Open World: Heroes

by BioQuill

Izuku Midoriya was a quirkless child in a world of super heroes and villains. When his idol, the number one hero, tells him he can not become a hero without a quirk, he finally gives into his own demons, and jumps to take his own life. Fate, however, has other plans, and Izuku will soon learn that quirks are just one way to become a hero, in an endless reality of possibility.

1. Chapter 1: Journey Begins

"Can a person without a quirk, become a hero?" Before me, stood my idol, my hero. Well, everyone's idol and hero. The most powerful hero in the world. All Might.

He turned to me, not a full turn around, just enough so he could see me with one eye.

"... I'm sorry. But someone without a Quirk, can not become a hero." With that, All Might, my hero, shattered my last bit of hope in my already hopeless life.

He jumped, a gust of wind nearly knocking me over as he soared over the buildings to take that sludge villain into custody. With him gone, I walked to the edge of the roof. The safety railing wasn't tall, enough to lean on, not meant to be up here at all. I stepped over it, looking at the ground below. People walking about, no one who can fly it seems.

I looked to the right, to the left. Looks like there's no heroes nearby.

"If you think you'll have a quirk in your next life, go take a swan dive off the roof!"

If I'm lucky Kachan. If I'm lucky. I gripped the straps of my backpack tight. All my dreams, my notebooks, are all here with me. They can die with me.

With one breath, I stepped off the edge. Falling. I've never been afraid of it, not even now. I've fallen down so many times in my life, i'm familiar with me. Someone screamed. Guess I've been spotted. No heroes nearby, doubt anyone down there has a quirk that can save me. Good. I'm not worth it.

In my next life… maybe my dreams can fit into this reality.

---

Soft… my bed feels pretty soft. My bed… wait… I took a deep breath, jumping out from under the sheets. I felt my arms, stomach, back, head… I'm… alive? How… was it all a dream? No, wait… I'm still in my school uniform? My backpack…

"What the?" I asked aloud, finally seeing where I was. It wasn't my room, and it wasn't a hospital room. "Did someone down there have a teleportation quirk?" I asked myself. This room was empty, just a bed, a bedside table, and a picture one the wall near the door.

I stood up, looking at it. It was of a woman. She was… beautiful. Pregnant, wearing a dress that looked like it was made out of giant leaves. Okay, think Izuku, where am I? Oh, there's a window here. I looked outside it and… WHAAAAT!? Land?! Floating?! Dragons! Was that a flying 17th century ship?! "Where the heck am I?!"

"Three in one day?" I turned around, seeing a lady who must have had a mutation quirk, cause she looked just like a lizard, sorta. She had orange/red scales with yellow eyes, and she was wearing a pink and blue nuns outfit.

"Uh, hi." I said with a wave of my hand. "Uhh… where am I?"

She sighed, closing the door behind her. "Take a seat. Please." I know that tone of voice… all too well. The one of voice that… has news that… breaks you. "What is your name?"

"Izuku Midoriya." I said.

"Right. Izuku-"

"Uh." I said, a little flustered. "Wow I must be someplace else cause normally when meeting someone new we address them by the last name first, unless we're family of close friends." I said sheepishly… I'm not in Japan anymore am I?

"Right then. Midoriya, this… isn't your world. Not even your reality."

I felt cold. "Wh-what do you mean? Those chunks of land… that flying 17th century ship… that was a real dragon?"

She nodded. "You are what we call Displaced, or Isekai."

"Oh, like that Genre of manga and anime… wait… what?! How?!"

She sighed. "We don't know why people end up in our reality like you do. And not always are you from the same or even similar worlds/realities. All we do know if you adapt the abilities that we native borns have, and that you can't return to where you came from."

"I can't…" I was shaking, holding my head… mom… what… why did I jump? Why did I jump!? Mom… "There's… no way at all back?"

"Maybe in the future one of you Isekai or The Family, our reality's gods, can find a way. Until then… no."

Gods… A Family of Gods? Other Isekai… Abilities? "Abilities?" I asked. Mostly, I wanted to know, but also needed a distraction. If I don't have one…

"Yes. Like all of us here, now that you exist here, you are ageless, respawn where you last slept after dying, and can gain and unlock other abilities."

… "Wait… Okay back up." I said, my panic subsiding into more confusion. And a bit of awe too. "Ageless?"

"That's right. While we do age up to our adult bodies, we can choose how old we want to look, be it old and wise to back to our child bodies, or keep our adult bodies."

"Right, but… Ageless… so does that mean what I think it means?"

"Yes, you will live for a very long time Medoriya." She said with a nod.

"How long?"

"Thousands. Millions. Centillions of years."

"WHAT! How is that even possible?"

"The Mother spoke it, and so it is a law of nature."

"The Mother?"

"The all maker of this reality."

"Oh… is that her?" I asked, looking over at that picture again.

"Yes."

"What's her name?"

"No one knows, we just know her as Mother."

"Huh. Oh, I never got your name."

She smiled at me. "Carla."

"Just… Carla?"

"Just Carla." She said with a nod. "My family doesn't believe in last names. Dunno why, but it's never bothered me."

"Oh, well, miss Carla, what was that part about Respawning after dying? You mean I can die and wake up in my bed, alive?"

She nodded again. "Yes. Though it does leave the old body where you died, unless a monster ate it or it was completely destroyed, all you'll lose is maybe an hour or two of time."

"... Huh… Good to know." Well, looks like this world really can't let me die... "Can we still die though?"

"There are ways. Level five dungeon bosses can kill you permanently, Void Admins, and of course, Time Walkers."

"And just those three?"

"So far, yes." Cara said.

"Okay… that's a few questions for later… you last said something about Unlocking abilities… does that mean… I can get… a quirk?"

"Quirk Abilities? Yes, but all kinds of other abilities that fall into any of the categories for Super Power based Abilities."

I felt my heart beat faster… This world… This reality… I can…

"Carla…" I asked, my hope… sparking. "Does that mean… I can become a hero?"

She smiled at me. "If you work hard enough, you can become the strongest hero in this reality. That was The Mother and her family before, and if you wan't, you can earn a place with them. Standing with heroes who protect all."

I felt a fire ignite in me, one that not a short while ago was snuffed out… and with it, tears. Tears of pure joy, and all the while, Carla held me.

---

After I calmed down, crying about my situation and it's positives and negatives, I was told I was going to be set up with this Caretakers Guild. They take care of the younger, still in school Izikai. Huh, referring to myself like that is weird. Hard to believe it's even possible. That was what was going to happen.

"Um, Midoriya?" Carla spoke up, entering the room. "Someone is here for you."

"Me? Who? Why?"

"Uh, that's the… interesting part." She took a step inside to let someone else in. I was greeted by someone, a woman, I could tell, dressed in an all covering neon blue and black cloak, covering her face and the cloak was decorated with images of neon blue hourglasses that seemed to move, like they were counting down time. "Mydoria, this is a… Time Walker. She's here to adopt you."

"Wait, she can do that?" I asked, standing up surprised.

"You are an orphan, aren't you?" She asked. Her voice felt so… familiar. It was different though, something I've heard before but altered. "Legally, you Izikai kids are all orphans, and can be adopted. Not many people know that, or bother since the Caretakers guild watches over you."

"Don't I get a say in this?"

"And say what?"

I froze a bit… I am not sure what to say honestly… I mean, either way I don't have anywhere to go, but still… "Who are you? You sound… familiar, but also not."

"... There's a reason for that." She said, pulling her hood back… that face… that hair… Their face was softer, and a bit more rounded, their hair was longer and less spiked, but those eyes… They're… "My name is Katsuki Bakugou. You can call me Katsuki."

My jaw… was on the ground… and my brain stopped functioning… why is Kacchan a woman?!

"I think he's broken…" Caral said.

"Probably. Guess when he comes too I'll have to talk to him about how Reflections work."

---

"Oh! That makes sense." I said, having come back to reality about two hours later. Katsuki brought me to their home already and, in that time I was out and once I was up and had my second freak out… or was it my third? Anyway, this reality is made from multiple multiverses merged together into one. So, that means there are always more than one of anyone, even Izikai which is neat. So Katsuki here is a Reflection of Kacchan from back home. Genetically they are almost always exactly identical, with some small differences like Blood type being a thing and larger ones like skin tone or a different Quirk being possible too. "So, were you born in this reality or are you like me?"

"Well, technically I was born in this reality, just before it merged."

"What?"

"You know we don't age like before right? I was born before the realms all merged and during the war I was taken into the Time Walkers and fought in it, now that it's over I sometimes get orders of someone near me who will fall to madness and take them in."

"So… you're that ol- OUCH!"

I yelped as she took hold of my head and squeezed with one hand… hard… "I'm sorry, wanna finish that sentence?"

"N-no!"

"Good." She let go of me and I took a deep breath. "I've seen a lot, done a lot, and these days I adopt Isekai kids, like you."

"Huh…" I said, rubbing my head a bit. "So, does that mean you're friends with a female version of me?"

She flinched, looking down now. "I did… She died in the war…"

"O… Oh. I'm sorry."

"It's been… really long, but we were close, and I do miss her a lot. Everything I've learned about life in my long life is that all we can do in the end is move on, find a new purpose. For now, that's taking care of you and you're foster siblings."

"Oh, there's others here?"

"Yeah. Tomura Shimura is likely in his room, the little hermit and Kai Chisaki is probably out in the Hazards Zones fighting something."

"Oh… Huh… Um… So how do I start? Getting stronger I mean? Thisreality can help me become a hero… but I need an ability or something first, right?"

"Well, that's one way. Most people grab a gun, sword or learn some magic and head out into the Hazards zones to battle wild monsters and dungeons."

"Magic… cool! Uh, how do I learn that? Am I gonna learn it in school or?"

"Nah we can teach you. Besides, I'm not sending you to school."

"What? Why!?"

"Cause in this reality Middle and High School is completely optional and everything everyone ever needs to learn is taught in elementary school. The Caretakers Guild only keeps you kids in school cause you're used to going to school that long for the start of your life."

"Uh… Okay I guess. So… do we start today or…"

'Well, fist I do want you to meet Tomura and Kai, so I need to pull that hermit out of his room. Kai should be back in a few hours or so." She said, standing up and cracking her knuckles. "Alright, time to drag the hermit out of his room. You wait here alright."

With that, Katsuki walked over to the door with Tomura's name on it, and kicked it down. "Tomura! Get out here and meet your new foster brother!"

"In the middle of a boss fight, one moment!" I heard someone call out in the room. "Did he bring snacks?"

"Pause it! And you have your own snack cabinet, why do you need more?!"

"Bloodborne has no pausing, and you know exactly why!"

"Don't make me drag you out again! I will throw you through the walls again!"

"Fine!" There was some grumbling noises in the room as the background noise seemed to stop as the door opened. "Yes, hi."

"Tomura, this is Izuku Midoriya. He's Isekai like you, for now call him Midoriya since he's used to that."

Tomura was fairly tall, taller than me and really thin, dull grey/white hair wearing a long sleeve blue shirt and grey sweatpants. "Nice to meet you." I said, standing up and offering a hand. He shook it and it was then I realized he was wearing a thin set of leather gloves.

"Nice to meet you." Tomura said simply. "And don't mind the gloves, it's to keep my quirk in check."

"Oh, you have a quirk? What is it? If that's okay with you I mean." I said sheepishly. If he needs gloves to keep it in check then odds are it's probably either hard to control or dangerous.

"Decay." Tomura told me simply, as he pulled off one of his gloves and softly tapped a part of the wall...where he touched it instantly fell apart to dust. "Very powerful...but I can't control it, which sucks."

"Woah! So does the amount of time you spend touching something vary into how much of it decays? Does it take all five fingers or just one? Does it affect you at all?" I began asking.

"As long as I make physical contact with my hands, it doesn't matter." He started. "It does depend on how long I touch...don't ask how I learned it, I'm still sore…" He gave Katsuki a quick little glare. "And lastly...a little." He said while using the ungloved hand to softly peel away skin from his cheek. "That's why I look…'chapped' as it were."

"Now if only he used all that lotion for his whole body." Katsuki said, making Tomura turn a dark shade of red. Myself too.

"We don't talk about that." He grumbled. "So, which version are you from?"

"Uh, version?" I asked.

"What was different about your world than others?" He corrected himself.

"I… don't know really. Well… All Might is the number one Hero, and uh… only about ten percent of the population doesn't have a quirk… I can't tell what's different from your version of my world, and my world. If there are any differences."

"They're not always big differences kid." Katsuki said. "Most of the time's Reflections have small differences. Like you took a left over going right, you ate sushi over pork one night. Stupid things like that. Most of the time Reflections are basically completely identical save for those small things. You're thinking of the big noticeable stuff I imagine. Fact is unless we saw your world, we wouldn't know of any differences. And given no Isekai has even found a means to get back to their home reflection, we probably won't know."

Tomura just shrugged. "Hey, at least you know what your world was in some ways...I barely even remember my birth mothers face…"

"You… don't remember them?" I asked, surprised.

"No. Tomura was four when he ended up here. Kai was two." Katsuki said sadly. "The Isekai that arrive here come in all ages. Babies, children, teens, adults young and old."

"Not like it mattered...from what I was told, I was about to be abandoned on the streets somewhere back on my world." Tomura said bitterly, putting back on his leather glove.

"Wait, how? Why?"

"Trends." Katsuki said. "Other reflections of Tomura, their stories and actions. It's… not pretty. In any case, Tomura, I need you and Kai when he gets back to help Midoriya learn to fight. I want to make sure he's worthy of the quirk I'll be giving him."

"And which one will that be?" Tomura inquired. "Any of the other trending quirks for him?"

"I'm giving him… her quirk. If he can prove himself." She stated. Tomura's eyes widened a bit, but nodded. "You three will start tomorrow. For now, take Midoriya shopping. He'll need to decorate his room and have the proper gear."

"And I'll give him the talk about people being heroes without quirks?" Tomura asked.

"If you want but either way he will gain abilities over time." Katsuki shrugged.

"So… Where are we gonna go?" I asked Tomura.

"To the mall." He said while going back into his room and grabbing a bookbag. "Here, you're gonna need this since you don't have an Assistant yet."

"Actually, thanks for reminding me Tomura." Katsuki said, taking out a thin slip of paper with some weird design inside a circle on it. "Right or left arm?"

"Uh, right?" I said, lifting my right arm to her. She placed the sleeve of paper on my wrist and I watched in awe as it melted into my skin, leaving only the image from the paper behind and- WOAH!

[New User Registered: Izuku Midoriya

Age: 14

Race: Human

Generating Set up.

Set up Generated.]

I blinked, surprised at how my vision changed. There was now a map in the bottom left of my vision with a compass arrow around it. In the bottom right was an image of my face with the number 120 under it in bold red font. "What… is all this?"

"You're hud. Think Video Games and it all makes sense. You got your HP, Map with compass, and when you agree to be in a party with people you can see their HP too." Katsuki said.

"Woah! This is amazing! And so useful!"

"Yeah, it's really handy when you learn how it fully works." Tomura shrugged. "It also works like a video game storage bag without much limits."

"How is this even possible?" I asked, looking at the symbol on my wrist.

"Mixture of magic and science. Members of the Family made it a long time ago, all in all it's just a part of life here." Katsuki said. "Alright, you two get going. And try and be back before it gets dark."

"Yes mother." Tomura nodded. "Come on, best you get surprised about the mall sooner rather than later."

"I've been to a mall before." I said, Tomura and Katsuki began chuckling.

---

HOLY COW! This mall was massive on the outside, but inside I swear it's going further and higher than the outside should have held! "How?!"

"Told ya." Tomura chuckled at my reaction. "And it's simple dimensional magic really."

"So, how big is this mall?" I asked.

"Yes."

"That… what?"

"It's big, let's leave it at that." Tomura shook his head. "I stopped counting after...maybe the trillionth or so shop opened up?"

"How do they all stay open? Is this city really that big?"

"Amberdovin?" He said while thinking a bit. "Well...it's hard to explain how many people both live here, and travel here."

"Is it a major city? Actually… When I woke up at that Church Carla told me this reality was infinit. Are the worlds the same? I know Katsuki told me a few things but all in all I'm still not sure just how big the worlds are, cause when I was at the church I only saw mostly the wild and no real cities nearby."

"There are different worlds, and they're all about half as big as the Homeworld." Tomura said honestly. "And Homeworld, as far as historians have figured out and Time Walkers are willing to tell, is that it's every world from the multiverse put together that started this new realm."

"Every world in… that's a massive planet. Is this homeworld?"

"No, this is Dechamore." He answered.

"Oh… and how big is Dechamore compared to Homeworld?"

"Half as big as it." Tomura replied simply. "No idea how big half of home world is, but it's pretty big."

"How? That much gravity should just… we'd all be dead either from the gravity or pulled into a singularity."

"Mother said so." Tomura shrugged. "And before you ask, Mother does exist, and they can easily rewrite reality on a whim, just like other Admins."

"Right, Katsuki told me a bit about that. What makes her different from Admins?"

"Okay, so effectively...she's capital G God, while Admins are lower case g Gods if that makes sense." Tomura said simply.

"I… guess. So, where do we go first then?" I asked, looking around at all the shops. "I don't even know what half these shops are… and I think all that shop sells is pens?"

"Yeah, at certain points shops start selling personalized items." Tomura answered. "But we're going shopping to decorate your room…" Tomura stopped for a moment and looked at me. "What's the last thing you remember?"

"Huh? Why do you ask?"

"Cause it'll depend on what you get, and if I need to tell you All Might is wrong." Tomura told me.

"Wait, what?" I asked, feeling… scared now. "How did you… My other Reflections… He told them the same thing, didn't he?" I shook a bit, looking down. "He told me, I can't become a hero, then left… after he was gone… I walked to the edge of the building and… jumped. I don't know how far I fell, all I know is that next thing I knew I woke up in the Church."

"Ah." Tomura nodded. "That makes sense. That's the major difference between our worlds." Tomura said honestly. "Well...here, follow me." Tomura said as he started leading me to a specific shop. "So, how most people know at least general things about worlds before hand, is merchandise." He said while showing me a shop titled 'MHA', and inside...wait, is that a statue of me!? "Things that could have happened if you grabbed onto All Might or found All for One, you would have either become the Greatest Hero, or the Greatest Villain...but here, in this realm, you don't need a quirk to be a hero." He said honestly. "And also, that's you with All Might's quirk." He pointed to the statue of me that showed me as the number one hero.

has stopped working.

I shook my head after a minute. "So… we're all anime characters?"

"Yes and no." He said honestly. "Yes in the sense that our worlds have been documented as anime, but no because we are living, breathing people." He explained. "Uh...do you know about multiverse theory?"

"Yes, that's basically this reality… still… it's a bit concerning to see my face on merchandise."

"You get used to it." Tomura shrugged. "So, why do I bring this up? It's because now you're not constrained to our old worlds rules, and you don't need a quirk to be a hero...and you can still look up to All Might about being a true hero, even if he hated telling you the sad truth." Tomura told me. "Cause...honestly it's sometimes hard to find good role models when starting out like this to be honest."

"Huh… this is all, so weird and…" I blinked, seeing a door with long strings acting as a door and above it was a sigh reading 'adult'. "Uhhhh…"

"Don't." He said as he stepped in front of me. "I went in there once...learned maybe a little too much…" He said nervously.

"I… guessed… so, knowing that's a thing… should I be concerned about… certain people?"

"That depends on 'certain people'." He said honestly. "Fans of us? Yes. The people we're shipped with? Well…" He pointed to a piece of, what I could tell, was a fanart of me and a...very cute brown haired girl I never met looking like we're on a date. "The person we're shipped with...well, you can at least give it a go."

"I-I Don't even know that girl…"

"You might someday." Tomora shrugged. "Who knows, but I show you this today to show you what could have been, and what could still be to be honest."

"Huh… this is… interesting. I have a lot to think about."

Tomura and I did our shopping. I kept to basic things, clothes, bed, desk. When we ended up having to get weapons though. "Who thought it was a good idea to make a bullet that's also a nuke?" I asked, taking a few steps back from said bullets.

"Several people, that's why there's several brands of guns that specially order those kinds of bullets." Tomora said simply. "If things won't die to a bullet, and there are hundreds of things that do, then why not nuke it?"

"Are there seriously things out there that take a nuke to kill it?"

"And there are things that take several of them just to get past it's defense, but you won't be seeing those until maybe...dungeon level three bosses?" Tomura guessed with some thought. "It's been a while since I last went to one."

"You've been to Dungeons? What are they like?"

"Ever played a dungeon crawler before?"

"Uh, no. I've actually rarely played video games."

"I'm sorry." Tomura told me, like the fact me barely playing video games was a bad thing. "Uh...so basically dungeons are several floors full of monsters, ranging from simple enough at level one, to extremely difficult for admins at level five."

"Okay. And, I was told about a Heroes Guild. How does that work if the monsters are in dungeons?"

"The Heroes Guild is to make sure monsters stay within their respective areas and under proper numbers if need be, as well as stopping the Sub Human, or Villians Guild." Tomura said honestly.

"I figured there would be a Villains Guild, but what is the sub humans guild?"

"The Subhumans is one of the few villains guilds, like I just told you." Tomura pointed out. "They are the bad guys that are needed to keep things running smoothly."

"Keep… wait how? Aren't bad guys and villains bad for society? Why would they be needed?"

"Without the villain guilds, heroes will get complacent, treat it more like a job to get paid like most of the heroes back home." He stated. "And when that happens, it's up to the guilds to keep them on their toes and actively doing the work they're supposed to...cause Mother only knows when someone's going to try and break the system for real."

"Oh… so it's better to have villains who are bad as a job to keep others doing their jobs. Are there actual bad guys though? Like back home?"

"People that are a part of the guilds but also malicious outside of their work?" Shigaraki asked. "Well...there is a guild for those assholes, but there's...only a few million members? The truly malicious people are so few and far between, and they are nothing like back home." He shook his head. "The only one that was truly malicious back home was All for One to be honest."

"Huh. So, what weapons should I use? I don't exactly have any combat training or even know how to use weapons." I said, looking over a large set of knives, daggers and… is that a gauntlet with a shotgun on it?

"Well, it all depends on what you want to learn, considering you're going to be getting a quirk soon." Shigaraki told me. "But...I suppose we should focus less on 'what should you use' and more 'what chooses you'." He said simply.

"Are these weapons sentient?"

"Those would be Keyblades, and we're not looking for those right now." He said honestly. "But some weapons can choose their wielder, so if we go to the right weapon shop, either you find it or it finds you." Tomura shrugged. "Or neither could happen cause sometimes a knife is just a knife, not something else."

"That's… kinda anti climactic."

"It happens." Tomura shrugged. "But don't worry about not knowing how to use something right now, cause you can easily learn how to wield practically anything from either the many heroes guilds, or the internet."

"Fair enough… so maybe one of each? How much did Katsuki give us?"

"Enough." He said simply while looking over our money.

So I ended up getting about one of each weapon the shop had available. There was a lot of stuff here I don't think even counted as a weapon. I mean, what even is a Pokeball?

With all this in my Assistant, which is cool. Don't ever need a backpack. "So, how old are people allowed to own weapons? Back home Guns were only given to police and military, but I saw some kids younger than us with them."

"With supervision a ten year old can hold a weapon, at fourteen you can hold a weapon but need supervision for any dungeons." He said honestly.

"And the Hazard zones? Katsuki said Kai was out there, what are they exactly?"

"That's where dungeons and monsters spawn." He said honestly. "Depending on what level the dungeon is, it could be simple or dangerous."

"Ah. Does Kai go out there often?"

"He stays safe while fighting monsters...that's all that matters." Tomura told me simply.

"So that's a yes then. Do you use weapons when you're right or do you mostly use your Quirk?"

"Depends on the situation." Tomura shrugged. "Not many things are immune to decay."

"Does it heal undead enemies? If it can harm most normal enemies do the undead get healed by it?"

"This isn't Dungeons and Dragons where they get healed by negative energy." Tomura rolled his eyes. "I just speed up their decay till they turn to dust."

"Oh. Dungeons and Dragons… I think I've heard of that. An old board game back home. They stopped making it like, fifty years before I was born I think?"

"That's sad." He shook his head. "But it kept going here so there's that."

"So… is Katsuki always like that with you?"

"When I'm too busy playing video games." He shrugged.

"Is that often then? She said something about throwing you through the wall… again?"

"Not as often as you'd think." He said. "Only like...three times…"

"Heh. Guess she's more like Kacchan than I first thought. Does she have the same Explosion Quirk?"

"If there's one thing consistent with all the Bakugo's in existence, it's that they are hot headed but caring, and they are walking and talking explosions."

"She's at least calmer than Kacchan. And… seems to believe I can do something other than be useless." I said, looking down. "She said she was in the war, and taken into the Time Walkers shortly after. How strong is she? I figure the Time Walkers must be pretty strong, but just how strong?"

"Not many know how strong Time Walkers are, all I know is that she can handle really powerful individuals." He said honestly.

"And… What are the Time Walkers. Their name indicates time is involved, and she said something about getting jobs about people risking Madness from time to time. Do they actually time travel or… do they just look ahead to prevent bad stuff?"

"They're effectively the Time Police, going backwards and forwards in time to make sure events happen properly, deal with any weird things...or kill those that fall to Madness."

"But I was told we respawn after dying… are you telling me Time Walkers can kill you permanently?"

"Madness is something that transcends respawns...so yes, it's a permanent death." He said bitterly. "It can happen to anyone who lives long enough, or experiences too much."

"So, there's no cure or… means of reversing it? And how come some people like Katsuki don't get it but some others do? Is there any known connections between them other than living so long?"

"It's...complicated." He said honestly. "I don't know all the details, but it just happens to people, Time Walkers being one of the few that are immune to Madness because of their work."

"Hmm… so basically, it's just like a normal death. Never know when it will come. Are there other things that can perma kill us?"

"Level Five Dungeons, and Void Admins." He said honestly.

"Alright, and level five dungeons are the strongest types, right?"

"Yep, the strongest type of dungeons and are extremely dangerous, even if no monsters around."

"Yikes. Aside from dungeons, are there other ways of getting stronger?"

"Training, monster hunting, simple stuff like that." He shrugged. "Going to Hazard zones, or going to the numerous arenas around."

"Ah. Alright then… and Abilities, how do those work exactly?"

"Well, they range in usage and power, but basically they can do simple things, like make you stronger, faster, more HP or MP, give you superpowers, a lot like quirks but they aren't. Actually there's a sub category for abilities called Quirk Abilities. Most you just go through the skill tree system to unlock and gain stronger ones over time with Skill Points, earned in dungeons or arenas or guild missions and quests. There are some you can buy and others you can get completely at random. I myself have the Ability Scan, a basic first timer ability everyone gets, and Filtration 1. Basically I can safely breath and consume low quality poisons and poison gases."

"Woah. So they aren't too different from quirks, but you can just get them how and as you want. That's really cool."

"It is from an outsiders point of view, to people who've been here for a while, it feels natural enough."

"Heh, fair enough. So, what's Kai like?"

"Smart kid, want's to be a hero instead of what he could have been like." He said simply. "Pretty hyper, a Monster Hunter and a practicing taxidermist."

"He can do taxidermy?"

"Yeah. Puts then in his trophy room."

"Huh… What's his Quirk? Or does he not have one?"

"He has one, his quirk is named Overhaul." He said simply. "He's able to deconstruct and reconstruct anything he can touch, and all his fighting has given him such a degree he's able to, and I shit you not, touch a monster and makes it's top half explode."

"Holy… he probably doesn't do that much if he is gonna taxidermy it though. Unless he can reconstruct the body too… can he?"

"Yes he can." He said nervously. "It's...sometimes scary to see what he can do sometimes...though his favorite thing is to literally make a giant suit of armor out of whatever material is around him and punch things."

"I can see how that's scary… though also extremely useful. So, what about Magic, how does that work?"

"That I don't know, given that magic can work in so many wildly different ways that it's best just to think 'magic works cause magic'." Tomura shrugged. "Not to mention all the schools of magic and it's just a headache half the time."

"Oh. So when learning to use magic your preferred method is up for you to pick. Interesting. Do you know any magic?"

"Only a few spells." He said while raising his hand and a small amount of fire in his hand.

"Woah. Does it hurt, holding the fire like that?"

"Nope." He said honestly. "Things you create with magic can't hurt you if you know how to control it properly."

"Cool."

We made it back and Tomura helped me set up my room and everything. I was surprised at how much we got. I still wonder how much Katsuki gave us for shopping. I know the money here isn't the same as back home. They call it Rem, but still felt like a lot of this stuff was pretty cheap, save for weapons. Those prices felt about accurate. With everything set up for me here Tomura stuck around playing something he called a Switch, some weird small gaming console.

"So, how many games do you have?" I asked. Tomura was sitting on my bed while I was at the desk, looking over my hero notebook. This was in my backpack, and so far aside from myself and clothes my backpack was also on me when I arrived here. Great, it's still wet.

"Yes." He said simply. "And there's a way to fix that."

"You do know just saying yes isn't an answer." I sighed. "And fix my notebook you mean?"

"But it's appropriate because I lost count." He said simply. "And yes, it is easy enough to fix your notebook."

"How? Magic or what?"

"Well either that, or a Restorater." He said simply. "It's a machine that can restore objects to their original state, remember how I decayed some of the wall around my room and it looked brand new?"

"Oh yeah. Do you have one?"

"Yes I do." He said while going through his assistant and bringing the Restorator out. It looked a lot simpler, looking like a phone with a two pronged antena. "This is a handheld one, able to fix any small items, some medium items and able to patch up large things like walls and stuff like that."

I took it. So I just… hold it over the boom and press this button? I did just that and watched as a red line of light moved over the notebook, and I watched in awe as it began repairing like new from top to bottom. "Woah." I said, the machine was done and I handed it back to Tomura. I then flipped through the pages. "It's like new, and everything is still here."

"The wonders of technology." Tomura nodded as the device disappeared into his assistant.

"I guess I look kinda weird huh? I mean, you pretty much grew up with this stuff, and here I am looking at everything and asking questions like a toddler."

"It happens." He shrugged. "No matter who you talk to, when you first get to this world there's always gonna be questions...and there's still more questions than answers about a lot of things in this world."

"Fair enough. So, Katsuki only kept you two in school till Elementary was done? What did you two do after?"

"Whatever we wanted honestly." Tomura shrugged. "I mostly just delved into the gamer world while Kai went to be more of the monster hunter."

"You two never got jobs?"

"Kai has his monster hunting, which gives plenty of money, and my gaming helps give me money as well through donations. Believe it or not, talking to people and playing video games can get you quite a bit if you are a good person."

"Huh. That's pretty cool. So, last question… Do you know how we end up here? Like, a specific reason or is it just random?"

"No idea." He shrugged. "It's hotly debated on why, especially for people like us...but it's better than what would have happened before we got here."

"Huh…"

With that I flipped through the pages of my notebook, and also began looking through some books I picked up today. Spells and Potions for Beginners, Guns and Ammo for Rookies, Swordsmanship 101, Knockout Punches: Unarmed Based Combat, and lastly Abilities and You. I flipped to a blank page in my notebook and opened up Guns and Ammo for Rookies. Firearms probably won't be my specialty but until I build up my body more they will due.

"Quickie thing, remember to prepare yourself before you do things. No need for your first few days of training to break every bone in your arms." Tomura started as he played something on his Switch.

"That sounds painful. I imagine if I do get injured like that though it can be healed like it never happened?" He nodded. "That's what I expected. So, how was your first time in combat? Did it go well or did you get hurt really bad?"

"It was...a little rough…" He said nervously. "Especially when...well I accidentally fought a sentient being and hit them with my bare hands...the shriek wasn't really a good thing to hear…"

"Oh… We respawn though, so they were okay after, right?"

"Yes, but what I did was still nervous when I was fourteen." He said honestly. "And my first dungeon adventure."

"Oh… So, I take it you don't use your Quirk in dungeons often?"

"I only use it when I have to." He said simply. "Cause...when you literally feel the creature you are holding fall apart in your hands, no matter how tough they are...it's not something I've learned to see using more, unlike how trends normally see me."

"Oh… So how do you fight when you don't use your Quirk? Swords? Guns?"

Tomura pulled out a sword and a pistol. "Both actually." He said honestly. "Best to have options for close and ranged combat."

"Fair enough. I imagine Kai largely relies on his Quirk in combat." I said, looking through the guns book. "Wait, guns and ammo can spawn from killed monsters and in dungeons?" I asked. "Then what's the point of selling them in shops?"

"Preparation and Capitalism." He told me simply. "Mostly the preparation part, considering you might have weapons and ammo from a dungeon, that doesn't mean you'll have what you need for different dungeons."

"Fair enough I guess. So what kind of things aside from weapons and ammo can you find in dungeons?"

"Well it can range from a lot of things." He said. "All depends on the dungeon and what level it is. Cause it can range from weapons, materials, food, people-" I was rather quick to cut him off there.

"Wait what? People!?"

"Don't worry, it's not like 'slavery' or anything." He said as he raised a hand. "It's one of the rewards for beating the main dungeon boss, and you can either get an adventure partner, a butler, or lover." He said honestly.

"Wait what? Lover!? How does that work?!"

"I don't know the details of it since I haven't either looked it up or got one, but from what I've heard is that...well it's basically the age old 'save the royal from the dragon' kind of thing, kill the boss, get your 'prince or princess' because of it, as they imprint onto you and learn about you on a general level."

"Huh…"

"And you can get multiple." I jumped, seeing Katsuki at the door, grinning. "Don't be surprised if you suddenly have a harem now." Tomura rolled his eyes and I turned a deep shade of red. "And yes that's legal here. So's casual sex but I'm leaving that talk for you with Kai. Speaking of why isn't he back yet? He's usually not out this late?"

"Either he got laid or he found a really cool monster he wants to turn into a trophy. Or both." Tomura sighed.

"Okay… So, that aside, where will I be starting off tomorrow? Am I gonna get put into a dungeon right away or…?"

"That's really up to Katsuki there." He shrugged.

"Nope, you and Kai are on that job kid. Gets you out of the house more than once a month so it's good with me!" She declared, laughing as Tomura sighed.

"Cause of course…" He grumbled and rubbed his temples.

"Hey, I love you, but you need a life. And some sun. And odds are while you are out there you'll get a girlfriend, boyfriend… casual rutt buddy, I don't care just someone other than your browser history."

"I told you not to look at that woman!" He snapped, his face turning a bright shade of red in embarrassment.

"Firstly, not deleting it was your fault, second, you act like that shit is kinky. It's vanilla at best boy."

I'm just gonna… keep reading…

They went back and forth like that for a while until… "Mom! Tomura! I just got the fucking Naga Rabbit!" I turned, seeing a man with brown hair, golden eyes and wearing a winter coat with jeans and sneakers holding what looked like the product of a rabbit and a snake interbreeding. It was twitching. "This little shit tried to eat my hand."

"The hell did you do to it Kai?" Tomura asked. So this is Kai… huh.

"Well it tried to swallow my hand so I used my quirk and popped a few blood veins in it's head. So it's having an aneurysm… I should really put this thing out of its misery." He then snapped its neck… really casually. "Also… when did we get a new room?"

Katsuki sighed. "Kai, this is your new Foster Brother's room. Izuku Midoriya. Midoriya, this is Kai."

"Uh… hi…" I said with a wave. "I heard about you from Tomura…"

"He's like us." Tomura said simply.

"Oh… wow you are way older than Tomura or I were when we got here. What's your world like, is it the same as ours? Do you have a quirk too? What-" Katsuki covered Kay's mouth.

"Down boy. He just got here today so he has a lot to… process still. You and Tomura are gonna take him out tomorrow to train and get stronger so he can prove himself worthy of my late friend's quirk. So, keep the questions down alright? And take that to your room and stuff it or burn it, you know I hate seeing dead things in the house."

Kai nodded and rapidly ran to his room.

"So… that's Kai… he's rather hyper." I said, still processing all that.

"Still better than who he could have been." Tomura said honestly. "And Kai gets out more and is excited to meet new people."

"So… good to know then. Should I be worried?"

"Nah." Katsuki said. "Kai's hyper and kinda reckless, but he is smarter than he lets on and never gets into a fight he knows he can't handle. Frankly I want you two with him to make sure he stays that way, plus as a team you all can get stronger together than you three could alone."

"True." Tomura nodded. "Having a team is always better than doing things alone, that's for sure."

"It would also make dealing with strong enemies easier." I said thoughtfully.

"Perfect! Dinner will be ready in two hours, if you wanna get some kind of practice in the training room in the next door down on the right." With that Katsuki left.

"You guys have a training room?" I asked.

"Why wouldn't we?"

"Isn't this an apartment though, it can't… this is built like the mall, isn't it?"

"To a lesser degree." He admitted. "It more so fits with what's needed for the family, like extra rooms, certain rooms being bigger, all that stuff."

"Oh, neat… Guess if I'm gonna be training then I best practice." I sighed, standing up. "Lead the way."

"Alright." Tomura nodded while leading me to the training room.

It looked like a blank white room… then he tapped a screen on the wall and suddenly it looked like a shooting range I'd see from some army movie. "Woah."

"Yeah, the training room is a special thing, where you can have it look like anything you want, sort of like the holodeck from Star Trek."

"What's Star Trek?"

"Its an old sci-fi show." He answered. "Like, twenty first century old considering our world was in the twenty second or third century."

"Huh. Okay so how does this work exactly?" I asked, taking out a pistol.

Tomura showed me how it fires, the safety and how to reload the magazine. Apparently there are apps on the Assistant that help to do things like reload your gun and special magazines that pull the ammo from your inventory without ever needing to reload your gun. Now I was just shooting and aiming… which I was bad at. "I figured I'd be bad at this but I haven't even hit the target yet." I grumbled.

"Take a deep breath." He told me. "And relax a little, you're not gonna get it right your first try. Here, watch me." Tomura said, pulling out his pistol and taking aim as he got into, what I could tell, a proper position to fire a gun.

He shot off three hits, two hitting the torso of the target and one hitting the head where the nose would be. "It still doesn't feel right." I said, looking the weapon over. "Maybe I can try something that doesn't require accuracy?"

"Everything needs accuracy if you're not using explosive weapons." Tomura said simply. "But what do you have in mind?"

"I dunno…" I sighed.

"He needs to train his body first Tomura." I looked up, seeing Kai there now. He didn't have his coat on anymore. "Build some muscles and all that first." Kai then went over to the wall screen and the room changed from a shooting range to a public gym. "We can start off by first learning how much you can lift, how hard you can hit, how fast you are, basic physical stuff really."

"Well he didn't have a tough time with his guns recoil so that's a start." Tomura shrugged.

"It's a .32 Tomura, a four year old can handle it." Kai said. "Alright, first, let's test strength." So Kai put me through a bit of a ringer, pushing me til I couldn't go anymore and taking notes on how well or bad I did. "Well, the good news is you aren't super weak. The bad news is you are still below Tomura and he's still pretty much a shrimp."

"I can still kick your ass." Tomura frowned.

"Regardless, this gives us a means of knowing where you are and what to improve."

"But aren't we going out into a field or something tomorrow?" I asked.

"I can squeeze something to work in with it. In the meantime if you wanna throw a punch or swing a sword properly, best start lifting."

So that's mostly what I did. Lifted with Kai spotting me and Tomura just playing his games watching til dinner. I could barely lift my arms while eating and once dinner was done, Kai kept having me lift til almost midnight.

I slept clear through the night and woke up feeling beat still. Once breakfast was done I headed out with Tomura and Kai to these Hazard Zones and… apparently Kai owned a car. And inside said car was… his own massive mansion. "Are you serious? The cars too?" I asked, Kai putting the thing in auto pilot and just sitting down reading a book.

"Well, gotta stay comfy somehow." Tomura shrugged as he checked his gear.

"With technology like this why bother making the world's so big?" I asked.

"Possibilities." Kai said, still looking through their book. "The whole point of this reality set up is to deliver unlimited possibilities. Keeps people happy and keeps madness away."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Not much is known about Trigger's madness but they believe it might be related to extreme sadness, boredom, and all kinds of negative emotions. The stronger they get the more likely they believe Madness to trigger. As it is Madness is almost like… a berserker state. So imagine how bad it can get when a really powerful person falls to it. The time walkers, like Mom, get informed of the person and date and typically show up a month or two before so the person can get their affairs in order before getting taken in. And if they run…"

"Bad things happen." Tomura said simply.

"In the end, you can't escape Madness. Most people accept the reality after time to process and settle things before leaving with the time walkers. From there, people don't actually know what happens but it's assumed… they are perma killed."

"Oh… Doesn't sound like that good of a job, or life." I said.

"But it's needed. Maybe one day Mother will be able to correct Madness, make it go away. We can only hope."

"But in the meantime, time for some monster hunting."

After an hour we arrived and… woah! We were in a massive hilly valley filled with trees and floating hills linked to the earth by roots or vines and… woah. "Welcome to the Hazard Zones, The Gydamino Hills." Kai stated.

"It's a simple area for first timers." Tomura said honestly. "And with the both of us here...unless a Blood Moon happens, you'll be fine."

"B-blood moon?" I asked.

"Yeah. There's two varieties for event nights. Blood Moons, and Blue Moons. Blood Moons spawn monsters in higher quantity and buffs them way stronger. They also drop much higher quality items and money as well. Blue Moons are basically the opposite. Enemies are nerfed pretty well and spawn less if at all and they still drop a lot of good stuff. The trick is finding enemies. They spawn so less and actually run rather than fight so they are pretty hard to get to."

"Overall, it's pretty simple." Tomura shrugged.

"So, what kind of monsters are around here?"

"This area specifically, some Shadow Creature variants, a few zombies and… I think a giant or two? Can't remember."

"Easy." Tomura said simply.

"I don't even know what a Shadow Creature is, and Zombies and Giants?! How am I supposed to fight those?!"

"It's best if it's shown rather than explained." Tomura said honestly. "Especially Shadow Creatures, those are...a bit weird to explain."

"Well, come on then Midoriya." Kai said, leading the way. We were hiking a few miles until we saw one. It looked like a person, but small plants and vines were growing out of its body. "There's a zombie. Basic one too, slow, dumb, easy to kill."

"Does it work like in the movies?" I asked.

"That's the quick way so, if you can, a shot or two to the head works fine and fast. Decapitation works too or just bask the head til it's jelly so, you got options."

"So have at it." Tomura told me. "Just don't get bit if you try to stab it.|

"Or I become a zombie?"

"Well, if left untreated." Kai said. "You gain an undead race class, and to get back to being human can be a pain, and buying a new profile slot to stay human and swap between."

"Wait what?"

"There's this feature called Profile Slots. Basically you buy them for about a million rem each and in each slot you can have a form for each of the different races. And before you ask, no, Tomura and I don't have any. They're expensive as hell and getting a new race form is often hell in it's own right."

"Oh yeah." Tomura shook his head. "It's a lot more hassle than one would think, and while the upsides are good...it's not really worth the effort."

"Well, some race types are harder to get than others but yeah, some people make it a goal to grab them all. An expensive hobby if you ask me but hey, their life." Kai shrugged.

"Are there benefits to being an undead?" I asked. Now I'm curious about all this, I even had my notebook out.

"A few, immunities to most forms of poisons and parasites, can't get tired, don't feel pain, and the usual fair for zombies if they actually used their brain." He shrugged. "The negatives is everything that an undead would normally have, like holy damage, decapitation, depending on the area you're own body might just crap out on you due to the weather because everything that would help you be alive is turned off."

"But upgrading your race helps negate most of those negatives." Kai added.

"You can upgrade your race? Does that include Humans too?"

"Oh yeah. Every race can be upgraded, and the final upgrade of every race is called the Godhood race."

"Godhood race…"

"They were created by Asmith, the Admin of Genetics." Tomura said. "It's basically the 'pinnacle of each race', strong enough to rival some Admins, but extremely difficult to get to."

"Yeah. Upgrading your race, and therefore body into a Godhood takes a fuck ton of time and skill points. The last guy I heard who managed to unlock his Godhood race, it took him twenty five sextillion years and almost triple that in Skill Points." Kai said.

"Holy crap…" I said, realizing I swore but shook it off. "If it takes that much time and effort, is it even worth it?"

"Depends on the person." Kai shrugged. "It definitely looks worth it, the things they can do and without even being an admin, it's insane."

"On paper, it looks like the biggest waste of time this side of known existence, but in practice, it's been said to be extremely worth the trouble, able to take on level four dungeons solo without much of a scratch, and if you manage to get a group of them together some level five dungeons just fall over if rumors are to be believed."

"Woah…" I said, writing all these notes down.

"Alright, enough note taking, head on over and kill it." Kai said. "If you wanna be a hero then this is your first step, cause before you can fight against the villain guilds you have to be able to handle yourself against mindless monsters- Tomura put your phone away and stop playing Pokemon Go!"

"There was a Gible here damn it!" Tomura countered.

Kai facepalmed. "Okay… just… why? You can catch a real Gible, why are you trying to catch a digital one?"

While Kai and Tomura kept arguing I got up and over to the undead. It looked so… grotesque. I sighed, taking out the handgun and lifted it. Being this close I can't miss. I took a deep breath and pulled the trigger. Pop, crack, and it fell to the ground.

[Loot:

1× pocket watch

1× .32 bullet case

10× rem.]

Huh. Not much loot but I guess that makes sense. I looked at the handgun… this still feels… wrong…

I put the handgun away and pulled out my magic book. Let's see here… huh, Telekinesis. A basic beginners spell, most commonly used to lift and move heavy objects this spell has many vast applications in combat as well. It's like Mom's quirk but stronger. There was a diagram, some matrix I needed to keep mentally as to cast the spell. Hmm, this is actually pretty simple, and if I can't keep it memorized I can draw it on paper or clothes, or something so I can keep casting. Hmm… I took out my pen, copying the matrix onto the back of my hand.

"Let's put a pin in that, what are you doing there Midoriya?" Tomura asked curiously.

"Using a gun just doesn't feel right or sit well with me. I saw when flipping through my magic book just now these spell Matrixes when drawn on clothing or paper can let you use the spell without memorizing it mentally. I wanna give it a try. It reminds me of Mom's quirk." I said, looking the matrix over. A perfect copy from the book.

"Well, drink this first." Kai said, handing me a bottle with a blue liquid inside. "It's a Mana potion. Can't cast spells without drinking one of those or absorbing a Mana gem."

I nodded, drinking the potion and once it was all down, tasted like flat lime soda, a new bar percentage appeared under my HP. MP, 50.

I looked around, seeing a rock on the ground. Now… how did mom used to use her quirk?

---

"How does my quirk work? Well sweetie, it's a lot like imagining I have lots of arms. When I want to float something over to me, I imagine grabbing it with one of the extra arms and bringing it over."

"Even heavy, fast stuff?"

"Well, sorta. I can mostly just lift up what I can physically carry, and even then I can still feel the weight of all the objects I'm lifting even when I'm not physically holding them."

---

Imagine arms, reaching out and grabbing them. Mentally, I invisioned a pair of arms, stretching out over from me and grabbing each side of the rock. Lifting it up. The rock was floating there… I watched as my MP was draining. From 50 to 49.9. guess this spell doesn't take all that much MP to use. It went down another percent of a point every few seconds. Now… I imagined throwing the rock, and watched as it was thrown hard into a nearby tree. The bark was toughed up a little as it hit and bounced off to the floor. Huh, throwing it made the MP drop to 47.8.

"That's really impressive for your first time using a Telekinesis spell." Kai said.

"I just remembered how mom always told me using her quirk was like and applied it." I said, looking at my hand and the drawn matrix on it.

"Oh yeah, your mother did have a levitation quirk." Tomura said. "So, how does it feel using it like that?"

"Honestly… better. There's just something about guns I wasn't liking."

"Maybe magic is just more your thing?" Kai said with a shrug. "If that's the case Mana gems are gonna be a top priority for you to get as well as potions… if I remember right Tomura when he binged watched the show that's based on our home worlds, your dad could breathe fire, right?"

"Yeah." I said with a nod.

"Then flip to some Pyromancy spells, maybe since your mom was a telekinetic you are more attuned to telekinesis, which is why it came so easily to you. Same should go with Pyromancy given your Dad's quirk."

I nodded, flipping through the book. Now, where is Pyromancy spells..."Let's see if you're gonna be better with Fire than Todoroki." Tomura brought up.

"Who?" I asked, finding the spell matrix and began copying it into the palm of my hand this time. Once that was done I remembered what dad told me his quirk was like.

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"My quirk? Well my boy, when using my quirk I have to feel some emotions."

"Emotions?"

"Yes. When I'm angry or mad or anything like that, the fire I make burns hotter and more wild. But, when I'm happy, calm or even just bored it's not as hot, is more controlled and burns only what and where I want it to. Lots of other fire based Quirk users can tell you the same, cause our emotions fuel the fires into sparking before they even touch something flammable."

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Emotions, fueling the fire to spark into existence… positive emotions produce more controlled, calm fires, negative emotions produce stronger, wildfires.

I remembered what Karla told me when I got here. I can become a hero.

I felt a heat in my hand, and saw a small flame burning just above my palm. Now then… I thought of this fire like a ball, and threw it. The flame was thrown just like a baseball, hitting a small bush that it set ablaze and died once the bush was nothing but burnt twigs and ashes.

"Damn. You are a natural at both. No wonder mom is trying to make sure you are worthy of Pyrokinesis." Kai said with a smile.

"Pyrokinesis?" I asked. "Is that her friend, that female reflection of me, was that her quirk?"

"Endeavors quirk, but none of the downsides." Tomura said simply.

"Basically it's a perfect combination of your mom and dad's quirks. She was able to create and control fire. She'd spark the fire from her mouth and then mentally control it like part of her body. Just by spitting into a fire she was able to control that one too. It was really impressive." Kai said. "There's a lot of old videos online you can look up to see for yourself."

"Ever heard of The Last Airbender?" Tomura asked. "Cause if you have, then it works a lot like the fire bending in that."

"No… and I'll be sure to look up those videos." A perfect combination quirk… she was lucky, she and Katsuki got along great, much better than Kacchan and I ever did. I wonder if he even noticed I'm gone… or cares? "This definitely feels… better. So, I should be on the look out for Mana gems?" I asked.

"Yeah, we should actually hunt those down to give you a good pool of self recharging Mana. I think there's a dungeon nearby that spawns them?" Kai said, checking his maps through his Assistant. Man these things are useful.

"And none of the enemies just naturally drop them? I think an elemental or two spawns in the area." Tomura brought up.

"Not many, and it's only a twenty percent chance. At least in the dungeon it's guaranteed we get more than one."

"Drop rates...even in real life they taunt me…" Tomura grumbled.

"So, what is this dungeon?" I asked.

"The Root Mine." Kai said, an image like a hologram displayed out in the air from his Assistant. It looked like a giant tree that was cut at the base, and roots uplifted andany holes both in the roots and around them littered the ground. "Place is a raw ore and gem gold mine. Enemies always drop at least one or the other and the ores and gems spawn in the walls and roots all the time. The enemies aren't all that strong either, in fact the greatest threat are other explorers. Not everyone likes to play nice when in the dungeons."

"And this is why I mostly play by myself." Tomura crossed his arms.

"We'll be fine. Four can easily top Midoriya off for an easy two hundred MP and set his recharge rate pretty fast. Come on," Kai said, holding out his arm showing the Assistant. Tomura sighed and tapped his Assistant to Kai's. "You two Midoriya, this is how we register as members of the same Party. You'll be able to see our hp and mp in your hub as well as where we are on your map."

I nodded, doing as Tomura did and I saw smaller head images of Kai and Tomura with their HP and MP displayed in my top left.

"See our health now?" Tomura asked me.

"Yeah… holy cow." I was speechless. Tomura, 2,700 HP. 950 MP. Kai, 3,500 HP. 750 MP. "Woah. You guys have really high HP and MP."

"It's not really that high." Tomura shrugged. "Early on it might be, but it's nowhere near how high it can really go."

"How high does it go?"

"No one knows." Kai shrugged. "So far nobody has actually reached a cap or limit. And considering how old people here can live, that's saying something. Even so, without a good defense, even a large HP pool can drop to zero fast."

"And then there's those annoying bastards that have both stupidly high hp and a stupidly high defense." Tomura grumbled. "That's...how I learned not to entirely like my quirk…"

"You forget they deserve it." Kai said. "Plus the last time they saw you they ran away, so they learned their lesson."

"Yes they did." Tomura nodded.

"Alright, how big is it?" I asked.

"It's… pretty big. It's a mixed dungeon. There's usually about four types of dungeons. Tower, Arena, Field, and Mixed. Tower dungeons go either deep below the ground, high above or both. Arena are, well, arenas. Get caught into one or volunteer to participate and you can't leave til all the challenges are beaten or you die. Arena dungeons are large sections of land that take the form of ruined cities, towns, ect where lots of monsters and loot spawn. Mixed are, well, a combination of two or all three dungeons into one. This one is a mix of a field and tower dungeon. It goes down five floors but the top area is massive, and the floors below go on for thousands of miles." Kai explained.

"So hope you like dungeon crawls." Tomura said as he readied his sword and pistol for the upcoming monster fights.

"Is it dark?" I asked.

"There's glowing crystals that are pretty well placed here and there." Kai said.

The dungeon in person was… amazing. We entered through one of the many tunnels, the scent of metal filled the air as we walked deeper in. These tunnels had massive caverns that went easy ten to twenty feet up. "Huh, some bronze." Kai said, kicking a wall of brown metal.

"Common ores are found pretty close to the entrance." Tomura brought up.

"How much bronze is here?" I asked, looking over the ore deposit. Strange, it almost looks like the pure metal?

"I'd wager…" Kai said, placing a hand onto the metal. There was a pause and then the ore was out of the wall and in small bars around Kai. "Fifteen pounds."

"Woah, you did that with just your Quirk?"

"I can materialize and deconstruct any material I touch. Helps when the ore is already pure when it spawns."

"Even if it's bronze, it's still pure and it can sell for quite a bit to the right blacksmith." Tomura brought up.

"I've never seen such pure metal before." I said, lifting one of the small ingots. "And this just… appears here?"

"Every year, yes." Kai said with a nod.

"Or sooner depending on the dungeon." Tomura added.

We walked deeper in, Kai stopping me from falling into a spike pit and Tomura dealing with what looked like… I wanna say Goblins? "So where do these Mana Gems spawn?"

"Second Floor. The floor boss should be dead already so we can just walk right through and get to digging them up." Kai said.

"We could also just kill some monsters, get enough rem and buy him a mana regeneration bracelet." Tomura brought up.

"Nah, internal regen is better in the long run and a bracelet can break."

"True." Tomura conceded.

We walked further in and actually came across another adventurer. She was in all riot armor and just waved at us as we passed. Well, that was nice.

The boss room was massive, filled with tree vines and glowing crystals. He wasn't here so we moved on through. The second floor was a but darker and there were more zombies and even walking skeletons held together by dead tree vines. Between the three of us they weren't hard at all and with my fire spell it was only a few minutes lost. As we walked around a corner I saw a small, light blue glowing gem unlike the other crystals that give light. "There's one." Kai said, placing a hand on the dirt around it and making it all move away from the gem.

"How big's the gem?" Tomura asked.

"So far it looks about average. Hopefully this is a deposit of them and not just the one."

"How big can these ore and gem deposit's get?" I asked.

"On Dechamore? Well… You know how big these planets get… so to the core… maybe the size of the moon back in your old world. Bigger."

"Are you serious?!"

"Yes, and they keep getting bigger depending on what planet you're on." Tomura answered readily.

"Not counting what's on the moons, suns, comets and asteroids." Kai added.

"Wait, suns? You can… explore the suns here?"

"Oh yeah, been there once. Pretty neat, not as hot or blinding as you'd imagine."

"There's even people living on the suns." Tomura added.

"That's… wow…" I said blankly.

"At some point you just stop getting surprised." Kai said with a shrug.

"And when you do get surprised it's all the sweeter." Tomura pointed out.

There were two of the Mana gems there and Kai told me how to absorb them. Once I did my Mana changed to be one hundred. "Two more and you'd be good. Let's-gah!" Kai said, Tomura pushing him aside. I looked down the way and saw the figure of what looked like… an adorable brown… fox maybe?

"It's an Eevee!" Tomura was really happy about seeing that really fluffy fox thing.

"It's adorable. What is it?" I asked.

Kai shook off the shove Tomura gave him. "A Pokemon. Eevee. Pretty unique one and that's saying something given their breed."

"It's not a monster, is it?"

"Technically yes but also no. Pokemon are a lot like animals but with powers and such. You can capture them in these things called Pokeballs and from there train them."

"Should...I let Midoriya do it?" Tomura asked, already having a red and white ball in his hand, I guess that was what was used to catch this 'pokemon'?

"You go ahead, you look you want them and you'd probably know better how to take care of them than I do at the moment."

"Well...you're not wrong." He said. "And thank you." He said as he tried to catch it.

He threw the ball, the little creature getting bumped on the head by the ball. The ball opened up and a flash if white light and it was on the floor. It shook three times before clicking.

"Yay!" Tomura cheered happily, walking over and picking up the ball.

"You did always want a pet." Kai said with a chuckle. "Gonna name it?"

"Hmm…" He hummed as he tossed the ball, the ball opening as a flash of light poured out of it and the Eevee came out just fine. "Not sure yet, you gotta name Kai?"

"Depends, is it a boy or girl?"

Tomura picked up the Eevee and looked them over. "It's a girl." He said as he started to cradle the Eevee and started to pet her.

"She's so cute." I said, seeing the Eevee look like they really enjoyed the affection.

"Maybe name her Ura?" Kai shrugged.

"Ura sounds good." He nodded. "And yes, Eevee's are just adorable, and this is only one of the...many many pokemon in the world."

"You said it was unique, what makes it so unique?" I asked.

"Well, all Pokemon can evolve. And Eevee's are unique in that they can evolve into any of the different types. After the war that was expanded. Eevee is the most diverse and versatile of pokemon. People have used magic and genetic cloning and other such methods to make Eevee copy cats but over all the original is best." Kai explained.

"Eevee is the only pokemon that can evolve into one of the sixteen 'element' types, and through some weird genetic shenanigans with certain items, they can be dual typed versions of it's evolutions." Tomura added.

"Originally, now thanks to The Mother it's basically all the elements and combo elements and… there's a lot that little fox… dog thing can do."

"Eeva!" The Eevee, Ura, said happily.

"It can… talk?" I asked.

"Well, most of them can only say their species name or some noises, but some can learn to speak English with a lot of effort, special items or by giving them a telepathy ability." Kai said.

"Or you can learn their language, cause damn near everything has its own specialty language, no matter the race or age funnily enough."

"Huh. That's really interesting." I was honestly surprised such a small, adorable creature had so much potential.

We went further in after a while, Tomura letting Ura the Eevee ride on his head like a hat. We ran into a few more zombies and large mole monsters that weren't too difficult and even got a pickaxe from one of those moles.

We did come across another Mana Gem, but it was just the one and we kept on after I absorbed it. We came across a large chamber where someone was setting up camp.

"Either they're quite literally camping this area, or we finally found a safe area." Tomura said honestly.

"Neither!" We jumped, seeing a wide-eyed blond girl with a fairly round face and large smile pop out from the tent. "Hi, I'm Himiko Toga."

"Hello Toga." Tomura nodded. "I'm Tomura Shimura." He introduced himself politely.

"Kai Chisaki." Kai said.

"Izuku Midoriya." I said with a nod.

"Sup! So, what brings you three here?"

"We're finding Mana Gems for Midoriya here." Kai said. "You?"

"I'm hunting for those Mole Monsters."

*Ironic, we just killed some a while back."

"Darn it! I swore if I made enough noise here they'd go for me."

"Or maybe it's because you're being too loud and they are not going for you." Tomura pointed out.

"They're monsters, they should be attracted to all the noise." She huffed. "I've been here for two days already."

"Why?" I asked.

"The Moles, I need their blood to learn about their abilities first hand." Toga stated.

"Their… blood?"

She nodded. "Yup, it's how my Quirk, Transform, works. I take a few drops of blood and I can transform Into the person or animal whose blood I drank. When it comes to monsters and animals I can transform into them and use their abilities and all that, but with people I can only use their power based abilities, so gathering monster blood is just more useful for me in combat and such."

"Oh wow! Does the amount of blood you drink determine the time you can stay in a form?"

She smiled, nodding. "Yup, the more blood the longer I can stay in a form. It's why I need this Mole form, there's a Vampire here as a secret boss, and if I can get bit and become one, the Vampire racial skill branches will so help me out in terms of my quirk."

"Sounds good." Tomura nodded. "Where would the secret boss be?"

"Right below us." Toga said simply. "Only way in is by finding a mole monster tunnel that leads there but if I catch one and drink some blood from it I can just dig myself down to him."

"Yeah that sounds about right." Tomura nodded.

"If it's a tunnel you need I can make you one." Kai offered. "My quirk let's me deconstruct and reconstruct matter so making a tunnel will be easy."

"But where's the fun in that?" Tomura joked.

"Either way." Toga shrugged. "So, you three gonna head off or do you wanna help a girl out?"

"Help you become a vampire?" I asked.

She nodded. "Yup! Help me out with that boss and become a vampire and I promise I can pay the favor back."

"Well, that also depends on if Midoriya wants to tag along." Tomura brought up.

"Well, yeah. If I'm gonna be a hero in this world then I have to help." I said. "What is this Vampire anyway?"

"His name is Count Phineas, and as a secret boss he's about level two in strength."

"Hm, any weapons we should be concerned about?" Kai asked.

"Just a short sword but it's also imbued with a vampiric enchantment, so with each cut it drains some of your blood and heals him."

"That's a bit of a bitch with him being a vampire." Tomura sighed.

"Well that is probably the point." Kai shrugged.

"Can we handle that?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, Tomura and I can handle him easy enough."

"Poor bastard won't know what hit him." Tomura chuckled.

"Awh, thanks you guys! I have some spare stuff and gear here so if you need or want anything go for it, most of it is just drops from monsters and stuff I brought out just to drop and make noise to attract the moles."

"Well, what do ya got?" Tomura asked, wondering what Toga had to offer.

"Ammo, some weapons, spell scroll, nicknacks. Some food too." Toga said.

"Spell scrolls?" I asked.

"Yup, they're in a box inside the tent. Just open them and you'll have the spell learned instantly."

"Alright, we'll check, and we're allowed to enter your tent?" Tomura asked. "Even if you told us we can, it's better to double check cause...certain rules might crop up sometimes."

"Of course. It's mostly just full of stuff. Take what you need or want and we'll head down When you three are ready."

"Thank you." Tomura nodded while heading into Toga's tent first.

I followed and found the spell scrolls. There were five. I opened one and jumped when it incinerated the second I opened it.

[Spell Learned: Blessed Barrier

Create a Sheild of magic that is especially effective at repelling unholy magics and entities.]

"That wasn't what I was expecting…" I said, surprised. The matrix, amount of magic, all of that was just… in my head. Woah.

"What did you learn there Midoriya?" Tomura asked while perusing what was around.

"Blessed Barrier. I didn't expect it to imprint the knowledge into my head though."

"Scrolls tend to do that when you first read it." He said honestly. "And that's good, with that spell you can block anything that Vampire would normally have."

"Well, that's useful at least." I looked at the four others, and began opening them.

[Spell Learned: Conjure Wolf

Created an ethereal wolf to attack or defend at your order.

Spell Learned: Thunder

Shoot out a bolt of lightning that deals high damage.

Spell Learned: Sonic Clap

By clapping your hands you can send out a sonic wave that harms enemies and people that have ultra sensitive hearing.

Spell Learned: Slumber Song

Make enemies fall asleep simply by gently singing a lullaby. If the lullaby in use is personal to the target, the effect of the sleeping spell is doubled and the time spent in sleep is also doubled.]

"Conjure Wolf, Thunder, Sonic Clap and Slumber Song. Huh…" I thought aloud.

"Sounds like a pretty good list of spells so far." Tomura nodded.

"It's definitely diverse. There's a lot of possible ways of using them." They almost sound like Quirks if I'm being honest. Especially Slumber Song and Sonic Clap. Maybe that's why I prefer Magic, it feels more like a quirk? Maybe. "What did you find?"

"Standard stuff." He said. "Knives, swords, lightsabers, an M203 Grenade Launcher, simple stuff."

"Uh… huh."

While Kai and Tomura kept looking through stuff I skimmed through my spell book. Woah there's even an Explosion spell. Hm… I wonder… I drew the matrix in the palm of my other hand and aimed up. It shouldn't be too big, the book said the size of the Explosion is dependent on how much Mana I pour into it. One percent, let's see… there was a small spark in my palm followed by a rush of heat and wind. I've seen Kacchan make way bigger but it was good enough. I grinned, looking back through my book.

"Gonna show off you're better at explosions than Bakugo?" Tomura asked, having seen the small little explosion.

"Uh… if you mean the one from back home… how can I? No way back. And I doubt I could surpass Katsuki, she's from before the war and a Time Walker. I kinda doubt I could pass her in terms of fire power."

"There are more than just that one Katsuki out and about." Tomura brought up.

"... Even so, it wouldn't be the same… they aren't Kacchan… same name, voice, quirk… still not him."

"You never know, you might just find your Bakugo someday." Tomura shrugged.

"What do you mean?"

"It's...pretty rare, but sometimes people meet others from their same world." Tomura said. "I don't know the statistics, but it's like...uncommon is not having a quirk, rare is being born with two quirks, and pretty rare is being born with three quirks."

"I have a feeling it's more uncommon than that… still, I'd prefer to run into my mom again… for all I know it's been a day there too, a year or even a lifetime. My dad's always working so, I mostly grew up with mom. She's always been super prone to worrying about me… I can't even imagine what me being gone is doing to her…"

"Best not to think about it too much." Tomura said nervously.

"Think one day we'll be able to go back? Or bring them here somehow?"

"Impossible to tell." He sighed out. "If Mother hasn't even figured something out about how isekai's work then probably no one will."

"I'm sure something will happen." Kai said. "I asked mom about that once and she just said to wait and see. Given her job and all that, she knows something but clearly isn't allowed to tell, so she just told me to wait and see. That means something in our lifetimes will let us see our Homeworld's again. We just have to be patient is all I guess."

"How much you want to bet that it's not 'we're in a different realm' and just 'we haven't found the right planet yet'?" Tomura pointed out.

"Doubt it, all planets not colonized are blank slates remember? Pitch black like coal til someone lands on it." Kai said, tossing a few books aside. "Besides, if it was that easy the Scouters Guild would have found something."

"Scouters Guild?" I asked, looking the books over. Prize People and You, Familiars Monthly, and Enchantments 101, 101 basic beginners enchantments.

"They sail out deep into space past the borders of the colonized areas of space and planets looking for anything and everything of interest. Or first dibs on new dungeons or resources."

"They're probably not looking in the right places then." Tomura pointed out.

"So it's basically anything you can consider a possibility about us is on the table then?" I asked, picking up the last book. Popular Guilds to Consider.

"Pretty much." Tomura shrugged. "Mother fought for that future during the war as far as we know, or whoever or whatever she was beforehand, given Mother is more of a title from what some historians say…"

"Why is she called that? Why Mother?"

"There's debate over it, given that practically no one ever sees them, no one remembers her origins after god knows how long, and a lot of other things." Tomura explained. "But Mother is theorized to be exactly that, the Mother of Creation, the one that started mothering Admins way back when, and her abilities making you incapable of fighting due to reasons unknown, but could be guessed as 'a child is near it's mother, so why would they be mad?'." Tomura explained. "You'd have to ask either historians, priests of the Church of Mother, or Time Walkers, or Guild Master Lord, but good luck talking to that old man, he's almost as reclusive, if not more so than Mother." Tomura explained. "And before you ask on how or why I know this much random knowledge, I was really bored waiting for a shipment on a new game, even Assistant Shop's have wait times."

"Huh. And this Family of Heroes?"

"I believe those were the people that helped fought in the ancient war that started all of this." He said. "Their names were sadly lost to time, but what they were wasn't if memory serves."

"So does that make Katsuki part of the family of heroes?"

That made the both pause. "I… never thought about it." Kai said, clearly trying to think about that.

"Well...I doubt it." Tomura said. "Cause the Family of Heroes hasn't been seen since the war, and there's not much, if any, information on who or what they were before the war, and Katsuki is here with us, even if they fought in the war as they said."

"But if they aren't remembered anymore… then wouldn't it make sense they are just, living around and among us like everyone else?" I asked.

"Possibly. I know of at least one member of The Family that now is a Familiar, hard to find her but I hear those that have said she's unbeatable."

"Who was it again?" Tomura asked.

"Peppermint Black." Kai said.

"Oh yeah." Tomura nodded. "Now I remember, yeah they're extremely powerful."

"How strong is she?" I asked.

"I heard that she got found by a level three adventure, and she dragged him to a level five and cleared it for him, just to give herself a stretch." Kai said.

"Which to clear out a level five dungeon, the only level to be not only the hardest, but truly lethal to people, as a 'stretch' truly shows how powerful she is." Tomura said. "Don't remember how she was found, cause the lucky bastard might have gotten them from either a super boss in that level three, or the Loot Dimension."

"There's a loot dimension?"

"Where else do you think all the crap monsters and dungeons drop?" Kai said. "Everything a dungeon can drop and does comes from there."

"And if you're stupid lucky, and I mean [i]stupidly[/i] lucky, you can get a ticket to that dimension for like, ten minutes." Tomura said honestly.

"A complete free for all." Kai said.

"Woah. That's really cool." I said.

"I think the last one to get a ticket was some homeless person that had nothing to their name besides a knife, beat a level one dungeon, and became a world renown adventurer after he used that ticket."

"How does one in a world like this end up with nothing other than a knife to their name?"

"Gambling, pissing off bad people, laziness and thieves. The Thieves Guilds can really rob you blind if they get the opportunity."

"And on that day, he learned to never squander anything again, and to make sure at least someone's sober before going on a binge."

"Oh. Well, I'm glad things worked out for him. So, are you both ready to go?" I had the books and used the spell scrolls, so I'm good.

"I just picked up a few potions and that was it." Kai said. "You ready Tomura?"

"Hmm…" Tomura hummed again as he looked over things, only to grab three bracelets and tossing me and Kai one. "Resist All minor bracelets, wear them and you get minor resistances to everything." He explained while putting his on.

"Fair enough." Kai said, putting it on.

"Guess it's better than me not having any resistances." I said, placing it on too. "Alright Toga, we're ready!" I called out, the blond girl rushing into the tent now.

"Sweet!" She said, raising a fist into the air. "Let's go meet this Count."

"One stairway." Kai said, placing both hands on the ground. There was a pause, then some small cracks quickly followed by the ground violently shaking as suddenly a stairway down opened before him. "Ladies first."

"Heh, such a gentleman." Toga said as she began her way down followed by the three of us.

"So, know anything else about the boss besides his vampire abilities and the knife?" Tomura asked Toga.

"Well, he drops a lot of stuff and the Adventures Guild pays in good loot and money for beating him. He does always drop some raw ores and gems." Toga said.

"Mana gems too?" I asked.

"Yeah. Average of three to five I think."

"Perfect. Anything else of note?"

"His sword too, from what I've seen. Some other good Vampire based gear."

"Good enough." Tomura nodded. "So after you become a vampire...will you have to follow his orders or will you have your own free will?"

"I'll have my own will, you're thinking Ghouls." Toga said. We emerged from the stairway into a chamber filled with glowing red crystals lighting the room in a crimson glow. In the center of it, half buried was a black wooden coffin covered in chains and surrounded by rusted metal crosses.

"That's… worrying." I said, swallowing as we kept moving.

"Tad over dramatic." Tomura shrugged.

"It's a boss, that's their thing." Kai said as we got to the floor…

I screamed, seeing the blood and the bones and the… oh God… "Dude, relax, it's all fake." Kai said.

"Wait what?" I stammered.

"Yeah, it's decorative."

"So… it's not real?"

"Oh it is, it's just not from people."

"It's like if amusement park attractions actually had real effort put into it and the clowns were paid to stab you." Tomura shrugged.

"..."

"Isekai?" Toga asked.

"It's his second day." Kai informed.

"Heh, cute."

"He's handling it rather well." Tomura added.

"Are… all dungeon bosses this bad?" I asked.

"About an even half. Mostly depends on what they are and how strong they are." Kai said with a shrug.

"It also gets worse." Tomura chuckled.

"It pays good though from what I hear." Toga said.

"This is a job?!" How?! Why?!

"You didn't think all the bosses just randomly spawned in did you?" Tomura asked.

"I uh… did, actually…"

"Well, very few work like that." Tomura said honestly. "But most have people from the guilds be bosses for dungeons mostly."

"It's a living and a show of power/means of finding a good challenge." Toga said.

"Also if you're outstandingly bored." Tomura added.

"Or a nap!" Came from the coffin, the lid flying off, breaking the chains and making the crosses fall over. He had silver and black hair with green eyes and wore a dusty cloak. "Christ I enjoy my naps here when you all don't bother me."

"No need to be all grumpy, besides, you could have gotten your sleep at home." Tomura pointed out.

"This is my home." The Boss, Count Phineas said. He sighed, jumping out of his coffin. "Honestly I thought I'd get to nap more given those stupid moles almost never dig their tunnels down this way."

"Well anyways." Tomura started. "Toga here wanted to ask you something." He said while motioning to Toga.

"Son of a- if you're another Twilight fan girl I swear…" He groaned.

"She said becoming a vampire will help with her quirk." Tomura said simply.

"It would help a lot." Toga said.

"If I turn you will you leave?" Phineas said.

"Do we get your drops?" Kai asked.

"No! That's not how this works!"

"Oh just bite me and you boys can argue it out with bullets and swords." Toga said, holding up a bare arm.

"Fine." Phineas groaned as Toga walked over to him. He bit her arm and I watched as her skin turned just a shade paler. Once he stopped bitting and let her go she walked over back to the steps.

"You boys can keep what he drops, I'll wait for you over here." Toga said, watching as her bite mark healed, leaving only a scare.

"Alright." Tomura nodded as he prepared to fight.

"Wait, but… we're fighting a person." I said, worried about this.

"He's a dungeon boss, if it helps just think of him like a villain." Kai said, inching his hand closer to the ground as he began to kneel down.

"Sure kid, whatever gets you to sleep at night." Phineas said, pulling his sword from his scabbard. "Let's just get this over with so I can get back to sleep."

"Then let's get started." Tomura said as he fired a shot at the vampire.

I watched in shock as Phineas deflected it with his sword, jumping as Kai turned the ground below him into large spikes. Phineas slashed at the ones that got close, then kicked them back at Kai, making him stop attacking to dodge as Tomura kept shooting off while Phineas kept dodging… Wait, maybe.

I reached out, grabbing a bullet that was still in mid air and lowered it. I winced as it hit Phineas in the knee. "Oh son of a-" He huffed, his leg fixing itself as he began casting fire spells at us. I brought up Blessed Barrier. Tomura got under it quickly as Kai kept using his quirk to stay on the offence with Phineas.

"I didn't think moving the bullet would work." I said, keeping my eye on Kai and Phineas.

"A lot of things work if you try them out." Tomura said simply.

"He's faster than I expected… He can deflect your shots and dodge Kai's attacks. He's still a vampire, so that makes him an undead right?"

"Yes." Tomura nodded. "What's the plan?"

"Well, your Quirk can decay him then, even if you can get a limb off on him that should cripple him enough for you or Kai to deliver a final blow. The question is how do we get him still long enough for you to get at him?"

"Kai could hold him for long enough with his quirk." Tomura brought up.

"If he can get an opening he could. Do you have any other weapons aside from your handgun and Sword?"

"My hands." Tomura said simply. "And some minor magics, why do you ask?"

"We need to create a big enough distraction for Kai to trap him. Wait." I remembered, looking through my assistant. "Will these work?" I asked, handing Tomura a box of Spiral Nuke Bullets. "He can't deflect them, they'll explode, and I can use telekinesis to move them so at least one hits him."

"And you wondered why people made bullets as strong as nuke's." Tomura chuckled.

"It's probably overkill but should work." I said.

Tomura loaded up the Spiral Nuke Bullets and began firing. Phineas tried to deflect one into to have it blow up on impact. The Explosion shook the chamber and sent him into the nearby wall. Kai quickly touched the ground, sending a large chunk of dirt up and around him, encasing him in hard dirt. Tomura gave off a few more shots around him. "Oh fuck!" Phineas yelped as they exploded.

[Secret Boss: Count Phineas Defeated.

Rewards:

Count Phineas Sword (Leech Tooth) ×1

Vampiric Pig Leather armor set ×1

Gold Ore ×10

Silver Ore ×12

Iron Ore ×9

Mana Gem ×7

Fire Gem ×5

Terra Gem ×3

Prize Pod Person ×1]

"Wait… we… we won a person?" I asked worried. As I said that a large pod, pure white and metal with a light blue glass cover appeared in front of us. We could only see someone's silhouette inside and on the glass was the engraving of a heart.

"And a Lover class. Someone here might be getting a girlfriend/wife." Kai said with a grin.

"Wait, what?" I asked.

"Did we forget to mention that?" Tomura asked.

"I know you mentioned something about a princess in a tower thing with people who appear in dungeons like this but, not this."

"It's like this. There are several classes if Prize People. Allies are people who will fight with you for a year while you journey, after a year they can choose to stay with you or leave and do their own thing. Servant class do housework and tasks for you, also for a year then they can do whatever. There's other various classes but in this case we have the Lover class, which is by far the most interesting. They don't just open up, they only open for the person who can love them and they can love back. In other words there are lover class people in pods like this that Haven't even gotten out cause no one has been a match for them." Kai explained.

"So they're just… stuck in there if no one is compatible?" I asked.

"Asleep til their love finds them. Sad really. It's the whole reason the Match Makers Guild exists."

"Well, let's see who they'll open for." Tomura said while walking over to the pod.

He placed a hand on it. Nothing. He shrugged, Kai doing the same and still nothing.

"Well, go on, lay a hand on it Midoriya." Kai said.

"I uh… are you sure? I doubt it will even work for me if it didn't for you two." I said, looking at this person's silhouette. They looked pretty tall.

"Third time is the charm." Tomura shrugged. "Besides, you're more likable than either of us."

"Speak for yourself bro, in case you forget I do get laid." Kai said.

"In your dreams." Tomura rolled his eyes. "Which… is technically still a real place… fuck you."

Kai just laughed. I shook my head and slowly placed a hand on the pod.

I jumped as the glass on it glowed brightly, then vanished in a puff of light that floated up and disappeared. I looked inside, seeing… she had cat ears… and tail… long claw like nails and she wore an all white jumpsuit. Her skin tone was a light orange and her hair color a dark orange. She sat up, opening her eyes and yawning. Her eyes were a deep, amazing emerald color. "Hey there love~" She said at me with a wink.

"L-l what?!" I stammered as she got up. She was just shy of my height and… gifted. Quite gifted in her… body.

"You opened my pod, so you're my love." She said almost simply as she then hugged me. It was then I found out just how thin her jumpsuit is.

Kai could not stop laughing at my blush.

"Way to go there casanova." Tomura laughed at my plight.

"I-uh… so…" I said, managing to get her to let go of me. "What's your name?"

"Delilah." She said. "No last name. At least, not yet." She winked at me, then licked my cheek.

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"You think he's got enough blood?" I heard Tomura ask someone as I slowly came to. "Cause he kind of acted like a rocket with that nose bleed."

"Still hilarious though." I heard Kai say.

"Ugh… what happened?" I asked, sitting up as I felt something soft and heavy on my arm. I looked and… b-b-b- Boobs!

"Morning sleepy." Delilah said to me, holding my arm between her breasts tightly.

"What's the last thing you remember?" Tomura asked curiously.

"I, uh… we, we were fighting Phineas… then Delilah's pod…" I stammered, trying to get my arm free from her ironclad grip.

"And then she licked you on the cheek to which your nose projectile shot out blood with enough force to rocket you into the wall." Kai finished. "We brought you home and mom gave you a blood transfusion to make up for the blood you lost. Delilah here hasn't let you go the whole time you've been out."

"Oh…" I said. How tight is her grip!

"From what we can gather, Delilah's race has a stupidly high base strength and are natural grapplers...so have fun trying to get away if she's into cuddles." Tomura said, having noticed my failing attempts at escape.

"I am. Plus I can never lose you either." She said, finally letting go of my arm.

"What, you an expert tracker?" Kai asked.

"It's her abilities. One in particular…" We looked at the doorway, seeing Katsuki enter. "Allow me to show it off." She then brought out a pistol. My eyes widened and jaw dropped as she fired, hitting Delilah between the eyes.

"Katsuki why- what?!" I turned back to yell at her… and saw Delilah standing next to Katsuki. I looked back at where she was before... nothing. "H-how?!"

"Yeah, respawns take an hour usually and and leave a body behind." Kai said, looking concerned.

"Like I said, it's her ability. The Legendary Ability, Shrodingers Cat. A living paradox, the likes of which the Time Walkers have been looking for since forever… and you get a wife with that ability in a dungeon… the high ups are gonna flip, but that's life." She sighed. "It's even more funny considering this ability is only given out once and can't be obtained til the current owner dies naturally from madness."

"And no one would really know who had it before cause it wouldn't be common knowledge if they didn't do an Arena match." Tomura shrugged.

"And I don't plan on being in any." Delilah shrugged, walking back over to me and sitting next to me.

"So… how is this going to work?" I asked, pointing a thumb at Delilah.

"Well, her pod opened for you. So, she's your girlfriend/wife. You two are sharing the room." Katsuki said.

"B-but she's a-"

"Look, I know it's weird to you know but trust me, when a pod opens for you, the person inside is someone you will learn to love. She's already very smitten with you Midoriya, get to know her. She is a person after all."

"Y-... Yeah." I said, looking at Delilah. She was smiling at me… well, she is cute...

"Well, shall we give the two lovebirds some privacy?" Kai asked. Everyone nodded and left, leaving Delilah and I alone… in my room…

"So…" I said. "How old are you?"

"Fifteen." She said.

"Wait, really?"

"Yeah." She said with a nod.

"Huh. I wasn't sure given your height."

"Oh don't worry, I'll grow bigger~"

"Heh… right… so, what other abilities do you have?"

"Advanced accuracy rank 1 through 4, wall climbing, iron, steel, and titanium claws, and primal senses."

"No quirk abilities?"

"Nope."

"Hm…"

"What about you? I was in a prize pod so, sure I have likes, dislikes and all that, but no real past to speak of, just knowledge on stuff I've never actually seen or studied. Tell me about your life Izuku."

I wanted to correct her, about my name but… I decided not to… this isn't home, isn't japan. Going by my first name shouldn't be too bad. And… her voice saying my name does sound nice. I sat there for hours with her, telling her all about Japan and the heroes and quirks, about mom, kacchan, everything big or small and she sat there listening about it all.

When I finished she leaned against me… and I didn't flinch away. "Well, I know someday you will be a hero to everyone, but today, and forever you are my hero Izuku. If you didn't try and open my pod, who knows how long I'd have been stuck there waiting with the Matchmakers guild."

I surprised myself, and took her hand. "Thank you, Delilah."