14. Revelation
A/N: Slight manga spoilers with Midoriya's Quirk while he's fighting Twice...
(Shouto POV.)
I can't believe it's over... It all happened so quick.. I watch the news that Hatsume had turned on and see my father collapse to the ground, arms bleeding and most of his costume burned away. I look to where Touya is at and the Heroes and police are restraining him and loading him into the heavy duty van.
"We're here live where Flame Hero Endeavor has taken down League of Villains member Dabi!" the reporter exclaims. "It was an intense fight of literal fire vs fire and it was so incredible that the police had to evacuate the general vacinity along with Endeavor's sidekicks and Pro Heroes Uravity, Cellophane, and Tsukuyomi who were outside of the building that's still under the raid of the other Pro Heroes."
"Oh yeah..." I actually forgot about the others and their operation.. I turn my attention back to the monitors, trying to see what all is going on.
(Bakugou POV.)
"Dammit! Just stay in one place you psychopath!"
Deku and I came up here to help take down these two losers. The others are wrapping everything up downstairs. I was able to blast that Hades guy back giving Steel enough of an opening to finish him off. Eijirou was planning on heading up here but they needed him down there more. These two fucks are all mine and Deku's.
"Invisible Girl! Head back down and help the others! There's still a few that need to be restrained!" Deku shouts to the invisible chick.
I aim my bare hand at that blonde bitch. I was too amped up to grab my gauntlets off the floor from my earlier attack. I let off an explosion, wide enough to block the entire hallway. "Get your ass down there! I ain't gonna be holding anything back and I can't have someone I can't see get in the way!" I shout as I cease my blast.
The fire and rubble of the room clear and my eyes widen as I see three blonde bitches beside the split personality guy. "Shit," I growl. "Time to die!!"
I charge forward using my blasters. The three of them come running at me, each one of them wielding a knife. I blast around the first bitch and kick myself off the wall as I aim an AP shot at the next one. It pierces through her shoulder and she melts away. Fucking clones..
I drop to the floor and aim my hands at the other two, blowing a powerful explosion from each palm. They both are gone when the smoke clears, leaving only the guy. "The hell!? Where's she at!?"
"Kacchan! Get down!"
I look back and see Deku aiming his hand, ready to flick. I blast up into the air, flipping behind him just as he uses his power. The wind shoots through the air directly at him but he dodges.
"Hit the bastard! I thought you finally got a hang of everything!" I shout at him.
"Twice as always been fast!" he shouts back. "I can handle him! You should go and track down Toga before she escapes!"
"Dammit!" He's fucking right. "Fine! Just hurry and destroy this guy!"
(Midoriya POV.)
(Slight spoilers for those who don't read the manga. Skip Midoriya's POV.)
I can handle him. We need to take him down this time. Kacchan blasts over Twice and Twice charges me, leaving Kacchan alone. One For All will be too reckless in this hallway if I use 100%.
Twice keeps coming at me. I calm myself, getting into a more relaxed state and focusing on my goal. Black energy forms from my arms as I activate my Black Whip. I launch forward, jumping above and whip the energy at him.
He slows down and dodges them. "Nice try! You fucking suck!" he shouts at me.
I still haven't mastered this particular quirk yet, but I'm good enough for close quarters fighting! I flip through the air and slap my hand his way, blasting a whip out of my arm at him and wrapping it around his body. While he's in shock from the sudden attack I blast more from my arms, fully restraining him in place, squeezing him tight enough to-
"What the?" I watch wide eyed as his body bubbles and melts away. "He was a clone!?" According to his file Twice never copies himself!
I click on my ear piece as my quirk recedes. "Kacchan! Twice as another clone! They must've escaped!"
"No fucking shit!" he barks back. "I'm down with the others! They finished taking out all the other shitty villains but those two got away!"
"Damn..." I turn my attention to a window nearby and look out. The police begin to swarm the building and the fire department is now on site and extinguishing fires that are spread around the street and several buildings. "I hope we at least got Dabi.. For Todoroki's sake..."
(Shouto POV.)
"It looks like it's finally over. The police and Heroes are escorting the villains out," Momo states as we all watch the news channel.
"Yeah.. They got Touya at least..." I mumble.
Hatsume turns the news broadcast up as everyone begins to come out of the building. The camera pans across to the large hole in the wall from where Midoriya and the others stormed in. Midoriya was the last to exit, everyone else was already out and getting some on site medical treatment as well as assisting with making sure the villains didn't get away.
"I'm glad this was such a success," I quietly say as I keep my eyes glued to the TV.
I feel Momo touch my arm. I turn my head to face her and all I can see is her gentle smile. "I knew they could handle it," she says.
I uncross my arms and set one around her, holding her close. "Yeah. I knew they could too. Just sucks that Twice and Toga got away...."
"Looks like they're gonna be getting the scoop on everything now," Hatsume states, pointing at the screen.
I look back to the TV and see the anchor woman and camera walk to where Midoriya is at. "Deku! Deku, this raid against the League was a huge success! How much planning and effort went into this mission?" she asks and then holds the microphone to him.
"The day they revealed themselves, when they attacked the Todoroki wedding is when Ground Zero and I began to launch our investigation and went on the search for them. We've been working diligently to find them and put a stop to them before they could execute whatever they were planning on doing this time around," he answers.
"And what of Todoroki and Creati? Why were they not apart of the raid today? It was Shouto Todoroki's brother who was the main target today was he not?"
Midoriya just smiles at the camera and waves them away. "No comment," he says.
"And this mission, being so successful and with so little injuries on your end, how much planning went into this? You executed this raid in such a short amount of time. The Todoroki's wedding wasn't even two weeks ago."
"When we at the agency work together we give it our all and go beyond. We have complete trust in another and know how we each fight and what our strengths are. We had eyes on the inside by sending Invisible Girl in with a body cam. We were able to identify the villains within before storming in ourselves. With just that we were able to come up with a plan of attack," he answers. "There were of course bumps in our plan. Since Dabi and Endeavor both have powerful fire quirks the rest of us were forced to remain inside the building. We couldn't provide any back up for him."
"And Endeavor, he received the most amount of damage on the Pro's end. Was there anything that could have been done to prevent that from happening?"
"No comment."
I sigh as Midoriya walks away from the reporter. "They're relentless," I grumble.
"They're just doing their job Shouto."
"I know, it's just annoying.. Midoriya does a good job with them though."
"Well, it seems like that's about the end of it," Hatsume says, turning to look at us. "You wanna catch the rest of it?"
I shake my head. "Nah. I'll read the official report once it's in the system," I reply. "Thanks for letting us watch."
"No problem," she replies with a wink. "This actually didn't take as long as I thought it would. It's only been about an hour and a half. By the time everything gets settled there they should all be back to make their reports. They'll probably be back in a few hours."
"As much as I'd like to stay and talk with everyone about everything, we can't wait for them to return," Momo says.
I turn and look at her. "What? Why not? We can just hang out in the office together until they come back," I tell her.
"We left your medication at home," she tells me. "I know how stubborn you can be, but for today let's go back home and rest. We can make plans with the others to meet up later."
I can tell that she's serious. I know I wasn't supposed to even come out today... "I do want to talk with everyone... But.. We can head home," I reassure her as I take her hand and kiss it. "Let's get going before it starts to snow."
"Sounds good," she smiles at me. She turns and faces Hatsume who is typing something into her computer. "Thank you for having us Hatsume," Momo thanks her.
"Yeah. No problem," she replies without turning to look at us. "You guys taking off?"
"Yeah. We're heading home," I tell her as I walk to where I set our jackets down and retrieve them.
"Alright. Stay safe you guys and good luck with the baby thing."
Now that this Touya issue is out of the way, our next issue is dealing with the inevitable press when we reveal that we're having kids... I walk back to Momo and help her put her jacket on. We begin to leave down the narrow path between the clutter, headed for the elevator.
I press the button and the doors open up. We step inside and I press the ground floor button and we ascend in the elevator. The fight between my father and Touya is all that's running through my mind right now... I sort of spaced watching Midoriya and Bakugou go after Twice and Toga... I still can't believe it's finally over with him though.. And I couldn't even help in any way...
The ride up is silent. I think Momo can tell how tense I am and she probably doesn't want to bring it all up right now.. I can't help how I feel right now, but I am glad she isn't bringing it up. I really don't want to talk about it.
We finally reach the ground level and the doors open. Momo steps out first just as my phone goes off. I pull it from my pocket and check who's calling. It's my dad. I sigh as I look to Momo. "Can you call the driver and have him pick us up. I have to take this," I tell her. She nods and pulls her phone out and dials the number.
I answer the call as we walk to the lobby. "Yeah?"
"Shouto, we finally got him. We got Touya. He's in custody and being taken to Tartarus now."
"I know. I was watching.. You got pretty burned up... Are.. Are you okay..?"
"I'm fine..."
There's just silence now... Why'd I have to ask that...?
"Um.. Deku told me that Twice and Toga were there and they escaped us somehow."
"Yeah I know... I watched it on their body cams.."
"We're keeping that information out of the media. This operation needs to be seen as a success and if people are aware of two of the League's main members got away then it'll look bad on our end," he tells me.
"I understand. They probably got warped away anyway so it's not like they're just running through the streets with all the police and Heroes around," I reply.
"Our thoughts exactly. But anyway, Touya is being taken to Tartarus now and once Ground Zero gets his arms patched up a bit, me, him, and Deku are going to be heading over to question him. I'm aware of your injuries, but I thought I'd extend the offer to you if you wanted to come along."
I rub the back of my neck as I think it over, stealing a glance at Momo. She's busy talking with the driver and not paying attention to me at all. I sigh and focus back on the call, turning away from her.
"I'll pass. Seeing Touya just isn't an option for me right now. Just knowing he's finally behind bars is good enough for me," I tell him. I also think seeing him in person might trigger one of my nightmares... "Besides, I need to focus on Momo right now... In case you've forgotten I'm going to be a father in about seven months and I need to focus on getting better and taking care of my wife."
"I haven't forgotten Shouto.. And it's seven months until they're born, but they are alive inside of her now.."
"What are you getting at?" I grumble slightly.
"It's just that technically you are a father already. They may not be born just yet but you and your wife are providing for them, nourishing them, and making sure that they are safe and grow healthy," he begins to lecture me. "They're your children. You two are parents. I just hope you're ready once they do come."
Parents... Already... The realization hits me like a train and I look over at Momo who just hung up the phone. "We're parents already..." I mumble, gaining Momo's attention. "Shit..." Why does he have to be right about this? It's hard to be mad at him when he's right..
"Go be with your wife Shouto. Touya isn't going anywhere. When and if you're ready to see him, he'll be in Tartarus."
"Yeah, thanks.. See ya..." I hang up the call before he can answer.
I sigh as I put my phone in my pocket and I rub my temple, trying to calm my mind of everything that needs to be done within the next seven months. I need to get better soon...
"Who was that?" Momo asks as we wait for the car.
"My dad..."
We're standing in the lobby looking out the large one way glass pane windows just watching the cars drive by. "He told me that they got Touya and him, Midoriya, and Bakugou are going to be going to Tartarus to question him... He invited me along but I told him no," I say as I glance at her. I reach out and take her hand, rubbing my thumb over her knuckles and wedding ring, reassuring her that I won't be leaving her again. "I'm staying with you and helping with taking care of our kids."
"They're not born yet Shouto. There's not much you can do but make sure I don't get stressed out," she says with a slight laugh. "But I appreciate you having some common sense."
I turn and face her head on, setting my hands on both sides of her belly. "I know they're not born yet, but that doesn't change the fact that they're living and growing inside you. They're our children Momo and I'm going to do what I can to make sure they get what they need and what you need for the next seven months."
"I'm glad to hear that." She leans forward and sets her forehead against mine and then kisses me. "You'll be a great father Shouto."
"I'm going to try my best..."
(Momo POV.)
It took us nearly an hour to get home with all the snow and ice on the roads. It started to snow even more about ten minutes into our drive.. But, Shouto and I had plenty of time to discuss a few things.. Where we want to live, what size house we want, what we'll do when he's got Hero work once he's recovered enough, possible names for the babies.. But now I'm just wanting to relax and rest. I haven't done much today but I'm already exhausted.
Currently we're sitting on the couch, or, I'm sitting and he's laying across it with his head in my lap. I run my fingers through his hair as he turns and faces my belly, setting his hand on it and gently rubbing it. His quirk is activated enough to warm me. It's soothing and comforting.
"You know, my father told me that we're parents already," Shouto speaks up.
"Oh yeah? I guess that's technically true now that I think about it."
"Yeah... I'm still not used to him being an actual caring parent..."
"You know your father cares for you."
"I know.." he replies while scooting closer to my belly.
"I promise I'll love you both with everything in me from the day you come out," he warmly speaks to the twins. "I can't wait to meet you. Make sure you don't strain your mom too much. Right now she's working hard to take care of you and me because daddy was reckless," he says with a mild laugh.
I thread my fingers through his hair, enjoying seeing this soft, warm side of him. "You're a good dad Shouto," I warmly tell him.
"I'm trying..." He kisses my stomach and then sits up, setting his arm around my shoulders and kissing me on the lips. "I promise I'll do my best to be a good dad.."
"You already are. You know what being a bad one is like and I know you won't repeat your father's mistakes," I assure him as I take his hand. Our wedding rings tap together as our fingers lace. "Your best will be more than enough."
"I hope you're right but I still have doubts.. I think it's gonna be a learning process," he replies while looking at our hands. "I think.. I think as long as we can do it together we'll be okay.. It'll be tough in the beginning though since I'll have to be working, but my mom will be plenty of help.. She's a good mom."
"I know. I'm already grateful for her help," I giggle. "We have so much to do before they come," I sigh, leaning into his shoulder.
"I know... Why don't you go lay down for a bit and rest and I can go over some of those listings we were looking at earlier," he suggests.
"You need to rest too," I remind him.
"I'll be fine here on the couch. As long as I don't get up much that'll be enough. You need to go and lie down and take it easy for awhile. You're getting bigger every day and need to rest when you can."
It might be hard for him to see for awhile but he'll definitely be a good father. He's always been an amazing boyfriend and despite his issues while being injured and useless as a Hero, he's a good husband.
I lean over and kiss his cheek. "Alright," I say pulling away and standing up, letting go of his hand. "I'll bring you your medication before I lie down."
"Thank you."
(Shouto POV.)
A few hours have passed since Momo fell asleep. I've kept my word and have been staying on the couch, only getting up to use the restroom and to grab a snack. Looking over all these houses is tedious and kind of annoying... I can't believe I've been doing this for hours...
I've got my laptop on my lap and I've practically been nonstop searching for one.. Earlier while in the car we had talked about getting a lot if rooms, a decent sized yard and obviously in a good neighborhood. But I want a traditional styled one while Momo wants a more modern place.. That's the only problem..
"Searching by myself is hard... I need to make sure whichever ones I like are also suited to Momo's preferences.." I mumble to myself as I keep scrolling through the listings. "We just gotta decide on a style though..."
My phone begins to vibrate. I pick it up off the couch and answer it without checking who it was first. "Hello?"
"Yo Todoroki! How's it goin'?"
"Kaminari? Could be worse," I reply as I click on a house. "Did you need something?"
"Straight to the point as always. Most of us are here at the agency right now and Midoriya told me that you and Momo watched everything go down today," he says.
My mind is really only half paying attention to him. I'm still trying to read over what it says about this house. "Yeah. What of it?" I ask.
"Well I know you guys probably won't come out, but we're gonna be heading out to get some food and drinks soon. You guys are invited to come and we can give ya the details of the operation and catch up."
"Gonna have to pass. Sorry. Is the report in the system yet though? I'd like to read over it all," I reply as I click on the contact information about the house.
"It'll be in the system by tomorrow, and you should come out! We haven't seen you since you came back from the hospital! Come out with us!"
"Well, I'd like to get out of the house, but... Momo's resting right now and I don't know if she'd be up for it.."
"Come on man! Just 'cause you're married now doesn't mean you have to do everything your wife wants! Take your painkillers, get yourselves dressed and come out!"
I run my hand through my hair, thinking it all over. "I'll see if she's up for it.. I'll text you in a bit."
"Sweet! Catch ya later then!"
I hang up the call and set my phone on the table. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to go out for an hour or two.." I mutter, looking at the house on my screen.
I open up my email and type something quick and professional up and send it to the realtor who's in charge of the house. I think Momo will like this one, it seems nice.
After I send the email I pick up my phone and head to the bedroom. Momo is laying down still sleeping... I walk over to her side of the bed and crouch down, resting my arms on the mattress and taking this chance to admire her beauty..
"Hey, Momo.." I quietly say as I gently shake her arm. "Wake up for a second."
Her eyes flutter open, blinking a few times before she focuses on me with a small tired smile. "What is it? Is it dinner time?"
"No, but Kaminari invited us to go out and meet up with everyone. Do you wanna go? We don't have to if you don't want."
She sits up, placing one hand on her stomach as she does. "No I'd like to go out and see everyone. It's been awhile. But are you sure you'll be okay?"
I set my hand over her belly as I look her in the eyes. "I'll be fine. I'll take my pills with me and take them when I need them," I tell her. "Plus I promise I won't drink. Dr. Sasaki told me not to while I take these anyways. We can go and socialize with our friends for a few hours and then come back home."
Momo smiles at me as she stands up. I stand back up and meet her eyes, standing taller than her. "Let's get going then," she says while smiling at me. "Do you have an address?"
"I'll text Kaminari and let him know we're coming and get it from him then. Take your time getting ready, and I'll call the driver."
"Sounds like a plan."
(Momo POV.)
Shouto and I walk into the large gastro pub. It's one that a lot of us go to after a successful mission. It has been awhile since we've all met up like this though. We all almost always have something going on. The pub is pretty full, and without needing to look around we both locate the others based on Bakugou's voice alone.
Shouto sets his arm around my waist and motions with his head in the direction of Bakugou's loud yelling. "Come on. Let's go get a seat with the others."
We walk across the bar headed for the back corner and I spot several of our friends. Bakugou is up and yelling at Kirishima while Midoriya and Uraraka are trying to help calm him down, Jirou and Kaminari are sitting together at a booth just talking and drinking, Shinsou, Honenuki, Sero, Kuroiro, Hatsume, Ojirou, Iida, and Tsu are all here as well.
"Wow. A lot of people showed up," Shouto mumbles as we near everybody.
"I was actually expecting more," I reply, causing him to look my way with a questioning look in his eyes. "Dabi along with several other villains did get captured today. The that's a huge victory for us," I remind him.
"That's true. I just figured that there'd be more crime happening and not many of us could come out for drinks."
"I'm sure that's why not everyone is present. Even Iida is here though Shouto. We don't get to see him much since he's at the Ingenium Agency."
"Hey! Todoroki's! Over here!" Kaminari suddenly calls to us. I look over and he's waving his arm out for us to come and join everyone.
"Come and take a seat," Jirou says to me as she makes Kaminari scoot over. "How are you guys doing? Hatsume told us you saw the raid go down on the body cams."
Shouto removes my jacket for me before I take a seat beside Jirou. He removes his own, wincing slightly and sets them down where everyone else put theirs.
"We're as good as we can be," I reply, scooting over so Shouto can sit beside me. He sits down and sets his arm around me and glances around the pub at everything.
"So I know it's been a few days but you're looking like you're growing quite a bit Momo," Jirou says. "How's everything with that going?"
"It's fine.. The morning sickness has gone down a little thanks to the ginger tea I've been drinking, my back is starting to hurt, I'm getting tired faster..." I sigh.
"But you're providing them with everything they need," Shouto adds on as he scoots closer to me. "Momo's been amazing with this, despite all that she goes through."
"Are you getting more emotional over stuff too? I heard that happens," Kaminari asks.
I rub my arm and glance to Shouto who glances away and shrug. "Kinda..." I answer.
"It's not too bad yet," Shouto says.
"Hey! Half n Half!" Bakugou suddenly shouts from where he and Kirishima are at.
"Great... What's he want now?" Shouto grumbles.
"When the hell are you coming back to work!? We probably coulda got-"
Kirishima presses his hand over his mouth, muffling what he was going to say. Shouto sighs and gets to his feet. "I'm gonna go and talk to him for a moment. I'll be back."
"Take your time," I warmly say while smiling at him.
"So how's Todoroki been holding up being on bed rest?" Jirou asks as Shouto slowly walks to where Bakugou and Kirishima are.
"He could be doing better," I reluctantly inform them. "Shouto doesn't like feeling useless and I think he's a bit down about me having to do everything for him."
"Sure sounds like him alright," Kaminari replies before sipping his beer. "When can he come back to work anyway?"
"He's got another two and a half weeks until he can be cleared to go back on patrol."
"Man that's rough. I couldn't imagine being stuck at home like that, not being able to do anything for myself," Kaminari says.
"Shut it Jamming Way," Jirou grumbled at him with an elbow to his arm.
"It's okay. It is rough. On both of us, but I'm doing what I can to help him and he's finally stopped putting up a fight about being cared for."
(Shouto POV.)
"What is it you wanted Bakugou?" I ask as I make my way to him.
"Have fun with them Todoroki. Bakugou is a bit out of it," Uraraka says as she walks past me, heading to where Momo is.
"Kacchan has had a little more than everyone else to drink," Midoriya says, turning to look at me as I reach the table.
They're all standing around a tall table, the kind you don't sit at for some reason. I've never understood why these things exist.. But Bakugou has nearly seven empty glasses in front of him with a few scattered in front of the others.
"How have you drank that much already? Why are you drinking so much?" I ask.
Bakugou glares at me, but Kirishima answers before he can open his mouth. "Katsuki and I have been here the longest. He wanted to come and start drinking before "dealing" with everyone. And he can't exactly hold his liquor after five drinks..."
"Shut the fuck up! I can huld my licker," he barks.
"Clearly," I say, rolling my eyes.
"Kacchan you should drink some water or get some coffee. We're Pros and there are civilians in here as well."
"I don't fuckin care! I jst wanted to ask this fucking burning frozen bstard when he's comin back to werk," he growls.
"Katsuki, Todoroki still has to heal. It'll probably be a few weeks."
"What's it even matter to you whether I'm back or not?"
"The fucking raid today! If you or yer wife wuz there we proababbly coulda also got those two-"
Kirishima muffles him again. "Katsuki that information isn't open to the public, remember?" he whispers to him.
"We all understand what you're getting at Kacchan. And we don't know for sure if they still would have gotten away..." Midoriya says, glancing at me. "We didn't even know they were there so we weren't fully prepared.."
Bakugou shoves Kirishima's hand to the side and keeps glaring at me. I return the glare and see him look past me to where Momo is. "So once you're healed up, she still won't be back right? Since yer dumbass knocked her up and everything! Izzat why you got married!?"
"Bakugou shut up!" I growl. He said that way too loud. I look over my shoulder and see everyone staring at us. Everyone from the agency we haven't told yet, those who already know, and several people in the bar who I don't know.. And Momo... All of them with a shocked look on their face
"Shit.."
A/N: Damn it's been too long since I updated this one.. First update for this for 2019 ^^" Don't really have much to say, but, hopefully it was good enough for the long ass wait.. I'm gonna try and focus on this one for a little bit, maybe try to get out another chapter or two relatively soon 👍
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