Sorry for the late update, preoccupied with other things, I lost track of time as it seems to have gone by me very fast. I hope you enjoy this latest chapter!!
She knew that not everybody had had a very privileged life as there were some who were less fortunate than others in some circumstance or another.
For those people, however the situation may be, have all had it rough in more ways then one.
There were some who sadly never get a chance to experience to live a much more happier life than the ones that they are forced to live with, but as for others they actually get a chance to start over, to be free from the metaphorical dark shackles weighing them down and live happily.
She was no exception.
If it had not been for Deku and Lemillion, and their friends and comrades, she would have still been living that dark and horrible life that she never wants to go back to.
They were heroes, her heroes, they saved her life, freed her from Kai Chisaki and his minions, they gave helped her to see that the world is not always dark and hurtful, shown her a light that she had so desperately had been looking for for so long, they treated her with kindness, love, taught her many things, teaching her how to use her quirk, discipline her only in the right manner then that monster did, and more.
She had vague memories of her real mother, the very last day she saw her was the day that she met her tormentor before she never saw her again, it took a long time for her to realize that her mother had abandoned her after her father suddenly vanished before she was made aware that she herself had accidentally caused him to vanished when her quirk first manifested.
She use to believe that it was a curse, but was told and later believed that it was actually a blessing.
Were not for there wonderful heroes ... she would have suffered more, or killed or worse.
They gave her what she had been lacking and really needed since she was 2 years old...
A home, friends... and even a family...
"Eri!" Called the voice of Izuku Midoriya, AKA Deku, as he came into the principal's office as he saw her and the principal relaxing and each having a cup of tea.
"Ah Midoriya, right on schedule," The principal said as Eri got out of her seat and ran over to the boy who kneelt down and hugged her as she barreled into his chest.
"How was your interview with Edgeshot?" Eri asked him, "Did it was go well?"
It was that time of the year for students to do their work studies, several of them stayed with the agency that they got into the first time, while others like Izuku wanted to change things up not only learning different things to improve their battle style and tactic but seeing Hero work in other perspectives.
Last year it was with Kamui Woods, Mainly for more training on using the black whip quirk that he gained during the joint training several short years back and help him to be more agile, this also helped to improve some of his acrobatics and make his legs even stronger. Kamui Woods' agency may be small but he's already gained a good handful of sidekicks already, two of them being Hitoshi Shinso (who also this year decided to change internships as he now currently works under Gang Orca) and the other being Ibara Shiozaki (who stayed with the wood Hero).
To say Izuku I was very surprised to learn that Edgeshot (one of the top 10 heroes) ask for him of all students to come to his agency would be putting it mildly. He was honored to have been scouted by him, and his classmates were pretty shocked but otherwise excited for him, though Bakugo claimed that he was going to learning a lot more at the agency he was working at (that which he refused to tell anyone, saying he wanted to blow their minds later after his interview) then the one that izuku was hoping to work at.
He had not told Toshinori where he was going to be working for as he wanted to surprise her after his interview which he went to not long after his mentor left UA to go the library and hang out with the other female staff members after that.
And to Answer the child's question, he replied with a big smile on his face:
"Yup, He accepted me and I'm going to start working there first thing tomorrow morning."
Eri cheered, congratulating him, which made him blush nervously (some things never change).
After talking with the principal for a bit about how Eri had been doing with his heroics tutoring, which he told him that she's been doing pretty well at, both the green and white haired duo left the office.
The two walked walked down the hallway as they walked in blissful silence. This wasn't awkward for both of them, as they were used to it as they would enjoy the peace after a good working day even if the day wasn't quite over yet.
Just like the other students, Eri too was having her schooling done here at UA, but privately with each of the staff members.
Nezu taught her heroics informatics.
Midnight would teach her science although she tends to spoil her now and again, treating her as her niece more just as Present Mic did (although she was a niece to every staff member except for Toshinori who she sees as a mother figure just as Izuku does, that's why she's been calling her Mama Toshi).
Ectoplasm taught her math and tested her knowledge in puzzle-solving, which surprised him as it appears that she was good at solving the ones that he had given her so far (probably develop her analogical skills from hanging out with Izuku).
Present Mic tell her English.
Cementoss Taught her literature.
Aizawa and Snipe would teach her hand to hand combat, quirk training and self-defense. (Ectoplasm also helped to when he had the time).
13 and Recovery Girl taught her basic first aid and medical procedures more as Eri wanted to help people just as the others did, and seeing that her Quirk was not battle oriented and after having seen Recovery Girl doing her work, she wanted to be a doctor or nurse hero just like her as she felt like her Quirk would be more useful in healing people. (Recalling all to clearly how her Quirk was very helpful for Izuku when they were battling Chisaki years ago, were not for her quick then he most certainly would have died and that monster would not have been sent to jail at long last, were not for Eraserhead then Izuku would have died from her being unable to stop her quirk).
Powerloader and Hound Dog (even Hatsume) would teach her how machines work and anything involving technology as Eri (to their surprise) wanted to learn how things work as in case she might get kidnapped again she wanted to know how machines and gear worked so that she could possibly sabotage her kidnappers equipment to try and make a break for it if anything should arise, which after some thinking they accepted.
Vlad king would teach her world history.
Lunch Rush taught her how to cook with Sato as she wanted to be able to take care of herself if the others were not around to cook for her after some thinking, which they accepted as they taught her to basics and supervise her when she was learning how to cook something new, especially when she wanted to try on her own.
And lastly Toshinori would be evaluating her on what she learned, help her to do some basic workouts (hence why the little girl sometimes joined her when she was out doing her jogs on an occasion), but mostly she would play games with her (half of which being educational), much to her joy.
What surprise them all the most was the fact that it appeared that she was a pretty fast learner as she was adapting quickly to all of this, and her desire for wanting to learn also helped fuelled that.
And she was okay with all of this. Not only was education important but she wanted to make sure she was able to take care of herself not wanting to be a liability nor be helpless if another villain should come. Even though Kai Chisaki was well in prison and he was very well quirkless seeing as the quirk was in his hands and they were violently ripped off of him after the league of villains had hijacked the van that he was being transferred to prison in, and for some reason abandoned him after the deed, whatever it was other than to rip his arms off in a literal sense, was done, she didn't want to take chances. And seeing that despite how scary things got all of her friends were training to become heroes to help people no matter how scary the situation may be, she wanted to work hard to be a hero just like them and learn to overcome her fears.
Seeing how many staff members were going to be teaching her, the principal broke down who be teaching her on which day and how many teachers she would have each day, not only to make things easier for her and on the staff members but also so that she can still have time to have fun and mingle around the others. She was still a kid after all.
14 teachers means that Eri would have either three or four teachers per day, sometimes five if one of the members has some spare time and if she was up to it. Classes lasting 30 or 40 minutes each, rarely an hour if there is something that she doesn't quite understand and needs a bit of extra tutoring on it.
which was totally fine for her.
After all, Izuku is a student learning from these teachers, same went for everyone else, they were learning and working to become heroes, so she will too.
Looking out the see through glass window walls, she could see the rest of UA campus from the floor that they were walking on, it would always be a Marvel to see for anyone no matter how many times they've been to the school.
Today was such a beautiful one, so beautiful and peaceful that it made you want to hum your favorite song.
Which was what Eri was doing as Izuku soon noticed, he couldn't help be chuckle as he recognized the tune she was humming.
""Togetherness" from Madeline lost in paris?" He stated more then asked.
Looking up she nodded, smiling more.
Lately, she had been getting into the Madeline franchise, thanks to Toru, Mina and Eijiro, needless to say she really loved it, especially the songs that were in the series. More especially from the Two animated movies.
It was also thanks to the series that she started getting interested in wanting to learn how to speak French, which Present Mic was also good at speaking too (Toshinori is not the only one who knows how to speak more languages then just English and Japanese). She also took interest in wanting to learn how to sing hence why she's been taking some lessons from Jirou, Ashido and Hagakure.
Soon a song was sung as the two were making their way through the school.
Eri: One Ant, alone Ant, can hardly barge a Rock. But when she joins with other Ants, the Rock moves down the block.
So small, but so spunky and squished 10 times their weight. When they become a mighty troop, together, they are great.
One bird, a lone bird, sings softly in the morn. But when she sings with other birds, a symphony is born.
The flock forms a chorus that echoes from a cloud.
Izuku: Echoes from a cloud.
Eri: When we are each like tiny birds, together we are loud.
Izuku: Together we are loud.
Eri: Together we are big, together we are strong, together it is clear that we must certainly belong.
Just think about what we can do if we work as a team.
Both: Togetherness will set us free, the answer to our dreams!
Just singing these songs, even if they were from children's movies and shows, Always made one smile and feel nostalgic.
Eri: One hand, a lone hand, too short to reach up high.
Both: Together it is possible to touch the bluest sky.
Voila, we are a tower! Never will we stop. The pyramid of power, together to the top!
Eri: Together we are big, together we are strong, together it is clear that we must certainly belong.
Both: Just look at us, we're pretty good at working as a team. Togetherness has set us free, the answer to our dreams!
Together we are big, together we are strong, together it is clear that we must certainly belong.
Just look at us, we're pretty good at working as a team. Togetherness has set us free.
Izuku: Set us free!
Eri: Set us free!
Both: The answer to our dreams!
As the two were walking out of the school entrance, the two spotted 3 of their female teachers coming in through the gate.
Before you asked, The reason why 13, who is also a female staff member, was not with the other lady's was because, according to Mr. Aizawa, is because she had gotten sick that day with a bit of a nasty flu bug and wouldn't be back for a couple of days, so thus she had no choice but to not go with the other ladies for their day out in order to prevent them from getting sick as well.
Upon seeing them, the two turn to the other and nodded before they ran over to greet them.
"Hi All Might/Mama Toshi, Midnight, Present Mic!" They both called to the trio as the 3 looked up from their conversation as they smiled at the duo running to them.
Toshinori, even though she had gotten used to being called "Mama Toshi" by Eri and while it does make her smile, blushed from the pet name given to her by Eri.
Not that she hasn't been called "Mom" before, Izuku has called her "Mom" once or twice, although he seemed to do it out of a subconscious tick not realizing that he had said that to her but she felt too happy to point that out to him.
"Hello Young Midoriya, Young Eri." She greeted them first as she welcomed the hug that Eri gave her as she picked her up and carried her in her arms, even though Eri had gotten a bit bigger the past few years, Toshinori, despite not having One for all anymore (although she can only hold her All Might form for only a few seconds), still proved to be stronger than she looked despite her physical appearance, being careful to carry her on her right side and not her injured left side.
"How has you day been?" She asked them both.
"My day's been good." Izuku replied, "Same here!" Eri chimed in before she asked her, "And how was you 'Ladies day out'?"
"It was pretty good." She replied before her other female co workers chimed in. "We had a great day too!"
"Especially for Toshi-chan." Nemuri said with a smirk.
Toshinori frowned at this, knowing the tone there she turn to her and said, "Nemu-chan, do I need to repeat myself? I already told you, we literally just met, there's no way there could be feelings between him and I."
"Sure~, you say that now." The Blue haired woman giggled as Hizashi chimes in too, "He did seem to be paying extra attention towards you."
"Hiza-chan!" Toshinori exclaimed, a blush appears on her face, embarrassed but frustrated.
"Wait, whats going on?" Izuku asked, he and Eri were very confused about what they were talking about.
"Oh I will tell you-." Nemuri was cut off by Toshinori as she stopped her.
"Oh-look-at-the-time! We-better-get-back-to- the-dorms,-Bye!" Toshinori said hastily as she took Eri, who was still in her arm, and Izuku as she took hold of his right hand with her left, before walking in the direction to the 1-A dorms at a fast past despite Izuku's stumbled at this sudden reaction.
"You can't avoid the subject forever Toshi!" The voice heroine called out to her.
"Not listening!" The former pro heroine called back.
As soon as they were far away from them, The two Heroine's giggled at this reaction, "Its obvious." Nemuri said.
"Yup," Hizashi agreed, "Sure it really is too soon to tell just yet, still it's obvious that the two got along pretty well there."
"Indeed, and I get the feeling that this will not be the last time we see that fine gentleman." Nemuri agreed as she and her made their way back to their respective dorms.
Back with Toshinori, Izuku and Eri, They were now walking at a normal pace.
"I'm sorry about that," Toshinori apologize to the two, "The girls were just over thinking things."
"How so?" Izuku asked.
"Earlier you mentioned a 'him', did you meet someone while you were away?" Eri asked, curious.
The former symbol of peace nodded as she explained, "Yes, we met a man while the girls and I were checking out a new hat shop, he was nice, friendly, he even help me get away from Amaro Ame."
"You mean the man who keeps pestering you, even if it doesn't look like that he is?" Eri asked, to which Toshinori nodded saying, "The very same one. He... is Nice but I am not the least bit interested in going out with him no matter how many times he's asked me, and tends to be a bit pushy."
"And the man who helped you?" Izuku asked.
"Eno Kako is his name. He has an illusion type quirk, we all had a pleasant time together." She told him.
"That's good to hear." Izuku smiled.
As the trio talked, Little did any of them know that they were being monitored.
ELSEWHERE, PLACE UNKNOWN
There's nothing but Darkness with the only things illuminating the room were several monitors along with several several lights from several machine panels here and there.
One monitor in particular was watching our heroes as they chatted away, blissfully unaware that they were being watched.
The man watching and listening to their conversation then heard someone's footsteps approaching him, knowing who it was he asked, "Status report."
"All seems to be well, the date and time have been identified and will be sometime before it begins, which is fine as we will have plenty of time to plan it all out before then." Said the man to the other.
"Excellent." The first reply with a smile, "And what of the others?"
"They are waiting for you to tell them of your plan, some are getting patient while the others are trying to keep them calm." He told him.
"All will be explained in good time, but for now we must wait, it's too soon to do anything, in order to achieve victory you need to play your cards right and have patience, otherwise It could result to a rather unsavory outcome."
"Indeed you are correct. You know this better then the rest of us."
"All so well."
"That's all i have to report for now, if anything should rise I'll be sure to let you know."
"As per usual. You are dismissed."
The other man nodded before he left his master to his own devices.
Once he was alone, he turn his full attention back to the monitor he was watching as he couldn't help but smirk.
"Soon, this little game of ours will finally end... with only one of us claiming the real victory to it... soon... it will be all over..."
He said before he chuckled.
HEIGHTS ALLIANCE, IN THE COMMON ROOM, SEVERAL MINUTES LATER
"I still can't believe that you got the book, Its rather hard to find now a days." Kyoka Jirou said, twirling her right earphone jack like it were strand of hair.
"Yes, I was very shocked myself when I realized what it was I got from her," Toshinori giggled.
"Of course it would be hard to find, it's a very popular book that only had a couple hundred copies made." Toru Hagakure exclaimed, "Everyone and their Grandma's been trying to get their hands on the book let alone trying to figure out who the author of said book is."
"Though from from my own research I did on my own time, I hear there's a rumor that this mysterious author is actually going to make more copies to sell within a few weeks or less give or take, but again it's just rumors, we don't know if it's actually true or not." Momo Yaoyorozu told them.
"Cool! Maybe my parents can finally get a copy of it when more come out." The invisible girl cheered.
"Like Yao-momo said, for the time being it's just rumors so we don't really know if it's actually true or not, we'll just have to wait and see for ourselves." The earphone jack usered told her.
"GET BACK HERE YOU STICKY RAT!!" Screamed Katsuki Bakugo as the girls, a little startled by his screaming, turn to what or rather who he was screaming at as they saw that he was chasing the pop-off user as she was giggling and was apparently waving the explosion users phone in the air while said explosion user was chasing her like a maniac as his angry face showed that he had some permanent marker drawings scribbled on his face.
"Never!" She proclaimed.
"You are so Dead!" He told her, quite obviously angry.
"Bakugo! Mineta! Stop this tomfoolery at once! This is not how heroes in training should act!" Iida scolded them, chopping his arms in the air like a robot as per usual.
"Shut up four eyes!!" Bakugo yelled at him as both he and Mineta eventually ran upstairs continuing the chase, Iida following behind to stop them along with Kirishima.
"Do I want to know why she did that to him?" Hanta Sero asked, sweat drop visible on the side of the head.
"Its probably better if we don't ask," The Dark shadow user suggested, "At least not right, now especially not to Bakugo, better wait until things cool off before you ask Mineta herself."
"I agree." Mezo Shoji agreed.
As everyone went back to their usually activities, Jirou said, "Hopefully he won't accidentally killed grape girl trying to get his phone back."
"He won't," Toshinori assured her, "Though I would not be surprised if both of them were going to get lectured by Aizawa once he finds out what happened."
"True that." Jirou agreed.
Life in the dorms can be chaotic at times, especially for these group of heroes in training, but otherwise it was pretty fun and pleasant, still to think that they all didn't have much longer until they all graduated and eventually go to college or so.
While that in itself was kind of sad, everyone wanted to spend as much time as they could with one another before then, and the memories that they all had with each other would surely be ones said they would never forget for years to come after all that they've been through since their freshman year here.
Not only that, the former pro heroine knew that they would all keep in touch even after they all graduate.
Still time really flies by as it was hard to believe that soon her students will graduate make the next step in their lives on their journey to become pro heroes.
There was still much to do and and yet so little time before then, so for now she will keep on helping her students teaching them and training them.
But After They graduate... what will she do then?
That's the thing that has been bouncing around in her mind as of late, Will she continued teaching another generation of heroes here at UA and let her protege go to make a path of his own the rest of the way? Or Will she retire all together and live out the rest of her years in peace? Or Will she continued to walk beside him to help him along with his training after it all?
Those thoughtss made her a bit depressed that she can't help but feel unsure of what she's going to do for the future.
It seems like only yesterday that she met Izuku in Musatafu the first time, he's grown up so much, his body even got a bit more muscle on him, and has made so much progress with One For All as he can now wheel about 42% of it (without the gloves that Hatsume made for him, with them he is able to use about 50% of his power) without injury, but still he has a long way to go before he can fully use it without hurting himself all together.
That's another thought that has been buzzing around in her mind as she couldn't help but wonder if she had done more than enough to help him? Or if there was more that needed to be done?
She didn't know for sure.
"Is everything alright?" Momo asked her as the blonde female turn back to her.
"Oh yes, everything's fine." She assured her, smiling assuringly.
"Are you sure?" She asked her as she and the other girls couldn't help but be a bit concern when they saw a slight bit of sadness on her face only moments ago.
"I'm fine really, I just got a few things on my mind is all, nothing to really be concerned about."
"If you say so."
"All Might."
The voice came from Mr. Aizawa as the girls turn to him as he stood beside the couch where the girls were on.
"Yes?" Toshinori replied.
"You forgot to grab these from the staff mail box after you and the girls got back." He told her, handing her several letters along familiar little Redbox that she knew all too well.
"Oh that's right, Sorry about that," She replied as she accepted them, "Thank you."
"Just don't forget next time, stuff like that can pile up over time if you don't check every once in awhile." He told her, his way of telling her you're welcome and again saying that he wasn't her errand boy.
The two have known each other long enough to know what they meant in some of their sentences when they speak, also knowing if something was on their minds or if something was bothering them just by some reactions and facial expressions.
"Right." She replied with a nod before he left, probably to go take another nap before he had to go on night patrol tonight.
After he left she excused herself from the other girls so that she could take care of the letters as the girls didn't mine before the three of them jumped into a conversation of their own as Toshinori made her way to the elevator to head to her room.
Togetherness - (Madeline lost in Paris)
I do hope that you all liked this and have a great day! Gonna work on the next chapter as soon as I can, until next time, TTFN!