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TMI
We are people of action. Lies do not become us.
-Iris Stylish Sword Belzerg
"And that is the story of how me and Izuku got married and saved the world," Mei finished with a satisfied smile.
All Might's jaw was hanging open, his 'lunch' sitting forgotten on the table before him. He was in his weakened form, his muscular form having long since faded even before the last bell for class rang. Interestingly, Mei didn't really seem to have noticed, happily continuing to tell the story of their months spent together in that other world.
"Uh, I know it sounds crazy, but we swear, it's all true," Izuku added. "Er, even the, um, parts about the wedding, and the goddesses, and also the whole fighting literal demons."
"I...well. That's quite the story, and raises just as many questions as it gives answers." All Might said slowly. "But it does explain just what I saw today on the practice field. You were using One For All far easier than I could have imagined at this point."
"I, um, I always say Aqua's holy worlds before I use my quirk. It, er, helps patch things up if I make mistakes. Though, still not as much as when she actively blesses me," Izuku admitted.
"Also it means I won't get pregnant, though I will have to ask Eris if she really does pad her chest," Mei mused with a finger in the air.
"Let's not," Izuku said, patting Mei's hand. "I think she'd probably be embarrassed. And it would be more than a little rude."
"You two have given me a lot to think about," All Might sighed. "And these other students, they're really from another world? That goes beyond what I could have expected. I wonder if we have any other visitors in the other classes…"
"Well, I was going to ask about that. I didn't really get a good look, but we have a third hero class. I only remember two," Izuku admitted.
"Yes, and I was in the Support Course. I do not mind changing, but it is very strange," Mei contributed.
"I'll talk with the other teachers about it," All Might promised with a grim smile. "Here, let me write you two a pass. I'm going to need to speak to Nezu now, he of all people should know."
"You don't think we should keep this a secret?" Izuku asked.
All Might shook his head. "Midoriya, you just told me an incredibly powerful alien force is making an active habit of invading other worlds. There are now students who have just come out of a war-time situation. It'd be an injustice to both them and us as teachers if we weren't there to help you all. To say nothing of explaining the issue that the previously mentioned multi-world conquering force could somehow find its way here. We'll need to prepare,whatever the future holds."
"They were not so tough, Izuku beat them up pretty easily and Megumin blew the big ones up!" Mei laughed.
"Even so, an invasion of a massive army led by people strong enough to go toe to toe with the bearer of One For All at full power is a dangerous threat. The issue isn't you aren't stronger than them. The problem is that they might be stronger than the average person, where they can attack the weakest links. They might have a harder time conquering our world, but that doesn't mean they still can't cause untold damage," All Might stated. "Here, take this pass and-"
The door to the teachers lounge suddenly opened, and Aqua wandered in, grumbling to herself. After actually looking up and noticing other people were present, she zeroed in on Izuku and came over. "Do you know where I can find a left handed screwdriver and some headlight fluid? Aizawa sent me to get some but no one seems to know where it is."
"You can use screwdrivers with either hand," Mei explained. "And you do not use fluid for headlights. I would know, my parents are both mechanics and so is my sister Hari."
"Sounds like you were sent on a wild goose chase," Izuku said, wincing. "Um, sorry. Aizawa does those little logical deceptions sometimes."
"What?! How dare he treat me like this?!" Aqua ranted. "I am a-" she glanced at All Might, then suddenly deflated. "Totally normal human. But he's still a jerk." She sniffed, and wiped at her nose. "I'll show him. How dumb does he think I am?!"
"Pretty dumb," Mei stated flatly. "You are not very smart."
Aqua glared at Mei, her nostrils flaring in anger and fists balled at her sides.
"Wait, Aqua, you, uh, you still have your healing powers, right?" Izuku asked , hoping to distract them both before a fight was started.
"Huh?" Aqua turned to Izuku frowning. "Yeah, mostly. I guess they're my 'Quirk' or whatever now. Why, you hurt yourself again?"
"No, um, it's my friend here, he um-"
"Toshinori Yagi," All Might spoke up, giving a small bow from his seated position to Aqua. "I'm a teacher here. I do have an old injury that bothers me. It-" he coughed, and when he removed his hand, there was blood on it. "It's pretty painful, actually."
"Oh!" Aqua was instantly all attention and smiles. "Well, if you're a teacher, maybe you can help me with Mr. Aizawa if I heal you! I'm really quite talented you know, I know the most powerful healing spells around! Some people would even say I'm a goddess of healing, you know."
"So I've heard," All Might said dryly. "Do you need to-"
Aqua stuck her hand out to touch All Might's chest. "Heal! Oh, wow, yeah, you're pretty messed up."
All Might blinked. "I...wow, I feel a lot better. That's amazing, how did you-"
"Sacred Greater Heal!" Aqua cried, a blue aura surrounding her and Toshinori. When she removed her hand, All Might was back in his muscled form.
"Ha. Haha! HAHAHA!" All Might laughed, flexing as he leapt to his feet, for once not feeling the stabbing pains that missing most of his stomach had caused. "Incredible! Amazing! I feel twenty years younger! Thank you, Aqua, from the bottom of my heart!"
"Hold on, there's something else," Aqua muttered, sticking her tough out of the corner of her lips and poking at All Might's chest in different places. "You got a disease or something? No, no, it's not a curse either, it's like something's missing from you."
"Oh, well, I, er," All Might stammered, looking awkwardly to Izuku.
"Hey Midoriya, come over here," Aqua ordered. "He feels like you a little bit."
"Huh?" Izuku said, but Aqua grabbed his hand and dragged him over.
"Yeah, yeah, OK, I see. Right. No problem at all! You're lucky I'm such an amazing goddess! Someone used some sort of skill drain on you, but don't worry, I can fix that. Sacred Restoration!"
This time the glow enveloped nearly the entire room, and All Might let out a gasp of shock. When the glow faded, Aqua stepped back and winked at All Might. "Don't forget, you owe me big time now! I restored that Skill you were missing, but it's going to take a little while for your Stamina and MP to fully come back. You've got a little bit right now but you should be able to be back on your feet in no time!"
All Might was once more gaping. He looked to Izuku, shaking his head. "Midoriya, do you...did she take your quirk?!"
"Huh?" Izuku made a fist and focused, and All For One coursed through his body. "No, it's still here, I can feel it."
"But this...this is impossible!" All Might gasped. "There cannot be two bearers!"
"Huh? What bears? Like a One Punch Bear? Midoriya, you take that out, I'm tired," Aqua yawned. She walked over to the couch, fluffed up one of the pillows, then lay down and started snoring, a bit of drool leaking from her lips.
"Midoriya, stay right here," All Might ordered, his eyes wide and body tense. "Don't let anything happen to that girl, goddess, whatever she is!" Then he took off at top speed, leaving Izuku and Mei alone with the passed out Aqua as the boom from his sudden movement echoed through the room.
"What just happened?" Mei asked, looking confused. "Was All Might really that hurt or something? He looked a little funny but I did not want to say anything because I thought it would be rude."
"He...he's been hurt for a long time," Izuku explained, looking down at Aqua in amazement. "If she actually healed him, and gave him back what I think she did…"
A few minutes later, Principal Nezu rode into the teachers lounge on All Might's shoulder. "It's me, the Principal, here to answer all your questions!"
"Can I have one of those giant robots? I've always wanted to take them apart and see how they work!" Mei demanded eagerly.
"Well, perhaps not all your questions," Nezu admitted. He hopped down, putting on a pair of spectacles and slipped out a piece of paper from his lapel. "Yes, let's see. Aqua Mizu. That just means water water, so it's a bit of a strange name, but I also have Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu over in 1-B, so not by that much!. Her quirk is registered as 'Arch Priest.' She was let in on recommendation due to her quirk possessing incredibly potent healing abilities and potential benefit with our own Recovery Girl in case of emergencies. She's supposedly from Konosuba Middle School in Yanagawa, which has never actually existed despite us admitting more than 10 other students from it! Interesting! Midoriya, Hatsume, you're certain she's a goddess from another world?"
"Well, she can raise the dead which seems pretty goddess-like to me," Mei said with a shrug. "And it was definitely another world. We even learned French and German!"
"Wait, really?" Izuku asked.
"Oui, tu ne te souviens pas? Ils ont mis les autres langues dans notre tête," Mei grinned. And yet somehow, Izuku understood her perfectly.
"They speak French and German in other worlds?" Nezu asked incredulously, and more than a little interested.
"Nezu, this girl restored every organ that had been ripped out of my lower abdomen, and reversed the associated damage from the attack with hardly more than a touch,while restoring One for All to me, somehow." All Might said the last bit much more quietly. "It's not as strong as the original; there isn't as much stored power, I can sense it. But now, it's still more than the embers I had before. I can go back to being the Number 1 Hero. I can help people again! This changes everything."
"This is indeed a very strange twist." Nezu admitted. "I was wondering just why I approved a third hero course, as I could not see why we would admit that many people. I looked into the budget. We received several very large donations to open a third first year hero class, along with recommendations for an additional seventeen students. Some of which, as you've no doubt noticed from my previous listing, do not quite fit. Including this young lady here. Midoriya, Hatsume, would you mind looking at this for me?"
"Um, sure," Izuku said, and he and Mei sat down with a list of the first year students.
"Well, I am different. There are only 19 students in the support course, I am missing," Mei declared, taking out a highlighter and circling her own name on the sheet.
"Yeah, and then there's all the new students in our class," Izuku agreed. "Mei, do you recognize any of these names?"
"Well, some of them are obviously strange, like these sisters, Rem and Ram Akuma from 1B. I do not remember them at all, or this Felt Lagunica. That sounds foreign."
"We can add Natsuki Subaru and Emilia Fortuna too, I don't remember them either," Izuku said as Mei highlighted their selections.
"There is also Filo Filolial and Raphtalia Tanuki. I would remember someone named Tanuki," Mei stated.
"I think Iwatani Naofumi is new too," Izuku said hesitantly. "Hitoshi Shinso was in UA before, but he was in the General Studies course, I remember them calling his name during the Sports Festival."
"Izuku, all of the students in the Hero Course now are the ones who participated in the Cavalry Battle," Mei noted. "And look, they are all with the people who were on their teams. I think their classes changed, but not their teammates. Maybe they got caught in the explosion too."
"That would make sense, I don't think there are many ways to survive a point-blank blackhole," Izuku agreed. He looked up and handed the corrected paper back to Nezu. "Our best guess is that there are 15 students here who weren't before. Maybe they are from other worlds like Aqua, but we don't really know. Two students also came in from other courses."
"Right. We'll begin our investigation immediately," Nezu said with a nod. "Hurry back to class, take Aqua with you. I'm writing a note to Aizawa, give it to him and he should understand. We have protocols in place for this."
"You have a protocol for students from another world showing up at your school?" Mei asked, wrinkling her nose in disbelief.
Nezu chuckled. "My dear, I'm the principal at a school for young heroes. This might be the strangest thing I've seen, but that just means we must be ready to deal with this or worse at a moment's notice. Plus Ultra, no?." Nezu grinned.
"Hey, Aqua, time to wake up," Izuku whispered, gently shaking the former goddess.
"Just...five more minutes," Aqua mumbled, batting at Izuku's hand. "Sleepy."
"Kazuma is drinking your liquor," Mei said.
"WHAT? WHERE?! I'LL KILL HIM!" Aqua snarled, jumping up, her eyes wild as she searched the room for her phantom booze.
Izuku sighed. "He's not, but we have to go back to class now. Come on."
"What if I don't want to?" Aqua harrumphed. "Aizawa was super mean to me, sending me after things that don't exist!"
"Why did he do that?" Mei asked curiously.
"Well, he gave us our class schedules, and I told him that we didn't have nearly enough creative classes. Math, Science? Those are boring! Young developing minds need art classes! Like painting, sculpture, pottery, and music! He told me that art had nothing to do with being a hero, so I drew a picture of him as an ugly troll and told him that was what was going to happen to us if we didn't take art classes. And then he sent me to go find the left handed screwdriver and headlight fluid."
Aqua dug a piece of paper out of her pocket, unfolding it to display for all to see. It was a rather striking portrait done in pencil of a man that was unmistakably Aizawa, but with his features ever so slightly distorted so that he went from unkempt to hideous.
"Wow, that's a really good drawing," Mei laughed. "It looks just like Mr. Aizawa!"
"Hmm, may I see that?" Nezu asked, extending a paw.
"Oh my gosh! You are so cute!" Aqua cooed, petting Nezu on the head. "I didn't know this world had talking animals! What other races are there?"
"Aqua, that's the principal, Nezu," Izuku whispered. "You should be more polite."
"Huh?" Aqua said, giving Izuku a vacuuous look. "But he's so little."
"While I accept the compliment, I will let you know that under any other circumstance I would respond to treatment like this quite violently, and then expel you!" Nezu said in a jolly tone. "But since it's your first day in this world as a mortal human, I'm going to make an exception. Go back to class, young lady."
Tears welled up in Aqua's eyes, and her lip trembled, but she stood and bowed, presenting the drawing to Nezu who accepted it. "I am very sorry," she whispered, then turned for the door. "Come on. I'm just a dumb, human girl."
Aqua forgot her tears quickly enough, joining in with Mei as she began to hum as they walked through the halls. Soon, Aqua and Mei were both skipping along to their improvised melody. Izuku couldn't help but be slightly jealous of Aqua: despite her faults, she seemed to bounce back to a positive attitude fairly quickly. Maybe ignorance really was bliss.
When they arrived, Aizawa glared at them. "Finally decided to rejoin us, did you? Did you figure it out?"
"Yes, you're a big-"
Mei whispered something in Aqua's ear, and she changed what she had been going to say. "-nice teacher, who is trying to help me learn. I am very sorry and I will do better next time."
Then Aqua bowed.
"Sorry sir, the principal and All Might pulled us in for a conference," Izuku explained with a bow of his own, handing the note to Aizawa.
"All Might? Nezu? What on earth were he and-" Aizawa's eyes raced over the note, and he blinked. Then he looked up at Izuku, eyes narrowing. Then his eyes shifted around the room, falling on each student in turn. "...hmm. This changes things. Take a seat."
Izuku took his seat, and Kazuma sniggered. "How long did it take her?"
"Huh?" Izuku whispered as Aizawa went to the board and began writing.
"How long did it take Aqua to realize there's no such thing as a left handed screwdriver or headlight fluid? That's one of the oldest pranks in the book," Kazuma chuckled.
"What?! You knew! You stupid NEET!" Aqua snarled, reaching out to smack Kazuma with her rolled up notebook.
"Special circumstances aside, misbehavior will still be punished," Aizawa spoke out, his back to the class as he wrote on the board.
Izuku glanced up, then did a double take.
"Um, sir?" Iida asked, his voice shaking as sweat beaded on his forehead. "Er, what is that?"
Aizawa turned around, having drawn several globes with rough continents on them, two clocks and calendars, and a set of characters that read; Multiverse Theory and Time Travel.
"So," Aizawa said, a wide, unsettling grin on his face. "Who wants to explain to me why my quirk didn't work on Megumin earlier?"
"Oh shit," Kirishima groaned.
"Damnation," Todoroki growled. "We were not perfectly prepared for this. Momo, what's our contingency plan?"
"Well, I could try a Dominate Mind spell and try to alter his memories, but I really don't think that's a good idea, and I'm not really certain Mr. Aizawa is our enemy," Yaoyorozu said reluctantly.
"We could fight our way out!" Kaminari suggested. "We can take him!"
"That's your solution to everything," Iida sighed. "And do you really think if we beat Mr. Aizawa that would solve anything?"
"Yeah, and like the rest of us would just sit here while you go to town on teach," Bakugo laughed. "Crap, you figure it out, or did the nerd tattle on us?"
"Actually, Midoriya handed me a note that simply had a code phrase that indicated a paranormal event had taken place, one that could involve either an alteration to reality, or the intersection of a seperate one." Aizawa explained, starting to pace back and forth at the front of the room, eyes never leaving the view of his students. "It could have simply been a reality bending quirk, those have emerged before. But a few things didn't add up. For one thing, Ms. Fukuado, who you may know as Ms. Joke, has told me many times she dislikes UA and our elitist attitude. I recall her telling me that as recently as this spring. And yet, here she was, a newly hired teacher at UA. She herself was somewhat confused as to her state of mind when we had lunch together."
"Secondly, you all behave more comfortably around one another than you should for a group of students who should, by and large, not know each other barring a few exceptions. Several of you even behave like couples, and not simply awkward teens who are just beginning a relationship, but people who have known one another for some time and are quite comfortable."
"Why do you give a damn if we're dating? There some sort of school policy against that?" Kazuma demanded. "That'd be real stupid. We're teenagers. We get horny sometimes."
"And then there's your attitudes towards me," Aizawa continued over Kazuma's remarks. "The vast majority of my students are at least a little intimidated on their first day of highschool. Even those that are not treat me with a certain degree of respect as a teacher and pro hero, mostly because they know if they push too far they could prematurely end the career they had been training years for. Right now, most of you seem to view me as somewhere between a peer and a mentor, but not someone with a great deal more experience than you."
"Like to know how many demon kings you've beaten up," Aqua muttered, then squeaked as Darkness kicked her chair.
Aizawa's eyes narrowed slightly, but he pressed on, noting the complaint. "Then of course there's the fact that I attempted to cancel out Megumin's quirk when I realized she was going to do something phenominally stupid and egrigous both for the simple task of hurling a ball as far as she could, as well as at the risk of nearly everyone around her possibly unprepared. And yet, she was able to easily use said ability, even though I was preventing the use of quirks with my own."
"That is because Explosion magic is the most powerful magic, and I have invested more skill points into it than any other! No simple spell can prevent me from using Explosion, for I have made it so Silence, Counter Spell, and even Magic Nullification cannot interfere with my unleashing of my beloved Explosions!" Megumin proclaimed unabashedly proud. Then she tried to jump up on top of her desk to continue, only to let out a cry and topple over as her desk crashed to the floor.
"Levitate," Uraraka sighed, pointing at Megumin just before she face planted. The other girl flailed her arms frantically in the air, spinning slowly around.
"Megumin, if he wasn't suspicious of you before, he knows something is wrong with you now," Tokoyami sighed. "Dark Shadow, please set her down gently."
"You should learn to shut up!" Dark Shadow squawked, grabbing Megumin and setting her back on the ground.
Uraraka canceled her spell, and turned back to Mr. Aizawa. "So, before any of my friends shoot their mouths off again and ruin everything, why don't you tell us what you think is happening?"
"I don't exactly know," Aizawa said slowly, looking around the room. "But if I had to guess, several of you have been displaced in time and space, and seem to come from a world where there are no quirks, but rather some sort of magic. The most obvious are Bakugo and Megumin."
"Ha! Shows what you know, teach! I was born here in Japan, and I DO have a quirk!" Bakugo laughed, holding up a hand and lighting off some sparks with a loud crackling sound.
Aizawa's eyes suddenly glowed and his hair rose around his face, and the pops and crackles on Bakugo's hand susided.
Though, that could have been because Iris slammed the flat of her blade down on the back of Bakugo's head.
"Katsuki! You will respect our teacher! We are here to be trained as heroes! He is clearly a great man, you spoke of him with respect before! Now show the same courtesy I know you are capable of!" Iris lectured.
"FUCK OFF WITH THAT!" Bakugo snarled, spinning around in his seat and a hand rubbing what was sure to be a knot. "DAMMIT WOMAN, YOU'RE NOT THE BITCH QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE HERE, HAVEN'T YOU FIGURED THAT OUT?!"
"No, but I am still perfectly capable of beating you into submission, Katsuki," Iris sniffed. "Now behave. I will not tolerate such behavior from my intended."
"Alright, stop the train right the fuck there!" Bakugo snarled, standing up, his hands twitching. "What is with this 'intended' BS? What the fuck is going on! Like, we were close before, I even sort of liked you, but now-"
"Mr. Iida, if you would, please?" Iris asked.
"Silence," Iida said, and Bakugo immediately subsided.
"Hold Person," Yaoyorozu added, and Bakugo toppled over on the floor, twitching.
"Mr. Aizawa, I believe you had some questions for us?" Iris said, folding her hands atop her desk and smiling. "I would be delighted to answer any and all inquiries."
"Um, Iris, is this a good idea?" Eris asked nervously. "We were supposed to keep a low profile…"
"I agreed to come to this world to receive the training I would need to free Belzerg once and for all. Though we defeated the Tomb's general Demiurge, I hold no illusions that Nazarick is driven back," Iris said, her tone grim. "Here I will need allies, to raise an army that I might return and reclaim my throne. You swore to aid me in that, Lady Eris, can I not count on the word of a goddess? Perhaps I should turn to the Axis Cult in this matter."
Aqua perked up, looking eager, but then suddenly put her head on her desk and started crying. Tears flooded Eris' eyes as well.
"Perhaps you should simply call me Chris, now," Eris mumbled. "I am a simple mortal once more. A thief, not a goddess. But...but I'll do all I can to help you, Iris. I did give my word, and you are my friend."
"Me too!" Yunyun said quickly. "We'll all help Lady Iris, right Megumin?!"
"Why should I help the woman who keeps trying to steal my man?" Megumin muttered, glaring at Kazuma.
Kazuma put his hands before himself and shook them. "Hey, woah, slow down, we were talking about Aizawa, not me! Besides, you know how I feel about that, no need to turn into a jealous shrew."
"Shrew?! Shrew?! Why I ought to-MmmPH!"
"I apologize, my queen," Darkness said, her arms locked around Megumin and Kazuma's mouths as they struggled frantically. "I will ensure that my companions behave themselves. Please, continue."
"Thank you, Lady Dustiness. It is good to know my father's old allies shall be at my side once more," Iris said sweetly. Then she giggled and waggled a finger at Kazuma. "Now Big Bro, behave yourself! Is this any example to set for your little sister?"
Kazuma stopped struggling, then rolled his eyes and shook his head. Darkness set him and Megumin back down, giving both of them a stern glare before going back to her own seat.
"Well," Aizawa deadpanned. "I thought I'd been given a bunch of chuni lunatics for a class. It seems there is a much worse type of madness here."
"I do not have chuni disease!" Megumin snapped. "I am merely a proud member of the Crimson Demon Clan! I refuse to allow my culture to be mocked in such a manner!"
"Megumin, just stop, our clan's ways were embarrassing enough back in Belzerg," Yunyun groaned, trying to hide her face in her hands. "Don't you know the saying? 'When in Elroad, do as they do.'"
Megumin glared daggers at Yunyun, but managed to shut up for once.
"So, I take it you actually think you're some sort of lost queen from a far away kingdom who seeks to reclaim her throne?" Aizawa asked, leaning back against his desk. "Have you managed to convince all these people to share in your delusion or-"
With a sudden blast, Bakugo leapt to his feet, breaking the spells as his axe swept into his hands in a storm of fire. Smoke billowed from the heavy double headed blade, and he panted, his eyes glowing red as a menacing aura surrounded him, dark smoke seeming to form a great pair of wings at his back.
"She's the real fuckin' deal," Bakguo growled. "And if you want to talk shit about Queen Iris, you gotta answer to me, understand? Because I AM the shield of Iris Stylish Sword Belzerg, and I will fuck up anyone who disrespects her majesty. Even you, teach. So are we going to have a problem, or not?"
Aizawa regarded Bakugo calmly. "Why don't you take a seat. It seems we have a great deal to discuss. But in my classroom, you're my students, and I am the teacher. Continued disrespect will result in expulsion. Are we clear on that, Bakugo?"
The flames and smoke vanished, and Bakugo lowered the axe. He grinned in his usual manic fashion, but it was less of a threat than it had been. "Yes, sir. But what I said stands too. I died once to protect Iris' honor. Getting expelled is a damn walk in the park in comparison."
With that, Bakugo sat back in his seat, setting his axe beside his chair. Izuku eyed his friend with concern. Something was very different about Bakugo. And what was this about him dying?
"Alright then. So, Iris, you are the Queen in Exile of this place called Belzerg?" Aizawa asked.
"Yes. I shall tell a bit of my tale, for I know that my Big Bro and his friends had perished for some of it." Iris took a deep breath. "It started more than 200 years ago, when Kazuma's party was slain by the Lord of the Tomb's forces…"
Authors Note:
Hey, you know that bullshit trope where people try to keep secrets from the authorities who could have helped them out? Yeah, we're not doing that here. Izuku's too trusting in All Might (for a damn good reason) and Kazuma and co are either too dumb or don't give enough of a crap to keep secrets. Plus, it's funner if Aizawa knows.
Editors note:
Yo, Evil Within here. Gotta admit, there's a lot of shit that changes now, some for the better, others for worse. One way or the other, someone's gonna get their teeth kicked in. What fun, amiright?
