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Inko hummed to herself, looking over some notes. The demon's equivalent of parent's day was down the line. She barely came to these due to her job in their last life, but now she would be there for him!
The phone began ringing, Opera going to answer it. They really should let her do some things, they looked so busy all the time, even now the servant was playing videogames with Izuku using nothing but a tail. "Hello?" They asked, and there was slight shouting heard from where she was, but nothing she could pick up immediately. "So, how long is your sentence?"
"What?" Inko interrupted. "What's going on? Is that Papa? Where is he?"
"Oh, Master Sullivan is going to prison, would you like me to put him on speaker?" They asked with such deadpan you could mistake it for asking if you want toppings on a pizza.
"YES! Please do that!" Inko pleaded with the butler, who only nodded in response. "Papa, why are you going to jail right now?"
"Hello there dear, sorry for the trouble. The border patrol has this crazy assumption that somehow I illegally broke through border control and brought humans over from the human world, can you believe that?" He asked as her heart dropped.
"But didn't you do just that?" Opera asked. What were they doing, the police could have wiretapped the phone!
"What they don't have evidence on they can't prove." Papa muttered into the phone.
"You just confessed, sir."
"Well, they don't know that! Besides, my summoning was perfectly within reason. Obviously, someone's trying to set me up!"
"Don't worry, we'll make sure to hold the fort down and nothing goes wrong while you're gone." Inko says trying to keep calm and not worry her father. "I'll be sure to keep everyone in check."
"Oh, I'm mostly worried about my poor little Izuku-kun. He must be devastated that I've been gone as long as I have!" He shouted. She and Opera took one look at Izuku, who for once had dropped his guard to relax, and had headphones on playing an online game with Opera.
"Yes Papa, he's worried, but he understands completely." Inko spoke in a completely even tone. She didn't want him to try and break out to spend time with him. "He's been crying to see you all morning."
"Oh, I hope he's alright! I don't want him to pass out from dehydration!" Yes, best to have two of the best things in her life live in obliviousness for now. "I'll be sure to clear everything up before the festival, and we can have a whole day out as a family!"
"Alright, love you Papa! We'll count the minutes till your arrival!" She sweetly told him before hanging up. "Okay Opera, be real with me, how serious is this?"
"Well on the off chance they can prove it true, the situation may take a turn for the worse. But the evidence barring you two and Hisashi has been scrubbed. Besides, with a lack of Demon King there's only two other people on the planet that have any chance of containing Master Sullivan."
"I suppose that's comforting, I guess." Inko shrugged in acceptance. It wasn't like there was anything she could do at the moment. "All we can do is just wait for him, right?"
"Pretty much. Knowing my master's luck, they'll only hold him for questioning before letting him go. Not much they can do against the Chair Demon, after all."
"Good, I'm glad he'll be alright at least." Inko breathed easily, looking back to her son playing his game. "Just make sure to not tell Izuku about any of this. He has all his focus on his batter's presentation, no need to put more worries in his head."
"Not the first secret I've kept." They stated. "No one knows about the cactus incident after all." … She pushed down the curiosity, feeling it's better not to know.
Alright, time to brainstorm, a cool idea … damn it that's what these guys were supposed to do! Except the President was too focused on preserving the little fire Asmodeus left behind, as well as a lock of his hair. Weirdo.
"Maybe we could work on portal theory into other dimensions." One student suggested.
"Except that we don't have enough comprehension on spatial coordinates to prevent us from opening a one way trip to the void!"
"What if we work on magic-proof items!? Walls and glass that are completely impervious to magic altogether!"
"You're talking about Anti-Magic, really? That's as made up as humans!"
"Okay, hear me out, alchemy." Everyone turned to that one battler mate, who was then punched hard enough to leave a black eye. "Right right, my bad."
"Would you keep it down, guys! Persevering Asmodeus's mana from this flame is a delicate process!" The president shouted to all of them. "If I just had a little more data, I could potentially extract it!"
Extract … extract … "He may be onto something actually." Jazz spoke up as others turned to him. "What about an extraction spell? I know a lot of metals like gold that would be really valuable if they could be made purer."
They started muttering. "Well that does sound like a nice direction to enter, but what would we extract? Not everyone cares that much about gold." Those sick bastards! If only Izuku's little gang wasn't scared off, maybe the honor student could've reasoned with these eggheads a little better with that notebook of his.
"It needs to be something on a basic level. Survival, that appeals to everyone right?"
"Well we can't extract food, that's just stupid."
"What about water, that's in a lot of rocks and would give a nice and fresh amount." Now they were getting somewhere, water could be sold if people were stupid enough to not drink from fountains.
Then an explosion occurred as everyone sighed. "Another Apparatus boom, seriously what's the point of technology and science when you can simply use magic?"
Lied worked hard on the coding, it needed to have fast reaction time, very fast. Revolutionary technology that would change the world itself! Many may have thought he was lazy, spending almost every waking moment playing video games, but little did they know that all this time, he was studying how to make them as well.
It may have been to search for missing objects and cheat codes after finishing, but he did it all the same. For now, he had the power of unlimited creativity! Their president had a revolutionary idea, a reality inside of the video game. It was crazy and never thought possible!
But by Devi he would get it to work with everything he had. Hours upon hours, coding it to match the controls on the prototype.
If they got it to work right, then it would be the gateway to an endless world of possibilities. An entire virtual world where imagination was the control, where anything could happen, where anyone could do anything regardless of who they were or where they came from.
"Wow, this truly is unbelievable!" A handful of students cheered, and he was inclined to believe it. Nothing like this could have ever existed before, and there would be nothing like-
Izuku's running interrupted the train of thought as he passed the Battler room, carrying a bunch of supplies as he blinked at the prototype. "Oh, VR, cool." The green haired kid commented as he continued running. "Sorry, I have to grab a few things for my Battler, good luck with your system, I can see you're pretty close to making it work!"
It took a lot of willpower for the president to not just smash all their Battler's work into nothing once Izuku not only ran despite what he did last time, but somehow knew what they were going to do with just a glance. He was smarter than he looked. Maybe they were too hard on him for what happened...then again, it was a T.V Clara broke, so maybe this just balanced things out between them.
It was fairly simple to be in the Succubus Battler. It was a Battler all about learning to show off one's beauty and sexiness, so obviously they already had half the work done just by existing.
And she didn't want to brag, but just a simple pose got most boys down on their knees. All they needed was a stage, a few, provocative clothes, and decent lighting, and over half the school would be praising them within 5 minutes. Who knows, maybe she'll come across that special someone once it's all over.
"Okay girls, now we're going to work in a relaxing setting. Everyone will take their positions, partner up and learn to be sensual on the target in question." Raim-mistress spoke up. "A key note to remember is that not everyone is enticed by the same scenarios, nor will a certain type provoke the same results every time. Prey can be surprisingly picky even with the most sexy of ladies coming up to them."
She nodded, each had their own taste. Potential Husband #3 seemed to prefer active girls, given Potential Concubine B and President Azazel hung around him often. Potential Husband #2 Seemed to prefer anyone with a 'demon queen' quality, or just anyone cool in his books. And Potential Husband #1 seemed to like … well she wasn't sure, but maybe Potential Husband #8 wasn't far off given the fact he always seemed to stare at Potential Husband #3.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not interrupting anything important, right?" A small blonde haired demon that looked vaguely familiar walked up. "Sorry, I've been running through Battler's all day trying to find supplies, I have to make sure Izuku's plans go off without a hitch!"
Would you look at that, any more girls and Potential Husband #3 would go down a rank. Well #4 didn't seem that bad, he did seem very happy with his games, he likely played a dating sim before …
"Hey, I said I would come here, Eistring!" Potential Concubine B came showing that lovely vigor she's been showing off more and more lately. "I need to make sure to stay sexy before another harpy sinks her claws into Izuku-kins!"
"W-what!? You're trying to be sexy for..." The little blonde cute girl shuttered. "B-but he saved me! I'm like his princess to his knight..."
"Well I'm his best friend, we play games all the time!" The green haired girl shouted back. "And I'll sick Connor and Murf on you and anyone else that gets in the way!"
"I'm the reason he got the chance to be a hero! I'll throw myself into any kind of danger because I know he'll save me!" See, one girl was fine, but too many concubines and you get civil war for affection, truly a pity. Why couldn't an orgy ever be a valid option?
"This ladies, is why we haven't talked about commitments yet." Raim-mistress spoke. "When you're younger you always end up fighting about it. Truly bright passions can more often than not burn those you mean to care for. You should learn how to handle one relationship before extending your hand to another. Harems are another case entirely, but on occasion, they're known to work. When they do however, it can lead to something beautiful."
Elizabetta nodded, taking this information in. She would learn and grow, no longer taking advanced steps. She would be ready when the time came.
"HE'S MINE!" Both girls began fighting over the item they came for. Looks like that time would be a while for Potential Husband #3. Maybe when he is ready, she'll join as well.
Picero yawned, not paying attention as they droned on about chemicals and medicine. He didn't want to join one, but Kalego and Midoriya were insistent about it. Not to mention Goemon, the bastard. Not many options allowed him to gather enough sleep, too many of them required him to move in some way.
That's why he took the pharmaceutical studies battler, it was mostly a bunch of talking about medicine or something and making it whenever they had something. They really didn't require him to do much, mostly just hold empty vials, which he did easily with his clouds. It was a fair trade off, he got to sleep, and they got an extra cabinet of storage. Win-win.
It didn't concern him that Asmodeus came in demanding a bunch of chemicals he didn't know. It wasn't his business when the other refused. And he absolutely couldn't care less when Asmodeus summoned his flames, blew up a beaker, and set the whole room on fire. He fell asleep by the time someone came in with a fire extinguisher, not minding the smoky fumes.
Sure, people got worried that he was asleep the entire time for medical reasons, but he was already putting his health first above anything. After all, getting enough sleep was important for any growing demon.
"We need something important for the Division Party … What about sleeping medicine?" One student asked, as Picero suddenly felt an unholy level of rage.
"Sleeping medicine … the same kind that can cause nightmares, that ruins the lull in between wakefulness and unconsciousness, the kind that causes medical problems?" The ground rumbled with fury as everyone looked particularly scared. They should be.
"Sleep is the most sacred of times for anyone. Without sleep, nothing can function. Without sleep, your body builds up stress, and that can cause weight gain, rashes, paranoia, and you're trying to torment everyone with a brew of chemicals that'll make their lives worse?" He rose above them, more awake now than he ever was.
Eventually he stopped as they all stared at him with terror. "If you want something, I suggest something with absolutely no side effects or negatives that harm the body. Or something that helps dire situations quickly." And with that, he laid back down. Damn it, he got worked up, it was going to be impossible to go to sleep soon.
"I thought he was the reasonable guy of the misfit class?"
"They're all misfits, they're crazy no matter what." Ah, mindless muttering, the perfecting sleeping aid. Maybe he should sit next to Midoriya in class. With all his droning, he could sleep for a week straight.
Soi needed to win the next one. The man in front of him always lost. Statistically, if he bested him no one would notice, but if he lost everyone would. He needed to not be noticed. It was fine.
Midoriya barged in, looking a bit lost, but he didn't see him, so it was fine. He asked around, everyone giving him dirty looks for interrupting the games, but it was fine. He got in the way of an upcoming match and the students looked ready to pound him to dust. It was fine.
Midoriya shouted at them to look out a window, which revealed nothing, except it was just a distraction for Midoriya to jump out another window and possibly break something of his. It was fine. He heard the sound of Asmodeus yelling at him for being reckless, but it was fine. He heard some voice he's never heard before talk about cliff diving together with him, so he guessed it was fine.
Soi had to lose the next match, even though he could have won with facial expressions, because the guy he was up against never lost. It was fine.
She chanted spells, not forbidden ones, those were reserved for seniors. She wasn't some crazy reckless rule breaker that sought attention. No, so was the quiet girl that blended into the background.
But even then she felt herself snap ever so quietly whenever Midoriya was seen, or when his name was heard. She felt the darkness grow more and more. She had to ditch it, she couldn't fall into a Wicked Phase. So she joined the black magic Battler, it was friendly enough and they had a strong sense of community. Sunday pie was the bomb thanks to Jacken!
She wasn't jealous of that honor student, she had no desire to strangle him when he corralled the entire class into his shenanigans. No, that was the old Kerori! The current Kerori vented every single frustration she's ever felt into the dark arts. She's never felt better in her life. So what if she cursed the Battler President on her first attempt? So what if she had a habit of sewing voodoo dolls unconsciously and couldn't get approval to have them work officially? It was the best time of her life since she started attending Bablys.
All that mattered was that she had people who understood getting out one's inner darkness into a form of magic that shouldn't be touched. And why shouldn't it be touched, it was FUN and amazing to work with. Now, if only she had the chance to corner that Danger Junkie AND CURSE HIS ENTIRE LINE AND MAKE HIM SUFFER THE WRATH OF A THOUSAND SUNS… No no, she was better than this, she was better than this.
She would get him out of her mind. Even as he did everything to upstage people, even as he constantly brought danger and weird terms, even as he was right outside the window with his gang working on something-wait.
"You sure we have everything we need right here?" An upperclassman, most likely the president of whatever Battler the insanity posse joined, asked as they carried a lot of junk.
"Of course! The ingredients are fairly simple, but we need the right chemical compounds so we can shape the explosions however we want. Luckily, Azz was able to acquire some from the Pharmaceutical Battler before it blew up."
"It was their fault. I asked nicely, and they refused."
"And how bad was their refusal to warrant setting it on fire?"
"Said anybody who didn't join them was a moron not worthy of mixing hydrogen and oxygen."
"... You get one pass on that. Alright then, what's next?"
"We were able to acquire all the decorations from the Succubus Battler." Some blonde she vaguely remembered seeing before answered. "They were actually quite nice about it. Getting it was no problem."
"Then why did you and Clara come back with your clothes torn and your hair frazzled everywhere?"
Valac whistled to conceal the little innocence she had in her. "Playtime got a little too rough today."
"..Who are you and what did you do to Valac?" Asmodeus asked probably the most important question she's ever heard one person utter.
"Great job guys, we couldn't have done it without you." The blond blushed while the greenie cheered. Ah great, the honor student had another one wrapped around his finger. If he wasn't in all honesty such a nice guy to every girl he's talked to, she would've sent a spike through his head for playing with their hearts. "And with the equipment I was able to get from the Gaming Battler, we should be able to launch it without problem."
"And I worked with the chemical mixes beforehand, so I should have it down." The upperclassman said while coughing blood.
"How have you even survived this long?" Asmodeus asked probably the second most important question she's ever heard one person utter.
"Oh, my bloodline magic makes invisible barriers, you can't put a scratch on me." He laughed as Izuku's eyes sparkled.
"That's amazing, Amy-san! That's such an amazing ability to have? Are you able to shape it in any way you want? What about pressure? Could you pressure-ize the air on the inside? Oh, maybe with the right shape, you could make an air cannon…"
This 'amy-san' answered with the same speed Izuku answered. Oh my god there were two of them, just her luck! Everyone else just stared at the duo baffled.
"That's-that's quite the analysis of my bloodline." Amy-san smirked while adjusting his classes. "I haven't put that much thought into how I use it. With how weak I am, I mainly focus on protecting myself."
"That's a shame, with all the explosions you've survived through, it's obviously very strong. You shouldn't close yourself off from the chance just because everyone else tells you otherwise." She saw the older boy smile a little, and for a brief second, she thought that the Honor Student wasn't such a bad guy. "You don't have to worry anymore about anyone else. Once we light up the sky, everyone will notice. We'll take the spotlight together!"
Forget it, he was a DIRTY DANGER PRONE CHAOS DRIVEN ADRENALINE SEEKING GLORYHOUND SHOWOFF THAT NEED TO DIE A PAINFUL..!
"Ah, Kerori-chan? Is that you?" Said gloryhound asked from below, and sure enough, everyone from that battler noticed her. Aw crap, did she say that out..wait..
"Kerori-chan? Wh-what?" Since when did he refer to her with such a cute nickname?! "Since when were we on a first name basis!?" She yelled back down.
"O-oh, sorry! I-I didn't mean to embarrass you or anything!" He yelled back, shaking his signature shake. Huh, since when did anyone consider her dangerous? All she did was stab a few students during the rookie hunt, nothing more than what anyone else did. "I was just trying to be nice!"
"Well stop it! Not everyone wants to be your friend!" Like she'd join the Calamity Cult in any instance, it obviously drained anyone of their brain power..
"Hey! We can still hear you!" The blonde yelled at her. Shit, all of Midoriya's mutters were starting to affect her too!
"I mean, she does raise a point about your IQ dropping by hanging around this group." Asmodeus muttered to himself.
"Please, your q is just fine." Valac spoke obliviously.
"That sentence alone raises so many red flags." Eiko muttered.
"You know what, forget I was here! Just, leave me out of everything you're doing!" She stormed off. Ugh, she was going to make another voodoo doll tonight, just to get the satisfaction of tearing the honor student's head off, whether it happens in real life or not.
Although, no one has ever used honorifics for her name of all things, at least for her real name. Except Grandma that one time, but her family gave the women weird looks afterwards. Did the danger junkie actually like..?
"Stupid, just because you have a cute face doesn't mean you get to..AGHH! Where did that come from!?" He was getting in her brain, she needed to cleanse tonight with the detoxification ritual. It was meant to cure one from negative energy, but she felt this was close enough.
They were supposed to be working on the fireworks, gathering materials, and resting. Asmodeus learned he was right earlier. He was losing IQ for thinking they could follow step three, especially if he expected Valac of all people to calm down for a single moment.
"Pillow fight!" Valac, sending a storm of thankfully soft pillows towards their direction. Soon enough, the entire battler was drowning in the white fluffiness. "Come on! Night time fun is the best kind of fun, except when we have fun during the day!"
"So fun is just fun no matter what time it is?" Izuku joked badly, but it still stifled some laughs from the rest of the group, Eiko in particular laughing harder than anybody reasonably should.
"Huh, this is actually my first sleepover without Gaako. We used to do this all the time before Bablys. I guess I didn't think I'd ever have more than one friend in my life." Eiko laid across the sea of pillows.
"This is actually my first sleepover in general." Amy-san poked his head up from the fabric.
"Mine as well, nobody ever asked before." Asmodeus spoke as everyone turned to him.
"Seriously, no one?" Izuku spoke with a tilted head.
"No, everyone came up to me and said, and I quote 'remove the stick coming out of my ass and maybe we'll consider it.'. I lit them on fire after that, obviously, and no one else has asked ever since."
"Azz, have you considered that, maybe, lighting things on fire isn't always the option?" Izuku asked him.
"Yeah, sometimes using blunt force works well too." The Valac giggled.
"Okay, have either of you considered violence isn't always the go-to option?" He received a round of blinks from literally everyone in the room. "Nevermind. So then, pillow fight?"
"Pillow fight!" Eiko cheered, clinging to Izuku's arm. "We need teams, obviously I'll be with Izuku.."
"No, I'm with Izuku-kins!" Valac clung to his other arm. "You're not even in the same class!"
"How about I stay back and be the ref, so nobody fights?" Izuku asked to try and appease them. Asmodeus saw opportunity.
"No, It's clear that this challenge needs a fair and honest party to keep everything on track, and as such, I elect myself to be the referee."
"Oh come now, how can you have fun if you referee?" Amy-senpai said. "Besides, I know you and Midoriya like throwing stuff at each other." True, throwing a pillow in Izuku's face sounded therapeutic, and maybe he'd get minor revenge for the execution cannonball. His face still ached whenever he smiled.
"Well, I guess there's only one viable option left on the table." Eiko said darkly, clenching the pillow in her lap, before shoving it in his face. "FREE FOR ALL, EVERY DEMON FOR THEMSELVES!" And that was her first mistake.
"Well then, prepare for full retaliation!" He shouted, throwing a fire pillow at the girl as she screamed, ducking down, and Izuku once again flung himself at her, though this time, he managed to actually dodge the fire.
"Azz, remember what I keep saying about wasting magic?" Izuku scolded him, forgetting that he was on top of the blonde girl.
"Oh I remember. However, this is simply recreational magic. Nothing rocket or blue based." He smirked as Izuku paled.
"Okay then, allow me to-" Izuku cut himself off, pausing. "Why is this pillow stuck?"
"EP!" He froze, looking down while somehow looking pale and flushed simultaneously. His hand was firmly gripping an area of her chest that was rather vulgar to describe in length. "Uh, Izuku, I-"
"SORRRRRRRRRRRRRY!" He screamed, jumping off her and burying his hand in the sand, or rather, pillows placed on the ground. "Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!"
"YOU HARPY!" Valac shouted, turning he would see her making a- "Bye Bye Make: Pillow Catapult!" something that would be the death of him if he didn't dodge!
"Ahh! I can't breathe, I can't breathe!" He shouted, drowning in fabric once more. "Why, I didn't get.."
"You know what you did, Azz-Azz! You're going to pay for not throwing that fire-pillow at me!" Huh? She was making less sense than usual. Whatever, if she wanted a fire-pillow, she would get one! He began lobbying them like bombs as the girl jumped around, giggling.
"Stay still Valac!"
"Never! I'm invincible!" She roared to the sky as she cackled atop of her pillowly mound like a villain out of some story book, before being knocked off by the upperclassmen.
"Wait, how were you.." Izuku questioned, before pounding his hand in his palm. "Oh right, your barriers. Is it really that instantaneous?"
"Yeah, no matter how big or small the danger, my barriers act practically on instinct. Nothing can touch me." He coughed off more blood. "Well, most of the time."
Asmodeus was feeling an adrenaline rush, now grabbing more. "Trust me when I say before my eyes close, you'll all be hit!"
"Not this time! Vengeance will be mine." Eiko came up from behind and pounded him with her pillow over and over again. It didn't hurt, but the constant repeated motions forced him to the ground. "You'll regret ever trying to hurt Izuku!" What's with her and Valac's obsession with Izuku lately? Yeah, he was nice, but there had to be a limit somewhere!
His train of thought was interrupted as a stray pillow from an impishly grinning Izuku was thrown. He gave a feral smirk and started throwing them in earnest, a feeling in his chest welling up. This was … this was fun.
Eventually, everyone, and thankfully that included Valac too, actually managed to tire themselves out after a few hours. Everyone panted heavily, small brows of sweat covered their foreheads. "Wow, we really spent all that time doing something so silly." Asmodeus admitted, still grinning. "I feel like a fool, but I don't regret it."
"I think that's what having fun is all about." Eiko laughed. "Gaako and I used to do stuff like this all the time. I mean, we still do, but she's more focused on ranks at the moment, so I guess life in general kind of got in the way."
"Life is all about having fun! There's no difference between them!" Valac gave her own answer. "My brother's and sister's do stuff like this all the time back home. It's never a dull moment around home with mommy." He suddenly got a dark foreboding feeling at the thought of any more Valac's in the world.
"Yeah, this is the best sleepover I ever had." Izuku chimed in next, and once again, all eyes fell on him. "What?"
"You've actually been to a sleepover before?" Asmodeus asked him, somehow feeling defeated. "I just assumed from everything about you that you've never.."
"No, I mean, I don't anymore but, at one point I did. It was just me and Kachaan." Izuku spoke, now looking out the window. "We used to stare at posters of this great hero and talk about how cool he was before we went to sleep. Before that we just played card games based around heroes." Hero fixation? Right, wanted to be one, why wouldn't he have one? Did that mean he was a fanboy of his own grandfather?
"It seems you were really close with Kachaan." Amy-senpai spoke, shuffling in his bed with interest.
"I was but … it got different, I guess he was just … mad. Mad that I couldn't keep up with them. Mad that I still wanted to be a hero even growing up without power." His eyes grew dark. "He was Katsuki Bakugo, the 'next number one hero', and I was...I was just Deku."
"Deku?" Eiko asked curiously.
"Defenseless Izuku. That's what it means. Powerless, worthless, nobody." Izuku spoke out bitterly. "But that changed when I got here. People like me, I have power, I have this." He held up his badge. "A way to grow, to become better than my old self."
"And where do you end up?" Asmodeus asked, Izuku turning to him. "After being a hero, what then?"
"I" Izuku paused, looking up. "I … I think I'll help Amy-senpai with their ambition. Help equalize demons, remove the concept of ranks." He muttered. "Just, make a world where anyone can be a hero, and see people smile."
Asmodeus was just flabbergasted by it all. Izuku, by all means, should be demanding compensation for everything he's been through. He should be demanding vengeance from all of his tormentors and force them through an even worse hell he's been through. He should crave that anyone who's ever doubted him be beneath his boots and licking at his heels.
But all he wanted was for everyone to smile.
"I, that's.." He stumbled to say. Izuku, for whatever reason, only sought fairness. Maybe the problem wasn't him, maybe the problem was every other demon, demons who sought to beat those that couldn't help themselves, demons who loaded their power over everyone else..
Demons like Asmodeus.
"That's an amazing ambition to have, Izuku." Eiko, the girl he's almost killed on loose footing, completed his thoughts for him. "I'll be sure to smile bigger than anybody once we light up the sky!"
"No, I'm going to be smiling bigger than anyone else! That's my entire thing!" Valac argured back. "Izuku-kins, you're going to be an amazing hero that makes everyone smile. You've already helped me there." She leaned on him.
"You've helped me as well, I suppose." Asmodeus relented, keeping a small smile. "I didn't equate having fun with ranking up at all, and all this time, I just assumed you were just this, this delinquent troublemaker. I'm truly sorry.."
"Enough with that, Azz. There's nothing to apologise for now." He gave him that smile, that reassuring smile he knows deep in his heart he didn't deserve. "We should get some rest now. We have a big night ahead of us, tomorrow."
"Yeah, you should all get some sleep." Kiriwo got up, heading for the door. "My brother wants me to check in with him before the big day, just wants to make sure I have everything ready."
Everyone nodded and let him be as the lights were turned off. It didn't take long before light snoring could be heard across the room, as one by one, everyone drifted into the world of dreams. All the while, he realized he's finally found the answer to the question he's asked himself since the start of the school year: Who was Izuku Midoriya?
Izuku Midoriya was just a good person.
