Chapter 29:

A legend Falls

Summary:

The after math of the hideout raid and Nezu goes through with his plan to protect U.A. better.

The days following the kidnapping society was in a state of chaos. Paper running the story of All Might's true form and the No. 1 hero not fit for duty anymore.

"The Nomu we captured are just like the others we've seen before. They have human like responses, and it doesn't seem like we'll be able to acquire new information from them" A man from the heroes association states "Because the warehouse they were being kept was destroyed, all we can do to learn about how they are manufactured is to continue our ongoing investigations."

"It's possible that the warehouse was a fake in the first place, No?" Another man comments "It's not exactly the proper environment to be carrying out biological experiments… the location's too obvious, too. We're also collecting whatever personal information we can about the villains from the bar, right?"

"That is still presently under investigation"

"...UGH…"

"Though we captured their leader… Shigaraki and the rest of the lot all managed to escape."

"It may be a bit naïve to say this, but all things considered… the result was more or less a tie, no?"

"You moron. We lost our Symbol of Peace."

"All Might's weakened form was exposed to the world."

"The "Symbol of Peace will never fall" is no more"

"Not to the citizens, and not to the villains."

"That is the price we pay for having so much rest on one individual's shoulders"

"The world was able to see what could happen if a group of idiots gathered together and tried to do something… I am afraid"

"Our initial profiling suggested that it had all the sophistication of a child's tantrums, but… the chief villain Shigaraki Tomura… every time he adds to his numbers, his criminal plan gets all the more complicated… all the more cognizant of the society around him."

"Shigaraki is thinking and he is growing. And with the fall of All Might, we've now got even fewer deterrents than before, and their number dwindles by the day."

"Every time the League fails, they get stronger. I don't think they could have wished for more convenient circumstances under which to grow their own power."

"You think this had all gone according to plan? Couldn't this just be speculation after the fact? Aren't you being a little too negative?"

"I don't know. However, the one thing I can say for sure is that we have to capture those guys."

"We the police… we can no longer just sit around and just receive criminals as they are caught. We must reform our ways."

*** The Hospital***

The injured heroes along with, All Might, Shanks, and Ace are in the hospital being treated from their injuries. Ace is healed as much as Izuku can heal him. Shoto is sitting by his bedside with Luffy and Kirishima hovering close by. Izuku flutters between healing All Might and Shanks. Shanks will make a full recovery Izuku was able to repair the damage to the mans side. Shanks will have to go through an extensive heal plan and recovery time. All Might's physical injuries have been healed but the mental ones Izuku cannot heal those.

Izuku unleashed his healing flames throughout the room healing everyone's injuries. Best Jeanist will still be able to be a hero but like Shanks will need a very extensive recovery plan that involves multiple healing sessions with Izuku. The other heroes should be fine after this initial burst healing.

After healing everyone Izuku goes to Kacchan, who is hovering between Shanks and All Might. "Midoriya, My boy." All Might calls. Izuku flutters over to him slightly panicked.

"All Might? what is wrong? Are you in pain still?" Izuku panics

"Not the type of pain you can heal my boy." All Might states. Izuku nods. "The last flames inside me have gone out." All Might sighs "The "Symbol of Peace" is dead."

"All Might…" Izuku tries to cut in.

"However, there is still some things I need to do." All Might stares out of the window.

"Shigaraki Tomura." Gran Torino begins "Shimura's grandson huh…"

"That is just what he claimed, right? There's not much basis behind all that, is there?" the detective comments. "Did neither of you interact at all with the previous generation of the family?"

"Well…" All Might begins

"Shimura's husband was killed…to distance her own child as much as possible from the would of heroes, she gave him up to a foster family. She told Toshinori and I that under no circumstances did she want any of us to come into contact with her child, even if the worst were to happen to her."

"And in keeping that promise, instead this happens…" The detective concludes "How miserable…"

"in parting with her own blood, my master just wanted to do what she could to ensure a life of peace…!" All Might balls his fist "I have to go find Shigaraki… if I do, then he- "

{SLAP} All Might holds his cheek and looks up at the teary eyed Izuku. "NO!" Izuku shouts.

"Midoriya my boy…" All Might tries to calm him.

"No, All Might you are going to listen to me. He is still a criminal! He has still murdered people! Even if what AFO stated was true and he set up everything for you meet… Even if you could have saved him then. You are in no position to save him now. There is still so much, so much I need to learn from you. If you leave to find Shigaraki, you may never make it back." Izuku is crying. "My hero once told me, we can't save everyone, but we damn sure can save those in front of you." He whispers "I am sorry your masters grandson got manipulated into being a criminal but me, Kacchan, Ace, Luffy, Shoto, Kirishima, and the rest of U.A. need you here. We are the ones in front of you. We are the ones that need to learn from you, so this doesn't keep happening."

"The kid is right, All Might" Gran Torino states "What would you do if you found him? You are no longer capable of seeing him as a villain. You would be at a complete loss. No matter what his lineage is, at the end of the day he's a criminal. From now on, the search for Shigaraki… Will be handled by Tsukauchi and Myself." He levels a look at All Might. "You will remain at U.A. and carry out all that you still need to do. Even if you can no longer be the Symbol of Peace," He smirks "All Might is still alive"

"Thank you, my boy" All Might moves to hold the boy, Izuku comes easily "are you gonna tell me how you managed to talk to me while you were supposed to be unconscious?"

Izuku blushes he forgot all about that. That grabs the attention from the group minus Shanks and Ace whom are still unconscious. Izuku rubs the back of his head, "yea it's kind of long but I'll start at the beginning." All Might nods for him to continue "So the first time I went to the void was after I took the hit at USJ from that Nomu. That time I felt like I was under water being dragged under, feelings of fear and terror filled me. But then I heard Kacchan's voice and I started moving to the surface, the more he talked to me the closer to the surface I got. Eventually after fighting to wake up I was able to." He pauses "This time I entered the void when Kacchan was taken and my mind snapped. In the void it felt like I was floating on a calm river gently floating down stream. This time I didn't feel fear or panic, so I didn't fight it. I don't know how long I was floating but then I saw a silvery aura at the end and the glow was getting brighter and taking the darkness with it. Everyone has a different aura like Kacchan's aura is a burnt orange like a sunset. Ace has a bright yellow orange like the sun in the middle of the day. Shoto's aura is a deep blue like the ocean. Kirishima's aura is an Iron red to represent strength. And Luffy's Aura is a passionate red. Even Fuji has an aura his is green like life and healing. Anyways I got a little off topic, this silver one is like none I have ever seen but I felt safe and warm, I sensed an ancient wisdom coming from it. I remembered All Might saying that the souls of OFA live on in the quirk. I made the connection that the silver aura was OFA. I was proven right when I was pulled into the Aura and sat in a temple like place. There were 9 statues in that room, Shimura Nana came to me. I asked her how to do I get out of there that I needed to save Kacchan. She told me what she had to tell me involved Kacchan, so I stayed and listened."

"What else happened?" All Might asks.

"She suspected that because I have shared OFA with Kacchan multiple times that the quirk has sort of bonded with him."

"What?!" All Might screeches "How?!"

"Not the way the quirk bonded with me or you or any of the other users of OFA, but in a way Shimura never seen before. Every time me and Kacchan share OFA there is like a piece of him in there, but when the quirk is inactive in Kacchan, there is a flame or echo of Kacchan's spirit. Like a gate way I guess, the way It make sense to me if like the quirk made a wormhole of sorts to Kacchan's soul so he could use it easier. But that is speculation. Anyways, Nana said that usually when the quirk is shared the echo goes away, but the previous users never shared it more than once, so again it is unknown if the echo is there because of mine and Kacchan's bond, or because we have shared it multiple times. Maybe it is both."

"Ok so what happened next"

"Shimura told me the other users were trying to talk to Kacchan through the echo but since Kacchan didn't answer they don't know if it was working. She asked me to give it a try. I approached the flame like echo and gently tried to calm the fear I could feel coming from it, when he calmed down, I concluded Kacchan could feel my emotions as I could feel his at the time. I pulled my emotions away and attempted to talk to Kacchan to see if he would respond."

"I thought it was my mind playing tricks on me," Katsuki grumbled "I thought my subconscious was projecting the nerds voice in my head to help me calm down, so I pretended to talk to the nerd. It helped as a distraction."

"I asked how Ace was doing, and Kacchan said he didn't look so good, that he looked like me after I was shot. I deduced the Ace was cuffed with Sea Stone. I did not know for sure what happened after my mind broke and unleashed my Haki, but somehow, I knew Luffy was in Sea Stone and Shanks came for us. Anyways this information wasn't something Katsuki would have known because it happened after he was taken."

"I was so relieved when I realized my mind was playing with me" Katsuki states.

"I asked him if he could tell me anything about where he is, and he relayed what he could. I told him I would try to reach All Might to relay the information."

"When he left the connection was still there, but it was muted" Katsuki recalls "I felt a warmth that allowed me to push down the fear a bit. I felt like Ace was captured for something else as the villains were mostly keeping their attention on me. I decided I would cause a commotion when I felt the heroes come close so that the attention stayed on me." Katsuki sighs and looks at Shanks who still lays asleep "I need to thank Shanks for getting Ace out of there when he did, Ace slept the entire time, but I could tell he was not well. For once I didn't mind coming in second to the Matchstick."

This earned a chuckle from everyone. Izuku cleared his throat "So I contacted All Might through the quirk I told him I had information on Kacchan and Ace. I told him about the Bar like place they were being held. And told him to relay to Shanks that Ace had sea stone on him."

"How did you get out of the quirk?" The detective asks.

"When I finished telling All Might what I need to, I sent my accomplishment though the link with Kacchan, I spoke with Nana again and asked her how I get to Fuji from there. She told me when they want to talk to Fuji they meditate, so I gave it a shot. Eventually I was in front of Fuji, and I asked him for his help. I made him promise me that when I get out of there I needed to stay in control. He told me he couldn't promise me that, but he would not take over unless I went into combat. I gave him my plan and answered a few of his questions he forcibly sent me out and I woke up."

"I was so proud of you that you didn't just run off to rescue Katsuki, knowing how hard it must have been for you" All Might speaks softly.

"Don't get me wrong if I didn't go into OFA and spoke to Kacchan, I don't think my mind would have cleared and I would have hunted every single one of them and brought Kacchan home myself. But I was able to confirm that Kacchan was still alive and after talking to Fuji I realized even if I went berserk mode I probably would not have survived if I did that. I was still heavily injured from the Sea Stone and my fight with Muscular. Having spent time in the void and thinking through my thoughts I was able to come up with a rational plan that allowed me to rescue Kacchan and minimize the risk to myself and the others."

"Still to be able to overcome the urge to run after Katsuki without a plan, is admirable" All Might praises.

"It was so hard, All Might. I was so scared I would lose him again, I felt so helpless, worthless and scared." Izuku holds his tears "But I couldn't wait for the heroes to save him this time just like I couldn't during the sludge attack. I told Aizawa when I woke up, I wasn't just gonna sit there and do nothing but wait. I needed to go and help in any way I could even if I couldn't fight."

"I know my boy; I am proud, and I could not have chosen a better successor" All Might comforts.

Izuku and Shoto are the only two that hears the soft groan coming from Ace. Izuku smiles and makes his way over there, "Welcome back to the land of the living, Ace".

Ace groans and his eyes flutter. He feels a weight next to him and holding his hand, he immediately recognizes that it is Shoto's hand. He groans out again "Sho- Shoto?" he croaks.

Shoto cries softly eyes filling with relieved tears rather than the agony filled ones from before "Ace!" he sobs out.

Ace weakly croaks out "Shh. Shoto, don't cry. I'm fine now."

"You almost weren't Matchstick" Katsuki's stern voice breaks through. Izuku comes over with some water and allows Ace to sip on it slowly. Ace coughs as the cool liquid sooths his dry throat.

"I'm sorry." Ace looks down "I saw Luffy get cuffed and hit with something that pierced his chest. I did what I could to keep him from harm. I wasn't paying attention and ended up getting captured by that shithead."

"I was captured too, Dumbass." Katsuki speaks "If I didn't get captured, none of this would have happened. We would have made it to the facility we would have been safe."

"We can pass the blame between each other." Izuku starts "Or we could be glad that everyone is alive. Isn't that what matters"

"But All Might got injured because of me" Katsuki breaks "All Might can't be the symbol of Peace anymore. And it's all my fault!"

Izuku moves to Katsuki and embraces him in a hug "Ohh Kacchan, none of this is your fault." Izuku placates "Kacchan look at me." Katsuki does as told. "We knew this day was coming, the moment All Might gave me OFA, we knew this was a possibility. But it could be worse, Kacchan All Might is still alive. So he is not the Symbol of Peace anymore. That just means we need to work harder to fill the space he left behind."

"Thanks Nerd" Katsuki holds Izuku like his life depends on it.

"Bakugo, my boy" All Might calls to the boy, Katsuki looks but doesn't release his hold on Izuku. "Izuku is right, the Symbol of Peace has fallen but I am going to dedicate the rest of my time to your development. Despite my condition… we'll do our best, Okay?"

The rest of the week flies by with speeches from All Might to retire as a hero but to continue to teach and pass on his knowledge to the students at U.A. Principle Nezu backs him on this, Even though All Might cannot use OFA anymore he can still go into Muscle form for a couple hours a day. All Might reports to U.A. after the retirement speech Aizawa and Vlad King flanking him.

"Through those sacrifices, an even greater amount of lives were saved, in light of your efforts." Nezu bows "As citizen, fellow hero, and principal, I cannot thank you enough. However… in the eyes of society, although you are continuing your role as a teacher at U.A., at the very least, there will be some dissenting opinions." Principal Nezu stares down All Might

"Since the beginning the problem was All Might transferring to U.A. everything that has transpired can be traced back to that"

"And now that he is in a state of health where he can no longer fight, isn't the danger of the children being dragged into another perilous situation all the greater?"

"The situation is causing everyone great anxiety." Nezu temples his fingers "And that is exactly why now more than ever, we must do everything we can to strengthen the threads you wove for us, All Might! The unwavering faith and confidence in heroes!"

"In the wake of this incident, I have become all too aware… the great burden which we forced you to bear all by yourself… just how monstrously large it was" Vlad King states.

"And the threat has not yet been eliminated. From here on out, more firmly and more strongly than ever, we must nurture, protect and raise the students." Nezu continues "And so, we shall act accordingly, and put into effect a plan which I've been mulling over, now more than ever. Vlad and I will see to class b, which suffered more injuries, and All Might and Eraserhead, to class A… for home visits. I ask for your cooperation."

All Might and Aizawa make their ways to the Students homes. Most of the parents agreed right away after listening to the humble apologies. It helped that All Might was shown risking his life for one of his Students. If U.A. believes that turning into a boarding school will help protect the students, then the parents will allow it. For some families All Might bowed on the floor to apologize and lay his life down for the protection of his students. The last house they visited was the Midoriya Household.

All Might and Aizawa knocks on the door. Shanks was released to Inko's care a couple of days ago. He greets the man at the door "Inko is in the living room with the boys" Shanks smiles and leads the two into the house.

Inko stands up and goes to hug All Might "All Might! thank goodness, I saw your fight and I couldn't help but worry. I am so glad you are alive."

"Thank you Inko!" All Might smiles as he hugs the small woman back.

"Ms. Midoriya," Aizawa starts. "We are here to speak to you about relocating the boys to the U.A. dorms"

"Yes I know" Inko states sadly. She watches the boys for a minute "When I heard two of my boys were captured. I prayed that they would come back alive and safe. I knew Izuku would go save his pack and his Kacchan from danger. But I feel the teachers at U.A. have taught him well enough that he was able to rationalize a plan that would allow him to help without sacrificing himself."

"Yes, I was extremely impressed with his plan when he woke up in the hospital after Katsuki and Ace were taken. Izuku came up with a plan completely on his own to retrieve Katsuki and Ace with the help of the pros on the scene. He stayed far enough away to remain out of the villains grasps, while pushing the strengths of friends to rescue Katsuki from the battlefield." Aizawa explains.

"I have heard a bit of what happened at the training camp. Do you believe the villains were targeting the students, or was Ace and Katsuki being kidnapped to lure out All Might?"

"Ace was captured because the opportunity arose and people from my world found us. Forgive me Inko I did not know it was possible, it never even crossed my mind that we were followed. Now that I know it is possible, I will lay my life on the line to protect Ace and Luffy from this." Shanks bows as much as his still healing side could.

Inko is at his side in a moment "Shanks, I can't accept that. After all you are what the boys look up to, not just Luffy and Ace, but Izuku and Katsuki as well, you are the closest thing to father they have ever had. I need you to Shanks, you mustn't lay your life down, no matter what. Please go on living… while protecting and nurturing them to the fullest extents possible. If that is something you can promise me, then I will not stand in your way." Inko is sobbing into Shanks chest. He must have stopped bowing in the middle of her speech and decided to hold the scared mother.

"I promise." Shanks whispers into her hair.

Inko nods and wipes her tears away she turns to Aizawa and All Might. "What about Katsuki, why was he targeted. I am glad he came home with no injuries, but I can't help but wonder if he will be targeted again. I heard what they were accusing him of, I just want my boys to be safe."

"I'm sure you saw the sports festival award ceremony, right? You have also raised Katsuki since he was what 6? 7? We know how quick others are to think Katsuki's personality and brashness makes him unfit for being a hero. I don't know if Katsuki told you what happened to lead him being chained and muzzled to the podium." Aizawa starts.

"No he didn't" Inko states looking at Katsuki's guilty frown. "When I asked him about it, he said it didn't matter it was over"

"Of course he did. Stubborn brat" Aizawa drawls "we all know how difficult it is for Katsuki to express things that are bothering him. After the USJ incident Katsuki as been holding the guilt that because of him being in the way, and All Might saving him that he is the sole cause that Izuku got hurt and almost died. He held onto that guilt and it festered, Katsuki watched as Izuku broke himself on purpose to knock some sense into Shoto. Katsuki let rage and guilt consume him during his fight and the only way he thought Izuku would understand was to speak in a way they understand each other."

"They have always been like that huh?" Inko comments sadly, she looks at Katsuki "Katsuki, not that I am glad Izuku got hurt, but I am glad All Might saved you. This might make me a bad mother but Izuku can heal, yes it hurts him, yes it can sometimes make him go into a coma. However, there was no way to know who the target was. You were both equally in the way of the villains. You were holding down their escape, Izuku was healing his teacher. I think the villain planned to target the one that wasn't saved by All Might regardless. I believe Izuku thinks if it between you getting hurt or him getting hurt, he would sacrifice himself for you every time."

Hearing Katsuki's growl at that Aizawa speaks up "Yes, that is exactly what their fight was about. Katsuki doesn't want Izuku to throw himself in front of Katsuki and end up dead for it. Katsuki let his heart out in that fight, I do not know everything that was said but I believe they came up with a promise."

Izuku nods "If there is another way to protect someone beside throwing myself in harm's way, I will take it. I finally understood why he was so angry with me what he said that if I were to die for him or anyone else, he wouldn't be able to live with himself. That fight, he was telling me all his fears, and proving to me he could protect himself. He made me realize that even if someone gets hurt, I can save them after the danger is taken care of. If I were to die I may or may not have saved the person I died to protect. So we promised each other, we would protect each other so neither of us gets left behind."

"Nerd!" Katsuki grumbles hiding his face in Izuku's neck.

"Yes, after the battle they were sitting in the waiting room, an ex pro hero named Chains was tasked with taking the first-place winner to the staging point. During questioning Chains told us that he restrained Bakugo because he started acting aggressively at being called a beast."

"Not true" Katsuki grumbles.

"What is your side of the story" All Might asked.

"I didn't care what he said about me. It was nothing I haven't been called before, villain, beast, unhinged, monster. All I said to that was don't call me a monster. He baited me and said 'you're right you not the monster here. That mutt though that's another story. I was terrified he would have teared my throat out if I was in there for a second longer' I lost my cool, but no more than usual a couple of pops escaped my control and I told him 'he is not a mutt. Shut up' he continued to bait me by saying 'U.A. standards must have fallen if they think that beast could be a hero' I lost it then and I went to punch him in my rage. Next thing I know quirk cancelling cuffs formed over my hands. I started panicking and a growled at him. Then the muzzle and leash were forming over my face he said if I was going to growl at him like a dog, he would treat me like one. Before he let me go, he sneered at me 'you are no hero; you are nothing but an egotistical punk with the instincts of a killer. Mark my words, when you slip up, we will be there to put you down like the dog you are'. After that I started panicking more and was thrown into flashbacks of the sludge villain attack and when Cementoss tried to block me from being seen and brought me up in a concrete box, I thought the walls were closing around me. It was getting harder and harder to breath and I was doing everything in my power to break out." Katsuki explains.

"Chains got off to light with his punishment" All Might snarls. "being stripped of his hero status is not a fitting enough punishment for him."

"it's fine All Might," Katsuki grumbles.

"No it is not," Aizawa glares "However, we will take care of it. As Katsuki stated Cementoss; after being begged by Izuku not to bring up Katsuki, tried to shield him from view. Cementoss brought him up while he was surrounded by cement walls to prevent anyone from seeing him like that. When All Might got to him the wall lower just enough for All Might to enter and remove the muzzle. The rest of the walls came down. We ended the ceremony as fast as possible to get the boys out of there. Izuku got free and cut the cuffs of Katsuki and they left. We thought we took every precaution to keep Katsuki's image protected but someone must have saw the way chained to the podium and League found out. The league believed that Katsuki would be easy to turn into a villain. I for one believe they were foolish to even try."

"Can you look me in the eye and promise that Katsuki will not be in danger again" Inko glares at Aizawa.

"As their homeroom teacher I promise on my status as a hero and an educator, that I will continue to raise, guide and nurture not just Bakugo but the others as well into the splendid heroes they strive to be. Into the heroes I know they can be." Aizawa bows to Inko.

"Then I'll hold you to it." Inko ponders for a minute "Since they were five, they shared rooms, is this going to change."

"I am in charge of room arrangements; I already have a plan for the boys. I have already approved it with Principal Nezu that due to Izuku's wolf form and the pack dynamics the top floor is being remodeled into a suite like room. There will be three bedrooms and a living room. Izuku and Katsuki are assigned to one room, Ace and Shoto are assigned to another, and Luffy and Kirishima are Assigned the other room."

"Isn't that unfair to the other students?" Inko questions.

"No the other students are getting two room suites with a smaller living area; the entire class knows about Izuku's wolf form and that he needs his pack near him. At first, I was going to keep them with the rest of the students, but the regular rooms will not be able to hold his wolf form comfortably. I brought up my concerns of Izuku going full wolf in the common area. To make all the students as comfortable as possible it was decided that these 6 will get one of the suites on the top floor."

"That sounds fair." Inko states "What about roommate/ suite mate compatibility?"

"before the students move into the dorms, they need to submit their forms for their preferences. They have already been informed, that unless it is a confirmed soulmate pair under no other circumstances will a male and female be in the same room or suite. The form has lines for three preferences we have advised the students that their picks might not be chosen but we will try everything we can to make this situation easier and fair for the students."

"When will they be required to move in?" Inko asks.

"Any time before the start of the term, Shanks, myself, or All Might will notify you when their dorm is ready to be moved into."

Due to the police advising the students of Class 1-A and Class 1-B to remain indoors unless with parental supervision Ace and Luffy have not been able to spend too much time with their soulmates. Kirishima's parents would come over every couple of days so Luffy and Kirishima could hang out and comfort each other. When All Might and Aizawa came to Kirishima's home to apologize and ask permission for Kirishima to move into the dorms, they also explained what had happened during the training camp. Kirishima's mother was teary eyed as she heard how Kirishima helped in the retrieval of 2 of his friends and classmates. Kirishima has told his mother about his group and how the brothers consider him a pack member. She doesn't really get it, but she will have a chance to meet his friends and figure it out then.

The heroes didn't even have to go to the Todoroki estate to visit with Endeavor. The older flame hero approved the dorms as soon as it was brought up. When Shoto got home he was greeted by his sister Fuyumi "UWAHH… some crazy stuff's been going on huh, Shoto?" Shoto didn't say anything as he removed his shoes "you didn't return any of my messages after you went off to visit him. I was getting worried! Welcome back."

"Sorry, sis…" Shoto apologized. He could hear the yelling and slamming of objects down the hall and glanced to it.

"he just got back a little bit ago. He's been like that since…" Fuyumi informed.

Shoto nods and walks down the hall 'If All Might really can no longer stand at the front lines… then the position of Number 1…'. Shoto opens the door to the training room, in the center of the room is his father panting heavily in the destroys room fire blazing around him and his back is toward his son. "Not like this… I can't accept it…" Endeavor states to no one "there's no way I'll accept it. I absolutely cannot accept it…!" Shoto leaves his father alone to come to terms with whatever it is he is feeling right now. He just heads to his room sends a quick message to Ace that he is home safe and will ask Fuyumi to drop him off later.

Izuku and Katsuki are even more inseparable then they were before. Katsuki tries to remember that he is safe now, but he can't help but think he will wake up and still be strapped to the chair. He wakes up with cold sweats more often then not. After a nightmare he can't find it in himself to wake Izuku, he looks at the nerd sleeping just as restlessly as he is, but still he was so very close to losing his light a couple of days ago that his nerd needs to sleep; He is still healing after all. Izuku wakes up anyways his restless sleep easily disturbed by Katsuki heavy breathing. They sit up all night talking and comforting each other. Izuku tells him that he is so happy to have his Kacchan back. As Izuku holds the trembling boy closer.

During these nights emotions run thick and flow openly. Katsuki lays his heart out for Izuku to repair the only way the Nerd know how. With gentle touches and sweet words inspiring strength he is able to heal Katsuki gently and slowly. Katsuki tells Izuku that he is still scared as he clings and sobs into the Nerds strong chest. Katsuki confesses that if it wasn't for hearing his Nerds voice, he would not have been able to find the strength to continue fighting to survive.

When Katsuki breaks down in uncontrollable sobs, not being able to breathe through the panic; Izuku is there to listen and then hit him over the head when Katsuki is being ridiculous. Izuku explains to Katsuki that none of this was his fault, Katsuki is not to blame for the fall of All Might. Izuku knows that Katsuki has a hard time not letting what people think of him get to him. Katsuki uses anger as a protective armor around his fragile heart.

Izuku hears what people think of his Kacchan and his wolf lashes out against it. They hear how even their own classmates think Katsuki shouldn't be a hero, that his personality and demeanor fits a villain better. Izuku has tried to explain it to the others when approached with "how can you stand being around someone like that" from a general ed student. Izuku couldn't be blamed for punching the guy as he fumed. If people don't want to look deeper into Katsuki to see who he really is, then Izuku is gonna shower all the love he is capable of on Katsuki. Fuck everyone else.

Kirishima and Shoto have been talking back and forth to have their parent (Kirishima) and sister (Shoto) bring them over to the Midoriya House at the same time. Shoto and Kirishima know that even though Izuku has been with Katsuki the entire time, Izuku's still suffering from not being able to protect his pack better. Shoto and Kirishima are all for another "Puppy Pile" to help sooth the teen.

Kirishima: Hey my mom will bring me by today.

Shoto: My sister is free as well.

Kirishima: Well let's go soon my mother has been dying to meet my friends. I have tried to explain that we are more then that, but she doesn't get it.

Shoto: My sister has been unbearable as well. This will be good for Inko as well, with all of us leaving her I don't want you to get lonely without us.

Kirishima: I think that is an awesome idea. I will be there in about a half hour; we just left the store.

Shoto: Then I will tell my sister it is time to go. I am sure Izuku will be happy the pack is all there.

Kirishima: Yea I can't wait to see Luffy again. I can't imagine how you and Ace are coping with the distance after you just got him back.

Shoto: It is hard. We have been calling each other every day so I know he is still safe. I am on my way; I will see you in a bit.

About a half and hour later 2 cars pull up in front of the Midoriya house, from one car comes Kirishima and His mother. From the other car comes Shoto and his Sister. Kirishima and Shoto greet each other and walk together to the door and knock.

Inko is preparing lunch when there is a knock on the door, the boys are all in Izuku's room playing video games, so she dries her hands and heads to the door. She opens the door and is surprised to see Shoto, Kirishima and 2 females on her doorstep.

"Hello Shoto, Kiri. I supposed you are here to see the boys?"

"Yea Ms. Inko. My mom wanted to meet the boys. So is it ok if she comes in for a bit?" Kirishima asks.

"I think that is fine Kiri come on in" Inko says with a fond smile on her face "I was just making lunch, Izuku and the others are in his room"

Kirishima grabs Shoto and heads to Izuku's room. Shoto's sister watches her baby brother being pulled around by another teen and smiles fondly.

"Sorry for intruding like this Ms. Midoriya. My brother hasn't had friends before, so I wanted to meet the boys that helped pull Sho out of his shell" Fuyumi starts.

Inko waves off the apologies with a genuine smile "Call Me Inko. Shoto is a wonderful boy. He is always so polite. He fits in well with the group"

"It is a pleasure to meet you Inko, I am Eijiro's mother. You both can call me Reo" Reo introduces. "Eijiro has told me a lot about the boy's, but I guess I am confused because at first he said they were brothers."

Inko laughs "Izuku is my son, Katsuki has lived here since he was 7, Ace and Luffy are Shanks' kids, I sort of unofficially adopted the three. Shanks had nowhere to go, when my sons quirk came in and healed him and two boys after they were shipwrecked. Izuku, bless his soul even at the age of five didn't hesitate when he brought a strange man and 2 boys here like strays."

"That must have been terrifying" Fuyumi starts.

"At first yes, I thought Izuku was going to be quirkless, when he was hanging out with Katsuki at the beach he found those three, from what I can tell he wanted them to be better and was able to heal them." Inko laughs at the memory "I see them all as my sons, but I don't know if they told you Izuku and Katsuki are confirmed matches, they found out when Izuku's quirk came in when he was 5. Ace and Luffy see each other as brothers. It's confusing I would just ask Izuku."

Almost like the boys were summoned Izuku comes out of his room with the rest coming after him. The boys go out into the living room laughing and catching up. The lanky raven his bouncing excitedly and talking animatedly with Eijiro.

Reo looks at the group of boys and observes them. The first one that comes out has large wings and 6 fluffy tails trailing after him. She notices that he has two tails around the ash blonde boy one around the boys wrist and the other around the boys waist. The other tails are lightly wrapped around the other boys wrists. Even her son and Shoto have a tail wrapped around them. It is strange, she studies the green haired one and almost gasps at the almost hidden sadness and regret in the boys eyes. The boy's smile doesn't reach his eyes and he looks like he has not been sleeping well. She almost didn't notice the ears until they perked up and twitched as his nose shifted as he smelt the air around him. She barely heard the low rumbling growl he released but she didn't have to hear it as he focused on her. She gasped as the shimmering emerald eyes shifted to a fierce protection from the sadness. She was shocked as Kirishima stroked the tail wrapped around his wrist and the protective gaze didn't look so hostile and he smiled.

Inko watched the silent interaction with a small smile on her face, she knows Izuku and Katsuki have not been sleeping well lately but until they come to her she really can't do much for them except be there. "Izuku" she states firmly "This is Mrs. Kirishima and Ms. Todoroki." Understanding flits in the boys eyes and then guilt took over again.

"I'm sorry, it been hard lately." Izuku mumbles out.

"Oh Izuku, it is perfectly ok. You boys have been through a lot it is understandable that Fuji is being overprotective" Inko tries to calm down.

"Fuji?" Fuyumi asks.

"Oh let me explain, my quirk is extremely rare Fuji is the name of the wolf I share my soul with. When my quirk came in Fuji, I guess you could say woke up and my body started to change to fit Fuji in my soul." Izuku tries to explain, judging by the more confused faces he is not doing a good job. "The easiest way to explain it is my quirk is a spirit wolf named Fuji. He is the spirit of Healing and Life. Most people have a spirit animal my quirk allows me to be my spirit animal. Essentially, I am a wolf, I have the instincts of a wolf but more amplified then a normal wolf you would find in the woods. In this form I have the enhanced senses of a wolf and strength, in my half state I acquire more strength, speed and my thoughts become more instinct base. When I got full wolf, I am a wolf with human like intelligence. When I go into my wolf form the easier it is for Fuji to come out, when he comes out, I go into berserk mode."

"Isn't that dangerous?" Fuyumi asks.

Izuku chuckles a bit "Of course he is dangerous, Fuji is a wolf. But you want to know if he is dangerous to Shoto?"

Fuyumi blushes, "yes I just didn't want to sound like I don't trust you."

"I understand, to answer your question. No, even in berserk mode Shoto, Kirishima, Luffy, Ace, Kacchan, Shanks, Inko, Aizawa, and Hawks are safe. They have all been introduced to Fuji, they are all recognized by me and Fuji as pack."

"Pack?" Reo asks confused.

"To me and Fuji it goes Pack then Family then friends then everyone else. I have not gone berserk unless pack is being threatened. To me Pack is more important then even family. Granted everyone I consider family is in my pack, but if my father ever came back and told me to chose between him and Shoto. Well I would chose Shoto every time. Pack is equal… um well maybe that is not quite right." He pauses to think for a second "Ah ok I think I got it, ok so in the pack it goes Kacchan, then the rest of the pack is all equal. And then myself. Kacchan is my match so he is a bit more important to me than the rest of the pack, but their happiness and safety is more important than my own."

"I think I get it." Reo states. "Actually not really."

Izuku laughs bright and happy "I can sense emotions and can tell you're nervous. Maybe the way I explained was not good. Ok let me try again, because I am a wolf soulmates mean more to me then to other people. If Kacchan died or got seriously injured I would completely lose myself, I would be good for nothing but madness, I probably won't be able to survive the grief. That is assuming Fuji doesn't get us killed in a rampage. That is not saying that I wouldn't sacrifice my life for any member of my pack I am a healer I can heal just about anything except sickness. I have trained my healing to the point where I can heal as many people as Mom could fit in this house at the same time. Though the graver the injuries the longer it takes to heal and the energy it pulls from me."

Fuyumi blushes a bit "um Izuku?" Izuku hums the glint in his eyes make Fuyumi blush more. "um this will probably sound stupid or insensitive but um… are your tails and ears made of fire?"

Izuku's ears droop a little and a blush dust his cheeks. "Yes my wolf features are all made of fire, even the feathers of my wings are made of fire."

"I hope someday you'll let us see you in wolf form" Fuyumi gushes "I bet you look so adorable"

Ace and Katsuki burst into a fit of giggles. Shoto looks at his sister with amusement in his eyes while he chuckles softly. Hearing Shoto chuckle Fuyumi gasps eyes wide in shock, come to think about it since she brought Shoto here, she noticed the tension he carries around lifted immediately. She looks at his soft face as he chuckles. She frowns when he notices she caught him and stopped.

Shoto clears his throat "I think that is the first time some thought Fuji might look adorable." He gets nods from the others "The first time I met Izuku in wolf form adorable wasn't the first thing I was thinking." His face hardened as he remembered Iida's taunting, "He was fierce during that exercise."

Ace and Katsuki stop giggling, Katsuki growls "He wouldn't have had to be aggressive if the fucking asshole didn't call him a monster. The Nerd did the exercise efficiently, he even healed his opponents. Do you remember what the jack ass did after my Nerd healed him?!"

Shoto looks at Katsuki with guilt in his eyes "I remember Kats. That wasn't fair to Izuku. I didn't mean anything negative by my comment."

"Oh Shoto, I know exactly what people think of me when they first see my wolf form. I don't blame you for being cautious the first time. And then the second time during the sports fest I think I scared everyone. I could tell you were nervous when you came over and apologized after our match." Izuku smiled.

Shoto blushed "I wasn't scared of Fuji when I came here to apologize." He nervously played with his fingers "I thought that because of my stubbornness you wouldn't accept my apology"

Izuku smiles softly at the heterochromatic boy "And I already told you I forgave you before your apology."

Shoto looks down "I know" Then he smirks "I still think you might be a bit insane though."

Izuku laughs brightly "Probably."

Kirishima laughs "You wanna know what I thought when I first saw your wolf form in that mock fight?"

"Go for it shitty hair" Katsuki smiles at Kirishima,

Kirishima pouts "When am I gonna get a better nickname?" he grumbles.

Katsuki smirks "Never!"

Izuku rolls his eyes and looks to the two females "Kacchan doesn't mean anything bad by his nicknames. He doesn't call any of us by our name." Izuku smiles at the nods "Kirishima what did you think the first time you met Fuji?"

"Oh yea" Kirishima smiles "I thought you were a beast in the manliest way!"

"Thank you Kirishima" Izuku smiles.

Luffy bounces around "Remember the first time Kirishima came over in the middle of a puppy pile?"

"Puppy pile?"

Ace laughs at Izuku whine "Every once in a while, Fuji demands to come out and cuddle with pack. Hence the name Puppy pile."

Luffy Laughs "Kirishima refused at first, because 'cuddling isn't manly'. Ne, Kiri tell them how well that worked out for you."

Kirishima groans "Not well, almost crapped my pants when he tackled me. When Izuku came back he was a panicky mess for days after that."

"The Nerd probably forgot about your hardening quirk" Katsuki smirks while poking Izuku's cheeks.

Izuku puffs out his cheeks and pouts "What if I hurt Kirishima? Or what if he didn't activate his quirk and crashed into something?"

"And shitty hair told you he was fine after that." Katsuki reminds.

Their bickering was cut off by laughter from the 2 guests. Reo catches her breath first "Fuji sounds playful"

Katsuki smirks "He is around pack, the extras at school see protective Fuji. The giant Puppy is for pack only."

"Kacchan! Not you too!" Izuku whines "Fuji is not a puppy."

"When I came to apologize to Izuku I met pack Fuji, he accepted my apology and nudged my stomach to push me over into the others to join the Puppy Pile. I was so shocked I tried refusing but the others warned me it wasn't a good idea. Apparently, I fell asleep." Shoto reminisces

"Apparently!?" Katsuki barks "Icy-Hot you were passed out curled up in the nerds tails. Matchstick though you died!"

"But his tails are so warm and soft. I think they have magical properties. I don't think I have ever slept so well in my life" Shoto cracks a small smile.

"Oh, now I really want to feel them. Please?" Fuyumi squeals.

Izuku looks guilty, Katsuki steps up "No one touches the ears or tail."

Izuku picks up the shocked confusion coming from the women. He sighs "Um I'm not really comfortable with people outside of pack touching my ears and tails. They are very sensitive. When my quirk first appeared, I got my ears and 1 tail. The older kids at school called me a freak, monster. They would tell me my soulmate would never want a monster like me. Everyday after school they would try to fix me."

Katsuki started growling if the girls didn't know any better, they would think the wolf was in Katsuki. Fuyumi being an older sister wanted nothing more to help "what do you mean "fix me"?"

Izuku takes a deep breath "They would take scissors and cut them off. They would always grow back because they are made of fire. But I could feel them being cut off. I'm sorry but I won't let anyone outside of pack touch my ears or tails."

Fuyumi looks sad and Reo looks like a protective mother "Never apologize for that Izuku. If anything we are sorry for putting you on the spot like that." Reo states.

Izuku takes in the women and doesn't sense any deceit "If your curious what the feel like. I can let you touch my wings but not my back of course that is where my mark is." Izuku smiles as Fuyumi's eyes light back up. He moves closer to the two women. Izuku blushes as they comment on how soft and fluffy, they are.

Ace clears his throat, Izuku glances at him in question "aren't you forgetting something Izuku?"

Confusion mars his face and he shakes his head. Katsuki rolls his eyes, no matter how smart the nerd is he is an airhead sometimes. "We were gonna cuddle now that we are all here." Izuku blushes and he starts panicking.

"Oh yea Fuji wanted to cuddle. He has been so sad lately this has been the longest since we have been separated." He looks to the two women "If you want to meet Fuji this is probably the only time you would be able to. I usually don't let him out in front of non-pack. If he is out in front of non-pack it is probably not safe to approach him."

The females looks at each other and smile they want to see this puppy pile for themselves. "I'd love that. Um… could I take a picture?"

Izuku appears to be in thought. "Who do you plan to show it to, I don't want it to fall in the wrong hands and have people targeting my pack to get at me."

"Makes sense, I just though our mother would like to see Shoto so relaxed." Fuyumi explains.

Izuku's eyes widened "I forgot Shoto." He panics "Your mom watched to see Fuji." He looks sad.

Shoto smiles softly "I don't think the hospital staff would appreciate a massive wolf in the hospital rooms." He smirks "Besides I don't think he would fit in that room"

"Ahhhh your right Sho… what am I gonna do she seemed so happy when I told her I would let her meet Fuji?" Izuku whines.

"Well mother won't be in there for too much longer. As soon as I make hero, I'm getting her out of there." Shoto states confidently "But Fuyumi's idea of a picture would hold her over for the time being." Shoto finishes with a small smile.

Izuku nods, that works "only make a copy for Ma Todoroki." Izuku confirms

"Let's go Nerd!" Katsuki shouts. He gets cranky when he is promised cuddles and does not get them.

Izuku and the rest of the pack chuckle at Katsuki's impatience "Of course Kacchan." He gestures to the room down the hall. It is not any of the boys bedrooms It was Shanks' old room before he started sleeping with Inko. The entire floor is made of comfortable futons for the boys to lounge on while cuddling with the wolf. Izuku enters the room and starts shifting into wolf form. His eyes glaze over as he is giving Fuji a heads up about the non-pack members. Fuji understands and it doesn't bother him he just wants to cuddle. These last few days since Ace and Katsuki have been rescued all he wants to do is cuddle with pack.

Fuji settles himself near the wall with his tails on the side of him. Katsuki gets settled in his spot curled up into Fuji's neck between his head and paw. When Fuji goes to sleep, he curls his head to rest on Katsuki like a blanket. Ace and Shoto curl up in Fuji's tails, Shoto looks minutes away from being dead to the world as he makes him self comfortable in Fuji's tails with his head on Ace's Chest. Shoto is clingy with Ace, but Ace doesn't mind he knows the other teen was scared while he was taken. Shoto needs to listen to Ace's heartbeat and feels safe when Ace's warm arms circle around the slightly shaking teen.

Luffy and Kirishima settle them selves under one of the massive wings. Luffy has wrapped himself around Kirishima and is happily strangling his soulmate.

Once the boys are settled Katsuki grips the scuff of Fuji's neck in a firm but not hurting grip. When the wolf whines Katsuki smiles at him, he uses his other hand to lightly run his fingers through the soft fur. He motions to the other two they can approach slowly. "If he growls you are too close, when you are about a foot away stop and lift your hand out. Let him come to you, when he bunts your hand you can pet him but stay clear of the ears." Katsuki explains.

The women do as told and when they are about a foot away, they stop and lift their hands and watch as the wolf studies them. Reo now understand that adorable is not the first thing that comes to most peoples minds. Just looking into the wolfs eye's she can see the intelligence shining in them. The wolf is not some mindless beast, but one that fiercely protects what he deems as his. Somehow her Son has fallen into that category. She can't be anything but grateful, her boy struggled making friends before. When he called at the beginning of the school year to spend the night at some friends house, she was skeptical. She trusted her son, but as a mother she worried he was in the wrong crowd. When she asked if they were friends, he had the softest smile as he said no, we are not friends we are pack. She didn't understand what he meant. Now she gets it. During her thoughts she apparently get the approval from the wolf but doesn't notice until the wolf is nudging her. Her sons laughter breaks her out of her thoughts.

"He wants you to cuddle" her son says.

Apparently, her shock is all over her face because the ash blond speaks up "He smells Shitty Hair on you, these past few days have been hard on him. He wants to be surrounded by the scents of his pack." The teen smirks "This is probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for you."

She can't do anything but nod as she moves to the wolf side and mindlessly strokes the fire like fur. It is soft and warm. She watches her son interact with the boy latched onto him like a stretchy koala bear. The boy must be her Son's match. She watches as they smile and something fiercely protective passes through her Sons eyes as the other teen recalls his experiences during the invasion of the Summer Training Camp. She remembers her Son mentioning he had to do extra classes on top of the training because he failed his finals. She also remembers the guilt and sadness as he cried into her shoulder as he broke down, because he couldn't do anything during the attack as the teachers kept them in the classroom. When he told her the plan to follow Izuku to rescue Katsuki and Ace, she couldn't find it in her heart to forbid him to go. All She said to him was stay safe and to call her when the retrieval mission is finished. Watching the boys now she couldn't be happier for her Son and she relaxes against the wolf as she takes in all the soft whispers and conversations happening around her.

Fuyumi watches Shoto shocked, in the hour or so that they have been here, if she didn't know any better, she wouldn't know who this teen that looks like her brother is. He clings to the raven with freckles like the boy will disappear again as if the only thing keeping the raven from going away is how tight Shoto latches onto him. She remembers how distant he was at the start of the school year. She remembered him being lost in thought and even more silent than usual for a while after the USJ incident. When she approached him about it, he waved her off with I think the universe messed up. When she pried, he responded that he doesn't understand why the universe would match him with a fire user. She didn't blame him for not saying anything to his match considering their father's less than good parenting. After the sports festival she noticed the change, he started visiting their mom with another teen. He started asking to go out to a friends. She remembers overhearing the teen that came with Shoto for his internship with their father. She realized that day that the universe definitely didn't make any mistakes. Even the relationship between Shoto and Endeavor started repairing. She remembers hearing her father's booming laugh praising Shoto for having such a strong match. She watches as the Ace sooths her brother and reassures that he is indeed there, and he is not going anywhere anytime soon. Shoto glares at the ravens brilliant smile as he forces an apology (for making him worried) and a promise (to never do it again). She feels her heart swell as she watches as Ace chuckles softly as he littered little pecks on Shoto as he promises and begs for forgiveness. She smiles when her brother blushes so hard his cheek bursts into flames and he starts panicking. She watches in awe as Ace swipes his fingers gently over the small flame, causing the flame to recede into her brother again.

Both women agree that if this is the bond these boys share, they can rest easier at night knowing they are all in good hands. They didn't notice that the blonde and the wolf have fallen asleep, until Ace sighs "Finally, they have not been sleeping well" He smiles sadly.

"I only know what was on the news but how bad was it really?" Fuyumi asks softly "If it is too uncomfortable to talk about, I won't pester. I just want to get a better understanding."

"I don't much myself because I was stuck in a classroom. But Mandalei has a telepathic quirk and notified everyone that the target was Kacchan. There is only one person that is allowed to call Katsuki Kacchan and that is Izuku. At the end of the fight a broken scream tore through the air. At that moment I knew the villains won and got Kats. Shanks told me to come with him and we made our way to where the scream came from and found Izuku, Shoto, Luffy and 2 other Classmates there. The 2 classmates were unconscious. Luffy was crying hysterically, Shoto was crying while trying to comfort Luffy, and Izuku was so gone to his wolf Shanks had to knock him out." Kirishima explains his side.

"Me and Bakugo were partnered for the test of courage training about halfway through Mandalei's voice told us that Villains were attacking and to head back to the facility. We were on our way to the facility when a villain showed up in front of us. All we could do is defend I couldn't use my fire and Bakugo couldn't use his explosions. Izuku and a classmate came running through the woods with another classmates quirk that was out of control due to the darkness. His quirk is called Dark Shadow and the villain went to attack the new arrivals and dark shadow just blasted him away. Bakugo and I used the smallest fires we could to get the quirk under control. After we regrouped, Izuku didn't look so good. His wounds made him look like he went through a woodchipper. He was shot with something that cut his healing off. It was poisoning him so Bakugo had to dig out the bullet so Izuku could heal. Izuku lost consciousness we had our plan to make it back to the facility, so we started running. We ran into Luffy and Ace shortly after that. We didn't even notice that Bakugo and Tokoyami were taken. Izuku woke up and Fuji was mostly in control. We chased the villain and crashed into him we were split up and Luffy got injured Ace intercepted an attack and used his fire to erect a flame barrier around Luffy. Just before he was going to reenter the fight, he was captured the same way as Bakugo and Tokoyami. During the chaos and confusion the villain tricked us, one of our classmates took two of these marble-like things the villain used to capture our classmates. Turned out they were fakes as Ice came out of them. The villain showed us the real ones that he hid in his mouth. They were about to escape through these portals that came out of nowhere, when a different classmate with a laser quirk hit the villain making him spit out the three marbles. Izuku, shoji, and I all went for one. Izuku caught his, Shoji missed and just as I was about to secure the other one the villain reached it faster. The villain told the one that captured them to release his quirk. Ace and Bakugo were revealed. Izuku and I tried to intercept and grab them, but we weren't fast enough and the portals closed seconds faster. Izuku lost control and let out the worst anguished, broken, pained scream I have ever heard. Luffy was crying and I thought it would be safer to comfort Luffy. Shanks and Kirishima got there moments later." Shoto recalls.

"I don't remember much from being captured they hit me with something, and I was unconscious the entire time. All I remember is one moment I am being dragged into a portal and landing at the bar. Then I was waking up with Izuku healing me. I don't even know what Blasty had to go through, and it doesn't look like it, but he cares and worries about all of us. He was no doubt trying to keep all the villains attention on himself to keep them from remembering I was even there."

"Before this I always thought Izuku was the scariest while he was protecting something. I was wrong, now I know a rational Izuku is someone everyone should fear. For two days after the attack he was unconscious, Aizawa and Shanks would not let us all leave the hospital that's why I kept having to leave. Shanks and Aizawa were terrified that when Izuku woke up that it would be a rampaging wolf they would have to deal with, they had pack stay with him to keep him calm. When he did wake up the first thing he said after confirming it was him in control was "I will not sit here and wait for someone to save my Kacchan or Ace. I have a plan" in the coldest voice I have ever heard. I think he was ready to fight All Might, Shanks, Aizawa and Hawks to get out to find Kats and Ace. His plan was simple and well thought out he knew he wouldn't be able to fight unless it absolutely came to that. He had every possible outcome planed and countered." Kirishima folds his hands in his lap and looks at his mother "Izuku was not lying when he said he would give his life for his pack. But I feel like it is our jobs to get strong enough that it never comes to that."

Ace smiles sadly "It's not very often Izuku gets cold like that, it is usually when pack is in danger and he can't afford to let Fuji to take control. The first time it happened was at USJ."

"What happened then?" Reo asked.

"Aizawa almost died, Izuku was healing him. Katsuki was holding down a villain that makes portals. The main villain Shigaraki told a Nomu, those monster-like creatures that attack Hosu, to get the boy. All Might assumed the target was Katsuki and moved him away causing the portal villain to be free. The target was Izuku and I watched as Izuku faster then any of us could have reacted pushed Me, Luffy, Shoto, Kirishima, and Asui away. He didn't have enough time to move the teacher so he blocked the monster with his body and if it wasn't for Fuji, he would have died from that. Katsuki ran after him, me, Luffy and Kirishima followed while Shoto and Asui tried to move Aizawa to Safety. When we got there Izuku chest was caved in and his fire was working overtime to heal him. Not even recovery girl could have done anything to save his life. It took over 12 hours for him to heal enough to wake up. I know it doesn't seem long, but he can heal most damages in minutes. Damage that would take months to heal on its own is usually gone in a few minutes. So when it took hours to heal, we were panicking. Anyways in that split second between All Might saving Katsuki and hitting Izuku, he already went through all of his options and took the route where everyone would survive. He already knew if he tried to run away the teacher and us would have gotten hit instead, we would have died. He also couldn't throw Aizawa out of the way like he did for us. He also didn't have enough time to move the teacher at a slower pace."

"I remembered seeing Bakugo look so crushed then, I couldn't believe I didn't piece together why for a while after that." Shoto states.

"The next time wasn't as bad, but it was during the Stain fight when Luffy and Katsuki were paralyzed. He couldn't let Fuji out because he would not have been able to fit in the alleyway."

"There is something in common with all three of these events" Kirishima teases. "It seems like this side of Izuku comes out when he thinks Bakubro is in danger."

"Yea, you are probably right" Shoto sighs as he gets comfortable again in Izuku's tails.

"They may be soulmates, but I have never seen a bond like theirs" Ace states.

"What is so special about their bond?" Reo Asks curiously.

"Besides the fact that they have known since they were five. Izuku and Katsuki always know when the other is in danger. Izuku was 7 the first time this trait showed itself. It is also the first time Izuku went berserk. We were going to train with Shanks when Izuku ran to me panicking that something was wrong with Katsuki. He knew to go to his house and when we arrived Katsuki mother was beating the life out of him. He almost died that day and Izuku went full wolf mode and laid on Katsuki to protect him from any more harm while healing him. He whined and whimpered the entire time Katsuki was unconscious. It took about an hour maybe two for Katsuki to wake up. When they are fighting, they don't need to talk or signal what they are doing they just know, when to support, when to be supported, almost like the same mind in different bodies. They can share their quirks outside of life and death. I honestly believe Katsuki is part wolf with all the growling and grunting he does." Ace teases at the end. "Izuku always has one or more of his tails wrapped around Katsuki. He just started wrapping them around us since the kidnapping."

They watch as the wolf slightly twitches in his sleep face scrunching up as if plagued by unpleasant thoughts. Without waking Katsuki pops small explosions into the wolfs neck, the wolfs face turns peaceful again as he curls more into his pack.

Fuyumi chuckles out "I see what you mean Ace"

"To have that level of connection to be able to react to your other half's distress without even waking… I've never seen a bond like that before." Reo comments in shocked awe. She never thought much about soulmate bonds. Her late husband was her match he died in the line of duty, but even though they met in middle school and found out they were matches in the early years of high school, they still did not have what these two share so easily. To her having a bond didn't make her life any different, she didn't feel like he knew her feelings, or thoughts. It didn't feel like he was a part of her soul, when he died yea, she was sad, but she didn't fall to madness or rampage. Well she rampaged on Ice-cream but that was it, she moved on fairly quickly. Izuku made his bond sound like he physically can not be away from Katsuki without feeling physical distress.

Shoto clears his throat grabbing his sisters attention. "Hey Sis?"

Fuyumi tears her gaze away from the wolf and looks at her brother "What's up Sho?"

"Can you take us to mom tomorrow. I promised I would see her before the training camp. She has no doubt seen the news and is probably worried." Shoto asks a bit nervous.

Fuyumi nods and smiles "Yea I can take you. Were you gonna spend the night here?"

Shoto looks at the almost asleep Ace "I would like to stay." An almost visible pout on his face at the thought of going home and not cuddling with Ace.

Fuyumi observes the look her brother gives the other fire user. Shoto's face looks almost no different then usual but his eyes, his eyes have a panicked shine when he is not looking at Ace. She watched him since he got home from the rescue mission, he was more reserved and closed off then usual. He barely left his room; he barely ate anything. When he finally came out of his room to ask if she would be willing to bring him here, she couldn't find it in her heart to tell him no.

She smiles in understanding "I'll let father know you are spending the night if he asks"

"Thank you, sis," Shoto responds his eyes losing some of the panicked edge.

Reo watches her Son and states "I take it you don't want to leave either."

Kirishima blushes and rubs the back of his neck "You're right Mom, I don't want to leave." He pauses for a second eyes fliting between Luffy and then the others. "I want to stay here for Luffy and the others. Izuku and Bakubro probably haven't been sleeping well lately. I think it would be best if we all stayed and just cuddled."

Reo smiles at her Son, he probably needs this as much as the other boys do. She will ask Inko if the boy's can spend the night. "Eijiro, I have work early in the morning, so I'm going to say good night, and head home then."

"Ok Mom goodnight, thank you for bringing me here"

"Have a good night Mrs. Kiri" Luffy sleepily mutters out.

Reo gives the boy a smile and as she leaves, she sneaks a small kiss to her Son's forehead. She reaches the kitchen and notices a Red-Haired man standing with Inko. Inko notices her and blushes slightly, "How are the boys?" Inko asks as she tries to hide her blush.

"They are all in various stages of sleep. Never thought I would see a bunch of teens cuddled with a wolf. I am glad he let me experience that. Now I understand when Eijiro said 'friends is too weak of a word to describe them'. I am glad my Eijiro has managed to find people that care about him the way he cares for others" Reo says with a fond smile.

The man studies her, "I didn't think Izuku would let you into the room with pack, he must have been more stressed out then I thought. I take it you are Kirishima's mother?"

"Yes, I am. Katsuki said Izuku probably told the wolf we were family. He also said Fuji was calm because of the familiar scent and let me and Fuyumi cuddle for a bit"

Shanks watches her for a bit "It is a pleasure to meet you, I was hospitalized when All Might and Aizawa came to meet you. I am Shanks, Luffy, Izuku, Katsuki and Ace are like sons to me. I am also the hand to hand combat instructor at U.A." He speaks a little formally.

Recognition flashes in her eyes "Oh you must be the one Eijiro talks about all the time. He is always going on how the training is tough and manly." She chuckles then her face goes sad "I must thank you; I thanked his other teachers already. It wasn't long ago when Eijiro hated himself. In middle school a sketchy guy started threatening the students and he was too scared to do anything. He hated himself because another student in his class diffused the situation without anyone getting hurt. For a while he almost gave up his dream to be a hero. He didn't have any friends, when he called me at the beginning of the school year that he made friends and he was gonna stay over the first night. I didn't know what to think, I wanted to be happy that he finally found some friends. There was a part of me that didn't believe it would happen." She bows "Thank you for giving my boy confidence in himself"

Shanks moves closer to the woman. "I didn't do much, there is a reason he is so far ahead the others in his class. He found something worth fighting for. I just helped by giving him the tools he asked for to protect those he cares about. Kirishima at first was with the rest of the class, about a week into classes All Might had his first lesson, he found out Luffy was his match and Luffy brough him here. They talked about what they wanted. Izuku, Katsuki, and Ace are a protective bunch Soulmate or not, it wouldn't matter. Izuku is a really good judge of character he can find the good in anyone a pull it out. Kirishima passed Izuku's test and got accepted in the pack. Pack to Izuku are those that Izuku and Fuji agree are worth giving their lives to protect. It is the highest form of trust Izuku can give someone. The moment Kirishima was accepted into the Pack he was no longer just Luffy's soulmate. This is a bond that lasts forever." Shanks smiles "Kirishima will never be lonely again in this life or any other after this one."

Reo's eyes widen she knew the pack meant a lot to the boys, but she didn't know that it was a bond that will last them for eternity. She smiles wide and teary "I'm so glad. Knowing they will also be together in the dorms makes it easier for me to send him back to U.A." She leaves shortly after that knowing her boy is in safe hands. She exchanged numbers with Inko, with promises that if she gets too lonely without Eijiro home she will call and vise versa.

*** Next day***

Shoto wakes comfortable and warm, he rubs the sleep out of his eyes. As his vision clears, he realizes that he is still wrapped in Izuku's tails. He cracks a small smile when he looks around and spots the still transformed Izuku. Izuku must have been exhausted to sleep all night in wolf form. He looks at Katsuki next, the teen is glued to Izuku's neck. Shoto studies Katsuki's face, he looks so peaceful, if he didn't know better, he wouldn't believe Katsuki got kidnapped a week ago. Movement catches his eye and he smiles as he watches Luffy's imitation of a boa constrictor. Shoto studies the content look Kirishima is sporting. Shoto feels warm arms tighten around him, he snuggles into the comforting warmth and looks at Ace. He was so terrified when he saw Ace in the portal, if it wasn't for Izuku, Luffy and Kirishima, he thinks he would have lost his mind.

After the rescue Shoto was ordered to report home and stay there unless he was accompanied by an adult family member. Fuyumi had to work everyday this week and Shoto didn't leave his room. He talked on the phone with Ace and while that helped to ensure him that Ace was safe and home, he wanted to hold him, be held by him. Twitching from beside him forces him to look at Ace. Ace's face is scrunched up in discomfort, and the arms holding him are shaking slightly. Shoto runs his fingers up Ace's spine feeling the muscles in Ace's back shiver and lose the tension. He makes his way to Ace's Soul Mark and lightly traces his slightly cooler fingers around the edge. He notices that Ace's face softens as he lets out quiet gasp. Shoto doesn't realize how long he traces the Soul Mark, but a soft chuckle breaks him out of his thoughts. He blushes as he looks at the source and realizes that Ace is awake and smiling softly at him.

"Good Morning, Ace" Shoto croaks out, voice rough with sleep.

"It is now" Ace smiles, receiving another blush from Shoto. "I really like waking up next to you"

Shoto's eyes widen and then his cheek feels like he is going to lose control of his fire from how hard he is blushing. "In a week or so we will be sharing a room." Shoto reminds a panicked edge to his voice. He doesn't know what he is afraid of, but sometimes when his insecurities get to loud, he likes to retreat to the isolating comfort his room provides him. Shoto is now realizing that Ace will see all of him, all the good, and the bad. Shoto won't be able to keep his insecurities to himself, and he won't have a space he can retreat to if he gets overwhelmed.

Shoto feels Ace put his warm hand over his Mark. "Are you nervous?" Ace asks quietly.

Shoto looks down, fingers still drawing mindless circles on Ace's back. "A bit" Shoto starts. "I – um, I… it's pretty stupid to be afraid of this. But I can't help it."

Ace smiles softly and hums at Shoto's ministrations to his back "Do you want to talk about it?" He asks.

Shoto shakes his head "Not really. I don't really know what exactly I'm nervous about."

Ace nods, he looks at Shoto intensely studying the teens face, "Nothing has to change you know that right" At Shoto's confused look, Ace smiles softly "If you feel overwhelmed, I'm not going to push you to talk. If you feel like you need to be alone, I can bother Luffy or watch a movie in the sitting area. If you just wanna lay in bed with me all day and cuddle that's fine too. I understand that this is going to be stressful and new to you. I have shared my living space with others my entire life."

Shoto doesn't know what to say so he nods.

"Of course if you ever want to talk about anything, I will always listen." Ace states eyes filled with sincerity "No matter how stupid you think it is."

Shoto lets a quiet "Thank you Ace" escape his lips. His eyes flit to Ace's lips and back to his eyes repeating this a few times. Shoto has been working on asking Ace for what he wants. Ace has gotten him used to handholding and hugs that he doesn't need to ask for them anymore, he accepts Ace's touches without flinching. It is hard for him to ask Ace for a kiss, he doesn't know why, he enjoys those more intimate moments with the other flame user. This time he doesn't ask he just goes for it; he quickly reaches up and drags Ace's face to his own. Their lips connect in a slow, lazy, lingering kiss. No playfulness, no heat; just a quiet slow desperation where Shoto's thoughts and feelings are shown. Shoto pulls away and rests his forehead against Ace's "I needed that" he whispers out.

Ace smiles "me too".

They stay like that for a while not wanting to disturb the others, soaking in the presence of finally being together after what felt like an eternity of distance. Shoto thinks he was being silly when he got nervous about sharing a room with Ace. He should have known that Ace would understand if Shoto needed space. Shoto is still getting used to depending on someone, but he can not deny the fact that Ace already has some of his heart already. The space Ace occupies in his heart get larger every day. Some pieces of his heart also go out to the others as well. He is glad that he finally has people he can share his thoughts with, without scorn or judgement; even if he forgets sometimes and needs a reminder.

The others wake up slowly and the room is filled with quiet chatter. Luffy and Kirishima wake up and engage Ace and Shoto in conversation. Shoto notices that Izuku and Katsuki are still asleep and contemplates waking them up. Ace stops him from doing anything "It is best to let them sleep. They haven't slept the entire time we have been back."

Despite Ace's efforts to let the boys sleep a bit longer a loud growl rips through the quiet room. Ace glares as the offender and is rewarded by a sleepy smile from Luffy. "Sorry Ace, but we did skip dinner yesterday. My stomach does not agree that we should skip breakfast too."

"Good point Lu," Ace sighs "I'll wake him then" Ace untangles himself from Shoto receiving a pouting glare from the newly clingy teen. "I'll be right back, Sho". Just as he is about to wake up Katsuki the wolfs eyes blink open, Ace wonders how long he has been awake. Fuji nudges Katsuki's stomach as he always does to wake the explosive teen. Katsuki grumbles out something incomprehensible and snuggles deeper into Fuji's neck. Ace holds his chuckles in as the wolf huffs out and nudges Katsuki again.

Eventually Katsuki loses his battle with trying to stay asleep and slowly blinks his eyes open. He rubs his eyes to remove the sleep and clear his vision, when he realizes he is still cuddled in Fuji's neck. "Did we really fall asleep like this?"

Ace chuckles "Yea, we even skipped Dinner last night, you both fell asleep and wouldn't let us go." Ace teases.

Katsuki grumbles "Why didn't you wake us Matchstick?"

Ace's face turns serious "Because you and Izuku have not been able to sleep, I wanted to make sure you guys got a good night sleep. If we had to skip dinner for that, then fine"

Katsuki looks at the others still sprawled around Fuji and cracks a small smile "Thanks, Ace". Fuji nudges Katsuki again drawing his attention to the wolf. Katsuki notices that Izuku is in control, he wants to shift back. Katsuki smiles "Nerd if you want to shift, you need to let us go."

Izuku whines as he unwraps himself from his pack. Once the pack is free, they all stretch and move away from the wolf. Izuku shifts back into his human form and grabs the blanket Katsuki holds out to him. Izuku looks at his pack with a beaming smile "I needed that; I haven't slept that good in a while".

Shoto nods "I think we all needed that. I enjoy the puppy piles" He gets a whine from Izuku. Heavy laughter fills the room as Katsuki doubles over in unrestrained glee. The others watch with small smiles on their faces as they rarely get to see Katsuki so happy.

Katsuki catches his breath and wheezes out "Finally" he moves over to Shoto and claps him on the back. "good one there, Icy-Hot" Katsuki smirks. "Besides Izuku, everyone now agrees that it is called a Puppy Pile"

Izuku is whimpering and whining "Noooo. Shotoooo. Not you too". Izuku watches Katsuki's eyes light up as he laughs and decides maybe these cuddle sessions can be called that if it makes Katsuki happy. He relents with a pouting glare. "Fine, call it a Puppy Pile." He smirks dangerously "Now let's go eat my Pups must be hungry."

"What the hell Nerd? We aren't pups!" Katsuki faux rages.

Ace and Shoto look too shocked to say anything. Kirishima and Luffy bust out laughing. Izuku smiles sweetly "Since you all want to call it a Puppy Pile, I assumed you were all my Puppies."

Ace and Shoto blush heavily. Kirishima is still laughing.

"Maybe we should get Puppy ears for Kats" Luffy suggests in between laughs.

Katsuki growls "Not on your life, Rubber Band". His insult lacks the usual heat as Izuku is laughing brightly at Luffy's comment.

The smell of food and the sound of growling hunger forces the boys out of the room to fill their empty stomachs. As the boys leave the room and head to the dining room, they stand there in shock at the sheer amount of food laid out on the table. Inko and Shanks are sitting at the table and smile as the boys stroll in.

"You boys must be hungry, you slept through dinner" Is the simple response Inko gives the boys.

Izuku nods and sheepishly rubs the back of his neck "Sorry mom, this week has been hard, and I haven't slept well. Last night surrounded by my pack was the first time this week I didn't have nightmares."

"I understand that is why I didn't try to wake you up. You boys looked so peaceful I didn't want to disturb that." Inko states. "Not just you Izuku, but all of you boys looked at peace"

"I think we all needed to be around pack, thank you for letting me stay over" Shoto bows.

Inko smiles fondly at the heterochromatic boy "You are always welcome here Shoto."

Shanks clears his throat "I have some news about the dorms." The boys perk up and put all their attention on Shanks. "The dorms will be ready at the end of the week."

"That's right, we are going to need to pack soon huh" Izuku mutters out. Izuku looks worriedly at his mother, he doesn't want her to be lonely.

Shanks smiles at Izuku already guessing why his face looks solemn "Don't worry about your mother, Izuku. I'll be here to keep her company."

"That's exactly why we are worried, old man" Katsuki growls "Keep your hands off her!"

Inko laughs at the protectiveness coming from Katsuki. About a year after Katsuki moved in he has been weirdly protective over Inko. Inko thinks this is his way of showing he is grateful for letting him stay here instead of throwing him in a foster home. Inko thinks even if Katsuki wasn't her sons Soul Mate she still would have taken him in. Katsuki is a great kid in her honest opinion but he doesn't show it through his words. He has always been a brash and loud boy, he has always spoke aggressively as well. But his actions are sweet in his own way. He protects those he cares about, challenges them to be stronger so he doesn't need to worry about them. He puts on a brave face when things get hard, so the group doesn't worry about him. And when one of the others is hurt, he does everything he can to make sure they get better. Even his insulting nicknames are done with care, even when he calls Ace Matchstick, or Shoto Icy-hot, or Kirishima Shitty Hair, even his own soul mate he calls Nerd; it is his way of claiming them his. He makes them all feel like they belong together, even Shoto and Kirishima, he makes sure to remind them they are Pack.

Even when her Son first met Katsuki, her son was alone in the sandbox at the park when some older kids kept trying to take his toys. Katsuki didn't hesitate to tell them off. Inko watched the blonde terror sit with her son and started talking and asking questions. As soon as heroes came up that was it, Inko couldn't get them to separate after that. They were three then, when they made their promise to be heroes together, of course Katsuki boasted he would be number one then, as he told Izuku he can be his only sidekick. She would watch them play heroes, Izuku always cheering the blond on as they fought imaginary villains together. She would watch the blonde terror smile so softly and gasp when Izuku would smile blindingly back. She watched as Katsuki, in his own aggressive way, would tell Izuku he could do it and not give up.

When Katsuki's quirk came in Izuku was star eyed and awed at the tiny explosions. She felt terrible knowing Izuku wouldn't have a quirk like that with her being telekinetic and his father breathing fire. She remembers when she took her boy to the doctors, the devastation that took over her Son as the doctor said he was quirkless. The shock that took over her when he said he wasn't upset that he didn't get a quirk, he was upset because he is breaking his promise to Kacchan. He looked at Inko determined and said, "I might not get a chance to be a hero, but I will help Kacchan become number one." When her son came home after spending time with Katsuki at the beach she didn't think her son would have gotten a power. It must have been fate for her son to meet the other-worlders because he received something that would allow him to keep his promise to his first friend.

Since the day the two met she always wondered if they were destined to be soul mates. When her son showed her his mark and told her it matched Katsuki's she knew that regardless of the circumstances; Shanks, Luffy and Ace were always meant to come to this world, and meet the boys. She couldn't be happier how the boys immediately clicked and accepted each other. Izuku always told her, his pack wasn't complete that Fuji whined and longed for the missing members. Turns out Fuji was always waiting for Luffy and Ace to find their matches he just didn't know who they were.

When Izuku was 6 he told Inko that the 6 of them would make their own Hero Agency after they graduate. She always smiled fondly at him when he boasted all 6 of them would be the greatest. Katsuki backing his claims one hundred percent. He would say we may not know who the other two are, but they have to be strong to be paired with Luffy and Ace.

She might be a worried mother all the time but as much as she will miss her boys; she knows she won't be able to keep them from this dream. She won't be able to stop them from going back to U.A and continue being the heroes she knows they will grow to be. As much as she wanted to tell All Might and Shota to shove it; she couldn't do it. She felt better when she learnt that the boys would essentially be living together in the same suite. That fact makes sending them to the dorms much easier. She also has Shanks, and now Reo and Fuyumi to keep her company.

Over the next week Inko and Shanks helped the boys pack. Shanks endured her that even though room mates were not supposed to share beds; Principal Nezu approved the request for a queen size bed to be put in Izuku and Katsuki's room. As the boxes were packed Shanks would bring them to the dorms and sent them up in the boys' rooms to be unpacked when they move in.

I hope i did this chapter justice, giving the boys some cuddle time. Next chapter the boys move into the dorms and start school again.