Here's Chapter 5! Thank you guys for your kind reviews! I love seeing that you guys are enjoying the story as much as I love to write it Your kind reviews are big motivators for me! I also wanted to mention that I know there has been a lot of fluffiness in these beginning chapters, but after here, I will be progressing more from the meet and greet phase of the story into the parts where Minami goes to Japan, meets more of the other characters, etc. Besides, I think All Might would be smitten with a daughter anyways, so I had to include some fluffiness. There will be more spots of fluffiness in the future as well as he supports Minami and so on, but not as packed in as it has been in these beginning chapters. Enjoy!


"Thank you Toshinori! Thank you! Thank you!" Minami bounced energetically next to the hero as they walked out of the clothing store near the hotel. The girl hugged Toshinori tightly, so thrilled to have new clothes.

Yagi grunted with the force of her hug, not expecting it, but laughed and returned her hug with his thin arms.

"You are more than welcome. Now let's get back to the hotel room to relax a bit, hm?" he opened the passenger door for her as she climbed in. Buckling her into the seat, he firmly shut the door and got into his own seat, pulling out of the parking lot to get to the hotel that was nearby.

Initially going into the store, Toshinori had to actively encourage her to walk away from the 70% clearance rack and steered her to the nicer looking clothes. Tentatively taking the clothes, she would look back to him for reassurance, worried about the price. Her nervousness only made him want to buy the clothes even more, it being clear she never had nice, new clothes.

As they walked through the store, he also saw some holes on the soles of her tennis shoes peeking out. He all but dragged her to the shoe department after that, and had to nearly force her to pick out a pair of brand new shoes. After picking a pair of bright aqua blue athletic shoes, she peeked at the tag on the display shoe and hissed in shock at the price, not expecting it to be that much for a pair of Nikes.

Toshinori had rolled his eyes good naturedly at her reaction.

"Again, money is not an issue young Minami, I've been working a long time, and make good pay doing what I do," he winked. She looked back to him, feeling guilty.

"Yeah, but I didn't earn any of this. I don't want to make you feel like you have to spend all this money on me, it's not fair to you." She replied, still not completely convinced.

"My dear, even with all my donations to charity, I still have quite a bit of money left over and I've got no one to spend it on; so grant this old man some happiness and let me spoil one of my fans a bit." He grinned at her, hoping that would finally be enough to convince her to enjoy herself a bit.

She giggled at his response, "You're not an old man! But if you're sure it's ok, well…" She crouched down eagerly and looked at the stack of boxes, looking for her size. Sliding out a box labeled 8.5 women, Toshi felt surprised at her shoe size; the girl couldn't have been more than 5'2", she was like a puppy who still needed to grow into it's over sized paws. Though looking down at his own large feet at the time, he wondered if maybe that could be another trait she inherited from him, if she was his.

He was broken out of his thoughts by the excited girl next him.

"They're so pretty!" she exclaimed, wiggling her feet with her new Nikes. She had immediately thrown out her old shoes in place for her new ones. Toshinori felt warmth fill his heart seeing her happy.

Slowing the SUV down, he pulled into the parking lot of the Skirvin Hilton. Minami pressed her cheek against the window as she took in the grand looking building, clearly impressed with the outside of it.

Parking the car and locking it, both walked into the lobby of the hotel, heading toward the elevators.

"whoaaa…." Minami quietly commented, staring up at the ceiling as she walked slowly through. The chandeliers glittered as they hung from the ceiling, and soft piano music drifted from the lobby somewhere. Yagi laughed at her expression. Having seen many extravagant hotels in his time as a hero, he forgot what it must look like to a pair of young eyes. Gently taking her hand, he guided her to the elevators.

Arriving to the suite after leaving the elevator, Minami stopped to take in the room. The studio hotel room had a living space with a large t.v. and coffee table in the corner. Straight ahead there were two full size beds. On the left was the door to the bathroom and a small kitchenette area. It wasn't fancy like the hotel lobby, but then again, All Might didn't seem like the kind of person to her to prefer extravagance.

This is way better than my house anyways, like a million times better! Minami thought to herself. Neatly setting down her bags full of jeans, tops, and other assorted clothes, she slipped off her shoes and followed Toshinori into the room.

After shutting the door, Yagi turned around and spread his arms in a welcoming manner, smiling.

"Please, make yourself comfortable little Minami." He grinned at her in such a cheerful way that she couldn't help but smile back at him. Looking down at herself, she could see her arms were covered in a light coating of dirt from her earlier attack. She felt grimy and wanted to change that immediately.

"This may sound weird but…well…at my house, we don't have hot water…and its awful taking cold showers, and well, it'd be nice to take a hot shower..is that ok?" her face turned a bright red and she looked down at her socks, mortified to admit all of this out loud.

I hope I don't stink, All Might must think I'm disgusting, she thought to herself, a bit paranoid.

Not receiving even a bit of judgment, Yagi clapped his hand on her shoulder and gave her a thumbs up.

"Of course, my girl! Do you need any shampoo or soap? I believe there should be some sample sizes that the hotel provided for you to use." He walked over to the bathroom and opened the door. Flicking on the light inside, he grabbed a fresh unused towel for her to use.

Taking one of her new pairs of jeans and a t-shirt, she followed Toshinori inside the bathroom and looked at how spacious it was. There were two separate sinks with a large vanity mirror next to a toilet. There was also a large bathtub with what looked like jets. In the corner there was a shower with pretty little green tiling on the walls and floor. She glanced at the nearest sink and saw a comb with some blond strands caught in it, next to a tooth brush and tooth paste.

This is still so unreal. That's All Might's tooth brush and comb. Sometimes it's easy to forget he's a regular person too. I wonder how much pervy people would pay for them if someone put them on Ebay? People are so weird…

Minami's internal musings were interrupted by Yagi handing her a bath and body works hotel sample size of shampoo and conditioner, along with a tiny unused bar of soap provided as a courtesy by the hotel. Looking at his watch, he saw it was 6pm, and it was getting close to dinner time.

"How about I grab us a light dinner and bring it back here while you shower? Do you want some soup and salad? I'll go and pick some up for us." Her stomach growled in response to his question, and Toshinori laughed.

"Well that answers my question, a growing girl needs her food." He grinned, patting her head before turning around to leave the bathroom.

"Wait, All Might." He turned back around to regard the girl calling him.

"I just wanted to say, thank you, really, for everything. You didn't have to do everything you've done, but you've gone above and beyond for me; no one has really done that for me." She could feel her throat tighten with the emotion rising in it, so she focused on gripping her shampoo and conditioner bottles to try to reign herself in.

Come on! Don't be some stupid cry baby! She mentally berated herself as she took a deep breath to calm herself.

"You really do go plus ultra in everything you do, don't you?" she grinned back at him with tears in her eyes.

All Might smiled and walked closer to her until he was crouched in front of her. Pulling her into a hug while she still held her fresh clothes and shampoo, he tucked her head under his chin.

"Oh Kiddo, you deserve so much better than what you've been dealt in life. I promise, no matter the DNA test results, that you won't be pushed aside anymore. I'll help you chase your dream of being a hero for as long as it takes. How's that sound?" Even if she doesn't end up being mine, it's the least I can do for Faith, to watch over her child. Toshinori thought to himself as he held the girl he was quickly growing attached to in such a short period of time.

Minami just laughed and sniffled, nodding her head in agreement, too overwhelmed with emotion to trust herself to say anything right now.


The television hummed softly at a lowered volume with a reality TV show. After dinner, Minami had sat on the couch with Toshinori to watch some TV, but promptly dozed off once more. Feeling her full weight push against him as she struggled to lay down, Toshinori had moved to the chair adjacent to the couch to allow her to stretch her limbs after covering her with a blanket. Now nearly an hour had passed. He sat with his phone glued to his palm, expecting a phone call soon from the lab to confirm the results he anxiously awaited.

Suddenly, his phone went off while he had been staring at the TV at a particularly good part of the episode, startling him a bit.

A phone call is here! A phone call is here!

"Shiiit." He cursed to himself quietly, forgetting to turn his phone to vibrate as he glanced up at Minami who was still snoozing on the couch. Looking at his phone, he could see Naomasa calling through. Answering the call, he quickly switched to Japanese.

"Moshi Moshi."

"Any word from the lab yet about the results?" Naomasa asked, jumping straight to the point of the call.

"Not yet, though they should be calling soon. I only answered because it was you. Else, I wouldn't have wanted to risk waking her up." Toshi whispered to his friend.

Silence filled the other end of the phone for a few seconds as Naomasa processed what he heard.

"What do you mean wake her? Yagi, did you bring her back to the hotel with you?" Naomasa's voice increased in volume as he realized what had happened.

"Are you insane?! You don't know this girl and she's still a minor! You don't have proper custody of her, this could be seen as kidnapping or worse-" Naomasa was interrupted by Yagi,

"She has no one, Naomasa. As far as I can tell, she lives with her grandfather who beats and mistreats her. She was a mess when I found her. I couldn't just leave her there alone after getting the DNA sample, it wouldn't have been right. What if something had happened to her?" Toshinori countered, slightly irritated with Naomasa's reaction.

"Well you should have! We have to follow proper protocol with this sort of thing Toshinori-San! Do you even realize how serious this is? We can't let anyone find out about this. Besides, what if she isn't your daughter? Are you just going to take her back where you found her like some stray cat and leave her there? That will be even worse than if you had just left her until you got the results!"

The phone call was silent for several seconds, until Naomasa's sigh broke through, his voice a bit calmer now.

"Look, I know you're trying to do the right thing, but you can't save everyone, Yagi. For now, just-"

"I want to adopt her, Naomasa, whether she's my daughter or not. " Toshinori's voice came through the phone clear as a bell, stern and final sounding. Naomasa knew he had already lost this argument.

"…You want to adopt her?..." Naomasa asked, stunned at his response.

"Yes, whether she is mine by blood or not, she is the daughter of Faith. I want to take care of her, raise her. She has so much potential; I won't leave her in this tiny closed minded town to let her dreams rot away." Toshinori countered.

"God dammit Toshi, don't make this about recruiting more heroes, just because she may have a good quirk doesn't mean she'd make a good hero." Naomasa snapped, irritated once more.

"It's not about her quirk or turning her into a hero! She's a kind hearted girl that deserves better. I want to take her back with me to Japan to raise her as my own, and that's final. I just have to get her grandfather to relinquish his custody to me, then we can proceed with the plan."

A loud beeping noise interrupted their conversation and Toshi pulled his phone away a bit to look at the incoming call. It was an unidentified number with an Oklahoma area code.

"Naomasa-san, I need to go, it's the lab calling me. Please prepare the adoption paperwork and email it to me immediately. I will text you with the results."

Hanging up abruptly on his friend, he switched over to the incoming phone call, flip-flopping back to English.

"Hello, this is Toshinori Yagi."

"Mr. Yagi? This is Dr. Bethany Smith from Sooner Laboratories Limited. Do you have a few minutes to discuss the results of your testing?"

"Of course" Toshinori agreed eagerly.

"Wonderful. First, may I please confirm your identity by confirming your date of birth on file?"

Huffing in irritation and just wanting to know the results, Yagi responded, "yes, June 10, 2xxx."

"Excellent Mr. Yagi! Thank you for your cooperation. After reviewing the results, we can say with 99% accuracy that you are indeed the father of the sample we analyzed."

Toshinori was stunned into silence for a moment as those words hit him like a ton of bricks. Then he felt excitement like none other fill his entire being, and a huge smile spread across his thin face.

"you mean…." Hearing her client's obvious joy on the other end of the phone, the doctor responded with more layman's terms, "Yes sir, I mean that test subject.." pages were heard flipping as she went back to reference the other test sample's name, "…Minami Callahan is with 99.9% accuracy your daughter."

"Goodness! That's wonderful news! Can you please send the paperwork confirming the test results to my email address as well!?"

"Of course sir, I'll send them right away. Y'all have a lovely night now." A click was heard from the other end of the phone as the phone call disconnected.

Texting Naomasa the news, then setting his phone on the coffee table in front of the chair he was sitting in, Toshinori folded his hands together as he felt his entire body vibrating.

"All Might?" a sleepy voice questioned. Yagi 's head swiveled and saw the drowsy face of Minami staring at him questioningly. All Might couldn't hold back his excitement then and jumped up, transforming into his muscle form. Reaching over he snatched her up into a bear hug and twirled her around the living space of the hotel room; the sound of his jolly laughter filling the room.

Minami squealed at the unexpected contact and laughed as she clung to him for dear life. Finally stopping his twirling, he held Minami by her waist in the air, still smiling up at her.

"What is it All Might, why are you so happy?" Minami giggled. All Might only smiled wider in response to her question and pulled her close once more in a tight hug that left her feet dangling in the air.

"You, my dear girl, are officially my daughter." Minami felt his chest vibrate as in her current position she couldn't really see his face. Still sensing her confusion, All Might loosened his grip enough to let her slide to the floor.

Kneeling on the floor, All Might placed both of his hands on Minami's shoulders. "I just received the phone call from the lab. They confirmed we're related; you're my daughter."

Those words shocked Minami into silence for a few moments, until they really sunk in.

It's true then? I'm…All Might's daughter? It's really true? Minami thought to herself,

"You're my dad?" Minami asked tentatively with a hopeful smile as she looked up at All Might.

All Might felt warmth flood his heart at the word dad, and felt his grip tighten a bit on her shoulders as he swallowed a lump in his throat.

"That's right, little Minami, I'm your papa." He smiled back at her. There was a beat or two of silence in the room, with the only noise in the background being the T.V. Then Minami moved swiftly, lunging herself at All Might in a hug, wrapping her arms around him and pressing her face into the crook of his neck.

"You're my dad! You're my dad!" she kept repeating in between laughing and her sense of disbelief, gripping All Might for dear life, scared she might blink and wake up back at her grandfather's house, in her bed.

All Might laughed happily, and hugged her back. Minami forced herself to breathe in and out, trying to calm her racing heart. She could faintly smell All Might's cologne; and coupled with his high body temperature, both were a reassuring presence that this was indeed real and not a dream.

Pulling back slightly, All Might ran his hands down the back of her head; He stared deeply, getting a good look at her. She had pouty lips with a small nose, and large feminine eyes. She truly was a pretty child, like a rose yet to fully bloom.

"You look so much like your mother, but you definitely have my eyes and hair," He grinned.

Minami smiled back up at him again and jumped forward to hug him once more, wrapping her arms around his thick neck, squeezing as hard as she could.

All Might laughed and enfolded his arms back around her once more. Snuggling into his embrace, Minami replied, "I'm so glad you're my dad!"

Poor girl, she seems so starved for affection and love. That's alright, I'll give her as much love and attention as she wants. She'll want for nothing. All Might thought to himself sympathetically. His eyebrows shot upward as he realized he forgot something very important.

"Oh! I almost forgot!" Standing back up, Minami released her hold on All Might. He walked over to his bed where his duffel bag sat and he looked up at her smiling.

"I brought a surprise for you, close your eyes" Smiling, Minami closed her eyes. She could hear All Might's heavy footsteps grow closer until they abruptly stopped right in front of her. Opening her eyes, Minami came face to face with a happy looking all might plush.

"He's so cute!" Minami cried and hugged the plush to her chest, All Might smiled at her approval.

"Now my girl, we have one thing left to do before you can return to Japan with me, that is, you would like to come back with me to live in Japan, right?" All Might asked,

Shit, I probably shouldn't have assumed she'd want to come back with me without asking first.. He thought, distressed at the thought that she may say no.

However, it became clear it was no problem as Minami eagerly nodded her head, agreeing to move to Japan. All Might smiled once more.

"Excellent my girl! I know you will love it there." All Might ruffled her hair, "However, we will need to have your grandfather relinquish his custody of you to me first." Minami's smile fell at that statement.

"Can't I just go back with you? I don't want to go back there." She asked with big worried eyes.

"I wish it were that simple my dear, but as a minor, you must be in someone's legal custody until you are 18, and that person at the moment would be your grandfather. How old are you right now?" All Might asked.

"I'm 14…But I'll be 15 on August 16th!" Minami emphasized.

All Might grinned. "Well, that means we'll just have to go back to your grandfather's house with the proper paperwork and convince him to sign it, tonight." he winked at her, trying to be upbeat for her sake.

Minami whined and gripped her all might plush tighter for support, tears coming to her eyes. "He won't agree to it, then I'll have to stay here." Her bottom lip quivered as she began to get upset. "I don't want to stay here! I want to go with you!" her voice crackled with emotion as she buried her face in the all might plush.

Feeling the beginnings of a meltdown commencing, All Might kneeled before her and tucked her into a warm embrace, stroking the blonde hair that fell to the middle of her shoulder blades.

"Minami, look at me." The young girl pulled her face away from the plushie reluctantly. She was met with shadowed blue eyes.

"I promise you that I'm not leaving here without you, and that your grandfather will never lay another hand on you again. Do you believe me, my girl?" Hiccupping, Minami nodded at All Might. Cupping her face with his hands, he used his thumbs to wipe away the tears streaming down her face. All Might smiled softly at her.

"Do you know what my mother told me when I was afraid or worried? She said the people in this world who can smile are always the strongest. Do you think you can smile for me, and continue to be brave, my dear girl?"

"…Yes sir…" Minami sniffled reluctantly.

"it's going to be ok, young Minami, for I am here. I've got you now, and I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you. Now, let's go get the custody paperwork signed so we can go home." giving her one last squeeze, All Might stood up, and let his muscle form drop to Toshinori Yagi once more. Grinning down at her, he gave her a thumbs up "I'll need to conserve my strength so I can go back into my muscle form once more tonight." Minami forced herself to smile up at his cheerfulness, but still felt a pit of nervousness encompass her.

I hope everything goes ok….she thought, worried.


Pulling up to the tiny house, Toshinori shut off the SUV and turned to look at Minami, concerned. She had been mostly silent during the hour car ride back to Chickasaw.

"You ok kiddo?" Yagi asked. Minami looked at him, and immediately thought of what All Might told her earlier. Getting a determined look on her face, she nodded to him.

"Yeah, I'm good, let's do this." Transforming into All Might, he smiled at her tenacity.

"That's my girl. Now remember what I told you, stick close to me. We'll leave as soon as we get his signature." Steam filled the car as he phased into his muscle form.

Locking up the car, they both approached the worn house. Despite her forced bravado, Minami could feel her knees shaking as she stood behind All Might while he pounded on the door. Loud foot steps and cussing could be heard from inside the house, and eventually the door was cracked open. The pinched face of an older man could be vaguely seen.

"What do yer want?" he grumbled. All Might took the opportunity to slide his steel toed boot into the door way to prevent it from being slammed closed. The number one hero forced a smile to come to his face, though all he really felt like doing was pounding his fist into the man's face, repeatedly.

"Good evening citizen! I am here I behalf of Mr. Toshinori Yagi regarding your grand daughter, Minami! It was confirmed earlier today through DNA testing that he is in fact Minami's father, so he requires your signature on some documents to relinquish your custody so he may take over her care as her legal father.

The nasty man's beady eyes widened a bit at the statement. His nearly black irises then moved downward and settled on the small shape of Minami standing behind All Might. His eyes narrowed.

"I thought I told you girl to not come back to this damn house tonight! And look at what you did! You brought a God damned hero back here!" he roared at the girl as he released his hold on the door. Minami flinched behind All Might.

All Might took the opportunity to push the door open and walk in, with Minami in tow. He pushed the man backward a bit as he entered his home.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing! You can't just come into my house like this!" the old man yelled, outraged. All Might grinned as he walked in, feigning friendliness, and slammed the door shut behind him to minimize the risk of others overhearing their confrontation.

All Might held up the paperwork with a grin and pointed to the bottom pages at the signature line.

"We'll be out of your hair if you just sign here; it's quite simple, really." The old man grimaced as he stared at the paperwork in the hero's hand.

"I ain't signing shit! Why would I give up my cash cow! The government of Oklahoma gives me a nice little paycheck for her every month." He screeched before taking a drag on his cigarette he had been holding, and blowing smoke into Minami's face. Minami hacked at the foul cloud in her face, and backed up further to be completely behind All Might once more.

"This little bitch is worth every penny I get from the government." He grinned nastily. Suddenly, before he could blink, a large hand was around his neck and he was lifted into the air, and the old man found himself being slammed into the wall. He gasped like a fish out of water.

All Might's smile was long gone now; his patience worn thin. It became clear that the hero had just been waiting for the moment when the old man would inevitably do something stupid, and he could justify roughing him up a bit.

"You will refrain from harming Minami. Do I make myself clear, Mr. Callahan?" All Might ground out as the old man flailed and clawed at his hand. The old man nodded hastily, and All Might released his grip, letting him drop to the floor in a heap. Fear filled his eyes as he looked up at All Might, who glared down at him. Minami savored the moment.

Shoving the paperwork in his face, All Might snarled at him "Sign the paperwork, else you will severely regret it!" Minami jumped a bit at the deep, intimidating tone of All Might's voice, not expecting the world's friendliest hero to turn into such a frightening man when pushed to his limits.

The cowardly old man grappled for the pen on the side table he was near and nervously took the paperwork that was thrust into his face. Flipping each page, he hastily signed each line with his scribbly signature. Once finished, he pushed the papers back into All Might's hands.

"Mr. Yagi thanks you for your cooperation, Mr. Callahan." All Might coolly replied before glancing back at Minami standing behind him, his face morphing back to his typical friendly demeanor as he regarded her.

"Go check your room for anything you'd like to take with you, my girl." He patted her head as he turned back to regard the sniveling man still crumpled on the floor. Minami grinned up at him, feeling triumphant as she watched her father almost murder the man who had systematically tortured her for the past 4 years.

Almost skipping to her room, Minami couldn't help but wonder what adventures awaited her in Japan.


Alight! So concludes the beginning chapters! I know normally All Might follows all the rules of heroism by the book, but I feel like when it comes to any of his kids, he's much more willing to bend the rules a bit if he knows that's what it takes to protect them . Hence his intimidation techniques seen in this chapter. Next, All Might will be taking Minami back to Japan with him and she will be meeting Izuku! :D Thank you all for your lovely reviews!