Happy Saturday! Here's chapter 6! Hope you guys enjoy! And a personal note to the reviewer, Hooky, I am so glad you're enjoying the story! Thank you for your faithful reviews! I love hearing from readers who are enjoying the story! Plus Ultra!


Minami's eyes fluttered open as she felt herself being gently shaken awake. Looking around, she recognized the first class passenger cabin of the airplane she had just been in for an agonizing 11 hours straight. Blinking blearily, she glanced up at the electronic clock at the front of the plane and saw it read 1:53pm, meaning it was roughly 12:53am back in Oklahoma. She grumbled at having her sleep disturbed, having only slept roughly several hours total in the past 24 hours of travel. Looking up at the culprit who dared to wake her, she was met with the cheery face of Yagi.

"Come my girl! We have finally landed. Time to get up and stretch a bit before we exit the plane and meet with my friend I was telling you about, Naomasa."

Minami painfully unfolded herself from her curled position in her seat next to Toshinori, relieved to finally hear those magical words; we have landed. Yagi in the meantime stood in the aisle way and opened up the overhead storage bins, pulling out both their carry-on bags. Handing Minami's pastel pink bag to her, he grinned, seeming to be in a good mood. Despite feeling exhausted and still slightly nauseous, she smiled right back, excited to be starting her new life.

"We're finally here? Good! I really need to pee!" Toshinori laughed at her response as he stuffed a large envelope containing her passport, social security card, and birth certificate they had obtained before leaving Oklahoma into his carry-on once more.

"We'll be sure to stop at the bathroom before going through customs and luggage claims then," he ruffled her hair as he made room for her to step out into the aisle in front of him. There was a pleasant announcement over the speakers from one of the flight attendants, but Minami couldn't understand a thing. Looking back at Toshinori questioningly, he responded.

"They just announced that we may leave the plane now."

"Good! I'm so ready to be able to walk around like a normal person." She could feel her limbs crying out for movement, to do anything but be still for another minute longer, not used to being so still for so long.

Having never been on a plane before in her life, the entire travel experience had been exhausting and overwhelming. The first take-off from Oklahoma to California had made her puke. Luckily, she caught the beginnings of bile building up in the back of her throat and was able to hastily excuse herself to the plane's bathroom, almost crawling over Toshinori in her haste to get to the bathroom before she puked all over him. Ten minutes later she returned to her seat, a bit sweaty and pale. Yagi had questioned it, but she shook it off saying she was just fixing her hair. She was sure he hadn't bought it by how many times after that he asked how she was feeling after he requested a ginger ale soda for her from the flight attendant.

And even better, when the first plane landed in California, she had yelped and covered hear ears at the unexpected sharp popping sensation when the plane was descending, not realizing there were pressure changes in a plane when it ascended and descended. That definitely drew the attention of Toshinori, who peeled her hands off her ears to make sure nothing was wrong outwardly, then offered her a stick of gum to counteract the popping sensation. Minami accepted the gum gratefully.

Thank God I didn't throw up anymore after that, once is enough, She huffed, annoyed at her body for betraying her.

Flying is totally overrated! So glad I won't have to do that for a while… she thought as she shuffled off the plane and into the airport terminal. Stopping to wait for her father to catch up behind her, they made a pit stop at the restrooms, customs, and then made their way to the luggage pick up belt.

Seeing the wall of people, Minami stopped and looked back at Toshinori "I think we'll have to wait here,"

Nodding at her, he responded, "It's no trouble my girl, I am plenty tall to see over the crowd to look for our suitcases," A loud jerking and squeaking noise filled the area; Minami jumped a bit, startled by the racket as she could see the conveyer belt beginning to roll out luggage in between all the people standing in front of them.

She could feel Yagi twitch beside her a bit as his suitcase rolled out.

"I'll be right back!" he grinned as he politely squeezed his way to the front to snatch his suitcase.

Minami stood there day dreaming a bit while she waited for her father to return, when a large figure caught her attention on her left side. Looking over, she saw a man with a shark head and a dorsal fin on his back standing there, looking imposing as he also waited for his luggage. Minami stared at him, entranced by how he looked like a monster from a retro horror movie she had watched. She couldn't look away, feeling her jaw drop a bit, not having met many people with quirks in her life, let alone seeing someone with an extreme quirk that outwardly affected how they looked. His black eye circled around to fixate on her, and he said something to her in a biting tone in Japanese. His response snapped her out of her trance. Blushing, she stepped back a bit. She didn't need to understand Japanese to know he probably just told her off for staring at him.

Behind her, Yagi returned with their luggage. She heard the familiar deep voice of Toshinori say something to the man in an apologetic tone. Then she felt her sight darken as his large hand covered her eyes from their offensive action. Yagi gently pulled her back against him, and away from the irritated shark man who stomped off, still clearly upset.

Uncovering her eyes once the man had left, Toshinori turned Minami to look at him; he regarded her red, embarrassed face.

"My dear, it is not kind to stare at people who look different," he gently scolded her, careful to not upset her.

She's probably exhausted, hungry, and overwhelmed from how different everything is around her, of course she couldn't help but stare at someone so unusual looking... Toshi reminded himself.

"I'm sorry!" she blurted out, "I didn't mean it, I've just never seen anyone like him…I don't know why I did that…" she looked down at her shoes, feeling guilty.

"I know you are, and it's ok; let's try harder to not stare at people who look different because of their quirk from now on, ok?" Toshinori rubbed the top of her head affectionately and he handed her a matching rolling suitcase that was a cheery shade of pink.

"Your suitcase also came through not long after mine." He grinned, trying to help her forget about her social slip-up. "Now, let's head toward the front of the airport to find Naomasa."

As she dragged her new suitcase on wheels, she saw a tall looking man with dark hair and eyes waive at her dad. Toshinori walked ahead of her to greet who she assumed was Naomasa.

Approaching the friendly looking man standing next to Yagi, she stuck out her hand in greeting at the same time he bowed. Feeling embarrassed, she quickly retracted her hand and bowed, trying to match local customs as he tried to stick out his hand in greeting instead. They both laughed at each other's odd behavior. Naomasa spoke to Minami in English, his heavy accent betraying he was not nearly as fluent in English as her father was.

"it's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Minami! I'm Naomasa Tsukauchi, a friend of your papa's. I'm sorry for my poor English." He rubbed the back of his head nervously, hoping she could understand him.

"Please don't worry, your English is really good! And you can just call me Minami. I'm sorry I can't speak Japanese yet." She grinned back at the man, hoping she didn't speak too fast.

Toshinori stood off to the side, watching the interaction. "All in good time my girl, we'll have you speaking Japanese soon enough." Watching her yawn into her hand as the jetlag began to set in, Yagi gently took her carry-on bag and put it on his shoulder with his own bag. He wrapped his free arm around her shoulders while Naomasa walked on the other side of her. Both men began a quick paced conversation in Japanese that Minami didn't have a prayer to understand in the slightest.

Instead, she focused on her surroundings. She looked at all the bright signs and flashing lights as they walked through the airport to the exit. There were cute nick-nacks in every window, as well as advertisements for expensive skin cream, the latest movies, and jewelry covering the walls. One thing was for sure, this airport was a lot flashier than the Oklahoma City airport.

This is so cool! Is all of Japan like this? So happy and bright? I already like it so much more than Oklahoma! I don't think I'll miss anything about Oklahoma at all. She thought to herself gleefully, until the image of her friend Tracie and her parents flashed in her mind.

Ok well obviously it'll really suck not seeing Tracie and her mom and dad anymore, they were the only ones that ever did nice things for me. Minami thought to herself a bit sad. She thought back to the day she told Tracie what had happened, that her dad had come to find her and she was moving to Japan with him. To say she and her parents were surprised was an understatement. Tracie's mom even made Toshinori show her the paternity test results to be sure she wasn't being kidnapped when they stopped by her friend's house to give her the news. They had no idea her dad was All Might obviously, but they were satisfied enough with the paperwork to know that Toshinori Yagi was really her dad and not some stranger coming to take her away.

Honestly, I would have gone with anyone to get away from my grandpa, she thought to herself as they walked. She remembered seeing the three adults sit at the kitchen table over coffee while she and Tracie went upstairs to her room to hang out one last time. She briefly over heard them talking about her living situation; Tracie's parents knew her grandfather hadn't been kind, but they had no idea how bad it really had been until Yagi shed some light on the situation for them. They had also briefly talked about her schooling and how she had just finished her freshman year at the local high school. Her grades were a bit of a sore subject as Yagi was not expecting Tracie's mom to tell him she had Cs and Ds, with a few Bs here and there. Minami winced to herself as she remembered the stern talking to she received from Toshinori at the hotel afterward about how important school was, and that she would need to work harder at her school subjects once she arrived in Japan.

At the end of her final visit with her friend, Tracie returned Minami's ice skates to her, saying she'll need to keep practicing in Japan with them. Emotional from her final visit, Minami felt her face flush a bit as she remembered how she had cried, again to her embarrassment, on the car ride back to the hotel where they were planning to leave for Japan the next morning. Pulling the SUV over, Yagi had sympathized with her saying he understood how hard it was to leave her best friend behind, but promised her that he would be there for her now, and that she would make new friends in Japan. He also pointed out she could always communicate with Tracie through emails, texts, and instant messaging. His reassurances alone made her feel a bit better about it.

No more crying though, All Might will think I'm a wimp! She thought to herself, noting she had cried more over the past few days in front of All Might than she had during the entire year alone.

"Here we are! I'll take your suit case to load it into the trunk, why don't you have a seat in the back of the car." Naomasa gently took the wheeled suitcase from Minami before she could respond. Minami felt Toshinori ushering her into the back of the small car, with him sliding in next to her after setting both their carry-on bags by their feet.

"How are you feeling, my girl?" Toshi grinned at Minami and patted her knee. Naomasa slammed the trunk shut and got into the car's driver seat.

"I'm so excited we're finally here! I want to see everything! It's so different from Oklahoma. Can we stop and see some places?" Minami chattered away, forgetting she was tired and becoming more interested in the sights around her.

Toshinori laughed at her enthusiasm, happy that she wanted to explore. "Of course my girl! But first, remember when I told you about my quirk and how I was going to give it to boy named Izuku Midoriya?

"Your quirk?" Minami questioned, and side glanced to look at Naomasa, who was upfront driving, wondering if she should say anything else with him in the car. Noticing her uncertainty, Toshinori followed her eyes and realized her concerns.

"Naomasa knows all about my quirk, little Minami, but that was smart thinking on your end to stay quiet about our secret." Toshinori smiled at her dedication to keeping his secret. "We're going to stop at the beach to go visit him and see how he has been doing the past week and a half without me."

"Oh! Well that's good then. We're going to go visit him? What's he like?" Minami questioned.

"he's a soft spoken kid, but you'll be able to find out for yourself soon as the beach isn't far from the airport. We'll be at the beach in about 10 minutes or so." Toshi responded. Minami nodded back, and started asking more questions about what various signs outside their car meant, and what there was to do in their town of Musutafu.

Soon enough, Naomasa slowed the car to a crawl as he looked for a place to park at the beach.

Getting out of the car, Minami squinted against the sun as she felt the sea breeze blow through her hair. Sniffing the wind, she could smell the salty air. Walking around the corner, they were assaulted with the sight of mountains of garbage.

"Ew! There's so much garbage! Why is there garbage here, this isn't normally what a beach looks like, right?"

Turning to Minami at her question, Toshi had a puzzled face. "Don't tell me you've never seen a beach before, my girl?"

Minami laughed nervously, "Well, Oklahoma is like a big dust bowl, we don't have the ocean or lakes near my hometown, so…yeah.." she finished, a bit fidgety at how weird she probably looked never having seen a beach in person. I guess it is kinda weird that I've never seen the ocean before…

"That's about to change today kiddo!" Yagi gave her a thumbs up as he took her hand and guided her through the mountains of garbage. Rounding a particularly large mound of trash, she came face to face with water as far as the eye could see. She stopped abruptly to take the sight in. She could hear Yagi laughing at her shocked expression.

"I've seen pictures of the ocean and beach in text books, but never like this…" she stared fixated at the waves rolling in gently, observing how the ocean reflected the gold hues of the sun. She looked up as she heard Toshinori shouting to someone in the distance in Japanese. Down the beach, she could see a thin boy wave back animatedly and began sprinting towards them. As he got closer, she could see he had curly green hair. A big smile adorned his pale freckled face.

"All Might!" Izuku cried, excited to see his mentor.

"Hey there squirt! Have you been following the American Dream Plan I created for you?" Holding his hand up, he gave Izuku a high five and ruffled his hair.

"I've been following it exactly All Might! I'm so happy you're back!" Izuku grinned up at All Might, relieved his favorite hero had come back like he said. Looking down at his arms, Toshinori saw multiple bandages, scrapes and bruises lining his thin appendages.

"I hope you stuck with lifting only small stuff like I said, look at your arms!" Toshi grabbed his forearm and turned it over, looking for any other unseen bruises.

"I'm just clumsy sensei," Izuku smiled up at Yagi, who only sighed and shook his head.

"Just be careful kid," he chuckled at the boy's optimism despite his battered and bruised small body,

And we still have 9 months to go! Toshi thought, a bit concerned.

Yagi noticed Izuku's face change from excited to jittery as he began stuttering, looking at something behind him. Turning around, he saw Minami standing there looking clueless as to what they were talking about.

Of course Yagi, you idiot, she doesn't understand Japanese yet, introduce her! Clearing his throat, Toshinori pulled Minami forward gently and pushed her toward Izuku. Both children squeaked a bit at their close proximity to eachother.

"My girl this is Izuku Midoriya, my successor," Yagi switched back effortlessly to Japanese for Izuku,

"Young Midoriya, this young lady is the reason why I had to leave for business. Her name is Minami, and she is my daughter from a past relationship. She is from the United States, so she doesn't understand Japanese yet, but she will be living with me now and is going to follow her own dream to become a hero." Izuku shouted in shock at the revelation that All Might had a daughter.

"But All Might, how do you have a daughter?!" Izuku questioned, shocked.

All Might turned beat red at that question and spit up blood, nearly falling over. "My boy, do you not know how babies are made?"

If possible, Izuku freaked out more, shouting and waiving his hands, his own face beat red, "No! of course I know about that, not from personal experience, but, oh geez that's not what I meant, ugh you don't need to tell me about that! I just wasn't expecting you to have kids is all I meant!"

Minami stood there the whole time with an eye brow raised as she watched both her dad and Izuku spazzing out, but couldn't understand what exactly was wrong. What the hell is going on? Well, guess I'll just introduce myself then.

Stepping forward, the girl held out her hand to Izuku, which seemed to snap both he and Toshinori out of their episodes. She sighed and focused on remembering the most basic Japanese greeting her father had taught her in the airport.

"Hi, my name is Minami, it's nice to meet you!" Izuku sputtered and stuttered, and tentatively lifted his shaking hand to take her's with a feeble grasp.

Yagi barked a laugh, remembering for a moment what it was like to be a young teenage boy, "My boy, do girls make you nervous? It's alright my boy! Just say hello!" laughing heartily, he ruffled his hair and slapped his back, entertained by their awkward exchange.

Sweating and shaking, Izuku managed to utter a soft "hello" in English, before muttering to himself under his breath about something that neither Minami or Toshinori could catch. Minami snorted at his reaction and laughed, not really understanding what he was so nervous about. "You're weird…"

Naomasa, who had remained silent until this point, laughed at the two goofy children along with Toshinori.

"Be nice, Minami," Yagi winked at the girl "You and Izuku will be preparing for your UA entrance exams together for the next 9 months." He grinned, knowing she didn't mean the comment in a nasty manner.

Toshinori turned to look at Izuku, placing his hands on his hips, "Young Midoriya, how about you take the rest of the day off to relax, and we'll start fresh tomorrow morning at 6am?" Izuku looked a bit relieved at the offer.

"ok! But are you sure it's alright All Might?" Izuku looked a bit tentative as he wiped sweat off his brow, "I don't want to fall behind."

Yagi let out a hearty laugh, "Of course my boy! Resting for one day won't hurt your progress, if anything it'll help your body to adapt a bit better." He explained as he glanced at his battered arms.

"Naomasa, is there anyway you could give young Izuku a ride home? My apartment isn't far from here, Minami and I can walk the rest of the way; it'll be good for us to stretch our legs anyway, right my girl?"

Minami forced a grin to come to her face, Walkkk?! Ugh I don't want to walk right now, I just want to sleep… "Sure dad! That sounds great" Minami ground out a bit through her smile, wanting to be cooperative.

"Thata girl!" Yagi slapped her lightly on the back. "it's only about a mile away from here anyways," he turned to look at Naomasa, "We'll just take the luggage out of the car and wheel it home."

Naomasa shrugged, knowing better than to argue with Toshinori when he already made a decision.

"Alright my boy, I'll see you tomorrow then?" Yagi confirmed with Izuku.

"Definitely All Might!" Izuku grinned, ready to begin training with his mentor once more.


40 minutes later, after multiple goodbyes and side conversations with Izuku and Naomasa, both father and daughter arrived at Yagi's apartment building. It was a tall structure that housed at least 12 floors. All Might's apartment was at the very top for maximum privacy.

"Here we are my girl! Home sweet home!" Yagi grinned.

Panting a bit at her exertion from the walk, Minami sighed in relief that they had arrived to the apartment. Taking the elevator up, Toshinori whistled cheerfully as he pulled out his apartment keys, seeming happy to be home. Despite her aching feet, Minami couldn't help but grin back at seeing her favorite hero so happy.

Entering the apartment, Minami removed her shoes and noticed that it was very average looking. There was one large couch with an armchair, and a large flat screen tv; in between the two was a small coffee table. A small kitchen was in the corner with an equally small table that had two chairs, and down the hall she guessed there were two bedrooms and a bathroom. A tidy bachelor pad, and very inconspicuous, a perfect place for All Might to live without people suspecting who he was. Walking through the living room, she noticed a few framed photos on the wall. One was of him and a small blonde girl, who was held by a brown haired man with glasses. A few others were of her father looking much younger and healthier.

"Ah, shit!" she heard Toshi exclaim from the kitchen. Looking up, she saw him tending to what looked like a small bonsai tree. Pouting, he turned to look at her,

"I've killed another yakushima cedar bonsai tree," he sighed, seeming upset. Minami walked over to see the crispy, sad looking tree.

She patted his arm, "I'm sorry dad, I'm sure your tree lived a long and fulfilling life."

Toshinori snorted a laugh, and looked at Minami, who was grinning up at him. Suddenly he got a mischievous look on his face.

"You think you're being funny making fun of my dead tree, huh kiddo?!" he laughed as he quickly grabbed Minami and started tickling her sides. Minami began squealing and laughing, trying to fight back, but found that even in his thinner form her father was still very strong and a tactical genius; All Might through and through.

Man! No wonder All Might is number one! Minami laughed to herself and she tried to block her father's tickling attack and was failing miserably.

Noticing her tiring enthusiasm, Toshi decided to end the play session by snatching her up and hauling her over his shoulder. Smiling at her laughter, he marched her down the hall into her new bedroom. Flicking on the light, he gracefully, but carefully, flipped her off his shoulder and onto her brand new bed. Minami bounced as her body hit the firm mattress.

"Texas Smash!" he shouted as he flipped her onto the bed. Minami was giggling and gasping as she tried to catch her breath from laughing so hard. Yagi smiled down at her smiling face, her cheeks flushed red from happiness.

"How do you like your new bedroom my girl?" catching her breath, Minami sat up and looked around her room. Her blue eyes widened at how nice it looked. In the corner was a desk, and across from her bed was a closet. At the end of the small room by her door was a dresser. She could see a brand new set of lavender colored sheets and a comforter still in its packaging beside her bed. She grinned as she leaned forward and hugged Toshinori.

"You remembered that purple was my favorite color!" Minami smiled.

"Well of course!" Yagi exclaimed, proudly. "I would never forget that, little Minami. I had Naomasa purchase a few things for your bedroom on my behalf while we were traveling home." He stroked her blonde hair affectionately.

"How about you begin unpacking your suitcase and setting up your room, and I'll go pick us up some soba noodles for a late lunch?" Toshi suggested.

"Soba noodles, what's that?" Minami's eyes grew wide, never having tried Japanese food, but finding that just by the name they sounded mouthwatering.

Getting up and walking into the hallway, Toshi stopped to look back and Minami and grinned, "Just you wait kid, I'm going to introduce you to a whole new world of delicious food."

Delicious food huh? Sign me up! Minami could practically feel herself starting to drool at the thought while she began unpacking some of her things in her room.


Later that evening…

Minami snapped awake, gasping for breath. Her room was dark, save for the light from the hallway leaking in from her bedroom door that was cracked open. She jumped a bit and gripped her comforter tightly as she heard a loud crack of thunder outside her bedroom window, which followed by a bright flash of lightning. In her half-asleep stupor, there was only one thing that her mind jumped to-

Tornadoes! A tornado is coming!

Fear penetrated her entire being, and she leapt out of her bed, tripping over her purple comforter and nearly falling flat on her face. Lightning cracked loudly over the apartment complex, she whimpered and raced out her bedroom door.

Slamming her bedroom door open she stumbled into the hallway, and ran into the livingroom.

"Minami?" All Might asked concerned. He turned around to look at the frightened girl from where he was sitting on the couch, his right arm stretched out on the top of the sofa, watching a movie.

Out of breath, she rushed around to the couch with a panicked look on her face.

"Is a tornado coming? Are there tornadoes in Japan?" thunder cracked again, and a loud whoosh of wind blew into the apartment complex. She could feel the tall building creak and shift a bit. Terror shot through her and she leapt onto the couch next to All Might, wrapping her arms as far as she could around his hulking frame, burying her face in his chest.

"My girl…" All Might whispered softly as he wrapped his arms around the shaking girl.

Lightning crackled, and she pushed herself further into All Might's side, luckily his good side without his old wound she belatedly realized after gripping him for dear life. She whimpered again as she heard rain and hail beginning to pelt the building and windows. She felt a heavy hand rest on top of her head, and large fingers running through her hair. Her heart hammered in her chest and she squeezed her eyes shut, feeling a few tears leak out at the thought of a tornado barreling down towards their apartment.

All Might stared down at his daughter. "No my dear, there really aren't tornadoes in Japan. They're very rare, and when they do occur they're very weak. Nothing like the monsters you've seen in Oklahoma." All Might glanced at the clock on the wall and saw it was 11:45pm, thinking to himself she should be asleep. He gently lifted her chin to look at him and was met with red cheeks and teary blue eyes. Sympathy flooded into his heart at seeing his child so upset.

"Oh, my dear girl," he boomed with a cheerful laugh and scooped her up into his lap, holding her close and kissing the top of her head, rocking slightly. Lightning cracked once more and made the lights in the living room flash and flicker. Minami couldn't hold back the broken sob that released itself from her chest, her anxiety sky rocketing. All Might shushed her gently and held her closer, if that was possible.

"There is nothing to fear, for I am here, little Minami, I promise there is no tornado." All Might grinned cheerfully at her, trying to improve her mood. "Just a nasty thunderstorm."

Minami looked up at All Might with big teary eyes, sniffling, calming down a bit, feeling safe in the tight embrace of All Might.

"You're sure, dad?" All Might's heart soared at hearing the word Dad come from her, even if she had already called him that many times already. All Might chuckled and ruffled her hair.

"Of course I am kiddo! The only danger right now is you not getting enough sleep" he booped her nose with his index finger, causing Minami to giggle a bit. She rubbed away the remainders of her tears and took a deep breath while All Might's hand rubbed her back comfortingly. Feeling better, she belatedly realized he was in his muscle form.

"Why are you in your muscle form?" she asked curiously, looking up at All Might who shrugged his shoulders.

"I hadn't been in my muscle form for a few days, since we had been traveling from Oklahoma back to Japan, and I missed the feeling of power flowing though these old muscles. Besides, there's not too much strain on me by just sitting here watching a movie." All Might curled both his biceps for her as if to prove his point and made his characteristic booming laugh.

At the mention of movie, Minami looked at the T.V. and saw an American movie playing on the screen, but wasn't sure what they were watching. "What movie are we watching?" the girl grinned cheekily at All Might.

All Might laughed again "ohh nooo, very sneaky young lady, but there is no "we" in this. It's time for all little girls to be in bed sleeping, and their papas taking a bit of a break before heading off to bed themselves." He playfully wagged his finger at the young girl.

She got annoyed at the statement and narrowed her eyes a bit, "I'm not a little girl! I'm turning 15 in a few months." All might grinned at her response, seemingly pleased at her bit of backtalk.

First time she hasn't been perfectly polite with me…he thought to himself, a good sign then she's becoming more comfortable with me. I can't imagine any teenager constantly being so well behaved as she has been this past week and a half.

All Might snorted and tussled her hair, "When you're an old man like me, you may as well be a baby at 15." He grinned back at her and attempted to lift her up into his arms to carry her back to her room, but she instantly gripped his shoulders tight, refusing to be picked up. Impressed at the strength she possessed for being so small, All Might chuckled.

"Hey hey hey! You're feeling quite stubborn tonight." She looked up at All Might with big eyes, "Pleaaase dad? Only 20 minutes, then I can go back to bed?" All Might looked down at the cheeky girl, feeling a sweatdrop form as those big baby blues pulled at his heart strings.

Ah shit, he thought to himself,he could feel himself wavering at those eyes. Does she have a mind control quirk that she's hasn't told me about?

Her piercing blue eyes continued to bore into him, and he sighed as he accepted defeat. "Alright, but only 20 minutes, ok? And I mean 20 minutes young lady." She smiled at her victory.

"besides-" a large yawn erupted from her, "I'm not even that sleepy.." she rubbed her eyes a bit. All Might looked at her disbelieving, and continued stroking her hair and watching the movie, keeping one eye on the clock. Still sitting in All Might's lap, Minami leaned into the embrace and snuggled him; her head leaning on his chest. She could feel her eye lids getting heavier as she watched the movie; the lullaby of her father's heart beat coupled with him petting her head, and his high body heat putting her to sleep. For the first time in many years, she felt like she was home.


It was only about 15 minutes later that she was out cold. All Might chuckled to himself at the irony of the situation. Carefully turning off the TV without jostling her awake, he gently cradled the young girl. She didn't even flinch at the movement. Turning out all the lights in the living room save one, he let his eyes adjust to the darkness and quietly made his way down the hallway and into her room; thunder distantly rumbling in the distance from the storm that had just finished passing over their home.

Walking to her bedroom, he gently laid her down on the bed and grabbed the comforter that had fallen on the floor, tucking her in with it. Staring down at her sleeping features that were illuminated by the lights outside her window, he started to feel many emotions now that they were home and settling in; he began to feel bitterness build up in him. Anger at having missed out on so much of her life; that Faith never told him about her existence. Sadness that he wasn't able to rescue her sooner. Relief that she was finally within his reach where he could nurture and protect her.

I've lost so much time with her, how can you make up for 15 years? Shaking his head at his somber thoughts, he made himself grow determined. No, I owe it to her now to help her grow up strong, to help her become a hero if that is what she still desires.

Taking one last look at her, he turned and walked out of the room, heading to his own bed for sleep.

Tomorrow is the beginning of the next step for Minami. Tomorrow begins the task of helping her build up her quirk strength as well as her schooling abilities. I'll have to put together a schedule for her like I did for young Midoriya. All Might thought to himself smiling, imagining what she will look like years from now in a hero costume, in all her glory as a fully fledged pro hero. I just know she's going to make a great hero.


Alright guys, so ends Chapter 6. Shoot me some reviews if you're enjoying the story! Next chapter, we'll see Minami beginning her training with Izuku in preparation for the UA entrance exam.