Howdy, I'm Abyssal Phantom and this chapter took longer than I expected it to, but I pushed on and tried to make this an improvement on the past chapters, so I hope you enjoy!

"Oh, no!" = spoken out loud

'Oh, no!' = thought in head

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I do not own "Boku no Hero Academia"

A Few years have passed, about 3 to be a bit more exact. In that that time, things have changed, some changes are small and not so important, but others are… significant and very, very different.

Izuku woke up and the first thing that happened when he opened his eyes is that he was blinded, by the stunning brightness of the sunlight barrelling in through his bedroom window. He turned his head away from the blinding light and groaned as he rubbed his still tired eyes. He quickly got out of bed and got dressed, but while doing so he couldn't get this annoying thought out of the back of his head that he was forgetting something. Before he got out of his bedroom he accidently tripped over the pile of his hero analysis books that he had stacked up.

He enjoyed writing in his hero analysis books and to prove it he had about four completely filled ones, they mainly consisted of quirk analysis of popular heroes that he saw on tv or came across while they battled on the streets against mischievous villains, but one was different from the others, one that was particularly special, it was the book that he had on his own quirks analysis. Izuku had been told time and time again that his quirk analysis was so accurate it was creepy, and the person he was told this by, was his best friend Himiko Bakugou, but apparently for all of his scary accuracy in figuring out other people's quirks, he still had no idea what the hell his own quirk was. His control of his quirk had improved incredibly, but he still couldn't understand it, it was a mess and it hurt Izuku's brain to think about it.

He restacked his books and proceeded to go get some food and once again, while he walked, he felt like he was forgetting something.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Came a boisterous choir of four smiling people as he entered the living room.

'Oh, that's what I was forgetting' Came Izuku's captain obvious of a brain.

The four people in question were Mitsuki who had a camera, Masaru who was next to Mitsuki, Inko and Himiko who was jumping excitedly in place. There was a fifth person in the room, but he was in the back and snacking on some pizza that looked rather delicious.

Izuku yelped in surprise at the sudden and surprising outburst., 'Must be July 15th' he simply thought.

Inko ran over and wrapped Izuku in a warm hug as she squealed with happiness, "Oh, my little Izuku is growing up so fast!" She pulled back and gave him a smile worth a million dollars.

Mitsuki's face appeared from behind Inko's, "You're eight now kid" Her smile grew a slight bit larger, "That's an impressive number, but you ain't no grown up yet" She then let out one of her well known loud laughs.

"Congrats" Simply said Masaru, who gave a small nod.

'Now, all that's left is Himi-' He didn't get to finish his train of thought, because he was immediately tackled.

"Gah" Izuku said as he was knocked to the floor and had the wind knocked out of him. He looked up after he settled from tumbling on the floor and saw the overjoyed face of his friend Himiko

"Izu! You're so old now!" She happily exclaimed as she flashed him a smile that was more blinding than the sunlight he had faced earlier that morning.

Izuku deadpanned, "You're older than me, and I told you to stop calling me Izu"

Himiko's smile quickly turned into a pout, "But it sounds cute" She whined.

Izuku sighed, "You're not gonna stop calling me it, are you?" He questioned defeatedly.

"Nope!" She joyfully shouted as her smile once again found a home on her face.

Izuku heard some chuckling in the background and a snap of a camera, which he assumed was Mitsuki. He asked Himiko to get of him and she did as he asked, although the second he stood up, she immediately hugged him while she cheered that it was his birthday.

After that small mess, Izuku went and talked with almost everyone there, Katsuki wasn't much for talking, so eventually Izuku did the normal birthday thing of opening presents. Through the whole matter Katsuki was just in the corner giving no glare or happiness, but instead opted for a stoic expression as he watched Izuku open his presents. Izuku eventually got through his presents and was on the last one, but the annoying thing was that he couldn't tell who it was from because it didn't have a tag on it. When he opened it, he found a small All Might alarm clock and it was the alarm clock that he had been wanting for months, so to say the least he was overjoyed. Himiko eventually joined in on Izuku's celebrating and then after they were done, they went off and started playing with some of the other toys Izuku had gotten. Though no one seemed to see the small smile that made its way on Katsuki's face as Izuku celebrated getting the alarm clock everyone knew he wanted.

The party eventually came to the best part, which was blowing out the candles on the chocolate All Might themed cake. Himiko asked what Izuku wished for, but he wouldn't tell her, so she pouted in response but didn't push any further. They all mingled and talked for a while, even Katsuki joined in at some point, they played some board games, and each enjoyed a slice of cake. The get together calmed down after a while and the Bakugou family where planning on leaving, but Himiko wanted to stay and go to town with Izuku who was planning to spend his birthday money. Mitsuki offered to drive but Inko denied since town wasn't too far away and Inko planned on taking the train anyway.

Masaru asked that Inko take good care of Himiko and Inko assured them that she would be fine. Once the majority of the Bakugou family left, all that was left was Himiko, Izuku and Inko. Inko went into another room saying that she needed to get ready, so Izuku and Himiko just played for a short bit. Over the years Himiko hadn't actually changed much, but she had become kind of clingy to Izuku which everyone noticed.

When she was adopted she was rather wary of the Bakugou family and her sudden life style change, but warmed up quickly to it all, and ended up being really close to Mitsuki, Masaru ended up loving her and surprisingly Katsuki eventually warmed up to her too, in fact he became rather protective of her when people at school started bullying her for her quirk. She could drink the blood of another and transform into them, and apparently other kids assumed that she would drink their blood, just so she could use her own quirk. It was absolutely stupid, but everyone seemed to believe it and started saying that she had a villain's quirk or that she was a monster. Izuku wasn't a very angry person, but this just pissed him off. He wasn't the only one though. Katsuki would actively beat up anyone that talked bad about his sister, and even though he wasn't that close to her, he definitely had a soft spot for her. It eventually became routine for Katsuki to beat up the bullies while Izuku comforted the crying Himiko and they made a silent agreement that Izuku would turn a blind eye to this kind of Katsuki's violence, but he would still stop Katsuki from fighting anyone because of his pride. In response Katsuki would fight him instead, but Izuku never fought back, he had his plan after all.

Inko returned from putting on a coat and getting her purse, told Izuku to go get his own money and once he did, they all started walking and left for town. Along the way Izuku talked to Himiko about what he planned on getting, and to no one's surprise, he mainly wanted All Might merchandise. After they finished their short walk to the train station they got on board a train to the Kiyashi ward. Himiko sat directly next to Izuku and clung to his arm while Inko rifled through her purse likely looking at how much money she had.

Along the way Izuku decided to go over how Katsuki had changed. At first, he didn't change all that much, in fact like before, he only seemed to get worse, but once Izuku's plan was fully underway, Katsuki's attention was drawn away from beating on others and to Izuku instead, who basically became his punching bag. Sadly, this only really made Katsuki angrier, because he wanted a fight with Izuku, not a one-sided beat down, but it's what he got, and he only did it more and more as time went on. Izuku still kept above him academically and physically in P.E. so Katsuki's emotions kept building and piling and growing, but, he still didn't break and truthfully Izuku underestimated his determination. Izuku just kept going, blow after blow, explosion after explosion, he kept standing and every time he got knocked down, he'd always get back up. It didn't take long for Himiko to notice what was happening and once she did, she at first started beating on Katsuki to get him off Izuku, but Katsuki never hit back. Izuku did something that Himiko didn't expect though, and asked her to let Katsuki continue. She was really confused at first and even a bit angry at Izuku, but after some small begging from Izuku she reluctantly let them continue, but not before Izuku explained what his plan was and why he was doing this. She ended up acting kind of like a referee and never let the fights get too bad. Then after a considerably long time, Katsuki started to mellow. He definitely wasn't friendly, actually he only ever tolerated Himiko, but he got better, a lot better. He was still pretty arrogant, but every now and again, you'd catch him helping someone or doing something that was actually kind. Katsuki was restless though and still tried to fight Izuku almost every day, and somehow over the years this went on, their parents never found out about anything.

The train came to a stop and they all got off, but Himiko kept clinging to Izuku's arm which Inko seemed to find funny, since Izuku could hear her giggling to the side. When they got to the Kiyashi ward mall, Inko crouched down and asked Izuku where he wanted to go first.

"The All Might shop!" He energetically answered and Himiko followed suit by rapidly nodding her head in the background.

Inko let out another warm chuckle, "Okay honey, lets go" She said with a comforting voice as she held out her hand for Izuku to hold onto.

After Izuku grabbed on, then she turned to Himiko, "You too sweetie" She said as she held out her other hand which Himiko quickly grabbed.

The trip was fairly simple and took longer than Inko expected, mainly because Izuku didn't actually know where anything was so they had to go back and forth a couple times to different places of the mall.

"Hey, Izu" Himiko said, trying to get Izuku's attention.

She succeeded as Izuku turned to her, "Hm?" He sounded questioningly.

"Look" She simply said as she pointed to a store that Izuku hadn't noticed before.

Izuku turned to the shop and saw that it was like a toy weapons store that displayed a couple flimsy foam weapons, such as nunchucks, spears and a few plastic swords in the front glass window. It peaked Izuku's interest and he assumed that it interested Himiko too since she wouldn't stop staring at it.

"Where to next?" Asked Inko.

"Uh, can we go there?" Izuku asked as he pointed to the shop he and Himiko had been looking at

Inko seemed wary, but after she looked back to her son and the girl she basically already considered her daughter in law and saw their pleading faces, she crumpled and allowed them too. The kids shouted "Yay!" in excitement.

Once they entered the store Inko stopped them and said, "One thing" The kids obviously knew what that meant and Himiko pouted in response, but Izuku just ran off into the store shouting, "Okay!" back to his mother. Himiko followed after and they ended up in an aisle where there were wooden weapons which were more expensive than all the others. Himiko didn't have enough money to afford one, but Izuku did. He had enough because he had saved up money for the All Might alarm clock which was actually rather expensive, but because he didn't have to buy it, he now had some extra money that he could spend. He ended up getting a rather nice wooden samurai sword that felt sturdy, but because it was so good, it was one of the more expensive weapons so Izuku ran out of money after getting it. Himiko didn't get anything in the end and once they left the store she asked to go to a clothing shop, where she spent the last of her money on a Japanese school uniform with an oversized cardigan that covers most of her skirt. Both Inko and Izuku found it weird but Himiko insisted that it was "super cute" and got it anyway.

They left the mall shortly after and made their way home, Inko made a comment that it was darker than she thought it would be, but basically kept quiet for the rest of the walk to the train station. Himiko seemed to be in a rather chipper mood cause for most of the way she skipped and hummed a musical tune that Izuku tried to remember but couldn't. The darkness came quicker than expected so Inko decide to take a short cut to the train station. The short cut entailed going through several twisting alleyways that only made the already anxious Inko more worried. Then they came across an alley that was like a generic thrillers alleyway. The alleyway was damp and had graffiti covered brick walls on either side with a couple trash bags strewn around and a single large dumpster at the opposite end, all with a misty air from the smoke and steam coming out of pipes jutting out from the brick walls. The sight was creepy and eerie, and they used this type of imagery in thrillers for a good reason…

…because it was the perfect place for villains.

"Hands in the air and purse on the ground" A deep and demanding sounding voice came from behind them.

They all froze not knowing what to do and at some point Himiko had once again clung to Izuku's arm and he could feel her grip tighten the second they entered the alley way and it got even tighter when the voice appeared. She was obviously scared but so was everyone else.

Inko slowly took her purse's strap off her shoulder and carefully laid it on the ground, "P-Please, just d-don't hurt us" Inko said with a shaking voice that matched her equally shaking body.

They heard the loud footsteps of the voice behind them and with each footstep the feeling of impending doom loomed closer. Izuku could feel Himiko shaking and when he looked to her face he noticed that she had her eyes clenched shut and had tears rolling down her cheeks. He looked to his mother who didn't look any better, then she opened her eyes, met his gaze and in her eyes Izuku could see a steely determination that promised protection and then she grew a quivering smile on her face that tried to comfort the scared Izuku.

The small comfort didn't last long because out of the corner of his eye he could see the hulking figure of the man that now had his gun pointed at the back of his mother's unaware head. His mother was considered tall and stood at a slim 5ft 7inches, but this man towered over her at what Izuku would guess to be about 6ft. Due to the natural darkness and the misty air Izuku couldn't actually make out any details of what the man looked like other than his bulcky, tall and intimidating figure. His mother's smile dropped as she fell limply to the ground because the large man hit her with the butt of his pistol, knocking her out.

"Mom!" Cried Izuku.

He regretted his actions because the tall man then pointed the gun at Izuku, making him freeze in place once again.

"Quiet" The commanding man said.

Izuku could feel the shivering of his friend Himiko increase and he was on the verge of joining her in quivering.

The towering figure turned back to Izuku's mother and Izuku could see his tongue lick his lips, then the man spoke once more, "Huh, this one don't actually look half bad"

Izuku didn't know what the man meant but instantly a red flag flew up and a cold shiver ran down his spine. He didn't know what the man planned on doing but he knew that it wouldn't be good

"Stop" Came the high pitched and scared voice of Himiko, who was now stood in front of Inko with her arms spread wide in a protective posture like Izuku had done for her a couple years back.

'When did she move?' Izuku wondered, but quickly stopped when he notices the man had his gun now pointed at Himiko and his finger was getting closer to the trigger.

"Tsk, brat" He said in annoyance and what sounded like almost disgust.

"No!" Izuku cried once again.

BANG!

"what the?" Said the man in confusion, but almost instantly noticed the tail that seemed to appear out of nowhere and had apparently knocked his guns aim off.

His eyes followed the tail back to its source and saw that it originated from the small boy next to him, "Can never be easy, can it?" He said in his deep, irritation stained voice.

He lashed out his free left hand to grab the tail in front of him, but it pulled away to fast for him, so instead he did what he had done this whole time and once again pointed the gun, but now at the boy.

Izuku grew his wings and put them in front of himself defensively along with his now scale covered arms. He heard the thunderous bang and was sure the bullet would go straight through him, but instead he felt it graze the top of one of his wings. The pain was minor compared to how bad it could have been, but it still hurt pretty badly and made him wince in response. He brought his wing away from in front of him, so he could see and what he saw was Himiko grabbing onto the man's torso from where it looked like she tackled him, which was likely why the bullet had missed. Izuku mentally thanked Himiko but his gratefulness quickly vanished when the man grabbed Himiko by the hair, ripped her off him and proceeded to throw her like a rag doll down the alleyway into a couple of trash bags.

The man raised his hand with the gun in it, but before he could point it at Himiko he received a thick and scaly tail to the stomach which sent him backwards, to the floor and winded him. The man grunted in response when the strong tail hit him, and now that he was on the floor he was coughing and trying to get back the air from his lungs that he had lost.

While the man recuperated Izuku turned to Himiko and she looked unconscious just like his mother. Izuku had felt threaten and scared but now he just felt angry, really angry, and he wanted the man who had hurt his friend and family to pay.

Within only a single second Izuku grew and turned into a humanoid lizard like form which he called 'Form zero, fighter' Over the years Izuku hadn't been slacking off, really, he had been trying harder than ever to master his quirk, and with time came the control he had desired. He still couldn't turn into his evolved form without feeling excruciating pain, but now his body had completely finished adapting to his body, so now he could grow into a sturdy and dense scaled, dark and leathery skinned, strong and taller form. He was only 4ft 1 inch but in his fighter form he was about the same height as his mother. His dense and sturdy scales only covered the front of his chest, his tail and his forearms, but luckily his thick skin was a rather strong defence on its own anyway.

After Izuku's transformation he turned to the man who was still on the floor and due to some glimmering light, finally saw the man's shadowed face. The man showed a look of amusement and hatred by the smile and glare that he was stabbing Izuku with. The man then turned to his left and looked to the gun that had been knocked out of his hand. He reached out for it but Izuku was quicker and whipped his tail towards it and knocked it away. The man's smile only grew wilder as he reached to his right pocket and pulled out a combat knife. He stood up and shifted his body to a side-on stance that Izuku recognised. He had his left shoulder pointed towards Izuku, was slightly crouched, his right leg was behind his left, he had his knife wielding right hand pulled back ready to strike and his left arm was in front of him, so he could quickly block any blows that came his way. The man stood still and waited for Izuku to strike first. Izuku was using the time while the man stood up and readied himself to analyse his foe though. What Izuku got was that the man either had a small strength or size enhancement quirk and although he was skilled he was rather dumb and reckless which Izuku could play to his advantage.

- Nightcore – fight -

Izuku was only eight and this man was likely leagues above him, but still he had to try, for his friend, for his mother, for himself, for their lives.

The man's eyes and Izuku's met, looking into each other as if they were face to face, there was nowhere to hide. The man's mask of steel made his face show no fear and only confidence in his abilities. The man's eyes narrowed, and smile grew wider which spoke silent words that the fight was about to begin. The man likely believed that simply there was one more left. Both Izuku's and the man's defences and armour where set, both with their sights set on winning. The man was waiting for a pin to drop and the start to begin, there was only one more fight to win.

They waited in a tense stillness, for the first blow to be dealt, the first movement to be made.

Then the fight went off with Izuku swiftly rushing forward and striking with his tail to the man's left side. The man grunted but did not move from his position and instead grabbed Izuku's tail with his free left hand, then proceeded to swing him into a wall, making a loud slamming sound and cracking the wall due to the impact.

Izuku was slightly disoriented which was all the man needed to charge forward and try to slash with his knife, but Izuku blocked with one of his armoured forearms.

The man then crouched down and punched Izuku in the stomach but a crack was heard, and the man screamed in pain as he held his slightly bloody and probably broken fist to his chest. Izuku's torso was plated in his strong scales making the man only hurt himself when he struck.

Izuku used the time while the man was stunned, to twist around and once again whip the man with his tail, but this time into a wall making another crack appear.

The man reacted this time and held onto Izuku's tail while still in the wall and used his knife to cut Izuku's tail, but it was ineffective due to Izuku's scales once again. Izuku pulled the man from the wall with his tail and then slammed him into the ground where he had the wind knocked out of him again. The man clutched his stomach instead of keeping hold of Izuku's tail allowing the green haired kid to step back and readjust.

As Izuku caught his breath the man looked up from the floor and his face was the picture of pure rage with all past amusement gone completely.

He stood up and recklessly charged Izuku who simply spun around the larger man and used his tail to trip the man. As the man slid face first he ended up by his gun which he quickly grabbed before Izuku could swipe it away again.

Izuku couldn't put his guard up fast enough but it didn't matter because from out of nowhere Himiko tackled the man and bit into his arm, making him drop the gun as he yelled in pain. Izuku ran forward but before he could get there the man had already thrown Himiko off and was going to reach for the gun.

Izuku leaped forward but the man noticed Izuku's approach and instead of grabbing the gun he put his hand on the floor to steady himself, then kicked out with his right leg catching Izuku in the head and sending him tumbling along the ground.

When Izuku looked up he saw the man pointing the gun at not him but Himiko whose face was one of terror and pleading tears. Izuku evolved his wings causing him immense pain forcing him to scream in response but through the pain he still shot forward and forcefully dived into the man sending both of them though the air for several feet before they started rolling along the floor.

The man recovered first and grabbed Izuku by the throat and threw him into the dumpster they were now next to. Izuku got up from the floor and had pain running all throughout his body, but apparently it wasn't enough because the second he looked up he received an uppercut that took him of his feet and into the air.

Izuku landed and crumpled to the floor where he panted heavily and above him he heard the same, then a small chuckle, before he was kicked strongly in the stomach sending him into the dumpster once again. There was another crack as the man kicked Izuku in his densely scaled stomach, having broken his foot and idiotically forgotten about Izuku's tuff armour.

"AH, FUCK!" The man shouted in pain, as he lifted his leg and comedically hopped on one foot while clutching the broken one.

- (Nightcore) → Rise (cover) || Lyrics -

Izuku didn't really know if he could get up, let alone keep fighting. Then he thought about how the pain he currently felt is what his friend and his mother would feel if he didn't. Him, his mother and his friend would be killed by this man if he didn't rise and do something. It didn't matter if he couldn't get up, he needed to, no matter what. He was only eight, but he would beat this person and save all of them.

Izuku painfully and tiredly rose as he got back into his fighting stance and the man looked over to Izuku with a look of disdain and murder that reminded him of the look that Katsuki once gave him.

Izuku was the one to charge this time and right hooked the man across the face making the man stumble to the side. The man then raised his own fist so Izuku brought up his arms to block and as the man punched with his unbroken right hand, there was a third crunch as the man's hand collided.

The man screamed again and Izuku brought his hand back for a punch but as he brought it forward, the man reached out and grabbed it. Izuku in response used his other hand to uppercut the man which made him let go of Izuku's hand and stumble backwards.

The man met Izuku's eyes and he still had his murderous look in his eyes as he ran forward and punched Izuku directly in his unguarded face. The punch was painful but Izuku immediately reacted and jumped up and twisted mid air as he used his foot to kick the larger man straight across the face.

Both landed on the floor with a heavy slam and both where panting heavily. Izuku knew he couldn't fight any longer but as he looked to the man he saw that the man couldn't either.

-stop playing music-

Then Himiko came out of nowhere once again but apparently, she had picked up the man's knife and proceeded to jump on the man and stab him in the shoulder, making the man scream, but he didn't even lift a finger due to his energyless and drained state.

She took the knife out of his shoulder and Izuku watched in mild horror as she stabbed it into his other shoulder making him scream painfully again. When she took out the knife and held it over the man's throat she started shaking but lifted the knife as if she was still going to stab him, but before she could, Izuku shot out his tail and wrapped it around Himiko's arm. She looked to Izuku with a face that had tears streaming down it and frightened eyes that only further showed how terrified she was. Izuku in his tired state simply and softly said…

"It's okay"

Himiko dropped the knife, crawled to Izuku and once she was there, she tightly hugged him as she cried into his shoulder. Izuku slowly lifted his strained and now normal arm to the back of Himiko's head and softly stroked her hair as to comfort her.

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Izuku woke up and when he opened his eyes he was blinded by the bright whiteness of the room he was in. After only a short while his eyes adjusted, and he found that he was in a hospital. He looked to his left and saw his mother asleep on a couch and surprisingly Katsuki was there, but he was sat up right and was staring at Izuku.

"Finally awake, idiot?" Katsuki sarcastically asked and his insult had no venom behind it.

"I think so" Izuku replied in his tired and heavy feeling state.

"Good…" Katsuki said as he looked away.

Izuku and Katsuki never talked much but when they did, it was usually Katsuki challenging Izuku to another fight, so now they kind of had this awkward silence between them, because they didn't know what to talk about. Izuku didn't know what to talk about but Katsuki did and he had something to say.

"Thanks"

"hm?" Izuku's attention was once again brought back to Katsuki.

"I said thanks" Katsuki explained.

"For what?" Izuku asked since he actually wasn't sure what he did since his mind was still foggy.

"For saving my sister and auntie Inko" Katsuki replied but with slight irritation, likely from having to explain himself.

"Oh… sorry, I didn't really remember" Izuku apologised.

Katsuki sighed, "Don't apologise, it's not your fault that the scumbag hit you so hard you forgot a couple things"

"What?" Izuku asked in confusion.

Katsuki groaned, "You don't remember anything, do you?" Katsuki reached over the couches arm rest and grabbed a newspaper from the small table next to it, "Here" Said Katsuki as he handed the newspaper to Izuku.

Izuku looked at the news paper and in big bold letters on the front page it stated "Child defeats old army vet turned villain" Izuku was slightly taken back by the title and once he read through one of the articles, his memories started to come back.

Izuku turned to Katsuki in a slight panic and asked, "How's Himiko?"

"She's fine" Katsuki pointed past Izuku to his right, "She actually told me what happened"

Izuku turned to his right and saw Himiko peacefully sleeping in the bed next to him. Izuku then turned back to Katsuki and asked, "And mom?"

"She's fine too, but she wouldn't stop worrying about you" Explained Katsuki.

"How long was I asleep?" Izuku almost instantly asked.

"About two days, the doctors said that it was quirk overuse" Katsuki explained once more.

"Oh" Izuku dumbfoundedly said.

"Yeah… I'm going to get mom and tell her your awake" Said Katsuki.

"Okay" Simply replied Izuku.

Katsuki left leaving Izuku to his own thoughts, but he only really had one, 'I need to learn to fight'

*Rubs tired eyes* I am so sleepy, so very sleepy and I'm so happy that this chapter is finally finished. It's 3:30 am and I'm going to bed. Goodnight.

By the way, if you want to know what Izuku looked like when he was in his fighter form, go to pinterest and search Form Zero: Fighter

Hope you enjoyed!

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Thank you for your time, I'll be taking my leave now.