Katsuki's P.O.V.
"Just pay the ransom hag. It's not like you don't have the money!"
"Paying that ransom will all but wipe us out! You don't even like this omega, why do you even care?" Why do I care? Why shouldn't I care? Why does no one care but me? It's disgusting how these supposed heroes won't lift a finger just because he's an Omega.
"What about your grandchild? Your lineage! Don't you give a shit about anything?"
"You're young Katsuki. There will be other grandchildren, other omega. Sure this child's gifts would have been great but there's no sense in crying over spilt milk." Spilt milk? That's all he is to you?! He's a freakin human being! "How is chemistry going? Algebra 2?" Before I absolutely cursed my mother out and lost all my ever loving shit on her, I hung up the phone. It was the right thing to do. Not kill my mother via phone call. But man, am I really getting sick of doing what this society thinks is the right thing. I sat back on the couch in the common room and Kirishima rubbed his hand over my shoulder. He's been by my side ever since Icy Hot was taken. We haven't… talked or anything but… he's been here.
"Guessing that didn't go very well."
"The hag won't budge. Got the god damn ransom note two weeks ago and won't do a damn thing about it."
"I hate to say it Bakugo, but Todoroki's chances of being found alive are dropping exponentially." Ponytail said from the couch next to us.
"Doesn't mean we should stop trying. Stop looking." Eye bags part two nodded.
"Pickachu say anything helpful?" I asked.
The purple haired Alpha shook his head. "There were no windows, no clue of where they were. And even if he could have figured it out, they've probably moved your omega by now."
"Deku thought that maybe he smelt the ocean, maybe it'd be worth it to search the shipyards again." Kirishima said softly. We spent a full week there, it was… useless. I looked up and Deku had magically appeared, shoving a map in my hand.
"What if… what if maybe it wasn't the ocean. It wasn't crisp and clean, but more muggy! Like a swamp. Definitely humid." He got his distressed omega scent all over me, pointing to places he had marked. He's been… beyond motivated to find Todoroki, pretty sure he hasn't slept in weeks just like the rest of us. Something happened out there, when they were all captured by villains. I don't know what, I don't think what I'm seeing in Deku is exactly forgiveness, but… Deku… Deku isn't doing too well right now. I'm worried he might drop freaking out trying to help us save Shoto. The situation is getting more dire by the second.
"Now we're going to search every swamp in Japan?"
"Not every swamp Momo. Kurogiri's quirk, there's no way it can warp that far. Five kilometers max I'd say. Which leaves us with one option." Deku said, pointing to the map. It was good enough for me.
"Alright let's go." I said getting up and putting on my gauntlets. Kirishima, Shinsou, and Iida followed, but Momo wasn't so sure.
"What exactly are we gonna do when we find him? He's almost seven months pregnant. Extraction alone-"
"We'll figure it out." I barked. I moved to leave when Deku wrapped his arms around me.
"Please… please find him Kacchan." Damn nerd, okay, I know. I nodded, my eyes flicking up to the TV. The news casters looked stern, maybe even a little scared.
"Turn it up."
"We now go to an alarming video given to us by the League of Villains themselves just a few moments ago. Given the recent attacks on UA high school, we can only hope it concerns missing UA student, the omegan son of Endeavor who is betrothed to Katsuki Bakugo of the Bakugo fashion dynasty. Let's watch as we all are seeing this video for the first time." A video started to play and it was Shoto alone in a poorly lit room. He looked… alright. Alive. Breathing. His hair was a bit longer, not its usual perfectly parted and silky texture, eyes a little red and puffy, but he looked fairly clean and not distressed. Well, not in pain, no visible signs of injuries. Okay… that's a good sign. For now.
"My name is Shoto Todoroki." Oh god… his voice was weak, scratchy, like he'd been crying. Like he was about to cry now. "I'm the son of Endeavor. I'm fourteen years old and an omega." He looked past the camera, his eyes seeming to be in a daze. He swallowed and nodded. "I'm seven months pregnant by… by my rapist."
"What?!"
"Oh my god!" The stupid students began to gasp and stir.
"Bakugo!"
"Shut up!" I screamed at the room, narrowing my eyes at the TV.
"All Might." All Might? What the fuck? "My teacher. My protector. My hero. Raped me." What is he saying? What are they making him say? The baby… what? He was handed a piece of paper. "I… Here are the DNA results of the paternity test. All Might told me to sleep with Katsuki Bakugo, to… cover it up. The baby I carry, it's All Might's. All Might raped me." Shoto looked down, put his hand over his mouth, and began to cry. That was real… genuine. Fuck what the hell is going on? The camera turned to Tomura Shigaraki himself.
"We want All Might brought to justice. A public hanging for what he's done. We will not stop until-" The video went dead, the news casters returning to the screen. They… turned it off. They fuckin shut the video off.
"Although this is alarming we will continue to track-" I blasted a hole through the TV. I've had enough.
"Katsuki."
"Let's go."
"Wait… you're still going?" Deku asked tentatively, his green eyes blown wide.
"Of course I'm still going." I said, shaking him off and walking outside. There was a discussion behind me, I didn't care what they said. I didn't give a single fuck. By the end of it all I was down two alphas. Only Kirishima and Shinsou following me out.
"I don't care what he did. We're gonna find him. He saved my omega, that's enough for me." The purple haired alpha said confidently.
"We're gonna find him." Kirishima repeated, patting my shoulder once again.
And so, the three of us left. Left to look for Shoto Todoroki. I don't care if he lied. If he accused All Might to save his own life. If it all was true and he's just been using me all these months. I do not care. I was gonna save him. I was going to rescue him if it killed me. And it nearly did. Turns out Deku was right. He picked the right swamp and everything. Their dumbass hideout was anything but spectacular. After scoping the place we found a dungeon-like room. We couldn't see inside but it fit the specifications the omegas described. Alright, we blast in, knock out whoever we have to, get the omega and get out. Right. Right…
"I only see one heat signature in there. It's gotta be Todoroki." Eijiro said, using his infrared camera.
"Then we go now. Blast a hole Katsuki." Shinsou confirmed. I nodded, sparking up an explosion in my palms. The roof was solid. It took more than a few blasts and some digging on Kirishima's end to make a human sized hole in the roof. I'm really surprised all that blasting didn't bring more attention to us. The three of us were able to crawl through the opening we created and into the small room.
"What are you doing here?" Shoto asked, looking up from behind a cage, pure shock written all over his face.
"Saving your ass, what does it look like?" I grunted as Kirishima and I attempted to break down the bars. Shoto's two toned gaze flicked over to the single doorway in the room.
"They'll be coming soon. You shouldn't be here when they do."
"Yeah and you won't either. Come on." I said, making one focused blast on the lock. Now that was too loud. No doubt about that. The next few seconds happened incredibly fast.
"Touya! No!" That's all I heard as I'm being knocked off my ass by blue flames. The next thing I know, burnt charred scar-face alpha is on top of me and I'm fighting for my life. He's literally punching the living daylights out of me.
"Touya stop please!"
"Eijiro, get him out of here!" I begged, realizing more villains were filling the room. Patchwork was going to kill me. I felt it with every punch.
"Hey psychos!"
"Huh?" The whole room paused.
"Everybody freeze!" I felt my mind being pulled from me. Mindwash. Thank god. When did he get so fuckin strong? He's controlling like… fifteen people right now. "Katsuki get up, help Eijiro free Todoroki." I did that. "Everyone else is going to stand there, let us walk out the front door." After some very tense moments, the four of us were able to just… walk out. Eijiro and I put Halfie's arms around our shoulders and we barely got two feet out the door before we were stopped by a brick wall of muscle. Mutherfuckin All Might.
"I'll take it from here."
"Where the hell were you just now? When we were looking for him?! When we needed you!" I screamed.
"We were here. Rescuing the omega." Miss Midnight came out from behind All Might, along with the other teachers.
"No, no! You're not taking credit for this! You did nothing!" The next thing I knew my face is hitting the ground. Midnight used her quirk on us. Damn it. Damn it!
Izuku's P.O.V.
What did I just see? What the hell did I just see? "Izuku."
"Don't even." I smacked Denki's hand off my shoulder.
"Izuku, you need to pull it together."
Me? I need to pull it together? No, not a chance! "Shoto just accused All Might of raping him!" I felt myself spitting pure venom, losing all control. I was shaking, I was actually shaking and seething.
"Remember what I told you, Izuku. About how Todoroki was acting? That we wasn't proud?"
"Like hell!" I pushed past Denki to see the other students gathering around.
"That whore!"
"Is he really that desperate? Claim it's All Might's baby just so he'll be rescued!"
"What a slut! Then to drag All Might's name through the mud!"
"Why the hell would Bakugo still go after him? After that? He should leave that omega to die."
"Or rescue him so he can rip out his throat himself!" I felt myself getting riled up by everyone's words, believing them myself. Denki grabbed my shoulder again, forcefully pulling me aside back near the corner of the room.
"You can't be serious Izuku. Believing that shit. You know Shoto wasn't proud about it, you know Shoto wouldn't make false claims."
"I don't know anything Kaminari! I don't know Shoto! If anything… all of this! It's proof that I don't know Shoto at all!"
"Sho has a good heart Zu, you've always known that. That's what drew you to him in the first place, isn't it? And… we know the baby is All Mights…" I blinked, my brain desperately trying to come up with something… anything that could fit better. Better than All Might… No. No! Not All Might.
"Sure, maybe I could believe it's All Might's baby. He's a robust and prolific alpha! But rape? To claim All Might raped him! No. No, that's where I draw the line Denki." All Might. He's… always been kind to me. Always… it was always consensual! Admittedly… sometimes a little eager, sometimes a little… rough. But All Might is a good alpha. He'd never… He'd never do something like that! He's too good a man! And Todoroki… all he does is lie. He lies and he hurts and he lies again. What makes this time any different at all?!
"So that's where you stand… Izuku… Shoto… you loved him didn't you? He saved our lives! The look on his face… It was… confirmation…You must have…" Denki's scent soured and he looked sick.
"I what Denki? I must have what?"
"Heard the rumors…" Denki said quietly, looking anywhere but at me.
"Oh please, Omega love to gossip, you know that."
"But Izuku…"
"All Might doesn't approach every omega with a fertility score over eight, you and I both know the upperclassmen just made that up to keep us all hoping." I spat. I didn't even realize I remembered that rumor. It's been so long since I last heard it. Maybe I tucked it away so deep that I would never find it again because I knew I never had a chance at having a fertility score that high. Then abandoned it entirely when All Might went…after me… When he made me think I was the only one…
"Izuku… All Might… he made a pass at me when I first got here."
"Oh fuck off Denki." I moved to leave but he grabbed my arm again.
"He pulled me out of the cafeteria… said he needed a favor, for me to charge his phone. I didn't know where he got my collar key from, I was too young to understand. He pulled me into an empty classroom and… licked my scent gland. He said… that I wasn't ripe enough yet, but that I would bloom soon. Later that night when Hitoshi and I had one of our first few bonding times… he said he smelled All Might on me and he didn't like it at all. So… Hitoshi claimed me. He didn't like the thought of a hero over sixty going after a twelve year old. He did it to protect me. I know we said it was love at first sight, but the love came later, maybe after we conceived the first time. But All Might never approached me again. Maybe because he knew I was claimed…"
I chuckled, I actually started laughing. No, no I don't believe this at all. I felt like I was going absolutely crazy. "Denki… you don't have to lie to me to make Shoto's lies seem more believable. It's beneath you."
"I'm not lying Izuku!" Denki's new pup started crying in his arms. "And I'm not the only one! Shoto isn't the only one! Amajiki! Remember Tamaki! He didn't have a miscarriage. He had an abortion! Because Mirio had already claimed him but both made it very clear that they didn't want to conceive yet! For Amajiki to actually have a diploma and career! All Might forced himself on Tamaki! Said it hurt like hell because he couldn't be with another! And then he got pregnant because his score is a 9.1! Both he and Mirio couldn't handle it! They couldn't handle it!"
"Denki…"
"And remember Hawks! The single omega who dropped out but got his GED and is a 911 operator! The one you idolized! His pup is All Might's! He never had an alpha!"
"You're embarrassing yourself Denki."
"Izuku listen! Think! All Might isn't who he says he is. With Shoto's fertility score… Would you really put it past All Might? A privileged alpha who has never known no? Wouldn't it make sense that he took it from Shoto, whether Todoroki wanted it or not?"
I didn't want Denki's words in my head. I wanted… I wanted to believe that what they had was consensual. That All Might is still a hero and a good alpha, distracted by a good smelling student. That Todoroki is a whore and lied so that he would be saved. Why lie for nearly seven months then come clean now? No… no… it's easier to believe that an omega lied than disgrace to an alpha. Even if the baby is All Might's… Todoroki is the one who's lying. Todoroki is the one to blame. That's the only way any of this makes sense. The only way… that doesn't feel… terribly wrong and awful. If I love All Might… If I respect All Might… then Shoto is the one who has to go down for this. It has to be this way.
"Deal with your pup Denki." I dismissed, walking back to the group of students. Nieto had his phone up, propped on his protruding belly filled with Juzo's pup, watching the news with Tetsutetsu's pup on his lap, the other omega surrounding him and leaning in.
"What's going on?" I asked Ochaco.
"All Might's publicist is making a statement, denying it all."
"Already?"
"Apparently they were prepared for someone to accuse All Might of this, considering how strong and powerful he is. They feel bad for Todoroki and acknowledge the stress he's under being in the hands of villains." I didn't know what to think. I mean… that makes sense right? But… their response was… awfully fast. Barely a half hour had passed since Todoroki was on the screen. To have a response so soon… no, no! Of course All Might would have the best PR staff, of course they would be prepared for an accusation like this. Because… omega lie. Omega do all they can to carry the seed of someone so powerful. Of course there would be accusatory claims about the Number One Hero. Of course there would! So why did I feel uneasy about the whole thing? Why does my stomach hurt so bad?
"What… what do you think Ochaco?" I asked timidly as she watched the news from her position on the couch.
"I think Shoto's a lying whore. Captured or not, he's just bitter that he's not pretty enough to get All Might on his own merits so he'll say anything to slander All Might's name." Nieto scoffed, bouncing his toddler on his knee. Was that… jealousy? Monoma… his score… it's a 7.3. He clearly has no issue conceiving, he's about to have two pups of his own but… with a 7.3 according to the rumor… All Might probably wouldn't have touched him. But… he touched me. Why does up feel like down and like the whole room is spinning?
"I… Well… I think Shoto's under a great deal of stress right now. Maybe… the League… they forced him to say all those things. You know… to get to All Might." Ochaco said nervously.
"Or even to mess with Katsuki, so he'll give up looking for him already." Kendo piped in, burping her own child next to Nieto on the couch. All the omega around us started sharing their opinions. None of them were positive in Shoto's case. Well… can you blame them? I'm not feeling all that positive either. My feelings about Shoto right now… How can't I think horrible things? Denki noticeably stayed on the outskirts of the conversation. Tending to his pups, listening carefully, but not speaking up with his opinion. Maybe it wasn't an opinion worth having. As much as I wanted to believe that… as much as I wanted that to be true… that like the other omega I could confidently dismiss Shoto's words as a desperate act… maybe it was a little hard to. Something didn't totally feel right about wrapping it all up into a neat little package like that.
It's not that I don't want Shoto to be found. He saved my life! He saved Denki's! He deserves… But… everything he's done. Kacchan… All Might… it makes me all twisted up inside and like I want to puke. How can I feel anything about it? How can I feel anything about it but hurt? Shoto… hurt me. On a level I'm not really sure I understand. He cut so deep.
"Izuku, are you feeling alright?" Ochaco asked me. I tried to answer but I really didn't have words.
"Hey Izuku… can you hear us?"
"What's going on?"
"His scent is really sour, it's gross."
"Is this a drop?" I felt myself being lowered onto the couch, surrounded by omega and covered with community nesting materials.
"Where's his alpha, Bakugo, Kirishima?"
"It's not like they would help… and they're off god knows where anyways." I'm not really sure what was happening around me. Everything was a blur of scent and light. I felt like passing out but the others around me were trying really hard to keep me awake.
"He needs the scent of someone he loves. These blankets aren't enough."
"Here, give him this." I didn't recognize the voice but I felt something soft being wrapped around me. Mmmm… it was sweet and warm. So familiar, so… pure. I really couldn't process anything, but I started to feel better. Like the fogginess was ebbing away. I was barely lucid, barely conscious. Then there were some gasps around me, I think maybe I heard a door open then new scents filled the room. Kacchan. Kirishima… All Might and… A sweetness… that familiarity and safety. Todoroki. I looked over and the teenagers were unconscious in the arms of our Heroic teachers. All Might… he had a big smile on his face, the smile of victory. And he carried Shoto, passed out like a pretty princess in his arms.
"No need to worry because I am here!"