Ichigo Kurosaki was not in a good mood. Most of the blame could be laid on the fact that until recently, she had been in a life or death struggle against a madman who wanted to play at being a god.

After the Winter War was finally over, Ichigo thought she could go back to her (mostly) normal life.

Except...once she finally recovered from the battle with Aizen, she had discovered the hard way that her quirk no longer worked. It was still there, but any attempts to use it would cause her power to sputter in and out.

Urahara speculated that she had 'blown a fuse', so to speak, and that she needed to wait until her spiritual energy properly recovered before she could use her quirk again. Not even Orihime's Rejection quirk helped, which had only made Ichigo even more depressed. Sure, she had her martial arts to fall back on as well as the limited knowledge she had as a battlefield medic, but it didn't really make up for the fact that she was temporarily quirkless and that her friends in the Soul Society had been far too quick to drop her once they found out her powers would be out of commission.

Rukia in particular had been fairly unsympathetic about the whole thing.

It really pissed Ichigo off, because she had the distinct feeling that if her powers returned and they suddenly faced a crisis, they wouldn't hesitate to drag her back into their problems all over again.

It was to that end that Isshin, a man Ichigo generally dismissed as an idiot (though she would concede he was a good father), decided rather out-of-the-blue to tell his children the actual story of how their grandmother met their grandfather.

Apparently his grandmother was a former spiritualist that sounded far too much like a Quincy to be coincidence that had a run-in with a few pro heroes while hunting hollows. During the attack, the road was wrecked badly enough that no one could leave and she ended up sharing a room with a man she had a brief fling with. A few months later she found out she was pregnant, but to save face the clan told everyone that it was her fiance who had died in the attack who fathered the child...everyone dismissed Masaki's odd hair color and any other oddities as part of her quirk.

Isshin didn't know what the man's pro hero name was, but Masaki had been able to get a partial name out of her mother before she died.

Needless to say Ichigo was very confused as to why their father brought the story up out of nowhere, which was when he announced he was sending Ichigo to Mustafu so that she could try her luck at the UA entrance exams.

Ichigo had hoped to at least try and get into a hero school as she had never had any real direction in her life, but Rukia's appearance had caused her original plans to derail.

Isshin's plans was to give Ichigo a side project to distract her and hopefully help her move past the Soul Society's nonsense. Besides, perhaps the teachers at UA could figure out a way for Ichigo to regain the use of her quirk.

At this point Ichigo was willing to try anything. Much to her relief, she wouldn't be alone either...Chad and Orihime would be going with her, though only Orihime was going to be attempting the hero entrance exams. Chad was going to attempt general studies instead, since he wasn't particularly enthusiastic about being a pro hero.

Ichigo's side project? She was to try and locate any information on their actual grandfather to find out if they had any relatives. Since he was a pro hero, odds were that UA would be the best place to look. Or at the very least would point them in the right direction.

UA's entrance exams were surprisingly easy for someone who had fought in a war. Even without her actual quirk, she was still able to destroy enough robots to earn her way into the hero course. Orihime and Chad had no issues with it either, though they were in different areas to prevent cheating.

In fact Orihime was given an instant pass the second the teachers found out how strong her healing quirk was. She was being slated to act as Recovery Girl's apprentice for the duration of her schooling, as the teachers were rather understanding about her reluctance to actually hurt anyone.

"So...any idea how long it takes to tally the scores?" asked Ichigo.

"According to Chiyo-sensei, they should be sending out the letters next week."

To no one's surprise, Ichigo passed with the highest score. What did surprise them was the fact that Chad had gotten into the hero course as well, though he would be attending class B since there was a rather explosive hot head in his section that took most of the points.

Ichigo nearly cleared her section solo, though there was this one runty teen that gave her a bad feeling.

The sort of feeling she got from complete perverts who deserved to be punted as far away as possible that is. Most perverts in Karakura breathed a sigh of relief when she left.

(As it turned out, her presence booted the teen who had given her a bad feeling straight into Class B.)

Fortunately with their acceptance into UA, they were able to move into the dorms. It was one of the perks, though it meant a bit extra when it came to entrance fees.

"You know you never did explain why your dad suggested this," said Orihime.

Ichigo rolled her eyes.

"Dad sent me here to see if couldn't find my maternal grandfather. Apparently grandma had a fling with a pro hero after a hollow attack, but couldn't be bothered to remember his full name by the time she told the truth to mom. So his big idea was to check the records at UA to see if I couldn't track him down that way as a side project."

Orihime and Chad shared a look, already knowing why Isshin felt Ichigo needed a side project to keep her distracted.

"Oh! Maybe Chiyo-sensei would be willing to find out why your quirk is malfunctioning! I mean school doesn't start until next week, so she might have some free time."

"You think she'd be willing to see me?"

"Well you are going to be a new student," said Orihime. "Let me call and ask her first though."

As it turned out, Recovery Girl was more than willing to see Ichigo a bit early when Orihime explained the problem. After all, Ichigo was going to be a new student so it was better to find out what the problem was before school started.

At UA

"This has to be the worst case of Quirk Exhaustion I've ever seen," announced Recovery Girl. "I don't know what you did to overextend your ability this bad, but it's going to be at least another month before I recommend trying to use your quirk."

"So it's not broken?" asked Ichigo with relief.

"No...the power source seems to have been overclocked, which means your ability to use your quirk is turned off so that it can recover. It's still in shock, which is why your quirk is malfunctioning."

Ichigo had a look of pure relief on her face.

"In the meantime I'm going to put you on quirk restrictions until I see some signs of improvement. From what I saw at the entrance exams this shouldn't hinder your school work too much and I'll make sure the teachers are made aware of your condition," said Recovery Girl firmly.

"Thank you, Chiyo-sensei," said Ichigo.

"You're welcome. Now, from what Inoue-san has told me you have some qualifications as a battlefield medic?"

"After we found out what her quirk could do, most of my skills were unnecessary, but I still keep my kit with me," confirmed Ichigo.

"How would you like actual training? If you show some promise I could easily write a recommendation for any medical school you apply to later."

Ichigo perked up at that. She might look like a delinquent but she did want to become a doctor. Having a recommendation letter from someone like Recovery Girl would go a long way to getting accepted into some of the better medical schools later.

Then she remembered something.

"That's right...Chiyo-sensei, you've been a teacher and a nurse here for a while, right?"

"For a few decades at least," she agreed.

"Do you know of any pro heroes with the surname of Yagi?" asked Ichigo.

Recovery Girl blinked.

"I might. Why?"

"My dad gave me a side project to find my maternal grandfather. All grandma could remember by the time she told my mother the truth was that his surname was Yagi and that he was a pro hero...she couldn't remember his given name at all. They had a brief fling, but the family decided to pretend my mother was the daughter of my grandmother's fiance."

"Why not ask your mother?"

"She died around nine years ago," said Ichigo quietly.

Recovery Girl couldn't sense any ill intent, and there was the fact that only a select handful were aware of that hero's true identity. He had taken great pains to keep it that way.

"I may know someone with that surname, but just to be safe I'll need to take a blood sample to compare it with. I don't want to spring the possibility of a granddaughter without proof after all."

"Fair enough," said Ichigo, rolling up her sleeve without any hesitation. It would be interesting to find out who she might be related to...it wasn't like she was some fallen nobility or something, right?

(In Karakura, Isshin let out a mighty sneeze and knocked papers all over his desk.)

Toshinori Yagi, aka the pro hero All Might, walked into the infirmery with a confused look on his face.

"There hasn't been a change in my test results, right?" he asked.

Chiyo-sensei motioned for him to sit down. It must be serious.

"I have a question for you. Did you at any point during your early pro hero days have a brief fling with a civilian woman?" she asked bluntly.

"It's been so long I honestly can't remember. Though I do vaguely recall a week when the roads were washed out and we had to wait for the repairs to be done where I spent an enjoyable weekend with a civilian spiritualist," said Toshinori confused. "I can't remember her name though."

"Did you sleep with her?"

"Once or twice. There was a lot of sake involved, so my memories are hazy. I'm sure I wore protection though."

Chiyo looked satisfied, which confused him greatly. What was going on.

"Congratulations, you're a grandfather three times over."

If he had been drinking anything, he would have done a rather spectacular spit-take. As it was, he choked on his spit.

"What?!"

"One of the new first years came in because their quirk wasn't functioning properly and asked if I knew any pro heroes with the surname of Yagi. According to her, her grandmother had a brief fling with a pro hero who's name she couldn't remember and for legal purposes the family claimed that the resulting daughter was the child of the woman's fiancee. She was only informed of the truth on the woman's deathbed."

Toshinori was glad he was sitting down, otherwise he would have collapsed in shock. He was a grandfather?

"What's the student's name?"

"Kurosaki Ichigo. Her quirk is Spirit Sword, and she has the ability to manipulate energy so that it can form a blade of sorts. She must have overdone it with the training because her quirk was on the fritz when her friend convinced her to come in early."

Recovery Girl was kind enough to share Ichigo's student profile with him. After all, this was a lot to take in all at once and he would need time to think about how to proceed.

Toshinori sat down and looked at the folder with trepidation. He had never thought about having kids, as it was too risky letting his hero identity get out.

Being confronted with the fact he not only had a daughter (deceased) but three granddaughters was enough to leave him floored.

How was he supposed to handle this? Suddenly finding out he had grandchildren was the last thing he had expected, and by this point he had already started the transfer of One for All to Izuku.

He had no idea what Ichigo was like, or even what sort of person she was.

He would have to observe her during class to find out whether it was a good idea to approach her or not.

As it was, he would discover in short order what sort of person his granddaughter was. Though he might wish otherwise, considering the circumstances.

It was just supposed to be a normal, boring exercise. A way to give the first years a taste of what conditions were like in the real world so that they took the training seriously. Ichigo was still a little surprised, but happy, that the class had voted her as their class president with Izuku as her vice president.

Considering her previous schools had labeled her a delinquent after a week, it was a nice change of pace.

Orihime and Chad would have happily informed her that she held herself like a leader and that the other students had picked up on it. As for Izuku...he was surprisingly charismatic, though it was hidden under his shy exterior after years of being bullied.

He took to Ichigo like a duckling though, mostly because the slightly older girl treated him like a little brother from the start. She was sure Yuzu and Karin would join in on that the moment they got to know the kid.

The second Ichigo registered what was going on, and that they were under serious attack by villains who wouldn't hesitate to kill them if given a chance, something inside her snapped.

Recovery Girl had been rather helpful in getting her quirk to recover. What she didn't know was that Ichigo's reserves had already started to recover, now that she was finally relaxing and not trying to use her powers all the time against opponents stronger than her.

Orihime and Chad had shared a look when they saw her hero outfit, which was a slightly more modern version of her clothes in her bankai state. The fact she instinctively formed Tensa Zangetsu using her quirk didn't help either.

Orihime thought back to what Chiyo-sensei told her about PTSD, and suspected Ichigo was a lot more affected by what happened with the Soul Reapers than she let on.

Ichigo gripped the sword in her hand and narrowed her eyes. She needed to protect the kids, who were unprepared for this sort of assault. On the plus side, at least she wasn't up against monsters several times stronger than she was, so there was a chance she wouldn't overdue it like she normally did. Besides, she highly doubted these villains were expecting an experienced combat veteran.