Hello everyone, guyNumber23 here, starting my second story on Boku no Hero Academia. Got the main idea while I was working on my other story, and I ended making it a different story. Anyway, as usual, I don't own the characters or nothing related to Boku no Hero Academia, only this fic. Comments, opinions and corrections are always welcome. Enjoy the reading!

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Her Treasure

Her Little Green World

It was no secret that Midoriya Inko loved her son Izuku. The day he was born, the first time she laid her eyes on this tiny bundle of joy, wrapped up in a blanket and crying out loud, Inko knew the meaning of her life changed completely. There, resting on her arms and slowly calming down as he heard her steady heartbeat, her Izuku took the center of her life, becoming the validation of her existence. Everything that she had done in her life brought her and resumed at this moment. Despite the criminal wave, the wars, the economic problems, climatic changes and any other problems that might be happening, the world was much brighter and colorful, because her son was with her.

And since that day, Inko gave her all to take care of her precious baby. It proved to be a hard task. Baby Izuku barely completed his first year and Hisashi had to move from Japan, having received an amazing opportunity to work at a huge multinational enterprise. Thought it tore his heart apart to leave his lovely wife and his only son, at such a young age from all things, but it would be for the best. He also wanted to give this kid the best future he could, and he would work as hard as he could and beyond to make sure Izuku only had the best.

So he left, trusting that his wife would take care of him while he helped her from afar. And Inko surely took this as her life goal. For many nights she stood awake, soothing her little baby until the colics ceased. But besides that, he was a wonderful child. He remained sound asleep during all the night, cried for milk always at the same times of the day, and what she loved most, Izuku was a very clingy and sweet baby.

Inko walked around the house with him on her arms and he kept holding tight on her small blouse with his tiny hands. She quickly discovered that he didn't like the crib, so every night he slept by her side on her bed, surrounded by pillows in case of him rolling during his sleep. When she played with him, making him jump on her lap or lifting him up, he reached with his tiny hands and when she got him closer to her face he oh so gently caressed her face. She nearly fainted when she heard him call her 'mama' for the first time.

"Who the hell call the others at six in the morning?!"

"Mitsuki! Mitsuki! He said it! Izuku called me 'mama'!"

Bakugou Mitsuki flinched as the voice of her green haired friend blasted from her phone. Seriously, the woman was too hyped with this mother thing. Two hours ago she finally managed to put Katsuki to sleep, so she hoped to have at least some decent hours of sleep. She had no such luck. Soon after Mitsuki received a video.

"Come on, Izuku, say it again. Who is this?"

The blonde woman watched with tired eyes at the green haired baby on the screen. He was digging his nonexistent teeth at a biting toy, then looked at the camera when he heard his name, tilting his head to the side. His eyes showed confusion, then realization and after that sheer happiness.

"Aah! Mama. Mama"

"That's right! It's Mama! Oh, I have to send this to Hisashi! And Mitsuki too! Oh, does my mother knows how to use the phone already?"

Mitsuki couldn't help but smile at the sweet scene and the overjoy of her friend. Izuku sure was a cute baby, even more if she compared him to her own son. Seriously, Katsuki was always shouting, throwing things around and acting up, but she still found it better to have an overactive child than one plain and too quiet.

Seeing Izuku grow up was surely one of the best things that happened on her life, together with the day Hisashi confessed to her, the day he proposed her, the day of their wedding and of course, the day she gave birth. Basically, everything that had some relation with Izuku was special for her. She watched in awe as he took his first steps. He fell a couple times, almost crying rivers, just to brush away the tears and get up again. Inko watched and recorded in HD, her brave son facing his very first challenge. Once again he stood up, firming his at first wobbly tiny legs and balancing himself with his arms stretched forward. Now on his feet, little Izuku, with all the seriousness a baby face allowed him to show, looked at his enemy, the wooden floor, and lifted his right leg with his small arms open to steady his body. He lifted his tiny foot and successfully landed it centimeters ahead of where it was before. Then he lifted the left foot and repeated, and repeated with the right, and with the left.

"Yes, you are doing great, Izuku. Here, come to Mama"

Listening to his name, he lifted his eyes to look at the person he liked most. A bright smile opened up on his mouth as he took step after tiny step towards the green haired laid that he loved. Caught up in his objective, he tripped at the end, only to be held in the arms of his mom. He was obviously happy that he managed to reach her, caressing her face and hugging her.

"Mama, Mama"

"Good job, Izuku. You are an amazing baby, you know that?"

"Ahh!"

"Yes, yes. Who's my baby? Who's my precious little baby!"

"Oh! Uuh! Zu!"

"That's right, it's Izuku!"

Her days were filled with joy. Izuku was a clumsy kid, but that didn't stop him from trying again and again. She lost count of how many times he fell asleep on top of his building blocks before he managed to build a small castle. He quickly showed that he wanted to eat by himself, but during a week she had to clean the baby chair, the floor, the bib AND give him a bath after food time. Maybe the worst part was the period where her bed sheets suffered from nocturnal accidents.

Inko loved her baby, even if he wasn't a baby anymore. How could she not love such an adorable child? When they were at the park, together with Mitsuki and little Kacchan, as Izuku called him, the green haired boy would come to her time and time again flowers he found around, and eventually a bug he found interesting, to her horror.

"Izuku! Let go! Let go! This bug can bite you!" Inko told him, then almost panicked when innocent Izuku just put the small beetle on her lap.

"Hahaha, don't be so strict, Inko! They are just exploring"

"Exploring!" Izuku and Kacchan shouted, pumping their tiny fists in the air.

Inko steadied her breath. The simple thought of her precious Izuku being harmed pushed her over the edge and made her heart race. This wouldn't do much good for her health.

Anyway, she loved to see her child growing up. His newest interest appeared in the form of a love for heroes. In the world they lived, heroes surely drew attention, but to her son, it was much more than that. And he found something to admire above all other things. The blond hero with the huge muscles, a wide grin and immense power, All Might. The video appeared on the internet and quickly gained millions of views, though she was sure at least a tenth of them were because of her son. Every time he watched the same video with energy as if he had never seen it before. His eyes were glued to the screen as the great hero rescued people while laughing loudly. His eyes shone with a bright flame, what she internally called the Flames of Hope. Inko was sure her son would turn the world into a better place. He was the hope for this world sinking into chaos.

His admiration for the number one hero only increased as the time passed. She watched as little by little everything surrounding Izuku turned into something related to All Might. Inko remembered perfectly of the huge grin he had on his face when she gave him a tiny All Might costume. After that, his favorite game was 'save the mommy in danger'. She hid somewhere in the house and called for him, patiently waiting for him to make his entrance, mimicking his idol.

"Help! Someone, save me!"

"I'm here!"

He looked so cute in that suit. Not only that, Izuku knew how to impersonate the hero in every aspect, from his famous laugh and poses to his special attacks and trademark phrases. One time though she got a little worried as Izuku somehow made his face look way too much with All Might. What he wanted most in the world was to be a hero like his idol. All his future hero names had some reference or were direct mentions of the name of the Symbol of Peace. And he could barely contain his eagerness to make the Quirk exams. He made to her a list of possible Quirks he could develop, based on hers and her husband's Quirks.

"Hmmm, let's see. Pyrokinesis, the ability to control fire. Fire breath. Small telekinesis. Heat control. Floating. Pyrogenesis. Izuku, what is a flame symbiosis?"

"Oh, it's a creature of fire that lives inside me! I thought that maybe I could have a mutation"

He was such a smart boy, and at a very young age. She couldn't be more proud of her son. Inko hoped that his smile never stopped to adorn his cute freckled face. She hoped her day of happiness never ended. But then came the day. That fateful day.

It would be forever engraved on her mind, the way his face lacked any expression or emotion after receiving that terrible news in such a blunt way. Did his doctor even know how to treat kids? Inko thought certainly not. Also, what kind of explanation was that? What did two joints have to do with the future of her dear son? It wasn't fair. This whole situation wasn't fair to her green sunshine. After receiving that blowing revelation, he kept on his room, watching, again and again, that old video. When he called for her, trembling and on the verge of crying, and asked if he could be a cool hero just like his favorite hero, it crushed her heart to dust.

She hugged him and said a thousand times sorry, while she felt his hot tear roll over his soft cheeks. Inko couldn't help but feel guilty as if she had failed as a mother to protect his dreams. It was a simple task, right? Practically everyone had a Quirk, and both she and her husband had Quirks, so why did her Izuku had to be deprived of it? In a world where the mutations are all around and the different is common, why her son had to be excluded? She wanted to answer him with a yes, she wanted to assure him, inspire and encourage her little baby to follow his dreams, like the mother she was supposed to be, but the only words that left her lips were I'm sorry. She was indirectly telling him that it was impossible, and Inko felt horrible and with a bad taste in her mouth.

It was like a very bad taste joke. Within all the possible genetic combinations, her body had been incapable of allowing her son to dream. She felt like she had stolen it from him. It wasn't fair. No one should know the feeling of having your dreams and ambitions taken from you and torn apart. And yet, here he was, so small and fragile on her arms, her precious Izuku, sobbing and crying until he fell asleep. Even at this state, lying peacefully on her bed, he looked sad, lacking his usual shine that she adored so much. She stood at the side of her bed crying for the unfortunate destiny of her son and later at night, due to the difference in time zones, she called her husband on her phone to give him the news. Inko flinched and had to hold her tears again when she heard a loud bang from the other side of the line. Hisashi wasn't one to get lash out at others or react violently, but she could feel his frustration thought the call. She cried a lot and normally externalized her emotions, but he was different, he kept them bottled up and on the rare occasions it reached the surface, he let everything out at once. To think that one single problem would throw him over the edge.

He said he had work, but he would somehow go back to Japan to see them, to at least talk to him, but Inko knew he was always busy with something. Leaving would result in accumulated work when he returned, and she didn't want to cause her husband any problems, so she insisted that everything was fine and she would take care of Izuku as always. Of course, they knew it wasn't fine. It was way too far from fine, but she had to make this work somehow. She just had to make a greater effort to guarantee the happy future her little baby deserved.

"I wish I could be there with you. I should be there…" His voice was shaky.

"Don't put the blame on yourself, darling"

"Then you shouldn't do the same, Inko"

She had to cover her mouth to muffle her sobs. A deep breath and she steadied herself a bit.

"I… we will make it, somehow. I'm not giving up on him yet"

"Me neither. I just wanted to see him. He must have been so shocked. Did you know? He sent me a picture of a draw he made. He made himself breathing fire, and a tall guy on his side, with a label saying Dad, also breathing fire… it's my… my background on the phone…" Inko heard as her husband was almost breaking, but he breathed in and put himself together.

"We will protect our little Izuku. Right, Inko?"

"Yes. It… it will be alright. Because I am here" Inko turned those words into her resolve.

"I'm counting on you, so count on me too"

-/-

If she felt that life was unfair with her only child, Inko now was sure someone had cast a curse on her family.

"Those cruel kids! How can they be so mean to a friend? And at such a young age! No, Inko, these little monsters are not friends of Izuku. They just go to the same school. My poor Izuku, how much do they plan to make you suffer?"

Time and time again Inko told Izuku that she could change his school, but always said no. She didn't know why, though. Since it came to the common knowledge that he had no Quirk, all the other kids gathered to make fun of him and exclude him from their circle. It didn't help that the son of her friend Mitsuki turned out to be an insufferable brat. The one Izuku had as his best friend became the person to torment him more. But the green haired kid kept following his former friend, not saying a word against the bad treatment he always received. But something in him lit up. The day after his dreams were crushed by a very impolite medic, he had a new flame within him. It was the same light she saw when he took his first steps, after falling so many times before. The same light he had whenever he faced a new challenge.

This was his newest and biggest challenge. Inko was sure Izuku would not give up from pursuing his dreams, no matter what a bald and fat man in a white coat said, no matter how many times the blond brat hurt him and told him he was worthless. Her Izuku was much better than that, and he would not stop until he achieved his objective. Still, it hurt her to see him arrive at home with bruises and all dirty. He always said he fell, but she knew it wasn't true. One time she actually saw some kids harassing him near the school and she immediately went to talk with the teachers and, hopefully, give the parents of these kids a piece of her mind. The next week, he arrived home with a purple eye. When she asked, he said he fell and ended like this, but she could see the marks in form of a not so tiny fist. He never said anything so she stopped asking. It was his way of taking care of her, not making her worry about those things. He always worried more about others than about himself.

Inko saw on him a great hero, one willing to do what was right and help others in need, not because of fame or money, but because that was the right thing to do. Which was why she felt so happy and proud when he passed on U.A. Entrance Exams, with a powerful and unknown Quirk. It made her worried sick that every time he used his Quirk he ended up hurting himself, but at her heart, she felt relieved. After all those years, she didn't fail him. He could turn into the hero he aimed to be. And she never gave up on him, which was why she just HAD to make his costume. It wasn't fancy or high-tech like the ones they saw on TV, but it was the material proof of her support to her son's dreams. And he would wear it proudly because that was the type of man he was.

Yes, her little baby was turning into a man. From the beginning, he endured many hardships along with his classmates, much more than a teen should. She more than one time considered transferring him from U.A. since they apparently couldn't prevent her precious child from getting hurt, but it would basically kill his dream. It had to be U.A, the hero course that his hero model passed by. So be it, she would make what any mother would do and cheer for him, support him, and of course, keep her arms and heart wide open if he ever felt the need to be comforted. After all those years incapable of properly protect him, it was the least she could do.

But truth be said, seeing her cinnamon roll of sunshine leave her house hurt like an arrow to the heart. After receiving the visit of All Might in person, asking, no, begging for her permission to take him into a system of dorms, she couldn't say no. That is, as long as he kept the promise he made to her. Inko actually felt nervous whenever she remembered that. All Might had a debt with her, and that single fact was pretty scary, to be honest. After that, time and time again she watched on the news, villains attacking and the young ones, Izuku among them, and they bravely resisted, fought back and overcome the adversities. She felt torn apart between the feelings of worry and proud. And above that, she missed him. She missed her little Izuku as much as she missed the man he was becoming. Her apartment felt empty, lacking the warmth of his presence, but she knew it was for the best. It was for the future of her son, and she wouldn't deny what he deserved, not her, not anyone.

Forget about these feelings. Today was a great day. A day to celebrate. The teachers of U.A, after considering all the problems that happened lately, decided that the students would have a weekend to spend at their homes. Of course, they would need to constantly inform their position and activities, and they were only allowed to go to a very specific group of areas that met all the conditions imposed by the teachers. Pro heroes and the police would be patrolling in larger groups and with much more frequency, everything to guarantee the safety on the young ones. And that meant one single thing for Mama Midoriya.

"I'm home"

Her eyes filled with tears of joy as she looked at the doorway.

"IZUKU! WELCOME HOME!"

Inko didn't know when was the last time she hugged someone so tight, and she remained like that until the feeling that her son might escape her grasp got away. Izuku returned the warm and tight hug equally, eventually lifting his mother's from the ground.

"It's been a while, mom"

"Yes… too much for my liking"

"It's alright… I'm here"

On Friday's evening, Inko practically conducted an investigation into her son's habits and living conditions. She knew U.A. only offered the best, but she was still worried, as any mother would be. Another thing that worried her, Bakugou Katsuki was in the same class of Izuku, as she discovered during the Sports Festival. Her son assured her that those were the old times. It was kinda true. More important, when Izuku started to talk about his life in the dorms with the other students, Inko noticed the brightness on his eyes. He made it. He finally found friends he could count on. True friends that wouldn't hurt him or make him feel bad about himself. For that, she was infinitely glad.

After a long chat, they showered and went to bed. Next day came and they decided to go shopping. Inko would make a very special dinner for her Izuku today, a new katsudon recipe she came up with and had been perfecting. They just left a store and were walking along the streets heading home.

"Just wait, Izuku, my new recipe will hit you like a Detroit Smash"

"I'm looking forward to it. Lunch Rush almost never makes dishes of that type, since there are so many students"

"Hmm, I could always bring you some during the week"

"M-mom, that would be embarrassing"

"What? Is my grown-up man too grown up to enjoy Mommy's cook?" Inko said and playfully pinched his cheek.

"M-m-mom! We are in the street. P-people are s-s-staring!" Izuku said as a pink hue made its way to his face. Looking around a group of girls, probably five or six years older than him, passed by them and he heard some giggles, increasing the intensity of the pink.

Mama Midoriya looked around with a quirked eyebrow and a small smirk as she evaluated the admirers of her son. Deep inside she couldn't help but remember of her younger days when she wasn't so chubby and short. After discovering that her son apparently was Quirkless, she stopped taking care of herself like she used to. Maybe she should use her free time and go to the gym or run in the park. It also crossed her mind that her son was at the age of developing crushes. She wondered if he liked someone from his class, or maybe a senpai from the hero course, though she hoped he didn't. He always seemed so focused on his goals. What if he was too dense to notice and some girl already liked him? Her heart skipped a beat at this imaginary situation. She wasn't ready to have a daughter-in-law.

"Slow down, Inko. No matter how you look he is still your little Izuku. When other moms were called to the school because of adult magazines, you had been called because the teachers were worried about him mumbling nonstop during class. He's as pure as a snowflake. Wait a minute, isn't that hero Midnight one of U.A teachers? I think I saw her at the Sports Festival... Oh my, what if he develops a crush on her?!"

"Mom, are you feeling alright? You look kinda pale"

"Huh? Ah, I'm fine. It's just the weather, maybe…" Actually, it was a pretty sunny day.

"Here, let me carry this"

"No, no, I don't want you to carry everything! What if you strain a muscle?"

"Don't worry mom, my training is much, much tougher than this. A lot. Really" His face was the definition of tiredness, but he took the bags from his mother's hands, carrying all the shopping alone, leaving Inko only with her purse.

"Nee, Izuku"

"Yes?"

"Do you by any chance… umm, have you found a girl you think it's pretty already?"

Izuku froze for a moment, then once again got a pink shade adorning his face and he stumbled on his words.

"A g-g-girl I think it's p-pretty?!"

"Yeah, I guess you are on that age, right?"

"I-It's not like t-that… I thought about it once… b-but I don't f-feel like that for any of m-my girl friends!" In fact, Uraraka popped into his mind but he decided to not talk about it.

"Oh, so you have girl friends. That's a big step. But isn't there any other girl from another course or another year, one that maybe caught your eye?" The image of Hatsume crossed his brain quickly.

"N-N-No, not at all"

Inko puffed her cheeks a bit, making a playful pout.

"Humph! Seriously, these girls from U.A must be blind or they need a good pair of glasses. How can they not see how beautiful my dear Izuku is?"

"Mom, we all focus on our studies and hero training. The students from the other Departments also work hard"

She decided to tease him a bit.

"I understand, but at your age, your mother received a lot of love letters. I was quite the heartbreaker~" Inko said with her hands on her cheeks like a teenager girl.

"R-really?!"

"Oi, don't look so surprised. Mama was a young attractive woman. I had guys confessing for me all the time and I went on a lot of dates"

Okay, not all the time, and she may or may not be exaggerating the numbers of dates she went on, but the embarrassed expression of her son as he probably imagined her meeting guys at fancy places and rejecting love letters, it was something she found absolutely adorable. But he surprised her with his response.

"Well, I still think you are really pretty, mom"

She stopped walking as she heard that. Memories of little Izuku calling her the most beautiful mom in the world, and he had to add, even more than Midnight, flowed to her mind. Izuku stopped a few steps ahead.

"Mom?"

She looked ahead to her son, walked back to his side, then faced him with a sly smile on her lips. Inko then got closer to him, poking him on his sides.

"Seriously! If I had your age and was at U.A I would hold you to never let go!"

She then wrapped her arms around his torso and buried her head on his chest. His eyes went wide when he noticed another group of girls, these ones from his age, looking at him and his clingy mother. Inko also looked at them and, much to her son's embarrassment, poked her tongue out and held him in a defensive way, earning more giggles from the teenagers.

After that close contact, Inko acknowledged something. Izuku was indeed turning into a stunning man. When she hugged him and pressed her face to his chest, she encountered nothing less than solid muscles. Izuku was definitely a hottie, so why didn't he have girls falling for him at all? Well, maybe it was her look through the Mother's Spectacles. Everything he did was amazing to her, but was it okay for her to find her son attractive?

"Well, it isn't like I'm not telling the truth. Yep, it's just a fact that I got aware of"

Izuku and his mother kept talking about whatever topics came around on their way home, but just when they were passing by a main street at the busy center of the city, a big building started to crumble into pieces. Panic quickly installed and people around started to shout and run aimlessly. From the clouds of smoke, on top of the pile of debris, a form appeared.

It was a woman. Light skin almost like snow, but with a tinge of pink. Blond voluminous hair that reached the middle of her back and made big curls at the ends, with a streak covering half of her forehead. She had bright blue eyes with long eyelashes and eyeshadow that made her eyes look cat-like. Her attire was all black, a long skin tight dress with a v neck that gave a good view of her cleavage, covered by a small blouse that came at the middle of her back and had long sleeves, very open in the front. The skirt of the dress had a cut at the right side that went all the way up to her silk looking tights, almost on her waist. Finally, the lady had a black silk scarf, slightly translucent and with many shining dots. As she looked at the chaos taking place, she lifted her head a bit and brought the back of her hand in front of her mouth, and started to laugh.

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho! Yes! Run and fear, mere commoners! Run, for you can't escape the grasp of time, and fear for the overwhelming power of this ruthless overlord!"

Izuku stared at the scene, quite confused, as the blond lady in black made such speech. He didn't get it but one thing was for sure, she was a villain, and by the size of the black sack near her, she had just assaulted the place she came from. He had to think fast. First things first. Activating Full Cowl, Izuku held his mom on his arms and jumped away from the chaotic place, leaving her with the shopping and turning back.

"Mom, stay here until the police arrive. There are lots of heroes around on patrol so it shouldn't take long until they capture the villain"

"Wait, Izuku! Where are you going?!"

"The streets are a complete chaos. I have to help to control the crowd so the pro heroes can take care of the villain without other worries"

"But you-"

"It's okay, I'll be fine"

And with that he dashed out, jumping to action. Getting in the middle of the crowd at a higher place, he started to shout to draw attention.

"Calm down everybody! Midoriya Izu- no, hero in training Deku from U.A! Please maintain order and calmly leave the streets. The pro heroes need space to deal with the villain!"

"Oi, I think I know this kid"

"Yes, he was the one from the Sports Festival with the one million headband"

"So the students from U.A can really act like heroes, huh?"

Izuku felt relieved. People recognized him, not only from the Festival but as a hero. But he didn't have time to waste feeling proud of himself. A cry came from the crowd and he spotted a lamp post about to fall upon a small girl.

"Watch out!"

He jumped and managed to scoop the girl up just in time to avoid the large piece of metal. A man came to her as she cried for her dad. Handing the girl to the man, Midoriya looked at the fallen post, noticing something at the base.

"The post… the base is completely rusted. Could it be…?"

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho! Look what we have here, a young soul eager to carve the own name into history. Be careful, my child, time shows mercy to no man"

"What are you talking about?"

He assumed a fighting stance but didn't attack. He had to discover what was her Quirk, and buy some time until the pros arrived.

"Now, I must take my leave. Time doesn't wait for anyone"

"You are not getting anywhere!"

"Oho? You dare to stand against me?"

"Count on it. I don't even know your name, though" "Looks like she talks a lot. Maybe I can stall her with this until the pros get here"

The lady in black slowly brought her right hand in front of her face while her left stood at the right side of her waist.

"My identity? Listen, young one. I am the embodiment of ruin. I bring forth the will of Time itself. The chains and gears of the world turn and shift at my command! Fear the name of the empress who lasts through the ages, Khrona!"

She opened her arms wide, staring at Izuku with a superior look, while the green teen felt lost about how exactly he should react to this.

"I must go now. Stand on my way, if you dare"

Khrona jumped from the pile of debris she was, carrying the black sack with her. Izuku quickly jumped and blocked her way. Khrona then crouched and touched the ground with her hand.

"Dust to dust!"

The pavement in front of her started to crack and shatters, almost making Izuku fall, but he managed to jump in time and hold on a lamp post.

"Strength Enhance? No, she just touched the ground. Shockwave? Explosion? The floor didn't blow up, it fell to pieces. Maybe some type of disintegration Quirk…"

"Young boy, do you think you have time to spare thinking?!"

She ran past the post he was and touched the base. Izuku saw as it rusted and then broke. He just let go of it before it fell and dashed after the lady in black.

"You are not getting away!"

"Oho? Didn't give up yet? Running against the clock is a futile effort!"

Khrona reached for something under her sleeve and then tossed it behind her.

"Passing of Ages: Thousand Springs!"

In an instant a lot of trees and other plants sprouted and grew up at a fast pace, blocking the way.

"What?! How can she do that?! So it isn't a disintegration Quirk, but what could it be?"

Izuku had to run around the blockade, spotting the villain turning on the next street.

"That's bad! She's going to another crowded place"

Izuku dashed after her again, quickly catching up.

"Even if I don't know her Quirk yet, I have to stop her"

He jumped at Khrona and brought back his right leg.

"St. Louis Smash!"

He barely missed her, but he made Khrona let go of the sack. Khrona took distance from him.

"My my, you seem to be a bold one. Tell me your name, young one"

"Deku" He said while holding his fighting stance.

"Deku? Very well, Deku, I shall remember your name so it can be written in the stones of immortality. Feel blessed, for I shall give you the honor of being engraved in history! Return to Origin!"

As she shouted, the floor they were started to melt and Izuku instantly jumped to a high place.

"I'm not letting you escape!"

"Oho? Do you have so much time to spare with me? Look, those commoners are going to sink into the tar and cement. They shall resist the hand of Time as eternal statues!"

She was right. Not only the floor he was previously, but the entire street was melting, and people were getting stuck. Izuku hesitated for a moment, looking at Khrona and at the street.

"What will you do, Deku?"

"Tsc!"

Izuku took some impulse on the wall and jumped towards the street, grabbing a boy while he flew by and then holding on another wall on the other side. He held the kid tight and quickly climbed the wall, leaving him at the rooftop of the two store building.

"It's okay, you are safe now"

After that he returned to the street, repeating his strategy to save as many people as he could.

"Damn! This is taking too long! I can't save everyone like this, and I don't know how her Quirk works. Disintegration, accelerated growth, liquefaction, it doesn't make sense. Aah, I don't have time to waste!"

Then something clicked on his mind.

"Time!"

"Midoriya?!"

With an old lady on his arm and holding on a wall, Izuku looked at the direction of the call and spotted Midnight at the rooftop of another building across the street.

"Midnight! Quick, the villain headed down that street, I can take care of things around here"

"It doesn't look like that, though. Don't worry, I got help"

At that moment the melting pavement started to shift and solidify again, without imprisoning the civilians and also covering the tar.

"Midoriya! Follow Midnight and capture the villain! I'm more suited to the rescue"

"Cementoss!"

Izuku watched as the pro hero did his work, creating structures where the civilians could hold while he and other heroes along with the police helped them out of the tar. He put the old lady in a safe place on the rooftops and then jumped to where Midnight was, instantly cutting to the chase.

"How can it be that everytime a problem appears you are involved?"

"I would like to understand that too…"

He laughed nervously as they ran on the rooftops, trying to spot the villain.

"So, did you find out what is this villain's Quirk?"

"I think so. At first, it didn't make any sense, the effects of her Quirk, but now that I thought more about it I guess she can control time"

"Time?"

"Not time exactly. She made a lamp post rust and trees grow super fast. Maybe she can control how the things ages"

"Then what was that back at the street- there!"

Midnight spotted the woman in black running around the streets. She carried a black sack and some policemen were after her, but she blocked the way by making the ground shatter. With a nod, Midnight held on Izuku's back and he jumped from wall to wall in an alley, safely landing on the street and in the way of the villain.

"Oh, the young Deku appears again! And he brings a partner with him"

"I'll be quick and simple, surrender now or I'll make you" Midnight said with a clack of her whip.

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho! Midnight, the +18 hero! Your age passed a very long time ago!"

"What did you said…?"

Izuku noticed Midnight was clearly pissed. The pro hero dashed forward at the villain, ripping a part of her left sleeve to release her Quirk, creating a pink mist around the two. He covered his mouth and nose as he watched Midnight attack.

"Who are you calling an old lady?!"

Midnight used her whip, making it roll up on Khrona's arm, then pulling the woman closer and connecting a powerful punch to her guts, knocking the air out of her. With so much of her aroma being inhaled, she would be heavy asleep in no time. But much to her surprise, Khrona just kneeled on the ground, trying to recover her breath. She slowly got up, holding her stomach and making her best to grin at the pro hero.

"As I said, your time is long gone, but I have a lot to spare"

She had on her hands an old bronze mask, but it appeared to be getting an old look, becoming less bright and polished.

"You…"

Nagareki Jikanne, Khrona. Quirk: Time Flux. She can transfer the years of any object to another, altering their ages! Living beings also are affected, but there's a conversion rate between living and inanimate. Ten years of an object equals one year of a person!

"Tsc, you should be on your beauty sleep by now"

"Oh ho ho ho ho! Midnight! As the will of Time itself, I don't have the need to take care of my appearance! My form is forever crystalized at the peak of perfection!"

"Shut up! You are too annoying!"

"Oho? Is that envy I sense? Yes, fear, woman, for Time shall strip every piece of your youth!"

"Grrr!"

Midnight attacked again.

"I am still!" Left hook.

"A beautiful!" Right knee on the abs.

"AND YOUNG WOMAN!" Upward punch, connected to the chin, sending Khrona to the ground with a thud.

Midnight vented off her stress, but now what she felt was worry. The blonde just laughed from her place on the floor, slowly sitting up. Her face, marked with a bruise on her cheek, healed without leaving back a trace of the damage Midnight caused.

"Oi, oi, what is going on?"

"You want to know? My secret?"

"Tsc. So annoying"

"Listen, Midnight. The flux of Time is mine to command. I can give, and I can take time as I wish. So, do you see now?! Do you understand my eternal form?! Oh ho ho ho ho! Oh ho ho ho ho…"

"So she can revert her body to a previous state to erase the damage… Not only that, she's constantly resetting her metabolism so my Quirk won't affect her. There has to be a limit, though"

"Oho, are you wondering if there's a limit to my power? I already said, Midnight, I have plenty of time at my disposal" Khrona held a bottle of wine on her hand, and pulled another from her sack.

"Nothing like a well-aged wine, don't you agree? But few things get better as the time pass. Take a look at this necklace for example" She revealed a golden necklace with a small hourglass draw carved into a round golden plate. It was from the size of a coin and looked kinda dirty and dull.

"This small necklace was passed from generation to generation, a relic of my family. He's so dirty and lacks the original brightness… How many years do you think are stored here? How many necks this piece adorned? Can you imagine? Can you feel the weight of the past it carries?"

Midnight understood what she was planning, but when she tried to take distance, she noticed her feet were sunk into half dry cement. Her eyes widened, he fell on a trap!

"Oh, ho ho ho ho! I wonder how many years you still have left, Midnight!"

"That's bad! She robbed a museum full of antiques. If she lay that hand on me, I'm gonna end like a raising! Move! Move!"

Khrona was mere steps from Midnight. The hero tried to free herself, but because of the cement, she made very little progress. Khrona held the necklace with one hand and was about to touch Midnight's face, when a gust of wind blew by, clearing the pink mist.

"5% Delaware Smash!"

Izuku, seeing Midnight in a pinch, decided to help her, but he couldn't risk inhaling her aroma, so he had to get rid of it first. Using the surprise effect, he jumped forward and tackled Khrona, effectively getting her away from Midnight. They landed not much far, into an alley. Quickly recovering from the surprise, the +18 hero spotted a signpost and used her whip to get out of the cement. Meanwhile, at the alley, Izuku got up ready to fight, but Khrona managed to sneak up on him, involving him with her arms from behind. He became stiff when he felt her breath on his neck.

"Oh my, you sure are a youngster full of surprises, Deku. I really want to imprint your form in history. How do you want to be immortalized? In stone? Maybe covered by gold or diamonds. Tell me…"

He was paralyzed. The slightest move and she could steal all his life years, or even make him return to the size of a baby. His heart beat fast. There had to be a way out of this.

"An opening, I need an opening. Just a second!"

"Tic, tac, the time is running out. I might decide myself how to- ouch! What?! Who dares?!"

"Let- Let go of him!"

Oh no, he knew that voice. It could be only one person, but why was she here and just what was she doing? As his mind raced, Izuku couldn't stop himself from calling her. It was a bad move, revealing information to the villain.

"Mom!"

There she stood. Midoriya Inko, shaking and lacking the purse she just threw at that blonde woman. After her son bravely left to help the citizens, she followed through the alley and headed to another place, following the motion of the crowds. She walked slowly, trying to calm down her worried heart. He would be fine, her dear Izuku would be fine. But then she heard a sound of something crashing. She looked into the alley and her face filled with terror as she watched the woman she saw before wrapping her arms around her son. She didn't know why. Inko knew she didn't have power enough to help him, but still, she had to do something. Her body moved on its own and when she noticed the villain was glaring at her, still holding her Izuku. Her son looked at her and his eyes screamed for her to run, but her feet were rooted in place.

"You are the progenitor of this young man? I must offer you my congratulations, given the wonderful man you raised. That said… making fun of me with such a ridiculous action… I can't forgive such insolence! Time forgives no man!"

"Let him go! Let my son go, you dirty villain!"

Khrona felt an eyebrow twitch. Still holding Izuku near, she took hasty steps towards the short green haired lady in front of her, holding Inko by her head. Inko fought back, but the grasp on her green strands was strong. On the other side, filled with despair, Izuku tried to move the blonde woman away from his mother. If he used his Quirk, she could do something to her, but she also could use her Quirk on him and render him useless, which would also put his mother in danger.

"A mother is supposed the give her life for her children, right? So be it, let's put that to practice!"

"Stop! STOP!" He shouted as loud as he could. The sight of his mother frozen in fear and looking at him with eyes full of tears, it made him snap, so his arm, charged with One for All, moved to land a powerful punch at the blonde. He didn't have enough focus to measure his strength. Maybe it was something around forty, maybe fifty percent, but suddenly he felt a sharp pain course through his body, bringing his attack to a halt. At the same time, Inko also screamed in pain. A white glow emitted from their bodies while Khrona's blue eyes had an intense light on them.

"Fountain of Youth!"

He felt his consciousness fade away. Izuku tried, again and again, to focus and stop this villain from hurting his mother, but he felt more and more distant. The only things that he could perceive clearly were the blue glowing eyes of Khrona, the heartbreaking and anguished voice of his mom, and at last a known voice giving an order.

Finally getting out of the cement, Midnight rushed into the alley and the first thing she saw was the terrifying scene of one of her students and his mother, of all people, in the hands of the villain. She didn't have to think about it. Midnight dashed forward and landed both feet in the middle of the blonde's back, sending her flying some meters away from them. She then looked at mother and son, hoping that she would not have to face the worst case, and released a relieved sigh when she saw them breathing. Turning her attention to the villain again, Midnight was about to chase Khrona.

"You are going nowhere you- is it?!-"

"Yes! It is what it looks like! An ancient Aztec mask! Do you think you can approach me carelessly?"

"Tsc, I'll not let you do what you want and just leave"

"I already lost my precious items. What else do you pretend to do?"

"I'll give you a serious beat for hurting one of my students and his family, THEN you are going to jail"

"Oh, scary. Well, maybe another time"

"It will be here and now!" Midnight ran forward but she stopped as Khrona touched the side of the building.

"Dust to dust!"

The entire wall crumbled into debris, blocking the way for Midnight. From the other side, she heard the villain's voice.

"Until we meet again, Midnight. Oh ho ho ho ho! Ooh ho ho ho ho!"

"Tsc, annoying villain…"

She then went back to the two fallen on the ground.

"Oi, hang in there, Midoriya. Midoriya!" He was unconscious. Midnight heard some noise coming from her side. A very weak whimper. Inko seemed awake or on the verge of blacking out. She struggled to reach her son, using her arms to drag her body closer to him, but she barely moved.

"... I… zuku…"

"Lady Midoriya, don't move. Your son is fine, he's just knocked out. We'll take care of him"

"... Izuku… I…" She fell unconscious too. Midnight looked at the sight for a moment before acting.

"Cementoss! Someone! We have hurt people here! Send help immediately!" She shouted as she lifted Inko on her arms. Cementoss quickly entered the alley and ran to grab Izuku.

"What happened to them?"

"They are unconscious but are fine. That villain Khrona used her Quirk on them"

"And the villain?"

"She escaped. Gather the police force and some heroes on patrol around and form a perimeter. We might be able to still capture her, and don't get near her. She seems to only affect what she can touch"

With that they left, carrying the Midoriyas to get medical attention. After that, Cementoss went to organize the perimeter with the captain in command, while Midnight accompanied the mother and son to the nearest hospital. Then, something caught her attention.

"Wait, what the heck is happening…?"

And the first chapter is done. So, what did you think? I can write some fluff things too, not only... lewd. Anyway, leave comments if you feel like. Hope you all have enjoyed. Guy's out!