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What's up, peeps? I know, I probably should've updated more in this quarantine-how you all holding up, anyway? I've been swamped with online schooling-I can't stand doing it all online! I mean, it's convenient and all, and I don't have to change out of my pajamas if I don't want to, but I need that social interaction, and I learn easiest when there's other people around me learning the same thing, asking questions I didn't think of, stuff like that. Sorry about that…

Alright, so who are we introducing today...drumroll, please...Creativity and his twin, Intrusive Thoughts! But Izuku's nine and a half years old at this point, and I'm not gonna do that to him, which is why Intrusive Thoughts doubles as Insecurities! But technically three Sides for the price of two bundled as one package that's hard to deal with but worth the trouble! (And we almost have the complete set of light sides, but we also have one of the dark sides...and we don't have my Precious Child Anxiety yet (the second one, the first can die in a hole...wait.)

Oh, and I realized that I made a mistake in Yumio's chapter, but I don't want to change it, so I'm going to say it here-Izuku still has one more year of elementary school after the one he's currently in. I know that not everyone reads these, so I'll find a way to incorporate that into the story to mention that mistake.)

Enjoy the chapter!

(Also, 140 follows, 100 favorites, 18 reviews...WHAT)

"Alright, everyone, make sure you stay with the group-we don't want to get lost!"

It is quite impossible for us to get lost, Yumio stated simply. After all, I memorized the entire layout of Kyoto.

Hatori-sensei just doesn't want anyone wandering off, Odin thought. After all, she is responsible for a class of twenty students, plus us three. I mean, she knows that you're responsible enough not to let us run off, and as long as one of us is with the group, we'll always know where they are, but there's still the risk of losing one of our classmates on accident, and we don't want that.

Do you think we'll see some adorable puppies?! Yui squealed-Izuku had gotten used to all the noise in his head, so he no longer really reacted outwardly to his Sides' antics-at least, when they were in his head.

Yumio sighed. Yui, seriously? Why are you so obsessed with puppies?

Because they're adorable! Yui gushed.

Let her be excited-I don't know if we'll see puppies, but if you want, when we get home, we can visit the nearby animal shelter again, Izuku thought.

OMG, YES! Yui thought, already excited.

Of course, none of the Sides blamed her for her love of animals. It had just been the four of them-including Izuku-for the past half year at this point-it was almost time for middle school, and Izuku was planning on attending the same school as Hito-chan-Kacchan had met Hitochan a few times, and he was hopefully going to the same school, too-if only to try to compete with Izuku on grades, but especially since Yumio had come around, Izuku hadn't gotten a single question wrong on anything-and his control of all their quirks wasn't half-bad, either. Anyway. About a month after they had met Yumio, a cute animal's video had come up on Izuku's suggested list on YouTube-he found himself using it more often than HeroTube anymore-and Yui had freaking lost it, squealing about adorable animals, practically begging Izuku to convince Hisashi to get one. Apparently her parents had been strict about animals and refused to even let her near any because they were "disgusting," and now that she was gone, Yui had the ability to pet all the animals she wanted. Unfortunately, Hisashi was allergic to animals-something Izuku hadn't known before that-but he offered to drive them to the nearby animal shelter once a week. (Hisashi is BEST DAD, better than Dad Might, especially here, but there's also Dadzawa to have to compete with later one… :)) Yui was really happy about the entire thing, and she was always excited about visiting the animal shelter-surprisingly, the animals were pretty calm about the ghosts around, and they even seemed to swarm around Yui a bunch.

Odin laughed. Well, let's keep going-this trip is going to be so cool! I've never been to Kyoto before-most villains stay clear, and all the Users were too sick to go around this time of year, or they opted out because they weren't that interested, or their schools just didn't have field trips.

Kyoto is a beautiful city, but our hometown can be just as splendid, Yumio thought.

I know, but still, Odin said.

"Alright, so does everyone have a group?" Hatori-sensei asked.

Instantly, people started to move into groups of five or four, and Kacchan walked over to Izuku, the two of them-plus Izuku's Sides-being a group-most people didn't like Kacchan's explosive temper, and they didn't like that Izuku had dominated the top spot of everything-and most still hated him from when they thought he was quirkless, much to Odin's anger since they were still being jerks-so it was mostly just the two of them-or, well, five, but still. Neither really cared since they were good friends-Kacchan had been nicer since Izuku had gotten his quirk.

"Alright!" Hatori-sensei said. "Let's get going to the first location!"

We're going to a shrine first, right? Yui asked.

Affirmative, Yumio thought.

Ooh, do you think that we'll see something really cool there, like a sword?! Odin asked excitedly.

Why are you the most excited about this? Izuku asked. You're more excited than I am.

Odin chuckled. Sorry, but this is all just so cool! I went on field trips back in New York, but we didn't really do cool stuff-trip to the zoo, aquarium, one time to Washington D.C, and of course me flying around, but never with groups of people, and stuff just wasn't this cool!

Ok, ok, please tone down the excitement-you are supposed to focus on the Caring Side of everything, you know, Yumio thought.

Yeah, and I care about this field trip! Odin laughed.

That's...that's not how it works- Yumio started, then sighed. You know what, I think that I will leave this matter be. I'll never understand the workings of how girls work…

We're literally the same as you-but come on, there's something you're just as excited about-don't act like there isn't! Yui thought happily. You love going to the library just as much as I love animals!

She's got a point, Izuku pointed out.

Yumio sighed. I know.

"Hey, Deku, can you stop having a conversation in your head and talk out loud, stupid nerd?" Kacchan asked, snapping Izuku back into reality-the group had been walking, and while Izuku had been walking as well, he hadn't really been paying attention to Kacchan.

"Oh, sorry, Kacchan," Izuku said. "Odin's just pretty excited about everything, Yui wants to see animals, and Yumio's trying to balance everything out."

"That's literally every single conversation you have with them-can't you all just focus on the trip instead?" Kacchan asked.

"Odin's excited about the trip because she didn't go on trips when she was alive, Yui's hoping we see puppies around town, and Yumio's trying to figure out how they can be so excited about stuff that would otherwise be normal," Izuku corrected himself.

Kacchan snorted. "The four of you are really weird-are you ever gonna add another to your little group?"

Izuku smiled. "Well, yeah. I will...eventually."

"Whatever," Kacchan said. "Let me guess, you've memorized the schedule for the trip? What exactly are we doing again? I lost mine…"

"We're going to a shrine right now," Izuku said. "Which is going to be so much fun-" Suddenly, something hit the back of his head. Izuku whipped around to see…

...but he couldn't see anyone looking at him to see how he reacted-it wasn't a stranger, and he and Kacchan were at the back of the crowd.

There wasn't anyone there at all… Yumio thought. How interesting…

Why does that feel onimimus? Yui asked.

What? Izuku asked, amused.

Onimimus, Yui repeated. You know, feeling like something strange is about to happen?

Ominus? Yumio corrected.

Oh, that's the word, Yui laughed. Oops!

How did you even...nevermind, everyone's good at different things, I guess, Yumio said.

Let's just go, Izuku thought as he and Kacchan kept walking with the group.

..

Saburo and his third-triplet-yet-younger brother, Eiji, watched the group of nine years olds and snickered. For ghosts that had died when they were 25, they were pretty childish-but their oldest brother, the oldest of the three triplets, Kazuo-or, well, Kai, as he had changed his name to for some reason-had been the mature one of the group, while Saburo had been the creative one and Eiji had been the one that was conscious of other people. It was how their triplet dynamic worked, but Kai was still alive while they were...dead, they spent their time pranking tourists-they could've found a better way to spend their time, but by this point, they were called the local poltergeists, and they cherished the nickname.

"That boy never had a chance of spotting us," Eiji snickered.

"Yeah...but there's something weird about him," Saburo said, making a face.

"What do you mean?" Eiji asked, giving Saburo a confused look.

"That boy...something about him just didn't sit right with me," Saburo said.

"Or you just have a stomach ache-he's just a normal boy," Eiji said. "Heh, I can even prove it to you." He got up-they were laying on a rooftop-then smirked at Saburo. "Let's follow them, prank that boy, prank the kid next to him, prank the entire group! We're poltergeists-we haven't just gone pranking a single group in a while!"

"Um...sure, I guess," Saburo said, standing up.

Eiji smirked, then grabbed his brother's hand and began to fly after the group.

.

Izuku, Odin, Yui, and Yumio all had a bad feeling as they continued to the shrine, but Kacchan didn't notice anything as they continued to walk, arriving at the shrine before too long.

Once they arrived, Hatori-sensei turned to the group.

"Alright, everyone, remember to stay with your groups, but this is some free time to look around," Hatori-sensei said. "That being said, Midoriya, please make sure Bakugou doesn't get into any fights, and don't leave the shrine."

The entire group chuckled, Kacchan gave her a look that could've killed, and Izuku nodded, knowing perfectly well that that was the big reason why the two boys weren't just separated into different groups-Kacchan didn't really listen to other kids-honestly, Izuku was surprised that he even listened to him, but at least he wasn't being mean anymore.

"Alright, students, you have three hours to meet back here-I'll be walking around as well, so come find me if you need me," Hatori-sensei said, then everyone began to walk away.

I'm surprised that she believes you are all allowed to walk around on your own, Yumio commented. I mean, you all are still nine years old.

Not all of them are-some are ten, Yui thought.

You get my point, Yumio thought. You're all young. I don't think that you should be just walking around.

That's why we're walking around in groups, Izuku said. That way, we won't be alone.

And don't forget that each group has a basic leader that follows the rules, Odin added. We'll all be fine-otherwise Hatori-Sensei has her ways of finding us...probably.

Probably?! Yumio exclaimed. We really shouldn't go on a probably!

We'll be fine-otherwise Odin and I will find anyone lost! Yui promised just as Kacchan grabbed Izuku's arm and tugged him in one direction.

"Come on, let's go this way," Kacchan said. "Don't wanna stand 'round all day while you talk to your Sides or whatever."

"R-Right, sorry," Izuku said, then followed Kacchan as they walked away-everyone else had already started to walk away.

Suddenly, though, the feeling of being watched grew really strong, and Izuku quickly turned around…

...just as he saw two people-ghosts, he realized instantly since they were floating-staring directly at him and Kacchan.

"What?" Kacchan snapped, turning around...and the two ghosts, clearly surprised, turned and bolted.

"What was that…?" Izuku muttered, then shook his head and turned back to Kacchan. "S-Sorry, some ghosts were watching us."

"Of course," Kacchan said. "We're at a shrine, idiot. Of course there are ghosts!"

"S-Sorry," Izuku said. "Let's just go find something cool!" With that, the two boys began to walk faster…

...but something about those two ghosts didn't sit right with Izuku.

On it-don't want some ghosts stalking us, Odin said, then left the Mind Palace while invisible-Izuku's wings didn't appear, they didn't really do that anymore unless Izuku wanted his wings to appear-but only when Odin was out of the Mind Palace, it worked that way with Yui's quirk, too, but not Yumio's, strangely-although Yumio's quirk only worked half the time, really.

Anyway.

Odin slipped away to go talk to the two ghosts, and Izuku and Kacchan kept walking, Kacchan none the wiser about what Odin was doing.

Saburo and Eiji bolted out of there, flying all the way to a nearby rooftop, breathing heavily even though they were undead and didn't actually even need to breathe in the first place.

"Holy unholy!" Eiji exclaimed, his eyes wide. "That boy really saw us! I thought it was a coincidence, but he could actually see us!"

"I told you something didn't sit right about him!" Saburo exclaimed. "How can a boy simply see us?! There's no way in-"

"Well, well, at least I don't have to go far to find the two of you."

The two spun around to see a nine-year-old ghost with wings land down on the roof and smile at them, folding her wings behind her back.

"You know, it's rude to watch someone and just run off like that."

"W-Who are you?" Eiji asked, both of the brothers getting defensive.

"Oh, I'm Odin," the ghost said. "I'm friends with that boy that spotted you."

"What's with that boy?" Saburo demanded. "Does he have some kind of ghost-seeing quirk or something?!"

"Hmm...well, kinda," Odin said. "He can make a contract with ghosts-it's a long story. But still. Why were you watching him?"

"We're poltergeists," Saburo said. "We were just...going about pranking."

"Huh," Odin said. "Well, you haven't pulled any pranks besides making us feel watched-are you going to pull any at all?"

"Well, yeah-but it's no fun when the people we're pranking know what we're doing," Saburo sighed. "Man, we'll have to find another group or something."

Odin thought for a few seconds, then she smirked-almost creepily so. "Well, well, then, I have a good idea for who you can prank."

Eiji gulped. "Should...should we be concerned?"

"Nah," Odin said. "But trust me-this prank will be great...and I want in." She thought for a few more seconds. "And I'm dragging Yui into this-Yumio, too-although he doesn't want to admit that. Izuku's not for it, but I doubt he'll stop us, and he'll come around. So." She held out a hand. "Deal?"

The two brothers exchanged a glance, then nodded at each other, then at Odin.

"So, who are we pranking...and what are we doing?" Saburo asked.

Odin smirked. "Well, I consider Izuku-he's the boy that saw you, Yui, Yumio, and I are ghosts like you are-to be my son, but I only met him recently." She pouted. "Some jerks have been mean to him-others in his class-and I don't like it."

"So you want us to prank his classmates?" Saburo asked, deciding not to ask about the whole "son" thing-it was probably some kind of inside joke.

"Exactly!" Odin said happily. "You want to prank some people, and you'll have some help. I can direct you to them, tell you exactly what will annoy them the most, stuff like that. So?"

Saburo and Eiji smirked, very similar to Odin's.

"Let's do this," the two said at the same time.

"Great!" Odin said. "So, well, the thing is that since you two aren't part of the group, you aren't exactly able to just...hang with us until later-by which I mean you can't actually meet and talk to Izuku until later when he isn't around people. You're free to follow us around, I guess. I'll probably be making sure you aren't pranking us or Kacchan, but other than that, do whatever, I guess."

"How are we supposed to find you...later, if we don't follow you?" Saburo asked.

"You're free to follow us, but otherwise...I can probably find you later on if I need to," Odin said. "Or...you can meet us at the motel on 8th street-Lynicia Motel, I think the name is...yeah. Yumio says that's it. I can meet you in front of it around 8 tonight. From there, we can figure everything out."

"Sure," Eiji said. "After all, following you around while you're aware that we are just sounds weird."

"And watching over us while we walk through Kyoto isn't?" Odin asked, then shook her head. "You know what, nevermind, I don't wanna know. See you then!" With that, she turned away and jumped off the roof, spreading her wings and taking off.

Saburo and Eiji watched after her for a minute, then turned to each other.

"Um...did that just happen?" Saburo asked.

"Unless we're having the same strange hallucination," Eiji said. "Which I don't think is the case…"

"Well...let's just meet this kid later and see what ends up happening later," Saburo said.

"Yeah," Eiji said slowly.

.

The two-of-three triplets landed in front of Lynicia Motel at 7:50 to see Odin and two other ghosts floating near the entrance. They seemed to be talking about something, but it wasn't easy to tell from a distance.

As Saburo and Eiji got closer, Odin noticed them and looked over-the other two ghosts did as well.

"Oh, hey!" Odin said as Saburo and Eiji reached them. "Um...what are your names again?"

One of the other two ghosts-one was a guy while the other was a girl, they all looked like they were nine years old-sighed. "Of course you forgot to ask their names earlier, Odin."

"Hey, don't be mean-she's in charge of caring, not the brains-she cared more about making sure that we'd get to meet them tonight!" the girl ghost said.

"That's...not really...whatever," the boy ghost sighed, then looked at Saburo and Eiji. "Well, might as well make our introductions now. You've already met Odin. My name is Yumio, and this is Yui. Together, we make up the Sides of Izuku Midoriya."

"The...what?" Eiji asked, confused.

Yumio sighed. "Of course-of course you don't know!"

"Hey, should I be sharing everything about Izuku's quirk with every single ghost we meet?' Odin asked.

"Logically, I don't see why not," Yumio said.

"Well, if we told everyone, then we'd get a lot of requests from random ghosts to be Izuku's Sides, and we don't want more than we can manage, I guess," Yui said.

Yumio gave her a surprised look. "So you actually have thoughts that aren't about puppies?"

"Hey, that's mean!" Yui pouted.

"ANYWAY," Yumio said, then looked at Saburo and Eiji. "I guess that you don't need to know about the whole 'Sides' thing. What are your names?"

"I'm Saburo," Saburo said.

"And I'm Eiji," Eiji said.

"Nice to meet you, Saburo and Eiji," Yumio said. "Well, we best be heading up to Izuku's room now-we will be meeting him at the balcony by their room so we do not disturb his classmates."

"Okay…?" Saburo said. "But aren't we pranking them?"

"Well, we don't want them hearing about the prank, right?" Yui asked cheerfully. "Come on, let's go!" With that, she began to float upward. Yumio sighed, then joined them, then Odin. Saburo and Eiji exchanged a glance, then floated after them up to a balcony, where there was the boy-Izuku-sitting quietly, clearly waiting for them.

Izuku looked and smiled as the ghosts landed, Odin, Yui, and Yumio sitting on the edge of the balcony while Saburo and Eiji sat on the ground across from Izuku.

"Nice to meet you...Saburo and Eiji," Izuku said.

"Wait, you already know our names?" Saburo asked, raising an eyebrow comically high.

"I can read Yumio, Odin, and Yui's minds," Izuku explained. "Well, kinda. Anyway, it's nice to meet you! I'm Izuku...and I guess that we're pranking my classmates."

"Yep!" Odin said happily.

Izuku gave her an odd look. "Still don't get why you're so cheerful about it, Mom."

"Wait, she's your mom?" Eiji asked.

"I'm the mom friend," Odin explained.

"It started as a joke, and now it's a nickname that we don't always use," Yui added.

"Anyway, doesn't matter right now," Yumio said. "I still think that we should not prank our classmates, but seeing that Yui and Odin would just carry on anyway, might as well make sure things don't escalate too far."

"Ok," Saburo said. "So, what's the plan?"

Izuku thought for a few seconds, then looked at Odin, who smirked and nodded. Yumio sighed, and Yui giggled.

"Yes!" Yui said. "Let's go with that!"

"Got it," Izuku said, then looked at Saburo and Eiji. "The plan is simple…"

(You didn't think I was just gonna state exactly what they're gonna do right off the bat, did you? :))

Once Izuku was done explaining the plan, Saburo and Eiji nodded.

"Sounds great!" Saburo said.

"Alright, so we'll set the plan into action in the morning," Eiji said. "The early morning."

"Yep!" Yui said. "Now let's get this party started!"

Now, let it be known that Kyono Shimizu was a fabulous person. She was practically adored by everyone!

...well, besides Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugou, but those two were freaks, anyway. Seriously, Izuku was quirkless until how recently, and Katsuki was too explosive. Nobody liked those two, so that didn't really count. Which, in her mind, made it alright to be rude to them. After all, Katsuki was rude to everyone, and Izuku was just plain freaky-so were those weird...whatever following him. Seriously.

Of course, she wasn't thinking about any of this. Instead, she was in her lovely dream about being a rich model-someday, she was going to be world-famous-

Her dream was interrupted by a REALLY LOUD alarm going off, interrupting her beauty sleep. With a groan, she sat up, rubbing her eyes-her roommates did as well…

...and it was followed by a, "KIDS, EVACUATE THE BUILDING!"

Kyono instantly got up, along with her roommates-that was the teacher, and now that she was more alert, she recognized that sound…

...it was a fire alarm. The building must've been on fire!

Kyono put on a pair of flip-flops from her suitcase, then went into the hallway, almost instantly bumping into one of Izuku's floating friends. The...thing-the girl without wings-gave Kyono a bright smile, then continued to fly along.

Kyono was confused for a few seconds, then just continued to evacuate the building.

"Alright, did everyone get outside?" Hatori-Sensei asked, counting all the students.

Izuku did a quick count as well, then glanced at Kacchan, who was yawning and rubbing his eyes-Izuku had woken him up earlier to tell him about the plan and about Saburo and Eiji-of course, Kacchan's first question was if Izuku was planning on making a contract with them, and Izuku had pouted and said that he didn't make a contract with every ghost he'd ever met. Kacchan had snorted, then decided to stay up so they would be able to evacuate faster...which just meant that he was exhausted now.

"I can count everyone here," Hatori-Sensei said, sighing in relief, then she looked at Izuku. "Does one of your...friends know what happened?"

"They sleep at night, too, you know," Izuku said. "...but Odin says that she smelled smoke, and it was a fire alarm, so...yeah."

"Fair enough," Hatori-Sensei said just as a fireman came over to her.

"Students on a trip?" the fireman asked.

Hatori-Sensei looked at the fireman and nodded. "Yes...oh, we can't stay here for the rest of the trip, can we?"

"It wasn't a major fire from what we can tell-nothing was damaged, but just in case, you'll probably have to stay somewhere else for the night at least."

"I see…" Hatori-Sensei said, then sighed. "Are we allowed to go in and grab our bags at least?"

"As long as a firefighter is with you while you do that," the fireman said. "I'll talk to some others so we can get you all in groups to grab everything, ok?"

"Thank you so much," Hatori-Sensei said.

"No problem," the fireman said, then turned and walked over to some other firefighters-probably to talk about all of them heading back.

Hatori-Sensei turned to her students. "Alright, huddle by your roommates, everyone."

The students all nodded and got into groups. Izuku thought for a few seconds, then raised his hand. Hatori-Sensei noticed.

"Izuku, is something wrong?" Hatori-Sensei asked. Everyone looked at Izuku.

"I can send Odin or Yumio to go grab stuff from our room," Izuku said. "I don't want to push them, but Odin says that she'd be fine with grabbing some stuff, as well as Yui and Yumio."

"That's a great idea!" Hatori-Sensei said. "Just for your room?"

Izuku nodded sheepishly. "Yeah…"

"Ok, send your...friends, then," Hatori-Sensei said.

Izuku smiled, then Odin, Yui, and Yumio appeared and disappeared, going back into the building-not that anyone besides Izuku knew that, but still.

Oh, and if you see Saburo and Eiji, tell them that they did a good job-and it's nice that they didn't go overboard with that fire, Izuku said.

Yeah, Odin said. I'll probably grab everything, then see if I can find them!

We can focus on trying to find them later, but for now, as you said, we need to grab everything from our room-including the suitcases of our classmates, Yumio said.

know, Odin said.

"Hey, Deku, quit spacing out!"

Izuku shook his head and looked at Kacchan, noticing how most of the students were getting into groups with the firefighters-besides their room, but Hatori-Sensei explained the situation to some of the firefighters, and they just shrugged and agreed.

Aaaannndddd, we've got everything! Odin suddenly said.

"Odin says they have everything we need from our room," Izuku repeated to his roommates.

"Got it," Kacchan said.

Before long, Odin, Yui, and Yumio came down with the suitcases and handed them to their respective owners. A few minutes later, the rest of their classmates would start to come back, but for now…

Odin smiled, then disappeared, going back into the building and navigating through the halls until she found Saburo and Eiji, who were still near the scene where the fire had happened-the kitchen, which kinda made it believable that a fire would start on accident there.

"Sup!" Odin said happily, approaching the two.

Saburo and Eiji looked at her and smiled.

"Everyone get out safely?" Saburo asked.

Odin nodded. "Yup! Plenty of people are going with firefighters to get their suitcases and stuff-you guys did really good, though!"

"Thanks," Eiji said. "More pranking...later today at this point, right?"

"Yeah," Odin said. "I don't know where we're gonna be staying at the moment, but you guys are free to follow and figure it out."

"Still don't know how we managed to agree to a minor prank on every day-I mean, we're just scaring people," Eiji said, looking at the scorch marks where the fire had been. "We aren't hurting anyone."

"I know!" Saburo said. "Isn't that nice? For once, we aren't actually getting people hurt!"

"For once?" Odin echoed, her eyes wide. Oh no…

"Yeah," Saburo said, looking at her. "Most of our pranks harm others in some way. Back when we were alive, it was enough to kill-these days, we don't do that, but cuts, bruises, the occasional injury." He smiled, but there was something...sad behind it. "I mean, I'm glad that we don't have to do that anymore. We aren't just puppets for our older brother anymore."

"There's another one of you?" Odin asked.

"Oh, he's still alive-I think," Eiji said, looking at her. "Haven't heard from him in ages."

"And honestly, I hope that we don't anytime soon," Saburo said, venom in his voice.

"He's still our brother," Eiji said, looking at Saburo. "Besides, after everything we did when we were alive? We can't escape the past, even as ghosts, forever."

Odin's eyes grew wide as she realized something...kinda important.

"Wait, you two...you two were villains," Odin said.

They both exchanged a look, then nodded.

"In life, our brother was a very...crooked man," Saburo said. "He threatened us into obeying him and the organization he lead-the Yakuza. If we didn't obey, he used his quirk on us…"

Eiji shuddered. "It was awful, but it's not like we could do anything about it-it doesn't matter anymore, though."

"What happened?" Odin asked quietly.

"Well, we had to die somehow, now, didn't we?" Saburo and Eiji asked eerily at the same time.

Odin's eyes grew wide, then they narrowed. "Your...your own brother…"

"...took our lives," Saburo finished grimly. "Yeah. We stepped out of line so bad that we needed to die."

Odin was horrified, then she set her face, feeling a large wave of care.

Odin...is something wrong? Izuku asked, clearly concerned.

...can I hunt down Saburo and Eiji's older brother and kill him? Odin asked.

...excuse me? Yumio asked.

They just told me that their own older brother killed them-that's not how a family should be! Odin exclaimed. A family cares about you and loves you no matter what! Older brothers shouldn't go around killing their younger brother and imprisoning-

Sheesh, we get it, you can relate to having a jerk of an older brother, but that doesn't mean you can hunt down their older brother and kill him, Yumio said.

I'm dead-they can't make me go to prison, and they wouldn't be able to prove that it was me, Odin said proudly.

...but if they manage to get some evidence that it's you, they might be able to incriminate Izuku, Yumio said.

Wait, could they?! Izuku exclaimed.

...maybe, Yumio said. I really don't have a clue how the scenario would work out, but wouldn't we rather be safe than sorry?

...yeah, I guess so, Odin said, sighing.

"Um...something up?" Eiji asked, and Odin realized that she's sighed out loud.

"I don't have permission from Yumio to find and kill your brother…" Odin grumbled.

At that, both of them looked surprised.

"...why would you want to?" Saburo asked slowly.

"Because older brothers just don't do that!" Odin exclaimed. "Nobody should do such awful things to their families! I mean, you shouldn't be mean to people in general and everything, but families are supposed to share a special bond! Everyone in a family matters to everyone else in a family! If it doesn't work that way, then that family is fu-I mean, messed up! And that. Isn't. OK!"

Saburo and Eiji both moved back a little as Odin took a deep breath.

"Sorry, I just get...a little overemotional, when it comes to families," Odin said.

"Um...okay, then," Eiji said.

"Well, let's get going," Odin said.

(I'm gonna do a fast-forward through the rest of the trip because I'm lazy, so I'll just say what happened.)

For the night, the group ended up sleeping at the firestation-the firefighters were nice enough to give them that experience, and they even gave them a small tour of the place (which may or may not have made a few kids decide that they wanted to be firefighters). At around six in the morning, all the kids woke up, then they went to their next destination, which was a walk around the city. At some point, though, about half the students got separated from the group, courtesy of Saburo and Eiji, who managed to start a wide-spread rumor that a famous hero was on main street-where the group was-and that managed to get plenty of people there to try to find the "hero"...and this caused half the group to get separated-hilarious enough, that included Hatori-Sensei, and the other half was actually with the tour guide. Of course, though, Hatori-Sensei didn't know where they were, so she made sure the students stayed in a group and tried to find the tour guide, assuming that the group wasn't that far away...the tour guide hadn't realized that half the group was gone and just kept going, to which Yumio commented that the tour guide should've been paying more attention to the group and at least should've realized that Hatori-Sensei was gone. At that point, Izuku pointed it out to the tour guide, who started to freak out and tried to find the teacher and the other students, not remembering that he had Hatori-Sensei's phone number, and after about ten minutes, Kacchan asked, and Izuku wished that he'd taken a picture of the tour guide's face when he processed Kacchan's words-it was downright hilarious. (Odin had been laughing her head off, and when she calmed down, she informed Izuku that she had taken a mental picture of it, was gonna find out if there was a way to make it a picture in Izuku's mind, and hang it up in the Mind Palace living room, to which Yumio had sighed and retreated to the Mind Palace Library to figure out if they could actually do that.

So, overall, Izuku was barely able to contain his laughter, and when Kacchan had asked, Izuku told him what was happening in the Mind Palace, and Kacchan had laughed so hard he could breath. The tour guide had given them a strange look, but just shrugged and continued to the meeting spot that he had agreed on with Hatori-Sensei, making sure that no students went missing-as in, the tour guide was turning around every two minutes and counting the students.

When they met up with the worried Hatori-Sensei, she had instantly counted all the students, then, with the help of the tour guide, came up with an easier system to make sure none of them got separated again-basically, she made them all hold hands with at least one other person so it would be harder for them to be separated.

They stayed at an actual motel that night-and this time, Saburo and Eiji didn't burn it down…

And that's where we continue with this.

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"Wait, what?" Eiji asked, raising an eyebrow.

Saburo, Eiji, Odin, Yui, and Yumio, all invisible, were sitting on the roof of the motel while everyone was eating.

"Yeah," Yumio said, having just explained the concepts behind Sides as well as how exactly Izuku's quirk worked.

"That's how we can communicate with each other at any time," Yui said happily.

"Huh," Saburo said. "Pretty weird. I mean, someone that can create Lifeforce? That's just...weird."

"It's really useful, though," Yumio said. "He gets to use our quirks, and we get Lifeforce from him and are in charge of some aspect of his personality."

"I'm in charge of how much he cares about stuff," Odin said.

"I'm in charge of what he finds morally right and wrong-plus his emotions!" Yui said happily.

"And I take care of his intelligence," Yumio said.

"Huh," Saburo and Eiji said at the same time.

"So...how did you all meet Izuku, anyway?" Saburo asked.

"I met him after running away from...someone that was able to control me," Odin said. "I met up with Izuku after that, and I was his first Side!"

"He wanted to make more friends, so he and his friend Kacchan went to look for more ghosts, which led them to going to a graveyard, and that's when they met me!" Yui said.

"I was haunting his school because I used to be a teacher there, and he saw me, talked to me, and I became one of his Sides," Yumio said.

"Wait, you were a teacher?" Saburo asked, surprised. "You look like a kid, though!"

"We're all actually older than we look," Odin said. "We just look like we're the same age as Izuku is."

"For example, I'm actually sixteen-or I was when I died," Yui said.

"I was seventeen," Odin added.

"No comment," Yumio said.

"Huh," Saburo said. "That's...pretty cool."

"Yeah!" Yui said. "Everything is awesome with Izuku! We get to be kids again, and we also get to be a family!"

"Nice," Saburo said. "Must be nice to have a big, caring family."

They all gave him a surprised look, which made Saburo realize that he'd said that last part out loud.

"Oh, right, earlier, you said that your older brother was a jerk," Odin said.

"You still aren't allowed to kill him," Yumio said.

"Aw, but he's a jerk," Odin whined.

"Who knows where he even is these days," Saburo said. "It's been a while since we died-I doubt he's still even in Japan anymore."

"Still," Odin said.

"I still don't get why you care," Eiji said.

"Because family matters," Odin said.

"But...we aren't part of your family?" Saburo said.

"So?" Odin asked, raising an eyebrow. "You're still our friends!"

"Odin, we barely know them," Yumio pointed out. "We're only cooperating with them because they're pranking our less-than-nice classmates."

Odin pouted. "That doesn't mean they aren't our friends-" Suddenly, she stopped. Yui and Yumio did as well.

"Um...what?" Eiji asked, clearly concerned.

"Um…" Yumio said.

"I think it's a great idea!" Odin said happily.

"What?" Saburo asked, eyes wide.

The three ghosts-or, well, Sides-exchanged glances, then turned back to Saburo and Eiji.

"Izuku wants to extend the offer of letting you two join the family!" the three said eerily at the exact same time.

There was a small pause.

"...what?" Eiji asked.

..

It must've been around midnight. Izuku and Kacchan, having explained to Hatori-Sensei that Izuku had met some more ghosts that he wanted to make a contract with, were in the motel lobby. Saburo and Eiji were sitting on the couch across from Izuku. Kacchan was standing nearby, seeming to be making sure that nobody was nearby-it would be awkward to have to explain to someone that didn't know about what was going on.

"Ok, so you two already know what I'm about to do, right?" Izuku asked, looking back and forth between Saburo and Eiji. "I'm going to give you two new names, then shake your hands-one at a time-and you become my Sides and control an aspect of my personality...are you two alright with that?"

Saburo and Eiji exchanged a look, then looked back at Izuku and gave a firm nod.

"Got it," the two said.

"Ok," Izuku said, then looked at Saburo. "Let's see...oh!" He held his hand out to Saburo. "How about...Dasu?"

"Dasu?" Saburo asked.

"Yeah," Izuku said. "Sorry, it was the first thing that came to my head-"

"I love it!" Saburo said-the name sounded nice, and he liked it! With a big smile, he took Izuku's hand. Instantly, a red string appeared around both their wrists, then disappeared…

...as Saburo-no, Dasu-shrunk, and his clothes changed, too. Before long, he was nine years old again. His dark brown hair was neatly brushed, a hair clip in his hair-it looked like a golden crown with rubies on it-or, well, fake ones-and a long sleeved red shirt with a white sash over his right shoulder and black dress pants.

Dasu Midoriya, a voice suddenly chimed in, causing Dasu to jump-out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Odin and Yui exchange a look. Izuku's Creative Side. Izuku's quirk makes him able to create and share Lifeforce. By giving Dasu a name, Izuku made a contract. Dasu can consume some of Izuku's endless supply of Lifeforce, and in exchange, Izuku can use part of Dasu's quirk. This also allows the two to communicate, and it gives Dasu a room in the mind palace, as well as control over Izuku's Imagination, which is where everything relating to creativeness is stored.

Ooh, nice! Odin said, making Dasu jump-Eiji instantly looked nervous.

Wait, what…? Dasu said.

We can all communicate through thoughts as Izuku's Sides, Yumio explained. But from the looks of it, we forgot to mention that.

And the thing with that weird voice, Yui added.

Let's just continue with this-we should probably get to bed soon anyway, Izuku said, then turned and smiled at Eiji.

"Aright, your turn," Izuku said.

"Um...what just happened?" Eiji asked.

"Basically, when I first make a contract-something I forgot to mention, sorry, Dasu-a voice talks through all our thoughts that explains what Side you are-Dasu's in control of my creativity," Izuku said. "And we can all communicate through our thoughts."

"Oh," Eiji said, then took a deep breath and held his hand to Izuku. "I...I guess that I don't really care what my name is-whatever you think it should be is fine."

Izuku thought for a few seconds. "Um...how about...Duke!" (Point if you get the reference right away, b/c Odin ends up explaining it.)

Odin, Yui, and Yumio's eyes grew wide, but before any could comment, Eiji smiled and nodded. Izuku smiled as well, then took Eiji's hand. A light green string appeared around their wrists, then disappeared, and Eiji-no, Duke-shrunk until he was also nine years old, and his black hair looked like he'd just woken up, sticking out all over the place. He also had a crown, but his was silver with fake emeralds. He was wearing a green dress shirt with a black sash over his left shoulder. He also had black dress pants on.

Duke Midoriya, the voice said slowly. Izuku's Intrusive Thoughts and Insecurities. Izuku's quirk makes him able to create and share Lifeforce. By giving...Duke a name, Izuku made a contract, and he created the first of the Dark Sides. Duke is able to consume some of Izuku's endless supply of Lifeforce, and in exchange, Izuku can use part of Duke's quirk. This also allows the two to communicate, and it gives Duke a room in the Dark Side of the Mind Palace, as well as a small part of the Imagination. Dark Side Rooms are located through a black door in the living room, which leads to the Dark Mind Palace living room. From there, everything else is the same, although the Dark Side is smaller than the Light Side, where the others reside. Sides are able to go back and forth from the Mind Palace sides, but Duke's room will be over on the Dark Side of the Mind Palace. This is true of all Dark Sides, but if Izuku's feelings are strong enough about making a Dark Side into a Light Side or vice versa, then he and he alone can move the Side in question's room to the other side of the Mind Palace. As Duke is also a Dual Side, representing both Intrusive Thoughts and Insecurities, one of these will be dropped from his duties when Izuku turns 13. The one dropped will be whatever Duke represents the least.

Everything was silent for a few seconds.

Oh… Odin eventually said. Um...I did not see that coming.

Dark Sides...like Deceit and...the Duke... from Sanders Sides, Izuku said, trailing off as he realized what had just happened.

Who and who from what? Dasu and Duke asked.

Oh, we'll all have to watch it sometime! Yui said happily. You two will love it! But I wasn't expecting an Intrusive Thoughts Side for Izuku...well, it's fine! Just because you're a Dark Sides doesn't mean you aren't one of us, Duke!

Um...ok, Duke said, a little uncomfortable.

Kacchan suddenly looked over, noticing Dasu and Duke.

"Oi, now that you're done, can we go back upstairs and go to sleep?" Kacchan asked. "I'm tired, and we're heading home tomorrow."

"R-Right, thanks, Kacchan-this is Dasu, in control of my creativity, and Duke, in control of my...insecurities," Izuku said.

I'm not gonna tell him about the Intrusive Thoughts-I'd have to explain what those are, and I don't really want to do that, Izuku said.

Fine by me, Duke said. I don't wanna be Intrusive Thoughts for a nine year old, anyway.

Sweet! Izuku said.

"Well, nice to meet you-can we go back to sleep now?" Kacchan asked.

Izuku looked at his Sides, then they nodded. Odin and Yui grabbed Dasu and Duke, then they all disappeared, going into the Mind Palace as Izuku followed Kacchan back to the room.

Odin stared at the black door in the living room. All of them did-it was right next to the picture of the tour guide's look of shock (it had been surprisingly easy to do that, and Odin was glad about that-it was still hilarious).

"So...my room's through there," Duke whispered.

"...I guess so," Yumio said.

"But you're still welcome here anytime you want!" Yui said. "But for now...let's go look around the Dark Side of the Mind Palace-I wonder what it's like over there!"

"I'd assume that it's identical to our side...the...Light Side," Yumio said slowly. "Except we have the Library and Imagination on this side, so other than that, it should be identical...I assume."

Odin took a deep breath, then smiled at everyone. "Well, no point just standin' 'round wondering! Let's take a look!" With that, she reached forward and grabbed the door knob...which disappeared, and a loud alarm started going off as something black started creeping up Odin's arm...something black and familiar.

The Sides all shouted in surprise, covering their ears because of how loud it was. (Outside the Mind Palace, Izuku had no idea what was going on-communication with his Sides cut off for the moment, but he didn't realize that as he and Kacchan walked back to their room to go to sleep.) (Ha, he's not here yet.)

Odin, meanwhile, fell to the floor in pain-her arm burned, and she let out a small shout of pain.

Yui noticed, then fell down next to Odin and carefully grabbed her arm…

...and the alarm suddenly stopped.

The Sides all waited for a few seconds, then uncovered their ears and looked at Odin and Yui.

"Light Sides and Dark Sides are allowed to cross from one Side of the Mind Palace to the next, true, but that doesn't mean that a Light Side is allowed to open the door first!" the voice boomed, making them all jump. "From the Light Side to the Dark, a Dark Side must be the first to open the door, and on the Dark Side, a Light Side must be the first to open the door from that Side."

They all looked upward, as if that were the source of the voice (even though it seemed to surround them, so they had no clue where it was coming from whatsoever.), then looked at Duke as the doorknob appeared again.

Duke hesitated, then glanced at Odin and Yui. Yui carefully helped Odin stand up, but Odin was clutching her hand, the black tendrils growing up her arm. (Two points if you can guess what's going on :))

"A-Are you alright?" Duke asked quietly. Oh my, I should've tried to open the door first, shouldn't I have? That's why that...voice didn't tell us that right away. It should've been obvious! Why did I let Odin do that-now she's hurt!

(In the real world, Izuku felt a huge stab of insecurity, which confused him, so he tried to talk to his Sides, stopping mid-word in his quiet conversation with Kacchan. Kacchan gave him an odd look, and Izuku started getting scared when he realized that he couldn't communicate with his Sides, so he started going faster to their room, hoping that he'd be teleported into the Mind Palace when he fell asleep. A freaked-out-and-worried Kacchan followed, deciding that it probably was something that happened when he was tired the night of getting a new Side.)

"I-I'll be fine," Odin said, leaning against Yui slightly, squeezing her arm. "I-I've dealt with worse. M-Maybe it'll go away when you open the door?"

Duke wasn't convinced, but he nodded and carefully opened the door to the Dark Side…

...and instantly, the black tendrils on Odin's arm covered her arm completely, staining it black…

...but it stopped hurting.

Duke looked at Odin-they all did-and gasped when they saw her arm, but Odin just smiled.

"Doesn't hurt anymore-now let's go explore!" Odin said…

...just as Izuku appeared in the living room, looking incredibly worried.

They all turned and looked at him as he tried to catch his breath-they weren't surprised that he had fallen asleep instantly, they'd figured out that as long as he imagined the Mind Palace, he could just fall asleep and go there-but they made sure to tell him not to just fall asleep in some inconvenient place or time-like during class, or when he was standing.

"Is everything alright!?" Izuku blurted. "I suddenly couldn't hear you guys, and-"

"It's fine," Odin said, waving with her darkened hand. "I just tried to open the Dark Side door when it was supposed to be Duke, apparently."

"Oh," Izuku said. "And that cut communication with you guys." He took a deep breath. "We'll see if it's back to normal in the morning, but for now...checking out the Dark Side?"

They all nodded.

"Then let's get going!" Izuku said.

Duke nodded, then stepped into the Dark Side, and the others all followed. Duke made sure to shut the door behind him, unsure of what would happen otherwise, then they began to explore the Dark Side of the Mind Palace.

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I. Am. Really. Sorry. For. What. Is. About. To. Happen. Like, seriously. I mean, I said something about maybe doing something like this earlier on, and I've decided that this is the best solution for this story. I'll make another comment after this about what I'm about to do.

...

Honestly, Hisashi couldn't even pretend to be surprised when he picked up Izuku at the train station after the trip only to learn that Izuku had two new Sides-both of which were surprised when Hisashi told them that it was amazing to meet them and welcomed them into the family.

Of course, almost as soon as Izuku fell asleep, Hisashi sat down at the kitchen table, and with shaking hands, he grabbed the envelope that had come the day before-a letter that he'd never wanted to recieve.

For what had to have been the hundredth time since he'd opened the letter, he read it again.

Hisashi.

I'm sorry.

I'm afraid that I'm in love with someone else here in Scotland, and I don't want to be with you anymore.

I'll visit for court and divorce, but I think that it would be best if you just looked after Izuku from now on.

Inko.

Hisashi wiped away his tears, then looked at the divorce papers that had come with it.

He took a deep breath, then took out another sheet of paper to try to write another reply.

Inko.

I understand.

I still love you. I don't think I'll ever stop. But I respect your choice.

...that was as far as Hisashi got before he broke down crying again and couldn't continue to write the letter.

I AM SO SORRY!

I PROMISE, I LOVE INKO! SHE IS THE BEST MOM TO EXIST! HOWEVER, I WANT TO WRITE ODIN AND YUI AS THE MOMS OF THE GROUP WITH HISASHI BEING THE ONE ACTUAL PARENT, BUT I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO EVEN TRY TO KILL OF INKO, SO I HAD TO DO THIS INSTEAD!

With that being said, sorry this update took so long.

For the next chapter, I plan on rapid-introducing some of the not-as-important Sides. Like, small stories of who they were, how Izuku found them, stuff like that. This is already on chapter 7 and we only have five Sides...if I take too long to introduce the Sides, then this story would have...what, 16, 17 chapters before Izuku even gets into UA? But that's where the fun begins…

Anyway, I promise to try to update soon, but I still have to update my other fanfiction...even though I don't want to because it would mean I'd have to write something in the POV of M*neta...I hate that guy. Sorry to anyone that thinks he gets too much hate, but I just don't really like him.

Either way, take it easy guys, gals, and non-bianary pals!

Peace out! (Two points if you get the reference, and I'm also trying to get my version of Roman to make up an outro for me, but she keeps slacking off.)