HERE WE GO! I'm back and ready to begin again! Here is the long-anticipated Ch.38! I really hope you guys like it, but I have to admit that I kinda struggled with writing this one, especially near the beginning. So please forgive me if the writing isn't on par. I really tried.
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Ch.38 A Not-So-Happy Reunion
'I. Can't. Take. This!' Izuku Midoriya is internally panicking, breaking into a cold sweat, even so it feels like his own heart has stopped beating for far too long as if death itself is taunting him.
And right now he really wishes Death would just finish him off.
"I missed you.~"
"I missed you too my sweet spark~"
Gah, Izuku feels like he's going to hurl as he watches his parents be all lovey dovie from across the dinner table, rubbing their noses together and holding hands like lovestruck puppies.
Inko Midoriya gushes, her smile is as bright as it can be now that she has the love of her life back in her life. "Hisashi I can't tell you how happy I am to have you home!"
Hisashi Midoriya's emerald eyes gleam with joy. "Trust me Inko, I feel the same way." He bows, his messy dark hair falling over his eyes in shame. "I'm so sorry it took so long to happen, but as you know my job has been…taxing as of late. The mission took far longer than it should."
Inko offers up a sympathetic smile. "I understand, you did what you had to do. It's always been like that." Her smile widens in joy. "I was so excited when I received your last letter a few days ago. But it doesn't feel real until this moment."
Hisashi lights up. "And believe me things are going to change."
Inko gasps. "Do you mean?"
"Yes." Hisashi grips his love's hands and looks her right in the eye and makes a solemn vow. "Inko, I'm not going anywhere."
Tears well up in Inko's eyes, she even sniffles a little, out of pure joy. "Really?"
"Really, really. I'm here to stay."
Inko gasps and practically throws herself at her husband, enveloping him in a deep embrace that he happily returns, all before they exchange one big smooch.
"Blehh…" Izuku really isn't used to this and he definitely doesn't want to be. It's just so…weird and wrong at the same time.
And how did it even get here? This was supposed to be a normal dinner but then HE showed up unannounced and from out of nowhere! Okay that's not true, apparently Mom knew he was coming and she wanted to surprise him…boy was Izuku surprised.
As Hisashi and Inko settle down, Izuku's father finally draws his attention to him, a sad yet proud smile curves up on his lips as he eyes Izuku longingly. "I…really can't get over it."
Izuku gulps nervously. "Get…over what?"
Hisashi smiles, speaking softly like a man who's finally found the thing he once lost. "How much you've grown. You're really becoming something aren't you?"
Izuku isn't totally sure why but…something inside him…nervous almost like he's…scared "What…what are you saying?"
Hisashi, however, seems oblivious to Izuku's discomfort, smiling none-the-wiser. "I'm saying that, it's really great to see just the kind of person you're becoming."
Izuku remains quiet, his blood going cold as a sense of dread begins to swell up within him.
The turmoil of emotions must have shown on his face because Hisashi frowns concernedly for a moment, puzzled by Izuku's reaction.
Inko however missed the look on her son's face and is more concerned with Izuku's lack of response to his father. "Izuku, do you have anything you'd like to say to your father?"
Izuku averts his eyes sitting in miserable silence. He doesn't know exactly why but…but he just can't bring himself to be happy to have Hisashi home. But whatever it is…it's definitely making his stomach twist and turn making him feel like he has bile stuck in his stomach and it can't escape, letting the horrid emotions boil inside.
"There's so much I need to catch up on." Hisashi smiles softly figuring he might as well try to reach out himself. "So tell me, what have you been up to lately?"
Izuku's lips seal themselves, almost subconsciously as the pit of dread in his stomach continues to grow.
Inko frowns, disapprovingly, but Hisashi either hasn't noticed or isn't bothered by Izuku's reaction and instead continues to reach out with a friendly smile. "Oh, there's got to be something. What about friends? I'm sure you got plenty of those! So how about it, like to tell me about some of them?"
Izuku shrinks further into his seat, averting his gaze down and away from Hisashi.
Inko frowns, disappointed with her son's behavior. "Izuku." She scolds sternly.
Izuku shrinks back even further avoiding his mother's disapproving gaze.
Inko frowns ready to scold him, but Hisashi quickly holds her back. "It's fine." He's being remarkably patient but even Inko can tell that Hisashi's a bit put off by Izuku's behavior too. "I know. How's U.A. treating you? I bet it's changed a lot."
Izuku briefly looks up from the floor and knowing his mom's already not happy he decides he might as well try to respond. "Yeah, I guess." That's all he can bring himself to say.
Hisashi cracks a smile, glad he's getting somewhere at least. "Well, who are your teachers? I know All Might's, he's your favorite hero, right? What's he like?"
Izuku goes stock still, like a hand is clenched around his heart.
"I bet he's amazing! He's All Might after all!"
'Yeah, he is…' Izuku can't help to think, sadly.
"I bet you're happy to have him as your teacher. He even gave your medal at the Awards Ceremony."
The hand squeezing Izuku's heart squeezes even harder, stopping the flow of blood for a brief moment as dread boils up from the depths of Izuku's stomach. "What…?" Does that mean he…?
Hisashi is oblivious to Izuku's turmoil, going on with an excited smile. "Yeah, I saw you on TV during the Sports Festival, you were so great!"
Izuku gulps, his mind still trying to process it all. "You saw…?"
"Of course I did! And it was incredible! I'm so proud"
Really, now he's proud? Was…was he not proud before?
"And your…Quirk. It's so cool! And you're so talented with it, it's astounding!"
And like that, Izuku can feel everything around him shatter like someone took a bat and took a big swing at his frail heart. "Is that why…you came back?"
"Huh?" Hisashi frowns leaning forward. "I'm sorry what was that?"
Izuku's hair casts over his eyes, shrouding them away from his parents. His breathing is quiet, deadly silent, and he speaks with a heavy yet soft tone. "Why did you come back?"
"Um, because of work. I got reassigned back here in Japan."
"Really? Then…" Izuku's fists clench from under the table, he doesn't understand it, but he feels…frustrated? No that's not it, but whatever it is, it's eating at him from within. "What was it?"
Hisashi frowns even more confused.
Izuku, still looking away, finally asks the big question. "What kept you away for so long?"
A stunned silence washes over the table, both parents and even Izuku seem taken back and surprised by the sudden question. No, it wasn't a question. It's a demand.
Hisashi's face washes with worry and sadness, but he doesn't speak allowing Izuku the time he needs to process.
With a shaky breath Izuku continues. "Why now? Why now of all times?"
Hisashi understands the question right away. "Izuku. I wanted to be here sooner, I really did, but my work…" He doesn't know how to explain it, his eyes momentarily shifting to his wife, who hadn't noticed his gaze.
That sounds like an excuse, and for some reason that gets to Izuku. "That's another thing…" He sounds…angry, his teeth clenched as his fists clench even harder. "What exactly were you doing that whole time?"
"Excuse me?"
Izuku gazes up at his father, who flinches back at all the boiling fury behind his emerald eyes. "Where were you? What were you doing? You already know what I was up to, so what about you?"
Hisashi is taken back, but he frowns apologetically. "…As part of the… Self-Defense Force, I…I'm not allowed to discuss that."
"Meaning you don't trust us." Izuku spits out accusingly. "So…so why should I trust you!"
Inko snaps. "Izuku! That's no way to talk to your father." She raised him better than that!
"Father?!" Izuku snaps too, his bottled-up frustration spilling out. "I barely know him!"
The harsh truth sweeps across the little household, all the cheeriness and warmth washing away as Izuku finally snaps.
"If he was my dad then he would have been here! He would have been helping you, helping me, but he wasn't! Instead he's off doing who-knows-what? And whatever it is he's not even willing to share!" Izuku is hurting, it feels like his insides are on fire! Tears streaming down in face, as if expelling the sadness and frustration he's feeling. "How do we even know you were faithful?"
Inko gasps. "Izuku!"
"Quirkless!" roars Izuku.
That silences them all once again.
Izuku tries to take a breath, but it feels like he's choking down air. "When the doctor said I was Quirkless…where were you?"
Hisashi blinks, rattled by it all. "Izuku…I…"
"You were gone." Izuku doesn't bother, he doesn't want to hear another stupid excuse. "And finally after I got myself a Quirk…you come back. So, why?" Izuku glares right at the matching set of eyes before him. "Why now? Why did you come back?"
Hisashi's mouth gaps open and close like a fish gasping for its breath. Not a single word is able to escape his lips and so he goes silent, unable to look his own child in the eye.
That's not going to do! The growing anger erupts forward and Izuku finally roars out in outrage, springing out of his seat. "Is it…is it because your pathetic son finally has a QUIRK?!"
"No!" Hisashi shouts back defiantly, hastily shooting out in his seat too! "Izuku I never left because of you! I swear!"
"YOU ABANDONED US!" Izuku roars out that there's no doubt their neighbors heard him. "You not only left me, but you left Mom to raise me all on her own! How could you do that?!"
Hisashi's hurt, more than hurt actually. "Izuku, I promise you I…I didn't have a choice."
Izuku scoffs, growling under his breath. "We all have a choice…"
And with that Izuku's had more than enough excuses, storming off for his room without a bit of dinner.
"Izuku!" Inko calls after him but Hisashi holds her back. "What are you…?"
Hisashi shakes his head sorrowfully. As he sits back down he knows that if they do anything else it'll only make things worse.
Inko frowns worriedly. "Hisashi…"
"No…I deserved that."
"Honey…"
"I…should have expected this…" A sad smile graces Hisashi's lips, like he knows it's the sad truth. "I've been gone for too long… And so in a sense he's right…unintentionally, I did abandon you both."
"Hisashi…"
"I think we all just…need some time to adjust." Hisashi tries to offer his wife the most comforting smile that he can right now. "I promise we can get through this."
Inko hesitantly agrees, she has to believe that it will get better. Izuku will come around, he has to. "Yeah, as a family."
Hisashi, already feeling a bit better, takes his wife's hands into his own and gazes up at her with all the love in the world. "Of course."
Meanwhile, Izuku slams the door to his room with a bang before slamming his back against it. His breathing is fast and shaky like his lungs are on fire, and his head's pounding like someone's jackhammering away at it.
'Why? Why now?' He slides down the door and collapses onto the ground, holding his head as he tries to make sense of all these strange emotions swirling in the pits of his stomach.
As he sits there his gaze wanders over to his open closet and there sitting in the back, hidden away and casted in the shadows is his dark secret. A little shoe box filled with his father's letters, letters he never bothered to even open.
Izuku whips his head away, not wanting to see anything related to that man right now. "Where have you been…?"
*DING! DONG!*
The bell rings, signaling the end of homeroom.
"All right. That's it for homeroom." Shota Aizawa files away the stack of worksheets at the podium. "There's only one week left before your final exams begin. I'm sure you're all studying constantly, right?" That's a rhetorical question of course. "Don't forget to keep training. The written exam is only one element. There's also the practical portion to worry about." Aizawa heads for the door opening it up before taking one last look at his class. "Good luck."
And so he leaves and the moment he shuts the door the class is springing out of their seats in an uproar.
Especially Denki Kaminari and Mina Ashido, Kaminari [20th] cries out in despair while Mina [19th] laughs it off like it's a hilarious joke. "I've barely even taken notes this semester!"
Kaminari grabs his head. "And with the Sports Festival and internship, I didn't have time to read the textbook."
Fumikage Tokoyami [14th] seems calm but he bears the exact same cross. "It's true that we haven't had very much free time lately." Like that would explain his grades.
Rikido Sato [12th] leans over to talk to Koji Koda [11th]. "We barely learned anything when we took our midterms so they didn't seem all that hard, but I'm kinda worried about these."
Koji nods in agreement.
Sato continues. "We've been through a lot, and they probably won't pull any punches when it comes to testing us."
Nearby, Minoru Mineta overhears and gives his classmates a very overconfident and cocky smirk from his desk. "As someone ranked in the top ten, I'm not that concerned." Yeah who would have guessed that he'd get 9th place out of the whole class?!
Kaminari and Mina still can't believe it. "WHAT!? You were ninth in the midterms?!"
Even Mina can't find this funny. "Aw, man, and here I thought you were one of us!"
Kaminari cries out in anguish. "Don't you know weirdo little creeps like you are only likable if they're kind of stupid?! Who's going to love you now?!"
Mineta, still acting cocky smirks up at the morons. "Everyone. Trust me."
"Mina, Kaminari!"
The two morons peer over and see Ochaco Uraraka [13th] smiling at them, although calling it a smile is a stretch.
Ochaco looks like death is upon her, but despite that she puts on a mask of optimism that isn't fooling a soul. "W-we c-can't give up h-hope, we can still pass." She says in a shaky voice, although she has clearly given up all hopes of passing.
Mina's antennas twitch. "Don't feed us false hope!"
"No, Uraraka is right!" Tenya Iida [2nd] stands tall at the front of the class. "As class rep, I have high hopes that we'll make U.A. proud!"
Shoto Todoroki [5th] stares blankly at them all. "It's pretty hard to fail if you just pay attention in class, isn't it?"
Ochaco winces in pain, his cold calm stare just makes the comment hurt that much more.
Kaminari despairs clenching at his heart. "Why you gotta cut me down like that?!"
But here's a saving grace, their savior appears in the form of Momo Yaoyorozu [1st]. "Hey, don't worry about it, you two, I can catch you up to speed on the important topics, if you want."
Kaminari and Mina are so grateful; they literally sing her praises. "You're the best, Yao-momo!"
Yaoyorozu wants to be glad, but she slouches in her seat in despair. "I'm afraid I won't be any help when it comes to the practical, though."
Kyoka Jiro [7th] shyly approaches her. "I've been studying, but…could you help me out, too?" She holds up her notebook. "I'm having some trouble understanding quadratic functions."
Yaoyorozu is surprised, she didn't think Jiro would need her help too. "Really?"
Hanta Sero [17th] leaps in, clapping his hands together, begging for her help too. "Tutor me, please! Classical Japanese is killin' me!"
"Is there room for one more?" Mashirao Ojiro [8th] strolls up with an embarrassed smile. "I'm afraid I'm falling behind a little."
All three look to Yaoyorozu and beg. "Pretty please!"
Yaoyorozu gasps in delight, her eyes sparkling with joy. "Wonderful!" She springs out of seat, fully determined to help them! "Yes, let's do it!"
All three cheer in unison. "All right!"
Yaoyorozu takes the lead, already having a plan. "Okay, then. We can hold a study session at my residence over the weekend."
Mina gasps in surprise. "Seriously?! I can't wait to see your fancy digs!"
Yaoyorozu is so happy she's radiating with joy and delight. She's so happy that everyone can feel all the positive energy bouncing off of her in waves. "Oh! I must call Mother and have her prepare the great hall for us to set up; it'll be the perfect spot."
The group of five goes pale, taken back by her comment.
Kaminari and Jiro stand stock still in surprise. 'Great hall?'
Yaoyorozu's so overjoyed, she doesn't notice the stunned look. "What kind of tea does everyone like? I'll have her make sure we're stocked."
Ojiro and Sero internally gasp. 'That's overkill!'
Yaoyorozu continues to gush with happiness, totally oblivious to them as joy and delight bounce off her. "In my family, we always drink Harrods or Wedgewood, so if you have any other preference, let me know!" She spins around as if to declare her intentions to the world. "When we're finished, you'll all be model students! I'll make it my personal duty to push you forward."
The group of future model students all just smile on not wanting to spoil her mood.
Kaminari puts on the best forced smile that he can. 'Is she humble bragging? Or does she not even realize what she's saying?'
Jiro's smile is equally as forced. 'She's so excited and bouncy that I don't even care.'
Kaminari goes ahead and speaks up. "About that tea, I'm not so sure about the harry one."
Yaoyorozu frowns. "No, it's from Harrods."
Eijirou Kirishima [15th] grins after listening in to them, but he goes ahead and turns back towards Bakugou. "Sounds like I should be studying with her."
Katsuki Bakugou [3rd] takes offense to that! "You think I don't know enough?! Maybe I should beat the lessons into your skull!"
Despite the threat, Kirishima laughs it off. "I'm counting on it."
Nearby, Mezo Shoji [10th] strolls by Yuga Aoyama's desk, the latter acting all suave and showy as ever. "Hah. Everyone's panicking right now, but it won't do them any good to cram this late in the game."
Shoji frowns. "Shouldn't you be more concerned? You didn't do very well in the midterms."
Aoyama's facade breaks if only for a few seconds. "Are you talking about moi? I did just fine, thank you." If you call 18th place fine that is?
Ochaco takes it all in and seeing everyone getting themselves geared up to work hard is affecting her too. It's like she's getting secondhand encouragement by watching them all! And you bet she's going to work her ass off too for the exams!
"Are you ready, De…ku?" She hadn't noticed until now but…Deku's just been sitting in silence at his desk all morning.
Weird, usually he'd give his thoughts on things by now, especially school stuff. Huh, maybe he didn't get enough sleep, he does look tired and his eyes look a little puffy and red too.
'Maybe I should check on him?' As she's about to, the bell rings and Present Mic bursts through the door. 'Oops! Later then.'
"Oohh! Guys, I'm freaking out!" Ochaco drops her head down onto the lunch table in defeat. "I bet the practical exam's going to be insane!"
Seated beside her are Tsuyu Asui and Toru Hagakure while sitting across from them are Tenya, Shoto, Izuku, and even Hitoshi Shinso who they practically dragged to their table.
Tenya prepares himself to dig into his meal. "Hard to believe they'd give us anything too crazy."
Tsuyu [6th] thinks about it for a moment. "Well the written Exam shouldn't be a problem. It'll be all stuff from class after all."
Shinso is a bit more skeptical. "Yeah, but do you really think the practical is going to be just as simple?"
Hagakure [16th] has to agree. "It's a comprehensive test of everything we learned this year."
Tsuyu nods. "Yup, and that's about all we could get Mr. Aizawa to tell us."
Ochaco frowns, picking her head off the table. "Huh, so then it'll cover combat training and rescue training. Oh, and basic training."
Shinso shrinks down into his seat, feeling very uneasy all of a sudden. "But some of us are… admittedly behind then the rest of you."
Ochaco frowns worriedly. "Don't be like that, Shinso."
Hagakure leans over the table. "Yeah I'm sure you'll be fine."
"Of course he will!" proclaims Tenya a bit too loudly! "He is a member of the Hero Course now! There's no doubt you'll be able to pass."
Shinso looks away trying and failing to hide his smile.
Todoroki continues to slurp up his soba. "Just be sure you all remember to study for the written exam. *SLURP!*" As he slurps away his judgmental gaze falls towards Ochaco.
Ochaco flinches under his gaze. A part of her is certainly offended, but what's worse is that…he's right.
Noticing her discomfort, Tsuyu and Hagakure can't help but laugh at her expense.
As Ochaco reels back from the insult, she notices that once again Izuku's off to the side with a faraway look in his eye. He still hasn't said a word, actually he hasn't said a word all day not even during class!
"Hey Deku."
He doesn't answer, heck he doesn't even seem to hear her.
The others all look at Izuku wondering why he didn't reply, but all they get is him staring silently at his food.
Hagakure whispers into Tsuyu's ear. "Is…he okay?"
"He's been like that all day." Tsuyu replies in a hushed voice.
Ochaco gasps. "You noticed too, huh?"
They all look back towards the greenette, unsure what could have him in such a state. But they could only guess what he could be thinking about.
'Why?' That's the number one question that's been running through Izuku's mind since late last night.
Why is Hisashi back? Why now? And what is Izuku feeling? He doesn't get any of it. Everything just feels so wrong and weird, like something's boiling inside of him every time he thinks about it.
"Um, Deku?"
He still can't hear it, lost in his own worries and turmoil.
Tenya, unable to sit by any longer, grabs Izuku's shoulder. "Midoriya?"
And like that, Izuku snapped out of his trance! "Huh?" He blinks and a part of him wonders when he even arrived at the cafeteria. "Y-yes…?"
Everyone at the table internally gasps. 'Did he not hear a thing?'
Tenya frowns worriedly. "We were wondering what you think about the exams coming up."
Izuku slouches over, he ponders for a moment before speaking. "Oh, um I thin-Ah!" Izuku yelps out in pain, grabbing the back of his head after rudely being elbowed.
"Oh, sorry." Says a very annoying and overly confident voice.
Wincing, Izuku spins around and finds Neito Monoma was the one who elbowed him. The guy looks just as cocky as ever, holding a tray of expensive food with even a wine glass!
Monoma snickers. "Your head's so big that it's hard to miss."
The entire table internally screeches. 'What the hell dude?!'
Izuku winces, turning away. Feeling even more discomfort and the boiling in his stomach increases, he can almost feel his patience being wielded away at this point.
Tenya frowns disapprovingly up at Monoma. "If I'm not mistaken, you're from Class 1-B correct? Monoma, wasn't it?" With that Tenya shoots out of his seat, his arms karate chopping the air. "Please be sure to condone yourself! That was extremely rude and uncalled-"
"I heard you guys stumbled across the Hero Killer." Monoma taunts looking at the rest of the table.
Tenya gasps. 'He ignored me!'
While Tenya gasps the rest that actually were part of the Stain incident glare up at Monoma. They can already tell this is going somewhere that they don't want it to go.
Monoma smirks down at them, sticking his chin up to be sure he's literally looking down on them. "Just like in the Sports Festival, Class 1-A isn't happy unless they're the center of attention." His shifty eyes drift over to Izuku who's been shrinking away in his seat from the start. "Especially you, the supposed Rising Star." He spits it out like it's an insult.
Izuku frowns, feeling his patience getting cut away even more.
"But you do realize you're not in the spotlight because you're a good hero, right? It's just that you keep getting into so much trouble."
Ochaco's glare hardens and even Tsuyu and Hagakure are starting to lose their cools too, glaring up at Monoma for daring to target their friend and classmate.
Monoma looks very satisfied with himself, happy that he's getting a rise out of them. And so he decides to hit it home with this one! "Here's food for thought: Someday the rest of us might get caught up in your mess, and then we'll all become unwitting victims as well."
Izuku worriedly bites his lip, because…he's right. One day that might just happen, the Omnitrix has painted a giant target on his back…or rather on his wrist! Who knows what trouble will come knocking next? And…that scares him.
Monoma's smirk widens, he's practically gleeful he got to Izuku. And now with his ego stroked he doesn't realize that he should cut his losses before he goes way too far. "What kind of horrible villains will you bring down upon us? What demons-"
*CHOP!*
And he's down!
"That's not funny, Monoma." Itsuka Kendo scolds the annoying blonde as she catches him by the back of his shirt, as well as catching his tray of food. "You heard what happened to Iida! Chill out."
Tenya gasps in surprise. "Kendo."
"I apologize for him." Kendo offers up an apologetic smile to the table. "I'm pretty sure there's a hole where his heart should be."
Their eyes all cast down to Monoma's limp body, hanging under Kendo's strong grip.
Ochaco's just a little bit terrified. 'He's…out cold!'
Izuku eyes Monoma's limp form and…shamefully he can't help but feel just a bit better.
Kendo hesitantly and shyly smiles down at Ochaco. "Hey Uraraka."
"Y-Yes?!"
"I was wondering." Kendo looks away rather shyly. "If you wanted to meet after class and train?"
"Train?"
"Yeah." Kendo smiles excitedly. "Remember at the Sports Festival we talked about sparing and about me teaching you some moves."
Ochaco lights up, they talked about after the Cavalry battle! "Oh, yeah!"
"Well we can start after school. I think it'd be really beneficial for the both of us."
"Oh, yeah, sure. I'd love to!"
"Great!" Kendo looks absently delighted. She needs to get better too and there's no better way than to take on the person who came in first place!
Wait, there was something else she wanted to say to them. "Mm. So I was listening…" Kendo scans the cafeteria making sure no teachers are within ear shot. "I know you're all worried about what's going to be on the big final practical. I heard it's gonna be combat against robots, like the entrance exam."
The entire table sits up at attention.
"What?" gasps Ochaco.
Hagakure tilts her head. "Really?"
Even Izuku looks surprised.
Shoto frowns up at her curiously. "How do you know that?"
Kendo rubs the back of her head out of embarrassment. "One of my friends who's a few grades up filled me in. I know. Cheating. But oh, well."
"That'll be so great!" cheers Ochaco.
Hagakure nods, raising her hands into the air. "Yeah it will!"
"Robots would make the test incredibly easy!" adds Tenya but then he notices that not everyone feels the same.
Shinso actually looks scared, sweating bullets and his face going pale as if an invisible Aizawa is strangling the boy with an invisible capture scarf around his neck.
Ochaco cries out in fright. "Shinso?!"
Tsuyu cups her chin. "Oh, right…your Quirk won't work on robots will it?"
Shinso shakily responds. "No…it won't." He sounds frustrated, and for good reason, robots were part of the reason he couldn't even get into the Hero Course!
"Don't worry Shinso!" Ochaco throws her fist into the air! "I'm rooting for ya!"
Shoto puts down his empty bowl of soba and speaks with a rather bored tone. "With all your special training, not even you'll struggle against them."
The coloring returns to Shinso's face in full force, like for real his entire face's red now!
The table and Kendo laugh at his embarrassing blush but as they laugh Izuku quietly chimes in. "No…"
The table quiets down and looks to him to explain himself.
"I don't think that's…right. Robots just sound way too…easy." That just doesn't sound like U.A. not at all. Especially not something Principal Nezu would go for.
"What kind of idiot are you, Kendo?" Oh, it seems Monoma has woken up. "You just gave away our whole strategic advantage."
The table and Kendo glare down at Monoma who's really desperate to cut them down now. "This was our chance to finally pull ahead of that class full of idiots. EH!"
And with another chop, he's out cold once again!
"They're not the idiots!" Kendo scolds as she literally drags him away.
The table watches them go and Ochaco can't help but think. 'I'm getting a big sister vibe from her.'
As they watch the big sister figure go, Ochaco changes her focus back to Deku but she finds him staring down at his food again in silence.
'What's going on with you?'
Eventually the end of the school day comes around and those that were able to get answers from Kendo were finally able to get the rest of the class into the know.
"All right!" Both Kaminari and Mina cheer out, grateful for the news!
They're both extremely happy and they even seem to be way calmer than before.
Especially Kaminari who's grinning like an idiot. "This'll be super easy if it's just robots!"
Mina cheers! "Such awesome news!"
Shoji frowns, he just doesn't get it at all. "Why do you sound so happy? You both have a hard time controlling your Quirks."
Despite that, Kaminari is still overjoyed. "Yeah! But I can let loose with robots!"
Mina is just as optimistic! "And melting them'll be a cinch for me!"
Sero grins and chimes in. "Now you just need Yaoyorozu to help you study and you'll be all set for finals."
The two morons cheer out in unison. "We'll definitely be able to go to the training camp now!"
Ochaco stares at her fist. 'I need to get stronger. I need to be ready.'
"It shouldn't matter if it's robots or actual people."
Everyone's attention is drawn to the front of the room where Bakugou is glaring up a storm. "Why are you morons so excited?"
Instantly Kaminari and Mina get upset.
Kaminari even points an accusing finger at the mad bomber! "Hey, who are you calling a moron?!"
"Shut up!" barks the ash-blonde!
Both Kaminari's and Mina's faces pale in fear as they go quiet.
"You need to learn how to control your Quirk! Ya got it?!" The scowling Bakugou scans the rest of the class until his eyes land on his next target. "Hey! Deku!"
Izuku snaps out of his trance, once again being lost in his worries, but as he looks up and meets Bakugou's furious gaze, he can't help but allow for the stewing sense of irritation to boil within him.
"It's bullshit." He growls his red eyes flaring in anger. "You shouldn't be as good as you are, and there's no way a loser like you could ever out stage me!" But he has. "You were never meant to. Do you really think you can surpass me? If you do." His glare hardens. "Then it's seriously pissing me off."
"Uh-oh." Ochaco silently gasps as she approaches Mina and Kaminari. "He must mean how Deku took down the Hero Killer."
Mina nods. "Oh, yeah, totally."
Bakugou twirls around and glares right at the brunette. "This goes for you too, Uraraka!"
Ochaco yelps in fright at being called out!
"I won't hand over another win like in the festival."
Ochaco frowns, glaring back just as defiantly.
As for Izuku well, his hair casts a dark shadow over his eyes as he gazes downward. How dare he, how dare he mock and deny everything he's accomplished up till now. He's had to work just as hard as everyone else. It's not fair! It's not right!
"We'll be getting individual scores in the upcoming finals. New rankings." Bakugou growls, aiming his finger at Izuku, and declaring for all to hear. "So we'll all know exactly where we're standing! I'll show you all how much better I am."
With his intentions out in the open, his declaration has put the entire class on edge. The entire room feels tense and heavy especially as the students look between Izuku and his tormentor. They're not sure why but in that moment many of them could have sworn that they heard something snap!
"Bakugou." Izuku's voice is soft, yet far away, almost like he's in a trance, lost in his own world. A world of swirling confusing emotions. In that moment Izuku could feel all the frustration, anger, irritation, and loss that's accumulated since his father came home, since Monoma berated him, and now when his long-time (too long) tormentor dares to spit dirt on his hard work!
With a shaky breath, his fists clenching so tight they turn white, the maddening Izuku peers through his green locks, his emerald gaze piercing into Bakugou's and with a dangerously soft voice he speaks. "At least I'm not a whinny bitch…"
The entire room is thrown into a stunned state of shock. Everyone's breath hitches, even their hearts stop in place, as they all take in the words that have left Midoriya's mouth, THE Midoriya's mouth. Words that they never thought he'd even be capable of pronouncing…he stated with such defiance and anger. It's almost…terrifying. Hell even Bakugou looks like he's just taken a punch to the face!
With nothing else to say, Izuku grabs his bag and marches off, not daring to meet anyone's eyes, not at all proud of his little moment. And after marching past the stunned Bakugou, he's gone.
As the door gently shuts behind him, Bakugou finally snaps out of his shock. His face turning red and furious with anger. And with a huff he turns and stomps off, throwing the door open before stomping away to leave too! Upset that Deku somehow once again got the better of him again!
As the door shuts behind him, the rest of the class is finally able to breathe again. Some even sigh in relief. They never thought they'd ever see Midoriya angry, not ever! And honestly a pissed off Midoriya fighting a pissed off Bakugou doesn't sound that fun for anyone.
Meanwhile, just outside the doorway, Mr. Aizawa is leaned up against the wall with a clipboard in his hands as he watches Bakugou's retreating form. 'Bakugou… You're getting worse than I thought.' He frowns, sighing as he shakes his head in disappointment. 'You even managed to get to Midoriya…'
Just what will he have to do with the two of you? What will it take for the two of them to move on?
The weekend finally rolls around, and for Izuku it could not have come sooner. Things at school have been…awkward to say the least, especially after his little…outburst in front of everyone. Thankfully the class seemed to have all decided to give him his space, which honestly, he's really grateful about.
*Yawn!* "Oh, morning Izuku."
Izuku's mood instantly drops as he rounds the corner to the bathroom and finds Hisashi standing there in his maroon bathrobe in the middle of the hallway. Stuck in his mouth is a toothbrush and he's holding what Izuku assumes is coffee.
Hisashi removes the toothbrush. "Morning, champ. How'd you sleep?"
Izuku instantly turns away heading for his room, leaving Hisashi to gape and flail about in a panic. It's been like this for the last few days, with Izuku doing all that he can to not interact with that man. But Hisashi is clearly determined and has tried to reach out on several occasions, but all it's led to are awkward encounters and forced smiles. And today is no different.
And so not wanting to be stuck at home with the one person he can't stand to be around right now, Izuku grabs his favorite black and green hoodie, slings it on, and heads for the door.
Hearing the door unlock, Inko is thrown into a panic as she scrambles into the hallway. "Izuku what about breakfast?!"
Izuku doesn't even bother to look at her. "I'm not hungry." And with a shut of the door, he's gone and out of sight.
"Oh, dear." Tears have already started to well up in Inko's eyes as she begins to worry. "Where is he going? Is he alright, maybe I should-?"
"He's okay." Hisashi states as calmly and reassuringly as he can. "Like we discussed he just needs time."
Inko sighs in defeat. "Yeah, you're right. But I still can't help but worry."
"And that's fine, it's okay to worry." Hisashi slowly turns away and heads for the bedroom. "Alright I'm going to go get ready."
"Oh are you off too?"
"Yeah, after eating I gotta head out. Now that I'm back in town." Hisashi throws his wife a giant grin. "There's a few friends I need to go see."
*Hiccup! Belch!* "Excuse me…" Izuku slouches over the store counter, sinking into his seat after downing another glass. "Why…?"
God he feels awful, he thought coming here would help distract him but his stomach feels even more queasy than before. Damn it! He just can't seem to get a handle on his emotions! It's all so confusing, right now!
"Another…"
Mr. Baumann goes ahead and refills Izuku's glass.
The moment it's filled Izuku chugs it down like a shot, all before collapsing his head back onto the counter. "Gah!
Mr. Baumann deadpans. "Stop with the theatrics. It's only soda."
"Another!"
Mr. Bauman's glare hardens as he recollects how much Izuku's already had. "I think you've had enough."
"Mr. Baumann, please…"
"Just be happy I haven't kicked you out yet."
Out of fear, Izuku straightens up in his seat. "No, please just let me stay a little while." He's begging!
He doesn't have to beg for long because Mr. Baumann has already given in. "Fine. But the moment you cause trouble, you're out! You understand me?"
"Yes!"
Mr. Baumann accepts the answer with a nod of approval. And so he heads off for the back of the store counter, probably to go get some more soda.
As alien customers browse the aisles for groceries, Izuku finds himself alone at the counter and so he decides to lay his head down for a little bit. In truth one reason he came here was that he knew that there was no way Hisashi would ever appear in a place like this! He just really needs some space away from the guy, for some reason every time he's near him his stomach gets all twisty and gross inside. Like something's boiling in his stomach, but what he doesn't know.
"You look…miserable." Says a new arrival.
Izuku instantly spins around in a panicked haste to see just who called him out! "Uraraka?"
Sure enough Ochaco's standing just behind him with a worried smile and her phone in her hand.
"What are you doing here?"
"I uh…" She smiles sheepishly as she holds up her phone. "Got a text from a 'concerned citizen'."
Izuku's rightfully confused, what kind of citizen would call Uraraka about him?
Unbeknownst to him, Ochaco's gaze slowly drifts over to the side. And she spots Mr. Baumann peeking out from the corner.
"So." She takes a seat beside her friend. "Wanna tell me what's been eating you?"
Izuku panics! "Nothing's been eating me!"
Ochaco isn't convinced, and her whole face says so too.
Izuku cowers away under her judgmental gaze. "W-what?"
"Deku, something's clearly bothering you. We can all see it."
"We?"
"Our friends. We're all really worried about you. You've been acting really weird, lately. And we don't like it."
Izuku doesn't know what to say. Instead he stares down at his empty glass contemplating what to say.
He looks back at Ochaco who gives him a comforting look. "You can tell me."
Izuku stares back down at his glass and finally after another moment of contemplating he decides maybe it'd be best to share exactly what's troubling him. "He…he came back."
Ochaco blinks in confusion. "Who? Who came back?"
"Hisashi came back." Izuku takes a deep breath before exhaling. "My…father came home."
"Ohhhh. Is that it?" Ochaco's totally confused. 'I feel like I'm missing something here.'
Izuku shivers in his seat, the unsettling and boiling feeling in his gut just won't quiet will it?
"Do you…wanna talk about it?"
Izuku shakes his head. "Not really…"
And so they both sit in silence, Ochaco allowing Izuku the time he needs to come around. And after a little while he finally speaks up especially after the boiling in his stomach settles down a bit. "I…I hate it."
"Hate what?"
"This feeling. This feeling of…of…I don't know!" Izuku shouts exasperatedly! "I just feel so lost and I guess angry? Maybe? I don't know. It's just all so weird having him home for the first-time in years."
"Years?' Ochaco is almost nervous to ask. "How many years?"
Izuku shakes before answering. "He's been gone…ever since I was diagnosed as Quirkless."
"That long?!' Holy cow that's a long time! No wonder they're having issues!
"He left us." Izuku continues needing to get all of this off his chest while he has the chance. "And all he has to say for it is his job took him away. And sure he says he wanted to come home, but he didn't! So he just shows up and what expects us, expects me to be happy for him? He should have been there from the start. He should never have left!" It's so absurd and crazy! "And what's worse is that I don't want to be upset, I want to be happy, but I can't." Especially with all the twisting and boiling in the depths of his heart and stomach. "I feel so…so wrong and I don't know why."
"Deku…" Ochaco can't help but worry, she can almost hear the underlying anger in Izuku's voice. But mostly she can hear just how much pain he's really in. Whatever the relationship is between these two, they need to work it out otherwise it might just get worse. "I get you're feeling…off, and that's okay. You just need time." Also, oh boy how can she say this? "And maybe you're just jumping to conclusions."
Izuku raises an eyebrow.
So, Ochaco continues. "I mean maybe he really did want to come home, but his job kept him super busy or was like really strict."
Ochaco can relate to both aspects. Due to her financial troubles, Ochaco can recall days when her father or mother had to stay at work for long periods of time due to the workload or demands of their client. She recalls even having to spend time at her grandparents' or being watched by her neighbors for periods of times; whenever, her parents took on a difficult or long distance job.
Ochaco frowns as this all comes to her mind. "You don't know. And you won't know not until you at least talk to him."
"I did talk to him!"
"But did you 'talk' to him?" questions Ochaco.
Admittedly… No he didn't. He didn't give Hisashi a real chance to explain himself, did he? "No…I didn't."
"Then maybe you should."
Izuku ponders her words for a moment or two allowing silence to wash over them with only the sound of customers going about their business filling the void.
And after another moment of silence, Izuku breaks it with a heavy sigh. "Yeah, I probably should." He reaches at his heart. "But will it stop how I'm feeling?"
"I don't know." Ochaco replies honestly. "All I know is that you need to fix this before it gets any worse."
"Gets worse?"
"Yeah, Deku…seeing you snap at Bakugou was…let's just say out of character for you. And no one is comfortable about it."
Izuku smiles sheepishly out of embarrassment. It's nice to hear that others care about him, but also embarrassing they had to see him snap like that.
"But then again I'm glad to see you standing up to him." Ochaco waves a disappointed finger at him. "Even so you can't let your anger build up too much."
"Angry?! I wasn't angry?" Izuku shakes his head, denying everything.
"Well whatever the case." Ochaco places a hand on his shoulder and tells him straight up. "You need an outlet."
*Crash!*
"Eeeekkk!"
"Somebody help!"
Ochaco and Izuku wheel around at the sounds of crashing and aliens screaming just as an alien crashes out of the store aisle and makes a run for it.
The alien looks like a large pink caterpillar that's wearing a large life-support power suit. The suit is silver with purple and black accents, but the most prominent feature is the large glass dome over the alien's head, it almost looks like a bubble in fact. A Bubble Helmet if you will.
Bubble Helmet takes off down the aisle, right towards the hero students, with a large grin on his face and a purse gripped tightly in his hand. Behind him an alien woman is screaming bloody murder for her purse's return!
Izuku actually smirks, looks like he found a good outlet after all.
Bubble Helmet grins, laughing back at the cursing victim. "Haha so long losers-Ooof!" Bubble Helmet slams into something big, bouncing back and falling to the ground with a thud. He grips his helmet and shakes his head before snarling up at the interloper. "Hey watch where you're going will ya?!"
Four Arms grins down at the robber, standing tall and as menacing as possible. "You picked a really bad day to rob someone." Especially because he's not in the best of moods right now.
Bubble Helmet shoves himself off the ground and despite the obvious size difference he still acts defiant. "Oh, yeah and who's gonna stop me? You and what?" He peers around Four Arms and spots Ochaco at the counter. "A little girl? Haha! Yeah, I'm so scared."
"Naw, you should be scared of my other friends." Four Arms lifts up his fists one after the other starting with his upper right fist. "Meet Claw," He lifts his left fist, "The Hammer," he raises his lower left fist "Slamson," and with a cheeky smile he introduces his lower right fist. "And Lil Poundcake."
Bubble Helmet raises an eyebrow, not at all intimidated. "Oh, yeah well I gotta friend too." And with a draw of his free hand, he aims a freaking laser gun at the red hulk! "Eat laser, dumbass!"
"Get down!" Four Arms springs into action, spinning around and grabbing Ochaco all before leaping behind the counter for cover just as Bubble Helmet releases a hail of lasers at them both!
"Hahahaha!"
Four Arms and Ochaco duck down under the counter as bits and pieces of it shatter and are blasted away by the intense laser fire.
Holder her head down in cover, Ochaco snaps up at Four Arms. "Why didn't you just grab him?!" Seriously that's all he had to do but instead he talked his ear off!
Four Arms ducks down avoiding a laser to the head. "Then I'd miss out on all the witty-banter!"
"Eh?!"
"Izuku!"
Four Arms and Ochaco peer over to see that Mr. Baumann is cowering nearby. "You promised not to cause trouble!" He shouts accusingly!
"It's not my fault! I swear!" Cries the hulking red mass!
Ochaco mumbles under her breath. "It kinda is…"
"Fine then." Despite the incoming laser fire, Four Arms leaps up and grips the counter and with a few pulls he rips the counter right out of the ground!
"NO! My store!"
"Take. This!" With a mighty swing Four Arms chucks the counter right at Bubble Helmet.
"Whoa!" Bubble Helmet fires at the counter but it's not enough and so he ducks allowing the counter to fly over his helmet! "You're crazy!"
No, he's a genius. Because that counter was just cover fire allowing Four Arms the opening he needed to charge in close.
"I got you!" Four Arms throws his hands forward but Bubble Helmet is far limber than he looks and so he leaps away, out of Four Arms' reach.
From behind the counter Mr. Baumann cries out! "Don't you dare break anything else!"
"Don't worry, I won't!" Four Arms charges in, his fist reeled back.
Bubble Helmet has no chance to defend as Four Arm's fist comes flying in and slams against his helmet!
And with one hit Bubble Helmet goes down, and the helmet breaks away leaving a gaping hole in it.
Four Arms holds his pose, feeling very confident and proud of himself for how he handled things, but the situation is short-lived as Bubble Helmet cries out in anguish!
"Gah!1 I can't breathe. I can't breathe!" He's suffocating!
A green gas is pouring out of the gaping hole, whatever it is it's the gas Bubble Helmet needs to breath! He's dying!
"Oh, my gosh!" Four Arms' in a total panic, hovering over the gaping and choking Bubble Helmet. "I'm so SORRY!" Oh, god, what should he do? What should he do?! Does he perform CPR? Does CPR even work on aliens? Oh, no he's going to kill him!Ahhhhh!
"WHAT DID YOU DO!?"" Ochaco comes charging in, just as panicked and freaked out as he is!
Tears are streaming Four Arm's four eyes. "I didn't mean to! I swear!"
As Ochaco and Four Arms continue to panic, Bubble Helmet grins glad to have the perfect distraction. He grabs a dial on his suit and with a flip the broken helmet bounces away and a new helmet takes its place. And with another push of a button, blue flames rocket out form his back and launch him away! "Hahaha way to screw up, suckers!"
"HE TRICKED US!?" The Hero Students shout! "After him!" And off they go racing after the flying criminal!
"No wait!" Mr. Baumann cries, chasing after them!
He should have kept his distance because Four Arms with Ochaco piggybacking on his shoulder race past a stack of cans. They may have been moving way too fast because the stack comes crashing down on the poor store owner!
The cans come crashing down completely burying him. "I knew I should have kicked him out."
Meanwhile, Bubble Helmet is rocketing between the aisles leaving the hero students far behind. They're so far behind that there's no way they can catch up. Not unless they have superspeed. "Hahaha! I'm home free!" He can see the exit! Just a few more seconds and he'll escape these losers! "Hahaha! Nothing can stop me now!"
He's close! He's so close! He can practically taste it! Oh, the doors are opening on their own, this couldn't get any better! Wait, there's someone there, who is that?
"Ahhh!" Bubble Helmet screams out as flames erupt in his face, blasting him back and knocking him to the ground. "Owww!" Bubble Helmet glares up at the interloper. "Huh? What the he-Eeee!" Bubble Helmet shuts his mouth as a red boot slams down on his helmet pinning him in place.
The newcomer smirks down at Bubble Helmet, an air of confidence radiating off of him like an old pro. "I'd say freeze." A huff of fire spews out the man's mask. "But that's going against my image."
Bubble Helmet gulps as he takes in the one who stopped him. It appears to be a human that stopped him. The man is tall and slender with a mop of messy dark hair. But his outfit, it's a Plumber suit and not just any suit but a red suit, an Alpha Squad suit! This guy's an elite that much for sure! The only addition to the uniform is the red respirator covering the lower half of his face. The respirator is red and kinda looks like a slimmer version of a gas mask with an air slot for flames to escape from.
The sight of the red suit, that respirator, the fact that this guy is human, Bubble Helmet begins to panic as recognition kicks in! "Wah! You're back!" Somehow this alien is sweating bullets! "You're Cinder!"
Immediately other aliens poke their heads out from the various aisles!
"No way!"
"Cinder's back gugg?!"
"What?!"
"I can't believe it!"
In a blink of an eye, Cinder finds himself surrounded by aliens all of whom are welcoming him back and showing their appreciation. Even so he still has a job, cuffing Bubble Helmet and sitting him to the side to prevent an escape.
As the crowd grows more rambunctious, Four Arms and Ochaco finally arrive to find Bubble Helmet has already been arrested.
Four Arms tries to peer over the crowd to see what all the commotion is about. "What's going on?"
They overhear the crowd.
"We love you Cinder!"
"It's been way too long since you've been back."
"When'd you get back, Cinder?"
Ochaco leans over Four Arms' shoulder. "Who's this Cinder person?"
They still can't see a thing.
A huffing and puffing Mr. Baumann finally catches up to them. "Wait…you mean…you don't know?" He asks between breaths.
Four Arms raises an eyebrow. "Don't know what?"
For a few seconds the crowd clears away allowing Four Arms and Ochaco just enough time to spot the human man standing within the crowd!
They recognize the suit, Thirteen showed them what a Plumber suit's supposed to look like, but why is it red? Wait a minute, Four Arms knows that guy. He seems familiar.
Cinder smiles and waves at the crowd, but as he scans the crowd his emerald eyes land on Four Arms.
Four Arms does a spit take, as he instantly realizes just who that person really is!
Ochaco gasps. "Wait, Cinder's human?!" She doesn't get an answer instead Four Arms begins shaking underneath her. "De-Deku?!" She gasps at how pale he looks, how does someone go from such a bright red to a deep pale?!
Cinder turns away from Four Arms to address the crowd. "Yes, folks. Haha, I'm so glad to be back on Earth. It's really been a while hasn't it."
"We missed ya, Cinder."
"Yeah, Earth hasn't been the same without ya."
Bubble Helmet groans from the side with his hands bound in cuffs. "I could do without ya though."
"Speaking of." Cinder flashes his Plumber Badge at the criminal alien. "Congrats you're my first arrest since I've been home."
Tears stream down Bubble Helmet's eyes. "I'm not sure if the tears are because I was caught, or because it's such an honor."
Cinder peers up and notices Mr. Baumann, he lights up and pushes his way through the crowd who politely get out of his way. "Ah, Mr. Baumann so nice to see you."
Mr. Baumann offers up a kind, respectful smile. "Likewise, I had no idea you returned. You should have stopped by sooner."
Cinder chuckles, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. "Yeah, I know. But I needed to see the family first." Cinder turns away and peers up at the very pale and very still Four Arms. "Speaking of, you probably have a lot of questions."
Four Arms is too stunned to even move, remaining stock still with his jaw hanging open.
Ochaco confusedly looks between Four Arms and this strange Plumber man. "Wait…do you two know each other?"
"Oh, my mistake. We haven't met have we." Cinder goes ahead and removes his respirator revealing his lean face covered in stubble. "I'm Izuku's father, Hisashi Midoriya!"
"AN OLDER VERSION OF DEKU!" He even has freckles! Amazingly, it's like looking into a mirror that shows the future! Although his hair is a different color.
Hisashi can't help but laugh at Ochaco's face. "Haha! Do we really look that alike?!"
Mr. Baumann growls in annoyance. "You both certainly cause the same amount of trouble."
Hisashi chuckles, sheepishly. "No denying that." Hisashi turns back to Ochaco. "But you must be Ochaco Uraraka, am I correct?"
"Y-yes, sir!" Is this what it feels like to talk to a superior?! He is a Plumber so he definitely outranks her!
"No need for that sir stuff. Makes me feel old." Hisashi waves it off before bowing in respect. "Anyway I wanted to thank you for being friends with my dear son. He's always struggled making friends."
"Oh, uh, no it's my pleasure." Ochaco hops down from Four Arms' shoulder and offers back her own bow.
With that out of the way, Hisashi turns his attention to the big mass that is his son. "I bet you're surprised, aren't you Izuku? Or should I call you Deku? Or maybe Four Arms?"
Four Arms finally snaps out of his shock! "I…I have so many questions!"
"I bet. Feel free to let them rip."
Almost immediately, Four Arms cups his chin and begins muttering away at full speed. "How? Why? I don't get it?! You're-you're a Plumber? I'm so confused but yet it all makes sense now. Why didn't you say anything, earlier? Does Principal Nezu know? And if so, why didn't he say anything? Huh does Mom know? Wait, do you know about the Omnitrix? Hang on, I thought you worked for the Self-Defense Force. But you were with the Plumbers the whole time?! If so then what in the world were you doing?!"
Ochaco frowns. "Deku there's no way he got all that."
"Yes, I am a Plumber." Hisashi replies calmly and without a hint of hesitation.
Ochaco gasps! "You understood him?!"
Hisashi continues. "And I couldn't tell you due to the policies in place. Gotta keep aliens a secret and all that. And of course Nezu knows, but I made him promise not to pull you into this work. Guess that's been thrown out the window at this considering all this." He gestures to Izuku's current form. "And no your mother isn't aware of all this, which I think you'll agree is for the best. Her little heart may not be able to take it. And yes I know all about you and that Omnitrix."
Ochaco internally gasps! 'He really is Deku's Dad!' He not only understood everything Deku said but he answered just as freakily!
"As, for why I was gone." Hisashi's smile turns sad, like this part he does regret and is ashamed of. "Well that part wasn't a lie. The Magistrate of the Plumbers forced me to be repositioned. Taking on missions all across the cosmos especially with everything that's going on."
"Things going on?" Ochaco blinks, tilting her head to the side. "Like what?"
"The usual." Hisashi says matter-of-factly. "Wannaba conquers, alien armadas, planetary destruction, that kind of stuff."
Ochaco is just a bit concerned. 'Why is he saying it so casually?!'
Hisashi thinks about it for a moment. "Oh there was even this one time I blew up a moon-sized super weapon and saved an entire planet! With nothing but my ship and my wits." Yeah that was something, he even got a cool medal out of it!
Ochaco frowns. 'Why does that sound so familiar?!'
"But why now?" Four Arms asks quietly, still trying to process it all. "If it was the Plumbers that took you away then why did they suddenly change their minds?"
Hisashi smiles up softly at his son. "Because of you."
"Me?"
Sort of. "Well because of you, Nezu, and Vilgax that is." Hisashi states a matter-of-factly.
Four Arms is a little lost here. "What?"
Hisashi goes ahead and explains. "The broadcast of the U.A. Sports Festival has made the head honchos aware of Earth's situation, especially with the Omnitrix in the mix. And of course they finally became aware of Vilgax's interest in the device. So they mercifully sent me back to ensure your safety, as well as Earth's."
'So, that's why…' The morphed Izuku gets it now. But…it doesn't make him feel any better, like at all.
"Hang on, but why you specifically?" interrupts Ochaco. "I mean no offense but why'd they think you were the one to help."
"No offense taken." Replies Hisashi with an embarrassed smile. "Actually you can say that Vilgax and I have a bit of a history."
Four Arms gasps! "You do?!"
Ochaco gasps in awe as her imagination runs wild! "I bet it's something tragic. You both trained as Plumbers but Vilgax got greedy and cut corners. And you were forced to choose what's right versus your friend. You chose to follow what's right and turned on him and now he's out for revenge!"
"Hahaha! That's such a fun story! But no." Hisashi states with such a dopey grin. "We just hate each other, simple as that!"
Ochaco face faults, the pain of being wrong sure does hurt.
Four Arms frowns, he still doesn't feel right about all this. But at least he got some answers.
"Izuku." Hisashi reaches up, reaching out to his son and grabbing him by the shoulder. "I'm sorry I couldn't tell you. Not right away a least, but I hope this clears things up between us."
Izuku can accept the truth, but…he can't exactly forgive Hisashi yet. He may have had a reason but he still lied to them and he still left them! That can't be overlooked, even if he didn't mean to. Even so…he can't bring himself to say any of this outloud. "I…understand."
The answer is acceptable, because Hisashi's grin widens.
"But…that can't change how I feel." Four Arms is seriously ashamed that he can't change how he feels. "I'm sorry, but…"
"It's fine, I…can't blame you." Hisashi's hurt but he's happy to say the least, at least it's a start, and that's all he can ask for. "I should have been honest with you from the start."
Four Arms nods in understanding.
Off to the side, Ochaco flinches a bit at Hisashi's comment. 'Be honest from the start.' Oh, boy. Maybe she should follow that advice.
And that was Ch.38. How was it? I hope it was good, I tried my best, but I feel like some elements of this chapter were a little weak. Let me know what could be improved on and such, please. Also to be clear I basically have Ch.39 all ready to go but I'm not going to post it until late next week, I wanna try to start Ch.40 because that one's going to be a long one and I rather not have you guys wait two weeks for a new chapter. Again Ch.39 will probably be posted Thursday or Friday of next week.
*Important News!* In case you missed my announcement above, I now have an illustrator. And they're alias is "Voidv25" I like what they do, and I trust them completely. As of now they only have one piece of art related to this story, but more is on the way and I will announce when those posts occur. Please check Voidv25's content, they just started but I know for a fact that they're going places.
Also if you wanna leave comments about the art you can do that in this story too, I will pass on the message to Voidv25. Thanks.
DeviantArt Link: voidv25
*It's official Hisashi Midoriya is now part of this story! I'm sure many of you have questions but please hold off until next time. Next chapter I will explore more of Hisashi Midoriya: where has he been, his Quirk, experiences, and more! So stay tuned.
*Also should I mention this…maybe? No. But should I tell you guys? No. Why should I tease you guys like that? … But then again this could be fun. Okay, I'm going to say it. A NEW Omnitrix Alien is on the way! Oh, shoot I said it! But which one is it? Guess we'll have to wait and find out in another chapter or two.
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Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Omake: Interviews:
Paradox: Cannot wait for the new chapters now. Everything you hinted at is stuff I've wanted to see. This is gonna be fun. I'm also interested in how Izumi will interact with pro heroes since they'll know he took down stain
CreateGunner1209: Well I hope the wait was worth it, please let me know.
Atom king: Well this omake was unexpected with the Izuku aliens having interviews about what comes to their minds which makes me wonder do the aliens have minded of their own without Izuku or is like in alien force where half of Ben alien escapes from omnitrix, as living beings acting out of instinct without Ben mind's to control them?
I like the foreshadowing that was in the chapter with the mentioned of I-island and the summer camp can't wait for those to happen in the upcoming chapters, though this chapter gives a other thought with the way each alien acts is possible that each alien is a part of Izuku personality?
CreateGunner1209: Yeah I thought it'd be unique. Also to answer the question, no. This Omake wasn't canon meaning the Aliens having personalities doesn't affect anything. And yeah I'm really looking forward to I-Island I got some big plans for it!
Guest: It's pretty interesting giving all these aliens personalities on their own. Heatblast calling Bakugo a hothead is pretty funny and oh boy, Feedback. Something tells me that when Deku loses him, he'll take it a lot harder than Ben.
CreateGunner1209: Haha I thought it'd be fun too. Also I don't think I'd "kill off" Feedback or an Omnitrix Alien as of now.
DeadCool14: Dude, nice! I loved all of this, it's great, also this is a reference to Destroy All Aliens right?
CreateGunner1209: Thanks and um, what was Destroy All Aliens again?
Dreadbot: are you going to introduce blitzwolf narrow and frankenstrike like they did in the Ben 10 TV show or in a different way I'm very curious
CreateGunner1209: They will be introduced but I have a different way of how I'm going to go about it. Unfortunately that won't be for a long while and trust me I do want to include them.
Guest: let me tell you something ! If you cut off rath's review again,rath will destroy you!
CreateGunner1209: But Rath isn't in the Omnitrix yet! Forgive me!
Dreadbot (again): What if you make hayashi's hero costume look similar to Halo ODST armor I think it would work pretty well because it has an aspect of of space warrior look up some of the armor if you have a chance I think you'll like it but the choice is completely up to you
If you do decide to use the ODST armor design you can make it so the helmet opens up in the mouth so he can breathe fire and then closes and you can also have it so it can seal and become a spacesuit sorry I accidentally hit the post button by accident
CreateGunner1209: That's a good idea but I felt like the Red Plumber suit just fit better in this case. But your idea was tempting. And yeah as you can see in the chapter I had the exact same idea when it came to the mouth piece.
Jakesurfboy: Great to have you back, I'm looking forward to actual chapters. Not saying I didn't love the Omakes those were a nice change of pace. Loved the Iron man one the most probably. Anyways I look forward to the next real chapter and the inevitable appearance of My favorite alien Cannonbolt
CreateGunner1209: Thanks and the wait is over! So how was the actual chapter? Also Cannonbolt will join eventually, promise. He's one of my favorites too.
Guest: Muy gracioso
Tengo el presentimiento de que el siguiente alien del omnitrix será Rath, estoy seguro que nos vamos a morir de la risa.
Eso o que nos sorprendas con otro...
CreateGunner1209: Thanks! And Rath will arrive eventually, promise.
Arsenal: I just realized Kinecelerans have a short life span. I think kuro the artist said a few weeks. Does that mean M-LE might not live through the whole story? Or that she will be nearly adult by the time the Kamino battle happens?
CreateGunner1209: I found that out too recently but I'm just going to ignore it. I want ML-E to stick around for a while.
Guest: Seriously, love what you doing with omakes and can't wait till you put out another one. I wanted to ask about Deku and his character growth. One of my main reasons I did not like his character in canon was b/c of his constant fan boyishness and oblivious to how charismatic he is and lack of interests other than hero analysis. I do love his tactical thinking and determination but overshadowed by his aforementioned traits. The reason I got into fanfic was b/c how Deku's better traits are given more time to shine than canon. I really see him shed his negative traits grow more into leader and inspiring others like shown in ch. 15-17 and 21-22. I also want see things like Deku's resentment to society and those wronged him. I like see him continue grow layers to his character and story continues and become much more complex. For example, taking a level cynic towards hero society but retaining his ideals and gaining confidence and a little goofiness similar to Ben but a lot more tone down and without a huge ego. I want to see him inspire others to rise up and become real heroes but just on Earth but universe.
Also about Deku's dad. I like to see his relationship son strained at first but get better as time goes. Someone else mentioned episode Ultimate Weapon could be use to Hisashi how his relationship with son has strained. I don't to see that solve in one chapter but as story progresses.
One more thing , do you think you could introduce characters from other franchises like One-One? Characters that could match the scifi setting. For example, T-AI from Transformers RID. This is merely a suggestion.
CreateGunner1209: Thanks for the review and I hope this chapter is a good start into what you want to see. Next chapter will delve more into Hisashi's and Izuku's relationship for sure. Funny you say that because I will be introducing a new character next chapter and they are from a totally different series.
Guest: A problem that often see in MHA is that society is to reliant on heroes and ignore problems b/c they believe a hero can solve them. I wonder if you are going to handle that problem.
CreateGunner1209: I will or at least I'll try my best.
Guest: You know this omake got me thinking about Deku's character. What if these aliens are more than transformations? What if they represent aspects of Izuku's? Traits that were buried due years of bullying and loneliness. We see how he acts differently when he transforms. What if its way of expressing himself? Later aliens like Rath and Ghostfreak might represent his darker traits that he has tried to hide. Like anger towards society and his desire to get back at those who wronged. This could make Izuku much more complex and interesting than his canon counterpart.
CreateGunner1209: Well these aliens help Izuku express certain feelings for sure but most of them are just transformations.
Guest: Are you going to let midnight died in your story if so why!
CreateGunner1209: Not sure yet. I have an idea of how to save her but I don't know yet. Her fate is uncertain.
Guest: You know you should do in your future story for villain, there one who is sneaky, pride, strong, brilliant, and deadly the one and only General grieves
Same guest i don't mean post yet not finish and again this time with correct name General grievous in 2003 style fast and ruthless the rise are in other post you get the picture so please put him in this story and you can make his origin story so please.
CreateGunner1209: Now that's an idea, but I think I rather keep him as a cameo at most. But we'll see.
JoeyBoy: 1.I am curious about on how you will reveal to everyone that aliens exist but when you do I think it will be cool that's the Class 1A should do a lot of classic alien movie references like Men in Black, ET, and especially Alien. I can see Mineta asking if there are aliens that can lay eggs inside then and rip out from their chests. Thirteen said that there is no aliens like that but then adds that there are no aliens like that near them.
sure, Mina and Tsuyu have the potential to be part alien. For Tsuyu, the perfect alien she should be part of will be Incursean and somehow have her related to Milleous and Attea. For Mina, it's was tough to find alien to match her up with, but the ones that may go with her will be some of the looks like of a Kraaho and the acid power from the alien called Toepick.
3. When you introduce the Wild Wild Pussycuts, will you also introduce the character Nyancy Chan since she has the power to control felines.
4. Keeping doing a great job on writing this story I love it so much!
CreateGunner1209: I agree full heartedly. Actually I was already planning on it for when it does occur. And no I will not be introducing Nyancy Chang I never found her that interesting. And I'll be sure to keep up the good work. Also I saw the message on AO3 and the reason you're review didn't pop on Fanfic right away is because I have to approve Guest reviews so they won't appear on the site until I do.
