Finally done!

So much writing in one day, and look how late it is after editing... I need a life haha!

Anyway, hope you all enjoy this next chapter, and This was one I had struggled with for a couple of days before I buckled down and got straight to work! Need to get back into the groove of it.

And I'm going to say this here and now so no one asks me later on:

ENDWALKER CONTENT/JOBS WILL NOT BE A PART OF THIS STORY AS THIS WAS FIRST WRITTEN WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE STORYLINE AND NO IDEA HOW THE JOB CLASSES WORK... THIS INCLUDES ANY NEW RACES/BEAST TRIBES INTRODUCED (YES, THAT MEANS NO MALE VIERA)

THOUGH REAPER WOULD BE KICKASS WITH OFA... D:

But yea, dat trailer though! Can't wait for November!

Anyway, onto the reviews!

Dragon: I completely understand, and thanks for pointing them out. I'll watch out for them in the future. But I won't be going back to edit them as it is a pain to re-edit/post on FFN.

darkkrt: Initially, Setsuna was going to be a part of the Poly relationship, however, I decided against it as given how she acts, I already got two girls that 'fill the gap' as it were in terms of their personalities (Mina and Kyoka).

PMC-Midnight Mariners: Trust me, having Tsuyu take the cloak just made more sense to me than say Kyoka or Mina for two reasons.

1. Tsuyu was close by to it and would have been able to sneak off by grabbing it with her tongue when no one was looking. (or said she'd look after it until Izuku woke up, like the good student she is)

2. It's still springtime, so it's super chilly... what frog-like girl wouldn't want a warm fur blanket to snuggle up in?

But glad you liked the IzuMomo scene! It was an interesting challenge to do, and I'm glad it worked out.

YamamotoRyu: Your not the only one to guess that when I was showing my friends some previews of that particular scene, but I think as wild and chaotic as the "Dancer" is needs an equally wild and chaotic girl to unlock it... and maybe a grand stage to perform on! *hinthintnudgenudge*

fallendemon248: Well, I figured if the weapons can get broken or tossed away and left when she 'shifts', I figured parts of his armor could as well.

Notasavior: What Momo wants, Momo will get... at any cost! :O... well not any cost, you need to think of the economy after all!

Guest: Well, I'm sorry to hear that, and I understand that I have lost some readers due to this. Nothing wrong with having an IzuOcho relationship, but how MANY of them are there? or how many of the Poly/Harem stories is she a part of?

I have nothing against the character, nor the pairing really, I just figured that I'd try something different.

Anyway, onto the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to My Hero Academia and Final Fantasy XIV, they belong to their copyright holders.

Chapter 23

Connecting the Dots

To say the rest of the weekend after the social party was going smoothly would be far from the truth for Momo. It wasn't like things went downhill right after she and Izuku had shared that adorable moment out on the balcony.

Far from it!

After making sure her 'date' was settled enough to return to the party, with her on his arm for support, of course, the rest of the evening went just as well as Momo had hoped for. They reconvened with her parents and Mr. Kaneko, who constantly apologized to the boy for Daichi's horrid behavior. Izuku had nervously told the man there was no ill will but still accepted the apology nonetheless, which Momo had made sure to squeeze his arm in reassurance while he did so.

From there, the rest of the night went much more smoothly. Food was eaten with drinks to follow suit; even Izuku had partaken in a single glass of red wine, though it did take a while for him to finish it. Afterward, the most beautiful thing had happened that Momo would treasure for many nights to come.

Izuku, albeit somewhat nervously and with a bit of stuttering, had asked Momo for a dance. From what her mother had told her after the party, the look on the young heiress's face going from pure shock to absolute joy was something she hadn't seen since Momo was a little girl figuring out how to make a simple machine with her quirk. What surprised Momo and her parents was how well Izuku could dance, even leading Momo into an elegant waltz when the music had picked up.

Even though many of the guests had left the dance floor to give the two heroes in training plenty of room, Momo didn't notice as the only thing she could see was just Izuku in front of her, with one hand holding hers outward. At the same time, she felt the firm grip of his other hand on her hip. In her mind, it was just her and Izuku, alone while the music played and the two danced for what could be felt like hours. But reality came back when the music ended, and the loud claps from the rest of the crowd broke the 'spell' that had captured Momo's attention.

Seeing how red his cheeks were, as well as the nervous yet cute chuckle he gave, Momo knew that Izuku was really pushing himself well past his 'tolerance' at this point. While the boy was clearly trying to reassure her he was fine, Momo had won out in the end, and surprisingly, her parents gave her their blessing to return to UA with Izuku, even so much as to have one of the maids pack up her belongings at some point in the night.

So, once she had changed into some more casual clothes, as her dress that she had worn during the night would hardly see any usage while it languished in her dorm closet, at the very least, it would be maintained and looked after by the staff for the next party in the future.

The ride back to the university was reasonably quiet. Izuku, still wearing his suit, had passed out in exhaustion with his head slumped forward within five minutes of leaving her parent's estate. Of course, such a golden opportunity hadn't passed the now 'assertive' Momo as she very gently pulled Izuku down and had his head rested upon her lap. She gently began to run her fingers through the mess of curls upon Izuku's head, petting him as the sleeping boy murmured something under his breath and had actually nuzzled more into her lap. Momo giggled silently at how he was acting, thinking of him as some sort of cat while she continued to rub and pet his head.

Sadly, the drive back to UA was quicker than she expected. A very sleepy Izuku had to be taken up to his room by Mr. Yagi, while Inko had helped Momo bring in the few bags to her room. Apparently, Momo's mother had called UA as they were being driven back to explain that Izuku may need some assistance getting in.

This, of course, had caused Inko to mildly freak out about what had happened at the party and had been asking question after question in regards to why her baby boy was so tired. Mrs. Yaoyorozu had giggled at how Inko was acting over the phone and merely stated that Izuku had a grand time, even sharing some of the main events like the dance and just Izuku's overall genuine positivity he brought to the party.

Momo realized that her mother had purposely left out the confrontation with Daichi, which she was thankful for. After Momo had regaled some more about the evening's events as well as complimenting Inko for choosing such a handsome outfit, the young heiress was able to sign in relief as she shut the door to her dorm room behind her, resting her back against it with the biggest smile on her face.

As she was changing into her nightgown, she was happily humming the tune of the song of which she and Izuku had shared the waltz, giggling gently from the sheer one-eighty in Izuku's attitude as he led them in the dance. As Momo was brushing her hair, a stray thought accorded of where and when did Izuku learn to dance like that, which caused her joyous smile to slowly begin to fade a little into a more somber one.

Her first thought was Mina, the avid dancer she is, but she didn't know if Mina could learn or teach anyone to waltz. Not that she didn't think the pink-skinned woman couldn't! Far from it! But Mina tended to prefer dances that were more 'in trend' as she once said, hence her love of breakdancing.

Perhaps Inko?

It wouldn't be strange for a mother to teach her son how to dance if such an occasion would occur. Still, even the elder green-haired woman's surprising reaction to learning about Izuku's skills on the dance floor ruled that out.

Or Inko was an outstanding actress.

Well, whatever the case was, Momo was still too 'wound up' from not only the party but from the wonderful time she had with her fellow classmate, so she decided that the best way to help her sleep would be some light reading. But instead of picking up one of her 'romance' novels, which she often hid when someone had come to her room, Momo had picked up the book on loan from Recovery Girl and quickly opened it to the bookmark she had made when she was a child.

She was smiling brightly as she settled herself under the covers of her bed and began to read where she had left off. As her eyes began to scan over the words of the last paragraph she was reading, her smile slowly began to fade into one of confusion.

She brought the book closer to her eyes to make sure she was reading what was basically describing the looks of the supposed main hero of the novel and their attitude and personality, which further confused and started to even upset Momo to a slight degree. As she turned the page, her eyes went wide for a brief few moments before slamming the book closed.

"That's… that's impossible… how can… but then...?" Momo began to mutter to herself as she desperately tried to come to terms with what she saw. She knew she had to ask the elder nurse what she was trying to pull here… as there was no way this wasn't a trick or something along those lines.

But what if it wasn't a trick?

If what this book had revealed to her just now was true, then…

Who or what was Izuku Midoriya?

The following day proved to be a day full of disappointments for Momo, nothing too catastrophic, mind you. However, it still irked her a bit as Izuku had been basically 'stolen' for most of the day by his mother in picking up supplies for the week, as well as other running around they needed to do, so she couldn't ask Izuku about what she saw.

Furthermore, just before he and his mother left, Tsuyu strolled up and offered him the missing cloak from the USJ, basically saying that she grabbed and held onto it just in case but was already at home when he woke up. Izuku, of course, thanked her greatly, shifting into the kit and tying the fur around his neck before shifting back into his more 'modern' attire.

He thanked her once again with a bright smile, which Momo could see Tsuyu's cheeks begin to redden before Inko came to drag him off so they wouldn't be late for the trains. Something within Momo's gut hurt when she saw her two classmates and friends interact, and she sighed gently before going to see if Recovery Girl could possibly answer the questions she had.

Sadly, even that turned out to be fruitless as the 'backbone' of UA was gone to help out a local hospital after a rather nasty skirmish between some heroes and a massive villain took place not too far from the University. Now resting in her large bed, looking up at the ceiling deep in thought, her musings were interrupted when a rather sharp set of knocks were heard from her door. With a heavy sigh, Momo rose from her bed and slipped on some slippers, and opened the door to see the most peculiar sight, "Oh! Good evening ladies… is there… something I can do?"

Standing before Momo was Tsuyu, Mina, and Kyoka. All three in their more casual set of clothes that really matched who they were. Mina spoke up first with a bright smile, "Hey Momo! Sorry to drop in on ya like this, but just wanted to let you know that Mamadoriya and Izuku are going to be late getting back."

"Oh? Has something happened?"

"Nothing bad." Kyoka spoke up next, "Just the trains leading to this part of town are out of service due to that massive incident earlier. Izuku sent a mass text about half an hour ago, but you were the only one to not respond to it."

Momo blinked at the comment made by the punk rocker before moving to her desk and picking up her cellphone, opening it up and seeing the message, "Oh dear… I must have had my phone on silent since the previous evening. Thank you for informing me, though." Momo said with a smile, which soon faded as she saw all three girls walk into her room and shut the door behind them, "...Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"Actually, we wanted to discuss something with you." Tsuyu had said with the same bluntness in her voice that everyone had grown somewhat accustomed to, "And it involves Izuku."

"ACHOO!"

"Izuku! Goodness, where did that come from?" Inko had asked as she looked at her son, carrying various bags of different sizes in his hands and on his shoulders. Granted, she also had a few bags in her hands, but Izuku had obviously taken the bulk of them, "Do you need a tissue, sweetie?"

"Nah, I think I'm alright… Don't know where that came from, to be honest." Izuku chuckled gently as he leaned up and went on his tiptoes to see over the crowd; he sighed heavily as he lowered himself back down and looked to his mother, "I don't see the crowds moving up ahead, so it looks like they are still cleaning off the tracks."

"Oh dear, well… it's a good thing you were able to text your classmates and let them know we will be late."

Izuku smirked at his mother, "It will be fine, mom." he looked forward. He moved a little ahead as the crowd slowly began to move a little bit, "Besides, Tenya came back this morning; I'm sure he can hold down the fort."

"Oh, I'm sure he could… but you have to admit… and I'm not trying to be rude…." Inko sighed with an embarrassed look on her face, "He's very strict with the rules, more so than I think anyone I've ever met could be… it's like-"

"He's a 'stick in the mud'?" Izuku answered her as his mother looked at him aghast at saying such a thing about one of his friends, but she was met with a kind chuckle from her son, "I don't mean it as a bad thing, I mean sure… I can be a little stifling at times. But, he does it with no malice or any ill intent, and if he does go overboard, he's quick to make amends."

Inko sighed gently, "Well, at least he's self-aware of it... "

Izuku chuckled lightly, enjoying this moment he was able to have with his mother. Sure, they often saw one another during the day at the school or in the dorms. But, more often than not, it was rare for him and his mother to get any sort of alone time without the interruption of any kind from his classmates.

As Izuku was about to ask his mother something, he felt something 'pull' at the back of his mind, and he whipped his head around towards the source, brows furrowed. This had not gone unnoticed by Inko as she was trying (and failing) to look in the same direction as he did. With a worried look and tone of voice, she quietly asked what was wrong.

"It was weird… like something pulling me to look that way." Izuku spoke gently and in a calm tone of voice to ease his mother's worries, "But it's nothing to worry about, it was like someone poked the back of my head, and it was gone just as quickly as it happened." Izuku smiled down at her, which did lessen her worry, but he could still see some of it within her eyes and facial expression.

Before either of them could say another word, however, the sound of a 'bing-bong' echoed throughout the train station, followed by announcing that the trains would be running within another two hours. Both mother and son sighed with exasperation, hanging their heads as they grumbled and muttered out silent expletives.

"So, let me get this straight…." Momo spoke as she had her arms crossed under her bust and looking at the three other women in her room all sitting on her bed as she was sitting at the desk, "Since all four of us really like Izuku and want to date him, instead of us fighting one another for his attention or have him make a choice between one of us, which he wouldn't do to spare the other's feelings… all of you have made a 'pact' of some kind to 'share' Izuku amongst the four of us?"

"Possibly others as well, kero." Tsuyu spoke up as everyone looked at her, "Let's face it, Izuku could unintentionally woo someone and would never even realize he did so, and this can be proven with how many times all of us have flirted with him, and he still doesn't get it."

The rest of the girls muttered in acceptance as that would be the case and had already seen it with that one girl from class 1-B during the quirk study session.

Tsuyu continued on, "And it's not all of us 'sharing' Izuku; it's a polyamory relationship, meaning that we would be all dating one another."

"Well, some of us will be dating one another." Mina spoke up with a smirk and lightly poked Tsuyu's cheek, causing the frog girl to retaliate by using her tongue to lightly slap the finger away, but not so much to cause harm. Momo, however, looked in confusion at the two women when Kyoka sighed slightly.

"What Mina means is that while some of us date another person of the group, anyone that isn't attracted to the same sex or whatever can just go on 'dates'." The punk rocker made air quotes as she looked at Momo, "Basically just a more intimate outing between friends, and anyone that wants to come in isn't joining just for one person, it's all or nothing."

"I see…" Momo said softly, looking down at the floor deep in thought. Kyoka was watching her and doing her best to not check out the heiress in such a state, or the way her arms had hefted her chest up even more. Tsuyu and Mina were still poking and slapping one another, with the pink-skinned girl gleefully giggling. At the same time, Tsuyu gave off more ribbits that sounded like she was being annoyed by her friend.

A clearing of a throat caused everyone to stop what they were doing as Momo sat straight in her chair, "After thinking about it… as much as I would have loved to, and I mean no offense, 'claim' Izuku for myself… I never thought of this option, and the idea does intrigue me. But, I'm sure there are 'rules' when it comes to this relationship?"

"Oh, totally!" Mina said as she scurried her way from Tsuyu and sat at the edge of the bed, "The first rule is 'No Jealousy', we are all in this together, and there's plenty of love to go around."

"The second is that no one is to be forced to do anything they are not comfortable with." Tsuyu spoke up suddenly, "Like if one of us and Izuku decided to have sex, that shouldn't pressure anyone else to follow in their wake if they feel they are not ready, kero."

"The third rule is that if anyone wants to join the relationship, it has to be ok'd by everyone in it currently, kero, as well as they understand it's not just one of us or they only join to get their hands on Izuku." The frog girl continued as both Kyoka and Mina nodded, "The last rule is that when it's the person's… 'first time'... they and whoever is joining them are to be left alone."

Everyone began to blush as the last rule was spoken; the common thought of having a certain green-haired boy crossed their minds as Momo coughed gently, her face more red than usual.

Once they had all calmed down, Momo took a steady but deep breath of air to further calm herself down. The rest of the girls waited for what her decision would be, but when they saw the gentle smile of their friend, it was pretty obvious what she was going to say.

"Well, you three have convinced me… and honestly, thinking about it still, this is the path of least resistance...Though when should we bring this up with Izuku sooner than later, as if he ever did start taking notice of our advances, surely that would add more stress onto him since he would feel like he would need to make a choice between the four of us."

"Agreed, but perhaps near the end of the week would be best; he JUST woke up from what you could label as a 'semi-coma'." Kyoka said with a frown as the others gently hummed in agreement, "Especially when it comes to asking him out on dates." she continued while frowning at Momo, who merely blushed and was looking away, feeling a little in shame.

Thankfully, it was Mina to rescue as she poked Kyoka's arm, "Hey now! After all that we went through at the USJ, I can't exactly blame her for doing what she did… Would any of us have done differently if we were there when he woke up?"

The question hung in the air for a little bit, all of the girls quiet as they contemplated what Mina had just spoken. Of course, the one to break the silence was Tsuyu, with her fingertip on her chin and thinking as she said, "To be honest, kero, if it was me in the room when he woke up, I would have stripped naked and seduced him."

"TSU!" All three of the other girls cried out, both Momo and Kyoka blushing up a storm and looking at her with pure shock, while Mina was cackling in delight.

"What? You two know how Izuku saved me at the USJ, as well as what he did in the flood zone. You can't blame me for wanting him like that, kero. Plus, after all the times I've kissed him and had him not act upon it… kero, well, there's only so much I can do to get the point across aside from straight-up telling him."

"Then why not just straight up tell him instead!" Kyoka said with a flustered shout, her cheeks a deep red as she stared down the frog girl, who merely looked back at the punk rocker and tilted her head in response.

"Where would be the fun in that?"

A heavy groan escaped Kyoka's throat as she placed her face in her hands, clearly done with dealing with the thirsty frog girl, who merely kept her head tilted to the side in slight confusion as Mina crawled off of the bed and went towards Momo, "Girls, I think you broke Momo."

Now that they had noticed the very quiet vice president, it was indeed true that Momo was simply staring out into space, muttering the word 'kissed' over and over again like a broken record; her face was also a little pale. She was snapped out of it by the flick on her nose by Mina, who was pouting, "None of that, Missy! While we weren't happy as well that Tsuyu has been kissing our boy when we found out, it doesn't make it the end of the world."

Momo blinked at her pink-skinned classmate for a few moments until her head shook as she came to the very realization that they weren't going to be fighting over Izuku now. She softly blushed and quietly mumbled an apology to the rest of them.

"You're fine, Momo. Me and Kyoka were fuming as well since we haven't had a chance to kiss him yet either. Still, again, there is to be no pressure to do something you aren't willing to do right now, nor to try and 'one-up' one another… he's our man, and there will be PLENTY of times we can snog him." Beamed Mina with a bright smile that got a cute giggle out of Momo, who nodded her head in agreement. Kyoka smirked at the exchange as well, as well as the de-escalation of an incoming 'jealous Momo' incident.

The reverie was interrupted by a clearing of her throat as Tsuyu looked at the three of them with a sort of serious vibe coming off of her, "There is one thing we should discuss in regards to Izuku… something most of us had seen before All Might showed up."

"It's about that 'Fray' personality, right?" Mina asked as she sat beside the frog girl once again on the bed, leaning back, "Yea, though I didn't see what happened as me and Choko were trying to stabilize Thirteen, I did notice Shoji was looking more terrified as he was able to watch and hear the fight."

"That's the thing, Mina…." Kyoka spoke up as everyone now looked at her, "I don't think this Fray was a different personality… from the way he talked and how he acted, this was something completely different than a mere 'trait shifting' that we have seen before with his various other kits… I think it was a different person altogether."

"Wait, how is that possible?!" Mina cried out, not fully understanding but doing her best to follow along, "So, like… is it like something similar to Dark Shadow?"

"Not… entirely?" Kyoka said as she brought her knees up to her chin and was doing some serious thinking now, "From what he said, and Tsuyu can vouch for me… is that he was 'Of his power, but not HIS power.' and that he was a ghost of some kind."

"That makes… zero sense! How can a quirk be a ghost and not be Izuku's?!" Mina cried out and flopped backward onto the bed, groaning loudly since she couldn't wrap her head around the idea. Tsuyu gently rubbed her arm in comfort before she spoke as well.

"There was also the way Recovery Girl acted when Fray called her 'Krile'... did anyone else notice how she was able to change her syringe-replica walking cane into that shepherd's crook just like how Izuku moves between his various kits?"

Silence fell in the room as everyone began to remember that entire exchange between the elderly woman and the supposed 'ghost'. From the familiarity between the two and how Krile was ready to strike him down with that weapon she had wielded when she threatened him. Their discussion was also troubling as they spoke of truly horrible things like the 'hyper tuned as they called it.

Momo, who had been silent during the entire time the others were talking, suddenly pushed off of her chair, her eyes wide in surprise before getting a determined look as she moved towards her nightstand dresser. All the girls watched as she pulled open a drawer and took out a rather old-looking book and began to flip through the pages rather quickly, scanning over the words, while a fancy bookmark kept its place near the front.

"Erm, Momo? What's with that book? And… What does the cover say?" Mina asked as Kyoka tilted her head to the side to read it as the tall woman kept flipping page after page.

"It says 'Heavensward'-"

"Here!" Momo called out and interrupted Kyoka, who moved to the side when Momo plopped herself onto the bed amongst the other girls, "I thought that name sounded familiar as I was thinking about it just now… but listen to this."

From there, Momo had begun to read out what was written as she regaled them with a tale of how a man named Quinn had confronted a mentor of his named Fray in the teachings of becoming a 'Dark Knight' when the person had begun to attack the guards of Ishgard, a climactic showdown between the two would occur once Fray had revealed to be Quinn's 'inner darkness' made manifest.

As all three girls listened on, they were entranced by the way Momo was reading the book aloud and lost in their imaginations as, for some reason, they were thinking of a certain green-haired boy clashing with their literally inner demon. But once Momo had finished and closed the book, it was Tsuyu that suddenly jolted in realization, "Wait… Momo, are you saying that the 'Fray' in this book is the 'Fray' I spoke with at the USJ?"

"It sounds ludicrous, I know, but… What I just read to you basically describes what Fray and Recovery Girl were talking about before… Also, the fact that Fray had also named Quinn, which Recovery Girl did react to and who she seemed to know. Then there's this..."

Momo now opened the book to where the bookmark had been placed. As she did, all the eyes of the other girls widened as they looked upon the picture revealed to them, and each had their own reaction to it.

"No way..."

"Kero."

"Oh my god!"

Momo tilted the book to get some more light onto the picture within its pages as all four of the girls were now looking over a very detailed drawing of what appeared to be Izuku, wearing a heavy suit of armor with a very basic sword and shield being held in each hand. However, there were two key differences to the Izuku they knew compared to the drawing.

Their Izuku didn't have cat ears and a tail.

As they stared at the drawing for a little bit, Momo gently closed it as she stood up and placed the book back into her nightstand, "I wasn't sure of it now, but after this little discussion and looking back at everything that happened when Fray appeared… I can say one hundred percent conclude that cat-person is Quinn, and somehow, Izuku is related to him in some way."

"I would think it was a distant ancestor, given Recovery Girl knows him, and she's maybe in her early sixties at best." Kyoka said as she crossed her arm, trying to ignore the way Mina was gleefully talking about how cute 'Cat-zuku' was… as well as maybe planning on finding some cat ears and tail and somehow get Izuku to wear them.

"If that was the case, wouldn't he or possibly Inko have any sort of mutations similar to Quinn?" Tsuyu asked as she once again had her finger on her chin, "I mean, me and my siblings look more like my mom, even my little brother compared to my dad who's mutation is more extreme than the rest of the family."

"Oh! Maybe it's from his dad's side!" Mina spoke up, kneeling on the bed with hands in front of her, "None of us have ever seen a picture of him yet, and the only thing we got from Izuku is that he could breathe fire."

"It's possible, but Izuku also would have still inherited some aspects of the tail or ears… I mean, despite him being diagnosed quirkless as a kid, he would still show some signs of the mutation as he got older, like how my earlobes slowly transitioned into my jacks." Kyoka said as she wiggled her jacks in front of everyone.

"Wait… that's another thing Fray had said to me." Tsuyu spoke suddenly as everyone looked at the frog-girl, "He was telling me how Izuku felt when I first kissed him… saying things that he wanted to happen or thought to happen."

"What did he say?" asked Mina, and as she did, she watched Tsuyu's cheeks begin to gain a dusting of pink. This, of course, set Mina's mind into overdrive at what sort of possible things the green-haired boy was thinking, only to get a jab of an ear jack at her side from a rather irate-looking Kyoka.

"Oi, don't even think of teasing her about that kind of stuff!"

"I wasn't going to! But I wanna know the details!"

"It wasn't explicit, kero." Tsuyu had finally spoken after calming herself down from the thoughts those words had conjured up as she remembered them, "They were very wholesome… like going on dates, spending the holidays with each other and our families…."

"AWWW! That sounds so swee-"

"-and marriage and what the kids would look like, kero…."

The last sentence caused the room to go silent once again, the rest of the girls thinking of such things similar to what Tsuyu had done just previously. Momo was fidgeting with her hands, thinking of the dress she would wear for that one particular day, while Kyoka was idly twirling a jack around her finger at the thoughts of Izuku and her playing music together while relaxing inside on a winter's evening.

Mina was the one to break the silence as she giggled gently, shifting herself on the bed, "... they would look adorable with green hair and pink skin…."

"But that's not the only thing that was said." Tsuyu, once again, knocked everyone out of their stupor as she continued, "Fray spelled it out pretty literally that Izuku probably does know that we like him as we do… those notes that he makes in his notebooks are part of that knowledge sneaking out, though he passes it off as nothing romantic."

"So then why hasn't he actually asked one of us out already? He's got four gorgeous women wanting him and does nothing?" Mina asked with a bit of confusion in her voice, looking at everyone as she did, "I mean, I know he was bullied to hell… but he knows us well enough we wouldn't humiliate him if we said no, right?"

All the girls nodded; it was apparent that if they did turn down Izuku had he asked them out, it would have been done lightly, especially given what they knew. Tsuyu sighed gently as she sat cross-legged on the bed now, "It may have to do with that actually…. "

"How so?" Kyoka asked as Tsuyu looked at her, tilting her head.

"You didn't hear Fray when he was coming closer to me, kero?"

"I can proudly say I can hear practically everything when it's not being muffled out by sound-proof rooms like mine… but he was talking a lot quieter the closer he got to you, and I only heard mumbling," Kyoka said with her chest stuck out pridefully at the beginning, but soon returned ta a more relaxed stature as she spoke.

"Well… part of what… I guess… is 'feeding' the darkness within him… is the fact Izuku believes a phrase that makes him think no one could possibly fall in love with him."

"What a load of garbage!" Mina spoke up again with pure hatred, "Izuku is the sweetest, kindest, most handsome, and built cinnamon roll in the world! What could possibly make him think-"

"Who would fall in love with a quirkless Deku like me anyway?"

Mina had stopped the beginning of her rant when Tsuyu spoke those words as all three stared at the frog-girl, who shifted uncomfortably not only from the stares but also from having to repeat what she was told, "... Fray even did it in Izuku's voice as well…."

No one said a thing, letting the silence once again fill the air as Kyoka slowly began to growl and her jacks waved about like two snakes ready to strike, "... If Fray wasn't a part of Izuku, I'd blast his head full of vibrations until his brain was nothing but mush."

"... I have the sudden urge to go to Bakugo and melt him down into nothing but pomeranian goo," Mina said with a venomous tone of voice; she was followed up by an immensely angered croak from Tsuyu. Momo, though upset by what was said, suddenly looked at Kyoka.

"Kyoka! That's it!"

"What? Melting the douchebag blonde? Or frying a ghost's brain?"

"No, not that… though the first option is one to put on the backburner for later. I think I figured something out."

"Oh, yea?" Mina scooted closer to the edge of the bed, "What's that, Momo?"

Momo looked at Kyoka with a sad look on her face first, which caused Kyoka not only to blush slightly but look back at her confused. The heiress then looked towards the other two girls and sighed gently, "... It's painful to bring up… but back at the USJ, we almost lost Kaminari to a Villian."

As Momo spoke, Kyoka instantly recognized why she got that look and looked down in shame. Both Mina and Tsuyu looked at the punk rocker, and as her mood soured, Mina, being the closest to her, moved behind and wrapped her arms around Kyoka in a soft embrace to brighten her mood.

This also had the effect of brightening up Kyoka's cheeks, but she gently wrapped her jacks around Mina's arms loosely as if to say thanks. Momo was smiling at this interaction, finding it very adorable as she continued, "After Kaminari unleashed a powerful electrical blast that left him… well.. 'indisposed' let's say… a villain who was waiting underground had grabbed him and was about to kill him when we were saved."

"Oh? Was it Izuku?" Mina asked with her chin resting over Kyoka's shoulder, though she spoke softly to not harm the girl's hearing.

"It couldn't have been, kero, since he was with Yuga and me for most of it," Tsuyu said as she crossed her arms over her chest. Momo and Kyoka gently nodded to confirm this.

"It wasn't Izuku sadly; however, it was this small furry creature that said it knew Izuku and called him the 'Warrior of Light'." Momo leaned back in her chair as she spoke; Kyoka had hummed out an agreement.

"Yea, it called itself a 'Moogle' and seemed pretty carefree all things considered."

"But that's the thing, it called Izuku a 'Warrior of Light', and in that book I read to you, Quinn was THE warrior of light."

"So? Something that just further connects Izuku to this 'Quinn' guy, like maybe something hereditary?" Tsuyu asked as she was now thinking about how this was all connected.

"From what the book explained, 'Warriors of Light' are people who are gifted their powers by a divine being known as Hydaelyn… it's not something one gets through bloodlines. It's given only by them." Momo said with absolute fact and leaned forward a little, "And remember, Izuku has been telling us since we first met him that he is a 'late bloomer', and how it first manifested when he tried to… well…."

Momo got quiet, getting upset as she remembered what Izuku had attempted to do the day before the two of them met. She gripped her hands tightly at the thought of losing all those happy times that came after the incident with the boulder and silently blamed herself for not seeing the signs of what had transpired with Izuku in the past and helped cope with them as they hung out.

Her dark thoughts were interrupted when Tsuyu had gone up and hugged the heiress. Though it was hard to know what the girl's emotion was, Momo could sense that Tsuyu had thought the same thing and was doing her best to help rid those terrible thoughts. She then felt the sudden weight of both Kyoka and Mina hugging her close to further chase away those feelings as well.

Momo smiled and quietly thanked her friends, holding them close to her as she continued, "Anyway, given that Izuku was diagnosed quirkless at the appropriate age, and the fact that his 'quirk' literally breaks everything we know about them in general… from his personality shifts with every kit, how late it came in, the fact they stood up against a monster that was literally designed to kill All Might…."

"So, you're saying Izuku is still quirkless, has been this entire time, but has some kind of nifty powers given to him by some god?" Mina asked as she looked between the three other girls, who were staring at her, "What? I could care less if Izuku had a quirk or not; it's still Izuku!"

"Agreed, but still, kero…." Tsuyu said as Mina huffed with her cheeks inflating slightly and her lips puckered up; Momo cleared her throat to get their attention.

"Mina is correct in her assumption… the question is, what do we do with this information?"

"Well, we can just go up and ask him." Kyoka said as she removed herself from the hug pile as she stretched gently, "I can hear him and Inko downstairs putting away whatever they bought...sounds like a lot too."

Izuku sighed as he rested his head against the cool countertop of the kitchen when there was room, of course as he let his arms hang limply at his side. Turns out that even with a blessing from a divine crystal and working out every day, one can still lose all feeling in his arms after carrying about twenty bags of groceries and other household supplies for about three hours.

Inko was humming a tune as she was unpacking everything, which wasn't hard for her to do given her quirk and just how organized she was. Despite the lateness of the train delay, Inko obviously had a wonderful time spending it with Izuku and was happy to see that Tenya had somehow gotten everyone upstairs to their rooms for a quiet last hour or so before lights out.

Now it was just her and Izuku downstairs, after convincing the strict class president to leave her and her son to finish the rest.

However, her humming was interrupted when she heard the sounds of the elevator door opening and turned her head towards whoever had just gotten off, only to gasp, "Oh! Hello ladies, what are you doing up so late?"

Izuku had turned his head and lifted it up when he saw Tsuyu, Mina, Kyoka, and Momo walk towards him. Mina was unsurprisingly peppy still as she smiled at Izuku before turning to Inko, "Hey Mamadoriya! Can we talk to Izuku privately for a little bit?"

"Of course, dear, but make it quick as it's late already." Inko smiled as Mina quickly went to grab Izuku's arm and shockingly pulled him off of the chair he was in and began to lead him down the hallway towards the laundry room, the other three bowing their heads in thanks and quickly followed after the pink and green-haired pair.

Inko giggled as she watched her son stammer and blush at the way Mina had dragged him off, then to be followed by the other three girls. She began to hum another tune as she went back to work, thoughts of little feet running around echoing in her mind.

Izuku was leaning against one of the dryers as the last one of his closest friends came into the laundry room and watched as Tsuyu locked the door behind her. He raised an eyebrow at this and the rest of them as he pushed himself off to stand back up, "So… um… w-what's up?"

None of the girls had answered at first, which further confused the boy until Tsuyu took a calming breath and took a few steps forward before suddenly hugging him tightly. Izuku blushed and sputtered, though returned the hug all the same as she looked up at him, "I couldn't really do this earlier, or when you first woke up."

"O-Oh, well, thanks Ts-MMPH?!" Izuku had begun to chuckle weakly before he was interrupted by one of her hands reaching up behind his head while he talked and pulled him down and smashed their lips together.

As Tsuyu kept their lips connected, Izuku's eyes slowly began to close. He was slowly losing whatever willpower he had from not thoroughly enjoying the kiss until a clearing of a throat had his eyes shot open to look up and see the other THREE girls staring at them.

Feeling Izuku regain some of his composure again, Tsuyu slowly broke the kiss and subtly licked her lips as she let go of him and walked back towards the other three, hips swaying. Izuku was barely able to make a single word as Momo had come up to him next, though her face was emotionless as she spoke, "Just breath, Izuku… no one is upset with you about this."

"O-oh… um… O.k. that's-MMPH?!" Izuku was once again interrupted by another deep kiss, but this time by the beautiful Momo, who had gently grabbed both sides of his face and pulled him into the passionate embrace. He could feel her lips shifting to massage his own, and he slowly began to reciprocate with his own lips following suit. However, this was short-lived as Momo gently pulled away and smiled gently at him, her cheeks bright with a soft pink.

"Oi, don't hog him," Kyoka said right beside the two as Momo giggled gently and let Izuku go to be suddenly pulled down into a kiss by the punk rocker. Izuku's mind at this point was pretty frazzled as he felt the metallic ends of Kyoka's jacks slowly trial up and down the back of his neck as she slowly pulled from the kiss. She wasn't smiling, but he could see the joy in her eyes from having done the act.

Kyoka pulled away silently to join with Tsuyu and Momo, the latter recovering from her kiss with Izuku as the green-haired boy slowly looked up at the last one. Mina.

The pink-skinned girl was smiling brightly, her black sclera eyes half-open before she suddenly dashed towards Izuku and leaped up. Izuku, despite losing about half of his current thinking processes, was quick to catch the girl in his arms with her legs wrapping around his waist and his hands holding her up by her ass. Mina purred as she suddenly pressed her lips hard against Izuku's own and groaned in delight as she did so.

Izuku, by this point, had just accepted his 'fate' now, returning the kiss with as equal of passion as Mina was giving to him. He grunted low in his throat as his hands gripped her ass, which he found very soft yet firm.

When the grunt that came out of Izuku was heard, he could feel Mina shiver in delight. Slowly she pulled back from their liplock, only to lightly bite and pull his bottom lip before letting go. At this point, Izuku was panting for air as he still held up the 'alien' girl in his arms, both gazing into one another eyes with soft smiles as she, too, was panting a little as well.

"Kero, I should have thought to do that."

Oh right, the rest of his friends were there with him and just all kissed/made out with him.

Before he could retort or say anything, he watched as Mina shifted her body around in his arms slightly to look back at the others and blurted out, "You were totally right Tsu, he DOES taste like cinnamon!"

- Izuku .exe has stopped working-

Turning back around and seeing the figurative 'blue screen' within Izuku's eyes. Mina chuckled gently as she slowly began to move down off of his body. Despite not being fully 'rebooted' yet, Izuku was able to help her get back onto her feet, where she skipped back to the rest of the girls, giggling as she did.

It took Izuku about three minutes to come back to his senses and, with a terribly confused look, while also sporting a deep blush, tried to ask for an explanation as to why they all did that.

He never got one, however, as the tone of the room slowly went somber. Momo looked directly at him, locking her eyes with his as she spoke, "Izuku, we will explain… all that… in a moment, but right now… we have a critical question to ask you."

"H-huh? O-Oh s-sure… w-what is it?"

He watched as the vice president of the class looked to the other girls as if to get some sort of confirmation before she looked back to him and took a deep breath, "Izuku… Are you a 'Warrior of Light'?"

Izuku's eyes shot open at the question, a cold sweat ran down the side of his face as he was staring directly at Momo. There was only one thought running through his mind as he felt the expectant stares of everyone in the room.

Oh no.

[Earlier, while the trains were delayed]

Run!

Run!

Keep away from the bad man!

Those were the thoughts of the small child running and weaving through the alleyways of the tall buildings as fast as her little feet could take her. She was crying as she ran due to how sharp the stones and debris on the ground were hurting her bare feet.

Her dirtied white smock of a dress billowed against her tiny frame as the ends of the bandages on her arms and legs were flowing behind her along with her snow-white hair. As she kept zipping around various corners, hoping that she could keep far away from the mean man that was put in charge of her today.

She couldn't go back.

Not to the birdmen.

Especially not to Kai.

She turned her head to look backward, to see if she was able to lose her pursuer, but ended up tripping over something and tumbled down to the hard cement ground, crying out in pain. She sniffled and began to cry through her clenched eyes when she felt something brush up against her finger.

Slowly opening up her ruby-like irises, the tiny girl came upon the prettiest stone she had ever seen! It was long, with many sides to it that led up to points at the supposed top and bottom of the strange object. It was partially see-through, though the child could see that it was green in coloration. Slowly, she reached out and took it into her small hand, sitting up onto her knees and held it up to her face to get a better look at it.

It was strange, as she held it with both of her hands; she thought it was giving off a warmth of some kind as if she was being hugged by a much bigger person than her. It was a foreign feeling, as she had not felt such a thing in a long time. It reminded her of a much happier time, where she still had a proper home, it reminded her of-

"Errri…. Where are you?"

Eri snapped out of the trip through her memories and, with the stone in hand, quickly dashed towards a pile of garbage and refuse, burying herself under the smelly junk as a rather large man rounded the corner not far from her.

"Alright brat, where the hell did you go?" spoke the very crude-sounding man as he scratched his head, looking up and down the alleyway. The small girl whimpered and clasped the stone tighter in her hands, muttering silently for the big man to go away.

Said big man noticed the trail of bandages leading up to a pile of garbage, and he smirked a devilish smile as his voice got more whimsical, "Now, where, oh where can little Eri be? She knows how Chisaki hates it when she tries to run away from his 'care'."

Eri could hear the man's footsteps get closer and closer, and she was desperately holding onto the stone and now wishing she could just escape the bad man. As she heard the echoing sounds of the man's shoes on the cement end right in front of her, the tiny girl clenched her eyes tightly, crying and whimpering, but failing to notice the stone within her grasp slowly begin to glow.

The large man chuckled darkly as his two big hands reached out and grabbed two of the larger trash bags, and with no effort to the task, flung them to the side, "GOT YO- Wait, what?"

He looked around, and sure enough, no little girl was waiting underneath the trash bags as he leaned back up and scratched his head in worry, "Oh.. the boss isn't going to like this…."

Silence, that's all Eri was hearing now.

Not the sounds of passing machines, nor the voice of her pursuer. She didn't even smell the putrid stench of the garbage she was hiding underneath. Slowly, she began to open her eyes, and as she did, she gasped loudly in pure awe at what she had seen.

Floating in front and slightly above her was a massive stone, similar to the one she held in her hand. But, unlike the green hue her's had, this one was bright blue and had rotating golden rings floating around it in such a pretty display that Eri was sure she was dreaming.

Slowly she began to pick herself up and slowly took in the rest of her surroundings. It was a dark place, only being lit up by the massive stone in the dead center of the very rocky area. She could see tiny openings embedded in the wall, and as she stood up on her very sore feet, she very gently called out.

"H-Hello?"

"Kupo! Hello!"

Eri shrieked and whipped around to find an adorable-looking creature floating in front of her; it was such an odd little thing that looked like no animal she saw before, which wasn't many. It tilted his head and gently floated towards her, not even moving away when she flinched as it moved up and down and was looking her over.

"What's your name?"

"M-My name?"

"Yea, kupo!" it squealed in joy, "Everyone has a name! Mine is Mogal!"

Eri looked at the strange creature, still wary of it as she held the stone in her hand closer to her, "M-My name is Eri…."

"Eri? That's a beautiful name, Eri!" Mogal began to float and dance around her, not noticing or caring about the strange look the girl was giving it, "I don't know how you got to Moghome, but let me be the first to welcome you to the home of the Moogles, kupo!"

"M-Moogles? What's a 'Moogle'?"

"What's a Moogle? Well, I'm a Moogle! And this is my home with the rest of my friends and family!" It squeaked and floated in front of her, "It's almost time for dinner, but I can't bring you to it, sadly."

"Oh? D-did I do something bad?" Eri asked with a bit of sadness in her voice, it was often when she didn't do as Kai asked that she wouldn't be fed any sort of meals, and any one of his bad men that did try and feed her were never seen again.

"What? Oh, no-no-no! It's just that it would be hard to get to since you would need to fly ALLLL the way up to the surface, kupo." The Moogle said as he seen the little girl get upset, which really seemed to upset him even more, "But I can take you to my room, and I got some tasty apples you can munch on!"

Eri tilted her head gently, blinking at the creature, "Apples?"

"Mhmm, it's a super tasty and sweet fruit! Moogles LOOOVE apples! And I know a fun way for you to get there and not walk on your sore-looking feet!"

Eri looked in confusion but slowly nodded her head in agreement. After all, her feet were pretty sore. Mogal let out a delighted cheer of "Kupo" and did a little airborne dance around the child, who merely watched the creature mutter out a weird phrased before exclaiming, "Moogle Magic: Float!"

Eri gasped as she suddenly felt her body raise up slightly, and she slowly began to somersault in the air. Mogal cheered before zipping close and gently placing his tiny paw on her shoulder to stop her from flipping upside down, "See? Super fun, right?"

All it got in response was a gentle nod of her head as Mogal held out a tiny paw to her, "I'll bring us to my room, and you can rest on my bed until your feet stop hurting, and while you have some apples, I can tell you about the Warrior of Light! Mmk?"

"The Warrior of Light?" Eri asked, slowly but gently taking the hand/paw of the Moogle as it began to steer the both of them towards its tiny home, all the while Eri kept a firm grasp of the stone in her hand, and the loving warmth it seemed to be giving off.