It had been a few months since the battle, Toshinori had for the most part recovered. Though he still coughed up blood once in a while, mostly when he was in some kind of shock or surprise. Sometimes it would just happen out of the blue. Though, Toshinori knew that it was to happen and had come to terms with it. He knew that he had to live his life to the fullest still.

During that time, Toshinori decided he couldn't wait to marry Inko anymore and gave her his mother's ring, part of a matching set with his father's.

The wedding itself wasn't overly fancy and honestly, neither of them cared. The only thing that mattered to them was that they were now husband and wife. Though there was the odd person here and there whom was still against the idea of Toshinori marrying a slave but again, he didn't give a damn. The only thing that mattered to him was that he married the woman he loved more than anything. Nothing would change that.

Though he also things it is because a lot of people are against that he had already went on with his process with removing slavery while he was recovering. Even though Inko had insisted that he just rest and deal with it much later.

He didn't want to wait though, the only thing that he wanted to do was to help the slaves. He knew that those who weren't in his castle, were treated horribly. That much was for sure, and he wanted to make sure that nothing else ever happened to another slave again. He just hoped that after the process was done, that no one else ever dealt with such a thing ever again.

Yet, it had been rather difficult to focus on such a thing as Inko would try to… ahem, distract him. It would work but otherwise when she wasn't looking or paying attention to him for that matter, Toshinori would get back to work. It wasn't like he was training other guards this time around, he was just sitting in bed pretty much waiting for his injuries to heal properly.

What worried him otherwise, was Inko getting used to the idea that she was a queen now. That was something that had worried him, yes she wasn't raised as a royal princess or anything even close to it. But, people started to love her because of her kindness. Because of her compassion for others and that was what really won everyone over really.

Toshinori had assigned Shouta to keep Inko safe should he have any reason to leave. Which wasn't very often anymore since all the people who had quirks weren't going missing anymore. In fact, it seemed that they had been right, that Princess Kira, even with her confession, had been kidnapping people and stealing their quirks. Much like her father, and now they had nothing to worry about.

No one would ever go missing again, no one would ever have their quirks stolen again. Now, he just had to hope that something like this would never happen again.

Yet, he just wished that it hadn't ended like it had. Yes, she was evil and had killed many people in her life, but she was still a human being. He'd never admit to it, but a part of his soul, or at the very least he had felt like a chip of his soul had disappeared. A sliver of his soul really. It was a feeling that he hated, as he never wanted to kill anyone in his life. Not so long as he could help it anyway.

As for Tenko, he was adjusting well in the palace. Toshinori and Inko had happily accepted Tenko as their son, and he had accepted them as his parents without any trouble. Though, the boy would still have a little fear of losing them but knew that they were tough. They had gone through so much, only a weak willed mind would have shattered, as would their spirit. Toshinori and Inko though, well their spirits were far too strong to have shattered under such issues.

But, it didn't leave a scar on Inko that was for sure.

Even now, she would have a nightmare about losing Toshinori in the final battle. Thinking that he hadn't woken up, that he had indeed died. That she had lost him forever and would never get him back. She would wake up in a cold sweat and grab onto Toshinori, thinking that he was dead. That she had really just watched him get stabbed, watched as his life's blood left his body as did his spirit.

He would assure her, each and every time. No matter how late he had stayed up with his duties, he would always tell her that he was okay. Wrapping her in his strong arms and just hold her until she calmed down enough for them both to go back to sleep. Toshinori knew that she needed it as much as he would, just to know that everything was better now. That no matter what, nothing would ever try to separate them ever again. No matter what happened, everything would be the way it should be.

Though, the only down side was when he would be exhausted during meetings to the point that he was falling asleep at his desk. Many people would ask him what had happened and he would just say that his son had woken up in the night and want to be cuddled or at the very least, wanted to be held because he had a nightmare.

They believed that.

There was no way that he was going to tell them that it was his wife that had woken him up and needed to be comforted. He figured it was something that Inko would want to keep to herself for the time being, or forever. Whichever came first really and he wasn't going to just blab to the other royals that his wife needed comforting because of a nightmare.

They could never understand the pain that she had to go through just for peace. After all, Toshinori had almost died, had he not moved even the slightest bit and the hit would have made contact with his heart.

"Toshi?" came Inko's voice, causing him to lift his gaze up and blink his blue eyes at her. Inko was dressed in the finest of silks out of purples and greens, a simple golden crown rested atop of her head. To him, he never knew that she could have gotten more beautiful.

"Yes my dear?" Toshinori said with a smile on his face. Yeah, it was official, he was a sucker in love. And it was all thanks to this little green haired woman. She was the reason for his smiles, a reason why he would never allow himself to hide behind that emotionless mask of his anymore.

"We need to go. Izuku said that he was getting ready to return to his time." Right, the boy would have to return to his own time soon. It was something that Toshinori and Inko were afraid to face. But, they knew that he didn't belong here. That he had a home of his own to return too. A family to return too and it was still them but it was still a feeling that they had been dreading for a while.

Izuku, even though he hadn't been in their lives for very long, it still had the two of them sad to see him go. Yet, he would come to them someday. When Inko would have their child, they would have their son Izuku. A feeling that they knew would bring the both of them joy, knowing that their son would grow up into such a fine young man.

"Right." He whispered before pushing himself up and made his way around his desk and toward his wife. Giving her a small smile, he wrapped an arm around her and pulled the woman close, capturing her soft pink lips with his own. "I love you Inko." Toshinori whispered to her softly.

"I love you too." Inko said with a soft smile, only to frown as she looked over at his side and frowned a little. Tears in her eyes as she gently rubbed her finger tips against his chest, right over his injury. "Does it still hurt?" Inko asked softly.

"Not as bad as it once did no. It only hurts if I lean on it or if something presses into it too roughly. I'll be okay, I promise." Toshinori whispered gently, not wanting to concern her even more, he knelt down in front of her, gently grasping her face between his hands as he gave her a small smile. "Inko, I promise you. I'm okay, I am adjusting fine to only having one lung but think of it this way, I'm still alive." He kissed her forehead before giving her a gentle look.

"I know but… I just wished that it hadn't cost you your lung… or to cough up blood." Inko looked like she was about to cry. He shook his head at her, Inko looked like she wanted to object some more but he just kissed her gently. Inko blushed as she kissed him back. At least he knew that he still held some kind of power over her, though he wasn't sure if she would ever fully forgive herself for everything that had happened.

But, he would help her through every single trial that would break her heart when it came to his injuries. "Come, our son has to go home." Toshinori said with a soft smile before kissing her forehead once again and held her to his side. "Come, let's go shall we?" Inko couldn't help but nod her head at Toshinori as she walked with her husband to the courtyard.

It was rather hard for them to do this, and even harder to see that Izuku would have to fade away in front of them. But, it was the way it had to be. Izuku was to return, and in a couple years' time, he would be born and they could feel complete again with Tenko as well. Yet, there was one other thing that had the two of them worried.

If they didn't train their son in order to fight, and he himself didn't go back in time then there was a chance that their future would go dark, or in another chance or even another course of time, their past would be dark.

They would have to train their future child to go back in time to make sure that their future was always peaceful. It was a lot to put on the poor boy's shoulders before he was even born, but it was either that, or have him grow up without either of them.

Sighing softly, the young man looked up at the ceiling in deep thought. Yes, the future was still a ways away, but Toshinori knew that he already had to train his boys should the time come that they would need to defend themselves or even the future of this kingdom. He didn't want them to go through the same thing that he had to go through.

It was a feeling that he never wanted his boys to go through ever.

"We're here Toshi." Inko said with a soft sigh.

Blinking his eyes, Toshinori saw that they had indeed arrived to the courtyard. There stood Izuku with his bag with him and no mask this time around. Izuku looked over at his parents and gave them a big smile that rivaled Toshinori's. "Hey, I was wondering if you two were going to show." He chuckled a little before turning to stare at them both, a small yet sad smile on his face. "It was nice coming here, meeting you both before you got married. It was, rather interesting to see dad fumbling so much with his feelings."

"Hey!"

Inko giggled through.

"Honestly, when I came back here I thought that I wouldn't be able to save you both, I was scared that I would somehow fail and… I'm happy I didn't." He chuckled a little and sighed softly in content. Giving both of his parents a happy smile, he chuckled as he said "I love you both."

Toshinori and Inko rushed forward and wrapped their arms around Izuku. Inko of course cried and Toshinori just chuckled a little. "I'm proud of you son." Toshinori said, which only made Izuku ball his eyes out. Yup, so much like his mother.


Izuku sighed softly as he returned to his home. A part of him was scared to see if the world was still surrounded by darkness. That his mother and father were still long gone and he hadn't been able to do anything about it. That he had somehow failed his family even though he had been able to prevent his mother's weakened state and his father's more serious injury.

The missing lung was only part of what could have happened. Before, his father had lost his lung, his stomach and of course his breathing was all but shot. It was amazing that he had lived as long as he had but, Izuku was just happy to know that his father was still able to live until his body gave out on him.

Walking through the field, the young man looked up and blinked as he looked up and couldn't help but stare in shock. The castle, it was as it was when he left the past. It looked as if it was never destroyed!

Rushing up to the castle gates, he saw that a few guards stood outside and just looked at Izuku before bowing to him. He had no idea what was going on but at the moment he didn't care. He knew that he just had to keep moving forward. Had to keep moving and see if they were indeed still alive. 'Mom! Dad! Tenko!' thought Izuku as he pushed himself to run even faster.

In fact, it was getting to the point that he was running through the halls at blinding speed that people only saw a blur of green as he all but seemed to zip by. He was making his way to the throne room, hoping to see his parents there. Yet he saw nothing.

"Damn it, what can I do?" asked Izuku before he ran out of the throne room, wondering where his parents could be. Maybe they were in the study? Sometimes his mother went there so that had to be something right? Yeah, that could be a location for his family and even if it was just his father then that would mean that he had at the very least prevented his father's death and if that was the case then there was a chance that he had stopped his mother's as well.

That had to be the case, they were just in a different room is all.

The moment he reached his father's study, he opened the doors and the sight was enough to make him cry in relief. There, sat his father going over some paper work. Toshinori's hair was a little paler, not by much and he had some wrinkles around his eyes but again not as much as before. Inko sat on his lap, just looking over the work that her husband was doing and she had a bright smile on her face. Her hair, long and pulled back much like it was before though she had gained some weight since he had seen her in the past.

But he didn't care. His mother was alive, as was his father. "Mom? Dad?" Izuku said with wide teary eyes.

Inko looked up as did Toshinori. Both of them smiled at their son before getting up from the chair. "You came back from the past Izuku?" asked Inko.

"Or should we say Zuko?" Toshinori said with a chuckle as they both made their way over to their son and hugged him. Izuku couldn't help but cry in relief. He did manage to save them. He had managed to save his parents from a terrible fate. "You did very well my son, you managed to keep the past from turning into a dark fate." Toshinori said with a soft smile before he frowned a little. It seemed that his parents really did keep the same memories of their past selves. "I'm sorry that we had to keep training you in order to prevent the past from becoming what it should have been before your preventing it."

"It's fine dad, really! I'd rather have you both in my life than without." Izuku said with a chuckle, wiping at his eyes as the tears just didn't seem to want to stop in the first place.

"Hey mom, dad… has Izuku come in here? The guards said that they had seen- Izuku!" Tenko said with relief before rushing to his brother and pulled the green haired young man out of their parent's arms and hugged his brother before ruffling his curly green locks. "About time you came back! I know it was only a day here but it felt like years." Chuckled Tenko. The man still looked the same as he had as a child, just taller and longer hair. It got to the point that his hair almost hung over his red eyes though Izuku knew that he couldn't change it.

"Well, our past is set, and we can rest easily now. We can live in peace at long last my boys, let's go eat shall we?"

"Sure dad, but you have to tell us the story of how you and mom met." Chuckled Tenko with a spark in his eyes.

"My boys, you've heard it so many times." Toshinori said with a chuckle.

"I have, but this Izuku hasn't."

"So right, let's start shall we?" asked Toshinori.

"Wait dad, I have to know one thing, do you still go by… The Emotionless King?" asked Izuku with a frown on his face.

Toshinori blinked as he looked at his youngest son and had a soft smile on his face. It seemed that the blonde knew that Izuku wouldn't have known about his name change. He chuckled a little before reaching over and ruffled his son's curly green locks as he said "No, I have given up that title after the battle… I go by 'The Sunflower King'. Now, where was I? Ah yes, I was going to start the story of how I met your mother!"

Izuku couldn't help but smile and laugh. He finally had the life that he always wanted.

The End