Nana Midoriya was not a normal kid.

She'd known that from the time she was a toddler when she'd get stares from random strangers while walking with her mom and dad on the street, or while playing with her cousins at the park. Her cousins got those stares, too, but not as much as she did. No, Nana got them far more frequently, and she never knew why until she reached kindergarten and proudly announced that she was the daughter of Deku and Uravity.

That was the day she found out how much standing her parents had.

Her aunt Kazumi was the daughter of Endeavor, the pro hero who'd held the number-one spot when Nana and her cousins Chiasa and Hanako were born, but despite Tsunami ranking in the top ten with Ground Zero, Freezerburn, Deku, and Uravity, Chiasa and Hanako didn't get that kind of attention. Nana did because of her father, because he'd been All-Might's protégé, and everyone wanted to see if she'd inherited his Quirk. And she hadn't. Instead, she had a form of her mother's Quirk mixed with her grandmother's.

Telekinesis, it was called.

She could move objects without touching them, making them weightless at the same time. It was an amazing Quirk that had been in the mind of the public even longer than Quirks had been around in the first place. And she knew she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps and become a hero. Nothing could shake her in that conviction.

But then, one day when she and the twins were eight years old, she came out of school with Chiasa and Hanako—arguing with Chiasa—and found her aunt waiting there. This was unusual because typically, Grandma Inko and Grandpa Toshi picked her and the twins up. Kazumi looked upset, the tips of her hair slightly steaming as she leaned against her car.

"Hey, girls," she greeted them.

"Mom, what's going on?" asked Chiasa.

"Get in the car. I need to talk to Nana for a minute."

The twins shrugged and obeyed their mother.

"What's wrong?" Nana inquired.

"Your father… he was on a patrol today. Standard stuff, really. But then something happened. I'm not sure what, but…" She took a deep breath as she took her niece's hands in hers. "He got hurt. Badly. And he's in the hospital."

Nana felt her heart stop.

Papa's… hurt? No. That's impossible. He can't get hurt.

"Your grandma, grandpa, and mother are with him right now. Do you want me to take you there?"

"Yes." Nana felt her eyes welling up.

"It's okay to cry. Let's go."

The youngest Midoriya climbed into the passenger seat and Kazumi pulled away from the school, heading towards the hero hospital. Nana just sat there, trying not to cry as Kazumi quietly told the twins about the situation.

"Dad wouldn't have gotten hurt," grumbled Chiasa.

"Chiasa Bakugo." Kazumi's tone was sharp. "Your uncle and your father are two different people. And it could have very easily have been him in this situation."

"Uncle Deku's just strong! His Quirk's nowhere near as awesome as Dad's!"

Nana wiped at her eyes, sniffing.

"You wanna know something?" Kazumi sighed, flicking on her turn signal. "This is the first time in a long time that he's gotten hurt anywhere near this badly. I think… I think the last time he got hurt like this was back when we were still at UA, during a training camp we did during our first year."

"How bad was it?" whispered Hanako, the quietest of the three girls.

"He almost shattered both of his arms. Ochaco had to tear up her shirt to make him splints just so he could keep moving. I heard it was a lot worse than I saw, though."

"How come you didn't see?"

"Well… your father and I were kidnapped by the League of Villains that night. And it was a few days before All-Might had to retire."

Nana suddenly felt a wave of panic.

Will Papa have to retire? What's gonna happen to me and Mama if he can't protect us? Mama can protect me, but can she protect him, too?

"Hey, Nana, your dad's gonna pull through this. He's the stubbornest person I've ever met… other than Kacchan, at least."

"Uncle Kacchan would argue with a boulder."

"I have no doubt he would. But he's persistent, too."

"Dad says he's asked you to marry him four times and you haven't said yes yet."

"Okay, that's a story for another day, Chi. When you're older."

Kazumi pulled into a parking space and headed towards the building with the three kids in tow, straight towards the ICU. There, Ochaco was pacing back and forth, a hand on her swollen belly where Nana's new brother or sister was growing. Eri stared at the floor, biting her lip while Bakugo had his head in his hands.

"Kacchan," Kazumi called.

"Dad!" Chiasa ran and hugged him, being joined by Hanako.

"Hey, girls," he greeted his daughters, his voice raspy. "Kazumi."

"Any word?"

"He's in surgery right now," Ochaco stated. "They're trying to stabilize him and they won't let Eri in because they think it's too dangerous."

"I could save him," Eri spat bitterly, her voice filled with anger. "I could save Papa, but they said I'm too inexperienced still. I'm older than he was when he became a pro!"

"Eri, we still don't know what happened and we won't until Izuku wakes up," Inko told her oldest granddaughter.

"This sucks. I just… I keep thinking of what I can do and I'm useless!"

"You're not useless," Toshinori assured her.

Nana clung to her mother, who held her baby close as she could with her other baby growing inside her. Ochaco was still in shock.

"Midoriya?"

The whole group looked to see the doctor.

"Who here is his closest family member?"

Inko nodded to Ochaco, who walked up to the doctor while her daughter clung to Inko and Toshinori.

"I'm his wife. How is he?"

"The surgery was a success, but he'll need quite a bit of time to recover."

"Can… can I see him?"

"Of course."

"Nana. Eri." The green-haired little girl rushed to her mother's side alongside her older sister and they followed the doctor down the hall to a recovery room.

What Nana saw she knew she would never forget.

Her father—the strongest person she knew, the number-one hero in Japan, the man who had single-handedly cut the crime rate in half—was lying in a hospital bed with an oxygen mask over his freckled face. Bandages covered his arms and he was pale from blood loss as the heart monitor beeped in time with his heartbeat. Alive, but very weak.

"Deku?" whispered Ochaco. His eyes fluttered open slightly.

"Chaco…" he mumbled, the oxygen hissing.

As they watched him, his color became slightly better and his breathing became much more steady. Nana glanced up at Eri to see her sister's horn shrinking slightly and she knew that the Rewind hero who called herself Eris was using her Quirk.

"Thanks, Eri," he groaned. "Can you heal me completely?"

"Doctors won't let me," she grumbled. "They said I'm too inexperienced."

"But you're a pro." He laughed weakly. "I'm proud of you, kiddo."

Ochaco went to his side and he smiled up at her.

"How are you doing?"

"Why do you insist on sounding like a cheesy pick-up line when you get hurt?"

"Because it makes you smile." Ochaco did just that, though it was obvious she didn't want to.

"What exactly happened?"

"There was a prison break. She's out." Ochaco stumbled backwards slightly.

"No. No way."

"She cut me pretty bad. I don't know how she was able to slip out of jail, but she did and she's still out there."

"Who's she?" Eri asked.

"Himiko Toga. Somebody who has… an unhealthy interest in me and your mother."

"She's a psychotic bi—" began Bakugo before his longtime girlfriend slapped him on the back of the head.

"There are children in the room," she admonished him.

"Dad gets the couch tonight," giggled Chiasa.

"Anyway, Kacchan's right. She's a psychopath who needs to be brought in as soon as possible."

Himiko Toga…

The name stuck out in Nana's memory for some reason.

"Wasn't she obsessed with Ochaco, too?" Kazumi continued. "I mean, that's what I remember…"

Nana blinked.

No. This is bad.

This isn't how things are supposed to go.

Papa's supposed to fight villains and win. He's not supposed to get hurt.

She turned on her heel and ran out of the room.

"Nana!"

"Hey, come back, kid!"

"Wait! Nana!"

She ran through the halls, heading for the stairs and just running up them without any thought as to where she was going. Before she knew it, she was on the roof. Looking up at the sky, she felt like it had no right to be as blue as it was. Her father was badly injured, in the hospital. Nothing was right with the world anymore. He'd gotten hurt before, but those were just bumps and bruises—nothing bad enough to land him on bedrest with an oxygen mask.

"Papa…"

Nana's eyes brimmed with tears as she fell against the wall and buried her face in her knees. She started to sob, the Midoriya tears falling from her emerald-green eyes and rolling down her freckled cheeks.

Nobody gets it…

"Nana."

She looked up to see Grandpa Toshi—skinny and tall with dark eyes that had a flash of electric-blue—standing over her. On instinct, she wiped her eyes to keep him from seeing her cry.

"Hey," she whispered. He sat down next to her.

"This is hitting you pretty hard, huh? Seeing someone you care about hurt is never easy."

"Papa isn't supposed to get hurt. He's… he's the number-one hero. He's strong and brave and nobody can beat him!"

"Nobody is invulnerable, kid. It can be a rough lesson to learn, especially when it's somebody you look up to or love."

"But… how did this happen?"

"Bad things can happen to anyone at any time. That's the nature of life and how it works. You can either run away or learn from it."

"So… don't attract the attention of a psychotic villain?"

"If you're going to be a hero, that's unavoidable. Like getting hurt."

"Aunt Kazumi said that the last time Papa got hurt this bad was when they were in school. Is that true?"

"Your father got hurt a lot while he was in school. He was known for it, actually. He… got his Quirk later than most people and his body couldn't handle the backlash at first. Eventually, he got the hang of it but even that didn't stop him from risking everything to protect someone else. Izuku is a true hero, Nana, and you should be proud of him. That doesn't mean you have to be fine with him being hurt. But he was hurt in the line of duty doing what he loves—helping others." Toshinori gently rested a hand on top of her brown locks she'd inherited from her mother.

Nana wiped her eyes.

"I should go see him…"

"Yeah. You should. He was really worried when you ran out like that." Toshi pulled his granddaughter into a hug. "Don't worry about him too much. He's not leaving you without a massive fight."

"Okay. Thanks, Grandpa."

Nana headed down the stairs, taking deep breaths as she once again approached her father's room. Her family turned to look at her, her father's emerald eyes meeting hers and lighting up.

"Nana," he greeted her.

"H-hi, Papa… sorry I…"

"It's fine. It's been a while since I got hurt like this." She crossed the room and he held out his hand—a hand that was covered in scars.

I never thought about it before, but he really did used to get hurt a lot.

I wonder how many times Mama, Aunt Kazumi, and Eri have had to patch him up.

"Listen, I'll be back on my feet before too long."

"Knowing you, you're not even going to wait until you're fully healed," Kazumi snorted.

"Hey, that's not fair—"

"Camino Ward."

"Okay. Never mind."

"I wanna hear that story!" Chiasa gasped.

"Later, sweetheart. Right now, your uncle needs rest. I'd better take the kids home. See you, Green Brother!"

Kazumi left with her two kids and her longtime boyfriend in tow, Inko following her daughter and leaving Izuku with his wife and Nana. The latter leaned against her father, burying her face slightly in the blankets on his bed while he rested a hand on her head.

"I'm sorry I scared you, Nana," he whispered. "Sometimes things happen, and we can't control them. But I'm not going to leave you or your mom anytime soon."

"You better not," Ochaco giggled, hugging her husband. He smiled and kissed her on the cheek.

"I'll be better soon. Then I can head back out and track down Toga."

Yeah, get better soon, Papa.

'Cause you're still the best dad I could ask for and I need you around.

Brief chapter based around the Izuocha baby named Nana with Chiasa Bakugo channeling her inner Kacchan a teensy bit.

Also, yes, Kazumi and Bakugo still aren't married. I think I only brought this up in a Tumblr conversation with thatguy9998, but Kazumi has hang-ups about marriage that I'm saving to discuss in a later chapter.

If you want to give me a hand with writing these one-shots (such as if you have an idea or you actually want to help me write), shoot me a message on Tumblr. It's the best way to get in contact with me. Just… please don't spam my inbox.

So long and thanks for all the fish!