Inko found herself walking around a forest, she had no idea where it was as she's never been to this part of the woods before. Yet, a part of her told her that she knew this place. Frowning a little, the young woman tilted her head a little as she wandered around. There was a voice, sounded as if it were weeping. Inko looked ahead and rushed as quickly as her legs would carry her.
She wished that she had Toshinori's speed but soon had found herself where the voice was.
There, was an older woman. Her hair green much like her own but had a few streaks of grey here and there. Her face was wrinkled with age, her whole aura itself was filled with nothing but sadness. "Toshi…" the woman whispered, tears streamed down her face as she sobbed into her hands. "I shouldn't have ran like I did. I should have stayed with you, I should have done something to be with you and yet… I am alive while you're not. I'm so sorry."
Inko felt her heart reach out for the woman, she lost someone- wait did she say Toshi? As in Toshinori? Inko looked a little closer at the woman and frowned as she saw that this was… her ancestor.
The woman looked up at the sky as she let out a soft sigh as she started to sing.
All I know, all I've ever known
Is I stand alone, I stand all alone
I am here on my own
Inko frowned, the song sounded so sad. Hearing it, she couldn't help but feel her own sadness starting to bubble up deep within her. A feeling that she didn't think she could ever feel like this. It was as if, this woman's pain was becoming her own and it confused her a great deal.
With this weight upon my chest...how can I keep breathing?
Just let the darkening rain wash away the pain...please
The woman reached up and grasped at her chest, tears streaming down her face as she thought about the man that she had loved. Loved and lost to a battle that shouldn't have taken place. Inko felt as if this woman was indeed, the same woman that had truly learned what it was to have loved and lost all the same.
While I am trapped here, with shadows closing in on me
Is there still beauty in this world that could comfort me?
Though I yearn to believe
There's no way it could be
The woman fell to her knees, her voice cracking as she sang the words that resided within her heart. Pain, loss, grief among many other emotions that seemed that seemed to circle around her every living moment. It seemed as if she couldn't let go of her grief to live a life that she could have. Yet, Inko knew that in a way, her ancestor had moved on, why else would she be here today? Why else would she have learned about Toshinori and… be happy.
All that I am, broken and a worthless mistake
Wondering just how many tears will this world take?
Ringing out through the void
Is a voice that's calling me
Her ancestor looked up at the sky, her green eyes filled with so many tears Inko found it rather amazing that she could even see. Wait could she see in the first place? The woman sobbed all the more as she fell to her hands as her tears seemed to stain the grass with grief and loss. Inko wanted to walk over to hold her but she couldn't do such a thing. There was no way that she could do anything to help this woman even if she wanted do. It seemed as if she couldn't partake in this dream. She was nothing but an observer.
Even if I wanted to die, nothing would change
No one would be waiting for me, always the same
All I know, all I've ever known
Is I stand alone, I stand all alone
I am here on my own
The song ended on a sad note, Inko felt tears streaming down her face as she saw her ancestor wipe at her eyes, only to frown as she pulled something out of her kimono. It was rather old, a few rips here and there and almost seemed to have worn down from the elements yet Inko wondered what was written on it.
Inko saw her ancestor stare at the letter with sad watery eyes as she stared at the letter. At least, she assumed that it was a letter. "Toshi, why didn't you tell me back then? Were you scared of how I would have reacted?" She whispered sadly before looking up at the sky. "Are you even still alive, are you still out there looking for me? I'm here Toshi, I never left so why haven't you returned?" Her ancestor asked, yet getting no true answer.
"Mom!" shouted a new voice, causing Inko and the princess to look over to see a young man rushing to Inko's ancestor. "Mom, are you okay?" asked the young man with a tilt of his head. He had green eyes and hair much like her ancestor, but he also had sterner features.
"I'm fine Toshinori. You don't need to worry about me sweetie."
"Okay, dad and I haven't heard from you and its getting late. We should head home." Toshinori said with a smile, looking like he was about to take her hand, much like he would have had as a child.
"You go on ahead sweetie, I'll be there in a moment."
Toshinori frowned a little before nodding his head and starting to run on ahead. It was strange, to see a man with the same name as her Toshi but, at the same time it just made Inko wonder if her ancestor ever gave up the hope even for a moment that her Toshinori would return to her. IF he had, what would she have done?
Inko turned her gaze to the retreating back of the young man, a little curious as she watched him leave, so that was her ancestor as well. So, the princess named her first son after Toshi, unable to really forget about him.
"Toshi, I wished he was your son. I miss you so much." Soon, Inko saw the princess turn her head and look straight at her. "Don't take life for granted. Treasure your time with the man you love, and never let go like I had." Inko just stared in shock. What the heck was this?!
"How-"
"Never forget to love him. Always love him and treasure what time you have with him and make sure he knows you love him."
Inko rushed to reach out to her ancestor to ask more questions, only for everything to fade.
Inko groaned a little as she woke up, odd she hadn't had a dream like that since she was a kid… though she didn't remember them very well. Blinking her green eyes slowly, she looked around and saw that she was in Toshinori's room and blinked as she stared at him. The man was… sleeping? Wait, didn't he say vampires don't need sleep? Frowning a little, the young woman shook her head as she snuggled a little more against Toshinori's sleeping form as she sighed in content. How was it that she could feel so safe with him?
It was as if he was the missing piece to her heart and it made her wonder… if her ancestor had been so in love with him how had she moved on? Had she kept waiting for Toshinori and of course how long had she waited for him?
Her dream came back at her. It made her wonder, if she had ever really moved on. She would have to look at the journal, have to get the original copy and get someone to get the journal looked through. It had to give her some kind of idea as to what it was that her ancestor went through. Along with why Toshinori was almost never mentioned after the attack. It had seemed that since the attack her ancestor had tried to remove any trace of him, but had she really?
Looking up at Toshinori, the young woman couldn't help but wonder what Toshinori was dreaming about. Did he dream?
So many questions yet she had no real answers to this. Maybe she should call her parents for the journal to be sent to her. With her promise that she wouldn't let anything happen to it. Though that would be wishful thinking on her part.
Sighing softly, Inko blinked as she gazed back up at Toshinori, she couldn't help but reach up to his lips and pull them back a little. No fangs? But, she was sure that he had bitten her, unless he could pull his fangs back at will or they only appeared in battle or if he was hungry. Blushing a little, the young woman couldn't help but wonder about if he would bite her again. Covering her face with her hands, Inko couldn't help but wonder what she was even thinking. Oh god, she had some kind of bite kink?
"Inko?" Groaned Toshinori as he rubbed at his eyes, only to yawn. "What are you doing?" He mumbled as he sleepily stared at her.
"I… I was curious if your fangs were always there."
"Oh." He chuckled a little before yawning against the back of his hand. "No, they only appear if I'm hungry or if I decide to give into my vampirism for battle." Then, Toshinori's eyes widened a little before he sat up quickly. All but throwing the blankets off of the two of them. Inko had to wrap her arms around her breasts mostly out of habit. "I was asleep… how… I… I don't…"
"So you really never slept since you've been turned?" asked Inko with a frown.
"Not once." He confirmed, not sure what it was that allowed him to sleep. It seemed that he was just as confused as she was.
Toshinori shook his head before he pulled the blankets over Inko to cover herself up while he went to grab his pants and threw them on. Inko blushed before she looked away to allow the man to change. She was about to ask him if he had a dream, until the door slammed open.
"Toshinori so help me you will feed or I will force this blood… down… your… what the hell is going on?" asked Shouta with confusion in his dark eyes.
Inko meeped and hid under the blankets while Toshinori just stared with wide eyes. "I can explain." Toshinori said with a nervous tinge to his voice. Inko couldn't believe that Shouta walked in on them. Did he think that she never showed up and that Toshinori was still starving himself at the rate that he was going? Oh god, of all the things that had to happen it had to be this of all things? Oh boy, this was going to be a long day. Peeking out from behind the sheets, Inko saw that Shouta was staring at her with confusion before his gaze seemed to shift over to Toshinori.
"She showed up?" He whispered before shaking his head and looked over at Toshinori. "You're not a twig anymore… she got you to feed and… oh god." He grumbled before walking backward out of the room and closing the door in the process. "Tell me what the hell happened when you come out of here." Shouta muttered before the door clicked shut.
Inko felt all of her blood go to her face as she whined a little.
"He didn't see anything thank god. I may love the boy as my son but I may have to slap him if he had seen anything." Toshinori said with a sigh, rubbing the back of his neck before he turned to Inko and chuckled. "Even after everything that happened last night, you still seem shy and nervous. It's cute!"
"Toshi!" Inko hissed.
"What? What'd I say?"
He just blinked in confusion, it seemed that he had no idea what it was that made her so embarrassed in the first place. Shaking her head, Inko said "Just… turn around? Please?" Seeing him nod, the blonde turned around, his bare back facing her which made her grateful. Grabbing her discarded clothes, the young woman changed as quickly as she could before saying "Okay, you can look now."
Toshinori turned his head and smiled at Inko before he grabbed his shirt that had somehow remained on the bed before he slid it on. "Inko, I wanna tell you something."
"What is it?" asked Inko.
"I… I know I'm immortal, that won't change for me. I want you to know, that I will make sure that you live your life without any kind of regrets so… I… uh…"
"You don't want me to change do you?" asked Inko.
"No, this is a life that I myself never wanted. I didn't choose this life, but it was chosen for me. I won't ask you to live this life…" Toshinori whispered before he let out a soft sigh.
"You say that now but I think you'll change your mind. You've been alone for long enough." Inko said with a soft smile.
"I'm not alone, I have you, Shouta, Hizashi, and Naomasa."
"But they are humans too Toshi…" Inko whispered.
"I know."
Sighing softly, the young woman walked out of the bedroom with Toshinori and like she had thought, Shouta was sitting on the couch avoiding eye contact. What could someone say in such a situation as this? It wasn't normal that was for sure.
Inko gulped a bit before watching as Toshinori sat in the arm chair, she was about to sit on the couch until Toshinori pulled her to sit on his lap. Wrapping his arms around her as he let out a soft sigh, pressing his nose against her neck. Inko blushed deeply and shuddered a little before Shouta cleared his throat as he gazed at the couple. Toshinori snarled a little only to cough and shake his head a little at his 'son' and mumble a "Sorry" at the man.
"So, I'm gonna guess that things have been patched up?" Shouta mumbled as he blankly stared at them. Seeing their nods, he sighed softly, leaning back with a hand covering his face as he sighed softly. "I'm happy about that but… really? Did you two have too… ugh."
"It's common."
"I've never heard of a vampire having sex Toshi." Shouta pointed out.
"True." Toshinori mumbled before nuzzling Inko again. She couldn't help but blush as she felt the man nuzzling her, god it was as if he couldn't have enough of her and it made her rather curious as to why. "Shouta, there are other things I need to tell you…"
"Such as?"
"Uh… I got my memories back?"
Shouta was quiet for a moment, Inko wondered if the man had even heard Toshinori in the first place. She was about to open her mouth to voice her concerns until Shouta's voice seemed to echo through the apartment.
"What?!"
Inko blinked, she had thought that Toshinori would have told the man the moment he got home unless… he was so upset and lost that it had slipped his mind until he had fed properly and of course when he knew that Inko did, indeed care about him. Love him even and for that she was happy to know that Toshinori was going to take care of himself but wondered what it was that made Toshinori act the way he was.
"So, tell me, who were you in your past Toshinori, is that your name?"
"It was, but the reason why we never found any kind of records of me was because back then, I was using the name 'All Might' for Inko's ancestor who… uh… was my lover." Toshinori mumbled, Inko wondered if he would be blushing right now if he could.
"Hm…"
"What?"
"I'm thinking, I think I have an idea as to why you are so connected but I'll have to do some more research on this." Shouta mumbled before he let out a soft sigh and gazed at the blonde and the green haired woman who sat on his lap. "Though, tell me the whole story." Toshinori groaned a little, Inko slapped his shoulder causing him to pout at her. Inko gave him a stare as if telling him to just tell Shouta the story, it wouldn't kill him to do so again.
Sighing, Toshinori went on with his tale. Telling Shouta the moment he met the princess, to training to become her guard. Gaining his quirk One for All, learning that he loved the princess, being appointed as her guard as well as gaining his sword to his confess. Even to the night of the attacks of vampires and Toshinori trying to escape with the princess as her father's last request had been. To the fight that Toshinori had with the lord who wanted to take Inko away as his bride, to the point that he was turned.
"Hmmm…"
"What?" asked Toshinori with a frown.
"I think, the reason why you lost your memory was indeed because of the blow to your head. If the man hadn't turned you when he had, you would have died most likely with what you have described to me." Shouta mumbled in deep thought. Inko blinked, she didn't think that was a possibility. "As for the call, maybe something blocked it out but what concerns me is that he acted as if he's met you before."
"I know for a fact that I've never met him before. Or even had One for All before in my life as a human so I don't know what the man was talking about." Toshinori said with a sigh.
"This all seems weird, as if it was a never ending cycle." Shouta mumbled before he pushed himself up and made his way over to the computer as he started to punch in some key codes as he looked over. "What did you say the lord's name was again?" asked Shouta.
"Uh… Yuugure."
"Hm…" Shouta mumbled before he started to look up any kind of information about the man. Though, he honestly doubted that he would find any kind of information. "Wait, what about the first person with your quirk? Did he give any kind of information about that?"
"No, Nana didn't tell me their names either." Toshinori said with a sigh.
"But, they have all been guards for the Midoriya line right?"
"Yes."
"That gives me a theory." Shouta mumbled before he started to type away. Going through the entire history of the Midoriya line. Inko looked at Toshinori and saw that he also stared at her. They both shrugged their shoulders before turning back and staring at the raven haired man as he seemed to type away. It made Inko wonder what kind of theory the man could have about this all in the first place. What could there be that would give him an idea as to what the man had said in the first place?
"Shouta?" Toshinori called, but it seemed that the man was too engrossed in what it was that he was looking for. The blonde sighed softly before he looked over at Inko and gave her a small smile. "He'll be at that for hours I believe, so I think that will give us time for you to eat." Setting her down, the young woman watched as Toshinori made his way to the kitchen and seemed to be cooking.
"He can cook?" Inko whispered to herself.
"He learned to cook when he took me in." Shouta answered her, causing the green haired woman to jump out of her skin as she gazed at the man's back with confusion. "How else do you think I survived as long as I had with a vampire? Had to eat somehow." He mumbled before he seemed to be distracted again. The only sound that she could make out were the sounds of pots and pans echoing in the kitchen, and Shouta's typing.
Inko knew that her life wasn't going to be the same again but, she felt like everything was the way it should be. Yet, what bothered her the most was what her dream had been about. Reaching into her pocket, the young woman saw that her phone had some charge left to it, but hoped that she would be able to charge her phone here at the very least. Sending a text to her parents, she asked if she could have the original journal. Because she wanted to learn the real story of her ancestor, not just what was redone over and over again.
Inko sighed softly, she knew her parents would fight her about the journal. As it was never meant to leave the house, no one was to know about the journal other than the next head of the clan, or the head of the clan's children. She knew that if it got down to it, she would have to get Toshinori to come with her so she could look at the book and hopefully have someone that could read the book out for her.
It was going to be a difficult task, but she knew that this was something that had to be done for her but what could she do about such a thing otherwise? It had her curious, was there anything written in the journal that could be related to the dream that she had? Hm… maybe she should ask Shouta if he could look that up as well but, was that pushing too much on him?
"Inko." Called a voice, causing her to look up and blink in confusion. "I need to ask you something."
"Um… sure?"
"Have you experienced anything odd since you've been with Toshi? At all? Anything odd, weird images in your head or even in dreams?"
Inko frowned a little at that. Since Toshinori was in her life? "I had a strange dream really, I was in a place that I didn't know but it seemed familiar to me if that made sense." Inko answered him. She frowned a little as she peeked up at Toshinori as she looked away and frowned a little in deep thought.
"Anything else? You seem rather distracted."
"I have noticed something odd when Toshinori bit me… I just figured it was because it was my first time being bitten but it felt like… something other than blood was taken." If that made any kind of sense, she hadn't really been that aware of anything other than the feel of his fangs in her neck and drinking her blood. To feel anything else was the furthest thing from her mind but it was strange to her, but at the same time she didn't complain about it as she… rather enjoyed the feeling.
"Interesting…" whispered Shouta before he went back to his typing.
Inko shook her head, the man could easily get lost in his 'research' if he wanted too she believed. Though, she couldn't help but wonder what it was that he would discover. What would they find about the man that had forced Toshinori to turn? What did the blood of a vampire do to a human after they had ingested it in the first place? Inko knew that it was being fed a vampire's blood that turned a human, but it had her curious as to what else was needed. That seemed… far too simple for a human to turn?
"Did you ever find anything Shouta?"
"The only thing I have discovered that it isn't a bite that turns a person, but at the same time it seems rather strange that it is also the blood that does it. Vampires can bleed, yes but at the same time they do not seem all that concerned about it. I know Toshinori was never worried about it." Shouta mumbled before he sighed and leaned back in his chair. It seemed that it was taking a lot of his mental energy to even look at anything.
It was a puzzling thing, they seemed so close yet at the same time so far from the truth. It was something that seemed to bother Shouta but he kept up on his search no matter what may come at him. Inko knew that he was doing this to help his father-figure out in a very difficult time in his life. Plus, even with all of the information being online compared to back then when Toshinori was still a freshly turned vampire, they were bound to find more information.
"Do you think you'll find anything?" asked Inko.
"I'm sure I can, I just need more information is all. Inko, have you noticed any kind of change with Toshinori at all lately?"
"He… he was sleeping when I woke up."
"…"
"What?"
"…"
"Shouta?"
"…"
"Say something please!"
"Sorry, I went into shock, but I could have sworn that you said he was asleep."
"I did… he was sound asleep when I woke up." Inko said with a blush on her face.
"That… that's impossible. How is that possible? There should be no way that he could have been asleep but you said… I have to search. I don't know what it is, but something had happened to him. I don't know what it was but… he drank from you right?"
"Yes?"
"Hm, so that has to mean something. What made it more different compared to you and everyone else? There has to be something that was different compared to when he bit myself-"
"And your boyfriend."
"Toshi told you about him didn't he?"
"He did."
"Damn it."
"I think he did because you told me about what a bite can do."
"Damn it Toshi." Muttered Shouta as he went back to work on the computer. "Whatever caused him to be able to sleep, I feel like it is connected to you somehow. I don't know what it is, but he has told me that when around you he feels like a human again but I don't know how such a thing is even possible. What next? He has a heartbeat? That would be a laugh."
Suddenly, a scream is heard in the kitchen, causing Inko and Shouta to stare at each other before rushing into the kitchen. They saw Toshinori sitting on the ground, trembling with his hand held just above his chest without making any kind of contact. It was as if the thought of reaching for his chest would have harmed him but it still confused the two humans in the room. Inko and Shouta looked at each other before turning to stare at Toshinori.
"Toshi?" said Shouta with a frown on his face.
Inko carefully made her way over to Toshinori and knelt next to him. "What's wrong?" She asked with concern in her green eyes. Toshinori just stared at her with wide blue eyes, his body trembling like a leaf as she wondered what had scared him so much. "Toshi?" She asked with a frown on her face. Toshinori quickly reached out and grabbed a hold of Inko's hand and placed it over his chest.
She was about to shake her head and pull her hand away from the man until something caught her attention. Inko blinked as she felt something under her hand. Looking back up at Toshinori as if to ask if she had really felt what she had thought that she felt. Removing her hand, Inko placed her ear against his chest as she closed her eyes to get a better idea if she had really heard…
Thump…
Eyes widening, Inko pulled her head away as she stared at Toshinori and blinked in shock. "Toshi… you have a heart beat…"
