Kae Membrana: I actually wasn't thinking of Naruto with the clones. I just thought it was a powerful thing and I do make my MHA characters OP so it fit lol. Luffy stays single in this one. Poor baby, but at least he has friends and family. Kid and Law have a deep bromance lol. Think of them as a couple if you want to. And since it's already written and finished, I do not take bribes. Though... if you sacrifice to me your first born child, then maybe. JK I hate children. But I do love baby Luffy.

Katakuri looked at Luffy's decapitated body and head, and then turned to leave. But it seemed there was no limit to his healing, as his body stood up with his head regrowing. He gasped loudly, and the man turned around in shock. "I won't die!" Luffy screamed, and took advantage of his surprise and disbelief. Changing midjump into his full demon form. Though he was still shorter. He attacked the man, ripping his leg off, earning a sound of pain. He ripped apart his body completely, mochi bits going everywhere.

He jumped back, and roared. But he was unsurprised when the mochi bits reformed into his body. "I won't die either," he said coldly. Luffy had torn apart his clothes so all he had was his pants. Which Luffy didn't have. He changed back into human form, naked and formed the fur along his body.

"This fight will go one forever. Just give up," Luffy said. His body was exhausted and near needing to pass out. But he wouldn't pass out. He would surely die somehow if that happened.

"You look like the one who will give up first," the man said in a cold voice. Colder than before. He pulled off his scarf and showed a gruesome mouth, dagger teeth with stitched up sides. But it wasn't anything overly shocking. Luffy's own mouth was a mess. The teeth tearing through the cheeks.

Then the fight got almost too fast for Luffy to handle, dodging constantly while having to attack through mid dodges of dozens of arms, solid and with spikes. He got hit multiple times, blood spraying everywhere but then healing over. But each time a spike was embedded in his body, it made him more exhausted, his body telling him he was doing too much, it couldn't handle this.

But it had to, and he didn't listen to his body and its limits. When a punch landed on his face, his eye exploding in his head but forming back, he let out a scream that broke all the windows and made Katakuri cover his ears as blood trickled out.

Luffy used his most useless power and created hundreds of children clones. "Go play with the big man!" he screamed, and all of them ran to him, climbing up his body and pulling on his hair. If he weren't in a fight like this, it would have been damn hilarious. He flew forward and slammed his tail into Katakuri's head, ignoring hitting the clones, who didn't seem bothered by their fellow children poofing away.

Katakuri hit the ground with a large thud, children covering him, yelling at him to play with them, pulling at him, sticking their hands in his mouth to see the sharp teeth. Luffy ignored them, and went in his beast form, enlarging himself so his back touched the ceiling. He knew he couldn't beat the man with any other way.

Any other way, he'd heal over and continue to beat Luffy, who was running on E and still had the others to deal with outside of this world. He bit down and completely ate him before making himself spit spit the remains out, a mass of white mess. He threw up in disgust, knowing he'd eaten somebody.

He was horrified, but he'd tell nobody about this. When he started to reform somehow, Luffy ripped his own tongue out and poured blood all over the remains, burning them into nothing. When the head reformed as the rest burnt away, he slammed his hand down on and crushed it, dripping his acidic blood all over it.

He collapsed, and vomited again. He sobbed into the ground. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," he cried. He knew nobody deserved to die like that. Not even the worst villains. He was a murderer, in the worst way. He really was a monster, but knew that was the only way he'd win. He'd torn him to shreds before, and he'd reformed.

Now, there was nothing left. Disfigured and burnt away. He walked to a window, and looked outside of it, into the hall, and managed to create a small portal. The building was in chaos. He opened the connection again.

I defeated him.

Great! Do you need help?

Y-Yeah. He managed to open a portal and Zoro and Sanji burst out. They saw Luffy's bloody body and tear streaked face. "Luffy?!"

"I don't want to talk about it. Let's get this over with," he said in a dead voice. He turned around and smashed the mirror to pieces. They ran forward, but it seemed that all of the demons were fighting back. Their cuffs were no longer restricting them. And they found somebody fighting back hard, blood of the enemies sprayed everywhere. Law was there, ripping apart enemies in beast form.

Kid was there, a bright red beast as he destroyed everybody, too. The other three did the same, but Luffy led the others out, slamming open the wall, smelling the outside. "Run! Run, far away!" Luffy roared, and they sprinted out of the building. Despite blood loss, they ran as fast as they could.

Todoroki was fighting, and Luffy slammed his tail into the enemies chest, ripping him apart. Todoroki was shocked. "Go, flee with everyone else. I'm sure Tsu needs you," he said in a dead voice. Todoroki looked at him in concern before turning into beast form and sprinting away.

Luffy let out a roar that decimated the building, blowing it to pieces when he knew everybody but the pack demons and Law were out. It shattered walls, destroyed the roof, upended the concrete floor. It exploded outward. He heard howls from the others, but it stopped. The sound must have hurt them, but they healed.

He ran to them, and found them all together. Kid and Law had blood all over them. They'd killed a lot. Zoro and Sanji had taken after Luffy, and ripped off arms. Luffy wished that was all he had to do for Katakuri. That he hadn't needed to eat and then spit him back out. He hadn't screamed, and his body was made of mochi.

Hopefully… it wasn't painful. He still had the sweet taste in his mouth and it was terrible. But he hadn't swallowed him. That meant he hadn't eaten him, right? But, he did swallow him but only spit it up right after. There was stomach fluid. Did that mean he had been in Luffy's stomach, even for a moment?

He didn't want to think about it anymore. He created a portal, as now he was able to. "How? How do our portals work now?"

Law said he'd destroyed what seemed like a hub room that also canceled the power of the cuffs, allowing everyone to flee or fight back. He looked at Luffy's expression, even in beast form. "You killed someone, didn't you?" he asked, voice surprisingly soft. Luffy looked down, and tears dripped down his furry face. Law put his hand on Luffy's shoulder, claws not cutting him. "I know what it feels like. You'll heal. You're different, so make up that by saving everyone you can."

Zoro and Sanji put their heads against Luffy's shoulder, Sanji having finally turned into beast form. A big yellow one. The color of a daisy. Definitely terrible for camouflage. "I ate him. Then I spit him out and burnt him away with my blood after ripping my own tongue out." His pack was startled, while Kid and Law just looked at him with an aura sympathy, understanding. "He killed me. He healed every wound. He ripped off my head. It… was the only way I could think of. I tried everything else. His body was made of mochi, so normal wounds didn't hurt him."

They were all shocked that Luffy had survived decapitation. "It looks like I'm immortal. I survived decapitation, suffocation, stab wounds. I'm invincible. It's scary." He didn't know why he was telling this to two strangers. And he'd promised not to tell anybody else. But he just… he couldn't carry the burden alone.

Zoro said, "There was no other way, Luffy. But we'll keep this to ourselves. He's in the mirror world right? And his body is gone?" He nodded. "Then it's a perfectly kept secret. No remains means nobody will find out what truly happened."

Luffy nodded, said he was skilled at lying by then. He couldn't tell anybody else. Law said that they should leave in case the authorities come. They didn't want to be heroes, and were technically murders, too. Plus, Kid said they didn't want somebody to find them. Luffy thanked them for their help. "You're the one that managed to give us the chance to get out by taking on Katakuri. That guy was a monster," Law said.

He opened a portal and he and Kid left through it. Luffy opened his own portal and got them all some clothes before shifting back into human form and dressing. Immediately, Zoro and Sanji hugged him while he cried. "He killed you first," Sanji said quietly.

"I'm a murderer. A monster, I ate somebody. Like a real demon," Luffy mumbled through his sniffles, trying to compose himself. Zoro asked if he enjoyed it. "Of course not! It would have been better if he hadn't… tasted like mochi." Zoro rubbed his back.

He said they should go home and then give their story another time. "But, they'll think we were the ones who violently killed those guys. It wasn't us." Sanji said, kindly but honestly, that he was in no shape to talk about what had happened. Crying while lying isn't convincing. He nodded, and formed a portal to home.

He passed out the moment he hit the couch, getting blood on it, but not enough to burn anything. His body was exhausted. Zoro called Marco over the phone, telling him Luffy passed out from exhaustion after his fight. That he couldn't give his story for now.

Marco was understanding, and Zoro and Sanji gently wiped the blood off of their friend while he slept. When he woke up, he was mostly clean. Sanji handed him a lemon. "To get the taste out," he said softly. Luffy nodded and ate the inside of the lemon. All of it. It did get the taste out. He thanked them for cleaning him up.

"We didn't want to tell you this, but you have a mark on your face now, it seems," Sanji said, and handed him a mirror. There was a black stripe from the top of his eye lid to his jaw. It looked okay, but not exactly comforting. But the rest of him didn't scream "nice hero", anyways.

He touched it, but it felt like normal skin. He tried wiping it off. "Probably something to do with when I was decapitated. Lucky there's not more stuff. That I'm not deformed." They both winced when he said he'd lost his head. Zoro asked what it felt like. Sanji glared at him in disapproval. "I blacked out for a minute but when it was reformed I was already standing again." Then he laughed dryly. "Want to hear the funniest part of the fight? I spawned hundreds of child clones to swarm him and distract him. I told them that 'the big man wants to play!'. It was ridiculous."

Zoro snickered. Luffy tried to sit up, but flopped back down. "I'm so tired," he sighed. "Please don't tell anybody about the fight. I'll say I trapped him in the mirror world, unable to move anymore." They nodded, saying they were fine with going along with that. "Do you know if everyone got away safely?"

Sanji nodded. "Marco told us everyone who was abducted is accounted for, but are tired from blood loss and are all resting. They've filled up a bunch of hospitals, and some of them are from other countries. It'll be difficult to return all of them quickly. But the public will need a reason as to why they were abducted and why they have blood loss. Someone was obviously draining them for something."

Luffy nodded, saying he was disgusted with people using them all like that. "It means bad guys know about demons, too."

They saw a small portal form. Todoroki. "Hey. How you doing?" he asked.

"I'm exhausted. I can't get up," Luffy replied. "I'm sorry I killed someone in front of you. I'm sorry I killed someone period." Todoroki said he was unable to defeat him, so he probably was going to end up dying if Luffy hadn't interfered. Luffy didn't reply to that. "So, are you going to tell everyone about the demon world?"

Sanji asked, "Don't we have to, now? Everyone will question it relentlessly." Todoroki said that there was no doubt that would happen. Then he shocked them by offering to go with them, showing that demons exist that look like normal people. Luffy smiled, and said that would be appreciated. He fell asleep again, still unable to move from the couch. His wings were crumpled and in what seemed like an uncomfortable position, so Zoro carried him to his bed, covering him with a blanket.

Tears were coming from his eyes, even as he slept.

-x-

When Luffy woke up, he felt better and could stand. He got a call from Hawks, with Zoro and Sanji on the couch, though not doing anything but looking at their hands. Luffy answered the phone and Hawks said that he wanted the full story, if he was up to it. "Yeah, I'm rested enough for now," he said. His appearance got the attention of his pack, and they sat on the couch.

They opted to tell their story over the phone, not wanting to have to fake their expressions, too. Luffy still looked emotionally hurt, even though his wounds were not there. Those that made him bloody and tired. His fight had been so hard. So painful.

He told the story from start to finish. But left out the very important part of eating and then burning Katakuri into nothing, not even ash. Hawks was shocked when he heard about Luffy's decapitation. The moment Marco heard that, he was there. He used a portal that he'd refused to use.

He saw the black mark on Luffy's face, and the dark circles under his eye. He didn't know they were there and his pack didn't tell him out of consideration for his feelings. Marco touched his face, and Luffy looked away before he got a hug.

Hawks waited for a moment before asking about the other D and his partner that had been responsible for the killings. "I don't know their names," Luffy lied. "We did talk for a bit, but it wasn't about anything important other than thanking each other for assistance. I don't know where he went, since they used a portal. They weren't even from Japan, so I have no idea where they've gone now."

The number two pro-hero asked what had happened to Katakuri. "He's probably dead. He was really injured. Nobody can get him out of the mirror world. So, he probably died already," Luffy lied. There was nobody in the mirror world. Living or dead. Hawks said he did well on the mission. His first big mission that had set free over 1,000 people. Forty of them from UA.

"Thanks. It was stressful, but I'm glad everything worked out and that the other two helped as well." He was absolutely sure Hawks knew he was lying about not knowing Law. He was sure, but the man trusted him to have a good reason for the lies, and didn't point them out. Luffy was more than grateful for that.

Zoro said that it was probably necessary to explain the existence of the demons now. Hawks said that was probably true, and Marco said that now was a time that it wouldn't be so sudden and out there. And it would make people believe in them.

But it would also out a lot of others to those who know them. It was a hard choice to make. So, they'd lie. They'd say a lot of those who were captured were related to demons in some way, but not all of them. That they had had people whose blood was not useful to them. Luffy would say that there were many there that he knew whose blood was useless.

So, the next day, they'd contact the largest talk show there was in Japan. That had the most views and an almost cult following. Someplace with a big audience would be great. Luffy slept deeply just out of pure exhaustion. And he was so glad he didn't have a nightmare. He didn't feel the need to tell Ace or Sabo about the next morning when they came to check on him. When he told them why he had the mark, they gasped in horror. That his head was ripped off and grew back.

He didn't tell them he ate somebody and burned them into nothing by ripping his own tongue out. He wouldn't make it so they saw him differently. Or pitied him. Telling Sanji and Zoro was enough. His pack was perfect emotional support. He was glad he gave them the details, no matter the risk of them thinking he really was a monster.

Marco called the talk show, saying they had a juicy story that would change the world. Much of the public, it seemed, did not know about the mass kidnapping of "random people." So there was no reason to say that. It would protect privacy, which they decided was very important. Especially after needing to keep Luffy's murder private.

School was cancelled for the foreseeable future until the campus was repaired, which was going quickly. After all, they'd built all the dorms in three days. But, it was also offering emotional support to those traumatized by what happened, not just those that had been taken themselves. He got a group text from everyone thanking him for saving Tsu, Hancock and Todoroki.

They asked if he was okay, and he said he was just tired. He didn't tell them any details. They'd see the mark themselves. He didn't know if he'd say why he got the mark. It might be too much to tell the world his head was ripped off and he survived. He didn't want them to know that, to think he was invincible. Though he was. He survived every manner of injury. He had regrown his hand. He'd healed when a huge stone ripped through his chest. He survived gunshots, sword slashes, burns, broken bones and now, decapitation.

He wondered what happened to his old head. If it was rotting in the mirror world. He shook his head to get that out of his mind. Marco put his hand on Luffy's shoulder. "I'm always here if you want to tell me what happened. You know that, right?"

Of course he knew something else had happened. "I know. I just can't bring myself to tell anybody else. I'm sorry, I just can't."

"I understand. I'm not pushing you, just telling you you will always be welcome to open up. I'll be there for you no matter what," the blonde said sincerely. Sanji and Zoro were showering in the separate bathrooms. Luffy already had. The mark on his face was definitely not washable. It was there to stay, he was sure.

The time came when they had to go to the studio. Todoroki met them there, since he couldn't travel through their own portal. And his was too small, so he took the train. Apparently he didn't tell Endeavor about this, and he knew he'd be livid.

"I don't care if he's mad about it," he said simply. But he had told him mom, who approved of him coming clean. So they met at the studio. They had make up done on them, though Luffy's mark wasn't helpful for them. Nobody was planning on that being there. Zoro was annoyed by doing makeup on him, while Sanji enjoyed having women being so close and touching his face. What a weirdo.

The audience was already there when the four walked out. They didn't sit on the couches usually there, sitting on the stools that would be easier for them to sit with their wings. Todoroki sat on one too, just to be the same as them. There were usually couches, but not this time. None of the four were nervous. There had been much more uncomfortable things they'd done.

"Welcome, young heroes. It's good to have you on. Especially after the mission you three went on just a couple days ago." Luffy smiled and nodded, saying they had a lot to say. And that it would probably surprise a lot of people. "I'm intrigued. Why don't you start with your names?"

The four of them gave their names, and when he was asked, Todoroki confirmed that he was Endeavor's son. They did wonder why he was there, but nobody asked. "Now, what is your story?" the talk show host asked excitedly.

"Well, first we'll explain ourselves. That's a segway into the rest and why Todoroki is here, too. So, I'm sure by now everyone is calling us demons because we can all agree that my appearance fits that description," he said with an awkward laugh. "I came here when I was a baby. Marco found me just all by myself in a stroller, and decided to keep me, even if he knew I wasn't a human." They had direct permission from the Whitebeards for him to talk openly about his childhood with them.

"They raised me as a human with a 'demon' quirk. I was confused sometimes, having seemingly multiple quirks. But my appearance never bothered me. It doesn't now, either. When I was little, I couldn't control my other form, which is pretty much a big winged wolf. Too big to show here.

"You might have heard of the summer camp monster that took care of the League of Villains. That was me. None of my classmates knew. Anyways, I was five when I became friends with Zoro and Sanji, who accepted me for what I was without a second thought. They were humans originally.

"But that changed after a while of being close to me, physically and emotionally. We first noticed something was off when we all developed regenerative abilities. No injury seems to be able to hurt us. Then came the super senses and strength. Then the telepathy, and then eventually the wings came. And now they can both turn into the bigger forms as well.

"It won't happen to anyone else but them. It hasn't happened to any of my family, just my best friends. So nobody has to worry about being around me and turning into a demon. But, after we were rescued from Blackbeard, we learned some startling truths.

"We're not alone. We're just the only ones that actually look different. There are others like us everywhere. You might not know about it, but I can assure you many of them know themselves. They live in harmony with everyone as normal people. They're not demons, we're not demons. It's just convenient to call it that." He paused, and the audience looked skeptical.

"And that's why we brought Todoroki with us. He volunteered to come. Up until a couple weeks ago, he thought he was fully 'normal'. You can't tell. He looks completely human, right?" He turned to Todoroki, who made a small portal in front of him, and began talking. The crowd gasped.

"I didn't know about it at all until they told me. If you have any demon blood in you, you can see transparent horns on their heads. Since my portal is so small, we think that I don't have much demon blood in me. If you focus, trying to make your own portal, it'll happen if you have any demon blood in you," Todoroki explained, having talked about what to say beforehand.

Luffy said, "It's a big choice that could change your life and perceptions of yourselves, so don't take doing it lightly. In the audience, I'm sure there are many who can do it, too," Luffy said. A few tried and exclaimed, the audience being loud in shock and amazement. The talk show host looked shocked.

"There are some in the audience who can. Those who can, do you see the transparent horns on Todoroki?" the D asked. There were shouts of affirmation. "Those who can, you're not monsters. I'm not a monster either. Unlike myself, everyone else is part human, or mostly human. Those who have found out suddenly, we know will most likely only have the added ability to make portals. Big or small, it depends. Only you can go through a portal, you can't bring someone else, too." They didn't say anything about the beast form. Maybe that was wrong, but they wanted to not scare everyone too bad.

"We wanted to finally say something, not to shock everyone, but to let those who know about themselves not feel ostracized and need to hide. I pretended for so long, all three of us did. It was hard, to be worried about anyone ever finding out. But it felt good once some of our friends at school realized. And it's nice to not have to fake anymore.

"We just wanted people who feel like freaks to not feel that way anymore. It's your choice to tell anyone, and you can hide it if you wish, but now people know it's possible. If you want to come out, now others will know you aren't lying or are crazy. You can be free, now, if you want. It's your choice," Luffy finished.

Everyone was silent. And the host tried to regain her composure. "W-Well, they did warn me that it was a juicy story! Thank you, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Todoroki." The four nodded and the cameras cut, since they were the final guests that day. A bunch of people from the audience hurried over, and asked frantic questions. Asked what would happen next. They assured them that nothing would change besides being able to make portals, no matter how big.

People on the street, after they left, swarmed them, asking the same questions. Well, now it would go viral and those in the world who did not know, now know. Luffy offered to fly Todoroki home. "I'd rather go to the hospital to see my mom." They agreed and Luffy picked up Todoroki to fly there, him giving them directions.

They landed outside, and thanked him for coming with them. He smiled and nodded. "It made me happy, so hopefully it will make others happy. Dad is going to be so pissed. I don't really care. I'll talk to you soon?"

"Sure," Luffy said with a smile. The three of them then got home through a portal. They flopped onto the couches with sighs. "That was scary."

"I agree, even though you did all the talking," Sanji replied. Luffy touched his face absentmindedly, something he noticed he was doing without realizing. It didn't feel any different. But it would always be a reminder of the fight he had and how he was immortal. Well, he aged. But how long would his lifespan be? He had no answer for that. He didn't know if he even wanted to know.

All the human mixed demons lived human lifespans. But he had no human in him.