Not as planned 1.5 - Katsuki and Eijiro von Puraido (A/B/O Verse) ================================================================================ Kapitel 22: Katsuki Bakugo + Eijiro Kirishima: +8 Years (+ Izuku) ----------------------------------------------------------------- In January, half of the former class members gathered to say goodbye to Izuku and his family. Katsuki hugged him. “But this time, you don’t just disappear, okay? Call from time to time!” “Yes, I will, I promise” he smiled down at the blonde alpha. “And you have to call me, Mae, okay?” Lucia called over to Mae. The omega grinned. “Will do!” She gave Lucia a thumbs up. Kieran hugged Hotaru as a goodbye, they had played a lot these past days. They all said their goodbyes before Izuku, Lucia with Leony, Kieran, and Inko boarded the plane and went back to Ireland. Katsuki looked over to Mae and Eijiro. He wondered why Mae should call Lucia. When Izuku and his family came back, they were welcomed by the Cullys family. Joseph and Leigh were glad they were back, and so were John and Matthew. While the twins liked it on the farm, they wanted to go back to Thailand soon. Shortly after they had settled in again, their daily routine continued like before. Eijiro was sitting in his car, Ryuu was on his lap, playing with the steering wheel. They waited for Mae to come out of the doctor’s clinic. Eijiro would have loved to go in with Mae, but they didn’t have a babysitter for Ryuu today, and he was too fuzzy at the moment, that’s why they waited outside. He was super nervous. They had learned a couple of days ago, that Mae was pregnant. Now she wanted to do a check-up. He rocked Ryuu on his lap and he talked with him. “Do you want a little brother or sister?” Eijiro asked him. Ryuu giggled a little and let out some cute noises. He turned around to Eijiro and leaned against him. At this moment, Mae came back. She opened the door and sat on the passenger's seat. She leaned back in the seat and exhaled, her ears were a bit down. “How did it go?” He bit nervously down on his bottom lip. Mae stared out of the front window, she didn’t say anything. This worried the alpha greatly. Eijiro saw that Mae was a little pale. “Is … everything okay?” “Well, look for yourself” She gave Eijiro an envelope. Still massively on edge because of Mae’s strange reaction, Eijiro took the envelope and opened it. He looked at the ultrasound pictures. He studied them thoroughly but he couldn’t find something that would warrant a reaction like hers. He furrowed his brows. “I … don’t understand? Is something with it? Is it healthy?” He grew concerned now too. “No, … it has nothing to do with the health, everything is fine. But look closer.” She pointed to a letter in the corner of the first picture. Eijiro looked closer. “A?” He tilted his head. “What does that mean?” “Well, look at the other pictures.” She edged him on. And so, Eijiro did. He looked at the second picture, “B …,” and on the third picture, “… C?” He still didn’t understand. Confused, he looked for help towards Mae. “I still don’t understand.” Mae stared at him. “Those are three pictures, of them. This is Baby A …” she started. “Baby … A?” Eijiro looked still so confused. “The second picture is Baby B.” She continued. Eijiro’s eyes became wider. It still hadn’t really clicked with him. “And Baby C.” “Baby B … and C?” He repeated. He looked again at the pictures. He rocked Ryuu in his arm, still not understanding what was happening. “Three babies, Eijiro, we got three babies.” Eijiro swallowed hard when he slowly connected the dots in his head. “T-Three?” He couldn’t believe it. “W-we’re having three babies?” His voice cracked and was incredibly high. “Yep, we are having triplets” Mae confirmed. “A-are you for real?” He blinked a few times, he couldn’t think straight. “Yes!” She smiled a little when she saw her mate struggling to comprehend the situation. Ryuu didn’t seem to care, he was more focused on the steering wheel once again. “Ooooh, fuck …” Eijiro stammered under his breath. “Oh my god … three pups … Holy shit!” He cursed. He slowly shook his head, while Mae chuckled. She had tears in her eyes. “How … did this happen?” Eijiro’s voice was still high-pitched. “Ohh, shit! This is … Oooooh!” “Well, I like to believe that our little adventure with Izuku helped in producing those three.” She fiddled with her fingernails, still teary-eyed. “So … uh, what do you say?” “I uh, I have … no idea. Oooh, how are we going to do that? Three pups …” he ran a hand through his hair. “W-we need a bigger house!” “Yeah, that’s true …” She nodded. “But we will manage, I’m sure of that.” She tried to sound confident, but her voice cracked a little. Eijiro’s head moved like a bobblehead. “Y-yeah, w-we will manage, ohh fuck. Ryuu, can you believe that? You get three new brothers or sisters!” The little pup looked at his dad confused, after a few seconds he started to giggle again, he mimicked the alpha and nodded his head. “Yeah, you are excited, right?” “Damn. I … still can’t believe it” Eijiro shook his head. He looked down again at the pictures. “A, B, and C …” he muttered, running one hand over his mouth. “Should we thank Izuku for that? I believe too, that he had something to do with it.” “Yeah, probably … Aye, I will call Lucia later. I need time to process this” she reached out for Ryuu so that they could start driving home. Eijiro gave the pup to her, but he didn’t start the car. He was still too baffled. “Three pups …” he exhaled. He looked over to Mae. “Don’t worry, we will manage that somehow. As long as they are healthy, everything will be okay!” He tried his best to calm her down. “Yeah, I’m sure my parents will do everything to support us too. I mean, they raised six children, so three more is probably a piece of cake for them.” “True …” Eijiro rumbled a little bit, to calm himself down, he finally started the car and they made their way home. They decided that they wouldn’t reveal, that they had triplets for now. Mae was still very early and they wanted to wait until a little later. Katsuki and Hiroto got, as expected, many calls from Hiroto’s parents, who were still royally pissed about the wedding. They tried to guilt-trip the couple, but it annoyed them more instead. Katsuki walked back into the office, he was a little bit roughed up from a fight against a villain, he sat back down at his desk. “Damn, rough job?” Toya asked. “Yeah, fucker wouldn’t stay down” the alpha sighed. He removed his gauntlets and powered up his pc to write the report. He hated the whole documentation, even after all those years. The others were still out. Katsuki got up to make some coffee for himself and Toya, but suddenly the door opened. “Hello!” the newcomer called out. Katsuki couldn’t see the visitor, but his skin started to crawl when he heard the voice, dread befell him and white as a sheet, he turned around. Toya jumped up and moved backward, pure terror in his eyes. The alpha came rushing back, even though his legs were shaking, fucking hell! He recognized the person immediately. As if it was nothing, the villain that they had looked for all those years, was standing here in their office, Khaoz or Hiko! “What the fuck are you doing here?” Toya asked. He retreated further away from her. “Oh, I used the opportunity, now that the others are out, I wanted to visit you, my dear Dabi, and you too, Bakugo, it’s been so long! I want to catch up with you.” The woman had a huge smile on her face, it seemed to split it in two. “But we don’t want to talk with you” Toya hissed. “Oh, you want to! I am sure you do, sit down” Khaoz demanded. “Why should we do that?” Katsuki growled. “Because I politely asked you” Katsuki felt the pressure of an alpha command on him. “But if that’s not gonna do it, how about his?” She pulled a phone out of her pocket. “Have you checked up on your husband today?” She questioned Katsuki. “And how’s Hotaru doing in school? She should be in Math Class, right? Do you want me to check on her?” “Fucking hell, stop!” Toya growled. “We sit down …” he immediately knew the seriousness of the situation. “Katsuki, sit down!” The alpha clenched his teeth, he didn’t like that, but he knew better now than to just randomly attack her, both their quirks were useless against her, he sat down. “Aw, perfect! It’s seriously been almost nine years since I last saw any of you” She grinned happily. “I was so surprised when Emaro asked for Faux’ help and I was even more surprised to learn, that this little fucker had been killed.” “What do you want here, Hiko?” Toya asked. Hiko pulled out the chair from Sougo’s desk and she placed it in the middle of Toya’s and Katsuki’s desks, she sat down. “Straight to the point, huh? To be honest, I never thought you were capable of living a normal life, Dabi, but here you are, playing happy little family with Sougo!” She grinned even more. “What about all the rage and hatred inside of you, I went out of my way to groom that even more, is it just gone?” “No, it’s not, I still can’t stand Endeavor, but I got it under control now!” He was so mad that his former master was here. Hiko’s grin indicated that she didn’t believe him one bit. But for now, she turned towards Katsuki. “And look at you, all grown up and all alpha” she had a mocking tone in her voice. “What happened to the cute little omegan boy that I met nine years ago?” “Tch, he doesn’t exist anymore” Katsuki growled. “Too bad, he was so cute and adorable. Did he get scared of me? Did he get traumatized?” It seemed that her blue eyes glowed. “The fuck do you want here? Are you aware that we’re heroes?” Katsuki asked her instead of answering. “Don’t make me laugh as if you could hurt me. But yes, I am aware that you are a hero now” she inspected her nails. “What do you want here, all of a sudden? You were gone for nine years and now you just show up here?” Katsuki was confused if he was honest. “Oh c’mon, Bakugo, I have more important things to do than hunting after one little omegan boy … turned alpha. You are not the center of the world. I just remembered you because I saw your wedding pictures on Instagram.” She chuckled. Toya was very tense, this couldn’t be good. Katsuki was angry, all these years that he had lived in caution and she hadn’t even remembered him until now? What the hell was her deal? “Anyway, I wanted to make a deal with you two!” She had a large grin on his face. “As if we would ever make deals with you!” Katsuki growled. “Would you shut up and listen first? Maybe you want to reconsider, when you hear what I have to offer” the alpha focused more on Katsuki know. “What do you want?” Toya asked instead. “Oh, my cute little Dabi, I knew that you would want to listen!” She chuckled. “Well, my dear Dabi and Bakugo, you know, lately I am looking for dams” she started. Katsuki and Toya lost it at that. “The fuck are you talking about?” Katsuki hissed. “Are you kidnapping omegas?” She rolled her eyes. “No, idiot. I am many things, and well, I have kidnapped people before, but I don’t force them into sex labor, or turn people into baby factories.” She sounded disappointed that Katsuki could ever think that of her. “No, I ask nicely, and offer them something in return, Kaoru’s manager couldn’t withstand my offer,” she said. Katsuki gasped. “So you were behind that? He told me that someone wanted him as a dam” the alpha gritted his teeth. “He did? Ah, he likes to talk so much … Anyway, I was never really a fan of children, but I was in Africa for some time, and my eyes were opened. All the possibilities!” Toya growled at that. He didn’t want to imagine the life of a child in her care. He also didn’t like the sound of that, she didn’t come here just to chit-chat. They had both very powerful fire-based quirks … That just screamed after selective breeding. “So, what do you want with us?” Katsuki stared daggers into her. She grinned. “Well, I have, undoubtedly some of the strongest fire users in whole Japan in my crew, and even outside of Japan, but the problem is, I can’t be a dam, and most of them are alphas too, so I can’t be a sire to them either. That’s a problem, but then I remembered two of my encounters with cute little omegas … one of them turned alpha, and both of them have extremely powerful quirks, which is a bonus. Also, I got no one with explosions like you have.” She stared between Katsuki and Toya. “So I am here to make you an offer, be my dams, you carry one or two children for me, you get shit loads of money, and after that, you don’t even have to take care of the pup, I’ll take it with me.” She grinned. Both of them lost their shit. “Are you fucking serious, Hiko? You want me to have your damn pup?!” Toya exploded. “What makes you think I’d ever agree to carry the pup of a villain?” Katsuki roared at the same time. “How about money? How much do you want ten million, twenty? One-hundred? Five-hundred? Name your price.” She said nonchalantly. “You’re fucking insane!” Both exclaimed. “I will never, ever be a dam for you!” Katsuki hissed. “What made you think we would say yes to this?” “Oh, well, everyone has their price. Like I said, money is not a problem, if five-hundred million is not enough, do you want more?” “Fuck no! I want you arrested!” Katsuki was about to stand up. “Sit down!” Hiko hissed. “Getting me arrested won’t do anything, I have acquaintances in Tartarus, and even some judges are on my side, even if you arrest me, they will make sure to get me out. Besides, for what would you want to arrest me? Asking for dams? It’s not illegal you know?” “How about arson?” Katsuki proposed. “Oh? Arson? How do you come up with that? Have you seen me burning down a building?” “How about my old school? You and a bunch of others burned it down!” Katsuki snarled. “Can you prove that I was involved? Do you have any evidence?” She smiled at him. Katsuki gritted his teeth, she was right, while everyone knew that Khaoz was involved, no one really knew her real identity, and they couldn’t prove that Hiko was Khaoz since she had used Faux, disguised as her, to get alibis. “No …” Katsuki murmured. “I thought so” she smiled. “You better leave, Hiko, you are not welcome here! I don’t want anything to do with you anymore” Toya interjected. He wanted her gone. “After all, I did for you? Not even you want to give me a pup?” She raised her eyebrows. “Hell no! This won’t ever happen.” “Really, hm, hey, does your daughter know about her real father?” Hiko tilted her head. “No! Don’t you dare to tell her!” Toya growled. “I heard that you are refusing to see him, he made requests to meet you.” “Yeah, but I don’t want to see him,” Toya said. “Do you know that he’s not the same as before? He still suffers from the repercussions of two broken bond marks, and since he’s a criminal, he is not allowed to get a bond scrubbing … Well, at least not without the permission of his mate. Since Darleen is dead, you are the only one who can free him from his suffering.” She chirped. “I didn’t know that you are this cruel, Dabi, he’s going through hell and back inside of Tartarus. I visited once and he looked jarring. Not like a prime alpha at all.” Toya gritted his teeth. “Get out! My relationship with Shigaraki is none of your business!” “Oh, is it not? This little fucker basically stole you from me.” Hiko stood up now. “He didn’t steal me from you! I left because you weren’t bringing me anywhere. Besides, you are also obsessed with my stupid father.” Toya followed her example and stood up as well. “I can’t stand people that are so into him.” “Oh yeah, daddy was mean to you, I forgot your little family drama” Hiko sounded annoyed. “Anyway, I heard that Endeavor is now mated to little Keigo. I really want to rip every single feather out of his back.” The air around Hiko flickered a little, as the temperature began to rise. “Don’t you dare hurt them” Toya balled his hands into fists. “But don’t you hate them? Why should I not hurt them?” “Because even if I am not on the best terms with them, I won’t let you hurt them!” “Oh, how sad, you really turned to the good side, huh? So boring” she sighed and shrugged. “Well, can’t do anything about that. So you definitely don’t want to think about my offer?” “Abso-fucking-lutely not!” Katsuki and Toya said in unison. “Too bad. Well then, I’m staying a while in Japan, if you change your mind, then come to me” with that she turned around, waved a last time, and left the office. Toya sank back into the chair, he exhaled. “Fuck, that was random …” he murmured. “The fuck does she want here?” Katsuki questioned. “I mean she shows up all of a sudden? What the hell?” “She was always very spontaneous,” Toya murmured. “I want to check up on Hiroto and Kira” Katsuki grabbed his phone. “Yeah, I better call the school, too.” They did the calls and both were relieved to hear that everything was fine. Toya made sure to tell the school to have an eye on Hotaru, and that she doesn’t go with someone, other than him. Michiko was enraged when she heard that Hiko had been to the office and had asked Toya and Katsuki to be her dams. She wanted to go after her, but they had no clue where the prime had gone. Hiroto was very concerned when Katsuki came home, and he was furious when he learned what Hiko had asked of Katsuki. “This damn bitch” he cursed. He wrapped his arms around Katsuki. “Are you sure you want to do this?” Sougo asked Toya. The others looked at the omega too. Shoto was kinda nervous. “Yes, I want to see Shigaraki. It’s been almost ten years, I think I can handle it. I’ve been through worse shit” he scoffed. “Okay, then we will head over to Tartarus,” Sougo said. The Moruga Agency as well as Shoto got into their cars and they drove over to the maximum-security prison, it was a couple of weeks after the confrontation with Hiko. Toya just wanted to see for himself what had become out of Shigaraki. The prison guards awaited them, but it still took about an hour, before they could finally enter the prison. Katsuki looked around, everything looked sterile and it made him uncomfortable. The guards brought them towards the visitation room. Toya was definitely nervous, but he held himself together. Sougo was by his side, so he didn’t need to worry. They entered the room, Shigaraki wasn’t in it so far. He was on the way, however. Toya’s stomach turned a little when he saw the other door opening, and Shigaraki was rolled into the room. The omega gasped when he looked at his former mate. “What the hell happened?” He muttered under his breath, he raised his eyebrows. All of them were shocked when they saw the former leader of the League of Villains. His hair was completely white and frizzy, it looked like he hadn’t combed it in years, which was probably true, it was also incredibly long. He was just sitting in a wheelchair and he wasn’t even restrained. Not even a straight jacket. There was a Doctor next to him. He was clearly not a prison guard, he wore a white robe, he had incredibly dark skin and he was bald. His eyes glowed strangely. “Look, puppy,” he started talking, he had a strong accent in his Japanese, “you have visitors.” The Doctor, his name tag read ‘Carter’, put a hand on Tomura’s shoulder and gestured to the glass. Shigaraki flinched heavily when the tall man touched him. He looked up in a panic before his gaze shifted towards the glass. At first, Shigaraki didn’t seem to recognize them. Toya stepped forward and observed Shigaraki. The alpha was hunched over and he made himself as small as possible. “Go and say hello” the Doctor urged him to stand up. With heavy movements Tomura stood up, Toya could see that he was trembling. Carefully, the villain walked over to the window. Dr. Carter was behind him like a shadow. Tomura stared at Toya for quite some time. Suddenly he gasped. “D-Dabi!” he let out a small noise. “My mate, you are back!” he touched the glass with both hands, Toya expected halfway, that the windowpane would disintegrate, but nothing happened. A shimmer of something glowed up in Shigaraki’s eyes. Was it hope? Toya couldn’t tell. The omega looked at his former mate, it wasn’t bad for him or anything, he didn’t feel panic rushing in by the look at his former abuser. But there was still dread inside of him. He just didn’t know exactly why. “Tomura …” “I’ve been waiting so long for you to come back, you are finally here!” Much to everyone’s shock, he let out some high-pitched chirping noises, typical omegan noises! “I am here, but what the hell happened to you?” Toya furrowed his brows. Shigaraki didn’t seem to understand. “Oh, he just went through years of therapy,” Carter said. “It’s been very traumatic for him, to live with not just one but two broken bonds, unable to get rid of both of them. Isn’t that right” Carter put a hand on Shigaraki’s back, the prime flinched heavily and he made himself smaller. Shigaraki was not small by any means, nine years ago he had been around 6’3”, but now he was hunched over so much, that he was almost back at Toya’s height. Carter towered over him, at approximately 6’7”. Katsuki felt really nervous, his attention was on the Doctor, who had a serious expression on his face all the time. His eyes were glowing which was really freaky. Sougo was next to Toya to support him. “Yeah, that’s why I am here” Toya murmured. “Oh, you want to give your consent that he can have a scrubbing?” The Doctor tilted his head. “Yes, that’s right.” Suddenly, a wide grin appeared on the Doctor’s face. He let out a chuckle, which made Shigaraki flinch and cower before him. Toya didn’t like that, this person maybe looked like Shigaraki, but he didn’t behave like him. He had a really bad feeling. “Hey, I was wondering, why doesn’t his quirk activate? He touched the glass” Toya mentioned. The Doctor laughed again. “We blocked his quirk permanently, so he is easier to handle, it’s always difficult with patients that have strong quirks. He also got behavior therapy, he was prone to outbursts.” He was still grinning. “But now he’s a good little puppy, isn’t that right?” Tomura was whining, he nodded, however. Toya clenched his fists, no, this wasn’t right … “What kind of … behavior therapy did he get? He is like a completely different person!” He had somehow problems speaking, there was a lump in his throat. “Oh, well, unfortunately, I am not allowed to speak about that.” Toya saw, that he had to hold back a grin. He watched how Tomura got up again, he looked at his former mate and he placed a hand against the glass once more. He looked at Toya with big red eyes. The others were tense too, when they saw, how terrified Shigaraki looked. What the hell happened behind closed doors to him? “M-mate, a-are you coming back to me?” he asked in a meek voice. “No, I am not coming back. I just wanted to give my permission to get you help.” Toya murmured. Tomura whined again. “I-I hear you talking to me sometimes …” he said, his voice was breaking, “d-do you still hate me?” Toya gasped. He had to think about that for a second. “Look … I don’t hate you anymore, it’s more like I don’t care. I moved past the things that happened. I even got a new mate.” He told him. The prime looked utterly devastated and confused, it still seemed that he had trouble understanding what Toya was saying. “N-new mate?” He tilted his head. “Yeah,” Toya pointed to Sougo, “that’s my mate, Sougo,” he said. Shigaraki looked at Sougo, he nodded. “H-He’s an alpha … I see” his voice was so weird, he looked frantic around to the others. “H-How is the pup doing? I-Is it okay?” Toya exhaled. “She is doing fine,” he murmured, “her name is Hotaru.” Shigaraki nodded more. “That’s good, that’s good. She’s a good child yeah? N-not as disturbed as me?” “No, she is an angel. She got nothing from you, not the looks, not the quirk, and not the personality.” Toya explained. Tomura nodded, even more, it looked like a bobblehead by now. “G-Good, that’s good” he mumbled. The others watched the conversation with mixed emotions. They couldn’t believe that this person in front of them was the same crazy Tomura Shigaraki they had fought so many years ago. Was it the years in confinement? Was it the two broken mating bonds? Or was it rather the behavior therapy that the Doctor mentioned, however that looked like? They stayed for quite a while but eventually, the Doctor told them that he had to prepare Shigaraki for the bond scrubbing, when he put a hand over Shigaraki, the prime flinched heavily and cowered back on the ground. “Be a good puppy and behave.” The doctor rubbed his palms together, this motion alone let Tomura wince, he got up and moved over to the wheelchair. He sat back in it, he still looked at Toya and just for a moment, the omega had the impression that Tomura begged him with his eyes not to go. But Carter pulled the wheelchair out of the room and the door closed, they could hear a faint whining coming from the alpha. They were back at their cars, the air around them was heavy, they didn’t want to talk about it inside of Tartarus, but now they had to. “Okay, what the fuck was that?” Katsuki questioned. “That wasn’t the Shigaraki I remember …” “Me neither” Toya murmured. “How are you feeling?” Sougo asked. “I’m fine, surprisingly it wasn’t that bad to see him again. However, what was bad was to see the state he was in.” “Something is incredibly off” Michiko murmured. “That was almost omega behavior he displayed, I mean, from omegas that were extremely mistreated. Some of the Omegas during our undercover operation behaved like this” she explained. “But he’s an alpha” Toya mumbled. “And why the fuck did he chirp?” “I have no idea,” Katsuki grumbled. “What’s more, have you seen the doctor?” Kuroko mentioned. “Yeah, he was extremely creepy” Satsuki nodded. “That’s not what I meant, he had full control over Shigaraki, and he has an electricity-based quirk.” “What? Why would you think that?” Toya questioned. The purple appendages on her back lifted themselves. “Because these bad boys are extremely sensitive, when he rubbed his hands together, they could sense the levels of electricity rising. Shigaraki got scared immediately when he did so. My guess is electroshock therapy and in no way the ethical type.” “Electroshock therapy? What the fuck?” Toya furrowed his eyebrows. “What are they doing inside of Tartarus?” Shoto wondered. “Besides, how can they repress his quirk?” “Good question, the bullets that the Shie Hassaikai produced so long ago are long gone,” Katsuki said. Michiko bit down on her thumbnail. “Something about all of this screams foul play. First Hiko comes into our agency, now the stuff with Shigaraki. She also said she has people inside of Tartarus? And she said she doesn’t like Shigaraki?” “No, she never did. She found him childish and immature, she also thinks he stole me from her.” Toya summarized. “That’s gotta be a trick from her …” Sougo murmured, he grabbed Toya’s hand. “We should head back. There’s nothing we can do for now.” “I’mma head over to my lawyer,” Michiko mumbled, “I don’t know why or how, but I got a really bad feeling about this.” “What do you hope to achieve? To get Shigaraki out of there?” Katsuki furrowed his brows. “Bullshit. I don’t want him out, but I want to get the Doctor checked out, he’s clearly not from Japan and I have never seen him in Tartarus before, besides, if they really have sketchy methods inside the prison, then I want that to stop. They are villains, but they are still humans.” “Good luck then, I just want to check on Hotaru, to make sure she’s okay,” Toya said. “Do that, we meet up later” With that, Michiko hopped into her car, Kuroko followed her, and together they drove off. The rest made their way back home. Hosted by Animexx e.V. (http://www.animexx.de)