Wow, hello all!

So, yea, had a bit of a rough week and a half there, it got to the point that either I was running into a writer's block, but also puppy-sitting as my families youngest got neutered and had to be constantly watched, so sorry for the very lat update!

Anyway, no "FFXIV Tibbits" this week, as I'm too brain dead from the weather.

Onto the Reviews:

Firem78910: Eri is not going to be getting any sort of powers! faaaar too young for that.

PMC-Midnight Mariners: Kyoka and Mina like their sleep, plus the more people that see this, the more chances that Izuku would find out and not do it anymore... so the two of them are going to keep the wraps on it. For the crafting/gathering jobs of the game, since they didn't have soul stones, it would be hard for Izuku to have them, however, certain jobs will have the knowledge gained from them as they pertain the best to them (i.e. Mechanist will have Mining/Blacksmithing/Carpentry.)

the aether of the world will be explained later on, and some of those questions may get answered, you'll just have to read on to find out.

fallendemon248: Eri's quirk wouldn't really fit with any of the known battle jobs of the game, so sadly no. And while she doesn't know who "Mama" is, she will find out who "GRANDMA" is!

harashien: All protection for the cutest unicorn!

Silvanium: If your referring to the crystal, then technically it's Izuku's crystal that labels him as a "Warrior of Light". But who knows if the power of her quirk is effected or not :3

Maaaybe not Alpha or Omega, but a certain Fairy King and Father of Dragons may make an appearence.

AnimeFan13579: His reign shall be swift and mericliess for he is the Great King Nezu! And you obviously hug the unicorn.

As for the quirk cancelling cuffs, I know it's a fan thing, but they are so hard to pass up, as well as being the "pivotal" reason why there are laws in place to not kill villains.

And I completely forgot about Lala from To-Love Ru tbh, so that's my bad.

LordZarcon: Well, hopefully you read further and got your answer?

aliestrikehero: Eeeeh... considering there are no "elements" to speak with, as the Earth doesn't have the sufficant mana to sport them, I'd rather not being in the them into the nonsense.

Anonymous: Thank you for the kind comments, I can't wait for the other dates myself, and hope I do them justice as I did for Tsuyu's.

As for your question my top 4 are 1. Tsuyu/Mina 3. Momo 4. Kyoka.

For butts? I'd say a tie between both Tsuyu and Momo, due to the foods Momo eats as well as how developed Tsuyu's legs are because of her quirk.

Mina is a close second.

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 29

Along came a Unicorn - Part 2

"Whew, I'm beat!" shouted Kaminari as he strode into the 1-A dormitories, followed by Mineta and Sero, who looked just as tired as he was, "Man, I was expecting coming to a hero school to be different from regular universities, but nothing like this."

"What do you mean?" asked Sero, who was walking beside him with his hands behind his head.

"I mean, there was the USJ crap for one." The electric user said while raising his hand, with a single finger extended, before continuing on, "and don't get me started on whatever logic Midoriya's quirk runs on, rather not blow a fuse right now."

"Oof, that's a good point. And now some little kid shows up and just teleports him away! Seriously, the guy is a trouble magnet." Sero chuckled lightly, though admittedly, the other two boys knew there was some truth to what he said.

"More like a chick magnet!" Mineta whined, "How the heck is he so popular with the ladies?! He barely can talk to any of them most of the time!"

"Well, let's see… outside of not having a one-track mind." Sero spoke up, looking down at his diminutive classmate, "He's smart, strong, has a pretty flashy quirk, treats everyone with respect; even Bakugo to some degree, who I swear they both have some kind of "hate boner" for one another."

"Maybe they know one another before coming to UA?" asked Kaminari, "I mean, Ms. Midoriya seems to know Bakugo pretty well, and she's the only adult that he usually does his best not to piss off or even mouth off to as well."

"Maybe, regardless, Midoriya's a pretty great guy, dude. If you clean up your act and try to be a decent guy as well, I'm sure you'll find at least one girl to give you the light of day. Even take a few pages out of Midoriya's 'playbook' if that helps."

"His playbook? You mean one of those notebooks he has may contain ways to pick up women?!"

"What? No! This is Midoriya we are talking about; of course, he doesn't!" Sero sighed heavily, "Look, what I mean is, you saw how he acts around the girls, right?" Mineta nodded quickly, with such speeds that would even make Tenya jealous, "Try and emulate that but put your own twist on it... Don't pretend to be him because that would be creepy as all hell."

"You know if I didn't know better… I'd say this was from first-hand experience." Kaminari spoke with a mischievous look on his face that caused the tape user to chuckled nervously.

"M-Maybe? I mean… it did help me out get a coffee date with one of the general studies girls."

"TRAITOR!" Mineta shrieked loudly before Kaminari smacked him upside the head, sending the small manchild straight to the floor face first.

"Let me ring up the others and check in on their statuses, it's getting late, and maybe we can order a few pizzas or something. Don't think anyone wants to cook tonight, and I doubt Ms. Midoriya would be up for it either."

Raising his hand up to his ear, placing two fingers upon the small bluish pearl and began to speak softly into it. While he did agree that Midoriya's quirk was bonkers, he had to admit these 'linkpearls' were bloody fantastic!

It had taken him only a few moments, and with a big smile on his face, he turned back towards the other two boys, one of whom was groaning and complaining that his face hurt, "Alright, boyos! Everyone is on their way back, and we can decide on toppings once they get here! Now…" The blond-haired boy turned his gaze over to Sero, "You, good sir, are going into detail how you scored a date and help explain what you were talking about."

When Izuku had joked that both he and his mother had a second quirk that could literally flood buildings, Momo had thought that it was her crush being silly and poking fun at both of their expense.

How wrong she was when Inko found out about her son's disappearance from class.

Along with Tsu and Mina, she had opted to stay behind in searching for Izuku to console the grieving mother. Not that they couldn't be helpful, far from it, but someone had to stay behind and 'hold the fort' as it were, though the heiress was sure it wasn't about the tsunami of tears from one Inko Midoriya.

Momo was thankful that at this point, though late into the evening, Inko had reasonably calmed down and, while enjoying some tea with the three girls, had pulled out the one thing that she knew Izuku feared the most when it came to him and his female friends.

His mother had pulled out the photo albums.

"Oh my god! Bakugo looks so much like his mom!" Mina had cried out just as Momo returned, having stepped out of the "dorm manager's suite" to take the call on the linkpearl and not to upset Inko with another report of nothing. Gently, Momo moved to sit beside Mina, who was currently holding an older photo album with various pictures of a much younger Inko standing beside (while looking embarrassed) another girl who was the spitting image of a female Bakugo.

Momo covered her mouth to hold back a giggle at just the pure silliness of it, Tsuyu who was sitting on the other side of Mina, did her best not to giggle as well.

"Katsuki gets his attitude from her as well, though she isn't as bad. Often it was more of a deterrent from guys hitting on both of us while we were in high school. Granted, this also prevented us from actually talking with most boys our age at the time… she can be VERY overprotective." Inko said as she took a sip of her tea, watching as the girls slowly turned page after page of all those memories from long ago, "Admittedly, she was a bit of a delinquent, getting into fights though she never started them."

"Though there was this one boy who kept trying to speak with me, often getting tossed back by Mitsuki, and eventually he was able to sidestep around her and just before she tackled him to the ground and broke his nose, he asked me out on a date." Continued Inko with a bright, though saddened smile as the girls all gasped when coming across a picture of the younger version of the "dorm mother", arm in arm with a much taller young man with deep red skin, curly black and green hair that was strikingly similar to that of a certain missing student and chaotically placed freckles on his cheeks… as well as a decently sized bandage just under the bridge of his nose.

"I-Is that…?" Mina had begun to speak, totally flabbergasted that the man who she presumed to be Izuku's dad had a similar skin color change identical to hers.

"Yes, that's Izuku's father… my Hisashi," Inko spoke gently, looking into her teacup as if in deep thought or reminiscing about something in particular. The girls were quiet as they continued to look at the various photographs featuring the pair on multiple dates, eventually leading up to wedding photos. At this point, Inko had begun to tell some stories of the different things that she and her husband did before Izuku coming into their life, as well as the shenanigans of their wedding party and the infamous events that happened when some random party goer was trying to flirt with Mitsuki, and being really aggressive about it.

It got to the point where for the first time, the usually calm Masaru, who Inko revealed to be Bakugo's father and who had just started to date Mitsuki before the wedding, threw a punch and cold-clocked the party goer after the man had laid a hand on Mitsuki. Inko admitted that it was the first time she ever saw Mitsuki blush that hard, and after checking over his hand to make sure he wasn't injured, dragged Masaru somewhere and were not seen for the rest of the evening.

The three students giggled at the story, though sporting their own blushes at the implied scenario. And once they calmed down, Mina had turned the last page to show a somewhat pregnant Inko sitting on a park bench, "That was taken a couple of years after our wedding, both myself and Hisashi wanted to start our careers before we would have any children... " Inko got strangely quiet as she leaned back in her chair, "I was…three months pregnant with Izuku then."

"Wait…" Momo frowned and looked to both Mina and Tsuyu, who looked to the heiress in as Momo looked to Inko with a puzzled look, "The corner of the photo has the time date of March stamped on it… but Izuku's Birthday is July 15th."

All three girls now looked at Inko; the smile on her lips had a sad look to it as she gently placed her teacup on the coffee table. From the stack of photo albums, she took out a relatively small booklet and then handed it off to Tsuyu, who gave it to Mina to hold between the three; the title on the cover had read:

'Izuku: first 3 months'

The three girls all looked to one another, a little worried and frightened about the odd little white-covered book in their hands. After a few moments, though, Mina opened the book with the resolve that they were training to be heroes. They would be facing disastrous scenes in the future, and they would need to steel themselves for anything.

That resolve faulted upon looking at the first image.

"H-Hydaelyn?" Was all Izuku could say as he stared, flabbergasted, at the woman before him, who merely looked at him amused and stood as elegant as she did when she appeared before him.

"Is it really that much of a shock? You'd know we would eventually meet at some point."

"I… I mean, yes… but…." Izuku started to stammer, clearly trying to figure out what to say to the divine being before him. Yes, he had a lot of questions, as well as to give her a grand sort of gesture in thanks for allowing him to pursue his dream of becoming a hero. As the two beings stood in silence, while the small child in the boy's arms gently nestled close to him fast asleep, Izuku's gaze slowly returned to the goddess before him as he spoke gently, "Why me?"

Hydaelyn gently tilted her head in confusion, "Why you?"

"Y-yea…" the boy sighed gently before continuing to speak, "I-I'm not that special, and there could… should be someone else that would be better with this blessing! N-Not that I'm ungrateful to be chosen, but… why me? Why the quirkless deku?"

His question hung in the vast emptiness for a few moments; Izuku had his eyes shut while asking the goddess his rather (according to him) selfish question. The nerve of him to question the logic of a freaking goddess.

As the silence continued to keep his eyes closed, listening to his own rapid heartbeat as the sleeping child in his arms nuzzled up to him idly, Izuku's eyes shot open when he felt the arms of another slowly wrap around his neck, the gentle hug reminding him of the hugs he would get from his mother when he was still reasonably small, so full of love and caring. Of course, this wasn't his mother, but Hydaelyn herself, who was smiling down at him when the boy slowly looked up to see that she was a rather tall woman.

His analytical brain doing the math in his head would put her to be about nine to nine and a half feet tall.

The divine being slowly released him from the hug, still smiling down at both the children as she spoke softly, as not to wake Eri, "Izuku, you have on more than one occasion shown just how selfless you are, putting yourself in front of danger to protect those that need to be protected… For me not to see such a heroic spirit is a little embarrassing."

Izuku's eyes shot open in shock as he looked up to Hydaelyn, who seemed to be looking away… with a blush. His eyebrows knit into a frown as he kept staring hard at the goddess, "Wait... y-you didn't choose me?"

Hydaelyn slowly let go of the boy, stepping back and clearing her throat, before straightening herself to look more professional as she began to speak, "You are correct, Izuku Midoriya. It was not I that chose you to become a Warrior of Light… while I would go into the full details of what happened… time, sadly, grows shorter the longer you stay here."

Izuku stared at her for a few moments, still frowning at her, but gently sighed, looking like he was giving up on finding the answers to so many of his questions, "Well, could you at least tell me WHO did, and why?"

"I can do that at the very least." was Hydaelyn's answer, smiling gently once again, "It was Quinn, and as to why… Well, after the final battle against his greatest foe, Quinn had returned to this very place, his spirit, or what remained of it, sought me out to request I look over his loved ones as he knew he couldn't return to them."

"However, with his shattered spirit and body, he turned towards one of the stars upon hearing the sounds of a crying baby; the pull towards that flickering light was so intense that when he eventually reached it, he would see what was to come…." The goddess continued to speak, her smile fading towards a more somber one, "A baby struggling to live, but a strong sense of justice and heroism burning deep within the fragile body."

"Quinn decided then and there what he needed to do… using whatever aether was in his body, he began to pour it into the star, and realizing it wouldn't be enough, Quinn began to fuse the aether within the various soul stones he had to further empower the bond."

She looked straight into Izuku's eyes, whose frown slowly began to lessen as he began to understand what she was telling him, "When the transfer was, Quinn was no more, and in his place was one Izuku Midoriya… you."

Izuku remained silent for a few moments, processing what she was telling him. As he did, the pieces began to fall into place… the dreams and nightmares he had, how his personality would alter slightly between the different kits… It all made sense now; he was Quinn!

"You are NOT Quinn." Hydaelyn said sharply with a squint of her eyes that caused Izuku to flinch, "Yes, my child did infusion his aether into your body as a baby to help you survive, but by doing so erased everything that made Quinn who he was, you are and always have been Izuku Midoriya."

"B-But, what about Fray? Or the fact he and I look so much alike?"

"Admittedly, while you are still human and Quinn was a Miqo'te, it doesn't mean that in the vast universe we live in, there couldn't be more people who look like one another." The goddess said with a raised eyebrow, "Similar to you and Quinn sharing similar looks, there could be counterparts to your family and friends somewhere else, even on your Earth."

"As for the being known as Fray, he was tied to Quinn's aether originally, similar to others whose aether joined him in a sort of pact during his adventures. Another example would be your "eye" when you are taking the role of a dragoon, and over time, may rekindle those same pacts as your powers further unlock."

Izuku continued to look bewildered upon that news and hurriedly began to take mental notes about things to ask Krile and Nezu once he got back. However, the gentle cooing of Eri still in his arms as she nuzzled more into his chest caught his attention as he looked down and stared at her for a moment, "W-what about Eri? How does she tie into all this?"

Once again, silence fell amongst the pair as the goddess slowly moved close and gently shifted some of the strands of hair off of the small girl's face, "This child is very special; she is amongst the first of her generation to be naturally born with aether." the goddess looked to Izuku, her face somber as she spoke, "But, Eri is more than just that… her fate is ultimately tied towards yours, that is how she found the crystal and why it's been calling the both of you towards one another. She needs you, Izuku, just as much as you need her."

Izuku continued to stare at the goddess in shock before looking down and gazing upon the, admittedly, very adorable sleeping face of Eri, who murmured something in her sleep he couldn't quite pick up, his eyes traveling towards her arms which were covered in very well used gauze. Slowly looking back towards Hydaelyn, "These bandages… How did she get them? Is there a way we can look at her past without waking her or reliving it? I-I know it's not right to look into someone's past without her agreeing permission, but if whoever did this to her tries to take her back, I need to know how best I can protect her."

Hydaelyn simply smiled, knowing full well that he was not trying to be rude, and gently lifted a hand for a small crystal to softly levitate itself towards Izuku, who rose an eyebrow at the reasonably large crystal, "Simply touch the crystal, and it will give you an 'echo' of her memories. You will be the observant, watching it from an outsider's perspective and cannot interact with the memory... " Hydaelyn looked sad as she continued to speak, "Nothing can change the past, no matter how hard we fight against the river that is time."

Izuku nodded slowly, focusing now on the crystal and raising his free hand to rest on top of the shimmering blue object. As he did, in his mind, he began to watch just what the little girl in his arms was put through, and as time slowly passed, his grip on her tightened protectively, as a thought in the back of his mind made itself well known and hung there.

Izuku knew what he would need to do and be for this little girl.

As the three girls took in the sight before them, Momo gasped and was holding back tears as she saw the title of the photo written underneath the picture, with what looked like blotches of faded ink, possibly from tears, as it read in delicate handwriting:

'Izuku; 3 hours old'

Tubes of various sizes connected to the smallest of breathing apparatuses clung tightly to the small body, with multiple bandages holding what looked like IVs into the child who was encapsulated within a large circular device.

"There was… an accident." Inko spoke up after a few moments as the girls slowly turned the pages of the small booklet, watching as more and more of the same image appeared through the tiny baby was still slowly growing larger, "We were on our way home from visiting one of his father's work friends and their family, lovely people… but a van being chased by a hero had slammed into my side of our car… I was rushed to emergency as I was the only one with the most injuries, and they had to perform an emergency c-section to save him."

Inko began to tear up, remembering the sounds of the monitors as they had kept her baby boy alive; she continued, "A few weeks after that, there was a terrible storm… and it knocked out the hospital's power and the backup for a few minutes, but… oh my baby boy… those machines where the only things keeping him alive."

By now, all the girls were starting to cry, Momo having made handkerchiefs and passing them out for everyone. Inko gently blew her nose and smiled, "Thank you, dear… As I was saying, Izuku should have died then, but… oh, he was always such a fighter, never to give up… somehow he held on until the power came back on."

The girls flipped to the last page, where a smiling Inko and Hisashi held a bundled up baby Izuku, who was sleeping peacefully with a tuft of green hair. The reaction was a prominent cooing sound as they all gazed upon the sleeping baby in Inko's arms, "Oh my god, he's so precious!"

"Izuku had to stay in the hospital for an extra month, just to make sure everything was alright or there were no lingering effects… and the rest is history." Inko said with a gentle sigh, smiling a little sadly to herself now, "I'll admit, when he was first diagnosed as Quirkless, it broke my heart since he still wished to be a hero… I still wonder if it was my fault because of the accident-ooh!" Inko squeaked when she was suddenly hugged by the three girls, and slowly but gently, she returned it as Mina spoke first.

"It was never your fault, Mamadoriya. I know Izuku would never blame you for being quirkless…."

"Mhmm, besides, I know for a fact that Izuku looks up to you as a hero as well." Momo said with a bright smile that caused the older woman to blush a bit, "When he was at the party, he couldn't stop talking about you and how proud he was to have you as his mother."

Inko began to tear up, though smiling widely and hugging the girls close once again; she stopped when she heard the gentle croak of Tsuyu catch her attention, "Can I ask you something, Inko?"

"Of course, dear, what is it?"

"Well, when Izuku accompanied me to my house the other day, I hadn't realized that he was good with kids… I'm curious to know how that happened?"

Inko blinked for a moment and then gently clapped her hands together as she realized what the frog girl was referring to, "Oh, that! After Hisashi passed, I had to bring Izuku with me to work during the day, and he stayed in the children's wing and interacted with the kids there. He even kept doing so after I was switched over to nights when he was old enough to stay home by himself."

Izuku's mother smiled gently once again, "A lot of the younger ones looked up to him as sort of a big brother, and he would tell them hero stories or play with them… sadly, he had to stop that when high school demanded too much of his attention, though he did make the annual stops during the holidays."

"So that's where he was!" Mina exclaimed with her eyes wide, "When we tried to ask him to come to hang out at Momo's for the winter break last year, he said he was busy and wouldn't tell us!"

"Ah… yes, I remember that…." Inko said sadly, looking down at her hands, "There was a little boy named Tōkun there; he was terminally ill and wasn't expected to last past the holidays. Such a sweet child, but there was no one there for him for most of the year, his parents died in a villain attack, and he had no living relatives."

"Tōkun was a big fan of All Might, just as much as Izuku was, and they would go on for hours, and my sweet baby boy would show him countless videos. Oh! I don't know how Izuku did it for Christmas, but he somehow convinced Toshi to have All Might come and visit! Oh, the look on Tōkun's face was… we never saw the boy smile like that before, and he hugged both Izuku and All Might while crying, it was so adorable."

Inko smiled brightly as Mina giggled at the probably embarrassing state of Izuku during that time before the mood of the room grew somber again, and Inko spoke, "Tōkun passed away on New Year's Eve, and Izuku was there with him until the very end."

Inko gently dabbed her eyes from trying not to cry once again, as did the girls, "So, while I would love to further embarrass Izuku while he isn't here, we should get dinner started."

"We figured we would order some pizza, so none of us had to cook; it has been… an exhausting day." Momo sighed gently as Mina nodded gently. All four of the women stood up and began to head towards the door when Inko suddenly stopped.

"Oh, I forgot to ask, what are you three and Kyoka planning on doing to Izuku for scaring you with his latest little 'escapade'?"

All three girls looked back to the dorm mother with a single raised eyebrow each before looking to one another for Mina to ask with a confused tone of voice, 'W-What do you mean 'what are we going to do to Izuku?'"

"Well, you four are currently dating my son, are you not?" Inko replied with a tilt of her head, and her comment caused all three of the girls to suddenly stiffen.

"H-How did you know?"

Inko raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms, "Well, all of you dragging him off to the laundry room to speak in 'private' was a big clue, that and how he looks when his gaze comes across each of you with the same look Hisashi gave me when we were dating… Should I almost mention the little 'trip' you and he went on, Tsuyu?"

Said frog girl hunched slightly in embarrassment, before Inko sighed with a smile, "I'm not mad at any of you, nor do I disapprove… to be honest, I was worried that with everything that happened when he was younger, he would miss out on the chance to find love."

"To be completely honest, Inko…." Momo spoke up gently, fidgeting with her hands, "Izuku hasn't actually said yes to all of us dating yet."

"Not you three, but he did ask me if we could start dating, kero." Tsuyu spoke up with a finger on her chin and tilted her head thinking for a moment, "I think he just wants to ask us out properly, kero, given he didn't say no initially but did promise to take all of us on a date at least."

Momo and Mina's eyes grew wide at that, not having even thought that was his plan all along. Inko, meanwhile, gasped gently, bringing her hands up to her lips, and was teary-eyed once again, "Oh my baby boy… he's truly like Hisashi."

All three girls looked at the mother in confusion as Inko cleared her thought, "W-when me and Izuku's father's first date ended, he had basically done what I'm sure Izuku did with Tsuyu, he confessed his true feelings to her and then asked you to go out with him, is that correct dear?" The older woman smiled when Tsuyu gently nodded her head, still blushing, "Izuku wants the first date with each of you to be special, and then he'll ask you all out… Though… I hate to ask… Is this a harem or?"

"Polyamory, basically." Tsuyu said, "Similar to my aunt with her husband's and wife."

Inko gently nodded, "Yes, your mother mentioned her and the pregnancy and would need to call on you from time to time to watch your younger siblings when we met during the moving day." Inko sighed gently with a smirk, as she spoke next, she had a stern look on her face, though still with a smirk as if to give the notion it was both a warning and teasing as well, "If any of you hurt my baby, I will show you why even Mitsuki Bakugo is afraid of me."

The girls nodded quickly in both alarm and dread at the tone Inko had taken with them, "Also, as much as I would like to have grandbabies to spoil, try and wait till after you graduate and are married."

The reactions to that little request had caused Mina and Momo to blush even more, with the heiress having her hands on her cheeks and muttering low and fast to herself about the 'prospects' of children, while Mina was fidgeting in place and seemed to be daydreaming a bit. A loud croak caught everyone's attention as Tsuyu looked at Inko with her usual near-unbothered expression and monotone voice. However, the blush on her cheeks gave away how embarrassed she was.

"While I can promise you that I will never hurt Izuku like that, with my mating season coming up, I will try… though don't be surprised if something does happen, kero." and with having said her piece, she quickly left the manager's suite, leaving both Momo and Mina aghast in shock at the declaration of their classmate, but also snapped their heads to Inko who was blushing and giggling after the fact.

Oh, she liked her son's girlfriends.

Once they all had calmed down and stepped out of the elevator to the main floor, they were greeted with everyone else in Class 1-A, sans Bakugo, who looked very tired and were lazily strewn about the common area.

Within an hour, food was ordered and delivered, much to everyone's empty and growling stomachs.

An hour after that, a bright light shone outside of the main entrance of the dorms. Once it dissipated, everyone rushed towards it to come across a most curious sight.

Izuku landed on the grassy lawn just outside of the Class 1-A dorms, sighing in relief that he was back but also in annoyance as he realized just how late it had gotten since he and Eri had first been transported to Hydaelyn. A squirm against his shoulder made Izuku look down to see the still sleeping Eri, with one hand on his chest while the other was tucked in close to her body as the boy smiled down at her.

The glint of silver caught his gaze for a moment as around Eri's neck was a beautifully crafted necklace with a small ornament hanging down the front, holding a sliver of a green crystal that Izuku smirked at it. It was a relief that the goddess was able to make the necklace and casing for the crystal that Eri held and shrunk it down to not be so cumbersome for the young child.

As he slowly moved onto the pathway towards the entrance, a frown crossed his face as he gently began to think as to how best to explain the situation with Eri, as well as where has been for… however long he was away. Sure, it was nighttime, but that didn't mean it was still the same day.

Oh god, did he hope it was still the same day.

"Midoriya?"

The calling out of his name broke Izuku's concentration as he looked to see his classmates staring at him in shock from the entranceway of the dorms. He gave a nervous chuckle and, with one hand, gently waved at them, "H-Hey guys… how's it going-OOF!"

Just as quickly as he spoke, a blur of green struck his chest, and while he didn't get knocked onto his butt, it did shake him up a little and awoke his sleeping passenger. Izuku looked down to see his mother crying loudly into his chest, though muffled for a solid few minutes as Izuku brought his free hand down to give her a half a hug, before he felt his ear lobe twist and he hissed out in pain, "OW!"

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, YOUNG MAN?!" Inko shouted with her hand glowing slightly from using her quirk on him, releasing him a few seconds later as she kept balling, "Y-you nearly gave me a heart attack, Izuku! I thought I lost you!"

Recovering rather quickly, he gently hugged his mother again, "Ow… I'm fine, mom, it's very simple what happened, when Eri's quirk activated, it teleported us, but since she cannot fully control it, we were stuck in a "limbo" sort of place."

Inko looked up to her son, squinting her eyes at his own emerald irises, and huffed gently, seeing that knowing look and huffed, "Fine, but I want the full story later, young man." Inko said in a whisper so only he could hear it, and he gently nodded. The older woman's focus soon turned to Eri, who was wide-eyed and hugging herself to Izuku like he was a life preserver. Inko's angered glance morphed into one of shock but also curiosity, "Izuku, who is this?"

Izuku smirked, hoisting Eri up a little more in his hold on her as he looked to his mother, "Mom, This is Eri, the one with that quirk I just mentioned." His gaze soon turned to Eri, whose gaze was now focused on him as he smiled gently at her, "Eri, this is my mother… She runs the dorms here and is a nurse."

Eri looked towards Inko, tilting her head quietly and then frowning deep in thought, before looking back to Izuku with an expression that she just thought up the best thing in the world, "Papa's… Mama? So... that makes her 'Grandma'?"

Izuku chuckled gently, not noticing the sudden stiffness of his mother at that little proclamation as he spoke, "Yep, a papa's mama is a Grandma, so she's your Grand…ma… oh no." He quickly looked down to see the purely in shock face of his mother staring up at him, mouthing the word "grandma" over and over again. Izuku looked up to his equally shocked classmates and winced when they all shouted at once.

"PAPA?!"