I sat in the living room rubbing my temples. Alone with all Izukie's memories, I also got her stress, anxiety, some slight paranoia, and stress induced migraines… fucking ouch…

"My guy, please, stahp." Jaku groaned. "Nothing is going wrong! Stop being stressed please, you are giving your mind scape a hell of an earthquake."

"I can't! It's not intentional damn it…" I groaned. "Who knew Izukie was so… stressed all the time… how did she… oh right… Three…" I blushed, those memories of how she dealt with stress surfacing.

"Then grab Delilah and vent that frustration please." Jaku said. "The stress train needs to go deep into the valley of water to cool off."

"One… that was terrible, two, while Izukie was comfy with… an active sex life, I still am not. Besides, while she and I have… experimented with my new parts, I'm not sure I'm ready to feel… that kind of activity down there…"

"You don't need to have her wrist deep in there, just plow her ass hard enough to get some stress relief."

"I mean mine… Ugh, maybe I can get a spa day or something?" I pulled up my Assistant and began looking through the local businesses… and there it is. There's one in the main mall.

"Hopefully it'll help enough." Jaku said. "But a spa day might help."

I got up and headed off. I decided to get a basic package. First a steam room followed by a massage, a hot tub and end it all with a fruit salad.

Thankfully the robes they gave me were long and covering. I sat in the steam room and sighed. Right now it's just me and another lady. She was lightly tanned, blonde hair and ruby red eyes.

She looked over at me. "Hey." She waved.

"Hey there." I waved back. "How are you doing today?" I asked politely for some light conversation.

"Good." She said. "Was waiting for a friend but they're busy with other stuff."

"That sucks." I answered.

"Eh, it happens. Ever since they became both genders, I've tried to have a weekly spa day with them but, it happens." She shrugged. "I'm Cassidy."

"Midoriya." I nodded. "And yeah, that makes sense…I just became like this due to…situations, and boy does a spa day feel wonderful."

"Yeah. Helps with stress… and it's a good excuse for me to have me time from my girlfriends… I love them but I also like being alone for at least an hour or two for myself."

"Oh trust me, I understand that feeling of wanting to be alone." I said simply, staring off and seeing Jaku, in a spa towel like the both of us, looking offended.

"You wound me, my good sir." Jaku said in a posh sarcastic tone, holding a hand up to their chest in mock offense.

"So, First time at the spa?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "Really need it after some…bad stress migraines hit me."

"Ouch. Most of those are from knots in your muscles that hold the stress. I imagine once you get to the massage portion you'll feel much better."

"I mean…that might help, but this is more of a 'I'm having an existential crisis'..."

"Oh. In that case I recommend the Hefty Mothers Milk special. A bath in warm Dire Wolf Den Mother milk, followed by a cuddle by a Den Mother and massage and ends it all off a steamed towel cuddle with them for fifteen minutes. I know it sounds odd but believe me when I say that this special is a staple of most spas. Basically if the spa offers it they're not gonna worry about bad business."

"Hmm, well that sounds interesting." I hummed with some thought. "Maybe I'll give it a try."

"Trust me, you won't regret it. Might be a tad awkward at first but it's actually really relaxing."

Cassidy and I kept talking. We moved onto the massage. Turns out, she's a Synthetic, meaning she's a fully fledged, lifelike android. It surprised me honestly. She looks so, well… not robotic like Three. "So, what do you do for work Mydoria?"

"O-oh! Well…I've mostly been training and being with my many…many girlfriends." I said sheepishly. "Been so busy with everything else, I never thought of getting a job."

"Heh. You would like David. They're the friend I was supposed to be meeting today. Course they're busy dating one of their also many, many new lovers. I don't mind but I also am glad I only have my small circle of lovely gal's and not a literal country's worth." Cassidy said, making Midoriya chuckle nervously. "They've been having trouble making time for their job, kids, lovers. Thankfully though he got a secretary and she's been a Godsend on his life and scheduling."

"Oh, isn't he the one that brought that massive influx of people to Candlelight?" I inquired. "Also…yeah, I should probably get a secretary as well…"

"Heh, yeah. Horny pervert managed to empty a whole Match Makers Guild Office. I imagine they were throwing a massive party." Cassidy chuckled.

When the massage was done we were off to the Hot Tub. We were given some cheap swimsuits to wear and I felt kinda awkward. Even with mine being for… hermaphrodites, Cassidy was only female and… well, we just met.

"Heh, that's the same look David had our first shared hot tub bath together." She laughed as I blushed harder. "Relax Midoriya, I won't do anything. I prefer girls and only girls."

"Well…still." I said nervously. "We just met, and you're a pretty lady…"

"I know. One of the few things I take pride in about myself." She chuckled. "But don't worry. Even though you're used to your new body, you still mostly think like a guy don't you?" Cassidy asked.

I thought about that… she isn't wrong… Even with Izukie's memories, I don't really have the same… feel, or pull of female stuff like she did… maybe that's why I need to find her Heart… that's where all those are stored…

We finished with the Fruit Salad and with that Cassidy left to go do her work, a Synthetic's parts and repairs shop. Basically a hospital but for those who are mechanically alive over organically.

I tried that Special and… woah…

It was weird to sit in a neck deep tube of warm milk and various other minerals. Even weirder when I was given a cup in case I wished to drink any of it. It was… oddly so relaxing… Calming.

When that bath ended I was told to wash off, put on a clean robe and- wha!?

"Hello there." Spoke the huge, like, a full story tall humanoid… multi breasted… wolf lady. She smirked at me… She was also naked. "You're here for the cuddle?"

"Uh…" I looked up at the huge…sexy lady. "Mommy…"

She chuckled. "While I am a mother I'm sorry to say that this spa doesn't offer that kind of services." She said, picking me up with just one of her hands and then pulling me close… right between her top set of breasts and then placed me there. She then laid down and used a finger to pet my head. "Now you can stay awake or sleep for this part. I usually prefer to nap myself." She said.

It was awkward for me… especially since she was laying on her side so I was pressed down between her… breasts, quite well.

Her fur was… incredibly warm and soft… like high quality silk and not as stuffy or thick as I was expecting… her breathing and… her heartbeat. I heard both from here and… it was soothing. Like some lullaby part of me recognized and it made me… sleepy.

I wasn't sure how long I fell asleep for. Maybe minutes, maybe an hour? I woke up when I felt myself getting a massage… I looked over to see that same wolf lady, now only slightly taller than me now, giving me a gentle massage.

This massage was much gentler than the first one I had. It seemed more focused on relaxing me and tenderly easing spots where knots and trouble spots I already had massaged were fully taken care of.

Lastly, when the massage was done she climbed on top of me and laid down on me. Her new size still covered my body but it was like some giant body sized blanket.

Honestly I was so relaxed I didn't care she was naked. I just fell back asleep for maybe half an hour before she woke me up.

I took a deep breath, my stress migraine gone and all of that was basically non-existent now.

I got dressed and left the spa feeling better than I have… well, ever.

"Wow…that…felt amazing." I said with a warm smile.

"Yeah, Den Mother treatments tend to be the best form of relaxation." Jaku shrugged.

"I wasn't expecting to be that nice though… especially given she was naked… that's my only question is why was she naked?"

"Remember when I talked about physical contact being a sort of therapy?" Jaku inquired, which I nodded. "Yeah, the Den Mother was naked to give the closest form of physical contact they could, giving them the sense of comfort, closeness, and safety to relax and enjoy the moment…kinda like a mother would do with their child if ya think about it."

"I guess that makes sense given they are called Den Mother's." I nodded. "Like when I was little and I'd sleep next to mom in her bed because I had a nightmare or a bad day."

"Yep." Jaku nodded. "Dire Wolf Den Mother's are one of, if not the best Den Mother's, only being's that could compare to them are Floof Noodles, which are the most common, or some other, arguably extremely powerful fusion races the Family made, but aren't really well known due to a low population number."

"I remember reading about those. Funny name but they are strong… and I believe fusion races are when a fusion being becomes a full entity on their own and has kids right? Not quite like when two people of different races have kids but similar? I'm honestly amazed that in this reality so many cross breeds and new species can just pop up."

I was turning the corner when I bumped into someone. "Oh, sorr-" I cut myself off at seeing who it was… just like in the memories… Three…

He was in some new jumpsuit, compared to the memories, but he also looked at me with equal surpse, then sadness… "Uh… sorry for bumping into you…" I said nervously.

"No way…" Jaku muttered. "Midoriya, you have to talk to him, this is not a coincidence!" Jaku immediately said as if this was some 'red alert' kinda situation.

Three kept looking at me before he took a deep breath and cleared his throat. "S-sorry. I was lost in thought and wasn't paying attention." He said, clearly trying to look anywhere but at me. "You just… caught me off guard. You… look like someone I knew…"

"Oh…" I said. Half of me was panicking. Half of me wanted to tell him… and a small part of me was running through every one of Izukie's memories with Three. "Is she…"

"Gone…" He said plainly. "I don't mean to be rude, even after all this time… just hurts to see a reflection of hers."

He thinks I'm a reflection? Well, he's half right more or less… "Well… I'm sorry for your loss… was she… special to you?"

"Heh. That's an understatement. Without her I'd have never known how much more these was to life…" Three said, suddenly looking surprised and shaking his head. "Heh, sorry I don't know why I'm… still talking."

"Well… I'm still listening." I offered. "Maybe… I could listen about her more?"

"Heh. Sounds a little rude to just listen to me talk on and on about a version of you long dead…"

"Maybe a little, but I won't take offense."

"No… you wouldn't… heh, neither would she to be honest…" Three said, tapping his assistant.

[Contact Info of Thee Added.]

"I'll… consider it…" He added before rushing off in a haze of blue lightning…

"Seriously?" Jaku gave me a deadpanned look.

"I panicked!" I said defensively, hoping that would be enough.

Jaku sighed. "How you can be such a badass, but be so outlandishly, adorably awkward is still beyond me."

"Hey I have a lot of conflicting feelings on this alright! On one hand I have Izukie's memories, experience and apparently power, but I'm still feeling and thinking like Izuku so I don't want to get his hopes up especially given I somehow need to get Izukie's heart and soul to actually revive/become/fuse with her! Both of which I have no idea where to even start!"

"Have you tried looking into the Mother's Daughter's Guild?" Jaku asked, which made me look at him like he was crazy. "As you've said, you have their memories, experience, and apparently their powers, maybe you also have their status in the Guild as well."

"Would it seem odd that a long dead member of that guild just walked in and asked a bunch of questions?"

"Do you have a better idea for where to start the hunt for Izukie's Heart and Soul?" Jaku brought up. "Cause will it be weird? Maybe. Will it help us in the long run? Yes. Considering we're trying to do the impossible here, even in this reality, it's better we go to people that actually know a thing or two."

"I guess… Katsuki will kill us when she finds out won't she?"

"She's probably getting drunk off her ass to try and not feel things after…all this." Jaku motioned to all of me.

"Gee, thanks…" I huffed. "Alright, but we have to do this right otherwise Katsuki and I will be in more trouble than I want to think about…"

It wasn't hard to learn where the Mother's Daughters HQ was. Connection city, capitol of Home World. The largest and first planet of this reality. Getting there was thankfully easy if tedious. Once in I tried to act like I belonged. Thankfully my Assistant worked in all the locks and security and I managed to wander my way into a records and archives room.

I sat at the first open computer I saw… now… what to look up?

"We can start with the Afterlife." Jaku brought up.

I typed it in.

[Afterlife Results: 8.49 million]

Damn!

All the files and data here seemed… odd. Most were theories or rumors. Some were documents on how the afterlifes worked in the old days in the machine… nothing about now though… crap.

"Alright, next up would be Souls." Jaku said, though he also looked upset that one of the oldest guild's had practically nothing on the Afterlife.

I typed it in. Reading through all the data here told me a lot and nothing all at the same time.

[Souls and Nobodies]

Hello?

[Nobodies are entities without Hearts that exist by a mix of will and the souls refusal of leaving the body. Majority of nobodies are made from the Heart being stolen from the body, but a special breed of Nobody that retains their human or original bodies and often memories exists. These can only come into being via the Admin of Nothingness or the removal of the Heart by a Keyblade or similar weapon or item.]

"Well, that is a good start." Jaku hummed. "So we'd need to find the Admin of Nothingness…which we have no idea where they are."

I typed in Admin of Nothingness.

[The Admin of Nothingness is the first and only Admin over the power of Nothingness. Nothingness both as the energy and location is a form of Purgatory where good and evil, light and darkness, meet in the middle.

In the days before the war Nothingness was where dead or no longer active Timelines were placed, where all things that should not exist do, and where those without Hearts or ties to the light or darkness resided.

After the war, it is unknown what the Admin of Nothingness or their domain do. Aside from a never ending adult video appearances, the Admin of Nothingness has not made a true public appearance outside the adult films and photos that they partake in for advertisement or public images.]

"Wait…is that King?" Jaku frowned. "The one that…Katsuki said not to grab any of their porn volumes?"

"I guess so. Wonder why they haven't made any public appearances though?" I frowned… "Hmm… Maybe…"

I typed in Admin of Hearts.

[The Admin of Hearts, also known as the Admin of Balance or Kingdom Hearts is an Admin title and power passed down since the beginning of The Machines existence well before the war.

The Admin of Hearts currently, Admin Heart, holds the source of all Heart's within their own chest, and controls all people with links to another, Light, Darkness and Keyblades as well as the Heartless and Unversed. During the war they fought on the front lines against Nexus and the original All Maker.

Admin Heart resides often in either The Realm of Darkness's Core' Castle, or in the primary Keyblade Forge within New Skala.]

"Ah, yes, two extraordinary hard places to get to due to the fact that they're so." Jaku frowned.

"At least now we know where they could be. Meaning we can eventually get there and ask them for Izukie's Heart. And maybe an audience with the Admin of. Nothingness."

"True, also Katsuki said that Heart owes them a favor." Jaku brought up. "But this is all based on…if Izukie's Heart and Soul still exist…cause they were hit with something that kills Admins, every disease known to existence…especially stuff that target's those things."

"Well. One way to find out…"

I typed in Izukie Midoriya.

[Izukie Midoriya was one of the Mothers Generals during the time of the War against Nexus and the All Maker. During their time she helped defend outposts, take our enemy bases and saved many lives.

Tragically her life was ended by a bullet that was coated in a special poison designed to kill Admins.

Normally such a lethal poison would have left nothing of her but Katsuki Bakugou, her long time friend and Time Walker froze time on her, giving her long enough to have the poison removed by the Admin of Life but unfortunately the damage was done and she died immediately after her time was started again. Her Heart was sent to Kingdom Hearts as she was an avid Keyblade user and her soul moved on to the afterlife. Her body still rests in the Fallen Heroes War Cemetery on Home World.]

"Yes! Her heart and soul do still exist! And Admin Heart has her heart!" I cheered.

"Which is indeed a good thing." Jaku nodded. "Now all we need to do is…figure out how the hell to either get to the Core Castle in the Realm of Darkness, which is not easy in the slightest, for figure out how the hell to get to New Skala, a place that's just as difficult to find but less monster fighting."

I first typed in Core Castle.

[Core's Castle is a fully constructed and functional city mostly independent of the Connection Empire. It houses a massive population of half Heartless, Half Unversed or even Half Nobodies or mixes of the three halfbreed races. The king of this place is known as Crow-D. Crow-D rules all within the Realm of Darkness and is a strict but just ruler. While he nor his kingdom participated in the war they did house and shelter civilians and refugees who were unable to fight in the war themselves.

Entrance to the Realm of Darkness requires either a DTD, Door to Darkness, or a special item of the same name. DTD's can be made by anyone with a high enough darkness affinity and the item is often found in level three dungeons.]

"Which we probably should, considering how hard Izukie went into using a Keyblade…though we…don't have one if memory serves?" Jaku thought. "It's been a while, and I've had to do a lot of things with my brother recently."

"No, Katsuki gave us a Starlight Keyblade. We used it for a bit in training but haven't really used it since given I prefer using my abilities, Quirks and magic over using a weapon in a fight."

"That's fair." Jaku nodded. "So, might as well make an attempt to see if we can even make a DTD."

"True. Hmm… You know, I don't think I can… but maybe you can." I said, looking over at Jaku. "You're basically evil me, more or less. You should have a higher affinity for Darkness than I do."

"Hmm, maybe." Jaku shrugged. "I mean, technically speaking I'm nowhere near 'evil', but I might have more Darkness affinity at least." He admitted.

"Well, guess I know what we're doing when we get home."

I stood up and turned around… only have the barrel of a handgun pointed at me.

The one holding said gun was a tall, wolf looking lady with more… larger, maybe hoarse like ears and wore what Izukie's memories told me was the uniform of the Generals… this one specifically is the ninth General. "Who are you?" She asked me calmly.

"Do…you want the short answer or…should I ask if we have a good bottle of alcohol for the long answer?" I asked nervously, bringing my hands up to show I don't mean harm.

She pulled the hammer on her gun. "Records showed that an Izukie Midoriya used her Generals ID to enter this facility… Izukie Mydoriya is dead. And has been since before this reality existed. Before I was even born. So tell me, who are you?"

"I'm…technically Izukie Midoriya." I answered. "I was…originally Izuku Midoriya…but then I got her quirk and then had to deal with…basically fusing her via Steven Universe Gem Logic…listen it's a whole thing that I'm still getting stress migraines about." I said nervously.

They held the gun at me still, then cocked the hammer down and put it back into it's holster. "Fucking hell you're Katsuki's brat aren't ya?" She asked with a groan. "Mother be damned did you seriously waltz in here like you're an active member?"

"Considering I have all of Izukie's memories, experience, and abilities…I wanted to see if this was true…and when it was…" I took a deep breath, trying to keep myself calm and not panic at being caught. "I wanted to see if there was any leads into…ya know…bringing them back to life."

She looked at me with a raised brow. "Well, in terms of her Heart the Admin of Hearts can probably do that, but soul… dunno personally. Just some legends, rumors and theories."

"Well, that's kind of what I was trying to look up." I answered. "So when the Afterlife was just…vague theories and legends, I decided to look for the Admin's of Nothingness and Hearts because…well I need one for the heart, and the other would know where the Afterlife could be."

"Maybe? Admin King did have partial control over souls given Nobodies and such in their domain…at the very least they could tell you where the Admin of Souls is."

… There's an Admin of Souls?!

"Fucking what? There's an Admin of Souls? When and how?" I asked.

"Sometime during the war and no idea who or where they are. There's an Admin for just about everything. Multiple even, some stand out more than others and some we only know exist because The Family records them existing. The Admin of Souls is one of many who nobody knows who they are, what they look like, not even a name."

"Oh…" I frowned. "So…gonna have to hunt them down as well…this day's just getting better and better."

"Hey, choose an impossible goal." She shrugged.

"I mean, my first 'impossible goal' is to literally bring someone back from perma-death." I brought up. "Just…need to keep taking on more."

"Clearly. And it's gonna get worse too."

"Why?" I whined, not liking how quickly they said it too.

"Because just about all the current Generals are looking for the person who is using a long since dead General's ID and they won't be as forgiving or understanding." She informed.

"Ah…well…" I started, pulling up my assistant and calling Katsuki. "You see…about that…" I trailed off, pleading to whatever god is out there that Katsuki will pick up the phone. "Come on mom, pick up I'm scared!" I mentally pleaded.

She did not… and now I'm stuck in a holding cell. To make matters worse they put some bracelets on me that lock my powers, abilities, quirks, magic ECT and even the Assistant… I can't even see or hear Jaku either…

I sat here for maybe an hour before someone came by and dragged me to some courtroom looking place. Before me were twenty nine people all in generals clothing.

"Midoriya." The First General spoke. He was a high elf, given the appearance. "The Generals court has found you guilty of trespassing, illegally accessing our records, and the use of an ID from a late, idolized general from the War era. While we understand your predicament, explained by the Ninth General Eluza," I looked over at that wolf/horse lady. "The laws are the law. Even your mentor and adopted Mother Katzuki the Time Walker can't protect you from facing the consequences of your actions."

"And what would be these consequences?" I asked, not wanting to argue at this point.

"We understand that your actions today were born from a place many of us understand." The second General, a small fairy lady spoke up. "The desire to bring back lost loved ones from the eras before the war or after Madness takes them is a goal many like you share, but breaking into a government facility and utilizing the credentials of a fallen officer are still crimes and must be punished."

"So," The First General spoke again. "The court has decided that given your unique situation, having all the knowledge, powers and experiences of the late Tenth Commander, well, these days she'd have been a General as well, but regardless. You will be enrolled as a Mother's Daughter, starting from the bottom of the ladder as a Rookie and working up under Commander Eluza's stern watch and teachings."

"Not…the worse thing I could have imagined…" I muttered. "So…will this help fully get the Chaos guilds off mine and Delilah's backs due to…our particular situation?"

"If by that you mean I get to crash on your couch. Maybe." Eluza said with a smirk. "But don't think it will be easy. Katzuki might take it easy on ya but I sure as hell won't. That goes triple for your girlfriends too."

"Listen, she already has enough problems given they had to…jump start my destiny or something? God it's been forever since I was last told that…plus she has to run Candlelight and…"

"Well then consider this part of your 'jumpstart.'" Elzua said, suddenly behind me and in a painful blur, slammed my head into the ground. The impact made splinters and a hefty cut in my forehead. "Because trust me, if anything I'm taking you off her already overfilled plate."

… Ouch… great… the migraines back…

And so, for the next few months Eluza has been running me and all the girls ragged. I seriously wish I was training with Katsuki instead… she did go easier on me.

"Again." Eluza said. I launched off another massive Explosion with the quirk of the same name. My fingers were bleeding and partly burned from the heat. "Again. And make it bigger."

"You know, I can take the reign's real quick." Jaku answered. "At least make it a little bearable for your mind to take a break real quick."

I shook my head, shooting off another, bigger explosion. This one blasted the skin on my hand off, making me scream.

Eluza took my hands, healed them, and had me start over again.

By the time we finished my hands were completely numb to touch.

"You too?" Delilah's muffled voice asked as I sat next to her on the couch. She was laying face down into the cushions.

"You…have no idea…" I groaned in pain. "Also…again, what I did wasn't technically illegal if you think about it…"

"It kinda was…" Delilah groaned. She turned her head to the side. "Damn. When she said she'd push my flexibility and reflexes to their breaking point I genuinely didn't think her forcing me to dislocate and pop my joints and bones back into place with pure muscle strength alone was on the table…"

"Yeah…that's not fun." I shook my head. "God only knows what she'd force me into if she knew I had Copycat…"

"Oh I know." Delilah jumped into my arms as I jumped up and turned around, seeing Eluza there behind the couch. "Hence the hard core training. Otherwise known as Generals basic."

"Don't, do that!" I whined. "We get that enough from Katsuki as is."

"Yeah, please don't…I'm the one that's supposed to do that…" Delilah mewled in complaint.

"Oh please. In any case just be glad I'm your warden and not one of the others. I at least have some mercy."

"Sure doesn't feel like it…" I muttered.

"I'm not supposed to bend that way, and you call that 'mercy'?" Delilah asked.

"We haven't covered how to self done spine arrangements so yes." Eluza said with a nod. "Besides I figured Midoriya at least would want to be in tip top shape come their meeting with the Admin of Hearts."

"Wait, I'm actually going to meet them?" I asked in surprise. "I…I thought I would have had to go looking for them in two…very stupidly difficult places to get to?"

"I spoke to them and they agreed to a meeting if you beat a gauntlet. They don't approve of you breaking into a Mother overseen Guild office but they understand why you did it and even want to help you. But they want to make sure you're worth the effort. They said Izukie's heart likely can't handle a failure when being alive and with Three and Katsuki is on the line."

"So… her heart is fine?" I asked.

"Izukie's heart is broken. Well, cracked. A death like that and the way it happened was traumatizing enough. Pile on the regrets, sadness and loss on that and it's no wonder Admin Heart took Izukie's heart."

I nodded, remembering that… painful… agonizing death…

"Well…things will work out right?" Delilah asked worriedly. "A Time Walker themselves believe it will be so…it should right?"

"That's all up to Midoriya." Eluza said. "Rest up. Tomorrow you start Keyblade training."

I nodded, putting Delilah down and summoning my Starlight Keyblade. Despite the absence of using it, it still came to me ready as if I never forgot about it…

"That's a neat thing about Keyblades." Jaku brought up. "In some cases, you might think of them as Familiar's like certain spell casters have, a friend you can rely on given their sapient."

"What will the gauntlet hold?" I asked.

"My guess, you'll probably be fighting your own inner darkness. Or maybe a hoard of strong enemies or some higher tier Keyblade wielders. One or all three probably."

"Of course…" I sighed, disbanding the weapon. "Alright then."

"Well…hope you'll get strong enough to beat me if I was a deranged madman." Jaku said honestly…and considering what he did to a Tank with a simple Levitation spell…that honestly scared me.

The Keyblade training was something else. Honestly, I'm a little mad at myself for so casually dismissing it. The passive magic things like safe falling when I land on my feet, the magic bonuses it gives, and I can even use my various quirks and abilities with and through it made it more versatile than I expected.

Eluza told me that the Starlight Keyblade is basically like a training Keyblade, and my actual Keyblade would come to me with time. It was a little upsetting my actual Keyblade didn't come when the day of the Gauntlet came.

"Can't make everything too easy now can they?" Jaku chuckled a little bit. "And yes…it is still weird how you ignored the Keyblade."

"I honestly didn't use it because, well, it is a weapon." I said, looking it over in my hand. "Back home most Heroes didn't use weapons unless it related to their Quirk. I got so caught up in copying quirks and abilities and magic that I more or less handicapped myself ignoring it. It's definitely made me reconsider using weapons in combat. Though I think I'll still leave guns to you to be honest."

"Eh, that's fair." Jaku shrugged. "So, now the main part is, what kinda fighting style do you want with your Keyblade? Magic, Strength, or Agility based?"

"Magic has worked the best for me. As for agility, maybe a mix of the two?"

"Alright, you ready Midoriya?" Eluza asked.

"No…" I shook my head. "But let's get this over with."

She walked me down an elegant hallway where I was not standing before a large set of double doors. "Good luck." She said.

I nodded and pushed them open. Once in they closed behind me. The room was almost pitch black save in the far back of the large room, sat the Admin of Hearts. They wore robes that looked a lot like Katsuki's, only all black and only covering their upper half.

I never saw a Floof Noodle in person before. Their fur was a dark blue, snake half with fuzz covered scales of black and white. Their eyes… were a deep crimson red.

She, and yes, she, eyed me for a while. Well… I think they're a she? Definitely got the… chest of one.

Anyway, she kept eyeing me for a while. Finally, without saying a word, waved her hand.

Suddenly the floor below me lit up with a blinding light. I shielded my eyes and when it passed I opened them. The floor below me was like an elegant stained glass with a large version of myself. In smaller circles next to my image were Katchan, Mom, Katsuki, Delilah, and even Jaku.

"Wh-where am I?" I asked, looking around worriedly at whatever the hell is going on.

I looked around and up, seeing the Admin of Hearts sitting on a, well, coiled around a tall pitch black throne. She looked at me with some calculative regard, then snapped her fingers.

Suddenly, emerging from the ground were seven towering moving masses of shadow heartless all crawling and piling over one another. I recognized them as Demon Towers from my crash course on heartless types.

"Oh…that's not fun…" I muttered, pulling out my Starlight Keyblade and preparing myself for the fight. "Wish Jaku was here…"

Immediately I got to work. Dodging their slams and swings before coating my Keyblade in my Pyrokinesis flames.

"Glad this is one of the few thing's my Pyrokinesis can't burn…" I muttered, ducking under a swipe as I stabbed my now flaming blade into one of the Tower's, seeing it start to get set alite from my flames.

As one burned I swapped to explosion, coating Starlight in the Nitroglycerin like sweat and jabbing it into the next Demon Tower and casting Fire.

The explosion broke it apart and gave me a chance to grab the next one and use Decay. The heartless all rapidly turning into ash and dust. Three down, four to go.

I knew this was gonna be dumb…but with all the horrid training I've went through for months under Eluza, I knew I could do it. "One for All…Full Cowling." I muttered, feeling energy crackle off of me, knowing I only had two percent of it but it was actually way more than I originally thought, or compared to the many versions of myself I studied to see what I could have done or been. I slid my right foot back a bit, getting into a runner's pose, before bolting towards one of the pillars and swinging Starlight at it with my massively increased strength.

The Demon Tower shattered instantly. I smirked as I kept up my momentum and cut down the other three.

When they all fell I looked up over at the Admin Heart. They looked at me with the same calculative gaze, but also had a small smirk on their lips.

They snapped their fingers again.

I was suddenly grabbed by a massive pitch black hand that came in from over the edge of the floor. Rising up with it was a huge heartless with tendrils around it's head, two yellow eyes and red tips at the end of it's hands and tendrils. A Darksiders Omega!

It crushed me tight in it's grip before slamming me down onto the ground below with enough force to push all the wind out of me.

"Ow…" I groaned, trying to catch my breath, shakily pointing my Keyblade at the thing's arm. "T-telekinesis…" He groaned, seeing the arm flicker a bit as I tried to forcibly rip it's arm in half through my well trained and practiced spell.

I wasn't able to tear the arm off it, but I was able to get it off me long enough to catch my breath. Once I got back up I activated One for All again and raised my hand. One for All, Explosion 2%.

The blast tore apart my sleeve and left my hand bleeding, the heat singing most of my clothes as the Dark Side Omega, now headless, fell to the abyss below. I cast Cure on myself, healing the damage.

I looked back up at the Admin Heart. They were smirking more widely now, and clapped their hands once.

"Woah!" I turned, seeing Jaku there, holding his own Starlight. "That feels weird…"

"Jaku?" I asked.

"Ah…I suppose it's going to be all three then." Jaku sighed. "They have to beat me, right boss?" Jaku asked the Admin curiously.

I looked back at the Admin Heart, who shook their head. She then held out her hand. Forming in her palm was a glowing ball of light, and soon within it appeared a pink heart of pure energy, with a deep, horrible crack down the side of it…

The heart rapidly flew down, flying passed us and stopping just shy of the edge of the floor. Darkness then swarmed around it until it formed… it was like a three dimensional version of Izukie…

She looked at us, and drew her weapon. In a flash a dark pair of two Keyblades appeared in her hands. Both seemed to be silhouette versions of the Oathkeeper and Oblivion Keyblades.

"Oh…" I started.

"Shit…" Jaku frowned, already activating Full Cowling as he brought up a hand as…he literally created a small waterfall of the explosive nitroglycerin sweat that he formed into tiny balls around him. "This isn't gonna be fun." Jaku muttered, flinging some of the orbs at Izukie.

Each orb he flung she rapidly froze in a thick ball of ice before striking them and sending them back at us.

I rapidly began using Pyrokinesis but she did the same, our flames hitting one another and making a huge fireball that exploded and sent all of us back.

Jaku appeared behind Izukie and swung down with his Starlight Keyblade, trying to get a hit on them while they were distracted with me.

Without looking she raised her Keyblades up, blocking him then locking onto his Keyblade and swinging him up and over onto the ground before her. She then yanked his Starlight out of his grasp, tossing it to the side and began producing fire from her mouth.

"Get out of there!" I yelled at Jaku.

Jaku used Telekinesis and pushed himself away, floating around swiftly as if he was flying. "We can't use Overhaul on it, pure darkness isn't biological…" Jaku told me. "Alright…let's do something crazy." He muttered.

"Like?" I asked.

"Mixing quirks on the fly here!" Jaku said as he immediately brought up a hand and threw an explosion towards Izukie…but it looked off, the explosion looking more dull grey…he mixed it with Decay just like that!?

The impact seemed to work, making her pitch black body pale some. Once Jaku managed to get me to do the same We sent rapid assaults of decaying fire and Explosions at them.

They were almost all ash grey now when suddenly she began floating- oh crap I know that attack!

"That's Atomic Blaze. She is gonna blow with the force of a nuke if that goes off!" I yelped. "Jaku, throw me with Telekinesis. You're better at it than I am."

Jaku nodded, grabbing me with Telekinesis and tossing me. "Let's hope this works."

I flew in fast, activated One for All, and funneled it all into my arms and Keyblade.

With a swing, Izukie's attack was stopped and she crashed to the ground.

She tried to push herself up.

I got up, looking over at her and at Heart, who's smirk was gone and had a raised brow…

Something isn't right.

I'm… I'm supposed to be helping her!

I disbanded Starlight. "Izukie?" I asked, the shadow silhouette being before me cocked her head. "I'm trying to help you."

"We are trying to help." Jaku said carefully. "For we have defeated you in a fight, and no matter what happens," Jaku brought down a hand to help them up. "Everyone deserves a second chance."

The silhouette was hesitant.

"Izukie… you want to be with Three again don't you?" I asked, making them look over at me. "A while ago, I ran into them. We talked and, he misses you. Katzuki misses you. You have people waiting, praying for you to come back. I, we can help you. You might not have your old body, but mine, through me you can live again. You won't exactly be you, fully, and I won't be me fully either. We'll be… someone new, but someone waiting to embrace life and make up for lost time." I said, holding out a hand of my own. "You can trust me. I am you after all."

The silhouette was still for a time, but then, she dropped her weapons. The darkness that made up their body evaporated, leaving behind the heart. The crack was still there but it was much less deep than it was before.

Admin Heart appeared behind Izukie's heart, taking it in her hand as she looked at me with a smile.

"All you need is that bit of confidence, and you make that happen." Jaku said, putting a hand on my shoulder in a more…proud friend way. "Help fix someone's heart, and make an Admin older than history itself smile, how's it feel?"

I laughed a bit. Admin Heart took my hand and gently brought Izukie's heart to my chest. When it touched I felt… everything. Her emotions her laughter, anger, sadness, joy, desires… regrets. The memories of hers I had I felt every emotions each one came with.

I cried. It was so much, and despite all that… I felt… we felt… happy.

"T-thank you." I said, wiping my eyes. "This means so much to her, me, us? Heh, still confusing." I said, making the Admin Heart chuckle.

"Don't worry, I'll try to keep this cinnamon roll's head on right when it get's too confusing." Jaku said with a warm smile. "And also, best not cry too hard, don't want the Station to get flooded." He teased, which…I did notice we were all standing in a giant puddle of my tears.

With a smirk and a shake of her head, the Admin of Hearts waved an arm and suddenly we were back in that large empty room from before.

"Wait, before we go… can we also get an Audience with the Admin of Nothingness, or the Admin of Souls?"

The Admin of Hearts looked at me, seeming to ponder something before she snapped her fingers. Suddenly a parrot looking heartless appeared and sat on her head. "The Admin of Nothingness does not take audience with the subjects any more." The parrot heartless spoke in a distorted yet still feminine voice.

"Is it because of all the porn we were told not to look up or is there something else?" Jaku inquired.

That seemed to make the Admin of Hearts chuckle a bit. "That is very low on the list of reasons. The other is, a promise. When the war ended, they let go of the politics, the ruling. All they want now is to be with our Family. Birth and raise the children… and make those videos. One of their many hobbies."

"Alright…so just short of joining their hobbies in the next 'Virgin Killer' volume to meet them," I choked on air at that. "Is there anything we can either meet the Admin of Soul's, or at least, get some starting point on where to start looking for the Afterlife and all this Soul stuff?"

The Admin of Hearts smirked. "The Admin of Souls resides within the Afterlife. And Afterlife is hidden. The gates many but the locations unknown, all dotting the land where the Endings call home."

Jaku's eyes widened in horror. "No…no it couldn't be there! I thought the rumor said it was a prison…"

"Wh-what?" I asked worriedly, seeing Jaku freak out like that did not bode well in the slightest.

"On a planet as old as Homeworld itself, where the Endings of planets play out like seasonal weather, exists a place that does not hold meaning. No shapes or glory or life worth living. Empty it is, lacking even the Void, but home it is to prisoners too bold. Who better to guard the most precious things as the souls of the dead and those yet to be?"

"I…guess that makes sense…" I admitted nervously.

"This…this just got a whole lot more complicated Midoriya…if you thought Ezule's training was rough…Armageddon is even worse."

After that I went back home… oddly, the Admin of Hearts did not put Jaku back into my body, and once he realized he wasn't remerging into me he rushed off to find Toga.

Meanwhile I went over to Katsuki's office. As usual she was at her desk, looking more relaxed than the last time I saw her. "Oh, hey Midoriya. I heard getting Izukie's heart was a success." She said.

"Yep, and I got to meet Heart themselves." I said. "But uh…I got some…very bad news on where to find her soul…"

"Wait, they actually gave you a clue?!" Katzuki said, standing up and punching her desk. "That snake bitch wouldn't tell me no matter how much I begged or sucked her off or ate her out or spent time inside her doing all kinds of freaky shit!"

I was blushing and took a large step back.

"It's…because it was staring at you in plain sight after I looked it up." I answered. "It's…that place on…Armageddon…"

"That place? There's a lot of places in that shit hole planet, which one are you talking about?"

"The…uh, is this place completely safe to say some important things? Cause I feel like saying it out loud is a bad thing." I answered worriedly.

"Well that depends actually on the place in question. But you ain't exactly narrowing it down for me Midoriya."

"The…Empty…" I said as low as I could do only they could hear me.

"Oh… oh! Well no wonder it's so fucking hard to find! The only way to actually find/enter that place is bullshit in itself on top of all the fucking prisoners!"

"Yeah, that's the place…and Jaku was very panicked about it…what horrors is in that place?"

"Better question is what isn't?" Katsuki sighed as she sat back down. "The Empty is two things. A Prison, and a Vault. A Prison because the guards are all the worst of the worst the Family has ever fought before, during and after the war. I don't know how many floors it has either but I know it's too many. Each floor is crawling with the rotten bastards. And lastly, it's a vault because it's supposedly housing a grand treasure to any who manage to beat it. Lot of Isekai think it's a portal home but it looks like it's really a portal to the Afterlife. One you can use without dying or going Mad. Basically, take everything Armageddon is and had, throw it into a single building and crank the difficulty, cruelty and bullshit to a hundred. Hell, a million even."

"O-oh…" I muttered in absolute horror. "That…that sounds…pretty much impossible…"

"It is, but the Grand Master ensures it is beatable. Heh. Still doubt that. But, that's only when you can get into the place. Actually finding and getting into The Empty is bullshit in itself."

"When I did some reading, it said that three people managed to get in…but only one came out not Mad…so how the hell did those three get in if it's that bullshit?"

"Well, first you got to enter and beat every level five Void Dungeon on Homeworld, beating each one gets you a piece to a magic door that brings you to The Empty. Then, to actually open The Door, you need three keys only found in Loot Spawn. Oftentimes randomly hidden. Then, you need to power the door by literally making and placing a minimum of ten suns into a microverse engine with all kinds of extra elemental gems and wires and BS and then, only then does the fucking door able to be opened. And once you leave, it breaks apart and you gotta grind for the pieces of the door… again!"

"How in Heart's giant titties did anyone figure that out!?" I shouted incredulously, completely flabbergasted at the fact that this was such an egregious and difficult grind that it almost feels like people were stumbling upon it by accident rather than on purpose.

"Hell if I know. But I do know the Grandmaster made it that way and he did is primarily because he's a fucking Sadist."

"If I didn't hear the process of getting to the front door with the key, I would have said you were probably overexaggerating…" I said. "Wow…that's…that's some bullshit…"

"It is but people spend millennia hunting for everything. Shelling out trillions of rem for door pieces, keys or machine parts to build the generator. There's whole factions within Guilds dedicated to hunting for the parts and pieces."

"Considering that everyone needs to beat Void Dungeons, yeah…also uh…Loot Spawn?" I inquired, finding the specific wording weird.

"Hm? Oh, it's where all the stuff that appears in dungeons comes from. Weapons, items, monster drops, even the Prize Pod People all come from there."

"Wait…so there's just…a dimension filled with all sorts of loot in there?" I asked in surprise.

"Yeah. Tickets to Loot Spawn can be found in level four and five dungeons and you get an hour to grab whatever you want before you're sent back to this dimension."

"Oh…" I said. "Well then, that's really good to know…uh, question, is Delilah forced into following these rules as well? Cause of her Legendary ability and all that?"

"Yes."

"I suppose me hoping she could break some rules would have been cool to save us some massive hassle…" I sighed. "Alright…so there's absolutely no way in hell I'm going to be able to fight Level 5 Void Dungeons as I am…I remember when I could barely handle level 1 void dungeons."

"True, but that was also before you had all Izukie's powers and such. She can probably deal with a level four."

"Yeah, which when I looked, I'm apparently immune to fire, all blast based attacks do jack shit…and everything that involves Telekinesis is maxed." I said simply. "Which is all fantastic…now I just wish One for All could hurry up, even two percent of Full Cowling, with all her extra powers and abilities, could barely keep up with Izukie."

"Well you are starting that one from scratch over it having been passed down to you. It takes a while to charge up an empty battery."

"True…" I sighed. "Just wish I knew a way to help the process, cause not only do I have to deal with more nonsense from Ezule…but I'm worried Chaos Guild's might try and attack us again."

Katzuki mulled that over. "Hmm… well, there might be a way to help there, but it won't exactly be… the best option. And frankly I'd rather wait til you have her soul to let him know."

"But…he already thinks I'm just a reflection…" I said without thinking, causing Katsuki to give me a very worrying stare. "I…I accidentally bumped into Three after I had my spa day…we talked for a bit…I…I even got his number."

"... Holy shit!" Katzuki said as she stood back up and grabbed me by the shoulders. "You have call them! This is literally the best case scenario!"

I felt my arm buzz, only for me to pull out my assistant and seeing a text message from Jaku…which said 'I told you so!'...how the fuck did he know? "Well…al-alright…I mean, what'll he think of me like…this?"

"If I know Three… confusion mostly followed by some hope and finishing it off with some more confusion and the first glimpse of optimism and hope he's felt in forever." Katzuki said. "Maybe a little anger but now that you have her heart, he is so gonna sense it. And once we tell him we finally know where Afterlife is and what to do, he will be all for it."

"Well…alright…" I nodded, tapping on my Assistant and calling up Three. "Hope he's not too busy…though him attacking Candlelight was a dick move."

"Eh, he's doing that because of this one Isikai that pissed him off but also has a big destiny thing going on and will need the experience and such."

It was a bit before Three responded. Eventually he made his way here to Katsuki's office.

"So… did, Katsuki set us up for this or?" He asked.

"Now Three." Katsuki said, taking the metallic, Synthetic man's hand. "I want you to look deep into Midoriya's eyes, and tell me, what do you see." She then took my hand and put my and Three's hands together. "And feel."

Three looked at me… I looked at him and Izukie's heart… it was bursting with so many emotions…

After a while, he gripped my hand tighter. "I… Izukie?" He asked.

"It's…it's me…" I said, tightening my grip as well, feeling all these emotions flaring up inside me. "Well…kinda, I'm still missing her soul…but I know where to find it."

"What?" He asked.

"It's the treasure at the end of The Empty, Three." Katzuki said.

"That… holy crap." He said. "But, if we do manage to beat it and get her soul… how will you two split?"

"Well, there's two options there. One is we find either a clone body ability that can let them have two bodies, the other is that they stay as a fusion of the two."

"Right… and it can't be done til after. If Izukie was just a heart and memories without a soul in a body that would basically make her no different than an Echo." Three sighed.

"So before I ask what an Echo is…" I started, before pouting towards Three. "My guy, you attacked my town you butt." I huffed. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

"... I have no regrets. Besides, apparently it's good for them according to Katzuki." Three said.

"As for what an Echo is, think the body left behind after we Time Walkers take out the soul and the heart is also freed. What's left behind is what can best be summarized as an immortal meat suit with abilities and powers but no capacity for emotions or a soul to really move their body properly with free will so they're basically all instincts and junk. Maybe once in a while they say something but it's not often and is usually just random." Katzuki added.

"So…they're basically just zombies at that point?" I inquired. "I…hate how my first thought with that was 'what if you put a new soul in it?'..."

"Well a new soul in a body with old memories basically becomes a Nobody but when they eventually regrow their heart they won't completely be the person they were. Like, kinda like how reflections work. Yes technically you are both the same person but the Differences can be small or large depending." Three explained.

"That…makes sense." I sighed. "Thing's keep getting more and more complicated…" I groaned, rubbing my head as another migraine came up. "Three, for lost time, take me out on a wonderful date, cause these migraines are killing me and I need something simple and happy after all this nonsense." I whined a bit.

"Wait what? But, I mean… uhhh…"

"Just go tin man!" Katzuki said, slapping Three on the back. "Just try not to go too hard on them should your date lead to the bedroom."

"Oh I'll be making sure Tinman here still has a heart." I said, not sure where all this new found confidence came in, but boy did I just want some peace and simple fun after all the nonsense I had to endure today.