The trio discuss their new situation, and notice some changes have taken place. And Toshinori is busy piecing things together...and not liking anything he's finding out.


The room was silent for a good five minutes as the trio looked everywhere but at one another. After a few moments, Izuku took a deep, bracing breath and lifted his head up. He knew he had to actually say something, because deep down, he knew this all because of him and he didn't want them to get hurt by One For All.

"Okay, um…well, we have to get you guys practice with One For All so you don't hurt yourselves. I-I'm still so so sorry about-"

"Izu, enough," Ochako cut him off, her eyes narrowed. A moment later, she turned to look at Himiko, the blonde still refusing to meet her eyes. "You too, Himi. I dunno why yer being so weird about this, but it's fine. We're fine. It's okay."

Himiko shuddered for a moment, her entire body looking tense, as if she would snap like a rubber band at any second. "But…but what if you um, you got my cu-Quirk. My Quirk, and the whole…um…"
"The need to drink blood?" Izuku asked, tilting his head to the side at how hesitant Himiko was. Himiko jolted at his words, as if she was shocked he'd just said it outright. Izuku…was confused. They knew about her Quirk since they were kids, did she think they forgot how it worked? He'd have to reassure her that he still had his notes from back then. "I remember what it does, Himi! It's fine. I still have my notebook for it too, should I go get it? Oh, I can get Chako's too if so!"

"Maybe hol' off on that, Izu," Ochako said softly. She tilted her head curiously at Himiko, but seemed to decide on something before turning back to Izuku. "I agree about not hurting ourselves with your uh…Quirk, but um, maybe we should address the whole you getting All Might's Quirk first?!" she hissed.

Izuku flushed, looking away sheepishly as he rubbed at the back of his neck. Even now, he had trouble believing it, even with having held it for a few months already. "I…uh…yeah. Um, I mean, Nana told you the story in the dream, so…"

Ochako shook her head and sighed. "Ya know…somehow, it don't shock me you impressed All Might with being all heroic and stuff. It's very you."

Himiko let out a small half-smile at that, a little giggle escaping her. "Y-yeah, it's up your alley Izu, that's for sure."

Izuku kept his smile plastered on his face, but didn't want to actually reply because he knew they were wrong. All Might chose wrong, he just couldn't bring himself to tell his mentor that, not when it finally gave him a shot at his dream. God, he was so selfish…but that didn't matter. What did was making sure Himiko and Ochako didn't get hurt. He swallowed to clear his throat, idly reaching for his arm to scratch it for a second…but for some he was suddenly disoriented, his head swimming. He opened his mouth to say something, but a sudden surge of nausea made him quickly close his mouth.

He glanced over to see both Himiko and Ochako staring at him, Himiko's mouth wide in shock as Ochako just blinked rapidly. Himiko leapt up to try and help him, but as she did, she brushed her hand against her leg and suddenly he could see her face tinge green, her own body…floating? He finally glanced down and realized he was floating too, the vertigo making his stomach ache even more.

Ochako slapped her forehead, her pinky extended. She stood up quickly and reached her hands up to grab the two floating teens, firstly grasping Izuku's hands and pressing the fingertips together. Izuku felt his gravity returning, realizing belatedly that somehow, he'd used Ochako's Quirk, falling down onto the couch with an escape of breath. A second later, she'd done the same to Himiko, the blonde falling as he did. Himiko reached down to rub her stomach, but Ochako snapped her hand out and stopped her.

After Himiko froze from the sudden grasp on her hand, Ochako pointed at the duo. "Sit and don't move," she ordered, moving to her backpack. She rummaged around in it for a moment, Izuku and Himiko sharing a concerned glance, before she returned with a couple pairs of artists gloves. She held them out to the duo, making them put the gloves on before relaxing slightly and sitting back on her haunches. "Well…guess that proves you got my Quirk," she murmured.

Izuku quickly flipped his hand over, looking at the visible fingertips and gawking as he saw that they had changed. As in, he had the same 'beans' he remembered Ochako had when they were children, the ones they gleefully called 'toe-beans' and said made her like a cat just like Himiko's eyes and fangs made her like one (not that he felt left out of the cat thing, oh no, he definitely didn't feel that way.) He smiled sheepishly, clearing the expression off his face and held his hand out to Ochako. "Um…guess we did."

She blinked again, before snatching his hand and carefully tapping on the pads on the end of his fingertips, a look of wonder on her face. Izuku flushed, the feel of her gentle hands carefully examining the strange new growths on his fingers was…weird. Yes, weird was the word he was going to use (and no other word! Nothing else!) After a second, Ochako turned to Himiko expectantly, reaching out for the blonde's hand, which Himiko gave over after only a moment of hesitance. Izuku leaned forward to see, now able to see the same pads on Himiko's fingertips, all three staring at her hand with similar expressions.

"But…when did that happen?" Ochako asked, confused. She turned her gaze to Izuku as if he had the answers, which he was about to explain he didn't when he noticed something. His eyes went wide, staring blankly at her for a moment, before swallowing thickly. "Um…Chako? Your uh…your eyes, they um, they're different."

Ochako blinked, taken aback, before suddenly leaning in and pointing at Izuku, gasping. He leaned back, the closeness making him feel more flustered, as Himiko scrambled to get closer and look at them. Himiko's jaw dropped as she sputtered, Ochako nodding absently. "Yours did too! Just like Himi's!"

"Okay, okay, then, if that happened…" Izuku quickly began to swipe his tongue across his teeth, and owch! He hissed in pain, covering his mouth with his hand as he looked over at Himi. A little bit muffled, he managed to say "How do you not cut your tongue on your teeth all the time?!"

Himiko stared at him for a moment, before his words filtered into her mind and she let out a shocked giggle, the sound fading quickly as she looked pensive. She shook her head, smiling brightly at him (which triggered a dozen sirens in his mind because it looked so unlike her but maybe he didn't know her anymore). She cleared her throat and waved dismissively. "You get used to it. It's not that hard, really. But um…does that…does that mean you gotta drink, um-"

"Drink blood? Don't know for sure," he mused.

Ochako let out an annoyed huff. "Well, if we do, I hope we also got Himi's taste buds or whatever. Cause it was nasty last time."

Himiko paused for a moment, seeming to war within herself before she came to a decision. She brought her index fingers up to her mouth and quickly nipped at them with her teeth, the sharp fangs opening small tears and making them bleed. With a slow motion, she held her hands out to Izuku and Ochako, her face turned away from the duo as she did. Izuku caught on quickly, his inner Quirk curiosity and slowly growing excitement inside taking over as he grabbed her wrist gently and licked at the blood, trying to get the tiniest taste and holy woah!

He stared at her hand in consternation. "Oh my gosh, that tasted incredible!" Without thinking it through, he stuck her finger in his mouth, sucking at the blood and letting out a pleased hum.

Ochako looked taken aback, but her own curiosity seemed to win out as she grabbed Himiko's hand and took a tentative lick. Her eyes lit up, quickly following Izuku's example as she shoved the finger into her mouth, nearly pulling Himiko off the couch at the sudden yank.

For Himiko's part, she felt every single nerve in her body on fire, her face turning beet red, the extremely strange sensation of them sucking on her blood making her feel weird. The anesthetic properties of her saliva seemed to be there for them too, the cuts not even aching, but it was replaced with an odd, tingly sensation, that was exacerbated by the warmth of their mouths and the feel of their tongues swiping over her fingertips…and the soft brushes of their new fangs.

She swallowed thickly, gently pulling on her hands to try and get them to let go…which seemed to work, as Izuku and Ochako suddenly came to realize what they had done. The duo's faces turned so red she was worried they were about to pass out from how quickly blood rushed to their faces.

Izuku cleared his throat, his face burning but trying to change the subject as quickly as possible. "Well um, seems we have all the mutations in us then, yeah. Um, I think we should focus on um, making sure we can handle them before we go to bed, you know, just so no one gets hurt." Izuku suddenly brightened up, scrambling up from where he was half-sprawled to rush to his bedroom, the two girls watching him move, confused.

A moment later, he rushed back into the room, a bunch of notebooks in hand. With a flourish, he slammed down two on the table and opened a third, beginning to scribble rapidly as he went, cross-referencing something in the open two. Ochako leaned in to see what was going on, her cheeks pinking slightly as she saw something she barely remembered from over a decade ago. She giggled, reaching out to grab the notebook, Izuku letting it go without protest. "You still have these?" she asked, flipping through the book labeled "Uravity Analysis: Vol I."

Izuku scrunched his shoulders in embarrassment, but didn't stop writing as he replied. "Um, yeah. I thought what I could do is copy my notes on you guys, a-and add my notes about One For All, and you guys could add stuff I don't know, and then you guys can take them home for um, practice and stuff."

Himiko scooted forward, plopping down on the opposite side of the coffee table as Izuku. She reached out and grabbed one of the blank notebooks Izuku had brought out, snatching a pen from the pile before him and leaning forward. She glanced up, seeing the duo looking at her weirdly, before shrugging. "I mean…Izu's the smart one, it makes sense. I'll write down what I know about my cu-Quirk. My Quirk. Um. I don't know a lot, really, and I don't think you guys should try using it um, not when I'm not here, but…the b-blood requirements and stuff are important."

"How do you get your blood, then? We can use the same method!" Izuku asked, his bright smile fading as he saw Himiko freeze, the blood draining from her face, making her already pale skin look ghostlike. After a moment, she seemed to come back to her senses and shifted in place, her expression smoothing over as if she hadn't just looked like she saw the specter of death itself behind Izuku. Part of him wanted to dig, to drag it out of her, to find out why she reacted that way (and the only reason he noticed the subtle expression was his years of watching his teachers and bullies for threats), but he was worried about driving her away after having just found her again. Now wasn't the time to push…but he still needed an answer.

She swallowed. "I-I don't think my way would work for you guys. Um…but uh, if it's just for the week, if we drink from each other we should be okay? I think?"

"Doesn't that defeat the purpose?" Ochako asked, confused. "I mean…if we need to drink it, doesn't losing it mean we need to drink more?"

"Not really. Consuming it is different from the way our body uses blood. We can regenerate blood just by eating right and resting. So it makes sense, the dietary requirement is based around a Quirk mutation after all. So we simply drink from one another, and then once we find out what happened with UA, we can go from there. Maybe…maybe after I talk to All Might, he can h-help," Izuku stuttered a bit at the thought, still afraid of telling him what had happened. All Might never got angry with him, but part of him was terrified this would be the straw that broke the camel's back. Izuku somehow broke One For All, after all.

But he didn't have a choice. All Might needed to know, and they would probably need his help to figure things out. Although, if All Might wanted it back…well, he wasn't sure how that would work with the girls, but he'd do what he had to. Maybe he could convince All Might to let him pass it onto one of the girls instead? Then they'd be okay and have the bond still if they wanted it and he…could go back to what he had.

No! He shook his head to clear it. All Might wasn't like that, he wouldn't do that so he thought. He just had to work around this. Once All Might was available, he'd tell him. Yeah. He could trust him, he had to trust him, (he had no choice).

"You think he could help?" Ochako asked, breaking Izuku out of his spiraling thoughts.

Izuku started, nodding after a brief moment as he managed to understand what she was asking. "Um, yeah. I figure he can help us out, whatever happens."

"...do you think we'll get in?" Ochako asked softly, looking down at the notebook she'd been skimming through.

Himiko shifted in place again. "I mean…were you guys tracking your points? I got 43 villain points, that sounded like it was on the better end in my zone."

"38 here," Izuku murmured.

"41 for me," Ochako added. "Which did seem higher than most of the others counts…if they were being honest, I guess."

"It's not a bad score I don't think. There were only so many bots around. But I just don't know what the curve is," Izuku muttered.

"Worrying over it will do none of you any good, you know that?" A fourth voice made the three gathered teens jump, all three turning about to see Inko standing in the doorway to the hall, a worried frown on her face.

"M-mom! W-when did you get here?!" Izuku asked, eyes wide.

"Just a bit ago. What did you need from Toshinori?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.

"...who?" Ochako asked.

Inko arched an eyebrow at her son, before turning her gaze to meet Ochako's. "All Might's first name. He told me to call him that when he came to tell me about One For All, which I gather you know about now too."

"It's not Izu's fault!" Himiko protested, looking weirdly fearful at Inko. "I-its mine, all my fault, don't get mad at-"

"Why would I be mad?" Inko asked, cutting her off with a gentle tone. She tilted her head to the side at Himiko's suddenly fearful demeanor, taking a step closer and uncrossing her arms. "Toshi was quite clear about it, it's Izuku's Quirk now and his secret to share. He told Izuku that a dozen times, didn't he, Izuku?" Inko's lips curved into a knowing smile, putting her son on the spot.

Izuku squirmed in place. "W-well yeah, but I thought I should speak to him about it first anyways, but um, I didn't actually tell them, it was…a thing happened, and i-it doesn't make a lot of sense, and-"

"And it is late, and these two young ladies need to catch early morning trains back home. You can tell me in the morning, and we'll call Toshi together and figure out whatever we have to, okay? It'll be fine, Izuku, I'm sure everything will be okay." Inko's smirk had faded to a soft smile, the love and affection in her tone making Izuku squirm once more. She took a step forward and bent down, giving Izuku a quick kiss on the head and ruffling his hair. "Whatever happened, I promise you three, it'll be okay. You're all adults and I won't force you to go to bed now, but you should go soon, okay?"

"...yeah, okay Mom. Let me just finish these um, notes and we'll go to bed, okay?" Izuku said, smiling nervously up at his mother.

She gave him another pat on the head where he sat, turning to look at the two girls. "And you two? Are you doing alright? If you need something, I can try to help, and if it's a big deal I can get a hold of Toshi now."

"N-no, we're okay," Ochako reassured her. Himiko just nodded, only half-looking up at Inko, keeping her gaze affixed away from the others as she tried to scribble more in the notebook.

Inko clicked her tongue but nodded. "Okay. I'll be heading back to bed then. I'll see you three in the morning. Goodnight kids!" With that, she turned around and went back down the hallway, leaving the trio alone once more.

Izuku took a deep breath, turning back to his notebook and ignoring the trembling in his hands. He was not scared of his mother, he could never be…but he was still worried about what'd happen when they told All Might. Still…it was important to get this information down, so he focused on it once more as he began to speak. "Okay, so, to use Full Cowling…"


Toshinori had not expected to hear or see his protege for the week leading up to the letters going out…between the paperwork he had to do, the classes he was taking to get up to speed on teaching, and the fact he didn't want to spoil anything for the boy, he had assumed it'd be fine. And then Inko reached out to him in the early morning and the tale she told was…to be blunt, insane. Then again, One For All was, at its core, fairly maddening. More than once he'd been told by close friends, especially back when he was young, that when he went to the upper echelons of his strength, that it would send shivers down peoples spines and instinctively activate their fight or flight instincts.

It was part of why he cultivated his rather ridiculous persona, all boisterous bravado and wide smiles, to help reassure and mitigate that effect. It was just a more extreme version of who he was as a person…being excitable and active wasn't hard for him, it was part of who he liked to be, so he just would crank it up while doing hero work. But still, those closest to him never could quite hide the shivers they would do when he called upon the strength of One For All.

Keeping that in mind was enough to make him consider what Inko had just told him, about the Quirk somehow splitting itself, and that his young protege now also had access to two more Quirks. Even taking that into account, and taking into account how much he trusted both Midoriya's, he still was surprised when he arrived at the Midoriya household to see Izuku with green-slitted eyes, sharpened fangs, and small pads on his fingertips.

He was also shocked once he realized Izuku was actually terrified of him. He…he scared his successor son? What did he do wrong?! Decades of hero work meant he was able to easily control his expression and reaction, but inside he was truly wondering what mistake he had made that Izuku had been so afraid of him being mad at him.

Yet when he discussed it with Inko, she had no idea either. Izuku hadn't explained why he'd been afraid to her, (and he actually hadn't even told Toshinori himself), Inko had told him quietly when Izuku was in his room. He considered this internally, remembering the staff meeting just the day before where they discussed the extreme dichotomy in the boys' school records versus how he acted. A suspicion he'd been having for a while felt more and more likely, and he decided then and there he'd get Tsukauchi to look into Aldera as soon as possible.

He had some serious suspicions, but he also had enough experience to know that what seemed obvious at first glance might not be the full truth. He'd hold off on any rash actions until he could get a better picture. For now, he was taking these two out to dinner and making certain to reassure the boy that he was entirely fine and Toshinori was not remotely angry. He did want to meet these two young ladies, sooner rather than later, but if Izuku said they could be trusted, then Toshi would too.

For all of the boys terror and fear and anxiety…the happiest he'd ever sounded was when he spoke of those two young ladies. He lit up like a sun, happily gushing about how heroic they were, how kind and sweet, etc, etc, to the point Toshi could only smile indulgently and share a similar grin with Inko. Seeing Izuku be that happy, even if it was only for a moment, was enough for Toshinori to be willing to wait and see. Besides, if they truly were as amazing as his successor said they were, why…all it meant was that he had three successors, and that sounded pretty good to him.