Before we get started, it has come to my attention that the last chapter had some of what I had written for this chapter. While no one seems to have noticed or commented, I feel that as a writer, I have a responsibility to own up to such a mistake, minor as it is. As to explain how I allowed such an act to happen? Well, that's what happens when you power write after a crazy long 8 hour shift under a less than ideal manager and a slew of customers who forget you're a human being, on top of two days without much sleep.
With that being said, apologies for the delay on updates. Do enjoy this special, world building chapter of Otaku Hero.
Chapter 3.5 Meetings of Might
"Master...?"
Tuning out her family for a moment (including Katsuki's rather indignant 'KAMI FREAKING DAMMIT HOW MANY OTHER HEROES ARE WE RELATED TO?!'), Nana smiled sweetly and opened her arms to take the #1 hero into a warm hug.
"I missed you, Toshi." She said as tears dripped down her face. "And I am so proud of you, Mr. Symbol of peace."
All Might burst into tears as well and hugged the woman he saw as a mother.
"I'm sorry!" He bawled. "If I had only been stronger...!"
Nana ended the hug and placed a finger on his lips
"Toshinori Yagi. I knew the risks. You needed time to master your Quirk. And to grow your own idetntity. You couldn't exactly become the symbol you wanted if you just copied what me and the others did, could you?"
All Might wiped the tears from his eyes and nodded in understanding. While Nana's reply rose more questions in her family's mind, they decided to wait until a quieter time.
"Now, You sit down and talk with your friends and my grandchildren. That souffle can wait, I'll get something tasty for diner sorted out. Fuyumi? Himiko? Could you give me a hand?"
Fuyumi followed her grandmother, having dragged Toga along with her, as the blonde girl couldn;t stop staring at All Might's impressive physique. This did not sit well for Katsuki for some reason, who turned to his mother.
"Whip into me shape!" the explosive boy demanded of his mother.
"Oh sure, kiddo! Gotta make sure Himi-chan doesn;t look otherwise, huh?"
And then the impossible happened:
Katsuki Bakugo blushed and began to stammer
"T-That ain't it! I'm gonna be the greatest hero of all time so I gotta look and be as strong as that entails! You're the fittest one aside from granny...!"
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME GRANNY!" Nana shouted from the kitchen.
"...Aunt Nerumi's busy and Uncle Enji can't hold back!"
"Hey!"
"Honey, you know its true." Rei sighed.
"..."I'm getting better..."
"No you're not." Hisashi retorted. "The only reason I don't collapse or get burned is because we're brothers."
Endeavour hung his head in comedic shame...before adopting a smirk.
"Enji, no..." Rei started, only to be ingored.
"At least I'm a one person at a time fellow."
"...First of all, I know what you mean and that's not the proper term." Hisashi retorted. "Second of all, really? That's the best you can come up with? Third of all, and I cannot believe I'm saying this..."
"Hisashi, wait!" Inko and All Might said together. "There are children present!"
"Toshi himself ended pour trio shortly before Izuku was born." Hisashi added, then a blush crossed his face, along with the other two's.
Izuku, Katsuki and Shoto, too shocked (and possibly horrifed) to properly process everything that their uncle/father had said meant, completly missed what happened next:
"TOSHINORI!" Nana shouted, her adoration for her student briefly forgotten as motherly instinct took over and she flew into the room, lifting the #1 Hero by the scruff of his costume. "YOU DEFILED MY BABY GIRL AND VIOLATED THE SANCTITY OF HER MARRIAGE?! I TRAINED YOU BETTER THAN THAT!"
"Oh so NOW she has no problems with me!" Hisashi groaned, only to cow under Nana's glare. "I...I think I left something at the office! Gonna go now, save me a plate for dinner, love you all, bye-bye!"
He then materialized draconian wings and flew out of the mansion as fast as he could.
"Um...did anyone else know he could do that?" Masaru asked, only to go ignored.
"YOU HAVE THREE SECONDS TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF BEFORE I CALL SORAHIKO AND HAVE HIM PUT YOU THROUGH TRAINING CAMP AGAIN!" Nana roared.
"NO PLEASE, MASTER!" All Might begged, fearful tears in his eyes and his legs shaking in fear at the memories. "ANYTHING BUT THAT! I'LL DO THE TAXES, I'LL WASH HIS BACK, I'LL PAWN OFF MY POSSESSIONS FOR MONEY! JUST PLEASE! NOT ANOTHER TRAINING CAMP!"
"Mommy!" Inko shouted, ending the shouting. "But Toshi down! I'll explain everything."
Nana growled at her apprentince but did as her daughter asked.
"So glad that's not me!" Enji and Masaru said together.
Inko then explained what had happened.
"The three of us agreed that we couldn't be seen in public, with 'you know who' running around. So, just before Hisashi and I married, we had one last date together. And when we found out Izuku was on the way, Toshi actually put a restraining order on himself between us, just to make sure Izuku had a somewhat normal life. Obviously, that didn't really pan out and Hisashi and I never really cared for or enforced that order, but..."
Nana's anger was forgotten and instead, memories filled her head:
Memories of the man she had loved; the 6th Possessor of her Quirk, who had died in the line of duty just as their only son had turned four. Memories of the painful but necessary decision she made to put her children up for adoption so as to make sure they could live lives of their own.
Nana returned to the ground and released Toshinori, hugging him and whispering an apology.
"Wait a minute." Mitsuki said. "You guys...Inko, how far along with Izu were you when that happened?"
Inko blushed.
"Actually, Hisashi and I found out about Izu a week after. Why do you...?"
Silence filled the room before Nana spoke.
"Toshi? I have to kow. Did you use 'One for All' at any point that night, aside from fighting villains or saving civilians?"
Toshinori seemed uncertain and confused.
"...Why do you think my daughters have such different quirks?" Nana explained. "Or, and this one is just a guess but...why Izuku has four Quirks?"
Suddenly, the thoughts and line of thinking made sense to the #1 hero.
"Are you...?" All Might started. "S-suggesting that...my quirk...could be responsible for Izuku's four?"
At this point, the boys began to listen yet again.
"Biology doesn't work like that!" Enji said. "You're making his Quirk seem like some kind of sentient force!"
Within but unknown to Toshinori and Nana, six figures stirred and felt a slight bit of an insult,
"It might be." Nana said. "One for All. That's the Quirk I gave to Toshi and that my husband gave me just before he died. A Quirk that stockpiles power and can be transferred to another via the ingestion of some DNA, but never stolen. Toshi is the 9th and so far, strongest user."
All jaws dropped, including Izuku.
"A quirk that can be transferred?!" The little boy said aloud. "I mean, there are and were theories about how and this just changes everything we know, are there any others and wo I'm suddenly very hot and now cold and why are my hand so sweaty and warm."
Izuku then saw that everyone's attention was turned to him; their jaws now even lower and all pointing at him:
Ice covered Izuku's left side and explosions erupted from his hands. As he realized this, fire escaped his mouth and several toys floated towards him.
Another quirk had been revealed: Izuku could copy quirks.
Inko was the first to recover, hugging her son and delighting when the Quirks he copied went away. Shoto and Katsuki tried out their Quirks and saw that nothing had happened.
"Izu-nii?" Shoto said. "I think we need to train; your ice was far thinner than mine; I could still see your skin."
"Yeah, and those explosions were pitiful!" Katsuki said. "I mean, there's no way they'll ever be as good as mine, but still!"
MHOH
"HOLY CRAP ITS A CITY!" Jin shouted. "When does this place apply for statehood?"
A few days later, the family, on All Might's invitation, attended the fanciest party of the year at one of, if not the biggest home in all of Japan:
The Yayoruzu compound did indeed seem like a city within Mustafu; with castle like towers and a walkway so long buses and limos were needed to get from one point to another. The bright lights and various fountains all screamed 'more money than you'll ever make'
The Yayoruzus themselves were within the top 10 richest families in the world, rivalling the Starks, Waynes, Richards and even the king of Wakanda. While primarily focusing their efforts on economic and philanthropist aid, they also held major sway in the Hero world, with only the Detnerat company truly rivalling them in terms of making support items for Quirk users.
That was, until recently.
Once it became known that Izuku had created and used the Dragonballs along with other fictional materials and characters in real life, the Midoriyas had quickly worked out a contract with the creators of the series their son followed. It went quite smoothly, an even 50-50 cut or any profits made and as long as Izuku mentioned where the material came from, he could use it as he pleased.
With this in mind, Izuku had then created Senzu Beans (Dragonball), sealing scrolls (Naruto) and various other items that were making his family and their original creators quite wealthy. This had sparked an interest in the boy all over the world, so at this party, the adults hoped to find a worthy business partner or banker to make sure no one took advantage of Izuku's kind nature.
"Welcome one and all!" Mr. Yayoruzu announced with a smile, a little girl, his daughter, standing right beside him with a shy smile. "We hope you all have a lovely time. If you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to ask."
Many of the guests were still in awe of the place.
"Oh that's the doghouse." Mrs. Yayoruzu smiled when she noticed some of the guests staring at one of the towers.
"Our dog needs a house! We're moving in!" Natsuo declared, only to be smacked by Fuyumi,
"Please ignore him." She said. "We don't have a dog."
"Yet." Izuku whispered quietly, he and Shoto already trying to narrow down which cool dog to materialize as a family pet once they convinced their parents. So far, it was a toss up between Akamaru from Naruto and Weed from Ginga Detetsu Weed.
Katsuki, with Toga on his arm, felt right at home and not at all intimdated by the rich and powerful people he saw in attendance. Enji and Hisashi were less comfortable; already used to this life but being reminded of their father by some of the snootier guests.
The inside of the main building was as a large as a 10 floor mall and decorated as lavishly as one would expect; gold leaf ceilings, paintings worth entire nations' GNP and staircases and evlavtors of marble that stretched to crazy lengths.
"I feel so out of place.." Inko whispered, especially when she saw some of the men looking at her.
"SHE'S HAPPILY MARRIED AND SO AM I! NO AMOUNT OF CASH...!" Mistuki shouted, scaring some of the guests into looking away before her husband clamped a hand over her mouth.
"Thank you honey, I think they get it!" Masaru quickly said.
"Ah, there you are! Good to see you!" All Might, a glass of scotch in his hands, beamed as he went to greet the family, his sidekick Sir Nighteye following and offering similar welcomes. "So kids? The food is outside..."
The kids happily raced towards a feast of foods both fancy and more regular.
"Don't run!" Inko called out.
"Moms, dads and other adults? The bar is right over there." All Might pointed straight ahead.
"Good, I need a drink." Hisashi and Enji said together. "Or ten."
"Well, well, well! Haven't seen you in a while, Hisashi!"
Hisashi turned to the voice and tensed.
"M-Mr. Yotsubashi!" He said, recongizing his former boss.
"Just call me Rikiya." The orange haired man with a pointy nose assured his former employee. "I see heroism is treating you well! We miss you at the company, but family comes first after all."
"..Thank you sir."
The man turned to see the others, a smile on his face.
"You must be Inko!" He smiled, gently pecking her hand. "Apologies, but you are even lovelier than Hisashi descried you."
Inko blushed at the praise.
"I take it your miracle makers are grabbing some grub?" Rikiya mused, getting nods. "Well, I do hope I get the chance to meet them before the evening is done."
"As do we."
Two more men in suits came.
"Now Brucey, we agreed to wait." The more upbeat one mused.
"Unlike some of us Stark, I prefer in person conversations."
"And yet your love life sucks."
Bruce Wayne tuned out Tony Stark's comment (inwardly commenting that his retort made no sense), instead making eye contact with the man many considered his city's defender's Japanese equal.
"Todoroki."
"Wayne."
Sensing some tension, Tony approached Rikiya.
"Now HERE is someone I can relate to! How you doing, buddy?"
"Good to see you too, Tony, and I'm doing fine. Pepper keeping you in line?" Rikiya smiled. "I take it you've at least heard of my former employee, the Dragon Emperor himself?"
"Oh geez, is that what they're calling me?" Hisashi groaned.
"You do have the kanji on your costume..." Rei noted.
"I thought you wanted to be called that..." Enji said.
"Its just sounds kind of...pretentious."
"So?" Tony mused. "I'm Iron Man. You don't see me complaining about the name."
"Because you named yourself." Bruce added.
"At least my guy doesn't scare people like your guy does."
"My guy uses fear only on those who..."
"...Maybe we should go outside." Rikiya suggested, getting nods.
"The last time these two argued..." All Might recalled with a shiver.
MHOH
As the adults mingled and sipped their drinks, the kids served themselves platefuls of delicious foods and savoured every bite. In fact, Katsuki was getting soem attention by eating everything with every spice and not wincing at all. Toga followed in suit by artfully eating the rarest of the meats and creating paintings with the blood and juices. Several actually paid her for the right to take and sell pictures of said art,
Shoto, not as hungry and feeling some pain in his burn, excused himself and went for a brief walk while Natsuo scared away a young heir who was flirting with Fuyumi.
"Need some company, Sho-nii?" Izuku asked.
"No, I'll be right back." The two toned boy said as he walked off.
Eventually finding a quieter part of the complex with a single water fountain, Shoto sat on the edge and took in the night air, enjoying the peace and quiet. While not vocal and embarrassed to admit it, Shoto Todoroki was somewhat claustrophobic by nature and liked quiet.
His burn started acting up again and he removed the bandage on it, hoping the air would cool it. When this did not and after making sure no one was around, Shoto splashed some water on his face..and finally saw his scarred face.
It wasn't...too bad, he mused.
"Are you okay?"
Shoto leapt to see the girl who had been with the Yayorozu couple looking at him with concern. It was here that the young Todoroki, for the first time in his life, was spellbound:
This girl was very pretty; just as pretty as his mother and sister, and her eyes...Shoto could see kindness and intelligence in those eyes. Traits he liked and admired very much.
His burn acted up again suddenly and he cringed in pain, moving towards where he had come in hopes his mother or brothers could help soothe the pain.
"W-wait!" The girl said. "Hold still for a moment."
She then reached onto her arm, from which appeared a fresh bandage that she gently wrapped around Shoto's scarred face. But unlike the old bandage, this one was cool and relaxed the burnt skin.
"There. That should help you for a while at least. I used a new item my mother developed and..." She paused. "Oh my, I'm so sorry! I didn't ask your permission or even give my name! My name is Momo."
"S-Shoto..." The two coloured boy stuttered, not used to a pretty girl talking to him. "Shoto Todoroki. And don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
Momo simply smiled as she and Shoto began to wonder back to the food, where Izuku was trying to get Katsuki and Himiko to eat nicer while Fuyumi kept Natsuo under control when he started flirting (or trying to) with several girls.
"Are those your...?" She started.
"Yep. My brothers and sister...and Himiko. Not sure how she's related to that just yet. So...you can create things?"
"As long as I know how their molecules are structured, yes." Momo declared proudly.
"Wow. That's a lot trickier than my brothers."
A stomach grumbled. Momo looked down at her feet.
"I need to eat a lot to make things." She explained. "I got hungry..."
"Do...you want to join us?"
Momo's eyes widened and glistened in happiness, but she composed herself.
"I don't want to intrude..."
"Please, join us. My brothers and I don't really have many friends..."
So, she did. And Momo found that her new friend's siblings (and Himiko) saw her as just Momo, not the princess of the family hosting this event.
MHOH
By this time, the adults had found their children as as Enji spied Shoto and Momo getting along, a smile crossed his face.
"Do it and you sleep in the backyard for the duration your career." His wife suddenly declared.
"R-Rei?!"
"You were thinking of a Quirk marriage, weren't you?"
All eyes turned to the number two Hero.
"N...No..." Enji weakly replied, tentatively taking a sip of his drink.
"You WERE!" Hisashi shouted in shock. "Honestly, Enji, I thought the inkblots and journals were working!"
Momo's parents spied what was causing the conversation and smiled, happy their daughter had made a friend or two.
"Well, perhaps we could at least talk..."
"NO!"
All turned to Rei.
"I mean...No thank you. I believe I speak for all when we say that arranged marriages may not always work. Perhaps they can just remain friends for now?"
"Ah yes." Mr. Yayorozu realized. "You're right."
"Kids!" Hisashi called. "Come and say hi!"
The kids left their dinners and went over to their parents
"Whose the weird guy?" Katsuki asked.
"KATSUKI!"
Rikiya just laughed.
"Not a problem!" He assured them. "I get that a lot. You must be Katsuki Bakugo, right? Heck a quirk kiddo, you too Shoto! And Fuyumi and Natsuo, hope you're having fun; I understand you want to become educators?"
The two nodded before Rikiya saw the main reason he had come to this party.
"Izuku Midoriya. A pleasure to meet you at last."
Izuku shook the man's hand before racing to hide behind his mother.
"Mommy says not to talk to strangers!"
"Fair enough." Rikiya said. "My name is Rikiya Yotsubashi. I'm president of the Support item company Detnerat and I was your daddy's boss. The reason I'm talking to you is because I, and many others, have heard about you your 4 Quirks and desire to become a hero. I would like to make you an offer...a sponsorship of you will."
Izuku looked on.
"It would apply to your brothers and anyone else who wants to become a hero." He assured the boy. "All you'd really have to do is mention my company every now and then, maybe a product or two once in a blue moon. In exchange, I'd be happy to help pay for your education if need be, or set up a contract when you graduate so that I can better help you and your friends save those in need. Now, I know at least two more folks are going to make you offers, so take your time and get back to me whenever you can. The door and offer will always be open."
"...Why?" Izuku asked.
"...Why what? Be specific, kiddo." Rikiya said.
"Why me, Ka-chan and Sho-nii? Why not Momo?"
Momo shook her hands, indicating she was fine not being offered this.
"Because I see a lot of someone I really admire in you, kiddo." Rikiya confessed. "He's long gone, but you and him are a lot a like; you stand out from the crowd and want to make a change. And if I can help along the way? That's all the reason I need. Do you like to read, Izuku?"
Izuku nodded as Rikiya handed him a book which had lost its cover and a few front pages, but was otherwise in excellent shape.
"There's no pictures, sorry. But! This book helped me become the man I am today. And I'm certain it can help you and your family. Whatever you decide to do and whoever you go with if you do, keep it."
MHOH
By the end of the party two things were clear to all.
The first was that Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo and Shoto Todoroki were destined for greatness and would be on many a hero's watch list.
The other was that Shoto Todoroki was head over heels for Momo Yayoruzu, who seemed to at least like him as a friend.
"Icy Hot and Ponytail sittin' in a tree!" Katsuki and Himiko sang together on the way home. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" Shoto uncharacteristically roared.
"Make us!"
Am explosion, spire of ice and torrent of flames burst from the limo
"And there goes the cleaning fee..." Inko sighed from within the one she, Hisashi, Nana and a sleeping Izuku rode in.
MHOH
Meanwhile, Rikiya rode in his own limo, sipping on some rum and making a quick call.
"Did you have a good time?" A deep yet smooth voice asked.
"Indeed I did. And not just from a partying stand-point. I do believe I have found the perfect sponsorship recipients. We'll need to wait a little while, but it should line up with our goals."
"Are you certain?"
Rikiya's smile vanished and a shadow appeared over his eyes.
"I have never been more sure. The Meta Liberation Army will move in 10 years. Once those three have proven themselves and start at a Hero School."
"As you command, Re-Destro."
"You have a good night, Mr. Glass. Send my regards to Luthor and Zemo."
To be continued...
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Next Chapter: FIRST FOES! RESCUE AT ANY COST!
Izuku's Quirks thus far
Qurik #1 Fictional Materialization: Izuku can bring any fictional material, character or form to life. It still obeys any laws from its source material.
Quirk #2 Perfect Copy: Izuku can copy any Quirk he has seen before, provided he understands how it functions. While he can mix and match/fuse quirks together and seemingly has no limit on the number of Quirks he can copy, he cannot use his other Quirks until he ceases using the copied ones. The copied Quirk also still has any weaknesses it had and is only half as strong as the original, unless Izuku is stronger than the original user.
Quirk #3 ?: A support type Quirk
Quirk #4 ?: Quite possibly the most powerful Quirk in Izuku's arsenal; easily equal to or surpassing All for One and One for All in the right hands
And now...A list of this fic's version of the One for All users
1) Nii Shigaraki, Quirk-Quirk Transfer. Younger brother of All for One.
2) Dos Lobos, Quirk-Black Whip. Shigaraki's best friend.
3) ?, Quirk-Muscle Bulk
4) Yonbi, Quirk-Energy Manipulation. Scarred user
5) ?, Quirk-Unknown. Sibling of #6.
6) ?, Quirk-Unknown. Sibling of #5
7) Roku Shimura, Quirk-Shadow Meld. Husband and partner to his successor, died shortly after his son Kotaro was born.
8) Nana Shimura, Quirk-Flight. Wife and partner to her predecessor, mother figure to her successor. Died fighting All for One
9) Toshinori Yagi, Quirk-Quirkless. The Symbol of Peace and most successful user so far.
10) ?
11) ?, Quirk-Hope Bringer
12) ?, Quirk-Quirkless
13) ?, Quirk-Foresight
14) ?, Quirk-Quirkless
#11-14 will play a major part in an upcoming fic of mine; a crossover between My Hero and another series...which I will not say right now. So...keep an eye out for that.
Originally, Hisashi was going to say that he thought 'the pills' were helping, but I decided to use more...psychological methods of coping with Enji's personality.
Also originally, this chapter was also going to feature a time-skip and the rescue of Eri a full year earlier than in canon. However, I feel it would be better to give those events a chapter of their own, which should be posted on Sunday (three days from now) or Tuesday, depending on busy my night shifts get.