Opera brought the young master back to the panicking mother and grandfather respectively. "I found him sleeping on the roof with a blanket." Opera told them both.
"Izuku why!?" Ms Midoriya shouted. "I thought I told you to let me know if you were going to stay out late, but on a rooftop?"
"Izuku-kun you're back! You didn't run away and join a bad boy biker gang!"
"Grandpa, I can't ride a bike, much less a motorcycle." The young master spoke with a yawn. "Dang it, Soi really did have a lot to say … what time is it?"
"It's 7:30, you barely have time to make it back to school." Opera reminded him. "This is why we use the Carriage, young master. Try to remember that in the future."
That woke the boy up with a start. "I need to get ready. Suit, exercise, maybe I can wake up by launching myself to school." Opera stopped him by patting the boy.
"You're in no mental condition for that."
"Izuku, why did you stay out so late? You knew you had a performance tomorrow." The mother asked her child.
"I needed to talk to Soi. He was about to back away from performing altogether, and he needed someone to vent all his frustrations to. He needed help, Mom. I can't turn away someone that needs help." The young master shot her an emphatic look of guilt. "I'm sorry I didn't explain more..but.."
She sighed. "It's fine, I get it, you need to do what you need to do." She spoke. "But you really need to look after yourself, you don't have good habits of self care."
"But I have this!" Everyone turned to Master Sullivan, holding a bubbling cup. "This is an energizer that will bring you right back up. Tip top shape for the Music Festival."
"Why does it look like it's either boiling or melting the cup?"
"That's all the vital energy you need oozing out of it!" More like it's burning desire to disintegrate all those that consume it.
"Sir, this might be too strong for the boy to handle-and you already drank it." Opera could only watch helplessly as the young master drank it all in one gulp. "I'm the cook of the house for a reason, sir. If you're not Inko Midoriya, no one else is permitted in the kitchen." They were still hunting down the Calamity Cult's abominations they attempted to call meatloaf.
"Sorry, don't have many options at the moment, and we're already having issues with Soi. I'm not going to … let … my hand looks like a snake." The boy gazed at his own body.
The mother turned a furious glare at Master Sulivan. "What did you do to my baby boy?"
"Helped him get ready?"
"I keep saying I'm not a bunny….I'm lying to myself….I'm totally a fluffy bunny with snake arms." The boy made a hissing sound to himself as his hands mimicked the reptile he assumed was his appendage. "AHH! It's trying to eat me!"
"This is why people assume you're a bad Grandpa, sir."
"They assume what now?" Apparently the Midoriya denseness extended to all family members, whether they were related or not by blood.
"Nevermind , I shall get him a bath, please get the other stuff prepared in the meantime." Opera spoke, dragging the boy.
"I'm a bunny man on top of the almighty koala …" That was a lot to process.
Eiko continued to make sure everything was ready with a mental checklist. The transformative suit prepared, the instruments were all finely tuned … the lyrics were ready. They had to be, all the thoughts and feelings in the truest way she could imagine.
"Hey, hey Ei-chan! Hey, Ei-chan!" The voice of her hero called out to her. However, she knew Izu wasn't big on names … unless he was Deku! Oh no, please don't let it be Deku, she wanted this to be between her and Izu! She turned around and was met with … a fluffy smile on a cloud.
"Ah, Izu?" She was happy beyond all belief on the inside, but on the outside she was just confused. "Ah, are..you okay?"
"Sullivan strikes again, I'm afraid." Azz pushed the cloud from behind. "Opera explained everything. He gave Izuku terrible medicine and he's going to be like this for a while. We should plan to get him out of his house more often after this."
"Cloud sparkle-kun was nice enough to lend an extra fluffy cloud for him to rest on! Don't worry Izuku-kins! We'll watch over you ALL day as you sleep if you want us to!" Clara chipperly said.
"T-nah..it's fine...I don't need to sleep...sleep is for the weak! I-oh the snakes came back…" Izu started to cry as he stared at his own hands. "..why don't snakes have arms? They're just like me in a way! Denied what should be natural to them! WHY MUST THE WORLD BE SO CRUEL!?"
"That is a level of 'high' I'd never thought I'd see Izu in again." Eiko muttered as she watched him.
"Again?" Azz asked with a raised eyebrow.
"He was in the forest once with sensory overload. Thought he could smell eternity and saw a giant koala." She explained.
"It's still there! It mocks me along with the turtle that created the universe!" … Eiko gently patted his head.
"Sure it did …" She comforted him.
"You know...I've never said how cute you look, have I?" Izu sputted, looking at her upside down. "Sometimes I imagine you as a cute little hamster that I want to hold in my hand and keep in my pocket...does that sound weird? It probably sounds weird...heh, bunnies and hamsters cuddling together…"
Her fursona was a hamster, and she would cuddle the fuck after him when this was over. "I take it you guys are getting the final touches ready?" She asked Azz and the jealous looking Clara.
"Yes, just a final immersion in roles as we hope he wakes up soon." Azz spoke, and she agreed. He needed to see her performance. "Also waiting on the last member that ditched us." Who ditched Izu!? She would burn him alive!
"Grandpadoriya and Statue Purson are meanies, Izuku-kins needs to be at perfect if we're going to win!"
"Soi-soy sauce isn't a meanie, Claralala! He's just like me! Alone, sad, depressed, constantly saying everthings fine when it's not." Izu had his tongue sticking out. "He just needs friends. We need to give him all the friends in the world."
"... We're going to change that Izu." She grasped his cheeks. "If you can hear me at all, I need you to watch my performance intently … please." She pleaded with the boy.
"I-I promise Ei-chan! I can't make someone so cute so sad...I'd be a bad bunny boy if I did that." He kept looking to the sides of her head. "Heh, since when did you grow three heads? I wanna kiss them all.." He reached out for her face.
"We better get Izuku-kins back to the Misfits!" Clara ruined the moment by dragging the cloud away.
"Clarlalala, why'd you do that? I haven't kissed any of them yet."
"You're gonna wake up and feel really weird when we tell you what you did!"
"It's not like Deki, it's fine … right?"
"Actually I'm with Clara on this one." Azz spoke out, the traitor. "You tend to do a lot of things you regret when you're not yourself."
"But Ameimei kissed me back on the cheek after Waltererer Parks and said it felt nice…" Ameri-chan did WHAT?! How could she betray her like that!? Well actually it would be fine for the three-way, but still, Eiko wanted to be first!
Inko walked up to the parent space as Papa went to go 'check on some things'. She saw Ms Valac and Amaryllis over near the front, along with Peach and-it was really surprising they could fit King Koopa in here. "Hey there everyone." She waved at them.
"Inky-chan! You made it!" ran into her with a bone crushing hug that was only matched by her Papa's. "Our babies are going to sing and play together on stage for the first time! Isn't this exciting! Imagine them with their own babies singing with them!" She did imagine it, and it was both as cute as it was terrifying.
"Yes, and my little Alice is going to be a star!" Amaryllis shouted out. "I'm going to get so much to do when I show this to everyone, my little cotton candy." The woman gave a sly smirk and gave them a very grabby hug. "And I get to share it with two very cute mothers as well."
"OH PLEASE." Koopa spoke up. "EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MY LITTLE GIRL'S CLASS WILL DOMINATE THOSE MISFITS." The dragon saw everyone glaring, holding their cameras and recorders. "... Sorry, I'll try and keep it down." It rumbled a bit, but it was better.
"Yes, I must admit, I can't wait to see what Eiko has planned out." Peach admitted, using an umbrella to hide herself from Koopa's view. "She hasn't spoken a peep about the song she wrote for the performance. Apparently it's an epic tale about a young hero on the raise." She winked at her knowingly.
"Oh, I know it's a competition but I really hope we can all win." She spoke with a smile. It was nice to have friends like this.
"I'm looking forward to the competition as well." They turned and saw Henri walk up to them. "Midoriya, how nice to see you again."
"Henri … what brings you here?" Amaryllis asked, holding onto Inko tighter for some reason. "Your daughter's a second year if I recall, a second year that lost the music festival horribly in her first if my memory serves correctly."
The man glared at her. "I wanted to check out the competition, so many students are doing physical movements and about to gain prestigious contacts, I figured I should know about them beforehand. Besides, I'm simply joining my princess in observing." He gestured to the girl, sitting on a throne with multiple cameras in a way that would make Papa proud. "I saw you all and figured we might do a … parent's get together." He gestured with an extended hand.
Said hand was quickly taken by Peach. "Of course red, we'd love to." She spoke with a minor blush. "I have a little seat down here with a picnic basket. I've got cake too."
"Oh, cake!" Ms Valac shouted giddily.
"IS THAT SWEET PEACH'S CAKE I SMELL!? GOODY, I HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN OVER A DECADE!" Everyone glared at the dragon again, gesturing to their equipment. "... Sorry, can I have a bite?" He asked in a much quieter tone.
"Cake is nice, would you like me to hand feed you Inko?" Amaryllis asked. Before she could tell the woman off the door slammed open as three figures walked in. "Oh, the judges. They've arrived. You might want to move out of the way. One of them's particularly feisty with anything involving the Demon King, so your son might not be one of their favorite people at the moment."
"The President of the Demdol Enterprise Kyupa-sama.." Herri explained as three figures walked upting, pointing to a sparkling woman with sunglasses on her face. "Meimei sama of the many ears race…" He pointed to a little lady with bunny ears on the top of her head in a little bow. "And Poro Amduscias, a former crow and the former musician of the missing Demon King Derkila."
"Oh shit, that gal is bad news." She turned to look at Koopa for clarification. "He's a Derkira fanatic, hyper obsessed with anything involving him. Including the Royal One, Derkira's old classroom."
Her heart beat a tad faster. "He's a judge and he's going to be angry with my baby and his class?" She asked-DEATH!
"So you're the one?" The reaper of notes, the sound of death spoke as she could hear her own death bell toll, she saw madness in the eyes before her. "Who's child dares to taint his mighty legacy?" She was going to die die DIE!
Amaryllis and Henri moved before her, but it felt like little assurance. "Amducias, my I remind you that-"
"Oh Henri, you're very cute, but don't stand between me and the dead woman walking." The beast could speak out death and she was dead, heartbeats away from the grave.
"Hey, I'll have you know that woman is the mother of one of my daughter's most important allies. So don't think.."
"Oh Koopa, don't believe for a single second that you have any real power here. All you're known for is being a lonely single gutter-eating sewage lizard with delusions of grandeur. I could snuff you out in a blink of an eye and no one would care." All it took was mere words for the mighty king to back away with his tail between his legs.
She was dead she was dead SHE WASDEADSHEWASDEADSHEWASDEADSHEWASGOING TO DIE!
"Would you mind calming down Amduscias?" She felt a power wash over them … equal. This man could be an actual threat to Papa. The judge could possibly kill him.
"Sully." The words were toned down but the pressure remained. "I wanted to talk with you about-..." The pressure alleviated with the bafflement that went onto the demon's face. "What are you wearing?"
Her Papa stood dangerously, but it was ruined by the apron he still had on. "I rushed here in a hurry, my grandson is performing after all."
"I see, I look forward to his performance." Amduscias spoke honestly. "Now there's the matter of … GRANDSON!?" Wait, they didn't know?! Papa you moron! You just gave him another target! "Since when did you have a grandson, you didn't even marry! You have kids!?"
"You've been screaming at the mother and my darling daughter, I do indeed have kids." He replied with a gesture.
"Your daughter … don't tell me … she's DERKILA'S DAUGHTER!?" Was this how it felt to be Izuku at school all the time?
"What?" She asked along with everyone else.
"What, no, how would that even work?" Even Papa seemed baffled by that leap of logic.
"It's you! Whenever you're around, anything is possible!" Was that supposed to be an insult or a compliment? "You were always there, always getting in the way!" The demon started weeping.
Papa knelt down and placed a hand on the man's shoulder. "I miss him too … he was truly the best of our kind."
"Yes..I agree..which is why I have to ask...Why the hell did you reopen the Royal One?" The pressure returned with a vengeance as the melody of destruction once again played in her soul, Ms Valac and Amaryllis giving her a comforting squeeze."Depending on your answer, I might kill you." Inko fully believed it. This monster would kill them without remorse. It wasn't just Izuku and her that wasn't safe. None of them, her whole family, all her friends, weren't safe with this monster around.
"It was earned." She saw Kalego approach the beast. "They requested a fair challenge, and received permission from every Faculty member in Babyls, and have agreed on the challenge to keep it as well." Kalego went up without fear, without a single flinch, without a single batting of an eye. "My Class has earned the right to keep the Royal One so far, and I don't expect that to change anytime soon."
"Ka-ka…" The beast stammered, before tackingling Izuku's teacher in one of the tightest hugs she's seen. "KALEGO-CHAN! YOU'RE AS CUTE AS EVER!"
"... Am I the only one lost here?" She asked the group.
"Nope, i'm at a loss to, never met the lady in person before." Oh, drag queen.
"Better him than me, a sacrifice worth it." Henri and Sullivan spoke in unison. She felt that was a bit rude.
"Get off me, you fool. You tackle me after insulting the mother of one of my students." Kalego summoned the strength to free himself of the grip. "Show some dignity of a former Crow at the very least."
"Dignity you say?" He/she asked, standing tall. "Very well then, show me the student who dared to claim Royal One … I'd like to chat with them."
She wanted to say something, anything. "Very well, but I will escort you out the moment you attempt physical violence." Kalego spoke without flinching. She felt so grateful to the man who looked after her son.
The halls were as grand as Amduscias remembered them, that was Delikra at work for you. However it still didn't have that new smell to it, likely ruined by teenagers having their time about taint this palace with their mere existence. "I'm so disappointed in you, Kalego-chan. To think I trusted you to keep the halls of Derkila-chan's classroom untainted."
"My job was to keep the unworthy out, not make the room untouchable. How can one man disagree with the entire world thinking them as worthy." If his voice wasn't so cute he'd stab the man for heresy alone.
"And while I am at it, what the hell makes this Izuku Midoriya so special? Ever since I've come back, it's been 'Hero' this and 'Love bunny' that. What kind of miscreant has taken this school over?"
"A maniac determined to save everyone with a smile and a motto of breaking limits." Breaking limits with a smile … he frowned, knowing this person would leave a bad taste in her mouth.
"Fine. I'll see if they're truly worthy. Don't be surprised if I end up kicking them out the window." The special magic window that appeared randomly when certain phrases were said. One of Derkila's funniest ideas. "Which among you, is the demon that claims the throne of Royal One?" She asked them, power leaking. "Who is the bastard known as One For All, Izuku Midoriya."
"Hey there, Tall peacock, you sounds dramatic." … He turned to see a smiling boy on a cloud.
"Umm… hello there." This was awkward. "Do you know where I can find Izuku Midoriya?"
"Oh, that's me, although I guess that depends on how you know me. Are you looking for the Danger-Junkie or One For All. I'll only answer to Love Bunny on Fridays."
"..." They waited a few silent moments, turning to the class. "How many drugs did you put into this random stranger to hide away the danger-junkie?" This had to be a joke.
"Ah, no, that's Izuku-kins!" A hyper green girl hung from behind the cloud. "Grandpadoriya fed him nasty soup and made him go dumb-dumb for a while."
"Oh, Sully was a moron. What else is new?" They growled. "A simple child that looks so pathetically underdeveloped is residing as your leader?"
"Oh, calling me plain looking? Haven't heard THAT one before. Seriously people, come up with something original if you're going to insult me."
"I wasn't calling you plain, I was calling you a bushy twig that looks like a drugged up hippie."
"Oh, well thank you then! I needed the confidence boost." The boy looked at the sky, smiling even wider, actually taking it as a compliment. "I really am too blessed."
Amducias was silent before turning to the class. "Would you like to give up now or …"
"No way!" Some pink haired punk rushed to the 'hero's side. "He's an absolute madman but he's never failed us once. Even if the medicine doesn't wear off before the show, he'll SOMEHOW find a way to make it work for him. That's what he always does."
"A way to make it work …" Yeah right, he could hear the fear in their hearts. "I heard that you need my vote to help you rank up." They stated, causing all the students to tense up. "And I don't want you to keep Royal One … see where i'm going with this?"
"Sorry, but that's complete bullshit." A tall, muscly man, unlike the stick they were currently declaring war with, came up to them. "Staying true to one's desires is fine, but deciding the outcome before giving us the opportunity is completely unreasonable."
"Hm, nice to know there are some demons of quality standards among the trash heap." They saw the looks of the other Misfits, probably assumed she would eat them. They wouldn't, yet. "I hear the sound of anxiety within your hearts. You are completely unready. You're missing someone, aren't you? How do you expect to satisfy me in such a half-assed state?"
There it was, the fear visible. It would build up with his criticism, they would lose due to their own nervousness and fall into- "He'll show up." They all turned to the boy on a cloud. "No matter what, he'll be there." … It was gone. With a simple sentence the melody of anxiousness
"Amudurus-chan, we appreciate your concern, but it's not needed." The tall blonde girl marched up to her. "We'll WIN the Music Festival, hands down. We have everything that we need." All around her, the smiles on the misfits grew wilder and wilder. "We're going to pierce through you with the finest sound."
..What the hell? "A challenge, is that right? Fine, I accept." They turned around. "Seduce me if you can." They reset their gaze back at the little green brat, the one that in a few words changed the hearts of demons. "I'll be sure to judge YOU the hardest of any of them."
"Again, you people need to start being more original. Tell me something I've never heard before, you overgrown cockatoo." The boy was now laughing, his face somehow glowing brighter and brighter. "I've spent ten years fighting the impossible, and I'll spend the next thousand doing so if I have to, because the more impossible the challenge…" They boy looked at them with shiny emerald eyes. "The happier I am."
… Now that was something Amducias could get behind.
"Baraki here, live on the scene, to give everyone not here right now the broadcast they deserve!" The third year shouted, planning on going out with a bang. "Let's give it up for the best event to watch, the Music Festival!"
The crowd went crazy, and rightfully so. It's been too long since anything of note had happened at school. A little more than a month has passed since the Harvest Festival, and the school was eager to know what the Misfit Class was planning next, not even mentioning the Calamity Cult as a whole, seeing as how two members were in a different class.
"Milord! Sir Garp! We humbly await your success!"
"Seriously, the Harvest Festival is over, stop that." Angres retorted angrily to the group.
"We await Empress Koopa's next orders! We'll siege the school at your word, milady!"
"I don't know whether to be flattered, embarrassed, or terrified." Koopa rolled her eyes.
"Be afraid, be very afraid." Asmodeus answered for her."
"Mad Oni! You are the future of science! Light the path with your brilliance! Show us that chaotical beautiful brain!"
"To think I always thought of myself as more of a background character." Oni blushed.
"Valacsuruas! The goddess of playtime! Don't look directly at her cuteness, it'll drive you mad!"
"Sorry, but Izuku-kins is the only one I want to play with! You can have the toys when I'm done using them!"
"It's him! The danger-junkie turned hero, the honor student Calamity Cultist! The mighty Love Bunny! The young king, One For All!"
"The names never go away." He could hear Midoriya. "No matter how much you try."
"At least you all have names." Asmodeus pointed out. "So far I haven't gained a single one other than Student Representative, and by you all, the pyromaniac."
"Make way for Empress Koopa's lover! We must not touch him!"
"... I stand corrected, somehow my own nickname sucked worse than any other label."
"Alright folks, the order has been decided through a ballot!" Baraki shouted, pointing to the screen. "And the order of classes is!" The lights showed up. "A, B, C, D, E, Misfit!" The crowd got really silent. "... How the hell did a random ballot give us the correct class order!?"
"Even by random chance the odds of that are absurd." Allocer muttered.
"Well I'm glad you're back in clarity Izu, watch us!" Oni shouted, running away with a determined smile.
"Glad I can be aware enough to be awake for Eiko's performance." Midoriya smiled as Oni got ready. "Hey guys, I didn't do anything stupid or say anything embarressing when I was out of it?"
"Honestly you were pretty tame compared to Deku." Asmodeus said. "You just kept talking about your hands being snakes, weird nicknames Clara would come up with, touching people, and seeing a giant Koala in the universe … youalsothreatnedthejudge."
"Second time I've seen it, you think there's a co-I threatened what now?" Hah, this kid was still the same fun maniac from the Division Party!
"You called the tall scary person a big birdie and told them to be as judgey as possible! It was funny." Valac hugged Midoriya from behind.
"... And on a scale of Balam to Kalego, how bad is the judge in question?"
"I'd say … thou art a flamboyant Kalego with less hold on their temper." Sabro stated, causing the boy to pale.
"And let me guess, he has some big motive that involves keeping us away from Royal One and or failing the whole thing?"
"They're the former musician to the missing Demon King." Crocell stated.
"Guys...if we lose….I won't stop you from trying to beat up Grandpa." The Chair-Demon was a bad grandpa!? Who knew?
"Now then, ladies and gentleman! Can I have your attention!?" Dalton-sensei quieted the mumbling audience. "The first performance of the night will now begin! To start …"