Hey there again! Back at you with another story! .-. I really just can't stop myself once the ideas come to my head, I apologize. XD Now, if you're wondering just what kind of world this story's AU will take place in. It's your typical magical and mythical fantasy world! I was inspired to do this story when I've recently rewatched season 2 of MHA and watched the second ending for that particular season. I hardly ever see fantasy world MHA fics on this site. So once the ideas for this kind of story started coming to me, I just couldn't resist. I'm probably just blind or being lazy and not even looking properly for other fics of the type. XD So I'm by no means saying there isn't any out there. I'm just not aware of them.

As most of my stories are, this will be harem fic, and it'll have a rather large harem for Izuku at that. So if you aren't a fan of harems that have a high number of ladies from MHA to it, well don't say I didn't warn you. I'll bring it up now to save you the disappointment and to not waste your time if it isn't what you fancy. If you are a fan or don't mind large harems. Great! carry on if you so desire!

There will be dark themes, graphic violence, coarse language, and of course, smut for this fic. So keep those in mind when you proceed to read this.

Izuku will still be the courageous badass he has always been, but with just a bit more confidence and skill being added in. So I hope you look forward to that!

Alrighty, that is all I have to say at the beginning part of this chapter's author's notes. So without further ado! I hope you enjoy the prologue if you had ultimately decided to give this fic a chance!

Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia or any of its anything! It all belongs to Kohei Horikoshi!

Prologue

Every time I close my eyes.. I always seem to find myself reliving that horrendous night. The screams.. The cries.. They haunt me even up until this very day.. and I fear that it is what they will always do until I release my dying breath. If I had the opportunity to go back in time to save them all.. to save my mother.. I would do it in a heartbeat and not even give it a second thought.. I hope that one day I could finally move on..

Twelve Years Ago..

"Mama? W-What's going on? Why is everyone.. cr-crying?" A quivering six year old Izuku whimpered as he was watching his frantic mother move with haste to barricade the front door of their small and rather dingy wooden home. What had the boy and his mother so stricken with fear weren't just the screams of horror and agony that were echoing throughout the entirety of the small village outside, but also the sounds that could only be coming from many savage beasts that went along with them; that were causing them.

Inko put in no effort to answer her son's question as she was far too busy with trying to buy them some time in order to hide somewhere in their home from the monsters that were currently occupied with their gruesome assault outside. 'Done!' Inko internally cheered with a weak smile as she had just finished stacking the last of their chairs on top of their small dining table against the door. She wasted no time to take a good look at her makeshift barricade as she quickly turned around and rushed over to her son. "Come on my darling, we got to get to the room quickly!" She said with immense nervousness as she proceeded to pick up the small Izuku and held him close to her before she quickly jogged on over to a tiny room that was at the opposite side of the home.

Once getting inside, she put Izuku back down on his feet before she shut the door to that room behind her. As soon as she did though, she gasped as she sudddenly heard a loud bang and some loud cluttering come from the living room. She briefly whimpered as those noises could really only mean one thing; the monsters were already inside their home and had broken past her barricade quite effortless from the sounds of it. 'Damnit! I thought it would have at least held on for just a little bit longer than that!' She anxiously complained as she gritted her teeth. Now knowing that time was even more of the essence as she could now hear loud and heavy stomps slowly enter the house, Inko quickly but quietly moved to the center of the room before kneeling down to move a small rug that was on the floor.

"S-Something's h-h-here, Ma-" Izuku was about to point out the obvious intruder before he suddenly let out a quiet, surprised groan when Inko had quickly silenced him when she shot up to cover his mouth and gestured for him to be quiet by holding an index finger up in front of her lips; staring him directly in the eyes with a serious gaze as she did.

"You must be quiet Izuku, or else they will hear us. We don't want that, right?" Inko whispered to the poor boy in a rush.

Despite all of the unanswered questions that were currently running through the young boy's mind. He could only shakily move his head left to right as he stared wide eyed at his mother while simultaneously sweating profusely and holding onto the wrist of her hand that was covering his mouth.

Seeing as her son was obeying her and would no longer speak, she pulled her hand away from his mouth before she proceeded to carefully pry off a large, loose chunk of the wooden floor to reveal a tiny crawl space that was hidden underneath it. Said crawl space was just wide enough.. to hide only one person in it.. Well, it would make more sense to say that it could really only hide one child within it. A child of Izuku's own size.

Of course, Inko knew the predicament that was now displayed before them. Hell, she knew of it from the very beginning when she had thought of the only idea she could come up with. Yes, it was an idea that would definitely not end well for her. But if there was any chance that it could possibly keep her son away from death's clutches. She would gladly go through with it without giving it a second thought. After all, there should be nothing more important to a mother than making sure that her child is safe from harm's way.. Even if it does come at the cost of her own life.

Tears were starting to form in her eyes as she tightly clenched her fists. She didn't want to do this.. She didn't want to leave her little boy all alone, but what choice did she have when she had no others to choose from?

"My son.." She softly called out to Izuku who was still standing right next to her, a blank expression present on her face while tears were already rolling down her cheeks. The stomps in the background getting much more audible as the seconds past.

"Y.. Yes Mama?" Izuku acknowledged as he blinked a few times when he noticed the tears of sorrow that were staining her face.

Inko quickly shifted herself on her knees to face him before bringing her hands up to lightly grasp onto his biceps. The boy quickly glanced at her hands in a startled manner before looking back at Inko with confusion.

"I-I need you to be brave for me and do exactly what I tell you now, o-okay?" Inko asked of him as she stared at him with a quivering frown curved on her lips and she started to brush her right hand softly through his similar to her own colored hair. The dedicated mother struggled immensily to remain composed as what she was about to do was no easy task for her loving heart to handle.. but she can't back down now.. she couldn't even if she wanted to.

Izuku gulped as he already didn't like where this was going. "O-Okay.. W-What is it?" He questioned hesitantly as he nodded once.

Inko took a deep, trembled breath as her hand came from the back of his head to his left cheek. Her thumb stroking it a couple of times. She needed to take one more good look at her angel, her pride and joy, her one and only reason for being alive up until today.. before she would have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save him.

When she was ready, she sniffed as she quickly wiped her tears away and started to quietly tell him the vital instructions that she had for him. "I-I'm gonna help you get down in there," She pointed to the crawl space. "and once we get you down. I need you to lie down, cover your ears and close your eyes, okay?" She gave him a moment to ensure that he was following along. He nodded once to assure her that he was.

"Alright, n-now this is.. this is the most important thing you need to do." She choked up for a second before continuing. "Pl-Please.. N-No matter what you hear.. Do not make a single sound." She managed to say firmly. "Do n-not scream or cry. No matter what, okay? Can you do that for Mama, my dear?" She finished as her arms quivered while she still held onto his face.

Izuku's tears started to fall down his face more rapidly as his young mind was able to put the pieces together on what she was planning to do. When looking to the small crawl space that looked like it obviously wouldn't even fit the both of them in it and looking at his mother's expression; that is when it started to click for him. "B.. But.. W-W-What about y-you?" He choked out as he brought up his left hand to press her hand tighter against his cheek.

Inko nearly broke down right then and there as she stiffled a sob and almost let her feelings reign free. She wanted desperately to answer him to say that she would be fine and she wasn't going to go anywhere, but she didn't wish to lie to him. She never once did before, and she didn't want to start now. She didn't ponder on it for too long as the stomping was nearing the room ever so steadily and feral growling was now hitting their ears.

As a goodbye to her child, Inko quickly pulled Izuku in for a tight hug and planted a gentle kiss on his forehead. Izuku quietly whimpered as he shut his eyes tightly and held onto his mother for dear life. "Pl-Please don't leave m-m-me alone, M-Mama.." He pleaded as he gripped tightly at the back of her shirt and nuzzled his face into her bosom.

A short sob escaped the mother when she heard young Izuku's cries as her left hand came up to cover her mouth and her figure visibly trembled. "I-I-I love you so much, my angel. Don't y-you ever forget that, alright?"

"I-I love you t-too.." Izuku sobbed in response.

Why did this have to happen to them? What are the gods punishing them for? They were always a kind, caring, and respectful family. One that was well liked and trusted throughout their village. So that is why Inko fails to see what her, her son, and even their entire always friendly village had done to deserve this grim fate.. Why do they wish to take her away from her baby boy? Why are they so eager to have him suffer the loss of her?

"C-Come on, my d-darling. There isn't anymore time. W-We gotta get to it now." Inko said as she somewhat gathered her bearings and pulled away from their hug. She then gritted her teeth as the boy had insisted on clinging to her still.

"N-No, I don't want to..! I don't w-want go without you!" He cried out, the volume of his voice being suppressed and muffled due to him still pressing his face deeply into her chest.

"I-Izuku, what did I just tell you!?" Inko growled as she forcibly pried Izuku off of her when pushing her hands on his shoulders. The boy letting out a startled squeak as he gazed up at Inko in shock.

Calming herself down slightly, Inko took a quick breath before gazing sternly at young Izuku. "You said you would be brave for me, remember? So please, don't you dare go breaking your promise to me already and get in their now." She demanded as she pointed to the crawl space while battling with her emotions to remain dominant. The woman having no choice but to act angry with him if she were to hide him in time. Which was not how she wanted to be seeing as how these were the last moments of her life. Her last moments with him.

Indeed remembering what he had promised his mother mere seconds ago, Izuku closed his eyes and mustered up his courage for only a second before looking back up at Inko with a look that showed that he still didn't want to leave Inko's side, but he knew he had no say in the matter. He nodded dubiously as he waited for her to carry him in the crawl space.

Inko wasted no time as she proceeded to lift him up and hastily put him down into the crawl space. When he was in said crawl space, Izuku had quickly moved to lie down on his back.

"D-Don't make a sound, o-okay?" Inko reminded as she looked down at her proned child who was looking at her with begging eyes, not saying a thing as he kept his mouth tightly shut. Aside from the quiet whimpers that continued to emit from Izuku, he was obeying and was quiet well enough to remain unnoticed. "I l-love you so much my son." Those were the final words she said to him before she quickly moved to put the floor boards back into its place and moved the carpet right over it; leaving the boy in absolute darkness.

A couple seconds later, Izuku suppressed a squeak that attempted to force itself out of him when he heard the door to the room loudly burst open and his mother let out a shriek in reaction before shuffling against the floor was heard moving away from over him and stomps followed after it.

Izuku shut his eyes tightly as he turned to lay down on his side while now being curled up into a ball. He then strongly pressed his palms over his ears as his mother had instructed him to do earlier. What was heard happening topside next.. would forever be his greatest trauma..

"N-No! St-Stay away from me you foul beast! A-Ah! N-No, no, no! Let m-me go! Let me g- AH! AH! AAAAAAHH!"

Izuku's breath suddenly got caught in his throat as his eyes had shot wide open and his body shivered violently when what followed after Inko's blood curdling screams were the sound of crunching bones and some sort of thick liquid slapping down onto the floor.

Even with his ears covered, he was still able to hear everything.. He felt the urge to choke up and sob coming up as he was able to tell what had happened to his mother.. He held his breath as he moved his hands to cup them right over his mouth. His body jolting as he fought against the excruciating temptation. 'MAMAAAAAA!' He internally cried as his tears would now continue to shed for the gods only know how long.

A loud thud was then heard as the beast above sounded like it.. chuckled before it started to stomp away to leave the room. Then what sounded like the monster dragging something across the floor followed directly behind it.

Now, there was nothing but silence for the boy to hear as his mind had tuned everything out after that.

He allowed his trembled breaths to escape as he couldn't contain them much longer, needing the oxygen after how long he had held his breath.

After regaining his stamina, Izuku cringed as he started to quietly sob while he moved his hands away from his mouth slowly. "M-Mama..! W.. W-Why-y-y..?" He quivered in misery as he hugged his legs to his chest after bringing them up and burying his face into his knees. The traumatized young boy letting the volume of his sobs increase slightly, but they were still quiet due to being muffled by his knees.

All Izuku could do now was lay there and cry his heart out in utter blackness and wait for either the monsters to discover him or for rescue to come and save him. Either way, he honestly could care less what happens to him now.. Because to him, nothing could be more worst than hearing the violent death of the woman who had given birth to him.. The only person who mattered most to him in this cruel, evil world that they live in..

The dawn of the new day arrives..

"By the gods.." Uttered a tall, muscular man who had a grey cloak hiding his identity in shock as he was looking at what can only be described as a massive bloody murder scene; which was the result of monsters attack on the village as there was blood, organs, bodies and body parts littering the dirt paved streets of the village. The many small homes looking like they had been forcibly broken into as some had their wooden doors blown right off of their hinges and some of them were hanging on by one hinge.

"W.. What in the world happened here, Father?" Asked a younger sounding male, who's identity was also hidden by a cloak, of a slightly smaller height as he was standing to the left of the first mentioned cloaked figure. The two taking in the gory massacre in front of them together.

"This could only be the work of vicious creatures. That much I can tell you, my boy." The father determined.

The son gulped as he tightly clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in frustration. 'If only we were passing by here sooner.. We could have saved these poor villagers..' He thought as he faced down to the ground and growled furiously. His rising anger subsided as he quickly turned his head to look at his father when he felt his closest hand lightly grab onto his shoulder.

"There was nothing we could've done, son. So do not go blaming yourself." The father said in order to ease his son's emotions. He was somewhat successful in doing so as some of the tension in the son's body had faded away as he let out a defeated sigh.

"I.. I know, Father.." The son replied in a downcast manner as he looked forward and frowned. "I just feel like we could've done something to help them if we had gotten here earlier."

The father exhaled deeply through his nose as he looked forward as well after briefly hanging his head. "Maybe we could have helped them, maybe we couldn't have. From the looks of it, there was a high number of whatever the invaders were, and they were incredibly strong. So even if we had gotten here in time; I fear it is possible that we would have only suffered the same fate as the villagers." He said with high reluctance.

The son winced when he heard that as he could see that his father had made a rather valid arguement. Yes, they will admit that they are skilled warriors with the claymore swords that were sheathed behind their backs, but even they will acknowledge the fact that they could lose a battle due to being outnumbered.

"I suppose that makes sense.."

"Come on." The father spoke up once again as he reached his right hand back over his shoulder to get a firm hold on the handle of his sword before pulling it out of its sheath and holding it by his hip. "Let's search around and see if we can find any survivors. Be on your guard when doing so." He advised before he started to walk forward to begin his search.

Of course, the son was not going to protest against that course of action as he nodded in compliance and quickly raised his right hand back to pull out his own sword. "Yes sir!" He acknowledged as he got the move on as well.

For over thirty minutes after commencing with their search, the father and son duo weren't having any luck in discovering any survivors. With each house they looked through, they were only met with the sight of more blood and corpses.

'Please.. Please let there be someone alive here somewhere.' The son thought anxiously as he was walking up to another house that had its door smashed in. The young man was slowly losing hope the more he continued to find only death. So he prayed desperately to the gods that someone was lucky enough to still be alive in this particular house as this was the last one that needed to be searched on his end.

Readying his sword in front of him when he had walked up to the small home's entrance, the son took a deep breath of focus before he quietly stepped into the house. What greeted him inside were a few chairs that were scattered across the floor and a table that had been used as a barrier was pushed out of the way of the door and had fallen onto one of its long sides. He then bit his lip nervously when he noticed a trail of blood that was leading from the door to a room that was at the other end of the house.

"Hello? Is anyone okay in here?" He called out to no one in particular as he stepped deeper into the wrecked home, intently following the trail of blood at a steady walking pace. He received no response, which only made him more unnerved than he was already as he squeezed hard enough onto the handle of his weapon to make his hands shake momentarily.

"Is anyone here?!" He called out a little louder this time as he neared the room cautiously. "I promise you that I am not here to harm you! I am here to help you!" He advised as the interior of the room had came into his view.

"H.. H-Hello? Wh-Who's there?"

The son sharply gasped in shock when he had heard the saddened, dull muffled voice of a child finally respond to his call after he had took a single step into the room that had dried blood staining the floor and carpet that was at the center of the room. He couldn't prevent the excited grin from making itself known on his lips as he quickly sheathed his sword and walked more into the room as he was certain that it was where the voice came from.

"Where are you?! Come on out! You have no need to fear for your life anymore, young one! The monsters are all gone now, I assure you!" The son said confidentally as he hastily looked around the room in search of the child's clever hiding place.

"I-I'm in here.."

The son immediately ceased what he was doing as he looked over to where the carpet was when he heard knocking on wood emitting from under it. He was able to tell just what kind of hiding place it was now that he had thought about it for a moment. "Hold on! I'm gonna get you out of there, don't you worry!" He advised as he rushed to flip the carpet out of the way of that specific area of the floor. When noticing the cracks of the broken floor board, he then grabbed onto either side of it before lifting it up slightly and pulling it aside.

The gods had answered his prayers as he was now looking at a young, small boy who was curled up on his side and looking up at him with a dubious gaze from the small crawl space. He had green eyes, dark green hair that was unkempt and four freckles that were on both sides of his face.

"Hello there." The son kindly greeted with a smile after the two had a brief staredown with each other as he slowly lowered himself down to kneel.

"H-Hello.." Izuku responded as he kept a wary gaze on the hooded young man.

"It looks very uncomfortable down there, would you perhaps want to get out?" The son asked as he extended his right hand towards Izuku to offer him assistance.

"Are they.. really gone? The m-monsters?" Izuku asked as he slowly sat up and quickly took a scan of the room in an anxious manner.

"Yes, they are all gone, my little friend, I swear. You don't need to be afraid anymore. Even if they are still around here somewhere, I promise I will protect you as long as you stick with me." The son said with utter confidence as he transformed his smile into a grin.

Though he was hesitant to accept the young man's hand as he worried about the possibility of the murderous beasts still lurking around somewhere nearby. Izuku deemed him to be a trustworthy person judging by the sincerity that was spoken with his words as he nodded and reached up to take his hand. The boy was then out of the hole in less than a few seconds.

"Now what is your name, my friend?" The young man asked as he looked down at Izuku once he had stood back up on his feet in front of him.

"Izuku.. Izuku M-Midoriya.." The boy answered as he looked up at his tall saviour. What he can notice from this particular angle was that the son had a pair of blue eyes to go along with his fair skin, but he couldn't quite get a good look at his hair to determine its color or style.

"That is a nice name you got there, Izuku." The son acknowledged with a smile. He then reached up to the hood of his cloak and pulled it back to finally reveal his identity. It was now shown that the saviour had short blonde hair that was slicked up into a cow lick at the top. "My name is Mirio, Mirio Yagi. It's a pleasure to meet you." He introduced himself as he locked eyes with the green haired boy and gently shook his hand as they were still connected.

"Nice to meet you too, M-Mr. Yagi.." Izuku said as he gave a weak handshake in response to Mirio's.

Mirio chuckled as he shook his head at his words. "You can just call me Mirio. Formalities are not necessary in the slightest." He grinned as he let go of his hand after the introductory shake, Izuku only timidly nodding in response.

A few seconds later, Mirio was looking at Izuku in concern when he saw him begin to snivel and tear up as his eyes were looking at the blood trail that was leaving the room.

Being the observant individual he is, Mirio frowned as he swiftly concluded that the blood could only belong to someone who was close to the boy. A close someone who he more than likely had no choice but to hear die just right over his head.

Attempting to try and comfort Izuku, the young blonde man knelt down to be at the same head level as Izuku before pulling him into a caring embrace. Izuku couldn't even look surprised by Mirio's action as the barrier that was holding back his despair had completely crumbled into nothing and all of his suppressed emotions poured out of him in fell swoop.

Izuku's arms slipped under Mirio's to hug him back as he now carelessly sobbed into his saviour's shoulder.

"It's okay, Izuku. You may let out all of your pain now if you wish to.." Mirio whispered as he tightened his hold on the distraught child slightly, to which Izuku did the same as his cries started to get louder and more free.

"MAMAAA!" Izuku wailed as his legs had suddenly lost strength in them and he started to slowly lower down to his knees while still clinging onto Mirio. Mirio did not resist against the uncontrollable motion as he allowed himself to sit down on both of his knees to get more comfortable.

Mirio closed his eyes as he gently rubbed at Izuku's back while his other hand held onto the back of his head. Allowing him to take as much as he needed to mourn the loss of his mother..

After a few minutes, Izuku had managed to cry himself to sleep as he had not gotten even a single second of sleep at any point during the night and he limped against Mirio's figure; soft snores now emitting from him. Mirio proceeded to lift Izuku up with one arm wrapped around his thighs and the other arm still having its hand planted on his back. "I believe it is about time that we go and rendezvous with my Father." He whispered to the sleeping form of the young Midoriya as he turned around to start walking out of the room and out of the house. "Do not worry, I assure you that he is a great man and he will most definitely save you.. just as he did the same for me."

As he walked out, Mirio's father was just walking up to the house as he had heard the boy's crying echo throughout the entire ghost town from there.. but what shocked Mirio now was that his father wasn't alone as he saw that there was second young survivor who was asleep as well and was being effortlessly cradled in one of the buff man's arms while the other arm held onto his sword. When seeing that his son wasn't in any kind of danger, the cloak wearing father sighed in relief as he immediately sheathed his blade.

The newly discovered survivor was a little girl with long white hair, pale skin and she was wearing a slightly dirtied white dress. Her eye color couldn't be determined due to them being shut because she was asleep. She looked to be around the age of four if either of them had to take a lucky guess at it.

"You found one too!" Mirio chipperly said as he grinned when laying his eyes on the white haired girl. The excitement of finding not just one, but two lucky survivors made him jog over to his father until they stopped directly in front of each other.

His father hummed in confirmation as part of his response while he nodded with a small smile and looked to the little one in his arm. "Yes, I found her already asleep and hiding underneath one of the beds in what I could only assume is her home."

"I'm relieved to know that Izuku was not the only one to have lived through all of this." Said Mirio with the mentioned feeling as he glanced at Izuku's set of hair by his head.

"Is that his name?" The father asked in need to be sure that he heard Mirio correctly.

"Yes, Izuku Midoriya.. Does his last name perhaps mean anything to you, Father?" Mirio took his turn to ask a question that he was curious about.

The father looked to be in thought for a moment as he stared at the young boy's back while quietly humming briefly. "I cannot recall ever knowing of such a name. I'm sorry." He answered.

"I see.. It is alright." Mirio uttered with a heavy sigh escaping him. After a brief silence had consumed them, Mirio spoke up once more. "So what are we to do with them now? The both of them.. They don't look like they have anyone else to go to Father, and we just can't abandon them in their obvious time of ne-" Mirio's words were cut short when his father had suddenly raised his free hand for him to stop right there.

"I understand your concerns, my boy, and do not fret. I have thought about that on my way over here and have already came to a decision." Then what the Father said next immediately had his son grinning and gazing at him in admiration. "We will take them with us and give them a new home.. A new life."

"You mean it, Father?!" Mirio questioned in a slightly loud and giddy tone. However, he was quick to ease up his apparent enthusiasm as he realized that he could have possibly woken up the children with that sudden outburst.

His father chuckled as he moved to turn around before walking away in a direction that would have them exit the soon to be barren of life village. "I do." He answered with utter certainty. "Come, let us hurry along now. I do not wish for the children to see what has become of their village when the time for them to wake up comes to pass." He urged his son as he continued to walk.

"I am right behind you, sir!" Mirio's grin refused to go away as he moved to catch up with his father to walk beside him while still carefully holding the small Izuku.

'You do not need to worry about ending up alone, little ones.. Not now, not ever.. Because I am here.'

But at the same time, I hope I don't move on. Simply because it is all thanks to that night.. That I have become the man I am today. A man.. that I know my mother would be proud of me for being...

Well, there you have it folks. The prologue to this new fic of mine. I hope it was a decent read for ya to take in. God, it was hard to kill off Inko in such a way.. I absolutely adore her character and I felt a little dead inside by the end of it. But, it was for the idea I had going for this story, so I really had to push myself to write it out. Now I said pretty much everything I needed to say at the beginning of the chapter. So that only leaves one more thing to bring up. The Harem!

The Harem

- Momo Yaoyorozu

- Eri

- Melissa Shield

- Nemuri Kayama

- Himiko Toga

- Ochaco Uraraka

- Mina Ashido

- Itsuka Kendo

Those are all of the girls that I am certain about having in the harem. Nope, this is not the final list. I said this is gonna be a large harem, and a large harem it will be indeed. Yeah, I know it's big enough already, but there is still gonna be more ladies in after I have chosen them. It's a fantasy world, so I'm gonna go nuts. XD Limit will for sure be somewhere in the 15 to 20 range, still thinking about what it should be.

And with that, I am truly done for now! Again, I hope this prologue was a decent read for you and I hope you at least somewhat enjoyed it! Thanks for reading!

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Until next chapter, Deuces!