Author's note :

Thanks for your nice reviews, all ! Here is chapter 6 !

Chapter 6 : It's time to panic !

Saying Inko went nuclear when she learned what happened to her son was an understatement . It took Atsuhiro and Izuku hugging her to stop her from going to the U.A. and teaching the concept of neutering to a certain stoat principal. Mr Compress wondered if Nedzu ever knew how close it was, seriously.

At first Izuku was all for keeping it under the rug. The problem was Katsuki. Since they started being friends again, Izuku re-discovered the whole jerkass downside that was part of his friend: if he could embarrass or annoy Izuku in a fun way, he would.

So guess what happened when his mom had the great idea of inviting the Bakugou's over for dinner after the exam?

Of course Katsuki waited for the perfect moment to drop the bomb by asking how Izuku was since the exam, as Katsuki had to wait for him at the infirmary.

Mitsuki was mixed with pride, worry and laughter at the news. She knew that if Katsuki did that, Izuku was most likely fine. However, she was extremely proud of Katsuki, learningabbout how timing can be used to maximize his effect. She was going to teach him with Masaru how to make a perfect innocent smile. Seriously, her son had a perfect villain face. It completely ruined the innocent side of the prank.

However, Mitsuki was filled with only pride when Katsuki followed by the end of the story, as Inko was finally calming her nerves. As her chubby friend was sitting back, still hugged by her boyfriend. Atsuhiro was glaring daggers with his eyes at Katsuki who apparently wanted vengeance for the squid.

"Oh and Izuku, did you think to send a text to Toru to tell her that you were fine?"Adding oil to Inko's metaphorical gas fire, what a move.

"Katsuki? You know you will pay for that later?"

Inko instantly went giddy while squealing in delight.. Atsuhiro stared at Katsuki… And raised his thumb in approval. The explosive boy noted and nodded. Teasing Izuku about his love life was ok but not when it was life threatening. Duly noted.

"... A girl?" Inko squeaked out, while her son tried to switch the subject. However, Katsuki wanted revenge for the fact that Izuku got to destroy a Zero pointer when he hadn't. He was a bit spiteful after all and he had prepared beforehand for the whole situation.

"Oh yes. She was definitely a girl and let's just say she gave her number to Izuku because…"

"Katsuki, end that sentence and I will end your life sooner than expected" Izuku squeaked out, wanting to sound threatening but failing.

"Because our favorite Greenie actually got in the infirmary as a result of saving her, and in the process destroying the most dangerous robot in the field. All in one hit.." Katsuki actually had trouble saying that, as he was admitting that for one instant, Izuku had more firepower than him. However, practicality won over. He could always perfect a super move later but Izuku's terrified face was priceless.

Everyone looked at Izuku with a knowing smile, as he was wondering if he could use his quirk to disappear into a hole. He somehow became so red that everyone couldn't help but laugh. He was the perfect tomato as he couldn't stand everyone's staring.

"I swear Kacchan. You will pay."

"Was she cute though?" Asked Atsuhiro, not wanting to let his surrogate son have any peace. Izuku was showing a weak point and as a mentor, it was his duty to torture him so he would never fall into the enemy's trick.

Ok, that was the official reason. Mr Compress wanted just to tease the hell out of him.

"Well let's say you'd have a hard time knowing where to look." Said Katsuki, while counting on his finger for his friend's reaction… 3, 2, 1…

"KATSUKI! You know she had an invisibility mutation quirk! Though I still don't know if she can control the light by adjusting her cells or if it is an imperceptibility quirk. Wait no, she did not have a shadow so she has a living camo skin…"

As Izuku began to mutter about a certain see through girl, Katsuki had the biggest shit eating grin ever. Inko knew as well as him that Izuku loved quirks above all. So a girl with an interesting quirk? Of course it was going to interest him plenty and occupy his thoughts. So as his mother? She was purely ecstatic and noted in her mental notebook the name of Tooru. Finally, her boy could finally start talking to a girl!

Not that she would have minded if he was not attracted to girls. However as a mother, she was happy that he was finally breaking out of his shell.

"And I'm wondering, does it still count as a complex mutant quirk? If yes, does that mean she could actually bypass most anti-quirk Quirks? That would be an excellent test to determine her nature…"

Still muttering, unsurprisingly to everyone. So, when Izuku finally noticed the silence and how everyone looked at him, Izuku did the smart thing.

He ran back to his bedroom to be safe. Then he proceeded to swear vengeance against Katsuki, as hard as he could, while screaming inside a pillow. It was surprisingly cathartic.

"Well, all I have to hope as a mother is that the girl ends up in U.A. too. Katsuki, would you be a dear and…"

"Tell you if Deku and Invisi-Girl are in the same classroom? Aunty, I was the one adding the girl's number in his phone and who sent the first message because I knew he wouldn't dare to start the conversation." Announced Katsuki proudly i. He was certainly not a wingman for his friend. He was just doing it to embarrass him so much he would hide under a rock.

However both moms took it as Katsuki forcing Izuku's hand so that he would move forward. What a good friend to help him fight his shyness! Her son was sometimes…Well often, a sparkling pile of trash but it was this kind of sparkling that made her remember he was nice deep inside. After all, he did want to be a Hero. No one who wanted to become a hero was a bad person, right?

Still, our favorite pomeranian almost regretted what he did, as he was subject to Inko's infamous bone crushing hug. One of the few reasons he had a sane fear of her… Well that and the fact he did remember what she did to the one guy who tried to kidnap Izuku because of his apparent lack of quirk… And the fact she then asked his mother for help to do the usual.

He truly did not want to dwell on how both mothers met and what they did in their "eclectic youth" or who was this "dear old Kendo" they sometimes spoke of and how it was fun to see him terrified of them.

Katsuki did ask his father about that when he was seven. The only answer he got from his dad was that there was probably a reason why Hisashi's ambulance was late in arriving at the hospital because of several fights between villains and various vigilantes. He confided to his son that he was not sure of who was there because of a "favor'' and he prefered not to know, so that he could still sleep well at night.

That day, Katsuki thought his dad was a coward. Now, he knew his dad was a sage and when he spoke, you better listen.

Still, Inko's cooking was as usual (really delicious) and it had been a fun evening. Bakugou's family went home happily and Atsuhiro joined Inko in a nice hug, while he was still thinking about what Nedzu told him, passing onto him what Recovery Girl found about Izuku.

All jokes aside, Izuku's exploit almost went badly for him. If he had not been trained by him, his brain would have exploded exactly like in "Scanner". Instead, he "just" bled a lot. Recovery Girl expected him to be tired for a few days. He was going to talk to Inko about it. Out of question he left something like that unsaid. Izuku was her son before he was his disciple… And she deserved to know that Izuku's Quirk had not yet stabilized.

Both of them had theorized that the longer a late-blooming quirk took to be mastered, the stronger. Atsuhiro had to train one year and a half to use it without any side-effects. Still, he was stronger in his use than his favorite green haired kid.

Still. It was worrying. Either his training was not effective enough or Izuku's power was going to be off the chart when fully formed… And it was somewhat bad. Yes, he heard about the legendary fight between All Might and All for One. As one of the heirs of the big three of the Dawn of the Quirk, he needed to check on all the others…

However, as Oji Harima said himself "That bastard All for One always has plans in his plans. If you think he's dead, he's probably somewhere else drinking bourbon." Apparently, his ancestor managed to "kill" AfO more than a few times by teaming up with various people and managing to help some "nice fellows" to steal one of the few things the immortal ever loved. Oji did not write a lot about it, except it was probably what wiped out North Korea as AfO went full berserk that day.

It also served to illustrate how powerful the man was to wipe out single handedly a country and then manag to cover it up.

So. Unless the literal god of death assured him that Satan was back on his Throne in Hell, Atsuhiro was going to be worried. That kind of quirk was something that AfO would love to have.

Oh well. Nedzu promised him that the U.A. would certainly have the facilities to protect his boy.

Yes, the magician already had the results. He simply did not want to spoil the surprise to the boys and everyone else. That and all the embarrassing questions he didn't have an answer ready for such as "how the hell you're on a speaking terms with Nedzu if you simply train some sportspeople?"

In hindsight he had to find a better story. Quick.

When he almost wondered why he tried so hard, Inko nudged herself a bit more against him. Sure, she did not have the svelte figure she had before. However, she was still the kind, caring, intelligent and terrifying woman he had always known and loved since… Well, quite a long time.

Having her in his arms, her heat and love against him… Honestly, he couldn't have asked for more.

Therefore he decided to sleep happily.

—-

One week later.

As Recovery Girl expected, while her quirk did heal whatever little brain damage Izuku had (according to her, she still couldn't cure stupidity), the boy was heavily exhausted. All his training had been for dexterity and flexibility. The good doctor explicitly prohibited the kid from using his quirk in any circumstance.

Atsuhiro had a talk with Bakugou who did not accept explicitly to make sure Izuku did not use his quirk but rather, and he quoted to Inko: "I don't want my rival to not be accepted because he broke some dumbass's arms".

It was the closest they could get from him, he knew.

Recovery Girl also told Atsuhiro (who then told Inko) that Izuku was to move as little as possible during the weekend. Therefore, Izuku missed for the first time in almost a year his weekly meeting with a certain villain. What could go wrong?

—-

"So, this is the Bar with no name, right?"

Kurogiri sighed, as the delivery men brought everything. A new bar, the replacement for his collection of various priceless alcohol, new furniture… Pretty much everything.

The reason why? Tomura had been in an extremely murderous mood. So murderous in fact that he actually went for a very enthusiastic walk around the neighborhood . Oh well, at least, with his quirk, there would be no need to dispose of the corpse. Also, the "Murder place" did not get its name by being somewhere with people with a big heart and a good chance to go to Heaven.

Kurogiri was at least happy that Tomura did not kill off some random civils. He chose and attacked only people no one would miss or cry over.

Moreover, the name of Decay was slowly creeping his name in the Underground as a particularly efficient killer for hire for now… His specialty? Killing heroes who corrupted the society. Not for the same reason as Stain, as the killer wanted to clean the system. Tomura wanted to destroy it. However, for now, their methods were aligned and he had asked his Sensei and Kurogiri to prepare a meeting with the man.

Talking and playing with Izuku helped him a lot in thinking about his plans. He, however, was still going to try the Noumu against All Might one. He just needed a good opportunity to do that. However, Tomura was thinking more and more about Sensei's words. Noumu was fabricated. Which meant reproducible.

Where were the prototypes? Where was the test result? Which heroes were used in order to be sure it could kill All Might? Tomura had none of that. All he had was a tall dumb black muscular thing with its brain on the outside.

Tomura loved his Sensei and would kill for him. However, he also knew one important thing.

Sensei was a troll of the highest order. He would be proud if Tomura won but he certainly did not expect him to.

After all, if killing All Might was that easy, his master wouldn't look like he'd be able to do the casting as the next Mr Potato in Toy Story 34. The only reason he didn't? According to his master, only one thing was more evil than him and it was Disney.

Still. Tomura was a bit stressed since he was not able to play with … No, Izuku was not his friend. Clearly not. He was just an excellent potential teammate with an interesting background and a fun design.

Oh god. He was interested in a character's backstory.

Kurogiri was just signing off the delivery when Tomura managed to break the glasses with the sound of his realization.

His calm and love for his protege was immense. Immense was not infinite.

The following week, all Tomura had to eat was broccoli. Kurogiri's reason? Budget restriction.

—-

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Mitsuki was working on the hero suit for Izuku when she heard the scream. The panicked usual scream she learned to not panic from when it was heard.

"Katsuki! Izuku just received his letter!"

"BOOOOOOOOOOM"

And there was the answer she expected.

—-

"Thanks for the pillow, dear." Inko said confidently, as her son was taking his precious envelope with the final result, as if it could break. Why was she so sure? Because she trusted her soon-to-be new fiancee and believed in her son.

The son who was promptly hit in the head by a sharp pillow launched by Atsuhiro, thanks to his magnificent "Random Bullshit". Yes, she still did not tell him she knew he was Mr Compress. She was waiting for him to finally notice that his costume was cleaner and ironed correctly.

"Always a pleasure" Said an ever smiling Atsuhiro, as Izuku was finally starting to beath again and was ready to rend their ears useless with his screaming once more. "Izuku, if your next scream isn't because of the result, I swear I will throw a pan at you. I'm in the kitchen and while I miss you both lots when I'm away, I assure you my aim is excellent."

He got hit for his joke by the pillow that Inko grabbed before throwing it at him.

Nonetheless, it helped Izuku calm down by a lot. Finally, "The" letter. He couldn't wait to tell his friends (well, a version with less U.A. to Tomura but still)But… What if he failed because he passed out in the end?

As Izuku was almost screaming, he felt Atsuhiro pat him softly on his back, as he was now used to during their training session. His… Well, paternal figure. Sure, Green Bean still loved All-Might, but even he noticed the shift in his own fan-fiction. Before, it was the story of a quirkless boy meeting All-Might and becoming his Robin. Now? Well… Some of his readers were half jokingly telling him to change his pseudo to All Might-gician. He actually was thinking of doing that as now, Mr Compress was often the hero in some of his stories, saving both him and All-Might before disappearing in the night.

The difference between All-Might and Atsuhiro? Well, aside from his catchphrase, the one who was there was Atsuhiro. His teacher.

With renewed confidence, Izuku ripped open the envelope and from it fell a small disk… Before a hologram went out of it.

Holy… Now he understood the first explosion in the morning!

ALL-MIGHT. IN HOLOGRAM IN FRONT OF HIM. EVEN IF IT WAS A REJECTION LETTER, HE WAS GOING TO KEEP IT… If only so he could look on the Internet how to make it work as a veryyy big poster. It was bound to be a really rare collector item in the future!

—-

Somewhere, in a certain hero agency, Nighteye raised his head.

"Someone got a piece of limited All-Might merchandise before me."

"... How do you even know that, sir ?"

"It's my quirk!"

Even Mirio did not know what to answer to that… And decided to promptly ignore that. They had bad guys to catch. Like those villains who took, when no one was looking, forty cakes. 40 Cakes. That was as many as four tens and Mirio was not letting such a crime go unpunished.

—-

"I AM HERE! As a projection… BUT STILL

Now you might be wondering why it is I, who is delivering you this message? Well fear not! It is because, as of next year, I will be teaching at U.A. ACADEMY"

Izuku almost fainted, as now he understood the second explosion in the morning. Still, he was supported by his mother too, and he could do it.

"First of all, congratulations on getting the fifth best score at the written test this year! Quite excellent, especially the Quirk Analysis part.

But unless you seek to become a support Hero such as Power Loader, a big brain isn't enough… Not that Power Loader is weak, of course.

So. Let's speak about the practical test. The way you fought, conservatively and by dividing your summonings according to their strength was indeed efficient. You managed to win a solid 37 points! We had to deduce points since one of your summons was hijacked by another student."

Izuku nodded impatiently, as he was now happy to know he helped someone for his exam.

"However, it brings us to another set of points!"

What?

"Because when you want to become a hero, do people expect you to simply punch the bad guy? OF COURSE NOT! Well, at least that isn't the kind of hero we seek to form at U.A.!

We all saw you when the zero-pointer arrived. We knew there was a girl there and we were ready to intervene if necessary.

I mean, we're heroes and pros at that.

HOWEVER. When you saw someone was helpless, we all saw you turn around without hesitation.

Maybe it is cheesy, but that is something I like, kid!

So, a whole forty points for rescuing the girl, reassuring her efficiently and also for the nice homage. I almost as if I WAS THERE."

Said All Might while pose, as Izuku was overhyped, overjoyed and crying a lot, with Inko, while Atsuhiro opened the door to let the water flow outside. The neighbors looked at the familiar spectacle and smiled.

"SO! YOUNG MIDORIYA, I AM PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT YOU MANAGED TO GET THE BEST PRACTICAL SCORE THIS YEAR… TYING ONLY WITH ONE OTHER PERSON!."

Oh. So that was why there was an explosion powerful enough they actually mistook it for a small earthquake.

Because everyone could see two names on the top of the list. Katsuki and Izuku.

"My BOY, I AM HAPPY TO WELCOME YOU TO U.A.! WELCOME TO YOUR HERO ACADEMIA!"

That was when the hologram finally cut and Atsuhiro looked at Izuku, with a knowing smile. Inko was still crying tears of joy too, when Izuku rushed at Atsuhiro and tackled him into a hug.

Mr Compress almost fell, as the boy almost broke his spine and said…

"I DID IT! I DID IT DAD, I DID IT WITH YOUR TRAINING!"

Atsuhiro and Inko had a moment of silence, as they both realized what Izuku just said… before he did too, becoming paler than a sheet of paper.

"Herm… I mean… I know you aren't married to mom but…"

Before his surrogate son could put his foot in his mouth again, the magician vigilante lifted him into the air and locked him in a powerful hug.

"I don't care who your father is… But I'm proud to think of you as my disciple and son, Izuku."

Even him, Mr Compress, who did not cry when he took a hit from Fatgum in the face, did cry that night, Izuku against him.

Inko looked at the spectacle and smiled. What a shame that Hisashi's father was not alive. While his son was a bad memory, the man had been really nice and had been angry when he learned his son was running away because of Izuku's Quirklessness. As in really angry and apologizing to Inko and Izuku. His little Rey as he used to call Izuku. She remembered him, when he explained that his mother was spanish and nobody expected him to speak spanish. Even he chuckled that nobody expected him when he was inquisitive.

Sadly, the man died of anger and sadness a few day after his son. He had been kind enough to leave them a bit more money. It was the only reason Inko still went each year to the Midoryia's shrine…

—-

Katsuki got his earlier and he already knew his result and the nerd… Explaining why the hell he was pouting in his bedroom. Zero-pointers that did not bring any points, his ass! Sure, the reason that All-Might gave made sense but seriously? NOW HE WAS TIED WITH IZUKU. TIED. Well, at least he had been third in the written exam but still. It means Izuku was really shoulder against shoulder.

Mitsuki smiled as her son cackling maniacally as a villain. Finally he stopped mopping. Katsuki had many qualities and one of the best was truly his capacity to rebound as long as he could get back at whoever he bet. It truly helped him to go above everyone and she had truly feared for a long time he couldn't have a rival that would make him work even harder.

Apparently the problem was now over.

—-

"Geez, Tomura. I'm sorry, I told you that five times. If you had a cellphone, it would have been easier, you know?"

Right now, two young men were drinking smoothies in front of the store, since it had a no food policy. The blue haired manchild had asked Izuku to pay him a smoothie to compensate for his absence for his meeting. Sure, he could vaguely understand that Izuku would need to work… But he truly needed to find a way to tempt Izuku into the dark side. Hmmmm… He needed to step up his game. To gain some fame.

A Character such as Izuku would need fame to be interested in a group. But first, he needed to play his card to not make Izuku afraid and run. After all, he was also as nervous as a bunny and would run away if the predator was not friendly enough.

So, a Tomura still drinking an ice cold smoothie got a brain freeze as he thought more of his evil plan than anything else, making Izuku laugh.

Also, he needed to buy a cellphone.

"Izuku, when you stop laughing. We're going out to buy phones."

"We?"

"I saw the thing you use. It is closer to a walkie talkie than a freaking phone."

"Tomura, you don't even have one."

"But I have money and I refuse to let one of my favorite minions have something subpar!"

Izuku chose to interpret that as "I'm rewarding you for doing well".

Let's just say Tomura was not amused by Izuku taking a normal phone but with an All Might skin. As for him, well… He bought a Pear phone 22. According to the vendor it was the best in town.

Good thing he couldn't dust it anymore, right?

—-

Now, dear readers, let's skip ahead in time a bit. The day the two boys were going to their new school. Both were totally aware they were in the same class but well…

"I'm not going to your home in the morning ever again, YOUR STEP DAD THREW A SQUID AT ME. WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO NEXT TIME?"

Mr Compress had prepared a cream pie with a clown he knew.

Izuku approved of Kacchan's fear and so decided to go separately… Not to mention that his mom was checking everything before he left. Actually, Kacchan did not risk anything, as Atsuhiro was working today. By working, he had explained to his son, he was going to steal some criminals' funds of war and a few pieces of evidence for Underground heroes. Therefore, he was going to be absent for a few days.

Hey, communication was important in a family and Atsuhiro had enough problems because he did not say things clearly before. He learned from his mistakes.

Also he did not tell Inko or Izuku he was going to steal a diamond to make a special ring for a special woman of his heart.

Still, it was with a smile, cards in one pocket and a coin dancing in his finger that Izuku went to his school.

—-

While his coins were dancing (yes. Coins.) between his fingers, Izuku knew the day was going to be long as he entered the room, hearing a small explosion.

"Don't put your legs on your desk! This is disrespectful toward your school and the upperclassmen who used the desk before you! "

"Tell me more about it, extra!" Oh sweet. Apparently Glasses was now officially an extra in Katsuki's eyes… Though Izuku could see why. "I don't think it annoys anyone!"

"Personally I don't care about it." Said Izuku helpfully, gathering attention on him… Especially with the way Katsuki smiled at him. Like a shark who found a bleeding dolphin.

Glasses stared at him before bending at ninety degrees.

"Oh you! I remember you. I apologize for being disrespectful towards you during the exam since you understood the true secret of the…"

"First of all, no problem. If I can be friends with Kacchan, I can be friends with anyone. Second, my name is Izuku Midoriya. Thirdly, someone simply needed help…"

"Izuku?" Said a feminine voice that Izuku immediately recognized… As he slowly turned and saw both the girl who helped him not fall on his face and more importantly…

A floating uniform. Tooru.

"Before you ask, Deku, I already messaged Auntie."

"Fuck you Kacchan."