"Um, is he okay?"

"Yeah, little listener! ...I think."

"It's how he copes."

"Shouta, he has only been singing villain songs."

"Would you rather he crash the helicopter into their base out of spite? It's better than him actually doing it."

"I'm shocked you aren't complaining about this."

"Hizashi taught him to sing villain songs instead of destroying property. I'm taking the better outcome."

"I suddenly don't feel comfortable riding a helicopter with him driving."

"He would have already done it if he was going to do it, sweetie. No need to worry your little head-"

"-DECADES OF DENIAL! IS SIMPLY WHY I'LL

BE KING UNDISPUTED!

RESPECTED!

SALUTED!

AND SEEN FOR THE WONDER I AM!

YES, MY TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED!

BE PREPARED!"

"Okay, maybe there is some worry."

Shouta reaches over from the copilot's seat and pats my shoulder, "Izuku, calm down. Not everyone is immune."

I take a deep breath, "Sorry for scaring you, Rody. Despite my villain status, I am not a villain. Yet."

"Izuku."

"Okay, I never will be one. If I am one, the heroes are the villains, and I am just given the name villain because people are petty." Shouta sighs, clearly done with the conversation.

"Why do you do that? The whole scary thing? It's not a quirk, right?" Rody asks out of curiosity.

I explain, "Nope. It just pops up if I am being an emotional bitch. I'm important enough to the story to have that ability."

"Interesting..." Rody adds, though I think he is confused. I don't plan on fixing it.

"Anywhos, we're almost here. The plan is to sneak in, capture the leader, beat him up, and then use him to get everyone else. Stopping the bombs is somewhere in there as well, don't worry." Thankfully, I hear no complaints.

As it turns out, the base our bitchass Flect Turn is at is nowhere near the zones that are targeted. In fact, it's in a whole different country! Usually, that would be an issue, but since I stole their helicopter, it's perfectly fine. We're completely ignoring the fact we're illegally going over yet another country's border. Quite frankly, laws are irrelevant at this point.

The ride there was only an hour long over the ocean, and the entire ride consisted of me singing villain songs because I am still pissed at the world. There's so much fucked up shit that I can't help it.

This man ruined my reputation.

He killed so many people.

He destroyed so many families.

And you expect me to be calm about it?

Sitting here sizzling about it is not helping anything. I need to actually do something.

When the base comes into sight, it's your typical in-the-mountain-far-away-from-everything base with a forest around it. Nothing too flashy besides it looking like yet another damn church. An idea that does come to mind a split second is just landing on their helipad, let them think we are them since we have their helicopter, and attack. However, as much as I am a risky man, my friends are here. Therefore, that idea is out.

Instead, I find an empty area where I can land a distance from it and land there.

"Izuku, if there's any bugs in there, your cover is screwed," Hizashi says as soon as we land.

I roll my eyes, "Zashi, I love you, but not even Shouta will be able to stop me from hurting you if you scream." He loudly gulps. AS HE SHOULD.

"You want to change into your hero costume before we go in?" Shouta asks, completely ignoring the fact I just threatened his boyfriend. I don't know if it is because he thinks I won't do it, thinks he can beat my ass, or he is just going to let me do it. I prefer not to overthink it.

"Probably a good idea. In the typical case?" He nods, "Alright then. Everyone get out."

That's a quick event, and I step out of the helicopter in my underground suit again. Unfortunately, it does not feel nice on my shoulder, but whining is for bitches. I also decide to keep my helmet off for now. I hate wearing it.

"So what are we doing about Rody?" Hizashi asks, concerned for the kid.

"Oh, he's coming with us. Rody, you stay out of sight until it's safe, alright? You deserve to watch me beat up the man who fucked up your life."

Rody offers me a thumbs up, "Cool." The bird on his head does the same thing. Huh. Didn't know they could do that.

"Let's go," Shouta interrupts as he leads the way, well aware that I would get us lost.

Honestly, the trip there isn't bad. I just had to look back and glare at Hizashi once in a while, and we were good.

We end up in the forest in front of it, and there's so many people. To make things worse, they all have guns. Unlike with the church, I deny Google Maps is going to have this place on there. I wish I had CAT. CAT can go in and tell me if there's any secret entries. Sadly, CAT is dead right now, so we're having to come up with something else.

"There has to be another way in. Y'all look on the other side," I huff as I make my way away from them, staying in the forest because I don't feel like getting shot again today.

Shouta, of course, decides he needs to stick with me and follows, "They had a helipad, so there's probably a way inside up there."

"Yeah, but I'm afraid there will be people up there waiting for us if we take that route. If we get seen while climbing up, we're dead. It doesn't help that you and I are the only ones with the equipment to climb that." He grunts. I am taking that as he agrees with me.

"I deny we're going to find anything else, problem child. Past here, it's just too clustered and inconvenient for an entry."

"You never know."

"I don't. However, we're wasting time if we try to find something that might not be there. There's no reason for them to have multiple entries except for a way to bring in supplies."

"And determining that this place is too far away and forested, they probably bring everything by helicopter except the building. Even then, they probably stole it from God."

"...yes." Something tells me he doesn't agree with that, but now is not the time to argue with him.

"Fine. Then let's just head back."

Shouta and I return back to the front where Hizashi, Nemuri, and Rody have come to the same conclusion.

"We could always send Pino in," Rody suggests, referring to his little bird.

I shake my head, "Yeah, I rather not risk the bird getting shot, no offense. I don't think sneaking in is going to work at this point."

Hizashi suggests, "Maybe we can wait until nightfall?"

"Something tells me they'll do something by then. It's now or never."

"So what's the plan-?"

"Izuku, stop," Shouta interrupts suddenly.

Goddamn, how did he know I was going to do something?! He can't read me that well, right?!

I glare at him, "What?"

"No, you're not running in there and hopping you don't get shot, even if you decide to freak them out." Okay, so maybe he can.

"You have a better plan?"

"We can send Hizashi and Nemuri in to do the same thing they did at the first go of this."

"Hizashi, can your quirk deflect bullets?"

Hizashi looks at me with wide eyes, "Why would I test that?! I don't know! It can deflect some things, but a bullet?" Considering I was willing to jump off the UA building to test some robotic wings, I don't relate. Genuinely speaking, I think he can. The issue is that guns can keep shooting, but Hizashi can't keep screaming. He can try. I'm just not letting him.

"Alright then. Also, I don't feel smart today, so we're doing my way."

Do I truly believe that my method is better than Shouta's? No. Has my stability been shattered to the point where I don't give a shit? Yes. Am I too emotionally drained to give a fuck? Yes. Am I still angry? Fuck yes.

So that leads to stupid decisions.

Before Shouta can stop me, I put my helmet on, pull out my batons, spark them with my suit, and walk out of the forest right into view of everything, "EVERYONE ON THEIR HANDS AND KNEES UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SPARKED, AND TRUST ME, IT AIN'T A PRETTY SIGHT!" I storm forward, watching the bastards who decided we need to get rid of quirks drop on their knees like the pathetic people they are, "Y'all better start praying to God, Budha, or the Leprechaun because y'all are going to be in jail for a while!"

With my luck, that doesn't stop everyone. A few gunshots ring out, and I immediately hop up, using the boosters to give me some height.

I am so happy to have my underground suit on. I would be screwed otherwise.

Once I am in the air, I blast towards the direction that the gunshots come from, which are still aimed at me. I give up the baton in my right hand, putting it back in its pack and raise my hand to let out a burst of air, at least stopping the bullets at the immediate moment. With the opening, I get in close to crash into the first motherfucker that caught my eyes. I stand on top of the bitch and activate the whip function of the baton, doing a sweeping motion to hit the people around me. Upon contact, they knock out. I probably have the electrical output too high for this, but that's a future me problem.

Current me needs to go beat the shit out of Flect Turn!

"Izuku, let's go! They have it handled out here!" Shouta calls, and I turn back to see him and Rody at the entrance. In the open field, Hizashi is yelling facing away from the mountain structure while Nemuri covers his back to knock the people out.

I prefer not to leave them, but, realistically, they might last longer than Shouta and I out here with their fighting styles. I trust them to not die more than I trust Shouta not to die, and don't even consider me. That may sound stupid since Shouta is 'logical', but I would like to remind you that he is close to me of all people (also with Hizashi and Nemuri, but I am the worst culprit). He's going to pick up on my stupidity, and that might lead him to the wrong places while Hizashi and Nemuri are used to that stupidity from themselves.

With my mind made up, I race past Shouta and Rody and bust my way inside to find an unnecessarily large hallway. Strangely, there are not many people here. I guess they had all their forces outside or somewhere else? That's odd. Very odd. Why would you leave this place unguarded? This is probably the best place to guard, but I digress. We have already determined I would be a better villain than most people.

In the middle of the hallway would be three people. One would be a large demon guy with red tendrils coming from his hands, feet, and back. Next to him would be a set of twins. I have not a single clue what their quirks are, but I know it's probably either emitter or transformation based on their appearance, something Shouta can delete.

I rush in, hollering over my shoulder, "Eraser, take care of the twins!"

I don't get a response, but I am just going to assume he is behind me. If he isn't, I'll just blame my death on him and stalk him in the after life.

As I am approaching, nobody comes at me. Instead, all of them pull out syringes, stab them into their necks, and inject themselves! And you want to know what that shit is?! TRIGGER! WE NOW HAVE THREE MOTHERFUCKERS HIGH ON TRIGGER NOW!

LIKE, I GET Y'ALL ARE OBSESSED WITH QUIRKS, BUT ALCOHOL IS WAY BETTER FOR ALL OF US HERE! TRUST ME, HOMIES!

The large tentacle guy's appearance doesn't change at all, so I assume he's just reinjecting himself. A fellow addict basically. Meanwhile, both of twins grow what looks like whip swords out of their backs along with their arms becoming a pair and- wait, did their tongue become a sword?! Why?!

The twins run at me to try to interfere only for them to disappear. They freeze in confusion, but I don't both of them. Instead, I speed past both of them to deal with the brute, and they roll to the sides to get away from me. I pull out my right baton again and spark them. Multiple red tendrils shoot at me, forcing me to weave through them because I have no clue if I can electrocute him through those or not.

Once I get close, I jump into the air and swing both of them at him while increasing the voltage only for the electricity to be pulled from them. I immediately shut them off and jump back because I have no clue what is going on.

"HAHAHA! BET YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THAT, HUH?!" The ugly-ass demon yells at me. Around him, MY electricity zaps, following the direction of where ever those tendrils are. Shit. Why can he control electricity?! "OH, AND LET ME DO YOU ONE BETTER!"

Out of nowhere, water bursts through the walls and dances around him, combining with the electricity to create a practical death trap. Okay, so he can control elements! GREAT!

I look behind me to find that Shouta has just detained the twins. That's a good thing! They looked knocked out too, so thank fuck for that!

I shoot the grappling hooks on my waist, one at Shouta and the other on the roof, "Rody, get out and run! Eraser, I'm grabbing you with my waist hooks, and I need you to use your quirk on the demon! He can control the elements, and he's stopping me from zapping him!"

I turn my head to look behind just to make sure Rody follows my order, which he does. Then, my hooks grab the roof and the back of Shouta's uniform, forcing me to hang on my side, which is awkward when both of my hands still have the batons. Shouta lets go of the twins and comes with my willingly, and I start reeling to bring him closer to me and myself closer to the roof.

"We're letting him flood the place?" Shouta asks as he grabs onto the wire to upright himself instead of just hang like dead weight.

"Yeah!" Shouta looks toward the guy and activates his quirk.

The water instantly collapses around the demon and floods the entire hall with a few feet (let's say a meter and a half) of water at least going in both directions. The electricity also disappears, meaning anyone that steps in the water won't die from that now.

"Throw me towards the ledge and get in there!" Shouta demands, referencing the ledge made by the broken wall.

"Got it! He can still use his jelly fingers, so watch out of those!" I warn as I adjust myself to YEET him

Since I need one hand for this, I decide to put the two batons together to turn it into a staff, a feature I made so long ago but never used (I think). I then hold the staff in my left hand and use my right to grab the wire Shouta is on and start swinging. It takes a couple of times, but I eventually let go, and he uses his scarf to grab some of the exposed pieces on the top to get him the rest of the way.

I withdraw both of my hooks and start dropping towards the water. However, I use my boosters to blast me up back into the sky and shoot towards the demon, who is now shooting his tendrils at me. Those aren't too hard to dodge. Once I am close once again, I grin as I turn the baton staff up to max voltage, turn on the electric armor, and crash into him. The demon screams as he fall to the flood he created, sparking the water up for a second before it stopping. Before I fall into that mess and zap the water again, I use the air boosters once again to get myself out and return to the same ledge as Shouta. As soon as I land, I turn it off to make sure I don't zap him on accident. The first thing I do is make sure the demon is knocked out, which he is.

I sigh in relief, "That was a mess!" I look down at the destroyed hall. It wasn't pretty before, and it certainly isn't

Shouta nods in agreement, "The water level went down some, but that other wall is hiding a waterfall." When he says that, I look at the see that some of the water is there. It's certainly not as high as before, though. I would say maybe a foot (a 1/3 meter, maybe less), is still there. It is flowing water, but one could walk in it if they have to.

"We're just doing God's work by making their lives as inconvenient as possible."

"If you mean the heroes, then yes."

"No but also yes-"

Suddenly, I am interrupted by Hizashi's quirked screams making its way through the hall, "IS THE WATER SAFE?!"

Hizashi clearly doesn't know that we are on unstable grounds because it had our little ledge shaking. I decide to not trust the ledge in not crumbling and jump off into the water. Shouta, meanwhile, wraps his scarf around something above him to catch him in case it does fall.

I land with no issues, and I am slightly shocked how clean the water is considering there is somebody big in it. Though, I guess I shouldn't be too shocked since the water is from a waterfall. That purity still stands.

"YEAH!" I call back with a much less lethal yell. A moment later, Hizashi, Nemuri, and Rody come in trudging through the water.

"What the hell happened here?!" Hizashi exclaims as he looks wide-eyed at the mess.

"A guy could control the elements which included my electricity," I signal towards the guy, "snatched that and some water and tried to drown us basically. Didn't work though. No offense, but I'm surprised none of you were shocked."

"Nem and I were just outside of the range. We actually had more people jump us, and that actually took a majority of them out, so thank you!" I'm glad someone appreciated that mess.

Rody shrugs, "I just climbed a wall to get out of range."

I sigh, "Glad everyone is safe then. While I am less likely to kill Flect Turn now, I still need to get him, so let's go."

I lead to the other side of the hallway with those three behind me. Of course, Shouta decides he doesn't want to get wet like a cat so he just swings until he reaches the doorway. By that point, he has no way of getting through, so he lands with a big splash in front of us.

I just roll my eyes at him and lightly shove him aside to go in.

This room is HUGE! If you thought the hallway was big, you're clearly poor because this is MUCH BIGGER! It's a huge empty room filled with cameras stalking the room and two stairs on either side leading to a single doorway on the second level. Unsurprisingly, the water has started to reach here, but it hasn't completely filled it yet. It's a slow and going process though. There's also only one person here for some reason.

In the center bottom floor waits Flect Turn, who I can't really see well since he has a bunch of camera equipment in front of him for some reason. What I can see is that he has blue skin with this dramatic cape that screams cult leader. As we approach, I don't think he notices us because he is so focused on entertaining whoever the fuck he is entertaining.

I start to hear Flect Turn, "...and have already started moving. The salvation of humanity will come two hours from now."

Oh boy, I don't care for that!

While Flect Turn is rambling bullshit, we practically get right up on him with him still not noticing us. I like to believe this is someone above giving me pity because I worked way too hard and that I deserve a peaceful ending to this arc.

I nod to Shouta, and Shouta does not hesitate to use his quirk on Flect Turn, snatch him up with his scarf, and yank him off his podium like he is nothing!

Flect Turn finally notices us and his eyes widen, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING-?"

I wave my hand at him as I go to where he stood, "Please shush! You have already said WAY too much! Now, what were you doing?"

"I WAS-"

"Oh, I was talking to myself! Not to you! Make sure he doesn't yap." Shouta does that from covering his mouth. Thank fuck. I didn't want to catch that disease.

When I take his place, I notice a bunch of equipment behind this camera. Upon closer inspection, it doesn't take me long to figure out what is going on.

This mother fucker is so damn dramatic. INSTEAD OF JUST BLOWING THE BOMBS UP, HE REALLY HIJACKED EVERY TELEVISION STATION JUST TO ANNOUNCE THIS! Like, I'm glad he did that because we would be screwed otherwise, but that is so stupid!

Why are all these villains so stupid?! They would literally need to combine their brain power together to come up with something smart, and I could still beat their ass!

Whatever, whatever. I have important shit to do.

"Well, hello everyone! Oh wait, one moment," I remove my helmet and smile at the camera, "There we go! If you don't recognize me because of the hair color, I am Izuku Midoriya. You know, that one quirkless kid who has been making a storm and is now one of the most wanted villains simply because he is quirkless? Yeah, that's me! I have a lot I could say here, but first, I would like to say that everything is fine. Ain't nobody getting blown up today, so settle back down, drink a beer or five, and just relax. I have the device to stop this thing."

I pull it out the little chip I got, showing it to the camera, "A couple of scientists sacrificed their lives to make this, so please think about them when I slide this in. Meanwhile," I signal for Shouta to remove Flect Turn's mouth guard, "Where is the beast controlling everything?"

"Like I would tell you!" Flect Turn yells like a petulant child.

I roll my eyes, "It's probably on the second floor behind the only door, huh?"

"..."

"That's what I thought, you stupid cult leader. At least Jim Jones was willing to kill himself with his people. You literally throw yourself around like some God and you aren't even willing to kill yourself when you are technically a disease too, " I look at the camera too, "And before anybody calls me out, I am not calling quirks a disease. I'm just throwing what he said to his face. Actually, I can have a whole discussion about this while we go up there, hold on."

I approach the camera, and it doesn't take much to actually be able to detach it from everything and make sure the connection says on. I take the camera in one hand, carrying it vlog style as I go to the stairs. In the background, I hear some giggling at this ridiculousness, but I am aware that this is my chance for some type of redemption. I'm going to take it obviously.

"Izuku's first blog, let's go," I mumble as I start to climb the stairs, which is going to take a moment or two since these are long. I start my grand speech, switching to a serious persona,

"Let me start with this: I am not a villain. I completely disagree with what Flect Turn did. Most quirkless do not feel that way as we only want to be treated as equals, and quirks are not diseases. Quirk or no quirk, you are who you are and nothing is going to stop that. We don't get a choice in genetics. I don't know why us humans have not figured that out yet. We should be judging each other based on our choices, not something we are forced with. The only reason why I was even considered a villain is because I am an influential quirkless person. There is not grounds stating I ever worked with Flect Turn. It was only because of bigoted thinking, just like this villain I am leaving behind, that has got me into this situation."

I reach the top of the stairs and enter this room with a huge machine taking up the whole back wall. It doesn't take a genius to realize that's where the chip needs to go. While I approach the machine, I keep talking,

"With all that has happened, I hope whoever put me in this situation is watching because I want something from you. I want a public apology stating that I am not a villain and that you were wrong. I am aware that is not going to cure everything, but I at least want that proof whenever someone does accuse me because of this again. This whole experience was stressful, and you're just making my life worse by letting this thought process live on. I don't care what else I am called, but I don't want to be given a name I don't deserve. If this doesn't happen, I will see you in court for slander. I was already struggling before. Please don't make this worse."

I stand right in front of the machine. After a quick search, I find where to insert the chip. I insert the chip and shift the camera around to face the screen that now says that the action is cancelled, "It's done everyone. I hope what I said resonates with someone, and I hope for everyone's safety during this time because I know there's probably still a little bit of chaos somewhere. I would also like to thank the men that are above now because of this. Thank you for your service," I turn the camera to face me and smile, "Goodbye, everyone."

I turn off the camera and release the anxiety that was coiling in my gut. I am not a fan of giving speeches, but that needed to be done. Hopefully, it does something.

I turn around to find Hizashi and Rody at the door, both of them smiling.

I raise my eyebrow at them, "What the hell are you two doing here?"

"I was curious of what you were going to say. You did well, kiddo."

Rody nods, "It was a cool speech...thank you for that last part."

I approach them, "It's no problem. Now, it's time to beat up the some of a bitch!"

I don't give them a chance to respond as I gallop out of that room and down the stairs where Shouta and Nemuri wait. Flect Turn is still tied up, but he looks knocked out. Considering there is no blood on his head, I assume Nemuri did the honors there.

"When is he waking up? I have some words for him," I ask. Yeah, I ain't holding back even if he is knocked out.

Nemuri shakes her head, but I can tell that she is amused, "Give him a couple of minutes."

"Will kicking him wake him up?"

"I mean, nobody is stopping you."

With permission from Nemuri, I approach Flect Turn and kick him as hard as I could in the stomach, ignoring the loud crack that follows. Thankfully, it does wake him up as his wide eyes look at me before turning to rage. He doesn't get a word in when Shouta forces his scarf around his mouth.

I huff, "Thanks, Sho. Now, onto you," I mutter as I glare down Flect Turn, "I hope that you are proud of yourself. You have ruined people's lives and families because of your spiteful selfish desires. You killed people, destroying not only their lives but their families as well. You ripped away quirkless people and manipulated them into following your stupid rulings, and those people are going to jail now. Your idea of killing everyone with quirks was stupid because quirkless still can birth quirked, and are more likely to, so quirked will never die out. I hope you rot in jail because you fucked up so much shit for nothing."

I can't hold myself back anymore. When Flect Turn decides to return the rage and struggle, I punch him in the face as hard as I could, forcing him to fall back and crash his head into the ground. Upon further inspection, he is definitely knocked out now. What a bitch.

"Lame," I look at Rody, "You want to kick him or anything? You probably deserve this more than me."

Rody raises his hands chuckling, "Yeah, I rather not get in trouble."

"Noone will know."

"I don't think hitting him will satisfy."

"You want a gun? We can probably grab one from one of the men back there-"

Hizashi decides now would be a good time to intervene, "No, kiddos. I understand your rage, but attacking him is not going to cure anything. You can only explain so much without getting in trouble." Shouta and Nemuri nod in agreement.

"I hope he suffers in jail is all I ask," Rody settles with, Pino agreeing by nodding its little head.

I nod, "Alright. I guess now would be a good time to call Endeavor and have him clean up."

Shouta comments as I pull out my phone, "Kid, just text him. I'm don't want to hear him scream a third time."

"For once, I agree with you."

- - -

It doesn't take long for the heroes to get there and clean up. Unlike before, where they attacked me like I was Flect Turn himself (offended, by the way), they just left me alone and did their thing. I took this time to check everything out, though I found nothing else. The only thing left was a place for them to sleep, eat, and shit.

Once that was finished, we were taken back to Otheon where I brought Rody back to this crappy ass trailer where the little siblings plus Todoroki and Bakugo were. They seemed happy just to get off duty. However, it does remind me of something I want to do.

Somehow, I manage to convince Hizashi to hand me over Nezu's credit card. I then go to the nearest bank and ask for a concerning amount of money. That takes a while because I have to prove that 'hey, i can have that money', but after that, I pack it in three cases and return to the Soul household. The whole time, the squad is following me, but they aren't questioning me at all. I consider that concerning.

I knock on the door, and Rody opens it up with shock, "Yo, you missed me already?"

I roll my eyes, "I'll let you believe that. I came here to bring you something," I hand him a big case and a smaller case, "Since you helped me by having the case I needed, the bigger case is your payment. It's my thanks for you. It's also for dealing with my shit."

Rody's eyes widen as he opens the case to find it filled with cash, "Yo, this is too much! I can't take this! Where did you even get it?!"

"It's from my high school principal's account, and that money comes from Japan HC. If anything, you're helping me with my spite train towards them, so just take it."

"...alright then. What's in the other case?" I sigh, looking away from him.

"I don't know what you plan on doing for your father. If you plan on doing a funeral or what-not, that should more than cover it. If you decide to do something simple, you can keep the cash too. Either way, I don't want you to have to worry about money when you are mourning him."

I am not looking at Rody, so I nearly jump out of my skin when I'm pulled into a hug, "Thank you!" Rody exclaims, sounding close to tears. Awkwardly, I pat his back.

"It's not a problem. I promise I will get out of your hair now. Stay out of trouble, won't you? Villain life kind of sucks."

Rody withdraws and smiles at me genuinely, "Yeah, and you make sure to come back and visit."

"If I get a plane ride, I will. Now, go spend some time with your siblings. I know you miss them."

With that, we depart.

However, I have one more thing that I have to do. This one requires some hacking into the government, but I manage to get the information I want. Luck seems to be on my side as well as the location I need is in town. That one takes longer to get too, but with GPS, I manage to arrive in front of a cute little house in a nice neighborhood.

Alan Kay's house. While I didn't see any kids in the data, I know he does have a wife that lives here.

I did consider talking to her, but now that I am in front of the house, I can't. I go into my back, pull out a paper and pen, and write a short letter.

Dear Mrs. Kay,

I apologize for the loss of your husband. I can't imagine what you are going through, but I can promise you that your husband's sacrifice was not in vain. He probably saved the world with his brave actions. I don't know if this is something you want to hear. You probably just want him back, and I understand. To ease the hardships. I left a case with cash that should more than cover any funeral costs you have for him. You can keep the rest. If you need someone to talk to or help with anything, I will be leaving my contact details below. Feel free to reach out. It's the least I can do for you.

Izuku Midoriya

I am aware that it's a crappy letter, but I don't know what else to write.

I slip it in the case. I signal to the squad to wait, go to the front door, drop the case, knock, and quickly leave before she comes out because I don't think I can talk to her. Once I am back with them, I grab the sleeve of the person nearest to me, which happens to be Shouta, and drag him away because I don't want to be seen. Hizashi and Nemuri follow right after.

Once we are a decent distance away, I let go of Shouta and stop to face them, "I apologize for all that, but I believe it was necessary." Of course, there is more to it. However, I plan on just emailing the police station to update me on the people that were forced there and sending the money to them. I simply don't know everyone that was involved. Trying to search for them would not benefit anyone.

Hizashi is the first to respond, waving his hands in a calming matter, "Hey hey hey, it's okay! Actually, I'm glad you did that. No need to worry that little head of yours, Tiny Listener." He reaches forward and ruffles my hair.

"Yeah, Izu. We're not going to stop you from doing the right thing," Nemuri adds, providing me a smile.

Beside me, Shouta hooks an arm around my shoulders and pulls me against his side, "They're right. If anything, we're proud of you for doing that."

I look up at him with confusion, "Huh?"

Shouta looks down at me and genuinely smiles, "If this happened a few months ago, you would have never considered doing that. It shows how much you have grown over that time. I know times have been hard, but I'm proud of you for making it through it all."

I turn away from him, hiding my expressions but goddamn he had to say that in the worse time for me emotionally.

To be honest, since seeing that video with Alan Kay and learning about Rody's father, I've been feeling a lot not only with the Flect Turn bullshit but beyond that. The anger overshadowed it, but now that Flect Turn is gone, it's left this mess.

That video hit me with a reality check: people really do live one moment and disappear the next, and you never know if they are going to be alive or dead by the time you see them again.

This isn't my first time dealing with this. When Shouta was kidnapped, that was the first time I was forced to realize that. As soon as I did, I did everything in my power to get him back as soon as possible. When I did get him back, I was protective of him to an extent he doesn't even know now. Like, he knows that I have GPS in his hero costume and scarf, but I also did put it on random pieces of his clothing just so I can know where he was just in case he got kidnapped again in civilian clothes. I had put something on his phone as well. Keep in mind, he doesn't know any of this. I never spoke to him about it. I just did it because I was so fucking scared of losing him. I did the same with my Mom, Hizashi, and Nemuri, but I was over the top with Shouta since he was kidnapped.

A couple of months later, I did realize I was a bit obsessive and removed it all, but I digress that it happened.

This bullshit sort of dug that fear back up, and that's what spurred this whole thing. What if one of them is on patrol or something and they disappear or it happens when they are just trying to live their lives? What if the next time I see them then is when they are dead?

It's honestly one of the scariest thoughts. I can't lose them. They're so important to me-

I feel a hand run through my hair, "Izuku!"

I snap out of my thoughts and look up to see Shouta bent down to my height, one hand in my hair and the other on my shoulder, "Kid, are you with me?"

I did not even realize that I had zoned out like that. Behind him, I see Hizashi's and Nemuri's worried looks, but they are keeping their distance.

I nod, and Shouta sighs in relief, but he becomes serious again, "What's running through your head? You don't usually go out like that, and you're crying." Am I? I reach up with my sleeve and rub it across my eyes - goddamn it, I am. Have I really dropped that low where thoughts make me cry now? I don't like this feeling. Emotions are acky.

I take a shaky deep breath, "I was just thinking that..." I have to take another breath here, "that what happened to those scientists could happen to you guys, and I don't want to lose you guys. You mean so much to me. I know I am shit at expressing it, but I would be a goner without y'all."

Shouta is unable to hide his surprise unlike usual, "Oh, kid..." He pulls me into a hug, holding me as tight as he can without killing me, "We're not going away anytime soon. We're sticking by your side as long as possible, whether you like it or not. We deal with you. You have to deal with us."

I softly chuckle at his comment and return his hug just as tight, "I know...it's just a worry."

"I know. You have every right to worry, but you shouldn't stress yourself over it. Just trust us, alright?"

"...alright."

That's when Hizashi and Nemuri approach, creating a group hug.

"We care about you just as much, Tiny Listener," Hizashi announces.

Nemuri chuckles, "We do. I'm glad you care so much too because that was adorable."

Despite feeling emotionally drained, I pull out the last bit of sass and glare at Nemuri, "You ruined the moment."

"No I didn't!" Nemuri squawks as she jumps back like she has just been stung.

"Mhm."

I wrap one arm around Hizashi for a moment since I can do that now. Then, I let both of them go and step back. Hizashi steps back as well, but Shouta is still on his knees. He inspects me for a moment, making sure I am alright before ruffling my hair and standing up.

"Let's go home. It's time to rest," Shouta declares dully.

Yes, let's go home. I'm tired of other countries throwing their bullshit at me because they can't fucking deal with it.