With pizza eaten, games played and the workday drawing to a close, the gang decided to head home.
"If you guys don't want to go to empty houses, you're welcome to swing by our compound." Nanako offered to Izuku, Hitoshi, Himiko and Yami.
Due to his father's lawyer career and her father, Vlad King's, heroic career, Izuku and Himiko were used to being home alone for nights at a time. It wasn't too bad, they had their siblings. Still, sometimes it was nice to have adult company.
Yami and Hitoshi were a little different: Mr. Hebijo was a scientist at Deternet and Mr. and Mrs. Shinsho were security guards, so their hours were long, even if the pay was okay.
"Father and Grandfather have wanted to check in on you, Izuku." Fen added. "Nothing serious; they just enjoy chatting with you; fills their olkd souls with joy to see someone so close to our forebeares."
"Dad's got the grill going with the big three!" Ben offered. "Steaks, filets and shirmp!"
"U-um? W-we'll take up that offer if they don't!" Aria, holding onto Tenshiro, beamed.
"As will I! Your dad makes a perfect steak!" Chi salivated "Bloody….!"
"I appritate the offer, but I've got a hot date." Isamu beamed. "As does our cat femboy…"
Quasi blushed.
"It's mine and Sam's anniversary and she wanted to try and make ratatouille." He explained, getting coos from many.
"And I got babysitting." Yoshimitsu added; one of the upsides of his quirk was that kids loved him for it, so there was no shortage of…
BOOM!
The conversation was halted by the sounds of an explosion and the sight of smoke.
"…Quasi, I don't want to sound Quirkist…" Renji started.
"You will, are and no, I did not take this path nor activate my quirk at any point during or before our hangout.: Quasi deadpanned, far too used to this.
Seeing a crowd gathering, the kids made their way to get a better look: There was a slew of Pro heroes fighting what looked like a smirking pile of mud holding someone prisoner and sparking fires to keep people back.
"These fires are keeping me out!" Backdraft, a firefighter style hero called out as Kamui Woods leapt out of the flames carrying two students.
"And we can't touch this thing without risking the hostage; we need to wait for someone with a better quirk!" Death Arms replied.
"Well at least that one girl is keeping him from advancing and escaping." Mount Lady noted, pointing to….
"IZUMI?!" The group called out.
Indeed: There was Izuku's sister, shooting blasts of lightning, water, fire and wind at the villain.
Izumi Midoriya. Her Quirk: Elemental Magic! She can create and manipulate the elements in any way she sees fit, and not JUST the five or six core ones. She's basically the avatar and Zatara put together!
"Hang on a little longer, Katsuki!" She tried to call out, only to be sent crashing to her feet by a tendril of muck she managed to freeze before correcting her form and summoning orbs of each element she could think of.
"Wait, Ka-chan's there too?!" Izuku shouted in worry.
"…Siblings. You leave them alone one time and everything goes downhill." Himiko noted, although her voice was filled with worry.
"Cute AND strong quirk?" The villain smirked. "After this blonde dies, you're next, greenie!"
Silence.
That was all Izuku heard. And felt.
But what he saw? A memory:
A memory of a battererd five-year-old Katsuki on the floor and someone else holding a gun to Izumi's head.
….
….
….
There was no more thinking. No regard for getting in trouble.
"HEY! HEY KID! GET BACK!"
In full sprint, Izuku ignored Death Arms' calls, his mind focused on one thing only: Save his sister and best friend. And his gang, after a single nod, leapt in front of the scene
"STAY BACK!" Hitoshi ordered, and everyone paused. Himiko raced forward and drew a butterfly knife to slice and dice away tendrils while Gani's eyes glew an emerald color, from which manifested two large bones he willed forward, moving throughout the arena and bringing back civilains…one of which he had dropped off beside him.
"Ello, pretty in hoodie." Gani smirked at his girlfriend. Himeri blushed as an idingant and worried Okabe called out.
"WHAT ABOUIT IZUMI, BONEHEAD?!"
Tenshiro grabbed caught her as Fen leapt upwards, shooting webs that brought civilians out of the danger. Tadashi raced forward and stretched out an arm, focusing with all his might.
"This Muck-wannabe's grip is too strong and out of my range!"
"Wait, what about the balance?" Ben asked, as the area around them started to cease being on fire and repair itself, depending on where he looked.
"When family and friends get involved? The balance can be ignored." Tadashi said simply.
Throghout all of this, Renji's minions had been keeping people back as Aria raced after Izuku as well, Hitoshi blocking anything that came her way as they got closer and closer.
"IZUMI! KA-CHAN!" Izuku called out in worry, distracting the two from their gasps for air and fighting. And sadly for Izumi, this was all the Sludge villain needed to grab and fling her to the ground, ruining her uniform and holding her upwards.
"MOVE AND SHE DIES TOO!"
And at the moment? Izuku snapped.
From his fingers burts tendrils of green and black that struck the villain, making him freeze.
"FORCED QUIRK DEACTIVATION! EXHAUSTION! LOOSEN! SHRIVEL! FORCED STAMINA SHARE!"
The sludge villain started shrinking, his skin becoming pale and his form fat. His skin started to dry up and Katsuki fell to the ground, gasping for air.
"D-D-deku?" Katsuki managed as Izumi caught and cradled him. He then saw her ruined uniform and found enough strength to cover her with his jacket. "Zumi?!"
Where was once the villain giving everyone trouble, there was now a small, old, sleazy looking man. A man who cowered under Izuku's glare.
"U-um…T-they…She and him made me do it?"
CRUNCH!
Izuku punched the man with all the natural strength in his arm, which was enough to break his nose and dislocate his jaw. He then used (Convenience) to lift the man upward and grab him so he could deliver enraged blow after blow.
"HOW! DARE! YOU! THREATEN! MY SISTER! AND! FRIEND!"
Every blow echoed over the scene, many beginning to fear the boy…save for his friends, who rushed to stop him. Quasi leapt in front to keep anyone from interfering with.
"Deku, stop! Its over!" Katsuki tried to call out, gasping for air.
Izuku didn't hear him, seeing another in the villain's place and refusing to stop until he was dead.
Tenshiro, Tadashi, Ben and Mira grabbed at Izuku, trying to stop him…and giving Aria a chance to touch the now sobbing villain, who froze up and stayed still.
"Izu-nii!" Izumi begged, hugging her brother. This seemed to calm him down…
BONK!
"OW!" Izuku fell to the ground, groaningh in pain. "DANG NABBIT, SOUNA!"
"Sorry, Izu, but you were about to kill him." Souna said as she put her staff away.
"He'll be back in nine minutes." Aria explained.
"Her Quirk; Death Hand, kills anything it touches for up to nine minutes." Izumi explained, helping Katsuki to his feet.
"Oh, on that note?" Ben added. "He'll probably start screaming something along the lines of 'there's no afterlife or anything after death.'"
"Its weird, but that always happens." Himiko added.
"Meh, I think's kind of funny." Souna smirked.
"Yeah, especially if they were a prick or villain." Mira added.
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"…So, um? Can we go home or….?" Renji started.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS WRONG WITH YOU CRAZY KIDS?!" Death Arms snapped as the twenty-teens were gathered together. "I'll admit, I'm impressed at how well you all worked together but don't you know how dangerous it was to just run in without a plan?!"
"To be honest, they seemed to work like a well-oiled machine." Kamui Woods noted. "If they're doing that and not even Heroes yet..."
"Hey! We didn't see you guys doing anything to help!" Chi said. "And you call yourselves Heroes."
"Backdraft gets a pass because he was trying to put out the fires Kaachan accidentally caused," Izuku said.
"Hey Kamui jumped into the fire, and he's made of wood! Props to him." Quasi pointed out.
"Fair point, thank you." Izumi said, bowing to the Pro.
"And I doubt Mt. Lady could have done anything without causing damage to the surrounding area." Hitoshi pointed out.
"She could've shrank to normal person size, THEN grown and grabbed the villain." Himiko pointed out.
"Yeah, I don't think she has a time-limit or 'recharge' excuse…" Gani added in.
"Wow, these kids are smart." Death Arms whispered to Kamui Woods before motioning his partner to return his attention to the kids.
"Okay, we'll let things slide. Besides, with skills like those, you kids could go Pro before you're even third-years."
MHA
All Might stared at the scene from afar, flabbergasted and proudly amazed.
These kids had worked like a well oiled machine, covering each other and doing in a single minute what other Pros struggled to do for half an hour. Hell, a part of him was now disappointed in All for One for failing to be as heroic as his grandson.
He half laughed at that befor3e feeling disgust at the idea of Nana's killer being a hero…
But this 'Izuku Midoriya?' He and his pals had the chops, as their generation called them, to be heroes. So much so in fact, that to split them apart seemed like such a waste….
Good thing he had Nedzu on speed dial and a favor to call in.
MHA
A smirk crossed Tomura's cracked lips as he watched the report on his phone.
"I'm going to need to go for quality over quantity after all if he already has a party like that." The decayer mused as he came to his destination:
A seemingly average, three story house, that had several cars lined up and a few others leaving. He knocked on the doorand was greeted by an annoyed:
"Yeah, who is it?"
"Shigaraki." Tomura said. "And is that any way to talk to your business partner, Ranko?"
Out came out a tanned blonde girl with blue eyes, wearing ripped shorts, combat boots and having tied her shirt into a knot, exposing her abs and emphasizing her generous bust.
"Well, well, Shiggy!" She smirked. "Didn't expect you here so soon. We have…"
"Nah, nah. Not here for my share just yet. Just making sure…"
"The fellas and ladies are just looking, feeding and clothing?" Ranko guessed. "Yeah, we DID have this one prick who tried to get handsy with Kin…but he was disinherited and a loser anyways."
"Young or old, a fella with money will do anything for what he wants….including keeping secrets that'd ruin him." Tomura smirked with Ranko smirking as well.
The business they were in together was an escort type that worked with a very unique set of workers: No one under Ranko's employ was over 25.
Some people will do anything for the attention of a lovely girl…including paying hush fees that would send those girls to school while still letting them live as teens. The one rule was to NEVER touch beyond an arm support or kiss on the hand and to have them back by 9:00.
And if anyone broke those rules? Well, lets just say there was a reason life insurance was a membership requirement…
"Bet you're looking for Miyako, I take it?" Ranko smirked, delighting in her partner's indignant response when…
"TENKO!"
A blue tomboy haired girl with two butterfly pins in her hair in shorts, sandals and a hoodie
"Do I need a reason to hug my beloved Tenko? Of course not!"
"Do you need to ask and then answer your own question? Of course not!" The villain snapped back.
Ranko giggled at all this, whipping out her phone and streaming it to the other girls.
"Oh, so forceful!" Miyako smirked, trailing her fingers on Tomura's collarbone. "That kind of energy is sure to make this date a good one."
"When did I agree to even take you out? Don't you have to grab Miyabi soon?" Tomura said.
"Do you really not want me anymore?" Miyako pouted, chewing on her thumb, and looking as cute as she could. "Is it because I put my face on all your waifu and fap material? Or is it because I know where your stashes are? Oh, no, it's got to be the time I stole your clothes from the bath and left you my…"
"HUSH UP!" Tomura snapped as he grabbed her by the hoodie and started dragging her away. "You want a date?! I'll give you a date!"
"I LOVE YOU, TENKO!" Miyako beamed as she wrapped her arms under one of Tomura's.
"I LOVE YOU TOO, DAMMIT!" the decayer snapped.
"MEMBER THE CURFEW RULE, TENKO!" Ranko smirked.
"YOU DON'T GET TO CALL ME THAT AND YOU KNOW IT, RANKO!" Tomura snapped.
Once they were a good distance away, Tomura lead Miyako into an alley.
"….You had your fun?"
"Yup." The girl beamed as she checked her wrist watch. "And we've still got 20 minutes before we have to grab Miyabi."
"….Good." Tomura smirked, advancing on her. "Enough time for a pentalty game…!"
Miyako just chuckled and pulled Tomura downwards for a kiss.
MHA
"How he settled for a harlot like her, I'll never know." Ujiko grumbled as he and his master listened in on their protégé's conversation with his lady.
"Meh. To each his own." All for One mused. Honestly, he was happy Tomura had her in his life; speaking from personal experience, villainy and crime lost a bit of its glamor without that special someone. And in the supervillain's mind, Tomura chose a fine young lady.
Miyako was passionate, vibrant, loyal…and a seductress whose only target was his apprentic. Plus, her pranks and flirting kept Tomura on his toes and had, All for One mused, taught the young man to NOT always jump to force to solve his problems; instead look for a weakness to exploit.
The fact the girl had her own reasons for hating the world and a simple but effective Quirk certainly helped….
With romance on his mind, All for One's mind turned to Kamiko; the one person he ever loved as much as Youichi. She had been a tough, take no crap kind of woman, unimpressed with his empire at first and never afraid to call him out on his lack of foresight when he'd started out. She had the determination of a One for All user, but her motivations were for herself and no one else…until she'd handed him the Third user in vengeance for a slight.
Something happened in Kamiko then, and they were together, the world just flowed. It was like she filled the hole Yoiuchi's death left…reminded All for One of his childhood and how he'd not wished that on anyone. Hell, they'd considered taking a break from villainy and settling down somewhere to raise their baby together…
Then En and Nana had attacked. En had died, but the two lost their baby and Kamiko died not long after.
Turning to another screen, All for One salivated over his great-grandchildren's displays of power.
MHA
As the kids headed home, their phones were bombarded by calls from their family.
"Here's your dinner, Nee-chan." Izumi cooed, handing Izuku a take-out bag. "It might be cold and banged up, though."
Izuku smiled at the bag, already knowing what was inside. He then wordlessly handed it to Souna, who smirked as her green buddy took huis sister into a hug,
"I'm just glad your safe." Izuku said, then shooting Katsuki a look. "You too, Kaa-chan."
Katsuki smirked at this, just as the sounds of a 'zoom!' and a shadow intercepted the gang's path.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA! I AM HERE!"
"AAAAAH! ALL MIIIIGHT!" The kids all screamed…minus Tenshiro.
Izuku hurriedly glanced threw open his backpack
'A-A-A-ALL GRAPH! I MEAN, CAN I PLEASE HAVE YOUR AUTO-MIGHT?! I MEAN, SIGNA-SMASH! I-I-I-I….!"
"Look down, my boy!"
"HE ALREADY SIGNED IT!?" The kids all gasped. "AND OUR OWN NOTEBOOKS TOO?!"
"THANK YOU! This shall become a family heirloom passed down fro generations!"
"…Sad part is? He'll totally do that." Izumi noted, Katsuki nodding in agreement.
:"Um, M-Mr. All Might, sir? What can we do for you?" Ben managed.
"HAHAHA! Well, at it turns out? I was in the area, and I saw that Sludge Villain threatening that blonde boy."
"I HAD IT UNDER CONTROL!" Katsuki snapped in spite of himself; no shame in admitting he was overwhelmed, especially if All Might himself was worried.
"Suuuure you did." Renji and Quasi said together.
"I was going to handle him myself but then you all showed up and displayed remarkable teamwork!" All-Might laughed. "I came here because there was something important I wanted to speak to Young Midoriya abou-!"
And suddenly, in a burst of smoke, All-Might suddenly deflated, turning into a skeletal husk of himself and spitting up blood, causing all of the outsiders to scream, in horror, Yuriko even fainting.
"WHAAAAAA?!" Izuku gawked, his brain almost short-circuiting as the skeletal All-Might sighed.
His friends had similar reactions, expect Gani, who laughed and held out his palms, which where then graced with cash.
"…I hope you choke on it, your cheeky cheapskate collection of cartilage." Himiko pouted.
Gani just spat out his tongue.
"Sorry that you kids had to see me like this..." The skeleton man sighed. "Anyway, I was gonna tell you the secret sooner or later because Young Midoriya...it has something to do with the power you showcased today."
To be continued…
This chapter took WAAAAY too long, due to work and job interviews! Hope you like it!
All of Izuku's friends' Quirks will be shown in full next chapter and the ships will be starting too!
Next Time: Recommendation Exams!