"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

Inko was across the hall and flinging Izuku's door open before she was fully awake, rushing to Izuku who was sitting in the middle of an ash pile shirtless.

"What's the matter sweetie? Where's your bed? Did Tomura pull a mean prank?"

She didn't think Tomura had it in him to pull something that mean. But, children were children and playful teasing wasn't uncommon. That thought was dismissed when Izuku sniffed before shaking his head no, refusing to look up at her, hands firmly tucked into his armpits, hands in fists.

"N-No, it wasn't Tomi-nii…" When Maki's large door opened into the room, she saw his large shadow with Kurogiri's eyes glowing not far behind. Tomura's silver hair could be made out against his neck-brace.

"Then what happened sweetie?"

Izuku grabbed one of the small chunks of wood left of his bed before making sure all his fingers were touching it, before they all saw it disappear and crumble to dust.

"I did it…"

As they exited the hospital, Izuku's gloved hand (Tomura's first pair they had kept for sentimentality) in her own as they walked to the car, Inko mentally went back over the news the doctor had told her.

Izuku's quirk wasn't a slow acting adaptation quirk, it was a slow acting copyquirk. When the doctors ran a DNA and quirk analysis test, they managed to figure out how it worked. When Izuku's cells came in contact with foreign DNA, it searched for the foreign cells' quirk factor and copied the structure of it. This was then copied by nearby cells as it slowly spread until every cell in Izuku's body had a copy.

Basically, once Izuku's body copied a quirk, he had it permanently as far as the doctors could tell. With some extensive testing, it was shown that skin contact was required, and even then it was prolonged or repeated contact that triggered the copying process. Essentially, Izuku wouldn't copy every quirk he bumped into on the street, but close friends and family were almost guaranteed to pass their quirks to him.

Speaking of, apparently Izuku had her quirk too! For how long was anyone's guess. Maki and Kurogiri's quirk factors were also found, but it would still be some time before their quirks manifested. Whether that would be days, weeks, or months was anyone's guess.

Izuku poking her thigh got her attention. "Does this mean I can be a hero mom?!"

Doing the best she could to hide her worry, she rubbed his hair, noticing just how airy it had been getting as of late.

"Yes, yes you can Izuku. Let's get home and tell Uncle Maki and Tomura the good news!"


Izuku rushed into the house to try and find Tomi-nii. He had to tell him the good news!

As he zoomed around the house, he searched all of Tomura's usual spots. He wasn't on the couch watching tv or playing a game, he wasn't in his room, and he wasn't in the secret base in the attic either!

Eventually he gave up and went to find Uncle Maki or Uncle Kuro. Kurogiri was at work, so that meant Maki had to know where he was! He eventually found his large uncle sitting near the closet in the laundry room. Maki held his hand up in a "shh" gesture before gesturing to the closet.

Izuku walked up to the door before knocking. "Tomi-nii? You in there?"

A loud "Go away!" was his answer.

That was not the answer he was expecting. "W-why?!"

Silence was all he heard.

"Tomi-nii?"

"I'm a monster..."

That answer was far from good enough for him. Stretching as high as he could towards the doorknob, it was too high for him to reach. Getting frustrated, an idea struck him. Taking off his left glove, he slapped it to the door before Maki could stop him.

As an Izuku sized hole suddenly appeared in the door, and he put his glove back on before angrily stomping with all the force a five year old could muster towards Tomura.

"You are not a monster!"

Tomura could do little more than stare wide-eyed at Izuku and the hole he made. "But my quirk-"

"Is awesome! It's like the new space hero Thirteen's quirk! Their quirk is a giant sucky thingy! Besides… we're like actual brothers now!"

Izuku's grin was contagious, as Tomura found one slowly working its way onto his face.

"Yeah… I guess we are more like brothers now aren't we?"

Following Izuku out of the closet, they were greeted to the sight of one Inko Midoriya angrily tapping her foot.

"Izuku…. Why is there a hole in what was a perfectly fine door?"


A five year old Pony Tsunitori squirmed in her seat. She was so excited! Her teacher said they'd be getting two new kids today! The teacher said they were Japanese and had been learning English before they joined her class.

Ms. Jones clapped her hands after announcements and the pledge of allegiance to get their attention.

"Ok class! Today you're finally gonna meet Izuku and Tomura! Remember they might have a hard time understanding you! If you're having trouble, Mrs. Smith will be able to help! Now let's give them a warm welcome!"

She gestured towards the door, which opened to let in two boys and who she assumed was . They stood in front of the class before bowing like she'd see in her dad's kung fu movies.

"Hello! Please take care of us, we're in your care."

…She didn't understand a single thing they had said besides "Konichiwa" meaning 'hello'. Mrs. Smith seemed to find it funny before bending over and whispering in their ears. The green haired one blushed brightly while the other buried himself in his jacket. The green one spoke first.

"Er, sorry. I name Midor- er, Izuku Midoriya, this my brother Tomura, we hope to like here many?"

Some of the meaner kids giggled, but she was fascinated at his ability to speak two languages when she could barely speak one!

"Very good Izuku! Now, does anyone want to share a table with them?"

Pony stood in her chair, waving her hand in the air frantically.

"Pony! Thank you for volunteering, would you two please take seats with her?"

As the two boys made their way to her table, Mrs. Smith took a seat in an adult sized chair not far away. Class started as normal with a roll call. She was surprised Tomura's name wasn't after Izuku's, she thought they were brothers! Apparently his last name was… Shiggy Room Key? Or something like that? That put him next to her when they had to line up though!

Ms. Jones eventually passed out a paper with a black and white picture on it, with the names of colors on it of what color the item was supposed to be. As she started coloring the banana yellow she started talking to her new classmates.

"So, if you two are brothers, why is your last name different?"

The young girl's question surprised Midoriya, who jumped, bumping his knee on the bottom of the table and causing one of his crayons to fall under the table.

"I'm sorry! I'll get it!"

She slid her chair back to crawl under the table before a loud THUMP echoed in the classroom as she bumped her growing horns on the edge of the table, making her fall on her butt as she rubbed the base of her horns to ease their ache. The doctors said their sensitivity should go away soon, but they still hurt whenever she bumped into something unexpectedly.

From her spot on the floor though she watched as the crayon floated slowly into Izuku's outstretched hand before he set it down before offering a gloved hand to her.

"You, ok?"

Nodding her head she took his hand before standing up and retaking her seat. The teacher kept an eye on them from the front. It wasn't the first time Pony had bumped her horns on something, and it probably wouldn't be the last.

As she grabbed her crayon to start coloring the apple, Izuku seemed to be thinking of the words he wanted to use.

"Tomi-nii my brother, but he not kaa-san's. What's the word Mrs. Smith?"

"Adopted, Izuku."

Izuku nodded his head, sounding it out. "A-dop-ted. Tomi-nii a-dop-ted brother."

Pony colored as she listened before giving him her full attention after she colored the leaves of the apple.

"Ooooooh, that's cool! I don't have any brothers or sisters, I wonder what it's like at times."

"Loud." The first word Pony had heard Tomura speak in English earned him a shove from Izuku.

"I am not!"

Tomura snicked before unleashing his secret weapon. "Watashi ga kita!" the silver haired boy quipped mockingly.

Izuku's face flashed neon red before burying his face into the table.

Pony looked between the two in confusion before looking at Mrs. Smith.

"He said 'I am here!'"

She immediately looked back towards Izuku and Tomura.

"You mean like All Might?!"

That got their attention, nodding their heads.

"All Might is so cool ! He's all like 'pow' and 'boom' and 'woosh! '" Each sound effect was punctuated with a punch and other feisty motions.

"Pony! Quiet please! It's coloring time, remember? That means we use our quiet voices."

This time it was Pony's turn to go red. "Sorry Ms. Jones…"

Tomura snickered at her, but Izuku was looking at her with stars in his eyes.

"All Might is coldest! I want be him when I big!"

Giggling Pony nodded. "Me too! My papa's a huge fan! I'm wanting to go to UA when I get bigger!"

With that, Pony, Tomura and Izuku colored with idle chatter until it was time for recess.

Once the class headed outside they flocked around the two new kids. Mrs. Smith was barely able to stop them from overwhelming Izuku and Tomura. She eventually got them mostly calmed down and picked one boy with flying squirrel wings attached to his torso and arms who raised his hand.

"What are your quirks?!"

Izuku's eyes furrowed, "Quirks?"

Mrs. Smith clarified for him. "Quirks."

"Ooooh, Kosei! Yeah yeah yeah! Our qu-irks. You have… trash?" "Mrs. Smith I need something that we won't mind losing."

"Ok kids, does anyone have anything they don't mind losing?"

Pony had been watching from the sidelines and raised her hand. "I do! I do! I do!"

Face contorting cutely in concentration, her horns popped off before wobbling over to Izuku and Tomura as a new pair rapidly grew to replace them.

Izuku pulled Tomura out from behind the teacher, before grabbing both horns out of the air and passing his brother one. Taking off his glove, he watched Tomura do the same, before holding the horn out for everyone to see.

"Alright Tomi-nii, on san. Ichi. Ni! San!"

On cue both him and Tomura touched their fifth finger onto their horns, which quirkly started turning gray and fell to ash. Some kids stepped away in fear while others watched in awe.

"Woooooah, it's gone!"

That response out of all of them caught Tomura off guard. Raising his head, he looked Pony in the eye for the first time since meeting her.

"Not, scared?"

Pony thought about it for a moment.

"I am, but not really? I'd be angry if you did that to my lunchbox though!"

Mrs. Smith watched with a small smile on her face as the kids brought random things for the two boys to decay, before they finally dared them to touch the old stump that was in the middle of where the kids usually played soccer.

To be honest… she probably should have stopped them. But the stump was old, and the school just didn't want to pay to have it dug up with heavy machinery. With both of them putting hands on it, it wasn't long until the only thing left of the old rotting stump was a pile of ash filling a divot in the dirt.

After that she shooed the children off to go play before they could get any ideas that would get her in trouble.


Izuku's day was going awesomely! He made a new friend, Tomura was being less and less grumpy, and Pony even gave him one of her apples if he let her try his katsudon!

Not to mention the other kids weren't freaked out by his and Tomi-nii's quirks. His day couldn't possibly get any better!

With class over, Izuku was skipping with joy as they headed out to the parent pick up area. Whispers quickly picked up when a very large portal started forming off to the side. Izuku grabbed Tomura and Pony's hands as he ran towards it in excitement as Maki's large form stepped out followed by Kurogiri.

"Uncle Maki, Uncle Giri! Today was awesome I met a friend and she's really nice and the kids thought mine and Tomi-nii's quirks were cool and Pony gave me an apple for some of my katsudon and she wants to go to UA too and-"

Maki chuckled as he set a large hand on Izuku's head to get him to calm down, while Kurogiri kneeled to be eye level with Pony who was hiding behind Izuku.

"Izuku, I believe you have someone you mean to introduce us too? It is awfully rude to leave them excluded."

Izuku blinked before realizing the faux pas he had inadvertently made.

"Sorry! Pony, this Uncle Maki, and Uncle Giri. This is Pony! She new friend today."

Maki chuckled before waving to the small girl.

"Hi there little one, Izuku said he let you try some of his katsudon?"

Pony shyly nodded.

Leaning forward slightly, Maki held a hand up in a stage whisper but didn't lower his voice at all.

"That means he likes you, Izuku doesn't like sharing his katsudon hardly at all."

"Uncle Maki!" Neon red, Izuku started 'attacking' Maki's shin as Tomura laughed, with Pony joining in not long after.

Standing, Kurogiri brushed imaginary dirt off his suit before waving to the teacher on duty.

"I hate to interrupt your fun, but we must be going. Say goodbye to your friend boys, Inko will be home and we want to greet her with a nice hug don't we?"

Nodding, Izuku gave up his 'assault' on Maki's shin and bowed towards Pony.

"Bye Pony, see tomorrow!"

Waving excitedly, Pony headed off to where the rest of the kids were waiting and whispering.

"Bye Izuku! Bye Tomura! See you tomorrow!"

Skipping into the portal, Izuku lead the way as Tomura followed not far behind. He was wrong, his day did get better!