SmokyGhoul - Endeavor is already plenty broken, let that man recover in peace :P
Naruto30 - No escape, only chaos gremlins.
TheGreatBubbaJ - He fought for long, but... no escape :V
Detrametal - YES! Someone realized what the cup thing was referring to! Yes, it was Chronicles of Riddick reference :D
InfinityMask - Yes, PLF has that advantage. And... not just PLF :V Also Kouda can't use birds as spies because we all know that birds do not exist, they are all governmental spy drone sigh. And someone will certainly help Touya with burning himself, although not Izuku ;v
AdrianVnz - Common element of Class-Six quirks is their ability to somehow influence quirks. Thing canon Star and Stripe' final order against Tomura, One for All quick stockpile, All for One quirk stealing, Aiko's WhateverSheHas etc. Eri managed to show that same quality by 'rewinding' quirks to pre-quirk state. Yaomomo simply has particularly powerful Class-Five quirk.
(***)
Describing the entirety of the joint family dinner would mean wasting a lot of pages on what was a smalltalk. Occasionally rather awkward, especially when Endeavor was involved. Instead of going through the whole thing, it might be best to focus on certain scenes that actually carried some importance.
The first one happened early on. When Rei off-handedly mentioned her husband being busy due to some TV interview being scheduled, All Might decides to complain.
"Shame that I'm not invited to those nowadays." Yagi announces, before letting out a loud sigh. "I guess a former Number One Hero isn't as important as the current one." Is he trying to jab at Endeavor?
"Yes." Endeavor replies with a face as unmoving as a brick wall. "It's certainly due to that. Certainly."
"What are you implying here?" All Might's eyes narrow.
"... Toshi, the love of my life." Inko sighs. "Do you remember what happened during your last interview? The one where you explained in detail why you stayed neutral on societal issues while being a Symbol of Peace?"
"Yes?" He nods. "What about it?"
"... do you also remember what you did when one of the other guests said something about 'villainous' quirk users being distinctly unworthy of your attention?" She asks. Rei seems to be suppressing a chuckle. She watched it as well.
In all honesty, her respect towards All Might only grew afterwards. The fact that he was her youngest son's idol… it was great. A positive role model. Her husband was working on himself to become one as well, and she was proud of the progress he was making, but… he wasn't quite there.
"I… left the studio?" All Might gives her a questioning stare. Clearly unsure what it is about.
"... that's certainly one way of describing it, yes." Inko nods, somehow maintaining her straight face. Rei tries her best to not laugh openly. Izuku seems to be struggling with the same thing in the background. "I, however, would put it differently. You chased that man out of the studio, while waving a folded chair around and shouting 'this is why we can't have nice things'."
"Oh." All Might blinks. "You think that this is a reason why I'm not invited to the TV anymore?"
"Yes." Inko nods. Once again, with a face of pure seriousness. Rei finally loses it and starts giggling loudly in the background. Izuku promptly joins her. "That's exactly what I think."
"Huh." All Might scratches his chin. That's a slightly surprising take, but now that he thinks about it, it seems to make sense. "At least my approval ratings among the discriminated groups skyrocketed after that, I believe. Especially as I began to be much more public about the whole 'all income from merchandise goes to charities helping the complex mutants, the quirkless and the 'villainous' quirk holders thing."
"You did lose some of the popularity among the quote unquote 'normal' people." Endeavor admits. All Might might not be a hero anymore, but when it comes to public respect and popularity ratings, they are practically tied nowadays. "But less than I expected. And I think that you started regaining the losses. Most of those that dropped from supporting you did that because you acted like you lost your mind, but once they realized that it's the 'good' way of losing your mind, some of them returned."
"And I even got the new limited edition 'This is why we can't have nice things' All Might figurine!" Izuku smiles at them all from his seat. "The one with the folded chair in its hands! It looks awesome!"
All Might naturally grins like a madman and runs his fingers through Izuku's hair. Izuku looks overjoyed. Inko looks like the sight alone is warming her heart.
The second big moment of the talk happened when the dinner part was over. The kids departed to another room to do what kids do when their parents aren't there. The parents (except for Endeavor) departed because Inko wanted to show Rei her house.
Endeavor decided to do his best to incapacitate himself with the food. He wasn't sure how it was going to work, but the degree of awkwardness that his participation in this talk exuded was… painful.
"Pass the salt." He says towards Atsuhiro Sako, who stayed behind. Mostly to shamelessly gorge himself on Inko Midoriya's cookies. "Please." He adds after a second. Let's be a decent human being.
Atsuhiro Sako freezes for a second or two. It's clear that he wants to say something very, very much, and has to restrain himself mentally not to do that. Somehow, he perseveres. And does as asked.
"... must have been hard not to talk shit about me after that, wasn't it?" Endeavor asks while grabbing the salt. "Then again, hard to beat what you did with the whole prank call about me being in love with All Might, Compress."
Endeavor might have been a (slightly) reformed human being. But this doesn't mean that he is going to pass such an occasion to stick a needle where it hurts.
Atsuhiro Sako's mouth goes round in shock.
"H-how…" He tries to speak, but Endeavor interrupts it with a wave of his hand.
"I'm a shitty parent and a husband…" He says. He doesn't doubt that even in the slightest. He's trying to become better in both fields, but after what he did for years… Can he even recover what he lost? Trust is easily lost, but hard to recover. "... but a Number One Hero. I'm not stupid."
"Oh." Sako clearly didn't expect that. "Are you going to…"
"All Might knows?" Endeavor cuts in.
After a few seconds of awkward stares over the food, Mr. Compress nods.
"Then I'm not going to do anything." Endeavor shrugs. "Don't get me wrong. If I run into you during one of your heists, I'm going to do my best to apprehend you. I am, after all, a hero. And you're a villain. But I guess that I do owe you something for your, probably, greatest heist ever."
"That heist being?" Sako asks, one of his brows raising.
"Stealing twenty-years worth of stupidity and delusions from the Number Two Hero." Enji Todoroki says, looking down on his food. "Congratulations." He adds, sounding maybe a tiny bit bitter.
"Yes." Mr. Compress nods. "It was certainly my greatest heist. Thus far, that is." He decided to not mention that it was a joint work between him and Asa. Inko would absolutely murder him for that.
Besides, a magician never reveals his secrets.
The last part happened elsewhere. In a small circle when the youngest kids secreted themselves. Except for Asa, who was clearly too anxious to try that.
"You." Aiko says in her most regal tone. Nyarlatothep, naturally, accompanies her. Repeating her gestures. Eri is there, but unlike her older sister, she is still rather cautious about that one person. She remembers whom he used to be. "Become my minion."
"What?" Touya blinks back at her. "Minion? What's that?"
Aiko sighs. Being the smartest in the metaphorical room (Izuku is there, chatting about something with Fuyumi and Shoto, naturally shadowed by Asa, so it's only metaphorical) is painful.
"This means being a sidekick." Aiko announces. "You're going to work for me, listen to what I say and obey me."
Touya doesn't like the idea, clearly.
"I'm not going to be anyone's minion!" Touya announces, his hands on his sides. "I'm going to be a Number One Hero! Like my father!"
"Nu-huh." Aiko shakes her head. "My oniichans are going to be Number One and Two. I'm going to be Number Three. Eri will be Number Four, and Kouta Number Five." She's absolutely adamant about that. "That means that you'll be at best a sidekick. So, a minion."
"H…huh?" Touya is six years old. He has problems grasping certain complex things. In front of Aiko, that's a lethal weakness. "What about the Number Six to Ten?" He can count up to 500! He's smart. He knows that there are more numbers than what she mentioned.
"My minions." Aiko replies without batting an eye. "My army. Join me and I'll complete your training."
Her oniichan's classmate are already her minions, right? They listen to what she's saying, after all. That makes them her minions. It's sound logic, Aiko believes.
Yes. It's a child's logic. But she is a child, so it should be excused. Even for a potential eldritch abomination.
"What training?" Touya stares at her in surprise. "Dad's training me. But it's mostly about using my quirk as little as possible." He pouts a bit at that. "Because if I use it too much, it hurts."
Oh. So he's going to be allowed to become a hero, but with necessary precautions and maximum safety. And no 'YOU MUST BECOME NUMBER ONE' drivel. That's cool, Aiko decides. Endeavor probably hopes that at some point Touya decides to go for a different route than the hero business, but for now, he prefers not to fight a battle that might escalate. Again.
Less fire this time. Aiko wonders how well it will work. But in the meantime, she spots weakness!
She gestures at him to get closer. Then she whispers something into his ear (oniichan can't hear it, or he'll get angry!).
"Y-you're serious?!" He looks at her in shock. "You can do that?"
She nods with a serious face. Nyarlatothep repeats the motions.
"But only if you agree to become my minion." She then says. Those are business negotiations, not a charity, duh!
After ten seconds of deep thinking, Touya Todoroki decides to become Aiko Midoriya's newest minion.
Aiko's army grows in numbers.
(to a surprise of absolutely no one, Rei Todoroki ends up joining Inko Midoriya's cooking club that evening)
(***)
The day after the family meeting between Todorokis' and Midoriyas', Bakugou arrived at the cafeteria looking remarkably… not terrified at all. The short time that passed since Gran Torino's brief visit allowed the explodoboy to overcome his trauma.
Uraraka is, genuinely, surprised by that fact.
Most of the students seem to be filling the room right now, with her and her (suppress the squeal of happiness, Uraraka! suppress it!) boyfriend sitting next to each other, surrounded by their friends.
Yes. This is happiness.
They can make meals for themselves in their dorms, but honestly, Lunch Rush's food is… Lunch Rush's food. It's okay to occasionally cook for themselves, but it's not like Nedzu would allow Lunch Rush to be put out of business. So, yeah. They still show up there, together with most of the people from school.
"You know, I'm kind of proud of how much progress he made." Izuku says to her while observing Bakugou who is making his way towards his seat, with a plate of food in his hands. Midoriya suspects that he's late because Lunch Rush was busy making his share of food extra spicy.
He doesn't want to know.
Also, Bakugou looks remarkably calm. That's what brought the comment in question.
"Let's test it." Uraraka says while giving her boyfriend (okay, slight squeal, but only in her mind!) a mischievous look. Then she turns her head towards Bakugou. "HEY, BAKUGOU!"
"Are you sure that this is a good id…" Izuku tries to say but Himiko quickly gestures at him to stop. Her funny radar is full on! This is gonna be good.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT, ANGELFACE?!" Bakugou yells back at her. Despite the volume, his voice lacks the usual hostility. And expletives. Did he realize that at least in the field of expletives he can't win?
"WHEN MIDORIYA BECOMES A NUMBER ONE HERO I'M GOING TO ASK HIM TO RENAME MIGHT TOWER INTO KACCHAN TOWER!" Uraraka yells back. Midoriya's mouth goes round. "BECAUSE THAT'S THE CLOSEST THAT YOU'LL EVER GET TO ALL MIGHT!"
Silence. Midoriya covers the lower half of his face with his hands, looking thoroughly shocked and maybe a bit terrified. Himiko clearly does her best to not explode with laughter, as she'd probably fall off her seat. Tsuyu managed to suppress her ribbit of laughter, but it's clear that she found the scene amusing.
Yaoyorozu decided to play it smart. She raises her head, looks at frozen Bakugou, looks at Uraraka with her warlike face on… and then uses her quirk to create a deployable cover that she promptly hides behind together with Jirou. There, in the safety of her new home, they continue to listen to music off Jirou's phone through a shared pair of earphones.
Todoroki looks vaguely confused in the background. Then he goes 'fuck it' and hides behind Yaoyorozu's wall as well. He isn't sure what's going to happen, but if people hide behind bulletproof covers, he decides to do so as well. No questions asked.
Bakugou eventually starts moving. He hands his food to Kirishima (who was sitting right next to him, by the table next to the one occupied by the unofficial Izusquad, Bakugou was nearly to his seat). He takes a few deep breaths. Then he pulls something out of his pocket.
It's some sort of balloon. Bakugou starts blowing inside, and it quickly begins to take shape. of a small (maybe twenty centimeters tall) Overhaul.
Once it's ready (and corked properly), Bakugou takes a few deep breaths. He holds the balloon like it's his newborn baby. Then he gently holds it by its head, as if caressing its cheeks.
"DIEEEEEEEEEEEE!" He suddenly yells, the explosion shattering the Mini-Overhaul into bits. The fact that only a handful of people in the cafeteria bothered to look towards the direction of the explosion actually says a lot about the present situation on UA.
The look on the Bakugou face that comes after can only be described as 'angelic'. He is… satisfied. Happy. Relaxed. Peaceful, almost. Then he takes his tray of food from Kirishima and calmly takes his seat right next to him.
"Oh." Uraraka blinks a few times, the warlike look on her face vanishing. "He really got better. Huh. I really thought that I'd have to fight him."
"Uraraka." Her boyfriend looks at her, taking advantage of the brief shocked silence (interrupted only by Himiko's giggles) at the table.
On his face… It's hard to summarize the depth of emotions swirling on his face. "Love" barely suffices to describe it. It's love, it's devotion, it's respect, it's absolute happiness and satisfaction with his life. His life with her, which is what produced the happiness in question.
[Uraraka, after all, is everything that he ever dreamt of when relationships were involved. Kind, supportive, confident, sharing his dream of heroics… but also ready to yeet Bakugou out of the window if needed.
Or yell at Izuku when he really did something stupid, like with the whole 'let's hide what's eating me alive until it breaks me' that almost shattered him after Kamino.
Oh and also beautiful. Cute and hot in equal measures. Yes. He is a young man, let's not pretend that this wasn't a factor.]
Uraraka looks back at him, adopting a very similar look on her face - because seeing him this happy makes her happy as well. It's blindingly pure. And adorable. True young love, a match made in heaven.
[Izuku, after all, is everything that she ever dreamt of when relationships were involved. Kind, supportive, brave, sharing her dream of heroics… ready to fight tooth and nail for others, ready to help her when needed (be it in planning something, or figuring out how to make her stronger), not to mention having MR. COMPRESS AS AN UNCLE AND SHE STILL DIDN'T QUITE GET OVER THE FACT THAT SHE IS BEING TAUGHT BY THIRTEEN AND HIM AT THE SAME TIME OMG.
She might also quite enjoy straightening him up when needed, yes. It makes her feel… useful? Heroic, even. She's helping someone when they need it the most, after all! Even heroes sometimes need someone to save them.
Oh, and also handsome. Cute and hot in equal measures. Yes. She is a young woman, let's not pretend that this wasn't a factor.]
"Marry me." Midoriya says. It's unconscious. When consciousness hits in, he instantly goes beet red and starts panicking.
Then again, Uraraka went completely and utterly red as well. That's the last thing she expected to hear after sticking a needle into Bakugou's side (let's be real, she might have forgiven him for what he did to her boyfriend, mostly because Izu wanted her to, but forgiving doesn't mean forgetting).
Himiko makes an O face. Tsuyu ribbits with a tiny bit surprising combination of happiness, emotional support for her friend and slight jealousy clearly audible in her voice. Yaoyorozu sticks her head from behind her cover.
"... I don't want to rain on your parade, but Midoriya has to be eighteen years old to marry." She announces. It does nothing to stop the duo in front of her from freaking out in emotional and maybe a bit existential horror at what was just said.
"... in Japan." Tenya adds from the side, his eyes still on the law book. A lot of people question his choice of entertainment, but he doesn't mind. He's learning important things! Very important. "In several states in America you can marry earlier with parental and or judical approval. Just show up with your parents and Star and Stripe and no one's going to bat an eye. I can help you get the marriage registration accepted in Japan."
All Might AND Star and Stripe saying "yes, it's a good idea?". Who would even try to say no to that?!
"... you fully embraced being the resident rule lawyer of our class, didn't you?" Momo says towards Tenya who promptly shrugs. He's just helping his classmates, as a class vice representative should!
Gran Torino's internship DID open his eyes quite a lot. The old hero (that he is going to be terrified of until his deathbed - not Torino's deathbed, Tenya's, because there is always a risk that Gran Torino faked his death and used some suspended animation quirk to surprise the hell out of Tenya years after his apparent death) changed a lot in Iida.
His 'all the times that going by the book would end with people dying' lecture coincided with a practical presentation. If Midoriya didn't settle for the 'technically correct' interpretation of Gran Torino's orders, Endeavor would die in Hosu. And who knows how many people would die as a result of Eclipse being free to rampage through the country side by side with the PLF.
Tenya Iida is still lawful at heart. Breaking the law is distinctly unheroic. That's why he decided to learn everything he could about the legal system in Japan so that he could always present a 'technically correct' interpretation of the laws in question when his classmates needed it.
"I think it'll take them a while to get back from wherever their minds are at right now." Himiko decides to be the sane one. Uraraka and Midoriya seem to have both been knocked out. "Talking about relationships… Toshi!"
"Please no." Hitoshi Shinsou says with a tone of voice that alone would have made Todoroki suspect him of being Eraserhead's secret love child. If he didn't suspect that already, that is.
He made a mistake of sitting right next to his adopted sister. He is beginning to regret it deeply.
"C'mon!" Himiko can smell weakened prey in the air. "We have a family tradition to maintain! You have to find yourself a cute and chatty extrovert, I have to find myself a grim and gloomy introvert."
"What about the unofficial class deity of mayhem and social anxiety?" Hitoshi tries to deflect the talk while simultaneously NOT saying things openly. He doesn't want to accidentally kill Midoriya.
Or get killed by Himiko for 'confessing' in her stead.
"I'm still considering my options!" Himiko remains unfazed. "The unofficial deity is awesome, but unless something changes, he's taken. But I miiiight be warming up to certain someone, and while I'm not sure if it's going to get anywhere or if it's going to be more of an EraserJoke or EraserMic situation."
So, either an extrovert/introvert romantic relationship composed mostly of one side irritating the other, or an extrovert/introvert friendship composed mostly of one side irritating the other. Huh.
"So…"
"Not telling you." Himiko sticks her tongue at her brother. "Let's just say that he is very cool, but most people fail to notice that."
(***)
"A…CHOO!" Tokoyami sneezes loudly. He was busy eating his share of Lunch Rush food in a comfortable hideout of a stairwell right next to the cafeteria, and then this. Was someone talking about him? No way, ri…
"Bless you." He hears someone saying. There was someone with him in the stairwell? Has his well honed senses for people shrouded in darkness failed him?
He leans over the railing. Tenko Shimura looks up from his game console. He was sitting on the stairs, playing in comfortable silence.
"What?" Shimura asks. Tokoyami, honestly, has no idea how to answer that.
(***)
"So?" Himiko decides to keep striking.
"So nothing." Hitoshi refuses to budge.
"Kaminari?" She continues her relentless assault.
"Emotionally unavailable due to battling his romantic feelings for…" He leans over her ear to whisper. Let's not make the person in question overhear anything for once. "... Jirou."
Okay, Himiko might have squealed a little, but who can blame her for that?! Hitoshi thinks that he's off the hook due to that, but, uhm, no. It's not over yet!
"Wait, you're alright both ways, right?" She asks. Hitoshi shudders, then nods. And then, at that very moment, Himiko had a perfect idea! And the right person has JUST arrived at the cafeteria! This has to be more than just a simple coincidence, right?
"SECCHAN!" Himiko waves towards Setsuna Tokage. "COME SIT WITH US FOR A MOMENT!"
On Hitoshi's face, existential horror.
"... I'm honestly more curious as to what Hound Dog did to Bakugou." Momo decides to cut in while using a water gun that she just conjured to spray Midoriya and Uraraka. Who promptly remember where they are and stop making out rather fervently. Suddenly they freak out (and blush) even more, while looking away from each other. "Honestly, what on Earth is Hound Dog doing during the therapy sessions with people? They have some really weird results."
"WHAT RESULTS?" Inasa, quiet thus far (his voice is still a bit too loud and he doesn't want to bother other students), finally decides to speak.
Momo quietly points at the far away table. Where Mineta just finished telling a joke. The five girls from Management, Support and former General Course that surround him start laughing loudly. Mineta looks genuinely happy with his life and it's actually quite nice to see.
(***)
Two months ago.
"Mineta, ghrrr." Hound Dog is angry. Not at Mineta but at literally no one else noticing the symptoms before Midoriya. It's their first meeting - meds are one thing, but one also has to deal with all the coping mechanisms and bad habits that resulted from years of unmedicated depression. This is supposed to help in that. "I need to tell you something."
Time for … unorthodox therapy means. Nedzu is giving them a 'do what you want for as long as it's not directly illegal' pass, so it's alright, right?
Mineta is wiggling in the seat in front of him, clearly anxious. Hound Dog believes that this will change soon.
"When I was at your age, ghrrr…" Focus, you need to keep yourself understandable. "... I was popular. Yes, that type of popular, in fact."
Mineta blinks at him, clearly surprised by the turn of events.
"I was tall, strong, a bit… wild." Hound Dog continues. "Girls, ghrr, loved it. Still love it. Yes, Mineta. I had what you dream of. A harem." Mineta's mouth opens in shock. Hound Dog might have settled down eventually, but he is really looking back to his… slightly crazier youth. "I can teach you my ways. But only if I'll see that you're working hard. Working really hard. Do I make myself clear?"
"YES SENSEI!" Mineta shouts back, in his eyes the stars. "I'LL DO MY BEST NOT TO DISAPPOINT YOU!"
(***)
Plottwist: Hound Dog was a chaos gremlin the whole time, he was merely waiting to spread his metaphorical wings and Izuku "Chaos and Madness' Midoriya allowed him to do that in a target-rich environment.
Also whether Mineta has developed an actual harem or is he still at the 'actually pretty popular among girls that don't remember how he acted at the beginning' stage is left for your headcanons.
The next chapter marks the beginning of a relatively low-fluff segment of the fic, I'm afraid. There'll still be funny things happening, but for a moment, we have to push plot forward. The next three chapters are going to be another multi-segment chapters like the Kamino Ward, except titled End of an Era. Feel free to speculate on its contents (it'll be published on Friday btw., unless I get super bored in the meantime).