Inko and his eldest son's jaws dropped as they recognized the blue-eyed blonde standing beside their family's patriarch. And as if he was waiting for this timing, Izuku revealed who the big shot hero he and his father had met.
"The hero is All Might!" The youngest Midoriya revealed, full of glee.
Then he finally noticed where his mother and brother were looking, and he turned around to find that his father and idol finally caught up to him.
"Dad! All Might!" Izuku greeted with a bright smile, then he excitedly began introducing his family to the pro hero.
"All Might! This is my mom and my brother, Tenko! Mom, Tenko, it's All Might!" And he also introduced the pro hero to his family, even though he knows they already know who he is.
"Dad bumped into him by chance earlier! They already knew each other before! Can you believe that? Dad never told me that!" Izuku excitedly gushed to his mother and brother.
The latter two, however, were still just dumbfounded as they looked back and forth between their patriarch and the blonde pro hero, and as they tried to process what the youngest member of their family just said.
Then finally, Tenko found some words to say, though he did stutter.
"R-really?" Tenko said in disbelief before pausing slightly, "Dad? Our dad? Knew All Might himself personally?"
Tenko looked back at his younger brother, with some hope that the latter would start laughing out loud and refuting him, saying stuff like Are you kidding me, Tenko? Of course, not! I'm just joking!
Unfortunately for Tenko, Izuku continued with the absurd story that their father actually knew All Might, and his little brother just giggled, "Yeah! Did you know that, Tenko?"
Tenko looked at his little brother in horror, then he looked over at their mother in hopes that she would have an answer to what the hell was happening, but she just gave her son a look as if saying, Don't look at me. I have no idea either.
Then in perfect sync, the two of them looked back at their patriarch who...
...who was wearing the sweetest and brightest and fakest smile one will ever see. You can almost see bright coloured flowers floating and falling around him.
Inko and Tenko shuddered.
Izuku just found their reactions hilarious however, and with the help of his Quirk, he jumped off of his brother and towards their father, who immediately caught him.
"Mom... I think Dad's been replaced by a doppelgänger." Tenko said in a flat tone to their mother.
"...I thought the same thing." Inko replied in the same tone, "Let's go look for your real father."
Inko and Tenko both turned around in sync, but before they could take a step, they immediately turned back around and yelled at their patriarch in a panic.
"Hisashi-kun, it's really you, right?! You actually knew All Might?! This is all real, right?!" Inko first shouted.
"Dad, this is a dream, right?! No-- maybe a prank?! It's a prank! Please, tell us this is a sick prank you thought of, please!" Tenko immediately followed.
There were almost tears in their eyes as they pleaded with their patriarch.
"Believe me, I'm trying my best." Hisashi only had a single strained response through his strained smile, which only resulted in more disbelief in the matriarch and the eldest son. Izuku, meanwhile, just smiled and giggled more instead.
During the whole scene, Toshinori had just been standing at the side and watching the Midoriya family-- All for One's family.
This whole time, in the decade that All for One had disappeared, he had been spending it with his family-- happily spending time with his family. Seeing just how close his family is to him, that they can joke around with him, bicker around with him-- and in the case of the youngest child, laugh at him-- it brought up mixed feelings in Toshinori.
The thought that All for One had been happily with his family to this point, it frustrated him. The thought that All for One had managed to achieve peace and happiness through his family, it angered Toshinori.
All for One had reigned in Japan for almost a century, even dragging the whole country down through a dark age all so he could rule it through the shadows and with an iron fist.
He made life miserable for anyone unlucky enough to be born during his reign of terror, and even now as he has 'retired', the effects of his rule could still be felt after generations.
So the idea that he has a family that truly loved him and truly cared for him, that he also loved for and cared for, after all that he has done to the world-- it felt unfair.
He turned so many children into orphans, and many spouses into widows and widowers, and yet, here he was, spending all the time in the world with his wife and their sons.
It's not fair.
He shouldn't be having this.
He doesn't deserve it.
It's not fair--
"Uh, All Might-san?" The gentle voice of a woman suddenly snapped Toshinori out of his thoughts, and he looked down in front of him to see who had called him, it was All for One's wife.
"Is it alright if I call you All Might-san? Or maybe Yagi-san? How should I be calling you?" The green-haired woman politely asked Toshinori.
"I'm really sorry, this is just really weird," The green-haired woman nervously chuckled, "This whole time you have just been a Pro Hero my son idolized, but to think that you're an old friend of my husband, it's pretty surprising-- and confusing-- so I apologize in advance if I'm being too awkward."
"N-no, it-it's fine," Toshinori could only respond, "And, you can just call me Yagi, I guess."
"Ah! Then, Yagi-san, it's very nice to meet you. My name is Inko Midoriya. You already met Izuku, so I'll introduce my other son Tenko." Inko introduced herself before introducing her eldest son and gesturing to him.
Toshinori looked over to All for One's eldest son-- the son that looked the most like him-- exactly as the latter bowed his body and properly introduced himself, "My name is Tenko Midoriya, Yagi-san. Yoroshiku."
This kid couldn't have been older than 15, Toshinori assumed. He had wavy light blue hair, which was nowhere near All for One's pure white hair, but that along with his crimson red eyes give him the same albino appearance as his father.
He also has a mole below his lips just like--
"Nee nee, All Might!" A little boy's bright voice coming from All for One's arms snapped Toshinori out of his thoughts again, and he looked over to the kid that called his name.
"What is it, boya?" Toshinori referred to the little kid. He just realized this was the first time he talked directly to the child, and he unintentionally referred to him that way. [trans. old-fashioned way of saying "little boy"]
"Since Dad and us have been in America for a while, that means you haven't seen Dad in a long while, right?" The small green-haired child giggled and asked him with an underlying tone of excitement.
"Y-yes, that's right." Toshinori confirmed as he thought to himself, So All for One had been in America this whole time?
All Might's answer immediately caused the little kid's smile to widen as he thought this was the perfect scenario for him.
"Well, in that case, why not visit us at our house so you can talk more with him? Wouldn't that be really cool?" The little kid excitedly suggested, unintentionally also revealing his true intentions.
Toshinori's eyes went wide and so did Hisashi's, but the both of them made sure to not make it obvious.
The three adults in the situation were dumbfounded by the 9-year old child's straightforwardness. Toshinori and Hisashi's eyes were wide at the fact that they were being cornered into such a position by the latter's child, while Inko's hands had been covering her mouth in astonishment of her son's frankness. Tenko, meanwhile, had a face of half-astonishment and half-unsurprised as he was trying to look away. He could only think of one thing at the moment, That's my brother for all of you.
"Izuku!" Inko said in a gentle scolding tone as she walked to her husband and took their youngest son from him, "You shouldn't demand too much from All Might and your dad. I know you're excited to meet your idol, but you still need to behave."
"I'm really sorry, Yagi-san," Inko immediately apologized for her son, "He gets really overexcited when it comes to you so please excuse his directness."
"Ah, no worries, it's fine," Toshinori assured her, "I've met many fans just like him, and he's just a kid, so I wasn't expecting him to not be excited."
Inko just let another small sigh, before turning back towards her husband, "Hisashi-kun, we're done with our shopping now. The boys and I will head over to the car first, okay? Meet us when you've caught up with Yagi-san."
But Hisashi refuted the idea, "I don't think Toshinori and I have much to catch up on for now, so I'll be going with you."
Toshinori's attention perked up as soon as All for One spoke of leaving as well, but before he could say a single word, the latter continued, "But as for my son's suggestion, I don't think it would be a bad idea."
"We really do have a lot to speak about, Toshinori, so if you'd like, then you can come visit me in our home and we can talk about anything you want to know." 'Hisashi' suggested.
"And if it makes you more comfortable, you can bring your sidekick and your mentor as well." 'Hisashi' then suddenly added, causing Toshinori to almost frown at him, but he managed to stop himself.
"HAA?! A-All Might has a sidekick?!" Izuku unexpectedly reacted from his mother's arms, "I-I never knew about that! All Might, can you please bring them with you too when you visit? Please?!"
"Izuku," Inko gently scolded Izuku again, but this time, she made sure that her son saw the deep disappointment on her face.
Izuku immediately tensed up, and he sheepishly pouted as he wrapped his arms around his mom and hid his face in embarrassment, "I-I'm sorry, Mom. I'm sorry, All Might."
Inko just let out a sigh, "As long as you understand now, then you're fine."
Tenko meanwhile just patted his little brother's head to make him feel better.
But now with Izuku seeming to not be willing to interrupt anymore, Hisashi looked back at Toshinori and asked the Pro Hero, "So, would you be okay with that arrangement?"
"I am free any time you wish to talk, so I'll just have someone send you our address. When you've made your decision, I'll answer any question you have." 'Hisashi' told the Pro Hero, then he finally said his farewell, "It was a delight seeing you again after so long, Toshinori. But until your visit to our home, we'll have to part ways here."
The matriarch and the family's eldest son both bowed to Toshinori as they bid their own farewells before the patriarch ushered them and they left. As the Midoriya family walked away, Toshinori watched as the youngest child looked at him with sad eyes as he waved goodbye.
Toshinori weakly waved back at the small greenet, but when the family disappeared from his vision, a single question remained in his mind.
Now what?
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NOTES: Hey, just remind me really, really quickly, but isn't there a thing about the ancestry of Tenko, and now Izuku as well, that is pretty important to know? (✿◠‿◠)
Just quickly confirming it too, but Tenko and Izuku are biological brothers here, and are both Hisashi's biological sons.
Also, jeezuz, we almost reached 2000 words here, really did not hold back considering the last time I updated this story was in 2022, approximately 8 months ago.
Welp, hope you guys enjoyed this. Till I next update again. :DDD
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