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"Thank you for agreeing to meet with us." Tsukauchi spoke as he and Izuku entered the room. Nejire's parents were sitting with each other, holding hands tightly. And if looks could kill, Izuku was sure Yuyu Haya would have atomized him by now.
"What is this about detective?" Nejire's father asked. "You said it was important." Izuku took a deep breath
"Mr. And Mrs. Hado. Haya-Senpai. My name is Izuku Midoriya. I was with Nejire when she... I'm so sorry l. I tried to save her, I really di-" Izuku winced as Danger Sense briefly spiked in Yuyu's direction.
"It's alright young man. You have nothing to apologize for." Mr. Hado assured. "Nighteye and Ryukyu already explained everything to us. We know you did your best, and that's all we could ask of you."
Yuyu said nothing.
"The thing is though, after the raid, I discovered my Quirk had an aspect to it I had never realized before. You see, when Overhaul destroyed her body, I accidentally swallowed some of her blood, and... Well... Long story short, there is a very real possibility that I'm going to manifest Nejire's Quirk sometime in the future." Silence answered him, though Izuku did feel some miniscule pulses from Danger Sense in Yuyu's direction. "She's manifested a... Well, a kind of Vestige is what you would call it, inside of my Quirk. And this Vestige of Nejire... Well it's kind of akin to her soul, so she still has all of her memories and-"
"Are you fucking kidding me!?" Izuku winced as all eyes in the room turned to Yuyu, who was glaring at Izuku with a hatred to rival Bakugo's. "First you went and got her killed, and now you're telling me you SOMEHOW have her Quirk!? How fucking stupid do you think I am!?"
"Haya-Chan, please." Nejire's mother tried. "We don't blame this young man for what happened, and I thought you might be happy that Nejire is still with us in some form-"
"Are you serious right now!? You can't tell me you're actually buying into his bullshit!?"
"My Quirk allows me to tell if a person is lying." Tsukauchi cut in. "I can verify that everything Midoriya just told you is true."
"Yeah, sure. Of course you'd side with someone close to All Might!" Yuyu spammed her hands on the table. "Fine, if you have Nejire's Quirk, then use it! Show it to me!"
"I can't. It hasn't manifested yet." Izuku defended. Yuyu grit her teeth, before turning and storming out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
SADNESSCONFUSIONPLEASECOMEBACK
"Please, you'll have to forgive Haya-Chan." Nejire's father spoke up. "She was very fond of our daughter."
"Can... Can Nejire... Hear us?" Nejire's mother asked. Izuku nodded.
"She hasn't gained the ability to speak yet, but I can kind of understand her emotions, and she can see and hear everything I can."
"I see... Nejire, sweetie?"
MAMA
"I want you to know, we both love you, so very much. And we're both so proud of you." The woman said with a small smile. "I know this must be frightening, I can't even begin to try and understand how Quirks work, but I can tell this young man cares about you, so try to help him out to the best of your ability, okay?"
"And don't be afraid to come to us if you need anything young man." Nejire's father sighed. "We'll try to talk to Haya-Chan about this whole thing. Just... Please, take care of our daughter."
"I will. I promise."
MAMAPAPALOVEYOU
X
Ochako groaned, squeezing her eyes tight. The bright lights hurt.
"Be careful dearie." Recovery Girl's voice reached her ears. "You had a nasty concussion. I'm going to give Maijima a good beating later. I told him he needed to update the safety protocols on those blasted Zero Pointers. You and that insomniac aren't the first to almost get killed by those things." Ochako slowly opened her eyes, taking in the room. She saw Aoi sleeping in a chair next to her.
"Poor dear was worried about you. I had to get Midnight in here to put her to sleep, she was panicking so much. She should wake up soon, and then you two can go home. Oh, some of your other friends were here earlier to check up on you."
"How long was I out?" Ochako yawned.
"A couple of hours. I implore you to go straight home when you're released young lady. My Quirk speeds up to the body's healing process, but that requires energy. You're much too tired to do much else today."
It was a few hours later when Ochako stumbled into her bedroom and fell asleep on the spot.
X
"Sensei!" All For One sighed.
"Yes, what is it Tomura?"
"Kurogiri! Ever since the Doctor wiped his save data, he's been unbearable!"
"I am at your service Tomura Shigaraki." Kurogiri spoke almost robotically.
"Stop saying that!"
"As you wish Tomura Shigaraki." All For One just sighed.
"Does it matter Tomura, Kurogiri is a Nomu. He doesn't have free will. He is meant only to serve and take care of you."
"Yeah, but-"
"And consider it a punishment for going after Izuku Midoriya without my permission a few weeks ago."
"I just thought that-"
"I have plans in place for a reason Tomura. Now, because of this little upset, the Midoriya family has a constant guard around them, and I have received reports that Nedzu is turning U.A. into a boarding school. Which means I have to restructure the plans AGAIN. I honestly don't think I've been this annoyed since Capcom cancelled Mega Man Legends 3." Tomura blinked in confusion.
"What the hell is Capcom?"
"Exactly." All For One waved dismissively. "Now, run along. I'll have some new games sent to your room later." As Tomura left the room, All For One turned. "Doctor, how is the search going?" The elderly man sighed.
"Our spies have seen neither head nor tail of the Aoyama family. It's highly likely they've fled the country entirely my lord." All For One huffed. After the announcement of All Might's apprentice spooked the damn family, they disappeared off the radar. The spies he sent to detain them came only to an empty house, and ransacking the place led to no clues of their whereabouts. He would be impressed if he wasn't so frustrated.
No matter. He would have Eri Midoriya's Quirk soon enough. And with the ability to restore his youth at will, he would have no need for a successor any more.
X
Tomura was frustrated. Ever since that Yakuza raid, Sensei had been so damn obsessed with that Rewind brat, becoming more dismissive of Tomura.
COMFORT
Oh yeah, and then there was this strange voice in his head that popped up during his fight with Midoriya. Tomura suspected it had something to do with the Quirk Sensei gave him, but Tomura chose not to say anything, fearing Sensei would take the Quirk back, he was doing his best to suppress the voice, but it was still managing to get through by projecting its feelings. It was really fucking annoying!
HURT
'Shut up you damn voice!' Tomura thought. 'I don't give a damn about your feelings!'
X
1 WEEK LATER:
Of all the things Izuku expected when he opened the door that morning, it was not Mandalay, Pixie Bob, and Kota.
"Heya kiddo!" Pixie Bob greeted. "So you're the one who helped out Mandalay and Kota!"
"Uh, yeah. What are you guys doing here?" Izuku asked in surprise.
"Oh, we were planning on visiting anyway, but then Nedzu asked us to bring these letters here too. For... Uraraka and Haji? He said they would be here." Mandalay explained. Ochako and Aoi, still not used to Nedzu antics, choked on their drinks. "But besides that, I wanted to tell that I took your advice, and Kota's been doing a lot better. I've even scheduled some therapy for him. A Dr. Kojima I think? They say he's pretty good at what he does."
"That's great!" Izuku smiled, letting them in. The second Kota walked into the kitchen, Eri suddenly toddled down the stairs and grabbed his hand.
"Kota-Kun! Come play with me!"
"W-wait! Who are you!? How do you know my-AAGH!" Kota was abruptly yanked upstairs by the unicorn child. Mandalay handed the letters to Ochako and Aoi. Ochako opened hers, looking confused as she pulled out a metal disk, which promptly lit up.
{"I AM HERE AS A PROJECTION!" All Might shouted. "Greetings Young Uraraka, Haji, and Midoriya! Nedzu said you three would watch this together, so I think this is the perfect time to announce that I have successfully earned my teaching license, and will be teaching Heroics at U.A. starting in the new school year! Now, onto the exam, because I apparently have a lot of these to do! Young Uraraka, you managed to do quite well on the written exam, making your way into the top ten, more then enough to make it into Gen Ed if need be! Very impressive, considering the amount of students taking the exam! Now, the practical! You managed to score a decent 49 Villain Points! More then enough to enter U.A.' s pristigious Hero Course! However, that wasn't the only criteria you were being graded on! What kind of hero school would U.A. be if they didn't take the actions of their Examinees into account!? Rescue Points! A hidden point value for determining the heroic aspirations of potential students! During the exam, you managed to accumulate an extra 24 Rescue Points! But that's not all!"} The disk cut to a video showing Ochako and Shinso's encounter with the Zero Pointer.
"Uh, why did you not tell me about this?" Izuku asked in concern.
"I plead the fifth?"
"We're in Japan."
{"Your last minute save of yourself and young Shinso, at the cost of injuring yourself, earned you an editional 30 Rescue Points, bringing your total score up to a whopping 103 point total, earning you FIRST PLACE in the the Practical Exam!"} The hologram displayed a scoreboard of the 36 who passed the exam, and Ochako was relieved to see Tsuyu, Iida, and Shinso's names on the board as well, even if Shinso managed to scrape 20th place. She also took satisfaction in seeing that Bakugo had placed third, right behind herself and Juzo Honenuki.
{"Congratulations Young Uraraka! This is your Hero Academia!"} The video cut off, and after a few moments of silence, Izuku and Ochako turned to Aoi, who was holding her own letter.
"Aoi?" Izuku asked.
"...I got in." The blue haired girl said quietly. Izuku and Ochako cheered, hugging their girlfriend.
"Mom's definitely gonna want to celebrate when she gets back." Izuku stated. "She'll probably invite your parents Ochako, and Futakuchi Sensei too."
"I can't wait!" Ochako smiled.
X
MEANWHILE:
"WHAT!? HOW DID I FAIL!?" A short boy with purple balls on his head wailed from his bedroom.
X
"And these are my drawings of Nii-Chan! I like to draw him cause he's my hero! Did you know he saved my life? See, there was this Yakuza guy and-"
Kota was certainly NOT blushing as the admittedly cute girl excitedly showed off her things, thank you very much!
...
He never did find out how she knew his name though.