Author's Note: WHAT IS UP MUCKAAAAACHUNGAAAAAS!? IT'S TRAVEZTY! Today I am bringing you a new MHA Story that, with the help of TheRealD3lph0xL0v3r, I've finally managed to get off the ground!
Now for a but if context, this story was inspired Mikumo Akatani's name, and a post on Timblr by one "hel10tr0p3" that inspired this story, which revealed that Mikumo Akatani's nickname "Yamikumo" actually had three different meanings to it. The First of these meanings is fairly obvious, the name "Yamikumo" translates to "Reckless", in a similar vein to that of Izuku's nickname of "Deku". The Second is the direct translation of Yamikumo when you pick apart the Kanji that make it up: "闇/Yami" aka Darkness, and "雲/Kumo" aka Cloud. Now to go back to Mikumo's given name, the official Kanji for that are "海/Umi" aka Sea and "雲/Kumo" aka Cloud. So Yamikumo, when it's Kanji are picked apart means "Dark Cloud" or "Cloud of Darkness". However, it is the third meanings, the one which hel10tr0p3 gave, made this story possible. You see they had searched on Google Translate for an alternate meaning for the Kumo Romaji, and it ended up as the one thing that blew my mind: The main romaji for Kumo with the Hiragana of "くも" comes out to either "Cloud" or "Spider" which, after they explained further, revealed who inspired Mikumo: FREAKING VENOM FROM MARVEL COMICS! *Does the Mind Blown motion*
After finding that out I delved into the Symbiote Lines of Venom and found that each of his descendants, unlike the rest of his species, each had a unique power on top of their inherited abilities that made each of them unique and reflected both their names and who they were as people, to some degree at least. In any case, for this story I've got a few ideas on how to do this but no spoilers! In any case, thanks to TheRealD3lph0xL0v3r, I was able to refine this story properly (so thanks bro), and I now have an idea on how I'm going to do this. In any case, I hope you guys enjoy what I'm going to show you today! Please Follow, Favorite, Review, and Share this story with Anyone and Everyone you know who likes MHA and Spider-Man Content! Catch ya on the Flipside! SMAAAAAASH!
Prologue:
Mikumo sits in the office of one Doctor Daruma, who is looking over Izuku's test results carefully, the doctor taking his time as he reads everything. "What are the results, Doctor? Can you tell us why Miku hasn't manifested his quirk?"
"I-is there any way I can possibly be a hero?" The four year old Mikumo Midoriya asks, looking at the doctor, terrified.
"Hmmmm… Ms. Midoriya, you said you're a Fourth Generation Quirk User, correct?" Doctor Daruma asks.
"Yes, I am!" She says, sighing as if she had gone through this before. "My husband has the ability to breathe fire, while I…" She moves her hands, "... have the ability to attract objects to my hand telekinetically…"
"Well, how does your husband's quirk work?"
"W-Well… His body siphons the hydrogen created in his gut and stored it in special bladders in his chest… Once he is ready to breathe fire, he gives a strong exhale that has enough force to ignite the gas as soon as it comes into contact with oxygen in the air." Inko says, sweating a bit.
"Hmmm interesting… And are you sure there is nothing more to your quirk?" Doctor Daruma asks.
"N-nope!" Inko says, growing nervous.
"Sorry, I have to ask because I can safely say that Mikumo does have a quirk! But, at the moment, it is extremely weak… Based on what you told me of your husband's quirk, it seems Mikumo has a mutation of your husband's Fire Breath Quirk… Namely it is an Accumulation-Subtype of the Emitter Typing. Basically, like your husband's Fire Breath, your son has to accumulate a resource within their body in order to use it. In this case, for your son, it's Water…"
"Water?" Mikumo asks.
"That's right kid, your Quirk allows you to generate black clouds black clouds from your body, clouds that have the smell of sea water… However, unlike most clouds, from what I can tell from a sample I gathered from the tests, these clouds are extremely dense and have the same tensile strength as Spidersilk, specifically that of Darwin's Bark Spider Silk. Despite their density, they still float and, if trained properly, can cover a wide area easily." Doctor Daruma then gives Mikumo a bottle of water. "Drink this…"
Mikumo looks at the water and does so, and, to the boy's surprise, feels a rush that causes him to focus on the palm of his hands, creating a stream of clouds, not the fluffy type he expected, but a dense and layered version that flows out like a bedsheets made of silk. The doctor smiles, "So if you want to be able to create these clouds, you need to drink a lot of water each day in order to fill your internal reservoirs to power your quirk." However, unbeknownst to either the doctor or little Miku, Inko notices something on her son's palm and she does her best to hide the dawning horror on her face as she gently takes her son's hand, hiding what she sees.
"Miku, I'm so happy for you!" Inko says, genuinely being happy for her son with a smile on her face. "Thank you so much, Doctor Daruma!"
"It is no trouble, Mrs. Midoriya! If you need any more help, don't hesitate to ask!"
"We'll be in touch if needed!" Inko then leaves for home with Mikumo, the woman both happy and apprehensive, but knows that the time has come. "Miku, when we get home, there is something we need to talk about."
"What about, mom?" Mikumo asks, confused.
"Not here, Miku…" She says, slightly more forceful than she intended, spooking her son, but she can tell she knows how serious she is, to her relief. The drive home is a bit uneventful, save for the fact that Mikumo was bouncing in his sleep happily. Once they get back to their house, Inko directs her son to the couch and sits next to him. "Miku… There is a lot I need to tell you… But… I'm sure you're not going to like one bit of it… However, know that no matter the truth, I love you!"
"I love you too, Mom! But what's wrong?"
"Miku… Let me tell you a story… Long long ago, before the Age of Quirks, there were indeed superheroes that walked amongst us… All those old comics about the Marvel Universe? Those heroes are real… Or at least they were." Inko explains, "One of these heroes was one who had bounced between the spectrum of Hero and Villain, known as the Lethal Protector, Venom. His real name was Eddie Brock, and he was bonded to an alien creature called a Klyntar, a symbiotic creature that gave him superpowers by acting as his hero costume!"
"Oh! You mean like Iron Man, right?" Mikumo asks.
"Exactly…!" Inko says, "Eventually, Eddie Brock eventually had a son named Dylan, who was born of a woman who saved Eddie, as well as the Symbiote and Eddie's DNA. This boy gained the powers akin to what we know as Quirks today, and he became the superhero known as Codex. This superhero is our ancestor, and as such, we inherited the genetic Markers of the Venom Symbiote…" Inko then stands up and then concentrates as she raises left hand, which shows her wedding ring with a green gemstone on it, then she raises her hand into the air with her fingernails glowing green. "SPIDER PROTECTOR!" That is when suddenly, to Mikumo's surprise, the watch transforms into massive amount of liquid that flows around Inko and wraps around her body, creating a skin tight suit that left little to the imagination for any man who dared look at her, though the suit came with influences from magical girls like Sailor Moon, and several spider motifs, like webs that hug her body, along with a crown shaped like that of a spider.
"Mom…" Izuku says, shocked, "You're Arachne!?" Arachne was a very famous hero back in the day, who, through several difficult processes, had her identity protected by the Hero Commission, and was a well known Underground Hero who, despite her profession, had never once taken a life during her career, which only lasted until she turned 29, due to the fact that, much to the surprise of her fanboys, revealed her pregnancy, and only said she would return to active duty once her child was strong enough to protect themselves, and, when she returned to active service, would switch from an Underground Hero to an Aboveground one. Izuku looks at his mother and he starts jumping for joy, his mother, after Aizawa, was the #2 Underground Hero who was known and seen in pictures, "My mom's a hero!"
"That is right, Mikkun, and soon, I will be returning to active service, but I will need to train you in the use of your powers before I do… Until I do, I want you to pretend you're quirkless…" Inko says.
"What? But why?" Mikumo asks, shocked.
"It's a family tradition not to reveal we have superpowers until we enter Hero School, it's a rule that was set in place by Codex himself to allow us to train our powers in secret, and to see the ugliness of the world from the perspective of normal people, or at least at the time they were normal people, but now there are more Quirked people than there are Quirkless… By being able to know the perspective of the Quirkless, then you can better empathize with and protect them… As he had learned from Spider-Man… With Great Power comes Great Responsibility…" Inko says to her son, which Mikumo looks at her but then nods as his mother, not liking it, but understanding what she is saying. "Now, to access your Klyntar form, you simply need to say the same words I did…"
"Okay!" Mikumo says and raises his hand. "SPIDER PROTECTOR!" To Mikumo's shock, the liquid didn't come out of his wrist as he had expected, but had, instead, erupted from his eyes as black clouds that wrap around his body, creating a dark green skin tight jumpsuit with dark orange colored colorations on his hands and wrists that have a cloud motif, whilst, on Mikumo's head form two long appendages similar to that of giant ears.
"A Rabbit?" Inko asks, her eyes lighting up with a smile on her face as she gently tugs her son's "ears".
"I-I was trying to have a similar look to All Might's Hair!" Mikumo says, blushing, but then realizes his suit's lips are moving with his own and finds that, in his mouth, is a long tongue, with razor sharp teeth, as well as lips that barely cover them. "What the?"
"Oh it seems you look more like Venom than you do Codex!" Inko says, smiling, "However, Mikumo, we don't design our suits by choice, they actually reflect who we are on the inside… For instance…" She tugs his ears again gently, "I bet these ears are representative of Miruko, right?"
"H-How did you know?"
"You're a growing boy, Mikumo, and I know you were a fan of hers…!" She then examines her son's "ears" a bit more, "Though I won't deny that the actual shape of these is a bit like All Might's hair, but they do more closely resemble bunny ears!" She then moves to the front of her son, and smiles, "These lips, mouth, and tongue are indeed telling that you've accepted your Klyntar Heritage more readily and easily than I did!" She examines him more, "These clouds on your arms… They must represent your unique ability to generate clouds…" She then smiles, "There isn't much more that I can tell for the moment… But I can say that you actually transformed far faster than I did… It took me weeks to get the transformation down, even with my mom giving me an example!"
"Really?" Mikumo asks, smiling, to which Inko nods.
"Now, when you want to Detransform, you need to think of where you want to store your suit on your body, as Venom stored his suit in his clothing to change when he needed to. I took inspiration from the Spider Bracelet from the 1978 Spider-Man native to our own Japan!" Inko says, "I would've done a Sailor Scout Transformation Item, but from what I saw in the anime and manga, they can got lost easily. So I chose to imitate my wedding ring that can't be easily taken off!"
"Cool!" Mikumo says, smiling, but then concentrates as he thinks of how he can store his suit, to which he realizes his eyes started generating the liquid as soon as he activated it, and it gave Mikumo an idea, that is when the suit flows up his body and condenses into his right wrist, revealing a green and orange watch.
"A Watch?" Inko asks.
"Yup!" Mikumo says, smiling. Inko smiles at her child and then tells her son that she needs to make a phone call real quick. As she goes to the phone, Mikumo examines his suit in a mirror with a smile, the lips of his suit smiling with him, giving off a toothy smile like his own, though the eyes themselves are much bigger than he expected, flowing upwards behind the ears, with a slight jagged edging to them. Speaking of the ward, they do have the same signature splitting as that of All Might's signature strands of hair but, as his mother said, do look similar to that of rabbit ears. Mikumo even sees that he can move them around and can even focus his hearing through them as well. However, when Mikumo tries to create clouds from his hands, he finds what appear to be vents opening in his suit, allowing the clouds to flow out from them.
In the infinite wisdom of a four year old, Izuku tried doing a punch by launching his clouds out of his elbow to see if he can increase the force… "Yes, sir, I just need your help training my son and-" That is when there is the sound of shattering glass behind her and Inko turns around, seeing her son not standing there and a broken window! "AaaaaaaAAAAH! MIKU!" Inko says, dropping the phone and rushing outside, to find Mikumo sitting in the dirt, her mask instinctively appearing on her face.
"Mom! Did you see that! I went flying!" Mikumo says.
"I didn't and I was going to star-"
"Hey, is that Arachne!?" a passerby asks, and soon a crowd gathers as Inko realizes she is still transformed, and she sighs as she picks up her son.
"It really is her! Is that the kid she retired to have!?" another onlooker says, rushing forward as the news and paparazzi appear out of nowhere. In less than 24 Hours, all of Japan learns that the former #2 Underground Heroine has returned and she was seen training her, supposed, kid, only to accidentally reveal herself. Thus causes a firestorm online as everyone sees Mikumo without his identity being revealed and there are many questions flying around, especially around one thing: "Who and where is the Father?"
This whole Debacle would continue for about a week, of which Inko and Mikumo had to be very careful when leaving the house. Due to the paparazzi finding out where they live, they were more than willing to do anything to get a scoop. However, Inko, transformed, caught them every time and sent them back to their publishers with a word of warning. Thankfully, the Hero Commission, as per the rules of their original contract with her, were forced to step in, getting the news and paparazzi to back off in exchange for an interview with the famous super heroine. Inko actually agreed to this, as long as they left her son alone.
It is now a week later as Inko is performing a live interview with the news, and as such, she had changed into her costume, coming to a station where Izuku would watch while being looked after by Mizuki Bakugou. "Welcome to the show, Arachne! I am so glad to finally have you here!"
"I'm honestly surprised to be here, and before everyone asks, I'm not ready to come our of retirement just yet. I'm still needing to raise and train my son, but it won't be much longer until return to active duty." Arachne says.
"That's good to hear! So starting off with the big question, where have you been all this time?" the host, Chitose Kizuki asks.
"Living the life of a housewife and mother. Honestly, with how popular I am even into retirement, I am shocked at how I was able to keep my family afloat all this time. To everyone out there who has been supporting me all this time, thank you very much!" Arachne says.
"That's actually pretty Interesting, so I know there are many who want to know. Who is the father of your kid?"
"That, my dear, I plead the fifth on! I may be in retirement, but my husband is still on active duty, and he wishes to remain anonymous until he is ready to reveal himself, and, during my accidental reveal, that won't be until my son turns 14." Inko says, "In any case, I will give a few minor details he had allowed me to release to the public. My husband is blond, is older than I am, and his quirk is a transformation quirk that allows him to increase his size, muscle mass, and physical abilities, while his civilian form looks nothing like his hero form!" Everyone watching thinks of any heroes with those Quirks but they can't think of anyone.
"You're really not going to tell us, are you?"
"Nope!" Arachne says, smiling. "Next question!"
"Okay, so a viewer had asked how you managed to maintain your figure while stuck at home, is it some kind of diet with training?"
"Actually that's pretty simple, you see, my quirk actually has two parts to it. The first is a quirk that's been passed down through my family for generations, a transformation quirk allows us to burn body fat easily. The second is what this particular viewer suggested, diet and exercise!"
"Well you heard it here folks! Now, about your quirk, everyone has been throwing around a bunch of wild theories as to what it is. Could you reveal anything about it?"
"I can't reveal much, but there are a few things that I can reveal. My quirk, you see…" She then grabs a portion of her suit, "Is actually my suit!"
"What!?" Chitose asks, "How? Is it some sort of secret government weapon?"
"No, my quirk is literally my suit. You see, my quirk is actually a rather unique ability… Initially, it was classified as a type of Transformation Quirk, one that coated the user in a material that is harder than diamond, stronger than tungsten, denser than osmium, but lighter than spider silk. However, as they trained, they discovered the suit also amplified their physical abilities to 10x what they could perform, but also had other unique properties as well, such as granting the user a healing factor, allows the user to breathe normally in dangerous environments, such as in space, underwater, and even through toxic gasses, and even granted a form of telepathy that allowed them to sense and communicate with allies who were in range. However, the most unique ability of this quirk is something amazing…"
"And what is that, Arachne?" Chitose asks, to which Arachne motions her hand and Chitose's cup flies into her hand. "Whoa!"
"You see, the quirk also has something of a unique feature, in that every generation gets their own unique power from it, granting them a unique advantage compared to the previous generation. For example, my earliest ancestor, who went by the Hero Name of Venom, had the ability to generate a powerful venom from his body that drew upon the toxins his body produced as part of his everyday life…" Arachne explains, "While he could do this without his Spider Protector active, he could more properly utilize it when it was active, as he had the tools necessary to properly utilize it. For myself, my second quirk is Attraction, which allows me to call objects to me, but outside of my spider protector, my quirk is significantly, weaker, as I require multiple hand movements, or an object to already be mid-air, for me to draw it to me, as I have to fight against Gravity. However, with the Protector on, I lose that limitation, and the only real trouble I have is that I need to be within a certain range to affect it."
"That is amazing!" Chitose says, "Now with that aside, there is something that I wanted to ask you about!" She then clicks a switch on a remote and reveals a picture of her and Mikumo in his Spider Protector. "Is that your kid?"
"Indeed it is, isn't he cute?" Arachne asks, smiling as she looks at Chitose, "We had just discovered his quirk earlier that day, and he was so excited to learn who I was!"
"He is indeed adorable! But, question, if you're a spider, why does he look like a rabbit?"
"Well that was more of his Spider Protector manifesting for the first time… A Spider Protector's initial form is rather solid, but can be modified over time if the user desires it." Arachne says, blushing, "I learned that the hard way early on when my mother told me how many guys would see my underwear whenever I was swinging through the air." She swears she could hear every man in Japan watching this having gushers of nosebleeds from that one statement. "In any case, I like to think my son's rabbit ears are similar to that of a Spiny Orb Weaver's spikes."
"Well, the kid's really cute! I wonder what he will look like when he's an adult!" Chitose says.
"You should see him without his Spider Protector on!" Arachne says, smiling, "In any case, do you have any more questions."
"Let's see here…" She looks through her questions, "Oh there is one question that is actually pretty common from those I've seen: Why did you retire?"
"Well, that's actually a bit of a personal reason, but… When I became pregnant with my son, I had to retire due to health complications, and it was initially thought that I wouldn't survive giving birth due to said complications." Arachne says, "I'll spare you the details, but the truth of the matter is that I survived, but I was left weak and near death, and it was predicted I wouldn't return to active duty for years, thus I was forced to retire not only to raise my son, but also to recover from the difficulties…"
"I see, well it's good to see you back in shape, so to speak! I think we have enough time for one more question before we close out for the night: Are you going to be founding your own Hero Agency, or do you have something planned?" Chitose asks.
"I actually already have my own Agency, it's still active to this day!" Arachne says, "I may not have been on active duty, but I still did all the necessary paperwork and other jobs required to keep it running! My sidekicks have been loyal and I wouldn't be here today without their support! Not only that, they stayed with me despite having to retire early due to complications, but they stayed and I couldn't be more honored to have such loyal sidekicks." She smiles as she looks at the screen, "If you know who you, or they, are, then these people deserve your utmost respect and gratitude, for, I will be returning to active duty as an Aboveground Hero, no longer will I be relegated to underground work. So get ready to see me everyday, Japan! Cuz Arachne is back!" This sends a cheer throughout the entirety of Japan as many old fans and several new ones rise from their seats, rejoicing in Arachne's return, and the interview ends, with Inko soon returning home with a smile on her face.
5 Years Later…
There is chaos throughout Musuafu City as a battle rages throughout the entirety, Inko is swinging through the air, using her telekinesis to move civilians out of the way of hazards while redirecting them. All the Heroes in the Area are fighting opponents who are sworn to the big guy up top, All for One… She wouldn't. Isst this battle for the world, as this would be the day her husband finally comes home if… No… When he wins!
"Toshi…" Inko says as she feels the ground quake and she lands near the epicenter of it, where she sees the signature blonde hair of Toshinori Yagi as he is fighting off the white haired man who has made Japan a cesspool for villains. She remembers it as she looks at the monster, she remembers how her mother had died because of this monster… And… Looking at Toshinori, he's not doing too well… "No…" She says, worriedly…
"You can help him…" a voice says in the back of her mind.
"Wha-?" Inko asks as part of her suit pulls away from her and creates a menacing face with razor sharp teeth, something her mother's diary had told her about. "You're-"
"There is no time… Toshi needs your help… and you can give it to him…" The face says.
"How do I do that?"
"Bond with him… Simply kiss him, and you will know what to do…"
"One question though… Who… What are you…?"
"We are Arachne… We are you… And you are us…" The face says before Inko realizes what Arachne is and then takes a deep breath before charging in, the face covering her own and changing her suit to something more… Classic…
All Might groans as he looks at All for One, his chest feeling like it has been ripped apart as he sees the King of Demons walking over to him. "I have to admit… That one actually hurt…" All For One says, smiling wickedly at All Might, "I will commend you for being the first one ever to deal any real damage to me, All Might. But it was not enough, as you refused to deal the killing blow…"
"Tch… No… That is where you are wrong… All For One…" Toshinori says, smirking. "I was not simply holding back because I wanted to… I was holding back my strength because I was waiting for Sir Nighteye to give the "All Clear" before I could really tear into you!" That is when the sound of something gets sent into the air, and Toshinori smirks, "Looks like it's time…" All for One looks to see a yellow flare getting sent into the air and All For One simply smirks.
"So that's it then…? You were merely buying time so our battleground could become cleared out enough that you can use 100% of One For All without restraint… Typical Hero Non-" That is when he feels a tap on his shoulder before the last thing he sees are a pair of fingers gouging out his eyes, before a kick sends him flying before he can scream. Toshinori looks in shock as he sees the signature dark green suit of Inko, but it has changed dramatically, gone is her signature Sailor suit, and, in it's place, is a sleek catsuit covered in a web motif with a giant orange spider on her chest, it's legs accentuating her breasts. Her hair flows free and wildly as she turns to Toshinori, her mask now looking like the face of an alien entity with razor sharp teeth, a long tongue, and huge glassy white eyes. In a helicopter nearby, a news reporter and his cameraman record this entire battle, with the cameraman making sure to comment that the new contender has the same spider motif and symbol as Arachne, and that is when, suddenly, the reporter's voice is cut off as everyone hears what is going on.
"Hi, Toshi…" Inko's voice says with a deeper tone and slight flanging to it.
"Arachne? Is that you?"
"No time to explain, as I don't know all the details… That attack won't keep him down for long…" Inko says, "Do you trust me?" Her response was the wounded hero intertwining his fingers with hers, their wedding rings touching each other.
"Till death do us part…" Toshinori says, Inko smiling as she then kisses Toshinori passionately in this form and, much to both of their surprises, Inko seems to melt onto Toshinori's skin, his injuries regenerating as he stands up.
"Amazing folks! It appears Arachne's Spider Protector has evolved into a new, more terrifying form and has granted her the power to merge with All Might, and now the #1 Hero is standing up, looking more powerful than ever!" The Reporter says, "And if that wasn't enough, I think we got confirmation on who Arachne's husband really is!"
All for one explodes out of where he crashed, enraged. "You're going to pay for that one, you wretch!" All for One says, in which All Might comes out swinging, and, now, in comparison to before, All Might is 10x more powerful than he was before. 'What is going on? How has he become so powerful?' All for One thinks as he is pummeled.
"Let's finish this!" Toshinori says with Inko's voice accompanying his own, golden lightning coursing around their combined body as they strike All For One dead center in the face. "UNITED… STATES OF…" He sends All For One's head to the ground with his fist still in contact with it. "SMAAAAAAAAAASH!" What kicks up next is no less than a massive tornado from the kinetic shockwaves that, despite it's power, is contained… In the future, All Might would create another one of these Tornadoes, but, by comparison to then, this one is 600x larger, fiercer, and more destructive…
As the crews come in to help those trapped in the rubble and to find All Might, they see the #1 Hero on his knees, gasping for breath and wheezing as he sits in front of All For One's corpse. Recovery Girl and Gran Torino rush to All Might with Sir Nighteye, who get him onto a stretcher, where they take him to a hospital… Hours would pass in the operating room, and as Recovery Girl would examine the damage done to All Might, she would find that the damage he had suffered, though extensive, is not all that bad… Remembering what Inko had said about her suit over the interview years back, he must've conferred her healing factor to Toshinori to undo some of the damage. That being said, there seems to have only been so much Inko could repair while trying to help the #1, at least in the middle of a fight.
Inko, for her part, sits outside the O.R., praying to whoever would listen to save Toshinori, and, almost as if somebody answered her prayers, the light above the wound goes off and Inko sees Toshinori being wheeled out of the room and taken to a room where he can rest. "Toshi…" Much like she said before on the interview, when inactive, Toshinori's Transformation Quirk makes him look more like a scrawnier version of himself, however, it seems the damage had taken a greater toll on him than expected, as he now looks like a stiff breeze could knock him over, instead of the handsome but relatively average man she married. Recovery Girl walks out, sighing. "Recovery Girl!"
"It is alright… He's going to be just fine, Inko… Thanks to you, the Damage wasn't as bad as it actually looked when I opened him up. I was able to fully restore his internal organs, but the damage wasn't so much to his body, but to his quirk…" Recovery Girl explains. "As you know, Toshinori's Quirk, Hulk, is a transformation style quirk that turns his relatively scrawny frame into a much more muscular and powerful form of himself, one that turns his metabolic energy into kinetic shockwaves. However, he had pushed his quirk too far in that fight alongside One For All… I'm afraid he will no longer be able to maintain his quirk as long as he normally did… From his records, thanks to OfA, he could main his transformation almost indefinitely, but now, thanks to permanent damage to the quirk factor, he can only maintain it for a few hours a day at least, perhaps even a full day at most. Once he passes on One For All, I don't know how long he will be able to maintain it once it's embers burn out. As for his appearance… Well the damage to his quirk was so extensive that that will be his new normal."
"I understand, as long as he is alive, that's all that matters!" Inko says, crying but relieved. "Thank you so much, Recovery Girl!" Hours later, Inko is sitting beside Toshinorin as a pair of feet are heard walking in.
"Mom?" Izuku asks, looking at her, "Are you okay?" He then looks to Toshinori, "Is this him?"
"Yes, Izuku, this is your father, and honestly, I'm just a bit worried." Inko says, smiling at her son. "But, thankfully, he won't suffer any permanent damage, though his quirk has taken most of the hits."
"He looks kind of scary, but… I am so happy he's alive!" Izuku says, smiling. That is when they hear some groaning, and Toshinori soon wakes up.
"Ouch…" Toshinori says, "Inko?"
"Toshi! You're awake!" It is at that point that Recovery Girl, Gran Torino, and Sir Nighteye walk in.
"You should be lucky your wife saved you when you did!" Recovery Girl says.
"Recovery Girl…" Toshinorinsays but then looks at himself, and realizes what she means. "How bad was it?"
"Truth be told it looked way worse than it actually was thanks to Inko's quirk going through such a sudden evolution." Gran Torino says, "According to Chiyo, had Inko-chan not arrived and bonded with you, the damage would've been so bad you'd be coughing up blood for the rest of your life, and you'd have several organs removed and reworked!"
"That bad?" Toshinori asks, shocked.
"Yes, had Inko not conferred her Quirk's healing factor onto you, the damage would've been beyond my quirk's powers to heal. Inko'a regeneration, from what I can tell, is slower but it is far more thorough than what most healing quirks can do. Based on what she was willing to help me understand while we waited for you, the Regeneration Ability works by stimulating the body to create Stem Cells in order to more thoroughly repair any damage done whilst moving bones painlessly back into place, whereas mine just accelerates the natural healing process." Recovery Girl says, "However, with the progress she made before you both arrived, I was able to fully undo the damage to your body, but your quirk factor sustained permanent damage."
"I'm sorry All Might…" Sir Nighteye says, "But you won't be able to maintain One For All on a constant basis anymore, you now have a time limit as to how long you can use it each day, as your transformation quirk, Hulk, which has shielded you from it's backlash, has suffered irrecoverable damage due to overuse."
"How long each day are we talking about?" All Might asks.
"I'd safely say that, once you recover, anywhere between 3-8 Hours each day, if you take 15-30 minute breaks between uses." Recovery Girl says, "So similar to a normal 9-5 Shift in America."
"I see…" Toshinori says, but then smiles. "Well, that's honestly better than coughing up blood for the rest of my life, and being limited to less than that!" He laughs with his signature smile.
"I also have more bad news, all Might…" Sir Nighteye says, "All For One's body is missing…"
"What!?" Toshinori says, but then starts coughing.
"Toshi!"
"Dad!" Mikumo says, to which Toshinori looks at Mikumo and recognizes him and hugs his son.
"I think you should recover first before we give you all the Bad News. But let's end this with some good news first." Recovery Girl says.
"And that is?" Toshinori asks.
"You can finally go home to your family." Recovery Girl says, a smile on her face, Toshinori smiling at that and holds his family close, beyond happy about this. Sir Nighteye looks at them and sees the smile of Mikumo, and realizes that it is probably best to leave this for the time being.
Three Weeks Later…
Toshinori sits in the new house that he bought for his family, sipping on some tea with a smile, having finally gotten out of the hospital yesterday, his eye wandering to Mikumo, who is smiling as he closes his books, breathing deeply as he finishes his homework for the day. "Hey, Mikumo." Toshinori says.
"Yes, dad?" Mikumo asks, turning to his father, "Is something wrong?"
"I was actually wondering how school has been going for you?" Toshinori asks, "I never got to actually ask you while I was going through physical therapy at the hospital, but I was told by Inko you were pretending to be Quirkless in order to experience what it is like."
"Y-Yeah…" Mikumo says, "Who knew Quirkless people have it so rough…" Mikumo sniffles, tears starting to well up in his eyes, "Even Kacchan has turned against me…" Toshinori looks at his son with sympathy.
"Well, I don't think you should worry about it, in fact, I used to believe I was quirkless too!" Toshinori says.
"Huh? You, dad?" Mikumo asks.
"Yeah, because my Quirk only increased my size and strength in proportion a number of times in proportion to my build, I was thought to be quirkless because my Quirk never activated. Once my Master passed on One For All to me, my quirk suddenly activated, allowing me to transform into the Muscle Form you know as All Might." Toshinori explains to his son. "Even so, with my Quirk, I worked out almost every day so that, when I eventually gave up One For All, I would be able to still work as a Hero, not to the same level of power I once had, but still be a symbol of hope and peace to everyone!"
"Wow!" Izuku says, "So how does you quirk work?"
"It's actually pretty simple… It's a combination of my mother's Fire Breath Quirk and my Father's Bulk-Up Quirk… As your mother probably told you during your visit to Doctor Daruma years ago, your grandmother's quirk allowed her to stockpile the hydrogen from her digestion and then stockpile it in her body for later use. As for your grandfather, his Bulk-Up Quirk allowed him to increase his physique to release 100% of his body's physical capabilities without injuring himself, and this 100% could be increased with physical and quirk training. Combine those two and you get my quirk, but with a slight alteration." Toshinori then transforms and then aims his hand at a house plant and flicks his finger, releasing a small shockwave that punches a hole in the plant. "Where your grandmother's quirk took the natural gas from her guts, my version stockpiled any excess metabolic energy from my meals, and, when I enter my Muscle Form, I turn the stockpiled Metabolic Energy, and then unleash it out through my body, mainly through my punches and kicks. However, for years I was told I was quirkless…"
"Why was that?"
"Well for one, I had the same tell-tell sign that I was Quirkless due to a certain joint in my toes… However, the second reason wasn't found out until I got One For All, which was essentially two smaller reasons. One, I honestly didn't eat enough for my quirk to store up enough metabolic energy to activate, and two, I didn't have the base build needed to ensure I didn't injure myself, as my depression led me to never actually picking up even a five pound dumbbell." Toshinori says, "After I got One For All, I went to the doctors again, specifically the one who told me I was quirkless, and he not only apologized, but also figured out what was actually wrong… I didn't sue him, simply because it was a simple mistake."
"Yikes…" Mikumo says, "But still, that is so cool!" He then realizes something, "Wait, then that means my ability to generate clouds originally came from my grandmother!"
"Oh? How so?"
"It's actually quite simple, I store up excess water from the foods and drinks I ingest, and then it is stockpiled, and later released as dense Stratiform Clouds!" Mikumo explains, showing his father, who looks at it with a smile.
"That's amazing, Mikkun!" Toshinori says. "Anyway, despite what you're going through at school, just so you know, I went through the same thing as you did. So don't feel like you're alone in this… There will someday be someone who sees you for who you are, and will love and appreciate you for it!"
"Thanks dad." Mikumo says, smiling at his father. That is when, suddenly, there is a knock on the door, and Toshinori answers it, revealing Sir Nighteye and Gran Torino standing there. "Grandpa Torino!" Mikumo hugs the old man, who chuckles as he does so.
"Hey there kid!" Gran Torino says, smiling, not minding that Mikumo sees him as a grandfather figure, as Mikumo's actual grandparents, on both sides, are dead. "Toshinori! How are you holding up?"
"Getting back into the swing of things in a few weeks, I'm still resting and doing some light training to get my body warmed back up before I start getting back to work." Toshinori says, but then notices the look on Sir Nighteye's face. "Something's wrong, isn't it?"
"Not as wrong as you think, but we need to talk." Sir Nighteye says.
"Hello, Uncle Nighteye!" Mikumo says, smiling, to which he then notices the look on their faces. "I guess this is not a conversation for me to hear, right?"
"Quite, Cloud…" Sir Nighteye says, "You should head to your room…"
"Alright, but Eye've got my eye on you!" Mikumo says, smiling, to which Sir Nighteye chuckles.
"Okay that was a good pun!" Sir says, to which Mikumo nods as he grabs his stuff and heads to his room upstairs. After making his guests some tea, Toshinori sits with them at the table.
"So what is wrong?"
"Do you remember, when you were at the hospital, that we couldn't find All For One's body?" Sir Nighteye asks.
"Yes, I almost blew a literal gasket doing so." Toshinori says.
"Well, to be specific, we had coroners take the body away, but after that, the specific coroners disappeared off the face of the map. Not only that, we found something else in the rubble of his hideout…" He brings out what appears to be a book filled with a Family Tree that leads back from Mikumo all the way back to the Lethal Protector, Venom, and then, shockingly, several other names that he doesn't recognize: Carnage, Riot, Lasher, Phage, Agony, Scream, Sleeper, Widow, and Dylan Brock/Codex, them Listed as Venom's Children. There are also those listed as Siblings, with their names being Anti-Venom and Mania, and Venom's Grandchildren under Carnage being Toxin, Scorn, and Raze, though it seems these are all marked as deceased, as if they didn't have children of their own.
"What is this?"
"Inko's entire Family Tree from Venom, all the way to her… He was having someone track down her entire bloodline for some reason that we don't understand. Do you know anything about this?" Sir Nighteye says, to which Toshinori calms his mind, and looks at them.
"I only know what Inko has told me, that her ancestors before Dylan Brock had been strange, their quirks allowing them to bond to hosts and amplify their natural abilities, similar to how Inko did to me during my battle with All for One…" Toshinori says, but then it dawns on him, "You don't think?"
"It's a theory, but we believe that All For One was tracking any of Inko's Relatives to see if he could force that same power to the surface and either use it to amplify his own powers, or to be able to take over new hosts in order to extend his own life." Gran Torino says, to which, little do they know, that Mikumo is actually listening in and the boy is covering his mouth as he remains invisible to those who are in the room, his eyes wide with horror. "Do you know anything about this Bonding Process?"
"Not much, even Inko is still trying to figure out, but she did tell me that if she were ever to bond with somebody who has some sort of mental instability, it would affect her own personality, at least that is what she has learned so far." Toshinori says.
"That is deeply concerning…" Sir Nighteye says, "There is… One other matter that concerns me… I am sorry to have done this, but while you were out and Inko was with Chiyo, I took a look into your future…"
"Sir!" Toshinori says, shocked.
"I was only looking to see if you would ever recover, but then my quirk got hijacked… and somebody forcibly showed me what will happen 6-8 years into the future…" Mirai Sasaki says, shedding tears, "When that time comes, you will face a Villain even you can't overcome and die an unspeakably gruesome and cruel death."
"Is that so…?" All Might asks, "Then I have a question… Is there anyone to back me up in this fight, and what did this Villain look like?"
"There was, Arachne-san…" Mirai says, causing Toshinori to tense up, "But the moment the Villain got his hands on her… Her eyes changed to that of black with her pupils being replaced with red spirals… Almost as if he was controlling her."
"Was there anything else about this Villain that you could see?" Toshinori says.
"He wielded two weapons… A Spear and a Sword, the Spear was as red as blood with Black Veins flowing through it, and the sword was all black with no other discernible features, other than it looked like a European Longsword made of pure liquid darkness." Mirai says.
"Alright… Sasaki… I'm going to find a successor, but I'm not going to retire just yet. If this foe is after Inko and Mikumo, then by thunder I'm going to make sure he gets to them over my dead body!" Toshinori says, shocking Nighteye.
"But-"
"Sasaki, we all have to die sometime… Now that I know what my death is like and I have clues as to who it is… I can at least prepare for it, and have a backup plan just in case." Toshinori says, smiling, "So don't worry… However… I think you should leave my agency and start your own."
"But why!?"
"Eyes and ears, Sasaki…" Gran Torino says, "He wants you to see if you can find anything on this Villain before he arrives while he Maintains the status quo as he decides on an heir. And if this thing can control Inko and Midoriya, then his powers are linked to him in some way."
"Please… I'm asking you Sasaki…." Toshinori says, bowing down. "Help me…" Mirai looks at his Idol, taking a deep breath through his nose, slowly nodding. However, that is when Nighteye looms to the side. "Did you hear all that you wished to, Mikum?" That is when they hear a squeak and Mikumo appears, shedding tears. Toshinori moves to his son and hugs him, comforting him and taking him to his room… As Mikumo falls asleep crying, he silently whispers something to himself.
'I won't just stand there and watch you die… You won't leave me behind… Not that way… Not like that…' Mikumo thinks.
5 Years Later…
Mikumo puts on his school uniform with a smile on his face, smoothing everything out as he looks at himself, to which Toshinori smiles as he finishes putting on his business suit. "Alright!" Inko says, handing them both Bento Boxes. "I'll be back late tonight you two, and I already have Dinner ready in the Crockpot, so it should be done by the time you both get home!" She smiles as she walks out of the house, "I love you both!"
"Love you too mom!" Mikumo says.
"Love you too, honey!" Toshinori says, kissing his wife, "I'll see you both later!" He walks to his car, Hercules, and drives off, with Mikumo waving to his father as his mother climbs onto her motorcycle after giving Mikumo a kiss on the cheek with a smile before riding off. Mikumo smiles as he makes his way to school. However, on the way there, he sees there is a hero battle going on, between a Villain with a Gigantification-type Quirk, in which Kamui Woods smiles as he under his mask.
"GET AWAY FROM MEEEEE!" The Villain shouts.
"Not going to happen! LACQUERED CHAIN PRISON!" Kamui Woods shouts, sending out wood from his arms to grapple the Villain, who struggles as he is captured. "NOW!"
"CANYON CANNON!" A giant woman shouts, flying through the air and landing a powerful kick to the Villain's face. She then turns to the people. "Hello everyone, today's my first day! The name's Mount Lady! Pleased to meet ya!" She then shrinks down as Kamui Woods jumps down and places a hand on her shoulder as everyone takes pictures of her.
"Nice one, Mount Lady, you got the timing just right!"
"Oh Kamui…!" Mount Lady says, kissing the mask of Kamui Woods, much to the shock of many men. "Sorry guys, I'm taken!" She then shows the ring on her finger, much to the shock of many single men in the crowd.
"Kamui Woods!" A reporter says, "Is what she is saying true?"
"Yes, indeed it is! We got married a few month ago, and she wanted to start just after we got back from our Honeymoon." Kamui says.
"And we were childhood friends, so it is a fantasy made real!" Mount Lady says, smiling. "In any case, sorry boys, but this Mountain won't be conquered, because a great tree already stands atop it!" Mikumo smiles as he sees this and begins to walk towards school, before turning on a song on his phone through his earbuds, an old Marvel TV Show song, extended… The Spider-Man TAS theme song…