Oh boy, we got a two-parter coming up!
I honestly wanted to get to the special heroics class that was teased during the last chapter, but felt that this certain little event should be dealt with before then.
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Here are this chapter's review replies (FFN):
fallendemon248: Well, wait no longer, here comes a new chapter!
Silvanium: Yep, honestly while I have issues with the other ships when it comes to Aizawa, I feel like since the always tired teacher loves to pull "logical ruses", he would have Emi's help to pull not only the ultimate prank (her constantly asking him out, and his response of no.), but also be married to the woman!
And yes, that IS a scary thought, isn't it?
PMC-Midnight Mariners: How Nezu became Great King Moogle Mog will be talked about later, so can't go into too much detail. And when it comes to OFA, I have stated before that it is not going to work as intended like it does with canon, but it will have an effect on Izuku.
Anime Fan13579: While a teleportation quirk would be very hard to handle, if one were to catch the user and slap "anti-quirk cuffs" on them, that would be the most ideal.
And Lalafells don't have tails... are you referring to the Miqo'te and/or Au Ra?
dragun85: Thank you! I honestly didn't know that and there are times where I have done it multiple times in a row, usually when Izuku gets stupid flustered.
Enjoy the chapter and A/N after the story!
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Chapter 28
Along came a Unicorn - Part 1
Momo groaned gently as the alarm clock on her nightstand blared to life; the electronic screeching it was causing abruptly stopped when the creation user made a hammer to smash the device to pieces. Raising her head up from her fluffy pillow to see the damage she had caused, Momo huffed and mentally scolded herself for destroying yet another alarm clock that she would have to make before going to bed later tonight.
Suffice it to say, Momo was NOT a morning person.
Yawning gently, the heiress slowly rose up from her bed, stretching with an audible moan as she moved some of her hair out of her face afterward, sleepily looking towards the clock on the far side of the room (and away from her morning wrath) and saw that the current time was 5:15 am.
Momo's mind had to think for a few minutes to remind herself why she was waking up at this ungodly hour before her rebooted brain gave her the answer and reminded her it was Wednesday, which brought a bright smile upon her lips.
It was 'gardening' day.
Momo quickly tossed off the covers of her large bed and slipped off her thin red silk nightwear to hastily toss on a baggy green shirt and pajama pants without any more time to waste. Once her red slippers were on her feet, she made a hurried dash towards the elevators, not wanting to miss out on the half an hour of 'bliss' awaiting her.
"You were almost late, kero." Tsuyu spoke quietly as her head turned towards the elevators to see the class vice-president shuffled her way towards the frog girl sitting at the dinner table with two cups of tea poured and ready. Tsuyu's gaze looked back out towards the large glass door leading outside as Momo sat beside her classmate.
"Sorry, I'm still recovering from that heroics class we had on Monday. Did I miss anything?"
"No, kero. He just started using the gardening hoe to take out some weeds." The green-haired girl said as she took a quiet sip of her tea, as both she and Momo's gazes turned towards the sight of a currently shirtless Izuku, working the soil of the class garden and was focusing around a bunch of odd green plants that looked like lettuce. The boy's back was turned towards the girls as his muscles flexed and tensed with each strike.
Momo sighed happily as she took a sip of her tea and continued to enjoy the 'sight', "I'm shocked he hasn't found us yet; this has been… what, the third time we are doing this."
"You know how his mind works when he's focused on something; it's hard for him to notice anything else, kero." Tsuyu said as she sighed, almost dreamily, when she watched Izuku straighten his back and wipe his brow with his arm, his arms flexing as he did so.
Momo smiled at the reaction between her and the movements of Izuku, silently giggling at the charming and adorable nature of Tsuyu fawning over the boy when something caught her eye, "He's doing it again."
"You noticed it too, kero?" Tsuyu asked, both girls now watching as Izuku had suddenly stopped and looked out to a random place, frowning intently as if he was looking for something, "He's been doing that for a while now, kero, even more so over the last week or so after that time that he and Inko got held up while out for supplies."
"I have asked him what was causing him to suddenly stop everything and look out to some random direction, and all he has told me is that it's like something is 'tugging' his mind to something."
"Hmm… could it be another kit?" Tsuyu asked with a tilt of her head and her finger upon her chin in thought, while Momo was thinking about it as well. It sounded like something similar to when Izuku would focus upon someone or something to unlock one of the kits, from what he had told them and explained how they worked, but for whatever reason, the 'tug' he felt would let go. He would not be able to feel such a thing until another one surfaced later on.
"It's doubtful, but given the nature of this 'blessing' of his… it's hard to tell." Momo finally spoke up, and just as the two were about to continue their conversation, Tsuyu's phone started to vibrate at the time of 5:55 am flashing brightly on the screen.
"Well, kero, times up sadly…." Tsuyu said with a sigh before looking out at Izuku, starting to pack up the gardening tools outside, bent down and unknowingly giving the two girls a fantastic view of his ass in shorts.
Tsuyu croaked low and huskily at the view. At the same time, Momo smiled and had a slight blush on her cheeks as, after snapping out of their rather lewd thoughts, they quickly cleaned up their teacups and made a dash towards the elevator.
Once inside, Momo frowned slightly at a rather disturbing thought, "You know, is this... wrong? I mean, Izuku defended us when Mineta tried to peek at us in the locker room. Isn't this basically the reverse?"
With her finger on her chin, Tsuyu looked up to the ravenette with her ever stoic gaze, "Kero, admittedly it's something similar since we are basically spying on him without Izuku knowing we are there. But at the same time, he is outside in a public setting, and it's not like he wouldn't mind if it was us, kero, at least I'd hope so."
The door of the elevator opened with a gentle ding as Tsuyu walked off it, looking back at Momo, "Besides, it's not like he hasn't checked us out before as well. I've caught him looking down my shirt a few times given his height compared to mine, kero." The frog girl turned her head and began to walk off, though Momo heard her say one last thing before the door closed that caught the heiress's attention and made her giggle gently.
"Besides, kero, it helps that I have been wearing tops that are looser around the collar."
If there was one thing Nezu loved more than anything, aside from a fresh batch of tea in the morning, it was coming across interesting people.
And the single-horned little girl who was looking around his office with such curiosity and wonder definitely fit the criteria of an 'interesting' person. As he listened to Noxel, telling the story of how the human child had ended up in Moghome and her care up until she and the elder Moogle had arrived in his office. Nezu was sitting back, nursing a cup of tea as the Moogle finished his tale.
"-And that is all that we know, from what little she has told to Mogal and myself, or at least, from what we can understand of her tale." Noxel said before bowing his head to the dean, who at this point was just watching Eri look about the room more, that is, until the object in her hand shone brightly for a moment. The little girl suddenly turned her head towards the door that led out into the school, staring at it for a few moments before the light in her hand dimmed. She blinked and turned back towards the dean, albeit a little sheepishly.
Nezu looked to the elder Moogle, nodding his head in thanks before he spoke, "Noxel, could you get our young guest a drink? I'm sure she is probably a little parched." His gaze fell upon the little girl, who flinched at the sudden attention, but the dean merely kept smiling warmly at her, "Is there anything you would like to drink, Ms. Eri?"
Eri merely tilted her head in confusion; aside from the Moogles asking for her opinion, the strange furry creature before her now was asking for it once again. Kai and the bad bird men would never ask, but the Moogles seemed to trust the strange creature before her, and they were friendly with her, so she softly spoke one word, "A-apples."
Nezu was now the one to tilt his head before chuckling very gently, "Of course, I believe I have some fresh apple juice in my mini-fridge." Nezu had pointed towards it, looking to Noxel, "Noxel, would you mind getting Eri some apple juice?"
As the elder Moogle gave a bow to Nezu, the dean kept his gaze on Eri, still smiling as he spoke gently and as non-threatening as he had been, "I see you are carrying a rather unique object in your hands, Eri-Oh! Don't worry, I have no reason to take it from you." Nezu spoke up suddenly when the small child held the item tightly to her body in fear of her losing it, "I just wish to take a look at it, to confirm a suspicion of mine."
Eri didn't quite understand what Nezu was talking about. Still, after a few minutes, she gently held out the item towards the dean, who leaned forward to get a good look at it with his hands behind his back, "Ah, excellent! Just what I thought it was." His beady gaze slowly returned to Eri's, who pulled the object back to her, "Eri, do you know what you have been holding in your hand?"
"A.. cris-tall?"
"Excellent, Eri. Yes, it is called a crystal… and quite a special one at that, do you know why?"
Eri began to look around in worry, keeping her gaze away from him until she felt the gentle warmth coming from the crystal in her hand that enveloped her like the warm hug she had felt often since her daring escape from the alleyway. Her irises came upon Nezu's beady eyes as she wiggled in her seat gently and began to speak in a soft, almost whisper-like tone of voice, "I-it belongs to... the green boy… someone who will protect me from the bad men."
"And who told you this, Eri?"
Once again, Eri hesitated for a few moments, clutching the crystal close to her body, and then continued to speak, "T-the bright lady… she told me that the green boy would protect me… and give me lots of hugs and take care of me like a papa would."
By this time, Noxel had finally returned and handed Eri a small cup full of juice, which was perfect since she had grabbed it with a single hand due to still holding the crystal tightly with the other. Nezu was watching her as she took a small sip of the juice, almost cackling at how cute her eyes widened and just down the contents in a few quick gulps, but of course, he restrained himself before he spoke, "Well, Noxel and I need to speak about a couple things in private Eri, we will be but a moment." said Nezu as Noxel had poured another cup of juice for Eri, downing the drink once again as both the dean and the Moogle Elder stepped out of the office.
Finishing her juice, Eri slowly looked around the room after a few minutes of being left alone. The young child shivered gently as it was not a pleasant feeling to her, and she slowly climbed out of the chair she was sitting in and slowly walked over to the door that both creatures had left.
She slowly opened the door to find that the waiting room she and Noxel had appeared in was strangely vacant. Eri tilted her in confusion as she slowly took a few steps out from the office, "H-Hello?... Mr. Moogle?... Mr. Bear?" Eri called out gently but was only met with silence. She started to get worried and continued to walk out into the middle of the room. Was she alone again? Did the nice people abandon her after all, and now Kai would come and get her? Eri slowly began to shiver and tear up while clutching her hands close to her chest, holding the crystal tightly as she sniffed harshly.
Eri gasped as she felt the warmth of the crystal once again envelop her body, calming her down as she stared directly into the crystal that was brightening and dimming her in hand. She stayed like this for a few moments before blinking and looking up towards the door that led out in the halls of the University, walking towards the exit slowly and gently opening it, peeking out to make sure no one was walking within the halls before quietly slipping out.
After a few moments had passed, Both Noxel and Nezu suddenly appeared in the waiting room, with the dean returning to his office. At the same time, Noxel kept staring at the door that Eri had exited out of before turning and following the other being into the room they had previously left, "My King, is it wise to let a small child wander the halls unattended?"
"Indeed, " Nezu said as he flicked on a security monitor that revealed Eri ducking and weaving in the various halls, stopping only at any crossways and lifting the crystal up and moving it back and forth before continuing on, "Despite keeping an eye on her with my cameras, I doubt 'She' will allow anyone to stop the child from completing her task."
"To return the crystal to the Warrior of Light?"
"That, but I also believe Hydaelyn has some other plans in the works for Eri; you noticed it too, didn't you?" Nezu asked, looking at the Elder who sat down in the chair that had the child in it previously.
"I did, despite the aether that resides in the food and vegetation here on the campus grounds that she, as well as the students and staff here consume, I felt the small traces of aether within her body that were more… 'native' to this planet more than anything else we have encountered… Do you think-?"
"A mere hypothesis at this time." Nezu interrupted, watching Eri make her up some stairs, taking it one step at a time while using her free hand on the guardrail to help her up, "But, if what I think is true, then Eri is the first of many young people to be born naturally with aether in their bodies, which means everything is starting to fall in place."
"Most excellent news, your Majesty!" Noxel exclaimed, puffing up proudly at the fact that the plan from all those years ago may have worked, but his excitement soon grew cold as he spoke, "And what of this Kai and the 'birdmen' the child spoke of? Shall we rally the Mooglesguard and deal with them?"
"Not as of yet; while I would like nothing more to deal with these monsters that would experiment on a child, we still have no idea as to why they were doing such atrocious acts, nor do we have any solid leads as to where they are." Nezu continued to watch as Eri slowly approached the humongous doors that lead into the classroom of 1-A, his paws together and his chin resting on them, "I will send the information to any of the local agencies, and if nothing shows up, I'll send them to the larger ones, someone must have information to whomever this Kai is, and when we have the information we need…."
Nezu was quiet for a moment, the ever-present smile still upon his lips, but a rather sinister aura encompassing the dean as well as Noxel, who puffed up in pure rage as well, "Not only will they feel the might of the Warrior of Light descend upon them but also the wrath of the Moogles."
"To think that the heroes of old would resort to such things." Tokoyami said as he placed the textbook down on his desk, his sharpened eyes squinting at the text he was reading regarding how criminals were "dealt" with before the existence of the current laws set in place. It was an in-class group work given to the students by Midnight, who watched over them like a hawk considering that she was the one to make up the groups. One such group consisted of Izuku, Tokoyami, Kirishima, Shoji, and Toru.
"It's totally unmanly, but given how quirk inhibitors weren't even a thing back then, it kinda makes sense." Kirishima spoke up, thumbing through his own textbook, "Hey Midori-bro, you're the resident hero expert; what's your take on this?" The red-head hero in training looked up to see Izuku staring off towards the door of the classroom, his eyes sharpened and looked to be deep in his thoughts, "Midori-bro?"
Sitting beside Izuku was Toru, who had moved a hand up to wave in front of his face, which didn't seem to phase him one bit, "He must be really out of it, I have seen people snap out of it when someone waves their hand in front of the person's face."
The three other boys in the group gave Toru a deadpan look, as well as Dark Shadow, who had popped out from underTokoyami's shirt to hear the invisible girl's declaration and swift smacked its forehead with a groan. Toru, or her clothing on the other hand, shifted as if she was quickly looking around to her other group members in confusion.
Shoji, one of the "gentle giants" of the class, sighed heavily, bringing up two of his arms and snapped his fingers in front of Izuku's face, causing the boy to flinch and nearly jump out of his seat, "W-what? Is something wrong?"
"You were staring out into space, Midoriya." Shoji said as the others in the group nodded their heads (well, Toru's was made easier to see with a hairpin in her hair to show she was shaking her head.), "I hope this topic is not boring you in such a way."
"W-What?!" Izuku's cheeks reddened in embarrassment, the green-haired boy shaking his head, "N-no! It's not that… just… something caught my attention is all."
"Is it another part of your quirk activating?" Kirishima asked as the others leaned their heads in to keep quiet, not wanting their teacher to overhear them discussing something other than their project. It was well known amongst the student body that Midnight, while usually one of the calmer teachers, would often discipline any students who were not properly doing their work… rumors had stated that there were even some restraining orders put in place because of such actions, though no one could prove it.
Izuku gently shook his head, "I-I don't think so… there is the pull I normally get, sure… But this feels different like I'm supposed to… I don't know; it feels like it's trying to lead me somewhere?"
The others merely stared at him for a few moments, silent as they were processing this. It was no secret that Izuku's "quirk" was strange, but the way it sometimes acted just made no sense in the plainest of terms to most of his class. Tokoyami finally spoke up to break the silence by pretty much summing up everyone's feelings and thoughts about this.
"Revelry in the dark…."
"Alright, class!" Midnight suddenly spoke up, getting everyone's attention, "you have about five more minutes to discuss your topics amongst yourselves, then you will elect someone to present your findings, and we will continue our discussion on-"
The class grew suddenly quiet as the door leading to the hallway opened up, revealing the small white-haired child meekly stepping into the classroom. Her ruby eyes darted left and right to take in everyone that was staring at her in silence.
Eri brought her hands close to her chest, slowly stepping into the room with only the sounds of her bare feet echoing in the room as she looked at all the "big" people. A few of them looked scary to her, one of the blond ones was frowning at her like the bad men, and as she tentatively took a few more steps in, she did her best to sort of keep a fair distance away from him.
"Hello there." came a feminine voice that made Eri flinch and take a few steps back, looking upon the woman before her with very long dark purple hair who had knelt down to be sort of at an eye level with her, giving her a relatively warm smile as she spoke, "We normally don't have little ones wandering into the classrooms. What's your name, pumpkin?"
Eri didn't respond to her, looking more terrified as she clutched the crystal in her hand more tightly to her chest, whimpering gently. As the child was about to burst out into tears of fear, the crystal shone brightly, the feeling of warmth and safety blossoming around her body as she looked away from the lady who was speaking at her. Eri let out a small gasp, and her eyes widened in wonder as she gazed upon one of the people in the room that was looking at her; Eri instantly recognized him as the one the "bright lady" had described to her.
"Oh my god, she's so adorable!" Toru cooed gently in a whisper and was vibrating in her seat. However, she had not noticed that Izuku had slowly risen from his chair and slowly made his way towards the front of the class. Thankfully, the others had, and Kirishima was the first to call out to him, though quietly so as not to spook the obviously nervous girl.
"Midori-bro?"
Izuku had answered the call, and everyone watched as a rather expressionless faced Izuku stood before the child, both of their gazes not leaving the others as he very slowly knelt down to the ground before her. Once he was at least eye level with Eri, Izuku's lips slowly curled into a tiny smile, and he spoke to her in a very soft tone of voice, "Hi there, my name is Izuku… What's your name?"
Everyone watched on in silence as the little girl was fidgeting a little with her hands. It took her a few moments, but eventually, a very airy voice escaped past her lips, "E-Eri…."
"That's a beautiful name you have, Eri…." Izuku smiled at her fully, causing a little gasp to escape the child's lips as Izuku slowly held out his hand to her, "It looks like you had some problems, Eri.. and I want to help you if you let me."
Another few moments passed as the class and teachers watched as the mysterious girl named Eri slowly began to tear up, dashing forward towards the boy who had just offered his help to her and leaped up at him, her tiny, bandaged arms wrapping themselves around his midsection and nearly knocking Izuku onto his butt.
However, once Eri had contacted Izuku, the crystal in her hand suddenly shone brightly with light, blinding everyone in the room before dissipating just as suddenly as it happened. And once the class and their teacher's sight returned to them, all looked towards where the small child had basically tackled Izuku, only to find that neither of them was there.
Within a minute or so of realizing this, the classroom soon erupted into pure chaos.
Izuku groaned as he lifted a hand up to his head, rubbing the side of it to try and relieve some of the pain of the headache he was now dealing with while also trying to raise himself off of his back. However, he stopped as he felt a weight on his chest and looked down to see the snow-white hair of Eri resting upon him, her tiny horn poking out between the strands of her hair as his eyes shot open.
Carefully, he shifted her body a little to allow himself to lift his upper body up and hold her close, and moving some hair out of her face, he saw the child wince and frown with her eyes closed, before nuzzling more into his chest and breathing deeply with her tiny hands closed and pulled into her body. Izuku sighed in relief before smiling gently at the little girl in his arms.
Out of the corner of his eye, a small light whizzed by that caught his attention, and Izuku had finally realized that he was no longer in his classroom. He frowned as he slowly shifted his weight to stand up while also holding Eri close to him as she still slept in his arms. Izuku slowly began to take in the scene around him, looking left and right, up and down to see the vast emptiness of space with hundreds upon thousands of stars.
Wait, the vast emptiness of space?
Izuku's frown soon shifted to one of shock as he realized where exactly he and Eri were. It had nearly been a year, but he remembered this place quite often as this was the same field of stars that had first awakened his blessing and basically caused all the craziness of his life to occur up until this point.
A loud sound of what could be described as a piece of glass hitting metal caused Izuku to turn around entirely, and he gasped loudly in pure awe and wonder at the sight before him.
Before the hero student, with a child in his arms, was a ginormous crystal, looking to be about a mile a few kilometers wide. In contrast, the very tip of the crystalline looked to be taller than several of the skyscrapers within Tokyo's main downtown combined, which made the boy tilt his head all the way up and still couldn't even see the top. Izuku had also noticed the significantly smaller crystals floating around the larger one, with tiny balls of light zipping around like fireflies during the summer months.
Just as Izuku was beginning to look down and figure out however he even got here while also trying to find a way back to UA, a bright light shone in front of him that caused him to wince slightly. Once the light had vanished, Izuku came face to face with a woman standing in front of him.
Slowly opening her eyes with pure white irises, Izuku's mouth was agape as he took in the mysterious person's features. Her long, flowing, pure white gown billowed in a non-existent breeze, while her skin was as white as porcelain, and her hair just as white as Eri's.
Izuku remained silent as the expressionless face of the woman smiled brightly at him. However, it had the look of pure elegance and divinity that matched her voice as she spoke.
"Izuku Midoriya, warrior of light, I am Hydaelyn… and welcome to my realm."
The More You Know: Final Fantasy XIV
Moogles: A endearing, yet enigmatic race of fluffy creatures. Moogles would normally avoid contact with the affairs of mankind and keep to themselves within their underground home of Moghome. Young Moogles often have a verbal tic until they are old enough to realize and stop it, the "tic" is basically having the word "Kupo" in their speech. The poms on their heads are very delicate and sensitive. Despite looking cute and very innocent, Moogles are powerful beings of magic and even one could cause mass destruction should someone gain their ire. How and when they arrived on Earth is still a mystery.
Mooglesguard: Fiercely loyal and powerful Moogles, the Mooglesguard are the personal retinue of Great King Moggle Mog. They normally are seen guarding the throne of the Great King but are very hard to spot as their magic is more potent than the typical Moogle. It is said that long ago, a group of Moogleguards went rogue and had summoned an avatar of the original Great King to defeat the Warrior of Light.
Great King Moggle Mog XVI: It is said that once every generation, a single Moogle within a colony will be chosen to raise up the ranks and become the next King, moving to a new territory and setting up a new settlement for the Moogles. Great Kings are the most powerful Moogles in existence, able to destroy whole planets if they wished. Despite his current appearance, Dean Nezu is the current Great King Moggle Mog the 16th, however, it is unclear as to how he ended up in his current form. Still, the citizens of Moghome will obey him without question.