Shigaraki and All For One we tearing through Japan like it was butter. The government had no choice but to request help from abroad. Thankfully, the United States sent their best hero: Star and Stripe. By using a rule "Anyone finger gunned by Cathleen Bate dies instantly", she was able to dispatch the threats and prevent casualties from going overboard. Crisis averted, and maybe now everyone could rest in peace…
Hisashi has finally returned from his business trip! His family missed him so much that Izuku dragged him to UA to tell him everything that happened in person. In the meanwhile, Inko was taken to the side by the girlfriend who came with him. Cathleen was so tall and buff! If Midoriya didn't have live with a literal Nomu for the last few weeks, she'd be intimidated.
"I must say." The blonde pulled for a tight hug. "You are one lucky woman if you managed to grab him before anyone else."
"Thanks, now would you please let go? I can't even touch the floor right now."
"Sure." Star put the green head back on the ground.
"So, what's next? Are you just going to go back to States?"
"Perhaps." The tall woman smirked. "Although I will likely need a leave for a few years." She pulled out a positive pregnancy test. "Izuku will have a sibling soon."
"That's…" Inko remembered all the time she spent with her harem. "Uh… wonderful. Can you quirk prevent thunderstorms, by any chance?"
"Never tried it but I'll make sure to give it a shot!" Bate called on her phone. "Jimmy, when is the nearest thunderstorm?"
Star went back to the other side of the Pacific, but before informing the other Midoriyas of her baby. Izuku went to spend time with his girlfriends while his parents stayed at home.
"What do you think about Star?"
"She reminds me of a certain smiling hero."
"Where is he, by the way? Is he okay?"
"Last time I saw him cleaning up stray garbage on the local beach. Said he wants to help no matter what."
"What an upstanding guy!" The father clapped his hands. "I couldn't imagine the next in line to do the same."
Speak of the Devil, Enji Todoroki knocked at the apartment door. Inko audibly gulped at the presence of the Flame Hero. Even in his civilian clothes, the man emitted an aura of intimidation around himself.
"Hello."
"H-Hello, sir." She bowed down.
"No need for formalities. *Sigh* I want to talk about Rei. How is she?" He stayed at the doorstep.
"Rei is doing well." The mother smiled. "Everyone is helping her get over what happened."
"Good to know." The hero made a weak smile. "Listen, I want to make amends to her, to Shouto, to everyone. But I just don't know how to be a good family man. My own father did when I was little, and I wasn't too focused on being a hero to learn it myself. I heard your family is like a sanctuary for lost souls or something? Do you have place for me?"
"Umm… " Midoriya stalled for time. "I need to discuss this with others."
"Of course." Endeavor nodded and left.
"What should I do?" Inko asked Hisahsi.
"The right thing."
"And the right thing is?"
"Something that a hero would do, I guess?" The husband shrugged.
Mama Midoriya look in the window and saw Fifi playing catch with Ochako.
"I guess so too."
Izuku approached his parents along with a woman around Inko's own age. She had a run of the mil hero costume.
"Hello, Mr and Mrs Midoriya." She bowed respectfully. "My name is Nana Shimura. I've been… a ghost inside your son's body for the last year or so. A part of his quirk allowed him to store some souls in in addition to his own. Lately I've learnt how to manifest myself. I… never got a chance to be a family member. I humbly ask for your blessings with Izuku."
"Are you serious?" Hisashi asked. "I know quirks are weird but ghosts?"
"I am as serious as it gets."
"Okay, this is the new most bizarre thing I've learnt." Inko slammer her palm against her face. "Can ghosts even have children?"
"I certainly hope so." Nana took the boy for a princess carry. "Is the answer yes?"
Both parents shrugged in response.
Inko, Enji, Masaru and Rei were knitting socks as a way to bond and relax. It was really awkward so everyone kept quiet for a while. At some point Midoriya gathered enough courage to speak up.
"So, what should we do after this?"
"I'm going to go back home and help Mitsuki with the latest order."
Todorokis looked at Inko, as if telling her they don't have an answer.
"Alright. Then we..." Inko tapped her forehead. "Then we can go to the local beach and just enjoy the weather."
The trio silently walked through the shoreline. Midoriya was holding hands with one person at each side. In the distance, they saw former Number One Hero putting trash into a bag.
"I guess I should go help him." Endeavor spoke up. "That's what I'm supposed to do in my spare time, right?" He asked rhetorically.
Just as he moved away from the women, Rei started talking.
"What should I do, Inko? Enji… He was an awful person… I still remember the pain he caused, but I see that he is trying to change for the better."
"If Izuku was here, he'd probably say that one must always try to see good in people."
"That certainly sounds like him. *Sigh* I'm no her, but I guess I should try to be like one. Maybe we should go and help them out?"
"No, give those two some private time."
On their way back, the mothers were met with the remainders of Todoroki family.
"I'm sorry for what happened to Touya. If only someone knew about it."
"Touya is dead." Shouto said angrily. "What is left of him is a raging corpse called Dabi."
"How can you say that?!" Natsuo protested. "He suffered his entire life!"
"He wasn't the only one. We suffered too, and Izuku-nii suffered since he was four, but none of us became mass murderers. Touya died when he casted off his humanity to take innocent lives."
Fuyumi took Natsuo and Rei too defuse the situation, leaving Inko with her "son".
"Was it really necessary to spend time with father?" The boy asked her. "Mother moved away from him for a reason."
"It is important to be forgiving of people, at least when they are willing to change for the better."
Shouto was reminded of his own poor attitude at the start of UA, then how his older brother fell down a villainous path.
"I suppose that is true, mother."
"Good. Now, let's go Pumpkin. I'll make your favorite Soba."
Author's note: Please leave comments!
The next few chapters will just be a bunch of interactions within harems. I already have an idea for a final chapter, but I'll give every character a chance to shine before that.
