A/N: Hello! I know it is Saturday and everyone was expecting Mad Banquet of Darkness…. Well I wasn't pleased with what I wrote so I scrapped it. Then Inspiration for Ashes to Ashes hit… so here we are. An Extra long Ashes Chapter, please enjoy, and let me know what you think.

Traditional Twist

Chapter 6

Sora, for being so small, certainly had a large appetite. While removing the towel left on the mattress and making the bed, Tokoyami was constantly asked by Sora when they would go eat.

"In a little bit," Tokoyami informed her.

"But I'm hungry," Sora whined.

"And after you eat you get sleepy. I'd like to have the bed made for when you fall asleep." The small girl tried to help her brother by tugging at the sheets on the bed.

Bakugou couldn't stand the bickering anymore. "Just go get food. I will finish the goddamn bed." Bakugou tore the sheets from Tokoyami's hands. "I'm tired of hearing her whine," he mumbled only loud enough for Tokoyami to hear.

Tokoyami was put aback by the abrasive nature. "Okay then. Sora, let's go-"

"I want Bakugou to come!"

Both Tokoyami and Bakugou rolled their heads back. Tokoyami knew what was happening. Yes, Sora was acting bratty, but this normally didn't happen unless she was over stimulated. The cafeteria would be a horrible place. A melt down would be sure to come.

"Sora stay here with Bakugou," Tokoyami commanded. "I'll bring food back here. Don't leave this room!"

Before Bakugou or Sora could argue, Tokoyami walked out of the room slamming the door.

"Tsc, whatever." Bakugou returned to straightening out his sheets.

Bakugou had insisted on helping Sora pull out her clothes as soon as he saw the giant ball they were bound together in her backpack. What he didn't expect was how few clothes this mess was. Let alone, he was pulling out random applesauce and fruit snack papers from the mess.

"Where are the rest of your clothes?" He asked.

Sora tilted her head. "What do you mean? I grabbed what I needed."

"Two shirts, four pairs of pants, eight pairs of underwear and no socks?" Bakugou held up each item as he sorted it.

"Do I really need socks?" Sora questioned.

Bakugou shook his head. "No, you need outfits look. This shirt can go with these pants and the same with this shirt and these jeans. Now what will you wear with the other pants?"

"Probably the shirt I'm wearing."

Bakugou's eye twitched when she said that. Her yellow shirt was stained with grass and ashes. "You can't wear that again. It has stains."

"But mom says I can wear clothes for two sometimes three days. At least that is how long it takes for the teachers to complain when I wear my uniform."

Bakugou didn't know how to respond to that. This entire situation was fucked up. He had been used to kids running from him. Usually when someone is yelling, a child would be frightened. Not this girl.

"You are just a pussy ass wanna be hero with no quirk of your own," Bakugou said to the dumb blonde who was trying to provoke him even further.

"Those are big words for a 1-A failure." Before Monoma could continue, Kendo reached in with her large hands and pulled him away. "Sorry."

"Tsc, tell him that fighting on campus is stupid, and not to try to challenge me again."

Bakugou shoved both his hands in his pockets and walked away. He grumbled to himself. He could easily kick Monoma's ass, but after challenging Deku to a fight on campus, who knew what a second fight for him would lead to.

Suddenly, he felt something tug at the knee of his pants. Bakugou looked down to see a red and gold bird headed girl with a large backpack pulling at his legs.

"Can you help me? I'm looking for my brother."

Bakugou froze. A child had come to him? He stared directly at the girl. She was wearing a red shirt with jean pants. She had on purple socks, which contained her left pant leg.

"Can you help me?" The girl tugged at Bakugou's pants again.

Bakugou stared. The purple socks had little hearts on them. Hearts that should be covered by the girl's pant leg. Wasn't that uncomfortable? He blinked and looked back to her face. She was starting to cry. God did he hate it when people cried. What was he supposed to do?

Bakugou's eyes shot back to the one purple sock. "Hold still," the blonde snapped. He knelt and untucked the girl's pant leg from her sock.

The school bell rang, and the girl jumped. "Oh, no! I made you late. Fumi said you get in trouble if you're late."

Bakugou stood up when he finished fixing the girl's sock. "Fumi? As in Fumikage Tokoyami?" The girl nodded and Bakugou sighed. "Come on." He shoved on hand into his pants pocket and began walking.

The girl raced after him. "Do you know my brother?"

Bakugou rolled his eyes. "Of course. Now, hurry up. I can't be even more late."

The young girl chirped with excitement. She reached up and grabbed ahold of Bakugou's hand. Bakugou glared at the touch but rolled his eyes and ignored. It was better than her wandering off and running into someone stupid.

In the cafeteria, Tokoyami managed to grab three boxes to go. If Bakugou was willing to watch Sora, the least he could do was bring Bakugou some dinner. Upon exiting, a hand landed on his shoulder.

"Tokoyami," Shoji's tentacle mouth spoke.

Tokoyami turned to see Shoji and Koda standing behind home. "Oh, hello." Tokoyami couldn't help but avert his eyes.

"Where is your sister?" Shoji asked.

"She's back in my dorm room," Tokoyami explained.

Shoji and Koda looked at each other. Finally, Koda began to sign. "We're are sorry we haven't been more supportive."

"What do you mean?" Tokoyami asked.

"We should have been trying to help you with your sister. Instead, we let our own insecurities keep us from being good friends. Neither one of us are good with kids, so we used that as an excuse to avoid you, so we didn't get placed in an awkward position," said Shoji.

"But then," Koda signed, "we saw Bakugou watching Sora. We felt horrible. We should have been helping you. The fact you had to ask Bakugou to help you because we were not there really hit hard."

"You are one of the best friends I have ever had," said Shoji. Koda nodded in agreement. "We should have tried to get to know you more and helped you."

Both bowed their heads. "We are sorry."

Tokoyami couldn't help but smile. "You both don't need to apologize. I keep to myself. I'm getting dinner for Sora. I also think the Cafeteria is too stimulating. Perhaps we can meet up after eating so you can meet her in a quieter setting?"

Both Shoji and Koda smiled. "That sounds great."

"Would she like rabbits?" Koda signed. "If being around too many people is a lot, she could come see my rabbit."

"I think she would like that," Tokoyami said. "I will text you both after our meal." The two teens waved as Tokoyami walked out of the cafeteria.

When Tokoyami arrived back to his room, he found his bed perfectly made, Sora's clothes neatly folded, and everything on his desk and dresser shelves centered. Bakugou exhaled with relief when he saw that Tokoyami had returned.

"See ya," Bakugou said walking out the room.

Tokoyami was surprised. "Wait, don't you want to eat?"

"I have plans."

"I apologize. If I had known, then I would have taken Sora with me."

"I didn't have them when you left." With that Bakugou walked out of the room, leaving Tokoyami and Sora to eat alone.

Bakugou hadn't been lying when he said he hadn't had plans, but some things cannot be ignored. He stormed towards the staff housing and pounded. "Open up All Might!"

The door opened, and the wispy figure of All Might stood in the doorway. "Young Bakugou, to what do I owe the pleasure-"

"Can it! I need to go shopping off campus and it is too late to go alone."

All Might smiled. Here, one of his pupils asking for his assistance. "Let me get my jacket."

One benefit to having to take a teacher to go off campus after hours is that they could use the car. Bakugou leaned against the window, while All Might sat hunched over with his hands in his lap.

Bakugou had given the driver the name of a store. All Might didn't think too much of it, that was until they arrived. The store was rather bright on the outside. A pink and purple animated cat danced on the sign reading "Kawaii kitty".

All Might stared at the sign perplexed. "Are you sure…"

"Shut up!" Bakugou stormed into the store.

All Might sighed and followed. He watched as the teenager scanned through the racks of clothing. It took the pro hero a moment, but he finally realized what Bakugou was doing when the teen grabbed several pairs of child socks.

"Are these all for Tokoyami's sister?"

Bakugou made a hissing noise but didn't respond. All Might knew that was better seen as the boy agreeing. All Might felt proud. It was nice to whiteness something so selfless. It was a shame the lad didn't show this side more.

All Might paused when he saw Bakugou opening his hand. He was counting, probably checking the price.

"A heroes work is never done," All Might mumbled before tapping Bakugou.

The teen glared back at All Might, but his eyes lessened their intensity when he saw the hero's credit card.

"Let's just get the Girl what she needs and not worry about the price," All Might insisted.

"Tsc, fine." Bakugou continued to pull things off the rack while All Might followed closely behind.

Sora was very cautious as she walked out of the elevator with her brother. Tokoyami had said that they were going to meet a few of his friends. She recognized the names Koda and Shoji. Fumikage had talked about them to her while at home. It was different meeting these people.

"You have a lot more friends now, Fumi," Sora commented.

Tokoyami nodded. "I have met many others with similar interests. You will have lots of friends too. You and Eri seem to like each other."

"I like that she is also mythical."

Tokoyami laughed. "I know you've seen Shoji and Koda, but I don't want you to worry. Besides Koda has a pet bunny. "

Sora's eye gleamed. "Do you think I can pet it?"

Tokoyami nodded. "I'm sure you can. I bet he will even let you hold it."

Sora began to skip. "Okay."

They reached Koda's room and knocked on the door. Koda opened the door and waved the two in. Shoji was sitting on the edge of his friends' green bed. A white rabbit hopped along the hardwood floor.

"Bunny," Sora whispered with excitement.

"Hey Koda," Tokoyami greeted. "Hello Shoji. This is my sister, Sora."

"Hello," Sora waved. "Can I pet the bunny?"

Koda smiled and nodded. He walked over to the rabbit and knelt on the ground. Sora followed and watched as Koda held the creature still and showed the young girl how to gently pet the rabbit. Soar laughed as its fur tickled her hand.

Tokoyami sighed and joined Shoji on the bed. Shoji looked rather shocked. "She just came in so naturally."

Tokoyami shrugged. "She likes animals. A pet rabbit is pretty cool."

"I assumed she would have been more afraid," Shoji stated.

Sora turned from the rabbit to the masked teen. "Why would I be so afraid?"

Shoji jumped a little, clearly started by Sora's question. "Oh, it's just… normally people find me rather scary. Koda has also received the same criticism."

Sora looked to Koda, who nodded his head "That's dumb. What's scary about you two?"

Both Shoji and Koda stared at each other. Tokoyami jumped in. "Just like how people look at us for having bird heads, Shoji and Koda get judged."

"That's stupid." Sora stated, as she stroked the rabbit's fur.

"It is," Tokoyami agreed.

After a few minutes of petting, Koda agreed to let the small girl hold the rabbit. She was very excited as she sat still and Koda placed the animal in her lap. Sora gently wrapped her arms around the creature. She then looked around the room. Her eyes landed on a photo of Koda and his mother that sat on his desk. The two were hugging and smiling.

"Who's that in the picture?" She asked, pointing with her beak.

Koda glanced at the picture before rubbing the back of his neck with his hand. "That's me with my mom."

Sora stared at the picture while running her fingers through the rabbit's fur. "Are moms supposed to be that happy?"

"They usually are," Tokoyami answered.

It was a bit of a relief to Koda and Shoji. They were both not sure what to say. The silence that filled the room made Shoji feel tense. He had to say something. "I'm sure you will be a happy mom someday."

Sora froze. "Do I have to be a mom?"

"No, you don't have to," Shoji quickly recalled his statement. "I just meant that you could."

"Oh." Sora released the rabbit. She walked over to her brother and crawled into his lap and leaned her head against his chest.

Tokoyami hummed and ran his fingers over her head. "Are you alright Sora?"

"Yeah. I was just wondering if mom could be that happy," She said.

Tokoyami thought for a moment. It was very hard to hide anything while Sora was around. Their home life was full of secrecy and distrust, that he never wanted her to feel like she couldn't say what was on her mind; there was enough of that at home.

"I want to say yes, but I have no memories personally."

"You don't remember your mother being happy?" Shoji asked, shocked.

Tokoyami shook his head. "No."

"But she loves you, right," Koda dared to ask.

"Fumi says mom never knew what love was. That's why dad went on business trips with his girlfriend before evorcing mom."

"Divorcing," Tokoyami corrected. "Mom just tries to fill her emptiness."

"I wish I could have two dads instead of a mom and a dad. But boys have to like girls." Sora sighed.

"Boys don't always like girls," Tokoyami half whispered. "Boys can like boys and girls can like girls."

The other three looked surprised. They all looked to Tokoyami. Koda and Shoji shared wide eyes, a silent realization forming.

"Do you like girls, Fumi?" Sora asked.

The tension in the room thickened. Shoji and Koda held their breath. This was not a topic any of them had discussed. They had never even shared weather or not they would be interested in dating while being a hero.

"I will be friends with girls," Tokoyami admitted, "but I don't think I would want to marry a girl."

"I don't want to marry a girl either," Sora said. "Does that mean you'd marry a boy?"

"Probably," Tokoyami said. His body tensed a little as he said it. He looked to Shoji and Koda, unsure of how they would respond.

"I want to marry a boy too. I'm going to be a better than mom."

Tokoyami hugged his sister. "You'll be much better."

Sora looked up to Tokoyami's face. "Are you going to be better than mom?"

Before Tokoyami could respond Shoji spoke. "He will absolutely be the best parent anyone has seen. Don't you think so, Sora?"

Sora nodded. "Yeah, Fumi will be a good dad."

"I think he would too," Shoji said. "I think he'd also be an excellent boyfriend."

"Thank you, Shoji," Tokoyami said. His voice slightly shaky with surprise.

"Your welcome." Shoji fiddled with his hands before speaking again. "I also don't think I could date a girl."

Tokoyami's eyes widened. This was such a personal statement coming from Shoji. He had no idea Shoji felt this way towards people.

"What about Koda?" Sora asked.

The rock boy blushed. "I kinda like a girl in our class," he admitted.

Sora hummed. That statement clearly made her uncomfortable. She wasn't sure how to respond. Instead she wrapped her arms around Tokoyami. "I want to go back to your room."

Tokoyami nodded. "Okay. Thank you Koda and Shoji for hanging out."

"Yeah, it was nice," said Koda.

"I feel like this made us a lot closer," Shoji said with a smile.

Tokoyami smiled as well. "Agreed."