it's him. Shouto assured him that he won't say anything about it to anyone else, so the secret was safe with him.

This made Izuku ponder if he should tell him about One for All and the full extent of his relationship with All Might, as he was pretty certain that the icy hot teen still thinks he was his love child and thus still suspicious about it. Besides, Kacchan knows, so why not one of his best friends, right? On that line of thought, he should think when to drop that truth bomb of his girlfriends as he must tell them even if he get his ass handed to him by All Might later, his harem is a serious relationship after all!

However the conversation turned tense as Shouto addressed the situation with Momo, he knows that Momo has feelings for Izuku and that he slept with him. The emerald teen inwardly panics, but is ready to resign himself to being turned into a popsicle and then turn to ashes. However, to his surprise, Shouto told him he was not angry with him, well not completely. It did bit Todoroki a lot that to know his best friend had sex with his crush, more since Izuku knew this and still did it. However, he understands both his situation and Momo, thus he's calm about it.

Even so, Izuku profoundly apologized to his best friend for betraying him like that. But Shouto shook his head and said it was fine, as any reasonable guy would grow fond of the raven-haired beauty. However, he did say that things were okay between them, now they're rivals for Momo's heart and that he would fight his hardest to get her (not literally, obviously). Both agreed to leave this love triangle situation as an open relationship and give Momo time to decide with whom she wants to stay. And regardless of the outcome, there would not be hard feelings.

For some reason, though, Izuku felt jealousy at the thought of Momo with Shouto and felt compelled to not simply let him try and take her away without a proper fight for her affections. It was a strange feeling, as before he would have happily let Momo go with her first crush, but now he didn't. But with all these changes in his life, he didn't ignore them. However he didn't voice any of these thoughts to Shouto.

On Tuesday, he got some dance lessons from Mina after working out in the gym. The girl loved to see him working out his muscles. The pink-skinned girl tried to bait him into having sex with her via some sensual and erotic moves, but Deku said that 'next time, Mina.' She pouted in frustration, but nonetheless enjoyed her time with him.

On Wednesday, Deku spent the afternoon in Kyouka's room, listening to her playing instruments for him, enjoying her collections with her and even gave him some basics in playing guitar. The punk chick confessed that she was working on a song just for him and she's very close to finishing it. It flattered him to think of Kyouka composing a song and serenading him, but when he asked to hear it now, Kyouka turned him down, saying that only when it was finished. While frustrated that Izuku was not in mood for having sex with her, she let him be. Regardless, she still plans on making her long time fantasy of her real first time being in her parent's studio after he got a listen to the song she put her heart and soul into just for him. No need to tell Izuku of her encounter with Kaminari, a mistake on her part for being too horny and frustrated that day and the blond doofus happened to be nearby, thank God that they didn't go all the way because Denki was such a virgin, so it doesn't really count! She's still a virgin!

On Thursday, Deku enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in the pool with Tsuyu and talking normally. Izuku was expecting her to try to give him an underwater fellatio, but she didn't. However, Tsuyu suggested a 'second date' with her at the Jurai-by-the-sea onsen. Deku replied that he would think about it. He also thought if they should bring along everyone else. The idea of having an onsen full of beauties was very tempting.

On Friday, Deku expected to spend the rest of the day with Tooru after classes and the rest of his activities, however, much to her chagain, the invisible moe had plans to go to the mall with Haya-senpai, because Tsuyu promised her that Tooru would help her being 'cuter'. Tooru was flattered and excited that she would teach a girl the way of being kawaii, but it meant skipping a day with her dear bunny boy. And since it was payment for the 'favor' Haya did for the girls of Class 1-A, Tooru couldn't oppose. Seeing the chance, the others tried to see who got the free slot to be with Deku through a rock, paper, scissor contest, which Ochako ended up winning. Which led Deku and Ochako to spend a lovely night together.

Today the pair of lovebirds plan to spend the whole day together before Sunday, where Deku would spend the day with Mei playing video games and watching Netflix, and if weather allows it, have his picnic date with Nejire and Eri.

First things first, though, a breakfast is in order. After making out for a few minutes with his girlfriend, Izuku got up from bed and dressed up in his PJs so he could go and make breakfast for the two of them.

"What would you like?" he asked her while looking for his keys.

"Waffles!" Ochako responded giddily. "With hot syrup and lots of walnuts!"

"Aoyama has a belgian waffle maker in the kitchen," he replied, grabbing onto his keys. "I think he may have some chocolate tea in the cabinet we can swipe. After all, the little bastard owes me for ratting me out a few weeks ago."

"You still can't get over that?"

Izuku arched an eyebrow, placing his hands on his hips. "Really? Can't get over that, you say?" He whistled loudly. "I believe there are a lot of character witnesses that can say that you were 'incandescent with rage?'"

It was met with a tossed pillow at his face. He chuckled when seeing his bundle of sunshine upset. Admittedly, he did find her jealousy a bit sexy, just a bit. "Be right back, honey." Izuku smiled as he walked towards the door.

"I'll be waiting, Deku-bun." Ochako smiled back, still in his bed and still naked. "Better make it double-stacked if you want to get back on my good side."

He had his hand to the door. "Which side is that, baby? The pretzel dip, reverse cowgirl…" He opened the door. "Or, doggys…"

THUMP!

He was knocked off guard by an obstruction, causing him to fall on his butt. Nothing in the world could have prepared him for the person responsible for literally knocking him off his feet.

"Doggies? I didn't think you were interested in dogs, sweetie!"

He felt his world sinking, dropping into the deepest trench. His heart was shattering into tiny, miniscule pieces. His worst fear to ever occur in his young life has happened. Embarrassment, guilt, and shame was clotting his veins.

An unexpected visit from his mother.

She stood happily, holding onto a box that said care package in bold, green lines. She carried her usual pleasant smile, ready to tightly embrace her not-so-little man. The 'not-so-little' might need to change, especially since there was a girl around the corner and out of her sight.

Izuku got up from the ground. His heart was beating rapidly. His mind was going in eight million directions at once. He slowly put his hand on the knob and slowly pushed the door, closing it in the process. Slowly, he locked the door and grabbed the nearest chair to blockade it. Sweat was profusely covering his body, feeling more soaked than the non-stop sex he had throughout the night.

As if his heart wanted to leap out in his chest, he let out a silent scream in clear panic. Ochako rushed out of bed and came to her boyfriend's aid. "Baby, what's the…" He cut her off, putting his finger against her lip and using his other hand to point at the door.

"Mom! Hide!" Izuku warned the brunette in a hushed tone.

Immediately, Ochako's mind began to flood like a swimming pool. What kind of introduction to her boyfriend's mother was to be in bed with him? They were teenagers having unprotected sex. What kind of impression and example was she giving to her future mother-in-law? She only has one chance to make a good impression and earn her blessing! She panicked, trying to scramble and find her clothes.

"Where are my clothes?!" she asked, whispering.

"How should I know?! You're the one that wanted to play Hide-and-Go-Get-It!" he responded, frantically trying to find a suitable place for her to hide.

Then, they heard a knock at the door. "Icchan, sweetie! Are you alright?! Sorry that I didn't call. I wanted to surprise you."

"In a minute, Mom! Just, um, um, trying to find my slippers! And, uh, put on something else! Heheh, you just saw me all misbehaved in the morning!" He tried to buy both of them time.

However, he was poor at stalling and poor at lying. His mother wasn't an idiot. Meanwhile, Ochako tried to find hiding places and sadly, there weren't many.

"What about hiding in the closet?"

"Who are you fooling? I don't get down like that! This chick likes dudes!"

"Not figuratively. Is there any room inside?"

She reached for the closet door and opened it. "Not really! Lots of boxes containing Minoru's stuff."

The teen became deadpanned. "Shit! I forgot I let him borrow my closet for storage." He facepalmed himself. "Damn me for being such a nice guy!" He cursed himself looking at the ceiling.

The teens paused when hearing and seeing the wobbling of the door knob. "Icchan, you know how Mommy feels when she gets impatient. Let me in, sweetie!"

"Er… Just give me five minutes, Mom! How about if you wait in the common room so we can get breakfast? My treat!" His mind quickly came up with that idea so both him and Ochako could come out of a potential disaster. Last thing both of them need is for Izuku's mother not to approve of Ochako.

The other worst thing possible would be her finding out of The Warren and then dying of a heart attack, or causing a tsunami with her tears, or disowning him, or go into a fit rage towards the school, All Might to be exact, or lord forbid, going on a material rage against his girlfriends! Yep, this definitely is not the time for his mother dearest to find out that her son did indeed charm many girls!

"Sweetie, if you are embarrassed by the smell of your room, it's okay," she responded. "I spent plenty of days with your father when he was in college. Smelling like rotten squid and old chestnuts is natural as you're a teenager, it's totally normal!"

"I-It's not about that, Mom!" Izuku shouted, his face turned red with embarrassment. Ochako's face was also turning red. Technically he wasn't lying as he could tell what his mom was implying.

"Sure thing, darling, whatever you say. Now open up, please." Somehow, Deku could tell his mom rolled her eyes from behind the door. The tone of her voice was sarcastic and it seemed like she was getting impatient. "No need to be ashamed of changing in front of me."

"Geez! And I thought my Mom wouldn't budge," replied Ochako in a whisper.

"Crap!" Izuku said frustratingly, looking skyward at the ceiling.

…!

"Sweetie! We can take out the trash and air your room out later." Izuku's eyes were wide as saucers and the popping vein on his forehead appeared.

"Of course, All Might gives my mom a key!"

"Why did you prop a chair there?" Her tone segued into a serious one. "Are you hiding something from me, young man?" She pressed against the chair harder. "Wait a minute? Is..is..is there a girl in there?! Izuku Midoriya, let me in this instant, young man!"

Ochako's legs became wobbly when she heard the strong tone of a parent. It took her back to her days when facing trouble from her parents. "Oh God… Oh God!"

Izuku's legs shook as if he was going to take off. For a moment, he would love to have Iida's Quirk. His eyes darted around like a bee in search of a honeycomb. Suddenly, his only ace in the hole - under the bed. "The bed! Get under the bed!" The teen pointed at the bed.

"Sweetie, I am naked!" Ochako said concerningly.

"Baby, I love you, but screw your feelings!" Izuku knew it was a mean thing to say but he was in a panic mode. Getting caught with a woman by a mother was like a cop catching him with drugs. He was now liable to face punishment by law. He grabbed her and crouched her to the ground. She lied on her back and he assisted her to get under the bed.

"Don't make a sound," he said to her as he got up from the floor.

…!

"Don't make what, sweetie?"

Izuku fell backward to his bed, seeing and now fearing that his mother would see that he's hiding something under his bed. He remained absolutely still, knowing and silently apologizing to his beloved since his weight was creating pressure under there.

Inko clicked her tongue non-approvingly. It was the tone in which she wasn't liking the current situation. "Talk about being rude to your own mother, Icchan! I've spent sixteen hours in labor having you and painstakingly worked tooth, nail, and bone to create your first costume. And this is the thanks I get, bombarding me from entering?"

He covered his face. The last thing he wanted was to have his mother being disappointed and going into a guilt trip. Her tears alone could flood the campus.

"Sorry, Mom! Excuse my…eccentricness this morning." He slowly scooted himself against the wall. "You caught me off guard this morning and wasn't expecting you at all." He bowed his head apologetically. "Sorry, Mom!"

She began fake wailing. "Oh no! Do you not like your mother?" She produced fake tears. "Oh, God. My God in heaven. My poor Icchan doesn't love his Okaa-san no more. He doesn't love his Mommy!"

Izuku didn't like when his mother got emotional. Partially as the waterfall of tears would land on his comic books back when he was living with her. "No, Mother." He grabbed her hands, jumping out of bed. "Icchan loves his Mommy. His Okaa-san loves me!"

Her eyes glimmered. "You love your Mommy?"

The emerald child nodded.

Wiping the tears, she cradled her son. "Mommy loves you, too, sweetie."

He kissed her forehead. "Always Mother, always."

"Awww. He's a momma's boy, how cute~" Ochako thought while still remaining hidden. She found that both adorkable and funny.

The mother and son separated after a minute or two of hugging. "Now then, care to tell me why you felt the need to blockade your door, young man? And I don't see you with a change of clothes."

"Um…" Dribbles of sweat started to appear in Deku's forehead as he tried to think in a convincing lie, but unfortunately nothing came to mind. "Oh you know! I...uh…" His tone was nervous as he tried his best to not freak out.

"Luckily, your Auntie Mitsuki and I have been bargain shopping." Inko informed him, slapping the box of his care package. "Packs of noodles, soap, new clothes, underwear, and protection in case of 'spillage.'"

A squiggly line hovered over his forehead. "Jesus, Mom. How many times do we have to explain this?" He pinched his temple, shaking his head in frustration.

She raised her finger, informing that she wasn't finished. "These aren't for you, but for whomever you are keeping in your dorm at night." She gave him the motherly stare, the kind of stare that she was aware of what was going on but all she needed was confirmation or proof.

"Anyway," she said. "I got some items to add since you are a growing boy. I even made some of my famous carrot cake to share. I hope maybe today me and you can have a little fun day with your classmates. And possibly meet your girlfriend!"

"Yeah! That would be great!"

She placed the box on his bed and sat beside the bed. He grew concerned, hoping that Ochako maneuvered her body to adjust to his mother's weight.

"So, how is your girlfriend?"

"Great! Better than great, actually," replied Izuku. "In fact, we were planning to spend today together and go shopping."

The portly mother clapped her hands excitedly. "Amazing! Looking at my little man, going out with his girlfriend!" She pinched his cheeks. "Somebody is asking for an advance in their allowance!"

"C'mon, Mom! I'm sixteen, not a baby!"

"You can be sixty and in adult diapers, you will always be my little Bun Bun." She patted his thighs. "Anyway, enough talk before the day catches up with us. Call your friends and see if they want to share some carrot cake with breakfast. It'll do well to see you cooking something up for me, for a change!"

"Dessert this early in the morning?"

"Well, since we are going to the mall and all."

Izuku produced a fake smile. The gods were definitely against Ochako having at least a moment alone without someone interrupting, interfering, and worse, cock-blocking! "Of course Mom would like to tag along… Welp, there goes our romantic Saturday…" He thought bitterly. Nevertheless, he didn't have the heart to turn her down, especially if she wanted to meet his girlfriend and went out of her way to come visit him.

Izuku nodded in agreement, still displaying nervousness and awkwardness. "Of course, Mom! I can call Shouto, Tenya, or Kacch-"

…!

He was interrupted when hearing the character Star's ringtone from Star vs. the Forces of Evil playing. The only problem was that it was not his ringtone. He nervously turned around and hoped Ochako's phone was on the desk.

Unfortunately, it was not.

A few seconds later, the phone went silent. "Keep your cool, Deku! Whatever you do, don't freak out!" The boy told himself not to break a sweat or lose his cool. Inko's motherly senses were tingling. She pushed him aside, walking around the finite space in search of what she suspected.

"Mom, I-"

She wagged her finger like a metronome. "Space Unicorns aren't the only things odd and weird around here." Her nose twitched, detecting an unfamiliar scent. He was caught off guard when she planted her nose around the collar of his shirt, trailing down to his stomach.

"Mom, it isn't exactly-" Inko cut her son off.

"Out with it Izuku Midoriya or else All Might and I might need another refresher about your placement here."

"Mom, but..but..but…"

"Bzzt! Times up," she interjected, getting up from the bed. Izuku bit his lips, hoping and praying that his mother didn't find Ochako.

"Talks like his father, acts like his father, one-half of his father." She clicked her tongue as she walked toward her closet. "Just like your father. He, too, was poor at hiding me whenever his resident advisor did room inspections. It was easier to pay him a bride or throw him one of my delicates as an incentive." She shook her head, uncertain from Izuku's perspective if it was at him or about her past. "Mineta was his last name, if I recall." She opened the door and saw that the closet had nothing that she wanted. She closed the door, displaying octopus lips. She cracked a smile. The kind of sinister smile that can bring any child to their knees.

"You're hiding something and it is written all over your face," she said matter-of-factly.

"Mom, there's nothing to hide." He said calmly, keeping his legs next to the bed. "You just caught me having a rough start is all."

"Hmm-mmm." Inko delivered him a sly look, indicating that she wasn't buying it. She walked around and got onto her knees. A few seconds later, she showcased an article of clothing that sealed the deal. "Recognize these?" In her hand, dangling, was a pair of white chantilly lace panties.

Now, the teen was sweating bullets. Swallowing the lump in his throat, he tried pondering excuses. "You see, Mom. Minoru's dorm was destroyed a couple weeks back and often he comes in here and leaves his stuff in my closet for storage." He felt bad for throwing his classmate under the bus, but the dwarf didn't have to worry about facing the wrath of a mother. It was good enough to think that he could be sexually active to his mother. It was another thing to confirm her suspicions of being sexually active.

She folded her arms, closing her eyes. "Oh, sweetness. Then, I guess he and you have similar tastes in women." She tossed the underwear at him, prompting him to catch it. "Unless you have an underwear thief on campus or Ochako Uraraka can't hold onto her property. Guess who's name is written on the tag?"

Izuku then glanced at the panties and saw a tag with Ochako's name on it. "What the-?! Why does she have her name written on her panties!? What are we, six?!"

Ochako silently cursed herself. A measure in case of panty thieves or if her friends got cute and stole them was now playing against her!

Izuku felt a chill down his spine, he gulped as he slowly raised his gaze. His mother still had her arms crossed, an eyebrow arched. "Well? I'm waiting for an explanation, young man." She said sternly as she tapped her foot.

"Can't delay the inevitable it seems… at least I can still try to cover my little teapot up!" He took a deep breath as he prepared himself to face the music if it meant protecting his princess!

Izuku lowered his head. "Okay, Mom. You've got me!" He slapped his forehead. "I just didn't suspect you being such a detective."

"A mother knows when evil lurks!"

"Mom?!"

"Kidding, sweetie. Kinda!" She returned her composure. "Out with it, young man! Why is it here?"

"Penalty game!"

She arched her eyebrow. "Penalty game?"

He sat on the bed, crossing his legs in the process. "Kacchan thought it would be a great badge of honor, courage if you will, to go and take your girl's panties from the locker room without getting caught." He pursed his lips. "Knowing I have such a Quirk, he and the guys knew I would get away scot free." He bowed apologetically. "Sorry, Mom, for lying and being a creep!"

Ochako was moved by how Izuku was protecting her by taking all the blame. It's so like him to do that. She must reward him for being such a great boyfriend for her later.

"Is that so?" Inko asked bluntly.

"Yes!" Izuku nodded with his eyes closed, bracing himself for the worst.

Inko hummed, her eyes narrowing at her son for a few long, tense and torturous moments. She was about to speak again when her phone buzzed, she brought it out from her pocket, intending to ignore the call, but stopped from doing so when she saw who the caller was. Her green eyes widened in surprise. Izuku opened one of his eyes when hearing the buzzing and saw his mother's surprised expression.

Inko quickly recomposed himself and cleared her throat. "Excuse me, Icchan. I have to answer, so meet me in the common room in 15 minutes. We'll certainly continue to talk about this over breakfast, understood?" She said in a calm, authoritative tone.

Izuku only nodded in response and with that Inko walked out the door, closing the door behind her. Once she was gone, the boy let out a huge sigh of relief as he held onto his erratic beating chest.

Ochako peeked her head out from below the bed, seeing that the coast was clear she too sighed in relief. "That was close…"

"Yeah, too close…" Izuku said as he was trying to calm himself. His thoughts shifted to what caused their close call. "Space Unicorns?! Really?!"

"Don't sleep on Star vs. the Forces of Evil!" The brunette replied defensively with her arms crossed.

"Well that ringtone almost caused us to have a deep, long sleep," he retorted, cupping his cheeks. "Mom is no dummy. She's onto us. I know she is! I can feel her breathing against the door." This wouldn't be his mother's first time doing something similar to this manner. A few years ago when he and Katsuki were in elementary school, Katsuki swiped his father's flask of whiskey. On the whim of a dare, Katsuki made Deku drink it. It was interrupted when his mother entered the room. Seeing their flushed cheeks and strong scent of hickory, she knew they were doing something troublesome. As always, Kacchan talked his way out of it and giving them the benefit of the doubt, she closed the door. Seeing that the coast was cleared, they resumed trying out Katsuki's father's flask. Seconds later, she rushed into the room and swiped the flask. Their afternoon was spent getting their buns spanked and standing at the wall corner for the rest of the evening.

Years later, it was later learned that it wasn't whiskey in that flask but sparkling apple cider. Katsuki's father wasn't a drinker.

"Relax, baby! You know and I know that she is out of sight." Ochako replied, attempting to console her little Bun Bun. "You're just in panic mode. It is quite common during fight or flight."

"I'm telling you, baby. Mom isn't a putz nor a dunce! If she catches me with you, I am going to take flight on the Heavenly Express." He can feel his heartbeat pumping to the nth degree and his head wanting to stretch out.

Ochako walked over, putting her hand to his chest. "Calm down!" She instructed him to take deep breaths. "Relax, baby! Deep breathing, okay?" She took her hand and rubbed his back gently.

"Okay," he said softly. "Baby, I love you. And sorry for earlier…."

"Shh!" Ochako interjected. "Welcome to the club! Infinite number of kids have gone down this line before. You're one of the lucky ones that didn't get caught…yet!"

A sweatdrop appeared on his face. "What?!"

She covered her mouth to hide her laughter. "Kidding, sweetie! But I would admit." She laughed alluringly. "I did get kinda wet on the premise of getting caught."

His face remained unmoved, certainly not the right timing to be aroused at this moment. A bit kinky but still not the right time. "Go and get dressed, will ya?" He slapped her ass as she went to grab her panties from the bed. "Take my robe and come meet me downstairs. The last thing I need her to think is if we did something coming down together."

"Fine~!" She answered, straining her voice. "Learn to relax, dude. I still think you are blowing this out of proportion."

"Ok, let's see what your father would think if I were to call him. Maybe he has a dissenting opinion." Deku retorted with his chin cupped.

A dark aura hovered over her head, shuddering at the thoughts. "Their chance of solving a case is cut in half if they don't get a lead in the first 48 hours." This line of thought made her reconsider introducing her darling to her parents, not just because of her dad, but to not risk an even greater disaster now that she knows of Izuku's ability to… 'charm women'.

A nervous chuckle emitted out of his lips. "Resting my case." He nodded to her.

Ochako put on her panties and grabbed his bathrobe from the closet. After putting them on, she went back to his bed to grab her cell phone. In the tropes of finding a place to hide, her phone fell behind the bed. "If it is Mina again, then we are definitely going toe-to-toe. Good thing Momo bought me boxing gloves and it also came with a spare." She checked her phone to see the missed call. "Hmm…private number." She shrugged her shoulders, concluding that it could have been a telemarketer, a Nigerian prince, or innocently enough, a wrong number.

"Oh, by the way, Izuku. Thanks for covering for me, it was really sweet of you." Ochako smiled warmly at her boyfriend.

"You know I'll do anything for my princess." Izuku winked.

"Aww~" She cooed before giving him a peck on the cheek. "I'll make it up to you later." Her smile was sensual.

"I'll look forward to that." Izuku replied with a happy smile.

"Will you be fine, though? I mean, your mother certainly seems like a lovely person and you certainly took a lot from her, but I wouldn't want to be on her bad side…" She quickly explained as not to sound rude. "Note to self, introduce my Mom to Deku-kun's, she'll help her get into shape." Ochako wasn't going to say this to her boyfriend, but her future mother-in-law could do well with a few less pounds on her.

One would think that Ochako and her mother are as similar as they are in appearance, which would be mostly correct, except for the girl's sweet tooth that she got from her father. Her mother is one to always keep herself in shape and healthy, often taking her husband with her. Ochako thinks that she would really appreciate another exercise partner other than her dad and he would appreciate a break.

"Yeah… She really needs to spend less time with Auntie Mitsuki." Izuku slumped slightly as black lines appeared above his head. "Mom needs to make more friends… Hey, maybe Ochako's mom, from what I gather, Ochako got a lot from her!" An idea for the future.

"I wouldn't be so sure," she retorted with a slight grin. "You did put Katsuki under the bus."

He blew a raspberry. "I wouldn't be worried!" He raised his cell phone. "I have enough karma points for quite some time. I don't think Auntie Mitsuki needs to see the video of her son's party. I mean, she doesn't even know he has a girlfriend and wants to keep it that way, so I'm not worried about Kacchan!" Kacchan told Deku that under no circumstance, his mother should NOT find out about Camie, not because she won't approve of her, because he could be pester by her non-stop with things such as Camie being too good for him or being too early for him to have a girlfriend or about protection and grandchildren, and other Mom stuff that he wants to avoid as he thinks might put him in an uncomfortable spot with Camie.

"And no need to worry about me, babe. The most that will happen is that she will give me a lecture and maybe call dad so he could also give a lecture about being decent and not succumb to peer pressure and then call Kacchan's parents. It shouldn't take more than half an hour, but as long as we don't give Mom any hints of what actually happened, we'll be in the clear." Izuku further explained.

Ochako nodded in understanding. Izuku peaked his head out into the corridor and gave his girlfriend a thumbs-up when seeing that there was no one, Ochako then rushed out of the room and ran as fast as she could to her dorm room.

Thirteen minutes later….

Izuku almost fumbled out of the elevator, trying to put on his shoes and buttoning up his shirt. His mother was a huge stickler on punctuality - fifteen minutes meant fifteen minutes! He recalled the scratches and bruises his mentor received after having his "one-on-one" meeting with his mother. Izuku loved UA High and the last thing he wanted to lose was his mentor and future opportunities learning to become a hero, he's still fighting to stop Nighteye's prediction from happening.

Hoping while trying to tie his shoe, he made it to the common room where as promised, his mother was waiting. Drinking a cup of tea and looking at her cell phone, the portly woman raised her eyes when seeing her son.

"Well done, my wayward son!" She clicked her phone, showing him she was using it as a stopwatch. "Fourteen minutes and fifty-one seconds!" She displayed a not-so-gentle smile. "All Might was on speed dial and it has been awhile since I exert myself. My couponing hands needed some flexing and adjusting."

A sweatdrop appeared on his face. "Thank goodness!"

She observed the area, scanning for any presence of other students. "Surprised no one is out here watching television or playing video games." She took another spot of tea. "Or having any heart-to-hearts. I would think the girls would take advantage of this area." She patted the couch. "Would love to get my nails done."

"It's cold outside and trust me when I say I would take advantage of snuggling in my bed," he said, stammering to not get on his mother's bad side. "Not saying I don't mind you coming." He bowed humbly. "A pleasant surprise but happy to see you, Mom!"

She nodded gently. "That's fine! I don't see you much and it is, how you say, a pleasant surprise as well." She patted the couch. "Come, have a seat!"

He nodded, accompanying his mother as he sat beside her.

"Is Ochako joining us?"

"She's on the way," he said. "Just trying to find something to wear."

"First impressions!" Inko clapped her hands. "I remember that too well with Hisashi and his mother." She tugged his bunny ears gently. "She can relax. I won't bite, well, not too hard."

"Yeah…sure!" He nervously rubbed the back of his head.

Faint footsteps grew from behind them. Both turned their heads to see the devil herself approaching them. Ochako was sporting a white blouse and a brown skirt. She was also wearing a leather jacket, which she borrowed from Momo as a favor. She did her best to look composed, especially at the last minute.

She was panting, especially since she ran from the stairs. She wanted to give the impression that she was rushing due to the impromptu meeting instead of being close to being caught from the woman herself.

"Sorry for being late," she said apologetically. "Finding the right shoes was hard. My room has been messy…well, nevermind the details." She first laid her eyes on Inko. She bowed to her. "Afternoon, Mrs. Midoriya. I'm Ochako." She extended her hand. "Nice to finally make your acquaintance."

Inko carried a blank expression, concerning Izuku. She was reading her, studying her body language. As he mentioned to Ochako earlier, his mother was observant, recognizing off-setting things to a tee. After a pregnant silence, Inko stood up and pulled Ochako over the couch, tugging her cheek and embracing the teen. "Such a cute one, ain'tcha?!"

Izuku was surprised. The fact that his mother broke finality and spoke in broken dialect alerted him that she appeared pleased as punch to meet his girlfriend. It gave a momentary sense of relief.

She tightly squeezed Ochako, rubbing her fingers through her hair and burying her face into her bosom. "So modest and humble, calling me Mrs. Midoriya. Mrs. Midoriya is my mother-in-law. Call me Auntie Inko!"

Ochako would have responded but she could hardly breathe.

"Um, Mom, you're suffocating her," said Izuku in a warning manner.

"Oh, sorry!" Inko pulled her away. "Sometimes a woman can't recognize her own strength, hehehe!"

Izuku parted from the couch and walked next to Ochako. "Mom, this is my girlfriend, Ochako." He took Ochako by the hand, signifying to his mother about their relationship status.

"Once again, Auntie. A pleasure." Ochako humbly bowed. "Please treat me well."

Inko returned her greeting. "The same with me and for my little Icchan!" She reached over and tugged Izuku's cheeks."

"Um, cut it out, Mom!" Izuku strained his voice due to the embarrassment.

Inko was unmoved. "Please, don't act all high and mighty because your little girlfriend is here."

Another teardrop appeared on his deadpan face. "Yes, Mom!"

The portly mother giggled, wiping a tear with her handkerchief. "Well, since you guys are already dressed, let's go and get breakfast."

"Wait, didn't you say you wanted me to cook?"

"Another time! Don't need popping grease staining your clothes, do we?" Inko retorted. "Besides, you can't be a cheapskate when you're introducing a significant other to a parent. I hope All Might isn't teaching you things in the relationship department. His pockets are staler than the bread they give us at communion!"

"Doesn't stop you from eating it." A rude thought to keep to himself. He still didn't feel right about the situation. It wasn't that his mother was mean or a cheapskate, these were sharp contrasts. How can she go from being suspicious fifteen minutes ago to being pleasantly nice? Izuku was no mind reader but something stinks, something was clearly off and he had a bad feeling about it.

A few minutes later….

The trio was standing out of the dorms. Covered up for the snowy weather, they were ready to embrace the elements.

"Hey, Mom. Where did you park?" Izuku curiously asked.

"Oh! I didn't drive this time. I was dropped off here," she answered matter-of-factly.

A red flag was waving in his mind. He could feel it in the pit of his stomach. The entire ordeal in his dorm room gave him a premonition, somewhat of a false security from the words that came out of her mouth. Maybe she was planning on another 'surprise', maybe his father came home! But no… Deku's mother always tells him upfront when his father comes back, no, whatever she's planning was something else and Izuku didn't like this one bit.

Before pondering an excuse of having a stomachache or gout, he heard the sound of a vehicle approaching the driveway. It was black four-door sedan. The car sat as if it were formed from flowing metal, aquatic, yet feminine with its curves.

"Oh!" Inko clapped her hands giddily. "Right on time! Icchan, you're in for a treat. I got a surprise just for you!"

The car parked alongside them, turning the engine off. The driver's door opened and when Izuku saw the driver stepping out, his heart immediately sinked, his eyes widened and the world came to a sudden halt. The driver had short black hair and amber eyes. She wore a black peacoat and was putting on a cap to keep her cat ears from the cold.

Ochako instinctively clutched her chest, she heard the sound of a glass breaking inside her head as the looks of the newcomer were alarmingly familiar, raising a myriad of redflags. She looked at Izuku and could tell that they both were bathing in fear. Izuku was fumbling at the mouth. His hands were twitching, trying to grab something but unable to do so. His eyes were locked onto the very amber eyes that were staring into his.

Inko slapped her son's back. "Manners, Icchan! Is that how you are gonna treat your Aunt Kali?"

He wasn't audible. He couldn't dialogue. His past, a past he tried to keep submerged from the surface has arised. It wasn't her… But it was her mother, who looked nearly identical to her.

The woman-in-question carried a genuine smile, slowly making her way to his direction. She approached him, looking up at the now-tall boy she delightfully called her nephew. "Well, aren't you the cat's pajamas now, Icchan?"

Izuku swallowed the lump in his throat, forcing a bow to his long lost auntie. "It's great to see you again, Auntie Kali!" It was unfortunate that he was too tongue-tied to verbally say it.


Ojiro ate light this morning - toast with peanut butter and sliced bananas. An atypical Japanese breakfast but nothing in comparison to be served as Midnight and Mount Lady's gofer. "Personal secretary," "confidential informant," the verbiage didn't change for the very fact that he was in charge of being their eyes and ears. He was now their accomplice, their schoolhouse snitch!

He left earlier before the sun rose. As per instruction of the women, he was to report at Kayama-sensei's apartment since she had a bigger space. A week and a half ago, his job was to move their supplies and materials in Kayama-sensei's car and drive with them to her apartment. Her apartment was modern and newer, meaning she was amongst strangers unlike Takeyama-senpai's older quarters where neighbors knew each other, therefore making it a safer place for their base of operations.

During the ride there, expletives and derogatory comments fueled the angry vengeance sisters on what they were conspiring their payback. It irked him to hear them throw salt about Hagakure and the others. He was forced to listen to their story of their ordeal prior to being cage dancers at Bakugou's party. They constantly reminded him if he were to talk to the others or go against them with their pending consequences. They berated him and teased him sensually as much as they could, for as long as they could. Ojiro studied enough psychology to know they were breaking him down into submission. The monkey-like teen wasn't a fool but bereft of ideas to get himself out of this dilemma. The fallacy of being a nice, meek, and timid guy and an easy target for others.

Mashirao knocked on the door. It was a quarter after seven in the morning. Finishing his breakfast, he stood up, front, and center as he waited on his teacher to answer the door.

Hearing the door unlocked, he saw as the door opened ajar. Blue eyes filled that space. "Were you followed?"

"No, ma'am," he said calmly. "There is hardly any light out."

"Doesn't mean you weren't followed," she retorted. "But you're smart enough not to do anything stupid and wreckless, aren't you?"

He shook his head in disagreement. "Yes, ma'am, I won't!"

"Alright! Come on in!" She pulled back, unlocking the door chain and opening it. To his comfort, she was wearing blue pajamas. He didn't want to remember the outfit she wore last night to soil his boxers once more.

"Be quiet. Yuu's sleeping on the couch," she said, putting her finger to her lip as she pulled him inside of the house. "Last night, she got her an escort. Guess the boy left early." She shrugged her shoulders, uncaring of the matter. The blonde girl needed to 'vent out' her frustrations and Nemuri wasn't going to do it.

Ojiro kept his eyes straightforward. Yuu was lying on the couch naked and exposed, no blanket to be seen. The table was littered with beer and food wrappers. Yuu was snoring loudly. For a beautiful vixen, she snored like a grandfather.

"Step inside my bedroom," she told him, still grabbing him by his shoulder. "We can talk there." He was alarmed and before he could reply. "Relax, Ojiro, no teasing for now. Plus, this is business and I do better constructing business in the AM anyway."

Ojiro could tell that this was sober Kayama-sensei talking. Her persona was another huge contrast at home than it was at school. She didn't have to be a diva or a seductress to the public eye. She was scratching her armpits, belching loudly, and was picking her underwear from her butt through her pajamas. "Excuse the mess," she said as they entered the room.

Piles of laundry were on the bed. Beer also littered the nightstand and at her desk. Ojiro may not have sexual experience but he knew the scent of sex lingered in the air. It didn't go without notice from the teacher. "Yes, I decided to have fun with the boy, too. Why? Jealous?"

Ojiro declined to answer. He just wanted to tend to business and get out of there. Finding a place to sit, he placed the empty beer cans in the nearby trash can and took a seat at the chair. Nemuri closed the door and found a spot on the bed. She searched the nightstand and pulled out a notepad and ink pen. Grabbing hold to it tightly as if she was a student preparing for lectures, her blue eyes stared at Ojiro.

"Alright, Mashirao." She dropped all formalities, any professionalism to recognize them as teacher and student. She clicked on the ink pen. "What information have you gathered so far?" She went straight to business. Last week's ordeal with him was sending a message of putting him in his place. Admittedly, she was turned on to watch him cringe and squirm as she and Yuu have their fun with him. Removing his clothes and tying him to the bed, they had feathers where they tickled him until he could no longer take it.

Mashirao went into his backpack and grabbed a file folder. Midnight took the file folder, opening it to view its contents. Inside contained black-and-white images of her subject, Izuku and his thieving whores. Mashirao's job for them was to be their personal private investigator, keeping an eye on the emerald teen and the girls' activities. It didn't help that he had experience thanks to his uncle being a private investigator. However, this had nothing to do with fraudulent injury claims and yet it was injurious to his classmates if they knew about this. She and Yuu were looking for weak spots, anything vulnerable about them that they would seize control and to move forward with their revenge.

Nemuri hummed approvingly, observing what Mashirao had gathered. She first looked at Momo's photos. She already knew Yaoyorozu was the type that would be indecisive in terms of love as her affections for Todoroki were fairly noticeable for her, certainly the young red-white haired teen wasn't Izuku, but a very close second, so Yaoyorozu can't fully blamed for not knowing which boy to pick, but from looks of things it might be possible she ended up going for the clearly superior man, which was Izuku. Nemuri felt bad for Todoroki, she knew Izuku was his closest friend, it certainly would hurt like hell the poor boy a lot being rejected by his crush over his friend. Yaoyorozu wasn't a cruel or vain girl, so she must be aware that she was hurting the icy-hot teen and that is her weakness. Guilt can be such a powerful weapon against a vulnerable enemy, Nemuri and Yuu would be wise to take advantage of this to break her.

"Are you sure opening up your own dojo is your plan?" she asked. However, he was unsure if it was a compliment or her being condescending. "These photos looked like you were sitting right next to them. You could be a professional spy!"

"Let's not cross my future with what I am currently doing," he retorted sharply. "Let's treat this nothing more than me, the schoolhouse snitch, vindicating my debts."

Nemuri was taken aback by the sudden change of attitude. She left it alone, since it was too early and didn't want to stir the neighbors. She made a mental note to extinguish those thoughts of his later when Yuu wakes up.

"You have Yaoyorozu's files. Any more?"

He reached into his backpack and retrieved more file folders. Each folder had a name written in blank permanent marker. "Ashido, Asui, Jirou…" He momentarily paused, trying his hardest not to say Tooru's name without a sign of distress. "...Hagakure and Uraraka." He handed them to Midnight. "What they did, their likes, anything to share quality time with Izuku."

The blue-haired temptress ran her fingers through her hair. "A harem! Makes sense, doesn't it?" This wasn't her first time witnessing this but not to this magnitude. The illustrious Pro Heroines have had key parties and private galas in which they have shared boys but never to this extent. They may share him for a week or two before moving onto the next boy. It was their pleasure and becoming attached to these boys violated their oath and creed as Pro Heroines. However, not every heroine was involved in this circle. There were those who actually did their job. Nemuri didn't mind doing her job to save the world but she had a right to enjoy the perks without being judged. Life of a Pro Heroine was stressful and finding romance was difficult in itself, more so to maintain a proper relationship, not to mention that becoming a mother is essentially asking for retirement. Hence why some Pro Heroines are practitioners of casual hookups and the like until finding the right one and settling down.

Sure, Pro Heroes can be fathers, but it's difficult and risky, doubly so for Heroines, so it's not worth the risk to keep working as a mother. Nemuri will see how to cross that bridge when she gets Izuku, though.

However, these were girls who were sharing one guy. Judging by his facial expressions, he was enjoying himself. She tried not to let that get to her. Izuku was being modest, not wanting to show the disdain she had for the whores, she thought to herself.

"It looks like they have arranged schedules on who gets to have him." Ojiro said to Nemuri. "As if they have shared custody."

Midnight pursed her lip. "Is there any proof of this?"

"Not at all! However, I have read enough manga and watched anime to know when a harem is there," answered Ojiro.

Nemuri disapproved. "That ain't good enough. I want to be sure that he is on a schedule. He is friends with everyone and easy to get along with." She placed the files aside. The teacher was brewing in anger that these girls formed a harem. Although there was no proof, she still needed confirmation from Mashirao. Until then, everything was subjective.

Of course it wouldn't be out of the question for a young male Alpha Rabbit Faunus like Izuku to not be able to settle for one virgin girl, knowing that a libido like his must be incredibly high and so are the demands for taking care of his needs. Of course he would need at least half a dozen inexperienced little girls to satiate him, but Nemuri knows better! What he actually needs are real women like her and Yuu to take proper care of him, the way such little brats can't. A stud like Izuku should only settle for the best!

"What do you propose?"

"Nuh-uh! It is your doing. Meanwhile, we're just your benefactors and what you're doing is clearing your debts with us," she retorted, reminding him of his place. "Every group has a weak link and I need you to find that weak link. If you have the weak link, you have them all." She looked skyward at the ceiling. "There is something I am meaning to tell you, Mashirao."

"And that is, Kayama-san?" He refused to call her by her first name. He wouldn't even call her auntie or onee-chan. He was buying his time until they were no longer needing his services.

"That chip on your shoulder, brush it off." Nemuri glared at the teen. "Don't get cocky because you're treating this as business and such. Yuu and I own you until you exhaust your uses." She leaned back, glaring at her nails. "Smarten up or else Nezu can smarten up for you. Do you understand?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Good! See to it that you don't wise up again. Are we clear?"

"Crystal!" He gave the okay sign to his teacher.

The blue-haired woman reached for a beer can to see if there were any leftovers. Seeing and hearing the sounds of empty beer cans, she looked at the monkey teen. "Do you have any money? Of course, you don't!" She reached over to the nightstand and grabbed her wallet. "Go to the convenience store down the street and grab another case of beer. The owner knows me so don't worry about any ID."

"Yes, ma'am."

"While you're there, pick up a better attitude because the one you're sporting doesn't sit right with you." She threw the wallet on his lap. "By the way, grab some breakfast, will ya? Get you something to eat, too. Toast with peanut butter and sliced bananas is so kindergarten."

Ojiro declined to respond while grabbing her wallet and putting it in his back pocket. He habitually bowed as he stood up and went to the door. Before grabbing the handle, Nemuri broke the silence.

"Hagakure, you and her are tight, aren't you?"

A stab to the heart. By now, it shouldn't be a surprise to the abrasive nature of Nemuri Kayama. Witnessing her true colors, Ojiro wished she could have remained a flirty teacher and not a baleful bitch.

He turned his back against the door, taking a breath without appearing sullen. "Hagakure is a friend of mine. Sweet as she can be."

"Hmm…sweet on Deku as well, but it doesn't matter," she said, deciding not to look at the photos. "Hagakure has quite the vantage point, doesn't she? A great advantage that makes Harry Potter's cloak look like a damaged tarp." She cracked her neck. "Give Hagakure a call. I think it's time you two shall catch up." She sighed, feigning a yawn. "I don't know how kids these days do to socialize but give her a shout, have some fun."

"What are you imploring?"

"Link with the invisible chick within three days or a note would be left in her locker to search your locker," she informed the monkey teen.

"Three days?" He was taken aback by the request. He could barely talk to the invisible moe on a weekly basis these days, now she spends more time with either the girls or Midoriya.

"Hmm," she said while clicking her tongue. "Three days does sound a bit harsh." She narrowed her eyes at him. "You have twenty-four hours to link up with Hagakure!"

"Kayama-san?!" He backed up against the door, making a loud sound.

"Careful! You know how bitchy Yuu gets in the morning," she said, wagging her finger.

"Kayama-san? You can't be serious?! That isn't enough time!"

"So beer, breakfast, and calling Hagakure for a heart-to-heart, a little tet-o-tet!" She waved him off. "Get out of here while there is still time. Stop staring at me with those gorgeous eyes!"

Ojiro pulled the door open and briskly walked out of there. He beelined straight to her door and out of the apartment. Upon closing the door, he silently gnashed and swung his fist around in deep indignation. "That…that…that…God, that bitch!" He had never thought he would consider using such a foul, corrupted word in the modern lexicon but it was true. However, he felt that this wasn't actually Kayama-sensei talking but something making her act like this. The usual Kayama-sensei didn't have to go through leaps and bounds to obtain a goal but through these depths to terrorize teens. So why? He couldn't help, but wonder.

Ojiro's thoughts were interrupted after receiving a text from one of his benefactors. Apparently, a morning after pill was added to the shopping list. He sighed heavily as he made his way down the staircase. Today was going to be one of those days. At least he had eaten his vitamins and protein.


Itsuka's dorm room was the meeting spot for the girls of Class 1-B. With all activities canceled and the quiet wintery morning of today, on Ibara's request, the girls agreed on having a meeting now on a certain subject they all knew from before arriving. Anyways it's not like the girls had plans for today like most students in UA were planning on enjoying a nice and cozy snow day to relax with blankets and hot drinks.

Itsuka and her friends sat in her room with hot chocolate with small marshmallows she made for them.

"Christ, Ave Maria!" Setsuna slapped her forehead once more to insatiable religious sycophant. "How in the world is this filth this time?" Setsuna, Kinoko, and Reiko gathered around each other watching Moral Orel. "The kid is a Christian and tries his best to please God by doing good deeds."

"The pastor is prejudiced against minorities and fills his trash can with God's precious seeds. Orel's mother masturbates and committed adultery with a man, who happens to be her husband's secret gay lover." She snorted loudly. "Child abuse, children experimenting with underage sex? Filth, filth, filth!"

Reiko, who rarely speaks out of line and believes that everyone has a right to choose their beliefs, decided to rebuttal. "Shiozaki, can you get off your crucifix? Jesus, no wonder there are more atheists out here!"

"Matter of fact, Shroom," interjected Kinoko. "Can you get down on your knees and start praising Jesus elsewhere?"

"She probably wishes she could be coated with his salvation all over her face," replied Setsuna as she sniggered.

Ibara's face was flushed. The green-vined teen stared daggers at the philistines. "Fine! I just don't get you guys!" She walked away from the trio.

"There are a lot of things in life you just don't get!" Kinoko returned with a rebuttal.

"Yeah, like boys and respect," interjected Setsuna.

"I heard that and you guys suck," shouted Ibara, but she decided to calm down. She refused to come down to their level. "But you know what, I'll keep you in my prayers."

"Go suck a bible, Shroom," retorted Kinoko.

Astonishingly amazed by Kinoko's surprising quip, Setsuna high-fived the mushroom girl.

Itsuka cleared her throat. Before World War III were to begin in their bedroom, she felt it was time to intervene.

"All right, everyone! We all know why we're here, so let's just get right to it." And thus the meeting properly began. Setsuna paused the show as she and the others paid attention to their unspoken leader. "We all have been observing for over little more than a week and everything with Class 1-A seems to be perfectly stable at the moment so whatever seemed to be wrong there must have been resolved." She declared. The group has been paying attention to their neighboring class in between classes, during lunch, after clases and even asking their friends such as Tetsutetsu about how thing are going over when they came back from spending time with the guys of Class 1-A. Ever since the party they had a little bit over a week, most of the guys in their class became closer to those of Class 1-A, something that Itsuka approved, and thus the girls took the chance to get some information from the boys. So far everything seems perfectly fine.

Pony buried herself in the hot cocoa. "So, we're back to square one? Aww!" She leaned back against the wall on Itsuka's bed. "I thought we were onto something."

Ibara was taken aback by Pony's words. "You wanted conflict, Tsunotori?"

"No," she retorted, hiding behind the cup. "I mean…it would…" She blew bubbles into her cup, ending the conversation.

"So we really had nothing to worry about after all. Then we can call this off?" Yui commented casually as she took a sip of her cup of hot chocolate.

"Geez! Have to save my prayer towels and holy water for another time," replied Ibara. "They can be great uses for the Beacon arrivals. I've heard they were polytheistic anyway."

"What about respecting others' religious beliefs? Hmm?" Setsuna smirked at her.

"I do! But just in case!" The vine-haired teen rebutted.

"Uh-huh." The lizard girl said sarcastically.

Itsuka scratched under her chin. She wasn't convinced. She knew the girls well, a little too well. Things have been stabilized with the classes, yes. However, she recalled her mentor telling her that looks can always be deceiving. She remembered the story Izuku told the classes when he was walking and out of the blue, Overhaul popped out of the wall. It not only gave the redhead teen a new perspective of "if walls could talk," it also gave her an understanding of looking deep into the facts.

Itsuka's being lost in thought didn't go unnoticed by Yui. The silent beauty pushed her knees to her chest, sighing heavily in distaste knowing that Kendo was plotting. "Itsuka, I know that look. You aren't satisfied with this, aren't you?"

Kendo didn't immediately answer. She crossed her legs and stared at the walls around her dorm. She looked at her classmates, then at Pony and Yui, and looked onto her lap. She jerked her head back, silently gathering her thoughts before answering the delayed question.

"All I can think about is the Eight Precepts. I know this doesn't at the least compare to that but no, I am not convinced," she responded to Yui. "What we saw was the interaction between the guys. Cementoss-sensei and Ectoplasm-sensei kept us busy as they were preparing us with group formations that we didn't see much of the girls."

"Just because we didn't see much of the girls doesn't prove anything," said Yui. She snapped her fingers. "Hitoshi? The eyes and the ears of all of this? What did she have to say?"

"Radio silence." Setsuna replied, Kinoko shook her head in agreement. Hitoshi has been absent from school over the last several days. It wasn't aberrant in nature as it was commonplace for her to skip classes regularly, if not all of the time. What made this situation different was that she wasn't answering her business line. Curiously enough, Setsuna talked with Hitoshi's usual suitors in the class and they said that they haven't heard from her.

"Amajiki, Monoma, even some guys from the Support Department and General Studies noticed her absence," said Kinoko. "No one seems to know where she is, shroom." She shrugged

"I'm surprised there isn't a clinic dedicated to her with what she is spreading," commented Yui.

"She probably saw the error of her ways and decided to leave town. Not even a convent can save that harlot," replied Ibara.

"Kodai, hush!" Itsuka interjected. "And Shiozaki, hate the sin, not the sinner! 1 John 3:15!"

Kodai folded her lips and Ibara slumped her shoulders, lowering her head.

"Hmmm… Maybe Shinsou left to do business in town." Reiko suggested. "I am not sure if it is true or not, but my cousin has a lot of business ventures out here and within the metropolis. Maybe she got connected with one of them."

"Hmm, that's possible." Itsuka cupped her chin.

"Someone like her would go where the most money is." Yui commented bluntly. Itsuka rolled her eyes.

"Remind me, Yanagi! Doesn't your cousin also have illegal venues?" Ibara asked.

"Not that me or the family are aware of." Reiko shrugged her shoulders. The vine teen narrowed her eyes at her suspiciously. "Why do you ask?"

"I just think it is odd for your cousin to live lavishly for his age."

"Like I am the one observing him. I am not his keeper! What he does is his business." She and her family never really mind what Ren did to make money. He was astonishingly smart from a young age and that opened many ways for him. As long as he doesn't cause trouble and keeps making good money for himself and his family, they won't ask or bother as they trust him.

"Just saying, Yanagi. I have no need to bring offense."

"It is offensive if you are questioning my family's interest. I don't question your parents' business venture working at those love motels in town, do I?" Reiko stared attentively to Ibara. "My cousin owns the arcade, Yanagi's Games and Grub. If anything, we are all co-owners. He comes by and checks to see if all employees and managers are doing their job. My parents, his parents are busy people. Ren has that time to maneuver and he is looked at as the golden child anyway." She then raised her eyes. "Why are we suddenly focusing our attention on my cousin? Isn't this about Shinsou and 1-A? It wasn't even a week ago we were talking about Midoriya!"

Itsuka intervened once again, trying to settle the fire between Reiko and Ibara. "Reiko, sorry! Ibara didn't mean any disrespect. And you're right. This doesn't have to do with your family at all. I didn't mean for this to go as far as it did." She patted her thighs. "Something isn't right with 1-A is what I am saying. The girls, Deku, everything!"

"Why does it even matter?" Yui asked. "What are you trying to gain from this?"

"1-A is fine. Nothing is going on with Deku. The boys and apparently the girls are getting along. Learn when to quit while you're ahead," said Ibara matter-of-factly. "Aizawa-sensei always tell us as heroes, we must know our limitations."

"That's right, but still something is just…off with them, with Midoriya and the girls. I can feel it. We may not have proof, but I just can't shake this feeling of something being out of place with them, even if everything at first glance seemed to be fine." Itsuka explained. She is a smart girl that trusts in her instincts and they were telling her that something was happening with Midoriya and the girls of Class 1-A. She can't directly ask because that would be seen as her snooping around, so she finds herself at a dead end.

Ibara stood up, grabbed her bible, and walked toward the door. "My case with them is closed and any sins about them will be absolved from the Lord himself." She turned and looked at Yui. "The bookstore in town has a 50% off sale if you're interested in going."

Yui nodded, agreeing with the religious teen. "Anywhere but here!" She stood up to accompany her. "They have their matryoshka doll collection over there." She looked at Itsuka. "If you wanna play Nancy Drew or Jimmy Kudo, then be my guest. But the real world is out of these doors." She delivered a peace sign and followed Ibara out of the door.

Reiko, Pony, Setsuna, Kinoko, and Itsuka sat there motionlessly as two of their classmates left them behind, raising concern with the class president.

"Hey, Itsuka. For all it is worth, we believe you," said Pony in a consoling manner. "However, there isn't much proof. And not wanting to side with Ibara or Yui but is it any of our business?"

"Just know, Shroom, that we will be looking out for you," replied Kinoko. "You're our class president! So, we know you know what's best!" The mushroom girl sat beside Itsuka. Upon doing that, Setsuna and the others joined her on the bed.

"That means a lot guys. Thanks!" Itsuka replied softly. She knew people would have their differences but their sisterhood was a stronger bond than anything in the group. Seeing her best friend and Ibara go, her feelings were hurt.

Reiko got a notification text from her phone. "Hey, I gotta go! Some online buddies of mine are gonna stream Servamp and it's my turn to do commentary." She reached over and hugged Itsuka before leaving her dorm. It surprised Itsuka as the ghost teen rarely embraces or shows emotion, so she felt good about that.

"Hey, Shroom! Isn't it today that we are people-watching at the mall?" asked Kinoko.

"Yeah, it is! And if we can get there in time, we can watch the old people trying to get up from the food court." Setsuna replied excitedly. "Man, I need some new material! Bring some mushrooms, will ya? Got some ideas for some after-lunch entertainment."

Itsuka shook her head with a smile at the antics of the jokester and her mushroom themed friend.

"Hey, you wanna come with us to the mall? You two might not have anything better to do today." Setsuna suggested the redhead and blonde.

"Sure, why not? I could use some time outside." Itsuka got up from her bed and stretched her arms.

Pony nodded happily. "Cool! I wanted to get some Star vs. the Forces of Evil merchandise!"

Everyone stood at Pony, giving her awkward stares.

"Pony, aren't you a little old for that show?" asked Setsuna.

"You make commentary on old people when they struggle to move. Worst if they fall to the ground," retorted Pony with her arms crossed. "I might be childish but I am not a dick." She added a smile. "Besides, people think I look like that floating unicorn head from the show and Space Unicorns rock!"

Setsuna ignored Pony's rebuttal and went to grab her shoes. Kinoko followed behind her as they ventured outside of the dorm room. Itsuka grabbed her things with Pony following her as she locked the door.


Time stood still in those finite moments of being reunited with his long lost aunt. He felt his heart dropped into the pits of his stomach before being swallowed into the depths of his soul. Her soft tan features, her warm, sun-kissed eyes. Even her smell hasn't changed. Staring at her reminded him of his first time meeting with her when she received him and his mother on their first ever visit to Remnant all those years ago.

He remained speechless, his doe eyes laid upon his auntie for the first time in nearly six years. He had expected that he would see her and Uncle Ghira when… Blake came back into his life, but seeing Auntie Kali right now took him by surprise and he was not ready for it.

It took him a few seconds for his mind to assimilate the fact that this was real and to find his voice.

"A-auntie Kali…" He managed to speak out in a weak voice.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Icchan? Did the cat catch your tongue or aren't you happy to see me again for the first time in nearly six years?" Kali said with a playful tone in her voice, tilting her head to the side.

"N-no." Izuku shook his head in denial.

"Oh wait, don't tell me! It's because I look old, right?!"

"N-no, not at all! I-I'm just surprised to see you again, that's all!" Izuku shook his head fervently, waving his hands in denial.

"You sure? You wouldn't be lying to your auntie about something as important as my age and looks, right?" Kali pressed on, holding back a smirk. Blakey was right, it's fun to tease Icchan! It was fun when he was little and it still is now.

"Y-yeah. You look exactly the same as I remember." Izuku said awkwardly, turning his face to the side as a blush appeared on his cheeks, rubbing one of them with his finger. It was the truth and not just a way to avoid one of the most touchy subjects for women besides weight. His auntie looked exactly the same as he remembers, in fact she has always looked like that from the start.

"Awww, thank you!~ Aren't you just a sweetheart, glad to see you haven't changed at all!" Kali was totally aware that people either think of her as a MILF or don't even realize that she's between her late 30's and early 40's. It can get as far as people mistaking her for her daughter's older sister! Certainly the feline Faunus is proud of that and being the envy of many housewives back home that ask her for advice and the like, still she likes to hear such compliments every now and then.

Kali extended her hands and cupped his cheeks. It was six years ago when she was overlooking the child and now the child was overlooking her. No matter how mature he appeared in features and in height, he would always remain her little nephew. "Oh, my Oum, Icchan! Man, have you grown to be this handsome." She looked at his floppy ears. "My God! Are these real?" She rubbed against them softly, which made him flinch. She walked around to see his swinging tail. "Oh my, oh my, oh my!" She went around him and embraced him tightly from behind. "Inko, this is not my little Icchan! This must be his older handsome brother!"

"Okay, are bear hugs an overall mom thing or something?!" The boy thought to himself as he was tightly squeezed by his auntie, making it hard for him to breathe.

Inko nodded in disagreement. "Nope! This honey bunny beefcake is now a strong debonair! A dapper young gentleman."

Scribbles appeared above the bunny's forehead. His mother pulled no strings to further his embarrassment. "I know now where Mom got that teaser side of her…" She got the fierce side from Auntie Mitsuki, she must have got her teaser side from Auntie Kali, the feline Faunus has always been a bit of a teaser, something her precious daughter inherited…

Kali buried her face into his hair. "If looks could kill. Boy, if I was thirty years younger and single." She sniffed into hair, inhaling the fragrance. "Someone still uses his oatmeal raisin shampoo."

No dialogue could be further produced, still caught in the moment. Knowing that Aunt Kali was here only confirmed the premonition that Blake wasn't too far behind.

"Ahem!" Ochako coughed, seeking acknowledgement. She didn't want to be rude. However, seeing the elder mature version of Blake standing over him and bathing herself onto him was upsetting her. She didn't realize how beautiful the elder Belladonna looked. She and Blake were nearly identical - one and the same. If Blake looked like that in thirty years, then that would be a cause of concern. Yes, she is fairly certain that when she becomes an adult she'd end up exactly like her mother and she's quite the looker, but she knows that her mother would be jealous of Kali's barely aged looks. Seriously, with different clothes and a different attitude, she could probably pass on as a 20-year-old youth!

Kali let go of Izuku. She wiped her lips with her arm. "Where are my manners?" She extended her hands to Ochako. "My name is Kali Belladonna, Icchan's auntie and Inko's sister."

Ochako (reluctantly) welcomed her handshake. "How do you do? Ochako Uraraka. Izuku's girlfriend." Izuku swallowed a lump in his throat, especially when hearing her emphasize her status as his woman. This will certainly lead to a painfully uncomfortable topic of conversation later relating to a certain 'Kitty Cat' he knows…

"Oh! You're the Ochako I've spoken with on the phone." She bowed humbly at the teen. "I am pleased that you are looking after my Icchan." She bowed again. "Please take care of him…and me as well." She giggled. "Well, since you are in his life, call me Auntie Kali! Okay?"

"Sure…Auntie Kali," responded Ochako. She kept an outwardly calm expression that belied how tensed and panicked she felt as the feline woman remembered her, a huge danger for her if Izuku starts to question further on how this is and what sort of conversation the Faunus mother would want to ask her as the gravity girl outright lied to her, she must tread on this thin ice she was standing on now.

"Wait, hold on. You know her, Auntie? When did you guys talk?" Izuku interjected, being taken aback by the new information that his girlfriend and his auntie talked to each other, inwardly causing him to panic.

"Oh? Didn't you know, Icchan? I thought Ochako here told you." Kali replied, sounding as confused as her nephew was.

"Shit!" Ochako cursed on the inside. "Um, well you see, Izuku, Auntie tried to call you, but you displaced your phone and I happened upon it when she did, so I picked up for you as it was an unknown number so we talked for a bit. Sorry, I must have forgotten about telling you, with how busy we have been lately." Ochako explained herself, omitting a lot of details and lying a bit, sounding as convincing as possible and hoping that she wouldn't get called out.

"Oh, I see. Well, it's okay Ochako, we were a lot busy these days so it's okay if it slipped your mind telling me that." Izuku replied, rubbing the back of his head. With everything going on during the last few weeks with him and the girls, some details would have been forgotten.

Ochako sighed in relief in her head. Of course her darling bunny rabbit would believe her, she didn't like lying to him, but it was for his own good. She hoped that Kali didn't delve further and left things as they were.

"Life of a Hero-in-training is quite busy, I see! I hope you two are doing your best!" Kali smiled.

"We are." Izuku nodded with a smile and so did Ochako. "It's not at all easy, but we're slowly coming into our own."

"Good to hear! I hope you both stay out of trouble, especially you, young man!" She said with a serious tone.

"Eh hehehe… Sure thing, Auntie." Izuku giggled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head, a teardrop appeared on his forehead. His Auntie knows of Deku's propensity of getting into troubles with Villains and most likely how he got grounded last week.

"Good! So, who's up for shopping?" Kali asked enthusiastically. She whistled at Izuku, catcalling him. "Inko, honey. We really need to update Icchan's wardrobe."

"Yes, we do," replied Inko, nodding in agreement.

Izuku immediately frowned. "Aww, Mom. My clothes are fine."

"Nothing wrong with a suit or two," replied Kali, tugging his cheeks. "Besides, Ochako-chan is going to need repellent once we dress you up. She has plenty of competition when the Beacon girls arrive, on top of the girls here at UA." She winked at him.

"Oh you don't have ANY idea, 'Auntie'…" Ochako thought with a blank expression.

"And don't you worry, a sweet dress will come for Ochako as well," said Inko. "Just because you gotta look the part to go out with my little Bun Bun."

"It's my treat," replied Kali. "Uncle Ghira and I have a lot of making up to do anyway for our nephew. He's busy in meetings though, so for now it's only me." She shrugged.

Izuku paused at the mention of the upcoming arrival of the girls of Beacon Academy, by extension, Blake's arrival. He's not concerned about who knows how many pretty girls from Remnant came over UA at all, he now has 8 loving girlfriends and his impulses and needs will be taken care of. During last week, Izuku had explained Recovery Girl of his new situation and unsurprisingly she expected this outcome, declaring it to be the safest route of action for himself and everyone else, still she provided him with the medicinal juice and asked him to keep her updated should anything happen, the tiny nurse said that with 8 girlfriends to take care of him, he shouldn't be prone to affect other women as much as before with his pheromones, but to not let the guard down.

However, the thought of Blake's inevitable arrival gave him a momentary pause. Not just for the unresolved matters between himself and her, but also for his harem. Everything so far demonstrates, as Recovery Girl once explained, that the girls react aggressively towards other girls, and certainly his girlfriends won't react nicely when he has explained them about his relationship with Blake, starting with Ochako as she might have had questions for him later. He would have to think in a way to explain to her in a way to not have her want to make Blake float into space.

After a few additional moments, the group walked toward the car. Izuku, being the gentleman, opened the door for his mother and auntie. In quick succession, he rushed over and opened the door for Ochako. Inko and Kali covered their mouths, aweing in the fact of their Icchan being a gentleman.

Kali turned on the vehicle and set it in drive. She looked in the rear view mirror of the teen couple. Ochako looked like a blushing bride while holding Izuku's hand. It was fortunate that Ochako missed it when Kali gave her a slight glare and so did Inko.

"That's my son (son-in-law) that you are touching!" Both mothers thought at the same time.


After nearly half an hour of driving, Izuku and his group arrived at the Kiyashi ward shopping mall. It felt strange for the young couple to come back here after the last time they've been here after the end of their last school term months ago.

Kali managed to find parking at ground level in the parking garage, allowing them quick access to the mall ahead. "And we are here~!" Kali spoke melodically, seemingly excited to make it to their destination. Clothes shopping and jewelry shopping was on tab for the women as they talked non stop on the way to the mall. Fortunately for Izuku, music blocked any of the boring women jargon.

"At least Auntie could drive better than Gran Torino." The emerald child shuddered as the tiny mentor of All Might must have mistaken the highway for a motor speedway. He shook away those thoughts, thankfully his surrogate aunt could drive with ease. Not bad for her since she had to adapt to the Japanese way of driving.

"This is exciting!" Inko clapped her hands happily, ecstatic to be at the mall with her best friend and her son. Ochako was somewhere in the picture, a fading background but she kept those thoughts to herself.

"List of sales and techniques I've learned to get a bang for your buck," responded Kali as she showed Inko her cell phone. "A girl has to prepare in case of fighting crowds."

"Good thing for my brute strength." Inko chuckled, appreciating her hearty size. "Now, if only a young dapper gentleman could open the door to these young damsels." Her wandering eye darted at the lone boy in question as he was bobbing his head to Incubus.

"If only there was a gentleman who knew how to respond to a damsel in distress." Auntie Kali added as she, too, was staring at Izuku in question. Ochako, realizing that they were looking at her boyfriend, she nudged him with her elbow.

Izuku took off his AirPods. "Um…Mom, Auntie? Something up?"

"Yeah," replied his mother. "We were pondering and wondering if there was a mighty fine gentleman that could open the doors for us ladies."

The teen looked around the parking garage, pondering on their question. "Um…I didn't know that they had a valet park-" His brain finally registered on what the women were insinuating. He bowed apologetically and rushed out of the vehicle to open the doors for them.

"You're such a gentleman! My little Bun Bun!" Inko looked pleased as punch while watching him closing the doors and then smiling nervously for his delayed mistake.

A few minutes later, Izuku and the others entered the mall. Despite the inclement weather, due to it being an open-air mall, the place was packed. Salarymen were on their cell phones while having power lunches next to the water fountain. Gyaru schoolgirls were posted by the food court in search for a boy to swindle or have for the night. Parents and grandparents holding their young as they screamed and shouted to go to the toy stores.

"Wow! Rain, sleet, snow, or Villains, the mall stays busy." Izuku nodded to himself. Fortunately, Ochako purchased him matching gloves to keep his hands warm and matching infinity scarves, both being green in color. Turning to Ochako, he said. "What was that place you wanted to go to?"

"Oh! That place?!" Ochako was blushing red. She didn't have the heart to tell him that she wanted to go underwear shopping. But those plans have been derailed due to the adults. "Oh, never mind. Plus, I don't wanna bother being around hostile shoppers."

"Hmm! Okay! Wanna go to GameStop?" He wants to see if he can find NieR Replicant Ver. 1.22. He LOVES the NieR Series ever since playing NieR Automata, and he looked forward to playing Replicant for a while now, but he has been a lot busy that he didn't got time to go out and look for it on a store, he could have simply bought it online, but he prefers physical copies, which digital stores no longer had unfortunately. If he can't find it, he could settle for a tactical RPG such as Fire Emblem Three House or Triangle Strategy, or an open-world adventure such as Horizon Forbidden West.

"Sure!" Ochako was more of a casual player, but she was happy just to spend time with her boyfriend.

The couple happily took each other's hand and were about to go on their way. However, the duo of mothers with them wouldn't have any of it.

"Icchan, honey~!"

Izuku was forced to turn around when hearing the strain coming from his mother's voice. A little bird in his ear forewarned the events unfolding between the mothers. It was two against two and because of their ranking, he was already defeated. Without a beat being missed, he gently responded, "Yeah, Mom. What's up?"

The Mother Faunus covered her mouth to hide her laughter. Inko gave him the eye - the 'you-will-do-as-you-are-told' look or the 'you-aren't-going-anywhere' expression.

Kali chimed in, wrapping her arms around Inko's shoulders. "Your mom thinks since I am here and you don't get to see me often, we should spend as much time together as we can. Besides, the day's still young, no need to rush and go on on your own."

"It isn't that I don't wanna spend time with you guys," he replied, voice low as he nervously rubbed the back of his head. "It's just…" His voice faded, notioning to the mothers about his date accompanying him.

"Inko, look at that! Icchan thinks he's the man now." Kali smiled, eyes squeezed shut. Izuku flinched fearfully when seeing his aunt's forehead's vein bulging. A tell-tale sign indicating that he got on her bad side. What a way to have a first impression on their reunion.

"Er… I guess it couldn't hurt to hang out with you for a while." Izuku conceded. "What do you say, Ochako? Don't you mind?" He then turned to his girlfriend.

"No, it's okay." Ochako shook her head with a smile. However, on the inside she glanced at the Faunus mother with slight suspicions.

"Good! We have so many stores to see and shopping to do! Oh, but don't worry, sweetie, we won't make you carry all of the bags!" Inko beamed.

"Somehow, I doubt it." He mumbled under his breath. Izuku knew that he was bound to be used by women as a cargo mule due to his servile nature and high physical strength. He might as well get used to it starting today.

"What was that, Icchan?!" Inko kept her eyes shut as she smiled. Her fist was wrapped. "What was that again?"

Nervously, he replied. "Nothing! Nothing!"

"Good," she said.

His mother hit him anyway.

"Ouch!"

Meanwhile….

Victoria's Secret was where Tooru, Yuyu, and surprisingly Kyouka could be found. Kyouka was surprised with the invitation to accompany the invisible moe and tomboy to the mall. She was having a relaxing Saturday writing song lyrics and playing with her guitar. It wasn't that she didn't mind going out with the girls but she and Tooru didn't really hang out individually as much.

"Not that I mind joining you but I am not the fashionista type." Kyouka was rifting licks with her air guitar out of mild boredom as she sat in the dressing room as Yuyu and Tooru were trying on underwear.

"It isn't about being a fashionista." Tooru observed herself in the mirror, pondering between the black lingerie or the red chantilly lace lingerie for her night with Izuku. Bringing Yuyu served more as a distraction and an alibi in case the others were to ask questions. Despite their consensus since forming the warren, the internal conflict hasn't fully ceased. It has died down but not fully ceased.

"If I may add, what Hagakure is saying is that no one has to be a stylist when it means to be cute. Is that right?" Yuyu was a little nervous. In a confined space with two girls trying on underwear was a little odd. She wasn't insecure with her sexuality and she was used to changing clothes with her classmates in the locker room, it was still odd to the pinkette.

"Correct!" Tooru replied, happily approving of her. "You're catching on quickly." Tooru notioned Yuyu to help her snap her bra. "Thanks! By the way, thanks for coming again on short notice."

"Thank you for inviting me," responded Yuyu while blushing. "It feels good going out outside of my peers." She stammered, waving her hand. "Not that I don't mind hanging out with Nejire-chan and the others. I wouldn't mind expanding my friendship circle."

"Never you worry," replied Tooru. "Jirou-chan and I don't hang out often as a duo."

"It's a funky dynamic," interjected Kyouka, contemplating on trying on any underwear, something to add spice for her turn with Izuku. "It is usually me and Moes, Tsu and Ochako, you and Mina. But we all click together as a group, so it works!"

"I try my best not to focus on that." Tooru said, sticking out her tongue. There were so cute polka-dot panties she wanted to buy again. Green-and-red suited her as she loved her bunny boy and couldn't wait to have her cherry popped in a slow and romantic fashion. "So, what do you think? Am I cute or am I cute?"

Yuyu nodded approvingly. Kyouka waved her hand, giving a so-so expression. "Planning to start a chat room for perverts?" She blew out of her mouth. "Sorry, Tooru, but it has jailbait written all over it."

"Well, duh! The look-but-don't-touch is my brand, the sex appeal," retorted Tooru as she took a look of her butt in the mirror. "Being eye candy is the key principle of earning likes. Hear that, Senpai. Better start taking notes."

"If turning up missing and finding you in a bukkake video by a seedy production company is the goal," replied Kyouka. "Wait a minute. Why are we debating this? You're invisible!"

"And so are the cum stains you left on Kaminari but I don't say anything," retorted Tooru.

Kyouka frowned when being reminded of him. "Ugh. When will you let that die?" Scribbles appeared above her head.

"Hmm, lemme think…Oh, I know! When you let Mina's fiasco die!" Kyouka somehow knew the moe was pointing at her.

"Hell no! That isn't going away until Minoru gets laid!"

"Unless he gets it by a confused lesbian, or raped by a siren, it's gonna be a while!"

"Exactly!"

"Hey, relax, Jirou. You wouldn't be the first girl who's first laid was a bust." Yuyu said with a smile.

"It wasn't sex! It was just a dry hump! It doesn't count! It doesn't count!" The punk chick shouted at her with an embarrassed blush and a vein mark on her forehead. "And don't you dare go around saying that!"

"Okay okay, calm down, I ain't a snitch!" The tomboy pinkette raised her hands up defensively. "Geez… severe case of lover's remorse alert."

Kyouka crossed her arms, pursing her lip. "Sorry, Tooru! I called you out and you sure as well came back quickly."

"Look, Kyouka. It's okay," replied Tooru. "Let's say the fumes got to us."

"Yeah…the fumes!"

"Hey, Hagakure! What about this?" Yuyu displayed her next set of underwear to the invisible moe - a baby blue silk-laced set.

Tooru tilted her head. "It doesn't mesh with your skin. You need to find colors that match the drapes, if you know what I mean." The invisible teen replied with an alluring tone.

"Wouldn't know," Yuyu interjected. "I shave down there!" Yuyu pulled down her panties to display her vagina.

Kyouka covered her eyes. "Jesus, Yuyu. You are certainly comfortable with yourself!"

Tooru whistled, she, too, wasn't that comfortable showing private parts like that to the girls. "I've heard of trimming the hedges, but you scorched the earth!" She and Yuyu have been corresponding over the last few days after she was connected to her via Tsuyu. Yuyu wanted tips on being cute to receive the same attention as Nejire. Being considered as the fashionista/cuteness connoisseur, she didn't mind taking her in.

"Oh! I just got this waxed last night," replied Yuyu.

"Not to be in your business, but expecting something?" Kyouka asked, arching an eyebrow. Normally, she wouldn't care what others do in their spare time. However, she was curious. She has her suspicions since Izuku informed them about the impact of his pheromones. She wasn't sure if Yuyu and Izuku have had any interactions, none she could recall. She didn't want to have doubts about any girl and woman outside the Warren but these last few weeks showed that anyone was suspect and thus she and the others should be on the lookout.

"What?!" Yuyu retorted, surprised by the sudden accusation. "Can a girl take care of herself? Self-care is the best care."

Kyouka and Tooru looked at each other momentarily before turning to Yuyu. "Liar!" They both said to her.

"C'mon, Yuyu. Who is he or she? I won't judge," said Tooru with a cheeky grin. "Not that I don't enjoy having you and having a protege is exciting, but something is up."

"First of all, I won't confirm or deny the accusations of my sexuality," retorted the pinkette. "And secondly, since you are helping me and kinda being nosy, it is for a guy, okay?"

"See, there you go. It wasn't hard," replied Tooru teasingly. "And Kyouka, you owe me $5."

"No, as she didn't give a direct answer," retorted Kyouka.

Yuyu shook her head. "Damn you both!" She looked at herself in the mirror. "But damn you for the fact I need you, Hagakure!" She took hold of another underwear set to try on. "He is a friend…well not really a friend but I would like to be friends with him."

"And care to tell more about this mystery guy, hmm~?" Tooru said playfully in hopes of either confirming or debunking hers and Kyouka's suspicions.

"Yeah, maybe we know him. We could help." Kyouka said casually, to egg her into giving more information.

"The game is to be sold and not to be told," responded Yuyu. "If I tell you all my business then I wouldn't have any to begin with."

"Fair enough, Momo-chan says it's unlady to gossip." Tooru shrugged. Pressing the issue would arouse unwanted suspicion.

"Says Momo." Kyouka interjected, displaying a smile. "She's my best friend and all, but I am not Momo. I often compared myself to a fat chick. When I get something, I come back for more." The purple-haired teen stood up. "Listen, Yuyu baby. You know that you know that I know that is someone at our school." She twirled her ear jack. "These babies don't lie!"

"C'mon, Kyouka. Let the girl chill. If she doesn't want to say anything, she doesn't have to." Tooru responded. Tooru knew Kyouka was only being a protector since the warren was established and their duty as co-girlfriends is to look after Izuku from potential threats.

"Fine~!" Kyouka blew a raspberry, conceding her case. She didn't know Yuyu but her suspicions were growing. As a fellow tomboy, the rocker chick could tell by body language. Tomboys who go panty shopping are looking for one thing - impressing a boy! Kaminari wasn't even privileged enough to see her swanky underwear. Dollar store panties for him and yet again, just seeing any kind of underwear would have made the electric blond fold. "I'm gonna step out and see if they have some dollar store panties."

"Hai! We won't be much longer. The girl is craving froyo!" Hagakure rubbed her belly to the thought of frozen yogurt.

"Don't you dare leave me behind this time." Kyouka said as she stepped out of the dressing room.


Half an hour later…

Izuku has been stuck in the same clothing shop his mother and aunt had taken him and his girlfriend for nearly 30 minutes now. They were serious when they said that they wanted to upgrade his wardrobe, making him try out several sets of formal suits and gawking at him. As embarrassing as this was, it could have been a lot worse, they could have made him try out swimsuits, good thing this store didn't have a swimsuit department.

Admittedly, Deku doesn't have a suit and he could always need one in case of formal events later on in his life, so it wasn't a total waste of time.

Ochako was spared the embarrassing attention and she was hanging out somewhere looking for new clothes for her, including a new cute dress or two. Turns out that after their first date, Ochako's outfit was destroyed by Midnight and she actually had a way more beautiful dress she actually intended to wear, but the girls ruined it. If Izuku recalls correctly, the gravity girl intends to have Momo replace both of them either with her Quirk or money. Still, Ochako could always have a nice extra dress or two.

Finally, the two mothers let him off the hook after finding him two suits that they believed would fit him to a tee and in fact they looked pretty great on him, if his Warren would see him wearing one of those they might probably go into a lustful frenzy. His mom and Auntie Kali were correct in thinking of him as a casanova, just not at all the way they might be thinking.

The boy sat on a bench with a bag with his new outfits beside him. He was resting for a bit as he waited for the ladies to finish trying out new clothes in the dressing room, most likely something to wow his dad and Uncle Ghira.

Ochako was also in the dressing room trying out clothes she like, and regrettably the older women didn't allow him to see how those looked like on his girlfriend with the reason being that 'he would like whatever she puts on', which wasn't exactly wrong as for Izuku, his beloved princess would look great on anything even wearing his usual plain white t-shirt.

Izuku sighed as he resigned himself to having to spend another half an hour here. "What a way to spend your Saturday morning… I wonder if I'll see Uncle later or another day. Auntie said that he came with the intention to build bridges with Pro Heroes now that closer relationships between both worlds are forming, he might be busy in meetings for quite a while, at least he and Auntie will be staying for sometime." He reflected on what his Auntie explained earlier when looking for suits for him.

"Heh… She really hasn't changed at all, still the 'Fun Auntie' I remember." A smile appeared on his face. While taken aback by Kali's sudden visit, he was actually very happy to see her, he missed her and Ghira, they were basically his second parents.

"Still, we've been nearly an hour and a half out here and not even once she or Mom even mentioned Blake, no word how she's doing on Beacon Academy, her friends, whatever shenanigans her team apparently had gone through over there and most importantly not a single tease about her and what she will think of me and my new form. I have now idea if she even knows I'm a Faunus now. Hmm… Maybe since I'm in a happy relationship with a wonderful and loving girlfriend, Mom and Auntie finally drop the whole 'setting me up to marry and kids with Blake' deal. I would certainly appreciate that." He found it strange that so far not a single word about his 'long lost big sis'. Hopefully it was a good sign that they approve of Ochako and her relationship with him. "Hey, they might even be bonding in the dressers, the usual girl thing." He smiled at the prospect, it was really meaningful for him that his mother would give Ochako her blessing with Kali being nice plus. Besides, Ochako is the type of girl any sort of parents would want their sons to be with. How could she not be accepted?

"The game is over, Ochako! You can cut the cuteness act. You can fool Icchan but you can't fool us mothers!"

Ochako was caught off guard when she heard those words penetrating her ears. Did she hear that correctly? Was it the fumes of their perfume or the ambiance of this fancy boutique that was playing with her mind? "Auntie Inko? Auntie Kali?" She was alarmed, stunned when she saw their facial expressions - very much displeased. She hasn't seen a mother look like that since her own mother whenever she had an expired coupon, unfair bartering, and disapproving of boyfriends/girlfriends.

Inko stood inches from the girl, crossing her arms. Kali stood by the door, making sure that no one could enter or exit. If she would've known better, it would have looked like an ambush.

"Cut the auntie bullcrap, would ya?" Inko said to her nonchalantly. "Save that when you find a sugar daddy, you welfare queen!"

Ochako stammered, words couldn't come out due to the response Inko had given her.

"We know your game and we don't like it," retorted Kali. "Shame on you for what you're doing."

"Aunties, what are you talking about?!"

"For starters, lying to our Icchan and to his face out of all things," replied Inko. "What kind of example are you setting for him?"

"A very poor one at that!" Kali chimed in. She reached into her purse and pulled out her cell phone. She clicked on her message app to showcase the information to Ochako. "Look familiar? I'm wondering if Icchan ever received those messages. Don't you know it's very rude to pry into one's privacy? Let alone deliberately hide information about their relatives?"

"Goddammit!" Ochako cursed herself inwardly, she was expecting at any moment being called out by the black-haired Faunus, she seems to be the sort of mother you couldn't get easily away with lies and deceiving, being the mother of Blake Belladonna would warrant that. However, she did not expect Kali to relay that information to Inko, but in hindsight, the round-faced brunette should have as both mothers are surrogate sisters and surely they talk often. She naivitely hoped that maybe the topic wouldn't come up or be just shrug off as something minor, but she underestimated how vital of importance anything relating to Izuku was to them, these were his family, of course they would!

The gravity girl knew she was caught red handed as her eyes fell upon the familiar text Kali had sent Izuku two weeks ago along with the dreaded picture of her daughter.

"What's wrong? Speechless? Cat got your tongue?" Kali put the phone in Ochako's face. "Can you see it? Answer me?"

"Y-yeah!" Ochako answered, still a bit shaken by the confrontation. "I see it!"

"Tsk-tsk! I wouldn't want to be a girlfriend of yours if you are already playing these mind games," responded Inko sternly.

"The mask has been removed. The truth exposed! I saw jealousy written all over her face," said Kali as she put her phone back in her purse. "Anybody gets timid when they see my daughter." She chuckled. "If you are that scared, then you are definitely right. Being afraid that is."

"Just like any insecure girl, you couldn't take the thought of your boyfriend being close to a more beautiful girl, so instead of being honest about your fears and insecurities and trusting in him being faithful to you, you lie and hide everything you can from him, anything to keep him with you. Childish, jealous, possessive, controlling and untrustful, that's the kind of girl you are! You're lucky that Icchan is a bit of a doofus and a bit dense when understanding women," said Izuku's mother. "However, we knew your ploy from day one."

"Auntie Inko, Auntie Kali!" Ochako wanted to concoct a lie, anything for damage control. But, she was cornered. She wished she realized that, especially since his mother and auntie shared information with each other. "I-! …"She dropped her head in defeat.

"Wow! That was easier than I thought." Kali said to Inko, nodding in approval. "The little mouse folded."

"And to the almighty cat at that," retorted Inko. "Quite shameful if you ask me."

The mother Faunus scoffed loudly. "Anything to protect my precious nephew and catching conniving liars like her." A menacing grin appeared on her face.

"Anything for my son's happiness," said Inko.

"And for my nephew's," interjected Kali. "If anyone like this…tormentor here does anything to hurt him, then she's going down. Down like Aaliyah's plane!"

"Whoa!" Inko was taken aback by Kali's latter comment. Even Ochako covered her mouth. Kali stared at the two, realizing what she said.

"What?! Really?! It has been over twenty years already," said Kali defensively.

"Sweetie, never disrespect the princess of R&B. Never!" said Inko sternly. "You need to work on the appropriation of jokes. Bad kitty!"

"I'll work on that later. But, first, what are we gonna do with Ochako here?" said Kali.

"Hmm! That is the million-dollar question." Inko pondered while holding her chin. "I'll tell you what she is not gonna do and that is…"

It was a knock at the door that interrupted their conversation. "Mom, Auntie! Getting kinda hungry. Can we grab something to eat?"

Inko and Kali eyed each other, ceasing any thoughts to further this conversation. Both turned and gave Ochako the stern eye. "We'll continue this later." Both mouthed to the stunned teen. Inko approached Ochako and grabbed her wrist. "Not a word about this to Izuku, understand?"

Ochako nodded in understanding as Inko let go of her wrist. Kali moved away from the door, leaving Ochako the chance to rush out of the door and by chance, into Izuku's arms.

"Whoa! You surprised me there!" Izuku said as he held onto Ochako's shoulders.

"Oh, you know how timid girls can be," said Inko as she feigned laughter.

"Yeah, especially when they are cornered," said Auntie Kali.

"What?" Izuku arched an eyebrow.

Kali giggled. "I said especially when they have a courier…I mean an escort." She picked up Ochako's dress on the ground. "She was a little worried about getting the dress and since she caught a good sale, it's on me."

"Wow!" Izuku smiled. "That's cool of you, Auntie!"

"Only the best for you." Kali answered.

"Sweetie, go on ahead of us, will you. Auntie and I need to have our private talk," said Inko.

Izuku nodded in understanding, taking Ochako and following each other out of the dressing room.

A few moments later, Izuku and Ochako were out of the store and he found a nearby bench for them to sit. "You're okay?" Izuku asked.

"Yeah, my little Bun Bun. Why wouldn't I be?" She nervously chuckled.

Izuku produced a frown. "You know what I mean." He tilted his head. "Excuse my mom and auntie. They get really protective over me." He sighed heavily. He then ran his fingers through her hair. "Look, I'm sorry that they cornered you like that."

Her doe eyes were drawn onto him. "You heard it all?"

He pointed at his rabbit ears before nodding in confirmation. "Yeah, most of it!"

Ochako blushed, lowering her head and covering her face. "Oh, God! I…I really look stupid, do I?

Izuku declined to answer that, knowing his true response about his girlfriend. Earlier he was becoming bored and tired of waiting for a long while and wanted them to hurry up. While in the dressing room, he overheard the conversation between his mother and auntie as they confronted Ochako.

Izuku pulled her hands off her face and rested them on his lap, keeping a gentle, but firm grip on them. There was something pressing on his heart and after what they said to Ochako, he, too, wanted answers. "Can I ask you a serious question?"

"Yeah, of course!"

"A..A..A-are you really threatened by Blake?"

Meanwhile….

"Shoot! We almost had her talking!" Inko sat on the bench in the dressing room, squeezing Ochako's dress tightly. "I love my son but…"

"No, we did right," replied Kali as she sat beside Inko. "I think he knows!"

Inko gave Kali a strange look. "Know what?"

"Hear me out," said Kali. "He is a rabbit Faunus. As Faunus, we have special gifts. For some, the gift of sight, the gift of speed…" Kali pointed to her ears, giving Inko the hint.

Inko covered her mouth. "Oh, no! You don't think…?"

"We have to play it by ear right now." Kali sighed. "But I'm afraid that there is a chance. A rabbit's hearing is better than a cat's after all."

Izuku's mother lowered her head. "Oh, God! The last thing I want him to do is judge me. I don't want to be a bad mother. I'm just protecting him, that's all."

"You did nothing wrong. A mother protects their young. That's nature's instinct," she told Inko. "It was poor timing and I didn't see or think this through." She facepalmed herself. "Way to go for first impressions after six years. He must really think I am a jerk now."

"Don't blame yourself, Kal!" Inko said, gripping her friend's shoulder. "We're in this together. We've gone this far to turn back now."

"The last thing I want Icchan to think is that I am being…darn," she said. "I was being a douche, was I? Blakey will kill me if she finds out!"

"No, we were both in the wrong…in approaching her like that." Inko responded. "Our approach was too strong but we weren't wrong to protect him. That is what parents do."

"We need to do damage control," said Kali.

"We need to play it cool for the time being," said Inko. "Let this sit on ice and make Izuku think that we are fine with this arrangement. Meanwhile, we can continue to keep an eye on Ochako to make sure she doesn't screw up."

"Wait! We're gonna let this continue?"

"Sit on ice! Let her dangle for a while," answered Inko. "She knows that we're onto her. We got her scared. She's gonna get more scared when my niece comes to town."

"Let me get this straight," said Kali as she leaned against the wall. "Icchan and Ochako are gonna continue dating."

"That's right! Ochako can be…good practice," said Inko. "I know my child and as you said, the more we disapprove of this, the closer he draws to her." She nodded, grabbing her chin. "We can't repeat what happened with Blakey and… him." The portly mother sighed with clear disgust and venom in her voice.

"No… Certainly we cannot have that happen again. Not to Icchan." Kali said, her expression turned darker and her voice dripping with animosity.

"You still have that photo of Icchan?" Inko then had an idea.

Kali smiled. "Well, of course! Ghira was just talking about it the other day. He can't wait to link up with him soon."

"Hmm-mmm." Inko was thinking about how she could pull Izuku and Blake closer together prior to her arrival to UA. "Send that photo to Blake and add a caption to it. Make it a bit sexy. Yeah, some sex appeal!"

"Whoa! What are you saying?"

"I am saying that let's give him a bit of nudge to draw him close to Blakey." The portly mother winked at her. "And have Blakey draw closer to Icchan. Make the caption and let it be known that he is excited to see her and looking forward to their reunion. Throw something x's and o's if you need to."

"Isn't that a bit much? They're teenagers!"

"Desperate times call for desperate measures. If Ochako is afraid of rivals, then let's have her worst fear come true." Inko gave a menacing glare.

"I can email a picture of Blake to Izuku under her personal email," said Kali. "I still remember her password. Speaking of which, we do need to talk about the graphic material in those novels she buys with our money." Granted, it was her husband's fault for leaving one of his adult books in the living room when Blakey was 10 that started her liking for such books! The young Belladonna got her figure from her mother, and her tastes for smut from her father.

"Nevermind that," interjected Inko. "Make the play while we sit back and watch it unfold."

"On it, doing it…right…now." Kali sent the current photo of Izuku to her daughter. "And done! Give me a little time to come up with the response to send to Izuku."

"Great," replied Inko. "Enjoy, Ochako! Enjoy this little moment you have with our Icchan. But Blakey is my daughter-to-be and Icchan is Kali's son-to-be. Deal with it!"


Little that the duo of mothers knew was that they were being watched, in particular by a certain lizard girl's detached floating head peeking above from the dressing room next door. When they departed, Setsuna brought her head back down to her body, beside her were the stunned and pensive Itsuka, Pony and Kinoko.

The four girls came to her on Pony's suggestion to check out clothes in this store. They were trying out different things when they overheard a ruckus next door. They recognized one of the voices, Uraraka's. All of them went quiet as they focused on what was going on, however Setsuna's curiosity got the better of her and against the others' silent protests she detached her head and made it flow upwards so she could see what was happening.

The grenette saw that Uraraka was indeed there, being seemingly harassed by two ladies that she figured was Midoriya's mother and aunt, the latter must be honorary as certainly the cat Faunus lady looked nothing like the emerald teen or his mother. Setsuna saw nearly everything that went down, including Midoriya standing nearby with a stunned expression, seemingly also eavesdropping, before intervening and taking the gravity girl away, and the conversation both mothers had thereafter.

"Geez Louise! Spicy drama and troubles in paradise seem to be on the horizon." The lizard girl whistled as she reattached her head.

"What did you see, shroom?" Kinoko asked. She and the others heard most of the conversation, they weren't into gossip, but clearly what they heard had taken them aback and couldn't help wanting to find out more, as from the sounds of it, Uraraka was in a tough spot.

"Well, apparently Uraraka is not getting the approval from Midoriya's mother and aunt, that's for sure." Setsuna replied. "Those ladies sure had the poor girl cornered and she couldn't talk back, good thing Midoriya came in when he did. I also saw one of the texts Uraraka seemingly hid from Midoriya, but I couldn't read it, it was too far, but what I did see clearly was the picture of a girl, the cat lady's daughter and oh my god, girls! That girl was a freaking model! No wonder why Uraraka had to hide that from Midoriya, those ladies weren't overselling her!" She explained.

"Hmm, but it is very strange. I mean, yeah, we girls can get crazy when we get jealous, but this doesn't sound like Uraraka at all." Itsuka said, cupping her chin in thought.

"How would you know, Kendo? We barely know her." Setsuna interjected with a shrug. "And let's not forget that she apparently had to compete with the others from her class. I honestly don't blame her, in her place, any girl would have done the same if it meant less competition."

"That's a fair point, I guess. But those ladies sounded really upset and Uraraka." Pony commented.

"It's rude to snoop into the private things of other people without permission and you heard it, Uraraka hid information from Midoriya about relatives he hasn't seen in six years! Of course, they'll be upset at her, shroom!" Kinoko retorted.

"But there was clearly something more in all of this. The 'cat lady' said the word 'Faunus', so she and her daughter must be cat Faunuses and thus from Remnant." Itsuka pointed out.

"Wouldn't be surprised that the girl they called 'Blakey' is a neko just like her mother. The two of them are nearly identical, heck, the cat lady barely looks like a mother! All the more reason for Uraraka to feel threatened, we all know that most boys have a soft spot for nekos." Said Setsuna nonchalantly, from what she saw in the picture, the girl named 'Blakey', wore a black bow where her figure would be cat ears underneath.

"So, you're suggesting that Midoriya went to Remnant, shroom?" Kinoko asked the redhead tomboy.

"Or maybe they moved from Remnant." Pony suggested.

"I don't think so, remember that the 'cat lady' apparently hasn't seen Midoriya in six years, so he must have gone to Remnant in the past." Kendo theorized.

"Well, that's an interesting thing about that rabbit guy and all, but if you ask me I think there's something going on between this neko girl and Midoriya." Setsuna said as she crossed her arms.

Pony covered her mouth in shock. "You don't think that…?"

"She's Midoriya's ex?!" Kinoko finished the sentence also in shock.

"Nah, don't be silly, you two! I know enough about boys to know that Midoriya was as green with girls as his hair, Uraraka is his first one." The green-haired girl shook her head in denial. "No, I think we have a classic harem protagonist scenario." She added with a grin.

"Ooh! So this 'Blakey' would be the 'childhood friend', shroom!" Kinoko grinned in understanding.

"Exactly! I bet she was probably his childhood crush too and if Uraraka knew this, even more reasons to hide it from him!"

"Well, that would make a lot more sense for her actions, you hardly forget your first crush." Pony chimed in.

Itsuka remained in thought for a moment before speaking out. "Even if this might sound like some sort of soap opera drama, I think there's more going on here and I feel that it might somehow be related with the strangeness around Midoriya lately."

"I think it's pretty obvious what is going on, Midoriya became a bunnyboy and he became a harem protagonist and harem shenanigans are going on now. He caught the eye of the girls of his class, they compete for his affections, he gets together with one of them and now a newcomer appears to shake things up. Not exactly how the classic formula works, but it more or less fits." The greenette explained matter-of-factly.

"Tokage, this isn't an anime." Itsuka deadpanned at her.

"Well it's hard to tell with all the anime nonsense in his life these days." Setsuna rebutted.

"You gotta admit, Itsuka, that Setsuna might be right. Maybe all that's been going on with Midoriya is just a harem plot in real life." Pony commented.

"And from the looks of it, it just thickened with all this drama and those ladies wanting to put Midoriya with this neko girl." Setsuna smirked

"Mmm-hmm! Midoriya's mom said that this 'Blakey' will be coming into town soon. Ooh, I love me some juicy drama, shroom!" The mushorshoom girl grinned.

"Me too, buddy. Can't want to see what happens next." Setsuna replied before the two best friends high-fived each other.

"Um, girls, I don't think we should eavesdrop on this. It's none of our business." A teardrop appeared on Pony's head.

"Oh, c'mon, Pony-chan! Don't tell me that you're not at least a little bit curious now." Setsuna grinned at her.

"Yeah, this is better than any Korean soap drama, shroom shroom!" Kinoko grinned excitedly.

"Um. Well…" Pony's voice drifted off, her gaze turned to the side as she pushed her index fingers together. That combined with her small blush were telltale signs.

"Aha! You admit you're hooked up, you can't take it back now!" The lizard girl grinned in triumph. The mushroom girl giggled. The equine girl didn't say anything in denial.

Itsuka sighed. "Very well then, we'll continue to keep an eye on Midoriya, just to see where all this goes. I still have a feeling that there's more to this, but I don't know what." She said calmly with her arms crossed.

"Hmm. I wonder if we can at least have Reiko join in, doubt that Kodai and Ibara would want in." Setsuna wondered out loud. Itsuka rolled her eyes at this.

"Kodai just need a gentle nudge." Kinoko said as she was on her cell phone. "And I am beginning to become convinced that Ibara is repressed or closeted."

"Pfff! If she was in the closet, then her nickname would be moth balls." Setsuna added.

"Do you know who else likes moth balls," said Kinoko in a raspy voice. "My mom!"

Setsuna and Kinoko high-fived each other again. Itsuka rolled her eyes once again to the subpar humor of her friends. Pony was rubbing one of her horns when she noticed something from the tiny space in the dressing room. She glared at it for a spell, trying to figure out its identity. "Kinoko, Setsuna, Itsuka!" Pony said in a whisper. "Notice that light over there?"

The girls directed their attention to the flashing light. "Seems like a pervert wants their lights out!" Itsuka cracked her knuckles and balled her fists tightly, ready to enlarge them at any moment. "Setsuna, do a little preview before we knock him into a different nationality."

The lizard girl detached her head and began floating to the other side of the dressing room. "Alright, perv! Prepare to have your grapes squished!" As soon as Setsuna's head reached the other side of the dressing room, she was met with a surprise. Suddenly she was hit with a cup full of froyo, not only Setsuna couldn't see, but the sudden hit made her break focus and her head dropped back down like a rock, thankfully Itsuka caught it with her enlarged hand. Setsuna's body quickly picked up her head and plugged it back into her neck and quickly wiped the froyo off her face.

Out of pure absentmindedness or curiosity, Pony took a dab of the froyo and inserted it in her mouth. Every girl's mouth was agape.

"Holy Esdeath!" Kinoko stuck out her tongue. "Gross, shroom!"

The pony-like teen smacked her lips. "I am not so sure if this is semen. I don't recall semen tasting this sweet!"

Hearing that made the redhead gag in response. However, it wasn't the appropriate time for a response. "Pony, when we get back we will need to discuss the colloquialisms between the Japanese and the Americans, again. But first…"

The girls heard the door from the other side swiftly opened and hurried steps came after. "He's getting away! Pony!" Itsuka issued her.

"Roger!" The blonde equine girl rushed out and ran on all fours after the mysterious pervert.

Meanwhile….

It was a waste of frozen yogurt but Kyouka would do it again if she needed to. Gliding and beelining through the racks of clothes and shopping aisles until she made it out of the department store.

"Holy Kobain, we have a problem!" What she and the others have feared has been confirmed in that dressing room - 1-B was also on the hunt for Izuku Midoriya. In her heart, the teen knew it was only a matter of time but not to this degree. Sure, Kendo seems suspicious of what is going on and Tokage, Komori and Tsunotori only see this as some sort of soap opera, but the point still stands: They are onto Izuku and the warren. It might start with curiosity, but this is a very slippery slope that could end with all of the girls from 1-B being on the hunt for the precious emerald rabbit, which would lead to huge problems for him and the warren.

Making matters worse, they have collected intel about Blake Belladonna from the mother herself and Izuku's mother. Which is a huge red flag, Belladonna's mother is here! Which leads to an even bigger red flag, she and Izuku's mother intent on putting him with that heartless neko bitch the older Belladonna calls her daughter and they are against Ochako.

She knew at that instant that Izuku was somewhere in the mall and she needed to do something to find him. "Girls! SOS! Compromised! We've been compromised!" She made a voice text to send to the girls of this warren. Knowing if Izuku was in the mall, then it meant Ochako was nearby, today is her day with him after all. She rushed to the food court where she last left Tooru and Yuyu. The only reason why she headed back was because she forgot her bag of cheap panties. Froyo could really distract a girl. A blessing in disguise as she stumbled upon vital information.

"The subscriber couldn't be reached at this time. To send a numeric page, press one!" Ochako's phone was going straight to voicemail. "God damn it!" She said frustratingly. "Today is the one day you decide not to answer, you ass! We need you like Michael Jordan in the fourth quarter." As the leader of this warren, Kyouka felt that Ochako should have her phone available at all times, especially at situations such as this.

"Hey, Kyouka. Were you able to…" Tooru cut herself off when seeing the frantic Kyouka mashing her cell phone. Scratching her head, she became concerned. "Look! We were only picking on you because we thought rockstars didn't wear cheap panties."

"Firstly, suck my earjacks! Secondly, did you get my message?!" The purple-haired teen stated while frantically trying to call Ochako again.

Yuyu, feeling a little worried, pressed her mouth to Tooru's ear (in the best way she could project finding her ear). "Is Jirou-chan always like that?"

"Only on Saturdays or whenever Kaminari is in the vicinity." Tooru replied jokingly. Recalling what the rocker chick said, she pulled out her phone to read her message. "'Girls! SOS! Compromised! We've been compromised!'" She 'arched' an eyebrow. "What does this mean?"

"1-B girls! They know! They know!"

"Know what?" asked Tooru. "Calm down, Kyouka. You aren't making sense!"

"1-B girls! Saw them earlier," she blurted out to them. "They know about Izuku!" She grabbed her cheeks, squeezing them tightly. "And Blake! I even heard them mentioning Blake's mother as well."

"Wait, wait, wait," said Tooru. "That doesn't make any sense. How do they know about Blake and Blake's mother?" She pointed to her chest. "I don't even know who Blake's mother is."

"Somebody told them," she retorted. "Anyway, they wanna find Izuku. I think they're trying to claim them for themselves."

Tooru didn't immediately want to jump to conclusions. Seeing Kyouka panic was certainly out of character as the rocker chick normally keeps her cool in tense situations, similar to Tsuyu. However, strange occurrences have happened but she still needed proof to verify.

"When was the last time you saw the 1-B girls," asked Tooru.

"At the boutique down the way. You know, the one for plus-size women," answered Kyouka.

"Okay!" The invisible moe put her finger to her lip. "So, the 1-B girls are apparently here. It makes sense since it is a Saturday. You say that they mentioned Izuku, Blake, and Blake's mother?"

"Yes!" She said in a strained voice. "We have been playing safe. We haven't told anyone about the RWBY girls or the warren or anything about Izuku."

"Warren?!" Yuyu raised an eyebrow. She was at a total loss of what the younger girls were talking about.

"A long story." Tooru said before returning back to Kyouka. "Okay, let's think this through. So, if the 1-B girls mentioned these people, then the logical explanation is that someone talked or the people in question are at the…" Tooru was cut off again when she saw something catching her eye.

A few hundred feet from them, Tooru pointed at a portly woman and another woman with cat ears. Upon seeing that, she covered her mouth, giving Kyouka an awkward look.

"Holy Dio!" Tooru blurted out. "Is that…is that…is that…"

Kyouka could only nod. She took a deep breath. "If they are here and then it means…."

"Izuku is in the building!" Tooru and Kyouka said simultaneously.


Inko and Kali were walking toward the food court in search of a nice cup of hot cocoa, good for calming nerves. Icchan texted his mother that he and Ochako were meeting them there in a while as they had something to do quickly. If their suspicions are correct then Izuku was asking Ochako about everything, the things she lied about and hid from him, and maybe even what actually went down back at the store. Izuku might be naive and dense, but he is also pretty smart. It was very likely he overheard how the two mothers confronted that little rascal he calls his girlfriend.

If so, then this was a double-edged sword, it might put Ochako in a bad spot with him, but if that girl played her cards well she could turn it around in her favor and paint them as the bad guys! Izuku is a pure and earnest soul and he sees the best in everyone and thus he's easy to forgive, however he is growing in a man and as a man he would defend those dear to him from anyone that causes them harm. So the question would be what will happen next? Who would he put first? His family or his girlfriend? A difficult question and he could go either way, which is concerning.

However, the mothers had an ace up their sleeve. They already enacted their plan to bring Icchan closer to his intended life companion, Blakey, and away from such liars and deceivers such as Ochako. It was for his sake as well as Blake's, for their happiness. While somewhat morally gray to meddle in the lives of one's children to this extent, the ends justify the means, especially if their children are not going to do it by themselves, sometimes a little nudge in the right direction goes a long way!

"Thanks for cocoa, Kal! I'll pay for dinner," said Inko meekly.

"Anytime, Inko. No worries, my treat!" Kali said as they were finding a place to sit. "I wish Hisashi and Ghira could have gotten together and played their usual golf game. I think Ghira has him up by three."

"Hisashi prays for the day to up the score and beat him."

"A 9-iron or a putter?"

"One that doesn't cause hemorrhages or contact tracing."

"Boys and their rivalry."

The two mothers sat at a table, enjoying their hot drinks as they waited for the young couple to appear. It would be pointless to try to search for them as the place was huge and they could be anywhere, and even if they did find them it would only make them look bad in Izuku's eyes.

"...Still can't believe that little brat was the one that took my baby's innocence!" Inko ranted. She knew almost from the get go that Izuku had sex, she recognized the smell in his room and to further confirm her thoughts she found Ochako's panties. Her precious little boy was as bad a liar as his father and that was a lame excuse he picked up to try to cover himself using Kacchan. Granted, it wouldn't surprise her or Mitsuki if the explosive blond did pressure the boys of his class into such a game, but so far he seemed to be in good behavior so this time Inko didn't believe it.

"Inko, please, we already went through this. Izuku is a young man and an Alpha Rabbit Faunus. Having sex was guaranteed to happen for someone like him. It would be weird if he didn't." Kali replied calmly after taking a sip of her cocoa. They had this discussion several times, just today the greenette mother went through the same rant. Ironically she complains this much about her son losing his virginity for someone that was willing to play the 'desperate measures' to ensure he would be with Kali's daughter. Then again, the feline woman knows that Inko would rather not force such a scenario if possible until he was a legal adult.

Kali, on the other hand, while not liking the fact Izuku's most precious gift was already taken away, already expected this to happen for obvious reasons. "You know that kids these days have their first experiences around this age." The black-haired woman added.

"I know, but I'm still upset about it!" Inko pouted.

"You know that I am too, but sadly there's nothing we can do. It would have been great if Blake was his first and only one, but alas it wasn't meant to be. Just as poor Icchan would never have her precious treasure because she gave it away to the wrong man." Kali's tone turned bitter at this last part.

Hearing this nearly made Inko spit her drink from shock. "WHAT?!" She cried, causing some nearby people to look at their table. The chubby woman blushed in embarrassment before focusing back on her surrogate sister. "Are you sure about that?" In a more controlled manner.

Kali remained calm as she expected her best friend to react like that and out of nowhere, she figured this was the right moment to explain to her. Kali sighed. "Yes, obviously Blakey would have never told me that, but she didn't need to, I know my daughter. I'm not sure as to when but it did happen. She took more after me than she would prefer to admit. Like a mother, like a daughter." When she was young, Kali did a lot of crazy things, including popping her cherry, that is how she knows her own daughter did the same

"Oh, Blakey…" She grumbled as she pinched her temple, expressing huge disappointment.

"I know, girlfriend, I know." Kali patted the grenette's shoulder, she herself reacting that same way when she found out. She is still bitter about this fact, but nothing can be done about it.

"At least if they become born-again virgins, then they can save it for their honeymoon," said Inko, pounding her fist on her other hand. "Blakey and Icchan's first times as newlyweds!"

A sweatdrop appeared on Kali's face. "Oh, Inko, honey!" Then their attention was drawn to the sound of Kali's ringtone. The feline Faunus brought it out of her purse, thinking that it might be her husband, but her expression showed surprise briefly before a pleased smirk appeared when seeing who was the caller. "Well, well, well, right on schedule!"

"Hmm? Who is it?" Inko asked. Kali simply showed her phone and Inko's eyes widened in surprise. "Oh my!" She squeaked as she covered her mouth. "It's happening, it's really happening!" Her excitement skyrocketed.

"Heh. Do I know my daughter or not? Told ya she would call as soon as she saw the picture wanting answers, just as planned." The black-haired Faunus winked confidently. "Wanna say hello to your niece?"

"Oh, Kami! Yes!" The chubby grenette darted beside her best friend as she replied to the call on the 10th ring, putting it on video chat.

"Hey, Mom, what's…Wait…Auntie Inko!? Oh, my Oum! It, uh, has been…it has been…" Blake's eyes widened when seeing her Auntie Inko. "Mom?! You and Auntie?!"

"Hehehe! It has been a very long time, sweetheart. I know," replied Inko, staring starstruck at the beauty that was now her niece. "How have you been?" Inko could tell that the not-so-little Faunus was at a loss for words. A six year absence could do such things.

"Sorry, dear. I guess I should have told you that I had an old friend standing beside me," retorted Kali.

"Surprise!" Inko blurted out, still overwhelmed and giddy about seeing Blake. "My, look at you, all grown up and beautiful, a fully bloomed flower! The pictures weren't lying, you're the spitting image of your mother!"

"Please, Auntie… don't say that, please don't." The mothers could see Blake's slightly Blake's slightly pale face blush in embarrassment and her ears underneath her bow wilted down. Inko thought it was silly that Blakey had to hid her Faunus trait to avoid discrimination, but that's just how things in Remnant are.

"Hey, that's a compliment, dear, not an insult!" Kali said giggling. "So, what are you doing?" she asked.

"Oh, uh… You know, at lunch. In between classes as usual," replied the amber-eyed Faunus, quickly regaining her composure. "Goodwitch is being a real pain in the butt, Port doing his usual lectures on our troublemaking team and as for Professor Peach…well…nevermind." Blake was looking around to see her mother's surroundings. "Can't go anywhere without shopping, can ya?"

"A sale is a sale," replied Kali.

"Oh my! Oh my! Oh my!" Inko remained starstrucked. "So, a little birdie tells me that you will be coming to…will be coming to…will be coming to…."

"Coming to Icchan's school in the next several weeks," replied Kali.

"..." The raven-haired Faunus remained quiet, her gaze tilted away from the screen and only silently nodded in response.

"Hey, Blakey, who are you talking to?"

"Typical Rubes to interrupt and be rude!"

"Oh, hush, Snow Queen! Hmm…who are those gorgeous women?"

Kali and Inko were met with Blake's friends and teammates standing around Blake.

"Ooohh~! These girls are so lovely," said Inko delightfully, blushing in glee. "Kal, I didn't know that Blake was only part of the competition."

"What is Auntie talking about, Mom?" asked Blake, arching an eyebrow, her tone turned slightly stern.

"Never mind Auntie, sweetheart. You know how she is when she has too much cocoa," said Kali. However, her daughter only glared at her suspiciously.

"Say, Blakey! You called that nice lady over there 'Auntie', is that Izuku's mom?" The black haired girl with red tips and silver eyes asked. Her tone was peppy and her expression denoted a child-like happy-go lucky disposition, she even appeared younger than the other girls.

"Um… W-well…" Blake turned to her, looking slightly nervous.

"Oh? You told them about Icchan, darling?" Kali asked.

"N-no!"

"She did! At first she didn't want to talk because she was feeling a little blue, but we got through her!" The tall and blonde girl with purple eyes said with a grin, she appeared to be the oldest of the bunch.

"Yang!" Blake barked at her.

"I won't lie to your Mom, girl!"

"Thank you for the honesty, Yang. Again, I'm so glad you're my little girl's best friend!" Kali smiled happily.

Yang grinned at her with a peace sign. Blake grumbled, scribbles appeared above her head.

"Girls, can we please leave Blake alone? This is clearly a family matter and we shouldn't be here!" The white-haired, pale girl with crystalline blue eyes and a scar on her left eye said with an upset frown.

"C'mon, Weissy! I know you're also curious!" Ruby said to her.

"Otherwise, you wouldn't be here!" Yang grinned teasingly.

Weiss flinched, a small blush appeared on her cheeks. "I-I just came to make sure you wouldn't do something stupid!"

"Liar!" Both sisters said at the same time.

"C-can we just go back to the table and finish lunch?!" Weiss' blush turned deeper.

"No can do! If this is a matter of Blake, it's a matter of Team RWBY!" Ruby proclaimed proudly.

"Well said, sis!" said Yang, proud of her little sister

"Why did I just hang up…?" Blake grumbled under as she covered her face with one of her hands.

Inko giggled. "My, Blakey, I'm so happy to see you got such nice friends as your team!" She felt so happy and proud of her niece.

"True that, never does my daughter have a dull day with her friends!" Kali said happily.

"Please look after my precious niece, she can be a handful at times!" Inko bowed her head.

"Don't you worry, ma'am! We had a few issues here and there, but for the most part Blake here has been a great friend and teammate, although she's such a quiet bookworm at times." Yang still grinned as she surrounded her very embarrassed best friend with her right arm. Ruby hugged Blake from her other side while bringing Weiss with her.

"Girls, you know you're some of the best friends I ever had, but right now I hate you so much…" Blake said with a flat expression.

"Inko giggled. "You might be all mature, but you're still the same Kitty Cat I remember, somethings never change."

"...Please, Auntie, don't call me like that." Blake's face noticeably turned off at the mention of that nickname.

"Oh… Sorry, sweetie, I forgot you never liked being called that." Inko quickly apologized. It was plain to see for her and Kali why Blake suddenly got like that. "Ahem! So girls, you know about my darling son, hm?" She changed the subject.

"Mmm-hmm! We do! Blakey told us everything that the files on him didn't. Izuku looks so cool! He broke his limbs many times and got back up again and again, that's so cool! And he studies in the best hero academy on Earth! That is so cool! I'm super duper excited to visit Earth, meet Pro Heroes, have their autographs and meet Blakey's super cool friend!" Ruby said excitedly. "Ooh, why can't time move faster!?"

"Heh! That's my little sis, Ruby for you! The geeky otaku leader of our team, if it's not Huntsmen/Huntresses or Weapons stuff, it's comics, videogames or Pro Heroes!"

"Yang!" Ruby groaned, pouting cutely.

"My, my, Ruby. You and Izuku would certainly get along swimmingly! I can tell that you have a lot in common with him." Inko smiled.

"Really? You think so?!" Ruby turned tickled pink when thinking of the possibilities she could share with him. "I…I mean that I was told as much, but I still don't really think someone as cool as him can be, well, like me…" She said with an insecure tone.

"Rubes, I told you, he totally looks like your type." Yang replied. "But he's off limits, unless Blakey here doesn't mind!" She glanced at her best friend with a smirk.

"I'm not having this conversation again." Blake replied evasively.

"Welp, just remember to not come crying if Rubes, or maybe me try to get a move on Izuku, you know since he's single.~" Yang said teasingly.

"I-I just would like to be his friend, not his girlfriend!" Ruby's face turned nearly as red as her cape.

"More for me, then!"

"Again with this… We're not going to Japan just to meet boys, Yang you flirty dolt!" Weiss scowled. "Can't you spend a day without thinking about sweeping off earthling boys of their feet?!

"Oh please, you're not fooling anyone, Princess! We know that you also think the guy is cute!" Yang rebutted.

"I-I mean, he's not hard to look at, but besides the point! We'll be building bridges with Earth, we're not going on vacation, I told you many times!" Weiss replied flustered.

"Whatever you said, tsundere princess!" Yang pursed her mouth.

"For the upteenth time, I'm not a tsundere!"

"Sure you're not."

"Wow! Even across worlds, our little Icchan is such a lady killer!" Kali said happily.

"He is, isn't he?" Inko said happily. "Those UA girls better watch out for Team RWBY when they arrive in less than two months!"

"Well then, see Blakey? Told ya those girls would be after him. And dammit if those girls aren't quite the lookers, people think we Huntresses are models, but Pro Heroines really are giving us a run for our money." Yang commented to her best friend.

"So what? If Icc- if Izuku has admirers, it's none of my business." Blake replied flatly.

"So you don't mind?" Yang arched an eyebrow.

"No."

"Hmmmm…" Yang squinted her eyes at her. "Nope, you're lying!"

"I'm serious, Yang." Blake denied again.

"I doubt it, darling. That's your 'I pretend to not care but I'm actually really upset face'. It's okay if you're jealous, really." Kali interjected.

"I'm not!" Blake started to sound more upset.

"Ahem!" Ruby said, wanting to get back to the topic. "Changing subject. Well…I know it may sound weird but hopefully when I come to Japan, I can meet…well…I wanna meet ..."

"Some guy named All Might," said Yang, finishing for her.

"It isn't some guy, Yang!" Ruby retorted. "He is the Symbol of Peace. Well, maybe formerly and a living skeleton but he is to me!"

Inko touched her cheek, producing a smile. "Well…I must say that…."

The sound of the school bell interrupted what Inko wanted to say.

"Hey, Mom! We gotta go back to class!" Blake scratched behind her ear. "I'll call you after team practice!" She bowed humbly to Inko. "Great seeing you again, Auntie Inko!"

"Make sure your mother gives you my info. We have so much to catch up!"

"Definitely! Bye, Mom! Bye, Auntie!" The video chat ended. The mothers then shared a hearty laugh together. After a momentary pause, the women squealed excitedly.

"It's working, it's really working! Blakey definitely was jealous of Icchan being with other girls, that means that she's into him!" Inko squealed excitedly.

"Oh you can bet she was! Ooh, how upset she will get when she finds out about Ochako and the things she had done. My baby girl will definitely put her in her place and reclaim what's hers by right!" Kali grinned, fires of determination shone in her eyes.

"Yeah!"

"I am hearing wedding balls!" exclaimed Kali.

"I see three beautiful bridesmaids accompanying my daughter-in-law," said Inko, grabbing her fists and pressing them against her chest. "Here comes the bride~!"

"All dressed in (off) white~!" Kali replied melodically. "Let's be honest! It's true! They did the deed!"

"Let's go to the furniture store after this," said Inko. "We can purchase them a hope chest. Consider it as an investment to the Midoriya-Belladonna dynasty."

"Yes, that would be wise." Kali nodded in agreement.

"Say, when they give us grandchildren, what species of Faunus do you think will turn up? Is it possible for them to have hybrids?" Inko asked as both stood up.

"Well, both are different species so normally it would be 50-50% of either a rabbit or a cat.. However, Icchan is an alpha so there might be more chances of them having more rabbits than cats as well as a chance of at least one or two being alphas like their father. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as hybrid species among Faunus races." Kali explained.

"I see." Inko nodded in understanding. "Would it be too much to hope that if they let us decide their names? They'll owe us for helping get them together after all!"

"Here's hoping, my friend!"

Meanwhile….

Kyouka sat down and held her phone close to her chest. Tooru dropped her head while slouching on the chair. Yuyu, sitting in the center of the two, appeared lost and confused.

"This is it. It's finally happening!" It was Tooru that broke the silence. It was thanks to Kyouka's ear jacks that they were able to listen to the mothers' conversation including the Faunus' daughter Blake and her teammates from Beacon.

"Ochako is not gonna like this." Kyouka spoke softly, shaking her head in denial. "Not one bit! Heck, none of us will!"

"Izuku's mother sides with Team Blake," said Tooru. "What sense does that make? Why side with the enemy?" She clicked her tongue. "What are we gonna do?"

"We have no choice. An emergency meeting," said Kyouka. "Ochako has to hear this and it's gonna hurt her that Izuku's mother is onto her, granted she might have already caught on to the latter."

"God, what a mess!" Tooru slapped herself on the forehead. "1-B is catching feelings for Deku. Mothers are siding with Beacon. This warren will fall as quickly as it was made!"

"Calm down, Tooru!" Kyouka said sternly. "We might be in a severe pinch right now, but we're all in this together, and as long as we remain united, we'll pull through."

"Right… Yeah, you're right, Kyouka-chan! As long as we stand together, the warren won't fall!" The invisible moe replied with determination.

"Umm…" Yuyu arched an eyebrow as she stared at the girls. "What warren? What is 1-B doing?" She hit the table. "What in the heck is going on, Hagakure?!" She has no idea what the heck the younger girls are talking about and hates being left out of the loop!

"Are you sure that pervert could be at the food court?"

"Sure he could. What greater place to search for breasts and thighs. And chicken!"

The purple-haired rocker teen felt her ear jacks tingling. Her eyes widened when seeing the 1-B girls in the vicinity.

"Girls, we need to move. Now!" Kyouka replied in a warning manner. "Itsuka and her crew are here." Those girls might not have seen Kyouka, but best to not risk being found out.

"Okay…" Tooru said before seeing that Izuku's mother and aunt were moving away and headed in their direction. "God, why today?"

"Relax, Tooru! I doubt they know who we are."

"You must not know Deku well enough, do you, sweetie?" Tooru reached over the table and pressed her lips against Kyouka's ear, which made her eyes widened.

"Jesus, no wonder Bakugo had the upper hand," said Kyouka in a startled voice.

"If he tells her that, then you already know the score."

"Damn that boy and his sheer honesty." Kyouka looked at Yuyu, which gave them a clueless look. "Senpai, please forgive me." She reached over to the nearby table and grabbed a cup of tea, dousing it onto her lap. Yuyu yelped from contact and fell over backward from her chair.

Seizing this opportunity caused Kyouka and Tooru to crouch on the ground. As the crowd went to Yuyu's aid, the girls made an escape.

"Jirou! WHAT THE FUCK?" Tooru said as they were crawling. "That was stupidly dangerous! Even for you!"

"Relax, the tea wasn't even hot," replied Kyouka. "But it worked, didn't it?"

"Where to?"

"Anywhere but here. We need to find Ochako. If Izuku's with her, then we bring him along too and then to the secret spot!"

Tooru nodded in acknowledgement. The two girls left the area stealthily and went on in search for their shared boyfriend and their leader. Things just got a lot more complicated for the Warren, just when things were finally settling!

To be Continued…

SS: Oh boy, oh boy! Drama intensifies! And we had a tease to our lovely group of huntresses-in-training. When will we see more of them? Soon, I hope!

BD: A great ride indeed. The seeds are definitely growing. What will our heroes face next?

SS: Many threats, many possibilities, so little time. One thing we know for certain, the ride is far from over! Please stay tuned for more, this first arc is almost over and we're excited for what's to come!

BD: Stay tuned for more! Thanks for the undying support as this series continues to grow. God bless, strive and prosper, and as always, Team Greenshade.

SS: And may your hearts be your guiding keys!