Author notes Ok so my first chapter was kinda short and after reading it I realized I need to do better with my editing spell check and the like but as I said this is my first time writing this stuff In theory ill get better with each chapter I know this one at least is a lot longer more flushed out and I put more effort into editing it so Hopefully y'all will stick with me long enough for this to be good maybe. Also please leave reviews let me know how I'm doing at this feedback is apricated if its constructive flames will be ignored
Formatting for this chapter now fixed so like chapter 1 its less off a word wall and i fixed a few other mistakes i found
Shortly after their romantic moment in Izuku's hospital room, the women were done kissing and had been simply sitting at the side of the bed waiting for him to wake up.
Both had big smiles and if they were sitting a little closer together then they might have usually they assumed none would notice or comment. That proved to be incorrect a few moments later as Izuku stirred and woke from his slumber, and his first words after waking up for the second time and seeing the mothers were "mommy why were you and auntie pressing your faces together"
as one might expect after the shock of these words wore off the mothers' had very different reactions Inko began blushing stammering and stuttering trying to think of what to say wile Mitsuki started laughing hysterically.
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on your point of view, before either women could answer him Izuku woke up a little further and forgot about what he had seen as he started feel the pain in his wrist with a shout of " ouchies " Izuku lifted his arm and starred at the bandaged stump that was his left hand. On seeing it the events of the previous day came rushing back to Izuku resulting in him doing what you would expect a four year old to do in this moment. He started crying,
Inko quickly rushed forward pulling her son into her arms. "its ok zuku your going to be fine".
"my hand is gone" Izuku cried "how can I be a hero with Kachan with no hand"
Inko almost laughed "of course that's what your worried about forget the loss of your hand and go rite to whether or not you can be a hero"
"so, can I?" a tearful Izuku asked again.
"Yes, Honey I'm sure you can still be a hero with only one hand the doctor said we can get you a replacement hand" Inko comforted the boy. "that's right" Mitsuki chimed in " we will get you a great new hand one that will make it even easier to be a hero with Katsuki".
Inko face took on a shocked look as she turned to her … Friend? Girlfriend? Partner?... they really needed to have a talk at some point soon. "Mitsuki I can't ask you to help pay for this I can ha"
"no" Mitsuki interrupted " I told you before Izuku is family to me and Katsuki let me help with this" at these words both Inko and Izuku began tearing up however before they could start crying in earnest and risk flooding the room Mitsuki continued with a wink at Inko " besides you can always make it up to me latter" at this Inko went from tearful to blushing and stammering wile Izuku just looked confused.
The next day two greenets and two blonds sat in the hospital room waiting for the prosthetics expert.
Katsuki sat on one side of Izuku's bed having been brought to visit by Mitsuki so he could help support Izuku, although if asked Katsuki would say that he was " just hear to watch the nerd get a robot hand".
The two boys were huddled together on one side of Izuku's hospital bed happily watching hero videos on Mitsukis phone mostly of ALL Might.
The mothers once again sat in their chairs murmuring quietly to each other. Having had a chance to talk after visiting hours ended the night before the newly established girlfriends were quietly discussing how and when to best explain their new relationship to their children, after all its not everyday that your mother announced that she was dating the women you saw as an aunt. They would also have to explain about same sex relationships and also just relationships in general. Quite a bit of explanation would be needed to get their sons up to speed some of it involving topics they would have normally waited on at least until their children hit double digits.
Given this Inko had floated the idea that they wait and conceal their new status until the boys were old enough to have these things more easily explained to them. However Mitsuki had firmly rejected that idea her reasoning being " It took me almost 20 years to get my hands on your sweet ass I don't want to wait another 6 years to be able to act like your mine" this statement wile rendering Inko into a blushing mess had also convinced her they shouldn't wait so they sat discussing the best times place and some of the word choice but so far all they had agreed to was that they would tell the boys together.
A knock on the hospital room door pulled everyone attention as the door opened revealing Dr. Shoji and a man who made even the tall Doctor look short. Standing at close to 7ft the man had pink hair that was cut short with a square jaw and golden eyes with rifle scope pupils. The man looked like he had been carved from marble with huge muscles defining his entire body that could be easily seen as the man wore a white lab coat left open and underneath a tank top which might have at some point been white, but now was so stained with grease and oil that very little of the original color could be seen, and a pair of black scrub pants. In one hand the man was pulling what looked like a rolling suitcase made entirely of medal. All in all, the man looked like a strange cross between a doctor and a mechanic.
"So, which of you is being fitted for one of my wonderful babies today" said the man in a deep booming voice.
Dr. Shoji sighed and rubbed her forehead with one hand while another pointed towards Izuku and a third dope slapped the large man on the back of the head. "Obviously the one sitting in the hospital bed wearing a gown Bruno" she said her voice was one of long suffering and exasperation clearly, she was used to dealing with this man's antics.
Gesturing to the pink haired giant she gave an explanation to the Midoriya's and Bakugos, " this is Bruno Hatsume he may look and sound like a bit of a goof and has a weird habit of calling his creations his babies, but he is the best prosthetics maker this side of I-island. He is an expert in robotics and mechanics as well as being and fully trained surgeon"
" aww shucks doc you always say the nicest stuff and please all of you feel free to just call me Bruno" Bruno responded pulling his suitcase closer towards Izuku and pressing one massive hand across the top of the case. As he did this there was a loud beeping sound before the case began to open and unfold in an impressive display of robotics the suitcase turned into a rolling desk with a large number of scanners and screens each with their own robotic polls attaching them to the table and were clearly able to move around on command.
Gesturing to one of the scanners with one hand while using the other to hit a few buttons on the desks built in keyboard causing one the arms to extended and move closer to Izuku's bed on the end of which was a grey cylinder that looked like a tiny mri machine Bruno directed his attention to Izuku
"now young man if you would be so kind as to place your hand into that little scanning baby we can see what sorts of prosthetics might be suited for you" As Izuku scooted down his bed and placed his hand in the scanner
Inko spoke up for the first time sense Bruno had arrived having gotten over her shock at the man's rather unusual appearance and boisterous attitude. "what sorts of prosthetics are there Mr. Hatsume? and what will determine Izuku's fitness for them?"
Bruno who had begun typing as soon as Izuku's hand was inside the tube answered with a practiced voice, clearly this was a question he answered often. "as I said mam you should feel free to call me Bruno, to answer your question, there are a few different categories of prosthetics mostly they are divided by how lifelike they are. The highest category are level 3s are known as full living prosthetics and are the most advanced with synthetic muscle and nerve tissue making the limb feel real. As far as it goes these prosthetics can be hooked up to the nerves and muscles of the wearer to allow for full movement and feeling to the point that some patients will feel like their limb was never cut off."
"Hold up" interrupted Katsuki getting glare from his mother for his rudeness. "if something that good exists why would they need the other categories just give everyone the perfect one and call it a day!"
Bruno chuckled at this his eyes never leaving the screens showing the data coming in from the scanner Izuku had his hand in. "If only it were so simple young one but sadly there is more to it then that. The main thing that determines whether or not we can use the different type of prosthetic is the conditions of the amputation. In order to use the full living models, the amputation needs to be almost perfectly clean so much so that you could usually have just reattached the original limb in the first place. At one point it was thought that we could just make a second clean amputation above the original one and then use levels 3 on everyone as you suggested but it never worked in quite the right way we are still not totally sure why, my personal theory is that when a traumatic injury happens the body naturally adapts the nerve endings and muscles at the point of injury to reduce pain which also works in such a way that makes it more compatible to reattachment and that adaptation just doesn't happen with the clean trauma free cut that comes with surgical amputation"
( yes I am aware that I am bending the facts of science and medicine rather strongly but for plot reasons I want perfect prosthetics to exist but Izuku doesn't get one and this was the best logic I could come up with for why)
" the next category" Bruno continued on " is levels 2 which are both classified at partial living prosthetics, Level 2 prosthetics either have full movement capabilities same as the level 3s but have reduced nerve sensation so while the wearer can still feel it's a lesser amount. Or sometimes the reverse case in which the wearer has full felling but the muscles don't attach rite so they don't have full movement that one is pretty rarely used though. Then you have level 1s these are more of what one used to see before the advancement in robotics and simulated tissue that came in the last hundred years. They are basic mechanical pieces with some basic movement capabilities or mechanical functions but no capacity for feeling. Finally you have category 0 which are your basic level prosthetics that have no ability to move or mechanical elements so picture a old style wooden leg."
The Bakugos and Midoriyas listened on as Bruno gave his explanation speech the whole time his focus was still clearly on the screen displaying Izuku's scan results showing again that this was a speech he gave often to the point he could do it without thinking about it.
" so what are you thinking Bruno" questioned Dr. Shoji " we know category 3 won't work for Izuku but I was thinking he could at least get a 2 the damage isn't quite rough enough that he would need a 1 or 0"
Bruno nodded as he hit a few more keys on his keyboard and the buzzing hum of the scanner that Izuku was still holding his bandaged wrist in to shut off " you can take your hand out now son"
Izuku followed his instructions and every waited anxiously as Bruno looked at the screens examining the data. "I'm thinking your rite Shoji" he finally concluded " The damage to the nerves and blood vessels is moderate but the muscles are fairly cleanly severed young Midoriya is a good match for a movement focused level two he will have full movement and dexterity but only partial sensation and felling" Turning to Inko and Mitsuki he pulled out a card and handed it to the women " that is the number and address for my office once Young Midorya is released from the hospital in a day or two give us a call and we will set up an appointment to get his new hand selected and attached."
Inko nodded and took the card which read Hatsume industries under which it listed their areas of business as prosthetics, Robotics, Hero support gear, and automotive in the corner was a picture of man and women both with robotics arms driving a red sports car, under which was a phone number and address in musutafu. Bruno pressed a button on his work table and it folded its self-back into a suit case.
"Do any of you have any questions?" the large man asked the mothers and sons before him. Slightly taken aback by how abruptly Hatsume had finished his work the Bakugos and Midoriyas sharded looks before each slowly shook their head indicating they had no questions at this time. "excellent" grinned Bruno before turning to Izuku his face going deathly serious, " now young Midoriya I will see you soon but in the meantime I have a very important question that you will need to consider in order for us to give you your new hand"
"Important question?" Izuku asked the serious look on the light hearted Hatsume's face making him very nervous "what is it?".
Bruno began slowly stepping back to the door his serious face still on Izuku "when next we meet young man you will need to decide…. What color you would like your new hand to be" as these words left Bruno's mouth the rest of the room face faulted, and before they could recover the man left laughing loudly the whole way.
About a week later we join Izuku and his mother sitting in the waiting room of the Hatsume office, thanks to modern medicine and healing quirks Izuku had only been in the hospital for two more days before his bandages were ready to come off, and other than Katsuki asking again if he could have Izuku's old hand and Mitsuki threatening him with therapy if he asked that again, and considering putting him in it even if he didn't ask just cause the request was disturbing, the stay was fairly uneventful, and while he was at first very upset by the scared stump that was once his left hand. Izuku was now starting to accept it especially sense he knew he would have a replacement soon.
The few days outside the hospital had still been hard on Izuku mostly because as luck would have it he was left handed.
This meant the dressing, eating, washing, and other basic activities were very difficult. Fortunately, his mom had taken some time off work and was more than willing to help her little boy.
Still, both of them were excited for Izuku to have a functional limb again. When they had arrived at the address of that Hatsume office listed on the card they saw that calling it an office was greatly understating the place.
The building actually had the look of three very different buildings that had been squashed together. The first was a high-end garage that had a variety of cars and motorcycles parked out front many of these had wild paint jobs or obvious modifications such as wings or rocket jets.
The second building had the look of a medical clinic no red cross above the door but it still had the right feel for a doctor's office, behind this was what appeared to be an industrial warehouse.
The whole compound was surrounded by a medium size wall which had two openings that acted as gates. When they had entered the building to the family of two was stunned by what they saw the building had the look of a super high tech area that was designed by a drunk two year old everything was shiny and chrome and very impressive looking it was not at all matching, the furniture and carpeting were all strange often changing colors none of which matched each other and in some cases like the pink and orange spiral painted reception desk that fronted the office the furniture didn't even go with themselves.
Having checked in with the robot working the reception desk, the compound seemed to be largely filled with robot workers with only a handful of humans in site, they were now waiting for Bruno to finish whatever he was doing.
Suddenly there was an explosion that rattled the foundations of the building not so much that anything fell over but enough to be very startling Inko and Izuku we're very worried at first however as no one else in the area seemed to pay the explosion any mind whatsoever they calmed back down getting the feeling that this was a regular occurrence around here.
A door opened to the left and Bruno walked out waving smoke out of his face and calling back to someone inside the room "I told you that wasn't going to work Mei-Mei get everything cleaned up then if you do a good job I'll ask my next patient about letting you watch his procedure"
Walking over to the Midoryas Bruno waved and smiled "sorry about that folks my daughter may has recently become interested in creating babies of her own but I am having trouble getting her to understand basic safety precautions but no harm in failing it's how we learn right" the man laughed at his own statement before motioning for two to follow him into another office that looked like something out of a scifi movie.
In the middle sat a very fancy looking exam chair/table that had all kinds of monitors and electronic arms sprouting off it. The arms held a large variety of tools and multiple display screens were projected around the set up. In one corner away from this contraption was a simple circle of chairs around a coffee table Sitting in one and motioning for the mother and son to take others Bruno started things off. "so how's everybody feeling today ready to get your new hand little guy" Izuku nodded eagerly but Inko held a hand out "I had a few questions before we start Mr. Hatsume"
Bruno nodded his face going more business like " of course Mrs. Midorya and please you may just call me Bruno"
the mother nodded before asking "Dr. shoji had mentioned something about Izuku needing to have the prosthetic updated every so often I was wondering if you could clarify more about that"
Bruno smiled leaning back in his chair "ahh yes, You see the issue with prosthetics of this kind and someone of your sons age is that they must be fitted very correctly to connect to the nerves and muscle tissues to allow movement and sensation however when putting one on somebody this young the problem is that they are still growing and no matter how advanced we have gotten with prosthetics we haven't yet made one that can grow with him so instead you have to replace it every so often."
Before he could continue a pink missile came bursting through the door running at Bruno and jumping into his lap excitedly yelling "dad dad I finished cleaning up can I watch you give him a new baby now".
The pink missile was revealed to be a little girl around Izuku's age she had long pink hair and rifle scope pupils showing that she was clearly Brunos child Laughing as he wrapped an arm around the girl Bruno explained to the confused mother and son "this is my daughter Mei she's the one who caused that little explosion you saw earlier and assuming Izuku has no objections she's going to observe the procedure when I attach your hand. I assume that is ok you with you young man?"
the little girl turned to Izuku offering a puppy dog pout complete with watery eyes and quivering lips which naturally left the young Midoriya powerless to do anything but agree to her wishes.
"Excellent" smiled Bruno "now Mei why don't you take our little friend here on a tour of the facility and show him some of the hero support gear we make wile his mom and I discuss the financial and billing bits. Then once your done bring him back hear we can make the final choices for his new hand and get it put on"
Mei excitedly jumped out of her father's lap before running to Izuku and before the green haired boy could say a word grabbed his good hand and pulled him out the door. Mei dragged the boy into the large warehouse looking area of the building and as soon as they entered Izuku was stunned.
All around the place were different pieces of support gear some finished others not a few looked like they had recently exploded. "come on" exclaimed the little Hatsume " let me show you all my dad's wonderful hero babies. And then mine you wana see mine to rite?" the girl turned to Izuku flashing the same pouting look she had before. "o-of course mei," Izuku stuttered out " I-I'd love t-to see your b-b-b-babies"
Mei squealed with joy before pulling Izuku around the room although given the boys excitement over seeing real hero gear after a time it was hard to tell who was pulling who. Izuku was in hero nerd heaven mei showed him all kinds of wonderful contraptions from collapsing stretchers for rescue operations that could be fit in a pocket and then expanded so they could reach injured persons trapped under rubble or other situations of the type. To an impressive line of tasers for villain capture, and even a few prototype hero costumes for various heroes including one that Izuku instantly recognized from all the time he had spent watching hero videos online with Katsuki.
"M-mei, is this what I think it is" the boy asked stunned pointing with his stump at a blue and red costume with white armor around the shoulders and wrists.
The girl just tilted her head in a very cute confused look "I don't know what do you think it is?"
"t-t-the hero costume for en-en-en Endeavor the number 2 hero"
Mei just laughed at Izuku's awestruck face " oh if that's what you think it is, then yes it is what you think, Endeavor and dad went to UA at the same time. They are kinda like friends except Endeavor is a jerk and my dad really does not like a lot of the stuff he does, but my dad's been making his coutumes ever sense"
Izuku just staired at the costume his hero obsessed brain overwhelmed by the fact he was actually looking at a costume that would be used by the real number 2 hero.
"now come on" Mei said pulling the quite green boy along, neither really having realized they hadn't stopped holding hands the entire time," I wana show you my babies now"
Izuku was reluctant to leave the professional hero gear but followed the excited girl to a small table in the corner of the warehouse. The little pink desk was clearly sized for a child and was pilled with papers Mei rushed Izuku over and began pushing various papers in front of his face. "dad doesn't let me actually try to build babies unless he is there to supervise incase stuff like what happened before happens but he gave me this desk to draw them and stuff I have so many great ideas"
the next twenty minutes was spent with Mei showing Izuku all of her drawn out ideas the sketches were better than your average four year old coloring book type work but still far from being professional schematics. Regardless Izuku was swept up by her enthusiasm and even began suggesting ideas and modifications she could make to her projects.
Mei was at first stunned when the shy boy started excitedly contributing but quickly got into the groove of it before suddenly changing the subject as they looked at her drawing of a special devise that Mei wanted to make that would help stop cars by coating their windshields in blueberry jam, " Hey Midorya how old are you?" the girl asked suddenly
" I'm four" said Izuku still looking at her drawings.
" yay me too can we be friends daddy says ill make better babies if I have friends to talk about them with and your fun to talk to" the girl seemed excited for his answer moving close till her face pressing up against his forehead to forehead.
" ye-ye- yes we can be friends Hatsume" Izuku stuttered out turning red at how close the girl was to him.
"yay" Mei cheered before grabbing Izuku's hand again and pulling him back to Bruno's operating room/ office " come on lets go see if dads ready to give you a baby"
As the four year olds reentered the room Inko and Bruno looked up from the papers she had been signing at the pair and Bruno smiling asked "have fun kids?" "Ya" Mei replied " Izuku said he would be my friends and make babies with me"
"did he now" replied Bruno eyes going to the children's hands which were still intertwined and Izuku who was breathing heavily from trying to keep up with the ball of energy that was Mei with a chuckle and a large smile " well in that case I'll have to make a small change to our agreement Inko as a friend of the family will cut off let's say 15%."
Inko who had been busy trying to restore her heart rate to normal after Mei's comment about Izuku and her making babies together looked up at him stunned. While she wasn't worried about paying for Izuku's hand or the subsequent hands he would need as he grew especially sense Mitsuki was still insisting on helping 15% was still a significant chuck of money. " th-that sounds good if you're sure" Inko replied to the man as he made a few marks on the forms she had just signed making the discount.
"of course, my little mei-mei is always so wrapped up in her babies that she doesn't make a lot of friends or well any really if she and Izuku are friends now I better make sure to treat you guys well to keep your business" Mei smiled at this before running to sit on her father's lap again as Izuku took the chair next to his mother he had vacated before.
"Now Izuku do you mind if I call you Izuku?" Bruno questioned and at Izuku's nod continued " have you given thought to what color you want your new hand to be like I told you to?" Izuku nodded but raised his hand like a child in class asking a question " Ummm I was wondering what colors it could be like can it be anything or"
Bruno chuckled at this " ya pretty much most people just go with flesh tones it doesn't quite look natural but its closer, some leave it without paint just liking the silver grey color of the metal, but some people have fun with it I have a patient with an arm that had us do a series of designs and pictures so its basically a tattoo sleeve, there is a women who has her leg in a tie dye design. We have a full auto shop painting booth hear so there are very few things we can't do color wise."
Hearing this Izuku looked thoughtful before saying "can I have the skin colored one this first time I could try colors maybe in the future"
"aww Zuku that's boring" pouted Mei before getting a soft bop to the head by her father.
"of course, you can kid go ahead and grab a seat on the operating chair over there and we can get started.
The procedure its self took about 2 hours Izuku sat in the high-tech chair while the arrangement of mechanical arms attached his new hand the process was very complex but Bruno was an experienced pro and as he explained thanks to his quirk zoom, which Mei shared, he was able to see and operate on even the smallest of nerves and vessels and thanks to the robotic arms he controlled he had the dexterity to match his vision. The fact of the matter was without quirks or technology attaching prosthetics of this kind would be simply impossible.
Mei spent the whole two hours running around in circles wanting to watch at different angels as her father carefully fused flesh and cybernetics to create Izuku's new hand.
When the procedure was finished the young man looked at his new hand with a sense of wonder it had the same shape as a human hand but it was obviously cybernetic it ( for reference on what his hand looks I point you to the cybernetics in cyberpunk 2077 take the hand of johnny silver hand as a great example) "Izuku" his mother prodded him seeing the boy transfixed by his new appendage how are you feeling.
" its so cool" replied the little boy "and it moves like I want it to and I can even sort of feel stuff, It really works just like they said"
hearing this inko embraced the little boy tears of joy pouring from both Midoryas as the Hatsumes watched the touching moment slightly alarmed by the volume of tears escaping the mother and son. After exchanging information so Mei and Izuku could have a play date in the future the Midoriyas left and headed home.
Alright that's chapter two it's a good amount longer then chapter 1 and I think I did a better job on it but I look forward to hearing what y'all think about it. As you probably guessed Mei is one of the main girls I'm considering for the love interest but still haven't fully decided so feel free to leave reviews telling me what girls y'all wana see and why.